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A Product label allows a Seller to group a set of partner SKUs together, so that it can be used to link banners to, or as an 'invisible' filter for the product listing widget.
To Add a product label:
Go to the Stores homepage by clicking on the Store Tab, and selecting the Stores sub-tab
Click anywhere on the store to open the store details page
From the Stores Details page go to the Product labels tab and click create label.
4. In the to Product Labels page add a label by giving it a name and click Create.
5. Once the label is created, it will show up in the table as shown below. Keep a note of the Label Code and the Store Code columns. You will need those in the next steps.
6. Click on the Label, then click on Import Products, in the top right corner
7. To import products for a label, there needs to be an file imported in the format below:
The number under the value column represents whether you are adding (value -> 1) or removing (value -> 0) a product from the label
Once the file is imported you can see the import status in the Imports tab of the label details page
8. To check the products that are added to the label after the import you can switch to the Products tab of the label details page to see the product details and the value added in the import.
How can I use labels?
Product Listing / Product Carousel
Labels can be used using the Product listing or Product Carousel widget. In the right sidebar of the widget settings page.
1. Click on Product listing widget
2. In the product listing widget Click the Click to use filters option.
3. In the filters page, there will be a list of all product labels created for the store under Product Labels section.
4. Clicking the yes checkbox for a particular label will add all live products that are part of the label, to the page
5. Once done save the changes.
Banner Link
Labels can also be used using the Banner Module/Banner Module Strip widget.
1. While clicking on your banner, add the image that you wish.
2. The URL follows a standard format, and you will need the following inputs
a. Country - One of 'uae', 'saudi', 'egypt'
b. Store Code - Can be found in the Product Labels list (Format is STxxxx)
b. Label Code - Can be found in the Product Labels list (Format is LBxxxxxxxx)
3. Under Link url, add your link in the following format -->
https://www.noon.com/{country}-en/store/{store code}/all-products?label[{label code}]=1
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Ivan Hlas with his trio.
Born on 10 May 1954 in Prague's Vinohrady in four years, he moved to Prague Hanspaulka. Trained as a bookseller, after seven years of practice, was replaced by a number of different jobs (about twenty-three at random - a stagehand at the National Theatre, ibid upholsterer, a vegetable seller, output controller for computers, worker moistener in paper mills, reader water, construction worker, stoker, an assistant at a construction plant , postman etc.) throughout primarily a musician.
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Autumn 2006 Vol. 16, No. 2 Technologies of Healing
In preparation for MAPS' 20th anniversary celebration at Burning Man 2006, members of the MAPS Burning Man camp hosted gatherings around the country to raise funds, practice working together on event coordination, and raise awareness of MAPS and our Burning Man project. These events ranged from thumping all-night raves in Chicago to more intimate affairs such as a dinner and art show in Asheville, North Carolina, captured in the following photo montage. MAPS would like to thank all of the people who helped out at these events. If you are interested in coordinating a MAPS fundraising event in your community, please let us know by contacting the MAPS office.
A Forty-five psychedelic enthusiasts dine in the Flood Gallery while listening to a keynote speech by MAPS President Rick Doblin, Ph.D. (upper left). The fundraising event drew a crowd of local MAPS members and supporters as well as some who were visiting from out of town for Transformus, the North Carolina regional burn or for the Buckminster Fuller Institute's Design Science Lab, which both ended earlier in the day.
B MAPS Program Director Valerie Mojeiko emcees between courses, welcoming a wide variety of speakers.
C Chef Josh Sonstroem samples the dessert–Rose Cornbread Cake served with cashew-fruit sorbet with North Carolina moonshine, peach-balsamic demi, rosehips, rose petals, roasted jalapeno, and pepita brittle.
D Event co-organizer and local glass artist Logan MacSporran (sporting a colander), Yugoslavian artist Jelena Cvetkova, MAPS videographer Daniel Potthast, and former MAPS staffer Brandy Doyle pose after a hard night of work.
E Psychedelic abstract expressionist paintings and chimerical centerpieces by Jelena Cvetkova transformed the industrial warehouse space into a surrealist dining hall. Local glass artist Logan MacSporran and Flood gallery President Sean Pace aka "Jinx" also exhibited art at the event.
F MAPS Resident Chef, Josh Sonstroem of Sirius Catering, oversees preparation of his Indian-inspired entrée in the makeshift kitchen.


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My mom buys those cylindrical candles
with images of either Jesus or Virgin Mary.
She lights them at night or day
And sends prayers into the world.
She calls upon higher powers
Or angels or spirits
To lift any curses, to heal wounds,
To fight off demons, and mend severed limbs.
Her dreams take flight
Sometimes into the heart of demonic spirits
And she screams silently in her sleep
And avoids bumping ghosts on the street.
She has that extra sense,
That many brujas have,
The one that listens to the dead,
The one still soaked in past.
Alexander P. Garza is a writer, actor, and educator from Houston, TX. His work can be seen in Amethyst Review, Magnolia Review, Ekphrastic Review, Penwood Review, and others. He has worked on and offstage at The Alley Theatre, Houston Grand Opera, Main Street Theater, and Mildred's Umbrella Theatre Company. Visit him on Instagram/Twitter, @alexanderpgarza, and on his website http://www.alexanderpgarza.com.


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The Guacamole Queen
With over 15 years of experience in sales and marketing of top guacamole brands in the United States and Canada, I have enjoyed being on the front lines of establishing new brands in the retail channel.
From assortment decisions, recipe selections, size & price points to meet consumer needs, promotional planning, brand strategy and more it has been thrilling to be a big part of establishing this value added avocado product in supermarkets in North America. Today, I continue to enjoy growing guacamole sales and dearly appreciate everyone that joins me in the celebration and success of guacamole!
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Hello. It's my pleasure to welcome you. My name is Marcos and I am the clinical director at FIDI Therapy with one goal: to help you take action and create the change you desire in life.
What We Do:
What To Expect:
The process is like learning to drive. As long as you're committed to the program and want to sit in the driver's seat, I guarantee a patient and willing instructor by your side.
How it
Cognitive Behavioral Therapy (CBT) is the therapy of choice among most psychotherapists. CBT has been shown to work on most problems including anxiety, depression, and relationship issues. Using CBT, we will identify the thoughts that are driving your emotions, the emotions that are driving your behaviors, and your problematic behaviors. Then, we will work to change the way that you think, which will cascade and change your emotions and behaviors. Each of the three phases (identification of thoughts, disputing the thoughts, development of new thoughts) takes some time, yet the results are immediately visible to you, your family, and friends.
Acceptance and Commitment Therapy (ACT) is a mindfulness based psychotherapy. The aim of ACT is to experience the fullness and vitality of life, which includes a wide spectrum of human experience, including the pain that inevitably goes with it. Acceptance (not the same as approval) of how things are, without judgement or attempts to change them, is a skill that is developed through mindfulness exercises in and out of session. ACT does not attempt to directly change or stop unwanted thoughts or feelings (as in CBT), but to develop a new mindful relationship with those experiences. This frees a person up to be open to take actions that are consistent with their chosen values. As such, a key component to ACT is the process of clarifying one's values.


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Push-ups are one of the best exercises you can do to strengthen your upper body, but a lot of people have a hard time doing them — or doing them without lower back or wrist pain. If you can relate, doing wall push-ups can be the perfect way to build up strength and eventually get horizontal — if you want to. After all, wall push-ups are a great upper-body exercise in their own right.
Wall push-up benefits include stronger chest, shoulder, arms and back muscles. Plus, improved core strength, posture and upper-body mobility.
"Placing your hands on a wall makes the exercise easier, while still training the movement and muscles needed for a [traditional] push-up," Rick Richey, CPT, a NASM master instructor, tells LIVESTRONG. "The mechanics of the body are similar, but the load is different."
It all comes down to gravity, says Brooke Van Paris, CPT, a personal trainer at Life Time Deerfield Township in Ohio. The closer you get to parallel with the wall, the less force your body has to produce to overcome the pull of gravity on it, Van Paris says.
By doing wall presses, you'll ultimately be better at doing any and all push-ups with stellar form. "In a wall push-up, we can actually take the necessary time to slow down and break down the form to perfect it before going to the floor," Van Paris says. "This allows the body the time to form the correct mind-muscle connections to recruit the correct musculature on command."
Building strength doesn't happen overnight, but your efforts will pay off in increased muscle, improved posture and better function in everyday life. "The strength needed for push-ups will translate into other more complex movements," Lizzie May, CPTy, a personal trainer and fitness consultant, tells LIVESTRONG. Think: Getting up off the floor, opening and shutting doors, bench pressing, even walking and running.
How to Do Wall Push-Ups With Perfect Form
Wall Push-Up
- Stand arm's distance from a sturdy wall with your feet under your hips.
- Place your palms on the wall, shoulder-width apart at shoulder height. This is the starting position.
- Bend your elbows and bring your chest toward the wall. Keep your elbows pointing away from your body at a 45-degree angle, rather than out to the side.
- Press back to the starting position.
"Keep your body in a straight line from your head, shoulders, back, hips, knees and feet," Richey says. "It's also important to move slowly so you can check your form before progressing."
Watch the Full Tutorial
6 Wall Push-Up Tips
1. Squeeze Your Core Muscles
In addition to arm and shoulder strength, you won't be able to do a standard push-up unless you also have sufficient core strength to provide the stability for the movement. While performing the exercise, keep your core muscles engaged the entire time to strengthen your abdominal muscles.
"Your body should hold tension through the entire movement," May says. "Tuck your tailbone, squeeze your glutes and pull your shoulders away from your ears."
To further strengthen your core, the American Council on Exercise recommends starting by holding a forearm plank for 20 seconds and working your way up to 45 seconds. Progress to holding a high plank, in which you are in the top of the push-up position, for 20 seconds and performing 3 to 4 sets. As your core gets stronger, try holding it for 45 seconds.
2. Pace Your Breathing
As you increase the number of reps you do and your muscles become fatigued, controlled breathing helps deliver oxygen to your muscles and improve your stamina. Your inhalations and exhalations also act as a type of metronome, keeping you at a steady rate of push-ups. Be aware of your breathing and make sure you aren't holding your breath.
"The rule of thumb is that on challenging exercises we breathe out on the effort and in on the return," Richey says. "In this case, breathe out as you push up and breathe in while lowering."
3. Maintain a Neutral Head Position
"It is very common to see neck-reaching in all variations of the push-up," Van Paris says. "This is a compensation the body will make in an attempt to achieve more range of motion where there may not be any, or to cheat the range of motion by sticking the head out father." This is a good way to strain your neck muscles.
To correct it, focus on maintaining neutral head and neck position during the movement, Van Paris says. "Think: head, neck, and spine, all in a straight line!"
4. Row Yourself Toward the Wall
Van Paris points out two other common range-of-motion compensations people tend to make during wall push-ups: Letting the shoulders shrug up towards the ears, and letting the shoulder blades go loose. Both of these can be bad for the neck and back and hold you back from developing full strength in proper push-up position.
"We can avoid this by making sure we engage the lats by pulling the shoulder blades back and down while squeezing them together as if there were a pencil between them we didn't want to drop," Van Paris says.
Bonus: By squeezing your shoulder blades down and together, almost rowing yourself toward the wall, you strengthen not just your chest, but also your back.
5. Tuck Your Pelvis
You want to avoid the dreaded hip sag at all costs.
"Hip sag occurs when the individual loses core control and the hips/pelvis make a tilting motion towards the wall," Van Paris says. "Usually this one is very obvious because the belly looks like it's reaching and the low back looks arched."
This might not seem like a huge deal, but you'll definitely feel the strain in your lower back the more horizontal you get in your push-ups. So, it's best to learn proper form now.
The easiest way to do that is by imagining you're doing a standing plank against the wall.
"Keeping everything in a straight line from the top of the head through the spine, drawing the navel in and tightening the core, while also squeezing the glutes and returning the hips and low back to neutral," Van Paris says. Think about tucking your pelvis under just a tad, until your spine is no longer arched.
6. Do As Many (Quality) Reps as Possible
To build strength, it's important to challenge yourself with each set, May says.
"Start with 3 sets of as many repetitions as possible, until you start to lose good form," she says. "Once you have a number, continue with this until you begin to feel comfortable and then increase that number each week."
The 4 Best Wall Push-Up Variations
If you can do 3 sets of 15 reps with good form, it's time to up the ante.
Try these wall push-up variations — listed from least to most advanced — to continue challenging your muscles and building strength.
Move 1: Tempo Wall Push-Up
Making your muscles work for a longer period is known as increasing your time under tension. Count for 3 to 4 seconds as you descend into the push-up. Then hold for 2 to 3 seconds at the bottom of the push-up before returning to the starting position.
Move 2: Far-Stance Wall Push-Up
Setting up with your feet about 6 to 12 inches farther back will increase how hard your chest and triceps have to work with each rep.
Move 3: Plyo Wall Push-Up
As you press back up to the top, see if you can get your hands to leave the wall or even add a clap at the top. This not only increases your strength, but also your power.
Move 4: One-Leg Wall Push-Up
By decreasing your stability on the floor, your core and upper body will need to work harder to remain stable.
Move 5: One-Arm Wall Push-Up
This will require a lot more core engagement to keep your torso from turning or twisting.
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NCAA Ruling to Further Divide Haves, Have-Nots of College SportsJune 23, 2021 – Publications / Mentions
The U.S. Supreme Court decision that upended college sports economics this week threatens to marginalize small schools that already struggle to stand out on the playing field. The court on June 21 rejected the NCAA's bid for broad antitrust immunity, opening the door to more compensation for college athletes. But the bigger impact may be to give large, rich and well-regarded schools an even greater edge over smaller ones.


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Morning Glory Arts - Lessons of Faith, Hope, Love, and Purpose
Say No to Self-SabotageLet's face it, we've all had those seasons where we feel like our lives are in limbo, unclear of our purpose and even our identity. I know i've been there and man it was a rough season. But through it all , I saw the Grace of God on my life.
Be Bold and CourageousI challenge you to search your heart, ask God to reveal your talents, pray for the spirit of boldness to step out
Speak to your StormsChoose to smile in the midst of your storms, because you serve a God who is more than able, fights your battles, is your provider, protecter, your refuge, your strength, the glory and the lifter of your head
God will never sleep on youThere will be times when you feel overwhelmed, helpless or disconnected.
Your time is Now! Let your light shineEcclesiastes 3:1-8 says that there is a time for everything and a season for every activity under heaven. And like the world we live in the basic ...


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37 [tw=| diabo/lw|. The Oxford edition has "the devils," but this is misleading, since it suggests a reference to "demons." Probably the plural is a misprint.-R.]
43 Matt. 14. ["All the nations," so R. V., and comp. what follows here.-R.]
para\ pasi=, is the explanation of Chrysostom. paraphrasing the New Testament passage.-R.]
46 Matt. iii. 8. [R. V., more literally, "worthy of repentance," with margin, ' "Or, your repentance,"' the Greek being th=j metanoi/aj; so in the text of Chrysostom.-R.]
49 ["If we desire (qelwmen), by putting away, etc.
to pursue this temperate and frugal life."-]
50 u9perti/qetai, used as in the word <\i>\u9pe/rqesij<\|i>\, <\i>\superpositio<\|i>\, which was a kind of technical word in the Church for the prolongation of a fast. See Routh, Reliq. Sacr. i. 397, &c.; St. Iren'us, St. Dionys. Alex., and St. Epiphanius, as quoted by him.
4 [ "When some of them were sending."-R.]
11 [RV., "worth of repentance," marg., "your repentance."]
13 The correct reading seems to be o#te, "when," not o#ti, "that."-R]
17 Matt. iii. 10. [R. V., "And even now is the axe laid." etc.-R.]
21 See Amos v. 18; Jer. xvii. 15; Ezek. xii. 22, 27.
25 au0totelh/j, self-executed.
28 Matt. iii. 11. Comp. Luke iii. 16. [In neither passage is the preposition repeated in the Greek text. Chrysostom (see sec. 6) interprets "fire" as part of the blessing promised. So many modem commentators.-R]
32 John i. 29; EngI. Vers. in marg. [So R V. marg. The Greek phrase is o9 ai!rwn, "he that taketh up."-R.]
33 [au0to\n a0nalabein is the better supported reading, but various conjectural ernendations occur. "Himself to assume it," is the must literal rendering.-R.]
35 John i. 33, 34. [ R. V. more correctly, "I have seen, and have borne witness," etc. The Greek perfects are to be taken in their grammatical sense, as the comment of Chrysostom implies.-R.]


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I recently gave a talk to a group of seniors at the Memory Cafe chapter where my dad and stepmom are members. In speaking to that group (and in working with several of my coaching patients), I realized the need for more information specifically on how sleep changes as we age. I hope this entry will help dispel some myths as well as call attention to some other major factors which are specific confounders for sleep in many seniors- including comorbid medical and mental disorders.
I find my sleep coaching clients have two beliefs about sleep which are often counterproductive and worsen their anxiety around sleep.
Myth #1: The first is that we "need" eight hours a night. The literature is quite clear that our need for sleep declines through the decades after reaching adulthood. As you can see from the chart below, when we reach adulthood, 7-8 hours is the "normal" average amount of sleep. But as we reach our 70s and 80's, normal can drop to around 5-6 hours a night. Even by our 50's, "normal" can be under six hours. Why do kids need so much more? Because they are building new bones and growing, and learning tons of new things each day. If we think of the purpose of sleep as consolidating new learning and tissue growth/restoration, both of those processes naturally reduce with age. On the other hand, seniors who are still keeping active and learning new things often have fewer sleep complaints (we'll learn more later how that can relate to depression).
Myth #2: The second is that if you're not sleeping perfectly throughout the night without interruption, there is something wrong. In truth, sleeping like that would be quite the rarity and if we use that as the goal, it's frankly unrealistic. We all have bladders, ambient noise, bad dreams, and a range of other thing which can wake us up. We also can briefly wake up for no reason as we transition between sleep stages. It's quite common for everyone to wake up a few times each night, but this frequency increases with age. It's part of a normal aging process (not pathological). So too, is the tendency to wake up early in the morning. This article explains a bit more about some of the natural changes in the relative breakdown of light and deep sleep as we age. Simply put, we have more light sleep, we will be prone to more awakenings. The bigger question is- how easy is it to get back to sleep? And if it's not easy, what are we doing about it?
Ultimately, the true test of whether you are getting enough sleep is how do you feel in the morning and throughout the day? Do you have the energy to do the things you'd like to do? If you're only getting say 5 hours and waking up a few times, but you're living an active life and have energy, you are still within the normal range for your age if you're 50 plus.
An important footnote on "do you have the energy you need"- some people can sleep for 8+ hours and still not feel like they have energy. There could be a few factors here. One would be an undiagnosed/untreated sleep disorder such as sleep apnea. This could prevent you from getting good, restful sleep. Other medical disorders can also reduce sleep quality (in the senior population, chronic pain could be a major factor). Specific to the dementia population, damage to the brain's circadian regulators (which set our night/day behaviors) can lead to "sundowning," in which patients can want to sleep in the day and be active at night, or to be all over the place with sleep/wake patterns.
Another thing I see commonly in my patient population is undiagnosed or suboptimally treated depression. I am not a therapist, but I often refer my patients out to qualified mental health resources in partnership with their referring physician. Depression in the senior population can often come as a result of increased social isolation and loneliness, especially in these pandemic times in which it can feel unsafe to leave the house. A good screening tool to check for depression is the PHQ9. If I am concerned about this, I'll have patients take this self-assessment online and consider based on their score whether they should talk with their physician more or directly seek a therapist.
While there are definitely headwinds in getting enough good quality sleep as we age, the good news in some ways is that we need less than we did in early adulthood. Fixating on the numbers can produce a counter-productive anxiety spiral in which you don't sleep enough because you're worried about how you don't sleep enough. In some cases, the development of sleep tracking wearables and apps has worsened this anxiety in my patients. I keep bringing them back to "how are you feeling/functioning in the daytime" as a measure of how they're doing.
I also try to make sure we're looking at the answer to that in a whole-person way: do they have purpose/joy/meaningful relationships? Are they exercising? This can be a good way to naturally fatigue the body (along with its many other health benefits). Oftentimes people focus on sleep as a fixation because it's an easier thing to name than depression or general anxiety.
An integrative approach looks at the whole picture of wellness and doesn't use the reported hours of sleep as the end-all be all determinant of how someone is doing. The more we can make space for positive relationships and meaning, often the better we will sleep. An integrative approach may also look towards non-pharmacologic options such as meditation or progressive relaxation to try and support restful sleep.
I find hope in the literature on normal sleep as we age. It can take some pressure off the need to hit certain numbers or do it perfectly. What if we didn't need as much sleep in our later years? What could we do with that extra time that would add purpose, meaning, and connection to our days? That's where the true opportunity is. If we live well, it makes it easier to sleep well.


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Continuing in Things Learned
"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" (2 Timothy 3:14-15).
Set in the context of teaching how to be successful in overcoming false teachers, Paul reminds this young preacher Timothy that he must use what he knows—that is, the truth of the scriptures. This truth he was taught by his mother and his grandmother.
Paul here highlights the importance of a godly mother teaching her child the scriptures even from birth. Actually, such is the most important job a mother has in regard to her children.
To be effective as a teacher of the scriptures, a mother must be an example—that is, she must practice the principles taught therein. She must have a solid faith and a firm and stable character so that she can gain the respect of her children.
Mothers are special people who have special qualities that allow them to function in their role as they should. Godly mothers please the Father, and they deserve our respect and our honor.
What Are You Doing Here?
"So it was, when Elijah heard it, that he wrapped his face in his mantle and went out and stood in the entrance of the cave. Suddenly a voice came to him, and said, 'What are you doing here?' " (1 Kings 19:13).
Elijah is in despair, hiding in a cave on Mt. Horeb in the wilderness of Judah when God appears to him and asks him the question, "What are you doing here?" Even after receiving God's protection repeatedly, Elijah allows his faith to waiver after Jezebel threatens to take his life because he has killed the prophets of Baal.
Assuming God has deserted him and assuming his life is virtually over, Elijah wants to die; but God has different plans. Actually, the prophet has deserted God at a time when God needs him the most. God needs Elijah to stand up for Him and to help lead the Israelites in their return to Him.
The lesson comes through loud and clear: as God's people today, we should never hide nor retreat—rather, we need to stand firmly in the place we find ourselves, be strong in our faith, be confident in whatever role we have in helping others spiritually, and use our talents to assist in moving the kingdom forward.
The Crucified Jesus
"For I determined not to know anything among you, except Jesus Christ and Him crucified" (1 Corinthians 2:2).
Living in a complex, modern world has led our society to have great expectations of religion. No longer satisfied with the pure and simple gospel message, many are looking for God to be spectacular and to perform spectacular things in their lives to emphasize His presence with them.
Rather than listening to what God has said about the matter, some desire a religious experience that makes them "feel" religious rather than feeling religious because they have fulfilled the teaching found in His word.
Paul was not such a one. He says he didn't come to them as a powerful orator or with a sensational display of human wisdom—he came to them with one message: Jesus Christ and Him crucified. Paul wanted this message to stir the hearts of men, causing them to realize it was God's message and not man's.
For Appropriate Growth
"…from whom the whole body, joined and knit together by what every joint supplies, according to the effective working by which every part does its share, causes growth of the body for the edifying of itself in love" (Ephesians 4:16).
Set in one of his most dynamic passages about unity in the church, Paul has just emphasized the necessity of speaking the truth in love and of maturing in Christ. And it is to Christ that the word "whom" points here.
The meaning of this metaphor is that Jesus Christ is the spiritual lubrication that causes all of the spiritual body to function properly. Just as physical body parts perform the function for which they were created, so it must be in the spiritual body, the church.
The result is that, when all members of the church do their part, the church grows and even sustains itself by "edifying … itself in love." Without appropriate activity and continued learning of the word of God, the church will die of spiritual malnutrition.
Revealed Things
"The secret things belong to the Lord our God, but those things which are revealed belong to us and to our children forever, that we may do all the words of this law" (Deuteronomy 29:29).
In every age of time, God has revealed all that His people need to know to please Him. Such revelation has omitted some information the people didn't need to know and, in some cases, has omitted God's purposes for making certain requirements. Those things not revealed are the "secret things."
Such a premise should put to rest careless and doubtful questions and speculations about God's plans, no matter under which law one lives. Rather than doing so, however, in many cases, it has only aroused doubt in the minds of some. Moses says here, in so many words, "Get over it." "Go with what you know."
So, what God has revealed became the absolute guide for worship and life under the Law of Moses just as what has been revealed to us becomes the absolute guide for us in the Christian Age. Failure to accept the premise laid down here and repeated in the New Testament has resulted in the confusing multiplicity of religious doctrines present in our world.
Thus, Jesus' charge, "And you shall know the truth, and the truth shall make you free," becomes even more meaningful to us today. To please God and go to heaven, we must learn and follow His revealed truth without adding human ideas to it or ignoring the parts of it we don't like.
Harmonious Relationships
Fifth and final in a series of studies in 1 Timothy 5
"I charge you before God and the Lord Jesus Christ and the elect angels that you observe these things without prejudice, doing nothing with partiality. Do not lay hands on anyone hastily, nor share in other people's sins; keep yourself pure" (1 Timothy 5:21-22).
Paul concludes his instruction to Timothy about relationships by telling him about his relationship with himself, so to speak. He is to take seriously Paul's teaching and carry it out with the realization that divine beings are watching him. Timothy himself is accountable.
Timothy is not to allow personal relationships nor preference for one person over another, not even one elder over another, to deter him from consistently following this teaching. If he does so, he then becomes a participant in the sins of the one he is preferring.
To "lay hands on anyone hastily" contextually refers to Timothy's acting too quickly to unsupported accusations against an elder. To "share in other people's sins" means to fail to act quickly enough in responding to situations of which he has become aware.
Timothy must be true to himself and to the calling he has accepted. His behavior must always be such that allows him to remain personally detached from any situation with which he must deal, thus retaining his credibility as an evangelist among the people he serves.
In all of the categories of people mentioned in this chapter, Paul has taught the young evangelist about appropriate relationships and appropriate treatment of others—older men, older women, younger men, younger women, widows, elders.
All are to be treated with love, care, and respect. Following such teaching, even in today's chaotic world, will find us in good stead with divinity and with peaceful, harmonious relationships among ourselves.
Treatment of Elders
Fourth in a series of studies in 1 Timothy 5
"Do not receive an accusation against an elder except from two or three witnesses. Those who are sinning rebuke in the presence of all, that the rest also may fear" (1 Timothy 5:19-20).
Continuing his instruction to this young evangelist about relationships, Paul adds a second component about the treatment of one who serves in the office of elder, one who has become a "leading servant" in a congregation.
Paul knows that, human nature being what it is, not even an elder can please everyone all the time and that a person who becomes disgruntled with an elder might attempt to discredit him through public accusation.
The apostle's instruction is that Timothy is not to give credence to such an accusation unless two or more others come forward supporting the charge. If the charges are supported and proved to be true, the elder is to be rebuked before "all," referring to those in the congregation in which the elder serves.
This teaching is a clear, distinct example that extends down even to the church of today: elders are to lead exemplary lives—if they fail to do so, they are to be held accountable before the congregation they serve.
Even if such a situation occurs, we cannot ignore the context of this section of scripture: that is, that in all of these relationships, our treatment of others should display a spirit of love, care, and respect.
Joe Norton
September 2023
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Posts Tagged 'game of life'
AA DRL Cellular Automata Workshop. Computational Architecture
Computational / parametric architecture stays very close to contemporary theory of algorithms. We have already implemented cellular automata and particularly game of life in architectural project Fashion Design Museum in Kyiv, 2009. Current project designed within the Architectural Association (AADRL) was aimed to go deeply into cellular automata theory and practice and to define the strategies of control the self-organizing system and to find the directions of usage in architectural design. Implementation of the algorithm for space tessellated into truncated octahedrons instead of usual cubic voxels also became a contribution into cellular automata research.


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News Tagged "Australian PC Authority"
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Top 10 Science and Technology Writers
- Shaun Nichols and Iain Thomson
- Australian PC Authority
- May 3, 2010
6. Bruce Schneier
Shaun Nichols: While he's not so known in the larger industry, Bruce Schneier is one of the most respected and revered people in the computer security business. At conferences such as RSA he always seems to be booked for the main stage and we always try to book a few minutes for an interview.
This is because Schneier is not only a respected authority on the antivirus, network security and encryption fields, but he also has a knack for breaking things down in common language. In an industry that has nearly crafted its own language from a jumble of acronyms and buzz words, Schneier's ability to clearly explain things is invaluable…
Sidebar photo of Bruce Schneier by Joe MacInnis.