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A reading list…
On Zerohedge, there is a commentator who goes by the handle David Pierre, who, time and again, delivers such powerful information…alwayas led me deeper down the rabbit hole.
Now, not for nothing, the rape of young boys is making headlines again. This time it is the American College Football at the heart of the issue. The players are all cut from a classic mould. The reactions (students screaming to keep the old man on, inspite of his complicity in a disgusting cover-up, talking of joe Patreno, the grand daddy of American College Football Coaches).
Of course, the most heavily implicated institution in this scandal is the Catholic Church.
Anal Sex or Sodomy is a terrible, cruel and painful ritual….. repeated every day, world over, by MANY purveyors of God's name and teachings. And the Vatican is in constant cover-up mode. Why? How can that be? Why would an institution that says it represents god not out-raged? Why no house cleaning?
Sodom and Gomorrah are in our bodies. Sodom is the base chakra. The priests of high power (politics, money and religion), ritually abuse it. See what we can we can do to you and you still crawl into our Churches like sheep, bleating but never in revolt.
That really is the message being sent. Up yours.
And it's not just christianity. All the "Godmen" in India have skeletons in their cupboards. Satya Sai Baba, the Afro Guru was a known pedophile and homosexual. Yet, he was the toast of the power elite and the downtrodden masses, who gave him their sons by the thousands. And all he was, was a low-life pervert. I know first person. I got a special "hug" from him in 1995. Crazy.
So, the rape of children in general, but pervasively of boys, Sodomy, Sodom….it's on purpose.
Now think why that might be? Something is seriously sick in the system as we know it.
Time to open our eyes…
This was David's "tell" today…
You want to know how deep the child sex swapping underworld goes, where prestigious and wealthy middle-aged gray hair men in suits, and our "officials" and "public servants" rape young kids? To learn just about the tip of the iceberg, you can:
Look up The Franklin Coverup documentary on youtube.
Look up the Dutroux Affair in Europe
Look up Midnight Callboys at the White House of Reagan/Bush Sr.
Look up "Animal House in Afghanistan" on the MotherJones website
Look up American Diplomats in Pedophile Scandal by Lawrence Blackstone
Look up "The Dancing Boys of Afganistan" on the Guardian website, or google the Rape of Afgan boys
Look up Barney Frank's live-in male prostitute.
Google video or youtube: Actor Corey Feldman Says Pedophilia No. 1 Problem for Child Stars, Contributed to Demise of Corey Haim
Look up the Isle of Wight pedophile ring, or Scotland pedophile ring.
Look up Covenant House in New York and their old pedophile scandal.
Look up George Green Ted Kennedy ; Green tells a story of how Kennedy told him he wanted to sleep with Green's young daughter. Gree: "So, I sat down with Ted Kennedy, and Ted was right next to me. And he said, "George, you're going to love this job. We're going to send you out to all the state Democratic functions. You're really good with money, and you raise money for the National Democratic Party." And he said, "Then you're going to meet some real foxy ladies."
Well, they all think that way, frankly. It isn't just Ted, they all do. So I… and just coincidentally, my daughter walks in. Now, my daughter is a very attractive young lady.
Ted goes, "Wow, I have to go to bed with that."
And I said, "No, Ted. That's my daughter and she's fourteen."
His response back to me: "I don't care."
Look up Jerry Epstein, billionaire pedophile and his relationship withBill Clinton (recently covered in a British newspaper with interviews with his young girls, maybe it was the Guardian paper?)
Watch the videos of Kay Griggs on youtube where she talks about her NATO and Marine officer husband and their homosexual guilds within the upper echelons of the military and how they groom young boys.
Google Rabbi pedophiles. You already know about the Catholics hiding their actions.
Watch the documentary on Liberia Africa on vbs.tv, and hear the local poverty stricken city dwellers mention how the UN officials or soldiers have sex with little boys.
The movie SuckerPunch is art imitating reality.
Then consider that the FBI and InterPol, like their false flags, are the ones promoting child pornography on the net in order to encourage it, then rope in the people who get into it, and likely blackmail those whom they can use for nefarious means. We occasionally hear about giant multinational child porn stings where 50 people are arrested; consider than during these year long stings it's the FBI posting and disseminating images and videos of the child porn, and tracking it some of it. Likely the very law enforcement officers working on these cases use their positions to be in possession of the child porn. They are the ones promoting it, yet claim to be trying to stop it.
I could go on and on. Begin to connect the dots. The whole subject is a giant open secret that is pervasive everywhere, yet rarely covered in the media.
Now why don't you copy and paste this information into the thousands of comments sections under thousands of articles talking about these sociopathic coaches and their inane football GAMES, where yuppy fraternity swells are getting all bent out of shape over "their" coach and taking the whole situation as a personal affront.
It reminds me of 9-11 and everyone wanting to fight the terr'ists – in this case the terrorists are those who stand up for the kids…..
Good luck with the dig. The masculine is being emasculated, the feminine is being "exposed".
Not good, hmmmmmm?
Vee Wong permalinkNovember 15, 2011 1:19 pm
Vishnu's cobra in the Holy Church!?
virginia holder permalinkNovember 16, 2011 12:21 am
As shocking as the Penn State investigation was, sadly it's a pattern that keeps begging the light of day. This blog had a familiar look and tone to it…http://aangirfan.blogspot.com/2008/11/child-abuse-iran-contra-bcci-bush.html …. more details to fill some blanks, Google: BCCI role, Black networks and Nebula .It appears the desperate hold of those who control this terrible mess is slipping…virginia
June 4, 2012 12:42 pm
And right in line with all this is the Pentagon's 50,000 child porn downloading within their ranks. They have prosecuted a handful and not a word about the rest. This was several years ago and you won't hear a thing about it. Operation Flikr was the investigation, but no prosecution.


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Cranberry Maple Brussels Sprouts
If you prefer a milder cranberry flavor with less tartness, try dried cranberries instead, reducing amount to ½ cup. Slice brussels sprouts thinly with a food processor or sharp knife.
Gatherings: Home-cooked meal is a gift of delicious memories
Recipe tested by Ashleigh Spitza
Makes 6 servings
- 1/3 cup coarsely chopped pecans
- 2 tablespoons butter
- 1 tablespoon maple syrup
- ¾ cup fresh cranberries
- 1 pound brussels sprouts, rinsed and trimmed, thinly sliced
- ¼ teaspoon salt
Prep time: 10 minutes. Cook time: 10 minutes. Total time: 20 minutes.
In a dry skillet, toast pecans until fragrant, about 6 minutes, tossing occasionally. Remove from pan and set aside.
In same pan, heat butter and maple syrup over medium heat until melted and simmering. Add cranberries and sauté until just beginning to burst. Add sliced brussels sprouts and sauté 5 to 7 minutes, until just tender and bright green. Season with salt and serve topped with toasted pecans.
Per serving: 126 calories, 11g carbohydrate, 3g protein, 9g fat (3g saturated), 100mg sodium, 4g fiber.

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Punishments From God
Punishments from God are those types of sufferings which He directly or indirectly imposes on unbelievers or believers.
The purposes of punishment
The main reason for God's punishment of sin is to maintain the perfectly right sinless, good standards by which He rules the whole of creation. He must maintain these standards because they are a reflection of His perfectly good nature and character. If He did not preserve these standards, He would be being a hypocrite. But it is impossible for Him to be a hypocrite.
One of the main ways that He maintains His perfect standards is by punishing all evil. He either punishes the person who sins or Jesus Christ. If God did not punish sin, He would be like a policeman with a gun who did nothing after seeing a person murder your mother. The policeman would be sinning by not arresting and charging the murderer.
A secondary reason why God punishes sin is to deter the sinner and others from further sin and to encourage the person to repent and turn to Him (see Leviticus 26:23 and Numbers 21:5-7). Isaiah 26:9-10 shows that God's punishments can teach others His righteous way: "… For when Your judgements are in the earth, the inhabitants of the world will learn righteousness. Let grace be shown to the wicked, yet he will not learn righteousness…" This verse also reveals that often when God is gracious to sinful people and does not punish them for their sins, this results in them even more strongly rejecting His right ways. Ecclesiastes 8:11 confirms this: "Because the sentence against an evil work is not executed speedily, therefore the heart of the sons of men is fully set in them to do evil."
If God did not punish sin, He would not be acting in love towards those hurt by the sins of others. Also, if God did not send punishments on unrepentant unbelievers in their earthly lives to try to turn them from their sins to Him, He would not be acting in love towards them. This is because He would not be deterring them from the path heading towards being eternally condemned to hell.
Two types of God-given punishments
Punishments from God can be divided into the following two types:
· punishments based on God's perfect justice.
· punishments aimed at one or more person's salvation.
Punishments based on God's perfect justice
God is the perfectly just Supreme Ruler and Judge. His perfect justice declares that the punishment owing for any human sin is death (see Genesis 2:16-17, Romans 1:29-32 and 6:23). This deserved death sentence has two features:
· physical death
· spiritual death – being eternally separated in hell from God's Presence (see 2 Thessalonians 1:8-9 and Matthew 25:41).
When an unbeliever experiences physical death or being eternally separated in hell from God's Presence, they are receiving what they deserve or merit because of their sin. These two punishments are not aimed at reforming the person.
When a believer physically dies, this results in them going to heaven. But note God does not use the physical death of a believer to reform the person.
Punishments aimed at salvation
As a loving Creator, God sends earthly punishments on both believers and unbelievers with the purpose of their salvation from sin, Satan and eternal punishment.
These earthly punishments which have saving purposes are acts of God's grace and mercy. Through these punishments, God mercifully works aiming to save the person from experiencing greater earthly punishments and/or eternal punishment.
Earthly punishments aimed at salvation can be divided into two types:
· those sent on unbelievers (see Isaiah 26:9-10).
· God's loving discipline of believers.
God's loving discipline of believers
There is a difference between God's punishing of unrepentant unbelievers and His disciplining of His sons and daughters. God never eternally punishes those who are in spiritual union with Jesus Christ, but He does lovingly discipline them using various hardships. Hebrews 12:5-11 refers to the latter: "'My son, do not despise the chastening of the Lord, nor be discouraged when you are rebuked by Him; for whom the Lord loves He chastens, and scourges every son whom He receives.' If you endure chastening, God deals with you as with sons; for what son is there whom a father does not chasten? But if you are without chastening, of which all have become partakers, then you are illegitimate and not sons. Furthermore, we have had human fathers who corrected us, and we paid them respect. Shall we not much more readily be in subjection to the Father of spirits and live? For they indeed for a few days chastened us as seemed best to them, but He for our profit, that we may be partakers of His holiness. Now no chastening seems to be joyful for the present, but grievous; nevertheless, afterward it yields the peaceable fruit of righteousness to those who have been trained by it."
In Greek, the expression "He chastens" in Hebrew 12:6, the word "chastened" in Hebrews 12:10, the expression "we are chastened" in 1 Corinthians 11:35, the phrase "I chasten" in Revelation 3:19 and the expression "they may learn" in 1 Timothy 1:20 are various forms of the word "paideuo". In these contexts, the word "paideuo" means "to punish for the purpose of improving behaviour". [1]
In the original Greek, the word "chastening" in Hebrews 12:5, 7, 8 and 11, which are all quoted previously, is the word "padeia" or forms of it. The word "padeia" also means "to punish with the purpose of improved behaviour". [2] As Vine says, "padeia" relates to "the training of a child, including instruction; hence discipline, correction, chastening". [3] God trains, disciplines, corrects and lovingly punishes His children. [4]
Note in Revelation 3:19, Christ insisted that His discipline or punishing of His followers is based on His wonderful love: "As many as I love, I rebuke and chasten. Therefore be zealous and repent."
1 Corinthians 11:29-34 reveals that God sometimes punishes or disciplines believers if they refuse to turn from their sins: "For he who eats and drinks in an unworthy manner eats and drinks judgement to himself, not discerning the Lord's body. For this reason many are weak and sick among you, and many sleep. For if we would judge ourselves, we would not be judged. But when we are judged, we are chastened by the Lord, that we may not be condemned with the world. Therefore, my brethren, when you come together to eat, wait for one another. But if anyone is hungry, let him eat at home, lest you come together for judgement…" Note these verses show that such judgement does not involve eternal condemnation, but instead is the loving discipline of our Father.
This loving discipline is aimed at preventing sinning believers from hardening their hearts against Him. This is God's mercy and love being expressed through His judgement.
In Revelation 2:20-23, Jesus Christ prophetically warned some believers at the church of Thyatira that they would be punished in this earthly life if they continued to practice the teachings of a false prophet who encouraged sexual immorality. Hebrews 13:4 warns: "Marriage is honorable among all, and the bed undefiled; but fornicators and adulterers God will judge."
James 5:9 warns believers of the possibility of being judged by the loving discipline of our Heavenly Father: "Do not complain, brethren, against one another, that you yourselves may not be judged; behold, the Judge is standing right at the door." (N.A.S.B.) This verse also does not refer to eternal condemnation in hell.
In the original Hebrew Old Testament, the word "yasar" relates to God's loving discipline of His people. "Yasar" means "discipline, chasten, instruct". [5] "Yasar" is used in Leviticus 26:18 and 28 in the context of God aiming to reform the attitudes and behaviour of His people (see Leviticus 26:23). In Proverbs 3:11-12, God's chastening of His children is said to be based on His love.
Two extremes – the ascetic and humanist views
At present, there are two harmful extreme teachings in the Church in relation to God's disciplining of His children. The first is the ascetic view and the second is the humanist view.
The ascetic view of God's discipline suggests God spends most of His time inflicting punishments on His children. An equivalent wrong human father model was the one in which a father never kissed nor cuddled his children nor told them how much he loved and accepted them, but instead constantly rebuked, corrected, threatened, smacked and disciplined them. This was a common model in Western countries decades ago. It caused many problems in children.
An extreme version of the humanist view is very popular among compromising Protestant liberal churchgoers. This view says God's love is so great He would never send anyone to hell, not even unrepentant Adolf Hitler and his Nazi mass murderers.
A modified form of the humanist view is taught by some Charismatic preachers. They insist that as a loving Father, God would never inflict or allow any suffering to occur in His children's lives, no matter how much they refused to repent of their various known sins.
Such people have remoulded God the Father of the Bible to fit the model portrayed by the modern Western philosophy of secular humanism. The secular humanist father gives his children whatever they want, no matter whether it is for their long term good or not, and rarely, if ever, smacks or disciplines them.
God does not fit into this humanist "wimp" model of a father. Hebrews 12:5-11 shows if God does not sometimes lovingly discipline us with various hardships, we are not really His children. God is not aiming to produce "spiritual spoilt brats" who have their Heavenly Father under their manipulative control.
Because of my own relationship with my son, I can understand why God does not follow either the ascetic or the humanist father models. I would be a poor father who did not really love my son if I followed either unbiblical extreme.
Different types of suffering in believers' lives
Suffering in our lives as believers can come in a number of forms. Suffering can be:
· the loving direct punishment of our Heavenly Father. Such punishments are aimed at leading us to repentance and to be transformed more in Christ's holy image.
· the loving indirect punishment of our Heavenly Father through other humans, Satan and God's preplanned principles of creation.
· a trial or testing in our lives which is not a punishment in any way (see Matthew 5:11-12, James 1:2 and 1 Peter 1:6-7). Job is a classic example of a godly person of faith who misinterpreted great sufferings in his life as being God's punishments (see Job 10:1-22, 13:23-27 and 16:8-14). Not once does the Book of Job say his sufferings were punishments from God.
Two other categories of punishments
Punishments from God can therefore be categorised as either:
· direct punishments or
· indirect punishments.
Direct punishments by God
There is so much imbalanced teaching in the Church. For example, one view claims God directly causes every death and accident. This is wrong because Job 1:6-19 shows Satan and not God brought about the death of Job's sheep and servants through evil humans.
Another view says God never kills anyone nor sends earthquakes nor uses nature to bring judgement on unrepentant unbelievers. For example, one popular American television preacher said, "To accuse God of killing or destroying is the same as saying God 'damns'. God is love. He is life. He creates and brings forth good things…It is just as vain to say that God brought damnation on Southern California with an earthquake as it is to say that God damns." God is love and creates good things (see 1 Timothy 4:4 and James 1:17) but to say He does not sometimes kill or send earthquakes is unbiblical. It is just as unbiblical to say God would not send anyone to hell because He is love and totally good.
2 Samuel 6:1-8 reveals God slew a man named Uzzah for touching the Ark of the Covenant. 2 Samuel 6:6-7 records: "And when they came to Nachon's threshing floor, Uzzah put out his hand to the ark of God and took hold of it, for the oxen stumbled. Then the anger of the Lord was aroused against Uzzah, and God struck him there for his error; and he died there by the ark of God."
2 Kings 18:17-19:35 records God sent His angel to kill 185,000 pagan Assyrian soldiers who were intending to capture the godly King Hezekiah, the prophet Isaiah and the people of Jerusalem. 2 Kings 19:35 states: "And it came to pass on a certain night that the angel of the Lord went out, and killed in the camp of the Assyrians one hundred and eighty-five thousand; and when the people arose early in the morning, there were the corpses…"
Genesis 18:16-19:29 shows God sent two angels to destroy the wicked cities of Sodom and Gomorrah. Genesis 19:24-25 records: "Then the Lord rained brimstone and fire on Sodom and Gomorrah, from the Lord out of the heavens. So He overthrew those cities, all the plain, all the inhabitants of the cities, and what grew on the ground." Note Genesis 19:21-22 specifically reveals God used His angels when He destroyed these cities. Also, see these angels inflicted blindness on the sinful Sodomites when the Sodomites tried to rape them. This is similar to how the Holy Spirit temporarily blinded the occultist Elymas when he opposed the Apostle Paul (see Acts 13:6-12).
Luke 12:5 states: "But I will show you whom you should fear: Fear Him whom, after He has killed, has power to cast into hell; yes, I say to you, fear Him." Someone may wrongly think this verse refers to Satan. But this verse concludes by telling us to fear the One Who after killing the body can throw the person into hell. God does not want us to fear Satan. Matthew 13:37-42 shows it is God's angels and not Satan and his fallen angels who throw unbelievers into Hell.
God and not Satan sent the flood which destroyed multitudes of sinful humans in Noah's time (see Genesis 6:1-7:24). God and not the Devil drowned Pharaoh's soldiers who were about to massacre the Israelites (see Exodus 14:1-15:19). Numbers 16:1-33 records the Lord and not Satan opened the ground to slay the sinful Korah, Dathan, Abiram and their families. Numbers 16:34-35 shows fire from the Lord killed 250 wicked people. Numbers 21:4-6 reveals God sent snakes to kill some of the sinful people of Israel.
Acts 12:20-23 records how an angel of the Lord slew King Herod. This judgement occurred in the New Covenant period.
It is unbiblical to suggest that God does not send earthquakes by His Holy Spirit or angels. Matthew 28:2 shows God's angel caused an earthquake when he went to Jesus' tomb: "And behold, there was a great earthquake; for an angel of the Lord descended from heaven, and came and rolled back the stone from the door, and sat on it."
Acts 16:25-26 records that after Paul and Silas had been praying and singing hymns to God, there was a violent earthquake enabling them to escape. Do you honestly believe Satan caused an earthquake to occur to free Paul and Silas? 1 Kings 19:11-12 shows God caused an earthquake to occur in Elijah's presence. There is not one verse in the Bible which says earthquakes are caused by Satan, impersonal fate or chance.
Indirect punishments from God
God can punish indirectly:
· through punishments inflicted by God-ordained human authorities such as the police, law courts, governments, parents and school teachers.
· the pre-ordained principles on which His natural creation has been set up.
· the activities of Satan and demons.
· the wicked actions of various individuals, groups or nations.
Through God-ordained human authorities
Romans 13:1-5 reveals that rulers, law courts and other God-ordained human authorities can be indirect instruments of His holy anger: "Let every soul be subject to the governing authorities. For there is no authority except from God, and the authorities that exist are appointed by God. Therefore whoever resists the authority resists the ordinance of God, and those who resist will bring judgement on themselves. For rulers are not a terror to good works, but to evil. Do you want to be unafraid of the authority? Do what is good, and you will have praise from the same. For he is God's minister to you for good. But if you do evil, be afraid; for he does not bear the sword in vain; for he is God's minister, an avenger to execute wrath on him who practices evil. Therefore you must be subject, not only because of wrath but also for conscience' sake."
Humans who steal, murder and commit other crimes are often punished indirectly by God through human authorities. This does not mean all political rulers act with perfect justice (see Isaiah 1:23 and Micah 3:11). The Word of God itself records rulers such as Pharaoh, Nebuchadnezzar and Herod making evil laws and punishing various people unjustly (see Exodus 1:8-22, Daniel 3:1-30 and Matthew 2:13-18). But Romans 13:1-4 proves in general, rulers punish those things God disapproves.
Through God's pre-planned creation principles
God also punishes indirectly through the pre-planned principles on which He created the Universe. For example, if humans choose to be drunk with alcohol frequently or to smoke tobacco or marijuana continually, they will usually end up damaging their bodies and/or brains. Humans who ignore this pre-ordained principle of God, will usually bring an indirect punishment of God on to themselves.
Similarly, some of those who are sexually immoral catch venereal diseases. Romans 1:26-27 says: "For this reason God gave them up to vile passions. For even their women exchanged the natural use for what is against nature. Likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the women, burned in their lust for one another, men with men committing what is shameful, and receiving in themselves the penalty of their error which was due." As a result of the Fall, venereal diseases are present and ready to bring self-imposed indirect punishments from God on many of those who choose to rebel against His perfect standards about sex for humans.
Sadly, sometimes innocent people who receive blood infected with A.I.D.S., die also. This is similar to when innocent babies catch syphilis or other venereal diseases from their sexually immoral mothers or when babies tragically become addicted to heroin because of their heroin-using mothers. In these situations, God is not indirectly punishing the innocent blood recipients or babies. But by their own evil actions, certain humans are making others suffer.
When God punishes people indirectly through His pre-planned creation principles, it is similar to a situation in which a little boy refuses to obey his parents' command not to put his fingers on the hot stove. His parents have warned him many times of the horrible burns that will result if he insists on putting his fingers on the stove. But he stubbornly thinks he knows better and ignores the parents' command.
As a result, the boy is burnt and suffers very sore fingers for many days. He finds it hard to sleep and cries at times because of the pain. The parents have not directly punished him for being so silly. His own foolish disobedience has brought great suffering onto himself. This is an imperfect comparison, but does partly explain indirect punishments from God.
Through Satan and demons
Another form of indirect punishment from God occurs when He permits Satan or demons to inflict suffering on unrepentant sinful humans. For example, a demon tormented King Saul after he fell into sin and he would not turn from it (see 1 Samuel 13:1-14, 15:1-35 and 16:13-14).
Through the wicked actions of others
Another indirect means of punishment can involve God removing His protection from an individual or group. He can willingly permit wicked people from one nation to make war against another. Judges 2:13-15 records what God did after the Israelites turned from Him: "They forsook the Lord and served Baal and the Ashtoreths. And the anger of the Lord was hot against Israel. So He delivered them into the hands of the plunderers who despoiled them; and He sold them into the hands of their enemies all around, so that they could no longer stand before their enemies. Wherever they went out, the hand of the Lord was against them for calamity, as the Lord had sworn to them. And they were greatly distressed."
1 Kings 11:14-25 reveals God raised up adversaries to attack the people of Israel after Solomon led the nation into backsliding away from God. Refer also to 1 Chronicles 5:26 and Isaiah 9:8-17.
Or He can use the evils of individuals to bring indirect punishments on other individuals. For example, God used Abimelech, an evil person to kill the wicked inhabitants of the city of Shechem (see Judges 9:1-49). Previously, with the aid of the men of Shechem, Abimelech murdered Gideon's (Jerubbaal's) seventy other sons (see Judges 9:1-5). Judges 9:23-24 records God wanted to punish Abimelech and the men of Shechem for what they had done: "God sent a spirit of ill will between Abimelech and the men of Shechem; and the men of Shechem dealt treacherously with Abimelech, that the crime done to the seventy sons of Jerubbaal might be settled and their blood be laid on Abimelech their brother, who killed them, and on the men of Shechem, who aided him in the killing of his brothers."
Similarly 2 Kings 9:1-10 and 10:30 record God wanted Jehu to slay the wicked King Ahab and his sons. 2 Kings 10:30-31 says: "And the Lord said to Jehu, 'Because you have done well in doing what is right in My sight, and have done to the house of Ahab all that was in My heart, your sons shall sit on the throne of Israel to the fourth generation.' But Jehu took no heed to walk in the law of the Lord God of Israel with all his heart; for he did not depart from the sins of Jeroboam, who made Israel sin." But note verse 31 above reveals Jehu was a very sinful person. God was pleased Jehu slew Ahab and his sons, but was not pleased Jehu did not obey Him about other matters.
This does not mean every person who is killed by another is being indirectly punished by God. Abel was a righteous person who had faith and pleased God (see Genesis 4:4 and Hebrews 11:4). God willingly permitted Cain to murder Abel (see Genesis 4:1-15). But nowhere in the Scriptures does it say God was pleased Cain murdered Abel. God later punished Cain for this wickedness (see Genesis 4:9-13).
Similarly, God willingly permitted wicked King Herod to murder John the Baptist (see Matthew 14:1-12). John was an exceptionally righteous person (see Matthew 11:11) and was filled with the Holy Spirit from birth (see Luke 1:15). John was murdered when he was only about 31 years of age. God was not indirectly punishing John the Baptist by allowing Herod to murder Him.
Genesis 15:16 refers to the fact that usually when the wickedness of various nations reaches a certain level, God will punish them: "But in the fourth generation they shall return here, for the iniquity of the Amorites is not yet complete." God was here referring to the time when the sins of the Amorites in Canaan would be so great that He would choose to punish them indirectly through the Israelites. Deuteronomy 7:1-2 records God's later instructions to the Israelites about this: "When the Lord your God brings you into the land which you go to possess, and has cast out many nations before you, the Hittites and the Girgashites and the Amorites and the Canaanites and the Perizzites and the Hivites and the Jebusites, seven nations greater and mightier than you, and when the Lord your God delivers them over to you, you shall conquer them and utterly destroy them. You shall make no covenant with them nor show mercy to them." Deuteronomy 20:16-18 says similar things.
Deuteronomy 18:9-12 records some of the wicked practices of these nations which God told the Israelites to destroy: "When you come into the land which the Lord your God is giving you, you shall not learn to follow the abominations of those nations. There shall not be found among you anyone who makes his son or his daughter pass through the fire, or one who practices witchcraft, or a soothsayer, or one who interprets omens, or a sorcerer, or one who conjures spells, or a medium, or a spiritist, or one who calls up the dead. For all who do these things are an abomination to the Lord, and because of these abominations the Lord your God drives them out from before you."
To "pass through the fire" refers to murdering children through human sacrifice. God endured this wicked human practice for many years. But then He commanded the Israelites to destroy those nations in Canaan who practiced it. Do you think He will endure forever the abortion of millions of innocent babies in many modern countries?
God uses both direct and indirect punishments on nations
In Ezekiel 14:12-20, God declares that He uses direct punishments – famine and wild beasts – and indirect punishments – war – to punish those nations who continually refuse to turn from their wickedness to Him. Ezekiel 14:19 also says He uses deadly diseases to judge these nations. God was referring here to all nations – even those who were not under the Mosaic Covenant and Law. Ezekiel 14:12-20 reveals how God still acts in New Covenant times.
God does not enjoy punishing people
Some people may falsely imagine God enjoys punishing sinful people. But 2 Chronicles 36:15-16, Isaiah 28:21, Jeremiah 48:1-32, Lamentations 3:33, Ezekiel 18:32, 33:11 and the Book of Jonah show how wrong this is. Lamentations 3:33 says of God: "For He does not afflict willingly, nor grieve the children of men." Isaiah 28:21 speaks of God's punishments as being a "strange work" (King James Version) or "unusual act" (New King James Version) to Him.
In 2 Chronicles 36:15-16, we see that on many occasions after giving continual warnings year after year, God is left with no other remedy except punishment: "And the Lord God of their fathers sent warnings to them by His messengers, rising up early and sending them, because He had compassion on His people and on His dwelling place. But they mocked the messengers of God, despised His words, and scoffed at His prophets, until the wrath of the Lord arose against His people, till there was no remedy."
Jonah 3:10, 4:2 and 4:11 show God always prefers saving instead of punishing even exceptionally wicked people like the Assyrians. Jonah 1:1-2 reveals their wickedness was so great it came up before God. But note the prophet Jonah's words in Jonah 4:2: "…Ah, Lord, was not this what I said when I was still in my country? Therefore I fled previously to Tarshish; for I know that You are a gracious and merciful God, slow to anger and abundant in lovingkindness, One who relents from doing harm."
Relevant Hebrew words
In the original Old Testament, there are numerous Hebrew words which refer to punishments of God:
· The words "shillem", "shalam", "gemul" and "gemula" mean "recompense". [6] A recompense is a repayment. An example of "shillem" is in Deuteronomy 32:35. "Shalam" is used in Deuteronomy 7:10 (twice), Judges 1:7, 2 Kings 9:26, Isaiah 65:6, 66:6, Jeremiah 16:18, 32:18, 51:6, 51:24 and 51:56. "Gemul" is used in Isaiah 3:11, 35:4, 59:18, 66:6, Jeremiah 51:6, Lamentations 3:64 and Joel 3:7. "Gemula" is used in Isaiah 59:18 and Jeremiah 51:56.
· The word "natan" means "give" [7] and is used in the sense of giving punishments in Ezekiel 7:3, 7:4, 7:8, 7:9, 9:10, 11:21, 16:43 and 17:19.
· The word "shub" is used to mean "recompense" in Deuteronomy 32:41, 32:43, Judges 9:56, 9:57, Psalm 28:4, 94:2, Lamentations 3:64 and Hosea 12:2.
· The word "paqad" means "punish" in the context of verses like Isaiah 10:12, 24:21, 26:21, Jeremiah 9:25, 11:22, Hosea 4:9, 12:2 and Amos 3:2.
· The word "ra'a" means "punish" in the context of Zechariah 8:14.
· The word "naka" means "smite, send judgement upon" [8] in the context of verses like 1 Kings 14:15, 1 Chronicles 21:7, Isaiah 5:25, 9:13, 27:7, 57:17, Jeremiah 5:3 and Ezekiel 32:15.
· The word "awon" means "punishment for guilt" [9] in the context of verses like Genesis 4:13, Psalm 149:7, Lamentations 4:6 and Ezekiel 14:10 (twice).
· The word "naqam" means "vengeance" [10] in verses like Deuteronomy 32:35, 32:41, 32:43, Isaiah 34:8, 35:4, 61:2, 63:4 and Micah 5:15. Commenting on the root of the word "naqam", Harris, Archer and Waltke say, "God cannot be true to his character of holiness and justice if he allows sin and rebellion to go unpunished". [11]
· The word "neqama" means "vengeance" in verses like Psalm 94:1 (twice), Jeremiah 11:20, 20:12, 50:15, 51:6 and Ezekiel 25:14 (twice).
Relevant Greek words
In the original New Testament, there are many Greek words used which relate to God-given punishments. The main ones are:
· "ekdikesis" which means "vengeance, punishment" [12] and is used in verses like Romans 12:19, 2 Thessalonians 1:8 and Hebrews 10:30.
· "kolasis" meaning "to punish, with the implication of resulting severe suffering" [13] in verses like Matthew 25:46 and 1 John 4:18.
· "kolazo" which means "punish" [14] and is used in 2 Peter 2:9.
· "timoria" meaning "to punish with the implication of causing people to suffer what they deserve" [15] in Hebrews 10:29.
· "dike" which means "penalty, punishment" [16] in verses like 2 Thessalonians 1:9 and Jude 7.
· "krisis" meaning "punishment, with the implication of having been judged guilty" [17] in Matthew 23:33, John 5:24, Hebrews 10:27 and Jude 15.
· "orge" which means "divine punishment based on God's angry judgement against someone" [18] and is used in Romans 3:5.
· "mastigoo" meaning "to punish severely, implying whipping" [19] in Hebrews 12:6.
· "dichotomeo" which means "cut in two" [20] and is used in Matthew 24:51.
· "antmisthia" meaning "a recompense based upon what one deserves" [21] is used in Romans 1:27.
· "antapodoma" which means "a giving back in return, a recompense" [22] in Romans 11:9.
· "apodidomi" meaning "to recompense someone…depending upon what the individual deserves" [23] in the context of Romans 2:6.
· "misthapodosia" which means "a payment of wages" [24] or "punishment, retribution, penalty" [25] in the context of Hebrews 2:2.
· "antapodidomi" meaning "to cause someone to suffer in turn because of actions which merit such retribution" [26] in Romans 12:19, 2 Thessalonians 1:6 and Hebrews 10:30.
Note earlier in the section "God's loving discipline of believers", I wrote about two other Greek words – "paideuo" and "paideia". These two words relate to God punishing believers with the purpose of improving or changing their behaviour.
Bible Study Questions
1. What are God's purposes when He punishes people?
2. What are the differences between God's punishments based on His perfect justice and those aimed at the eternal salvation of humans?
3. Explain various aspects of God's loving discipline of believers.
4. What is wrong with the ascetic and humanist views of God's disciplining of His children?
5. What are the different types of suffering which can occur in believers' lives?
6. What are the differences between direct and indirect punishments from God?
7. What Biblical examples are there of direct punishments from God?
8. What examples are in the Bible of each of the different types of indirect punishments from God?
9. What does Ezekiel 14:12-20 teach us about how God deals with nations who continually refuse to turn from their wickedness to Him?
10. Does God enjoy punishing people?
[1] Louw and Nida, page 490.
[2] Ibid.
[3] Vine, page 97.
[4] The Acts 5:1-11 example of Ananias and Sapphira being punished with physical death is a hotly debated passage. It is hard to know with certainty whether they were true believers in Christ or just believers-in-name-only.
[5] Harris, Archer and Waltke, page 386.
[6] Harris, Archer and Waltke, pages 166 and 930.
[7] Ibid, page 608.
[8] Brown, Driver and Briggs, page 646.
[9] Harris, Archer and Waltke, page 650.
[10] Ibid, page 598.
[11] Ibid, page 599.
[12] Bauer, page 238.
[13] Louw and Nida, page 489.
[14] Bauer, page 440.
[15] Louw and Nida, page 490.
[16] Bauer, page 198.
[17] Louw and Nida, page 489.
[18] Ibid, page 490.
[19] Ibid, page 491.
[20] Bauer, page 200.
[21] Louw and Nida, page 49.
[22] Vine, page 513.
[23] Louw and Nida, page 491.
[24] Vine, page 513.
[25] Bauer, page 523.
[26] Louw and Nida, page 492.


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Archive for December 2012
Moving Forward
After almost 3 year, I am done with a global CRM implementation for a life science company in California. My travel between Chicago and Los Angeles finally comes to the end. Looking back at the past 3 years, I have learned a lot from this project and this customer. I also got to know many great people and got a chance to build good relationships with everyone of them. I really want to thank my team for everything that they have done on this project. Thanks to everyone at Microsoft who supported this project as well.
Just for Laugh – Fun Facts for this project
- Airline Miles: >1 million miles
- Hotel Nights: >500 nights
- Pound of Sushi: >100 pound consumed
- Celebrated Festivus: 2 times
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After the new year, I'll be heading to a brand new project in Milwaukee, I'll be missing a lot of airline mile.


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BATON ROUGE — The executive director of the Louisiana School Boards Association says state education leaders have improperly left local districts to grapple with applying a more rigorous set of testing standards that the state adopted.
Louisiana's education board voted three years ago to use the Common Core standards, a tougher set of benchmarks for what students should learn.
Scott Richard, representing the school boards, said today that Superintendent of Education John White made the shift to those new standards more difficult last year, when he scrapped a state-led transition plan.
Richard says the decision left local districts to develop their own curricula that match the Common Core standards and to upgrade technology to cope with new computerized tests.
White has called it empowering for teachers and districts to design their own curricula.
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Homenetmen's 1st Annual "Family Campout" took place on the weekend of September 9 to 11. The event, organized by the Camp Tecuya committee, was held at Homenetmen Camp Tecuya in Frazier Park, Calif. More than 150 Homenetmen members and their families were in attendance for this fun filled weekend. The weekend consisted of activities for participants of all ages, including: mountain biking, archery, boomerang toss, arts & crafts, Frisbee, golf, talent show, and an obstacle course. Camp Tecuya's trading post was also in full effect– stocked with "Tecuya" merchandise, snacks and other items available for our campers. As the sun went down below the clouds, the campers prepared for the evening's long awaited campfire—"Kharooyg"—led by Arick Gevorkian. Arick played his accordion as the children and their families sang and danced into the night. The night was filled with so much energy and excitement that it brought back great memories for our former ari and arenoushes.
To add a little more excitement to an already exciting weekend, the campers experienced what it felt like to be caught in a thunderstorm in the great outdoors. Some campers found this experience to be unique, but it didn't stop them from enjoying the activities that were planned for the day. While God's creation was doing its thing outdoors, the campers were huddled in the lodge, drinking tea, doing arts and crafts, playing board games, or watching a movie waiting for the storm to pass. Once the sun came out again on Saturday, it stayed with the campers for the remainder of the weekend, making it the perfect camping weather.
Saturday afternoon, several Regional Executive members came up to camp, to spend the day with everyone. H-TV (Homenetmen TV) was also there interviewing campers and members of the Camp Tecuya committee. Emil Dergevorkian, Co-Chairman of the Homenetmen Camp Tecuya Committee commented, "This campout was such a great opportunity for families and friends to come out, see and experience Camp Tecuya. Many of the children and parents made new friends, and created memories that will last a lifetime." Nely Ourkhan, one of the parents camping with her family said, "Thank you on behalf of my family for this memorable experience. We are still talking about all the fun we had and all the wonderful people we met. We look forward to the next campout!"
This weekend allowed the campers to reunite with old friends and fellow scouts, spend quality time with their own families and enjoy the great outdoors. The campers left the campout weekend with huge smiles, and several mentioned they couldn't wait till the next one.
Dr. Phaedra Deukmedjian, a former girl scout troop leader, summed it up by saying, "What a weekend! Can't wait until next year."
Thanks to all those that attended and made the 1st Annual Homenetmen Family Campout a HUGE SUCCESS!
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Poster Mania: The Fantastic Four, Terminator: Genisys, Insurgent, and More
Hello everyone and welcome to this week's Poster Mania. As always, this Tuesday is full of the latest and greatest movie posters. This particular post has a lot to show off due to the plethora of Super Bowl trailers (which, in turn, led to new posters). In regards to yesterday's Trailer Round-Up, you'll see new posters for similar movies like The Fantastic Four, Terminator: Genisys, Insurgent, and Ted 2. To go along with those, there's also poster(s) for Jupiter Ascending, The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, and Woman in Gold.
Check them all out below!
With its trailer debut, there was also the first poster for The Fantastic Four reboot. Josh Trank (Chronicle) directed the film that'll star Miles Teller (Whiplash), Kate Mara (Shooter), Michael B. Jordan (HBO's The Wire), and Jamie Bell (Snowpiercer). The first poster doesn't really give us much; however, I did want to pass it along since it is the first one we've received. The Fantastic Four hits theaters August 7th. (Source: Ain't It Cool)
Alan Taylor's (Thor: The Dark World) Terminator: Genisys also uploaded a new poster for you. Available above, it plays on the iconic "I'll Be Back" line that made both The Terminator and Arnold Schwarzenegger famous. In the "reset," Arnold will be joined by Emilia Clarke (HBO's Game of Thrones) and Jason Clarke (Zero Dark Thirty). Genisys is set to release on July 1st. (Source: IGN)
A gravity-defying new poster for Insurgent also debuted last week. Robert Schwentke (Flightplan) directed the movie that'll again star Shailene Woodley and Theo James when it comes out on March 20th. Check out the latest trailer if you get a chance and the poster is above for you. (Source: MTV)
Leave it to Ted 2 to give us a highly-inappropriate debut poster. Seth MacFarlane's follow-up will again feature him and Mark Wahlberg but will add in some pretty awesome names like Liam Neeson and even Tom Brady. Look for this sequel on June 26th. (Source: IGN)
Our first gallery comes by the way of the Wachowkis' (The Matrix) Jupiter Ascending. As you can tell by the posters, these wouldn't be ones you'd see hanging up in the theaters but that's not necessarily a bad thing. The alternative posters give us some different looks at what could turn out to be an interesting film. The Channing Tatum and Mila Kunis-starring film comes out this weekend on February 6th and all the posters are below. (Source: Facebook)
Although I'm not super pumped for the release of The SpongeBob Movie: Sponge Out of Water, I did find their recent spoof posters to be hilarious. This certainly isn't the first time something like this has happened (I loved when the Muppets did it) but it's always refreshing to see. You can see all the ones they spoofed below (including one for the aforementioned movie Terminator: Genisys). Paul Tibbitt will again direct Tom Kenny, Bill Fagerbakke, and more when the movie releases this weekend on February 6th. (Source: Comingsoon)
Lastly, a new poster for Woman in Gold is above. The British drama, which was directed by Simon Curtis (My Week with Marilyn), is anchored by a great cast. Names like Helen Mirren, Ryan Reynolds, Daniel Bruhl (Rush), and Katie Holmes are involved in the movie that's set to come out on April 3rd. Check out the latest poster above. (Source: Yahoo)
Come back tomorrow for the newest movie photos!
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Hill Climb Racing 2 is a physics-based arcade driving game from Fingersoft. In this game, players control a wildly unstable vehicle as it careens over hills, bridges, and other obstacles in an attempt to win a race or travel as far as possible. Gamezebo's Hill Climb Racing 2 Tips, Cheats and Strategies will help you improve your anti-gravity driving skills—or at least crash ever-so-slightly less often.
- Above all else, try not to crash. There are two modes in Hill Climb Racing 2: the endless "Adventure" and the multiplayer race "Cups." In both modes, the key is to not crash—aka, don't let your head hit the ground. In Adventure, crashing ends the entire run. In Cups, crashing will end the current race and assign you the status of "DNF" (Did Not Finish). You will be given fourth place for that race automatically and awarded no points. Although you will occasionally have to take risks and will almost certainly end up crashing at times, you should still prioritize not crashing before coins, fuel, winning, or anything else.
The exception to this is once you cross the finish line. You can crash after the finish line without any repercussions; if you're haphazardly flying into the finish line and unable to land safely after it, no worries! Enjoy the crazy crash animation as you wait for the times to populate.
- Your opponents are allowed to crash. When you're playing Cups/race mode, your three opponents will likely crash. This does not end the race for them; it merely slows them down. Don't assume because you saw someone crash they are out of the race; they can still continue driving and catch up to you.
- General driving tips: You'll need to use both the gas pedal and the brakes liberally. (The first game called them brakes, but it's helpful to realize it's really the "reverse" pedal. If you slam on the left pedal, you won't stop, you'll go backwards, but we'll continue calling them "brakes" for continuity.) Flooring the gas without ever letting up or braking will result in you popping a wheelie and tipping over backwards. Mostly flat levels will be winnable by holding the gas and letting up / tapping the brakes when you start to tilt back. Let off the gas as you crest hills.
- Really hilly stages will require you to adjust mid-air. There's a review of the original Hill Climb Racing that compares it to Tiny Wings, and this is fairly apt when thinking about vehicle control on large hills. When in the air, you'll want to adjust so you land parallel to the ground, and at worst, horizontal to it. If you land parallel—the hill is sloping down and your car is sloping down at the same angle—you'll not only hit the ground without losing speed, but you'll actually gain speed as you go down. If you land horizontal—think of a car belly flop—you'll slow down and possibly stop, but you'll at least stay upright.
- When adjusting, you want to tap the pedal that is opposite whichever side of your vehicle is too high. So, if your front end is too high and you're tipping backwards, you want to hit the brakes. If your back end is starting to raise above your front end, hit the gas. You can tap both pedals at the same time, but your fastest adjustments and best control will come from lifting one finger and hitting only one pedal at once—even if this means frantically tapping each one back and forth.
- Don't overcorrect to make up for lost time. If you hit the ground hard and lose speed, readjust yourself before flooring the gas. Remember the first rule: it's better to fall behind a bit than to crash.
- Don't over-invest in your first jeep. As you progress through the ranks, you'll be able to purchase new vehicles. The starter jeep, even upgraded, is much slower than the scooter and beyond. Save some money to not only buy these later vehicles but also to upgrade them instead. And buy the super jeep as soon as possible. It's way, way faster than the starter jeep, more durable, and it even has a roll cage to protect you from minor crashes. We love the super jeep.
- Tricks are mostly for fun, not for winning. Doing flips and getting air time will award you giant pop-up celebrations mid-race, but they don't have much of a tangible benefit besides being cool. You'll earn a few coins for each trick you complete, but you'll earn a lot more by winning races and increasing your rank. Feel free to fly through the air when it gets you to the goal faster or if you're just playing around, but if you're trying for a best time or first place, avoid tricks and stay the course.
- Keep an eye out for free upgrades and chest openings. Occasionally while in the vehicle upgrade menu, one of the upgradeable parts will be yellow and say "Free!" If you tap on this part, you'll be offered the chance to watch a video to earn an upgrade level instead of paying the required coin amount. If you have multiple vehicles unlocked, every vehicle will have at least one "free" upgrade available, so you can choose which vehicle you want to get the freebie for. (If one vehicle has more expensive upgrades than the others, you may want to opt for it even if you aren't currently using it.) You'll also get this freebie option sometimes when viewing locked chests, but you'll have to tap on a chest to see if it's available.
- What's that gold medal at the goal line? When playing the Cups/race mode, you'll sometimes see a gold medal waiting for you at the goal line. This shows up when you're able to complete the red "win 10 races" chest and you're in the lead. The gold medal indicates +1 to the races needed to unlock that chest. If you've already collected that chest for the day, you'll no longer see gold medals at the goal line.
- What's the yellow number below RPM? In Cups/race mode, the yellow number shows you the current distance to the goal line. In Adventure/endless mode, it indicates how far you have traveled.
- What's that green thing on the RPM gauge at the start of a race? If you press the gas so your RPM gauge is within the green space when the race starts (after the 3-2-1 countdown), you'll earn a "Perfect Start." What does this mean? We honestly don't know! It doesn't seem to have any effect on your RPM, boost, or anything else. Maybe it's just for bragging rights. If you know what a "Perfect Start" does, please share with us in the comments!
- You can revert to old car parts if needed. After you purchase an upgrade for your engine, grip, suspension, or fourth part (this is different on each car), you can still revert to the previous level if you'd like. Tap the "Tune" button to the left of the parts to reveal an arrow. Tap the arrow to scroll through the previous levels. You permanently own any upgrades and can go back to the highest level you've purchased at any time, but sometimes it's fun to put together a wacky combination (and easier to get flips that way, too).
- Looking for customization options? They're in the vehicle menu after you select "Race" from the Cups menu or the location from the Adventure menu. Tap "Looks" next to the upgradeable parts above your current vehicle. You can adjust the appearance for each vehicle you own separately—so you could choose blue paint for your starter jeep and green for your scooter—but your character will wear the same outfit no matter what vehicle they're on. Also, keep in mind that paint colors are specific to certain vehicles—so if you unlock a new paint but don't see it as an option, check the customization tab for other vehicles.
- Open chests as often as possible. You can only store three chests at a time, so try to always have one open slot available for any new chests you earn. And you have to physically tap a chest to begin the "opening" process, which usually takes a few hours, so be sure to always tap a new chest after opening one. The exception to these rules are the blue chest you earn automatically every six hours and the daily red "win 10 races" chest: these do not take up a chest opening slot and will open immediately upon being tapped (assuming they are available to be opened). Finally, remember that you will often be given the option to open a slotted chest immediately by watching a video, so check back often to see if this shortcut is available to you.
- Most of your coins will come from chests. The original Hill Climb Racing awarded large amounts of coins while driving, for doing tricks, and for reaching certain distances. Hill Climb Racing 2 really doesn't award many coins during actual gameplay: on an average race you'll probably come away with 100ish coins, and tricks only give you a few extra coins each. To get money for upgrades you're going to need to open chests, which usually contain at least a few thousand coins, plus gems and customizations.
- The difference between Ranked and Unranked: Ranked mode affects your current total Ranking, such as Bronze I, Silver II, Gold III, etc. When you win races in Ranked, your rank will improve. When you lose races, your rank will go down. The amount your rank decreases from losing is much lower than what it increases from winning, however, so it's always advantageous to attempt a Ranked match. As you move up the ranks, you'll unlock new stages and vehicles. You'll also be pitted against players in these higher ranks. It's worth noting that rank is only based on your personal score and not anyone else's: so, when you reach 10,000 rank points, you'll enter Silver. It's not the top 10,000 players or anything like that; it depends only on the points you have earned.
The stage for Ranked mode is chosen randomly from all of the stages you have unlocked. Exiting a Ranked race before it is complete will forfeit ranking points, but it will also reset the stage and give you a new one (so this is a way to get a new Ranked stage if you dislike the one you were just assigned).
- Unranked mode lets you choose your stage from all of the ones you have unlocked. You'll still race other players' ghosts, but you will not win or lose rank points. Exiting an Unranked match will not affect your rank points. The red "win 10 races" daily chest can be earned by winning Ranked or Unranked matches.
- If you're struggling with a particular stage, it's probably a good idea to practice it in Unranked a few times in case it shows up in Ranked.
- Don't worry about fuel in race mode. The levels in Cups/race mode are so short that you'll rarely run low on fuel. There are times, like Dark Roads, when you will have to choose which path to take and one will contain fuel while the other won't; unless you're already in the red, don't worry about the fuel path. In Adventure/endless mode, however, fuel is critical and you should aim to pick up every container you come across. Do, especially in Adventure mode, keep in mind that fuel is always being used. Even if you stop moving, you're still using fuel, so don't stop to look at that roadside moose for too long.
- Take in the sights in Adventure; ignore the sights in Cups. Hill Climb Racing 2 has greatly improved graphics over its predecessor. There are lots of little details along the road, including cows chewing cud, double-decker covered bridges, and mysterious military encampments. When you're in race mode, ignore those sights. They are all background and won't impact your drive, even if the cows act like you're about to hit them. Let Adventure be your sight-seeing and cow-visiting time; race mode is racing time.


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Programming Controllers for Improved Profit
Pressure is mounting. The machine has to be commissioned soon, or else the company stands to lose a lot of money. The project has "hit the fan," and everyone is looking at the control engineer to get it running. The project manager used up half the allotted time negotiating requirements and specifications.
Pressure is mounting. The machine has to be commissioned soon, or else the company stands to lose a lot of money. The project has "hit the fan," and everyone is looking at the control engineer to get it running. The project manager used up half the allotted time negotiating requirements and specifications. Changes in mechanical design necessitated addition of I/O devices. The specified controller no longer will do the job. And guess who's at the bottom of the food chain?
Does all this sound familiar? It doesn't matter if the project is for a machine builder OEM, discrete manufacturing end-user, a batch or process plant, or some embedded control product, the situation is the same. It's too late to solve the problem at the end of the project. With all the pressure, errors are sure to be made. Debug and troubleshooting will eat inordinate amounts of time. Management will be screaming.
The solution is to think about the project ahead of time. Review the functional specs; model machine or process behavior; define as many I/O devices as possible; generate code; and simulate, then target the controller. If all this is done up front, then last minute changes can be minimized and handled, and debug and commissioning will be enhanced.
Nat Frampton, president of integrator Real Time Development Corp. (Slidell, LA), says, "With the addition of more functions to discrete control, like integration of motion and vision, it is important that the developer maintain a single thought process. That's one of the benefits provided by integrated development environments (IDEs) in new control programming packages. Rather than being a slave to tools, tools become a slave to the developer's thought process.
"That influence is seen within all the major automation vendors," he continues, "though some are doing a better job than others in building new tools from scratch. Important features include auto discovery of I/O devices, symbolic tags, and ability to write the program without a need to define target hardware until later in the project. Now it is easier to extend systems. This is especially good since we are doing much more complex systems than ever."
|Omron Electronics' integrated development environment offers the same look andcharacteristics with all tools acting similarly across its product line.
Bob Nelson, Siemens Energy & Automation's (Alpharetta, GA), product marketing manager adds, "Our engineering approach is project driven, rather than target driven. We throw around the term 'universal development environment' to define an approach for managing an entire project: logic for PLC, network environment, peer communication, connections to I/O devices, and integration to HMI and business systems. Within the soft-control environment, we offer a way to take existing or new applications written in C or C++, and link into a function block that can be used just like any other function block. This is an ideal way to integrate different environments."
Bruce Fuller, GE Fanuc Automation's (Charlottesville, VA) control and design buffer manager, discusses the thinking behind development of its Machine Edition program. "Seven years ago, it was difficult pulling together control and other things like operator interface, motion, etc. Now we try to make it easier by getting it into one environment with shared tags.
"Maybe an OEM has three machine sizes, but wants to use the same development tools and engine. We want to make sure the customer can build an application of target hardware, and then leverage it to another as the application changes. Symbolic programming and handling variables that have been around for some time in PC-based control, but was often 'kludged' in PLCs. Now it's all about combining this in a new-generation controller, so a developer needn't worry about memory allocation, and has the ability to do arrays and structures. It'll give developers the ability to use Microsoft Visual Basic for parts of a program, C++ for power users, and, with IEC 61131 coming on strong, perhaps structured text for math."
Open source aids integration
One example of this is an open source project initiated by IBM and adopted by many companies-for example Eclipse ( www.eclipse.org ). It is defined as an open-source, universal tools integration platform. It supports multiple languages (Java, C/C++, Cobol, and more), multiple tool suppliers, and multiple platforms. The platform's powerful element lies in its support for plug-ins, that is, programs from various suppliers, supporting specialized tools that can be added to the platform painlessly.
Paralleling the direction automation control is heading, an Eclipse white paper states, "Next generation computing technology will integrate smart connected devices with Web services currently deployed or in development. In this environment, smart devices that are aware of their environments and in control of their surroundings, through sensors and actuators, will become omniscient assistants that make everyday tasks easier. This environment demands the collaboration of computing technology specialists." Eclipse has been designed to enhance that collaboration and integration.
|Rockwell Automation's RSLogix 5000 development environment shows how four languages can co-exist in one program. These languages are Sequential function chart, Function block diagram, Ladder diagram, Structured text.
Sebastien Marineau, platform developer for QNX Software (Kanata, ON, Canada), reports the company assumed leadership for the C development toolkit for Eclipse last year. With the release of its Momentics development suite (see description in sidebar), the company is realizing a goal to provide a C/C++ foundation plug-in for Eclipse.
Mr. Marineau explains the benefit of Eclipse. "When you buy tools from more than one vendor, you want them to integrate well. Vendors, on the other hand, don't want to do all the integration work either. With this platform, if you want to use QNX and IBM's WebSphere for Java, and then want to add something like Clearcase from Rational, you just plug in and use them. It gives a consistent user interface for all tools."
Marc Erikson, Eclipse's communications manager, adds, "The kind of projects that will propel the embedded space in the future will be end-to-end, where developers will need to interface their code to others involved. Even Oracle is realizing that middleware needs to integrate with the lower level, and has joined the organization."
John Hogg, embedded evangelist at Rational Software (Cupertino, CA and Lexington, MA), doesn't hold anything back when he contends, "Model-driven development is the future. You can watch your executable run, see structuring information, control architecture over time, see relationships among components, plus increase flexibility and enhance reusability. We build on state-model descriptions of the process in terms of the Unified Modeling Language (UML)."
While Rational's Rose could be considered an embedded control programming tool, automation integrators, like Mr. Frampton, use it in combination with more traditional tools like ladder diagram, depending on project requirements.
Eliminate bottlenecks
Ron Bliss, Logix/NetLinx marketing manager for Rockwell Automation (Mayfield Heights, OH), explains that RSLogix 5000 was designed to eliminate common bottlenecks in the programming process. In addition to problems already discussed, he mentions others, such as translating descriptions and comments across multiple programs; address reassignments when duplicating application code; and debugging after multiple programmers mistakenly used the same memory address for different functions. Tools used here include tag aliases, multiple data scopes, built-in and user-defined structures, arrays, and application import/export capabilities.
|State chart diagrams, shown here from Telelogic Tau Studio, enable developers to visualize the system before generating the code.
Dave Quebbemann, industrial automation marketing manager at Omron Electronics (Schaumburg, IL), sees common interfaces among various software development packages as a boost for productivity. "Our development packages for programming, HMI, and motion all look and act the same, plus they have a common database. Utilities, troubleshooting, and debugging are likewise all handled the same. A programmer does not need to relearn how to use each application."
When evaluating different development environments for hardware/software integration capabilities, National Instruments' (Austin, TX) LabView RT product manager, Jenifer Dieterle, warns, "Integrating with I/O devices is more than just sampling data at the hardware pins and transferring data into software. Tight integration enables engineers to precisely time signal acquisition and synchronize with software calculations to achieve better overall system performance."
Many control engineers program machinery in IEC61131 languages. Schneider Electric's (North Andover, MA) software product manager, Wolfgang Langer, point to a powerful tool in function-block diagram. "Derived function blocks (DFB) enable programmers to wrap sections of function block code into a package and reuse the code again and again. A DFB looks like a normal function block with input and output pins, but it's easier to manage because code is seen in a simplified manner."
Think requirements
Telelogic's (Irvine, CA) Matthew Graney, director of technical marketing, advises, "Think of a program in terms of problems and requirements. Using graphical notation like UML as a programming language, model the system to verify behavior, and then generate code to the target. Our tools include a requirements-management program that shows which parts of the code solve each requirement and which requirements are still not covered."
OSE Systems' (Pleasanton, CA) product manager, Mike Christofferson, notes that simulation tools are among the biggest sellers for the company. In particular, its tools can emulate an entire distributed CPU environment on a desktop, simulating communications among target CPUs. Also available are system-level debugging, including the ability to look for memory leaks, check CPU utilization, and others.
With all these new tools for integrating components, managing projects, collaboration, and modeling and simulation of systems, control engineers should have more ways to avoid the horror described at the beginning of this article and get those projects done in a more timely manner.
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Critical tools for Java-controlled applications
Java tools for embedded control applications have matured, giving control engineers ability to take advantage of Java's strengths, such as support for downloading new applications on the fly and for dynamically reallocating memory in response to changing workload requirements.
To use Java for control applications, you need special tools to properly configure the virtual machine (VM). One example, the PERC shell, is designed to assure dynamic real-time requirements for mission-critical Java components. With this, developers can determine workload limits and properly configure the workload to ensure that all activities meet their timing constraints.
For a given workload, the PERC shell determines how much CPU time is consumed at each priority level. For example, in response to an "info" query, the shell reports the VM has been running for 42,333 timer ticks, and details that priority-three, -five, and -six threads consumed 2,845, 3,380, and 430 time ticks respectively. By dividing the CPU time spent at each priority level by the total execution time, developers can calculate total utilization to be 15.7%. Assuming that high-frequency tasks have been assigned higher priority, rate-monotonic analysis assures that real-time tasks will meet their deadlines, as long as the total utilization is less than 69%. Thus, the PERC shell assures the system can accept additional real-time workloads, totaling up to 53% of the CPU capacity.
The PERC shell tool is also invaluable in diagnosing performance issues that arise in the field. Support engineers use standard Internet protocols and the PERC shell to remotely connect to deployed equipment, enabling them to isolate and correct performance bottlenecks, transient work overloads, and configuration errors.
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Graphical system analysis tool for developers
QNX Software Systems has released a graphical system analysis tool for its Momentics development suite. This Eclipse-based tool analyzes how all components in a complex real time system interact.
Developers can pinpoint software faults, timing conflicts, and other problems. A visualization component displays information, so problems can be seen more quickly. It can display information, such as kernel calls, hardware interrupts, threat states, messages, and scheduling activities.
It is nonintrusive, allowing it to be used on live production systems with minimal system impact.
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I once read a nice story about sea urchins in ancient times. A Spartan was invited to a banquet and during the meal he was offered sea urchins. He took one, but he did not know how to deal with it and did not notice how the other guests were managing. He put its hard shell to his mouth and tried to bite it open with his teeth. As he was making no progress and did not want to admit that the hard shell was resisting him, he shouted: "Horrible food! I will not give up and let you go, but I will not take any more of your kind!" From this anecdote, told by Athenaeus of Naucratis at the end of the second century A.D in his Deipnosophistae ("The Banquet of the Learned" or "The Gastronomers"), we can at least learn to avoid making over hasty promises.
In my case it was the seven year old Jason I met in a small village of northern Greece. He was the first person in my life who was able to explain to me where sea urchins lived and show me how to open this obviously dangerous . Greek children who are living by the sea come very soon in contact with every creature under water. They do know very well what hurts and what not. "Don´t worry" said Jason to me,
"It´s so easy to catch and to eat them". At that time I really thought he was joking. Many years later I recognized sea urchins among the secret delicacies that are well worth making the effort to deal with. Even though they have one of the lowest proportions of edible parts in relation to their body size. The only edible parts of these hermaphrodites are the ovaries or gonads, which are attached to the wall of the shell and glow orange red in the face of anyone who has breached the creature´s natural defense mechanism and penetrated to the inside. In spring time you can watch Greek children on the coast very often as they successfully manage this task. It is well worth it to find someone to teach you how to dive and get them, as well as recognizing the ones full with ovaries. Once you manage to get some, opening them up is the next step of the learning procedure. With a pair of scissors, wearing special gloves, cut the sea urchins in half horizontally. Pour some extra virgin oil and lemon juice on top of the ovaries and using fresh bread as a spoon eat them right there on the beach. Trust me it will be the most delicious picnic you ever had.


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Aperture's slim monograph on Henri Cartier-Bresson, first published in 1976, has been reprinted in a second edition. As before, the book features forty-two black-and-white photographs (selected by Cartier-Bresson himself), including Derriere La Gare St Lazare, which "perfectly illustrates the notion of the "decisive moment" in Henri Cartier-Bresson's oeuvre". Each full-page image is accompanied by a single paragraph of analysis.
There are far more extensive Cartier-Bresson books available (of which The Man, The Image, & The World is the most comprehensive), though this is an effective introduction to the master photographer. The text was written by Clement Cheroux, author of Here & Now and a booklet accompanying the reprint of The Decisive Moment. (Cheroux also edited Paparazzi!)


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How to Acquire a Toll Position in 7 Easy Steps (Live Case Study)
You may or may not have heard of Harvey Brody.
The quick version of putting it is that Harvey is a genius…
If you don't know Harvey, you can can grab the complete story here: http://www.infomarketingblog.com/toll-postion-secrets/
For the last 6 months, I've been studying Harvey's original Toll Position Course. I've also spent hours with Harvey, going over his concepts with him on the phone, and trying to drill his ideas through my thick skull…
Anyway, if you go through Harvey's teachings, you'll find out the concept of acquiring "stored value" from Toll Positions other people have somehow abandoned…
You might wonder how someone might go about making this happen.
That's why I'm going to show you, right here and now, how I took Harvey's concept and acquired a toll position for myself in less than 90 days:
1. In January 2015, I was doing a heavy amount of research on real estate investing, a personal interest of mine. During my research, I came across an incredible out-of-print book, written in the 1980s, called Hidden Wealth in Local Real Estate. Knowing what Harvey has taught me, I started sniffing around to see if I could figure out what the status was with this book, who held the intellectual property rights, etc.
2. Thanks to some detective work on my part, I discovered the author was alive and well, retired in Northern Minnesota. After digging deeper, I located a probable mailing address…
3. I send the author a short 2-page letter via U.S. postal mail, pitching the author on my concept of taking his out-of-print book, republishing it as an e-book on Amazon Kindle, and then marketing it using direct response ads, PR and publicity, etc. My total cost at this point… the price of a stamp (49 cents).
4. BULLS-EYE. The author calls me up. He tells me the book has been out-of-print for years, and the publisher is doing nothing with it. I tell him my vision for the project and make my pitch again… I'll republish and market his book to a whole new generation of readers -- if he'll give me an exclusive license as his new publisher. Keep in mind; I don't even have a publishing company at this time. In fact, I've never published a book in my life at this point… All I had was a vision and a few marketing ideas. Turns out, the author is a great guy, an entrepreneur who's been around the block a few times on making deals with complete beginners. We make a "handshake deal" over the phone…
5. We uncover a small problem… it appears the original publisher still holds the copyright to the title. I do more research, and uncover the process of requesting "reversion of rights" back from the old publisher. I write up a letter. The author sends certified letter to his old publisher. Boom! Publisher writes back, gives the author back his copyright. Only problem now is we now have the rights to a book in PRINT... no electronic versions exist... and I want to make an e-book!
6. I find a website that will OCR scan and digitize a print book for $2.00. Get the PDF file. Turn into a Microsoft Word document. Spend a few hours formatting, copyediting, designing a cover, writing sales copy, etc. Set up an LLC. Set up a very basic website. Submit the book to Amazon.
7. July 17, 2015... Book is published! The execution phase of my marketing plan begins. If you want, you can see the actual e-book here: http://www.reversionbooks.com/ (Keep in mind that what you are seeing here is only a tiny piece of the overall marketing plan.)
What's next? Well here is the fun begins. I won't give all the details here, but this is only a small move in a grand plan. Starting with Harvey calls a "view from the rooftop" I am now working backwards to find the puzzle pieces to direct me toward my larger goal.
Anyway, I hope this post is helpful and inspirational for anyone looking to acquire a Toll Position of their own. I know I would've liked to see something this when I was first starting this process!
Please hit me up if have any questions...
Last edited by RyanMcGrath : July 17, 2015 at 01:05 PM.
Re: How to Acquire a Toll Position in 7 Easy Steps (Live Case Study)
Great information!!!
Thank You!!! for sharing it.
FANTASTIC Ryan.
LOVE your action. Love your site. Will buy the book today.
there are several books I've been looking at, and feel I could crush a promotion on...it seems to me you would be the Ideal Publisher.
But, I'd (preferably you) have to acquire the rights, but feel there is a lot of potential with direct marketing campaigns, so it would be more of a creative agreement rather than me owning the copyright. Are you open to anything at this point?
Also, glad to see you embraced the view from the rooftop and thanks to the link to our QOP (Me) and Harvey's Answers in that work we did a few years back.
I think you have found a SENSATIONAL Toll Position, congrats.
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Gordon: I am open to any deals you might suggest. Harvey has opened my eyes that way... You can email me at: [email protected]
A word on Harvey Brody methodology.
Harvey Brody has been extremely generous with his time over the years, he gets many phone calls and emails from people.
I feel it is safe to say the majority of people he talks with are a bit confused, I've been told they come away with the feeling he is cryptic and talks in code.
You will hear things like
the view from the rooftop
the pre-flight checklist
kicking out the chocks
iron filings and magnets
And many more metaphors and concepts.
Those who approach Harvey seeking the "Tell me what to do, what are the step by step methods" will be the ones who don't get the power of what he says.
It took me almost 2 years working with Harvey to embrace his thinking concepts which ARE the step by step METHODOLOGY.
Once I started to APPLY his thinking, things happened. I got a 6k a month contract which lasted 9 months for about 5 hours a week of my time BECAUSE
I used the magnet and the iron filings.
I won't even consider a project without a view from the rooftop, what beard or hair I want to put on the bald man on my toy iron and magnet tool. And without having a pre flight checklist.
I said it in 2006, and I'll say it today...the secret to Harvey's success is his THINKING.
Once you have embraced it, then, like Ryan you go out and acquire or create your toll position and stored value is a good place to start.
Gordon Jay
PS. As genius as he is, he can't tell you what to do, but he can help you THINK and therefore save you time, money and effort to finding your own safe harbor in this world.
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Congratulations on your success. I don't know if you are a member of the warrior forum but this case study would have been a $19.00 WSO. No disrespect intended so please don't take it that way.
What you laid out was exactly what most won't or don't do. You have to take action. In other words get off your dead ass and put in the time and effort it takes to get from here to there.
Here's a thought. A lot of the well known real estate book/course promoters are still active. Since you now own the copyright, maybe a joint venture with one or more of them would result in instant sales. Don't know that for sure just thinking out loud.
Again, congratulations.
A great post... how to not get stuck on a treadmill...!
Thanks... This is an extremely exciting post!
It's also exciting to "meet" someone traveling along similar pathways...
The pathway of acquiring toll positions is a fantastic one. As Harvey himself says, it's actually often to acquire than to create your own toll positions (though you can do that too).
When you acquire toll positions, though, you are leveraging "stored value" that's out there, and which is underutilized, or not even being utilized at all!
These should be exciting words for any who want to make a living from toll positions...
When you do it right, your toll positions will be working for you. Why be stuck on a treadmill? Many "successful" people do just that - they're still stuck on a daily or weekly treadmill - when there's no need to live that way...
While I haven't exactly done what you've done, I've acquired copyright toll positions in various ways. I recently acquired the complete copyrights to some audiobooks (in a non-marketing niche), for example...
In that case, I acquired them directly from the author. However, it doesn't always work out. I corresponded with one well-known "old school" marketer (many here would be familiar with his name), but he didn't want to do a profit-sharing type of deal, he only wanted to sell the rights to his works outright (for a very high figure). In another case, I had difficulty dealing with the widow of a different author. However, I'm still learning, and getting better at knowing what I'm doing as I go along...
Thanks Ryan for sharing! This is an immensely valuable and insightful post!
For those who don't want to be stuck on a treadmill... This is a post to take note of...
Best wishes,
Last edited by Dien Rice : July 18, 2015 at 04:10 PM.
It will be fun to watch Ryan grow his publishing business via stored
I predict in less than a year (IF he has TIME to tend to it) his publishing company will grow by exponential leaps and bounds.
Hosting other people's work in exchange for exclusive rights (in most cases) is a tested and proven method of publishing.
Melvin Powers started with one book, NON exclusive rights, and built a dynamite publishing house which is still going strong a couple of years after his death.
I think most writers, especially with either out of print OR barely circulated books, would love a chance to have someone host and sell their work.
Of course you run into ego, but just too many fish in that sea to even worry about them.
Doesn't hurt that Ryan is a master copywriter either.
Re: How to Acquire a Toll Position in 7 Easy Steps (Live Case Study)
Thanks for sharing this Ryan.. the book sounds interesting and the Kindle Version today was at a very good price. I bought it and will definitely check it out!
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Dear Dien,
Warmest wishes of the day and to your 2021 too.
Also sending you, and yours, your bundle of joy, [Gordon, and Ryan M too] every blessing of strength and aloha!
Most insightful learning ~ Ryans Live Case Study involving Harveys blueprint.
Attempted to find Ryans online publishing site; however, he mightve updated his reversion-books DOT com - - just wondering.
Shall sleuth further.
Thank you for reading along.
Aloha, n~nicole
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Saturday, August 1, 2015
NINA FOREVER (2015) Fantasia 2015
Solid horror/romance/comedy that is definitely worth a look see.
The plot of the film has Holly falling madly in love with Rob, a co-worker. Rob recently lost his girlfriend Nina in a horrible accident and has tried to kill himself as a result. Holly likes his intensity. Through perseverance the pair hook up- unfortunately the first time they make love the dead Nina materializes in their bed bringing a bloody mess with her. Can the lovers work out how to handle an undead lover's return?
This is a great film. An expert mixing of genres this should neither be as funny as it is, the humor is very black, nor should it be as moving as it is, because say what you will we have real people on the screen. The humor arises naturally out of the situations and isn't forced. The fact that the Blaine brothers who wrote and directed the film manage to keep it real even as things get fantastic is a major achievement. Its actually a rare thing and it manages to kick the film from being really good into something incredibly special.
What helps to make the film so strong is that beyond the story the film is examining the nature of love, our connections to other people, how we grieve and even simply relationships. Throwing a dead lover in the mix we are forced to really ponder what we mean when we say forever. I suspect that if you went to see this with your significant other this film will kick off several long conversations.
One of the highlights of Fantasia- The film screens tonight at 930 and is worth your time and money. For tickets and more information go here.
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June Spiritual Guidance- Free Will Versus Fate
The Inspiration to Create
Free Will versus Fate
As we enter into June after the profound and dominant karmic energies of May, we are, in a sense, left with the fragments of what is our fate or destiny. Like pieces of a broken vase, we must carefully pick up those bits or pieces that can be salvaged and choose what to save and what to discard. And as we pick through the shards – metaphorically of course – we must be ever vigilant to the potential to cause harm, avoiding the sharp edges as we also search carefully not to miss what could later prove to be essential to the repair. Synchronicity remains close at hand, but equally alongside our free will, choice and the path which we create.
It is the ultimate spiritual cocktail: destiny and its potent partner free will.
Our Universal Lesson and Message
June encompasses balance, and not just in the now, or our present sense of balance, but our ability to culminate all that we have been offered or shown thus far in 2016. We are not only entering a very strong month, but also one with the significance of the "halfway" mark.
In many respects the lesson and message is combined with our ability to see what was, but more importantly, what can or will be. Whatever mistakes or mishaps must be learned but not domineer over our potential or future. And the way in which we view what lies ahead or the possibilities is a direct and horizontal line (energy) to just what we can accomplish as we embrace the next 6 months.
Our balance is emphasized not just in the internal spiritual sense, but also in our capacity to accept that fate cannot always be changed, but that free will can change things. June becomes a bit of a conundrum, as just like the analogy of picking through the sharp bits of glass, we dissect our life, path, purpose and meaning without losing direction or allowing the bigger picture to slip past.
June becomes a month of the powerful and the passive, the accepting and the pursuit. We are warned to avoid total dependence on fate/destiny (the opposite of May) and making assumptions or perceptions of "meant to be" simply because the outcome is what we desire.
We also must use caution and control as we exercise our free will, seeking balance but avoiding the sole intention or purpose of only hedonistic pleasures.
Taking acceptable risks, making purposeful choices, embracing our destiny and creating our future with balance and inspiration.
Love and Relationships
In contrast to the past 5 months, June is not quite as opportunistic in meeting a new life partner or soul mate. Instead we focus on uniting with self, learning to love and value our individuality and becoming prepared for romantic opportunities that lie ahead.
For those already committed and/or building established relationships, June encourages growth, communication and the ability to cement deep bonds. For alternative relationships such as friends, family and even co-workers, June carries a message of acceptance and curiosity, with the emphasis on lessons both taught and learned through close, personal relationships.
June is also a very social month and although we may not all meet the "one," we certainly have plenty of chances to broaden our social network in preparation for such a meeting. June also can bring the lighter side of romance, with brief encounters, romantic flings and newly acquired friendships.
Talk to a top-rated love psychic now to discover the love that is in store for you this summer.
Career, Jobs, Economy and Business
With the perfect blend of fate and free will, career and promotional opportunities seem limitless. For those that might have felt stuck or unmotivated, changes surround the career and working world. So many companies will be creating new and exciting roles and expanding into many different venues.
June is a great month for not just promotions within but career changes and business start-ups. For those who have recently made shifts or changes around work or career, there is a fresh sense of motivation and the exchange of ideas that create very positive environments. Businesses built for or on our true purpose or path will see fast success and experience prosperity and abundance.
The economy continues to grow, and in June we see the beginning signs in most countries of wages rising above costs. For many of us we can once again begin saving or making long needed purchases. Financial stability abounds.
Weather Patterns and Forecasts
June should prove to be an interesting but potentially tumultuous month when it comes to weather patterns and attempts at accurate forecasts. Even at its best, weather predictions are difficult and June proves that sometimes even impossible. We fluctuate between the expected (for location and season) to the unexpected and between stability to warnings of almost every possible type.
Although my guides feel that June will offer a huge variety of Mother Nature's powers, none feel to be totally devastating or as big of a threat as we have experienced over the last months. Because the weather reflects the universal energies and lessons, we see both human-created or influenced weather events and those which are simply destined to occur when atmospheric conditions are in control.
We should see a smattering of wind, rain, snow, tornados, and oceanic storms that blow onto the land as well as minor earthquakes and ripples of or movement from the earth's core. In between, June is predicted to be rather "mild" so for those in winter temperatures, it should not be excessive and those beginning their spring or summer, moderation is key.
For June, expect the unexpected and prepare for all possibilities!
Politics, Government, Leaders, Security and The Media
As a reminder, the US is currently in its presidential election year; therefore, much focus and emphasis is placed on candidates and polls. As my guides predicted for May, we finally begin to see unity and campaigns with much higher moral standards focusing on issues rather than scorn.
June continues to bring a calmer energy although this is still a highly coveted contest. There continues to be successful attempts at unity with nations, and we move towards the necessary protection of the promised land, Israel. We should expect to see more allies than foes, as we globally join forces for the good of all mankind.
Those that have attempted to plunder and tear apart their own countries, imposing impossible taxes or inhumane suffering, will not be allowed to reign much longer. Our spiritual battle is in full force and will bring down those that intend destruction just as we are feeling with the terrorists and militia groups.
My guides feel that with stronger security and with a great number of revelations, we achieve a higher state of security globally, and bit by bit, essential information is revealed. The media continues to reach a higher state of being, with a more compassionate and responsible view that is visible in their reporting.
While there will always be the "rogue" when it comes to reporting, the collective does feel to be moving in a higher direction which truly serves the people. As predicted and witnessed in May, June will also hold changes and shifts within the circle of those known for their disclosure type reporting and undercover work.
Your June Takeaway
June offers a unique perspective and opportunities that are not always available. With help from past lessons, insights and influences, we enter and exit June with formidable strength, both individually and as a collective.
With the Divine always leading the way, June is a notable month where our inspiration is to create and we navigate the paths between what is our free will and what is simply fate.