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Luke 6:1
And it came to pass on the second sabbath after the first, that he went through the corn fields; and his disciples plucked the ears of corn, and did eat, rubbing them in their hands.
The second after the first (δευτεροπρώτῳ)
Only here in New Testament. Many high authorities omit it, and its exact meaning cannot be determined. Rev. omits.
Went through (διαπορεύεσθαι)
Rev., was going. Compare παραπορεύεσθαι, went along beside - Mark 2:23.
See on Matthew 12:1.
Plucked (ἔτιλλον)
Imperfect; were plucking, as they walked. In classical Greek the word is used mostly of pulling out hair or feathers. See on Mark 2:23.
Did eat (ἤσθιον)
Imperfect, were eating.
Rubbing (ψώχοντες)
The verb means to rub small.
And certain of the Pharisees said unto them, Why do ye that which is not lawful to do on the sabbath days?
Not lawful
And Jesus answering them said, Have ye not read so much as this, what David did, when himself was an hungred, and they which were with him;
Have ye not read (οὐδὲ ἀνέγνωτε)?
The A. V. misses the force of οὐδὲ: "have ye not so much as read?" Rev., "have ye not read even this?"
How he went into the house of God, and did take and eat the shewbread, and gave also to them that were with him; which it is not lawful to eat but for the priests alone?
Did take
Peculiar to Luke.
The shew-bread
See on Mark 2:26.
And he said unto them, That the Son of man is Lord also of the sabbath.
Lord of the Sabbath
And it came to pass also on another sabbath, that he entered into the synagogue and taught: and there was a man whose right hand was withered.
His right hand (ἡ χεὶρ αὐτοῦ ἡ δεξιὰ)
A very precise mode of statement. Lit., his hand the right one. Luke only specifies which hand was withered. This accuracy is professional. Ancient medical writers always state whether the right or the left member is affected.
See on Mark 3:1.
And the scribes and Pharisees watched him, whether he would heal on the sabbath day; that they might find an accusation against him.
They watched (παρετηροῦντο)
Imperfect. They kept watching. See on Mark 3:2.
He would heal (θεραπεύσει)
So Rev. Some authorities, however, read θεραπεύει, "whether he is healing." This may mean either "whether it is his habit to heal," which is far-fetched, or "whether he is actually healing."
Peculiar to Luke, and emphasizing the eagerness of the Pharisees to discover a ground of accusation.
But he knew their thoughts, and said to the man which had the withered hand, Rise up, and stand forth in the midst. And he arose and stood forth.
He knew (ἤδει)
Imperfect. He was all along aware.
Thoughts (διαλογισμοὺς)
See on James 2:4; and Matthew 15:19.
Then said Jesus unto them, I will ask you one thing; Is it lawful on the sabbath days to do good, or to do evil? to save life, or to destroy it?
I will ask (ἐπερωτήσω)
Peculiar to Luke's narrative. The best texts read ἐπερωτῶ, the present tense, I ask. So Rev.
Life (ψυχὴν)
Better as Rev., a life. Though the question is a general one, it carries a hint of an individual life thrown into it by the special case at hand. See on Mark 12:30. Wyc., to make a soul safe.
And looking round about upon them all, he said unto the man, Stretch forth thy hand. And he did so: and his hand was restored whole as the other.
Thy hand
The arm was not withered.
And they were filled with madness; and communed one with another what they might do to Jesus.
They were filled with madness
Peculiar to Luke. Ἄνοια, madness, is, properly, want of understanding. The word thus implies senseless rage, as distinguished from intelligent indignation.
And it came to pass in those days, that he went out into a mountain to pray, and continued all night in prayer to God.
A mountain (τὸ ὄρος)
The article denotes a familiar place. Rev., rightly, the mountain.
Continued all night (ἦν διανυκτερεύων)
Only here in New Testament. Used in medical language. The all-night prayer is peculiar to Luke's narrative.
And when it was day, he called unto him his disciples: and of them he chose twelve, whom also he named apostles;
Chose (ἐκλεξάμενος)
Mark has ἐποίησεν he made or constituted.
He named apostles
Simon, (whom he also named Peter,) and Andrew his brother, James and John, Philip and Bartholomew,
On the order of the names, see on Mark 3:17.
James and John
Philip and Bartholomew
Matthew and Thomas, James the son of Alphaeus, and Simon called Zelotes,
See on Superscription of Matthew.
Distinguished by Matthew and Hark as the Cananaean. See on Matthew 10:4; and Mark 3:18.
And Judas the brother of James, and Judas Iscariot, which also was the traitor.
See on Thaddaeus, Mark 3:18.
And he came down with them, and stood in the plain, and the company of his disciples, and a great multitude of people out of all Judaea and Jerusalem, and from the sea coast of Tyre and Sidon, which came to hear him, and to be healed of their diseases;
In the plain (ἐπὶ τόπου πεδινοῦ)
There is no article. More literally, and better, as Rev., in a plain or level place. There is a discrepancy in the two narratives. Matthew says he went up into the mountain and sat down. Luke 6:17-19are peculiar to Luke.
Judaea and Jerusalem
See on Luke 5:17.
And they that were vexed with unclean spirits: and they were healed.
Vexed (ὀχλούμενοι)
The best texts read ἐνοχλούμενοι, occurring only here and Hebrews 12:15. From ὄχλος, a crowd or mob, with the idea of want of arrangement and discipline, and therefore of confusion and tumult. Hence it is applied to the noise and tumult of a crowd, and so passes into the sense of the trouble and annoyance caused by these, and of trouble generally, like the Latin turbae. Thus Herodotus says of Croesus, when on the funeral-pile he uttered the name of Solon, and the interpreters begged him to explain what he meant, "and as they pressed for an answer and grew troublesome (καὶ ὄχλον παρεχόντων)" - I., 86. Frequent in medical language. Thus Hippocrates, "troubled (ἐνοχλουμένῳ) with a spasm or tetanus."
And the whole multitude sought to touch him: for there went virtue out of him, and healed them all.
Sought - went out (ἐζήτουν - έξήρχετο)
Both imperfects. The A. V. and Rev. lose in vividness by not rendering them accordingly. The multitudes were all the while seeking to touch him, for virtue was going out of him.
Healed (ἰᾶτο)
Compare Matthew 14:36; Mark 6:56, where διεσώθησαν, were thoroughly saved, and ἐσώζοντο, were saved, are used. Luke is more technical, using the strictly medical term, which occurs twenty-eight times in the New Testament, seventeen of these in Luke. Luke also uses the two words employed by Matthew and Mark, but always with some addition showing the nature of the saving. Thus Luke 7:3, where διασώσῃ (A. V., heal) is explained by Luke 7:7, ἰαθήσεται, the technical word, shall be healed, and by Luke 7:10, "found the servant whole (ὑγιαίνοντα, another professional word - see on Luke 5:31) that had been sick." Compare, also, Luke 8:35, Luke 8:36, Luke 8:44, Luke 8:47, Luke 8:48. Medical writers do not use σώζειν or διασώζειν, to save, as equivalent to ἰᾶσθαι, to heal, but in the sense of escaping from a severe illness or from some calamity. Luke employs it in this sense - Acts 27:44; Acts 28:1.
And he lifted up his eyes on his disciples, and said, Blessed be ye poor: for yours is the kingdom of God.
Lifted up his eyes
Peculiar to Luke. Compare he opened his mouth (Matthew 5:1). Both indicate a solemn and impressive opening of a discourse.
See on Matthew 5:3.
Ye poor
See on Matthew 5:3. Luke adopts the style of direct address; Matthew of abstract statement.
Kingdom of God (ἡ βασιλεία τοῦ θεοῦ)
Matthew has kingdom of heaven, or of the heavens (τῶν οὐρανῶν), a phrase used by him only, and most frequently employed by Christ himself to describe the kingdom; though Matthew also uses, less frequently, kingdom of God. The two are substantially equivalent terms, though the pre-eminent title was kingdom of God, since it was expected to be fully realized in the Messianic era, when God should take upon himself the kingdom by a visible representative. Compare Isaiah 40:9, "Behold your God." The phrase kingdom of Heaven was common in the Rabbinical writings, and had a double signification: the historical kingdom and the spiritual and moral kingdom. They very often understood by it divine worship ; adoration of God; the sum of religious duties; but also the Messianic kingdom.
The kingdom of God is, essentially, the absolute dominion of God in the universe, both in a physical and a spiritual sense. It is "an organic commonwealth which has the principle of its existence in the will of God" (Tholuck). It was foreshadowed in the Jewish theocracy. The idea of the kingdom advanced toward clearer definition from Jacob's prophecy of the Prince out of Judah (Genesis 49:10), through David's prophecy of the everlasting kingdom and the king of righteousness and peace (Psalm 22, 72), through Isaiah, until, in Daniel, its eternity and superiority over the kingdoms of the world are brought strongly out. For this kingdom Israel looked with longing, expecting its realization in the Messiah; and while the common idea of the people was narrow, sectarian, Jewish, and political, yet "there was among the people a certain consciousness that the principle itself was of universal application" (Tholuck). In Daniel this conception is distinctly expressed (Daniel 7:14-27; Daniel 4:25; Daniel 2:44). In this sense it was apprehended by John the Baptist.
The ideal kingdom is to be realized in the absolute rule of the eternal Son, Jesus Christ, by whom all things are made and consist (John 1:3; Colossians 1:16-20), whose life of perfect obedience to God and whose sacrificial offering of love upon the cross reveal to men their true relation to God, and whose spirit works to bring them into this relation. The ultimate idea of the kingdom is that of "a redeemed humanity, with its divinely revealed destiny manifesting itself in a religious communion, or the Church; a social communion, or the state; and an aesthetic communion, expressing itself in forms of knowledge and art."
This kingdom is both present (Matthew 11:12; Matthew 12:28; Matthew 16:19; Luke 11:20; Luke 16:16; Luke 17:21; see, also, the parables of the Sower, the Tares, the Leaven, and the Drag-net; and compare the expression "theirs, or yours, is the kingdom," Matthew 5:3; Luke 6:20) and future (Daniel 7:27; Matthew 13:43; Matthew 19:28; Matthew 25:34; Matthew 26:29; Mark 9:47; 2 Peter 1:11; 1 Corinthians 6:9; Revelation 20:1-15 sq.). As a present kingdom it is incomplete and in process of development. It is expanding in society like the grain of mustard seed (Matthew 13:31, Matthew 13:32); working toward the pervasion of society like the leaven in the lump (Matthew 13:33). God is in Christ reconciling the world unto himself, and the Gospel of Christ is the great instrument in that process (2 Corinthians 5:19, 2 Corinthians 5:20). The kingdom develops from within outward under the power of its essential divine energy and law of growth, which insures its progress and final triumph against all obstacles. Similarly, its work in reconciling and subjecting the world to God begins at the fountain-head of man's life, by implanting in his heart its own divine potency, and thus giving a divine impulse and direction to the whole man, rather than by moulding him from without by a moral code. The law is written in his heart. In like manner the State and the Church are shaped, not by external pressure, like the Roman empire and the Roxnish hierarchy, but by the evolution of holy character in men. The kingdom of God in its present development is not identical with the Church. It is a larger movement which includes the Church. The Church is identified with the kingdom to the degree in which it is under the power of the spirit of Christ. "As the Old Testament kingdom of God was perfected and completed when it ceased to be external, and became internal by being enthroned in the heart, so, on the other hand, the perfection of the New Testament kingdom will consist in its complete incarnation and externalization; that is, when it shall attain an outward manifestation, adequately expressing, exactly corresponding to its internal principle" (Tholuck). The consummation is described in Revelation 21, 22.
Blessed are ye that hunger now: for ye shall be filled. Blessed are ye that weep now: for ye shall laugh.
Shall be filled
Weep (κλαίοντες)
Strictly, to weep audibly. See on πενθοῦντες, mourn, Matthew 5:4.
Laugh (γελάσετε)
Matthew, shall be comforted.
Blessed are ye, when men shall hate you, and when they shall separate you from their company, and shall reproach you, and cast out your name as evil, for the Son of man's sake.
Compare Matthew 5:11.
The phrase is employed in the Old Testament as a circumlocution for man, with special reference to his frailty as contrasted with God (Numbers 23:19; Psalm 8:4; Job 25:6; Job 35:8; and eighty-nine times in Ezekiel). It had also a Messianic meaning (Daniel 7:13 sq.), to which our Lord referred in Matthew 24:30; Matthew 26:64. It was the title which Christ most frequently applied to himself; and there are but two instances in which it is applied to him by another, viz., by Stephen (Acts 7:56) and by John (Revelation 1:13; Revelation 14:14 :); and when acquiescing in the title "Son of God," addressed to himself, he sometimes immediately after substitutes "Son of Man" (John 1:50, John 1:51; Matthew 26:63, Matthew 26:64).
The title asserts Christ's humanity - his absolute identification with our race: "his having a genuine humanity which could deem nothing human strange, and could be touched with a feeling of the infirmities of the race which he was to judge" (Liddon, "Our Lord's Divinity"). It also exalts him as the representative ideal man. "All human history tends to him and radiates from him; he is the point in which humanity finds its unity; as St. Irenaeus says, ' He recapitulates it.' He closes the earlier history of our race; he inaugurates its future. Nothing local, transient, individualizing, national, sectarian dwarfs the proportions of his world-embracing character. He rises above the parentage, the blood, the narrow horizon which bounded, as it seemed, his human life. He is the archetypal man, in whose presence distinction of race, intervals of ages, types of civilization, degrees of mental culture are as nothing" (Liddon).
But the title means more. As Son of Man he asserts the authority of judgment over all flesh. By virtue of what he is as Son of Man, he must be more. "The absolute relation to the world which he attributes to himself demands an absolute relation to God....He is the Son of Man, the Lord of the world, the Judge, only because he is the Son of God" (Luthardt). Christ's humanity can be explained only by his divinity. A humanity so unique demands a solution. Divested of all that is popularly called miraculous, viewed simply as a man, under the historical conditions of his life, he is a greater miracle than all his miracles combined. The solution is expressed in Hebrews 1:1-14.
Rejoice ye in that day, and leap for joy: for, behold, your reward is great in heaven: for in the like manner did their fathers unto the prophets.
Leap for joy (σκιρτήσατε)
See Luke 1:41, Luke 1:44. Compare Matthew, be exceeding glad (ἀγαλλιἄσθε: see on 1 Peter 1:6).
Their fathers
But woe unto you that are rich! for ye have received your consolation.
These woes are not noted by Matthew.
Have received (ἀπέχετε)
In Matthew 6:5, Matthew 6:16, the Rev. has properly changed "they have their reward" to "they have received." The verb, compounded of ἀπό, off or from, and ἔχω, lo have, literally means to have nothing left to desire. Thus in Philippians 4:18, when Paul says, "I have all things (ἀπέχω πάντα)," he does not mean merely an acknowledgment of the receipt of the Church's gift, but that he is fully furnished. "I have all things to the full."
Consolation (παράκλησις)
From παρά, to the side of, and καλέω, to call or summon. Literally, a calling to one's side to help; and therefore entreaty, passing on into the sense of exhortation, and thence into that of consolatory exhortation; and so coming round to mean that which one is summoned to give to a suppliant - consolation. Thus it embodies the call for help, and the response to the call. Its use corresponds with that of the kindred verb παρακαλέω, to exhort or console. In its original sense of calling for aid the noun appears in the New Testament only in 2 Corinthians 8:4 : with much entreaty. The verb appears frequently in this sense, rendered beseech, pray (Matthew 8:34; Matthew 14:36; Mark 1:40; Mark 5:12, etc.). In the sense of consolation or comfort the noun occurs in Luke 2:25; Luke 6:24; 2 Corinthians 1:3; 2 Corinthians 7:4; Plm 1:7. The verb, in Matthew 2:18; Matthew 5:4 :; Luke 16:25; 2 Corinthians 1:4. In some instances, however, the meaning wavers between console and exhort. In the sense of exhortation or counsel, the noun may be found in Acts 13:15; Romans 12:8; Hebrews 13:22. The verb, in Acts 2:40; Acts 11:23; Acts 14:22; Romans 12:8; Titus 2:15. Neither the noun nor the verb appear in the writings of John, but the kindred word παράκλητος the Paraclete, Comforter, or Advocate, is peculiar to him. On this word, see on John 14:16. It should be noted, however, that the word comfort goes deeper than its popular conception of soothing. It is from the later Latin confortare, to make strong. Thus Wycliffe renders Luke 1:80, "the child waxed, and was comforted in spirit" (A. V., waxed strong); and Tyndale, Luke 22:43, "there appeared an angel from heaven comforting him" (A. V., strengthening). The comfort which Christ gives is not always soothing. The Holy Spirit, the Comforter, is to convince of sin and of judgment. Underlying the word is the sense of a wise counsel or admonition which rouses and braces the moral nature and encourages and strengthens it to do and to endure. When, therefore, Christ says "they that mourn shall be comforted," he speaks in recognition of the fact that all sorrow is the outcome of sin, and that true comfort is given, not only in pardon for the past, but in strength to fight and resist and overcome sin. The atmosphere of the word, in short, is not the atmosphere of the sick-chamber, but the tonic breath of the open world, of moral struggle and victory; the atmosphere for him that climbs and toils and fights.
Woe unto you that are full! for ye shall hunger. Woe unto you that laugh now! for ye shall mourn and weep.
Mourn and weep (πενθήσετε καὶ κλαύσετε)
Woe unto you, when all men shall speak well of you! for so did their fathers to the false prophets.
Well (καλῶς).
Handsomely, fairly.
But I say unto you which hear, Love your enemies, do good to them which hate you,
Which hear
With the sense of hearing in order to heed: giving heed. Compare Matthew 11:15.
Bless them that curse you, and pray for them which despitefully use you.
And unto him that smiteth thee on the one cheek offer also the other; and him that taketh away thy cloke forbid not to take thy coat also.
Cheek (σιαγόνα)
Lit., the jaw. The cheek is παρειά. The blow intended is not, therefore, a mere slap, but a heavy blow; an act of violence rather than of contempt.
Taketh away (αἴροντος)
Lit., taketh up, lifteth.
Cloke - coat
See on Matthew 5:40.
Give to every man that asketh of thee; and of him that taketh away thy goods ask them not again.
Every one
Peculiar to Luke. Augustine remarks, "omni petenti, non omnia petenti; give to every one that asks, but not everything he asks."
Asketh (αἰτοῦντι)
See on Matthew 15:23. Compare Matthew 5:42.
Ask again (ἀπαίτει)
Only here and Luke 12:20. Used in medical language of diseases demanding or requiring certain treatment.
And as ye would that men should do to you, do ye also to them likewise.
For if ye love them which love you, what thank have ye? for sinners also love those that love them.
What thank (ποία)?
What kind of thanks? Not what is your reward, but what is its quality ? On thanks (χάρις), see on Luke 1:30.
And if ye do good to them which do good to you, what thank have ye? for sinners also do even the same.
And if ye lend to them of whom ye hope to receive, what thank have ye? for sinners also lend to sinners, to receive as much again.
Lend (δανείζετε)
Properly, at interest.
Sinners (οἱ ἁμαρτωλοὶ)
The article marks them as a class. So, often in New Testament, as when classed with publicans.
Not φιλοῦσι, which implies an instinctive, affectionate attachment, but ἀγαπῶσιν, of a sentiment based on judgment and calculation, which selects its object for a reason. See further, on John 21:15-17. Tynd., the very sinners love their lovers.
But love ye your enemies, and do good, and lend, hoping for nothing again; and your reward shall be great, and ye shall be the children of the Highest: for he is kind unto the unthankful and to the evil.
Hoping for nothing again (μηδὲν ἀπελπίζοντες)
A later Greek word, only here in New Testament, and meaning originally to give up in despair, a sense which is adopted by some high authorities, and by Rev., never despairing. Luke was familiar with this sense in the Septuagint. Thus Isaiah 29:19, "The poor among men (οἱ ἀπηλπισμένοι τῶν ἀνθρώπων) shall rejoice." So in Apocrypha, 2 Maccabees 9:18, "despairing of his health;" Judith 9:11, "A saviour of them that are without hope (ἀπηλπισμένων). According to this, the sense here is, "do good as those who consider nothing as lost." The verb and its kindred adjective are used by medical writers to describe desperate cases of disease.
Children of the Highest (υἱοὶ ὑψίστου)
Rev., rightly, sons. Compare Matthew 5:45, Matthew 5:48.
Kind (χρηστός)
See on Matthew 11:30.
Be ye therefore merciful, as your Father also is merciful.
Merciful (οἰκτίρμονες)
See on James 5:11.
Judge not, and ye shall not be judged: condemn not, and ye shall not be condemned: forgive, and ye shall be forgiven:
Forgive (ἀπολύετε)
Lit., release. So Rev., Christ exhorts to the opposite of what he has just forbidden: "do not condemn, but release." Compare Luke 22:68; Luke 23:16, Luke 23:17.
Give, and it shall be given unto you; good measure, pressed down, and shaken together, and running over, shall men give into your bosom. For with the same measure that ye mete withal it shall be measured to you again.
Pressed down (πεπιεσμένον)
Only here in New Testament. A common medical term for pressing strongly on a part of the body, and opposed to ψαύειν, to touch gently.
Shaken together, running over
Bengel says, "Pressed down, as dry articles; shaken together, as soft goods; running over, as liquids." But this is fanciful and incorrect. The allusion in every case is to a dry measure; and the climax in the three participles would be destroyed by Bengel's interpretation.
Bosom (τὸν κόλπον)
The gathered fold of the wide upper garment, bound together with the girdle, and thus forming a pouch. In the Eastern markets at this day vendors may be seen pouring the contents of a measure into the bosom of a purchaser. In Ruth 3:15, Boaz says to Ruth, "Bring the vail (the mantle, so Rev., Old Testament), that thou hast upon thee, and hold it (hold it open): and he measured six measures of barley into it." Compare Isaiah 65:7, "I will measure their former work into their bosom; also Jeremiah 32:18. In Acts 27:39, the word is used of a bay in a beach, forming a bend in the land like the hollow of a robe. Similarly, the Latin sinus means both the hanging, baggy bosom of a robe and a bay.
And he spake a parable unto them, Can the blind lead the blind? shall they not both fall into the ditch?
Can the blind (μήτι δυναται τυφλὸς)?
The interrogative particle expects a negative reply. Surely the blind cannot, etc.
Lead (ὁδηγεῖν)
Better, guide, as Rev., since the word combines the ideas of leading and instructing.
Shall they not (οὐχὶ)?
Another interrogative particle, this time expecting an affirmative answer.
The disciple is not above his master: but every one that is perfect shall be as his master.
Perfect (κατηρτισμένος)
Rev., rendering the participle more literally, perfected. See on Matthew 4:21. The word signifies to readjust, restore, set to rights, whether in a physical or a moral sense. See 1 Corinthians 1:10, where Paul exhorts to be perfectly joined together (κατηρτισμένοι) in opposition to being divided. In Galatians 6:1, it is used of restoring a brother taken in a fault. Hence the meaning to perfect, as Ephesians 4:12. Used in medical language of setting a bone or joint.
And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but perceivest not the beam that is in thine own eye?
Beholdest (βλέπεις) - considerest (κατανοεῖς) - mote (καρφος) - beam (δοκὸν)
Either how canst thou say to thy brother, Brother, let me pull out the mote that is in thine eye, when thou thyself beholdest not the beam that is in thine own eye? Thou hypocrite, cast out first the beam out of thine own eye, and then shalt thou see clearly to pull out the mote that is in thy brother's eye.
"Expressing the pretence of fraternal duty. To this is opposed 'Thou hypocrite!'" (Bengel).
Let me east out (ἄφες ἐκβάλω)
with a studied courtesy: allow me to east out.
See clearly to cast out
For a good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit; neither doth a corrupt tree bring forth good fruit.
A good tree bringeth not forth corrupt fruit (οὐ ἐστιν δένδρον καλὸν ποιοῦν καρπὸν σαπρόν)
Rev., more correctly, there is no good tree that bringeth, etc. Σαπρόν, corrupt, is etymologically akin to σήπω, in James 5:2 : "Your riches are corrupted." The word means rotten, stale.
Rev., nor again. The A. V. omits again (πάλιν, on the other hand).
For every tree is known by his own fruit. For of thorns men do not gather figs, nor of a bramble bush gather they grapes.
Bramble-bush (βάτου)
Matthew has τριβολῶν, thistles. The word occurs only once outside of Luke's writings, in Mark 12:26, where it is used as the familiar title of a section of the Pentateuch. Luke also uses it in the same way (Luke 20:37). He was doubtless acquainted with it medicinally, as it was extensively used by ancient physicians. Galen has a chapter on its medicinal uses, and the medical writings abound in prescriptions of which it is an ingredient. Galen also has a saying similar to our Lord's: "A farmer could never make a bramble bear grapes." It is the word employed by the Septuagint for the bush out of which God spoke to Moses.
Grapes (σταφυλὴν)
Lit., a cluster of grapes.
A good man out of the good treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is good; and an evil man out of the evil treasure of his heart bringeth forth that which is evil: for of the abundance of the heart his mouth speaketh.
And why call ye me, Lord, Lord, and do not the things which I say?
Whosoever cometh to me, and heareth my sayings, and doeth them, I will shew you to whom he is like:
I will shew you to whom he is like
Peculiar to Luke. See on Matthew 7:24.
He is like a man which built an house, and digged deep, and laid the foundation on a rock: and when the flood arose, the stream beat vehemently upon that house, and could not shake it: for it was founded upon a rock.
Digged deep (ἔσκαψεν καὶ ἐβάθυνεν)
The A. V. regards the two words as a strong expression of a single idea; but the idea is twofold: he dug (through the sand), and deepened down into the solid rock. So Rev., rightly, he digged and went deep.
The flood (πλημμύρας)
There is no article: a flood. The word occurs in Luke only, and only in this passage. As a medical term it is used of excess of fluids in the body: flooding.
Beat vehemently (προσέῤῥηξεν)
Rev., more literally, brake. Used by physicians of a rupture of the veins. It occurs only here and Luke 6:49. Matthew has προσέκοψαν, beat.
But he that heareth, and doeth not, is like a man that without a foundation built an house upon the earth; against which the stream did beat vehemently, and immediately it fell; and the ruin of that house was great.
Upon the earth without a foundation
Matthew, upon the sand. The two men are conceived as alike selecting a spot where the sand overlies the rock. The one builds directly upon the sand, the other digs through and down into the rock.
It fell (ἔπεσεν).
But the best texts read συνέπεσεν, fell together, collapsed. Rev., fell in. Only here in New Testament. In medical language used of the falling-in of parts of the body. Thus Hippocrates, "the temples fallen in: the limb quickly collapses or shrivels." Matthew uses the simple verb ἔπεσεν, fell.
Ruin (ῥῆγμα)
Lit., breaking. Only here in New Testament. A medical term for a laceration or rupture. Matthew has πτῶσις, the fall.
Vincent's Word Studies, by Marvin R. Vincent [1886].
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The prosaic answer is that every second year or so I am overdue for a solid break from the hustle and bustle of the everyday world all around me. And -conveniently- by that time I have forgotten most of the black flies and mosquitos too. I also like to see the one or other place with my own eyes. To see how drab the Dismal Lakes, how bleak the Barren Lands really are.
Before heading farther west, let's eddy out for a few moments and ponder this question: Why the Heck do we do this?
Why do some people undertake long canoe journeys. Everyone who undertakes a long voyage, no matter what the means of transportation, shares similar challenges and rewards. There is the mixture of thrill, fear and excitement of entering the unknown.
This is as true for the modern canoeist equipped with maps and Geographic Positioning Systems (GPSs), as it was for Mackenzie, although the uncertainties Mackenzie faced would seem overwhelmingly daunting to us mollycoddled modern explorers. All explorers and adventurers also share, I believe, a selfish, egotistical desire to experience places and feelings that most other people don't, either through choice or circumstance. They (and I'm chagrined to say that I include myself in this group) see themselves as apart from most others. Not superior, but different, and a little bit privileged. Speaking for myself, I feel that I have experienced through my canoe trips beauty and feelings of well-being that have been so complete, so satisfying, that I have felt close to God. This gives me a strong sense of self, of accomplishment, meaning, purpose, identity, and, yes, it makes me feel just a little bit above the crowd. But I also know that others achieve these same feelings through others activities and passions. Canoeing is just my route to the same place.
There's more. The biggest part of any adventure is, as the famous epithet says, not the destination, but the journey. To be a truly satisfying journey, it MUST involve physical discomfort, deprivation, extreme exertion, and elements of DANGER (real or imagined). That is why driving to the top of a mountain doesn't pack the same sense of satisfaction as climbing there. A road takes away all the key elements of adventure — danger (although it could be argued that driving is the most dangerous activity we undertake, but we all share this danger, so that negates its value), physical exertion, deprivation, and hardship. Although the same beautiful view is there at the mountaintop, the value of the view is diminished if we drive there. The thrill is gone, at least for me, for Mackenzie, and for many others like us.
Big journeys are exclamation points in our mundane little lives. Completing them, or just surviving them, gives us memories we use to define, or redefine ourselves. I am a canoe tripper, a voyageur in training. I look back on my canoe journeys, and look forward to more, with happiness and not just a little bit of pride. The value of any canoe trip grows in proportion to the effort expended, the danger involved, the challenges overcome, and the deprivation endured. I'm not sure which of these is most important. It depends on the individual circumstances and the state of mind of the paddler. But if we were to take a survey of everyone who has goes repeatedly on long canoe journeys, when the talk runs high in the local tavern, it focuses mainly on ...c'mon, reader, take a guess: The beauty of the northern sky at night, the terror of listening to a grizzly bear snuffle around your tent, the bone-wrenching weariness during a day of repeated portages, or the thrill and satisfaction of eating French fries, followed by apple pie (made with canned pie filling) and ice cream at a greasy spoon restaurant at the end of the trip. My bet would be on the last.
All canoe trippers thrive on deprivation. I am not a masochist. I don't actually enjoy being wet and cold and weary. I don't like putting on frozen shoes and gloves in the morning. I don't like rationing my Mars bars, eating one-quarter of a Mars bar when my body craves a 12-pack. But a little deprivation makes the value of things we take for granted increase exponentially, which makes life a very thrilling, rich experience indeed. A hot cup of coffee, an entire Mars bar, a dry sleeping bag...ecstasy. Kings and Queens could know no greater happiness. You just don't know what'cha got 'til you don't have it.
I can't resist telling you about an experience, one of those epiphanies of life, that happened to me many years ago, on my way home from a 75-day canoe trip in the western Arctic . I was on a flight from Inuvik to Yellowknife , back in the days when passengers were treated really well. The flight attendant (they called them stewardesses in those by-gone days) offered all the passengers complimentary coffee with liqueur, which she called "fancy coffee", and a Mars bar. I was reveling in my good fortune, dipping the Mars bar in the coffee, and licking the melted chocolate, then taking a sip of coffee. Each sip and lick was bordering on orgasmic. Then, fingers firmly tapping on my shoulder broke into reverie. "Sir", said the flight attendant impatiently, "you'll have too put up your tray and finish your coffee".
"Why", I asked, blinking like someone had hit me in the nose.
"Because we're landing in Yellowknife ".
I looked around at the other passengers. Not a sign of coffee or Mars bars. Trays up. Seat belts fastened. I had been enjoying this treat for over an hour. If only we would relish all life has to offer us like that, how rich life would be. Perhaps that is the goal, and the motivation, of eastern mystics. To experience the joy in small, everyday things is a darn good reason to keep on going out into the wilderness. Not the only reason, but a darn good one.
Perhaps Sir William Logan, the founder of the Geological Survey of Canada in 1842 and one of Canada 's most renowned scientists, best stated why people go on long canoe trips: "I have dined with lords and ladies, chatted with Queen Victoria , and have been formally received by the Emperor Napoleon III. Yet my most cherished memories come...from a leaky tent, a bark canoe...and the vast and mysterious wilderness of Canada ." Right on, Sir William, except for the bit about the leaky tent.
But let's get back to those crazy mad fools who paddle across continents, for whatever reason. Mackenzie was the first European to reach the Pacific travelling overland by canoe and foot. He and his party hiked the last 215 miles) following a traditional native trading path over the Coast Ranges from the Fraser River . The path was established for the eulachan trade. Eulachan, or candlefish, is an oily fish that lives in the Pacific. The oil was a valuable trading item for oil-poor inland tribes. Today, we'd build a pipeline and pump the eulachan inland.
Mackenzie's route to the Pacific was so difficult that it seems few followed it, especially his route over the Continental Divide. But we are a species driven to explore, and it wasn't long before others were pushing their way to the Pacific. Their obvious motivation, like Mackenzie's, was wealth, control and empire building. But in their hearts, they were explorers.


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Perhaps more than any other Rochester neighborhood, The Neighborhood of the Arts (NOTA) projects an unmistakable metropolitan vibe. The wall to wall art and culture of the neighborhood includes an extensive list of attractions including ARTWalk, Village Gate Square, Rochester Museum and Science Center, The Auditorium Theatre, The Strasenburgh Planetarium, The George Eastman Museum, Colors Film Studios, and the Memorial Art Gallery— to name just a few. The turn-of-the century mansions which line the streets are neighbor to the city's finest restaurants, cafes, bakeries, gift shops and a wide array of art studios and galleries– most of which are within a one block radius of School 31. One of the very best ways to experience NOTA is along ARTWalk. This award-winning re-design of the neighborhood's main thoroughfare features an infusion of the neighborhood with homegrown public art. In 2010, funding from the National Endowment of the Arts was used to expand ARTWalk to include it's new centerpiece, Centennial Sculpture Park. The Sculpture Park is truly a masterpiece and it sits directly across the street from School 31– making it perfectly viewable from most of our lofts. The park is home to plenty of street art and summertime musical performances. Another of NOTA's attractions is its one-of-a-kind architecture. From creations by Frank Lloyd Wright, to the breathtaking Memorial Art Gallery, to the 19th century Flatiron Building, NOTA's architecture has become a magnet for visitors from New York and beyond. One of the most notable attractions in NOTA is the world-famous George Eastman Museum. Being the original home of the Eastman Kodak Company, the turn-of-the-century Colonial Revival mansion and its stunning gardens welcome thousands of visitors annually from all around the globe. The George Eastman Museum is not only the oldest, but it is widely regarded as the finest photography and film museum in the world. The museum holds unparalleled collections in the arenas of photography, cinema, and photographic and cinematographic technology. It also boasts the world's premier cinematic and photographic library. The Museum is respected the world over as the leader in film preservation and photographic conservation. Guided tours of the historic estate and gardens are available to the public daily. The tours showcase the many exhibits and archives as well as hands-on workshops on historic and alternative photographic processes. Being associated with the legendary Eastman School of Music, t he museum also hosts musical performances weekly as well as frequent talks by house experts as well as visiting artists and scholars. The George Eastman Museum is home to the majestic 535-seat Dryden Theater. Steeped in cinema history and prominence, the Dryden hosts over 300 film events per year– many of which are open to the public and feature Hollywood A-list guests. The George Eastman Museum is on the prestigious National Historic Landmarks registry and is just a very short (and quite beautiful) walk from School 31. Just a short walk away from the Eastman Museum is Village Gate Square on North Goodman Street. Once home to a Chiclets gum factory in the early 20th century, today's Village Gate is an eclectic combination of cafes, restaurants, bars, retail shops, whimsical art, a cozy courtyard and much more. Village Gate is less than a one block walk from School 31 along ARTWalk. Art is the cornerstone of NOTA, and NOTA's art is anchored by the Memorial Art Gallery and Colors Studios. The Memorial Art Gallery's unparalleled collections have been called "a journey through 5,000 years of art" and those collections attract fine art connoisseurs from all around the globe. The Memorial Art Gallery is situated directly adjacent to School 31 and most of our lofts offer full panoramic views of the gallery's spectacular 14-acre campus. Colors Studios is located within School 31 and is the home to a national television sit-com. NOTA's list of art and cultural landmarks continues to grow with the addition of many new theater houses, production houses, and art education venues. Many of these installations are housed in repurposed historical buildings. In contrast, NOTA is proud to be a hub of industry and manufacturing. The monumental and historic Gleason Works, the world's largest gear-making manufacturer, stretches nearly a quarter of a mile along University Avenue. Along with its every day attractions, events such as Anderson Alley Artists, and the world-famous Clothes Line Festival bring countless thousands of people to NOTA. We at School 31 invite you to experience this unique and inspirational slice of geography for yourself!

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One day Hue City Tour provided by VM Travel that includes a visit to the majestic Minh Mang Tomb, serene Thien Mu Pagoda, a dragon boat ride on the Perfume River and a visit to the Kite Making village to learn how to make your own colorful and enormous kite.
This picturesque Golden Bridge at the top of the Ba Na Hills that overlooks the city of Danang is a definite must-see and must-experience in Vietnam. Join our tour to explore it from Chan May port.


Author Nick Katsoris will be joined by Ernie Anastos, Olympia Dukakis, Alexis Christoforous, Frank Dicopoulos, Nick Gregory and Constantine Maroulis, for a reading of his new picture book, Loukoumi and the Schoolyard Bully. Fun for all ages.
Constantine will be performing on November 11, 2013 at "Rockers On Broadway".


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  // True if the value is within the range
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As most hospitals are aware, the Federal False Claims Act (FCA) allows individuals (relators) to bring civil actions in federal court on behalf of the relator and the Federal government for alleged violations of the substantive provisions of the FCA. These actions are in addition to other civil and criminal sanctions available to the Federal government. Such violations typically involve alleged liability for knowingly presenting false or otherwise deficient claims for Medicare, Medicaid or other government program reimbursement. Claims have been found to be false when the healthcare services provided were medically unnecessary, contravened various regulations or when the quality of medical care provided was substandard. Several courts have also allowed claims alleging false certifications by hospitals and other providers of compliance with Medicare anti-kickback and self-referral rules. FBT attorneys have represented hospitals and physicians in such cases in Federal and State courts.


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You Can Save Up to $50 On a New Fitbit
Here's how to score the deal.
By Louis Baragona
When you're looking for a new Fitbit, you probably get stuck on one very important question: where to begin? If you're tend to be a bit indecisive, it can be a confusing matter.
When it comes to Fitbit's models, there are plenty of options. No matter how indecisive you may be or how many steps you take, having options is never really a bad thing per se. Price tends to be a major factor in narrowing the playing field and weeding out the possibilities, but Amazon is now making it possible to eliminate budget concerns from holding you back in the search for a new fitness tracker from Fitbit.
Now you don't need to worry about the cost when wondering where exactly to begin with your Fitbit quest. You can solely focus on choosing based on which one is best for you. That's the beauty of options.
If you're into the simple, straightforward, classic models, the Fitbit Charge 2 has earned rave reviews for its ability to track the heart rate and provide information while remaining clear and concise. Currently, Amazon is offering the highly-rated Charge 2 for 20 percent off its original price, making it a deal worth raving about.
If you're looking for a smaller, more subtle Fitbit, the Alta is your best bet. It not only works when you're up and at 'em, it also functions during sleep to track things like REM and restlessness. Perfect excuse for a nap. You'll sleep tight knowing you paid $30 less than the original price.
Just in case your personal trainer or go-to workout partner isn't available, the Ionic model provides users with step-by-step coaching. It also has the ability to store Pandora playlists and the space to download, store, and play over 300 songs, as well as apps. At $50 less than the original price, it's definitely on track to become your new best friend.
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Cajun goodness is yours with a quickness in this recipe idea from Johnsonville. This satisfying gumbo has all the great authentic flavors of a traditional gumbo in only thirty minutes! Johnsonville Andouille Sausage provides all the important flavors to bring this dish to life. Serve with Uncle Ben's Ready Rice for a quick and easy way to spice up your next meal.


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Tika, nome artístico de Marina Ignatti Casonato (Rio Claro, 12 de Julho de 1989), é uma cantora, compositora e multi-instrumentista brasileira. Destacou-se inicialmente com um show-tributo em que homenageava as bandas Secos & Molhados e Os Mutantes, apresentação que ficou 3 anos em cartaz.

Formou-se em Música pela Universidade Federal de São Carlos e em Canto Popular pelo Conservatório de Tatuí. Em seguida, em 2012, mudou-se para São Paulo para iniciar sua carreira como cantora.

Em 2014 lançou seu EP homônimo, que conta com parcerias de Pupillo e Pipo Pegoraro.

Em 2017 lançou seu primeiro álbum, "Unwritable", pela gravadora YB Music. O álbum, que transita entre a bossa nova e o pop, conta com participações de Otto, Romulo Fróes e Kika. Fez diversos shows em apoio ao álbum em parceria com Otto, Rodrigo Campos e Pipo Pegoraro. "Unwritable" foi destaque em grandes veículos da mídia nacional, como Revista Bravo, Vogue, Estadão e Cultura Livre. "Unwritable" é um álbum inteiramente autoral.

Em 2019, lançou um single em parceria com Kika, intitulado "Onda De Amor". Com Kika, João Leão e Igor Caracas, forma a banda Passarim30, que presta um tributo a Tom Jobim. No mesmo ano lançou o EP "Nós", fruto de uma turnê solo que passou por Brasil e Portugal.

Em 2020 lançou seu primeiro clipe, para a faixa "Nós".

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Referências

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Isn't this tool holder stamp adorable? It's colored with Copic markers. The strip right behind it is done with alcohol ink in ginger which closely matches the brown Copic marker on the cup.
Gorgeous card and very nice work.
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See life through an artists eyes.
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Wildfires are burning all over Washington state, covering much of it with a thick cloud of smoke that blankets everything below with ash, climate scientist Cliff Mass wrote in a blog post Tuesday.
Air quality and visibility in Washington state are the worst they have been in at least a generation, according to the University of Washington atmospheric science professor.
The Washington Department of Ecology tweeted a picture of the state almost completely covered in smoke.
Conditions are bad enough that schools have begun cutting classes short in Seattle or canceling entirely because of the smoke, the Associated Press reports.
The atmosphere around Seattle has fluctuated between "unhealthy" and "hazardous" by standards used by the National Weather Service. The air is expected to remain toxic until at least Thursday, according to The Spokesman-Review.
Washington was surrounded by 11 major fires burning inside and outside the state Tuesday morning. These wildfires, along with dozens of smaller blazes, are to blame for the massive, rolling cloud of smoke covering the state, Washington's The Spokesman-Review reports.
In Washington state alone, five fires have burned around 218 square miles. Over Washington's eastern border in Montana, another five fires have burned an even larger area of about 319 square miles. One more fire in western Oregon has burned about 16 square miles, according to multiple media outlets.
Together, the 11 largest fires burning in and around Washington have covered an area 553 miles, nearly 40 square miles greater than the size of Phoenix, Arizona.
High temperatures and dry atmosphere in Washington created a favorable climate for recent wildfires, prompting Washington Democratic Gov. Jay Inslee to issue a state of emergency Saturday.
Wildfires already incinerating the state combined with the risk of more popping up at any moment threatens to overwhelm Washington's already strained resources, The Seattle Times reports.


Cross My Heart 16 is a single design from the Cross My Heart design set. After many requests we are proud to release our Cross My Heart Set. This variety of crosses will be wonderful for all sorts of projects with religious themes.


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US Supreme Court will decide whether Title VII prohibits discrimination based on (1) sexual orientation and (2) transgender status
April 22, 2019 by Ross Runkel in Discrimination, US Supreme Court
The United States Supreme Court is going to be deciding two big Title VII cases (1) involving sexual orientation and (2) involving transgender status. The announcement was made on April 22, 2019.
The question in both cases is whether Title VII applies to these cases because Title VII talks about discrimination "because of sex."
In the sexual orientation case — Altitude Express v. Zarda [briefs] — which is really a consolidation of two cases, we had two men who allege they were fired because they were gay. One of the lower courts said — Yes, that violates Title VII because sexual orientation discrimination is just a subset of sex discrimination. In the other case the court said — No, Title VII does not apply at all.
In the transgender case — R.G. & G.R. Harris Funeral Homes Inc. v. EEOC [briefs] — we have a funeral director who was working as a male and wanted to transition to becoming a female and wear women's clothes. And the boss said — No, we're going to fire you because wearing women's clothes would violate our dress code, and it would violate God's commandments.
These two big cases will be argued in the fall of 2019 and decided sometime in 2020.
I would urge the Court to make an analogy to discrimination "because of … religion." If an employer treats a Catholic married to a Jew differently than a Catholic married to a Catholic, it seems that would be discrimination "based on religion." If an employer treats a Catholic transitioning to becoming a Jew differently from a Catholic who remains a Catholic, it seems that would be discrimination "based on religion." What am I missing?
April 22, 2019 /Ross Runkel
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Russian proposal for nuclear fuel leasing and recycling
At the recent World Nuclear Fuel Cycle conference in Abu Dhabi, a new concept of nuclear fuel leasing was publicly proposed, writes Ian Hore-Lacy.
The leasing concept has been nebulous, but essentially means that the uranium supplier retains ownership right through to accepting back the high-level wastes, relieving the utility of any responsibility for those wastes. For several years the Khlopin Institute in Russia has been developing for Tenex a new fuel recycling model. REMIX (from Regenerated Mixture) fuel is produced directly from a non-separated mix of recycled uranium and plutonium from reprocessing used fuel, with a low-enriched uranium (LEU, up to 17% U-235) make-up comprising about 20% of the mix. This gives fuel initially with about 1% Pu-239 and 4% U-235 which can sustain burn-up of 50 GWd/t over four years.
The used REMIX fuel is then reprocessed and recycled again, after low-enriched uranium top up. The wastes (fission products and minor actinides) are vitrified, as today from reprocessing for MOX, and stored for geological disposal. REMIX-fuel can be repeatedly recycled with 100% core load in current VVER-1000 reactors, and correspondingly reprocessed many times - up to five times according to Tenex, so that with less than three fuel loads in circulation a reactor could run for 60 years using the same fuel, with LEU recharge and waste removal on each cycle. As with MOX, the use of REMIX fuel reduces consumption of natural uranium in reactors by about 20% at each recycle as compared with open fuel cycle. REMIX can serve as a replacement for existing reactor fuel, though fuel fabrication will be more costly due to high activity levels.
REMIX will give a saving in used fuel storage and disposal costs compared with once-through fuel cycle, matched by the reprocessing cost, though this is expected to reduce. Compared with MOX cycle it has the virtue of not giving rise to any accumulation of reprocessed uranium (RepU) or allowing any separated plutonium. The increasing concentrations of even isotopes of both elements is compensated by the fresh uranium top-up, presumably at increasing enrichment levels. Rosatom plans to load experimental REMIX fuel assemblies into Balakovo unit 3 in June, subject to a Rostechnadzor licence.
Tenex suggests this as a form of fuel leasing from a supplier to a utility, with repeated recycle between them. While the concept is initially for both power plant and fuel cycle set-up in Russia, it can be applied to a power plant in another country, with the utility paying for both enriched uranium top-up and disposal of vitrified waste in Russia as well as the processing. A further extension of the model, in line with tentative findings of the South Australian Royal Commission on the Nuclear Fuel Cycle, is if that utility wanted to acquire uranium from Australia with the benefit of being able to send its high-level wastes for disposal in Australia (valued at about $1.3 million per tonne), an Australian entity could own the uranium throughout the whole REMIX cycle and also the eventual vitrified high-level wastes. In this case Russia (or France, the UK or Japan) simply handles reprocessing, enrichment of fresh uranium, and fuel fabrication, all on some toll basis.
The final report of the SA Royal Commission is due by 6 May, and it is clear that high-level waste storage and disposal will be a significant part of this, along with some way of relating this activity to Australia's role as a significant uranium supplier. Any involvement in the front end of the fuel cycle beyond mining has already been rejected. After a few months of public discussion the state government will respond to the Royal Commission later in the year.
Ian Hore-Lacy
Comments? Please send them to editor@world-nuclear-news.org
Ian Hore-Lacy is a Senior Research Analyst with the World Nuclear Association. One of the WNA's longest serving staffers, Ian is the author of the organisation's Information Library.
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After welcoming a baby to your home, you must make some changes to protect the child from potential dangers. It is better to begin updating your home before your baby can crawl because children are notorious for getting into things that are dangerous. Fortunately, it is easy to find the things required to protect your child at nearby or online stores.
You can no longer store medications or cleaning products in easy to reach locations because infants and toddlers don't understand how dangerous these things are. Find special containers that have childproof locks for storing any type of medication, including aspirin or antacids. Keep this container in a location such as the top shelf of a bedroom or linen closet. For cleaning products, you should also keep the bottles out of reach by placing the items in the highest cabinets in your kitchen, and in addition, buy specialized locks so that you are the only one who can open these cabinets. Label potential poisons with "Mr Yuk" stickers to help your child recognize dangerous substances.
When you visit the baby department of a local store, look for stick-on adhesive cushioning devices that you can attach to the sharp corners of furniture. These protective devices are suitable for coffee tables, bookshelves or any type of furniture that has a sharp corner. While you are completing this chore, move any breakable glass or ceramic items from a baby's reach. You can store these items away until a child is older, or you can place the items on a shelf that is too high to reach.
You can also find plastic covers to push into electrical sockets that are located behind furniture. This is the type of location where your baby will crawl, and she might stick a toy or her finger into the socket, leading to an electrical shock. You should also protect electrical wires by winding the items up so that a baby can't touch or chew the items. To keep babies away from electrical outlets and wires, you can rearrange the furniture to make it difficult for an infant to get near the dangerous items.
According to ADT-GA, one of homeowners' biggest concerns is the potential for intruders to break in and steal possessions or harm their family. Today, there are more home invasions taking place, including incidences of kidnapping infants. You can buy home security devices to protect your baby, including burglary alarms and new locks for the windows or doors. It is also easier to have video surveillance cameras outside or inside your home, and you can have this type of system installed in your baby's nursery.
If you have firearms in your home, then don't keep the items in bedside nightstands or in bedroom closets. Make sure to have a lockable portable gun case for one firearm, or if you have multiple guns and rifles, then invest in a large gun safe that only you can open. According to CaveArmor, a study was conducted in 2006 on parental perceptions about children and firearms. There was a group of parents in the study who didn't believe their children knew where the guns were kept, but half of the kids knew the exact location of the guns and 22% of them had actually touched the guns. It is your job as a parent to teach your child about gun safety.
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"Worldfloat is not just a social networking platform. It is also a way for people to earn money up to Rs.10,000 through online competitions and contests by buying an online ticket of Rs.100," he said. The competition will be launched in a couple of weeks. "There is no other technology platform or website today that offers such a unique service and function capable of giving users money through gaming and competition" ..