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![]() “Bless the Lord, ye his angels, that excel in strength, that do his commandments, hearkening unto the voice of his word. “The chariots of God are twenty thousand, even thousands of angels: the Lord is among them, as in Sinai, in the holy place.” (Psalm 68:17) “The angel of the Lord encampeth round about them that fear him, and delivereth them.” (Psalm 34:7) The chariots and horses revealed to Elisha’s servant were the angels of God, concerned for those who feared God. The incident demonstrated what another “man of God”, king David, well understood and which he described in the following Psalms: ![]() Did their presence at Dothan achieve anything? Certainly it did, for in addition to saving the two men and the town’s inhabitants, the Syrian army was neutralised, their soldiers temporarily blinded and led away from Dothan into the hands of the king of Israel. They were more numerous than the chariots of the Syrian army they were powerful and like a consuming fire, and they were invested with the authority of the “King of kings” who sent them. The Dothan experience is an instructive revelation of how God works on man’s behalf through His hosts of messenger servants. Elisha knew from that experience that the angels were there, but the inexperienced young steward had not yet learned where true strength lies. Elisha had already experienced a similar thing a short time before, when his predecessor Elijah was taken up from him and Elisha had cried, “My father, my father, the chariot of Israel, and the horsemen thereof” (2 Kings 2:12). And the Lordopened the eyes of the young man and he saw: and, behold, the mountain was full of horses and chariots of fire round about Elisha.” (2 Kings 6:17)Įlisha was a man of God, and the Lord had sent his protective forces in the service of His prophet. “Lord, I pray thee, open his eyes, that he may see. Yet his master’s reaction was quite different! Calm and confident, Elisha’s response was: “Don’t be afraid!” Not be afraid? Who would not be, in these circumstances? The reason was: “They that be with us are more than they that be with them.” What did he mean? Could Elisha see something that the servant could not? All became clear when the prophet prayed to God: Totally outnumbered by a cruel and sadistic enemy who would show no mercy, he might be excused for being terrified. When Elisha’s young servant looked out the next morning and saw this great host, he was terrified: “Alas, my master! How shall we do?” He dispatched a large army to capture the prophet, and surrounded Dothan with chariots and horsemen under cover of night. Being told that the informer was Elisha the prophet of God, his agents tracked down Elisha and his servant to a small hill town in northern Israel. In the days when the kingdoms of Syria and Israel were at war in the 8th century BC, the king of Syria was much frustrated by the constant discovery of the whereabouts of his advancing forces (2 Kings 6:8-11). The example we are to look at first is not the earliest occasion when angels are mentioned, but it is a particularly illuminating one. ![]() ![]() Let us go straight to the Bible, to remarkable evidence about these heavenly beings. ![]() The Bible is the inspired word of God and contains a whole library of information on the subject so where better to look? We have no other source of reliable information. Positive answers to such questions are to be found only in the Bible. It is all too easy to assume that what you do not see does not exist!ĭo you believe in angels? Do you know who they are, or what they do? Are they just figments of the artists’ imagination in religious paintings down the centuries? Is there really something out there we ought to know about? Is it important to know if they exist? Khrushchev is said to have replied, “Good, I knew you wouldn’t. On his return he reported that he had seen no angels. THE story has been told of how the first Russian cosmonaut, Yuri Gagarin, was instructed by Soviet premier Khrushchev to watch out for angels when he went into space in April, 1961. Bible teaching about God’s “ministering spirits” ![]() ![]() This includes a small amount of electricity (indirect emissions) as well as all direct emissions from burning fossil fuels to power transport activities. Other industry (10.6%): energy-related emissions from manufacturing in other industries including mining and quarrying, construction, textiles, wood products, and transport equipment (such as car manufacturing). Machinery (0.5%): energy-related emissions from the production of machinery. ![]() Paper & pulp (0.6%): energy-related emissions from the conversion of wood into paper and pulp. The manufacturing of these metals requires energy which results in emissions. Non-ferrous metals: 0.7%: Non-ferrous metals are metals which contain very little iron: this includes aluminium, copper, lead, nickel, tin, titanium and zinc, and alloys such as brass. Iron and Steel (7.2%): energy-related emissions from the manufacturing of iron and steel.Ĭhemical & petrochemical (3.6%): energy-related emissions from the manufacturing of fertilizers, pharmaceuticals, refrigerants, oil and gas extraction, etc.įood and tobacco (1%): energy-related emissions from the manufacturing of tobacco products and food processing (the conversion of raw agricultural products into their final products, such as the conversion of wheat into bread). Energy (electricity, heat and transport): 73.2% Energy use in industry: 24.2% Let’s walk through each of the sectors and sub-sectors in the pie chart, one-by-one. These descriptions are based on explanations provided in the IPCC’s Fifth Assessment Report AR5) and a methodology paper published by the World Resources Institute. To know what’s included in each sector category, I provide a short description of each. The overall picture you see from this diagram is that almost three-quarters of emissions come from energy use almost one-fifth from agriculture and land use and the remaining 8% from industry and waste. 2 This is the latest breakdown of global emissions by sector, published by Climate Watch and the World Resources Institute. In this post I present only one chart, but it is an important one – it shows the breakdown of global greenhouse gas emissions in 2016. ![]() To figure out how we can most effectively reduce emissions and what emissions can and can’t be eliminated with current technologies, we need to first understand where our emissions come from. The world emits around 50 billion tonnes of greenhouse gases each year. To prevent severe climate change we need to rapidly reduce global greenhouse gas emissions. ![]() ![]() ![]() Many in the city call Giordano’s the city’s best deep dish and enjoy its larger-than-average slices. Two of the brothers took their mama’s recipe to Chicago when they emigrated to the US. My personal favorite! The Giordano family had a long pizza-making tradition in northern Italy. Various locations Ship Chicago Style Pizza from Lou Malnati’s Giordano’s ![]() If you’re looking for the perfect gift for a deep dish lover in your life, don’t forget that Lou’s ships pizzas around the US. Today, Lou Malnati’s locations can be found in every corner of the city and all over Chicagoland. Lou was a fun-loving, gregarious character whose name is now synonymous with Chicago-style pizza. Lou Malnati got his start working at Pizzeria Uno in the 1940s but went on to open his own shop in the northwest suburbs in the 1970s. United States Ship Chicago Style Pizza from Gino’s East Lou Malnati’s Gino’s have locations in Wisonsin, Arizona and Texas these days, but there’s nothing quite like the original Superior spot, and that’s the address we’ve included for you. Visit and you can see all the Chicagoans, celebrities and visitors from around the world who have come to Gino’s to taste its signature golden crust. At the original location on Superior, they let patrons write on the walls. They were sick of being stuck in traffic and decided to open up a pizza joint instead. Gino’s East was founded by two cab drivers in the 1960s. United States Ship Chicago Style Pizza from Pizzeria Uno Gino’s East For a taste of history, stop by the original location at Ohio and Wabash in Chicago’s River North neighborhood. Uno’s has since opened locations across the United States. Since its founding in 1942 it has been serving up delicious deep dish with a crumbly crust. Where to get the Best Chicago Deep Dish Pizza Pizzeria Unoįor the most part, Pizzeria Uno stands its ground as the the original home of deep dish. So, where can you get it? There are a few places that appear on various lists that we haven’t included in here – below is our guide to the places that we think make the best Chicago deep dish pizza. One thing is for sure – whether you love it or love to hate the idea of it, your visit the Second City needs to include trying Chicago deep dish pizza. Many of the places in our guide deliver, but we believe that Chicago-style pizza is best enjoyed in-house. Allow a couple hours for this meal, as a typical pie takes about 40 minutes to bake. No matter your pick, make sure you go hungry and hydrated to prepare for all the salty, melted (oh-so-yummy) cheese you’ll take in. Much like Chicago’s political history, the Chicago deep dish pizza scene has been dominated by a group of connected families. It features a super thick crust and a massive amount of tomato sauce, cheese and your desired toppings. Chicago-style pizza is completely different from the style invented in Naples. Italian immigrants brought pizza to the east coast of the United States but eventually it migrated inland where it started to evolve. There is some disagreement about where deep dish pizza originated. Comedians like Jon Stewart and chefs like Anthony Bourdain alike mock what they view as an abomination to a universally beloved dish. It’s a melting pot brimming with celebrity chefs, but when it comes to Chicago deep dish pizza many just don’t get it. Chicago has long been a destination for foodies. If you’re planning a trip to Chicago, you likely already have one meal planned – Chicago deep dish pizza, a Windy City institution. ![]() ![]() ![]() Read our Terms & Conditions page before purchasing our products. For their protection, please keep out of reach of children and pets. 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Races are played on a vinyl mat, 8.5 feet by 3.5 feet, whose black-and-red design recalls a kind of hellscape version of Tron. Section TOC Title These cars have weaponsīut let's not get too far ahead of ourselves: Anki Drive is a lot of fun to play. ![]() Who needs a Roomba when you can control your vacuum with your iPhone? But instead of a situation where every device requires its own powerful processors, Anki can build software and hardware that positions users' primary mobile devices as the computing engine. But it's still something physical you are programming with software to become intelligent."Īnd so while Anki is debuting today as a maker of toys, they could also help hasten the arrival of the so-called Internet of Things â a world where many household devices are linked over common networks. The constraints change, and the prices change. "As we go through future products and leave entertainment, it's the same problem no matter what you're doing. "That becomes a stepping stone for so many of the other things we want to work on," Sofman says. (Once it got working, Sofman's demo was arguably the most compelling thing shown by any of Apple's partners that day.) The immediate challenge for Anki Drive, which goes on sale today at and Apple's online and retail stores, is to convince a generation raised on digital games to invest in a physical one.īut toys are just the start for Anki, which hopes to develop powerful, relatively low-cost machines into areas far beyond entertainment. And yet when done right, a physical object can have an appeal few smartphone apps can match. We got a glimpse of that in June, when Sofman debuted Anki at Appleâs Worldwide Developer Conference, and a bug led to an awkward 40 seconds of silence on stage as he and an assistant reset the game. Section TOC Title Toys are just the startĪ technology truism holds that hardware is hard. ![]() All of the computational heavy lifting is done on the player's companion iPhone (not included in the starter kit, alas) which relays instructions to the cars using the Bluetooth low energy standard. The chief novelty of Anki Drive, and also its promise, lies in how it manages to make tiny toy cars so smart. And they do it all very quickly â Anki says that if one of its cars were scaled up to real-world size, it would travel the equivalent of 250 mph. As they move, they reason about how to get ahead of their competitors, then put their gambits into motion. The result are toys that automatically check their position relative to the track and to other cars 500 times per second. In truth, though, the cars are covered with sensors, and house a tiny insect-like brain that receives instructions from players' iPhones as they make their way around the track. At first glance, they don't appear very different than ordinary Hot Wheels-style toys. The cars feel lightweight but solidly built. Four models are available today, and more are expected. Up to four cars can race at a time, though not cheaply: each additional car costs $69. The set includes a game mat, two cars, charging pods restore their batteries, and a nifty gadget to clean gunk out of the tires. In founding the company, their goal was to take advantage of the fact that the components for building surprisingly complex consumer products are becoming incredibly cheap.Īt $199 for the starter set, Anki Drive is not exactly an impulse buy. You have never seen an iPhone accessory like this one.Īnki â the word means "learn by heart" in Japanese â was founded by a trio of robotics PhDs who met as graduate students at Carnegie Mellon University: Boris Sofman, Hanns Tappeiner, and Mark Palatucci. The resulting game is fun, challenging, and full of promise for the future. Anki Drive, which goes on sale October 23rd for $199, combines the old-school appeal of Hot Wheels toy cars with state-of-the-art artificial intelligence. The San Francisco startup, which has raised $50 million to bring robots into everyday life, is making good on that promise with a racing game powered by your iPhone. After four and a half years working mostly in secret, Anki is off to the races. ![]() |
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