Going Overboard

Designing the perfect showcase bedroom comes easily when you choose brown and white as your color palate. The French country style has maintained its popularity over the years, and the colors brown and white put a modern twist on this ever so famous decorating style. Casual elegance can be created in a French country bedroom by carefully choosing furniture and accessories that stay true to the theme yet add a bit on contemporary appeal. French Country Builds on the Strength of White Typical…

Even before Claussen began pushing his architectural vision, others were busy designing the inner workings of the plant. Jan Knau, an engineer, was only 27 when he was asked to come up with a flexible assembly line for the factory. Knau, then just a junior associate, contacted BMW’s top 15 assembly engineers. He invited them to a two-day workshop at a BMW retreat near the Austrian Alps. After a series of marathon sessions that included discussions of every facet of the ideal assembly line, Knau…

Jubilation for Victory in War: If we start by surveying the secular uses of the verb and its noun, we will see just what kind of enthusiasm we are dealing with. Isaiah compares the gladness that Israel will feel at the coming of the Messiah to the jubilation (yagilu) that warriors have when they divide the plunder (Isa. 9:3b). Habakkuk also uses the word to describe the joy that the Babylonians will have (yagil) when they capture the Hebrews like fish in a net (Hab. 1:15). Zephaniah extends…