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The Sam Mason book
By Tri2Cook,
May 8, 2008 in Cookbooks & References
Sam Mason mentioned in an interview last year that he was thinking of doing a book. I know he pops in on the forums here occasionally so I'm starting this thread to see if I can drum up support for the idea from others. That book is something I'd really like to see happen, I've done almost every recipe of his that I've been able to find and I want more to learn from.
Sooo... over 100 views already and not one "hey, that would be cool". Oh well, I definitely hope it happens. He can just print me out the only copy from his computer and tell me what he needs to charge me for it, I'll sign the contract saying nobody else will ever see it.
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Location:Shreveport LA
I would definitely love a book....I need to start saving his recipes. I saw him this past week on LPB for the Gourmet show, I keep watching the show over and over for the techniques, have you seen him on the ON Network?
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A book from Sam would be cool. A mix of sweet and savory would give a good taste of his breadth. Do it, Sam!
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Location:Moscow, Russia
I thought he must be on it as he's taken his site down.
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Y'know, I was going through the WGF thread to look up my notes on Sam Mason, and I realized that I didn't start posting on that event until the year after.
I really like Sam Mason.
I would happily spend money on any book he puts out.
For the sake of history, here're my notes from Bangkok's WGF6 in 2005
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I have a new hero.
And his name is Sam Mason.
To begin, please understand that I am not a big fan of desserts. Oh, I can be tempted by this and that, and I've had a strange obsession with Turtles for the last month (which, thankfully, I cannot buy here), but, in most cases, I find that desserts get in the way of drinking. At least of wine. But more on that later.
Sam cuts a good figure. He was early on the ladies' favourite for his youth and, more important, his tattoo.
For me, I liked his turn of phrase. It's been a long time since I've heard someone say "god speed" to his assistant. Alas, I forget his foil's name. Fran? Fran it shall be. In the light research I'd done earlier, I found he avoided sweets, and looked for the more challenging of contrasts in his flavours, having used my personal favourite, salt and vinegar chips at one point as a topping (it takes me back to Cairo).
Sam introduced his vision, Tim Robbins in style, "slightly creepy, slightly odd", With a reliance on "hydrochlorides and other strange chemicals".
We started off with a carrot lime ravioli, with coconut tapioca, and a lime sorbet. He started up with the lime mousse for the ravioli, which seemed like an excuse of sorts to send Fran off to the side whipping the lime syrup and gelatin up. Meanwhile he got the coconut tapioca on the go, successfully scalding his fingers on the unprotected metal handle of the boiling pot. From there he popped back to the exhausted Fran and took care of folding in the cream and dishing the mousse out into a tin to go in the fridge. The result at this time isn't really a mousse, but more like a foamy gel. Then he went over the carrot wrap, using super-thin slices of carrot (cooked for 30minutes) in strips to box in the mousse. As he says, "you want some fun, make your people do 300 of these in an afternoon". Work up a dry cumin caramel, top the ravioli, distribute the ingredients on a plate, and there you are, cursing 'cause you touched that pot again.
"We'll come back as soon as I get feeling in my fingers."
The second one was a play on a theme, the deconstruction of a tart, which at first sounds like a particularly violent snuff film, but really works down to getting at the component pieces of a dessert. This one went by the name of eggless lemon custard with basil meringue.
Working on this, the key elements were the micri and the gellan. The gellan is heat stable, and particularly hard to hydrate, so it gets a seeing to with Mr. Buzzy, our hand blender. The gellan also doesn't like acids (the lemon juice in the recipe) so you have to cool it fast after boiling it up, catching it "off guard" as Sam says. The micri you use to emulsify, but it can separate, so it'll get hit later on.
Meanwhile, he blended down some basil and then whisked that up with egg white powder and fresh egg whites to get a beautiful green meringue. You could smell the basil from the cooking platform.
On the sauce side, he went back to everyone's old favourite, xantham gum. It never really makes a firm gel, so this is his favoutite for adding viscosity to sauces. The other big draw is that you can thicken this cold, avoiding any changes that heat could cause in the flavour.
So, what did this end up like? Squeeze bottle action for a blueberry drizzle on the plate, a nice slab of lemon curd topped with crumbled tart dough, a lemon chip (very thin lemon slice covered in sugar and baked at 240 degrees), and a dollop of basil meringue sitting green on the side.
Then came the chocolate cream and Tonka ice cream on a bed of coffee soil. Now, I always understood that Tonka was a maker of fine children's toys, specializing in heavy construction equipment that you could use to bury your sister's toys. I find out, however, that Tonka beans are these wonderfully dark, very firm pods that put out this wonderful thick incense. While they remind you of vanilla, they taste more like cherry pods. They're very popular with hippies for the purpose of incense. They are also completely illegal in the U.S. and Thailand. But Sam sees no reason to let that get in the way of cooking.
The chocolate cream is meant to approach a chocolate chantilly stabilized with gelatin. Egg yolks are used to bind, giving the gelatin a helping hand.
The coffee soil, a mix of chocolate and coffee grounds with some almond flour, butter, and salt, gives texture to the softer forms of the creams.. A nice touch is the apricot paper, blended fruit puree with some egg white. Spread it super thin on a sheet at around 100 degrees for 90 minutes. The draw on this is that it could be done with anything.
With that, Sam wrapped up the demo dishes and opened the floor to questions. I hate a silent room, so I asked him what else he was having fun with right now.
"Methyl cellulose", was one of the answers. This will allow you to gell when hot, and he's now working on such items as putting a liquid center into a crem brullee by filling from the bottom, heating up, and then putting in the fridge to allow the liquid to reform under the crème brullee.
More fun are the noodles. WD-50 is using carrageenans (phycocolloids obtained from members of the Hypneaceae, Phyllophoraceae, Solieriaceae, and Gigartinaceae of Rhodophyta) and agars to do wild stuff, emulsifying anything they can get their hands on to stretch it out as a basis for (pseudo) pasta. The big successes have been mango noodles, and prawn noodles, made out of 90% blended down prawn meat and 10% emulsifier.
The other one, that really got my attention, was current work on gluing meats. They've got some chemicals that are the basic building block that fixes the muscles in the body. Using these, you can seamlessly graft different muscles together, which leads to a whole new realm of chickens grafted onto salmon, lobsters connected bodily to tenderloins, dogs and cats living together…….
"Cool!", says I. "It's really getting Frankensteinish!"
"Better living through chemicals", says Sam.
As a fluid comment, when the Grand Marnier came out alongside of the desserts, I opted to have it on ice, with a twist of orange. I'd wanted to try this given my experiences with Hennessy the year before. I can comment that the result is excellent. Like with a cognac, the cooling drops the more brutal volatiles out of the nose, and the background flavours of orange and spices can be isolated. Quite a civilized finish to the session.
I still want to see this cookbook!
(Someone forward this to Sam.......Godspeed!)
I wanted it when he hinted at the possibility. I still want it. I'll definitely buy it if he gets around to doing it eventually. I'm not holding my breath though. I haven't heard/read any of the usual rumours and pre-buzz whispers that usually float around when something like that is in the works. I'm not betting on it happening any time soon... if at all.
There are four books I've really wanted to see happen. Sam Mason, Michael Laiskonis, Johnny Iuzzini and Alex Stupak. One down, three to go. I got a good dose of Alex Stupak stuff from the Alinea book but I'd still like to see him do a complete book himself.
jumanggy
Location:Harlem in New York
Hey T2C, Will Goldfarb is supposedly working on a book, how about that?
I'll try to see if there's any word on this-- though at this stage the best, if not only, source is Sam himself.
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That would be a cool book as well. I'd buy it.
I thought about asking on the Tailor Kitchen blog if he's still comtemplating a book but there doesn't seem to be much activity so it may not be read or answered any time soon.
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Eclipse Pigfish, Bodianus mesothorax (Bloch & Schneider 1801)
Other Names: Blackbelt Hogfish, Black-belt Hogfish, Coral Hogfish, Eclipse Hogfish, Eclipse Pig-fish, Mesothorax Hogfish, Splitlevel Hogfish, Split-level Hogfish, Yellow-spotted Hogfish
Bodianus mesothorax at Milne Reef, Great Barrier Reef, Queensland. Source: Andrew J. Green / Reef Life Survey. License: CC BY Attribution
A relatively small pigfish or hogfish with a well-defined blackish diagonal band between the purplish anterior body and the whitish to yellowish rear part.
Juveniles are deep purple with two rows of bright yellow spots. They resemble juvenile Coral Pigfish, Bodianus axillaris, which have white spots.
Video of an Eclipse Pigfish in an aquarium.
Dianne J. Bray, Bodianus mesothorax in Fishes of Australia, accessed 30 Jan 2020, http://136.154.202.208/home/species/215
Found in the east-Indo-west-Pacific. Recorded in Australia from Scott Reef, WA (14°03'S), Ashmore Reef, Timor Sea (12°15'S), and the Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, with juveniles as far south as Sydney, New South Wales; also at Lord Howe Island and Elizabeth Reef in the Tasman Sea, and Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean.
Inhabits coral-rich outer reef slopes near caves and ledges.
At about 5-6 cm in length, juveniles apparently rapidly develop the adult colour pattern over a few weeks.
Differs from Bodianus axillaris in having a broad dark band between the light and dark areas of the body, and in lacking the black spots on the rear of the dorsal and anal fins.
The specific name mesothorax is from the Greek mesos meaning 'middle', and the noun 'thorax' or breast plate, in reference to the prominent diagonal black band on the body of adults.
Labrus mesothorax Bloch & Schneider, 1801, Systema Ichthyologiae: 254. Type locality: East Indies.
Bloch, M.E. & Schneider, J.G. 1801. Systema Ichthyologiae Iconibus ex Illustratum. Berlin 584 pp. 110 pls.
Choat, J.H., van Herwerden, L., Robbins, W.D., Hobbs, J.P. & Ayling, A.M. 2006. A report on the ecological surveys undertaken at Middleton and Elizabeth Reefs, February 2006. Report by James Cook University to the Department of the Environment and Heritage. 65 pp.
Clark, D.L., Leis, J.M., Hay, A.C. & Trnski, T. 2005. Swimming ontogeny of larvae of four temperate marine fishes. Marine Ecology Progress Series 292: 287-300.
Gomon, M.F. 2006. A revision of the labrid fish genus Bodianus with descriptions of eight new species. Records of the Australian Museum Supplement 30: 1-133.
Hutchins, J.B. 2001. Biodiversity of shallow reef fish assemblages in Western Australia using a rapid censusing technique. Records of the Western Australian Museum 20: 247-270.
Kuiter, R.H. 1992. Tropical Reef-Fishes of the Western Pacific, Indonesia and Adjacent Waters. Jakarta : PT Gramedia Pustaka Utama 314 pp. pls.
Kuiter, R.H. 1993. Coastal Fishes of South-eastern Australia. Bathurst : Crawford House Press 437 pp.
Kuiter, R.H. 1996. Guide to Sea Fishes of Australia. A comprehensive reference for divers and fishermen. Sydney, NSW, Australia : New Holland Publishers xvii, 434 pp.
Marshall, T.C. 1964. Fishes of the Great Barrier Reef and Coastal Waters of Queensland. Sydney : Angus & Robertson 566 pp. 136 pls.
Oxley, W.G., Ayling, A.M., Cheal, A.J. & Osborne, K. 2004. Marine surveys undertaken in the Elizabeth and Middleton Reefs Marine National Nature Reserve, December 2003. Townsville : Australian Institute of Marine Sciences 64 pp.
Russell, B. 2010. Bodianus mesothorax. In: IUCN 2013. IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2013.2. . Downloaded on 24 May 2014.
Westneat, M.W. 2001. Labridae. pp. 3381-3467 in Carpenter, K.E. & Niem, T.H. (eds). The Living Marine Resources of the Western Central Pacific. FAO Species Identification Guide for Fisheries Purposes. Rome : FAO Vol. 6 pp. 3381-4218.
Biology:Capable of changing sex
Depth:4-40 m

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There are usually conflicting currents in both the whirlpool and the whirlwind. When they appear in dreams we are aware of the quality of power we have within.
The whirlpool, being made up of water, will more properly represent emotional energy, whereas the whirlwind (air) will suggest intellectual power. We perhaps need to consider which one is most appropriate to use. Consult the entries for water and wind for further information.


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O Céu da Meia-Noite (título original em : The Midnight Sky) é um filme americano de ficção científica dirigido por George Clooney, baseado no romance de 2016 de Lily Brooks-Dalton, Good Morning, Midnight. É estrelado por Clooney, Felicity Jones, David Oyelowo, Tiffany Boone, Demián Bichir, Kyle Chandler, e Caoilinn Springall.

O filme foi lançado em 23 de dezembro de 2020, pela Netflix.

Premissa
Este conto pós-apocalíptico segue Augustine (George Clooney), um cientista solitário no Ártico, enquanto ele corre para impedir Sully (Felicity Jones) e seus colegas astronautas de voltarem para casa para uma misteriosa catástrofe global.

Elenco
 George Clooney como Augustine Lofthouse
 Ethan Peck como jovem Augustine
 Felicity Jones como Sully
 David Oyelowo como Comandante Tom Adewole
 Tiffany Boone como Maya
 Demián Bichir como Sanchez
 Kyle Chandler como Mitchell
 Caoilinn Springall como Iris
 Sophie Rundle como Jean Sullivan
 Tim Russ
 Miriam Shor

Produção
Foi anunciado em junho de 2019 que George Clooney dirigiria o filme, além de estrelá-lo. A Netflix fará a distribuição, com as filmagens marcadas para começar em outubro.Felicity Jones foi adicionada ao elenco em julho. Jones engravidou algum tempo depois de ter sido escalada. Clooney optou por reescrever sua personagem como grávida em vez de usar um dublê de corpo. Kyle Chandler e David Oyelowo se juntaram ao elenco em agosto. Tiffany Boone e Caoilinn Springall foram adicionados em outubro. Em novembro de 2019, Demián Bichir se juntou ao elenco do filme. Sophie Rundle, Ethan Peck, Tim Russ e Miriam Shor foram anunciados como parte do elenco em janeiro de 2020.

As filmagens começaram em 21 de outubro de 2019 e terminaram em 7 de fevereiro de 2020. Uma cena que se passa na nevasca foi filmada com ventos de 50 milhas por hora com temperaturas de 40 graus abaixo de zero. Para seu papel, Clooney perdeu 25 libras. Cenas ambientadas na Terra envolvendo Clooney foram filmadas antes do final de 2019, enquanto as cenas ambientadas no espaço foram filmadas depois.

Lançamento
O filme está teve um lançamento limitado nos cinemas em 11 de dezembro de 2020, antes de ser lançado na Netflix em 23 de dezembro de 2020.

Recepção
The Midnight Sky recebeu alguns elogios por sua "ambição e tom emocional", embora tenha sido comparado desfavoravelmente a outros filmes de ficção científica.  O site agregador de resenhas Rotten Tomatoes relatou que 53% das 176 resenhas do filme foram positivas, com uma avaliação média de 5,9/10. O consenso dos críticos do site afirma: "The Midnight Sky carece de peso dramático para corresponder à sua escala narrativa, mas suas falhas são frequentemente equilibradas por temas atenciosos e uma atuação comovente do diretor-estrela George Clooney." De acordo com o Metacritic, que amostrou 38 críticos e calculou uma pontuação média ponderada de 59 em 100, o filme recebeu "críticas mistas ou médias".

Alonso Duralde, do TheWrap, escreveu "Há muitas coisas frustrantes sobre o novo filme de George Clooney, The Midnight Sky, de seu flagrante empréstimo de vários filmes melhores a seus problemas de ritmo, mas graças a algumas notas de graça, suas deficiências são perdoáveis". Leah Greenblatt da Entertainment Weekly deu ao filme um B e o descreveu como "um drama distópico cujo tom flutuante - sombrio, com lampejos de sentimento de esperança - parece quase confortavelmente familiar, embora um pouco exagerado para 2020."

Filmes ambientados em 2049
Filmes ambientados no Ártico
Filmes baseados em romances de autores dos Estados Unidos
Filmes com astronautas
Filmes da Shepperton Studios
Filmes de ficção científica da década de 2020
Filmes de ficção científica dos Estados Unidos
Filmes dirigidos por George Clooney
Filmes distribuídos pela Netflix
Filmes dos Estados Unidos de 2020
Filmes em língua inglesa
Filmes gravados em Londres
Filmes gravados na Islândia
Filmes gravados nas Canárias
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Now that Fitbit has purchased dying wearable maker Pebble, likely in order to shut them down, Pebble owners are probably wondering how much longer their smartwatches have before Fitbit cuts the cord on the back-end. Pebble initially offered some reassurance, noting that Pebble devices will continue to work for now, but that their service quality "may be reduced in the future." Today, thanks to a blog post on the Pebble developers forum, we now have a clearer timeframe for when all will come crashing down.
As for specific details, you'll soon see an update to mobile apps that try and sever the "dependency" of the Pebble experience on cloud services, in order to keep watches running longer. Pebble Health is along for the ride still too. However, other "smart" features like dictation, messaging, and weather are still being evaluated and may not be around for long.
And that's the situation as of today. Your Pebble watch should work through 2017.


As we gear up for the holidays, it's inevitable that we start to think about next year's goals and resolutions. December holiday plans of eating extravagant meals and lounging by the television slowly evolve into vows for a healthier lifestyle, from physical fitness to weight management and beyond.
Here are just a few ideas for gifts for those trying to achieve these goals, from low-cost jump ropes and yoga equipment to cardio machines.
Workout buddies, friends with gym memberships, moms, dads, coworkers, kids, grandparents.


Atemporality, comfort, and personality. These are the words that best describe today's apartment. In Berlin, in a 19th-century building, collector Emmanuel de Bayser, co-owner of The Corner Berlin, has designed this apartment where he lives surrounded by original and exquisite pieces from the fifties, all icons.
A square floor plan, without corridors and divided into four large spaces: entrance-library, living-dining room, kitchen, and bedroom. In this apartment, there is a continuous interplay of materials, where the hardness of the wood meets the softness of the fabrics of the furniture and carpets. A quiet palette in the living room and library contrast with the playful use of primary colors in the bedroom. The collection of modernist furniture and art is the guiding thread that makes this home feel timeless.
The designer ignores trends and carefully arranges the pieces of his collection in such a way that he gives a sense of individuality to the whole space.


It was third time lucky at Canterbury on Friday night for Sebring colt Asterius, a $300,000 Magic Millions purchase from the draft of Widden Stud.
Second at his first two starts, she stepped it up a notch to win the 1550 metre maiden by a short neck as favourite.
Bred by Widden Stud in partnership, Asterius is the first foal of Group III winner Valentine Miss, who has a yearling filly by Zoustar, a weanling filly by Sebring and was covered by Star Witness last spring.
Star Thoroughbreds have been enjoying a winning run of late with horses such as Fiesta and D'argento, not to mention their Tasmanian trained filly Jubilance winning the Magic Millions 3YO race in Tasmania on Wednesday night.


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Steelers Wrap Up Their Draft Class With Day Three Haul
By Matthew Marczi
The Pittsburgh Steelers tripled their draft class on day three of the 2014 NFL Draft, selecting six players in the final four rounds to go along with ILB Ryan Shazier, DE Stephon Tuitt, and RB Dri Archer taken in the first three rounds.
On day three, the team started out by filling holes with prospects of value with upside. In round four, they were fortunate enough to see wide receiver Martavis Bryant still on the board, and they did not hesitate to draft him.
Bryant was reportedly one of the three players that the Steelers were considering with their third-round compensatory selection, the others being Donte Moncrief, who went off the board, and, of course, Archer.
To come away with two of the three picks that you valued at 97 is obviously a win. And adding a talented 6'4" receiver, as raw as he might be, adds another dimension to Ben Roethlisberger's offense, one that has been lacking since Plaxico Burress left in free agency in 2005.
While the front office and coaching staff disagreed with the suggestion, many outside the organization believed that cornerback was the Steelers' biggest need entering the draft, and round five was at long last the spot at which the position was addressed, with the selection of Shaquille Richardson.
By no means the perfect prospect, Richardson possesses both good height for the position and quality athleticism. He can cover in press and has modest ball skills. While he favors the outside, he can also play inside. The Steelers haven't always had success with fifth-round cornerbacks, but Richardson has the potential to stick around, especially given the depth issues projected at the position in 2015.
Though not necessarily a need, the Steelers didn't want to pass up the opportunity to add a versatile offensive lineman, drafting Wesley Johnson in the fifth round to give Mike Munchak his first fresh prospect.
Though primarily a tackle in college, he has also started at guard and center. He will push some of the veteran reserves on the roster, particularly Guy Whimper, and produce some healthy competition in camp.
On to the sixth round, the Steelers found that they could only fight their nature for so long, drafting another linebacker in Jordan Zumwalt. It seemed he was the highest remaining player on their board by a good while at that point, and they couldn't pass it up, despite the fact that the inside linebacker position already includes Lawrence Timmons, Sean Spence, Vince Williams, and Shazier.
Their compensatory pick in the sixth round can be summed up with two phrases uttered in the post-draft press conference: "a size prospect" and "an obstruction". Those words certainly accurately portray Daniel McCullers, or "Ton DMC", a 6'7", 350+ lbs. nose tackle, who will most certainly be a project.
Like Al Woods last season, Cam Thomas will likely be asked to fulfill the primary responsibilities of the backup nose tackle in 2014, though I anticipate that McCullers should replace Hebron Fangupo as the big body in the pipeline. Because if there's one thing he is, it's a big, big body.
The Steelers used their final pick to address the tight end position with Rob Blanchflower, an intriguing prospect that should have a good chance of competing in training camp. Since2008, the seventh round has been the team's target to find developmental tight ends.
Blanchflower is the third in that line, which also includes David Paulson and David Johnson. Blanchflower could be the best of the three.
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So far, for 2019
MODERATE HITS (did better internationally, were not big hits domestically)
Given that summer started 3 days ago....maybe this should be late fall/spring movies.
Shazam would be moderate as well. Pet Sematary did pretty good for it's budget.
Us knocked it out of the park.
My list was meant to include films in the theaters from around Memorial Day onwards.
Looking at upcoming summer movies, in July you have Spider-Man and Lion King. In August, another Fast and Furious movie.
I can't see what other possible hits there might be this summer.
Once Upon A Time In Hollywood is about to open. Probably won't go down as a summer blockbuster, but the cast is all big names and its Tarantino, so it will get noticed. It's more of a prestige thing for actors to do this stuff and if it makes even decent box office it's great.
This one has my attention. The era does not usually lend itself to the title of blockbuster but I am really looking forward to it.
I think the Shaw/Hobbs movie will do well, it will be interesting to see if Endgame has caused a bit of superhero burnout for Spiderman.
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So far, for 2019 ...
I am looking forward to seeing 'Dark Phoenix', but I recognise it has done poorly in reviews and box-office. In fact, at the end of the day, Fox may well have wished they had not released it in the USA.
Spider-man seems to be an eternally popular charcater with kids, so I think the film will do well.
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With the X-Men movie franchise dwindling, it is no wonder that 20th Century Fox sold its movie studio to Disney last year. It hasn't had big hits in awhile.
Regarding the new Tarantino film, it is supposedly almost 3 hours long, so at that length it is sure to mean less box office returns. I can't see it making 200 M in the U.S. Maybe only his fans will care.
200M!!!! Holy cow! Where did you come up with that number? Django didn't even make that much. I figure it will do a bit better than The Nice Guys (which I really liked) simply because Tarantino's name is attached to it. It's getting a nationwide release so that should help. Plus he tends to keep his production budget down. I think it will do 200M globally but domestically I would be surprised if it hits 50 or 60M
Supposedly "Once Upon a Time" has a budget of around 100 M.
Django grossed around 160 M domestically, and 400 M plus worldwide, and its budget was also around 100 M
I think OUAT will be a reflection on how many people will still turn out just to see Pitt and DiCaprio. Tarantino always has his own fans, but there are not enough of them by themselves to make the hundreds of millions that a hit movie now needs to break the annual top ten. However he has the leading men in this one to bring in a larger audience, assuming that they still have the star power. Like the very characters they are playing in this film, they both are aging and may be on their last career trimester before other younger actors start getting the roles they once owned.
For what it's worth, the reviews are good, but many critics wanted this one to be good beforehand. Tarantino's best work was 10 years ago and this story is set in Hollywood about 50 years ago. It mixes a totally fictionalized story with real events. Sometimes that comes off as clever and sometimes it just comes across as cheating the real facts, depending if you like it or not. Either way Sharon Tate is probably turning over in her grave.
I wonder why the Secret Life of Pets 2 has not done very well.
It is because kids are more interested in Avengers, Aladdin, and Toy Story ?
Pets 1 and 2, both had around the same budget. 75-80 M. The first one grossed almost 370 M in the U.S. alone, and 875 M total worldwide
Pets 2 has done only about 120 M domestically, and less than 200 M total worldwide. Quite a drop from 875 M !
Everyone I know who has kids has gone to see that. Maybe a lot of people went to see the first one more than once but haven't felt like they needed to see the second one again in theaters. It'll be On Demand in no time.
Seems to be similar with LEGO MOVIE 1 and 2
LEGO 1, 257 U.S., 469 worldwide
Another big drop !
My brother takes my niece to all the kid's movies. He said the second "Pets" movie wasn't as good - not as good of a story. He didn't even like the second "Lego" movie. It seems to him they don't work as hard when they make the second in the series.
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I took my daughter (age 9) to see Secret Life of Pets 2 and we both forgot about the movie a mere few hours after seeing it. It committed the worst of movie crimes-It was boring.
Can't believe you are all missing what will be the BEST movie of the SUMMER!
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Marvel has moved the release of "The New Mutants", yet another X-Men film, from August 2019 to April 2020.
I still want to see "Godzilla."
That would be Fox that's moved it, not Marvel.
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Luke intended this paragraph to be read along with the previous unit, the introduction of Apollos as a disciple of John. Just as Luke contrasted Barnabas with Ananias in 4:36-28 and 5:1-2, Apollos and the other disciples of John stand in contrast One disciple heard John and accept Jesus as the Messiah (although not fully understanding the implications of the resurrection, most likely with respect for Gentile salvation), the other disciples heard John but were ignorant of Jesus and the Holy Spirit.
The dozen disciples of John indicate that even 20 years after John's death there was a movement amount the Jews that held John to be a prophet and in some way kept his teachings alive. Perhaps the gospel of John gives us a similar hint, especially if it can be show that John wrote from Ephesus near the end of the first century.
These disciples cannot be considered Christians at this point since they had not yet received the Holy Spirit. While Luke only uses "disciple" for believers in every other case in Acts, his use of μαθητής here is without a definite article, the such example in Acts. At the very least these are unusual Christians, perhaps "fringe" Christians, similar to the "unusual, fringes of Judaism described in the first half of the book. Paul's question – did you receive the Holy Spirit – is equivalent to asked, "are you believers?" Not only have these disciples not received the Holy Spirit, they do not even know that there is a Holy Spirit!
Paul asked them "into whom" or "into what" they were baptized. The NIV obscures this a bit, interpreting the question as "who baptized you," rather than "what was the medium in which you were baptized." Witherington comments that the image of being immersed into the Holy Spirit was common in the early church, see Rom 6:3, 1 Cor 1:13, 15, 10:2, 12:13, Gal 3:27). His point is that the "whom" of this verse cannot refer to water; he sees the baptism of the Holy Spirit as entry into saving faith, while baptism in water is entry into the Christian community (Acts, 571).
As has happened at several points in the book of Acts already, there is a manifestation of the Holy Spirit (tongues and prophesy) after Paul lays hands on these disciples. There is no consistent "order of events" in Acts, sometimes the Spirit comes prior to baptism (10:44-48, Cornelius) and other times baptism is prior (19:1-7), and in the case of Apollos, there is no mention of a re-baptism or of the coming of the Spirit. Perhaps this is because he properly understood the message of John as pointing forward to Jesus, but that is not clear.
In fact, this is the only case of re-baptism in the New Testament, even the twelve were not re-baptized into the name of Jesus, they only had experienced the baptism of John (although one wonders about Matthew, since he was called to be an Apostle after John's ministry.) The point of this brief narrative is to show that it is possible to have a limited knowledge of Jesus which is not enough to be saved – theologically there was nothing wrong with these disciples except that they did not quite believe enough. They did not believe something that was wrong, but they did not take their belief to the full extent needed for salvation.
Here is another problem for Applying Acts – what do we make of these disciples? Are these disciples "partial believers" who have participated in a ritual (John's Baptism) but did not believe enough to be actually Christians? What is it that "saved" these disciples? In any case, it is the reception of the Holy Spirit which demonstrates they are in fact now Christians.
So interesting questions, and I don't think anybody in todays time can relate or have the same experience. They have heard the Gospel and believed, or they have heard a false Gospel, as referenced to in In 1 Timothy 6. These guys have head prophecy about a coming Messiah and then they must have disappeared from society to hear about Jesus. Maybe these guys did what the Israelites did they took a faith and added lots of rules, ordinances, commands, demands and made it religious. They were so busy keeping up that they forgot the reason why they believed John's prophecy of Jesus. We have seen this before in the old testament with the Israelites forgetting the fact that God led them out of Egypt. Maybe the thing that saved them, was that they stopped focusing on John and started focusing on Jesus. So they would have repented from worshiping John, which I think John would have appreciated. This is an interesting example of worshiping anything besides the true source (God) will not help you grow.
I think it would be such a weird thing to be faced with two different baptisms back in the day, where if I had been baptized by water previously, then told it was not enough I might have gotten angry. Although the only way I know to fully believe and surrender to God and accepting the Gospel of Jesus that John taught, was to truly believe with my whole heart. I for one am not a Christian who thinks it is necessary to be baptized by water, it is a great show for others to know, but one does not need to have it done in order to be saved. Which is why I find this passage interesting coming from my view, because it says here in Acts that baptism by water is not enough.
I think the followers are believers, I think unless their hearts were in the correct place when they were baptized, then they were not fully believers in the Gospel that Jesus taught. But I think because of their messages that they shared that they are believers not partial ones.
What do we make of these disciples? I would suggest that it is reasonable to accept these Jews as a group of people who have heard John's voice calling for repentance for the kingdom is near, yet not understanding what that meant. They were probably like many Jews, under a misguided notion of what a Messiah was. They could have been looking for a King, or revolutionary. Whatever they were expecting or looking for the stories of Jesus did not seem to do it for them. Most likely when Jesus died they dismissed him as just an ordinary man. However, Paul, confronted them the gospel and taught them through what they already believed as disciples of John.
It is really interesting that Luke makes it clear that these people, although believing in John the Baptist's message, did not fully understand the full work of Jesus. These disciples followed John, who at Jesus' own baptism, announced Jesus as the Messiah. In fact, they would have most definitely heard about Jesus' death and resurrection, if not from the local buzz then from the many witnesses to or surrounding the time it happened.
U would say that the thing that saves is not a belief of Jesus but a surrendering to him. The question posed is into whom have you been baptized. Until you have been baptized by the Holy Spirit, that is an acceptance of Jesus as LORD and savior (Messiah), your faith is incomplete. It is such a simple thing. We are not required to do anything but to submit to Christ and believe. We can teach the scriptures all we want but if we have not been baptized by the Holy Spirit through an acceptance of and surrendering to Christ, we are still not saved.
Why did that one disciple accept Christ after hearing John? I think that a more important question is that why did accept Christ without understanding the implications of the resurrection? I don't know what is better, the disciple accepting Christ without understanding the implications or the other disciples being completely ignorant of the Gospel. I guess that both of them are bad. That makes perfect sense not to call the disciples Christians that had not accepted the Holy Spirit. Being baptized does not make them saved. It is just showing something public. Getting baptized is a public confession of faith.
I too would agree that these disciples are not Christians in the sense that they have a skewed understanding of Christ. John the Baptist taught that one would be coming after him that was going to be greater than him. This obviously was referencing Jesus. It's always easy to point out flaws and misunderstandings from this side of the Bible and two thousand years of history, but I think it's safe to say that these people weren't Christians. They had an understanding of everything that John the Baptist taught, but they weren't catching the biggest part of his ministry, the coming Messiah. Like many of the people above me have said, our faith is incomplete unless we've been baptized by the Holy Spirit. That is what separates the Christian from the follower of John the Baptist.
"Paul explains that John's baptism was not enough, it was a 'baptism of repentance,' which looked forward to the ministry of Jesus." According to Paul's letter to the Roman church, one must confess the Lordship of Jesus and His resurrection by God in order to gain salvation through Jesus.
But also as you concluded, it is not that the disciples of John the Baptist believed anything that was wrong, it was only incomplete. And we are well aware that getting the first half of the answers on an exam is great, but if a student fails to also complete the second half of the exam, he will fail. And so we can understand John's gospel as well – great, but only partial. But I would agree with the consensus that, until Paul shared the full Gospel with them, these people were still outside of the community of the Redeemed, separate from partnership with the Spirit.
This story is very interesting in that the disciples changed their minds so quickly. It could be that there was much more dialogue than the passage suggests, but maybe they were on the right track with John's baptism. It is logical that Jesus would be the next step. Maybe they were looking for the one who followed him. Just as it is logical to us to see Jesus following John's baptism.
It could also just be a nod to Luke's first book. A reference to the book of Luke and how John would lead into Jesus' ministry.
"A baptism of repentence" which looks forward to the ministry of Jesus.
What exactly does this mean?? and why did'nt John tell his disciples that Jesus is God incarnate, or did he not know this himself?
My guess is that John the Baptist did not know Jesus was God Incarnate, any Jew living in the first century would have been quite confused by the claim!
I've built my understanding up on believing that Paul is refering to water baptism.
Also, on the note of Paul's questioning if they had been baptized, how can it mean "are you believers?" when he follows that up with "since you believed"? I don't see how that makes sense, basically asking "Have you become believers since you believed?". He's asking what the text says he's asking. "Have you recieved the Holy Ghost since you believed?".
When I look at verses two and three I wonder why does Paul ask them if they have recieved the Holy Ghost since they believed? That very question tells me that it's possible not to have the Holy Ghost dwelling in you when you just believe. Paul didn't yet know that they didn't know who Christ was when he asked that. Then when they said they'd never heard of the Holy Ghost he asks them how they were baptized! Why would he ask that unless baptism had something to do with recieving the Holy Ghost?
Sorry about that last post. Reread it and it seems kind of rude the way I worded it.
I did not think so. How can anyone who calls themselves "jedi chuckes" be considered rude?
One of the funny things about Acts is that the Holy Spirit comes on people at different times, always after belief, but sometimes before baptism (Cornelius) or only after an apostle lays on hands (the Samaritans in Chapter 8). Acts is tricky for creating a theology since Luke is being representative, showing the HS moving out from Jerusalem, and not creating a systematic theology that pleases my 21st century mind.
I think another factor here is Luke's penchant for telling a Peter and Paul story that are parallel. In Acts 8, fringe believers (Samaritans) do not get the HS until Peter questions them and lays hands on them. In Acts 18, the followers of John the Baptist are also "fringe" in that they do not even know there is a HS yet, then Paul lays hands on them and they get the Spirit.
This is a good observation, but there were strong Jewish expectations of physical restoration as part of the eschatological age (Isaiah 35 and Isaiah 61, for example). In addition, there were many Jewish exorcists in the Second Temple period, remember the Sons of Sceva in Acts 19?
The fact the messiah and his representatives were doing miracles fits perfectly well with Jewish Messianic expectations. It would be far more surprising if Jesus and the Twelve did NOT do miracles as part of a messianic Kingdom of God mission.
As for the content – the Kingdom of God is at hand (Mark 1:14-15), and every Jewish listener would know what that meant from Isaiah and the other prophets.
I'm not sure the disciples were given these powers because of Jewish expectations, after all, the people had no clue that the Messiah would be anything like Jesus. He didn't fit the Jewish messianic expectations then or now.
The thing that puzzles me though is – what exactly were they preaching. Did it simply consist of a one liner "The kingdom of God is at hand"?
"The kingdom is at hand" is probably a summary statement, like the few lines we have of John the Baptist's sermons are a summary of much longer speeches. Or Jesus's Sermon on the Mount, it takes maybe 12-15 minutes to read, yet he speaks to crowds for hour.
As for miracles, there were other men who claimed to be messiah before and after Jesus, doing signs as well. One claimed to be able to stop the Jordan river.
But what more could they be preaching? They didn't understand anything about Jesus or His mission.
Whether these men claimed to be a 'messiah' or 'The Messiah' I am not sure but at any rate the people believed that Messiah was to set up an earthly Kingdom in Israel and free the people from Roman occupation. No doubt there were some who were expecting Jesus to do the same, including His disciples.
Lastly, the issue of whether John the Baptist and his disciples were believers, I tend to think they were saved under the old system (repentance and good works) which would only have changed at Christ's death. So I am inclined to believe they were saved but Paul added to them the 'extras' of the new gospel.
What more could they be preaching? I think both John and Jesus would prove the kingdom is coming soon from the Prophets, certainly Isaiah (they both quote him), but all the prophets. That is the point of the miracles and parables, really everything Jesus said and did!
Sorry I meant to ask how those other men claiming to be messiahs were doing signs? If by Satan's power then and they were killed by Romans, then isn't it a case of Satan casting out Satan?
I think faked miracles, I really do not think the guy really stopped the Jordan as Joshua did. I will say there were Jewish exorcists and healers, both could be psychosomatic, or (as you say) the power of Satan.
This is why the way the healing an exorcism ministry is described in the Gospels is important, they are far more complex and surprising than any other ancient healer.
Yes you're right, but the disciples seem to have in mind the same Jewish expectations of a physical kingdom here on earth and appear to be totally unspiritual arguing over position in the kingdom. Did Jesus want them to be preach the wrong kind of kingdom when he sent them out?
One way to get at that problem is the date of John, written AD 85-90, probably 60 years after the resurrection. John is looking back at the events with the realization Jesus is NOT returning quite as soon as everyone thought, so he highlights more of Jesus's teaching on the present-ness of the Kingdom.
Another angle is to observe that Acts 2-3 presents the kingdom as in some ways already begun (the outpouring the the HS) but not fully present yet *the times of refreshing will come). Both are true in this age, the present and future Kingdom.
I wasn't commenting on the present-ness or otherwise of the kingdom but rather why didn't Jesus explain to His disciples that it (the kingdom) was a spiritual one, and yet He explained it to Pilate?
If anything He appears to be confirming disciples thinking by telling them they will sit on 12 glorious thrones judging the 12 tribes of Israel.
What you have hit on is the classic problem of the Synoptic Gospels vs. John's Gospel. John is often described as a "spiritual Gospel" and far more theological than the Synoptic Gospels (and occasionally less-Jewish or anti-Jewish, although I vehemently disagree with this!) The short answer is that John is writing after a long delay of the return of Jesus and is highlighting the present aspects of the Kingdom. At Pentecost, some aspects of the kingdom "happened" (the outpouring of the Holy Spirit) and others are delayed (the twelve ruling over restored Israel).
Upon reading this post it made me think about how the Holy Spirit has worked in my own life in directing me throughout all the hard decisions I have had to make. Thinking about John the Baptist paving the way for Jesus to come and truly show the people salvation is so cool. Yet at the same time we must realize that those who were baptized by John the Baptist were not yet saved because they did not have the Holy Spirt. It is crazy to read how when Paul asked some of the disciples if they "had received the Holy Spirit" they had no clue what he was talking about. These individuals were very confused about what true salvation was all about. They were baptized by water but not by the Holy Spirt. Water baptism I believe many times confuses people. It has no saving power in it, it is simply an outward display of an inward change. Only through Jesus are we truly saved, and no water can do that. It is so important that we understand that only through believing in Jesus as our personal Savior will we ever be saved, it is not through any ritual, water baptism or simply hearing someone speak. We must surrender our lives to the Lord.
Was John the Baptist saved?
John preached that someone greater than him would baptize with the Holy Spirit and with fire. It's hard to believe these guys hadn't heard of the Holy Spirit. Probably just another example of the inconsistencies in the New Testament.
I agree to an extent on what you say Dr. Long, however, I am going to try and to play "devil's advocate" here.
I see that in different translations for the word disciples here in verse 1, "where he found some disciples"—is also translated as "believers". Additionally, in verse two Paul asks these disciples did they receive the Holy Spirit when they "first believed". I think this is quite relevant in how we see or understand our faith. These disciples certainly believed, but the question is if they had actually received the Spirit when they believed. Jesus' disciples did not receive the Holy Spirit until John 20:22. Were they not fully believing disciples until that point in time? Peter confesses that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of the Living God in Matthew 16, so how can Peter not be a believer even with this revelation?
Polhill states, "For him (Paul) a true disciple of John, a completed disciple of John, was a Christian. That is the whole point of the present narrative (Acts. p. 399). I certainly agree with this. But how could these people be unaware of the Holy Spirit? It would add clarity if they were at Jesus' baptism, but we do not know that. As a disciple of John though, they should be aware that John taught, ""I baptize you with water for repentance. But after me comes one who is more powerful than I, whose sandals I am not worthy to carry. He will baptize you with the Holy Spirit and fire." (Matt. 3:11). These disciples had to be in some form aware there was a Holy Spirit, they had heard but did not understand at all what was being said.
In bringing to remembrance that John's purpose was to prepare the way of the Lord in people's hearts, I would agree that these disciples were prepared for Jesus' calling and ministry for them, but they had not received the Holy Spirit. In the Disciples case, the closest thing to resembling they had received the Spirits power was when Jesus gave the 12 authority to cast out demons and any diseases (Matt. 10:1-8). Yet, this is Jesus authority, not necessarily His Spirit for the Spirit could not come unless Jesus had ascended first (John 16:7).
In the context of John 20:22 when the disciples receive the Holy Spirit, Jesus is resurrected and close to ascending, it is hard to tell given John's Gospel does not mention the ascension. However, Luke gives support when Jesus says, "And now I will send the Holy Spirit, just as my Father promised. But stay here in the city until the Holy Spirit comes and fills you with power from heaven" (Luke 24:49). This is right before Jesus ascends.
So, for the opposing view that the disciples did not receive the Holy Spirit until Pentecost, it is does not quite matter. Both views are very late and do not happen until Jesus ascends.
I agree with Polhill when he says, "They had not heard that the Spirit had been poured out. They were unaware of Pentecost." (Acts. p. 399).
All in all, this is very hard theology, both viewpoints have holes in them and need connection. I think it is helpful to note that Jesus' disciples technically did not enter into anything further outside of John's baptism either. It was as if, being with Jesus was still preparing them to "believe fully". Jesus taught them many things concerning the kingdom and the Spirit, but how much of this did they comprehend? We do not see them actually understanding or operating in the Spirit until after Pentecost. I would then be inclined to think once the Spirit came (whether John 20:22 or Acts 2) then the disciples learned the truths that they were told about while they were with Jesus (John 16:13). Perhaps it was a similar occurrence for the disciples mentioned in Acts 191-7. What they had heard prior was not fully understood or absorbed until they had received the Spirit.
Therefore, I think it is a blurry line to say these disciples were not saved. Because Jesus' disciples were in this state until Jesus fulfilled all that he said he was going to do. Peter's revelation of Jesus being the Son of God and Christ should add help examining the meaning of all this. It was not until right before Jesus died that he told the thief on the cross that he would seem him in paradise, so there is perhaps "deposit" of salvation. Perhaps, these disciples of John were in that state and just needed the second part of receiving and walking in the Spirit.
I do not claim to be fully correct in all this, but I say all this to show there is more to what we can see upfront about this occurrence and we should ask the Spirit of God to help establish this in our hearts. So I am genuinely interested in your thoughts or insights on the topic.
Even the demons confess Jesus to be to be the Son of God. If Peter had died before receiving the Holy Spirit, would he have been partly saved and therefore gone to heaven?
Yes you can call John's gospel the spiritual gospel. Apart from doctrine all the disciples (except Judas) were spiritual not to mention John the Baptist.
Contrast this with Mark's gospel.
Mark 16:14 hardness of heart again.
Much could be said Thomas John, I said a lot in that post but in response to your comment I think it can be likened to the OT saints, are they all in Hell? From the time of Moses and just prior to Jesus' death and resurrection no one could be saved in the technical sense we are speaking on, that being Jesus is the only way, truth and life to enter into the Kingdom of God (John 14:6).
Apollos was preaching the Lord to others and these disciples of John would have done the same if they ever saw John in action, that the Messiah is coming and arrived. For whatever reason they were unaware of the Holy Spirit. Given the context it seems to allude more towards the "Baptism of the Holy Spirit" to be empowered to do God's work in a powerful way as did the disciples did and is perhaps why that is the first question Paul asks them in Acts 19.
I like the point that you made about Johns disciples not knowing enough, and how they may have known a lot but they did not know that they needed salvation which in turn would bring the Holy Spirit. I find that this is true today. I find that there is a lot of people, even people that say that they would consider themselves to be Christian know a lot about God, and Jesus, they just don't go that next extra mile and say I need salvation.
I would say that calling the disciples of John "partial believers" is too generous a name. They were not preaching the Gospel of Jesus and had not been His followers, so they were not believers by any means. I agree with you when you say that they were not believing anything particularly wrong. But what they were missing was the final progression, and most important part, of the purpose behind why John the Baptist was even doing his ministry. There cannot be any person who is a Christian or partial Christian who has not heard of Jesus Christ. I know that the text does not outrightly say that they had never heard the name of Jesus, but based off verse four I think it is natural to assume that Paul had to teach them about Him. So to answer your question about those disciples of John. I would say that it is not that they did not "believe enough" it was that they were never actually shown the one thing that would give them salvation. I think those guys were probably doing well with what they knew, but it was not until Paul shared the Gospel of Jesus that they were saved.
I think that a lot of the contributions here use the term "partial believer" as if that is a theological stance. It really is not a stance at all. You can't be partially saved from your sin – you either believe in Jesus Christ or you don't. From that point of view, I think that the disciples of John were not saved. They had followed John the Baptist, and probably were looking forward to the coming Messiah, but if they did not know about the Holy Spirit then they likely did not have enough connection with Jesus or His teaching to know the outcome of Jesus' ministry.
I like Erik's questions, but I think that some of the debate about the disciple's salvation is not relevant to the mission that we have now to reach those who are lost. Regardless of when the disciples received the Holy Spirit and were marked as saved, we are still to proclaim the gospel and those that confess their sins and believe will be saved (Romans 10:9).
I think this also settles the matter of the salvation and theological status of the disciples of John. No they weren't saved because they had not believe in Jesus from His ministry (otherwise they would have been baptized "into the baptism of Jesus"). I agree with Andrew, they were likely doing their best with what they knew, but they did not have the full story.
In the end, the Disciples of John were probably the "best Jews" out their that were still practicing Judaism, because they had correctly understood John's ministry and were looking for the coming Messiah. They just didn't know they had missed Him!
Yes a good point as Erik stated is that the Old Testament saints were saved a different way or else they would all be in hell. So John the Baptist's followers as well as John the Baptist were saved a different way.
He obviously could not have repented in the womb, but then he was sinless anyway as an embryo.
So perhaps John's disciples were also saved a different way.
I think that this story is a good example of a lot of people who call themselves Christians today. There's many out there who believe that if they go to church and live "good lives" they are likely to go to Heaven. These people believe that God is real, but they might not be saved. They aren't believing wrong, but they aren't believing enough. One could argue that partial truth is a lie, so to speak, so only believing partially in God isn't actually believing by this logic. But I don't think that's quite the right way to think about John's disciples. Here we have the simple fact that the full message of the Gospel just hadn't reached the disciples of John, like many "Christians" today. They didn't know that there was more to salvation. This is why it's so important for the church to have sound doctrine and reinforce it, because otherwise people may completely miss the point. There's many people out there who believe in God but just don't know what they actually need to be saved, and they end up with a lukewarm belief in God. It's up to us believers to spread the Gospel message to those who may have simply missed it but will be receptive to it!
I guess the most interesting thing here is to find out: How people were saved in the old Testament?
That would shed a lot of light on whether John's disciples were saved or not.
So what were the disciples of John missing? Was it a knowledge of the Holy Spirit or an experience of Baptism of fire? Or was it the knowledge and trust that Jesus died for their sins?
If it was the latter then one has to wonder why that was never explained or mentioned in any of the preaching in Acts, be it that of Stephen, Peter or Paul?
What about Apollos? Here we have a man who had excellent knowledge of the scriptures and was teaching accurately about Jesus.
And why does the author of Acts feel like he does not need to explain any of this?


I was intrigued when an Australian friend told me about a drug which he had bought in Australia, subsidised by the government, to help him to stop smoking. The drug, he said, worked by affecting the part of the brain that made the smoker addicted.
The drug was Champix, a precription quit-smoking drug manufactured by Pfizer. Champix has show reasonable success in helping smokers to give up smoking, with about 25% remaining off the dreaded weed after a year of taking the drug.
Unfortunately, as Karen Mc Ghee, a smoker on champix who was found hanging from the bannister by her nine year old daughter, can testify, the drug can have unpleasant side effects.
In a rare number of cases the drug can cause depression and even lead to suicide. Of about 20,000 users in the UK around 50 have suffered from depression.
That's not a huge number, and in all likelihood the drug will save more than it kills. Of course, that is of little consolation to the people it does kill.
That includes Karen Mc Ghee, whose heart stopped in the ambulance on the way to the hospital – five times.
The doctors believed that she had brain damage, and after five days they turned her life support system off. Miraculously, just minutes after they turned of the system, and with her family waiting for her to die, she started breathing again.
Others have not been so lucky. They include Wayne Marshall, a 36-year-old father-of-two from Doncaster, TV editor Omer Jama, 39, both of whom killed themselves after taking the drug.
I think we'll stick to selling e-cigarettes for now, though!
Do taxes on smoking pay for smokers' diseases?


INSPIRING a future generation of young vets is just one of the reasons Julian Norton gives for writing his third book, The Diary of a Yorkshire Vet, which was just been published.
Julian rose to fame when he was featured in the popular Channel 5 TV series, The Yorkshire Vet, alongside colleague and James Herriot apprentice Peter Wright.
"My generation of vets was inspired by Herriot's books and the TV show All Creatures Great and Small, and now I get letters from the vets of the future. If a by-product of being on TV and writing books is to inspire a future generation of vets, then that can only be a good thing," said Julian.
Ever since he was a child, Julian, who grew up in Castleford, wanted to work with animals in the beautiful Yorkshire countryside.
This is Julian's third book and follows Horses, Heifers and Hairy Pigs – The Life of a Yorkshire Vet, and A Yorkshire Vet Through the Seasons. It chronicles 52 weekly veterinary stories throughout 2017.
He will be signing copies in Claridges, Helmsley, on tomorrow (Friday) from 3pm, and in Waterstones York on Monday, October 1, from 1.30pm.
The current series of the Yorkshire Vet can be seen on Channel 5 on Tuesdays at 8pm.


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Albert Auguste Ghislain Martin (Philippeville, 10 april 1912 - 1 november 1976) was een Belgisch volksvertegenwoordiger.

Levensloop
Martin werd in 1952 gemeenteraadslid in Philippeville. Hij was ook provincieraadslid van 1954-1958 en nog enkele maanden in 1961.

In 1962 werd hij verkozen tot socialistisch volksvertegenwoordiger voor het arrondissement Dinant-Philippeville. Hij vervulde dit mandaat tot in 1965.

In Onhaye is er een Rue Albert Martin en in Philippeville een Piscine Albert Martin.

Literatuur
 Paul VAN MOLLE, Het Belgisch Parlement, 1894-1972, Antwerpen, 1972.

Belgisch volksvertegenwoordiger
Naams provincieraadslid
BSP-politicus
Naams gemeenteraadslid


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Thomas Øverby (born 28 April 1976) is a retired Norwegian football defender.

He hails from Hernes. Playing for Elverum, he was scouted by Hamkam ahead of the 1995 season. From 2000 to mid-2002 he played for Skeid, and from mid-2002 to 2006 for Hønefoss. Ahead of the 2007 season he returned to Hamkam, before finishing his career in Nybergsund.

References

1976 births
Living people
People from Elverum
Norwegian footballers
Elverum Fotball players
Hamarkameratene players
Skeid Fotball players
Hønefoss BK players
Nybergsund IL players
Eliteserien players
Norwegian First Division players
Association football defenders
Sportspeople from Innlandet


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Q: Give the EL eqns of $\int_0^1 (\dot x_1^2 + \dot x_2^2 - k^2(x_1 + x_2)^2) dt$ and solve the coupled system of 2nd order ODEs Find the EL eqns of
$\displaystyle \int_0^1 (\dot x_1^2 + \dot x_2^2 - k^2(x_1 + x_2)^2)\: dt$
where $x_1 = x_1(t), x_2=x_2(t)$, $k$ constant
and solve the system of equations
E-L eqns from: $\displaystyle 0 = \frac{\partial f}{\partial x_i} - \frac{d}{dt}\left(\frac{\partial f}{\partial \dot{x_i}}\right)$
and $f(t,x_1,x_2, \dot x_1, \dot x_2) = \dot x_1^2 + \dot x_2^2 - k^2(x_1 + x_2)^2$
I have
\begin{align*}
    0
    &= \frac{\partial f}{\partial x_1} - \frac{d}{dt}\left(\frac{\partial f}{\partial\dot x_1 }\right)\\
    &= -2k^2(x_1 + x_2) - \frac{\partial}{\partial t}2\dot x_1\\
    \Longrightarrow  0 &= \ddot x_1 + k^2(x_1 + x_2)\\
   \text{and } 0 &= \frac{\partial f}{\partial x_2} - \frac{d}{dt}\left(\frac{\partial f}{\partial \dot x_2}\right)\\
    &= -2k^2(x_1 + x_2) - \frac{d}{dt}2\dot x_2\\
    \Longrightarrow 0 &= \ddot x_2 + k^2(x_1 + x_2)
\end{align*}
Is

\begin{align*}
0 &= \ddot x_1 + k^2(x_1 + x_2)\\
0 &= \ddot x_2 + k^2(x_1 + x_2)
\end{align*}

the system of equations?
And how do I find the general solution to this system?

A: The system of equations you have looks correct to me. To solve the system, note that by setting:
$$u=x_1+x_2,\quad v=x_1-x_2$$
We obtain the system (to obtain the first equation, add the two equations in your system, then subtract them for the second equation):
$$\ddot{u}+2k^2 u=0$$
$$\ddot{v}=0$$
This is an uncoupled set of ODE's. After solving this, we can recover $x_1(t)$ and $x_2(t)$ using that:
$$x_1=\frac{u+v}{2},\quad x_2=\frac{u-v}{2}$$

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A couple of my research participants noted that it's important to have economists working in non-fiscal policy areas, I'm curious to see how that works in reverse.
I am excited to be helping provide independent research and advice to Australian governments to improve long-term policy outcomes, for example on child protection and aged care.
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The Environment Protection Authority (EPA) of Victoria is somewhat of an extended family to me. Through a number of roles there since 2008 I learnt what it is to regulate, to make policy, to be the voice of those who aren't in the room, to be accountable to elected government, to understand the needs of industry and the community.
Working on a variety or projects, large and small, internal and external, and of local, state, and national significance, I developed a third of the 2011-16 5 Year Plan, represented the organisation and state on numerous working groups and committees, led small teams, and became the inaugural Principal Expert for Contaminated Environments.
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(June - November 2016)
I sought out a secondment in the Public Sector Reform team of the Victorian Department of Premier and Cabinet (DPC) to experience working in an area unrelated to my environmental regulation expertise and more aligned with my PhD research.
Shifting from an outer agency to the central one was a genuinely interesting experience, that allowed me to demonstrate the transferability of my skills, and respectfully bring new insights to the work of the central agency in the process. I brought new team building approaches to my immediate work group, developed and managed a project on public sector culture and leadership, successfully planned a launch event between DPCs Secretary and the Special Minister of State, reinvigorated an interdepartmental committee, engaged with multiple line agencies, and wrote speeches and public facing documents, among many other things.
Connolly Environmental
(Sept 2007- May 2008)
I followed my love of plants and the cool things they can do into environmental consulting, hoping to apply some of what I'd picked up during my Honours research. I soon learnt that, while plants are cool, they are also slow and there are few site owners out there able (or willing) to wait for bioremediation to take its course.
Again, I demonstrated the value of a smile in working with an array of stakeholders - including those who didn't always want to play ball or considered themselves too senior to engage with a lowly graduate student. I also saw what people were willing to do for money - often resulting in less than optimal social or environmental outcomes -, and I didn't like it. I moved to the regulator of the industry, hoping to change what I saw.
My first paid jobs were in the hospitality and retail sectors. Through these I gained a whole lot of patience, an understanding of how different people's motivations and drivers can be, an appreciation of good food, and the value of a listening ear and a smile.
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