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| Hi WDC, I'm working on this week's Blog on the weekly Bible reading and videos. This week's reading, Va'yeshev, is about Jacob's son Joseph, who was sold by his brothers to be a slave and his rise to power as second in command of all of Egypt! Below is a documentary by filmmaker Tim Mahoney, which features interviews with expert Egyptologists to discover evidence of Joseph and the exodus from Egypt led by Moses! The film is still available for free on Tubi! ( I watched it again this morning) :) Patterns of Evidence: Exodus 2015 · 2 hr 4 min TV-PG Documentary A filmmaker takes a fascinating archaeological investigation throughout Egypt in an attempt to fact-check the stories told in the Bible. Subtitles: English Starring:Charles Aling, Manfred Bietak, John Bimson Directed by:Tim Mahoney https://tubitv.com/movies/500738/patterns-of-evidence-exodus |
| I always enjoy Joseph's story about how his brothers sold him into slavery and told their father he had been killed by a wild animal. Thanks for sharing. |
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| What's New Starry Night 8 Enthusiasts astronomy software Tonight December 21, 2024Saturday Ursids Meteor Shower Peak (overnight) VIEW The Ursids meteor shower, which is produced by particles of debris dropped by the periodic comet 8P/Tuttle, runs from December 17 to 26 every year. The weak, short-duration shower will peak (usually with only 5 to 10 meteors visible in an hour) while Earth is traversing the densest part of the debris field on Sunday morning in the Americas, but the best time to watch for Ursids meteors will be Saturday evening, December 21 before the bright, waning gibbous moon rises around midnight local time. True Ursids will streak away from a location near the North Star Polaris, but the meteors can appear anywhere in the sky. |
| Would it be a coincidence if the Hanukkah miracle started on the Winter Solstice? Or another miracle? The miracle started occurring on the Winter Solstice in 165 BCE! The longest night of the year. Please see the attached screenshot of Torah Calendar. com. Incidentally, the Torah Calendar.com website is a Christian website. One cruse of oil that generally last one night, lasted eight nights! |
| Hi WDC, I joined the World History Encyclopedia a few years ago to use it as a credible historical reference in my writings. One feature of the membership is receiving emails on various subjects and events. Today's email features a new book by author Gordon Campbell, Norse America. Below is their write-up on the book. Let me know each of your thoughts on this one! ****** Copyright © 2024 World History Publishing Ltd, All rights reserved. The Story of a Founding Myth In our interview with Gordon Campbell, we chat all about his new book Norse America: The Story of a Founding Myth. The book tells two stories. One story is that of the Norse proceeding in the 10th and 11th century from mainland Scandinavia to the Faroes and Iceland and Greenland, and from Greenland they sail, hunting in many cases to what is now the Eastern Arctic in Canada. And they famously, as we have known since the 1060s, had a sort of camp in Northern Newfoundland at a site called L'Anse aux Meadows. The other story is the appropriation of the first story by Canadians and Americans who want to have been discovered by people with white North European origins rather than by Columbus, who was Italian, sailed for Spain, and did all kinds of other suspicious things. So, there is a racial narrative, which is potentially pernicious in the huge attraction of having the Norse discover America. Gordon became interested in the attraction as much as he did in the actual voyages themselves. |
| Starry Night Enthusiasts 8 Astronomy software "What's New" popup message, *** Tonight December 15, 2024Sunday Full Oak Moon The December full moon will occur at 4:02 a.m. EST, 1:02 a.m. PST, or 09:02 UT on Sunday, December 15. Traditionally known as the Oak Moon, Cold Moon, and Long Nights Moon, it always shines in or near the stars of Taurus and Gemini. The Ojibwe of the Great Lakes region call the December full moon Manidoo Giizisoons, the “Little Spirit Moon”. For them it is a time of purification and of healing of all Creation. Since it’s opposite the sun on this day of the lunar month, the moon is fully illuminated and rises at sunset and sets at sunrise. Full moons during the winter months reach as high in the sky at midnight as the summer noonday sun, and cast similar shadows. |
Don't wait until the new year to restart your fitness! When I worked for Bally Total Fitness as a personal trainer, we had a large membership increase each new year! Most of the new members would stop coming to the gym before spring. They get discouraged for various reasons. Mostly, their expectations for seeing positive results need to be lowered. Or, they workout too intensely for their current abilities, get sore, and decide working out just is not for them. Today, I plead with my WDC family to start planning your fitness changes! Before the holiday celebrations. Please review the information below to help with your creation for a new fitness program. Note the attached picture, which I titled "The four versions of Hollis!" **** Resources Spirit The Practice of God's Presence, Andrew Murray Prayer, Andrew Murray Mind The Gift in You, Dr Caroline Leaf: strengthening the functional areas of your brain. How to Think the Thoughts of God, Bishop Noel Jones Brain Younger Brain Sharper Mind, Dr Eric Braverman; Balancing your brain chemicals https://bravermantest.com/ Body 1. Eat Right 4 Your Blood Type, Dr D'Adamo 2. Convict Conditioning, Paul Coach Wade; body weight strength training 3. How to Racewalk by Ian Whatley This is how I learned to racewalk! Most racewalkers are former runners whose injuries now prevent them from running. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=jOzvn6NpeMU (4 minutes) 4. Running rewired, Jay Dichary 5. Boomerwalk!: Why Baby Boomers Should Replace Running And Jogging With Racewalking Paperback – March 4, 2009 by Brent Bohlen (Author) 6. Born to Walk: Myofascial Efficiency and the Body in Movement Paperback – July 22, 2014 by James Earls (Author), Thomas Myers (Foreword) 7. Understanding Fascia – Flexibility, Power & Pain https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hrpdiMc_bEI (~12 mins https://www.youtube.com/hashtag/myofascialrelease 8. Fascia Fit: Resistance Stretch and Strengthen! Erin Tietz, Daily Fascia https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8aPfnyzWKwQ (~36 mins) |
| *** Workout Toolbox Nutrition- What are your top 5 favorite and top 5 least favorite foods? Then, compare your listing with foods that are high in ATP. https://nutraceuticalbusinessreview.com/understanding-how-diet-can-impact-health... How much rest do you need to be ready to go when you wake up? 13 to 18 years 8 to 10 hours per 24 hours Adults 7 or more hours a night In addition to age, other factors can affect how many hours of sleep you need. For example: • Sleep quality. If your sleep is frequently interrupted, you're not getting quality sleep. The quality of your sleep is just as important as the quantity. • Previous sleep deprivation. If you're sleep-deprived, the amount of sleep you need increases. • Pregnancy. Changes in hormone levels and physical discomfort can result in poor sleep quality. • Aging. Older adults need about the same amount of sleep as younger adults. As you get older, however, your sleeping patterns might change. Older adults tend to sleep more lightly, take longer to start sleeping and sleep for shorter time spans than do younger adults. Older adults also tend to wake up multiple times during the night. What is your blood type? There are differences in which workouts are best suited for each type, as defined by DR D' Adamo https://www.webmd.com/diet/a-z/blood-type-diet How much time can you devote to fitness? Less time? Then, more intensity is needed. https://www.hopkinsmedicine.org/health/wellness-and-prevention/understanding-you... How much energy do you currently have? No worries, this will increase with a steady workout routine. Now, identify your short-term and long-term goals. Now, identify two people you can lean on for workout support. And 2 people you do not want to mention your goals because they will bring you down. Now list at least 3 favorite workouts. Now list 2 or 3 ways you Spiritually recharge. The list above will be fluid over time. For example, let's say I have a daily routine of walking in the morning three times a week and swimming in the afternoon, mixing in some weight training and snacking most of the day with a good hearty meal at the end of the day. Then I need to travel for work. It’s cold outside where I am going, and I know nothing of the area. This means my normal eating and workout habits need to change. Be flexible! Be proactive! Plan ahead! |
| Thank you for the information. I'll be rolling in this direction as soon as my medical challenges allow. For people who use wheelchairs and other assistive devices, there are alternative or adaptive methods of getting and staying fit. Safe travels and many blessings. |
| Good Morning WDC! Happy Sabbath/Saturday! I just posted this week's Bible readings and video. https://www.writing.com/main/books/entry_id/1081147 Below is about half of the content that I posted. Fascinating information on Jacob wrestling with an angel. Or with God? Or with his brother Esau? Or was he wrestling with himself? Differing points of view from scholars, both Hebrew and Christian! 8-Vayishlach/And he sent Gen. 32:4-36:43 HafTarah Obad. 1:1-21 New Testament Heb. 11:11-20 *** The Faith of Isaac, Jacob, and Joseph – Hebrews 11:20-21 | The Mission Church https://youtu.be/7S-_QCRc3CQ (~50 mins) *** David Crowder O Holy Night https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CqsnHwM7oR8 (4 mins) *** Alpha Beta Parshat Vayishlach: Becoming a Person of Integrity https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=myabsva3BZs (9 mins) How do we reconcile Jacob's behavior, tricking his brother and lying to his father, with our vision of Yaakov as an ishemet, a man of truth? Through analyzing several seemingly unimportant details, we will connect two stories in which Yaakov is a central character and understand what it means to develop into a person of character. *** Bim Bam Parshat Vayishlach: Who Did Jacob Actually Wrestle? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yc2UAY6h7PI (5 mins) What's the deal with Jacob and the Angel? Learn what happened in this week's Torah portion. Ready to rumble? Award-winning novelist Dara Horn brings a real chiddush - new angle - to the incredible story of Jacob's midnight wrestling match. Prepare to get the wind knocked out of you. This is Episode 8 of the weekly Torah cartoon from BimBam.com. Each week, a different storyteller - some musical, some poetic, some just straight-up, tells the story of the current Torah portion...and then we animate it! |
| https://www.cnn.com/2024/12/07/science/orcas-salmon-hat-puget-sound/index.html Science / Life A recent orca sighting recalls a mystifying 1980s phenomenon. Is it happening again? By Mindy Weisberger, CNN 5 minute read Updated 1:04 AM EST, Sun December 8, 2024 Drone footage from a 2019 research survey shows a young male orca known as A99 “Alder" with a dead salmon on his head. A recent sighting of another salmon-wearing orca also sparked excitement. Ocean Wise (DFO Marine Mammal License, MML18) |
| Referencing Newsfeed ; Christmas Images. by Author Saberine Everose What is the traditional festivity you think best depicts the image of Christmas? Christmas Identity ********* Christmas is a celebration of the birth of Christ. However, He was likely born in June of 2BCE. The Hebrew calendar in 2BCE shows Christmas Eve, December 24th at midnight, as the fourth day of their Hanukkah Celebration, which is an eight-day celebration of the miracle of the temple lights. In the Hebrew Zodiac, the constellations also show something interesting on December 25th in 2BCE: the Earth, Moon, Jupiter, Sun, Venus, Mars, Mercury, Saturn, and the dwarf planet Ceres are all in Leo Minor, the Lion's Whelp. And the dwarf planet Makemake is in Aries, the Ram. (The lamb of God?) Going to Church is the best way to celebrate Christ's birth. To thank God for providing a way for us to be reconciled to Himself. If we choose to do so, that is. At least we have a choice. |
| Pearl Harbor is a U.S. naval base near Honolulu, Hawaii, that was the scene of a devastating surprise attack by Japanese forces on December 7, 1941. Just before 8 a.m. on that Sunday morning, hundreds of Japanese fighter planes descended on the base, where they managed to destroy or damage nearly 20 American naval vessels, including eight battleships, and over 300 airplanes. More than 2,400 Americans died in the attack, including civilians, and another 1,000 people were wounded. The day after the assault, President Franklin D. Roosevelt asked Congress to declare war on Japan. https://www.history.com/topics/world-war-ii/pearl-harbor |
HollisFrances  - https://www.afhistory.af.mil/FAQs/Fact-Sheets/Article/458993/the-story-of-the-at... he Story of the Atomic Bomb The Story of the Atomic Bomb The story of the atomic bomb started around the turn of the century when a small number of physicists began to think about, discuss, and publish papers about the phenomenon of radioactivity, the behavior of alpha particles, and the properties of various materials when irradiated. Initially, these persons included well-known scientists such as Ernest Rutherford of New Zealand and Great Britain, Neils Bohr of Denmark, Pierre and Marie Curie of France, and Albert Einstein of Germany. Later, the "nuclear group" was joined by Leo Szilard of Hungary, Otto Hahn of Germany, Michael Polenyi of Hungary, Walter Bothe of Germany, Lise Meitner of Austria, Hantaro Nagaoka of Japan, and others of similarly diverse backgrounds. By the early 1900s these scientists were studying the structure of the atom and the deflection and scattering of alpha particles. In 1908 Rutherford showed that the alpha particle was in fact an atom of helium; in 1911 he announced that he had found the nucleus of an atom to be a minute but concentrated mass surrounded by electrons in orbits. By the 1930s the nuclear scientists were exploring the revolutionary concept of splitting an atom of uranium with a neutron. The early 1930s saw the rise of anti-Semitism in Germany and Russia. Hitler became Chancellor of Germany in 1933, and the Nazis began to abolish the civil rights of German Jews and to start their campaign of persecution. German scientists who were Jews realized that the Nazis posed a deadly threat, and they began to emigrate, mostly to the United States. The emigres over the 1930s included Einstein, Theodore von Karman, John von Neumann, Eugene Wigner, Leo Szilard, Hans Bethe, Edward Teller, Lise Meitner, Enrico Fermi, and many others. Although not Jewish, Enrico Fermi had married a Jewish woman, and he feared and despised Mussolini's anti-Semitism. These emigres continued their research and discussions in the United States and in Britain. By 1939 the thinking of nuclear scientists had progressed to such subjects as fission of uranium atoms and causing a chain reaction, particularly in the U235 isotope, when the material is bombarded by neutrons; the comparative effectiveness of slow neutrons versus fast neutrons in achieving a chain reaction; and the possible methods of separating U235 from U238. |
| I've posted this week's Bible weekly reading blog! https://www.writing.com/main/books/entry_id/1080899 |
| Hi WDC, I'm working on this week's biblical reading #7, Vayetze, Meaning he went out. One reading segment is when Jacob lays his head on a stone and dreams about the stairway to heaven. (ladder). Messianic Rabbi Isaac's video https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IAoL_ijlELY (120 mins) (Jacob's Ladder comparisons to DNA) Fascinating information within the first 7 minutes! Also, Rabbi Isaac teaches that the word "stone" in Hebrew is Ebon, which means Father/Son! I'll send another notice once I've completed today's blog. Review the two attached screen shots. |
| This Week focuses on God's Love! (Janet Paschal) - What Good Are Love Songs (If They Don't Make Us Lovers) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zkYMMMv0ViI Riding On The Wings Of Love, (Legacy Five) https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5KVGUB4Qse4 I will soon post my blog post about this week's Bible reading (Toldot—"Generations" of the Patriarchs). 1. If you read through the stories of Isaac, one thing becomes extremely apparent: he is rarely the main character in his own stories! There is only one seemingly inconsequential story where the focus is all on Isaac, and it's about... digging some wells?! Why is THIS the story the Torah chooses to share about Isaac? Who cares about these wells? Is this Isaac's grand introduction? Let's explore Parshat Toldot (Genesis 29:14-28:9) together and try to understand how this introduction of Isaac perfectly characterizes the Abrahamic legacy of kindness. 2. Cornerstone Bible Church (Romans 9:1-18) Pastor Cary Green 3. Prayer from the Depths, Rabbi Chaim Richman 4. (Messianic) Rabbi Isaac - This video also states that the first seal in Revelations opened in 2010! 5. (Messianic) Rabbi Isaac- This week's haftorah is from Malachi 1:1-2:7. It opens with a mention of the tremendous love God harbors for the children of Jacob and the retribution He will visit upon the children of Esau who persecuted their cousins. This follows the theme of this week's Torah reading, whose two protagonists are Jacob and Esau. |
| Hello WDC, Our family's annual Thanksgiving Holiday has had mixed blessings since the year 2000 when our mom died on Wednesday, November 22, 2000. The day before Thanksgiving that year. I say I mixed blessings because there were some very interesting moments before and after Mom's death. Below is the link to those interesting moments. Please know that this is a happy ending. The story is open to all if you choose to share it with the link below. https://www.writing.com/main/photos/item_id/2250640-Willys-Accident Dedicated to the Memories of Dad and Mom, Hollis and Frances Sweatt |
| Happy Thanksgiving WDC! I've genuinely enjoyed interacting with each and every one of you! The Beatles - Eleanor Rigby https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HuS5NuXRb5Y Dido - Thank You https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1TO48Cnl66w |
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