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Thyatira (Revelation 2:18-29)
It is interesting that the longest of the seven letters is to the least important of the seven cities! Thyatira lay on the road linking Pergamum to Sardis, in a valley through which a railway runs today. Its importance lay in its position as the gateway to Pergamum, the capital of the province. There was a fair amount of commerce done there, and Lydia, the seller of purple, came from Thyatira (Acts 16:14). I wonder if it was she who took the message to Thyatira when she returned and started the church there - speculation, but a possibility! Linked with the city's commercial life were a number of trade guilds, and perhaps this was at the root of the problems with the church there. The guilds controlled trading in wool, leather, linen, bronze, garments, dye, pottery, baking - and everyone engaged in these trades had to belong to a guild - a closed shop indeed! Anyone refusing to join would have to give up their trade and lose their prosperity. The problem was that guild meetings began and ended with a formal sacrifice to the gods (like the formal saying grace at a mayor's banquet), and the guild probably met in a temple. Also, these meals often ended in drunkenness and immorality. Was it possible for Christians to participate in this, and if not, what would happen to their livelihood?
Thyatira had no particular religious significance. Though not the centre of the worship of any particular deity, it had the usual proliferation of temples and a fortune-telling shrine with a female oracle called Sambathe. It seems there was no threat of persecution; the danger to the Church came from within itself rather than from outside - and the danger from within is always the greatest danger to the spiritual life of the church.
In v.18 the description of Christ bears marked similarities to that of the messenger in Daniel 10:6 - could it have been that Daniel beheld in his vision the pre-incarnate Christ in glory? There is symbolism in this description, for the eyes see all - they penetrate like fire burning into the heart and soul. To see Christ in glory is a fearful experience. To the sinful church he is no soothing tranquilliser, but the judge supreme, the Lord of all the earth.
The letter starts with praise (v.19) - you are doing better than you were! We have already noticed how Christ always seeks something positive to say about each church. He knows their deeds and love; their faith, service and perseverance, and that their latter works are greater than their former. This is high praise.
Verses 20-23 are not easy and they raise many questions. Who is this 'Jezebel', what has she done, and how can such terrible things have happened in a church full of love, faith, service and perseverance? It seems so contradictory. But we know that such contradictions do exist - those very churches and ministers which seem to be full of the Spirit are suddenly revealed to have secret sins which astound us.
Jezebel is probably not the actual name of the 'lady' at Thyatira, but links her character with that of the wife of Ahab in 1 Kings 16:31 who led the people into pagan worship and sexual immorality. She claimed to be a prophetess, and probably taught that there was no harm in attending the heathen trade guilds where feastings and orgies took place. She is obviously a member of the church, and the condemnation is that the church tolerates her. It can take a real courage for a church to confront someone who persists in sin, but it must be done if the whole church is not to come under condemnation.
Some commentators have suggested that this 'Jezebel' might be none other than Lydia, the seller of purple, who had become a Christian' but continued as a member of her Dyers' Trade Guild and was the one leading others astray. There is no evidence of this whatsoever, and I would suggest it is a cruel libel on Lydia. Another suggestion is that it was the oracle Sambathe, who claimed to be a prophetess and was influencing the church, but this is most unlikely as the church would not have allowed a heathen oracle into membership. Again, there is no evidence that Sambathe had anything to do with the Trade Guilds, and, if we are right, it was these that were contaminating the church.
My suggestion would be that we have an unknown woman, whose character, if not her name, bore marked similarities to the Old Testament Jezebel, with whom Elijah had so much trouble, who was leading members of the church astray in sexual immorality and eating food sacrificed to idols, both of which were practised by the Thyatira Trade Guilds.
In v.21 Christ gave her space to repent, but she did not. How he did this we do not know, but Christ knows how patient he has been with her.
In v.22 there is a pun on the word 'bed' which (as in English) can also be used as a euphemism for sexual relations (going to bed with someone) and for sickness (a bed of pain). So Christ says, she wants to go to bed; so she shall, with those whom she has led astray - a bed of terrible suffering – unless they repent.
In v.23 'her children' may be literal (children conceived in adulterous relationships), or figurative (those who take after her ways). This seems a very violent judgement, but where Christians persist in sin and will not repent, even when confronted by their sin (and after reading this letter, the Thyatira Church cannot say that Christ has not confronted them!), death in time and in eternity will be their portion - so that all the churches will know that Christ is the One who searches hearts and minds.
v.24 - Paul finishes this aspect of the life of the church at Thyatira by telling the rest of the church, those not involved with the teaching of Jezebel, that he will put no further burden upon them (presumably other than not committing fornication and not eating meat sacrificed to idols). But there is a very interesting phrase used of Jezebel and her followers: they are those 'who have known the deep things of Satan, as they call them' (AV), 'have learned Satan's so-called deep secrets' (NIV). This may give us a clue as to the nature of the teaching of Jezebel. As we saw in Pergamum, there was a heresy that said, 'It is the plain duty of every Christian to experience every kind of sin. The real achievement was to allow the body to wallow in sin and to keep the spirit and soul entirely unaffected'. Another approach was that we increase the grace of God the more we sin, so it was good to indulge in every kind of sin, that God's grace towards us might be increased. Satan's activity, therefore, could be used to lead the Christian into more and more grace! It may well be that 'Satan's so-called deep secrets' was this theology of what is known as antinomianism. Clearly it is theological and spiritual nonsense, but it could have its attractions, and indeed did!
In vss.25-29 the letter ends with Christ saying three things to encourage the faithful to hold fast:
'Hold fast what you have, until I come' (v.25). In every church there are those who have been faithful, and things in which the church has been faithful. Look at your own church and encourage it to hold on to those things.
The overcomers will be given authority over the nations (v.26).
'I will give him the morning star' (v.28). In Rev 22:16 Jesus describes himself as 'the Root and the Offspring of David, and the bright Morning Star' (NIV). He is thus referring to himself. Christ will give us nothing less than himself - we will possess Christ, never to be separated from him any more!
Sardis (Revelation 3:1-6)
Sardis had a great reputation: seven hundred years before this letter was written it had been one of the greatest cities in the world. In the height of its glory its king was Croesus (we use his name in the proverb 'As rich as Croesus'), and much of his wealth came from the gold carried down the river Pactolus which flowed through the lower city. Gold literally flowed into Sardis. It was Croesus who also ended the first era of the greatness of Sardis. As the Persian Empire was growing, Croesus went to war against King Cyrus of Persia. This was one of two occasions when Sardis was taken, and it is relevant to the letter to see how it had happened. The fortified citadel at the centre of the city, built on a high outcrop of rock, was thought to be impregnable, but it was taken twice, once by Cyrus and the Persians in 549 BC, after the battle which Croesus lost, and once by the Cretans in 218 BC. On one side there was access to the citadel from the city below, and when under attack the whole population would enter the citadel and keep watch to defend that side. The rear of the citadel was built on a sheer rock face, or at least, so it looked. There was, however, a very narrow goat track, invisible from below. On one occasion, one of the besiegers saw a goat climbing up the track, and remembering the route, led a small band of soldiers up the goat track, over the city wall which was unguarded because it was 'impregnable', and opened the gates for the rest of the army to enter. On the other occasion, soldiers did occasionally patrol the rear wall, and as one of them leaned over his helmet rolled part way down the slope, and he was seen to climb down the goat-track to recover it. The same thing happened again, and the city was taken. So the keyword to Sardis from the Lord is, 'Be watchful' (v.2 AV) or 'Wake up!' NIV), and, in verse 3, 'If you do not watch, I will come to you as a thief, and you shall not know what hour I will come upon you' (AV). Lack of watchfulness, for the city or for the church, means that it can be captured by the enemy.
When the Romans came, Sardis still had wealth but was largely living on past glories. It was the centre of the woollen trade, and it is said that the art of dyeing wool was discovered there. In AD17 there was a terrible earthquake which destroyed much of the city. Emperor Tiberias, remitted the city's taxes for five years, and gave a donation of 10,000,000 sesterces (about £400,000) towards the rebuilding.
At the time of the writing of Revelation, Sardis was wealthy but degenerate, a city in decline, and sadly the church reflected the nature of the city, for it was in decline too.
In v.1 Christ describes himself as 'Him who holds the seven spirits of God and the seven stars' (NIV) - returning to the description in chapter 1 which we looked at. In each church the Spirit of God operates, and Christ holds the churches in his hand. They are his churches, and the potential of what they can be, the perfection of what by grace he can make them, he holds. Any decision about any church is not up to man, but to him - the Master, the owner, the Lord - and the fate and future of every church is in his hand.
Christ begins by saying 'I know your works'. Jesus knows the reality of their works, which have the appearance of life but in fact are dead works, not springing from a living faith. A church can be very busy, full of many works, but dead. The church at Sardis has a name of being alive, but it is dead! There can be no worse accusation than this. Does it ring any bells? 'You have a name' means to have a reputation, and thus it is translated by NIV - but reputation and reality can be very far removed from each another. There are churches today with tremendous reputations, but in fact there is very little spiritual life in them!
In v.2 the Greek verb 'gregoreo' (from which the name Gregory comes) means 'to watch', and here and in verse 3, the church in Sardis is called upon by Christ to watch. Like their city, they are in danger of being captured through lack of watchfulness. But praise God, there are some things that remain, yet they too are on the point of dying. The AV says 'Be watchful, and strengthen the things which remain, that are ready to die: for I have not found thy works perfect before God'. The word translated 'perfect' ('complete' in NIV) is best rendered 'fulfilled'. Sardis is an unfulfilled church. Christ had given them (like us) so much, but they had not received what he had given and they were empty - unfilled and unfulfilled. 'Remember, therefore, what you have received and heard; obey it, and repent'. As far as we know there is no heresy in the church of Sardis (heresy is, in fact, a sign that the church is alive), nor is there any attack from outside in terms of idolatry, or emperor worship; in fact there seems to be nothing attacking the church from within or without. The Devil is leaving it alone - why murder someone who is in the act of committing suicide! Death comes when we look away from Christ and become immersed in our own affairs, forgetting that we are called to be a Christ-centred witnessing people.
In v.3 there is a wonderful alliterative three-point sermon. Sardis has been a live church, but has fallen asleep in its zeal for the Lord. The key words are 'Remember what you have received...and repent' (Reminders of Ephesus in Rev 2:5). One commentator says 'Sardis was a very 'peaceful' church. It enjoyed peace, but it was the peace of the Cemetery'. 'Remember' and 'Repent' are imperatives, commands. There is no option; either the church remembers and repents, or it will be invaded by Christ who is able to remove its candlestick. He will come, as did the enemies of Sardis, at a time and in a way that they do not expect.
Verse 3 then goes back to the beginning of verse 2, where Christ said, 'Be watchful', and he says, 'If, therefore, you do not watch' (that same word gregoreo) Christ will come like a thief. He will come again, and if the church is not watchful of its own spiritual life, his coming will be a day of fear rather than fulfilment.
In v.4 there is another 'But', ('Yet' in NIV), and here it is a 'but' of praise after warning and condemnation. There are a few 'names' who have not 'defiled their garments' (AV). There are still some in Sardis who are walking with the Lord, and their names will not be blotted out because of the apostasy of the church as a whole. Not only does God not blot out the righteous with the wicked, he is even willing to save the unrighteous because of the faithful! God will do much for a faithful few - remember the story of Sodom in Genesis 18:16ff, when Abraham pleaded with God to save the city if only a few righteous people were found there. A church with a few faithful people is a church with hope for the future. It has been said that every revival has been preceded by the prayers of a few faithful people. You may be part of the faithful few in your church - never limit what the Lord can do through you!
The concept of defiled garments compared with white garments is very appropriate for a city in which the dyeing of wool may have been invented and was certainly practised. Soiled clothes are a sign of sin; white clothes of purity.
In v.5 the reference to white garments comes again. The 'Lamb's Book of Life' is mentioned several times in Revelation - this is the first reference (see also Rev 13:8, 17:8, 20:12, 20:15, 21:27). This idea of a book in which the names of God's elect are written is not new, but is seen throughout the Bible (see Exodus 32:32,33; Psalm 69:28; Daniel 12. Jesus knows those who are his, and will confess those names before his Father and his angels. Christ is ever faithful to those who are faithful to him.
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In Friedkin's Curse: A Werewolf Tale of Terror part of the story comes from the military trying to capture the legendary creature to experiment on it for weapons purpose. The government weaponizing a creature like this might seem far-fetched, but when you consider that the first applications looked at for any new technology are military it makes a certain amount of sense. Don't believe me? Remember when we learned to split the atom and the first thing we did was power cities with the energy . . . oh wait, I mean we levelled an entire city with it. Most modern advancements in technology have come through military developments or were first engineered for military purposes.
So why wouldn't they do the same with supernatural opportunities? This is some of the thoughts that went into crafting the military experience that is part of Friedkin's Curse and more explored in Friedkin's Legacy (working title), the next book in the Friedkin's Horror series. Larry Correia has some similar ideas about the government's harvesting of supernatural weapons (explored in both his Monster Hunter International and Grimnoir Chronicles). I recently had the pleasure of serving on a panel with Kimberly Richardson (the Goth Librarian), she stated that we shared a favorite werewolf film: Dog Soldiers, which pits soldiers against werewolves when a capture operation goes wrong. There is also Project: Metalbeast, a direct-to-video classic from the 90s, which has a genetically altered werewolf super-soldier wreaking havoc in a bunker. The military industrial complex isn't the only government office to get into the werewolf enhancement department, Full Eclipse is a film where a special Los Angeles Police Squad is augmented using werewolf serum to combat crime.
All of these are great examples of the government "investigating" new and experimental procedures to help further the combat effectiveness of new creatures. I've provided a list of these works below, so just click on the pictures if you are interested. Next time the moon is full and you hear howling and sirens, just tell yourself that they are unrelated.


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I was on a bike traveling southbound, and was hit by a car. I broke my hip and my hand and had three compression fractures in my back.
My case was such that I was referencing many different insurance companies and insurance is tough to deal with. You have so many questions about what's going on. Just the insurance process – I mean it's so, it's such a hard thing. It's like a game and you don't understand it. Like there are rules and processes that you just don't get and I just don't have the time to understand or figure it all out and it makes sense to get somebody who already does have that information.
When I would ask a question I had enough information from Sean to understand what's going on. Sean came to my house. He sat down with me on my couch (I was on crutches) and he introduced himself to my family and I really felt like he wasn't just going to be an attorney. He was going to be somebody that cared about what was going to happen in my case.
Everyone here was fantastic. I mean, response times were instant – if not, you know, within the day. Any questions that I had were not only followed up right away, if they weren't answered but they were followed up within a period of time and somebody had an answer for me. Definitely my settlement results were very good compared to what I expected and what I kind of initially formulated in my head.


I have a pale pink and a white which are not as robust as the normal pink, and have yet to prosper to the point where they can flower. I have since gotte n a white from another friend, and his is very very robust, so I hope to see some bloom within the next 6 mths.
The red is a huge plant but doesn't flower as frequently as the pink, for me.
A friend had a variant that has lotus-like flowers. Etlingera elatior cv 'Pileng'. Really beautiful.
This has been flowering nonstop at my house for the past 2 years. The latest stalk hit the highest record so far in my home. ~1.3 meters in height.
Do you get the sunbirds visiting the flowers?
I don't think the red inflor is eaten like the pink, is it?
Can it be grwon in lowland areas?
i have not tried the porcelain ones though... esp the one highlighted by islaverde...will try them too if i get them...i think they can be found in Thailand. not easy to find locally in malaysia or sgp.
aiyoh, why you mention chiangmai! another plants and orchid paradise! How about 3 pots of orchids for 100 Baht!? Or one bagged Zingiber at heliconiaparadise stall for 300 baht? heheh.
one thing i think not so nice is the plants suffer somekind of thermal shock when they are transferred from Chiengmai to our lowlands.
Hi! I tried buying some plants about 8 years ago and the plants just died.
Hi guys, thanks for the tips on Etlingera elatior. Am searching for the red one for planting into my garden.
Hope one of you can tell me where I can get a rhizome of the red variety.
Or let me buy/trade from you.
any where else in s'pore or south malaysia can get it?
Hi. Any chance you could sell a pierce of your beautiful deep red Etlingera to me? Very keen on gardening.
No one answered? Am keen to get one too!
Most torches do very well in low land tropics , with the exception of E.venusta it prefers it slightly cooler . Struggles on the coast , but flowers well at even only 500m higher . eg in north Queensland it rarely flowers around Cairns , but will up at Kuranda .
I need advice pls. I'm S'porean living in florida & finally managed to get my hands on a rhizome with 2 small shoots of Pink Torch Ginger. What is the best way of planting this? Does it need root hormone? Should I plant it in a pot 1st, use potting mix? If it can go in the ground, does it need composted manure? Thanks.
yes, it is the rhizomes. There are seeds from mature plants if you want to plant those.


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Diplomacy Gaza Siege Human Interest Human rights International International Law Opinion/Analysis
Analysis: Will Turkish Efforts to Hold Israel to Account for its Crimes Bear Fruit?
Bombed building in Gaza (May 2021)-Image: Times of Gaza
By Eman Abusidu for Middle East Monitor
A group of Turkish lawyers have filed a request with the Public Prosecutor calling on the government to pursue a war crimes case against Israeli officials for their actions in Jerusalem and Gaza.
Seven of victims' families came to the Istanbul Palace of Justice and filed a criminal complaint against former Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, Chief of General Staff of the Israeli army Aviv Kochavi, Defence Minister Benny Gantz, Commander of the Israeli Air Force Amikam Norkin, Commander of the Gaza Division of the army Eliezer Toledano, Commander of the Israeli Navy Aluf David Salama, and head of Military Intelligence Aharon Yariv along with other military officials and soldiers.
Dr. Said Aldahshan, head of the Legal Unit at Kusider Society in Istanbul and a member of the legal representative's advisory team, tells MEMO:
The motive behind this lawsuit is the injustice and crimes against our Palestinian people for decades. Particularly, the last battle against our people in Palestine was vicious, where it begun in Jerusalem and Sheikh Jarrah, and then moved to the Gaza Strip, where many children and women were killed."
According to Ansam Abu Owda, spokesperson for the victims' families: "Whole families have been erased from the Palestinian civil registry due to the crimes of the occupation against civilians in the Gaza Strip."
She adds:
Turkey will just be the beginning, and we seek to deliver the image of the injustice against our Palestinian people to the whole world."
One of the lawyers, Gulden Sonmez, told the Anadolu Agency that the Public Prosecutor's Office will ask the Ministry of Justice to approve the investigation under the Crimes against Humanity rule, because the victims are foreign civilians and the crimes were committed in a foreign country.
This was not the first time that Israel's crimes have been presented in Turkish courts, the case of the Mavi Marmara aid ship was the first. Bilateral ties between Israel and Turkey came under strain in 2010 when Israeli commandos stormed the vessel which was carrying humanitarian aid for Palestinians in an effort to break the siege of Gaza in 2010. In total ten activists were killed as a result of the attack.
Following the incident, a lawsuit was filed against Israel in 2012 in Istanbul, and the lawsuit included the names of 490 people from 37 countries. Months of talks between Turkey and Israel finally bore fruit in 2016 with Turkey announcing that a deal would be signed normalising relations with Israel after a six-year hiatus. Israel also agreed to pay out $20 million to the families of those killed on the vessel. As a result, Turkey withdrew the case.
Turkish President Recep Tayyip Erdogan has previously said that for Ankara, "the Palestine policy is our red line. It is impossible for us to accept Israel's Palestine policies. Their merciless acts there are unacceptable."
However, he has also highlighted that even when relations were at their worst, the two countries continued to cooperate in the field of intelligence.
The question now remains, will politics constitute an obstacle to the newly submitted judicial submission? "Politics interferes in international litigation in one way or another, and the evidence is what happened in the Marmara incident. Although the victims are Turkish, a political settlement was reached between Turkey and Israel at the end," Aldahshan says.
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Jerry was born in Cleveland, Ohio. At the age of five his family moved to Harrison, NY in Westchester county. In the 4th grade he started taking clarinet lessons. In the very first report card that year, his music teacher wrote Jerry shows absolutely no interest in the clarinet! He switched over to saxophone with only a little more success. Ironically it was that same year that Jerry's brother Rick Marotta brought home the drum kit that would change both their lives for good. Cut to Jerry graduating from Harrison High in the summer of 1973 (a year early) and taking his final exams on the road with him
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Veteran musicians Phil Keaggy, Tony Levin and Jerry Marotta spent more than a decade crafting their debut collaborative album, The Bucket List (Self Released, 2019), the unique product of each artist's influences and pedigree. Marotta played drums and recorded with Peter Gabriel from 1976 to 1986. His introduction to music took the form of ...
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The Bucket List, a collaborative album featuring guitarist Phil Keaggy, bassist Tony Levin and drummer Jerry Marotta, is a beautiful collection of lush and diverse instrumental songs. Each musician is an accomplished and talented artist in their own right. Keaggy has been nominated for several Grammys for his performances in contemporary Christian music, and has a ...
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It's impossible to describe an outfit like the Security Project without that troublesome (if not entirely inaccurate) phrase "tribute band" popping up, complete with the inevitable baggage that term implies. It's usually reserved for countless local-level acts that entertain bar crowds with predictable staples on any given weekend, sure, but this group shoots for something much ...
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Grammoplites is a genus of marine ray-finned fishes belonging to the family Platycephalidae, the flatheads. These fishes are found in the Indo-Pacific region.

Taxonomy
Grammoplites was first proposed as a genus in 1904 by the American zoologist Henry Weed Fowler, Fowler's genus was originally monotypic with Cottus scaber, described in 1758 by Linnaeus, designated as its type species. This genus is classified within the family Playtcephalidae, the flatheads which the 5th edition of Fishes of the World classifies within the suborder Platycephaloidei in the order Scorpaeniformes. The genus name Grammoplites is a combination of gramme, meaning "line", and hoplites, which means "armed", an allusion to the scaled spines on the lateral line of G. scaber.

Species
Grammoplites contains 4 recognised species::
 Grammoplites knappi Imamura & Amaoka, 1994
 Grammoplites scaber Linnaeus, 1758 (Rough flathead)
 Grammoplites suppositus Troschel, 1840 (Spotfin flathead)
 Grammoplites vittatus Valenciennes, 1833

G. vittatus has been considered as a junior synonym of G. scaber but other authorities regard it as a valid species.

Characteristics
Grammoplites flatheads have at least two spines on the preoperculum, with the upper spine being the longest. The caudal fin lacks any elongated filaments from the upper lobe. The first dorsal fin contains between 7 and 10 spines while the second dorsal fin has up to 12 soft rays. There are two separate patches of vomerine teeth.The lateral line has 48 to 56 pored scales, all of which bear a robust spine. The maximum total length attained by these fishes is around .

Distribution
Grammoplites flatheads are found in the Indo-West pacific region and are found from the southern Red Sea and the northern Indian Ocean east to the South China Sea.

References

Platycephalidae
Taxa named by Henry Weed Fowler

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Mendham Hills Chapel was conceived by a group of people who envisioned an evangelical work in the Mendham-Chester area. Many were membors of Long Hill Chapel in Chatham. They formally organized a Christian and Missionary Alliance work and began to meet for midweek Bible study and prayer early in 1976.
A Steering Committee was established, and the search for a Sunday meeting place began. We considered schools and firehouses, but in due time, the Lord opened the door to rent a beautiful contemporary chapel with adjacent classrooms at St. John Baptist School (now Daytop Mendham).
The first Sunday morning service was held on April 4, 1976 with Richard Bailey, superintendent of the Metropolitain District of the C&MA, preaching. Two weeks later, we celebrated Easter in record-breaking 90-degree heat.
Having found a meeting place, we set about the business of calling a pastor. For more than a year, we were ministered to by guest preachers and candidates. Members of the congregation led ongoing Wednesday evening meetings. In July 1977, we called our first pastor, James C. Mclymont Jr., who served through December 1978.
In May of 1979, we called Fred W. Henry, who, with his wife Carrol, who are currently pastoring Hope International Church in Paris, France, are aomong the C&MA missionaries MHCC supports.
From the beginning, the congregation of Mendham Hills has had a burdern for the youth of the surrounding communities, so even in the early years of our existence, we provided for part-time and then full-time staffing of a youth program. Our third youth pastor, Douglas G. Welbourn, was a student at Alliance Theological Seminary. Along with his enthusiastic and energetic wife, Priscilla, he made a significant impact on the youth of our area during the period of 1981 to 1983.
As the church grew, attendance at Sunday services increased, and the Sunday School flourished. We began to press the physical limits of the facilities at St. John Baptist School, and a building program was launched with a search for suitable property. The 6.3 acre parcel on Route 24 on which the current church is situated was purchased in January 1985.
In late 1984, The Shire, which had leased the St. John Baptist building, asked us to move. Again, the Lord provided a place, and the Mendham Township Elementary School was our Sunday home from January 1985 through July 1988.
In the fall of 1985, we embarked upon a stewardship program to raise the money needed to erect a bilding of our own, and on a Sunday morning in the spring of 1986, the congregation gathered in a muddy clearing in the woods, claimed the land for the Lord, and broke ground for the building in which we now meet.
Fred and Carrol Henry accepted the call to the Alliance church in Morgantown, West Virginia, that summer, so we were without a pastor during much of the design and construction of the building. A faithful remnant held on to the vision that the Lord had placed in their hearts ten years earlier and saw the building program through to completion. On Sunday morning, August 7, 1988, we worshipped for the first time in the place the Lord had helped us build for His glory.
While the facility was being erected, we were also seeking the Lord's man to lead the congregation in this new phase of its ministry. A year-long search culminated in the return of Doug Welbourn as senior pastor in May of 1987. The church family grew dramatically during the nine years that Doug and Pris ministered to us, and the focus of church life began to shift to small groups where deep and lasting relationships were encouraged. In August of 1996, the Welbourns followed the Lord's leading to Spokane Washington, and the search for the Lord's man to lead MHCC began anew.
Charles B. Dewitt accepted the acll of the congregation and began serving at MHCC in June of 1997. His enthusiasm for a small group ministry quickly led to the addition of a small groups coordinator to the staff and an even greater emphasis on the small group as a vehicle for spiritual growth and ministry in the church. Chip's burden for the lost has also resulted in unprecedented outreach to the communities in which we live as he urges us to encourage the people around us to know and walk with Jesus Christ.
As we look back at our history, it would not be hard to find scars and blemishes. Yet as we have sought steadfastly to exalt our Lord Jesus Christ, God has seen fit to sustain and establish the family of believers at Mendham Hills Community Church as a testimony to His amazing grace.


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Краснознамённый Закавказский военный округ (КЗакВО) — оперативно-стратегическое территориальное объединение Вооружённых Сил СССР и Вооружённых Сил Российской Федерации. Часть личного состава и вооружения округа во время и после распада СССР стали основой для формирования армий независимых Грузии, Армении и Азербайджана.

Закавказский военный округ (1-е формирование)
Образован 17 мая 1935 года на базе Кавказской Краснознамённой армии. Изначально включал в себя территорию ЗСФСР, а после её упразднения в 1936 году — территории Грузинской, Армянской и Азербайджанской ССР. Штаб округа находился в городе Тифлисе (позднее переименован в Тбилиси).

В 1939—1940 годах часть соединений округа передавалась в состав Ленинградского ВО и принимала участие в Советско-финской войне 1939—1940 годов.

С началом Великой Отечественной войны войска округа выполняли задачу по противодесантной обороне Черноморского побережья и прикрытию государственной границы СССР от Чёрного до Каспийского морей. Для выполнения этих задач в составе округа были сформированы и развёрнуты четыре общевойсковые армии: 45-я и 46-я на границе с Турцией, 44-я и 47-я на границе с Ираном.

23 августа 1941 года округ был преобразован в Закавказский фронт, а управление округа переименовано в полевое управление Закавказского фронта. В этот же день было образовано новое управление ЗакВО по сокращённому штату с подчинением Военному Совету Закавказского фронта. Задачей вновь созданного округа было обеспечение формирования и укомплектования войск фронта. Директивой Ставки ВГК от 14 сентября 1941 года управление ЗакВО было упразднено.

Командование войсками округа
Командующие войсками округа
 05.1935 — 06.1937 — Левандовский, Михаил Карлович, командарм 2-го ранга.
 06.1937 — 01.1938 — Куйбышев, Николай Владимирович, комкор.
 25.01.1938 — 25.02.1938 — Егоров, Александр Ильич, Маршал Советского Союза.
 25.02.1938 — 15.08.1940 — Тюленев, Иван Владимирович, комкор, с февраля 1939 — командарм 2-го ранга, с июня 1940 — генерал армии.
 15.08.1940 — 28.01.1941 — Ефремов, Михаил Григорьевич, генерал-лейтенант.
 29.01.1941 — 23.08.1941 — Козлов, Дмитрий Тимофеевич, генерал-лейтенант.
 23.08.1941 — 24.09.1941 — Львов, Владимир Николаевич, генерал-лейтенант.
Члены Военного совета округа
 05.1935 — 06.1937 — Ярцев, Алексей Петрович, корпусной комиссар.
 06.1937 — 06.1937 — Апсе, Мартын Янович, корпусной комиссар.
 06.1937 — 01.1938 — Раздольский, Кузьма Григорьевич, дивизионный комиссар.
 02.1938 — 02.1938 — Дубовской, Фёдор Андреевич, бригадный комиссар.
 02.1938 — 04.1941 — Доронин, Яков Алексеевич, дивизионный комиссар.
 04.1941 — 08.1941 — Шаманин, Фёдор Афанасьевич, дивизионный комиссар.
 08.1941 — 09.1941 — Саджая, Алексей Николаевич, комиссар государственной безопасности 3-го ранга.
Начальники штаба округа
 05.1935 — 05.1937 — Савицкий, Сергей Михайлович, комдив.
 07.1937 — 04.1938 — Львов, Владимир Николаевич, комдив.
 08.1938 — 08.1941 — Толбухин, Фёдор Иванович, комдив, с июня 1940 генерал-майор.
 08.1941 — 09.1941 — Хрящев, Андрей Алексеевич, генерал-майор.

Закавказский военный округ (2-е формирование)
Создан в соответствии с Директивой Ставки ВГК от 28 января 1942 года о разделении Кавказского фронта на Крымский фронт и Закавказский военный округ.

Приказом Ставки ВГК от 28 апреля 1942 года округ был повторно преобразован в Закавказский фронт.

Состав в этот период:
 45-я армия
 46-я армия
 4 стрелковые дивизии
 1 стрелковая бригада

Командование войсками округа
Командующий
 январь — май 1942 — Тюленев, Иван Владимирович, генерал армии.
Члены Военного совета округа
 март 1942 — Саджая, Алексей Николаевич, комиссар государственной безопасности 3-го ранга.
 апрель 1942 — Ефимов, Павел Иванович, бригадный комиссар.
Начальник штаба округа
 март 1942 — апрель 1942 — Субботин, Алексей Иванович, генерал-майор.

Тбилисский и Бакинский военные округа
9 июля 1945 года из войск упраздняемого Закавказского фронта образованы Тбилисский военный округ и Бакинский военный округ.

Управление Тбилисского военного округа (ТбВО) было сформировано на основе управления Закавказского фронта. Штаб округа дислоцировался в Тбилиси. Округ включал территории Грузинской и Армянской ССР, до 15 ноября 1945 года Нахичеванской АССР.

Управление Бакинского военного округа было сформировано на основе полевого управления 69-й армии. Штаб округа дислоцировался в Баку. Округ включал территории Азербайджанской ССР, Дагестанской АССР, с 15 ноября 1945 года Нахичеванской АССР.

В мае 1946 года Бакинский и Тбилисский военные округа объединены во вновь образованный Закавказский военный округ.

Командование войсками Тбилисского военного округа
Командующие войсками округа
 07.1945 — 04.1946 — Трофименко, Сергей Георгиевич, генерал-полковник.
 04.1946 — 05.1946 — Озимин, Михаил Иванович, генерал-лейтенант.
Член Военного совета
 06.1945 — 05.1946 — Ефимов, Павел Иванович, генерал-майор.
Начальник штаба
 06.1945 — 05.1946 — Минюк, Леонид Фёдорович, генерал-лейтенант.

Командующие войсками Бакинского военного округа
 07.1945 — 10.1945 — Колпакчи, Владимир Яковлевич, генерал-полковник.
 10.1945 — 05.1946 — Масленников, Иван Иванович, генерал армии.
 05.1946 — 07.1946 — Чекаловский, Фёдор Григорьевич, генерал-майор, врио.

Закавказский военный округ (3-е формирование)

Образован 25 мая 1946 года объединением Бакинского и Тбилисского военных округов. Управление округа было сформировано в Тбилиси на основе управления Тбилисского военного округа.

В сентябре 1949 года территория Дагестанской и Северо-Осетинской АССР, а также Грозненской области была передана в Северо-Кавказский военный округ.

В 1967 году ЗакВО по преемственности передан орден Красного Знамени, которым была награждена Кавказская Краснознамённая армия.

Печатный орган (газета) ЗакВО в 1970 году — «Ленинское знамя».

В 1989—1992 годах в условиях обострения внутриполитической обстановки в Закавказье и распада СССР был осуществлён частичный вывод войск округа из районов вооружённых столкновений, значительно сокращён боевой и численный состав. Часть личного состава и вооружения округа стали основой для формирования армий независимых Грузии, Армении и Азербайджана.

Указом Президента РФ от 19 марта 1992 года № 260 Закавказский военный округ был временно взят под юрисдикцию Российской Федерации.

В январе 1993 года округ преобразован в Группу российских войск в Закавказье.

Командование войсками Закавказского военного округа
Командующие войсками округа
 05.1946 — 01.1947 — Масленников, Иван Иванович, генерал армии.
 01.1947 — 10.1949 — Толбухин, Фёдор Иванович, Маршал Советского Союза.
 01.1950 — 04.1954 — Антонов, Алексей Иннокентьевич, генерал армии.
 04.1954 — 10.1957 — Федюнинский, Иван Иванович, генерал-полковник, с 8 августа 1955 — генерал армии.
 10.1957 — 01.1958 — Рокоссовский, Константин Константинович, Маршал Советского Союза.
 01.1958 — 06.1961 — Галицкий, Кузьма Никитович, генерал армии.
 06.1961 — 04.1968 — Стученко, Андрей Трофимович, генерал-полковник, с 13 апреля 1964 — генерал армии.
 04.1968 — 09.1971 — Куркоткин, Семён Константинович, генерал-полковник.
 10.1971 — 02.1978 — Мельников, Павел Васильевич, генерал-полковник.
 02.1978 — 08.1983 — Кулишев, Олег Фёдорович, генерал-полковник.
 08.1983 — 07.1985 — Архипов, Владимир Михайлович, генерал-полковник.
 08.1985 — 04.1988 — Кочетов, Константин Алексеевич, генерал-полковник, с 29 апреля 1988 — генерал армии.
 05.1988 — 08.1989 — Родионов, Игорь Николаевич, генерал-лейтенант, с 10.1988 — генерал-полковник.
 08.1989 — 09.1992 — Патрикеев, Валерий Анисимович, генерал-полковник.
 09.1992 — 01.1993 — Реут, Фёдор Михайлович, генерал-лейтенант.
Члены Военного совета округа
 05.1946 — 05.1947 — Ефимов, Павел Иванович, генерал-майор.
 05.1947 — 08.1949 — Колесников, Дмитрий Емельянович, генерал-майор.
 08.1949 — 11.1953 — Ефимов, Павел Иванович, генерал-майор.
 11.1953 — 01.1957 — Осин, Николай Лаврентьевич, генерал-лейтенант.
 01.1957 — 06.1960 — Иващенко Д. А., генерал-майор, с мая 1959 — генерал-лейтенант.
 07.1960 — 11.1969 — Степченко, Фёдор Петрович, генерал-лейтенант, с 1965 — генерал-полковник.
 11.1969 — 08.1975 — Шелепин А. Г., генерал-лейтенант.
 08.1975 — 12.1979 — Оверчук А. М., генерал-майор, с февраля 1977 — генерал-лейтенант.
 01.1980 — 10.1984 — Ширинкин, Алексей Иванович, генерал-лейтенант.
 10.1984 — 03.1988 — Гулевич В. Л., генерал-лейтенант.
 03.1988 — 12.1989 — Новиков А. Н., генерал-майор, с февраля 1989 — генерал-лейтенант.
 12.1989 — 04.1991 — Скорый А. В., генерал-майор.
Начальники штаба округа
 06.1946 — 02.1947 — Петрушевский, Александр Васильевич, генерал-полковник.
 02.1947 — 08.1949 —  Казаков, Михаил Ильич, генерал-полковник.
 08.1949 — 06.1953 — Тарасов, Александр Павлович, генерал-полковник.
 06.1953 — 03.1954 — Вашкевич, Владимир Романович, генерал-лейтенант.
 03.1954 — 03.1956 — Крамар, Владимир Михайлович, генерал-майор, с августа 1954 — генерал-лейтенант.
 07.1956 — 05.1959 — Воронцов, Герман Фёдорович, генерал-лейтенант.
 05.1959 — 03.1961 — Соловейкин, Николай Алексеевич, генерал-майор.
 03.1961 — 07.1962 — Луговцев, Михаил Васильевич, генерал-лейтенант танковых войск.
 08.1962 — 10.1967 — Катышкин, Иван Сергеевич, генерал-лейтенант.
 01.1968 — 05.1972 — Андрющенко, Владимир Кузьмич, генерал-лейтенант.
 05.1972 — 04.1974 — Гринкевич, Дмитрий Александрович, генерал-майор, с октября 1972 — генерал-лейтенант.
 04.1974 — 02.1976 — Крапивин, Валентин Иванович, генерал-майор, с апреля 1975 — генерал-лейтенант.
 02.1976 — 11.1978 — Вариченко, Сергей Иванович, генерал-лейтенант танковых войск.
 11.1978 — 02.1984 — Кирилюк, Василий Константинович, генерал-лейтенант, с февраля 1982 — генерал-полковник.
 02.1984 — 03.1987 — Клеймёнов, Анатолий Николаевич, генерал-лейтенант.
 05.1987 — 06.1990 — Самсонов, Виктор Николаевич, генерал-лейтенант.
 06.1990 — 12.1992 — Звинчуков, Николай Иванович, генерал-лейтенант, с июля 1992 — генерал-полковник.
 01.1993 — Балуевский, Юрий Николаевич, полковник.
Первые заместители командующего войсками округа
 02.1946 — 02.1947 —  Казаков, Михаил Ильич, генерал-полковник.
 11.1948 — 12.1949 — Антонов, Алексей Иннокентьевич, генерал армии.
 09.1954 — 07.1957 —  Чистяков, Иван Михайлович, генерал-полковник.
 04.1958 — 06.1961 —  Павловский, Иван Григорьевич, генерал-лейтенант, с мая 1960 — генерал-полковник.
 06.1961 — 07.1962 — Штеменко, Сергей Матвеевич, генерал-полковник.
 07.1962 — 06.1965 — Луговцев, Михаил Васильевич, генерал-лейтенант танковых войск.
 06.1965 — 10.1968 —  Драгунский, Давид Абрамович, генерал-лейтенант танковых войск.
 10.1968 — 12.1969 — Кожанов, Константин Григорьевич, генерал-лейтенант танковых войск.
 12.1969 — 03.1974 — Юрпольский, Иван Иванович, генерал-лейтенант.
 03.1974 — 11.1976 — Сухоруков, Дмитрий Семёнович, генерал-лейтенант.
 11.1976 — 1979 — Салтыков, Виталий Васильевич, генерал-лейтенант.
 1983 — 12.1985 — Грязнов, Вячеслав Николаевич, генерал-майор, с ноября 1985 — генерал-лейтенант.
 12.1985 — 01.1989 — Макашов, Альберт Михайлович, генерал-лейтенант.
 01.1989 — 07.1992 — Греков, Юрий Павлович, генерал-майор, с октября 1989 — генерал-лейтенант.

Состав на 1990 год
 Штаб округа — Тбилиси
Всего в 1990 году в округе находилось примерно 190 тыс. военнослужащих, 1,5 тыс. танков, 2,5 тыс. боевых бронированных машин, 1 тыс. орудий, минометов и РСЗО, 250 боевых и транспортных вертолётов.

 Управление командующего, штаб и 364-й отдельный батальон охраны и обеспечения (г. Тбилиси);
 104-я гвардейская воздушно-десантная ордена Кутузова дивизия (г. Кировабад);
 253-я запасная мотострелковая дивизия кадра (г. Тбилиси).
 652-й отдельный автомобильный батальон, в/ч 68178 (г. Тбилиси);
 12-я отдельная бригада специального назначения (г. Лагодехи);
 22-я отдельная бригада специального назначения (г. Пирекешкюль);
 21-я отдельная десантно-штурмовая бригада (г. Кутаиси);
 90-я ракетная бригада (с. Шаумяни);
 296-я зенитная ракетная бригада (с. Шаумяни);
 123-я отдельная бригада связи (г. Тбилиси);
 125-я отдельная бригада связи (г. Кировакан);
 54-я отдельная бригада связи ГКВЮН (г. Баку);
 72-я отдельная радиотехническая бригада ПВО (г. Рустави);
 154-я отдельная радиотехническая бригада ОсНаз (г. Тетри-Цкаро);
 19-я бригада химической защиты (с. Союкбулак);
 73-я бригада материального обеспечения (г. Тбилиси);
 84-я бригада материального обеспечения (г. Кировакан);
 182-й отдельный полк связи тыла (г. Тбилиси);
 26-й полк звуковой разведки;
 231-й отдельный полк РЭБ (г. Тбилиси);
 292-й отдельный боевой вертолётный полк (г. Цхинвали);
 395-й отдельный боевой вертолётный полк (г. Кутаиси);
 793-й отдельный транспортный вертолётный полк (г. Телави) (40 Ми-8);
 37-й инженерно-сапёрный полк (г. Цхинвали);
 26-й полк засечки и разведки (с. Союкбулак);
 отдельная смешанная авиационная эскадрилья (г. Тбилиси);
 300-я отдельная смешанная авиационная эскадрилья ГКВЮН (Баку);
 326-я отдельная смешанная авиационная эскадрилья (г. Кировабад) (1 Ми-24, 10 Ми-8, 1 Ми-6, 2 Ми-24Р);
 286-я отдельная вертолётная эскадрилья РЭБ (г. Шамхор);
 521-й отдельный понтонно-мостовой батальон (г. Мцхета);
 640-й отдельный инженерный дорожно-мостовой батальон;
 1616-й отдельный учебный батальон связи, (г. Октемберян);
 5-й отдельный батальон тропосферной связи (г. Тбилиси);
 22-й отдельный батальон радиоэлектронной борьбы;
 2139-й отдельный радиотехнический батальон;
 2412-й отдельный батальон полевого водоснабжения;
 224-й отдельный ремонтно-восстановительный батальон;
 4671-я база хранения военной техники (Цители-Цкаро) (96 МТ-ЛБТ);
 171-й гвардейский окружной учебный центр (Тбилиси);
 405-й учебный центр зенитной артиллерии;
 713-й учебный центр войск связи;
 66-й узел связи (г. Тбилиси);
 171-й гвардейский окружной учебный центр (г. Тбилиси) — бывшая 100-я гв. умсд;

4-я общевойсковая армия
На 19 ноября 1990 г. 4-я общевойсковая армия располагала 384 танками (в том числе 309 типа Т-72), 773 БМП и БТР, 385 орудиями, минометами и РСЗО, 13 боевыми и 10 транспортными вертолетами.
 Управление командующего, штаб и отдельная рота охраны и обеспечения (г. Баку);
 Соединения и части армейского подчинения;
 23-я гвардейская мотострелковая Бранденбургская ордена Ленина, Краснознамённая, ордена Суворова дивизия, Шамхор;
 60-я мотострелковая дивизия имени Маршала Советского Союза Ф. И. Толбухина, Ленкорань;
 75-я мотострелковая дивизия (Нахичевань) — в августе 1990 передана в состав погранвойск КГБ;
 295-я мотострелковая Херсонская ордена Ленина, Краснознамённая, ордена Суворова дивизия, Баку;
 49-я мотострелковая дивизия кадра (Баку).

7-я гвардейская общевойсковая армия
На 19 ноября 1990 г. 7-я гв. ОА располагала 258 танками (в том числе 246 типа Т-72), 641 БМП и БТР, 357 орудиями, минометами и РСЗО, а также 55 боевыми и 37 транспортными вертолетами.
 Управление командующего, штаб и отдельная рота охраны и обеспечения (г. Ереван);
 Соединения и части армейского подчинения;
 15-я мотострелковая Сивашско-Штеттинская ордена Ленина, дважды Краснознамённая, орденов Суворова и Трудового Красного Знамени дивизия, Кировакан;
 127-я мотострелковая дивизия, Ленинакан;
 164-я мотострелковая Витебская Краснознамённая дивизия, Ереван;

31-й армейский корпус
На 19 ноября 1990 г. 31-й армейский корпус располагал 415 танками (в том числе 187 типа Т-72), 696 БМП и БТР, 231 орудием, минометом и РСЗО, 80 транспортными вертолетами. Командир корпуса — Наумов, Александр Васильевич.
 Управление командующего, штаб и отдельная рота охраны и обеспечения (г. Кутаиси);
 Соединения и части корпусного подчинения;
 10-я гвардейская мотострелковая Печенгская дважды Краснознамённая, орденов Александра Невского и Красной Звезды дивизия, Ахалцихе;
 145-я мотострелковая дивизия, Батуми;
 147-я мотострелковая дивизия, Ахалкалаки;
 152-я мотострелковая дивизия кадра (Кутаиси) — переформирована в 5199-ю БХВТ (30 Т-55, 75 Т-54, 2 БМП-1, 12 БМ-21 «Град»).

Укреплённые районы
 6-й укреплённый район, Грузия
 48-й отдельный пулемётно-артиллерийский батальон
 54-й отдельный пулемётно-артиллерийский батальон
 8-й укреплённый район, Грузия
 Штаб — Кутаиси
 7-й укреплённый район, Армения (7-я гвардейская общевойсковая армия)
 69-й отдельный пулемётно-артиллерийский батальон
 78-й отдельный пулемётно-артиллерийский батальон
 9-й укреплённый район, Армения (7-я гвардейская общевойсковая армия)
 1555-й отдельный пулемётно-артиллерийский батальон
 1581-й отдельный пулемётно-артиллерийский батальон

В 1976 году для замены в установках ДОТ-4 устаревших орудий новыми огневыми средствами на вооружение были приняты установки 6У11 с 12,7 мм пулемётами НСВ «Утёс», для штыревых амбразурных установок — НСВ «Утёс» в установке 6У10.

Авиация
34-я воздушная армия Закавказского военного округа (штаб — Тбилиси). Состав армии: две авиационные дивизии (36-я бомбардировочная и 283-я истребительная) и 6 отдельных авиаполков (всего 12 авиаполков), отдельный полк связи и АСУ.
 283-я истребительная авиационная Камышинская Краснознамённая дивизия (Вазиани)
 176-й истребительный авиационный Берлинский Краснознамённый полк (Миха Цхакая, МиГ-29)
 841-й гвардейский авиационный Виленский Краснознамённый ордена Суворова полк истребителей-бомбардировщиков (Мериа, МиГ-23М)
 982-й истребительный авиационный полк (Вазиани, МиГ-23 МЛД)
 36-я бомбардировочная авиационная дивизия (Большие Шираки)
 34-й бомбардировочный авиационный Ташкентский Краснознамённый, ордена Кутузова полк (Кировабад, Су-24)
 143-й гвардейский бомбардировочный авиационный орденов Богдана Хмельницкого и Александра Невского полк (Копитнари, Су-24М)
 976-й бомбардировочный авиационный Инстербургский полк (Кюрдамир, Су-24, Су- 17)
 80-й отдельный штурмовой авиационный полк (1980) (Баку (Ситал-Чай), Су-25)
 188-й отдельный авиационный полк истребителей-бомбардировщиков (Шираки, Су-17)
 313-й отдельный разведывательный авиационный Берлинский Краснознамённый, ордена Кутузова полк (Вазиани, Су-17М3Р)
 325-й отдельный транспортно-боевой вертолётный полк (Цулукидзе, Ми-8Т, Ми-6)
 793-й отдельный транспортно-боевой вертолётный полк (Телави, Ми-8Т, Ми-6, Ми-26)
 882-й отдельный разведывательный авиационный Тильзитский полк (Далляр, Су-24МР, МиГ-25РБ)

Примечания

Литература

 Мильбах В. С., Ларькин В. В. Политические репрессии командно-начальствующего состава, 1937-1938 гг. Закавказский военный округ. — СПб.: ЛЭТИ, 2016. — 315 с.

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Hamlet Opera in Oakland
West Edge Opera at the Pacific Pipe Warehouse
By: Victor Cordell - Aug 11, 2017
Edward Nelson as Hamlet, Suzanne Mentzer as Gertrude.
Emma McNairy as Ophélie
Edward Nelson as Hamlet. All photos by Cory Weaver.
"Then I discovered that being related is no guarantee of love." Stieg Larson from The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo.
The highly innovative West Edge Opera opened its 2017 Festival at its new home – the Pacific Pipe Warehouse in Oakland, a cavernous and brawny industrial structure of metal sheets, beams, and pipes. The setting couldn't be a sharper contrast with the traditional environs of grand opera, but typical of what West Edge undertakes, it works well.
Even when dipping into the heartland of the romantic era of opera, West Edge can be expected to offer an off-center selection. For the opening, it serves up a French language Hamlet, composed in 1868 by Ambroise Thomas, with libretto by Michel Carré and Jules Barbier. The staging of this production is striking, and cast and orchestra perform well in this interesting, yet oft-criticized treatment of perhaps the most anointed theatrical piece in history.
Ambroise Thomas embraced the melodic tradition. The music in Hamlet matches the libretto well and pleases the ear throughout, yet it lacks tuneful memorability associated with opera from its period. Strains of Gounod can be heard but without culmination. The tessitura is somewhat lower than expected because, despite the fact that Hamlet is the central figure and a young man, the part is written for a baritone rather than a tenor. Edward Nelson sings Hamlet with fine voice and affect.
Only after intermission (starting with Act 3) do the music and plot line rise to heighten dramatic tension. At that point, a powerful succession of set pieces lifts the opera. Of course, everyone anticipates the "To be or not to be" soliloquy, but vocal gymnastics start afterward with a trio among Hamlet, Ophélie, and Gertrude in which Hamlet admits that he will not marry Ophélie and advises her to "get thee to a nunnery." In the following confrontation between Hamlet and Gertrude, the esteemed Susanne Mentzer transposes her normally warm mezzo tone to dramatic characteristics with fine effect.
But the fireworks arise in perhaps the most significant piece from the work, Ophélie's mad scene. Here, shimmering soprano Emma McNairy adeptly raises her voice to the harsh screech necessary as she prepares to drown herself. The staging of this scene is stunning. In low light, Ophélie's dress appears to be toga-like, dark blue and pleated on the bias. However, a phalanx of men unwrap the dress from the hem by lifting it and walking in circles. The dress becomes a translucent trampoline-like membrane, under which men struggle to escape before Ophélie herself disappears beneath the blue. A truly striking representation.
Conductor Jonathan Khuner manages dynamics and tempi well and coaxes a mellow sound from about 25 instruments which balances well with the singers. This orchestra cannot match the sound of the full orchestration for a grand opera, but it more than satisfies. Acoustics are okay for a facility that is clearly not designed for this use, but they seem a little weak when singers face the more open house-left side. On opening night only (one hopes), a rumbling noise from elsewhere in the facility intruded. Though distracting to the audience, performers did not have to strain to overcome it. It turns out that the company was unaware that a Burning Man event had been scheduled elsewhere in the facility.
Staging is simple overall but highly effective, dominated by light-colored, framed panels that are vertically layered and akimbo. Lighting is predominately low and harsh with a striking noirish look. It works well, though there are some sequences with white back lights that face the audience and create a visual disturbance.
Much of the criticism of this work is noteworthy but inappropriate. Complainers argue that the opera misses much of the play, which must be expected unless you want a five-hour opera. This is the same argument people use when they've read a long book and then see the movie. However, if you know what's missing, you can fill in the pieces. If you don't know the source material, then you don't know what you're missing. Solution – if you can't deal with that, don't go to the opera.
Another criticism is that the role of Ophélie is too large and overpowers Hamlet's. Composers are sensitive to range balancing, and with only two female characters, it makes sense to have the higher range represented. Besides, after being inspired to write a striking mad scene, what would you do? Delete it?
Hamlet, composed by Ambroise Thomas, libretto by Michel Carré and Jules Barbier, based on the Alexandre Dumas père's adaptation of William Shakespeare's play is produced by West Edge Opera and plays at the Pacific Pipe Warehouse
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Steve Bernier Assists The L.A. Kings To The Cup
New Jersey Devils forward Steve Bernier boarded Los Angeles defenseman Rob Scuderi.
He hit him from the back, smashed his face into the glass and created a nasty cut on Scuderi's mug. It was a five-minute major penalty and a game misconduct. It was just about halfway through the first period.
It was also effectively the end of the series and the 2011-12 NHL season.
A five-minute power play can be a death sentence. The Kings were the judge, jury and executioners on the man advantage. They scored three goals and put the game out of reach early en route to a 6-1 win.
And Bernier? He sat in the locker room and most likely overheard the jubilant screams of the Staples Center crowd.
The Kings were the best team in the playoffs by a wide margin. They deserved the Stanley Cup, and they got what they deserved. Justice existed in the final result, as it usually does in a long and grueling elimination tournament.
But, the Kings are the large umbrella and Bernier is the bystander left standing in the rain. He will be a goat for a while, and rightfully so.
'Rightfully so?'
Yes, rightfully so.
There are times when fans and observers of sports are too hard on an individual. Sure, no player sits in a locker room before the game and comes to terms with screwing his/her team over in the season's biggest game. It's not drawn up and executed.
Everyone makes mistakes, and Bernier was no different. Bill Buckner made a mistake, as have many others. Some do it on the biggest stage; all of them do it somewhere else.
The humanitarian reaction to Bernier's play is to overflow with empathy and sympathy. How terrible Bernier felt in the locker room or after the game cannot be overstated.
His offseason will be hell. Hell, the rest of his career might be hell. There's the distinct possibility that he never gets over his fault and it eats at him forever.
Even if he goes on and wins a Cup for himself in New Jersey or somewhere else, the cast of characters will never be the same. He'll know he let down the 2011-12 Devils team in a big way. He hung them out to dry.
Many who have played competitive sports have felt it before. There's always something they want back, always a free throw that rimmed out or a touchdown that was dropped. It's human nature to make mistakes, and the overwhelming mistake in a professional championship makes it seem extremely unfair to the player in question.
Alas, that's sports and that's life.
A professional athlete has a job to do, and the responsibility that comes with that job includes not taking five-minute penalties in the Stanley Cup finals. That's the bottom line, and if players want to be celebrated for their successes they too must be acknowledged in their faults.
There's little doubt that Bernier will take his lumps with courage and integrity. He'll answer the call and take ownership for what happened in the first period of Game 6.
That doesn't mean he should be let off the hook. Just as a brilliant goal that wins a game in overtime is celebrated as the game's turning point, a dumb penalty that turns the game must also be accentuated.
It's not necessarily the kindest and most humane thing to do, but sports aren't necessarily humane and kind. Someone wins and smiles; someone loses and cries.
It's life and it's sports.
Those two things aren't fair. Ask Steve Bernier.
M. Trible
Sports are all I know. Writing came naturally. Sports writer by night & sports writer by night. Philosophy major who thinks the unexamined sport is not worth watching. Always for hire, never for sale. I believe that silence is the virtue of fools and I can't hear you.
6 Replies to "Steve Bernier Assists The L.A. Kings To The Cup"
Reverend Paul Revere says:
Yep, Bernier couldn't have picked a worse time with a worse result to take a stupid, stupid penalty.
To be fair, its not like Bernier lost those three other games by himself for the Devils. I "kinda" feel bad for dude, although it was stupid as shit for what he did. Gotta celebrate the Kings for cashing in 3 times on the opportunity as well.
-Ed.
No doubt, the Kings earned every bit that Stanley Cup.
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Netflix Commits to Massive HDR Push
By Marshall Honorof 2016-02-23T16:22:03Z
Netflix has committed to high-profile HDR content over the next year, but don't expect it to go easy on your bandwidth.
Now that 4K is firmly established as the next big TV advancement, high dynamic range is just over the horizon. HDR technology gives UHD programs vibrant colors and striking contrast, but recording or mastering programs with HDR isn't standard practice just yet. Netflix hopes to change that, with a new commitment to high-profile HDR content over the next year. But that commitment might not be great for your bandwidth.
Engadget reported Netflix's new strategy, which vice president Chris Jaffe revealed at Mobile World Congress 2016 in Barcelona. The company is eager to implement HDR in its original shows. As such, it plans to remaster the first season of Marco Polo with HDR, and the second season of Daredevil will premiere with the colorful technology already in place.
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UHD and HDR content often go hand-in-hand, and while Netflix did not specify exactly how many HDR programs it will debut, it did give some 4K programming numbers. In 2016, the company hopes to host more than 600 hours of UHD video, which seems like a reasonable goal, given that it plans to launch 30 shows and 10 original movies this year.
However, resolution and color accuracy come at a cost, and even the best compression algorithms can do only so much. To experience 4K HDR Netflix content, Jaffe explained that users will need to have somewhere between 16 and 20 Mbps of bandwidth. While this is easily (albeit expensively) accomplished in some parts of the United States, it's an absolute impossibility in others; the national average Internet speed hovers around 12.6 Mbps, and tends to increase by less than 1 Mbps per year.
Netflix will also improve its Android and iOS apps, adding second-screen Chromecast feature on the former and an auto-play option on the latter. Since there's no phone or tablet with 4K HDR support yet, though, Netflix's bigger innovations will have to remain in the world of TVs and computers for now.
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Prominent Meteorologist Warns Hurricane Sandy was an Outgrowth of Global Warming's Extreme Weather
Forecasters say Hurricane Sandy is a rare hybrid superstorm created by an Arctic jet stream from the north wrapping itself around a tropical storm from the south. Jeff Masters, director of meteorology at the Weather Underground, warns that such a "Frankenstorm," as it is called, is an outgrowth of the extreme weather changes caused by global warming. "When you do heat the oceans up more, you extend the length of hurricane season," Masters says. "There's been ample evidence over the last decade or so that hurricane season is getting longer — starts earlier, ends later. You're more likely to get these sort of late October storms now, and you're more likely to have this sort of situation where a late October storm meets up with a regular winter low-pressure system and gives us this ridiculous combination of a nor'easter and a hurricane that comes ashore, bringing all kinds of destructive effects."
Jeff Masters, director of meteorology at the Weather Underground.
Greg Jones, climate scientist and professor of environmental studies at Southern Oregon University in Ashland.
Transcript of the broadcast available on Democracy Now website here.
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Mix all except cornstarch and water in pan and bring to a boil. Reduce heat and simmer 10 minutes. Dissolve cornstarch in water and stir in. Cook till thickened. Cut 1 package of firm tofu into cubes and marinate in a little of the teriyaki sauce for an hour. Strain off sauce and bake in the oven at 350 for about 25 minutes. Saute vegetables in the oil. Stir in tofu. Pour in teriyaki sauce. Cover and cook 2-3 minutes.


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The tree of knowledge of good and evil
By Dale Wiehoff (Think Forward) | December 14, 2013
It's common to make biblical references when we want to underscore how ancient something is, but in the case of apples, we know they've been around for a very long time. Originating in Central Asia, hybrid varieties propagated through grafting were well established over 6,000 years ago. Today there are over 7,500 cultivars world-wide. Despite the range, diversity and quantity of apples produced in the world, however, Malus domestica apparently isn't measuring up to the modern consumer's expectations. At least that's what Neal Carter, president of Okanagan Specialty Fruits thinks. He has developed genetically engineered Granny Smith and Golden Delicious apples that won't turn brown when the flesh is exposed to air. Carter isn't alone in searching for technological improvements to the apple. Nanotech coatings to keep fruits like apples, pears and mangos firm are already in use.
On December 16, the USDA's Animal and Plant Health Inspection Service (APHIS) will close the final public comment period on the application for Neal Carter's apples. In November, APHIS released a report saying his "Arctic" apples don't pose any risks. Given the Obama Administration's love of all things genetically engineered, it would be surprising if the USDA doesn't approve genetically engineered apples. The USDA has decided that the issue of genetically engineered food is a matter to be determined by the "market." Forget that every poll taken finds that consumers don't want to eat genetically engineered apples, that the major apple producer associations say they don't want them, and that the fast food industry which Neal Carter claims is the market for his apples say they won't use them. It's not too late to comment. Let APHIS know what you think about genetically modified apples.
Something isn't adding up about the tree of knowledge of good and evil, but evil does seem to have its eye on our forests. The Arctic apple debate is rightly focused on the fruit of the apple tree, but looked at from a slightly broader perspective, this is part of a corporate campaign to introduce and expand the genetically engineered trees into our forests.
One of the more absurd examples of the drive for GMO trees is The American Chestnut Foundation's (TACF) partnership with the State University of New York College of Environmental Science and Forestry (SUNY-ESF) in Syracuse to develop a genetically engineered (GE) blight-resistant American chestnut. With the financial backing of major biotech and chemical companies, SUNY's GE chestnut project is supplanting TACF's 30-year, citizen science–driven plant breeding project that has made significant advances in bringing back the American chestnut through hybrid crosses. The return of an icon of American forestry that was decimated by a virus in the early 1900s has been reduced to a foot in the door for the genetically engineered forest industries.
TACF invites us to "[i]magine a future in which the native range of the American chestnut is reforested with the 4 billion trees that once stood in our eastern forests." This image would, by any conservation standard, be an amazing achievement, except for the fact that these would be genetically engineered trees.
Genetically engineered American chestnuts might not by themselves be the greatest threat to biological diversity in our forests, but given the chestnut's historical stature and the significance of bringing it back into our forests, it is not unreasonable to imagine that the biotech companies and their academic retainers view the approval of the genetically engineered chestnut for release into the wild as an important step in gaining public acceptance of GMO trees. Apples and chestnuts are Trojan horses for the biotech, energy and paper companies that want to introduce a wide range of GMO trees to meet their industrial needs.
Plant diversity begins in the forest, not in the garden and not in the farmer's fields. The introduction of four billion genetically engineered chestnuts, bruise-free apples, invasive eucalyptus, highly flammable pines and other varieties of genetically engineered trees might provide companies like Okanagan Specialty Fruits, ArborGen and Monsanto with trees for industrial uses, but in return we will be making a serious error that will inevitably lead to the loss of plant biodiversity. We need only look at what happened when this same technology was set loose in our farmer's fields. In 1995 Monsanto received permission to market GMO corn and soy beans. According to the USDA, today 90 percent of corn and soybeans grown in the U.S. are genetically modified. What happened to all the varieties of corn that we grew before 1995?
Before genetically engineered apples become the real forbidden fruit and our native forests and heritage trees are lost to make money for investors, we need to tell the USDA we don't want or need genetically engineered apples.
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(December 11, 2010) Beijing – Workers in central China have fished 78,000 tonnes of debris out of the water at the Three Gorges Dam since October, state media said Saturday.
The clean-up, which began on October 26 when the water level in the dam's reservoir hit its maximum capacity, has involved more than 68,000 workers in nearly 21,000 boats, the official Xinhua news agency reported.
The report cited Wang Yuankai, a Chongqing municipal work administrator, as saying the raised water level made it easier for boats to navigate but also increased the workload for those collecting debris.
It consists mainly of tree trunks, branches and straw, according to previous state media reports.
Household garbage is also a problem, as more than 150 million people live upstream from the dam, and waste is sometimes dumped directly into the Yangtze river because nearby municipalities are unequipped for waste disposal.
China considers the 22 billion-dollar Three Gorges Dam a modern wonder. Since its completion in 2008, it has pumped out much-needed hydroelectricity, increased shipping on the Yangtze and helped reduce flooding.
In August, heavy rains and floods in the area washed a lot of debris into the Yangtze, China's longest waterway, causing concern as it created a pile-up threatening to jam the dam.
It was so thick in parts of the river that people could walk on the surface, state media reported at the time.
Critics charge that the dam has caused ecological damage and increased landslides in the area. About 1.4 million people were displaced by the dam, the construction of which put several heritage sites deep underwater.


Protesters have clashed with riot police in Slovenia's capital Ljubljana during a rally against budget cuts and alleged corruption.
Some demonstrators threw stones and bottles, and tried to push through a police cordon outside the parliament.
The police responded by firing tear gas. A number of protesters were held.
Slovenia is facing one of the worst recessions among the 17 countries in the eurozone - the country's economy has shrunk more than 8% since 2009.
On Friday, at least 5,000 anti-government protesters in Ljubljana rallied outside the parliament building. Many chanted "You are finished!" and "Thieves!"
Police officials said a group of protesters then tried to break through the cordon, forcing the police to respond.
At least 10 police officers were injured, spokesman Vinko Stojnsek told the AFP news agency.
The rally took place two days ahead of a presidential run-off between incumbent Danilo Turk and former Prime Minister Borut Pahor.
Many protesters were angry over what they described as harsh austerity measures being implemented by the current centre-right government.
The also accused the government of corruption - a claim denied by the authorities.


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Q: Python: Seeking to EOL in file not working I have this method:
def get_chunksize(path):
    """
    Breaks a file into chunks and yields the chunk sizes.
    Number of chunks equals the number of available cores.
    Ensures that each chunk ends at an EOL.
    """
    size = os.path.getsize(path)
    cores = mp.cpu_count()
    chunksize = size/cores # gives truncated integer

    f = open(path)
    while 1:
        start = f.tell()
        f.seek(chunksize, 1) # Go to the next chunk
        s = f.readline() # Ensure the chunk ends at the end of a line
        yield start, f.tell()-start
        if not s:
            break

It is supposed to break a file into chunks and return the start of the chunk (in bytes) and the chunk size.
Crucially, the end of a chunk should correspond to the end of a line (which is why the f.readline() behaviour is there), but I am finding that my chunks are not seeking to an EOL at all.
The purpose of the method is to then read chunks which can be passed to a csv.reader instance (via StringIO) for further processing.
I've been unable to spot anything obviously wrong with the function...any ideas why it is not moving to the EOL?
I came up with this rather clunky alternative:
def line_chunker(path):
    size = os.path.getsize(path)
    cores = mp.cpu_count()
    chunksize = size/cores # gives truncated integer

    f = open(path)

    while True:
        part = f.readlines(chunksize)
        yield csv.reader(StringIO("".join(part)))
        if not part:
            break

This will split the file into chunks with a csv reader for each chunk, but the last chunk is always empty (??) and having to join the list of strings back together is rather clunky.

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if not s:
        break

Instead of looking at s to see if you're at the end of the file, you should look if you've reached the end of the file by using:
if size == f.tell(): break
this should fix it.  I wouldn't depend on a CSV file having a single record per line though.  I've worked with several CSV files that have strings with new-lines:
first,last,message
sue,ee,hello
bob,builder,"hello,
this is some text
that I entered"
jim,bob,I'm not so creative...

Notice the 2nd record (bob) spans across 3 lines.  csv.reader can handle this.  If the idea is to do some cpu intensive work on a csv.  I'd create an array of threads, each with a buffer of n records.  have the csv.reader pass a record to each thread using round-robin, skipping a thread if its buffer is full.
Hope this helps - enjoy.


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