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Armor of God
Main Idea: As the Epistle comes to a close we are given encouragement and warning. We are to have a strong faith in our Lord, trust in His Mighty Power; we are to trust in Him, not in ourselves. We are to prepare for life's battle against the evils and hostilities, seen and unseen. Therefore, we must prepare ourselves by thinking like soldiers in battle so we can resist and stand against evil and the powers of darkness. We are to stand our ground with the Truth of God's Word, know God's Word and be ready. We are to be a people of integrity. Our shield is faith. Our confidence is that God is working and be assured of our salvation and the contentment of the peace of God and the power of the Holy Spirit. Then, we can not only be prepared, but endure attacks from our enemy, human and spiritual. We must, at all times, be in prayer. Prayer is the prime tactic and communication platform of our battel. We must allow the Word of God to impact us wholeheartedly!
Contexts and Background:
There is a war going on and we are in it! Paul describes the conflict we all may face and gives exhortations. He uses the metaphor of Greek wrestler who must face an opponent. He must study the weaknesses and condition himself properly for the match. Paul's outline of a Christian's enemy is also like that of a general giving a prewar pep talk and reminders for the battle describing the purpose of the uniform. Paul's people would be very familiar with these illustrations. Our lives on this earth is foreign; we are sojourners waiting for our true home to come in eternity. Meanwhile, God is with us here, too. Emmanuel.
Commentary—Word and Phrase Meanings:
- Be strong. Roman soldiers must stay in formation, rely on their training and--above all else--stand their ground and never retreat. They had various formations of interlocking shields; if one solder broke ranks, it jeopardized all the others. They also gained strength in one another. These are all direct applications for a real Christian, as our strength is in the Lord and the help of fellow believers (1 Thess. 5:8).
- Mighty power / power of His might. Meaning bodily strength, signifying we are not in this alone when we face opposition (Eph. 1:15-23; 2:4-6; 3:16-19).
- Full armor of God. Paul gives a description of Roman Battle Gear as an image of the weapons Christ gives us to use. When we face the opposition to God as His children, we may come to blows. We put on a new set of spiritual clothes, battle gear. Thus, God acts like a warrior and calls us to war. No weapon shall defeat us when we have the armor of God. This was also the image many Jewish people wanted in a Messiah (Isa. 54:17; 59:17; Song of Sol. 5:17-20; Col. 3:10).
- Stand against. We do so like a soldier ready for battle by our purity and integrity, in God's peace by our trust and obedience. The closer we are to Christ, the closer we are to contentment and what is really important in life. Because His peace allows for wisdom and strength, it promotes us to love and forgiveness too (Col. 3:15-17).
- Devil's schemes / whiles. He is the slanderer, and appeals to our pride and our lust for materialism, power, and the flesh. Our response to Satan's lies is God's true Truth and our character (Rom. 8:31-34; Eph. 2:8-9; 4:25; 5:9: 1 John 4:1; James 4:7).
- Flesh and blood. This may refer to Human corruption, false teachers, powerful, political figures and people of wealth and power. Most people assume our main enemy is the government, overloads, dictators, but these are usually the puppets of the evil one. Even though we may admire, envy, or fear people in leadership, they too are mere people, while Jesus is Lord and thus Superior. All we really need to do is to submit to God (Isa. 55:8-9; Luke 8:11; Rom. 13:1-7; Eph. 6:10-17; Col. 1:15-20; 1 Pet. 1:22-2:3)!
- Rulers, against the authorities, against the powers. Satan may be the "ruler" of the earth, with tyrannical power, but God is God and is still King and in charge! You are asked to choose between them (Eph. 2:1-10).
- Dark world / Darkness. This refers to sin and the ways of the world that are meaningless and hopeless. Christ is the Perfection; He has the power and authority to be the Light and shatter the darkness on our behalf (Isa. 29:15; 47:10; 2 Cor. 3:15; 4:4-6; 6:14; Eph. 5:8-14; Phil. 2:15; Col. 1:9-14; 1 Thess. 5:5).
- Spiritual forces of evil. Our spiritual enemies, Satan and the world's kingdom are totally without the light of truth, peace and love. The nature of many of our battles is spiritual--Satan at work in others' lives, even ours, influencing, conniving and manipulating. Remember, we have the power to submit to Christ instead. Our battle is won in prayer and submission to Christ a Lord (Gen. 32:22-32; Dan. 10:10-21; Acts 26:18; 2 Cor. 6:14; Gal. 4:3; Col. 1:13; Eph. 2:2; 3:10; 6:12; 1 John 2:9-11).
- Heavenly realms/places. Where God is. In Paul's time, there was no distinction between what lies outside of the atmosphere and what is heaven and the various levels of it. This, in context, showcases Who and What Christ is, Who redeems us, as Christ was raised from the dead, He also raises us out of sin by His victory over death and makes us to be eternal with Him. It also means we are purposed and governed by and by Christ for His glory (Eph. 1:3-6; 22; 2:6; 3:10).
- Day of evil. Usually this refers to a day of judgment or testing. It can also refer to a period of intense tribulation many Christians have experienced since the early Church (Amos 6:3; Dan. 12:1; Rom. 8:22-23).
- Stand your ground. Accomplish, withstand or finish the task as victors with what God gives us. The victory of Christ is given to us! This can be applied to sin, disease, pride, spiritualism, or spiritual warfare (Isa. 14:12-14; John 12:31-33; Col. 2:15).
- Belt / fastened / Girdle of truth. The leather apron around and under the armor that protected the abdomen, holds up the armor and the sword. It protects our vital areas, as a seatbelt harness protects a race car driver. Truth holds our lives together, and it defends against arrogance and ignorance and give us conviction and confidence (John 14: 6).
- Breastplate of righteousness. Leather overlaid with metal that protected the vital organs, only used in battle, not normal wear. This protects our hearts from immoral behavior and other areas that may cause death if we are wounded. Doing right will protect our hearts from evil. We can stand up against false accusations and persecution, being protected by the righteous character of Christ imputed to us. Allow Christ to give you the power--His power to resist temptation, and then follow His character (Rom 4:6-11; Phil. 3:9)!
- Feet / shoes fitted / with the readiness / peace. Roman soldiers wore sturdy sandals with extra leather strapping that went up the ankle, so they would not worry what they stepped on. Feet that are prepared with the Gospel of Peace are protected by taking a stand, which is faith in our beliefs, by His grace. This is our firm footing confidence, stability and steadfastness in Christ for life's battles (Isa 52:7; Eph. 2:14-17).
- Gospel of peace. Irony, the peace of Christ ready's us for battle.
- Shield of faith. Large wooden rectangular shields four feet long that covered the soldier's body that could interlock with other shields. Also, covered with leather that was wetted to put off flaming arrows. Our faith in God will help protect us from the evil and the intimidation we face; we need to be interlocked with others for group protection, making us invincible.
- Flaming arrows. Arrows dipped in pitch and set on fire, a weapon of terror, set our confidence in the faithfulness of Christ (Phil. 1:6).
- Helmet of salvation. Metal headgear only used in battle. It protects our lives from the devil's lies, because it is one thing that we can never lose. This is our confidence, and His faithfulness that He gave us salvation that Satan cannot take away. It protects our minds from indifference and false beliefs, and misguided advice from friends and the media (Isa. 59:17; Phil. 1:6; 1 Thess. 5:8).
- Sword of the Spirit. Usually over two feet long, along with pikes, the main close range offensive weapon to cut, stab and slash the enemy. God's Word gives us our main confidence that holds up the rest of our weapons. This allegory helps protect us from what tempts us, and it will cut to the hearts of those who hear the Word of God. Jesus defeated Satan during His time of temptation by quoting the Word; so should we (Matt 4:1-11; Luke 4:1-13)!
- Word of God. Meaning the teachings of Jesus Christ, clarified and uncompromised true Truth of His Word now found in Scripture (at this time, it was oral and in letter form; now we have it in the Old and New Testaments) as well as the words, character, and precepts of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ. How He lived and what He taught must also permeate and engage us--what He taught and modeled and how we are learning and responding to Him. We are to learn and employ what He has for us. It is not just enough to know; we must also be. Learn it, know it, be it, and do it. This is our study, for internalization that transforms, and gives application (John 14:16; 16:13; 20:31; Rom. 8:9; 1 Cor. 12:13; Col.1:15-20; 3:15-19; Eph. 5:14; Phil. 2:6-11; 1 Tim. 3:16).
Devotional Thoughts and Applications:
Real, spiritual warfare has more to do with the battle of the will than what we see in movies or from false teachers. God's desire is for us to be formed in Jesus Christ as LORD for our battels. Satan wants us to be centered on anything but that; he wants us to be disobedient and distorted to the things of God. God wants us surrendered and dependent with faith upon Him. This is the battle; this is where the line is drawn, where what we choose will determine whether we serve Satan or Christ. There is no in-between, no middle ground, and no other choice for us to accept.
God wants you to overcome Satan; you do not have to believe in Satan's deceptions and lies. Not only can we resist Satan, but we can actually overcome him! Revelation 12:11 says "They overcame him by the blood of the Lamb, and by the word of their testimony; and they loved not their lives unto death." Jesus has already overcome Satan by His triumph on the Cross, and that victory has been imparted unto us! If you have confessed your sins under the shed blood of Jesus Christ, you have been cleansed and are no longer under the control of Satan. This is called the Testimony of Jesus. It refers to the testimony that Jesus bore by His work and involvement. Christ's blood and sacrifice prevails when we accept it and use it as our main artillery. Our unwavering faith in Christ, by whom and what He has done, is too much for Satan to handle; he cannot stand against the goodness of Christ. Thus, when we are in Christ, we prevail; Satan has already lost and has been defeated (Rev. 1:2, 9; 12:11; 19:10).
Church Leadership Tip: We must make sure our value system is based on God's true Truth! Not the worlds or the lies of culture! We are to be the influencers of culture not the receivers. This is where the church is week and prone to attack. (Isaiah 54:17; Ephesians 6:10-18)
The Essential Inductive Questions (for more Inductive questions see Inductive Bible Study):
- What does this passage say?
- What does this passage mean?
- What is God telling me?
- How am I encouraged and strengthened?
- Is there sin in my life for which confession and repentance is needed?
- How can I be changed, so I can learn and grow?
- What is in the way of these precepts affecting me? What is in the way of my listening to God?
- How does this apply to me? What will I do about it?
- What can I model and teach?
- What does God want me to share with someone?
Additional Questions:
- What is the armor of God? What does this mean for you that God provides this tool?
- How does the peace of Christ ready us for battel?
- What are some of the things Satan wants us to be centered on? What has allured you? What have you done to combat the devils tactics?
- What encouragements and warnings have you been given? How do the two go together?
- Look over each piece of a Roman solder's battel gear from the passage. How does each one help you when trials come? How do they work together?
- Why must we stand our ground with the Truth of God's Word?
- What have you done to prepare for life's battle against spiritual warfare seen and unseen?
- How many times have you prayed before facing temptation?
- This passage implies that our purity and integrity help us in God's peace and life's battels. What can you do to grow more in this area?
- Why would God ask us to prepare ourselves by thinking like a solder in battel? Have you done this? What were the results?
- What can your church do to help you and others becomes strong faith in our Lord, and trust in His Mighty Power?
- What can you do more to know God's Word and be ready for whatever in life comes your way?
© 2016, R. J. Krejcir Ph.D. Into Thy Word Ministries www.intothyword.org


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We are unique. And cultured, and well bred too. We are god fearing, and know which god to turn to, and when. We are taught our roles in society very early in our lives. We are polite and respectful of our elders. We act for the larger good of the family, and value their opinion even when it comes to that collective decision as to whom each one of us should marry. It might all sound a bit challenging but not so much when you see everybody else around you doing it without much ado. We know what to accept and what to rebuff, and what to shut our eyes to. We are quite a piece of art, really, classical maybe, but beautiful every time, as façade was always a priority. Keep up the good face, as other people don't have to know what's troubling you inside.
We are pretty creative too. We are a nation obsessed with art, and music, and dance, and theatre, and films, and we have pretty strong opinions about each one of them as we see them not just as art forms but also as medium of expression. So what do we do when any of them stray from the said code that we were raised on, when they dare to express what challenges the "culture"? Questions our beliefs? Mars our image? We immediately yield to that hard trained instinct.
We shut our eyes!
Or we ban them!
So that we don't have to deal with it. It's much simpler that way, trust us. You could call it escapism or opportunism. We simply hate to wash our dirty laundry in public. So anybody who dares to express "unpleasant" truths will be shown his place. Hope, you still remember what happened to Uber taxi, Satanic Verses, Comedy Central and homosexuals.
We might be a free nation, but freedom of expression with us has always been a dubious area, as our Independence of 68 years is yet to figure that part out- the expression part. You express it through art, books or films; some of us invariably find a way to drive in the ban nail every time you jump the "culture" gun. Of the lot, films have more often than not been on the receiving end, as it obviously makes a deeper impact on public psyche capable of attracting wider attention when compared to any other media.
In the light of the most recent controversy about the Censor Board being overruled by the Film Certification Appellate Tribunal in the case of a film, and the following brouhaha about the resignation of the board's chief along with twelve others has in fact resurrected once again the age-old question about the very relevance of the board.
Do we still need it?
Isn't it time already to shoot down the very idea?
Isn't it enough that the board's responsibilities be limited to just certifying films as age appropriate?
|Banned for its "vulgar & offensive" sexual content
So long as we work within the broader domain of decency and public interest, do we really need the clippers to keep a check on us? A panel that insists on flashing "smoking kills" every time somebody lights a cigarette onscreen shouldn't be the ones that dictate what deserves to be watched and what not! (There couldn't have been a more adolescent approach to tackling health issues, worse still at the cost of somebody's artistic creation). Why should a "selected" few have an upper hand over some poor man's sweat and toil of months or perhaps even years in certain cases? Is it too much to ask for seeing it only as an individual's view or that of a small group? How low has the level of our tolerance plunged to?
Veteran filmmakers of the likes of Adoor Gopalakrishnan, Shyam Benegal and Mrinal Sen have vehemently been against this "outdated institution, which serves only a negative role" as "it depends a lot on the opinions of various people in power and position".
What are the deciding factors that regulate censoring parts of a film or banning it as a whole? Offensive language? Unflinching depiction of sex? Nudity? Violence? Its capacity to create religious disharmony, or political unrest? Or all of it?
Shekhar Kapur's Bandit Queen was initially banned by the Censor Board not especially for the offensive language, or the brutally realistic depiction of rape, as they undoubtedly was covered by the 'A' (Adult)- certification. The film raised numerous questions about prevailing inequalities in our society, and so it was banned for its potential to rake up a political disruption! The ludicrous reasons for the initial ban on Gulzar's Aandhi was the striking similarity between the then Prime Minister Indira Gandhi and the film's protagonist who takes to drinking and smoking during traumatic election campaigns.
Following the initial ban for its sexual content, Mira Nair's Kamasutra- A Tale of Love had to be released with 2 minute cut of nudity in spite of an 'A' certificate.
There always seems to be an agenda behind the forces that operate the cleaver, and it more often than not has been observed to come from primitive meaningless urges. Urges of any Mahesh, Suresh or Ramesh. International filmmakers have frequently refused bowing to these urges, disagreeing with the board's decree to disfigure their films. When Steven Spielberg's Saving Private Ryan was blocked by the Censor Board for excessive violence, he decided not to release it in India altogether, which is when the case was reconsidered and with the intervention of the then Home Minister the film subsequently released. More recently David Lynch's The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo faced a similar ban, this time for graphic depiction of rape, and the film was cancelled release when the director refused the stipulated cuts. Isn't it a bit too outmoded in this day and age when the Internet has made the decorous intentions of censor board redundant with accessibility to any material world over just a click away?
At the end of the day it's only an individual's choice as to which film to watch, as there always is an option not to, or better still, stop watching right when it starts getting offensive or tasteless for you. But when there is a faction of people in general and the film fraternity in particular that insists on having the Censor Board in tact in order to avoid "total moral disintegration" of society, it's hard to break free from those iron cuffs that has so bound our Human Rights for years. Maybe we probably are yet to emerge from the societal conditioning that we need surveillance on our every step, that parental correcting, or maybe the attitude of servility that the British Raj has created in our minds is still lurking in the genes as dogged masochism. But say what you want, or think what you will as we are unique. And cultured, and well bred, and perfect and everything. And that's all that matters.

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18 of the Most Absurdly Expensive Toys in the World
Hot Wheels Rear Loading Beach Bomb
That's not a giant, working van right there, that's a pretty standard little Hot Wheels car that was made in 1969 and goes for the not-so-standard Hot Wheels price of around $100,000 at auction.
Diamond Scrabble
That's a regular version of the board game Scrabble, except for the part about it being made of diamonds and being sold for tens of thousands of dollars.
Henes Broon F-Series Luxury Kids Car
Now, you can actually get this for under $1,000, making it one of the most reasonably priced items on this list, but we have to include a kid's toy car that includes leather seats, an MP3 player, and a detachable Android tablet.
Nintendo Wii Supreme
Now this is an expensive toy. The Nintendo Wii Supreme, which as you can tell from the pictures is coated in actual gold, can be yours for the low price of about $500,000.
White Gold Pacifier
Okay, so while a pacifier isn't technically a toy in the traditional sense, we have to include any item geared toward children that's made of white gold and retails at a little under $20,000.
New England Lodge Playhouse
Kids love playing in little clubhouses, but you'd probably be better off just building one yourself rather than dropping more than $50,000 on this little house that has the options to add cable TV and air conditioning.
Lamborghini Aventador 1/8 Scale Model Car
For the record, at $4.8 million, this small toy car is vastly more expensive than the real thing, thanks to it being adorned with diamonds and platinum.
Grand Crimson Dragon
You would think that for just under $14,000 this giant "toy" dragon would be something a kid could actually play with, rather than just admiring it and using it as decoration.
Child's Mercedes 500 SL 2-Seater
Coming in with a price tag of $9,492, it would almost be a better idea to just find your six year old an actual used Mercedes and buy him that than this absurdly overpriced toy.


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Monday, September 14, 2009
Keeping little hands busy
The other day I was at Joann's buying some fabric (shocking, I know) and saw some super cute Halloween necklace kits in the checkout line for only $1 apiece. This is my kind of budget for a kid craft. So I brought home this sweet little kit for my 3 year old as a fun surprise (my mom was watching the kids that afternoon, God bless her) and he just loved doing it.
I'm not sure there will ever be anything cuter than those tiny little hands. And sometimes I wonder if I could possibly love my kids any more than I already do...yah, let's be honest, I've got years to pack it in.
For only $1 you can't expect the highest quality...before he even put it on I had to super glue the ghost "BOO" back onto the screw-in ring it hangs from. :)
If I were a really good blogger I would already have an action shot to post. Tomorrow I will work on it. But I had to seize my free moment and free thought space when I could. I know you understand. Pin It
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Oh I love these! I wish there was Jo-annes around me. Do you think I can order them online?ReplyDelete
Don't be silly, Bree! I'll pick some up for you when I go next and send them out. And, of course we love the same crafts. :)ReplyDelete
Really?! Thank you so much! I owe you a latte (or 2!) when I come to town :)ReplyDelete
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Chinese ancient art does not always feature Chinese characteristics. The art can be western with carefully carved western faces or decorated patterns, due to cultural exchanges through land and sea Silk Roads.
Some creative pieces can be found within the "Sailing Far and Wide on the Sea: Exhibition of Treasures from the Maritime Silk Road" at the Capital Museum in Beijing from April 25 to June 22, 2014.
Four sections of the show bring together important Maritime Silk Road remnants from seven coastal provinces in China, such as porcelain, statues, ornaments, and even a hand-painted map that rebuilds a glorious picture of thousands of miles of sea voyages ranging from ancient China to the Qing Dynasty (1644-1911).
Let's take a look at the Chinese ancient art with western styles that still considered beautiful to this day.
A Yue ware lion-shaped candlestick with blue glaze from the Western Jin Dynasty (265-316). It was unearthed at the cemetery of the Yang clan from the Western Jin Dynasty in Xintai, Shangdong province. The lion image is often seen on ancient Egypt carvings. In Buddhist culture, the lion is the animal god that protects and maintains Buddha. Lions originated in India, Southeast Europe and Africa, and during the Han Dynasty (206BC-AD220) they were introduced into China and gradually became the country's most representative animal god. [Photo by Wen Yi/chinadaily.com.cn]
A silver bowl with Makara designs from the Tang Dynasty (618-907). It was unearthed from the tomb of Wang, wife of Chen Yuantong of the Tang Dynasty.
A Western person's figurine from the Southern and Northern Dynasties (420-581).
A tricolor-glazed pottery figurine from the Tang Dynasty (618-907).
A Changsha ware celadon ewer with a handle and brown appliqué design from the Tang Dynasty (618-907). It was unearthed from a Tang tomb in Zhuangyi village, Zhuangyuan township, Longwan district, Wenzhou in June 1980.


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Regular readers of this blog (Hi family members and Christian singles!) may recall my New Year's Resolution for 2012. I wanted to do something that really scared me, and I decided that getting up in front of an audience and trying to be funny into a microphone would achieve that goal nicely.
But it was not to be. I chose Raw Comedy for my forum, which happens to be one of the most publicised, and therefore populated, open-mic competitions in the country. I was put on a waiting list for a heat, and there I sat until the waiting list petered out into nothing.
But a deliciously superior alternative has presented itself in the form of Skepticamp Sydney 2012.
"What is Skepticamp?" you may ask, unless you're one of Australia's intellectual elite. And it is, according to the online home of Skepticamp:
"...an informal, community-organized conference borne from the desire for people to share and learn in an open environment. Everyone from casual skeptics to the experienced participate, give talks and get to know each other."
In other words, a big, cosy, critically-thought-out group cuddle. Nice. And it's all un-organised by some amazing people like Jason Brown, @tinydalek, Dave the Happy Singer* and a host of others that I plan to wrap my arms around in a non-creepy way** on the day.
And yes, I plan to speak. If I can haul my tired bottom from the Central Coast to Sydney in time to pop my name on the speakers' list, I will step up to the mike and deliver a short speculative piece entitled 'A Day in the Life of a Scrupulous Woo Pedlar'.
And yes, it rhymes. It's what I have instead of a science qualification.
Now here's a revolutionary idea: WHY NOT COME ALONG? It's this Saturday 26th May at 10am at the University of Technology on Broadway in Sydney. Go here for free tickets and more words.
Here are some statements in support of my revolutionary idea:
It's free. It's fun. It has very nice very smart people at it. You'll learn something. THERE ARE CUPCAKES. There is lunch. It is not dangerous. It will give you some exciting ideas. There are (probably) no zombies going. There will be drinks afterwards. If you've ever been to a sciencey skeptically conferencey thingy before, you'll enjoy it. If you've never been to a sciencey skeptically conferencey thingy before, you'll enjoy it. Because I said so. Because you can do a talk if you want. Because you have nothing better to do.
Now if you'll excuse me, I'm going to bounce up and down with anticipation.
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The Post Office in Ashurst Wood is to be relocated to Ashurst Wood Village Store in Maypole Road later this year.
Officials say that the move will provide a modern local-style branch with Post Office services provided from an open-plan till at the shop counter and will have extended opening hours.
Services will be provided throughout shop opening hours from Monday – Saturday: 7.30am – 8pm and on Sundays from 8.30am – 6pm. It means the branch will open earlier and close later every day.
The current Ashurst Wood Post Office at The News Store, 19 Hammond Road, Ashurst Wood, East Grinstead, will close with the current Postmaster's agreement on Wednesday March 2. During the transfer an alternative branch is available at Forest Row Post Office, 1 – 4 Newlands Place, Hatfield Road, Forest Row.
Officials say that the move is part of a major modernisation programme across the Post Office network designed to make it easier for customers to do business, through longer opening hours and modern open plan environments.
There will be improved accessibility as the current branch has steps and the new branch will have level access and there is a wide automatic door.
Said a spokesperson: "During consultation we received a number of comments from customers and local representatives very much in support of the change. The new Post Office is in a more central location, and they welcomed the improved access and longer opening hours that the change would provide. Other feedback commented on parking in the surrounding area. We have reviewed parking - there are three parking spaces outside the premises with additional
roadside parking nearby.


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Body Contouring Procedures
At our practice, Dr. Daniel Y. Maman and Dr. Stafford R. Broumand offer an inclusive range of surgical procedures intended to sculpt various regions of the body for a slimmer, more toned figure. Whether you are seeking to eliminate excess skin, reduce stubborn pockets of fat, or comprehensively address a number of cosmetic concerns, our board certified plastic surgeons are extensively trained in the field's most advanced and effective techniques employed today, helping you to achieve beautiful results that blend seamlessly with the natural contours of your body. Whatever your procedure of interest may be, you can expect an unmatched level of attention and care extending from the initial consultation to well beyond the recovery process. Most importantly, Dr. Broumand, Dr. Maman, and our entire team hold safety and privacy in the highest regard, enabling you to receive the treatment you desire in a controlled, comfortable environment.
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AbdominoplastyLiposuctionFat TransferBrachioplastyMommy MakeoverAdditional Tucks, Lifts, and Enhancements
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On average, the entire abdominoplasty procedure can typically be completed in about two hours. The majority of patients can return to normal, non-strenuous activities and daily routines after about one week.
Learn more about Abdominoplasty
Liposuction can be a great option for individuals seeking to eliminate excess pockets of fat that prove resistant to diet, exercise, and an overall healthy lifestyle. Capable of removing fatty tissue from virtually any area of the body, the procedure involves the use of tiny incision through which a saline-based solution is dispersed to loosen excess fat in the treatment area(s). The detached fat is then removed carefully using a special vacuum-controlled microcannula that allows for precise contouring of the targeted region. Referred to as "liposculpting" at our practice, this technique enables our doctors to expertly sculpt the body until an ideal outcome that both complements and enhances the patient's figure is achieved.
Depending on how much fat is removed as well as the number of areas being treated, liposuction generally takes approximately one hour to complete. Most individuals are able to resume normal daily routines after about one week, though this may vary when liposuction is performed in conjunction with another procedure.
Fat Transfer
Also referred to as fat grafting or fat injections, fat transfer may be an excellent option for patients interested in smoothing lines and wrinkles on the face; diminishing signs of skin injury, such as scarring; enhancing the volume or contour of various facial features; increasing the size or improving the shape of the breasts; and/or completely rebuilding the breasts following mastectomy. During the procedure, liposuction is used to remove fat from an area of the body that has an ample amount of fatty tissue, providing the added benefit of body sculpting in the particular donor region. Once removed, the harvested fat is then filtered, purified, and reinjected into the targeted treatment area until optimal results are achieved.
Fat grafting typically takes about one to two hours to complete, though this will depend on whether or not the treatment is performed alone or in combination with another procedure. The majority of patients are able to return to non-strenuous daily routines after approximately one week.
Brachioplasty, which is also called arm lift surgery, can often be an excellent option for individuals seeking to eliminate loose, hanging skin and excess fat in the upper arm. During the arm lift procedure, an incision is generally concealed along the inside of the upper arm, and excess skin is carefully removed. The remaining skin is then pulled taut for a smoother, firmer appearance. When necessary, liposuction may be employed to improve results. For patients who have excellent skin elasticity, liposuction alone might be recommended as a possible alternative to brachioplasty.
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DeMarco Murray rushes from obscurity into Cowboys' record book
DeMarco Murray was an afterthought for the Dallas Cowboys going into the 2011 season. Now the rookie third-string running back finds himself in the team record book, listed above such Cowboys legends as Emmitt Smith and Tony Dorsett.
Murray ran for 253 yards in Dallas' 34-7 victory over the St. Louis Rams on Sunday, the most rushing yards ever in a single game in team history. Only eight other NFL players and one other rookie have compiled more yards on the ground in one game.
It was also the most rushing yards ever allowed by the Rams, breaking a record set by Jim Brown in 1957.
"I never thought in a million years that I'd ever have a day like this," said Murray, a third-round pick out of Oklahoma who ran 91 yards for a touchdown (second longest in team history) on his first carry. "This is what I've been working hard for since my Pop Warner days."
Murray entered the game with just 71 yards for the season but saw increased playing time due to a high ankle sprain to starter Felix Jones.
Most NFL fans may have been caught by surprise (more than 11,000 fantasy players added Murray to their rosters Monday morning on Yahoo! Sports), but Sooner fans may have seen this coming. Murray set career records at Oklahoma for all-purpose yards (6,626), touchdowns (64), points (384) and receiving yards by a running back (1,572).
The question now becomes, will Murray get a chance for a repeat performance? He is still listed as third on the Cowboys' depth chart, behind Jones and Tashard Choice. But Jones may miss more games with his injury ... plus how long can they keep an all-time team leader on the bench?
Would you want Tim Tebow as your team's QB? [Poll]
Jaguars don't want Monday Night spotlight to be a spectacle
— Chuck Schilken
The Associated Press contributed to this report.
Photo: Dallas Cowboys running back DeMarco Murray. Credit: Sharon Ellman / Associated Press


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We left Wisconsin and made our way back in the direction of home with a stop at White Water State Park in the blufflands of southeastern Minnesota.
We always feel at home in a Minnesota state park. We have visited so many of them so many times we are always comfortable with the surroundings.
We had a nice shady spot with room for the rain fly.
"George" our wooden egret found his usual spot next to a rain fly stake to discourage tripping in the campsite.
Paul uses recycled music to further mark the lines.
Nick was free for two days from the restaurant so joined us. The three of us last visited Whitewater in August, 2007. A week later, a terrible flash flood went through the park and surrounding area damaging much of the park's infrastructure and causing terrible damage to the river valley. This was our first visit back and we were glad to see the campground back in good shape.
Nick has been bitten by the golf bug this summer.
He gets out as often as he can.
He and Paul had golfed at the nearby St. Charles Golf Course during our last visit and so they planned a trip back to give the course another try. They talked me into joining them.
Those who know me are aware I do not golf. The last time I played a round was about 20 years ago.
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Neither Paul nor Nick intimidate me.
The golf course was empty of other golfers. Seriously, empty.
They would allow me to play my style of golf:
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That way, I don't hold up the game and find it fun.
I recommend this to other people.
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Considering my lack of practice, I did just fine, actually. I even hit over the water in this shot.
And, when you play once every 20 years, people are quite complimentary of your game.
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After Nick left, we experienced an afternoon of heavy rain.
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We came home to a lawn in need of attention.
Obviously it had also rained at home while we were gone.
The maps and the calender are out. We are making plans. It doesn't look like we will be home much during the month of September. Where will we be next? We'll keep you posted!


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I was pretty weepy after my youngest left for college last month, but it lasted just two or three days. I had been preparing myself for a long time. When your kids leave, there's the obvious sadness that you won't see them as often. But there's more to it. Parenting has been a primary purpose in my life for 20 years! In work and play, my decisions were largely based on how they would impact my kids. For a while, I thought I'd feel purposeless in an empty nest, and I probably would have if I didn't have a few strategies. Here's how I readied myself and how I am still nursing myself through this huge transition. If you are nearing the empty nest, you may find it helpful. (If you have more ideas to add, please do so in the comments.)
SOCIALLY: I joined the Commonwealth Club and made new friends who are great conversationalists and remind me that the world is much bigger than my own neighborhood.
SPIRITUALLY: I bought a fancy notebook for a journal and now spend my newly free time in the mornings journaling, praying, and petting my bunny rabbit. (I'm not sure about the spiritual significance of the rabbit, but thought he deserved a mention.)
PROFESSIONALLY: A year before the kids left, I decided to pursue a new kind of client to rekindle my passion in my business. For me, as a graphic designer, that meant finding clients in the wine industry. Granted, not everyone can redirect their careers, but looking for ways to ignite your interest in your work is always a good practice, especially if you have huge college bills.
ROMANTICALLY: My husband was given the wise advice to start dating me again. I suppose if either the husband or wife demonstrates eagerness to become a couple again, to return to the fun of just the two of you, the spouse will likely follow. This effort needs to include an ample dose of forgiveness, by the way, as the stress from child rearing probably left its mark. I'm happy to report that my husband and I we are optimistic about spending more time together and we seem to be laughing a lot. (I'll leave it to single parents to advise each other in this area.)
PHILANTHROPICALLY: For replenishing a new sense of purpose in life, there's always volunteering. I haven't added anything new to my schedule since the kids left, but I'm looking forward to writing more regularly to the children I sponsor through Compassion and World Vision, both great organizations I heartily recommend. (If you want to find a service that feeds your soul, try reading The Social Cause Diet.)
PHYSICALLY: What? I haven't even mentioned exercise yet! How nice it is to spend less time in the kitchen and more time exercising. The older we get, the more we need exercise, right? Empty nesting and exercise go great together.
CREATIVELY: It seems to me that Etsy is the needlepoint of today. People search the online marketplace to find creative things to buy, to make, and/or to sell. I spent 40 hours last week filling out my shop called LightQuotes, and that is when I came up with the egg design for this post and determined that empty nesting is not so bad. Etsy aside, what is it that you always wished you had time to do? Now's the time. Enjoy!


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"Now the serpent was cunning, more than all the beasts of the field that the Lord God had made, and it said to the woman, "Did God indeed say, 'You shall not eat of any of the trees of the garden?" (Genesis 3:1). The serpent is respected because of its wisdom and high intelligence. The Hebrew word used to describe the snake is "ARUMI," meaning cunning, subtle, crafty, and shrewd.Revelation 12:9 says: "So the great dragon was cast out, that serpent of old, called the Devil and Satan, who deceives the whole world; he was cast to the earth, and his angels were cast out with him." As we all maybe should know by now, this story composed by the authors of the Christian Bible is a deception. See "Who is Satan?" Genesis 44:15 "And Joseph said unto them (his brothers): 'What deed is this that ye have done? know ye not that such a man as I will indeed divine?' To test and ascertain through knowledge, reason, and discernment that they stole the goblet (From Targum Onkelos). To test them, Joseph arranged for Benjamin to be arrested for theft and sentenced to a lifetime of slavery (Genesis 44:1-10). Would they now permit Benjamin to be a slave and leave him behind? "The word for DIVINING is NACHASH, the same word as the word for THE SERPENT who seduced Adam and Eve into eating the forbidden fruit from the Tree of Knowledge. Joseph raised the serpent to the level of Wisdom" (Chaim Clorfene). Daniel 2:31-35 "Thou, O king, sawest, and behold a great image. This image, which was mighty, and whose brightness was surpassing, stood before thee; and the appearance thereof was terrible. As for that image, its head (Nebuchadnezzar) was of fine gold, its breast and its arms (Medea & Persia) of silver, its belly and its thighs (Greek Empire) of brass (NACHASH), its legs of iron (Aram, Edom-Rome), its feet part of iron (Aram-Edom-Rome-Christianity) and part of clay (Ishmael-Islam)."Thou sawest till that a stone (Knowledge of God) was cut out without hands, which smote the image upon its feet that were of iron and clay, and broke them to pieces." All the commentators are agreed that the stone that smashes the statue – which Daniel explains as the MALCHUS (kingdom) that will never ever be destroyed – is the MALCHUS of Melech HaMashiach (kingdom of David) that we are awaiting soon in our times (Know Your Bible, Daniel Ch. 2, Azamra.org). "Then was the iron, the clay, the brass, the silver, and the gold, broken in pieces together, and became like the chaff of the summer threshing-floors; and the wind carried them away, so that no place was found for them; and the stone (Knowledge of God) that smote the image became a great mountain, and filled the whole earth. See Isaiah 11:9, 25:6-9, Habakkuk 2:11-14.1 Samuel 17:6 "And he (GOLIATH) had greaves of brass (NECHOSHET) upon his legs, and a javelin of brass (NECHOSHET) between his shoulders." Rabbi Nachman of Breslov explains that the "greaves of brass (NECHOSHES) on his legs" allude to the God-concealing ideology which attributes everything to natural causes (the "legs") that Goliath represents. This is the ideology of the serpent (NACHASH). (Likutey Moharan Vol II, Torah 4:7-8). (Azamra: Know Your Bible 1 Sam. 17). "And David put his hand in his bag, and took thence a stone, and slung it, and smote the Philistine in his forehead; and the stone (Knowledge of God) sank into his forehead, and he fell upon his face to the earth" (1 Samuel 17:49).Daniel 2:40-41 "And the fourth kingdom (Edom) shall be strong as iron; forasmuch as iron breaketh in pieces and beateth down all things; and as iron that crusheth all these, shall it break in pieces and crush. And whereas thou sawest the feet and toes, part of potters' clay, and part of iron, it shall be a divided kingdom;.." The fourth kingdom is divided between ARAM (iron) Esau-Edom, Rome and Ishmael (clay). The lands of the Roman Empire came to be dominated by Edom and Ishmael, represented by Christianity and I-slam. Both – one as strong as iron, the other as weak as pottery, comprise the latter day, "Fourth Kingdom" (Abarnel)."The first A of ARAM is an ALEPH while the first A of ARUM, cunning, is an AYIN, so they are not from the same root; nevertheless ALEPH and AYIN are sometimes considered interchangeable as they are produced by the same part of the vocal aparatus" (Rabbi Avraham Greenbaum). Esau was in fact the very incarnation of the serpent (see Targum on Gen. 25:27, where "knowing hunting" is translated as NACHASHIRCHAN, having the connotation of NACHASH, serpentine). (Azamra, Universal Torah, Parshah Toldos). "And the boys grew; and Esau was a cunning hunter, a man of the field; and Jacob was a quiet man, dwelling in tents."
Adam had been given only one commandment: not to eat from the tree, and now his resolve would be tested, to see if he could withstand temptation. "
Adam and Eve followed the suggestion of the snake because their creation was not yet complete. And the eyes of both of them were opened (to wisdom), and they knew that they were naked (EIROM), and they sewed fig leaves and made themselves girdles" (Genesis 3:7). "The text suggests this by a play on the word for "naked," EIROM, which later on is written with a YUD and no VAV, but here is written with no YUD and a VAV--in the same form as ARUM, "cunning." "Adam and Eve being "naked" meant that they had access to animal-knowledge but were not yet ready for free choice. lf G-d had first given them their "garments"--the complete clothing of thought, speech, and action that would enable their souls to achieve full expression--the snake could not have persuaded them." Psalm 137:1,4,6,5 is a prophetic lament over the exiles, and a charge to them to never remove Jerusalem from their hearts, minds and prayers. "By the rivers of Babylon, there we sat, we also wept when we remembered (THOUGHT) Zion. "How shall we sing the song of the Lord on foreign soil?" May my tongue cling to my palate, if I do not remember you, if I do not bring up Jerusalem at the beginning of my joy (SPEECH). If I forget you, O Jerusalem, may my right hand forget [its skill] (ACTION). PA Arabs Tell Pop Group: Don't Sing about Babylon: 1970s disco group Boney M performed at Ramallah this week, but the local music festival prevented it from performing one of its biggest hits, because it features the Jewish people's yearning for the Land of Zion, the Associated Press reported (INN, 07/22/10).
PA: "If I Forget Thee, Oh Jerusalem" First Said by Crusader:
Continuing its policy of denying Jerusalem's Jewish heritage the Palestinian Authority publicized the claims of an Arab researcher that the well-known ancient Hebrew psalm, "If I forget three, Jerusalem, may my right hand forget its skill," is not Jewish at all, the Israeli research institute Palestininian Media Watch reports. Instead, Dr. Hayel Sanduqa insists the words were uttered by a Christian Crusader, and have only recently been "borrowed" by Jews and "falsified in the name of Zionism" (INN, 06/10/11).
What Would David Do? He would always yearn for Jerusalem, the Temple and pray for the Jewish people. "And when there came a lion, or a bear, and took a lamb (Jew) out of the flock, I went out after him, and smote him, and delivered it out of his mouth; and when he arose against me, I caught him by his beard, and smote him, and slew him" (1 Samuel 17:34-35). And he would slay Israel's enemies by the breath of his lips (speech) and his knowledge of God (Isaiah 11:4, 1 Samuel 17:49). What Would You Do? You can pray for the peace of Jerusalem (Psalm 122:6). "Rejoice ye with Jerusalem, and be glad with her, all ye that love her; rejoice for joy with her, all ye that mourn for her;.. (Isaiah 66:10). Sing, write or speak up for the Jewish people, defend them against the wicked and refute their lies. If you cannot speak up yourselves, then you can invite a rabbi or a spokes person for a Jewish organization to your communty.
For the Jew to forget Jerusalem is tantamount to forgetting God: "
I have placed the Lord before me constantly; because [He is] at my right hand, I will not falter.
Therefore, my heart rejoiced, and my soul was glad; even my flesh shall dwell in safety.
For You shall not forsake my soul to the grave; You shall not allow Your pious one to see the pit (grave).
You shall let me know the way of life (the Torah), the fullness of joys in Your presence. There is pleasantness in Your right hand forever" (Psalm 16:8-11).
"...from His right hand was a fiery Law (Torah) for them" (Deut. 33:2).
Psalm 27:8 "On Your behalf, my heart says, "Seek My presence." Your presence, O Lord, I will seek." "He restores my soul; He leads me in paths of righteousness (straight paths) for His name's sake." So that I should not fall into the hands of the wicked and their crooked paths (Psalm 23:3, Isaiah Ch. 59).
Psalm 73:23-28 "Yet I was constantly with You; You grasped my right hand.
With Your counsel You led me, and after[wards], You took me [for] glory.
For whom do I have in heaven, and I desired no one with You on earth.
My flesh and my heart yearn; God is the rock of my heart and my portion forever.
For behold, those who have distanced themselves from You will perish; You have cut off anyone who strays from You.
But as for me-God's nearness is my good;
I have placed my refuge in the Lord God, to tell all Your mission."
Psalm 110:5 "The Lord, on your right hand, has crushed kings on the day of His wrath." Who was on your right hand in the battle. Davids legendary power came through Divine favor earned through his righteousness. Psalm 112:5-9 "Hallelujah. Praiseworthy is the man who fears the Lord, who greatly desires His commandments." His greatest desire is the fulfillment of God's will (Deut. 6:24-25, Isaiah 32:17-18, 48:17-19). "Good is the man who is gracious and lends, who conducts his affairs with moderation. For he will never falter; for an everlasting memorial will the righteous man be. He will not fear bad news; his heart is steadfast, trusting in the Lord. His heart is steadfast, he will not fear until he sees in his adversaries. He distributed, he gave to the needy; his charity endures forever, his horn will be raised with glory."
"Now the Lord God said, "Behold man has become like one of us, having the ability of knowing good and evil, and now, lest he stretch forth his hand and take also from the Tree of Life (The Torah) and eat and live forever" (Genesis 3:22, Proverbs Ch. 3).
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They journeyed from Mount Hor by way of the Red Sea to circle the land of Edom (because they did not allow them to pass through their land), and the people became disheartened (their soul became impatient, because of the hardship of traveling) because of the way." They were so close to entering the land and they had to turn back. They had been attacked by Amalek and now a new challenge arouse.
The people spoke against God and against Moses, "Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in this desert, for there is no bread and no water, and we are disgusted with this rotten bread."
The Lord sent against the people the venomous snakes, and they bit the people, and many people of Israel died.
The people came to Moses and said, "We have sinned, for we have spoken against the Lord and against you. Pray to the Lord that He remove the snakes from us." So Moses prayed on behalf of the people."
"The Lord said to Moses, "Make yourself a serpent and put it on a pole, and let whoever is bitten look at it and live. Moses made a copper snake and put it on a pole, and whenever a snake bit a man, he would gaze upon the copper snake and live." Does a serpent cause death of life? Rather when they looked upward and subjected their hearts to their Father in Heaven they were healed, but if not they died (Rosh Hashanah 29a). As in Isaiah 6:10 "lest he see with his eyes, and hear with his ears, and his heart understand, and he repent and be healed."
The "copper snake" that God commanded Moses to make in brought people closer to God. "God had not specified the material from which Moses was to fashion the serpent, but he chose NECHOSHET, copper, because it contains the letters of NACHASH, the serpent that was attacking the sinners" (Rashi). It was a miracle within a miracle; the source of the destruction was the source of healing (Ramban).
But generations later, people began to consider the copper snake independent from God, they started to worship it as a seperate power. "
Just as Moshe lifted up the serpent in the desert, so must the Son of Man be lifted up so that everyone who trusts in him may have eternal life" (John 3:14-15 CJB).
II Kings 18:3-8 "
Hezekiah did what was right in the eyes of the Lord, like all that his father David had done. He abolished the high places, and smashed the monuments, and cut down the asherah, and crushed the copper serpent that Moses had made, for until those days the children of Israel were burning incense to it; and he called it NEHUSHTAN." " A thing of copper," a pejorative term. Although Moses made it for a noble purpose, in later centuries it began to be looked upon as a deity. Therefore Hezekiah destroyed it.
He trusted in the God of Israel there was none like him among all the kings of Judah who were after him, nor were there before him.
He cleaved to the Lord; he did not turn away from following Him; he kept His commandments, which He had commanded Moses.
Now the Lord was with him: in everything he ventured he succeeded; and he rebelled against the king of Assyria and did not serve him.
He slew the Philistines up to Gaza and its boundaries, from watchtower to fortified city."
With the courage of a David, Hezekiah made a complete turnabout from the path of his father, he was determined to take away the intermediaries people had relied upon and lead them on the path of pure faith in HaShem. For nothing occurs on earth unless it is first decreed On High, and nothing is decreed above unless it is first determined below.
Deuteronomy Ch. 32 is the "Song" of which Moses spoke in Ch. 31. In it, Moses called heaven and earth to bear witness to all the calamities that will befall Israel if it sins-and the ultimate joy that will come with the final redemption.
Deuteronomy 32:4,7-9 "The deeds of the [Mighty] Rock are perfect, for all His ways are just; a faithful God, without injustice He is righteous and upright." God's judgment is exact and fair. He rewards the righteous, even though their reward may be slow in coming, and He rewards even the wicked for whatever good they may have done (Rashi). "Remember the days of old; reflect upon the years of [other] generations. Ask your father, and he will tell you; your elders, and they will inform you. When the Most High gave nations their lot, when He separated the sons of man, He set up the boundaries of peoples according to the number of the children of Israel. Because the Lord's portion is His people Jacob, the lot of His inheritance." Moses urges them to reflect upon the past to inquire of people who remember and understand history, who know how God regulated the course of the world according to the needs of the Jewish people (Ramban). According to Sforno the rest of the Song involves five sequential, historical themes: (a) God created the world so that all nations would join in achieving His goal; when they failed to do so, He chose Israel for this mission (Deut. 33:2); (b) He gave Israel a Land where they could serve Him in joy and prosperity, but they ungratefully rebelled (Deut. 28:45-69); (c) because of this, they deserved to be destroyed, but in order to avoid desecration of His Name, God was merciful and only exiled them; (d) at the End of Days, they will be redeemed (Deut. 4:27-31, Ch. 30); (e) Moses described the redemption and described how the enemies of Israel will be punished.
Deuteronomy 32:21 "They have provoked My jealousy with a non god, provoked My anger with their vanities. Thus, I will provoke their jealousy with a non people, provoke their anger with a foolish nation." Israel angered God by worshiping deities that had no power or value. Measure for Measure. God will let them be defeated and subjugated by nations that have no cultural or moral worth, nations that exist solely to exact retribution against Israel.
Way back on March 31, 1977, the Dutch newspaper Trouw published an interview with Palestine Liberation Organization executive committee member Zahir Muhsein. Here's what he said: The Palestinian people does not exist. The creation of a Palestinian state is only a means for continuing our struggle against the state of Israel for our Arab unity. In reality today there is no difference between Jordanians, Palestinians, Syrians and Lebanese. Only for political and tactical reasons do we speak today about the existence of a Palestinian people, since Arab national interests demand that we posit the existence of a distinct "Palestinian people" to oppose Zionism. http://www.wnd.com/news/article.asp?ARTICLE_ID=28222
The Charter of Allah: The Platform of the Islamic Resistance Movement: "This is the Charter of the Islamic Resistance (Hamas) which will reveal its face, unveil its identity, state its position, clarify its purpose, discuss its hopes, call for support to its cause and reinforcement, and for joining its ranks. For our struggle against the Jews is extremely wide-ranging and grave, so much so that it will need all the loyal efforts we can wield, to be followed by further steps and reinforced by successive battalions from the multifarious Arab and Islamic world, until the enemies are defeated and Allah's victory prevails. Thus we shall perceive them approaching in the horizon, and this will be known before long:
"Allah has decreed: Lo! I very shall conquer, I and my messenger, lo! Allah is strong, almighty."
Israel's defeat, the victors thought, was due to their own strength and that of their gods. They would never believe that they succeeded only because God used them as His rod. To prevent this God will stay their hand.
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He shows that the Arabs have never accepted the right of Jews to re-establish their sovereignty in the land of Israel, and how they continually try to refute the Jewish connection to Israel, especially the city of Jerusalem: by destroying Temple Mount artifacts to eliminate any evidence of a Jewish past, by accusing Israeli archeologists of manipulating authentic archeological evidence to justify the Jewish people's right to Israel and by charging that the Jews are not a people at all, and are consequently not entitled to a country of their own.
Deuteronomy 32:26-31 "
I had said, 'I will scatter them (this refers to the exile of the Ten Tribes, who were scattered to an unknown place where they have never been heard from again), I will cause their memory to cease from man' (this is a reference to the exile of Judah and Benjamin, the Davidic kingdom, from which today's known Jews are descended. Over the course over the long exile, Jews were regarded as insignificant, as if they had no independent standing as a nation worthy of note) - were it not that the anger of the enemy was pent up, lest his tormenters misinterpret; lest they say, 'Our hand was raised in triumph, and it was not HaShem Who accomplished all this!'
Israels enemies will think that they prevailed by their own prowess, independently of God's anger - but that will be their undoing, because it will cause God to intervene on the side of Israel. For God had said that He would not permit His Name to be desecrated by total annihilation of His people. Ramban explains that God created man to know that He is the Creator, but as all the nations sinned, only Israel remained as His loyal servant. If the tormentors of Israel were to succeed in destroying it entirely, who would remember why the world was created? And when historians would discover traces of Israel, the nations would say that it became extinct through natural means, not because God had a hand in its destiny. Therefore God never allows Israel to disappear, it is a constant remainder of God's plan, and eventually it will thrive and fulfill God's intention for it. The non-Jewish conquerors are convinced of their own invincibility because they are to foolish to analyze what happened; Deuteronomy 32:28-30
"For they are a nation devoid of counsel, and they have no understanding.
If they were wise, they would understand this; they would reflect upon their fate.
How can one [person] pursue a thousand, and two put ten thousand to flight, unless their [Mighty] Rock has sold them out, and the Lord has given them over?" If they had considered the magnitude of Israel's downfall, they would have realized that only God could have brought this about. They would have understood that the only reason Israel could have suffered such an ignominious end was that its sins had caused God to hand them over to its enemies. Otherwise, how was it possible for one soldier to pursue a thousand, and for two people to pursue ten thousand? Clearly it was God's doing (Rashi).
Deuteronomy 32:31 "For their rock is not like our [Mighty] Rock. Nevertheless, our enemies sit in judgment." The enemy should have realized that their triumphs were not due to the power of their gods, for their rock, i.e., god, is no comparison to the true Rock. Clearly, therefore, if our enemies judge us, i.e., defeat and punish us, it is because God willed it so (Rashi). According to Ramban, Moses is chastising Israel's enemies, telling them that their victories are temporary and that they should realize that God will bring them to account for their own sins. They should understand what their own end will be (v 29), for just as God's hand in Israel's defeat was undeniable, so the victors should have realized
that their own downfall at His hands are invitable.
Deuteronomy 32:32-35 "For their vine is of the vine of Sodom, and of the field of Gemorrah; their grapes are grapes of rosh, and they have bitter clusters. Their wine is the bitterness of serpents, and the bitterness of the ruthless cobras. Is it not stored up with Me, sealed up in My treasuries? Vengeance is poised with Me, and it will pay at the time their foot stumbles. For the appointed day of their reckoning is near, and what is destined for them hastens." According to Ramban and Sforno this is a warning to the nations that their cruelties to Israel would not be forgotten, and retribution will come to them when their own measure of sin is filled.
Deuteronomy 32:36-44 "When the Lord will judge His people, and will reconsider His servants, when He sees that the power (of the enemy) is increasing, and none is controlled or strengthened." The power of Israels enemies will have grown without stop, and God will see that none of the Jews has an avenue of salvation through a government or assistance through an ally (Rashi).
"Then He will say, "Where is their deity, the rock in which they trusted,
who ate the fat of their sacrifices and drank the wine of their libations? Let them arise and help you! Let them be your shelter!"
The punishment is to provide atonement for the venom of sin and to shock the sinner into recognition that he must repent and retrace his steps back to loyal service of God. The gods are not necessarily made of metal or stone. One persons god may be an idol, another's may be money or privileged position or highly placed connections or an ideology for which he is ready to risk everything. The main ideology behind Islamic terrorism is the principle of Jihad or holy war, that is the cornerstone of Islam. Jihad advocates war on non-Muslims and apostates. "See now that it is I! I am the One, and there is no god like Me! I cause death and grant life. I strike, but I heal, and no one can rescue from My Hand!" God appeals to Israel to recognize now, in its predicament, that only He is God. He is both the only one Who can can raise someone to the heights and Who can cast him down to the depths, and no god is with Me to prevent Him from carrying out His judgment (Rashi). There is no god with independent power an none that is an intermediary between God and Israel. "For I raise up My hand to heaven, and say, 'As I live forever.'
When I sharpen the blade of My sword, and My hand grasps judgment, I will bring vengeance upon My adversaries and repay those who hate Me.
I will intoxicate My arrows with blood, and My sword will consume flesh, from the blood of the slain and the captives, from the first breach of the enemy."
God raises His hand in an oath that He will turn His anger against the persecutors of Israel, calling them My enemies, for those who attack Israel are attacking God, as well. When He considers the suffering inflicted upon Israel, He will sharpen His sword of judgment, as it were, for He will show no mercy to the pillagers of His people.
"Sing out praise, O you nations, for His people! For He will avenge the blood of His servants, inflict revenge upon His adversaries, and appease His land [and] His people."
When the final redemption comes and the world sees that Israel is restored to its glory and its enemies are punished for what they did to it, the nations of the world will recognize Israel's greatness and praise it as God's people (Rashi).
As to their defense that they are blameless because they were only carrying out the Divine Judgment, the prophet Zechariah (1:15) refutes such an argument: God was angry only to a small degree, but they unleashed their full measure of hatred, without justification (Rashi).
Zechariah 1:13-15
"Proclaim, saying: 'So said the Lord of Hosts, I am jealous for Jerusalem, and for Zion-great jealousy." (I am exacting the retribution for the cause of Jerusalem from those who oppress her (Rashi).
And I am very angry with the nations that are at ease, for I was wroth a little, and they helped to do harm."
Therefore, so said the Lord: 'I have returned to Jerusalem with mercy; My house shall be built there,' says the Lord of Hosts. 'And a plumb line shall be stretched out over Jerusalem.' Further, proclaim, saying: so said the Lord of Hosts, 'My cities shall yet spread out with prosperity, and the Lord shall yet console Zion and shall yet choose Jerusalem."
Psalm 123:3-4 "Be gracious unto us, O LORD, be gracious unto us; for we are full sated with contempt.
Our soul is full sated with the scorning of those that are at ease, and with the contempt (they despised Jerusalem and the Temple, Psalm 137:7-8) of the proud oppressors."
Amos 1:11 "So said the Lord: For three sins of Edom, yea for four, I will not return them (reverse it): For pursuing their brother with a sword, and they destroyed their mercy and grasped forever their anger and kept their fury forever."
This refers to the pursuit by Esau (Edom) of his brother Jacob, the refusal of the Edomites to allow Moses and the Children of Israel to pass through their territory on the way to Israel (Numbers 20:14ff) and to the destruction of the Second Temple by the Romans.
Amos 1:11 "So said the Lord: For three sins of Edom, yea for four, I will not return them (reverse it): For pursuing their brother with a sword, and they destroyed their mercy and grasped forever their anger and kept their fury forever."
This refers to the pursuit by Esau (Edom) of his brother Jacob, the refusal of the Edomites to allow Moses and the Children of Israel to pass through their territory on the way to Israel (Numbers 20:14ff) and to the destruction of the Second Temple by the Romans.
A snakes forked tongue is synonymous with duplicity:
'Abbas in Vietnam, May 23-26, 2010:
'We Are Comrades in Struggle and Fighting:' In his meeting with Vietnamese Communist President Nguyen Minh Triet, he compared the struggle of the Vietnamese people to that of the Palestinian people, and expressed confidence that the Palestinians would triumph just as the Vietnamese did.
"We Have Both Suffered Occupation, Colonialism and Oppression;
You Prevailed, and So Shall We."
Two weeks after his statements in praise of the Vietnamese struggle against the American occupier, he visited Washington, where he spoke in favor of a peaceful resolution to the Palestinian problem (MEMRI, June 14, 2010).
Abbas: "If all of you [Arab States] will fight Israel, we are in favor" (Al-Hayat Al-Jadida (Fatah), July 6, 2010, PMW
). http://www.palwatch.org/main.aspx?fi=708
PLO Flag to Fly in Washington D.C.: The PLO's chief representative in the United States, Maen Areikat, said that this step makes the PLO's status in the United States equivalent to its status in Canada and many western European countries (Israel National News, 07/23/10).
PA Minister Incites
Terror: Follow Model of Munich Massacre: A Palestinian Authority minister encouraged people to follow the example of Munich massacre mastermind Abu Daoud. In a program on Hizbullah's Al-Manar television earlier this month, PA Minister Mohammed Ishtayeh praised the terrorists who planned the massacre of Israeli athletes at the Olympic Games in Munich in 1972.
"The martyr Abu Daoud continues the convoy of martyrs who fell for the sake of Palestine," the PA minister said. "We all follow his path. "As for the claim that history can be written in a different way, I think it is unjust to say that Palestinian history can be written in a different ink. "The ink in which Palestinian history has been written is red. I believe it will continue to be written in red ink."
Abbas: American Jews on My Side Now: The lobbyists "told me that I had created a revolution among American Jews, and that they had decided to go to President Obama and tell him: there is a Palestinian partner for peace – but is there an Israeli partner?" Abbas said.
"They promised they would go to Netanyahu and tell him to disassemble his coalition or announce that he agrees to a two-state solution," he added. (Israel National News, 07/23/10).
Abbas: Jerusalem is capital for Arabs, both Muslim and Christian: He added: 'The Arabs are required to take a clear and well-defined position concerning Jerusalem, and to view Jerusalem as the capital of the Arab nation, both Islamic and Christian, and to show concern for Jerusalem and to devote all resources for the sake of protecting the land and its construction and for defending its inhabitants" (Al-Hayat Al-Jadida (Fatah), Mar. 3, 2010, PMW).
FIRE ON THE MOUNTAIN: Moslem Construction / Destruction (February-March, 2010).
It is unclear from these photographs just what the Moslem Wakf may be building on the Temple Mount, but it is abundantly clear just what they are destroying. Among the large timbers seen stacked up and being used for firewood are timbers that have been carbon-dated as three thousand years old. These massive woooden beams are the cedars of Lebanoon described in the Book of Kings, which were specially ordered by King Solomon for the construction of the Holy Temple. Today, these ancient witnesses to the Divine service of the first Holy Temple, are being used for firewood (The Temple Institute).


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Cult Scots The Twilight Sad are used to leaving heads spinning and ears ringing with their towering live shows, so last September and January's sessions at Glasgow's Òran Mór proved a striking departure.
Setting their mountainous din aside, the performances saw the core duo of James Graham and Andy McFarlane turn in a stark acoustic set. based largely around last year's career-best LP Nobody Wants To Be Here And Nobody Wants To Leave.
Characterised by Graham's captivating brogue, the songs only gain intensity in their new stripped-back format, revelling in their endearing emotional pull and lyrical mystique.
Naturally, some work better than others, but those which do pull through are worth the price alone.
Nobody Wants To Be Here And Nobody Wants To Leave, for instance, is revealed as one of their most affecting moments minus its somewhat choking noise backdrop, while the National-like It Never Was The Same thrives, as most ballads do, without any excess baggage.
The other selling point is a cover of Arthur Russell's I Couldn't Say It To Your Face in which McFarlane swaps guitar for accordion; a lovely close to a disparate and intriguing stop-gap. 7/10. AW


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Tuesday, February 02, 2010
Nike headstone
Found on the Interweb today - a photo of a funeral director's window in Birkenhead.
Posted by Margaret Nelson at 6:53 pm
6 comments:
- Charles Cowling said...
The iconography of religion gives way to the insignia of a kickball shirtmaker. Fair exchange, perhaps. Do you get a choice of heads with this one?
Oh death, where is thy final whistle? O, grave, thy last-minute title clincher?
- February 02, 2010 7:15 pm
- Margaret said...
No head, just a shirt. D'you think Nike would object to the copyright theft?
- February 02, 2010 8:18 pm
- coolcool654 said...
- February 03, 2010 7:36 am
- Charles Cowling said...
I'd have thought Nike more likely to regard this as 'brand transfiguration'. The craftspersonship is exquisite - it looks as if it has been plucked from the Parthenon frieze. The endorsement of Eternity shows that this shirt has legs. Consumers like that.
- February 03, 2010 7:44 am
- Rupert Callender said...
Branded all the way to the grave. And they say the revolution will not be televised.
- February 11, 2010 1:14 pm
- Ellis Nadler said...
Wasn't Nike the winged goddess of Victory? Won't the Jeebus god be jealous?
- March 17, 2010 12:41 am
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3. 11⁄60
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2009 Rayleigh medal and prize
Professor Robin Ball
University of Warwick
For his outstanding contributions to the understanding of diverse complex phenomena associated with growth processes and pattern formation.
Robin Ball has made outstanding contributions in discovering the unifying theoretical physics of diverse complex phenomena. He has provided a fundamental understanding of growth processes and pattern formation with applications of his ideas to many areas including fractal aggregates, polymers and protein folding, dynamics of fracture, granular and colloidal materials, river networks and even snowflakes. His work is characterised by excellent physical insight, mathematical physics expertise and close collaboration with mathematicians, computer simulation experts, experimentalists and industrialists.
An internationally leading authority on the physical aspects of fractals and their applications, Ball has produced seminal work on diffusion limited aggregation (DLA) growth models including a key paper with an experimentalist showing that copper electrodeposits demonstrate fractal growth in 3 dimensions. He established the sensitivity of DLA to anisotropy and an accurate theory of its fractal dimension.
In a another paper he proved that the growth associated with ballistic depositions on surfaces is not fractal and was the first to describe its scaling behaviour. His insight into fractal growth also demonstrated the universality of colloid aggregation. A series of papers elucidated how concentrated colloids shear thicken, and how this can be engineered.
Robin Ball is also well known for his work on polymers. He provided the fundamental idea behind the current understanding of how melts of branched entangled molecules relax. His focus on extracting the key physics underlying complexity enabled him to make the connection between river network evolution models and mathematical studies of a class of networks.
He now heads Theoretical Physics and directs the Complexity Science Doctoral Training Centre at the University of Warwick, leading research on statistical physics with emphasis on self-organising systems.


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MADRID: Spanish police say they have arrested 102 people for possession and distribution of child pornography material on the internet.
A Civil Guard statement Friday said they had traced some 450,000 computer images and videos showing sexual abuse of babies and children aged up to 14.
The statement said 90 houses had been raided and more than 400 hard discs and other computer material seized.
Police said 10 of the child victims had been identified so far.
Details on the nationality of the detainees or when the arrests took place were not immediately available.