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There are thousands of people who have issues of criminal nature that they may want to deal with in the courts of criminal law or matters that have to do with criminal issues and there is need to get a criminal defense lawyer so that one may be advised on the next steps to take.
Defense attorney does specialization in defending people or organizations that have a charge of criminal nature and many of the defenders lawyers may be retained as private and some usually work in diverse jurisdictions in courts that deal with matters of crime and they are sometimes appointed to represent people who are indigent.
The criminal defense lawyer may have to act differently in diverse jurisdictions since the input of the federal and state laws or the decrees of consent are different and numerous jurisdictions use a rotation method to appoint and in some cases judges appoint them as private defense lawyers or a firm of attorneys is selected for each given criminal case.
Defense lawyers assists with all matters that include the post-trial matters, appeals of the cases, the sentence of the case, the charges of the crime, the investigations and the arresting of the suspect or suspects and there are some lawyers who merely deal with matters of crime which relates to drugs.
The arresting of a criminal is usually done by the police and the charge of the alleged crime is then verified by the judge or lawyer and these defense lawyers have to deal with difficult criminal cases which their customers have been charge with and they may help the customers in dialing with the way the prosecution has argued the case against them.
Defense criminal lawyer helps with representation of a criminal case and gives advice on how the case will be handled before it gets to the court and they may help in doing their own investigation and get their own evidence with which to use in defending the accused person in the criminal court.
Sometimes the criminal defense lawyers are employed by the government to defend criminals who may not be able to get defense lawyers of their very own and they are known n as public defenders and only the court appoints them if and when the requirement is necessary.
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By JIM NAWROCKI on	 September 1, 2004
Complaint in the Garden
by Randall Mann
Zoo Press. 55 pages, $14.95
Randall Mann's debut collection of poems, which won the 2003 Kenyon Review Prize in Poetry, distinguishes him as a poet of considerable and varied gifts. What's notable about Mann's verse, in addition to the overall elegance and economy of his lines, is his ability to navigate the strictures of poetic form. In poems such as "Fiduciary," "Evidence," and "Poem Beginning with a Line by John Ashbery," he demonstrates a technical skill that honors poetic traditions and allows a unique voice to emerge. The collection is anchored by a series of "complaints." The lament at the heart of each poem is less about lost love than about the speaker's fundamental disconnection from the world. It's a theme that Mann addresses again in "The Landscape of Deception": "everything here is false, beauty not truth:/ the falling, falling/ petals of a Japanese tulip/ already turning ugly." The title poem of the collection, "Complaint in the Garden," takes as its subject matter the 17th-century shipwreck of William Strachey and Sir George Somers at Bermuda. Like the title work, many of the poems are inspired by the history and landscape of Florida and its surrounding regions. Though born in Utah, Mann seems continually drawn to and haunted by the Palmetto state, and poems such as "Henry James in Jacksonville" and "Complaint, Poolside" seem to exemplify his troubled relationship with it. There's a subtle homoeroticism at work in some of the complaints, but Mann addresses this theme more directly in other poems. In "Eros" and "Old Haunts," for example, he explores the varieties of gay sexuality and camaraderie. In "Late Epithalimion" (a poem which first appeared in this journal), he writes in celebration of his marriage to his partner, ending the poem with the lines, "Outside, the rain like luck/ licked our filthy windows clean." Mann exhibits in this collection a great versatility of both form and subject matter.
By Jim Nawrocki
The End of Gay and the Death of Heterosexuality
by Bert Archer
Thunder's Mouth Press. 288 pages, $14.95
First published in Canada two years ago but only now out in the U.S., The End of Gay raises questions that many of his readers have probably pondered but few have openly discussed. Focusing primarily on the last twenty years of sexual history (but covering topics as diverse as psychoanalysis, the Kinsey Report, and the bonobo chimps), The End of Gay provides a critical overview of identity-centered gay and lesbian (and queer) scholarship and culture. The book is well researched, though the absence of Eve Sedgwick's work—arguably some of the central texts in the field—is puzzling. Archer successfully integrates anecdotal and autobiographical elements into the text, offering the introspections of a sexually active man and his reflections about the current state of sexual affairs. His conclusion? The categories we have just don't work any more: "We are enriched, straight and gay (and bi and transgendered and two-spirited), for having gone through gay, and we'll be much better off when we're out the other side." Identity politics, emerging largely from the women's movement, is a complicated issue for us all. Think of how we gradually went from G to glbtq. Our identities proliferate under the tent of inclusiveness and diversity, but, suggests Archer, these identities also handcuff us, compelling us to limit our desires to parameters set by our identities. Giving due credit to our gay and lesbian antecedents, whom he calls warriors, Archer concludes: "The most fundamental, most valuable victory won by our warrior class has been the space—political, personal, economic—to do as we please, an inherent and necessary part of which is the ability to step back from the front lines and see ourselves as we actually are in peacetime, as sexual beings whose boundaries are inscribed not by gender or anatomy, and certainly not by anything as contrived as sexual identity, but by pleasure and emotional opportunity."
By Chris Freeman
Do Everything in the Dark
St. Martin's Press / Griffin. 256 pages $12.95
Gary Indiana is the critical coroner of America's walking dead, a vast throng. His book on Andrew Cunanan, Three Month Fever, is pure genius. It is my opinion that he wrote one of the best short story collections in my lifetime, Scar Tissue, which includes his mad-brilliant story, "I Am Candy Jones." In his sixth novel, Do Everything in the Dark (just published in paperback), Indiana examines the tragicomic fate of la vie bohème when all the bright butterflies, full of their dreams and delusions in the big city, slam into the aging game. It continues Indiana's exploration of social anomie and disconnection with his famous scabrous wit. But it is also a chilling chronicle of madness and failure, disastrous life choices and the many ways love dies in a world that a lot of people find increasingly impossible to live in. It's the story of several couples and solitary wanderers through the summer of 2001, as their internationally scattered vacations throw their long-festering incompatibilities and resentments into exotic and unbearable relief. Indiana's large and terrifying cast of America's cultural elite exhibit their worst behavior—although the author does show some sympathy for their fears and fragilities and thwarted good intentions. This is a dark, funny, and mature novel from a seasoned witness to Americans' foibles of the past thirty years.
By John Mitzel
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Malibu's new 21 VLX is the boat many people wanted to own but didn't think they could afford.
Usually, ski boats from a premium brand such as Malibu come with a price tag that is more consistent with a house than a boat. But for 2017, Malibu is offering a loaded Wakesetter 21 VLX — including a trailer — for less than $80K. Game changed.
Previously, Malibu's only "service entrance" into its family of watersports boats was via the Axis brand. First launched in 2009 as an independent arm of Malibu, Axis started with one model, the A22, which was pretty spartan. Underneath its plain-Jane upholstery it clearly showed some Malibu DNA, especially when it came to function, but many of the best Malibu goodies, such as the new-in-2009 MaliView display screen, weren't on the table. More recent Axis models have been decidedly more upscale and offer the option of including some former Malibu-only features. But they still don't have the Malibu name on the outside, which is a big deal for many watersports enthusiasts.
Surprisingly, Malibu didn't hit its price point by making all the most popular features options. It's selling the 21 VLX as a turnkey boat that's ready to go have some watery fun without checking a single box on the options menu. Most of the heavy lifting is done by Malibu's Integrated Surf Platform, which provides a killer surf and wakeboard wake with features such as Surf Gate and Surf Band, Command Center, Power Wedge III system and Quad Hard Tank ballast. Also included is the G3.5 Tower, which has board racks and a Bimini for shade. Even the stereo is upscale — a six-speaker Wet Sounds Bluetooth system that includes a 12-inch subwoofer.
Malibu uses the Indmar 6.2L platform for its 21 VLX, which is based on the Ford Raptor iron-block V-8 that has aluminum heads and a single overhead cam design. The standard engine is the Monsoon 410, and the number refers to its torque rating rather than its 350 hp. That's not just because 410 a larger number, but because when it comes to pushing a wakesurf boat that's loaded with nearly two tons of ballast, torque is the number that really matters. Owners will like the fact this is the same block found in the 450 (400 hp) and the Rauch-supercharged 575 (not available on the 21 VLX), so it's probably a little overbuilt in its Clark Kent configuration, which bodes well for its longevity — not to mention the security of having Indmar's five-year warranty.
The base engine provided plenty of punch on test day, even when we had the boat loaded with ballast. The Wedge II is a standard feature that simulates 1,500 pounds of ballast while helping to shape the wave and helps the 21 VLX get on plane quicker. The Wedge II redesign gave it 21 percent more surface area over the original Power Wedge but also gave it an upturned angle that creates more lift. Without it, our test Malibu reached plane in 3.9 seconds with a fair amount of bowrise. With it deployed, the time was cut to 3.2 seconds with considerably less bowrise. A flat power curve got it to 25 mph in five seconds and pushed strong all the way to its higher-than-expected top speed of 41 mph.
At 21 feet long, the 21 VLX is among the shorter models in the Malibu lineup, and it features a narrower-than-most 8-foot, 2-inch beam. Both of these specs help give it really nimble handling that's enhanced by twin tracking skegs. Even when romping at full speed, the driver can whip it into a jetboat-like turn (after warning passengers, of course). What's great about the Surf Gate system is you no longer need to overweight one side to get a great surf wake — a technique that makes a boat heel far over. It uses two vertical tabs to redirect the water that's rushing around the hull. Normally on an evenly weighted boat, the flows converge in the center, but by disrupting the flow on one side when the tab sticks outward 6 inches, it creates a clean, giant surfing wake on the opposite side. Thanks to the robust hydraulic system, changeovers happen in less than two seconds and the switch is announced by a horn on the transom or by optional tower lights. The upshot is the boat stays level, which gives the driver more control. Driving a fully laden 21 VLX, with its 4,000-pound hull and ballast maxed out at 3,690 pounds, was really easy. Like most surf boats, drivers can tighten up the surf wake by carving a slight turn in the direction of the surf side, something that was no problem, nor was turning around at the end of the lake.
The 21 VLX is a boat for all who love watersports, thanks to Malibu offering it with a choice of two different hulls. The Wake Plus hull we tested is designed to create the biggest, tightest wakes possible and is the clear choice for owners who are all about surfing. The second choice is the Diamond hull, which turns the 21 VLX into a crossover that does everything well. Dump the ballast, cruise to a speed greater than 31 mph and the wake flattens out admirably for slalom skiers. For the next run, add max ballast, set the standard Zero Off cruise control for 21 mph and the wakeboard ramps are surprisingly good — a bit more mellow and not as large as with the Wake Plus version, but only pros or talented amateurs might find it wanting. In surf mode, the Diamond still plows up an admirable wake. The 21 VLX is rated for 13 people, and there's a seat for everyone on luxurious fabric-like upholstery.
As mentioned, there are two engine choices for the 21 VLX: the Ford Raptor-based 6.2L Indmar Monsoon, either the 410 or the 450 (remember, these are torque numbers). The two engines are identical, except for software within the ECU that boosts the horsepower by 50. This flash of the computer's card comes at the rather steep upcharge of $7,667. Looking at the respective power curves of each reveals not much difference below 3500 rpm in either horsepower or torque, so it looks like this is a rare case where the entry-level engine is the correct bang-for-the-buck call. Given the huge list of standards on the 21 VLX, there's not a whole lot left to add. In fact, blowing up the bottom line would be difficult, because many popular Malibu options aren't available, which, understandably, gives buyers an incentive to upgrade to a more expensive model. One item that would be greatly appreciated by owners that isn't available is Surf Pipe, which sends the exhaust downward so it surfaces behind surfers. It's not really a safety thing, since the Indmar engines are rated Four Stars by CARB, signifying they are super ultralow emissions engines, but it reduces the engine noise to the point it's like a stereo upgrade.
At the helm, drivers are set with everything they need, including a tilting 12-inch Touch Screen Command Screen where they can control most of the boat's systems, including ballast presets, stereo and cruise control. It also comes with the Sport Dash with the rotary knob that allows drivers to perform functions such as switching the side of the surfing wake or bumping the speed just a little. Some of the notable options include Soft Grip flooring ($333), bow ballast ($817) and a colored deck ($700) and hull ($1,050). Add these to the standards such as snap-in carpeting, a 14-inch rearview mirror and two pairs of popup cleats, and the boat's ready to hit the lake in style.
Purchased by Bob and Nadia Riggins, plus Cullen, 9, Finley, 7, and Avery, 5, Belleview, Fla.
Purchased at Transition Watersports, Ocklawaha, Fla.
A number of options weren't available that we would have liked, such as a heater, hot shower, lighting options and Surf Pipe.
We've owned about 10 Malibus and two Axis watersports boats and bought the 21 VLX sight unseen because we knew what to expect, and we haven't been disappointed. Lately, I've been spending most of my time on Lake Weir chauffeuring my kids, who really love watersports. All three are into wakeboarding, Cullen likes to slalom, and he and Findlay are avid wakesurfers. I've known Nate, who owns Transition Watersports, for 20 years and he really takes great care of us. He's incredibly responsive and makes sure our boat doesn't spend time sitting around the shop waiting to be repaired.
LOA: 21 ft., 0 in.
Beam: 8 ft., 2 in.
Nice boat. Malibu has come a long way from my old 22′ '90 ski nautique. $80 grand is still a lot of money.


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Q: VTC curve and the delay time of CMOS inverter When the VTC curve shifts to the left for a CMOS inverter.
why is that the delay for both Tphl and Tplh both increases?
What's the reason behind it and what is the quantitative explanation?

A: The VTC curve will shift to left when the driving strength of NMOS is greater than PMOS, which can be made by increasing W/L of NMOS. Conversely, this can also be done by decreasing driving strength of PMOS.  I have done some spice simulations and found that Tplh increases when the VTC shifts to left and Tphl decreases for the same. This can be explained by the fact that since (W/L)n is now higher, therefore it can easily discharge output in lesser time, while making it difficult to charge , thus increasing tplh.
Results:
Tplh = 14ps for W = 300n
Tplh = 17ps for W = 800n
Tphl = 15.8ps for W = 300n
Tphl = 7.3ps for W = 800n
Hope it helps

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Platform 2 - Model Railroading
Japanese: N Gauge
What's a good Tomix track set for experimenting with layouts?
By arkh,
September 16, 2021 in Track Systems
arkh
I have plans for making some small modules that I want to link together. My main issue is that, since I just started, I really don't have a lot of variety of track pieces. At the moment, I only have some compact curve rails and switches that were meant for me to be able to fit a small layout on my desk. I have looked at some of the Tomix FineTrack sets which seem to be a good way to get a bunch of track all at once. But I'm not quite sure which ones would offer the most variety and bang for the buck.
I realize I could get some track planning software and go from there, but I would really just like to get my hands on some track and see what feels best since I'm not sure yet of the exact dimensions for the modules I want to do. Not to mention, it would be nice to physically see how these things look since I have none of it in hand for reference.
I am mainly looking for maybe a couple of different radius curves - the wider the better, to accommodate more trains (potentially Shinkansens even would be nice) - but also some stuff like crossovers to try out. Of course, straights are nice, but I suspect I won't have an issue figuring out what straights would go well with my modules. So different curve radiuses to fit different trains (and see what would work best with my module ideas) as well as some different types of track features to give some variety other than a straight-up oval.
An example that I feel seems pretty good for my purposes is the "Sidetrack" set (Tomix 92015 seen here: https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10461317). It has some points and a curve radius that looks like it should support most trains, unless I'm mistaken. The only thing about this is that there's only one curve radius and I'm unsure about what's specifically different with the points in this set other than their color. Another one that I am currently looking at is the Double Track Rail set (Tomix 91028 seen here: https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10260862). It has a couple of different curves and some straights. Mainly, though, it is very cheap! Of course, I'm all for doing a one and done purchase so that I don't have to keep buying more and more sets or specific tracks to try out.
Any recommendations would be much appreciated!
katoftw
I don't think track sets really offer up much for experimenting. Not really enough pieces.
Just buy a bunch of curves and straights of different sizes and have fun.
disturbman
Location: Berlin
If there were more type of sets available on HS, I have would recommended to buy a few basic sets and then buy specific turnouts and track pieces. But seeing what is on offer, I would just follow kato's suggestion.
I built my own track collection by buying three layout B sets, one layout Y (I love those wye turnouts), one set of canted tracks and a few boxes of specific straight tracks. Having various length of straight tracks at hand is always a good idea when improvising layouts, as you always end up needing a couple of these small straights.
Edited September 16, 2021 by disturbman
That's fair, guys. I also want to build up a track collection and I was planning on looking at some places other than just HobbySearch. But, I think it makes sense, at least in terms of experimenting, just to buy specific track pieces.
I'll take a look around a bit more to try to decide what I want exactly. I might end up just doing a bit of both and going with one of the sets just to at least have a decent amount of basic track pieces in hand and then go grab some individual pieces I think I might want to try out.
Also great tip on having a bunch of differently-sized straights. There's definitely some scenarios where I was thinking I might just have to cut the track down myself but I would much rather just have something that fits whatever module/layout size I want to do.
bill937ca
Location: Belleville, ON
For straights there are S18.5, S33, S70, S72.5, S99, S140, S158.5, S280. S18.5 and S 158.5 are key as they change the track center to allow for a platform between the tracks. S72.5 is used when curving into the outside of an island platform. There is also a variable S70-90 straight that fills odd gaps in custom track plans.
https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10330806
Hobby Search has a section for Tomix Track Sets: https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/list/606/0/1
There are Tomix track books (in Japanese ) with numerous track configurations and track plans, but these all show out of stock on HS.
https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/list/1795/0/1
I find the best ones are Tomix System Guide books. Maybe you can find these on Amazon JP or Yahoo JP.
https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/image/10191773/20/1
The best book is #7315 TOMIX Model Train System Guide (Application Edition) which has diagrams for specific track pieces.
Layout Support Guides are about building modules including scenery, but the Japanese text limits there value for us.
Edited September 16, 2021 by bill937ca
MeTheSwede
As someone who started with Tomix track less than a year ago and built a rather complex layout, here are some things I've learned, whatever it migth be worth.
I found this pdf very useful for understanding what pieces exists:
https://www.tomytec.co.jp/tomix/nyumon/tomixrail/img/tomixrail_standard.pdf
This webpage is a very good resource for understanding track geometry:
http://www.trainweb.org/tomix/track/snippets.htm
Once you know what's out there, you obviously need to make a decision (if you haven't already) of what style of track you're going to buy; wooden sleepers, concrete sleepers (PC), wide track, or a combination thereof (possibly also including something else). Wooden sleepers track have the most odd lenght pieces available for producing complex track geometry. Wide track on the other hand is very limited geometrically.
Track set B which you linked is probably the most useful track set for most people, as it provides one left point, one right point, a bunch of straights and 541mm radius curves to get back to straight. These tend to go out of stock every now and then however. Note that it exists with both manual points and motorised points (as well as for different track styles). I once almost made an error and bought the wrong type.
Track set A (oval with 280mm radius curves and a train controler) is also a part of various starter sets. If there is a train you like in a starter set, a train set + track oval + controler, is good value for your money. 280mm is the smallest track radius for Shinkansens. 245mm will be enough for pretty much everything else.
When I did look at the A, B, C, D track sets and the track plan instructions that are listed with them, I could't help but thinking that these are partly made for people with little creativity who wants to be told exactly how to put their track together... Most track pieces aren't available in track sets at all, but for those available in track sets, buying track sets are usually slightly cheaper than buying the individual track types, providing you have a use for all the track in the sets.
As you've already noted, an assorted amount of straights of different lenghts are useful to have. I think this is the track product I have bought the most copies of: https://www.1999.co.jp/eng/10037831
(18.5mm and 33mm straights)
But my layout is odd for a Japanese layout.
That particular product is out of stock right know and those things happen even with the basic straights, curves and points, but they're usually back in stock within a month or so.
A set with 4 curves of a given radius (180 degree in total) don't cost much, about 600-700 yen on Amazon Japan. You could just buy one of each and test them out. A budget option is to make track pieces of paper using a ruler and a pencil an try those first...
Thank you @bill937ca and @MeTheSwede for the thorough rundowns! I just have to say, that variable straight rail seems particularly useful - I had no idea there would be such a thing. Not to mention the pack of different tiny straights feels like that would be exactly the kind of thing I'd need. Additionally, the PDF showing the different track pieces as well as the link to the page showing how the track system works together are very helpful. One of my issues definitely would be that I don't quite know what's all available or how they would be linked together properly on a layout. Honestly, just overall a lot to take in but extremely useful info.
I really appreciate all the suggestions and information. I definitely have a lot more things to think about and look into. I guess I will need to figure out the balance between whether I want to focus on getting specific rail types for my projects or focus on building up a track collection. There's a lot of particular rail types that aren't available in the sets as previously mentioned in the thread. But I still kind of want to go both ways so that I have a lot to play with but also so that I can be prepared for future projects. I wish they just had a set that was like a "rail sampler" or something, haha, that would make this a bit easier for me to figure out what I need exactly.
Anyway, I'll look into everything that you've all mentioned so far and try to go from there.
brill27mcb
If you have a PC (not a Mac) you may want to try out Anyrail layout design software (https://www.anyrail.com/). It includes a Tomix Fine Track library. The trial version is free and lets you add up to 50 track pieces to a plan, so you could try out each module design separately and not incur costs at all. It's pretty easy to get going with it, especially for sectional track designs. The typical Tomix curve radius for most mainline railroad trains is 280 mm, the 280 mm straight pieces are generally used the most and provided most in track sets, and the 541-15 size points (541mm radius for 15 degrees of a circle) work well for Tomix's normal 33 mm spacing between parallel tracks.
Rich K.
chadbag
Sucker for Trains
Location: Utah
On the Mac there is Railmodeller Pro, a layout app that also has a Tomix library and appears to have all their various pieces (has a ton of choices)...
Rod.H
Location: Melboune, Australia
I think the Tomix 7313 book might be better for some, as I suspect that it covers more of the track sets that Tomix release, #7315 is a bit more a different version of http://www.trainweb.org/tomix/index.htm


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Coming up to his relationship status, Tyrus is not married as of now. We even don't know the information about his wife. He has black hair color and dark brown eyes. Instagram/Ingrid Rinck	Additionally, Mudorch has been co-hosting the podcast of weekly Fox News Radio Podcast. And later appeared in the Scooby-Doo! Murdoch has achieved a lot of fame throughout his career and is also very common on social networking sites. The professional wrestler has kept mum about his family background. If you want to collect all the information about Tyrus' professional and personal life that includes parents, wife, children, then read the article until the end. For Scooby Do, he also gave his voice: Wrestle Mania Mystery. If you watch the popular wrestling show WWE, then I am quite sure that you know a lot about this person. In addition, he is also a former bodyguard of Snoop Dogg and his name 'Brodus Clay' which is named after the real name of Snoop Dogg, 'Calvin Broadus'. But he established himself well as a professional wrestler. So, he is famous as a professional wrestler of the popular wrestling franchise WWE. If you wonder to know about the relationship history of Tyrus then we are sorry to say that it's not available. His nationality is American. Along these lines, he additionally appears a touch of shrouded. Also, in the year 2018, Tyrus shared about his childhood that his father was very abusive and damaged his eye by beating him. And he celebrates his birthday on every 21st day of February. Therefore, he also seems a bit of secretive. Rinck also has two children (sons) from her previous affairs. Tyrus was born as George Murdoch on February 21, 1973, in Massachusetts, the United States. #nuffsaid, A post shared by Tyrus (@tyrussmash) on Apr 6, 2019 at 9:37pm PDT. Qos Sanolis, his wife and their children are butchered by the protesters in the streets of Myr, and the Magisters are forced to take notice. His bold body structure also made him pursue his career as a wrestler. In addition to his career in wrestling, he has featured in quite a movie like Glow where he portrayed the role of Mighty Tom Jackson. Rinck gave birth to the couple's daughter, Georgie, in May 2014. And also know what he is up to now? Similarly, the family lives outside New Orleans. Rinck has two sons from a previous relationship. He lives along with his family in a beautiful house, resides in California, the United States. Family, Siblings, and Parents. Rinck added in the blog that she has no formal education. Moreover, he featured in many television series. He is a tall man standing with a height of 6 feet and 7 inches (2.01m). He co-hosted a show alongside Britt McHenry. Being a wrestler, he has a very athletic body type. While he appeared in September 2006. Tyrus raved about Sensible Meals in an interview with Living New Orleans. Besides, Murdoch is also Fox News contributor who appears regularly as a political commentator on the famous The Greg Gutfeld Show. He is a huge athlete. Is he married to his girlfriend? His birth sign is Pisces. It is also rumored that he has a child from his past relationship who lives in … So, knowing about his past relationships is far from our reach. Not only that but he is also a cable television political commentator. Additionally, he was born under the zodiac sign of Pisces. The wrestler was born on 21 February 1973, Massachusetts, the United States. Is Tyrus Married? He grew up in Massachusetts along with his parents and siblings. We might know if Tyrus will have a sudden change of mind to share about it. He had his first match against Shark Boy on 15 October on the episode of Impact Wrestling and won the match. Tyrus's Real Name Family Parents Ethnicity Spouse Girlfriend: After playing several matches, on 18 April 2018, Tyrus left the Impact and confirmed his departure from the company. As per some of the sources, his parents separated when Tyrus was a kid, and he grew up with his brother in foster care. Also, from his past relationship, Tyrus has a kid. After his high school, he went to the University of Nebraska at Kearney and studied to be a teacher. On January 6, 2017, Tyrus and Eli Drake unsuccessfully challenged The Broken Hardys (Jeff Hardy and Matt Hardy) for the TNA World Tag Team Championships at TNA One Night Only: Live!. 15 meals for $80 a week! So, knowing about his past relationships is far from our reach. Tyrus told the magazine that he was not supportive when Rinck first thought of the idea. Source: wrestling-edge. He seldom posts photos of his family or with any other girl related to him in his Ins… Not to forget, he is also available on Facebook. Rinck is the founder of Sensible Meals. Tyrus' eyes are brown, and his hair color is black. Rinck is the founder of Sensible Meals, a company that promotes sensible eating. However, he also has a child from his past relationship who live in New Orleans. Hence, he grew up in foster care together with his brother. #EmilyCompagno & @tyrussmash joined #TheFive at the table tonight!, A post shared by Tyrus (@tyrussmash) on Apr 5, 2019 at 3:14pm PDT. He had made a good income from his past career wrestling. Moreover, he also fought at Florida Championship Wrestling in 2007. Well, most of the authorized websites report that Tyrus is in a relationship with his girlfriend, Ingrid Rinick. Additionally, Tyrus, the wrestler, weighs 170 kg (375 lbs). They together have a daughter named Georgie Murdoch who is 6 years old. But we do know that his father was 19 years old and his mother was 15 years old when Tyrus was born. Additionally, Tyrus cohosts the weekly Fox News Radio podcast 'Tyrus and Timpf' along with the Katherine Timpf. George Murdoch accumulates an excellent earning out of his multi-profession as an actor, political commentator, and a professional wrestler. His place of birth in Boston, Massachusetts, US. Additionally, the duo has not yet disclosed any conflicts between them, which can lead them to their separation.
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Yes, music touches us in many ways. Picture yourself driving down the road on a road trip with the music cranked, the sun shining on your face, and the wind blowing through your hair. This is a perfect example of us enjoying our music when we are happy. We are taking in the beautiful scenery, feeling the beat and rhythm of the music itself, and the songs that we are listening to are becoming the soundtrack for the journey that we are taking. In the future, the next time we hear one of these songs that are playing in the background, we will be instantly transported to the very time and place of the road trip that we are on and have the pleasure of reliving the experience all over again. Yes, it is great to enjoy the music when we are happy.
On the flip side, when life brings us trouble, when we are faced with the challenges that are inevitable in life, we will again turn to our music to join us on this journey, but in an entirely different way. Now we will seek songs that comfort our souls. Music that speaks to us at a very personal level, either with or without lyrics. These songs will encourage us. They will remind us that others are on this journey of life with us. That others, too, have faced tragedy, that they have felt sadness, that they have experienced what we are going through now. And that, yes, they have made it through, as well. Because of this, our souls will find comfort not only in the sound of the music itself, but in the sense of community that we will feel in knowing that we are not alone. In the blessing of some other being expressing so beautifully for us, what they intuitively knew would be a segment of our journey as well.
Frank Ocean is right in his assessment of music here. It will be our comforter and friend both in the happy and sad times of life. May we always be aware and appreciate the blessings of music, on every road we take, in our journey of life.


I was looking for an inspirational story for the Christmas Day post and I found one closer to home than I expected. Dreams and pursuing them are a frequent topic on this blog. Belief and confidence are powerful companions when pursuing dreams, but they are empty without action.
Sometimes we need a reminder, even from an eleven-year-old, that the best way to catch a dream is to stop talking and do something about it. The eleven year old, in this case, is my nephew, Dakota Zinn. He has a dream and he is taking action on it.
How about you? The new year is coming. What are your dreams for the new year? Are you willing to take action on yours the way Dakota has.
The following article and photo are copyright The Lawrence Journal-World. Article by Kristi Johnson and photo by Nick Krug.
Dakota Zinn, 11, of Lawrence, is a fan of the Topeka RoadRunners hockey team and is so inspired by the sport that he is working to try to get a ice rink built in Lawrence.
What's a boy to do when he wants to play hockey in Lawrence?He could go to Overland Park, where Kansas University's ice hockey club plays. Or, if the weather would stay cold enough, long enough, he could play on a frozen pond.But, if he's like 11-year-old Dakota Zinn, he might try to get an arena built here in town. Dakota, a sixth-grader at Langston Hughes School, envisions an ice arena where youths and adults could play ice hockey and where KU's hockey team could play. He also would want to offer open skating hours for the community and facilities for parties.And Dakota's adamant on one point: No alcohol allowed. He has seen fans act up at Topeka RoadRunners hockey games and he wouldn't want to see the same at his arena."I'd rather be safe than have people there being crazy," Dakota said.And just because Dakota is 11, don't let that fool you. He's taking this idea seriously."He's making business cards and he's making T-shirts for all his friends," Dakota's dad, Rod Zinn, said. "He's already got businesses calling him up."Dakota thinks his age actually helps him. When adults pitch an idea, he said, it's easy to ignore them. But when a kid has an idea, he said people take notice.
"When kids do it, they say, aw, it's so cute," Dakota said.
Dakota's plan to build the Extreme Ice arena has become a family affair. He has drawn up building plans with the help of his dad, who works for Landplan Engineering. Dakota also has written surveys and fliers to get the word out. Some of the help there has come from his mom.
"We're behind him and we're along for the ride," Rod Zinn said.
Dakota and his dad estimate that the arena would cost about $3 million, a cost the family's not planning to cover alone. So Dakota also has been working to attract donors. He has even worked out different tiers for donors. For instance, a donation between $1 and $50 would get a donor a free puck signed by a hockey player.
Dakota's dream of an ice arena has consumed much of his time the past few weeks, Zinn said. He said Dakota was sick last week, which he attributed to late nights spent working on ice arena plans.
Dakota became a fan of hockey only recently, and he doesn't even play the sport yet. He has played other sports, such as football and baseball. But he got hooked on hockey when his dad got tickets for the Topeka RoadRunners' home opener in September.
They had so much fun that his dad wrote a letter to the team's owner, Mary Magdalene Lorang. She was so touched by the letter, Zinn said, that she gave his family season tickets.
And now, Dakota wants to play hockey. But he doesn't want to leave town to do so.
He thinks having an ice arena or some other youth sports center in town is essential to attracting families with children.
"I think it's going to become a city for older people to retire unless we get more stuff for kids," Dakota said.


The earthy vibe of this elephant sculpture is styled for urban safari. Crafted with care from natural mango wood, the charming pachyderm statue is fashioned from mango wood with carved details and a natural finish that enhances the brown wood grain throughout. A loop of braided twine accentuates the ear of the animal figurine that serves as a decorative tassel for the traditional design.


I have a good friend and respected pastor who long ago was teaching through the Book of Romans. When he got to chapter 9 – one of the most difficult chapters for some – he decided to skip it. As I come to our text for today, that thought came to mind. How easy it would be for me to simply pass this difficult text by in our study of Judges, as though it wasn't there. But it is here in our Bibles, and a high view of Scripture compels me to deal with it, difficult or not.
I must confess that I have struggled a great deal with this text. I am more than willing to point out the weaknesses and failures of other men in the Book of Judges, but find it very difficult to think the worst of Jephthah because I like him, except for what I read about his vow and his daughter. As the father of five lovely daughters, I can hardly believe what I am reading. Nevertheless, I have purposed to take the text as it stands and to seek to learn the lessons God has for us here.
While I have undertaken a monumental task in this lesson – covering three chapters in one message – I feel we must look at Jephthah's life in its entirety rather than divide these chapters into smaller portions of Scripture. And so, by the grace of God, we shall proceed.
What's With These Minor Judges?
8 After him Ibzan of Bethlehem led Israel. 9 He had thirty sons. He arranged for thirty of his daughters to be married outside his extended family, and he arranged for thirty young women to be brought from outside as wives for his sons. Ibzan led Israel for seven years; 10 then he died and was buried in Bethlehem. 11 After him Elon the Zebulunite led Israel for ten years. 12 Then Elon the Zebulunite died and was buried in Aijalon in the land of Zebulun. 13 After him Abdon son of Hillel the Pirathonite led Israel. 14 He had forty sons and thirty grandsons who rode on seventy donkeys. He led Israel for eight years. 15 Then Abdon son of Hillel the Pirathonite died and was buried in Pirathon in the land of Ephraim, in the hill country of the Amalekites (Judges 12:8-15).
Interspersed among the accounts of the "major judges" are some very brief comments regarding "minor judges." We must understand "major" and "minor" the way these terms are used with reference to the prophetic books of the Bible. "Major" Prophets are not necessarily prophetic works that are more important than the "Minor" Prophets; they are simply shorter books. So, too, the "minor judges" are those judges about whom we are given very little information. For one reason or another, the author has chosen to focus on a few of the judges, giving much more detail about their lives and their role in God's deliverance of His people.
In addition to family or genealogical information pertaining to the minor judges, we are also told the length of their rule and the place of their death. Why was it important to know where these folks died? I'm not sure, but perhaps their tombs were to be a memorial, a reminder of the deliverance God had given through these judges.
But why mention these minor judges so briefly without supplying more information? I believe that one of the author's reasons for including these brief references to minor judges is that he wants us to be well aware of how many judges God raised up. This would serve as an indication of the degree to which sin (and divine discipline) was prevalent in Israel. If there were many judges, then Israel was given over to oppressors many times, and this would be because the Israelites had so frequently given themselves over to heathen gods and practices. The more judges, the greater God's grace is shown to have been.
There is yet another reason, I believe, for including these minor judges in the Book of Judges. There were many judges who ruled during the period of the judges, and so far as I can tell none of them ruled over all of Israel. In each case, judges were raised up to deliver certain tribes or even smaller groups. When all of the judges are taken into account, most of the tribes are accounted for.
When we come to expressions like "the sons of Israel," "men of Israel," or "Israel," we almost automatically assume that the author is speaking of the nation Israel as a whole, but this is often – perhaps most often – not the case in the Book of Judges. We can see this in Judges 9 where we are told that Abimelech "ruled over Israel for three years" (9:22). Abimelech's rule was over Shechem and a few cities in the valley near Mount Gerizim and Mount Ebal. In verse 55, we are told that when the "Israelites saw that Abimelech was dead they went home." Once again, this is not all Israel, but the Israelites in that limited geographical area.
Thus, when we come to these five "minor judges" at the beginning of chapter 10 and at the end of chapter 12, we should recognize that their rule was limited to a smaller area than all of Israel. This can be seen by our author's words regarding Jair in Judges 10:3-5. He had 30 sons who rode 30 donkeys, and they ruled over 30 towns in Gilead, not all of Israel. The realm of each judge was a limited kingdom, rather than a national kingdom.
It seems to me that one of the things we see in the Book of Judges is the disintegration of the unity and solidarity of the Israelite tribes. It began with the tribes acting somewhat independently of one another. Granted, there was some cooperation between the tribes, but united effort was limited to a few of the tribes at most. Eventually, the Israelites would become "rugged individualists," with each Israelite doing what seemed right in his own eyes.
Politically, it looks to me as though government in Israel has diminished to that of numerous "city states," not unlike we find practiced by the Canaanites.4 This was not the way it was supposed to work in Israel, but what we find in Judges is that it will take a strong king to unify this nation so that the Israelites in all the tribes stand together against their moral and political enemies. This will happen for a short time under David and Solomon, but soon thereafter Israel becomes a divided kingdom with Israelites fighting amongst themselves.
I believe we see the same kind of individualism today in the West, particularly in the United States. We see individualism in the church as well. Churches act independently of each other, and unfortunately some see themselves as being in competition with other churches (for status, members, and money). And even within a local church, there are many who avoid shepherding groups and or other means of holding them accountable. The only perfect and permanent solution is the coming of the King of Kings, who will unite not only all the tribes of Israel, but also all believers, whether they be Jew or Gentile, rich or poor, slave or free (see Galatians 3:28-29). The church in this age is to foreshadow this full and final unity.
6 The Israelites again did evil in the Lord's sight. They worshiped the Baals and the Ashtars, as well as the gods of Syria, Sidon, Moab, the Ammonites, and the Philistines. They abandoned the Lord and did not worship him. 7 The Lord was furious with Israel and turned them over to the Philistines and Ammonites. 8 They ruthlessly oppressed the Israelites that eighteenth year – that is, all the Israelites living east of the Jordan in Amorite country in Gilead. 9 The Ammonites crossed the Jordan to fight with Judah, Benjamin, and Ephraim. Israel suffered greatly.
10 The Israelites cried out for help to the Lord: "We have sinned against you. We abandoned our God and worshiped the Baals." 11 The Lord said to the Israelites, "Did I not deliver you from Egypt, the Amorites, the Ammonites, the Philistines, 12 the Sidonians, Amalek, and Midian when they oppressed you? You cried out for help to me, and I delivered you from their power. 13 But since you abandoned me and worshiped other gods, I will not deliver you again. 14 Go and cry for help to the gods you have chosen! Let them deliver you from trouble!" 15 But the Israelites said to the Lord, "We have sinned. You do to us as you see fit, but deliver us today!" 16 They threw away the foreign gods they owned and worshiped the Lord. Finally the Lord grew tired of seeing Israel suffer so much (Judges 10:6-16).
The first sentence of verse 6 sums it all up: Israel once again did evil in God's sight. Unfortunately, these are familiar words to the reader.5 Usually the author sums up Israel's sin in a verse, but in 3:12 it is accomplished by a mere sentence. Likewise, judgment usually comes from one direction and perhaps from only one adversary. Here, we find several things that set this description of Israel's sin apart from what we have seen earlier.
First, the description of the sins of the Israelites is more extensive than what we have seen earlier in Judges. It is not just one heathen deity that is named;6 it is a whole list of deities, deities of different nations. It is, of course, possible for a person to worship many deities, such as Solomon did at the end,7 but this description seems to refer to Israel as a nation, Israel as a whole (made up of all those little Israelite city states within the nation). The gods listed are those being worshipped by the various tribes throughout Israel at this point in time. The effect is to underscore just how bad things have gotten in Israel, and this explains the severity of Israel's judgment and God's reluctance to come rushing to their aid, once again.
Second, we are told that the Israelites are sold or given into the hands of the Philistines and the Ammonites. Now the Philistines are to be found on the western side of Israel, while the Ammonites are on the east, east of the Jordan. Samson will be Israel's deliverer from the Philistines (chapters 13-16), while Jephthah will be Israel's deliverer from the Ammonites (chapters 11 and 12). The Ammonites are approaching Israel, and their intentions are far from friendly. What is Israel to do?
For 18 years, the Israelites had suffered at the hands of the Ammonites, and it finally seems to have occurred to them that their Canaanite gods were doing them no good. Likewise, they remembered that their only true Deliverer was God, the God of Israel. And so they cried out to God, confessing that they had sinned against Him, and assuring Him that they had forsaken their worship of the Baals.8 The Lord was not impressed with their "repentance" because He had seen it before, and it didn't last. He reminded the Israelites of all the nations from which He had delivered them, only to be forgotten and forsaken when their suffering ended. And so God threatens to leave them to their gods in whom they have trusted.
The Israelites know full well that the pagan deities cannot and will not deliver them. In biblical terminology, "Salvation is of the Lord," from the Lord alone.9 They persist in their appeal for God's deliverance, and God finally responds, not so much because of their repentance (which was shallow and superficial), but because He could bear their suffering no longer. God's mercy is the basis for Israel's salvation.
11:1 Now Jephthah the Gileadite was a brave warrior. His mother was a prostitute, but Gilead was his father. 2 Gilead's wife also gave him sons. When his wife's sons grew up, they made Jephthah leave and said to him, "You are not going to inherit any of our father's wealth, because you are another woman's son." 3 So Jephthah left his half-brothers and lived in the land of Tob. Lawless men11 joined Jephthah's gang and traveled with him.
4 It was some time after this when the Ammonites fought with Israel. 5 When the Ammonites attacked, the leaders of Gilead asked Jephthah to come back from the land of Tob. 6 They said, "Come, be our commander, so we can fight with the Ammonites." 7 Jephthah said to the leaders of Gilead, "But you hated me and made me leave my father's house. Why do you come to me now, when you are in trouble?" 8 The leaders of Gilead said to Jephthah, "That may be true, but now we pledge to you our loyalty. Come with us and fight with the Ammonites. Then you will become the leader of all who live in Gilead." 9 Jephthah said to the leaders of Gilead, "All right! If you take me back to fight with the Ammonites and the Lord gives them to me, I will be your leader." 10 The leaders of Gilead said to Jephthah, "The Lord will judge any grievance you have against us, if we do not do as you say." 11 So Jephthah went with the leaders of Gilead. The people made him their leader and commander. Jephthah repeated the terms of the agreement before the Lord in Mizpah (Judges 10:17—11:11).
At this point, Jephthah enters the story as he is the deliverer that God raised up to rescue the Israelites from the cruel oppression of the Ammonites. He was a brave and powerful warrior, but he, like Abimelech before him, had a less than impeccable pedigree. His father was Gilead, but his mother was a prostitute. Unlike Abimelech, who did away with his brothers, Jephthah was driven off by his (more legitimate) brothers. Over time, a group of rather unsavory men gathered about Jephthah, and it seems as though they engaged in some kind of military endeavors. It seems that it was these military ventures that proved Jephthah to be a "mighty man of valor."12 They did not want to share any of their inheritance with him. But now that the Ammonites were about to wage war against them, the Israelites were very eager to recruit Jephthah as their commander-in-chief (with the emphasis on the word "commander").
One cannot fault Jephthah for being skeptical about the Israelites' invitation to return and to lead the nation in battle. Why should he be interested in delivering those who had driven him off earlier? And could these folks be trusted? Would they "use" him as much and as long as they could, and then cast him aside, or would he be free to direct the Israelites without interference? The leaders of Gilead assured Jephthah that they would make him their leader and that he would be remembered as Israel's deliverer for a long, long time.
And so Jephthah agreed to lead the Israelites in battle. Jephthah promised to be their leader if the Lord granted him victory over the Ammonites. The leaders of Gilead functionally vowed to stand with and under Jephthah. In turn, Jephthah repeated the terms of his agreement with the Israelites "before the Lord in Mizpah." This was virtually a covenant between God and Jephthah and the nation of Israel, as can be discerned from the author's statement that Jephthah repeated the specific commitments of this agreement before the Lord (verse 11).
14 Jephthah sent messengers back to the Ammonite king 15 and said to him, "This is what Jephthah says, 'Israel did not steal the land of Moab and the land of the Ammonites. 16 When they left Egypt, Israel traveled through the desert as far as the Red Sea and then came to Kadesh. 17 Israel sent messengers to the king of Edom, saying, "Please allow us to pass through your land." But the king of Edom rejected the request. Israel sent the same request to the king of Moab, but he was unwilling to cooperate. So Israel stayed at Kadesh. 18 Then Israel went through the desert and bypassed the land of Edom and the land of Moab. They traveled east of the land of Moab and camped on the other side of the Arnon River; they did not go through Moabite territory (the Arnon was Moab's border). 19 Israel sent messengers to King Sihon, the Amorite king who ruled in Heshbon, and said to him, "Please allow us to pass through your land to our land." 20 But Sihon did not trust Israel to pass through his territory. He assembled his whole army, camped in Jahaz, and fought with Israel. 21 The Lord God of Israel handed Sihon and his whole army over to Israel and they defeated them. Israel took all the land of the Amorites who lived in that land. 22 They took all the Amorite territory from the Arnon River on the south to the Jabbok River on the north, from the desert in the east to the Jordan in the west. 23 Since the Lord God of Israel has driven out the Amorites before his people Israel, do you think you can just take it from them? 24 You have the right to take what Chemosh your god gives you, but we will take the land of all whom the Lord our God has driven out before us. 25 Are you really better than Balak son of Zippor, king of Moab? Did he dare to quarrel with Israel? Did he dare to fight with them? 26 Israel has been living in Heshbon and its nearby towns, in Aroer and its nearby towns, and in all the cities along the Arnon for three hundred years! Why did you not reclaim them during that time? 27 I have not done you wrong, but you are doing wrong by attacking me. May the Lord, the Judge, judge this day between the Israelites and the Ammonites!'" 28 But the Ammonite king disregarded the message sent by Jephthah (Judges 11:12-28).
It is interesting to observe what happens when Jephthah does battle with the Ephraimites at the end of chapter 12. Every time an Ephraimite attempted to say "Shibboleth," it came out "Sibboleth," knowing that the outcome was the difference between life and death (12:5-6). When we come to chapter 11, there is a very important distinction which the reader must make; it is noting the difference between the Ammonites and the Amorites.
12 When the sun went down, Abram fell sound asleep, and great terror overwhelmed him. 13 Then the Lord said to Abram, "Know for certain that your descendants will be strangers in a foreign country. They will be enslaved and oppressed for four hundred years. 14 But I will execute judgment on the nation that they will serve. Afterward they will come out with many possessions. 15 But as for you, you will go to your ancestors in peace and be buried at a good old age. 16 In the fourth generation your descendants will return here, for the sin of the Amorites has not yet reached its limit" (Genesis 15:12-16, emphasis mine).
"However, you did not approach the land of the Ammonites, the Wadi Jabbok, the cities of the hill country, or any place else forbidden by the Lord our God" (Deuteronomy 2:37).
The king of the Ammonites attempted to "re-write history" so that he would be justified in his efforts to seize Israel's land east of the Jordan. Jephthah knew his history, and he rather neatly put the Ammonite king in his place.
But Jephthah wasn't finished. He had several other lines of defense which he conveyed to this ambitious king. In addition to his historical argument, Jephthah added his theological argument. Israel is merely dwelling on the land that God (the only true God, the God of Israel) gave them. The Ammonites should likewise be content with what their god, Chemosh, gives them. If Israel's God is a greater God than the no-god Chemosh, the Ammonites would be well advised to "back off" or become the adversaries of Israel's God.
Jephthah now raises a third argument, based upon the actions of Balak, king of Moab. Balak was threatened by Israel's presence nearby (even if they claimed merely to be passing by). Balak may have tried to deal with Israel's threat by hiring Balaam to curse Israel (something that didn't work and that is not mentioned here), but the one thing he didn't do was to gather his army and seek to prevail over the Israelites in battle. If Balak did not find it advisable to attack Israel, then perhaps the king of Ammon should learn from his example.
There is a fourth and final argument, a chronological argument. It wasn't as though Israel had just recently come into possession of the territory east of the Jordan. Her military victories and possession of the trans-Jordan territory occurred some 300 years ago, and thus for 300 years, the Israelites had possession of this land. The Ammonites (and anyone else who dared to try) had ample time and opportunities to attempt taking possession of the trans-Jordan territory of the Israelites. If there is a "statute of limitations" for certain actions, surely it would apply to Israel's possession of this land.
29 The Lord's spirit empowered Jephthah. He passed through Gilead and Manasseh and went to Mizpah in Gilead. From there he approached the Ammonites. 30 Jephthah made a vow to the Lord, saying, "If you really do hand the Ammonites over to me, 31 then whoever is the first to come through the doors of my house to meet me when I return safely from fighting the Ammonites – he will belong to the Lord and I will offer him up as a burnt sacrifice." 32 Jephthah approached the Ammonites to fight with them, and the Lord handed them over to him. 33 He defeated them from Aroer all the way to Minnith – twenty cities in all, even as far as Abel Keramim! He wiped them out! The Israelites humiliated the Ammonites (Judges 11:29-33).
The king of the Ammonites was not going to be deterred, and so he completely disregarded Jephthah's diplomatic efforts. There was going to be war and this king, like those before him, would learn the price of waging war against the Israelites and their God. It is at this point that the Spirit of the Lord came upon Jephthah, energizing him for battle. The puzzling part of our passage is that much more space is devoted to Jephthah's vow and its consequences than to an account of Israel's victory over the Ammonites.
How is it that the first thing Jephthah does after the Spirit of the Lord comes upon him is to make a vow, a vow that he will later regret? The first thing we should know is that vows like that of Jephthah were not uncommon in Israel.
1 When the Canaanite king of Arad who lived in the Negev heard that Israel was approaching along the road to Atharim, he fought against Israel and took some of them prisoner. 2 So Israel made a vow to the Lord and said, "If you will indeed deliver this people into our hand, then we will utterly destroy their cities" (Numbers 21:1-2).
She made a vow saying, "O Lord of hosts, if you will look with compassion on the suffering of your female servant, remembering me and not forgetting your servant, and give a male child to your servant, then I will dedicate him to the Lord all the days of his life. His hair will never be cut" (1 Samuel 1:11).
I will surely do what I have promised [literally, "vowed"].
34 When Jephthah came home to Mizpah, there was his daughter hurrying out to meet him, dancing to the rhythm of tambourines. She was his only child; except for her he had no son or daughter. 35 When he saw her, he ripped his clothes and said, "Oh no! My daughter! You have completely ruined me! You have brought me disaster! I made an oath to the Lord, and I cannot break it." 36 She said to him, "My father, since you made an oath to the Lord, do to me as you promised. After all, the Lord vindicated you before your enemies, the Ammonites." 37 She then said to her father, "Please grant me this one wish. For two months allow me to walk through the hills with my friends and mourn my virginity." 38 He said, "You may go." He permitted her to leave for two months. She went with her friends and mourned her virginity as she walked through the hills. 39 After two months she returned to her father, and he did to her as he had vowed. She died a virgin. Her tragic death gave rise to a custom in Israel. 40 Every year Israelite women commemorate the daughter of Jephthah the Gileadite for four days (Judges 11:34-40).
This is where things really get difficult. The Israelites are victorious, and Jephthah returns to his home. The first person to come from his house to greet him is his daughter, his beloved and only child. If anything is clear, it is that he did not intend for her to be his sacrifice. Jephthah tore his clothes as an expression of his distress. Many have wondered just who he thought would come out of the house. Given the fact that houses often were akin to barns, it is not surprising that he would expect an animal to come from within the house. In my travels, I have sat in the "living room" of humble people, in the company of chickens and goats, which roamed the house freely. Jephthah's house may likewise have housed some animals. But was he wise to assume that it would be an animal that would first come out to meet him? Indeed, how many animals actually "greet" their master at the door, animals that could be legitimately sacrificed? Jephthah's vow is indeed troubling, and now it would seem that he was obligated to keep his vow.
Was there any acceptable way out of his vow? Jephthah did not think so, and neither did his daughter. Some students of Scripture think that God would not have expected him to fulfill such a foolish vow, but it is clear that God did not intervene to prevent this "sacrifice" as He had done with Abraham and Isaac.22 There are also those who would seek to salvage Jephthah's reputation in this terrible account by claiming that the "sacrifice" was not that of his daughter's life, but of her freedom to marry and to bear children.
I must admit to you that I very much dislike what I read in our text about the "sacrifice" of Jephthah's daughter. I would love to find some "way out" that would let me interpret this account in a way that did not include the death of Jephthah's daughter. But having read many (most, I suspect) of the explanations of this passage which lead to a different conclusion, I have not been convinced by any of them, even though I am predisposed to believe them. It seems to me that Jephthah did make such a foolish vow and that he eventually kept his vow by putting his daughter to death.
In discussing this text with some friends who have lived in the Middle East, I found that they were not as shocked at what is said in our text as I was. Human life is not valued as much as it should be, and for little cause, or money, one can hire a person to end the life of another. Further, one's honor is valued so highly that the one making a vow might fulfill it no matter how distasteful that might be. Even in the West, a daughter might be killed for the "honor" of the family. We in the West have a difficult time comprehending how things are done elsewhere in the world. Suffice it to say that we live in a very violent world.
Having read and agonized over our text, and having heard all of the possible reasons for viewing it differently,23 I still am forced to take the passage literally, and thus conclude that Jephthah literally sacrificed his daughter. I know that many will disagree with me here, and I respect their right to do so. But once I start setting texts aside and seeking an interpretation other than the plain and simple meaning of the text, I am no better than those who set aside clear texts, simply because they don't like what they say. Remember, my friend, we are in the Book of Judges, a book where a dagger is plunged into the belly of a man, where a tent peg is driven through a man's head, where a mill stone crushes the skull of a man, and where a man's concubine is tossed to the perverts of the city to abuse as they see fit, only to be cut into twelve pieces after she has died. Given the context, a father's sacrifice of his daughter is much less shocking than it would be in our world.
There is one more observation I would like to make before we move on to more pleasant matters. This daughter encouraged Jephthah to keep his vow at her expense. Do we once again have a woman as the true hero? She urged her father to be faithful to God, even if it cost her life to do so.
1 The Ephraimites assembled and crossed over to Zaphon. They said to Jephthah, "Why did you go and fight with the Ammonites without asking us to go with you? We will burn your house down right over you!" 2 Jephthah said to them, "My people and I were entangled in controversy with the Ammonites. I asked for your help, but you did not deliver me from their power. 3 When I saw that you were not going to help, I risked my life and advanced against the Ammonites, and the Lord handed them over to me. Why have you come up to fight with me today?" 4 Jephthah assembled all the men of Gilead and they fought with Ephraim. The men of Gilead defeated Ephraim, because the Ephraimites insulted them, saying, "You Gileadites are refugees in Ephraim, living within Ephraim's and Manasseh's territory." 5 The Gileadites captured the fords of the Jordan River opposite Ephraim. Whenever an Ephraimite fugitive said, "Let me cross over," the men of Gilead asked him, "Are you an Ephraimite?" If he said, "No," 6 then they said to him, "Say 'Shibboleth!'" If he said, "Sibboleth" (and could not pronounce the word correctly), they grabbed him and executed him right there at the fords of the Jordan. On that day forty-two thousand Ephraimites fell dead. 7 Jephthah led Israel for six years; then he died and was buried in his city in Gilead (Judges 12:1-7).
1 The Ephraimites said to him, "Why have you done such a thing to us? You did not summon us when you went to fight the Midianites!" They argued vehemently with him. 2 He said to them, "Now what have I accomplished compared to you? Even Ephraim's leftover grapes are better quality than Abiezer's harvest! 3 It was to you that God handed over the Midianite generals, Oreb and Zeeb! What did I accomplish to rival that?" When he said this, they calmed down (Judges 8:1-3).
Now, once again we find the Ephraimites talking big after the battle is won, suffering from wounded pride because they wanted greater glory.
I confess, aside from Jephthah's vow, I like this guy. Unlike the ego flattery employed by Gideon, Jephthah deals with the Ephraimites as he did with the king of Ammon. He is polite, but he speaks the truth in a forthright manner. There is no "mealy mouthing" going on here. His diplomacy employs plain speech, the meaning of which cannot be missed. And it is also clear that he is unwilling to bend the truth in order to avoid conflict. He speaks the truth and is willing to back it up with military might if need be.
Notice two things about the Ephraimites' words. First, they were untrue. They accused Jephthah of failing to give them the opportunity to join in the battle against the Ammonites (now that the battle had already been won). Jephthah sets the record straight. He did summon the Ephraimites for the battle. The problem wasn't his failure to call them to battle; it was the Ephraimites' failure to answer the call and to assist in the battle. These folks talk big, but they do little. They want to be there when the battle is won and the medals are being passed out, but they don't want to engage in the battle. When Jephthah realized that they weren't coming, he went to battle without them, facing the dangers that presented. And there was something else these Ephraimites needed to know. The battle was the Lord's. Had the Ephraimites engaged in this battle, the glory for victory would not have been theirs to claim. It was God who won the battle, and it was God alone who should receive the glory.
Jephthah's words were not well received by the Ephraimites. Like the Ammonites, the Ephraimites had come armed for battle. And so it was necessary for Jephthah to engage in battle with his fellow-Israelites. There was a deeper rift between the Ephraimites and Jephthah and the Gileadites. We know that Jephthah was a Gileadite.25 The land of Gilead was east of the Jordan and was possessed by Ruben, Gad, and the half-tribe of Manasseh. The Ephraimites spoke disparagingly of Jephthah's people, who were of the tribe of Manasseh. The Ephraimites spoke of Jephthah's people as renegades, people who fall short of the high standard set by the "blue bloods" of Ephraim and Manasseh (verse 4).
That did it; it was war between the Gileadites and the Ephraimites, and the Gileadites won. What irony we see here. You will remember that it was the Ephraimites who captured the fords of the Jordan in chapter 7.26 This enabled them to capture two of the Midianite kings. Now it is the Gileadites under Jephthah who capture the fords of the Jordan, blocking the Ephraimites from crossing the Jordan and fleeing for their lives.
There was a problem, however. Many people crossed the Jordan River. How would the Gileadites be able to distinguish their Ephraimite enemies from the rest of those seeking to cross the Jordan? They devised a very simple, but effective test. The Ephraimites could not pronounce the "sh" sound. The best they could do was to produce a simple "s" sound. This is true today. My Indian brothers have difficulty producing the "v" sound; it comes out more like a "w" sound. Other races have their own unique pronunciation problems. There are sounds in Spanish that I cannot even begin to approximate.
So, when a person came to one of the fords of the Jordan River, they were asked if they were an Ephraimite. Naturally, an Ephraimite would deny their origins because they knew that they would be killed if they admitted to being one of the enemy. And so those who denied being Ephraimites were given a simple test, "Say 'Shibboleth.'" A non-Ephraimite could easily do so, but no matter how hard an Ephraimite might try, the best they could do was to say "Sibboleth" (without the "sh" sound). And when they did so, they were executed. In all, 42,000 Ephraimites died in this conflict.
Jephthah's period of service as a judge in Israel was short – a mere six years. When he died, he was buried in one of the towns of Gilead.
Our text contains many lessons, directly and by way of inference. Let me conclude by suggesting a few areas of application.
First, our text teaches us the importance of history. It is interesting and significant to me that in both instances in our text, when Israel went to war it was due, in part, to a distortion of the facts of history. The king of the Ammonites sought to wage war with Jephthah and Israel because he believed (or at least claimed to believe) that centuries earlier the Israelites had forcibly taken possession of Ammonite territory. Jephthah's diplomatic efforts were based largely on a corrected view of history. Israel had not taken Ammonite territory; Balak chose not to fight with Israel, and 300 years had passed without a challenge to Israel's possession of this land. History also warned the king of the Ammonites regarding his rejection of Israel's reasonable diplomacy. He would be well advised not to reject Jephthah's words and not to engage the people of God in battle. History should have taught him that this was folly.
So, too, the Ephraimites should have learned to recall history correctly and not attempt to revise it to suit their desires and ambitions. They should have learned a lesson from their confrontation with Gideon years before. Likewise, they should have rightly recalled how things actually happened in the present conflict. Jephthah did summon them and ask for their help, but they did not join in the battle. Now, they wanted to share in the glory that belonged only to God. An accurate understanding of history would have saved the Ephraimites from losing face, and 42,000 men.
We are now living in times when many feel a great freedom to adapt and modify history to suit their own ideologies and practices. Some have been so brazen as to attempt to deny the historicity of the holocaust. Others have twisted the truth regarding the terrorist attack on 9/11. We may not bend and distort history to suit our own ends. It is a correct view of history that sets us straight. No wonder the Bible is filled with history. Let us embrace God's Word as the basis for our understanding of history, as well as being the source of the only message by which men may experience the forgiveness of sins and the gift of eternal life.
and those who love its use will eat its fruit (Proverbs 18:21).
"Let your word be 'Yes, yes' or 'No, no.' More than this is from the evil one" (Matthew 5:37).
"I tell you that on the day of judgment, people will give an account for every worthless word they speak" (Matthew 12:36).
but the one who restrains his words is wise (Proverbs 10:19).
But he answered, "It is written, 'Man does not live by bread alone, but by every word that comes from the mouth of God'" (Matthew 4:4).
"You study the scriptures thoroughly because you think in them you possess eternal life, and it is these same scriptures that testify about me" (John 5:39).
"Look, today I am about to die. You know with all your heart and being that not even one of all the faithful promises the Lord your God made to you is left unfulfilled; every one was realized – not one promise is unfulfilled! (Joshua 23:14; see also 1 Kings 8:56).
The Lord's words are absolutely reliable.
where it is thoroughly refined (Psalm 12:6).
he is like a shield for those who take refuge in him (Proverbs 30:5).
1 After God spoke long ago in various portions and in various ways to our ancestors through the prophets, 2 in these last days he has spoken to us in a son, whom he appointed heir of all things, and through whom he created the world. 3 The Son is the radiance of his glory and the representation of his essence, and he sustains all things by his powerful word, and so when he had accomplished cleansing for sins, he sat down at the right hand of the Majesty on high (Hebrews 1:1-3).
Third, a society which is in decay has a declining respect for women. This observation came to me from my friend, Don Curtis. As we were discussing this text, Don informed me that his son, Aaron, had recently taught the Book of Judges. Don said that Aaron had observed a declining respect for women in Judges. As I think about it, this makes a lot of sense. We begin with a prize winner like Deborah, a woman all could respect. But then we come to Jephthah's daughter, who is sacrificed because of her father's foolish vow. But if this is not bad enough, the book will end with a Levite casting his concubine out of doors to satisfy the perverted desires of the townsmen. And then he will heartlessly summon the woman to get up from the threshold where she lies dead, only to cut her into pieces and send them throughout Israel.
In our society, some women feel that they are just now beginning to come into their own. They are enjoying things that women a few years ago would not have imagined obtaining. And yet I cannot avoid the strong sense that as much as it appears that women are gaining greater status in our country, just the opposite is taking place. I fear that women are actually valued less, that they are receiving a declining respect in our world, particularly by men. If so, this is yet another evidence of the decline of our nation.
Fourth, the degree to which we are shocked by how far Jephthah would go to honor his vow is a measure of how lightly we take vows today. Think about that for a moment. We wonder why Jephthah did not find some way to break his vow, and yet even his daughter encouraged him to keep his vow. Our vows today mean very little, because we are nothing like Jephthah in our commitment to keep our vows. The divorce rate in our country (even among Christians) is a reflection of our lack of commitment to keep our promises.
13 You also do this: You cover the altar of the Lord with tears as you weep and groan, because he no longer pays any attention to the offering nor accepts it favorably from you. 14 Yet you ask, "Why?" The Lord is testifying against you on behalf of the wife you married when you were young, to whom you have become unfaithful even though she is your companion and wife by law. 15 No one who has even a small portion of the Spirit in him does this. What did our ancestor do when seeking a child from God? Be attentive, then, to your own spirit, for one should not be disloyal to the wife he took in his youth. 16 "I hate divorce," says the Lord God of Israel, "and the one who is guilty of violence," says the Lord who rules over all. "Pay attention to your conscience, and do not be unfaithful" (Malachi 2:13-16).
Fifth, our text cautions us regarding making heroes of men. There is only one True Deliverer, only One who is worthy of our worship and our praise. If we are looking for heroes in the Book of Judges, we are destined for disappointment. The more closely we look at Israel's judges, the more obvious their flaws become. Put candidly, almost all of Israel's judges (who are described in any detail) are jerks. They have weaknesses and besetting sins. We should learn from these leaders that all leaders – every one of them – have flaws. If we look long and hard enough, we will see them. Some are so obvious we don't even have to look hard to see them.
We dare not idolize men, for we will surely be disappointed. But we can be encouraged as we see the kind of instruments God uses to achieve His purposes. He uses homemade swords wielded by left-handed men, tent pegs, ox goads, and mill stones. He uses plain and ordinary people like Jael and the woman with the mill stone. When God uses the simple and even foolish things to achieve His purposes, then it is only He who should receive the glory. Let us be encouraged by the kinds of people God uses to achieve His purposes.
God saves those who are unworthy of salvation, not because of men's works but solely because of God's mercy and grace. Are you not amazed to find men like Gideon, Barak, Samson, and Jephthah, and women like Rahab in the "hall of faith" (Hebrews 11)? It is not the greatness of our deeds, but the gracious work of God in the person of Jesus Christ, that saves unworthy sinners. Jesus bore the penalty for our sins on the cross of Calvary. He offers the forgiveness of sins and the promise of eternal life to all who place their trust in Christ Jesus and His work on their behalf. He is the Hero! He is the only Deliverer who can deliver condemned sinners from the penalty of death. Have you acknowledged your sin and placed your trust in Him alone for your salvation? If not, I plead with you to do so, for your eternal well being.
1 Copyright © 2009 by Robert L. Deffinbaugh. This is the edited manuscript of Lesson 12 in the series, The Dark Days of Israel's Judges, prepared by Robert L. Deffinbaugh on November 1, 2009. Anyone is at liberty to use this lesson for educational purposes only, with or without credit.
3 The consensus of those commentaries that I have consulted is that these "outside" marriages were outside the clan or tribe, but not outside of Israel. Personally, I'm not so certain that the language limits "outsiders" to merely those outside the clan or tribe. The author felt it worth mentioning.
4 I see this as early as Genesis 14 in the alliances that exist among the Canaanite "kings." These kings do not rule over large areas or great populations, but over city states.
5 See Judges 2:11; 3:12; 4:1; 10:6; 13:1.
6 As when the Israelites who were ruled by Abimelech served Baal-Berith or El-Berith.
7 See 1 Kings 11:1-6.
8 Baals is plural here because the surrounding nations (and the Canaanites within) served different variations of Baal. For example, we have just seen Baal-Berith, Baal of the Covenant in chapter 9.
9 See Psalm 3:8; Jonah 2:9.
10 Compare this with the Israelites' question in 1:1. There they inquired of the Lord as to who should lead the attack. Here, they speak to one another about it. Israel's repentance is not what it should be for they are not asking for God's guidance, but are seeking to handle this matter among themselves.
11 This expression is also used of those who were the hirelings of Abimelech in Judges 9:4.
12 Only Gideon (6:12) and Jephthah (11:1) are designated as such in Judges.
13 As Jephthah indicates, neither the Edomites nor the Moabites gave the Israelites permission to pass through their land – even though Israel offered to pay for anything they consumed in their country. Rather than engaging their relatives in battle, the Israelites took a less direct route around them to avoid conflict.
15 Dale Ralph Davis has a very helpful footnote on the geography of the lands involved here. See Dale Ralph Davis, Such a Great Salvation: Expositions of the Book of Judges (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Baker Book House, 1990), p. 143, fn. 6.
16 The map section at the back of many Bibles will show the relationship of Ammon to the land of the Amorites, Moabites, and Edomites.
19 K. Lawson Younger has an interesting observation here. He points out that Jephthah's whole defense serves as a warning to this Ammonite king. As Jephthah has sent messengers to seek a peaceful solution to this matter, so Moses sent messengers to the Amorite kings. And when these kings refused to be reasonable and chose rather to attack, God gave Israel the victory. See K. Lawson Younger Jr., Judges and Ruth (Grand Rapids, Michigan: Zondervan, 2002), p. 256.
20 Making vows was common enough that Absalom's request to fulfill his vow in 2 Samuel 15:7-8 was not doubted.
21 There are those who think that Jephthah may have purposely worded his vow broadly enough to include human sacrifice. I'm not convinced of this.
23 I have considered the fact that Jephthah's daughter mourned her virginity and the fact that she could never marry and bear children, but such would be the case if her ability to bear children was terminated when she was sacrificed.
24 See 2 Chronicles 25:10.


I uploaded Links to the webspace of my ISP, hopefully set everything correct. I read about 150 posts in here, but didn't find an answer to my problem (also there have been asked many similar question).
Error including libraries: Can't locate /public/links/cgi-bin/admin/db.pl at \\CLUFS01\WEBG\12724\public\links\cgi-bin\admin\admin.cgi line 28.
Of course, this _is_ a Newbie question, but I did manage to run a counter on my website without problems, so I just don't have a clue what could be wrong.
I really hope someone could help me.
Change C for the drive in the above codes to whatever drive your files are located.
Thank you for answering so quickly. I already thought that the full path could be a solution. Unfortunately the people from my ISP were not able to tell me what the full path on their server is. And I know that it might be more complicated, because my webspace is on two servers (like mirrored). Could that have an effect on the setup?
Could that have an effect on the setup?
Most likely...and if your ISP is unwilling to give you information about where your data is stored...I would look for another hosting company ASAP.
Good...glad you got it running.


Babies with galactosemia cannot properly break down the sugar galactose.
For babies born with galactosemia, the simple act of feeding can be deadly. In this rare inherited disease, infants are deficient in an enzyme known as GALT, leaving them unable to metabolize galactose, a sugary byproduct of lactose found in milk and other dairy foods. Instead, galactose builds up and wreaks havoc. If the condition isn't caught at birth and treated with a lactose-free diet, infants can develop cataracts, brain swelling and organ failure and die within the first few weeks of life.
However, some babies do have enough enzyme to keep the levels of this sugar down, and have a much milder "variant" form of the disease. The trouble is, the existing newborn screening test cannot always distinguish these children from those with the more severe form of the disease. This is because this test cannot differentiate between the absence of GALT and low levels of GALT activity — levels that are still sufficient to spare children from developing speech deficits , intellectual disability and ovarian insufficiency, which despite dietary interventions are characteristic of the severe form of the disease.
Berry and postdoctoral fellow Yijun Li at their liquid chromatograph–tandem mass spectrometer.
Now, Gerard Berry, director of the Metabolism Program at Children's Hospital Boston, hopes to change that with a more sensitive follow-up test relieving unnecessary distress on families.
The liquid chromatography–tandem mass spectrometry based test, pioneered by Berry's team, can detect as little as 0.2 percent of the normal level of GALT activity with at least 92 percent accuracy, sufficient to distinguish the mild "variant" form from the severe form of the disease.
Now, the Berry team is using this test to classify the over 200 mutations associated with galactosemia. They have launched a large observational study in which patients will be genotyped, their GALT activity measured and their health monitored long-term – so that genetic counselors and physicians can begin to predict a galactosemic baby's outcome based on his or her genotype.
In the future, the Berry team, in collaboration with George Daley, director of the Stem Cell Transplantation Program at Children's, hopes to develop a gene therapy-based treatment for galactosemia and use the GALT test to monitor its effectiveness.
Genomic sequencing for newborns: Are parents receptive?