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Shows this February 2019
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Enjoy these shows on the Gold Coast this February. Catch these Gold Coast February events. There are lots of exciting shows for music lovers and movie aficionados.
Nashville Live
Catch Nashville Live at Home of the Arts on February 18.
Making their debut in Australia, the hit musical production Nashville Live promises the energy, glamour, and soul of the titular city, Nashville. Nashville Live charts the history of country music from golden greats Johnny Cash, Dolly Parton and Willie Nelson, through to the contemporary chart-topping sounds of Shania Twain, Dixie Chicks, Garth Brooks, and more. This live show is an ode to country music and the stories behind the genre's greatest songs.
Audiences will feel emotional as they go through a repertoire of classic solos, soulful duets and astonishing group harmonies as the cast of international talents showcase their brilliance alongside the top-notch live house band.
With 44 classic tunes including Folsom Prison Blues, Jolene, Crazy, Walk The Line, The Gambler, Man I Feel Like A Woman, Stand By Your Man, and Islands In The Stream, this nostalgic walk through country music's most significant moments is a night that will support the truth that there are only two genres of music, Country and Western!
Catch this show as it makes it Australian premier, performing in all major capital cities and over 20 venues in various regions around the country.
Germany 1944: 15-year old Leyna (Amanda Stenberg), born from a white German mother and a black father, lives a fearful existence because of the colour of her skin. One day, she meets Lutz (George MacKay), the son of a high-ranking SS officer and a member of the Hitler Youth – a requisite for all Aryan boys since 1936. The couple fall head over heels in love, putting both their lives on the line.
A unique, poignant coming of age story told through the eyes of a bi-racial teen as she lays witness to the execution of Jews and that deemed non-pure.
Where Hands Touch is a part of Love/Lust Film Festival, a festival which explores the fringes of love, lust, sex and cinema curated by Gold Coast Film Festival. Catch Where Hands Touch from February 14 – 16 at Home of the Arts.
KNIFE+HEART
Paris, Summer 1979. Anne is a producer of third-rate gay porn. After her editor and lover Lois walks away from her, she tries to win her back by shooting her most challenging film yet with her trustworthy, fiery sidekick Archibald. But one of her actors is brutally killed, and Anne gets dragged into a special investigation that turns her life into a chaotic mess.
This film is also a part of Love/Lust Film Festival. Don't miss Knife+Heart at Home of the Arts on February 14.
Young artist Kyoko (Ami Tomite) destroys the lives of everyone that she encounters, her worst deeds reserved for her shy older assistant Noriko (Mariko Trutsui), whom she regularly humiliates. At least, that's how it seems, before a sudden shift.
Wild rabble-rouser Sono's contribution to the Roman Porno redux series offers loads of sex, but it is also a self-aware, fourth-wall breaking, experimental study of the feminine agency set against fantastic, eye- catching backdrops.
Catch Antiporno at Home of the Arts on February 16.
The immensely popular British duo Bananarama will make their way to Australia in February 2019 for a series of shows. Don't miss their Gold Coast show 2019. Direct from this year's Reunion Tour, and they will perform live shows for fans with special guests Tiffany and Amber.
Good friends Sara Dallin and Keren Woodward cropped up from the London punk scene, starting as backing vocalists before teaming up with Siobhan Fahey and beginning to write songs and perform with their friends' bands.
With a string of chart-toppers to their name, including 'Robert De Niro's Waiting', 'Shy Boy', 'Cruel Summer', and of course, the catchy 'Venus', it is no surprise that they're the most successful female band. They have the most number of charting singles in the world.
Catch Bananarama at The Star Gold Coast on February 28.
The undeniable originals of harmony groups, The Manhattan Transfer are performing all over Australia in 2019. They have won ten Grammy awards throughout their stellar career. They have so many hits under their belt including global number one singles such as "The Boy From New York City" "Chanson D'Amour," Birdland," "Route 66," and many more. The show will highlight the group's vocal genius and musical variety as they cover most styles including Rock 'n' Roll, Jazz, R&B, and Pop. It has been four decades since The Manhattan Transfer was formed in New York City. The current line- up includes Alan Paul and Janis Seigel, Cheryl Bentyne, and newcomer Trist Curless. They carry on the tradition of harmonising excellence.
Audiences can expect an incredible musical journey with a stunning range of hits that inspired the modern vocal quartet of later generations. Don't miss Manhattan Transfer on February 23 at The Star Gold Coast.
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Whether you're looking for Asian dishes or European dishes, you can go on a food trip. Carrington Court is in the area of some of the most popular restaurants. Our resort is also within minutes from the beach. Spend a glorious day relaxing at the beach. Enjoy swimming, stand-up paddling, surfing, and more. There are tons of water sports and other beach activities to enjoy.
Our resort is within minutes of the shopping centres in the area. Head over to Pacific Fair Shopping Centre, The Oasis, Tedder Avenue, Australia Fair nearby our resort. Buy clothes, essential, gadgets, and groceries. Enjoy your Gold Coast holiday with your family and friends.
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November 14, 2012 Vince Pedicino
The Urban Prep Fellows Program: A Unique Year of Service Opportunity in Urban Education
In Chicago, just one in forty African-American boys in public schools earns a college degree by age 25. But for three years in a row at Urban Prep Academies, the nation's first network of all-male charter public high schools, 100% of seniors have gained admission to attend four-year colleges and universities. Do you have the skills, passion, and energy to help us continue to make this vision a reality? Consider applying to join the Urban Prep Fellows Program, a distinctive full-time, one-year service fellowship opportunity for recent college graduates.
Urban Prep Fellows augment and support regular classroom learning by building bonds with students through academic and personal advising, managing after-school activities, communicating with families, and leading a small-group seminar course. During their service year, Fellows are provided with housing, transportation, health and dental insurance, and a monthly living stipend.
Learn more about Urban Prep by viewing this short video, visiting the Urban Prep Fellows website at http://www.UrbanPrep.org/fellows finding us on facebook and twitter, or contacting the Fellows Program Director, Jacob Wertz, at jwertz@urbanprep.org or 312-276-0259 x1109.
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Harold Eugene "Eddie" Green (November 2, 1898 – April 10, 1934) was an American bank robber and Depression-era outlaw during the 1930s, best known as a member of the John Dillinger gang. He was also associated with Frank "Jelly" Nash, Volney Davis and the Barker-Karpis Gang in his early career.

Green was considered a highly intelligent criminal and expert "jug marker," widely known to employ tactics such as casing banks and planning escape routes that he drove prior to a robbery to ensure a perfect getaway. His connections with corrupt politicians and police officials in St. Paul, Minnesota made him extremely useful in setting up safe houses and provide warning from police raids.

Biography

Early life
Eugene Green, born in 1898, lived in Pueblo, Colorado, with his mother and brothers James and Frank, their father having died when Eddie was three.

The following is the criminal record of Edward Green, aliases Eugene Green, George Graham, Charles Ryan, George Green, Fred Rogge, and Frederick Riley:

As Eugene Green, arrested August 11, 1916, by the Milwaukee Police Department, Milwaukee, Wisconsin; charge grand larceny. Six months house of corrections.
As George Graham, arrested by the St. Paul Police Department, St. Paul, Minnesota, July 7, 1921.  Charge investigation.
As Fred Rogge, arrested by the Minneapolis Police Department, Minneapolis, Minnesota.  Charge suspected auto thief; 90 days suspended.
He was arrested by the St. Paul PD July 17, 1922; charged with robbery, then released.
As Frederick Riley, arrested by the Des Moines Police Department, Des Moines, Iowa, August 8, 1922.  charge investigation; suspected auto thief and safe blower; fugitive from Minneapolis.  Released.
As Eddie Green, he was received at the state reformatory, St. Cloud, Minnesota, November 15, 1922 Charged with robbery first degree, he was convicted and sentenced 40 years, serving 5 years. As Eddie Green, he was received at the Minnesota State Prison, Stillwater, Minnesota, July 26, 1923, on a transfer from the state reformatory.

Major career
After his parole, he occasionally worked in iron mills while becoming a skilled "jug marker," someone who chooses which bank to rob.
Green took part in his first major bank robbery on January 28, 1933, when he joined Earl Doyle, Thomas "Buck" Woulfe and "Dago" Howard Lansdon in robbing a bank messenger in North Kansas City of $14,500. During the robbery, a shootout occurred that left Marshal Edgar Nall and Woulfe wounded. The gang later battled a pursuing posse, largely made up of local residents, and escaped by stealing one of their cars.

Green and his partners fled to Iowa where they stole spare license places from two vehicles and kidnapped two Knoxville police officers, Burt Conrey and John Neuman, before returning to Missouri. Releasing the hostages in Unionville on January 29, they also dropped off Woulfe who was arrested at a hospital in Coffeyville, Kansas four days later. Woulfe, who had been shot in the groin, died soon after being transferred to the county jail in Liberty, Missouri.

Three months later, Green joined Jess Doyle, Earl Christman, Frank "Jelly" Nash, Volney Davis, brothers Arthur and Fred Barker and Alvin Karpis to rob a bank in Fairbury, Nebraska on April 4, 1933. Christman was badly wounded during the robbery and Green drove him to Verne Miller's house in Kansas City to recover. Christman eventually died from his wounds and was buried in an unmarked grave outside town.

Green eventually became displeased with the tactics used by the Barker brothers, and began to seek a new gang, resurfacing as an associate of Baby Face Nelson, late in 1933 and early 1934, along with Tommy Carroll, and Homer Van Meter, and later became a member of the reorganized John Dillinger gang in early 1934. His first robbery with the group, then including Dillinger, Tommy Carroll, Homer Van Meter and Baby Face Nelson, was on March 6 when they held up a bank in Sioux Falls, South Dakota for $49,500. Green also provided the gang with an extra gunman, Tommy Carroll. One motorcycle cop, Hale Keith, was hit four times in the chest when Nelson shot him through a plate glass window.

A week later in Mason City, Iowa, despite casing the bank with Van Meter beforehand at an estimated $250,000 and using a series of diagrams and planned getaway routes made by Green, the gang grabbed only $52,000, taking 25 hostages to make their getaway possible. Both Dillinger and John "Red" Hamilton were wounded in their shoulders, as well as an innocent bystander that Nelson mistook for a cop, during their escape.

Death
Returning to St. Paul, Green provided a safehouse for Dillinger and Van Meter. However, the FBI had been on Dillinger's trail for some time, as they were for many Depression-era outlaws, and were getting close to capturing him. On March 31, federal agents raided the hideout and surprised the three, who managed to escape after an ensuing shootout. Dillinger was wounded in the escape and, while Green arranged for medical treatment in Minneapolis, the FBI came up with a lead on Dillinger's benefactor. When investigators were searching Dillinger's abandoned apartment, they discovered a telephone number which they traced to one of Green's hideouts in St. Paul.

Green and his common-law wife Bessie turned up at the safehouse on April 3. Green left the car and proceeded to enter the apartment when he was ambushed by federal agents, armed with Thompson machine guns, and was shot in the head and shoulder. The FBI defended its actions, amid conflicting reports that Green had either attempted to flee or was gunned down in cold blood, claiming that Green "assumed a threatening attitude ... accompanied by menacing gestures." The FBI would receive heavy criticism from the press in regards to the death of an unarmed suspect, which slowed their investigation of Dillinger.

Green was taken to a hospital in St. Paul where he died from his wounds seven days later. He was delirious for the week before his death, allowing federal agents to record every word he said. Among the information they were able to gain included revealing the existence of the Karpis-Barker Gang, whom they were able to capture within 10 months. His wife, then held in custody for harboring her husband, told the police the names of Dillinger's gang upon her husband's death. She also confirmed that the Karpis-Barker gang was responsible for the January 1934 kidnapping of Edward Bremer, and named all of the gang members along with their girlfriends, leading to the issuing of federal indictments against them.

References

1898 births
1934 deaths
American bank robbers
Depression-era gangsters
People from Saint Paul, Minnesota

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Last week I lost my father, George Ramsey. He was 81.
They say heroes are the stuff of legend. The adventurers who climbed mountains. The pioneers who ventured into parts unknown. The astronauts who dance in space.
I don't know this kind of hero.
The kind I know lived a simpler, more pedestrian existence, but one no less worthy. I know the kind who sacrificed all his life so his family could grow and prosper and thrive together. The kind who knew every good joke, most of which we didn't appreciate. The kind who patched and spray-painted the rust on his cars in a shade that almost – but not quite – matched the car's real color. The kind who had great trouble speaking his feelings, but felt them deeply just the same.
The kind of hero I know loved a good game of golf and the companionship that flowed so freely with it. The kind who, from his youth as a Navy flier, loved the crisp and clear sky and the magnificent feeling of control that comes from soaring through it – even during World War II when he played his role in saving the world. His sacrifice reminds me of the words of poet Stephen Spender:
I think continually of those who were truly great. Who, from the womb, remembered the soul's history Through corridors of light where the hours are suns, Endless and singing.
Near the snow, near the sun, in the highest fields See how these names are fêted by the waving grass, And by the streamers of white cloud, And whispers of wind in the listening sky; The names of those who in their lives fought for life Who wore at their hearts the fire's center. Born of the sun, they traveled a short while towards the sun, And left the vivid air signed with their honor.
The meaning of one man's life is in the faces and the hearts of those he leaves behind and in the bountiful pages of our imagination.
Somewhere the fairway is always fast and clean, and the grill room overflows with fine beer and hearty conversation. There the skies are always sunny and the flying conditions ideal. There it's always Saturday night on CBS with Archie and Bob and Carol. There every rainbow ends at a gift that might just contain…golf balls.
Not the conqueror of mountains, this man, not the pioneer, not the space cowboy. Not that kind of hero. But a sincere, honorable man with a loving family who owe him their all. He will be deeply missed and fondly remembered forever.
This is the song sung for my hero.
My father.
My dad.


This is a pro se petition for writ of habeas corpus wherein petitioner states he is charged with possession of cocaine and possession of paraphernalia. His bond was set in the amount of $15,000 and the circuit court refused to reduce it at a subsequent hearing on that issue. Petitioner contends that he has family ties to the Jacksonville community, that he was employed until the time of his arrest, that he has no financial resources, that he has appeared at all scheduled court proceedings and he is not on release with respect to any other criminal proceeding nor is he on probation or parole. He argues he cannot afford to post the bond and therefore he is deprived of his right to pretrial release as guaranteed by the Florida Constitution.
which will reasonably protect the community from risk of physical harm to persons, assure the presence of the accused at trial, or assure the integrity of the judicial process.
Since this court has not been informed as to the reasons for the trial court's action in setting a $15,000 bond, petitioner has failed to demonstrate an abuse of discretion or overcome the presumption of correctness of the trial court's order. Flicker v. Duff, 290 So.2d 129 (Fla. 1st DCA 1974); State ex rel. Smith v. Untreiner, 246 So.2d 158 (Fla. 1st DCA), cert. denied, 250 So.2d 643 (Fla. 1971).
There is authority for concurrent jurisdiction in the circuit court on habeas petitions concerning pretrial release, see State ex rel. Scaldeferri v. Sandstrom, 285 So.2d 409 (Fla. 1973). That case, however, held that the circuit court is a more appropriate forum where there is no record for an appellate court to review. Here, it appears on the face of the petition that the circuit court has held a hearing on bond reduction and therefore an evidentiary proceeding has already been held in that court. Accordingly, no transfer to the circuit court would appear appropriate.
JOANOS, THOMPSON and ZEHMER, JJ., concur.


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John Gill's Exposition of the Whole Bible
Isaiah Isaiah 58
Calvin's Commentary
INTRODUCTION TO ISAIAH 57
This chapter contains complaints of the stupidity and idolatry of the people, described in the latter part of the preceding chapter; and some promises of grace to the people of God. The stupidity of the former is observed, Isaiah 57:1 they not taking notice of the death of good men, nor of impending calamities they were taken from, whose happiness is described, Isaiah 57:2, then these idolatrous people are summoned before the Lord, Isaiah 57:3 and are charged with deriding the saints with idolatry and murder, Isaiah 57:4 and their idolatry is represented under the notion of adultery, attended with very aggravating circumstances, Isaiah 57:7 and yet these people still entertained presumptuous hopes of happiness, and boasted of, and trusted in, their righteousness and good works, which would be exposed, and be of no advantage to them, Isaiah 57:10, next follow promises of grace to the saints, that such that trusted in Christ should inherit the holy mountain, Isaiah 57:13 that the stumblingblock of his people should be removed, Isaiah 57:14, that he should dwell with the humble and contrite, Isaiah 57:15, and not be always wroth and contend with them, for a reason given, Isaiah 57:16 and that though he had smote them, and hid his face from them because of their sins, yet would heal them, lead them, and comfort them, and speak peace unto them, Isaiah 57:17 and the chapter is concluded with the character of the wicked, and an assurance that there is no peace for them, Isaiah 57:20.
The righteous perisheth,.... Not eternally; he may fear he shall, by reason of sin and temptation; he may say his strength and hope are perished; and his peace and comfort may perish for a time; but he cannot perish everlastingly, because he is one that believes in Christ, and is justified by his righteousness, from whence he is denominated righteous; and such shall never perish, but have everlasting life: but the meaning is, that he perisheth as to his outward man, or dies corporeally, which is called perishing, Ecclesiastes 7:15 and so the Targum renders it,
"the righteous die.'
Or it may be rendered, "the righteous man is lost"F2הצדיק אבד, απωλετο, Sept. ; not to himself, his death is a gain to him; but to the church, and to the world, which yet is not considered:
and no man layeth it to heart; takes any notice of it, thinks at all about it, far from being concerned or grieved; instead of that, rather rejoice, and are pleased that they are rid of such persons; which will be the case when the witnesses are slain, Revelation 11:10. The Targum is,
"and no man lays my fear to heart;'
or on his heart; whereas such providences should lead men to fear the Lord, and seek to him, and serve him, as it did David, Psalm 12:1,
and merciful men are taken away; or "gathered"F3נאספים "colliguntur", V. L. Munster, Piscator, Cocceius; "congregantur", Pagninus. ; out of the world, to their own people, to heaven; these are such who obtain mercy of the Lord, and show mercy to others, holy good men: the former character may respect the righteousness of Christ imputed to them, this his grace implanted in them, discovered by acts of mercy and goodness; for one and the same persons are intended:
none considering that the righteous is taken away from the evil to come; that there are evil times coming, great calamities, and sore judgments upon men; and therefore these righteous ones are gathered out of the world, and are gathered home, and safely housed in heaven, that they may escape the evil coming upon a wicked generation; and who yet have no thought about it, nor are they led to observe it as they might, from the removal of good men out of the world; see 2 Kings 22:20. All this may be applied to the martyrs of Jesus in times of Popish persecution; or to the removal of good men by an ordinary death before those times came.
He shall enter into peace,.... Or "shall go in peace"F4יבוא שלום "ibit in pace", Gataker. ; the righteous man goes in peace now; he has peace from his justifying righteousness; he has peace through believing in Christ; he has peace in, though not from, his obedience and holiness of life; and he has peace in the midst of the many trials he is exercised with; and he goes out of the world in peace, with great serenity and tranquillity of mind, as Simeon desired he might, having views of an interest in Christ, and in the glories of another world; and as soon as he is departed from hence he enters into peace, into a state where there is everything that makes for peace; there is the God of peace; there is Christ, the Prince of peace; there is the Spirit, whose fruit is peace; and there are the angels of peace, and good men, the sons of peace: and there is nothing there to disturb their peace, no sin within, nor Satan's temptations without, nor any wicked men to annoy and molest them; and there is everything that can come under the notion of peace and prosperity; for the happiness of this state is signified by riches, by glory and honour, by a kingdom, and by a paradise; and into this state the righteous may be said to enter immediately upon death, which is no other than stepping out of one world into another; and this they enter into as into a house, as it really is, a house not made with hands, eternal in the heavens; and, entering into it, they take possession of it, and for ever enjoy it:
they shall rest in their beds, their souls in the bosom of Abraham, in the arms of Jesus; their bodies in the grave, which is a bed unto them, where they lie down and sleep, till they are awaked at the resurrection; and where they rest from all toil and labour, from all diseases and distempers, pains and tortures, and from all persecuting enemies; see Revelation 14:13,
each one walking in his uprightness; in the righteousness of Christ, and in the shining robes of immortality and glory, and in perfect purity and holiness: or, "before him"F5נכוחו "coram eo", Pagninus, Montanus, Vatablus, Calvin; "ante se", Cocceius, Vitringa. ; before God, in the sight or presence of him, and by sight, and not by faith, as now. Though this is by some considered as the character of the righteous man in life, so Aben Ezra; and then the sense is, that he that walks in his uprightness, in the uprightness or righteousness of Christ, and by faith on him; that walks uprightly in his life and conversation before God, and "before himself"; following the rule before him, and walking according to the rule of the Gospel, and in the ordinances of it blameless, when he comes to die, he enters into peace and rest. And to this sense is the Targum, which paraphrases it,
"that are doers of his law;'
see Romans 2:13. In the TalmudF6T. Bab. Cetubot, fol. 104. 1. it is interpreted of that peace and happiness righteous men enter into when they die.
But draw near hither,.... The death of the righteous, and their happiness after it, being observed: the wicked, who thought themselves safe from danger, and the happier that they were rid of the righteous, those witnesses and prophets which had tormented them, and therefore rejoiced on that account, are here summoned to the divine tribunal, to hear their character, and receive their doom, as follows:
ye sons of the sorceress; the children of Jezebel, the witch, and the prophetess that taught the servants of the Lord to commit fornication, and bewitched with her witchcrafts the sons of the apostate church of Rome; by whose sorceries all nations have been deceived, and of which she repents not, Revelation 2:20,
the seed of the adulterer and of the whore; of the great whore of Babylon, with whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication; and whose subjects and children are the seed of this whore, and the sons of this idolatrous church: or, "that committeth whoredom"F7ותזנה "qua scortata est", Piscator; "quod scortaris", Junius & Tremellius; "qui scortaris", Cocceius. ; which aggravates the character, that they were not only the children of adulterous persons, but committed whoredom themselves.
Against whom do ye sport yourselves?.... Is it against the ministers of the Gospel, the prophets of the Lord, the true and faithful witnesses, over whose dead bodies you triumph? know that it is not so much against them, as against the Lord himself, whose ministers, prophets, and witnesses they are; see 1 Thessalonians 4:8, "against whom make ye a wide mouth, and draw out the tongue?" gestures used by way of scorn and derision; see Psalm 22:7. So the Papists open their mouths, and draw out their tongues, in gibes and jeers, reproaches and calumnies, against the true Christians, calling and despising them as heretics and schismatics; which abuse and ill usage of them will be resented another day. The Targum is,
"before whom do ye open your mouth, and multiply to speak things?'
as antichrist is said to have a mouth open, speaking great things and blasphemy against God, his name, his tabernacle, and them that dwell in heaven, Revelation 13:5,
are ye not children of transgression; given up to all manner of sin and wickedness; or children of the wicked one, as the Targum, either of Satan, or of the man of sin; or, as the Septuagint and Arabic versions render it, "children of perdition"; of the same character, complexion, and religion, as the son of perdition is: "a seed of falsehood"; or a lie, given to lying; to believe a lie, and to speak lies in hypocrisy; professing a false religion; embracing false doctrines; a spurious breed, and not the sons of the true church of Christ.
Inflaming yourselves with idols under every green tree,.... Or, "inflamed with or among oaks"F8הנחמים באלים "inflammati inter quercus", Gataker; "incalescentes, vel incalescitis inter quercus, vel ulmos", Vatablus. ; with images made of oaken wood, such as the Papists worship, Revelation 9:20 expressing a burning zeal for their idols, and being as hot upon them, as impure persons burn in lust one towards another: or "with mighty ones"F9"In potentibus", Cocceius. ; the kings and potentates of the earth, with whom the whore of Rome commits her fornication, even in every flourishing kingdom and state in Europe, compared to a green tree; alluding to the custom of the Heathens, who used to set up their idols under green trees and groves, and there worship them, which were pleasing to the flesh; and I wish, says Musculus on the text, there were no instances of this kind in the Papacy.
Slaying the children in the valleys, under the clifts of the rocks? this may refer to the cruelty of these idolatrous worshippers; for, as they burn with zeal to their idols, so with rage against those that oppose their idolatrous practices, not sparing men, women, and children; and such butcheries have been committed in many places, and especially in the "valleys" of Piedmont; nor could the cragged rocks secure them from their falling a sacrifice unto them. Or it may intend the ruining and destroying the souls of such, who, before they fell into their hands, were innocent as children, by their superstitious worship and idolatry, committed in low and dark places, under cragged rocks, and in caves and dens; such as the above mentioned commentator speaks of, a very dark one, under a prominent rock, in which the ignorant and unhappy people, some time ago, worshipped and invoked a certain blessed saint, he knew not who, which could scarce be looked into without horror; and such was the cave in which they worshipped the angel Michael.
Among the smooth stones of the stream is thy portion,.... Or thy god; but the portion of Jacob is not like them, stocks and stones, Jeremiah 10:16. Whenever they could pick up smooth stones, and such as were fit for their purpose, whether in the stream of a brook, or in a valley, as the word also signifies, they polished and formed them into an image, and made gods of them; and these were their portion and inheritance, and which they left to their children. There is an elegant play on wordsF11בחלקי נהל חלקך. in the Hebrew tongue, between the word for "smooth stones", and that for a "portionF12"In laevitatibus vallis erit portio tua", Gataker, Vitringa. ", which cannot be expressed in our language: or, "in the smooth or slippery places of the valley shall be thy portions"; see Psalm 35:6.
They, they are thy lot; even those stones. Jarchi's note is, to stone thee with, the punishment of idolaters with the Jews; suggesting that those idols would be their ruin; as they will be the ruin of the idolatrous members of the church of Rome, who repent not of worshipping their idols of stone among others, Revelation 9:20,
even to them hast thou poured a drink offering, thou hast offered a meat offering; or a "bread offering", as well as a libation of wine, respecting the sacrifice of the mass, which consists of bread and wine, which is offered up in honour of their idols, angels and saints; hence "Michael mass" and "Martin mass", &c.
Should I receive comfort in these? be pleased with such idolatrous sacrifices? no. The Septuagint, Vulgate Latin, and Arabic versions render it, "should I not be angry for these?" I will; I have just reason for it. Or it may be rendered, "shall I repent of theseF13העל אלה אנחם "a me super his poenitebit?" Musculus; "poenitebit me", some in Vatablus. ?" of the evil I have threatened to bring, and am about to bring upon these idolaters? I will not.
Upon a lofty and high mountain hast thou set thy bed,.... Temples and altars, which are usually built on high places, where they commit spiritual adultery; that is, idolatry, in imitation of the Heathens, who had their temples and altars on high places; and the idolatry of the church of Rome, in this context, is all along expressed in language agreeable to the Heathen idolatry, and in allusion to it. Some think this phrase denotes impudence in their idolatrous worship; for not content to worship under trees, in valleys, and under clifts of rocks, and such dark places; now, as not blushing at, or being ashamed of their actions, erect their altars in the most public places. Perhaps some reference may be had to the city of Rome itself, built on seven mountains, the seat of antichrist, and where the principal bed for idolatry is set up. The Targum is,
"on a high and lofty mountain thou hast the place of the house of thy dwelling;'
which agrees very well with the great city, the seat of the beast.
Even thither wentest thou up to offer sacrifice; the sacrifice of the mass, to do which the idolaters go to their high places, their temples, and to their high altars, and especially in the great city.
Behind the doors also and the posts hast thou set up thy remembrance,.... The memorial of thine idols, as the Targum. As the Heathens had their "lares" and "penates", their household gods, so the Papists have their tutelar images, which they place in their houses, and in their bedchambers; their images of saints, their crucifixes and superstitious pictures, which they call "memories", and "laymen's books":
for thou hast discovered thyself to another than me; or, "from me"F14מאתי "a me", Pagninus, Montanus, Junius & Tremellius, Piscator, Vitringa. ; departing from me, and leaving my bed; rejecting Christ as King of saints, deserting his worship and ordinances; thou hast uncovered thyself to another, prostituted thyself to another, been guilty of spiritual adultery or idolatry; receiving and acknowledging another for head of the church, according to whose will all things in worship are directed:
and art gone up; to the bed set up in the high place; to idolatrous temples and altars, there to offer sacrifice:
thou hast enlarged thy bed; to take in many adulterers, and idolatrous worshippers; and so, as Musculus observes, many small chapels, at first erected for this and the other saint, through the vast concourse of people to them, and the gifts they have brought, have, in process of time, become large and magnificent temples:
and made a covenant with them; with idols, and idol worshippers; agreeing to receive the mark and name of the beast, and to worship his image, Revelation 13:15, or, "thou hast cut for thyself more than they"F15ותכרת לך מהם "et caedis tibi arbores plusquam illi", Piscator. ; more trees to make idols of, or to make more room for the placing of idols in groves than the Heathens: or, "thou hast hewed it for thyself",
a bed largerF16"Caedens tibi amplius Cubile quam illorum sit", Junius & Tremellius. than theirs; that is, thy bed thou hast made larger than theirs: or, "thou hast cut for thyself from them"F17"Et excidisti tibi ex eis", Montanus. ; taken away from emperors and kings part of, their dominions, and joined them to thy patrimony, and appropriated them to thine own use:
thou lovedst their bed where thou sawest it; took delight and pleasure in places of idolatrous worship, and in their idolatry, wherever they were: or, "thou lovedst their bed, a hand thou hast seen"F18יד חזית "manum vidisti", Montanus, Cocceius. ; stretched out to help thee, or give thee power, or to invite, encourage, and receive thee into the idolatrous bed; or rather any pillar, monumentF19"Ubi monumentum vidisti", Vitringa. , or statue, erected for idolatry, which seen, they fell down to and worshipped.
And thou wentest to the king with ointment,.... To the kings of the earth, the singular for the plural, with whom the whore of Rome has committed fornication or idolatry, in allusion to harlots, who, in order to render themselves the more agreeable to their lovers, anointed themselves with ointment: this may respect the grace of the Spirit of God, which the church of Rome pretends to give by administration of the sacraments, which it is said confer grace "ex opere operato"; and the extreme unction given as a meetness for heaven, in the last moments of life:
and didst increase thy perfumes; after the manner of harlots, who, to ingratiate themselves with men, use much perfumes: this may signify the many ways the whore of Rome takes to make herself regarded by the kings and nations of the earth; pretending to antiquity, infallibility, power of working miracles, works of supererogation, primacy and superiority over all other churches; using great pomp and splendour in places of worship, and in all religious services:
and didst send thy messengers far off; not only into neighbouring kingdoms and states, into all the nations of Europe; but even into the most distant parts of the world, into both the Indies, in order to make proselytes, spread the religion of the see of Rome, and increase its power. The pope's "nuncios" and "legates a latere", may be here pointed at, as well as the Jesuits his emissaries, sent into all parts to promote his interest. Jarchi's note is,
"to exact tribute of the kings of the nations;'
which has been the business of the pope's legates:
and didst debase thyself even unto hell; or lay thyself low; prostitute thyself as harlots do to every lover; or didst feign thyself very lowly and humble, as the pope does when he calls himself "servus servorum"; or rather, "thou didst depress", or "bring low, even unto hell"F20זתשפילי עד שאול "et demisti usque ad infernum", Cocceius. ; that is, multitudes of men and women, who are brought down to hell by the false doctrine and worship of the church of Rome; and the followers of the man of sin say, that if he brings down thousands into hell, none ought to say, what dost thou? Cocceius thinks it may have respect to his pretended power over hell, to send as many there as do not please him; arrogating to himself the keys of heaven and hell; or over purgatory, a figment of his brain, where he pretends the souls of men are for a time, and from whence, for a sum of money, he delivers them. The Targum is,
"thou hast depressed the strength of the people; or, as some copies, the strong of the people unto hell.'
Thou art wearied in the greatness of thy way,.... Or, "in the multiplicity of thy ways"F21ברב דרכך "in multitudine viae tuae", Pagninus, Montanus. : which were so many, as were enough to make her weary; the steps which were taken to obtain so much power over kings and kingdoms, which was gradually got with great pains and artifice, and to amass such vast treasures, and to enlarge her interest, and spread her religion in the world; the multitude of stratagems devised, and vast number of men employed, and embassies made to carry her point everywhere. Jarchi's note is,
"to fulfil thy desires, and to enlarge thy substance:'
yet saidst thou not, there is no hope; as men in a good cause are apt to do, upon every difficulty that arises; but here, in this case, though the cause was very bad, yet when schemes did not take, or not so soon as wished for and expected, new difficulties arose, and opposition made; yet no cost nor pains were spared to gain the point in view, and establish a kingdom and hierarchy; which at last succeeded: this expresses the resolution, constancy, and pertinency of the bishops of Rome in their ambitious views and claims of power, who would not give out, nor despair of arriving at what they aimed at; and which, through great fatigue and labour, they attained unto:
thou hast found the life of thine hand; that which was sought for and laboured after; sovereignty over all bishops and churches; power over kings and kingdoms; and an universal empire over consciences, as well as over churches and nations; and also immense treasure and riches to support the pope, cardinals, priests, &c.; and perhaps giving life to the image of the beast that it should speak, and cause those that would not worship it to be killed, may be included, Revelation 13:15. The Targum is,
"thou hast multiplied (or as other copies) thou hast found great riches.'
Jarchi's note is,
"the necessity of thine hands, thou hast found prosperity in thy works:'
therefore thou wast not grieved; at the toil and labour used, pains taken, and weariness contracted; the issue was an over recompence for all the trouble and difficulty that attended it: or, "therefore thou wast not sick"F23לא חלית "non aegrotasti", Pagninus, Montanus, "non aegrotas", Junius & Tremellius, Piscator. ; of the undertaking; did not despond in mind, or languish without hope of succeeding, finding ground was gained; and at last things went according to wishes; and then it caused no grief to reflect upon the fatigue and trouble that had been endured; and also grieved not at the idolatry introduced, nor repented of it; see Revelation 9:20, So the Targum interprets it of impenitence.
And of whom hast thou been afraid or feared, that thou hast lied,.... By assuming the name of Christian, when it did not belong to her; as it does not to the church of Rome which is antichristian: this lie is told, not out of any fear of God, or reverence of Christ; for she has no fear or reverence of either; but to serve a purpose, to blind the eyes of men under the Christian name, and, with a pretence to serve the cause of Christianity, to get all Christendom under her power:
and hast not remembered me; or, "for thou hast not remembered me, nor laid it to thy heart?" or, "put me upon thy heart"F24לא זכרת לא שמת על לבך "nam mei non es recordata, neque posuisti me super cor tuum", Grotius. ; had no regard to Christ, nor had true faith in him, nor love to him; but all the reverse; degraded him in his offices, corrupted his doctrines, ordinances, and worship. The Targum is,
"and hast not remembered my worship, nor put my fear upon thy heart:'
and have not held my peace even of old, and thou fearest me not or, "therefore thou fearest me not"F25ואותי לא תיראו "idcirco me non times", Calvin, Piscator, Gataker. ; because as yet the vials of God's wrath are not poured out, or his judgment inflicted on antichrist; but, ever since he began to reign, he has enjoyed great prosperity; therefore he fears not God, nor regards man; but says, "I sit a queen, and am no widow, and shall see no sorrow", Revelation 18:7.
I will declare thy righteousness, and thy works,.... For, notwithstanding all the idolatry, superstition, irreligion, and cruelty of the church of Rome, she makes large pretences to righteousness, by which she expects to be justified, and to merit eternal life, and even pretends to works of supererogation; but God will in due time make it clearly appear, both by the ministry of his faithful servants, which he has done in part already; and by his judgments that he will execute, that she has no righteousness; that what she calls so is no righteousness, but wickedness; and that her works she calls good works are bad ones, superstitious, idolatrous, and tyrannical:
for they shall not profit thee; secure from judgment here, or from wrath to come; nor justify before God, nor procure salvation and eternal life; but, on the contrary, shall bring deserved ruin and destruction, here and hereafter.
When thou criest, let thy companies deliver thee,.... From distress and impending ruin, if they can; meaning not the allies and auxiliaries of the Jews, the Egyptians and Assyrians, they sent to for help, as Kimchi, and others; rather, as Jarchi, their idols and graven images they worshipped, angels and saints departed, the Papists pray unto; let them now, in the time of Rome's ruin, renew their addresses to them for help and deliverance, if they can give it: or, "thy gathered ones"F26קבוציך "collectitii tui", Tigurine version; "congregati a te", Vatablus; "copiae tuae collectae", Vitringa. ; the kings of the earth the whore of Rome has gathered unto her to commit fornication with her: and who, by her emissaries, will be gathered together to the battle of the Lord God Almighty, and to make war with the Lamb, but will be overcome; as also her many religious societies and convents of Jesuits, friars, priests, &c.; these will stand afar off, and lament her in her distress; even the kings and merchants of the earth, ship masters, and all company in ships, but will not be able to relieve her, Revelation 18:9,
but the wind shall carry them all away; vanity shall take them; so far will they be from helping her in the time of her calamity, that the wind of God's power and wrath shall carry them away as chaff; a puff of his "breath", or the least breath of airF1הבל "halitus" Cocceius; "aura" V. L. "aura levisima" Vitringa. , shall dissipate them, and bring them to nothing; they will be no more able to stand before him than the lightest thing that can be thought of can stand before a blustering wind or tempest. The phrase denotes an utter and easy destruction of the whole jurisdiction and hierarchy of the church of Rome:
but he that putteth his trust in me shall possess the land, and shall inherit my holy mountain; such of God's people as will be in Babylon a little before its fall, and will be called out of it, who shall betake themselves to the Lord as their only refuge, and put their trust and confidence in him, rejecting all idolatry and superstitious worship, shall enjoy the communion of the true church of Christ, and partake of all the ordinances of it: it may be this may have also a particular respect unto the Jews, who will be called about this time; who, upon their believing in Christ, will return to their own land, and dwell in Jerusalem, God's holy mountain, as it used to be called. Hence it follows:
And shall say, cast ye up, cast ye up,.... A causeway, a highway, for the people of the Jews to return to their own land: this is either said by the Lord, as some supply it; or by the prophet, as Jarchi; or by him that putteth his trust in the Lord, as Kimchi; or rather by one, that is, the first of the living creatures, a set of Gospel ministers, that shall give to the angels, the Protestant princes and potentates, the seven last vials to pour out on the antichristian states, both Papal and Mahometan, and shall stir them up to do it; or the voice out of the temple, that shall order them to do their work; by which means way will be made for the return of the said people, Revelation 15:7,
prepare the way; of the true doctrine and worship of God: the way of truth and holiness, of faith and practice:
take up the stumblingblock out of the way of my people; the superstition, idolatry, and impiety of the church of Rome, are the great stumblingblock in the way of the conversion of the Jews, and the means of hardening that people in their disbelief of Christ and the Christian religion; wherefore the fall of antichrist, and a reformation everywhere from all corruption in doctrine and worship, in principle and practice, which also may be intended by these expressions, will prepare the way for their embracing the Christian religion, and so for their return to their own land. The Targum is,
"and he shall say, teach and admonish, prepare (or direct) the heart of the people to the right way, remove the stumblingblock of the wicked out of the way of my people.'
For thus saith the high and lofty One,.... Who is high above the earth, and the nations of it; higher than the kings in it; the King of kings, and Lord of lords; and so able to save his people, and destroy his and their enemies; who is higher than the heavens, and the angels there; who is exalted above the praises of his people; the knowledge of whose being and perfections is too wonderful for them; whose thoughts are higher than theirs; and whose love has a height in it not to be reached by them; all which may serve to command a proper awe and reverence of him, and close attention to what he says; and perhaps these characters and titles are assumed in opposition to antichrist, who exalts himself above all that is called God, as well as what follows; who boasts of antiquity, and insolently takes to himself the title of Holiness: wherefore the Lord goes on to describe himself as
he that inhabiteth eternity: is from everlasting to everlasting, without beginning or end, the first and the last, who only hath immortality in and of himself; angels and the souls of men, though they die not, yet have a beginning; God only is from eternity to eternity; or rather inhabits one undivided, uninterrupted, eternity, to which time is but a mere point or moment:
whose name is Holy: his nature being so; he is originally and essentially holy, and the source of holiness to his creatures, angels and men; though none are holy in comparison of him; his holiness is displayed in all his works; he is glorious in it; and therefore with great propriety holy and reverend is his name:
I dwell in the high and holy place; he dwelt in the most holy place in the tabernacle and temple, which were figures of the true sanctuary, heaven, where Jehovah dwells, and seems to be here meant; though the word "place" is not in the text; and it may be rendered, "I dwell with the high and holy"F2מרום וקדוש אשכון "excelso et sancto habitabo", Pagninus, Montanus. ; and Aben Ezra, Kimchi, and Ben Melech, interpret it of the holy angels; and if we apply it to the holy and divine Persons in the Trinity, the Son and Spirit, it may not be amiss, and will stand well connected with what follows
with him also that is of a contrite and humble spirit; not only with the other divine Persons, and with those high ones, but with such who are broken under a sense of sin; not merely in a legal, but in an evangelical way; not only with the weight of divine wrath, but with a view of pardoning grace and mercy; and such souls are humble as well as contrite; have the worst thoughts of themselves, and the best of others; they are humble under a sense of sin and unworthiness, and submit to the righteousness of Christ for their acceptance and justification before God; and ascribe the whole of their salvation to his free grace alone; and become cheerful followers of the meek and lowly Jesus; with such the Lord dwells, not merely by his omnipresence and omnipotence, but by his spirit and grace; or in a gracious way and manner, by shedding abroad his love in their hearts, and communicating his grace to them; and which he usually does under the ministry of the word and ordinances, and which may be expected: and his end in so doing is,
to revive the spirit of the humble, and to revive the heart of the contrite ones; who are sometimes in a very lifeless and uncomfortable condition; grace is weak; sin is prevalent; they are under a sense of divine displeasure; under the hidings of God's face, and attended with various afflictions and adverse dispensations of Providence: now the Lord dwells with them, to revive and quicken them; which he does by his gracious presence; by the discoveries of his pardoning love and grace; by the application of precious promises; and by granting large measures of his grace, so that they become comfortable in their souls, and are quickened to the fresh exercise of grace, and discharge of duty. All this seems to be spoken for the consolation of the Lord's people in their low estate, during the reign of antichrist, and towards the close of it, when greatly oppressed by him. Vitringa interprets this of the Waldenses and Bohemian brethren; but it seems to respect later times.
For I will not contend for ever,.... By afflictive providences; with the humble and contrite, the end being in a great measure answered by their humiliation and contrition; when God afflicts his people, it shows that he has a controversy with them, for their good, and his own glory; and when these ends are obtained, he will carry it on no longer:
neither will I be always wroth; as he seems to be in the apprehensions of his people, when he either hides his face from them, or chastises them with a rod of affliction:
for the spirit should fail before me; the spirit of the afflicted, which not being able to bear up any longer under the affliction, would sink and faint, or be "overwhelmed", as the wordF3יעטוף "obrueretur", Junius & Tremellius, Vitriuga; "in deliquium incideret", Piscator, Gataker. signifies:
and the souls which I have made; which are of God's immediate creation, and which are also renewed by his grace, and made new creatures. The proselytes Abraham made are called the souls he made in Haran, Genesis 12:5, much more may this be said of the Father of spirits, the author both of the old and new creation. The Lord knowing the weakness of the human frame, therefore restrains his hand, or moderates or removes the affliction; see a like reason in Psalm 78:38, the last days of trouble to God's people, which will be the time of the slaying of the witnesses, will be such that if they are not shortened, no flesh can be saved, but for the elect's sake they will be shortened, Matthew 24:22.
For the iniquity of his covetousness was I wroth, and smote him,.... Not the greedy watchmen of the church of Rome, Isaiah 56:10, but teachers and preachers in the reformed churches, who mind their own things, and not the things of Christ; seek after good benefices and livings, temporalities and pluralities, and to be lord bishops; taking the oversight of the flock for filthy lucre sake; which may easily be observed to be the predominant sin of the preachers and professors of the reformed churches; for which God has a controversy with them, and, resenting it, has smote and rebuked them in a providential way; and has threatened them, as he did the church at Sardis, the emblem of the reformed churches, that he will come upon them as a thief, Revelation 3:4.
I hid me, and was wroth: showed his displeasure by departing from them; and how much God has withdrawn his presence, and caused his spirit to depart from the churches of the Reformation, is too notorious:
and he went on frowardly in the way of his heart; took no notice of the reproofs and corrections of God; was unconcerned at his absence; not at all affected with his departure, and the withdrawings of his Spirit; these had no effect to cause a reformation, as is now too visibly the case; the same evil is pursued with equal eagerness; this is a way the heart of man is set upon, and they do not care to be turned out of it; and are like froward peevish children under the rod, receive no correction by it.
I have seen his ways, and will heal him,.... Either the ways of such who trust in the Lord, the ways of the humble and contrite, who are brought by repentance and reformation, by the dealings of God with them; these he sees, knows, and approves of, and heals their former backslidings; for though not all, yet some may be reformed hereby; or rather the ways of the froward, their evil ways, which are their own ways in opposition to God's ways, peculiar to themselves, of their own devising and choosing; these the Lord sees, resents, and corrects for, and yet graciously pardons them, which is meant by healing:
I will lead him also; out of those evil ways of his into the good and right way in which he should go; into the way of truth and paths of righteousness; for it is for want of evangelical light and knowledge that so many err from the truths of the Gospel, and from the simplicity of Gospel worship; but in the latter day the Spirit of truth shall be poured down from on high, and shall lead professors of real religion into all truth, and they shall speak a pure language, and worship the Lord with one consent:
and restore comforts to him, and to his mourners; that mourn over their own sins, and the sins of others; that mourn in Zion, and for Zion; for the corruptions in doctrine and worship crept into the reformed churches; for the want of church discipline and Gospel conversation; for the declensions of professors of religion, and the divisions among them; and for that worldly, earthly, and carnal spirit that prevails; for these, as bad as our times are, there are some that mourn publicly and privately; and to these, and to the church for their sakes, comfort shall be restored, by sending forth Gospel light, truth, and knowledge, which shall cover the earth as the waters the sea; by reviving primitive doctrines and ordinances; by blessing the word to the conversion of a multitude of sinners, and to the edification of saints; by causing brotherly love, peace, and spirituality, to abound among professors, and by blessing all the means of grace to the consolation of their souls; and by making particular applications of the blood, righteousness, and sacrifice of Christ, for pardon, justification, and atonement, the solid foundation of all true comfort.
I create the fruit of the lips,.... Which is praise and thanksgiving, Hebrews 13:16 that is, give occasion of it, afford matter for it, by restoring comforts to the church and its mourners, as in the preceding verse; and by giving peace, as in all the following words. The Targum renders it,
"the speech of the lips in the mouth of all men;'
as if it respected that blessing of nature, speech, common to all mankind: whereas this is a blessing of grace, peculiar to some that share in the above blessings; and it may be restrained to Gospel ministers, the fruit of whose lips is the Gospel of peace; or the word preaching peace by Christ; the word of reconciliation committed to them; the subject of their ministry, as follows:
peace, peace to him that is far off, and to him that is near, saith the Lord; peace with God, made by Christ, is the fruit of Jehovah the Father's lips, who promised it in covenant, on condition of Christ's shedding his blood to make it; whence the covenant is called the covenant of peace; and spoke of it in prophecy, as what should be obtained by Christ the peacemaker; and peace of conscience flowing from it is the fruit of Christ's lips, who promised to give it to, and leave it with, his disciples; and that they should have it in him, when they had tribulation in the world; and who also by his apostles went and
preached peace to them that were afar off, and to them that were nigh; having first made it by the blood of his cross, Ephesians 2:17 in which place there seems a manifest reference to this passage, when the Gospel was preached to the Jews that were near; to them in Judea first, from whence it first came; and then to the Gentiles that were afar off, as well as the dispersed Jews in distant countries; and in the latter day, to which this prophecy refers, it will be preached far and near, even all the world over; when the earth will be filled with the knowledge of the Gospel of peace, through the ministry of a set of men raised up by the Lord, created for that purpose, and eminently furnished for such service; the effect of which will be great spiritual peace in the hearts of God's people, and much concord, unity, and love among them, as well as there will be an abundance of external peace and prosperity; and when nations shall learn war no more. This Kimchi and Ben Melech take to be yet future, and what will be after the war of Gog and Magog: "and I will heal them"; of all their soul sicknesses and maladies; of all their divisions and declensions; of their carnality and earthly mindedness, before complained of; and even of all their sins and backslidings; and restore them to perfect health in their souls, and in their church state.
But the wicked are like the troubled sea, when it cannot rest,.... Disturbed by winds, storms, and hurricanes, when its waves rise, rage, and tumble about, and beat against the shore and sand, threatening to pass the bounds fixed for it. In such like agitations will the minds of wicked men be, through the terrors of conscience for their sins; or through the malice and envy in them at the happiness and prosperity of the righteous, now enjoyed, upon the downfall of antichrist; and through the judgments of God upon them, gnawing their tongues for pain, and blaspheming the God of heaven, because of their plagues and pains, Revelation 16:9,
whose waters cast up mire and dirt; from the bottom of the sea upon the shore; so the hearts of wicked men, having nothing but the mire and dirt of sin in them, cast out nothing else but the froth and foam of their own shame, blasphemy against God, and malice against his people.
There is no peace, saith my God, to the wicked. They have no share in the peace made by the blood of Christ; they have no true, solid, inward peace of conscience; nor will they have any part in the happiness and prosperity of the church and people of God in the latter day, which will but add to their uneasiness; and will have no lot and portion in the eternal peace which saints enjoy in the world to come; and of this there is the strongest assurance, since God, the covenant God of his people, has said it.
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by Jeanne Brei
Ariann Black, one of the world's foremost magicians, has discovered a new passion that still allows her to give the feeling of wonder back to people and help them see the magic in the world and things around them—only now it's through her fine art photography.
She grew up in Edmonton, Alberta, with a twin sister, an older brother and a dad who was a teacher and a mom who was a teacher's aide but both parents spent their free time creating art; her mom painted watercolors and her dad drew and painted as well. The artistic gene was definitely passed on to Ariann. It began to blossom with her theatrical flair in creating magic tricks and producing shows and it has continued to flower as she adds creating fine art photography to her repertoire.
As she explains, "When I was four years old I saw a magic trick and I was completely amazed. I wanted to learn everything I could about magic. It had changed the way I see the world. I love that sense of awe and wonder that I see in the faces of my audience when I perform–it's like I'm bringing them back to a time in their childhood when everything was filled with magic. As adults, we tend to lose that and I feel that as a magician it's my responsibility to take people away from the world that we live in and give them a place where anything is possible. That's one of the reasons why I love magic so much."
And now, with her photography, she feels that she can bring the way she sees the world to people's homes. She notes that "people would always say, 'you see the weirdest things,' so I started taking pictures of what I noticed and saw." And the next thing she knew, people wanted those pictures in their homes. One friend wrote in her social media page, "As an individual, you influence. As an influence, you are individual."
She began performing magic at age 12 dressed in an Alice in Wonderland costume her mother made for her for children's parties. After a year of college, she made the jump to Los Angeles and studied at the College of Manual Dexterity and Prestidigitation, Chavez School of Magic, in Pasadena. During her studies, she met Doug Henning who became one of her first mentors in the business. She moved to New York City at 19 and worked as a magic consultant for the touring company of Godspell, the original company of Forever Plaid, and the Broadway revival of The Cherry Orchard. She then moved to Atlantic City for Hollywood to Broadway, a revue show at Trump's Castle, and stayed at Trump's Castle as the house magician for four years.
Lotus, Bangkok, Thailand
Her first one hour show was booked in Japan where she stayed for nine months before taking the show to Chile, France, Italy, China, and on cruise ships. Working internationally, she decided to move to Las Vegas where she found great success, headlining her own show, Secrets, at Fitzgerald's Casino in 2002 for a year and later re-opening a larger production of it at the Westin Hotel in 2010. She spent a year as the featured magician in Splash at the Riviera Hotel & Casino and two years opening for The Amazing Johnathan as his show moved from the Flamingo Hotel, Sahara Hotel, Riviera Hotel, Golden Nugget Hotel, and The Harmon Theater in Las Vegas. She has also opened for Louie Anderson and George Wallace and appeared in Vegas revues such as ICandy, Centerfolds Of Magic, She-Nanagins, and Vegas Magic among many others.
Stormy Beach, Hawaii
She's worked extensively on television–appearing in the pilot episode of Penn & Teller's Fool Us, the 200th episode of Gray's Anatomy, Steve Harvey's Bigtime, Masters of Illusions, and Lance Burton's Guerrilla Magic among many others. She's appeared in BBC shows and documentaries, in series for French and Italian networks and for the Canadian network, CBC.
A highlight of her magic career was the honor of performing for the President of the United States at the 2013 Presidential inauguration honoring living Medal of Honor winners. She has also won several awards including Magician of the Decade from the International Divas of Magic, Magician of the Year 2011, and International Female Magician of the Year for 2004, 2008 and 2009.
As a public, celebrity party and corporate event performer, she has run her own entertainment business for more than 20 years and travels all over the world bringing her gift of magic both as an individual headline performer and as a producer of entertainment events for hotels, casinos and special events. Her productions include live music, dancers, multiple magicians, and entertainers.
Pair of Merganser Ducks, Lake Audy, Manitoba
And the more she traveled, the more she took pictures. As she explains, "I didn't realize that other people would want my photos when I started taking them. I take photos that speak to me and I hope that they speak to other people. I try to bring an emotion to my photos and I think, "Man, I am so lucky to be here at the right moment to capture the emotion."
She explains, "My photos are eclectic—from a cobblestone street in Florida to a stone dragon in Macao to Canadian landscapes and wildlife to my kitchen counter in Las Vegas. The first place I started shooting was my kitchen and then the wetlands in Las Vegas, followed by my travels—including Macao, Hawaii, China, Canada—people would say to me that my photos look like postcards and I should sell them. But then an artist friend really touched me when he said, 'most photographers don't bring an emotion to their photos but your photos are emotion-driven and you need to share that with the world.' He explained that my photography isn't just photos, it's art. It's not just telling that story of a thousand words—it's telling the story of that subject's life—you see the bird's pride and the loneliness of the moose or the buffalo."
1800's Cursed Bride Porcelain Doll, Private Collection.
She adds, "When I take photos I find the odd occasion when a picture makes me laugh. There is something funny about a sinking dingy in front of a moorage sign. I was so lucky to be there right when the sun was setting on this little boat's last moments as it faces the mooring sign, to me that's priceless. It's sinking as the sun is sinking and yet the spot of safety is right there…It is said that Vancouver Island is one of the most beautiful places in the world, I would have to agree–it doesn't seem to matter when I go, the island is always beautiful."
Many years ago, she told an interviewer, "I don't know of any other job that has the ability to do bring joy to people in such a unique way. Imagine if there were no magicians and if there was no magic, the world would be a humdrum place. I think it's one of the things that makes this world and my job so special."
But now, she's found yet another way to magically bring joy and touch people—through her photography. As she says, "I want my photos to sit in someone's home and have people create their own stories of what they see and feel from my photos."
For more info, visit www.ariannblack.com/photographyVultures, Bangkok, Thailand
Ariann Black Photos on Facebook
Ariann@AriannBlack.com


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By Paula Aven Gladych | Updated on December 08, 2011
According to the U.S. Census Bureau, there were 720,000 people aged 90 or older in the U.S. in 1980. In 2010, that number increased to 1.9 million. By 2050, that number is expected to be 9 million people.
Half of Americans hit pause on retirement savings in 2022 (but are optimistic for 2023)
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Jan. 21, 2015 -- The Louisiana Department of Wildlife and Fisheries announced today that the Joyce Wildlife Management Area (WMA) Swamp Walk has reopened. The Swamp Walk has been closed since August 2012 due to damage sustained from Hurricane Isaac and construction of the new boardwalk began in May 2014. The original Swamp Walk opened in July 1990 and has been a popular attraction on Joyce WMA throughout the years.
The Swamp Walk is located south of Ponchatoula and east of Interstate 55. It is accessed by taking exit 22 on Interstate 55 southbound and crossing US 51, or from US 51 northbound from Manchac, just before merging back onto Interstate 55 northbound.
Swamp Walk users are reminded that all persons, age 16-59, using WMAs for any purpose other than hunting, must possess a valid Wild Louisiana Stamp, a valid Louisiana fishing license, or a valid Louisiana hunting license. Additionally, all WMA users, regardless of age, must complete a self-clearing permit before entering a WMA. A kiosk containing self-clearing permits is available in the parking area at the entrance to the Swamp Walk.
For more information on Joyce WMA, go to http://www.wlf.louisiana.gov/wma/2774  or contact Christian Winslow at 985-543-4777 or cwinslow@wlf.la.gov .


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When I Became A Blackhole...
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When I became a black hole I looked in the mirror and couldn`t see myself and the whole room behind me was warped as if bending into a point that was once me.
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There's a massive new exhibit of…
There's a massive new exhibit of California women artists: Here are 5 standouts you won't want to miss
Mary Stevens Fish's 1879 painting, "Yosemite," will be on exhibit in "Something Revealed: California Women Artists Emerge, 1860-1960" at the Pasadena Museum of History Sept. 29-March 31. (Photo courtesy of Maurine St. Gaudens and Joseph Morsman).
By Michelle Mills | mjmills@scng.com | San Gabriel Valley Tribune
PUBLISHED: September 25, 2018 at 12:58 pm | UPDATED: September 25, 2018 at 1:18 pm
When you visit an art museum, you expect to see works of art by famous names. Not this time.
"These women are not household names," said Joseph Morsman, co-curator of a new exhibition of women artists from California called "Something Revealed: California Women Artists Emerge, 1860-1960" at the Pasadena Museum of History. "If you're a collector of prints, you might recognize Bertha Lum or you might recognize Mildred Bryant Brooks, but if I mention the name Mary Stevens Fish, the landscape artist, nobody knows."
Morsman and art conservator Maurine St. Gaudens have been doing their part to shed light on the accomplishments of these women. In 2016, St. Gaudens published "Emerging from the Shadows: A Survey of Women Artists Working in California, 1860-1960," a massive four-volume work showcasing 320 female artists, most of whom are relatively unknown beyond collectors.
To be included in the book, the artists had to be professionals working in California for a minimum of 15 years. In most cases, they were selected for their art pieces, although "sometimes their stories were so compelling we had to include them," Morsman said.
Morsman and St. Gaudens have now curated the exhibit, which will be at the Pasadena Museum of History Sept. 29-March 31. It will open with work by more than 150 artists from the book and will be partially re-installed with a selection of additional works in January.
"Most of the artists we're showing are not well known,," St. Gaudens said, adding that even the better-known artists are being represented with lesser-seen works. "We're really trying to broaden people's view of these artists."
Here are 5 artists featured in the show you'll want to see:
Vivian F. Stringfield's painting, "Old Mt. Washington School, Pasadena," c. 1919 will be on exhibit in "Something Revealed: California Women Artists Emerge, 1860-1960" at the Pasadena Museum of History Sept. 29-March 31. (Photo courtesy of Maurine St. Gaudens).
Vivian F. Stringfield, "Old Mt. Washington School, Pasadena"
This Pasadena landscape painter, who worked as an art teacher in Pasadena and Los Angeles, worked in the Arts and Crafts tradition and is noted for her use of color. Stringfield would paint skies in bold oranges and greens, pushing the boundaries of her expression. "It takes a lot of nerve to use those colors, to do that kind of work, in her time period," St. Gaudens said.
Mildred Bryant Brooks' 1944 print, "Black Mirror," will be on exhibit in "Something Revealed: California Women Artists Emerge, 1860-1960" at the Pasadena Museum of History Sept. 29-March 31. (Photo courtesy of Maurine St. Gaudens).
Mildred Bryant Brooks, "Black Mirror"
A printmaker from Pasadena and South Pasadena, Brooks is known for her highly detailed images and specialized in works depicting trees and nature. The piece in the show, however, has a bleaker message and is seen as a departure from Brooks' usually lively works.
"Because of the environmental issues that everyone is talking about these days 'Black Mirror' is so symbolic, especially because it was done in 1944. It says so much about what she was thinking and her love of nature," Morsman said.
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Mary Stevens Fish's 1879 painting, "Yosemite," will be on exhibit in "Something Revealed: California Women Artists Emerge, 1860-1960" at the Pasadena Museum of History Sept. 29-March 31. (Photo courtesy of Maurine St. Gaudens).
Mary Stevens Fish, "Yosemite"
This Santa Barbara and Los Angeles painter's work is from the late 1800s. Interestingly, she didn't make sketches to finish her pieces in the studio like other artists, rather she did all of her work on site.
"She captured these incredible historical images of California," Morsman said. "She would go out into nature and painted what she saw."
Bertha Lum's painting, "Japanese Marionettes Crossing a Moon Bridge," c. 1930, will be on exhibit in "Something Revealed: California Women Artists Emerge, 1860-1960" at the Pasadena Museum of History Sept. 29-March 31. (Photo courtesy of Maurine St. Gaudens).
Bertha Lum, "Japanese Marionettes Crossing a Moon Bridge"
Raised in the Midwest, Lum traveled constantly, staying with family in Pasadena, Los Angeles and San Francisco, as well as spending time in Asia. She is best known as a printmaker and for her signature "raised line" work. In this show, however, her paintings are being highlighted, as they are rarely displayed.
"She was an amazing painter, and it's very much in that Arts and Crafts aesthetic. Her work spoke to what was going on in the Arts and Crafts Movement at the time, the love and embrace of Orientalism and all of the Japanese-inspired works," Morsman said.
Ruth Miller Kempster's painting, "Portrayal of Myself," will be on exhibit in "Something Revealed: California Women Artists Emerge, 1860-1960" at the Pasadena Museum of History Sept. 29-March 31. (Photo courtesy of Maurine St. Gaudens).
Ruth Miller Kempster, "Portrayal of Myself"
This Pasadena painter won the silver medal in the 1932 Los Angeles Olympics Art Competition, making her the only female in the United States to win a silver medal in oil painting. Despite that, she remains relatively unknown. Kempster's work has not been shown publicly since 1958, although her silver medal-winning painting is at the Huntington Library, Art Collections and Botanical Gardens in San Marino. (A side note: Her uncle, Azariel Blanchard Miller, founded Fontana.)
"Her works are so avant-garde; they are so beyond their time that when you see them all together you realize why she wasn't terribly accepted at the time she painted," St. Gaudens said.
If you want to go to 'Something Revealed: California Women Artists Emerge, 1860-1960'
When: Noon-5 p.m. Wednesday-Sunday, Sept. 29-March 31.
Where: Pasadena Museum of History, 470 W. Walnut St., Pasadena.
Tickets: $9 adults, $8 seniors and students and free for children under 12.
Information: 626-577-1660, www.pasadenahistory.org.
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Ulrich Wagner (* 1959 in Köln) ist ein deutscher Bildender Künstler, Bildhauer und Grafiker.

Leben und Werk

Von 1981 bis 1987 studierte Ulrich Wagner freie Kunst bei Eduardo Paolozzi an der Fachhochschule Köln, der späteren Köln International School of Design, dessen Meisterschüler er war. In den Jahren 1984 bis 1989 unterstützte er Paolozzi u. a. bei der Realisierung des Rheingartenbrunnens unterhalb des Museums Ludwig in Köln und des Katastrophenbrunnens anlässlich der Bundesgartenschau 1985 in Berlin. Ulrich Wagner lebt und arbeitet in Oberlascheid (Eifel) und in Köln.

Handgeschöpftes, mit lichtechten Pigmenten eingefärbtes und mit Prägestrukturen versehenes Büttenpapier dient Ulrich Wagner als plastisches Material für die meisten seiner Arbeiten. Auf Keilrahmen aufgezogen entstehen daraus große, begehbare Räume. Angeregt von Elektronikplatinen und Maschinenteilen entwirft er in den 1980er Jahren aus geometrischen Formen und individuellen Chiffren eine spezifische Bildsyntax. Ab Mitte der 1990er Jahre erhalten seine Arbeiten eine neue Dimension an Deutungsmöglichkeiten. In ihnen vernetzt er neutrale Linienraster mit Ausschnitten aus Grundrissen realer Bebauungs- und Stadtpläne und ruft über diese Verknüpfung Besonderheiten und geschichtliche Zusammenhänge ausgewählter Orte ins Gedächtnis. Auch vor den Konzentrations- und Vernichtungslagern des NS-Regimes macht er nicht Halt, wenn es einen Bezug zu ihnen gibt. So werden ästhetische Bildstrukturen zum Träger kritischer, historisch und politisch relevanter Aussagen.

In seinen Buchprojekten Grundrisse von Konzentrationslagern von 1994/95 und Winkelbücher von 2011/12/14 setzt er sich dezidiert mit den menschenverachtenden Stätten und Praktiken der Nationalsozialisten auseinander. Sowohl die Leporellos mit den Grundrissen der Lager von Dachau, Sachsenhausen, Mittelbau-Dora und Auschwitz II (Birkenau) als auch die verschiedenfarbigen "Winkel", mit denen er die Kennzeichnung einzelner Gruppen von Häftlingen in den Konzentrationslagern aufgreift, lassen sich zu großen Formaten auffalten. Erst mit der Konnotation der Zeichen und dem Wissen um die geschichtlichen Hintergründe tritt das Entsetzliche der Systeme ins Bewusstsein.

Neben Papier nutzt Wagner auch andere Werkstoffe für seine Reliefs. Mit Ausnahme weniger früher Exemplare entstehen seine zeichenhaften Arbeiten aus kompakten, pigmentierten Holzkörpern nach 2000. Werke aus illuminierendem Acrylglas folgen ab 2015. Details aus Stadtplänen von New York City oder Mexico D.F. liefern die formalen Grundlagen für die Serien Squares oder Urbane Systeme. Das Farblicht, dem Wagner in seinem gesamten Œuvre große Bedeutung beimisst, gewinnt in dem transparenten Material der Acrylglasarbeiten eine von der Dunkelheit unabhängige Leichtigkeit.

In den geschlossenen Kabinen der Lichträume, die das Ortsgedächtnis wachrufen, lassen farbige Neonkonturen die Zeichengefüge im Dunkel aufscheinen. Ein spiegelnder Fußboden öffnet den Raum ins Bodenlose. Komplexe Bildmuster umgeben den Besucher von allen Seiten.

Auszeichnungen und Ehrungen
 1989: Zweijähriges Stipendium der Günther-Peill-Stiftung
 1990: Preis des Verbandes Deutscher Papierfabriken
 2008: Leo-Breuer-Preis, LVR-LandesMuseum Bonn
 2009: Deutscher Kritikerpreis, Kategorie Bildende Kunst, Verband der deutschen Kritiker e.V., Berlin

Arbeiten in öffentlichen Sammlungen
 Leopold-Hoesch-Museum, Düren
 Museum Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt a. M.
 Graphothek Berlin
 Bayerische Staatsbibliothek, München
 Tate Gallery of Modern Art, London, Großbritannien
 Günther-Peill-Stiftung, Düren
 Städtische Galerie Villa Zanders, Bergisch Gladbach
 Victoria & Albert Museum, London, Großbritannien
 Staatsgalerie Stuttgart
 New York Public Library, New York, USA
 Museum Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern
 LVR-LandesMuseum Bonn
 Bibliothèque nationale de Luxembourg, Luxemburg

Ausstellungen

Einzelausstellungen (Auswahl)
 2016: Urbane Systeme, klein gallery, Königstein im Taunus
 2016: SchwarzLicht, Klingspor-Museum, Offenbach
 2013: Übertritt, Raumarbeit, Kunstverein Germersheim, Germersheim
 2013: Galerie Wack, Kaiserslautern
 2011: Ortsgedächtnis – Gedächtnis der Orte, LVR-LandesMuseum Bonn
 2009: imprints-Galerie, Piégros La Clastre, Frankreich
 2008: Brückenschlag, Mannheimer Kunstverein e.V., Mannheim
 2008: Forum, Kunstverein Speyer e.V.
 2008: Raum Licht Papier, Emsdettener Kunstverein e.V., Emsdetten
 2008: Lichtraum, Leo-Breuer-Preis, LVR-LandesMuseum Bonn
 2008: Gesellschaft für Kunst und Gestaltung, Bonn
 2008: Galerie Wack, Kaiserslautern
 2004: Galerie Stracke, Köln
 2005: Forum, Raumarbeit, Art Frankfurt, Frankfurt am Main
 2003: Ein Buch zu Auschwitz 2, Stadtbücherei/Klingspor-Museum, Offenbach
 2003: Rotblau, Museum Pfalzgalerie Kaiserslautern

Ausstellungsbeteiligungen (Auswahl)
 2017: objekt + graphik, Galerie Wack, Kaiserslautern
 2016: SchwarzLicht, Luminale, Städtische Sparkasse, Offenbach
 2014: Auf den Punkt, Raum 2810, Bonn
 2013: 30 Jahre gkg, Gesellschaft für Kunst und Gestaltung, Bonn
 2012: Neue Welten, Kunsthallen Offenbach, Offenbach
 2012: Buchkunst Total/Sammlung Total, Museum Angewandte Kunst, Frankfurt a. M.
 2011: XXXIX Festival Internacional Cervantino, San Miguel de Allende, Mexico
 2011: KNÜLLER FALTER REISSER – 25 Jahre Sammlung "Kunst aus Papier", Städtische Galerie Villa Zanders, Bergisch Gladbach
 2011: Fantasmas y otras pesadillas, La Cámara, Mexico
 2010: Galerie Wack, Kaiserslautern
 2010: Schwarz Weiß, imprints-Galerie, Piégros La Clastre, Frankreich

Literatur
 Ulrich Wagner. Paravent, Rathaus Pulheim, Pulheim 1985 (Text: Brigitte Hammer)
 Ulrich Wagner, Aachen 1987 ISBN 978-3-922760-22-1
 Ulrich Wagner. Zeichen, Günther Peill Stiftung, Leopold-Hoesch-Museum, Düren 1991 (Text: Dorothea Eimert), ISBN 978-3-925955-18-1
 Ulrich Wagner. Umkehr, Chapelle St. Fiacre Guidel 1993, (Text: Christine Hartmann)
 Ulrich Wagner. Vernetzte Systeme, Städtische Galerie Villa Zanders, Bergisch Gladbach 1995 (Texte: Eugen Gomringer, Stefan Soltek, Wolfgang Vomm)
 Ulrich Wagner. Leporello-Labyrinthes, Musée des Tapisseries, Ville d' Aix-en-Provence 1997 (Texte: Joachim Rothacker, Christine Hartmann, Gérard Bensussan)
 Ulrich Wagner. Sektor 3, Universidad de Guanajuato, Guanajuato/Mexico 1998 (Texte: Juan Carlos Romero Hicks, Susanne Padberg), ISBN 968-864-091-3
 Ulrich Wagner. ROTBLAU, Pfalzgalerie, Kaiserslautern 2003 (Text: Annette Reich)
 Ulrich Wagner. Bild Raum Landschaft 98-08, Hg. Martin Stather und Franz Dudenhöffer, Mannheim Speyer 2008 (Texte: Martin Stather, Franz Dudenhöffer, Joachim Geil), ISBN 978-3-88423-301-6

Filme
 Ulrich Wagner, Ortsgedächtnis Gedächtnis der Orte, Film von Dieter Heyen, 2012
 Ulrich Wagner, Übertritt, 20. Kultursommer Germersheim, Film von Thomas Bug, 2013

Anmerkungen

Weblinks

 offizielle Website des Künstlers

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What is a hedging relationship?
Regulations 7, 8 and 9 all require a 'hedging relationship' between a derivative contract and a particular hedged item. Regulation 2(5) defines what is meant by a 'hedging relationship'.
If the derivative and the hedged item are accounted for by the company as a hedge in accordance with IFRS, New UK GAAP or FRS 26 of Old UK GAAP, there is automatically a 'hedging relationship' for the purposes of the Disregard Regulations. Where a hedging relationship has been accounted for as a hedge under the relevant accounting standard, the company will have documented its hedging strategy, and the nature and purpose of the particular hedge under consideration, (CFM27070).
a net investment in a foreign operation of the company.
CFM57060 gives guidance on the interpretation of 'intended to act as a hedge'.
A 'hedging instrument' may comprise all or only part of a derivative contract. Similarly, the 'hedged item' may be all or only part of the overall asset, liability or transaction.


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The handling php file
$ip = mysql_real_escape_string($ip);
    if ($ip = filter_var($ip, FILTER_VALIDATE_IP, FILTER_FLAG_IPV4)){
    $sql = "SELECT `ip`, `total` FROM `spammer` where `ip` = '$ip'";
    $result = mysql_query($sql) or die(mysql_error());
    $count = mysql_num_rows($result);
    while ($row = mysql_fetch_array($result)) {
        $ip = $row['ip'];
        $total = $row['total'];
    }
    if ($count > 0) {
        echo "$ip has appeared $total times";

        } else {
            echo "$ip has not been seen";
        }
    }else{
        echo "IP does not validate";
    }

As previously noted, the correct echo in the php file is returned on a blank page. I just cant get it to the success callback. If I run an alert the data shows it is being posted by ajax
Thanks for your time

A: You missed a . in your function

A:

Then try to show it with the message you receive as you done in your code.

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