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With Bud Abbott, Lou Costello, Tom Brown, Joan Shawlee, Nat Pendleton, Beverly Simmons
Directed by Charles Barton
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Reviewed by JB

     The first half of the film has more laughs than the second half but overall, BUCK PRIVATES COME HOME is a fine and funny sequel to Abbott and Costello's signature film BUCK PRIVATES.  The plot somewhat resembles that of Laurel and Hardy's army comedy PACK UP YOUR TROUBLES, in which Stan and Ollie try to find the relatives of an orphaned little girl.  In BUCK PRIVATES COME HOME, Bud and Lou wish to adopt their orphaned little girl, whom the authorities wish to send back to France.  Laurel and Hardy's film, their second feature, was a disjointed affair with too much plot and not enough comedy.  Abbott and Costello's film strike just the right balance.  Perhaps as a nod to their borrowing from the masters, the screenwriters use two Laurel and Hardy gags in the film - a dialog gag from the short Beau Hunks and a sight gag from Chickens Come Home.

    The first half has several funny routines not seen in other films, such as the boys setting a table they are unaware is precariously balanced on only one sawhorse, and Bud as a shifty tie salesman and Lou as his shill. There is also a beautifully timed "in through one door and out of the other" routine featuring Lou and Nat Pendelton trying to find each other.

    In the second half of the film, the plot plays out, but not in a heavy-handed way.  Thankfully, Beverly Simmons, the little girl on whom the plot revolves around, was pretty talented for her age and the rest of the cast featured such stalwarts as Joan Shawlee, Donald MacBride, Russell Hicks and Nat Pendleton, reprising his Sgt. role from the original BUCK PRIVATES.  Despite the usual tacked-on slapstick chase ending, BUCK PRIVATES COME HOME was the start of a major comeback for Abbott and Costello, whose last few film, including the classic THE TIME OF THEIR LIVES, did poorly at the box office. 4 - JB

This was character actor Nat Pendleton's final film of his career.

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Sunday, April 22, 2007

Book Review The Jewish Divide over Israel

We spend the time and effort to read books off the beaten path. This is not a book for the average reader. However, to those of you who loathe Communist Anti-Semites this book is a god send.

Most normal people view communist as freaks and psychos. These freaks and psychos tend to congregate around institutions of higher ed and to a lesser degree in media.
Communists are exponentially over represented in faculty and the question of if an old Bolshevik network exists is obvious. Mumble a few words about Marx and commit terrorist acts and you can get a job that you are unqualified for in higher ed. Wear Sunglasses and a ponytail and claim you are a Native American who repeats Marxist cliches and you become a department chair. The fact that University Marxists could not tell a real Native American from a Communist tells us how inbred the Old Bolsheviks are. Produce no scholarship and you can get a high paying job as long as you have a relative in the NYC Communist party.

The reality is that Communists are psychos who are extreemly anti-semitic. The far left plays a Groucho-Marxist game with pretending that Chomsky, Finkelstein, Seymour Hersh are just regular Jooos who disagree with zionism. Finkelstein does collaberate with actual Neo-nazis and provides interviews and accsess as well as hawking his books on their site. The stench of Marx is quite obvious in the statements of most os these psychos who play with quotes, accuse others of accademic fraud and are amazingly ignorant. When one is dealing with a Finkelstein supporter you are dealing with a hardened anti-semite. " Isreali Jews are a parasitic class" seems to have a logical source. The quote by Finky would be true is the Israelis in question are Communists.

The material on Chomsky is covered in the anti-Chomsky reader. The chapters on Finkelstein and Hersch are well writen and worth reading. It seems 60's trash Hersch
has a history of idiotic unproven charges. His book the Sampson option was based on the source of a Walter Mitty type of psycho Ari Ben Menashe. An entire book should be written about Herch's mendacity.

The Chapters of Salon Anti-Semite Tony Judt and George Steiner are less fun. Judt is basically annoyed he has to defend Israel at faculty parties. The chapter on Steiner should only be read by Farmer John. Steiner's knowledge of Judaism is based upon the musings of philosophers. He sees nationless as the soul of the Jews who are guests and dedicated to the texts. He then blames Jews for their own persecutio and wonders if mankind would be better off without them.

I am reminded of Flynn's work Intellectual Morons. In the cases of Finkelstein, Hersch and Chomsky we are dealing with actual morons. The book is not for everyone
and those looking to nail Chomsky have a better book available. Bogdanor has mentioned a possible sequel and I hope he does write another. On his website he slaps around the comedic Mark Elf. Elf claims he isn't a Communist but he just happened to write for the infamous Lenin's Tomb blog until a personality conflict set it. His commenters are to a man communist and included 167. 167 left Mark Elf when he dared criticize Peter Taschel in unflattering terms. 167 was upset by the satire of myself and Warren about his identification with a group that would kill him for his lifestyle.

This is great book if you enjoy giving wedgies to communists. Most Communists need to hear from the public you are freaks and psychos. We make a great mistake in treating them any different from Nazis, Racial Power freaks and Conspiracy clowns.

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troutsky said...

One thing about thematic consistency, it drives a point home! I guarantee the campuses here in the Rocky mountain west are far less infiltrated than you suggest.


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Sunday, May 22, 2011

Utah Renfest and Fantasy Faire 2011

We had fun at the Renaissance Festival again this year even though it rained a little. My uncle's magic group came down from Seattle to dazzle the crowd.
There fair had something for everyone. There were pirates and gypsies. You could buy clothing, trinkets and knives.

Lots of people dressed up. Here is Susan the Pirate, arrrggg.

Here we are waiting for Royal Magick, he is late. (he does that on purpose to be funny.)

Here he is with Virginia the Merchant.

I really like how you can learn about history and interesting facts about the Ren period as my uncle talks about what he is doing.

He is also pretty funny and you have to be careful because he is a master of illusion. This is his classic extra bottle magic trick. I won't tell you how he does it so don't ask.

My sister met up with us. They don't live too far away but he hardly ever see them so it was fun to hang out for a bit.

Royal Magick thought we needed to experience the Ren. food. He handed out Turkey drumsticks like candy. They were huge and it was so funny watching the little kids try to eat something almost as big as their heads. Too bad I didn't get a picture, I was holding a Turkey leg of my own. We had a great time. I can't wait for the next one.

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January 12, 2010

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  1. cute. i love seeing these colors with the blue sky behind them.

  2. These are fabulous! They help me PRETEND that it hasnt been the coldest winter in ten years.

    Say, I hope you had a great New Year's Eve event!!

  3. Love the colors. Perfect print to remind us that spring is a couple months away.

  4. Oh how I am craving a warm summer night. SO pretty. I am a fool for lanterns. In fact when I heard the beloeved tavern on the green in NYC was closing ,all I could do was dream of the beautiful patio sprinkled with lanterns . Sigh...

  5. Ab-so-lutely beautiful!
    Thank you for sharing!

  6. I think I've favorited everything in her flickr stream. Pretty sure she thinks I'm a stalker!

  7. Thanks for all the comments, Kids!
    I'm sure Irene would be happy to hear 'em! :)

    M. Lane... Our winter has been pretty typical. Y'all are gettin' hit hard down south, huh? New Year's Eve...some great, some not so great - oh well. 2010 off to a pretty decent start... YOU? Hope so!

    Laurel... I always get impatient now for the warmer weather. SO sad about Tavern On The Green, huh? End of an era.

    Vanessa... some kinds of stalkers are better than others. I'm guessing you're in the former category! :)

Thank you so much for taking the time to comment. I always appreciate your thoughts. Your comment will appear as soon as I can publish it.

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Thursday, January 12, 2017

[Review] Nemesis (#1) - Anna Banks: Egyptians, Racism, and Slaves

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In NEMESIS, element forger and princess Sepora flees from her home kingdom of Serubel only to end up enslaved to her nemesis Tarik, the new king of Theoria.

What intrigued me: Not the cover, that's for sure. I came solely for the enemies to lovers trope.

CAUTION: NEMESIS is a book about slavery. The fact that the blurb uses "servitude" instead of slavery (probably in an attempt to sugarcoat) is simply appalling. Google indentured servitude. There's a difference.

Cultural Appropriation and Whitewashing

NEMESIS is pretty much a "how not to" guide for white authors looking to write books inspired by a culture that is not their own. It's fairly obvious that Banks neither used sensitivity readers nor did any research that went deeper than surface level. Learn from her mistakes:

NEMESIS draws heavily from Egyptian and Jewish history and culture. And with "draws from", I mean appropriates. Complete with white savior protagonist Sepora, who starts out as a slave and easily works her way up to becoming a close advisor of the king, mostly because she's so beautiful and unique. This isn't an homage / rewrite / whatever you want to call it. There are no people of color in this book. And no, "olive skin" does not count as a stand-in for brown or black. Since this book so heavily draws from these peoples history, the least it can do is not whitewash them.

NEMESIS doesn't commit and doesn't have the guts to make this an unapologetically African or even African-inspired story and therefore can only be called cultural appropriation. You can't take the existing history of marginalized people, take the bits you like, make it all butterflies and unicorns, and paint it all white to top it off. I have major problems with the way Banks portrays the Theorians, who are very clearly fictionalized brown/black Egyptians. While Banks does not portray them bluntly like savages, thankfully, her portrayal is full of racist microaggressions.

From calling their language, which very clearly is an allegory to East African languages, primitive, and generally making fun of their traditions, ridiculing pretty much every Egyptian-inspired and -coded tradition they have as redundant and ridiculous as seen through King Tarik's eyes - NEMESIS is incredibly offensive on so many levels. If King Tarik's POV represents how Banks sees people of color, I am absolutely speechless.  NEMESIS is not written for people of color. It really feels like an attack, as an African, to see an author draw very obvious inspiration from an African country but to dismiss pretty much every aspect of their culture that makes them what they are. I cannot speak for Banks' portrayal of the Serubel (faux-Jewish) people and I won't, but I wouldn't be surprised if it's just as bad.

It's not very flattering either that white Sepora's arch enemy is the "olive-skinned" (speak: faux black) Tarik, king of Theoria. It's absolutely not a good idea to insinuate brown/black vs. white conflict without committing to it. This isn't a book about race, so this allusion doesn't belong here. Banks has no business writing about this in the first place.

...and look at all that wasted potential.

I was immediately impressed with the winged serpents and element-forging protagonist in NEMESIS. And Banks also has these interesting two POVs that really complement each other.

While I'm not necessarily a fan of the writing, which is a little to simple, info-dumpy, and clunky for my personal taste, protagonists Tarik and Sepora's alternate storylines are surely interesting. Sepora's story consists of a lot of wandering around and reckless info-dumps which easily and quickly annoyed me, and Tarik's story packs a punch from the start, beginning with his father dying of a mysterious illness.

NEMESIS could have been SO good. Exceptional, unapologetic, and big. This book could've been huge if it was only starring a diverse cast and if Banks had bothered to hire sensitivity readers, which she c l e a r l y did not. I generally do not want to read anything about slavery in a book that doesn't tackle race.
  • And I don't know, I don't understand in what world it is okay to pretend that all of these people were white.
  • And I also don't know in what world writing a romance between a master and a slave without even doing as much as just mentioning the word slavery, and not approaching this topic with the sensitvity and respect it deserves, is okay.
  • And I also don't know why it seems to be so hard to have the basic decency to hire a sensitivity reader if you're going to write about a culture that isn't your own.

Overall: Do I Recommend?

NEMESIS blatantly whitewashes and culturally appropriates the history of Egyptian and Jewish peoples in the form of a fantasy rivalry between the fictional kingdoms of Serubel and Theoria. This book is about slavery while whitewashing it and using it as a plot device, which for me is absolutely a no-go, especially coming from a white author. And of course this features an obligatory master/slave romance. Don't let the blurb fool you, nobody is a "servant" in this book. It's slavery.

  • Note - even more problems:
I have a major problem with the cover. I understand that painting their skin is a thing that Sepora's people do. But it just awkwardly seems like one step removed from blackface to me. Maybe that's far-fetched, I'm well-aware that people of color didn't invent painting their skin and don't own this, but considering that this is a practice commonly associated with the indigenous peoples of some Pacific Islands, some African countries, or New Zealand, it leaves a bitter taste in my mouth.

If Sepora was a person of color I wouldn't even have to mention this. I don't understand why she had to be white. I know many people who were put off by this cover -specifically- because it shows a white person with full body paint in one color and decided not to read this book or anything else by this author. Which I absolutely understand knowing that the content of the book matches the cover.

[HEY JEWISH OR EGYPTIAN REVIEWERS - have you reviewed this book? I'd be happy to link your reviews here, just shoot me an email or comment or whatever!]

Additional Info

Published: October 5th 2016
Pages: 368
Publisher: Feiwel & Friends
Genre: YA / High Fantasy
ISBN: 9781250070173

"Princess Sepora of Serubel is the last Forger in all the five kingdoms. The spectorium she creates provides energy for all, but now her father has found a way to weaponize it, and his intentions to incite war force her to flee his grasp. She escapes across enemy lines into the kingdom of Theoria, but her plans to hide are thwarted when she is captured and placed in the young king’s servitude.

Tarik has just taken over rulership of Theoria, and must now face a new plague sweeping through his kingdom and killing his citizens. The last thing he needs is a troublesome servant vying for his attention. But Mistress Sepora will not be ignored. When the two finally meet face-to-face, they form an unlikely bond that complicates life in ways neither of them could have imagined.

Sepora's gift may be able to save Tarik’s kingdom. But should she risk exposing herself and her growing feelings for her nemesis?"
(Source: Goodreads)

So... that was exhausting. Tell me something nice? Maybe about an #ownvoices book that has good representation of people of color?

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Tuesday, August 23, 2011

Magnet Day 2

Something to warm our old European hearts in Magnet today : Kevin wrote a short but insightful comment on Bunuel's Discreet Charm of the Bourgeoisie, and a piece about Stendhal's Le Rouge et le Noir's main character, Julien Sorel (I'm still scratching my head over this one), while Nina professed her love for Jacques Tardi's Extraordinary Adventures of Adèle Blanc-Sec (which I had never heard of). Regardless, Spain 1 - France 2. Ha.

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And on goes the list of inspiring artists :
“Urga” And “Burnt By The Sun” By Nikita Mikhalkov
Nikita Mikhalkov (Nina's choice) and Sufjan Stevens (Kevin's choice - and isn't it All Delighted People?")

Day 4 :
A bit of music theory with
Krzysztof Penderecki, a bit of Slovenian philosophy with Slavoj Žižek, and (that one is an obvious choice) a bit of Brazilian music with Os Mutantes. This is turning Magnet into an awesome Around The World in 5 Days.

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Saturday, April 13, 2013

Top Reasons Why I’d Rather Snuggle with a Rabid Possum than go to Coachella

This is only scratching the surface of why this festival gives me severe anxiety. I’m not even going into the asshole celebrities that attend (I would kill to meet any of them), and the thousands of cut-off jorts I’d have to observe.

1. The Music
I’d like to think that I’m a very eclectic person. My top four artists of all-time are Fleetwood Mac, Jason Mraz, Stevie Wonder, and Elisa and the Kidz Kazaam. Wait, you’re not familiar with Elisa and the Kidz Kazaam? Let me tell you who they, sorry, who WE are. Back in the mid-nineties when my list of friends was short and my socks were high, I was a member of a musical group called Elisa and the Kidz Kazaam. We were a gaggle of the most musically inclined kids at East Woods School in Oyster Bay, NY. We came together under the tutelage of Elisa LoPorto, our music teacher, to create sweet, sweet tunes. Some of the gems on our debut album The Hamsters on the Loose include “Cookies”, “Really Feeling Mean”, and “Ode to Dr. Seuss”. We recorded albums, made a music video in an apple orchard, and played gigs at toys stores all over the island. We were like Kidz Incorporated except 1,000 times better. Fuck you, Jennifer Love Hewitt, Fergie and AC Slater. Sadly, the group disbanded. It’s the same old story you hear all the time. Playground politics. Here is our album:

Can you tell which one I am?

Freshman year of college, a fella by the name of Shithead gave me “his” phone number after we spoke for a total of 10 minutes (pure love), but when I called it 3 minutes after he left (way to play it cool, me), I discovered it was the number to...THE REJECT HOTLINE. Looking at the Coachella lineup was like when I tried to figure out why Shithead would do that. Confusing, sad, dizzying, traumatizing, soul crushing, nauseating. Time out, just look at this photo of me and Shithead taken 10 minutes prior to the phone number thing.

I blurred out his face using my fancy iPhoto skills to protect his privacy, EVEN THOUGH HIS ASS DESERVES TO BE PUT ON BLAST. But look how happy he looks! I did leave two things in focus- his blemish and his puka shell necklace-just to show that I ended up the victor.

OMG look at my skin in this photo. I look like a girl of only 17.

Out of the billions of performers listed, I only know 18 of them. And by know, I mean I might have read their names in an issue of Rolling Stone magazine that I accidentally picked up thinking it was an issue of J-14 or Teen People (RIP). Bad news: of those 18 bands, I only knew 20 songs total. Good news: 16 of those songs are Red Hot Chili Peppers songs, so that has GOT to get me some sort of street cred.

2. The Heat
The year is 2008, the month is April, the location is Pearl Harbor. SAS had just docked in Hawaii, and my peeps and I decided to go see the historic site. We get there, I wander around a little, start to get a little dizzy, start to hallucinate some talking squirrels like I’m in Enchanted or some shit, and the next thing I know, I’m waking up on the concrete, propped up against some scary dudes hair legs. After spending approximately an hour and a half outdoors in HAWAII, I passed out due to the heat. This was me minutes before the collapse:

So innocent, so naive. When I woke up, mouth full of gross guys leg hair, I had lots of old women patting me on the head, telling me that Pearl Harbor is a very emotional place for lots of people and it's understandable that I couldn’t handle it. BITCH, I’M NOT EMO, I’M HOT. IT’S 200 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT. I didn't even get to see the memorial, I passed out by the gatorade vending machines and ATM machine. I didn't even see anything that would have gotten me emotional. Even though grape Gatorade IS pretty tragic.

I couldn’t make it 2 hours in Hawaii and you want me to spend 72 hours in the desert? The fuck do I look like, Moses? I might be African, but do NOT get confused (I was going to say “don’t get it twisted”, but we all know I can’t pull that shit off), I do NOT do the heat. I get Botox injections under my arms to prevent excessive sweating (au revoir, any potential suitors), and that mess works like a gem. There is not enough Botox in all of Bev Hills to save my poor shirts from the Coachellian heat.

3. Boys in Tank Tops
Boys in tank tops.

4. Hygiene and Comfort
Where do you sit? Do you want me to sit on the dirt floor aka the ground for 3 days? No, thanks. One day at Fernwood Cove, my sleep away camp, my cabin mates and I sat in a circle telling stories about when we first started to shave our legs. This was in 1999, I said I started shaving in 1997, I really started shaving in 2001. THANKS, MOM FOR LETTING ME BE THE FAT TWEEN WITH HAIRY LEGS. Anyway, little did I know that I was sitting on an ant hill, and about 35 red ants FUCKED UP the back of my thighs. I had to go to the infirmary and lie on my stomach for hours while Sue the nurse treated my wounds. No more nature sitting for me. Here is a photo of our bunk:

Can you tell which one I am?

I completely understand that this is 2013, and I'm sure they have gone to great lengths to accomadate the people with ample lavatories, but I want any one of you to look me in the eyes and tell me that every single person uses/makes it to a proper bathroom facility.

Bathing. Explain.

I went to a Warped Tour concert (is a called a concert? a show? a performace? whatever) back in the early aughts, and it was the worst experience of my life, not including the disbanding of Elisa and the Kidz Kazaam and the reject hotline thing. Why were there so many people there?! Go away! Give me some space! Stop screaming in my ear and running over my toe with your skateboard! Ugh, and people were spilling beer on my precious polo all day long. PS, if you dont wanna stand out at a Warped show(?), don’t wear a lacoste shirt, a madras skirt, and topsiders. And don’t be black. And what's with all the beer at these festivals/shows, anyways? Can a girl get a daiquiri in this bitch? A lemon drop martini? A Tokyo Tea? Geez.

5. Sexual Deviants
I just feel like there might be a lot of them there. Not everyone, but enough to keep me away.

Lauren Besman said...

Definitely have that album somewhere..Elisa and the Kidz Kazaam, wow.

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1980 – The arcade game “Berzerk” is released

One of the most fondly remembered arcade games of its era, Berzerk combined fast shooting action with (at the time) groundbreaking speech synthesis samples – many of which have been sampled in assorted songs and other video games in tribute to Berzerk. Most of these samples came from the robots who were the player’s main enemy in the game.

The main enemy of Berzerk, Evil Otto, appears to be a malign basketball, but he is also the only arcade game villain to have caused deaths in the real world, with two different people succumbing to heart attacks (as teenagers, yet) after marathon Berzerk sessions.

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Hitachi moves towards Digitization and Urban Transportaion through “HitachiSocial Innovation Forum 2016”

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Hitachi Hosts “Hitachi Social Innovation Forum 2016”

To Delve on Increasing Importance of Digitalization and Urban Transportation

Key dignitaries in attendance including Shri Devendra Fadnavis, Hon’ble CM Maharashtra and H.E. Mr. Kenji Hiramatsu, Ambassador of Japan to India

MUMBAI, September 9th, 2016-Hitachi India Pvt. Ltd.(Hitachi India), a subsidiary of Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE:6501) today organized the Hitachi Social Innovation Forum2016in partnership with Times Network in Mumbai towards an effort to support India’s infrastructure development. The forum was jointly inaugurated by Shri Devendra Fadnavis, Hon’ble Chief Minister of Maharashtra, His Excellency Mr. Kenji Hiramatsu, Ambassador of Japan to India, Mr. Kojin Nakakita, Managing Director, Hitachi India and Mr. M K Anand, Managing Director and CEO of Times Network.

This event served as a platform for Hitachi to bring together thought leaders to deliberate on themes pertaining to Transition from Traditional to Digital Banking, Increasing Railway Capacity and Reliability through IT and ICT, Building a Robust IT Infrastructure and Digital Transformation for India.

event-photo-2Shri Devendra Fadnavis, while addressing participants said, “I would like to thank Hitachi for organizing this event at such an appropriate time. Today, technology is at the forefront, the world is transforming and disruptions are impacting the lives of people.”

He added, “The need of the hour is to promote digital communication that can integrate the country by bridging the gap between villages and cities. Every extraordinary situation needs an extraordinary solution and Social Innovation acts as a catalyst towards this. Technology is a great leveller. For instance, it can provide solutions and can transform remote villages that do not have accessibility to the world.”

Mr. Kenji Hiramatsu said, “I am very happy to be part of this event and to promote bilateral relations with India. Japan is already partnering India on various initiatives such as collaborations on high speed railway, dedicated freight corridor, global technology support to Smart Cities and Digital India initiatives. We are happy to work on more technology transfer programmes with India.”

Mr. Kojin Nakakita said, “A multitude of business and developmental challenges are fast-emerging globally and in India. The question is, how do we respond to rapid urbanization, large-scale concentration of people in cities, exploring sustainable transportation solutions, efficient supply and management of water and energy and creating stronger security solutions for the age of the Internet of Things (IoT). Delivering individual products and systems to customers will no longer suffice. Today the keyword is “connecting” these products and systems through Digitalization.”

The Hitachi Social Innovation Forum is Hitachi’s global flagship event. In its 4th year in India, the event sought to bring together influential leaders from diversified backgrounds, policy makers, domain experts and industry representatives to delve on collaborating with each other to arrive at holistic solutions for sustainable urban development.

To support the overall theme of Hitachi Social Innovation Forum an exhibition with Hitachi showcasing its diversified solutions, technologies and products such as GIS (Geographical Information System), Industrial Plant Maintenance System, Integrated CEP (Citizen Experience Platform) solutions and so on in real-time for the benefit of its visitors was organized at the venue.

Enclosed is a snapshot of sessions held:

THEME: Digital Transformation: The Roadmap for India Inc.

Advantages & Challenges of Digital Revolution as a new paradigm for data management; and impacts on everyday tasks, activities and processes of organizations

  • Ravi Vishwanathan, President, Growth Markets, Tata Consultancy Services
  • Anup Purohit, Senior President & CIO, YES Bank
  • Munish Mittal, CIO, HDFC Bank
  • Amrish Rau, MD, Citrus Payment Solutions
  • Vivekanand Venugopal, VP &General Manager, Hitachi Data Systems

THEME: Transition from Traditional Banking to Digital Banking – Challenges and Enablers

*Value proposition of banks servicing customers; bridging the gap between traditional & digital banking

  • AP Hota, MD & CEO, National Payments Corporation of India – Shinjini Kumar, CEO, Paytm Payments Bank
  • Dinesh Kumar Khara, Managing Director & Group Executive (Associates & Subsidiaries), SBI
  • Rajeev Sabharwal, ED, ICICI Bank
  • Jayant D’Mello, Director, ATM & Emerging Payments Business Unit, Hitachi Payments Services

THEME: Building a Robust IT Infrastructure: The Key to Success

*Using disruptive technologies for network security; creating a robust IT infrastructure through contemporary technologies like Cloud Computing

  • Vikas Prabhu, CIO, Essar Energy & Oil
  • Bishwanath Ghosh, Corporate CIO, Mahindra & Mahindra
  • Vinay Khargonkar, General Manager& Head – Corporate IT, L&T
  • Anuj Gupta, CEO, Hitachi Systems Micro Clinic

THEME: Increasing Railway Capacity and Reliability through IT & ICT

*Improving customer satisfaction with relatively small levels of investment; leveraging Information Technology & Information Communication Technology solutions

  • Smt. K Vijayalakshmi, Chief, Transport & Communication, MMRDA – Prashant Rao, Executive Director/S&T/Project, DMRC – PrabhatSahai, Chairman & MD, Mumbai Rail Vikas Corporation
  • Akhil Agarwal, GM, Central Railway
  • G C Agarwal, GM, Western Railway
  • Mangal Dev, Director, Hitachi India & Head – Hitachi Rail System Company, India & South Asia Region – Bruno Tasselli, VP, Business Development & Sales, Hitachi Rail Italy

About Hitachi in India

Hitachi started its business in India in the 1930’s. with over 25 business bases and over 10,000 employees in India. Presently, Hitachi Group in India is expanding through using its expertise in ‘Social Innovation Business’, by providing solutions in the areas including information & telecommunication systems, industrial systems like water, oil & gas supply and management, transportation and urban development systems. Together with further localisation, Hitachi aims to contribute to developing a sustainable society in India as well as contributing to the country’s economic growth. For more information about the Hitachi Group in India, please visit the website at www.hitachi.co.in

About Hitachi, Ltd.

Hitachi, Ltd. (TSE: 6501), headquartered in Tokyo, Japan, delivers innovations that answer society’s challenges. The company’s consolidated revenues for fiscal 2015 (ended March 31, 2016)totaled10,034.3 billion yen ($88.8 billion). The Hitachi Group is a global leader in the Social Innovation Business, and it has approximately 335,000 employees worldwide. Through collaborative creation, Hitachi is providing solutions to customers in a broad range of sectors, including Power/Energy, Industry / Distribution / Water, Urban Development, and Finance / Government &Public / Healthcare. For more information on Hitachi, please visit the company’s website at http://www.hitachi.com.

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Democrats: "Do as I say, not as I do"

Rep. John Boehner (R-Ohio) smokes. After the Democrats have spent decades waging a war against tobacco, there are few public places for him to smoke now. At the Capital Hill Club, where Republican legislators hang out, smoking is illegal under D.C. law. So, Rep. Boehner has to travel to the National Democratic Club which, unlike the Republican's club, has exemption to get around the District's new smoking ban.

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Wednesday, June 30, 2010

So How Was Your Day, Dear?

James Romberger writes that he no longer reads my blog because I’m not so swell to Helen Thomas; Don McGregor said (in other words) that he’s now reading me because he thinks what I write about Helen Thomas is the bee's knees; some yutz named Rick Olney, who a few people aren't so crazy about, sent me a thinly veiled threat because someone else wrote something about him (?); Gene Colan told me he loves me; and Harlan Ellison sent me a hug me and tucked me into bed.

Booksteve said...

Hahahhaa. Some people will always hate you no matter what, y'know? Me, I much prefer to hang out (even virtually) with people who think for themselves and form their own opinions and I don't give a damn whether those opinions agree with mine! How are you ever supposed to learn ANYthing if everyone you know thinks just like you do? You just keep being you, sir (as you will no matter what) and some of us will just keep appreciating that.

Thank you, Booksteve. It's so nice to be loved.

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Don't worry about Olney. He's a smelly bloated warthog. But whatever you do, don't let him buy any comics from Dave Cockrum's collection. He doesn't deserve them.

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Andrew Bailey Traded to the Red Sox as Oakland’s Fire Sale Continues

The rumors had been hot and heavy, but today the deal finally went down. The Red Sox continued their bullpen rehab by acquiring former Athletics closer Andrew Bailey for 25-year-old outfielder Josh Reddick. Also included in the deal is outfielder Ryan Sweeney, who heads to Boston and two very young prospects, Miles Head and Raul Alcantera, who head to the Oakland system.

This move fits precisely what each team was looking to accomplish. The Red Sox September collapse was caused in large part by a failing and ailing pitching staff and the loss of long-time closer, Jonathan Papelbon, chopped away some of the already thin depth in the pen. However, the Sox made their first retooling move earlier this offseason by trading for Astros closer Marc Melancon and now they’ve added their second closer to the mix in Bailey.

Bailey is under team control through 2014, but will start to get expensive as he heads into his arbitration years starting this season. This seems like the only reason that the A’s would trade him at this point. They also move Ryan Sweeney, who earned $1.4M in 2011 and heads into his second and third years of arbitration before becoming a free agent in 2014. In exchange, the A’s receive a 25-year-old outfielder whose arbitration clock won’t start until 2014.

For Boston, Bailey looks to become their new closer, moving Melancon to a setup role with Daniel Bard set to make a run at the starting rotation. Bailey may have the closer label on him, but he’s far from a sure thing in that role. He has missed time over the past two seasons due to arm problems (shoulder and forearm) and has only been worth about two wins above replacement over that time. He’s also a fly-ball pitcher that could suffer from a move out of spacious Oakland to comfy Fenway.

Josh Reddick, the main piece headed to Oakland, is a confusing player. His raw skills and upside had always been highly rated, but when all was said and done, he had only hit .278/.332/.500 in five minor league seasons. Reddick’s Triple-A numbers are even more daunting, where in parts of three seasons he hit a combined .234/.300/.449. He did bust onto the scene in Boston last season, hitting an insane .393/.429/.672 with a .431 BABIP in 70 plate appearances before the all-star break. However, those numbers died off quickly, as he hit only .244/.293/.389 in the second half.

In other words, he doesn’t look like a star at all and might be nothing more than a low cost replacement level player in Oakland. The upside is that he hits .275/.320 with 20 home runs and plays adequate defense. We’ll see…

Ryan Sweeney is nothing more than a busted prospect at this point in his career. Once rated as the 42nd best prospect by Baseball America way back in 2005, Sweeney actually had a 4.2 fWAR season in 2009, but that was due in large part to a fielding score that registered at an incredible 20.6. He hasn’t come remotely close to posting such a score since. In fact, Sweeney has registered negative FLD scores in limited playing time over the last two seasons. At best, he might hit .295/.350 with very limited power and speed, but there is certainly no guarantee in that happening.

As for the two prospects headed to Oakland, Project Prospect’s Lincoln Hamilton (via Twitter) suggests that Miles Head becomes an average first baseman in a “perfect world” and that Raul Alcantera is a “total flyer” who is “super far away” at this point.

This trade seems like a clear win for the Red Sox, who get the best player in the deal, a relief pitcher that will almost certainly be an asset should he remain healthy. In exchange, they gave up a player that might be nothing more than a fourth outfielder on most teams and two young, not highly rated prospects that are years away from approaching the upper levels. The Sox also receive a fourth outfielder that basically replaces Reddick.

Unfortunately for the A’s, they really had no choice in moving Bailey. They are desperately strapped for cash and have no other choice but to trade away players that are about to get expensive in hopes that they can tread water until (if) they get their new stadium deal.


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Twins deal Francisco Liriano to division rival White Sox

Kenny Williams of the White Sox, a GM known to make deals at the drop of a hat, made another one late on Saturday. He acquired Twins lefty Francisco Liriano in exchange for infielder Eduardo Escobar and pitcher Pedro Hernandez, reports Ken Rosenthal.

Liriano really hasn't been the same pitcher since having Tommy John surgery late in his 2006 rookie season. His walk rate has spiked since that year, except for in 2010, and while he's still striking out a batter per inning, he just hasn't been the all-out, dominant force that he was in 2006. This year, in 100 innings for Minnesota, Liriano has struck out 109 and walked 55, along with allowing 12 homers (compared to 14 all of last year).

The White Sox have a solid rotation with Chris Sale and Jake Peavy leading their staff, and Jose Quintana has come out of nowhere to stabilize the middle of their starting five. However, Gavin Floyd has been inconsistent for them, while John Danks and Philip Humber have dealt with injuries, and been ineffective when healthy. At the worst, Liriano will add a flamethrower to Chicago's rotation (or possible their great bullpen).

The pair of players heading back to Minnesota are really nothing special. The 23-year old Escobar has served in a bench role for the White Sox this year, OPSing .557 in 36 games while getting time at four positions. Last year in AAA for Chicago, Escobar had a .657 OPS, so it's not as if he's having issues hitting a ceiling in the majors; this probably is his ceiling. Hernandez is a 23-year old who has spent time at three different levels in the White Sox organization this year. Combined, he's thrown 89 2/3 innings, striking out 56 and walking 22. Last season in the Padres organization, he threw 116 innings, struck out 94, and walked just 22. There might not be much of a future there, but he's better than Escobar at least.

I'm wondering if this was actually the best offer on the table for Liriano. Williams was probably willing to pick up a good chunk of Liriano's salary, a key sticking point for a small market Twins team burdened with Joe Mauer's monster deal. You have to also wonder if this is just the beginning for the Twins, and if more deals will be coming in the next three days.

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A Financial Permanent Crisis

By: Andy_Sutton

As the financial world breathed a collective sigh of relief as the Greek Parliament voted to impose further austerity measures on the people of Greece, I wondered aloud to no one in particular how many times we’d have to see this movie before people finally realize that this crisis is a permanent one. There are many analogies that we could use to illustrate what has gone on, but probably the best is a trauma patient coming into the hospital with a severed carotid artery. Instead of performing surgery and repairing the wound, doctors throw the unlucky fellow on a gurney with a piece of gauze taped over the incision. Every so often they check back in, throw another piece of gauze on it and walk out, never fixing the problem. That is precisely what is going on with regards to the Eurozone mess. And America’s too. Lots of tape and gauze with precious little in the way of real solutions has been the norm for quite some time now and there is no reason to think that this will change unless it is out of dire necessity.

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Saint Lucia

Did you know:

Saint Lucia is a mountainous country of volcanic origin ringed with sandy beaches.

The country has more Nobel laureates per capita than any other country: poet and playwright Derek Walcott, born in Castries, Saint Lucia, on 23 January 1930, was awarded the Nobel Prize in Literature in 1992; and Sir Arthur Lewis was Nobel economics laureate in 1979.

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182,000 (2013)
p.c. growth: 1.1% p.a. 1990–2013
World ranking 97
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Saint Lucia is part of the Windward Islands group, which form an arc jutting out from the Eastern Caribbean into the Atlantic. It lies south of Dominica and north of Barbados.

Main towns:

Castries (capital, pop. 67,700 in 2010, including Bexon, Babonneau, Ciceron and La Clery), Dennery (3,700), Laborie (3,500), Monchy (3,100), Vieux Fort (3,000), Grande Rivière (2,700), Augier (2,500), Micoud (2,200), Soufrière (1,500) and Anse La Raye (1,400).

There are 1,210 km of roads, mainly unpaved. The main cross-island route runs from Castries in the north to Vieux Fort in the south.

The main ports are Castries and Vieux Fort. A fast catamaran service operates between Saint Lucia, Martinique and Dominica. Several cruise lines call at the island.

Hewanorra International Airport lies 67 km south of Castries and George F. L. Charles, 3 km to the north-east.

International relations:

Saint Lucia is a member of the African, Caribbean and Pacific Group of States, Association of Caribbean States, Caribbean Community, Non-Aligned Movement, Organisation internationale de la Francophonie, Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States, Organization of American States, United Nations and World Trade Organization.

Saint Lucia hosts the headquarters of the Organisation of Eastern Caribbean States.

Saint Lucia is a pear-shaped mountainous island of volcanic origin, 43 km long. In the centre of the island, Mt Gimie rises to 950 metres, while Gros Piton (798 metres) and Petit Piton (750 metres) lie to the west, rising sheer out of the sea. Sulphurous springs, steam and gases bubble out of a volcanic crater a few kilometres from Petit Piton. The mountains are intersected by short rivers, debouching in places into broad fertile valleys.

The hot tropical climate is moderated all year round by the north-east trade winds. The dry season is January to April, the rainy season May to November.

The most significant environmental issues are deforestation and soil erosion, particularly in the north of the island.

With its economy traditionally based on agriculture, about 30 per cent of the land area is under cultivation. Elsewhere there is rainforest with exotic and varied plant-life, many with brilliant flowers. Forest covers 77 per cent of the land area.

This small island has rich birdlife including several unique species, for example the Saint Lucia oriole and the Saint Lucia black finch. The Saint Lucia parrot was the subject of a successful conservation programme established in 1978 which raised the population from some 150 birds to over 400. Native reptiles include the Saint Lucia tree lizard and the pygmy lizard.


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Donald Trump’s campaign has been built upon controversial statements that have kept his name in the news. Reuters/Mike Segar

Why has Trump succeeded where others would have failed?

The narrative Donald Trump has played during the campaign is that the elites who have abandoned him or disagree with him are all part of the establishment he seeks to destroy.
It may be accepted wisdom that Australians are disengaged from politics, but there are plenty of other indicators to suggest otherwise. AAP/Richard Wainwright

Australians couldn’t care less about politics? Really?

We may believe that Australians are disengaged from the political process, but that may be because we're not looking in the right places.
Students protest at South Africa’s Stellenbosch University demanding the right to be taught in English rather than Afrikaans, which they identify with apartheid. Reuters/Mike Hutchings

Universities need to manage hate speech, not stifle freedom of expression

The university should be the bastion of the right to free expression in the promotion of democracy, and has a moral and ethical obligation to provide spaces for fierce debate and critical engagement.
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How political engagement on social media can drive people to extremes

We need political and civil society leaders to reflect on the language that they use, and to strive to shape a civic narrative with which we can all engage.
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Whose views skew the news? Media chiefs ready to vote out Labor, while reporters lean left

While reporters’ political biases are always hotly debated, other biases remain - including too few voices from diverse backgrounds. AAP/Alan Porritt

Most Australian journalists describe themselves as left-wing, yet amongst those who wield the real power in the country’s newsrooms, the Coalition holds a winning lead.

But while the media’s political leanings will no doubt be debated in the lead-up to September’s federal election, our study has also found other largely unscrutinised biases remain - particularly whose views disproportionately shape the news.

Conducted between May 2012 and March this year, the University of the Sunshine Coast’s representative survey of 605 journalists around Australia found that more than half (51.0%) describe themselves as holding left-of-centre political views, compared with only 12.9% who consider themselves right-of-centre.

It is the first study of its kind in more than 20 years to involve such a large number of journalists, and follows on from the work of John Henningham in the early 1990s.

Our survey was conducted by telephone with carefully selected journalists from newspapers, magazines, radio and television stations, online news sites and news agency AAP, as a sample of the 8000 to 10,000 journalists in Australia today.

When asked about their voting intentions, less than two-thirds of the journalists we surveyed revealed their voting intention. Of those 372 people, 43.0% said they would give their first preference vote to Labor; 30.2% would vote for the Coalition; and 19.4% said they would choose the Greens - about twice the Australian average.

Media bosses more in sync with voters

Yet, among those who arguably matter most – the journalists in senior editorial ranks who have the most power to decide news agendas – a dramatically different picture emerged.

Among the 83 senior editors who took part in the survey, the Coalition was the party of choice on 43.2%, followed by Labor (34.1%) and the Greens (11.4%).

This suggests that Australia’s media bosses are more in line with the broader electorate, at least according to recent Newspoll results.

It is important to note that there is little research showing that journalists’ personal political biases affect their work.

When asked in this survey about a range of influences on their work, many journalists said their superiors have a much stronger influence than their personal values and beliefs.

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An interesting finding emerged when we compare journalists from the three biggest news organisations in the country – News Limited, Fairfax Media and the ABC.

The national broadcaster has repeatedly been attacked for having a seemingly leftist bias, while others have accused News Limited - and particularly its flagship newspaper The Australian - of being overly conservative in its political views.

At first glance, the findings do not support this assumption, with no significant differences in the way journalists from the ABC and News rate their political views on a scale of 0 (left) to 10 (right).

However, 41.2% of the 34 ABC journalists who declared a voting intention said they would vote for the Greens, followed by 32.4% for Labor and 14.7% for the Coalition.

In contrast, 46.5% of 86 News Limited journalists who answered this question said they would vote for Labor, 26.7% for the Coalition, and only 19.8% for the Greens. As well as The Australian, the News stable includes some of the country’s best-selling tabloids such as the Herald Sun, Daily Telegraph, Courier-Mail, Northern Territory News and the Adelaide Advertiser, and some suburban newspapers.

Among the 86 Fairfax Media journalists who responded, Labor was by far the most popular party at 54.7% support, followed by the Coalition and the Greens, both on 19.8%. The Fairfax journalists came from outlets including the Sydney Morning Herald, The Age, The Canberra Times, a range of regional and suburban newspapers, and metropolitan radio stations.

If we disregard the 42.8% of journalists who are undecided, refused to answer or would vote for a party or candidate other than the major three, this is a statistically significant result.

It means that even though only a smaller number of journalists answered the voting intentions, which does increase the margin of error, it is still reasonable to conclude that there is a marked difference between the voting intentions of journalists at the three major media organisations.

Australian stories that go untold

Where in the country journalists work also seems to make a major difference. Journalists at metropolitan news media are significantly more left-wing in their political views. Labor would receive 52.6% of the metropolitan journalist vote, while in regional areas, 44.4% would vote for the Coalition.

Our study also found that while journalists recognise their own political biases, they may be less aware of their cultural bias.

An overwhelming majority of journalists in this country still come from a white, Anglo-Saxon background, with minorities very few and far between in mainstream journalism.

Three out of four journalists give their ethnicity as at least partly Anglo-Saxon. Only 4.7% said they have an Asian or Middle Eastern background, which is around half of what it should be to reflect the make-up of the Australian population.

Journalists identifying as Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islanders representing just 1.8% of Australian journalists - again, disproportionately lower than the 2.5% of Australians with an Indigenous background.

This is further evidence to support the argument that Australian journalists’ worldviews and cultural backgrounds are still not representative of the general population.

And it is an aspect that many argue is reflected in Australian media reporting of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander issues, as well as in stories related to race and ethnicity.

Note: This research has been accepted for publication in the June edition of the Australian Journalism Review. The margin of error for the entire study sample is 4%. Sub-samples of journalists’ responses to some questions - such as voting intentions - are likely to have a higher margin error, however, appropriate statistical methods were used in testing for differences between sub-samples to take account of the smaller sample sizes. The survey response rate was 89.5%.

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Ponderosa Steakhouse hadn’t lost a game all season.
It wasn’t going to let its first loss come in the title game.
Ben Inman drove in Isaac Roop in the bottom of the sixth inning Wednesday to give Ponderosa a walk-off, 15-14 win over All Circuit Electrical in the championship game of Portland Junior League’s Rookie baseball division.
The champions overcame two, two-run deficits and trailed by as many as three runs in the fourth inning to complete their undefeated season.
Ryne Goldsworthy, Jayden Comer and Roop led the Ponderosa offense with four hits each. Goldsworthy drove in a team-high five runs. AJ Myers tallied three hits and a pair of RBIs, and Hank Imel both had two hits. Imel also had three RBIs.
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January 26, 2017

A plea for pastoral prayer

by Jesse Johnson

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Pastoral prayer—the part of the worship service where a pastor stands before the congregation and leads them in prayer as part of the worship service—seems to have fallen on hard times.

By pastoral prayer, I mean a pastor (someone whom has been ordained, and is being paid by the congregation for pastoral ministry; 1 Tim 5:17) praying a deep prayer over/for/with the congregation on the Lord’s Day.

Terry Johnson—who wrote When Grace Comes Alive and When Grace Comes Home (two books about theological prayers), points out that through church history, pastoral prayers have been a mark of healthy churches, but particularly during the Reformation. They are common today because they remain embodied (if neglected) in most liturgical churches.

By deep I mean that the prayer is profound. That it takes some truth of the Bible, or a pair of truths often in tension, and prays through their application. It causes to the congregational prayer to move past the sick list and the immediate, and instead strengthens our understanding of how we relate to God. Of all places, church is the place where people should be exposed to carefully crafted and deep prayers. It is helpful to know that the pool we are in has a deep end, and that it is ok to swim there.

By over/for/with I mean that the prayer draws in the congregation. It is done on their behalf, with them in mind. It exposes the pastor’s heart in a personal way, but beyond that it exposes the pastor’s care for his people. It gives them a window to the pastor’s prayer life, and to specifically how the pastor prays for them. It is with them, in that it draws them in, and they begin praying the same thoughts as well.

Marks of a good pastoral prayer:

  • The prayer is about praying. The public prayer grows out of the private prayer life of the pastor. And that private prayer life is in part seeking guidance for how to pray publicly.
  • Each prayer has a main doctrinal focus. One theme, or one antimony. One thrust. This helps focus the congregation on that one truth that will cause them to grow in their worship.
  • The prayer uses biblical language, often from the passage of Scripture that was just read. It avoids religious jargon, Christianeese, and the word “just.” (As in “we just come before you, and just want you to be here with us, and just be honored by what do.” Never, ever, ever does it use the word “just” unless it is a prefix for “justification.”) It does use terms that are biblical, even if they are not common in English. It is a picture of how the Scripture forms our speech, not the other way around. Puritan Thomas Murphy wrote:

The prayer of the sanctuary should be thoroughly saturated with scriptural thought and expression. The language of the Bible is that which the Spirit prompted, and which must therefore be most in accordance with the mind of God. For the same reason it must be Bible language which is best calculated to express those devotional feelings which are the work of the Spirit in the heart.

This is the pattern in the Bible. The Lord revealed to Moses that he was compassionate and slow to anger (Ex 34:6-7), and those lines appear in prayers throughout the OT (I can find seven different people praying that at least, from Moses to Jonah). Solomon, Mary, Jesus, and Paul all have prayers recorded that are drawing from passages that would have been read in public worship.

  • It carefully represents the needs of the congregation before the Lord. It battles doubt, confesses sin in areas general enough to apply to the congregation, but specific enough to be connected to the passage just read.
  • It is prepared–even written down (while allowing for spontaneity). In the book, “Preaching and Leading Worship,” Willimon complains about unwritten prayers: “Many of our pastoral prayers are a maze of poorly thought out, confusing clichés, hackneyed expressions, shallow constructions, and formalized, impersonal ramblings.” As far back as the 1800’s, Shedd saw that pastoral prayers were becoming more and more extemporaneous, and he warned against the trend, writing:

In the recoil from the formalism of written and read prayers, Protestants have not paid sufficient attention to an orderly and symmetrical structure in public supplications. Extemporaneous prayer, like extemporaneous preaching, is too often the product of the single instant, instead of devout reflection and premeditation. It might, at first glance, seem that premeditation and supplication are incongruous conceptions; that prayer must be a gush of feeling, without distinct reflection. This is an error. No man, no creature, can pray well without knowing what he is praying for, and whom he is praying to. Everything in prayer, and especially in public prayer, ought to be well considered and well weighed.

  • It reinforces the ministry of the Word. It underlines, underscores, and validates the preaching ministry by showing the connection of the congregations need (prayer) to the congregations output (singing), to the congregations input (preaching flowing from the prayer).
  • It reinforces the ministry of music. It makes subsequent songs richer, as they flow out of a heart that has just been in personally involved in contemplation and supplication.

The connection between reading and prayer is one of efficacy. Prayers that conform to God’s character and revelation are more apt to conform to his will, and thus more apt to provoke true worship.

In writing this, I’m not arguing for liturgy, or saying that every service should have a prayer in this vein. But if you are a pastor, let me appeal to you to strive for excellence in the way in which you lead your people in prayer.

Jesse Johnson

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Jesse is the Teaching Pastor at Immanuel Bible Church in Springfield, VA. He also leads The Master's Seminary Washington DC location.
  • robertetozier

    Great thoughts. Let’s do it.

  • Brian Morgan

    Good stuff brother. I am concerned that prayer gets added to the list of our “anti-liturgical” Baptist liturgy…Announcements, prayer, 2 hymns, offering, one more hymn, sermon (3 points and one application) closing prayer….go eat. How’s that for not being “locked into a format!”

  • Jonathan F.

    Good post. I would suggest that any elder/pastor looking to pray for God’s people in this way would do well to read through the Valley of Vision.

    • AGREED! MacArthur’s “At the Throne of Grace” is a great too 🙂

      • Jonathan F.

        I’ve not read that, but thanks for the recommendation!

  • Parker Reardon

    Good & important thoughts. Appreciate Spurgeon’s The Pastor in Prayer…

  • Kermos

    Jesse, you are assuming that “double honor” translates to “being paid by the congregation for pastoral ministry” in 1 Timothy 5:17. The Apostle Paul also wrote “For you recall, brethren, our labor and hardship, how working night and day so as not to be a burden to any of you, we proclaimed to you the gospel of God” (1 Thessalonians 2:9). How about Paul’s writing in 1 Timothy 5:8, “But if anyone does not provide for his own, and especially for those of his household, he has denied the faith and is worse than an unbeliever”. And, again, Paul in 2 Thessalonians 3:10 “For even when we were with you, we used to give you this order: if anyone is not willing to work, then he is not to eat, either”.

    See 1 Timothy 5:18, “YOU SHALL NOT MUZZLE THE OX WHILE HE IS THRESHING,” the unmuzzled ox can open it’s mouth – to eat! Continuing with verse 18, Paul wrote “The laborer is worthy of his wages”, but the whole verse reconciles back to Luke 10:7 – not talking about monetary rather about food and lodging.

    Recall that Peter rebuked Simon the magician for him trying to pay for the Apostles to lay hands on him (Acts 8:14-24)!

    The King of Glory, Jesus Christ, did not specify payment for services, rather food and shelter for those bearing the Word of God is found in Holy Scripture, “As you enter the house, give it your greeting” (Matthew 10:5-15) and again “Stay in that house, eating and drinking what they give you; for the laborer is worthy of his wages” (Luke 10:1-12).

    There is much more related about all of this at:

    • Karl Heitman

      You’d better duck and run for cover, Jesse! You’re no match for “Kermos'” eisegesis!

      • Kermos

        Karl, you falsely accuse me of reading into the Holy Scripture. You do not even quote the Word of God.

    • Jason

      It’s clear from these scriptures that a congregation should provide for the needs of those who are serving them. Since there is no explicit restrictions (or even recommendations) on how we are supposed to provide for our elders, it would be very presumptuous to declare that monetary wages cannot be the means of doing so.

      Imposing specific requirements of how a congregation does and does not provide for those who are serving within the body is to go beyond scripture.

      • Kermos

        Lord Jesus reigns in this conversation, Jason.

        The Apostle Paul wrote “nor with a pretext for greed” (1 Thessalonians 2:5), and “working night and day so as not to be a burden to any of you” (1 Thessalonians 2:9). The Thessalonians were being “you also endured the same sufferings at the hands of your own countrymen” (1 Thessalonians 2:14). The intervening portions of this passage do not change that “not being a burden” sure sounds like not collecting money from a persecuted people because Paul used the phrase “pretext for greed”. Paul worked night and day, and Paul was a tentmaker for income purposes, and more importantly, Paul proclaimed Christ and Him crucified and Him risen! With prideful men, the Gospel of Christ proclaimed without charge and dialog in LOVE among the saints sounds very solid according to the Holy Spirit.

        Let us proceed to the words spoken by the incarnate God, our Lord Jesus Christ.

        First, Lord Jesus said “Stay in that house”. See the King of Glory issues a command, and that command is contingent on the God’s indication “If a man of peace is there, your peace will rest on him; but if not, it will return to you” (Luke 10:6, see also Matthew 10:13). Now we have:

        1) Jesus said “Stay in that house” – a requirement.

        Second, continuing with the passage, Lord Jesus continued “eating” and “what they give you”. See, again the King of Glory issues a command. He commanded to eat what is given. Now we have:

        1) Jesus said “Stay in that house” – a requirement.

        2) Jesus said “eat” – a requirement.

        Third, continuing with the passage, Lord Jesus continued “drinking what they give you”. See, yet again the King of Glory issues a command. He commanded His disciples to drink what is given. Now we have:

        1) Jesus said “Stay in that house” – a requirement.

        2) Jesus said “eat” – a requirement.

        3) Jesus said “drink” – a requirement.

        “Do not acquire gold, or silver, or copper for your money belts” (Matthew 10:9). That is the Lord Jesus speaking, Jason. The Lord Jesus spoke DIRECTLY to acquiring financial support.

        I say, “stay within the constraints of the Holy Writ”, on the other hand, you say “it would be very presumptuous” to by constrained by the Holy Writ. I would assume that you would say that Charles Russell and Joseph Smith proposed teachings that were not constrained by the Holy Writ. Jason, beware where you tread, as evidenced from the above (and much more at the essay I previously linked), it is evident that God issued requirements about the congregation supporting the elders because Jesus is the Son of God and Jesus said lodge, eat, and drink then we can see that even said not to acquire money and Lord Jesus was talking to the disciples.

        In love, we can help others financially or lodging or eating or drinking. Men are arrogant and prideful, and the root of all sorts of evil is the love of money. The Lord Jesus said sell everything then give it all away to the poor (Matthew 19:21, Luke 18:22, Mark 10:21). Jesus said “poor” repeatedly. He did not say to give it to a man that takes the title of pastor which the Lord Jesus reserved to Himself (John 10:16), but we still can out of love that is driven by the Holy Spirit – I am not writing about giving in the same way you are, Jason and Jesse. Not long ago, a “local church pastor” was suffering financially with medical bills, so we helped him financially – we are not members of his church. I knew of another “local church pastor” that was suffering financially – we are not members of his church either, and the Holy Spirit led us to provide some profitable short-term work for his wife to help them a couple of times over the years. In other instances, we have helped the poor not only to their physical needs, but more importantly we have given to the poor the proclamation of the Kingdom of God – without charge. This is not braggado, rather it is an example elaborating on the first sentences of this paragraph.

        Jason, by definition, to do something that is NOT in Scripture is to go beyond Scripture; on the other hand, to do something that is IN Scripture is to abide the Word. The Word of God clearly reveals commands and Holy Spirit leading on the giving (Matthew 19:21, Luke 18:22, Mark 10:21). To use your terminology: restrictions, requirements, and recommendations.

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  • Vinod Anand S

    Hi Jesse, thought provoking post. Thanks!

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As Malaysia chairs the Association of Southeast Asian Nations (ASEAN) this year, there is no shortage of commentary urging the country to ‘do more’ on the South China Sea. Malaysia, it is said, is after all not only a founding member of ASEAN but a claimant state in the South China Sea disputes that also has a good relationship with China. But as I’ve said and written both publicly and privately, it is wise to consider what Malaysia’s current policy on the South China Sea is before asking it to change its stance or questioning whether and why it is or is not doing so.

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Well Valentines Day is tomorrow and if you’re like me, you would be spending it in bed eating pizza and literally Netflix and Chill. Oh can someone please send me a rose? Well just because I wont be getting any presents, flowers or a dinner date doesn’t mean I can’t help you hopeless people with some gift ideas?

So above are some of my favourite items at the moment which i though would make perfect Valentines Day presents, let just call it The Fierce Valentines Gift Guide. More like a last minute Valentines Gift Guide, but it’s the thought that counts..

1. Every girl loves a good Chanel Makeup haul and the new SS 2016 collection is to die for

2. Jo Malone “Red Roses Cologne” is the perfect gift for any occasion, just add scented candles and body lotion from the same scent and voila!

3. Elie Saab Perfume. Personally i’m obsessed with the Essence N1: Rose. Try it out and maybe add a pair of earrings.

4.The latest M.A.C Cosmetics collaboration with Ellie Golding, buy this and she will love you till the next collaboration, trust me!

5. I have never put any Narciso Rodriguez Perfume without anyone stopping me and asking me what do I have on. Now that they have the Rose Musc, oh yum! just don’t forget the dozen roses with that!

6. Well, again some Chanel.

7. You can never go wrong with shoes, like ever! Unless you have bad taste then maybe a gift card for her to buy these gorgeous Aquazzura heels that i just got from Harvey Nichols Dubai.

8. Some more makeup with Steven Klein for NARS. I repeat limited editions go a long way!

Now get it wrapped, buy her a dozen of flowers and take her out for a good meal! Happy Valentines Day!

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