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Another Shooting Pervades the American Psyche
Posted on May 28, 2014 by alphaheel
More times than I can recall, but to often for sure, I have written about accounts of senseless violence, usually mass shootings. Last Friday night, Elliot Rodger executed a vile and violent shooting rampage in Isla Vista, California, near the campus of the University of California at Santa Barbara (UCSB).
Mr. Rodger, a 22 year-old Santa Barbara City College student, murdered six, stabbing three men in his own apartment (two roommates and one visitor), shooting three women at the UCSB Alpha Phi Sorority House (killing two of them), and moving on to a local deli where he shot and killed another man. Then, "according to authorities," he took his own life. But before he initiated his vicious attack, he wrote a 137 page, 107,000 word Manifesto, which he referred to as "My Twisted World: The Story of Elliot Rodger," detailing his brooding and pent-up anger due to constant rejection by women. He characterized his existence as that of a "kissless virgin.
Several themes or points of emphasis emerged from a summary of what would become Mr. Rodger's digital introduction to the world. Some of those include:
A commitment to wage a war on women – "I will attack the very girls who represent everything I hate in the female gender: The hottest sorority of UCSB"
A bitter form of envy – Elliot Roger around the fringes of Hollywood, but really in it. He was close enough to see the world of the rich and fabulously famous, but never experienced it in a first person way. He resented that his "damnable mother" had not "married into wealth instead of being selfish." After attending a private Katy Perry party at the largesse of wealthy friends, he was reminded again of the many perks of wealth and fame. About that he wrote, "I couldn't help but feel a bitter form of envy at all the rich kids at the concert."
Sought advice in the art of love from Dale Launer, the writer of "Blind Date," Love Potion #9," and "Ruthless People." – According to Rodger's writing, Dale Launer tried to teach him how to get a girlfriend. It didn't work. Ultimately, Rodger felt there was nothing Launer and people like him could do to help him get girls and lose his virginity.
Believed winning the lottery was the only way out – "I knew I was always destined for great things. This must be it! I was destined to be the winner of the highest lottery jackpot in existence. I knew right then and there that this jackpot was meant for me. Who else deserved such a victory? I had been through so much rejection, suffering, and injustice in my life, and this was to be my salvation. With my whole body filled with feverish hope, I spent $700 dollars on lottery tickets for this drawing. As I spent this money, I imagined all the amazing sex I would have with a beautiful model girlfriend I would have once I become a man of wealth."
Realized he needed to start planning for the Day of Retribution – "Without the prospect of becoming wealthy at a young age, I had nothing to live for now. I was going to be a virgin outcast forever. I realized that I had to start planning and preparing for the Day of Retribution, even though I hadn't yet had any idea of what day that would be."
His first "act of preparation" for the massacre was the purchase of his first gun – "I had already done some research on handguns, and I decided to purchase the Glock 34 semiautomatic pistol, an efficient and highly accurate weapon. I signed all of the papers and was told that my pickup day was in mid-December. That fell in nicely, because that was when I was planning on staying in Santa Barbara till. After I picked up the handgun, I brought it back to my room and felt a new sense of power. I was now armed."
He would eventually purchase three handguns – Purchased a Glock 34 semi-automatic pistol after failing to win the $120 Megamillions Lottery in September 2012; bought a second handgun in the spring of 2013 when he began to seriously think about the Day of Retribution; a year later he bought a third handgun…just in case one of them jammed
One of the undeniable themes that arose from this "massacre" is Elliot Rodger was a sick individual who hated women…and men. The center of his enmity seemed to be the women who rejected him, but, he also bore a robust resentment for men, the wealthy, and beautiful people, many of whom it seemed to him, managed to get the things he wanted most, but could never obtain.
The bottom line is chilling; seven dead, 13 injured, and countless lives of friends family, students, and others, changed forever. Inside Rodger's car, police found three semi-automatic handguns and over 400 rounds of ammunition. In the past, I have discussed previous abuses of firearms and the need for appropriate legislation to address the scourge of gun violence in America. That position still stands. However, this time, I have a simpler suggestion. One that even the gun lobby should be able to embrace. I ask that each of you (readers) in your own space and time, observe a moment of silence to honor all the victims of this tragedy, including Mr. Rodger.
"Another Shooting Pervades the American Psyche"…and that is literally, "a crying shame." I'm done; holla back!
http://abcnews.go.com/US/killed-mass-murder-shooting-uc-santa-barbara/story?id=23853918
http://www.npr.org/blogs/thetwo-way/2014/05/24/315425094/shooting-near-uc-santa-barbara-leaves-3-dead
http://www.washingtonpost.com/news/post-nation/wp/2014/05/24/shooter-kills-at-least-six-people-in-rampage-near-uc-santa-barbara/?tid=pm_pop
http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/dead-drive-shooting-uc-santa-barbara-23853689
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-isla-vista-shootings-uc-students-solidarity-20140527-story.html
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http://news.yahoo.com/7-dead-drive-shooting-near-uc-santa-barbara-103951856.html
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-shooting-near-uc-santa-barbara-people-urged-to-stay-indoors-20140523-story.html
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http://www.usatoday.com/picture-gallery/news/nation/2014/05/24/drive-by-shooting-near-uc-santa-barbara/9540399/
http://www.people.com/article/7-dead-drive-by-shooting-uc-santa-barbara
http://www.latimes.com/local/lanow/la-me-ln-sorority-isla-vista-privacy-20140525-story.html
Move Over Donald Sterling; Make Room for Robert Copeland!
In the world of octogenarian racial slurs, 80 year-old Donald Sterling is not exactly fading into the sunset, nor going gentle into that good night. In actuality, he has figured out inventive ways to pile upon his own dubious case. Still, we live in a world of what's happening now, and right now, while the NBA is figuring out how to proceed with concluding the Sterling matter, Robert Copeland, 82, insisted on leveraging his opportunity to step to the head of the class.
Mr. Copeland, a police commissioner in Wolfeboro New Hampshire, erupted onto the national scene last week as he unrepentantly admitted using the N-word to describe President Obama. Ms. Jane O'Toole, a Wolfeboro resident finishing dinner at a local bistro in March heard a gentleman she did not know announce loudly that he
"Hated watching television because every time he turned on the TV he kept seeing that fucking nigger."
The "nigger" to whom he referred was the President of the United States.
When she found out who Mr. Copeland was, she complained to the town manager in a letter. Initially, Mr. Copeland acted unfazed by the complaint. In an e-mail responding to the inquiry about the incident, he replied:
"I believe I did use the N-word in reference to the current occupant of the Whitehouse. For this I do not apologize – he meets and exceeds my criteria for such."
According to the 2010 Census, Wolfeboro is a community of 6,269. News reports have indicated the population of the resort community is 97% white; there are about 20 black residents. As with most instances such as this that make their way into the sphere of the public square, there were supporters and detractors for the commenter. In this instance, however, the detractors greatly outnumbered the supporters.
By last Thursday when the town meeting convened, there was a contingent of citizens, more than 100, calling for Mr. Copeland's resignation. He declined comment during the meeting. Meanwhile, the town manager indicated there was no mechanism to remove Mr. Copeland from office.
The good news is this was not an incident that needed to be considered in isolation. Yes, the actor had to stand on his own merit, or lack thereof, but because there have been a series of these off-putting divisive slurs recently, a number of people responded quickly calling for Mr. Copeland to be held accountable for his offensive remarks.
A number of prominent political figures denounced Copeland, including Senators Kelly Ayotte (R), and Jeanne Shaheen (D), and Governor Maggie Hassan. Even former and possibly future Presidential Candidate Mitt Romney, who owns a vacation home in Wolfeboro, called for the commissioner's resignation. Governor Romney said in a statement to CNN:
"The vile epithet used and confirmed by the commissioner has no place in our community: He should apologize and resign."
Local elected officials also condemned Copeland. The town manager, David Owen, issued a statement last week indicating he and the town's board found Mr. Copeland's behavior:
"Reprehensible and totally inconsistent with the Town's open and welcoming character. Mr. Copeland's views are in no way representative of the Board of Selectmen of the Town of Wolfeboro, its administration, or the men and women of the Wolfeboro Police Department."
Early this week, Mr. Copeland, despite his initial resistance, tendered his resignation to the town manager. In response, Ms. Linda Murray, chairman of the town board told the Associated Press:
"The resignation gives us the opportunity to move on. We are a very accepting community that really takes care of each other."
Ms. O'Toole, who initially reported the incident also weighed in on the subject. She told the New Hampshire Union Leader she was:
"Happy he's done this, not only for the town but for him. Hopefully we've taught our children a lesson that you can stand up and make a difference."
On the surface, this can easily be viewed as another happy ending. But is it? Sort of…but the deeper truth is this is much bigger than old white men refusing to adapt to current day realities. That meme, while popular and easy to digest, is simply not the story in its entirety.
Racism is real, and it is not just the province of octogenarians, or even sexagenarians, as is Cliven Bundy. The sad truth is there is a pattern of discrimination planted by history, nourished by politics, and nurtured by economics; a pattern that ensures some groups face inherent disadvantage. I repeat racism is real. The idea that we have evolved into a post-racial society just because we elected Barack Obama President (twice) is simply a non sequitur; perish the thought.
Contemporary racism is epitomized by the marginalization of groups, executed with acute discretion and lack of fuss by well-mannered and too often well-intentioned people operating deeply flawed systems. For example, a US Department of Education report notes that black preschoolers (mostly four year-olds) are four times more likely to be suspended more than once than their white classmates. According to a 2013 report by Release, a UK group looking at drugs and drug laws, blacks in England and Wales are far less likely to use drugs than white people but six times more likely to be stopped and searched for possession of them. In both countries black people are far more likely to be convicted, and to get stiffer sentences and longer jail time.
Racism is alive and well. Not only that, it mutates to adapt to the body politic. As a case in point, President Richard Nixon once explained to his chief of staff:
"You have to face the fact that the whole problem is really the blacks."
There is no simple solution; no one size fits all remedy. There is much work to do to eradicate this most pervasive of scourges. Never doubt that. For now, "Move Over Donald Sterling; Make Room for Robert Copeland!"
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/n-h-towns-police-commissioner-resigns-after-calling-obama-n-word/
http://www.theroot.com/articles/culture/2014/05/police_commissioner_who_called_obama_the_n_word_resigns.html
http://news.yahoo.com/police-commissioner-resigns-wake-obama-slur-180725668.html
http://www.usatoday.com/story/news/nation/2014/05/19/police-commissioner-new-hampshire-obama/9289763/
http://politicalticker.blogs.cnn.com/2014/05/19/police-commissioner-in-n-h-town-resigns-over-obama-slur/?hpt=hp_t2
http://thinkprogress.org/justice/2014/05/16/3438576/town-police-chair-wont-remove-commissioner-who-admits-to-calling-obama-the-n-word/
http://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2014/05/18/ddd9aa1e-dede-11e3-810f-764fe508b82d_story.html
http://www.politico.com/story/2014/05/robert-copeland-obama-n-word-new-hampshire-police-commissioner-106761.html
http://www.theblaze.com/stories/2014/05/16/video-police-commissioner-who-called-obama-the-n-word-snaps-at-skunk-reporter-as-angry-residents-call-for-his-resignation/
http://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2014/may/18/racism-more-than-old-white-men-using-n-word
An Exceptional American: The Genuine Article
So much of the current news cycle is dominated by gossip and innuendo, or substantive stories about events that I have discussed already. Looking at both sides of the ledger, a short list includes:
The Nigerian Girls' Kidnapping
The mystery of Flight 370
The Donald Sterling saga
The Monica Lewinsky-Hillary Clinton-Karl Rove controversy, and of course,
The Solange Knowles Jay Carter dustup
While I occasionally re-visit an issue, not today, and I'm passing on the anything I haven't done from that list, as least for now..
Frequently I reference the proverbial notion of the "Exceptional American," usually in jest, if not derision. Today's subject, however, earned that sobriquet. Yesterday, President Obama awarded Sgt. Kyle J. White the Medal of Honor during a White House ceremony. The former active-duty Army Sergeant received the medal for his courageous actions during combat in Nuristan Province, Afghanistan.
I do not reject Exceptionalism on its face. The concept, used in context, is certainly a viable one. Political blowhards most often fail to provide proper context, or any reasonable facsimile.
President Obama described Sgt. White's heroism and selflessness in explicit detail, as he said:
"Most of the unit had been forced to slide down the cliff to the valley below. But Kyle saw a teammate — Specialist Kain Schilling — trying to treat his own shattered arm, using a tree as cover — what Kain later called "the smallest tree on Earth." I'm sure that's how it felt. Kyle sprinted through enemy fire to Kain's side and began applying a tourniquet — shielding Kain with his own body as gunfire shredded that tree.
Then Kyle saw another man down — Marine Sergeant Phillip Bocks — in the open, 30 feet behind them, but too injured to reach cover. Kyle remembers thinking, "It's just a matter of time before I'm dead. If that's going to happen, I might as well help someone while I can."
With bullets impacting all around him, Kyle ran to Bocks and began to pull the injured Marine to cover. But worried that he'd expose Bocks to more gunfire, Kyle retreated. The enemy rounds followed him. He ran out again, pulling Bocks a little farther. And once more he retreated to distract the enemy fire. Once more he went out — over and over thinking to himself, "I'm not going to make it." Kyle could feel the pressure of the rounds going by him. But somehow, miraculously, they never hit him. Not once. One of his teammates said it was as if Kyle was moving "faster than a speeding bullet".
And finally, Kyle succeeded in pulling his comrade to cover. Tragically, there on that cliff, Sergeant Bocks succumbed to his wounds. But in his final moments, this American Marine surely found some solace in Kyle White — the American soldier who, until the very end, was there by his side.
Now, that other injured soldier, Kain Shilling, was still out there. And he had sustained another injury, this time to his knee. Kyle ran out once more to Kain's side. Kyle ripped off his own belt for a tourniquet, and soon got his hands on a working radio. The voice of Charlie One Six Romeo came into base. Crouching behind that lone tree, Kyle began calling in airstrikes to take out enemy positions.
Kyle stayed with Specialist Schilling as night fell. And Kain was too badly injured to move. Kyle was starting to feel the fog of his own concussions set in, but he knew that he was Kain's best chance to get out alive, so Kyle took charge and ordered the Afghan soldiers to form a security perimeter. He called in a MEDEVAC and made sure Kain and the other injured were safely on board. And only then did Kyle finally allow himself to be lifted out.
As the helicopter pulled away, Kyle looked out the window, watching the darkness as they pulled away from that single tree on the cliff. "When you're deployed," he later said, "those people become your family. What you really care about is: I want to get this guy to the left and to the right home."
That's Exceptional, and worthy of the claim. Moreover, Sgt. White's story did not end with that helicopter ride. With the help of the Post-9/11 GI Bill, he earned a degree from UNC-Charlotte and now works as an investment analyst at a RBC Capital Markets in Charlotte, NC.
The story of Kyle Jerome White is that of "An Exceptional American: The Genuine Article!" His bona fides are beyond dispute. I'm done; holla back!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kyle_J._White
http://www.charlotteobserver.com/2014/05/13/4907715/ex-soldier-receives-medal-of-honor.html
http://www.businessinsider.com/investment-analyst-medal-of-honor-2014-4
http://www.linkedin.com/pub/kyle-white/34/4a6/125
http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/13/us/medal-of-honor/index.html?hpt=hp_c2
http://www.whitehouse.gov/blog/2014/05/13/president-obama-awards-medal-honor-sgt-kyle-j-white
http://www.cbsnews.com/news/obama-awards-medal-of-honor-to-kyle-j-white/
http://www.army.mil/medalofhonor/white/profile/index.html
http://www.usatoday.com/story/theoval/2014/05/13/obama-medal-of-honor-kyle-j-white/9027827/
http://freebeacon.com/national-security/kyle-white-to-receive-medal-of-honor-tuesday/
Boko Haram: Terror Personified
Posted on May 7, 2014 by alphaheel
The Congregation of the People of Tradition for Proselytism and Jihad is quite a mouthful. That is the formal nomenclature for the organization better known widely by its Hausa name, Boko Haram, which translates to Western education is sinful. The group is an Islamic jihadist and takfiri militant and terrorist movement based in the northeast of Nigeria, north Cameroon, and Niger. A central tenet of the organization is to establish a "pure" Islamic state rules by sharia law.
Boko Haram has a history of attacking Christians and government targets, bombing churches, attacking schools and police stations, and kidnapping Western tourists. Recently, the group captured global headlines due to having claimed credit for kidnapping more than 200 Nigerian schoolgirls. The group's leader, Abubakar Shekau, says the girls, kidnapped from their boarding school three weeks ago, will be sold. Unconfirmed reports indicate some of the girls have been sold into slavery for the sum of $12 each. A number of the girls have also been forced to marry their abductors.
The young girls, aged 15-18, were studying for exams when they were taken from their dormitories in the town of Chibok, in Borno state. The kidnapping resulted in 276 girls still being held captive, while 53 girls escaped.
Earlier this week, the group validated its thread to kidnap more Christian girls they attacked a Nigerian village and took 8 more girls; this time ages 12-15. The most recent abductions followed closely a video in which Abubakar Shekau threatened to take even more Christian girls, force them to convert to Islam, and sell them into slavery. This latest raid pushed the total number of kidnapped girls to more than 300.
In the video, Shekau exclaimed:
"I abducted your girls. By Allah, I will sell them in the marketplace."
President Obama, in an ABC interview yesterday, called the abductions "heartbreaking and outrageous." Also yesterday, the White House reported Secretary of State John Kerry spoke with Nigerian President Goodluck Jonathan, who welcomed the offer of American support. The
United States has said it is prepared to send a team of military and law enforcement personnel to assist in the search for kidnap victims. While President Obama and Secretary Kerry's words and actions signal the U.S. moving toward involvement in this calamity, it remains an atrocity that has commanded attention globally, and one that should incite a worldwide response.
In Nigeria, there has been a furor over the level of activity the government has initiated in response to the abductions. The President responded by insisting that the government has been active involved in trying to resolve the kidnappings, but is not broadcasting it. In an unflattering comparison to the U.S, he noted:
"We've done a lot – but we are not talking about it. We're not Americans. We're not showing people, you know, but it does not mean that we are not doing something."
While I think that's an interesting approach to take when discussing an ally whose support you hope to enlist, in the realm of the obvious, he is President of Nigeria, not the U.S., so that retort likely has currency in his country, and ultimately, that's most of what matters. On the other hand, I can hear the howls of the "Exceptional America" contingent. It would not be surprising to see some of them, who typically favor military intervention whenever possible, to suggest the U.S. dial back it's efforts in this Nigerian debacle.
Despite any heartburn that might ensue, based on President Jonathan's remarks, these heinous actions demand a response from countries of goodwill around the world. That alone should be enough to engage the United States of America, beacon of freedom, worldwide. That is who we believe we are. Is it not?
"Boko Haram: Terror Personified" – let's see what we can do to resolve this atrocity. I'm done; holla back!
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Boko_Haram
http://www.dw.de/boko-haram-claims-abduction-of-more-than-200-nigerian-schoolgirls/a-17613825
http://www.foxnews.com/world/2014/05/06/hundreds-girls-still-missing-in-nigeria/
http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2014/05/06/suspected-boko-haram-gunm_n_5272612.html
http://www.cnn.com/2014/05/06/world/africa/nigeria-abducted-girls/
http://www.theguardian.com/world/2014/may/06/suspected-boko-haram-gunmen-kidnap-girls-village-nigeria
http://www.voanews.com/content/suspected-boko-haram-gunmen-kidnap-eight-more-girls-in-nigeria/1908567.html
http://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-27298614
http://www.reuters.com/article/2014/05/06/us-nigeria-girls-idUSBREA450IO20140506


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Chicago Still On Pace to Lead Nation in Homicides
June 11, 2018 By Dave Workman
The body count continues to climb in Chicago, but it is lower than last year. Still, the city could rack up more murders this year than any other city, according to predictions. (Dave Workman)
It was a particularly bloody weekend in Chicago, according to the Chicago Sun-Times, which reported nine people killed and another 29 wounded between Friday evening and Monday morning.
While CNN has tried to put a nice face on the problem, reporting that May marked the 15th consecutive month of declining "gun violence," The Crime Report website reported May 30, "Despite the 19 percent decline in murders and 20 percent decrease in shootings, Chicago has tallied nearly as many homicides in 2018 as New York City (106) and Los Angeles (92) combined."
It is all a matter of perspective. Anti-gun Democrat Mayor Rahm Emanuel told CNN that the city is a "Trump free zone" with the decline in slayings over the past 15 months. But Emanuel should pull out a calendar and acknowledge who has been in the White House over that period. It wasn't Barack Obama.
According to the Crime Report, "The city has had 191 murders so far in 2018, compared with 237 murders at the same point last year, and is on pace once again to record more homicides than any other U.S. city. There have been 821 shooting incidents so far this year compared with 1,032 at the same point last year."
The Windy City seems to give both sides of the gun debate something to talk about. In Emanuel's case, he boasted, "We have facts. What matters … is what happens on the street."
Over the weekend, what happened on the streets of Chicago was mayhem, and there is still the July 4 and Labor Day holidays over the horizon.
Meanwhile, the Washington Post noted last week that "out of 52,175 homicides in 50 cities over the past decade, 51 percent did not result in an arrest." That is an alarming admission about the ability to solve homicides and the story included a table by which the crime states from certain cities could be found.
In Chicago, according to the report, the past 11 years have produced 5,534 murders, of which a whopping 74 percent did not result in an arrest.
In Baltimore, another city with tough gun laws, there were 2,827 killings and 65 percent of those went without an arrest, the Washington Post revealed.
In Washington, D.C., there were 1,345 murders over the 11-year stretch and 44 percent of those did not result in an arrest.
Instead of making arrests and putting perpetrators behind bars, authorities in those and other cities have found an easier way to score points with worried constituents. They declare war on law-abiding gun owners.
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Dave Workman is an award-winning career journalist with an expertise in firearms and the outdoors. He is the author of several books dealing with firearms politics. He has a degree in editorial journalism from the University of Washington and is a lifelong Washington resident.
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He kept continually before him his stewardship of God's property; and sought to make the most of the one brief life on earth and to use for the best and largest good the property held by him in trust. The things of God were deep realities, and, projecting every action and decision and motive into the light of the judgment seat of Christ, he asked himself how it would appear to him in the light of that tribunal. Thus he sought prayerfully and conscientiously so to live and labor, so to deny himself, and, by love, serve his Master, and his fellowmen that he should not be "ashamed before Him at His coming." But not in a spirit of fear; for if any man of his generation knew the perfect love that casts out fear it was he. He felt that God is love and love is of God. He saw that love manifested in the greatest of gifts — His only begotten Son; at Calvary he knew and believed the love that God hath to us; he received it into his own heart; it became an abiding presence manifested in obedience and benevolence; and, subduing him more and more, it became perfected so as to expel all tormenting fear and impart a holy confidence and delight in God.
Among the texts which strongly impressed and moulded Mr. Müller's habits of giving was Luke 6:38: "Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom." He believed this promise and he verified it. His testimony is, "I had given, and God had caused to be given to me again, and bountifully." Again he read, "It is more blessed to give than to receive." He says that he believed what he found in the word of God and by His grace sought to act accordingly, and thus again records that he was blessed abundantly and his peace and joy in the Holy Spirit increased more and more.
It will not be a surprise, therefore, that, as has been already noted, Mr. Müller's entire personal estate at his death, as sworn to, when the will was admitted to probate, was only £169. 9s. 4d., of which books, household furniture, etc., were reckoned at over 100 pounds, the only money in his possession being a trifle over sixty pounds, and even this only awaiting disbursement as God's steward.
This is a sufficient example of his almost unparalleled perseverance and importunity in intercession. However long the delay, he held on, as with both hands clasping the very horns of the altar; and his childlike spirit reasoned simply but confidently that the very fact of his own spirit being so long drawn out in prayer for one object, and of the Lord's enabling him so to continue patiently and believingly to wait on Him for the blessing, was a promise and prophecy of the answer; and so he waited on, so assured of the ultimate result that he praised God in advance, as having already received that for which he asked.
One of the parties for whom for so many years he had unceasingly prayed, shortly after his departure, died in faith, having received the promises and embraced them and confessed Jesus as his Lord.
Mr. Müller frequently in his Journal and reports warned his fellow disciples not to regard him as a miracle worker, or his experience as so exceptional as to have little application to the ordinary spheres of life and service. With patient repetition he affirms that, in all essentials, such an experience is the privilege of all believers. God calls disciples to various forms of work, but all alike to the same faith. To say, therefore, "I am not called to build orphan houses, etc., and have no right to expect answers to my prayers as Mr. Müller did," is wrong and unbelieving. Every child of God is first to get into the sphere appointed of God, and therein to exercise full trust, and live by faith upon God's sure word of promise.
Throughout all the thousands of pages written by his pen, he teaches that this experience of God's faithfulness is both the reward of past faith and prayer and the preparation of the servant of God for larger work, more efficient service, and more convincing witness to his Lord.
This simile of the burning bush is the more apt, when we consider the rapid growth of the work. At first so very small as to seem almost insignificant, and conducted in one small rented house, accommodating thirty orphans; then enlarged until other rented premises became necessary; then one, two, three, four and even five immense structures being built until three hundred, seven hundred, eleven hundred and fifty, and finally two thousand and fifty inmates could find shelter within them; seldom has the world seen any such vast and rapid enlargement. Then look at the outlay! At first a trifling expenditure of perhaps four hundred pounds for the first year of the Scriptural Knowledge Institution, and of five hundred pounds for the first twelve months of the orphan work, and in the last year of Mr. Müller's life a grand total of over twenty-six thousand pounds for all the purposes of the work.
The cost of the houses built on Ashley Down might have staggered even a man of large capital, but this poor man only cried and the Lord helped him. The first house cost fifteen thousand pounds, the second over twenty-one thousand, the third over twenty-three thousand, and the fourth and fifth from fifty thousand to sixty thousand more — so that the total cost reached about one hundred and fifteen thousand pounds. Besides all this there was a yearly expenditure which rose as high as twenty-five thousand for the orphans alone, irrespective of those occasional outlays made needful for emergencies, such as improved sanitary precautions.
Here is a burning bush indeed, always in seeming danger of being consumed, yet still standing on Ashley Down, and still preserved because the same presence of Jehovah burns in it. Not a branch of this many sided work has utterly perished, while the whole work still challenges unbelievers to turn aside and see the great sight, and take off their shoes from their feet; for is not all ground holy where God abides and manifests Himself?
In attempting a survey of this great life work we must not forget how much of it was wholly outside of the Scriptural Knowledge Institution; namely, all that service which Mr. Müller was permitted to render to the church of Christ and the world at large, as preacher, pastor, witness for truth and author of books and tracts.
His preaching period covered the whole time from 1826 to 1898, the year of his departure — over seventy years; and with an average through the whole period of probably three sermons a week, or over ten thousand for his lifetime, which is probably a low estimate, for, during his missionary tours, which covered over two hundred thousand miles and were spread through seventeen years, he spoke on an average once a day, even at his already advanced age.
Probably those brought to the knowledge of Christ by his preaching would reach into the thousands, exclusive of orphans converted at Ashley Down. Then when we take into account the vast numbers addressed and impressed by his addresses given in all parts of the United Kingdom, on the continent of Europe, and in America, Asia and Australia, and the still vaster numbers who have read his narrative, his books and tracts, or who have in various other ways felt the quickening power of his example and life, we shall get some inadequate conception of the range and scope of the influence wielded by his tongue and pen, his labors and his life. Much of the best influence defies all tabulated statistics and evades all mathematical estimate — it is like the fragrance of the alabaster flask which fills all the house, but escapes our grosser senses of sight, hearing and touch. This part of George Müller's work belongs to a realm where we cannot penetrate. But God sees, knows and rewards it.
"I resided in that country during most of the seventies, when he was often described as the best-advertised man in the Three Kingdoms. By a large number of religious people he was more spoken of than were Gladstone and Disraeli, and accordingly it is not miraculous that, although he said he had never once solicited aid on behalf of his charitable enterprise, money in a continuous stream flowed into his treasury. Even to non-religious persons in Great Britain his name was quite as familiar as that of Moody.
"Doubtless Müller was quite sincere in his convictions, but, by the very peculiarity of his method, his wants were advertised throughout the world most conspicuously, thus receiving the benefit of a far larger publicity than would otherwise have obtained, and it being known that he was praying for money, money, of course, came in to him.
"But were Müller's prayers answered invariably? According to a memoir by a personal friend, which has lately been published, this was far from having been the case, and he often felt aggrieved at what he considered a slight on the part of the Almighty, one of whose 'pets' (to quote Mr. Savage) he evidently imagined himself to be. For example, he prayed for two of his 'unconverted' friends for nearly fifty years without avail. There was absolutely nothing in his career which could not be accounted for as the result of purely natural causes.
For sixty years and more he carried on a work for God, involving at times an average annual expenditure of $125,000, and never once, privately or publicly, made any direct appeal for money.
Of all his large staff of helpers no one is ever allowed to mention to an outside party any want of the work, however pressing the emergency.
Thousands of times correspondents inquired as to the existing wants, but in no case did they receive information, even though at a crisis of need, the object being to prove that it is safe to trust in God alone.
Reports of the work, annually published, have no doubt largely prompted gifts; but even these cannot account for the remarkable way in which the work has been supported. In order to show that dependence was not placed on these reports, they were not issued in one case, for over two years, yet there was no cessation of supplies.
The coincidences between the need and the supply can be accounted for on no law of chance or awakened public interest. In thousands of cases the exact sum or supply required has been received at the exact time needed, and when donors could have had no knowledge of the facts.
The facts spread over too long a time and too broad a field of details to be accounted a wide advertising system. Mr. Müller recorded thousands of cases of prayer for definite blessings, with equally definite answers.
Many interpositions and deliverances were independent of any human gifts or aid, as when a break in the heating apparatus necessitated a new boiler. No sooner had the repairs begun than a cold north wind set in which risked the health and even the lives of over four hundred orphans living in the house, which there was no other mode of heating. Mr. Müller carried the case to the Father of the fatherless, and the wind shifted to the south and blew soft and warm till the repairs were complete.
Hundreds of cases occurred, in course of sixty-five years, when there was not food for the next meal, yet God only was appealed to, and never but twice was it needful to postpone a meal, and then only for half an hour! Even direct and systematic appeals to the public could not have brought supplies for hundreds of orphans and helpers with such regularity for all those years.
Again, the supplies always kept pace with growing wants. Mr. Muller began on a very small scale, and the orphan work was only the last of five departments of the work of the Scriptural Knowledge Institution. Can it be accounted for on any purely natural basis that the popular heart and purse, without even full information of the progress of the five-fold enterprise, responded regularly to its claims?
Again, many a crisis, absolutely unknown to contributors, was met successfully by adequate supplies, without which, at that very time, the work must have ceased. Once, when a single penny was lacking after all available funds were gathered, that one penny was found in the contribution box, and it was all there was.
Again, Mr. Müller found that his relations with God always determined the measure of his help from man; unless his fellowship with his Heavenly Father was closely maintained, all else went wrong. The more absolute his dependence on God, his separation unto Him and his faith in Him, the more abundant and manifest His deliverances, so that, as he became more independent of man, he received the more from God through man.
Since his death in 1898, the work has been carried on by his successors and helpers on the same principles and with the same results. Though his strong personality is removed, the same God honors the same mode of doing His work, independent of the human instruments.
Mr. Müller's life purpose was to furnish to the world and the Church a simple example of the fact that a man can not only live, but work on a large scale, by faith in the living God; that he has only to trust and pray and obey and God will prove his own faithfulness. The reports were published with sole reference to the work already done, and because donors were entitled to such knowledge of the way in which their money was expended. He never used his reports as appeals for help in work yet to be begun or carried on. Nor was his personal presence or influence necessary, for he traveled for eighteen years in forty-two countries, mentioning his work only at urgent request; and during all this time the work went on just as when at home.
One thing is obvious — there is a wide field still open for experiment. Let those who honestly believe that so great a life work may be entirely accounted for on a natural basis give us a practical proof. Let an institution be founded in some of our great cities similar to that in Bristol. Let there be no direct appeal made to anyone beyond the circulation of annual reports; or let there be the widest advertising of the fact that such a work is carried on, and that dependence is on public aid without direct solicitation. Of course, there must be no prayer, and no acknowledgment of God, lest someone think it to be religious and unscientific, and pious people should be moved to respond! Unbelievers outnumber Christian disciples five to one and the constituency is therefore very large. Let us have the experiment conducted, not on the faith basis, but in strictly scientific method! When we see an infidel carrying on such a work, building five great orphan houses and sustaining over 2,000 orphans from day to day without any direct appeal to human help, yet finding all supplies coming in without even a failure in sixty years, we shall be ready to reconsider our present conviction that it was because the living God heard and helped George Müller, that he who began with a capital of one shilling, took care of more than ten thousand orphans, aided hundreds of missionaries, scattered millions of Bibles and tracts, and in the course of his long life expended about $7,500,000 for God and humanity; and then died with all his possessions valued at less than eight hundred dollars.


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For most students, failing a class can mean closing off opportunities. But math teacher Andrew Moore has helped renew opportunities for many of his at-risk students through a program he helped develop called Algebra Relearn. The program allows students who failed algebra to earn back the credit by undergoing a specially designed two-year curriculum. With an unprecedented 80 percent success rate, Mr. Moore's Algebra Relearn Program has given many students a second chance they might otherwise have missed. Known by friends, colleagues and students as "Drew," Mr. Moore also teaches an Advanced Placement Statistics class and has spearheaded projects to help students study for AP tests. He uses innovative, engaging activities and problem-based learning projects-from building bridges to making videos-to keep his students interested in learning. He is coach of the school's math team or and coach of the undefeated freshman football team. Any way you look at it, Andrew Moore is committed to leading his students on to a winning season.


When visiting Rome, you'll find incredible pieces of history wherever you turn. Antico Caffè Greco is a perfect example. This historical gem dates back to 1760 and has been a favorite gathering place for artists, writers, musicians and nobility for hundreds of years. Inside, you'll find a stunning collection of art, from sculpture to paintings, to give a special flavor to every cup of coffee.


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Cambridge University Team Advances To Final Round Of McKinsey Venture Academy Competition, Strategy Focuses on Bringing MEND to the U.K. 3 years ago
Selection as finalist in the intensive and highly selective venture competition provides strong support for the MEND strategy
March 18, 2017, New York NY – Nutrition for Healing (NFH) today announces that a team of Engineering and Business students from Cambridge University in the United Kingdom have advanced to the final round of a McKinsey Venture Academy start-up competition. The team's strategy focuses on partnering with NFH to develop the UK market for its line of MEND nutrition products and contribute to research to support the ongoing development and expansion of the functional product line.
"We're very proud to work with this very high caliber group of students at a world class institution, Cambridge University", says senior business advisor and MEND co-founder Whitney Stevens, "advancing to the final round in one of the more acclaimed venture competitions in the world is no small feat – it's a validation of the strength of the Cambridge team and the MEND strategy."
Nutrition for Healing® LLC is a company founded by medical and nutrition experts who share the philosophy that with better nutrition comes better healing. The company's award winning line of evidence based functional nutrition products harness the natural power of nutrition to help the body to heal and perform optimally. The MEND family of products have a fast growing following by the most demanding customers in medicine and professional sports.
"We identified MEND because of their sound science, exceptional clientele and powerful brand", says Cambridge team leader Edmund Broadhead, "there is a growing body of scientific evidence supporting functional nutrition and we believe MEND is best in class – we're excited to bring MEND to the U.K. and support ongoing scientific research to benefit health outcomes in our market and around the world."
- By MEND Nutrition
Welcome Charisma Hooda to the MEND Family


This set of free and editable Kindergarten March Daily Welcome Messages is an easy way to get your students to enter the classroom and focus on the day ahead.
Start your day with these ready to go Kindergarten March Daily Welcome Messages!
This is the second in the series. We will begin creating a set for each month. Other than the visuals we have included, this set differs from our primary version in that we have made the warm-up sections editable.
When we created this set of Kindergarten March Daily Welcome Messages, we had a few goals in mind.
We wanted to encourage students to wake up! We provided an idea for a quick stretch and a quick movement exercise. For this version, we have provided students with pictures to show each stretch and exercise.
We wanted to encourage students to wake up their brains as well! We have included two warm-ups. The first contains a list of three sight words. The second focuses on math.
Now for the exciting part. You will be able to edit the reading and math warm-ups to fit your classroom. The warm-up sections are not editable.
Each slide does include a different word list and math problem. If you do not have time to edit or forget one day, you will be able to use the slides as they are.
Thank you to Educlips for the clip art!