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Into the Badlands (2015) 荒原

Director: David Dawkin Screenwriter: Alfred Goff / Miles Millar / Michael Jones-Morales Starring: Daniel Wu / Emily Beacham / Sarah Burger / Ola Brady / Marton Cocks / Aramis Knight / Madeline Mantock / Alan Holman / Stephen Lang / Morgan Benoit / Eddie Gaethje / Sam Medina / Shane Graham / Lance E. Nichols / Owen Hahn / Starlett· Miaglioni / Johns Myers Genre: Action / Adventure Official website: www.amctv.com/shows/into-the-badlands Country/Region of Production: United States Language: English Date: 2015-11-15 (USA) Number of seasons: 3 Number of episodes: 32 Single episode length: 60 minutes Also known as: Deep into the Badlands / ��入恶土 / Deserted Land / 荒芜之地 / Into the Dangerous Lands / 深入险地 / In Bad Lands / 穷山恶水 / American Version of Journey to the West / 美版西游记 / Badlands IMDb: tt3865236 Type: Reimanging

Summary:

Daniel Wu plays the motorcycle-riding Sun Wukong, a brave warrior named Sunny who escorts a young teen called M.K. with a heavy responsibility (Tang Monk) in search of the legendary Paradise. In a postapocalyptic world approximately 500 years in the future, war has left civilization in ruins. Some elements of technology, such as electricity and ground vehicles, have survived the apocalypse, but society now shuns firearms, leading to a reliance on melee weaponry and crossbows.

In a territory known as the Badlands, encompassing several states located between the Rocky Mountains and Mississippi River, a feudal society has developed to fill the power vacuum left by the war. Barons control land and monopolies over commodities like opium and fuel, trading amongst themselves to maintain the peace. Each baron is served by a massive workforce of slaves called cogs, as well as a prostitute class called dolls. A baron maintains power through an army of young men and women called clippers: highly trained and loyal warriors, clippers are forbidden from marrying and having children lest their loyalties be divided. Each clipper force is captained by a regent.

Several groups exist outside the strict hierarchy of the barons. Nomads are the most common, mostly lawless homicidal bandits who subsist on stealing from trade convoys between the baronies but some live in organized clans. The River King and his men control water trade in the Badlands and beyond, and is considered a neutral party in the barons' power struggles. An ascetic religious movement called the Totemists is also shown to exist on the fringes of society, living in isolated communities and practicing a form of idol worship. The Widow leads a revolutionary group of anti-feudal fighters from her late husband's barony; although nominally recognized as a baron by her peers, they do not respect her, and the contempt is mutual.

Little is known of the world beyond the Badlands, but it is implied that it is far less politically stable yet environmentally sound like the Badlands. The mythical utopian city of Azra is believed to exist outside the Badlands, but most dismiss it as a legend.

Source: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Into_the_Badlands_(TV_series)

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Episode 1.11 Press Release

NCIS: Hawaii - Episode 1.11 - The Game - Press Release

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Press Release WHEN EVIDENCE TO PUT AWAY A DRUG KINGPIN IS STOLEN, LUCY GOES UNDERCOVER AT AN UNDERGROUND POKER TOURNAMENT TO FIND OUT WHICH HIGH-ROLLER IS BEHIND THE CRIME, ON “NCIS: HAWAI`I,” MONDAY, JAN. 17

“The Game” – When evidence to put away a drug kingpin is stolen, Lucy goes undercover at an underground poker tournament to find out which high-roller is behind the crime. Also, Lucy’s feelings are in turmoil when Whistler’s ex-girlfriend arrives in town, on the CBS Original series NCIS: HAWAI`I, Monday, Jan. 17 (10:00-11:00 PM, ET/PT) on the CBS Television Network, and available to stream live and on demand on Paramount+*.

REGULAR CAST:

Vanessa Lachey (Special Agent in Charge Jane Tennant)

Alex Tarrant (Kai Holman)

Noah Mills (Jesse Boone)

Yasmine Al-Bustami (Lucy Tara)

Jason Antoon (Ernie Malik)

Tori Anderson (Kate Whistler)

Kian Talan (Alex Tennant)

GUEST CAST:

Lauren Cook (Det. Dalia Reed)

Nick Gracer (Trey Santos)

Scott Lawrence (Judge Malcolm Keen)

Bruce Altman (Ike Diamond)

Omar Bustamante (Ray Carr)

Juliana Folk (Cara)

Mike Cabrera (Stanley Zhao)

Herman Hyman Stern (Maury Chauvin)

Justin Scott (Big Rick the Dealer)

Tanoai Reed (Bodyguard 1)

David Anthony Buglione (Bodyguard 2)

WRITTEN BY: Noah Evslin & Amy Rutberg

DIRECTED BY: James Hayman

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THE CROWN FOR YOUR EMMY CONSIDERATION

The Crown season 4 FYC in the following categories of

PRIMETIME EMMY AWARDS -

OUTSTANDING DRAMA SERIES

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES

OLIVIA COLMAN

EMMA CORRIN

OUTSTANDING LEAD ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES

JOSH O'CONNOR

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES

GILLIAN ANDERSON

HELENA BONHAM CARTER

MARION BAILEY

ERIN DOHERTY

EMERALD FENNELL

OUTSTANDING SUPPORTING ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES

TOBIAS MENZIES

OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTRESS IN A DRAMA SERIES

CLAIRE FOY

OUTSTANDING GUEST ACTOR IN A DRAMA SERIES

CHARLES DANCE

OUTSTANDING DIRECTING FOR A DRAMA SERIES

"FAIRYTALE"

BENJAMIN CARON

OUTSTANDING WRITING FOR A DRAMA SERIES

"WAR"

PETER MORGAN

OUTSTANDING CASTING FOR A DRAMA SERIES

ROBERT STERNE

OUTSTANDING CINEMATOGRAPHY FOR A SINGLE-CAMERA SERIES (ONE HOUR)

ADRIANO GOLDMAN ASC, BSC, ABC

OUTSTANDING PERIOD COSTUMES

AMY ROBERTS

SIDONIE ROBERTS

GILES GALE

OUTSTANDING SINGLE-CAMERA PICTURE EDITING FOR A DRAMA SERIES

"FAIRYTALE"

YAN MILES, ACE

"AVALANCHE"

PAULO PANDOLPHO

OUTSTANDING PERIOD AND/OR CHARACTER HAIRSTYLING

CATE HALL

EMILIE YONG MILLS

SAM SMART

SUZANNE DAVID

DEBBIE ORMROD

STACEY LOUISE HOLMAN

OUTSTANDING MUSIC COMPOSITION FOR A SERIES (ORIGINAL DRAMATIC SCORE)

MARTIN PHIPPS

OUTSTANDING MUSIC SUPERVISION

SARAH BRIDGE

OUTSTANDING PRODUCTION DESIGN FOR A NARRATIVE PERIOD OR FANTASY PROGRAM (ONE HOUR OR MORE)

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MARK RAGGETT

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MARTIN JENSEN

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BEN TURNER

REECE EWING

ANDREW SCRASE

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JONATHAN WOOD

DAVID FLEET

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CHRISTIAN COLE

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Mercy on Your Enemies

Blessed are those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake, For theirs is the kingdom of heaven.

Blessed are you when they revile and persecute you, and say all kinds of evil against you falsely for My sake. Rejoice and be exceedingly glad, for great is your reward in heaven, for so they persecuted the prophets who were before you. - Matthew 5:10-12 NKJV

Jesus told His followers that those who are persecuted for righteousness’ sake are blessed. It is important to highlight here that the blessings stand only when you are innocent, when you are being persecuted for being righteous, for being faithful to God. If you are persecuted for doing something wrong, for cheating, for being dishonest, for being abusive, then there is no blessing. But this text also points to a reality that God’s faithful followers face in this world. We live in a world where someone can be persecuted without ever doing anything wrong. Jesus goes so far as to say that you can be persecuted for righteousness’ sake, for being good, and honest, and well, righteous. Jesus promised a special blessing, but that does not mean that you feel blessed as you are being persecuted.

David composed two Psalms from a cave while being persecuted by Saul (at least there are two I was able to find). They are Psalm 57, and Psalm 142. In these Psalms we can tell David is not feeling particularly blessed.

Attend to my cry, For I am brought very low; Deliver me from my persecutors, For they are stronger than I. - Psalm 142:6 NKJV

But David never forgot about the Source of his life and salvation,

I cried out to You, O Lord: I said, “You are my refuge, My portion in the land of the living. - Psalm 142:5 NKJV

So it is possible for us to be persecuted, to feel distant from God, and like we will be destroyed by our enemies. Yet we should never forget that reality is not limited by what we can see nor by what we feel. This is where faith comes in, and we can know that even though it might look and feel like we are all alone and about to be destroyed by our enemies, God is with us, and ultimately it is our enemies who need mercy.

Personal Story

I remember when I was young there was a big commotion at the apartment where my grandparents lived. I was young and I do not remember all the details, I do remember my mother and grandmother and other family members being very agitated. My grandfather had been robbed. I do not remember if it was a gunpoint or knifepoint, but he was robbed. I believe he had been on his way to the bank to deposit some money. My mother and others were upset about the whole incident and insisted that he press charges with the police, and there was a lot of talking and crying and I don’t remember all the details. But one thing has stuck with me, my grandfather wanted to pray, and as we prayed he thanked God that his life had been spared, next, he thanked God that he had not been the robber.

That is something that always stuck with me. I expected him to pray more of an imprecatory prayer, calling for God to curse the men who had taken his money. I do not think that my grandfather was against justice and the proper punishment of the men who did wrong, but my grandfather understood that it was better to be an innocent victim than a criminal. My grandfather knew that he was saved, he had a personal relationship with Jesus. But those criminals were living a life of sin and causing terrible suffering to others. Anyone living a life of sin does not have the peace that only God can give (John 14:27) and need salvation. Without God, there is no true joy and no eternal life.

Saul Persecutes David

Saul returned from pursuing the Philistines and was told that David was in the Desert of En Gedi. Saul decides to take three thousand of his best men from all of Israel and went to look for David and his men near the Crags of the Wild Goats. As King Saul searched for David he came by some sheep pens and a cave. This was exactly what Saul was hoping to find. He had been needed to relieve himself and needed some privacy. I imagine Saul telling his men to sit and rest for a bit, and then going away by himself to the cave to take care of his needs.

The King James Version says that “Saul went in to cover his feet” (1 Samuel 24:3), which is a literal translation. "This Hebrew idiom refers to the Israelite practice of disposing of human excrement in a sanitary manner through covering it over with dirt." (Bergen, R. D. (2002). 1, 2 Samuel. Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman. p238 (footnote)). Little did he know, David and his men were inside that same cave farther towards the back of the cave.

An Unexpected Opportunity

Then the men of David said to him, “This is the day of which the Lord said to you, ‘Behold, I will deliver your enemy into your hand, that you may do to him as it seems good to you.’ ” And David arose and secretly cut off a corner of Saul’s robe. - 1 Samuel 24:4 NKJV

Saul coming in by himself to the cave where David and all his men were hiding was clearly an act of God. David’s soldiers interpreted it as such, and even mentioned a prophecy that is not mentioned anywhere else in the Bible. This is a mystery, was it an unrecorded prophecy, or just wishful thinking. I have heard many supposed Bible quotes that are nowhere to be found in the Bible. It is surprising and dangerous how we can believe so strongly that Bible says something that in fact it does not. (Side note: one text that often gets misquoted is that Paul supposedly says that “to be absent from the body is to be present with the Lord” but the Bible does not say this anywhere, you can read several translations of 2 Corinthians 5:8 here)

What the soldiers say sounds biblical, but it is not recorded in the Bible, at least I was not able to find a record of this being written anywhere else.

Seizing the Moment

David stealthily approaches Saul and cuts off a corner of Saul’s robe. There are those who assign great significance to this act. Some believe that this symbolically transferred power from Saul to David. Support for this is found when you take into consideration the Torah requirements that include Numbers 15:38-39, and Deuteronomy 22:12 which require the wearing of tassels on the corners of one’s garments. The reasoning goes that without the corner and its tassel Saul’s most obvious symbol of kingship was made unwearable. Personally believe that it is a bit of a stretch to say that with this act David had symbolically invalidated Saul’s claim to kingship, but it is a view that Bergen mentions. (Bergen, R. D. (2002). 1, 2 Samuel. Nashville, TN: Broadman & Holman. p239)

V. H. Matthews adds a significant historical and cultural insight to the interpretation of this passage saying that

The rather elaborate hems with suspended tassels found on most garments in the ancient Near East symbolized the ranks of kings and their advisers as well as the military. - Manners and Customs in the Bible [Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson, 1988], 119).

The strongest evidence that I see for the symbolic significance of what David did is the remorse David feels for his behavior. David realized he had raised his hand against “the anointed of the LORD.”

Vengeance

Dear friends, never take revenge. Leave that to the righteous anger of God. For the Scriptures say, “I will take revenge; I will pay them back,” says the LORD. - Romans 12:19 NLT

‘Vengeance is Mine, and retribution, In due time their foot will slip; For the day of their disaster is at hand, And their doom hurries to meet them.’ - Deuteronomy 32:35 Amplified Bible

David does not want to be the one who causes Saul to fall, he does not want to cause the fall of someone the LORD had anointed.

And he said to his men, “The Lord forbid that I should do this thing to my master, the Lord’s anointed, to stretch out my hand against him, seeing he is the anointed of the Lord.” So David restrained his servants with these words, and did not allow them to rise against Saul. And Saul got up from the cave and went on his way. - 1 Samuel 24:6-7 NKJV

David is not saying that Saul deserves to be king, nor that Saul is guiltless. David simply does not want to be guilty of spilling Saul’s blood. David chooses to leave judgment to God, even if he had the perfect opportunity to take his revenge. Even if it looks like God has delivered his enemy in his hands, David will not be the direct cause of the fall of his enemy. David refuses to spill the blood of his enemy, even if his enemy would not hesitate to spill his blood. David behaves in this way out of respect for God. It is nothing that Saul did, David is not afraid of Saul, but David respects God and God’s anointed.

The Confrontation

The interchange that follows is remarkable. The section of text stretching from verse 8 through 21 contains the longest recorded quotes by both David and Saul found in 1 Samuel. (Bergen, R. D. p239) The amount of space dedicated to this exchange suggests high importance. This seems to be the central part of the text and two key themes surface in this exchange.

David is loyal to King Saul.

David will be Israel’s next king.

As Saul makes his way out of the cave David calls out to him. This was a risky move since in doing so David would give away his position to King Saul. However, it seems that David was closer to Saul than Saul was to his army, so worst-case scenario David could always capture Saul and hold him hostage.

David also arose afterward, went out of the cave, and called out to Saul, saying, “My lord the king!” And when Saul looked behind him, David stooped with his face to the earth, and bowed down. - 1 Samuel 24:8 NKJV

David addresses Saul as lord and king and bows down. David is signaling his loyalty to the king, and next, we have what can be considered the most passionate and eloquent plea for reconciliation between persons recorded in all ancient literature. (Bergen, R. D. p240)

David carefully structures his arguments in a way to give Saul an easy out.

And David said to Saul: “Why do you listen to the words of men who say, ‘Indeed David seeks your harm’? - 1 Samuel 24:9 NKJV

David does not blame Saul for coming after him, but rather some unknown, misinformed individual who lied to Saul. David proceeds to lay out eyewitness and material evidence to make the case that he is not the king’s enemy.

Look, this day your eyes have seen that the Lord delivered you today into my hand in the cave, and someone urged me to kill you. But my eye spared you, and I said, ‘I will not stretch out my hand against my lord, for he is the Lord’s anointed.’ Moreover, my father, see! Yes, see the corner of your robe in my hand! For in that I cut off the corner of your robe, and did not kill you, know and see that there is neither evil nor rebellion in my hand, and I have not sinned against you. Yet you hunt my life to take it. Let the Lord judge between you and me, and let the Lord avenge me on you. But my hand shall not be against you. - 1 Samuel 24:10-12 NKJV

David points out how Saul had seen with his own eyes that David could have killed him but refused to raise his hand against the Lord’s anointed. Saul was the key witness, he knew that the Lord had delivered him to David and David has spared his life. Saul’s life was spared to because of anything Saul had done but rather because of what God had done. God has anointed Saul and David’s regard for God kept him from harming His anointed.

If Saul had any doubts about how close he came to dying at David’s hand all he had to do was take a look at his garment and notice the missing corner. David has shown by his actions that he was not an evildoer, since he refrained from evil (Matthew 7:16,20). In other words, if Davids had truly wanted to take the kingdom from Saul he would not have refrained from killing him when he had the chance.

However, if David is innocent, and it was just proved beyond a shadow of a doubt that David was loyal to Saul, then Saul was guilty of trying to kill an innocent and just man. By pointing this out David is trying to keep King Saul from bringing divine wrath and judgment upon himself.

Keep far from a false charge, and do not kill the innocent and righteous, for I will not acquit the wicked. - Exodus 23:7 ESV

David now keeps going and accuses the king of squandering precious national resources.

After whom has the king of Israel come out? Whom do you pursue? A dead dog? A flea? - 1 Samuel 24:14 NKJV

David concludes by calling upon God to judge between them. It is obvious that David is innocent and that God is with David. Saul is not only unable to defeat David but to continue to pursue this will only lead to his own destruction.

The Realization

So it was, when David had finished speaking these words to Saul, that Saul said, “Is this your voice, my son David?” And Saul lifted up his voice and wept. - 1 Samuel 24:16 NKJV

Saul is forced to confront reality. He finally says David’s name, something he has not done in a very long time (1 Samuel 20:27, 30-31; 22:7-9, 13). Not only does Saul say David’s name, but he also calls him his son. The full emotional weight of current events finally hit Saul and he wept out loud.

Then he said to David: “You are more righteous than I; for you have rewarded me with good, whereas I have rewarded you with evil. And you have shown this day how you have dealt well with me; for when the Lord delivered me into your hand, you did not kill me. For if a man finds his enemy, will he let him get away safely? Therefore may the Lord reward you with good for what you have done to me this day. And now I know indeed that you shall surely be king, and that the kingdom of Israel shall be established in your hand. Therefore swear now to me by the Lord that you will not cut off my descendants after me, and that you will not destroy my name from my father’s house.” - 1 Samuel 24:17-21 NKJV

Saul realizes and admits that David will be the next king and that Israel will flourish under his leadership. Realizing that David is a righteous man Saul asks David to spare his descendants. David swears to Saul and they go each their separate way. Saul goes home, but David goes up to the stronghold.

Conclusion and Application

David is not king, David does not have three thousand soldiers at his disposal, much less three thousand chosen men from all Israel. Humanly speaking, Saul had all the advantages. He had position, title, resources, power, experience, he was tall, what else cold Saul need? Sadly he did not have what matters most, or the only thing that matters, Saul did not have a personal relationship with God.

David on the other hand was a fugitive, an outcast, on the run, living in the wilderness, with a group of disgruntled men who decided to follow him (1Samuel 22:1-2). But God was with him and that made all the difference.

Please notice this, the king without God has no chance against a “nobody” who is on God’s side. David was the one who had to have mercy on the king, not the other way around. David is the powerful one, not because he has any special power, but because Almighty God is with Him.

You may feel persecuted, though you did nothing wrong. You may feel like your faithfulness to God makes you a target, but remember, that having God is ultimately all that matters, the only thing that matters. Whatever may come your way, just make sure to stay with God and everything will be okay.

Be strong and of good courage, do not fear nor be afraid of them; for the Lord your God, He is the One who goes with you. He will not leave you nor forsake you.” - Deuteronomy 31:6 NKJV

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Single mother of 5 proudly poses with children in her law school graduation photo. Ieshia Champs dropped out of high school and got a job at a call center to support her growing family. Then, in 2009, when Ieshia was pregnant with her fourth child, she suffered a crushing barrage of losses. She lost her home to a fire. She lost her job. She lost her children's father to cancer. And then, she says, she lost her sanity. In the depths of despair, Iesha tells CBS News she tried to commit suicide. Shortly afterward, she received a fateful phone call from her pastor that changed everything.

"Pastor Louise Holman called me one day and said that God told her to tell me to go back to school and get my GED, because that lawyer I wanted to be, I'll be it!" Champs recalled. "I thought it was a little crazy because I was too old and I had three children with my fourth child on the way."

She said. "I took the pictures with my kids because they helped me through school. They're graduating too!" Champs joked proudly. "They would help me review with flash cards while I cooked. They would sit as a mock jury while I taught them what I learned that day. I would sit in my closet and pray and cry because I was overwhelmed and my oldest son, David, would gather his siblings, give them a snack, make them take a bath, gather their school clothes, all to make things easier for me. And I had no knowledge of him doing that until I went to do it!"

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Washington ferry terminal informed by Native American longhouses

Seattle firm LMN Architects worked with the Coast Salish tribes to design the Mukilteo Multimodal Ferry Terminal on a sacred waterfront in Washington State.

Mukilteo Multimodal Ferry Terminal is a two-storey building and a toll booth serving the Mukilteo-Clinton transport route for vehicles and pedestrians.

A metal spindle whorl decorates the exterior

Built to replace the 1957 terminal building, LMN Architects designed the new complex to be both environmentally sustainable and respectful of the site's history as the fishing and burial grounds of the Coast Salish tribes.

The ferry terminal takes the form of a traditional longhouse, realised in contemporary materials such as glass, concrete and cross-laminated timber (CLT).

The terminal building is designed like a longhouse

"The US Federal Transportation Administration requires that any federally-funded project on Native American land involve consultation with the relevant tribes," LMN Architects principal Howard Fitzpatrick told Dezeen.

"As part of this consultation, the tribes stipulated that the new terminal respect the history of the site, and specifically required that the design be influenced by the form of the indigenous tribal longhouse."

Western red cedar clads the great hall

LMN Architects interpreted the pole-supported form using composite steel and timber columns, which support a glued-laminated timber (glulam) roof topped by CLT.

"Consistent with the historical longhouse, Douglas fir is employed for the structural members," said Fitzpatrick. "Western Red Cedar, an indispensable tree species for Coast Salish tribes, is used for the wall cladding."

A glass mural by James Madison depicts people and orcas

Along with timber, more industrial materials for the terminal building include board-formed concrete that was cast in situ and oxidizing steel.

Vertical glass murals by James Madison, a Snohomish and Tlingit artist, decorate the elevator shaft and depict the connection between the Coast Salish tribes and sea creatures.

A wood carving by Joe Grobin also features orcas

In the Mukilteo Multimodal Ferry Terminal's great hall, large spindle whorls carved from wood by Joe Gobin depict humans and orcas. Gobin, who is of the Tulalip tribes, also carved a canoe from cedar for the hall and the male and female figures.

A separate toll building is decorated with male and female figures cut from aluminium by Kate Ahvakana of the Suquamish tribe.

Carved figures by Joe Grobin in the terminal

Construction was planned carefully so as not to disturb the sacred land around the terminal building.

"For over 10,000 years – the tribes use the term 'from time immemorial' – what is now the shoreline in Mukilteo was a significant tribal landing and ceremonial area, fronting a now filled-in lagoon," said Fitzpatrick.

"The ground underlying the modern waterfront is sacred to the tribes since it contains thousands of years' worth of artefacts and potential burial sites. During construction of the project, no excavation was permitted within the boundaries of the historic midden near the building site."

The roof of the two-storey terminal building is covered in solar panels

LMN Architects also removed the toxic creosote-covered piles from the second world war fuel depot and pier that once occupied the site, as part of a commitment to sustainability and to acknowledge the importance Coast Salish tribes' place on environmental stewardship.

Creosote – a tar made from coal – was used to preserve wood used for marine architecture in the Puget Sound, but it leaches chemicals into the water and kills herring eggs laid on them, removing a food source for migrating salmon – the sole prey of the southern resident killer whale.

Aluminium figures by Kate Ahvakana decorate the toll booth

As a piece of sustainable architecture, Mukilteo Multimodal Ferry Terminal features solar panels on the roof and electric heat pumps to regulate the temperature of the concrete floor. Windows can also be opened for natural ventilation.

Permeable concrete lining the vehicle holding area collects rainwater and filters it through sand before it meets the Possession Sound.

LMN Architects was founded in 1979. Recent projects include an extension to an Asian art museum in Seattle and a performing arts centre in Iowa.

Photography is by Benjamin Benschneider.

Project credits:

Client: Washington State Ferries Architect: LMN Architects Team: Clay Anderson, David Backs, Greg Bishop, Elizabeth Correa, Aubrey Davidson, Matthew Fisher, Howard Fitzpatrick, Cody Gabaldon, Apoorv Goyal, Mette Greenshields, Chelsea Holman, Euiseok Jeong, Gustavo Lopez, Graham Moore, Lori Naig, Christopher Patterson, John Petterson, Bennett Sapin, Tyler Schaffer, Todd Schwisow, Kathy Stallings, John Woloszyn, Rushyan Yen.

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by special guest Robert Short

General abstract: In 1877 Russia, Anna Karenina, wife of Alexei Karenin, a senior government official, and mother of their young son Sergei, travels to Moscow from St. Petersburg to visit her brother Stepan Oblonsky, his wife Dolly, and their children. The family is in turmoil due to Stepan’s unbridled womanizing – a circumstance that foretells Anna’s own future situation. Upon her arrival in the Moscow train station, she meets Count Alexei Vronsky, a cavalryman. A romantic attraction and affair ensue, despite the fact that Dolly’s eighteen-year-old sister Kitty is also attracted to Vronsky.

Bachelor Vronsky is eager to marry Anna. Unable to secure a divorce from her high-minded husband, Anna nonetheless leaves him, and their son, to live with Vronsky. Initially moving to Italy, where they can be together, Anna and Vronsky return to Russia, where she is shunned by Russian society, while Vronsky is able to pursue his social life. Becoming further isolated and anxious, Anna grows increasingly possessive and paranoid about his imagined infidelity, resulting in tragedy.

ANNA KARENINA (1935) Director: Clarence Brown. Starring Greta Garbo, Fredric March, Basil Rathbone, Maureen O’Sullivan, Freddie Bartholomew, May Robson, Reginald Owen. Screenplay by Clemence Dane and Salka Viertel.

From her stunning first appearance behind a clearing cloud of train steam, Greta Garbo set the 1935 “Anna Karenina” in motion with her extraordinary presence. Known as “the Swedish Sphinx” among other sobriquets, Garbo’s exquisite face could seemingly express a thousand thoughts while remaining totally blank; she was the epitome of the legendary Gloria Swanson line in “Sunset Boulevard”, “We had faces then”.

Garbo’s 1935 portrayal of Anna was in fact her second on-screen portrait of the Tolstoy heroine; an earlier 1927 silent version, bearing the title “Love”, had co-starred Garbo with John Gilbert, her highly-publicized real-life romantic partner, as Count Vronsky. Performed in more modern dress, its story reduced to the essential occurrences of the Anna – Vronsky narrative, “Love” may be considered either a clever adaptation or, to a Tolstoy purist, a complete abomination. Supporting characters such as Stepan, Dolly and Kitty were jettisoned entirely; many other liberties were taken with the story. Most notably a contrived happy ending filmed for American audiences replaced the original tragic conclusion; the European prints retained the more dramatic finale. Nevertheless, despite its numerous literary transgressions, “Love” enjoyed the benefit of the almost palpable chemistry between Garbo and Gilbert; the two could transform a scene in which virtually nothing was happening into something resembling an erotic dream.

Greta Garbo and John Gilbert in ‘Love’ (1927)

Greta Garbo and Fredric March in ‘Anna Karenina’

Returning to the role was Garbo’s idea; in October 1934 the actress had requested that David O. Selznick produce a remake of “Love”, but with greater adherence to the Tolstoy tome. Paring down the original literary source to a manageable screen adaptation required necessary deletions; Tolstoy’s massive and complex chronicle, running over 800 pages, featuring over a dozen major characters, and presented in eight parts, included more than the narrative of Anna and Vronsky, although their story was a major component of the plot. Unlike the earlier 1927 version, the “side” stories not focused on Anna, such as Oblonsky’s marital infidelities and Kitty’s infatuation with Vronsky and eventual marriage to Konstantin Levin, were presented, albeit rather superficially. While screenwriters Clemence Dane and Salka Viertel, the latter of whom was a close friend of Garbo’s and eventually became the mother-in-law of actress Deborah Kerr, remained reasonably loyal to the original themes addressed in the literary work, including desire, betrayal, faith, family, marriage, and Imperial Russian society, creative license was taken in their presentation. Various incidents were re-sorted and revised from Tolstoy’s original chronicle; alterations and additions to the script were made in order to avoid censure from the prevailing Production Code. Under great pressure to complete a finished screenplay in the shortest possible time, the screenwriters prepared an oddly unbalanced script, affecting the rhythm of the scenes.

Fredric March was Garbo’s selection for the role of Vronsky. Producer Selznick’s own first choice was Clark Gable, who was not interested. Ronald Colman was another consideration; cannily aware that the film would belong to co-star Garbo, Colman purportedly doubled his asking price, effectively taking himself out of the running. March, an Academy Award winning actor for his 1931 dual portrayal of “Dr. Jeckyll and Mr. Hyde”, was no stranger to Tolstoy’s work; in 1934 he had starred in “We Live Again”, based on Tolstoy’s 1899 work “Resurrection”, with Anna Sten. Undeniably beautiful but ultimately unsuccessful in her career, Sten was, rather ironically, producer Samuel Goldwyn’s hoped-for answer to Garbo. Having had his fill of period pieces, March did not want to play Vronsky, accepting the role on the order from his studio. Nor did he, by his own admission, generate the same level of passion with Garbo as had Gilbert in the earlier 1927 version. Describing the love scenes in the 1935 presentation, March was quoted as saying that they were “nothing so tempestuous as in the silent film”.

Directed by Garbo’s favourite director, Clarence Brown, with cinematography by William Daniels, Garbo’s favourite photographer, “Anna Karenina” emerged a financial and critical success. Andre Sennwald of The New York Times noted “Miss Garbo, always superbly the apex of the drama, suggests the inevitability of her doom from the beginning, streaking her first happiness with undertones of anguish, later trying futilely to mend the broken pieces, and at last standing regally alone as she approaches the end. Bouncing with less determination than is his custom, Mr. March gets by handsomely as Vronsky.” For her efforts, Garbo won the New York Film Critics Circle Award as Best Actress; the film itself was named one of the top ten films of 1935 by the National Board of Review, USA.

ANNA KARENINA (1948) Director: Julien Duvivier. Starring Vivien Leigh, Ralph Richardson, Kieron Moore, Hugh Dempster, Mary Kerridge, Sally Ann Howes, Niall MacGinnis. Screenplay by Jean Anouilh, Guy Morgan, Julien Duvivier.

After her Oscar-winning tour de force performance as the wilful Scarlett O’Hara in “Gone with the Wind”, British actress Vivien Leigh had returned to the movie screen only three times, in 1940’s “Waterloo Bridge”, in 1941 as the eponymous “Lady Hamilton”, also known as “That Hamilton Woman”, co-starring husband Laurence Olivier as Admiral Horatio Nelson, and as Cleopatra in George Bernard Shaw’s “Caesar and Cleopatra” in 1945. During the intervening years, Leigh had performed on stage, and endured sieges of illness and depression; the opportunity of portraying Tolstoy’s tragic heroine lured Leigh back to the silver screen for a fourth post-”Wind” appearance. Interestingly, critical elements of her character’s life mirrored Leigh’s own; similar to Anna, who left her husband and child to pursue a new love, Leigh ended her seven-year marriage with husband Herbert Leigh Holman in 1940 in order to marry Laurence Olivier, her co-star in the 1937 British productions “Fire over England” and “21 Days Together”. Holman ultimately gained custody of his and Leigh’s six-year-old daughter Suzanne. During the production of “Anna Karenina” Oliver received his investiture as Knight Bachelor; Leigh was thereafter styled as “Lady Olivier”.

Unfolding at a more leisurely 139 minutes, as opposed to the 95-minute running time of the earlier Garbo version, the 1948 “Anna Karenina” was a truer, and more encompassing, adaptation of its classic literary source. The original screenplay prepared by director Julien Duvivier, in collaboration with French dramatist Jean Anouilh, had been an experiment in angst-ridden existentialism, a relentlessly downbeat chronicle transplanted to a French setting; British writer Guy Morgan came on board for script alterations and revisions.

Unlike the 1935 film, which began with an invented scene showing Vronsky in various stages of revelry, the 1948 edition began with the novel’s famous introductory line “All happy families resemble one another, each unhappy family is unhappy in its own way” superimposed over a scene revealing the turmoil in the Oblonsky home. More screen time was devoted to the characters of Stepan and Dolly, Anna’s brother and sister-in-law, and Dolly’s sister Kitty. Most importantly, major segments of the story were not featured in the Garbo adaptation at all, including Karenin’s initial decision to divorce Anna, his change of heart after Anna’s near death after giving birth to Vronsky’s child, stillborn in this version, contrary to the novel, and his re-acceptance of Anna in his home. These scenes, possibly omitted in 1935 due to Production Code restrictions, were particularly critical in Karenin’s character development; as portrayed by Basil Rathbone in the earlier presentation, Karenin was a tyrant, whereas Ralph Richardson’s Karenin, while still a cold, emotionally sterile man, displayed a glimmer of humanity.

Vivien Leigh and Kieron Moore as Anna and Vronksy

Ralph Richardson and Vivien Leigh as Karenin and Anna

Filmed in 1947, and released in the United Kingdom in early January 1948, the making of “Anna Karenina” would appear to have been an unhappy affair; director Duvivier, reportedly autocratically inflexible, was disliked by cast and crew. The role of Vronsky had originally been offered to Michael Redgrave, who chose to appear in two American projects; handsome Irish-born actor Kieron Moore undertook the part. Out of his acting depth, Moore had requested a release after only a few weeks of filming. Producer Sir Alexander Korda refused to grant it; Moore’s ensuing performance, described by fashion photographer Cecil Beaton, a friend of Garbo’s, as a “disaster”, suggested none of Vronsky’s animal magnetism.

Expensive and well-appointed, Leigh’s “Anna Karenina” was ultimately unsuccessful, both commercially and critically. British reviewers were a little kinder to the film; opening in the United States in April 1947, its American print shortened by twenty minutes, the movie prompted New York Times critic Bosley Crowther to comment in his review “With all due respect for an actress who would willingly undertake a role that has twice been rendered immortal by Greta Garbo within the past twenty years, it must be confessed by this observer that the ‘Anna Karenina’ of Vivien Leigh is a pretty sad disappointment, by comparison or not.”

These harsh words notwithstanding, the 1948 “Anna Karenina” offered much to admire – the first image of Leigh’s beautiful face looking though the frosted window of a train, the sumptuous costumes and settings, cinematographer Henri Alekan’s moody, light-and-shadow photography displaying every shade possible in monochrome. Crowther’s review did contain, nonetheless, an element of validity. The 1948 film was a more faithful, albeit still imperfect, screen adaptation of Tolstoy’s chef-d’oeuvre. Benefiting from an additional forty-five minutes in running time over its 1935 counterpoint, the British presentation explored motifs and situations to a fuller extent; from a literary standpoint it emerged the victor over the earlier Hollywood version. However, all its physical adornment and homage to literature could not compete with the jewel in Hollywood’s crown, namely Garbo. For all its faults as a cinematic translation of a major work of literature, 1935’s “Anna Karenina” was clearly the most entertaining; as described by critic Pauline Kael, “God knows it isn’t all it might be, and Garbo isn’t even at her best, but she’s there to be gazed upon.”

It has been a pleasure and a privilege to have Robert Short as a guest writer for the 2020 Classic Literature On Film Blogathon.

A Look At Two Versions Of Anna Karenina (1935 and 1948) by special guest Robert Short General abstract: In 1877 Russia, Anna Karenina, wife of Alexei Karenin, a senior government official, and mother of their young son Sergei, travels to Moscow from St.

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Josiah’s Sanctification

King Josiah in the Old Testament inherited a mess from his father, Manasseh. When he took over Judea, everyone was worshiping false gods and no one even knew what they were supposed to do to please God. But while cleaning up the temple, they found a copy of the law. This set of guidelines showed Josiah what exactly he had to do in order to please God. The first key is our sanctification as I describe in the book Josiah’s Sanctification.

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Learning Objectives

As we approach Scripture in our personal studies and devotions, we should always be in prayer asking God to bless our efforts by showing us our sin, faults, and our means of improvement. Consider the prayer of King David in Psalm 139:

Search me, O God, and know my heart; Try me and know my anxious thoughts; And see if there be any hurtful way in me, And lead me in the everlasting way. (Psalm 139:23-24)

How to Grow in Faith

Our task as a Christian is to grow in Christ. Paul declares in 1 Thessalonians 4:3 that the will of God is our sanctification. The doctrine of sanctification is difficult for many people because it is the step of our faith we directly participate in. While we do not like to talk much about predestination, it is true God the Father ordains our salvation, and even our justification is not dependent on ourselves...and that is good because we are prone to wander as sheep. If left to our own devices we would wander off into strange pastures leading to personal condemnation.

But as saved people, how we live our life is up to us. I am not preaching a ‘Carnal Christian’ life nor Easy Believism, and I affirm some people get so caught up in emotional Gospel presentations they pray a prayer outwardly but are not truly saved. Real Christians, those who genuinely come to faith, will hunger and thirst after the Word as a deer pants for water brooks (Psalm 42:1-2). The true Christian longs to dive into the Word, to let it permeate their heart, and to be transformed by the God of the universe. In short, our first learning objective is to Start Following Jesus Christ.

Christians understand the need to follow Jesus, but even that topic has been convoluted over the years. Many different teachings have arisen about who Jesus is, what He did or said, and what true worship means. Some churches fully embrace the world while others decry anything from the world as evil. Christendom has become as confusing to a new believer as rocket science is to the masses! Others hear popular but damning messages about being sincere in your faith above all, and that all roads lead to heaven (John 14:6). Be assured, God has not left us to navigate these minefields alone (2 Timothy 3:16). The objective standard for what pleases God is the Bible, so our second learning objective is to discover the Word of God.

Some denominations want to say God has audibly spoken to them. While I will not put God in a box to say He cannot choose to do that, it is not the general practice for how He works in this New Testament age. We are not supposed to run around seeking special messages, and many who make such messages a priority in their life often fall to ruin as they do not vet the source and so hear instead from demons (2 Corinthians 11:4). But God speaks very clearly through the pages of Scripture making it the best place to hear His message to us. It is through the pages of Scripture we hear from God, and so our third object is to hear from God through the Bible.

Our final objective deals with how we live our life. There is a rumor out there that a person can say a little prayer and be eternally saved no matter what else happens. Such a formula gives false hope to people who want to see their loved ones in heaven even though they do not live out their life in obedience to God (John 14:15). While our salvation is a free gift that is not in any way dependent on our works, the works we do as Christians are a mark we are actually saved. In this, it is up to us to spend time devoting ourselves to Christ and transforming our life in a way which is pleasing to Him. Our final learning objective in this book is to bring your life into obedience to the Scriptures.

Preparation

As we prepare to dive into this study on the life of Josiah, we need to be prepared. We will need our textbook: the Bible. Also, keep a notebook or two handy. Some paper for notes and some for prayers. Have your writing instruments ready and find a quiet place to study free of distractions.

Bible

It is important to find a good Bible you can read and understand. In the world of Christianity there are some debates always arising about which translations are the best and which are not. I understand this debate but also stay a bit aloof from it because of the fruitless arguments, and some people declare that all modern translations are bad. I do not agree.

First we will find the King James Version only crowd. These people want to decry every modern translation is perverted and written to teach doctrines of demons. That is simply not true. The King James Version is a decent translation, but I do not recommend it for most people because the language and stylings is out of date with our present dialog. You see, languages evolve as they are being used, and the text the KJV Bible heralds from was written in England in 1611. Words have come and gone, sentence structure and spellings have changed, and the feel of the book is old, so in 1769 an edited version arose which corrected a few errors in the original 1611 version and this is what we now know as the King James or Authorized Version. Despite what is said from people in this crowd, there is nothing specifically holier about the KJV Bible. There was no angel who handed down the translation, rather it was the product of studied men of God living in that era.

But the people on the opposite spectrum often declare the Bible to be full of old ideas, and these ideas merit editing. Some modern translations do actually attempt to change the meaning of some texts, leave out some doctrines, or ignore some interpretations. These translations give credit to the KJV only crowd, but that is not the case with all modern translations.

Some modern translations are better because archaeological findings have discovered older and more accurate manuscripts which were not available to the translators in 1611 when that edition was translated. Further, more classical Greek texts have increased our understanding of the texts written in the original Greek language so new translations not only have presented the text in our modern language, but also with a better understanding of some passages.

That being said, we have too many translations and I am under the impression we need to stop making new English Bibles and focus on reading and studying the ones we have. So my final takeaway here is if you have a Bible you like, keep it and study it. If you are in the market to buy a Bible, I recommend one of the following:

NASB: New American Standard Bible

ESV: English Standard Version

HCSB: Holman Christian Standard Bible

NKJV: New King James Version

While there may be other Bibles that are fine, I would stick to these as they have good reputations, are translated by biblically sound organizations, and have widespread acceptance among some of the best Bible teachers of our day.

Paper

It is important to actually talk about paper and notebooks since our modern world has taught us to do everything on computers.

My first career out of graduate school was a college professor, and this was right when digital technology was being introduced as the revolutionary new way to grade student homework. The promise they gave us was to assign all the work we wanted but we did not need to take the time to grade papers, so everything was perfect! But it was not. We quickly found out students may have been submitting more work than before, but their understanding generally decreased! The reason is simple: it is the process that teaches us, not the answer. The homework solutions graded answers, but could not discern whether a student followed the process that could help them learn. This reinforced bad habits of getting final answers fast, which reflected poorly on their understanding.

We find similar results when taking notes on a computer. You can have all the notes in clean text, searchable fields, color-coded to perfection, but a problem arises in such a notation system: it only gives us recognition, not understanding. In a psychology text on knowledge and learning, Howard University professor Max Meenes wrote about study habits[1]. Knowledge, he says, can be confused with recognition. In his research he says the first phase of learning is recognition. Do you recognize the answer when you see it, or can you discern the right answer from similar wrong answers? This is the lowest level of knowledge. Next, he says there is memorization, which is to be able to recite lists or phrases. This often does not lead to understanding anything, which is sad because this is the type of teaching we often give our children in their Sunday school classes and related Christian activities. The final means of knowledge is understanding, which allows us to put together new information with what we already know. We can recall that information and put it into practice. When we understand what we are learning, we can actively apply it to our life.

When you know what Professor Meenes is saying, you understand why digital note taking does not solve any problems: it is all about recognition, never about understanding.

Further in his research he talks about how to make understanding occur and it is of no surprise that it is through the process of writing. Ask any English teacher: essays always tell you a lot more about whether a student knows the subject than true/false, multiple choice, or fill in the blank. It is because you need to understand to do the essay. Meenes finds in his research that students gain understanding by writing on paper, mostly through muscle memory.

Not only do you want to take down notes when you are studying, but you also want to take down prayers. Prayer is a means of grace by which we learn who God is, and when we write down our prayers and the ways God answers them, we can better understand how He is working in our life.

A Quiet Place

It is important to find a time and a place for our personal studies. Some people love the morning hours. Many parents have said the early hours before kids arise is the best time for their devotions. Other’s prefer evenings. The time is not as important as the schedule. For me, it has shifted over the years. As an early graduate student, I found the evenings best. I came home from work, grabbed the Bible and books and set out for a coffee shop to spend an hour or two reading, writing, and praying. Those were some of the best days for my Christian growth. After a few years, time was more demanding and I found myself at the lab in the mornings and evenings, so I shifted my Bible time to my lunch hour. In those days I would take an hour of time, go off somewhere quiet with my study materials and focus on God during my lunch break. As a professor, my time necessarily shifted to the morning hours. I would get up every morning about an hour before I needed to leave for the university and get my reading in so I did not need to ‘find a time’ to get the study in between office hours, labs, and grading papers.

Chapter Summary

This chapter we discussed the learning objectives for this book. They are Start Following Jesus Christ, Rediscover the Bible, Learn to Hear from God, and Transform Your Life.

To get ready to study this book, have a Bible you can read and understand, a notebook, and a quiet comfortable place to learn. Start with prayer and ask God to teach you in each section.

1. [1]Studying and Learning, Max Meenes, 1954, Random House

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Rejoicing in the LORD

On this post we continue form where we left off on my post A Mother’s Prayer. We pick up the story in 1 Samuel 1:21 with Elkanah, Hannah’s husband, and all his house going up to offer to the LORD the yearly sacrifice and his vow.

In this story we find the best model of vow fulfillment in the entire Old Testament. Both Hannah and Elkanah make a promise to God and fulfill them. Elkanah is also faithful in that though he could have nullified his wife’s vow (Numbers 30:10-15) he affirmed Hannah’s right to make commitments to God as well. Don’t overlook the fact that this meant Elkanah had to give up his firstborn son from his beloved wife. It is beautiful when family members can encourage one another in their faithfulness towards God. Some have even compared Elkanah’s sacrifice to that of Abraham who was willing to give up Isaac (Genesis 22) and to the suffering that Jacob experienced with the “death” of Joseph (Genesis 37:34-35; 42:4, 36-38; 44:22-34). Being a parent is not for the faint of heart. It is incredibly challenging to be a parent, even Bible heroes struggled with it.

Let’s pick up the story with 1 Samuel 1:21

21 Now the man Elkanah and all his house went up to offer to the Lord the yearly sacrifice and his vow. 22 But Hannah did not go up, for she said to her husband, “Not until the child is weaned; then I will take him, that he may appear before the Lord and remain there forever.”

23 So Elkanah her husband said to her, “Do what seems best to you; wait until you have weaned him. Only let the Lord establish His word.” Then the woman stayed and nursed her son until she had weaned him.

- 1 Samuel 1:21-23 NKJV

To the average western reader of this text it is shocking that a recently weaned child would be separated from his mother, but we believe that mothers during that time period nursed their children for much longer periods of time. Think about it, many people did not have access to fresh water. Often times a little bit of alcohol would have to be added to the water as a way of killing bacteria, and understandably parents would want to avoid having their child either drink alcohol or water with live bacteria. Ultimately we don’t know how old Samuel was, some argue he might have been three at the youngest. (Bergen, Robert D. The New American Commentary. Broadman & Holman, 1996. p72)

Now when she had weaned him, she took him up with her, with three bulls, one ephah of flour, and a skin of wine, and brought him to the house of the Lord in Shiloh. And the child was young. 25 Then they slaughtered a bull, and brought the child to Eli. 26 And she said, “O my lord! As your soul lives, my lord, I am the woman who stood by you here, praying to the Lord. 27 For this child I prayed, and the Lord has granted me my petition which I asked of Him. 28 Therefore I also have lent him to the Lord; as long as he lives he shall be lent to the Lord.” So they worshiped the Lord there. - 1 Samuel 1:24-28 NKJV

Hannah is portrayed in the biblical text as actively fulfilling her vow to the Lord. Though according to the Torah every firstborn male child belonged to the Lord (Exodus 13:2,13; Numbers 3:47; 8:16-17; 18:15-16), Hannah decided to dedicate Samuel to the Lord in permanent service. Notice how Hannah is doing all the key actions except for the slaughtering of the bull, this is because women were not permitted to perform these actions. Other than that however, Hannah is very much actively involved in all that happens.

Let us focus on Hannah’s explanation for her behavior, for her sizable offering and incredible personal sacrifice.

“I prayed for this boy, and the LORD granted me the request I asked of him.” - 1 Samuel 1:27 ISV

Such a simple explanation. Because it is simple is it not?

How often we pray to God, then we get what we prayed for, and we think that somehow it was a coincidence, or that we finally did it by our own efforts, and we never praise God for it. Maybe the reason we don’t rejoice more often is because we are not praying attention to how God has been answering our prayers.

Think about it. How many times have you prayed for God to keep your family safe from COVID-19? How many times have you thanked God for keeping your family safe?

How many times have you prayed for God to provide for your family? How many times have you praised His name and thanked Him for providing for you? How often do we give credit to our own efforts, our skill, our knowledge, our abilities, and leave God out, even though we prayed to Him in our moments of fear and uncertainties?

How many of us pray to God when the wind picks up and the lighting strikes and the thunder crashes and the rain pours, but we get busy after the storm and never whisper a thank you. Never sing a song of praise, never share our testimony?

We see tragedy and wonder where God was, but when we experience peace and health and life we take Him for granted.

I imagine it was not easy for Hannah to give up the son the had prayed for for so long. I cannot imagine what it must be like, even after spending all these weeks trying to work while my kids and dog make all kinds of noise. Maybe I sometimes wished for some peace and quiet, but I cannot imagine just dropping off my son or my daughter and walking away. But, Hannah was dedicating her son to the Lord and her loss was Israel’s gain, and that was enough for that faithful mother.

And Hannah prayed and said:

“My heart rejoices in the Lord; My horn is exalted in the Lord. I smile at my enemies, Because I rejoice in Your salvation.

2 “No one is holy like the Lord, For there is none besides You, Nor is there any rock like our God.

3 “Talk no more so very proudly; Let no arrogance come from your mouth, For the Lord is the God of knowledge; And by Him actions are weighed.

4 “The bows of the mighty men are broken, And those who stumbled are girded with strength. 5 Those who were full have hired themselves out for bread, And the hungry have ceased to hunger. Even the barren has borne seven, And she who has many children has become feeble.

6 “The Lord kills and makes alive; He brings down to the grave and brings up. 7 The Lord makes poor and makes rich; He brings low and lifts up. 8 He raises the poor from the dust And lifts the beggar from the ash heap, To set them among princes And make them inherit the throne of glory.

“For the pillars of the earth are the Lord’s, And He has set the world upon them. 9 He will guard the feet of His saints, But the wicked shall be silent in darkness.

“For by strength no man shall prevail. 10 The adversaries of the Lord shall be broken in pieces; From heaven He will thunder against them. The Lord will judge the ends of the earth.

“He will give strength to His king, And exalt the horn of His anointed.” - 1 Samuel 2:1-10 NKJV

These are Hannah’s last recorded words and her longest quotation (112 words). Hannah’s words provide a triumphant climax to this story’s portrayal of her incredible faith. Hannah’s prayer is also considered to be a deliberate literary compliment to David’s prayer recorded in 2 Samuel 22. (Bergen, Robert D. The New American Commentary. Broadman & Holman, 1996. p75)

Hannah’s prayer is considered by many scholars to be one of the earliest examples of Israelite poetry. Her song beautifully and eloquently affirms the core concepts of Israelite faith, the Lord is the great judge and overseer of human destinies and a rewarder of those who earnestly seek Him (Hebrews 11:6). It is also worth highlighting how Hannah’s prayer emphasizes the Lords exaltation of those devalued by others, since this is a major theme not only in the life of Samuel but also of David and the nation of Israel.

In Hannah’s prayer, notice how she does not delight in herself, but rather in God. The LORD is the source of her son and her happy circumstances. She gives God all the glory. We first witness Hannah praying in silence, her lips move but no one can hear her words. Now her prayer was apparently uttered in a public forum where others could hear and ponder what she was saying.

Finally Samuel’s parents leave and he remains ministering to the LORD in the presence of Eli the priest.

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Winning Was Trump’s High Crime and Misdemeanor

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President Trump replies to reporters in Washington, Nov. 22. PHOTO: YURI GRIPAS/ZUMA PRESS

His conflict with his staff over Ukraine was nothing compared with Obama’s decision to leave Iraq.

When I don’t get the feeling Adam Schiff is secretly working for the Russians, I get the feeling he’s secretly working for Donald Trump.

The latter feeling predominated during two weeks of impeachment hearings. The case, which doesn’t strike me as strong, should be that Mr. Trump withheld, or threatened to withhold, congressionally mandated military aid for Ukraine for an illegal purpose. But the witnesses who were supposed to be harmful to Mr. Trump weren’t. They failed to establish, or even argue, that Mr. Trump’s concern with the Biden role in Ukraine, or Ukraine’s role in the 2016 election, was illegitimate.

State Department witness George Kent testified that he himself upbraided Ukrainian officials for ending an investigation of Burisma, Hunter Biden’s employer, which U.S. taxpayer dollars had helped support. He called for—guess what?—an investigation: “I would love to see [Ukraine’s government] find out who the corrupt prosecutor was, and who took the bribe, and how much he was paid.”

William Taylor, another presumably hostile State Department witness, was sufficiently open to the agenda of his outsider president to propose that an official other than Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky make the wished-for announcement, “in coordination with Attorney General Barr’s probe into the investigation of interference in the 2016 elections.”

Like a dinner-theater detective, Mr. Schiff shouts “Aha!” at every confirmation of what has been obvious since the White House released its own transcript of the Trump call with Mr. Zelensky. The Trump administration was keen on arming Ukraine and supporting its new government to exact a cost from Vladimir Putin. That is, everybody in the Trump administration except the president himself, who was cool or indifferent to this agenda but intruded only occasionally to push the Biden talking point.

His staff, apparently appreciating who actually received votes from the electorate, busied itself at times trying to reconcile Mr. Trump’s agenda with their own. And yet, in the manner of factotums everywhere, the agenda they ended up delivering was their own—Ukraine got its arms and presidential meeting—while Mr. Trump’s fell through the cracks.

Mr. Trump is chaotic, unschooled and politically motivated, but only the first two qualities differentiate him from other presidents. He cares only about “the big things,” Ambassador Gordon Sondland testified. Isn’t that the job description? If President Obama’s staff had been as successful as Mr. Trump’s, U.S. troops would never have left Iraq. Yet Mr. Obama was entitled to make the trade-off he did, unfortunate as it was. Securing re-election is the first thing any president owes his supporters. It’s what makes our system go ’round.

Unfortunately, the media, in the grip of narrative-itis and its own partisan myopia, leaves no fact or logical premise unmolested. Numerous outlets peddle the fallacy that election meddling is what economists call a rivalrous good: If Russia engaged in it, Ukraine couldn’t have. An NBC reporter, lacking any bombshells, proclaims that a “bombshell” is the word “more” in an official’s recollected impression that Mr. Trump “cared more” about investigations than he did about Ukraine.

The national media is an idiot at this point to keep the name of the whisteblower, which they’ve known for weeks, from the public. His identity and motives are unquestionably newsworthy. The media exists to report newsworthy information. All the press does is sow distrust about what other news it’s hiding.

Most tellingly, any number of journalists, including the New Yorker’s David Remnick, distinguished themselves by mocking the opening statement of Rep. Devin Nunes without bothering to recognize what the Intelligence Committee’s ranking member was driving at. In fact, Mr. Nunes unloaded a partisan blast that accurately and relevantly reprised Mr. Schiff’s greatest hits during the Russia collusion folly, including outing Mr. Schiff as the likely source behind false stories retracted by CBS, CNN and MSNBC based on a lie about the date on a Don Jr. email.

Why this matters is obvious to half of America. The House can impeach for any reason it wants. In the hierarchy of reasons not to impeach Donald Trump, first and foremost is that it would be terrible for the country. It would be seen by many as an extension of a persistent campaign to invalidate an election and delegitimize a president who, whatever his opponents think of him, has acted with uncustomary fidelity to the promises he made to voters.

If we would not stir up bitterness to last a generation, matters need to be resolved with an election. Of course, incumbent upon Democrats is picking a candidate who offers a referendum on Trump and Trumpism, rather than one hoping to exploit a disturbed moment in our history to advance an agenda most Americans don’t want.

Another wild card is the media itself, in this peculiar moment in its institutional life. A stupefying corollary of its lapse into Trumplike dishonesty is its stupefying inability to see the damage it has done to its own credibility. A sick feeling tells me this will be a factor too, and perhaps dangerously so, in how the 2020 race comes out.

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How to watch Euro 2020 qualifying clash online and on TV – The Sun

HUNGARY have a huge chance of going top of Group E above Croatia when they take on Slovakia.

But victory for their Euro 2020 qualifying opponents would see Balazs Dzsudzsak and co drop to third.

Hungary coach Marco Rossi saw his side lose 2-1 to Montenegro on ThursdayCredit: EPA

What time does Hungary vs Slovakia kick off?

This Euro 2020 qualifier will take place on Monday, September 9.

It will kick off at 7.45pm UK time – that’s 8.45pm in Hungary.

The match will be held at the Groupama Arena in Budapest.

What TV channel is it on and can I live stream it?

Hungary vs Slovakia will be shown live on Sky Sports Red Button.

You can watch this channel by going to Sky Sports Football and clicking the red button.

However, this match will not be available via live stream on the app – nor can you get it on NowTV.

What are the teams?

HUNGARY SQUAD

Goalkeepers: Peter Gulacsi, Denes Dibusz, Adam Kovacsik

Defenders: Tamas Kadar, Gergo Lovrencsics, Adam Lang, Barnabas Bese, Mihaly Korhut, Willi Orban, Botond Barath, Janos Ferenczi

Midfielders: Balazs Dzsudzsak, Adam Nagy, Laszlo Kleinheisler, Mate Patkai, Istvan Kovacs, Dominik Nagy, Dominik Szoboszlai, David Holman, Daniel Gazdag, David Siger

Forwards: Adam Szalai, Krisztian Nemeth, Roland Varga, Roland Sallai, Filip Holender

SLOVAKIA SQUAD

Goalkeepers: Matus Kozacik, Martin Dubravka, Dominik Greif, Marek Rodak

Defenders: Peter Pekarik, Milan Skriniar, David Hancko, Roberto Mazan, Lubomir Satka, Denis Vavro, Martin Valjent

Midfielders: Marek Jamsik, Juraj Kucka, Robert Mak, Ondrej Duda, Jan Gregus, Patrik Hrosovsky, Albert Rusnak, Stanislav Lobotka, Matus Bero, Lukas Haraslin, Laszlo Benes

Forwards: Michal Duris, Pavol Safranko, Robert Bozenik

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Mukilteo Multimodal Ferry Terminal, Washington

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Mukilteo Multimodal Ferry Terminal in Washington

Jan 7, 2021

Mukilteo Multimodal Ferry Terminal

Design: LMN Architects

Location: Washington, USA

LMN Architects is pleased to celebrate the opening of the Mukilteo Multimodal Ferry Terminal in Mukilteo, Washington. With input from local tribes, the two-story terminal building, designed in partnership with KPFF Consulting Engineers, replaces the existing terminal built in 1957 and adheres to contemporary environmental and building standards.

The Mukilteo-Clinton ferry route moves more than two million vehicles and nearly four million riders annually in conjunction with State Route 525, the major transportation corridor connecting Whidbey Island to the Seattle-Everett metropolitan area. With proximity to commuter trains via Sound Transit’s Mukilteo Sounder Station, the new two-story terminal building’s walk-on ridership is expected to increase more than 100 percent over the next 20 years during peak commute times. The new terminal provides more space for vehicle holding and separates pedestrian and vehicle boarding with an overhead walkway for safer, more efficient loading, especially for people with disabilities.

Charlie Torres, Mukilteo Design Project Manager at WSF, comments: “We listened intently and realized our project had to tell a story, one that had been partially hidden from the general public for years and covered under a Cold War fueling tank farm and a pioneer lumbermill before that. The group of designers asked to bring the project together embraced the goal of designing a new ferry terminal that honored and respected the history and values of the Coast Salish people. While only a transportation facility, it owes a debt to the generations of people who occupied this beautiful piece of land along the Salish Sea thousands of years before our time. The project is light on the earth and wrapped in cedar.”

Howard Fitzpatrick, Principal, LMN Architects, comments: “The Mukilteo Multimodal Ferry Terminal is the result of an intensive collaboration between the design, engineering, and contracting teams. But it would not have been possible without the inspiration and sense of mission that the team drew from our tribal partners. The historic significance of the site to the tribes, combined with its incredible natural beauty, inspired the team to produce a project that is imbued with a deep sense of history, while at the same time recognizing the vitality and forward-looking orientation of the area’s original inhabitants.”

The building’s longhouse form, derived through a close collaboration with numerous Coast Salish tribes, enriches the passenger experience, streamlining circulation and managing large patron flows with intuitive wayfinding. Vertical transportation cores with elevators and stairs at each end of the structure lead to a linear promenade at the upper level, from which entries to the ticketing and waiting area are visible.

Phillip Narte, WSF Tribal Liaison, comments: “The Ferry Terminal has been the most challenging project I have been involved in due in part to the collaboration with 11 tribal governments, and the associated cultural and historical issues. I believe the project will become a model for how local, state, and tribal governments can work together. The Mukilteo Multimodal Ferry Terminal is the most rewarding and satisfying project that I will ever work on.”

The waiting room is a daylight-filled space with views to land and sea that help orient ferry riders. Tribal cultural motifs created by local, Native American artists James Madison and Joe Gobin are displayed throughout the building, creating a welcoming atmosphere of regional belonging. In conjunction with the terminal, a new waterfront promenade connects a path from downtown Mukilteo, through the terminal and on to the beach, creating an elevated pathway for public use.

Andrew Bennett, Principal, KPFF Consulting Engineers, comments: “The Mukilteo Multimodal Ferry Terminal has been an amazing opportunity to contribute to our regional transportation system. It was an exceptionally complicated project and KPFF was fortunate to have visionaries like LMN on our team. We were able to work with literally dozens of stakeholders, firms, and government agencies to deliver this project. Everyone can be proud of what we’ve accomplished, and we hope this terminal continues to be a valuable public asset for years to come.”

LMN Architects worked closely with the Coast Salish tribes, whose traditional fishing rights encompass the area’s coastal waters, to incorporate environmental stewardship into the overall concept. The project’s strong sustainability ambitions started with repurposing the brownfield site, which previously housed a U.S. Air Force Cold War fuel depot and pier. Removing the pier eliminated approximately 10 percent of the Puget Sound’s remaining toxic creosote piles. The structural expression combines advanced energy and water conservation, and the longhouse-style shed roof allows for a full array of photovoltaic panels, meaning the facility can return energy to the grid.

The roof canopy is made from cross-laminated timber, sustainably harvested and locally sourced. Heating and cooling the concrete-slab main floor with electric heat pumps efficiently provides interior comfort year-round. A rack-and-pinion window system automatically opens and closes in response to changing conditions, optimizing airflow and comfort. The vehicle holding area features pervious concrete that collects stormwater and filters it through layers of sand before it enters the Possession Sound. Other advanced stormwater treatment systems are used throughout the terminal site.

Howard Fitzpatrick, Principal, LMN Architects, comments: “The design team took the responsibility of building on such a historically significant and sacred site very seriously. While it is impossible to construct a modern facility without impacting the site, our goal was to minimize those impacts, to work with the sun, rain, wind and views that have always defined this coastline to make a building that respects both its site and the culture that has occupied it for thousands of years.”

The Mukilteo Multimodal Ferry Terminal provides a flexible asset for the community while creating a major new transportation hub that alleviates congestion and provides a new connection to public transit. The new terminal improves numerous shortcomings of the existing 63-year old facility while looking to the future with a sustainable approach serving the Pacific Northwest’s rapidly evolving transportation needs.

Walt Niehoff, Partner, LMN Architects, comments: “When we began the design, we were conscious of the transportation and infrastructure needs, but more importantly the rich history of the project and site. LMN and our team of consultants set out to create a welcoming civic space and a terminal for the new century. In addition to providing much-needed infrastructure improvements for the Mukilteo-Clinton route, the building celebrates the nature around the site, meets modern accessibility requirements, and improves both passenger safety and circulation. The Mukilteo Multimodal Ferry Terminal is the first new ferry terminal built in 40 years in the state of Washington, and we are extremely proud to be a part of this effort to help improve public infrastructure in the Pacific Northwest.”

The new terminal officially opened at 5:50 p.m. on December 29, upon arrival of the 5:35 p.m. departure out of Clinton. That sailing marked the end of an 18-hour closure of the route to move floating marine structures from the old terminal to the new one. Because of COVID-19 restrictions on large gatherings, there was no grand opening ceremony.

LMN Architects is recipient of the 2016 AIA National Architecture Firm Award and is widely recognized for its design of projects that support smart, sustainable cities. The firm has successfully completed more than 700 projects across North America, including the double LEED Platinum Vancouver Convention Centre West in Vancouver, Canada; Cleveland Convention Center & Civic Core in Cleveland, Ohio; Tobin Center for the Performing Arts in San Antonio, Texas; and the Voxman Music Building at the University of Iowa in Iowa City, Iowa. The firm’s ongoing dedication to communities at all scales is underscored by its design approach, creating environments that elevate the social experience.

Mukilteo Multimodal Ferry Terminal, Washington – Building Information

Design: LMN Architects

Location: 910 1st Street, Mukilteo, Washington

Client: Washington State Ferries Design Years: 2014-2017 Construction Years: 2019-2020 Major Building Materials: Concrete, steel, heavy timber and CLT Program: Multi-modal Ferry Terminal with Maintenance Building and Toll Plaza

Site Area: 401,112 SFT (37,264.5 sqm)

Floor Area: Terminal: 5,865 SFT (545 sqm) Maintenance Building: 4,193 SFT (389.5 sqm) Toll Plaza: 828 SFT (77 sqm).

Building Height: 47 FT. (14 m.) Number of Floors: 2 Cost of Construction: $187 million

Project Team: Clay Anderson David Backs Greg Bishop, AIA Elizabeth Correa, AIA Aubrey Davidson, AIA Matthew Fisher, AIA Howard Fitzpatrick, AIA Cody Gabaldon Apoorv Goyal Mette Greenshields, AIA Chelsea Holman Euiseok Jeong, AIA Gustavo Lopez, AIA Graham Moore, Associate AIA Lori Naig, IIDA Walt Niehoff, AIA Christopher Patterson, AIA John Petterson, AIA Bennett Sapin, AIA Tyler Schaffer, AIA Todd Schwisow, AIA Kathy Stallings, AIA John Woloszyn, AIA Rushyan Yen, AIA

Prime Consultant; Project Manager, Structural and Civil Engineer: KPFF Consulting Engineers General Contractor: IMCO General Construction Landscape Architect: HBB Landscape Architecture Lighting Design: Dark Light Design Mechanical/Plumbing Engineer: FSi Consulting Engineers Electrical Engineer: Jacobs Engineering Group Communications: Ergosync Engineering Vertical Transportation: The Greenbusch Group, Inc Geotechnical Engineer: Hart Crowser Signage Design: Ilium Security Design: Washington State Ferries

Photography: Benjamin Benschneider

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