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EXCLUSIVE: Report on Amtrak IG case
Sen. Charles Grassley's office has released a 94-page report (PDF). Will update shortly with details.
UPDATE: Press release from Grassley's office:
Senator Chuck Grassley has asked Amtrak about the circumstances of the Inspector General's unexpected retirement seven days ago and invited Amtrak to provide information about the interference by Amtrak in the work of the Inspector General described in a report prepared at the request of the retired watchdog.
Grassley said the report indicates that Amtrak's policies and procedures have systematically violated the letter and spirit of the Inspector General Act.
"As I continue my investigation into whether the independence of the Inspector General was undermined by Amtrak officials, I want to make sure I have any and all information Amtrak wants to provide," Grassley said. "The allegations are serious, including third parties being told to first send documents under subpoena by the Inspector General to Amtrak for review, and the Inspector General being chastised for communicating directly with congressional appropriations and authorizing committees . . ."
Read the whole thing. I had been warned to expect something like this, so I just kept refreshing the press release page at Grassley's site until it was posted. Well, I've got work to do.
UPDATE 8:45 ET: The first news story about this report, from . . . well, me, at The American Spectator:
Officials of Amtrak have "systematically violated the letter and spirit of the Inspector General Act," Sen. Charles Grassley (R-Iowa) charged Thursday, making public a 94-page legal report prepared at the request of the Amtrak inspector general who resigned suddenly a week ago.
Fred Wiederhold, a veteran IG, retired without notice or explanation June 18 after a meeting with Amtrak officials where he presented the report by the law firm of Willkie, Farr & Gallagher. "The allegations are serious, including third parties being told to first send documents under subpoena by the Inspector General to Amtrak for review, and the Inspector General being chastised for communicating directly with congressional appropriations and authorizing committees," Grassley said in a statement.
Grassley's accusation of illegal actions by Amtrak, including failure to comply properly with subpoenas, is the most serious to date in an investigation that has expanded quickly since the IG for the AmeriCorps program was given an ultimatum two weeks ago to resign or be fired.
In a letter to Amtrak Chairman Thomas Carper, Grassley said the legal report "suggests a long-term and unrelenting interference with the activities and operation" of the IG's office. Grassley said his staff believes that members of the Amtrak IG office "be fearful of retaliation if they were to discuss the matters set forth in this letter with anyone, including Congress." . . .
Read the whole thing. Meanwhile, Michael Jackson is dead. He was a few months older than me, much richer, and never scored an exclusive news story in his life. His kickspin was better than mine, however.
UPDATE 10:15 p.m.: A little more news at the Green Room:
Investigators for Sen. Joe Lieberman (Ind.-Conn.) and Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine) are now becoming involved with the IG-Gate probe.
Previously, Lieberman and Collins had seemed willing to accept Obama administration officials' version of the firing of AmeriCorps IG Gerald Walpin without even hearing Walpin's side of the story. Now, as a clear pattern of pressure against IGs has developed, the multiple investigations have gotten the attention of Lieberman and Collins, the chairman and ranking member, respectively, of the Senate Homeland Security and Governmental Affairs Committee. This is the chief oversight committee with jurisdiction to hold hearings and subpoena materials in the IG probe.
Some Republicans, however, have been disappointed by Sens. Orrin Hatch of Utah and Mike Enzi of Wyoming. Both GOP senators have expressed interest in the IG investigations, but neither has sought to interview Walpin or ordered their own staffers to coordinate with Grassley's investigators, who have already been on the case for two weeks.
Astute blog readers will recognize that I've linked the contact pages for those senators, and for a good reason. If you want to see Congress hold hearings on IG-Gate, you need to get in touch with your own members of Congress and tell them so. "Sources close to the investigation" say that it is up to citizens to push Congress to take action. It doesn't matter whether your senators or representatives; preserving the independence of IGs ought to be a bipartisan concern.
UPDATE 10:23 p.m.: Welcome Hot Air readers. And thanks to Bob Belvedere for his IG-Gate compilation at WWU-AM.
UPDATE 11:12 p.m.: No Watchdogs Allowed
UPDATE 11:22 p.m.: I use Google News to search for online information about these stories, and somehow had previously missed this story today from Youth Today about CNCS acting NCNS head Nicole Goren's explanation of the Walpin firing. You can check that out, but it still doesn't address the question of fundamental fairness. In the three weeks between the May 20 board meeting and June 10, when Walpin was told to quit or be fired, neither CNCS nor anyone in the Obama administration made any effort to get Walpin's side of the dispute.
6/25: IG-Gate: It's not about Walpin
6/24: Another shoe leather day
6/23: IG-Gate: Asking the right questions
6/23: More questions for Secretary Geithner
6/22: Your man in Washington
6/21: Obama's no Daley, but . . .
6/19: IG investigation: 'Dominoes Fall'
6/18: Grassley expands IG investigation
6/18: Targeting AIG bailout?
6/18: How's the weather in Sacramento?
6/18: Sen. Grassley wants more answers
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Fred Thompson concerning Mark Sanford
Fred has an .mp3 available here.
He has some interesting points, essentially saying, don't muck about on public time.
Additionally, Fred throws in the tangentially related idea of term limits.
Sanford: eject.
No transparency on energy billUPDATE: House must 'come to its senses'
Rep. Spencer Bachus:
The Democrat leadership is preventing the public from learning important details about the cap and tax plan by bypassing several key committees. . . .
My committee should be given time to review "green housing" mandates that could lead to stiff fines against owners and builders. Penalties for violating the act are $100 per day. A day! What effect does such a law have on home prices, on seniors trying to sell their home in a tough market, and builders struggling to sell their inventory of unsold homes?
I am very disturbed by the repeated pattern of the House leadership in rushing expensive legislation like cap and tax, the so-called stimulus package, and appropriations bills to a vote without adequate review or debate. It's irresponsible to fast-track legislation that puts taxpayers on the hook for literally trillions of dollars.
Just like the White House playing hardball with the IGs, we find that Democrats prefer to work fast and dirty, and without even the slight effort toward the "transparency" Obama promised.
REMINDER: Two months ago, Democrat Rep. John Dingell said cap-and-trade is a "huge" tax:
UPDATE: Conservatives oppose cap-and-trade:
Although Americans want Washington to stay focused on putting the economy back on track, Nancy Pelosi and her liberal Democratic Congress are trying to enact legislation that will keep the economy crippled. Analysts agree that the Waxman-Markey cap-and-trade bill would cost millions of American jobs, shrink our economy and impose huge increases in gas prices, heating and electric bills on American families. . . .
The House of Representatives needs to come to its senses – don't pass a massive job-killer in the middle of the worst economic crisis in decades. . . .
Read the whole thing. Signers include Tim Phillips, President of Americans for Prosperity; Fred Smith, President of the Competitive Enterprise Institute; Richard Viguerie, Chairman of ConservativeHQ.com; and American Spectator publisher Al Regnery.
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Mary Jo Kopechne couldnot be reached for comment
Having suggested that Jenny Sanford should ventilate her cheating SOB husband with .38 slugs, I think I cannot be accused of making excuses for Republicans with zipper problems.
Well, what about David Shuster of NBC News? A friend was following Shuster's Twitter feed yesterday:
Does Spitzer deserve more "credit" (wrong word choice, I know) because he resigned as opposed to Sanford who is staying in office?
To quote Andrew Sullivan, words fail. My opinion is that Sanford's next office should be under a tombstone, and comparing the Last Tango in Buenos Aires to the sordid saga of Spitzer — the anti-prostitution crusader who found himself entangled in an FBI investigation of an interstate call-girl ring — tends to obscure, rather than enlighten.
What kind of perverse mind tries to use Sanford's shame to rehabilitate the scoundrel Spitzer? Absurd.
Meanwhile, speaking of Twitter and Sanford, Dave Weigel just Twittered a quote from his story about the Sanford scandal:
"It proves men who oppose federal spending are irresistible to women."
— Grover Norquist
Heh. No wonder Dr. Helen keeps such a close eye on Glenn Reynolds. Keep that .38 handy, Dr. Helen!
UPDATE: Michelle Malkin is definitely not a member of the Grover Norquist Fan Club:
Just what we need: Beltway conservatives showing how tone-deaf and insensitive they are for the sake of a self-aggrandizing soundbite.
Note Malkin's mother-bear reaction:
I don't find anything funny about the Sanford affair. It's the mom in me thinking about four handsome boys on Father's Day weekend abandoned by their stupid, selfish father, who was busy tanning with his mistress in Argentina. Heart-breaking. Yes. Nauseating. Yes. Maddening. Yes. Funny? No.
Sarcasm is my natural metier, and spending two decades in the newroom tends to put a keen edge on one's cynical indifference to the foibles of the famous and powerful. In some circles, a big-shot politician is like a rock star, so when a politician behaves like he's on tour with Aerosmith, it brings out my inner Mencken. (He once remarked that the only way a journalist should ever look at a politician is down.)
My cynicism is bipartisan. Sanford's Argentine escapade is, to me, as ludicrous and deserving of scornful laughter as any shenanigans of Gary Hart, Ted Kennedy or Bill Clinton.
I was on the phone a few minutes ago with a Texas Republican, a Christian conservative gentleman with extensive experience in the blogosphere. As I explained to my friend, for 20 years I've had a saying: My wife has a kitchen drawer full of knives, and I've got to sleep sometime.
Humor can expresss truth. In an act of divine irony, God blessed an ugly old hound like me with a beautiful wife, a blessing deserving of eternal gratitude. If I ever cheated on Mrs. Other McCain, no jury would ever convict her. My well-deserved death (or grievous mutilation) would be the subject of a thousand jokes, and appropriately so.
UPDATE II: Weigel's story is now on Memeorandum and if you're offended by humor, let's look at a couple of serious reactions to l'affaire Sanford. Erick Erickson:
What Mark Sanford did was wrong. He needs to go in a dark hole somewhere where no one can see him or hear him and rehabilitate himself. . . . The left is going to spend the next week making Sanford into the second coming of James Dobson to smear real marriage advocates and social conservatives — positions Sanford was rarely vocal on.
There are things from which a politician can "rehabilitate himself." Flying off to Argentina to screw a "glorious" woman named Maria Belen Shapur? Nope. I caught a minute of yesterday's press conference while at the American Spectator office. When Sanford used the word "forgiveness," I shouted at the TV a two-word response. (Hint: The second word was "you.")
Welcome to the private sector, sir. Resign now. Meanwhile, Sanford's downfall contributes to the disillusionment of a young Washingtonian:
Forget shaking my faith in the Republican Party, after a while it just starts to shake your faith in men. I mean, are all men incapable of remaining faithful?
I've been following this story with fingers crossed, "Please, don't be another Republican having an affair!" I guess that was too much to ask for. What a chump. It just leaves me shaking my head with a look of disgust across my face. It's just so disappointing.
Question: What about the Marias of the world, who seem to have no compunction about affairs with other women's husbands? Do such women bear no responsibility? Whatever sort of two-faced scumbag horndog Mark Sanford may be, even in Buenos Aires it still takes two to tango. Sanford is 100% responsible for keeping his own vows, but his responsibility does not exempt Maria from blame.
Amid all these serious considerations, I still defend my right to sarcasm. If Bill Clinton is a punchline, Mark Sanford is a Monty Python routine.
Posted in David Shuster, Eliot Spitzer, Glenn Reynolds, Grover Norquist, Mark Sanford | Leave a Comment »
IG-Gate: It's not about Walpin
That's perhaps the most important thing in my American Spectator report today:
Yet the investigations into President Obama's evident crackdown on IGs — designated watchdogs who guard against waste, fraud and abuse in federal agencies — are not about [Americorps inspector general Gerald] Walpin.
Those familiar with the investigations (and yes, that noun is plural) caution against personalizing or politicizing the situation. These sources are especially concerned that inquiries by Republican members of Congress should not be portrayed as a partisan "gotcha" game against the popular new president.
Similar words of caution are expressed by some members of the IG community, who note that Walpin had only been watchdogging the Corporation for National and Community Service for two years. An able attorney and certainly not the doddering incompetent that Obama officials portrayed him to be, Walpin hasn't been an IG long enough to have acquired "veteran" status, and some say he had a reputation as "arrogant" or "holier-than-thou."
Whatever Walpin's reputation, however, sources familiar with his dismissal believe it was no accident that he was shown the door immediately after getting into a dispute with Eric Holder's Justice Department over a program affiliated with Sacramento Mayor Kevin Johnson, an enthusiastic political ally of Obama. And perhaps the most important fact of the case so far is that the FBI is now investigating an accusation that e-mails relevant to Walpin's work were deleted by Johnson or others. Destroying evidence in a federal investigation is a serious crime, no matter what the other circumstances of the case may be. . . .
Lots more where that came from, so please read the whole thing. And I want to emphasize that the implied criticism of Walpin is not my personal point of view, it's what others have said. These sources, however, also emphasize that criticism from other IGs does not mean that Walpin wasn't doing good work or that his firing was justified. But this is not a referendum on Walpin; it's about the principle of IG independence.
Also, please especially note that there are multiple investigations underway at this point. Walpin is one of only three IGs who have gotten the ax in the past two weeks, and the Amtrak IG situation is currently heating up. Last night, Dan Riehl turned up some very interesting research about Amtrak general counsel Eleanor Acheson.
Really, this goes back to the question that Rick Moran asked Tuesday night: "Is there a story here?" The answer is clearly, "yes." Whether there is a scandal or any actual crime, there is no such accusation. But if you just stop to consider that AmTrak got $1.3 billion in the "stimulus" bill, and that the IG for Amtrak was complaining about interference from Amtrak bosses, the investigation of that alleged interference is a definitely a story — no matter what the investigation discovers.
Personally, the angle that I find most intriguing is the reported conflict between the Treasury Department and Neil Barofsky, the special IG for the TARP financial bailout. Rep. Jeb Hensarling (R-TX) is bird-dogging that one and . . .
Like I said, read the whole thing.
Old School Ties UPDATE: Lobbyist?
Yesterday, the question was asked, "Who Is Eleanor Acheson?" The answer is that she's the Amtrak vice president and legal counsel whose name is relevant to last week's unexpected retirement of Amtrak inspector general Fred Wiederhold.
Acheson ("Eldie," to her friends) was also Hillary Rodham Clinton's college roommate and . . .
By sheerest coincidence, yesterday the State Department held its annual commemoration of "Gay, Bisexual and Transgender Pride Month," at which the remarks were given by the department's chief of staff, Cheryl Mills:
First, on behalf of Secretary Clinton, I am honored to be here today and to celebrate LGBT Pride Month . . .
It is my great pleasure now to introduce a woman who has spent years serving the American people at Amtrak, at the Justice Department, at the National Gay and Lesbian Task Force. She is a dear friend of Secretary Clinton, and she has been a wonderful public servant model and friend to me, Eldie Acheson.
NTTAWWT.
UPDATE: Ah, but there might be something wrong with this: Dan Riehl has discovered that, as recently as December 2008, Acheson was listed on a lobbyist disclosure form.
So, dear old Joe Biden gets $1.3 billion in "stimulus" money for Acheson's Amtrak, and they don't need no stinkin' IG sniffing around.
But wait a minute, there's more. As Michelle Malkin points out, Biden's all abou Amtrak. Suppose that Biden's fingerprints were discovered on some shenanigans at Amtrak, so that there was a real scandal? If dear old Joe had to resign . . .
Vice President Hillary? OK, that's far-fetched. But did anybody else notice that Hillary's now got Sidney Blumenthal working for her over at State Department?
Obama's popularity is starting to fade, Obama backstabs the gays, now all sorts of scandal talk is starting to swirl and is it really a conspiracy theory to ask, Cui bono?
C'mon, folks. Andrew Sullivan blogs kookier stuff than that every day. Question the timing!
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'You have the right to remain silent'
"I love my husband . . . I remain willing to forgive Mark completely for his indiscretions . . . This is a very painful time for us . . ."
Yadda, yadda, yadda.
Really, Mrs. Sanford, just shoot the two-timing son of a bitch. Please. No jury in South Carolina would ever convict you. While you're at it, go ahead and shoot that worthless son of a bitch Lindsey Graham — another guaranteed mistrial, because there would be at least one jury member who'd figure Lindsey needed killing.
You'd be more popular with the base than Sarah Palin.
Sanford: eject, recoup
With around twenty tabs on Governor Sanford open in Firefox, it's time to add some value by offering something of a pan-blogosphereic roundup. Then, some general thoughts on Nitwits in Public Office.
Link Note
HuffPo: Sex, Lies, and Argentina "while I do not approve of how he handled himself as an elected public official or as a husband, I am empathetic to him and understanding of his frailty as fellow human being.
I think we all should be and here is why: I have been there. And so have many of you."
HuffPo: Traveled There Before on Taxpayer Dime "the Republican Governor has traveled to the South American country before, on the taxpayer dime."
HuffPo: Wife: Begone "South Carolina Governor Mark Sanford's wife, Jenny, issued a statement in which she says that she told him to leave their home two weeks ago "to maintain my dignity, self-respect and my basic sense of right and wrong."
HuffPo: Harsh Critic of Clinton Affair "The standard Sanford has set for other politicians over the years has been fairly high. A member of the House of Representatives during the heyday of the Clinton-Lewinsky affair, he was often a harsh critic of the president for his marital misconduct.
This is "very damaging stuff," Sanford declared at one point, when details of Clinton's conduct became known. "I think it would be much better for the country and for him personally (to resign)… I come from the business side," he said. "If you had a chairman or president in the business world facing these allegations, he'd be gone.""
Nat Turner's Revenge: Impeach "No. He's not hiking. He's having his ashes hauled. In Argentina. He's having an affair, this typical family values Republican. This son of the South. This hero in the face of Obamaism. In Argentina. Hope he got some good meat. Hope he brought his kids back some bolos. Hope he got tango lessons."
Liberal Land: Emails "The newspaper promises that the full e-mail exchange will be published in tomorrow's edition."
Liberal Land: Called for Clinton to Resign "As it turns out the biggest threat to marriage is not gays; it's heterosexual, cheating husbands."
WaPo: The Fix "He said that he had met the woman, who he did not name, roughly eight years ago and that it had become romantic within the last year. He visited her three times during the past year, Sanford said, and noted that his wife, Jenny, had been aware of the affair for the past five months. "
Little Miss Attila: Only Monks "I don't see politicians' private lives as fair game, any more than journalists' should be. I'm with Dennis Prager: if someone is otherwise competent, but has had a problem or two in his marriage, he might well be a better candidate than another one whose private life is otherwise "pure.""
LMA: how about some Funky Monks? "I'll be doing all I can, if I die an honest man."
HotMes: Sanford Admits "What is it with politicians (of both parties) and affairs? It's so idiotic. There's so much to lose, and for what? Is it ever worth it? Especially for Republicans. Democrats can survive a sex scandal, and most other scandals for that matter. There's a double-standard in politics. Republican affairs have a tendency to be a career-ender. Is that ever really worth it?"
Pink Elephant Pundit: Bye Bye, Sanford "Can we not find anyone who will keep it together and not screw themselves and the entire party over? I never cared much about Sanford either way, but now the GOP has even more damage control to do. The spectacle he's made out of it is not helping anything. Mysterious South American trips? Disappearing acts?"
Track-a-'Crat: Mental Breakdown Imminent "Thank you, Mark Sanford, for distracting from the avalanche of Democratic sleaze and criminality that the media wasn't reporting anyway, and instead giving them something juicy that they'll really appreciate sinking their teeth into."
Hot Air: Video "He could have been president, now he's finished: Witness the power of the male libido."
Hot Air: Kerry on Sanford "Don't be too hard on Waffles. His humor's always been laced with nastiness, which is why he periodically finds himself in clusterfarks over "botched jokes.""
Pundit & Pundette: Sanford's Betrayal "people like Gov. Sanford make it very, very difficult to convince our teens and young adults that all politicians aren't corrupt in one way or another. This is precisely the kind of thing that sours the idealistic young on politics and converts them into cynics. Sanford was correct when he said that, in addition to hurting his wife and children (the self-centered rat), he has hurt his state and his party. The conservative movement doesn't need perfection but it does need sincere people who live the values they promote."
AoSHQ: Vid: Sanford's Presser "That doesn't make it noble or anything. But the media seems to be expecting him to say "and it's all over now, and a huge mistake," etc., etc., and he doesn't appear nearly willing to say that. The complaint seems to be that Sanford's not saying the typical, Oprah-approved contrition stuff, and they're holding it against him that he's deviating from accepted Contrition Tour form."
Paco Keep Mr. Happy on a Leash "To quote Talleyrand, this is worse than a crime; it is a blunder. All we need right now, when we're trying to mobilize against the Red hosts of Democrat nationalization, is to give the donks and the media an opportunity to distract the people from the health care and cap-and-trade disasters."
Fisherville Mike: B.A. Connection "Thanks for Gov. Sanford, we'll be learning lots more about Buenos Aires in the next few days."
The Corner: Don't Stand By Your Man "I was further impressed that, unlike the wives of Larry Craig, Elliot Spitzer and Jim McGreevey, she had the dignity to remain home when Sanford made his embarassing admission at today's press conference."
Having spared you all the trouble of that much surfing (tip jar), here is some analysis.
The questions concern the Sanford family, and public service as a whole.
The Sanford family is a private matter. They need time to heal. They need 100% of Mark to effect that healing. Sanford should resign.
Now, public service in general. The question of whoever is guiltless casting the first stone is a bugaboo. I don't know Mark, his family, or any of those details. I do know that lines have to be drawn. It's not about him personally, it's about the moral authority of the office. The same calculus Sanford applied to Clinton applies to Sanford. Let him resign, let him show repentance, and, if after evidence of repentance has been proffered, the citizens of South Carolina feel like trusting him again, let them say so at the ballot box. Sanford, it's not about you, a particular political party, your 2012 ambitions, or your non-command of your manhood. It's about trust placed in office holders. It's about demanding and receiving integrity. If you retain your position, you're cheapening the office for your successor, and making immoral behavior elsewhere easier to excuse. You've been been part of the problem, now join the cure.
Also, the links describe a lengthy relationship that recently became intimate. Men: cut that out. I'm not advocating sharia. Take heed, though: all men, husbands and fathers need to guard their virtue(!) vigorously. If you have some form of a relationship with a woman, ensure it's transparent to your wife. People are people. If hormonal tensions grow, do the right thing and ratchet the relationship down. I perceive (and could be wildly wrong) that The Cook the Thief His Wife & Her Lover is a movie, and that kind of no-words-just-grind relationship doesn't happen much. Boring monogamist that I am, it's unlikely (let us hope) that I'll explore this in detail.
So, Sanford, you've been dishonorable. Eject, recoup, and see if you can be rehabilitated.
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Q: Fan speed Thinkpad with Ubuntu I bought a new ThinkPad with AMD Ryzen™ 7 (4000 Series). I am using Ubuntu 20.04 with the newest kernel 5.8.0-43-generic.
I have the feeling that my fan is running at max speed all the time. Even when I closed all windows and do nothing I can still hear it. My question is: Is this normal? On my old laptop (which was much worse than my new one) I could not hear the fan when I was not doing anything.
I monitored the fan speed with "hardinfo" and it is constantly around 2680 RPM. Is this normal?
To test everything I opened 4 youtube videos at the same time. The CPU goes up in this case:

However the fan speed stays constant...

I have the feeling that something is not working correctly!?
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1970sBoogie - Canadian Disco TV Show
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The two stars of The Adventures of Wild Bill Hickok, Guy Madison and Andy Devine, promote Kellogg's Corn Pops in this 1952 commercial. The syndicated western ran from 1951 though 1958. More than a dozen feature films were made by combining various TV episodes. Bit of trivia: Andy Devine's very recognizable gravelly voice was the result of an odd childhood accident. He damaged his vocal chords when he fell while he had a stick in his mouth! Although he has two stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, Guy Madison, who died in 1996 at age 74, is largely forgotten in North America. He had greater success in Italy where he stared in low-budget westerns and combat films in the 1960s.
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1970sArchie Bunker Eulogizes Stretch Cunningham
This ten-minute clip, condensed from scenes from a January 1977 episode titled "Stretch Cunningham, Goodbye," proves what a great TV program All in the Family was. Here's the plot: Archie's beloved work buddy Stretch Cunningham passes away suddenly from a heart attack. Archie is cajoled into delivering a eulogy at the funeral. He enlists the help of son-in-law Mike (Meathead) Stivic to write a eulogy containing biblical references--only to discover at the last possible moment that Stretch was secretly Jewish! The clip mixes great humor and heartfelt love.
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1930s & EarlierWall Street Bombing - 1920
One of the least remembered terrorist attacks in American history occurred just past noon on Thursday, September 16, 1920 in the hub of America's financial center--New York City's Wall Street. An unattended horse-drawn wagon loaded with a bomb containing dynamite and 500 pounds of small iron weights was parked in front of 23 Wall Street. The corner building was then the headquarters of J.P. Morgan & Co., the nation's most powerful bank. At 12:01 p.m., the timer on the bomb reached zero and a terrific explosion rocked the street. The concussion from the blast was so severe that it derailed a trolley car two blocks away. Several hundred people were injured by flying shrapnel and broken glass falling from the surrounding buildings. There were 38 fatalities--most of whom were not major financial magnates, but average Wall Street employees: clerical staff and messengers on their lunch breaks. Anarchist literature was found nearby threatening violence unless unnamed political prisoners were released. No arrests were ever made in the case, but historians and crime buffs strongly believe the bombing was carried out by an anti-capitalist/anarchist named Mario Buda who fled to Italy shortly after the bombing and stayed there until his death in 1963. Buda apparently was motivated by the arrests of fellow anarchists Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti earlier that year for the April 15, 1920 robbery of a Massachusetts shoe factory's payroll in which a security guard was killed. The only two deadlier terrorists attacks on American soil in the 20th century were the Bath School bombing of 1927 and the massive explosion at the federal building in Oklahoma City in 1995. Despite the passage of nearly a century, deep shrapnel marks from the 1920 explosion are still visible on the limestone facade of 23 Wall Street.
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1970sRainstorm Terminates 1976 NFL-College Game
Several years ago I made a post regarding the annual "Chicago All-Star Game"--an NFL preseason contest that pitted the reigning champions versus a team of top collegiate all-stars. Played from 1934 to 1976, it was held annually at Chicago's Soldier Field. The gate receipts benefited various charities. Here's a 10-minute clip from the clash between the Pittsburgh Steelers and the College All-Stars in July 1976. Frank Gifford and Bud Wilkinson are calling the game for ABC. One of the most severe rainstorms you'll ever see at a sports event--combined with out-of-control fans invading the field--caused the game to be terminated late in the third quarter with Pittsburgh comfortably ahead 24-0. With NFL teams becoming less and less willing to risk their promising rookies for the sake of an exhibition game, the 1976 game was the last of the series. It was also the last game that Ara Parseghian ever coached. The former Notre Dame coach had retired after the 1974 season, but he was coaxed out of retirement to coach the College All-Stars in this game.
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2000s2002 MLB All-Star Game Controversial Tie
While the other three major North American team sports' All-Star Games have become farces, baseball's mid-summer classic still retains its luster for being competitive and hard-fought, and unchanged in its format since it was first played in 1933. Since day one it's always been the American League versus the National League. At the 2002 ASG in Milwaukee, however, the game suffered a huge public-relations blow because it was stopped after 11 innings deadlocked at 7-7, when both teams ran out of pitchers. This development was the result of a change in ASG philosophy that strongly encouraged managers to use everyone on the bench. The days of Willie Mays playing in the ASG from start to finish (which he did 11 times) were gone. Instead, managers liberally moved players in and out of the lineup so that it resembled something akin to a softball game at a church picnic where, to avoid hurt feelings, everyone participates. Commissioner Bud Selig made the decision to halt the game in consultation with the umpiring crew and both managers. The crowd of more than 41,000 spectators was outraged that the game ended without a winner. Furthermore, no MVP was selected because of the inconclusive outcome--a strange decision did not make a lot of sense. The following year, as a way to make the contest more meaningful, it was decided that whichever league won the ASG would get home field advantage for the World Series that autumn. That policy, which had its supporters and detractors, was kept until 2016.
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1960sFair Exchange - Failed Sitcom
In September 1962 CBS unveiled something new--an hour-long sitcom titled Fair Exchange. Its premise was that an American family and a British family swapped teenage daughters for a year. Why? The two families' patriarchs had been Second World War flying buddies. The American daughter, Patty Walker, wanted to study in London, so the two families, in effect, arranged their own version of an exchange student program. (Judy Carne played the English teen, Heather Finch. It was her first American television role. Even though she played a teenager, Carne was 23 years old at the time.) The episodes generally focused on the difficulties each girl had adopting to the cultural differences of her new location. Filmed in both England and Hollywood, the 60-minute format proved too unwieldy and the show was canceled in December 1962. Three months later, after loyal fans put pressure on CBS, the network returned Fair Exchange to its schedule--but only in a revised half-hour format. Ratings did not merit the show continuing beyond one season, however. Fair Exchange was again cancelled before the 1963-64 TV season began after 27 episodes. Here is the opening montage for the 60-minute version.
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1950sVanishing TV Character- Larry Mondello
Robert (Rusty) Stevens played Larry Mondello in 67 episodes of the first three seasons of Leave It To Beaver between 1957 and 1960. That meant he appeared in approximately 2/3 of those 102 shows. Larry was Beaver's best buddy. Good-natured, obese, but not the brightest kid on the planet, Larry often led Beaver into various messes. We never saw Larry's father, but his harried mother (played by Madge Blake) was constantly threatening Larry with the consequences of his iron-fisted pop laying down the law on him once he got home from another business trip. After the 1959-60 season, however, Larry just vanished from the sitcom. According to some reports, Rusty Stevens' father took a job in Pennsylvania. Thus the Stevens family was suddenly uprooted from California, which effectively ended Rusty's TV career. However, a few reports--including comments made by Barbara Billingsley (who played June Cleaver) late in her life--indicate that Stevens' mother was an insufferable stage mom whose presence and antics rankled the producers. Eventually the brains behind the show had had enough of her and decided abruptly to drop Larry Mondello from the show.
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FOR scientific temper to percolate into society, the foremost prerequisite is to make science and its public face, technology, accessible to the public at large. Time and again, studies have shown that ordinary people seek quick remedies only when a better alternative is inaccessible or not available. We have seen people administering vaccines to their children when mass campaigns such as the pulse polio programme take the facility to their doorsteps.
Secondly, rote learning in our schools hardly helps in building skills or shaping a scientific attitude. Revamping the way we teach science in schools is a paramount task before us. Until now science popularisation involved only questions such as what are we' and what is the universe made of', and attempted to satisfy only people's cultural needs. The science and technology aspects of people's socio-economic needs for example, safe use of pesticides and rational use of fertilizers have been hitherto treated as part of simple extension' work, a set of instructions to farmers, or dissemination of mere know how'. If we wish to nurture scientific temper through empowerment, then we at Vigyan Prasar think it is important to communicate the know why' to them. We have launched an initiative to reach the unreached'.
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Information published on 13 January 2015 in the UIC electronic newsletter "UIC eNews" Nr 431.
Network Rail, United Kingdom: Network Rail completes £200m upgrade programme
News from UIC members
Network Rail completed its huge £200m investment programme on 5 January as major projects at Reading and London Bridge were completed and services restored for the morning's commuters.
Over the past 12 days over 11,000 railway people have been working tirelessly to deliver some £200m worth of improvements at over 2,000 locations nationwide.
The company's investigation into engineering overruns at King's Cross and Paddington on 27 December continues and its initial findings will be made public within the next week.
Major projects completed during the programme include:
•	London Bridge: As part of the £6.5bn Thameslink programme, London Bridge saw two new platforms opened and new track laid as the project moves to the next stage of the biggest station redevelopment that London has ever seen, which will transform the travel experience for the station's 220,000 daily users. New signalling has successfully been installed on the New Cross Gate to Sydenham corridor and also in South London near Bermondsey allowing resumption of planned Southern and London Overground passenger services. Work to replace tracks at the entrance to the Hornsey Depot in North London has also been completed. This means that GoVia Thameslink can resume operation of their planned service on the Great Northern route
•	Reading: One of the last pieces of the jigsaw to unblock the notorious train bottleneck around Reading station has been finished with the completion of a newly-built viaduct to the west of the station, leading to smoother, more reliable services
•	West Coast Main Line: The latest phase of upgrade work at Watford, Norton Bridge and Stafford has completed. Work took place at Watford to replace and install new sections of railway and bring into use a new, modern, state-of-the-art signalling system meaning passengers will enjoy a more reliable and resilient service. A major bottleneck at Stafford and Norton Bridge has been unblocked, enabling faster, more frequent and reliable services for passengers; engineers carried out essential bridge and track work at Norton Bridge, and renewed the signals and overhead lines at Stafford, forming a key part of the overall £250m project
•	East Coast Main Line: Between London King's Cross and Peterborough more than 1000 people worked to complete 13 different projects to deliver significant improvements to the rail network at key points; Peterborough, Holloway, Harringay and Canal Tunnels just outside King's Cross. Further north, projects included bridge improvements in Dewsbury and Newcastle and track improvements near York and on the Doncaster to Leeds line
•	Midland Main Line: On the route serving St Pancras hundreds of people completed projects including signalling alterations for the Thameslink project; the demolition and partial reconstruction of two bridges for the Midland Main Line electrification project and track improvements between Kettering and Corby and at Toton
•	Scotland: The Edinburgh to Glasgow Improvement Project team demolished the roof of CarmuirsTunnel, near Falkirk, and installed a new tunnel over the New Year break. Signalling was renewed between Haymarket and Inverkeithing and track work was undertaken in Queen Street Tunnel, Glasgow
•	Anglia: Track renewals have been carried out between Stratford and Shenfield and upgrades to the overhead line equipment on the Great Eastern Main Line has been completed. Two bridges on the Gospel Oak to Barking line have been replaced. At Chadwell Heath work is underway on the eastern section of Crossrail
•	Wales: A bridge was replaced over the River Teme on the line between Hereford and Shrewsbury. Bridge demolition work was also successfully completed on the South Wales Main Line between Newport and Cardiff as part of electrification works
(Source: Network Rail)
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Ombudsman finds 'deficiencies' in closures of youth jail programs in Northern Ontario (Law Times)
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Ontario 'deliberately avoided transparency' in planning and implementing closures: Ombudsman report
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Katrina Eñano
Ontario Ombudsman Paul Dubé has found several "deficiencies" in the planning and implementing of the closures of youth jail programs in Kenora and Thunder Bay last year.
In Mar. 2021, Ontario's Ministry of Children, Community and Social Services simultaneously closed youth custody and detention programs at 25 youth detention facilities. The ministry said that these closures would free up almost $40 million per year for investment in other programs.
As a result, the Ombudsman received complaints concerning the fairness and transparency of the closures of the youth custody and detention programs at the Creighton Youth Centre and the J. J. Kelso Youth Centre in Kenora and Thunder Bay. The complaints also raised concerns about how the ministry notified both centres about the planned closures and dealt with the four Indigenous youth in their custody.
The Ombudsman then launched an investigation into the ministry's planning and implementation of these closures.
Based on his report, Dubé found that the ministry "deliberately avoided transparency" in planning and implementing the closures, which came as a surprise to managers and staff of the affected centres, local communities, Indigenous groups, and justice officials.
"Our investigation revealed the ministry's planning for the implementation of the closures were shrouded in secrecy," Dubé said. "The ministry's tight control of information restricted its ability to leverage the knowledge and experience of its own staff and prevented it from fully benefiting from consultation with external resources."
Dubé also found that the ministry "failed to adequately consider" the individual best interests of the four Indigenous youths detained at the Creighton Youth Centre and the J. J. Kelso Youth Centre in at least two instances.
"It transferred one youth to a new centre despite the known 'serious conflict risk' this posed to a youth already living there, who in turn had to be transferred elsewhere," Dubé said. "The placement preference of another youth undergoing gender transition was not given adequate consideration, contrary to the ministry's own policy."
Moreover, Dubé determined that although the ministry sought some advice from the Ministry of Indigenous Affairs in its planning process, it failed to inform affected Indigenous groups of the closures in advance. The ministry discovered that many First Nation band offices were closed due to the COVID-19 pandemic when it eventually reached out.
"Voicemails and emails were sent and not followed up on, and there was no backup plan for reaching the affected groups," Dubé said. "Several ministry officials acknowledged to us that this aspect of the implementation was unsuccessful."
Dubé held that the ministry's conduct was "unreasonable and wrong" under the Ombudsman Act. He made 16 recommendations to achieve "more balanced, informed, transparent, and youth-focused" planning and implementation of youth custody and detention program closures in the future.
"The ministry has accepted and committed to implement all of my recommendations and I will monitor its progress in doing so," Dubé said.


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MOL Supports SMEs as Driver of Thai Economy
The Ministry of Labour moved forward with the STEM Workforce towards Thailand 4.0 project to promote the strengths of SMEs in the business sector, with hope for a sustainable Thai economy. Government House before joining the Cabinet meeting,Prime Minister General Prayuth Chan-ocha observed public relations activities for the Ministry of Labour's STEM Workforce towards Thailand 4.0 project. Labour Minister, H.E. Police General Adul Sangsingkeo and Permanent Secretary of Labour, Mr. Jarin Chakkaphark led the ministry's officials and representatives of SME OTOP business operators and communities to showcase products and summarize objectives and results. The Prime Minister asked about the history of each product group and benefits from participating in the project and emphasized to continue the project to help SMEs.
Pol.Gen. Adul reported the Ministry of Labour's implementation of the STEM Workforce towards Thailand 4.0 project for 2019, with the objective of improving the workforce's capacity and productivity, by finding causes and work limitations before applying knowledge in science, technology, engineering, mathematics (STEM) to promote work. The project has operated for 6 years from 2013 to 2018, and developed over 85,482 workers in 1,103 companies, helping to save 5,450,700,000 million Baht in losses in the production process. In 2019, there was an expansion of government services providing advice to 228 SMEs businesses and OTOP groups, developing 15,000 workers to become super workers. The target group will consist of SMEs/OTOP /community enterprises with no more than 200 employees or members.
The Labour Minister said that those who participate in the program would benefit from in-depth consultations with expert advisors to add labour productivity and reduce losses in the production process. He said the ministry was ready to work together with company employees to resolve obstacles in various operations, along with creating a curriculum and providing training in line with business needs, which would drive the Thailand 4.0 policy and enhance the country's competitiveness following the 20-year national strategic plan. Companies interested can apply to join the project at all Skill Development Offices and Institutes in the 76 provinces and Bangkok.
Source: Ministry of Labour
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Peter Matz est un compositeur américain né le  à Pittsburgh, Pennsylvanie (États-Unis), décédé le  à Los Angeles (Californie).

Biographie

Filmographie
 1967 : The Kraft Music Hall (série télévisée)
 1968 : Bye Bye Braverman
 1969 : La Valse des truands (Marlowe)
 1971 : Singer Presents Burt Bacharach (TV)
 1971 : Julie and Carol at Lincoln Center (TV)
 1972 : Emergency! (série télévisée)
 1972 : Rivals
 1973 : I Heard the Owl Call My Name (TV)
 1974 : Larry (TV)
 1974 : Mr. and Mrs. Cop (TV)
 1975 : In This House of Brede (TV)
 1975 : Funny Lady
 1976 : CBS Salutes Lucy: The First 25 Years (TV)
 1976 : The Dark Side of Innocence (TV)
 1976 : L'Appel de la forêt (Call of the Wild) (TV)
 1976 : Just an Old Sweet Song (TV)
 1976 : The Great Houdini (TV)
 1976 : C.P.O. Sharkey (série télévisée)
 1977 : Rosetti and Ryan: Men Who Love Women (TV)
 1977 : Terraces (TV)
 1978 : Opération charme ("Operation Petticoat" (1977) TV Series)
 1977 : Telethon (TV)
 1977 : The Last Hurrah (TV)
 1978 : Special Olympics (TV)
 1978 : The Two-Five (TV)
 1978 : Murder at the Mardi Gras (TV)
 1978 : Happily Ever After (TV)
 1978 : One in a Million: The Ron LeFlore Story (TV)
 1978 : The Grass Is Always Greener Over the Septic Tank (TV)
 1978 : First, You Cry (TV)
 1979 : I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings (TV)
 1979 : Most Deadly Passage (TV)
 1979 : Detective School (série télévisée)
 1979 : Can You Hear the Laughter? The Story of Freddie Prinze (TV)
 1979 : The Tenth Month (TV)
 1979 : Love for Rent (TV)
 1979 : The Prize Fighter
 1979 : The Man in the Santa Claus Suit (TV)
 1980 : Valentine Magic on Love Island (TV)
 1980 : White Mama (TV)
 1980 : Fun and Games (TV)
 1980 : Good Time Harry (série télévisée)
 1980 : Father Damien: The Leper Priest (TV)
 1980 : The Private Eyes
 1981 : The Killing of Randy Webster (TV)
 1981 : Crazy Times (TV)
 1982 : Drop-Out Father (TV)
 1982 : Tentez votre chance (Take Your Best Shot) (TV)
 1985 : Lust in the Dust
 1986 : Mrs. Delafield Wants to Marry (TV)
 1986 : As Is (TV)
 1987 : Plaza Suite (TV)
 1987 : Stone Fox (TV)
 1988 : Laura Lansing Slept Here (TV)
 1988 : Cadets (TV)
 1989 : When We Were Young (TV)
 1990 : The Gumshoe Kid
 1991 : The 10 Million Dollar Getaway (TV)
 1991 : Stepping Out
 1994 : Est-ce bien de l'amour? (This Can't Be Love) (TV)
 1994 : Un amour oublié (This Can't Be Love) (TV)

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Compositeur américain de musique de film
Naissance en novembre 1928
Décès en août 2002
Naissance à Pittsburgh
Étudiant de l'université de Californie à Los Angeles
Décès à 73 ans

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Meabh Fitzgerald, a piano student of Susan Čáp from the Department of Keyboard Studies in the CIT Cork School of Music was selected to participate in The William Finlay Programme for Gifted Young Pianists. This is a national educational initiative supported by the Dublin International Piano Competition for gifted pianists between 13-17 years old offering systematic support to a small number of most outstanding young students over three years in a series of intensive workshops and performing opportunities. Auditions took place on Monday 12 December.
Warm congratulations to Meabh and her teacher on this remarkable achievement!


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Jessica is lovely name for a baby girls, especially for those parents who are looking for a traditional name – and you can tell people your daughter's name was created by the greatest writer in history! This is always a popular girls names, frequently appearing in the BabyNames.co.uk top girls name lists.
Famous Jessicas include: Jessica Alba, the American actress, Jessica Ennis-Hill, the British track and field athlete who was the face of the London 2012 Olmpics, Jessica Biel, actress and wife of Justin Timberlake, and Jessie J, the English singer.
Possible nicknames options for Jessica include Jess, Jessi, Jessie, Jessy.
Jessica can be spelt in many different ways with infinite variations. Some of these are: Jessicah, Jessicka, Jessika, Jesaca, Jesica, Jesicca, and Jesika.
Jessica Drew is the real name of the Marvel Comics superhero, Spiderwoman, Jessica Rabbit is a character in the film "Who Framed Roger Rabbit?", "Jessica" is the name of a 1962 film and also the name of a 1998 novel written by Bryce Courtenay. Of course, as touched upon above, Jessica is also a character in Shakespeare's "The Merchant of Venice," where she is Shylock's daughter.
Have you thought about Dylan for a girl name?


As Leviticus wraps up – God begins to sum up the reasons for all of these detailed instructions and regulations for His people to follow. Not only do they point to a much bigger representation which will be fully recognized several thousand years later in Jesus – but they also provide the platform for God to bless His people.
THAT is what He really wants to do in the end!
God doesn't change – and neither do His promises.
But… as we read on we see a whole mess which can come about by choosing our own way. Beyond the calamity and destruction – we see a destroyed relationship with God Himself. Statements such as: "I will set my face against you" and "I will walk contrary to you" (AMP).
Disobedience to God's ways invites all sorts of misery!
Yet, even after setting before His people the joyful opportunities that come with living their lives the way He instructs them – coupled with the warnings of the misery of life on their own direction – God's wonderful gracious heart is revealed once again at the end of the chapter.
God promises – even in His anger at His people's rebellious ways – that He will remember the Promises He made to their ancestors and will bring them out of their deplorable situation – and restore them once again to the position of honor which He is currently offering them.
Do you see Grace here?
God knew they would rebel – He knew they would disobey Him and go after the very same things their neighbors were doing (which got them kicked out of the Land of Canaan in the first place!). Yet – He still plans on remembering His promises and bringing them back.
As we continue to work our way through the Word of God we will see these very statements come true. First in that God's people WILL rebel and forget Him once things are going well for them. Second, the Israelites WILL experience all of the calamity that God warned them about due to their poor choices. (This will result in them being forcibly removed from this land and led into captivity by their enemies. And third, God WILL hear their cry for help and restore them once again to the Land of Canaan.
As we have been reading the past few chapters of Leviticus – we have been given a glimpse into the various feasts which God set up into the annual calendar for His people to observe. There is so much meaning within these feast that it is difficult to miss it… Basically that God is trying to establish a NEW way of living for these ex-slaves He has rescued. This NEW way will not be like the way they are used to – so He needs to set up reminders throughout their entire year so that they don't forget.
Now it is important to remember that all of the Book of Leviticus – with it's rules and regulations – are written to a specific people at a specific point in history in a specific location… all of them gathered at the base of Mt Sinai preparing to enter and take possession of this piece of land God was going to give them. The rules and laws were set up to teach them how to live a different way then their neighbors… and in this law God tells them to keep the sabbath rest.
BUT WHAT IS THE BIGGER POINT FOR YOU AND I?
The Hebrew word for 'Sabbath' is "to cease" and it is a way of life which reflects what God is like. In Gen 2 we are told that God created for 6 days – and then rested from His labor. Living any other way would be in opposition to the One who created us!
God wants to teach His people (and us) very early on that our worth isn't wrapped up in our own effort and what we accomplish… but IS wrapped up in Him and Him alone!
MOST WORLD RELIGIONS FOCUS ON US DOING SOMETHING TO GET TO GOD – BUT THE BIBLE IS ABOUT GOD ALREADY DOING ALL OF THE WORK TO GET TO US!
This is a serious lesson God wants us to learn. It was so important that He made it part of the initial commandments in Exodus 20 – and threatened to kill anyone who disobeyed it.
In Psalm 95:10-11 – while speaking about the Israelites who disobeyed Him – He said "they shall not enter my rest".
In fact – over and over God attributes a relationship with Him as being a place of REST.
Jesus continues this Leviticus language in Matt 11:28 – "Come to me, all you who are weary and burdened, and I will give you rest".
The writer of the book of Hebrews tells us that entering into a relationship with God means stopping trying to work your way IN – but instead accepting (and resting) in what He has already done for us! (Heb 4:1-11).
Do you see the point of the message? The laws – rules – regulations of Leviticus were all designed by God to point to Jesus. Jesus can be found in every law – feast – regulation… even in the Sabbath. He IS our Sabbath REST. Jesus provides for us the opportunity to no longer strive to approach God on our own merit – but instead to REST in His way of life and the holiness purchased by His shed blood.
When speaking of "Resting" God isn't telling us to become lazy – sit on the couch – and just enjoy life all in the name of a Sabbath Rest. What He is telling us is to serve Him – provide for our families – build and be a part of our communities – but do all of that OUT OF our relationship of love with Him.
WE SERVE BECAUSE WE LOVE HIM AND HE US… NOT IN ORDER TO GAIN THAT LOVE!
WE SERVE OUT OF LOVE – NOT DUTY!
So step into your blood bought relationship with God – rest in the fact that you are valuable to Him – and then roll up your sleeves and find your place of serving Him as an expression of that love!
In Chapter 19 of Leviticus – God gives these people of His a bunch of rules which, at first glance, appear disconnected and disjointed.
In many ways these seem like a rehashing of the Ten Commandments given earlier (Exodus 20). It appears to be rules and suggestions for how to live life a different way. But then, as we continue reading into Chapter 20 – we see the tone shift a bit. We see the same strict warnings as Chapter 19 – but the punishment for breaking these "laws" is quite severe (being cut off from the people and in many cases put to death).
Really? Is that what God is like?
Break one law – step out of line a little bit – and you DIE?
Well, hopefully by now we have seen that God has a bigger plan in mind. So, how does Lev 19-20 fit into the larger message of Leviticus as a whole – and the formation of God's people?
That answer is in God's explanation at the end of Leviticus 20.
Basically, God is telling these people of His that He has big plans for them. He needs them to be distinct from the nations who have lived before them (and have made choices that were not good). God is quite serious about not only His people being His treasured possession (Ex 19:5), but also that they are to be an example to the entire world of His love and His way of life.
That is why He constantly implores them to 'be holy because I, the Lord your God, am holy'. The word "holy" can be translated as "set apart, distinct, sacred". That is the key to not only the Book of Leviticus, but to God's overall heart throughout the entire scope of humanity.
God, as the Creator of Life, is working to restore man back to Real Life. In order to do that – He needs a group of people to believe and obey His instructions – in order to build up a prototype (if you will) for the rest of the world to follow.
This is serious business – hence the serious consequences of disobeying.
Furthermore – it is important to understand that this is all an INVITATION from the Lord.
Numerous times God informs these people of why He chose them, why He brought them out of Egypt, and why He is clearing the land of Canaan of it's inhabitants and giving that land to the Israelites instead.
According to God – both the Egyptians and the various nations in the land of Canaan had conducted themselves in such deplorable ways that He had no choice but to remove them and replace them with another. (Interesting that God says THE LAND vomited them out!).
That is why, over and over again, God is inviting (almost pleading with) the Israelites to not take up the practices of the Egyptian culture they left behind – nor to adopt the culture of the people that were already living in Canaan – but instead adopt this new way of life which He is teaching them.
God has big plans for these people – they are going to be His shining example of the Blessing in operation on not only an individual scale – but also a national scale. This will be the next step in fulfilling His promise to Abram – to bless the entire world through his seed (Gen 12:2-3).
But in order to do that, they must make different choices. They must choose to obey and follow God's way of life. They must choose to live as God in this land they are being brought into.
God is LIFE – so they live as LIFE.
God is LIGHT – so they walk in the LIGHT.
God is LOVE – so they LOVE the unlovable.
So as you continue to read through the rest of Leviticus – keep this main theme in mind. Don't allow yourself to get caught up in the details of the various laws (trying to apply them to us today) – instead keep the main thing as the main thing. God's people are called to be holy (set apart) – as He Himself is holy (set apart).
If you have been reading along with me – a Chapter a Day – then you should have spent the past 15 days plowing your way through the Book of Leviticus. This is the area of the Bible where most Christians, after starting out with such high hopes and good intentions, start to wane in their commitment to make it through the entire Bible. The book is laced with customs and rituals that are strange to our ears – and quite frankly do not make much sense!
Beyond that – the past 4 chapters have indeed been the strangest chapters in the entire Bible! Lev 12-15 deal with all sorts of disgusting situations and how they are to be dealt with by the Priests as they perform their duties before God in the midst of the Israelites. But – as with the rest of it – there ARE purposes even for these chapters (as I hope to make clear to you).
First, what are the main topics of these 4 strange chapters?
Lev 12 – deals with ritual purification after a woman's monthly period or childbirth.
Lev 13 – deals with the cleansing of infectious skin diseases.
Lev 14 – deals with more details for skin diseases – and then discusses how to cleanse from mildews on clothing, tents, etc.
Lev 15 – deals with bodily discharges and other unpleasant situations.
The point of all of this is that there is something about God's Presence that He cannot allow these various natural occurrences to come near Him. (These are not necessarily acts of sin – just things that happen to humans in nature). God wants His people to wait – allow the natural occurrence to heal, dissipate – and then wash themselves before returning to His presence.
Well, look at what the four main points in the chapters all have in common.
Women's menstrual cycle and Man's discharge (Lev 12 & 15) – Both are instruments of LIFE which have not followed their natural course – but instead these occurrences represent life unrealized!
Infectious Skin Diseases (Lev 13) – Again, the skin is a living organism in our bodies. It regenerates completely every 35-45 days (we get new skin). It is a beautiful symbol of new LIFE. Yet these type of skin diseases represent the skin dying – life unrealized!
Mildew on Garments (Lev 14) – As par the course – rot & mildew are all signs of death and the curse. They eventually will completely overcome and destroy the article.
In all of these we see perfect symbols of something that WAS alive and life-giving… but is now reduced to wasted potential and destruction.
But that is not how God is at all.
The Bible is replete with statements about God being the Creator of LIFE! He brings life into dead situations – He doesn't destroy, but brings overflowing LIFE (John 10:10).
He even went as far as redeeming us from the Curse of Genesis 3. (Gal 3:13).
God is not connected with death at all – He is LIFE!
So He is setting up practical lessons to teach His people very early on this major principle. He is not a God of death – but LIFE. So they must not come before Him during signs of death… but wait… wash… and then return to Him with LIFE.
Which brings up great questions for us all today.
As followers of Jesus – we are made in the image of God – and our main purpose is to reflect this God throughout the entire world.
A world of death and curse.
But if we speak, listen to, associate with things that represent death, the curse, etc – then we are NOT reflecting the God of life at all.
In fact – we are actually reflecting the OPPOSITE of Him.
In Leviticus – God is teaching this newly formed nation of ex-slaves about Himself and what He is really like. The hope is that in generations to follow these people won't stray into the ungodly habits of their neighbors – developing wrong perspectives about their God and what He represents.
So in many ways – Leviticus is still pertains to us today.
There have been many debates about what is meant by "strange fire". Was it a timing issue? Did they come at it in the wrong heart? Maybe they offered the fire in the wrong spot? This can also be quite confusing to us from our perspective. What happened? Was God trigger happy here?
Moses quickly gives us an explanation as to what is happening. He attributes this strange occurrence to the incredible holiness of God. (Lev 10:3-5).
Holiness – "set apart, devoted, clean, no stain".
Honored – GLORY – "weightiness, heaviness".
What is happening here is that God is holy – and His immense Presence is not something to be trifled with. His holiness will be honored throughout the earth – and He cannot be mocked (Gal 6:7). God needs to ensure that these people – forming a new nation centered upon Himself – understand that sin is bad and He is GOOD. Furthermore – His Goodness is far and above our best offering (in our own strength) because of sin's influence.
Unfortunately – it took the example of Nadab and Abihu to get this point across.
(Notice that Aaron never says a word… – Lev 10:3).
Right after this tragic event – God speaks to Aaron for the very first time. He warns him not to tread lightly upon His Presence. (Understandable based on what had just happened).
"You shall make a distinction and recognize a difference between the holy and the common or unholy, and between the clean and the unclean." – Lev 10:10.
God is helping Aaron (as the first Priest) to understand that there is a big difference between Himself and our perspective. It will do no good for the people, if we casually enter God's Presence in a flippant or arrogant manner. Instead – be sure to always recognize the difference.
This warning was not heeded by the Israelites. Generations later – the prophet Ezekiel delivers a stinging judgment from God in response to this exact issue.
Notice what God says – "they have profaned My holy things"!
To PROFANE something is to mix what is set apart for God (Holy) into things that are meant for common use. In essence – to walk into God's Temple and carry something over the threshold – into the common area – belittling it's sacred intentions.
In God's eyes this is a huge issue… something we should avoid at all costs.
Marriage – When we belittle this beautiful relationship – which was created to demonstrate God's love for all of us – by cheapening it and using it in unnatural ways – we PROFANE it.
Music – When we take this beautiful gift from God – designated to assist us in worshiping Him – and we instead use it to manipulate emotions and sing about "other" things – we cheapen it's original purpose – we PROFANE it.
These (and may other examples) demonstrate how all of us make the same mistakes of Nadab and Abihu.
So… Leviticus Chapter 10 is about more then just ancient rituals and the sudden deaths of two teenage boys. It is about Profanity and how all of us relate.
In the first 8 chapters of Leviticus we have been given instructions by God on how to "come near" to Him . These instructions involve blood, priests, animal sacrifices, substitutionary rituals.
Basically – if you follow these instructions – then I will appear before you and you will see me!
The first step is to gather all the people together. This is huge – because something amazing is going to happen and it won't happen until everywhere is there to witness it.
Scripture teaches this in other places as well – this gathering together.
It seems that whenever all of God's people gathered together in one place – He shows up and does amazing things!
God is not impressed with ritualistic religion – but with obedience. Aaron doesn't waiver one bit from what God told him to do.
God loves obedience (1 John has a lot to say about this!).
And finally – the people came expecting God to appear. They trusted that what He said – He will do! That sort of expectation always proves results!
With these ingredients in place – the Lord shows up in FIRE! (Lev 9:23-24).
So – hopefully you are starting to get the picture of Leviticus.
The real point of Leviticus is God appearing through all of this!
THE REAL POINT OF LEVITICUS IS THE FIRE!!!!!
– but until you see God show up – you have nothing!
So – after all of the instructions God gave to Moses – in Lev 8 He tells him to call all the people together and consecrate Aaron and his son's as the first priests.
consecrate – "clean, set apart, reserve for God's use".
This is basically the Opening Ceremony for the Priests. God wanted to ensure that ALL of the people were present – saw this – and paid attention to it.
The priests are disrobed – washed – and then dressed in the sight of all the people!
If Aaron's job is to represent us to God – and if he is a man (just like us) – then we want him clean of sin before going to God on our behalf!
BEFORE HE CAN HELP US GET RIGHT WITH GOD – HE MUST BE RIGHT WITH GOD!
So he is washed with water – and then anointed with oil (a symbol of the Holy Spirit).
Clean him… and then drench him with the anointing of the Holy Spirit.
Then there is blood – and a weird ceremony involving Moses placing a dab of blood on Aaron's right ear lobe – right thumb – and right toe.
Right ear lobe – because he listens with his ears. So we only want him listening to God (otherwise how can we trust him to hear God for us)?
Right thumb – because we work and serve with our hands. So we want those hands to be kept pure (otherwise how can he serve God on our behalf)?
Right toe – because he is to be an example wherever he goes – as one who walks with God. So we want his feet to only walk in pure places (otherwise how can he walk before God on our behalf)?
So they are all consecrated – touched with blood – made clean.
Now, as we saw earlier, the writer of Hebrews tells us that Jesus came and abolished the system of sacrifices we see being introduced here in Leviticus. He became the final sacrifice (once and for all) – forever ending the need to kill animals for the forgiveness of sin.
He basically put the priests our of business.
So what is an unemployed priest supposed to do?
Today – YOU and I are the priests! YOU and I are to represent God to the world. YOU and I are to be the example in what we listen to… what we do… and where we walk.


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Imagine walking into a casino. The electronic melody of the machines and busy carpets working together providing perfect conditions for gambling. Maximum confusion — combined with a little excitement. The floor, the same size as a football pitch, is covered in lane after lane of slot machines. If you had to choose a machine to play, how would you choose?


Based on this pin-up girl made by Gil Elvgren (1914-1980).
"Born in Saint Paul, Minnesota, Gil Elvgren was an American painter of pin-up girls, advertising and illustration. Elvgren was one of the most important pin-up and glamour artists of the twentieth century."
Hope you like it as much as I doing it.
We needed a palette representing autumny colours and I decided against blues and greens to make the challenge a bit more interesting.
Super good, especialy the face.
oh my god, this is totally awesome. I didn't notice that this was for challenge.. great use of pallete!
I can't believe I didn't even notice this was a challenge entry when giving you some feedback. The colors did not even look familiar at all but did seem a bit over saturated for the usual Jinn pixels.
Mandrill: So were you responsible for this palette? I wonder how was the process in creating it!
but its great i really like it!
I love the dirhering and clustering here. Everything reads so well.
Unbelievable! I certainly intended to make the palette skin-tone-friendly, but this is just nuts.
You are just too damn good.