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When a landscaper heads out on a job in Palo Alto, Calif., there's one thing he'd better not forget. In addition to his equipment, driver's license and gassed-up vehicle, he has to make sure he has his leaf-blower license. Landscapers in this anti-blower city must take a blower etiquette class, pass a written test, carry a license and buy low-noise equipment.
The city's response to blowers may be extreme, but it is par for the course in California. The first state to encourage the widespread use of blowers (during a period of drought in the 1970s, Los Angeles required gardeners to use blowers instead of water to move debris), California has led the charge to limit their use.
“There is irony in encouraging the use and then wanting to regulate them out of existence,” says Bill Harley, president and CEO of the Outdoor Power Equipment Institute (OPEI), a trade association of U.S. manufacturers of powered lawn and garden maintenance products, components and attachment supplies.
The noisy racket and smoky haze that leaf blowers produce led to the Great Blower Debate of the 1990s, the effects of which are finally beginning to affect the products on the shelves and, ultimately, the landscaper's bottom line.
By generating a powerful stream of air, a leaf blower can move leaves, twigs and yard debris from hard surfaces like lawns, patios, garages and walks. The California Landscape Contractors Association (CLCA) says blowers have practically supplanted brooms, hoses and rakes in landscape maintenance professionals' toolboxes.
A typical large tree may have 200,000 to 400,000 leaves, according to Iowa State University. Cleaning up all those leaves, particularly in the coming fall months, is no easy chore even with a leaf blower. In fact, the CLCA estimates that it can take five times longer to clean a typical landscape site with a broom and rake than it does with a power blower. That organization's members estimate that their costs would increase about 20 percent if they had to perform the same functions without a leaf blower. They say they could pass along just 31 percent of the increased costs.
Although professional landscapers were originally the primary users of leaf blowers, homeowners have quickly gotten in on the act. About 1.5 million blowers are sold in the United States each year; only one-third is heavy-duty equipment for commercial users while the rest of the market is consumer grade. With dozens of blowers in use on any given block, it didn't take long for the noisy machines to anger neighbors.
“What makes the leaf blower different from all other lawn care products is that there are local rules being developed to limit the use of leaf blowers due to the sound they generate. In some cases, they are even banning them,” says Larry Will, retired vice president of engineering for Echo, who consults for the company on blower issues.
Early leaf blowers averaged about 78 decibels, with some machines measuring even louder. The League for the Hard of Hearing reports that noise levels above 85 decibels can harm hearing over time.
Many new blowers are at or below 65 decibels. For every six decibel reduction, sound intensity is actually reduced by 50 percent. That means many of today's units are four times quieter than older blowers. Typically, 67 to 69 decibels, when measured from a distance of 50 feet, is considered an acceptable noise level in most U.S cities and municipalities.
Noise may be the main complaint at a local level, but engine emissions are what brought the feds into the blower debate. According to the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA), gas-powered garden equipment, which includes more than just leaf blowers, contributed 5 percent of the country's ozone-harming pollutants by 1990. While manufacturers believe the percentage is actually much lower, they do concede that the emissions were a problem.
“The unburned hydrocarbons were of particular concern, as they are mainly responsible for the formation of ozone in the lower atmosphere and are considered to be the primary pollutant created by these small handheld engines,” says Martin Maass, manager of engineering and quality reliability for Stihl Inc.
Emission from handheld engines, including those in landscaping equipment, were unregulated until 1990, when the California Air Resources Board (CARB) proposed its Tier I regulations limiting the levels of exhaust that a gas-powered, non-road engine may produce. The regulations reduced the combined limit of ozone-depleting hydrocarbons (HC) and oxides of nitrogen (Nox) to 180 grams per brake horsepower hour (g/bhp-hr). Until that time, emissions were as high as 230 g/bhp-hr.
Also in 1990, the federal Clean Air Act gave the EPA authority to enforce non-road emission standards. The EPA's Phase 1 called for a reduction similar to CARB's to take effect nationwide by 1997 for most engines.
These were not drastic measures and manufacturers could meet the changes with minor engine modifications.
The new millennium, however, brought much stricter rules. CARB's Tier II standards, which went into effect in 2000, reduced the emission limit to 54 HC and NOx g/bhp-hr. The EPA's Phase 2 standards include a multi-phase timetable for compliance in which the allowable levels of exhaust are decreased each year between 2002 and 2007. In the end, the federal standards will reduce the emissions limit to 37 HC and NOx g/bhp-hr for most small engines. This means that for the first time, the EPA's emission levels are more stringent than California's.
“The outdoor power equipment industry is now facing what the auto industry was challenged with nearly three decades ago,” says Maass.
Manufacturers' challenges related to noise and emissions regulations may seem inconsequential to landscape contractors. The end result of this debate, however, will directly affect how landscape contractors shop, do their jobs and pay their bills.
Blower design must change to meet stringent emissions regulations and to please the noise police. Simple changes are not enough to meet emission requirements. Manufacturers are working on new “clean” machines by improving engine and sound attenuation technology and by creating larger mufflers, rubber-isolated engine mounts, low-smoke oil and more.
Whatever technology manufacturers use to reduce emissions, it is likely to affect the power and price of equipment you will purchase in the coming years. OPEI's Harley says landscape contractors should be aware that the new regulations will inevitably lead to tradeoffs.
Mark Michaels, Husqvarna's business unit manager for handheld products, puts it another way. “There are two major demand features for backpack blowers: more power and less noise. These two features are diametrically opposed when you try to develop a blower. We believe that improvements can be made to both, but optimizing one will place limitations on achieving the other,” Michaels says.
While there will be different types of blowers available than those on the shelves today, there will likely be fewer of them available to choose from in coming years.
“The changing regulatory landscape could somewhat limit the proliferation of models available from manufacturers, so it's only natural to assume that the contractors and superintendents could have a slightly smaller selection of blowers available to them,” says Jeff Shetler, manager of government relations for Kawasaki.
Of course the bottom line of blower regulations is that the changes will eventually affect, well, the bottom line.
Becky Mollenkamp is a freelance writer based in Windsor Heights, lowa.
Train yourself and your crew in the effective, safe and courteous use of leaf blowers. Most manufacturers offer information through their Web sites or customer service representatives on the proper way to use their leaf blowers.
Wear eye and ear protection and avoid loose clothing, scarves or neck chains when using a blower.
Limit the number of leaf blowers being used at once on small residential sites. This will keep the sound generated to a minimum.


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ALASTAIR COOK went through his full repertoire of batting skills as he notched a patient 71 in his farewell Test.
Let’s be honest, it wasn’t scintillating stuff but they are the qualities that have sustained Cook over 12 years and more than 12,000 Test runs.
Block, leave, clip off the legs, pull, square cut and pushed cover drive. That has been Cook’s modus operandi throughout his record-breaking career and it was no different in his final match for his country.
But just when he was looking as well set as he has ever done for a ton, he was out. The thinnest of inside edges off Indian paceman Jasprit Bumrah sent Cook's middle stump out of the ground.
As he departed, after hitting eight fours in a knock spanning 190 deliveries, Cook responded to a rapturous reception from the crowd with just a modest wave of his bat.
Cook and opening partner Keaton Jennings had travelled to the Oval on the Tube, wearing England track suits and attracting a few curious glances from the rush hour workers.
Then the Essex man was presented with a special memento with ‘161’ sewn into the material below the national crest to commemorate his aggregate of Test matches.
Cook was given a guard of honour by India’s fielders and skipper Virat Kohli shook his hand.
And after Joe Root won the toss for the fifth time out of five in the series, Cook got off the mark with a pushed cover drive off Ishant Sharma.
He clipped the same bowler to the mid-wicket boundary and then cut and pulled – his absolute trademark shots - Bumrah for successive boundaries.
Cook was dropped on 39 by Ajinkya Rahane in the gully off Ishant and reached fifty off 139 balls with a push down the ground off Mohammed Shami.
It was the first half-century in the series by an opener from either team.
And, having seem Jennings exit for 23 with the score on 60, Cook put on an important 73 with Moeen Ali.
Cook's dismissal was promptly followed by those of Root and Jonny Bairstow for ducks - a reminder of the backbone Cook has provided for so long to the England top-order.

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Isn’t she a beauty?! She’s not in working condition, but she’s just beautiful to look at!
Singer Corporation was first established I.M. Singer & Co. in 1851 by Isaac Merritt Singer. (although the first patent to design a sewing machine was obtained by English inventor Thomas Saint in 1790, and the first sewing machine was developed in 1807 by an Australian tailor, Josef Madersperger) . It was renamed Singer Manufacturing Company in 1865, then The Singer Company in 1963. Singer has an interesting organized labor episode from 1911, which you can read about here. Like the United States Shoe Corporation, Singer began diversifying in the 1960s, acquiring companies involved in electronics as well as ….nuclear power plant control center simulators. Huh!
But let’s get back to business. This Singer sewing machine was manufactured on August 21, 1879, in Clydebank, Scotland. How do I know this, you may ask? Well, it appears that Singer was/is very meticulous about keeping records, even back in the late 1800s, so they still have logs with all of this information as long as you can provide a serial number. Singer sewing machines manufactured prior to 1900 were given serial numbers with numbers only; after 1900, serial numbers incorporated a single or two-letter prefix (which indicated the manufacturing location).
This specific sewing machine is an “Improved Family” machine. It was considered a breakthrough “because of its oscillating shuttle” and a high arm, although it was overshadowed the following year by a model that included an Edison electric motor.
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My first pick is a pair of Red Cross Shoes.
They are quite beautiful, aren’t they?
Don’t let the name fool you though, Red Cross Shoes has no affiliation to THE Red Cross. Red Cross Shoes were first produced by Krohn-Fechheimer Shoe Company in Cincinnati, circa 1896. Red Cross Shoe became a hot selling brand, maybe due to Mad Men savvy advertising it as the “noiseless” shoe. The company had to adjust after World War I, when high-topped shoes started going out of style. A six month strike in the Cincinnati shoe industry in 1921 made these adjustments difficult to make. Due to these difficult times, eight different shoe companies, including Red Cross Shoes, merged together to form the United States Shoe Corporation in 1931. One marketing technique to revive the failing shoe market was to produce a $6 pair of Red Cross Shoes, that previously sold for $10. Demand soared, and by 1939 Red Cross was the most popular shoe brand in the United States.
Red Cross expanded to the international market throughout the 1940s, and for a brief period of time voluntarily stopped using “Red Cross” due to complaints from the American Red Cross. It took back it’s name in 1948 with the blessing of the Federal Trade Commission.
Red Cross continued to grow throughout the years, reaching production levels of 100,000 pairs of shoes a week in 1955.
United States Shoe Corporation began to diversity in 1955, with it’s biggest success lying in Lens Crafters. By the 1980s, shoe sales accounted for only one-third of the company’s sales. The company continued with ups and downs, but according the source of this information, it seems that it’s still chugging along. If anyone has recent information about the brand, this specific shoe or the shoe company, I’d love to read up on it!
Main source of information: I read it on the internet, it must be true!


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Aston Villa midfielder Craig Gardner struck for the second time in five days to propel Martin O'Neill's side into fifth place in the Barclays Premier League.
The England Under-21 player, who had also netted against Tottenham on Monday, settled the issue with his 24th minute free-kick to earn Villa a fourth successive home win.
Villa had enough chances to make sure of the points in the first half and, although there was an improved showing by the Hammers in the second 45 minutes, Scott Carson was only occasionally tested.
It was a third successive league defeat for Alan Curbishley's side for whom Freddie Ljungberg posed the main threat with a series of crosses whipped into the box.
The pace of Ashley Young caused all sorts of problems for the Hammers down the left flank and he must have impressed watching England coach Steve McClaren.
Another member of his latest England squad, Dean Ashton, had a quiet game and looked less then 100 per cent match fit which was unsurprising after his lengthy injury lay-off.
He was also given little opportunity to make an impression by Villa central defender Martin Laursen who had another outstanding game.
From Villa's viewpoint, the quicker the Danish international signs a new contract - his current one expires next summer - the more relieved everyone will be at the midlands club.
Predictably West Ham's former Birmingham defender Matthew Upson and Villa's ex Hammers midfielder Nigel Reo-Coker were booed everytime they touched the ball by the respective sets of fans.
The first decent opening fell to the home side after five minutes when Young turned past Daniel Gabbidon and sent over an inviting low cross.
But Luke Moore, still searching for his first Premier League goal of the season, failed to make proper contact with his attempted volley.
Henri Camara had the ball in the net for the Hammers after nine minutes but he had clearly used his hand to turn in Matthew Etherington's cross and was yellow-carded.
Hammers Robert Green was called into meaningful action for the first time when he parried a low drive from Moore after good play by skipper Gareth Barry.
Villa looked to have strong claims for a penalty after 13 minutes when Lucas Neill appeared to tug at the shirt of Young as he burst into the Hammers box.
But it was turned down by referee Steve Tanner to leave Villa manager Martin O'Neill incensed on the touch-line.
Villa were looking threatening and an inviting cross from Young picked out Gabriel Agbonlahor whose glancing header was saved by Green.
It was no surprise when after 24 minutes Craig Gardner struck for the second time in five days to put Villa ahead after Agbonlahor was brought down right on the edge of the Hammers box by Gabbidon.
Up stepped Gardner, who had scored against Tottenham on Monday, to drill a low shot through the Hammers defensive wall which took a deflection off Gabbidon before flying past Green into the net.
West Ham tried to retaliate and Ljungberg ran at full tilt to meet a deep centre by Etherington but his flying header was well saved by Carson who was perfectly positioned.
Villa looked dangerous everytime the likes of Young and Agbonlahor ran at the West Ham defence.
The visitors were forced to make a substitution when Camara limped out of the action to be replaced by Carlton Cole who had a loan spell at Villa two seasons ago.
Villa were soon back on the offensive as they attacked a packed Holte End in the second half and Agbonlahor had a header blocked by Upson from Young's cross.
Reo-Coker, who was giving the West Ham players little room to manoeuvre in midfield, was yellow-carded for a challenge on Bowyer.
Villa almost gifted West Ham an equaliser after 55 minutes when a poor clearing header by Mellberg only went straight to Cole just outside the six yard box but he failed to make proper contact and Carson was able to save away to his left.
The pace of Villa's game had dropped considerably compared to the opening 45 minutes and O'Neill brought on Shaun Maloney for Moore.
Young appealed in vain for a penalty when Neill appeared to deflect his cross past the post via his right arm.
Laursen, who had another outstanding game, finished the game with his head heavily bandaged after blood had been streaming down his face.
Green denied Agbonlahor at close range with five minutes remaining.
Aston Villa Carson, Mellberg, Laursen, Knight, Bouma,Gardner (Petrov 78), Reo-Coker, Barry, Agbonlahor, Moore (Maloney 66), Young.
West Ham Green, Neill, Gabbidon, Upson, McCartney, Ljungberg, Bowyer, Mullins (Noble 80), Etherington (Boa Morte 81), Ashton, Camara (Cole 36).
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South Launceston batters have provided the dominant Twenty20 performance of the round on Sunday. This highlighted Cricket North teams having the better of the matches over their North West counterparts. South opening batter Caitlyn Webster batted through the overs for 59 from 72 balls at Devonport, but it was captain Belinda Wegman that nailed shut the innings with an impressive 47 off 33 balls. The Knights finished with an imposing 1-145 as the Orions fell well short and could only manage 3-84. Launceston also lost just one wicket on the way to an easy win over Burnie. The Lions bowlers restricted the Hurricanes to 9-51. Amber Townend picked up a stellar 3-7 off three overs. Teammates Kristy Clayton with 2-4 off two overs and Rhianne Hack with 1-3 off four overs kept Burnie at bay. Victory was obtained in nine overs at a run-a-ball. Victoria Geale top-scored with a 20 not out, Lynn Hedley added a quickfire 13 and Hack remained unbeaten on 10 after bringing up the win with a celebratory boundary. But Launceston faltered in its second T20 clash for the day during a thrilling finish. The Lions had contained Ulverstone to 4-87, but in the final over the Black Caps bowled the visitors out for 82 off the third-last ball. Mowbray hung on to win a two-wicket nailbiter against Latrobe at Youngtown. The Eagles did a good job with the ball to keep the Demons to 8-65. Jordan Hayes was the standout, grabbing 3-5 off four overs, as Cassie Blair with 2-8 and Dana Lester with 2-13, both off four, provided strong support. But Mowbray crumbled to 5-23 and were 17 runs off the target at 8-49. Blair displayed rearguard action with 19 off 32 balls to get the win off the first ball of the final over. Riverside had a tough Sunday on the road. The Blues were set 85 to win against Wynyard courtesy of Tayla Buchanan taking 3-22. But the visitors were bundled out for 58 in 16 overs. Riverside hours later failed to pass Sheffield’s 8-64. Katie Broad hit 25 off 36 balls, but she departed eight runs short shy as the Blues scored two runs in the final three overs to finish at 8-62.
South Launceston batters have provided the dominant Twenty20 performance of the round on Sunday.
This highlighted Cricket North teams having the better of the matches over their North West counterparts.
South opening batter Caitlyn Webster batted through the overs for 59 from 72 balls at Devonport, but it was captain Belinda Wegman that nailed shut the innings with an impressive 47 off 33 balls.
The Knights finished with an imposing 1-145 as the Orions fell well short and could only manage 3-84.
Launceston also lost just one wicket on the way to an easy win over Burnie.
The Lions bowlers restricted the Hurricanes to 9-51.
Amber Townend picked up a stellar 3-7 off three overs. Teammates Kristy Clayton with 2-4 off two overs and Rhianne Hack with 1-3 off four overs kept Burnie at bay.
Victory was obtained in nine overs at a run-a-ball.
Victoria Geale top-scored with a 20 not out, Lynn Hedley added a quickfire 13 and Hack remained unbeaten on 10 after bringing up the win with a celebratory boundary.
DEATH RATTLE: Latrobe batter Zoe Lowry swings hard against Mowbray, but finds her leg stump knocked back.
But Launceston faltered in its second T20 clash for the day during a thrilling finish.
The Lions had contained Ulverstone to 4-87, but in the final over the Black Caps bowled the visitors out for 82 off the third-last ball.
Mowbray hung on to win a two-wicket nailbiter against Latrobe at Youngtown.
The Eagles did a good job with the ball to keep the Demons to 8-65. Jordan Hayes was the standout, grabbing 3-5 off four overs, as Cassie Blair with 2-8 and Dana Lester with 2-13, both off four, provided strong support.
But Mowbray crumbled to 5-23 and were 17 runs off the target at 8-49. Blair displayed rearguard action with 19 off 32 balls to get the win off the first ball of the final over.
Riverside had a tough Sunday on the road. The Blues were set 85 to win against Wynyard courtesy of Tayla Buchanan taking 3-22.
But the visitors were bundled out for 58 in 16 overs.
Riverside hours later failed to pass Sheffield’s 8-64.
Katie Broad hit 25 off 36 balls, but she departed eight runs short shy as the Blues scored two runs in the final three overs to finish at 8-62.


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ANZ today announced that it has signed a statement of commitment to the FX Global Code of Conduct, set to come into effect in May 2018. The code is a single set of global principles which define good practice for the wholesale FX market.
In signing the statement ANZ has reinforced its full support for the FX Global Code and confirmed its commitment to act in its capacity as a FX Market Participant consistent with principles of the code.
ANZ Managing Director Markets Shayne Collins, said: “ANZ fully supports the code and we have been one of the first banks globally to move to the higher standards.” “We are constantly looking to lift the benchmark on our compliance, assurance and operating frameworks.
The work we have done across all areas of our business to ensure alignment to the FX Code, has confirmed to us that we are in a very strong position,” Mr Collins said.

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CPC805 is a single board computer based on Intel® Atom N450 processor operating at 1.66 GHz. The core of Intel® Atom N450 processor has a unique performance to power consumption ratio.
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Intel® Atom N450 processor is a highly integrated solution combining the processor core, DDR2 SDRAM memory controller and graphics controller with 2D/3D acceleration. This module provides great opportunity to work with graphics through VGA or TFT LVDS interfaces. There are two Gigabit Ethernet ports for the networking.
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The module is compatible with MS DOS, Fastwel DOS, Microsoft® Windows® XP Embedded, Windows 7 (Windows Embedded Compact 7), QNX and Linux® operating systems.


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Water-resistant boots are very different from waterproof boots, and knowing the differences between the two is important for your comfort and -- more importantly -- your safety. Both are good for outdoor activities, but each type of boot protects your feet differently and in different conditions and activities. Understanding and knowing the conditions you'll be in while wearing the boots is crucial so you can select the right pair for the job.
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text: The 10th edition of the classic and preeminent text of Clinical Nutrition – Shils et al, Modern Nutrition in Health & Disease – was just published. It contains chapters by UAB Nutrition Sciences faculty members Sarah Morgan, Joe Baggott, Gary Hunter, Christine Ritchie, and Douglas Heimburger. Margarita Treuth, a former postdoc in the Department of Nutrition Sciences, also wrote a chapter. Roland Weinsier was to be an Associate Editor of the book – in fact, he recruited some or all of the UAB authors – but the book was still in early development when he took ill, so Dr. Shils instead placed a Memoriam in the book’s front matter in honor of Roland.

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MANILA, Philippines — The benchmark Philippine Stock Exchange index (PSEi) gained yesterday by 74.74 points, or 0.95 percent, to finish at 7,873.02, buoyed by some index heavy weights.
Likewise, the broader All Shares index gained 32.39 points, or 0.67 percent, to settle at 4,845.42.
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There were 94 gainers and 93 decliners, while 54 issuers were left unchanged.
The index was boosted by SM Prime Holdings, which gained eight percent; Ayala Corp., which was up one percent; Ayala Land Inc., which gained 0.8 percent among others.
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One of our favourite records to come through the door (as it were) recently is the new one from Harmonious Thelonious on Versatile which we reviewed here. It’s so nice we asked Gilb’r of Versatile to ask him to do us a mix. It’s a funny time for mixes online due to the rise of internet radio and the amount of amazing music available to stream. I think we should still do mixes but I guess that explains why we’ve run less of them recently. With that in mind it’s nice to run something a little different and this is that. It’s a live set of Harmonious Thelonious featuring, well basically, all his own sound in a 30 minutes set. It’s superb as expected and I can see him getting more and more love as time goes on. Let the drums roll.
Check his latest release on Versatile on Bandcamp HERE.

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I have just read another article of urgency warning of an imminent war, which I do not doubt, but what concerns me is that attached to this ever present, and now even probable possibility, is the expectation that this will set in motion the world wide persecution of the Jews, and that now is the time to prepare all possible means of transport to get Jews back to the Land.
It is not the sobriety of the warning that concerns me, but the failure to distinguish events that belong to different times and circumstances. I believe such misplacement of the order of events can lead to premature decisions and expectations that further discredit prophecy and distract from the real thing when the real time comes. This concern has moved me to point out some important distinctions that might save some from needless confusion and decisions that are based on false assumptions.
I ask of those that have little enough patience with theological hair splitting to bear with me a little, as I feel I must go into some detail in order to show the order of events that we must keep in mind if we are to avoid the false alarms of prophetic speculation, since by these, many are further disarmed and unprepared for the real thing when it comes.
While it is true that antisemitism can break out anywhere anytime, it is usually possible to “some extent” to see it coming if we are indeed expecting it to increase suddenly and pervasively, particularly as Israel is made to appear the cause of the world’s woes.
We know that the Jews are not the object of the last world wide persecution UNTIL the last 3 1/2 years. Furthermore, we know that Jacob’s trouble comes 3 1/2 years after the covenant has been confirmed that brings the deadly false peace (Isa 28:15, 18; Eze 38:8, 11, 14; 39:26; Dan 9:27; 11:23; 1Thes 5:3). There may indeed be tribulation, but “the tribulation, the great one” of Jer 30:7; Dan 12:1; Mt 24:21 and Rev 7:14 cannot begin before there is a sacrifice and a temple that stands again, at least in some early stage of construction (Dan 11:31; 12:11; Mt 24:15; 2Thes 2:4). This alone is sufficient to make the time clear when it is time to know the time with that degree of definite certainty.
Therefore, even if Russia and China take out America, or any other conceivable combination of events in a world war III type scenario, we know that Israel survives as a nation, and evidently comes into an even greater political and strategic advantage in the region. Why? It is because Israel must make the false peace that provides for the conditions necessary for the abomination that comes in the middle of the week, 3 1/2 years after the great delusion that presumes a lasting peace for Israel can be possible apart from an everlasting righteousness.
Now certainly, the godly remnant that has foreseen the evil has made ready to hide Jews in flight, but once again, that particular flight does not begin until the beginning of the last 3 1/2 years. Now here’s why I point out what is too little considered. The body of Christ that has been hiding and preaching the gospel to persecuted Israel in a mutual experience of persecution and flight will NOT be the direct agents of Jewish return. This is because we will have been gathered to Christ at His return by way of rapture at the “last” trump (compare Mt 24:31; 1Cor 15:52; 1Thes 4:14, 17; 2Thes 2:1; Rev 10:7; 11:15).
The true bride will be the witness that prepares them for repentance and return, but they will not be the physical agents for that return. The world wide return of Israel that comes only after the destruction of Antichrist at the day of the Lord (2Thes 2:1-3, 8) will be by the assistance of gentiles that manifestly were not “in Christ” at the time of the rapture. I’ll return to this.
If plain language is permitted to plainly describe the time and nature of Jewish return, we can see that THIS return is by natural means of transport (Isa 60:9; 66:20), employed by thankful gentiles (Isa 49:22) who have manifestly survived the great tribulation, and count it greatest privilege to bring the sons and daughters of Israel home, as an holy offering to the Lord (compare Isa 49:22; 60:9; 66:20). Context and language, both here and many places, will show that this is AFTER the day of the Lord.
The language in its proper context will further show that these gentile survivors, along with the saved of Israel, enter the millennial earth in natural bodies. This stands in marked contrast with the translation and catching up of the bride into glorified immortality to rule and reign with Christ over the millennial earth.
The day of the Lord salvation of Israel happens in conjunction with the revelation of the returning Jesus (Zech 12:10; Mt 23:39; Acts 3:20; Ro 11:26; Rev 1:7). This is why the penitent survivors of Jacob’s trouble are not changed and taken up by way of rapture. It is because they were not already “in Christ” at the time of the rapture.
The Jews that get saved before the rapture will be changed and caught up with all who are “in Christ” at the point of the rapture. This is clear from 1Cor 15:23, 52 and 1Thes 4:14. However, the penitent survivors of Israel do not go up with the church, but are shown going into the millennium, as newly filled with the Spirit, but in natural bodies. The reason seems clear. Scripture is harmonized when we recognize that at the same instant the bride is being changed and caught up, the penitent remnant of Israel are, at that same moment, able now to “look upon Him whom they pierced” (Zech 12:10; Mt 23:39; Rev 1:7). That, by the way, is the look of faith and revelation, not a mere physical seeing. It will be like Paul’s seeing of Christ on the Damascus road.
“At once,” and “in one day,” the revived nation passes from death to life (Isa 66:8; Eze 39:22; Zech 3:9; 14:7). Clearly, this is the day of the Lord when the Deliverer comes out of Zion to turn away ungodliness from Jacob (Isa 59:19-21; Acts 3:20-21 with Ro 11:26). Many hasten to point out that the day of the Lord is much more than a 24 hour period. That is true; but this point of transition is even more precise than a single day. It comes “in a moment, in the twinkling of an eye” (1Cor 15:52), not only “in one day”, but “at once” (Isa 66:8).
A careful comparison of scripture with scripture will show that the spiritual regeneration of Israel comes immediately with the revelation of Christ in conjunction with the pouring out of the Spirit. The time is clear. It is the great and notable day of the Lord (compare Joel 2:28-32; 3:14-16, but especially Eze 39:29 with Zech 12:10; Mt 23:39; Acts 3:20; Rev 1:7). To make the time even more definite, note that both Jesus and Peter quote from Joel’s prophecy to show that the darkness that comes AFTER the tribulation (Mt 24:29) comes BEFORE the great and notable day of the Lord (compare Mt 24:29 with Acts 2:20; 2Pet 3:10, 12 with Rev 16:14-17 with Eze 39:8). So clearly, the ‘national’ salvation of Israel is at the end of Jacob’s trouble (Jer 30:7), but this does not mean that many Jews have not been saved all along the way with all that great multitude that comes out of ‘the tribulation, the great one’ (Rev 7:9, 13-14).
If we will “carefully” examine the context of the scriptures describing this last, and clearly post-tribulational return, we will see that it is not the preliminary return in unbelief that we see today (also foretold in prophecy, Eze 38:8; Zeph 2:1-2). We must distinguish, since this latter and final return will be world wide and complete, to the last person (Eze 39:28).
This return is AFTER Jacob’s trouble. It is AFTER the great and notable day of the Lord. It is AFTER the last trumpet (Isa 27:13; Mt 24:31; 1Cor 15:52; Rev 10:7; 11:15). It is the earliest days of the millennium. Christ has returned and the true bride has been translated into glorified immortality by way of rapture and resurrection. In contrast, the Jews are returning from every nation in natural bodies by every natural means of transport (Isa 66:20). They are NOT gathered to meet the Lord in the air. We are careless with the plain language of scripture if we do not make this distinction, since in no other way (of which I’m aware) can the scripture be harmonized. The day of the Lord will mean rapture for the true church (of this present age); it will mean repentance and return for the saved remnant of Israel.
The time is clear; and the manner and the means are just as clear. After the bride has been caught up and gathered (Mt 24:31; 2Thes 2:1) to meet the Lord in the air (1Thes 4:17) , gentiles are depicted escorting a contrite and penitent remnant back to the Land. They do not appear to be resurrected saints, but newly awakened seekers (Zech 8:23) who are implementing every conceivable ‘natural’ mode of transportation (Isa 60:9; 66:20) to get Jews back to the Land. Christ is here; the Antichrist is destroyed, and Jews can return home safely and dwell in truest eternal security, as an all holy nation forever.
We can see why the gentiles undertake this labor of love and reverence for the everlasting covenant. With the sounding of the seventh trumpet, the mystery of God has been finished (Rev 10:7), and the deeply humbled nations of the gentiles (those comparatively “few” that are left; Isa 24:6), now begin to understand the meaning behind Israel’s long and tragic experience in history (Eze 39:23, 27). This explains why these gentile survivors see their part in assisting the Jews back to the Land as an offering to the Lord (Zech 2:11; 8:23; Isa 49:22; 60:9; 66:20), but this is NOT us bringing them back; we have been taken up.
It is this clearly revealed activity of gentiles who have manifestly survived the tribulation that leads me to conclude, on the basis of 1Cor 15:23, 52 and 1Thes 4:14, that not all the unsaved of the earth take the mark of the beast, else they would not have survived Christ’s return. This seems clear, because many scriptures show that there will be some from among the nations that survive the judgments of the tribulation. These will enter the millennium in natural bodies (e.g., Isa 61:9; 65:20-23; 66:19-20; Eze 39:2, 9-16; Dan 7:12; Zech 14:16-18 et al). From this, it appears that that not everyone who is unsaved during the tribulation take the mark.
It is important that we distinguish how and by whom Jews return from all lands after the tribulation. It is clear that they do not return by way of rapture, but as newly born again, Spirit filled believers, assisted by surviving gentiles whose hearts have been lately turned towards God and His elect people, as the dust of Armageddon begins to settle.
I realize that such fine points of distinction can be difficult and even frustrating, but if we do not make these important distinctions we will be prone to engage in premature or misdirected activities. Even though the expectation of certain events may be correct, our actions and decisions must be based on an accurate reading of scripture, as to their proper time and order.
Many will, of course, simply exclaim that the Spirit has led them in a certain way. Well, that is well and good for them, but what about the rest of us? Our only truly “mutual” safety is the scripture, rightly interpreted, for which we need the greatest help of the Spirit, but this is what He has promised (Jn 16:13; 1Jn 2:27). So this is not for the “experts,” but it is for the diligent (“It is the glory of God to conceal a thing: but the honor of kings is to search out a matter;” Prov 25:2).
All is to say, while I see it is our responsibility to anticipate and prepare for the flight of the Jews, it is NOT our job to get them back to the Land. It is, however, our responsibility to do all in our power to help them survive until the day of national salvation, which I am convinced is not accidentally the time of our translation. With the birthing of Israel, the church’s travail is complete and our unique task for this dispensation is finished in their return. The salvation of Israel does not come in a vacuum. It is the result of a combination of the church’s prophetic witness (Dan 11:33) amid an unequaled tribulation of fearful “signs” in earth and in heaven (Mt 24:3, 30; Lk 21:11; Acts 2:19) empty Jacob of his power (Deut 32:36 with Dan 12:7).
Indeed, we may say that now is the time to prepare spiritually and practically for a soon time when none can buy or sell, and when we know that not only Jews, but all true believers will be hated and hunted, but how is now the time to hide Jews? How can now be the time to prepare ships for their return? I can see where ships may indeed play a role in their flight and preservation during the tribulation, but the ships that bring them home are those put into use by the gentile survivors of the tribulation (Isa 60:9). The only reason I can imagine that we should work towards returning Jews to the Land before the time of Jacob’s trouble is if we ‘assume’ that that the greater potential for Jewish survival will be in the Land, but that is not what the evidence suggests.
I would just point out that when the great post-tribulational trumpet of Isa 27:13 sounds, it finds Jews who are near to perishing in Egypt and Assyria. Could it be that Jews have fled to these nations, because the prospect for Jewish survival is greater in these presently hostile nations than in the Land itself? This, and the clear evidence of scripture that Jewish survival will depend upon flight into the neighboring wilderness (Isa 16:1-5; 26:20; 42:11; Mt 24:16; Rev 12:6, 14) and into the “wilderness of the nations” (Eze 20:35) leads me to conclude that the time before an unequaled tribulation that begins and has its first concentration “in the Land” is NOT the time to encourage Jews back to the Land, at least not without fearlessly telling them what they’re in for.
I do not doubt the crisis or the urgency to anticipate the ever present probability of war, not only in Israel, but one that could very easily spread throughout the world. I expect just such a thing to bring about the conditions that will make the false peace possible. I do NOT, however, expect that this preliminary violence will particularly target Jews in the nations. There must be a false peace after the storm, which will be the delusive calm before the ultimate storm.
We can certainly expect that a war that begins with a strike on Iran will certainly bring an attempted retaliation on the nation. It is also possible, even likely, that terrorists cells will target Jewish population centers throughout the world, but this is not the time of the final flight of Jews, and it is not, in my view, the time to be trying to get Jews back to the Land.
Some of my closest and dearest brothers oppose me on this, but I will bear the reproach for splitting theological hairs if it can prevent well meaning believers from further embarrassing the prophetic scriptures by premature actions due to neglect of plain language in its context.
I’m glad you asked, brother. I should have been clearer. The answer is no; I see the two events as simultaneous. Both are triggered by nothing less than the Lord’s glorious coming in clouds “immediately AFTER the tribulation,” as He descends to the Mount of Olives (Zech 14:4; Job 19:25). At the very moment of His visible appearing (Mt 24:27; 1Cor 15:52; Rev 1:7), those who have remained alive will be caught up to meet the myriads of departed saints who are coming with him (compare Isa 13:3; Joel 3:11; Zech 14:5; 1Thes 3:13; 4:14). This becomes clear when we see that the day of the Lord is also the time of the rapture.
No time at all. The rapture happens at the last trumpet in manifest connection with the day of the Lord (Mt 24:29, 31 with 1Cor 15:52; 1Thes 5:2, 4; 2Thes 2:1-3). The day of the Lord, or the “day of God” Almighty, is everywhere shown to come AFTER the tribulation.(Compare Mt 24:29, 43; with Acts 2:20; 2Thes 2:3, 8; 2Pet 3:10. 12 with Rev 16:14-16). Note the relationship between these passages show that the ‘thief like’ day of the Lord is clearly AFTER the stellar darkness (Acts 2:20) that comes AFTER the tribulation (Mt 24:29). If we compare 2 Pet 3:10, 12 with Rev 16:14-16, we see that the day of the Lord, also called, ‘day of God’ and ‘day of God Almighty’ does not come as a thief until sometime AFTER the sixth bowel in Rev 16:14-15. This shows clearly that the thief like return of Christ is at the very end of the tribulation and not sooner.
Therefore, it is a fallacy to try to separate the Lord’s return from the day of the Lord, and the time of the day of the Lord is very clearly AFTER the tribulation. (Mt 24:29 with Acts 2:20; Rev 16:14-15). Although the day of the Lord comes as a thief, this does not mean that it takes the godly by surprise (1Thes 5:4). Contrary to popular opinion, Christ’s does not come without sign or warning, as in pre-tribulationism. Even if misinterpreted as to their proper meaning, the principal sign will be clear and outward for all to see (Mt 24:15). The only reason the signs will be ignored or misinterpreted is because of an unparalleled deception that scripture warns will prevail in those days (Mt 24:24). For this, Jesus prescribes only one safe antidote (Mt 13:23).
Yes, it takes time to traverse sea and land on the long trek back home from the lands of their dispersion, but this is what a host of Old Testament passages depict. Again, the question will come to whether such passages are properly to be interpreted literally according to the original author’s intention, or some other way? From this we see that the saved remnant of Israel (such that survive the tribulation to go into the millennial age in natural bodies) were not members of the body (not yet “in Christ”) at the time of the rapture. Evidently, the penitent remnant are enabled to “look upon Him whom they pierced” (Zech 12:10) at the precise moment that He is coming in the clouds (Rev 1:7) to destroy Antichrist and to gather His elect at the last trump (Mt 24:31; 1Cor 15:52; 2Thes 2:1-3, 8; Rev 10:7: 11:15-18). At that same moment, the surviving remnant of Israel are being born (spiritually reborn) “at once” and in “one day” (Isa 66:8; Eze 39:22; Zech 3:9; 14:7). That is the day of the Lord. It is when ungodliness is turned away from Jacob (compare Isa 59:19-21 with Ro 11:25-29). It is the day the Spirit is poured out on the penitent remnant (Joel 2:28-32; Eze 39:27-29 with Zech 12:10; Rev 1:7). Because the Jewish remnant were not saved before the rapture, they were not changed into glorified immortality at the last trump, with “all” who were already in Christ (1Cor 15:23; 52; 1Thes 4:14, 17). If we let the day of the Lord be what scripture describes as “one day” after the tribulation, then we can see that the beleaguered remnant of Israel is being given the gift of repentance on the same day that the church is being caught up. That is why their experience is markedly different from that of those who were already in Christ at the time of the rapture. That is why their return to the Land in natural bodies and with the assistance of gentiles who have survived the tribulation is quite to be distinguished from the post-resurrection experience of the church.
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I believe this can be further demonstrated by Matthew 24:40-41. Two men will be in the field, one taken and the other left. This clearly shows that the non-believer and believer will be working side by side during the tribulation and right up until the second coming of Yeshua.
I believe these group of non-believers that do not have the mark would best fit militia and anti-government groups that will not take the mark strictly out of rebellion against “Big Brother.” These militia camps would also provide safe haven for Christians who share a common distaste for the system of the Anti-Christ.
I believe this scripture clearly shows non-believers without the mark at the return of Christ. If they had the mark, a believer could not safely be working beside them, as this scripture clearly implies.
Thanks Dave, I agree very much with your point from Mt 24:40-41 and have always thought it to be relevant in showing that not all who are left behind at the rapture have the mark, else they would not be side by side with believers at the time of the Lord’s post-tribulational return, as you correctly point out. In my view, this shows that not all who have fled the Antichrist have passed through the straight gate of regeneration. This explains why some are left behind at the rapture but not destroyed with those who have passed into irreversible reprobration by taking the mark. Many of these gentile survivors, greatly humbled by the recent supernatural happenings, will count it a supreme privilege to assist in the return of the Jews to their land. The mystery of God will be finished (Rev 10:7), and those that are left from among the nations (Isa 24:6) are awakening to the meaning of what has transpired (Eze 39:23, 27; Rev 10:7).


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Okay, let me start this by saying I haven’t seen Hellboy II yet. It comes to DVD in a couple of weeks, and I’ll see it then. It’s just another victim of a busy summer. That being said, I’ll admit I’m big fan of the first film. I picked up a few of the graphic novels after seeing it, and found an interest there, as well.
All of that brings us to this review. There have been a number of Hellboy figures over the few years. I’ve passed on all of them up to this point. I really wish I’d got the comic version with the heads when I had the chance. Mezco produced a 7″ line of Hellboy figures for the new film that was approximately in scale with most of the previous figures. However, they also took a shot at producing a 3 3/4″ series of figures. A version of Hellboy was available this summer as an exculsive. This review is for the single carded release of Hellboy.
There is absolutely no doubt this is Hellboy portrayed by Ron Perlman in the films. I’d seen some pictures of this guy previous to picking him up, and I thought he was the 7″ version. I have to say I’m pretty impressed with the detail in this size of figure. I was worried about this initially, because I was less than impressed with Mezco’s Underworld line. I have to say they put my fears to rest.
The head on the single carded HB, and the box set one, is an open angry mouthed one, where the summer exclusive version had him chomping on cigar. The head is a great likeness of the Mr. Perlman in make-up. You can see the furrowed brow and even a bit of crinkle in the nose. The filed off horns have tool marks on them that are accented with a little paint or wash.
The only downsides to the head are in the paint, actually. And unless you go looking for them, you probably won’t notice. One of the horns on mine has a small drip down the side. While the white of his teeth and pink of his tongue is perfect, his eyes have pupils where one is one looking up and one is looking down. There are also a couple of small places where the paint for his hairline and beard don’t quite match the sculpt. Overall though, considering the scale, a pretty fine job.
I originally thought the “Right Hand of Doom” was a little out of scale with the “Right Forearm of Destiny”. But after reviewing some pictures from the films, it looks pretty good. It’s sculpted to look like stone all over, painted red, and washed over. The little circles on the knuckles are there, as well as the finger segments. The only downside, I see to it, is it’s sculpted in a fist. But, the big red monkey does like to punch things from time to times, so it makes sense.
The ubiquitous duster HB wears to “fit in” is done in a soft vinyl material. The material has a bit of a wash to imply wear. The collar is a separate piece that is blended into the design well. The two pieces combined don’t really limit any of the articulation. The buckles on his right arm have some strap detailing with metalic gold accents.
Underneath the duster, there’s no skimping on detail as well. I’d guess that Mezco thought ahead that a dusterless Hellboy could be created from a simple arm switch. Due to that his back shows the same amount of detail as the front. HB’s pecs are there with the proper wear detail shown on them. His utility belt, another Batman connection, is fully sculpted around. Understandably, a lot of smaller do-dads HB is famous for are missing due to the scale. The BPRD buckle is there, but there’s a bit of slop in the paint that makes it a little less recognizable.
There’s a strap sculpted on his right leg that matches up to the soft vinyl holster attached to his belt. The holster doesn’t attach directly to his leg, though, so it won’t limit his movement. The rest of the pants are sculpted out with seams and some padding around the knees. Since this is the movie HB, the feet are decked out in some heavy work boots, instead of the comic version’s funky hoof feet.
This is a figure that is just a joy to have on your desk and pose. As soon as I popped him free of his blister I realized that. The articulation is top notch for a figure this size. There are few surprises in it, as well.
To start with the chest has a well hidden joint under the pecs. The sculpt and paint follow up under this joint, unlike some un-named clone army guys. The next surprise was ML style hips. There is a balljoint at each hip with a rotation right underneath of it. This give his legs a pretty good range of motion.
One of the two other big surprises is an articulated tail. With not just one point of articulation, but three. This give the tail the ability to peak through the back of the coat in a variety of ways.
My biggest articulation surprise? A balljointed fist on the Right Hand of Doom. I figured a cut joint at best, but it’s swivels on a ball. While it doesn’t have much range of motion, it’s pretty cool. Did they have to put it there? No. But, the fact that Mezco did, really shows they care about their customers and understand what they think is cool.
Am I done? Nope. There are two accessories in the blister with Red. The first is a BPRD base. It’s a cirlce of plastic with a sticker applied to it. While I’m disappointed it’s not a sculpted logo, it’s not really a bother. HB doesn’t need it to stand, and they put way more into the figure than the pack in piece.
until I realized it actually has a joint in it to allow it to open like the film version, another nice unexpected treat.
A little side note on the packaging. The name “Hellboy” doesn’t appear in any of the large print. The copyright notices have it, but the figure is referred to as “Red” and the film as HBII. I picked mine up at TRU, and have to think that was done as a concession to mass market toy shelves.
While there are some very minor tweaks that could be made to this figure, I can say it’s one of the best figures of this size I’ve opened this year. The attention to the source material, articulation, and just overall look add up to one hell of a figure. I really hope that Mezco continues this scale of Hellboy figures on, I’d really like to see an Abe up there on the shelf next to him.
Hey can some one send a picture of hellboys brith mark of his right arm & chest also the mijurments I whant to know the width lenth and any other info about it..
maaaan I NEED one of these figures. HB rules and I musttrack this down, I totally forgot a 1:18 Hellboy existed until I saw this review. I wish there was an Abe Sapien in this scale to go with him.
I believe there was an exclusive version that came with Big Baby. Wish I had that one.


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I’ve been wondering whether a backlash would develop against the Democrats’ crazed, ceaseless attacks on President Trump. No one has ever seen anything like it: the ridiculous smears, the nightly barrage of television “comedy,” over-the-top attacks by former government officials like John Brennan and James Comey, endless investigations into nothing in particular, calls for impeachment (grounds? who needs grounds?), absurd accusations of “treason,” and so on. It is unprecedented in American history, and maybe voters are starting to think the Democrats have gone too far.
No doubt the Democrats’ constant attacks, amplified every day by the press, have an effect. But at a minimum, diminishing returns seem to have set in. Today’s Rasmussen survey, the only daily presidential approval poll now functioning and the only one, to my knowledge, that currently surveys likely voters, finds President Trump with 50% approval and 49% disapproval. His approval numbers this far in 2018 are essentially identical to President Obama’s ratings at the same point in his administration, notwithstanding Obama’s fawning press coverage.
Equally interesting is that Trump’s “Approval Index” is narrowing. Rasmussen’s Approval Index, which we wrote about a number of times during the Obama administration, is the difference between the number who strongly approve of the president’s performance, and the number that strongly disapprove. Obama’s Approval Index was often very low, -20 or worse.
President Trump’s Approval Index has been dismal at times, too. Currently, however, Trump’s Approval Index stands at -6, and improving.
The number of voters who strongly approve of the president is rising, while the number who strongly disapprove is falling. This seems paradoxical in light of the insane hatred that is unleashed against President Trump on a daily basis. I suspect that part of the explanation, at least, is that some voters have figured out that the Democrats are crazed and are reacting negatively to their extreme tactics.

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When we talk about just two entities, we use between.
There is an armchair between the wardrobe and the bed in my room.
Look for the large wooden house between the oak trees.
We can also use between for more than two things, however, they should be clearly separate from each other.
When you follow the path, you will see a large house between the river, the woods and the village.
We can also use between for distance and intervals.
I’ll be watching my favorite TV show tomorrow between seven and eight.
I need two inches between the fences in my garden.
We use among when we talk about more than two entities or a group.
The suspect disappeared among the crowd.
You don’t need to worry now that you are among your friends.
I’m quite sure that I saw something moving among all those trees.
There are only a few successful students among all these teenagers at this school.
We can use both between and among when we talk about dividing or sharing something.
In Anatolia the eldest brother divides all the income among / between his other brothers.
If we want to finish our assignment on time, we should share the work between / among us.
We prefer between after the word 'difference'.
What’s the biggest difference between country life and urban life?
Among can mean one of / some of.
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1. What is bacon fat?
Believe it or not, there are several types of fat you can get from just one pig (pigs being the most multipurpose animals ever). “Lard” is the general term for rendered pork fat; depending on what part of the pig the fat came from, it can be either back fat/fatback (from the back/shoulder/rump of the pig), leaf lard (from around the kidneys), caul fat (from around the intestines), or belly fat (from the belly). Bacon fat is from the belly.
2. What is the difference between bacon fat and lard?
Bacon fat is a type of lard. That said, the product you can buy labeled “lard” and the bacon fat you can make are not the same thing; bacon fat will have a smokier flavor than lard, which should have a purely neutral flavor.
3. Isn’t bacon fat terrible for you?
Part of my reasoning on throwing out my bacon fat was, really, am I going to fry things in bacon fat? Shouldn’t I be using olive oil, or at least butter? Well, I’ve now read a fairly detailed description of the components of pork fat (approximately 39% saturated fat, 45% monounsaturated fat, and 11% polyunsaturated fat, for those of you who that means anything to), and while I still understand little of it, I’m convinced that pork fat is okay for me. I think this mostly has to do with the fact that bacon fat is not trans fat, which as we all know, has been declared America’s #1 Enemy (orange alert level).
4. How do I render bacon fat?
Now we get into the meat of it (ha, ha). According to Meriam-Webster, “to render” simply means “to extract by melting”; ie you are extracting the bacon fat by heating up (melting) the bacon. So cook yourself up some bacon! The fat it’s swimming in by the end is the rendered bacon fat. Remove the bacon itself with tongs or a spatula onto a plate lined with paper towel. The fat left in the pan is your gold. LET IT COOL BEFORE YOU POUR IT OUT. LET IT COOL. LET IT COOL. I will get to more explanation of this in #6, but for now, just remember: bacon fat is very hot. It will burn. LET IT COOL (but not solidify).
5. Should I strain bacon fat? How do I do that?
Yes. If you don’t strain the bacon fat, there will be little chunks of browned bacon floating around in it, and they are what will gather bacteria and make the fat go rancid. A better question might be: Have you ever strained your bacon fat? The answer, sadly, would be no, I didn’t know I should until extremely recently. My unstrained bacon fat hasn’t killed me yet, but I’ve been keeping it in the freezer (which we’ll get to). From now on, I plan on straining, which you can do – fairly easily, it seems – by pouring the fat through either a paper towel, a coffee filter, or a fine sieve.
6. What kind of container should I store bacon fat in?
In my earlier post, I suggested using an aluminum can (cleaned out, of course). This was a little misleading of me – I think that would be a good way to store bacon fat, but not the way I have been. Though, as you can see from this picture, my storage system hasn’t worked out perfectly. I use a thick plastic container, well-cleaned, which was working great until one day I poured the bacon fat in when it was still too hot. Now I may have a bit of melted plastic in my bacon fat.
It could have been a lot worse – if you pour fat that is too hot into a glass jar, the glass may shatter. Yikes. I think I will be sticking with my plastic (well-fitting lid, no fear of shattering), but I’m going to watch the fat’s temperature more carefully from now on. Reading various online forums, I’ve come to the conclusion that a lot of Southern grandmothers store their bacon fat in coffee cans. That seems like a good idea to me, but I never use coffee from a can, so it’s an impossibility right now.
7. Where should I store bacon fat?
And now we’ve come full circle to the motivation for this FAQ in the first place. I said I stored my bacon fat in the freezer and was called out on this because the fat gets really, really pretty solid, which means I’m less likely to use it. Michael, my friend and a cook I respect, said he keeps his bacon fat on his stovetop. His enthusiasm almost won me over to this idea. Bacon fat, right there, at my disposal? Great!
Almost. I can’t quite handle the idea of keeping the bacon fat right there on the stovetop, even if it were filtered (in which case it is actually supposed to be shelf-stable). Most people I ran across in CHOW forums or otherwise couldn’t handle it either (though most of them cited their Southern grandmothers who keep the bacon fat in a coffee can in the cupboard and are 95 years old and still kicking). Mine is going to live in my fridge from now on, which I think is a happy compromise.
8. How long will bacon fat keep?
I have had mine since about September, so that’s six months now, in the freezer. I’m not sure about in the fridge or shelf. Basically, you just keep adding rendered bacon fat to the same jar – I’m not sure if it mixes somewhat or just striates. White bacon fat is great. Beige bacon fat (what I have now) is fine. When your bacon fat has turned brown, it goes in the trash and you start a new jar, no matter what Michael says.
9. Now that I have all this bacon fat, what do I do with it?
As I’ve learned since my comeuppance, there are myriad uses for bacon fat. Basically, you can use it the way you would olive oil or butter to sauté – it will just have a smokier flavor. You can cut it into pastry or biscuits (as Toby suggested in the comments on the freezer post). At this point, I have a lot of bacon fat, so my next project is Bacon Fat Spice Cookies.
10. Can we talk about the fact that this already has a Wikipedia page?
So it’s not bacon fat, exactly. Still, crazy! Next project after Bacon Fat Spice Cookies.
With thanks to Jennifer McLagan’s Fat: An Appreciation of a Misunderstood Ingredient, With Recipes, Simply Recipes’ explanation of Rendering Bacon Fat, and the hundreds and hundreds of people who (surprisingly or not so surprisingly) have contributed to forums on the various aspects of this apparently tricky subject.
Oh my god! Biscuits! Of course! Now I know what to do with my two bowls of fat in the fridge. Backfat though I think, since it’s from the shoulder…so maybe not so nice and smokey.
I have often used bacon in recipes merely because I wanted the sauteed veggies to have that bacon-y flavor, never did it occur to me that I could use the bacon fat in my freezer! Thank you so much!!
Mmm! I use bacon fat to roast potatoes, and it results in a better crisp on the cut sides than using olive oil.
Wow. What a great post! Thanks for doing all this great research.
I’ve never had my fat turn brown, but I certainly would toss it if it did.
I wanted to put in an extra plug for Jennifer McLagan’s book. It is AWESOME. Love the recipe for lamb ribs with flageolet beans!

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I’m not sure where my fondness for the British aristocracy comes from. Maybe it’s just from too much of reading fairy tales.
But many elements of Anthony Russell memoir feel like a fairy tale. He grew up in the famous Leeds Castle, which had been purchased and restored by his formidable grandmother, Lady Baillie. There were ceremonies for releasing baby ducks. There was a formal, rigid daily structure called the Castle Way, which in some ways reminds me of my own grandmother’s house. Every time I read this memoir (this being the 3rd), I am stuck by the overwhelming desire to make toast by the fire side and trot off to England to spend my Christmas.
Russell does acknowledge repeatedly that his upbringing was privileged and called that “dangerous” as it little prepared him for life outside the castle. His shyness, which was ignored by the adults at the Castle, made boarding schools a challenge. Nevertheless, he reflects positively on the experience overall. The ends in 2009, when he return to the castle which is now a museum. Talking with a former member of the staff, they reminisce fondly on the way life used to be.

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Cozy Pet 54" Dog Cage in Black.
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Who will be the Easter champion?
Posted by Alicia Jaimes on April 11, 2019 in Lifestyles, Top Stories.
Ferris applied mathematics junior and Outdoor Club Vice President Ben Doyle hopes to reignite some childhood memories with hidden eggs and candy.
Beginning Sunday, April 7, the Outdoor Club will be hosting its first annual campuswide Easter egg hunt.
While many students may not remember the last time they went Easter egg hunting, Doyle joins an annual hunt with his family back home.
Doyle and other Outdoor Club members hid between 200 and 300 plastic eggs around campus the night before the hunt began, and they hope many students will choose to participate in the fun. Each egg will have candy in them as well as a flyer with an invitation for students to bring the eggs to the Outdoor Club’s end-of-the-year Easter party 11 a.m. Tuesday, April 16, in the Card Wildlife Center.
The student who finds the most eggs will win a prize, while the other students get to enjoy some free candy and be entered into a raffle drawing.
Ferris biology senior and Outdoor Club member Nikki Beardsley is excited to provide a fun way for students to unwind from end-of-the-year study sessions and hopes students will get to know their organization a little better.
“I hope to see our club get its name out there so people know who we are. We have so much fun doing outdoor stuff and I would love to see more people get involved,” Beardsley said.
The campuswide Easter egg hunt ends Tuesday, April 16.
“The best part about this event is that it gets students outside without putting them through rough weather conditions. Students might get turned off by hikes or camping trips if the weather is bad, but they have 10 days to search for the eggs, and it doesn’t take preparation to go searching for eggs,” Doyle said.
For more information on the hunt, contact Doyle at doyleb6@nullferris.edu.


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Propnomicon: Cthulhu Fhtagn! Furrykami Edition.
Out of the hundreds of Cthulhu idols we've featured here this one really stands out. Furrykami brings us this unique take featuring a plush body and sculptural details. The highlight would have to be the goat-like, alien eyes. That's a detail far too many Mythos artists ignore.
Update: Pink heart eyes? How could I not use this for the annual April Fools post. I'm still not a fan of anything remotely Cutethulhu, but I do have to give Furrykami credit for excellent craftsmanship.
JEEEZZUUUSSS. Nice to know up front what will be chasing me in my nightmares tonight.
I strongly suspect that is a live zoog.


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We respect our friends who worship in “contemporary” style, but our own worship features traditional music, Bible teaching, and fellowship.
If that speaks to your heart, join us for worship at 10:45 on Sunday mornings, and get to know us!


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Join the “25th Annual Southeastern Mini Truckin’ Nationals” at the Maggie Valley Festival Ground.
There will be parts vendors, food vendors and a live DJ during this 3-day event.
Contact Jason at Bell’s Rod Shop – 865-742-7403.

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The long awaited La Tana cafe launches at 9am this morning (Tuesday, Oct. 9). The new spot is located at 635 Commercial Drive or right next door to the 66 seat Pepino’s Spaghetti House, which opened this past summer. Both of the neighbouring businesses are owned by the same trio behind the award-winning Savio Volpe restaurant, namely Mark Perrier, Paul Grunberg and Craig Stanghetta.
What was once upon a time a no-frills convenience store called “NGE Commercial” is now a very slick-looking caffe and alimentari. The attractive space has seating for about a dozen or so people. With all its beautiful green marble, wooden shelving, swell woodland wallpaper trim, seriously beautiful light fixtures, brass and gold highlights and checkered floor, it looks and feels like it’s been in place (and well cared for) since the 1930s. I’m sure that will doubly seem the case when it’s full of people lunching on vitello tonnato, getting growler fills of olive oil (the same stuff they use at Savio Volpe), and wiping cappuccino froth from their upper lips. Even before it was open it had an air of being finely-tuned and capable.
La Tana’s branding, seen here on cappuccino cups, was done by Glasfurd & Walker.
La Tana serves up drinks from a roast that Director of Coffee Shahnee Zaver tells me was developed especially for them by JJ Bean. It is now brewing in the company’s other restaurants as well. (I had a quick shot and it’s very Italian in its hot, stimulating bittersweetness.) The pastas are made fresh by hand at a glass-fronted station every day, and the rest of the menu – which is more substantial than I was expecting – is executed in the small kitchen (complete with tiny window pass pictured at top).
Though La Tana and Pepino’s are attached to one another (I imagine the former will see plenty of “waiting room” spill-over traffic from the latter) they aren’t really on the same page thematically. If Pepino’s cleaves to the more American-Italian style, La Tana is more traditional in its Italian intentions, so in a sense it’s more related to Savio Volpe. This is best evidenced by the interior and the products, but it’s also right there in spirit, not to mention the name. Savio Volpe translates as “Wise Fox” in Italian, while La Tana means “The Den”.
What pray tell is a Director of Coffee? Hark do I hear a bell? Is death finally coming to the Drive?
Give it a rest, N. Cannon. That kind of attitude is so lame.
Director of Coffee? Dear lord… this is the Drive. So pretentious.
What’s lame is the title “Director of Coffee”. Job description, please.

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One of the first boutique owners to sell Prada in London back in the ’70s, Joseph Ettedgui launched his eponymous in-house label in 1983. The idea: a modern, minimalist approach to everyday luxury pieces, like classic leather saddle bags and buckled top-handle totes.
Serbian-born Roksanda Ilinčić is known for her beautifully structural silhouettes and retro-with-a-twist cuts. This makes perfect sense considering the woman was knee-deep in architecture school before getting her master’s degree at Central Saint Martins. Her modern aesthetic and couture-like attention to detail (pretty pleats here, ring embellishments there) are evident in each and every design—especially her beloved bags.
While his mobile-like earrings (often done with floating Baroque pearls) are what initially caught our eye, it’s Hirotaka’s elegant renderings of offbeat references, tribal motifs, and vertebrae-looking ridges that ultimately sealed the deal. Inspired by natural wonders, his abstract ear cuffs, open-faced rings, and more have a distinct, Japanese-influenced—and slightly punk-rock—spin.
Ever since she introduced the LBGD (“little black Gucci dress”) into the pop-culture lexicon, Victoria Beckham has stood out for her minimal-meets-cool approach to dressing. Fast-forward twenty years and her global fashion empire extends far beyond bodycon sheath dresses or her signature kick-leg trousers.
Relaxing shapes, quirky color combinations, and deconstructed details are just a few of the London-based designer’s signatures. But it’s Pyo’s deft ability to work painterly inspiration—abstract artist Ellsworth Kelly is a favorite—into her wearable, everyday creations that truly sets her apart.


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4. Nominate 15 other amazing blogs and comment on their blogs to let them know you nominated them.
Fantastic little gestural sketches and blurbs about daily life.
Great motivational quotes with really funky illustrations of animals!
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Pleistocene beasts from 2.6 million years ago to around 13,000 years ago. Too cool to be missed!
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Das patentierte SRO-100 ist die erste Smart Rubidium-Quelle mit integrierten Synchronization-Funktionen.
All in one low-cost, super-small package . It utilizes SmarTiming + technology to provide a host of timing features, which were previously implemented externally on a separate circuit board. The SRO intelligently synchronizes, disciplines, and controls any Stratum-1 reference such as GPS, Cesium, Hydrogen Maser, and T1/E1 at cutting-edge 1 ns resolution. The SRO-100 is integrated in the GPSReference 2000 for Smart Timing.

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If you can't beat them... look like you can!
Had it brought home on truck and trailer? What color do you have in store?
Had it brought in on a truck. I will paint it the original blue color. This blue is one of my favorite colors.
Those front wheels look so sunk in. Was there any work on the fenders to fit the 18s?
It is a little deceiving in the photo. but it is all stock. the front wheels are a 20mm offset, so they do sit a little bit more in then the 7's on the back with the 0 offset.
Love that color, same as my 244. Only did that blue for a couple years and it's a good color.
That's a nice car, looking forward to seeing it nicer.
I will paint it the original blue color.
Favorite 240 color ever. Good luck with it!
Nice. Legendary car. I am also a fan of that shade of blue. My wagon was that color.
I kinda like those whitewalls. No idea why.
I bought the tires used, and the guy had them painted already. But I was looking for white letter tires. They say that Testors oil based model paint works well. I will let you know, because these need a little refresh on them. They say to wash the letters with acetone first. it helps the paint stick better.
The backs fit nice. The fronts are a little small for my tastes. Overall it looks surprisingly good.
Yea, the 205/50s are a little small. But they don't look as bad in person, as they do in the photos. I might have to go to a 195/60 to get a taller tire.


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