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While it’s not complete and ready to go yet, we’re working on getting CoasterPoll up and running. It is entirely custom, using Bootstrap 4 (yes, the one that’s currently in alpha testing), Slim 3, Eloquent, and Twig, along with a whole host of other libraries. I’m currently working on making a full list of different packages that are being used. | 2019-04-23T03:57:40Z | https://chaseh.net/2017/02/first-appearing-coasterpoll-com/ |
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"The flash-forwards won't necessarily be about how we ended last season," executive producer Caroline Dries tells TVGuide.com. "[They're] introducing a mythology that will push us ke hadapan into Season 8."
"Home is a place where your hati, tengah-tengah is"
I'm riding utama on my bike. My TVD playlist is on shuffle. Tom Odell's 'Another Love' comes on, and I'm thinking 'Oh, God, let it rain'. And just like that, it starts raining. When the song ends, so does the rain.
Yes, losing your heart`s desire is tragic. But gaining your heart's desire? That`s all anda can hope for. This tahun I wished for love... to immerse myself in someone else and to wake a hati, tengah-tengah long afraid to feel. My wish was granted. And if having that is tragic, then give me that tragedy. Because I wouldn`t give it back for the world. | 2019-04-22T04:49:22Z | http://ms.fanpop.com/clubs/damon-and-elena/wall/3 |
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Check or replace your coolant every 100,000 miles or every other year.
Replace your belts, hoses, fan clutch, thermostat, water pump every 5 years or 150,000 miles. Why wait until they fail on the road?
Don’t consider your 6,000 mile service just an oil change. Let your dealership perform the necessary inspection and perform the recommend preventative maintenance repairs.
Saving a little money paying for a inexpensive oil change will only lead to unexpected repairs.
Adjust your engine valve clearance every 30,000 miles.
Regularly check and replace your air filter as needed.
Replace your fuel filter every 12,000 miles or every other service.
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We love the Genetic straight jeans, perfect for a casual and "light" look.
You can see here Alessandra Ambrosio snapped in Genetic. These are the Genetic ‘Alexa’ Skinny Straight Crop jeans. As I was saying in my previous post, for summer, cropped jeans are THE must have jeans. Show off your ankles and show off your shoes YAY! As does Alessandra! She wore her jeans cuffed with a pair of leopard print sneakers and a cropped t-shirt. She threw a camo jacket over her shoulders and topped her outfit with a fedora hat and sunnies.
Genetic is appearing on more and more celebrities lately again, after having been MIA for a few seasons. I heard that the company is being re-constructed and can’t wait for the new stuff to come out in the next few months.
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Integrity, Be Determined to Blend Out!
Our linguistics have a profusion of buzz words: empowerment, gratitude, stay positive, calm down! Don’t be negative.
When I hear these word or phrases verbalized I often wonder – do they have true meaning or are they sentences fillers?
They come rolling off the tongue fast and furious – every third or fourth word, meaningless, falling flat, and exacerbating an emotion from the person listening. Where is the substance in our core selves?
I wonder, are these words delegated in subject or verbally lined with Integrity? This blog article is about – Integrity! A word that contains great substance in life, and it is time to exam the meaning, bringing forth the core of our humanity, having everyone responsible in finding their Integrity, while not banishing their past imprudence, no matter how reckless.
Often, for a bi-daily dose of ideas and positive input, listening pleasure and educational fervor, I watch over coffee – TedTalks.com. Most all speakers “blow me away” with their ideas, authentic prowess, knowledge; mostly the life they have lived and are sharing with genius reasoning. Verna Myers, How To Overcome Our Biases. Then the realization hits, I and we are no different as we travel through our lives.
One in particular well known writer, activist, and speaker – Andrew Solomon, enthralls me with his pure honesty and integrity. Every speech I have had the honor in hearing is inspiring, about life and how we make our choices, Andrew clearly states personal stories, interviews with others, sees the humanity, does not judge, rather brings open brilliance to light and shares his visual lenses with the audience and the world. Andrew Solomon, How the worst moments in our lives makes us who we are.
“How the worst moments in our lives make us who we are! ” These words resound in my mind and body as I searched for a simplistic and short synapses – in meaning and action of Integrity. Andrew further states: “People with major challenges seem to draw strength from them (the challenges)”.
When I heard Andrews’ statement, the resonance was most significant and essential for our human factor; “How the worst moments in our lives make us who we are, we forge meaning and build identity from these life challenges”.
This is Integrity! Simply stated, not easily lived. We might state, “The Road Less Traveled.” I believe these days, it is more traveled than ever! There are moments in life when we are victimized, but choose to not be a victim, instead forge a meaning of who we are from that moment on.
We can be victimized by circumstances and other people in life and yet choose not to be a victim; rather rise beyond the occasion and reveal a prodigious life from the unscrupulous treachery of life.
Does this denote that life is a continual challenge offering ultimatums? YES!
Some (people) may seem to have a wondrous easy life; you have not glanced through the lenses in which they live daily. Do not assume torment, angst only hits a few on this planet. We all must make grueling daily decisions; we share this in common as humans. Some are able to move with adept resilience than others. Do not judge the actions of others until you know all sides of the story. I am one of these people, the choices I have had to make being a teenage and self-emancipated, make for great writing in “humorously licentious” book form.
Seldom have I spoken much of my past after being self-emancipated, for I wish to leave the past – in the background, I cannot change the past – none of us can, nonetheless we move forward! It is over, except for what is sequestered knowledge deep inside of us. Oft time it is of the horror and opprobrious nature of life. When eluding to a sheer utterance of my life prior to my twenty years (to a couple of very close friends) they were shocked!
Not understanding their mystified dumbfounded reactions, with the follow up statement, “you should write a book”, bewildered me. What they saw at the time, I was unaware of; it was and still is, that I lived my life with Integrity.
Their reaction was one of disquieted apprehension . Hearing a modicum of stories, the nefarious adventures and villainous people I encounter, at tender ages of innocence. My Eyes were Wide Open to Life, and the world of men at a frail jejune age, starting in my toddler years. I was incorrigibly naïve.
Many urged me to write the book, this action would take another three decades to write the first draft titled, Brilliance Disrupted. Looking back, my silence was out of integrity (albeit, barely aware of my intrinsic intentions). I was still learning about others and all sides of life. Traveling from destination to destination in life. Decades of adventures.
Immersion into life, raw, vile, vulgar, deep sorrow, grief, almost killed several times, taken and tossed – thrown away; I stood up in the wake of contemptible tsunamis, dusted off, stated DAMN YOU, moved on. It may have not been forward, but onward.
Are there regrets, maybe? How is one to say there are regrets when traveling through life in its’ guttural fashion? We do not know where these years of forbearances lead us to. One may take a hike into wildernesses or canyons and come back a different person, physically and mentally.
No my name is not Scarlett, although I do admit to wearing scarlet letters. Life is harsh with its whirling detours and our frailness in conscious awareness, our humanity fails often. We have caused wars from the beginning time over simple cultural beliefs.
As I wrote Brilliance Disrupted (now in editing form), I came to realize, over those eight months of writing in a torrent milieu, not only was there substantial GRIT in me, I had let go of a consequential part my childhood, my teens, the vulgarity of growing up at the hands of men and women; I had gone wayward through blamelessness and bloodguilt.
Looking further into the meaning of Integrity the thesaurus and synonyms. Honorableness, straightforwardness, candor, rectitude, standing on principle or incorruptibility. The last word here, I could not honor for I have been corrupted; I clawed my way back with my head held high.
These life experiences taught me to see through the veneer, the public face most often shown, to see the core of each person I met, with acumen. Dropping the facades, seeing people without the pretenses they may portray, there is no hiding from my eyes. The beauty of this ability, is I see the human side of life with compassion. Many feel comfortable around me – they are allowed to be themselves. On that note, if you are hiding from yourself, you will not be at ease. Why?
I have done it, I have live it and I have been a perpetrator in life’s moments. I have been through the core and evil opprobria of life; perpetrated in guile; wallowed and swallowed, regurgitated, lost myself; had my entire body broken – bloody through beatings and sadistic battering; I stood again and looked evil in its eye and said you will not kill me, you will not win! I was beaten, raped, abused and I stood again, living without machination.
Some call this understanding “chi.” Others’ might state it is “chutzpah” or GRIT! Look around, are you dead yet? If not, stand up and feel that core of integral flame is undisguisable inside of you!
Through the years I sought out the most intelligent of minds through books, DVD’s, studied and never quit studying to this day.
Integrity does not mean you shout out to acclaim who you are. The understated preference is, that you walk it in silence, most of the time, inner knowing of self. You feel the experience in every cell of your body. There is an air about a person with great integrity when they walk into a room. They are not loud, they are of a quiet resolve, a magnet of unbeknownst understated prowess, and yet the adroitness is masterful. They may smile with pronounced knowing of who they are. They are themselves with pure authority – living, breathing, talking, caring, understanding others and do not scrutinize; rather their knowledge penetrates shadows offering a welcoming engagement. For they have lived through indescribable life. And yet will state, “I have failed many times”. This is “Authentic Prowess and Integrity”.
Many times the life lived through integrity takes people down incorrigible paths, one could not bear to hear these stories told, but we must in the end for it is knowledge. These are the hard ways of living and yet, most rewarding. We stand in the midst of defeat, sometimes crawl our way up the mountains and across the seas to unknown parts of life. Often times beaten so severely, tears flowing down the faces, broken, bloodied, put one hand on a knee – look up to a point – straighten the crippled body and STAND again. Not in defiance, nor in insubordination, more to acquiescence to the enormity we are about to greet. It may take more years, possibly another few nefarious monstrous atrocities.
Howbeit, we stand. Life becomes clear. There is an indomitable spirit within that sense a magnitude of gratitude; appreciation, strength from the core where no one could disburse or disseminate the flame of integrity.
This is Honor at its greatest moment. Mankind has fought many wars for freedom, but what we have not said, the real reason has been for integrity.
We have honor and question this obeisance of allegiance to our families and friends. More so for our countries and some degree of co-existence.
To look into the eyes of a fellow human, stand and say, “I fight for my country as you do” and then to kill in defense, is a lifelong visual all humans in this position will never forget. It is a mare on the spirit and yet, done with integrity.
Just as, being a “conscientious objector” stands in their virtuous forthrightness and say, “I cannot kill another man or human for a belief or orders from our country’s laws.” It is integrity speaking.
It is the self that must be true to a core resolve. This steadfastness is lived with purposefulness from the time we are born. The predisposition is there, the intention is felt and alive. The boldness may be suppressed through childhood. Later life conjures the pressure – cracking through the layers formed – presenting sometime in the future, the predisposed integrity will erupt through to live.
Many die heinous deaths fighting for integrity: Michael Angelo, Hypatia (my mentor), Mary Magdalena, Galileo, Amazon Warrior Women, Helen of Troy, Steven Biko, Mohammed, Jesus.
Others live equally memorable lives, Elon Musk, Eleanor Roosevelt Buddha, Queen Elizabeth II, to contemporary status – the Maya Angelou and Dalai Lama of our days.
Many will live with vicious gossipers who wish to defile such geniuses, as Albert Einstein or more recent, Tiger Woods. We are human, there will always be judicature and inquisition.
Moving through the crusted imbued formats of life we are taught, the light will pierce through with predisposed integrity, it will permeate through the bog of faintheartedness and abhorrence imposed by parents, cultures, ideology; beliefs based in consternation.
Not all who have integrity will have a life of loss or torture. These words of such memorable people were to stir your spirit, to look deep inside the person you are, right now. Are you living from your depths, searing through your own trials?
As Maya Angelou mother Vivian Baxter Johnson stated, (a couple phrases), “Hurt and unmet expectations are inevitable”. When you are done with one problem in life, there are three more at your doorstep”.
I have known a few who seem to have had golden lives, the truth be known, there was struggle – heartache and hardship; they seem to hide it better or had more support for their journey.
Personally, I resonate to Maya Angelou and Bette Davis; our birthdays are all on the same day or one day less apart. Maya was April 4th, Bette Davis was born on April 5th as was my birthday on a Tuesday, April 5th. Indomitable! Unassailable, unflinching, unyielding? Yes, on the outside! The inside, well… travel with me and find out.
As I looked out over my decades of life, and I am far from done – I say, “Sometimes life is bitter and some moments are worth the bitterness”.
If this resonates with you, you have known life, you have crossed the desert, climbed the mountains and have climbed to see the canopy of life. And yet, you still stand. I ask, with whom do you stand? I hope you say, “I stand with myself”.
“I am an irreverent barrel of monkeys playing in the canopy of life”, care to join me with every cellular morsel of integrity, and a strong dose of gratitude.
These, plus other ingredients, are part and parcel of Happiness! If you live in Happiness conjured from the guttural life’s experiences, stand straight, and admit who are and where you have come from, you are prodigiously awesome. And I would be honored to know you!
For you are an everyday person passing on the street filled with new ideas, thoughts of how to better humanity; view in awe what new adventure is ahead; how to construct – give to a child or homeless person. You have the job that makes a difference, whether grandeurs or minutia, you have pride in what you give.
There are many who have come from the beyond, in all levels of life, cruelty, loved, tortured, happily in relationships – divorced. Whatever life has dealt them, those with the flame of integrity in their core, alive, flickering – they go beyond these heinous and ever so human points, endeavor to the highest degree of themselves and continue to push the boundaries of their own limitations.
We have seen them on celluloid, in public walkways, dancing, and sitting on benches. They are you and I. We admit our faults, for this is human. We pierce through that grey bog that steams with deaden trees, foul odors as it bubbles its quick-sand-mud that traps many.
With each step through the barnacle ligature gunk of life, one step in front of the other, we trod. Lift our heads, once again omit our wrong doing inside or proclaim, apologize and change!
That is integrity. Humans are not perfect. This is not a perfect world. We have choice and that choice is ever changing; move on, move forward; proclaim who you are and be that flickering flame from within.
One day, you will glow as a bonfire and leap for joy. Then continue your walk.
PS: This article on Integrity has been over a life spam of learning, and I continue to learn as I wrote this piece. It took me two weeks in preparation, a month in thought during my move home to Colorado, where I feel my spirit soars with every passing fickle moment in weather. Watching my two Arabians run on 2 acres of land being free. I looked to my Sade (blue heeler) and to my Arabians for internal fortitude. My Sammie Kewl Kat died with the move home. The word Integrity resounded deep within and would not let go, the need to write the words became an obsession.
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The latest 2019 meeting dates for our District Groups, AGMs and Events.
The Abbey with its rich and varied history spanning 900 years. Walk in the actual footsteps of the Cistercian Monks. Thirty acres of award-winning gardens, a walled garden, bog garden, park garden, rock garden and spiral garden.
This year we celebrate our 80th Anniversary, the first meeting was held on April 16th 1937. We will be joined by Crispin Truman, CEO of CPRE. There will also be a reading by Edward Fox OBE, Branch President.
We will be joined by Tom Fyans, Director of Campaigns and Policy at CPRE. We hope as many members as possible will take the opportunity to come and meet Tom. | 2019-04-22T15:11:14Z | http://dorset-cpre.org.uk/events |
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Recently, a number of new image classification models have been developed to diversify the number of options available to prospective machine learning classifiers, such as Deep Learning. This is particularly important in the field of medical image classification as a misdiagnosis could have a severe impact on the patient. However, an assessment on the level to which a deep learning based Convolutional Neural Network can outperform a Support Vector Machine has not been discussed. In this project, the use of CNN and SVM classifiers is used on a dataset of approx. 55,000 images. This dataset was used to assess the classification potential of each methodology, in terms of training, implementation, and the ability to engineer parameters and features for successful classifications on a very large dataset. The use of CNN approaches is further broken down into the use of different frameworks, in this case Theano and Torch implementations. These are then compared to an SVM classifier by confusion matrix, training time and ease of use to assess which has the higher classification potential. Here it is seen that the Theano model outperforms the Torch model slightly for this task, by roughly 3% in the accuracy of the confusion matrix. The SVM meanwhile is shown to be very limited in its ability to classify such a large dataset. Furthermore, the SVM is shown to be limited in its ability to recognise the classes corresponding to the different levels of disease severity, achieving a classification accuracy of only 75% for the whole sample.
These results suggest that the application of Deep Learning techniques currently have a very large advantage over SVM approaches in both accuracy and data handling, that to not natively avail of the computational power of Deep Learning. | 2019-04-18T11:12:32Z | https://arrow.dit.ie/scschcomdis/96/ |
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Drums of war again. Among unproved allegations of a chemical attack by the Syrian government against its own people, the USA is preparing to go to war, again, and topple the Syrian regime. Not that the Syrian regime is a model one and that deserves praise, but if the allegations of a chemical attack are false, why the relentless march forward of America towards war? There is a geostrategic reason behind it, one that we explored in our previous post Arab Spring, Arab Fall & where it all began, in which we described how Wesley Clark, already in 2001 shortly after the S11 attacks, discovered the blueprint of a plan for a domino-like makeover of most of the Middle East countries, a plan that looking back 12 years into the future, has been executed in all but Syria and Iran. The main beneficiary of such a plan is “the one that cannot be named”.
Syria is a special case though. It is the place where the forces opposing the banking oligarchy that controls the West have decided to make a stand. Not that they care much about the Syrian population, but they care about their interests. These forces are Russia, China and Iran.
America seems to be willing to risk a bigger confrontation and seems to be prepared to justify it with a False Flag operation, which is what the chemical attack allegations seem to be given the fact that the Syrian government, winning the war against “the rebels”, has little to gain and lots to lose by perpetrating such a crime. It would not be the first time and it will most likely not be the last given the nature of the present day USA.
A different issue is whether the USA has any high moral ground on which to base its case for war. We believe that it has none, the country and its owners discredited after the Iraq War based, also (?), on false allegations of use of weapons of mass destruction, and the continuous use of drones in bombing operations, undeclared wars in foreign countries not authorized by the american Congress, where thousands of civilians have been killed or severely injured, like the girl in the photo above, victim of a USA drone attack perpetrated in Pakistan in 2011. High moral ground or shifing moral sands?. The latter. | 2019-04-20T05:23:44Z | https://theyogirock.com/category/middle-east/ |
Doing laundry and the dishes are one thing, but home improvement is something completely different when it comes to Fibromyalgia. It's easy to know your limits when folding the laundry, but how about peeling off wallpaper or trying your hand at landscaping by digging holes for flower beds or apple trees?
I've often utilized the famous phrase, Roman wasn't built in a day when it comes to home improvements, and I may sound like a broken record, but it's worth repeating over and over again until you get so sick of hearing it, it becomes you mantra.
Who ever told you that you had to take down every square inch of wallpaper in your hallway that's attached to your living AND dining room in one day? Was it those Weekend Warriors over at HGTV?
Come on now! Even THEY have made mistakes that's what editing room floors are for! Look, you don't have to be a hero, just be a warrior that paces yourself and have a winning attitude. If it takes you all summer to peel one section of wallpaper-- that's fine because you are one wall closer to finishing the job. And frankly, if you ask me, who the heck would want to sweat over the summer taking on such a huge task?
Relax and take on one wall at a time and make sure you clean up by throwing out your scraps and putting away all the tools. Doing this will help in making you feel less stressed about finishing the project and also less guilty. And start the project during a month (or four) where you won't have time constraints. For instance, taking on a painting project that requires you to peel off wallpaper, prime the walls, sand, spackle, and then paint wouldn't be a good thing to try in say the month of November if you happen to be hosting Thanksgiving this year.
And if you happen to try and feel like you've failed to meet a personal deadline, know that your family doesn't care that you are in mid stream. Celebrate the fact that you are trying with them and share you colorful ideas. I bet they'll love them and maybe even offer a hand! Asking for help isn't a bad idea, by the way. No warrior goes to battle on their own. They ALWAYS have help-- remember that!
If for some reason you can't find the human help you need, look for tools that will help. Gardeners have a wide variety of tools from wheel barrels to chainsaws. Each tools will do a specific job and it's good to research what it will help you with before you take the plunge to purchase. Certain tools might not be a good choice for a Fibro sufferer to use. I've had a lot of problems holding power tools for a prolonged period of time. So I tend to opt for manual hedge trimmers as opposed to electric or gas models. I also have problems with heavy drills and saws.
When a project really calls for something heavy duty, I will ask for the help I need-- be that my husband, brother, dad, or father in-law, or even a professional. There's nothing wrong with asking for help, even if you are a home improvement diva like me. I've spent many days in the Home Improvement area at the Sears Holdings stores in New England because I was an associate and manager there for a huge chunk of my adult life.
I've sold paint to some famous TV stars, as well as Pro wrestlers (I don't mind telling you who-- just ask!) and I've also learned from some of the best trainers out there how to sharpen the blades of a garbage disposal, how to determine a paint or moisture problem, what type of lawn mower/ tractor to use depending on your lawn, which exercise equipment suits my glut obsession, and finally, why drill torque is important.
It's funny in a way to think that you'd get an education from being a sales associate, but I have to say you really do-- especially when it comes to hardware and home improvement. Ana from 50 Shades of Grey is right.
Having said all of this, have a happy summer and enjoy your home! | 2019-04-22T19:02:37Z | http://www.fibroandfabulous.com/2012/07/fibro-and-home-improvements.html |
This is the Huawei Nova 2i with four cameras retailing for about $300.00.
Anonymous, 16 Oct 2017any idea about the price of the phone?14k something, close to 15k but you have to get it on launch date if you want the freebie. They have a list of participating stores on their FB page, saw it yesterday.
Kim, 15 Oct 2017This will be availabe on 21st of Oct in Philippines with free JBL speaker worth 6,495php, btw ... moreany idea about the price of the phone?
AnonD-695532, 14 Oct 2017Why they are releasing such crap handsets in iPhone era? Nothing can beat an iPhone...in the w... moreWell, this phone is supposed to be upper-mid range phone. Apple releases flagships, not affordable phones. \\ iPhone era? Are you kidding me? LOL Samsung and Huawei already surpassed Apple years ago.
All these phones, and not one of them has passed FCC testing yet. I had a Mate 9, talk about weird software. Could only enable Safe Lock with a bluetooth device, and Nova Launcher was almost impossible to keep running. Huawei builds a great product, but the EMUI is not suitable for the US market.
Anonymous, 14 Oct 2017Am I the only one who thinks that blue is a disgusting color on a phone? Same goes for pink, w... moreOn some devices you are right, however I currently have the Honor 9 in blue and it looks brilliant. Especially when the light catches it. I do however agree wholly with you on pink/rose gold phones.
Am I the only one who thinks that blue is a disgusting color on a phone? Same goes for pink, who wants this, it doesn't look classy at all.
Is it different with Huawei Nova 2i in Malaysia?.. | 2019-04-22T00:34:27Z | https://www.gsmarena.com/newscomm-27732.php |
Lava Butte is situated Northeast of Las Vegas just outside the Lake Mead National Recreation Area. A mild peak, it offers a workout for your legs while hopping the dark, iron oxide covered lava rocks. The hike is short in duration but steep for the majority of the climb. In addition, Lava Butte rewards nice summit views of the surrounding mountainous areas, as well as Lake Mead, the City of Las Vegas, and Lake Las Vegas.
Lava Butte is accessible via Northshore Road. From I-15 North, Exit East Lake Mead Boulevard and drive east for 13.3 miles. You will be driving through the City of North Las Vegas towards the mountains. Continue past the base of Sunrise and Frenchman Mountains, and turn right onto a gravel road. You will see a sign across from your turn that says Lake Mead Remediation Area. After turning right, the road will fork after a quarter mile. Take the right fork and continue over this rough road. A 2WD vehicle with high clearance can make this trip okay, although the road has a bit of loose sand in the lower areas where it crosses a couple of washes. All told you will drive approximately 2.5 miles from the initial turn off to the parking area, which is beneath some power lines. The road will fork on occasion, but has markers that say Lava Butte along the way, take note because if you see a marker for Rainbow Gardens you will know you are off course. If you come to the fork and there are no markers, take the left fork about two miles into the drive. Taking a passenger car may entail some risk, but I have seen others accomplish the feat.
None, but watch the weather, you do not want to be caught in the rain while on the back roads of this area due to the many washes carved out by flash floods.
As with all desert peaks, Lava Butte should be climbed in cooler weather if you are unaccustomed to the environment. There are no water sources in the area. Springtime is the best time to do this peak. As you face Lava Butte, aim for the saddle on your left (south), which will gain a ridge all the way to the top. There is no real trail on this hike, although from time to time you may see remnants of one. Prior to reaching the saddle, you will cross over some rocky washes and possibly a ravine, depending on how direct an approach you take. Once at the saddle it is a straightforward steep hike west along a ridge, with plenty of bouldering to the top. If the terrain is too tough to climb over, simply drop to the left side of the boulders on the ridge where you may again see a semblance of a route.
The area, due to its rocky terrain and hard soil is not conducive to camping. There are no permits required should you decide to camp, but expect to be awakened by off road vehicles, as this is a popular area for their use. | 2019-04-24T03:07:36Z | https://www.summitpost.org/lava-butte/154724 |
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As the refrain goes, people study history in order to understand the present and plan for the future. In our current political climate, little is more heavily debated than national policies of immigration. This spring semester, I have been serving as a graduate assistant to Dr. Alison Efford for History 4120, an upper-level undergraduate course on immigration. What makes this course unique is not only the final project, in which the students create websites, but who they are collaborating with.
About twice a month middle school students from St. Rafael Catholic School on the South side of Milwaukee came to Marquette’s campus to work with a group of students in HIST 4120. Each group was expected to use primary sources found in the greater Milwaukee or Madison-area and create a Weebly-based website showcasing their findings.
This course provided undergraduates the opportunity to navigate the historical narrative of Milwaukee immigrants while collaborating with the St. Rafael students, most of whom identified with the Latino community. The visiting St. Rafael students were able to participate in an undergraduate course and learn firsthand not only what a collegiate experience would be like, but how they could have similar experiences again in their near future at Marquette.
On April 26, nearly sixty students met to present their websites to other students and faculty members in Eisenberg Room of Sensenbrenner Hall. Descriptions of two of the projects follow.
Anna DeMeuse, Tim Sanchez, and Angelica Martinez’s group chose to examine the Sanctuary Parish movement in the Milwaukee Archdiocese in the 1980s. Their website (www.sanctuaryMKE.weebly.com) incorporated personal letters, meeting notes, newspaper articles, and transcribed interviews between migrant workers and parish council members. What the group generally discovered in their sources were tensions between members of the parish councils as they debated which policies and how much assistance to provide to those in need. This project gave each group the opportunity to gain hands-on experience with primary documents and garner insights into the process of creating a historical narrative.
Another group, comprised of Perla Hernandez, Cassy Cassa, Luisa Era, and Edgar Vazquez Ramirez, focused on migrant workers’ camps in Wisconsin from the late twentieth century to the early twenty-first century (www.usmigrantcampos.weebly.com). Many migratory camps in Wisconsin housed agricultural workers, who often enured limited amenities. McKay Camp in Waterloo was a camp established for individuals and families who were working in the cherry industry. McKay Camp was closed in 2004 and the students believe it may be due to nitrate levels in the water supply. Many of the camps’ residents transitioned into the extensive dairy industry in Wisconsin. To construct their examination, the group incorporated documents from the Department of Workforce Development and the Migrant Labor Camp files, all housed at the Wisconsin Historical Society. Visiting the Wisconsin Historical Society provided insight into how archives are constructed and how professional historians utilize documents to recreate historical experiences, such as those within Milwaukee’s Latino community.
Such a unique and collaborative effort would not have been possible without the assistance of many talented faculty and staff. Special thanks to the research assistance from Taylor McNeir and Leatha Miles-Edmonson in the library, as well as 2016-2017 Mitchem Fellow Sergio González for his inspiration and guidance throughout the semester. Many thanks to the teachers Erin Mulligan, Michael Derrick, and Andrea Alvarez at St. Rafael. Marquette’s Center for Urban Reaching, Teaching, and Outreach, under the interim direction of Dr. James Marten, provided funding for transportation and the culminating celebration.
William Denzler has just finished his first year as an MA student at Marquette University. His main interests are in twentieth century American history, Allied Powers transnational history, Holocaust studies. | 2019-04-22T07:01:14Z | https://marquettehistorians.wordpress.com/2017/05/15/marquette-history-students-collaborate-with-middle-schoolers-to-research-the-latino-history-of-milwaukee/ |
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The friendliest of handshakes greeted me as I arrived at The Cooking Experience in Hadleigh and Mark David welcomed another ‘class’ to his cooking school, this time a day of ‘Celebrating Vegetables’.
It’s not so much teacher and pupil, more friendly guidance and get-stuck-in, which soon had me kneading foccaccia, chopping chives and preparing beetroot for roasting. A box of vegetables arrived from Martin and Kerry Yates, of delivery company Rocket and Rhubarb and Mark quickly ran through the different things he would do with chard, asparagus and spinach.
Bread was the first task. Kneading bread is incredibly satisfying and eating it is even better. Left over dough was used for pizza bases so nothing was wasted.
One tip – turn up with an empty stomach. By the end of the day you’ll be stuffed after eating your way through what you cook. We had three eating breaks – with wine – and the table was groaning with fabulous food – asparagus salad with honey and lime dressing, roasted beetroot, chard and onion Spanish omelette, gratin Dauphinoise, spinach with pine nuts and the most amazing lemon tart I have ever tasted.
Mark also shared his own blend of spices, which we used it on blanched cauliflower, cooked on a griddle pan to accompany the onion bhajis we made.
For me, jazzing up rhubarb was a highlight. Chop it, simmer it with a splosh of sherry, then add ginger and orange zest. Delicious.
Mark is passionate about vegetables and describes his vegetable Wellington as a ‘meaty’ meal without the meat. Giant field mushrooms and halved peppers, roasted in the oven to start with then layered with garlic and spinach in a pastry casing and baked for half an hour. We ate it warm, when it was easier to cut, with the gratin Dauphinoise.
Mark and wife Annie have lived in Hadleigh since 1995. His career has included a stint in a large Yorkshire hotel kitchen and as restaurant manager at Hintlesham Hall under Robert Carrier. But I think he has found his niche – sharing his love of food, be it steak or spinach, with equal passion and imagination for both.
For more details about themed cookery days: www.cookingexperience.co.uk or email info@cookingexperience.co.uk or call 01473 827568. | 2019-04-25T09:04:57Z | https://www.suffolkmag.co.uk/food-drink/a-veggie-celebration-1-2903740 |
Norton Ranch Subdivision is west of Bozeman and features many affordable home options. With close access to Huffine Lane it is easy to get to downtown Bozeman. It is near the Bronken Soccer fields and many schools. There are also parks, trails and a playground nearby. | 2019-04-20T06:41:41Z | https://bozemanrealestate.group/real-estate/bozeman-subdivisions/norton-ranch |
Clyfford Still, PL-19, 1943. Lithograph, 13 x 8 1/4 inches (33.0 x 21.1 cm). Clyfford Still Museum. Denver, CO. | 2019-04-22T14:09:39Z | https://collection.clyffordstillmuseum.org/object/pl-19.1 |
The Parish Council has reinstated these packs which contain lots of useful information for people moving to Danbury. The packs will be delivered to new residents by Councillors. If you know of a new neighbour or have recently moved to the village, please contact the Parish Office.
The Parish Council has recently formed a working group, entitled Project Danbury to work towards improving the local environment with the assistance of local people. This could include planting trees, shrubs and hedges, tidying neglected areas and encouraging flower planting.
Any suggestions of public areas which could benefit from some attention can be forwarded to the Parish Office. Please call or email the Parish Office to register your interest in participating in future projects.
Please see document for the Parish Council's update for November.
Please see document for the Parish Council's update for October.
The Annual Parish Meeting will be held on 7th April 2014 and all residents are welcome to attend. Please see attached poster for further details.
The new website will provide full details of current minerals, waste and County Council applications that have been submitted to the planning team and will allow users to make comments on applications, follow progress from submission to decision and check details of appeals against decisions.
Please see attached document for full details from ECC.
The Parish Office has litter pickers available to residents who wish to volunteer to help keep the village clean and tidy.
Danbury Parish Council held a public meeting on Tuesday 14th May 2013 for residents to give their views on the proposed application.
Please see attached document for the comments that the Parish Council have submitted to Chelmsford City Council.
Danbury Parish Council held its Annual Parish Meeting on Monday 22nd April 2013 at Danbury Sports and Social Centre. The meeting was attended by around 60 residents who also had the opportunity to visit the tables set up by some of the village clubs and organisations. The speaker for the evening was Cllr Peter Martin, Leader of Essex County Council. He gave an interesting and informative presentation about the issues facing Essex County Council in the past and present and answered questions from those present. Sue Lees then gave an overview of the new Danbury Parish Council Website which had just been launched. Initial feedback was good and it was hoped that residents would use and contribute to the website to keep it current.
Cllr Brian Kennewell, Chairman of Resources gave a financial report and answered questions from those present. The evening was concluded by Cllr Stuart Berlyn, Chairman who gave a report on some of the key issues and achievements of the Parish Council in the last year and responded to comments and questions from the attendees.
The license has been granted for the garden festival planned for the weekend of the 10th and 11th August 2013.
The Facilities Committee reported that the Old Pavilion (formerly the British Legion Hut) is now available to book.
The Environment Committee reported that Danbury and Woodham Mortimer had been removed from the Replacement Minerals Local Plan.
To find out more about the MLP come along to a drop-in session being held locally.
Copyright ©2018 Danbury Parish Council. Website developed by Sue Lees Consultancy. | 2019-04-21T12:44:51Z | https://www.danbury-essex.gov.uk/news/latest-news/3 |
Today I'm showing you what I got in my September Ipsy bag! I wasn't super excited about all the products I got this time just because I'd rather have all makeup products instead of hair care products. I know there are lots of ladies out there that LOVED receiving the shampoo and conditioner from John Freida but for me.. it was just okay.
This months bag was "Classic Beauty" themed. "From Mona Lisa to Monroe, classic beauties have made us swoon from generation to generation. It's a month to showcase all the gorgeous you've got with September "Classic Beauty" Glam Bag." I wasn't a huge fan of the bag either but I always enjoy getting bags that I can just throw in my purse to ensure nothing messes up the inside of my bag! Let's get to the pictures and products I received!
If you didn't already know, Michelle Phan is the creator of Ipsy. She just recently released her own makeup brand so she had little "sample" palette's sent out so everyone could try them out. I haven't tried it yet just because it's a one-time use sample and I didn't want to waste it on a swatch because I want to try it out and see how I like it.
The full size of the Life Palette that she sent testers of has 38 different shades for the eyes, cheeks and lips.
These are the samples I got. I will have to try them out one day and see how I like them! I really like the colors because they are neutral which is great for fall and winter!
John Frieda Full Repair Shampoo and Conditioner: This is the two products I wasn't happy about receiving. I would have rather had a makeup product instead. I'm not really into hair products, especially shampoo and conditioner. I honestly don't even heat style my hair that often and I've never colored my hair.
*Buy one Full Repair item, get one 50% off at drugstore.com. Use the code: IPSY at checkout.
Elizabeth Mott's It's So Big Volumizing Mascara: I'm excited to try this product out. I'm always trying to find mascara's that help my eyelashes look fuller. I've never heard of this brand before but I really like the wand!
*Receive 50% off any purchase at elizabethmott.com/shop/ipsy. Use the code: IPSYBIG at checkout.
Starlooks Obsidian Kohl Eye Pencil: I've tried Starlooks products before when I reviewed a box for them. I really enjoy their products. The pencil is super creamy and glides on very easily! The color is super black which I love!
*Receive 20% off purchases of $35 or more at starlooks.com. Use the code: IPSY at checkout.
NYX Single Eye Shadow in Sparkle White: I have always loved NYX products so I am always happy to see them in my bags! This color is a perfect inner corner and highlight color! It's not even white- more of a beige shimmer. I love it!
*Receive 30% off on NYX Eye Shadow Bases and NYX High Definition Eye Shadow Bases at nyxcosmetics.com. Use the code: IPSYPRIME at checkout.
Like I said before, I wasn't super fond of this months bag but I have definitely gotten amazing bags in the past and can't wait for next months! For those of you that don't know about IPSY, it is a monthly makeup subscription service. Each month you will receive a bag filled with 4-5 deluxe samples or full sized products. If you would like to join ipsy, you can do so by using my referral link. What's great about this service is that you can skip a month if you don't have the money or just don't want the bag for some reason that month. No penalty whatsoever! As you can see from the products I received in this bag, it's a great bag for only $10!
Awww sorry you weren't too crazy about this months bag. I've actually been liking mine as of lately. But I hear you on the hair care products. I don't like receiving those either. I'm all about the makeup! | 2019-04-18T10:35:51Z | http://blushingbeautyxo.blogspot.com/2013/09/ipsy-bag-september-2013.html |
So much hypocrisy! Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez dodged questions Friday about the sexual assault allegations that have emerged against Virginia Democratic Lt. Gov. Justin Fairfax, after the New York Democrat previously protested Supreme Court Justice Brett Kavanaugh.
← Priceless: Acting AG Matthew Whitaker To Nadler “Mr. Chairman, I see that your five minutes is up” [VIDEO] ← President Trump Just Underwent 2nd Periodic Physical Exam: How Did He Do? | 2019-04-26T04:03:44Z | https://viralbuzz247.com/devastating-cartoon-savages-democrats-the-problem-with-wearing-white/ |
Royal Enfield flagged off its first expedition to the Karakoram Pass, situated in the Karakoram range at 18,176 feet above sea level. The historic Pass served as the Afghan trade route and Royal Enfield says that no one has attempted to ride to Karakoram Pass on a motorcycle.
The expedition was flagged off by General Officer Commanding, 3 Infantry Division, Major General Sanjiv Rai, SM, VSM from the Karu Military Station. A total of 11 riders will attempt to cover the 1,000km journey over the next 14 days and aim to get their names in the record books upon reaching the summit. The expedition is led by the Indian Army comprising riders from the Army Service Corps, Royal Enfield and Himalayan Motorsports.
The challenges that these brave riders will face are enormous as they deal with riding in cold weather, at high altitudes with the fear of AMS lurking. It sure is going to be a test of both the riders as well as the machines.
The purpose of this ride is also to celebrate the 20th anniversary of the Kargil Vijay Diwas and revive the spirit of courage and adventure that's synonymous with the Indian Army.
The riders will be astride the Royal Enfield Himalayan, a motorcycle that was designed specifically to tackle the odds in the Himalayas. Here's wishing the very best to the expedition. | 2019-04-18T17:37:08Z | http://overdrive.in/news-cars-auto/royal-enfield-flags-off-himalayan-heights-expedition-to-karakoram-pass/ |
These sling-back Fly Flot sandals are so comfy you'll never want to take them off. Boasting an adjustable strap, small wedge and anatomic sole, you're set for comfort, while the metallic panels on the soft leather upper give you pretty, on-trend style. Rubber grip on the sole offers additional support as you move. A fantastic occasion shoe- wear with skirts, dresses or smart trousers. | 2019-04-22T21:55:09Z | https://www.flyflot.co.uk/products/sling-back-leather-sandal-cal27001-311-946 |
What adapter do I need for Liberia? Canada to Liberia adapters.
Canada to Liberia power adapters - what kind of plug adapter is needed for Liberia?
Will I need a power adapter for Liberia if I'm visiting from Canada?
Do Canadian plugs work in Liberia?
Is the voltage in Liberia the same as Canada?
Is a plug socket in Liberia the same as Canada?
Will I need a power converter if I'm visiting Liberia from Canada?
A Canadian plug does not need a plug adapter because it can fit into a Liberian power outlet however the voltage is different so you need to use a power converter for Liberia if your charger or appliance isn't dual voltage.
Liberia to Canadian power adapters will most likely be available in most major Canadian International airports prior to departure, however the range of adapters might be limited to popular destinations. It is recommended to research the exact type of adapter required prior to shopping at the airport. Look in the travel accessories section of airport newsagents, electronic stores and pharmacists such as Relay, The Source or 6&Sundry, but expect to pay more than regular prices. Airports will be your last chance to buy a power adapter before departure, always check the returns policy to ensure you can easily exchange or refund a faulty or unsuitable product in an airside shop.
Travellers using domestic 2 pin Type A or 3 pin Type B plugs don't need to bring a power plug adapter for Liberia as these already fit a Liberian power outlet.
Canadian travellers visiting Liberia will need a power converter as the voltage from a Liberian power outlet is 240 volts.
Maybe - a Canadian plug will fit into a Liberian power outlet so doesn't need a power adapter. The voltage is 240 volts therefore please use a power converter if your appliance or charger isn't dual voltage and check that your device can work with a 50hz power outlet.
Which power converter will you pack to Liberia?
The voltage which comes from a Liberian power outlet is 240 volts, however 120 volts is used in Canada. If your Canadian appliance or power charger doesn't support dual voltage then you should use a power converter for Liberia which can lower the voltage from a 220-240 volt power outlet to 120 volts.
A Canadian plug will fit into power outlets used in Liberia, both the voltage and frequency are different so if your charger or appliance isn't dual voltage use a power converter for Liberia and check that it works with 50hz.
The voltage from a electric outlet in Liberia is different to a US outlet so please bring a if your charger or appliance doesn't support dual voltage.
Cheap power adapters start from under C$10 which charges only one device from a Liberian power outlet (providing that it is dual voltage or works with 240 volts), but investing in roughly C$25-C$30 allows you to power multiple devices at once and bring them to various countries.
Travel power strip - A travel power strip includes surge protectors, AC power outlets, USB ports and swappable plug adapters for use in multiple countries, estimated price C$35-C$40.
Solar power bank - Portable power bank with solar cells which can recharge when placed in sunlight and power any USB powered device, estimated cost C$50-C$60. | 2019-04-26T11:42:55Z | https://en-ca.wikiconnections.org/power-supplies/continents/africa/what-can-i-connect-to-a-liberian-power-supply |
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The cereal consists primarily of sugar-coated mercury flakes that are stabilized with aluminum and preserved with formaldehyde – – all the same ingredients still used in vaccines. It’ll be handed out free of charge to all California households. Households surviving in poverty or occupied by minorities will be given two boxes of the cereal. ‘People who say Frosted Mercury Flakes is usually bad for human wellness are anti-science,’ said Gov. Brown in a televised declaration. ‘The science is obvious: if mercury and light weight aluminum are secure enough to inject into kids, they’re also safe enough to consume for breakfast.’ What Governor Dark brown won’t say publicly, nevertheless, is that California’s political leadership is intentionally trying to recreate Idiocracy while producing a new generation of autistic workers who can operate the state’s ever-growing bureaucracy which consists mainly of mindless, repetitive duties.It can gain entry into homes by the gaps within its base, its drains and its own pipes. Almost one in 15 homes is found with dangerous degree of radon gas based on the USA Environmental Protection Company. Can a person tell if their home has high levels of radon gas? Only by a kit. The gas can’t be smelled, nor could be it seen. Genetics – It’s true that a lot of cases of lung cancer can be linked back again to smoking. However, don’t assume all smoker shall get the condition. That means other elements like genetics could play a part behind the causes of lung cancer. | 2019-04-21T10:24:18Z | http://marysvillemx.com/2019/01/24/itll-be-handed-out-free-of-charge-to-all-california-households/ |
A terrific evening all round (well-done komal manish for putting on such a fabulous competition! I think it was a huge success, a lot of work must go into making it such a successful event! The CafeT Kids Cook-off Competition was impossible without its participants. Here is the 1st winner Ananya winning recipe. | 2019-04-21T22:44:08Z | https://bachelorrecipe.com/healthy-raw-vegetable-salads/ |
In loving memory of Annie Maria Bradford only and beloved daughter of Edwd & Mary Bradford , Dalkey who entered into rest on 22nd April 1893 aged 23 years.
Absent from the body , present with the lord.
Also her mother Mary Bradford died Jan. 3rd 1919 aged 73 years.
Edward Bradford died 28th May 1926 aged 81 yrs. | 2019-04-23T21:04:36Z | http://northwexfordhistoricalsociety.com/grave/dalkey-annie-maria-bradford-22041893/ |
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Six-time Olympic Champion Sir Chris Hoy appears as Father Chris in Evans Cycles' 2014 Christmas campaign launch video. Nov 11, 2015 · Leave the track-standing to the professionals. Watch the real Longest Lap at the Revolution Series! Round 4: Glasgow, Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome Although Christmas is fast approaching. Sir Chris Hoy Velodrome, Emirates Arena.
Bonnie brings in the festive season with bumper month of appearances. Sir Chris Hoy kick-starts Edinburgh’s Christmas.
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A.R. Millard & D.J. Wiseman, eds., Essays on the Patriarchal Narratives. Leicester: IVP, 1980. Hbk. ISBN: 0851117430. pp.157-188.
For well over a hundred years the religious ideas and practices of the patriarchs have attracted scholarly attention. In view of the place Abraham occupies in various religious traditions this is understandable. What is more surprising is that in the scholarly debate, no clear consensus about the content of his religion has emerged.
At least four factors can be pinpointed which have contributed to this uncertainty. First, Genesis itself says relatively little about patriarchal religion. It tells us much about their religious experiences, but little about their beliefs or religious practices.
Secondly, the accounts of the patriarchs as we now have them are all post-Sinaitic, that is they presuppose the innovations in belief and practice that date from the time of Moses. Various texts allude to the differences between the religion of Moses and that of the patriarchs. For example Exodus 6:3 says: 'I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as El Shaddai (God Almighty, RSV), but by my name the LORD I did not make myself known to them.' Joshua 24:14 states: 'Put away the gods your fathers served beyond the River, and in Egypt, and serve the LORD.' Both these texts appear to contrast the religious ideas and practices of the fathers with the post-Mosaic period. Yet Genesis itself gives very few hints that the patriarchs worshipped other gods. Indeed it usually describes the God who appears and speaks to the patriarchs as 'the LORD' (Yahweh), i.e. the God of Moses.
sure the same God had spoken to Abraham as spoke to Moses? Or do the statements in Genesis implying that Yahweh revealed himself to the patriarchs correspond to the patriarchs' own conception of the God they worshipped? Answers to this most basic question are complicated by further considerations. It is generally held that Genesis is composed of several sources giving rather different accounts of the religion of the patriarchs.
And last but not least, the theological convictions of those who study Genesis affect their conclusions. Jews and Christians who regard Abraham as the father of the faithful are reluctant to accept that he was a polytheist who served strange gods. On the other hand, scholars who hold that religion is essentially a human creation are hardly likely to suppose that the patriarchs were pure monotheists.
These briefly are the main problems that confront a would-be historian of Old Testament religion in describing the beliefs and religious practices of the patriarchs. To arrive at the pure historical truth one needs to be able to shed one's own presuppositions, and distinguish between the interpretations of Genesis and the underlying facts. Such a programme is regrettably impossible. My aims are more modest. In this essay I shall first of all set out the statements of Genesis about patriarchal religion. These raw statements will enable us to grasp how the final editor of Genesis viewed patriarchal religion.
Since it is generally held that Genesis is made up of earlier sources J, E and P, the pictures of patriarchal religion found in them will be described next. Assumptions about the dates of these sources have played a large part in assessing the validity of these different pictures. But in an effort to distinguish the authentic early elements in the accounts from later interpretations more recent scholarship has emphasized the similarities between other early Semitic religions and the beliefs of the patriarchs. So a few of the most representative accounts of patriarchal religion will be surveyed next.
retrojections of later first-millennium beliefs and practices into the distant past?
According to Genesis God revealed himself to the patriarchs under various different names, and the patriarchs used a variety of divine epithets in their prayers. Abraham knew of Yahweh, Elohim, El Elyon, El Shaddai, El Roi, and El Olam. Isaac knew of Yahweh, Elohim and El Shaddai. Jacob knew of Yahweh, Elohim, El Bethel, Pahad Yishaq (Fear or relative of Isaac) and El Shaddai. However, since the use of some of these epithets may be ascribed to editorial identification of different deities, it is necessary to distinguish carefully between the various usages of the divine names, i.e. whether they occur in the framework of the story and therefore represent the editor's understanding of the situation or whether they form part of the dialogue in the story and therefore may represent the wording of the source, rather than an editor's understanding of his source. Sometimes more than one divine name is used in the same passage, and in such cases it is more possible that one of the items is an editorial addition identifying the two divine names. Such problematic cases will therefore be ignored in the following analysis. The results may be conveniently summarized in tabular form.
Full discussion of the data in this table will follow later, but three points are immediately clear. First, in all three cycles El Shaddai only occurs in the dialogue, never in the narrative framework of the stories.
This suggests that at least this term is an early element in the tradition.
Secondly, in the Joseph cycle Yahweh is used only in the narrative framework, never in the speeches within the story. There, El Shaddai or Elohim is consistently used. This might be thought to be due to the setting of the stories, where the sons of Jacob are constantly dealing with Egyptians and other foreigners. But in fact in many of the situations where God is mentioned, the brothers are talking to each other or with their father Jacob (e.g. 42:28; 45:5, 7, 8, 9; 50:25). This could suggest that the narrator identified the God of the patriarchs with Yahweh but that his sources did not refer to Yahweh, but only to Elohim or El Shaddai and that he faithfully preserved this feature in his dialogues. Whether this hypothesis can be sustained will be discussed further below.
Thirdly, and this apparently contradicts the second point, in the Abraham cycles Yahweh and Elohim are found both in the narrative framework and in the dialogue. In these stories then, both Yahweh and Elohim have equal claims to originality. If only one of the terms originally belonged to the traditions, later editors have not only reworded the narrative framework but also the dialogue. Another way of resolving this confusion is usually preferred, however, namely the postulation of different sources. It will be argued below that this solution is also fraught with difficulty.
Discussions of patriarchal religion tend to concentrate on the names of God to the virtual exclusion of other aspects of their belief and practice, simply because the source material is so much more scanty in this respect. However, for a rounded picture it is necessary to mention the few details found in Genesis. Altars are built, sacrifices, libations, and covenants are made; prayer, circumcision, tithes, vows, and ritual purification are other ingredients of their religion. Household gods were also highly valued. Apart from the last point the practice of the patriarchs apparently differed little from their successors. However, the texts are quite vague about the how and where of sacrifice. In general they worship in places that were well-known in later times for their sanctuaries. Yet the impression is conveyed that the patriarchs offered sacrifice outside the towns, presumably without the aid of the local priesthood. This would be somewhat irregular by later standards. It would of course have been even more surprising had the patriarchs regularly worshipped at Canaanite shrines staffed by Canaanite priests; though Genesis 14 does suggest that on one occasion at least this is what Abraham did.
If Genesis says little about the patriarchal mode of worship, it says much more about the divine promises made to them, and that for two reasons. First, their faith in these promises and their obedience to God's word served as a model to later generations of faithful Israelites. And secondly, the promises provided a justification for the settlement of the land. Three main themes recur, sometimes together and other times separately: they are the promise of numerous descendants who will form a great nation, the promise of the land and the promise of blessing on Abraham's descendants and through them to the whole world. These promises are spelt out very fully in many passages, and beside them the references to actual religious practices are relatively brief and fleeting.
How far is the picture of patriarchal religion modified by the classical source-critical analysis, which distributes the material among J, E, and P? A table will again be used to present the results.
only in the dialogue, never in the framework. Secondly, in the Joseph cycle, Yahweh is used only in the framework of the story, never in the dialogues. There Elohim or El Shaddai is used. Thirdly, in the J, E and P versions of the Abraham cycle, Yahweh is used in the framework, and in the dialogue as well in J and E. Similarly, in the E and P versions of the Abraham and Jacob cycles, Elohim is found in both the framework and in the dialogues.
The source analysis by itself therefore does not give a clear answer to the question of the names under which the patriarchs worshipped God. The conclusions that can be drawn from these statistics depends on the assumptions made about the relationships between the sources. If the sources were completely independent and from the same period, their evidence should be given equal weight. On this basis it would be right to conclude that Elohim was certainly the earliest word for God. However, it is generally supposed that J is some hundred years older than E and nearly 500 years older than P, and that the later sources know the content of the earlier sources. On this assumption only J can be really relied on. This would suggest that Yahweh was the earliest name of God, and was later displaced by Elohim and El Shaddai. This is in flat contradiction to the usual understanding of Exodus 6:3 (generally assigned to P), which states that the patriarchs knew God as El Shaddai, not as Yahweh,which was a new name revealed to Moses. Though it has been argued that Exodus 6:3 does not really mean this, and that the usual tradition misconstrues it, advocates of the usual translation point out that the P passages in Genesis nearly always use Elohim or El Shaddai (Yahweh only occurs twice in P Genesis), which suggests that P indeed meant that the patriarchs did not know Yahweh as the name of deity. Yet this explanation side-steps a major problem: how could the author of P affirm that the patriarchs did riot know the name of Yahweh when both the earlier sources J and E affirm that they did? If one supposed that the author of P was ignorant of all the material in J and E, which constitute five sixths of the patriarchal narratives, this position would be defensible. But it seems improbable, and some writers have gone further, affirming that P not only knew JE, but that these were the main sources of P. It is evident that it is impossible to discover the content of patriarchal religion without making a number of judgments on the date and interrelationship of the pentateuchal sources.
If the analysis of divine names is inconclusive, do the religious institutions mentioned in the different sources give any better clue to their relative dates and possible interdependence? Table 3 sets out the distribution of the references in the various sources.
In analysing this table two things must be borne in mind. First, the figures are not as precise as in the tables dealing with the divine names, because enumerating the number of references to such things as promises is somewhat subjective. What I have tried to do is to list the number of occasions an institution is referred to rather than the number of times a particular word appears. Thus because only one altar is meant in Genesis 35:1, 3, 7, it counts only once in the table though it is mentioned three times. Similarly the numerous references to circumcision in Genesis 17 count as one. Second, it must be remembered that E is twice as long as P, and J is three times as long. Thus to make the figures of J and E comparable with P, those of E must be halved and those of J divided by three. These results are found in the second and fourth columns.
building and sacrifice might be thought to represent his reluctance to portray the patriarchs offering sacrifice without priestly intervention. But this is unlikely, for P (Genesis) also omits reference to other institutions which did not require priests, e.g. tithing, vowing, ritual purification and prayer. Furthermore the regulations in Leviticus 1, 3 (also P) clearly envisage the layman slaying sacrificial animals. The priests simply have to sprinkle the blood and place the carcase on the altar. In view of the brevity of the references in Genesis to sacrifice, it seems unlikely that the potential usurpation of priestly prerogative by the patriarchs can be the reason for the omission of sacrifice from P. More likely it is statistical variation. The brevity of P makes it intrinsically less likely that it would give such a comprehensive coverage of the religious institutions as J or E.
Analysis of the distribution of religious institutions is thus of little use in determining the relationship between the sources or their relative age. Since everything mentioned in P is also found in J or E, P could be either earlier or later than the other sources. If, as is customary, it is assumed that J and E are earlier than P, it follows that no religious institution mentioned in the patriarchal narratives is later than the composition of these sources, for nothing is found in P which is not already found in J or E. These religious institutions could therefore date from patriarchal times.
This preliminary discussion of the question of the divine names and religious institutions has proved inconclusive, because the analysis of the material depends too much on a priori assumptions about the existence, extent, date and interrelationship of the sources. For this reason modern discussions of patriarchal religion have skirted round the source-critical problem and attempted to make comparisons between other near-eastern religions and the data of Genesis to arrive at a picture of patriarchal religion. But here again assumptions have to be made. With which type of religion should Genesis be compared? The point of comparison chosen and the individual scholar's evaluation of the reliability of the patriarchal tradition have largely determined his final picture of patriarchal religion.
lished over fifty years ago, it was not translated into English until 1966 and it still is the point of departure for modern discussions of patriarchal religion. For this reason, our survey of critical theories about patriarchal religion begins with Alt.
Alt begins his essay by surveying the problem of recovering the content of patriarchal religion. The compiler of Genesis identified Yahweh with the God of Abraham, and the God of Isaac with the God of Abraham and so on. For him these were different names of the same God. But according to Alt the historical development of the religion was more complex, and often the compiler of Genesis has read his own ideas into the traditional material, thus distorting the picture of the patriarchal age.
In reality in the earliest phase of their religion the patriarchs worshipped the gods of the fathers. The oldest names for the patriarchal deities in Genesis are 'Fear of Isaac' and 'Mighty One of Jacob', alternatively described as 'the god of Isaac' or 'the god of Jacob'. A third deity is also mentioned, viz. 'the god of Abraham'. According to Alt these were three different gods worshipped by different tribes or groups of tribes in their nomadic period, ie. the patriarchal age prior to the settlement of Israel in Canaan. He tries to demonstrate the antiquity of these names by comparing them with Nabataean and Palmyrene inscriptions in Greek and Aramaic dating from the first century BC to the fourth century AD. These tribal peoples were also nomadic and they worshipped 'the god of X', where X was the name of the founder of the cult. Different tribes worshipped different deities. When a god revealed himself to a person, that person established a cult for him, and the god in question guaranteed the protection of the worshipper's group or tribe.
ted. Abraham became the grandfather, and Isaac the father of Jacob. Simultaneously the gods whom the different patriarchs served were identified with each other, so that Genesis can talk about the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac meaning the same deity. The final stage in the development of pre-monarchic religion was the introduction of Yahweh as the national God of all Israel in the Mosaic period. Exodus 3 and 6 make it clear that the God of the Fathers was first called Yahweh by Moses. The worship of Yahweh by the nation did not exclude the worship of the tribal gods, such as the God of Abraham, at the tribal sanctuaries, but in course of time Yahweh was identified with these local deities as well.
Now all the pentateuchal sources were written some time after this religious evolution was complete, and they reflect their different authors' understanding of the situation and many of the texts must be regarded as anachronistic. They reflect the later writers' concept of the patriarchal religion, rather than describing the true historical situation. Thus the references to 'the God of Abraham' in Genesis 26:24 and 'the God of Abraham and the God of Isaac' in 32:10 are just the invention of J. Alt does not give a complete list of the passages he regards as authentic reflections of the patriarchal religion, but the following five would seem to be the few that pass his critical sieve: 31:5, 29, 53; 46:3; 49:25. They are all found in the Jacob material. Though this may seem a narrow base on which to build a theory of patriarchal religion, Alt argued that it was a firm one, because the patriarchal religion he described was so similar to that of the Nabataeans, who centuries later gave up a nomadic way of life to settle on the eastern and southern borders of Canaan.
tion in its most ancient and its most developed form is the same: God revealed himself to the patriarchs; he promised them descendants; he protected them in their wanderings; and, enjoying a special relationship to him, they worshipped him and established holy places in his honour. Only in one respect was there a substantial difference between the patriarchs' religious experience and Genesis' interpretation of it. Each patriarch worshipped the particular deity who had revealed himself to him, but contrary to the assumptions of Genesis and its earlier sources, these deities were different, not one and the same God Yahweh. Though the Genesis editors try to show that Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob all worshipped the same God, and were therefore implicitly monotheistic, critical analysis of the tradition showed that the patriarchs worshipped different deities and the earliest form of religion was essentially polytheistic.
Later discussions of Alt's work have drawn attention to two main weaknesses in his synthesis. First, Lewy questioned his view that the patriarchal gods were really anonymous, known only by their worshippers' names, not their own names. He pointed out that old Assyrian texts from nineteenth-century Cappadocia also spoke of 'god of your/our father' as a description of the high god of Assyria. He argued that the real name of the patriarchal god was El Shaddai, and that 'God of my father Abraham' and similar phrases defined the worshippers' relationship to the deity and were not a substitute for his name. Subsequent studies have shown that phrases like 'God of my father' are well known in the Near East to describe named deities. The second weakness of Alt's approach is the remoteness of his comparative material. The Nabataean inscriptions that he cites are nearly 2,000 years younger than the patriarchal period. In the same year that Alt's article was published, the first discoveries were made at Ras Shamra, ancient Ugarit. These have revolutionized scholarly understanding of second-millennium Canaanite religion, and there have been various studies arguing that the Genesis narratives make better sense understood against this background rather than later Nabataean religion.
Of all the recent attempts to understand the religion of the patriarchs against the background of second-millennium near-eastern religion, F. M. Cross's essay 'Yahweh and the God of the Patriarchs' is the most thorough. It was first published in 1962 and was republished in an expanded form in 1973.
Cross begins by summarizing Alt's essay we have just discussed. Though he agrees with Alt's general picture of patriarchal religion as a personal clan religion based on revelation to the patriarchs, he disagrees with Alt in seeing the patriarchs' god as originally anonymous. Cross maintains that the patriarchs worshipped the high god of Canaan, namely El. In other words the passages which call the God of the patriarchs, El Shaddal, El Elyon, El Olam, etc., are not secondary later elements that were added to the tradition after the settlement in Canaan, as Alt held, but represent the original name of the God worshipped by the patriarchs. Phrases like 'the God of Abraham' are not used in Genesis because the God Abraham worshipped was anonymous, but to bring out the special relationship that existed between Abraham and his God, El Shaddai.
Cross, like Lewy, argues that since named Assyrian gods could be called 'god of your father', similar phrases in the patriarchal narrative could be taken the same way. Furthermore there is evidence of similar usage in other regions and periods, particularly among early second-millennium Amorites. He further questions whether Alt was correct in supposing that the Nabataean deity Du-Sara was originally anonymous. Since the name was unknown in Transjordan prior to Nabataean settlement, it is likely that the Nabataeans brought the name with them. But whether or not Alt's reconstruction of primitive Nabataean religion is correct, the analogy with the patriarchal period is remote and inappropriate. In Genesis the patriarchs are associated with both Mesopotamia and Egypt, unlike the desert origin of the Nabataeans, and must be presumed to have known the names of numerous deities.
the same sense, i.e. El, the Eternal. The antiquity of this name in Hebrew tradition is supported by the old poem Deuteronomy 33:27 which Cross translates: 'His refuge is the God of Old, under him are the arms of the Ancient One ( ).The second title used in Genesis that is suggestive of Canaanite El is 'God Most High ('el 'elyôn) creator of heaven and earth' (Gn. 14:19, 22; cf. verses 18, 20). The epithet 'creator of heaven and earth' admirably fits El, the principal creator God in the Canaanite pantheon, and the only god described as ( ) 'creator of earth'. However, the epithet 'elyôn is unusual. In other non-biblical texts Elyon appears as an independent god alongside El. Cross conjectures that 'elyôn of Genesis perhaps represents an early form referring to a single deity which later split to form a pair of gods.
The commonest El title in Genesis, El Shaddai, is also the most problematic. Cross argues that though it occurs mainly in the P source, there is good reason to hold that it is an authentic second-millennium name. Shaddai occurs in the blessing of Jacob (Gn. 49:25), generally recognized as an archaic poem. It also forms part of the names in the lists of princes in Numbers 1:5-15; 2:3-29. Though these lists are usually assigned to the P source, the names 'actually reflect characteristic formations of the onomasticon of the second millennium'.
Cross thinks that the best etymology of connects it with tdw/y meaning 'mountain'. would then mean 'mountain one', and certainly El was connected with a great mountain in the underworld, where the divine council met. However, El is not the only god connected with a mountain, and no Canaanite text actually describes him as . Cross suggests that may be of Amorite origin and that the patriarchs brough this epithet with them from Mesopotamia.
it explains why Aaron and Jeroboam could set up bulls as the symbol of Yahwism, for this was also the animal that was associated with El. Indeed the designation 'the mighty one of Jacob' (Gn. 49:24) could be translated 'Bull of Jacob'.
The attempt of Cross and others to interpret the traditions of Genesis in the light of Ugaritic and other near eastern sources has been widely accepted in Old Testament scholarship, and it is not hard to see why. First and foremost, he uses extrabiblical material that is relatively close in time and place to the generally received view of the patriarchs. Secondly, his synthesis presents fewer problems than Alt's to theological readers of the Old Testament. Whereas Alt held that each patriarch worshipped his own god, and these gods were not identical with each other, Cross suggests that there is a basic continuity between the God of the patriarchs (who all worshipped the same high God El) and Yahweh, the God of Moses. Thus, although the authors of Genesis have oversimplified things by claiming Yahweh appeared to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob, for they only knew God as El, theologically they are correct in identifying Yahweh with El, because historically Yahweh was an epithet of El. Cross's reconstruction thus reduces the gap between theology and history in the patriarchal narratives.
Notwithstanding broad agreement that the patriarchs worshipped El, three aspects of the Cross synthesis have been strongly challenged. First, is Elyon really an epithet of El or is he a separate deity? Those who maintain the latter draw attention to the Sefire treaty which names El alongside Elyon, and to Philo Byblius who apparently regarded Elyon as El's grandfather.
Against this Lack persuasively argued that Elyon was once an epithet of El but it later became an epithet of , and this explains why Elyon is mentioned alongside El in the Sefire text. It is part of a long historical process whereby Baal gradually took over the position and epithets of El.
indicate that El Shaddai was identical with the moon god. He points out that the patriarchs settled in Harran, an important cultic centre of the moon god, and that several of Abraham's relations had names associated with the moon.
Koch, on the other hand, believes that etymology does nothing to explain the meaning of . Its use in Job indicates that it was originally a separate name for God, expressing his nearness and protectiveness. In Genesis blesses and grants many descendants. The character of is therefore quite like Alt's gods of the fathers, and Koch suggests that the two types of deity were identified in the pre-monarchy period. Later Shaddai was identified with El giving the double name El Shaddai.
That such diametrically opposed interpretations of El Shaddai are put forward emphasizes the limits of our knowledge. With Koch one must acknowledge that the etymology of Shaddai is uncertain. Only if and when it is found as an epithet of a god in some extrabiblical text will it be possible to be more confident about etymology. However, Koch's idea that El Shaddai is a late formation is implausible. Though more frequent in P than in other sources, it also occurs in J (Gn. 43:14) and El is paired with Shaddai in early poems (Gn. 49:25, Nu. 24:4, 16).
The case for believing that El was known to the patriarchs before they reached Canaan is strong. Il = El is a well-known member of the third-millennium Mesopotamian pantheon. Whether El was ever identified with the moon god is uncertain. To judge from the names of Abraham's relations and the cult of his home town, his ancestors at least were moon-god worshippers. Whether he continued to honour this gods identifying him with El, or converted to El, is unclear.
For different reasons Haran has insisted on distinguishing between Canaanite religion and the religion of the patriarchs. He. points out that as a rule the patriarchs do not seem to have worshipped at the existing Canaanite shrines. When God appeared to them they built their own altars. This fits in with their semi-nomadic lifestyle: they generally camped outside existing towns but did not settle in them. Furthermore their worship of El Shaddai, in common with other sons of Eber (Gn. 10:21) suggests that their God was not simply borrowed from the Canaanites, but common to a wider grouping of peoples. Haran's points are well made, but their validity of course depends on the antiquity and reliability of the patriarchal traditions.
of the pentateuchal sources. He holds that JE, the oldest epic source, has been supplemented by a later priestly writer, and that P never existed in isolation as a separate document. Now on any view of the documentary hypothesis, it is strange that the latest source should represent most accurately the religion of the patriarchs: El Shaddai occurs more frequently in P than in any other source. But Cross' particular version of the documentary theory would appear to be contradicted by Exodus 6:3, which says that the patriarchs knew God as El Shaddai but not as Yahweh. Yet the J source, which P is supplementing according to Cross, often describes the patriarchal God as Yahweh. How then can P say that they only knew El Shaddai? The question will be explored more fully below.
Alt and Cross restrict their investigations to recovering the most primitive and authentic features of patriarchal religion. They are not interested in discovering how the traditions have grown in the subsequent retelling, except in so far as it is necessary to recognize such accretions for what they are, so that they may be disregarded in historical reconstruction. Alt and Cross have also paid very little attention to the promises of land, posterity and blessing that dominate the patriarchal stories. How far do these go back to the patriarchal age, or how far do they represent later vaticinia ex eventu in the light of Israel's success in the conquest and monarchy periods?
As its title suggests, the first book is concerned with defining the different types of narrative that are found in Genesis. Westermann endeavours to show that Gunkel's definition of the Genesis stories as sagas (sagen) is not quite apposite. A saga suggests that those involved are engaged in extraordinary feats of heroism designed to make a name for themselves. Westermann classes the Gilgamesh epic as saga. Whereas the patriarchal stories are essentially about down-to-earth family problems, moving house, childlessness, domestic quarrels and so on. Westermann therefore prefers to call them Erzäblungen, i.e. 'tales', 'stories'.
primeval history. This comparison with Icelandic traditions allows Westermann to affirm with confidence the antiquity of the patriarchal stories, though he holds that most of the promises contained within them are secondary additions by editors and compilers.
According to Westermann promises can be regarded as authentic (ie. part of the oldest part of a patriarchal tale) only on two conditions: first, that the promise contains only one possible element, not a combination of various elements (eg. land or descendants, but not both); secondly, that the promise is intrinsic to the narrative in which it occurs and is not just an incidental extra. The promise must resolve a tension within the narrative. On these grounds only the promises of a son to childless women in Genesis 16:11 and 18:1-15 are certainly genuine. He regards it likely that an early promise of land lies behind the present form of 15:7-21 and 28:13-15. The promises of numerous descendants developed out of blessing formulae and are not really intrinsic to the narratives. Thus all the other promises found in the patriarchal narratives represent the theological reflections of later editors. They do not go back to the most primitive version of the stories. This is particularly obvious in the case of the Jacob stories: with the one exception of Genesis 28:13-15 Westermann believes that 'the promise texts are all to be characterized as insertions, additions or short notes'.
(Mitsein), an additional type of promise (e.g. 31:3), which Westermann distinguishes for the first time in Verheissungen, may be authentic, since it reflects nomadic conditions and their need for divine protection and guidance on their wanderings.
In a final chapter he compares the promise of a son to Abraham with similar promises made to kings in the Ugaritic epic. This he thinks shows the authenticity of the son promise in Genesis. Though the same epic texts also contain promises of blessing and numerous descendants, Westermann argues that these are essentially wedding blessings and not analogous to the Genesis parallels, where the promise. comes from God, and therefore that they offer no support for the originality of these patriarchal promises.
The most positive assessment of Westermann's method has come from R. Rendtorff. In his Das überlieferungsgeschichtliche Problem des Pentateuch he accepts Westermann's thesis that the patriarchal stories were originally independent units usually lacking any promises. For Rendtorff the addition of the promises to the earlier traditions serves to unite and interpret them. He believes the promises served first to link the stories about Abraham into a cycle, and the stories about Jacob and Isaac into other independent cycles, and that at a later stage more promises were added to combine all the patriarchal stories into a large unit.
Negative reactions to Westermann have come from very different directions. On the one hand van Seters holds that Westermann's claim that most of the patriarchal tales show signs of oral origin is mistaken. Very few stories about Abraham show clear traces of oral composition. Van Seters argues that these are early fragments inserted into an essentially unified literary composition from which it is often impossible to extract the promises without spoiling the point of the story.
lels on the ground that the promises were made to kings. But this seems inconsistent with his appeal to the Keret texts to prove the authenticity of the son promise, for Keret, the recipient of the promise, was a king. And the Ugaritic texts also contain more than one promise at once: for example blessing and numerous descendants. According to Westermann such combinations in Genesis are secondary.
This brief review of modern theories about patriarchal religion has highlighted some of the many problems that beset the researcher in this area. In this field, questions of pentateuchal criticism interact with questions of near-eastern religion in kaleidoscopic fashion. The data are like pieces of a jigsaw which each scholar puts together in the way that seems best in his own eyes. More recently still, claims have been made about the Ebla texts that could affect our interpretation of patriarchal religion. In the concluding section of this essay I shall try to piece together the currently available data guided by the following assumptions: first, that the patriarchs lived in the early second millennium BC when the worship of El was dominant in Canaan; secondly, that the present form of the patriarchal narratives reflects this period, though they of course interpret the patriarchs' religious experience from a post-Sinaitic perspective.
In evaluating the work of Westermann I have already referred to the studies of van Seters (1975) and Rendtorff (1977). Both works have in common a rejection of the documentary hypothesis, preferring instead supplementary hypotheses. Van Seters, who limits himself to the Abraham and Isaac traditions, believes it is possible to identify a few pre-Yahwistic oral traditions (e.g. Gn. 12:10-20), and a few short Elohistic developments (Gn. 20:1-17), but that most of Genesis 12 - 26 comes directly from the hand of the Yahwist (J). The priestly writer made a few later additions (e.g. chapters 17 and 23). In other words van Seters sees the present form of the Abraham cycle as an essentially literary creation mainly by the Yahwist.
Rendtorff is in certain respects more traditional than van Seters, and in others more radical. He is more traditional in following Gunkel who supposed that most of the Abraham stories were originally independent and oral. However, he is more radical in rejecting the source-analysis terminology as well as its methodology.
He considers that the Abraham stories were collected into an Abraham cycle, the Isaac stories into an Isaac cycle, and Jacob traditions were collected into a Jacob cycle, and that the Joseph stories are an independent literary work. While some of the promises to the patriarchs are integral to the independent stories, others were added when the cycles were collected to create a unity between the different traditions. The three independent cycles of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob were then at a later stage combined by the addition of other promises to form a large unit, on a par with the primeval history (Gn. 2 - 11), the exodus story (Ex. 1 - 15), or the Sinai pericope (Ex. 19 -24). Thus whereas the traditional documentary hypothesis divides the pentateuch into independent vertical strands, beginning with creation and ending with the conquest, Rendtorff argues that we should think in terms of horizontal blocks of material each dealing with a particular topic (e.g. Abraham, or Joseph, or the exodus), and that these have been collected together by later editors. He thinks of a light P redaction, and possibly even lighter D redaction as the final stages in the edition of Genesis.
Graphically we may represent the difference between Rendtorff's understanding of the composition of the Pentateuch and the traditional documentary hypothesis as follows.
express his own theological understanding of the events. It seems to me very difficult to distinguish between the work of the redactor of Genesis and his source material, unless one supposes he borrowed directly from one of the extant Mesopotamian flood stories.
With the patriarchal narratives it is even more difficult to know where the source ends and the editor begins. Certainly the pervasiveness of the promise themes throughout the patriarchal narratives focuses our attention on the editor's understanding of his material. And it may be that some of the promises do represent editorial additions to the earlier source material, but since these earlier sources no longer exist, dogmatism is impossible. It would seem wiser to begin with the explicit statements of the text about the editor's intentions and not rely merely on conjecture. As far as his treatment of the promises is concerned, the text is silent. But both Exodus 3 (generally assigned to E) and Exodus 6 (generally assigned to P) make explicit reference to the divine names used in Genesis. It therefore seems appropriate to begin our study with an exegesis of these passages.
Exodus 3:13-15 is translated by the RSV as follows.
Moses' question in verse 13 appears to imply that the people did not know the name of the patriarchal God of Abraham. The divine answer in verse 14 then gives the personal name of the God of the fathers. However it is not quite clear whether this name is 'I AM WHO I AM' (Hebrew 'Ehyeh 'ehyeh, verse 14) or Yahweh (verse 15). The latter seems more likely.
Exodus 6:3 clarifies the issue, if the usual translation is correct. 'I appeared to Abraham, to Isaac, and to Jacob, as God Almighty (El Shaddai), but by name the LORD I did not make myself known to them.' In other words the patriarchs knew God as El Shaddai, not as Yahweh. The latter name was revealed first to Moses.
For the student of patriarchal religion it is the second half of the. verse that is problematic. The Hebrew reads yhwh . The Greek and the Latin translate this clause literally: kai to onoma mou Kyrios ouk autois, et nomen meum Adonai non indicavi eis. The older targums render it equally literally: Onkelos yy , Neofiti brm tqip' yyy l' ' lhon. It is apparent then that the early translators took this verse in its plain and obvious sense, and ignored the fact that several passages in Genesis imply that God did reveal his name Yahweh to the patriarchs.
The later targum, pseudo-Jonathan, is aware of the problem though. Exodus 6:3 runs: w'tg'liti l'brhm b' 1 h' brm b'pe 1' ' ihon. (I revealed myself to Abraham, Isaac and Jacob as El Shaddai and my name Yahweh but in the character of my Shekinah I did not make myself known to them.) In other words the patriarchs knew the word Yahweh, but did not experience the glory of the Shekinah usually associated with the name.
Similarly mediaeval Jewish commentators attempted to solve the problem by supposing that by his 'name' Exodus 6:3 means some aspect of his character. Thus though the patriarchs knew the word Yahweh, they did not understand the character that lay behind this name. This character was first revealed to Moses. For Rashi, the divine characteristic implied by Yahweh was the fulfilment of promises. The patriarchs received promises, but did not experience their fulfilment. For Rambam the difference between God as El Shaddai and God as Yahweh lay in the difference between the providential power of God and his miracle-working power. Thus the patriarchs simply experienced God controlling their circumstances and protecting them in ordinary natural ways, while Moses experienced supernatural miraculous divine interventions. The same sort of explanation is offered by Cassuto. He holds that El Shaddai refers to God in his character of giver of fertility, since where this term occurs in Genesis it is attached to promises of being fruitful and multiplying (e.g. Gn. 17:1-2; 35:11 etc.), whereas Yahweh means that 'He is the One who carries out His promises'. Some Christian commentators have also held that (name) really means character and this explains the remarks in Exodus 6:3. The patriarchs knew the word Yahweh, but did not experience the character implied by that name. That was first revealed to Moses.
Exodus 6:3 has been misunderstood. W. J. Martin, for example, suggests the clause should not be taken as a statement denying the name Yahweh was known to the patriarchs, but as a question implicitly affirming that they did know him as Yahweh. Verse 3 should then be translated 'I suffered myself to appear to Abraham, to Isaac and to Jacob, for did I not let myself be shown to them by my own name YHWH?' He points out that such an understanding of verse 3 is supported by the following verse which begins (w[e]gam) 'and also I established my covenant'. This implies that the immediately preceding clause ought to be positive, not negative as the usual translation implies. A slightly different interpretation of the syntax of Exodus 6:3ff. is offered by F. I. Andersen, but he arrives at the same conclusion as Martin, namely that the verse is asserting that the patriarchs did know the name Yahweh.
The third method of dealing with the problem, adopted by the great majority of modern commentators, is to appeal to source criticism. They understand the passage in the same way as the ancient versions: that it is denying that the patriarchs knew the name of Yahweh. They claim that the author of this passage, P, could make this assertion because in the P-material in Genesis, God introduces himself to the patriarchs as El Shaddai not as Yahweh. The two P-Genesis passages, where Yahweh is mentioned occur in descriptive narrative description, not in divine speech (17:1; 21:1b).
A fourth possibility is put forward by Childs. He holds that the revelation to Moses involved both the new name and its meaning. In other words he combines the traditional Jewish understanding with the modern critical view. 'The revelation of the name of Yahweh is at the same time a revealing of his power and authority'.
There are difficulties with each of the suggested solutions. The Jewish suggestion that the revelation of the name of God means the revelation of God's character, has problems in defining exactly what aspect of his character is expressed in the term Yahweh. Neither Rashi's explanation (that Moses experienced the fulfilment of the promises while the patriarchs did not), nor Ramban's suggestion (that the patriarchs knew only God's providence) exactly fits the data. The patriarchs did experience a partial fulfilment of the promises in the birth of children and the acquisition of burial grounds in Canaan, while Moses actually died outside the promised land. And while Moses' miracles were more spectacular, the birth of Isaac to an elderly couple seems more than the usual act of providence.
The syntactic solution is beautifully simple, but it is strange that the early translators are quite unaware of it. And the parallel passage in Exodus 3, which suggests that the name Yahweh was new to Moses, also tells against the syntactic solution.
The critical solution, which supposes that Exodus 6:3 is referring only to the priestly source, while solving one problem, creates another. How can the priestly writer who was writing after J have been ignorant of the fact that J uses Yahweh to refer to God and occasionally allows God to introduce himself as Yahweh? The older documentary hypothesis, which held that P was the earliest source and that J was a later source avoided this problem. But by dating P after J, Graf and Wellhausen have created this strange anomaly. If it is held that this verse shows that P was totally ignorant and independent of J, one is still left with the problem of the redactor's understanding of the passage. How did he relate Exodus 6:3 to the statements in Genesis? Some sort of exegetical solution is required to complement the critical understanding of this verse as Childs has rightly seen. However, objections have already been raised to Rashi's exegetical solution, which Childs tries to hold in harness with the critical view.
It could lead to a more objective exegesis of Exodus 6:3 if it could be determined whether the name Yahweh was known before the time of Moses. To this we now turn. The evidence falls into two categories: indirect evidence about the use of Yahweh in pre-Mosaic times and the testimony of Genesis. The indirect evidence all suggests that El was a well-known god in early times, but Yahweh was not. Most of this material has already been discussed; here I shall just recapitulate and add a few extra observations.
Yahweh, holds that it is to be read quite differently. Final judgment will have to await publication of the relevant texts, but at the moment there seems little evidence from outside the Bible that Yahweh is a pre-Mosaic name.
Indirect biblical evidence also points in the same direction. Personal names among the patriarchs include several compounded with El, e.g. Ishmael and Israel, but none with Yahweh. Similarly in the lists of tribal leaders in Numbers 1 and 2 there are several names compounded with El and Shaddai, but none with Yahweh. It has sometimes been suggested that Jochebed, Moses' mother (Ex. 6:20) is a Yahwistic name, but this is far from certain. The testimony of Genesis has already been surveyed in the opening section. From this it was clear that the Joseph cycle by restricting Yahweh to the narrative frame-word and using Elohim or El Shaddai in the dialogue suggests that the editor of this section held that the patriarchs did not know the name Yahweh though he believed that he was their God.
In the Abraham and Jacob cycles the picture is not so clear-cut. While Yahweh is more frequent in the narrative framework than in the dialogue, the fact that Yahweh occurs in the dialogue suggests that the patriarchs were familiar with the name. Whether this is a necessary conclusion must now be examined. Passages where two names are used together, e.g. 'Yahweh El Elyon' (14:22) or 'Adonai Yahweh' (15:2) do not need to be discussed, since it seems quite possible that Yahweh has been added to show the identity of the older name with the new name. More problematic are those passages where Yahweh occurs alone.
gies of the patriarchs in Genesis 29:31 - 30:24. Both Elohim and Yahweh are referred to, but the names given are quite unrelated to the title of deity. Within the narrative framework there is a clear tendency to mention Yahweh at the beginning and end of a scene e.g. 12:1,17; 13:4, 18; 18:1, 33, etc. The same tendency is noticeable in passages where Elohim is used in the body of the scene, e.g. 17:1; 20:18; 21:1, 33. It may be that the same logic explains the frequent use of Yahweh in the opening and closing episodes of the Abraham cycle, i.e. chapters 12 and 24.
There are in fact only four passages in the patriarchal narratives where Yahweh speaks and uses this name on its own to describe himself. The first 'Is anything too hard for the LORD?' (18:14) is a proverbial statement cast in the form of a rhetorical question. Here the divine name is quite incidental to the thrust of the question, and therefore it would be unwise to read too much into this passage about the patriarchal knowledge of the name of Yahweh. Likewise though 18:19 mentions Yahweh twice, because it forms part of a divine soliloquy explaining God's motives, this verse does not imply that Abraham either heard these words or knew the divine name.
Much more germane to our discussion is the one other divine speech which employs Yahweh without any other epithet: 'I am the LORD who brought you ( ) from Ur of the Chaldaeans' (15:7). Other divine revelations mentioning one name of God refer to him either as El Shaddai (17:1; 35:11) or 'God of your father' (26:24). The uniqueness of 15:7 suggests there may be a special reason for the use of Yahweh here. Earlier commentators tended to see verse 7 as an editorial addition designed to link the two scenes that make up Genesis 15. More recent studies tend to favour the integrity of verse 7 with what follows.
is insufficient ground for supposing that here the editor was asserting that Abraham knew the name of Yahweh.
What seems more compatible with the evidence is that the Yahwistic editor of Genesis was so convinced of the identity of Yahweh and the God who revealed himself to the patriarchs, that he not only used Yahweh in the narrative, but also more sparingly in reporting human and angelic speech. He showed even more restraint in modifying divine utterances. Often the old title of God was left unaltered. When the editor wanted to express the identity of the patriarchal God with Yahweh, he usually did it by adding Yahweh to an older epithet. Only in one case does Yahweh replace an older epithet, for which (I have suggested) there is a particular theological reason.
If this is the correct understanding of the Genesis editor's method, it sheds fresh light on Exodus 3 and 6. Taken together these passages do suggest that a genuinely new name of God, Yahweh, was vouchsafed to Moses. And this is the way the ancient translators took it. However, this did not mean that there was a clash with the Genesis traditions, because they are not always verbatim reports of divine revelation. Where it suited his theological purpose the Genesis editor could add and even once substitute Yahweh in the divine speeches. However, the great reserve with which in practice he modified the wording of the speeches of God, as far as the use of the divine names is concerned, could well extend to the promises contained in these speeches. Westermann's hypothesis, which supposes that the promises were added to the tradition with great freedom, becomes somewhat implausible. If, where the editor's method can be checked, it can be shown that he was anxious to be faithful to early tradition, as is the case with the divine names, it is unreasonable to suppose that he acted without regard to the tradition in those areas, such as the promises, where we have no controls. When it is also remembered that it was not unusual for ancient Semitic deities to make such promises as Genesis contains, there is a good case for holding that the religious statements in the patriarchal tradition are just as old as any other part of the stories.
El, who revealed himself to the leaders of the clans. In so far as the patriarchs generally lived outside the main Canaanite towns, it seems more probable that they first started to worship El in Mesopotamia, not in Canaan. The God of the patriarchs was in a special relationship to their clans: Genesis 15 and 17 describe the relationship as a covenant, which involved promises of divine protection and supplying their needs of land and children. The writer of Genesis identifies the patriarchs' El with Yahweh and prefers to use the latter term when describing divine activity, yet in reporting the words of God to the patriarchs he uses Yahweh very sparingly suggesting that he wanted to transmit the traditional form of the promises, not create divine words ex nihilo.
The patriarchs' response to revelation took the form of the traditional acts of piety, sacrifice, vows, tithes, ritual cleansing, prayer and libations. They are portrayed as men of faith, who obeyed the divine commands and believed his promises. The story of the sacrifice of Isaac which exemplifies these themes may also represent a rejection of child sacrifice, which was a feature of some types of El worship.
The type of religion portrayed in Genesis has many points in common with later Israelite practice, but this is not to prove that the patriarchal stories are simply retrojections of first-millennium ideas into a fictional past. Revelation, prayer and sacrifice are features of most pre-Christian religions. But certain aspects of patriarchal religion are so different from later practice, that to suppose the traditions were invented in the first millennium seems unlikely.
There are at least four striking contrasts between the religion of the patriarchs and later Israelite practice. First, there is the use of the term El instead of Yahweh in divine revelation. From Mosaic times onward Yahweh was the characteristic self-designation of God. But in Genesis God usually reveals himself as El. This distinction between the El revelation of Genesis and the Yahweh revelation of later times is more than a verbal contrast. The exclusiveness, holiness, and strictness of the God of Exodus is absent from Genesis. Though the patriarchs are faithful followers of their God, they generally enjoy good relations with men of other faiths. There is an air of ecumenical bonhomie about the patriarchal religion which contrasts with the sectarian exclusiveness of the Mosaic age and later prophetic demands.
the leading god in the west Semitic pantheon, yet he is never mentioned in Genesis. This is intelligible if the patriarchal tradition originated before about 1500 BC, but not if it comes from later times.
A third feature distinguishing patriarchal religion is its unmediatedness. God spoke to the patriarchs directly in visions and dreams, and not through prophets. In their turn they built altars and offered sacrifice themselves without priestly aid. Such religious immediacy fits in with the nomadic way of life of the patriarchs, but is quite different from the religion of the monarchy period where priests and prophets were the usual mediators between God and man.
The final striking difference between the patriarchal period and the first-millennium scene is the non-mention of Jerusalem. The patriarchs worshipped near other great sanctuaries Shechem, Bethel, Hebron and Beersheba, but there is no unambiguous reference to Jerusalem. The town certainly existed in patriarchal times: it is mentioned at Ebla and in nineteenth-century Egyptian execration texts. Psalms 76 and 110 identify Salem (Gn. 14) with Jerusalem, while 2 Chronicles 3:1 identifies Moriah (Gn. 22:2) with Mount Zion. But in Genesis itself there is no hint of these identifications, and this is most easily explained if the patriarchal traditions not only originated, but were committed to writing, before Jerusalem became the principal cultic centre in the time of David.
These features of patriarchal religion are compatible with an early second-millennium date for the tradition, but they would be strange if it grew up in the later monarchy period.
This essay was written at the Hebrew University, Jerusalem, during sabbatical leave there supported by a grant from the British Academy. I should also like to thank Professor F. M. Cross and Mr A. R. Millard for advice on several points.
For a thorough survey of German Protestant views in the last 100 years see H. Weidmann, Die Patriarchen und ihre Religion im Licht der Forschung seit Wellhausen (Göttingen, Vandenhoeck and Ruprecht, 1968).
The Abraham cycles consists of 12:1 - 25:18; Jacob 25:19 - 37:1; Joseph 37:2 - 50:26 (excluding the blessing of Jacob 49:22-27 which is poetry.
The bracketed figures in the dialogue column refer to divine speech: the other figure covers human, angelic and divine speech.
The references to household gods in 31:19, 30, 32, 34, 35 and 35:2, 4 are not included.
It may be asked why Genesis is so reticent about the religious practices of the patriarchs when the other books of the Pentateuch are replete with cultic details (cf. Ex. 19-40; Leviticus, Numbers, Dt. 12-18). There is a similar contrast between the books of Samuel and Kings on the one hand and the books of Chronicles on the other. The former tend only to mention religious practices in passing, while the latter describe the cult at great length. The reason for this discrepancy is clear. Samuel and Kings were edited in a period when the temple cult had become irrelevant. The bulk of the population was in Babylonian exile and unable to worship in the temple. The author of Kings regarded it as more important to explain the reasons for the exile than to recall nostalgically the elaborate temple rituals which it was no longer feasible to carry out. The author of Chronicles on rhe other hand was writing in a different situation, when many of the exiles had returned and the temple had been refounded. In order to encourage them to offer worship worthy of almighty God, he described at length the glories of the first temple in the hope that they would try to emulate the dedication of David, Solomon, Hezekiah and Josiah. It could be that a similar logic underlies the sparse details about worship in Genesis. Normal national worship is described in Exodus to Deuteronomy. The individualistic worship of the patriarchs without the aid of priests and prophets differed from later practice to much a degree that it is by and large passed over.
Chapters 14 and 49 are omitted from this analysis.
The source analysis is that of S. R. Driver, An Introduction to tho Literature of the Old Testament (Edinburgh: Clark, 1913).
Genesis 12 - 50 about 630 verses are assigned to J. about 390 verses to E, and about about 220 to P.
E.g. L. Rost, 'Die Gottesverehrung der Patriarchen im Lichte der Pentateuchquellen', VT Supp.7, 1960, p.350; S. E. McEvenue, The Narrative Style of the Priestly Writer (Rome: Biblical Institute Press, 1971); F. M. Cross, Canaanite Myth and Hebrew Epic (Cambridge, Mass.; Harvard UP, 1973), pp.294-295.
E.g. L. Rost, VT Supp.7, 1960, p.350.
A. Alt, Der Gott der Väter (Stuttgart: Kohlhammer, 1929) reprinted in KSI (Munich: Beck, 1953), pp.1-78, ET by R. A. Wilson in A. Alt, Essays on OT History and Religion (Oxford: Blackwell), 1966), pp.3-77. Quotations are from this English edition.
J. Lewy, 'Les textes paléo-assyriens et l'A.T.', Revue de l'histoire des religions 110 (1934), pp.29-65.
Summarized by F. M, Cross, Canaanite Myth and Hebrew Epic, pp.10-11.
See especially the essays of O. Eissfeldt in the bibliography and the work of Cross to be discussed next.
In Harvard Theological Review 55, 1962, pp.225-259.
In F. M. Cross, Canaanite Myth and Hebrew Epic (Cambridge, Mass.: Harvard UP, 1973), pp.3-75.
Cross regards the definite article in Gn.46:3 as secondary, dating from a period after the spelling was modernized and the definite article introduced in about the tenth century BC. HTR 55, 1962, p.232 n.27.
' 'elyôn also occurs in Ps. 78:35, 'an early context'. Canaanite Myth, p.52 n.29.
HTR 55, 1962, p.245; cf. M. H. Pope, El in the Ugaritic Texts (VT Supp.2, Leiden, Brill, 1955), pp.61f.
Canaanite Myth, pp.57ff., adopting with soon modification the suggestions of L. R. Bailey; JBL 87, 1968, pp.434-438; and J. Ouellette, JBL 88, 1969, pp.470f.
E.g. M. N. Pope, El in the Ugaritic Texts, pp.55-58; R. Rendtorff, 'El, Baal and Jahwe', ZAW 78, 1966, pp.277-291; R. de Vaux, Histoire ancienne d'Israel (Paris; Lecoffre, 1971), p.262.
R. Lack, 'Les origines de Elyon, le très-haut, dans la tradition cultuelle d'Israel', CBQ 24, 1962, pp.44-64.
J. Ouellette, 'More on 'Êl and Bêl ', JBL 88, 1969, pp.470-471.
Canaanite Myth, pp.57-60 and 57 n.52.
L. R. Bailey, 'Israelite 'El Sadday and Amorite Bêl ,' JBL 87, 1968, pp.434-438.
E.g. Sarai, Milchah, and Terah: // (Sin's wife) , //malkatu (Sin's daughter), terah//Ter (a name of Sin // (moon). E. L. Abel, 'The Nature of the Patriarchal God ' ', Numen 20, 1973, pp.48-59.
K. Koch, ' ', VT 26, 1976, pp.299-332.
Koch suggests this verse is a P-influenced insertion into a JE context, VT 26, 1976, p.304 n.7. Since he admits the antiquity of the poetic passages, this looks like special pleading. Some divine name is required in this verse.
See J. J. M. Roberts, The Earliest Semitic Pantheon (Baltimore: lohns Hopkins UP, 1972), p.34: 'The picture, then, that the Old Akkadian names give of Il is a portrait of a high, but gracious god, who is interested in man's welfare, and who is particularly active in the giving of children.' On Il at Ebla see G. Pettinato, BA 39, 1976, pp.48-50.
From a theological standpoint it may seem easier to regard Abraham as a worshipper of El, the high creator god of the Canaanite pantheon, than as a devotee of the moon god. However, El's character had a much seamier side; for example child sacrifice was frequently associated with his cult (Cross, Canaanite Myth, pp.25ff, cf. Gn. 22).
M. Haran, 'The Religion of the Patriarchs', ASTI 4, 1965, pp.30-55.
Haran, p.42, ascribes Baalam's use of the term El Shaddai and its frequency in Job to its currency outside Israel.
The later work includes a repcrint of the former. My reference to Arten der Erzähleng are for convenience all taken from Die Verheissungen.
Ibid., pp. 18ff. The promises of numerous descendants and blessing are never found alone, always in combination with other promises.
V. Maag, 'Der Hirte Israels', Schweizerische Theologische Umsehau 28, 1958, pp.2-28; Jhwh', VT Supp.7, 1960, pp.129-153, esp. 137-142.
J. van Seters, Abraham in History and Tradition (New Haven: Yale UP, 1975).
O. Eissfeldt, 'Der Kanaanäische El ais Geber der den israelitischen Erzvätern geltenden Nachkosvsenschaft-und Landbesitzverheissongen', KS 5, 1973, pp.50-62.
H. Cazelles, Dictionnaire de la Bible Supplément 7 (Paris: Letouzey, 1966), pp.144-145.
G. J. Wenham, 'The Coherence of the Flood Narrative, VT 28, 1978, pp.336-348.
See R. de Vaux, 'The Revelation of thc Divine Name YHWH', in J. I. Durham and J. R. Porter (eds.), Proclamation and Presence: OT Essays in Honour of G. H. Davies (London: SCM, 1970).
The dating of the targums is very difficult. Pseudo-Jonathan contains both pre-Christian and post-Islamic traditions, so its tina( redaction must be late.
See N. Leibowitz, Studies in Shemot I (Jerusalem: World Zionist Organization, 1976), pp.132-135.
U. Cassoto, A Commentary on the Book of Exodus (Jerusalem: Magnes, 1967), p.79.
E.g. C. F. Keil, Exodus (Biblical Commentary), ad loc. J. A. Motyer, The Revelation of the Divine Name (London: Tyndale, 1959).
Stylistic Criteria and the Analysis of the Pentateuch (London: Tyndale, 1955), pp.18f., followed by G. R. Driver, Journal of the Ancient Hear Eastern Society of Columbia University 5: The Gaster Festschrift (1973), p.109.
Sentence in Biblical Hebrew (The Hague: Mouton, 1974), p.102.
B. S. Childs, The Book of Exodus (Philadelphia: Westminster, 1974), p.113.
G. Pettinato, 'The Royal Archives of Tell Mardikh-Ebla', BR 39, 1976, p.48.
K. A. Kitchen, The Bible in its World (Exeter: Paternoster, 1977), p.47.
A. Archi, Biblica 60, 1979, pp.556-560.
Some discussions of the Ugaritic and Mari materials also suggested that Yahweh was mentioned in them, but this has now been generally rejected. See R. de Vaux, 'The Revelation of the Divine Name YHWH', in Proclamation and Presence, pp.52-56.
On Judah see A. R. Millard, 'The Meaning of the Name Judah', ZAW 86, 1974, pp.216-218, who suggests it may be an abbreviation of or . In the light of the other evidence, I prefer the second possibility.
Though these are attributed to P, the forms of the names are characteristically second-millennium. Cross, Canaanite Myth, p.54.
Most recently by M. Haran, ASTI 4, 1965, p.51 n.33. For a different view see M. Noth, Die israelitischen Personennamen (Stuttgart: Kohlhammer 1928), p.111 and R. de Vaux, Proclamation and Presence, p.49.
Cf. O. Eissfeldt, KS 5, pp. 52ff.
E.g. G. von Rad, Genesis: A Commentary (Philadelphia: Westminster, 1961), p.l85; R. E. Clements, Abraham and David (London, SCM, 1967), p.21; N. Lohfink, Die Landverheissung als Eid (Stuttgart, Katholisches Bibelwerk, 1967). C. Westermann, Genesis 12 - (Biblischer Kommentar, Neukirchener Verlag, 1979), pp.255-256.
This could be the point made by Gn. 4:26 'At that time men began to call on the name of the LORD, which may be paraphrased, 'Then the worship of the true God began.' C. Westermann, Genesis 1-11 (Biblischer Kommentar, Neukirchener Verlag, 1974) pp.460-463, insists that this verse is tracing the origins of worship to the primeval period, and does not necessarily indicate that the divine name Yahweh was known then.
B. Gemser, 'God In Genesis', OTS 12, 1958, pp.1-21. | 2019-04-26T11:42:31Z | https://biblicalstudies.org.uk/epn_6_wenham.html |
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The Kilpeacon church is simultaneously in the country, near the crossroads of Crecora, and very accessible from the City of Limerick. The congregation is active and lively, with a Sunday school gathering at the same time as the worship service and refreshments after the service each Sunday. The church is about 300 years old but was completely refurbished in recent years and is in excellent repair.
The front stained glass window in the Kilpeacon Church. This photo and the one above courtesy of Reece Gavin.
A family service is held about once a month, with the service especially tailored toward the younger members. | 2019-04-21T14:15:09Z | https://www.adarekilmallock.org/kilpeacon |
Our monthly readers’ poll was heavy on Philadelphia sports and sports in general, but we did toss in one political question—who will be the GOP presidential nominee next year.
Somewhat to our surprise, eight Republicans were mentioned more than once, but none often enough to be called a frontrunner. Making the list of mentions were (alphabetically) Jeb Bush, Chris Christie, Ted Cruz, Carly Fiorina, Mike Huckabee, Rand Paul, Marco Rubio, and Scott Walker.
Faith in Chip is still running high with 64% of the readers who responded saying the Eagles will win more game this year than they did in each of Kelly’s first two seasons (10).
Faith in Ron Hextall is running even higher with 88% of those responding believing that the Flyers will make the playoffs next season. But the hometown optimism ebbs significantly when it comes to next season’s playoff prospects for the Sixers. Only 13% of you think that will happen.
More of you believe that Tim Tebow or March Sanchez will start at QB when the Eagles open their season (by a margin of 3 to 1) than believe it will be Sam Bradford under center.
Going from “thinking” to “playing,” our poll respondents averaged playing 2.4 organized team sports prior to the age of 12, but that dropped by a third to an average of 1.6 after 12.
Basketball (24%) edged out soccer (22%) as your favorite sport to play as a child. Coming in as a surprising number three was volleyball (16%). Lacrosse out-polled baseball, softball, and football. In fact, even field hockey out-polled baseball. | 2019-04-22T03:06:18Z | http://snjbp.com/readers-poll/last-months-readers-poll-results-4 |
Belly dancing involves the use of your whole body, in a way that you’ll be gradually but surely improving your muscular tone (core, legs and arms), your posture, your coordination and your flexibility. As a result, while learning to dance, you will increase your body fitness without it feeling like work. I will actually make it feel like fun, as opposed to a boring workout.
It is easy to see that taking some time for yourself, and doing something fun, will surely decrease your level of stress. Yes, and let’s not forget that, since exercise is involved, your brain will produce endorphins and the result is a notorious lift in your mood. The result is that, despite how you were feeling when you arrived, you will leave class energized and inspired.
You’ll also gain confidence in your image, which will boosts the way you present yourself in public and the way you feel about yourself. Why? Not only your fitness and posture will be improving with the exercise, also I will lead you to appreciate the beauty of your own body more, as I teach you to move in an harmonic and sensual way. As a result, you will increase your acceptance and love for your body image, so you will project confidence and become more attractive to those around you.
And there is more. Belly dancing offers an outlet for expressing yourself. As opposed to other forms of exercise, even to other exercises that use music in it like zumba, belly dancing has the advantage that it involves the expression of feelings: what you feel in your heart, what the music makes you feel, and how the moves make your body feel good. I will also add some information here and there, so you will enrich your knowledge by learning a bit more about the culture and music of the places where this dance comes from. | 2019-04-25T00:30:28Z | http://www.seyyide.com/seyyides-blog/the-benefits-of-belly-dancing |
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MICKY ADAMS was reeling after his Port Vale side suffered “a smack on the bottom” after being denied a fourth straight win.
George Donnelly clinched it for Macclesfield after Marc Richards had cancelled out Stuart Tomlinson’s own-goal.
“To be fair, Macc have given us a smack on the bottom,” said Adams. | 2019-04-22T18:01:10Z | https://www.dailystar.co.uk/sport/football/228042/Macclesfield-2-Port-Vale-1 |
Nintendo’s latest mobile release is bringing in the bucks. While it is successful, it is not the publisher’s best launch on the platform. The fantasy role-playing adventure Dragalia Lost has generated $ 16 million in revenue in its first two weeks . Because of that, it is one of the top grossing games on iOS as of October 11. That’s according to estimates from app-intelligence firm Sensor Tower.
For Google Play downloads, it is No. 10 in Japan. In the U.S., it’s No. 184. For revenues, Dragalia Lost is No. 5 on Google Play in Japan. In the U.S., it’s No. 32 on that chart.
Dragalia Lost debuted September 27. It has players guiding a party of adventurers who can eventually turn into dragons. Players can spend money on chances to get better characters and dragons. So it is similar to many of the most popular Japanese mobile hits. That includes Granblue Fantasy. Dragalia Lost developer Cygames also made that.
Dragalia Lost is Nintendo’s first original property to debut on mobile. The publisher has brought some of its existing characters and franchises to smartphones and tablets. Animal Crossing: Pocket Camp debuted last year, Super Mario Run launched in 2016, and Fire Emblem Heroes came out in between. Dragalia Lost’s $ 13.5 million in the U.S. and Japan helped it outperform the first two weeks for Animal Crossing. But both Super Mario Run and Fire Emblem Heroes had stronger starts.
Above: Dragalia Lost isn’t Nintendo’s fastest-growing mobile game in terms of revenue.
Considering Dragalia Lost is not working with familiar characters, that is an impressive two-week hull. In contrast, Super Mario Run was the first mobile game featuring the Italian plumber. Also, Fire Emblem Heroes relied on characters from the popular 3DS and GameCube games. Due to the solid start, Nintendo and Cygames have something to build on.
Nintendo built Dragalia Lost with the goal of establishing a mobile hit in Japan. And by that metric, it is definitely succeeding. Sensor Tower points out that 69 percent of its total revenue has come from Japanese players. The second largest market is the United States with just 16 percent of the total. Hong Kong, Taiwan, and Macau are the next largest markets. | 2019-04-20T14:59:09Z | http://bytetechnews.com/sensor-tower-nintendos-dragalia-lost-generates-16-million-in-2-weeks/ |
The LCMS Office of International Mission and LCMS Disaster Response are working to connect with our missionaries and partners following Hurricane Maria and the earthquake in Mexico.
Synod disaster responders visit Haiti and the Carolinas in the wake of Hurricane Matthew to assess and broaden aid to victims.
Disaster responders look to provide food, water, spiritual care and roofs for Haiti’s victims of the hurricane while assessing the full impact of the storm.
The missionaries are called by the Synod’s Office of International Mission to serve in Africa, Asia, Eurasia, Latin America and the Caribbean.
Castillo Fuerte, a mercy house operated by LCMS missionaries in Lima, Peru, recently started providing lunch to children in the impoverished La Victoria district. | 2019-04-20T19:18:42Z | https://blogs.lcms.org/tag/caribbean/ |
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NEW DELHI: India's Oil and Natural Gas Corp (ONGC) has received a payment of $32 million from Petroleos de Venezuela (PDVSA) as part of a settlement of outstanding dividend payments and said it now hopes that Venezuela's state oil firm will be regular in making further payments, a senior ONGC official said.
"It is a good development," said N K Verma, managing director of ONGC Videsh, the overseas investment arm of ONGC.
"In between there was some break because of financial strain in their country. We hope now PDVSA will be regular and the agreed mechanism will continue," Verma added.
ONGC has a 40 per cent stake in Venezuela's San Cristobal project, with PDVSA holding the remainder.
PDVSA, which faces U.S. and international court actions over pending debts, recently has begun paying some creditors, mostly in oil, to avoid asset seizures.
The company is also seeking to stimulate investment in Venezuela's unraveling oil industry, where annual production is at its lowest in almost seven decades, by trying to meet some of its obligations to foreign partners. | 2019-04-21T20:16:15Z | https://energy.economictimes.indiatimes.com/news/oil-and-gas/ongc-gets-32-million-payment-from-venezuelas-pdvsa/66949672 |
This project examines the journey of creating an album, detailing every step along the way: from an analysis of the creative thought process behind songwriting, to a commentary on the leadership skills required to organize a well-rehearsed band and schedule studio dates, to an explanation of why specific microphones when placed at a particular distance from a particular instrument will record a particular sound quality. The resulting product of the investigation is Get Real: a 34-minute professional-quality album and an essay providing readers and listeners with personal commentary on every detail of the process. Get Real strives to serve as a stepping-stone for inspiring the fostering of one’s creativity, as the completion of the project has been an exciting opportunity to embrace all project participants’ artistry. | 2019-04-19T15:08:05Z | https://digital.library.txstate.edu/handle/10877/6146 |
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View the Wikipedia article on Easter Vigil.
The Vigil of Easter begins with the lighting of the candle and chanting of the Exsultet, followed by 7 lessons with tracts, each chanted to the same tune. Since 1970 the celebration of the Ordinary Form has required only 3 lessons (one of which must be the crossing of the Red Sea) and there is considerable discretion allowed in choosing the responses.
After the Baptismal Litany of Saints, Mass continues with the Gloria; the Agnus is omitted. In the post-1970 Mass the Liturgy of Baptism follows the Gospel and homily.
In the Anglican Communion, The Great Vigil of Easter (which came into wider usage starting with 19th-century Tractarians and 20th-century Anglo-Catholics) uses the same form with some variation. The Episcopal Church in the United States of America allows for Holy Baptism (or the Renewal of Baptismal Vows if none are to be baptised) to follow either the Gospel and homily or the Liturgy of the Word, which may include up to 9 lessons instead of seven. The Book of Common Prayer (1979) stipulates at least two lessons be read, one of which is always the crossing of the Red Sea. Instead of tracts, various psalms and canticles are suggested to follow each lesson, or other hymns may be sung. A homily may follow any of the readings. The Revised Common Lectionary, frequently used within the Episcopal Church and elsewhere, lists minor variations in readings and suggested psalms from The Book of Common Prayer.
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Large-profile line with ~110 m long platforms (6-car trains of F and H stock in service).
On line U5, every other train terminates at Kaulsdorf-Nord during off-peak hours.
The present U5 basically consists of an underground section opened in 1930 and a surface extension completed in 1988/89, with a short underground section from 1973 in between. Line U5 was once entirely located in East Berlin and was the only large-profile line in that part of the city. Although a western extension had been envisaged from the 1930s, this will not be realised before 2020. Operated as an isolated line, U55 eventually started operating a 3-station shuttle service in 2009. From 2010, the missing section between Alexanderplatz and Brandenburger Tor will be under construction. There will be intermediate stations at Unter den Linden (transfer to line U6), Museumsinsel (Humboldtforum / Schlossplatz) and Berliner Rathaus.
Operated as an isolated line, U55 eventually started its 3-station shuttle service in 2009. From 2010, the missing section between Alexanderplatz and Brandenburger Tor will be under construction. There will be intermediate stations at Unter den Linden (transfer to line U6), Museumsinsel (Humboldtforum / Schlossplatz) and Berliner Rathaus.
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Located on the far eastern side parallel to the underground tracks of the new central railway station opened in 2006.
4-track station, with the outer tracks unused and once built in provision for a line to Weißensee.
Underground station lying diagonally below the S-Bahn and mainline tracks.
Island platform on an embankment.
Cross-platform interchange with S-Bahn line S5, with the U-Bahn on the inner tracks.
Terminus for every other train during off-peak periods; in a cutting.
Island platform in a cutting.
Stub-end 3-track terminus with island platform and one side platform; at grade. | 2019-04-22T04:03:03Z | http://urbanrail.net/eu/de/b/bln-u5.htm |
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But there is more! Not only can you grow a wide variety of crops but you can also build support structures to turn your produce into other goods. Take all of that boring grass and feed it to your cows. They’ll produce milk which can be sold for a lot more than the grass. You can even purchase a churn and turn the milk into fresh butter.
Other produce can be used with different buildings as well. Cucumbers can be fed to the sheep that will produce wool. Sell the wool as it is or purchase a spinnery and weave the wool into fine textiles. Have a lot of tomatoes on hand? Great! Build another pen and feed the tomatoes to your pigs. You’ll be able to sell meat at the market for a huge profit. More support buildings will become available as you progress through the game, constantly increasing the potential earnings of the farm.
Locals will contact you and ask for specific harvests. Sign contracts with them and deliver the goods on time for the biggest profits. Fail to deliver in a timely manner will result in the loss of your cash deposit on the contract, which could spell certain doom for your farm.
Another aspect of the game that can make or break your farm is the market demand feature. Every few minutes, the demand for various products will change at the market. If you keep an eye on these demand levels, you can charge exorbitant prices for any of your products when the demand is very high. This can give you a much needed cash boost now and then. Just be sure to reset your prices lower when the demand goes down, or you’ll end up with stockpiles of product that just won’t sell.
I found the game remarkably similar to Alice Greenfingers in many ways, though without the high level of customization for your farm. The overall premise is the same – plant stuff, harvest stuff, sell stuff, make money, buy stuff, wash, rinse, repeat. And, as with Alice Greenfingers, toward the end of the game, the tediousness set in. Endless harvesting of plants as quickly as possible over and over and over again, just to keep up.
One other frustrating aspect of Virtual Farm is that although there are a lot of different production buildings you can purchase, there doesn’t seem to be a way to fit all of them into the lot at one time. I could be missing something, but I wasn’t able to have all of them going at once. This became a big problem as the tasks later on call for a wide variety of products and I had to demolish certain buildings to make room for others and then switch them back later on, at great cost.
All in all, this is a very cute game, with no real ending. You can continue to work your farm indefinitely it seems although once you’ve purchased all of the upgrades, there isn’t much else to do aside from sell the produce. If you enjoy farm and growing sims like Alice Greenfingers, then you’ll probably get a kick out of Virtual Farm. It’s at least worth downloading the demo. | 2019-04-25T18:55:28Z | https://www.gamezebo.com/2008/05/10/virtual-farm-review/ |
Above, Michelle Obama speaks at the 2016 Democratic National Convention in Philadelphia, noting that she lives in a house built by slaves (11:20 in the video above). Rightwingers were quick to call her a racist for failing to mention that low-wage white laborers contributed. If you can’t tell the difference between slavery and low-wage labor, you might have voted for Donald Trump.
Since its beginning as a colony, America has relied upon the labor of non-white immigrants (whether brought here voluntarily or violently) and their descendants. Our system of capitalism—and our roads and railways, our farms and factories, our White House—was built upon their labor, sacrifice, and suffering. Nearly everything you did today—if you ate at home or a restaurant, if you visited the doctor, if you shopped online—happened because of the work of immigrants of color. And yet they are repeatedly targeted as threats to America by the Trump administration, the Republican Party, and violent white nationalists. Their potential punishment isn’t simply deportation or a ban from the country; as last week’s murder of an Indian national in Kansas shows, if you are an immigrant of color, you are a target for killing, and America’s white leaders will not care. Slave, sharecropper, migrant field worker, high tech H-1B visa holder—it does not matter how you contribute. Your work IS the work that makes America great, but like Srinivas Kuchibhotla, you may need to be sacrificed to maintain Trump’s America First order of things.
Above, Srinivas Kuchibhotla’s widow participates in her husband’s funeral in Hyderabad, India. Sunayana Dumala asked for answers from Washington, “I need an answer, I need an answer from the government. I need an answer for everyone out there…. Not just for my husband … but for everyone, all those people of any race.” Kuchibhotla’s friend Alok Madasani was also injured, as was Ian Grillot, a young white man who intervened.
This is not new. Whites have always used terrorism as a tool to maintain white supremacy even as they also exploit the labor of people of color. In its economic nationalism, the Trump administration has reinvigorated white supremacists who feel entitled to the product of others’ labor and also to violence against them. Trump fosters this in his refusal to address rising anti-Semitism and in his failure to condemn terrorism by violent white extremists who invoke his name. Indeed, he ignores the relationship between his hate mongering and hate crimes, calling himself the “least racist” and “least anti-Semitic” person in the world—words to cleanse his conscience and assure his supporters than they bear no responsibility for violence against immigrants of color. But as long as violent white supremacists believe that Trump is winking when he says them, they will continue to act on what they hear as his call to terrorize. When they, like Kuchibhotla’s killer, yell, “Get out of my country,” before they knock over Jewish headstones in St. Louis or Philadelphia, build a bomb to kill Somali immigrants in Garden City, Kansas, or open fire at a bar in suburban Kansas City, they understand themselves to be living out Trump’s executive order and acting on his “violent immigrant” registry, no matter how many times Sean Spicer denies it.
Headstones at a Jewish cemetery in Philadelphia were desecrated this week. Donald Trump suggests that Jews themselves probably did it in order to make him look bad.
Like the Trump campaign, the Trump administration is calling for an economic nationalism and fear of brown-skinned immigrants that some will understand as permission to harass, intimidate, and even kill immigrants of color or those perceived to be immigrants of color, regardless of their nation of origin. Trump’s silence in the face of rising hate crimes signals to white supremacists that they may “massacre without breach of religion,” “so that there may be no impiety in slaying them, ” “so that killing them would not pollute the killer.” Such violence outrages every decent person and shames the US in the eyes of the world—but cannot be truly condemned by a White House preaching a message of nationalism and fear. | 2019-04-26T03:53:00Z | https://anygoodthing.com/2017/03/02/trumps-open-season-on-brown-skinned-people/ |
Companies that are defined as large by the UK Companies Act, i.e. over £36 million turnover should be required to report under the supply chains clause. This will enable the legislation to go further in helping ensure a level playing for companies.
There should be a central database which at least lists the companies who are required to comply with the Act, and which allows companies to flag that they have published an annual statement for their reporting period. Companies would know with clarity that they are being required to comply with the legislation, if they are listed in the database.
The database would also hold a link to the annual statement on their website, to reduce overheads of the central database and ensure the most up-to-date version of the statement is available for viewers.
There should be a way SMEs, NGOs, and other international companies who are not required to report within the legislation, can publicly opt in as early adopters of the requirements of the Act and thus benefit from the positive consumer pressure the Act is designed to encourage.
A description of the organisations business model and supply chain relationships.
A description of the organisations policies on modern slavery, including due diligence and auditing processes.
A description of the organisations governance and management reporting processes in relation to its Modern Slavery policies i.e. how frequently is information reported to and discussed at board level?
Training available to those in supply chain management and the rest of the organisation.
The organisations principal risks in relation to modern slavery, including how the organisation evaluates and manages those risks.
Relevant key performance indicators and the organisations performance over time.
Consultation responses will now be collated and reviewed, with full guidance for companies due to be published ahead of the supply chains requirement coming into force in October 2015.
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The US is moving to impose roughly $60 billion of tariffs on 1,300 categories of Chinese imports. China is threatening to reciprocate with $3 billion of tariffs on 150 US exports to China. With headlines flooded with warnings of a looming trade war, let’s take at look at the trade relations between the US and China.
In 2016, the most recent date for which complete data is available, the US exported goods worth $115.6 billion to China. For those wondering what the US actually exports to China, the following interactive chart breaks down those exports to China by type. You can click on each box for more detail. The largest categories of US exports to China are electronics and machines (integrated circuits, broadcasting equipment, computers, valves, pumps etc…), agricultural products (soybeans, sorghum, etc…), and cars and car parts. In addition to these categories, a large portion of the US exports to China represent food, medicines, and raw materials such as: wood, scrap paper, and scrap iron.
In return, China exported $462 billion worth of goods to the US. The largest categories of Chinese exports are electronics and machines (integrated circuits, broadcasting equipment, computers, etc…), miscellaneous goods (furniture, lights, seats, etc…), clothing, and pretty much any product you can find for sale in a ‘big box’ store in the US. The vast majority of Chinese exports to the US are finished manufactured goods. The graphic below details only $386 billion of the $462 billion of Chinese exports to the US, so about $80 billion of exports remain unspecified.
The short math of a trade war between the US and China is straightforward. The US can impose many times more tariffs on Chinese products than China can impose on the US due to the large trade imbalance. Furthermore, exports to China simply aren’t as important to the US economy as exports to the US are for China. If China truly wishes to avoid a trade war, the best course of action would be to reduce their barriers to US imports. As the following chart shows, average Chinese tariffs are twice as high as US tariffs.
Since China’s tariffs were already double the US, and the world average is triple the US, isn’t it a bit disingenuous for anyone to claim the US is “starting” a trade war? The solution to this is to shine a bright light on EVERYONE’S tariff practices, and the third graph in this article, short as it is on details, is as close as I’ve seen to the truth in any article since Trump’s steel and aluminum tariffs were announced.
The numbers show that the US depends more on China than China depends on the US. We get real things from China and they get worthless $$. Our economy is supported by China not theirs by us.
Their business is about business. Our business has been threatening war for the past 70 years.
USD is the world reserve currency and far from worthless on international markets. China has a lot of USD to pay for imports plus a big surplus on balance of trade. Surplus that can be loaned back to the US plus interest and buy oil. So for all those Chinese TV’s, PC’s and goods that American’s buy, they borrow their own money back and pay for the privilege. | 2019-04-26T00:49:05Z | https://thesoundingline.com/what-the-us-exports-to-china/ |
I always enjoy listening to Peter's music. This new album is another great release from a genuine songwriter who always seems to get me emotionally attached to his unique sound. This album has a familiar sound that long time PBA fans will know and love, but also offers a chance for new listeners to become infatuated with. Do yourself a favor and purchase this album now.
There are artists in this life who just make brilliant work. They struggle, the press against the wheel and they carve out perfection. Peter Bradley Adams is one of those artists and this is one of those works of art. Simply beautiful. | 2019-04-20T14:57:08Z | https://itunes.apple.com/us/album/the-mighty-storm/id799000568?app=itunes&ign-mpt=uo%3D4 |
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Leilani Marie Labong Sep. 21, 2012 Updated: Sep. 24, 2012 2:22 p.m.
The thing to remember as you take in designer April Gruber Shalev's Piedmont home also happens to be the biggest surprise of the whole story: The ambitious gut renovation of the mid-century dwelling she and her husband, Aric, purchased in 2010 was her first full-scale residential project - ever.
Previously, Shalev had been cutting her design chops at Palo Alto-based HKS Hill Glazier Studio, where she applied her architectural savvy to such luxury resorts as the Four Seasons Hualalai in Kona and the Rosewood Sand Hill in Menlo Park. In light of her same-but-different expertise, the 1959 home's drastic transformation from dim, compartmentalized and carpeted (the horror!) to bright, open and well appointed seems, at least in Shalev's estimation, pretty remarkable.
"I found myself wondering if I could meet my own expectations," says Shalev, whose design goals included keeping true to the mid-century style and creating a comfortable nest for her two stepchildren, Max, 10, and Julia, 7. "When you design your family home, you have to live with your choices every day - in some ways, it's more difficult than being able to walk away."
Shalev, an architecture graduate of Cornell and UC Berkeley, also wore the general-contractor (hard) hat on the project, occupying the front lines during the wall extractions, pass-through expansions and door removals - the surgical procedures required to achieve that trademark of mid-century modern blueprints: an open floor plan.
"Hospitality design and mid-century design are not that far apart," says Shalev, who started her residential firm, AG Design Studio, in 2011. "Both put an emphasis on capturing sunlight and creating airy spaces using large windows and big openings."
At the back of the house, the formerly divided family room, kitchen and living room are now united as one generous great room. Tray ceilings (or rectangular "pop-ups," as Shalev describes them) were added to accentuate room heights, while new light wells allow more rays to beam into the home. Sliding barn doors, high scorers on the charm scale, take the place of traditional, and decidedly less appealing, '80s-era hollow-core hinged doors.
And instead of the entry only offering passage to the right (bedroom wing) or to the left (living room), the new and improved version now provides an option to march forward to the great room, lured by a view of the landscaped garden through a floor-to-ceiling aperture in the distance.
Merging indoor spaces with outdoor splendor is also a distinctly midcentury-modern strategy. Shalev subtly accomplishes this with interior finishes that are closely tied to nature. Earth-toned linen was the upholstery of choice for the contemporary furniture. Outmoded carpeted and parquet floors have been replaced with stunning wide-plank white oak. The new master bath's spacious wet room (think freestanding soaking tub, two showerheads, and enough square footage to house a small island nation) is lined with faux-bois ceramic tiles. A lofty treetop perspective provides a leafy-green backdrop for relaxing Calgon moments.
"The oversize bathroom is another element I took from resort design," says Shalev. "Hotel guests always look forward to this kind of indulgence."
An unmistakable tribute to nature can be found in the dining room by Kelley Flynn Interior Design ( www.kelleyflynn.com). Here an enchanting zinc-topped table for eight features a base made of two real tree trunks, painted white for a storybook effect. And, thanks to an east-facing array of full-height windows (heirlooms from the original architecture), the footprint of the chef's kitchen - a fresh vision of white subway tiles from Heath, Caesarstone countertops and custom walnut cabinetry - extends onto a new outdoor living area and garden.
There, Oakland landscape architect David Thorne interspersed plush lawns with edible plots planted with such herbs as rosemary and mint, and trees that bear lemons, figs and pomegranates. The man of the house, a bona fide bon vivant, incorporates these homegrown provisions into epicurean pursuits that range from canning fruits to smoking meats.
"I politely request that Aric conduct his culinary experimentation in the outdoor kitchen," says Shalev. "Since I'm usually the one who ends up cleaning, I prefer to have the mess outside."
The gastronomical center is a petite patio canteen equipped with gas burners, a barbecue grill and the mister's pride and joy, a Big Green Egg smoker. An outdoor living room and dining room, just a few feet away, are presided over by a statement-making hearth, a quintessential apparatus in the recent development of a friendly neighborhood ritual.
"All the kids around here know that our house is s'mores central," says Shalev of an emerging tradition that involves collecting fallen sticks from the garden to use as marshmallow spears. "If you build it, they will come, right?"
April Gruber Shalev, AG Design Studio; agdesignstudio.com. | 2019-04-22T06:24:20Z | https://www.sfchronicle.com/homeandgarden/article/Hospitality-in-resort-designer-s-own-home-3884528.php |
Wendy's 3-D Cats: DYLAN IS HATUS MANUS CATUS: GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER!
DYLAN IS HATUS MANUS CATUS: GUESS WHO'S COMING TO DINNER!
Dylan's on his way to the pet shop to pick up something for dinner. He's having guests today. Can you guess WHO?
Here's a hint: Dylan only deigns to invite those on the "Who's Who" list for Canada. It saves on getting your 'woods-be' guests pre-screened, and it's much more polite!
For this expedition to the shopping mall, Dylan is wearing a dark blue faux fur Sherlock Holmes-style hat which nicely covers his ears (even with the ear flaps up). He has a beautiful dark blue wool scarf decorated with snowflakes and reindeer around his neck, and plain dark blue mittens on his front paws. He got some new boots for Christmas and is breaking them in for the first time. They are dark gray suede Timberland boots -- just purrfect for hiking.
When Dylan asked his guests what they might like for dinner, they both replied: "Something of the rodent variety". So he bought a particularly large one (good for carving) and brought it home in a bag which he left on the kitchen island.
"O rats -- I'm outta here!" exclaimed the rodent, making his escape along with part of the cheese course.
When Dylan discovered that the main course had mysteriously disappeared (he couldn't help but wonder "Who dunnit?"), he had no choice but to open up a can of worms.
... if you worm your way into dinner, you just might have to eat them!
That was quite a hoot Dylan!!! | 2019-04-21T15:13:35Z | http://wendys3-dcats.blogspot.com/2017/01/dylan-is-hatus-manus-catus-guess-whos.html |
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o Faculty Research Committee (2009-2011). Chair (2012-15).
Ø Advances in Condensed Matter Physics. Hindawi.
Ø Reviewed proposals for the National Academy of Science (NAS-Ohio Third Frontier Projects) 2009-2010. Participated in panel reviews for NAS (2009-2010).
Ø As president of the AVS Michigan Chapter I mentored a High School Science Teacher (St. Ursula Academy) to participate in the Workshop for Science Teachers concurrent with the 50th International Symposium of the AVS in Baltimore, Maryland (2003). Secured additional funding for her to participate and nominated her for the prestigious AVS Vossen Memorial Award, which she won in 2004.
Ø Co-organized the 2003-2007 Spring Symposia of the AVS Michigan Chapter held at the University of Michigan, Ann Arbor and at Wayne State University, Detroit, respectively. This one-day activities gathered regional researchers along with internationally recognized speakers, scientific vendors and graduate students. Participated in the organization of various invited-speaker dinners (2001-2007).
· Department of Physics and Astronomy committees: Undergraduate, Curriculum and Facilities (2001-2004).
· Sigma-Xi, University of Toledo Chapter, President Elect (2004) and President (2005).
Outreach for the broad community: a new outreach program was developed (2004-2007): “Saturday Morning Physics”. The program involved lectures, hands-on demonstrations and activities. An Academic Excellence award from the University of Toledo was granted to carry out this activity (R. A. Lukaszew PI). | 2019-04-26T06:23:50Z | https://ralukaszew.people.wm.edu/service.htm |
Ah, the mini-van. Long associated with Soccer Moms, kids, and carpools. They aren’t necessarily my transportation of choice, but they serve a purpose to those who have little ones to haul around, be they human, dog, whatever (I once heard a Car Talk episode where a caller needed to haul around baby goats. Click and Clack recommended taking the seats out of a mini-van, something I really want to see in a commercial sometime.) The 2013 Nissan Quest LE and the 2013 Honda Odyssey Touring Elite are two highly praised mini-vans on the market today. And why not? There are more similarities than differences…but oh those differences are huge.
Both cars have a wheelbase of 118.1 inches. Both weigh 4,568 pounds. Both have a turning radius of 18.3 feet, and have a 36-month/36,000 mile basic warranty and 60-month/60,000 mile power train warranty. Both feature 3.5L V6 engines with similar specs: 260hp and 240 lb/ft of torque for the Quest, and 248hp with 250 lb/ft of torque for the Odyssey. They even turn in very similar EPA fuel ratings, 19/25/22 and 19/28/23 respectively.
There are two mechanical differences that you as a driver will notice right away. The Nissan Quest features a continuously variable transmission and electric power assist steering. The Odyssey keeps it old school with a 6 speed automatic and hydraulic assist power steering.
You may be wondering, “So Emme, what is this CVT you speak of?” Glad you asked, Dear Reader. Instead of a set number of gears, a CVT is, well, continuously varying. It adjusts the engine speed to provide maximum acceleration and provides a smoother driving experience while improving gas mileage.
It’s also a bummer to drive. Stomp on the gas and the engine will suddenly jump to high RPMs and stay there until the car gets to the right speed. There is no feeling of being connected with the car. Some engineers try to trick us into thinking a CVT is a regular automatic by providing shift paddles, allowing you to select between pre-defined ratios on the CVT…but don’t be fooled. I will always prefer a manual transmission, but given the option I’d pick the 6 speed auto of the Odyssey over the Quest’s CVT any day.
I also have a bone to pick with the electric power assist steering. Only Porsche has managed to give us a decent electrically boosted steering system. Now I’m not saying that either of these mini-vans should drive like a sports car, but just because you’ve got kids (or dogs or baby goats or whatever) doesn’t mean you don’t deserve to enjoy your time behind the wheel. In general I find electric power steering to be too light, too numb, and without a great deal of road feedback. While you’re certainly not going to be racing through the slalom in the Odyssey, the hydraulic steering keeps it nicely weighted and you can feel more of the road. Of the two, the Honda Odyssey is the more fun to drive.
The Quest also takes a hit when it comes to cargo. When fully loaded with people, you can only get 25.7 cubic feet of space, while the Odyssey allows for 38.4. Maximum cargo space in the Nissan Quest is 108.4 cubic feet, compared to 148.5 in the Odyssey.
Both come with rear entertainment systems, a back up camera, navigation, satellite radio, and cubbyhole storage galore. The Odyssey Touring Elite comes in just a smidge more expensive, at $44,025 compared to $42,640 for the Nissan Quest LE. However, the driving dynamics and cargo space of the Honda Odyssey make it the clear winner. | 2019-04-20T06:19:47Z | https://www.autocomparison.com/car-comparisons/2013-nissan-quest-vs-2013-honda-odyssey-touring/ |
We were hired to write a catchy song for our friends at Sick Luggage---the sickest in portable personal public audio---what? It's a a super hi fi digital blue tooth boombox AND our brand new banger "Karina" sounds real good on the Shaboom Box! Enjoy!
I’m gonna lay you down to the beat of a different drum.
I’m gonna break your heart like no one else has done.
In a rented tuxedo and a rented El Camino.
Watching infomercials in the Motel El Cerrito.
She’s my boombox queen if you know what I mean, Karina.
I am the pilot and I deliver the message.
Stow your sick luggage in the overhead compartment.
If anybody’s seen her, send her to me, Karina. | 2019-04-26T14:12:58Z | https://felsen.bandcamp.com/ |
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"Is there a relationship between primary school children’s enjoyment of" by Brendon Hyndman, Amanda C. Benson et al.
Postprint of: Hyndman, B, Benson, AC, Lester, L & Telford, A 2016, 'Is there a relationship between primary school children’s enjoyment of recess physical activities and health-related quality of life? A cross-sectional exploratory study', Health Promotion Journal of Australia, vol. 28, no. 1, pp. 37-43.
Issue addressed: An important strategy for increasing children’s physical activity is to enhance children’s opportunities for school recess physical activities, yet little is known about the influence of school recess physical activities on children’s health-related quality of life (HRQOL). The purpose of the present study was to explore the relationship between Australian primary school children’s enjoyment of recess physical activities and HRQOL.
Methods: The study consisted of children at two Australian primary schools (n = 105) aged 8–12 years. The Lunchtime Enjoyment Activity and Play questionnaire was used to measure school children’s enjoyment of school recess physical activities. The Pediatric Quality of Life Inventory 4.0 was used to measure children’s HRQOL. Researchers applied linear regression modelling in STATA (ver. 13.0) to investigate the relationship between children’s enjoyment of school recess physical activities and HRQOL.
Results: It was discovered that primary school children’s enjoyment of more vigorous-type school recess physical activities and playing in a range of weather conditions was associated with children’s improved HRQOL.
Conclusion: The findings from this study suggest that health providers and researchers should consider providing primary school children with opportunities and facilities for more vigorous-intensity school recess physical activities as a key strategy to enhance children’s HRQOL.
So what?: Considering a social-ecological model framework of the key predictors of children’s enjoyment of school recess physical activities may provide valuable insight for school health providers into the multiple levels of influence on children’s HRQOL when developing school settings and activities for school recess. | 2019-04-26T12:15:59Z | https://epubs.scu.edu.au/educ_pubs/1497/ |
From the Menger we went to a bar named Moses Rose’s, after the only man who chose to leave the besieged Alamo and on our way there we passed the Emily Morgan another historic hotel named after a figure critical to the Texas Revolution.
From there we headed to the Buckhorn Saloon which was established by 17 year old Albert Friedrich in 1881.
I always learn something new from Emzy, having someone who cares deeply about the city show off and discuss the history of some of its oldest gems, is truly an enchanting experience; I would definitely recommend this tour to anyone interested in learning more about the city, tourist or native. (As I mentioned previously you can find more information on booking a tour at http://www.sabarwlk.com.) On the way back to our car we passed by the Alamo again and another beautiful building downtown the Scottish Rite Cathedral. Hope you enjoyed a brief glimpse into some of the beauty that is San Antonio.
This entry was posted on November 26, 2014 by LahainaLaura. It was filed under Deep in the Heart, San Antonio, The Republic of Texas and was tagged with Buckhorn Saloon, Emily Morgan, Moses Rose, San Antonio, Scottish Rite Cathedral, Texas, The Alamo, The Barwalk, The Esquire, The Menger, vacation. | 2019-04-19T11:10:55Z | https://lahainalaura.com/2014/11/26/the-barwalk-2/ |
It is one of the mysteries of parenting that we are so encouraging of the whole learning-to-speak thing.
Yes, life is a little easier when they can articulate their wants and needs. No, it does not make it easier to reason with them; they are small children and therefore entirely unreasonable. Yes, it can make you want to smash your forehead on a wall when they just Will Not Shut Up. No, once they start, they do not stop.
The small one is getting better with his language.
And now, a mere month later we have instructions and exclamations of several words – even a full sentence, now and again, like ‘I don’t want to’ (in relation to basically everything) and ‘Not mummy, I want daddy’.
Annoying? Yes, very, but I think he’s going to be normal. *Exhale*.
The big one, satisfied that she knows the meanings of most words, is now trying to figure out the meaning of existence.
This involves asking as many questions as humanly possible from the very moment she wakes up (Mummy is it lunchbox day at school? What sandwiches will I have?) to the moment she goes to bed (Mummy why do I have to brush my teeth? Why is my toothbrush purple?) and all the loooong hours in between.
Sometimes they’re fairly easy to answer (Why can I not have some crisps? Answer: Because it’s 8.13am and you just had your breakfast), sometimes I have to google them because being a stay at home mum has rotted my brain (What are leaves made of?) or it’s not something I’ve ever thought about (Mummy why is my wee wee yellow? Like a mango?).
Sometimes I know the answers, but I’m not really sure how to answer.
Like what’s inside animals and people, and where she came from, and how the doctors got her out of my belly. I’d show her the scar but I’m not sure she’d recover and I’d definitely never have grandchildren. Instead, I got her a book from the library which has a lot of pictures and has sated her curiosity for now.
Mummy, what’s that? (Points to undercarriage of dog).
Me: That’s Riker’s willy (Note: I get the whole ‘call bits by their real anatomical name’ thing, I do. But this will do fine for me).
Don’t be silly mummy that’s not his willy (I don’t know why she asks so many questions when she really does know everything).
Why don’t I have a willy?
Me: Because girls don’t have willies. Only boys.
Mummy, what are willies made of?
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I've had it all, it gets better believe me (or should that be worse?) My mum always joked about my wanting a willy when I was little, I was convinced you could buy one from Woolworths (remember good old Woolworths, you could anything from there?) Perhaps I thought it was Willyworths?
Great post and can totally relate. T is in full on question mode at the moment, and although it's fun it can get tiring when they're not happy with the answer you give, even though they have no idea what the item is in the first place. Go figure?! | 2019-04-18T15:00:57Z | https://www.whingewhingewine.co.uk/2017/05/learning-to-talk-and-beyond-from-first.html |
The Penguin English Library Edition of A Room with a View by E. M. Forster ' But you do, he went on, not waiting for contradiction. You love the boy body and soul, plainly, directly, as he loves you, and no other word expresses it ... Lucy has her rigid, middle-class life mapped out for her until she visits Florence with her uptight cousin Charlotte, and finds her neatly ordered existence thrown off balance. Her eyes are opened by the unconventional characters she meets at the Pension Bertolini: flamboyant romantic novelist Eleanor Lavish, the Cockney Signora, curious Mr Emerson and, most of all, his passionate son George. Lucy finds herself torn between the intensity of life in Italy and the repressed morals of Edwardian England, personified in her terminally dull fianc Cecil Vyse. Will she ever learn to follow her own heart? The Penguin English Library - 100 editions of the best fiction in English, from the eighteenth century and the very first novels to the beginning of the First World War. | 2019-04-20T10:10:44Z | https://apogeesbook.com/products/9780141199825-0141199822-penguin-english-library-a-room-with-a-view-the-penguin-english-library |
In 2009, the Canadian Human Rights Tribunal found that Section 13 was a violation of freedom of speech and tossed out the entire case against Marc Lemire. The Canadian Human Rights Commission – with their unlimited tax-payer dollars – appealed. The Federal Court in 2012 found that Section 13 was constitutional, but that the penalty provisions (where victims could be slapped with heavy fines) was unconstitutional, and the court stuck down that provision. In October 2012, we appealed the questionable decision of Justice Mosley to the Federal Court of Appeals for a final determination on the Constitutionality of Sec13.
If you’re in the Toronto area the hearing is open to the public. We need your support!
For the first time in the 10+ year history of the Lemire case, the side that is supporting freedom will actually outnumber the side that is seeking to uphold Canada’s censorship laws. On one side are the usual tax-payer funded government sponsored special interest groups and on the other are organizations that support freedom.
The appeal is the usual ‘David vs Goliath’ battle that has become synonymous with free speech cases. On one side is the government along with tax-payer funded hangers on – who appear to have unlimited money available to them – and on the other side are small groups who don’t receive a penny of government money and rely on donations.
The tax-payers are footing the bill for the fanatical Canadian Human Rights Commission who has retained the high priced law firm of Bordens LLP to represent them. The “African-Canadian” Legal Clinic (ACLC) another 100% tax-payer funded group has also intervened to support Section 13 but wants “substantive and procedural modifications.” At the previous hearing the ACLC was represented by the great ‘African-Canadian’ Ed Morgan who is the former head of the Canadian Jewish Congress.
Over the course of the appeal, multiple organizations have applied for intervener status to support freedom of speech; the Canadian Civil Liberties Association and the Canadian Association for Free Expression. Both the CCLA and CAFE have been granted status and will be appearing at the hearing. The Canadian Free Speech League also applied but had to withdraw when their general counsel Douglas Christie passed away. Many of the great arguments the CFSL were putting forward have been incorporated into CAFE’s Factum. | 2019-04-19T21:17:17Z | http://blog.freedomsite.org/2013/11/lemire-appeal-against-internet.html |
The Canal Trust has learned with sadness that its Vice-President Paul Vine died over the weekend of 6/7 April.
Paul Vine was the author of the book "London's Lost Route to the Sea", first published in 1965 and subsequently revised in four more editions, as well as a number of other books featuring the Wey & Arun Canal. He took a close interest in the Trust's work and attended many of its events. His deep research into the canal's history will be his permanent memorial.
The Trust expresses its sympathy to Paul Vine's widow, Kay, and to other members of his family. | 2019-04-20T10:29:02Z | https://weyarun.org.uk/content/wact-vice-president-paul-vine |
Beeman has demonstrated that people who score high on a standard measure of happiness solve about 25 percent more insight puzzles than people who are feeling angry or upset. In fact, even fleeting feelings of delight can lead to dramatic increases in creativity. After watching a short, humorous video— Beeman uses a clip of Robin Williams doing standup— subjects have significantly more epiphanies, at least when compared with those who were shown scary or boring videos. Because positive moods allow us to relax, we focus less on the troubling world and more on these remote associations.
One of the surprising lessons of this research is that trying to force an insight can actually prevent the insight. While it’s commonly assumed that the best way to solve a difficult problem is to relentlessly focus, this clenched state of mind comes with a hidden cost: it inhibits the sort of creative connections that lead to breakthroughs. We suppress the very type of brain activity that should be encouraged.
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Over the last week or so I’ve been burning cdrs of almost all of my releases and scanning the covers of past 12″ singles and cds. Some people may also have noticed that my tracks have been disappearing from various mp3 sites around the web. The reason is that a new deal is in the offing which will make all of my back catalogue available in digital formats (including iTunes) – something I’m very excited about as it means that future releases will have the possibility of being available as digital-only. While many, including myself, enjoy the physical nature of records and cds, there is no doubt that we are entering the networked entertainment era at full speed.
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keep up the good work andrew and good luck with your new deal! | 2019-04-24T09:55:03Z | https://lagowski.com/2005/12/27/the-stack/ |
The law of the state of Washington defines sexual harassment as conduct that is unwelcome, and encompasses both physical and verbal actions. The types of sexual harassment that are most common when done by an employer are sexual advances, the exchange of workplace favoritism for sexual favors, and the creation of a hostile work environment that is overly sexual.
First, employers in Lakewood are often required to establish company policies regarding sexual conduct, which must be posted and visible to employees. The policies should at least include: contact information for the reporting of sexual harassment incidents, an outline of procedures to be followed in filing a claim, and the remedies available when a claim successfully proven.
The laws of the state of Washington and federal law have both created agencies with the authority to investigate sexual harassment claims. These agencies conduct investigations at a given Lakewood work site in order to verify if a complaint that they have received is true or not. These laws also prohibit employers from firing workers or taking any retaliatory action against workers who have complained of sexual harassment.
Without expertise in the applicable laws, both investigating and establishing a sexual harassment claim can be difficult. The federal agencies that handle initial claims of sexual harassment are often understaffed and overworked. Accordingly, hiring a lawyer in Lakewood might be the best way to ensure that your claim is filed within the deadlines specified by Washington for sexual harassment matters. | 2019-04-26T11:39:23Z | https://employment-law.legalmatch.com/WA/Lakewood/sexual-harassment-law.html |
a washed up music hall performer(Laurence Olivier)tries to keep his faded career going while his personal life falls apart.
Pinky Brain: P: Don't worry Brain, two simple words that will make it all better. Hakkuna Mattata. :B: If I hurt you now, no one would know. | 2019-04-25T14:15:55Z | http://www.retrojunk.com/content/sort/movie/alpha/e/9 |
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Always feed with high quality forages. | 2019-04-26T16:16:38Z | http://www.greenmountainfeeds.com/products/equine/natural-advantage-12-pellets/ |
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The Coastal Bend Food Bank distributes food in bulk to incorporated 501C3 nonprofit organizations or churches that have a purpose or mission statement related to the care and feeding of the ill, needy or minor children. The CBFB has food pantries in or serving every zip code in Corpus Christi and has representation in most of the 11 rural counties that we serve.
The clients may call the food bank with their zip code, and we will refer them to the agency that is most convenient to their home. Clients must fall under the maximum income guidelines as designated by the USDA. The guidelines for income are based on family size, and it is the responsibility of the pantries to determine if a client meets that criteria. The client must provide proof of residence in the area in which they live. Generally, these pantries are emergency pantries that serve the clients at least 4 times per year.
Coastal Bend Food Bank does not distribute food directly to individuals. | 2019-04-23T08:47:44Z | https://coastalbendfoodbank.org/get-help/find-food/ |
Professional wrestler Charlotte Flair might be great in fight but she is also a very attractive woman. Her athletic figure is example of inverted triangle body type. From her measurements probably most stands out her 34D bra size. Flair had some helps of plastic surgeons there since she has breast implants. And let’s not forget her stunning toned stomach.Check out also measurements of Sasha Banks, Bayley, and Alexa Bliss.
Charlotte was born April 5, 1986 in Charlotte, North Carolina. She holds Bachelor of Science degree in PR from North Carolina State University. Charlotte is also a certified personal trainer but doesn’t work on this career since she started focusing on professional wrestling.
In 2015, Charlotte Flair won WWE Divas Championship. She was married twice. Charlotte divorced her second husband Bram in 2015. He is a fellow wrestler. Flair has multiple nicknames. One of them is The Queen. But her real name is Ashley Elizabeth Fliehr.
This entry was posted in Sportswomen on September 11, 2017 by admin. | 2019-04-20T08:24:11Z | http://www.bodymeasurements.org/charlotte-flair-bra-size/ |
Aditi Rao Hydari Hot Pics: Aditi Rao Hydari is an Indian film actress she was born in 1978 in Hyderabad. she completed her schooling from Rishi Valley School in Bangalore and shew has don her graduation from from Lady Shri Ram College, Delhi University. Aditi is also a very fine classical dancer she started learning Bharatnatyam at the age of six. Hydari made her acting debut in a Malayalam film Prajapathi released in the year 2006. In the year 2007 her Tamil film Sringaram was highly Appreciated and VC Critically Acclaimed the movie won several awards including three National awards. She mainly used to do supporting roles in the Bollywood Movies , she appeared in many film as a supporting actress naming Delhi – 6 , “Rockstar”, “London, Paris, New York” etc. in the year 2011 her film “yeh Saali Zindagi”, made her won the screen award her performance in the movie “Murder 3” was highly appreciated and the film was a commerrcail sucess which earned ₹250 million. Aditi Rao Hydari and Aamir Khan’s wife Kiran Rao , both are maternal first cousins. In the year 2009 she was married to actor Satyadeep Mishra but now they are reported to be separated in the year 2013. | 2019-04-26T15:01:01Z | http://www.boxofficehits.in/wallpapers/aditi-rao-hydari-hot-pics-sexy-wallpapers-2015.html |
Bangkok -- Twenty-six bodies exhumed at a mass grave in southern Thailand near a camp with suspected links to human trafficking bear no signs of violent death, police said on Sunday, following initial forensic examinations at the site.
Dozens of police and rescue volunteers trekked into the mountains on Saturday to the jungle camp in Songkhla province and dug up 21 bodies.
Five bodies were retrieved on Friday from the camp, which is a few hundred metres from Thailand's border with Malaysia, bringing the total to 26.
"From initial forensic investigation at the site there are no marks on the bones or breakages that would suggest a violent death," Police Colonel Triwit Sriprapa, deputy commander of Songkhla Provincial Police, told Reuters.
"It is likely that they died from disease and malnutrition."
The discovery of the camp was a sharp reminder of the extent of human trafficking in Thailand and comes as the Southeast Asian country makes efforts to improve its record in fighting the trade.
Illegal migrants, many Rohingya Muslims from western Myanmar and Bangladesh, brave often perilous journeys by sea to escape religious and ethnic persecution and to seek jobs in Malaysia and Thailand.
Prime Minister Prayuth Chan-ocha called for the "severest punishment" for those found to be involved in the illegal trade.
"Anyone involved in human trafficking will receive the severest punishment no matter what their position," said Colonel Sansern Kaewkamnerd, deputy government spokesman.
Police are focusing their investigation on a trafficking network linked to the camp, said Police Colonel Anuchon Chamat, deputy commander of Nakorn Si Thammarat Provincial Police.
"We have reason to believe that one suspect arrested in Nakorn Si Thammarat and his associates was directly linked to this camp," Anuchon said.
Three survivors including two teenagers were found near the camp. Police do not expect to find further bodies at the site, Triwit said.
"A witness said 30-40 people were brought to the camp at a time. The camp could have held up to 200 people," Triwit said.
The government said on Saturday it was determined to rid the country of human trafficking. The prime minister has acknowledged the complicity of some Thai authorities in smuggling people.
Last year, Thailand was downgraded to the U.S. State Department's lowest category - or Tier 3 - in its annual Trafficking in Persons Report, which assesses how governments around the world have performed in fighting human trafficking. | 2019-04-23T16:46:36Z | http://www.rohingyablogger.com/2015/05/bodies-from-thai-mass-grave-show-no.html |
I've seen Halo Headband at a few Race Expos I had been to recently, so figured I had to check them out. Their booth normally has a mannequin head with "sweat" coming down into the "runner's" face and another head with a Halo Headband product showing how their technology prevents the sweat from getting in your eyes, as well as how the material wicks the sweat off of your body and helps it evaporate quickly from the fabric.
I reached out to Nick Holslag, one of the partners at Halo Headband, who was super generous and sent me MULTIPLE options to test and review.
I was sent a Halo II Pullover, their best selling headband, in Aqua. I LOVE the color of it. Not only do I think it is super cute (a HUGE benefit in my book), but it also does exactly what it says it will (more on that later)!
I was also sent a Sport Visor. I was most interested in trying the visor because I had never tried one before. If you have seen any of my running pictures, for the most part I run with some type of headband (to keep my crazy fly-away hairs tamed and the sweat off of my face as best as possible) and sunnies. I have run a couple races (specifically the runDisney events that have starting times BEFORE the sun rises) that I know I will need some way to keep the sun out of my eyes once it comes up, but obviously don't need the sun glasses for the entire race. A visor would work perfectly in that situation and I wanted to see if the theory would hold true in reality.
Nick also included a couple of the Hairbands - a larger 1" version in white and a smaller 1/2" version in blue.
Walt and I found this guy walking the streets after we ran the Santa Mile and had to snap a shot with him.
I am blessed to live in Southern California (don't worry, I paid my dues, living in the frozen tundra of Michigan for the first 21 years of my life and now paying a HIGH Sunshine Tax to stay here). This means two things: First, it is SUNNY... MOST OF THE YEAR. Second, it is WARM... MOST OF THE YEAR. These two facts mean that I need to find some way to keep the sun and sweat out of my eyes. Halo Headband products do just that!
I was a little hesitant at first, not sure if the "Sweat Block Seal" would actually work as it said it would - but it really did! I have gone on multiple runs wearing all of the different Halo Headband products and never once have I had to wipe the sweat from my face (and yes, this might be too much information, but here goes, I SWEAT LIKE A PIG, so anything to keep me from having to wipe my face multiple times during a run or race is AMAZING in my book).
I think my favorite piece that I received was either the Sport Visor or the Halo II Pullover. The visor DEFINITELY is a great option for those runs where your eyes will need protection from the sun (and glare). The visor stayed in place and was extremely comfortable to wear. I didn't need to readjust it during my runs at all and without a doubt it kept the sun out of my eyes (even when running almost directly into it while it was setting one day). The pullover headband was also a favorite of mine amongst the products Nick sent. It was thick (which gives more surface area for the sweat to evaporate off of), colorful (always a plus in my mind), cute, and kept me cool!
All-in-all I give the Halo Headband products TWO THUMBS UP (and two happy, non-burning eyes)!
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Looks cool- and I love all the colors!
I purchased a HaloHat during the DLH and I LOVE IT!! Like you said it definitely does it's job.
I like the pullover in teal!
Pink. And I live in FL, so I am definitely a visor girl, so am going to look into those!
I have a white & black hairband, would love another color- any color! They're my favorite!
ooh - tough call. like the skull cap, cycling cap and race visor!
Bright pink halo headband tie version!
I like the red pullover.
I bought this at an expo although skeptical. Sadly it was mysteriously gone from my hotel. LOVED it though. These bright colors are great!
I think I would go for that bright green Halo II Pullover version--though maybe the pink, it's so hard to pick! I love those bright colors!!
I picked up the Halo Sport Hat at the Disneyland Half Marathon expo last year, and it performed perfectly. That was one of the most humid events I've ever participated in and I was sweating buckets. Normally I suffer from getting sweat in my eyes, but that hat worked flawlessly and made my run so much more enjoyable.
I would get the Halo II Athletic Sweatband in bright pink!
I like the pink Halo Hairband!
I would definitely like to try a product that won't slip and keep those crazy flyaways out of my face.
Pullover Pink is my favorite!
Definitely the bright green pullover!
At the moment I'd love to have the antifreeze. I have a few of the halo II pullovers and I LOVE them!!
I'd like the 1/2" hairband in almost any color - perhaps grey or black are the most versatile.
I love the Halo Pullovers! I think I would NEED one in bright pink!
Love the look of these! I'd choose pink!
the bright colors are very eye catching!
i like the idea of a headband rather than a full cap. my head gets too hot sometimes. pullover in bright pink is pretty.
I love the bright pink (and also the aqua. Two of my favorite colors), in the pullover. I may need to invest in a few, due to the awful Maryland humidity.
the visor is cool. i think my wife would love to use one.
I like the paisley headband and the cycling caps look interesting too!
these are CUTE! i love the visors!
i love the bright colors!! the pullover is my choice and in pink!
I love the pullover, black and pink are my favorites.
Lime green is DEFINITELY my favorite!
Halo Rocks! Their products are fantastic and the reps that come to their expos are awesome, too. Everyone should get Halo! | 2019-04-24T10:09:46Z | https://www.carleemcdot.com/2014/02/review-halo-headbands-giveaway.html |
On Thursday at 11 am, life will get a little easier for people living in Katy and Sugar Land. Favor, the popular delivery app that allows users to have just about anything delivered, has added the two Houston suburbs to its roster.
People in downtown, west Houston, and The Woodlands have already come to rely on the app as a convenient way to have food, groceries, household items, and more delivered. A Favor "runner" purchases the items and delivers them for a $5 fee plus an optional tip.
According to Favor, the average delivery time is about 35 minutes, which helps it attract devoted fans. Over 40 percent of orders are made by people who use the app at least five times per month. The app is so popular that sales are projected to grow four times in 2016 compared to 2015.
In Sugar Land, the delivery stretches from Highway 90 almost all the way to the Bravos River north to the south; it includes most of First Colony, New Territory, and Sugar Creek but not points north like Sugar Mill or Covington Woods. The Katy delivery area runs from on the north I-10 to the Westpark Tollroad on the south east-to-west between Fry Road and Katy Mills Mall, which includes Cinco Ranch and its surrounding neighborhoods. Hours of operation in both cities are 11 am until 10 pm seven days per week. | 2019-04-21T21:13:17Z | http://houston.culturemap.com/news/innovation/10-26-16-favor-expands-to-katy-and-sugar-land/ |
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We’ve now reached a point where the potentially achievable treasure items are all a bit of a distance from the house, which is unfortunately because I know that I will have a hat trick of early runs this week.
The swans weren’t being entirely helpful as they were bobbing about on the far side of the water, slowly drifting towards me but at a speed that meant that I didn’t have enough time to wait for them to reach my side and, conversely, if I ran to the other side they would be just as far away as when I started… Anyway I settled for a few long lens baby swan paparazzi shots and looped round the lake to find that although they were nearer from that side, my view was completely obscured by the rhodedenron bushes.
I ran up the big steep hill to get home and as I scuttled into the car park, I spotted another of @torsparkles‘ suggestions – a cat sunning himself on the pavement. I tried my best to act nonchalant and sneak up on him, but it quickly descended into a bit of a game of cat and mouse (weirdly with me as the cat and him as the mouse though) around a car before I managed to grab a quick picture.
My cat is brilliant at hide and seek… I haven’t seen her since I was 4. | 2019-04-24T03:51:47Z | https://travelling-hopefully.co.uk/2012/06/17/juneathon-1730-feline-groovy/ |
The application of novel brain stimulation techniques to treat depression, physical (or “somatic”) pain, and/or other neuropsychiatric (psychiatric & neurological) disorders, is a new and rapidly growing field. These include transcranial low voltage electrical stimulation (tES) and transcranial magnetic stimulation (TMS).
These techniques are emerging as promising approaches because of their relative ease of use, safety, and dual neuro/biological effects. TMS appears to be more potent than transcranial low voltage electrical stimulation.
Unfortunately, TMS is limited by the need for a substantial period of rigorously scheduled treatments (daily for 4-6 weeks), which can create a significant human burden in terms of delayed onset of relief, time, and money.
These limitations often result in poor patient participation (“compliance”). Even when we accelerate the process by treating more times per day (rTMS), the outcomes may be less than satisfying. Although some of the inconvenience is improved by this acceleration, the response and complete symptom improvement (“remission”) rates achieved are about the same.
Beyond external neuromodulation sits a more intrusive set of brain stimulation techniques that includes VNS (Vagus Nerve Stimulation), and DBS (Deep Brain Stimulation). Both require surgical placement of electrodes and pulse generators.
A variant of TMS, “deep TMS” was recently approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration because it was apparently capable of causing a significant response in 36.7% of patients in treatment-resistant depression, compared with a response rate of 20.5% in the control group, and causing remission in about 30.4% of patients with treatment-resistant depression compared with a remission rate of 14.5% in the control group. Unfortunately, this means antidepressant medications and commonly used neuromodulation protocols appear to be about as effective as the so-called “placebo” response of approximately 40%. | 2019-04-24T16:27:30Z | https://neuroscience.md/education/mood/treatment-of-depression-with-brain-stimulation/ |
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