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Islington council should be ashamed
2008-07-23 20:47:00 Click on the title to read how badly they treated a Christian woman sticking to her principles. More About: England
Seven abortion
2008-07-23 20:04:00 Click on the title for an article about incredible irresponsibility.
Grass Valley, California 23 July, 7:15 a.m.
2008-07-23 16:15:00 Click on the title link for yesterday in San Francisco with Dennis, Julie and Ty. More About: Valley
Grass Valley, California 22 July, 8 a.m.
2008-07-22 16:26:00 Click on the title link for yesterday in Nevada. We lunched in a casino, less than $6 for lunch for senior citizens, an all you can eat buffet with four different cuisines. i had Mexican. It just about filled me for the day. Gambling is everywhere in this state. it is depressing. We drove through Reno then over the mountains to Lake Tahoe viewing the silver mining town of Virginia City on the way.Today we drive to San Francisco and i have just been told to remember to take a jacket as it is cool there. More About: Valley
Grass Valley, California 21 July, 6:25 a.m.
2008-07-21 15:06:00 No-one was up quickly the day after the wedding. We all missed adult Sunday School at Grass Valley Covenant Reformed Church but we did make the 11 AM service. Most of us were rather sleepy though and the cinema style seats did not help one keep alert. It is a friendly congregation and lots of folks remembered our last visit there back in November. After lunch at the Roes and a siesta too we all were driven to Placerville and the new home of the Borens. Abigail is a Roe daughter. Click on the title for the photos. I did not get any photos of Steve's scrupmtious bison burgers from the barbeque though. Dennis's sister was our driver for the hour long drive in the most enormous Chelsea tractor I have experienced, It seats eight. The day before Dennis had driven me to and from the wedding in his Mazda sports car. I have now requested a drive with the top down.We are now in "winding down after the wedding" mode and have lots of wedding left overs to consume.
Grass Valley, California 20 July, 7.30 am
2008-07-20 09:39:00 If you click on the title link you should get to my wedding photos which will have comments on the big day's events More About: California , Grass , July , Valley
Tax Freedom Day
2008-07-19 09:42:00 Tax Freedom Day is the day on which we stop working for the Chancellor and start working for ourselves.If the average person works from 1 Jan each year, it will be June before they have earned enough to pay their taxes.The tax burden isn?t just income tax and national insurance, it includes VAT, fuel taxed, alcohol and cigarette duties, airline tax, fuel duties, car tax and many, many more.The preferences for stealth taxes in the past few years has meant that it?s becoming harder for people to understand how much they are paying. The importance of Tax Freedom Day is that it detects stealth taxes.Tax Freedom Day 2008 falls on 2 June.This means that for 155 days of the year, every penny earned by the average UK resident was taken to support government expenditures. 1965 27 April 1987 5 June 1966 4 May 1988* 5 June 1967 16 May 1989 3 June 1968* 22 May 1990 3 June 1969 29 May 1991 3 June 1970 2 June 1992* 29 May 1971 25 May 1993 23 May 1972* 17 May 1994 23 May 197... More About: United Kingdom
Grass Valley, California 19 July, 6.30 am
2008-07-19 07:48:00 Yesterday we men were sent out to lunch while the bridal party lunched here. I think there were at last a dozen of them. Five bridesmaids are here overnight but that is small beer. At the wedding rehearsal I counted nearly thirty people at the front. It was astonishing. Linda Young, a family friend was in charge of what came close to a litugical dance getting a minister, twenty assorted bridesmaids, matrons of honour, best men and ushers onto the stage as well as two flower girls and Jacob, the sweet little ring bearer (who is decorative not functional as he does not have the actual rings on his cushion). There was a small string group to provide the music. It took an hour and a half, I can only compare it to preparations for a royal visit in terms of the atention to detail.Afterwars the father of the groom treated around sixty us to a first class Italian restaurant dinner. I had thought rehearsal dinners were small family affairs. Not this one. Our host is a political consultant. ... More About: California , Grass , July , Valley
Schoolboys punished with detention for refusing to kneel in class and pray
2008-07-18 13:26:00 DAILY MAIL says on 04th July 2008, 'Two schoolboys were given detention after refusing to kneel down and 'pray to Allah' during a religious education lesson.Parents were outraged that the two boys from year seven (11 to 12-year-olds) were punished for not wanting to take part in the practical demonstration of how Allah is worshipped.They said forcing their children to take part in the exercise at Alsager High School, near Stoke-on-Trent - which included wearing Muslim headgear - was a breach of their human rights.Alsager School, near Stoke, has received furious complaints from parents after two Year 7 boys were punished for refusing to kneel to Allah during a religious studies classOne parent, Sharon Luinen, said: "This isn't right, it's taking things too far."I understand that they have to learn about other religions. I can live with that but it is taking it a step too far to be punished because they wouldn't join in Muslim prayer."Making them pray to Allah, who isn't who th... More About: England , Class
Blears: faith groups can?t do social work if they evangelise
2008-07-18 10:51:00 The Christian Institute reports, 'Christian groups providing community services should not evangelise, says Government Minister Hazel Blears.In a White Paper entitled ?Communities in control: real people, real power?, Mrs Blears outlines Government plans to commission services from faith-based groups.However, during a Commons debate on the issue, Mrs Blears said that this will come with strings attached.She acknowledged in the debate that ?many people are motivated by faith of all kinds to do great acts of social good?.?However,? she continued, ?I am concerned to ensure that if faith groups become involved, they do so on a proper footing ? not by evangelising or proselytising, but by providing services in a non-discriminatory way to the whole community?.Mrs Blears said that she planned to draft a charter for Christian groups along the lines of the one provided by Faith works for churches and Christian agencies providing community services.The charter requires groups to pledge to pro... More About: Social , Work , Social Work , Groups
Grass Valley, California 18 July, 6.45 am
2008-07-18 08:19:00 I saw the deer three times yesterday, the last time being at dinner time. I was amused to see our hostess tip the leftovers from the plates, over the side of the veranda for the deer to eat our scraps, We saw a couple of hinds with fawns beofre dinner but I took these earlier.Note how well camoflaged they are, especially the fawn.I am typing this just after sunrise and the deer are here again. I am multi-tasking, listening to Test Match Special as I type, Headingley is being heard in California .Yesterday was more of the wedding preparations. Friends came in from Philadelphia. I am giving the mother of the bride the message from Dad's Army. "Don't panic, Captain Mainwaring.' The longer I am here the more I marvel at these wedding preparations. There are far more formalities to be sorted out than I expected, including printed biographies of all major participants. Last night the younger generation were off to hen and stag parties. Today there is a bridal party luncheon here, then w... More About: Grass , July , Valley
Tame Islam?
2008-07-18 00:38:00 BBC says, "The British government is to fund a board of Islam ic theologians in an attempt to sideline violent extremists.The move will see Oxford and Cambridge Universities host a group of scholars who will lead debate on key issues such as women and loyalty to the UK.The plans have angered some hardline activists who accuse ministers of trying to create state-sponsored Islam.But Communities Secretary Hazel Blears said it was government's job to support Muslim leaders on controversial issues.Under the plans, the two universities will bring together leading thinkers, yet to be named, to debate critical issues affecting Muslims in the UK.The Department for Communities is responsible for the government's strategy to combat violent extremism, known as "Prevent"..The board's work will focus on examining issues relating to Islam's place in Britain and obligations as a citizen.Ministers say the board's membership will "reflect the diversity of Islam and Muslim communities in the UK" a...
Grass Valley, California 17 July, 7 am
2008-07-17 08:31:00 This is yesterday's view over the mountains as the sun rose. It was take from where I am now blogging.I am out on the veranda decking and have seen the sun rise again. Days are shorted here being a more southerly latitude. There is an interesting dawn chorus heard after i woke at 5 am. It includes squirrels making strange noises and some animal I could not identify. I heard and saw deer in the woods below me but unfortunately my attempts to photograph them were not good. It is 69 F now. Yesterday reached 92 F here. The grass around is all brown as they have had two rainless months but at least the forest fires seem to have died down. Last week i am told there was much smoke in the air.The main activities of the day yesterday were wedding preparations. I went into town in the morning with Dennis and Julie for him to battle with what he calls tuxophobia. He had to get his suit fitted for the big day and we brought his tuxedo etc home. In the afternoon we took a load of things to the ... More About: California , Grass , July , Valley
Grass Valley, California 16 July, 4.24 am
2008-07-16 06:23:00 First post in my holiday blogging. The body clock is out of sync after a 26 hour day yesterday to get here.As usual I was up at home by 6 am yesterday, packed and left by 8.30 to catch the Tube to Heathrow as soon as I could buy a 9 am ticket on my free senior citizens pass. Travel through Terminal One one the smoothest I have ever experienced as I booked in for the noon United fight to Dulles, Washington DC. My only complaint is the removal of all smoking areas from Heathrow. Dulles is better but that was eight hours away.I was given a bulkhead seat so plenty of room. I snoozed on and off and read Nick O'Farrell on the History of Britain, a fun read.Dulles was slow through immigration but I had time for a good chat with a Korean doctoral music student who is a conductor. I had a three hour transit then a five and a half hour flight to Sacramento, again legroom in a window bulkhead seat. I was there just after 9 pm in a not unpleasant 80's temperature. Dennis met me with grandson ... More About: California , Grass , July , Valley
Christian registrar wins discrimination case
2008-07-10 07:13:00 Christian Institute reports, "A Christian registrar from Islington who was bullied and threatened with the sack because of her religious beliefs on same sex unions has succeeded in her claims of unlawful discrimination by the council.In its unanimous judgment, the employment tribunal found that Miss Lillian Ladele was directly discriminated against by Islington Council after she asked to be allowed not to perform civil partnership registrations.Miss Ladele was supported by her Legal team, James Dingemans QC and Mark Jones of Ormerods solicitors. The case was financed by The Christian Institute?s Legal Defence Fund.The highly significant ruling confirmed that the various acts of direct discrimination committed against Miss Ladele by Islington Council on the grounds of her religious belief included: failing to consider her for promotion; deciding to discipline her and threatening her with dismissal; concluding she had committed gross misconduct; failing to redress allegations that she... More About: Christian , United Kingdom , Discrimination , Case , Wins
Prostitution - christiansquoting.org.uk
2008-07-09 16:37:00 Let the libertine reflect a moment on the situation of that woman who, being forsaken by her betrayer, is reduced to the necessity of turning prostitute for bread, and judge of the enormity of his guilt by the evils which it produces. It cannot be doubted but that numbers follow this dreadful course of life with shame, horror, and regret; but where can they hope for refuge? 'The world is not their friend, nor the world's law.' Their sighs, and tears, and groans are criminal in the eye of their tyrants, the bully and the bawd, who fatten on their misery, and threaten them with want or a gaol, if they show the least design of escaping from their bondage.- Samuel Johnson: Rambler #107 (March 26, 1751)Sir, a man will not, once in a hundred instances, leave his wife and go to a harlot, if his wife has not been negligent of pleasing. -- Samuel Johnson (Boswell: Life of Johnson) More About: Prostitution
Prosperity - christiansquoting.org.uk
2008-07-08 16:44:00 All sunshine makes desert.--Arab ProverbProsperity does not promote piety for a full belly stands secure and neglects ~God - Puritan ProverbProsperity is not without many fears and distastes; and adversity is not without comforts and hopes. Francis Bacon. 1561-1626.Is it, then, an exaggerated statement, that a time like the present is one of more danger than the time of oppression and persecution? We verily believe that, splendid as is the grace which carries the martyr to the stake, and sustains him in his baptism of fire, glorious as is the display of Divine power, in a church down-trodden but indomitable, persecuted but not consumed; the grace which would carry a church through such a season of continued prosperity and carnal ease as we are now experiencing, without a decay of spirituality, would be still more mighty. The church has often enjoyed the former grace; she has not yet attained unto the latter. R.L. DabneyIll fares the land, to hastening ills a prey,Where wealth accumu...
Prophet - christiansquoting.org.uk
2008-07-08 13:38:00 The Hebrew word, nabi, translated "prophet" in English Bibles, has the connotation of "message bearer". The prophets were men called by God to serve as His messengers to a stubborn and unheeding people. They were always careful to point out that they were not voicing their own wisdom. Their warnings, entreaties, and promises were always prefaced by the awesome proclamation: "Thus says the Lord..." When the prophets did engage in prognostication, they usually were concerned with events which were fairly close at hand, such as the Assyrian conquest of Israel and the Babylonian conquest of Judah (both of which they foretold with deadly accuracy). But occasionally a prophet's vision ranged farther into the future, to the day when God would enter into a new covenant with his rebellious children. The hope of reconciliation was often linked with the coming of a very particular person, a Messiah or Savior. What made the prophets so sure that they had a right -- nay, a duty, to speak in the... More About: Prophet
Progress - christiansquoting.org.uk
2008-07-03 18:43:00 Do you know what the largest room in the world is? The room for improvement.As of 1945 -- the year in which more people were killed violently, more buildings destroyed, more homes burned than any other year in history -- World Wars 1 and 2 had made a mockery of the nineteenth-century idea of progress, the notion that things were getting better and would continue to do so.-- Stephen E. Ambrose, "Citizen SoldiersIf you don't like my opinion of you, you can always improve - BRILLIANT, ASHLEIGH (1933-)I am afraid I believe we delude ourselves if we think that humanity is becoming ever more civilised, ever more sophisticated and ever more reasonable. It's simply not the case. --Charles, Prince of WalesIt is necessary to try to surpass oneself always; this occupation ought to last as long as life. -- Christina, Queen of SwedenIf there is no struggle there is no progress. -- Frederick DouglassExactly a week before the final treaty with England was signed, Franklin saw Paris's first ball... More About: Progress
Paper, paper everywhere!
2008-07-03 06:35:00 BBC says, "Police sergeants are afraid to challenge scruffy constables because they fear being accused of bullying, an official report suggests.The Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Constabulary (HMIC) report also discloses that nearly half a frontline sergeant's time is spent on paperwork.The HMIC suggests sergeants in England and Wales are issued with a set of standards to improve effectiveness."More paper to improve the glut? I ask in my profession, "Do you want me to do the work or to write about it?" I am told to record all manner of things in case of possible litigation. I live in the real world, not the Planet Fear. My records are of the minimalist school. More About: Paper
Profanity - christiansquoting.org.uk
2008-07-02 22:17:00 Profanity is the attempt of a lazy and feeble mind to express itself forcefully.Profanity is the weapon of the witless.In certain trying circumstances, urgent circumstances, desperate circumstances, profanity furnishes a relief denied even to prayer. Mark Twain More About: Profanity
Reading in the past year
2008-07-01 21:45:00 83 this year, 127 books last year and 97 the year before. Perhaps I have been more on the web this tear with my new Macbook and then Facebook.1. History 18 (14 4th, 32 1st)2. Biography 12 (16 3rd, 20 2nd)3= Novels 11 (34 1st, 3 7th= )3= Theology 11 ( 8 5th= 7 4th)5. Commentaries 8 1 (1 12= 0 14th=)6. Islam 6 (8 5= 9 3rd)7= Devotional 3 (3 8= 3 7th)7= Travel 3 (1 12th 0)9. Trivia 2 ( 3 8th= 2 10th=)10= Psychology 1 (2 19= 2 10th=)10= Politics 1 (6 7th 4 6th)10= Humour 1 (1 12th 5 5th)10= Mission 1 (0 9th 2 10th= )10= Ethics 115= Letters 0 (1 12= 1 14th=) Sport 0 (1 2= 1 14th=)) Quotations 0 (2 10th= 2 10=) Diaries 0 ... More About: Reading , Past , Year
Books read in July 2008
2008-07-01 20:19:00 1. A History of the World in 6 Glasses by Tom Standage A fascinating social history of beer, wine, spirits, coffee, tea and Coca Cola. How these drinks were part of history and influenced it from the ancient world through to globalisation is well told and most informative. There is a section on how these drinks would have tasted originally. More About: Books , Read , July , 2008
Procrastination - christiansquoting.org.uk
2008-06-27 05:55:00 Never put off until tomorrow what you can put off indefinitely.The hardest work in the world is that which should have been done yesterday.Someday is not a day of the week.We don't have anything as urgent as manyana in Ireland --Stuart BanksThey said procrastination wasThe source of all my sorrowI don't know what that big word means --I'll look it up tomorrowProcrastination is the grave in which opportunity is buried.Defer not till to-morrow to be wise,To-morrow's sun to thee may never rise.William Congreve. 1670-1729. Letter to Cobham.As he that lives longest lives but a little while, every man may be certain that he has no time to waste. The duties of life are commensurate to its duration, and every day brings its task, which if neglected, is doubled on the morrow. But he that has already trifled away those months and years, in which he should have laboured, must remember that he has now only a part of that of which the whole is little; and that since the few moments remaining...
Problems - christiansquoting.org.uk
2008-06-26 15:19:00 A good scapegoat is nearly as welcome as a solution to the problem. I have yet to see any problem, however complicated, which, when you looked at it in the right way, did not become still more complicated. Paul Anderson You must live with people to know their problems, and live with God in order to solve them. --Peter Taylor Forsyth (1848-1921) The solution of every problem is another problem. -- Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Don't duck the most difficult problems. That just insures that the hardest part will be left when you're most tired. Get the big one done- it's downhill from then on. Norman Vincent Peale (1898-1993)"Quotable Business," ed. Louis E. Boone, 1992 When you solve a problem, you ought to thank God and go on to the next one. - Dean Rusk (1909-____) On the Cuban missile crisis, in "Look," 6 Sep 1966. More About: Problems
Harman pushes discrimination plan
2008-06-26 14:58:00 BBC says, "Equality minister Harriet Harman has set out plans to allow firms to discriminate in favour of female and ethnic minority job candidates. She said firms should be able to choose a woman over a man of equal ability if they wanted to - or vice versa." So it is OK to discriminate against men in general and the majority community in particular. Harman's post should be renamed as the minister for inequality and social engineering. More About: United Kingdom , Discrimination , Plan
More from my favorite Anglican leader
2008-06-25 00:25:00 Telegraph reports, 24/06/2008 "The Rt Rev Michael Nazir-Ali, the Bishop of Rochester, claimed the declining importance of the church was creating a "double jeopardy" situation where faith was being challenged at a time when society would most benefit.He said believers needed to "recover their nerve" and spread the Gospel again.The outspoken bishop, who earlier this week told those who tolerate homosexuality in the clergy to repent, also said he was "frustrated" that decisions which had been made in the church had not been stuck to.Dr Nazir-Ali was greeted with a standing ovation as he gave a speech to a breakaway summit in Jerusalem of more than 1,000 traditionalists from across the Anglican Communion who oppose gay priests and the blessing of same-sex unions.He did not say that divisions over sexuality would lead to a schism in Anglicanism, and referred to unity being a "very precious thing".Instead he called on those in the church to concentrate on mission ? trying to convert thos... More About: Favorite , Leader
Probability - christiansquoting.org.uk
2008-06-24 23:53:00 Heisenberg may have slept here. More About: Probability
Privacy - christiansquoting.org.uk
More articles from this author:2008-06-24 23:52:00 The personal life of every individual is based on secrecy, and perhaps it is partly for that reason that civilized man is so nervously anxious that personal privacy should be respected. Anton ChekhovIf you would be known and not know, vegetate in a village. If you would know and not be known, live in a city. Charles Caleb ColtonWe are rapidly entering the age of no privacy, where everyone is open to surveillance at all times; where there are no secrets from government. -William G. DouglasI never said, 'I want to be alone.' I only said, 'I want to be left alone.' There is all the difference. Greta GarboThings have come to a pretty pass when religion is allowed to invade the sphere of private life.- Viscount MelbourneThe poorest man may in his cottage bid defiance to all the force of the Crown. It may be frail; its roof may shake; the wind may blow through it; the storms may enter, the rain may enter, - but the King of England cannot enter; all his forces dare not cross the thresh... More About: Privacy 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6, 7 |
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