#the rsv chronicles

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The toddler is still sick, our sleep schedule is fucked, our eating habits are all over the place, we both have too much meds in our system.

But the snuggles and cuddles are strong, we're learning new levels of patience with each tantrum, the I love you's and the your my best friend have been said plenty.

He's little now and won't be little for long and as fucked as this whole situation is of him having RSV, I'm holding onto these moments because he's my one and only and he truly is my little best friend.

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Temple Construction Begins

1 Then Solomon began to build the house of the Lord in Jerusalem on Mount Mori′ah, where the Lord had appeared to David his father, at the place that David had appointed, on the threshing floor of Ornan the Jeb′usite. 2 He began to build in the second month of the fourth year of his reign. 3 These are Solomon’s measurements for building the house of God: the length, in cubits of the old standard, was sixty cubits, and the breadth twenty cubits. 4 The vestibule in front of the nave of the house was twenty cubits long, equal to the width of the house; and its height was a hundred and twenty cubits. He overlaid it on the inside with pure gold. 5 The nave he lined with cypress, and covered it with fine gold, and made palms and chains on it. 6 He adorned the house with settings of precious stones. The gold was gold of Parva′im. 7 So he lined the house with gold—its beams, its thresholds, its walls, and its doors; and he carved cherubim on the walls.

8 And he made the most holy place; its length, corresponding to the breadth of the house, was twenty cubits, and its breadth was twenty cubits; he overlaid it with six hundred talents of fine gold. 9 The weight of the nails was one shekel to fifty shekels of gold. And he overlaid the upper chambers with gold.

10 In the most holy place he made two cherubim of wood and overlaid them with gold. 11 The wings of the cherubim together extended twenty cubits: one wing of the one, of five cubits, touched the wall of the house, and its other wing, of five cubits, touched the wing of the other cherub; 12 and of this cherub, one wing, of five cubits, touched the wall of the house, and the other wing, also of five cubits, was joined to the wing of the first cherub. 13 The wings of these cherubim extended twenty cubits; the cherubim stood on their feet, facing the nave. 14 And he made the veil of blue and purple and crimson fabrics and fine linen, and worked cherubim on it.

15 In front of the house he made two pillars thirty-five cubits high, with a capital of five cubits on the top of each. 16 He made chains like a necklace and put them on the tops of the pillars; and he made a hundred pomegranates, and put them on the chains. 17 He set up the pillars in front of the temple, one on the south, the other on the north; that on the south he called Jachin, and that on the north Bo′az. — 2 Chronicles 3 | Revised Standard Version (RSV) Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright © 1946, 1952, and 1971 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. All rights reserved. Cross References: Genesis 22:2; Genesis 46:10; Exodus 25:18; Exodus 26:31; Exodus 26:33; Numbers 4:5; 1 Chronicles 28:11; 1 Kings 1:6; 1 Kings 6:2-3; 1 Kings 6:16-17; 1 Kings 6:20; 1 Kings 6:23; 1 Kings 6:29; 1 Kings 7:15; 1 Kings 7:20; Song of Solomon 1:17; Ezekiel 40:48-49; Ezekiel 41:2; Acts 7:47

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The Lord Has Heard You

because your heart was penitent, and you humbled yourself before the Lord, when you heard how I spoke against this place, and against its inhabitants, that they should become a desolation and a curse, and you have rent your clothes and wept before me, I also have heard you, says the Lord. — 2 Kings 22:19 | Revised Standard Version (RSV) Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright © 1946, 1952, and 1971 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. All rights reserved. Cross References: Exodus 10:3; Leviticus 26:31; 1 Samuel 24:5; 1 Kings 21:29; 2 Kings 22:11; 2 Chronicles 34:27; Psalm 51:17

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Jabez called on the God of Israel, saying, "Oh that thou wouldst bless me and enlarge my border, and that thy hand might be with me, and that thou wouldst keep me from harm so that it might not hurt me!" And God granted what he asked.

1 Chronicles 4:10 RSV (1971)

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What is Barbie?

Bar= What takes place at night, what taps what is hidden, written in letters in stone beneath, to explain, to make a covenant to explain what is known:

The verb באר (ba'ar) "describes writing on tablets of stone made clear and distinct" (in the words of HAW Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament). As verb this root occurs three times in the Bible: Deuteronomy 1:5, 27:8 and Habakkuk 2:2. Much more frequently occurring are this root's derivations:

The feminine noun באר (be'er), meaning well (Genesis 21:25, Numbers 21:18) or pit (of bitumen: Genesis 14:10; of the grave Psalm 55:23). This word also occurs frequently as part of names. HAW states that the derivation is uncertain, but the many obvious relations between springs of water and springs of revelation may provide hints of clarity.

The masculine noun באר (bo'r), meaning cistern, well or pit (2 Samuel 23:15, Jeremiah 2:13).

The masculine noun בור (bor), a much more common variant of the previous; also meaning cistern, well or pit (Deuteronomy 6:11, Jeremiah 6:7, Proverbs 28:17). Note that this word occurs also as synonym for Sheol (Isaiah 38:18).

The verb בור (bur) is "possibly a by-form of באר (ba'ar)" according to HAW Theological Wordbook of the Old Testament. It occurs only in Ecclesiastes 9:1, and over the centuries several proper translations have been proposed. The Septuagint reads "my heart saw," while the King James has "my heart declares". The authors of the Vulgate (followed by the ASV and RSV translations), however, figured this verb to be a text error and went with the verb תור (tur), meaning to explore or check out. The NAS is back at the Greek interpretation and reads "I explain"

Scholars relate the verb ברר (barar) to several verbs in cognate Semitic languages, all with meanings like to be shining, pious, kind, true, or even more basic: to be free or clear. In Biblical Hebrew the verb ברר (barar) primarily denotes a purifying (Ezekiel 20:38), cleaning or polishing (Isaiah 49:2). Secondarily it denotes the process with which this purification is achieved, or else the result: choice or select men (1 Chronicles 7:40), tested and tried men (Ecclesiastes 3:18), pure men (2 Samuel 22:27).

Scholars relate the verb ברר (barar) to several verbs in cognate Semitic languages, all with meanings like to be shining, pious, kind, true, or even more basic: to be free or clear. In Biblical Hebrew the verb ברר (barar) primarily denotes a purifying (Ezekiel 20:38), cleaning or polishing (Isaiah 49:2). Secondarily it denotes the process with which this purification is achieved, or else the result: choice or select men (1 Chronicles 7:40), tested and tried men (Ecclesiastes 3:18), pure men (2 Samuel 22:27).

The derivations of this verb are:

The adjective בר (bar) meaning pure or clean (Job 11:4, Psalm 24:4).

The identical masculine noun בר (bar) denoting a kernel of grain or corn (Genesis 41:35, Psalm 65:13). None of the sources remarks on this but we may assume that a kernel of cereal was named after the verb to clean due to the process through which it was produced (by cleaning them from a pile of cuttings). Note that this noun and the adjective are identical to the Aramaic word בר (bar), meaning son, which is used sporadically in the Hebrew Bible.

The masculine noun בר (bor), denoting a kind of material that was used in the metal purification process (Isaiah 1:25 only).

The identical masculine noun בר (bor), meaning cleanness or pureness (2 Samuel 22:21, Job 9:30).

The feminine noun ברית (borit), denoting a kind of soap (Jeremiah 2:22 and Malachi 3:2 only). Note that this word is spelled identically to the word meaning covenant.

The masculine noun בר (bar), meaning field (Job 39:4). This word is probably an Aramaic word akin to the similar Hebrew word בר (bar), meaning grain or corn.

The masculine plural noun ברברים (barburim), denoting a kind of choice bird known literally as "cleany-cleanies" (1 Kings 4:23 only).

The verb ברא (bara' I) is probably one of the most curious and hard to understand verbs in the Hebrew Bible as it denotes the creative activity of God (Genesis 1:1, Isaiah 42:5, Jeremiah 31:22). In contrast to verbs like יצר (yasar), meaning to fashion or form (something out of something else), or עשה ('asa), which means to make (again something from existing elements), the verb ברא (bara') denotes creation ex nihilo. Such creation is very difficult to imagine but perhaps a well or a spring that produces water from nowhere was an apt metaphor to any Hebrew audience. The verb ברא (bara') may not be etymologically related to the verb באר (ba'ar), - meaning to declare or write, with derivations that have to do with wells and springs — but on a poetic pallet, these verbs certainly represent closely kindred colors.

The action of our verb ברא (bara'), therefore, has far less to do with either יצר (yasar) or עשה ('asa) and probably a lot more with the verb דבר (dabar), meaning to speak or pronounce. We know that God creating and God speaking occur in tandem. After all, in the beginning was the Word, and all things came into being by him (JOHN 1:1-3), and Moses taught us that man does not live from bread alone, but from every word that proceeds from the mouth of the Lord (Deuteronomy 8:3, MATTHEW 4:4).

All this would be wonderfully complete, if it weren't for the identical root ברא (bara' II), and far worse: four occurrences of our verb that have nothing to do with God creating anything, but with guys chopping down trees (Joshua 17:15 and 17:18) or other guys (Ezekiel 21:19 and 23:47).

Some scholars propose that the verb that describes God creating was not based on things popping out of nowhere, but rather on the familiar observation of someone making something out of something else — an activity closely akin to cutting and chopping. Other scholars propose that the form ברא (br') doesn't just cover two separate roots, but three: one for creating ex nihilo, one for chopping trees and other guys, and one for getting fat (see below).

According to BDB Theological Dictionary, the verb ברא (bara' II) is related to an Arabic verb that means "to be free of a thing, sound, healthy," which makes it not that far removed from the verb ברר (barar). In the Bible our verb means to be fat, and that probably with a secondary meaning of being well-fed and healthy. The action of growing fat is possibly not all that far removed from the action of creating something ex nihilo, and root ברא (bara' II) is much easier to connect to ברא (bara' I) than the four troublesome instances that mean to chop.

Our verb comes with one derivative, the adjective בריא (bari'), meaning fat (Judges 3:17) and consequently healthy (Daniel 1:15) and prosperous (Psalm 73:4).

Note that the verb כבד (kabed) denotes a becoming heavy and is often used in the sense of becoming honored or honorable.

But whatever the origin of this root, to a Hebrew audience it would probably have been more important which other Hebrew words this noun brought to mind: surely the verb ברה (bara I), meaning to eat, which didn't only keep a person alive but also brought about ברא (bara'): growing fat. Or the verb באר (ba'ar), which described the cutting of a text in stone. Or the verb ברא (bara' II), which denoted the making of something out of nothing.

The rich word ברית (berit), meaning covenant, is used in the following ways (following the outline of BDB Theological Dictionary):

Between men:

A treaty or alliance: Abraham and the Amorites (Genesis 14:13), Edom and its allies (Obadiah 1:7), Solomon and Hiram (1 Kings 5:12), many others.

A constitution or ordinance between a monarch and his subjects: David and Abner (2 Samuel 3:12), Zedekiah and the people (Jeremiah 34:8), the evil prince and the latter day people (Daniel 9:27).

An alliance of friendship: David and Jonathan (1 Samuel 18:3).

An alliance of marriage (Proverbs 2:17, Malachi 2:14, Jeremiah 34:10).

Between God and men:

An alliance of instruction and revelation with any individual who fears the Lord (Psalm 25:14).

A covenant as divine constitution with key players in the evolution of salvation:

With Noah (Genesis 9:9).

With Abraham, Isaac and Jacob (Genesis 15:18).

With Israel at Sinai (Exodus 19:5).

With Phinehas (Numbers 25:12).

With Joshua and Israel (Joshua 24:25).

With David (Psalm 89:3).

With Jehoiada and the people (2 Kings 11:17).

With Hezekiah and the people (2 Chronicles 29:10).

With Josiah and the people (2 Kings 23:8).

With Ezra and the people (Ezra 10:3).

The prophetic covenant; a divine promise through a series of prophets to establish a new constitution (Jeremiah 31:31).

Bie= Me. The house of Israel

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Mashiach.

Ken= say yes to Barbie.

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A Week in Our Lives

There was a little something every day this week that said to me, "You ought to write about this for the blog." And, of course, every day I never got around to it, and now it's been an entire week since the last entry. Chronicling my meager existence is not nearly as easy or interesting as it once was.

For one thing, they started working on paving our section of the parking area here in the community. The other two-thirds were done already, and now it's our turn to park out on the street and make our way back and forth from home to the car.

Then the rain came, and now the period for completing the paving has been extended another half a week. We may wind up filling only two water bottles at once again, so we don't have to lug them from the street. There's also been even more rain last night, so the paving might have to be extended again. Given the holiday coming up this next week, we could be looking another whole week before the project is complete.

On Tuesday I got my annual wellness check, as required by Medicare. There was a lot less to it than I might have thought. But I did get the wax build-ups in both ears cleared out and finished up with a flu shot. We did get our latest COVID booster a week ago, so that arm was not sore any longer, and the flu shot was barely noticeable.

Unlike some people we know, we have opted not to get more than one shot at a time. So we still have... oh, two or three more at least, including the RSV. Highly recommended for those of us over 60, doubly so by those who have already had a bout of it.

Another requirement based on my age and my diabetic condition is a scan of my abdomen in search of possible aneurysms. That's coming up the Monday after Thanksgiving and requires an eight-hour period of fasting. Since my appointment is at 10:15, I guess that means I can keep eating until 2:15 a.m.

Though I have managed to reduce my after-dinner snacking. Which briefly produced better sleep patterns. Then over the past few nights there has been very little sleep at all. Lots of tossing and turning accompanied by various body pains. Just something else that age brings.

The rest of that post-holiday week also includes a haircut and a dental appointment, and on that Wednesday, Nancy heads off to Eugene for a week to begin hunting for a place to live, with help from her daughter, granddaughter and sister. It will be another week of daily recovery meetings to keep me from going stir crazy.

It will still be too early to discuss moving with my hairdresser, but the next dental appointment will likely be six months away, which will almost certainly put us in Eugene. A new dentist is only one of several searches we'll be engaging in after the move.

Before then, however, there's plenty more to do in preparation. Not to mention today's barbecue being hosted by the Tuesday evening men's recovery group. Not the only thing going on in Tucson today.

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“Moses chose able men out of all Israel... . Hard cases they brought to Moses, but any small matter they decided themselves.” Verses 25, 26, RSV. Moses was careful to select men possessing dignity, sound judgment, and experience.

To Solomon, called to occupy a position of leading responsibility, David gave a special charge: “Thou, Solomon my son, know thou the God of thy father, and serve Him with a perfect heart and with a willing mind: for the Lord searcheth all hearts, and understandeth all the imaginations of the thoughts: if thou seek Him, He will be found of thee.” 1 Chronicles 28:9. . TT 50.3-TT 50.4

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Dad reveals horrific details of baby’s reported fentanyl overdose at S.F. playground

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A photo taken of 10-month-old Senna Matkovic at Moscone Park in late November. Matkovic accidentally ingested fentanyl, according to a medical report shared with the Chronicle, and nearly died before he was revived by Narcan.

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A photo taken of 10-month-old Senna Matkovic at Moscone Park in late November. Matkovic accidentally ingested fentanyl, according to a medical report shared with the Chronicle, and nearly died before he was revived by Narcan.

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A 10-month-old baby suffered an accidental fentanyl overdose Tuesday at a Marina district playground, the boy’s father told The Chronicle in an interview, a medical emergency that required paramedics to administer overdose-reversing medication Narcan.

The boy’s father, Ivan Matkovic, who lives with his wife, twin sons and dogs in the neighborhood, described the incident Wednesday and also shared a hospital report with The Chronicle that listed a fentanyl overdose as the diagnosis. The Chronicle was not able to independently verify the authenticity of the hospital report, which it agreed not to publish in full to protect the family’s privacy.

City officials said they could not independently confirm all the reported details of the incident, which is still under investigation.

The after-visit summary from Sutter Health’s CPMC hospital states the diagnosis as “accidental fentanyl overdose, initial encounter” followed by “respiratory arrest.” The document states the hospital completed a urine fentanyl screening among other lab tests.

The record, printed at 10:56 p.m. on Nov. 29, states that the baby was observed for “more than 6 hours since Narcan was given and is breathing well. The fentanyl should be out of his system. He is safe to go home.” The record had “Epic” printed in the corner with the same logo as the records company used by the hospital system.

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Sutter Health could not confirm whether the child was a patient or the authenticity of the specific record, because of patient privacy, although it confirmed that patients do receive after-visit summaries.

The Chronicle is requesting access to all the medical records to try to verify what occurred.

News of the baby’s overdose made the rounds on social media Wednesday with residents and elected officials arguing the incident underscored the depth of the city’s drug crisis. Supervisor Matt Dorsey, who could not independently confirm the incident, said it’s not unprecedented for children to accidentally ingest and overdose on fentanyl and blamed the drug for “largely driving the largest public health calamity since AIDS,” which demands a citywide response. The incident is likely to spark renewed debate about the city’s response to the fentanyl epidemic.

City officials said they could not confirm the cause of the medical emergency, the claim fentanyl was ingested or inhaled or whether Narcan was used, citing patient privacy laws. Paramedics did revive a child in cardiac arrest at Moscone Park at 2:56 p.m. on Tuesday, said Lt. Jonathan Baxter, a spokesperson for the city Fire Department.

San Francisco police spokesperson Robert Rueca said officers were dispatched to a local hospital at 10:16 p.m. and heard from the child’s parent that the boy had a medical emergency at the park with a babysitter around 2:30 p.m. Rueca confirmed the child was exposed to fentanyl, but said he was not able to confirm if the child’s medical emergency was the result of fentanyl.

“I’m frankly ignorant to the fentanyl problem,” Matkovic said in a phone interview Wednesday. “I’m just a dad that something bad happened to. I just wanted to let people know that along with coyotes and RSV and COVID, this is another thing to add to your checklist of things that you’re looking out for, because we weren’t.”

Matkovic said he was working from home on Tuesday when his nanny, who was with his twins at the park, called. One of your sons isn’t breathing well, he remembered her saying. He left immediately, then she called again, saying, he’s turning blue; I’m going to administer CPR and call 911.

By the time Matkovic arrived at the grassy area beside one of Moscone Park’s playgrounds on Chestnut Street within 10 minutes, his son wasn’t moving — but he did have a pulse and some color. Paramedics hovered over the baby, holding a mask connected to a breathing apparatus over his son’s mouth, he said.

Paramedics put the 10-month-old on a gurney and put him into the back of an ambulance. They asked Matkovic questions about his son’s medical history and weight, and seeing nothing obstructing his son’s ability to breathe, administered Narcan. Within seconds, the baby started crying and breathing again, Matkovic said.

It could have just been coincidence, Matkovic said, but medical staff were concerned enough to run lab tests at the hospital. He said they told him his son had fentanyl in his system, also reported on the record. After observation, the family went home around midnight.

Matkovic said prior to the medical emergency, his son started crawling in the grass at the park, putting leaves in his mouth like he normally does, which the boy’s nanny said she promptly removes. She said before being in the grass, the boys were in their stroller during the outing.

Matkovic said she didn’t see what the baby touched, ingested or inhaled, or notice any drugs, foil or needles.

Spokespeople for the police and the Recreation and Park Department said they didn’t find any drugs or paraphernalia after searching the park that evening. Matkovic said police told him the likeliest exposure was powder, which is hard to detect, and it would be difficult to prove exactly when and where any exposure occurred.

Matkovic said he had no reason to believe that his nanny, who the family has employed for about half a year, or anyone else at the park had fentanyl or gave it to the child. Instead, he praised the quick actions of the nanny and paramedics.

“Really if it wasn’t for her and her fast reactions, we might not be with our son today,” he said.

Matkovic said his son was in good health on Wednesday. He posted about his experience on Nextdoor on Tuesday evening while still at the hospital, warning other parents, and was met with a flood of concerned messages from residents and inquiries from the media. He sounded calm in a phone interview, albeit shocked by the experience and resolute to get the word out.

“It’s not just dealers and people you don’t know who are impacted by this, it’s tipping over into the broader populace, and it feels like it needs that kind of COVID-like attention, and it doesn’t seem like it’s getting that,” he said.

Small children have died, and some have survived, after accidentally ingesting fentanyl, according to a national study that looked at 25 cases from 2004 to 2013. Twelve cases were fatal, including the youngest case of a 1-year-old. Boys as young as 2 survived. The majority of cases occurred for boys between the ages of 2 and 4.

Police said they are working with park officials to ensure the area remains free of drug use and elements that may contribute to contamination of the playgrounds.

Caregivers at the playground on Wednesday expressed dismay about the incident.

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Esperanza Romero, a nanny to two young children who says she has been coming to the playground for 25 years, said she heard the ambulance on Tuesday afternoon, but didn’t see the actual incident unfold. Still, she was saddened by what she’d heard.

“I’m here every single day,” she said. “This has never happened.”

Nanny Julie Jones, who was caring for a preschooler, said the incident didn’t surprise her, given the realities of living in San Francisco.

“You literally have to watch their every move,” Jones, said. “Does it make me nervous? Yeah. But we found glass over there... syringes... I don’t let kids go into the bushes. Every playground has these problems.”

San Francisco resident Ryan Dempsey hadn’t yet heard of the incident but said he’s spoken to his older kids about drugs when they see people passed out on the city’s sidewalks. The father of three sons — ages 6, 4 and 10 months — said he explains that drugs like heroin and fentanyl can make people go to sleep, but if they take too much, it can kill them.

“I think (drugs) have become a neighborhood issue in San Francisco instead of just the Tenderloin,” he said. “But maybe it’s good — maybe we all have to see it.”

Residents were already looking to officials for answers about the incident Wednesday with people saying on social media they had called the mayor and supervisors.

Supervisor Catherine Stefani, whose district includes the playground, said while the details of the incident are still being investigated, it’s certain “our drug crisis is out of control and it’s affecting all corners of our city. It is absolutely unacceptable that children can’t safely play in our parks because traces of fentanyl or drug paraphernalia are present.”

She said she hoped this would be a “wake-up call” and added that patrols will be stepped up in the area.

Mayor London Breed’s spokesperson, Parisa Safarzadeh, said the mayor’s office was still figuring out what had happened, but that “thankfully a fatal incident was avoided thanks to the quick response of EMS and fire.”

Matkovic said he realized that his son’s experience may be an outlier, but it was still concerning.

“Something like this may never happen again,” he said. “It could be just a freak thing, but it’s a crisis in general and these kinds of incidents are going to happen unless something changes.”

Chronicle staff writer Annie Vainshtein contributed to this report.

Mallory Moench (she/her) is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. Email: mallory.moench@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @mallorymoench

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She previously covered immigration and local news for the Albany Times Union and the Alabama state legislature for the Associated Press. Before that, she freelanced with a focus on the Yemeni diaspora while studying at the City University of New York Graduate School of Journalism.

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JORDAN PEELE’S US TO OPEN 2019 SXSW FILM FESTIVAL

Jordan Peele. Photo courtesy of TV One Network.

      Austin, Texas — January 8, 2019 — South by Southwest® (SXSW®) Conference and Festivals (March 8–17, 2019) announced the world premiere of Jordan Peele’s Us as its Opening Night film for the 26th edition of the SXSW Film Festival on Friday March 8, 2019 in Austin, Texas. After sending shockwaves across contemporary culture and setting a new standard for provocative, socially conscious horror films with his directorial debut, Get Out, Academy Award®-winning visionary Jordan Peele returns with another original nightmare.

      “We are crazy excited to world premiere the most anticipated film of 2019 from the creative powerhouse that brought us Get Out,” said Janet Pierson, Director of Film. “We honestly couldn’t imagine a more perfect film to kick off the 2019 SXSW Film Festival.”

        Set in present day along the iconic Northern California coastline, Us , stars Oscar® winner Lupita Nyong’o as Adelaide Wilson, a woman returning to her beachside childhood home with her husband, Gabe ( Black Panther ’s Winston Duke), and their two children (Shahadi Wright Joseph, Evan Alex) for an idyllic summer getaway. Haunted by an unexplainable and unresolved trauma from her past and compounded by a string of eerie coincidences, Adelaide feels her paranoia elevate to high-alert as she grows increasingly certain that something bad is about to befall her family. After spending a tense beach day with their friends, the Tylers (Emmy winner Elisabeth Moss, Tim Heidecker, Cali Sheldon, Noelle Sheldon), Adelaide and her family return to their vacation home to discover the silhouettes of four figures standing in their driveway. Us pits an ordinary American family against a terrifying and uncanny opponent: doppelgängers of themselves.

              Scene from the movie US. Credit: Claudette Barius/Universal Pictures.

             Peele produces for his Monkeypaw Productions, alongside Monkeypaw creative director Ian Cooper, in the company’s first solo production venture. Also producing are Sean McKittrick and Jason Blum. Written and directed by Peele, Us will be released by Universal Pictures on Friday, March 15, 2019.

        SXSW Film Festival will release its Feature slate on Wednesday, January 16, 2019 (except for Midnighters and Festival Favorites). Midnighters, Festival Favorites, Shorts, Episodic Pilot Competition, Virtual Cinema, Music Videos and Title Sequence Competition will be announced on Wednesday, February 6, 2019.

      SXSW is proud to be an official qualifying festival for the Academy Awards® Short Film competition. The Best Narrative Short, Best Documentary Short and Best Animated Short winners become eligible for the Academy Awards.

         About SXSW

SXSW dedicates itself to helping creative people achieve their goals. Founded in 1987 in Austin, Texas, SXSW is best known for its conference and festivals that celebrate the convergence of the interactive, film, and music industries. An essential destination for global professionals, the event features sessions, showcases, screenings, exhibitions, and a variety of networking opportunities. SXSW proves that the most unexpected discoveries happen when diverse topics and people come together. SXSW 2019 will take place March 8-17, 2019. For more information, please visit sxsw.com . To register for the event, please visit sxsw.com/attend.

     SXSW 2019 is sponsored by Capital One, Mercedes-Benz, Bud Light, and The Austin Chronicle.

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1946 | The Mistranslation that Shifted a Culture

The first time the word “homosexual” appeared in any bible was in the Revised Standard Version (RSV) published in February 11, 1946. In the RSV’s translation of 1 Corinthians 6:9, the word “homosexual” was used in lieu of the Greek words “malakoi” and “arsenokoitai.” Researchers agree today these words translate loosely to “effeminacy,” and “pervert,” or “sexual pervert.” The decision to use the word “homosexual” instead of the accurate translations was voted on by the RSV committee. 1946 explores how this mistranslation ignited the anti-gay movement within American conservative Christians....

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Joash Repairs the Temple

1 Jo′ash was seven years old when he began to reign, and he reigned forty years in Jerusalem; his mother’s name was Zib′iah of Beer-sheba. 2 And Jo′ash did what was right in the eyes of the Lord all the days of Jehoi′ada the priest. 3 Jehoi′ada got for him two wives, and he had sons and daughters.

4 After this Jo′ash decided to restore the house of the Lord. 5 And he gathered the priests and the Levites, and said to them, “Go out to the cities of Judah, and gather from all Israel money to repair the house of your God from year to year; and see that you hasten the matter.” But the Levites did not hasten it. 6 So the king summoned Jehoi′ada the chief, and said to him, “Why have you not required the Levites to bring in from Judah and Jerusalem the tax levied by Moses, the servant of the Lord, on the congregation of Israel for the tent of testimony?” 7 For the sons of Athali′ah, that wicked woman, had broken into the house of God; and had also used all the dedicated things of the house of the Lord for the Ba′als.

8 So the king commanded, and they made a chest, and set it outside the gate of the house of the Lord. 9 And proclamation was made throughout Judah and Jerusalem, to bring in for the Lord the tax that Moses the servant of God laid upon Israel in the wilderness. 10 And all the princes and all the people rejoiced and brought their tax and dropped it into the chest until they had finished. 11 And whenever the chest was brought to the king’s officers by the Levites, when they saw that there was much money in it, the king’s secretary and the officer of the chief priest would come and empty the chest and take it and return it to its place. Thus they did day after day, and collected money in abundance. 12 And the king and Jehoi′ada gave it to those who had charge of the work of the house of the Lord, and they hired masons and carpenters to restore the house of the Lord, and also workers in iron and bronze to repair the house of the Lord. 13 So those who were engaged in the work labored, and the repairing went forward in their hands, and they restored the house of God to its proper condition and strengthened it. 14 And when they had finished, they brought the rest of the money before the king and Jehoi′ada, and with it were made utensils for the house of the Lord, both for the service and for the burnt offerings, and dishes for incense, and vessels of gold and silver. And they offered burnt offerings in the house of the Lord continually all the days of Jehoi′ada.

Apostasy of Joash

15 But Jehoi′ada grew old and full of days, and died; he was a hundred and thirty years old at his death. 16 And they buried him in the city of David among the kings, because he had done good in Israel, and toward God and his house.

17 Now after the death of Jehoi′ada the princes of Judah came and did obeisance to the king; then the king harkened to them. 18 And they forsook the house of the Lord, the God of their fathers, and served the Ashe′rim and the idols. And wrath came upon Judah and Jerusalem for this their guilt. 19 Yet he sent prophets among them to bring them back to the Lord; these testified against them, but they would not give heed.

20 Then the Spirit of God took possession of Zechari′ah the son of Jehoi′ada the priest; and he stood above the people, and said to them, “Thus says God, ‘Why do you transgress the commandments of the Lord, so that you cannot prosper? Because you have forsaken the Lord, he has forsaken you.’” 21 But they conspired against him, and by command of the king they stoned him with stones in the court of the house of the Lord. 22 Thus Jo′ash the king did not remember the kindness which Jehoi′ada, Zechari′ah’s father, had shown him, but killed his son. And when he was dying, he said, “May the Lord see and avenge!”

Death of Joash

23 At the end of the year the army of the Syrians came up against Jo′ash. They came to Judah and Jerusalem, and destroyed all the princes of the people from among the people, and sent all their spoil to the king of Damascus. 24 Though the army of the Syrians had come with few men, the Lord delivered into their hand a very great army, because they had forsaken the Lord, the God of their fathers. Thus they executed judgment on Jo′ash.

25 When they had departed from him, leaving him severely wounded, his servants conspired against him because of the blood of the son of Jehoi′ada the priest, and slew him on his bed. So he died; and they buried him in the city of David, but they did not bury him in the tombs of the kings. 26 Those who conspired against him were Zabad the son of Shim′e-ath the Ammonitess, and Jeho′zabad the son of Shimrith the Moabitess. 27 Accounts of his sons, and of the many oracles against him, and of the rebuilding of the house of God are written in the Commentary on the Book of the Kings. And Amazi′ah his son reigned in his stead. — 2 Chronicles 24 | Revised Standard Version (RSV) Revised Standard Version of the Bible, copyright © 1946, 1952, and 1971 the Division of Christian Education of the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. All rights reserved. Cross References: Genesis 9:5; Genesis 21:14; Exodus 30:12; Exodus 34:12-13; Exodus 36:5; Judges 2:11; 2 Samuel 5:11; 2 Samuel 8:5; 2 Kings 12:6; 2 Kings 12:9; 2 Kings 12:20-21; 2 Chronicles 12:10; 2 Chronicles 13:22; 2 Chronicles 16:8; 2 Chronicles 21:2; 2 Chronicles 26:4; 2 Chronicles 36:22; Jeremiah 7:25; Ezekiel 18:24; Matthew 23:34-35; Luke 11:51

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Tekton as ‘craftsman’ The Greek word used to describe Jesus and Joseph as a “carpenter” in the New Testament is τέκτων or tekton (Strong’s G5045), which is defined as: 1) a worker in wood, a carpenter, joiner, builder a) a ship’s carpenter or builder 2) any craftsman, or workman a) the art of poetry, maker of songs 3) a planner, contriver, plotter a) an author As we can see, the designation in English of this word as “carpenter” is arbitrary, and there is little reason to suspect that it is more accurate than these other renderings. Jesus, therefore, could have been any sort of craftsman, including one who works with stone, making of him a mason. In this same regard, the word tekton in modern Greek oddly means “Freemason.” This same word tekton also appears some two dozen times in the Greek Old Testament or Septuagint, as at 1 Samuel 13:19. In the Hebrew of that verse, the word translated as tekton is חרש or charash (H2796), used 33 times in the Old Testament and defined as “craftsman, artisan, engraver, graver, artificer; graver, artificer…” It appears that Christ was made to be a tekton in order to represent the “carpenter” or “craftsman” guild, as the spiritual figurehead, a common occurrence with many other occupations, including smithcraft, fishing, sailing, masonry and funerary services. The notion of craftsmen guilds, the head of which would be a “carpenter god,” can be seen in 1 Chronicles (4:14), which speaks of the residents of the Valley of Charashim, the plural of charash or “craftsmen,” “artisans,” etc. Tekton is also translated as “carpenter,” as at 2 Samuel 5:11. Here the Greek is τέκτονας ξύλων or “craftsmen of wood,” followed by τέκτονας λίθων or “craftsmen of stone,” translated as “masons.” The role of carpenters, builders and masons was an important one in antiquity, as it was they who built the Temple of the Lord (2 Kings 22:6). At Isaiah 40:19-20, we read about the tekton who casts gold for an idol and sets up a graven image; likewise it is a tekton who creates the “calf of Samaria” (Hosea 8:6). The oddest passage, perhaps, in which the word tekton is used is Zechariah 1:20: “And the LORD showed me four tektons,” here translated variously as “carpenters” (KJV), “craftsmen” (NIV), “smiths” (RSV) or “blacksmiths” (NLT). This vision occurred after “the word of the Lord” “came unto” Zechariah, to whom it is explained that the four tektons are the “horns which scattered Judah, so that no man raised his head; and these have come to terrify them, to cast down the horns of the nations who lifted up their horns against the land of Judah to scatter it.” As we can see, the word tekton is used in the Bible allegorically and mythologically as well, an important precedent to note.

Acharya S/D.M. Murdock in the article, Was the historical Jesus a carpenter?

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Rapid Coronavirus Test Approved by FDA, Results in 45 Minutes

The Food and Drug Administration approved a rapid coronavirus test on Saturday that will deliver results in about 45 minutes. The test will be available in the next few weeks and no training will be necessary to administer the tests.

Cepheid, a California-based diagnostic testing company, announced on Saturday that the FDA approved the use of its XpertXpress Sars-CoV-2 rapid molecular diagnostic test for the detection of the Chinese coronavirus that causes COVID-19. The test is designed to work on any of the company’s more than 23,000 automated worldwide testing systems. The test provides results in about 45 minutes, company officials said in a written statement.

“During this time of increased demand for hospital services, Clinicians urgently need an on-demand diagnostic test for real-time management of patients being evaluated for admission to health-care facilities. 

An accurate test delivered close to the patient can be transformative — and help alleviate the pressure that the emergence of the 2019-nCoV outbreak has put on healthcare facilities that need to properly allocate their respiratory isolation resources,” Dr. David Persing, MD, Ph.D., Chief Medical and Technology Officer at Cepheid said in the statement. “By leveraging the design principles of our current Xpert Xpress Flu/RSV cartridge technology, in which multiple regions of the viral genome are targeted to provide rapid detection of current and potential future variants of SARS-CoV-2, we have developed a test that provides reference lab-quality results in multiple settings where actionable treatment information is needed quickly.”

The company states it currently has nearly 5,000 of its GeneXpert Systems located across the U.S. that are capable of point-of-care testing.

“The test we’re authorizing today will be able to provide Americans with results within hours, rather than days like the existing tests, and the company plans to roll it out by March 30, which is an incredibly rapid timeline for such an effort. With new tools like point-of-care diagnostics, we are moving into a new phase of testing, where tests will be much more easily accessible to Americans who need them,” HHS Secretary Alex Azar saidin a Saturday press release. “With the development of point of care diagnostics, Americans who need tests will be able to get results faster than ever before. More and more options for reliable, convenient testing are becoming available at an incredibly rapid pace, thanks to the hard work of our FDA team and the ingenuity of American industry.”

“Our automated systems do not require users to have specialty training to perform testing — they are capable of running 24/7, with many systems already doing so today,” Cepheid President Warren Kocmond added.

The company says it will begin shipping the tests next week.

“Our dedicated team at the FDA has been working nonstop to expedite the review and authorization of novel diagnostics during the COVID-19 public health emergency,” FDA Commissioner Stephen Hahn, M.D. concluded. “Today marks an important step in expanding the availability of testing and, importantly, rapid results. 

Point-of-care testing means that results are delivered to patients in the patient care settings, like hospitals, urgent care centers and emergency rooms, instead of samples being sent to a laboratory. With today’s authorization, there is now an option for testing at the point of care, which enables patient access to more immediate results.”

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I Never Make Any New Year’s Resolutions.

Today's Saying

To overcome challenges you need to have that “never quit” attitude in life. If you develop it, you’ll overcome quite a bit.

Today's Scripture

I will establish his kingdom for ever if he continues resolute in keeping my commandments and my ordinances, as he is today. 1 Chronicles 28:7 RSV

Today's Sermonette

This year I faced lots of challenges and there are more projects I have listed for this year. One thing I can assure you about me is I never make any New Year’s Resolutions.

The reason is because my life is a process of continuity. I am not living, stop living and start thriving.

I have a goal, a long life dream and every minute I see myself coming closer to achieving my dreams.

Where things are not working I improve on them. I have a destination and I am focus in getting there.

Sometimes there is traffic jam due to so many factors outside my control but I maintain my peace, stay focus and am patient as I journey through the jam.

 

To overcome challenges we need to have that “never quit” attitude in life. If you develop it, you’ll overcome quite a bit.

When the challenge is so rough and tough and seems like there is no way out and you have done all that you can and yet things are not really the way you presumed they should.

Then stay calm, don’t panic, keep holding on and God will surely show and make a way for you.

May you walk in new and high places in the New Year.

Today's Supplication

Father, help us to keep focused on what is pure and right, give us the power to be obedient to your word. And when the enemy reminds us where we have been, hissing his lies and attacks our way, we trust that your voice speaks louder and stronger, as you remind us we are safe with you and your purposes and plans will not fail.