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Sunday, January 1, 2012
Letter to Christians in Rome: Chapter 11 (pt 12 of 12)
So far we have discovered that encountering God inspires His praise, discloses His transcendence, reveals His sufficiency, and declares His centrality. But there is a final element in our text. Encountering God demands His Glory. Paul says?To Him be the glory forever! Amen.
When you encounter God you understand that he is the only one in the universe to whom all Glory is due. This universe virtually shouts the Glory of God. All human kind will one day acknowledge his Glory. When we look at the marvelous plan of Salvation, focused on Jesus Christ, we see that one day all of the nations will bow before Him in praise and give glory to God.
Therefore, God exalted him to the highest place and gave him the name that is above every name, that at the name of Jesus every knee should bow, in heaven and on earth and under the earth, and every tongue confess that Jesus Christ is Lord, to the glory of God the Father. (Philippians 2:9-11)
We have the privilege to give glory to God here and now. He is certainly worthy of that glory. He is worthy of that praise and we do not have to wait for the day when Jesus returns. In fact, one of the highest privileges we have as human beings is giving glory to our Father?right now. When we are there, we are where He wants us to be.
One important lesson that we see from Paul?s doxology of praise is that we need to spend time considering the greatness of our awesome God. We must meditate on the implications of his existence. We must consider the wonderful nature of his plan of salvation. We must ponder his nature, character, and attributes. We must desire to experience his power and his grace. We must focus on God because he should be our focus. When we do, our ?theology? will turn to ?doxology,? and our lives will be lived in praise to God.
Pride becomes our greatest temptation and our cruelest enemy. Someday even our flesh will serve God by His Grace. In the day when creation is freed from its bondage to sin and the sons of God stand up in Resurrection bodies, then even whatever was once rejected and cursed will be made to fulfill the promises and demonstrate the power of God. All of this is illustrated by God?s treatment of Israel. That leads us to the doxology at the close of chapter 11, verse 33:
Have you ever come on anything quite like this extravagant generosity of God, this deep, deep wisdom? It?s way over our heads. We?ll never figure it out?O, the depth of the riches and wisdom and knowledge of God! How unsearchable are his judgments and how inscrutable his ways!
Is there anyone around who can explain God?
Anyone smart enough to tell him what to do?
Anyone who has done him such a huge favor that God has to ask his advice?
Everything comes from him;
Everything happens through him;
Everything ends up in him.
Always glory! Always praise! (Romans 11:31-36)
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Saturday, December 31, 2011
Katy Perry Divorce: Russell Brand Files on Behalf of Both For Family's Sake
The divorce of Katy Perry and Russell Brand was months in the making, and the pop star was NOT blindsided by the actor/comedian's filing, reports say.
They decided Brand would file the court papers in the divorce because she didn't want to upset her religious parents, sources close to the couple indicate.
Katy and Russell knew the relationship was on the rocks months ago, but didn't want to bail on the marriage without a concerted effort to work it out.
Sadly, both sides ultimately felt "it just wasn't there."
Katy Perry and Russell Brand in happier times.
Katy and Russell were on board with the divorce weeks ago - there was no massive fight that triggered the split - but didn't want to be in L.A. when the papers were filed.
Thus, he went back to England and she went to Hawaii for Christmas.
Fans of Katy know her parents are evangelical Christians, who raised her to believe that divorce is morally wrong. Out of respect to Katy and her family, Russell was the one to officially file; It's unclear how or when Katy will legally respond.
Brand released a statement confirming the split but insisting the two will always love each other and remain friends. Here's hoping that's true, but don't bet on a reconciliation.
These two appear to have had problems since the get-go.
[Photo: WENN.com]
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Friday, December 30, 2011
Netgear Powerline AV 500 Adapter Kit (XAVB5001)
- Netgear Powerline AV 500 Adapter Kit (XAVB5001)
- Performance
It?s hard to beat the convenience of a home Wi-Fi network but it can?t touch wired connectivity when it comes to throughput speed. Unfortunately, wiring your home with CAT-5 cabling can get expensive and messy if you don?t know what you?re doing. Enter Netgear?s Powerline AV 500 Powerline Adapter Kit ($159.99 list), an incredibly easy to use solution that turns every power outlet in your home into a Gigabit wired Ethernet port. In my testing, the AV 500 delivered almost ten times the transfer speed of my Wi-Fi router. While that's less than a wired connection, it's just fine for streaming movies and transferring large data files and folders.?
Features and Design
The AV 500 kit consists of two XAV5001 Powerline adapters, two 6.5 foot Ethernet cables, and a Resource CD containing a Powerline Utility and an Installation Guide. Unfortunately, the disc does not include a user manual; instead, it provides a link to an online manual, which may be inconvenient if you?re having trouble getting the adapters to work for some reason. However, the odds of that happening are slim to none as Powerline technology is the epitome of plug and play.
Each adapter measures 3.3 by 2.5 by 1.5 inches (HWD) and weighs a little less than half a pound (0.4 pounds). The front of the housing has a glossy white finish and has the Netgear logo etched into the center and a blue Powerline AV 500 label at the bottom. At the top are three LED indicators; the power indicator glows a solid green when electrical power is on and blinks green when the adapter is starting up and running through the security setup process. An amber light indicates that the adapter has gone into power saving mode, which happens when the port is not linked for more than ten minutes. The Powerline indicator is solid green when a connection is made to the network, and it blinks when the adapter is receiving and sending data. It remains unlit if a compatible adapter with the same encryption key cannot be found, or if the adapter has been disabled via the Powerline Utility. This indicator also tells you how strong the link rate is for each electrical outlet. A green light means the link rate is better than 80 Mbps, amber means less than 80 Mbps but greater than 50 Mbps, and a red light means less than 50 Mbps.
On the right side of the adapter are a security button and a recessed factory reset button. The security button makes it easy to set a private encryption key that can be used across your entire Powerline network, and the reset button returns the adapter to its original factory defaults. On the bottom of the adapter is a single Ethernet port. Despite the vented casing designed to prevent the adapter from overheating while plugged in and running, the adapter was still quite warm to the touch after 15 minutes of use.
Installation
Powerline AV 500 installation is as easy as it gets as long as you follow a few simple rules of thumb. Always plug the adapter directly into the electrical socket; do not use extension cords, power strips, or surge protectors. Try to use an outlet that does not have power hungry appliances plugged into it, such as a washer, dryer, or refrigerator, and make sure that the outlets to be used are on the same circuit and use the same breaker box, otherwise they will not be able to communicate with each other.? For this reason Powerline adapters may not work in large apartment complexes or office buildings. You?ll also need an existing network and a router.
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Russian officials rattled by breach at rocket plant
MOSCOW |
MOSCOW (Reuters) - Russia's deputy prime minister vowed Thursday to punish "sleepy" security officials after bloggers posted dozens of photos of an apparently unguarded strategic military rocket motor factory near Moscow.
Blogger Lana Sator said she and friends met not a soul, much less any security guards, as they roamed around state rocket-maker Energomash's plant, snapping pictures, on five separate night-time excursions in recent months.
She posted almost 100 pictures of decrepit-looking hardware from inside a rusted engine-fuel testing tower, the plant's control room and even its roof at lana-sator.livejournal.com
Russian media cited a senior space agency official, speaking anonymously, who described the breach as a shock of the same scale as German pilot Mathias Rust's brazen Cessna flight under Soviet radar to land on Red Square in 1987.
"It showed a complete inability to protect anything whatsoever," the official told Izvestia. Space agency Roskosmos declined comment on the incident when reached by Reuters.
Deputy Prime Minister Dmitry Rogozin said the security failure was "unacceptable," warning in a televised meeting with Roskosmos chief Vladimir Popovkin that "sleepy cats" who failed to maintain security at strategic defense sites face punishment.
Rogozin, Moscow's former NATO envoy appointed to oversee the defense and space sectors this month, also criticised Roskosmos for a string of recent botched launches.
"We must take urgent steps to restore order in this sphere," he said, ordering Roskosmos to present a report explaining the underlining causes of the failures by the end of January.
Last week, a Russian communications satellite crashed, adding to a string of humiliating launch failures that marred this year's celebrations of 50 years since Yuri Gagarin's first human space flight.
What was to be post-Soviet Russia's debut interplanetary mission to Mars's moon last month was stuck in orbit.
In August, the crash of an unmanned cargo craft cast doubt over Moscow's ability to guarantee International Space Station operations, while the loss of a $265-million communication satellite hurt its commercial launch record.
Monday, Russia also delayed by 25 days a launch for European satellite giant SES, citing technical glitches.
(Reporting By Alissa de Carbonnel; Editing by Giles Elgood)
Source: http://feeds.reuters.com/~r/reuters/scienceNews/~3/84GyWwD7bLQ/us-russia-space-idUSTRE7BS0TA20111229
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Thursday, December 29, 2011
Gomez reveals sister's name was Scarlett Teefey
We're happy to report Selena Gomez and her family are doing OK.
The pop star and former Disney princess has broken her silence since tragedy struck when her mom recently suffered a miscarriage.
RELATED: Selena Gomez Cancels Concerts After Mother Suffers Miscarriage
"Belated Merry Christmas everybody," Gomez tweeted and posted on Facebook this afternoon. "I can't thank you enough for all of your thoughts and prayers. I love you all so much and we hope you and your family had a beautiful Christmas!"
She not only signed the message from herself, but also included her mom, her stepdad and "our guardian angel Scarlett."
Gomez announced on Twitter late last month that mom Mandy and stepfather Brian Teefey were expecting their first child together. Sadly, Mandy miscarried mere weeks later.
Gomez subsequently pulled out of two radio station holiday shows to be with her family. She is expected to perform in Times Square during MTV's live New Year's Eve special.
GALLERY: Fashion Spotlight: Selena Gomez
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Source: http://today.msnbc.msn.com/id/45795938/ns/today-entertainment/
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Canada offers Arctic option: relief wells, with some exceptions
Companies planning to explore Canada?s Arctic offshore region have been given a chance to show they can ?meet or exceed? the National Energy Board?s policy to kill an out-of-control well, otherwise the federal regulator will stick with its same-season relief policy.
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In updating its rules, which included consideration of BP?s Macondo well blowout in the Gulf of Mexico, the NEB said in a 53-page report it remains determined to ?minimize harmful impacts? to the Arctic environment by requiring operators to sink a relief well in the same summer season that a well begins to leak uncontrollably.
But it has given companies a de facto exemption to demonstrate that they can apply new technologies to cap a blowout.
It is not yet clear whether that will open the way for Imperial Oil, ExxonMobil, BP and Chevron to file exploration applications in 2012 to explore their Beaufort Sea leases.
?Filing requirements set out the technical information we will need to see in future applications for offshore drilling in the Canadian Arctic,? said NEB chair Gaetan Caron.
?These new requirements provide clarity to future applicants and to those who will provide input into the board?s decision to approve or deny an application for a well in the Arctic.?
Chevron says not feasible
Imperial, as operator, and ExxonMobil each hold 25 percent of the Ajurak-Pokak joint-venture covering two deepwater exploration blocks in the Beaufort, with BP holding the remaining 50 percent. The partnership secured the rights by making combined work commitments of almost C$1.8 billion.Chevron has two exploration licenses covering a total 1,200 square miles immediately west of the joint-venture properties and is hoping to start seismic work in the 2012-14 period.
In its submission to the NEB?s 18-month consultation with northern communities, the industry and environmentalists, Chevron said the same-season relief well requirement ?would likely not be feasible as drilling moves into deeper water areas, with more complex wells and with more challenging ice conditions than were experienced in the initial phase of Canadian Beaufort exploration 20 to 35 years ago.?
It said the NEB should require drillers to stop uncontrolled flows in the same season that they started, but not necessarily with a relief well.
Chevron has already indicated it is developing a new-generation blowout preventer which it believes would make relief wells unnecessary.
Imperial focused on prevention
James Hawkins, Imperial?s Arctic operations manager, said in a letter to the NEB that his company?s ?primary approach to well control is prevention.?While it is important to have a relief well plan that has been subject to rigorous review and approval by the NEB, a requirement for same-season relief well capability is generally neither practical nor necessary,? he said.
But the leaseholders, along with ConocoPhillips, say they need more time to study what impact the new stipulations will have on their exploration plans.
However, the NEB does not rule out the use of enhanced prevention technology to avoid the same-season rule, although it said prevention alone will not suffice.
It said NEB panels will now determine whether companies can ?depart from? the relief well rule.
CAPP: Some flexibility
The Canadian Association of Petroleum Producers said the new rules offer some flexibility for companies to ?innovate and apply new technologies.?In its submission, CAPP said 132 wells have been drilled in the Canadian Arctic, 89 in the Beaufort, with no significant oil spills.
Bharat Dixit, the NEB?s technical leader of exploration and production, told the National Post that the ice pack makes the Beaufort a ?closed ocean? for much of the year, which prompted the NEB to introduce its single-season relief well policy to prevent uncontrolled wells from leaking through the winter.
He said the NEB is confident drilling can be conducted safely in the Arctic provided companies follow recommendations on proper management and training, use a measured pace on development that includes ?pauses? before critical or dangerous work and have a proper spill response plan in place.
Trevor Taylor, policy director at the Pew Center?s Oceans North Canada group, said the NEB?s review is a ?positive first step,? although it is not clear ?what you need to do in order to drill in the Arctic.?
?The industry has been saying they can do it safely, so I think the ball is in industry?s court right now when it comes to demonstrating to regulatory bodies, the NEB in particular, that they?re able to meet requirements,? he said.
However, Taylor warned that ?there?s always going to be the risk? of a spill, adding: ?We?re not saying you shouldn?t drill at all. The risk has to be minimized to that extent that is reasonable.?
?Gary Park
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