text:
Forgetfulness of God's grace is one of the greatest tools in the enemy's war against our souls. —Mark Dever
Dec. 10, 2014
President Barack Obama said the U.S. government made "some terrible mistakes" in authorizing the torture of suspected terrorists in the aftermath of the Sept. 11 attacks.
The CIA sought to shape public and lawmaker opinions about the success of its interrogations by leaking classified information to select journalists, including NBC's Tom Brokaw, according to a Senate committee's report.
Iceland's central bank cut its benchmark rate, to 5.25 percent from 5.75 percent, for a second consecutive meeting as officials move closer to exiting capital controls in place for more than half a decade.
Russia's central bank will probably raise borrowing costs to avert threats to financial stability as oil prices near the lowest in more than five years and sanctions over Ukraine risk the collapse of the ruble.
European Central Bank Executive Board member Peter Praet said falling oil prices could push the euro-area inflation rate below zero, just as policy makers prepare to examine options for quantitative easing.
Congress will vote this week on a $1.1 trillion spending plan that would avert a U.S. government shutdown as Democrats agreed to roll back rules affecting banks, clean water and rest for truckers.
Russia plans to re-establish a consistent presence in local markets in 2015 after canceling 24 weekly bond auctions this year as borrowing costs soared.
Crude could fall as low as $40 a barrel amid a price war or if divisions emerge in OPEC, said an official at Iran's oil ministry.
AP Top Stories
Senior U.S. officials who authorized and carried out torture as part of former President George W. Bush's national security policy must be prosecuted, a top U.N. special investigator said Wednesday.
A Palestinian Cabinet member died shortly after he and other protesters scuffled with Israeli troops Wednesday near a West Bank village. The forces also fired tear gas close to the demonstrators, witnesses said.
Prime Minister Dmitry Medvedev urged Russians to be patient Wednesday as the ruble plunges due to falling oil prices and Western sanctions over Ukraine, and said the currency was now undervalued.
Mississippi investigators searched on Tuesday for a "person of interest" in the death of a 19-year-old woman who police said was set on fire after being doused with a flammable liquid.
A Missouri inmate was put to death early Wednesday for fatally beating a 63-year-old woman with a hammer in 1998, the state's record 10th lethal injection of 2014 to match Texas for the most executions in the country this year.
Police are searching for a missing 11-month-old boy on Tuesday after his mother's corpse was found stuffed inside a refrigerator in their Houston apartment.
A new dress code for the Montana House of Representatives that bans jeans and warns women to watch skirt lengths and necklines has drawn the ire of female lawmakers, who say it suggests they cannot independently decide what attire is appropriate.
In a personal finance survey published today, 18 percent of the respondents said they expect to be in debt for the rest of their lives. That is double the percentage who expected that in May 2013, the last time the survey was conducted.
Detroit, the largest US city to go broke, will officially exit bankruptcy on Wednesday, according to a letter from its emergency manager.
The US Senate unanimously approved Richard Verma as the new US ambassador to India, the first Indian-American to step into that role.
Brazil's national truth commission alleged that the country's military regime systematically carried out torture and executions.
A Frenchman held hostage by an al Qaeda-linked group in Mali was reportedly freed as part of a prisoner swap with two jailed militants.
The Ebola virus that has killed thousands in West Africa is still "running ahead" of efforts to contain it, said the World Health Organization head.
A Polish court ruled that a ban on the ritual slaughter of animals for the needs of the Jewish community is unconstitutional.
Houses are burned after the Chechen leader called for the punishment of Islamist militants' families in response to a deadly attack in Grozny.
The UN said Western countries will increase the number of Syrian refugees they will accept to up to 100,000, but warns this is not enough.
Three journalists from the Syrian opposition TV channel Orient News were killed while covering clashes in the country's south-west.
An alleged weapons maker for the Islamic State (IS) claimed that a "radioactive device" has been smuggled into an undisclosed location in Europe, according to an intelligence brief.
A Kentucky clothing company that refused to produce T-shirts for a "gay"-pride festival because of the owner's Christian beliefs is appealing a state Human Rights Commission's ruling of "unlawful discrimination."
Daily Digest for Wednesday
December 10, 2014
"Driven from every other corner of the earth, freedom of thought and the right of private judgment in matters of conscience direct their course to this happy country as their last asylum." –Samuel Adams, Speech in Philadelphia, 1776
At Eleventh Hour, Congress Agrees to Spend More Money
One day before the deadline to fund the government passes, congressional leaders introduced a 1,603-page spending bill that will allocate $1.01 trillion. Because the House expects Congress to break the Dec. 11 deadline, it plans to pass a temporary measure to keep the government funded so they can read what's in the bill dicker over what's in the bill. In a joint statement, Sen. Barbara Mikulski (D-MD) and Rep. Hal Rogers (R-KY) said, "While not everyone got everything they wanted, such compromises must be made in a divided government." The bill seeks to tweak some of the Obama administration's policies because Congress holds the power of the purse. Most famously, the bill will fund the Department of Homeland Security only until Feb. 27 so the 114th Congress can better attack Barack Obama's executive action on immigration. The bill also cuts $60 million from the EPA's budget, and $345.6 million from the IRS — as Republicans seek to reform the organization after it targeted non-profit groups over political beliefs. The bottom line, though, is this is the same as it ever was — spending, spending and more spending. More…
GOP Mulls Unilateral Disarmament in Senate
Senate Republicans are debating whether to restore the filibuster for presidential nominations. Soon-to-be Senate Minority Leader Harry Reid detonated the so-called "nuclear option" in November 2013 as a means to ram through a few extra of Barack Obama's nominees — particularly to the DC Circuit Court of Appeals, where many federal regulations and laws are challenged. Now some Republicans, led by Sen. John McCain, think the GOP should do the sportsmanlike thing and restore the filibuster. "I think it's rank hypocrisy if we don't," McCain said. On the other hand, wouldn't that essentially be agreeing to one set of rules when Democrats are in charge and another when Republicans are? In other words, Democrats need only 51 votes for nominees, while Republicans need 60. Like it or not, that's now the world Democrats have created. More…
Obama Yelled Profanity at Reporters
Before Ann Compton retired from her position at ABC News, she told C-SPAN that when journalists talked to Barack Obama off the record, he yelled and swore at them for how they covered his administration. "I have seen in the last year Barack Obama really angry twice," Compton said. "Both were off-the-record times. One, profanity-laced where he thought the press was making too much of scandals that he did not think were scandals. Another where he took us to task for not understanding the limits he has with foreign policy and the way he's dealing with the Middle East and Iraq, and Afghanistan. And I don't find him apologetic. But I find him willing to stand up to the press and look them in the eye, even though it was off the record, and just give us hell." For such a narcissistic control freak, we're almost surprised Obama didn't stomp his feet and cry, too. More..
Don't Say 'All Lives Matter' When Only Black Ones Do
Kathleen McCartney, the president of Smith College in Massachusetts, sent an email to students advising them that "all lives matter," and saying she would lead the college in endeavoring to "teach, learn and share what we know" and to "work for equity and justice." In a normal world, the story might end there — good lesson learned. But we don't live in a normal world. The email was sent as a response to the unrest over black deaths at the hands of white police officers, but it was unacceptable to suggest that "all lives matter" when, as one student critic admonished McCartney, "This isn't about everyone, this is about black lives." After all, "black lives matter" has become a rallying cry. So, naturally, McCartney apologized, saying, "despite [her] best intentions," she had been properly corrected by those who shared their "wisdom and wise counsel." Some of that "wisdom" included this dreck from one sophomore: "It felt like she was invalidating the experience of black lives." By saying "all lives matter"? It is remarkable how successful race-hustlers have been in undermining culture and education. More…
Bale: You Know, Some People Might Call Moses a Terrorist
Ridley Scott's epic interpretation of the biblical story of Exodus hits theaters Dec. 12. Scott is agnostic, and this latest Hollywood retelling is unlikely to satisfy Christians. Rebecca Cusey writes that the movie "plays like an atheist manifesto. Moses, a modern skeptic in sheepherder's clothes, squares off against God, portrayed as a petulant, vengeful, irrational child. The film at time takes the part of the Egyptians, blaming God for devastating plagues striking the populace as Moses takes God to task for His incomprehensible ways." Sounds like a real box-office smash. But if that's not enough, Christian Bale, who plays Moses in the film, opined, "If you're not religious, you can look at it as one man's freedom fighter is another man's terrorist. … Moses was a far more human and fallible character than I had imagined before." The biblical account — written by Moses, we might add — makes no effort to hide his many failings. He was indeed a human in need of a Savior himself. But the story isn't his, it's one of God's justice, holiness, goodness and salvation. If Bale thinks Moses is just "one man's terrorist," he may still be stuck in the ninth plague — he's in the dark. More…
Senate Tortures the Facts
|9/11 mastermind Khalid Sheikh Mohammed
The United States under Barack Obama is the laughingstock of the world. Earlier this year, Obama traded top Taliban terrorists for an Army deserter. Now the administration and Senate Democrats have released a report spanking the CIA for waterboarding terrorists. All because, Obama says, these interrogation techniques are "contrary to who we are."
Obama then had the gall to say, "One of the things that sets us apart from other countries is when we make mistakes, we admit them." When has he ever admitted a mistake?
The report was written by Democrat staffers, whose "expert" findings include:
- Enhanced interrogation techniques don't work.
- The CIA provided inaccurate information to the Bush administration about its interrogation program.
- Management and oversight was negligent.
- The program was more brutal than represented.
All horse manure. Brutal is when you saw off the head of a civilian noncombatant captive, as ISIL is fond of doing.
According to former POW Sen. John McCain, "I know from personal experience that the abuse of prisoners will produce more bad than good intelligence."
First of all, waterboarding is nothing like what McCain endured at the hands of the North Vietnamese. And as several other highly decorated POWs have noted, waterboarding did work in some cases — and they approve. It did produce "good intelligence," including, according to the CIA, intelligence that helped to disrupt plots, led to the capture of other terrorists, and led to Osama bin Laden's courier, who ultimately led to bin Laden.
Former CIA Director Michael Haden confirmed, "Enhanced interrogation contributed to the wealth of knowledge that we needed to [get to bin Laden]." Without such techniques, Obama would not have been able to walk to that microphone and say "we got him."
Jose A. Rodriguez Jr., a 31-year veteran of the CIA, likewise noted that interrogation of Khalid Sheikh Mohammed resulted in more than 2,000 intelligence reports, including contributing info leading to Osama.
And for the record, former CIA directors George Tenet, Porter Goss and Michael Hayden, along with deputy directors John McLaughlin, Albert Calland and Stephen Kappes, recount in The Wall Street Journal many of the CIA's other numerous successes, as well as criticizing Senate Democrats' profound errors in producing this one-sided, incomplete and out-of-context report.
No CIA officials were interviewed by the Senate Intelligence Committee because Attorney General Eric Holder refused to coordinate those interviews on the basis that the Justice Department had its own ongoing investigation. (Apparently Rolling Stone followed the Senate Intelligence Committee model by refusing to interview the accused.) Note that the DOJ investigation produced no charges.
The DOJ investigators who reviewed the Senate investigation confirmed they found nothing that would warrant bringing criminal charges against CIA officers and operatives. And that investigation ended two years ago — which is to say Democrats could have called CIA witnesses.
Now Obama administration officials have placed military and law-enforcement personnel on high alert, acknowledging the report may spawn terrorist attacks.
According to Rep. Mike Rogers, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, "We have U.S. personnel, both intelligence officials and military special operators, in harm's way. Why would we release [this report] now? What did we have to gain? All of this has been debated. All of this has been settled. … Clearly the administration knew it was going to cause trouble as they sent out warnings all across the world."
Joe Biden insisted it was just the kind of transparency for which this administration is decidedly not known: "We made a mistake. We made a big mistake. … [This report] is a badge of honor."
On the other hand, George W. Bush's vice president, Dick Cheney, described the report as "a crock." Cheney said of intelligence officials, "They deserve a lot of praise. As far as I'm concerned, they ought to be decorated, not criticized."
Obama's current CIA director, John Brennan, agreed with Cheney. According to Brennan, the CIA interrogations "did produce intelligence that helped thwart attack plans, capture terrorists and save lives." That assessment directly challenges the core assertions in the Senate Democrats' report. Brennan threatened to resign over the report, but we believe he remained in place to defend the agency.
The White House insists that Obama has full confidence in Brennan as CIA director. But the problem is Brennan has little or no confidence in Obama as president and commander in chief — and he is not alone.
Outgoing Sen. Saxby Chambliss said, "The majority side of the intelligence committee has spent the last five years and over $40 million focused on a program that effectively ended over eight years ago, while the world around us burns."
Chambliss concluded, "It seems as though the study takes every opportunity to unfairly portray the CIA in the worst light possible, presupposing improper motivations and the most detestable behavior at every turn."
In fact, the CIA briefed Congress on its efforts roughly 30 times along the way. Senate Democrats were last briefed on the CIA's methods in 2006 and the last interrogations were in 2007. Democrats could have stopped the interrogations then. Notably, Nancy Pelosi was fully briefed on the CIA operation in 2002, despite claiming later she had no knowledge of it (these memory lapses are an issue with Pelosi).
The administration's chief talking point on this report is that the CIA's actions were an affront to "American values." But that ignominious distinction belongs to Obama, Biden, Pelosi and Reid.
And a footnote: United Nations Special Rapporteur on counter terrorism and human rights, Ben Emmerson, issued a statement: "The US Attorney General is under a legal duty to bring criminal charges against those responsible. … [T]he heaviest penalties should be reserved for those most seriously implicated in the planning and purported authorisation of these crimes."
So should Obama and administration officials be prosecuted for releasing Gitmo prisoners who wound up back on the battlefield killing people? If this report results in the death of Americans, should Obama and Dianne Feinstein be prosecuted?
In conclusion, the group of former CIA directors and deputy directors wrote, "Between 1998 and 2001, the al Qaeda leadership in South Asia attacked two U.S. embassies in East Africa, a U.S. warship in the port of Aden, Yemen, and the American homeland — the most deadly single foreign attack on the U.S. in the country's history. The al Qaeda leadership has not managed another attack on the homeland in the 13 years since, despite a strong desire to do so. The CIA's aggressive counterterrorism policies and programs are responsible for that success."
Congress Grills Gruber for ObamaCare Candor
It's impossible to guess how much of the fabrication and disinformation the Obama administration crammed into its first six years will ever be discovered. But thanks to the thoughtless blabbering in front of cameras by an arrogant yet fatuous member of the higher education intelligentsia, the soft underbelly of Barack Obama's only significant achievement is being sliced open, and the fetid tangle of lies and corruption are gradually being pulled apart.
Rep. Darrel Issa (R-CA), chairman of the House Oversight and Government Reform Committee, and other Republican members had the rare pleasure Tuesday of ripping into Obama apparatchik Jonathan Gruber, the MIT health care wonk who contributed much to the design of ObamaCare. Notwithstanding Gruber's insistence that "I was not the 'architect' of President Obama's health care plan," he played an enormous role in its construction and was quite proud of that role until Tuesday.
In numerous venues, Gruber arrogantly told many tales about lies Democrats fed the American people about ObamaCare before its passage. Those comments opened a can of worms Democrats would rather have kept under wraps.
To Congress, Gruber offered an apology for saying "mean and insulting," and "uninformed and glib" things about the intelligence of American voters: "I knew better. I know better. I'm embarrassed and I'm sorry." Nevertheless, clinging to his popped balloon, Gruber stressed that "my own inexcusable arrogance is not a flaw in the Affordable Care Act."
But Issa summed up why this is so critical, telling Gruber, "You made a series of troubling statements that were not only an insult to the American people, but revealed a pattern of intentional misleading [of] the public about the true nature of ObamaCare."
One of the congressmen angriest with Gruber was Rep. Elijah Cummings (D-MD). "As far as I can tell," he growled, "we are here today to beat up on Jonathan Gruber for stupid … comments he made over the last few years. … They were irresponsibly, incredibly disrespectful, and did not reflect reality." But worse, Cummings complained, "Dr. Gruber's statements gave Republicans a public relations gift in their relentless political campaign to tear down the ACA and eliminate health care for millions of Americans!" But Cummings disclaimed any responsibility for the Democrats' scamming the American public. "I was in Congress when this law was debated, and Dr. Gruber does not speak for me. … Never once did I believe or did anyone suggest that we were somehow hiding our goals from the American people!"
I see nothing! I hear nothing! I know nothing! Cummings is only mad because Gruber gave the game away.
Rep. Patrick McHenry told Gruber that, in a sense, at least he appreciated the professor's honesty about the intentional lack of transparency in planning ObamaCare. "Dr. Gruber … as everyone knows … when the president said if you like your plan you can keep it, it turns out it was the lie of the year. This was a very significant thing. … [A]ccording to the North Carolina Department of insurance, 473,000 lost their health insurance because of ObamaCare. … When I think about my constituents, though, did you think that there would be such a large number of folks that would lose their health insurance?"
Gruber replied, "What I was focused on was the net increase in newly insured we had under the law, which has been quite substantial." So he wasn't focused on the "folks" (as Obama likes to call us) but on projected statistics of newly insured — or so he said. And the increase has in fact not been substantial.
McHenry continued, "So it's not relevant to your calculation that there would be people that would lose their health insurance?"
Gruber admitted, "That was part of the calculation." When asked if that was part of his conversations at the White House, though, he insisted, "I don't recall."
Reportedly, Gruber received $400,000 for his consulting services with the administration, but his total haul for health policy consulting is much higher. When asked for specific figures on his income, he referred an astonished Issa to his counsel.
"We're going to have to serve a subpoena. … It's amazing you haven't given us one number," Issa said. "Likely, you're going to be back here again."
The committee members returned to this question repeatedly throughout the remainder of the meeting, getting the same smug response to refer to Gruber's counsel. No doubt, Gruber will be on the hot seat again, and let's hope he squirms the entire time.
- L. Brent Bozell & Tim Graham: Rolling Stone Crumbles
- Jonah Goldberg: Using Allegations of Rape in a Grab for Power
- Michelle Malkin: Welcome to TotCare: Obama's Preschool Takeover
- John Stossel: Climate Catastrophe
- Walter E. Williams: What's Rule of Law?
Economist Milton Friedman (1912-2006): "A society that puts equality … ahead of freedom will end up with neither equality nor freedom."
Columnists L. Brent Bozell & Tim Graham: "No parent wants to consider the travesty that when he sends his 18-year-old daughter to college, she could be vulnerable to sexual assault. But in the increasingly punitive atmosphere surrounding sexual-assault allegations, he should also fear sending his 18-year-old son to campus, where he may be falsely accused of rape. The national media are deeply feminist. Their default position is the presumption that 'the victim' is the female accuser. Some pundits have even argued in national newspapers that the accuser should be 'automatically believed.' This is a serious problem for the left. First, they are the ones who have been exquisitely sensitive about the presumption of innocence for communists, radical Muslim terrorists and violent thugs like Willie Horton. Second, they have forcefully extolled that female accusers of sexual assault are to be automatically disbelieved if they are accusing Bill Clinton or other powerful Democrats. These allegations and any attempt to discuss them or verify them are considered 'witch hunts' and 'McCarthyism.' … The liberal media never lose their halo as the sympathetic guardians of the public good, no matter how wrong — painfully, harmfully wrong — they are."
Columnist Michelle Malkin: "On Wednesday, the White House Summit on Early Education will unveil nearly $1 billion in new 'investments' to 'expand access to high-quality early childhood education to every child in America' from 'birth and continuing to age 5.' It's a retread of President Obama's 2013 State of the Union school-spending plan, which was a repackaging of his 2011 Race to the Top Early Learning Challenge program. … Think Obamacare is bad? Well, welcome to TotCare. The goal of the educational central planners, you see, is the elimination of competition. The fact is that the vast majority of Pre-K kids are already happily enrolled in early childhood programs outside of Fed Ed's clutches. The 'problem' isn't most families' lack of access to preschool. It's Washington's lack of access to your kids for their institutionalized warehousing, data mining and pedagogical propaganda schemes. The Nanny State's ceaseless quest for control keeps creepily rolling along."
Comedian Jimmy Kimmel: "Obama was diagnosed with acid reflux. His approval rating is so low that he's starting to get pushback from his esophagus. … His doctor said he needs Zantac. Sadly, that's actually the best news President Obama's gotten in a very long time. So now, Joe Biden is just a heartburn away from the Oval Office."
Semper Vigilo, Fortis, Paratus et Fidelis!
Join us in daily prayer for our Patriots in uniform — Soldiers, Sailors, Airmen, Marines and Coast Guardsmen — standing in harm's way in defense of Liberty, and for their families.
"The Patriot Post (www.patriotpost.us/subscribe/ )"
The McAvany Intel Memo
Following over 200 years of at least semi-free-market financial enterprise in our country, the more recently assigned economic dictators at the Fed have been put in charge of our nation's (and to a great extent the world's) money game. And our new money game is designed and administered, by Federal decree, exactly the same way as the old Russian and Chinese pure-communist economies were run: by a sole financial and monetary planning Czar. Centralized planning ruled everything in the communist state "for the good of the uneducated masses," in the same way as is now done in America.
We need to let this sink in: Our financial system is now based on the same sort of centralized planning that destroyed communist Russia and communist China – only with far more leverage than the communists ever dreamed of.
Unlimited use of credit and debt (QE to infinity) administered by Janet Yellen now makes this all possible. The Fed chairwoman follows in the shadowy footsteps of Greenspan and Bernanke in drastically changing our American way of life. And it is very possible that "Chair Yellen" (even sounds a little Russian or Chinese doesn't it?) will become the patsy in the next year or two in taking all the blame for a worldwide American dollar collapse. And she'll repeat over and over in slow, reasoned words during her Congressional testimony, "I just did what I had to do."
(Excerpt from McAlvany Intelligence Advisor, August 2014, by guest editor Jim Deeds)
Pearl Harbor: 6 Things We Should Remember To Avoid Repeating History
The conditions that led to the Pearl Harbor attack in Hawaii exist today, on an even broader scale. The United States was in a high state of vulnerability on Sunday morning, December 7, 1941 – a date President Franklin Roosevelt declared would "live in infamy." But it was also a day full of lessons vital for our times …………. Click here for full story
How Does It Feel To Be Number Two?
For more than half of its lifespan, the United States of America has been considered the leading economic superpower of the World. That's quite a run, and one that no other nation can lay claim to. For nearly 140 years, America's economy has been the largest among the nations; but there's a new Power that holds that position ……… Click here for full story
Israel Air Strikes Wiped Out Russian Hardware For Thwarting US No-Fly Zone Plan Over Syria
High-ranking American military sources revealed Monday, Dec. 8, that Israel's air strikes near Damascus the day before wiped out newly-arrived Russian hardware including missiles that were dispatched post haste to help Syria and Hizballah frustrate a US plan for a no-fly zone over northern Syria………. Click here for full story
An Iran-Russia Axis?
What do two nations with a history of over 200 years of enmity and war do when they seek a change of discourse? Find a common enemy — real or imagined. For Russia and Iran, traditional foes since the 18th century, that common enemy is the United States, according to political circles in Moscow and Tehran………. Click here for full story
New Israeli Government In March Will Determine Future Of Peace Process
Israeli politics are famous for their unpredictability, and events in recent days have only underscored that reputation. Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu on Tuesday fired two senior coalition partners and announced snap elections next March—all this, not even half way through his third term ……… Click here for full story
Now Britain Is Looking For A Suspicious Submarine In Its Waters
NATO patrol planes helped Britain scour the waters off its western Scottish coast after a submarine's periscope was spotted, in a search reminiscent of the Cold War, media reported. Britain's Ministry of Defence (MoD) said it had received NATO help in an operation, but declined to go into further details. News of the operation, first reported in Aviation Week, comes amid growing tensions between Western powers and Russia over its role in the Ukraine crisis. More
President who vowed to end war, now seeks sweeping power to expand it.
Secretary of State John F. Kerry told Congress Tuesday that President Obama wants expansive war powers to pursue the Islamic State terrorists wherever and however he deems necessary, stunning lawmakers by requesting a war authorization that would even allow the Pentagon to commit American combat troops to the fight. Though Mr. Obama doesn't want combat troops, he won't have Congress tie his hands against unforeseen directions the war could take should the Islamic State evolve, expand its fight to other countries or prove more difficult to rout, Mr. Kerry said. More
Russell Simmons: 'America has not seen protests like those that are coming'.
Russell Simmons, co-founder of Def Jam Recordings, appeared on CNN last night on Out Front with Erin Burnett to warn there are more protests coming if "demands" are not met. We are seeing the beginning of the end of police policing the police, he added. "On Wednesday, we are going to ask for indictments and list of achievable demands." ("We" referring to high profile celebrities and athletes that share Simmons' beliefs.) "And America has not seen protests like those that are coming if justice doesn't start to come down," warned Simmons. Simmons told Burnett, "Over 150K cases were brought before the grand Jury and and only 11 cases didn't come back with indictments. It's like lightening striking the black community over and over and over again." We need special oversight committees, we shouldn't leave it to DAs who work with the police, explained Simmons. More
Never Ignore These Cancer Warning Signs
Many people ignore potential warning signs of cancer, a new British survey found. The study involved 1,700 people aged 50 and older in the United Kingdom who completed a health questionnaire listing 17 symptoms, including 10 widely publicized possible cancer symptoms. More
Is San Andreas Movie a "Prophetic Warning" for California?
As if the idea that a devastating earthquake could hit California at anytime wasn't terrifying enough, there's now a movie coming out that brings that possibility to life. In San Andreas, Dwayne Johnson and Carla Gugino play ex-spouses on a hunt to find their daughter, played by True Detective's Alexandra Daddario, after a giant earthquake hits the the Golden State. From the looks of the trailer, it's the west coast version of The Day After Tomorrow, complete with destroyed landmarks (the Hollywood sign) and attempted rescues by — who else? — The Rock. More
Retailers Using 'Consumer Neuroscience' To Shape Shopping Experience.
Retailers are trying to get into customers' brains and they now have the technology to do it. It's called consumer neuroscience and companies are getting valuable shopper intel that can shape the shopping experience. To get a firsthand look we went shopping at Betsy Jenney on Newbury Street with Dr. Carl Marci of Boston-based Innerscope Research. I was given glasses with a special camera to track my eye movements and sensors were attached to my fingers to keep tabs on the electricity in my skin. "What we are collecting here are things we are not very good at articulating with words," explains Dr. Marci. Things a shopper doesn't even realize are happening subliminally and subconsciously. More
Experts Demand Action To Prevent Asteroid Strike
One hundred leading scientists, astronomers, former astronauts and celebrities have called for more to be done to prevent a devastating asteroid strike.
TV physicist Professor Brian Cox is backing the campaign, as is Queen guitarist Brian May, who has a doctorate in astrophysics. He said: "The more we learn about asteroid impacts, the clearer it becomes that the human race has been living on borrowed time." More
Hallmark Pulls Holiday Wrapping Paper With Swastika-Like Image
Hallmark Cards Inc, the purveyor of products that it says "make the world a more caring place," was pulling gift wrap from U.S. stores after a complaint that the paper appears to display a swastika, a symbol associated with the persecution of Jews. Hallmark issued an apology on Tuesday and said that the blue and silver wrapping paper was designed to represent a type of vessel, and any similarity to a swastika was unintentional. The company said the pattern has been in the company's reference archives for several years. More
Giant swastika found in Brazil swimming pool
A large swastika was discovered painted on the bottom of a swimming pool in southern Brazil. The large Nazi symbol was identified during a kidnapping investigation last week, where police used aerial surveillance, CNN reported. The swastika is located on private property in Pomerode, Brazil in the southern state of Santa Catarina. It reportedly has decorated the bottom of the pool for the last 13 years. No charges will be filed since the pool is located on private property, according to CNN, citing local officials. More
Britain would vote to quit EU says new poll
Britain would vote to leave the EU if an in/out referendum was held today, a major new survey has found.The poll showed that dramatically more voters would opt to leave than those who wish to remain. Some 46.6 per cent would vote "out"while just 34.3 per cent would vote "in",with 19.1 per cent undecided.Among those likely to vote, the gap was starker, with 48.8 per cent opting to leave, compared to 34.7 per cent wanting to stay and 16.5 per cent undecided. More
Natural Remedies for Respiratory Infections
12-09-2014 • By Dr. Joe Alton and Nurse Amy
Even if used judiciously, even ample quantities will eventually be depleted. Without the ability to produce them synthetically, we will have to consider natural substances that might help alleviate various respiratory symptoms and strengthen the body's immune response.
Historically, Vitamin C, Vitamin E, and other antioxidants taken regularly are supposed to decrease the frequency and severity of respiratory infections. Many studies confirm their usefulness, although the amount of down time due to colds/flus per year was only decreased 1 day in one study. Despite this, antioxidant support of the immune system can be obtained through good nutrition or supplements and should be part of any survival food storage strategy.
Ben Stein: Media Are 'So Far Up Mr. Obama's Backside'
Former Nixon speechwriter Ben Stein opined on Fox News' "Your World w/ Cavuto" that the reason the media isn't complaining about being lied to about what was in the Affordable Care Act is because they are "so far up Mr. Obama's backside."
Bank of America sees $50 oil as Opec dies
"Our biggest worry is the end of the liquidity cycle. The Fed is done. The reach for yield that we have seen since 2009 is going into reverse", said Bank of America. The Opec oil cartel no longer exists in any meaningful sense and crude prices will slump to $50 a barrel over coming months as market forces shake out the weakest producers, Bank of America has warned. Revolutionary changes sweeping the world's energy industry will drive down the price of liquefied natural gas (LNG), creating a "multi-year" glut and a mucher cheaper source of gas for Europe.
America needs a Patriotic President
What America needs most is a Patriotic President, a president who puts love of country well above love of self. America needs a president who, even before coming forward, has already shoved his ego into his back pocket; one wise enough to ignore the pandering of the moment and one whose head is never turned by Mae West type publicity.
Obama makes '1st move' toward 'sanctions' on Israel
Amid White House denials, Palestinians receiving signals
While the White House has dismissed as "unfounded" reports the Obama administration is contemplating sanctions on Israel, the Palestinian Authority told WND it is already receiving signals the U.S. president may not support Israel at the United Nations and in the international community.
Researchers Use Fetal Cells to Create 'Supermouse' With Half-Human Brain
We have arrived at the predicted last days "days of Noah." — OTM
Researchers at the University of Rochester in New York are using fetal cells to create a "supermouse" with a half-human brain in order to study human diseases of the brain and find cures for those ailments.
The research, which is now raising ethical questions, involves injecting cells from unborn babies into the brain tissue of baby mice.
The Senate CIA Report and Democratic Treachery
Putting American lives on the line for a political payout.
But adding further threats to Americans already in harm's way matters not. Beleaguered congressional Democrats are desperate for a political boon and have turned to an old standby: sabotaging national security and sacrificing American lives.
Headlines of Interest
Joseph Prince's Conflicting Message of grace by his word faith teaching
Israel holds American "Christian" planning attacks on Muslim sites
In Nashville, Obama refers to 'Bible verse' about throwing stones in glass houses
RNC Leaders Offered Free "Spiritual – Historical" Trips to Israel
Lawmaker Gets 'Vile and Vulgar' Shots From Left After Passing Religious Freedom Bill
Links of Interest
Tactics: A Game Plan for Discussing Your Christian Convictions by Greg Koukl
- The Enemy Within: Straight Talk about the Power and Defeat of Sin by Kris Lundgaard
- I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist by Frank Turek
- Valley of Vision: A Collection of Puritan Prayers and Devotions – Edited by Arthur Bennett (leather bound version here)
- Christian Theology by Millard Erickson
- Donate to Stand to Reason (Our thank you gift this month is the book Stories Behind the Great Traditions of Christmas)
- Listen to Annabeth Koukl read Luke 2 when she was 5
- Dislike Is Not Intolerance by Robin Sible
- Is Christmas Pagan? by Greg Koukl
- Stories Behind the Great Traditions of Christmas by Ace Collins
- Do Our Prayers Make a Difference by Amy Hall
- How God Answers Our Prayers by Amy Hall
- Not Always Bread, Just No Stones by Amy Hall (on prayer)
Email Brigade News Report
What doth the LORD require of thee, but to do justly, and to love mercy, and to walk humbly with thy God. ~ Micah 6:8
December 10, 2014
As you get older; you've probably noticed that you tend to forget things. You'll be talking with somebody at a party, and you'll know that you know this person, but no matter how hard you try, you can't remember his or her name. This can be very embarrassing, especially if he or she turns out to be your spouse. ~ Dave Barry
Revisited Would the Son of God Contradict the Father?
Is it true that Jesus never mentioned anything about homosexuality? That He never brought it up, even once? Most of us have heard the argument that the Gospels have no record of Jesus condemning homosexuality. There are individuals, especially from the militant homosexual rights movement, who utter this fabrication with all the raw hostility of liberals who think abortion is their God given right.
Bethel Church's "Apostle" Bill Johnson: A Comedy of Errors Part 1 Part 2
Christian Meditation: What's Biblical and What's Not
Call your Representatives and tell them to oppose John Boehner's plan to surrender to President Obama. Tell Congress to block funding for Obama's lawlessness. As it exists now, Boehner's plan (which has Harry Reid's seal of approval) will fund Obama's open-borders agenda.
Call: (855) 827-2356
This number will connect you to an automated system which will allow you to enter your zip code and will connect you directly to your House Rep.
Lying for the Cause—Victor Davis Hanson
Well aside from "If you like your doctor you can keep your doctor," or blanket amnesty that is and is not lawful for a president to grant, there is a special category of progressive mythology. Or rather a particular cast of "truth tellers," victims, supposed whistle blowers, and popular liberal icons who spin tales for a supposedly higher good, on the premise that untruth for a cause makes it sort of true.
Anti-police bias infects Fox News—Cliff Kincaid
But here are the facts about the grand jury, as disclosed by Stephen J. Rooney, a justice on the Richmond County Supreme Court in New York …
Parents angry after school tells 13-year-olds they can have sex, choose gender
Students at one northern California high school are learning more than just the birds and the bees.
Senate panel releases scathing report on CIA interrogation amid warnings of backlash
Gruber apologizes for 'mean and insulting' ObamaCare comments
GOP Spending Bill Gives Nearly $1 Billion To Aid Border Migrants
Ann Compton on Obama: He Launches 'Profanity-Laced' Tirades Against Press
House Conservatives Outraged at Boehner Move on Budget Bill http://www.newsmax.com/Newsfront/Boehner-budget-bill-conservatives/2014/12/06/id/611519/
Target and the Real War On Women—Bill Muehlenberg
There are some things that elevate the status of women, and some that denigrate and demean women. Here I want to mention three such things. And they all have to do with the retail chain store Target. The three diverse elements I seek to bring together here are Christianity, Islam and violent video games.
EDUCATION – Research Links
'This Will Not End Well': School Board Allows 'Transgender' Males to Play on Girls' Teams
HOMOSEXUALITY — Research Links
The revolution of the family: the Marxist roots of 'homosexualism'
Porn may be only place gay youth see gay sex portrayed 'positively': UK 'sex health' charity head
300 Articles You Have to Read to Understand Homofascism
Homosexual Promiscuity: Breeding a national health problem
Big 'Gay' Brother is Watching You
Truth-Telling and Homosexuality
Warning: I do not recommend the Daily Beast
The Rise and Fall of Chris Hughes and Sean Eldridge, America's Worst Gay Power Couple
Just three years ago, Chris Hughes and Sean Eldridge were the toast of the liberal establishment. The Facebook co-founder and his politically ambitious husband embodied all the attributes of a bona fide "gay power couple." In 2012, Hughes bought The New Republic, rescuing the flagship liberal magazine from financial peril and establishing himself as a player in Washington. At the same time, Eldridge was quietly preparing to run for Congress in upstate New York. …
The Gay Slave Trade: Open for Business!
Chinese gay dating app grows to 15 million users
Truth Matters In Ex-Gay Debate
Nine fallen 'exgay' leaders seek spotlight with therapy ban alliance
Why Gays Cannot Speak for Ex-Gays
120 EXhomosexual video testimonies
Former Lesbian Turned Christian: 'We've Made God Little if We Believe He Cannot Change People'
Trouble In Transtopia: Murmurs Of Sex Change Regret—Stella Morabito
Ten Stories NBC Nightly News Aired Instead of Covering Gruber Scandal
LIFE& DEATH – Research Links
Parents Release Photo of Daughter Born at 24 Weeks to Stop Late-Term Abortions
Amazing Video Shows Life Before Birth: "Everything a Newborn Baby Does, a Fetus Has Already Done"
Researchers Use Fetal Cells to Create 'Supermouse' With Half-Human Brain
Researchers at the University of Rochester in New York are using fetal cells to create a "supermouse" with a half-human brain in order to study human diseases of the brain and find cures for those ailments.
Ryan Anderson explains why gay marriage doesn't exist
Our last chance to save traditional marriage
National Homosexual Activist Organization Targets Christians in Latest Campaign
A homosexual activist organization whose co-founder was recently jailed for sex abuse charges has launched an aggressive campaign to convert Christians to the same-sex 'marriage' cause.
The Best Gift I Can Give Christian Christmas Haters—Clint Archer
It isn't wrong to have a fern on my porch or a cactus in my office (chosen for its resilience to neglect, a prerequisite for any plant life under my supervision). But apparently having a fir tree, imitation or genuine, is considered by some to be morally repugnant; though only in December.
Rick Warren's Call for Christians to Unite With Catholics, 'Holy Father' Raising Concerns http://christiannews.net/2014/12/02/rick-warrens-call-for-christians-to-unite-with-catholics-holy-father-raising-concerns
More Than Half of Americans Believe The Bible is Inaccurate
CREATION VS EVOLUTION – Research links
Why is biblical Creationism so important?
The Giraffe: God's Outstanding Animal
When and How Did the Grand Canyon Form?—Andrew Snelling
'We Love Jesus!' Iraqi Children Proclaim Love for Christ in Face of Islamic Beheading http://christiannews.net/2014/12/03/we-love-jesus-iraqi-children-proclaim-love-for-christ-in-face-of-islamic-beheading
Unless You Repent You Will Perish—Mike Ratliff
Where do Christians get solid food? From voices in their heads, intuition, imaginations, flights of fancy, signs, wonders? No. Solid food is consumed by feeding on the meat of the written
Word of God. ~ Sandy Simpson
Alcoholics Anonymous
New Booklet Tract: The Spiritual Truth Behind Alcoholics Anonymous–And Why Christians Should Think Twice About Joining A.A.
Yes, AA's cofounder was a freemason—John Lanagan
Angels – Research links
Three Reasons You Should Not Try To Bind Satan
Ann Voskamp
Romantic Panentheism, a Review of One Thousand Gifts by Ann Voskamp
Ann Voskamp's One Thousand Gifts: A Christianized Version of "Sexytime" with Ghosts?
Beth Moore
Has so-and-so false teacher always been false, or did it just start now?
The Low-Information Evangelical, Part 1 Part 2
Examining Beth Moore's teaching
"Blood Moons"
Is Jesus going to return during the blood-red moon of 2015?
Divine Sign for Israel? Hagee Explains Blood Moons
Will Lunar Eclipses Cause Four Blood Moons in 2014 and 2015?
Charismatic Movement
Strange Fire Q&A: Answering the Critics—Phil Johnson interviews John MacArthur
Where is IHOP Going? An interview with Sarah Leslie
Pa$$ The Plate And Let Us Prey–SUFTT
Should we impart an anointing of the Spirit on someone's head? Does the Holy Spirit posses us, or indwell us? Yes, big difference between these two terms.
Church Growth Movement/Seeker/Market-Driven
Straight Talk About the Seeker Church Movement
Why this pastor left the church-growth model
Who is Peter Drucker, and what did he do with our church?
Rick Warren's Catholic television interview
Contemplative Prayer – Research Links
The "Tree of Contemplative Practices" – Is Your Church Practicing Some of These?
What Is Spiritual Formation and Why Does It Matter?
Ravi Zacharias on Henri Nouwen – "I regret having said that" "Henri Nouwen Was One of the Greatest Saints In Our Time"—Lighthouse Trails
Rick Warren's Call for Christians to Unite With Catholics, 'Holy Father' Raising Concerns – http://christiannews.net/2014/12/02/rick-warrens-call-for-christians-to-unite-with-catholics-holy-father-raising-concerns
Does Rick Warren want you to "come home" to the Catholic Church?—Amy Spreeman
Emergent Church – Research Links
Listen: Emergent Church finally shows its real intentions!–
Emergent /Emerging Church Documentary
Controversial pastor [?] Rob [No Hell] Bell and wife, Kristen, share new view on marriage http://jonathanmerritt.religionnews.com/2014/12/02/rob-bell-kristen-marriage-advice
McLaren's CANA Initiative marks new era for Neo Emergents–SUFTT
Hebrew Roots Movement
It's Christmas time and that can only mean one thing: the Hebrew Roots folks are busy telling Christians they are sinning if they celebrate Christmas—Christine Pack
Hillsong Church
Hellsong – The Music of Hillsong – In Praise of Folly
Hillsong NYC's "biblical" silence about homosexuality—John Lanagan
Eugene Peterson's The Message "bible" flat out deletes homosexuality as sin from two key New Testament passages, and gives a politically correct spin to a third
"Jesus Calling" – Research Links
In Jesus Calling: Jesus Contradicts Himself
Is Hit Book "Jesus Calling" Pushing New Age?
Articles and links exposing the New Age "Jesus" and New Age teachings
in Sarah Young's "Jesus Calling" devotional
One Woman's Story About Jesus Calling: A Surprise I Never Expected That Changed My Life
Changing "Jesus Calling"—Damage Control for a False Christ–SUFTT
Jonathan Cahn
"Rabbi" Jonathan Cahn's Most Recent Duping of the People of God: "The Mystery of the Shemitah"
Joyce Meyer
The Prosperity Priestess and the Pied Piper of IHOP
Joyce Meyer cancels speaking engagement at IHOP-KC Onething 2014
Kay Arthur
Kay Arthur With Erroneous Contemplative Interpretation of Psalm 46:10
Christian Meditation: What's Biblical and What's
Mark Driscoll
5 Early Leadership Lessons from the Dissolution of Mars Hill Church
Part 1: "We Are Not ABANDONED" Part 2: "Under the Bus" and "Off the Map" – The Out-of-Control Bus That Runs Over Sheep Part 3: The Culture Which Gave Rise to Driscoll
"The Message" Bible
Eugene Peterson's "The Message" is a parody of the Bible
The "Message Bible": A Breach of Truth—John Lanagan
Mormonism — Research Links
Mormon Church Admits Founder Joseph Smith Had About 40 Wives
Was Joseph Smith Really a Prophet from God?
What is Mormonism – What do Mormon's Believe
The Mormon version of "Holy, Holy, Holy" is missing something
Why Mormons Now Want to be See As Christian–SUFTT
Did Polygamy Accomplish the Purpose Given in LDS Scripture? http://str.typepad.com/weblog/2014/11/did-polygamy-accomplish-the-purpose-given-in-lds-scripture.html
New Age Movement/New Thought/Spirituality — Research Links
The New Age Peale Factor: Norman Vincent Peale and the Occult, Part 1 Part 2
Mysticism & Global Mind Change
What is "The Secret"? What is the "Law of Attraction"?
Controversial pastor [?] Rob [No Hell] Bell and wife, Kristen, share new view on marriage http://jonathanmerritt.religionnews.com/2014/12/02/rob-bell-kristen-marriage-advice
New Apostolic Reformation/Dominionism – Research Links
Rick Joyner's alleged visit to heaven where he claims he met Enoch
Written in 2008. Posting as a reminder of who these people are.
We have had enough of false prophets—Marsha West
People in this movement believe that the Apostles and Prophets have authority over the Church. Even though they hold a high office, the "apostles" and "prophets" don't see eye to eye on everything. It has now come to light that some of the "apostles" were concerned about the possible dangers of commissioning Todd Bentley and warned other "apostles" but they were rebuffed — and they're not taking it lying down….
Bethel Church's "Apostle" Bill Johnson: A Comedy of Errors Part 1 Part 2
This Year's Christmas Must Have A…Ouija Board–SUFTT
Roman Catholicism
The Papacy of the Roman Catholic Church
'Secrets of the Vatican' exposes moral crises facing Catholic Church's new pope
Do eucharistic miracles really happen?
Written by a Roman Catholic
The "diminished and distorted" Christ of Pope Francis—Louis Verrecchio
The answer is at once simple and tragic; it is because his is a view of the Resurrection that pales in comparison to the "real one," and that necessarily means that he, like the leaders of the Sillon, witness to a "diminished and distorted" Christ. …Louie VerrecchioLouie Verrecchio
Rick Warren's Call for Christians to Unite With Catholics, 'Holy Father' Raising Concerns
Social Justice/Progressive Christianity
The Social Justice Gospel, Yesterday and Today—Part 2
How progressive Pharisees brutalize the Bible—SUFTT
Extraterrestrials, Noah's Flood, Pseudo-Humans, Pseudo-Science,
Nephilim and Space Alien DNA—Part 2
Vision Casting
Casting a Vision of Commandeering Control
Witchcraft – Research Links
Word of Faith/Prosperity Gospel — Research Links
Bethel Church's "Apostle" Bill Johnson: A Comedy of Errors, Part 1 Part 2
The True Origins of the Prosperity Gospel
T.D. Jakes and Joyce Meyer teaching word-faith "Little Gods" doctrine
Kirk Cameron's 'Saving Christmas' Film Won't Be Saved from Lowest Rating Ever in IMDB
Smoking still a large contributor to US cancer deaths, study says
Some here, some there — December 9, 2014
Actually, I was looking forward to reading Frank's post… then I realized that it was "my" day. And so, since I was thinking all yesterday that I already had enough for an SHST, here is one early. Not sure whether I'll do another Friday, or something else. Suspense!
Have fun, it's quite the mini-assortment.
- I've long said that secularists have no problem with Christians being Christians, just so long as we don't do it out-loud or in public. Rick Plasterer (seriously) argues that that principle will fall heavily and possibly terminally on Christian institutions, given the current tidal wave of totalitarian, institutionalized immorality (including compulsory approval) that is sweeping what once would have been called Christendom.
- The very people who now sneer at the fact that "Are you now, or have you ever been, a member of the Communist party?" was ever asked, are having no problem with the same question posed of public persons, with the substitution of "Christian religion" for the last two words.
- Reminding one of the immortal words of Cdr. Buck Murdock.
- One last reflection on that article. Plasterer says this almost in passing: "God's standard given in Scripture is obedience to Him regardless of pain." How many professed Christians don't even think it important to obey God regardless of inconvenience or effort, let alone pain?
- Okay, this next item is not at all like the usual. I can only offer three reasons for including it… and they're stretches. First: it has footage from the Charlie Brown Christmas, including the reading from Luke, so: Christmas! Second: it features one of the very best guitar solos ever recorded by one of the very best guitarists ever to play, so: common grace. Third: it's awesome and I love it. So: my blog (in part)! Thanks to reader Keith Lamborn for alerting me to it. Enjoy, or move along to the next item.
- I loved that the creator timed the clips so well to the song, but what really won me over was the dances during the guitar solo. Awesome.
- And BTW, the song is about writing a song. In case someone's going to go all Johnny Todd on me.
- In case you didn't see it — well, (A) shame on you; and (B) go to my blog and see this lovely version of The Wexford Carol, with Yo-Yo Ma and Alison Krauss.
- You know what's even weirder (to me) than having Rick Warren in effect say "pish-posh" to the Reformation? Having Reformation 21 publish an article lavishing praise on that wonderfully "generous" evangelical Richard Mouw! In case you don't remember, Mouw was President pf Fuller Theological Seminary for 20 years, which all by itself would be enough to raise my eyebrow. But what's more, Mouw is the man who threw Christian missionaries to Mormons under the bus, and who the Mormons love because he has proclaimed Mormonism not to be a cult.
- Do you think Harold Lindsell is looking smug in heaven? Are other saints having to tell him to stop saying "QED!"?
- So is Reformation 21 prepping an article praising the generosity of Rick Warren? Unknown.
- But the president of Covenant College agrees. So there's that.
- Well, now to something more directly seasonal, and as a reward for Frank — if he's read further than the post title — this:
8 Suggestions for Applying the Gospel in Light of Brown, Grant, Gurley, Rice and Others
Thabiti Anyabwile:
Yesterday following the morning service a dear and faithful brother approached me at the door. In his customarily intense way, he looked me in the eyes and thanked me for the sermon. He expressed his appreciation for how the gospel was present throughout the exposition. Then he moved from appreciation to loving critique. Not about the sermon, but about my posts on Ferguson-related themes. He asked if I thought the gospel should run throughout Christian comments and responses to Ferguson.… When I told my wife about the conversation she looked at me with that "I've been telling you that" look. So, here goes. An attempt to apply the gospel in actionable ways to these Ferguson—Staten Island—Cleveland—New York kinda times we're in.
Love among the Pixels: Fidelity and Romance in the Digital Age
Hannah Anderson:
For all the obvious pitfalls, it seems that love and fidelity in the digital age may have a new snag: backburner relationships. Unfortunately, our friend is not alone. Facebook is increasingly cited in divorce proceedings while texts and e-mails document cyber trails of indiscretion. The reality is so prevalent that there are even apps that allow you to monitor your partner's online behavior. But for all the obvious pitfalls, it seems that love and fidelity in the digital age may have a new snag: backburner relationships.
How Not to Preach Matthew's Birth Narratives at Christmas
Eric McKiddie:
It may seem to be impossible to misinterpret the birth narratives in our advent sermons. What could be easier to preach at Christmas than the birth of Jesus? What could be harder to misread than these plain, simple stories of Jesus coming into the world?
But when we turn off our interpretational radar, we are likely to crash and burn.
Unfortunately, pastors often substitute secondary applications for the primary interpretation in their Christmas sermons. We sideline the main purpose for these stories – to teach about Jesus – and focus on the incidental actions of the characters instead.
How does that happen? Let's look at Matthew's birth narratives and see.
How to make a hit Christmas song
It hurts (but it's also true):
HT: Mike
Does 'Exodus' movie leave the Bible behind?
By Ted Baehr
Director Ridley Scott's new epic, "Exodus: Gods and Kings," tries to follow the Bible, but it does so in a manner that avoids the richness of the biblical story, and it could be summarized as the "CliffsNotes" version or a comic-book version of the story of Exodus. The best that can be said is that it's gloriously junky, with magnificent battle scenes and spectacular special effects, but diminished by mediocre character development and an annoying lack of set-up of biblical events.
Why Christian Discipleship Is Critical to Christian Survival
by J Warner Wallace
Just before leaving the disciples, Jesus gathered them together and commissioned them with an important task. He told them, "All authority has been given to Me in heaven and on earth. Go therefore and make disciples of all the nations, baptizing them in the name of the Father and the Son and the Holy Spirit, […]
The Strange Oprahfication of Rob Bell – "Without intending malice or slander, I have to suggest that Bell is sounding less like a preacher of Christianity (even a liberal one) and more like the newest member of an affluent, West Coast cult."
This Wednesday's Word has been adapted from my Christmas devotional, "Advent: The Whole Story." Download your free copy today at http://www.PaulTripp.com/Advent.
Have you ever accused God of being absent? Have you ever criticized the Lord for being unloving? I would like to think that I've always trusted in God's omnipresence, omnipotence, omniscience, and eternal, unshakeable love. After all, these are things I've been taught since my earliest days Sunday School!
But I'm deeply persuaded that many "theologically sound" Christians actually doubt the presence and love of God. Why do I think that? Because God says we do! Take Isaiah 59:1, for example: "Behold, the Lord's hand is not shortened, that it cannot save, or his ear dull, that it cannot hear."
We Are Not Orphans
How is it possible? It is so because he is present with us, as we say, by his deity, his majesty, his unconditional favor (grace), and his Holy Spirit. He has kept his word. He has fulfilled his promise. He is with us. He shall be with us. No one can dissolve the bond, the union between Christ and his people. No one is closer to us than Jesus. No one is more present with us all, everywhere, in all times and places than Jesus.
The Hatred of Adam's Hatefilled Race
Why? Because the heart of man is exceedingly hateful. To not love another is hate. And, if I can insist on it, the true tragedy of hatred is not the victimization, marginalization, or oppression of another. The ultimate tragedy, the ultimate outrage of hate is that hatred is sin. This is serious! If you hate your neighbor you're in danger of the fires of hell. And it's become clear to me that I don't hate hatred near enough.
Is Same-Sex Attraction Sinful?
We are sinners by nature and by choice. At the most fundamental level, in fact, our nature produces our choices. We inherit a sinful nature from our father Adam so that we are spring-loaded to sin. And that is not merely a word for people experiencing same-sex attraction. That is a word for all of us. Same-sex attraction is merely one variety of fallenness. But make no mistake. It is not the only one. We are all fallen and are in this predicament together.
The Best Gift I Can Give Christian Christmas Haters
But conversely, it needs to be acknowledged that Christians are free to esteem one day better than another if they are convinced in their own mind. I am convinced in my own mind that Christmas is a thoroughly enjoyable time of family traditions and themed parties and eggnog lattes at Starbucks. You need not be as convinced, and that is perfectly okay. Just please don't equate my appreciation of cheap tinsel with pagan idolatry. Jeremiah 10:3-4 is NOT referring to Christmas trees, but hand-crafted idols, hewn for the express purpose of worshipping as a god.
Matt Recker and the Gospel Coalition, Part 7: The Clarity of the Gospel
To this gospel, Keller, in the name of the kingdom, adds a program of social activity. His approach leapfrogs the question of whether Christians might use social activity as a tool to gain a hearing for the gospel—a question upon which Christians have differed. Keller goes further. He thinks that social activity is actually part of the gospel. By confusing social improvement with gospel proclamation, Keller ends up diluting—and thus obscuring—the very gospel that he hopes to defend. This error is more than incidental.
'Twas the Night Before the Last Christmas!
Truth2Freedom Blog Disclaimer: The blog post headline links in this blog post are given so as to keep people informed about current events and discussions taking place within our church and culture. A headline link on this blog post doesn't necessarily mean that there is agreement or approval with all the views and opinions expressed within the headline linked article. Caution is also warranted with regards to the advertisements and links that are embedded within the headline linked article.


text:
CollectivitiGo Back Location: Canberra, Australia Industry: Social & Leisure
Subindustry: Digital Media Tags: News
Collectiviti is the Reddit for serious interests. Find and share fantastic reading with people who share your interests. Stop missing out on important articles on the issues that matter most to you. Collectiviti is built for professionals, academics, students, activists, experts and thoughtful readers who value high quality writing and thinking. Our unique platform is better because it uses real, specific shared interests to collectively surface the very best relevant content. Our vision is to become the single best place to discover, share and engage with the highest quality online content. Our growth strategy will leverage social network effects and build strategic partnerships with key content providers. Our business strategy creates value by bringing together highly engaged user communities, premium content providers and relevant professional groups in new and innovative ways. These include premium subscriptions, hosted crowd funding, professional networking and more.

subset: commoncrawl


text:
Past Events
Proffers: Possibilities, Pitfalls and Predicaments
December 13, 2018 11:00 AM
Please join us for an important CLE (1 credit) regarding proffer agreements, procedures and the risks they pose at Noon on December 13, 2018 at Morgan Lewis.
The Clifford Scott Green Bill of Rights Award
October 11, 2018 6:00 PM
Save the date! The Clifford Scott Green Bill of Rights award to be given to the ReEntry Team—Thursday, October 11, 2018.
U.S. Attorney William McSwain's Report on USAO
September 20, 2018 12:00 PM
U.S. Attorney William McSwain will provide an update and report on the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Eastern District of Pennsylvania and matters impacting the prosecution and defense of criminal cases.
FCPA Compliance Under the New DOJ Corporate Enforcement Policy
May 3, 2018 12:00 PM
Please join us for our next CLE (1 credit) regarding developments under the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act.
Member Bonus
Stored Communications Act and Cell Site Technology: Navigating the Law in an Evolving Landscape
December 7, 2017 11:00 AM
Our panel will review the Stored Communications Act, and how courts have wrangled with its warrant requirements and parameters with constantly evolving technology.
Member Bonus


text:
Born in 1927, Hal McIntosh's art career started in early childhood with studies at the Detroit Art Institute and the Toledo Museum. He became the youngest person ever to be invited to set up his easl at the Research Studio (now the Maitland Art Center) founded and run by the famed artist and architect Andre Smith and financed by Mary Curtis Bak, the daughter of the publishing magnate Cyrus Curtis. It was there that Hal became friends with Charles Prendergast, the brother of Maurice, and a painter in his own right.
Formal studies were at the University of Michigan with a Graduate Degree followed by a teaching position in sculpture and design. Following school he worked with the portrait painter Jerry Farnsworth and his wife Helen Sawyer [represented in the American Wing of the Metropolitan Museum in New York] at the North Truro School of Art on Cape Cod Massachussetts. While there he learned portraiture well and over the years has produced over two thousand fifteen hundred One portrait of Mrs Walter P. Chrysler was completed at a sitting where all the while the radio was abuzz with the news of the sinking of the Andrea Doria! From his home on Cape Cod Hal can see the home of Edward Hopper, whom he knew and admired.
Mr. McIntosh is the rare painter who has always made his living as an artist. He has conducted many classes as Director of the Lynchburg Virginia Fine Art Center for five years, for thirty years at his own school in Winter Park Florida, and at Loch Haven School now the Orlando Museum. Durring these years he has had Thirty six One-Man-Shows at Galleries from Winter Park and Naples Florida to venues on Cape Cod. He is a founding member of the Winter Park Art Festival, now in it's 54th year, where he exhibited 17 times, and is a former Artistic Director for The Albin Polasek Museum and Sculpture Gardens in Winter Park.
Hal maintains studios in Winter Park and on Cape Cod, following the seasons while continuing to paint his favorite subjects.
Florida: The Mary Curtis Bok Research Studio
The Winter Park Sidewalk Arts Festival (founding member)
The Golden Cricket Gallery
The Barbazon Gallery
The Center Street Gallery
Solarte Gallery
The Miller Gallery (Winter Park and Cincinnati, OH)
The Naples Art Gallery
Gallery One, Naples (and Petosky, MI)
The Maitland Art Center
Walt Disney Epcot Center
Epcot Art In The Garden
Casa Feliz
Lake Eustis Museum of Art
Cape Cod: The North Truro Gallery
The Blue Herron Gallery
The Left Bank Gallery
Hal McIntosh has paintings in many collections here and abroad, including the following;
The American Embassy, Pakistan
The Tupperware Corporation
The Orlando Airport Authority
Barnet Banks of Florida
Jose Ferrer
Princess Yasmin Aga Kahn
Mr. Walter P. Chrysler, Jr.
Sun Trust of Florida
The Orlando Utilities Commission
The City of Winter Park
Epcot World Showcase


text:
This user joined on 08/05/2014.
Thank you for following my StereoPi project!
Thanks for following my $25 Spectrometer project!
Thanks for the follow!
Thanks for the follow, every suggestion is welcome
Thanks for the follow!
Thank you for following the environmental monitor project, and uRADMonitor - semifinalist in HaD 2014!!


text:
Panic in the pictures….
Do you smell that? That is panic… sheer panic. There is not enough time in the next week to get all that Pinterest demands I do to have a great family vacation. That sounded more sane in my head. We are headed to Disney World next week. To clarify, I will be in Orlando starting on Sunday and enjoy sweet sweet solitude with 2500 of my closest peers at a conference. Then the boys, J and my (amazing, yet unscarred) parents are flying down to meet me to stalk Mickey.
Mickey and I are having a love hate relationship. I enjoy how much my kids love him. I hate that everything with his face on it costs 14.99 and up. Really Mickey? Give the girl a break. Never mind, I'm married to a guy who can't tell his kids no. Heck, he bought a box of fruit for $90… only to make the fruit guy at the door go away. We.Are.Screwed.
I can't handle it…. I feel like we are heading to a remote island with no Target (oh the horror)… do we have enough shampoo? It's not like I have a car.. and spending $25 on shampoo shaped like Jake and the Never Land pirates is NOT an option (J- I'm talking to you, buddy). If my kids come back smelling like chlorine, don't judge. And if I come back smelling like rum.. don't judge.
Rum smells better than panic.


text: Cardinal ID Students, the Cardinal ID is your ticket to Email, E-courses, On-campus Wireless Internet, and Online Resources. TVIN Trinity Valley is phasing out the use of SSNs as the primary identifier for employee and student records. The TVIN is the new primary identification number. Password Guidelines Protection of a password is very important. Here are some keys to security. Student Proxy Access In an effort to provide students with the same access to the library research databases when they are off campus at home IT Services provides a Proxy portal. Microsoft Ultimate Steal Get a great deal on the world's leading productivity software! More Info About IT Services TVCC Alert TVCC Alert Admin Cardinal Email Wireless Access VPN Students Instructors & Staff Communication Services Video Conference Zoom Best Practices IT Notify


text:
Subscribe us: https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC8YXgKU-20gdyLm74Nf3ynw
For More Videos :https://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLXqjnKazSyDWrTsCdoF_vtoWbjn1elQOl
The Sun Temple is a Hindu temple dedicated to the solar deity Surya located at Modhera village of Mehsana district, Gujarat, India. It is situated on the bank of the river Pushpavati. It was built in 1026-27 AD during the reign of Bhima I of the Chaulukya dynasty. No worship is offered now and is protected monument maintained by Archaeological Survey of India. The temple complex has three components: Gudhamandapa, the shrine hall; Sabhamandapa, the assembly hall and Kunda, the reservoir. The halls have intricately carved exterior and pillars. The reservoir has steps to reach a bottom and numerous small shrines.
Temple Rahasyam
Temple Rahasyam channel is specialized for Fascinating Devotional video presentations about Temples, Gods, Hinduism, Innerself, Etc. The channel is meant to provide a complete spiritual knowledge to the viewers with its unique topics and unique presentations. Do subscribe it to Engage yourself into the world of spirituality.
For more Updates:
Like Us: https://www.facebook.com/Temple-Rahasyam-970276233115777/
Follow Us: https://twitter.com/templerahasyam,
Search Us: https://www.tumblr.com/blog/templerahasyamom
See Us:http://templerahasyam.blogspot.in/


text:
What is the shoe trend Fall/Winter 2018-19 to get STRAIGHT AWAY?
Shoes-addicted (and not only) get ready to write everything down and to pull your credit card out!
Some models come directly from the past Summer trends, and if you don't have them yet on the front line of your shoe rack, well, it means that it's time to do some shopping.
From the Milan, Paris, London, and New York Fashion Weeks, halfway between catwalks and street style, the verdict is in: sneakers, boots, and booties will be the hottest pieces among this winter shoe trends 2019.
Sneakers have been freed at all levels and have become a day-to-night accessory since side button striped sweatpants come with heels.
So for the next season, you may choose between minimal models, made with light and performing materials just like the running shoes in nylon or neoprene, without laces or multi-strap, slip-on version or mesh with a shaft (also called sneaker-boots), and chunky sneakers with oversized sole 90's inspired, that are literally driving all the influencers crazy.
The list of boots might go on and on: from flat booties - just like pedule, desert, and Chelsea boots - to heeled ankle ones and campero's models.
Also, to-the-knee boots, rain boots (super trendy not only on the rainy days), over-the-knee and maxi cuissardes.
The coolest ones are pointed, in the Autumn/Winter 2018-19 trendiest colours, or patterned (checks and prince of wales is one of the hottest trends of the Fall/Winter 2018-19 fashion, also for winter coat trends), in nylon and super tight-fitting, mesh or velvet. with fur applications or with logos, patent leather, and even with wild textures: from animalier, to crocodile and python prints.
They state themselves once again as a real go-to piece to collect in all the shades available to get the question "what am I going to wear today?" always answered!
Among the must-have models spotted on the catwalks, it's impossible not to name minimal brogue shoes, super soft and without stitching (or almost), tip-toe pointed ballet flats mary jane style - in patent leather or glittered - and retro brogues.
Also, the much-loved mules keep being one of the protagonists of this season along with slippers and slides fluffy with jewel applications.
All to be worn with socks - knitted, super warm and patterned or with tul - or without them for the most fearless fashionistas, like the cold didn't exist.
According to the fashion shows, the kitten-heeled ones remain the coolest, but among the collections for the next months the super sexy models, with laces, fur applications, slingback, in patent leather or PVC, also with chunky or spool heels - provided that have pointed or squared tip toe, definitely reminiscent of sixties style.
How about V-neck pumps? Well, they keep being among the trendiest footwear worn by the fashion bloggers and lovers over the internet.
Discover all the women's new arrivals by the best brands and sign up for our newsletter to receive all our fashion news and promotion before anyone else.
Photos credit: © Catwalkpictures.com


text:
The House Republican leadership on two committees sent a letter to the Federal Communications Commission questioning if the FCC has sufficient oversight of the federal programs that pay for telephone relay services for deaf and hard-of-hearing callers.
The programs are the Interstate Telecommunications Relay Service Fund and the Video Relay Service, and each is paid for by charges included on Americans' telephone bills. However, both programs were discovered to be fraught with corruption. Specifically, callers who were not deaf were using the services as a way to increase federal reimbursements to the companies providing the services. In 2009, several arrests were made.
Since the abuses were uncovered, the FCC has instituted reforms including requiring complete disclosure of who is using the program and confirmation that callers are deaf or hearing impaired.
Nonetheless, Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee Chairman Tim Murphy, Pa.; full committee Chairman Emeritus Joe Barton, Texas; Communications and Technology Subcommittee Chairman Greg Walden, Ore.; Vice Chairman of the Oversight and Investigations and Health Subcommittees Michael Burgess, Texas; and Communications and Technology Subcommittee Vice Chairman Bob Latta, Ohio, sent a letter to FCC Acting Chairwoman Mignon Clyburn and Inspector General David Hunt asking about the commission's oversight of the programs.
The letter, dated June 27, says, "The committee acknowledges and supports the important role that VRS services have in enhancing the personal and professional lives of deaf and hard-of-hearing Americans.
"The purpose of our inquiry is not to question the merits of the VRS program, but rather, to find out whether the program, in its current form, is efficient, sustainable and sufficiently safeguarded against the possibility of fraud.
"In light of concerns voiced by your agency in a June 28, 2010 Notice of Inquiry, that 'the [VRS] program is fraught with inefficiencies (at best) and opportunities for fraud and abuse (at worst),' we believe such oversight is warranted."
The letter also says, while the FCC claims "its reforms have saved the VRS program approximately $300 million over the past two years, a question remains as to whether its actions have been completely effective at eliminating waste, fraud and abuse in the VRS program."
The letter includes several questions about the FCC's actions connected to the issue. Some of those questions are:
- Why did the FCC allow VRS compensation rates for 2011-2013 remain unchanged despite acknowledging those rates were "set significantly higher" than actual VRS costs?
- How does the FCC and the ITRS administrator determine "reasonable costs" for providing VRS services?
- Why did the FCC reject the ITRS administrator's proposal for a sharper reduction in VRS compensation?
Click here to read the letter


text:
Over the years I have worked with some lovely businesses who I can personally recommend.
Alex & Claire can change the look of your venue with their impeccable design and decorating skills. They also offer a full floristry service with free delivery of bouquets within Milton Keynes.
A true cake artist who loves taking on a challenge to test her skills! A professional service with a personal touch.
The perfect gift for baby showers, new arrivals, and all those other occasions where you want to spoil the parents. Beautifully detailed 3D casts that hold a lifetime memory. Contact Becky to make an appointment.
You need your hands and nails to look just as beautiful as the rest of you when your partner slips on your wedding ring and for those close up shots. Book your manicure and pedicure appointments with Sian at The Pamper Room in Newport Pagnell to get your hands and toes in tip top condition.
Fliss knows how to get the best out of everyone with her relaxed photography and videography skills. She also loves to travel so don't hesitate to contact her if you are having a destination wedding.
The Little White Box Company - 07989 679883
Formal wear hire for weddings, races, black tie events and other special occasions.


text:
Project Summary
Background: Sexual and gender minorities fare worse in the healthcare system and have poorer health outcomes than the general population. Transgender people experience inequities that stem from discrimination, stigma, harassment, poverty, and lack of transgender-specific health information.
The Williams Institute estimates 1.4 million adults in the United States identify as transgender, including 124,500 Texans. Gaps in research compound the experience of many transgender people in being ignored or maligned by medicine and medical research. The PRIDE Study is the first large-scale, long-term health study of people who identify as LGBTQ designed to address research gaps.
Proposed Solution: TransFORWARD works to establish trust in the transgender community. The goal is to connect transgender people with clinicians and researchers, ensuring medical care for transgender people is informed by evidence-based data.
- Create a 28-person Research Engagement Advisory Council (REAC) to lead collaborative network development
- Establish a network spanning all eight Texas regions using technology to reduce distance, time zone, and location differences. Train 10 transgender people and 10 medical providers/researchers in each region to increase research capacity
- Host a capstone summit bringing together regional representatives to continue engagement and identify best practices, lessons learned, and tools for continued dissemination of research opportunities and results
Activities: Transgender Patient-Powered Engagement - PCOR/CER Research Capacity Building
- Recruit region leadership
- Train 20 regional participants
- Identify partners and venues
- Establish REAC and network
- Develop trust-building coffee sessions, listening sessions
- Host capstone summit
- Finalize research capacity building outcomes
- Continuously improve in-person workshops
- Develop regional sustainability plans
- Prioritize regional workshops
- Ensure 2,500 transgender people are recruited into the PRIDE Study
- Continuously disseminate research results
- Develop evaluation instruments
- Submit at least two ancillary research studies to the PRIDE Study
- Develop a culture of patient-centeredness in research and meaningful partnerships
- Secure one transgender and one clinician/researcher stakeholder in each of the eight regions to lead state and regional efforts
- Increase the number of transgender people taking part in The PRIDE Study to 2,500 Texans
- Increase the number of engaged transgender people/family members, clinicians, and researchers in each of the eight regions participating in knowledge discovery, identifying, and disseminating research
- Submit at least two ancillary research studies for PRIDE Study review
- Measure the degree to which participants apply what they learn during online and in-person training and the degree to which targeted near-term outcomes occur as a result of the training
- Develop a sustainability plan for the statewide network
Patient and Stakeholder Engagement Plan: "Nothing about us without us," guides all project phases. One project co-lead, a transgender man, will liaise with the transgender community. A second project co-lead, a transgender-competent surgeon, will liaise with the clinician/researcher community. A modified key stakeholder matrix is used to balance stakeholder perspectives ensuring ethnicity, age, income, education, and engagement perspectives are considered.
- Equality Texas Foundation
- PRIDEnet
Research Engagement Advisory Council Website
Project Details
*Angela Sturm, MD, and Lou Weaver were originally other Project Leads on this study.


text:
watch 01:50
The Loop (TV)
Do you like this video?
|This article is about a/an monster in Choujuu Sentai Liveman.
description to be added
Character History
Sent to help Gash in his mission, this monster can unleash torrents of flame from his dragon-head hands. After a rage-filled Yellow Lion defeats this monster upon Hanako's death, the Livemen use the Biomotion Buster to destroy the monster. Reformed into a giant by Gash, this monster was destroyed by the Live Robo.
to be added
Modus and Arsenal
- to be added
- to be added
Behind the Scenes
- to be added
Community content is available under CC-BY-SA unless otherwise noted.


text:
By Jeff Hampton
The Virginian-Pilot
A judge granted an injunction Wednesday that temporarily halted coyote hunting at night in five North Carolina counties, after a fifth rare red wolf was found shot dead.
The North Carolina Wildlife Resources Commission established a temporary rule in August allowing hunters to shoot coyotes at night in response to complaints that the rapidly spreading predator was killing livestock.
The Southern Environmental Law Center and other groups sued to stop the practice. Coyotes look much like red wolves, and night hunting with spotlights offers opportunities to kill wolves.
The wolves could suffer, and the temporary rule does not follow the law, Wake County Superior Court Judge Paul Ridgeway wrote in the injunction.
"We're pleased with the decision," said Derb Carter, an attorney with the Southern Environmental Law Center. "We hope this will reduce the shooting of red wolves."
Gordon Myers, executive director of the wildlife commission, cautioned that "while we accept the judge's decision, it is important to note that this is a decision on a preliminary injunction only."
He added, "We remain confident of our position and its merits."
Five red wolves have been found shot to death since the August rule change, including one last week. Four of the five are suspected to be illegal takes, said Kathleen Sullivan of the Southern Environmental Law Center.
One of the most endangered animals in the country, only about 100 wild red wolves live in Dare, Hyde, Washington, Tyrrell and Beaufort counties south of the Albemarle Sound.
Red wolves were declared endangered in 1967, and biologists gathered the last remaining wild individuals along the Gulf Coast and in Texas to begin a captive breeding program, according to David Rabon, coordinator of the Red Wolf Recovery Program for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service.
In 1980, red wolves were declared extinct in the wild. In 1987, the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service established a small group of wild red wolves in northeastern North Carolina, a region where they historically had lived, Rabon said.
Most are collared and monitored as they roam nearly 2 million acres of forests and wetlands on federal, state and private lands.
Coyotes have shown up in all 100 North Carolina counties and proven hard to control in spite of aggressive hunting practices. A sterilization program better controls coyote populations, according to red wolf advocates.


text:
Protesters Storm MTN Head Office in Abuja in Retaliation to Xenophobic Attacks in S'Africa
In the aftermath of repeated xenophobic attacks against Nigerians in South Africa, protesters on Thursday attacked the head office of South African mobile phone giant MTN in Abuja.
An MTN spokesman told Reuters that equipments were vandalized as the irate youths could not be placated.
"They are protesting against the xenophobic attacks on Nigerians in South Africa. It's our regional head office in Abuja. That's where we have our customer care centre," he said.
"They vandalised equipment, stole customer phones and I-Pads. Some customers too were attacked."
Reacting to the rare retaliatory attack, a South African government source described the situation, which coincided with the visit by MTN chairman Phuthuma Nhleko to the Nigerian capital to see Acting-President Yemi Osinbajo, as serious.
"This wasn't just some people on the street throwing stones. They broke into the building and stole things and broke things," the source said.
Responding to attacks on the shops, Nigeria's foreign ministry said it would summon South Africa's envoy to raise its concerns over "xenophobic attacks" on Nigerians, other Africans and Pakistanis in their country.
This is yet another manifestation of the tense relationship between Nigeria and South Africa, the continent's two largest economies.
Earlier this week, Nigerians were targeted in widespread xenophobic attacks in South Africa that saw scores killed, and shops vandalized.
This prompted a strong response from the Nigerian parliament, which considered the latest attack one too many.
Breaking News, Events, Music & More
Thank you for subscribing.
Something went wrong.


text:
ANSES launches its call for research projects on "Radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (RF EMF): characterisation of exposure and study on electromagnetic hypersensitivity"
The news has been added to your library
News of 16/07/2013
Among its other missions, ANSES coordinates and supports research within its scope of expertise. This includes running the National Research Programme for Environmental and Occupational Health (PNR EST), an essential resource for acquiring the knowledge necessary to assist the authorities and for health risk assessment. In this context, a call for specific projects on the impact of radiofrequency electromagnetic fields (RF EMF) on health has been launched today.
The potential impact of RF EMFs on health is one of the primary work topics at ANSES. To answer the questions raised by their use, ANSES has issued several expert appraisals on the health effects of electromagnetic waves. Faced with a rapid increase in publications and research work in this area and following the transfer of the Health and Radio Frequency Radiation Foundation's powers and skills to ANSES, the Agency set up a programme in 2011 to examine in depth the issues raised by radiofrequency field emissions. Further to this, it also created a permanent "Radiofrequency fields and health" working group made up of twelve independent scientific experts in charge of regularly analysing all the new scientific work on the topic which is published. ANSES also created a "Radiofrequency fields and health" dialogue committee comprised of stakeholders, which puts into perspective society's expectations on the topic. And finally, the Agency is promoting the development of new knowledge in this area through a call for research projects on RF EMF.
This call for research projects has been launched in the framework of the French national research programme for environmental and occupational health. This programme strives to encourage scientific communities to produce data which can be used in the various phases of health risk analysis and in so doing bring research and scientific expertise closer together. This call for proposals specifically targets the development of research on topics which have not yet been sufficiently highlighted in current projects, or which are only just emerging. Projects on three main topics will therefore be especially appreciated:
- Novel approaches to electromagnetic hypersensitivity
- Electromagnetic field metrology
- Exposure characterisation
This call for proposals is funded by the proceeds of the French tax of radiofrequency transmitters, which totals € 2 M per year.
ANSES, committed to showcasing these studies, organises two sessions a year during its Scientific Conferences cycle dedicated to feedback on projects financed by PNR EST, at which time the research teams can present their work to the public. The next session of the Scientific Conferences will be held on 13 November 2013 at ANSES.


text:
Green House Hostel
Green House is a guest house right next to the famous Khao San Road, conveniently located close to the local landmark, the Viengtai Hotel, on Rambuttri Street. The 80-room guest house is open to all nationalities and offers clean, functional budget accommodation with a wide range of options of rooms including single, double and triple fan or air-conditioned rooms with en suite bathrooms or shared facilities.
Green House Hostel, Bangkok - Boek dit hotel op voor lage tarieven, directe bevestiging, onafhankelijke recensies, hotelinformatie en foto's.


text:
Sunday, November 1, 2009
...and the lucky winner is....
.....drum roll......ta ra!!!!!!!
If you e-mail me your address Kirsti the package will be posted out tomorrow. Well done and have fun with the goodies!!!
Bye for now
3 comments:
- Kirsti said...
Oooh can't believe it - I actually won something.... Thank you so much... PS It's still chucking it down in Aberdeenshire....x
- November 1, 2009 at 12:06 PM
- thekathrynwheel said...
Oh no, I can't believe I didn't win! Congrats to Kirsticoo. Sorry I didn't get to see you this week. We had a fab time and I've twisted Hubby's arm to go back next year so I'll be pestering you then! Kate
- November 1, 2009 at 9:30 PM
- SueC said...
Glad you had a good time Kate and that the weather was good for you. Look forward to seeing you next year.
- November 2, 2009 at 1:11 AM
Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)


text:
Monday, December 5, 2011
*HOT* $5 in FREE Plum District Credits!!!
Score a $5 credit to Plum District by liking your local Plum District facebook page! In order to score your credit, you will need to head to the main Plum District page and look for the "Get $5 to spend..find your city, find your code..show me how." (You will find this in upper right hand corner). Once you click on the link in the upper right hand corner, you will need to click on the name of your city (or everywhere), to be taken to your local Plum District facebook page! You will receive a code for $5 Plum Dollars after you like the page and click on the green $5 promo tab on the left sidebar. Also, if you have already liked the Plum District page, you may still receive $5 in Plum Dollars by clicking on the green $5 promo tab. Wow!
You can use this credit to make the Klutz.com deal even sweeter!
Be sure to come back and let us know what you were able to score with your credit!
(Thanks, Debt Free Spending!)
Posted by Shannon at 9:24 AM
Subscribe to: Post Comments (Atom)


text:
|Sign In|Join Now|Suppliers:Get Listed|Help
Baby and Children Clothing Manufacturer
[ Heukelom, Netherlands ]
Our company is a manufacturer of children clothing. We are international fashion brand for babies, toddlers and young children that complete, coordinated collection brings in the upper middle. Our collections are contemporary mix of sweet, slightly sporty items with attention to detail and dash of humor designed.
Please quote eSources UK when contacting us.
|Business Type:
|Manufacturer [Heukelom, Netherlands]
|Industry Focus:
|Baby & Children Clothing
|Children clothing & accessories such as rompers, shirts, blouses, jackets, vests, pants, onesies, dresses & skirts, slippers
Contact Person:
Available to premium buyers (Sales)
Member since 2012


text:
Click on the image to return to article
Next >>
These 20 inch Concavo wheels nicely fill the wheer arches on the Lamborghini Gallardo
Photo copyright Concavo Wheels
View original resolution at 1280x853px
Next >>
Note : All information and images found on this site are copyright protected by their respective owners and are used for review purpose only, nothing found on this site may be reproduced in any form without prior consent from the actual owner. Please feel free to take a look at the copyright information and the legal disclaimer for more details on these issues.
Added on Dec 27. 2012
FileSize : 283 Kb
Downloads : 2165


text: The Mirage B-5030-G gives you 300 Watts of brute power for 50 Watts input on all modes -- FM, SSB, or CW!Ideal for 20 to 60 Watt 2 Meter mobile or base. Power Curve chart shows typical output power.Hear weak signals -- low noise GaAsFET preamp gives you excellent 0.6 dB noise figure. Select 15 or 20 dB gain.Heavy-duty heatsink spans entire length of cabinet -- prevents overheating. Power transistors protected by Mirage's Therm-O-Guard.Full protected from high SWR and excessive input power. has warning LED. has smooth adjustable Transmit/Receive switching with remote external keying.Draws 48 amps at 13.8 VDC. Measures 12x12x5 inche


text:
The Sustainable Food Trust will be hosting their first public conference on the theme of True Cost Accounting in Food and Farming on December 6th at the Royal Geographic Society in London, with a pre-conference reception on the evening of December 5th.
The focus of the conference is to discuss and develop solutions for what is one of the most significant barriers currently preventing sustainable food production from becoming mainstream – the absence of true cost accounting in food and farming. Why is it more profitable to produce food in a way that negatively impacts our health and the environment?
Bringing together experts from across food and agriculture, including leading economic thinkers, researchers, policy-makers and food-companies, this event presents a unique opportunity to discuss the development of a new economic model for a sustainable future.
Our panel of international speakers will explore how to identify and price these external costs, and develop the policy mechanisms required to drive the change that is needed.
Event Programme
For more information visit the event website here.