In this article, we intend to answer two main questions. First: Why would we, as an evangelical Christian church, want to join the Green Church Program? And second: What are the theological and pastoral considerations involved? We will then close with a summary of the implications of certification and a review of some of the measures we have already taken.
Why join the Green Church Program?
1.Out of a concern for relevance and social credibility, as people are currently very much aware of environmental concerns (e.g., in keeping with the schools).
Article 3: We believe that in the beginning God created the heavens and the earth, and they were very good. All of creation expresses God's sovereign will and design but remains distinct from the Creator. The universe belongs to God, who takes care and delight in sustaining it.
Article 15: We believe the universe and everything in it belong to God the Creator. God has entrusted the care of the earth to all people, who are responsible for managing its resources. Good stewardship uses the earth's abundance to meet human need, but resists the unjust exploitation of the earth and its peoples. All God's gifts are to be received with thanksgiving and used responsibly.
To confess Jesus as Lord transforms values.
Jesus warns that we cannot serve both God and wealth. Preoccupation with money and possessions, self-indulgent living, and eagerness to accumulate wealth for personal advantage are not in keeping with the teachings of Scripture.
The Bible teaches cheerful, sacrificial, and proportional giving through the church in grateful response to God's goodness.
Christians do not claim any of their possessions as their own, but manage all their resources, including money, time, abilities, and influence, in generous ways that give glory to God. They do not despise the poor but practice mutual aid within the church and share what they have with others in need. God's people seek to embrace a lifestyle of simplicity and contentment.
4.Because Creation declares God's wisdom and power, calling all to worship him.
5.Because the Green Church Program is an appropriate vehicle for promoting our values with regard to Creation.
6.To stimulate other churches to reflect on this question and encourage their participation in the program (by setting an example).
What are the theological considerations involved? In other words, should the church go green?
The implications of the Gospel; The Gospel message is not being changed, but one of its implications is being highlighted. Like a beautiful daisy, the heart of the message remains reconciliation with God through Jesus Christ, but the petals represent the social, practical and ethical implications of Christian life.
The Christian difference; We are not saying what people elsewhere are saying – our discourse comes out of a Christian framework.
Christian stewardship of Creation; Because stewardship does not apply only to our time or our treasure.
A comprehensive view of discipleship; The impact our faith has on our lives as a couple, a family, our finances, work, sexuality, money, etc.
Non-extremist: we are aware of the reality and complexity of the issues, but we want to take realistic action.
Non-interfering: no environmental police or surveillance of private life; instead, we advocate a collective approach.
Balanced: Christian environmentalism does not monopolize everything the church says and practises, it is only one aspect of the life of the church.
For us, certification has a symbolic value: it is indicative of a church's theological and practical orientation. It is not so much a destination as a trajectory to follow. It reflects an intention, namely wanting to incorporate an ecological dimension into our faith.
The church is already regularly carrying out concrete actions related to the environment, such as the Sunday of Earth Day, intercessory prayer for the world, sermons related to creation, our summer programs for children that focus on nature (Natur-à-pik, Eau là-là, Tutti frutti), our occasional support for environmental initiatives (petition), having electric heating with a thermostat, the quality of our exterior maintenance, our purchase of fair trade coffee, paper cups and reusable dishes, our use of recycling bins (inside and outside) and our involvement in setting up a community garden on the church grounds for the past three years (the garden is open to the entire community and is primarily intended for community organizations and underprivileged families. It encourages people to eat fresh, locally-grown food and to adopt good living habits).
Becoming a Green Church makes sense!


Internet / Broadband – Business Vs Personal: Why Is My System so Slow?
Several months ago we published the article 'Are You Doing THAT on Your Work PC?' about using your dealership's PCs for personal functions.
Well, the business versus personal argument is also valid for your internet connection. If you think about how important the internet is to your business and the possible impact of "over using" your internet connection with non-business activities, maybe you should ask…. What is my internet doing behind my back?
The internet has been called the super highway, and, as with any highway, the more traffic there is, the slower everything moves. Ideally, you only want your broadband connection to be used for business related functions that are vital to your operation. In reality, your broadband connection is probably used for many other things, especially if you don't have any kind of internet browsing policy in place. Although it's nice to listen to music from your favorite internet radio station, activities such as streaming internet radio compete for bandwidth with your business-related internet activities.
Additionally, many dealerships have wireless capabilities – both for dealership personnel and for guests. With wireless connections, it's not just PCs that are accessing the internet, smart phones also have access to your broadband connection. Just like a PC, activity on smart phones can also consume large amounts of bandwidth with unregulated activities like updating a Facebook page, uploading those awesome selfies, or checking fantasy football lineups. Even if you aren't using your phone, it is probably using bandwidth if it has access to your network's wireless connection. Smart phones can be configured to automatically download updates for apps or receive news and sports flashes, and all of these activities use bandwidth.
Keep in mind that every extra activity creates more drag on your internet connection and impacts the overall performance (though it may not be as noticeable if you have a fast internet connection and lots of bandwidth). If you notice it takes a little longer to go from screen to screen, retrieve a picture in EasyFile, or are experiencing frequent session drops, you might want to ask yourself… What is my internet doing behind my back?
NOTE: a PC infected with malware can send and receive large amounts of data, overloading your network and causing a slow connection. It is important to make sure all PCs are protected to help keep them free of malware.
Also, if you find the temptation to "browse" the internet is just too strong for some in your dealership, there is a Content Filtering application for the SonicWALL that can help.
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Update on the Word Who Is Life – see Word Who Is Life page linking all relevant content.
The meeting, last week, of the diocesan priests with the bishop, was a positive and hopeful occasion. Changes at diocesan level concerning lay officers and appointments are to take place and a few parishes will move deaneries (creating 12, rather than 13, deaneries; but this doesn't affect us). In the next 7 years, as priests retire and die, the sharing-out of priests and parishes will gradually moderate and change, so that by 2030 a new look will be in place. What this actually means for us, here, Bishop Richard will explain at the meeting on Thursday 8th November, Chatsmore School, at 7.00pm – to which I hope lots of you will come. If you have questions, do ask – but, at this stage, I may not yet be able to answer them!


That's not the case generally Paul, those sales are pretty much the exception. Angus will make 15-20 cents a kg more pretty much right across the board, I witnessed it at a major sale only last week.
Peter, that is pretty much the discount we get here but I have not heard of any lots of Herefords topping the market in California. What is it about those Herefords that makes them worth so valued by the buyers?
They are what we call high mountain cattle that are bred in the alpine country along the border of New South Wales and Victoria. Traditionally horned Herefords as the cows could protect their calves from wild dogs that inhabit the National parks where they grazed during the summer. Great constitutional cattle but alas the tradition of grazing in the National Parks is slowly being fazed out due to pressure from the environmentalists .
Interesting. High mountain cattle usually bring more here too.
I know exactly what you are talking about. My family used to summer cows on a mountain range in the high Sierra Nevada Mountains. My grandfather would tell me stories of how they would drive the cattle up to the mountains on horseback. When it got dark they would light a candle put it in a tin cup with holes punched in the sides and drive the cows by candlelight. When it was time to drive the cows home, the last thing they would to would be to light the brush on fire. That was before polywire or herbicides existed, so fire was the only tool they had. Then they would have a big drive down the mountain and the cows knew the way back home and would separate themselves from the herd and make there way home without needing to be sorted out.
The last time we took cows to the mountains was when I was only a few years old and dealing with the forest service and campers made it not worth the effort. Between enviromentalism and 40 acre homesites, it is sad how much land in California hasn't been grazed or logged for decade. And we are clueless why we are getting so many wildfires. Rather than accept that maybe ranchers and loggers aren't bad people, the environmentalist blame global warming and by extension cow farts.
The Greens seem to think that cattle ranchmen are out to destroy the very environment that they earn a living off, nothing could be further from the truth. Unfortunately the lies and untruths pedaled by the lefties seems to carry more public influence than the truth. It seems most people will believe BS rather than go to the trouble of doing a little bit of research .
While I'm on my soapbox yesterday in 2 of the major cities in this country there was mass protests and demonstrations by left wing vegans and animal activists trying to close down abattoirs, there has been properties invaded by these idiots ( mainly intensive farms) who knows where it will all end. With an election coming up we certainly need strong government but unfortunately I don't think we are going to get it!
Militant vegans are causing problems here in UK too.


Intelligence is multifaceted. When people tell me they want to know their IQ, I feel like asking: "In what area?" There are many different cognitive abilities and they have different impacts on what one is trying to accomplish. That's why I approach the assessment of a person's abilities from the perspective of the Cattell-Horn-Carroll (CHC) model which is, in effect, an inventory of "the intelligences." It's the most comprehensive and empirically supported theory of the structure of cognitive abilities to date, reflecting 70 years of research. About 80 different abilities are defined, with 20-25 of these playing important roles in school learning.
What I'd like to talk about today is the future and the role fluid intelligence might have in it. In the CHC model there are basically two main groupings of abilities that represent higher-order reasoning: crystallized intelligence and fluid intelligence. They can be traced to two separate brain systems. Crystallized intelligence is a function of brain regions that involve the storage and usage of long-term memories, such as the hippocampus. Fluid intelligence involves the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex, the anterior cingulate cortex, and other systems related to attention and short-term memory.
Crystallized Intelligence is the ability to use learned knowledge and experience. It's not the same thing as memory, but it does rely on accessing information from long-term memory (learning that has become "crystallized"). Crystallized intelligence encompasses vocabulary, depth and breadth of general knowledge, the ability to listen to and understand oral communications, knowledge of grammar, and the like. It is the product of educational and cultural experience. When you meet someone who has a large vocabulary, knows a lot of facts, is a Crossword puzzle or Scrabble master, and is a voracious reader, you can be pretty sure they have strong crystallized intelligence. People who have strong crystallized intelligence tend to sound really smart and they tend to do well in school.
In contrast, Fluid Intelligence is the capacity to reason and solve novel problems, independent of any knowledge from the past. It involves drawing inferences, concept formation, classification, generating and testing hypothesis, identifying relations, comprehending implications, problem solving, extrapolating, and transforming information. Fluid reasoning encompasses inductive reasoning, deductive reasoning, and quantitative reasoning. Sherlock-Holmes kind of thinking. When you meet someone who has strong fluid reasoning you may not have any idea how smart they are until you throw a problem at them that needs solving. People who have strong fluid intelligence don't necessarily excel in school, especially in the lower grade levels. If they make it to the PhD-level they may have trouble memorizing all the information they need to pass their oral exams. But boy can they defend their dissertation!
Some of the children I work with are strong in both areas. Others are strong in one or the other, but not both. The ones with strong crystallized intelligence tend to do well in school, as so much of school (the way it is structured today) is about learning facts and procedures. The ones with strong fluid intelligence may be so busy questioning the assumptions that they don't learn the rules and procedures their classmates do. They may resist authority and question the value of what's taught in school.
The Future: Our world is changing very rapidly. I know people have often said that about the times they live in, but it's more true now than ever before. The pace of innovation and disruption is accelerating. As a society we are facing all kinds of novel problems to which we have no learned solutions, from political changes to global warming to the potential dangers of artificial intelligence. By 2020, the Fourth Industrial Revolution will have brought us advanced robotics and autonomous transport, artificial intelligence and machine learning, advanced materials, biotechnology and genomics. I wonder: What kind of brains will our children need to work in that kind of environment?
Now I'm going to enter into an area of conjecture and hypothesis, as I can find very little research literature on the topic. I guess I'm tapping into my own fluid intelligence.
I think the minds that will be best-suited to solving the world's problems in the future are those with strengths in fluid intelligence. I believe that individuals who rely on crystallized intelligence may look to the past and rely too much on book learning and facts and procedures. In contrast, individuals who rely on fluid intelligence will be able to think on their feet around something totally unfamiliar, and be comfortable with the kind of complexity, uncertainty, and ambiguity we're facing. They will be flexible and fluid thinkers who like challenging the assumptions and thinking outside the box. Because many aspects of crystallized intelligence (e.g. stores of knowledge) can be easily accessed with a quick swipe on our phone, they may not be hampered by having weaker crystallized intelligence.
I feel a shift in the kind of intelligence we need for the future necessitates changes in the way we teach children. We're teaching 19th century skills in our 21st century schools. To teach 21st and 22nd century skills will require a move away from the teaching of standard procedures and rote memorization toward creative problem-solving and how to tap into inductive and deductive reasoning processes. Intelligence is not fixed – it's malleable. That's what having a "growth mentality" is all about. So I'd like to see schools, parents, employers, and others focus more on the benefits of enhancing human fluid intelligence. After all, machines can probably do crystallized intelligence a lot better than we can anyway.


Who do you want to see as Bev? Jessica Chastain has a name in mind.
Anyone who saw the blockbuster adaptation of Stephen King's It only got half of the story, as fans of the book know all too well. The book actually tells two stories in different time periods, when the Losers' Club confront Pennywise the Dancing Clown as kids and then come back to finish the job about 30 years later. Naturally, there are tons of fan castings out there, even from the young cast of It.
In an interview with Screen Rant published Monday about Molly's Game, Jessica Chastain confirmed that she's up for playing the adult version of Beverly, (who is played as a child by Sophia Lillis) in the upcoming It: Chapter 2.
And beyond just interest, the actress hinted that she might already be in talks for the role: "Well, I love Andy and Barbara," she said, referring to director Andy Muschietti and producer Barbara Muschietti. "I worked with them on Andy's directorial debut, you know, his film, Mama — his first film. And you know, Barbara is one of my best friends so…" But what first sounds like implied interest quickly became explicit.
Jessica Chastain might just lead the 'It' sequel.
Chastain followed up by saying, "Anything that they're doing I want to be a part of, so I hope we can make it happen." Right now, this is all highly speculative, but it's hard to deny how good this casting would be. In It, Bev is sort of a de facto leader of the seven children that call themselves the Losers' Club. It stands to reason that in the sequel, whoever does wind up playing Bev might take center stage.
Mike and Bev are front and center in this image from 'It'.
No official casting announcements have been made for the upcoming It sequel, but it looks like they might be on the right track.
It: Chapter 2 is scheduled for a September 6, 2019 release.
If you liked this article, check out this video on why an important book monster was left out of the movie It.


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In re Quality Systems, Inc. Securities Litigation
Court: United States District Court, Central District of California
Case Number: SACV13-01818
Judge: Hon. Cormac J. Carney
Case Contacts: Gerald H. Silk, Avi Josefson
This is a securities fraud class action on behalf of purchasers of Quality Systems, Inc. ("QSI" or the "Company") common stock during the period from May 26, 2011 through July 25, 2012, inclusive (the "Class Period"), alleging claims pursuant to Sections 10(b) and 20(a) of the Securities Exchange Act of 1934 against QSI; the Company's founder and Chairman, Sheldon Razin; its Chief Executive Officer, Steven T. Plochocki; and its Chief Financial Officer, Paul Holt (collectively, "Defendants").
Lead Plaintiffs Have Settled the Action for $19 Million
The Court-appointed Lead Plaintiffs, Arkansas Teacher Retirement System and City of Miami Fire Fighters' and Police Officers' Retirement Trust, have reached a settlement of this action for $19,000,000 in cash with Defendants that resolves all claims in the action.
If you are a member of the Class, your rights will be affected and you may be eligible for a payment from the settlement. The Class consists of:
all persons or entities who purchased or otherwise acquired QSI common stock during the period from May 26, 2011 through July 25, 2012, inclusive, and were damaged thereby, except for certain persons and entities who are excluded from the Class by definition (see paragraph 18 of the Notice).
Please read the Notice to fully understand your rights. Copies of the Notice and Claim Form can be found on the Case Documents page. You may also visit the Settlement website, www.QSISecuritiesSettlement.com, for more information about the Settlement.
Following a hearing on November 19, 2018, the Court entered an Order granting Plaintiffs' motions for final approval of the Settlement and for attorneys' fees and expenses; entered a Final Judgment approving the Settlement as fair, reasonable and adequate; entered an order approving the Plan of Allocation for the proceeds of the Settlement; and entered an order awarding attorneys' fees and expenses.
On October 25, 2019, the Court authorized the initial distribution of the Net Settlement Fund to eligible Court-Approved Claimants. The initial distribution to eligible claimants occurred in December 2019. A second distribution of funds to eligible class members took place in August 2020.
QSI develops and sells practice management software to medical and dental providers, including software related to scheduling and billing. Throughout the Class Period, QSI portrayed itself as a high-growth company, repeatedly touting its record growth in revenue and earnings, and robust pipeline of business that contained hundreds of millions of dollars of software sales that the Company sought to realize within the next six to eight months. QSI also repeatedly issued bullish annual guidance to investors, stating that it was confident that it would achieve annual growth rates in earnings per share ("EPS") well in excess of 20%.
Lead Plaintiffs allege that, in truth, Defendants knew and recklessly disregarded that QSI's growth was materially slowing. Lead Plaintiffs allege that, throughout the Class Period, Defendants were privy to real-time data concerning the revenues and earnings of each of QSI's operating divisions, and QSI's guidance was continuously updated based on that real-time data. Accordingly, Lead Plaintiffs contend that Defendants knew and recklessly disregarded that the fiscal 2012 guidance calling for earnings growth of as much as 33% was directly contradicted by the reality of QSI's performance.
On May 7, 2012, the Company announced that it was experiencing delays in closing sales, which raised investor concerns about the Company's fiscal 2012 performance. Following this announcement, QSI's stock price declined 17% over the next two trading days, falling from a closing price of $36.99 on May 6 to a closing price of $30.99 on May 8, on very high volume.
A few days later, on May 10, 2012, QSI revealed that its ability to generate earnings had materially slowed in fiscal 2012. Specifically, QSI announced that it would report EPS of between $1.27 and $1.30 for fiscal 2012 – or as much as 36% below its guidance. Following this announcement, QSI's stock price immediately declined 6%, falling from $32.09 to $30.12 on May 10, on extremely high volume.
Then, before the market opened on July 26, 2012, Defendants announced that the Company's EPS had materially declined from the year-ago quarter, and withdrew QSI's highly favorable fiscal 2013 guidance. That disclosure caused the price of QSI stock to decline from $23.63 per share to $15.95 per share on July 26, 2012.
On April 7, 2014, Lead Plaintiffs filed an Amended Complaint For Violations Of The Federal Securities Laws ("Amended Complaint"). In June 2014, Defendants filed a motion to dismiss the Amended Complaint, which Lead Plaintiffs opposed. In October 2014, the court granted the motion to dismiss. In January 2015, the court denied Lead Plaintiffs' motion for reconsideration. Following Lead Plaintiffs' appeal of these decisions, on July 28, 2017, the Ninth Circuit Court of Appeals reversed the district court's order and remanded for further proceedings.
Following the Court of Appeals' decision, Lead Plaintiffs and Defendants began formal discovery. After substantial document discovery and settlement negotiations, including before mediation before Gregory P. Lindstrom, Esq., of Phillips ADR, a nationally recognized mediator, the parties reached an agreement to settle all claims in the action for $19 million.
On November 19, 2018, following a hearing, the Court approved the Settlement as fair, reasonable and adequate and approved the Plan of Allocation for the proceeds of the Settlement.
Other Cases of Interest
Northern District of Illinois Eastern Division John C. Browne, Gerald H. Silk, Adam Hollander, Abe Alexander, James M. Fee, Katherine M. Sinderson,
Biomarin Pharmaceuticals, Inc.
Northern District of California Jonathan D. Uslaner, Jeroen van Kwawegen, Avi Josefson
Spectrum Brands Holdings, Inc.
Western District of Wisconsin Avi Josefson, Katherine M. Sinderson, Jai K. Chandrasekhar, Matthew Traylor
Converium Holding AG (U.S. Action)
Southern District of New York Avi Josefson, Lauren McMillen Ormsbee
Cobalt International Energy, Inc.
Southern District of Texas Gerald H. Silk, Avi Josefson, Jonathan D. Uslaner
Northern District of California Jeremy P. Robinson, Jonathan D. Uslaner, Hannah Ross, Avi Josefson, Michael D. Blatchley, Will Horowitz, Alexander T. Payne
American Home Mortgage Investment Corporation
Eastern District of New York Avi Josefson
Rayonier Inc.
Middle District of Florida Avi Josefson, Jonathan D. Uslaner
Citigroup Inc.
Southern District of New York Avi Josefson, Hannah Ross, Gerald H. Silk
Ryder System, Inc.
Southern District of Florida Salvatore J. Graziano, John Rizio-Hamilton, Adam H. Wierzbowski, Avi Josefson, Hannah Ross, Michael D. Blatchley, Brenna Nelinson, Matthew Traylor
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Author Topic: Will raising my ride height one inch hurt me?
I have changed my front springs out on my 79 monte carlo and i had a 1000rf and 900lf 9.5" springs. I went to a 1250rf and 1000lf and these springs are 11.5" and it raised my ride height to 9" at the bottom of the frame on the front. The car has been bouncing like a pogo stick on our rough dry slick track but if i can stick up high on the banking i am super fast.
Well raising the car will raise the VCG of the chassis. This is cause it to roll over on the ride side more which will help with the dry slick track. If your fast I'd leave it though.


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Ezekiel turns from his message to Judah and Israel and their judgment by the Lord, to the task of a rapid firing machine gun approach to the surrounding nations that scoffed and laughed during Israel's anguish and ultimate captivity: Ammon, Moab, Edom, Philistia, Tyre and Sidon.
The Ammonites were especially expressive in their jubilance over seeing God's children taken away by Babylon. In modern parlance, they behaved like radicals do today (and with them much of the Islamic world). Perhaps, this is the reaction throughout history for those nations who will ultimately answer for their responses to the misery imposed on God's children.
One primary fact to keep in mind, during the study of the next chapters, is there is no need for a prophet to actually "be" in the land addressed to make effective the prophetic word. (Sometimes, in my own ministry, I have sent prophetic words and messages [some, in tongues] to locales, cities and countries, without traveling to them.) Ezekiel was familiar with each of these ensuing places while remaining in Babylon.
Then this message came to me from the LORD: 2 "Son of man, look toward the land of Ammon and prophesy against its people. 3 Give the Ammonites this message from the Sovereign LORD: Hear the word of the Sovereign LORD! Because you scoffed when My Temple was desecrated, mocked Israel in her desolation, and laughed at Judah as she went away into exile, 4 I will allow nomads from the eastern deserts to overrun your country. They will set up their camps among you and pitch their tents on your land. They will harvest all your fruit and steal your livestock. 5 And I will turn the city of Rabbah into a pasture for camels, and all the land of the Ammonites into an enclosure for sheep. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
6 "And the Sovereign LORD says: Because you clapped and stamped and cheered with glee at the destruction of My people, 7 I will lift up My fist against you. I will give you as plunder to many nations. I will cut you off from being a nation and destroy you completely. Then you will know that I am the LORD.
Warning: This is God's method of handling nations that rejoice in hilarious outbursts against His people. The atrocities, worldwide, caused by rogue people, which have been greeted with rejoicing (from those NOT HIS people) will not go unnoticed or unpunished. History will yet record how those who engage in such behavior will be obliterated and their remembrance blotted from the ages. Complete destruction is their national heritage and reward. Count on it!
8 "I have heard the insults of Moab and the taunts of the Ammonites,who insulted My people and made threats against their land.
9 Therefore, as surely as I live," declares the LORD Almighty, the God of Israel, "surely Moab will become like Sodom, the Ammonites like Gomorrah - - a place of weeds and salt pits, a wasteland forever. The remnant of My people will plunder them; the survivors of My nation will inherit their land."
10 This is what they will get in return for their pride, for insulting and mocking the people of the LORD Almighty.
Those who take political action against the people of God, anywhere on earth, will also feel the sting of the lictors' lash, for the Lord watches over His people and calls to righteous judgment those who speak or act against them.
1. Ammonites despised the Lord's people when they came out of Egypt (like Palestinians do today).
4 Wherefore Hanun took David's servants, and shaved off the one-half of their beards, and cut off their garments in the middle, even to their buttocks, and sent them away.
3. Imported their false religion and seduced Israel with them.
It came to pass after this also, that the children of Moab, and the children of Ammon, and with them others beside the Ammonites, came against Jehoshaphat to battle.
There comes a time, in the economy of God, when it is declared, "enough is enough." Ammon stepped across the line of judgment and perished. Think not O' World, that there is no judgement for errant actions; it awaits even now in the wings of history!
The children of Israel were constantly under the influence of their neighbors and especially susceptible to religious paganism and false gods.
This, alone, would be enough to cause the prophetic words from Ezekiel to sting those named in the subsequent verses. No wonder God moved to destroy those named in these chapters.
Applications to today's world are astounding. Modern society has chosen a path, like Israel's, in "serving not Him." Moloch-like sacrifices of children on the altar of abortion and the casting aside of prayer and the Bible cannot garner a different outcome than those imposed on Moab.
Edom is the territory to the east of the Jordan. It takes in the mountainous terrain which is now Jordan and the West Bank. Tourists throng the area of Petra, the city of the rose-red rock, which was hewn uniquely into the high mountain area. Petra acted like a turnstile for east-west traffic. Invading armies from the west were befriended and given supplies to enhance their invasion of Israel. On the other hand, they impeded the armies of Israel by slowing their progress, limiting assistance and acting as a general barrier to them.
One must turn to the prophet Obadiah to grasp the long term judgment on the Edomites.
We have heard a message from the LORD that an ambassador was sent to the nations to say, "Get ready, everyone! Let's assemble our armies and attack Edom!"
2 The LORD says, "I will cut you down to size among the nations, Edom; you will be small and despised. 3 You are proud because you live in a rock fortress and make your home high in the mountains. 'Who can ever reach us way up here?' you ask boastfully. Don't fool yourselves! 4 Though you soar as high as eagles and build your nest among the stars, I will bring you crashing down. I, the LORD, have spoken.
Just utilizing excerpts emphasizing judgment, notice the following passage and who executes that judgment: Israel! In this passage, God gives the reason these children of Esau are His target.
Because of the violence you did to your close relatives in Israel. Now you will be destroyed completely and filled with shame forever. 11 For you deserted your relatives in Israel during their time of greatest need. You stood aloof, refusing to lift a finger to help when foreign invaders carried off their wealth and cast lots to divide up Jerusalem. You acted as though you were one of Israel's enemies.
12 "You shouldn't have done this! You shouldn't have gloated when they exiled your relatives to distant lands. You shouldn't have rejoiced because they were suffering such misfortune. You shouldn't have crowed over them as they suffered these disasters. 13 You shouldn't have plundered the land of Israel when they were suffering such calamity. You shouldn't have gloated over the destruction of your relatives, looting their homes and making yourselves rich at their expense. 14 You shouldn't have stood at the crossroads, killing those who tried to escape. You shouldn't have captured the survivors, handing them over to their enemies in that terrible time of trouble."
Obadiah was the first prophet to Israel (840BC) on the scene, after Samuel (1043 BC) and Elijah/Elisha (852BC). His pronouncement of judgment on the unspiritual Edomites chilled the air and gave Israel hope. Ezekiel also says Israel will vindicate itself against them. Two hundred forty-eight years after Obadiah's words, judgment was still hanging over their nation. Having gloated as the Assyrians captured Samaria and the Northern Tribes (10), they continued their namesake's attitude. The Words of the Lord will not return to Him void, they WILL come to pass!
Modern Israel should have claimed the promises of Obadiah, and the Lord, and never given away Gaza and the West Bank. They were faithless in that act, and the words of the Lord should have been their guide. Alas, all His promises are YES and AMEN!
15 "The day is near when I, the LORD, will judge the godless nations! As you have done to Israel, so it will be done to you. All your evil deeds will fall back on your own heads. 16 Just as you swallowed up My people on My holy mountain, so you and the surrounding nations will swallow the punishment I pour out on you. Yes, you nations will drink and stagger and disappear from history, as though you had never even existed.
17 "But Jerusalem will become a refuge for those who escape; it will be a holy place. And the people of Israel will come back to reclaim their inheritance. 18 At that time Israel will be a raging fire, and Edom, a field of dry stubble. The fire will roar across the field, devouring everything and leaving no survivors in Edom. I, the LORD, have spoken!
19 "Then My people living in the Negev will occupy the mountains of Edom. Those living in the foothills of Judah will possess the Philistine plains and take over the fields of Ephraim and Samaria. And the people of Benjamin will occupy the land of Gilead. 20 The exiles of Israel will return to their land and occupy the Phoenician coast as far north as Zarephath. The captives from Jerusalem exiled in the north will return to their homeland and resettle the villages of the Negev. 21 Deliverers will go up to Mount Zion in Jerusalem to rule over the mountains of Edom. And the LORD himself will be king!"
Examine closely the futuristic tone of this passage. It reaches for a time beyond the present. God WILL judge the godless nations. Notice where the Deliverers will rule from: Mount Zion. Yes, the godless nations that emulate Edom will be punished like Edom!
15 "And the Sovereign LORD says: The people of Philistia have acted against Judah out of revenge and long-standing contempt. 16 Therefore, says the Sovereign LORD, I will raise My fist of judgment against the land of the Philistines. I will wipe out the Kerethites and utterly destroy the people who live by the sea. 17 I will execute terrible vengeance against them to rebuke them for what they have done. And when I have inflicted My revenge, then they will know that I am the LORD."
Ezekiel now turns to the judgment pronounced against others in that sea area: Tyre and Sidon. The Lord is warning the inhabitants that surround Israel and Judah; time has eroded and there is no way around God's plan.
The reader is now entering some of the most prolific chapters of the Book. Keys are found in these verses that unlock prophecy in Revelation. So profound are the precepts in these chapters, that they must be viewed as God sees events: timeless and viewing the end as well as the beginning--all at once.
Some events in these chapters are years apart, though they appear to be immediate. Every word, every aspect of their placement, punctuation and correlation are intricately woven. Therefore, it is obligatory to entertain some factors that are at play.
First, there are prophetic words directed to multiple persons, although all those persons are referred to as "King of Tyre." There are three "kings" addressed herein.
The second King of Tyre was like the Lord Mayor of the island community, a position afforded the high priest in their Temple. New Tyre was established after the old city was ravaged by Nebuchadnezzar; it lasted until Alexander the Great conquered it. New Tyre worshipped the Religion of Hercules and had a temple to him. It was denial of worship in this temple that caused Alexander to conquer the city in 332BC.
The third King of Tyre is satan himself. The Prince of Tyre, who was the son of perdition and whose spirit was what is known as the anti-Christ of the end time, is referenced in these chapters. The son carries the DNA of his father in rebellion and pride.
Below, is a map depicting the two Tyre locations (old and new). Let this diagram act as a compass to guide you through the intertwined prophesies.
In chapter twenty-six, there are shifts between the old and the new Tyre. However, it is the attitude of both territories which permeates both scenes.
Almost at that very moment in time, Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon turned from his sacking of Jerusalem and set his eyes on the wealth of Tyre. The Lord put it into his heart. After all, he was in the region--why not?
He did sack and destroy much of the old city, which caused the wealthiest among the Phoenician traders to re-enforce and build on the nearby island, thereby establishing a trading point thought to be invulnerable.
The attitude expressed in the "Ha!" is similar to one who has survived his business partner and is capable of taking over all the business, an enterprise that initially involved a partnership with Solomon and a joint fleet of commercial ships. That, of course, explains the great wealth display when the Queen of Sheba visited. All sorts of items, from all over the world, were visible. Whether Apes or Gold, every asset was in abundance.
Some historians point out the power of the Phoenician Navy. Ezekiel lists some of the ships' materials in his prophecy. Far reaching in their trading abilities, they traversed beyond what is commonly viewed as the ancient world. For instance, there are Phoenician tablets in Northern Michigan dating back to 1000BC. Phoenicians probably were responsible for the removal of 500,000 tons of top grade copper during that time (Could this be the "copper as precious as gold" in Ezra 8:27?).
Could this explain the tin mines of Glastonbury in England? Were they really the destination of the Phoenician Navy in supplying the alloy used in gold production for Solomon? There are Hebrew writings in that area which date to 1000BC.
Little wonder the old city rejoiced when its business partner fell to the Babylonians. With greedy eyes, they could only imagine the increased wealth they would gain.
God passed judgment upon them. That judgment scanned 250 years and even beyond. Those who say, "look at the city of Tyre, it lasted to modern times and can be seen on current maps," are fooled, because no one knows the exact location of the old city, its timbers and building materials were cast into the sea by Alexander's causeway builders (Nothing remained-not one rock).
During Nebuchadnezzar's 13 year siege of the Old City, those wealthy enough and skilled enough to book passage went to the site of the New City (on the island). They did not experience any of the looting and murder of the old city under Babylonian forces. They prospered and felt themselves impervious when they fended off other invasion forces during the 250 year time frame. This, of course, caused them to misjudge Alexander's invasion.
3 "Therefore, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: I am your enemy, O Tyre, and I will bring many nations against you, like the waves of the sea crashing against your shoreline. 4 They will destroy the walls of Tyre and tear down its towers. I will scrape away its soil and make it a bare rock! 5 The island of Tyre will become uninhabited. It will be a place for fishermen to spread their nets, for I have spoken, says the Sovereign LORD. Tyre will become the prey of many nations, 6 and its mainland villages will be destroyed by the sword. Then they will know that I am the LORD.
Both Old and New Tyre are addressed in these three verses. Primarily, the New Tyre and its 30,000 inhabitants is the main target. Nothing but rubble remained of the Old City, however, the haughty, greedy, pride-filled citizenry lived on in the new location. They built a 150 ft. wall around the island kingdom. They established a pagan worship central Temple, where human sacrifices were offered. The religion of Hercules was a religion of Prosperity and Privilege (including sexual immorality). Actually, Hiram, who constructed Solomon's Temple, was of the Herculean religion. Some conjecture his influence, while explaining Solomon's departure from the Lord and establishment of places for idolatry throughout Israel's high places and valleys.
Old Tyre, indeed, fulfilled the promise of verse 3, "and I will bring many nations against you, like the waves of the sea crashing against your shoreline."
When Alexander finally penetrated the island fortress, his troops slew the citizens and enslaved those who escaped the sword. They were merciless because of the intense fighting and casualties experienced during the six months building of the causeway and took vengeance. (See the map and go to the website for an in-depth description of the events of that siege.) Because of sediment, over time, the island now is a part of the mainland and the causeway is used by fishermen to dry their nets.
7 "For the Sovereign LORD says: I will bring King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylon - the king of kings from the north - against Tyre with his cavalry, chariots, and great army. 8 First he will destroy your mainland villages. Then he will attack you by building a siege wall, constructing a ramp, and raising a roof of shields against you. 9 He will pound your walls with battering rams and demolish your towers with sledgehammers. 10 The hooves of his cavalry will choke the city with dust, and your walls will shake as the horses gallop through your broken gates, pulling chariots behind them. 11 His horsemen will trample every street in the city. They will butcher your people, and your famous pillars will topple.
12 "They will plunder all your riches and merchandise and break down your walls. They will destroy your lovely homes and dump your stones and timbers and even your dust into the sea. 13 I will stop the music of your songs. No more will the sound of harps be heard among your people. 14 I will make your island a bare rock, a place for fishermen to spread their nets. You will never be rebuilt, for I, the LORD, have spoken! This is the word of the Sovereign LORD.
Nebuchadnezzar never conquered the island city, but it was his intention. The man who conquered him (Alexander) carried out the deed. So, there is a blending of the prophetic stream over history. The families of the old city were finally addressed in the new one! Verse 12 describes the building materials used by Alexander in building the causeway.
how you have been destroyed!
once spread fear around the world.
18 Now the coastlands tremble at your fall.
As the heavily fortified island came to prominence, after the destruction of the Old City, the only Tyre to be addressed was the island New City. Old Tyre became known as Ushu and lost its place in history. Currently, excavation shows the old coastline buried under two feet of mud.
"I will bring you to a terrible end, and you will be no more. You will be looked for, but you will never be found. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!"
This whole chapter must be read as a funeral dirge. The elements fall into three categories.
(1) Comparison of the Ship of State to the actual ships of the naval fleet. The ingredients poured into the ship building were the best and the finest--skilled persons assisted in their making. The warriors displayed their copper shields along the rail-edge of the large ships in battle array. This may have influenced the Viking crews to do the same.
(3) The worldwide effect of Tyre's destruction shows how formidable Tyre's reach was. The sobbing shipmen, the mercenaries, who were now un-employed, virtually ask the question: "What will we do now?" Their world had fallen apart.
Ezekiel 27:1-28:1: Then this message came to me from the LORD: 2 "Son of man, sing a funeral song for Tyre, 3 that mighty gateway to the sea, the trading center of the world. Give Tyre this message from the Sovereign LORD: You claimed, O Tyre, to be perfect in beauty. 4 You extended your boundaries into the sea. Your builders made you glorious! 5 You were like a great ship built of the finest cypress from Senir. They took a cedar from Lebanon to make a mast for you. 6 They carved oars for you from the oaks of Bashan. They made your deck of pine wood, brought from the southern coasts of Cyprus. Then they inlaid it with ivory. 7 Your sails were made of Egypt's finest linen, and they flew as a banner above you. You stood beneath blue and purple awnings made bright with dyes from the coasts of Elishah.
8 "Your oarsmen came from Sidon and Arvad; your helmsmen were skilled men from Tyre itself. 9 Wise old craftsmen from Gebal did all the caulking. Ships came with goods from every land to barter for your trade. 10 Men from distant Persia, Lydia, and Libya served in your great army. They hung their shields and helmets on your walls, giving you great honor. 11 Men from Arvad and from Helech stood on your walls as sentinels. Your towers were manned by men from Gammad. Their shields hung on your walls, perfecting your splendor.
12 "Tarshish was your agent, trading your wares in exchange for silver, iron, tin, and lead. 13 Merchants from Greece, Tubal, and Meshech brought slaves and bronze dishes. 14 From Togarmah came riding horses, chariot horses, and mules. All these things were exchanged for your manufactured goods. 15 Merchants came to you from Dedan. Numerous coastlands were your captive markets; they brought payment in ivory tusks and ebony wood.
16 "Aram sent merchants to buy your wares. They traded turquoise, purple dyes, embroidery, fine linen, and jewelry of coral and rubies. 17 Judah and Israel traded for your wares, offering wheat from Minnith, early figs, honey, oil, and balm. 18 Damascus traded for your rich variety of goods, bringing wine from Helbon and white wool from Zahar. 19 Greeks from Uzal came to trade for your merchandise. Wrought iron, cassia, and calamus were bartered for your wares. 20 Dedan traded their expensive saddle blankets with you.
21 "The Arabians and the princes of Kedar brought lambs and rams and goats in trade for your goods. 22 The merchants of Sheba and Raamah came with all kinds of spices, jewels, and gold in exchange for your wares. 23 Haran, Canneh, Eden, Sheba, Asshur, and Kilmad came with their merchandise, too. 24 They brought choice fabrics to trade - blue cloth, embroidery, and many-colored carpets bound with cords and made secure. 25 The ships of Tarshish were your ocean caravans. Your island warehouse was filled to the brim!
26 "But look! Your oarsmen are rowing your ship of state into a hurricane! Your mighty vessel flounders in the heavy eastern gale. You are shipwrecked in the heart of the sea!
27 Everything is lost - your riches and wares, your sailors and helmsmen, your ship builders, merchants, and warriors. On that day of vast ruin, everyone on board sinks into the depths of the sea.
28 "Your cities by the sea tremble as your helmsmen cry out in terror. 29 All the oarsmen abandon their ships; the sailors and helmsmen come to stand on the shore. 30 They weep bitterly as they throw dust on their heads and roll in ashes. 31 They shave their heads in grief because of you and dress themselves in sackcloth. They weep for you with bitter anguish and deep mourning. 32 As they wail and mourn, they sing this sad funeral song: 'Was there ever such a city as Tyre, now silent at the bottom of the sea? 33 The merchandise you traded satisfied the needs of many nations. Kings at the ends of the earth were enriched by your trade. 34 Now you are a wrecked ship, broken at the bottom of the sea. All your merchandise and your crew have passed away with you. 35 All who live along the coastlands are appalled at your terrible fate. Their kings are filled with horror and look on with twisted faces. 36 The merchants of the nations shake their heads at the sight of you, for you have come to a horrible end and will be no more.' "
It is interesting to notice, in these Scriptures, that the King of Tyre was in the Garden of Eden. Yes, his identity is revealed. This three part chapter addresses the false spirit, who has a following which displays his character and will-satan, the real King of Tyre, has a son the Prince of Tyre, with his father's antichrist spirit. The Prince of Tyre is the human King of Tyre on the island, who, like a puppet, gives his father a voice.
Next, is a message to Sidon. Sidon was a co-hart of Tyre and deserved to be judged.
Finally, there is a message to Israel, who suffered, and is now promised vindication in the form of a blessing.
Beginning with an address to the real power behind Tyre's throne, the heavy hand of the Lord is revealed against satan. The prince of Tyre, satan's mouthpiece, is condemned.
Ezekiel 28:1-19: Then this message came to me from the LORD: 2 "Son of man, give the prince of Tyre this message from the Sovereign LORD: In your great pride you claim, 'I am a god! I sit on a divine throne in the heart of the sea.' But you are only a man and not a god, though you boast that you are like a god. 3 You regard yourself as wiser than Daniel and think no secret is hidden from you. 4 With your wisdom and understanding you have amassed great wealth - gold and silver for your treasuries. 5 Yes, your wisdom has made you very rich, and your riches have made you very proud.
6 "Therefore, this is what the Sovereign LORD says: Because you think you are as wise as a god, 7 I will bring against you an enemy army, the terror of the nations. They will suddenly draw their swords against your marvelous wisdom and defile your splendor! 8 They will bring you down to the pit, and you will die there on your island home in the heart of the sea, pierced with many wounds. 9 Will you then boast, 'I am a god!' to those who kill you? To them you will be no god but merely a man! 10 You will die like an outcast at the hands of foreigners. I, the Sovereign LORD, have spoken!"
11 Then this further message came to me from the LORD: 12 "Son of man, weep for the king of Tyre. Give him this message from the Sovereign LORD: You were the perfection of wisdom and beauty. 13 You were in Eden, the garden of God. Your clothing was adorned with every precious stone - red carnelian, chrysolite, white moonstone, beryl, onyx, jasper, sapphire, turquoise, and emerald - all beautifully crafted for you and set in the finest gold. They were given to you on the day you were created. 14 I ordained and anointed you as the mighty angelic guardian. You had access to the holy mountain of God and walked among the stones of fire.
15 "You were blameless in all you did from the day you were created until the day evil was found in you. 16 Your great wealth filled you with violence, and you sinned. So I banished you from the mountain of God. I expelled you, O mighty guardian, from your place among the stones of fire. 17 Your heart was filled with pride because of all your beauty. You corrupted your wisdom for the sake of your splendor. So I threw you to the earth and exposed you to the curious gaze of kings. 18 You defiled your sanctuaries with your many sins and your dishonest trade. So I brought fire from within you, and it consumed you. I let it burn you to ashes on the ground in the sight of all who were watching. 19 All who knew you are appalled at your fate. You have come to a terrible end, and you are no more."
The real King of Tyre found a body (the human King of Tyre) that would embody him. Who mighty that apply to today?
25 "This is what the Sovereign LORD says: The people of Israel will again live in their own land, the land I gave My servant Jacob. For I will gather them from the distant lands where I have scattered them. I will reveal to the nations of the world My holiness among My people. 26 They will live safely in Israel and build their homes and plant their vineyards. And when I punish the neighboring nations that treated them with contempt, they will know that I am the LORD their God."
This is an end-time prophetic word, and it will come to pass, even though millenniums have passed. It will come to pass just like the example of Tyre, who escaped the Assyrians and outfoxed Nebuchadnezzar by moving to the island, but finally succumbed to Alexander and those who followed him.
Next month, in chapter 29, the Lord will reveal how Nebuchadnezzar was rewarded for his obedience and how Egypt was given to him for payment.
Historians say that some of the residents of New Tyre escaped during the early part of the Alexandrian invasion, and they formed the city of Carthage that also was judged later on.


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Apparitions / Hauntings
Courtiers House
by Ian · Published January 20, 2009 · Updated December 26, 2018
On 7 June 1799, twenty nine year old Mrs Sarah Fletcher committed suicide at Courtiers. She hung herself from the curtain rails of her four-poster bed using a handkerchief and a piece of cord. It is said that she was driven to take her own life after she discovered her husband, who was a Captain in the Royal Navy was arranging a bigamous marriage to a wealthy heiress. This, after she had received word that he had died at sea. She went to the church and actually stopped the wedding from taking place. Following this, Captain Fletcher returned to sea, but the betrayal and neglect was too much for Sarah to bear.
The reason for her death was recorded as lunacy. Jacksons Oxford Journal for Saturday 15th June 1799 states: 'the derangement of her mind appearing very evident, as well as from many other circumstances, the jury, without hesitation, found the verdict – Lunacy'. A similar account also appeared in the Gentlemen's Magazine. By this time her husband was said to be en-route to the East Indies.
She is buried in the Abbey Church of St Peter & St Paul, Dorchester-on-Thames, but her ghost is said to haunt her former marital home. Courtiers House is a red-brick Georgian mansion which became a boarding school many years after Sarah's death. When the school closed it was divided up into cottages and then eventually became an institution for girls.
The haunting would manifest in various ways and was experienced by many people, including the school masters and children residing there. The school, which was a private academy opened in 1846 and was referred to as Crakes School after it's master and it is said that he took over the building because it had a low rent of twenty pounds per annum which may have been due to its neglected state and reputation of being haunted. The stables and coach hose were made into dormitories for the boys. Around 1854, the children were amongst those who witnessed the haunting. Later in the 1850's it became a commercial school which had thirty pupils. By 1866 it was referred to as a grammar school. The school moved from Courtiers in 1868 after a fever outbreak in Clifton Hampden.
Sarah would appear wearing a black (possibly silk) cloak and with a blue or purple ribbon in her auburn hair. Usually the most common aspect of the haunting was the sound of footsteps and the feeling of her presence. The footsteps would come out of the room which used to be her bedroom (situated on the top floor), go along the passage and down the stairs.
The boys staying at the school would also hear footsteps as an invisible person would enter their room, walk around a little, then leave.
There were instances of doors opening and slamming. Door handles being seen to move on their own and noises could be heard throughout the building as if things were being picked up and dropped.
Maude Ffoulkes mentions the haunting in True Ghost Stories (1936) which she co-authored with Marchioness Townsend and Jessie Middleton quotes Ffoulkes in her account of the story 'Sarah Fletcher'. Ffoulkes visited Courtiers House in the early twentieth century when it was a girl's institution and wrote a pamphlet called 'The Story of Sarah Fletcher' (1913) after looking into the haunting. It included testimonies from Rev Poyntz, minister of Abbey Church at the time and Rev Edward Crake, who had lived at Courtiers as a child.
The epitaph on Sarah's grave reads:
'May her Soul meet that Peace in Heaven which this Earth has denied her'
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Kevin Durant Just Can't Stop Gushing About the Bulls (And Other Bulls Bullets)
May 12, 2021, by Elias Schuster Chicago Bulls
The end is near.
(lol … that sounds so dramatic)
• With the Indiana Pacers surprisingly beating the Philadelphia 76ers on Tuesday night, the Chicago Bulls have only one more shot to make the play-in tournament. Not only will they have to win each of their remaining three games – Raptors, Nets, and Bucks – but they will also need the Washington Wizards to lose out. While Bradley Beal is currently on the sideline with a hamstring strain, the NBA's new all-time triple-double leader, Russell Westbrook, should not have a hard time keeping his team afloat. The Wizards' next three matchups are against the Hawks (who they lost to by only one point on Monday) the Cavaliers, and the Hornets. I suppose it's not out of the question the Hawks and Hornets – two teams ahead of the Wizards in the standings – hand Westbrook and Co. a loss. But the Cavaliers have lost 11-straight and should be an easy W.
Bulls lone road to the play-ins looks like this:
WED – WAS loss to ATL
THU – CHI win over TOR
FRI – WAS loss to CLE
SAT – CHI win over BKN
SUN – WAS loss to CHA
SUN – CHI win over MIL
— Jeff Mangurten (@JeffGurt) May 12, 2021
• The Basketball-Reference Playoff Probabilities Report gives the Bulls just a 0.3 percent chance to steal the No. 10 seed. So you're saying there's a chance? Yes, but that doesn't necessarily mean that chance is worth taking. The Bulls still run the risk of diminishing their Top-4 lottery odds with every win. The Pelicans and Kings are, fortunately, two games better than the Bulls in the league standings, but each has relatively tough schedules to finish out this regular season. New Orleans will battle the Mavericks, Warriors, and Pelicans, while the Kings will see the Grizzlies twice and Jazz. So while there is a good chance the Bulls keep their current 26.3 percent odds at a Top-4 pick, there is also a world in which they go 2-1 while either team goes 0-3 and things end in a tie. The odds could then be left up to a coin flip.
• In other words, I'm officially ready to embrace the tank, and if the Wizards win tonight against the Hawks, I wouldn't be surprised if the same can be said for the front office. Head coach Billy Donovan told reporters last night that "as long as we have some life here, I think these guys will continue to work and put their best foot forward." The keywords are "as long as we have some life." Once that is taken away, I would not be shocked to see guys like LaVine and Vucevic get a breather.
• Look, I'm ready to get excited again. The end of this season has beaten me down a bit, and I'm sure I'm not alone. The offseason will bring a boatload of fun storylines, and while the organization may not have a first-round draft pick, they still have Zach LaVine and Nikola Vucevic with some major roster changes on the horizon. Those two things alone should give us some hope in this team's ability to be competitive next season. As should ANOTHER rave review from superstar Kevin Durant.
"I'm really a fan of this team" Durant told the media after last night's Nets victory. "Obviously, being coached by Billy and his staff, a few of those guys on his staff. I know how Zach LaVine and those guys are approaching every day as a unit, and you can just see it out on the floor. I mean, having Vucevic mid-season, having those guys figure out who they are at such a fast pace, the last 20 games of the season, so I feel like they're going to figure it out even more going into next season. But they have a lot of talent, a lot of different guys that can do a variety of things. Zach and Vooch and Coby I feel like are key pieces to this team, and Patrick Williams.
• This comment comes after Durant spoke highly about what Chicago was building a little over a month ago on a Twitter Spaces live stream. The 2x NBA Champion has also not been shy in the past about praising All-Star Zach LaVine. Unfortunately, I don't think this means he is about to demand a trade to the Bulls (do it, you coward), but it's never a bad thing when such a high-profile player continues to gush about your team. Comments like these help us better understand the Bulls' reputation behind the scenes, and if Durant thinks something is brewing in the Windy City, who is to say several other big-name players/free-agents-to-be don't feel the same way.
• Not gonna lie, Nikola Vucevic let the boys down last night, and he knows it: "I struggled offensively, obviously. It's just frustrating because I felt like if I could make some of those shots it would help us stay in the game and keep the game closer. So that's just the main reason, it being an important game for us, that I didn't feel like I did my job tonight on that end of the court. Just frustrating because you always want to help your team the best way you can and do what you need to do."
LIVE: Nikola Vučević after tonight's game against the Nets https://t.co/gBg4eJePOW
— Chicago Bulls (@chicagobulls) May 12, 2021
• Don't worry, Vooch, I forgive you. The dude has been nothing but excellent since coming to the Bulls on March 25th, and it's not uncommon to lose to the Brooklyn Nets. Shake it off.
• Also, it's not like he still didn't try his ass off. The big man may not be the most gifted defender thanks to his natural lack of athleticism and flat-footedness, but his basketball IQ makes up for some of that.
Also a little bit more versatile than people give him credit for. It's true that he mostly plays drop coverage, but the Bulls are bringing him to the level of the screen from time to time. pic.twitter.com/p6IegTRnRH
— Steph Noh (@StephNoh) May 12, 2021
• Derrick Rose has been tremendous for the Knicks as of late, averaging 22.0 points, 4.8 assists, and 1.0 steal in his last six games. The former MVP is also shooting 59.6 percent from the floor over that span.
It's been wild watching Rose transform into a defensive pest this season, but he's been one. A huge one.
— Chris Herring (@Herring_NBA) May 12, 2021
Is Derrick Rose the stealth Sixth Man of the Year?
— Marc Stein (@TheSteinLine) May 12, 2021
• Bulls could see Harden on Saturday.
ESPN reporting with @Malika_Andrews: After missing five weeks with a hamstring injury, Brooklyn Nets star James Harden's return is expected to be a game-time decision vs. San Antonio on Wednesday: https://t.co/MYTCxJtEah
— Adrian Wojnarowski (@wojespn) May 12, 2021
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1810 revolucion de mayo wikipedia france
He promoted the Inca plan to create a constitutional monarchy with an Inca descendant as Head of State. Thus, despite the new influences, Belgrano remained a strong Catholic and monarchist. Main article: Industrial Revolution. In mid, the ruling triumvirate ordered the Buenos Aires Cabildo to commission a national anthem. He studied in Europe during the Atlantic Revolutionsand was a versatile polyglotcapable of understanding Spanish, English, French, Italian, and some indigenous languages. The new government, trusting in Belgrano's diplomatic abilities, sent him on a mission to Europe to negotiate support for the independence of the United Provinces. It had lyrics by Esteban de Luca and music by Blas Parera. Santiago de Liniers Vicente Nieto. The family was the second richest in Buenos Aires, after the Escaladas. However, the aftermath of the conflict led the Paraguayans to replace Belazco with a local junta, and declare independence from Spain.
The May Revolution (Spanish: Revolución de Mayo) was a week-long series of events that took place from May 18 to 25,in Buenos Aires, capital of the Viceroyalty of the Río de la Plata.
Spain instituted those bans when it declared war on France after the execution of Louis XVI and retained them after the peace. The Argentine War of Independence was fought from to by Argentine patriotic forces under Manuel Belgrano, Juan José Castelli and José de San Martín against royalist forces loyal to the Spanish crown. On July 9,an assembly met in San Miguel de Tucumán, declared full . The Día de la Revolución de Mayo (May Revolution Day) on May 25 is an.
The May Revolution (Spanish: Revolución de Mayo) was a series of revolutionary political and Such blockades started when Spain declared war on France after the execution of Louis XVI, but remained after the peace treaty of.
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It was feared that the British would launch a third attack, this time allied with Portugal. Main article: Liniers Counter-revolution.
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Manuel Belgrano. After the taking of the city, all Spanish authorities were requested to pledge allegiance to the British crown. At first, he unsuccessfully promoted the aspirations of Carlota Joaquina to become a regent ruler for the Viceroyalty during the period the Spanish King Ferdinand VII was imprisoned during the Peninsular War — From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia.
As a result, much of his works and reform proposals at the Consulate were oriented towards improving agriculture, livestock, manufacturing, and free trade.
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from a depleted France, led the exhausted and demoralized French forces in a War and revolution against Napoleon's occupation led to the Spanish. Historiographical studies of the May Revolution started in the second half of the 19th century in .
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Even if Spain was at war with France, the ideals themselves of the French Revolution (liberty, equality and fraternity) were still respected by those . Corrientes interpretativas de la Revolución de Mayo de (in Spanish). The Dos de Mayo or Second of May Uprising of was a rebellion by the people of Madrid Belligerents. Spain · France French Empire.
Commanders and leaders. Pedro Velarde y Santillán † · Luís Daoíz de Torres † Jacinto Ruiz y Mendoza, Joachim.
Belgrano moved to the fortress as soon as he heard the warning, and gathered many men to launch resistance.
A History of the Peninsular War. Castelli then sent him reinforcements, leading to the first patriotic victory at the battle of Suipachawhich gave Buenos Aires control over the Upper Peru.
Belgrano later convinced the new viceroy to allow him to edit a new newspaper, the "Correo de Comercio". His concern with public education was not interrupted by his military campaigns.
After the successful defense of the city inthe local criollos increased their political power with their higher military role.
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1810 revolucion de mayo wikipedia france Bernardino Rivadavia Mariano Moreno. Cisneros tried to conceal the news by gathering all the newspapers brought by the ship, but Belgrano and Castelli managed to get one.
He designed a system to give prizes to achievements that would boost the local economy, diversify the agriculture, or deforest the pampas. The undesired outcomes of the Paraguay and Upper Peru campaigns led the Junta to be replaced by an executive Triumvirate in September Greatly outnumbered and losing an unequal fight, Belgrano refused to surrender.
Lacking any gold or silver resources, or established indigenous populations to employ systems of encomiendait was more profitable for Spain to send them all to Mexico or Lima.
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Kansas City Chiefs cornerback Marcus Peters raised his right fist during the national anthem on Sunday, one day after saying he "100%" agreed with Colin Kaepernick's decision to kneel during the anthem.
Prior to their game against the Chargers on Sunday, the entire Chiefs team stood with their arms linked.
"After having a number of thoughtful discussions as a group regarding our representation during the national anthem, we decided collectively to lock arms as a sign of solidarity," the Chiefs said in a statement.
It was a move reminiscent of the protest during the 1968 Olympics by Americans Tommie Smith and John Carlos, who raised their fists while wearing black gloves during the US national anthem.
"I'm 100 percent behind him. I feel that what was going on in law enforcement, it does need to change. It does need to change for all, equal opportunities for everybody, not just us as black Americans. I feel that over the past year it's been displayed what's been going on across America and over across the world. Just on my piece, I don't think nothing's being done about it."
"It's hard for us as we have influences on the world and all these fans around the world, once we come out like Colin did, it becomes a big huge thing like he's disrespecting the flag. He didn't say none of that. He spoke up about something that he felt he needed to speak up about. I salute him for that. I'm going to back him up."
Along with Kaepernick, a small number of other NFL players have also knelt during the anthem. Like the Chiefs, the Seahawks are expected to link arms during the national anthem during their game later on Sunday afternoon.
Peters is the first we've seen to raise his fist.


The Panj Valley in East Tajikistan, with a Pamir Energy pylon doing its job.
LONDON, 18 June, 2017 – The former US vice-president, Al Gore, has challenged the world to rise to what he calls "the sustainability revolution". Speaking to the winners of the 2017 Ashden Awards, he called the revolution one of the great moral causes of human history.
This year's Ashden winners are nothing if not ambitious. They improve people's health, help school children to learn, ensure their elders can earn a living – and sometimes even manage to reduce violence.
One winner, from Tajikistan in Central Asia, takes a decidedly low-tech approach. It's PamirEnergy, (http://www.pamirenergy.com/ – site under construction) which won the 2017 Ashden Award for Increasing Energy Access. What it does is to rebuild the past: it's restored 11 small hydropower plants and upgraded 4,300 kms of old transmission and distribution lines in eastern Tajikistan.
PamirEnergy's work means that 96% of the households in the area now have a reliable supply of clean electricity: schools are re-opening, people can look forward to winter warmth (when temperatures can drop to around minus 30-40°C), and deforestation is significantly down (wood was formerly the main heating and cooking fuel, and demand for it destroyed 70% of the local forests).
Not only that: the company has extended its work by exporting surplus energy across the border to the northern Afghan province of Badakhshan. A planned expansion will raise the number of people in Badakhshan with access to electricity from 4% to nearly 50%.
And there's a bonus. Some Afghanis distrust foreign involvement, sometimes extremely violently. But Daler Jumaev, PamirEnergy's director, told Climate News Network: "We're careful not to undermine local know-how, we make the technology accessible and we make sure the Afghanis know they own the project. They're our best customers, and they pay promptly.
Another 2017 winner is PEG Africa (PEG stands for Passion, Excellence and Growth), which works in Ghana and Côte d'Ivoire. Its award is for Innovative Finance: it distributes clean energy to the most remote areas, many of them without roads or running water.
PEG provides people with pay-as-you-go solar energy, allowing its customers to stop buying poor-quality polluting fuels like kerosene (which can eat up 30% of their income). The solar power they buy from PEG soon becomes an asset which they own.
PEG has sold 25,000 of its systems. These vary in size and complexity according to customer need. A typical home system includes a solar panel, battery, radio, two or three lamps, a torch, cellphone charger and a TV. The systems can be fitted with a filter which stops them working if the owner's credit falls to zero.
The filter is needed to safeguard one of the key elements of PEG's scheme: its use of mobile money. This, with the mobile telephones themselves, means PEG can reach "the unbanked", those without bank accounts, and supply systems to them on credit.
That way, PEG says, it is providing not only energy access, but financial inclusion as well. Once customers have paid off their loans they can use their systems as collateral for income-generating activities; payment usually takes from 12 to 18 months.
A project similar to PEG's is operating on the other side of the continent, in East Africa, where using mobile payments for off-grid solar electrification started.
The project, Mobisol, is the winner of the Ashden Judges' Special Award. It is now selling high-power solar systems designed for use not just domestically but for running small businesses, to earn some income.
One example the Germany-based company provides is a barber's shop. It might expect, once electrified, to do from 3 to 10 haircuts a day at US$0.30-$1 each, and earning from $1 to $10 daily. Or the system's owner could charge cellphones at $0.10-0.15 a time for 10-50 customers a day, and earn from $1 to $7.50.
In sub-Saharan Africa 70% of households have no electricity – that's 600 million people off-grid. But Mobisol's decentralised solar energy serves 100% of rural areas' energy needs. Its off-grid approach, it says, is leapfrogging ahead of on-grid. Mobisol's ambitions are high.
Thomas Duveau, Mobisol's chief strategy officer, is confident there's a huge market to be served. "Africa is not uniformly poor", he says. "In the poorest village you'll still find a middle class who will buy our systems.
Mobisol is now working in Kenya, Rwanda and Tanzania, serving 70,000 households and families, and saving 35,000 tonnes of CO2 emissions annually. It plans to expand much further.
The International Energy Agency says sub-Saharan Africa would need an extra $19 billion a year to achieve universal energy access by 2030. Duveau says it could be done sooner, and much more cheaply.


Little Grey Rabbit is one of the classic gems of children's literature. The series is being relaunched, tying in with a new, beautifully animated television adaptation, and will delight children as much today as when it was first published seventy years ago.
Little Grey Rabbit is one of the classic gems of children's literature. The series is being relaunched, tying in with a new, beautifully animated television adaptation, and will delight children as much today as when it was first published seventy years ago. It's bitingly cold but Little Grey Rabbit, Hare and Squirrel wrap themselves up in warm clothes and make their way to the frozen pond. There they join the many animals having fun on the ice. But when they return home, looking forward to a wonderful supper, they find to their horror that someone has stolen all their food!


Rinat Akhmetov's holding company, System Capital Management, oversees his stakes in a variety of mostly industrial businesses.
He owns a stake of mining and steel firm Metinvest Group, one of the largest private companies in Ukraine.
Akhmetov is invested in energy through DTEK, a firm with coal mines, thermal power generation and Ukraine's largest wind farm.
He also owns companies in telecom, engineering, finance, real estate, transportation and retail.
The son of a coal miner, he got his start buying up mining assets during the 1990s privatization era in Ukraine.


Most Facebook users are already familiar with the Facebook Social Ads (sponsored ads that pop up on your News Feed), but few know about Facebook's partnership with other external websites, particularly Yelp and Blockbuster. If you're like me, and you're constantly on Facebook (and really, who else is still not on Facebook?) AND you're a member of Yelp and Blockbuster, then you would know by now that every review on Yelp, and every addition to your movie queue on Blockbuster, also gets featured on your News Feed (if you allow it) and in your Profile.
These are obviously great ways to incorporate actual user-generated actions into your brand or website. After all, aren't these just ways to build a stronger, more recognizable brand? As online marketers, we're all rooting for the power of social media. And as consumers, we're all participating in and growing this phenomenon.
However, I'm wondering: just how much will these feeds affect my Facebook life? When my friends see that I added a movie like "Live Free or Die Hard" onto my Blockbuster queue, will I be judged? When they see that I posted a bad review for their favorite restuarant on Yelp, will I be stoned? And this is where the fun begins. The genius of Facebook is that this is yet another avenue that opens up a new window for conversations. Go ahead and discuss the movies that your friends rented. Or go ahead and put your two cents worth about the latest restaurant reviews. This is where the socializing happens.
Kudos to Facebook for ultimately letting the user decide what gets published or not (tip: it's somewhere in your Privacy settings). In the end, we all need to realize that we're all part of this big interconnected social media community, where we share (almost) everything with our friends, fans, peers, and communities. Enjoy!


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Telefónica to launch '5G experience' in banks in Spain
Jun 14, 2019 11:13am
Banking applications could emerge as an early use case for 5G networks. (Telefonica)
Telefónica has signed a deal with Spain's Banco Santander to leverage 5G in two banking offices in the city of Alcobendas, Spain. Telefónica already deployed a trial 5G standalone network in Alcobendas. ZTE provided the radio, core network and the terminals for the trial.
Touting that wireless technology will bring "new services to the financial sector," the two companies said they have developed three use cases for customers in the offices using 5G.
"The initiative with Santander Spain is the result of the collaboration with our corporate customers to ensure that 5G technology is deployed in a way that fully meets their needs, prioritizing the development of the most demanded capacities," said Emilio Gayo, CEO of Telefónica Spain, in a statement.
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The network will support 4K video conferencing between the two bank offices in Alcobendas, supporting 4096 x 2160 resolution and 30 frames per second. The network will also support a low latency cloud storage solution that's based on the Hitachi Content Platform Anywhere Edge solution embedded on Telefónica's edge computing infrastructure.
The final use case involves virtual reality. The service enables customers to "remotely visit" co-working spaces such as the Santander Work Cafe located at the Santander banking office in the center of Madrid, using virtual reality, 360-degree video and edge computing.
The project is the first 5G deployment in the banking sector in Europe. Banking applications could emerge as an early use case for 5G networks. Despite the hype around rolling out 5G networks, operators around the world have been hard pressed to find monetizable use cases for the technology.
RELATED: Operators struggle to make business case for 5G
Earlier this month, Vodafone and Ericsson held an unusual "gaming mobility" demo that involved roaming on 5G networks across the border between Spain and Portugal.
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Isha Ambani's wedding guest list reads like a who's who of international celebrity and they're all turning up in spectacular fashions just as you might expect. Hundreds of guests have arrived in jaw-dropping couture to celebrate the nuptials of India's wealthiest heiress this week, though no one pulled out the stops quite like Priyanka Chopra and Nick Jonas. The newlyweds arrived at Antilla today, the Ambani's luxurious private residence in Mumbai, looking exceptionally chic—Jonas in a streamlined black tuxedo and Chopra wearing a coral design from JADE by Monica Shah and Karishma Swali.
In her long-sleeved choli covered in crystals and embroidery, Chopra looked radiant and couldn't resist sharing her enthusiasm for the look on social media—there's an Instagram video of herself twirling. Styled by Ami Patel, the exquisite piece was part of the label's "Shreedha" line. Inspired by the Hindu goddess Radha, the handcrafted collection focuses on royal colors and intricate beadwork all of which appealed to Chopra. Indeed, the refined sparkles of her full skirt were a nice foil to her husband's sleek tailoring.
More than just an opportunity to flaunt their impeccable style, the Ambani wedding holds special significance for Jonas and Chopra. Ambani is part of Chopra's inner circle and has been for years—she was a bridesmaid at their wedding earlier this month. Naturally, Chopra was present at Ambani's pre-wedding sangeet, too, though she clearly reserved her best style moves for her dear friend's big day.