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KRITZERLAND – BY POPULAR DEMAND – A ONE-TIME ONLY
SINGLE CD RE-PRESSING OF THE NEWLY MIXED VERSION OF
Original Cast Album
Music by Burt Bacharach Lyrics by Hal David
On December 1, 1968, Promises, Promises, the musical version of Billy Wilder and I.A.L. Diamond's The Apartment, opened at the Shubert and took Broadway by storm. The show was such a breath of fresh air, with its hilarious book by Neil Simon, and pop-sounding and brilliant score by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. When that overture began, you knew the sound of Broadway had just changed forever – it was electric in the best way. The show garnered rave reviews and ran 1,281 performances. The show was nominated for seven Tony Awards, including Best Musical, and took home the prize for Jerry Orbach (Best Actor) and Marian Mercer (Best Supporting Actress).
One of the reasons the sound of the show seemed so innovative was that Bacharach brought in Broadway's first recording-type mixing board. Also his use of four pit singers doing back-up vocals was unique. The show's orchestrations were by the young up-and-coming Jonathan Tunick, who honored the Bacharach sound while adding a few wonderful touches of his own. The cast recording won a Grammy, and the show produced several hit songs, including two for Dionne Warwick – "I'll Never Fall In Love Again," and "Promises, Promises" (she also recorded "Knowing When To Leave," "Wanting Things" and "Whoever You Are"). Bacharach himself covered five of the songs on his A&M album Make It Easy On Yourself.
Our limited edition 2 CD set that included the first release of the original LP mix and a remixed version was a quick sellout. The reviews and comments about the pitch-corrected and newly mixed version have been amazing and people who hadn't heard about the release until it was too late were not so happy that it was gone. Therefore, after consultation with the rights' holders, Metro Goldwyn Mayer Music Inc., it was decided to allow a second edition 1000 copy run of just the remixed version. Here is the information about that version:
The raison d'etre of this release was to present a second CD with a newly mixed version (from those original and great-sounding eight-track edited session masters) that, with today's technology, could finally fix most of the issues that plagued the original cast album. As most know, cast albums were always recorded in one day (it's still the same today, but there are a few shows that go to two and even three days), and the pressure was always on to get everything finished without going into overtime, and then to mix it quickly (frequently in a day or two) and have it in stores instantly. Compromises sometimes had to be made. And so, there have always been pitch issues with some of the vocals – they simply got it as good as they could get it and out it came. We went in, and, without compromising anything but the actual pitchiness, corrected the faulty pitches throughout. We were also able to take our time with the mix and you'll hear things in the orchestration you've never heard, and even an occasional little vocal thing that was left off the original album (listen to "You'll Think of Someone"). So, it's a whole new listening experience, and one we're especially happy to have been able to do. We've also put the tracks in their correct show order for the first time.
It is the greatest of pleasures to be able to present this one time only additional pressing of the remixed version of Promises, Promises, in show order, with the vocals sounding like they never have before.
This release is limited to 1000 copies only and will not be pressed again. The price is $19.98 plus shipping.
• Click on titles below to hear a song sample:
• Overture ~ Orchestra
• Half As Big As Life ~ Jerry Orbach
Grapes of Roth ~ Orchestra
Upstairs ~ Jerry Orbach
• You'll Think Of Someone ~
Jerry Orbach, Jill O'Hara
Our Little Secret ~ Jerry Orbach, Edward Winter
• She Likes Basketball ~ Jerry Orbach
Knowing When To Leave ~ Jill O'Hara
Where Can You Take A Girl? ~ Paul Reed,
Norman Shelly, Vince O'Brien, Dick O'Neill
Wanting Things ~ Edward Winter
Turkey Lurkey Time ~ Donna McKechnie,
Baayork Lee, Margo Sappington and Company
A Fact Can Be A Beautiful Thing ~
Marian Mercer, Jerry Orbach and Company
Whoever You Are ~ Jill O'Hara
Christmas Day ~ Company
• A Young Pretty Girl Like You ~
Jerry Orbach, A. Larry Haines
• I'll Never Fall In Love Again ~
Jill O'Hara, Jerry Orbach
Promises, Promises ~ Jerry Orbach
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Mary Poppins (1964)
Posted on July 27, 2016 by badblokebob
100 Films' 100 Favourites #58
It's supercalifragilisticexpialidocious!
BBFC: U
MPAA: G (1972)
Original Release: 27th August 1964 (USA)
UK Release: 23rd December 1964
First Seen: by osmosis in childhood.
Julie Andrews (The Sound of Music, Torn Curtain)
Dick Van Dyke (Bye Bye Birdie, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang)
David Tomlinson (The Love Bug, Bedknobs and Broomsticks)
Karen Dotrice (The Gnome-Mobile, The Thirty-Nine Steps)
Robert Stevenson (Jane Eyre, Bedknobs and Broomsticks)
Bill Walsh (The Love Bug, Bedknobs and Broomsticks)
Don DaGradi (Blackbeard's Ghost, Bedknobs and Broomsticks)
the Mary Poppins books by P.L. Travers.
Richard M. Sherman (The Jungle Book, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang)
Robert B. Sherman (Bedknobs and Broomsticks, The Many Adventures of Winnie the Pooh)
Not impressed by the nannies selected by their domineering father, Jane and Michael Banks write a letter describing their ideal applicant. Conversely, Mr Banks is not impressed with their requirements, and tears up the letter and throws it in the fire… from whence it reaches Mary Poppins, who floats down to bring fun and discipline to all of the Banks household.
The magical nanny who comes from the sky, Mary Poppins can be (whisper it) actually a little bit annoying at times. Julie Andrews, on the other hand, is practically perfect in every way.
Our Villains
Ultimately, bankers. Some things never change.
Best Supporting Character
Ostensibly this is the story of children Jane and Michael Banks and their need for a SuperNanny to help them with their oh-so-terrible father — and, as a child, that's where your focus lies. Really (and I guess you need to grow up at least a bit to see this), it's about how said SuperNanny saves their father, Mr Banks, helping to transform him from a miserable corporate drone into a joyful family man. David Tomlinson negotiates this arc fantastically.
Memorable Quote
"You know, you can say it backwards, which is 'docious-ali-expi-istic-fragil-cali-rupus'… but that's going a bit too far, don't you think?" — Mary Poppins
Quote Most Likely To Be Used in Everyday Conversation
"Just a spoonful of sugar helps the medicine go down." — Mary Poppins
Memorable Scene
Chimneysweeps dancing on the rooftops! (Fun fact: I always thought Step In Time was called Stepping Time. I mean, the dance does contain a lot of, sort of, steps…)
Best Song as a Child
Iiiiiiit's Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious, even though the sound of it is something quite atrocious. If you say it loud enough, you'll always sound precocious. (Sacrilege maybe, but the version from the 2004 stage musical is even better.)
Best Song as an Adult
When I was little, the whole part of the film around the bank, Feed the Birds, etc, was The Boring Bit between the fun and the return of the fun. Now, I still think most of Feed the Birds is a little insipid, but the instrumental reprise as Mr Banks walks slowly back to the bank, his world and everything he knows torn asunder, his humiliation imminent… It's heartbreaking, and the music is most of the reason why.
Technical Wizardry
The sequence where Mary, the children, and Bert jump into one of the latter's street paintings — all of it animated, with the exception of the leads — is a sterling extended example of combining live-action with cel animation.
Truly Special Effect
As a lad, I could never work out how exactly they'd managed to create Mary's bottomless bag. I haven't watched the film for a while and imagine it's painfully obvious now… I also used to think the little bird that lands on her hand was a miraculous effect and didn't understand why some people slagged it off, but then I watched that bit on YouTube a couple of years ago and finally saw what everyone else saw. Oh, the sadness of ageing…
Letting the Side Down
The fact that real cockneys don't sound like Dick Van Dyke. No, I don't mean it the other way round — the fact that the real-life denizens of East London sound nothing like Bert is the problem here, not Bert's accent. That is how I think cockneys should sound, and it always will be.
See: Saving Mr. Banks. Knowing biopics it's probably not 100% accurate, but it is a good film.
Despite several attempts, a sequel never happened. The director and/or writers worked together on multiple films at Disney over the next few years — most famously, an early-'70s blatant attempt to recreate the Poppins magic, Bedknobs and Broomsticks. Mary Poppins herself returned in 2004 in a Cameron Mackintosh-produced West End musical, based on the film but re-incorporating more from the books. Talk of it being adapted into a film seem to have come to nowt. Instead, a (very) belated sequel with Emily Blunt in the title role is due in 2018.
5 Oscars (Actress (Julie Andrews), Song (Chim Chim Cher-ee), Substantially Original Score, Editing, Visual Effects)
8 Oscar nominations (Picture, Director, Adapted Screenplay, Color Cinematography, Color Art Direction-Set Decoration, Color Costume Design, Sound, Scoring of Music Adaptation or Treatment)
1 BAFTA (Most Promising Newcomer to Leading Film Roles (Julie Andrews))
What the Critics Said
"Of course, it is sentimental. And, as Mary Poppins says, "Practically perfect people never permit sentiment to muddle their feelings." But being not practically perfect, I find it irresistible. Plenty of other adults will feel the same way. And, needless to say, so will the kids." — Bosley Crowther, The New York Times
Score: 100%
What the Public Say
"It is the single glowing moment of sheer unmixed genius in the long stretch of lightweight successes and dreary failures that made up nearly three whole decades of Disney's output in the '60s, '70s, and '80s; a fantasy of the most delicate touch and charming disposition, sweet and precious while being neither sickening nor cloying." — Tim Brayton, Antagony & Ecstasy
I feel like Mary Poppins is the kind of movie that it would've been easy to overlook in putting together this list of favourites — a childhood favourite, that's maybe so obvious you kind of forget about it as A Movie — which is one of the reasons I made sure to get it on here. Another is how well it works for both children and adults. As the former, the magical adventures and toe-tapping songs are pure joy, a wonder-filled experience that doesn't date. As the latter, those elements are still entertaining, but the depth of some of the film's messages (especially pertaining to the adults) really comes through. It's a film for all ages, and one for the ages too.
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The Supercalifragilisticexpialidocious Monthly Update for October 2015
Posted on November 1, 2015 by badblokebob
It was inevitable that the sheer size of September's accomplishment would overshadow whatever I watched in October. After all, it was my highest-viewing month for over eight years — how long would it be before I could say that again?
Turns out: one month.
Though, actually, October 2015 isn't my highest month for eight years — it's my highest month ever.
(Alright, I promise to never use memes again.)
In a conversation in last month's comment section, Tom of Digital Shortbread observed that my monthly updates had "lots and lots of stuff to take in". As I responded, "I think I may have overloaded these monthly posts," and I think I was right.
So this month I've slightly pared back, simplified, and rearranged (you can now find the Arbies right at the end, here) to focus in on what these are meant to be about: a progress report on my eponymous goal. Exorcised categories may resurface in other forms later, and things will be even more streamlined from December when my archive reposts are complete — and when I haven't watched the most number of films ever, of course — but this is fundamentally it for the new new-look monthly updates.
The first thing I've done away with is the contents list, so it's straight in to:
#142 Mad Max: Fury Road (2015)
#143 The Wrestler (2008)
#144 The Fifth Estate (2013)
#145 Twilight (2008)
#146 Ender's Game (2013)
#147 sex, lies, and videotape (1989)
#148 Hyde Park on Hudson (2012)
#149 Supermen of Malegaon (2008)
#149a The Crying of Lot 49 (2007)
#150 Parabellum (2015)
#151 Dreams of a Life (2011)
#152 A Clockwork Orange (1971)
#153 Wings (1927)
#154 Jurassic World (2015)
#155 The Decoy Bride (2011)
#156 Coherence (2013)
#157 Circle (2015)
#158 Europa Report (2013)
#159 Turtle Power: The Definitive History of the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles (2014)
#160 The Grandmaster (2013), aka Yi dai zong shi
#161 Back in Time (2015)
#162 Stoker (2013)
#163 The Golem: How He Came into the World (1920), aka Der Golem, wie er in die Welt kam
#164 Birdman: or (The Unexpected Virtue of Ignorance) (2014)
#165 Mr. Holmes (2015)
#166 Life Itself (2014)
#167 The Machine (2013)
#168 Spectre (2015)
#169 Jupiter Ascending (2015)
#170 The Babadook (2014)
#171 Blue Ruin (2013)
#172 You're Next (2011)
One more What Do You Mean You Haven't Seen film this month: Stanley Kubrick's A Clockwork Orange. I've got four left to get through in the next two months, now.
As I mentioned in my review, I was going to review the entire Twilight Saga for Halloween, but a free month of Netflix (which I had to take now lest it expire (oh the hardship)) saw to that.
Relatedly, a point about director Bill Condon: if the Twilight plan had gone ahead, he'd've gone from "never seen one of his films" to one of my top twenty-something most-reviewed directors in just one month. But I didn't, so he doesn't… for now.
After last month's awesomely wide decade spread, this month I watched two films from the '20s, one each from the '70s and '80s, four from the 2000s… and 24 from the 2010s. Business as normal, then.
I don't think I watch a great many documentaries (though I have no stats to back that up), but this month I watched five. However many I watch normally, that's certainly high for one month.
I also watched ten sci-fi films this month. That's less surprising, but it's still a relatively large amount.
Finally: thanks to all those films, the header image took me a couple of hours to put together. I mean that literally — it took the best part of two hours.
After discussing last month the uncertainty of how many films I watched in August 2007, which makes it hard to know whether it's been surpassed or not… well, this month I soundly, definitively, unquestionably overtook it: that long, long list above adds up to 31 new feature films.
Now I just need to do it twice more and the August 2007 issue can be put to bed forever. I can tell you for nothing, it won't happen this year (but we'll come to that).
So what else is there to say about those 31 films? Well, obviously it maintains my ten-per-month goal, for the 17th month in a row now. It's also the second month in a row with over 20 films, the first time that's ever happened… which is unsurprising when you remember that before 2015 I'd only ever had one month with over 20 films. It also surpasses last October's tally, because, obviously. That's a full 12 consecutive months besting the previous year's counterpart. And it goes without saying that it's the best October ever (by 17) and the best month of 2015 (by eight).
For most of 2015 the rolling monthly average has been 15 films per month. September dragged it up to 15.67, the first time it had been closer to 16 since January was 16. October's tally is pretty much double that, in the process single-handedly dragging the average all the way up to 17.2! It has even more of an effect on the all-time October monthly average, which goes from 10.0 to 12.6.
And all other year-to-date and entire-year records have already been smashed in previous months, so that'll next be worth discussing after December.
So what about predictions for the remaining two months of 2015? Well, in January I laughed at the ridiculous suggestion that I could make it to 192 by the end of the year. That's now just 20 films away, meaning I only need to watch my 'minimum' 10 films per month to pass it. And 192… well, that's just a hop, skip and a jump away from 200. 200! 200! Two frickin' hundred!
Now, let's calm back down, because there are challenges in the way of such a bold target: later in November I'm away for most of a week, and there are a couple of time-filling TV series on the way (more on that in a bit), which will likely roll over into December, and before you know it it'll be Christmas and all the travelling and spending time with family will hamper proceedings somewhat. Damn family.
Away from the real world and in the realm of numbers and statistics, though, we can conjure up the following array of possibilities. If I only reach my historical average viewing levels for November and December, I'll make it to 190 — and thereby miss the aforementioned ten-per-month target, so I'll be thoroughly upset with myself if that happens. As mentioned, achieving that target for two more months places me at 192. If I continue my other on-going streak — of surpassing the same month last year — than I'll wind up at 202. If I manage the monthly average that I maintained for most of the year, that also puts me at 202. If I can hold up the new average of 17.2, though, I'll get all the way to 206.
206! 206! Two hundred and frickin' six!
Well, we'll see.
The Crying of Lot 49
Dreams of a Life
Spectre: Initial Thoughts
Supermen of Malegaon
Terror by Night
This month's flood of reposts takes us all the way through my recaps of 2008 to 2011, leaving the way clear for next month to be all about the year-end summary posts.
The pictures are all a bit samey, so let me guide you though them in clumps. The month began with a week-long rush through all of 2008, 2009, and the start of 2010:
A dismal January
What May has been
Two-thirds done
Eternal laziness…
A final push
Another dismal January
Sit-rep
Halfway through 2009
The end is nigh…
Third time unlucky
A ¼ through 2010
Then it was on to the first ever monthly updates, which cover the bulk of 2010:
Finally, the entirety of 2011, across twelve monthly updates:
Now, 2011's summaries are already online — you can peruse the full list and all the exciting statistics here, and learn about my top ten and bottom five here. Next month, as I mentioned, I'll be reposting the summaries for 2007, 2008, 2009, and 2010, one year per weekend.
The 5th Monthly Arbitrary Awards
Favourite Film of the Month
In a month with so many films, there's a fair chance a lot of them will be good — indeed, 15 of October's films are on the long-list for my year-end top ten (I'm quite liberal with what goes on that list, but still). Pushing aside mind-boggling done-for-real action, hugely successful reboots of childhood favourites, atmospheric Gothic thrillers, and thoroughly terrifying horrors, is a little documentary that was shown in the middle of the night on Channel 4 about a bunch of amateur filmmakers in India. The only one of those 15 to have definitely reserved a place on my top ten is the life-enhancing Supermen of Malegaon.
Least Favourite Film of the Month
Similarly, in a month with so many films there's a fair chance a few of them will be bad. There would indeed be a few contenders for the October wooden spoon, but they were all saved the dishonour by a rare single-star film: dull arthouse SF Parabellum.
Film You Have to Be Most Careful How You Talk About In Case Someone Thinks You're a Paedophile or Something
One minute it's Arya Stark having a sexual awakening about her brother, the next it's Alice in Wonderland having an orgasm when she plays the piano. I think October's pair of erotically-charged movies starring schoolgirls, The Falling and Stoker, can share this one.
Biggest Nostalgia Hit of the Month
It was pretty special to relive some of my childhood favourites through the documentaries Turtle Power (I had so many of the toys they showed!) and Back in Time (I really need to re-watch the BTTF trilogy), but this honour goes to the hair-raising thrill elicited when John Williams' memorable theme swells under the unveiling of a place full of wonder in Jurassic World.
The Audience Award for Most-Viewed New Post of the Month
This crown was claimed and re-claimed several times during the month, but the final victor may not be that surprising: my moderately-speedy spoiler-free first thoughts on that always-popular topic, a new James Bond film: Spectre.
Jessica Jones comes to Netflix and The Man in the High Castle comes to Amazon Prime — on the same day, frustratingly. I won't be reviewing either, but they'll ultimately eat up around 23 hours of my potential film-viewing time, so let's expect a smaller-scale month than I've achieved of late.
In amongst all that, hopefully I'll finally find time to bloody well re-watch the Veronica Mars movie and bloody well get bloody 2014 bloody finished.
Also, when we meet again for one of these round-ups it'll be December (already?!) and I'll be launching my 2015 advent calendar, too. What larks!
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Deadly 6.0 Quake Rattles Turkey
51 killed in earthquake east of Ankara
By Mary Papenfuss, Newser Staff
Posted Mar 8, 2010 1:18 AM CST
Map locates epicenter of earthquake in Turkey.
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(Newser) – At least 51 people were killed early today when a 6.0 magnitude earthquake rocked eastern Turkey. Minarets toppled, buildings crumbled, and panicked residents fled their homes in 6 villages near the epicenter some 350 miles east of the nation's capital of Ankara. Rescuers were rushing to free people trapped in the rubble, reports the BBC. "The number of people injured is not clear. Ambulances keep on going back and forth," said a local governor.
One resident in the hard-hit village of Okcular said he was asleep when the quake struck. "I tried to get out of the door but it wouldn't open. I came out of the window and started helping my neighbors," he said. "We removed 6 bodies." An official in a nearby village said his community was also devastated. "Everything has been knocked down—there is not a stone in place," he said.
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Mr HIBBINS (Prahran) — My question is to the Premier. The Premier's Forest Industry Taskforce in its statement of intent agreed that a business-as-usual approach to logging is unacceptable, but the recent VicForests timber release plan does take a business-as-usual approach to logging by continuing to log our high conservation value forests. Premier, why is VicForests ignoring your own Forest Industry Taskforce and its agreed statement of intent?
Honourable members interjecting.
Mr ANDREWS (Premier) — I thank the member for Prahran for his question.
An honourable member — And the member for Murray Valley for his answer.
Mr ANDREWS — I did not hear the member for Murray Valley's answer. The member for Murray Plains, I should say — it will always be Murray Valley to me — but I can imagine what that answer might have been. I can only imagine. Anyway, I will be sure to review Hansard to see that quip tomorrow.
The member for Prahran has kind of answered his own question by referring to a statement of intent from the Forest Industry Taskforce — that is, that is their intention. They have not yet concluded their work. They have not yet reported. They have got a way to go yet. I would just direct the honourable member to the fact that for the first time in our state — and I would hope all honourable members, regardless of very strongly held views on these issues, would concede the point or agree the point — this is the first time that we have ever had the timber industry, environmental groups, non-government organisations and the union representing timber workers sitting around a table with a real sense of urgency as to the sustainability in the medium and the long term for this industry and these jobs.
Mr R. Smith interjected.
Mr ANDREWS — It is a laughing matter, according to the member for Warrandyte. Perhaps we should just get some Hereford fuel reduction providers and get them in there. They eat logs, don't they? They eat logs apparently.
The SPEAKER — Order! The Premier! The Premier to continue responding to the member for Prahran.
Mr ANDREWS — I think I just heard the member for Warrandyte say, 'I'm starting to think'. I seriously doubt that. That would be reform, wouldn't it.
The member for Prahran asked a serious question and in the asking of it actually answered it. The statement of intent is just that. It is not concluded yet. That work is not done. It continues. I want to thank all of those who are represented on the task force for the work that they are doing, and they and the government will have more to say at an appropriate time when they have concluded their work.
But again I would just remind members that I think it is something we should all be pleased about. Regardless of the different views all of the stakeholders, all of those most directly affected — although I would say that all Victorians have a stake in getting this right — are sitting around the table talking about the sustainability in all of its meanings — economically, socially, environmentally — for this industry and for these precious natural resources.
Mr HIBBINS (Prahran) — Can the Premier advise how the Leadbeater's possum, Victoria's state faunal emblem, will survive given that its remaining habitat is scheduled to be logged by the end of 2018 under the VicForests timber release plan?
Mr ANDREWS (Premier) — I thank the member for Prahran for his supplementary question. I think the member for Prahran, in the asking of this supplementary, has somewhat narrowed what might be considered the available habitat for the Leadbeater's possum. I think he may have rather constrained that and taken a very, very narrow — and I would suggest inaccurate — view.
Mr Blackwood — He's telling a lie!
The SPEAKER — Order! The Premier will not take up interjections.
Mr ANDREWS — One can only hope that, just as the member for Murray Plains's comment was caught by Hansard, let us hope the member for Narracan's comment was caught by Hansard as well.
I am happy to arrange a briefing from those whose job it is to define what available habitat is and deal with these matters of extinction and others. The member for Melbourne is shaking her head. I am happy to provide the briefing if that is something the member for Prahran wants so we can all be certain of the facts rather than people's misheld views.


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Schumer seeks increase in home heating aid
WASHINGTON – With New York reeling from frigid temperatures brought by a polar vortex, Democratic Sen. Charles Schum...
Schumer seeks increase in home heating aid WASHINGTON – With New York reeling from frigid temperatures brought by a polar vortex, Democratic Sen. Charles Schum... Check out this story on poughkeepsiejournal.com: http://pojonews.co/1hxHFVI
POU Published 12:15 a.m. ET Jan. 9, 2014
The frozen mist from Niagara Falls coats the landscape around Prospect Point at Niagara Falls State Park on Tuesday. The polar vortex brought frigid temperatures to the area. (Photo: AP )
WASHINGTON – With New York reeling from frigid temperatures brought by a polar vortex, Democratic Sen. Charles Schumer wants the federal Low Income Home Energy Assistance Program to immediately release $35 million to the state.
LIHEAP helps an estimated 485,000 low-income families in the state pay their monthly utility bills, including 166,297 in western New York, 112,960 in the Hudson Valley, 94,480 in the Rochester-Finger Lakes region and 75,159 in the Southern Tier.
New York received 90 percent of its annual funding — $316 million — in November, according to Schumer.
If the state receives the additional money, it's not clear if there will be other funds available until October.
The federal government has been operating on a stopgap budget since mid-October, following a 16-day partial government shutdown. The stopgap measure expires Jan. 15.
House and Senate appropriators are negotiating a budget for the remainder of fiscal 2014 that's expected to be released within the next few days.
Among the top negotiators is New York Rep. Nita Lowey, ranking Democrat on the House Appropriations Committee and a longstanding supporter of LIHEAP. With the cold snap reaching most of the nation, lawmakers from various regions may be willing to carve out extra money for the program.
Overall federal funding for LIHEAP has declined from $4.7 billion in fiscal 2011 to $3.25 billion in fiscal 2013, which ended Sept. 30. According to Schumer's office, New York's share of LIHEAP money has dropped by $170.6 million over the last two years.
Schumer said he's written to Senate appropriators urging them to increase funding for the program.
"Winters in New York can be especially brutal, and heating costs have steadily risen over the past five years,'' he said. "Now is the time to add the program, not subtract, and I will make sure my colleagues are aware of all the benefits the LIHEAP program has to offer."
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Russian monk denying coronavirus takes control of monastery
A Russian monk who has denied the coronavirus' existence and called on believers to ignore the Kremlin's lockdown has taken control of a monastery in the Ural Mountains
MOSCOW (AP) — A rebellious Russian monk who has denied the coronavirus' existence and urged believers to ignore the Kremlin's lockdown orders has taken control of a monastery in the Ural Mountains.
Father Sergiy showed up Tuesday at the Sredneuralsk women's monastery that he had founded years ago and took charge. Scores of volunteers, including battle-hardened veterans of the separatist conflict in eastern Ukraine, helped enforce his rules, while the prioress and several nuns have left.
Hundreds of believers from Yekaterinburg and other cities in the Urals have flocked to the convent to hear the priest's fiery sermons.
The Russian Orthodox Church has denounced Father Sergiy's move, saying he has been banned from conducting church services and urging him to repent. Police visited the monastery Wednesday and found no violations.
Last month, the monk was suspended by the church leadership following his continuous calls to disobey the closure of churches during the lockdown. Orthodox churches across Russia were closed to parishioners on April 13 because of the coronavirus outbreak and were only allowed to reopen earlier this month.
Father Sergiy has declared the coronavirus non-existent and urged believers to ignore the lockdown orders from authorities. He denounced electronic passes introduced in Moscow and some other regions as part of efforts to stem the outbreak as "Satan's electronic camp." The monk has described the vaccines being developed against COVID-19 as part of a global plot to control the masses.
Next week, Father Sergiy will face a church panel that will decide on his future. He also has faced charges of spreading false information about the coronavirus,
The monk has ignored the church's ban. In a video from his cell where icons and images of Orthodox Church hierarchs of the past adorn the wall alongside pictures of Russia's last Czar, Nicholas II, and Soviet dictator Josef Stalin, he warned church officials that they will need to seize the monastery by force to get him out.
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By Sam Lucero | The Compass | March 19, 2009
But their life was interrupted, tragically, five days after Gen retired.
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One of Gen's duties was decorating the church. On June 5, 1987, she and Mary Dietrich arrived at St. Mary Church to remove the white cloth that draped the church's crucifix during the Easter season. It's something she'd done on numerous occasions.
"I went up the ladder and I had to go up to the very top," said Gen. "I pulled on it and it would not come off. That was a surprise, because I always just took a hold of it and it came off."
Fr. John Neuser, pastor at the time, was at the church and saw Gen struggling to remove the cloth.
"Fr. John was in the corner and said, 'Gen, leave it go. I'll get it.' I said, 'Oh, I'll give it one more tug,'" she recalled. "I gave it a tug and the cross went right down the wall. It didn't fall forward, it just slid down the wall. I was up on the very top of the ladder, so I went down. I don't recall anything except pulling and I woke up in the hospital."
Gen fell about 18 feet to the ground, severing her spinal cord and leaving her paralyzed from the waist down. She was taken by ambulance to St. Vincent Hospital in Green Bay. Coincidentally, her husband was returning to Brillion from St. Vincent Hospital, where his father had just been released.
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Favorite saint: Therese of Lisieux
Words to live by: "For the sake of your sorrowful passion, I offer up my pain for the whole world."
"He walked into the emergency room and they said, 'She has a 50/50 chance (of survival),'" said Gen. "He was very shocked that I was in that condition. That evening Fr. William Stengel, who was hospital chaplain, and Fr. Neuser gave me the anointing of the sick."
Two days later, as Gen regained consciousness, she was told she was paralyzed.
"I said, 'God has other plans for me,'" she said. "Somehow, the clay thing came to mind: He's going to mold me in a different way. I guess I shed a few tears, but I really felt God had something else in mind for me."
Her positive attitude helped in the months of rehabilitation that lay ahead.
Gen remained in intensive care from June 5 to June 20. She then had a tube inserted into her lung to drain fluid buildup. By June 25, she was in a wheelchair. The next two months were spent undergoing physical and occupational therapy. During that time, Robert remodeled their ranch home, making it wheelchair accessible.
Gen returned home on Aug. 20 and began a new chapter in her life. Restricted to a wheelchair, she found ways to stay active at church. "Robert had somebody build a ramp into the school so I could help out with religious education or attend meetings," said Gen. "Then we built one into the church."
She returned to teaching religious education, first to high school and junior high students, then to third graders. Her home was one block from church. Instead of classes at church, the students were escorted to her house.
"Someone would walk them over. It was wonderful," said Gen. "We sat around the dining room table and they loved it."
Gen also handled the scheduling for church ministers. "I did it from the time I got hurt," she said. "Those are the two things I felt good about, scheduling and teaching. I felt like I was still involved."
Gen's life was again interrupted when her husband came down with a Corticobasal Syndrome, which is similar to Lou Gehrig's Disease. "He started losing strength in his arms," she said. "So instead of him taking care of me, I was taking care of him." Home care nurses assisted the couple. When Robert's condition worsened, he went to a nursing home, where he remained until his death on July 4, 2002.
After Robert's death, Gen managed to live alone at home. "I wasn't as afraid to be by myself because I was doing everything by myself" for several years, she said.
Her independence ended and life was again interrupted on Feb. 1, 2008. Gen had been suffering from painful ulcerated pressure sores. The bed sores were severe enough to send her to St. Vincent Hospital. She spent 10 days recovering, but the sores needed time to heal. Gen was transferred to Parkview Manor, a nursing home in Green Bay. She cried at first, but submitted her fears to God.
"I thought I'd heal in a month or two and it took eight months," she said. "It turned out to be a real good experience."
Last November, Gen returned to Brillion; but not to her home. She now lives at Garrow Villa, an assisted living facility. "I'm going to stay here until I am totally independent again." she said. "I'm not at that point yet."
Throughout life's interruptions, Gen said her strength to continue comes from her faith.
Each morning she turns on her television to watch the recitation of the rosary and celebration of Mass on EWTN. "I put my faith (in God) right from the beginning," she said. "Whatever happens today, God is with me."
She said God has been with her through years of pain and discomfort. Rather than complain, she has found a way to offer her pain up to God for the sins of the world. This practice is known as redemptive suffering.
"I definitely (offered up prayers) in the nursing home because I was always confined to the bed," she said. "What I said was the prayer for the sake of (Christ's) sorrowful passion, 'I offer my pain for people who are having abortions, for our country and my family.' And I still do that now, especially for our country and abortions. Otherwise, what good is suffering if you don't offer it for something?"
Gen is working with a neurologist to help ease her pain. "My pain is pretty bad now and she thinks there's a reason she can find that might relieve it," she said. "I'm going to take an MRI in a couple of weeks. In the meantime, I'm offering it up."
As she approaches the 22nd anniversary of her paralysis, Gen remains in high spirits, finding ways to live out her faith through prayer and by serving as an example to others. She's also putting the finishing touches on her journal.
"I would say I've got 30 pages typed," she said. While she's chosen the title "Life Interrupted," Bishop Robert Morneau, a friend since 1980, has a better title: "A Red Badge of Courage," or, quoting Mary, "Do Whatever He Tells You!"
"She is living out her baptismal call of participating in the life, suffering, death and resurrection of the Lord," said Bishop Morneau.
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The specifics of Neapolitan pizzas are "subject to much Talmudic debate," writes Michael Idov in New York Magazine this week. But there are a few rules that all aspiring Neapolitan pizzas must follow: A twelve-inch round pie, often unsliced; a thin, soft, and chewy crust; bubbles on the rim; simple but quality sauces; a modest amount of mozzarella di bufala; and a few stingy drops of olive oil. Though New York is currently in the midst of a Neapolitan revolution, it's not the only city turning away from the familiar gloppy sauce and slithering cheese. Here in San Francisco we have scads of great pizzerias, including a few that are doing the Neapolitan thing with aplomb. Click through to check them out.
• One of the city's classic Italian joints makes this classic pie. Tommaso's has been around since 1935 and fires their pizza in an oak-burning oven. They don't take reservations and have a line just about every night, so get there early and only a little hungry.
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Enhanced accumulation of copper and lead in amaranth (Amaranthus paniculatus), Indian mustard (Brassica juncea) and sunflower (Helianthus annuus).
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Soil contamination by copper (Cu) and lead (Pb) is a widespread environmental problem. For phytoextraction to be successful and viable in environmental remediation, strategies that can improve plant uptake must be identified. In the present study we investigated the use of nitrogen (N) fertilizer as an efficient way to enhance accumulation of Cu and Pb from contaminated industrial soils into amaranth, Indian mustard and sunflower.
Plants were grown in a greenhouse and fertilized with N fertilizer at rates of 0, 190 and 380 mg kg⁻¹ soil. Shoots, roots and total accumulation of Cu and Pb, transfer factor (TF), translocation index were assessed to evaluate the transport and translocation ability of tested plants. Addition of N fertilizer acidified the industrial soil and caused the pH to decrease to 5.5 from an initial pH of 6.9. Industrial soil amended with N fertilizer resulted in the highest accumulation of Pb and Cu (for Pb 10.1-15.5 mg kg⁻¹, for Cu 11.6-16.8 mg kg⁻¹) in the shoots, which was two to four folds higher relative to the concentration in roots in all the three plants used. Sunflower removed significantly higher Pb (50-54%) and Cu (34-38%) followed by amaranth and Indian mustard from industrial soils with the application of N fertilizer. The TF was <1 while the shoot and root concentration (SC/RC) ratios of Pb and Cu were between 1.3-4.3 and 1.8-3.8, respectively, regardless of plant species.
Sunflower is the best plant species to carry out phytoextraction of Pb and Cu. In contrast, Pb and Cu removal by Indian mustard and amaranth shows great potential as quick and short duration vegetable crops. The results suggest that the application of N fertilizer in contaminated industrial soil is an effective amendment for the phytoextraction of Pb and Cu from contaminated industrial soils.


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DriveTribe social network has been working for almost seven years. According to the official version, it is being closed due to a drop in revenues amid cut advertising budgets for automakers. Unofficially, the project turned out to be very expensive to launch, and then brought in losses.
DriveTribe was founded in 2015 after TV presenters Jeremy Clarkson, Richard Hammond and James May left the BBC TopGear show. The site and the app are a club of interests in the automotive and near-automotive fields. Clarkson, Hammond, and May own it, but other people are in charge of the operations and technical issues. The food social network FoodTribe operates on the same platform.
"For many months we have been confronted with serious industry problems, which, unfortunately, will not go anywhere. The long-term global shortage of computer chips has caused a number of problems for the auto industry and led to severe cuts in marketing budgets in the industry. This has created an incredibly challenging operating environment for companies like ours that rely on advertising. Therefore, unfortunately, we will close the DriveTribe and FoodTribe sites and apps, as well as the business behind them, at the end of this month, "the British trio said in a statement.
Richard Hammond will keep the DriveTribe community alive through "regular" social media channels that will continue after the site and app are closed. There he will share information about his new projects, including the Smallest Cog Workshop. Clarkson and May, in turn, will support a colleague and occasionally appear in his videos.
Drive notes: According to insiders, the DriveTribe and FoodTribe projects "burned" millions of dollars in creating websites and applications, while they were mainly funded by the hosts' own funds. And the fall in advertising revenue during the coronavirus pandemic finally "finished off" the social network.
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Raleigh Classic Summer 2020
The show must go on! So, the Raleigh Classic Summer auction, which was delayed from earlier in the year, was held September 21 – 22 at the Capital Auto Auction in Youngsville, NC. Holding public sales can be quite challenging in these current times, but obviously, the enthusiasm of classic car fans is alive and well. As we return to a greater sense of normalcy, it's certainly reassuring that events such as these are still being held.
Living up to its reputation, the Raleigh Classic's docket was filled with high quality, original vehicles, many with low mileage. The sell-through rate, helped by very active phone and internet bidding, was 80%+ for the 250 vehicles that crossed the auction block. Here is a recap of this summer's sale.
Star Cars and Top Sales
Headlining the Summer 2020 Raleigh Classic were a trio of 1939 Packards, which had been restored to showroom condition. Two of the three Packards sold, but the V-12 Rumble Seat Coupe's final bid of $180,000 did not reach the reserve price. One of the unique features of this car was the hood ornament, which doubles as its radio antenna.
Bragging rights for the highest priced car sold at the auction went to a 2015 Ferrari 458 Italia at $208,000. Another standout was a 1967 Lincoln 4-door convertible, which started a bidding war that finally ended when the hammer fell at $118,000. For muscle car enthusiasts, there were two real gems: a 1968 Camaro Z28 RS, which didn't sell, received a high bid of $137,500, and a 1970 Chevelle SS454 LS6, which sold for $87,500.
Top sales were:
2015 Ferrari 458 Italia – $206K
1939 Packard 12 convertible (Black) – $161K
1967 Lincoln 4-door convertible – $118K
1963 Corvette Stingray – $103K
1970 Chevelle SS454 LS6 – $87,500
1968 Hemi Road Runner – $80K
1939 Packard 8 (Beige) – $64K
Stellar Trio of 1939 Packards
1939 Packard V12 Rumble Seat Coupe Received High Bid of $80,000
3 Packard Hood Orentement And Radio Antenna
1939 Packard 1707 Coupe Roadster Sold for $161,000
1939 Packard 1279 Convertible Sold for $64,000
2015 Ferrari 458 Italia Sold for $206,000
1967 Lincoln Continental Convertible Sold for $118,000
1963 Chevrolet Corvette Split Window Sold for $103,000
1967 Camaro Z28 RS Received High Bid of $137,500
1970 Oldsmobile 442 W30 Convertible Sold for $94,000
1968 Hemi Road Runner Sold For $80,000
1970 Chevelle SS454 LS6 Sold for $87,500
Low Mileage Gems
A low mileage vehicle is one of the best indicators that the automobile will more than likely be in good condition. Perhaps the original dealer has kept the car in their inventory, or maybe the owner has placed it in long term storage, or it could be that he (or she) just rarely takes it out of the garage. Whatever the reason, Raleigh Classic has a reputation for finding several of these "lightly used" vehicles. Here are some of the time capsules from this year's auction.
1972 Corvette Coupe ($19,000 Miles) Sold for $36,000
1994 Chevy Pickup (6,900 Miles) Sold for $28,000
1931 Chevy Independence Phaeton (1,100 Miles) Sold for $27,500
2006 Pontiac GTO (12,900 Miles) Sold for $21,000
1956 Ford Victoia (14,000 Miles) Sold for $46,500
1953 Ford Crestline Convertible (30,000 Miles) Received High Bid of $29,000
1959 Willys Pickup (9,000 Miles) Sold for $15,500
1960 Nash Metropolitan (9,500 Miles) Sold for $22,000
1958 Nash Metropolitan (9,100 Miles) Received High Bid of $15,500
1963 Chevy Greenbier Van (11,500 Miles) Sold for $21,000
More Eyecatching Cars
The parade of classics that crossed the auction block included some rare cars, such as a 1957 Olds with J2 power, a 1958 Chevy 4-door Nomad, a 1957 Studebaker Golden Hawk, and two 1939 Plymouth Convertibles. See more below.
1957 Oldsmobile Holiday with J2 Power Sold for $39,000
1933 Ford 2-Door Convertible Sold for $42,500
1969 Cutluss Hurst Sold for $52,500
1939 Plymouth Convertible Received High Bid of $22,500
1965 Sports Fury Convertible Sold for $15,750
1955 Chevy Pickup Received High Bid of $26,000
1933 Ford Phaeton Received High Bid of $44,000
1970 Corvette Sold for $26,750
1936 Dodge Ram Pickup Sold For $33,000
1958 Chevy Bel Air Nomad Received High Bid of $31,000
1935 Chevy Coupe Sold for $16,750
1959 Willys Pickup Sold for $45,500
1965 Rolls Royce Silver Cloud III Sold for $49,500
1950 Buick Roadmaster Sold for $48,500
1973 Dodge Charger Received High Bid of $22,000
1963 Ford Galaxie 500 XL Convertible Sold for $54,000
1960 Studebaker Champ
1957 Cadillac Eldorado Brougham Received High Bid of $48,000
1939 Plymouth Convertible Sold For $25,500
1956 Lincoln Premier Convertible Sold For $35,000
1957 Studebaker Golden Hawk Received High Bid of $70,000
1957 T Bird Sold For $26,000
1958 Chevy Apache Pickup Sold For $25,500
1960 Studebaker Champ Pickup Sold For $21,000
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        pname = request.POST.get('pname')
        u_id = request.POST.get('u_id')
        user = userprofile.objects.get(pk=u_id)
        pid = Project.objects.get(title=pname)
    else:
        u_id = None
        pname = None

    if request.POST.get('db_id','chkbox'):
        db_id = request.POST.get('db_id')
        db = Db_profile.objects.get(pk=db_id)
        chkbox = request.POST.get('chkbox')
        print chkbox
    else:
        db_id = None
        chkbox = None

if Projectwiseusersetup.objects.filter(userid=user,project_id=pid,
db_profileid=   db,setasdefaultproject=chkbox):
    print "already exist"

elif (((Projectwiseusersetup.objects.filter(userid = user,project_id =
pid,db_profileid=db,setasdefaultproject=False)).exists()) and
(chkbox==True)):
    print "FtoT"

elif Projectwiseusersetup.objects.filter(userid = user,project_id =
pid,db_profileid=db,setasdefaultproject=True) and chkbox==False:
    print "TtoF"
else:
    print "aaaa"

user,pid,db,chkbox   }---- i'm getting these data from ajax post request,
userid, project_id, db_profileid, setasdefaultproject(boolean) }----- model fields
when I try to check my elif condition, i'm getting output in console "aaaa"(else part). what is wrong with elif?

A: Here the ex:
x = 4

if x == 1:
    print ("1")
elif (x == 2):
    print("2")
elif (x == 3):
    print("3")
else:
    print("4")


Abby Lunde at just Seventeen years-old is going through one of the toughest times of her life. Not only have her family consisting of Mum, Stepdad Nick and little sister Amber had to move cities, they also don't have anywhere to live and are currently living in the families van, as well as not having enough money for food so are relying on homeless places and churches to feed them.
Abby's Mum made a terrible decision that cost her, her job as a teacher. Nick was then was made redundant and with no money coming in, losing their home and the whole town turning against them Nick decided to take the family to Rochester where he knew they could get help.
Now Abby is in a new school, trying to make new friends, whilst trying to keep the biggest secret she has ever kept – She is homeless.
C.H. Armstrong knows how to write an incredible plot that is not only educational and eye-opening, it is heart-warming too. Abby was your typical teenager. She had good friends, a nice school and a roof over her head, then through no fault of her own, but one that her mum caused by a lack of judgement all that was taken away from her. Her best friends turned on her and made her life hell and with losing their home the family had no option but to pack up and leave and live in their van.
The book is set in the USA and I'm in the UK and it's hard to think that this family would be left to live in their van as this just wouldn't happen in the UK, we have emergency housing, shelters, hostels, charities for those families that are homeless. unfortunately, not so much help if you are single and homeless though.
The book is told from Abby's perspective as she tries to fit in and actually makes some lovely new friends but she is always wondering what will happen when they find out she has nothing, will they dump her like her old school friends. She is quite rightly cagey and worried. Even little things like using her lunch card which she uses to buy her dinner using the states free school dinner scheme for those on low income, or having to brush her teeth and have a quick washing in the school bathroom before school starts.
Her friends including Josh, Wendy, Tera, and Zach are all likeable and fit the story perfectly. Zach is her love interest and I've heard people say that it's not realistic that they would have begun dating so quickly. I'm sorry but this is not true. It does happen, especially with teenagers. I've been there and so have most of my friends I grew up with.
I love that Josh calls all the girls by Disney names – Abby becomes Ariel because of her red hair. I actually used to know someone who did something similar though his were movie character names. There had to be one person who took an instant dislike to Abby, the villain of the book, Trisha. I've met my share of girls like her. The type who think that it's fun to bully others or try to shame them someway, trouble is what they don't realise is that it makes more of a statement about themselves than it does about others.
I had one little niggle and that was with her sister Amber calling her 'sister' all the time rather than Abby. This is explained in the book as to why she does it but it is still really annoying, though Amber is a little cutie and will make you laugh.
Overall the book was a wonderful, poignant read and I enjoyed it the whole way through. I learned a lot about Rochester and homelessness too.
I am a prolific writer and author of THE EDGE OF NOWHERE (2016), ROAM (2019), and co-author of DÉJÀ YOU (2017).
An Oklahoma-native transplanted in Minnesota these last 26 years, I am a 1992 graduation of the University of Oklahoma and a rabid Oklahoma Sooner Football Fan. On most Saturdays from September through January, you can find me propped in front of the TV watching Sooner Football, or studying my smartphone for mobile updates from ESPN that give the current score of whomever OU is playing.
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Fabulous review. I want to read this now. I am also in the UK and know that there is a lot of help for families. Though too many homeless young people. I remember (a million years ago) being a teenager and falling in love for the first time. Insta-love is definitely a thing.
When I read a few comments from people saying that people wouldn't date that quickly or fall in love I think 'maybe you haven't but it does happen'. As a fourteen-year-old teenage I began dating a lad I had met in the morning. It might of only lasted a couple of months but it happened quickly. Even my hubby moved in with me right away, not even a week after we began dating. We've been together for many years and married for sixteen, so it does happen.
I love that cover – great review! Although, I think the "sister" thing would grate at me too.
It's apparently a thing in that part of the country. I agree the cover is a lovely colour.
Great review, sounds like a heart wrenching read. One that would teach many lessons for the YA crowd, adults too.
Than you. It really would.
Wonderful review! Unfortunately, homelessness is a big issue here in the US, even for families.
Thank you. Bad isn't it.
Wow, great review. Yes, homelessness is a big issue hear in the US, and sadly affects families. Definitely realistic.
Thank you. It's really sad that people have to go through homelessness.
Thank you. The author lives in Rochester and has posted pictures this week of how bad the weather is there.


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First Corinthians 7--Being Married in Times of Distress, Part 1
Being married binds together a husband and wife. So Paul says in 1 Corinthians 7:39, "a wife is bound as long as her husband lives." This is not bondage as such, but it does indicate certain obligations and limitations. Any time a vow is taken, including a marriage vow, people obligate themselves to fulfill the vow. So Paul's letter deals with various forms of bondage—first the bondage that circumcision and the Old Covenant impose upon men, then the bonds of slavery to men and to Christ, and now finally the bonds of matrimony.
1 Corinthians 7:25, 26 says,
25 Now concerning virgins I have no command of the Lord, but I give an opinion as one who by the mercy of the Lord is trustworthy. 26 I think then that this is good in view of the present distress, that it is good for a [single] man to remain as he is.
Here Paul expresses an opinion, not a law. He understood that God had instituted marriage from the beginning, and that there was no law forbidding marriage. His opinion was "in view of the present distress." The Greek term translated "distress" is anagke, meaning "necessity, imposed either by the external conditions of things or by the duty of law." The word is used in other literature to mean "calamity, distress, or straits."
Since Paul made it clear that he was not talking about the constraints of the law, he obviously was referring to external conditions in his day. During times of calamity or persecution, ungodly men often torture believers' wives and children unless they renounce Christ. So being married can present problems and even great heartaches. Such distressful situations did indeed occur in the early church.
Paul's Counsel
So in regard to the bonds of marriage, Paul gave the same counsel that he gave to those who were considering circumcision and to slaves. Whether married or single, do not seek to change your status. 1 Corinthians 7:27, 28 says,
27 Are you bound to a wife? Do not seek to be released. Are you released from a wife? Do not seek a wife. 28 But if you should marry, you have not sinned; and if a virgin should marry, she has not sinned…
Paul addresses those who are married, telling them not to "be released" from the bond of marriage. In other words, if you have become a believer, do not use that as an excuse to divorce an unbelieving spouse. In fact, do not seek divorce at all. But if you are "released from a wife" (i.e., divorced or widowed), "do not seek a wife, but if you should marry, you have not sinned."
Here Paul was speaking to those who were widowed and divorced. He affirms the right of remarriage, as established in the law (Deuteronomy 24:2 KJV), though he does not recommend it on "in view of the present distress." That Paul was referring to those previously married, including those who were divorced, is made clear by the fact that he next addresses those who have never been married: "and if a virgin should marry, she has not sinned."
So Paul states categorically that it is not a sin for anyone to marry or to remarry. In fact, he specifically condemns those in the future who would forbid marriage (1 Timothy 4:3). His counsel to remain single is based fully upon external circumstances.
Signs of Christ's Coming
In 1 Corinthians 7:28, 29, Paul continues,
28 … Yet such will have trouble [tlipsis, "tribulation"] in this life, and I am trying to spare you. 29 But this I say, brethren, the time has been shortened, so that from now on those who have wives should be as though they had none.
It appears that Paul thought that the coming of Christ was drawing near. He and the other apostles were not told the timing of Christ's return (Matthew 24:36; Acts 1:6, 7). They were given only the signs that would precede His coming. Matthew had recorded many of those signs in his gospel, and there is no doubt that Paul had a copy of this. Though some insist that the Gospel of Matthew was written about 85 A.D. by someone other than Matthew, I believe that it was the first gospel written (about 40 A.D.), and that it was the primary gospel used in the Jerusalem church.
In 1 Corinthians 7:29 Paul quoted from Matthew 24:22,
22 And unless those days had been cut short [koloboo, "shortened, abridged"], no life would have been saved; but for the sake of the elect, those days shall be cut short [koloboo].
When Paul says "the time has been shortened," he uses a different word with a similar meaning (systello, "to draw together, contract, shorten, abridge"). But there is no doubt that he was referring to the "distress" and "tribulation" that was soon to come upon Jerusalem, as Jesus had described in great detail in Matthew 24.
Paul counsels the Corinthian believers not to become attached to things in this world. This is the meaning of Paul's expression: "from now on those who have wives should be as though they had none." Paul was expecting a soon-coming calamity to befall not only Jerusalem, but also the entire Roman Empire, including the city of Corinth. After all, the return of Christ was to affect the entire world, not just Jerusalem. Paul continues in 1 Corinthians 7:30, 31,
30 and those who weep, as though they did not weep; and those who rejoice as though they did not rejoice; and those who buy, as though they did not possess; 31 and those who use the world, as though they did not make full use of it; for the form of this world is passing away.
These are all expressions of detachment from the things of the world. Paul was saying that when Christ comes, "the form of this world" was to pass away in favor of something much greater. So he counseled them to treat their possessions in life as temporary things that would soon pass away. The word translated "form" is schema, "external condition, habitus, as comprising everything in a person which strikes the senses, the figure, bearing, discourse, actions, manner of life, etc."
Paul was expecting great changes to take place in the earth, changes which would also affect the marriage relationship itself—at least, insofar as believers were concerned. His view came from Jesus' warnings in Matthew 24, and so there is no doubt that Paul fully expected Jerusalem to be destroyed in the near future. Matthew 24:15, 16 specifically applies this time of distress to Judea and to the temple in Jerusalem.
This destruction was to be a time of tribulation (Matthew 24:21, 29) and a time of war (Matthew 24:6, 7), a time of lawlessness (Matthew 24:12) and false messiahs (Matthew 24:24). It was to be comparable to the days of Noah (Matthew 24:37), not only by its lawlessness, but also because of the flood that would deal with this problem (Matthew 24:39).
All of this formed the backdrop for Paul's counsel to the Corinthians, because it defines "the present distress" that Paul expected shortly. He also understood that those days would come sooner, rather than later, because of the shortening of the days.
Of course, we know now that the war and destruction of Jerusalem and Judea was to occur just a few years later from 66-73 A.D. Paul lived to see the start of this war, for he was not martyred until 67 A.D., as I show in my book, Lessons from Church History, Vol. 1, chapter 23.
Paul also did not know that the destruction of Jerusalem at that time was to be repeated in our time. This time Jeremiah 19:10, 11 will be fulfilled, where the city is broken so completely that it "cannot again be repaired." It was too soon for him to know that the cursed fig tree was to come to life in 1948 so that it could be destroyed again. Jesus' words were too obscure to understand in the first century.
But Paul was giving his opinion, based on his understanding of Jesus' prophecy about Jerusalem. Certainly, those living in Jerusalem at the time of its destruction might have been wise to remain detached from their possessions, for unless they moved away ahead of time, they were certain to lose most of what they owned.
We know from history, however, that the Jerusalem church did indeed move to Pella across the Jordan River in 68 or 69 A.D. during a lull in the war. Nero died in June of 68 A.D., and Vespasian, the general in charge of the war, had to wait for a new emperor to decide what to do about the situation. Various power struggles ensued until finally, Vespasian himself was proclaimed emperor toward the end of 69 A.D. He then returned to Rome to take the reins of government, leaving his son Titus to finish the war.
By this time the Jerusalem church had evacuated the city, as Eusebius, the fourth-century Bishop of Caesarea tells us in his book, Ecclesiastical History, III, 5. He says that "before the war began… to Pella, those who believed in Christ migrated from Jerusalem."
The question for us today is how Paul's counsel might apply in today's situation. With the coming destruction of Jerusalem again approaching, it appears that believers should again take heed to Jesus' warning as well as to Paul's counsel. Those living in Judea (now known as Israel) ought to follow the example of the early church and leave the country while there is still time for an orderly evacuation.
If people decide to stay, thinking that God will save the day at the last minute (as many thought also in the first century), then they should follow Paul's counsel and remain detached from their possessions and manner of life, most of which will pass away in the conflagration. It will be very important in that day to be led by the Spirit and to remember Jesus' warning, even as the early church remembered it when they escaped to Pella. Understanding prophecy could well mean the difference between life and death in that day.
Yet above all, we should view this time of tribulation as a sign of Christ's return, when great changes will take place worldwide and the Kingdom of God replaces the beast systems.
This is part 32 of a series titled "Studies in First Corinthians." To view all parts, click the link below.
Studies in First Corinthians


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Turnbull's latest bag of tripe.
One hardly knows where to begin.
Yesterday, Head Galoot Malcolm Turnbull announced that in an effort to curb the apparent enthusiasm of his ministers for shagging their staffers, he was adding a new rule to the ministerial regulations, forbidding sexual relationships.
Only ministers are denied these pleasures: backbenchers can carry on as usual.
Turnbull has experienced considerable difficulty over the last few days defining "relationships." This is because Deputy Prime Minister Barnaby Joyce, Minister Matt Canavan and Turnbull himself appear, at first blush, to have breached ministerial regulations already in existence, by conspiring to create jobs for Joyce's lover, Vikki Campion, in various ministerial offices while she and Joyce were partners.
Were they in a relationship? Even though Mrs Joyce remains registered as his partner? The DPM got so Frenchy, so chic, sporting a wife and a mistress, and the ministerial regulations failed to anticipate this circumstance. Bronwyn Bishop took a break from her unrelenting savaging of socialism to explain that a series of one night stands is not a relationship. Centrelink disagrees.
All in all, a shamefully self-serving mangling of meaning by the Head Galoot, I thought, reminiscent of "I did not have sex with that woman" which brings me to my next point: how does Turnbull intend to define not just relationship, but "sexual?" Remember US President Bill Clinton's infamous denial of fellatio as "sex?" Will Turnbull take this as a guide? Has he thought his new directive through? It would appear not.
We now have a situation in which ministers can be chucked out not because they've rorted, but because they've rooted, which, as Katharine Murphy points out, is a morals test the like of which we have never seen in this country prior to yesterday.
Let us consider that one in three Australian marriages fail. Some of those failed marriages are going to include those of politicians. Joyce's marriage by all accounts failed. The reasons for that failure are nobody else's business.
Joyce fell in love with a staffer. It seems pretty clear that the staffer fell in love with him. People fall in love. This includes politicians and staffers. Many struggling marriages come to an end when one party falls in love with someone else. That's a well-acknowledged impetus for getting yourself out of a relationship that has run its course. It's messy. It's heartbreaking. It's a catastrophic emotional event. There will be few among us who haven't been or won't be an abandoned partner, an abandoning partner, or a lover, at some time in our lives.
The particular problem with Joyce is that it is alleged he misused taxpayers' money to conceal his affair, and to keep his lover employed. It is also alleged that there are several levels of murk surrounding the gifts of free accommodation and luxury holidays made to him and his lover by a wealthy and influential friend. He also did everything possible to conceal this entire situation from his New England electorate prior to the December by-election. Aided, many would observe, by a complicit media who, while adhering to their convention that politicians' personal lives are private, failed to document the public interest story underpinning that private life.
The problem is not that Joyce, like millions of Australians, found his marriage was over and fell in love with a new partner. And yet, Turnbull has contrived to make this the core issue, rather than the allegations of ongoing rorting surrounding Joyce's personal drama.
And so we have a thundering puritanism emerging in our parliament, instead of a sober examination of politicians misusing public money, lying to the parliament and the electorate, and taking "gifts" they ought not to accept.
Not to mention the appalling lack of adequate policies and procedures to protect workers from sexual harassment, and to give anyone who is sexually harassed, by a minister, a back bencher or anyone else, a clear and safe pathway to report that harassment.
Instead we have been served up a stinking bag of raw tripe that encourages the most prurient speculations, and leaves us with our most dire problems entirely unaddressed. This is no accident. How much easier for Turnbull to focus on the root, and leave the rorting alone.
Tags: Barnaby Joyce, Katharine Murphy, Malcolm Turnbull, Matt Canavan, National Party, New England, Sexual harassment
Categories Politics, Society, Uncategorized
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24 Responses to "Turnbull's latest bag of tripe."
paul walter February 16, 2018 at 1:25 pm #
Discretion is the better part of valour.
Sufficient to say I am finding this so weird that I cant comment until Ive made some sense of it all.
Except for Clinton, who did well to transgress Starr, which was a smear campaign, not a genuine enquiry. Imho , the true villains in that were Gingrich and that monster Linda Tripp.
franklongshank February 16, 2018 at 1:52 pm #
I don't think Joyce fell in love. He fell in LUST. He let his dick do ALL his thinking for him. Now he is paying the price.
I agree with you that Turnbull is a complete dill. I had him figured out from day one as a klutz. A do-nothing windbag who had a dream to be PM and mark it off his bucket list.
I also agree with Paul Keating when he said Turnbull lacked all political judgement. Hence his litany of cockups from taxing the air we breathe (The Global Warming Hoax) to pushing water up hill (Snowy 2.0), supporting gay marriage, to banning sex between his ministers and declaring that there were no conservatives in the Liberal Party! What? I thought Love is Love?!
Turnbull joined the wrong party – he's so foolish and inept. Then he paid $1.7m and re-badged it as his own!
There is only one leader on the horizon who never thinks with his penis because it's sinful, wears a hair-shirt on Sundays, rides a bike, puts out fires on weekends, takes a hammer and nails and bangs up a shack for aborigines in his spare time and is the Libs "suppository of all wisdom" himself that I have never wavered in my support and even sometimes declared my love – in a manly way – not a gay way – for Mr Tony Abbott former PM.
That man who should be King once more. When the Libs have exhausted all the other duds – they will return to Abbott once more. Even a dog returns to it's vomit. It is written in the stars.
doug quixote February 16, 2018 at 7:04 pm #
Even a dog returns to its vomit.
Just so, Frank.
We await your further deposition of polished turds.
Moz of Yarramulla February 16, 2018 at 3:03 pm #
This is better than daytime TV, any day. Dueling press conferences, frantic efforts to pretend this is about Howard-style sex rather than any kind of political ethics and the rule of law.
Who here was feeling all smug about the USA and UK political situations until about a week ago? Now it's "anything you can do, we can have a half-arsed go at". Tump buys off a porn star, UK parlimentarians use taxpayer funds to upkeep the moats on their castles, all we can manage is the deputy PM knocking up his secretary.
Agree with Moz. Better than sex.
Marilyn February 16, 2018 at 3:05 pm #
John Birmingham has a masterpiece today with a new name for Truffles – blundercunt.
Really, this is an extreme government. They should be thrown out on their collective ear, yesterday.
Shreiking Wombat Ninja February 16, 2018 at 4:48 pm #
I think "in love" might be putting too grand a spin on it…
Too Mills and Boon, you mean?
Yes, but:
(I believe) it was an attempt at kindliness, to explain the complexity of what has gone on without necessarily condoning the dark side of it, which has already been well explicated.
It least it didn't sink to the soap opera level of Julia Bairds "Drum" tonight, characterised by some SERIOUS denial of critical wider aspects of the events followed by a retreat to a Dolly Is A Girl Like You "All men are Beasts" reduction.
Truffles the born-again Puritan has never had political judgement; Keating called it 30 years ago.
Brain the size of a planet (and ego to match) and all they want me to do is be PM . . .
Fair go!
He paid good money for that!
marymtf February 17, 2018 at 8:29 am #
Whatever the weekly drama, those of us who watch question time are aware that there are liars and hypocrites on both sides of the house. And let's not forget back stabbers (one of the many things the head galoot has in common with the shadow head galoot.) and if recent rumours are to be believed, the shadow head galoot has something equally sleazy in common with BJ). Those are the people running / wanting to run our country.
Speaking of tripe and of women persecuted for telling the truth, there seems a wellspring of resentment developing over the ABC's attempted censorship of Emma Alberici and her article examining the government's case for tax cuts for the rich.
right have attempted a cluster fuck including a smear campaign in the Murdoch press, but signs are that ABC staff are starting to get very fed up with ABC management and its biased meddling on behalf of the Right.
Jennifer Wilson February 18, 2018 at 8:35 am #
I'm loving how this is backfiring on Turnbull. He's never heard of the Streisand Effect. There's a mutiny on social media, quite rightly.
https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/feb/16/malcolm-turnbull-does-the-time-warp-with-his-ministerial-sex-ban
How about this for cowardice:
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/feb/17/turnbull-fifield-and-morrison-wrote-to-abc-boss-before-tax-cut-analysis-was-removed-report
That's great, and includes a link to the original (which I managed to read in the brief time the ABC was willing to admit to it!) Sadly the like button here doesn't like me today, so you get a comment 🙂
paul walter February 20, 2018 at 10:36 pm #
The like button here is a piece of unnecessary bureaucratic nonsense.. It is the one bone I have to pick with "Sheep".
Gone dead again.
Come back in a month?
Sadly, Paul there was only one Bob Ellis. Jennifer isn't Bob, and I haven't the time or the inclination to try to emulate him.
I call it my controlled folly to try to educate some of those who will pay attention long enough to learn something.
Marx and then his successors developed dialectical materialism, which it can be argued is still working its way through society today: the adversarial conflict of social forces, action and reaction, contradictions and resolutions.
Communism failed, foundering on the jagged rocks of human nature. But it can hardly be argued that Capitalism survives in anything approaching a
pure form, thanks also to human nature, the better angels to which Abe alluded.
And so it goes . . .
paul walter February 22, 2018 at 12:41 am #
Capitalism is a curse and a cancer and you wonder if there is any way at all of gaining change without conditions coming to the festering head that Marx predicted it would.
Drink from my poison chalice, my friend.
paul walter February 25, 2018 at 4:38 am #
https://www.theguardian.com/media/2018/feb/23/abc-faces-more-questions-as-emma-albericis-disputed-article-is-restored
Genuine case of a broadsheet journalist's adventures at site increasingly dominated by the loud Right.
Alberici proves that guts and brains defeats bigotry every time.
drsusancalvin February 25, 2018 at 5:46 pm #
News Just In. Barnaby reportedly hadn't had sex for 5 years. They're still trying to make it about the rooting not the rorting.
Jeepers, so much to say, so little death wish to say it.
Elsewhere it has been suggested that the Barnaby events actually have their origins in a feud between Markson and Campion.
Like, all of this has been, at base, a catfight?
Who'da thunk- girls are such sweet creatures we fellas always thought.


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