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Wednesday, April 15, 2009

Bear and Bird Boutique and ADO

Hi Everyone!! I'm getting ready for the Bear and Bird Gallery show this weekend. Here's a link to their site for those of you that want to attend the show(Thanks Amy).
Bear and Bird Boutique + Gallery
I apologize to any of you that I haven't been able to answer back. I've been working on several projects at once for some future shows so I haven't been able to visit my online friends very much.
Big Hugs to all my pals at ADO, here's my Creepy Cute Ophelia. This is my interpretation or vision of Ophelia after she was found dead in the shallow water among the flowers she licked to pick. She was placed gently on a hollow log until it was decided what would be done with her, was this a suicide over heartbreak or had she slipped and fallen to her death??

Sorry for the quality of the pics, I WILL learn how to take great pictures one day-but not today.

Joanna Thomas said...

Oh she is sooo lovely! I love the setting and the pose and her dress is devine! Truly a work of art~
Can't wait to see the show you're going to be in!

Rosanna Pereyra said...

Thanks Joanna!

pixiesinthehouse said...

Wow...your Ophelia came out beautiful. you really are an inspirational doll artist. I would love to own one of your amazing creations one day! BRAVO!!!

Janny said...

Castle in the Air said...

She is fantastic. I love every detail. I wish so much I could see her with my own eyes.
With all my best,

Barbara Olivo Cagle said...

Hi RoseannaI just revisited your blog and was hoping you would please visit my blog too, and maybe share it with your friends. Also, leave a comment on my Mother's Day Give-Away Post to have a chance to win my book.

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Tina von Wiesen said...

Oh what a beautiful piece, I absolutely love her!

Deirdra Doan said...

She is so so doll will be on the ADO blog on Monday. I love the pre raphelites so much too.


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Saturday, July 09, 2016

Back at the grind

Home from dad's - good visit - helped him with some stuff and the Mister got a BIG generator for the house (when our power fails - an too often unfortunate occurance out here).  My son came down for a bit of a visit as he starts a new job this next week but his missus is working too and, of course, not on the same schedule so could not come.
We shall have to make a trip over there come autumn, I think.

Got home to a veritable storm of produce: picked cascade berries, raspberries, black caps, a few pie cherries (luckily they will last for a bit longer).  It was raining for the last few days, but the fruit needed to be harvested, so I froze it right after picking so the wet did not hurt anything.  I'm trying for the first time drying some pie cherries.  I found a recipe for dried pie cherry pie.  I also will make some chutney as there are so many.  On top of that while we were coming by the Banner Ranch near Clarkston, WA we saw that they had apricots so I got a couple of boxes to dry & to can.  They are just for me as the DH does not like apricots - do I feel bad about that you may ask - bet you can guess the answer, LOL.  Then I picked the few peas that were ready; they were attacked by pea enation virus and the harvest was mighty slim.  I'll need to find a variety that is resistance for next year.

The #2 GS is here helping me with some things that I am just unable to do on crutches.  And, I went & picked up my 2 new hens from the man who had some for sale.  They are out in a cage in the chicken run so the "old" hen that survived can get used to them before release.  Need to have harmony in the chicken house.

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Saturday, December 22, 2007

APHC - Live!

My darling wife, Debbie, was kind enough to track down tickets for A
Prarie Home Companion show at Lehigh Universities Zoellner Arts Center
in Bethlehem.

She tried very hard to get tickets to the Saturday actual recording of
the show but got burnt by the online ticket sales because she didn't set
up an account fast enough, and try as she might, couldn't get tickets
before they sold out in an hour.

About a month later she got a call that they were adding another show
and would she like tickets? She got us a pair.

So what we actually saw was a dress rehearsal for the Saturday show, but
instead of a two hour show, we got three hours! We got a lot more music
than the final show but for me, that was fine as quite a bit of it was
by Pat Donahue played on several of the various guitars that he was
loaned from the nearby Martin Guitar plant in Nazerath. I love guitar
music, pretty much any type.

The Central Moravian Church Choir, and the Bethlehem Bach Choir each did
several numbers as well as backed up Keillor and crew with not only
regular musical numbers but comedy skit numbers as well, variously
moo-ing, baa-ing, and howling as cow, sheep, and wolf populated choirs.

The skits included a Dusty and Lefty, Catchup, Be Bop A Re Bop Rhubard
Pie, and Powdermilk Biscuits, starring Garrison Keillor, Tim Russel, Sue
Scott, and Fred Newman. And of course, the Guy's All Star Shoe band were
on hand to provide bumper music, backup music, and just general all
around music. Listening to the actual broadcast this evening, I find
that the skits themselves are all there, but they've had to pick and
choose between all the different musical pieces and choose what works
the best. Pretty interesting to see what was chosen, and in what order
its presented.

Robin and Linda Williams also did several songs on the show, and were
all by themselves, a great show.

Sitting in what was essentially the second row, we were about 15 feet
from the stage and both Deb and I enjoyed the show a lot. I'm sure its
one of those things I'll never forget, and having seen Michael Feldman's
Wha' Dya' Know (with special guests They Might Be Giants) in NYC a
couple years ago I have to admit, I sort of feel complete. Now I can
just laze around in my easy chair watching the TV or listening to the
radio from now on! If you ever get the chance to see the show live, my
advice would be to jump at the chance!

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Friday, December 14, 2007

Email spys?

I don't know if any of you use Google mail (Gmail), and some folks don't
use it for this very reason, but the program somehow scans your emails
for key words and then your sidebar ads are influenced by these
keywords. So if I get an email that has comic books used in it, I'll
have adds on the sidebar for comic books. Google insists that its all
automated and quite frankly, I don't care because I'm not posting
anything "secret."

But yesterday, on my computer at work (whose mailbox gets at least 100
spam emails a day) I sent an email using the term VIP, and minutes later
a spam email showed up using that very term. Then this morning I no
sooner read an email from a friend named Anthony, and a spam email shows
up (on my Sidekick account) from anthony (lower case on the email). Not
sure when my friend Anthony sent his email, it may have been a
conicidence, but I only get about 25 spams a day to this account.

I'm just wondering if the spammers are using something like Gmail is
using... (of course, some of my spam is random, like the one I just got,
as I don't recall talking about a "small member" anytime lately!)

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Wednesday, December 12, 2007

Terry Pratchett's Discworld

Years ago my friend Steve, gave me the first two books of Terry
Pratchett's Discwold, The Colour of Magic, and The Light Fantastic. I
read the first and while I thought it humorous, I wasn't impressed
enough to give it further reading time, relegating it to the "I'll
listen to the audio book if I can find it" virtual pile.
Around the same time I discovered (no doubt thanks to Steve's
recommendation) the work of Douglas Adams, and became a big fan,
devouring all of his books in prose and audio adaptations. Alas, Adams
passed away at an early age and left a gap in the various genres that I
like to switch between as I read.
I should mention here that my son Cory is also a big fan of the
Discworld but he primarily like the sub-series featuring stories of the
gaurds. His further recommendation was pushing me to try some more of
the books, but he couldn't pinpoint a jump-on point. So recently I
talking to my friend Shawn ( who is also a big
Pratchett fan, and he says, with very little thought, "oh, that's an
easy one, read Small Gods, its one of Pratchetts best Discworld books
and its also a stand alone for the most part.
Small Gods is the story of a young man named Brutha who has the bad luck
to make the acquantance od a small one eye turtle who claims to be the
god Om, that he and the peoples of Brutha's country believe in. Om
himself is frustrated in that he has no idea why he's stuck in the body
of a small one-eyed turtle when he used to manifest himself as gian
golden bulls and the like. The rest of the story tells of Brutha's
reluctant quest to help Om regain his former position, while at the same
time having fun with religion and religious beliefs.
I enjoyed reading Small Gods so much I asked Shawn, "okay, what next?!"
to which he (virtually) shrugged and said, "well, they're kind of hit
and miss so you might want to go back to the beginning." Remembering
enough of Colour of Magic not to have to go back and read it, I went out
and picked up Light Fantastic, which starts off rather weakly (in my
opinion anyway) but ends pretty well. It is a sequel to Colour of magic
and like its predecessor, pokes fun at all kinds of fantasy stories,
from Tolkien to Conan (you've gotta love the octagenarian Cohen the
Barbarian!) and somewhere along the way, I think Pratchett finally
started to like his characters and realize that he had a good thing
going. If nothing else, the first two books do pretty well set the stage
and rules of this very different fantasy world.
So now I'm hooked and stopping into Borders every Friday with my latest
20 or 25% off coupon to buy another volume, the third of which, Eqaul
Rites, is the one I'm now reading. You see, my theory is, that it isn't
so much that they're hit and miss as it is that Pratchett just gets
better over time with what he's doing and where he's heading. So far my
experience is bearing that out.
Equal Rites starts out with a dying wizard willing his powers to the
eighth son of an eighth son, the only hitch being that the son is a
daughter. The local witch/midwife, Granny Weatherwax, who is anything
but wicked, trys to help the family ignore their new daughters
birthright, afterall, women are witches, not wizards! She even attempts
to bring young Esk up as a witch, but things aren't going to be that
easy! I won't to tell you any more as I don't want to spoil it, and
anyway, I'm only 60 pages into the book myself! But I can tell you that
this book easily has the promise of being as good as Small Gods was. The
story reminds me just a little of The Sword In The Stone by T. H. White,
but presented with Pratchett's own marvelous tongue in cheek

So far I've got nine of the thirty-eight books that Pratchett has
written about the Discwold and I'm reading my fourth, so I've got a lot
of good reading ahead of me. You're even luckier if you've never read
any Pratchett, because you've got even more good reading ahead of you!

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Thursday, February 11, 2010

Never Judge Someone Till You Know Them!!!

As I was flipping through the contents of a magazine I confiscated , I noticed this one article concerning Sarimah Ibrahim. It was about her navel being exposed when she was running in one of the episode's of Asia's Biggest Loser.

Now, are these journalists so drained of ideas that one's navel managed to make a headline in the magazine? So what??? It's just a navel and if you deem it as wrong,'s her own cross to bear. Yes, I understand that as a Muslim woman, showing certain parts of the body is a HUGE no-no..( I will not dwell into religious issues) but it is completely unfair to convict one as a so-and-so simply for the way they dress.  Clothes do not necessarily make a man, a man!

I am not sure if any of this is relevant to you, but have you ever smiled sincerely at someone,  from a mile away, only to be greeted with a stare so sharp and a smile so fake that would put Victoria Beckham's infamous pout to shame? If only looks could kill, I would have been dead a thousand times!!! And  how does it feel when it comes from a person who dresses according to what is accepted by the society and the religious viewpoint? Why is it that they are always regarded with the highest of respect as opposed to one who lives by the motto "If you have it flaunt it"?

Take this situation into consideration. There are some people in my school who gossip a lot more than URTV and HELLO magazine combined and get away with it only because they wear an XXXL sized Hijab on their XXS sized frame.  And English teachers are always frowned on because they are the noisiest bunch who know how to have fun and wear vibrant colored materials and who are so direct in their speech but never hold grudges. The latter is always the best victim to despise.

The point is , although some of us do not wear clothes the way we should, it does not make us less human, or a lesser person in which the same goes for people who wear the veil and cover their bosoms,  that is not a criterion that would make them more saintly than the rest of us.  What we should be looking at is the inside of that person rather than the outside because in some of my experiences, those who are daring in their dressing are much much friendlier and more open to the diversity of the human behavior. However,  let's not forget to give credits to those who do dress appropriately and are also very nice indeed. This just shows the clothes that covers one body is not responsible for  any misconducts done by the person but rather the attitude of the person him/herself.

So, let us get to know a person well enough for us to pass judgement  based on what that person really is rather than generalizing him/her based on the outfit that he/she dons.

Doria Robert Kawen said...

totally agreed!u know la msian busy body and nosy too.and everyone will talk about the sarimah's navel..u'll see.hehe.
well,some ppl are so not open-minded and just being dumb,i guess.
when i wear a skirt,knee length,in my new sch,i think the senior teachers' eyeballs r popping out..thehehehe.. come on,i'm not naked,k and yes,i dont like to wear kurungs.:)

Fely said...

That is so typical of the majority of Malaysians. I remember when I was still engaged to Nick, and we were in KL for a mini holiday, the pakcik taxi driver asked me why am I with an orang putih man!!!?? Aiyo!!!

Rosfida Abu Sufi said...

It is very difficult eh to please people..everything we do is wrong unless it is done their way!!!Payah..payah..
Doria,senior u jeles kot..
Fely,next time just say "size matters,Pakcik!" offense just joking!


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Friday, 3 July 2015

Transferring files to Elementary OS Freya by Bluetooth

Recently I had to move a heap of files from my phone's camera to my computer running Elementary OS Freya.  I was about to turn the phone off and remove the Micro SD card as usual when I realised that every computer I have has Bluetooth.  So I paired the computer and phone and sent the pictures that way.  And got a message on the phone saying the attempted transfer failed.

So I did a little snooping.  There waas no obvious setting in 'Bluetooth' in system settings, but some reading led me to a Gnome utility.  In Unity, there is a 'personal file sharing' option in the Dash.  But not in Elementary.

In Applications, you can find an item called 'Bluetooth Transfers' that allows you to select a file to transfer from your Elementary OS computer to another device via Bluetooth.  But there's no obvious way to transfer a file from the other device to your computer, nor to set it up to accept transfers from other devices.'

Likewise choosing 'Bluetooth' in system settings allows you to transfer files to another device but I can see no obvious way to accept files from elsewhere.

Luckily though the actual program that does the leg work is there.

Open a terminal and type in the command:    gnome-file-share-properties
This will open a window that allows you to set up to receive Bluetooth transfers.

Towards the bottom of the window under 'receive Files over Bluetooth', tick the following.
(*)  Receive files in Downloads folcer over Bluetooth
(*)  Notify about received files

Between these two options is another where you can choose the type if devices you will accept files from.  It has a drop down menu.  I changed mine to 'Always' but the default is 'Only for set up devices'.

That's all there is to it really.  Close the window after you do these steps and pair with your bluetooth deice as you normally would, then send files as you wish.

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Don gained excellent experience working under some of New Orleans’ most highly regarded attorneys at its most respected law firms.  During this time, Don represented clients as varied as small to mid-sized local businesses to large international conglomerates.  Don also developed and refined very effective trial strategies and practice techniques that continue to benefit his clients with excellent dispute resolutions both before trial and as a result thereof.

After his successes at major law firms, Don went on to represent his clients successfully at Don A. Rouzan & Associates, LLC. Don’s clients include construction, engineering, and property management firms, along with a major railroad company, a public utility, a local municipality, and a number of small to mid-sized businesses.

A significant motivator for Don establishing his own law firm was to maximize his ability to truly become a community lawyer - to have the ability to service his community in addition to servicing the business community.  Beginning with the pinning ceremony on his first day at Howard University School of Law, Don was taught the words of Charles Hamilton Houston: "A lawyer's either a social engineer or ... a parasite on society."  Don A. Rouzan & Associates, LLC offers Don and the other attorneys there an opportunity to strive to become the former.

Don received his Bachelor of Arts degree in Liberal Arts/History from the University of New Orleans and his Juris Doctorate degree from the Howard University School of Law in Washington, D.C. While at Howard, Don served as treasurer of the Black Law Students Association and Co-captain of the Charles Hamilton Houston National Moot Court Team.  Don, along with his moot court partner, were the First Place winners of the Catholic University School of Law’s 2002 Sutherland Cup National Moot Court Competition.

Don is licensed to practice in all Louisiana State and Federal Courts, including the United States District Courts for the Eastern, Middle, and Western Districts of Louisiana and the United States Court of Appeals, Fifth Circuit.  Mr. Rouzan is a member of the Louisiana, New Orleans, American, and National Bar Associations.


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Monday, April 22, 2013

RUBY Tuesday

"Do you not know that in a race all the runners run, but only one gets the prize.  Run in such a way as to get the prize.  Everyone who competes in the games goes into strict training.  They do it to get a crown that will not last, but we do it to get a crown that will last forever."
                           - 1 Corinthians 9:24-25
 88-Year-Old Momma:  On the Treadmill Not Quite a Month after Stroke
Granddaughter Annabel celebrating an early victory in the long race!  Run to win the eternal crown!
Share how you, too, are running to attain the prize. . .
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Dogs story teller, pets stories author, canine non-fiction writer, famous artist, reputable kennel owner and published novelist Ron Hevener.
Ron Hevener Biography

  Author/Artist RON HEVENER specializes in animal sports and entertainment. Mr. Hevener owns one of oldest dog show kennels in the U.S. ("Lochranza," specializing in Collies since 1945). His dog "Kane" (Ch. Amberlyn's Bright Tribute) was featured in his popular novel "The Blue Ribbon."
  His interest in Arabian horse racing goes back to the early days of Delaware Park, now one of the leading Arabian racetracks in the US. His stallion "Nahgua" (Nugui El Khamsin) was one of the first Arabians to race at Delaware Park and inspired Mr. Hevener's novel, "Fate of the Stallion."
  Along with racehorses and show dogs, Mr. Hevener's interest in Greyhounds started with the adoption of a retired racer and led to a full-fledged racing kennel and inspired his novel, "High Stakes." Today, he owns sons and daughters of every major Greyhound racing sire from the U.S., UK, Ireland and Australia.
  An accomplished artist, Hevener figurines and prints from his novels are bought and traded throughout the world. His original paintings and sculptures are displayed in galleries and can be found in many private collections.
  Mr. Hevener is currently on tour, speaking at bookstores, libraries, theaters, schools, gift stores, pet stores, dog shows, art shows and horse shows throughout the country. "Life is a movie," he says. "On with the show!"

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Athlete profile: Olai Stensland Lillevold
Athlete background info last updated 2016-07-05 01:23:28
Olai is tall and dark, he navigates through the forrest like a shark, In 2014 he won EYOC gold, he probably will not run in VJ bold, currently studying in Oslo, but you can be sure he is not slow, he recently won the national sprint champs and on jukola and 10-mila he ran well with lamps. Three times norwegian champion, several other medals, but Olai only counts the gold medals.
World Ranking Middle/Long 268 / Sprint 491 (as of 28/7/2017)
ClubFossum IF (NOR)
Born placeOslo (NOR)
Born date1996-09-20
LivesOslo (NOR)

Junior World Orienteering Championships (JWOC)
Best result 9. place:

2016, Sprint, Engadin, Switzerland

Best for each discipline:

Long: 19. place 2016, Engadin, Switzerland
Middle: 21. place 2016, Engadin, Switzerland
Sprint: 9. place 2016, Engadin, Switzerland

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Note that some EYOC results may be missing.

1. place: Once

2014, Relay, Strumica, Macedonia

Best for each discipline:

Long: 4. place 2014, Strumica, Macedonia
Sprint: 29. place 2014, Strumica, Macedonia
Relay: 1. place 2014, Strumica, Macedonia

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World Ranking position: Middle/Long 268 / Sprint 491 (as of 28/7/2017)
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Welcome to the RV-Dreams Journal! We are Howard and Linda Payne and this Journal is to record our travels and exploits from August 3, 2005 until whenever. It is an extension of our main website, which is dedicated to assisting those interested in pursuing a dream lifestyle, full-time RVing.

In December 2004 we made the decision to quit our corporate jobs, sell our beautiful house and nice cars, and give up our country club membership to simplify our lives and pursue a deeper happiness while traveling North America in an RV for who knows how long.

The reasoning behind our decision - How We Decided To Follow Our RV-Dreams and the months of preparation from January 1 - August 2, 2005 - Journal Of Our Transition To Full-Timing are interesting reads (especially for wannabe full-time RVers) with lots of details. And we do mean lots of details, so be prepared. :)

On August 3, 2005 we hit the road and the Journal entries and photos found here are to allow friends, family and website visitors to keep track of us and maybe learn a little about full-time RVing.

Feel free to comment on any entry. Or, if preferred, private emails can be sent via the email link on the main page or via the form on the Contact Us page. We hope you enjoy tagging along and invite you to correspond with us while we are on this great adventure!

Note: Our Journal audience ranges from friends and family to those learning about full-time RVing (or RVing in general) to very experienced RVers to those that just like to read about RV travels and see pictures of America. We take the approach of writing a combination "day in the life" travel blog and a "how-to" (or "how-not-to") for future full-timers with a bit of personal philosophy mixed in. Every entry won't appeal to every reader, but we hope the overall approach has a little bit for everybody. Thanks for visiting.

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Show Off Your Creative Side with Face Painting

It’s hard to get people to recognize your creativity.  You either have to pluck out a phone and show someone some of your artworks or you have to promote like crazy on social media.  Face painting is a terrific way to inform everyone you meet, instantly of your creative capabilities.  Any occasion is good for a face painting session.  You can wear good face paint for performances, dress up parties, market days, wacky days, casual days, birthdays, for bachelorette parties or any other occasion you can think of.  You are never too old or too young to wear face paint.  All you need is the right theme, good skill and the right tools and you can show off your creative skills at any time.

Show Off Your Creative Side with Face Painting

Get face paint

You cannot simply use ordinary paint on your face.  Normal paint has a lot of chemicals that can harm or stain your skin. You should invest in some good quality face paint so your skin will be taken good care off no matter how long you wear the paint.

Get a good makeup set

Normal makeup is a great alternative or addition to face paint.  You can add some glitter to your face paint with makeup or simply use makeup only.  Makeup might be a bit more expensive than face paint but is specially developed for long wear on skin which means your skin will be better protected than with face paints.

Invest in a good facial cream

Apply a good facial cream before you apply face paint so your skin won’t dry out or get stained as a result.

A good set of makeup brushes is a must

With a good set of makeup brushes you can create any face paint pattern your heart desires.  Sound Body Life is a great resource for the best makeup brush sets on the market.  The sets include large brushes for powders and even small or wide brushes for different types of strokes and for delicate work.  You can use the makeup brushes with normal makeup or let your creative juices flow and turn your face into a work of art with some face paint.  With a good set of makeup brushes you can work as delicately as you need to get your unique face painting done.

Look for great face painting ideas online

The internet is a good place to find inspiration for your face paintings.  You can check out the Google search engine results or visit Pinterest and YouTube for some fantastic face painting tutorials.  The tutorials are great for teaching you how to do face painting and you can look for terrific face paint ideas.  There are tons of different face paint concepts that you can try.  You can go for a tribal face paint look, turn yourself into a live comic book character, cute up by converting your face into that of a puppy or deer or scare the heck out of everyone by giving some zombie face paintings a try.  The internet is loaded with tons of fantastic ideas for any occasion.

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T207 Brown Background partial set is comprised of 150 of the 200 cards in the set, plus one variation for a total 151 different cards from this classic tobacco-card issue. 52% range in grade from Gd to Vg-Ex (includes some Ex), and 48% lesser (includes several which appear Ex but have a very slight trim). This partial set has been consigned by the family of an old-time collector. The T207 set includes many rare cards and has always been extremely challenging to complete. Included here are fifteen rare cards, as well as many scarce cards that do not fall into the extremely rare category (including the very scarce Graham). Six cards (all rarities) are graded by BVG (Beckett), and one additional card (Lapp) is graded VG-EX 4 by PSA. Keys: Almeida (Pr), Bender (HOF, slight trim), Benz (Gd), Bresnahan (HOF, Ex-Mt), Carey (HOF, Vg-Ex), Chance (HOF, Gd), Graham (Gd), Hartley (slight trim), Hoff (slight trim), Hyatt (Pr), Johnson (HOF, slight trim), Kelly (POOR 1), Kuhn (FAIR 1.5), Kutina (Pr), Livingston ("A" on shirt, Fr), Marquard (HOF, Pr), McCarthy (Fr), Miller (Bklyn, FAIR 1.5), Moriarty (Gd), Phelan (POOR 1), Ragan (Gd), Tinker (HOF, Gd), White (Authentic), Wilson (Pitt, FAIR 1.5), and Wood (Vg). Among the listed key cards, three have the rare red Cycle backs, ten cards have the rare Broad Leaf advertising backs, and two have the rare no advertising on the reverse backs. The rare backs (Cycle, Broad Leaf, and no advertising) are always associated with the rarer cards in the T207 set. The remaining 126 cards all have Recruit advertising backs (except one has the Napoleon Little Cigars back). This is an exceptionally attractive partially complete set, appearing at a glance far stronger than suggested by the very respectable and technically accurate grades listed above. The tremendous number of extremely rare cards in the T207 set makes this issue one of the most difficult to complete of all 1910-era tobacco-card sets. There are quite a few rare cards to find to bring this set to completion, but this collection represents a very substantial foundation for the assembly of this classic tobacco-card set. This is an extremely attractive low- to mid-grade partial set of this important tobacco-card issue, including many highlights. Total: 151 cards. Reserve $1,500. Estimate $3,000/$5,000+. SOLD FOR $5,036

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Wasted worship? What’s the answer to powering your worship?

“The worship service, the sermon, is meant to ignite, to stimulate awe in people, to make them rise up out of their pews and say ‘this is a God of such great glory, I can’t help but serve Him’. That’s what it’s meant to do. Now here’s the rub, it’s very hard for a pastor to give away that which you no longer have. And there’s evidence that many of us are cranking it out. We’ve reduced pastoral ministry down to strategic planning, to dynamic leadership meetings, to programs and initiatives and there are places where it feels like God’s left the building. That it’s not about Him anymore and awe of God gets replaced with awe of self, or awe of success or awe of acclaim and that means that this primary mission of the church, to draw by grace the hearts of people to the awe of God again just doesn’t happen in the way God intended it to happen. Because it cannot happen if the person who is most influential in that culture has years ago lost his awe.” – Paul Tripp

You might ask youself, What’s the answer?

How can I lead if I feel burnt out?

What’s the formula for success?

It isn’t slogans, I will not ask you to “lean in with me”, “just do it”, “no pain, no gain”.

I will say something counter-intuitive to marketing, leadership, and management skills, the answer is “I DON’T KNOW OF ANY FORMULA TO SUCCESS”. Some may astutely ask what I mean by success. I mean success as the majority labels the word, prosperous, happy, plentiful, comfortable. Or labeling success as a business man might label success, that is, an increase in profits, ending in the black, low turn-over, increase in productivity, increase in memberships, etc. There is a problem when we attempt to put worship into a metric to measure to see success of lack thereof.  Worship is something personal and spiritual. And many times we see only the outward signs of worship and can’t know about the unseen, or inward cues, prompts, motivations, thanksgivings and joys.

What I do know is this, before I wrote this article I walked outside and as I walked to the minivan I looked up to the sky and saw clouds.  One cloud was a straight line that kept forming and I knew immediately there was a plane making this line, called “con-trails”, i.e. condensation trails. By the contrails, I knew there was a plane flying way too high for me to see, however I saw the residue, or what happened after. I was looking into the past, I was seeing clouds, droplets left moments before, the further my eyes trailed away from the airplane the further back in time I was looking.

Similarly, we are affected by and see consequences in the present because of things that have happened in the past, for example, what I ate, how many hours did I sleep, if I’m sick. Many times we enter into new situations whether they are positions such as manager, administrator, pastor, coach and think that the slate is clean by virtue of the fact that we are new there.

Well, in a new position there is a sort of mercy extended toward the new bearer of the burden of leadership however the slate is by no means clean. We operate at present in the effects of the past and that is why there are so many theories on what it takes to be an effective leader. The abundance of theories is like a shotgun blast which is manufactured to guarantee hitting something. To try to apply leadership, or business principles to increase “worship productivity” is missing the point.

In order to be the person that Paul Tripp speaks about, who enables people to “grasp the awe”, regain that awe yourself.

What inspires you?
What do you dream about?
What have you seen that makes you feel like a kid again?
What makes you feel safe?
What calms you?
What do you fear?  All questions designed to get you thinking.

You are a different person than I am and I will not respond to things the same way you do.  But, whenever I read the book of Job starting at chapter 38 when God begins to talk to Job about creation, about power, about mysteries, about scientific things like measurements, names of stars, foundations of the earth, it always gives me a sense of awe and puts me in my place.  It’s THE reality check of all reality checks.  Check out God’s word and stay in it: Spend some time getting to know how God formed you, what He says about you, and what His ultimate plan for you is. This will give you a full heart and renewed hope and strength. And above all it will fill you with the awe of how wonderfully other our powerful, magnificent, glorious, loving, all-knowing, omnipresent and eternal our God is.

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Chapter XX.—Texts Explained; Sixthly, Proverbs viii. 22 Continued. Our Lord is said to be created ‘for the works,’ i.e. with a particular purpose, which no mere creatures are ever said to be. Parallel of Isai. xlix. 5, &c. When His manhood is spoken of, a reason for it is added; not so when His Divine Nature; Texts in proof.

51 (continued). For the passage in the Proverbs, as I have said before, signifies, not the Essence, but the manhood of the Word; for if He says that He was created ‘for the works,’ He shews His intention of signifying, not His Essence, but the Economy which took place ‘for His works,’ which comes second to being. For things which are in formation and creation are made specially that they may be and exist 2541 , and next they have to do whatever the Word bids them, as may be seen in the case of all things. For Adam was created, not that He might work, but that first he might be man; for it was after this that he received the command to work. And Noah was created, not because of the ark, but that first he might exist and be a man; for after this he received commandment to prepare the ark. And the like will be found in every case on inquiring into it;—thus the great Moses first was made a man, and next was entrusted with the government of the people. Therefore here too we must suppose the like; for thou seest, that the Word is not created into existence, but, ‘In the beginning was the Word,’ and He is afterwards sent ‘for the works’ and the Economy towards them. For before the works were made, the Son was ever, nor was there yet need that He should be created; but when the works were created and need arose afterwards of the Economy for their restoration, then it was that the Word took upon Himself this condescension and assimilation to the works; which He has shewn us by the word ‘He created.’ And through the Prophet Isaiah willing to signify the like, He says again: ‘And now thus saith the Lord, who formed me from the womb to be His servant, to gather together Jacob unto Him and Israel, I shall be brought together and be glorified before the Lord 2542 .’

52. See here too, He is formed, not into existence, but in order to gather together the tribes, which were in existence before He was formed. For as in the former passage stands ‘He created,’ so in this ‘He formed;’ and as there ‘for the works,’ so here ‘to gather together;’ so that in every point of view it appears that ‘He created’ and ‘He formed’ are said after ‘the Word was.’ For as before His forming the tribes existed, for whose sake He was formed, so does it appear that the works exist, for which He was created. And when ‘in the beginning was the Word,’ not yet were the works, as I have said before; but when the works were made and the need required, then ‘He created’ was said; and as if some son, when the servants were lost, and in the hands of the enemy by their own carelessness, and need was urgent, were sent by his father to succour and recover them, and on setting out were to put over him the like dress 2543 with them, and should fashion himself as they, lest the capturers, recognising him 2544 as the master, should take to flight and prevent his descending to those who were hidden under the earth by them; and then were any one to inquire of him, why he did so, were to make answer, ‘My Father thus formed and prepared me for his works,’ while in thus speaking, he neither implies that he is a servant nor one of the works, nor speaks of the beginning of His origination, but of the subsequent charge given him over the works,—in the same way the Lord also, having put over Him our flesh, and ‘being found in fashion as a man,’ if He were questioned by those who saw Him thus and marvelled, would say, ‘The Lord created Me the beginning of His ways for His works,’ and ‘He formed Me to gather together Israel.’ This again the Spirit 2545 foretells in the Psalms, saying, ‘Thou didst set Him over the works of Thine hands 2546 ;’ which elsewhere the Lord signified of Himself, ‘I am set as King by Him upon His p. 377 holy hill of Sion 2547 .’ And as, when He shone 2548 in the body upon Sion, He had not His beginning of existence or of reign, but being God’s Word and everlasting King, He vouchsafed that His kingdom should shine in a human way in Sion, that redeeming them and us from the sin which reigned in them, He might bring them under His Father’s Kingdom, so, on being set ‘for the works,’ He is not set for things which did not yet exist, but for such as already were and needed restoration.

53. ‘He created’ then and ‘He formed’ and ‘He set,’ having the same meaning, do not denote the beginning of His being, or of His essence as created, but His beneficent renovation which came to pass for us. Accordingly, though He thus speaks, yet He taught also that He Himself existed before this, when He said, ‘Before Abraham came to be, I am 2549 ;’ and ‘when He prepared the heavens, I was present with Him;’ and ‘I was with Him disposing things 2550 .’ And as He Himself was before Abraham came to be, and Israel had come into being after Abraham, and plainly He exists first and is formed afterwards, and His forming signifies not His beginning of being but His taking manhood, wherein also He collects together the tribes of Israel; so, as ‘being always with the Father,’ He Himself is Framer of the creation, and His works are evidently later than Himself, and ‘He created’ signifies, not His beginning of being, but the Economy which took place for the works, which He effected in the flesh. For it became Him, being other than the works, nay rather their Framer, to take upon Himself their renovation 2551 , that, whereas He is created for us, all things may be now created in Him. For when He said ‘He created,’ He forthwith added the reason, naming ‘the works,’ that His creation for the works might signify His becoming man for their renovation. And this is usual with divine Scripture 2552 ; for when it signifies the fleshly origination of the Son, it adds also the cause 2553 for which He became man; but when he speaks or His servants declare anything of His Godhead, all is said in simple diction, and with an absolute sense, and without reason being added. For He is the Father’s Radiance; and as the Father is, but not for any reason, neither must we seek the reason of that Radiance. Thus it is written, ‘In the beginning was the Word, and the Word was with God, and the Word was God 2554 ;’ and the wherefore it assigns not 2555 ; but when ‘the Word was made flesh 2556 ,’ then it adds the reason why, saying, ‘And dwelt among us.’ And again the Apostle saying, ‘Who being in the form of God,’ has not introduced the reason, till ‘He took on Him the form of a servant;’ for then he continues, ‘He humbled Himself unto death, even the death of the cross 2557 ;’ for it was for this that He both became flesh and took the form of a servant.

54. And the Lord Himself has spoken many things in proverbs; but when giving us notices about Himself, He has spoken absolutely 2558 ; ‘I in the Father and the Father in Me,’ and ‘I and the Father are one,’ and, ‘He that hath seen Me, hath seen the Father,’ and ‘I am the Light of the world,’ and, ‘I am the Truth 2559 ;’ not setting down in every case the reason, nor the wherefore, lest He should seem second to those things for which He was made. For that reason would needs take precedence of Him, without which not even He Himself had come into being. Paul, for instance, ‘separated an Apostle for the Gospel, which the Lord had promised afore by the Prophets 2560 ,’ was thereby made subordinate to the Gospel, of which he was made minister, and John, being chosen to prepare the Lord’s way, was made subordinate to the Lord; but the Lord, not being made subordinate to any reason why He should be Word, save only that He is the Father’s Offspring and Only-begotten Wisdom, when He becomes man, then assigns the reason why He is about to take flesh. For the need of man preceded His becoming man, apart from which He had not put on flesh 2561 . And what the need was for which He became man, He Himself thus signifies, ‘I came down from heaven, not to do Mine own will, but the will of Him that sent Me. And this is the will of Him which hath sent Me, that of all which He hath given Me, I should lose nothing, but should raise it up again at the last day. And this is the will of My Father, that every one which seeth the Son and believeth on Him may have everlasting life, and I will raise him up at the last day 2562 .’ And again; ‘I am come a light into the world, that whosoever believeth on Me, should not abide in darkness 2563 .’ And again he says; ‘To this end was I born, and for this cause came I into the world, that I should bear witness unto the truth 2564 .’ And John has written: ‘For this was manifested the Son of God, that He might destroy the works of the devil 2565 .’

p. 378 55. To give a witness then, and for our sakes to undergo death, to raise man up and destroy the works of the devil 2566 , the Saviour came, and this is the reason of His incarnate presence. For otherwise a resurrection had not been, unless there had been death; and how had death been, unless He had had a mortal body? This the Apostle, learning from Him, thus sets forth, ‘Forasmuch then as the children are partakers of flesh and blood, He also Himself likewise took part of the same; that through death He might bring to nought him that had the power of death, that is, the devil, and deliver them who through fear of death were all their lifetime subject to bondage 2567 .’ And, ‘Since by man came death, by man came also the resurrection of the dead 2568 .’ And again, ‘For what the Law could not do, in that it was weak through the flesh, God, sending His own Son in the likeness of sinful flesh, and for sin, condemned sin in the flesh; that the ordinance of the Law might be fulfilled in us, who walk not after the flesh but after the Spirit 2569 .’ And John says, ‘For God sent not His Son into the world to condemn the world, but that the world through Him might be saved 2570 .’ And again, the Saviour has spoken in His own person, ‘For judgment am I come into this world, that they who see not might see, and that they which see might become blind 2571 .’ Not for Himself then, but for our salvation, and to abolish death, and to condemn sin, and to give sight to the blind, and to raise up all from the dead, has He come; but if not for Himself, but for us, by consequence not for Himself but for us is He created. But if not for Himself is He created, but for us, then He is not Himself a creature, but, as having put on our flesh, He uses such language. And that this is the sense of the Scriptures, we may learn from the Apostle, who says in Ephesians, ‘Having broken down the middle wall of partition between us, having abolished in His flesh the enmity, even the law of commandments contained in ordinances, to create in Himself of twain one new man, so making peace 2572 .’ But if in Him the twain are created, and these are in His body, reasonably then, bearing the twain in Himself, He is as if Himself created; for those who were created in Himself He made one, and He was in them, as they. And thus, the two being created in Him, He may say suitably, ‘The Lord created me.’ For as by receiving our infirmities, He is said to be infirm Himself, though not Himself infirm, for He is the Power of God, and He became sin for us and a curse, though not having sinned Himself, but because He Himself bare our sins and our curse, so 2573 , by creating us in Him, let Him say, ‘He created me for the works,’ though not Himself a creature.

56. For if, as they hold, the Essence of the Word being of created nature, therefore He says, ‘The Lord created me,’ being a creature, He was not created for us; but if He was not created for us, we are not created in Him; and, if not created in Him, we have Him not in ourselves but externally; as, for instance, as receiving instruction from Him as from a teacher 2574 . And it being so with us, sin has not lost its reign over the flesh, being inherent and not cast out of it. But the Apostle opposes such a doctrine a little before, when he says, ‘For we are His workmanship, created in Christ Jesus 2575 ;’ and if in Christ we are created, then it is not He who is created, but we in Him; and thus the words ‘He created’ are for our sake. For because of our need, the Word, though being Creator, endured words which are used of creatures; which are not proper to Him, as being the Word, but are ours who are created in Him. And as, since the Father is always, so is His Word, and always being, always says ‘I was daily His delight, rejoicing always before Him 2576 ,’ and ‘I am in the Father and the Father in Me 2577 ;’ so, when for our need He became man, consistently does He use language, as ourselves, ‘The Lord hath created Me,’ that, by His dwelling in the flesh, sin might perfectly be expelled from the flesh, and we might have a free mind 2578 . For what ought He, when made p. 379 man, to say? ‘In the beginning I was man?’ this were neither suitable to Him nor true; and as it beseemed not to say this, so it is natural and proper in the case of man to say, ‘He created’ and ‘He made’ Him. On this account then the reason of ‘He created’ is added, namely, the need of the works; and where the reason is added, surely the reason rightly explains the lection. Thus here, when He says ‘He created,’ He sets down the cause, ‘the works;’ on the other hand, when He signifies absolutely the generation from the Father, straightway He adds, ‘Before all the hills He begets me 2579 ;’ but He does not add the ‘wherefore,’ as in the case of ‘He created,’ saying, ‘for the works,’ but absolutely, ‘He begets me,’ as in the text, ‘In the beginning was the Word 2580 .’ For, though no works had been created, still ‘the Word’ of God ‘was,’ and ‘the Word was God.’ And His becoming man would not have taken place, had not the need of men become a cause. The Son then is not a creature.

He says in effect, ‘Before the generation of the works, they were not; but Christ on the contrary’ (not, ‘was before His generation,’ as Bull’s hypothesis, supr. Exc. B. would require, but) ‘is from everlasting,’ vid. §57, note.

Isa. 1:0, Isa. 49:5. LXX.

Vid. the well-known passage in S. Ignatius, ad Eph. 19 [and Lightfoot’s note].

Supr. 20.

Heb. ii. 7.

Ps. ii. 6. LXX.

πέλαμψε, vid. of the Holy Spirit, Serap. i. 20, c.

John viii. 58.

Prov. 8:27, 30, LXX.

p. 335, note 1.

θος ἐστὶ τῇ θεί& 139· γραφῇ: and so Orat. iii. 18, b. And τῆς γραφῆς ἔθος ἐχούσης, ibid. 30, d.

Vid. Naz. Orat. 30. 2.

John i. 1.

Naz. ibid.

John i. 14.

Phil. ii. 6-8.

Infr. 62.

John 14:6, 9, 10; x. 30; viii. 12

Rom. 1:1, 2.

It is the general teaching of the Fathers that our Lord would not have been incarnate had not man sinned. [But see Prolegg. ch. iv. §3, c.] Cf. de Incarn. 4. vid. Thomassin. at great length de Incarn. ii. 5–11. also Petav. de Incarn. ii. 17, 7–12. Vasquez. in 3 Thom. Disp. x. 4 and 5.

John vi. 38-40

John 12.46.

John 18.37.

1 John iii. 8.

Two ends of our Lord’s Incarnation are here mentioned; that He might die for us, and that He might renew us, answering nearly to those specified in Rom. iv. 25. ‘who was delivered for our offences and raised again for our justification.’ The general object of His coming, including both of these, is treated of in Incarn. esp. §§4–20. and in the two books against Apollinaris. Vid. supr. §8. §9. Also infr. Orat. iv. 6. And Theodoret, Eran. iii. p. 196, 7. Vigil. Thaps. contr. Eutych. i. p. 496. (B. P. ed. 1624.) and S. Leo speaks of the whole course of redemption, i.e. incarnation, atonement, regeneration, justification, &c., as one sacrament, not drawing the line distinctly between the several agents, elements, or stages in it, but considering it to lie in the intercommunion of Christ’s and our persons. Serm. 63. 14. He speaks of His fortifying us against our passions and infirmities, both sacramento susceptionis and exemplo. Serm. 65, 2. and of a duplex remedium cujus aliud in sacramento, aliud in exemplo. Serm. 67, 5. also 69, 5. The tone of his teaching is throughout characteristic of the Fathers, and very like that of S. Athanasius.

Heb. 2:14, 15.

1 Cor. xv. 21.

Rom. 8:3, 4.

John iii. 17.

John 9.39.

Eph. 2:14, 15.

The word αὐτὸς, ‘Himself,’ is all along used, where a later writer would have said ‘His Person;’ vid. supr. §45, n. 2; still there is more to be explained in this passage, which, taken in the letter, would speak a language very different from Athan.’s, as if the infirmities or the created nature of the Word were not more real than His imputed sinfulness. (vid. on the other hand infr. iii. 31–35). But nothing is more common in theology than comparisons which are only parallel to a certain point as regards the matter in hand, especially since many doctrines do not admit of exact illustrations. Our Lord’s real manhood and imputed sinfulness were alike adjuncts to His Divine Person, which was of an Eternal and Infinite Nature; and therefore His Manhood may be compared to an Attribute, or to an accident, without meaning that it really was either.

Note on iii. 19.

Eph. ii. 10.

Prov. viii. 30.

John xiv. 10.

λεύθερον τὸ φρόνημα. vid. also beginning of the paragraph, where sanctification is contrasted to teaching. vid. also note on 79, infr. Contr. Apoll. i. 20. fin. ibid. ii. 6. also Orat. iii. 33, where vid. note, and 34. vid. for ρχή, Orat. i. 48, note 7. Also vid. infr. Orat. iii. 56, a. iv. 33, a. Naz. Epp. ad Cled. 1. and 2. (101, 102. Ed. Ben.) Nyssen. ad Theoph. in Apoll. p. 696. Leo, Serm. 26, 2. Serm. 72, 2. vid. Serm. 22, 2. ut corpus regenerati fiat caro Crucifixi. Serm. 63, 6. Hæc est nativitas nova dum homo nascitur in Deo; in quo homine Deus natus est, carne antiqui seminis suscepta, sine semine antiquo, ut illam novo semine, id est, spiritualiter, reformaret, exclusis antiquitatis sordibus expiatam. Tertull. de Carn. Christ. 17. vid. supr. i. 51, note 5. and note on 64 infr. 65 and 70. and on iii. 34.

Prov. viii. 25.

John i. 1.

Next: Texts Explained; Sixthly, Proverbs viii. 22, Continued. Our Lord not said in Scripture to be 'created,' or the works to be 'begotten.' 'In the beginning' means in the case of the works 'from the beginning.' Scripture passages explained. We are made by God first, begotten next; creatures by nature, sons by grace. Christ begotten first, made or created afterwards. Sense of 'First-born of the dead;' of 'First-born among many brethren;' of 'First-born of all creation,' contrasted with 'Only-begotten.' Further interpretation of 'beginning of ways,' and 'for the works.' Why a creature could not redeem; why redemption was necessary at all. Texts which contrast the Word and the works.


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12:2:2:11. Here, now, they say, 'Whereby are the Abhiplavas possessed of light (gyotis) on both sides 1,

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and the Prishthya of light on one side only?' Well, the Abhiplavas are these worlds, and these worlds are indeed possessed of light on both sides--through the fire on this side, and through the sun on yonder side; and the Prishthya is the seasons, and the seasons are indeed possessed, of light on one side only: he who burns yonder (the sun) is their light.

12:2:2:22. Verily, those two wheels of the gods, established on the Prishthya 1, revolve crushing 2 the Sacrificer's evil; and, indeed, if during a sacrificial session any one speaks evil of such initiates as know this, those two wheels of the gods cut off his head: the (chariot-) seat is the Dasarâtra, and the two wheels are the Prishthya and Abhiplava.

12:2:2:33. Concerning this they say, 'Seeing that the two wheels (of a cart) are alike, and those stomas unlike, how are those stomas one after another performed alike for him?' Let him reply, 'Thereby, that there are six of the one, and six of the other.'

12:2:2:44. 'Let him make the Prishthya and Abhiplava two warps 3,' said Paiṅgya; 'let him make their

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[paragraph continues] Stotras and Sastras run together:' inasmuch as he makes them run together, these (channels of the) vital airs, though separate from one another, run together, with one and the same aim 1, into a common web; but were he not to make them run together, the Sacrificer would be liable to perish; and liable to perish, indeed, is one who is either blind or deaf.

12:2:2:55. The Agnishtomas amount to nine in a month 2;--now, there are nine vital airs: it is the vital airs he thus lays into them (the Sacrificers); and thus they attain the full term of life, and so, indeed, they do not depart this world before the (full) term of life.

12:2:2:66. And the Ukthyas (amount) to twenty-one;--now, there are twelve months in the year, five seasons, and three worlds, that makes twenty, and he who burns yonder (the sun) is the twenty-first 3,

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[paragraph continues] --that consummation (he attains), and by that consummation he ascends month by month to the world of heaven, and gains, in monthly portions, the world of heaven, and the twenty-one-fold Stoma, and the Brihatî metre 1.

12:2:2:77. The Agnishtomas amount to thirty-four in a month 2--for the obtainment of all the gods; for there are thirty-three gods, and Pragâpati is the thirty-fourth. And there is one Ukthya with the Shodasin (stotra); for the Ukthya means food, and the Shodasin vital strength.

12:2:2:88. By means of that food and vital strength the gods obtained all their desires, and secured all their desires; and in like manner does this (Sacrificer); by means of that food and vital strength, obtain all his desires, and secure all his desires: with a view to that object he who is initiated for (a sacrificial session of) a year should therefore perform the Prishthya and Abhiplava (-shadahas).

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12:2:2:99. Now, the Âdityas and the Aṅgiras, both of them sprung from Pragâpati, were contending together saying, 'We shall be the first to reach heaven,--we shall be the first!'

12:2:2:1010. By means of four Stomas, four Prishthas 1, and light (simple) hymn-tunes, the Âdityas sailed across to the heavenly world; and inasmuch as they sailed (abhi-plu) to it, they (these six-days’ periods) are called Abhiplava.

12:2:2:1111. By means of all the Stomas, all the Prishthas 2, and heavy (complicated) hymn-tunes, the Aṅgiras, coming after (the gods), as it were 3, touched (reached) the heavenly world; and inasmuch as they touched (spris) it, it (this six-days’ period) is called Prishthya 4.

12:2:2:1212. It is a six-days’ Abhiplava, because it consists of six days; or a five-days’ Abhiplava, because it consists of five days, for the last day is the same as the first; or a four-days’ Abhiplava, for there are four Stomas (used) in it--the thrice-threefold (trivrit), the fifteen-versed, the seventeen-versed, and the twenty-one-versed one; or a three-days’ Abhiplava, for it is of three orders--Gyotis, Go, and

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[paragraph continues] Âyus 1; or a two-days’ Abhiplava, for there are two Sâmans (used) in it--the Brihat and the Rathantara 2; or a one-day's Abhiplava, for it is performed with the Stomas of a one-day's (Soma-sacrifice 3). Twelve Stotras and twelve Sastras of the four Ukthyas are in excess 4--they make a seventh Agnishtoma, and thus the Agnishtomas amount to seven.

12:2:2:1313. Now, Proti Kausâmbeya 5 Kausurubindi dwelt with Uddâlaka Âruni as a religious student. The teacher asked him, 'My son, how many days did thy father 6 consider that there are in the year?'

12:2:2:1414. 'Ten,' he replied.--'Ten, indeed,' he said; 'for the Virâg consists of ten syllables, and the sacrifice is of Virâg nature;--

15. But how many are there really?'--'Nine,' he replied.--'Nine, indeed,' he said; 'for there are nine vital airs, and by means of the vital airs the sacrifice is performed;--

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12:2:2:1616. But how many are there really?'--'Eight,' he replied.--'Eight, indeed,' he said; 'for the Gâyatrî consists of eight syllables, and the sacrifice is of Gâyatrî nature;--

12:2:2:1717. But how many are there really?'--'Seven,' he replied.--'Seven, indeed,' he said; 'for there are seven metres (successively) increasing by four (syllables), and by means of the metres the sacrifice is performed;--

12:2:2:1818. But how many are there really?'--'Six,' he replied.--'Six, indeed,' he said; 'six seasons make up a year, and the sacrifice is the year; and one and the same day are those two, the opening and concluding (Atirâtra 1);--

12:2:2:1919. But how many are there really?'--'Five,' he replied.--'Five, indeed,' he said; 'the sacrifice is fivefold; the sacrificial animal is fivefold 2; there are five seasons in the year, and the sacrifice is the year;

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and one and the same day are those two, the Katurvimsa and the Mahâvrata.;--

12:2:2:2020. But how many are there really?'--'Four,' he replied.--'Four, indeed,' he said; 'animals are four-footed, and animals constitute a sacrifice; and one and the same day are those two, the Prishthya and Abhiplava;--

12:2:2:2121. But how many are there really?'--'Three,' he replied.--'Three, indeed,' he said; 'there are three metres, three worlds; and the (Soma-) sacrifice consists of three services; and one and the same day are those two, the Abhigit and Visvagit;--

12:2:2:2222. But how many are there really?'--'Two,' he replied.--'Two, indeed,' he said; 'for man is two-footed, and the sacrifice is man; and one and the same day are the Svarasâmans;--

12:2:2:2323. But how many are there really?'--'One,' he replied.--'A day, indeed,' he said; 'the whole year is just that day after day:'--this is the mystic import of the year; and, verily, whosoever thus knows this mystic import 1 of the year grows more (and more) glorious up to (the end of) it; he becomes possessed of a (new) body, he becomes the year, and in the shape of the year he joins the gods.

148:1 The difference between the Abhiplava-shadaha and the Prishthya-shadaha was thus explained in part iii, introd., p. xxi, note 2:--'In both kinds of shadaha, the Prishtha-stotras (at the Mâdhyandina-savana) are performed in the ordinary way--viz. either in the Agnishtoma or the Ukthya way (see ib., p. xvi, note 2, as the correct reference is);--but whilst, in the Abhiplava-shadaha, the Rathantara and Brihat-sâmans are used for the Hotri's Prishtha-stotra on alternate days, the Prishthya-shadaha requires a different Prishtha-sâman on each of the six days. The two kinds of shadahas also differ entirely in regard to the sequence of Stomas prescribed for the performance of the Stotras.' It is this difference in the 'sequence of Stomas' which is referred to in our passage. On the six days of the Abhiplava-shadaha, the sequence of Stomas (the first four of which, viz. Trivrit, Pañkadasa, Saptadasa, and Ekavimsa, are only used) varies from day to day in this way: 1. Gyotishtoma; 2. Goshtoma; 3. Âyushtoma; 4. Goshtoma; 5. Âyushtoma; 6. Gyotishtoma (for the difference between these, see part iv, p. 287, note 2). It will thus be seen that the Abhiplava has the 'gyotih (stoma)' on both sides, on the first and the last days. For the Hotri's Prishtha-stotra on these successive days the Rathantara-sâman and Brihat-sâman are used; and, as the Goshtoma and Âyushtoma are Ukthya-days, the usual practice which requires the Brihat-sâman for such days, is not followed; just as the final Gyotishtoma in this case requires the Brihat-sâman.--As regards the Prishthya-shadaha, each successive day requires for its stotras a single Stoma, in the ascending order: Trivrit, Pañkadasa, Saptadasa, Ekavimsa, Trinava, Trayastrimsa;--a different Prishtha-sâman being used for the Hotri's Prishtha-stotra p. 149 on each of the six days. Here only the first day has the same Stoma at the beginning, as the Gyotishtoma,--whence it has 'gyotis' on one side only.

149:1 This 'prishthyapratishthite' looks rather strange,--perhaps the correct reading is 'prishthapratishthite,' 'established on the prishtha-sâmans'; unless, indeed, 'pratishthita' has to be understood here to refer to the Abhiplava, as the established, or ordinary, Shadaha, which doubtless would make the best sense,--'those two wheels of the gods, the Prishthya and the established (Abhiplava-) shadaha.'

149:2 Or, as we would rather say, whilst revolving, crush the Sacrificer's evil.

149:3 ? Or, possibly, two kinds of threads, those of the warp and the woof (or weft), which are combined into one web. The St. Petersb. p. 150 Dict., on the other hand, takes 'tantra' here in the sense of 'model form, type,'--and, indeed, the one meaning constantly passes into the other. The MS. of the comm. is too corrupt to be of much use.

150:1 This is a doubtful rendering of 'ekoti.' Though, doubtless, the juxtaposition of 'ekoti' and 'samânam ûtim' cannot be accidental, the word 'ûti' may probably have a different derivation and meaning in the two occurrences. Cf. Kern, Saddharmapundarîka, introd., p. xvii; Journ. of the Pâli Text Society, 1885, pp. 32-38.

150:2 During five complete months of the first half, and four complete months of the second half, of the year four Abhiplava-shadahas and one Prishthya-shadaha are performed. Now, the six clays of the Abhiplava-shadaha consist of 1. Agnishtoma; 2-5. Ukthyas; 6. Agnishtoma; and those of the Prishthya-shadaha of 1. Agnishtoma; 2. 3. Ukthya; 4. Shodasin; 5.6. Ukthya. For the four Abhiplavas and the one Prishthya of each month this, accordingly, gives nine Agnishtomas, twenty Ukthyas, and one Shodasin (counted, however, as an Ukthya in paragraphs 6 and 7).

150:3 The reason why the Sun is so often referred to as the twenty-first or twenty-one-fold, is not easy to discover. Possibly it may be from the fact that the Vishuvat day, or central day of the great session and the longest day of the year, is identified with the Sun, p. 151 and that this day is flanked on both sides by ten special days which together with the central day, form a special group of twenty-one days. But, on the other hand, it may be exactly the other way, viz. that this central group was made one of twenty-one nays because of the already recognised epithet of Âditya as the 'ekavimsa.' Cf. A. Hillebrandt, Die Sonnwendfeste in Alt-Indien, p. 6 seq.

151:1 Here the twenty-one Ukthyas are symbolically identified with the twenty-one-versed hymn-form; and the nine Agnishtomas (of paragraph 5) with the Brihatî metre which consists of four pâdas of nine syllables each.

151:2 This number is evidently arrived at by counting the twenty Ukthyas as Agnishtomas (hence 9 + 20), and adding thereto five more Agnishtomas obtained by the calculation referred to in paragraph 12 (see note thereon), according to which the characteristic Stotras and Sastras of the Ukthya make one additional Agnishtoma in every four Ukthyas. The Shodasin, thus, is not taken into account in this calculation.

152:1 Besides the Rathantara and Brihat, used on alternate days for the Hotri's Prishtha-stotra at the Abhiplava, the Vâmadevya and Kâleya-sâmans, used on each day for the Maitrâvaruna's and Akkhâvâka's Prishtha-stotras, seem to be counted here as making up the four Prishtha-sâmans of the Abhiplava-shadaha. For the four Stomas, see p. 148, note.

152:2 See ib., and part iii, introd., p. xxi.

152:3 The 'iva' would seem here (as, indeed, pretty frequently) to have the meaning of 'eva,' 'indeed,' thus--coming considerably after (the gods). Cf. Ait.-Brâhm. IV, 17, 5, where the Aṅgiras are said to have reached heaven sixty years after the Âdityas.

152:4 This etymology is of course not meant to be taken seriously, the word 'prishthya' being derived from 'prishtha,' 'back' (XII, 1, 4, 1).

153:1 See p. 148, note; part iv, p. 287, note 2.

153:2 These two principal Prishtha-sâmans are used on alternate days of the Abhiplava-shadaha for the first (or Hotri's) Prishtha-stotra at the midday-service.

153:3 Viz. with the four Stomas used at the ordinary Agnishtoma-sacrifice.

153:4 Whilst the Agnishtoma includes twelve Stotras and twelve Sastras, the Ukthya-sacrifice has three additional (Uktha-) Stotras and Sastras, which in the four Ukthya days of the Abhiplava-shadaha make up another twelve chants and twelve recitations.

153:5 That is, either a descendant of Kusâmba; or, as Harisvâmin takes it, a native of the city Kausâmbî; cf. Weber, Ind. Stud. I, p. 193.--Prakrishtabhûpati-kosâmbînivâsi-kusurabindasyâpatyam; MS. comm.

153:6 Harisvâmin applies to the father the epithet 'mahâyâgñika,' or performer of the great sacrifices.

154:1 In the scheme of the Gavâm ayanam, given above (p. 139, note 1), there is one day in excess of the year, viz. either the central Vishuvat day (XII, 2, 3, 6) or the final Atirâtra; but by making this latter day identical with the opening Atirâtra, Uddâlaka would seem to bring the whole within the compass of one year of six seasons. In the next paragraph, on the other hand, the same result is obtained by the identification of the second and the last but one days of the session. Another, and perhaps more probable, explanation of Uddâlaka's calculation would, however, be this. In the scheme of the sacrificial session there occur, as not included in the different sacrificial groups or periods (the shadahas, svarasâmans, &c.), seven special days--the opening and final Atirâtras, the Katurvimsa and Mahâvrata days, and the Abhigit, Vishuvat, and Visvagit days. These seven days he here successively reduces to six and five days. The further reduction of this number by the identification of the Prishthya and Abhiplava, as well as of the Svarasâman days, requires no explanation. Cf., however, the Addenda.

154:2 For the 'pâṅkta' nature of the sacrifice, see III, 1, 4, 19. 20; XIII, 2, 5, 1, for the five kinds of sacrificial animals, VI, 1, 2, 32 seqq.

155:1 Prof. Oldenberg (Zeitschr. d. Deutschen Morg. Ges., vol. 50, p. 460) takes 'upanishad' in the sense of 'worship'--'this is the worship to be offered to the year.' Perhaps 'meditation' might be the more appropriate rendering:--'this is the form in which the year should be meditated upon.' Cf. X, 4, 5, 1; 5, I, 1.

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ALL our superstitions, and a great part of our legendary lore, have descended to us from our, pagan ancestors. Aphrodite and Artemis selected lovers from among mortals;--Melusina, Viviana, Morgana, and other beautiful and celebrated fairies, followed their example in enthralling Christian knights. The Lianhan Sighe (Fairy love) still attaches herself to some favoured mortal, who is thenceforward lost to human affection, and becomes what in pagan times would have been called a Nympholept. Juno and the three Fates assisted at the births of mortals--so do the fairies. The inflexible destinies were called the Parcae (merciful);--the timorous cottager propitiates the fairies by addressing them as the Duine Matha, "The Good People." Hephaestion, and his swart Cyclops, forged impregnable armour for favoured heroes;--the dwarf workers in the Northern mines did the same for the terrible sea-kings. In the penetralia, at each side of the fire, were the Lares and Penates to keep blessings about the abode of the master. The Kobolds frequented favoured houses to bless the servants' efforts, or even do their work. Apollo and Hercules got much trouble destroying great hydras;--Fion MacCumhail murdered piasts in nearly every lake in Ireland. Achilles was rendered invulnerable in every part of his body except his heel;--Siegfried, the dragon slayer, could not be wounded except at a portion of his back, the size of a small leaf. The Golden Fleece brought misery to its possessors;--so did the Nibelungen hoard. The three goddesses so reverenced among the Gauls and Germans, and the Druidic priestesses afterwards substituted for them, became at last the fairies or Breton Korigans; and the herbs of Druidic rites still retain their power at All-Hallow Tide, in furnishing truthful visions of their future husbands to superstitious damsels.

The name Fairy has given rise to long disquisitions. The nearest root, in sound at least, is the Persian Peri. Then we have for the correct name, Fay, the Fata, or Destinies, which became Fada in the Provençal, and Hada in the Spanish tongues. The Greek language furnishes Μοίραι (the Fates), and the propitiating title Parcae (merciful), applied to the Destinies, has its representative in the "Good People," applied to the Fays in Ireland. The Gaelic name is Sighe, which is not found out of Ireland and the Highlands, except at La font de Scée, in Poitou. The Breton Korigan may derive from κούρη, young maid, or, perhaps, the Celtic corrig, a hill. The word Fairy, or Faërie, is properly the state or condition of the Fays.

Even as the Parcae or other female divinities assisted at the births of Achilles, Meleager, &c., so, in the romances of the Middle Ages, fairies were present at the births of Holger the Dane, Oberon, Tristrem, &c., and endowed them with valuable gifts, or predicted their future fortunes. Till our own days the Bretons would have a feast laid out in an adjoining room on these occasions for their visitors. Aurora carried away the favoured Tithonus into her glowing palace of the morning. Calypso retained Ulysses in the happy isle of Ogygia. King Arthur was borne to the isle of Avalon by Morgana. Lanval was conducted into the same isle by his fairy love; Ossian was kept in the "Land of Youth" under the Atlantic for a hundred and fifty years, by Nea of the Golden Hair; and the fairies contemporary with our fathers and mothers stole away to their Sighe-mounts as many mortals as they could get into their power. The druidical bowl of inspiration, and the symbolic lance, sought by Peredur in pagan Brittany, became, in the hands of the Christian romancers, the sangraal or bowl used at the last supper, and the spear which pierced our Saviour's side; and Sir Percival went forth in quest of them. Error varies its form, but its essence is indestructible. There is scarcely a legend or article of belief of the Greek or Roman mythology which, in some modification, may not be traced in the fairy systems of all the countries of Europe.

In connecting fairy superstition with paganism once prevailing over Europe, one circumstance remains to be noticed. The progeny of a god or goddess when residing among mortals, was distinguished by superexcellent qualities; any of the fairy race that have abode among men are noticeable for peculiarities the very reverse. They are gluttonous, peevish, ungrateful. and spiteful, and are never found to develop into anything better than rickety children. At the introduction of Christianity, Crom, Odin, Frea, Zeus, Aphrodite, and Bacchus the Intemperate, were obliged to forego adoration and even respect. They lost a good deal of their beauty, and the best part of their amiability, and even frolicsome Pan degenerated into the hoofed and horned devil. Their proceedings towards man became of a capricious, if not baleful character, and their interference in human affairs was deprecated by all right-minded and timorous people. The next legend will illustrate these remarks, Mrs. K., of the Duffrey, being our informant: -

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No. 9.—Ch‘ieu Ch’ang-ch‘un’s (#) Method of Turning the Windlass; otherwise called the Genii turning the Windlass (the Shoulder).—To cure severe pain of the back and arm.

Sit high (as on a chair), extend the right and left feet inclined, with the two hands press the knees, moving the air round in 12 mouthfuls. Do it daily 3 × 5 times.

The Moving Air Soup.

Prescription.—Take of kau-pen (#), Nothosmyrnium japonicum, fang-fêng (#), Peucedanum terebinthaceum (?), root of an umbellifera, chw‘an-hiung, of each 1 mace; ch‘iang-hwo (#), Peucedanum decursivum, tu-hwo (#), Angelica inæqualis, of each 2 mace; man-ching-tse (#), a kind of turnip with a white tuber below ground, 6 candareens; liquorice 5 candareens. Boil in water, and drink.

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When about to inhale it is certainly necessary to open the mouth; when about to weaken it is certainly necessary to strengthen; when about to discard it is certainly necessary to promote; when about to take away it is certainly necessary to impart—this is atomic perception.

The weak overcome the strong.

Fish cannot leave the deeps.

The innerness of the government cannot be shown to the people.

"Though He was a Son, yet (He) learned obedience by the things which He suffered; and having been made perfect, He became unto all them that obey Him the cause of eternal salvation." Before the Christ could weaken the pride of the sinner and humble man's false exaltation He had to strengthen and uplift the sinner with the knowledge that He had Himself become for his sake "of no reputation." The intellect may fail to grasp the full meaning of this sacrifice but the spirit knows that its safety lies in surrendering before the surrender of God on its behalf, even as the security of the fish lies in the yielding water.

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Stock Trading Alert originally published on Apr 04, 2014, 6:54 AM:

Our intraday outlook is neutral, and our short-term outlook is now bullish, following breakout above month-long consolidation:

Intraday (next 24 hours) outlook: neutral
Short-term (next 1-2 weeks) outlook: bullish
Medium-term (next 1-3 months) outlook: neutral
Long-term outlook (next year): bullish

The U.S. stock market indexes gained 0.2-0.3% on Wednesday, slightly extending their recent move up, as investors awaited Friday's unemployment data release. The S&P 500 index has reached a new all-time high at 1,893.17. The nearest important resistance is at the psychological level of 1,900. On the other hand, the support is at around 1,880, and the next support is at 1,840-1,850. The market broke out above month-long consolidation, which is a positive signal, as we can see on the daily chart:

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Expectations before the opening of today's session are slightly positive, with index futures currently up 0.1-0.2%. The main European stock market indexes have been virtually flat so far. Investors will now wait for some economic data announcements: Challenger Job Cuts report at 7:30 a.m., Initial Claims, Trade Balance at 8:30 a.m., ISM Services number at 10:00 a.m. The S&P 500 futures contract (CFD) trades in a short-term uptrend, above its recent consolidation. The nearest support is at 1,875, with potential resistance at 1,890-1,900:

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The technology Nasdaq 100 futures contract (CFD) remains relatively weaker, retracing some of its March move down. The resistance is at around 3,680-3,700, and the support is at 3,630, among others, as the 15-minute chart shows:

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