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"Nowhere can man find a quieter or more untroubled retreat than in his own soul." ~ Marcus Aurelius It's not just practicing Buddhists who are flocking to the many temple tours in Asia this year, but curious vacationers who want to learn about the region's history and culture. Some travelers who head to Japan trek the 800-mile Shikoku route that stops at 88 different Buddhist temples. Buddhist-themed tourism is big business all over Asia, with Japan, China, Thailand, Burma, India and Sri Lanka the primary destinations for culture-hungry tourists and pilgrims. Spending your retreat at a Buddhist temple is a challenge. It calls for planning, perseverance, and a decent amount of study before departure. But the rewards of a meditation retreat or extended, contemplative stay at an Asian Buddhist holy site can be life changing. Typical two-week tours offer up things like meditation retreats in Sri Lanka monasteries, festivals in India, up-close tea ceremony experiences in Japan, back-road hikes to remote temples in China, Burma and Thailand. It's a rare treat for Westerners to spend an afternoon sipping matcha tea in a Tokyo Zen temple or devoting two full weeks to a silent Vipassana retreat in Colombo, Sri Lanka. Temple tour tips for travelers Anyone who wants to see Buddhist temples in Asia needs to do some homework before booking a specific tour. Here's the best way to begin: 1. Decide on a specific temple or region you want to visit. Many Asian countries, particularly Burma and Sri Lanka, are quite strict about what tourists can and can't do, and how long they can stay. 2. If you are connected with a Buddhist community in your home country, speak with someone there who has traveled in Asia before
. That's because some national tourism offices give preference to "pilgrims," a term generally defined as any Buddhist wanting to visit particular temples or holy sites. 3. Don't rely on a destination country's embassy or government travel office to offer reliable agency contacts. Some of those "official" travel agencies in various countries are low-quality organizations whose status is purely political and not based on their quality as travel bookers. 4. If you book your own tour, be absolutely certain that you know the "rules of the road" for any temple you plan to visit. Some only allow tourists at certain times, or will ask you to fill out an application if you want to attend a meditation retreat. This is a crucial step because you may not be able to get a pilgrim visa, or any visa, without a written "invitation" from a temple official. 5. Once all the paperwork is done, applications filled out (if necessary) and tickets purchased, make sure you understand how to dress and act when spending time at your temple of choice. Remember, Buddhist temples are, in a manner of speaking, very similar to Christian churches. Etiquette for temple visitors Rules of etiquette at Buddhist temples vary, but there are some general guidelines. 1. At many temples, especially in Burma and Thailand, there will be residents who are trying to meditate, so strive to speak in a low voice while on the grounds. 2. Dress conservatively. For both women and men, this means covering legs at least to below the knees, preferably all the way to the ankles. Asia can be the hottest, stickiest place on earth during the warm months, so keep that in mind when planning a trip. Arms should be covered as well. The general rule is that short sleeves are usually okay, but sleeveless shirts and tops are a no-no. 3. Wear shoes that you can quickly take off, because you will need to remove footwear when you are in and around a temple. 4. Don't touch or point at sacred statues, nuns or monks. When approaching a Buddha statue, try at all times to keep your head below the Buddha's head. This applies to reclining Buddha images as well, so be ready to do some kneeling or crouching if you want a close-up photo. You should also bow your head as a polite display of respect when you are face-to-face with a Buddha statue or image. 5. Remember that specific temples you visit will likely have some other, local rules for you to follow, so be ready to add to the general list above. Touring famous, or little-known, Buddhist temples and monasteries of the world can be the retreat of a lifetime. But, special experiences call for special preparation and proper behavior. Make sure you know what to expect by spending plenty of time planning your trip and learning how to behave once you arrive. Travelers who do the leg work and advance planning will be rewarded with an unforgettable experience and perhaps an enlightening one. This article was written by Catalin Zorzini. Catalin is a design blogger with a thing for ecommerce, matcha tea and bebop. With all my love, Like this post? Then sign-up for our "Daily Dose of Inspiration" Newsletter. It's FREE! Over 30,000 like-minded people have already registered.
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ST. LOUIS – Game 6 strikes again.
Is there a numerologist in the house? Six is the number so good at stirring up World Series magic, and the game that has midwifed so many memories. Move over Carlton Fisk, Joe Carter, Don Denkinger; time to throw another classic on the pile.
By the time the Texas Rangers had blown their fifth lead late Thursday, you knew this night would belong in the Game 6 pantheon. By the time the St. Louis Cardinals had twice saved their season after being down to their last strike, and then won in the 11th with a center-field shot by hometown kid David Freese, you knew it met all the requirements.
And it is a high bar, Game 6. If a World Series gets that far, pay attention. Good chance something memorable is about to happen, and not always the most pleasant.
Bill Buckner's error? Game 6.
Carter's World Series-winning homer as he did the hop, step and jump around the bases in Toronto? Fisk's 12th inning shot off the Fenway Park foul pole, as he waved it fair with all his might? Denkinger's blown call at first base that opened the door for the Kansas City Royals against St. Louis? All game 6's.
Kirby Puckett's 11th inning walk-off homer to keep Minnesota alive against Atlanta was Game 6. So were Reggie Jackson's three home runs. And Josh Beckett finishing off the Yankees 2-0 in Yankee Stadium at the age of 23.
The last World Series to go seven games before now was 2002. The San Francisco Giants blew a 5-0 lead in the eighth inning in Game 6.
"We've always come back from tough losses," Giants manager Dusty Baker said that night. "We've been doing it over and over and over."
Gee, he sounded just like Texas' Ron Washington Thursday night.
San Francisco lost Game 7, by the way.
Yes, numero seis is numero uno when it comes to World Series drama. And that even seeps to the lower rounds. Steve Bartman? Game 6.
One of the best parts about most of these game 6's is they created a Game 7. And the losers of such epics invariably have to get over their hangover in a hurry.
The Cardinals were the team left telling jokes Thursday night.
"It's the greatest," Lance Berkman said of his feeling after his down-to-the-last-strike single tied it for the Cardinals in the 10th inning. "Plus, you've built a little bank account of being able to come through, so that if I don't come through tomorrow, I can be like, 'Well, I came through in Game 6, what do you want from me?'"
After all this emotional back and forth, what's Game 7 feel like? Joe Torre managed in one of the most unforgettable seven-game World Series ever; the 2001 Yankees-Arizona battle when New York twice won on walk-off hits, and the Diamondbacks answered with a ninth-inning rally off Mariano Rivera.
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"I think you're so numb by that point," Torre said. "But there's been so much tension in the other six games that it's sort of a relief knowing that at the end of the day, we're going to find out.
"I know when you're leading three games to two, you want (Game 6) to be the last game. And if it isn't, it's a big letdown."
Speaking of the Rangers.
"When you're an underdog, every game's the last game."
Speaking of the Cardinals.
During a break between innings in the nervous Game 7 in Arizona, Torre went into the clubhouse — and there was George Steinbrenner, as he often was during tight games.
"He'd say, 'What do you think?' I'd usually say, 'We'll be all right.' But that night I wasn't sure," Torre remembered. "I said, 'I don't know that I can tell you.'
"Because we couldn't hit."
The Diamondbacks beat Rivera 3-2 in the ninth.
St. Louis and Texas had a chance for such a last act Friday because of all the dramatics that came the night before. You wondered what they'd have left.
As Berkman noted, "It's not fun going up there with the season on the line."
Fun watching it, though. Game 6 fills the World Series gallery with masterpieces. There's another new one on the wall.
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What Happens at Death.
What Happens at Death.
Sent to me by a friend Bill M.Tried to post link ,no luck.Long read but a good one.
Shalom All,
More than a few years ago I was challenged to reexamine EVERYTHING that I believed concerning my "faith". The challenge was not easy; however, since there were more than a few things that just didn't add up (within popular organized christianity) I knew that I had to accept the challenge. The journey was scary at first; due to the fact that early on I discovered that almost every christian doctrine was based on paganism and roman catholic lies. I began to re-investigate everything from a fresh perspective. Scripture and Original Word Meanings took precedence over man made doctrine and opinion. My study has taken me back to the Hebrew Roots of my once feeble belief (christianity)and has established my feet upon Solid ROCK.
The place that I find myself now reminds me of the Eveready Battery commercials with Robert Conrad looking in the camera and saying, "I dare you to knock this battery off my shoulder, go ahead, I dare ya".... When one allows Scripture and Word Meanings to establish their belief system there is no one who can knock them off of the foundation they stand upon.
I recently presented the following study to our Shabbat/Sabbath study group, I was asked to take it from a Powerpoint slide and transform it into an article format for easy reading. This study and the one that follows is a result of my journey to find Truth. In the past I had been saturated in so much christian doctrine, doctrine which always seemed to be at odds with the very words contained within Scripture itself. The following study is a small part of my journey to find truth and eliminate contradiction, I hope that this truth blesses you as much as it did me a few years ago when the light of Scripture revealed the Truth about what happens at Death. Maybe you are already aware of this truth, if so, then hopefully this study will help you with giving a solid answer to anyone you have a discussion with that concerns this topic.
I will follow up with a study that concerns the topic of hell. I have noticed in the past that a thorough discussion of death usually leads into a discussion concerning hell, so stay tuned and we will tackle that issue in the coming week.
Scripture states: Whom would He teach knowledge? And whom would He make to understand the message? Those weaned from milk, those taken from the breasts! For it is: command upon command, command upon command, line upon line, line upon line, here a little, there a little. (Isaiah/YeshaYahu 28:9-10) Again in Timothy it states: All scripture is given by inspiration of YAHUWAH, and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for setting straight, for instruction in righteousness... (2 Timothy 3:16).
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What Happens at Death
The only way to understand the truth about death is to go back to the beginning, to the book of Genesis. Scriptures first chapter clearly says that YAHUWAH made the world in six days, and rested on the seventh. On day six, YAHUWAH created man in his own image male and female He created them (Gen. 1:27). In the midst of a beautiful garden, YAHUAH placed two special trees called the tree of life and the tree of the knowledge of good and evil (Gen. 2:9). These trees were designed to give Adam and Hawah a choice, either to follow their Maker or a rebel Watcher (Angel).
And The Eternal YAHUWAH commanded the man, saying, Of every tree in the garden you may freely eat; but of the tree of the knowledge of good and evil you shall not eat, for in the day that you eat of it you shall surely die (Gen. 2:16, 17).
Here YAHUWAH warned Adam and Hawah that if they sinned against Him by eating the forbidden fruit, they would surely die. No ifs, ands, or buts. This was the first warning YAHUWAH ever gave to the human family. And He meant it.
In Chapter 3, the drama begins. HaShatan entered Eden and perched on the inside the forbidden branches. A dialogue ensued between HaShatan and Hawah. And HaShatan said to the woman, you shall not surely die (Gen. 3:4, italics added). This was HaShatans first lie to humanity. It was a deception about death. YAHUWAH said that if Adam and Hawah sinned, they would surely die; but the serpent said, you shall not surely die. Now two voices rattled around inside Hawahs pretty head. Which voice would she believe, that of YAHUWAH or HaShatan? Sadly, she believed the HaShatan, tasted the forbidden fruit, and then gave some to her husband, and he ate (see Gen. 3:6).
After their sin, YAHUWAH said to Adam, In the sweat of your face shall you eat bread, until you return to the ground, for out of it you were taken; for dust you are, and to dust you shall return (Gen. 3:19). Thus man came from the dust, and now he was destined to return to the dust. Now notice carefully:
Then THE ETERNAL YAHUWAH said, Behold, the man has become like one of Us, to know good and evil. And now, lest he put out his hand and take also of the tree of life, and eat, and live forever-- therefore THE ETERNAL YAHUWAH sent him out of the garden of Eden to till the ground from which he was taken. So He drove out the man; and He placed cherubim at the east of the garden of Eden, and a flaming sword which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life. (Gen. 3:22-24).
Dont miss the significance of this passage. According to the text, eating from the tree of life would cause Adam and Hawah to live forever. But now they were sinners. If they ate from the tree of life as sinners they would live forever as sinners, which would mean that sin itself would go on forever. YAHUWAH definitely didnt want this. So He placed Watchers with fiery swords which turned every way, to guard the way to the tree of life. Did Adam and Hawah, in their fallen state, ever eat from the tree of life? Obviously not. Thus fallen human beings do not naturally live forever. Instead, they die and return to the dust, just like YAHUWAH said.
This next verse reveals the simple truth: So all the days that Adam lived were nine hundred and thirty years; and he died (Gen. 5:5). YAHUWAH was right; HaShatan was wrong. Sin results in death. Adam and YAHUWAH sinned, and they died. So do we. At the end of life, we disintegrate into dirt.
Now dont miss this point: The notion that people go to heaven or a place of punishment after death, is based on the prior assumption that the dead arent dead after all, that they are really alive somewhere beyond the veil. Based on Genesis 3:4, whose slick voice first promoted that idea? It was the voice of HaShatan. Look again: The serpent said to the woman, you will not surely die. This was the HaShatans line.
There are essentially two different views about the nature of man that affect ones beliefs about what happens after death.
1. The Immortal Soul view
2. The Non-Immortal Soul view
The Immortal Soul view is believed by most of the worlds religions. The idea is that every human body houses an immortal soul that continues after death. When we die, only our body disintegrates back to dust, but the soul goes on, much like a snake shedding its skin. Of course different religions disagree with each other about where souls go after death, but the basic idea of the soul surviving physical decease is shared by most in our society. And like it or not, the Immortal Soul doctrine is the basis of the belief that we can talk to the dead. The reason is simple: the dead supposedly arent really dead. This view was introduced into christianity by Augustine and was heavily influenced by his Greek world-view.
The Non-Immortal Soul view is different and contends that Scripturally speaking the word soul applies to the entire person. When YAHUWAH first created Adam in Paradise, He breathed into his nostrils the breath of life, and man became a living soul (Genesis 2:7). Thus man doesnt have a separate soul, but rather he is a soul (see also Yohoshua 10:35, 37, 39; Lev. 23:30; Acts 27:37, KJV). After man sinned, his entire person, or soul, became mortal, or subject to death. When a sinner dies, he or she returns to the dust, and the breath of life returns to YAHUWAH. This breath is not a conscious entity, but is the spark of life that exists in everything alive. At death, the sinner is truly dead unconscious, asleep, waiting for the resurrection. This view is sometimes called soul sleep.
Which view is right? What does Scripture really say? I am going to build a case for the non-immortality of the soul. We will examine the passages about being absent from the body (2 Cor. 5:, the thief on the Stake (Luke 23:43), the appearance of Moshe and EliYahu (Matthew 17:3), the rich man and Lazarus (Luke 16:19-31), Shauls desire to depart and be with Messiah (Phil. 1:23) and the martyred souls under the altar (Rev. 6:9-11). These verses are often quoted to support the Immortal Soul teaching. Do they really? We hope to find out. At some time in the future, we will closely examine another hot topic the doctrine of Hell or Hades, properly interpreted Grave.
First, lets see what the Scripture say about immortality. As we already discovered, after Adam and Hawah sinned they were barred from the tree of life, lest they should eat, and live forever (Gen. 3:22-24). The message here is that sinners do not naturally live forever. Shaul wrote that we seek for glory and honor and immortality (Romans 2:7) and that Natsarim will put on immortality (1 Cor. 15:53, 54) on Resurrection Day. Presently, YAHUWAH only has immortality, dwelling in the light which no man can approach (1 Tim. 6:16). To me, these verses are clear. Fallen man is not immortal.
Next, what does Scripture say happens at death? Notice carefully: The living know that they shall die, but the dead know nothing there is no work, nor device, nor knowledge, nor wisdom, in the grave, where you are going (Eccl. 9:5, 10). For in death there is no remembrance of You, in the grave who shall give You thanks? (Psalm 6:5). The dead praise not YAHUWAH, neither any that go down into silence (Psalm 115:17). His breath goes forth, he returns to his earth, in that very day his thoughts perish (Psalm 146:4). These Scripture verses say that after death a person knows nothing, has no thoughts and lies silent in the grave. This is YAHUWAHS Word, not my opinion.
Next, death is sleep. David spoke of the sleep of death (Psalm 13:3). All throughout the Tanak, when kings died, they slept with their fathers (1 Kings 2:10). The same is true in the Messianic Writings. When Lazarus died, Yahusha Messiah said, Our friend Lazarus is sleeping Yahusha spoke of his death (John 11:11-13). After Stephen was martyred, he fell asleep (Acts 7:60). Dead Natsarim sleep in Yahusha (1 Thess. 4:14). Daniel wrote that at the end of time, many who sleep in the dust of the earth shall awake, some to everlasting life, and some to shame and everlasting contempt (Daniel 12:2). Thus the dead are sleeping in the dust of the earth. Someday, they will wake up.
Finally, the Natsarims hope is the return of Yahusha Messiah and the resurrection. When our Master returns, the dead in Messiah shall rise so shall we ever be with YAHUWAH (1 Thess. 4:16, 17). Look closely. Shaul said Natsarim will be with YAHUWAH when He returns. Yahusha taught the same thing when He promised His disciples, I will come again, and receive you to Myself (John 14:3). Again, look closely. Yahusha did not say, Ill meet you in Heaven when you die, but that He would receive us when He returns.
Ultimately, The Scriptures truth is comforting. Our beloved dead are sleeping quietly, awaiting the resurrection when Yahusha returns. Truth also protects us from being deceived by heartless, tricky Fallen Watchers who can easily impersonate the dead. I encourage you to continue studying this topic prayerfully. The words of Yahusha Himself:
Do not marvel at this; for the hour is coming in which all who are in the graves will hear His voice and come forth--those who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation (John 5:28, 29, NKJV). So going straight to heaven or a place of torment immediately upon death puts the cart before the horse, how can you have punishment before judgment?
I have come to believe that when human beings die, they are dead, asleep in their graves, waiting for the resurrection at the last day (John 11:24). Death, burial and resurrection, this is what YAHUWAHS Word says.
I realize that this is in opposition to what most of mainline cretin (christian) denominations believe. Most believe that when we die, only our bodies disintegrate to dust, whereas our souls instantly enter the presence of Yahushua. Personally, I dont believe this due to the fact like most other christian doctrines it cannot be found in Scripture. Let us now closely examine some well-known texts within Scripture normally used to support the we go to Heaven immediately at death doctrine. Much is at stake here. Please consider my arguments, and then come to your own conclusions based on Scripture, not roman catholic fable.
Absent from the body, present with the Master? (2 Cor. 5:: This is probably the main Scripture used to support the common view. The exact text reads, We are confident, I say, and willing rather to be absent from the body, and to be present with the Master. Shaul is clearly talking about a transition from this sinful body to being present with the Master. There is no question about this. But notice carefully that in this verse Shaul doesnt specifically say when this transition occurs. Most assume he meant at death. Did he? Could he have meant on Resurrection Day when Yahusha Messiah returns? Amazingly, we dont have to guess, for the following verses make Shauls meaning plain.
Four verses earlier Paul said this transition occurs when mortality is swallowed up by life (2 Cor. 5:4). When is that? If we back up a few chapters to Shauls first letter to the Corinthians, the answer is obvious. Notice carefully:
Behold, I show you a mystery; we shall not all sleep, but we shall all be changed, In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible must put on incorruption, and this mortal must put on immortality. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? (1 Corinthians 15:51-55)
Here Paul is writing about the climactic return of Yahusha Messiah and the resurrection of YAHUWAHS saints. Shaul called death sleep (verse 51). He also said we are currently mortal (verse 53). Finally, he clarified that when the trumpet shall sound and the dead shall be raised then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory (verses 52-54). Add 2 + 2. In 2 Corinthians 5:4 and 5:8, Shaul said the transition from this sinful body to being present with the Master occurs when mortality is swallowed up by life. In 1 Corinthians 15:51-55, he clarified that this mortal will put on immortality and that death will be swallowed up in victory at the Second Coming of Yahusha Messiah. Beyond this, did Shaul clarify anywhere else at what point believers will be present with the Master? Yes indeed. Once again, notice carefully:
For The Master himself shall descend from heaven with a shout, with the voice of the archangel, and with the trump of THE ETERNAL ONE: and the dead in Messiah shall rise first: Then we which are alive and remain shall be caught up together with them in the clouds, to meet YAHUAH in the air: and so shall we ever be with the Master (1 Thessalonians 4:16, 17).
These verses parallel 1 Corinthians 15:51-55, which explain 2 Corinthians 5:4-8. According to 1 Thessalonians 4:16, 17, when will believers get to be present with YAHUWAH? Answer: When Yahusha Messiah comes crashing into our polluted atmosphere with a shout, a voice, and the ear splitting trumpet of THE ETERNAL ONE! That trumpet will be so loud it will pierce the slumbering ears of those who have died trusting the Resurrected One. They will burst out of their clammy graves. How awesome! Then those of us who are still living (I hope to be among this group) will be caught up into the greatest space ride humans have ever experienced. And then? Dont miss it: so shall we ever be with the Master. This is the Word of YAHUWAH!!
Solomon said that there is no work or device or knowledge or wisdom in the grave where you are going (Ecclesiastes 9:10) and that the dead know nothing (Ecclesiastes 9:5). Both the Tanak and Messianic Writings plainly teach that the dead sleep in the dust of the earth (Daniel 12:2) as they await the resurrection (see Psalm 13:3; John 5:28, 29; 11:11-14; Acts 7:60; 1 Corinthians 15:6, 51-55). Messiah Yahusha said concerning the man who dies believing in Him, I will raise him up at the last day (John 6:44). I have found this to be the consistent teaching of Scripture.
As I previously mentioned before, there are many cretins (christians) that feel certain passages within Scripture support a different view that of immediate entrance into heaven, or of instant descent into punishing-fire. We have already looked at 2 Corinthians 5:8 where Shaul wrote about being absent from the body and present with the Master. Its time to look at another well-known passage.
The thief on the Stake (Luke 23:42,43): On historys darkest day, as the Son of YAHUWAH hung suspended between heaven and earth bearing the sins of the world, a dying criminal crucified beside Yahusha breathed hopefully, Master, remember me when you come into your kingdom (Luke 23:42). The King responded, Assuredly, I say to you, today you will be with Me in Paradise (verse 43). Many interpret The Messiahs response as conclusive evidence that the dying thiefs soul was instantly ushered into the presence of Yahusha on that very day. I disagree. Heres why:
First, the dying thief pleaded, Master, remember me when you come into your kingdom. Thus the thief hoped to be remembered at the Second Coming of Yahusha Messiah, not before. Second, Yahusha Himself did not go to Paradise that day, but into Yosephs tomb. Three days later, after rising from the dead, Yahusha candidly told Mary, I have not yet ascended to My Father (John 20:17). Thus our Master did not ascend to glory on the day of His death. Thirdly, Yahusha clarified that His followers will be with Him when He returns. I will come again, He promised, and receive you to Myself (John 14:3). Shaul taught the same thing when he wrote that true believers will get to be with the Master when He descends from heaven and resurrects the dead (see 1 Thessalonians 4:16,17). So what did Yahusha mean when He spoke to the dying thief?
Believe it or not, the confusion stems from one tiny piece of punctuation called a comma. Before we look again at Messiahs exact words to the thief, let me clarify that Scripture calls itself the Word of YAHUWAH, not the Comma of YAHUWAH. The fact is that punctuation and commas were added to the inspired text many years after the Messianic Writings was written. It is the same with the numbering of verses. Whatever translation you are reading from, The Scripture says 43 before Messiahs response the dying thief. 42 comes before that, then 41, etcetera. Guess what? Luke didnt write 41 or 42 or 43 or 44. He just wrote one book of Luke. It wasnt until many years later that men numbered the verses to make it easier for us to find them. Im glad they did. It helps. But they also added commas where they assumed they should go. So lets remove the comma and look at what Yahusha literally said to the thief. His exact words were:
Assuredly I say to you today you will be with Me in Paradise (Luke 23:43).
Now, if you place the comma before the word today, which is where most Translation place it, then Yahusha told the thief, today you will be with Me in Paradise. But if you place the comma after the word today, Messiahs meaning is switched entirely. Then Yahusha would have said, I say to you today, you will be with Me in Paradise. In other words, Messiah would be telling the thief, I tell you today (right then two thousand years ago) that he would be with Him in the future when He returns. The placement of the comma after the word today actually agrees completely with The Aramaic text as well as agreeing with the syntax of the Greek text.
The Messiah (not translators) makes the answer clear as to where the comma should go. First, Yahusha didnt go to Paradise that day. Second, on Yom Ri-Shon (Day One) morning He had not yet ascended to His Father (see John 20:17). Thirdly, and most importantly, Yahusha never contradicted Himself. He plainly promised His followers, I will come again and receive you to Myself (John 14:3).
Elvis Presley. Marilyn Monroe. Princess Diana. Ronald Reagan. Pope John Paul II what do they have in common? Theyre all famous, and theyre all dead. No matter how large a persons bank account, or how attractive their physical appearance, or even how close to YAHUWAH they may become in this life, All things come alike to all: One event happens to the righteous and to the wicked; to the good, the clean, and the unclean after that they go to the dead (Ecclesiastes 9:2, 3). But in this world nothing can be said to be certain, except death and taxes, penned Benjamin Franklin. He was correct.
So far I have built a case that when human beings dies whether saints or sinners they are truly dead, that is, they lie unconscious in their graves awaiting the resurrection. To briefly summarize, Solomon said the dead know nothing (Ecclesiastes 9:5) and that there is no work, or device or knowledge or wisdom in the grave where you are going (Ecclesiastes 9:10). David wrote about the sleep of death (Psalm 13:3), Daniel said the dead sleep in the dust of the earth (Daniel 12:2), and Yahusha Messiah emphatically declared that someday all who are in their graves will hear His voice and come forththose who have done good, to the resurrection of life, and those who have done evil, to the resurrection of condemnation (John 5:28, 29). These passages describe mans condition at death, his sleeping in the grave, and finally a bodily resurrection back to life.
To repeat what I have stated previously, I realize that majority opinion thinks differently. Shortly after Pope John Paul II died at the ripe age of 84, Vatican officials declared that their departed leader was now looking down from heaven after being welcomed into the presence of Yahushua. I dont think so. Based on thorough study of Scripture, I believe Pope John Paul II and countless others are not in heaven at this exact moment. Rather, they are silently sleeping in their graves waiting for Resurrection Day. Furthermore based on thorough study of Scripture, the closest John Paul II would have ever been to heaven is when he took a plane ride.
We have examined two passages from Scripture often quoted to support the common view of instant heaven at death: 1) Shauls expression about longing to be absent from the body and present with the Master (2 Cor. 5:: and 2) Messiah Yahushas promise to a dying thief about being with Him in Paradise (Luke 23:42, 43). For those who have read through the study thus far, I think the arguments are convincing. Its time to examine a few more verses that I believe are often misinterpreted to teach instant heaven rather than the doctrine of literal death, unconscious sleep, and future bodily resurrection.
Shauls desire to depart and be with Messiah (Phil. 1:23): Shaul knew that sometime after he died he would be with Yahusha, yet it is an assumption to think that in Philippians 1:23 he meant at the moment of his death. In another letter, Shaul clarified that he expected to always be with the Master when Messiah Yahusha returned to resurrect the dead (read 1 Thessalonians 4:16, 17). It is significant to note that the very last letter Shaul penned was 2 Timothy. In that letters concluding chapter, notice carefully Shauls famous last words:
For I am already being poured out as a drink offering, and the time of my departure is at hand. I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. Finally, there is laid up for me the crown of righteousness, which the Master, the righteous Judge, will give to me on that Day, and not to me only but also to all who have loved His appearing (2 Timothy 4:6-.
Here again Shaul clarified just like he did in 1 Thessalonians 4:16, 17 that he looked forward to being with Yahusha Messiah on the Day of His appearing.
Souls under the altar (Revelation 6:9-11): In the book of Revelation, Yahanan beheld under a heavenly altar the souls of many Natsarim martyrs calling out for vengeance against their persecutors. There! some claim, There are souls alive in heaven after they died! But look closer. This entire passage is filled with symbolism. In the same chapter Yahanan also saw four horses with riders, the fourth rider being Death itself, followed by Hell (Revelation 6:1-. Can Death literally ride a horse? Are literal souls crammed underneath a physical altar? Not a very pleasant place to hang out, do you think? Scripturally speaking, the idea of martyred souls crying out for vengeance is rooted in Genesis 4 when YAHUWAH told Cain after he murdered Abel, What have you done? The voice of your brothers blood cries out to me from the ground! (Gen. 4:10) Does this mean that Abels blood literally muttered syllables through dirt? Obviously not. Again, this is symbolic. One must put on their thinking cap when reading Scripture, the book of Revelation is a very figurative speaking book.
The appearance of Moshe and EliYahu (Luke 9:28-32): Not long before Yahusha died on the stake for the sins of the world, Moshe and EliYahu appeared to comfort the Messiah. This supposedly proves that Moshe, EliYahu, and all the saints are now alive on the other side. But it doesnt. First of all, it was not disembodied souls that appeared before Messiah and His disciples, but two men (Luke 9:30) in physical form. Second, EliYahu himself never died, but was translated in Tanak times without seeing death (see 2 Kings 2:11). Thirdly, Moshes did die, but Jude 9 implies that the body of Moshe was at some point raised back to life. In Luke 9:28-32, EliYahu appeared representing all those who shall one day be translated at the Second Coming of Yahusha Messiah, while Moshe represented all others who shall be resurrected at the last day (see John 11:24). Again, the text says two men, not two ghosts. Why did Moshe and Eliyahu appear? To encourage Yahusha to go through with His death, burial, and resurrection, and to provide a witness to the three (Talmidim) disciples that were with him.
At this point I think I have stated all I can concerning death without having to cover the issue of hell. Part two of this study will look further into what happens at death as well as shed light on the truth concerning the doctrine of hell. Ninety percent of christian doctrine (including what most christians believe about death) find their root in paganism and Greek Philosophy, stay tuned as I pull back the curtain and exposes christian error with The Light of YAHUWAHs Truth.
Let not your heart be troubled. Believe in YAHUWAH, believe also in Me. In My Fathers house are many residences. And if not, I would have told you. I go to prepare a place for you. And if I go and prepare a place for you, I shall come again and receive you to Myself, that where I am, you might be too.
I would like to thank Steve Wohlberg for allowing me to use some of his study material and giving me permission to edit some of his work. YAHUWAH used Steve to challenge me to reexamine everything that I believed.
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Amazingly, the truth of this matter is hard to swallow for those who have been led the other direction for so long. Catholics cashed in on this for years, teaching satanic doctrines such as purgatory...and for money they could shorten the time spent there for loved ones! Sad, truly sad...
At death (sleep, as referred to in Scripture), the next waking moment will be the resurrection! No conscience passing of time, just awaking to the 7th.trump blast at His return! Yom Teruah!
Great post Skyking...people need to know these things and come out from under the traditions and teachings of men.
Wow !!!!!
I agree .
I can't wait for part two .
I have had to reexamine my belief that my Dad is up in Heaven, and aunts, and various people I have known & loved.
I never quite believed it, but I hoped for it to be so.
I believe now they are resting, and amazingly that is not heartbreaking to me. I keep thinking that they are all just 'asleep' and if its been 1 day or 3,000 years when they are resurrected it will feel like they just got a good nights sleep
I know that when someone really close to me dies now, its sad because their life is over and we will miss them the rest of the days of our life - but I no longer grieve without hope.
I know I will see them at the resurrection.
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why do Christians say "shalom"?
It sounds as silly as someone saying konichiwa in LA, or "howdy" in Japan. It's not offensive, just really silly.
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How do you know they have not been resurrected already?
I combine my beliefs in science and faith with this. I think of the conservation of energy, you die, your soul becomes a part of the ground. lets say a tree grows there, your "energy" (not necessarily soul) is used by tree. Tree makes apple, pregnant mother eats apple, baby has your soul and the cycle starts over again.
That's part of the reason I'd rather be cremated, it seems that if you are in a coffin the chances of you becoming part of the earth again aren't that good for a long time.
In reference to those who know the Gospel is true:
This life is the time to prepare to meet God. In this life you become who you are going to be in a general sense. In other words, have you become the type of person who exercises faith in Christ, do you seek to repent of your sins through his atonement. Are you earnestly trying as hard as you can to become like Christ? Are you enduring to the end? If you are this type of person, the Grace of Christ will be sufficient for you and you will be washed clean of all your sins because of the mercy and grace of Christ, not because you are perfect, but because you have offered a broken heart and a contrite spirit unto Christ.
If you are not doing these things here upon this earth and do not become this type of person while here upon this earth, then when you die, you stay that way and the mercy and grace of Christ does not wash away your sins, but you pay for them. In other words you have procrastinated your repentance until it is everlastingly to late. Alma is clear about this. Who can dispute this? Who will twist his words into something that will ease their own conscience.
Now those who have not received the Gospel are just as God sees fit. He knows all things and will judge men according to the body, while in the spirit. That is what temple work for the dead is all about. They can not be held accountable for what they did not know, or were not taught. But those of us who have gained the knowledge of the Gospel are held to such.
It is against the words of Alma, thus the Lord, to teach principles that say we who have received the Gospel in this life can live unrighteously, die then figure it out later. That somehow we can repent later. We will pay the price of our own sins, which caused even God to bleed from every pore.
Alma 34
34 Ye cannot say, when ye are brought to that awful crisis, that I will repent, that I will return to my God. Nay, ye cannot say this; for that same spirit which doth possess your bodies at the time that ye go out of this life, that same spirit will have power to possess your body in that eternal world.
(Doctrine and Covenants 19:16-18.)
16 For behold, I, God, have suffered these things for all, that they might not suffer if they would repent;
17 But if they would not repent they must suffer even as I;
18 Which suffering caused myself, even God, the greatest of all, to tremble because of pain, and to bleed at every pore, and to suffer both body and spirit—and would that I might not drink the bitter cup, and shrink—
Notice this says "body". The only body your spirit possesses after death is the one you are resurrected into. So you can not repent after death and are resurrected into the type of body that fits who you are. That is it. You are limited to that body. You do not get another one.
It's not offensive ... just really silly .
Wrong. Until Sola Scriptura is proved, your feet are on sand
Have you had any luck with this one???
Tradition is all you got! i think
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Strange, is it not? That of the myriads who
Before us passed the door of darkness through
Not one returns to tell us of the road
Which to discover we must travel too.
Omar Khayyam
Let everyman decide for themselves the wickedness here.
Thomas Aquinas held that the least pain in purgatory was greater than the worst in this life. Bonaventure said the worst suffering after death was greater than the worst on earth, but the same could not be said regarding the least purgatorial suffering.
Most Catholic theologians hold, with Bellarmine, that in some way the pains of purgatory are greater than those on earth.
Source: The Catholic Catechism, by John A. Harden, S.J., published by Doubleday, copyright 1981, bearing the Imprimatur, Nihil Obstat and Imprimi Potest of the Catholic Church, page 279.
As regards the intensity of the suffering, Bellarmine, a noted Roman Catholic theologian, says:
"The pains in purgatory are very severe, surpassing anything endured in this life."
The Manual of the Purgatorial Society, with the imprimatur of Cardinal Hayes, says:
"According to the Holy Fathers of the Church, the fire of purgatory does not differ from the fire of hell, except in point of duration.
'It is the same fire,' says St. Thomas Aquinas, 'that torments the reprobate in hell, and the just in purgatory. The least pain in purgatory,' he says, "surpasses the greatest suffering in this life. ' Nothing but the eternal duration makes the fire of hell more terrible than that of purgatory."
And in another book with the imprimatur of archbishop Spellman (now Cardinal), Bellarmine is quoted as saying:
"There is absolutely no doubt that the pains of purgatory in some cases endure for entire centuries" (John M. Haffert, Saturday in Purgatory).
Sound bad? INDEED! But for a PRICE, the whore of babylon can reduce your time spent there!
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What happens at death OP?
I'll check back in with this thread and report to you once I'm dead.
Psalms 37:8 Refrain from anger and turn from wrath; do not fretit leads only to evil.
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How can God kill Himself, the Soul of a human is a part of God
What is Heaven and Hell?
Heaven and hell is where the soul receives its punishment and reward after death. Yes, Judaism believes in, and Jewish traditional sources extensively discuss, punishment and reward in the afterlife (indeed, it is one of the "Thirteen Principles" of Judaism enumerated by Maimonides). But these are a very different "heaven" and "hell" than what one finds described in medieval Christian texts or New Yorker cartoons. Heaven is not a place of halos and harps, nor is hell populated by those red creatures with pitchforks depicted on the label of non-kosher canned meat.
After death, the soul returns to its Divine Source, together with all the G-dliness it has "extracted" from the physical world by using it for meaningful purposes. The soul now relives its experiences on another plane, and experiences the good it accomplished during its physical lifetime as incredible happiness and pleasure, and the negative as incredibly painful.
This pleasure and pain are not reward and punishment in the conventional sense--in the sense that we might punish a criminal by sending him to jail or reward a dedicated employee with a raise. It is rather that we experience our own life in its reality--a reality from which we were sheltered during our physical lifetimes. We experience the true import and effect of our actions. Turning up the volume on that TV set with that symphony orchestra can be intensely pleasurable or intensely painful,8--depending on how we played the music of our lives.
When the soul departs from the body, it stands before the Heavenly Court to give a "judgment and accounting" of its earthly life.9 But the Heavenly Court only does the "accounting" part; the "judgment" part--that only the soul itself can do.10 Only the soul can pass judgment on itself--only it can know and sense the true extent of what it accomplished, or neglected to accomplish, in the course of its physical life. Freed from the limitations and concealments of the physical state, it can now see G-dliness; it can now look back at its own life and experience what it truly was. The soul's experience of the G-dliness it brought into the world with its mitzvot and positive actions is the exquisite pleasure of Gan Eden (the "Garden of Eden"--i.e., Paradise); its experience of the destructiveness it wrought through its lapses and transgressions is the excruciating pain of Gehinom ("Gehenna" or "Purgatory").
The truth hurts. The truth also cleanses and heals. The spiritual pain of gehinom--the soul's pain in facing the truth of its life--cleanses and heals the soul of the spiritual stains and blemishes that its failings and misdeeds have attached to it. Freed of this husk of negativity, the soul is now able to fully enjoy the immeasurable good that its life engendered and "bask in the Divine radiance" emitted by the G-dliness it brought into the world
The spiritual pain of gehinom To think that this is a physical pain or fire is absurd an a joke!
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I don't know CRAP! about death except when i meet it then i will find out. Just have seen some strange things in this world and for some one to tell me it's this or that and they have not been there, because those who have died and come back, haven't really died or they would be dead as a door knob now. Reincarnation, now there's something ta wrap ya mind around. Messy stuff death, it is something we all will face. What comes after i don't know and no one else on this earth does either, that's the truth, i reckon.
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When you die, your soul leaves your body right before death. I've experienced it. I died for over 15 minutes according to the medical reports.I laid there wounded and bleeding to death.They brought me back. I WAS DECLARED DEAD. I felt myself leaving and going back to my body.I had a out of body experience. I seen the bright light and by soul headed toward it. I went through this dark tunnel with clay walls.
At the end of the tunnel it felt like I was leaving a grave. You could see the blue sky and the sunny day. At the edge of the grave you could see the green grass around the edges of the hole. It seem like it was another earth or another dimension.Just when things were getting good ,I winded up back in my body.I will never forget that day.
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This is a discussion on Purpose of stockpiling ammo? within the General Firearm Discussion forums, part of the Related Topics category; Originally Posted by Realleycat I just bought 100 rounds of CCI Mini-Mag from my LGS. $29.99!!!! Yikes, that hurt. I'll either stop shooting or look ...
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4 words. Pew pew pew! 'Murica!
I have about 1000-1200 rounds of 9mm sitting in my closet just waiting to be burned through! The only reason I bought so much at one time (5 day period) is because I knew it would be at least a month or two of dry shelves
I got an email from my favorite online ammo store. They had AR-15 ammo in stock at $1 per round. I got home 1 hour and 12 minutes after receiving the email and clicked on the link...they were already out of stock!
My definition of stockpiling is; 1k rnds per weapon plus 250-500 rnds of JHP for each SD weapon, other than antiques. This is not the definition used by many of my relatives and friends, most believe that there is always a need for more ammo regardless of present supply. Up until recently on my normal range trips I expended at least 1k rounds per month.
I've always been a buy as I go kind of guy, but this hysteria has me rethinking my ammo purchases. I'm buying in larger quantities when I see it and will keep a modest cache in my gun safe from now on.
I load up on as much ammo as I can within reason. I have a minimum threshold for each caliber I own, for example 1,200 quality SD 9mm and .45 rounds each, 1,500 5.56, 500 .308, 2,000 .22 ...Anything above is typically FMJ and my recreational ammo. When my personal thresholds are hit, I stop taking the kids to the range and I stop going and depleting my ammo. Its just my method right or wrong. I really enjoy shooting for fun and like most of us, have built up my ammo stocks over an extended period of time and have been disciplined. Just 2 cents.
Really does depend on what a person considered stockpiled ammo. Where I live I have never, and still never, have a problem finding ammo. I get the cheap stuff, 9.99 to 11.99 a box blazer 9mm to plink with. I went in a week ago and bought 14 boxes and while I was there a guy was picking up .223 and didn't seem to have a problem getting it, at least this is what one guy was saying to the other guy he was with. To my husband 14 boxes is stocking up lol. To me 14 boxes is a nice day at the range with friends lol.
Our House Is Protected By The Good Lord And A gun. You Might Meet Both Of Them If You Show Up Inside My House Uninvited.
Even .22 LR ammo is drying up.I usually get my ammo from Wally World and all they have left are boxes of buckshot and a few boxes of .380.9mm ,.45,.22,.223,even ammo for the AKs (forget what rounds those are) are gone.
Also, some of us belong to outdoor ranges that don't sell ammo. Why run to the LGS when you can buy a case and use it for a month or so? If it was on sale, why not stock up? Have you not seen the top couponer show where people have a year's supply of soda?
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Purpose for stockpiling ammo is the same as rationale for stockpiling food, water or purchasing other supplies that you expect to be in short supply.
Yoda, I am, yes.
I think the reason why is that there were rumors that the Gov't may increase taxes on ammo to the point where even if you have firearms you couldn't afford the ammo. I myself buy a box each for my Ruger P90, my Glock 27 and my Bersa Thunder 380.
Hey all, thanks for the lively discussion. Good points I didn't think about (especially the competitive shooters). I feel better knowing that I am not missing the boat so to speak with my relatively small hoard of bullets (200). For me, it is more than enough. I guess I just wanted to make sure I didn't need to run out and buy another 1000 rounds cause I didn't know something. I feel better.
As for roving gangs doing home invasions, well, if that happens I am going to bug out and head over to my buddies house. He stockpiles AR's and ammo like I do donuts and coffee cakes :)
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The zloty slipped and the yield on Polish 10-year notes fell for a third day amid speculation the central bank will cut interest rates today to boost the economy.
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Policy makers will probably lower borrowing costs by a quarter of a percentage point for the third month today to spur economic growth, according to all 33 economists surveyed by Bloomberg. The decision will come around midday in Warsaw, followed by Governor Marek Belka's press conference at 4 p.m.
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I didn't vote for him and will never vote for him. The only bright lights are that our new Attorney General is a Republican...first time in generations...and Rockefeller isn't running again. Republican Congresswoman Shelly Moore Capito has a very good chance of taking that seat.
If Joe thinks that West Virginians don't use guns for self defense he's sorely mistaken, in fact it makes me LOL. I know lots of WV's who own guns and many of them don't hunt. This may be Joe's downfall...one can only hope.


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Ari Kuschnir & Scott Thrift: The Process And Problems Of Creating A Product [PSFK 2013]
Ahead of the PSFK 2013 Conference in NYC, the co-founders of m ss ng p eces and The Present discuss their experiences developing the world's first annual clock.
As part of the run-up to PSFK CONFERENCE 2013 in New York this April, PSFK will be publishing a series of short interviews with speakers to give a taste of what will be discussed in this meeting of creative minds. Ari Kushnir and Scott Thrift, co-founders of m ss ng p eces and The Present — the world's first annual clock which they funded using Kickstarter. They chatted with PSFK about the development of their project and the trials and tribulations they faced as they undertook each step of the creative process.
First of all, how did you come up with the idea of an annual clock, and how did it grow out of m ss ng p eces?
Ari: As an overview, Scott and I started the creative production company m ss ng p eces 7 years ago, and have since added two additional partners, Kate & Josh, and a growing roster of directors that I oversee.
In late 2011, Scott crystallized an idea for a cool new product, an annual wall clock that tells time in seasons called ThePresent, and put it up on Kickstarter. At the time I thought of it as an experimental side project that Scott was pursuing and expected to sell 100 or so to friends. Kickstarter changed all that when it received almost 100k in funding! We realized we had to rethink its potential, and its viability as a separate business.
We are in the process of separating m ss ng p eces and ThePresent as entities, which in turn presents an interesting duality–one company produces branded content and commercials while the other one is a physical product. Scott and I plan to discuss both entities onstage because one of the first things Piers asked us was why a production company was making an annual clock? …Great question!
What are the trials and tribulations you have encountered in developing your product?
Ari: The first 'trial' was that neither of us had any experience creating a physical product/object. M ss ng p eces has always been focused on telling stories through commercials, films, documentaries. We knew how to use film & video as a medium. But an actual physical product? We had to learn fast once we realized it had serious potential. After that, the main 'tribulation' was that an annual movement for a clock didn't exist. You can't buy one on Amazon and have it shipped to you! We had to have it designed and engineered for the first time, and to make things even more difficult, we couldn't find a single US company capable of engineering this never-before considered clock movement. We finally found a great company in Germany who have been wonderful to work with.
Were there any unique challenges that you faced in creating an item of this nature?
Scott: I think managing your own expectations on how long it can take to make something like this happen is the biggest challenge. Being new to all this, I thought this would come together in a few months until I realized how incredibly complicated the process was. People's expectations of a designer product, for example, and how it gets made are skewed to a certain degree. We've encountered every challenge you can think of from sourcing materials, to contacting vendors, to making the clock in the US, to crafting the first annual movement–every single step of the way there has been some challenge.
That's how it goes though, right? When you try to do something totally new, it's always going to test everything you have in you.
How much did you rely on audience participation, versus getting support from your backers, as you embarked on your journey?
Scott: When you go into a Kickstarter project, you need make a decision early on whether you'll hold a vote from your backers to find out what direction you should go in. Luckily, all of my backers trusted me, and my judgment, so I wasn't leaning on the audience to help me to define the product in any way. I was fortunate to have their utmost support.
Ari: Scott did a great job in updating the backers with a video every month—we think this had a lot to do with why people trust him to make the right decisions. They are beautiful pieces of storytelling that kept all of the backers very involved in the entire process. He detailed the challenges along the way, and in the end, people actually want the video update series to continue beyond Kickstarter. The video and the storytelling have become part of the overall experience, which is how our expertise helped the process along. In fact, we are going to have even more fun now that we don't have to stress about the production. Keep your eyes out for videos we're producing to promote the project, that's the fun part for me!
Thanks Ari and Scott!
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Blood on Roof Liner
Need help here... I was taking by dad to lunch today and he had a cut on his hand, when he grabbed the handle on the passanger side and got some blook on the beige roof liner. Does anyonehave any suggestions on how to clean it. I have not done anything not wanting the stain to set.
I do have the 3M package if that make a differnece.
I would first wipe with cold water, then with non-bleach laundry detergent. I am a judo player and I get blood on my uniform all the time. Don't use hot water. Protein stains, like grass or blood, attach to surface when heated.
Where is Dexter when you need him? :)
I have had good luck with those Mr Clean "eraser" blocks for similar stains resulting from Grandkids. Don't use hot water however! Now if you had a nice leather headliner......:angel:
None of the above. Just use store bought hydrogen peroxide liquid directly on the blood stain. Takes the blood out immediately.
Learned that from my vet which had it on hand when I took my chocolate lab dog in for a cut in his ear after he was bitten by accident by another dog during play. My dog shook his head, sending blood everywhere and all over my clothes. A bit of hydrogen peroxide and it was gone.
That is a bleach (think - "bottle blonde") so I would be very careful with putting that on the headliner.:angel:
Spot shot works great on things like that and should be safe to use on the headliner.
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Drew Barrymore "terrified" of "Grey Gardens" role
By Bob Tourtellotte
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - She comes from a famous Hollywood family, began acting as a kid and has worked with many top directors, but Drew Barrymore was never as terrified of a role as she was for her latest part in "Grey Gardens."
The television movie, which debuts on HBO on Saturday, stars the 34-year-old Barrymore as Edith "Little Edie" Bouvier Beale, the eccentric cousin of Jacqueline Kennedy Onassis, who lived a reclusive life of wealth and extreme poverty before her death in 2002.
To take on the role, Barrymore, who made her name as the child in "E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial" in 1982, had to age herself with makeup and costumes from a college-age ingenue to an elderly woman, and she had to master the accent of upper-crust New York society. She says she had to campaign for the role, which only added to the stress when it came time to perform.
"This had a challenge in every freakin' corner, it was terrifying," Barrymore told Reuters. "But I just fell in love with her, who she was and who she became."
Beale and her mother Edith "Big Edie" Bouvier Beale, were members of New York City society, but after her father, Phelan Beale, abandoned the family in the early days of the Great Depression, they slowly began to fall on hard times.
Mother and daughter took up residence in their sprawling manor, Grey Gardens, on Long Island, New York and as the years went by they lived on a smaller allowance from Phelan Beale.
The house fell into disrepair, and was overrun by cats and rodents. It became such a nuisances that local officials threatened to raze the mansion until Jackie O stepped-in to aid her cousin and aunt.
Documentary makers Albert and David Maysles ventured out to Long Island in the early 1970s and made a documentary movie about the Beales called "Grey Gardens." Continued...


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Seneca County Cornell Cooperative Extension 4-H Youth Development is launching its new Shooting Sports program with an Open House on Sunday, November 11th from 1:00 pm to 3:30 pm at the Kuneytown Sportsmen's Club, Hoster Rd in Fayette (near Seneca Stone. Follow signs from Rt. 414). The event is open to boys and girls ages 9 to 19 who are interested in shooting & the conservation of natural resources. 4-H Shooting Sports is just one of the many 4-H programs that provide an array of activities & events that foster positive youth development.
The day will give participants a chance to sample a few of the disciplines that are offered through NYS 4-H Shooting Sports. Youth will rotate through stations where they will experience air rifle, archery, living history, and hunting/wildlife. When the program is fully implemented there will also be instruction in muzzleloading, rifle, and shotgun. In the Shooting Sports program youth learn marksmanship, the safe and responsible use of firearms, the principles of hunting and archery, and much more. The activities of the program and support of caring adult leaders provide young people with opportunities to develop life skills, self-worth, and conservation ethics.
Space is limited to 32 participants and registration prior to the event is requested in order that necessary paperwork is completed. Registration fee for the Open House is $5 per youth. If registrants are not already enrolled as 4-H members 4-H enrollment paperwork must be completed in order to participate. 4-H enrollment information is available at www.SenecacountyCCE.org. Individuals can register for the event by calling the Seneca County CCE office at 315-539-9251, e-mailing email@example.com, stopping at the CCE office at 308 Main Street Shop Centre in Waterloo, or on-line at https://reg.cce.cornell.edu/ssoh_245.


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As for the 3 Taurus that has been shown above i would have to say with just looking at them i would have to go with the first one that was shown. please someone explain the diffrence between the 3 handguns
A Model 415 .41 mag, a model 608 .357 mag, and a model 941 .22 mag.
As for the 3 Taurus that has been shown above i would have to say with just looking at them i would have to go with the first one that was shown. please someone explain the diffrence between the 3 handguns
these as with any revolvers come in many calibers and barrel length.The longer the barrel the easier to hit real accuritely.The first one is what is referred too as a snub nose or snubby.A good choice for ccw due to small barrel length.This like any come in selection of caliber.The most popular is the .38.It is a good weapon especially with advances in ammo manufacturing.It is and has been a mainstay of detectives nationwide as primary and backup.They seem hard to shoot for newbies due to short sight radious-but that is also proven wrong with proper training and good basic shooting skills.With an exposed hammer like these you have the SA/DA ability.Cock the hammer and trigger pull is light.I like them for the history they have,simplicity of design and ease of concealment.
The other 2 are the same basic pistol with longer barrels.The larger revolvers also seem to have a wider range of caliber choice.The longer barrel seems to be able to hit more accuritely due to longer sight radious.But the snub nose can be just as accurite.
Dont totally dismiss revolvers as they are fine pistols.Over a lifetime I have had a number of these and always enjoyed them.They are a great self defense weapon.5or 6 rounds of .38 into an attacker will get good results if they are in the proper spot.
I hope this helps you Lisa
I have a Taurus 85 revolver, double/single action, and I love it. Have had no problems with it so far.
I had an 85 and a 605? (357 version) and I really liked them both. Wish I'd kept them. Good guns.
Hey everyone. I'm a proud new owner of an old gun a 741 32h&r (my first wheel gun). But I am not new to Taurus as I have already owned a pt909 and a 709 slim. At the moment I am very pleased with the gun. I use to carry it from time to time and it conceals quite well.
32mag caliber is a good load for the reality of the country I am living in (Portugal quite peaceful ). Only cons the price of ammo. Here it's stupidly expensive. So I practice with 32 S&W long and carry 32mag. I made de the wood grips myself as an after work project.
This is my Taurus .38 SPL+P,One day I may be posting the Taurus .357 Mag here too.


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Converting MeijerG to Special Function like ln(x+1) in Mathematica?
Does Mathematica have a similar function to this?
which results in: (1/(2 Sqrt[Pi]) x^3 Exp[-x/2] (BesselK[0,x/2]+BesselK[1,x/2]).
You can see what the result would be here: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Meijer_G-function
I found this nice list of special functions on the Mathematica web site (http://functions.wolfram.com/HypergeometricFunctions/MeijerG/03/01/03/23/) and can look it up, but would rather be able to go in each direction by typing a command.
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POCATELLO, Idaho - Nearly 300 rodeo contestants from around the state are saddling-up for the 17th annual Idaho High School Rodeo in Pocatello this week.
Today marks the first day of a series of competitive events, where boys and girls will go head-to-head in the cow cutting competition.
Two-time state champion and current holder of the national championship title, Sadee Smith from Middleton High School described how the competition is judged.
"You have two and a half minutes to show-off your horse's ability and you will cut anywhere from two to three cows," Smith, 17, said. "Basically, you're just trying to mirror the cow and do it as pretty as you can."
Smith has been competing since she was eight years old. This will be the first time she is competing with a new trusty companion, a horse called Icky.
"I have spent a lot of time on Miss Icky, here, and went many miles with her," Smith said in reference to Icky being almost another member of the family.
For the Smith family, obtaining a national title when it comes to rodeo runs strong in the family genes. Smith, along with her sister and cousin, Garrett, are also national and state champions.
However, representing Idaho on a national scale comes in a different rodeo form as well.
Recent Pocatello High School graduate Maicie Bullock, 18, is the new reigning national rodeo queen.
Bullock said Pocatello hosting the rodeo for nearly two decades has almost become a tradition for rodeo enthusiasts around the state. She feels this event is a good way to draw families out to spend time together in a fun environment.
"It's going to be so much fun," Bullock said. "We have got so many great cowboys and great cowgirls to come see. It is almost better than a professional rodeo to watch."
Today's event is judged based on how how effortless the contestants appear.
"They go in there and their horses sort out the cows. The more action you get in the better you do," Bullock said.
"They (the contestants) are actually kicking, shifting their weight, spurring-up, sitting down to get it to stop, and they have got to do all of that without being obvious to the judges," rodeo director for the state of Idaho Brent Robertson said.
Robertson said the contestants start out with a set number of points. Then based off their performance, they can either gain or lose points.
"You have to look like you're not doing anything but you are really doing a lot," Robertson said.
The winners of today's competition will not be announced until later tomorrow after the second round of cow cutting competitors take the arena floor.
The rodeo will continue through Saturday and events will take place everyday this week.
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Hello all, need an advice from you. I uploaded BGM on audiojungle but it's hard rejected. I'm still newbie on music composition but i want to learn in and success on this field. If you don't mind you can critic me and give advice which i should improve Thanks beforeHere is the audio : https://soundcloud.com/uzack01/happy-shop-preview
Congratulations mate
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Thank you ThomasVoMusic, i will add more dynamic and process instrument with reverb and EQs
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Thanks once more, i really appreciate it
I have an music which i have uploaded to AJ, but it was hard rejected because this reason : This submission does not meet our commercial composition/arrangement standard, unfortunately. Personally i think this music has meet the commercial arrangement, so i want to know where area must be improved so my music will be accepted by AJ from other people. Sometimes critiques open some blind spot .Here is my file : https://soundcloud.com/uzack01/i-am-alive
Thanks all
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