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Homily for the sixteenth Sunday after Pentecost - Being taught to teach
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Good morning bus riders!
I hope the past week has found everyone happy. I sent out the email with the link to the lectionary page; so, I hope everyone got to read all the readings possible for today. There is an extra one in there this week.
Remember, I talk about them all here, not just a few or only part of one. They are all important to know about; otherwise, why read them if not? Right?
We begin with a reading from Proverbs 7, which talks about wisdom as a goddess.
That is accompanied by Psalm 19, which sings praise about marriage of a soul to Yahweh and all the benefits of that union.
But, that might be overlooked, so a reading from Wisdom of Solomon 7 can be read instead. That tells of the nature of wisdom, comparing it to the moon, making Yahweh be comparable to the sun.
The alternative Old Testament reading comes from Isaiah 50, which he wrote after the people of Jerusalem were in captivity in Babylon. Isaiah sang praise that all hope was not lost, because Yahweh brings the tongue of a teacher with the ear of servitude.
Accompanying that is Psalm 116, where David sang praise for the blessing that is the redemption and salvation of a soul; again, this comes from a soul's commitment in divine marriage to Yahweh.
The Epistle is again from James, where he spoke about being teachers. He told of mouths that speak poison if not controlled. So, he used the metaphor of a bridle and a rudder as necessary controlling additions.
Then, the Gospel is from Mark, where Jesus jumped all over Peter, telling his followers they either needed to be like him or hit the road to somewhere else.
In the grouping of all these readings together, the central theme – or the 'silver thread' – that connects them all is one that places focus on the duality of service to God Almighty.
By that, I mean there are two basic types of people in the world: those who worship Yahweh, the One God; and, there are those who don't. Of that duality, today's lessons focus only on those who say they serve Yahweh.
By that, I mean Christians worship God and Jesus. The rest of the world does not. Within the realm of Christianity is a duality that can be termed: the educated and the simple. All still say they worship the same religion, only differently.
For instance, Solomon was the King of Israel, which means he was the leader of all the people who knew Yahweh by that name. Solomon led the children of God who had been led by Moses to receive the Promised Land. Therefore, Solomon represents one whose writings – Proverbs and his Wisdom – were taken in by the people of Israel as the word of Yahweh, through their leader. Those were the educated.
Then, there is David, whose songs routinely are part of every Sunday's readings. David was also a King of Israel, the father of Solomon. Still, there is the duality theme of today, as the Psalms of David sing the truth of Yahweh through a marriage partner – a soul committed to serve Yahweh – which is the opposite of Solomon. Those are the simple, who bow down in trust.
Isaiah must be seen as a prophet that was also a 'wife' of Yahweh, who symbolizes one sent by Yahweh to the wayward Jews in captivity. Thus, Isaiah reflects the duality of those who have deep faith in Yahweh, as opposed to those whose beliefs in Him led them astray, making them victims of the predators in the world who do not know Yahweh.
Jesus reflects one of absolute faith in Yahweh, with all the Jews of Judea and Galilee being led by leaders of the Temple, who were those with absolute faith in themselves, using Yahweh as a means to obtain success in their little world. The followers of Jesus reflect the duality within the Jews, where all knew Yahweh was their God, but they needed more from those who taught them.
James then is one in the line of David, Isaiah, and Jesus, who firmly held faith in Yahweh; but he spoke to Jews that were still caught between the rock and the hard place, one which was knowing the Laws of Moses, but being clueless in how to live a life that was adherent to those rules.
This means the duality spoken of in today's lessons is the simple of faith verses the educated of belief.
In Proverbs 1, we read theses verses:
How long, O simple ones, will you love being simple?
For waywardness kills the simple, and the complacency of fools destroys them.
In Psalm 19, where the translation reads: "The law of Yahweh is perfect and revives the soul; the testimony of Yahweh is sure and gives wisdom to the innocent." [My restorations of "Yahweh."].
The reality is the place where the word has been translated as "innocent," it can equally be translated as "simple." The same Hebrew root word is used by both David and Solomon.
Then, that is also the case in Psalm 116, where we read: "Yahweh watches over the innocent; I was brought very low, and he helped me." [Once more, my restoration of the name written – "Yahweh."] The verse can equally say, "Yahweh watches over the simple."
Can you see the dual focus that is placed on "the simple," when Solomon and David both proclaim belief in Yahweh, but Solomon belittled "the simple" and David says Yahweh helps them?
Now, this same duality can be seen when Solomon routinely refers to "wisdom" in the feminine:
At the busiest corner she cries out; at the entrance of the city gates she speaks.
(Proverbs 1)
Although she is but one, she can do all things, and while remaining in herself, she
renews all things;
She is more beautiful than the sun,
Compared with the light she is found to be superior,
She reaches mightily from one end of the earth to the other, and she orders all things
well. (All from Wisdom of Solomon, 7 and 8.)
In chapter seven of the Wisdom, Solomon clearly paints a picture that equates the Moon – the goddess Luna or Selene – with the Sun – the god Apollo or Helios. That is accepting polytheism as normal, from an educated perspective.
In the Wisdom, Solomon wrote what appears to be an abbreviation that has been translated as "God" – inferring Yahweh, some think. But the truth of that word is it could just as easily be a word Solomon made up or 'coined,' to mean "gods," from a polytheistic point of view.
How else can the King of Israel write of his love of a goddess? In his eighth chapter of the Book of Wisdom, he calls "wisdom" his bride.
David, on the other hand, speaks more metaphorically about the need for a soul to marry Yahweh, becoming His bride.
Can you see this duality in those texts?
<Look for nodding heads.>
When Isaiah's song begins by singing, "adonay Yahweh has given me the tongue of a teacher," his use of "adonay" must be seen in the same light as wherever the word "elohim" is written. The word "adonay" is the plural form of "adon," such that it means "lords." By his saying the "lords of Yahweh," Isaiah is saying (in effect), "Because I am one of the gods created by Yahweh," which is a statement about his soul's divine marriage to Yahweh.
When Solomon wrote about marrying a goddess, such that he claimed "wisdom" was feminine, he was giving praise to his being one of the "adonay" of something lesser than Yahweh. By claiming "wisdom" to be his bride, he was in effect saying that his soul was the bride of Satan. That was the lesson of Solomon wishing for knowledge of good and evil, which is what the serpent suggested to 'Eve': If you eat that fruit, then you will become an "elohim" like Yahweh. [Genesis 3:5]
In that story, it is important to realize that both Adam and Eve [Man and wife] were "simple." It was the serpent's promise of them becoming like gods ["kê·lō·hîm"], from marrying "wisdom" [the fruit of the tree of knowledge of good and evil] that got the two "simple" creatures kicked out of Eden.
This becomes the duality of which James wrote, which all begins by him saying, "Not many of you should become teachers … for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness."
Isaiah knew that strictness, when he wrote, "adonay Yahweh has given me the tongue of a teacher." That was not a gift from "the Lord God," it was a gift that came from subservience to Yahweh, so Isaiah's soul became one of His adonay and then possess the knowledge of Yahweh as a teacher. Isaiah knew his submission of self, in service to Yahweh – as one of His wives – meant he had to remain simpleminded, in order to teach the Word of God.
That is why Isaiah said he was given "the tongue of a teacher, that I may know how to sustain the weary with a word." The "weary" were those whose nation had fallen into utter ruin. That ruin had come upon the people who thought they were God's gift to humanity, only to find the humiliation of realizing they were slaves to dominators.
Rather than be slaves to Yahweh – as His adonay – they became the masters of themselves, only to find out that didn't work out too well.
It was Solomon who began teaching the Israelites how to turn away from Yahweh, their God, and begin to worship lesser gods of the world. Solomon, then in comparison, was like the serpent telling 'Eve' how great she could be … if she just broke one little rule and ate the forbidden fruit.
Just like Adam and Eve found out about eviction from Eden, the whole that was Israel when Solomon took the reins, was totally kicked out of their valuable property … in a trail of tears.
Thus, a word to the weary was Yahweh saying through one who did not reject holy matrimony with Him, "There is still hope for redemption and salvation."
After all, the true "Promised Land" is eternal life for a soul in heaven. Being let back into Eden is the promise that Yahweh offers. Therefore, His teachers speak of being simpleminded, not all full of oneself.
Now, James was an Apostle, which means his soul was married to Yahweh, through his receipt of the Spirit. James was one of the "elohim Yahweh," or another of the "adonay" Isaiah wrote of.
James was not sent into ministry by Yahweh, to serve Gentiles. He was only directed to expand the presence of Yahweh in the lost souls who were Jews. When one remembers that, one needs to realize how "teacher" was what the disciples called Jesus.
In John we read how Mary exclaimed at the opened tomb (to the 'gardener'), "Rabboni!" That is thought to be Aramaic, more than Greek, meaning "my master, my teacher." Also in John, not to long ago we read, how some of those who were fed bread and fish on the flood plain of the Sea of Galilee later followed Jesus to Capernaum, calling him, "Rabbi." The word John wrote is more Hebrew than Greek, but accepted to also mean "my master, my teacher."
The Hebrew root, "rhabbi" literally means "great in number," which is relative to great many facts that come from Scripture, which only the smart Jews could spend time dwelling on and figuring out.
This past week I found out that the term "rabbi" did not begin until the first century A.D. [or C.E.], which was when Jesus walked in ministry. Still, the term meaning "great in number" was relative to ancient times, when the "father" was naturally the "teacher." I saw how that knowledge applies to titles used in Christian denominations, where calling one "father" is not making one be equal to God. Instead, it is simply a title that says "teacher" of Christian theology.
The root of the Hebrew word "rav," meaning "many," is said to stem from the Biblical command to "be fruitful and multiply," where the father and the mother bring forth children. It was then the role of the father to teach the children the way of righteousness, as descendants of the Sons of man. As far as discipline goes, a father is always stricter than the mother, which is a reference James made about "teachers."
James wrote the Greek word "didaskaloi," which means "instructors," or "teachers, masters," which has the same meaning as "rabbi." Isaiah wrote the word "limmud," which has been translated as "teacher," but actually means "taught."
This then points out how being "taught" is essential, if one is to then "teach." This brings out the objective of teaching, where that taught must later be applied in life. It is the reason fathers teach their children, so they too can become fathers teaching their children, having been properly taught.
This is where Isaiah saying it was Yahweh who "taught" him means he was qualified to then "know how to speak to the weary."
This has to be seen as what James meant when he wrote, "Not many of you should become teachers … for you know that we who teach will be judged with greater strictness." He was saying Yahweh – the Father – has to be the teacher, before one can begin to teach the meaning of Scripture to others.
One can assume that Jesse took on the role of "teacher" when he raised David, which led David to be devoted to his God. Once David became a king, he might have played the same role teaching Solomon; but neither Jesse nor David (by that time in his life, having greatly sinned) can be assumed to be the "teacher" James had, nor the "teacher" Isaiah had.
This is that duality of faith and belief. One is a teacher taught by the Father; and, the other is a teacher taught by the father. One comes with stricter controls, the other not so much.
In the Apocryphal book "The Infancy Gospel of Thomas," Joseph hired "teachers" to try to bring little Jesus into line, so he would learn the ways of the Jews. One teacher tried to discipline Jesus and somehow that teacher dropped dead. A replacement teacher tried to teach little Jesus the letters of the alphabet, but Jesus began asking the teacher to explain why the first letter was shaped as it was and why it was the first letter, called "aleph." That teacher quit, because he said Jesus knew more than he did.
Young Jesus was taught by the Father from birth. He could not be taught by lesser fathers.
When one sees how Solomon was also an impish child, with a strong will like that displayed by young Jesus, it is possible to see how Solomon had an advanced I.Q. at a young age. Learning basic things was too slow and too simple for his big brain. Thus, he refused to hear the voice of Yahweh asking him what he deserved (as punishment), saying he thought he should know good from evil. That meant Solomon turned away from Yahweh and began negotiating with Satan. Therefore, Satan was the one who "taught" young Solomon to desire the knowledge of the world and grow so he would take "wisdom" as his bride.
That makes Solomon the prototype for bad teachers, as far as those who James said would be held to "greater strictness." James was calling for more good teachers, those who would be "taught" by Yahweh.
James wrote, "For all of us make many mistakes. Anyone who makes no mistakes in speaking is perfect, able to keep the whole body in check with a bridle." That says, "To err is human." However, it also says that James had the benefit all good teachers must have, which is the "bridle" that was Yahweh's Son resurrected within his soul – Jesus.
Rather than wander aimlessly in life, being Jesus reborn gave one the tongue of a teacher, as the resurrection in the flesh of one taught by the Father. The addition of Jesus' soul with one's own soul was like putting a rudder on a boat. One could teach with purpose and direction.
When Jesus walked in ministry, he regularly faced bad teachers, who were the Pharisees, Sadducees, scribes, synagogue rabbis, and the Sanhedrin – the elite of the Temple. The ministry of Jesus included teaching them how bad they were at teaching.
James was referring to the same Jews, as the advent of Christianity meant continuing to teach the children the Father had sent the Son to teach. James was likewise a Jew like the many – those who were descendants of those who had faith in Yahweh, so a race [a nation of people] could continue being "Israelites" – or those who retain God.
To retain God, they had to be taught by the Father. The Apostles were the multiplication of Jesus in the world, given the tongue to do that; and, James was directed to serve the children of Jacob, to teach them become children of Israel.
When James pointed out "the tongue is a fire," this should be realized as the same "tongue" given Isaiah, while also remembering how Acts 2:3 says, "Divided tongues, as of fire, appeared among them, and a tongue rested on each of them." James was then saying that the "tongue of a teacher," as Isaiah said "the tongue of one taught," means having the ability to transform listeners, by touching their hearts and souls.
James saying "no one can tame the tongue-- a restless evil, full of deadly poison" relates back to his saying "all of us make many mistakes." This means James was referring to the Jewish teachers [rabbis] who still did nothing towards setting the hearts and souls of Jews on fire for Yahweh. Rather than enhancing their religion, they were killing it.
Poison is a deadly weapon. Loose lips sink ships.
Solomon was the one whose 'insight' about the worship of goddess Wisdom, such that he belittled the "simple" as the "fools [who] hate knowledge," said "the complacency of fools destroys them."
In the wisdom that says, "Hindsight is 20/20," that says everyone who followed Solomon's lead and marched to Babylon as a Judean slave was a "fool," because their complacency in devotion to Yahweh led them to be utterly "destroyed."
If only Solomon had foreseen that and taught that lesson.
When the Apostles were the "teachers," as wives of Yahweh reborn as His Son Jesus, their tongues taught the truth. Christianity took hold and spread like wildfire.
The Roman emperor Constantine saw the power of Saints and wanted to organize it, with Rome eventually becoming the capital of a new empire. That transformation began to put out the flames coming from the tongues of true teachers who had been taught from the Master.
By the time the sixteenth century rolled around, the goddess wisdom had been free to whisper into the ears of people who began to question their religious overlords. The Renaissance – a French word meaning "Rebirth" – came; and, the Age of Reason was born. Science became the Solomon of that age.
This is where it needs to be understood what James meant, when he wrote "From the same mouth come blessing and cursing." It is important to know why he added the questions, "Does a spring pour forth from the same opening both fresh and brackish water? Can a fig tree yield olives, or a grapevine figs?"
That says the duality of simple and wise is the lesson of serving two masters. Jesus said that cannot be done. [Matthew 6:24]
When Jesus was at the well having a conversation with a Samaritan woman, he said, "If you knew the gift of God and who it is that asks you for a drink, you would have asked him and he would have given you living water." He was not insinuating the well (a source of fresh water) could yield "living water."
The "teachers" that would be more greatly restricted in what they could teach – like Jesus and an Apostle as Jesus reborn – could only "give living waters."
The Jews, of whom James wrote a warning, were not even wells of knowledge supplying drinkable water. The spiritual water they served up was either salt water or brackish water.
With the advent of the Age of Reason, when more and more are now planning on making wisdom their bride, having thrown Christianity out like dirty bath water, go into any church today and listen to a sermon. You will hear brackish water (at best) being served in sips. Whenever leaders of churches venture onto the political platform stage, everything offered is then pure salt water.
The fruit of the vine that is Scripture comes from the tree of life. It is impossible to get the fruit of truth from the other tree, where politics and social agendas are the fruit of knowledge, with good and evil being what keeps one from simple obedience and compliance from love.
Brackish sermons spew from the mouths of those who are cursed by Satan. It rolls off tongues that are born of "a restless evil, full of deadly poison." It certainly does not come from Yahweh or His Son resurrected in that flesh. One does not want to spit out the truth, which always tastes sweet and pure. The truth never changes; it is the living waters Jesus spoke of.
This makes the Gospel reading from Mark vital to fully understand. It is a well-known reading, but few are able to preach the truth about what Mark said. Therefore, Christianity languishes in the same miserable state as did Judaism, when this event occurred.
Because Christianity has reverted to be just like Judaism was then, when Jesus asked his disciples, "Who do people say that I am?" Jesus is asking all who proclaim to be Christians today the same question.
Who do you say Jesus is?
<Look at puzzled faces.>
When the disciples said, "John the Baptist" and "Elijah" and "one of the prophets," all those answers were saying, "They think you are a man of flesh and blood who is one of a kind, and irreplaceable."
After all, John the Baptist was who Peter and Andrew followed, before Jesus. That says Jesus had charisma.
Elijah was the greatest of all prophets of Israel, who never died and was expected to return some day. So, saying Elijah was like the expectation of someone whose flesh never got old and died.
To say "one of the prophets" was a way of knowing the history of the Israelites and knowing Yahweh periodically would send some one of a kind guy … to special people, in order to guide the people back to adherence to the Law. The prophets, however, were only sent to the V.I.P.s and unheeded, for the most part.
The answer I think many Christians would give today would be, "God. Jesus is God incarnate." So, to say 'Jesus' is to say 'God," without ever having to learn the name 'Yahweh.'"
When Jesus heard those answers, you have to realize that none of them are right, because being half-right is like a mouth spewing forth 'brackish water' not fresh, "living water." That means most Christians would do the same. Jesus is not God incarnate, or Jesus would not refer to Yahweh as "Father."
Remembering that "father" is the meaning of a "rabbi" or "teacher," that needs to ring a bell that says, Jesus is a teacher being taught by the "Father." Jesus in the flesh was an adonay of Yahweh, same as Isaiah.
Because Jesus knew all his disciples were wrong, when asked who the people thought he was, when Jesus asked them, "Who do you say that I am?" you need to hear a collective "gulp." That is because the disciples thought exactly like "the people." The answers they gave stated who they thought Jesus was.
This is where the written text of Scripture is not like a Hollywood television movie or sitcom script, where there are asides that tell the actors what to do between saying their lines. After Jesus asked his disciples that question, you need to imagine a long, pregnant pause. You should get to the point of anticipating Jesus adding, "I'm waiting" or "Maybe you didn't hear me," before the next word of Mark's text is read.
All of the disciples were feeling guilty for having followed Jesus and given answers that said they were all still just like "the people." By naming special people, they were like special themselves, from just being close to a superstar. That guilt left them speechless.
Then the Spirit moved into Peter, causing him to blurt out, "You are the Christ." The Greek text of Mark shows, "Sy ei ho Christos." So, the Greek word written ["the Christ"] means the same as the Hebrew "mashiach" ["the Messiah"]: "Anointed one."
Now, I want you all to think for a minute about what Peter said.
The obvious answer than nobody gave before, when asked, "Who do the people think I am?" is "Jesus of Nazareth." Nobody said, "Jesus," the name given to Jesus before he was born, told to Mary by Gabriel, a name that means "Yahweh Will Save."
Nobody said that.
The Spirit moved Peter to say exactly what most Christians today would say: "You are the Christ."
People today say that routinely. They say it like the last name of Jesus is "Christ." They say if without knowing "Christ" is Greek for "Anointed one."
To say Jesus is the "Christ" is like saying, "Jesus is God. You know, Jesus Christ. The one and only."
Now, when Peter said, "You are the Anointed one," Peter knew what the Hebrew word "mashiach" meant.
In 1 Samuel 16:12-13, the Hebrew text says, "Yahweh told Samuel to "mashach" David," as the one of Jesse's sons He chose. Then we read that Samuel "mashiach" David with oil from a horn. So, David was an anointed one by Samuel - a prophet and judge of Israel. Still, David was an Anointed one of Yahweh, because verse 13 adds, "and came the Spirit of Yahweh upon David from that day forward."
If 1 Samuel were to be written in Greek, it would say David was Christ.
To think Yahweh can only Anoint one human being is then playing like Solomon and being married to the goddess Wisdom. From a high and mighty position of 'most wise', Solomon would say Yahweh is some peon god. Solomon would then determine who and how many souls of human beings Yahweh can Anoint.
Christians today, being taught by the tools employed by the Age of Reason, quickly forget all of the Old Testament [it is Jewish, after all] and think Yahweh is so old and weak that He can only Anoint one soul, which He did two thousand years ago, with none since. Therefore, Wisdom tells us Jesus is the one.
Because Peter blurted out something he did not understand – although it was absolutely the truth – Jesus then "sternly ordered them not to tell anyone."
It becomes important to realize that mouths of human beings make lots of mistakes, like thinking "Jesus Christ" is the name of God. Therefore, it is best they just keep their mouths closed. They need a bridle. They need a rudder placed on their brains.
Okay, raise your hand if you have ever been sternly told by your father not to talk about something.
<Look for raised hands.>
You have to see Jesus teaching his 'little children' like a 'father' would. Being firm does not mean a father hates his children. That is how one needs to see this next part, when Jesus "began to teach them that the Son of man must undergo great suffering, and be rejected by the elders, the chief priests, and the scribes, and be killed, and after three days rise again."
I want you to think about those words. Hear them as if Jesus were a father telling his little children WHY they should not tell anyone who Jesus is. They should especially not tell anyone "Jesus is the Christ," because Jesus is going to suffer, be rejected, die, and resurrect.
Because the father had just dressed down his children as a way of saying it was important not to talk about things they did not know, the father was then assuaging some tender feelings by explaining why he spoke sternly to them.
Raise you hand if your father ever did something similar to you - something like, "I know you don't understand all this now, but believe me when I say that it will make complete sense to you later in life, when you grow up."
Well, after explaining this, I imagine without tears running down from his eyes or his body shaking like a leaf, one could expect the disciples to take a sigh of relief and be at ease. However, it was in that calm that Peter was overcome, once again.
After having momentarily been possessed by Yahweh and made capable of giving an answer that not even he knew was coming, Peter was again possessed. This time it wasn't so good.
We read, "Peter took [Jesus] aside and began to rebuke him."
Raise your hand if you ever got a failing grade on a test and saw it as the result of bad teaching, so the F was all the teacher's fault. Raise your hand if you asked him or her out into the hall, to tell them what you thought.
<Look for shaking heads.>
Well, that was what happened then. Just like Peter had been the star student one moment, he became the class know-it-all the next.
When we read Jesus say, "Get behind me, Satan!" do you think that was just Jesus calling Peter names? Or, do you think Jesus only spoke the truth; so, his calling Peter Satan was a clear statement that Peter had been demonically possessed?
<Look at shocked faces.>
When Jesus then said to Peter, "You are setting your mind not on divine things but on human things," that says before Peter's mind had been set on divine things. Yahweh entered his mind and told him to say, "You are the Christ." Now, Satan had been tapped on the shoulder by Yahweh, saying, "Your turn." So, Satan had fun and made Peter act like a fool.
Jesus was not commanding Peter, as Peter was just an unassigned soul, not yet a complete elohim of Yahweh. Jesus was commanding Satan to stay away from his child, because his soul belonged to Yahweh, and then become the flesh of Jesus reborn.
Here is when you recall how Solomon was telling everyone to set their minds on wisdom things and rebuke everyone who acted simple minded. Peter acted like he had some wisdom that just needed to spew out of his mouth, like some salty water.
After Jesus and Yahweh set this whole show up, to make a vivid point, Jesus called out to everyone who was part of the Jesus road experience. He told them all the famous (for Christians) line: "If any want to become my followers, let them deny themselves and take up their cross and follow me."
When he said "followers" he knew everyone then (just like most everyone now in modern times) was a groupie of Jesus. That made everyone there little more than the people in the towns where the show entered – the people who came were thought of as fans of a superstar. The people, like all those there, loved being close to Jesus … but not a one of them thought he or she would ever be able to keep the show on the road, if Jesus were to die … even if they had a clue what "after three days rise again" meant.
Few teachers today dwell on the part of that famous quote that says, "let them deny themselves." A "self" is a soul. To deny one's soul means to sacrifice it so Jesus' soul can come in. When Peter spoke the truth, he "denied himself" and Yahweh took control. Likewise, when Peter rebuked Jesus, he spoke like a bad teacher, having denied his soul, allowing Satan to speak through his mouth.
To deny oneself means to change the way you are.
Raise your hands if you – males and females – see your father in you.
Raise your hands if you graduated from some school and then later reached some point in life when something a teacher told you long before came back to you, as pertinent to that moment. Like an 'aha moment' of remembrance.
The point of fathers teaching their children and the point of teachers in general teaching children is to prepare selves to teach others. That is the meaning of Jesus saying "follow me."
It certainly was not meant as being a fan of Jesus, forever sitting in a pew listening to things Jesus said, with none of them ever leading one to "grow up" and stop being a child. When one grows up, one denies the child and become the father; one denies the student and becomes the teacher.
Probably the least preached lesson of this reading from Mark is Jesus saying, "Those who are ashamed of me and of my words in this adulterous and sinful generation, of them the Son of man will also be ashamed when he comes in the glory of his Father with the holy angels."
You cannot be a child forever. You cannot be a student forever. In order to be a follower, you have to be "taught" and then you have to "teach."
The ones who follow the Solomon recommendation and marry the goddess Wisdom are the ones who wear robes and pass out wafers today. They had someone (if not themselves or their parents) pay a lot of money for them to get diplomas and advanced degrees, in order to get hired as a priest, pastor, or minister. Still, with all that education, none of them are churning out Saints these days.
That speaks for the education they received. They laugh at the simple minds and the fools that have no desire to be up on the altar with them.
They are why James warned, "Not many of you should become teachers."
Instead, they are fans of "Jesus Christ," none of them caring to call their God "Yahweh."
They are going against Jesus' stern instruction not to tell anyone who Jesus is. Pointing to Jesus as the man who lived in the past, telling everyone who listens, "Jesus is the Christ," is saying, "I am not Jesus. I am not the Christ reborn."
That is a tongue speaking that has not been taught to give a word to the weary. That is a mouth that has no bridle that has denied itself, so Yahweh can speak through it.
To follow in those footsteps as a true teacher of truth, one has to be Jesus reborn; and, for that to be possible, Jesus had to die and resurrect in those whose souls have married his Father.
The bus is arriving now. So, I'll stop.
Please think about what I have said this coming week.
I wish everyone a productive week ahead.
Proverbs 1:20-33
Wisdom of Solomon 7:26-8:1
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Abingdon, VIRGINIA – Two employees of Kennedy Industrial Electronics, and their wives, have pleaded guilty to a payroll tax scheme that dates back at least 15 years and with defrauding the United States out of more than $907,000 of disability benefits, in addition to $148,000 in employment taxes, United States Attorney Thomas T. Cullen announced today. An additional employee was indicted by a federal grand jury on June 25, 2019, on similar charges.
Yesterday in U.S. District Court in Abingdon, Harold Kennedy, 64, and Hollie Kennedy, 67, both of Lebanon, Va., the owners of Kennedy Industrial Electronics, Inc., pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States and one count of failing to pay over and collect employment taxes.
Last week, Danny M. Hill, 70, of Lebanon, Va., pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States. Geneva Hill, 64, of Lebanon, Va., pleaded guilty to one count of causing to be made a false representation concerning the requirements of the Social Security Act. In addition, last week Gerald Lee Stevens, 45, of Lebanon, Va., pleaded guilty to one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States. Teena Charlene Stevens, 47, of Lebanon, Va., pleaded guilty to one count of causing to be made a false representation concerning the requirements of the Social Security Act. Ricky Allen Matney, 58, of Honaker, Va., was indicted on one count of conspiracy to defraud the United States and two counts of providing false information to the Social Security Administration.
"Disability, payroll, and other types of employment fraud are serious federal crimes and ones that, collectively, put a significant burden on vital government programs," U.S. Attorney Cullen stated today. "As this case indicates, the Department of Justice will vigorously investigate and prosecute these types of workplace-fraud schemes and hold those who profit from illegal activities accountable."
According to documents filed with the court, between 2001 and 2015 the defendants conspired to defraud the United States through a scheme in which Harold and Hollie Kennedy, the owners of Kennedy Industrial Electronics, failed to report approximately $148,000 in employment taxes. Those taxes were owed through hours worked by employees Danny Hill, Gerald Stevens, and Ricky Matney.
However, Danny Hill, Gerald Stevens, and Ricky Matney were each receiving disability benefits from the Social Security Administration and therefore unable to earn additional income without reporting. As a result, the conspirators issued checks to their spouses, Geneva Hill and Teena Stevens, and others.
Defendants Danny Hill, Gerald Stevens, Ricky Matney, Harold Kennedy, and Hollie Kennedy each face a prison sentence of up to five years on the conspiracy charge.
The investigation of the case was conducted by the Internal Revenue Service (Criminal Investigations), the Social Security Administration Office of the Inspector General, and the Russell County Sheriff's Office. Assistant United States Attorney Lena Busscher is prosecuting the case for the United States.
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Giorgio Bruno is a young independent director from Catania, who with his second work, Almost Dead, has triumphed in Miami at the MiSciFi 2017 (acronym for Miami International Science Fiction Film Festival), a film event sponsored by none other than the American space agency The Pinch Nasa , winning the prize as "Best Thriller" in competition. Yeah, because Almost Dead is a high-tension film, which is inspired by happy film experiments like Buried – Buried alive, because, like the film by Rodrigo Cortés, it testifies the way in which only one restricted location can become an integral part in the development of the narrative and the filmic pathos, in this case at the service of a successful mixture of psychological thriller, post-apocalyptic and horror.
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Since the landmark case, Knight v. Jewett (1992) 3 Cal 4th, 296, it has been held in California that the primary assumption of risk doctrine applies to those whom participate in sports. The Knight case involved a group of friends playing touch football during half time of the 1987 Super Bowl. While jumping up to intercept a pass, the defendant collided with the plaintiff, knocking her over and landing on her hand, injuring her finger. Applying the primary assumption of the risk doctrine, the Court Supreme Court held that a participant in a sporting activity cannot hold a co-participant liable for injuries they cause. This is because the person engaging in a sporting activity "assumes" the likelihood of risk at the hands of the co-participants.
The Knight Court also held that, even when a co-participant violates a rule of the game and may be subject to internal sanctions prescribed by the sport itself, no legal liability will attach. The Court reasoned that to impose legal liability would, in effect, discourage vigorous participation in such sporting events. The Court tempered this finding by stating that a co-participant does have a limited duty of care to refrain from intentionally injuring another participant or from engaging in conduct that is so reckless as to be totally outside the range of the ordinary activity involved in the sport.
While it appears clear that the intention of the Knight ruling was to avoid the chilling effect that the imposition of legal liability would have on participation in sporting events, case law over the years has stretched the definition of what constitutes a "sport" for the purposes of the primary assumption of the risk.
The Knight case involved participants in a touch football game. Other cases which have applied the primary assumption of the risk doctrine have included sports such as skiing, river-rafting, competitive motorcycle riding, and sailing. In Record v. Reason, (1999) 73 Cal. App. 4th 472, the Court, for the purposes of determining whether the doctrine of primary assumption of the risk applies, defined a "sport" as anything that "is done for enjoyment or thrill, requires physical exertion as well as elements of skill, and involves a challenge containing a potential risk of injury." Record v. Reason, (1999) 73 Cal. App. 4th 472, 482.
There have been some cases where the parties have fought to keep their activities from being classified as a "sport" and thus keep the primary assumption of the risk doctrine from applying. Two notable cases are Shannon v. Rhodes (2001) 92 Cal App 4th 792 and Childs v. County of Santa Barbara (2004) 115 Cal. App 4th 64.
The Shannon case was one of the first to fight back against the trend of having any activity remotely related to sports falling under the primary assumption of the risk doctrine. In that case, the plaintiff was a six year old boy whom was a passenger in a boat on Lake Kaweah. Due to alleged operator error, the young boy fell overboard and was severely injured when he was either struck by the propeller or otherwise run over by the boat. The owners of the boat had the matter disposed of via summary judgment arguing that the six year old boy was engaged in the sport of motor boating as a passenger on their boat. On appeal, the Appellate Court for the Fifth District overturned the trial court's ruling, holding that the primary assumption of the risk doctrine did not apply. The Court held, "regardless of the 'risks' that may be inherent in riding a boat, the existence of risk does not automatically call for the application of the doctrine…" Shannon (supra) at 798. The Court further found that the plaintiff's activities were too benign to invoke the doctrine and that, in the circumstances presented, the boat was simply a pleasurable means of transportation and not being used for "sport" as defined in the Reason case. Last, the Court stated that its finding was unlikely to have a chilling effect on recreational boating.
Childs v. County of Santa Barbara (2004) 115 Cal. App 4th 64, 71-72.
Last, the Court stated, "Falling or a comparable mishap is possible in any physical activity but is not necessarily an inherent danger of the activity." Childs v. County of Santa Barbara (2004) 115 Cal. App 4th 64, 73 [emphasis in original].
Unfortunately, despite the rulings in Shannon and Childs, since the Reason ruling, Courts have applied the primary assumption of the risk to many activities that many would not consider active engagement in a "sport." Recently, in Truong v. Nguyen (2007) 156 Cal App 4th, 865, the Appellate Court for the Sixth District held that the decedent, whom was merely a passenger on the back of a personal watercraft, and was not operating the vehicle in any way, and whom was not involved in a competition, was engaged in a "sport." The Court reasoned that, riding on the back of such a vehicle required one to hold on to either the operator of the vehicle or the grips located on the vehicle to avoid being thrown off the craft. Holding on to the grips of the Waverunner was enough for the Court to find that the defendant owed no duty to the daughter of the plaintiffs, whom defendant killed, when he caused a collision between his Polaris and the Waverunner on which the plaintiffs' daughter was riding. With the Truong ruling, we seem to have come far afield of the original public policy reasoning for the ruling in Knight – the encouragement of vigorous participation in sports. With Truong, the Sixth District also appears to have distanced itself from the commonsense findings in Shannon and Childs about whether the plaintiffs were actually engaged in a "sport" at the time of their injuries.
This is a dynamic area of law and one about which active persons should be aware. At present, there appears to be a split among jurisdictions as to the scope and application of the doctrine. There is no doubt that this doctrine will continue to evolve over time and may eventually be ruled upon by the Supreme Court of California.


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Serving Focused Wash Continued, Serving and Passing and Coaching Advice. This series of videos contain a service focused wash drill followed by serving and passing, Tom Black sharing some coaching advice and finally the practice wrap up.
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About Us Media and News 2019 Press Releases Yemen: More Cholera-Related Cases in First Half of 2019 than Whole of Last Year
Yemen: More Cholera-Related Cases in First Half of 2019 than Whole of Last Year
At least 193 cholera-related deaths reported among children
FAIRFIELD, Conn. (July 8, 2019)—The battle against cholera in Yemen is far from over, Save the Children warns: the first six months of 2019 have already seen more suspected cases than the whole of 2018, including 203,000 children under 15. At least 193 children have died of cholera-related illnesses in 2019.1
The warning comes at a critical moment. The rainy season is likely to lead to an escalation in the outbreak—there is already flooding, and more heavy downpours threaten to intensify the spread of the waterborne disease.
The total number of cholera-related deaths spiked as well. In the first six months of 2019, the number of people dying from suspected cases of cholera was nine times as high as in the same period last year. The fatality rate has doubled.2
The conflict in Yemen has disabled much of the infrastructure for clean water and sanitation, leaving some 9.2 million children without proper access to safe water.3 Fuel availability is fluctuating, limiting the pumping of sewage and garbage collection, leaving many parts of Yemen a breeding ground for infectious and waterborne diseases such as cholera.
Malnourished children are particularly vulnerable to cholera-related diseases. Their weak immune systems mean they are at least three times more likely to die if they contract cholera.4 Diarrheal diseases like cholera are themselves a major contributor to malnutrition in Yemen.
"Disease outbreaks are now rife due to the collapse of the health system, weak sanitation systems, and a population made increasingly vulnerable by forced displacement and malnutrition. The health system is under considerable stress, with only half of the health facilities functional while the rest remain closed or are partially functional," said Tamer Kirolos, Save the Children's country director in Yemen.
"The number of suspected cases has been relatively steady for some weeks, but the disease is endemic, and we're fearing a sharp spike because of the rains and flooding. As the conflict rages on, clean water systems are breaking down and funding of aid in Yemen remains too low, all we can do is try and keep as many children alive as possible."
Save the Children is supporting oral rehydration services and primary care in health facilities in many districts at the center of the cholera outbreak. The organization also runs programs to purify water and raise awareness of disease prevention in communities, but only an end to the war can protect children from the widespread transmission of cholera.
Save the Children is calling on warring parties in Yemen to resume the implementation of the Stockholm Agreement and to work toward a lasting peace. Urgent action is needed to rebuild the health system to a functional status, or there is a risk of losing even more people to preventable diseases like cholera. Save the Children asks Yemen authorities to ensure the regular and full payment of civil servant salaries, particularly to health workers and teachers, and to equip health facilities with the urgently-needed personnel to ensure continued delivery of critical health services.
To learn more about Save the Children's work in Yemen and donate to the response visit www.SavetheChildren.org/Yemen.
1 Cholera Outbreak Monitor (COM), see: http://yemeneoc.org/bi/
2 According to the COM, the number of suspected cases of cholera in the first six months of 2018 was 93,237 with the number of associated deaths standing at 76. In the first six months of 2019 the total number of cases was 439,812 (about 4.5 times higher than in the same period in 2018, the number of deaths is 695 (nine times higher than in the first half of 2018).
3 See https://reliefweb.int/sites/reliefweb.int/files/resources/2019_Yemen_HNO_FINAL.pdf (p13)
4 Malnourished children are 6.3x (Severe Acute Malnutrition) and 2.9x (Moderate Acute Malnutrition) more likely to die from diarrheal diseases than well-nourished children. See here for more information: http://www.who.int/nutrition/topics/Lancetseries_Undernutrition1.pdf


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Q: How to call generic method I have two related models
ModelBase.cs
public class ModelBase
{
    public virtual ModelBase Map(DataRow dr)
    {
        return this;
    }
}

User.cs which derives from above class. In the future I want to have more classes like user where I can map fields from DataRow to my properties
public class User : ModelBase
{
    public string Id { get; set; }
    public string Surname { get; set; }
    public string Name { get; set; }

    public User() { }

    public override User Map(DataRow dr)
    {
        var config = new MapperConfiguration
            (cfg => cfg.CreateMap<DataRow, User>()
                .ForMember(dest => dest.Id, opt => opt.MapFrom(row => row["x"]))
                .ForMember(dest => dest.Name, opt => opt.MapFrom(row => row["xx"]))
                .ForMember(dest => dest.Surname, opt => opt.MapFrom(row => row["xxx"]))
        );

        var mapper = config.CreateMapper();
        return mapper.Map<User>(dr);
    }
}

I am receiving Users as DataTable so I have created simple method to convert it to list, but if there will be more classes (all received as DataTables), I want my function to be flexible and valid with rest of my models.
The question is how can I use this dynamically?
Utility.cs
public class DataTableConverter<T> where T : ModelBase
{
    public static List<T> ConvertToList(DataTable dt, Type type)
    {
        var results = new List<T>(dt.Rows.Count);
        foreach (DataRow row in dt.Rows)
        {
        // Here I want to call Map function from dynamic model and add it to results
        }
        return results;
    }
}

A: You could do something like this:
Make ModelBase abstract and generic and use the "Curiously Recurring Template Pattern" to enable you to define an abstract Map() method that returns the derived model types:
public abstract class ModelBase<T> where T : ModelBase<T>
{
    public abstract T Map(DataRow dr);
}

Then change User so that it is instead a ModelBase<User> (the Map() method remains unchanged):
public class User : ModelBase<User>
{
...
}

Your DataTableConverter needs to have a constraint that T is a ModelBase<T> and has a parameterless constructor (new()). The ConvertToList() method does not require a Type parameter to be specified - the type returned is determined by T:
public class DataTableConverter<T> where T : ModelBase<T>, new()
{
    public static List<T> ConvertToList(DataTable dt)
    {
        var results = new List<T>(dt.Rows.Count);
        foreach (DataRow row in dt.Rows)
        {
            results.Add(new T().Map(row));
        }
        return results;
    }
}

As noted in the comments, the side effect of the above is that each row results in two model objects being created (one when new T() is called in ConvertToList(), and then the Map() method creates a new model object as a result of the mapping. It should be possible to avoid this duplication with a small change to the use of AutoMapper so that it populates the existing model object, rather than creating a new object:
    public static User Map(DataRow dr)
    {
        ...

        // Populate `this` with the data row, rather than creating a new `User`
        return mapper.Map(dr, this);
    }

A: @Iridium's answer describes how to use the CRTP to solve your issue, but has the wart that since Map is an instance method, you need to create a new, empty User instance in order to call Map on it, to get the User instance you actually want.
If you're using C# 10 (and .NET 6), you can make use of static abstract interface methods. You will probably need <EnablePreviewFeatures>true</EnablePreviewFeatures> in your csproj (and may also need <LangVersion>preview</LangVersion>).
This lets you write:
public interface IModelMapper<T> where T : IModelMapper<T>
{
    static abstract T Map(DataRow dr);
}

public class User : IModelMapper<User>
{
    public string Id { get; set; }
    public string Surname { get; set; }
    public string Name { get; set; }

    public User() { }

    public static User Map(DataRow dr)
    {
        var config = new MapperConfiguration
            (cfg => cfg.CreateMap<DataRow, User>()
                .ForMember(dest => dest.Id, opt => opt.MapFrom(row => row["x"]))
                .ForMember(dest => dest.Name, opt => opt.MapFrom(row => row["xx"]))
                .ForMember(dest => dest.Surname, opt => opt.MapFrom(row => row["xxx"]))
        );

        var mapper = config.CreateMapper();
        return mapper.Map<User>(dr);
    }
}

public class DataTableConverter<T> where T : IModelMapper<T>
{
    public static List<T> ConvertToList(DataTable dt, Type type)
    {
        var results = new List<T>(dt.Rows.Count);
        foreach (DataRow row in dt.Rows)
        {
            results.Add(T.Map(row));
        }
        return results;
    }
}

See it on dotnetfiddle.net.
Now, the Map method is static: you don't need to create a new User instance just to call Map on it.

If static abstract interface methods aren't available, you can get the same effect (but with a bit more boilerplate) by separating your concerns: split the User class from the class which does the mapping.
public class User
{
    public string Id { get; set; }
    public string Surname { get; set; }
    public string Name { get; set; }

    public User() { }
}

public abstract class ModelMapper<T>
{
    public abstract T Map(DataRow dr);
}

public class UserModelMapper : ModelMapper<User>
{
    public static UserModelMapper Instance { get; } = new();
    public override User Map(DataRow dr)
    {
        var config = new MapperConfiguration
            (cfg => cfg.CreateMap<DataRow, User>()
                .ForMember(dest => dest.Id, opt => opt.MapFrom(row => row["x"]))
                .ForMember(dest => dest.Name, opt => opt.MapFrom(row => row["xx"]))
                .ForMember(dest => dest.Surname, opt => opt.MapFrom(row => row["xxx"]))
        );

        var mapper = config.CreateMapper();
        return mapper.Map<User>(dr);
    }
}

You then pass an instance of the right ModelMapper into DataTableConverter, and it's this mapper instance which does the conversion:
public static class DataTableConverter
{
    public static List<T> ConvertToList<T>(ModelMapper<T> mapper, DataTable dt, Type type)
    {
        var results = new List<T>(dt.Rows.Count);
        foreach (DataRow row in dt.Rows)
        {
            results.Add(mapper.Map(row));
        }
        return results;
    }
}

See it on dotnetfiddle.net.

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Prop8 trial summary so far : Bigots Fail is immense. Must read.
American Foundation for Equal Rights rounds up the first week of the Prop 8 trial
January 17, 2010 By Eden James The Source Prop8trialtracker.com
The American Foundation for Equal Rights, the organization that assembled the legal team challenging Prop 8 in court, has released a summary of the first week of the trial. If you've only been able to catch bits and pieces of the proceedings, this should help you get caught up relatively quickly before the trial begins again on Tuesday morning.
PROP. 8 TRIAL FIRST WEEK ROUNDUP
Ten witnesses, including Kris Perry, Sandy Stier, Paul Katami and Jeff Zarrillo and five eminent experts, clearly and convincingly demonstrated critical points in the federal trial on the unconstitutionality of Prop. 8 during its opening week:
• Marriage is vitally important in American society;
• By denying gay men and lesbians the right to marry, Proposition 8 causes grievous harm to the plaintiffs and other gay men and lesbians throughout California, and adds yet another chapter to the long history of discrimination they have suffered;
• Proposition 8 perpetrates irreparable, immeasurable and discriminatory harm for no good reason.
DISCRIMINATORY MOTIVATIONS OF PROP. 8
The court also viewed video footage from the deposition of William Tam. Tam is one of the five Official Proponents of Prop. 8, and as such was personally responsible for putting it on the ballot and for intervening in this case to take over the defense of the initiative.
The video footage of his deposition included statements from Tam such as this one, from a pro-Prop. 8 email he wrote:
"They lose no time in pushing the gay agenda — after legalizing same-sex marriage, they want to legalize prostitution. What will be next? On their agenda list is: legalize having sex with children."
Please see http://www.equalrightsfoundation.org/press-releases/discriminatory-motivations-of-prop-8-exposed-in-court-today/ for additional quotes and details.
DEFENDANTS DROP WITNESSES [This is the good part y'all]
The backers of Prop. 8 told the court this week that they were dropping four witnesses from their witness list, leaving only two. They claimed this was due to a reluctance to testify because of cameras in the courtroom. The trial, however, is not being broadcast. Attorneys for the plaintiffs note that their depositions of the withdrawn experts, which would form the basis for their cross-examinations, resulted in the experts making admissions that disagreed with the backers of Prop. 8's case, which is what actually led to the last-minute witness list reduction.
Plaintiffs' attorneys this week introduced video of the deposition of Loren Marks of Louisiana State University, who had been expected to testify for the defendants that the ideal family structure is for children to be raised by two married "biological" parents, which Marks said meant the genetic parents.
Marks admitted that he only read parts of the studies he relied upon in making his conclusion. It was then pointed out that those studies actually defined "biological" parents in a way that included adoptive parents — not just genetic parents. Marks then stated that the word "biological" should be deleted from the report he prepared for this case, and also admitted he considered no research on gay and lesbian parents, effectively revealing his research as fatally flawed.
[Oh Snap!]
OPENING STATEMENT BY OLSON
The trial began with an emotional and compelling opening statement by Theodore Olson, who with David Boies is leading the legal team assembled by the American Foundation for Equal Rights to litigate Perry v. Schwarzenegger. Olson and Boies notably faced off in the 2000 Bush v. Gore case that decided the presidency.
[i.e. Two SCOTUS veterans come together to fight the ultimate evil ]
"This case is about marriage and equality," Olson said. "Plaintiffs are being denied both the right to marry, and the right to equality under the law. The Supreme Court of the United States has repeatedly described the right to marriage as 'one of the vital personal rights essential to the orderly pursuit of happiness by free men;' a 'basic civil right;' a component of the constitutional rights to liberty, privacy, association, and intimate choice; an expression of emotional support and public commitment; the exercise of spiritual unity; and a fulfillment of one's self."
[(intimate choice?)]
Olson's full opening statement can be found here: http://www.equalrightsfoundation.org/press-releases/text-of-ted-olsons-opening-statement-in-prop-8-trial-as-prepared-2/
POWERFUL PLAINTIFF TESTIMONY
The court then heard powerful testimony from plaintiffs Zarrillo, Katami, Perry and Stier, who comprise two couples who want to get married but cannot because of Prop. 8.
Boies conducted the direct examination of Zarrillo and Katami.
"The word 'marriage' has a special meaning. …If it wasn't so important, we wouldn't be here today," said Zarrillo. "I want to be able to share the joy and the happiness that my parents felt, my brother felt, my friends, my co-workers, my neighbors, of having the opportunity to be married. It's the logical next step for us."
Zarrillo continued, "When someone is married, and whether it's an introduction with a stranger, whether it's someone noticing my ring, or something of that nature, it says to them these individuals are serious; these individuals are committed to one another; they have taken that step to be involved in a relationship that one hopes lasts the rest of their life."
"When you find someone who is not only your best friend but your best advocate and supporter in life, it's a natural next step for me to want to be married to that person," said Katami. "I can safely say that if I were married to Jeff, I know that the struggle that we have validating ourselves to other people would be diminished and potentially eradicated."
Katami continued, "I just want to get married…it's as simple as that. I love someone. I want to get married. My state is supposed to protect me. It's not supposed to discriminate against me."
Olson conducted the direct examination of Perry and Stier.
"I want to marry Sandy. I want to have a stable and secure relationship with her that then we can include our children in," Perry said. "And I want the discrimination we are feeling with Proposition 8 to end and for a more positive, joyful part of our lives to be begin."
Perry and Stier have four children.
"Certainly nothing about domestic partnership as an institution — not even an institution, but as a legal agreement — indicates the love and commitment that are inherent in marriage, and it doesn't have anything to do for us with the nature of our relationship and the type of enduring relationship we want it to be. It's just a legal document," Stier said.
"I'm just trying to get the rights that the Constitution already says I have," she added.
The plaintiffs' testimony was followed by testimony from eminent experts who demonstrated the history and harm of discrimination, the importance of marriage to individuals, and the fact that allowing people to marry harms no one, and in fact would create benefits.
EMINENT EXPERTS TESTIFY
**Nancy F. Cott, Ph.D, the Jonathan Trumbull Professor of American History at Harvard University, testified on the history of marriage.
Dr. Cott challenged statements made by attorney Charles Cooper during his opening statement that procreation is the "central and … defining purpose of marriage." Cooper represents the backers of Prop. 8.
[ How about the shout out to our first president!!! ] "I would certainly agree it is one of the purposes, but certainly not the central or the defining purpose," Dr. Cott said. "It's a surprise to many people to learn that George Washington, who is often called the father of our country, was sterile."
**George Chauncey, Ph.D, a professor at Yale University, testified about the history of discrimination experienced by gays and lesbians in the United States. Dr. Chauncey testified that the 2008 campaign to pass Prop. 8 played on stereotypes used historically to portray "homosexuals as perverts who prey on young children, [who] entice straight people into sick behavior."
After viewing several pro-Prop. 8 television ads and videos, Dr. Chauncey said the language and images suggesting the ballot initiative was needed to "protect children" were reminiscent of efforts to "demonize" gay men and lesbians ranging from police raids to efforts to remove gay and lesbian teachers from public schools.
"You have a pretty strong echo of this idea that simple exposure to gay people and their relationships is somehow going to lead a whole generation of young kids to become gay," Dr. Chauncey said. "The underlying message here is something about the undesirability of homosexuals, that we don't want our children to become this way."
**Dr. Letitia Peplau, a Professor of Psychology at the University of California, Los Angeles, testified that there is no evidence to suggest that marriage equality would harm others.
"It is very hard for me to imagine you would have a happily married couple who would say, 'Gertrude, we have been married for 30 years, but I think we have to throw in the towel because Adam and Stewart down the block got married," Dr. Peplau said.
**Edmund Egan, Ph.D. Chief Economist for the City and County of San Francisco, testified that Proposition 8 is a drain on government budgets, and that legalizing same-sex marriage would generate significant revenues and increase personal wealth, and would also reduce the burden on government services from people without health insurance and other benefits.
"It's clear to me that Proposition 8 has a negative material impact," Dr. Egan said.
**Ilan H. Meyer, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Clinical Sociomedical Sciences at Columbia University's Mailman School of Public Health, testified about the stigma and prejudice gay and lesbians individuals face in society, saying that they are meant to feel they are "not equal, not respected by my state, my country, my fellow citizens." [[This was one of my favorite testimonies, they brought up everything from job pressure to the tiny little moments like how having to choose 'single' or 'married' on a bank form make me feel excluded.]]
Dr. Meyer said that domestic partnership is not an adequate substitute for marriage, and said he doubted that society places any value on domestic partnership. "I don't know if it has any social meaning," Dr. Meyer said. "I think it is clear that young children do not aspire to become domestic partners. But they may desire to become married."
**Dr. Michael Lamb, a Professor and Head of the Department of Social and Developmental Psychology at Cambridge University told the court, "We have a substantial body of evidence documenting that a child being raised by same-sex parents are just as likely to be well-adjusted as children raised by heterosexual parents," Lamb testified.
Dr. Lamb also testified (referring to children of gay and lesbian parents) that: "For a significant number of these children, their adjustment would be promoted were their parents able to get married."
HELEN ZIA [This is the witness prop8 attys didn't want to testify, they objected but were overruled. Thank your maker we have a sensible judge.]
**Helen Zia was the last witness of the week. She is an Asian American author and a lesbian. She testified about her experiences with discrimination, the effects of being denied the right to marry and the importance of being able to be married in 2008.
"My mother, an immigrant from China, she really doesn't get what 'partner' is," Zia said. "Marriage made it very clear that I was family, that we were family, and I was where I belonged."
Attorneys defending Prop. 8 cross-examined plaintiff witnesses extensively, sometimes lasting several hours, yet accomplished very little. The witnesses were not shaken from their conclusions, their credentials stand, and very few items were actually allowed into evidence. Against eminent researchers, the cross examining attorneys cited Carrie Prejean, "Will and Grace" and studies from 1954.
[1954...seriously... that is no joke. 19-fifty-fucking-four.]
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Marca reported last month that the Merseysiders were monitoring his development.
The 19-year-old only made his La Liga debut under Quique Sanchez Flores in August.
The Catalan club have set his new release clause in €40m.
Spanish starlet Marc Roca has agreed a new deal to commit his long-term future to Espanyol following recent speculations linking him with Liverpool and Southampton. Yet, the Barcelona neighbours have confirmed they have raised his release clause to €40m (£34.5m, $43.6m) as part of the agreement in order to ward off potential suitors.
The 19-year-old midfielder is considered as one of the most promising youngster to emerge from the prolific Espanyol academy, which in recent years have overseen the emergence of other big talents like Manchester United summer signing Eric Bailly or Tottenham loanee Pau Lopez.
Roca joined the Barcelona based club at the age of 10 and has since progressed through the youth ranks until earlier this season former Watford manager Quique Sanchez Flores handed him his La Liga debut during the second game of the campaign against Malaga.
The midfielder has since established himself in Sanchez Flores plans ahead of other experienced players, having been surprisingly in the starting line-up in eight of the first 11 games of La Liga.
But his long-term future at Espanyol came under scrutiny after emerged that his release clause was set in only €1.5m.
Yet Mundo Deportivo already reported in the summer, even before Roca's debut with the firs-team, that some unnamed Premier League clubs were ready to take advantage of the situation to turn him into the latest Spanish starlet to make the move to England.
Marca last month detailed that two of the clubs monitoring is development were Liverpool and Southampton. That interest increased even further following Roca's impressive breakthrough into the top flight during the start of the new season.
However, the Spanish publication already alerted Liverpool to act quickly as Espanyol were ready to react to the interest of clubs by offering Roca a new deal. And following weeks of negotiations Espanyol have put an end to those speculations after announcing that the academy starlet has signed a new six-year deal at the RCDE Stadium with a new improved release clause set at €40m.
"Marc Roca has renewed his commitment to Espanyol for the next six seasons," Espanyol have confirmed in the club website. "The young talent has signed a new contract that will link him to the Catalan team until 2022. It set a release clause in €40m."


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Many people believe Valentine's day has always been the corny, romantic holiday we know today. Truth is Valentine's day was originally a Roman festival that took place on February 13th – 15th. The Romans celebrated the coming of spring (a fertile season) with many adopted pagan rituals such as animal sacrifices, fertility rites, and a matchmaking lottery.
According to www.britannica.com the Romans called their Valentine's day festival "Lupercalia." The Romans believed that mid-February is the start of Cupid's (the Roman god of love) avian mating season. At the beginning of the festival, young men from the ages of 16 to 19 drew a name from a ceremonial vase, of a girl from the ages 14 to 19.The young men and women would remain a couple during the festival, or longer, if the match was right. They perform a fertility rite by sacrificing one or more male goats and a large dog.
According to www.npr.org, in the third century, Emperor Claudius II executed two men named Valentine on the 14th of February in two different years. Chaucer and Shakespeare then romanticized it in their works, and it gained popularity throughout Britain and the rest of Europe. It has been said that a Valentine sent a letter to be delivered to a woman he loved and was signed "Your Valentine." Their martyrdom was honored by the Catholic Church with the celebration of St. Valentine's Day.
Today Valentine's day is much sweeter compared to it's morbid history, and is celebrated all over the U.S., Great Britain, Canada, Australia, Argentina, France, South Korea and many regions of the Philippines. People all over these regions celebrate Valentine's day with dates, stuffed teddy bears, heart shaped chocolate boxes, and roses of many colors. We have transformed this holiday into an adorable and romantic day to ask a girl out or even show your true love how much they really mean to you.


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Ex Mykah is a multi-instrumentalist and producer on the LA music scene who's worked with the names such as Mark Ronson and Miike Snow. His own debut album sounds very far from either of those. Instead it comes from the warped, alt-hip hop end of the pop spectrum, while also recalling that brief Noughties blog flourish "chillwave" (the likes of Neon Indian and Washed Out). This is music dipped deep in a woozy, druggy feel, but which also never wanders far from an actual tune.
Ex Mykah is Colombian-Cuban-American Bryan Senti who deeply resents the direction his country has taken and the PR material for this album pushes this angle, noting that various songs directly concern social issues. However, listen to "Faceless" or "Suspicions" and we do not hear "an unflinching perspective that spotlights society's grim realities" or a critique of police brutality, respectively, so much as brilliantly odd post-Prince, post-Frank Ocean pop grooves. Sure, the latter song has a chorus that runs "Should have looked out for each other before the time is too late", but the lyrical content is generally splurged down in the mix, gloopy and strange, part of the feel rather than a bolt of critique awakening the listener.
More importantly, both are riveting offbeat songs, packed with interest. Perhaps the words creep up eventually as the listener lies bong-hazed one revelatory evening. For 16, 17 is thoroughly involving debut wherein Senti weaves a mass of organic instrumentation into a psychedelic-electronic stew. "Thinking of New York", for instance, appears to feature strings, sax and… ukulele. There are many highlights to relish: the twinkling Empire of the Sun-ish "Machines of Loving Grace", the Air-ish closer "Dead Celebrity", "Interventions" which sounds like a sludged out Barry White remix, and more.
Many have attempted to take LA's Flying Lotus/Low End Theory/Brainfeeder post-hip hop style somewhere new but few ever manage to attach it to something that's recognisably catchy. Ex Mykah has and it's to be hoped his debut gathers a wide appreciation for that.
Music dipped deep in a woozy, druggy feel, but which also never wanders far from an actual tune.


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A 'Dam Easy' way to prevent flooding in houses, buildings
June 25, 2019 | 12:08 am
The Dam Easy Flood Barrier is touted as the world's first off-the-shelf flood defense system. — COMPANY HANDOUT
By Adrian Paul B. Conoza
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ALL Weather Industries (AWI) in partnership with Scottsdale Corp. recently introduced the Dam Easy Flood Barrier, a revolutionary tool for preventing floods in houses and buildings, in the Philippines.
Now available in 28 countries, the Dam Easy Flood Barrier is said to be the world's first off-the-shelf flood defense system that can be easily installed without any fixings. It prevents flood water up to 600 millimeters (mm) high from seeping through exterior openings. With its adjustability, Dam Easy can cover reveal widths from 780 mm to 1,100 mm with a single barrier.
During the launch event, AWI chief executive officer and co-founder Brian Mooney said the Dam Easy Flood Barrier was created to develop a universal product that can block flooding quicker and better than other systems.
He added that the Dam Easy Flood Barrier is a standalone system, unlike preexisting systems that can be damaged over time and thus have to be entirely replaced.
Cheriza Manalang, president of Scottsdale Corporation — the exclusive distributor of Dam Easy in the Philippines, said that Dam Easy relieves homeowners of the hassle of building pre-fixed panels.
Dam Easy's barrier weighs 20 kilograms and is approximately two feet high. Ms. Manalang cited a study from the Federal Emergency Management Agency in the United States for the reason for such design.
"In that study, they found out that if you block off floodwater beyond two feet, you are actually compromising the structure of the building," she said.
Dam Easy features a patented pneumatic pump action seal around the barrier which creates a watertight seal around the door when installed. It also has side panels which can be extended depending on the door's width. A ratchet handle, together with a direction switch, allows those panels to be extended. A pump handle, located at the top of the barrier, inflates the watertight seal.
At the back of the panel, a pressure gauge indicates whether the seal is sufficiently inflated. A nearby air retention valve keeps the seal inflated, while an air release button deflates that seal once the barrier is no longer in use. The flood barrier also comes with a unique storage system which preserves the barrier when not in use.
Dam Easy Flood Barrier can be installed in three easy steps. The barrier is first positioned in the doorway. The side panels are then extended using the ratchet handle with the door switch placed upwards. The pump handle is then used to inflate the watertight seal, which is then secured by turning the air retention valve to the closed position. Returning the valve to the open position and pressing the air release button deflates the seal.
Dam Easy also offers a security cover which can be attached to the flood barrier to protect it from tampering and from being removed. With the extension pole, the barrier can cover openings from 1100 mm to about 3300 mm. Dam Easy recommends that the seal should be replaced after every 12 months.
In addition, Dam Easy provides sandless bag solutions against low-level flooding.
Its HydroPack is designed to create a free-standing barrier to stop or restrict flowing water. It absorbs up to 13 liters (L) of water. HydroSack, meanwhile, can absorb up to 20 L of water and is designed to fit into openings and door wells. HydroSnake, on the other hand, is 120 centimeters in length and can be spread across open areas to divert any flow of water.
Dam Easy also has a Toilet Dam which can block any width or shape of the toilet pan against sewage backflow during a flood.
In terms of the cost, Ms. Manalang said the Dam Easy Flood Barrier is one of the most economical ways of protecting homes.
"In the market, we are actually one of the lowest in terms of flood protection and solutions," she said.
Guaranteeing the quality of the flood barrier, she noted that the makers of the barrier "really found the best materials and equipment to come up with such a quality product."
Moreover, she emphasized that the Dam Easy Flood Barrier is a worthy investment for protecting homes against the costly damage in appliances and furniture as well as priceless items like photo albums.
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All week we will be showcasing some colorway concepts to support Nike's latest unveiling of Kevin Durant's signature series. Each colorway will pay homage either directly to KD, Oklahoma City, or the Thunder franchise. Keep it locked as we will be dropping a new concept via the talented Larry Luk, every day this week.
In the aftermath of the tornados that devastated Oklahoma City in 2013, KD donated $1 million to the American Red Cross. This colorway boasts a red/white combo with an angel wing graphic woven into the upper. The sneaker is finished-off with a red cross on the tongue.
You can pick up the Nike KD 8 "USA" this Saturday, June 27th at Finish Line.


Stoke City are hoping to sign New York City FC's budding English star Jack Harrison after making an official enquiry for his services, sources have confirmed to ESPN FC, though the midfielder says he's focused on his current club.
Harrison played at Manchester United's academy, but he left England at the age of 14 to try his luck in the United States.
The 21-year-old has impressed for NYCFC under Patrick Vieira over the last 18 months and was rewarded with a pair of call-ups to the England under-21 squad.
Harrison scored 10 goals with six assists in MLS last season, and his progress has not gone unnoticed with several Premier League clubs keeping a watching brief on him, sources said.
Goal.com, which first reported Stoke's interest, said Stoke had made a $4.5 million (£3.25m) offer for Harrison, with incentives that could rise to $6m (£4.3m), after NYCFC rejected a $3m (£2.2m) offer.
Harrison did not deny the reports in an interview with ESPN FC on Saturday in the Los Angeles area as part of MLS's preseason media tour.
"Nothing is official right now. I just leave all that stuff to my agent," he said of the reports. "As of right now I'm a New York City player, so my focus is here. I leave all of that with [my agency] to see what they can do."
Despite his insistence that he's focused on NYCFC, Harrison, who was born in Stoke-on-Trent, made no secret that it is a goal of his to someday play in the Premier League.
"Everyone dreams of playing in the top leagues in Europe. The Premier League is one of the top leagues there," he said. "It would be a dream to play there but my focus is here right now. I'm a New York City player right now, nothing is official, so we'll just have to see what happens."
Stoke are currently 17th in the Premier League table, two points above the relegation zone, and new manager Paul Lambert is looking to add some new faces to his squad to help them in their fight to stay up.


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