Our Father, who art in heaven, hallowed be thy Name. Thy kingdom come. THY WILL BE DONE, on earth as it is in heaven. Give us this day our daily bread. And forgive us our trespasses, as we forgive those who trespass against us. And lead us not into temptation, but DELIVER US FROM EVIL.
For Thine is the kingdom and the power and the glory, forever and ever. Amen †
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Have a wonderful Sunday, Treepers. For some reason, the image isn’t being displayed. Again. Sorry guys. I’ve tried everything from my end to no avail.
Well, shoot. Now I can see it!
Thank you, Garrison for this and the Earls. I can do likes on my computer, but not the ipad, being used now. Much appreciated.
This is music that a lot of us grew up with. I wonder how many Americans can remember “brush arbor revivals”? The tradition—Southern culture loves paradoxes—of religion in the revival meeting and bootleg whisky out in the wagon-lot just made the whole thing that much more enjoyable. You had to be there . . . 🙂
. . . but deliver us from the Evil One.
The Evil One? Hillary, Obama, Biden, Harris, Pelosi or Schumer?
Nope. Their spiritual father who has been a liar and murderer from the beginning.
Prayer of Saint Ioannikios the Great (+ 846)
My hope is the Father, my refuge the Son, my protection the Holy Spirit. O Holy Trinity, glory to Thee.
The Jesus Prayer
Lord Jesus Christ, Son of God, have mercy upon me, a sinner.
http://www.saintgregoryoutreach.org
Very, very good Lachlan Patterson comedy sketch!
Forefeast of Theophany
Sunday before the Baptism of our Lord Jesus Christ
January 4th on the traditional Calendar of the Orthodox Christian Church and January 17th on the civil or commercial calendar.
Synaxis of the Holy Seventy Apostles are among the Saints who are honored today.
This link is to their Lives with a few sentences that tell his part in early Church history (including references to Holy Scripture) with dates on the Church Calendar when each is commemorated.
http://www.cpress.orthodoxws.com/lives_4_january
Orangutans Secretly Make Beautiful Friendship With The Otters At The Zoo
playing hide and seek:
https://www.epicunivers.com/otters-orangutans-friendship/
https://twitter.com/amuse/status/1350658124265512962?s=20
So, is it the BLM and Antifa that they need 25,000 troops in D.C.?
I couldn’t understand anything they were saying.
…and that, dear auscitizenmom, is what happens when you try to parce intelligence into stupidity…? Neelia
When one gets a set of fake gold teeth, that set should come with a closed caption app for the owner’s videos.
In reading the Epoch Times this morning I came across an article titled: “Muriel Bowser Says Washington Security Will See ‘New Normal’ After Biden Inauguration” , in which she divulges the arrival of the Totalitarian State in our nation.
Asked if the extensive security measures around Washington would be reversed after the inauguration, Bowser said, “We are going to go back to a new normal.”
“We certainly have to think about a new posture in the city,” she said, adding, “So while we are focused on January the 20th, we are also focused on January the 21st and every day thereafter in the nation’s capital.”
“I think our entire country is going to have to deal with how our intelligence apparatus, security apparatus at every level deal with a very real and present threat to our nation,” she said.
Link to article: https://www.theepochtimes.com/muriel-bowser-says-washington-security-will-see-new-normal-after-biden-inauguration_3659402.html
My fellow American Patriots, we need to do what the men in the next two links recommend, and that is to meet with the people in our communities and figure out what it is that we need to do. Pray that our Lord God will guide and bless them and us for what we will have to do to restore our freedoms and our constitution.
Meet at The Park:
Time for COURAGE – Not Political Correctness:
Signing In
https://twitter.com/rtf_media/status/1350179952273059845
You can get a haircut, have your nails done, fly on a plane with 100s of others but heaven forbid you go to church or sit down and eat in a restaurant here in inslees Wa. I haven’t missed a days work because garbage has to be hauled. We’ve had a few positives tests for the chicom flu at work but no one put in the hospital. I think some were just using said symptoms to stay home. What a joke!
What Is Saving Faith?
By Pastor Cornelius R. Stam
“What saith the Scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted to him for righteousness” (Rom.4:3).
The Apostle Paul uses the above quotation from Genesis 15:6 to prove that “to him that worketh not, but believeth on Him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness” (Rom.4:5).
It is wonderful that God does not require — indeed, does not permit — human works for salvation, but only faith. But the question is: What is faith? What kind of believing saves?
There is no indication in Scripture that “the gospel of the grace of God” or “the preaching of the cross” was proclaimed to Abraham. We must go back to the passage which Paul quotes to see what Abraham believed. Genesis 15:5 says:
“And [God] took [Abraham] forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell [count] the stars, if thou be able to number [count] them: and He said unto him, So shall thy seed be.”
It is this simple, wonderful promise about the multiplication of Abraham’s seed which is followed with the words: “And he believed in the Lord; and He counted [reckoned] it to him for righteousness” (Ver.6). We do not mean to imply that this was the first expression of Abraham’s faith, for in Hebrews 11:8 we read:
“By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.”
This took place considerably before the Genesis 15 incident and we are specifically told that through his faith he “obtained a good report” (Heb.11:2).
From all this it is clear that Abraham believed what God told him and was counted righteous — as we now know, through a redemption still to be wrought by Christ. We, now, must believe what God tells us — and this is nothing less than the account of the all-sufficient finished work of Christ, wrought in our behalf, on Calvary’s cross.
“[He] was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification” (Rom.4:25).
https://www.bereanbiblesociety.org/what-is-saving-faith/
Romans 4:3 For what saith the scripture? Abraham believed God, and it was counted unto him for righteousness.
4 Now to him that worketh is the reward not reckoned of grace, but of debt.
5 But to him that worketh not, but believeth on him that justifieth the ungodly, his faith is counted for righteousness.
Genesis 15:6 And he believed in the LORD; and he counted it to him for righteousness.
Genesis 15:5 And he brought him forth abroad, and said, Look now toward heaven, and tell the stars, if thou be able to number them: and he said unto him, So shall thy seed be.
Hebrews 11:8 By faith Abraham, when he was called to go out into a place which he should after receive for an inheritance, obeyed; and he went out, not knowing whither he went.
Hebrews 11:2 For by it the elders obtained a good report.
Romans 4:25 Who was delivered for our offences, and was raised again for our justification.
(No rescue from “moderation” last night. The only difference this morning is that I did not “bold” and “underline” the title)
Have posted two posts that have now shown up in the five hours since. Makes a fella feel unwanted.
Reading this morning and scrolling the comments… I seriously appreciate Sundance and The Moderators. I love seeing comments from “the oldies,” just do.
Mornin’ infidels.
Good Sunday mornin’ to you, WeeWeed!
The Sudden Change of Heart.
The lock down scam. Tony Heller lays it all out with the governments on statistics. Anyone that does not believe this was all politically motivated is a fool IMO.
New Video : A Sudden Change Of Heart | Real Climate Science
The following essay is a long a detailed explanation of Amphibious Operations that I wrote several years ago: Unfortunately there are some tables that I cannot get to format properly posting here and so I have deleted them. The essay is so long that I will post about 1/2 of it today and the rest tomorrow.
Overview of the development and implementation of doctrine for Amphibious Assault and Logistics during WW II.
I. Back Ground
It was during WW II that the science and art of amphibious warfare came to maturation. Amphibious warfare is probably as old as naval warfare itself, but for the 1,000s of years of human history prior to WW II the techniques for landing forces on an enemy shore changed very little.
Most likely in the Neolithic age craft were used to raid and invade. Fleets of ships and landing vessels on an enemies shore for conquest was almost certainly a factor in warfare before their first recorded use by the Samarians who also developed the first professional army in about 3,500 BC in Mesopotamia. Egyptian reliefs from the 18th dynasty (1550-1292 BC) reveal that during Pharaoh Akhenaten’s reign Egypt was plagued by raids and amphibious invasions from “the sea people”. The most massive and well known successful amphibious operations in ancient history occurred when the Persians invaded Greece and at least 600 ships (and possibly twice that number) were used to transport protect, and support a Persian Army estimated to be 25,000 or more. A portion of the Persian troops were dedicated marines and their invasion fleet consisted of warships, transports, and other craft with specific functions for amphibious warfare. The invasions of Greece during the Greco-Persian wars (starting in 480 BC) would remain the largest amphibious operations recorded until the British and Australians landed at Gallipoli, Turkey in 1915 during WW I.
Mankind will probably never again see amphibious operations of the complexity and scale of those conducted during WW II. The fleets and amphibious forces used for the invasions of North Africa, Sicily, Italy, the cross channel invasion of France, and in the island hopping campaign towards Japan across the many islands of the South West and Central Pacific are without parallel in history. Had it been necessary to carry them out, the two massive landings planned for the invasion of the major Japanese home islands would have dwarfed all previous amphibious operations during WW II. The majority of the large amphibious operations accomplished by the allies in WW II met significant opposition at or near the landing beaches.
The complexity of the task of landing on an enemy controlled shore and sustaining a large force in enemy lands via the sea has been daunting in any era, but with the development of faster communications, mechanized vehicles and weapons and the creation of extensive road nets in developed countries by which the mechanized defenders could move quickly to any threatened shore, the task became even more difficult.
During WW II the forces for an amphibious invasion had to deal with defense and offense in all dimensions, of land, sea, and air making these operations the most complex of any type conducted during the war. The complete master Operations Orders for the huge operations like the cross channel invasion of France or the landings on the island on Leyte in the Philippines consisted of 1,000s of pages including Annexes. Just the glossary of those documents giving the definitions of abbreviations/acronyms and nomenclatures used in the Operations Orders would make a rather thick pamphlet.
Even the task of getting all the fleet components to arrive at their designated times and places off the invasion beaches was a tall order. Different types of ships had different speeds, different sea keeping abilities, and different fuel endurance. Invasion forces were made up several components which for larger invasions did not sail together nor even depart from the same places and yet had to be where they were needed at the time planned. The normal component fleets or forces for a major invasion were:
The Landing Force Group(s) – Those ships actually landing or launching landing craft or commanding and coordinating their activities. Usually including it’s own small auxiliary escorts of Destroyer Escorts, Patrol Craft, Sub Chasers, etc.
The Bombardment Group(s) – Old Battleships to soften up the beaches.
The Escort Group(s) – Escort Carriers with their own escorts that provide pre landing bombardment close air support for the troops and combat air patrols to protect the Landing and Support Groups.
The Support Group(s) – Cargo ships, Tankers, Hospital ships, tugs, mine sweepers, repair and salvage vessels, small vessel tenders, etc.
The Task force with Aircraft carriers, fast battleships, cruisers and destroyers that would protect all the other components from enemy attacks and fly supplementary missions to strike enemy airfields or bases from which major opposition to the amphibious invasion could be mounted.
So how was it that within less than a year after the Japanese attack on Pearl Harbor the United States Armed forces was able to mount two large Amphibious operations? How could a country so seemingly unprepared for war first assault Guadalcanal and other small islands in the Pacific Solomon island group with a Division size force in August, 1942 and then on the opposite side of the earth mount a much larger invasion of North Africa in November with a majority of their force and the supplies transiting the width of the Atlantic ocean?
II. Development of the Allied Doctrine for Amphibious Operations for WW II.
In the US the first real development of plans and specialized units for large scale amphibious invasion were actually developed by the US Army and not the Navy as one might expect. The USMC whose mission included the development of the capability to conduct amphibious operations was reduced after WW I to a total strength of about 17,000. With a force smaller than the NYC Police Department during the 1920’s and 30s, the largest operational unit in the USMC was a Brigade and that merely existed for administrative purposes with subordinate units scattered all over the US. This small force size and the requirement to deploy much of their man power to various overseas assignments between the world wars inhibited the Corps ability to develop plans and doctrine for landing and supporting Division size military units.
As per US military tradition, the US Army was responsible for it’s own amphibious transport and operations calling on the Navy’s warships only for escort of the Army’s invasion fleet, fire support, and protection of the beachhead from attack by enemy fleet units. Thus it was the US Army which led the way in development of amphibious doctrine in the years between the two World Wars.
During the decade before the US entered WW II the US Army and the British Army and Navy, in a parallel efforts, developed the first doctrines and techniques for mechanizing landing forces for amphibious invasion following the lead of the mechanization of land forces that had started during WW I and continued to develop between WWI and WW II.
Despite the scarcity of funds and the reduced forces in their militaries during the great depression both the British and the US Army made rather extensive efforts to develop methods for deploying tanks and motorized transport on the beaches early in an amphibious assault and sustaining the forces once established on enemy land. And the US Army continued development of methods and organizations to sustain invasion forces by sea and accelerated that development through out the war.
In essence what resulted was a doctrine of Blitzkrieg in amphibious warfare. Specially designed landing craft and even ocean going ships would run up on the beaches to quickly discharge their cargos of machines, men, and supplies to overwhelm the enemy defenses.
But getting the assault troops and their equipment ashore was only the beginning. The landing assault force and the mass of reinforcements that landed after the beach was secured had to be sustained and reinforced. As the force ashore grew in size and advanced further away from the invasion beaches the job of supplying it with weapons, ammunition, vehicles, equipment, food, fuel, lubricants, and all the myriad accoutrements and impedimenta that modern mechanized armies require become staggering. Amphibious vehicles that could swim ashore and then drive right to the front with the most important supplies and replacements would need to be developed to supplement the landing craft.
Even in the 1930s the planners realized that such a massive specialized task using specialized equipment could not be accomplished through the supplementary training of existing support troops in their existing organizations. So in the decade prior to the US entry into WW II the US Army developed Amphibious Engineer units whose sole task was the logistical support of the force once it was ashore. Each of the Army Engineer Amphibious Brigades was intended to support a combat division. The Brigade consisted of 2 Battalions operating over 100 small amphibious craft. Two Battalions staffed with specialists trained to get supplies onto and off the beach and to the battle front as quickly as possible. Two Ordinance Companies were required to repair and maintain weapons. A small detachment of artillery was included for protection of the beach from both the enemy ashore and at sea. A company of amphibious vehicles would move materials around on the beach and then to the troops at the front. And to keep all the equipment working a maintenance Battalion was included. They also added a Medical Battalion for the processing and care of the wounded and transport of them from the beach to ships for evacuation.
These amphibious support Brigades and the techniques they developed before and during the war were the basis for the success of the massive amphibious operations to come and were copied by the USMC and the British as the war progressed. But the actual implementation of all aspects of this revolution in amphibious warfare had to wait until the specialized vessels and amphibious vehicles were built in sufficient numbers and that did not occur until late in 1942.
The following is transcribed from VICTORY AT SEA, WW II IN THE PACIFIC, by James F. Dunnigan, and Albert A. Nofi.
Soldiers as Sailors
Over 100,000 U.S. Army troops spent most of World War II serving as sailors. In an Army tradition dating back to the revolution, the Army supplied most of its own ships for moving troops and supplies, as well as for launching over 100 Amphibious assaults. As a result the Army ended up operating more ships and boats than the U.S. Navy did during the war.
It wasn’t supposed to be that way.
During the 1930s, it was agreed that the Navy would control all shipping in future war. This was more efficient, even though it flew in the face of historical experience. In the past the Army had been reluctant to entrust its shipping to another service. There was always a fair amount of rivalry between the Army and Navy and, until the eve of World War II, the Navy had tolerated this situation. But with a pro-Navy president [FDR] in the White House and logic on its side, the Navy got its way. However, the Navy soon regretted it. As the Army began handing over its many ships in 1941 the Navy realized that it could not provide crews for these vessels as well as all the new warships it was putting into service. So the Navy agreed to let the Army keep many of its ships for the moment…………
Back in Washington, the generals and admirals went at each other throughout 1942 over who would control what ships. A compromise of sorts was reached, but it was actually a victory for the generals. The Army went on to control more ships than the Navy by the end of the war. One could argue that the U.S. Army had the largest fleet during World War II, and this would be technically true. While the Army had some 1,600 large ships (over 1,000 tons in displacement), the rest of its vessels were much smaller, so while the Navy put to sea over 12 million tons of ships, the Army had only about two thirds as much.
the Army “fleet” was basically a logistical support outfit that did most of its work in coastal water. The Navy fleet was a high-seas combat organization. What combat ships the Army did maintain were for coastal operations, mainly for laying mines to defend Army controlled ports.
The other major combat mission of the Army fleet was amphibious assaults. The Army conducted more of these than the Navy, if only because there were only six Marine divisions in the Pacific and four times as many Army divisions. All of the fighting in the Pacific was on islands of one sort or another and this made amphibious capability a necessity no matter what uniform the troops wore.
The Army fleet was thus heavy on troop transports and small ships that could keep the cargo moving from ship to shore. The Army also maintained its own hospital ships and vessels needed to keep all their floating equipment in good repair.
After World War II, the Navy finally did get control of everything that floats [in the oceans and seas]. But not before the Army presided over “the largest fleet in history’.
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good one…………as usual
I love the series Relevant Radio plays on the weekends…”Life is worth living” by Archbishop Fulton Sheen. He told it like it was, regarding politics. And he was funny! Even today…
Today, and regretfully, I did not get the title of the story but what caught my attention, besides loving the “Russian People” and not the communist ideology…he spoke of the 3%, a familiar percentage to most patriots, 3% of the Russian population were in the communist party ( in the times or era he referred to)…it seems that 3% really is a number to be reckoned with.
On my day off, I will try to find the link…he wrote and spoke often about this topic so it may take some time. The Venerable Archbishop did not like socialism and communism.
So far it has been a mild winter for most of us in the Northern 1/2 US. The NE US has had some storms as has the central US down to Texas. Meanwhile most of Europe has been getting slammed, with many snowfall records broken.
That is about to change. The large area of stratospheric warming over the Arctic responsible for the heavy winter in most of Europe is shifting positions and it’s looking like we in the Northern 1/2 of the US are in for getting what they have been getting. Most years, February is our toughest winter month and this year it’s looking like it will be an exceptionally stormy and snowy one for us.
Got a link to what you’re looking at, rah?
I look at charts on the Navy’s FNMOC site
Joe Bastardi at WeatherBELL Analytics
Scroll down to the free Saturday Summary video.
Joe is a great meteorologist that owns his own private forecasting company that serves both government and private industries with his long range forecasts. Always way ahead of and more accurate than the models. He forecast exactly the landfall of so called “Super Storm” Sandy five days before it made landfall. Great at all times but for those in Hurricane country he should be an essential because he beats the National Hurricane Center time and again.
It’s the little things…
https://twitter.com/amuse/status/1350824797454938112
Busted
Glory be to the Father, the Son, and the Holy Spirit as it was in the beginning, is now and ever shall be, world without end.
1peter 5:8
Be sober, be vigilant, because your adversary the devil walketh about AS a roaring lion, seeking WHOM he may devour.
Fear: you can’t put any of this we currently see in place without it.
Faith: is light that destroys darkness.
Choose faith. Look for it in every situation. Exercise your spirit by seeing with faith that God only wants your best, in all things.
It builds your foundation on the rock. It moves the mountains in your life.
What you think you attract. What you speak, you receive. First in your heart then in the physical.
Speak faith.
Polls are based on the same principles of epidemiology, a discipline I have had professional experience with on a number of continents.
One of the basic principles is that a carefully selected representative sample is essential to get an accurate representation of the population with a small sample size, thus saving time and money. However…
What is usually overlooked, most likely intentionally, is the fact as your sample size increases to large numbers, your sample selection becomes unimportant in determining a variable. For example, if your population is 1000 and your sample size is 900, it really doesn’t matter who you interview, you will get the result that accurately reflects the overall population.
Here is an opinion poll taken in Romania regarding Nikolai Ceaucescu’s communist police state that led to his trial and execution in December 1989.
This is the literal meaning of Disraeli’s tongue in cheek dictum that public opinion is the most important force in politics, it actually has nothing to do personal preferences.
When the government fears the People you have Freedom. When the People fear the government you have Tyranny
Rich Mullins – Awesome God w/lyrics
Did the military actually raid the CIA HQ?
“The sources say that during the November 18th raid on CIA headquarters, computers and documents were seized and as a result, “some 400 drug facilities were located and the U.S. military began bombing them in Afghanistan on November 19th.” They added that the bombed locations were labelled as the Taliban’s in order “to be politically correct.” In other words, they do not want the world to think there is a civil war going on inside the military-industrial complex.”
https://geopolitics.co/huge-actionable-intelligence-haul-from-marine-raid-on-cia-hq/
So much so called “News”out there has to be carefully looked at and sourced, it is difficult to know what is real.
*I had to copy&paste the link into a browser other then Firefox to open it.
Ma’ Merkel has her successor for party chief. Beijing gangsters approve.https://www.dw.com/en/armin-laschet-angela-merkel-loyalist-is-new-cdu-leader/a-56239045 https://www.scmp.com/news/china/diplomacy/article/3118100/beijing-hopes-germany-will-continue-china-friendly-approach
https://ellerslie.com/the-church-at-ellerslie/
Good preaching of the gospel is always refreshing!
Today is January 17. The end time prophet God calls “Elijah the prophet” will have the number 17 rule his life. Elijah’s number is 17.
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Pray for our President, our country, & our military. Pray for ALL. Trust God. – Lin Wood
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Days of Elijah – US Marines w/ lyrics
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US Marines at Camp Pendleton singing Days of Elijah. I added the intro and outro instrumental parts and the lyrics from the Robin Mark version of the song, as that is the one they are worshiping to
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I really like this.
Seeing those Marines has given me 11th hour , faith ,hope, and courage.
Lin Wood was right about Pence all along.
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I remember that my blood ran cold when I saw that fly on Pence’s head. I can’t say I know why, though.
When should we begin fleeing to Israel? Can we?
“Trust in the Lord with all your heart
and lean not upon your own understanding;
In all your ways acknowledge Him
and He will make your paths straight.”
–Proverbs 3:5-6
Are you a dual citizen? I think they can, but I’m not sure. I read an article about where Americans can travel around the world the other day, I’ll find that and post it separate.
It was a pretty short and sad list of places that will even allow Americans in at this point….
You have to get the pfizer vaccination twice to enter Israel, is what I was told (for a different reason). Trust me it is too hot over there and people are very irritable in general, although I love a few Israelis dearly)
Make America Great Again and stay here.
Deliver us from evil
For those wondering where Americans can vacation at the moment….
https://thepointsguy.com/guide/reopening-soon-a-country-by-country-guide-to-coronavirus-recovery/
lilbirdee12’s prayer:
Our Heavenly Father, Your children come to you tonight to ask for healing and peace throughout our country so that we may return to being One Nation Under God. Guide us to be leaders in Your Kingdom, spreading Your Love and Salvation to all. Forgive us our sins and deliver us from evil.
Lord, we ask for a blanket of protection over all our troops and law enforcement who serve to defend and protect us. Bless our representatives with the strength and wisdom they need to achieve the path You have chosen for us.
Please place Your Guardian Angels of Protection around Donald Trump and his family as they seek to lead America back to You. Also, we pray for Angels to protect and support our Sundance as he works for justice and peace.
Grant us patience, Lord, as the evil ones try to anger us and cause us to fall.
Spread blessings over Israel and Netanyahu.
We humbly ask that You please comfort those who are grieving and in pain.
Thank you Father, for Your Love and the gift of Life.
In Jesus name, we pray. Amen.
Thank you Ad Rem. 🙂
Amen
Amen.
Amen…
Amen. And Lord, please watch over General Flynn and his family, and all patriots and freedom loving people around the world.
Amen
Amen.
Amen.
Young woman builds Hut. This is pretty amazing. Nice change of pace
Thanks. I enjoyed that. Dang she works fast
Amazing to watch her walk across those long skinny bamboo poles suspended in the air!
Yikes!!! That’s some skill!
(test 4 2-nite)
✝️ DAILY DEVOTIONAL, January 25, 2021
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https://s.w.org/images/core/emoji/13.0.1/svg/271d.svg DAILY DEVOTIONAL, January 25, 2021