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I signed up for my first quilting class in 2009, just after buying a Pfaff sewing machine. I had not sewed for 30 years but I got the BUG! I took every class I could from Victoria Jones in the Portland, Oregon area. She is a great teacher – patient, resourceful and always kind.
When I moved to Cuenca, Ecuador 3 years ago, an important part of my retirement plan was that I would have time to quilt all I want. I brought my relative new Pfaff sewing machine, all tuned up and ready to go. Extra needles, extra cutting tools, lots of rotary blades, rulers – you know, TOOLS! I was all set. And for about 3 years, I have happily quilted, sewed, cut fabric and generally had a great time.
So great, in fact, that in 2012, I sold 7 quilts to Cuencanas who were interested. But then I had nothing to hang on my walls – and this house has LOTS of great walls for quilts. So in 2013, I vowed to keep everything I make for awhile to get quilts warming not only the beds but bare walls too. This month, I decided to have an open house for close friends to show my newly hung quilts. But a wrinkle popped up in this plan in the past few days. My sewing machine is not behaving correctly. I've talked with the tech in Portland, OR where I bought the machine. Yes, I love Magic Jack! He helped me trouble-shoot but the outcome was that it needs a repair shop visit.
He tried to locate a Pfaff "agent" in Ecuador but when I called the guy, he reported he had never seen a Pfaff in 15 years. So I'm stranded.
Well, not quite. A good friend offered to lend me her older machine. All I need to complete the last 3 quilts I want to hang before the open house is a straight stitch so I may make it. If not, I will have just a few new quilts to show but several nearly done laid out. It will all turn out fine.
And when I return to visit the US, I will take my Pfaff with me for its overhaul and bring it back happy to sew again. In the mean time, a shout out to Teresa who loaned me her machine. And another big one to Lenny, my loving esposo, who is amazingly supportive of my craft.
I'm here just livin' the dream, high in the Andes Mountains of Ecuador.


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|NITAAI-Veda.nyf > Other Scriptures by Acharyas > Navadvipa Krishna Chaitanya Holy Land > Introduction
Haribolo! Here we all are at the most merciful and auspicious, purifying and sanctifying, holy and blessed place in all the worlds, Shri Navadwip Dham. Looking around, I am overjoyed to see so many of the same faces that I saw in Shri Vrindavan Dham when we all performed Shri Vraja Mandala Parikrama last Kartik. What supreme good fortune we all must have to be doubly blessed by this most auspicious opportunity to perform parikrama here again in Shri Navadwip Dham as well. Prabhu Nityananda is surely showering us with His mercy without reservation.As the supersoul He is reflecting, these devotees have performed both Shri Vraja Mandala Parikrama and Shri Navadwip Dham Parikrama all in the same lifetime. How wonderful! How marvelous! These devotees are certainly worthy of entering into the service of Shri Krishna Chaitanya and spreading His glorious sankirtan movement throughout the universe. Let Me shower My mercy upon them fully so that inundated by Gaura Prema they can immerse themselves completely in the ambrosial nectar of Shri Krishna Chaitanya's radiantly effulgent and glorious transcendental pastimes.Tomorrrow is the tithi of Makara Saptami, six days before Gaura Purnima in the month of Phalguna, the 503rd year of Gaura Era. We will begin our parikrama of Shri Navadwip Dham on this most auspicious day. I have seen their Divine Graces Puri Maharaj and Janardan Maharaj, both disciples of His Divine Grace Shrila Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Goswami Prabhupada, here along with their Divine Graces Gurupad Padma Vaman Maharaj and Shripada Trivikram Maharaj along with many other sannyasis as well. To these maha-bhagavatas of the Lord, Prabhu Nityananda and Shri Krishna Chaitanya are their life and soul. They are literally staying alive on this earth just to preach the glories of Shri Krishna Chaitanya and to spread His glorious sankirtan movement.
Let us not waste any time. Let us immediately run to the sacred Ganges and take bath just like we did in the holy Yamuna at Vrindavan. Let us bowing down to Ganga devi with the utmost reverence and respect begging her for her mercy while remembering how she emanates from the lotus feet of Vishnu traveling down from the spiritual sky to the heavenly planets through Shiva's matted locks down to the earth, where she appears in the Himalayas and traveling down through India she courses through Bengal until she happily arrives in Shri Gaura Mandala and Shri Navadwip Dham. We should bathe in her sacred waters taking the vow to honor the Holy Dham and all its inhabitants and to try our best not to make any offenses while visiting the most Holy Dham. The Holy Dham is totally transcendental in every way and is thus not subject to any mundane materialistic or speculative considerations.So let us all now humbly bow down with the utmost reverence and humility thinking ourselves highly unworthy to be even permitted to enter this most Holy Dham. In this frame of mind we will with all our hearts, make sankalpa to maintain a state of purity both internally as well as externally, not to harm or offend any living creature and to always joyfully engage ourselves in chanting:
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
By having association with devotees, by hearing about Shri Krishna Chaitanya's transcendental pastimes, by discussing these wonderful pastimes with others, by eating food offered to Him, by smelling flowers worn by Him, by watching arati performed to Him, and by travelling to all the places where His radiantly, marvelous and effulgent transcendental pastimes were blissfully performed: in all these wonderful and fascinating ways we dedicate our bodies, our minds, our hearts and our souls to this most holy, sacred and blessedly purifying pilgrimage "Shri Navadwip Dham Parikrama".
Opening Remarks by His Divine Grace Narayan Maharaj
om ajnana-timirandhasya jnananjana-salakaya
caksur unmilitam yena tasmai shri gurave namah
"I offer my most humble obeisances unto my spiritual master, who has opened my eyes which were blinded by the darkness of ignorance, with the torchlight of knowledge."
visvambharau dvijavarau yuga-dharma-palau
vande jagat priyakarau karuna-palau
"I offer my most humble obeisances unto Shri Krishna Chaitanya and Shri Prabhu Nityananda, the most munificent, the most magnanimous, the most benevolent incarnations of the Supreme Lord ever to grace this material world. Those best of brahmanas so mercifully initiated and propagated the only religion for the Age of Kali: Nama Sankir-tan, the congregational chanting of the Holy Names of the Supreme Lord Krishna."
namas chaitanyacandraya koti-candranana-tvise
premanandabdhi-candraya caru-candramsu-hasine
"Let me offer again my most humble obeisances to Shri Krishna Chaitanya, whose face has more splendour than millions of moons and whose beautiful smile is full of bliss from the ocean of pure love of Krishna."
sada hrdaya kandare sphuratu vah saci-nandana
"May the Supreme Lord, Shri Krishna Chaitanya, possessing a splendour more beautiful than molten gold and who is known as the son of Sacimata, always be manifest within your heart."
bhaje svetadwipam tarn aham iha golokam itiyam
vidantas te santah ksiti-virala-carah katipaye
"I worship that transcendental seat, Svetadvipa, which is known as Goloka only to a very few self-realized souls in this world."
I offer my humble obeisances to that merciful, sanctifying, divine, transcendental land known as Shri Navadwip Dham. Navadwip Dham is called Brahmapur in the Chandogya Sruti, Vaikunthaloka by the liberated sages and rishis, Svetadvipa in the Shrimad-Bhagavatam and the Brahma Samhita, and Vraja by the great maha-bhagavata devotees of the Lord. The glories of Shri Navadwip Dham, which is the pastime place of Shri Krishna Chaitanya, the son of Mother Saci, whose color is like the hue of molten gold, the color of Shrimati Radharani, is none other than Lord Krishna, the Supreme Personality of Godhead Himself. He appeared as the personification of maha-bhava in the form of Shri Krishna Chaitanya, and He is the enjoyer of all transcendental mellows, which are unlimited, unfathomble, and unimaginable.
Just as Shri Krishna's incarnation as Shri Krishna Chaitanya Maha-prabhu is very confidential, His holy land, Shri Navadwip Dham, is equally confidential. Shri Navadwip Dham is eternally existing and always manifest, but the conditioned living entities, having turned away from the Supreme Lord Krishna and being covered by the deluding energy of the Lord, are unable to envision this Holy Dham.Only by the causeless mercy of Prabhu Nityananda may a living entity perceive the true glories of Shri Navadwip Dham. When one receives mercy from Shri Nityananda Prabhu, Yogamaya blesses such a fortunate soul and instructs Mahamaya to remove the deluding covering of material existence. Then only may a living entity have the complete vision of Shri Navadwip Dham. The Supreme Personality of Godhead, Lord Shri Krishna, who is known as Vrajendra Nandana and Shyamasundar, is the ultimate manifestation of the Absolute Truth. He is the cause of all causes and the source of all sources. He Himself is without any beginning. He possesses a transcendental body, is All-knowing, All-powerful and most merciful. He is both the personification of all mellows and the enjoyer of all mellows. Lord Shri Krishna, who always performs loving, sweet pastimes, distributes His love to others through His generous and magnanimous incarnation known as Shri Krishna Chaitanya.
Lord Shri Krishna is Shri Krishna Chaitanya, and in the same way, Lord Shri Krishna's abode Vrindavana Dham.is not different from Shri Krishna Chaitanya's abode Navadwip Dham. Both the circumference of Shri Vrindavan Dham and the circumference of Shri Navadwip Dham are 32 square miles. According to the scriptures, the sequel to Krishna's Vrindavan pastimes 5000 years ago is Gaura lila, the pastimes of Shri Krishna Chaitanya in Navadwip 500 years ago. Vrindavan Dham and Navadwip Dham, as well as their glories, are eternally situated on the transcendental plane. Lord Ananta Sesa with His thousands of mouths is unable to fully describe the glories of these two holy dhams. Even the opulent splendor of Jagannath Puri and the magnificent grandeur of Dwaraka Puri, which are the Supreme Lord's royal abodes, cannot compare to Shri Navadwip Dham and Shri Vrindavan Dham. In Vrindavan Dham the Supreme Lord Krishna Himself fully tastes and enjoys the mellows of love. But in Navadwip Dham, Krishna, as Shri Krishna Chaitanya, in merciful and wonderous ways freely distributes love of God.
One wishing to enter the mellows of Vraja is guaranteed success by taking full shelter of Navadwip Dham, Shri Krishna Chaitanya, Prabhu Nityananda, and all of Their eternal associates. Having taken shelter, one very easily attains the love available in Vrindavan. In Lord Chaitanya's abode of Shri Navadwip Dham, the Lord does not consider a devotee's offenses. Just by purely taking shelter of Shri Navadwip Dham, one receives Vraja prema. But pure, unalloyed shelter is not a cheap thing. It means accepting Shri Krishna Chaitanya and Shri Prabhu Nityananda as one's life and soul and accepting, without a fraction of a doubt, that Shri Navadwip Dham is the ultimate expression of compassion and the maximum manifestation of mercy for conditioned souls. Brahma, Shiva, and all the demigods always desire Vraja prema. Great personalities like Uddhava and Sukadeva Goswami always seek to acquire Vraja prema. Even incarnations of Lord Krishna such as the four Kumaras and Narada Muni are always eager to taste Vraja prema. Vraja prema is extremely rare. But this same Vraja prema is easily granted to one who takes complete shelter of Shri Navadwip Dham. Therefore the transcendental land of Shri Navadwip Dham is exceedingly magnanimous and benevolent in the same way that the merciful Shri Krishna Chaitanya is exceedingly magnanimous and benevolent.
By even once performing parikrama of Shri Navadwip Dham, which is the quintessence of mercy and the treasurehold of the Lord's most merciful pastimes, a living entity beocmes perfect. Hearing Gaurahari katha and discussing their subtle nuances while peforming Navadwip parikrama is glorious. It is not possible to calculate the unlimited benefit that one will receive if one performs Hari-nam Sankirtan throughout the nine islands of Navadwip. To award this unlimited benefit to the conditioned souls, our grand spiritual master, Param-guru Om Vishnupada 108 Shri Shrimad Bhaktisiddhanta Saraswati Goswami Thakur Shrila Prabhupada, in 1918, initiated parikrama of Shridham Navadwip according to Shrila Bhaktivinoda Thakur's book Shri Navadwip Dham Parikrama. Leading a parikrama party of thousands of devotee pilgrims with hundreds of mridangas and karatals, Shrila Prabhupada joyfully glorified Shri Krishna Chaitanya's Holy Land and His eternally, radiant pastimes.
Following in the footsteps of his guru, my beloved spiritual master, Shri Nitya-lila Parivrajakacarya Astottara-sata Shri Shrimad Bhakti-prajnana Keshava Goswami Maharaj, continued the tradition by fully performing parikrama each year after Shrila Prabhupada finished his manifest pastimes. Shrila Keshava Goswami Maharaj had heard these intimate pastimes, wonderful deliberations, and marvelous philosophical conclusions directly from the mouth of his beloved gurudeva, Shrila Prabhupada, and I had the great fortune of hearing these all from him.Shrila Keshava Maharaj and his followers have been guiding pilgrims in their performance of the circumambulation of Shridham Navadwip Dham without fail since 1947. After my gurudeva continued on to Goloka Vrindavan in 1968, I accepted the service of conducting the parikramas of both Shri Navadwip Dham, just before Gaura Purnima, and Shri Vrindavan Dham, during the month of Kartik.
sei krishna navadwipa shri chaitanya-candra
sei balarama sange shri nityananda
"That original Supreme Lord Krishna appeared in Navadwip as Shri Krishna Chaitanya,-and the original Lord Balarama appeared with Him as Shri Prabhu Nityananda." (Shri Chaitanya Charitamrita, Adi-lila, Chapter 5, Verse 6)
The pastimes of Shri Krishna Chaitanya and Shri Prabhu Nityananda in Navadwip Dham are the conclusion of Krishna and Balarama's pastimes in Vrindavan Dham. The Supreme Lord Krishna and His incarnations appear periodically in fixed-time sequences to protect religious principles, destroy the demonic influences and to elevate the conditioned living entities helplessly trapped within the endless cycle of birth and death.
The primordial enjoyer of all transcendental mellows, the all-powerful, omnipotent Supreme Lord Krishna appeared at the very end of Dwapara yuga with His elder brother Balarama in Their original forms with all Their associates. To give love of God to all the living entities, Krishna performed various extraordinary and transcendental pastimes. He danced elegantly upon the hundred heads of Kaliya Naga as each of the snake's heads tried to bite Him. He held Shri Govardhan Hill, which is over 21 kilometers in circumference, on the little finger of His left hand for seven days to protect the Vrajabasis from the assault of Indra's samvartaka rain clouds. He expanded Himself into 16,000 different Krishnas and accepted the hands of 16,000 princesses in 16,000 different palaces, marrying them all simultaneously. He transferred, in the twinkling of an eye, all of the residents of Mathura to the city of Dvaraka as they all slept soundly. He eloquently recited the 700 glorious slokas of the Bhagavad-gita to His friend Arjuna before the battle of Kuruksetra. These incomparable, sublime pastimes of the all-powerful Lord, awarded love of God to all the living entities throught these pastimes during the 125 years He appeared in this world. But every human being 5000 years ago didn't know about Krishna. Only a small percentage of self-realized souls understood Krishna as the Supreme Personality of Godhead. Similarly, today, although the Holy Name of Krishna and Krishna's radiant, transcendental pastimes have been broadcast around this planet in every country of the world, only a small percentage of human beings are able to appreciate that the Supreme Personality of Godhead, the Lord and Fountainhead of all, is Shri Krishna. The confidential reason for this lack of realization is the accumulation of offenses. Sinful living entities are actually not qualified to hear about Krishna. Meat-eaters, alcohol drinkers, those who consume drugs and intoxicants, gamblers, sexmongers, atheists, voidists, impersonalists, the evil and the demonic, are all unfortunate living entities who are constantly increasing their offenses by multiplying their sins.
Only rarely do these living entities ever receive mercy from a devotee which enables them to chant Krishna's Holy Names or hear about Krishna's transcendental pastimes. One, without knowledge of Krishna, cannot destroy his sins or make spiritual advancement. So the living entities, due to their constant sinful activities, endlessly revolve in the cycle of birth and death.Residing in the holy dham, hearing Shrimad-Bhagavatam, greeting the Deities, serving Shri Guru, and the chanting of Krishna's Holy Names are five indications that one is receiving the mercy of Krishna.
All initiated devotees should daily perform these activities, faithfully follow Ekadashi and Chaturmasya, and each year perform Shri Navadwip Dham Parikrama. Such practices will destroy billions of sins that we have accumulated over millions of lifetimes and will allow us to chant humbly and offenselessly. Unless one in total humility chants offenselessly, it is not possible to attain love of Krishna. By following the four regulative principles, which all Vaishnavas naturally follow, by keeping the association of devotees and by being properly initiated by a bona fide guru in the disciplic succession from one of the four authorized sampradayas, one can neutralize offenses and chant Hari Nama offenselessly. The humble chanting of Krishna's Holy Names can successfully redeem even the most sinful and it can miraculously protect one from committing any new offenses. We must thus always humbly chant:
Hare Krishna Hare Krishna Krishna Krishna Hare Hare
Hare Rama Hare Rama Rama Rama Hare Hare
But even if an offender in Shri Navadwip Dham chants the names of Prabhu Nityananda and Shri Krishna Chaitanya, he can easily purify himself and ascend to the platform of prema bhakti. The redemption of those heinously wicked offenders Jagai and Madhai is a great example of this fact.
Shri Navadwip Dham has yet another special quality. If a bhakta, a person practicing devotional service, performs bhajan to Gauranga in the mood of dasya rasa, then he will without difficulty be promoted to Krishna prema in sakhya, vatsalya or madhurya rasa. Shrila Bhak-tivinoda Thakur has stated that worshiping Nitai and Gauranga in the
mood of dasya rasa automatically will qualify a devotee to soon experience Krishna prema manifesting within his heart. Gaura Premanandi!
Shri Siksastaka Prayers
Shri Krishna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu is the Supreme Lord Krishna, Vrajendra Nandana Himself, imbued with the divine sentiments and color of Shrimati Radharani. He was visible within Bengal, India, for forty-eight years, from 1486 until 1534. Although His followers wrote many books based upon His teachings, He Himself wrote only eight verses. These eight verses are called the Siksastaka Prayers.
ceto-darpana-marjanam bhava-maha-davagni nirvapanam
sreyah-kairava-candrika-vitaranam vidya-vadhu-jivanam
anandambudhi-vardhanam prati-padam purnamrtasvadanam
sarvatma-snapanam param vijayate shri-krishna-sankirtan
(1)"Glory to the shri-krishna-sankirtana, which cleanses the heart of all the dust accumulated for years and extinguishes the fire of conditional life, of repeated birth and dealth. This sankirtana movement is the prime benediction for humanity at large because it spreads the rays of the benediction moon. It is the life of all transcendental knowledge. It increases the ocean of transcendental bliss, and it enables us to fully taste the nectar for which we are alway anxious."
namnam akari bahudha nija-sarva-saktis tatrarpita niyamitah smarane na kalah
etadrsi tava kripa bhagavan mamapi durdaivam idrsam ihajani nanuragah
(2)"O my Lord, Your Holy Name alone can render all benediction to living beings, and thus You have hundreds and millions of names,like Krishna and Govinda. In these transcendental names You have invested all your transcendental energies. There are not even hard and fast rules for chanting these names. O my Lord, out of kindness
You enable us to easily approach You by Your holy names, but I am so unfortunate that I have no attraction for them."
trnad apt sunicena taror api sahisnuna
amanina manadena kirtaniyah sada harih
(3)"One should chant the Holy Name of the Lord in a humble state of mind, thinking oneself lower than the straw in the street; one should be more tolerant than a tree, devoid of all sense of false prestige, and should be ready to offer all respect to others. In such a state of mind one can chant the Holy Names of the Lord constantly."
na dhanam najanam na sundarim kavitam vajagad-isa kamaye
mama janmani janmanisvare bhavatad bhaktir ahaituki tvayi
(4)"O almighty Lord, I have no desire to accumulate wealth, nor do I desire beautiful women, nor do I want any number of followers. I only want Your causeless devotional service, birth after birth."
ayi nanda-tanuja kinkaram patitam mam visame bhavambudhau
kripaya tava pada-pankaja sthita dhuli-sadrsam vicintaya
(5)"O son of Maharaja Nanda (Krishna), I am Your eternal servitor,yet somehow or other I have fallen into the ocean of birth and death.Please pick me up from this ocean of death and place me as one of the atoms at Your lotus feet."
nayanam galad-asru-dharaya vadanam gadgada-ruddhaya gira
pulakair nicitam vapuh kada tava nama-grahane bhavisyati
(6) "O my Lord, when will my eyes be decorated with tears of love flowing constantly when I chant Your holy name? When will my voice choke up, and when will the hairs of my body stand on end at the recitation of Your name?"
yugayitam nimesena caksusa pravrsayitam
sunyayitam jagat sarvam govinda-virahena me
(7) "O Govinda, feeling Your separation, I am considering a moment to be like twelve years or more. Tears are flowing from my eyes like torrents of rain, and I am feeling all vacant in the world in Your absence."
aslisya va pada-ratam pinastu mam adarsanam mama-hatam karotu va
yatha tatha va vidadhatu lampato mat-prana-nathas tu sa eva naparah
(8) "I know no one but Krishna as my Lord, and He shall remain so even if He handles me roughly by His embrace or makes me brokenhearted by not being present before me. He is completely free to do anything and everything, for He is always my worshipful Lord, unconditionally."
The Shape and Size of Shri Navadwip Dham
Shri Navadwip Dham is in the shape of a lotus flower and is composed of nine islands which are spread over 16 krosas. It's circumference measures four yojanas, or 32 miles. As nava means nine and dwipa means island, this land is called Navadwip.
Eight of the islands: (2) Simantadwip, (3) Godrumadwip, (4) Madhyadwip, (5) Koladwip, (6) Ritudwip, (7) Jahnudwip, (8) Modadrumadwip, and (9) Rudradwip all form an eight petaled lotus surrounding the island of (1) Antardwip, which is the center of the lotus and measures a circumference of five krosas, ten miles. It's central point, in the shape of a vortex, is called Shri Mayapur, which has a circumference of 3000 dhanus, three and a half miles.In the center of Shri Mayapur is the appearance place of Shri Krishna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu, which is marked by a neem tree and is known around the world as the Yoga Pith. The whole of Shri Navadwip Dham splendidly resides on the banks of the river Bhagirathi, the lower Ganges, and is situated within the center of Shri Gaura Mandala.Shri Gaura Mandala is spread over 84 krosas and has a circumference of 21 yojanas or 168 miles. When Ganga devi arrives here she begins to twist and turn because she wishes to never leave the vicinity of the holy dham. She wants to remain in this eternal playground of Mahaprabhu forever. Shri Gaura Mandala is cintamani svarupa, which means that it's made of transcendental gems. The land, the water, the trees, the air, the dust - everything is transcendental and is far beyond all material considerations.
The transcendental land of Shri Navadwip Dham contains the 16 sacred rivers: (1) Yamuna devi, (2) Saraswati devi, (3) Ganga devi, (4) Brahmaputra, (5) Bhagavati, (6) Gomati, (7) Tamrapani, (8) Kritamala, (9) Sarayu, (10) Vidyadari, (11) Narmada, (121) Sindhu, (13) Kaveri, (14) Godavari, (15) Mandakini, and (16) Alakananda. From the unique and wonderful crossings of these sacred rivers the nine islands of Shri Navadwip Dham form an eight petalled lotus.
The seven holy cities of (1) Kasi, (2) Ayodhya, (3) Mathura, (4) Haridwar, (5) Kanchi, (6) Avanti, and (7) Dvaraka all are present here as well. And the twelve transcendental forests of Vraja named (1) Bhadravan, (2) Baelvan, (3) Bhandiravan, (4) Lauhavan, (5) Gokul-Mahavan, (6) Bahulavan, (7) Kamyavan, (8) Khadirvan, (9) Kamudavan, (10) Madhuvan, (11) Talavan, and (12) Vrindavan are also situated at different locations within the nine islands of Shri Navadwip Dham.
In Sn Navadwip Dham, Svetadwipa, Vaikuntha, Mathura, Kuru-ksetra, Pushkara, Naimisaranya, and Vrindavan all reside eternally. But only by the causeless mercy of Shri Nityananda Prabhu may a devotee truly see these places.According to the scriptures, Antardwip, which contains Shridham Mayapur, is on the eastern side of the Ganges along with three islands: Simantadwip, Godrumadwip, and Madhyadwip. The remaining five islands - Koladwip, Ritudwip, Jahnudwip, Modadrumadwip, and Rudradwip - are all on the western side of the Ganges. By sureveying the maps that were printed by the government 500 years ago, and by studying the authoritative scriptures left by the previous acaryas, it has been conclusively proven that Shri Krishna Chaitanya appeared on the eastern side of the Ganges at Shri Mayapur. From descriptions given in the Shri Chaitanya Bhagavata, Shri Chaitanya Charitamrita, Shri Bhakti-ratnakara and other old and authorized, revealed scriptures, it is also known that in Shridham Mayapur the samadhi of Chand Kazi, Shridhar Angan, Ballal Dighi, are all on the eastern side of Ganges in close proximity to each other.
The present day city of Navadwip is situated on the western side of the Ganges. This is actually the old Koladwip. Since the appearance of Shri Krishna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu 500 years ago, the Ganges has flooded this area frequently. When the Ganges would flood Mayapur, the residents would leave their villages and cross the Ganges. They would then settle on higher ground. This traversing back and forth occurred many, many times, until the actual location of Shri Krishna Chaitanya Mahaprabhu's appearance place was no longer known. In the late 1880's, when Shrila Bhaktivinoda Thakur was searching through government records and old books, such as Bhakti-ratnakara, Urdhvamnala, Kapila-tantra, Brahma-yamala, and Navadwip Sataka, he discovered that the appearance place of Shri Krishna Chaitanya had been known before as Mayapur and that it was on the eastern side of the Ganges. The present day city of Navadwip, on the western side of the Ganges, was established in 1879, so Shrila Bhaktivinoda Thakur could conclude that Shri Krishna Chaitanya could not have appeared there.
After talking to the local pandits and questioning venerable Vais-navas residing in the area, Shrila Bhaktivinoda Thakur learned about a special tract of land on the island of Antardwip that contained several large mounds of earth completely covered with sacred Tulasi plants. Because mysterious lights and sounds had been seen and heard by the local population over many generations, these large mounds of earth had never been cultivated and were left uninhabited.Inspired within his heart but needing confirmation, Shrila Bhaktivinoda Thakur respectfully went to his spiritual master, Shrila Sarva-bhauma Jagannath das Babaji Maharaj, who was 142 years old at that time, and who was so incapacitated that he had to be brought to the sacred mounds of Tulasi bushes carried in a basket. But as soon as he reached the site, he hopped out of the basket and began dancing in ecstasy. With tears in his eyes, he began joyfully shouting, "Haribol!" This is the birthsite of our life and soul, Shri Gaurachandra!"
Thus he irrefutably confirmed his humble disciple's realization: the Supreme Personality of Godhead, Vrajendra Nandana, Lord Krishna Himself, had indeed incarnated as Shri Krishna Chaitanya on the eastern side of the Ganges at the place now known as the Yoga Pith in Shridham Mayapur on the island of Antardwip. Today we can see that many splendid temples, like beautiful jewels, gracefully decorate this most holy, auspicious and sacred land on the eastern side of the Ganges.Shri Navadwip Dham Parikrama, according to the scriptures, should begin at Lord Shri Krishna Chaitanya's appearance place. One should then proceed to Simantadwip, and then proceed to Godrumadwip and then Madhyadwip. One should then cross to the western side of the Ganges and reverently go to Koladwip, Ritudwip, Jahnudwip, and Modadrumadwip. Then one should again cross back the Ganges to Rudradwip. Previously Rudradwip was situated on the western bank of the Ganges, but now, by the will of the Lord, it is situated on the eastern side.
It is auspicious to begin Shri Navadwip Dham parikrama on the tithi of Makara Saptami, the ninth day of the bright fortnight of Phalguna, and finish the parikrama on the full moon day of Gaura Purnima. Each day the parikrama party should take darshan of a different island. The parikrama should end on Gaura Purnima by returning to Shridham Mayapur and having final darshan at the appearance site of the Lord. If, on Shri Krishna Chaitanya's appearance day, one does not go to Shridham Mayapur and, while humbly offering full obeisances,take darshan of the Lord at His birthsite, one's parikrama is not considered complete.
Shri Nityananda Prabhu auspiciously inaugurated the first parikrama of Shri Navadwip Dham 500 years ago by guiding Shri Jiva Goswami throughout Navadwip's nine islands. The original Guru, Shri Nityananda Prabhu Himself, who is non-different from Shri Balaramji, the first expansion of the Supreme Lord Krishna, blissfully toured the transcendental land of Shri Navadwip Dham in the role of a devotee.By initiating this most auspicious and sacred event, Shri Nityananda Prabhu set the example and eternally benedicted all the worlds. Shrila Bhaktivinoda Thakur gave us a beautiful description of this parikrama in his book Shri Navadwip Dham Mahatmya. He also briefly describes it in his Shri Navadwip Bhava Taranga. Shrila Narahari Cakravarti Thakur also gave another wonderful description of Shri Navadwip Dham Parikrama in Shri Bhakti-ratnakara, where he describes the circumambulation of the Holy Dham that Shri Ishana Thakur, the servant of Sacimata, gave to Shrinivas Acarya, Narottam Thakur and Ramacandra Kaviraj.
The nine islands of Shri Navadwip Dham each represent one of the nine processes of devotional service described in the Shrimad-Bhagavatam, Simantadwip is sravanam, hearing about the pastimes of the Lord. Godrumadwip is kirtanam, chanting the Holy Names of the Lord. Madhyadwip is smaranam, remembering the pastimes of the Lord. Koladwip is mellow of pada-seva, service to the lotus feet of the Lord. Ritudwip is arcanam, worshiping the Lord. Jahnudwip is vandanam, offering prayers to the Lord. Modadrumadwip is dasya bhakti, servitorship to the Lord. Rudradwip is sakhya bhakti, service to the Lord as a friend. And Antardwip is atma-nivedanam, surrendering everything to the Lord.
The twelve transcendental forests of Vraja are eternally existing on these nine islands in their concealed forms, but the order in which the forests are situated in Shri Vrindvan Dham is not the same as in Shri Navadwip Dham. Antardwip is Gokula-Mahavan. North of Prithu Kunda is Madhuvan and Mathura city. Then, in the middle of Shri-dham is Vishram Ghat, where Mahaprabhu took rest after purifying the Muslim magistrate Chand Kazi. Godrumadwip is Nandagram, where unlimited cowherd boys eternally reside. At this place Lord Chaitanya and Prabhu Nityananda saw many cows and would fall into ecstasy remembering Their childhood cowherd pastimes as Krishna and Balaram. Koladwip contains Bahulavan. Khadirvan is at Cham-pahati, and Ritudwip is Radha Kunda, which is a part of Vrindavan.Koladwip also contains a hill called Kuliya, and this hill is Giri Govardhan. Jahnudwip is Bhadravan. Modadrumadwip is Bhandira-van, and Mahatpur in Modadrumadwip is Kamyavan. Mayamari in Simantadwip is Talavan, and Rudradwip is Baelvan.
When walking on Navadwip parikrama, it is best, unless one's feet are injured, to not wear shoes. Under no circumstances should leather sandals be worn. The correct way to do Shri Navadwip Dham Parikrama is barefoot, in a humble state of mind, incessantly chanting the Holy Names of Krishna. If done in this way all one's efforts will quickly bear fruit. Gaura Premanandi!


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Todd Bentley recently posted a letter entitled "LIFTING JESUS HIGH - Bringing Biblical Light to Your Questions about the Lakeland Outpouring & Todd Bentley"
This is a sorry (actually sad) attempt to control spin and to do some "public relations" to make himself look more "evangelical" by bringing some of the issues plaguing the "outpouring" into the dim light of discussion. Unfortunately, instead of repenting and asking forgiveness, and fixing things, he shows off his unchanging "leopard spots" more clearly and tries to defend the biblically undefendable. And in the end, rather than "Lifting Jesus High", Jesus is still buried under a pile of Todd's garbage somewhere.
I am going to deal with this letter in several posts because it is way too much to deal with in one post. Right-click HERE and "Open link in new window/tab" to follow along.
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"On Visions"
(Todd's text is in BLUE...mine is in BLACK)
Todd starts off seemingly ok with:
While it's good and right and biblical to test the spirits to see if they are of God,...
Starting with this semi-biblical statement is a "confusion tactic". Here Todd is attempting to make you believe He values faith and assurance in the absolute-concrete-authority of God's Word, the Bible. But Todd is essentially saying that you AREN'T having "real" faith if you question whether his UNBIBLICAL teachings are true or not, since God can "do anything" and since with God "nothing is impossible".
...it's vital to realize that just because a type of vision or a sign is not listed in Scripture, that it's unscriptural, to be discounted, or false.
This shocked me at first, then made me laugh... Todd's grammar is incorrect here and what he actually writes is the truth, but the truth is not what he meant! He writes that we must realize that if it is not in scripture it is unsriptural, false and should be discounted!
Sadly, context shows that he means "We should not say something is unscriptural just because it is not listed in scripture. .......?.....? Isn't that the definition of "unscriptural"?
THIS is a "satanic deception tactic". Todd says "Look, guys... God did say 'test the spirits'... but His Word, the Bible is NOT really the final authority on what is true!"
This is the same tactic Satan used on Eve. (Gen. 3:1-6) Follow Todd's reasoning while you follow Satan's reasoning with Eve...
Todd implies "Sure the Bible is cool and important and all, but did God really say 'Everything should be tested by the Scriptures'?... what about YOUR OWN unscriptural dreams and visions?"
We say "Yes, Todd, God did say 'Everything should be tested by the Scriptures'!" (II Timothy 3:13-17) "But evil men and impostors will grow worse and worse, deceiving and being deceived. But you must continue in the things which you have learned and been assured of, knowing from whom you have learned them, and that from childhood you have known the Holy Scriptures, which are able to make you wise for salvation through faith which is in Christ Jesus. All Scripture is given by inspiration of God, and is profitable for doctrine, for reproof, for correction, for instruction in righteousness, that the man of God may be complete, thoroughly equipped for every good work."
Todd then replies "No, no, no... God didn't really mean that, otherwise...
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...all of those dreams and visions that seem spiritual must be ignored! God surely did not mean what His Word says. He wants you to be LIKE HIM! Don't you want to be "like God"?...able to step into the "Third Heaven", able to see into the "Spirit Realm", able to speak and heal the sick and raise the dead,... I mean,... even Jesus said you'll do "greater things" (scroll to v.12) than Emmanuel Himself!... God surely did not MEAN what He said in II Timothy! God's Word is NOT the last Word. Listen to ME, I know about these things!"
For instance: If you dream of Jesus visiting you, and in your dream, Jesus, the Man, was the most handsome man you'd ever seen, would the fact that the Bible described Him as having no beauty or majesty to attract us to Him, nothing in His appearance that we should desire Him (Is. 53:2b), discount your dream as being scriptural or genuine, relative, and of God?
The answer is "YES"... if the dream does not line up with Scripture, it must be discounted and generally ignored! If it does line up exactly with Scripture good, go with it! But then what's the big deal of the dream when you have the Scripture?
Scripture must always be the measure, the standard, to weed through our untrustworthy dreams and visions. Otherwise, anything goes. I may have dreams that God is desiring a duck-billed, green haired, army of God to rise up and square-dance in the White House! By Todd's standards my dream is as valid as any of Todd's own dreams or visions because there are no "plumb lines" to test any dream by to make sure they are "straight"!
Just as no two people are alike, no two experiences are alike. Guaranteed, the Bible doesn't list the details of each dream, each encounter, or everything that God has, does, and will eventually reveal to His people. It doesn't record every detail of every dream, or everything someone has seen in the spirit realm, or on earth for that matter. Nor does it record every possible miracle, but it does say that nothing is impossible with God (see Luke 1:37; Matt. 17:20).
That's right. God COULD cause us to grow duck bills and He MIGHT turn our hair green... nothing is impossible with God!
BUT if I started preaching that God desires that we all grew duck bills and that he really was going to visit us and turn our hair green, even Todd Bentley would call me goofy. Why? Because it has NO BASIS IN SCRIPTURE!
Yet Todd's dreams and visions that twist scripture and lead people to focus on "the angel" or on "the supernatural" rather than Jesus, or that allow him to visit and interact in "spiritual realms" that God hid from us PURPOSEFULLY, are to be taken as truthful revelations of God!
God's only plan for us is that we (a) trust Jesus Christ, the Messiah, alone, apart from our works, for all of our righteousness and salvation,... and (b) that we go out and preach Jesus Christ crucified and resurrected, teaching and making disciples who will start the process again, over and over and over again.
God does NOT have any Biblical guide for us to get any "closer" to him in spirituality, or in position, or in geographical location. We either are "in Christ" (which is as close as two can get) with all that is included with that relationship and heirship, or we are "rebels" who are storing up wrath for God to pour back out on us in the day of Judgment.
The fact is that everything (regardless of what amazing things God CAN DO) must be testable and only by the Scrptures. What I feel or experience as "real" makes no difference if it is unbiblical... and Jesus coming to visit someone is UNBIBLICAL! (Paul was visited before the "Revelation" was completed by John in AD 96, when the Word was closed by God -Rev 22:19)
The children of Israel were given guidelines to measure a false prophet by (The revealed Word of God)... Todd has already failed even those Old Testament tests many time over...
The New Testament Body of Christ has ALSO been given guidelines to measure a false prophet by (The revealed Word of God)... Todd Bentley has also failed to fall within Biblical measurements and guidelines and MUST therefore be ignored!
We have no account of miracles like amputated limbs growing back, but the absence of this is Scripture doesn't mean that such a miracle unbiblical.
Todd Bentley doesn't have this miracle under his belt either, so what's he worried about?!
If a person is of the mind-set that everything spiritual that happens or manifests in our lives has to be found in Scripture to be divine and of God, then that standard or belief would have to be applied to every area of one's life.
NO, Todd... again you are trying a "confusion tactic"... Scripture need only be applied to spiritual and moral areas of our lives, which are the places that God has BIBLICALLY commanded that we repent and obey. ( Act 15:24-29) God does not care if I dream that I'd like a purple motorcycle and then go buy one... unless I venture into immoral or spiritually unscriptural ways of making my dream come true, like stealing it, or consulting a psychic to help me find it.
God responds to each one of us in different ways so the specific way He speaks to any of His children should not become a doctrine of correctness.
FALSE: The specific way he has spoken to US is through the written, revealed Scriptures, the Word of God! In times past God spoke through the prophets. In the present He gave His Son, Jesus who sat down... No more Word will be revealed. He dwelt among us... Now he LIVES as the Final Word of God! (Hebrews 1, Revelation 22, John 1)
Someone once said that limiting revelation is like trying to fit an ocean into a cup. God is continually restoring truth and light to His Church.
What scripture is this, Todd? The Truth and the Light (Jesus) came into the world 2000 years ago...When was He "removed" from the true "Church" so that He must be restored??
The reason the Bible says God's "Word" is Jesus Himself is because Jesus is the Completion of the Revelation of the Father...
Every "Word" God gave to the Prophets was the "type & shadow" message of Jesus! The Bible says God's Word(Jesus) is a lamp to my feet and a light for my path (Psalm 119:105)... In the beginning was the Word, (Jesus) and the Word was with God, and the Word was God. He was in the beginning with God. All things were made through Him, and without Him nothing was made that was made. In Him (Jesus) was life, and the life was the light (Jesus, God's Word) of men. And the light (Thy Word, my Lamp) shines in the darkness, and the darkness did not comprehend it.(John 1:1-5)
I will always stumble and fall when I don't allow The Word to light my path everywhere I go. Revelation 22:18-19 says: For I testify to everyone who hears the words of the prophecy of this book: If anyone adds to these things, God will add to him the plagues that are written in this book; and if anyone takes away from the words of the book of this prophecy, God shall take away his part from the Book of Life, from the holy city, and from the things which are written in this book.
When we add to the "Revealed Word" any "extra-biblical" word and say it is from God we say, in effect, "Jesus and His work are NOT COMPLETE, NOT ENOUGH, and NOT FINISHED... I must add something to The Word, Jesus or His Work.
When we take away from the "Revealed Word" anything that was given or revealed in former days by the Biblical Prophets and Apostles, we say, in effect, "What God has said through His Word, Jesus, is just garbage and since I don't like it, I will be like Jonah, and not proclaim it!" In taking away from the Word we effectively bind and gag God."
Therefore, we should place no limit on further revelation.(This statement comes from Todd Bentley's own " Statement of Faith... and HERE is a good article dealing with Todd's SOF... scroll halfway down the page.)
WHAT?!? Todd is saying here that we can never say that God's Word is enough!
Psalm 119:118 says: You (God) reject all those who stray from Your statutes, For their deceit is falsehood.
When we stray from God's Word we are both rejecting God, and we are rejected BY God, because His Word, Jesus Christ is our ONLY, and FINISHED, Salvation.
"We should place no limit on further revelation" means God's Word is NOT PERFECT, SUFFICIENT or COMPLETE and it can't make us COMPLETE, thoroughly equipped for every good work as II Timothy says it will! Todd Bentley is in direct opposition to the Bible!
To have a view that everything that happens in someone's life because of God's loving response to us as His children should be listed in the Bible or else it's wrong or evil, is like saying that Jesus, who is the Word represents a list of do's and don'ts.
Wow! Todd Bentley even acknowledges "Jesus IS the Word", yet he keeps arguing that "Jesus is NOT ENOUGH!" by saying we should not limit any "new revelation". And whether the Word "represents a list of do's and dont's" or not, Todd shows that he evidently does not like commands.
Also, in context, Todd is basically implying that "God's loving response to us as His children" is that we will have "further revelation"... but in contrast, the Bible says that "God demonstrates His own love toward us, in that while we were still sinners, Christ died for us." (Romans 5:8) God doesn't want us to have "further revealation". He wants us to be satisfied with His Word, Jesus.
Jesus is a Person who, through intimacy and relationship, we perceive and understand by the Holy Spirit what is good and what is evil.
WRONG, The Bible never says this. We perceive and understand Jesus by the Biblical accounts of His incarnation, His sinless life, His sacrificial death burial and resurrection, and His revelation of Himself as the Christ, the Savior of the World. The WORD (Jesus) clearly lines out for us what is "good and evil"... If someone points others AWAY from the WORD, Jesus, that person is EVIL and in a heap of trouble. (Luke 17:2 It would be better for him if a millstone were hung around his neck, and he were thrown into the sea, than that he should offend one of these little ones.)
If Jesus listed for us everything that we needed to know, then knowing Him would have become an option.
No Todd,... He has provided us "EVERYTHING that we needed to know" so that we could personally know Him, but we despised Him and refused to hear and heed His WORD.
Mankind rebels against God. We hate Him. We killed Him even though He healed us, gave us sight, and raised us from the dead! He did, in fact, "give us EVERYTHING we needed to know", but we have tried our best to kill the Word over and over, ripping Him out of courtrooms, and schools, and entire nations... and now church tents in Lakeland!
So, Todd, "knowing Him" IS an option for all... the question is, are we going to repent and believe His Word ALONE and come to the knowledge of the Word?
It's in knowing Him, who is The Word that we enter into what He has prepared for us.
Wow, a TRUE statement! We "KNOW Him" by the concrete evidence He has given ALL of us EQUALLY... The Bible.
2Pe 1:2-4 says: Grace and peace be multiplied to you in the KNOWLEDGE of God and of Jesus our Lord, as His divine power HAS GIVEN (PASTE TENSE) to us ALL THINGS (The "Word" was given...) that pertain to life and godliness, through the knowledge of Him who called us by glory and virtue, by which HAVE BEEN GIVEN (again, PAST TENSE) to us exceedingly great and precious promises, that through these (Promises of God, given in the past) you may be partakers of the divine nature, having escaped the corruption that is in the world through lust.
We don't NEED any "new revelation" for anything! We are complete in Him (Col.2:10) and we are complete and "thoroughly equipped" in the Word (II Tim 3:15-16)... We don't even have to "just add water"! As long as we have the "Word" we have Jesus!
To apply doctrine to the response of God in our lives is wrong.
WHOA! What about II Tim 3:16, Todd? "Doctrine" IS the Word of God! (The six points below are from HERE)!
1.Doctrine is the entire Bible...everything in it. Doctrine = teaching.
2.God cannot say anything irrelevant or unworthy. So all scripture is good. Because all scripture is doctrine, no part of it can be of less value.
3.'Love' is an aspect of doctrine. So, love cannot be greater than doctrine.
4.Jesus made the keeping of His commandments (commandments = teachings = doctrine) a test of love for Him. In saying that, He made a doctrinal statement!
5.There are not 'many doctrines' - there is only one, unified doctrine of God. The various teachings of the Bible are merely aspects of that one doctrine.
6.Doctrine can and should, at times, separate brethren from brethren, when some distort the truth to an intolerable degree. Doctrine certainly and infinitely separates brethren from unbelievers. We cannot accept what God hates.
For someone to assume that something that happens to us isn't of God because it's not in his or her doctrine or knowledge of Jesus is, in my opinion, to grieve the precious Holy Spirit.
OK,... Todd is saying that whatever YOUR "reality" is, (even if it is square-dancing, green-haired, duck-billed people) trumps what the Bible says. Does that even sound like the Truth?
I believe each experience is unique and tailored to the individual's background, experiences, circumstances, capacity to receive, and personal relationship with Jesus. The experience is usually one that a person can relate to.
((Yeah, because it comes from their own weak little human pea-brains and not from God!))
The Lord meets us where we're at and often shows us things in a way that gets our attention, in a way that we, as individuals, uniquely understand and relate to.
WRONG, God DEMANDS that we repent and turn to Him... He will NOT "meet us where we are at" in our rebellion and sin! Just ask the children of Israel, Jonah, Sodom & Gommorah, Ananias & Saphira, etc., etc.,!
Some are questioning the soundness of my visitation from Jesus while I was in Redding, California.
Todd, should I really take your story seriously?
The Bible says: Then if anyone says to you, 'Behold, here is the Christ,' or 'There He is,' do not believe him (Matthew 24:23).
And: So if they say to you, 'Behold, He is in the wilderness,' do not go out, or, 'Behold, He is in the inner rooms,' do not believe them (Matthew 24:26).
And: So then, when the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, He was received up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God (Mark 16:19).
I stated in an interview that it was as though He came into this realm and I saw Him as I would imagine Jesus would be with the disciples on the Earth, as the Son of man, a humble servant as He walked the earth, not in His resurrection glory.
OK, wait... Does Todd mean Jesus Himself literally visited Him, or was it a vision or a dream "as though" Jesus came into this realm?
Well, TODD"S EXACT QUOTE was "Just recently, I was in Redding, California, and I had a face-to-face encounter with Jesus. It was real. And I was sitting in this green room in a chair. I was in a chair just like this, and I could feel the presence of the Lord all-around me..."
"My eyes were open and I saw heaven open, and I saw the Lord step out of heaven--literally step out of heaven. And from the Lord, Himself, He appeared to me, and, and it was as if He came to me into this realm. He appeared to me."
Todd really means Jesus Himself literally, physically visited Him. He repeated the statement that Jesus had physically visited Him HERE (at the 2:04 mark).
The purpose of this experience was for God to impart to me His supernatural peace in my life.
Wrong again. Supernatural peace is the automatic fruit of believers who are indwelt by the Holy Spirit. Romans 15:13 Now may the God of hope fill you with all joy and peace in believing, that you may abound in hope by the power of the Holy Spirit. (Galatians 5:22, Philippians 4:7)
God chooses, in His infinite wisdom, to reveal Himself in different ways,...
(FALSE, God has IN TIMES PAST only partially revealed Himself through creation, through visions, signs and wonders, through the prophets and apostles, etc...
But with Christ's ascension and John's Revelation God has rested in His "revealing" because He revealed His Word, Jesus to humanity and now His earthly revelation of Himself is complete... The only "new revelation" we will get is that we have when we step over death into eternal life!
On earth we must decide whether to bow our knee in repentance and faith to the Revealed Word...
or we can choose to rebel by looking for "more" than the Revealed Word, Jesus Christ.
Todd Bentley says regularly that he wants "more".
Todd Bentley is in rebellion against God's Word!
God chooses to reveal Himself...in various aspects so that people can understand, relate, and even receive Him.
(FALSE, Todd. God won't accept our "faithfulness" to what we can understand, or relate to. Things seen require no faith! If we do not "receive Him" by faith alone, we have no relationship with Him, since we refuse to accept the Word, Jesus, Whom we cannot see!)
Finally, Todd writes:
Why do some think it so bad if God wills to come in His grace and reveal Himself to us in whatever manner He chooses?
Because, Todd, according to God's Word, who is seated at the Father's right hand, He will NOT reveal Himself again until he comes to destroy the works of the Antichrist!
And: So then, when the Lord Jesus had spoken to them, He was received up into heaven and sat down at the right hand of God (Mark 16:19).
Jesus said: Then if anyone says to you, 'Behold, here is the Christ,' or 'There He is,' do not believe him (Matthew 24:23).
So if they say to you, 'Behold, He is in the wilderness,' do not go out, or, 'Behold, He is in the inner rooms,' do not believe them (Matthew 24:26).
People, Todd Bentley is a FALSE PROPHET who refuses to test his own stuff by the revealed Word of God! Ignore Him.
Part 3 - "Focus on The Revelation" coming shortly....


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NMJC Ford ASSET Program Honors Graduates
5/7/2009 11:22:14 p.m. - Hobbs, NM. The six 2009 graduates of New Mexico Junior College's Ford Motor Company Automotive Student Service Educational Training (ASSET) Program were honored at a graduation luncheon on Thursday, May 7.
Each graduate will receive an Associate in Applied Science degree in Automotive Technology at NMJC's Commencement exercises Friday evening, marking the completion of well over 1,000 hours of classroom training and 1,000 hours of cooperative work experience at area car dealerships. This also certifies that the graduates are now fully prepared for strict industry standards required for Master Certification by the National Automotive Technicians Education Foundation, which is the highest level of achievement recognized by the National Institute for Automotive Service Excellence.
According to Mike Gusta, Ford Motor Company Field Service Engineer, the six young men are now part of a proven, elite group of highly skilled technicians within the industry. "This is a tough, rigorous program that prepares technicians for today's vehicles and provides a basis for today the challenges of tomorrow," he said. "They are needed -- their service and their skills -- and for them, it's a very bright future."
The Lead Technician Award, presented by ASSET Instructor Tim Roberts, was given to Marcus Burelsmith of Odessa, Texas, for having a cumulative grade point average of 3.6, demonstrating academic excellence, professionalism within the industry, and technical competence.
In addition to Burelsmith, graduates include Edgar Aguirre of Las Cruces, New Mexico; Jesus Barrios of Odessa, Texas; Kelly House of Odessa, Texas; Miguel Orozco, Jr. of Hobbs; and Reymundo Romero of Albuquerque.
Sponsoring Ford dealerships include Borman AutoPlex of Las Cruces; Sewell Ford of Odessa, Texas; Permian Ford of Hobbs; and Don Chalmers Ford of Rio Rancho, New Mexico.


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Dr. Anderson is immediate Past President, Medicine & Science of the American Diabetes Association, the nation's largest voluntary health organization leading the fight to Stop Diabetes®. He is also a Board Certified Internist and just completed a term as President of The Frist Clinic, a 31-member internal medicine multi-specialty group in Nashville, TN. Dr. Anderson graduated with a Bachelor of Arts Degree from the University of Virginia and completed his Doctorate in Medicine at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine in Nashville, TN.
Dr. Anderson has also served as Chair of the Department of Medicine of Centennial Medical Center, a 650-bed tertiary care referral hospital in Nashville. He has been a member of the Board of Trustees and just completed his third year as Chair of the Board of this facility. He has more than 20 years of experience in the practice of internal medicine with a focus on the care of people with diabetes. He has given lectures and conducted workshops across the country about a variety of topics related to diabetes. He has also traveled the states of Tennessee and Kentucky talking to primary care physicians about patient management.
Dr. Anderson has been an American Diabetes Association volunteer for more than 20 years including having served a previous term on the Board of Directors, as Chair of the Advocacy Committee, and as a member of the Strategic Marketing Work Group. He was also Co-Chair of the Association's Health Reform Task Force, served on the Professional Practice Committee, and on the Legal Advocacy and Legislative Subcommittees of the Advocacy Committee. Locally, he is serving as a Community Leadership Board member. Dr. Anderson is a member of the American Diabetes Association's Pinnacle Society and Summit Circle. These are recognition societies representative of individuals who are providing significant contributions to the Association through major gifts and their estate plans, respectively.
Dr. Anderson has disclosed that he is a consultant for Janssen Pharmaceuticals, Lilly, and sanofi-aventis. He is a member of the speakers' bureaus for AstraZeneca, Boehringer-Ingelheim, and Janssen Pharmaceuticals.
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Latitude: 51.6104 / 51°36'37"N
Longitude: -1.2487 / 1°14'55"W
OS Eastings: 452124
OS Northings: 190444
OS Grid: SU521904
Mapcode National: GBR 90P.WNJ
Mapcode Global: VHCYF.9SR9
Entry Name: Blagrave Farmhouse
Listing Date: 4 November 1986
Grade: II
Source: Historic England
Source ID: 1047917
English Heritage Legacy ID: 248616
Location: Didcot, South Oxfordshire, Oxfordshire, OX11
County: Oxfordshire
District: South Oxfordshire
Civil Parish: Didcot
Built-Up Area: Didcot
Traditional County: Berkshire
Lieutenancy Area (Ceremonial County): Oxfordshire
Church of England Parish: Didcot All Saints
Church of England Diocese: Oxford
SU5290 (North side)
Blagrave Farmhouse
Farmhouse, now house. Early C17 with C18 alterations. Red brick; old plain-tile
roof, hipped to left; brick end stacks to left and right. L-shaped plan with
cross wing to left rear. 2-storey, 3-window range at right-angles to street. C20
half-glazed door to left of centre. Irregular fenestration of casements. Timber
framing to first floor of left return, with rendered infill. Irregular coursed
square limestone with red brick dressings to rear. Interior: moulded spine beam
to ground floor left.
Listing NGR: SU5212490444
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Lady Gaga Fame - For Her
By: Lady Gaga Released: 2012
Fame by Lady Gaga is a fresh and floral fragrance for women.
It contains Belladonna flower, incense, honey drops, saffron, apricot, jasmine and tiger orchid.
Fame by Lady Gaga was launched in 2012.
I'm not a fan of celebrity perfumes as they seem like they're made for younger girls, but this is probably my new favourite perfume! It's perfect for daytime but I think it could be worn at night too. I'm very sensitive to smells and start to feel sick after wearing scents for too long, but this is the first perfume that has not irritated me! Wish there was a 100ml bottle! Will definitely re-purchase!
Truly the scent that represents the black soul of fame .... arrived quickly and was a great bargain
nice set, good price, delivered quickly. very pleased with this purchase for my daughter
This perfume is lovely it's a black liquid in the bottle but once it is sprayed and is airborne it turns clear so no need to worry about black splodges on you or your clothes! Lasts for hours smells very nice.
Smells so good! Floral but musky. Nice mix so it doesn't smell like a bag of sweets. had lots of compliments off the boys I work with ;) It's a bit sexy
Smells gorgeous. Came on time. Product all in tact. Really happy. Love it. Would definitely recommend the product for the price
A completely different fragrance from lady gaga but its especially good for night time and you don't need to refresh it
Love the packaging. Dark and mysterious. The smell is quite good too! Love the claw looking cap
Fantastic price delivered promptly .Would recommend.This perfume is very nice and many people have asked me what perfume I am wearing so must be taken as a compliment.
Absolutely stunning smell and at this great price. Have bought it for my sisters last two birthdays, and have bought it for myself. Sad to say it goes too quick through the amount I use!
This perfume smells really nice and feminine, not quite what you would expect and although it's not a light scent it's wearable for daytime. It lasts well throughout the day.
This is a great perfume for every day. Not to sweet like some other performing artists perfumes. Great value for money. Delivered promptly without any problems.
I'm very happy to give u my rating, the perfume is very strong and good smell. I will recommend it to my friends.
The perfume is really nice. It smells on me definetely like honey so i would define it as a really sweet fragrance maybe suitable for young girls.The bottle is so lovely and the package as well. I am really satisfied.
I have had so many compliments when I wear this perfume! I was a bit wary at first as the liquid in the bottle is black and I was worried it was spray out black, but after reading the box it actually says that once it's airborne it becomes clear. I wouldn't recommend spraying it in the actual lid though as the spikes on it will probably take your eyes out!! Overall it is a very nice perfume, very girly smell and will definitely buy some more soon!
Wonderful gift set, great value, lovely smell and with free lotion and shower gel I would recommend this product.
bought this for my daughter's birthday smell's lovely only drawback is that it fade's quite quickly! but smell great really fast delivery very pleased with my purchase.
Good value for money and an excellent product...also quick delivery...will recommend this company for all their perfumes products
This was such a good price for my sisters christmas present. Very happy with my order and the service perfume click gave me.
Yeah, putting aside the who, it's not bad. it's actually one of my more enjoyed fragrances. Will probably get a backup bottle too. it's really pretty good. I tested it with my mom and aunt before they knew what they were smelling and they liked it. I think because I got this around novemeber-december that it reminds me of Christmas. So personally I have to say it's more of a fall-winter fragrance than a summer one. There's just something in it that produces that 'cozy' feeling, but there's still a lightness/sweetness to it. I'm not overly familiar with saffron, belladonna or incense so I'm not able to say how or where those show, but the floral fruity is there. I'm guessing the incense and saffron would contribute to the cozy feeling? but that's just a guess. Overall, it is a really good fragrance that seems to get a lot of the 'Paris Hilton' type flack. You know, if you hate her you don't want to give her perfume a chance because of how terrible you think she is, because that's how terrible you want her perfume to be? But we all learn eventually that even crappy Paris Hilton has at least 1 good fragrance(for me it was dazzle, REALLY hard to admit). I imagine that's some of the case here. Obviously this won't be to everyone's taste, being a fruity floral. But I think it's relatively unique in it's composition, however that's just me and I'm still learning and testing. If nothing else, it does last like a perfume should. It seems like a lot of perfumes, especially in the floral-fruity category, tend to not 'stick' for more than a few hours.
Thanks really love the perfume, was delivered quickly and at a very reasonable price. Will definitely use you again for further purchases of fragrances
I have the perfume, which I really like. This will simply give it more longevity and silage. The scent i very well know and one of the most unusual/ best celebrity fragrance. She didn't just put her name to any old scent (like so many do) , she got involved and produce something a big fragrance hous would be proud of.
I have the perfume, which I really like. This will simply give it more longevity and silage. The scent i very well know and one of the most unusual/ best celebrity fragrance. She didn't just put her name to any old scent (like so many do) , she got involved and produce something a big fragrance hous would be proud of.


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Voluntary Local & International Work Camp
Workcamp programme is used as a vehicle for sustainable community development, youth empowerment (leadership development), and technical skill acquisition, exchange and cross cultural understanding and provide youth interaction and participation in development process. We organise voluntary lead work camps in South Africa and we do send our local volunteers around the country to participate in other organisation work camps and international hosting of work campers.
Food Distribution to school
One of our programmes that we would like to begin is food distribution to schools. Many children can not afford to go to school and those that are able go on an empty stomach. We would like to provide the less fortunate a chance to acquire an education with full concentration.
Volunteer Exchange
South Africa Volunteer Work Camp Association facilitates youth exchange for volunteers North to South, South to North, and South to South volunteer driven work camps exchanges and developmental programmes. Volunteers are required to return to their country to be able to pass on the knowledge acquired to their fellow countryman.
Leadership Training
One of the main programme that volunteers undertake is Leadership Training. We want to equip every volunteer with skills and knowledge of becoming a leader in the community, work or home.
Since its inception in 2012, SAVWCA is looking to carry out projects in various communities of South Africa in the following categories:
Construction: Roads and foot-bridges, low income housing, schools, clinics, churches and community center's
Renovation: Royal buildings, archeological and historical sites.
Environmental: Soil and water conservation, tree planting
Health: Water supply, pit latrines, HIV/AIDS awareness and mitigation
Economic: Poultry, piggery and irrigation schemes, communal and home gardens and other income generating enterprises.


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Is your device no longer holding a charge? Use this guide to replace a faulty or worn out battery.
No parts required.
Use plastic opening tool to release the clips holding the device together. The clips will take a small amount of pressure to release. Once you have the plastic opening tool inserted, use a twisting action to release the clips. Start from bottom of device and work all the way around.
Use flat side of the spudger to get under battery and use pressure to release from glue. Do this all the way around battery until it comes off.
Once battery is off, the wires will still be connected to motherboard. You will need to desolder the wires.
Using the soldering tool, use the heat to melt the connection. As you do this, pull on the wires with a tweezer until wires comes off.
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How To : Make your own t-shirt
Watch this instructional fashion design video to transform any sweater into a cool t-shirt. Find an old sweatshirt and cut off the sleeves. Cut small, measured, horizontal slits into the front and back of the shirt to give it a sexy and breathable design.


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|Jessie Howe Houghton
(Abt 1860-)
Jessie Howe Houghton
Jessie married Charles Edward Clarke, son of John Clarke and Mary Jakeman Heywood, in 1881.1 (Charles Edward Clarke was born in 1855 in Flemington 2 and died in 1935.)
1 Paul Turton Gray.
Registry of Births Deaths & Marriages (Victoria) - Index, http://online.justice.vic.gov.au/bdm/home, Family Name: CLARKE
Given Name(s): Chas Edwd
Sex: Unknown
Event: BIRTH
Father's Name: Jno
Mother's Name: HEYWOOD - Mary Jakeman
Birth Place: FL'TON
Registration Year: 1855
Registration Number: 6109


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Converting Multiple Rows into a CSV String (Set Based Method)
By Jay White on 9 September 2002 | Tags: SELECT
Based the problem outlined in RocketScientist's article (entitled Converting Multiple Rows into a CSV String), I would like to present an alternative method for accomplishing a similar task. This article will show a faster method to convert multiple rows into multiple CSV strings.
Say you had a table with a composite key, and you wanted to return each distinct first member and a CSV list of all the applicable second members. Using the approach outlined by RocketScientist, you would have to iterate through each distinct first member and run the sp_MakeCharList proc N times. I think there is a better way.
First, the DDL and sample data:
create table Page47 ( i int not null, vc varchar(5) not null, constraint pk_Page47 primary key (i,vc) ) go set nocount on declare @i int select @i = 0 while @i <5000 begin insert into Page47 (i,vc) select round((rand() * 100), 0), char(round((rand() * 25), 0) + 97) + char(round((rand() * 25), 0) + 97) + char(round((rand() * 25), 0) + 97) + char(round((rand() * 25), 0) + 97) + char(round((rand() * 25), 0) + 97) select @i = @i + 1 end go
The sample data should look something like this:
select top 10 i, vc from Page47 order by newid() i vc ----------- ----- 743 nndsn 267 krtub 582 lgrrg 185 qmcku 907 rrpqe 635 cpbcp 237 uovqh 85 bpixy 554 mfsqh 49 geabv (10 row(s) affected)
First, lets look at adapting RocketScientists solution to this problem. Here is how you might iterate through the table to build all of the CSVs
--create a temp table select identity(int,1,1) as rowid, i into #workingtable from Page47 group by i --create a table to hold the lists create table #Rocket ( i int not null primary key, list varchar(8000) not null) declare @i int, @maxrowid int, @sql varchar(8000), @list varchar(8000) select @maxrowid = max(rowid), @i = 0 from #workingtable --loop through the all the i's while @i <= @maxrowid begin select @sql = 'select vc from Page47 where i = ' + convert(varchar,i) from #workingtable where rowid = @i exec sp_MakeCharList @codelistselect=@sql, @delimitedlist=@list output insert into #rocket (i,list) select i, @list from #workingtable where rowid = @i and @list is not null select @i = @i + 1 end --return a sample from the final rowset select top 10 i, case when len(list) > 50 then convert(varchar(50), left(list,47) + '...') else convert(varchar(50),list) end as list from #rocket order by newid() go i list ----------- -------------------------------------------------- 790 fpflf, hjutq, inahr, kgkox, kroox, nbkiy, rsscw... 752 imokv, jcrgz, khsui, lbmwm, pkjee, ujxoi, ulgsm... 74 aphdr, cdmoc, fogdm, gslsg, hushk, icchc, lybud... 320 bvevh, ohyqv, oivyc, yevjb, ypnrk, yxfji 956 aisgk, emeup, fhtad, hffnm, iidpn, ivqlk, jhklu... 530 bqcjr, dnfzr, dqwas, egqpm, fplip, ibrxp, jcbhk... 137 aorpw, bngki, cibny, hwsrp, jdown, qlepc, zekbo, z 72 ghrxi, gmkzk, mufmc, uixpr, vjvbu, ymruj, zmucr, z 911 fibrs, fuhub, hgcwh, kuvcf, lcfux, nrqht, pfaae... 62 edxyj, grrmt, hmkfv, hprlt, ieqvg, mojsk, pdrmv...
Now, here is a set based method for doing the same thing.
--create a table to work with create table #workingtable ( i int not null, vc varchar(5) not null, list varchar(8000), constraint pk_wt primary key (i,vc) ) insert into #workingtable (i,vc) select i,vc from Page47 order by i,vc declare @list varchar(8000), @lasti int select @list = '', @lasti = -1 --here is the meat of the work update #workingtable set @list = list = case when @lasti <> i then vc else @list + ', ' + vc end, @lasti = i --return a sample from the final rowset select top 10 i, case when len(max(list)) > 50 then convert(varchar(50), left(max(list),47) + '...') else convert(varchar(50),max(list)) end as list from #workingtable group by i order by newid() go i list ----------- -------------------------------------------------- 127 itvgq, ljosw, nxmdj, oshrp, plxff, pubig, sthck... 849 gcifo, hbxkf, njkdl, sfesm, sjhky, uxhfq, vjeno... 684 fejly, fqyqf, gpfce, hutht, kwywo, mapco, momqn... 461 fsofv, fzked, murat, vzmek, yrqjo 612 nmmey, tfjhv, ulwuj, xxaaq 374 bbthd, jvjwz, klcsq, mrakf, peztf, pixww, rtwdd 730 dlynf, egqei, hhckx, nsvdn, obnhh, rfbwh, ytgfi 458 eijdr, gtxhu, lhtqh, phprf, qjhcr, vqnos 655 bijer, fwlgk, nrcbm, sohho, trjtw, usjdj, uvpie... 837 ayxcv, epurf, flvtj, ftxcj, imjap, pmygd, sqhcc...
My tests show the iterative method taking 2.813 seconds and the set-based method taking 0.670 seconds, with this set of sample data. Increasing the number of rows shows the cursor solution creeping up on the set based solution; however, increasing the number of distinct i's allowed show the performance of the cursor sharply declining. With 1000 distinct i's, the cursor solution dropped to 89.420 seconds while the set based solution screamed at a 1.513 seconds. As you can see, the implementation choice will be dependent on your data set, so you should test both methods to find which is right for you.
One last thing, why does that update statement work in the set based solution? Honestly, your guess is as good as mine. You can read more about that here.
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BORUTO: Naruto Next Generations, the anime sequel to Naruto Shippuden, premeires April 2017. The ninth issue of Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump 2017 magazine (scan below_ reveals that the Boruto: Naruto Next Generations anime begins with an original story. It was previously announced the anime will be an adaptation of the official Boruto manga, which is published monthly in Shueisha's Weekly Shonen Jump magazine with 40-50 pages of content.
The Boruto manga currently has nine chapters and has just finished covering the content from Boruto: Naruto the Movie. The manga, did, however, begin with original scenes in which Boruto is seen battling an enemy named Kawaki a few years in the future. It's unclear if this is the original story being referenced in the magazine or if there will be something totally different. We're excited to see and hope to keep you updated with the latest right here on Anime Games Online!
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If I had the funds and the opportunity to start my own school, it would look nothing like the type of schooling you and I went through. You would not see desks lined up in rows with the teacher up front being the all knowing master of the material. Ken Robinson in his TED talk discusses this old "industrial" form of education. With the modern student this does not work. Robinson discusses how today is the most connected and interactive time period in history and rather than embracing it, teachers and schools expect students to sit in straight rows and listen to a boring teacher.
The most noticeable thing in my school would be every student would have a computer or tablet to use to take notes and do in class activities. It would look much like the classroom Larry Cuban describes on his own classroom blogs. Students would walk into class, get their computers out and the teacher would have the agenda on the projector or some whiteboard in the room. Students would not have to be at the same point in the lesson. Rather, they would move at their own pace with the teacher providing supplementary support as needed. The teacher would no longer be the all knowing center of knowledge but a sort of "teammate" in the learning process. Their responsibility would shift from content delivery to inquiry organization. The job is to frame the problems in a way where students are asking the right questions to answer along the way.
By doing this we are in agreement with a lot of the things advocated for by George Couros in his book The Innovator's Mindset (2015). He tells us that we should have students discover the problems so they can then ask the right questions and then solve the problems. In my school students would be given broad concepts and then be asked to create their own questions to answer and then learn. The school would also focus on the growth mindset rather than a fixed mindset. Couros (2015) tells us that the best and brightest students come from teachers who believe they can grow. My school would have no tracking of any sort. Students would be in classes with people from every SES level, race, gender and intelligence level. In life we are never placed with people of our same ability so why have our schools been set up the same way? The great thing about no tracking is students learn to develop and thrive in a community that embraces diversity rather than uniformity.
I realize a school like this would be hard to create. However, my classroom next year will focus on many of these ideas and I cannot wait to see how they turn out in real application.


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How is foetal alcohol syndrome treated?
There is no cure for foetal alcohol syndrome. By the time the baby is born, the effects of the syndrome are already in place and cannot be reversed. They are different for every person, but these effects can last a lifetime. Treatment by healthcare professionals (occupational therapists, speech pathologists, psychologists) and a stable, nurturing social environment can help reduce and manage the effects of foetal alcohol syndrome to some degree. Some medications can help manage behavioural and other problems caused by foetal alcohol syndrome. The specific type of medication varies from case to case.


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Japan announced on Wednesday it would shoot down a North Korean rocket if it threatened to fall on its territory, hours after Pyongyang announced plans to launch a satellite into space.
Pyongyang notified both the International Maritime Organisation and the International Telecommunication Union of its plans to launch a satellite from the Sohae space centre, in the far north-west of the country, between 7am and midday local time at some point during a 20-day window from February 8
Its neighbours reacted with anger amid suspicions the launch was really cover for the test of a long-range ballistic missile.
The Japanese government immediate said its defence minister had ordered it to be shot down with the country's ballistic missile defence system, which includes PAC-3 surface-to-air anti-ballistic missiles, and similar SM-3 systems aboard warships, if it threatened Japanese territory.
South Korea condemned the plan.
"Should the North push ahead with the long-range missile launch, which would pose a grave threat to peace and security in the region and the world, it would have to pay the price dearly," said a statement read by Cho Tae-Yong, a senior national security official at the presidential Blue House.
Rah Jong-yil, a former head of South Korean intelligence and an expert on the regime in Pyongyang, said: "They will say it is a rocket for peaceful purposes, but it uses the same technology as a missile.
"This is just the latest provocation by the North and people in South Korea are watching developments very closely, but there seems to be little that the rest of the world can do to stop them."
The anticipated launch is expected to trigger renewed condemnation of the regime of Kim Jong-un, but the international community has so far failed to come up with meaningful sanctions against the North in the aftermath of its fourth underground nuclear test.
China offered only a mild rebuke for its wayward ally, confirming what many observers predicted - that the launch plans would not mark any shift in policy from Beijing.
"We express serious concerns about it," foreign ministry spokesman Lu Kang told reporters at a regular press briefing in the Chinese capital.
"We believe that the DPRK has the right to the peaceful use of space but at the moment its relevant right should be subject to the restrictions of the UN Security Council resolutions," he added, using the North's official name.
China has been opposing moves by the US to enforce tougher sanctions on North Korea.
While Chinese officials are growing increasingly frustrated with the actions of Pyongyang, the greatest fear for the country's Communist leaders is the collapse of the regime and the possibility of a US ally on its border.
Pyongyang claims that test, on January 6, was a successful detonation of a hydrogen bomb, although nuclear experts say the yield was far too small for it to have been a thermonuclear device.
Nevertheless, impoverished North Korea is clearly pushing ahead with its nuclear and missile development programmes and there have been suggestions that its scientists are close to miniaturising a warhead so it can be fitted to a missile.
Photo: CNES
The Sohae launch facility has recently undergone extensive upgrades, including the construction of a higher launch gantry, permitting it to fire larger rockets, and underground fuelling facilities, enabling engineers to prepare a missile covertly and initiate a launch with little advance warning.
Analysts have also warned that North Korea has been collaborating with Iran on long-range missile technology and the two allies appear to have developed a new rocket booster that may be used in the upcoming launch.
Jeffrey Lewis, director of the James Martin Centre for Nonproliferation Studies in the US, wrote on the Arms Control Wonk blog that North Korea's state media have made reference in recent months to the Unha-9.
An Unha-3 was used in 2012 for North Korea's first successful rocket launch, and Mr Lewis believes its successor will be launched with a powerful 80-ton rocket booster.


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Some 30,000 Syrians fleeing intensifying fighting between ISIS and other opposition groups were trapped near the border with Turkey on Friday, according to a Human Rights Watch report.
"Fierce battles continue between ISIS and the (Free Syrian Army)," Gerry Simpson, a senior refugee researcher at Human Rights Watch, told NBC News by phone from the Turkish side of the border. Many of the civilians, who could not cross the border, were being forced to sleep in the open and dig ditches to hide, he said.
According to the New York-based rights group, ISIS advances on Wednesday and Thursday had forced out the residents of six displaced person camps, with three of the camps standing empty on Friday.
The International Rescue Committee (IRC) also said it had seen a "mass displacement" of Syrians at the Bal al Salam border crossing.
ISIS militants have clashed with rival insurgents like al-Qaeda's Nusra Front and the more moderate FSA, as well as forces loyal to the government of President Bashar Assad in the northern city Aleppo, the Britain-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said on Thursday. ISIS was making a wide advance on opposition-held territory along the Turkish border as a result, the Observatory added.
Human Rights Watch also called on Turkish border guards to stop shooting at the civilians and allow them to cross into that country.
"Turkey is responding with live ammunition instead of compassion," Simpson said. "The whole world is talking about fighting ISIS, and yet those most at risk of becoming victims of its horrific abuses are trapped on the wrong side of a concrete wall."
The Human Rights Watch report quoted a civilian who had escaped ISIS and tried to flee to the border, which Turkey closed in March last year.
Related: Did Obama Reject CIA Plan That Could Have Stopped ISIS?
"As we approached the border wall we saw Turkish soldiers on a hill behind the wall and they just started shooting at us," according to the unnamed civilian. "They shot at our feet and everyone just turned round and ran in all directions. I took my family and we walked to another (displaced persons) camp nearby.
The civilian added: "We're afraid now because ISIS is close to this camp too. But where can we go?"
Turkish officials did not respond to a request to comment on the allegations that its forces were shooting at fleeing Syrians and using live ammunition. There are some 1.7 million Syrian refugees in Turkey, according to the U.N.'s refugee agency UNHCR.
Also on Friday, a Syrian government delegation arrived in Geneva to join a new round of peace talks underway with an umbrella opposition group that seeks to find a resolution to the country's five-year civil war. ISIS and Nusra Front are not part of a February ceasefire, which has held in most of Syria, except in the north.


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June 26, 2017
A company that distributes high-end wigs and other hair pieces is moving from South Carolina to the New Jersey Meadowlands. Sky Trading signed a lease for 11,300 square feet at 150 Commerce Rd. in Carlstadt, NJ.
"Smaller-sized industrial space is in high demand among tenants today, making 150 Commerce Road particularly attractive to a variety of users," said Marc Schlussel, co-managing partner of Key Properties, the owner of the 30,000-square-foot industrial building.
Lee & Associates negotiated the transaction. Zakim & Zakim P.C. provided legal counsel for the tenant. The property is a 30-minute drive from Manhattan.
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Today's Featured Artist: Michael Godard
Transform your photos into one-of-a-kind, hand painted masterpieces!
The watermark in the lower right corner of the image will not appear on the final print.
Kaleidoscope Pollen by Chuck Brittenham - 8.000" x 6.375"
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Kaleidoscope Pollen wood print by Chuck Brittenham. Bring your artwork to life with the texture and added depth of a wood print. Your image gets printed directly onto a sheet of 3/4" thick maple wood. There are D-clips on the back of the print for mounting it to your wall using mounting hooks and nails (included).
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Bring your artwork to life with the texture and depth of a wood print. Your image gets printed directly onto a sheet of 3/4" thick maple wood.
All wood prints ship within 3 - 4 business days and arrive "ready to hang" with mounting hooks and nails.
Wood prints are extremely durable and add a rustic feel to any image.
For additional product photos and information, visit our wood prints product page.
Average Rating (4.87 Stars):
William Robinson
September 17th, 2018
David Riddle
September 8th, 2018
I love the piece so much! How well it works in my whimsical blue garden! I just did not know to depict the rabbit hole in the Alice in Wonderland area that this is the perfect conceptual representation. It is beautiful and whimsical. As I had to place it on a stump where a branch had been sawed, I hired a one skilled with a jigsaw to round the edges a bit for visual believability and, after attaching it to the stump, added tiny pieces of bark around the edge to help it blend with the stump. Great discovery!
Jerry Wohlhart
September 7th, 2018
Jeffrey Ferguson
September 1st, 2018
Somebody shares an image of this with me on august 2nd. I did some research and found this one for sale and bought the version printed on Wood!! I love it! In fact my Abyssinian Fabia loves it too!! She gets up on my dresser and paws the face of this beauty gently!! No claws out thank gosh!! I though it was neat that she found beauty in it as I did! Thanks for having such a fabulous imagination!!
This floral image resembles the shifting complex patterns and surreal colors of a flower as viewed through the twisted colored glass shapes only a kaleidoscope can produce. You might say it is like looking at life through rose colored glasses.
BIO: Veteran artist Chuck Brittenham of Santa Monica, a graduate of the Art Center College of Design in Los Angeles, is no stranger to the Southern California art scene. He is best known for his ability to combine two or more unrelated photographs into an entirely new digital image that is remarkably complex and hypnotic. It is not unusual for viewers to stand transfixed, whenever his works are put on display. LIMITED EDITION SIGNED PRINTS for commercial use are available by contacting the artist directly. Galleries, Interior Designers and Art Buyers can be notified of new releases immediately through Facebook integration. High quality framed prints and canvases are also available below through Fine Art America. AWARDS: Won First...
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