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Through some marvelous twist of fate, you had managed to land yourself an amazing opportunity. Your art university offered a four semester study abroad in Italy which you gladly accepted. Despite how excited you were to be going to Italy, the flight over had been brutal. Nothing, absolutely nothing, irritated you like the small child in the back of the plane screaming for three hours. And of course your assinged dorm was on the top floor. Even better? No elevator. You trudged up the stairs to what you could only imagine was a five star hotel room. Add jet-lag to all that, and let's just say you were not at all a happy person at the moment.
When you finally reached the door to your dorm, you noticed a note stuck to it with sloppy black ink scawled across it.
We regret to inform you that your dorm-mate, Jane Wilson, was unable to join you for your year abroad. We apologize for any inconvienience.
University Dorm Advisory Staff
You groaned and yanked the note off the door, crumpling it and throwing it over you shoulder. You struggled to pull the keys that ginger of a student advisor gave you out of your pocket. He had been absolutely rude and unfriendly. You practically juggled your suitcase and hand luggage as you extracted the key and missed the lock about seven times. By the time you opened the door, you were tired, upset, and irritated beyond belief. Plus your roommate had totally bailed on you too. You were supposed to stay with a buddy in such a dangerous city; at least that's what the university recommended.
"So much for that," you complained under your breath. You collapsed onto your bed without so much as removing the bags from your shoulders. A small chuckle escaped your mouth as you realized the irony of the situation. You were naturally shy and introverted, especially around strangers. The one time you were looking forward to meeting someone new, and they don't even show up. You quickly shook your head and with it, any negative thoughts about this "Jane Wilson" girl. Maybe her parents had cancer. Or worse, she had cancer. Or even worse still, her cat had cancer. That was just cruel. You shed a few tears for this imaginary cat's awful fate before your body forced itself into a deep and black sleep.
The next morning, you woke up late and had to rush out for your first class. It was on Italian history, one of the recquired courses for the program. Luckily for you though, you had always loved history and opted to take European history in high school, so the "class" was more like a review. You sat in the back and doodled the whole time and still passed with flying colors. You had opted to take your other classes at the begining of each semeseter as well, so you were done with your first semester classes within your first three weeks of the arriving in Rome. You had even gotten used to being alone in your dorm, and even begun to be excited about it. You spent most of your free time taking pictures of the scenes of Rome and using your laptop for surfing the web and drawing. All in all, your first few weeks were delightlyfully uneventful, but every once in a while, you would feel a small tinge of lonliness. But all that soon changed.
You gasped in awe at the beautiful alabaster fountain in front of you. You had seen pictures of the Trevy fountain, but they were nothing compared to seeing it person. In your state of sparkley-eyed fascination, a loud obnoxious group of tourists shoved you towards the fountain. You practiaclly toppled over the railing and fell down every single step to the lower platform at the base of the Trevy. 'How graceful,' you sarcastically commented to yourself as you brushed the dirt and cigarette butts off your clothes. Standing up, you re-adjusted the shoulder strap of your purse and then pushed your way through the crowd to the edge of the fountain.
You stood there for a while before you noticed it. First it was just a little tug on you purse. You let it go as paranoia. You had heard all the horror stories about Rome's pick-pockets, but you were sure that couldn't be it. You continued studying the configuration of the figures on the white marble face of the building. You made mental notes about the position and symmetry on each focus of the fountain. Your concentration was broken by the second tug. A third one followed quickly after. You slowly turned you head and were horrified to find a young brunette man with his hand in your purse. When he realized that you had noticed him, he froze. Neither of you moved for a good ten seconds, just staring at each other. You had completely forgotten what you were supposed to do. It finally came to you.
"P-Polizia! Polizia!" you began screaming. The thief snapped back into reality as your yells rang out. He quickly removed his hand and pushed through the crowd as quickly as he could. You continued screaming for the police and frantically searching through your purse to see if he had stolen anything. When the police finally reached you, they started speaking rapidly in Italian, which you didn't understand. You tried to think back to the minimal lessons you had tried a week before you left home.
"Parlare inglese?" You asked half-heartedly. One of the cops quickly answered.
"Yes, I do! Which way does he go? What does he look like?"
"U-Uh, He has brown hair and eyes, and was wearing a white dress-shirt. oh! And he had this weird curl sticking off his hair." The policeman's eyes took on what appeared to be annoyance upon your final remark.
"Romano, not again. Which way did he go?" you pointed out the direction, and the English-speaking policeman gave some orders to his subordinates who sprinted after the pickpocket. He returned his attention to you.
"Did he manage to take somethings from you?" You checked yor purse one final time before shaking your head no.
"That's a relief. We've had some issues with this guy recently," he said obliviously ignoring the anger in your eyes. Even if he had failed to take anything from you, the fact that he had tried made you very very angry.
"H-He's not a bad guy really, and it's a worse economy. Uh, but anyway, I'll need your contact information in case we manage to catch him."
You eagerly complied and wrote down the address of your dorm, which by the way, was still on the freaking top floor of the building, the building's phone number, and your email address. The police officer wished you a good, thief-free rest of your day, and then hurried off to aid his fellow poilce. After a few more minutes of steaming by the fountain, you decided that trying to take in it's beauty would be lost on you in this state. You pushed through the streets and made your way back to your dorm to message your best friend about the dumb jerk and let off some steam.


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Tyre strategy and Alonso's move on Vergne up for discussion
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Felipe Massa has said that he felt it was a mistake to fit the medium tyres at his final stop. Obviously at the time you thought it was correct, but in retrospect do you think it was a mistake or does Felipe just need to accept that that was the decision made?
Stefano Domenicali: "I think at that stage that was the thinking. Of course retrospectively you could say that it was not the right decision, but there are a lot of good Monday morning quarter-backs in life."
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There seemed to be some issues with the car in qualifying in recent races. What is the key to getting into the top five?
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Calories | 194 |
Total Fat | 6.4g |
Saturated Fat | 2.5g |
Cholesterol | 44mg |
Sodium | 592mg |
Total Carbohydrate | 23.1g |
Dietary Fiber | 1.7g |
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- 1/4 cup(s) chopped fresh basil
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- Arrange bread slices in a single layer on a baking sheet. Broil 2 minutes or until tops are toasted. Remove from oven. Turn the slices over; set aside on baking sheet.
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Sign up for LibraryThing to find out whether you'll like this book. No current Talk conversations about this book. Six-word review: Yet another monster-chasing underground romp. Extended review: I'm becoming impressed with how many ways Preston and Child have found to bring a plot around to monsters and good guys chasing each other in dank, dark subterranean tunnels. The Jung and Vogler volumes on their bookshelves must be well-thumbed. Like most of the others so far in the Pendergast series, book 9 has a slap-dash feel to it. How would you like to get paid for writing a sentence like this? "His mind reeled as yet again he tried to orient himself amid the endless props, his mind reeling from the pain." (page 544) (I often wonder how the division of labor works between coauthors. Who's nodding off while on duty when lines like that sneak by?) Yet there's much to be said for attainable goals. The Pendergast stories don't promise much more than this: a mystery-thriller pairing a preternaturally gifted FBI agent with a down-to-earth human foil, both of them hot on the trail of some nefarious evildoer. There's usually a supernatural or seemingly supernatural element, and the plot will incorporate a throbbing social issue that adds a touch of gravitas, but nowhere is there a pretense of being lit'rachure. Unabashed, unapologetic page-turners don't get much better than this. So I'm satisfied that I got my money's worth, which was $0.01 plus $3.99 shipping from Amazon Marketplace. By my measure, it was a bargain. I judge a book by how it's written, whether or not the story line is plausible and consistent, and not necessarily whether I liked the story itself. As an editor, I've read a lot of material that I didn't like over the last few decades. I hate zombies. They aren't a fun read, and they're so overdone in this century, it makes me ill. I do enjoy the paranormal when it's connected to something like the Native American spiritual tradition, but I hate zombies. I detest the word "shambling", and I don't care if the word has been around since the 1600s. That doesn't make it any less distasteful. That said, this second book of Allan Leverone's was my first of his to read. I loved the folklore, and I loved the conversations about Navajo heritage. The ensuing zombie tag made me ill. I found myself skimming through Manning's parts looking for good stuff. Manning, while certainly a believable character, was not interesting to me at all. But as I said, this is not my cuppa. It was well-written, mostly fascinating, and the characters were believable. I enjoyed most of the book. In fairness to the author, I'm going to go back and pick up #1 and see how it relates. Leverone gets 4 stars for everything but my personal aversion to anything where a zombie becomes a primary character. My love for this series does not fade. This is the tale of an eccentric cult in upper Manhattan suspected of creating zombiis (this is how the book tells us is the correct spelling of the word). And a central character of the series is an unfortunate casualty--the journalist Bill Smithback is killed by one of these zombiis. Although the loss of one of the essential characters is a great one, the fast pace of the book sets it up nicely. Can't wait to read the next! A very quick read. By the end of the book - I was ready for it to end. This doesn't mean that it would not be enjoyable for others. I liked it but will not buy another book by the authors. Entertaining fluff - not the best writing, but if you just want some mindless fun it's ok.
I am starting to get to the 'enough is enough' point with the Pendergast novels. This is book nine in the series and it was too over-the-top. Generally, I am pretty open to just about anything, including the un-dead (aka. Zombies) but this book just had too much of everything. The story was about 100 pages too long, had WAY too much detail in areas that didn't require it, areas that weren't important to the overall outcome of the story and it didn't have enough details in the areas that, I felt, deserved it. Also, I felt like the story was too jumpy... just when I was getting into a particular character/part of the story, it would flip to a different part and I would have to get into THAT part again. Ugg... sometimes that can be annoying! However, for all the negative, there were some good parts... I really did enjoy the climax scenes in the book. The fight/the rescue, all great!! It became a page turner as the book neared the end and as a result, I will be adding book 10 to my 'to-be-read' list. Overall, if you have read the books in this series, you will probably want to pick this one up as well but if you haven't, your life will go on without adding this one to your bookshelf!
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This color is very similiar to MAC's twinks. Twinks has more of a purple undertone with shimmer and this is a dark reddish brown with shimmer. It's starflash texture is so buttery and easily blendable. However....I used sable all over the lid with this is the crease and I could see almost no difference(granted they are both browns but with different formulations). I was somewhat bummed. I am not quite sure if I will keep this or not but if given the chance I probably would not re-purchase since I prefer twinks over this.
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Glamour Check! is a beautiful deep reddish brown color. I applied it over TFSI and I'm NC-45 so maybe that's why I see more of a burgundy shimmer. It goes on silky smooth. I lightly swiped my brush over the top and the small amount of color left my lids very pigmented. I wore NYC Smokey Topaz in the crease and MAC Honey Lust lightly applied on the browbone. Love, Love, Love!!
This is my absolute favorite e/s from MAC (well crease color)! When I first got it, I thought it might be a little too dark for me, but it blends out beautifully. On me if I blend it a lot, it looks like a gorgeous warm gold/bronze color. If I don't blend too much, it kinda looks like a beautiful almost chestnut color with gold flecks in it. This in the crease paired with Era on the lid have been my everyday look for school for the past 2 months. I am an NC 40 for reference.
Whoa! I JUST got this color for a B2M...I wanted to get something LE but had just missed all the Smoke and Diamonds and Style Snob hoopla by waiting too long ;( Soooo, the MA took out Grand Entrance, Dreammaker, a light pink one, a light blue one and Glamour Check! I was going to go with the light blue color bc I already have Grand Entrance but I was steered towards Glamour Check by the MA. I thought it would be waaaay too warm on me (NC25) but it wasn't! I barely tapped my brush into this color and swiped it into my crease and it went on SOOOOO pigmented and SOOOOO blendable and smooth......I LOVE this. I wish all of my eyeshadows were like this one!
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I love this eyeshadow! This is infact, my most favorite eyeshadow among all my mac eyeshadows. Not to mention it's also my first MAC item. :D
I love that it's in the Starflash formulation. It glides on easily because it has a lovely buttery texture, gives a good amount of pigmentation when applied and it doesn't look too flat, unlike the matte variants because the slight glimmer in the eyeshadow gives the brown color a bit of dimension.
I'm have tanned skin, NC42 is my best match. I am from a Filipino-Italian-Spanish descent. I have dark brown eyes. I just love how this eyeshadow is perfect from neutral looks to dramatic terracotta eye make- up looks.
I'd gladly repurchase this again but then again, I'm not the type who would buy back- ups. I'd love to try other formulations as well after I empty this one. I don't wear eyeshadows that often so I think this is going to be with me for a loong time. :D
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Great color. I got this based on a review after looking for Twinks. I was able to get Glamourcheck! cheaper on ebay. Sad it is LE though :(
This is deep, warm brown very similar to MAC Twinks, but it has more of a burgandy shimmer than a purple one. The texture is super smooth and creamy. I use this often with Expensive Pink-FABULOUS!
I reach for it often, finding it a great crease color. When it runs out I guess I'll have to switch to Twinks.
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Bringing together four seminal works, this attractive collection offers a perfect introduction to the world's oldest national ballet company.
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This alluring, abstract ballet, a triptych in which each piece sparkles with the brilliance of a precious stone, is a lyric tribute to women and to the cities of the great dance schools. Couturier, painter and craftsman Christian Lacroix created the glorious costumes and sets which, together with the outstanding performances of the dancers and the sensitive musical direction of Paul Connelly, result in a celebration of sumptuous splendour.
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Calories | 123 |
Total Fat | 4.4g |
Saturated Fat | 2.3g |
Cholesterol | 5mg |
Sodium | 64mg |
Total Carbohydrate | 19.1g |
Dietary Fiber | 0.5g |
Sugars | -- |
Protein | 2.1g |
Calcium | 0.050g |
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Yields: 24 servings (serving size: 1 bar)
Oven Temp: 350
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- 1.50 cup(s) (about 9 cookie sheets) graham cracker crumbs
- 2 tablespoon(s) butter, melted
- 1 tablespoon(s) water
- 1/3 cup(s) semisweet chocolate chips
- 1/3 cup(s) butterscotch morsels
- 2/3 cup(s) flaked sweetened coconut
- 1/4 cup(s) chopped pecans, toasted
- 1 can(s) (15-ounce) fat-free sweetened condensed milk
- Preheat oven to 350 degrees F.
- Line the bottom and sides of a 9-inch square baking pan with parchment paper; cut off excess parchment paper around top edge of pan.
- Place crumbs in a medium bowl. Drizzle with butter and 1 tablespoon water; toss with a fork until moist. Gently pat mixture into an even layer in pan (do not press firmly). Sprinkle chips and morsels over crumb mixture. Top evenly with coconut and pecans. Drizzle milk evenly over top. Bake at 350 degrees F for 25 minutes or until lightly browned and bubbly around edges. Cool completely on wire rack.
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Note: They can create a sticky mess in the pan, so it's crucial to line it with parchment paper. Because the milk needs to seep into the graham cracker crumbs, don't pack the crumbs too tightly in the bottom of the pan.
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Stacie H., 32, seems to have it all. She's beautiful, married to a doctor and loves her job as a substitute teacher. But, she confesses, "I don't like sex."
Even outside of the bedroom, Stacie admits she's not affectionate with her husband.
"I just don't think to do it," she says. "Then my husband says, 'You haven't touched me in weeks.' I feel so bad."
So Stacie consulted a sex therapist to improve her love life.
"I realized that I can't do this on my own," she says. "I want an amazing marriage."
Calling in a Specialist
When the issues hanging you up are largely sexual, it helps to have a professional in your corner.
"If you're having the same fights about sex or find yourself saying 'I'm just not going to have sex anymore,' you need somebody to step in," says Ellen Barnard, a sex educator and co-founder of the women's boutique A Woman's Touch (
) in Madison, Wisc.
"Sex therapists strip away your baggage," Barnard says. "They take you into the origins of your sexual experiences and attitudes and help you undo them so you can move forward."
The American Association of Sexuality Educators, Counselors and Therapists (
) estimates that about half of all couples have an intimacy issue at some point in their relationship that could benefit from sex therapy.
How do you know if your sex life could use professional help? Read on for 8 tip-offs.
1. You're never in the mood.
After your 20s or the first blush of a new relationship, no one's
in the mood for sex. But if you used to crave it regularly and have recently developed a "take-it-or-leave-it" attitude, a sex therapist can help you figure out how to get your groove back.
"It's normal to have ebbs and flows of desire," says P. Michele Sugg, an AASECT-certified sex therapist in Branford, Conn. "The real indicator is whether it's bothering you and how long it's lasted."
2. You don't have orgasms.
About 70% of women don't experience orgasm through intercourse alone. But if you've
had one, a sex therapist will determine what's causing the problem and suggest ways to help you relax so you can.
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3. You argue about how much sex is "enough."
Whenever one partner wants sex more often than the other – and it's not just women who make excuses; guys do it too – someone will feel pressured and the other unfulfilled. And that means conflict. A sex therapist can help referee.
4. Your partner doesn't satisfy you.
Maybe you need some coaching in how to tell your partner what you want. Or if he has some
mechanical issues
, take him to see a doctor. Erection difficulties can indicate heart disease or diabetes.
But don't underestimate the power of psychological issues – fear of pregnancy or STDs, insecurities about his body or his abilities as a lover.
5. You were taught that sex is shameful.
Even nowadays
when everyone discusses everything from oral sex to vibrators, the childhood messages we first received about sex can surface unexpectedly.
Sex is shameful. Oral sex is disgusting.
The list of shouldn'ts is endless. Or perhaps you've got a quirk that does the trick, but with significant guilt.
"A lot of people feel guilty about things they shouldn't," says sex therapist Stephanie Buehler, Psy.D., director of the Buehler Institute in Irvine, Calif. "It's worth it to talk with a professional and get some perspective."
6. You've had a life-altering trauma.
Maybe you were assaulted. Perhaps you had a life-threatening or disfiguring surgery, such as a mastectomy after breast cancer. Although you came through, you feel disconnected from your sexuality and need help reconnecting.
7. Intercourse is painful, even impossible.
Occasional discomfort with sex isn't unusual. About 2% of women experience vaginismus, an involuntary spasm of the vaginal muscles that literally locks things up, often making penetration impossible.
The reasons vary. Sexual assault can be a factor. So can a lifelong litany of abstinence messages.
"I've had young women tell me, 'I've heard
Good girls don't,
and now I can't because my body has taken care of that,'" Barnard says.
A sex therapist can work on the psychological component – reframing negative messages about sex – and recommend specific exercises to help vaginal muscles relax.
8. One partner has a sexual compulsion.
"There's a price paid - the possibility of arrest, divorce, losing your job," explains Dennis Sugrue, Ph.D., clinical associate professor of psychiatry at the University of Michigan Medical School in Ann Arbor. "One of the core characteristics is the [sexually compulsive] person feels that they don't have control of their behavior," he says. "They keep telling themselves,
I'm going to stop
, only to find themselves right back at it."
One common scenario: A woman discovers her husband is avoiding sex with her to spend time on adult websites.
"That creates a tremendous conflict, and they end up in my office," Sugrue says.
What Happens in Sex Therapy?
First, sex therapy does NOT mean you have sex in the therapist's office.
"I had one client who was afraid that I was going to stand with a clipboard and watch her and her husband making love," Buehler says. Any sex the therapist recommends, you'll do it at home, in private, by yourself or with your partner.
In the therapist's office, you'll talk about your sexual history and background, whether you (or anyone close to you) ever experienced sexual trauma, and the messages and information you got about sex from your family, peers or religion.
Much of therapy is education or re-education, Sugrue says. "People often operate with misinformation about what's normal and how their bodies work."
Therapists also help identify and revise any self-defeating beliefs - like you're a freak if you like something kinky - "so you don't become your own worst enemy in a sexual situation," Sugrue says.
"Sex therapy could be a one-time conversation that just reassures you that you're normal," he says.
Because sexual issues affect both partners, the therapist will include your spouse some of the time, though therapy can also be done solo.
"That validates that you're facing the issue together, and it gives [therapists] the opportunity to resolve issues and strengthen the relationship, sexually and non-sexually," Sugrue says.
Your therapist might also prescribe "homework": reading
The Joy of Sex
or a book on specific topics, such as vaginismus, or watching erotic DVDs.
"When you're busy and stressed, you may need help getting aroused," Barnard explains. "A lot of people struggle with this issue when they schedule sex because we're taught that it's supposed to be spontaneous."
Sex therapists might also prescribe nonsexual massages that uncover how you and your partner like to be touched without the pressure of sex. Or they might recommend experimenting with vibrators to help with orgasm difficulties or relaxation exercises to reduce the anxiety of sexual dysfunction.
However, because sexual problems aren't always all in your head, most sex therapists will advise you to see your doctor to determine if there's a medical cause – low hormone levels, blood flow problems, depression, or a medication side effect – for the dysfunction.
Choosing a Therapist
Look for a licensed mental health professional, one with at least a master's degree as a marriage/family therapist, counselor or clinical social worker, as well as training in couples therapy. (Psychologists and psychiatrists can also specialize in sex therapy.)
Only the state of Florida requires that sex therapists be certified, so check into their training to be sure they've done more than read the
Kama Sutra
Organizations like AASECT and the American Board of Sexology (
) can provide referrals to licensed, certified sex therapists.
Once you've found a therapist, ask about the issues they treat. Some therapists offer general sex counseling; others specialize in women's issues, such as low desire or men's issues like rapid ejaculation.
Ask how they include partners in the treatment and when you might see results. After all, therapy isn't cheap – it ranges from $90-$200 an hour – so you want to know you'll make progress.
Also, chat with the therapist on the phone or do a trial session to find out if you feel comfortable with them. You're going to be sharing private information, so chemistry is key. If it's not a good fit, don't be afraid to try someone else.
"Every therapist knows not every client is a match," Buehler says. "It's OK to say, 'I think I need a different therapist.'"
The bottom line: We're built to enjoy sex, so there's no need to be stuck.
"Any issue is workable if the partners want to work on it," Sugg says. "When people seek help, and they're motivated, things will get better."
Should You See a Sex Therapist?
Never in the mood? Unsatisfied in the bedroom? Got intimacy issues? Constantly fighting with your partner about sex or its nonexistence? Your sex life may benefit from some professional help. Take our
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The Book of Jonah is one of the Minor Prophets in the Hebrew Bible. It tells the story of a Hebrew prophet named Jonah son of Amittai who is sent by God to prophesy the destruction of Nineveh but tries to escape the divine mission.[1] Set in the reign of Jeroboam II (786–746 BC), it was probably written in the post-exilic period, sometime between the late 5th to early 4th century BC.[2] The story has an interesting interpretive history (see below) and has become well-known through popular children's stories. In Judaism it is the Haftarah for the afternoon of Yom Kippur due to its story of God's willingness to forgive those who repent.[3]
Unlike the other Prophets, the book of Jonah is almost entirely narrative, with the exception of the psalm in chapter 2. The actual prophetic word against Nineveh is given only in passing through the narrative. As with any good narrative, the story of Jonah has a setting, characters, a plot, and themes. It also relies heavily on such literary devices as irony.
I. Jonah Flees His Mission (chs. 1-2)
A. Jonah's Commission and Flight (1:1-3) B. The Endangered Sailors Cry to Their Gods (1:4-6) C. Jonah's Disobedience Exposed (1:7-10) D. Jonah's punishment and Deliverance (1:11-2:1;2:10) E. His Prayer of Thanksgiving (2:2-9)
II. Jonah Reluctantly fulfills His Mission (chs. 3-4)
A. Jonah's Renewed Commission and Obedience (3:1-4) B. The Endangered Ninevites' Repentant Appeal to the Lord (3:5-9) C. The Ninevites' Repentance Acknowledged (3:10-4:4) D. Jonah's Deliverance and Rebuke (4:5-11)[4]
The story of Jonah is set against the backdrop of Ancient Israel in the 8th–7th centuries BC, but deals with the religious and social issues of the late 6th–4th centuries BC, coinciding with the views of latter chapters of the book of Isaiah (Third Isaiah), where Israel is given a prominent place in the expansion of God's kingdom to the Gentiles.[citation needed]
The Jonah mentioned in II Kings 14:25 lived during the reign of Jeroboam II (786–746 BC) and was from the city of Gath-hepher. This city, modern el-Meshed, located only several miles from Nazareth in what would have been known as Israel in the post-exilic period (as distinct from the former southern kingdom, known as Judah).[citation needed]
Nineveh, where Jonah preached, was the capital of the ancient Assyrian empire, which fell to the Babylonians and the Medes in 612 BC. The book itself calls Nineveh a "great city," referring to its size [Jonah 3:3 + 4:11] and perhaps to its affluence as well.[citation needed] (The story of the city's deliverance from judgment may reflect an older tradition dating back to the 8th–7th century BC)[citation needed] Assyria often opposed Israel and eventually took the Israelites captive in 722–721 BC (see History of ancient Israel and Judah). The Assyrian oppression against the Israelites can be seen in the bitter prophecies of Nahum.
The story of Jonah is a drama between a passive man and an active God. Jonah, whose name literally means "dove," is introduced to the reader in the very first verse. The name is decisive. While many other prophets had heroic names (e.g., Isaiah means "God has saved"), Jonah's name carries with it an element of passivity.[citation needed]
Jonah's passive character is contrasted with the other main character: Yahweh. God's character is altogether active. While Jonah flees, God pursues. While Jonah falls, God lifts up. The character of God in the story is progressively revealed through the use of irony. In the first part of the book, God is depicted as relentless and wrathful; in the second part of the book, He is revealed to be truly loving and merciful.
The other characters of the story include the sailors in chapter 1 and the people of Nineveh in chapter 3. These characters are also contrasted to Jonah's passivity. While Jonah sleeps in the hull, the sailors pray and try to save the ship from the storm (1:4–6). While Jonah passively finds himself forced to act under the Divine Will, the people of Nineveh actively petition God to change his mind.
The plot centers on a conflict between Jonah and God. God calls Jonah to proclaim judgment to Nineveh, but Jonah resists and attempts to flee. He goes to Joppa and boards a ship bound for Tarshish. God calls up a great storm at sea, and the ship's crew cast Jonah overboard in an attempt to appease God. A great sea creature sent by God, swallows Jonah. For three days and three nights Jonah languishes inside the fish's belly. He says a prayer in which he repents for his disobedience and thanks God for His mercy. God speaks to the fish, which vomits out Jonah safely on dry land. After his rescue, Jonah obeys the call to prophesy against Nineveh, causing the people of the city to repent and God to forgive them. Jonah is furious, however, and angrily tells God that this is the reason he tried to flee from Him, as he knew Him to be a just and merciful God. He then beseeches God to kill him, a request which is denied when God causes a tree to grow over him, giving him shade. Initially grateful, Jonah's anger returns the next day, when God sends a worm to eat the plant, withering it, and he tells God that it would be better if he were dead. God then points out: "You are concerned about the bush, for which you did not labour and which you did not grow; it came into being in a night and perished in a night. And should I not be concerned about Nineveh, that great city, in which there are more than a hundred and twenty thousand people who do not know their right hand from their left, and also many animals? (NRSV)"
Ironically, the relentless God demonstrated in the first chapter becomes the merciful God in the last two chapters (see 3:10). Equally ironic, despite not wanting to go to Nineveh and follow God's calling, Jonah becomes one of the most effective prophets of God. As a result of his preaching, the entire population of Nineveh repents before the Lord and is spared destruction. The author indicates that the city "has more than a hundred and twenty thousand people who cannot tell their right hand from their left" (4:11a, NIV). While some commentators see this number (120,000) as a somewhat pejorative reference to ignorant or backward Ninevites, most commentators take it to refer to young infants, thus implying a population considerably larger than 120,000.[5]
Interpretive history[edit]
Early Jewish interpretation[edit]
The story of Jonah has numerous theological implications, and this has long been recognized. In early translations of the Hebrew Bible, Jewish translators tended to remove anthropomorphic imagery in order to prevent the reader from misunderstanding the ancient texts.[citation needed] This tendency is evidenced in both the Aramaic translations (e.g. the Targums) and the Greek translations (e.g. the Septuagint). As far as the Book of Jonah is concerned, Targum Jonah offers a good example of this.[citation needed]
Targum Jonah[edit]
In Jonah 1:6, the Masoretic Text (MT) reads, "...perhaps God will pay heed to us...." Targum Jonah translates this passage as: "...perhaps there will be mercy from the Lord upon us...." The captain's proposal is no longer an attempt to change the divine will; it is an attempt to appeal to divine mercy. Furthermore, in Jonah 3:9, the MT reads, "Who knows, God may turn and relent [lit. repent]?" Targum Jonah translates this as, "Whoever knows that there are sins on his conscience let him repent of them and we will be pitied before the Lord." God does not change His mind; He shows pity.[citation needed]
Dead Sea Scrolls[edit]
Fragments of the book were found among the Dead Sea Scrolls (DSS) (4Q76 a.k.a. 4QMinorProphetsa, Col V-VI, frags. 21–22; 4Q81 a.k.a. 4QMinorProphetsf, Col I and II; and 4Q82 a.k.a. 4QMinorProphetsg, Frags. 76–91), most of which follows the Masoretic Text closely and with Mur XII reproducing a large portion of the text.[6] As for the non-canonical writings, the majority of references to biblical texts were made by argumentum ad verecundiam. The Book of Jonah appears to have served less purpose in the Qumran community than other texts, as the writings make no references to it.[7]
Early Christian interpretation[edit]
New Testament[edit]
The earliest Christian interpretations of Jonah are found in the Gospel of Matthew (see Matthew 12:38–42 and 16:1–4) and the Gospel of Luke (see Luke 11:29–32). Both Matthew and Luke record a tradition of Jesus' interpretation of the story of Jonah (notably, Matthew includes two very similar traditions in chapters 12 and 16). As with most Old Testament interpretations found in the New Testament, Jesus' interpretation is primarily "typological" (see Typology (theology)). Jonah becomes a "type" for Jesus. Jonah spent three days in the belly of the fish; Jesus will spend three days in the grave. Here, Jesus plays on the imagery of Sheol found in Jonah's prayer. While Jonah metaphorically declared, "Out of the belly of Sheol I cried," Jesus will literally be in the belly of Sheol. Finally, Jesus compares his generation to the people of Nineveh. Jesus fulfills his role as a type of Jonah, however his generation fails to fulfill its role as a type of Nineveh. Nineveh repented, but Jesus' generation, which has seen and heard one even greater than Jonah, fails to repent. Through his typological interpretation of the story of Jonah, Jesus has weighed his generation and found it wanting.
Augustine of Hippo[edit]
The debate over the credibility of the miracle of Jonah is not simply a modern one. The credibility of a human being surviving in the belly of a great fish has long been questioned. In c. 409 AD, Augustine of Hippo wrote to Deogratias concerning the challenge of some to the miracle recorded in the Book of Jonah. He writes:
The last question proposed is concerning Jonah, and it is put as if it were not from Porphyry, but as being a standing subject of ridicule among the Pagans; for his words are: "In the next place, what are we to believe concerning Jonah, who is said to have been three days in a whale's belly? The thing is utterly improbable and incredible, that a man swallowed with his clothes on should have existed in the inside of a fish. If, however, the story is figurative, be pleased to explain it. Again, what is meant by the story that a gourd sprang up above the head of Jonah after he was vomited by the fish? What was the cause of this gourd's growth?" Questions such as these I have seen discussed by Pagans amidst loud laughter, and with great scorn.
—(Letter CII, Section 30)
Augustine responds that if one is to question one miracle, then one should question all miracles as well (section 31). Nevertheless, despite his apologetic, Augustine views the story of Jonah as a figure for Christ. For example, he writes: "As, therefore, Jonah passed from the ship to the belly of the whale, so Christ passed from the cross to the sepulchre, or into the abyss of death. And as Jonah suffered this for the sake of those who were endangered by the storm, so Christ suffered for the sake of those who are tossed on the waves of this world." Augustine credits his allegorical interpretation to the interpretation of Christ himself (Matt. 12:39,40), and he allows for other interpretations as long as they are in line with Christ's.
Medieval commentary tradition[edit]
The Ordinary Gloss[edit]
The Ordinary Gloss, or Glossa Ordinaria, was the most important Christian commentary on the Bible in the later Middle Ages. "The Gloss on Jonah relies almost exclusively on Jerome's commentary on Jonah (c. 396), so its Latin often has a tone of urbane classicism. But the Gloss also chops up, compresses, and rearranges Jerome with a carnivalesque glee and scholastic directness that renders the Latin authentically medieval."[8] "The Ordinary Gloss on Jonah" has been translated into English and printed in a format that emulates the first printing of the Gloss.[9]
The relationship between Jonah and his fellow Jews is ambivalent, and complicated by the Gloss's tendency to read Jonah as an allegorical prefiguration of Jesus Christ. While some glosses in isolation seem crudely supersessionist ("The foreskin believes while the circumcision remains unfaithful"), the prevailing allegorical tendency is to attribute Jonah's recalcitrance to his abiding love for his own people and his insistence that God's promises to Israel not be overridden by a lenient policy toward the Ninevites. For the glossator, Jonah's pro-Israel motivations correspond to Christ's demurral in the Garden of Gethsemane ("My Father, if it be possible, let this chalice pass from me" [Matt. 26:39]) and the Gospel of Matthew's and Paul's insistence that "salvation is from the Jews" (Jn. 4:22). While in the Gloss the plot of Jonah prefigures how God will extend salvation to the nations, it also makes abundantly clear—as some medieval commentaries on the Gospel of John do not—that Jonah and Jesus are Jews, and that they make decisions of salvation-historical consequence as Jews.
Jonah and the "big fish"[edit]
The Hebrew text of Jonah 2:1 (1:17 in English translation), reads dag gadol (Hebrew: דג גדול), which literally means "great fish." The Septuagint translates this into Greek as ketos megas, (Greek: κητος μεγας), "huge fish"; in Greek mythology the term was closely associated with sea monsters.[10] Saint Jerome later translated the Greek phrase as piscis granda in his Latin Vulgate, and as cetus in Matthew 12:40. At some point, cetus became synonymous with whale (cf. cetyl alcohol, which is alcohol derived from whales). In his 1534 translation, William Tyndale translated the phrase in Jonah 2:1 as "greate fyshe," and he translated the word ketos (Greek) or cetus (Latin) in Matthew 12:40 as "whale". Tyndale's translation was later followed by the translators of the King James Version of 1611 and has enjoyed general acceptance in English translations.
In the line 2:1 the book refers to the fish as dag gadol, "great fish", in the masculine. However, in the 2:2, it changes the gender to daga, meaning female fish. The verses therefore read: "And the lord provided a great fish (dag gadol, masculine) for Jonah, and it swallowed him, and Jonah sat in the belly of the fish (still male) for three days and nights; then, from the belly of the (daga, female) fish, Jonah began to pray." The peculiarity of this change of gender led the later rabbis to reason that this means Jonah was comfortable in the roomy male fish, so he didn't pray, but that God then transferred him to a smaller, female fish, in which the prophet was uncomfortable, so that he prayed.[citation needed]
Jonah's prayer[edit]
Some biblical scholars believe Jonah's prayer (Jonah 2:2–9) to be a later addition to the story (see source criticism for more information on how such conclusions are drawn). Despite questions of its source, the prayer carries out an important function in the narrative as a whole. The prayer is a psalm of thanksgiving, serving to interpret Jonah's swallowing by the fish as an act of Divine salvation. God has lifted Jonah out of Sheol and set him on the path to carry out His will. The story of descent (from Israel, to Tarshish, to the sea, to under the sea) becomes the story of ascent (from the belly of the fish, to land, to the city of Nineveh). Thus, the use of a psalm creates an important theological point. In the popular understanding of Jonah, the fish is interpreted to be the low point of the story. Yet even the fish is an instrument of God's sovereignty and salvation.
Jonah and the gourd vine[edit]
The book closes abruptly (Jonah 4) with an epistolary warning[11] based on the emblematic trope of a fast-growing vine present in Persian narratives, and popularized in fables such as The Gourd and the Palm-tree during the Renaissance, for example by Andrea Alciato.
St. Jerome differed[12] with St. Augustine in his Latin translation of the plant known in Hebrew as קיקיון (qīqayōn), using hedera (from the Greek, meaning "ivy") over the more common Latin cucurbita, "gourd", from which the English word gourd (Old French coorde, couhourde) is derived. The Renaissance humanist artist Albrecht Dürer memorialized Jerome's decision to use an analogical type of Christ's "I am the Vine, you are the branches" in his woodcut Saint Jerome in His Study.
In popular culture[edit]
- Jonah: A VeggieTales Movie by Big Idea Productions, 2002
- The Book of Jonas (novel) by Stephen Dau, 2012
- ^ II Kings 14:25
- ^ Mercer Bible Dictionary, "Book of Jonah"
- ^ [1] United Jewish Communities (UJC), "Jonah's Path and the Message of Yom Kippur."
- ^ NIV Bible (Large Print ed.). (2007). London: Hodder & Stoughton Ltd
- ^ Brynmor F. Price and Eugene A. Nida, A Handbook on the Book of Jonah, United Bible Societies
- ^ David L. Washburn, A Catalog of Biblical Passages in the Dead Sea Scrolls (Brill, 2003), 146.
- ^ James C. Vanderkam, The Dead Sea Scrolls Today (Grand Rapids, Mich: Eerdmans, 1994), 151
- ^ Ryan McDermott, trans., "The Ordinary Gloss on Jonah," PMLA 128.2 (2013): 424–38.
- ^ Ryan McDermott, trans., "The Ordinary Gloss on Jonah," PMLA 128.2 (2013): 424–38.
- ^ See http://www.theoi.com/Ther/Ketea.html for more information regarding Greek mythology and the Ketos
- ^ http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/08497b.htm
- ^ citing Peter W. Parshall, "Albrecht Dürer's Saint Jerome in his Study: A Philological Reference," from The Art Bulletin 53 (September 1971), pp. 303–5 at http://www.oberlin.edu/amam/DurerSt.Jerome.htm
Further reading[edit]
- De La Torre, Miguel A., "Liberating Jonah: Toward a Biblical Ethics of Reconciliation," Orbis Books, 2007.
External links[edit]
- An English translation of the most important medieval Christian commentary on Jonah, "The Ordinary Gloss on Jonah," PMLA 128.2 (2013): 424–38.
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Day 1 | Arrive in Buenos Aires, walking tour. |
Day 2 | In-depth Buenos Aires city tour of iconic highlights. |
Day 3 | Transfer to airport, fly to Salta, afternoon tour & High Mountain Archaeological Museum. |
Day 4 | In-depth Salta tour of churches and artisan areas. |
Day 5 | Drive to Purmamarca, colorful local market. |
Day 6 | Santa Rosa de Lima Catholic Festival. |
Day 7 | Drive through Humahuaca Gorge to visit villages, old chapels and markets. |
Day 8 | Drive south to Tilcara and Yavi villages with old churches and unusual stone structures. |
Day 9 | Visit Pucará, a restored pre-Columbian fort and excellent small museum. Return to Salta. |
Day 10 | Transfer to airport to fly back to Buenos Aires. Rest of day at leisure. |
Day 11 | Transfer to airport for flight back to Buenos Aires, return to USA in evening. |


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Source: Atlas 63. Vol. 1, 1886.
Cities & towns -- New York (State) -- Maps
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Sanborn Map Company
Early Real Estate Atlases of New York
Stephen A. Schwarzman Building / The Lionel Pincus and Princess Firyal Map Division
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Brooklyn, V. 1, Double Page Plate No. 8 [Map bounded by Columbia St., Verona St., Imlay St., President St.]
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Maryland Church Fire Destroys Sanctuary
Firefighters responded to a two-alarm fire at a church in Ellicott City Thursday evening.
Howard County crews responded at about 8:30 p.m. to the First Seventh Day Adventist Church on St. Johns Lane.
Church officials said they just finished a kindergarten graduation ceremony for their school when they heard a loud crack. Moments later, someone noticed flames coming from the roof.
"The sanctuary is what's been damaged and the roof collapsed, so we lost half the roof on the sanctuary, and of course, with the water damage inside, everything else inside is pretty much destroyed," First Seventh Day Adventist Church Pastor Ben Bogus said.
It took about 60 firefighters about 20 minutes to bring the fire under control. No one was reported injured.
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