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Gateway Part Numbers: PSCV380301A, 95030491, 8000062, G1KACADAPTER.
A Double Barrel Power Cord for AC Adapter is required to connect between the wall-jack and this AC adapter (sold separately). We do have this power cord for sale when purchased and shipped together with this AC adapter.

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Welcome to the Dentalelle Student Program - for those newly enrolled students!
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Fits Pencil Point Burner Assembly Excellent for Softening Hardened Putty The Standard Propane Fuel Cylinder work best when used with the Burner Assembly .

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wool (tsemer; erion): Wool and flax were the fibers most used by the ancient weavers. Wool was used principally for the outside garments (Le 13:48 ff; Pr 31:13; Eze 34:3; Ho 2:5,9). Syrian wool is found on the world's markets today, but it is not rated as first quality, partly because it is so contaminated with thorns, straw and other foreign matter which become entangled with the wool while the sheep are wandering over the barren, rocky mountain sides in search of food. Extensive pastures are almost unknown.
⇒See a list of verses on WOOL in the Bible.
Two kinds of wool are sold: (1) That obtained by shearing. This is removed from the animal as far as possible in one piece or fleece usually without previous washing. The fleeces are gathered in bales and carried to a washing-place, which is usually one of the stony river beds, with but a small stream flowing through it during the summer. The river bed is chosen because the rocks are clean and free from little sticks or straw which would cling to the washed wool. The purchaser of this washed wool submits it to a further washing with soap, ishnan (alkali plant), "soapwort", or other cleansing agent (see FULLER), and then cards it before spinning and weaving. The wool thus obtained is nearly snow white. (2) The second supply of wool is from the tanneries where the wool is removed from the skins with slaked lime (see TANNER). This is washed in many changes of water and used for stuffing mattresses, quilts, etc., but not for weaving.
Gideon used a fleece of wool to seek an omen from God (Jg 6:37). Mesha, king of Moab, sent a large quantity of wool as a tribute to the king of Israel (2Ki 3:4).
Wool was forbidden to be woven with linen (De 2:11; compare Le 19:19). Priests could not wear woolen garments (Eze 44:17). Wool dyed scarlet with the qermes was used in the blood-covenant ceremony (Heb 9:19; compare Le 14:1-57; Nu 19:6).
The whiteness of wool was used for comparison (1) with snow (Ps 147:16); (2) with sins forgiven (Isa 1:18); (3) with hair (Da 7:9; Re 1:14).

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Formed in Forest Hills, Queens, New York, in 1974, all members of the band used stage names with their surnames as "Ramone", though none of them are actually related. They performed 2,263 concerts, touring virtually non-stop for 22 years. In 1996, after a tour with the Lollapalooza music festival, the band played their final show and then disbanded. The band's three founding members—Joey Ramone, Johnny Ramone and Dee Dee Ramone—died within eight years of the break-up.
The Ramones failed to achieve much commercial success during their years of recording and performing. Their only album to reach certified gold status in the U.S. was their compilation album Ramones Mania. Appreciation of the band has grown since the 1980s, and they now regularly appear on "all-time greatest" lists, such as Rolling Stone’s list of 100 Greatest Artists of All Time, Rolling Stone’s list of 25 Greatest Live Albums of All Time, VH1's 100 Greatest Artists of Hard Rock and Mojo's 100 Greatest Albums. In 2002, the Ramones were voted the second greatest rock and roll band ever in Spin Magazine, trailing only The Beatles. On March 18, 2002, they were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame.

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With PDF Editor you can write annotations, add text, change the text (correct spell errors) or delete words completely; add or delete pictures and vector graphics, add text in any font you want; move and zoom the text and pictures; edit textsblocks, insert empty lines or change the line breaks freely. You can change the order of the pages or delete pages; hide the information on a page so that they are invisible in the Acrobat Reader and you can show them later. You can change the page size or move the content. Add stamps like "Confidential" or "Top secret" (in fact, until registered, the program inserts its own stamps into each edited pdf file). The source code of the page (a language like HTML) is also editable for you. PDF Editor can also read and write encrypted pdf files.
"SwfBannerMaker - editor of vector graphics like a Flash. It save result in the swf-file. SwfBannerMaker is a little program, but it has many basical possibilities for drawing of animation: you can draw circles, rectangles or use a pencil; you can edit the shapes by moving of the control points of cubic Bezier curves; SwfBannerMaker has a simple timeline, that allows to create motion and shape tween."
A couple of Microsoft screen savers with vivid 3-D and interactive sound effects.
- Holiday Snowflakes: Transform your computer monitor into a winter wonderland with three-dimensional snowflakes falling from the sky.
- Amazing Windows XP Screensaver: Floating spheres and soothing blue waves show the amazing things you can do with Windows XP.


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Both the Wayne S. Vucinich Book Prize and the Davis Center Book Prize in Political and Social Studies go to Losing Pravda: Ethics and The Press in Post-Truth Russia by Natalia Roudakova.
The Wayne S. Vucinich Book Prize is given annually to the most important contribution to Russian, Eurasian, and East European studies in any discipline of the humanities or social sciences. The Davis Center Book Prize in Political and Social Studies goes to an outstanding monograph on Russia, Eurasia, or Eastern Europe in anthropology, political science, sociology, or geography.
Additionally, The Ed Hewett Book Prize, celebrating an outstanding publication on the political economy of Russia, Eurasia and/or Eastern Europe, was awarded to The Political Economy of Pension Policy Reversal in Post-Communist Countries by Sarah Wilson Sokhey.
Prize winners will be recognized during the ASEEES Annual Convention award ceremony on Friday, December 7th in Boston, MA.

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Five men vacationing in Australia for the “golf trip of a lifetime” are dead after their plane crashed into a shopping center early Tuesday morning.
The plane, a twin-engine Beechcraft, had just departed Essendon Fields airport when tragedy struck. Just after the pilot reported “catastrophic engine failure,” the plane crashed into an outlet mall. In a small bit of luck, the mall was not yet open, and thus no one on the ground is believed to have been injured. Still, it’s grim stuff.
With respect to the fireball, an approaching truck captured the crash on its dash cam (and had some pretty insensitive remarks immediately thereafter).
The US Embassy in Canberra reported that four of the five victims were US citizens. The families of Texans Greg Reynolds De Haven and Russell Munsch identified two of the departed on social media. Max Quartermain, a 60-year-old Australian and owner of the travel company Corporate and Leisure Travel, was the pilot.
The group had departed Essendon for a golf trip to King Island in Tasmania, presumably to play Barnbougle Dunes and Lost Farm.
The New York Post had this video.
Lisa Neville, Victoria’s Minister for Police, told reporters on the scene that details regarding the cause of the crash “are still being confirmed by police and fire services”.

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After the Elm Street series took a drop in numbers with the 5th part, New Line wisely took a year off in 1990 and returned in 1991 and I guess they felt they needed a hook and they had two of them; first the title billing it as the last of the series and the 2nd gimmick was the 3D, which was popular back in the 50s before fading than returning for a brief time in the 80s with such movies as Friday the 13th Part 3 and Jaws 3D. The gimmicks used seemed to work as Freddy’s Dead pulled much bigger numbers over part 5, but still down from the highest success with Dream Warriors and Dream Master. In many ways I do sort of see this as the last of the series since I view both New Nightmare and Freddy Vs. Jason as spinoffs and the 2010 remake is unrelated to the previous parts.
Freddy’s Dead sort of goes in its own direction as nothing from the previous film carries over. Part 2 also stands on its own since even though it continues from the original nobody returned excluding Freddy of course. But part 3 has characters from the first returning and of course 3-5 all lead into each other, but Freddy’s Dead brings in a new set of characters and its a little dissapointing as why would Freddy suddenly stop going after Alice. It’s also hard to believe at one point Freddy was actually scary and quite imposing, but as the series went on he started to become far too comedic. Part 5 sort of toned down the comedy since Freddy wasn’t on camera all that much, but here with Freddy’s Dead the comedy is amped up big time and this is why I refer to Freddy as a homicidal bugs bunny; basically if Bugs Bunny was a psycho killer he would probably be just like Freddy. Even if I felt some of the sequels made Freddy a little funny he was at least imposing even if not a scary, but here he sure isn’t scary nor very imposing and the film plays way up to the camp value and even if I’m not overly fond of the direction the film took it is however mindless fun.
After years of terrorizing Springwood all the children and teenagers are dead and the adults have gone insane and Springwood is pretty much a ghost town. However there is 1 survivor John Doe (Greenblatt) who has no idea who he is and Freddy is using him to locate his daughter and for new victims.
The screenplay by Michael De Luca like some of the other sequels adds onto Freddy’s mythology as we see portions of Freddy’s childhood as well as learning he had a daughter (not a spoiler since its fairly obvious). The script had some nice ideas dealing with such issues as psychical, mental and sexual abuse, but these aspects of the script are often lost due to the extremely high camp value. The characters are fairly entertaining, but by this point in the series they’re also heavily cliched. Outside of a few deeper issues, De Luca writes a very silly, but yet entertaining script that is high on camp value.
Rachel Talalay who previously worked on a couple of the Elm Street movies in various different roles makes her directorial debut and delivers an entertaining movie that is quite silly and over the top its hard to take anything serious here and that even goes for the serious moments, which feel out of place due to the campiness of the film. The pacing of the film is fairly strong since if Freddy isn’t killing someone the high camp value keeps the film dumb fun. Talalay seems to have no interest in creating any suspense and simply delivers a silly movie. Freddy isn’t even the least bit scary as scenes have him riding a broom dressed as a witch and even playing Nintendo, but the highlight was one character who is deaf, Freddy is behind him jumping up and down acting like a clown. This is what Talalay seems to be most interested in and while it does work to some degree its also sad to see this once scary villain turned into all out slapstick. This sure isn’t filmmaking at its best, but Rachel Talalay does deliver a fun movie that works due to the idiocy of it all.
I suppose regardless of what direction the film took making Freddy scary wouldn’t have been an easy task since as a series goes on the villain is bound to lose their scare factor. While Michael Myers in the Halloween films retained an eerie presence he wasn’t nearly as scary as the series went on and the same can be said about Jason in the Friday the 13th films and about every horror villain. But honestly I would have liked to have seen Talalay at least make an attempt at suspense mixed in with the comedic moments.
Overall Freddy’s Dead: The Final Nightmare is a silly idiotic film, but does have the fun factor going for it. This part is for me sort of middle of the pack and what keeps the film fun for me is the camp value. I much prefer Freddy dark and evil and that’s why the original and New Nightmare are my favorites, but campy Freddy can also be fun even if forgettable. All in all Freddy’s Dead is entertaining and I while I can enjoy the film, but its something I can only watch every few years.


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Merci to Katrina and Roxanne for another great Papillon Press workshop this past weekend!
I encouraged them to mix typefaces and use ornaments, and the results look fantastic! We printed 4×6 cards of different paper stocks in green ink.
Are there any printers out there who have any information about French typefaces and if the lay of the typecase is different in French than in English? Roxanne stumped me with this question. I’d be interested in acquiring French type, if that even exists.
Katrina's final product has a very retro feel to it.
Roxanne's final product en français is missing the accents, but has a very classic, bookish look.
To join one of our workshops, visit our workshop page.
We would like to thank the Sudbury Design Society, the Northern Ontario Heritage Fund and also our families for all the support they’ve given us over the years. We are very grateful for this award, thank you.
Joel and I made the decision long ago to make our livings being illustrators, he with editorial and I with letterpress, and while it’s not always easy it is ultimately the most rewarding for us.
Art and design in a society are 2 very important things that ensure a culturally vibrant place to live. On a municipal level, it is what makes a city a great city and a destination for others to visit. It’s important for people in creative industries to be surrounded by other individuals also in creative industries and we hope the creation of this award will highlight the importance of art and design in this city and encourage younger generations to stay and pursue their creative ambitions in Sudbury.
We’re glad that there is now an award in Sudbury that celebrates the importance of art and design. Once again, thank you. We are grateful for the recognition.


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1988-Southern Starr Broadcasting Group Inc.
WHLY-1969-Religious "Where He Loves You"
WXXL-FM began life as WLBE-FM 106.7. Bob Andrews of WLBE-AM 790 fills us in on some of the history of WXXL-FM 106.7. "In the late fifties, WLBE-AM 790, under the ownership of a wealthy road contractor, (father in law of Jim Sharp) applied for and got the 106.7 license and was actually on the air (the space for FM transmitter and wiring for A/C, etc are still in the back of the WLBE-AM studios.) The station was bought by a couple of preachers, who saw no value in the FM, just the value of the resale of it to keep going, and Lake County lost its second FM station to Orlando. The first was 107.7, licensed to Mount Dora. I don't recall the ownership, but it went to WORJ-FM (107.7), Orlando. The company kept an office and a man in Mount Dora for some time to satisfy FCC rules. That is why 107.7 and 106.7 still identify with Lake County locations every hour. In 1990 following the brief stint as WHLY-FM, "Y-106" and "The Cat", "XL 106.7" would become a major player in the Top 40 arena in the Orlando Market .The Doc and Johnny Morning Show would become a "household name" celebrating 17 years on the air.
Dave Shropshire-1988-Mornings-Southern Starr Broadcasting Group Inc.
Roger Carey-1987-1988-Mornings-Southern Starr Broadcasting Group Inc.
The Uglees-Jerry and Annie Lousteau-1988-1989-Mornings-Southern Starr Broadcasting Group Inc.
Adam Cook (Gary Wheeler)-1989-PM Drive/Program Director-Taylor Communications Inc.
Larry Dee-1989-Music Director-Taylor Communications Inc.
Deborah Smurawa-1989-News Director-Taylor Communications Inc.
Shadow Stevens (Rod Grant)-1990-1991-Mornings/mid-days-Taylor Communications Inc.
Rod Lauderdale-1990-Music Director-Taylor Communications Inc.
Hank Desplaines-1989-Chief Financial Officer-Taylor Communications Inc.
Paul Lavesque-1989-Executive Vice President-Taylor Communications Inc.
Randall Rahe-1989-General Manager-Taylor Communications Inc.
Robin Smith-1989-Sales Director-Taylor Communications Inc.
Frank Celebre-1989-National Sales Manager-Taylor Communications Inc.
Rhoda Bohrer-1989-Regional Sales Manager-Taylor Communications Inc.
Larry Kahn-1989-Marketing Vice President-Taylor Communications Inc.
Dave Deemer-1989-Promotions Director-Taylor Communications Inc.
Ken Skok-1989-Chief Engineer-Taylor Communications Inc.

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(1) best embodies the spirit of open water swimming, (2) possesses the sense of adventure, tenacity and perseverance that open water swimmers are known for, and (3) has most positively influenced the world of open water swimming during the year.
The World Open Water Swimming Performance of the Year is meant to honor efforts or swims – successful or not, short or long – that (1) best embody the spirit of open water swimming, (2) are representative of the sense of adventure, tenacity and perseverance that open water swimmers are known for, and (3) have most positively influenced the world of open water swimming.
2012 World Open Water Swimming Offering of the Year is meant to identify products and services that (1) best support and assist open water swimmers achieve their goals, (2) are innovative, unique and beneficial to open water swimmers, race directors, coaches or administrators, and (3) have made the most positive impact on the world of open water swimming during the calendar year.

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Pennywise, from the 2017 horror film based on Stephen King's IT, is given a frightfully fun, and funky, stylized look as an adorably creepy collectible vinyl figure - holding a red balloon!
Funko IT Pop! Movies Pennywise (With Balloon) Vinyl Figure Hot Topic Exclusive is rated 4.8 out of 5 by 60.
Rated 5 out of 5 by Itsmybanana from Excellent addition to the set! A great pennywise funko to add to the set!
Rated 5 out of 5 by Status769 from Creepy but awesome I love the movie It ! So this was a must have love the detail and ballon.
Rated 5 out of 5 by AmeeCherry from Finally have one Bought this for my husband and he absolutely loves it. He shipped in perfectly.
Rated 3 out of 5 by Gremlin58 from Out of stock Please remove this unavailable item from page. Every time I see it and wish to purchase it, I click on Add to cart and it quickly turns to Out of Stock. Thanks!


text: Please note - Cashback will be paid on UK transactions only. The maximum amount of cashback to be paid to any one customer or Currys PC World Business account will be £200 per calendar month. Cashback payable on total transaction value (excluding VAT at 20%, delivery, service and/or extended warranty charges). Transactions are validated once orders have been dispatched and the 14 day returns period has passed. Cashback for online orders is paid on final transaction amount after all discounts have been applied including any post transactional discounts.


text: An exquisite, soothing evening tea combining Chamomile and Lime flower with Vanilla Bean and Cinnamon. The perfect way to relax and unwind at the end of a long, stressful day. Pure bliss.The sachet is a great way to sample Calming providing approximately 3 cups of tea.

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A key process value - do your operators have one? Is it easy to monitor? With the AWESOME 1/8 DIN panel meters, featuring big, bright, color-changing displays, keeping track of it is even easier!
Analog input models for temperature, pressure, level, and flow as well as digital input models such as rate meters, indicators, counters and timers are available. These intelligent units offer multiple relay & alarm outputs, optional serial communication, and specialized functions on analog input units. With 13 models to choose from, the process value you require can surely be displayed. The minimum and maximum values along with total alarm time may be saved until re-set.
In fact, your key process value will be displayed on the biggest and brightest 1/8 DIN display in the industry. The AWESOME family features a 0.71" high LED (27% larger than ordinary 1/8 DIN units) with advanced, brilliant red, gallium arsenide technology. Not only is the display large and striking, but it can also change color. The display can be programmed to change from red to green or green to red at a preset value.
Easy programming makes these units even more desirable. All models are programmed via the front panel and are scalable to display inputs in engineering units. In addition to showing parameter values on the primary display, a help function can be utilized to show parameter descriptions. The secondary legend also indicates which value is shown on the primary display via a single digit character.


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A jumbo loan is any loan in excess of $484,350; a fixed term means that your principal and interest payment will stay the same over the life of the loan. An Adjustable mortgage means that your rate can fluctuate with the market.
*No origination fee offer only applies for mortgage loans financed in excess of $453,100.

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Here at Max Security Doors & Screens our vast and unique range of security door designs is truely amazing. We have everything and anything for every home. No matter if you are building a brand new home, renovating an existing home, revamping your existing security door or getting a brand new security door in general we are here to help.
All of our extensive range of security door designs include the market leading Crimsafe Security Mesh as standard, and can powder coated with any colour to math the exterior of your property or business. We have a wide range of options avaliable and are more than happy to come out and give you a free measure and quote. We pride ourselves on our attention to detail and knowledge in the field and feel as though you will be in capable hands if you choose Max Security Doors & Screens for all your security door needs.
With Max Security you get to chose the right style of security door for your home and our colour range is so extensive that we can match your colour scheme perfectly.

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Justin Bieber Involved in 'Minor' Car Crash in L.A.
Iranian Olympic swimmer Hamid Mobarrez, 36, has been left fighting for his life, alongside his son Eli-Luca, after a horrific crash in Milton, New South Wales.
The family were driving on the New South Wales south-coast when the accident occurred, which tragically took the life of Mobarrez's wife Tamy.
The collision reportedly happened just minutes away from the scene of the deadly Boxing Day crash that killed the family of actress Jessica Falkholt, who is still clinging to life in hospital.
A fundraising page has since been set up for the Mobarrez family, with over $112,000 raised so far.
The page reads: 'As you may have heard, Hamid and his family were involved in a tragic accident yesterday that took the life of his wife, Tamy.
'Both Eli-Luca and Hamid are currently in hospital in a serious but stable condition. There will be a long time to recover from this tragic circumstance so we are asking you to dig deep and help raise some funds to help the convalescence.
The other car involved in the crash was driven by a 39-year-old man who has since been charged.
Our thoughts are with the Mobarrez's family and friends at this difficult time.


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It is our desire that men commit their lives to the ongoing process of godliness and leadership. We challenge our men to pursue the things of God with commitment and passion. We inspire men to grow in their faith within a community of acceptance and support. Various events for men occur throughout the year, connecting them in authentic relationships through service opportunities and resourcing events.
In addition to Men's Ministry events, there are several specialized Connect Groups that are for men only.
If you would like to receive email updates about Men's Ministry events, please sign up here.


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No one wants to hear those fateful words, “It’s time to replace your central heating or cooling system.” Sooner or later, no matter how long your equipment has been running, your heating and cooling system will need to be replaced. But when that time comes, your wallet may not be ready! That’s where financing can help keep you comfortable!
HVAC financing helps spread the cost of new equipment or entire systems over a predetermined amount of time. Why dip into savings you may have earmarked for another purpose, add to an existing credit card balance or even consider a home equity line of credit? Financing can be an effective means to fit a replacement system or equipment into your budget without breaking the bank.
There are many financing options available to make your new home comfort system affordable that can fit almost any budget. Your new home comfort system is a very important investment that can offer energy savings for many years to come. If you’d like to enjoy the comfort that comes from a high efficiency home comfort system installed by our professional HVAC technicians, then please complete the form below to get started.

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text: Dimension: 17-3/4" x 9-1/2" Weathervanes are shipped standard with a 60" garden stake. Weathervanes may also be ordered with a different stand as a special order only. No additional charge will apply. The different stands that are available are: 15" Roof Mount, 15" Deck Mount, or a 15" Post Mount.


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The Cooper Hewitt exhibit By the People: Designing a Better America, is an exhibition of 60 collaborative designs challenging the country’s social and economic inequality, and presenting designs for more inclusive and sustainable communities. In this quest to show how design can act as a catalyst for positive action, viewers investigate how listening, and valuing local community expertise can be essential as a catalyst for positive action.
As we took a closer look at the 60 designs, we spotted some familiar images, such as the Harlem Hospital Pavilion Facade, with its historically significant mural, which replicates three panels from a Works Progress Administration (WPA) depicting scenes from the African diaspora. And Red Hook WIFI, the wireless mesh network that was the primary communication stream for residents of the area when the internet failed after Superstorm Sandy.
The exhibit also includes such topics as designs for What is Affordable Housing, a Tool Kit for Affordable Housing, Rent Regulation Rights Posters, Mobile Markets and SEEDclassrooms. By the People: Designing a Better America will be on view through February 26, 2017 at Cooper Hewitt, Smithsonian Design Museum, located at 2 East 91st Street.


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You’ve heard the hype, had friends rave about it, and have seen the ever growing demand for Dermaplaning. Yet, you still aren’t exactly sure what the procedure entails, and if it is really even good for your skin. Let us provide you with some great information on this growing skin care technique, everything from what the procedure actually is, to the benefits of having it done, and how often you should have it done.
Once you’ve read this article you will have all the info on this amazing facial treatment and be ready to decide if it’s for you or not. However, we must say it is basically for EVERYONE!
First things first, Dermaplaning is a highly effective exfoliation method that uses a 10 gauge scalpel (don’t freak out just yet) to GENTLY scrape or exfoliate off the top layer of skin which mainly consists of dead skin cells. This process allows the removal of these dead cells which often create a dulling/ lack luster effect on skin. Once the top layer is removed you will see a smoother, brighter complexion!
It also gently removes that annoying peach fuzz we can feel on our face and often feel we enhance with foundation and other makeup.
Still thinking about that scalpel? Although it is the same tool surgeons use when doing surgery, when used correctly by someone licensed and certified to perform Dermaplaning, there is no need to worry. In that effect we sincerely recommend that you choose to have your Dermaplaning done by a board certified licensed professional. Our Fort Collins skin care specialists are trained, experienced, and certified. Experience in Dermaplaning is highly recommended. The procedure generally takes about 30 minutes and begins with your aesthetician thoroughly cleansing and drying your skin. Next she will pull an area of your skin taut with one hand and using the scalpel at a 45 degree angle, use soft swift strokes to gently remove the peach fuzz and top dead layer of cells. The sensation you will feel is similar to that of shaving your legs.
One of the big benefits of dermaplaning is that there is no down time after having this procedure done, and virtually no side effects. It is generally recommended for all skin types, excluding those with highly acneic skin. Once the procedure is done it also allows for a greater absorption of skin care products, thus seeing better results and brighter skin. Pregnant and nursing mothers love it for the fact that it offers great exfoliation, without the use of any harsh chemicals. Many aestheticians use it in preparation for other skin care treatments, such as laser treatments and chemical peels. It has also been proven that after having dermaplaning done, even just once, foundation and makeup go on the skin smoother and more evenly.
Dermaplaning, To Good To Be True? No, It’s Just That Good!
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The Maasai of East Africa is a strange and mysterious tribe. Mostly known for their brightly colored clothes, shaved heads and houses made of animal dung, they are a semi-nomadic people whose very existence helps sustain the wildlife of East Africa.
Michael Leaf firmly believes any attempts to change the Maasai’s way of life would be a big mistake, and instead insists that we can learn a great deal from them about how to live in harmony with the earth and other living creatures.
Leaf lived with the Maasai people for 10 years, sleeping in their huts, eating their meals, and working alongside them.
After World War II, Michael Leaf moved to Kenya and began working as a hide and skin buyer. For years he lived among the Maasai, the semi-nomadic people living in Kenya and Northern Tanzania.
His new book The Serengeti and the Maasai details his 20 years in Africa and the 10 years spent living and working with these fascinating people.
The Serengeti and the Maasai is a firsthand account of life among the Maasai that will help to educate Europeans and Americans about the true character of these people. The book is a wonderful read for people who are curious about the Maasai culture but do not have the patience for an academic, anthropological work.
With the success of the book, Leaf hopes to begin a trust fund that will raise money for windmills that can provide water and for various medicines for the people and their vital livestock.
– Why wild animals which flourish in Maasai country as opposed to other areas of East Africa.
– The lack of planning to ensure that future suffering is kept to a minimum.
– Embracing the lifestyle of the Maasai as a response to climate change.
Michael Leaf was born in 1929, the year of the great depression. During the Second World War he joined a training ship in Southampton, but was rejected by the Royal Navy due to color blindness. He did clerical work in London during the Blitz, immigrated to Kenya after the war and worked as a hide and skin buyer, surveyor and as a labor manager.
He enlisted in the British Army, served in Egypt, and upon release returned to East Africa where he was employed on a coffee estate, in the desert locust control, the police, became an itinerant trader and worked for the veterinary department, and as a farm manager. He then immigrated to South Africa where he opened a delicatessen and eventually retired as a director of an insurance company. He now lives in Ireland where his beloved wife passed away and keeps himself busy by writing his memoirs.

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Later, as it is recorded in Acts chapter 21 at verses 20 through 22, it is clear that Paul and James had a disagreement over whether going forward the Judaeans, those who are born to parents in the law, should be brought up under the rituals of the law. However there was never any dispute concerning those who were not Judaeans. Ostensibly, in spite of the agreement which the apostles had come to which is recorded in Acts chapter 15, there were still Judaizers coming out from Judaea who sought the contrary and had maintained the same attitude seen with these earlier Judaizers at Antioch in Acts 15:5.
3 Yet not even Titos who with me, being a Greek, was compelled to be circumcised 4 by those privily introduced false brethren, such who infiltrate to spy out our freedom which we have in Christ Yahshua, in order that they may enslave us; 5 to whom not even for a minute did we yield in subjection, at which the truth of the good message would persevere for the sake of you.
The Greek phrase πρὸς ὥραν, which is here “for a minute”, in our modern English idiom may just as well be read “for a second”. The word ὥρα (Strong's # 5610), which is also the origin of the Latin word hora and our English word hour, did not at that time exclusively denote an exact segment of the day, but was also used to mean “any time or period, whether of the year, month, or day...a part of the year, a season...a part of the day” (Liddell & Scott).
Titos is not at all referred to by that name in the Book of Acts, although Paul mentions his presence with him several times in his second epistle to the Corinthians. He is also ostensibly the same Titos seen in 2 Corinthians, and who is the recipient of the epistle addressed to Titos. In the past I have imagined that this Titos is the same man whom some of the better manuscripts identify as Titios Ioustos, or in the King James Version only as Justus, at Acts 18:7. This is a possibility, however if it is true then it would mean that Paul knew Titios Ioustos long before Paul had arrived in Corinth, where Ioustos was living when Paul began his ministry there. So the two individuals are not necessarily the same person, but the possibility does indeed exist.
It is evident that where Paul said “then after fourteen years I had again gone up to Jerusalem with Barnabas, taking Titos along also”, that he must have been referring to the events of Acts chapter 15 because he and Barnabas had also split right after that time, as it is recorded in Acts 15:39, and had gone their separate ways. Where Titos accompanied Paul and Barnabas to Jerusalem, there were certainly others as well, including Luke himself, but Luke had only written that “Paul and Barnabas and some of the others among them” had made the trip, as we see in Acts 15:2.
So here in Galatians Paul gives us two periods of time, where we see that three years had transpired between his conversion on the road to Damascus and his first appearance in Jerusalem, a period which covers only some of the events recorded in Acts chapter 9, and then there is a period of fourteen years which can either include or which can be added to those first three, since Paul's language is ambiguous. So there are either fourteen years between Paul's conversion on the road to Damascus and his going to Jerusalem recorded in Acts chapter 15, or there are seventeen years if his intent is to add the fourteen years mentioned here to the first three years rather than considering them inclusively. However the events can be dated, and we learn that the total time could only have been fourteen years, and not seventeen.
Luke chapter 3 informs us that the ministry of Yahshua Christ began in the 15th year of Tiberius Caesar, from which we can reckon it to have begun in the late summer or perhaps early fall of 28 AD. Having had a ministry of three-and-a-half years, which is determined from the recounting of the Passover feasts mentioned in the Gospel of John and also from other sources, the Crucifixion most likely took place in the Spring of 32 AD.
Therefore we do not have enough time for the events of Paul's ministry to consume 17 years between the crucifixion and the events of Acts chapter 15, and then according to the narrative of Acts chapters 15 through 17, at least a couple of additional years to the beginning of his 18-month sojourn in Corinth, which must have begun no earlier than either mid 49 and no later than early 50 AD [for Gallio to be in office towards the end of the 18 months]. This is especially true since after the first Christian Pentecost, the stoning of Stephen and then the events on the road to Damascus which led to Paul's conversion probably require at least a year to have transpired as they were described. But if we understand Paul's 14 years as being inclusive of the first 3 year period which he mentions here, and we understand that Paul was converted in 33 or maybe 34 AD, everything falls into place and the events described in Acts chapter 15 very likely took place in 47 AD.
This also establishes the fact that this letter to the Galatians, and Paul's subsequent visit to Galatia anticipated here, must have been written not only after the events of Acts chapter 15, but also after Paul had an opportunity to visit Antioch once again. This we shall see in the balance of this chapter.
6 Now from those reputed to be something, whatsoever they were then makes not one difference to me. Yahweh does not receive a man’s stature, therefore to me those of repute are conferred nothing.
The Greek word πρόσωπον (Strong's # 4383), is “the face, visage, countenance...one’s look...outward appearance, beauty” (Liddell & Scott), and therefore it is stature here. It refers to the look of a man, or to his status in life, and not to the person himself.
Paul’s adversaries in Acts 15 were not James and Peter, but the Judaizing Pharisees which we had seen mentioned in verses 2 and 5 of that chapter. Yet here Paul certainly seems to say that even if James and Peter, “those reputed to be pillars” as he calls them here in verse 7, had supported the Pharisees in the matters which had been disputed there, Paul would not have capitulated to them and violated the meaning of the Gospel as he had come to understand it.
The word rendered as message in verse 8 is the Greek word ἀποστολή (Strong's # 651), which can refer to either the message or to the mission of the person bearing the message, so it is apostleship in the King James Version.
Here Paul informs us that instead of supporting the Judaizing Pharisees, “on the contrary”, as he puts it, the apostles accepted his position as being the legitimate position, and offered him their friendship.
Quite often, the critics of Paul of Tarsus portray the division which is described here as a two-party division, or Paul versus the so-called “real Christians” who were the apostles in Jerusalem. In fact, it is clear from the records that there were three parties involved, Paul and Barnabas and those who were with them, and then the Judaizing Pharisees, and then the original apostles who were called to intervene and after investigating the matter they chose the side of Paul. Therefore it was a three party division which quickly melted into two parties, and only the critics of Paul are left on the side of the Pharisaical Jews!
9 and knowing the favor being given to me, Iakobos and Kephas and Iohannes, those reputed to be pillars, had given right hands of fellowship to me and to Barnabas, that we are for the Nations, and they for the circumcised; 10 only that we should remember the poor, the same thing which I had then been anxious to do.
The Codex Alexandrinus lists only James and John in verse 9, where the 3rd century papyrus P46 has James and Peter and John, and the Codex Bezae (D) has Peter and James and John (which seems to be a result of Roman propaganda); the text follows the Codices Sinaiticus (א), Vaticanus (B), Ephraemi Syri (C), Freerianus (I 016), and the Majority Text.
The commission which Paul is referring to here, received by himself and Barnabas, is mentioned even earlier in the accounts in Acts. First, we see at the very end of Acts chapter 11: “27 And in those days prophets came down from Jerusalem into Antiocheia. 28 And there arose one of them named Hagabos who indicated through the Spirit that a great famine is going to come upon the whole inhabited world, which happened in the time of Klaudios. [Claudius was emperor from 41 to 54 AD. Herod Agrippa I, the Herod of Acts chapter 12, died in the Spring of 44 AD.] 29 Then of the students, just as anyone prospered, each of them set aside for supplies to send to those brethren dwelling in Judaea, 30 which they then did, sending to the elders by the hand of Barnabas and Saulos.” Then we see at the very end of Acts chapter 12: “25 And Barnabas and Saulos returned to Jerusalem [from Antioch] completing the supply, taking along with them Iohannes who is called Markos.” [So this very likely happened in 44 AD shortly after Herod died.] This seems to be what Paul is referring to here in Galatians chapter 2 where he says in verse 10 “only that we should remember the poor, the same thing which I had then been anxious to do”, and then we read in the very next verse, the beginning of Acts chapter 13: “1 And there were throughout the assembly which was in Antiocheia prophets and teachers, namely Barnabas and Sumeon who is called 'Niger' and Loukios the Kurenaian, and Manaen a childhood companion of Herodas the tetrarch, and Saulos. 2 And upon their performing services for the Prince and fasting, the Holy Spirit spoke: 'Now set apart for Me Barnabas and Saulos for the work which I have called them.' 3 Then fasting and praying and laying the hands upon them they released them.” This is where the ministry to the uncircumcised is begun by Paul and Barnabas, but the “work [for] which I have called them” must have already been determined, as well as the agreement among the original apostles, as Barnabas and Saul are connected to the account given in Acts chapter 11 where Peter professes the realization that the Nations should receive the Gospel of Christ (cf Acts 11:21-26).
11 But when Kephas [D and the MT have “Peter”; the text follows א, A, B, C, and H] had come to Antiocheia, I had confronted him personally because he was condemning himself: 12 for before some who were [P46 has “one who was”] to come from Iakobos, he [P46 has “they”] had eaten in common with the Nations, but when they came [P46, א, B, and D have “he came” (P46 is consistent with its previous variation in this verse, while א, B, and D are not); the text follows A, C, H, and the MT] he withdrew and separated himself, being in fear of those of the circumcised; 13 and also the rest of the Judaeans had acted with him, so that even Barnabas had been led away by them in hypocrisy.
These events which Paul describes here are not recorded in the Book of Acts, or anywhere else. But we do learn from the account at the end of Acts chapter 15, and especially from Acts15:35, that after returning from Jerusalem to Antioch, that Paul and Barnabas had indeed spent a considerable time there before Barnabas sailed to Cyprus with Mark, and Paul had departed with Silas for Syria and Cilicia and points further west. We are only told up to this point that Paul had a disagreement with Barnabas over the value of Mark to the ministry, and that for that reason they each went their own way, which is recorded in Acts 15:37-39. This is all that we see recorded, and so far as we can tell from Luke's language in Acts chapter 16, seeing that he was with Paul then, Luke was also very likely here with Paul in Antioch to record whatever had transpired.
We have already compared the chronology and the records of Acts with all of the comments regarding the events related by Paul in regards to his ministry found up to this point in his epistle to the Galatians. Here it is evident, that up through Acts chapter 15 Paul had the revelation that the formerly pagan Christians, upon turning to Christianity, should not take upon themselves the rituals found in the law of Moses. With this the apostles agreed in Acts chapter 15.
So, as he describes here in Galatians chapter 2, if Paul had confronted Peter in Antioch before this point in his ministry where he circumcised Timothy, he would have been a hypocrite for having circumcised Timothy. But there is no indication in Acts chapter 15 that Paul had already developed the idea that Judaeans should part from the rituals of the law, and then in Acts chapter 16 Paul made certain to have Timothy circumcised because his mother was a Judaean, and on account of the Judaeans. So Paul must have developed the idea that Judaeans should also depart from the works of the law at a time later than the sojourn in Antioch recorded in Acts chapter 15, and the encounter where Timothy was circumcised as it is recorded in Acts chapter 16.
Furthermore, as in Galatians chapter 4 Paul reflects back on his having been to Galatia in the past, where he said he had preached the Gospel, and since the first record of his being in Galatia is in Acts 16:6, then this epistle must have been written after the events which are recorded in Acts 16:6.
In Acts chapter 21, in an account which transpired over ten years after the account in Jerusalem recorded in Acts chapter 15, we see that same fear of the circumcision in James, at Acts 21:18-26, which Paul exhibited in Acts chapter 16. Only in Acts chapter 21, at verses 20-22, we see it being acknowledged that Paul was teaching Judaeans to depart from the rituals of the law. Therefore the events described here, where Paul relates his confrontation with Peter, must have taken place some time after the circumcision of Timothy, and before Paul wrote this epistle.
There is evidently only one opportunity left in Paul's ministry for that. In Acts chapter 18, Luke is not with Paul, for Paul had left Luke behind in Philippi after his arrest which is recorded in the latter parts of Acts chapter 16. Yet, although none of the details of his stay are recorded in Acts, in chapter 18 it is mentioned that Paul once again visits Antioch, and for the last time. This is the only opportunity he had in which to meet Peter as he describes having confronted him in here Galatians chapter 2. Evidently he also saw Barnabas here, as we see in Galatians 2:13. We also see in Acts 18:23 that Paul had spent “some time” in Antioch on this visit, which could be days or weeks, or even months: there is no telling.
It is also apparent, although it cannot be asserted with absolute certainty, that it is here in Antioch that Paul wrote this epistle to the Galatians. Paul says in chapter 4 (4:20) of this epistle “I have desired to be present with you even now, and to change my tone, because I am perplexed with you”, and he indeed goes on to visit them after leaving Antioch, which is only briefly recorded in Acts 18:23. Aside from expressing his desire to visit the Galatians later on in chapter 4, Paul says here in verse 11 of this chapter: “But when Kephas had come to Antiocheia”, as if he was still in Antioch when he wrote those words. This must be contrasted to the statement in verse 6 where Paul reflects back by saying “whatsoever they were then”, speaking of the past. This may be dismissed as being circumstantial, however for the many other reasons given here, I feel safe in asserting that the epistle to the Galatians was written at the time that Paul was in Antioch as it is recorded in Acts 18:22, and that is also when the confrontation with Peter must have occurred.
14 But when I had seen that they did not walk uprightly, according to the truth of the good message, I had said to Kephas [D and the MT have “Petros”; the text follows P46, א, A, B, C, and H] before them all: If you, being a Judaean, live like a foreigner and not like a Judaean [P46 wants “and not like a Judaean”], how do you compel the Nations to imitate the Judaeans?
As Paul had said above in verse 12, Peter “had eaten in common with the Nations” until “some who were to come from Iakobos”, meaning that some men sent by James had come to Antioch, upon which Peter “withdrew and separated himself, being in fear of those of the circumcised”. This James was the brother of Jude and both were the half-brothers of Christ through their common mother. It is these men to whom Paul refers as “the brethren of the Lord” at 1 Corinthians 9:5. Each of these men also wrote epistles which are found in the New Testament. James was one of the original 12 apostles listed by Matthew (chapter 10) and Luke (chapter 6) as James son of Alphaeus, but he is not mentioned by name in the Gospel of John.
With this we should notice that Peter had never played the role of pope which the Roman Catholic Church much later and quite falsely ascribes to him, and from Acts chapter 15 we should also see that while Peter spoke first in response to Paul and Barnabas, James had the last word there as well. Therefore it seems that while there certainly is no Christian pope, James seems to have been the dominant personality among these apostles.
So as late as 58 AD James was insisting that Judaeans who turned to Christ should continue to keep the law. But the Judaeans of the time were strictly keeping the law as we read it in Genesis chapter 17: “14 And the uncircumcised man child whose flesh of his foreskin is not circumcised, that soul shall be cut off from his people; he hath broken my covenant.” We see this in practice in the opening verses of Acts chapter 11, of events which had transpired while Paul was still in Tarsus [so this cannot be what Paul refers to here in Galatians chapter 2], where after Peter had converted the Roman household of Cornelius we read “1 And the ambassadors and the brethren who were throughout Judaea heard that the nations also accepted the Word of Yahweh. 2 Then when Petros went up to Jerusalem, those of the circumcision contended with him 3 saying that 'You went in with uncircumcised men and ate together with them!'” Therefore, we see that the law precluded Judaeans from having any community whatsoever with the uncircumcised, and later in Acts chapter 15 all the apostles had agreed that the pagans of the Nations turning to Christ should not be circumcised. But keeping the law, James and all those in Jerusalem, even though they were professing to be Christians, would therefore not even eat with any of those dispersed Israelites of the nations turning to Christ since they were not being circumcised. This situation clearly creates a paradox, and Paul realized that.
As we had often explained during our presentation of the Book of Acts offered here two years ago, the Book of Acts records a religious transition from the rituals of Moses to the Faith in Christ, and from the dispensation of the Levitical priesthood to the reconciliation of dispersed Israel. One cannot understand the full course of the transition without first understanding the chronology of Paul's epistles in relation to the accounts of the Book of Acts. Paul must have realized that there could not be two separate bodies of Christ, if Israel and Judah were ever to be made into one stick, as the prophet Ezekiel describes. Therefore once we understand what Paul meant by the term “works of the law”, we can see that Paul's position was the correct position when it is compared to the words of the prophets, especially in places such as Daniel chapter 9, Ezekiel chapter 37, and in Habakkuk.
But there is also another dynamic which is evident in Paul's writing here. He is explaining that he had scolded Peter for having been eating with the uncircumcised and ceasing to do so once certain men had come to him from James. Then he says “If you, being a Judaean, live like a foreigner and not like a Judaean, how do you compel the Nations to imitate the Judaeans?” The Greek word for “live like a foreigner” is ἐθνικῶς, which means “to act like those of the nations”. Then below in verse 16 Paul infers that the Judaeans should know “that a man is not deemed righteous from rituals of law”. With this, Paul is actually inferring that the true Judaeans who have turned to Christ have abandoned the rituals of the law, and that those who insist on maintaining the rituals of the law are therefore acting like foreigners, and are not true Judaeans.
The last clause may have been rendered “wrongdoers [or sinners] of the Nations”. Paul is saying that the true Judaeans are not sinners, but that the sinners are from among the Nations. Of course, all men are sinners, however the Israelites of Judaea keeping the law had propitiation for their sin until the passion of the Christ, and then upon turning to Christ He became their propitiation for sin. Furthermore, people who were never under the Old Covenant cannot sin, because as Paul explained in Romans, sin is not accounted where there is no law, and the law was given only to the children of Israel. The language Paul uses here further helps to establish that by “the Nations”, Paul is referring to the nations of the dispersions of the children of Israel, who abandoned the covenant to which they were bound and who therefore were considered sinners, because they had no propitiation for their sin until they had turned to Christ. In this context, only they could be considered “sinners of the Nations” since there is no Scriptural application for anyone else.
we then have relied in Christ Yahshua in order that we would be deemed righteous from the faith of Christ, and not from rituals of law, since not any flesh shall be deemed righteous from rituals of law.
And here Paul once again asserts that true Judaeans, relying in Christ, no longer relied on the rituals of the law, of which circumcision was a part. Therefore Paul is not considering to be true Judaeans any of those in Judaea who had not turned to Christ and who would claim to be keepers of the law for their justification. The words of Christ in the Gospel and in the Revelation inform us of this same thing.
As for no flesh being justified by the law, we may read from Psalm 143, which is a prayer of David: “1 Hear my prayer, O LORD, give ear to my supplications: in thy faithfulness answer me, and in thy righteousness. 2 And enter not into judgment with thy servant: for in thy sight shall no man living be justified.” No man may be justified without the mercy of Yahweh found in Christ. Every man requiring the mercy of God for justification, should indeed be humble before God and men.
In the Christogenea New Testament, the Greek word ἔργον (Strong's # 2041) is everywhere translated literally as either a work or a deed, except where Paul is explicitly referring to “the works of the law” where 16 times plural forms of the word ἔργον are translated as rituals (in phrases such as τὰ ἔργα νόμου), all of which are in the epistles to the Romans (3:20, 27, 28; 4:2, 6; 9:11, 32; 11:6), Galatians (2:16 [thrice]; 3:2, 5, 10) and Hebrews (6:1; 9:14). Paul, in the context of each of those passages, certainly means to refer to those rituals which the law prescribed in ordinances and which have been done away with in Christ (Ephesians 2:15; Colossians 2:14; Hebrews 9:1-10).
The remarks made by Joseph Thayer in his Greek-English Lexicon of the New Testament show that Thayer did not realize this application, because his explanations of ἔργον under these passages are odd considering the context in which the word appears in these cases. He basically only says that “in Paul's writings ἔργα νόμου, [are] works demanded by and agreeing with the law”, citing many of these same passages we have cited. By saying “agreeing with” in his definition, Thayer creates his own anti-nomian religion, because Paul never disagreed with the law. But Ferrar Fenton in his translation of the Bible did fully realize that the references made by Paul to “works of the law” were references to the prescribed rituals of the Old Testament, and his translation reflects that realization.
In the Hebrew of the Masoretic Text there are several Hebrew words which are often translated into the English versions as work or service, however for this discussion none of them are important. But by examining the language of the Septuagint, we can indeed see precisely what Paul had meant by the phrase “works of the law”.
Where the King James Version at Numbers 3:7 has the words “the service of the tabernacle”, it reads in the Greek of the Septuagint: τὰ ἔργα τῆς σκηνῆς, or “works of the tabernacle”. Similar phrases appear in the King James Version in Numbers 4:4, and at Numbers 4:30 and 4:39 where the same word often translated as service is work instead. In both places the Septuagint Greek has the phrase τὰ ἔργα, or “the works” (ἔργα is a plural form of ἔργον). We see the Greek word ἔργον three times in the Septuagint at Numbers 4:47 where the King James Version has “From thirty years old and upward even unto fifty years old, every one that came to do the service (τὸ ἔργον) of the ministry (τῶν ἔργων), and the service (τὰ ἔργα) of the burden in the tabernacle of the congregation”, and the words were spoken in reference to all the things which the priests did in the temple, pertaining to the rituals of the law.
These are only a few examples, and there are many others throughout the Old Testament Scriptures. For instance, in Brenton's English Septuagint we read in 2 Chronicles 23:18: “And Jodae the priest committed the works of the house of the Lord into the hand of the priests and Levites, and he re-established the courses of the priests and Levites which David appointed over the house of the Lord, and he appointed them to offer whole-burnt-offerings to the Lord, as it is written in the law of Moses, with gladness, and with songs by the hand of David.” So the works, τὰ ἔργα, of the house of the Lord are the rituals which the priests performed in the temple.
If the usage in the Septuagint of the word ἔργον, which is in the plural works, is not enough to prove that by “works of the law” Paul was referring only to the temple rituals and ceremonial ordinances of the law, there is further and contemporary evidence in the Dead Sea Scrolls. It can be established with all certainty that the writings of the Qumran sect found in the Dead Sea Scrolls were made during the period of Roman occupation in Judaea and prior to the final revolt of Jerusalem resulting in the destruction of the temple, which was between 65 BC and 65 AD. We have established that Paul was writing this epistle shortly after 52 AD, and therefore the Qumran scrolls almost certainly predate Paul's epistles.
… in the Dead Sea Scrolls, there is a phrase which is a title for one of the more widely known scrolls usually identified as 4QMMT. This Scroll is sometimes called “The Sectarian Manifesto”, as it is in The Dead Sea Scrolls, A New Translation, by Wise, Abegg and Cook. In that volume, in an introduction to 4QMMT (which consists of the Dead Sea Scrolls fragments 4Q394 through 4Q399) the book says that “In all of antiquity only the Sectarian Manifesto and Paul's letters to the Galatians and Romans discuss the connection between works and righteousness.” Of course, we would assert that while it was not phrased in the same manner, a major component of the ministry of Christ had the purpose of illustrating that same distinction, as well as the epistle of James. The introduction in the book, found on page 454, continues by explaining that MMT, for the Hebrew words Miqsat Ma‘ase Ha-Torah, is “an acronym from the Hebrew words meaning 'some of the works of the Law'”. The subject of the scroll is, of course, the rituals of the law. Therefore we see that the phrase Ma‘ase Ha-Torah, or “works of the law”, was used by others at a time nearly contemporary to that of Paul in relation to the rituals of the Old Testament law.
One place in the prophets where it is explicitly explained that the Messiah would do away with these works of the law is in Daniel chapter 9. There in a Messianic prophecy we read of the purpose of Yahweh explained to Daniel for Jerusalem that “Seventy weeks are determined upon thy people and upon thy holy city, to finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness, and to seal up the vision and prophecy, and to anoint the most Holy.” Then it says in verse 27: “And he shall confirm the covenant with many for one week: and in the midst of the week he shall cause the sacrifice and the oblation to cease”, whereby we see that the Old Testament sacrifices became invalid in Christ. The covenant being confirmed was the New Covenant promised in Jeremiah chapter 31 and in Ezekiel chapter 37.
From Ezekiel 37:26: “26 Moreover I will make a covenant of peace with them; it shall be an everlasting covenant with them: and I will place them, and multiply them, and will set my sanctuary in the midst of them for evermore.” Similar language prophesying a new covenant is found elsewhere in the words of that prophet.
The fulfillment of Daniel chapter 9 becomes manifest in Romans chapter 7, where it is realized that Yahweh God dying in Christ has freed Israel from the law to which the nation had been bound since Exodus chapter 19, and therefore in this manner did He Himself “finish the transgression, and to make an end of sins, and to make reconciliation for iniquity, and to bring in everlasting righteousness”. The children of Israel all sin, but they have an intercessor in Christ, as the apostle John explains in his first epistle, and as Paul also explained in Romans, where there is no law, sin is not accounted. So the children of Israel are no longer condemned by the letter of the law.
That by the phrase “works of the law” Paul referred only to those rituals and ceremonies conducted by the Levitical priests is also evident in his explanation in the epistle to the Hebrews that Christ is a priest “after the order of Melchizedek”, and that “the priesthood being changed, there is made of necessity a change also of the law”, as he asserts at Hebrews 7:12. But the commandments of the law have not changed, and Christ Himself professes that “if you love Me, keep My commandments”, which is something which Paul had also taught frequently in his epistles.
Therefore, anyone who asserts that there is a requirement or that any ritual is necessary for the salvation of the children of Israel is a liar and a Judaizer, and that would include not only the sacrifices, but other rituals such as circumcision, water baptism or even any of the Catholic so-called sacraments. All rituals and ceremonial requirements for the propitiation of sin or the perceived attainment of righteousness are done away with in Christ. The history of Old Testament Israel should be sufficient evidence that man cannot propitiate God through rituals, and neither can he save himself by his own devices. However we shall never learn the lesson until we first learn to reject all of the lies of the Jews.
17 Now if seeking to be deemed righteous in Christ we ourselves are also found to be wrongdoers, then [here the manuscripts are divided between ἄρα (686, “then”) and ἆρα (687, an interrogatory particle expecting a negative answer), see Thayer, ἆρα, 2] is Christ a minister of failure? Certainly not!
Here Paul's words are in accordance with those of the apostle John found in 1 John chapter 2: “1 My children, I write these things to you in order that you do not do wrong. And if one should do wrong, we have an Advocate with the Father: the righteous Yahshua Christ. 2 And He is a propitiation on behalf of our errors; yet not for ours only but for the whole Society.” And of course, since only the children of Israel were ever under the law, only the children of Israel could be referred to as being forgiven of sin. Now under the New Covenant, the law is only written on the hearts of the children of Israel, those of the houses of Israel and Judah. So John talks about not only the Judaeans, but for all of the “children of God scattered abroad”, as he refers to the ancient dispersions of the Israelites in his Gospel, in John 11:52, which are those Nations of the seed of Abraham that Paul describes in Romans chapter 4 and 1 Corinthians chapter 10.
18 For if I again build these things which I have destroyed, I continue a transgressor myself.
If Paul abandons the righteousness which is in Christ for the persuasion that he could be justified by the rituals of the law, then he remains a sinner since there is no more justification in the law. As it says in Habakkuk chapter 2, in a passage which Paul had later quoted in Romans chapter 1: “3 For the vision is yet for an appointed time, but at the end it shall speak, and not lie: though it tarry, wait for it; because it will surely come, it will not tarry. 4 Behold, his soul which is lifted up is not upright in him: but the just shall live by his faith.” Habakkuk had received those words as an answer to a prayer in which he had said “Therefore the law is slacked, and judgment doth never go forth”, where he also described the unrighteous sacrifices being made in Jerusalem. So Yahweh's answer to that prayer is that “the just shall live by his faith”, and not by the righteousness found in the law.
19 For I through law have died in law, in order that in Yahweh I shall live. I have been crucified with Christ. 20 Now I live no longer, but Christ lives in me. And that I now live in flesh, in faith I live: in that of the Son of Yahweh [P46, B, and D have “of Yahweh and Christ”; the text follows א, A, C, and the MT], who having loved me then surrendered Himself on my behalf.
When we put all of these Messianic prophecies together, including those from Daniel chapter 9, we can only come to the conclusion that Yahweh God Himself became incarnate on earth as Yahshua Christ, and died as the Husband in order to free Israel the wife from the judgments of the law as Paul had explained in Romans chapter 7. Because He died to preserve Israel from a judgment of death, all Israel should consider themselves dead with him, as Paul also asserts, which is in accord with the prophecy of Hosea where it is said that “When Ephraim spake trembling, he exalted himself in Israel; but when he offended in Baal, he died” (Hosea 13:1) and also in Isaiah where Yahweh said “And your covenant with death shall be disannulled, and your agreement with hell shall not stand” (Isaiah 28), and again “Ye have sold yourselves for nought; and ye shall be redeemed without money” (Isaiah 52). Therefore in the prophets, all of the children of Israel were accounted dead in the law, and they only have life by the mercy which is in Christ. This is what Paul was explaining to the Romans, Corinthians, Galatians and others: all of whom were Israel “according to the flesh”, but none of whom were ever Jews, who were Israel in name only because they were mostly converted Edomites.
21 I would not refuse the favor of Yahweh; if righteousness is through law, then Christ has died for no purpose.
As it says in Isaiah chapter 45: “17 Israel shall be saved in the LORD with an everlasting salvation: ye shall not be ashamed nor confounded world without end…. 19 I have not spoken in secret, in a dark place of the earth: I said not unto the seed of Jacob, Seek ye me in vain: I the LORD speak righteousness, I declare things that are right…. 23 I have sworn by myself, the word is gone out of my mouth in righteousness, and shall not return, That unto me every knee shall bow, every tongue shall swear. 24 Surely, shall one say, in the LORD have I righteousness and strength: even to him shall men come; and all that are incensed against him shall be ashamed. 25 In the LORD shall all the seed of Israel be justified, and shall glory.” All of the seed of Israel shall be justified, even though when these words were spoken they were being put off in punishment and alienated from their God.
But because justification is apart from the law, that does not mean that we should disregard the law, as Christ had said, “If you love Me, keep My Commandments”, Paul concludes: “31 Do we then nullify the law by faith? Certainly not! Rather we establish the law.” The apostle John was teaching the same thing in different words, in 1 John chapter 2.
The Messianic prophecies of the Old Testament, together with the understanding that by “works of the law” Paul was referring to the rituals and ceremonial ordinances through which Israel had sought justification and failed, and not to the commandments themselves which Paul consistently upheld, completely vindicate all of the positions on sin and the law which were set forth by Paul of Tarsus.


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WASHINGTON (AP) - The Supreme Court challenge to a Texas law that has dramatically reduced the number of abortion clinics in the state is the justices’ most significant case on the hot-button issue in nearly a quarter-century.
One of this election-year term’s biggest cases is being argued Wednesday before a court altered by the death of Justice Antonin Scalia. He was perhaps the most vociferous abortion opponent among the nine justices.
The Texas law has been replicated across the South and elsewhere, part of a wave of state abortion restrictions in the past five years.
States mainly led by Republicans have tried to limit when in a pregnancy abortions may be performed, restricted abortion-inducing drugs that take the place of surgery and increased standards for clinics and the doctors who work in them.
The Supreme Court case involves that last category. A Texas law enacted in 2013 requires doctors who perform abortions to have admitting privileges at nearby hospitals. It also prohibits clinics from providing abortions unless they meet the standards of outpatient or ambulatory surgical centers.
The high court has partially blocked those measures. If allowed to take full effect, all but 10 clinics in Texas would have to close. There would be no abortion providers in the state’s rural areas or west of San Antonio. The only clinic in the Rio Grande Valley would be allowed to remain open on a limited basis. Before the law was passed, there were roughly 40 clinics in the state. About half have closed.
The case offers competing views of how to protect women’s health. The clinics contend abortions are safer than many other medical procedures that are less stringently regulated and that the clinic regulations have only one purpose: to reduce the availability of abortions.
“These laws are tantamount to an outright ban for too many,” said Amy Hagstrom Miller, chief executive of Whole Woman’s Health, which operates clinics in Texas and other states.
Defenders of the laws in Texas and elsewhere argue that states have discretion to take steps to make abortions safer. Alabama and other states backing Texas told the Supreme Court that states were within their rights to apply health regulations to clinics for the sake of patients.
“Obviously I’m pro-life and I would like to limit the number of abortions, but here we were looking at women’s health and safety,” said Republican Gov. Robert Bentley of Alabama, a doctor who signed his state’s admitting privileges law.
Texas Solicitor General Scott Keller, who will defend the law at the Supreme Court, said Texas acted in response to the high-profile case of Philadelphia abortion doctor Kermit Gosnell. He is serving a life sentence after his conviction for killing three babies born alive and for the overdose death of a woman who was a clinic patient.
A federal judge in Texas struck down parts of the law as not intended to promote women’s health and clearly aimed at reducing access to abortion. But the 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in New Orleans largely accepted the state’s argument.
The justices’ June 2015 order putting the appellate ruling on hold at least suggests that there is a majority to cut back on the regulations. The clinics and abortion-rights groups are hoping for a ruling that might bolster challenges to other restrictions on abortion.
To prevail, they still need Justice Anthony Kennedy’s vote, along with the reasonably certain votes of four more liberal justices, just as they did before Scalia’s death. Kennedy was part of the 5-4 majority to reaffirm abortion rights in 1992, then wrote the court’s decision in 2007 that upheld a federal law banning a certain procedure that opponents call partial-birth abortion. That was also a 5-4 split.
A broad high court ruling striking down the Texas provisions would show that the court’s 1992 decision still “has some teeth in it,” said Stephanie Toti, the lawyer who will argue the clinics’ case.
Without Scalia, the best that supporters of these laws can hope for is a 4-4 tie, which would uphold the appeals court’s endorsement of the Texas law and perhaps affect similar laws in Louisiana and Mississippi because they are part of the same judicial circuit as Texas.
A trial judge also struck down Louisiana’s admitting privileges law, but the 5th Circuit has allowed Louisiana to enforce the law as the case makes its way through the courts.
Two of the state’s four clinics have closed in response and a third will have to close soon, said Nancy Northup, president of the Center for Reproductive Rights. On Friday, the clinics said in an emergency appeal to the high court that only a New Orleans clinic would remain open if the state is allowed to enforce the law. They want the justices to block the ruling and let them stay open.
A split decision in the Texas case would have no effect on laws that have been blocked in Alabama and Oklahoma, among other states.
Women already make the drive from Louisiana and Mississippi to have abortions at the West Alabama Women’s Center in Tuscaloosa, Alabama, said Dr. Willie Parker, who performs abortions in Alabama, Georgia and Mississippi. The Tuscaloosa clinic is Alabama’s busiest. It would be among four clinics, out of five, that would have to close under the Alabama admitting privileges law, which is not in effect.
Ashley McGuire, a senior fellow with the anti-abortion group The Catholic Association, said the fight to limit abortions will continue no matter what the Supreme Court says. “This fight is not going away anytime soon,” McGuire said.
The case is Whole Woman’s Health v. Hellerstedt, 15-274.

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I inadvertently ran a little experiment on myself this week. The week after TEDx happened I was struck with the most crippling lack of motivation I've experienced in a long time. I finally pushed it aside and was able to get a handle on the projects that had been playing second fiddle in my psyche for the past couple months. I realized I have some pretty awesome projects to work on and got super excited to make some progress. Something clicked in my head and I told myself I'd do whatever I needed to push these projects forward. I was ready to bear down and get some serious work done!
Instead of buckling down within the fairly successful framework I've created for myself, I regressed to a younger (and dumber) version of myself. Specifically, I stayed up very late a couple nights in a row to "get more work done." For some reason I thought I'd be able to go to bed at 1 AM and still get up early enough to really wring out all the value in my favorite time of day -- the early morning. Believe it or not, I'm human and when I don't get enough sleep I don't operate very well.
At the beginning of last week I told myself I'd do whatever I could to have a super productive week. Instead, it was one of the least productive weeks I've had in awhile. It's funny that my mind immediately went to, "I'll just stay up later!" to fulfill the need to be more productive. A much better approach would've been making sure I got to bed on time every night, getting up a little bit earlier (since I know I love the mornings), working out and meditating regularly (because when I don't I feel like a failure and that carries over to my work), eating well, working in short and focused bursts, etc. Basically, everything I normally do to accomplish really cool things and feel good about my work. I've been developing these habits and routines for awhile and they all went out the window when I decided I needed to be truly productive.
Last week wasn't a complete bust, however. I may not have been super productive but I did gather some useful data. The best way for me to be productive is to stay within the guidelines and routines I've created for myself. Greater productivity can be found by improving the way I operate and using my time within my current constraints. It's tempting to think that staying up later night after night results in greater productivity. I think I've been collecting data on myself and studying my optimal work habits for long enough to know that wasn't going to work. The last seven days confirmed that for me in a big way.
When's the last time you had a bad week? Instead of just trying to forget it as soon as possible, is there something you can learn from it?


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It's the first time that the UMUC Cyber Padawans have won the event and their first world title in any competition. UMUC finished second in the 2012 Global CyberLympics.
"This was an amazing experience," said Jeff Tjiputra, the team's coach and the program chair of the undergraduate cyber security program at UMUC. "We swept through the regional competition, but the world final was very, very tough."
The CyberLympics is an online ethical hacking, computer network defense, and digital forensics competition, dedicated to finding the top cyber security teams in the world.
Regarding the "capture the flag" style competition in the global championship round on Monday, Tjiputra said his team told him "they never fought for control of a system this hard before."
Three of the nine teams (from the Netherlands, India, and Peru) that won regional competitions and competed in the finals were made up of professionals from Deloitte, the global consulting giant.
The UMUC Cyber Padawans qualified for the global championship after winning each of three rounds in the North America regional competition in August.
Members of the UMUC team include team captain Matt Matchen (alumnus), Armando Quintananieves (alumnus), John Arneson (student in the undergraduate cyber security program), Ben Heise (student in the undergraduate computer networks and cyber security program), Robert Murphy (adjunct faculty member in the computer networks and cyber security program), and Christophe McBee (student in the undergraduate software development and security program).
In addition to winning the CyberLympics title this year and finishing second in 2012, the UMUC Cyber Padawans' run of success also includes winning the collegiate and professional divisions of the Maryland Cyber Challenge in 2013.
UMUC has more than 7,000 students enrolled in cyber security bachelor's and master's programs. More than 80 students compete in various cyber security competitions throughout the academic year.


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Corporate Sustainability Strategies performs GRESB Assessments utilizing its GRESB-Assist Tool and supports GRESB reporting enhancements.
The Global Real Estate Sustainability Benchmark (GRESB) is an industry-driven organization committed to assessing the sustainability performance of real estate portfolios (public, private and direct) around the globe. The dynamic benchmark is used by institutional investors to improve the sustainability performance of their investment portfolio as well as achieve greater transparency into that performance. GRESB collects information regarding the sustainability performance of real estate companies and funds. This includes information on performance data, such as energy, GHG emissions, water and waste. In addition, GRESB also covers broader sustainability issues, such as sustainability risk assessments, performance improvement programs, and engagement with employees, tenants, suppliers and the community. While environmental performance is at the heart of GRESB’s work, social and governance issues are included in the approach to sustainability. The annual GRESB benchmark includes seven sustainability aspects.
For parties that focus on development activities, the benchmark also includes a New Construction & Major Renovations aspect.
Many investors and advisers, including many large domestic and foreign institutional investors, are GRESB members and have not only appreciate participation, but have come to expect participation, even if not yet a contractual requirement. On behalf of USAA Real Estate Company (Realco), CSS has helped drive GRESB performance success resulting in Realco being recognized as a leader in sustainability and reinforced its brand as an industry leader. Five out of the six years of GRESB’s existence, one or more of Realco managed portfolios have placed in the top quartile of participating entities being recognized as Green Stars due to strategic leadership of Corporate Sustainability Strategies. In fact multiple CSS clients achieved Green Star performance in part based on support and expertise provided, and one client was ranked a “Sector Leader” in North America (#1 GRESB Ranking).
The GRESB survey process includes almost a hundred “pages” of questions about sustainability performance: policies, operating strategies, retrofits, certifications, training, and most importantly data are all integral to GRESB. Just reading the 147 page GRESB Guidance document can be daunting. With proven success in GRESB reporting, CSS can help organizations prepare for participation and successful results. Too CSS can develop a robust sustainability strategy and execution approach to drive top performance not only within the GRESB framework but also drive improved profitability. USAA Real Estate Company is a valued CSS Client and has achieved #1 in North American Peer Group GRESB ranking.
With concentrated efforts, planning and foresight, CSS can assist firms in gaining and maintaining industry leadership and recognition for sustainability initiatives. However to execute on the business case strategy, we need to develop tailored fund level strategies, and then engage JV partners and property management providers to support execution. By improving participation and results at the fund/entity level, CSS Clients should benefit from gaining and maintaining a leadership position around sustainability, positively impacting brand, and supporting growing investor and tenant interest. In addition, the impact on financial performance, using the business case approach to these efforts where we save more than we spend to execute, should support fund level and organizational level performance goals.


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Mahindra To Sell Spares Online—Bye Bye Spareshub!
Mahindra & Mahindra have decided to go the digital way! They now have an official e-store where all genuine space parts are available. Owners across 20 cities can place their orders online and have spare parts delivered to them. According to Mahindra, easy availability of genuine spare parts is expected to curb the sale of counterfeit parts.
Vehicle owners can search for parts based on keywords or part numbers. The website features a picture catalogue of parts and products, with a brief description of the part, the part number, price and vehicle / variant compatibility. Over a thousand commonly purchased parts are already listed on the website. The parts catalogue will be updated on a regular basis. Mahindra plans to achieve this by closely following customer trends and demands.
In addition, they offer warranty on spare parts sold online, and have a 24x7 customer support centre that is available to owners via chat, email, and phone.
Mahindra offers a variety of vehicles in the Indian markets. Vehicles are available for commercial and private use. Commercial vehicles include the Jeeto, the Supro, the Bolero Maxi Truck, and the Bolero PickUp. Prices vary between Rs 2.88 lakh and Rs 7.31 lakh (ex-showroom, India).
Their fleet of private vehicles include the KUV 100 NXT, the E20 Plus, the Varito Vibe CS, the Mahindra Thar, the Imperio, the Bolero Camper, the Verito, the Nuvosport, the XUV 300, the TUV 300, the Xylo, the TUV 300 Plus, the Marazzo, the Scorpio, the Scorio Getaway, the XUV 500, and the Alturas G4. Phew! Prices vary between Rs 4.77 lakh and Rs 29.95 lakh (ex-showroom, India).
Well, good attempt to curb unauthorized and non-genuine part. Hopefully their network is large and are able to keep up with the demand for spares at smaller locations. Just wondering, do we buy spares online and just walk up to an authorized service centre? Or do we need our own mech on the side?

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Today's WORSHIP QUOTE comes from Augustine of Hippo concerning the important truth of the humiliation of God the Son (the Incarnation) as part of the great story of redemption.
All that springs from the humility of this sublime moment [the birthday of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ] is grasped by the faith of Christians, while far from the comprehension of the godless; since God "has hidden these things from the wise and the prudent, and revealed them to the little ones" (Luke 10:21).
So let the humble hold fast to the humility of God, so that this wonderful support may, like a beast of burden, lighten the burden of their weakness, and they may arrive at the heights of God. As for the wise and prudent, they aim at the loftiness of God without believing in his humble lowliness; and so, by overstepping his humility and reaching his loftiness, they have remained, empty and weightless, inflated and elated, dangling, as it were, at a windy middle level between heaven and earth.
They are indeed wise and prudent, but in the affairs of this world, not of the one by whom the world was made. Because if they were possessed of the true wisdom, which is from God and is God, they world understand that it was possible for flesh to be taken on by God without his being changed into flesh; they would understand that he took to himself what he was not, while remaining what he was; and that he came to us in a man without ever departing from the Father; and that he continued to be what he is, while appearing to us as what we are; and that his divine power was confined in the body of an infant without being withdrawn from the whole mass of the universe.
—Augustine of Hippo (354-430), from a Christmas sermon preached in the year 396, as found in Proclaiming the Christmas Gospel: Ancient Sermons and Hymns for Contemporary Inspiration, Edited by John D. Witvliet and David Vroege. Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 2004, page 30.
"O come, let us adore Him, Christ the Lord."
"Where meek souls will receive him still, the dear Christ enters in."