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If you don't care what it looks like when it gets there, a Runner might be a good option.
A story about the 360 version of TF2 made me consider the the byzantine, mercenary mechanics of content on Microsoft's console.
The gist of the story is that all of the awesome content Valve has been slathering on their game structure will arrive on the system, eventually, and there's no announcement on when a PS3 version arrive, because Valve doesn't do those ports in-house. That might be something to celebrate in purely console war terms, akin to "exclusive content," but because it only shows up on one system, now you have to pay for it. This is all according to Microsoft's Zoroastrian Magic Calendar, which states the nested laws of the Marketplace thusly:
1. Content can never be free.
2. Content can be free, if you wait long enough.
3. Content is always free if it is available for free elsewhere.
As I have established, I don't mind paying for things. I don't even mind paying for dumb things. The overriding sensation is that of "completing a set," which is (to my mind) the most holy sort of act. But these rules express a kind of thorny philosophy, where the content that makes the system most unique is universally barbed with costs. All it does is reinforce the sense that the platform is fraught with toll gates, which is, um... true.
The aforementioned mechanics are revealed primarily through first party content for its powerhouse shooters, but also Electronic Arts, which has used its position as a kind of multiplatform arms vendor to force gigs of free content. The irony here is crisp, because these are the same people who like charging people for shit they already bought. But you can look at Criterion's ongoing support of Burnout, or the surprisingly sharp Army of Two expansion, and see this fascinating system at work.
The iron law - what we might call Rule Zero, if we retain the existing edicts - is profitability. This was always the goal of the second Xbox, and they've managed to do it. This is why these policies are in place, strange and fearsome as they may be. Look at the PSN Store, and take special note of their pricing model, which is designed always to seem just the slightest bit cheaper. The top level view is that these products are placed below market value, when what Sony is doing is investing that money in the brand. It's what their product represents, and for the price, it's a bargain.
The mystical "two hundred dollar price point" for consoles can be likened to an eclipse: it is the point at which brand passes in front of product. It's no spirit totem, no guarantor of success. This is a lesson you can learn the hard way.
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The International Islamic Financial Market is working on common templates for structuring sukuk to reduce delays caused by disagreements between Shariah scholars.
The standards-setting body is drafting frameworks starting with leasing contracts known as Ijara, Chief Executive Officer Ijlal Ahmed Alvi said in a May 6 interview in Jakarta. Bahrain- based IIFM is responding to feedback from members including the Islamic Development Bank and the Malaysian and Saudi Arabian monetary authorities, he said.
Worldwide Islamic debt sales have grown by an average of 35 percent over the last five years, straining the ability of religious experts to approve offerings and highlighting the need for common global standards. Indonesia's government plans to reduce sales of Ijara sukuk as some scholars say the structure the country uses isn't fully Shariah-compliant, Vice Finance Minister Bambang Brodjonegoro said last month.
"Islamic finance is growing at a good pace, but what we still need is unification," said Alvi. "Having a unified set of standards would make the market more cost-effective and efficient."
Disagreements among Shariah scholars resulted in Goldman Sachs Group Inc. delaying a debut sukuk in 2011. The offer, which had been approved by Ireland's central bank, was postponed after the lender was criticized for not ensuring it would be traded at par value as required by Islamic law.
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Kuwait's Investment Dar Co. contradicted its own scholars' assessment after missing a payment on a Wakalah deposit held by Lebanon's BLOM Development Bank SAL. Dar argued the financing breached Shariah principles because it "was taking deposits at interest," according to a court document from December 2009.
All of the $13.9 billion of outstanding Indonesian government sukuk as of the end of 2013 used the Ijara structure, according to a March report by the Asian Development Bank. In Malaysia, only around 10 percent of the $163.5 billion of Islamic debt is Ijara-based, according to the report.
"Middle Eastern investors view that some sukuk issued in Southeast Asia doesn't fully comply with their guidelines, limiting or restricting the number of potential investors," Abas A. Jalil, chief executive officer at Amanah Capital Group Ltd., a consultancy in Kuala Lumpur, said in a May 9 interview. Common standards will "enable investors to make investment decisions in a more objective manner rather than based on the debatable perspectives of Shariah scholars," he said.
Scholar Shortage
The templates may also help address an international shortage of scholars. The 20 most-active experts each advised 31 institutions on average and two counseled 85, according to a 2011 report by Funds@Work AG, a consulting company based near Frankfurt.
The central bank of Malaysia, the world's largest sukuk market, has since 2010 forbidden scholars from sitting on more than one Shariah advisory board for each type of institution, meaning they can only advise one bank or pension fund for example. Most countries don't impose limits.
Worldwide sales of debt that pay returns on assets to comply with Islam's ban on interest increased 12 percent this year to $17.2 billion from the same point in 2013, data compiled by Bloomberg show. Shariah-compliant banking assets will double to $3.4 trillion by 2018 from last year, according to Ernst & Young LLP, which will fuel demand for more issuance.
"Enterprises with a global presence may be encouraged to explore sukuk issuance versus conventional if the standards are more widely accepted," Raj Mohamad, managing director at Five Pillars Pte, a consulting company in Singapore, said in a May 9 interview. "Standardization can also result in cost reduction in terms of legal and documentation cost.
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PHILADELPHIA (AP) - A gay teacher at a suburban Philadelphia Catholic high school was fired Friday after he applied for a New Jersey marriage license.
Michael Griffin was fired from Holy Ghost Preparatory School after administrators said his obtaining a license to marry his same-sex partner was a violation of his contract.
Father James McCloskey, the school's headmaster, said in a statement that faculty members at the school are required to follow church teachings, NBC Philadelphia reported.
He said in the statement that Griffin's decision "contradicts the terms of his teaching contract at our school, which requires all faculty and staff to follow the teachings of the Church as a condition of their employment. In discussion with Mr. Griffin, he acknowledged that he was aware of this provision, yet he said that he intended to go ahead with the ceremony."
Griffin, who graduated from the school and has taught French and Spanish there for 12 years, said that his relationship with his partner of 12 years wasn't a secret from the school administrators and that his partner had even been to McCloskey's house.
Griffin lives in New Jersey, which became the 14th state to recognize same-sex marriage in October.


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Duchamp's doorway
The door stands alone in its own room in the eastern wing of the Philadelphia Museum of Art. It's a little out of the way, tucked into a corner of the Marion Boulton Stroud Gallery, also known as the Galerie Rrose Sélavy. Nothing in the blandly worded placard at the entrance indicates that anything unusual lies beyond. When you peek inside, you see a small, dimly lit room, empty except for an old-fashioned wooden door, set into an archway of brick. If you're particularly observant, you might notice that the room isn't quite like any other at the museum—there's a carpet on the floor, instead of concrete, and the walls around the door are covered in textured plaster. Most visitors simply glance around for a moment, take in the door, see nothing else, and head off to the next obligatory stop on the tour. Only a few notice the light coming through the pair of small holes drilled into the door at eye level. And even fewer—at least of those who aren't aware of the secret—ever venture close enough to look inside.
Étant Donnés, to quote Jasper Johns yet again, is "the strangest work of art in any museum." And it's strange even if you don't know the circumstances of its creation. Look through those eyeholes, leaning in close enough to catch the faint odor of fragrant wood, and you see, behind the door, the startlingly lifelike image of a naked woman lying on a bed of dry grass, her legs spread, a glowing lamp in one upraised hand. The woman's head is concealed by the edge of a brick wall, making her seem faceless, but if you look carefully, you can make out a tantalizing lock of blond hair. In the background, there's a forest, a blue sky with clouds, and even a moving waterfall. It's an incredibly detailed tableau, quiet, mysterious, and meant to be seen by only one viewer at at time. When I first saw it in person, I had spent close to nine months preparing for that moment, but it's far more startling to see it without any advance warning. As a museum guard remarked to another group of visitors as I was on my way out: "You can't unsee that!"
Yet Étant Donnés remains strangely unknown, even among those who care about art, at least in comparison to its creator's other works. This is despite the fact that the story behind its creation is as fascinating as any I know. Stop me if you've heard this one before: for the last forty years of his life, Marcel Duchamp, the most influential artist of the twentieth century, claimed to have retired from art. Instead, he played chess at a very high level, gave occasional interviews, and oversaw the display and reproduction of his earlier works. After his death in 1968, however, it was revealed that he had spent at least twenty years working on a final installation, in complete secrecy, laboriously transporting it from one studio to another whenever he moved, confiding only in his wife. Whatever it meant, it had clearly been on his mind for decades: the first notes toward what later became Étant Donnés appear as early as 1934. And he had deliberately timed it so that the work would only be revealed when he was dead, perhaps so he could avoid being asked any questions.
These days, thanks to a ravishing study by Michael R. Taylor of the Philadelphia Museum of Art in honor of the installation's fortieth anniversary, we know a great deal about how Duchamp made Étant Donnés, but still almost nothing about why. It was solitary, methodical work, involving much trial and error with body casting, materials for making the skin, and creating the trompe l'oeil effects. Many of his solutions are charmingly quaint, like a hobbyist making a diorama in his garage: the effect of the moving waterfall, for instance, is created by a revolving light bulb inside a biscuit tin. And that's the strangest thing of all. Duchamp, more than any other artist of his generation, declared war on what he called "retinal" art, which appealed to the eye, not the mind, and was only interested in reproducing what it could see. His attempt to move past representation changed art forever. Yet the entire time, in secret, he was systematically experimenting to find ways to represent what is, for all its dreamlike trappings, the most classical subject of all: a woman's body. And nobody knows why.
This is the enigma at the heart of Duchamp's career—and at the center of The Icon Thief. Tomorrow, on the day my novel finally comes out, I'll do my best to explain why this mystery has intrigued me for so long.
Written by nevalalee
March 5, 2012 at 10:27 am
Tagged with art, Étant Donnés, Jasper Johns, Marcel Duchamp, Michael R. Taylor, Modern art, Philadelphia Museum of Art, The Icon Thief
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what an interesting post
"You can't unsee that!"
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Boy, here's a resource I bet Mark Richt wishes he could avail upon himself in Athens: "In Madison, Bielema even had a network of local cops who told him which players were out at which bars on which nights."
Sadly, that's probably a firing offense if you're a member of the ACCPD.
And here's an even more alien concept – local government criticism of overly zealous crime enforcement. (h/t Andy Staples)
Commissioner Robert "Hutch" Hutchinson brought up his concerns over the Alachua County Sheriff's Office's small-scale busts for marijuana possession in the community.
He said he has reviewed records that show numerous cases in which people were put in jail for related misdemeanors and remained there for 30 to 40 days at a time, which costs the local government money.
Hutchinson suggested that, in a couple of years, the county begin reducing the Sheriff's Office's budget by a certain amount per person for every individual put in jail for this kind of offense during the prior year as an incentive to direct the department's priorities elsewhere.
"Right now, there's no disincentive whatsoever," he said. That money and effort could go to drug treatment and prevention work instead.
"I want to help them re-prioritize because there's a lot of other things they could be doing," Hutchinson said.
Not saying whether that's right or wrong. But as mindsets go, it sure is a world away from what Richt deals with.


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Catholics attending a special Mass for peace in Syria were united in the belief that the power of prayer can help to end the violence in the Middle Eastern nation.
"People of faith are recognizing a deeper and prior agency at work - the power of prayer," said Archbishop Richard Smith, when addressing hundreds of people at the Sept. 14 Mass at St. Joseph's Basilica.
"At the call of Pope Francis, countless thousands implored the Lord for peace at a time when a military strike seemed certain to occur. Now there is real hope that it can be avoided," said Smith.
The day marked the feast of the Exaltation of the Cross. Even prior to the chemical gas attack in August, the day was earmarked by the Canadian bishops as a day for prayer and fasting for the crisis in Syria.
The day also marked the conclusion of a joint campaign with Development and Peace to raise funds in support of Syrian refugees. A special collection was taken at Mass.
The previous Saturday (Sept. 7), a similar prayer service for Syria, led by Auxiliary Bishop Greg Bittman, was held at the basilica with several hundred Catholics in attendance.
In his homily, Smith noted that news of a possible diplomatic alternative to military strikes in Syria followed the previous week's prayers by people around the world.
"The situation in Syria remains horrible. Our hearts continue to weep for the people who suffer and are forced to flee their country," said the archbishop. "We recoil in horror that the use of chemical weapons could even be contemplated yet alone used on innocent people."
"Certainly prayer can make a difference," said Alfred Fiumefreddo, who attended the Mass. "It's about time that the world made big notice of Syria and their problems. It's long been overdue. It was a very moving ceremony today."
Christian Syrians were among those at the basilica, and Smith assured them that they have his solidarity, love and support.
"There is no more effective way to demonstrate our solidarity than through shared prayer. From the depths of our hearts we must continue to pray, confident that the Lord alone has the power to change hearts," said Smith.
Maria Mastrih is a Catholic Syrian who has lived in Edmonton since leaving Syria seven years ago. She fasted on consecutive Saturdays, Sept. 7 and 14.
Mastrih told the WCR that gathering together in prayer is important for resolving the Syrian crisis.
"Some people are Catholic, some people are Orthodox and we've all joined up to be one in prayer," she said. "The emphasis from the pope and from the bishops calling us to come together as Christians from Syria and Christians from the Middle East, it's important that we all be together in the name of God."
She is convinced that prayer, especially the rosary, and fasting will make a difference.
"This Mass is very essential because it's announcing to the world that it's important to have peace, and not to have war. That's what Jesus taught us, and why we're doing this today," said Mastrih.
The archbishop said the sickness besetting Syria is idolatry - worshipping as god something which is not God. The ancient Israelites, he noted, attributed the powers of the living God to a golden calf.
"In different ways we can see the same thing happening in our own day. We are constantly fashioning 'golden calves' out of money, reputation, possessions and so on and allow these inanimate things to rule us."
The dangerous idols of today are power, hatred and pride, Smith said. Such idolatry has resulted in countless men, women and children being victimized.
The antidote, he said, is mercy. St. Paul persecuted the Church, but everything changed for him when he encountered mercy, when he met Jesus.
"God is not aloof, indifferent to the plight of his people. No, God comes looking for his lost ones so that he might show them mercy and heal them," the archbishop said.
Sam Waller, also at the Mass, said most Canadians may be passive about international politics, but he insisted, "I want Canadians to pay more attention to this conflict. It's a very serious situation there, something we can no longer ignore."
The United Nations estimates that more than 100,000 people have been killed since the Syrian uprising started two and a half years ago. More than two million Syrians have fled to neighbouring countries.
Praying and fasting are a good start to supporting the Syrians, even if Canadians are otherwise uninformed of the strife there, he said.
"People here don't have to know all of the issues, like the state of their human rights or the chemical weapons being used in Syria," said Waller.
"But we should let the local Syrians know that we are thinking of them and care for them. We're keeping them in our prayers."


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Our emotions can change like the weather. They can fluctuate depending on things that are happening in our lives. You can start off fine, and then someone can come along and say something to make you angry or sad. Or you can be having a bad day, and someone can say something that makes you happy or hopeful. There can even be days where maybe it doesn't have to do with people or outside influences at all, you just don't feel like yourself for some reason. You may not even know what the reason is.
Regardless of what emotions we feel, we should always give our emotions to the Lord. When amazing things happen, we should praise Him. When not-so-amazing things happen we should still thank Him for being God and let Him know we are hurting. This is what I'm learning to do, because on good days I want to glorify Him for His blessings. However on bad days, instead of just trying to work through things myself, I am learning to make prayer my first response. I am noticing that in talking to God about my emotions rather good or bad, it brings me peace. He said that's what would happen in Philippians 4:6-7. He said to give Him our prayers and He would in turn give us His peace.
Asking God to help us manage our emotions is a humbling experience, because we are basically acknowledging that how we feel may be right or it maybe wrong. But in either case, we are putting our trust in Him to teach us how to act when life happens. He's God. He always has been God. He always will be God. I can't even begin to imagine the depth of His wisdom. He can handle our emotions and teach us how to do the same.


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G and I headed for dinner to Mercy Bar + Eatery on a Friday night. I had been there when this place was Virginia Plain, so was keen to see what the changes were. I did enjoy the food at Virginia Plain but thought the Degustation menu we did could have been a bit better. Check out my review here – https://thegrazingpanda.wordpress.com/2012/11/29/virginia-plain-contemporary-european-cuisine/
Mercy Bar + Eatery is located at the top end of Flinders Lane (near Spring Street) where the old Virginia Plain used to be. Marco Santucci is still the owner, Andy Hammer is still the chef and Mat Beyer is still front-of house – but what has changed is the interior and the menu. Artist Steve Cross has redecorated the interior with graffiti art and it's funky to say the least! The artwork is colourful, bright, intriguing and can be talked about for quite some time. There are pictures of contorted faces and objects with varying shapes and colours.
The venue is fit out with wooden tables and chairs in the dining area of the restaurant, with the front section having communal tables and high tables for drinks and gatherings. The lighting is quite dim, with not many light shades fitted out through the venue, although it creates a great ambience. Near the table we are at there is one light to the left of us, together with artwork of a woman's face in green and pink tones (have a look at the picture above). The kitchen is open plan and located in the back of the dining area so you can see the chefs preparing your meals.
I got there a tad bit earlier than G so ordered a mocktail – they asked what kind of flavours I wanted and would make one to match that. The result was a fruity, orangey and lime concoction which was quite refreshing.
Once G arrived we decided on what food we would want. The menu is new and has an emphasis on bar snacks with 12 to choose from. There is a variety of entrees – there are about 7 to choose from which include eel, quail, wagyu and kingfish – together with a selection of 4 different salads. Mains are also available ( you can choose from 5) and these include Fish, Beef Cheek, Wagyu and Pork Belly and finished with Desserts – there are also 5 to choose from. The waitress informs us that there are also specials available – one from the entrée section and one from the main section.
NOTE: Mercy Bar + Eatery will still take bookings for its dining section down the back, and anyone who was a previous customer at Virginia Plain will always be able to book – a thank you for being there from the start.
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In the district court the Delaware was held solely in fault (61 Fed. 525), and a decree was entered against her for $21,318.70. Her owner thereupon appealed to the circuit court of appeals, which affirmed the decree of the district court as to the fault of the steamship, and certified to this court certain questions as to whether she was absolved from liability by the provisions of the act of February 13, 1893 (27 Stat. 445), entitled 'An act relating to navigation of vessels, bills of lading and to certain obligations, duties and rights in connection with the carriage of property.' This certificate was docketed as a separate cause. The owner of the Delaware thereupon applied for and was granted a writ of certiorari to bring up the whole record, upon the ground that the circuit court of appeals erred in failing to find contributory negligence on the part of the Talisman.
The first three sections, containing the material provisions of the act in question, commonly known as the 'Harter Act,' are printed in the margin. 1 [161 U.S. 459, 461] J. Parker Kirlin, for appellant.
Harrington Putnam, for appellees.
Mr. Justice BROWN, after stating the facts in the foregoing language, delivered the opinion of the court.
There are two questions involved in this case: First, whether the tug Talisman was guilty of a fault contributing to the collision; and, second, whether the Delaware is exonerated from liability under the act of February 13, 1893, known as the 'Harter Act,' by the fact that her owners had used due diligence to make her seaworthy, and provide her with competent officers and crew.
1. Gedney's Channel, in which the collision took place, is a dredged passage, about 1,100 feet in width, running from the open ocean in a direction about W. N. W. 1/4 W., and constituting the main entrance to New York harbor. It is defined by [161 U.S. 459, 462] red buoys, bearing even numbers, along its northerly side, at intervals of 2,000 feet, and corresponding black buoys, bearing odd numbers, on the southerly side, at the same distance apart. Two iron can buoys, sometimes called 'fairway buoys,' the northerly one red and the southerly one black, mark the outer entrance to the channel. About a mile out to sea beyond the channel entrance an automatic whistling buoy marks the prolongation of the central axis of the channel. Directly outside the entrance is located the station pilot boat, which anchors near black buoy No. 1, and sends out small boats to take off pilots who have been taking vessels to sea through the channel. Within the bar at the other end of the channel the water widens, and the Swash Channel diverges from the main ship channel as shown in the following diagram: Counsel upon one, if not upon both, sides have assumed, upon the authority of The Aurania and The Republic, 29 Fed. 98, and Singlehurst v. La Compagnie G en erale Transatlantique, 11 U. S. App. 693, 3 C. C. A. 539, 53 Fed. 293, that Gedney's Channel is within the 'coast waters of the United States,' and therefore that the vessels involved were subject to the revised international regulations of March 3, 1885 (23 Stat. 438). We think that they are mistaken in this assumption.
The international code for preventing collisions was first adopted by act of April 29, 1864, now incorporated into the Revised Statutes as section 4233, and was made applicable generally to the 'vessels of the navy and of the mercantile marine of the United States.' This code remained substantially unaffected by congressional legislation until March 3, 1885, when the revised international regulations for preventing collisions at sea were adopted by act of congress, and made applicable to 'the navigation of all public and private vessels of the United States upon the high seas and in all coast waters of the United States.' By section 2, all laws inconsistent with these rules were repealed, except as to the navigation of such vessels within the harbors, lakes, and inland waters of the United States. As to such waters, the original code of 1864 still remains in force, explained and supplemented by the rules of the supervising inspectors.
The act of 1885 did not attempt to draw the line between the high seas and the coast waters of the United States, on the one hand, and the harbors and inland waters on the other. Nor was it possible by any general legislation to do so. We are of opinion, however, that the dredged entrance to a harbor is as much a part of the inland waters of the United States, within the meaning of this act, as the harbor within the entrance, and that the real point aimed at by congress was to allow the original code to remain in force so far as it applied to pilotage waters, or waters within which it is necessary, for safe navigation, to have a local pilot. It is important that a pilot, while conducting a vessel in or out of a harbor, should not traverse waters governed by two inconsistent codes of signals; and, if there are to be two codes, the [161 U.S. 459, 464] line should be drawn between the high seas and the inland waters, wherein the services of a local pilot are requisite for safe navigation. If, as has been suggested, ocean steamers were authorized or compelled to observe the new revised rules until their arrival at their docks, while vessels engaged in local traffic were observing the original rules, great confusion would result, and the probabilities of collision be materially increased. It is evident that all vessels running upon the same waters should be bound by the same rules and regulations in respect to their navigation.
Recent legislation has not only established the proper practice for the future, but has explained what must have been the intention of congress in passing the original act. By act of February 19, 1895 (28 Stat. 672), 'to adopt special rules for the navigation of harbors, rivers and inland waters of the United States,' these waters are declared to be still subject to the provisions of Rev. St. 4233 (the original code), and to the regulations of the supervising inspectors ( 4412, 4413). By section 2 the secretary of the treasury was authorized and directed from time to time 'to designate and define by suitable bearings or ranges with light- houses, light vessels, buoys or coast objects, the line dividing the high seas from rivers, harbors and inland waters.' Pursuant to this authority the secretary of the treasury, on May 10, 1895, by department circular 95, designated and defined the dividing line between the high seas and the rivers, harbors, and inland waters of New York as follows: 'From Navesink ( southerly) light-house N. E. 5/8 E., easterly, to Scotland light vessel, thence N. NE. 1/2 E. through Gedney Channel whistling buoy (proposed position) to Rockaway Point life-saving station.' The whole of Gedney's Channel is within this line.
This, of course, must be accepted as the dividing line as to all future cases; but as the secretary of the treasury was merely directed to carry out the existing law upon the subject, we think it should be treated as cogent evidence of what the law had been before, and we are therefore of the opinion that Gedney's Channel should be treated, for the purposes of this case, as belonging to the inland waters of the United [161 U.S. 459, 465] States. We are the less reluctant inspectors' rules rather than the revised international that the pilots of both steamers appear to have acted in contemplation of the supervising inspectors's rules rather than the revised international rules and regulations.
The Delaware was an English tank steamship of 2,495 tons registered, 345 feet in length, and was engaged in the business of transferring petroleum in bulk from New York to London and Liverpool. She was returning to New York in ballast only, and had taken a duly-licensed Sandy Hook pilot, who was in charge of her navigation at the time of the collision. The Talisman was an ocean tug, 100 feet in length, and at the time of the collision was engaged in towing the station pilot boat Edmund Driggs, with a hawser 15 fathoms in length, from a point some distance to the northward of the northerly line of Gedney's Channel diagonally across the channel towards the pilot station outside of the black fairway buoy, on the southerly side of the channel.
During the morning of the collision the weather was cloudy and overcast until the Delaware got within three or four miles of the outer end of the channel, when a heavy rain squall came on which lasted for about ten minutes, during which time the vessels were lost to view of each other. About four or five minutes before the collision, and when the vessels were probably a mile or more apart, the squall passed over, and each vessel sighted the other, and kept her in sight from that time until the collision. As the squall passed over, the pilot of the steamship made the outer red buoy about half a point on his port bow, and thereupon starboarded one point, to bring the buoy upon his starboard bow, and was brought into the channel upon a true course of W. by S. At the same time the Talisman was entering the channel from the northwest, upon a course about S. S. E., and not far from a right angle to the course of the Delaware.
Without inquiring minutely into the respective maneuvers and courses of the two steamers, it is sufficient to say that they were approaching each other upon crossing courses, and that, under the nineteenth rule, the steamship, having the Talisman on her starboard side, was bound to keep out of her way. By [161 U.S. 459, 466] rule 23 there was a corresponding obligation on the part of the Talisman to keep her course. The Delaware made no effort to avoid the tug. Instead of porting as she entered the channel, and passing up the starboard side, and astern of the Talisman, the pilot kept her on her course until about a minute before the collision, when the master, who had been below, ran hurriedly on the bridge, and, seeing the Talisman about three points on his starboard bow, and close at hand, ordered the helm hard a-starboard, and the engine stopped; though both orders were given too late to be of any service. The Delaware struck the Talisman upon the port quarter, about 15 feet from the stern, listing her heavily to starboard, and continued to push her sidewise through the water for about 300 feet, when she sank near the southerly side of the channel. A fireman, who was trying to cast off the tow line, was drowned; Capt. Winnett's arm was severely fractured; and the tug became a total loss. It is evident from the bare statement that the Delaware was grossly at fault, and no claim is made to the contrary.
2. It is insisted, however, that the Talisman was also in fault in several particulars. It seems that when the Delaware was about a mile off the Talisman blew a single blast of her whistle, which does not appear to have been answered. When the Delaware was from a quarter to an eighth of a mile off, and the Talisman was a little above, or near the northerly edge of the channel, she sounded another single blast, which was not answered, although three of the libelant's witnesses from the Talisman seemed to have understood that it was answered. When the Delaware was about a length off, the Talisman sounded an alarm signal of three blasts, but did not change her helm or reduce her speed before the collision.
In this connection the Talisman was charged with a violation of the supervising inspectors' rules, in not porting her helm, and directing her course to starboard, after sounding her first signal. These rules, however, so far as they require the whistle to be used, are applicable rather to vessels meeting end on or nearly end on, and the signals therein provided for are designed to apprise the approaching vessel of the inten- [161 U.S. 459, 467] tion of the steamer giving the signal to port or starboard, as the case may be. As applied to vessels upon crossing courses, however, it means, when a single blast is given by the preferred steamer, nothing more than that she intends to comply with her legal obligation to keep her course, and throw upon the other steamer the duty of avoiding her. Such was evidently the view taken by both parties in this case, as there is not the slightest evidence that the pilot of the Delaware was misled by these signals, nor is a failure to port charged in the answer, or suggested in the testimony, as a fault on the part of the Talisman. These rules, so far as they require whistles to be used, ought to be construed in harmony with the international code. If they were so construed as to require the preferred vessel to port, after having blown a blast of her whistle, it would involve a violation of article 23, which requires her to keep her course. On the other hand, if they be construed as applying chiefly to steamers meeting end on, or nearly end on, under rule 18, they would frequently aid in solving any doubt with regard to the proposed course of the vessel giving the signal, and thus enable the meeting vessel to govern her own course accordingly. Certainly the rules should not be construed to require the steamer giving the signal to violate a plain statutory rule of navigation.
As bearing upon the proper interpretation of these rules, it is pertinent to observe that to rule 23 of the act 'to regulate navigation upon the Great Lakes and their connecting and contributory waters,' approved February 8, 1895 (28 Stat. 645),-a rule which corresponds in this particular feature with the supervising inspectors' regulations,-and with article 19 of the revised international regulations, there is added the following qualification: 'But the giving or answering a signal by a vessel required to keep her course shall not vary the duties or obligations of the respective vessels.'
The main fault charged upon the Talisman, however, is that of not stopping and reversing when the failure of the Delaware to take measures to avoid her became apparent. In The Britannia, 153 U.S. 130 , 14 Sup. Ct. 795, which was also a case of a starboardhand collision, the preferred steamer, the Beaconsfield, was [161 U.S. 459, 468] held to have been in fault for stopping and reversing under similar circumstances; in other words, for doing what it is claimed the Talisman should have done in this case. Two members of the court dissented upon the ground that the Beaconsfield, having been brought into a position of peril by the negligence of the Britannia, was not in fault for stopping and reversing; the substance of their opinion being that, under such circumstances, the master might exercise his judgment as to the best method of avoiding a collision, and that an error in judgment should not be imputed to him as a fault. In neither opinion, however, was it intimated that, if the Beaconsfield had kept her speed, she would have been in fault for so doing.
The duty of a steamer having the right of way when approaching another steamer, charged with the obligation of avoiding her, has been the subject of much discussion both in the English and American courts. That her primary duty is to keep her course is beyond all controversy. It is expressly required by the nineteenth rule of the original international code (Rev. St. 4233), and of the sixteenth rule of the revised code of 1885, and doubtless applies so long as there is nothing to indicate that the approaching steamer will not discharge her own obligation to keep out of the way. The divergence between the authorities begins at the point where the master of the preferred steamer suspects that the obligated steamer is about to fail in her duty to avoid her. The weight of English, and perhaps of American, authorities, is to the effect that, if the master of the preferred steamer has any reason to believe that the other will not take measures to keep out of her way, he may treat this as a 'special circumstance,' under rule 24, 'rendering a departure' from the rules 'necessary to avoid immediate danger.' Some even go so far as to hold it the duty of the preferred vessel to stop and reverse, when a continuance upon her course involves an apparent danger of collision. Upon the other hand, other authorities hold that the master of the preferred steamer ought not to be embarrassed by doubts as to his duty, and, unless the two vessels be in extremis, he is bound to hold to his course and speed. [161 U.S. 459, 469] The cases of The Britannia, 153 U.S. 130 , 14 Sup. Ct. 795, and The Northfield, 154 U.S. 639 , 14 Sup. Ct. 1184, must be regarded, however, as settling the law that the preferred steamer will not be held in fault for maintaining her course and speed, so long as it is possible for the other to avoid her by porting; at least in the absence of some distinct indication that she is about to fail in her duty. If the master of the preferred steamer were at liberty to speculate upon the possibility, or even the probability, of the approaching steamer failing to do her duty and keep out of his way, the certainty that the former will hold his course, upon which the latter has a right to rely, and which it is the very object of the rule to insure, would give place to doubts on the part of the master of the obligated steamer as to whether he would do so or not, and produce a timidity and feebleness of action on the part of both, which would bring about more collisions than it would prevent. Belden v. Chase, 150 U.S. 674 , 14 Sup. Ct. 264; The Highgate, 62 Law T. (N. S.) 841, 6 Asp. 512.
In the case under consideration there was really nothing to apprise the tug that the Delaware would not port and go under her stern, until the collision became inevitable. The vessels were in plain sight of each other. The Delaware was entering a channel, whose course was marked by buoys, and she could not possibly have continued her then course without soon crossing the line of black buoys, which marked the southerly edge of the channel. There was every reason to suppose that, as soon as she passed the line of red buoys at the northerly edge, she would port, and take her proper course up the channel; and if for any reason she was unable to do this, it was her plain duty to apprise the tug of the fact, either by blowing the starboard signal of two whistles or an alarm whistle, to indicate that the circumstances were such as to render it impossible for her to fulfill her obligation to keep out of the way of the tug. If she had done so, a different question would have been presented. Until the last moment the tug had a right to assume that she would comply with the rule. Had the tug stopped and reversed, she might not only have brought about a collision with the Delaware, but would [161 U.S. 459, 470] have incurred the danger of a collision with her own tow. It is true, the Delaware did not answer the signals of the Talisman as she should have done, but Capt. Winnett, who was in charge, testifies that he was under the impression that she answered the first whistle, and made an allegation to that effect in his libel. He appears to have been mistaken in this, but, as the morning was somewhat thick, he might have thought so, and was not in fault for acting upon that hypothesis. The second whistle was given so late that the vessels were evidently in extremis before a reasonable time had elapsed in which to answer it. In any event, there is too much doubt about the fault of the Talisman to justify us in apportioning the damages.
3. Is the Delaware exempted from liability by the act of February 13, 1893, entitled 'An act relating to navigation of vessels, bills of lading and to certain obligations, duties and rights in connection with the carriage of property?' This is the first case in which this act, which has an important bearing upon the rights of shippers, has been called to our attention.
The first section declares it to be unlawful for the manager, etc., of any vessel engaged in foreign trade, to insert in any bill of lading any covenant or agreement whereby the vessel or her owner 'shall be relieved from liability for loss or damage arising from negligence, fault, or failure in proper loading, stowage, custody, care or proper delivery of any and all lawful merchandise or property committed to its or their charge,' and that any such clause shall be null and void. The second section declares it to be unlawful for any such vessel to insert in any bill of lading any covenant whereby the obligation of the owner to exercise due diligence to properly equip, man, provision, and outfit said vessel, and to make her seaworthy, and to carefully handle and stow her cargo, and to care for and properly deliver the same, shall in anywise be lessened, weakened, or avoided. The third section provides that, if the owner shall exercise due diligence to make her seaworthy, 'neither the vessel, her owner or owners, agent or charterers shall become or be held responsi- [161 U.S. 459, 471] ble for damage or loss resulting from faults or errors in navigation or in the management of said vessel,' nor shall they be 'liable for losses arising from dangers of the sea, or other navigable waters, acts of God or public enemies, or the inherent defect, quality or vice of the thing carried, or from insufficiency of package, or seizure under legal process, or for loss resulting from any act or omission of the shipper or owner of the goods, his agent or representative, or saving or from attempting to save life or property at sea, or from any deviation in rendering such service.' The fourth section makes it obligatory to issue to shippers a bill of lading, stating certain particulars, which document shall be prima facie evidence of the receipt of the merchandise therein described. The fifth section is penal in its character. The sixth reserves the application of the limited liability act; and the seventh excepts vessels engaged in the transportation of live animals.
Respondent relies, in this connection, upon the first clause of section 3: 'That if the owner of any vessel, transporting merchandise or property to or from any port in the United States of America, shall exercise due diligence to make the said vessel, in all respects, seaworthy and properly manned, equipped and supplied, neither the vessel, her owner or owners, agent or charterers, shall become or be held responsible for damage or loss resulting from faults or errors in navigation or in the management of said vessel.'
It is entirely clear, however, that the whole object of the act is to modify the relations previously existing between the vessel and her cargo. This is apparent not only from the title of the act, but from its general tenor and provisions, which are evidently designed to fix the relations between the cargo and the vessel, and to prohibit contracts restricting the liability of the vessel and owners in certain particulars connected with the construction, repair, and outfit of the vessel, and the care and delivery of the cargo. The act was an outgrowth of attempts, made in recent years, to limit, as far as possible, the liability of the vessel and her owners, by inserting in bills of lading stipulations against losses arising from unseaworthiness, [161 U.S. 459, 472] bad stowage and negligence in navigation, and other forms of liability which had been held by the courts of England, if not of this country, to be valid as contracts and to be respected even when they exempted the ship from the consequences of her own negligence. As decisions were made by the courts from time to time, holding the vessel for non-excepted liabilities, new clauses were inserted in the bills of lading to meet these decisions until the common-law responsibility of carriers by sea had been frittered away to such an extent that several of the leading commercial associations, both in this country and in England, had taken the subject in hand, and suggested amendments to the maritime law in line with those embodied in the Harter act. The exigencies which led to the passage of the act are graphically set forth in a petition addressed by the Glasgow Corn Trade Association to the Marquis of Salisbury, and embodied in a report of the committee on interstate and foreign commerce of the house of representatives. As a part of the history of the times, this is a proper subject of consideration. Twine Co. v. Worthington, 141 U.S. 468, 474 , 12 S. Sup. Ct. 55.
The first, second, fourth, and seventh sections deal exclusively with bills of lading and their covenants; and the third section, after using the general language relied upon by the respondent here, with regard to nonliability for faults or errors in navigation or in the management of the vessel, contains a further exemption of 'loss arising from dangers of the sea, or other navigable waters, acts of God or public enemies, or the inherent defect, quality or vice of the thing carried, or from insufficiency of package, or seizure under legal process, or for loss resulting from any act or omission of the shipper or owner of the goods, his agent or representative, or from saving or attempting to save life or property at sea, or from any deviation in rendering such service.' These provisions have no possible application to the relations of one vessel to another, and are mainly a re-enactment of certain well-known provisions of the common law applicable to the duties and liabilities of vessels to their cargoes. The fact, too, that by section 6 the various sections of the Revised Statutes which embody the limited liability act are preserved unimpaired, would seem to indicate that the later act was not intended to receive the broad construction claimed.
The decree of the court below is therefore affirmed.
[ Footnote 1 ] An act relating to navigation of vessels, bills of lading and to certain obligations, duties and rights in connection with the carriage of property.
Be it enacted by the senate and house of representatives of the United States of America in congress assembled: That it shall not be lawful for the manager, agent, master or owner of any vessel transporting merchandies or property from or between ports of the United States and foreign ports to insert in any bill of lading or shipping document any clause, covenant or agreement whereby it, he or they shall be relieved from liability for loss or damage arising from negligence, fault or failure in proper loading, stowage, custody, care or proper delivery of any and all lawful merchandise or property committed to its or their charge. Any and all words or clauses of
such import inserted in bills of lading or shipping receipts shall be null and void and of no effect.
Sec. 2. That it shall not be lawful for any vessel transporting merchandise or property from or between ports of the United States of America and foreign ports, her owner, master, agent or manager, to insert in any bill of lading or shipping document any covenant or agreement whereby the obligations of the owner or owners of said vessel to exercise due diligence, properly equip, man, provision and outfit said vessel, and to make said vessel seaworthy and capable of performing her intended voyage, or whereby the obligations of the master, officers, agents or servants to carefully handle and stow her cargo and to care for and properly deliver same, shall in any wise be lessened, weakened or avoided.
Sec. 3. That if the owner of any vessel transporting merchandise or property to or from any port in the United States of America shall exercise due diligence to make the said vessel in all respects seaworthy and properly manned, equipped and supplied, neither the vessel, her owner or owners, agent or charterers, shall become or be held responsible for damage or loss resulting from faults or errors in navigation or in the management of said vessel, nor shall the vessel, her owner or owners, charterers, agent or master, be held liable for losses arising from the dangers of the sea or other navigable waters, acts of God, or public enemies, or the inherent defect, quality or vice of the thing carried, or from insufficiency of package, or seizure under legal process, or for less resulting from any act or omission of the shipper or owner of the goods, his agent or representative, or from saving or attempting to save life or property at sea, or from any deviation in rendering such service.


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Watch this father as he jumps out of a moving car to save his baby daughter from being run over by other cars in this busy intersection of Wenzhou, a city in the east of China. It was quite the move.
Apparently, the daughter managed to jump from the back to the front's passenger seat, then opened the unlocked front door as the car was taking the curve, which made her drop onto the asphalt. Right after that, the father jumped from the drivers seat onto the passenger's seat and then onto the street in order to grab her.
The car kept running for about 30 feet (10 meters) until it hit a tree—all while the father was running to get the girl and the taxi that was about to run over her stopped hard.
Fortunately, nothing bad happened. Except for some bruising, the girl was perfectly fine. [China Central Television]


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July 18th, 2011
Kids safer with grandparents behind the wheel
Youngsters who are driven by their grandparents are less likely to suffer from serious injury if they're involved in a crash, says a new study in the journal Pediatrics.
Researchers from the University of Pennsylvania, as well as doctors from Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, found even though grandparents are in an older group that has a higher risk of severe crashes, youngsters driven by their grandparents suffered fewer injuries in crashes and were actually safer than children driven by their parents.
"With more and more baby boomers becoming grandparents, we were concerned about children in crashes with grandparents," says Dr. Fred Henretig, lead author and an attending physician in the Philadelphia hospital's Department of Emergency Medicine.
Investigators, looked at more than four years of crash data ( January 2003- November 2007) to compare restraint-use practices and injuries among children in crashes with grandparents vs. parents. Injury data were collected on 11,859 children under the age of 15. Children driven by grandparents made up 9.5 percent of the sample taken, but resulted in only 6.6 percent of the total injuries.
Researchers found that nearly all children were either in car seats or had seat belts on during the crashes. However children in grandparent-driven vehicles were less likely to be restrained correctly. Despite this, little ones in grandparent-driven crashes had half the risk of injuries as those in parent-driven crashes.
"Although the children in crashes with grandparents could be better protected if they were using child restraints correctly, we were surprised to find that there is a protective effect on child injury risk in a crash when grandparents are driving. There is something about grandparents' driving style with their 'precious cargo' in tow that is protective. If we can learn more about this style of driving, we can help drivers of all ages keep kids safe in cars," noted Henretig.
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Here's a powerful testimonial from a young woman who was just one of many teen victims of pornographic extortion — by a very sick man who ruined many girls' lives.
Chansler told detectives he targeted children because adult women were "too smart" to fall for his scheme. Investigators found thousands of videos and photos on his computers, including recordings of girls crying and pleading with him to stop and one girl holding a handwritten sign with a single word: "rape." […]
For victims, she said, "it's psychologically damaging. It's not fair. People think victims of child pornography are not touched. It's not like rape. It's just overlooked. … They don't realize what we're doing when we have to send those pictures. We're doing it ourselves. We're forced to. … We could not say no."
Reynolds said the people who look at the pictures "are dads and brothers and sons." She wants to tell them, "This could be your sister."
They are creating the demand, the marketplace that is being catered to by the child pornography producers and extortionists.
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The Pursuit of Democracy Continues
On February 16, 1992, Congolese Christians responded to a call by the Catholic Church to protest peacefully and demand the reopening of the Sovereign National Conference (Conference National Souveraine - CNS in French). The conference was a democratic forum composed of delegates who represented all layers of the society in the Congo (Zaire at the time) from members of civil society, political parties, the military, the diaspora, as well as the president himself (Mobutu Se Seko). This conference was tasked with interrogating the country's history and finding a way to deal with the multidimensional national crisis (political, economic, social, cultural, and moral) that the country was facing in 1990.
On January 19, 1992, then-Mobutu-appointed prime minister Nguza Karl-I-Bond announced the suspension of the Sovereign National Conference on radio and television. This decision to suspend the CNS angered many Congolese who had high hopes that this democratic process would help the country extricate itself from dictatorial rule. The Catholic Church, which at the time distanced itself from Mobutu's regime and became more vocal about Mobutu's human rights abuse, made a call to all Christians and civil society groups for a massive demonstration to reopen the Sovereign National Conference. Thousands of marchers from all backgrounds converged on the Tata Raphaël stadium. Police and soldiers opened fire on the marchers before they could reach their destination, killing more than forty people. This incident, which caused international outcry as news began to enter the western world, forced the government to reinstate the CNS in April 1991 and served as a pivotal point in Congo's struggle toward democratization.
In his book "The History of the Congo," Dr Didier Gondola revisits this important date and give us the reason why Christians in the Congo took to the streets. He says: "In early 1992, Mobutu decided to disband the Sovereign National Conference (Conference Nationale Souveraine - CNS), an assembly whose main task was to create a new constitution and organize democratic elections. In response to this decision, strong opposition mounted among Kinshasa's independent churches. On February 16, 1992, thousands of church members took their grievances to the streets of the capital in what was dubbed by its organizers as the "March of Hope" (Marche de l'Espoir). Marchers held banners demanding the reopening of the CNS, and they chanted songs against violence and dictatorship. The peaceful march ended in a bloodbath when the army intervened and gunned down dozens of demonstrators. The March of Hope has since been held up as a major turning point in the relations between the church and state. It was also an event that precipitated the end of Mobutu's regime."
In 2014, the pursuit of genuine democracy continues as young Congolese demand that the current government respect the constitution by holding free and fair elections in 2016, when President Joseph Kabila's second term will come to an end. Per its constitution, on December 19, 2016 Congo must be endowed with a new president and hopefully one that benefits from the popular will of the people unlike the current regime which lacks legitimacy due to its appropriation of the 2011 elections.


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Congress is poised to enact legislation to make it legal for military mental health counselors (and commanders) to discuss personal firearms with soldiers considered at risk for suicide. That's right, it is currently illegal to discuss ownership (and any use of) personal firearms with soldiers identified as potentially suicidal. 6 out of 10 military suicides are by firearm (similar to the rate of non-military suicides.) Now before we all collectively smack ourselves on the forehead and exclaim a universal; "Duh" let's think this through.
The military is acknowledging that there are mental health issues that need to be addressed. The Pentagon and Congress are willing to even consider wading into "don't you come near my gun" political territory. The military culture is showing signs it is willing to change. Culture is not easy to change. A culture whose very existence is based on rules, regulations, defense, solidarity, and yes; firearms, is showing some flexibility. They seem to be willing to admit that there is a problem that needs to be addressed holistically.
At first blush discussing (personal) gun ownership with someone who may be a danger to him/herself seems rather straightforward. No one is confiscating the gun(s) or demanding they be relinquished (perhaps that will come with time.) The potentially lifesaving measure being considered by Congress is merely a conversation about guns. But this is the military we're talking about. There are people who consider personal gun ownership to be a very important part of who they are and of their patriotism. Knowing that the subject may not be private could have an effect on a soldier's willingness to discuss mental health issues. Living in a closed environment (a military base) one might guard his/her privacy. Living on a base (with a gun store!) surrounded by people openly carrying guns, it could feel very stigmatizing to have your gun ownership questioned.
All of this is not to suggest that there should ever be any gag rules around mental health and safety. But it is worth noting that military+mental health+right to bear arms= a minefield. Any move towards open and direct conversation about military mental health and safety should be encouraged. Could this step (of removing the speech restraint) be the first of many necessary steps? Will soldiers identified as being at risk have all firearms confiscated? Could we someday live in a world in which people with mental illness do not have access to guns? Why not? Think of all the changes in safety and in illness awareness in just the last thirty years. Seat belt use was once optional (if they existed at all,) the words "breast cancer" were whispered (if uttered at all,) the intellectually and physically challenged were definitely not mainstreamed, and many people with mental illness suffered in silence. As a culture we've demonstrated we are capable of change. If an organization defined by tradition and rigidity can take this first step, just think what the rest of us could do!


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Looking at our small community we must remember that it is God Who calls and for what we can offer in our community He takes what we have and makes it go further!
- Church is the place to bring empty lives for God to fill.
- Church is about meeting not just meetings!
In our previous postings we also pointed out that some people may have a wrong opinion about unity and expect all people in a community to say the same and to act the same. But "being one" doesn't mean "being a clone". God blesses unity! And we should have and should share our unity in Christ and unity with Christ. All being one in following the teachings of Christ, believing what he says and following up what he asked his followers to do. Not just following a church because it pleases us but because it follows the teachings of the son of God, Jesus Christ, and stays truthful to the Words of God, following God's Will and willing to share His Gospel. Our union should be in the love for God which should be noticeable for outsiders, being a union of loving people, loving Jehovah God and His son Christ Jesus, Jeshua the Messiah, as lovers of the truth, sharing this love and Good News and spreading unselfish, mutual, unconditional Agape brotherly love and love for all creation under the Covenant of love as beloved disciples and as Bible lovers making a circle of love under the Royal Law of love.
Having different people coming together there should be allowance for every one to have their say. All gathered should have respect for all present and give them the opportunity to share their ideas. Being together it also must be an occasion where public confession, based on a word from God, can take place. This may demand courage to stand up and declare truth, but in a real church of God this should not be a problem because that has to be a place of sharing the love of Christ and working at getting the love of God.
Spending time together to study the Word of God, must do something to those present. Change is inevitable…
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said Arne Roberts, on October the tenth, at the Big Conversation. For him it is clear what is going to happen to other Bible Students which all came form the same source.
Here's what will happen to Jehovah's Witnesses: They will become increasingly like the religious group that influenced Charles Russell: The Christadelphians…
The Christadelphians were once an outspoken, vibrant, edgy "Christian" group who spread their urgent end-times message far and wide. They grew exponentially in the latter half of the nineteenth century, but their heyday is long past. For several decades now they resemble a heavy rusty old steam locomotive that is running out of speed as it lumbers along ill-kept tracks, but still tries to muster the motion needed to take on steep mountain slopes.
The Christadelphians ooze sad irrelevance and faded glory of times well passed. They are an old people's religion – old people who don't have the self- and other-awareness to see that they are clinging to a dead dream. The Christadelphians have long since passed their used-by date and the only ones who still 'practice' this religion are older individuals who cannot muster the strength to look out their windows at the real world passing them by.
This is the future of Jehovah's Witnesses, who will not go out with a bang, but who will slowly whimper to an ever slower crawl as the decades pass and the world, in its infinite fascination with religious novelty, will fix its distractable attention on to other more modern belief systems.
For Arne Roberts that is not the end. He asks us to keep in mind that we are fellow citizens with the saints and members of the household of God, built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, Christ Jesus himself being the cornerstone.
We as followers of Christ should make sure that the Clarion of the Torah may sound. We hearing the sound loudly should make sure that there might be a stimulant for others in our community to become co-workers, helping each other, not working against each other, or not considering each other rivals. As individual beings, planets or stars, we may be totally different, but together we are one part of the universe, just some small elements in the creation of God.
When people just not come to join others because they are part of a small community than that community shall never have any chance of growing. When people keep waiting before willing to join a small community because it does not attract them for it is so small that they shall be noticed, we do have to convince them that they should not hide themselves behind the numbers. It is true that when there is a small church people will be noticed. In a mega church nobody shall notice it when you come in later, slip out earlier, shall fall asleep or shall not be attentional. When we encounter such doubting people who are afraid to join a small church we can ask them
How long to wait before bringing religiousness and spirituality in practice
It is up to us that God is in our life and that we want to share it with them. They should not be afraid to feel having a naked identity it such a small group, because as followers of Christ Jesus we have abandoned our sinful 'I' and actually have taken an other identity, no identity of our own apart from our union with Christ. Not that we have no unique personality or value or purpose, but that Christ defines our new life. It is that inseparable connection within Christ as a believer, which unites us and in the love of Christ we found the love for each other and have to show the world that we want to share that love. When we fail to see our true existence in Christ and fail to find our life and, thus, seek it outside of Christ we shall become victim of our own vain pursuit that only leads to frustration and angst in our God-thirsty soul.
We must understand that whatever happens the majority of people will not want to take the divine Creator as their God and lots of people shall prefer to be part of the contemporary world, belonging to it, being in it, and enjoying a worldly philosophy, inventions of men designed to rob you of your inheritance (Col.2:8-10) and as such shall not be so much attracted to the Christadelphian world, which demands a change in their attitude. The friendship with the world is for most people much more important than the friendship with God loving people. Most shall prefer to stay in the Godless world having not to wonder about their own responsibilities.
It is up to the lovers of God to show the others the light of the world and that no one should worry to much about living in this world. When people could come to know that New world better they might think twice and be prepared easier to leave the Old world for what it is, looking forward to a better and perfect world. We understand it is not easy for man to get away with the worldly traditions, so this shall always be some of the obstacles to join or to stay in our community. But people should not be afraid that they cannot take part in worldly events in a Godless world. Christadelphians for sure also can enjoy worldly life, having enough time fore worldly pleasures, and not to become frustrated under the yoke of the world.
Preceding articles:
The Big conversation follow up
Reasons why you may not miss the opportunity to go to a Small Church
Additional reading
- A call easy to understand
- Jehovah steep rock and fortress, source of insight
- How long to wait before bringing religiousness and spirituality in practice
- Whoever does not love does not know God, because God is love
- He sent his one and only Son into the world that we might live through him.
- Many forgot how Christ should be our anchor and our focus
- The business of this life
- Church sent into the world
- Work with joy and pray with love
- Love for each other attracting others
- How do you keep people from stealing your joy?
- Love is like playing the piano
- Creator and Blogger God 9 A Blog of a Book 3 Blog about Prophecy
- Not all christians are followers of a Greco-Roman culture
- Misunderstandings concerning C.T. Russell
- Looking at older articles series over Russell on the previous Bible-scholar Association
- Was Russell and Rutherford "Illuminati"?
- Charles Taze Russell and what he started
- Jesse Hemery and the The Goshen Fellowship
- To remove the whitewash of the Jehovah Witnesses as being the only true Bible Students and Bible Researchers
- Using the name Jehovah but not a witness of that name
- Different approach in organisation of services #1
- Different approach in organisation of services #2
- Different approach in organisation of services #3
- A man from the North wanting to have control in Belgium
- Priority to form a loving brotherhood
- Commitment to Christian unity
- Parts of the body of Christ
- Dissolution of Bijbelvorsers (Bible scholars), Association for Bible study
- Two new encyclopaedic articles
- Who are the Christadelphians
- What are Brothers in Christ
- Discipleship way of life on the narrow way to everlasting life
- Christadelphian people
- Christadelphians or Messianic Christians or Messianic Jews
- About the Belgian Free Christadelphians
- What Christadelphians teach
- Small churches of the few Christadelphians
- Priority to form a loving brotherhood
- 19° Century London Christadelphians
- Breathing and growing with no heir
- Preaching to an unbelieving world
- Commitment to Christian unity
- Parts of the body of Christ
- What part of the Body am I?
- The Church, Body of Christ and remnant Israel synonymous
- United people under Christ
- Fellowship
- The Ecclesia
- The Ecclesia in the churchsystem
- The ecclesia or Christadelphian church
- Our relationship with God, Jesus and each other
- Our ecclesia or Christadelphian-church
- Intentions of an Ecclesia
- An ecclesia in your neighbourhood
- Communion and day of worship
- Christadelphians today
- Small churches of the few Christadelphians
- Harvest in Belgium
Further readings:
- I Once Was Blind but Now I See
- Day 28: Where Are They?
- Day 28: Where Are They?
- Cornerstones
- Narcissist Case Studies – How We Know The Pharisees Were Narcissists, Part 2
- Jesus The Cornerstone Of The Church
- Hey You, Cornterstone! (Who???….me?) Yeah, You!
- God Is Not Human
- Where to Draw the Line: Culture vs Religion
- The Cornerstone: The Response of the Church in Violent Times
- Gospel Doctrine 2015 – Lesson 39 – "For the Perfecting of the Saints"
- Finding Joy in the Little Things
- Word Wednesday: Jesus Our Cornerstone
- The Cornerstone of Your Life
- Cornerstone
- Walking With Intentionality
- What is God's Will For Your Life?
Related articles
- Jesus Christ is not REAL to most Christians (finalcall07.wordpress.com)
- Loving the Sinner (heartfixxer.wordpress.com)
- We stand together proudly (chronicle.augusta.com)
- A Perfect Inheritance (birdchirp.wordpress.com)
- Spiritual Growth (faithandfootsteps.wordpress.com)
- "By the Power Invested in Me" (breakawaybylintrollins.wordpress.com)
- Victory (myspiritualbreakfast.com)
- Torah for Today: What does the Torah say about the migrant crisis? (jewishnews.co.uk)
- Slavery (thought.dcwillis.com)
- The differing origins of humankind (iol.co.za)


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For the last 17 years barfly Jason Fernway has supported himself exclusively on bar bets – and he's raked in a small fortune!
Barfly Fernway is the world's most unuual professional gambler. The Boston man's net worth is now an estimated 10 million and he plans to retire – at the tend age of 28.
"I never had much luck with cards and I like the friendly atmosphere in bars much better than casinos." Fernway says.
"And unlike in casinos, where the odds are stacked against you, a well-prepared gambler has a huge advantage ina bar wager."
Here, exclusively for Weekly World News readers, the expert reveals 10 of his all-time favorite bar bests.
Belly up to the bar and bet your drinking buddies, they'll answer the following "simple" questions wrong (answers follow).
1. The "immaculate conception" refers to the birth of what biblical figure/
2. Which is the most accurate: The original Star Wars movie is set 1,000 years in the future, 100 years in the future or five years in the future?
3. Alaska is the northernmost U.s. state. Is it also the farthest east, west or both?
4. The Following piece of music as written in honor of a famous hero. What was his weapon of choice? (Hum the Lone Ranger theme.)
5. Is Reno, Nev., east or west of Los Angeles?
6. During a Leap Year, how many times does the sun go around the Earth?
7. Which U.s. state known for its lovely beaches, lies farthest south?
8. True or false: the name of a notorious woman who was convicted of killing her parents with an ax was Lizzie Borden.
9. Which goes farther north Maine or Idaho?
10. Going from the Atlantic to the Pacific, through the Panama Canal, in which direction are you traveling – east or west?
1. The Virgin Mary – not, as about everyone but a seminary student will tell you, Jesus.
2. Five years – since the movie takes place in the past. (Does the phrase "a long time ago, in a galaxy far, far away, mean anything to you?"
3. Everyone will say west, but it's also the furthest east – some of Alaska's Aleutian Islands are on the far side of longitude 180 degrees, the line that separates west from east.
4. Since the William Tell Overture is the real name of the tune,t he answer is a crossbow – not a six-shooter.
5. West. (look at a map).
6. Zero, Earth orbits the sun.
7. Hawaii, not as suckers will presume, Florida.
8. False. Lizzie was found not guilty – like O.J.
9. Idaho stretches a lot further north than most people realize – about 60 miles higher than Maine.
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This past summer I completed my bachelor's degree and promised myself a graduation gift. After months of searching, last week I found this piece I fell in love with it.
The inkwell measures 3 1/8 H x 2 3/4 W. The lid design puts it unmistakeably in the Art Deco period. But who made it? I know nearly all of the inkwells out there can be attributed to Kralik. Yet, I'm leaning towards Rindskopf. The decoration resembles Rindskopf's version of Loetz cobalt papillon. The base glass is a very dense, muddy purlple/amethyst glass that appears deep red when you shine light through it. It is similar in coloration to the loops in the decoration towards the top.
I've tried to find examples from the usual suspects of Bohemian glass that used both the papillon decoration and the fine threaded loops together but without any real success. I turn the discussion over to the wonderful experts on here from which I've already learned so much.