Back when I got back into hiking a number of years ago the third thing I bought was a pair of Gossamer Gear LT4 Trekking Poles and I still have them to this day. They are the only piece of gear I still have from my first three seasons of hiking put together. I have a few thousand miles of use on them.
There is not a lot to say about the LT4 poles that have not already been said by other hikers for years. They stand as a pedestal in the long distance and ultra light hiking world, much like the ULA Backpacks do on the PCT, where well over 50% of the hikers are using a ULA pack of some sort. The amount of hikers you see these days with the GG LT4s is just amazing. It is a testament to their strength and weight.
They are the second lightest hiking poles I am aware of, second only to the carbon fiber Yana poles sold by Ruta Locura – you can read my review of them.
As a Trail Ambassador of Gossamer Gear I was asked what my favorite piece of gear that Gossamer Gear makes and without any doubt or hesitation at all, the LT4 Trekking Poles are my favorite! I bought the pair of mine years ago, back before I was a long distance hiker, back before I was posting videos on youtube, and back before I was writing articles about hiking gear.
If you are a hiker who follows my articles you know I am not a fan of putting competing products up against each other, but it would be very difficult to talk about either the LT4s or the Yana Poles without comparing them to each other – they are the defacto lightest hiking poles we can buy. Without a doubt I prefer the Gossamer Gear LT4 poles over the Yana Poles, but it sort of goes without saying that somewhere along the way they need to be compared to each other, so I will do so a few times within this article.
I do want to start off by saying that I have never snapped a single Gossamer Gear LT4 hiking pole. I do not use wrist straps and have taught myself to instantly and automatically let go of my hiking poles if I sense they have gotten stuck in rocks, roots, logs, or whatever. I am pretty sure that this training on my part has saved me from shattering a few of them over the years.
I will also say that I am very much attracted to the "Black Diamond Alpine Carbon Cork Trekking Poles" the more that I hike. They are significantly heavier (492 grams for a pair – verses 238 grams for the LT4's – that is 254 grams / 8.95 ounces heavier!) but there are some aspects about them that really appeal to me. That includes: the locking mechanism, the three piece design, and the locking mechanism. yes, i said that twice.
So onto my thoughts on the LT4 Trekking Poles made by Gossmaer Gear. I do want to preface this with a brief usage: I have thousands of miles with my LT4. I have used my single and only pair in the deserts of California, in the mountains of Northern California, in Death Valley, in the Redwood forest where I live. From 120+ degrees Fahrenheit temperatures to very deep snow in the winter time and well over at least 200 days/nights spent hiking in the rain.
The LT4 poles do a very good job at not suffering from vibrations on almost all terrain. When moving fast on black top roads I have noticed some vibrations, but that is rare for me to be doing. I have used them on granite mountains, very rocky/boulder'y beach hikes, and on root infested rain forests. Rarely has there been a time when I noticed vibrations with the Gossamer Gear LT4 poles.
Both negatives and positives here in this section.
The positive is that they are fairly easy to maintain and almost impossible to break.
They have been known to freeze up at night if you use them as support for your shelter and it is raining and cold. They have also been known to have issues with suction and trying to pull them apart if it is raining a lot and you do not dry them out regularly. Gossamer Gear advises that you take them apart at night and wipe them dry. Very sound advice, trust me, I have had to send one pole back that got locked up because of this. It was my stupid mistake and I take full responsibility for causing it. Lesson learned.
Compared to the Black Diamond Alpine Carbon Cork Trekking Poles the locking mechanism can be extremely frustrating at times. Pig Monkey said it oh so well over at his blog, "the twist-lock isn't really that bad. It works most of the time — but we're talking like 75% of the time, not 99%. Sometimes it made me want to beat the poles against a tree." I cannot count the amount of times I was all packed up early in the morning and ready to hit the trail for some big miles and those blasted locking mechanisms of the LT4's would just not lock up. There are some tricks to getting them to lock up and it would be awesome if Gossamer Gear were to put some of these tips on their website page for the LT4s.
When they do work (which is most of the time) the locking mechanisms on the LT4 are very nice, very lightweight, impossible to break, something you will never loose even if you do take the poles apart at night, and have never ever slipped on me, even when I had to put my full weight on a single pole.
Gossamer Gear has put a lot of work into the design and construction of the LT4 poles over the years and it really shows for it. They add extra wrapping to the carbon fiber shafts in the places that need it the most.
The handles by which all other hiking pole handles are judged by. No too soft, not to hard. Not plastic. Absorbs a very mi·nute amount of water even if you leave them stuck in muddy wet ground upside down as a shelter support. Even in the muddiest yuckiest of ground conditions (when used as a shelter support) my original pair are still pretty much the same color they originally were. One turned a little black on me when I was in some truly nasty muck on night and had no other option than to setup where I did. All in all, the handles are very comfortable in both palm-on-top mode and when holding them normally.
The Gossamer Gear LT4's are at the very top of the cost for hiking poles at $160 bucks. Both the Black Diamond Alpine Carbon Cork and the Ruta Locura Yana Poles are $150. I am sure there are most expensive poles out there, but for the ones that matter, the LT4 poles are the most expensive ones.
Amazingly light weight at 119 grams (4.1 oz) per pole.
The most comfortable handle out there.
Very easy to replace any part of them from the Gossamer Gear Store.
Sometimes the locking mechanisms can be frustrating.
I thought long-and-hard for a second Con and nothing comes to mind.
For the record I am 6 feet tall, 205 pounds, and I have an average base pack weight of 4.8 pounds in the shoulder season and sub three pounds in the summer, so I am not somebody out there hiking with a 60 pound pack putting a lot of strain on these poles. I am not saying they cannot but I have no experience with that so it would be unfair of me to comment about such hiking conditions.
The locking mechanisms leaves myself and a lot of other hikes rather frustrated at times. I know a lot of guys that firmly believe the LT4 poles are not a four season pole because of the locking mechanism and trying to get them to lock while using gloves. Most of those guys believe that the Black Diamond Alpine Carbon Cork Trekking Poles are the way to go. I do not have a lot of winter hiking experience with the LT4 poles so I am also limited in my ability to comment about that. I do have a few thousand miles of use with the LT4 poles in typical summer and shoulder season conditions. Both in the hotest place in the USA, Death Valley, and in the month-after-month raining conditions of the Redwood rain forests of Northern California. In these conditions that I hike in I can absolutely say that the Gossamer Gear LT4 Trekking Poles excel and there is no other hiking pole I would rather be out there with in those conditions.
In accordance of USA Federal Trade Commission 16 CFR, Part 255: I hereby declare that I am a "Trail Ambassador" of Gossamer Gear. The Gossamer Gear products mentioned within the content of this review where purchased by myself and were not supplied to me free of charge, or in exchange for services, by Gossamer Gear.
i just picked up a pair of Womens Komperdell C2 Carbon Asana poles. They are 2 piece and have a cam lock similar to BD's. They weigh 6.1 oz per pole. I found them on sale fairly easily . Don't care that they are women's. They have nicer straps than the LT4s, they are lighter than the BD poles, and the locking mechanism is a huge plus in my book. I find that twist locks often fail when you most need the pole to prevent a fall (you slip and shift your entire body weight on one pole in an attempt to recover). I also prefer 2 piece poles because I adjust frequently on the trail to different heights according to the slope. And it is quicker to just adjust one section rather than two. I would not argue that these are the best poles, only that they seem like a good compromise between weight and design and price.
Nice review John. Admittedly, I have much less miles on mine, only around 200 or so. I have had the locking mech lock up on me once when going from a hot truck to a very cold outside environment. other than this, I have had no problems that I recall.
I have had to have one of the tips replaced on mine when I first got them. The tip was loose so I called GG and spoke with Michael and I simply returned the poles and they replaced the tip for me. Very easy and quick fix.
I have a question not related to this review, I'm sorry. This weekend will be my first time doing a trip because I had a broken foot but I'm now clear. I'm debating wether taking my Black Rock Gear Vest or my Stoic Down Jacket with sleeves and a hood. I will be taking my First Ascent jacket, a beenie and my hiking shirt. I'll be at Kings Canyon and doing a 46 mile hike in 3 days which is the Rae Lakes Loop. I plan on hiking and getting in my tent as soon as I have my dinner. I won't be lounging at all. So the question is that It'll get to about 30 degrees at night, which insulating layer should I take? The vest or the 850 jacket with hood and sleeves? The weight savings if I take the vest will be 3 oz. Thanks!!!!


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Health Minister Chris Fearne is at the centre of the worst health crisis of a generation. He says the authorities are determined to treat every single case.
Are you scared the coronavirus epidemic will spiral out of control?
We know how this particular virus is behaving so we're prepared for it. Things are going as we anticipated they would up to this point.
In short, our strategy is twofold. We need to decrease as much as possible the demand on our healthcare services and increase as much as humanly possible the supply of our healthcare services in case they are needed.
So can we actually say we are in control at the moment?
It's nothing we haven't planned for. We've now had over two months of intensive planning, and things are going as we expected. We need every single person on the island to cooperate 100%. If even one person doesn't follow what we're asking the public to do, we have problems. But if everybody sticks to what we're telling them to do, then we will remain in control. The virus will only spread from one person to another or if you touch a contaminated surface and then touch your face. If you wash your hands frequently, even if you touch contaminated surfaces, you won't contract the virus.
The second thing is what we're calling social distancing. If you don't come in contact with somebody who has the virus, you won't get it. So, all our advice has been geared towards closing down schools, restaurants and bars, asking people to avoid crowds, asking elderly people to stay at home, urging people to only go out when they really need to.
As health authorities, we are identifying people who have the virus, isolating them and telling those who have been in contact with them to go into quarantine. We're getting infected persons away from everyone else.
It seems people are cooperating. And even though we expect the numbers to keep going up, they're increasing in a controlled way.
There is talk among the medical profession that the peak will be in about five weeks' time. Do you agree with this forecast?
This is conjecture at this point. We know what's happening in other countries, we know what happens with pandemics. But we can't say exactly what will happen in this particular case in our country because it depends on the success or otherwise of the measures we take. In other words, we rely on the cooperation of the public.
Left unchecked, the epidemic will spike and practically four out of five of us will get the infection, a lot of us will need hospital, some of us will need intensive care. A few will not make it.
But with the measures and with the cooperation we're getting from the general public, we're flattening the curve or as I like to put it, changing the tsunami into a steady stream.
What is the maximum number of cases our hospitals can deal with?
We have increased to a large extent the ITU beds and COVID-19 beds and we can step up even more. We are determined to treat every single case that needs our help. We have set the bar extremely high. We will care for anybody who needs care, this is what we want to do. So, we will look after everyone. Of course, the bigger the numbers, the more stretched we become and the more our healthcare workers have to work long hours.
Does this mean we could be forced to call every single doctor on the island to try to give a hand, irrespective of their speciality?
It's not a question of bringing standards down. At the moment we're well covered with our staff. We're training as many people as possible and we've recruited final year medical students who would anyway have graduated in a few weeks' time.
We're recruiting as many nurses and medical staff on the island as possible, because we've had a number of nurses who have been working on the island as 'carers' because of bureaucratic shenanigans. And we're also working very well with the private sector.
Left unchecked, the epidemic will spike and practically four out of five of us will get the infection
For instance, St Thomas Hospital has been fantastic as it's been taking a lot of our positive cases. Community pharmacies have been brilliant. We even have dentists who have actually volunteered to go on to the frontline and swab patients. The whole nation has come together.
Our healthcare system relies to a certain extent on third country nationals. Yet, your colleague Silvio Schembri said people who are out of a job should be sent back to their country.
He wasn't referring to healthcare professionals, let's make that clear. The provision of healthcare comes irrelevant of any nationality…
Video: Mark Zammit Cordina
… Exactly, so you're probably going to need to recruit more of them…
… If we can find them. This is not something which is happening only in Malta. In most countries, it's happening to a larger extent. Our resources are what we have. We have to make the best use of them.
This crisis is quite unprecedented. In the beginning of the year, we didn't even think we were going to be talking about the subject now. Are you and Prime Minister Robert Abela on the same page?
News reports said you were in disagreement over closing the northern Italy flights in the beginning, for example.
Don't always believe everything you read in the newspapers. Once the extent of the epidemic and the gravity of the situation was evident to politicians, then everybody was on the same page. Robert Abela is very receptive to the advice that medical authorities are giving us. We are on the same page.
Clearly your priorities cannot be on the same page. The prime minister must also be looking at the issues from an economic perspective. You need to take care of the nation's health.
It's not a question of days. It's certainly weeks, it might even be months. But we will get through this. Yes, health is a priority, but it's not the only issue.
The Imperial College of London told the UK government it will probably take 18 months before the virus is completely under control. Is that the same type of timeframe you envisage?
The longer this takes, paradoxically, the better, because the more the healthcare systems can cope. The lower the demand, the longer we stretch it out, the less the load on what we can supply as health carers…
… But also the more devastating for the economy.
Well, leaving a lot of people badly off because of this epidemic with casualties is also bad for the economy.
So, it's not just a question of getting this over with as soon as possible and then get on with our lives. We need to control this as much as we can. Timeframes will depend on our success, but also on how fast we can get the vaccine onto the market. Realistically, it will take nine months to a year, optimistically it can take up to six months to get a vaccine which works.
You are an expert in the health field. When the world is faced with such a crisis, by when do you envisage a return to our 'normal' way of life?
'Normal' will change. Things will never be the same. The way this pandemic has affected the whole world's society means that things will change.
In what way?
The way we do business will change, the way we travel will change, our interactions with each other will change, our interactions with neighbouring countries will change, the way we allocate resources, the way we make sure that our healthcare systems are resilient. All of this will change.
We have a new normal.
It sounds quite alarmist.
It's not that alarmist, it might be for the better. When things change, they don't always change for the worse. Often, they change for the better.
We have to make sure that changes we are forced to make, are direct towards making things better. A minor example: every minister goes to Brussels, probably two or three times a month for two-hour meetings. Because of the coronavirus situation, we've been having teleconferences now. They work perfectly. If we continue to do this afterwards, we will save time, money, travel, carbon dioxide pollution. Things like this will accumulate and our life will be different.
So, at this stage you can't envisage we could back to so-called normality within six months?
The longer it takes, health-wise, the better. Ideally, we control this until we have a vaccine, and then we can vaccinate as many people as possible.
I walked through Valletta this morning. There were hardly any people in the streets, so people appear to be really taking note of what the authorities are saying. Do you envisage a situation where there are no tourists in the streets in summer?
It's too early to say and hopefully, things will settle down enough so that we get that part of our normality back. Having things starting to come back to what you are calling 'normal', like social gatherings might not necessarily mean the end of the epidemic.
So, there will be a point when the epidemic is still present and the virus is infecting people that we might decide we can relax some of the measures we are taking. We get what is called the 'herd immunity', in other words, we will have enough immune people because they've already contracted the virus.
So, in that case, you can start relaxing the social distancing policies. In that case we might start getting tourists back, we might start re-opening bars and restaurants. We need to take all decisions based on evidence, not based on what you've read on Facebook or based because people are fed up because they haven't been going to their favourite bar for two or three weeks.
On social media a lot of people are saying we should resort to a lockdown.
This lockdown phrase has been bandied about and it's almost become a political football. The situation can't be dictated by party politics. It depends on what the science is telling us.
The longer it takes, health-wise, the better
Lockdown means that you stay indoors until further notice. If you impose it at an early stage people will start disobeying it when you really need them to stay inside. So, we need to time everything according to how disciplined we are at the moment.
Are you happy with the level of public discipline?
I'm very happy with the level of cooperation that we get from the public. Yes, it's been fantastic I have to say.
So you don't envisage the lockdown will happen over the next few days.
We have to follow the evidence. If the evidence changes, we will have to change.
We now have cases of people who have been infected locally. That means we don't know where their infection is coming from. Do you plan to test randomly now within the community?
We've started doing this. We started testing about 20 cases in the beginning, now we do about 300. Today, we've increased the capacity of our laboratories. This week, we opened a second lab at Mater Dei specifically for COVID-19 testing. And we have a drive-through testing hub on the outskirts of Luqa where you will get the result in about six hours. This is exceptional.
Because if you have a virus, then we need to isolate you. We need to look at all the contacts you've had since you could possibly have become infectious. And we need to quarantine. There are a lot of countries which aren't doing any testing at all. In the US it takes you a week to get the result back.
Do you think there is unnecessary panic out there? There are people who almost believe they can contract the virus if they speak to an infected person over the phone. Maybe the information isn't getting through to the people.
It's important that we keep educating people. This week, people should start receiving leaflets at home with basic information of how to wash your hands and also on what to avoid and what you could do.
You're at the heart of a crisis of a lifetime in a way and many people are saying it's a good thing we have a surgeon and a health expert to lead us through this. Does this put a lid on your clear disappointment of not winning the leadership contest?
I am surrounded by very competent people. So, this is not just about me as a health minister and a surgeon. I'm surrounded by very competent people. I mention a few, Walter Busuttil at Mater Dei, Rosanne Camilleri primary health, Charmaine Gauci… and others.
You're not answering my question. Do you feel that at this stage your role has become almost more important than the prime minister's?
No, we're a whole team, the whole government is working very well together. One of the things we've done, for instance, over the last few weeks is to look at each and every department, especially those that provide essential services to make sure that essential services keep going even in a worst-case scenario. And this is just something that I've done as minister or as deputy prime minister.
The interview was carried out on Friday morning.

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MDP files no-confidence motion against the Prosecutor General
The opposition Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP) has filed a no-confidence motion against the Prosecutor General (PG) Ahmed Muiz today (October 24) claiming that that he had failed in taking action against the police and the military officers who mutinied against former President Mohamed Nasheed on February 2012.
Nasheed was forced to step down after his decision to arrest the Chief Judge of Criminal Court Abdulla Mohamed led to twenty-two days of continuous anti-government protests escalating into the mutiny. Following the ousting of its government, the then-ruling MDP alleged that Nasheed had been ousted in a bloodless coup d'état.
Despite the claims, a Commission of National Inquiry (CoNI) established by Nasheed's successor Dr Mohamed Waheed – including a Singaporean judge, a representee nominated by Nasheed, and three other members handpicked by Waheed – concluded that the transfer did not amount to a coup, proclaiming Waheed appointment to have been legal.
However, the CoNI's final report admitted that both officers of the police and military were involved in several unlawful activities during the change of government, making recommendations to the government to take action against them.
The MDP in its statement argued that the CoNI report had given clear evidence of gross misconduct by the police and the military that included brutalizing protesters and undermining fundamental rights guaranteed to the people by the constitution.
The party alleged that the PG – despite having the power, authority, and the mandate to look into such actions – had failed to take any action against the wrongdoing noted in the CoNI report.
Other reasons for filing the motion, the statement claimed, included the failure to come up with any results despite being mandated to oversee the functioning of the country's criminal justice system, and the prioritising of personal over national interests when ordering investigations into criminal wrongdoings.
The statement further alleged that the PG has undermined the rights of the people due to the PG's negligence in carrying out his duties.
The party also claimed that the PG had been silent to several massive discrepancies within the courts and had refused to act even at times when actions by the courts were obviously in contrast with laws and democratic norms.
Does not hold the qualities required by the constitution: MDP
"Based on aforementioned reasons, [we] file a case requesting the parliament to take no-confidence motion as per section 178(a) of the Parliamentary Regulations, against the Prosecutor General Ahmed Muiz, as he does not hold the qualities of an Independent and Impartial Prosecutor General as required by the Article 220 of the constitution," read the statement.
Prosecutor General Muiz has come under heavy fire from the MDP for recent criminal charges filed against its senior party members, including its parliamentarians. The party has accused Muizz of being biased and politically aligned with government parties.
MDP presidential candidate Nasheed has previously alleged that Muiz's independence and impartiality had been compromised in return for his job security.
Nasheed at the time claimed that the PG had fashioned criminal charges against people in such a fashion as to appease government-aligned groups in the parliament, thus ensuring he can remain in his position.
"Hamid Abdul Ghafoor…is facing charges for possessing alcohol and narcotics… A similar kind of thing was found from the suit case of Ahmed 'Sun travel' Shiyam [Leader of Maldivian Development Alliance]," said Nasheed said at the time.
"But the Prosecutor General did not notice that both cases had the same offence,"
However, following the recent decision by the government-aligned Dhivehi Rayyithunge Party (DRP) to support Nasheed, the opposition group has now become the majority in parliament.
The opposition MDP currently commands the support of 44 MPs that includes 34 members of the party and 10 from the DRP.
The MDP has meanwhile also filed similar no-confidence motions against the Attorney General, Defence Minister Mohamed Nazim, Parliament's Deputy Speaker Ahmed Nazim and Tourism Minister Ahmed Adeeb for their roles in the government's attempt to stall the presidential elections.
MDP allege police investigations are campaign obstruction
CNI statements made confidential "to protect evidence": President's Office
JSC rejects no-confidence motion against Chair Adam Mohamed
Jumhoree Party MP Abdulla Jabir jumps back to MDP, pledges to oust President Waheed
Elections Commission claims 50,000 voters re-registered as deadline approaches
JSC lifts suspension of magistrate for Villingili, Gaaf Alif Atoll
Posted on October 24, 2013 Author Mohamed NaaheeCategories PoliticsTags Commisison of National Inquiry (CNI), maldives, maldives news, Maldivian Democratic Party (MDP), no confidence vote, prosecutor general ahmed muiz
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Topic: What Pets Should I Level?
Re: What Pets Should I Level?
Topic: Best Pet to use a Flawless Battlestone on?
Re: Best Pet to use a Flawless Battlestone on?
Sorry, I did: Battle Pet BreedID.
Pretend it is a little rogue trying to stunlock using Headbutt, Horn Attack and Sleeping Gas. Awesome!
She is a beast, not a magic.
Just have enough teams ready. Circle trough them. When you think you health is to low to battle, uses another team to capture. Use a third... a tenth. Heal all teams at the same time every once in a while. Problem solved?
Topic: Do you like excel sheets?
Re: Do you like excel sheets?
He uses numbers 1-10, not 3-12. So it gets easy mixed up.
Topic: Sumprush Rodent - How many?
Re: Sumprush Rodent - How many?
They run to the same 6-10 spots (cant rememeber how many). Everytime a battle is over, a new run to the spot.
I like these. The breed confuses me a lot though. Since you are using others than the official ones.
Just use "Petjournal enhanced" set it to breed numbers, not letters. 3-12 is male, 13-22 female.
I read, what you actually typed, and not what I thought I saw. Thus updated the Moths, Scorps and Rabbits correct this time - I think. Could you please check for me?
Topic: Snowy Owls Gone Already?
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List Rules Only NBA players born in Mississippi.
Here are the best NBA players from Mississippi. Featuring Hall of Fame greats, superstars, and active players, this list of basketball players who were born in Mississippi includes Monta Ellis, Al Jefferson, Mahmoud Abdul-Rauf, and Spencer Haywood. Who is the greatest NBA player from Mississippi?
Vote up the top Mississippi NBA players, and add your favorite players if they're missing from the list.
Spencer Haywood is an American former professional basketball player.
Antonio Keithflen McDyess is a retired American professional basketball player. Listed at 6'9" and 245 lbs., McDyess played as a power forward.
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Eddie Hughes is a retired American professional basketball player who played three years in the NBA.
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Russia in spotlight over Ukraine atrocities as Human Rights Council meets
Just Earth News | @justearthnews | 13 May 2022, 07:41 am Print
Image: UNICEF/Ashley Gilbertson
New York: The UN Human Rights Council met in special session on Thursday in Geneva, prompted by increasing concern over atrocities committed against civilians, linked to Russia's invasion of Ukraine on 24 February.
Amid a mounting number of reports and testimonies pointing to possible war crimes in Ukraine particularly in areas controlled until recently by Russian forces, UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet said that the pattern of abuses continued to be caused "by the use of explosive weapons with wide area effects in populated areas, such as shelling from heavy artillery, including multiple launch rocket systems, and missile and air strikes".
Russian forces were likely responsible for most casualties, but so too Ukrainian troops - albeit to a far lesser extent - the UN rights chief said, in a video message.
Highlighting the latest harrowing findings of UN investigators in the Kyiv and Cherniviv regions, Ms. Bachelet told the forum that 1,000 civilian bodies had been found in the Kyiv region alone. Some had been killed in hostilities, but others appeared to have been summarily executed.
Living in fear
"These killings of civilians often appeared to be intentional, carried out by snipers and soldiers. Civilians were killed when crossing the road or leaving their shelters to seek food and water. Others were killed as they fled in their vehicles."
She added: "In the village of Katiuzhanka, Kyiv region, a young couple, their 14-year-old daughter and a grandfather were shot by Russian soldiers while trying to drive to their house. The parents were killed, while the child received two gunshot wounds."
Still others died because of stress to their health caused by hostilities and the lack of medical aid, the High Commissioner continued, describing how people had been forced to spend weeks in basements because they were threatened by Russian soldiers "with abuse or death" if they tried to leave.
Following Ms. Bachelet's remarks and noting that "the Russian Federation is not in the room", Federico Villegas, President of the Human Rights Council gave the floor to Emine Dzheppar, First Deputy Minister of Foreign Affairs of Ukraine.
Russian no-show
Russia's absence followed its suspension from the Council by the UN General Assembly last month. As a concerned country, Russia could nonetheless have participated in the proceedings, at which Member States prepared to consider a draft resolution calling for an end to the war and ongoing international support for accountability for its victims, many of whom continue to endure an ongoing humanitarian emergency.
Raped in front of his mother
"These have been 10 weeks of sheer horror to the people of my country," said the Ukrainian representative. "Ten weeks of time of deep suffering for every Ukrainian family without exception."
Addressing the Council from Kyiv and holding up a sheet of paper showing a dark mass of thick black lines that had been drawn by a victim of sexual violence, Ms. Dzheppar alleged that children had been "raped in front of their mothers, like the 11-year-old boy who was raped in front of his mother; he actually lost the ability to speak after, and the only way how he communicates with the world are the black lines, and this is the first picture that he drew working with a group of psychologists who are trying to help him recover."
Laws violated
Since the beginning of the Ukraine war, UN-appointed independent rights experts known as Special Procedures have highlighted deep concerns over violations of international humanitarian and international human rights law, including the UN Charter.
These include an alert over the apparent ill-treatment of some of the hundreds of thousands of migrant workers and foreign nationals in Ukraine.
"Colleagues had also noted with serious concern reports of people of African descent and racial and ethnic minorities being subjected to discriminatory treatment as they flee Ukraine," said Chair of the Coordination Committee of Special Procedures, Victor Madrigal-Borloz, insisting that "the lives of all people of Ukraine are in danger, including ethnic, national, linguistic and religious minorities".
Reporters at risk
The conflict had affected regions where different ethnic groups had lived together for years, the rights expert continued, before issuing a fresh alert over dangers of reporting on the war:
"My colleagues referred to numerous reports that journalists are being targeted, tortured, kidnapped, attacked and killed, or refused safe passage from the cities and regions under siege."
Top rights probe begins work
The special session – the Council's 34th since it began work in 2006 – also featured an early update from the top rights probe into abuses in Ukraine that was set up in March, at the request of a majority of the forum's Member States.
"While not a strictly judicial instance, one of the Commission's tasks is to identify, where possible, individuals and entities responsible for violations or abuses of human rights or of international humanitarian law, or other related crimes," said Erik Mose, Chair of the Independent International Commission of Inquiry on Ukraine.
Among the countries expressing solidarity for Ukraine, French Ambassador Jerome Bonnafont reiterated his country's condemnation for Russia's invasion of its neighbour.
"We have said it before and we repeat: there is one aggressor in this war, it is Russia; it is not NATO, nor Europe, nor Ukraine. Let us demonstrate today the solidarity of the international community with the people of Ukraine, and to all those affected by the consequences of the Russian aggression."
#Ukraine #Ukraine Crisis #UkraineConflict #Russia


on this day we visited some family members, in the end i didn't had enough time left to change my outfit into a fabulous 50s frock ... luckily we celebrated the start of 2013 with lovely friends at their home, having raclette and drinking champaign and red wine. ... and everybody was dressed more casual, so there was no need to change.
and - i wore my new booties. even as being from the early 90s i can pair them quite good with some dresses from the 50s (and they're quite warm and the little heel is quite comfy to my sick foot).
Oh, der Rock ist ja klasse!!! Wünsch dir ein gutes 2013!
Such a cute skirt, and shoes!
You really wear this look so well! The boots are amazing!
What a great skirtttt!!! Cute cute cute - stop looking so cute every day!
Marvelous boots! I love the heel shape (I've always favoured thicker heels on boots over spindly ones), lacing, colour - everything, come to think of it.
I want to take a moment to thank you dearly for your comment on my post about hair loss. I replied to it there, but in case you didn't see, I wanted to let you know how much I truly appreciate you sharing your story about your skin with me.
Oh mein Gott, der Rock ist ja Zucker! Sehr süßes Muster und die stiefel sehen fabelhaft dazu aus!
I adore your boots, and the skirt is so sweet!
Happy New Year! Such a lovely skirt and petticoat!
LOVE that skirt! It's so delightful!
sehr sehr tolle Stiefel! das ganze Outfit ist wieder mal sehr hübsch!
I so much adore the way you do your hair. And your skirt is amazing!
Nice combination, the boots are marvelous, i had a pair just like that i didn't keep them, what was i thinking of!


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Zac Gallen headed to Injured List With UCL sprain
Henry Winkelhake
The Arizona Diamondbacks have had a rough go on the mound to start the 2021 season. The pitching staff's collective 4.63 ERA is sixth worst in baseball. Things could get even worse with Wednesday's news that star pitcher Zac Gallen was moved to the IL with a UCL strain in his pitching elbow.
The move to the IL came as a surprise, considering Gallen was slated to start against his former team, the Miami Marlins, Wednesday night. Gallen started the season on the injured list with a hairline fracture in his forearm. He had since returned and pitched well, amassing a 3.04 ERA with 32 strikeouts across 26 and two thirds innings.
Diamondbacks manager Torey Lovullo said he expects Gallen to be shut down for a few weeks prior to being re-evaluated.
UCL injuries can often lead to Tommy John surgery, a worst case scenario for pitchers. Gallen and the Diamondbacks will now hold their breath and hope for the best.
Gallen himself described the injury as a "minor sprain." The ace went on to express optimism that surgery will not be needed. Regardless, it will take time and inactivity before a more definitive decision can be reached. For now, Gallen will rest and see how his healing progresses
In addition to moving Gallen, Arizona also sent first baseman Christian Walker back to the IL with a sore right oblique. The team has already encountered a slew of injuries in the short season. Gallen and Walker join Ketel Marte, Tim Locastro, Kole Calhoun, Joakim Soria, Nick Ahmed and Tyler Clippard as Diamondbacks players who have made a 2021 trip to the IL.
At 17-19, Arizona will need a significant shift in fortune to get ahead in one of the most top-heavy divisions in baseball. If the Los Angeles Dodgers and San Diego Padres are to be unseated, a short absence from Zac Gallen seems imperative.
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Analyst surprised at the low price Apple AirPods headphones and smart watches Apple Watch
Specializing in Apple devices analyst Neil Seibert (Neil Cybart) believes that AirPods wireless headphones and smart watch Apple watch offered at a «surprisingly low price».
For example, AirPods in the United States are $ 159, and competing solutions:
Kanoa — $300
Bragi Dash — $299
Erato Apollo 7 — $289
Skybuds — $279
Earin — $249
Motorola VerveOnes — $249
Samsung Gear IconX — $199
Bragi Headphone — $149
The analyst believes that Apple could set the price at $249 or even $299. Price of $159 it has forced competitors to change their policy and lower prices.
The situation is similar with smart clock, for example, the price of the Apple Watch Series 1 today starts at $269 and Apple Watch Series 2 offered at a price of $349 and is one of the most affordable solutions premium:
Garmin Fenix 5 — $599
Garmin Forerunner 630 — $399
Michael Kors Access — $350
Samsung Gear S3 Is $349
Fossil Q Founder — $275
Neil Seibert believes that by using this pricing policy, Apple plans to dominate not only in the premium segment, but also in the smartwatch market, attracting the attention of a wider audience. The analyst believes that Apple Watch will be available soon at a price below $200.
The company also offers ceramic Apple Watch Edition for $1249, and many other Apple products, including smartphones, laptops and tablets, are very expensive.
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Moraine Valley College Mural Ready For Viewing
Article from Chicago Tribune
December 04, 1998 | By Michael Fielding.
PALOS HILLS — "Come forth into the light and let nature be your teacher."Those words, from the English Romantic poet William Wordsworth, will adorn a three-dimensional mural depicting Moraine Valley Community College's relationship with the surrounding area that will be unveiled Friday.
The 60-square-foot architectural bas relief ceramic mural portrays the Cook County Forest Preserve, including the college's campus, the nearby Cal-Sag Canal and local wildlife, such as the white-tailed deer and the cardinal.
Designed and constructed by the Three Dimensional Design class, the mural, titled "Moraine: Service to Man and Nature," will be the first public art piece created by students to be displayed on campus as well as the first such piece on display in the 4-year-old Fine and Performing Arts Center.
"The college is really a part of the forest preserve," said art instructor Lynn Peters, who came to the school in September 1997 from Kean University in Union, N.J.
"And the mural represents part of the totality of the world by being sensitive to the environment."
Symbolizing education, nature and the community, the mural was conceived after Peters' 15 students reviewed aerial photographs and maps and researched the animals and plant life of an area roughly 10 miles across and 6 miles wide.
Each student sculpted a clay image--ranging from abstract images depicting the area's canal and sloughs to symbols of suburbia, including fences, mailboxes and even lounge chairs.
"It is unusual for students to get an opportunity to work on a project like this because they are usually done by professionals," Peters said, adding that she hopes the project becomes a yearly one.
The unveiling will take place at 6 p.m. Friday at the college's "The 12 Days of Gifting" benefit, which helps the Robert F. DeCaprio Art Gallery.
Several hundred works of art by college faculty members and community residents will be on sale through Dec. 16.
The benefit will be held from 11 a.m. to 8 p.m. Friday at the Fine and Performing Arts Center on the college campus, 10900 S. 88th Ave., Palos Hills.


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In a small bowl, combine the flour, sugar, baking powder and baking soda. Cut in butter until mixture resembles coarse crumbs. Add buttermilk just until moistened. Stir in currants and ginger. Turn onto a floured surface; knead 10 times.
Pat or roll out to 1-in. thickness; cut with a floured 2-1/2-in. biscuit cutter. Place 2 in. apart on a baking sheet coated with cooking spray.
Bake at 375° for 20-25 minutes or until golden brown. Drizzle with honey. Serve warm.
1 each: 485 calories, 18g fat (11g saturated fat), 46mg cholesterol, 414mg sodium, 77g carbohydrate (40g sugars, 3g fiber), 7g protein.


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The youngsters automotive games might be played at no cost, you probably have a pc and an Web connection. As we reside in the digital world, youngsters are launched with video consoles that would in all probability eat extra of their time than their studies do. And protecting them from unfit video games at their age turns into tougher than before. The type of video games with this ranking accommodates minimal violence with occasional use of mild language.
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PLYMOUTH Argyle Ladies joint manager Trevor Rodd admits their unscheduled mid-season break is frustrating.
The Pilgrims were due to play Cardiff City this weekend, but the match had been postponed due to the Bluebirds playing a re-arranged SSE FA Cup tie at Durham.
It means Argyle will have to go six weeks without a game. Their last fixture was a 3-2 win over Watford on January 20 and they will not play again now until facing C&K Basildon in the National League Southern Premier Division on March 3.
Rodd revealed that the players suffering from injuries have all recovered except striker Natasha Knapman.
Knapman (pictured top) has not played since injuring an ankle against Milton Keynes on September 2 and her goals have been sorely missed.
Argyle's development team are also without a game this Sunday and it will be five weeks from their last match – a 3-0 defeat at second place Bideford – before they play Exeter & Tedburn Rangers in their next fixture.
But Argyle's development team did have some good news this week as Lucy Solloway has almost finished her rehab on her injured ankle and she is hoping to get the go ahead to start to ease her way back into light training.
She is a long way from playing competitively again but she is heading in right direction.
Solloway has not played since being carried off away to Weston Mendip on September 23.
The second piece of news was the re-signing of the experienced Danielle Salt.
Salts arrival could be crucial at this time of the season with the team losing experienced players of the calibre of Rachel Javan and Alex Hugh due to injury.
Manager Rob Bonney said: "Saltsy left to have a baby during the 2017/18 season but we have kept in contact during her time out. She mentioned recently that she had started some light training so I thought, with all the injuries, what was the harm in chancing my arm and ask if she would be interested in signing and coming back for our final push.
"Luckily for us she agreed to sign. If she feels she is match fit then I will be more than happy, but that will have to be monitored.


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SDCC 2010 EXCLUSIVE: 'Family Guy' Season 9 Cast Interviews!
SDCC 2010 EXCLUSIVE: Family Guy Season 9 Cast Interviews!
Family Guy is one of the few shows on TV that have proven that new life can be given to a show, even after it was canceled. Fox took the show off the air in 2002 and, after immense success on Cartoon Network's Adult Swim lineup, and a string of hit DVD releases, Fox brought the show back in 2005 and they haven't looked back ever since. Family Guy will return with its ninth season on Fox, which is set to premiere on September 26 and the cast and crew returned to Comic-Con with voice talent Alex Borstein (Lois Griffin), writer Steve Callaghan and writer Mark Hentemann to discuss the upcoming 9th season and the show's new /family-guy-its-a-trap-comes-dvd-and-blu-ray-on-december-21st/Star Wars: Return of the Jedi parody.
Family Guy returns to Fox with its brand new ninth season on September 26th.
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Populations and size distributions of solute-rich mesoscale structures in aqueous amino acid solutions and their role in crystal nucleation.
Aqueous solutions of highly soluble substances such as small amino acids are usually assumed to be essentially homogenous systems with some degree of short range local structuring due to specific interactions on the sub-nanometre scale (e.g. molecular clusters, hydration shells), usually not exceeding several solute molecules. However, recent theoretical and experimental studies have indicated the presence of much larger supramolecular assemblies or mesospecies in solutions of small organic and inorganic molecules as well as proteins. We investigated both supersaturated and undersaturated aqueous solutions of simple amino acids using Dynamic Light Scattering (DLS), Brownian Microscopy/Nanoparticles Tracking Analysis (NTA) and Cryogenic Transmission Electron Microscopy (Cryo-TEM). Colloidal scale mesospecies (nanodroplets) were previously reported in supersaturated solutions of amino acids and were implicated as intermediate species on non-classical crystallization pathways. Surprisingly, we have found that the mesospecies are also present in significant numbers in undersaturated solutions even when the solute concentration is well below the solid-liquid equilibrium concentration (saturation limit). Thus, mesopecies can be observed with mean diameters ranging from 100 to 300 nm and a size distribution that broadens towards larger size with increasing solute concentration. Supersaturated solutions will be of course metastable with respect to the crystalline state and crystals can be expected to nucleate with higher likelihood within solute-rich mesospecies. We note that the mesospecies observed are not a separate phase and the system is better described as a thermodynamically stable mesostructured liquid containing solute-rich domains dispersed within bulk solute solution. At a given temperature, solute molecules in such a mesostructured liquid phase are subject to equilibrium distribution between solute-rich mesospecies and the surrounding bulk solution.
Jan Sefcik is a Professor in the Department of Chemical and Process Engineering at the University of Strathclyde and an Academic Director of the Doctoral Training Centre in Continuous Manufacturing and Crystallisation. He graduated with an IngChem degree in Chemical Engineering from the Slovak Technical University in Bratislava. After a PhD in Chemical Engineering from the University Minnesota in Minneapolis he was a Postdoctoral Scholar at the California Institute of Technology in Pasadena and a Senior Research Associate and Lecturer at the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology (ETH) in Zurich before joining Strathclyde in 2005.


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Warning #4 to the Church
Written by: Ryle, J.C. Posted on: 04/09/2003
For more than a century, J. C. Ryle was the leader of the evangelical party in the Church of England. His policy was to encourage the conservative men to remain in the church rather than to abandon ship and leave the liberals to pursue their program unhindered.
J. C. Ryle is best known for his plain and lively writings on practical and spiritual themes. His great aim in all his ministry, was to encourage strong and serious Christian living. But Ryle was not naive in his understanding of how this should be done. He recognized that, as a pastor of the flock of God, he had a responsibility to guard Christ's sheep and to warn them whenever he saw approaching dangers. His penetrating comments are as wise and relevant today as they were when he first wrote them. His sermons and other writings have been consistently recognized, and their usefulness and impact have continued to the present day, even in the outdated English of the author's own day.
Why then should expositions already so successful and of such stature and proven usefulness require adaptation, revision, rewrite or even editing? The answer is obvious. To increase its usefulness to today's reader, the language in which it was originally written needs updating.
Though his sermons have served other generations well, just as they came from the pen of the author in the nineteenth century, they still could be lost to present and future generations, simply because, to them, the language is neither readily nor fully understandable.
My goal, however, has not been to reduce the original writing to the vernacular of our day. It is designed primarily for you who desire to read and study comfortably and at ease in the language of our time. Only obviously archaic terminology and passages obscured by expressions not totally familiar in our day have been revised. However, neither Ryle's meaning nor intent have been tampered with. Tony Capoccia
All Scripture references are taken from the HOLY BIBLE: NEW INTERNATIONAL VERSION (C) 1978 by the New York Bible Society, used by permission of Zondervan Bible Publishers.
Pharisees and Sadducees by J. C. Ryle (1816-1900)
"Be careful," Jesus said to them. "Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees." (Matthew 16:6)
Every word spoken by the Lord Jesus is full of deep instruction for Christians. It is the voice of the Chief Shepherd. It is the Great Head of the Church speaking to all its members--King of kings speaking to His subjects--the Master of the house speaking to His servants--the Captain of our salvation speaking to His soldiers. Above all, it is the voice of Him who said, "I did not speak of my own accord, but the Father who sent me commanded me what to say and how to say it" (John 12:49.) The heart of every believer in the Lord Jesus ought to burn within him when he hears his Master's words: he ought to say, "Listen! My lover!" (Song of Solomon 2:8).
And every word spoken by the Lord Jesus is of the greatest value. Precious as gold are all His words of doctrine and teaching; precious are all His parables and prophecies; precious are all His words of comfort and of consolation; precious, the not least of which, are all His words of caution and of warning. We are not merely to hear Him when He says, "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened;" we are to also hear Him when He says, "Be careful and be on your guard."
I am going to direct attention to one of the most solemn and emphatic warnings which the Lord Jesus ever delivered: "Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and Sadducees." On this text I wish to erect a beacon for all who desire to be saved, and to preserve some souls, if possible, from making their lives a shipwreck. The times call loudly for such beacons: the spiritual shipwrecks of the last twenty-five years have been deplorably numerous. The watchmen of the Church ought to speak out plainly now, or forever hold their peace.
I. First of all, I ask my readers to observe "who they were to whom the warning of the text was addressed."
Our Lord Jesus Christ was not speaking to men who were worldly, ungodly, and unsanctified, but to His own disciples, companions, and friends. He addressed men who, with the exception of the apostate Judas Iscariot, were right-hearted in the sight of God. He spoke to the twelve Apostles, the first founders of the Church of Christ, and the first ministers of the Word of salvation. And yet even to them He addressed the solemn caution of our text: "Be careful and be on your guard."
There is something very remarkable in this fact. We might have thought that these Apostles needed little warning of this kind. Had they not given up all for Christ's sake? They had. Had they not endured hardship for Christ's sake? They had. Had they not believed Jesus, followed Jesus, loved Jesus, when almost all the world was unbelieving? All these things are true; and yet to them the caution was addressed: "Be careful and be on your guard." We might have imagined that at any rate the disciples had little to fear from the "yeast of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees." They were poor and unlearned men, most of them fishermen or tax collectors; they had no desire to follow the teachings of the Pharisees and the Sadducees; they were more likely to be prejudiced against them than to feel any drawing towards them. All this is perfectly true; yet even to them there comes the solemn warning: "Be careful and be on your guard."
There is useful counsel here for all who profess to love the Lord Jesus Christ in sincerity. It tells us loudly that the most eminent servants of Christ are not beyond the need of warnings, and ought to be always on their guard. It shows us plainly that the holiest of believers ought to walk humbly with his God, and to watch and pray so that he won't fall into temptation, and be overtaken with sin. None is so holy, that he can't fall--not ultimately, not hopelessly, but to his own discomfort, to the scandal of the Church, and to the triumph of the world: none is so strong that he cannot for a time be overcome. Chosen as believers are by God the Father, justified as they are by the blood and righteousness of Jesus Christ, sanctified as they are by the Holy Spirit--believers are still only men: they are still in the body, and still in the world. They are ever near temptation: they are ever liable to misjudge, both in doctrine and in practice. Their hearts, though renewed, are very feeble; their understanding, though enlightened, is still very dim. They ought to live like those who dwell in an enemy's land, and every day to put on the armor of God. The devil is very busy: he never slumbers or sleeps. Let us remember the falls of Noah, and Abraham, and Lot, and Moses, and David, and Peter; and remembering them, be humble, and be careful so that we don't fall.
I may be allowed to say that none need warnings so much as the ministers of Christ's Gospel. Our office and our ordination are no security against errors and mistakes. It is true, that the greatest heresies have crept into the Church of Christ by means of ordained men. Ordination does not confers any immunity from error and false doctrine. Our very familiarity with the Gospel often creates in us a hardened state of mind. We are apt to read the Scriptures, and preach the Word, and conduct public worship, and carry on the service of God, in a dry, hard, formal, callous spirit. Our very familiarity with sacred things, unless we watch our hearts, is likely to lead us astray. "Nowhere," says an old writer, "is a man's soul in more danger than in a minister's study." The history of the Church of Christ contains many dismal proofs that the most distinguished ministers may for a time fall away. Who has not heard of Cranmer recanting and going back from those opinions he had defended so stoutly, though, by God's mercy, raised again to witness a glorious confession at last? Who has not heard of Jewell signing documents that he most thoroughly disapproved, and of which signature he afterwards bitterly repented? Who does not know that many others might be named, who at one time or another, have been overtaken by faults, have fallen into errors, and been led astray? And who does not know the mournful fact that many of them never came back to the truth, but died in hardness of heart, and held their errors to the end?
These things ought to make us humble and cautious. They tell us to distrust our own hearts and to pray to be kept from falling. In these days, when we are especially called upon to cleave firmly to the doctrines of the Protestant Reformation, let us be careful that our zeal for Protestantism does not puff us up, and make us proud. Let us never say in our self-conceit, "I shall never fall into the errors Roman Catholicism or any New Theology: those views will never suit me." Let us remember that many have begun well and run well for a season, and yet afterwards turned aside out of the right way. Let us be careful that we are spiritual men as well as Protestants, and real friends of Christ as well as enemies of antichrist. Let us pray that we may be kept from error, and never forget that the twelve Apostles themselves were the men to whom the Great Head of the Church addressed these words: "Be careful and be on your guard."
II. I propose, in the second place, to explain "what were those dangers against which our Lord warned the Apostles." "Be careful," He says, "Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees."
The danger of which He warns them is false doctrine. He says nothing about the sword of persecution, or the love of money, or the love of pleasure. All these things no doubt were perils and snares to which the souls of the Apostles were exposed; but against these things our Lord raises no warning voice here. His warning is confined to one single point: "The yeast of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees." We are not left to conjecture what our Lord meant by that word "yeast." The Holy Spirit, a few verses after the very text on which I am now dwelling, tells us plainly that by yeast was meant the "doctrine" of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees.
Let us try to understand what we mean when we speak of the "doctrine of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees."
(a) The doctrine of the Pharisees may be summed up in three words: they were formalists, tradition-worshippers, and self-righteous. They attached such weight to the traditions of men that they practically regarded them of more importance than the inspired writings of the Old Testament. They valued themselves on excessive strictness in their attention to all the ceremonial requirements of the Mosaic law. They thought much of being descended from Abraham, and said in their hearts, "We have Abraham for our father." They fancied themselves because they had Abraham for their father that they were not in danger of hell like other men, and that their descent from him was a kind of title to heaven. They attached great value to washings and ceremonial purifyings of the body, and believed that the very touching of the dead body of a fly or gnat would defile them. They made a great deal about the outward parts of religion, and such things that could be seen by men. They made broad their phylacteries, and enlarged the fringes of their garments. They prided themselves on paying great honor to dead saints, and garnishing the graves of the righteous. They were very zealous to make converts. They prided themselves in having power, rank, and preeminence, and of being called by men, "Teacher, Teacher." These things, and many things like these, the Pharisees did. Every well-informed Christian can find these things in the Gospels of Matthew and Mark (See Matthew 15 and 23; Mark 7).
Remember, all this time, they did not formally deny any part of the Old Testament Scripture. But they brought in, over and above it, so much of human invention, that they virtually put Scripture aside, and buried it under their own traditions. This is the sort of religion, of which our Lord says to the Apostles, "Be careful and be on your guard."
(b) The doctrine of the Sadducees, on the other hand, may be summed up in three words: free-thinking, skepticism, and rationalism. Their creed was far less popular than that of the Pharisees, and, therefore, we find them mentioned less often in the New Testament Scriptures. So far as we can judge from the New Testament, they appear to have held the doctrine of degrees of inspiration; at all times they attached greater value to the Pentateuch [first five Books of the Old Testament] above all the other parts of the Old Testament, if indeed they did not altogether ignore the latter.
They believed that there was no resurrection, no angels, and no spirits, and tried to laugh men out ot their belief in these things, by bringing forward difficult questions. We have an instance of their mode of argument in the case which they propounded to our Lord of the woman who had had seven husbands, when they asked, "At the resurrection, whose wife will she be of the seven?" And in this way they probably hoped, by rendering religion absurd, and its chief doctrines ridiculous, to make men altogether give up the faith they had received from the Scriptures.
Remember, all this time, we cannot say that the Sadducees were downright infidels: this they were not. We may not say they denied revelation altogether: this they did not do. They observed the law of Moses. Many of them were found among the priests in the times described in the Acts of the Apostles. Caiaphas who condemned our Lord was a Sadducee. But the practical effect of their teaching was to shake men's faith in any revelation, and to throw a cloud of doubt over men's minds, which was only one degree better than infidelity. And of all such kind of doctrine: free thinking, skepticism, rationalism, our Lord says, "Be careful and be on your guard."
Now the question arises, Why did our Lord Jesus Christ deliver this warning? He knew, no doubt, that within forty years the schools of the Pharisees and the Sadducees would be completely overthrown. He that knew all things from the beginning, knew perfectly well that in forty years Jerusalem, with its magnificent temple, would be destroyed, and the Jews scattered over the face of the earth. Why then do we find Him giving this warning about "the yeast of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees")
I believe that our Lord delivered this solemn warning for the perpetual benefit of that Church which He came to earth to establish. He spoke with a prophetic knowledge. He knew well the diseases to which human nature is always liable. He foresaw that the two great plagues of His Church on earth would always be the doctrine of the Pharisees and the doctrine of the Sadducees. He knew that these would like two large rocks, between which His truth would be perpetually crushed and bruised until He came the second time. He knew that there always would be Pharisees in spirit, and Sadducees in spirit, among professing Christians. He knew that their succession would never fail, and their generation never become extinct, and that though the names of Pharisees and Sadducees were no more, yet their principles would always exist. He knew that during the time that the Church existed, until His return, there would always be some that would add to the Word, and some that would subtract from it, some that would tone it down, by adding to it other things, and some that would bleed it to death, by subtracting from its principal truths. And this is the reason why we find Him delivering this solemn warning: "Be careful and be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees."
And now comes the question, Did not our Lord Jesus Christ have good reason to give this warning? I appeal to all who know anything of Church history--was there indeed not a cause? I appeal to all who remember what took place soon after the apostles were dead. Do we not read that in the primitive Church of Christ, there rose up two distinct parties; one ever inclined to err, like the Arians, in holding less than the truth, the other ever inclined to err, like the relic worshipers and saint worshipers [of the Roman Catholic Church], in holding more than the truth as it is in Jesus? Do we not see the same thing coming out in later times, in the form of Roman Catholicism? These are ancient things. In a short paper like this it is impossible for me to enter more fully into them. They are things well known to all who are familiar with records of past days. There always have been these two great parties, the party representing the principles of the Pharisee, and the party representing the principles of the Sadducee. Therefore our Lord had good cause to say of these two great principles, "Be careful and be on your guard."
But, I desire to bring the subject even nearer at the present moment. I ask my readers to consider whether warnings like this are not especially needed in our own times. We have, undoubtedly, much to be thankful for in England. We have made great advances in arts and sciences in the last three centuries, and have much of the form and show of morality and religion. But, I ask anybody who can see beyond his own door, or his own living room, whether we do not live in the midst of dangers from false doctrine?
We have among us, on the one side, a group of men who, wittingly or unwittingly, are paving the way to the Church of Rome [Catholicism]--a school that professes to draw its principles from primitive tradition, the writings of the Fathers, and the voice of the Church--a teaching that talks and writes so much about the Church, the ministry, and the Sacraments, that it makes them like Aaron's rod which swallows up everything else in Christianity, a teaching that attaches vast importance to the outward form and ceremony of religion, to gestures, postures, bowings, crosses, holy water, seats of honor for the clergy, altar cloths, incense, statues, banners, processions, floral decorations, and many other like things, about which not a word is to be found in the Holy Scriptures as having any place in Christian worship. I refer, of course, to the school of Churchmen called Ritualists. When we examine the proceedings of that school, there can be but one conclusion concerning them. I believe whatever be the meaning and intention of its teachers, however devoted, zealous, and self-denying, many of them are, those whom has fallen the cloak of the Pharisees.
We have, on the other hand, a school of men who, wittingly or unwittingly, appear to pave the way to Socinianism, a school which holds strange views about the absolute inspiration of Holy Scripture, and stranger views about the doctrine of sacrifice, and the Atonement of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ, strange views about the eternity of punishment, and God's love to man, a school strong in negatives, but very weak in positives, skillful in raising doubts, but impotent in removing them, clever in unsettling and unscrewing men's faith, but powerless to offer any firm rest for man. And, whether the leaders of this school mean it or not, I believe that on them has fallen the cloak of the Sadducees.
These things sound harsh. It saves a vast deal of trouble to shut our eyes, and say, "I see no danger," and because it is not seen, therefore not to believe it. It is easy to cover our ears and say, "I hear nothing," and because we hear nothing, therefore to feel no alarm. But we know well who they are that rejoice over the state of things we have to deplore in some quarters of our own Church. We know what the Roman Catholic thinks: we know what the Socinian thinks. The Roman Catholic rejoices over the rise of the Catholicism: the Socinian rejoices over the rise of men who teach such views as those set forth in modern days about the atonement and inspiration. They would not rejoice as they do if they did not see their work being done, and their cause being helped forward. The danger, I believe, is far greater than we are apt to suppose. The books that are read in many quarters are most mischievous, and the tone of thought on religious subjects, among many classes, and especially among the higher ranks, is deeply unsatisfactory. The plague is abroad. If we love life, we ought to search our own hearts, and try our own faith, and make sure that we stand on the right foundation. Above all, we ought to take heed that we ourselves do not drink the poison of false doctrine, and go back from our first love.
I feel deeply the painfulness of speaking out on these subjects. I know well that speaking plain about false doctrine is very unpopular, and that the speaker must be content to find himself being thought of as very uncharitable, very troublesome, and very narrow-minded. Thousands of people can never distinguish differences in religion. To the bulk of men a clergyman is a clergyman, and a sermon is a sermon, and as to any difference between one minister and another, or one doctrine and another, they are utterly unable to understand it. I cannot expect such people to approve of any warning against false doctrine. I must make up my mind to meet with their disapproval, and must bear it as I best can.
But I will ask any honest-minded, unprejudiced Bible reader to turn to the New Testament and see what he will find there. He will find many plain warnings against false doctrine:
"Watch out for false prophets" (Matthew 7:15).
"See to it that no one takes you captive through hollow and deceptive philosophy" (Colossians 2:8).
"Do not be carried away by all kinds of strange teachings" (Hebrews 13:9).
"Do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God" (1 John 4:1).
He will find a large part of several inspired epistles taken up with elaborate explanations of true doctrine and warnings against false teaching. I ask whether it is possible for a minister who takes the Bible for his rule of faith to avoid giving warnings against doctrinal error?
Finally, I ask any one to mark what is going on in England at this very day. I ask whether it is not true that hundreds have left the Established Church and joined the Church of Rome [Roman Catholic Church] within the last thirty years? I ask whether it is not true that hundreds remain within our boundaries, who in heart are little better than Romanists? I ask again whether it is not true that scores of young men, both at Oxford and Cambridge, are spoiled and ruined by the withering influence of skepticism, and have lost all positive principles in religion? Sneers at religious newspapers, loud declarations of dislike to "denominations," high-sounding, vague phrases about "deep thinking, broad views, new light, free handling of Scripture, and the barren weakness of certain schools of theology," make up the whole Christianity of many of the rising generation. And yet, in the face of these notorious facts, men cry out, "Hold your peace about false doctrine. Let false doctrine alone!" I cannot hold my peace. Faith in the Word of God, love to the souls of men, the vows I took when I was ordained, alike constrain me to bear witness against the errors of the day. And I believe that the saying of our Lord is eminently a truth for the times: "Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees."
III. The third thing to which I wish to call attention is "the peculiar name by which our Lord Jesus Christ speaks of the doctrines of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees."
The words which our Lord used were always the wisest and the best that could be used. He might have said, "Be careful and be on your guard against the doctrine, or of the teaching, or of the opinions of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees." But He does not say so: He uses a word of a peculiar nature--He says, "Be careful and be on your guard against the 'yeasts' of the Pharisees and of the Sadducees."
Now we all know what is the true meaning of the word "yeast." The yeast is added to the lump of dough in making a loaf of bread. This yeast bears but a small proportion to the lump into which it is mixed; just so, our Lord would have us know, the first beginning of false doctrine is but small compared to the body of Christianity. It works quietly and silently; just so, our Lord would have us know, false doctrine works secretly in the heart in which it is once planted. It insensibly changes the character of the whole mass with which it is mingled; just so, our Lord would have us know, the doctrines of the Pharisees and Sadducees turn everything upside down, when once admitted into a Church or into a man's heart. Let us mark these points: they throw light on many things that we see in the present day. It is of vast importance to receive the lessons of wisdom that this word "yeast" contains in itself.
False doctrine does not meet men face to face, and proclaim that it is false. It does not blow a trumpet before it, and endeavor openly to turn us away from the truth as it is in Jesus. It does not come before men in broad day, and summon them to surrender. It approaches us secretly, quietly, insidiously, plausibly, and in such a way as to disarm man's suspicion, and throw him off his guard. It is the wolf in sheep's clothing, and Satan in the garb of an angel of light, who have always proved the most dangerous foes of the Church of Christ.
I believe the most powerful champion of the Pharisees is not the man who bids you openly and honestly come out and join the Church of Rome: it is the man who says that he agrees on all points with you in "doctrine." He would not take anything away from those evangelical views that you hold; would not have you make any changes at all; all he asks you to do is to "add" a little more to your belief, in order to make your Christianity perfect. "Believe me," he says,
We do not want you to give up anything. We only want you to hold a few more clear views about the Church and the sacraments. We want you to add to your present opinions a little more about the office of the ministry, and a little more about episcopal authority, and a little more about the Prayer-book, and a little more about the necessity of order and of discipline. We only want you to add "a little more" of these things to your system of religion, and you will be quite right.
But when men speak to you in this way, then is the time to remember what our Lord said, and to "Be careful and be on your guard." This is the, yeast of the Pharisees, against which we are to stand upon our guard.
Why do I say this? I say it because there is no security against the doctrine of the Pharisees, unless we resist its principles in their beginnings:
1. Beginning with a "little more about the Church"--You may one day place the Church in the place of Christ.
2. Beginning with a "little more about the ministry"--You may one day regard the minister as "the mediator between God and man."
3. Beginning with a "little more about the sacraments"--You may one day altogether give up the doctrine of justification by faith without the deeds of the law.
4. Beginning with a "little more reverence for the Prayer-book"--You may one day place it above the Holy Word of God Himself.
5. Beginning with a "little more honor to Bishops"--You may at last refuse salvation to every one who does not belong to an Episcopal Church.
I only tell an old story: I only mark out roads that have been trodden by hundreds of members of the Church of England in the last few years. They began by faultfinding at the Reformers, and have ended by swallowing the decrees of the Council of Trent [Roman Catholic Doctrinal Council]. They began by crying about the way things were, and have ended by formally joining the Church of Rome. I believe that when we hear men asking us to "add a little more" to our good old plain Evangelical views, we should stand upon our guard. We should remember our Lord's caution: "Be on your guard against the yeast of the Pharisees."
I consider the most dangerous champion of the Sadducee school is not the man who tells you openly that he wants you to lay aside any part of the truth, and to become a free-thinker and a skeptic. It is the man who begins with quietly insinuating doubts as to the position that we ought to take up about religion, doubts whether
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To commemorate Valentine's Day Google altered its logo today by embedding an animated video of a cute love story. Most of the video depicts a guy and a girl romance, but it ends with a collage of many different couples, including a frog and a princess, an alien squid and an astronaut as well as two men in tuxedos.
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This is not the first time the company has shown its support for gay rights. For instance, a rainbow was used to commemorate Gay and Lesbian Pride Month, and a previous Google ad promoted Dan Savage's "It Gets Better" campaign. What is unique in this case, however, is Google's embrace of gay marriage at a time when this divisive social issue is front page news due to legislative battles in Washington, New Hampshire and New Jersey, and a legal fight that may go to the Supreme Court.
Should large corporations like Google use their power and influence to promote a particular stance on hot button issues? What do you think?
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