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Former Honoree Anne Davidson
Anne is a Financial Advisor in Dallas, TX and has been one of Barron's Top 1,000 Advisors. She looks forward to celebrating her 32nd year in Wealth Management this year! Earlier this July, Davidson's efforts and commitment to making a difference in the community was recognized by the local CBS affiliate, Channel 11, and featured in their segment "Texans With Character" where the program applauded Anne for charity and the generosity of her Bunny Love Foundation. The segment can be viewed online here:
http://dfw.cbslocal.com/category/watch-listen/texans-with-character/
Inspired by her Mother's caring heart and love of children, as well as her mother's own struggle to become an opera singer, Davidson created and funded the Bunny Love Foundation in 1997 and used her Mother's nickname "bunny" as inspiration. The charity originally helped aspiring young performing artists pursue their dreams by providing financial assistance. Early beneficiaries of Bunny Love's charity were Creative Solutions and Dallas Supporters of the Fort Worth Dallas Ballet, where Davidson had served as Charter Director.
Dressing in a white gown adorned with hearts, angel wings and topped off with a crown, Anne transforms into "Bunny Love" giving hugs, kisses, warm wishes and hope to young children. Anne was featured on FOX4 TV's "Hometown Heroes" for her charitable efforts. To date, Davidson has contributed over $2 million of her own funds towards helping her foundation grow.
In 1999, the Bunny Love Scholarship was created and five scholarships were placed through Young Audiences of Greater Dallas. Bunny Love then expanded its mission by campaigning for causes that serve to curb violence against children, such as a $50,000 Challenge grant and then an additional $50,000 to develop a new Bunny Love Play Therapy Room both to the Dallas Children's Advocacy Center. There's also Jonathan's Place of Dallas, where the Foundation kick-started an expansion project with a donation of $24,000. The Bunny Love Foundation is privileged to have donated $10,000 to the Buckner Children's Foundation, and is now a member of its Great Heart Society. The Bunny Love Foundation has also provided funding of a total of almost $137,000 to the Vogel Alcove since 1996 to make a difference in the lives of homeless children. In the past six years, a total of over $100,000 of Foundation resources was given to support the efforts of the Collin County Children's Advocacy Center. The Foundation has also donated to Royal Family Kids' Camp Sponsor-A-Kid Program. The Foundation has donated $4,000 to the Genesis Women's Shelter in Dallas, TX and a generous amount of $84,500 was given to the Dallas Summer Musicals, as well as $50,000 for scholarships to Booker T. Washington High School for the Performing Arts.
Awarded the 1998, 2002, 2003 National Community Champion Gold Star Volunteer Award
Prudential Work/Life 2001 Award
Recipient, 2001 Eckerd National Salute to Women Award
A Finalist, 2001, 2006 Texas Trailblazer Award
Founder and Director of Bunny Love Foundation
Member of Stradivarius Society of Dallas Symphony
Former Charter Director, Board Member & Vice President/Development of Dallas Supporters of the Fort Worth – Dallas Ballet
Programs of the Heart, Heart Leader and Heart Life Instructor
TACA Board of Governors


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Bill Frisell - Good Dog, Happy Man
Ani DiFranco - Reeling & Reckoning
Bill Frisell - Good Dog, Happy Man (1999)
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Somewhere in the desert hinterland between Blues, Country & Jazz a band is playing under the waning sun.
Their leader, a tall, erudite looking, bespectacled man brings tonal sensibilities from the world of Jazz to his guitar playing but a eclectic outlook which has previously subsumed elements of BeBop, Pop, New Age, Blues, Rock & even Klezma.
At times his chiming playing meshes seamlessly with that of the Country-Blues inflected slide guitar & pedal steel player (Greg Leisz). There is an unspoken empathy between all the players; the seasoned Rock drummer (Jim Keltner), keyboard & double bass player (Wayne Horvitz & Viktor Krauss) all contributing to the overall sound yet retaining distinct individual identities.
With a studious avoidance of cliché, they experiment with feel & tones; setting up textures out of which emerge understated melodies that wheedle their way insidiously into the mind of the listener. Mood & melody are critical - nobody takes out of context, ego-tripping solos. They are visibly enjoying themselves.
The music they make is Bill Frisell's, "Good Dog, Happy Man"
For this 1999 recording, Frisell's restrained acoustic guitar somehow sits comfortably alongside his trademark warped electric vibratoed & bent chords, volume swells, echoes & layered loops of sound. Within a consistent overall feel, moods vary from contemplative ('Rain, Rain') to joyous ('Poem for Eva', 'Good Dog, Happy Man') & mysterious in loping pieces which could be soundtracks to David Lynch films ('Roscoe', 'Cold, Cold Ground'). As an added bonus, as if one were needed, Ry Cooder guests for the traditional 'Shenandoah'.
Close your eyes, you can see them out there playing.
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Ani DiFranco has never been afraid to be eclectic, sucking up new musical influences & incorporating them into her distinctive songwriting & sound. On this outing the new assimilation is Jazz.
The collection is split into 2 themed CDs, upbeat on "Revelling" & reflective on "Reckoning". It's initially tempting to think that within this 29 track package there's a single album with the power & impact of Ani's "Dilate" fighting to get out. Repeated listenings however, reveal 2 distinct entities in their own rights.
On "Revelling" it would be easy to dismiss the value of more relaxed, jazz-funk grooves such as "Ain't that the Way" & "Marrow" as a vehicle for Ani's brutally honest, often witty lyrics. Who else could make lines like: "there's a smorgasbord of unspoken poisons/a whole childhood of potions" ("Marrow") scan so naturally?
These 'feel pieces' sit alongside the more familiar punchy songs and stripped down, guitar & voice only performances such as the exquisite live favourite, "Garden of Simple". Unlike her early recordings, the list of performers is extensive with five members of Ani's current touring outfit forming the core band.
Despite the innovation & natural, unforced quality of the brass laden band performances on "Reeling", Ani is just getting warmed up for the real treat of "Reckoning".
Here we see DiFranco in a more mature, contemplative mode than on any of her previous releases. There's a greater emotional depth & intimacy, without the bravado of her earlier songwriting persona.
In keeping with the fact that she has more to say, arrangements are more intimate with sparse, understated instrumentation allowing breathing space for some very strong melodies. Ani's trademark clipped, semi-percussive guitar style remains intact & is provided with a greater depth by her increasing use of baritone guitar.
The sonic experimentation of recent albums continues with some tastefully employed organic sounds including guest spots from trumpeter Jon Hassell ('Revelling') & pedal steel player Lloyd Maines ('Sick of Me').
Subject matter varies from political ('Your Next Bold Move', 'Subdivision') to the heartfelt & affecting lovesong ('Sick of Me') or the stunning, articulate relationship song ('School Night'). The highlight is the beautiful, self-questioning 'Grey' where she asks "what kind of paradise I am looking for?" to a minimalist guitar accompaniment & sparse piano chords. This level of honesty & emotional communication is rare in contemporary songwriting.
Ani is without question an original & highly talented songwriter. While R&R might not be the most accessible introduction to her work, an investment in listening time with the lyric sheet in hand will certainly reward the patient listener.

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"For a long time, I refused to talk about the soup incident," Damon Jones said.
It's hard to believe that it's only been one year since J.R. Smith was suspended by the Cavaliers for throwing soup at assistant coach Damon Jones. (Chicken tortilla soup, it turned out.) That was back on March 1, 2018, and Jones and Smith have both kept their mouths shut about the incident—until now.
Jones, no longer with the Cavs, appeared on ESPN Radio's "Jalen & Jacoby" on Monday to give his side of the story.
Jones said he and Smith didn't speak for about three months, but that's inaccurate. He said the reconciliation came in Philadelphia after the second half of a back-to-back, which would have been on April 6.
While host David Jacoby pressed Jones on all the picayune details of the incident, we still don't know what sparked the argument that led to the soup throwing. Whatever the cause, it's clear that the environment around the Cavaliers was toxic last year, which makes it all the more impressive that they made it to the Finals and not at all surprising that they blew it all up after LeBron left.
Remember in 2016 when the men's tournament bracket leaked during the selection show? ESPN messed up yesterday's reveal of the women's bracket even worse.
The whole thing was inadvertently broadcast on ESPNU more than three hours before the bracket was supposed to be revealed. ESPN apologized but several schools had to cancel their watch parties because the reveal show was suddenly moved up two hours.
Former Celtics star Isaiah Thomas played in Boston last night for the first time since being traded. Actually, he played on Sunday night, just not in an NBA game.
Before leaving Denver, Thomas put out a call on Twitter looking to get some action in Boston.
One fan suggested he come by Emerson College downtown, and Thomas did.
Jacob Feldman examines the fallout of ESPN's leak of the women's bracket. ... Take a minute to fill out our survey about how you plan to watch March Madness. ... Is the Giants' next quarterback already playing in the NFL?
It looks like MLB is finally doing something about its biggest problem: pay for minor league players. ... A pro wrestler from Pennsylvania helped police detain a guy who was threatening people with a knife at Denny's. ... Cristiano Ronaldo is opening a hair transplant clinic.
Pitchers and catchers are going to be texting?
There's a fantasy sports version of bird watching. ... Presidential candidate Cory Booker made the same bad coffee joke at least a dozen times. ... A New York woman who gave birth to a 15-pound baby said it was like getting hit "by two tractor-trailers." ... Google has a new video game streaming service and the logo looks like crap.


This active adventure uncovers the very best of Sabah's scenery and wildlife. From the busy coastal town of Kota Kinabalu, explore the rainforests of the Kinabalu National Park and take a ride on the historic North Borneo Railway. Snorkel over coral reefs from Gaya island, then the wildlife adventure continues with a journey along the Kinabatangan river, where birdlife and other animals are easier to spot. Finish the tour in the pristine jungles of the Danum Valley Conservation Area.
This tour is best suited to the hardier traveller as it includes some quite basic accommodation, longer and rougher road journeys and more strenuous activities, such as jungle walking.
Note the railway operates on Wednesdays and Saturdays only.
It may be possible to travel from Sandakan to Selingan island (Turtle Island) to observe nesting turtles and new hatchlings. Visits to the island are subject to local conditions and FCO advice. Please check with your tour consultant.


Back in college, I struggled quite a bit with the relationship between initial and final justification. During my senior year, my quest for closure on this subject became spiritually exhausting. One resource that brought some sweet relief was a blog post from Ardel Caneday entitled; Forty Theses on Perseverance. The list is well worth your time to wade through. If you do muster the fortitude to read through it, I'd like feedback. Are there any theses that you find disconcerting?
1. Every human when born is by nature a sinner in rebellion against the God and Father of Jesus Christ and enters the world under God's wrath and condemnation, apart from Jesus Christ (Rom 1:18).
2. No human can, by one's own endeavors, do anything to escape God's wrath, nor does anyone have a moral ability to do anything that might endear one to God and attract his favor (Rom 3:9-20).
3. There is one alone who has the authority to render a verdict of acquittal for sinners, and that is God, who justifies the sinner on the basis of Jesus Christ, the obedient one, who voluntarily gave himself up to die the death of the sinner and criminal in order that we might be released from God's wrath. God's righteousness, that is his loyalty to the promise he made long ago to Abraham, is revealed from heaven in Jesus Christ, the obedient one, who took upon himself the full measure of God's wrath as he showed his justice so that at once he is both righteous and the one who declares sinners to be righteous, that is sinners who entrust themselves to Jesus Christ (Rom 3:21-26).
4. God's verdict of justification (i.e., forgiveness of sins) is biblically conceived as God's verdict that issues from his judgment of sin. Justification is essentially eschatological; it derives its meaning from the judgment that God has appointed for every human at the end of the age. Thus scripture repeatedly turns the believer to the coming Day of Judgment as it appeals to us to Christian obedience and faithfulness (Matt 12:36, 37; Rom 2:13; Gal 5:5; 2 Tim 4:7, 8).
5. The whole New Testament accents a focus upon the Day of Judgment as the day of redemption (Luke 21:28; Rom 8:23; Eph 1:14; 4:30), as the time of adoption as God's children (Rom 8:23), as the point of entrance into eternal life (Mark 10:30; Luke 18:30; Rom 2:7; 6:22; Gal 6:8; Jude 21), as the day when salvation will be ours (Rom 13:11; Phil 2:12; 1 Thess 5:8, 9; Heb 1:14; 9:28; 1 Pet 1:5, 9; 2:2), as the giving of the crown which is life (James 1:12; Rev 2:10) and righteousness (2 Tim 4:8). A wide range of imageries direct us to focus fully upon the Last Day as the time that we will be found not guilty but be found in Christ Jesus (Phil 3:9; e.g., cf. the race imagery).
6. The scriptures focus our attention upon the fact that the salvation promised to us in the Last Day is "not yet" ours as they exhort us to persevere in holiness and righteousness, to hold fast to Jesus Christ. While this "not yet attained" (Phil 3:12) perspective upon our salvation is universally present in the New Testament, it is not the only perspective that we need to lay hold of. "Already" in the "present time" God has revealed his righteousness (Rom 3:21ff) and has begun his good work (Phil 1:6) by calling rebellious sinners through the gospel to believe "in him who raised Jesus our Lord from the dead" (Rom 4:24). It is to those who believe in the God who "gives life to the dead and calls things that are not as though they were" (4:17), in imitation of Abraham, that God credits righteousness (4:22f).
7. The Day of Judgment has not yet come, but rather God has graciously revealed his righteousness through the gospel (Rom 1:17), for the gospel announces that God's obedient son, Jesus Christ, has already appeared in the flesh (Rom 1:3f) and has already borne God's wrath for us as he became a sin offering (Rom 8:3). Thus, God has already rendered his judgment for sin in Christ at the cross. The cross of Christ brought to light God's Day-of-Judgment verdict by executing judgment for sin in the present time in the sacrifice of his unique son. The eschatological gift of righteousness (Rom 5:17) is given in Christ Jesus (3:24).
8. For since God has revealed the verdict of his judgment in advance of the Last Day (John 3:19), whoever believes in Jesus Christ, the one who has taken upon himself God's condemning sentence of wrath, that one already stands not condemned in advance of the Day of Judgment. However, everyone who refuses to acknowledge God's verdict upon sinners as announced in his gospel but rather continues to do evil, that person already stands condemned in God's courtroom (John 3:18ff). This is so because God has disclosed ahead of time that acquittal in the Day of Judgment is irrevocably bound up with the sinner's acknowledgment of God's judgment of sin in Jesus Christ upon the cross. One who refuses to acknowledge God's verdict as it is revealed in Jesus Christ will never be raised to eternal life but remains under God's wrath forever (John 3:36). To believe in Jesus as God's condemned sinner and criminal who took God's wrath in our place as sinners is to be assured already that no condemnation but only acquittal will be ours when we stand in God's courtroom in the Last Day (John 3:18; Rom 5:1; 8:1).
9. Therefore, as far as the believer is concerned, the verdict of God's judgment is already in; it is acquittal (Rom 5:1; 8:1, 30-34). Precisely because God in Christ has rendered his judgment for sin at the cross, the believer may, with resolute confidence, face the entire future, for since Christ Jesus died and was raised to life, there is no one in all earth and heaven who can successfully prosecute the believer in God's court (8:33ff; cf. John 3;18; 5:24).
10. Not only has God's judgment, already rendered in Christ at the cross, function to give believers such confidence now to face the Day of Judgment, but we are also assured that God who has already begun his good work of restoring us into his image will surely renew us to reflect fully the likeness of his Son, Jesus Christ (Rom 8:29f) who is the last Adam (1 Cor 15:45ff), the Creator of the "new man" (Col 3:10).
11. Furthermore, on the basis of God's judgment already rendered in Christ at the cross, the scriptures not only assure us that God's work of restoration will be invariably and fully realized (Rom 6:5), they also exhort us to become what we already are in Christ (6:11ff; 12:1ff; Col 2:6; 3:9ff; Eph 4:20ff; 1 John 3:1-2).
12. Yet, though divine judgment against sin is already rendered in Christ at the cross, the New Testament never relinquishes the Old Testament Judgment-Day-orientation concerning justification; justification remains the eschatological verdict of acquittal. Therefore, scripture exhorts us to fasten our gaze upon the Day of Judgment in hope that we shall receive the promised salvation (Rom 8:23-25; 13:11-14; 1 John 3:2-3), promised to those who persevere to the end (Matt 10:22; Heb 1:14-2:4; 3:14; 6:1-12; 10:19-31; 12:14-17).
13. This Judgment-Day-orientation is heard throughout the New Testament whenever the gospel of Jesus Christ calls people, whether believers or unbelievers, to heed its announcement of God's gracious verdict in Christ. God's voice in the gospel appeals to all with a range of exhortations and admonitions. Consider these: "strive to enter through the narrow door" (Luke 13:24); "overcome" the world (Rev 3:21); "hold fast the word" (1 Cor 15:2); "do not grow weary in doing good" (Gal 6:9); "persevere in doing good" (Rom 2:7); "remain in Christ" (John 15:5; 1 John 2:28f); "forgive others" (Matt 6:14). Every one of these admonitions has in view eternal life as the thing we are to gain as the outcome of obedience to the gospel.
14. This Judgment-Day-orientation is also the basis for threats or alarms addressed to all people, especially to all who profess to be Christians, whether baptized or not. The threat of judgment and of condemnation is universally present in the New Testament. We are repeatedly warned against neglecting to forgive others (Matt 6:15), indulging the flesh (Rom 8:13), being cut off from the covenant of promise (Rom 11:22), putting confidence in the flesh (Gal 5:4), disowning Christ (2 Tim 2:12), neglecting God's great salvation (Heb 2:3), falling away from Christ (Heb 6:4-6), deliberately sinning (Heb 10:26ff), missing the grace of God through bitterness (Heb 12:15), subtracting from scripture (Rev 22:19), and many other similar warnings.
16. The call of the gospel is always to persevere in faith and not to presume upon God's grace. The exhortations that call us to endure in good deeds and the warnings that appeal to us lest we fall away from Christ function, not to cause us to doubt our justified standing before God in Christ, but rather to elicit steadfast obedience which is faith's authentic behavior (cf. Rom 1:5; 6:16-17; 16:25-26). Thus, they establish by the Spirit bold confidence that we who obey the gospel are precisely the ones to whom the promise of justification unto eternal life is given.
17. The gospel's call to persevere in obedience is in full agreement with the gospel's promise of justification unto eternal life and salvation. The promise of righteousness before God is to those who, like Abraham, do not waver in their belief in the God who "gives life to the dead and calls into existence things that formerly did not exist" (4:17). It is to this kind of faith, persevering faith, that God credits righteousness (4:22f). The gospel promises eternal life "to those who by perseverance in doing good seek glory and honor and immortality" (Rom 2:7). The hope of salvation held out to us in the gospel becomes ours by persevering through tribulations, for perseverance yields character that is proven which assures us of the thing for which we hope (Rom 5:3-5), namely deliverance from God's wrath that will come upon all who disobey the gospel (Rom 5:9; cf. 1 Thess 1:9-10; 2 Thess 1:6-8).
18. Therefore, as the gospel continues to appeal to us all throughout our earthly pilgrimages, it frames the call in keeping with the way the promise is cast. As the gospel's promise is conditional, so the gospel expresses its exhortations and warnings conditionally. If the gospel promises—"Whoever overcomes will be clothed in white garments, and I will not erase that one's name from the book of life, and I will confess this one's name before my Father and before his angels" (Rev 3:5)—it is only proper that the gospel should use the conditions of the promise to exhort us to overcome and to warn us against slacking off and failing to attain the promised salvation. If the gospel promises that God will reward faithfulness to Christ unto the end with eternal life, it is entirely right that the gospel should exhort us, "Be faithful until death, and I will give you the crown which is life" (Rev 2:10).
19. The gospel's threats against failure lest we lose eternal life and its admonitions for us to persevere in order to attain salvation function to emphasize the inseparable connection between perseverance in holiness and attainment of salvation. The gospel inseparably links by obedient and persevering faith the attainment of what we have not yet received with what is already ours. According to the gospel, on the Day of Judgment there will be no admission into God's kingdom for anyone who has failed to do "the heavenly Father's will" (Matt 7:21). Furthermore, in this passage Jesus makes it abundantly clear that our election to be God's children will be demonstrated at the judgment only by doing "the heavenly Father's will." For apart from works of obedience, Christ the Judge will disown those who presume that election theirs because of religious activity. He will disown them with the eternally resounding words, "I never knew you!" (Matt 7:23).
20. The scriptures provide examples of some who apparently had a good beginning in the gospel but failed to persevere (cf. John 6:70; 17:21 Tim 1:19; 2 Tim 2:16ff; 4:9f). This apparently good beginning is even described with the verb "believe" (cf. Luke 8:13f; John 2:23-25; 8:30ff). However, the scriptures indicate that those who fail to persevere in belief are not examples of God's failure to preserve them unto the salvation to be revealed in the Last Day (1 Peter 1:5). Rather, they are examples of people who failed to believe and thus failed to be saved (cf. Heb 10:39). They are examples of people who loved this world more than they loved Christ. Just as Christ's gospel calls for radical devotion to him that eclipses all other affections so that love for others looks like hatred (Mark 10:29-31; Luke 14:26ff), so anyone who begins to follow Christ but gives in to affections for things of the world is regarded as one who has failed to persevere. Scripture explains such failure of faith as a failure from the beginning. "They went out from us, but they did not really belong to us. For if they had belonged to us, they would have remained with us; but their going showed that none of them belonged to us" (1 John 2:19).
21. We need to allow the various expressions of the gospel to function as scripture intends. Consider a passage such as 1 John 2:19. True as it is, we must not superimpose it upon exhortations and warnings to interpret them. What do I mean? To explain a warning, such as Hebrews 6:4-6, by appealing to the truth that people who fail to persevere were never really members of God's people is to prejudice how one hears the warning. The tendency is to nullify the warning's effect by treating it as if the thing warned against has already become a reality in the persons warned. That is precisely not the function of a warning. The function of a gospel warning is to keep those warned from doing the thing against which it warns.
22. Therefore, the conditional "if" warnings and admonitions indicate a cause and effect relationship. The cause is not the effective cause or ground of one's salvation with God. Rather, the cause is the instrumental cause or the cause of means. Thus, all gospel warnings and exhortations (whether an explicit or implied "if") express the inseparable connection of the end with the appointed means.
23. We who believe find that our justification and hope of standing justified in the Last Day is exclusively grounded in the obedience of Christ Jesus (Rom 5:19). At the same time, the gospel unequivocally affirms that our obedient faith, which was the condition called for initially by the gospel, is the necessary condition or means by which we shall finally be welcomed into God's presence as justified and blameless (Col 1:21-23; Gal 5:1-5; Acts 13:43).
24. Therefore, Christian obedience and holiness is not only the evidence of salvation or of authentic faith; obedience or perseverance in holiness is also the means or pathway that the gospel requires us to follow in order that we might enter into eternal life and salvation in the day Christ finally calls us heavenward (Heb 12:14; Phil 3:9-14; John 5:28-29).
25. Obedience is not only the evidence that God has begun his good work of salvation in us (Phil 1:6) but it is also the means of salvation precisely because, according to the gospel, faith, repentance, obedience, and good works are inextricably bound together though distinguishable. So when the gospel calls upon us to do good deeds which are profitable (Titus 3:8; 1 Tim 6:17-19) or to forgive others (Matt 6:14-15) or to obey God's commandments (Luke 18:19; 10:25-28), the gospel is commanding the activity of belief, the kind of belief that is required in order for anyone to be saved. What the gospel requires is obedience of faith (Rom 1:5; 16:26). All obedience is the obedience of faith so that only those who obey Christ receive his gift of eternal salvation (Heb 5:9).
26. How can we affirm at once that "good works" are both the evidence and means of salvation without irremediably confounding the gospel's proclamation of salvation by "grace through faith"? Wherever scripture exhorts us to ponder the coming judgment as an appeal to obedience, the formula that is invariably used states that we shall be judged according to our deeds: "Surely you will reward each person according to what he has done" (Ps 62:12; cf. Eccl 12:14; Matt 16:27 John 5:22-30; Rom 2:6; 14:10-12; 2 Cor 5:10; Rev 22:12-13).
27. Nowhere does scripture say that God will judge us on the basis of our deeds; everywhere the formula is "according to our deeds" (kata ta erga autou, e.g., Rom 2:7). Were God to judge us on the basis of our deeds, every one of us would be condemned. But the gospel of Jesus Christ inseparably links together God's one free act of acquitting sinners in both the already and not yet aspects. This linkage is drawn through the one obedient Man, Jesus Christ, for it is on the basis of his one obedient act that the many will be set in order as righteous (Rom 5:19). We who receive God's abundant provision of grace and of righteousness through this one man already have this eschatological hope of being constituted righteous (Rom 5:17, 19). This hope of being made righteous is ours only through the kind of faith that Abraham exercised (Rom 4:17-25). Our hope is grounded in the fact that we are already declared righteous (Rom 5:1; 8:1). We who shall be constituted righteous are already declared righteous and are in process of becoming what we are (Rom 6:2-6). God's verdict of righteousness, which is already ours on the basis of Christ's obedience and not our own, is our assurance that in the Day of Salvation God will thoroughly transform us from the sinners we became through Adam's disobedience to fully righteous people through Christ's obedience. God's power, which is the gospel, will invariably and finally transform us fully into the image of his Son just as God has predestined us to be (Rom 8:29) so that Christ's one act of obedience will finally reverse the effects of Adam's one trespass just as the gospel announces to everyone who receives the gift of righteousness.
28. Consequently, without doubt, the basis upon which anyone can or will stand justified before God is Christ's obedient act alone. Therefore, the gospel never announces that we shall be judged on the basis of our deeds but only according to our deeds. Paul's gospel affirms two realities simultaneously. First, his gospel announces that we shall be declared righteous if we believe in the God of Abraham who raised Jesus Christ from the dead (Rom 4:22-24). Also, his gospel affirms that God will judge us according to our deeds (Rom 2:6) and will reward with eternal life only "those who by persevering in doing good, seek glory, honor, and immortality" (Rom 2:7). The reward is not earned, for the judgment rendered will not be grounded upon those deeds but upon one deed alone, namely Christ's obedience. Rather, the judgment is rendered according to or in keeping with the deeds that the gospel requires and enables. So, God's judgment in the Last Day is a judgment in keeping with our deeds precisely because his judgment will expose us for what we really are, obedient slaves of righteousness (Rom 6:16-18). We who are already justified find that our faith is already obedient (Rom 1:5; 6:16-17; 16:25-27), and we shall find that we are the ones who will pass through the judgment according to deeds and will be revealed to be God's children (Rom 8:12-21), made in the likeness of our elder brother—Jesus Christ, glorified and made righteous (Rom 8:29-30; 5:19). In the day that has not yet come when God judges all humans, God will spare no one from his scrutinizing eye that looks for the thing that his powerful gospel has already begun. Only those who do the truth and come into the light already will, in the day, that has not yet come, be exposed by the same light to be the ones whose deeds have been done by God (John 3:21).
29. The obedience of faith we are describing, which is necessary for justification in God's heavenly courtroom, is not already a perfect obedience, for we all sin daily (Phil 3:12ff). Instead, it describes our basic life-orientation, so that our change of character is evident, though less than perfect. The imperfection of us as believers in this present age stands under the already but not yet eschatology of the New Testament. We believers already are cleansed, we already stand justified (1 Cor 6:11), but our salvation is not yet perfected or consummated and will not be until the Day of Salvation which is nearer now than when we first believed (Rom 13:11). Thus, we most certainly agree with Paul that we do not now nor will we ever in this present life consider ourselves to have already laid hold of perfection (Phil 3:12-13). We are not saying that anyone can or must live a sinless life or perfectly submit to the lordship of Christ in order to be saved. We are saying that the change of character, brought about by the gospel that is God's power for salvation, is truly observable, significant, substantial, and necessary, but not perfect.
30. Because faith that is neither obedient nor active is dead (James 2:17), and because repentance is necessary to receive God's pardon for sin (i.e., justification), and because remaining in Christ by keeping his commandments (John 15:5, 10; 1 John 3:12, 24) are essential evidences that we are already God's children (Rom 8:12-17; 1 John 3:1-2) and are necessary conditions to inherit the adoption that is not yet ours (Rom 8:18-25; 1 John 3:2-3), we should preach these things urgently to all in order that all may lay hold of God's salvation in Jesus Christ.
31. Scriptures never disparage good works. Instead, the gospel calls us to acknowledge the following: that good works are profitable for us (Titus 3:8), that being rich in good deeds is inseparably linked with laying hold of eternal life (1 Tim 6:18-19), that those who do good deeds will be rewarded with eternal life (Rom 2:7), and that only those who have done good deeds will be resurrected to eternal life in the Last Day (John 5:28-29).
32. Never does scripture confuse "good works" with the kind of works that are contemptible to God (e.g., Eph 2:9; Rom 3:28; Gal 2:16; Titus 3:5). Rather remarkably, in precisely the same contexts where certain kinds of works are rejected, "good works" are praised (see esp. Eph 2:10; Titus 3:8). God is just, for he takes note of our good deeds and works of love (Heb 6:10) and will grant to us our inheritance in due time (Heb 6:11-12) in keeping with these deeds.
33. "Good works" are precisely what God in Christ has brought forth in us, his "new creation." God prepared our good deeds beforehand in order that they should be our pattern of behavior (Eph 2:10). We do good works from true faith (1 Thess 1:3). We accomplish good works only by the power of the residing Holy Spirit (Rom 8:9; Gal 5:22-23).
34. We who do the "good works," that God appointed for us, find no place for boasting as if we have produced them from our own strength or resources. The gospel plainly tells us that whatever good we do arises not from ourselves but from God who is at work in us. Both the desire to do good and the ability to accomplish the good we desire comes from God (Phil 2:13). Now this is not a disincentive to persevere but rather a strong incentive, for it is the basis upon which we are exhorted to "bring to an accomplishment our own salvation with fear and trembling" (Phil 2:12). Because our God is at work in us both at the level of desires and actions we who practice the truth are glad to come into the light of God's verdict that it might be fully disclosed to all that our deeds have been done by God (John 3:21). With Paul, while we do labor in the deeds commanded by the gospel, we are pleased to affirm that all our labors that are called "good" originate not from us but from the "grace of God which is with us" (1 Cor 15:10). We openly confess our complete impotence to do any good out of our own strength and we candidly affirm with gratitude to our God: "all that we have accomplished you have done for us" (Isa 26:12). Though we may express surprise (Matt 25:37-39) in the Day of Judgment when the King will praise us for deeds of love done toward him, we will not begin to boast then. For after we have completed everything that we have been commanded to do, we will humbly say, "We are unworthy servants; we have only done our duty" (Luke 17:10).
35. The inseparable linkage of faith and obedience and of being declared righteous and being made righteous is spanned by the gospel's promise and by its incessant calls framed as warnings and exhortations. The gospel that promises salvation to all who obey its urgent call also marks out the pathway that will lead us from where we are already to the place of salvation to which we have not yet arrived. This, then, is the function of the many warnings and exhortations. Warnings function as signs that caution against the multitude of dangers that lie on every hand. Admonitions function as signs that point us to the right path as they exhort us to press forward in order that we may enter into God's kingdom and inherit the life that has been promised (cf. Heb 6:12).
36. The gospel that warns and exhorts is the same gospel that promises eternal life and provides the Spirit for us who enables us to obey the call of the gospel with all its appeals (Rom 8:1-12). The eternal life, for which we strive, and the promised Spirit, for whose fullness we eagerly hope, are already ours. Therefore, we are not left helpless to obey the gospel, but rather we obey the gospel only because it is the Spirit of God that already enlivens our mortal bodies with heavenly life; it is the same Spirit who enlivened Christ in his resurrection (Rom 8:11). It is only by this enlivening Spirit that we, then, can understand and heed the paradoxical call of the gospel: "if you live according to the flesh you will die; but if by the Spirit you put to death the misdeeds of the body, you will live" (Rom 8:13).
37. It is this same Spirit, who in conjunction with enabling us to obey, also testifies with our spirits that we are God's children (Rom 8:15-16). The Spirit of sonship does this only for those he leads in the path of righteousness. Spirit-given assurance is not restricted to what we already are (God's children) but it also encompasses what is not yet ours (our inheritance). Thus, we are assured that we are not only on the right pathway but that we who have already been declared righteous will not be condemned by God at the close of this journey (Rom 8:31ff).
38. The gospel assures us that we belong to God's elect only as we adorn our faith with the Christian virtues that God's Spirit is pleased to work in us (2 Pet 1:5-11). We assure our own hearts that we are God's elect children only as we exercise obedient faith. Assurance that we are truly God's children does not come to us by logical deduction; it is ours only as we walk the pathway of obedient faith. Assurance is not the happiness to be found at the end of the course; it is our divinely implanted joy that accompanies us in the journey itself.
39. God promises that he will finish the good work he started (Phil 1:6). God also promises that nothing can separate us from Christ's love (Rom 8:35-39), that all whom he calls and justifies will be glorified (Rom 8:30), that God will keep us from apostasy (Jude 24-25), that those who have eternal life will never perish or be snatched from the Father's hand (John 10:28-30), that all those who are given to the Father by the Son will be raised on the Last Day (John 6:40), that the one who called us will establish us until the end so that we will be blameless in the day of Christ (1 Cor 1:8), and will sanctify us completely on the day of redemption (1 Thess 5:24). All these promises give us believers great assurance because we know that just as we did not initiate our salvation, neither can we sustain it apart from God's grace. These promises assure us that God will complete what he started. They protect us from a paralyzing fear that looks within and sees no resources to persevere to the end. The gospel promises that God will grant the grace necessary to finish what he began. None of these promises, however, rules out the threats and warnings or exhortations and admonitions in the scriptures. Indeed, the gospel's threats and warnings and the gospel's admonitions and exhortations are means that God uses to see to it that the promise of perseverance will be realized in us.
40. Christian assurance of salvation is not retrospective; it is prospective. It is not introspective; it is Christ-focused. The assurance that the gospel holds out to us does not focus our attention upon the beginning of salvation but upon its consummation. Furthermore, the assurance that the gospel calls us to embrace does not look within ourselves but away to Christ who is the prize to be won (Phil 3:8). Though the gospel does frequently appeal to past perseverance as reason for continued faithfulness to the end (e.g., "We want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, in order to make your hope sure" [Heb 6:11]), assurance concerning the past is now passed. The kind of assurance the gospel gives is never content either with the past or with what we already are. Rather, the assurance that the gospel provides for us is of the essence of faith, for this assurance is "being sure of what we hope for" (Heb 11:1), namely confidence that we shall be what we are not yet –fully like Jesus Christ (1 John 3:2-3). This assurance is born out of faith that acknowledges that God "rewards those who earnestly seek him" (Heb 11:6).


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When Life Gives You Parkinson's podcast: Dyskinesia
By Larry Gifford	Program Director	Global News
WATCH (April 2019): April 11 is World Parkinson's Day. While a cure still remains elusive, research has made changes to the lives of Parkinson's patients.
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This is a special bonus episode of When Life Gives You Parkinson's that we are calling Extra Dosage. Full episodes of Season 2 of the podcast will be released every other Wednesday beginning in September 2019.
In this episode of When Life Gives You Parkinson's, I turn to friends and fellow people with Parkinson's who have been dealing with dyskinesia longer than I have.
Becca Miller, 45, is a psychologist at a community mental health centre in New Haven, Conn. She was diagnosed with Parkinson's disease six years ago and began to have dyskinesia two years ago. Jim Smerdon, 45, has been living in Vancouver, B.C., with Parkinson's since 2007. His dyskinesia was so severe he opted for deep brain stimulation (DBS) surgery in 2014 in search of relief.
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What is dyskinesia? If you were to imagine Michael J. Fox in your mind right now, you're probably picturing the guy from Back to the Future or The Good Wife. Think about when you've seen him interviewed on TV news programs or when he testified before the U.S. Congress, though: those uncontrolled, involuntary movements Fox is known for are not symptoms of Parkinson's. It's called dyskinesia.
It's a reaction to long-term levodopa use. Yes, the gold-standard drug treatment for Parkinson's, when taken over a long period of time, will effectively treat some of your PD symptoms like tremor, slowness and stiffness but also cause you to move uncontrollably. The Michael J. Fox Foundation describes dyskinesia as fidgeting, writhing, wriggling, head bobbing or body swaying.
It is important to note that not everyone with Parkinson's will develop this complication. It is more common with people who are diagnosed with Young Onset Parkinson's disease (YOPD) or are under the age of 50.
READ MORE: When Life Gives You Parkinson's podcast — Shaking stereotypes
There was no guarantee I would experience dyskinesia. I didn't particularly want it. And in the end, I didn't really have a vote.
After my family returned from World Parkinson Congress in Japan in mid-June, I was jetlagged and my med times and dosages were a bit out of whack. That's when dyskinesia took hold. It had only ever really happened once before, about six months ago. I do sometimes sway and jerk a bit here and there but I am a relative stranger to experiencing a full-on dyskinesia episode.
It was Saturday night, my family was at the dinner table, and I started to sway and rock — slowly at first, then gradually faster and more erratic. My head started to go to the right, my shoulder popped to the left, my neck jerked back and forth. And it repeated over and over again.
Worldwide travel + Jetlag + mixed up timings of medication = dyskinesia pic.twitter.com/MSiRBcbJ91
— When Life Gives You Parkinson's (@ParkinsonsPod) June 15, 2019
About five minutes into the dyskinesia, I asked my wife Rebecca to record a video.
The dyskinesia lasted 45 minutes. I posted the video on Facebook, Twitter and Instagram accounts. For friends and family who have not witnessed many physical symptoms of my Parkinson's, this came as a shock. For people familiar with PD, my episode was rather mild.
Two days later, I was at a manager's off-site meeting with 18 of my colleagues, and dyskinesia set in again. It lasted an hour. And then it happened a day later during my exercise class. I was doing a bear crawl, and it was as if the bear was drunk. I couldn't tell my feet what to do anymore. It lasted 30 minutes.
That inspired me to talk to my guests to get them to answer some questions I had about dyskinesia, and some that my friends and family posed to me after watching the video.
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Also in this Extra Dosage episode, we discuss the Michael J. Fox Foundation's announcement about a series of free, day-long live events called Parkinson's IQ + You. MJFF Deputy CEO Sohini Chowdhury joined the podcast to chat about the events.
"The goal is to create a forum where we can share information with Parkinson's patients, family members, friends, all with the goal of empowering people with Parkinson's and care partners so they can optimally manage their disease and learn more about participating in research," Chowdhury said.
The Parkinson's IQ + You series is exciting for a number of reasons, but most relevant to me is that I have been asked to travel with the Michael J. Fox Foundation and be the host and moderator of these events across America. You can find more information at www.michaeljfox.org/PDIQ.
There are also other events I will be attending in the coming months that were mentioned in this episode.
Saturday, Aug. 15, 2019 — Join me at Tour de Fox Pacific Northwest in Port Coquitlam, B.C. Details can be found here: https://tourdefox.michaeljfox.org/pacificnorthwest.
Saturday, Aug. 24, 2019 — Join me in Pickerington, Ohio, for the inaugural Tremor Trot. My nephew Anthony and his family are working with Team Fox on this family-friendly 5K. You can join us or donate to the When Life Gives You Parkinson's team.
Sunday, Sept. 8, 2019 — I am the emcee and a walker for the Parkinson Society British Columbia's Parkinson SuperWalk in Vancouver. Funds raised through this event help to provide valuable support services and education offered by Parkinson Society British Columbia in B.C. as well as fund research efforts. You can also donate to the When Life Gives You Parkinson's team.
Saturday, Sept. 14, 2019 — I will be in Atlanta, Ga., for the first Parkinson's IQ + You event. Register for free here.
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Het angelus (Frans: L'Angélus) is een beroemd schilderij van Jean-François Millet. Het toont een boer en een boerin die hun werk neerleggen op het eind van de dag om het angelus te bidden. Het werd tussen 1857 en 1859 gemaakt in opdracht van Thomas Gold Appleton, een Amerikaanse mecenas, die het echter niet accepteerde. Het maakt sinds 1986 deel uit van de collectie van het Musée d'Orsay in Parijs.

Voorstelling
In de periode waarin Het angelus ontstaan is, schilderde Millet veel voorstellingen van het eenvoudige boerenleven, waarvan Arenleessters waarschijnlijk het bekendst is. Op Het angelus is het moment te zien waarop de kerkklok oproept tot gebed. Het angelus, dat inmiddels grotendeels in onbruik is geraakt, werd vroeger driemaal daags gebeden: om zes uur 's morgens, twaalf uur 's middags en zes uur 's avonds. De man en de vrouw stoppen hun werkzaamheden aan de aardappeloogst, waarvan verschillende werktuigen rondom hen getuigen, en gaan op in hun Weesgegroetjes. Hoewel het geen religieus schilderij is (Millet was niet kerkelijk), komt de bescheiden vroomheid van veel plattelanders er fraai in tot uitdrukking. Doordat de gezichten van de hoofdpersonen slecht te onderscheiden zijn, verliezen deze hun individualiteit en verworden tot archetypen van de arme plattelandsbevolking.

De schilder gaf aan dat zijn eigen ervaringen ten grondslag lagen aan het schilderij.

Bij het schilderen van het landschap liet Millet zich inspireren door de omgeving van Barbizon, waar hij vaak samen met collega's als Rousseau en Daubigny in de buitenlucht werkte. De kerktoren, die op de achtergrond nog net te zien is, hoort toe aan de parochiekerk van Chailly-en-Bière.

Op Salvador Dalí, die op school een reproductie van het schilderij zag, maakte het een grote indruk. Hij twijfelde er niet aan, of het stelde een begrafenis voor waarbij het paar om een dood kind treurde. Op zijn verzoek werd door het Louvre een röntgenfoto vervaardigd, die inderdaad onder de mand een schets van een kist liet zien. Dalí interpreteerde deze als een zerk en de scène als een gebed aan het kindergraf. Hij verwerkte het schilderij en het thema in meerdere werken en in 1938 publiceerde hij er een boek over.

Controverse
In 1889 werd Het angelus middelpunt van een controverse toen het werk in Frankrijk op een veiling te koop werd aangeboden. Om het voor Frankrijk te behouden moest de directeur van het Louvre uiteindelijk 553.000 Franse frank bieden. Door heftige tegenstand van rechtse partijen die geen groot bedrag wensten uit te geven voor de linkse kunstenaar Millet, kreeg de Franse regering de financiering niet rond. Het schilderij verdween daarop naar Amerika. Daar ontstond een ander probleem: de nieuwe eigenaar vond de invoerrechten te hoog. Het schilderij werd daarop binnen zes maanden doorverkocht aan Alfred Chauchard en zodoende behouden voor Frankrijk.

Herkomst
 1860: in bezit van Papeleu.
 1860: in bezit van Alfred Stevens.
 vanaf 1860: in bezit van Jules Van Praet, Brussel.
 vanaf 1864: Paul Tesse krijgt het schilderij in bezit door het te ruilen tegen Herderin met haar kudde eveneens van Millet.
 vanaf 1865: in bezit van Emile Gavet, Parijs.
 na 1872: in bezit van John Waterloo Wilson, Brussel.
 tot 1889: in bezit van Eugène Secrétan, een Franse industrieel en kunstverzamelaar.
 1 juli 1889: verkocht op een veiling aan de American Art Association.
 1890: voor 750.000 goudfranken gekocht door Alfred Chauchard, eigenaar van de Grands Magasins du Louvre, een warenhuis.
 1909: nagelaten aan het Louvre bij testament van 1906
 1910: legaat geaccepteerd door de Franse staat
 1986: overgeplaatst naar het Musée d'Orsay

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Schilderij in het Musée d'Orsay
Werk van Jean-François Millet

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Hillsborough Disaster
There ARE other teams(we'd have no-one to play otherwise) and here's where all-comers can discuss the wider world of football......
Prufrock
Re: Hillsborough Disaster
Post by Prufrock » Sat Oct 13, 2012 6:07 pm
Hardly looks 'independent' though, does it?
In a world that has decided
That it's going to lose its mind
Be more kind, my friends, try to be more kind.
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Post by thebish » Sat Oct 13, 2012 6:12 pm
Prufrock wrote: Hardly looks 'independent' though, does it?
The rest of Mummy's post - fine - it would have simply have sufficed to have said he is the bishop of Liverpool to make that point... the idea that him signing himself "Liverpool" in some sense makes a difference is simply ludicrous - it's what bishops have done for centuries.
If Alex Ferguson became bishop of Liverpool, he would sing himself "+Alex Liverpool" - but I doubt it would make him biased towards Liverpool...
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Post by mummywhycantieatcrayons » Sat Oct 13, 2012 7:12 pm
Ha, of course I know that. In the same way I have an F.E.Smith signature that is simply 'Birkenhead'.
It's a helpful visual illustration of my point though!
Prufrock wrote: Like money hasn't always talked. You might not like it, or disagree, but it's the truth. It's a basic incentive, people always have, and always will want what's best for themselves and their families
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Post by bristol_Wanderer3 » Sun Oct 14, 2012 3:12 am
mummywhycantieatcrayons wrote:
Harry Genshaw wrote:
mummywhycantieatcrayons wrote: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-19922092
So another enquiry.
I don't know why sensible people are playing out the charade that entertains the possibility of any of the police involved being convicted of a crime.
It was alleged around the time and has been hinted at in recent news stories, that the Press coverage (mainly the Suns) was as a result of senior Police officers peddling stories they knew to be untrue that shifted the blame onto the fans from their own organisation. Even before the alteration of statements (for whatever reason) - there could be a case for 'perverting the course of justice' - no?
No. I don't think so.
For a start, the Taylor Inquiry was not a criminal investigation and none of the statements was taken under Criminal Justice Act rules and none of the evidence was sworn under oath.
And, at any rate, as I have discussed at some length above, not even the Hillsborough Independent Panel of Scousers report alleges that any police officer said things that were knowingly untrue, apart from Duckenfield's statement about the gates in the immediate aftermath.
The report you mention doesn't allege that police officers said things that were knowingly untrue, but does very, very strongly suggest it. Do we need to have the urinating fans discussion again?
It will be interesting to see what, if any, charges are brought as a result of this new inquiry, and how far up the tree it goes.
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Post by Zulus Thousand of em » Sun Oct 14, 2012 7:07 am
mummywhycantieatcrayons wrote: Ha, of course I know that. In the same way I have an F.E.Smith signature that is simply 'Birkenhead'.
F E Smith is one of my heroes too, as you know Mummy. I never realised that the bastard was a Tranmere Rovers fan though!
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Post by bw@bw » Sun Oct 14, 2012 10:33 am
Zulus Thousand of em wrote:
Well, I had never heard of FE Smith, though I had heard of Lord Birkenhead. Just read up on him on Wikipedia. Fascinating.
What goes around may still come around
Post by mummywhycantieatcrayons » Sun Oct 14, 2012 1:55 pm
bristol_Wanderer3 wrote: The report you mention doesn't allege that police officers said things that were knowingly untrue, but does very, very strongly suggest it. Do we need to have the urinating fans discussion again?
I agree there seems little point - you still won't get it.
There were fans urinating in the terraces. One policewoman thought some urine had come in her direction and said so. The Sun then decided to change this into 'fans urinate on dead'.
What is so hard to understand about that sequence?
bristol_Wanderer3 wrote: It will be interesting to see what, if any, charges are brought as a result of this new inquiry, and how far up the tree it goes.
There will be no criminal charges. Well, ok - I suppose I can't guarantee that in the current climate, but there will not be a criminal conviction.
Suppose somebody could prove that police said things that they knew not to be true (and to reiterate, even the panel of Scousers only paint a picture of distorted Chinese whispers rather than outright lies), that would be a misconduct issue to interest the IPCC, but it would not be a criminal offence. "Perverting the court of justice" is not some vague offence that encompasses telling lies in the aftermath of any accident in which people have died. It's telling lies under oath - think Jeffrey Archer, Jonathan Aitken etc.
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Post by Bruce Rioja » Sun Oct 14, 2012 4:14 pm
It was alleged around the time and has been hinted at in recent news stories, that the Press coverage (mainly the Suns) was as a result of senior Police officers peddling stories they knew to be untrue that shifted the blame onto the fans from their own organisation.
I heard Kelvin MacKenzie come out with something pretty much identical to that quite recently. Still, you've never seen Kelvin MacKenzie and Billy Fisher in the same room now, have you?!
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Post by Lord Kangana » Sun Oct 14, 2012 5:10 pm
Still its a good excuse to be able to call Kelvin Mckenzie a lying c*nt without fear of censure, seeing as its now in the public domain.
So, Kelvin McKenzie is a lying c*nt. In case you missed it.
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Lord Kangana wrote: Still its a good excuse to be able to call Kelvin Mckenzie a lying c*nt without fear of censure, seeing as its now in the public domain.
I'm not sure what it is you're getting at here, LK.
Are we saying that Kelvin MaKenzie is a c*nt that tells lies?
Only if he's breathing.
Due to complex medical reasons, he's unable to suppress his own natural lying/cuntishness rhythm.
In plain English, between you and me, this means he's a lying c*nt.
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Post by bobo the clown » Sun Oct 14, 2012 6:38 pm
He speaks well of your food !!
Not advocating mass-murder as an entirely positive experience, of course, but it had its moments.
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Post by bristol_Wanderer3 » Sun Oct 14, 2012 9:01 pm
No. No no no. The only fans urinating on the terraces were those involuntarily doing so whilst having every living drop of energy squeezed out of them. Look at some of the pictures...no one on the terraces can move any part of their bodies and there is no mention in the report or anywhere else of anybody urinating on the terraces.
There is mention of people urinating at the back of the stands, but if someone can urinate so far that a policewoman can feel a drop on the pitch, from the upper tier of the Leppings Lane stand, then the urinating individual concerned has talents that could earn him a fortune in the circus or the porn industry, talents we would probably have heard about.
The report clearly references statements...referred to above about the policewoman being urinated on whilst tending to the dead bodies on the pitch. There is no evidence to support it. There were TV and CCTV cameras trained on the pitch throughout the whole disaster. So we can interpret that as the urinating was deliberately mentioned to smear the Liverpool fans' names further, or that some magical drop landed on the policewoman and she jumped to the conclusion that it was from a pissing fan. Most observers seem to have suspected the former.
You are the legal eagle my friend, so no doubt you are probably right, I will watch with interest. The next interesting development will be to see if the inquests are to overturned and new inquests held...what do you expect to happen there?
Post by Prufrock » Mon Oct 15, 2012 2:29 am
Not a chance of criminal charges brought, and if there are, on a wave of public pressure, no chance of conviction - unless they contrive to have a jury trial based in Liverpool. Still predictable worries about the closeness of press and police. The Sun felt they had justification for the infamous 'The Truth' headline. To put it politely, maybe they guessed, maybe they were fed duff info...
There's a great biography of FE by John Campbell which I'm sure Crayons will endorse. Entertaining and inspiring. Long too. But worth it.
Also, Crayons again the expert, Birkenhead was barely a proper town as he was growing up, 'Tranmere fan' is surely a slander (dead or not). Ambition, defiance: a Big Sam Wanderer if ever there were.
Post by mummywhycantieatcrayons » Mon Oct 15, 2012 2:32 am
bristol_Wanderer3 wrote: No. No no no. The only fans urinating on the terraces were those involuntarily doing so whilst having every living drop of energy squeezed out of them. Look at some of the pictures...no one on the terraces can move any part of their bodies and there is no mention in the report or anywhere else of anybody urinating on the terraces.
Alright, I have used the word 'terraces' here imprecisely, when I meant 'stand'.
There is no mention in the report of any police statement saying that any fan urinated on the pitch or bottom of the terraces.
Look at the last page of this rank and file policeman's statement: http://hillsborough.independent.gov.uk/ ... 890001.pdf" onclick="window.open(this.href);return false;
From the various accounts that are out there, it seems likely to me that this is more or less what happened and that it was spun and exaggerated from here by the tabloids.
If that account is true, and I think on balance it probably is (it's impossible to know if anyone was aiming at anyone else, but it's at least plausible that with emotions running high and with a certain amount of (deserved) animosity towards the police in the air, that some police believed they were aimed at), then a news entry along the lines of 'Liverpool fans urinated on police while they tended to the injured and dying' could be ambiguously true: the 'while' could mean that some police were urinated on 'while' other police were tending to the injured on the pitch, or the forming of a cordon to facilitate the passage of the injured and dying could be the 'tending'.
Yes, it's true that the tabloids chose to run the story that gave the impression that the fans were pissing on people giving the kiss of life on the pitch, but I don't believe that's what any police officer ever said.
Of course, none of who pissed where and when has the slightest bearing on whose fault the deaths were anyway.
bristol_Wanderer3 wrote: You are the legal eagle my friend, so no doubt you are probably right, I will watch with interest. The next interesting development will be to see if the inquests are to overturned and new inquests held...what do you expect to happen there?
I think it is now likely that the inquests will be re-opened. It's clear that a lot of evidence was needlessly excluded first time round, so I think they will find a way to make this happen.
However, none of the extra evidence will make the slightest bit of difference to the verdict of 'accidental death', which I think is an absolute cast-iron certainty to hold in every case. The extra evidence would introduce an evaluation of the emergency services' response, yes, but no one person or organisation will be found culpable enough to make them guilty of manslaughter, which is what it would take to get that verdict replaced.
And that's actually the key point to the whole discussion - there was such a perfect storm of blame around, both in the lead up to and on the day, including the police, SWFC, the FA, the emergency services, and, yes, the fans, that it's impossible to pin it all with enough severity on one person or organisation, given what best practice, standards and knowledge were the day before the incident (and that's how they have to be judged). If it's impossible to pin manslaughter on anyone, and it is, then it's impossible to find any verdict other than 'accidental death'.
I haven't read the report, though I've read Alcock and White and other reports about Hillsborough.
Judging only from the press reports, I wouldn't be surprised if they gave an open verdict, not having enough evidence to give unlawful killing. The Marchioness disaster is an example of gross negligence causing death which ended in a verdict of unlawful killing. From what I can gather about the police operations there is enough that, minded that way, that could happen. Not clear cut, but not impossible.
Nah, there is now surely no deficiency in the evidence - there's a very detailed picture of who did what and when. I think an open verdict is just as unlikely.
The Marchioness case is interesting - it's unusual in that the captain of the offending ship himself died and so couldn't stand trial. But the key difference is this: people knew that failure to observe good practice in that stretch of water would put lives at risk. Wrongly, with hindsight, that's just not how anyone felt about policing football matches back then.
Post by bristol_Wanderer3 » Mon Oct 15, 2012 4:39 am
Can you please explain section 2-12-99 (below) in the report then? Do you agree that a policewoman giving resuscitation would be doing so on the pitch, or at the bottom of the terraces?
Some officers were injured and some stories were told to the Secretary [Middup] which were horrific. One story being that a policewoman who was giving resuscitation was urinated on. Other police officers were verbally abused and had stuff thrown at them and spat on. Some officers saw people picking coins up from the floor which had obviously come from the victims. Mr Middup said that was how it was portrayed to him that night by individuals under tremendous strain.
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The latest flapdoodle over intelligence gathering has bestirred a more than usually energetic reaction. Calls to amend the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act and to shackle the NSA are erupting all over the political landscape like acne on a teenager's face.
But let's not get carried away. The problem is not with what NSA is and was doing. The problems are that it was caught doing it and that Obama is saying that NSA did something wrong, which it didn't.
What began as another round of leaks from Edward Snowden, telling us that NSA has been listening to German Chancellor Angela Merkel's cell phone calls for the past ten years, isn't over yet.
In a face-slapping and head-bopping exercise worthy of the Three Stooges, Moebama told us that he wasn't aware of any such thing, it wasn't his fault and somebody else must be responsible. Larry Carney told the White House press corpse that we weren't monitoring Merkel and wouldn't do it in the future, omitting conspicuously a denial that we'd done it in the past. Curley Boehner voiced a vague objection to spying on our allies, saying that "We have to find the right balance here. And we're clearly unbalanced." Huh?
Dianne Feinstein, chairman of the Senate Select Committee on Intelligence, said she was unequivocally opposed to NSA collecting intel on leaders of allied countries. Why? Does she fear that, by listening to Merkel, Obama might get some ideas on how to grow our economy?
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Hollande's and Rajoy's indignation competition was suddenly interrupted by NSA boss Gen. Keith Alexander, who spoiled their fun by pointing out that NSA didn't monitor those millions of calls. The French and Spanish spy agencies did — overseas, and while focused on the theater of battle — and turned the intel product over to NSA.
Look, we spy on everyone we are capable of spying on (except Americans), either electronically or otherwise. And we bloody well should. That means allies as well as enemies. Mizz Merkel, if she uses an unsecured cell phone for any confidential communications, is an incompetent. (This is why certain agencies took Obama's old Blackberry away from him way back in January 2009 and gave him a spiffy new one reportedly put together by General Dynamics to handle secret stuff.)
The way our laws are set up requires that the NSA not intercept phone calls, emails, and the like from any "U.S. persons" — pretty much everyone here except for representatives of foreign governments, spies, and terrorists — and quickly dispose of anything accidentally intercepted in violation of law. Just like the CIA isn't allowed to operate inside the U.S., NSA isn't supposed to aim its interceptions at us.
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America has the big hammer of electronic surveillance and has a duty to use it. The NSA's enormous capability — satellites, hyperfast computer networks, and the like — have grown quickly since 9/11 to give us an incomparable capability. What we're seeing now is a political effort to reduce us to the capabilities of, say, Italy.
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There is a need to fix FISA, but there is too much danger in reducing NSA's activities to go very far at all.
Quick out of the "intelligence reform" box are Sen. Pat Leahy (D-Vt.) and Rep. Jim Sensenbrenner (R-Wis.) with their proposed "USA Freedom Act."
The bill actually has some almost-good ideas, but they're intermixed with too many bad ones.
On the okay side, it would eliminate the mass collection of Americans' metadata. It would be far better to simply rein in the FISC rulings on relevance, which should accomplish the same thing but wouldn't interfere with demonstrably necessary metadata collections (of which there are many).
But there's far worse in the bill. It would require a court order before the government could use — in court — any information collected in foreign intelligence operations. That could have much the same effect that the old "wall" did in separating intelligence ops from law enforcement as did the infamous 1995 "wall memo" written by then-Deputy Attorney General Jamie Gorelick. And it would create a sort of guardian ad litem of everyone's private communications to advise the FISC on certain cases, opposing what NSA was proposing.
There may be a more awful idea that the government would pay some bunch of lawyers to oppose NSA and represent the interests of foreign governments and people NSA wants to spy on, but nothing comes to mind at the moment.
Fortunately, this is only the beginning of the debate. If Congress were really interested in fixing FISA rather than tinkering with it to satisfy the media, it should start by sitting down and asking NSA, CIA, and the other intel agencies — and the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court judges — what should be done to fix it. Then it would have a baseline from which to work and deliberate its own changes.
Though this isn't quite the same Congress that gave us Obamacare, it is the one that failed to deal with repeated fiscal crises and is planning to give us immigration amnesty next year. With that track record, I shudder to think what it will do to FISA and the NSA.


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