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On Museum Responsibility: A Generative Thought Exercise
Over the past year, the museum world has been turned on its head, laid bare, its ills continually exposed each day. Amazing work has been done by groups like For the Culture, Change The Museum, and Dismantle NOMA to detail accounts of racism, tokenism, and labor exploitation (just to name a few transgressions) that manifest in museums across the United States and beyond. This work, a blend of exposé and catharsis, is necessary. It supports the case that museums are not the neutral, safe, harmless spaces they like us to think they are.
As evidence against museums accumulates, Marabou has been thinking about Grace Lee Boggs and her assertion that protest and exposure of wrongs should be part of a larger process. A lot of thinking and analysis should take place alongside the criticism. We simply cannot tell museums what they do wrong and expect them to fix it. (They won't fix it. If they do, it is in the service of reputation, not to address actual harms.) And it's not necessarily our responsibility to fix the museum. We need to think generatively at the same time we are picking museums apart. This work of reimagining the museum has become popular. Marabou thinks this is a good thing. But along with reimagining, we also need to start conceiving of and taking action to build our imagined, alternative spaces so we have something to transition to if and/or when we decide the museum as it exists is not the best way forward. One way to start this generative imagining is to ask straight forward questions and consider the implications of the answers. Marabou asks, "What is a museum's responsibility?"
Marabou poses this question around responsibility because the answer (to whom or what a museum is responsible) is not clear or straightforward. It varies depending on the institution. Factors like a person's position within or relationship to the museum will certainly influence their perspective. Despite variations in response to this question, the answers are illuminating and relate to all aspects of how a museum functions, from its labor practices, funding, curation, to whom and what it prioritizes. A timely example of this is the February 2021 job posting (which has since been edited) for a new director of the Indianapolis Museum of Art at Newfields. The new director's responsibilities were detailed including,
"maximize unique programmatic opportunities, working closely with the curatorial, education and public programs divisions to animate the permanent collection galleries in innovative ways that attract a broader and more diverse audience while maintaining the Museum's traditional, core, white art audience." [1]
The Newfields post revealed that diversifying its audience must not be done at the sacrifice of the institution's "traditional, core, white audience." In short, Newfields made explicit that they center whiteness, a symptom of white supremacy. A director is a high-level, powerful position whose decisions impact all levels of the museum. A director's main responsibilities reflect the museum's top priorities. In July 2020, curator Dr. Kelli Morgan [2] resigned from Newfields and publicly addressed and detailed the institution's embedded and palpable culture of white supremacy. Dr. Morgan's reasons for leaving included experiencing a racist rant from a Board member and examples of how the museum doesn't provide support to artists and museum employees of color.[3] Newfields' February 2021 job post (unintentionally) reaffirmed Dr. Morgan's claims.
Interrogating a museum's responsibility and priorities is revelatory.
Join Marabou in this generative thought exercise:
Think of a specific museum or cultural space that is familiar to you. It doesn't matter whether you love or hate the place.
Ask yourself, "What is X Institution's responsibility?"
You may think, "But Marabou, a museum has many responsibilities." Marabou agrees. Write down all the responsibilities of your chosen museum, then rank them according to how you perceive the museum prioritizes them.
What responsibility is at the top of the list? Take time to consider how prioritizing a certain responsibility impacts the museum. Think of this holistically including collections, labor conditions (pay, work environment, worker protections such as unions, opportunities for advancement), curatorial vision and voice, education, audience, and more!
Marabou offers some of their musings below:
Is a museum's main responsibility to preserve and protect objects and artifacts? What type of museum environment does this create? If object preservation and protection is of utmost importance, are all the people who preserve and protect those objects (including security guards, art handlers, and registrar, facilities, exhibition design, and preservation staff) equally valued within the institution? Who benefits and what is sacrificed when a museum prioritizes object preservation and protection?
Is a museum's main responsibility to its Board of Trustees? What does this mean in practice? How much power and influence does the board have in decisions about: museum content and exhibitions, hiring and labor practices, collections, etc.? If the board is a dominant voice in museum decision making, who else is included in the conversation and how much does their perspective count? Does a museum's board reflect the institution's values? What type of museum environment does this create? Who benefits from a museum that prioritizes its board? What is sacrificed?
Are museums responsible for public education? Who is defined as "the public"? Does the museum attempt to reach multiple audiences by offering different levels of engagement, or must the public adapt to the museum's education style? Who is included and what perspectives are considered in the development of museum content and interpretation? Are the people who engage and educate the public (educators and other visitor-facing staff) valued within the institution? Is public education really a priority of the museum, or is it simply stated in the mission while Education functions as an under-resourced department?
Museums have multiple responsibilities. The point of this exercise is to figure out and illustrate how prioritizing certain responsibilities influences museum structure and culture. For example, a museum that prioritizes Boards and objects maintains systems that exploit workers, exclude large parts of the public, and benefit just a fraction of people within a museum's ecosystem. It's important to highlight that there are some museums and cultural spaces doing good things. What can we learn from them? What aspects of their functioning do we want to keep in our next iteration?
Marabou asks you to return to your museum's responsibilities list and poses three more questions:
In your opinion, what should be a museum's responsibilities?
Which of these responsibilities should be a top priority?
What type of new museum environment would this reprioritization create?
Marabou thinks changing what is currently prioritized as a museum's foundational responsibility can help create a new type of cultural space within which we all want to work, visit, and thrive.
Decisions around how to build our reimagined "museums" (quotes used since we may not use that term for our new conception) or cultural spaces can be informed by exploring questions about responsibility and how it influences museum structures and functioning. Asking these questions is part of a larger discussion in which museum critique takes a next step and is used in the service of transformation, providing possibilities to generate new cultural spaces.
[1] Domenica Bonogiovanni,"Newfields director job post calling to maintain 'core, white art audience' sees criticism," Indianapolis Star, February 13, 2021.
[2] For a better idea of Dr. Morgan's experiences and perspective, Marabou suggests reading her essay, "To Bear Witness: Real Talk about White Supremacy in Art Museums Today" from June 24, 2020.
[3] Bonogiovanni, "Curator calls Newfields culture toxic, discriminatory in resignation letter," Indianapolis Star, July 18, 2020.
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By Ali Akbar Dareini - Associated Press - Saturday, August 6, 2011
TEHRAN, Iran (AP) — Iran's foreign minister said Saturday he hoped that a final court verdict will lead to the release of two American men who have been held for two years in Tehran on espionage charges.
Shane Bauer and Josh Fattal, both 29, have been held in Iran's Evin Prison since shortly after their July 2009 arrest after straying off a reportedly unmarked road while hiking in Iraq's northern Kurdish region.
A third American, Sarah Shourd, was arrested with the two but was released last September on $500,000 bail. She still faces the same espionage and illegal entry charges as Bauer and Fattal.
Foreign Minister Ali Akbar Salehi was the highest ranking Iranian official, though not the first, to raise expectations of Bauer's and Fattal's release.
Salehi told the official IRNA news agency Saturday that he "hopes the trial of the two American defendants who were detained for the crime of illegally entering Iran will finally lead to their freedom."
"God willing, the judiciary will provide the necessary information about this case in due time," Salehi said, adding that Iran's judiciary "is pursuing the case based on justice."
He didn't elaborate but his remarks were the strongest indication of what has been an increasing expectation of the Americans' imminent release.
Masoud Shafiei, an Iranian lawyer for the two said after a final court hearing last Sunday that the court will announce its verdict within a week.
Shafiei said he hoped that even if the Americans were found guilty, they would only be sentenced to time already served. He insisted the authorities have no evidence to prove espionage, noting that the area where the Americans were detained has a porous and unmarked border.
The Americans deny the charges and maintain they were only hiking in a scenic and largely peaceful area of northern Iraq near the Iranian border.
They say they mistakenly crossed into Iran when they stepped off a dirt road while hiking near a waterfall. While other parts of Iraq remain troubled by violence, the semiautonomous Kurdish north has drawn tourists in recent years, including foreigners.
The case has added to tensions between the United States and Iran that were already high over other issues, including Tehran's disputed nuclear program.
The U.S. government has appealed for the two men to be released, insisting that they have done nothing wrong. The two countries have no direct diplomatic relations, so Washington has been relying on an interests section at the Swiss Embassy in Tehran to follow the case.
Iran's ambassador to Iraq, Hassan Dannaie Fir, told The Associated Press on Thursday he expects the Americans will be released "very soon," describing a general sympathy for the two men, especially during Ramadan, the Muslim holy month that began Monday.
Pardons are traditionally handed down during Ramadan.
The three Americans are friends from their student days at the University of California-Berkeley.
Shourd, now 32, and Bauer got engaged in prison before she was released on what Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad said were humanitarian grounds following health issues.
Shourd is back living in Oakland, California; Bauer grew up in Onamia, Minnesota; and Fattal is from suburban Philadelphia.

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Nina Menkes is a filmmaker whose works radically synthesize inner dream worlds with brutal outer realities. Her films have screened at major international film festivals, including Sundance, the Berlinale, Locarno, and Toronto. Menkes's narrative films include Magdalena Viraga, Queen of Diamonds, and The Bloody Child, and all of her narrative works will be restored and made available on Blu-ray via Arbelos in 2023. Her documentary Brainwashed, which unpacks the male gaze in cinema history, was released by Kino Lorber in October.
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Andrei Rublev
The first three times I saw Andrei Rublev, I wept during the final scenes, when the boy creates the giant bell. He is penniless and has no precise idea what he is doing, pragmatically, but he connects intuitively to a core spiritual part of himself and to the materials that will become the bell, and manages to succeed in making it. With stellar performances and meaningful, beautiful cinematography, the film explores the profound struggle and illuminating glory of following one's artistic vocation.
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The Passion of Joan of Arc still stuns almost a century after it was made because its spiritual power transcends time. The film's political meaning is so acute thanks to Dreyer's attunement to the sexism of the ecclesiastical jurists and their jealousy of Joan. His deep sympathy for her position as a woman and her calling is incredibly moving. And it's all accomplished without sound.
This is my favorite film by Agnès Varda—and one of my favorite films, period. Vagabond concerns a beautiful young woman who refused to conform to any of the expectations that were imposed upon her life and spirit. Sandrine Bonnaire's performance is so real, and everything about how the film is constructed—the way it seamlessly melds documentary and narrative elements—leaves us feeling as though we've witnessed the actual life and death of this woman.
The first time I saw La dolce vita was on VHS, when it came out at my local video store in the late eighties, and I voraciously watched it five times in a row. Fellini's masterful filmmaking integrates the politics and glittering emptiness of celebrity (still precisely on point today), while simultaneously creating a riveting, beautiful cinematic world with a perfect balance of pain and humor. And who can forget the final scene with the tragic monster from the sea, who speaks our deepest truth without words.
Barbara Loden
Like Vagabond, Loden's iconic Wanda is about a drifter, a woman who has rejected all the things that were expected of her but has found nothing satisfactory to take their place. She is female, uneducated, and broke, and her options are severely limited. With beauty hanging around her neck like a ball and chain, she tries to navigate impossible choices with a silent pain that is devastating.
My favorite Bresson film, Au hasard Balthazar, takes us into the perspective of a donkey, an innocent animal constantly subjected to the random cruelties of the selfish and petty human beings who surround and control him. It's hard to think of a more moving film about sacrifice and surrender, understood in a subtle yet profound way. The main character, the donkey Balthazar, carries our own hurt and loneliness far more powerfully than most human actors, all the way through to his death: possibly the most incredible moment ever captured on film.
When I saw this movie for the first time I was blown away, amazed, and relieved. Here was a film director—Chantal Akerman—who reflected my own experiences and feelings so precisely: feelings I had about being a woman, about cinema, and about how those two things might go together. The rigor of the cinematography and the editing, as well as Akerman's refusal to compromise in showing the ways the protoganist is caught in the steel trap of "femininity," created an instant classic and made me feel much less alone.
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Fat Girl
Fat Girl attacks the image/concept of "beautiful young woman" and the romantic tropes that have been the cornerstone of sexist cinema for over a century. With cruel precision, Catherine Breillat obliterates the male gaze and allows us to experience the world through the eyes of the "fat girl"—an extremely astute, highly intelligent, overweight thirteen-year-old. Her deeply skeptical view on everything that has been forced down her throat in regards to sex, pleasure, male and female role acting, and "romance" is invigorating.
Lucrecia Martel
This film is astounding in its creation of a cinematic world unlike anything else. Through fluid camera work and a surreal use of sound, Lucrecia Martel leads us into the life of a family whose swirling dysfunction has political undertones, which make the experience of watching this film both more real and more unbearable. La Ciénega explores an emotional vortex where there are few healthy emotional boundaries, and we start to suffocate in a murky swamp along with the characters—both literally and metaphorically.
Gena Rowlands is wonderful in this heartbreaking depiction of a woman trying to survive emotionally while being gaslit by her sexist environment. The psychic and social ruptures that are revealed though her daily struggles, and the impossibility of her situation, from which there is apparently no exit, conveyed through Cassavetes's vérité style of the shooting, all stand the test of time.
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The company is aiming for better emulation and a simultaneous worldwide release.
Read more about SEGA's Mega Drive/Genesis Mini consoles getting pushed back to 2019.
So.....when are we going to get a classic system that has actual length cables?
Barely a 3 foot long cable is NOT going to be good enough, and if that photo is anything to go by it will be shorter then that.
The miniNES has a terribly short cable for the controllers as well....it cant be that hard to make the cords longer.
Or use Bluetooth. The idea of wired controllers these days is just daft, especially for a living room environment. I get the nostalgia element but surely these types of systems can evoke that without an annoying trip hazard.
Just for clarification, but the images in the article are not from Mini consoles, but of the original hardware. The cable just looks short because it is a PR-style image. We don't know how long the cables are yet.
Wouldn't that be brilliant if they just used a pinout adapter so you could use USB extensions?
Probably easy enough to make the ends with a 3D printer with how chunky all the older stuff is!
Both my wife and I still have functioning Sega and Sega Nomad systems and I wanted to say seems like they had it right the first time!
But I know it's featuring emulation as well.
I figured it was probably a PR image, the cables themselves will still probably be pretty short. I don't sit in front of my TV 2 feet away anymore :P and my eyes thank me for it (terrible as they are lol).
I do agree though - a bluetooth controller like the modern system would be awesome...and it can't be hard to do either. Would probably add a smig more to the overall cost though.
The correct spelling is Japanese market, not Japanise.
I have to agree with the concerns regarding the length of the cables. We can't have high end televisions not coming in smaller sizes than 55" and then Sega expect us to still have <32" CRT televisions to plug the Mega Drive Mini to them.


Kelly Moss Motorsports is looking for funded drivers to compete for a championship as they announce a three-car effort in a full season of the GT Cup Championship in the Pirelli World Challenge in 2015.
2014 Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge USA by Yokohama Platinum Cup champion Colin Thompson will lead the Kelly Moss effort in PWC in 2015 in a Porsche 911 GT3 Cup car. Thompson will make his PWC debut in his second season with the team.
The championship-caliber team seeks to fill the remaining two seats in its Porsche 911 GT3 Cup cars with funded drivers.
The team also will continue to keep a primary focus in the Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge USA by Yokohama series.
Kelly Moss has run some of the most advanced vehicles for the most prominent drivers in the world and will continue the trend in PWC in 2015. The team knows its cars down to the smallest detail, adding up to a significant advantage.
As the reigning Porsche GT3 Cup Challenge USA by Yokohama Platinum Cup team champions, Kelly Moss will take its extensive knowledge of the Porsche 911 to some familiar tracks on the PWC schedule, such as Road America, Circuit of the Americas and Canadian Tire Motorsport Park.
Kelly Moss uses advanced alignment equipment with extreme tolerances to best set up the cars. As a multi-car operation, the team uses multiple sources of data to analyze car and driver achievement, ensuring championship level performance.
Industry-leading practices are the standard set by Kelly Moss. With one of the most advanced prep shops in North America, Kelly Moss provides impeccable quality control of its services and has the means to constantly push the technical envelope on its clients' cars, allowing it to compete for championships from day one.
The team boasts a staff of qualified Porsche-trained technicians in both engineering and chassis repair, who always keep up-to-date with the latest techniques. In fact Kelly Moss has nine factory-trained technicians on staff, the most of any team in North America, including Vice President and Team Manager Jeff Stone.
Trackside, Kelly Moss will continue to bring in top-notch mechanics and engineers from all over the world.
The PWC season will start Friday, March 6 at Circuit of the Americas in Austin, Texas.
Funded drivers interested in filling the remaining two seats can contact Jeff Stone at kmracing@gmail.com or (608) 347-7438.
For the latest news on Kelly Moss visit www.kellymoss.com. To get up to the minute trackside results like the team on Facebook and follow @kellymossmotors on Twitter.


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How do we plan disease risk reduction studies?
Sharon Carty discusses the planning that goes with disease risk reduction studies
Every clinical study we do, we publish it online in specific sites, such as clinicaltrials.gov, so that people can see what types of studies we are doing, why we are doing it, and what we get out of them.
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Below is a transcript of the video:
The key thing in planning these types of studies is to understand, first of all, what it is we are trying to measure and for what purpose. Are we looking to continue to develop our evidence package and to provide more information to consumers about the effects of switching to the product? The other piece to think about is when we chose a disease, an endpoint that we want to study, do we see an effect when you quit smoking? If you don't see an effect, you're obviously unlikely to see an effect when you switch. The other thing is also, how long does it take to see that effect? The longer the time it takes to see the effect, the longer your study has to be, which means you don't get data soon to be able to communicate sooner to our consumers or the regulator. And the last piece—probably not the last but at least one important piece, is the cost. Obviously, you need a fair amount of money, resources, and people to actually run these types of studies.
I guess the biggest obstacle is the fact that we are in the tobacco industry, a tobacco company running a clinical study. It is not the most common of scenarios.
When you think about it when we move into people who have early stages of smoking-related diseases, and you add to the fact that we are a tobacco company looking to study a smoke-free product, a reduced risk product in those people, there's an initial reluctance to work with us, which is understandable. Whether that's the companies that helps us run these studies—Contract Research Organizations (CROs) or whether also sites and investigators. Some simply can't work with the tobacco industry, simply because of the policy of the site or the clinic in which they work. So those are the biggest obstacles that we face.
What we do to overcome that is to share the data that we have, what we know so far, and also what we don't know, and why we want to do these types of studies. Usually, it takes time, for sure, we need to give them time to understand and reflect about what we are sharing. But usually, then there is a realization that there is a potential here, and it is worth investing time and effort into further studying these types of products.
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Inter-island flight tariff would increase passengers by a third
The flat-rate tariff will apparently increase the number of passengers significantly.
The regional transport ministry reckons that a flat-rate, inter-island flight tariff would result in a 33% increase in passengers (200,000 more) and have an economic impact of 24 million euros. The increase would correspond to 140,000 more passengers between Majorca and Ibiza and 60,000 between Majorca and Minorca.
The minister, Marc Pons, explained this to parliament earlier this week in outlining latest advances in discussions with the national ministry of development. The figures will be used to justify the tariff, which the national ministry has to raise with Brussels. Meetings which have already been had with EU officials have made clear the regional government's wish that the tariff would be set at a maximum of 30 euros per flight.
The national ministry, Pons said, has been given the regional government's "maximum collaboration" in developing proposals to be made to Brussels, and he expressed his confidence that the tariff will soon be given the green light. The secretary-of-state for transport, Julio Gómez Pomar, has told Palma that he will have all he needs to present the proposals in the middle of this month.
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Lightning Round: Bolts set record for fastest back-to-back goals in franchise history
Corey Perry and Erik Cernak team up to do something that the Lightning have never done before
By JustinG. Dec 1, 2021, 7:00am EST
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Things were looking quite positive for the Tampa Bay Lightning early in the first period last night against the St Louis Blues. Corey Perry had just scored on the power play to double their lead. Ross Colton won the post-goal face-off and the puck made it over to Erik Cernak just inside the red line. His plan was to hammer it into the Blues' zone so that the Lightning could get their forecheck going once again. Instead this happened:
Just like Cernak planned it.. pic.twitter.com/0YZb70W5Pp
— NHL GIFs (@NHLGIFs) December 1, 2021
The puck crossed the goalline just 5 seconds after Perry's goal and in doing so established a new record for the fastest back-to-back goals in franchise history. The previous record had been nine seconds, a feat accomplished three times, all victories for the Lightning.
March 25th, 2016 - Nikita Kucherov and Vladislav Namestnikov
January 14th, 2014 - Victor Hedman and Nikita Kucherov
January 9th, 2004 - Dave Andreychuk and Fredrik Modin
The NHL record for fastest two goals by one team is an amazing two seconds. Max Domi and Joel Armia scored back to back goals in the blink of an eye against the Washington Capitals in a 6-4 victory on November 1st, 2018. There is a bit of a cravat to that record. It came at the end of the game and the Capitals had pulled the goaltender for the face-off after Domi's goal.
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The blueline is back to full health and Stamkos should be back in the line-up soon.
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Crunch sign Patrick Watling to PTO [Syracuse Crunch]
The Crunch add to their forward depth by signing the 28-year-old forward to a PTO. Watling has posted 24 points (9 goals, 15 assists) in 14 games for the Wheeling Nailers. The veteran center should provide some depth (and hopefully some scoring) for a Crunch team that has been hit hard with call-ups and injuries.
Declan McDonnell was 22nd on our most recent Top 25 Under 25 list. On Tuesday he was invited to Team USA's training camp for the upcoming World Junior Championships
USA Hockey has announced its 2022 World Junior camp roster. pic.twitter.com/VdDkB6x19o
— Chris Peters (@chrismpeters) November 30, 2021
Brendan Lemieux suspended for five games [NHL.com]
"To sum up...this is biting". Los Angeles Kings forward Lemieux chomped down on Brady Tkachuk's hand during a skirmish and will now sit for the next five games.
New Jersey Devils extend Jack Hughes [All About the Jersey]
The Devils are hoping, really, really hoping that Jack Hughes is the centerpiece of their rebuild. On Tuesday they announced that Hughes, who has been out since the middle of October with a separated shoulder, agreed to an 8-year, $64 million extension.


Ok Oppo, Which manufacturer's lineup does absolutely nothing for you?
A manufacturer or brand where there's not a single vehicle that appeals to you based on their 2018 lineup?
It has to be Nissan for me. The GT-R is the only saving grace but it's getting long in the tooth and is no longer the hypercar-killing entry level supercar it used to be. Nissan and even Infiniti is all beige mobiles, completely dead to me.
Subaru is the other one. Nothing in their lineup is interesting to me and that includes the Wrx/Sti and the BRZ. Sure, if I had kids and wanted a solid safe high resale AWD people mover I would be interested in a 3.6R Outback but now, bleh.
Even the kings of beige Toyota has interesting trucks like the Tacoma and 4runner, and the new V6 Camry is actually a good car despite the looks.
Hell, even Chrysler with just 2 vehicles has a good minivan and I like the 300.
So, which one do you love to hate?


I've a faint reminiscence of an article I learn some years again detailing the grim lifetime of a shelf picker in an Amazon warehouse. It described the association of merchandise on cabinets — unlikely juxtapositions decided wholly by algorithm.
A employee's life was disorienting; you by no means knew the place something may be. Nail clippers may be subsequent to stone humidifiers or HVAC filters or image frames. The employee was given a product location and ran to it. Then one other. And once more. The warehouse was a recreation, the merchandise little greater than flippers looking for a pinball to thwack.
This vacation season, you're the pinball.
Amazon has just lately opened Amazon Four-Star, a catchall reward store in SoHo — about 100 toes from Balthazar and the MoMA Design Retailer — that's a part of the corporate's sluggish seep into bodily retail. It's grim. A everlasting retailer with the harried, colorless temper of a rapidly assembled clearance-sale pop-up. Lot-Much less Closeouts shops have extra vim and appeal.
Amazon Four-Star asks what would occur if the logic of the warehouse writ uncooked was utilized to a standard storefront. Who wants a warehouse picker when the purchasers can do the work themselves?
Among the objects Amazon Four-Star hawks are Amazon merchandise, naturally: the Amazon Echo house assistant (which ordinarily solutions to "Alexa"), the Amazon Fireplace HD eight pill, the Amazon Fireplace TV Stick, loads of AmazonBasics objects, together with a five-way headphone splitter ($9.49, $eight.07 for Prime; Four.Four ranking). Run-of-the-mill vertical integration stuff. Not my ecosystem, however positive.
Some sections are organized logically: kids's toys, kitchen objects, smart-home instruments. (I take advantage of "part" very loosely. On the wall, every one is maybe a few toes extensive.) And every merchandise tag has a value, a cheaper price for Amazon Prime members (typically) and a median star ranking (together with the variety of prospects who rated it).
About that Four-Star title, although. Factor is, I do know there's a fifth star. 4 stars out of 5 is already a concession. What's on provide aren't probably the most premium merchandise, however relatively ones which might be fairly good.
Add to that the truth that I discovered a number of objects within the retailer that truly have a ranking under 4 stars. Say, the iRobot Braava Jet 240 moist mop ($199/$169; three.eight), or Don't Lose Your Cool, ($19.99/$10.42; 2.Four), a celebration recreation that features a contraption you strap to your head that measures rises in coronary heart price and which presumably was examined on prospects buying right here.
"Trending Round NYC on Amazon.com." Taxonomies I've by no means contemplated and that are completely ineffective.
On the Trending desk, a Lego introduction calendar ($29.99; Four.7) was subsequent to a Panasonic Arc 5 electrical razor ($199.99/$99.99; Four.5), which was subsequent to a bathtub of CeraVe moisturizing cream ($15.06; Four.6) and simply inches from Michelle Obama's memoir, "Changing into" ($32.50/$19.50; Four.eight).
A few tables away, a Large Gulp-size Yankee Candle in a surprisingly not acrid Christmas Cookie scent ($17.99; Four.1) was subsequent to "Much less," a novel by Andrew Sean Greer that gained the Pulitzer Prize ($15.99/$10.87; three.7).
These are chaotic preparations, on tables set amongst flooring paths that resemble a area maze. Ornament and filigree is minimal. There have been a few afterthought cardboard bushes on the digital reward information desk, however not a lot past that. Nearly each 10 minutes, a UPS handler would roll in a hand truck full of these signature Amazon bins, presumably loading up the shop with stock.
Now look, I depend on Amazon Prime identical to the following hypocrite, and I perceive how one's wants aren't cleanly categorizable. However this retailer treats commerce like a twister. On one desk, there was a tossed-together assortment of sunshine winter jackets much less organized than what you'd discover within the Instances Sq. H&M; beneath the desk was a set of cardboard bins with sizes written in marker on the aspect. Neglect farm-to-table; that is pallet-to-checkout.
Perhaps I used to be utilizing the flawed strategy — absorbing the shop as a complete, and never like a warehouse picker looking for a particular merchandise. So I went by means of my psychological stock of house issues that want fixing.
Impressed by a buddy's current buy of a 75-inch tv (insert drool emoji), I sought out the electronics part. However there was just one choice, a meager 55 inches. There was an impressive-looking Sonos Beam Soundbar ($399/$349; Four.1), however that felt like one thing to handle later, as soon as the primary itch had been scratched.
Then, a manageable ask. Over Thanksgiving weekend, my mom gave critical aspect eye to the pan I take advantage of to make eggs, which after years of use resembles one thing extracted from a barn on "American Pickers." Simple sufficient. I went to the kitchen part however discovered that there have been none.
Effectively, strictly talking, there was one: a tree-ornament model, the three.5-inch Lodge miniature skillet ($6.25/$Four.69; Four.Four), good for a single egg or a fast wallop on the top, which, by this level, would have been candy reduction.


This HPLS Siddur starts with Psalm 145, which is referred to as Ashrei (AhshRay).
The service continues with the Silent Prayer for weekdays.
Amidah (Ah'meeDah), which means standing because the prayer is said standing.
The Sim Shalom synagogue service is Egalitarian and contains the blessings for the Matriarchs.
Between Pesach and Shuvout the 49 Omer Blessings.


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[News] Blea Electric Surfboards - Surf Anywhere!
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Hello Mi Fans,
Have you ever dreamed of getting into surfing, but wanted to flatten out the learning curve a little bit before you set foot in the ocean? If so, you may be interested in a new pair of electric surfboards which recently surfaced called Blea Shark,the relatively low-priced e-surfboards promise you up to 70 minutes of surfing, a top speed of 20-30 miles per hour, and a learning time of only around five minutes, even for folks who have never tried surfing before.
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Surf on any body of water whenever you want to with the Blea Shark Electric Surfboard. Anyone can learn how to operate Blea in just five minutes, reducing practice time and lesson costs. It also doesn't require waves so you can use it on rivers and lakes. Additionally, the Blea electric surfboard comes with a 30 mph top speed along with a 1.5-hour battery. You can also easily swap the battery to play for longer. Weighing up 15 kilograms, Blea is easy to carry around. Plus, it requires almost zero maintenance, saving time and hassle. There are two versions of Blea available, the Shark Performance and the Shark Sports. Made from reinforced polymer, the Blea Shark Performance offers a maximum power of 8hp while the carbon fiber Sports offers 13hp.
Check out Blea:
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In addition to the 30 mph top speed and the generous 1.5 hour battery, here are a few other features that set us apart from every electric surfboard on the market:
Swappable battery. With simple swapping the battery, you define how long you would like to play.
Light Weight. Easy to carry around.
Almost no maintenance required. Save time and hassle in maintaining the board.
There are actually two models of the Shark being offered – the Performance and the Sport.
Made out of reinforced polymer, the Shark Performance weighs 30 kg (66 lb) including battery, and has a top speed of 20 mph (32 km/h). The carbon fiber Shark Sport, on the other hand, tips the scales at 27 kg (60 lb) and tops out at 30 mph (48 km/h). Both models feature a swappable battery that provides a claimed 40 to 70 minutes of go time per 1.5 to 2-hour charge.
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Both Blea Shark models feature a swappable battery that provides a claimed 40 to 70 minutes. Riders control the speed via a handheld throttle, while a kill switch attached to their wrist keeps the board from proceeding without them when they fall off. According to the designers, learning to ride only takes about five minutes, even for people who have never surfed before.Specs-wise, the two Shark boards are within the same ball park as many of the other electric surfboards which were covered previously. The reinforced polymer Shark Performance weighs 66 lbs, including its swappable battery, and boasts a top speed of 20 miles per hour. The Shark Sport, meanwhile, is constructed out of carbon fiber, weighs a slightly lighter 60 lbs, and can travel at up to 30 miles per hour. Speed for both models is controlled using a handheld throttle, and both come with a kill switch to prevent the board from shooting off without you in the event that you take an unintended plunge.
So what do you guys think about Blea Electric Surfboards? Ready for some surfing lessons?
Do REPLY down your opinions below.
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Hello Mi Fans,Have you ever dreamed of getting into surfing, but wanted to flatten out the learning curve a little bit before you set foot in the ocean? If so, you may be interested in a new pair of electric surfboards which recently surfaced called Blea Shark,the relatively low-priced e-surfboards promise you up to 70 minutes of surfing, a top speed of 20-30 miles per hour, and a learning time of only around five minutes, even for folks who have never tried surfing before.Surf on any body of water whenever you want to with the Blea Shark Electric Surfboard. Anyone can learn how to operate Blea in just five minutes, reducing practice time and lesson costs. It also doesn't require waves so you can use it on rivers and lakes. Additionally, the Blea electric surfboard comes with a 30 mph top speed along with a 1.5-hour battery. You can also easily swap the battery to play for longer. Weighing up 15 kilograms, Blea is easy to carry around. Plus, it requires almost zero maintenance, saving time and hassle. There are two versions of Blea available, the Shark Performance and the Shark Sports. Made from reinforced polymer, the Blea Shark Performance offers a maximum power of 8hp while the carbon fiber Sports offers 13hp.Check out Blea:In addition to the 30 mph top speed and the generous 1.5 hour battery, here are a few other features that set us apart from every electric surfboard on the market:Swappable battery. With simple swapping the battery, you define how long you would like to play.Light Weight. Easy to carry around.Almost no maintenance required. Save time and hassle in maintaining the board.There are actually two models of the Shark being offered – the Performance and the Sport.Made out of reinforced polymer, the Shark Performance weighs 30 kg (66 lb) including battery, and has a top speed of 20 mph (32 km/h). The carbon fiber Shark Sport, on the other hand, tips the scales at 27 kg (60 lb) and tops out at 30 mph (48 km/h). Both models feature a swappable battery that provides a claimed 40 to 70 minutes of go time per 1.5 to 2-hour charge.Both Blea Shark models feature a swappable battery that provides a claimed 40 to 70 minutes. Riders control the speed via a handheld throttle, while a kill switch attached to their wrist keeps the board from proceeding without them when they fall off. According to the designers, learning to ride only takes about five minutes, even for people who have never surfed before.Specs-wise, the two Shark boards are within the same ball park as many of the other electric surfboards which were covered previously. The reinforced polymer Shark Performance weighs 66 lbs, including its swappable battery, and boasts a top speed of 20 miles per hour. The Shark Sport, meanwhile, is constructed out of carbon fiber, weighs a slightly lighter 60 lbs, and can travel at up to 30 miles per hour. Speed for both models is controlled using a handheld throttle, and both come with a kill switch to prevent the board from shooting off without you in the event that you take an unintended plunge.So what do you guys think about Blea Electric Surfboards? Ready for some surfing lessons? Do REPLY down your opinions below.Source: 1, 2, 3


BEWARE of The MacArthur Study Bible!
I recently took a close look inside the "Revised and Updated" edition of THE MACARTHUR STUDY BIBLE  by Thomas Nelson publishers. Honestly, don't waste your money, because it's filled with heresy and really bad theology.
First of all, Thomas Nelson owns the copyright to the New King James Version (hereafter called NKJV). So it's not surprising that Thomas Nelson publishers are also publishing MacArthur's garbage. Yes, I said garbage, because that's what it is. I am not trying to be unkind, but honest. I am warning you about this Modernist who dares to claim the name of Christ, while denying the redeeming power of the literal blood of Jesus Christ. Satan is subtle and if we're not careful, he'll deceive us through false prophets like Dr. John F. MacArthur.
Ironically, the insert to MacArthur's Study Bible reads: "GOD'S TRUTH IS THE MOST IMPORTANT THING IN THE WORLD." I couldn't agree more, which is why I am exposing Nelson Publishers and John MacArthur as heretics who have corrupted the very Words of God, and perverted the meaning of the Scriptures.
Please don't misunderstand me, there are many wonderful teachings in The MacArthur Study Bible, just as the Jehovah's Witnesses also teach many wonderful things in their literature; but John MacArthur, like the Jehovah's Witnesses, teaches damnable heresies as well. As is customary with Satan, we find a small amount of lies embodied within the truth, which is no truth at all. If Mr. MacArthur is wrong on salvation and the blood of Christ, which he certainly is, then he's wrong about everything else too.
MacArthur's Study Bible is based upon the perverted NKJV. The NKJV is just as rotten and corrupt as the New International Version (NIV) of the Bible. The NKJV has most of the same corruptions as does the NIV in comparison to the trustworthy 1611 King James Bible (KJB). The NKJV is based upon the same heretical work of Westcott and Hort as are all other modern perversions of God's Word. The NKJV is dangerous, because it perverts the Word of God. For example: The NKJV publishers changed "narrow is the way" in Matthew 7:14 to "difficult is the way." There is nothing "difficult" about the salvation offered to us through Jesus Christ! Jesus said in Matthew 11:30, "For my yoke is EASY, and my burden is light." Jesus stated THE EXACT OPPOSITE of what the NKJV claims. Boy, you talk about a contradiction! Salvation is not difficult. Anyone can be saved simply by coming to Jesus Christ as a guilty sinner, believing on Him to wash away our sins by His own precious blood (1st Peter 1:18,19).
So the first, and biggest flaw, of MacArthur's Revised and Updated Study Bible is that he is basing his work upon a corrupted version of the Scriptures. Perverted bibles consequently lead to perverted doctrines. This is why so many false doctrines have crept into the New Testament Church today.
"From a Gr. verb that means "to corrupt," this word came to refer to corrupt hucksters, or con men who by their cleverness and deception were able to sell as genuine an inferior product that was only a cheap imitation. The false teachers in the church were coming with cleaver, deceptive rhetoric to offer a degraded, adulterated message that mixed paganism and Jewish tradition. They were dishonest men seeking personal profit and prestige at the expense of gospel truth and people's souls.
MacArthur's commentary, as does the perverted word "peddling" in the NKJV, steers the reader's mind away from the reality that there are CORRUPT bibles on the market today. The phrase, "peddling the Word of God" only casts a negative reflection upon those who are greedy and have something to sell. The actual Greek meaning of this word (kapeleuo) is "corrupt" and it was very dishonest for Nelson Publishers to change this word. The word "peddling" is an incomplete definition of the Greek word. The full meaning is a person who adulterates and corrupts the word of God to make a profit. The word "peddling" does NOT convey the Greek meaning of this word. MacArthur is dishonest to go along with this perversion of the Scriptures. 2nd Corinthians 2:17 isn't just condemning those who peddle the Word of God; but rather, those who corrupt the Word of God and then peddle it to make money.
Unbelievably, MacArthur's commentary on 2nd Corinthians 2:17 condemns Thomas Nelson publishers and all the other Bible-corrupters today; YET, he won't address the issue because he is compromised. MacArthur has enough spiritual insight to expose false religions (such as Jehovah's Witnesses and Mormons); but then he fails to expose false bibles. This is a major flaw in MacArthur's "Study Bible." People need to be warned about the onslaught of corrupt bibles on the market today. Sadly, MacArthur is as blinded as a blind man. Do yourself an eternal favor and only use the King James Bible.
"The hostile realities of v. 8 call for the heavenly resources of v. 7"
That's it? That's all you've got to say Mr. MacArthur concerning God's promise to preserve His Words? MacArthur completely avoids the issue of preservation of the Word of God, because he us using a perverted Bible himself to mislead the masses. There's no money to be made today selling the increasingly unpopular King James Bible in our apostate society. Nelson Publisher's is pulling on the same rope as the Devil. Please read, The King James Version Hasn't Changed.
"It was His death that was efficacious . . . not His blood . . . Christ did not bleed to death. The shedding of blood had nothing to do with bleeding . . . it simply means death . . . Nothing in His human blood saves . . . It is not His blood that I love . . . it is Him. It is not His bleeding that saved me, but His dying."
In MacArthur's Revised and Updated "Study Bible," he avoids Exodus 12:13 like the Bubonic Plague... "And the blood shall be to you for a token upon the houses where ye are: and when I see the blood, I will pass over you, and the plague shall not be upon you to destroy you, when I smite the land of Egypt" (KJB). MacArthur doesn't comment directly concerning this verse. It baffles me as to why any professed Gospel preacher would make light of the literal blood of Jesus Christ. MacArthur has nothing good to say about Jesus' physical blood, because he doesn't think it has any value in and of itself. What good is a "Study Bible" that ignores the most important doctrine in the entire Bible? 1st Peter 1:18,19 tells us just how important the blood of Jesus is: "Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; But with the precious blood of Christ, as of a lamb without blemish and without spot."
"The price paid to a holy God was the shed blood of His own Son."
"Shedding of blood" refers to death."
Wow! What a deceiver! If God meant "death," then He would have said "death" Mr. MacArthur; BUT He didn't, He said "shedding of blood."
"A better translation would be "through His own blood." ... Nothing is said which would indicate that Christ carried His actual physical blood with Him into the heavenly sanctuary."
On the contrary, the KJB states, "Moreover he [Moses] sprinkled with blood both the tabernacle, and all the vessels of the ministry ... For Christ is not entered into the holy places made with hands, which are the figures of the true; but into heaven itself, now to appear in the presence of God for us" (Hebrews 9:21,24). If you'll take the time to carefully read the entire chapter of Hebrews 9, you'll find the word "blood" mentioned 12 times. You'll also learn that the Old Testament tabernacle was a "figure" of the true Tabernacle in Heaven. Just as the Old Testament high priest was required to bring the lamb's literal physical shed BLOOD into the holy place and sprinkle it upon the mercy seat, so did Jesus Christ enter into the heavenly holy place with His own blood and sprinkle it on the Mercy Seat. MacArthur is very wrong!
Hebrews 9:12 in the KJB states, "Neither by the blood of goats and calves, but by his own blood he entered in once into the holy place, having obtained eternal redemption for us." MacArthur claims that the phrase "by his own blood" should have been translated "through his own blood"; however, then this means that we would also need to change the phrase "by the blood of goats and calves" to "through the blood of goats and calves." So then why did God require the blood of animals UPON THE MERCY SEAT in the Old Testament? Leviticus 17:11 reads, "For the life of the flesh is in the blood: and I have given it to you upon the altar to make an atonement for your souls: for it is the blood that maketh an atonement for the soul." Perhaps Mr. MacArthur needs some better reading glasses.
"...the shedding of blood represents the shedding of life, i.e., death ... NT references to the shedding of the blood of Jesus Christ are references to His death."
There is NO such teaching in the Scriptures! John MacArthur has fabricated his own corrupt way of thinking. Hebrews 9:6-7 state: "Now when these things were thus ordained, the priests went always into the first tabernacle, accomplishing the service of God. But into the second [i.e., the holy of holies] went the high priest alone once every year, NOT WITHOUT BLOOD, which he offered for himself, and for the errors of the people." How can Mr. MacArthur be so naive and unbiblical as to claim that Jesus' literal physical blood didn't need to be applied to the Mercy Seat in Heaven, in consideration of such overwhelming Scriptural evidence?
"...the shedding of blood in and of itself is an insufficient sacrifice. Christ had not only to shed His blood, but to die ... Without His death, his blood had no saving value."
While it is true that Jesus' death was absolutely essential to His work of redemption, MacArthur attempts to use this fact in this Scripture as a means of completely disregarding the efficacy (power) of the literal physical blood of Jesus. Hebrews 9:7 isn't talking about the "death" of the sacrificed animal, it is talking about the "blood" of the sacrificed animal. The truth is that Jesus' virgin birth, sinless life, vicarious death, burial and bodily resurrection were all EQUALLY as important as the blood sacrifice itself; but all those things led up to the blood being applied to the Mercy Seat in the heavenly Holy Place. To deny this is to deny the entire Old Testament, all the types, all the blood sacrifices, and the FACT that God would have killed any highpriest who dared enter into the holy of holies WITHOUT BLOOD.
John MacArthur's entire "Study Bible" maliciously, but subtly, attacks the precious blood of Jesus Christ. Again 1st Peter 1:18,19 states: "Forasmuch as ye know that ye were not redeemed with corruptible things, as silver and gold, from your vain conversation received by tradition from your fathers; But with the precious blood of Christ..." Now how can Jesus' blood be PRECIOUS if it is only representative of His death? MacArthur continually badmouths the literal blood of Jesus Christ, while simultaneously claiming that he views it as precious of something else it represents. That makes no sense at all. The blood of Jesus is "precious" to the genuine born-again believer because it is LITERAL, having literal redemptive power to wash our sins away just as 1st John 1:7 proclaims! To no surprise, on page 1964 of MacArthur's Revised and Updated "Study Bible," in his comments concerning 1st John 1:7, he doesn't even address the blood of Jesus. How could any preacher completely avoid such a precious Scripture which teaches that Jesus' blood washes our sins away?
Now I can understand how LIQUID BLOOD can wash one's sins away, but how does DEATH do so? God says that Jesus' blood cleanses and washes our sins away (1st John 1:7). We read in Revelation 7:14, "And I said unto him, Sir, thou knowest. And he said to me, These are they which came out of great tribulation, and have washed their robes, and made them white in the blood of the Lamb." How does someone like MacArthur just keep explaining all these Scriptures away? What a false prophet! MacArthur is of the Devil. How does a saint wash his robe with death? It makes no sense Mr. MacArthur. Ah, but if you believe the Word of God, i.e., that Jesus' literal blood washes our sins away, then Revelation 7:14 makes perfect sense.
"Genuine repentance knows that the evil of sin must be forsaken and the person and work of Christ totally and singularly embraced."
MacArthur makes salvation difficult. Does a person have to totally embrace the work of Christ to be saved? Romans 12:1 puts MacArthur to shame and exposes him as a false prophet... "I beseech you therefore, brethren, by the mercies of God, that ye present your bodies a living sacrifice, holy, acceptable unto God, which is your reasonable service" (KJB). It is obvious that these believers in Rome weren't totally committed to Christ. Yet, they were Christians (Romans 1:7). According to John MacArthur, genuine repentance requires a person to commit their life "totally and singularly" to Christ in order to be saved. In sharp contrast, the Bible says that eternal life is a "free gift" (Romans 5:15). Although MacArthur is quick to agree with this, he hypocritically complicates the plan of salvation by adding requirements to it. All God requires is faith (Genesis 15:6; Romans 4:5).
Consider the carnal church of Corinth. The Apostle Paul states in 1st Corinthians 3:1, "And I, brethren, could not speak unto you as unto spiritual, but as unto carnal, even as unto babes in Christ." Carefully read through 1st Corinthians and you'll be surprised just HOW BAD these believers were. They were suing each other (6:6). They were coming to the Lord's Supper drunk (11:21). They were divided amongst each other in quarrels (1:12). Fornication was openly allowed in the church (5:1). They even ate meats offered to idols (8:4). According to the Lordship Salvation crowd, there's no way these rascals could be saved; but the Apostle Paul called them BABES IN CHRIST.
"This is the deep personal conviction, without reservation, that Jesus is that person's own master or sovereign. This phrase includes repenting from sin, trusting in Jesus for salvation, and submitting to Him as Lord."
MacArthur certainly makes salvation difficult, just as the NKJV says in Matthew 7:14. However, the faithful King James Bible doesn't say "difficult" in Matthew 7:14, It says "narrow." Few people are willing to come to Jesus Christ for salvation, because they love their sins (John 3:20). But it is only their unwillingness to come to Jesus that prevents them from getting saved, not that they are required to give up their sins to be saved. Jesus plainly stated in John 5:40... "And ye will not come to me, that ye might have life." Notice that Jesus didn't say "ye cannot come." In John 6:37 we read, "All that the Father giveth me shall come to me; and him that cometh to me I will in no wise cast out."
In sharp contrast to the heretical teachings of John MacArthur, the Word of God teaches that any sinner may come to Jesus Christ for forgiveness and salvation, and Jesus won't turn anyone away. MacArthur 's commentary on Romans 10:9 requires a lost sinner to have a "deep personal conviction, without reservation, that Jesus is that person's own master or sovereign." You've got to be kidding me? John 3:16 puts Mr. MacArthur to shame, "For God so loved the world, that he gave his only begotten Son, that whosoever believeth in him should not perish, but have everlasting life." I don't see anything about having a "deep personal conviction" in there, do you? I don't see anything about forsaking one's sins to be saved, do you? I don't see anything about submitting to Jesus as Lord, do you? What are you talking about Mr. MacArthur?
"If salvation were on the basis of one's own effort, God would owe salvation as a debt—but salvation is always a sovereignly given gift of God's grace (3:24; Eph, 2:8,9) to those who believe."
"The false brethren's departure left John's congregations shaken (2:19). He assured those who remained that since they adhered to the fundamentals of the faith (a proper view of Christ, obedience, love), their salvation was sure.
"To say that God secures our perseverance is not to say that we are passive in the process..."
Also, I wanted to mention to you that the NKJV perverts 1st John 5:13 by adding the word "continue," which now reads as: "These things I have written to you who believe in the name of the Son of God, that you may know that you have eternal life, and that you may continue to believe in the name of the Son of God" (NKJV). This is false doctrine. There is no such thing as a true believer ceasing from believing on Christ. We don't have to "continue" in the faith to be saved; we will continue in the faith if we are saved. Of course, this doesn't mean that there won't be times of discouragement in our life. John the Baptist sent his disciples to go ask Jesus if was really the Christ (Matthew 11:3). Yep, I'd say John was discouraged.
"Unbelievers will not be drawn to accept Christ if believers' lives do not demonstrate the qualities God desires, including peace and holiness."
Which is it Mr. MacArthur? They can't both be accurate. The introduction to MacArthur's Revised and Updated "Study Bible" calls him a "world-class scholar." I think not! Either 1 + 1 = 3, or else 1 + 1 = 2. It can't be both. I'm tired of supporters of John MacArthur quoting places where he says 1 + 1 = 2, while ignoring other places where he clearly teaches that 1 + 1 = 3. This is exactly what MacArthur is doing. MacArthur's hundreds of books are at best, a compilation of confusion, contradictions and bad theology.
I could give you hundreds of examples, but here's another one. 2nd Corinthians 2:10 in the KJB reads, "To whom ye forgive any thing, I forgive also: for if I forgave any thing, to whom I forgave it, for your sakes forgave I it in the person of Christ." The meaning is clear... we forgive others because the Lord forgave us. This is what Ephesians 4:32 teaches. Now here's what the dishonest NKJV changed it to: "I have forgiven that one for your sakes in the presence of Christ." They changed "person of Christ" to "presence of Christ" (ditto NASV, NRSV, RSV). The Greek word for "person" here is prosopon, which means much more than just the presence of Christ. The word refers to the countenance of Jesus Christ, i.e., what we see when we look at Him. We see Christ's love and forgiveness. Hence, we should forgive others because of the embodiment of all that Christ is — i.e., HIS PERSON. The NKJV distorts this truth, leading readers to believe that God is always watching us, so we should forgive. Although that is certainly true, this is NOT what 2nd Corinthians 2:10 is teaching.
"Paul was constantly aware that his entire life was lived in the sight of God, who knew everything he thought, did, and said."
Although this is certainly a true statement, it does not properly interpret the meaning of 2nd Corinthians 2:10. We read in Hebrews 1:3, "Who being the brightness of his glory, and the express image of his person, and upholding all things by the word of his power, when he had by himself purged our sins, sat down on the right hand of the Majesty on high." The King James translators (48 of them) were brilliant and highly educated men. They knew what they were doing. The word "presence" in 2nd Corinthians 2:10 does not adequately convey the full meaning of the Greek Word. MacArthur has it backwards. Paul forgave, not because he knew God was watching (although that is certainly true); rather, Paul forgave because of the influence of Christ upon his life.
The MacArthur Study Bible is as corrupt as the NKJV!!! There are literally THOUSANDS of subtle changes in the NKJV and other modern perversions of the Scriptures that will lead you away from the truth. Don't be a fool, stick to your King James Bible. The alleged "scholarliness" behind today's modern corrupt bibles is laughable compared to the painstaking work which went into the precious and trustworthy King James Bible. The best way to study the Bible is with a Strong's Exhaustive Hebrew and Greek Concordance, and an Unger's Bible Dictionary. This way you are studying the Word of God directly, and only using reference tools to aid your study. The cover on The MacArthur Study Bible boasts of having sold 500,000 copies. Tragically, most of those people won't study for themselves, but instead will just believe what MacArthur says. This is what's wrong with our churches today. Jesus commanded in John 5:39... SEARCH THE SCRIPTURES!