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As part of a "future four" series of presentations on the hardware, software and services markets, IDC Canada vice-president of customer segments Jamie Sharp said technology vendors, whose products have largely been commoditized, need to look at deeper segmentation in their customer base. Most companies today are product-oriented and make only minor efforts to tailor their portfolio towards a specific industry. Other firms developed their technology product around a specific vertical, and attempt to grow out of a niche.
Segmentation means making more distinctions within established verticals and customizing products and service strategies appropriately, Sharp said. Although the government does more than 50 per cent of all Canadian IT spending, for example, Sharp showed bar charts which indicated vastly different priorities within the public sector. While 42 per cent of federal users recently told IDC electronic service delivery (ESD) was a critical area, only 12 per cent of municipalities have it on their radar.
Similarly, many vendors try to paint the financial services industry with a broad brush, but Sharp, who previously worked at TD Bank and Sun Life Financial, said insurance and capital market firms can be worlds apart from banks.
When IDC broke down its research into the sub-verticals, analysts discovered that 14 per cent of banks are planning to spend on core banking infrastructure such as data warehouse software, servers and storage. It was the first time since he'd started working as an analyst that core banking emerged as a priority, Sharp said.
Mark Perrella, vice-president of IDC Canada's technology group, said hardware such as volume servers are expected to see a 90 per cent growth rate this year, far surpassing client devices such as notebooks, which nonetheless are expected to grow 55 per cent. Overall, IDC is predicting a 4.3 per cent growth rate in hardware, creating a $14.7 billion market in 2006.
Technologies such as multi-core processing, virtualization and grid computing are helping to alleviate the uncertainty of many CIOs about compute cycles, he said. At the same time, the rise of the software-as-a-service (SaaS) model is addressing the concerns of customers who don't feel they are well-served by the traditional licences they have purchased.
No matter how vendors segment their products, they must still account for a knowledge gap that exists in many IT departments, said Tony Olvet, vice-president of IDC Canada's communications practice. In a recent survey, for example, only half of the IT managers who had implemented VoIP technologies knew what packet prioritization means, and 27 per cent of data network managers were not aware of multi-protocol label switching five years after it had been introduced.


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11. Adequate account records shall be maintained by the Executive Secretary with regard to the Foundation's accounts and assets, and the accounts shall be open to inspection by the President and Executive Committee.
12. The Foundation Committee may establish such bank account or accounts, either savings or checking, as it shall deem appropriate, and withdrawals from any such account shall be made upon such signature of the Chair of the Foundation Committee or his/her designee.
13. This document may be amended or revised only by a majority vote of the Executive Committee.
14. In the event any provision of this document is in conflict with the exemptions provided the FSSA by 501 (c) (3) of the Internal Revenue Code as amended, then that provision shall be void but the remaining provisions of this document shall remain in effect.
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Russian Accused of Massive Data Theft Extradited to U.S.
A Russian hacker accused of helping pull off the biggest theft yet of consumer bank data in the United States has been extradited to the U.S. to face charges, federal prosecutors said Friday.
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NEW YORK (AP) — A Russian hacker accused of helping pull off the biggest theft yet of consumer bank data in the United States has been extradited to the U.S. to face charges, federal prosecutors said Friday.
Russian national Andrei Tyurin was arrested by Georgian authorities to face charges he helped steal personal data of more than 80 million JP Morgan Chase customers in a massive hacking scheme uncovered by federal prosecutors three years ago, according to the Manhattan U.S. Attorney Geoffrey S. Berman. Tyurin is alleged to have participated in a global hacking ring that ran illegal Internet casinos and payment processors and targeted the publisher of The Wall Street Journal and brokers such as E-Trade and Scottrade.
Phone calls to Tyurin's attorney were not immediately returned.
In an indictment unsealed Friday, Tyurin, 35, is charged with ten counts of conspiracy to commit computer hacking, securities fraud, illegal internet gambling, and wire and bank fraud, the latter which carries a maximum prison term of 30 years. He follows several others accused of participating in the sprawling hacking enterprise.
"As Americans increasingly turn to online banking, theft of online personal information can cause devastating effects on their financial wellbeing, sometimes taking years to recover," said U.S. prosecutor Berman. "Today's extradition marks a significant milestone for law enforcement in the fight against cyber intrusions targeting our critical financial institutions."
Federal prosecutors have previously named several alleged co-conspirators, including Israeli Gery Shalon and U.S. citizen Joshua Samuel Aaron.
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The first thing Lizzie does after getting out of prison is go on a shopping spree. That's understandable since she spent the last 10 years in prison. On the other hand, spending over $100 on lottery tickets isn't the wisest of decisions. She pushes a broke and very in debt Scott deeper in the hole. There's definitely a level of awkwardness going on as Scott and Lizzie's daughter compete for her attention on Love After Lockup.
Lizzie ignores Scott on Love After Lockup. 10 hours later, this leads to a fight. On the one hand it could be Lizzie taking advantage of her first full day of freedom. However, it also looks like she's taking full advantage of Scott as well. It's unknown at the moment what the future holds for these two, but things clearly get off to a rocky start.
Love After Lockup viewers are aware that Michael is playing two women. At this point in the season, neither of the women are aware of this. Just as Megan is about to board the plane to come see him, he tells her not to come. Viewers already know that the mother of Michael's baby, Sarah, is on her way to pick him up. Michael tells Megan that he has some things to take care of, but doesn't tell her anything more than that.
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Michael and his baby mama were married in prison. This adds another layer to the already seedy storyline. On top of this, Michael has a daughter. There are a lot of loose ends here and certainly a lot of lies.
At some point Michael's lies are exposed on Love After Lockup. It will be interesting to find out what happens on future episodes. As far as Lizzie goes, she mentions this week that she's already toning it down with Scott. If he's already insecure and having a hard time while she's toned down, he may not be able to handle her when things get turned up. Right now Scott looks more like her latest trick than her forever.
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The microelectronic sensors and mechanical systems built into smartphone cameras and other tiny electronic devices may soon evolve into microscopic, custom-printed versions designed as bionic body parts rather than smartphone components.
Engineering researchers at Tel Aviv University have developed a micro-printing process that can build microscopic microelectromechanical systems (MEMS) onto a flexible, non-toxic organic polymer designed for implantation in the human body.
Current-generation MEMS are typically found in the accelerometers in smartphones, or the tiny actuator motors that focus cell-phone camera lenses. Most are made from substrates based on silicon, and built using techniques common to semiconductor fabrication. The new process, as described in the journal Microelectronic Engineering, relies on an organic polymer that is hundreds of times more flexible than conventional materials used for similar purposes.
That flexibility not only makes the units easier to fit into the oddly shaped parts of a human body, it allows them to be made more sensitive to motion and energy-efficient. That alone would give a boost to the miniaturization of electronics, but the stretch and flex of the new materials could also serve as more comfortable and efficient replacements for current prosthetics that sense stimuli from an amputee's nervous system to power a prosthetic arm, for example, or operate a synthetic bladder. In the datacenter context, super-flexible and sensitive materials could help make the next generation of hardware more efficient.
The holdup right now is that the sensors and actuators have to be made out of materials less flexible than the polymer substrate, according to a Tel Aviv University announcement of the experiment. The next step is to print functioning sensors and actuators from the flexible polymer, which would allow for the production of complete, sophisticated integrated sensors, circuits and activators that could be as flexible as the skin and muscle in which they are embedded.
Coincidentally, researchers at the Leibniz Institute for Solid State and Materials Research in Dresden published a paper this week describing a technique that produces a micro-supercapacitor that is flexible, only nanometers thick, and can be used to create a power supply less than half a centimeter across.
Supercapacitors can store almost as much energy as a battery, but charge and discharge much more quickly, so they're a big advantage in microcircuit electronics. The cost of supercapacitors made from carbon or conducting polymers can be too high to be practical, but the German researchers found a way to vaporize manganese dioxide and allow it to precipitate onto thin bendy films embedded with thin layers of gold, to improve electrical conductivity.
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Neither development is likely to show up in the next Samsung smartphone, but neither is far from practicality, either. Both techniques could be used for either bionics or mobile systems as soon as efficient manufacturing techniques can be developed to incorporate them.
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Konstantin Samolovov is a Russian avant-garde drummer and co-founder of the Spina!Rec tape label whose outputs are often noted in these pages. Here he is teaming up with Alexey Sysoev, an electronics guy who we have heard performing with Denis Sorokin on a 2014 tape from that label. "Shabby, disorganised, and virtually unlistenable," was my verdict at the time. On Varietas (INTONEMA int026) we have two tracks recorded at the Dom Cultural Center in Moscow, with Samolovov rattling his objects and percussion while his radio set and voice recorder sometimes sneak in some stray vocal obligattoes in the background, while Sysoev is wringing the guts out of his set-up (mixing desk, Max/MSP, Ableton) with his unyielding, clasping digits.
This release is heavy going and at times felt like sheer purgatory…no rhythm, no patterns, no friendly sounds and few recognisable sources, and the surface sound is about as abrasive as a chewed crocodile hide. Even so I found myself caving in and surrendering to the unpleasantness of it all, admiring the way they keep going at it as if they were going five rounds with a greasy pig in the wrestling ring. I often have a soft spot for this kind of formless abstract music if the players are persistent enough with it (with similar escapades on the Public Guilt label, I find the musicians – many of them West Coast Americans – are just too willing to meet me halfway). This isn't to say Varietas is "uncompromising". That word was often used far too freely, especially in the 1990s, when writing about any improvising musician on an underground label, as if conferring some sort of moral high ground on their position. With Samolovov and Sorokin, I think it's just plain stubbornness; these guys won't budge, and keep on grinding away at this joyless, unrewarding task of music production, regardless of whether it means anything to an audience. Long after their original aim is forgotten, they still keep on doing it, going through the motions like disaffected badly-made robots.
The long track 'moto' is the more satisfying of the two in all respects; 25 minutes of rattling objects and electronic grunts set forth with the grim determination of a wrecking crew entering a deserted shopping mall. 'Cycle' is just too short even at 11 ½ minutes, and the playing feels tentative, full of uncertain gaps. The cover artwork deserves notice; sees to combine a photograph by Alexey Sysoev of men standing somewhere on the Steppes and regarding a bleak mountainscape view. This has been overlaid with a drawing by Alexandra Samolovoa, whose grey lines and pink blocks suggest the side of a gloomy apartment block. The total effect is to convey how lonely and separated we are in modern society, city life is a trap, and there is no possibility of escape or communication. Great! From 9th February 2018.


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Posted: August 10, 2015 in Ranting
Tags: Australian constitution, australian federal politics, MP entitlement, ripoff
It is not just our current crop of Federal pollies who are seemingly happy to keep rorting the entitlements system but we also have retired MPs clearly intent on keeping their snouts well and truly stuck in the entitlements trough.
Once an MP or Senator has served a minimum period in office, they qualify for a pretty generous pension scheme. This is a defined benefit scheme. I have also benefited by a defined benefit scheme when I was kicked out of the public service on invalidity. However the MP's equivalent leaves all other such schemes dead in the water behind them.
First of all they get a base pension of a generous proportion of their MP salary at the time of their leaving office, subject to ongoing indexation. But then the perks come in. It seems you can spend your political career dozing away on the backbenches somewhere and you still get access to additional benefits on top of the base pension. If you have held positions higher than backbench snoozer, you get more additional benefits. This is not just for former Ministers – hold any additional form of office such as Grand Tiddlywinker for an occasional weekend and the benefits keep adding up. And we are not just talking a token extra but often many thousands of dollars more. But trying to unravel what these extras are becomes something of a labyrinth. For example, retired-Prime Ministers have a lifetime public support for them to continue to run a professional office including staff. Then on top of that there is all the air travel. This used to be the unlimited Gold Ticket scheme where ex-pollies got to fly all over the country pretty much at will, all on the public teat. Back in 2002 this scheme was capped at 25 trips a year. In 2012 it was cut back to 10 trips a year. Still a generous handout in my opinion.
At long last, at a time when the Abbott government was telling us we all have to do some 'heavy lifting,' the token contribution by MPs was to see the Gold Ticket scrapped. The poor darlings.
Retired MPs have been making noise about cut backs to the scheme for a while now and four of them have now launched a bid in the High Court to not just get their snouts back in the trough but to improve the quality of the swill. Labor's Barry Cunningham, Tony Lamb and Barry Cohen and Liberal John Moore have gone to the Courts in what seems an absolutely outrageous greedy grab. Their pensions are set at a proportion of former salaries, indexed annually. But that isn't enough. They want their pensions permanently set at a proportion of what current MPs get. They want all the freebie air travel reinstated. And it is all being challenged as a constitutional matter with the Commonwealth having made 'an unlawful acquisition of their property'.
In other words, these ex-MPs believe they have a constitutional right to bleed us more and more. But their greed and outrageous behaviour gets worse. According to media reports, they had the phenomenal cheek to apply for financial assistance to fund their greedy grab.
In the wake of the Bronwyn Bishop saga, the stories keep coming out about outrageous travel by current MPs on both sides of the House. And while some Members are gleefully throwing mud, plenty of others are now suddenly going all bi-partisan, trying to keep a lid on just how disgusting their rip-offs have been. And now we have former MPs trying to get in on the act, wanting unfettered access to every buck, every perk and every damn thing they can get their grubby hands on, to the point of thinking that the public should fund their money grab.
Is it any wonder that people simply do not trust politicians as a class?
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The makers recently made the announcement with regards to the trailer of the film through a special video which features Ranbir Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Amitabh Bachchan, Mouni Roy and Telugu superstar Akkineni Nagarjuna.
The VFX-heavy special video shows Ranbir as Shiva and Alia as Isha as the two get caught up in a furious storm. It also presents key elements of the Ayan Mukerji directorial as it piques the interest of the audience with its visuals and the star-studded powerful line-up. The trailer announcement came on the occasion of 100 days to the film's release.
The film is the first part of a fantasy trilogy based on the mythology of Lord Shiva and the all-powerful Brahmastra. As per the official synopsis of the film, 'Brahmastra Part One: Shiva' is "a new original cinematic universe inspired by deeply rooted concepts and tales in Indian mythology but set in the modern world, with epic storytelling of fantasy, adventure, good vs evil, love and hope; all told using cutting edge technology and never-seen-before visual spectacles."
Presented by S.S. Rajamouli in Tamil, Telugu, Kannada and Malayalam, produced by Star Studios, Dharma Productions, Prime Focus and Starlight Pictures, the magnum opus will release theatrically on September 9 across 5 languages – Hindi, Tamil, Telugu, Malayalam, and Kannada with a stellar ensemble cast of Amitabh Bachchan, Ranbir Kapoor, Alia Bhatt, Mouni Roy and Nagarjuna Akkineni.
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We continue to be offered and/or find interesting selections to consider for the club. In fact, one of the offerings for March was inspired from an idea that came to us nearly a year ago when we were in Oregon. Took a couple months but we finally found what we were looking for!
Since we are "hidden" away inside the lobby of a building, we often don't get outside to gauge the weather. However, we have become very good at figuring out weather patterns via the change in wines that people are buying. This time of year starts to bring on the "outdoor" drinking wines. And that means a transition into Rosé and white wine with diverse characteristics. Perfect options to enjoy our great weather for just a bit longer, if you know what we mean.
Some of our favorite patio sippers are the diversely textured wines of Germany, Austria, and France. The white wines that come from these regions can turn a red wine drinker into a fan of white wine with ease. Take for instance the wines coming from Alsace, France – predominantly white varietals of varying complexity, and known primarily for the region's display of balanced mineral notes and refreshing nature. Alsace has many interesting varietals to offer. In fact, the AOC (Appellation d'Origine Contrôlée) is the only AOC to label according to varietal, which makes finding your Gewürztraminer, Pinot Blanc, or Auxerrois for the patio pretty easy!
Every now and then we throw our arms up and shake our heads at the continuously rising price of wines from Napa. That and the fight to make an impact amongst the rising prices by increasing the alcohol levels or displaying bigger and bigger fruit notes to gain recognition with consumers. BUT on occasion we come across a Napa producer that puts together a balanced, high quality product and agrees to support a one time price for our Wine Club. And there you have it, we are able to throw in a great drinking Napa blend of Cab, Zin, Merlot, and Petit Sirah that is under 14% ABV! EagleStone honors the bald eagle on its label, just as the indigenous tribes that were first to the Napa region did in petroglyphs. And just as the eagle soars high above with a watchful eye, so does EagleStone Winery in constant search for great fruit sources!
Nearly a year ago we were in Oregon and walked through rows and rows of Pinot Noir vitis vinifera. We made a stop at Bjornson Vineyards, and on top of one hill we came across a couple rows of Auxerrois. We looked at each other and both agreed it would be pretty cool to offer some Auxerrois in our club. Not actually thinking it possible since very little is planted, we put the thought aside… Until a few months ago! We had a visitor stop in from Adelsheim Vineyards, and we tasted through some of his wines that are Available in AZ. He then noticed some of our vine clippings from his neck of the woods in the Willamette Valley and mentioned that he has some Auxerrois available if we like those weird/different varietals. We told him about our club, samples were arranged, and voilà! We have some Auxerrois to share! Auxerrois of origin is from Alsace, France (Germany and Austria could make claims as well). There are some distinctions of Auxerrois Blanc and Aexerrois Gris that need to be paid attention to as the Blanc from certain regions of France is actually Chardonnay and the Gris is actually Pinot Gris. And in the Cahors region, Auxerrois can mean Malbec. This month's Auxerrois is an example of a few clones brought to Oregon from Alsace and is most closely related to Pinot Blanc. Beautiful notes of citrus and lower pronunciation of acid.
Inching closer to our cover story, one mention at a time. Thanks, @phxmagazine!


Are You Monitoring Your Website Traffic - If not, why not?
Not Monitoring your Website Traffic - Big Mistake!
Most business people are quite comfortable calculating the return on investment on a new product, a new real estate development, or perhaps a new piece of equipment in their plant. Are you measuring the return on investment in your website?
A necessary first step toward getting a hand on how valuable your website is to your organization is to check your site traffic.
If you are not monitoring your traffic you should be! There are a wealth of tools you can use (the most popular being Google Analytics - which is free) that will allow you to monitor a variety of statistics including number of site visitors, number of unique visits, where your visitors are coming from, and how they are moving through your site.
Back into your cost per visit by taking the cost of your website amortized over its useful life (time between replacement or upgrade), add in your monthly hosting cost or other cost such as certificates for SSL and unique IP addresses, and divide this number by your total number of visitors or unique visitors per month. This will give you the cost per visit. You may be surprised at how low this cost is -making your website much more valuable than you had thought!
Now that you know how many visitors are coming to your site and what that visit costs, it is time to make sure they find what they are looking for. That will be the subject of a future post or if you are impatient, please contact us for a site evaluation and recommendations.


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120 Film Square Slide Scanning
Our charge for scanning 120 format film in slide carriers such as the one to the right, is $2 per slide. They are scanned at 1200 ppi per slide. (Some people refer to these slides as 55mm.)
Click here for our 120 slide order form.
Please note that we do not develop your large or medium format 120 or 620 film (620 film was similar to 120 but had a "thinner" spool) for you.
120, 620 Medium Format Film:
A Brief History:
The Medium format film was created specifically for the Kodak Brownie cameras back in 1900-1901. It was a very simple camera that was basically, fixed focus and "point and shoot." It had a single shutter speed. The "Brownie" camera took its name from cartoon characters that were popular at the time depicting mischievous but good hearted elves.
Medium format means 120 and 220 size roll film. The film is on a spool rather than in a cassette.
Just about every emulsion from the major film companies was available in 120 film. Most were available in 220 as well. The difference between 120 and 220 film was that 220 was twice as long and therefore holds twice as many images as 120. The spool sizes were the same. What differs is that 120 film has a paper backing that runs the full length of the film. 220 film only has a paper leader. Thus more film can be wound in the same space with 220. If you have 35mm negative films that need to be scanned, please see our negative page.
120 film allows several frame sizes.
Metric size
1.35:1 56 × 41.5 15 or 16 30-32
1:1 56 × 56 12 or 13 24-27
1.25:1 56 × 70 10 21
1.37:1 56 × 77 9 19
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2.1:1 56 × 118 6 12
3:1 56 × 168 4 9
The 6×9 frame has the same aspect ratio as the standard 36×24 mm frame of 135 film. The 6×7 frame enlarges almost exactly to 8×10 inch paper, for which reason its proponents call it "ideal format". 6×4.5 is the smallest and least expensive roll-film frame size; equipment to take photos in this size is also the lightest.
The wide 6×12, 6×17, and 6×24 cm frames are produced by special-purpose panoramic cameras. Most of these cameras use lenses intended for large format cameras for simplicity of construction.
Cameras using 120 film will often combine the numbers of the frame size in the name e.g. Pentax 67 (6×7), Fuji 617 (6×17), and many 645s (6×4.5). The number '6' in general, and the word 'six' are also commonly used in naming cameras e.g. Kiev 60 and Pentacon Six.
The 105 format was introduced by Kodak in 1898 for their first folding camera and was the original 6×9 cm format roll film. The 117 format was introduced by Kodak in 1900 for their first Brownie camera, the No.1 Brownie, 6×6 cm format. These formats used the same width film as 120 film, but with slightly different spools. The 105 spool has a much wider flange, similar to the 116 spool. The 117 spool is slightly narrower than the 120.
The 620 format was introduced by Kodak in 1931 as an intended alternative to 120. Although mostly used by Kodak cameras, it became very popular. The 620 format is essentially the same film on a thinner and narrower all-metal spool (the 120 spool core was made of wood at that time):
* 120 2.466" width, 0.990" flange, 0.468" core
Hence the 620 is sometime referred as "small hole" 6×6 or 6×9 as opposed to 120 "large hole". The 620 format was discontinued by Kodak in 1995, but it is possible to rewind 120 film onto a 620 spool in the darkroom for use in 620 cameras. According to Kodak, the narrower metal spool allowed building smaller cameras. Nonetheless the 120 format cast-metal bodied Voigtländer Perkeo remains smaller than any 620 format camera.


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Set on approx. half an acre, with a sparkling in-ground pool for unforgettable summers this magnificent home is the complete lifestyle package for the discerning buyer.
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On ground level, parents are spoilt with a generous master bedroom including a separate retreat, stunning garden views, built in robes and a twin vanity en suite. On the same level find a second bedroom with an en-suite along with a third bedroom/home office served by a stylish modern family bathroom, while 3 remaining bedrooms share a fourth bathroom and are located on the first level.
Surrounded by established landscapes on a corner allotment, other features include gas ducted heating, a Jetmaster wood burner and double remote garage and workshop.


ArtWalk@Wessex, where Art is a walk in the Park.
ArtWalk@Wessex is happening again on 5 & 6 November (Saturday/Sunday) from 11am to 7pm. Come and spend a fabulous weekend with the artists and explore our open studios. For more updates, please check out our Facebook page www.facebook.com/ArtWalkWessex.


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What Does the Song of Solomon Teach us about Relationships and Sex? – Part 3
On March 8, 2018 March 8, 2018 By Casey LewisIn Family, Practical1 Comment
Another thing our culture will tell you is that sex outside of marriage is fine, if not necessary. You wouldn't commit to buying a car before test driving it, the idea goes, so why would you commit to someone in marriage before having sex. But the biblical idea is much different.
(3) While the world tells you to try it before you buy it, the Bible tells you to wait.
That means that sex should take place within the bounds of the marriage covenant. In the Song of Solomon waiting isn't seen as a negative, but a positive. Just before they consummate the marriage, the groom says starting in verse 9 of chapter 4,
"You have captivated my heart, my sister, my bride; you have captivated my heart with one glance of your eyes, with one jewel of your necklace. How beautiful is your love, my sister, my bride! How much better is your love than wine, and the fragrance of your oils than any spice! Your lips drip nectar, my bride; honey and milk are under your tongue; the fragrance of your garments is like the fragrance of Lebanon. A garden locked is my sister, my bride, a spring locked, a fountain sealed. Your shoots are an orchard of pomegranates with all choicest fruits, henna with nard, nard and saffron, calamus and cinnamon, with all trees of frankincense, myrrh and aloes, with all choice spices— a garden fountain, a well of living water, and flowing streams from Lebanon." (So 4:9–15)
Reading this, the first thing you'll notice is that he's definitely using different language than we would use, but what he's getting across is his love for her and how much he values her purity. He compares her virginity to a locked garden, a sealed fountain, after which he lists a number of unique and valuable items that are set apart from everyday use in order to communicate her value. So apart from the world's concern, we see that the groom was satisfied with his soon to be wife, even praising her for her virginity.
He was satisfied with her and will continue to be satisfied with her because he actually built a relationship with her. It wasn't all about the physical act of sex. That wasn't what drove their relationship. Instead, their relationship was driven by a desire for one another that transcended sex.
Their relationship, then, not only teaches us that we should reserve sex for marriage, but it also teaches us that we must build our relationship on something other than sex.
Question for Reflection
How are you working to build a relationship that's not centered on sex?
Post developed from my sermon What does the Song of Solomon Teach us about Relationships and Sex?
On February 28, 2018 By Casey LewisIn Practical1 Comment
Not only has our culture distorted God's view of a relationship, but it has also distorted the purpose of sex. Sex has become a way to elicit attention, to get what you want, or nothing more than a physical experience. Fashion magazines, T.V. shows, and movies are not only to blame for this trend, but also the accessibility of pornography.
Gone are the days where one had to purchase a magazine or VHS take to access porn. Nowadays it's as easy as opening a web browser on your phone. As a result, the average age of those who are being influenced by porn is growing younger and younger with every passing year, which has had a major effect on how we think about sex. So with everything we have access to and are bombarded with every day you can see how easy it is for the world to distort the purpose of sex.
While the world has distorted the purpose of sex, the Bible, and specifically the Song of Solomon teaches us that sex serves a greater purpose.
(2) Sex is a way to increase intimacy that already exists in a relationship.
Without sex, a relationship will grow stagnant and cold. Sex, then, is important to the vitality of a relationship.
While it's true that sex is an important part of a relationship, it's just as important that a relationship exist before and after one has sex. That is what I want you to see from the Song of Solomon. A careful reading of the text reveals that their relationship wasn't consummated until the end of chapter 4 and the beginning of chapter 5. Everything before that is about their courtship and wedding. During their courtship, we learn some key ideas when it comes to building and even maintaining a relationship with our spouse.
In verses 5 and 6 of chapter 1, the bride confesses her insecurity and the groom immediately begins working at assuring her instead of tearing her down.
"I am very dark, but lovely, O daughters of Jerusalem, like the tents of Kedar, like the curtains of Solomon. Do not gaze at me because I am dark, because the sun has looked upon me. My mother's sons were angry with me; they made me keeper of the vineyards, but my own vineyard I have not kept!" (So 1:5–6)
While it's a sign of beauty to be tan today, in that day it wasn't. It meant that you were a part of the working class and not the nobility. So we learn then that her social status was of particular concern. This was exacerbated because she was being courted by the king. But instead of keeping her concern to herself, she shared it.
Hearing her concern, notice what the groom says starting in verse 9,
"I compare you, my love, to a mare among Pharaoh's chariots. Your cheeks are lovely with ornaments, your neck with strings of jewels." (So 1:9–10)
Comparing your woman to a mare might not win you many points today, but it did back then. His comment about Pharaoh's mare meant that she was exceedingly beautiful. You see, Pharaoh only had the best, most beautiful and sought-after mare's pulling his chariot. If comparing her to one of Pharoah's mares didn't assure her, he also compared her beauty to that of a string of jewels worn around one's neck. Their exchange teaches us several things:
(1) We must be vulnerable, sharing that which makes us self-conscious.
(2) We must build up and assure rather than tear our spouse down.
These are crucial if we want to further or maintain a relationship with one another. We need to know that we can share things with each other and that the other person will help us work through them.
(3) We must be attracted to more than their physical appearance.
In verse 15 we read,
"Behold, you are beautiful, my love; behold, you are beautiful; your eyes are doves." (So 1:15)
Obviously, he thinks that she is physically beautiful. But her beauty goes beyond her physical appearance. His comment that her eyes are doves tells us something about her character — it's pure and tranquil. He, then, is attracted not only to her physical beauty but her inner beauty as well. So while physical attraction is important, there must be other things that draw us together because believe it or not beauty will fade.
(4) There must be a certain level of protection — physical, emotional, and economic.
(5) Our love for one another must be shown through various acts.
Look at verses 3 and 4 of chapter 2 and 7 and 8 of chapter 3.
"As an apple tree among the trees of the forest, so is my beloved among the young men. With great delight I sat in his shadow, and his fruit was sweet to my taste. He brought me to the banqueting house, and his banner over me was love." (So 2:3–4)
"Behold, it is the litter of Solomon! Around it are sixty mighty men, some of the mighty men of Israel, all of them wearing swords and expert in war, each with his sword at his thigh, against terror by night." (So 3:7–8)
The idea that she is sitting in his shadow and the mentioning of the army tells us that he is providing protection. As well as the banner at the banqueting house represents his public love and affection for her. So we also learn that if we want to grow and maintain relationship these two must be present – protection and affection.
(6) We must spend time alone
Look at the second half of verse 13 and verse 14 in chapter 2,
"Arise, my love, my beautiful one, and come away. O my dove, in the clefts of the rock, in the crannies of the cliff, let me see your face, let me hear your voice, for your voice is sweet, and your face is lovely." (So 2:13-14)
Basically, in the most poetic way possible, he is asking her on a date, to spend time with him alone away from everyone and everything else. This is something that has to occur not only when a relationship is just starting but all throughout our relationship.
Most of us didn't have a problem going on dates when we first met our spouse. We were excited, we want to get to know the other person, so we carved out time to be alone with them. But for many, once they tied the knot all that changed. They became comfortable. They quit going on dates and spending time with one another. But that something you can't do. You have to continue to date one another.
Now, I'm not saying I'm perfect at this. It is certainly something I'm working on. But while I might not be perfect at it, what I do know is that if I want to maintain my relationship with my wife and increase intimacy, I must spend time alone with her.
(7) We have to work on our problems
Look at verse 15 of chapter 2. She says to him,
"Catch the foxes for us, the little foxes that spoil the vineyards, for our vineyards are in blossom."" (So 2:15)
Foxes have a tendency to be destructive, so her reference to these animals probably suggest that there were some problems in their relationship that she felt they needed to work on. She was asking him to take the initiative to begin working toward solving those problems. You see, we can't just push our problems aside, ignoring them, hoping everything is going to change because it's not going to happen. Problems have to be addressed in order for things to change and for the relationship to move forward or continue.
So those are 7 things you can apply today to either begin or maintain your relationship. What these 7 things tell us is that a certain level of intimacy must exist before sex occurs. And that level of intimacy must continue if we want our sex lives to be fulfilling. You see, emotional intimacy and physical intimacy go hand and hand, which tells us that one deepens the other.
What would you add to this list?
Sex isn't a topic that's discussed often in the church, if at all. It can even be a taboo subject among Christians. Something they do but definitely not something they discuss.
When we compare the church to the world, we see that there is quite a difference between the two. The world talks about sex constantly. Movies, T.V. shows, the news, articles, and conversations with friends are often dominated by the subject. I mean you can hardly watch a television show without some random comment or scene thrown in there that's really unnecessary, and the only role it plays is just to glorify sex.
But why is there such a difference? Why don't we talk about sex in the church? Especially when we consider that almost the entirety of one of the wisdom books — the Song of Solomon — is dedicated to the subject.
Now, the Song of Solomon isn't without its controversy. Many have questioned why it's in the Bible. It's been kept out of the hands of teenagers and young adults. It's been allegorized, historicized, and misinterpreted in an effort to diminish the raciness of the book. But while all that and more has occurred throughout the centuries, it still remains a valuable book.
At its core, it's about a relationship between a king, presumably Solomon, and his wife. It tells the story of their courtship, wedding, and relationship thereafter. It does so with vivid poetic imagery that at times leaves us, modern-day readers, guessing at the meaning and wondering why the woman is blushing when in today's terms his comments would be taken as more of an insult than a praise and would probably warrant a slap. But for all its difficulties, the Song of Solomon is inspired Scripture that teaches us about God's desire for sex and relationships.
What, then, does the Song of Solomon teach us about relationships and sex?
(1) Relationships and Sex should occur between a man and a woman (vs. Gen. 1:27-28; 2:24; Rom. 1:27-28; 32)
That idea — that relationships and sex should only occur between a man and a woman — is fast becoming out of step in our modern world. But while the traditional view is fast becoming out of step, it is the biblical view. One that's upheld in the Song of Solomon. When you read the book, the love story, including the intimate parts, are portrayed between a man and a woman. That is the relationship that is celebrated by the book. That's the relationship God endorses and promotes.
Lest someone claim the Song of Solomon only represents one type of relationship, God's explicitly clear in the rest of the Bible what He endorses. In Genesis 1&2 we learn that a man and woman were created. Verse 27 of chapter 1 reads,
"So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them." (Ge 1:27)
And in verse 28 we learn that:
"…God blessed them. And God said to them, "Be fruitful and multiply and fill the earth and subdue it, and have dominion over the fish of the sea and over the birds of the heavens and over every living thing that moves on the earth."" (Ge 1:28)
Then in verse 24 of chapter 2, we are told that,
"…a man shall leave his father and his mother and hold fast to his wife, and they shall become one flesh." (Ge 2:24)
This tells us that God's original plan in creation was for one man and one woman to be together for life. If that's not clear that it's God's plan for a man and woman to be together, we also learn in Romans 1 that:
"…God gave them up to dishonorable passions. For their women exchanged natural relations for those that are contrary to nature; and the men likewise gave up natural relations with women and were consumed with passion for one another, men committing shameless acts with men and receiving in themselves the due penalty for their error." (Ro 1:26–27)
God gave them up to these unnatural relations because of their refusal to recognize him as the one true God despite the evidence He has provided. He gave them up to homosexual behavior, which we are told in verse 32 is something that warrants God's punishment.
You see, despite what our culture proclaims and trumpets as acceptable, the Bible tells us that it's nothing more than an aberration, a departure from God's original plan for creation. If those in our culture are honest, they know this too. They show they know that when they say things like: "This is the new normal."
So one of the things we learn from the Song of Solomon is that God's design and plan is for relationships and sex to occur between a man and a woman.
What are your thoughts on the Bible's plan and God's design for sex and relationships? Do you agree or disagree? And why? (NOTE: Since this is an emotionally and politically charged topic, I'm looking for thoughtful, gracious, loving, and engaging answers/comments.)


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The 2003 season was the Minnesota Vikings ' 43rd in the National Football League. They finished second in the NFC North with a 9–7 record, but missed the playoffs for a third straight year. Despite gaining 6,294 yards of offense over their 16 games, by far the most in the league, the team managed just 416 points, the sixth-most in the NFL.
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^ [b] The Vikings traded their fifth-round selection (142nd overall) to the Cleveland Browns in exchange for Cleveland's 2002 seventh-round selection and defensive lineman Stalin Colinet. ^ [c] The Vikings traded quarterback Todd Bouman to the New Orleans Saints in exchange for New Orleans' sixth-round selection (190th overall).
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My neighborhood is teeming with attached babies. They're peeking out from elaborate wraps which swaddle them onto the backs of their moms or snuggling into pouches strapped tightly to the chests of their dads. After the lights go out they're sharing the family bed and breastfeeding off and on throughout the night, taking sips between naps. Attachment parenting is all the rage, which goes to prove there truly is nothing new under the sun. We return to our animal past, we acknowledge the wisdom of ancient cultures and the common practices of the developing world, and we claim it all as new and fresh.
I recently went to a seminar on attachment theory – the social science underpinning the parenting practices of my neighbors – and its relation to custody cases. Attachment theory is about the bond a baby forms with her parent or caregiver and the importance of that bond in later life.
The idea is that a parent who is consistently available, attuned and responsive to an infant's needs allows that infant to develop a sense of security, a base from which she can explore the world. Children who are securely attached as infants, the theory goes, grow up with stronger self-esteem, are more self-reliant, have more successful social relationships, and experience less depression and anxiety as adults. All of which makes sense to me at an intuitive level as a daughter, a mother, and a family lawyer.
But it's complicated. Pretty much, when we're talking about this type of parenting, we're talking about mom. What about the dark streak of regression in this vision, the look-back to times more oppressive, in actuality, than pastoral. What about the woman who does not want to use her body this way, who prefers to have her baby sleep in his own room so she can rest more soundly or have sex with her partner or read a magazine? Or the woman – most women – who needs to get up and go to work in the morning, whose infant cannot be attached to her body all day because she's running the cash register or cleaning the hotel room or trying cases? Are we bad if we don't want our bodies to be vessels? If we don't choose to breastfeed, if we dislike co-sleeping?
Back in the seminar, I could see the hackles rising on the lawyers in attendance. We were shifting uncomfortably in our seats even before the psychologists began to address how this theory might guide courts in the establishment of parenting plans. We were all connecting the unspoken dots, worrying how this theory could be used by judges to minimize the role of divorced or separated fathers in the lives of young children. If supporting a baby's relationship with the parent to whom she is more attached is better for the baby, and if no extended periods of time should be spent away from mom while a baby (or toddler) is breastfeeding on demand, how can babies and young children become similarly attached to their dads? The notion, prevalent for so long, that fathers are inferior caregivers when it comes to babies or young children, is no longer embodied in the law. And the cultural norm has shifted as well. Most of my clients, both mothers and fathers, expect that dads will engage in hands-on, day-to-day parenting. And there is certainly lots of social science to support the importance of paternal involvement in children's lives.
So what do we conclude? If what's best for the child really is to maximize the role of the primary caregiver until she's two or three, then dads should just suck it up. But if there is no hierarchy of attachment, then maybe the stress to the baby of spending time away from the primary caregiver will be outweighed by the opportunity to develop that same kind of relationship with her father. I don't know the answer. But I do know this: I have represented fathers of infants who ache to spend more time with their babies. And I have represented mothers of infants who do not want to be always available to them, who want time away, who want the fathers to share the burden as well as the joy. And if those parents are happier with that arrangement, doesn't that benefit their babies?
Maybe the popularity of attachment parenting will swing the pendulum away from joint custody for young children. And maybe not. But one thing is certain: judges' determinations about what's in the best interest of children will always be informed by the common culture in which we all live. And right now, from my window, I'm seeing an awful lot of babies attached to their mothers' bodies.
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Steven Cohen says:
There are problems with the current push to use attachment theory in custody litigation. It is often based on comparing attachment to each parent. But in today's society, I would not be surprised to find that some children are more attached to the daycare provider or the nanny than either parent. But the psychologists who push the use of "attachment tests" to determine custody do not measure the attachment to these other figures.
It is frightening to think that there are so who are so enamored of a single test that they will give it primary weight in making a custody determination.
I have had some lively discussions with Marla about this in the past. I was asked to be on that panel to counter Marla's arguments, but I had other commitments.
PS: Your website looks really good. Nice pictures of all of you. I received the e-mail and took a look. That's how i came to read your blog on attachment.
John Shanken-Kaye says:
The problems with attachment theory as a tool in custody disputes are legion. I agree with what Steve says above in terms of multiple attachments that are never explored. But there is also conflicting research that suggests the frequency of dual attachments and the benefits of early infant overnights in developing secure attachments to both parents.
There is also research from Israel showing that the communal raising of infants, where there are many caregivers is a positive model that has not created adults with insecurities and low self-esteem.
Finally, I have seen no controlled, long-term longitudinal research to support the model. The only research of which I am aware is post-hoc research that, at best, attributes causation to historical events which are determined after the fact.
I think the model has minor utility but I find it far too subjective and in that determining this "thing" called attachment in artificial situations, does not accurately capture the variability present in the emotional lives of all infants and indeed in their caregivers.
BTW, love the new web site, Congrats!
Margaret Klaw says:
Thanks, John! Appreciate your thoughtful response.
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This week Amazon said it wouldn't pursue a new headquarters in New York City and GE announced it's dramatically downsizing its planned move to Boston. GE will now rent office space there, instead of building a 12-story office tower. It will also repay $87 million in incentives it received to make the move. As cities and […]
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Republicans on their way to the first big victory of the Trump administration keep talking about how many winners there are under their negotiated tax bill. But the likely losers? Commuters, who have their parking, transit or bicycling subsidized by their companies. The new tax plan eliminates the incentive for private employers to continue offering […]
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