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Did I ever tell you I collect Nars Multiples? Check out the tags to see my other swatches! And here is my home made Nars Multiple palette!
Nars multiples are not without problems; they can be a bit oily, they used to give me spots, and they are pretty expensive at £29 each.
I recently hauled G-Spot (that name!) from the counter, purely because it felt like a while since Nars released a decent multiple (not a weird highlighter like Luxor or the bronze toned one that was absolutely chocka with hardcore glitter). I also have Laguna multiple here which I bought a few months back online:
One good thing about The Multiples is that they last forever! They are pretty chunky things and I have yet to finish one up. Now first G-Spot…
Oh Nars. Why G-Spot? I didn't really think too much about it at first then imagined how I would feel asking someone else to pick me up a 'G-Spot'.
It's a pretty wearable rose shade with gold shimmers:
Argh! Mine was damaged but I couldn't be bothered swapping it. One thing to remember (and I learned the hard way) is to never twist the whole thing up because it locks in.
Now – the texture of The Multiples, I think, have improved from the originals. They are softer and creamier and I haven't had any break outs from it. Hurrah!
Swatch – I do try to avoid any blush with red-tones in it so I would prefer something with a pinker edge but actually, this looks fine on:
I have been using this loads just because it is so easy. It's quite a grown up cheek colour that doesn't require much effort.
Laguna is (as you may know) one of Nars' best selling bronzers. This is the stick version which is very metallic – the original powder I believe is shimmer free which is what makes it so good!
Despite my original urgh at the metallic-ness of this multiple, it really did look fine on, but I do have an olive complexion, so it just blended in quite well. It's a real true bronze, no ugly orange-ness and just…BRONZE.
Both of these are nice additions to my collection and quite useful too. I guess my love for Nars Multiples is back!
Have you ever tried Nars Multiples?


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Aye. But the trolls imply by their actions that they are ready to take as much berating as they dish out - such is the nature of the universe. If you punch someone, you are extending an invitation to be punched back. If someone is annoyed by the questions asked in a topic, no one is holding a gun to their heads forcing them to answer - they're free to simply ignore the conversation and leave it to the people actually interested in contributing to the discussion.stubby wrote: Bad news: BrikWars is trolls' natural environment, anyone who thinks otherwise is going to have a bad time.
That would also give more "weight" to symbolic objectives/morale victories alongside objective tactical targets.stubby wrote: What I think has more potential for BrikWars flavored strategy is a more story-focused game, where you hold battles and say "this is the effect the battle will have on the overarching plot" rather than strict resource accounting around "if you lose five units in this battle then you have five fewer units in the next battle." So I'm looking at story-driven games right now, although not really finding what I'm looking for yet. If I go this route, it'll be tricky to make it properly construction-brick-themed.
stubby wrote: Ideally I'd either like a system that gives the losing player the chance to pay a story price to bring his forces back up to parity for competitive battles, or I'd like a system that means a player could play a badly outgunned force in a losing battle and still have fun (probably because he knows it allowed his larger force to go off and do something more important).
Maybe something like in Rome: Total War? The tactical battles could still be fought by the standard rules, but then you'd have a certain amount of "strategic actions" you could take during the "seasons" in between (while in meatspace, the group takes a break to construct their new units and fortifications).


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Farmville Central�s boys basketball team left Wooten Gymnasium on Tuesday with its unbeaten record intact and a collective sigh of relief.
North Lenoir was left stunned.
LA GRANGE � Farmville Central�s boys basketball team left Wooten Gymnasium on Tuesday with its unbeaten record intact and a collective sigh of relief.
North Lenoir was left stunned.
Keyshaun Williams scored 24 points to lead four Jaguars players in double figures, and Farmville Central overcame a late eight-point deficit to defeat the Hawks 67-66 in a wild and crazy non-conference game with an even wilder ending.
�It came down to plays,� North Lenoir coach Anthony Loftin said. �We just couldn�t get it done.
�I hope we can learn from this. We�ve got Kinston Friday.�
Farmville Central (9-0) trailed by eight with 3:44 to play, but outscored North Lenoir (6-4), which saw its five-game winning streak snapped, 16-7 the rest of the way thanks to some unnecessary fouls by the Hawks and some poor offensive execution.
Josh Phillips, who scored 13 points, grabbed his 11th and final rebound on a missed free throw by Williams and was fouled on the putback. Phillips hit both free throws to cut into North Lenoir�s lead at 59-53 with 3:44 left.
From there the Jaguars methodically chipped their way back in, tying it at 61 on a pair of free throws by Williams with 1:40 to play.
A steal by Williams � his fifth of the game � turned into a monster dunk on the other end for the 6-foot-7 senior and gave his team a 63-61 lead it never gave up with 1:31 to go.
�This was the first time in nine games we�ve been down. I told my team I was proud of them. Every game we�ve led wire-to-wire this year,� Jaguars coach Larry Williford said. �Some guys made some plays. I give a lot of credit to our players. They stepped up and did a lot of things that you just can�t coach.�
North Lenoir managed to tie it one last time at 63 on a long jumper by Jauquaz Jones, who led the Hawks with 16 points, but Farmville Central hit 4 of 6 free throws down the stretch to hold on.
North Lenoir had a chance to make a play on the game�s final possession, but after missing out on an opportunity to steal the inbounds pass with 11 seconds left no one wearing a white and green jersey fouled, essentially letting the clock run out on the Jaguars� victory.
�Our guys expected to be fouled. I told them to expect to be fouled. High school basketball�s crazy. I mean, I�ve been in it 11 years and I�ve seen a lot of crazy stuff,� Williford said.
While Williford was able to coach his team back from a late hole, Loftin was able to do the same in the first quarter.
North Lenoir turned it over on its first six possessions and eight of its first nine before Reggie Rouse hit a jump shot at the 4:07 mark of the first quarter.
Farmville Central took advantage, building an early 14-3 lead while the Hawks missed their first seven shots. But North Lenoir closed the quarter with a 10-0 run that extended to 12 unanswered points in the second quarter to give the Hawks a lead they held until the game�s waning minutes.
The Jaguars tied it at 38 in the third period but North Lenoir used a 7-0 spurt to pull ahead 45-38 thanks to a 3-pointer by Braxton Davis with 1:52 remaining in the period.
Farmville Central took their first lead since 14-13 on a pair of free throws by Williams after a steal with 5:52 to play. The Hawks answered the 51-50 exchange with nine unanswered points, but couldn�t hold off the Jaguars down the stretch.
Williams added 12 rebounds for the Jaguars. Jake Ashorn and Josh Jones scored 12 points apiece for the visitors.
Davis had 14 and Billy Summers added 14 for North Lenoir, which fell at Farmville Central 67-57 earlier in the season.
�We�ll execute better next time,� Loftin said. �Williams was great. We couldn�t box him out, we couldn�t double team him, we couldn�t do nothing with him, and we tried. Farmville�s a good ballclub.
�It was an excellent high school basketball game. But I want to win the games like that, though.�
The Hawks snapped a six-game losing streak in routing the Jaguars.
Ta�Breia Foster scored a game-high 19 points and Quoya Porter added 10 for North Lenoir (2-8), which hadn�t won since defeating North Johnston on Nov. 27.
Destiny Foskey led Farmville Central (3-6) with 14 points and Stephany Williams added 10 for a Jaguars team that was outscored 37-14 in the second half.
The Hawks host Kinston on Friday.
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Farmville Central 14 13 13 27�67
North Lenoir 13 16 16 19�66
JAGUARS (9-0) � Keyshaun Williams 24, Josh Phillips 13, Jake Ashorn 12, Josh Jones 12, Foskey 3, Crandall 3, McCabe, L. Jones, Taylor, Norville, Davis.
HAWKS (6-4) � Jauquaz Jones 16, Braxton Davis 14, Billy Summers 14, Carlton 6, Troy 6, Rouse 5, Hough 3, K. Robinson 2, King, J. Robinson, Pridgen, Sutton.
Farmville Central 10 9 7 7�33
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JAGUARS (3-6) � Destiny Foskey 14, Stephany Williams 10, Allard 3, White 3, Rodgers 2, Joyner 1, Hopkins, Hood, Blackmore.
HAWKS (2-8) � Ta�Breia Foster 19, Quoya Porter 10, Lee 6, Haerer 6, Varnell 6, Bizzell 5, Kremer 4, Best 2, Supel, Murray, Howard.


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In a continued effort to expedite emergency disaster aid to areas hard hit by adverse weather conditions, Agriculture Secretary Ann M. Veneman has announced counties in Georgia, Minnesota, Pennsylvania and Virginia as disaster areas, making farmers and ranchers immediately eligible for USDA emergency (EM) farm loans due to crop losses.
"The Bush Administration continues to provide assistance to farmers and ranchers in an expedited manner," said Veneman. "This assistance will provide much needed relief to farmers who have suffered from losses due to natural disasters."
Bulloch, Emanuel, Laurens, Long, Pierce, Treutlen, Wayne and Wheeler Counties in Georgia were named as primary disaster areas on Aug. 7, 2002. Also eligible for assistance are the contiguous Georgia counties of Appling, Bacon, Bleckley, Brantley, Bryan, Burke, Candler, Dodge, Effingham, Evans, Glynn, Jeff Davis, Jefferson, Jenkins, Johnson, Liberty, McIntosh, Montgomery, Screven, Tattnall, Telfair, Toombs, Twiggs, Ware and Wilkinson.
On Aug. 8, 2002, the Virginia counties of Bedford, Orange and Rockbridge were named primary disaster areas. The following contiguous counties are also eligible for assistance: Albemarle, Alleghany, Amherst, Augusta, Bath, Bedford City, Botetourt, Buena Vista City, Campbell, Culpeper, Franklin, Greene, Lexington City, Louisa, Lynchburg City, Madison, Nelson, Pittsylvania, Roanoke and Spotsylvania.
Farmers in eligible counties have 8 months from the date of this declaration to apply for loans to help cover part of their actual losses. FSA will consider each loan application on its own merits, taking into account the extent of losses, security available and repayment ability.
USDA has a variety of programs available in addition to the EM program to help eligible farmers recover from adversity. Other USDA programs include the Emergency Conservation Program to help producers rehabilitate farmlands damaged by natural disasters; the Federal Crop Insurance program, which provides indemnities for production and revenue losses and the Non-insured Crop Disaster Assistance Program, which provides financial assistance to eligible producers affected by natural disasters. In addition, USDA has made available in areas suffering from weather-related natural disasters emergency haying and grazing of Conservation Reserve Program acreage.
Interested farmers may contact their local FSA offices for more information on eligibility requirements and application procedures. Additional information is also available online at: http://www.fsa.usda.gov/pas/disaster/assistance1.htm.


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Miley Cyrus shares raunchy new video from sick bed
MILEY CYRUS is courting more controversy from her sick bed by showing off her latest raunchy music video.
The We Can't Stop hitmaker is currently recovering from a severe allergic reaction to medication she was taking for a sinus infection, and she has been forced to cancel a host of concerts on her Bangerz world tour in the U.S. and Europe.
However, on Thursday (01May14) the pop star showed she is determined to stay in the headlines by uploading her latest music video to her YouTube.com account.
The promo features the singer naked except for a pair of black latex underwear with her nipples covered by strips of black tape.
The bondage-themed clip for her track Tongue Tied shows Cyrus blindfolded by strips of latex as she provocatively licks her lips and slathers her body with black paint.
Cyrus plans to resume her world tour with a show at London's O2 Arena on 6 May (14).


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Global foreign direct investment (FDI) inflows rose 16 per cent in 2011, surpassing the 2005–2007 pre-crisis level for the first time, despite the continuing effects of the global financial and economic crisis and the current debt crisis in Europe, UNCTAD's annual survey of investment trends reports.
The World Investment Report 20121 , subtitled "Towards a New Generation of Investment Policies", was released today.
A resurgence of economic uncertainty and the possibility of lower growth rates in major emerging markets risk undercutting FDI in 2012, the report contends. UNCTAD predicts the growth rate of FDI will slow in 2012, with flows levelling off at around $1.6 trillion. Leading indicators are suggestive of this trend, with the value of both cross-border mergers and acquisitions and greenfield investments retreating in the first five months of 2012.
UNCTAD projections for the medium term based on macroeconomic fundamentals continue to show FDI flows increasing at a moderate but steady pace, reaching $1.8 trillion in 2013 and $1.9 trillion in 2014, barring any macroeconomic shocks. Investor uncertainty on the course of economic events for this period is still high, with UNCTAD's annual survey of executives of transnational corporations (TNCs) finding that roughly half of respondents are either neutral or undecided about the state of the global investment climate in 2012.
The World Investment Report 2012 also finds that developing economies continued to account for nearly half of global FDI (45 per cent) in 2011 as their inflows reached a new record high, rising 11 per cent to $684 billion (see table). Inflows to transition economies accounted for another 6 per cent.; They increased during 2011 by 25 per cent.
Rising FDI to these economies was driven by a strong increase in flows to Asia and better-than-average growth in Latin America and the Caribbean and the transition economies. Flows to Africa, in contrast, continued to decline in 2011. The poorest countries remained in FDI recession, with flows to the least developed countries retreating 11 per cent to $15 billion. FDI is projected to continue to rise in both developing and transition economies overall, reaching, respectively, $720 billion and $100 billion in 2012, and increasing to between $760 billion–$930 billion for developing countries and $110 billion–$150 billion for transition economies by 2014 (see table).
FDI from developed countries rose sharply in 2011 – by 25 per cent – to reach $1.24 trillion. All three major developed-economy investor blocs – the European Union, North America and Japan – contributed to this increase. FDI from the United States was driven by a record level of reinvested earnings, as TNCs built on their foreign cash holdings. The rise in FDI outflows from the European Union was driven by cross-border mergers and acquisitions. An appreciating yen improved the purchasing power of Japanese TNCs, resulting in a doubling of their FDI outflows, with net purchases of mergers and acquisitions in North America.
Additional major trends in global FDI in 2011:
• Greenfield investment projects, which had declined in value terms for two straight years, held steady in 2011 at $904 billion. Cross-border mergers and acquisitions rose 53 per cent in 2011 to $526 billion, spurred by a rise in the number of megadeals (those with a value over $3 billion) to 62 in 2011, up from 44 in 2010. Although the growth in global FDI flows in 2011 was driven in large part by cross-border mergers and acquisitions, the total project value of greenfield investments remains significantly higher than that of cross-border mergers and acquisitions, as has been the case since the financial crisis.
• Primary-sector and service-sector FDI picked up after two years of decline. Service-sector FDI, which reached $570 billion in 2011, saw its rebound driven by increased activity in utilities (electricity, gas and water) and transportation and communications. Primary-sector investment, which reached $200 billion, was boosted by strong commodity prices and industry consolidation. The sectoral distribution of projects indicates that the share of both sectors rose slightly at the expense of manufacturing.
• Foreign affiliates' economic activity rose in 2011 across all major indicators of international production. During the year, foreign affiliates employed an estimated 69 million workers globally, who generated $28 trillion in sales and $7 trillion in value added.
Record cash holdings by TNCs, estimated at between $4 trillion and $5 trillion, have so far not translated into sustained growth in investment levels. Data on the largest 100 TNCs shows that during the global financial crisis they cut capital expenditures in productive assets and acquisitions (especially foreign acquisitions) in favour of holding cash. Cash levels for these 100 firms alone stood at $1 trillion in 2011, of which an estimated $105 billion was additional – above the level suggested by average pre-crisis cash holdings. Although recent figures suggest that the capital expenditures of these firms on productive assets and acquisitions are picking up, the additional cash they hold is still not being fully deployed. This current cash overhang may fuel a future surge in FDI. Projecting the experience of the top 100 TNCs over the estimated $5 trillion in total TNC cash holdings suggests that these firms may be holding back more than $500 billion in investable funds, or around one third of global FDI flows, the Report says.
The UNCTAD FDI attraction index, which measures the success of economies in attracting FDI (in total and in relation to their size), features eight developing and transition economies in the top 10, compared with only four a decade ago (see figure 1). Newcomers in 2011 to the top ranks include Ireland and Mongolia. Just outside the top 10, a number of countries saw sustained improvements in their rankings, including Peru and Ghana, both of which have improved their rankings in each of the last six years.
The UNCTAD FDI contribution index – introduced for the first time in the World Investment Report 2012 – ranks economies on the basis of the significance of FDI and foreign affiliates for their economies in terms of value added, employment, wages, tax receipts, exports, research and development expenditures and capital formation. According to this year's index, the host economy with the largest contribution by FDI is Hungary, followed by Belgium and the Czech Republic.
Table 1 - Summary of econometric results on medium-term basêline scenarios of FDI flows, by region (Billions of dollars)
Source: UNCTAD, World Investment Report 2012
Figure 1 - FDI Attraction index: top 10 economies, 2011
Source: UNCTAD, World Investment Report 2012
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I can't get with that
I gotta keep it thick, never miss, so I hit 'em like this
[Verse 1]
Straight to the track my lyrics is phat I rip it the fuck down
More than a fluke I'm regularly wreckin this shit so what now
So many brothers be bitin' they tongue to detect who I be
Well check out the J check out the A check out the Y.... Z
Original rap I'm makin it slap I'm hemmin it up like that
Stringin it, slangin it, swingin it fat, bring it back
I be that nigga with a gat boom-clack
Don't ever sweat it when I go, I zoom back
Better than ever, never better, you better, whatever
I suggest some Ex-Lax and that'll get your shit together
I give you a snotty nose from body blows
Nobody's safe at a party even Gotti goes adios
I got-got-got Flav-flav-flav-flavor so save yours
One verse and it's a hearse I played and I slayed yours
Get it, got it, ready to flip, I doubt it
No need to prolong, Jigga the man, gone!
I'm out
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[Verse 2]
The next nigga never get no rest you're livin' with stress
Cause just around the corner be the best nigga
You're fearin my clout if weed got you runnin' your mouth
You better blow that shit out
The Jigga's back you niggas are flat
I'll amaze the way that Jay rap now how in the hell did he say that?
You diggin' me the epitome of rippin' it raw
You kiddin' me no nigga that rap gettin' bigger than me
Although ya niggas are wettin' my style I'm still thristy
And we all gotta fall off but you first G
I'll be the last it'll be a cold day in hell
Before you see me Sauce and Jaz chillin with your wack ass
We break shit and harmony like Take 6
While you niggas double pumped off the fake shit
Our Roc-A-Fella never sell-a-out
Brothers who don't have the heart you better tell your mouth nigga
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[Verse 3]
I don't kick it I punt it I'm so wicked you want it?
My tongue's just tired from lickin' my fingers and countin' up hundreds
So I bought a money machine and it goes
A tat-tit-trrrrrrr-at-tit-trrrrrt-at-tit-tit-Git-Dough
How many styles I gotta kick to prove I'm def?
I can even-kick my--rip that-shit-and catch a breath
I'm nicer than a bitch, ask this nigga Dash
Now he don't count cause I'm makin his ass rich
This nigga's nothin but the truth
Many view Jay-Z as a threat to they loot.. fuck 'em
My shit is tight, can't slip, gotta grip
Like a pit in a dog fight my shit is aight
I ain't checkin' for you 'less you my peoples
And just in case you didn't know peep the steelo
It goes one dime for your mind
And two bone crushers for your spine
Cause none of ya game is rougher than mine
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"I Can't Get Wit That" is the B-side to JAY-Z's 1995 single "In My Lifetime." Producer DJ Clark Kent provided some background information about the track in an interview with Complex:
I made a beat, that I didn't think he would want, and he walked in and heard it and said, "Yo, let that play." He sat around, bobbed his head, walked out of the room, came back, and was like, "I'm ready, let's do it."


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Introducing: Haverford's Climate Action Plan
A month ago the Haverford Board of Managers approved the college's Climate Action Plan. The plan is a huge step towards reducing the college's carbon footprint because it clearly outlines the current carbon emissions, the best strategies for mitigation of emissions over time, and methods to track the progress of these mitigation efforts over time.
By far the largest contribution to emissions is purchased electricity, which is responsible for nearly 50% of the college's total emissions. Strategies for mitigation include improving the efficiency of utilities, modernizing heating infrastructure and installing renewable energy systems on campus.
You can check out the plan for yourself on CER's website under "News and Updates."


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VERNON � The Vernon City Council approved Christmas bonuses for city employees Monday night at the November council meeting.
VERNON � The Vernon City Council approved Christmas bonuses for city employees Monday night at the November council meeting.
Council chairwoman Tina Sloan said that last year the employees received a $200 bonus, but this year she would like to see that increased.
�I would like to see them get $500,� Sloan said. �That was the same thing I wanted last year.� She said the council last year waited on approving the bonuses and the employees wound up only getting $200.
Council member Byron Biddle asked if the topic could be tabled until the next workshop.
�We won�t have time to get them to them by Christmas if we wait,� Sloan said.
Biddle made a motion that employees receive a $300 Christmas bonus. Sloan asked if the city�s two supervisors could get $500 bonuses, since they had not received raises this year, and Biddle amended his motion. The bonuses were approved unanimously.
City Clerk Dian Hendrix also informed the council that the Vernon Fire Department security system was in need of an upgrade, and requested approval for $3,000 for the improvements. �We bought a new computer for the system, but it was so old it didn�t work with the new computer.�
The council approved the request.
Vernon resident Bill Dobbins asked the council to look into collecting Department of Transportation contingency funds on the Highway 79 bridge project, which has gone nearly a year over schedule.
�I think there are funds there that the city can recoup from the DOT, because of the construction company being behind schedule. There are fines and contingency funds that will just go back to the DOT.�
The council also learned that the DOT�s check for the old Washington County Canning Center building had been received by the city. The property was purchased from the city for $158,500 and the city is in the process of getting the equipment moved out of the canning center and into storage.
Also, Vernon�s annual Christmas Parade will be held at 1 p.m. Saturday, Dec.8.
The Grand Marshal will be �honorary citizen of Vernon� Brent Heard.
Line-up will be held at 12:30 p.m. at the track behind City Hall. Anyone wishing to be in the parade should contact City Hall at 535-2444.
Refreshments will be served in the Community Center and Santa Claus is scheduled to make an appearance as well.


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Don't fall for Ga. 400 speeding ticket phone scam | Crime
ROSWELL, Ga. -- Last Friday night, Bill Cooper of Roswell got a phone call from a man claiming to be a lieutenant with the Fulton County Sheriff's Office.
The caller said he had a photo of Cooper's car speeding through the Georgia 400 toll booth.
"He persisted in his claim that they were going to send somebody out to arrest me unless I gave him a credit card number so he could put a $242 fine down," Cooper told 11Alive News on Monday.
But Cooper smelled a rat. He knew the Georgia 400 toll booths have cameras to see if people have paid to go through, but they do NOT photograph speeders. What's more, he wasn't even driving on the road when the caller claimed the photo was taken.
"The more I kept him on the line, the more I realized that he was feeding me a line of bull," Cooper said.
He didn't fall for it, but Roswell Police reports show 17 people complained about similar speeding ticket phone calls over the weekend, and some did give out credit card or bank account information.
Investigators believe there could be many more victims who didn't realize it was a scam.
"The police never will call people up and demand payment over the phone for anything," Roswell Police Officer Lisa Holland told 11Alive.
She urged anyone getting a similar call to contact Roswell Police at 770-640-4100.
Even though he didn't fall for it, Cooper said the scammers were persistent.
"The Friday night call targeted me; the call we got last night about 7:15 targeted my wife," he added.
He and his wife didn't fall for that one either.
Cooper gave the same warning police always give out to avoid such scams.
"Never, never, never give out personal information over the telephone or online unless you know exactly who you're talking to," he added.
That's never, never, NEVER.
Officer Holland advised anyone getting such a call to get as much information from the caller, including a name and a possible call back number, and then contact the police.
She also pointed out that any questions about tickets, fines or traffic court can be obtained directly from those agencies.


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A robbery suspect was arrested Saturday (Aug. 6) after he barricaded himself in the bathroom of a Mountain View apartment on Latham Street in an attempt to escape pursuing officers, a spokeswoman with the Mountain View Police Department said. Two other men were arrested and charged with aiding in the robbery.
The victim, a 57-year-old Mountain View woman, was walking in the 500 block of South Rengstorff Avenue at about 4:34 p.m. when a man approached her and ripped her gold necklace from her neck, got into the back of a green Nissan Quest van and drove away, according to Liz Wylie, public information officer for the Mountain View police.
The victim called 911 about 10 minutes later, Wylie said. While she was talking to a police officer near the scene of the robbery, a green Nissan Quest van drove by; the van was promptly stopped by police officers near the intersection of Latham Street and Escuela Avenue.
The suspected robber bolted from the van. Two other other men in the van -- Alexander Avalos and Miguel Zamora, both age 19 -- stayed put and were arrested without incident on charges of aiding the robbery, Wylie said.
The suspect was chased into an apartment complex at 1970 Latham St., Wylie said. As police searched, some residents of the complex told officers that someone had entered their apartment and locked himself in their bathroom.
Antonio Sotelo-Lozano, 18, was located with the help of a police dog and arrested without further incident, Wylie said. The victim's necklace was found in his shoe and she identified him as the one who had stolen it.
Sotelo-Lozano was also identified by a woman who had been robbed of her necklace in a similar fashion on July 30, Wylie said. In that incident, a man approached a 25-year-old woman while she walked on Latham Street, snatched her necklace and got away in a waiting pickup truck.
Sotelo-Lozano, who is from East Palo Alto, was booked into county jail on two counts of robbery, one count of conspiracy to commit robbery and one count of resisting or delaying an officer.
Avalos, of East Palo Alto, was arrested for one count of robbery, one count of conspiracy to commit robbery and for violating the terms of his probation, which he is serving in Santa Clara County for a prior burglary. Zamora, another East Palo Altan, was arrested for one count of robbery and one count of conspiracy to commit robbery.
Wylie said that the police department "greatly appreciated" the family telling officers that Sotelo-Lozano was hiding in their bathroom. "It is not uncommon for community members to feel fearful of reporting crimes to police," Wylie said. "It is because of the brave actions of these community members that the main suspect was taken into custody safely and before any other people could become victims."
The investigation is ongoing, Wylie said, and police believe others may have been involved, as a pickup truck, not a van, was used as a getaway vehicle in the previous robbery.
"The MVPD is also concerned there may have been similar robberies that were never reported to police," said the police press release.
Another necklace July 7 robbery was reported in which a young man took a woman's necklace from her by force while she sat outside her home on Latham Street. In that incident, the robber fled on foot.
Anyone who has information on this, or was a victim of a similar robbery, is asked to contact the MVPD at 650-903-6344. People may call anonymously.


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The University of Chicago Medicine Comprehensive Cancer Center at Silver Cross Hospital's Continuing Medical Education Series Targets Physicians, Physician Assistants and Nurse Practitioners
New Lenox, IL (Nov. 23, 2013)— Presented by Silver Cross CME program and the University of Chicago Medicine, the Gastrointestinal Cancer CME series reviews the latest advances in cancer diagnosis, staging and treatment in pancreatic, colorectal and esophageal cancers. Designed for physicians, physician assistants and nurse practitioners, this series demonstrates how the coordination between different specialists can improve the quality of care and outcomes for cancer patients.
Brooke E. Phillips, MD, clinical associate, University of Chicago Medicine will moderate the December 5 session on esophageal cancer with participating faculty from Silver Cross Hospital and the University of Chicago Medicine. This event will conclude the series which also featured discussions on pancreatic and colorectal cancers.
The session will take place at Cooper's Hawk Winery and Restaurant located at 15690 S. Harlem Avenue in Orland Park, from 6:30 to 9 p.m. Dinner will be provided. The registration fee per session is $25 for physicians; $15 for physician assistants and nurse practitioners; and complimentary for residents, students and fellows. Participants will receive 2.0 AMA PRA Category 1 Credits™ per each live activity. Physicians should claim only the credit commensurate with the extent of their participation in the activity. Silver Cross Hospital is accredited by the Illinois State Medical Society. For more information or to register to attend, visit cme.uchospitals.edu/silver-cross.
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Silver Cross Hospital is a not-for-profit health care provider serving Will County and southwest suburban communities since 1895. Silver Cross has been recognized as a Thomson Reuters 100 Top Hospitals National Award winner for seven consecutive years and as a Hospital of Choice by the American Alliance of Healthcare Providers. With over 3,500 employees, physicians and volunteers, Silver Cross operates a 289-bed acute care hospital and 9 satellite facilities providing outpatient services and physician offices. Silver Cross opened a state-of-the-art replacement hospital on February 26, 2012 at I-355 and Route 6 in New Lenox. To learn more about Silver Cross Hospital or a referral to a physician on staff, visit silvercross.org or call 1-888-660-HEAL (4325).
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The University of Chicago is home to world-class medical, research and teaching facilities where innovation has been a hallmark for decades. University of Chicago physician-scientists performed the first organ transplant and the first bone marrow transplant in animal models, the first successful living-donor liver transplant, the first hormone therapy for cancer and the first successful application of cancer chemotherapy. Its researchers also discovered REM sleep and were the first to describe several of the stages of sleep. Twelve of the 87 Nobel Prize winners associated with the University of Chicago have received the award for discoveries related to biology or medicine.


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There is only one thing wrong with our perfect retreat now... there's only one more cache left on the island for me to find!
So I thought that I'd write this post as my "How to Cache Texada Island" entry. If you are planning a trip to this wonderful place and you want to do some caching this should help.
There are 12 caches on the island and there isn't one that I wouldn't recommend. But first you need to get there. If you're coming from the Lower Mainland of BC and you'd like to cache along the way you probably want to do a couple of pocket queries for the trip. You are most welcome to use my public query. It's called "Horseshoe Bay to Powell River." It will give you every traditional cache that is within 2.5km of the 101 Highway.
The trip to Texada is a beautiful road trip but it's also a long one. As the crow flies it would be pretty short but, well where in BC can you travel as the crow flies?
You'll need to take three ferries, one from Horseshoe Bay to Langdale... then drive about an hour to Earl's Cove where you'll take a 40 minute ferry ride to Saltery Bay. One more 30 minute drive to Powell River and you're almost there. A 35 minute ferry ride to Blubber Bay brings you to Texada Island, the Emerald Island. Welcome.
1. The very first cache is GCRMDY - Blubber Bay. This cache is just a few metres from the ferry terminal in some large boulders. Save it for when your waiting in the line-up for your ferry ride home.
2. The next cache is GC1C1QR - Texada Geo Guide. This is the cache that you want to grab first. It's absolutely brilliant in that it has a printed guide for every cache on the island. I really think we need one like this for the lower mainland! Kudos to Batwinged Hamburger Snatcher for coming up with this great idea. Perfect for the cacher that doesn't have any time to waste in an area that they may not know very well.
3. Glass Beach - GCXZPW, is next and it is one of my all time favourite caches. In 5 years of caching I've never enjoyed a site more than this spot... not so much for the scenery, which was awesome, but for how this spot touched me in a personal way. You can read more about my experience at this cache here. Don't miss this one.
4. After Glass Beach is a multi GCW6D8 - Nearly Cache a Woozle. This one involves about a 20 minute hike so I'm sorry to say that we had be putting it off, every year we'd say we'd get this one next year! But this last trip was the time and we found it on a beautiful cold day and so glad we did. What a great cache and why did we put it off? Make sure to pay attention to all the pink flagging tape. Once we got to the cache site we had a special treat - about 50 sea lions playing in the bay! It was awesome.
5. GCVEE4 is called Texada's First Macro. The view from this spot is wonderful and the history lesson is well done. Just make sure you don't drop the cache.
6. Turtle's Rock is the only cache we haven't attempted so I guess my advice for this one will have to wait until next year.
7. Pocohontas Bay - GCRTX8 is next. What a beautiful drive through green forest down to the ocean, though it is best taken with a 4x4. Follow the directions on the cache page and you'll have no trouble. Make sure to take your camera as we saw many birds at this spot.
8. Post to Post - GC11WW0 is a very well done multi that begins at the RCMP detachment at Gillies Bay. Stage 1 begins at some some great local artwork and then stage 2 & 3 are just a short walk away. The final is in a great container and was fun to find.
9 & 10. After caching in Gillies Bay travel down the road a bit to Shelter Point Park to find the next two caches. Gnomes Shelter - GCR2G1 & The Boardroom GC11RY9 are on the great trail in this park. You'll see amazingly huge old growth trees along the way. I was in awe. After finding these two caches make sure to take some time to go down to the beach. The beaches on this part of the island are made almost entirely of small pea size pebbles. When it's quiet the waves on shore make a beautiful tinkling sound. And if you're very observant you may find a Texada Island flower rock. This is the only place in the world where you can find one.
11. As far as I'm concerned Lily's Lookoff - GCVKFR has the best view of all the island caches. Take your 4x4 and don't forget your camera.
12. Cache Anything Bob? - GCVKF9, at Bob's Lake, is a great place to camp if you don't mind Forestry Campsites and/or a perfect spot for a picnic. We sure enjoyed this cache... beautiful spot, even in January and a great drive to get there. The hiding spot was a bit of a challenge but if you use your geosenses, or you bring along your eagle-eyed hubby like I did, you should have no trouble. Just look for the inukshuk, hopefully he's still there when you are.
And that's it. 12 wonderful reasons to visit Texada Island. We hope you enjoy your visit as much as we have enjoyed our visits. Can't wait to go back.


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November 30, 2010 RockMelt Browser: First Impressions
RockMelt was introduced to me through word of mouth from a colleague at my agency. The message was simply put that I should check it out and from the link I was given, it seemed worth doing, after all it is designed for social media, sharing and keeping up with the gazillion updates from RSS feeds.
It is an amazing concept. Molding multiple elements into one browser. But first thing is first: What is it?
RockMelt is essentially a beefed up Google Chrome with nice bells and whistles. It supports awesome functions like drag and drop sharing to Facebook friends which are on your left-side bar, making it easier to share with the people you care about. One the right-side bar, there are the sites that you subscribe to and show how many updates are unread and give you a pop up notification for each notification. If you prefer to not get pop ups notification for each subscription, you can easily change it. Take a look at the differences:
I want to bring up a few things that I noticed at first about RockMelt, I want to mention that I have only had this for a couple of days so it would be fair to do a follow up post later on.
Pro: One can easily drag and drop text, links, photos on Facebook friends. You can also share pages via Facebook and Twitter.
Con: Limited to Facebook and Twitter sharing.
Recommendations: Allow the user to pick and choose which networks to share to (Digg, Stumble Upon, WordPress, email etc…)
Pro: Organized and simple individual feeds from multiple sites that you subscribe to such as Twitter, Facebook, Blogs, Websites. Also, if you are viewing a page that has an available RSS feed to subscribe to, it will notify you and you can quickly add it to your right-side bar.
Con: None so far. However, I should note that the user should experiment to get a feel for how you are updated, updates can be come very cluttered.
Recommendations: Maybe allow for groups or lists
Pro: I use Google Chrome as my main browser so it was an easy switch. It is easy to share and effortless to customize who I wanted on my Facebook bar (left-side bar) and what subscriptions I wanted (right-side bar).
Con: I have noticed there are a few minor bugs with the browser. I have had a few lock-ups but not sure if it was the browser's fault or me over-experimenting with the functionality. Again, minor and not constant. Many new things are not flawless, a few minor bugs are acceptable. They will probably be fixed soon.
Recommendations: New features to merge with tools to adapt to the constant change of the web, BUT, give the user the ability to turn on/off features or customize which ones to use.
Pro: If you are a blogger, social media guru, journalist, or any profession in communication, this is very useful.
Con: If you are a student, this is very distracting, but you should have the maturity to avoid the distractions or turn them off if you are trying to type a 10,000 word thesis…
Recommendations: A practical browser is always a simple one. I recommended above with new features, but make sure they don't clout the browser, unless you want to change your position on the "browser".
RockMelt is in a good direction. With the development of the Semantic web, RockMelt saw this great opportunity and approached it beautifully. The next steps will be to keep up with the developments in technology. I have not looked at other browsers such as Flock or Fizzik, so I can not say which is better. What I can tell you is, the one that sets trend changes will be the best. Much like Clay Shirky said about "when we change the way we communicate, we change society", if we change the way we surf the web, we change how we interact.
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Well, we have had many many wonderful months in this great epistle written by James to a group of scattered Jews who name the name of Christ. And we return tonight for our last look at this wonderful epistle. The echoes of it are still in my heart and mind. I read it through a couple of times again this week as I prepared to bring the final message, just so that I would have fixed again in my own heart the fullness of the message that James has to bring. And it would certainly be my hope and prayer that though we have completed our preaching on James, you have only begun your study and the usefulness of this wonderful epistle in your life.
I'm going to be away for the next couple of Lord's days, ministering in other places. When I come back we'll begin a new book, I'm still a little unsettled as to what specifically yet the Lord is directing, but you'll know when I get back. But for now, it's enough to finish this wonderful epistle.
Let's look together at verses 19 and 20. Look at your Bible and let me read them to you. "My brethren, if any among you strays from the truth and one turns him back, let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death and will cover a multitude of sins."
We've entitled the message, "Saving a soul from death." These two verses are a fitting conclusion to this wonderful epistle because they express the objective of James' entire letter. His entire letter is intended to convert the sinner from the error of his way, to save his soul from death and to cover his sin in forgiveness. In that sense the epistle is evangelistic, have we not learned that? And its evangelistic emphasis is primarily directed at a person who is within the assembly of the church, who outwardly names the name of Christ but inwardly is lost, who has a form of godliness, to put it in Paul's terms, but no reality, no power. The epistle is written like John's epistle was, to confront the assembly of professing Christians and call them to examine their profession to see if it's a real faith, or a dead faith producing nothing.
In other words, James wants to be sure that no one is deceived about their salvation. The Lord Himself first prompted the thought in Matthew 7 when He said, "Many will say unto Me in that day, Lord, Lord, and I will then profess unto them, Depart from Me, I never knew you." And with that the Lord introduced the thought that there will be people who will name His name, preach His message, who will even in His name do wonderful things, but will not be genuine Christians.
And so James writes here almost an echo of the Savior, to call for a genuine real living saving faith, for he too faces the frightening and tragic reality that in all generations there are those who are soil in which no fruit is ever produced. There are those who outwardly seem to respond but no transformation of heart ever takes place. James points up again to us that there are tares mingled within the wheat. The false are sown in the same field with the true. There are professors who are not possessors, there are hearers who are not doers. That's his message.
The objective of the letter then takes the form of a series of tests by which you can evaluate your faith. There is your response to trials in chapter 1, your response to temptation, your response to the Word of God. How do you respond to the standard of holiness? How do you respond to all kinds of people? How do you respond to righteous works, righteous deeds? What kind of speech comes out of your mouth, chapter 3? What kind of wisdom is characteristic of your life? Again chapter 3. What is your response to the world? Do you love the world? Are you a friend of the world? What is your attitude toward self? Are you proud or humble? What is your attitude toward God's will?
He comes in to chapter 5, what is your attitude toward riches? And what is your attitude in chapter 5 verse 12 toward speaking the truth as opposed to lying, making vows you never intend to keep? All of these are tests by which you measure your faith to see whether it's real or not.
And in the heart of this wonderful epistle there is an invitation to salvation. Do you remember it? Chapter 4, look at it for a moment. Verse 7, "Submit therefore to God," that's the first of a series of ten commands that he gives. "Submit therefore to God, resist the devil and he will flee from you, draw near to God and He will draw near to you. Cleanse your hands, you sinners, and purify your hearts, you double-minded. Be miserable and mourn and weep, let your laughter be turned in to mourning and your joy to gloom. Humble yourselves in the presence of the Lord, and He will exalt you." There is the invitation that ought to be outlined as the focal point of this epistle. And here he calls for a true salvation. In verse 6 he says God is opposed to the proud but gives grace to the humble.
And so James in the very heart of his epistle gives an evangelistic invitation and cries out and says, "Submit yourselves to God." If you've taken the test and failed, resist the devil and he'll flee, draw near to God, cleanse your hands, purify your hearts, be afflicted, mourn, weep, laughter--let it be turned to mourning and joy to heaviness, or gloom. Humble yourselves. In other words, bow the knee to Christ. Come to a real salvation.
So, you see, the epistle is clear-cut, it's evangelistic. It calls for salvation and self-examination. He calls on those who name the name of Christ to be sure they are genuine.
Now as he closes at the end of chapter 5, he has one more salvation appeal. But this time he's not calling to the unsaved, as he did in chapter 4, he's calling to the Christians to pursue the unsaved. This is a call to evangelism. This is a call to the believers to do evangelism in the church. Did you get that? I mean, the assumption of the epistle is that there are people who are in the church who are associated with the church and identified with the church but they're not genuine, right? They have dead faith that produces nothing. They fail the test. He speaks to them in 4:6 to 10 and says, "Come to true faith." And here at the end he says,"A"And you that have true faith, pursue those others." If you look at some of them and you see that they fail the test, then pursue them in the name of Christ. "My brother...brethren, if any among you strays from the truth and one turns him back, let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his soul from death, and will cover a multitude of sins." And wouldn't you like to do that on behalf of a sinner? That's what he's saying here.
Let's look at these two verses. He says, "Brethren," he uses it many times in this epistle, many times over. He uses it to refer to those who are his brothers in the flesh, Jews. And he uses it to those who are his brothers in Christ, who name the name of Christ. The use of the word "brethren" is general then. You who are my brethren, in terms of our common heritage nationally, you who are my brethren in that you also name the name of Christ...but it doesn't mean that there aren't necessarily some within that term"brethren" who are not genuine. It doesn't eliminate the reality that some of the brothers were only brothers outwardly and not at heart. And so we don't need to assume that because he says "my brethren" he is therefore talking exclusively to Christians throughout the epistle. I believe he is focusing here on those who are going to go out because they're genuine and turn the hearts of those who are false around. And so he uses the word "my" brethren, and draws them in to an intimate...a more intimate circle. That stands first in a sentence only here and in chapter 2 verse 1 and in each case it indicates a sharp break in the thought. So I take it that there's a sharp break in thought between verse 18 and verse 19, so do most of the translators, that's why they make a paragraph at verse 19. There's no connective link connecting the last two verses with the prior passage to make them one thought, so we assume that this is his final thought. It's another thought. It's not unrelated to the flow of thought, but it's another thought. That is, he is not still speaking about the need for the elders of the church to be involved in praying for the weak and the weary Christians and those who have been persecuted for the faith, he's not doing that any more. He is now moving on to another group of people. He has spoken about how the weary and the weak are to come and the elders are to pray and the whole congregation is to uphold one another in prayer and care and compassion. And now he moves away from how the elders and the believers are to treat each other to how the believers are to treat those in their fellowship who fail the test of genuine faith. How do you deal with those who are showing up to be unbelievers in your fellowship?
And I think another dividing line, notice verse 19, "My brethren, if any among you..." did you see that? Go back to verse 13 and see how it begins. Verse 13 begins like this, "Is anyone among you...?" And he talks about those who suffer and tells them to pray. Then he moves to another category, verse 14, "Is anyone among you weary?" And he talks about those who are weary and weak under persecution and distress and how the elders are to care for them. Now in verse 19, "If any among you..." introduces a third category and that's the key phrase to let us know that he is dealing with a third category. In verse 13 it was the believer who suffers. In verse 14, the believer who needs spiritual strength to be infused through the prayer of righteous men. And now in verse 19 the one who claimed to be a believer but departs and needs to be drawn back to true salvation by the rest of the fellowship. This person then emerges in James' thought at the end of the list because really he's the theme of the whole letter. The whole letter is a calling to those whose faith is less than genuine to come to true faith.
The final instruction then sort of descends through those categories. Verse 13, we care for ourselves. Verse 14, we care for the weak among us. And verse 19, we care for others who are lost. He's not here calling on the readers to examine themselves, he is calling on the readers to pursue those people who have in their eyes failed the test.
You say, "Well, John, be more specific, what do you mean?" He's talking about the ministry of going after people who give evidence of not being genuinely saved. Do you know any people like that in the church? Do you know people who used to come here to church with you, they don't come anymore? They've turned their back. Do you know people who used to talk about honoring Christ and are now living in overt sin? Do you know people who used to say that they belonged to the Lord who now deny the faith and have joined a cult, or another religious system, or totally deny the faith? Someone was telling me the other day about a young lady who was very active in our church who is presently gone, once nothing to do with the church, nothing to do with Christ, and is living with a man who is not her husband. Do you know people like that? Those are the people who have failed the test. Now not all of them have failed it to the extreme where it's so very apparent that their faith is questionable, but this is the issue here. It's these kinds of people that James is concerned about.
The epistle then comes to the heart of the one who is less than genuine and it comes to the hearts of those who are genuine but who care about those who are less than genuine. This is a call for evangelism. This is a call for evangelism in the church.
Now how can we identify these people? How can we identify the people and help them? Let me give you several points...number one, the evidence. We have to understand the evidence. Before we can help someone we've got to look at the evidence and see if they're genuine or not. To identify the lost person we need some evidence, so look at verse 19. "My brethren, if anyone among you strays from the truth and one turns him back," let's stop at that first phrase.
"My brethren," again is an all-encompassing statement referring to the whole church..."if anyone among you shows that they weren't genuine, strays from the truth..." now there's the first evidence. That's a possibility phrase in the Greek. It means it's likely to happen. The word "to stray" is planetes from which we get planet which was a wandering body. It means to reject, to go astray, to apostatize, to wander. The term is used in Scripture many many times to refer to physical wandering and many times to refer to spiritual drifting. And frequently it is used to refer to the condition of the unsaved. The unsaved are said to wander, or stray.
And I don't want to take the time to show you every indication of that but in Matthew 22 for example, 29, "Jesus answered and said to them, You are mistaken, not understanding the Scriptures or the power of God." And He uses that very same word. The condition of the unsaved...you don't understand the Scripture, you don't understand the power of God, you've strayed away, you've wandered away.
In Titus chapter 3 and verse 3, another verse, familiar one to us, "For we also once were foolish ourselves, disobedient, deceived..." and there is that same word, literally led astray, led off to wander away from reality and slave to lusts and pleasures and spending our life in evil and envy, hateful and hating one another. And the word is used many times with reference to those in an unsaved condition. Now these are the people then who have claimed to believe for a while and then come to a place where they just wander away from the truth. They now reject the will of God. They act contrary to the will of God. They willfully rebel against the truth. They're described throughout the epistle to the Hebrews. They are those who have heard everything but have a heart hardened against belief, mentioned in chapter 3...chapter 4. They're like those in chapter 6 who having once been enlightened and tasting the heavenly gift turn their back and fall away and reject Christ. They're like those in chapter 10 verse 29 who trample under their feet the blood of the covenant, counting it an unholy thing. These are the wanderers. Those who stray away.
By the way, the same Greek term is used in the Septuagint which is the Greek Old Testament, to refer to transgressions of the law, especially idolatry. It is so used in Isaiah 9:15, Jeremiah 23:17, Ezekiel 33:10, 34:4 and Proverbs 14:8...there it refers to one who transgresses God's law and goes after idols.
Now I'm saying all of this to let you know that this word is used frequently to refer to an unsaved person who has strayed away from God's truth. Now what does it mean to stray from the truth? What does he mean when he says, "If any of you strays from the truth,"? Well, the truth is the gospel, the gospel truth. James in chapter 3 verse 14 talked about lying against the truth. In chapter 1 verse 18, he talked about the fact that we were brought forth by the Word of truth. And when James speaks of the truth he's referring to the Word of God, the message of salvation primarily, or the gospel. That's the word of truth. This is an aorist passive tense which seems to indicate the fact of straying without reference to the process. This is a person who has gone away from the truth. Then the first evidence of a false faith is departure from the gospel truth. What do you mean? They reject the gospel...they go away from the Word of God. They depart doctrinally.
I'll never forget a young man in our church, his name was Steve. Very active in the church and all of a sudden somebody told me he became a Mormon. I absolutely was shocked beyond my wildest imagination with this young man, I never ever dreamed that his faith was false. And I'll never forget going to his house where he was having a meeting with the Mormon bishops and walking in the door and doing my best to throw the Mormon bishops out of the building, not physically but verbally so that I could talk to him and confront him before he carried on any further. And I was so shocked that he would go away from the truth and embrace the fact that Jesus was not God as if it were truth. The Mormon fact, not a true fact. People wander from the truth. That's why Jesus said if you continue in My Word, John 8:31, you're My real disciple.
So, there are people who will wander from the truth. That is not characteristic of a true Christian. A true Christian is never going to reject the truth of the gospel, is that not right? A true Christian is not going to deny Jesus Christ. A true Christian is not going to say that Jesus is not God. A true Christian is not going to speak against the saving gospel. They may fall in to sin, they may fall in to iniquity and disobedience, but they are not going to wander away from the saving truth. So the first evidence that somebody who once was around and claimed Christ is not genuine is if they deny the truth. Do you know anybody like that? Think about it. Do you know anybody like that? Can you think of anybody who is now denying the truth? Rejecting Christ and His gospel who was once a part?
And there's a second thing. Would you notice also verse 20, it says, "Let him that he...let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way," here's the second characteristic, the second evidence. The first thing is the people who aren't genuine wander away from the truth...the second thing is they get in to the error of their way. Now what does that mean? Error...it's from the same verb form as wander, it's a noun from the same root. It means basically they have gone in to error, they have gone into rejection. But the key to this concept is the phrase "his way."H"His way" simply means his own life style, his own pattern of living, his own path, his own kind of life...that's the idea. So the first thing you look for is an errant theology, the second thing you look for is an errant life style. Those are the evidences.
And if you see a person like that you know they have gone away. They have wandered, errant living may be the clearest evidence of devil faith, non-saving dead faith. So look for someone who has denied the substance of the gospel message or who is living a life style that is a rejection of the principles of the Word of God. That's what the word "error" means, rejection. Truth and virtue go together and falsehood and corruption go together. His way, his own self-styled living patterns.
There are people who name the name of Christ. They claim to believe but they wander away and choose to live a life style in defiance to what the Lord has said. We do this...we do this discipline matter at the Lord's table month after month after month here in our church and inevitably we deal with people who are doing this, don't we? People who refuse to walk in obedience to God and they go off and live a life style that is repugnant and repulsive and contradictory to God. So you look at those people, if you see someone who drifts away from the gospel message and denies it, or someone who drifts into a life style that is contrary and in rejection to the principles of God's Word, that's evidence that that person may well have an ingenuine false dead faith.
Now just one other key. Notice in verse 20 this person is called a sinner. Did you notice that? This person is called a sinner. You say, "Is that important?" It's very important...very important. This term "sinner" is used, listen to this, only of the unregenerate. It is used in Scripture only of an unbeliever. In fact, it refers to a hardened unbeliever, one who openly defiantly disregards the law of God and ignores the standards of morality. It describes an openly bad person whose evil character is apparent to everybody, whose wickedness is common knowledge. In Genesis 13:13, the homosexual men of Sodom were called sinners. In Psalm 1,"Blessed is the man who does not walk in the counsel of the wicked nor stand in the path of sinners." Verse 5, "Therefore the wicked will not stand in the judgment nor sinners in the assembly of the righteous." It is a characterization word, it describes the character of a person who lives in sin. In Psalm 25 again, to show you some Old Testament usages, verse 8, "Good and upright is the Lord, therefore He instructs sinners in His way." He gives the gospel to sinners, those who are bound in sin. In Proverbs it's used several times, I'm thinking of chapter 11 and verse 31, the writer says, "If the righteous will be rewarded in the earth, how much more the wicked and the sinner?"
You come in to the New Testament, you find the word is always used with reference to those who are outside the Kingdom of God. Matthew 9 verse 13, "I desired compassion and not sacrifice, for I did not come to call the righteous, said Jesus, but...what?...sinners...sinners." In Luke chapter 7 and verse 37 we find its usage again consistent. "Behold, there was a woman in the city who was a sinner, she was a sinner." That means she was an evil woman of ill repute, the vilest of human kind from a moral perspective. Luke chapter 15 and verse 7, "I tell you in the same way there will be joy in heaven over one sinner who repents." And I could go on with Scripture after Scripture...in to John 9 verses 16 and 24, Romans 5:8, and that wonderful verse says, "God commended His love toward us in that while we were yet sinners Christ died for us." Galatians 2:17, 1 Timothy 1:9 and 15 Paul says, "Jesus Christ came into the world to save sinners." And that's how it is.
Sinners is always used to refer to those who are outside the kingdom, who are lost. It is a characterization word. In 1 John 3, to compare, verse 8 says, "The one who practices sin is of the devil," that's the same as the sinner. "For the devil has sinned from the beginning, no one...verse 9...who is born of God practices sin." In other words, he's not characterized by his sin, he's characterized by his righteousness because God's seed abides in him, he cannot sin because he is born of God and by this the children of God and the children of the devil are obvious. Anyone who does not practice righteousness is not of God, nor the one who does not love his brother. So John says essentially the same thing, a sinner cannot be a Christian. While a Christian may sin he'll never be characterized as a sinner.
So I believe it's clear that James has in mind here sinners. And those who have strayed from the truth and those who have chosen a life style of wickedness, having once identified with Christ, once identified with the church. And John says in 1 John 2:19, and this is so very important, he says these words, "They went out from us but they were not really of us for if they had been of us they would have remained with us, but they went out in order that it might be shown that they all are not of us." Names come into my head, just flooding my mind...people that I now believe never knew Christ and they deceived themselves perhaps and they deceived me. They're gone. They've chosen to reject the truth and live a life style inconsistent with everything Jesus Christ desires. They're lost. You know some of them as I do.
So the first thing we must understand to help them is the evidence. Secondly, the threat. We ought to be compelled by the threat. Do you realize what these people face? What is at stake? What is at stake? The eternal soul of a person, that's what's at stake. A person's soul. Look again at what James says, "Let him know that he who turns a sinner from the error of his way will save his...what?...soul." We're talking about a human soul here. The word psuche means the real person, the whole person. We'll save that person. When God breathed into men the breath of life man became a living soul. That's the whole person. That's the real person that dwells in the mortal body. That's the immortal person that we're saving here. The soul...do you understand the threat? The soul is being threatened by what? Verse 20. Save his soul from what? Death...death. What death does James have in mind? Eternal death. Ezekiel 18:4 and 20 says, "The soul that sinneth it shall die." That doesn't just mean physical death because all of us will die. It means eternal death, eternal death, death in hell, eternal judgment. Romans 6:23, "The wages of sin is...what?...death." Way back in Proverbs chapter 10 and verse 2, "Righteousness delivers from death." What a great statement. "But where there's no righteousness there is death." Again in Proverbs 11:4 the same phrase is repeated. In Revelation, as John draws the New Testament to a close, chapter 21 verse 8, "For the cowardly and unbelieving and abominable and murderers and immoral persons and sorcerers and idolaters and all liars, their part will be in the lake that burns with fire and brimstone which is the second...what?...death." What is the first death? Physical death...the second death, eternal death.
Jesus Himself is the source of teaching on eternal damnation. Jesus taught more about hell then He did about heaven. Jesus taught more about hell than anyone else. Take out Matthew's gospel and just start going through it. Chapter 5, chapter 7, chapter 8, chapter 10, chapter 13, 18, 22, 23, 25 and you will find Jesus talking about hell, about eternal death, about punishment, about a fire that burns forever, a worm that never dies, weeping, wailing, gnashing of teeth, blackness of darkness. That's the death. Deep seriousness of the sinner's situation.
We need to help these people. They face death. And they face death, verse 20 says, loaded with a multitude of...what?...of sins. The heart of man is deceitful above all things and desperately wicked. And through the life of man he accumulates a weight of sin that is going to pull him in to an eternal hell. In Psalm 5:10 the Scripture says, "Hold them guilty, O God, by their own devices let them fall, in the multitude of their transgressions thrust them out...in the multitude of their transgressions thrust them out." That's probably where James drew his thought, right out of Psalm 5:10.
Sin just keeps accumulating and accumulating. How many sins does it take to send a person to hell? One. Imagine how they accumulate and accumulate and accumulate and what a damning reality that is...a damning reality. And in Romans chapter 3 Paul writes, quoting really from the Old Testament, "There is none righteous, no not one, there is none who understands, there's none who seeks after God, they have all turned aside, together they are become useless, none that does good, not even one. Their throat is an open grave, with their tongue they keep deceiving. The poison of asps is under their lips, whose mouth is full of cursing and bitterness, their feet are swift to shed blood, destruction and misery are in their paths and the path of peace they have not known and there's no fear of God before their eyes." That's the sinner. And Romans 2, powerful statement, powerful statement, verse 5, "Because of your stubbornness and unrepentant heart, you are storing up wrath for yourself in the day of wrath." You're just piling it up.
Do you understand the threat then? Those people who were once a part of the church who have now drifted into false doctrine, who have now drifted into godless life style, do you realize the evidence is there that their faith is not genuine? That they were not belonging to Christ? And do you realize the threat that they are under? Do you realize that their eternal soul is headed for death carrying a multitude of sins? That's the threat...that's the threat.
And what about the instrument...thirdly...what about the instrument? Who is the agency of recovery? Who is God going to use? Who is He going to use? Preacher? Pastor? Somebody trained in seminary? Look at the text. Verse 19, "If any among you strays from the truth and one turns him back..." Hummm. Verse 20, "Let him know that he who turns a sinner." You know who is the instrument? One, or he who. Did you get that? It doesn't say elders here, does it? It doesn't say deacons, preachers, apostles, pastors, it says one, he who. That means what? Anybody...anybody, it's general, we all have the task. According to 2 Corinthians chapter 5 and verse 18, I love this, "All these things are from God who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation." Did you hear that? Let me read it again. "God who reconciled us to Himself through Christ and gave us the ministry of reconciliation."
Listen, the "us" who has the ministry of reconciliation is the"us" whom God reconciled. Did you get that? So if you were reconciled by God, then you have the ministry of reconciliation. It's all of ours...it's all of ours. And we must tell the world that God was in Christ reconciling the world to Himself, therefore we are ambassadors for Christ, all of us...all of us. And I really believe, you know, we can wander around and hope that the Lord will bring somebody across our path we can evangelize, you know where we need to start? You need to sit down and think of anybody you know who used to be a part of the church and used to name the name of Christ and you don't see them anymore and you ought to go after those people. I'll tell you something, the threat of their eternal judgment is greater than the threat of the eternal judgment of someone who never professed Christ because how much greater the punishment will be, Hebrews 10:29 says, to the person who knowingly trods under his feet the blood of Christ? That's where our evangelism ought to start. It ought to start with the people who profess to know Christ but they're gone. What a job, what a task, what a challenge.
Jesus said He came to seek and to save the lost. Is that your desire? To be His ambassador? His emissary? His agent? What a tremendous challenge. In Luke 15 you remember how Jesus tells the story of the prodigal son and how the father rejoiced, tells the story of the lady who lost the coin and found it and how exhilarated and grateful she was and had a celebration and she too rejoiced. Tells the story about a man who had sheep and lost one and found the sheep and rejoiced. The common thread in all those stories and the point of them all is the joy of God in salvation. The sheep was found and everybody rejoiced. The coin was found and everybody rejoiced. The son was found and everybody rejoiced. If you want to bring joy to the heart of God, it comes through salvation. Is that your highest joy? To bring someone to Christ?
And finally the ministry of reconciliation demands the knowledge of the goal...the evidence, the threat, the instrument, the goal. What's the goal? Verse 19, "If any among you strays from the truth and one turns him back...turns him back, converts him,"epistrepho, to convert, to turn him from sin to God, to righteousness. It's used in the New Testament, that verb, for just physical turning around and turning and looking, it's used for mental turning, it's used for all kind of turning, turning from sin to obedience as in the case of Peter who was a believer in Luke 22:32. But it often is used to refer to turning to God in salvation, and that, I believe, is its intent here because that is the context of the epistle. "Truly I say to you," Jesus said in Matthew 18:2, "unless you are converted, become like little children, you'll not enter the kingdom of heaven." That's the same word. Unless you turn around and become humble like little children, you'll never be saved. So it refers to a turning to God in salvation in Matthew 18 and verse 3. Luke...pardon me, yes, Luke writing in Acts 3 uses it again in verse 19, "Repent therefore and return that your sins may be wiped away." That's an evangelistic call using the same word, be converted, be turned around, turn from sin to God.
Paul uses it in 1 Thessalonians 1:9. He says to the Thessalonians, "We remember how you turned to God from idols to serve the living and true God." Again it's used there to refer to salvation. Peter uses it in 1 Peter chapter 2 verse 25, "For you were continually straying like sheep but now you have returned to the shepherd and guardian of your souls." Peter uses it again in 2 Peter chapter 2 verse 21, "It would be better for them not to have known the way of righteousness than having known it turn away from the holy commandment delivered to them." So it is a word that is used frequently with reference to salvation. And I think that's its intent here.
So, what is our goal? To convert...to convert. It's used again in verse 20, look at it. "Let him know that he who converts a sinner, turning him from false faith to true faith..." Then another word "will save", beautiful word, sozo, it's the word, the commonest word in the New Testament for salvation, the basic New Testament word for salvation. It's used five times in James and four times it refers to salvation...1:21, 2:14, 4:12 and here. In 5:15 we saw it used for restoring weak Christians but its dominant use is with those references to salvation.
So, what is the goal? To convert, to save. There's one other goal, to cover. What is the word cover? To cover a multitude of sins, to hide a multitude of sins. What does that mean? Forgiveness...forgiveness. Back in Proverbs chapter 10 and verse 12 we get a helpful insight. Hatred stirs up strife but love covers all transgressions. It's talking about forgiveness. So what is the goal? We want to convert people, turning them from sin in order that they may be saved and being saved their sins will be...what?...forgiven. We're talking about evangelism, folks...evangelism.
And "the multitude of sins" has reference not so much to describing the state of the sinner as describing the extent of the forgiveness that God in His grace forgives the multitude of sins."P"Plenteous grace with Thee is found, grace to cover all my sins," said Andrew Banar. And only the death of Christ can provide this covering. In Christ, says Ephesians 1:9, we've been forgiven all our sins...all our sins. Who is a pardoning God like You, the prophet Micah said. The psalmist said He removes our sins as far as the east is from the west. Our sins are buried in the depths of the sea and He remembers them...what?...no more.
What is this ministry? It is a ministry of perception where we look at people and we examine the evidence. And if the evidence indicates to us that they have abandoned the truth or that they have abandoned a godly life style, we have every reason to assume that they had a false faith no matter what they claimed or claim. We then, secondly, must understand the threat that they are an eternal soul, loaded down with a multitude of unforgiven sins headed for eternal death. And we must then understand that we are the one or the he who, we are the instrument whom God might use to bring about the goal of turning them from their sin to salvation and the forgiveness of that multitude of sins. Soul winning, and it should be aggressively directed at people who were once a part of the church. It puts it right at our feet, beloved.
David Brainard(?) was one of the most celebrated missionaries the world has ever known. Laboring among the poor darkened Indians in Delaware, the banks of that river he once said, "I cannot go where I live...rather...I care not where I live or what hardships I go through so that I can but gain souls to Christ. While I am asleep I dream of those things. As soon as I awake the first thing I think of is this great work. All my desire is the conversion of sinners and all my hope is in God."
At the close of a meeting a critic approached D.L. Moody, the great evangelist. He said, "Mr. Moody--As I listened to you tonight in your address I noticed and counted 18 mistakes in your English."
Looking at his critic Mr. Moody said, "Young man, I'm using to the glory of God all the grammar that I know, are you doing the same?" Fair question.
I received a letter today and I'll read it to you in conclusion. It's a very very heart-searching letter.
"How are you? I hope things are going very well for you. I received your call on my tape machine, didn't get back to you. I wasn't sure of your work schedule, I'm not very good at visiting or shooting the breeze anymore. I don't like to burden you with my problem because I know you have enough to deal with. I can probably say better on paper my feelings anyhow.
"I would like to say thank you very much for the card and expressions of sympathy you sent to me. You're wonderful people and I felt such a closeness to you as I read your card. Truly you are my brother and sister. I find it very hard to cope with life since my dear brother whom I loved deeply has passed in to eternity. Probably because of guilt and rightly so because I never did confront him with the gospel point blank and the message of salvation. I think if he is in hell, it is my fault, partly, because if I loved him why didn't I tell him?
"I had my truck accident last August 17. This summer my uncle who was very close to me, we could talk about anything. We took trips together. My wife died about ten years ago and I would visit him weekly. He was only about 68 years old, one of my best friends, and we held the same beliefs. And he died. I was very sorrowful when he died and very grieved, but not for long. I felt very much like King David who was mourning the loss of his child from an immoral relationship with Bath-sheba. After a time he rose up and washed himself and anointed his head and said the child cannot come to me but I can go to him. I felt very much the same about my uncle...I can go to him because I truly believe he is with God. What comfort.
"But alas, if salvation leads to evidence of a transformed life in Christ, if salvation leads to a love for His commandments and a hatred and declining love for sin and the world, I don't think my brother was really born again. There is an indescribable pain, my heart is sunk to my knees and is unable to rise. I can hardly comprehend the thought of my brother in eternal torment and nothing can change it. How can I be happy and joyful if a loved one I shall never see again is gone forever? And especially if I carry part of the blame?
"I guess I shouldn't think this but I felt if I would have died first I would have been ready, I would not have left behind a young widow, ninth-month old twin boys and two daughters ages four and three. Perhaps that would have brought my brother to salvation, true salvation, if I would have gone first.
"I just can't be myself anymore. There's no comfort. Any good memories speed up to the tragic day thought and when I was in the break room that night and prayed for a chance to witness to him, as soon as I found out he was in a bad wreck. But one hour later they told me he was dead. Why did I wait? I even had a chance as I was the last one in the family to see him. I changed runs this year after being on the same truck route for ten years. I miss the people on my route. The last two days of my route I made up a sheet with a witness for Christ on it. I handed out 180 copies to all my customers. What a God-given opportunity to witness for Christ. Why didn't I do it to my brother?
"I believe in Psalm 33:4 that everything that God does and allows to happen is good and right. It's just confusing to try and search for the many questions I have. I guess time will heal the wound and make me forget. I'll just have to wait until enough time goes by and sweeps along with it the pain which is a constant part of my life."
I received that today. That's a heavy burden, isn't it? And we have a tremendous responsibility to people who may make the claim but as we look at the evidence we don't see the reality. Make sure we're faithful. God may give us the privilege of saving a soul from death. Let's bow and pray together.
Father, we ask that You would give us those opportunities. Lay on our hearts the people we should talk to. Convict us to call them, to write them, to see them. Lay them heavy on our hearts and give us the joy, the joy of turning a sinner from death to life.
Just spend a few moments in silent prayer, you and the Lord, and let the Lord speak to your heart about your own response to His Word tonight.
Father, seal this Word to our hearts and make us to be faithful, to hear the voice of the Spirit which prompts us to obedience in rescuing the sinner from death. Give us that privilege for your glory. We pray in Jesus' name. Amen.
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To End All Wars: Woodrow Wilson and the Quest for a New World Order
Oxford University Press, 1992 - Religion - 381 pages
At the end of his first term in 1916, Woodrow Wilson had emerged as one of the most forceful and progressive presidents in American history. At home, he had pushed through legislation that restricted child labor, provided workmen's compensation, secured a truly progressive income tax, and established the eight-hour day for railroad workers. He had also appointed two prominent "radicals," Louis Brandeis and John Hessin Clarke, to the Supreme Court. In world affairs, he had already taken his place as the great voice of the New Diplomacy, the inspiration of "progressive internationalists" in both the United States and Europe. Indeed, in a world gripped by the Great War, he was seen as the shining hope for a new, more moral and rational system of international relations. But four years later his presidency ended under a cloud of defeat, his greatest work of all--the Covenant of the League of Nations--discredited and voted down by the Senate.
In To End All Wars, Thomas J. Knock provides a fascinating narrative of Wilson's epic quest for a new world order. Massively researched and filled with intriguing and provocative insights, this account follows Wilson's thought and diplomacy from his early historical writings to his policy towards revolutionary Mexico, from his dramatic call for "Peace Without Victory" in World War I to America's entry into that conflict, and from the Fourteen Points Address to the frustrating negotiations at Versailles, through to his stroke and the Senate's rejection of the League. Knock takes a revealing look at the place of internationalism in American politics, sweeping away the old view that isolationism was the cause of Wilson's failure. Internationalism, he writes, was an accepted viewpoint in the mainstream of both major parties as well as the Socialist party of America; at stake, though, were competing visions of internationalism--conservative and progressive.
Knock brilliantly weaves together world events with the debates in American politics to show how World War I wrecked Wilson's alliance with progressive forces, as he permitted the U.S. government to stamp out dissent and acquiesced in the "one hundred percent Americanism" fever that overcame the country in a wave of intolerance. At the same time, his plans for a new world order incensed such conservative internationalists as Theodore Roosevelt and Henry Cabot Lodge; after the peace conference, even the sympathetic William Howard Taft worried that Wilson had signed away American power and sovereignty. Jane Addams, Max Eastman, John Reed, Eugene Debs, Walter Lippmann, and other compelling figures of the era all play important roles as Knock traces the rise and fall of progressive internationalism at home and abroad--putting Wilson's tragic stroke in a new and strikingly different context.
Today, as the world emerges from the Cold War, Woodrow Wilson's appeal for collective cooperation, disarmament, and self-determination echoes with new meaning. Knock's penetrating analysis of Wilson's thought and diplomacy offers a fresh understanding of this pivotal statesman and his ideals, which continue to affect world politics at the beginning of a new epoch.
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From the kitchen of One Perfect Bite...Don't let the speed and ease with which these cookies come together fool you. They are wonderfully rich and delicious and they'll be gone long before they ever have a chance to stale. The recipe is straight forward and easy to follow, and the only way you can spoil a batch of these cookies is to overbake them. Chocolate lovers can't keep their hands off these rich and moist morsels that are enriched with white and semi-sweet chocolate chips. If you don't care for white chocolate, double the amount of semi-sweet chips you use, or add a cup of toasted pecans to the mix. Do try this recipe the next time you need to make a batch of cookies. I know you'll like them on many levels. Here is how they are made.
Black and White Chocolate Chip Cookies...from the kitchen of One Perfect Bite courtesy of Taste of Home magazine
6 tablespoons canola oil
1/4 cup butter, softened
3/4 cup packed brown sugar
1/2 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 teaspoon vanilla extract
1-1/4 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 cup baking cocoa
1/4 teaspoon baking powder
1 cup white baking chips
1 cup semisweet chocolate chips
1) Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
2) Place oil, butter and sugars in a large bowl and beat until well blended. Add eggs, one at a time, beating well after each addition. Beat in vanilla. Combine flour, cocoa and baking powder; gradually add to oil mixture and mix well. Stir in chips.
2) Drop by rounded tablespoonfuls 2-inches apart onto ungreased baking sheets. Bake for 12-15 minutes or until edges begin to brown. Cool for 1 minute before removing from pans to wire racks. Yield: 3-1/2 dozen.
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Poetry Dispatch No.156 | February 14, 2007
HAPPY VALENTINE'S DAY ♥ (I think) Norbert Blei
You Must Accept by Kate Light
You must accept that's who he really is.
You must accept you cannot be his
unless he is yours. No compromise.
He is a canvas on which paint never dries;
a clay that never sets, steel that bends
in a breeze, a melody that when it ends
no one can whistle. He is not who
you thought. He's not. He is a shoe
that walks away: "I will not go where you
want to go." "Why, then, are you a shoe?"
"I'm not. I have the sole of a lover
but don't know what love is." "Discover
it, then." "Will I have to go where you go?"
"Sometimes." "Be patient with you?" "Yes." "Then, no."
You have to hear what he is telling you
and see what he is; how it is killing you.
from Gravity's Dream: New Poems and Sonnets.


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