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T-Mobile version of Samsung GALAXY Note II pictured
0. phoneArena posted on 03 Oct 2012, 22:32
The Samsung GALAXY Note II is so close that you can taste it and those features that Sammy has thrown on the device like the multiwindow and Smart Rotation has you drooling; for those T-Mobile customers among those waiting, here is some pictures of what you are waiting for...
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1. XPERIA-KNIGHT (unregistered)
T-METRO FOR THE WIN! hahaha nice one :)
2. remixfa (Posts: 14605; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
hey its HSPA+, LTE, Quad exynos, RGB-HD, 2 gigs of ram, and more..
SOooooooOOOOoOOO Much win!
Now if only they had the exact same phone but 4.5-4.8 inches!!! grr!! lol
4. XPERIA-KNIGHT (unregistered)
hahaha i swear if samsung made that mini GS3 at 4.3 inches with some top notch specs.........i may just consider getting it seriously.....lol
5. remixfa (Posts: 14605; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
I love the specs.. its just ... soooo...damn... big. lol. I want to move up from my old 4 inch SGS1. But I just dont think I can go the whole way to 5.3 lol.
6. XPERIA-KNIGHT (unregistered)
ooo trust me man I held the S3 in walmart and it seemed a tad bit too "long" lolz it wasnt so much wide as it was tall! lol weird stuff i know
11. archangel9 (Posts: 233; Member since: 07 Feb 2010)
you get use to it
10. juanyunis (Posts: 73; Member since: 31 Aug 2012)
go for the Korean version, at least you get 2GB of RAM, Quad Core Exynos, LTE and 32GB base. The only con is the pentile matrix.
12. remixfa (Posts: 14605; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
umm.. knock knock??? whos there? YOU CRAZY!
The American version is the exact same. There is NO PENTILE on ANY version of the Note2. Its all RGB-HD.
The Tmobile version has both HSPA+ and LTE as well as RGB-HD, 2 gig ram, quad exynos, 3200mah battery, on and on and on.
I wouldnt be interested in it if it was an inferior version. That's why I passed up both the SGS2, Note1, and SGS3.
14. SleepingOz (unregistered)
I think he was referring to the GSIII.
For my part, I'm going for the GNOTE II. With such specs and features, I just don't care about the size. Its screen is gorgeous! Some may say that amoled colours aren't natural blablabla.. But I don't care either. I just want my stuff to look good on my screen.
18. remixfa (Posts: 14605; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
I'll take super amoled over LCD any day of the week. Those pure blacks make a big difference. Besides, if you think its too saturated, there are apps that can tone it down for you. Its not permanent, its just a setting.
23. juanyunis (Posts: 73; Member since: 31 Aug 2012)
i was talking about the Galaxy S3 man... the korean version is the most powerful S3 of all, and also i mentioned that because you told us that you love the new note 2 specs, but you don't love how big it it, so the korean version of the s3 is the most similar one to the note 2 in specs, without the non-pentile screen and s-pen features.
25. remixfa (Posts: 14605; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
yea, except I dont live in Korea, nor does the Korean version support TMobile HSPA+ :)
17. Note_Lover (Posts: 2; Member since: 04 Oct 2012)
The US version is supposed to be the exactly the same, with the possible exception of variant sizes (yet to be seen).
24. juanyunis (Posts: 73; Member since: 31 Aug 2012)
check my comment #23 http://www.phonearena.com/news
/T-Mobile-version-of-Samsung-GALAXY-Note-II-pictured_id35155/comments?postand you will understand what i meant. =421485#post_421485
16. Note_Lover (Posts: 2; Member since: 04 Oct 2012)
Believe it or not, one of the main reasons I'm getting it, is for the that massive screen! No more of the days that I'll have to put on glasses to read my screen! Can't freaking wait!!!!
19. remixfa (Posts: 14605; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
lol. If it doesnt bother me in pocket, I'll probably get it... unless there is a nexus with similar/better specs with a slightly smaller screen. It's the first US phone ive gotten excited over in quite some time. Big screen is nice, but I dont want to feel my phone waggin back n forth as I walk.. thats frikkin annoying. That was one thing I didnt miss when I traded in heavier phones like the moto cliq & BB Storm for lighter phones like the SGS1. It disappears in pocket.
3. RubiksGuy (Posts: 11; Member since: 26 Jun 2012)
I hope that's a clear protector case, cause in my humble opinion I think it cheapens the look of the phone with all that glare. I tend to prefer the matte look and feel on my phones, but that's just me. Regardless, I'll be first in line the day it comes out!... :)
7. XPERIA-KNIGHT (unregistered)
from the looks of it........it looks like the actual build man :(
13. remixfa (Posts: 14605; Member since: 19 Dec 2008)
and if you dont get a case for it your a fool. Once you have a case on it, the gloss look disappears regardless, so there is no point to worrying about it. :)
15. SleepingOz (unregistered)
I also prefer the matte finish but as remixfa said, once you put a nice case on it, it'll be all good.
8. g2a5b0e (Posts: 3823; Member since: 08 Jun 2012)
9. 12013E12T (Posts: 37; Member since: 08 Sep 2009)
i'm starting to want that Samsung Galaxy Note II so bad, but i'm not sure how comfortable it'll feel in my pocket o.O
20. AnnDroid (Posts: 79; Member since: 02 Aug 2011)
I made a mockup out of card stock and filled it with pads of post it notes to the height, width and length and taped it shut. Carried it around for a week or so until I felt comfortable it fit into my life. I'm a petite female and it's going to work well. I'm looking forward to finally having one device for everything.
Now I need to find a good bluetooth headset for the rare phone call.
21. g2a5b0e (Posts: 3823; Member since: 08 Jun 2012)
That's dedication.
26. mprasek (Posts: 1; Member since: 05 Oct 2012)
I totally agree. Forget the "ugly back" (poster below), Screen Size is the reason to buy,
My g2 is heavier, and in landscape gives me 2 email messages visible in gmail.
I also agree with the bluetooth for the occasional phone call. My weekly usage is about 4 phone calls, 50 tweets, 200 text messages, 100 emails, and 60 hours of web and video playback.
Buying it the first day for the screen.
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|Growling grass frog
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|L. raniformis
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|Litoria raniformis
Keferstein, 1867
|Growling grass frog native range.
The growling grass frog (Litoria raniformis), also commonly known as the southern bell frog, warty swamp frog and erroneously as the green frog, is a species of ground-dwelling tree frog native to southeastern Australia, ranging from southern South Australia along the Murray River though Victoria to New South Wales, with populations through Tasmania. This species' common names vary between states; the name southern bell frog applies to New South Wales, growling grass frog in Victoria and South Australia, and green and gold frog in Tasmania. This species has been introduced to New Zealand.
The growling grass frog is a very large, ground-dwelling tree frog up to 10 cm (almost 4 in) from snout to vent. It is a mottled bright green and bronze colour above, often with dark brown enameled bumps. It has a pale cream underside, with a faint cobbling pattern. A pale stripe runs from the side of the head down the flanks as a skin fold. The thighs are blue-green in colour.
There are a series of shallow bumps over its back. This frog closely resembles the green and golden bell frog (Litoria aurea), but is distinguished by the shallow bumps on its back, a shorter call, and a slightly different head and snout shape. The tympanum is visible in these frogs.
The tadpoles are also very large (up to 9.5 cm or 3.7 in). The tadpoles often have a coppery pigment along their sides and an iridescent green sheen along their backbones.
Ecology and behaviour[edit]
This species is associated with large swamps, permanent dam impoundments, ponds, and lakes (particularly ones with reeds) in woodland, shrubland, open and coastal areas.
This frog is an agile climber, but is most often found among dense reeds or along swampy grasslands. It hunts and basks in the sun during the day. Growling grass frogs reportedly hunt other frogs by zoning into the sound of their calls.
The call is a three part moaning "craw-ork ar-ar", rising and then falling in tone (described as the sound of a duck or goose being strangled). The males develop black, rough nuptial pads on their thumbs during the breeding season, which occurs during spring through to late summer. Females have the ability to hiss when threatened. The eggs (up to several thousand) are distributed in a loose pile. These frogs stay in tadpole stage for at least one year.
This frog is believed to be in decline across much of its range. In some regions, it has disappeared altogether, but in others it remains locally abundant (such as parts of northern Victoria and the Riverland in South Australia, associated with the Murray River).
As a pet[edit]
It is kept as a pet; in Australia, this animal may be kept in captivity with the appropriate permit.
|Wikispecies has information related to: Litoria raniformis
- Gillespie; et al. (2004). "Litoria raniformis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Version 2006. International Union for Conservation of Nature. Retrieved 11 May 2006. Database entry includes a range map, a brief justification of why this species is endangered, and the criteria used
- Walker, S. 2005. FrogSA Presentations.
- Robinson, M. 2002. A Field Guide to Frogs of Australia. Australian Museum/Reed New Holland: Sydney.
- Antsis, M. 2002. Tadpoles of South Eastern Australia
- Frogs of Australia -Frog call available here.
- Frog Australia Network
- Article Road: List of All Frog Breeds: Things You Can Do to Ensure Your Frog Has a Long, Happy and Healthy Life: Growling Grass Frog
- Department of Environment, Climate Change and Water, New South Wales: Amphibian Keeper's Licence: Species Lists


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2 zucchini, chopped medium
2 yellow summer squash, chopped medium
1/2 red onion, chopped small
6 large cloves garlic, chopped small
6 red or yellow tomatoes, chopped medium
(I used half red and half yellow, which was pretty)
1 yellow pepper, chopped medium
1 red pepper, chopped medium
3 T chopped fresh parsley
3 T chopped fresh savory
(you could use any fresh herbs that appeal to you)
1 tsp. sugar
1 tsp. dried oregano
1 T olive oil, plus more for sauteeing as needed
salt and pepper to taste
1/2 cup chopped fresh basil (or less)
sea salt to finish
Heat small amount of olive oil in large, heavy pan, add zucchini and yellow squash and saute 5 minutes. Remove and set aside.
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If you are in the Paris area on 22nd January, you don't want to miss this short conference:
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2. From 6pm to 8pm: Workshop entitled "RIA or Web 2.0 help modernizing e-governement: Evolution ou Révolution" and concluded, subject to confirmation, by Eric Besson, State Secretary for Prospectives and Evaluation of Public Policies and Internet.
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Easter and the Resurrection: Part 1 of 2
Announcer:The 21st Century has ushered in events and issues that cause us to ask, "Where is God in today's world?" In response, Dallas Theological Seminary presents DTS Dialogue - Issues of God in Culture: Easter and the Resurrection.
Easter points believers to their greatest hopes, resurrection. Thanks for joining us as we unpack the important of the resurrection of Jesus Christ: Part
Yarbrough:Welcome to "DTS Dialogue Issues of God in Culture." I'm your host Mark Yarbrough, Executive Director of Communications at Dallas Theological Seminary. And today our discussion topic is Easter and the Resurrection. Today in the studio we have Dr. Buist Fanning department chair and professor of New Testament Studies and Dr. Tom Constable department chair and profession of Bible Exposition.
Gentlemen, thank you so much for your
Fanning III:
:Greatly appreciate that. Especially at this time of the semester, when things get busy and schedules get full. So, thank you very much for your time.
Very interesting, talking about Easter and the Resurrection. To the non Christian world Easter is another retail figure. Believe it or not, I happen to read an article recently that said, "Last year, 2005, Easter did 10 billion dollars in retail revenue." Hard to imagine. I think we all would agree, as we're sitting here at the table in studio today, talking about this topic, it's far worth more than 10 billion dollars to us. In regards to the issue of our faith and the importance of Easter and the importance of resurrection, as it is a central issue. A central figure, if you will, in regards to the importance of our faith. And so, I kind of want to talk about that a little bit and let me just open it up and Dr. Fanning I'll kind of punt to you, if you don't mind. What is the significance of Easter to Christians?
Buist:I think we should just understand that out set of Easter is shorthand for Christ resurrection. It's a commemoration of those all significant events for Christian's belief and for their ongoing life before God. And you can see the centrality Easter in a passage like First Corinthians 15 where Paul says, "Let me remind you about the central points of the gospel," is how it starts off and says, "the central points of the gospel are that Christ died for out sins, according to the Scripture."
"And then he was buried and that he rose the third day, according to the Scripture." And that he appeared to whole series of different groups and individuals of people who saw him as resurrected form. And Paul says, those are the primary things. The main points about the gospel that Christians preach and that Christians believe.
And you see the same thing also in early sermons and acts. If you just go through the early chapters of Acts and see the preaching of the early Christians in Acts 2, in Acts 3, in Acts 4, in Acts 5, in Acts 7, in Acts 10, and in Acts 13. The death and resurrection of Christ is what they constantly focus on as they try to communicate what their newfound faith and movement is all
:So, in other words, even in a cursory overview, if you will, of the words that come out in scripture on a regular basis, it is a patterned theme. We're talking about a centrality of our faith is centered on the
: Exactly. The Resurrection is at the core of everything that's
: Dr. Constable, do you have anything you want to add on that, about the centrality of the Resurrection?
Tom Constable:I was just trying to weigh the significance of Christmas with the significance of Easter and I would find it difficult to say that one was more important than the other. And I think this is generally reflected in Church attendance, on these
: Yeah, good
:And, probably both are, well undoubtedly both are extremely significant to Christians. Perhaps non Christians find it more difficult to understand why Easter is significant Christians than
:Let's talk about that word for a minute "resurrection". I mean, we use it openly. You hear it at Church all the time. Somebody give me a definition. What is resurrection, from a biblical stand point? What is resurrection?
Buist:You know Mark that is a really significant question to ask, especially because of the competing interpretations of the accounts of Jesus rising for the dead, being resurrected. Because resurrection in the ancient word never meant simply life after death, going to heaven, or something like the significance or remembrance of my life continuing on after my death. It never merely meant some kind of continued existence in a spiritual form after my death. It always meant dead people rose again to new bodily life. It meant standing up again or rising again to a bodily existence that you had previously, which you have
:Where could we talk about resurrection as a theme in the Old Testament? Is that a topic that shows up on a regular basis? Is it hinted at, is it very specific, and what is the connection then between the Old Testament theology of resurrection and the New Testament theology of resurrection? Anyone want to jump in on that one?
Tom:Well, one of the earliest evidences of belief in it, I think comes out in Hebrews 11, where the writer to the Hebrews mentions that Abraham believed that God could raise Isaac from the dead, in order to fulfill his promises to Abraham. That's an interesting statement. The writer of course is interpreting Abraham there. Because Abraham never stated that, as far as we know.
But, that seems to be a belief that was held in the early Church. That even Old Testament people like Abraham believed in the resurrection. Job's references to standing before God have been debated wither that involved a physical resurrection, wither he simply was speaking about seeing God some day and experiencing justification by God for his righteous life. That one is a little less distinct, I think. Those are two that come to my mind right
: You see it in Daniel chapter 12, fairly explicit statement about a hope for a new life after death.
I think the broader picture in the Old Testament tends to be the picture of national resurrection, like Ezekiel the chapter about the dry bones coming back to life. Which is a picture of the nation of Israel coming back from exile and being reconstituted in a future day, under a Davidic ruler, Jesus Christ. Coming back to national life. But, even though it's not explicit back in Genesis, the resurrection of people to bodily life really is rooted in the creation. It's rooted in the idea that God make this whole universe. He made mankind in a physical corporeal form and that's a good creation. It's not something to be despised and even though the creation and mankind has now fallen, God hasn't given up on his creation. And he intends to restore it. He intends to renew it.
And this is not just a national thing, the New Testament comes to teach us, it's an individual resurrection that we can hope for based on the pattern of Christ resurrection. After his death on the cross he rose again and that's the guarantee that those who are his followers, those who are Christians, will share that same kind of life with him in the
:In other words, even in something that is embedded in the concept of resurrection is redemptive based upon where humanity now resides because of Genesis three and the Fall. And there's something that's innate within the concept of resurrection, about
:And it's interesting that some of the competing forms of Christianity in the early centuries that are being presented in popular books today. If you go to Borders or go to Barnes & Noble and look on the shelves of spirituality or religion or something, you'll find lots of books that say "Well, there were these early Christian views about Gnosticism or about other sorts of views of spirituality, life with God, but in a non-material form, in which they despised the material - they thought it was evil.
Some of these early forms of Christianity, we would call them "heresies", the early Church denied the validity of those views, based on Biblical teaching, Biblical theology. It was a religion of spirituality with no focus on the cross, no focus on the Resurrection, or a future existence with God in a renewed bodily form. But those are the forms that the early Church labeled "disparate", "heretical", "not true to the gospel", "not true to the teaching about God as the Creator" all the way back to the Old Testament, the accounts in
:That's a nice transition into another question. Historically, how has the resurrection of Jesus Christ been challenged? It leads to what you're talking about there. If we were to come up with two or three other categories, how was that challenged early on?
Tom:Paul refers to a challenge in the Corinthian Church, in First Corinthians 15. And he says "How do some among you say that there is no resurrection of the dead?" And he wrote chapter 15 to counter that belief, which was common in Hellenism of his time. The Stoics, for example, believed that the body was a prison, that you don't want your body when you die, because one of the good things about dying was that you were finally rid of
: You're free of
:Right. This cell in which we have to live as human beings. So it was a very appealing thing for the Corinthians to believe that there was no resurrection, so that they could enter into this spiritual state. And Paul's response to that conviction, with chapter 15, in which he lays out the fact that Jesus himself died and that, if he didn't rise from the grave, then really the Christian faith is no better than any other philosophy.
But he goes on to prove that Jesus did arise and that, therefore, because he arose, we, too, have hope of resurrections, we are in Christ, and we have this hope beyond the grave. So that's an early example of challenging the concept of the
:I think First Corinthians 15 is a great illustration of something we were saying earlier; and that is that "resurrection", in the New Testament, doesn't simply mean "life after death". The Greeks believed in life after death; they believed in an ongoing existence of some kind. What they treated with scorn was the idea that you could have a bodily existence, that you could be raised to a new bodily life, fitted for eternal existence.
And so Paul says, "Some of you are saying 'There's no resurrection'" because they were denying the bodily resurrection. And Paul turns that around and says "Don't you know this is central to Christianity? Don't you know this is central to the gospel I preached and to what you believed?" And it's rooted in the Old Testament; it's rooted in the hope that we have from God all the way back.
But I think this is one of the issues, one of the objections to the Resurrection that is sometimes raised, especially after the Enlightenment, with the rise of the scientific worldview. You know, we don't see people raised to new bodily life after death. Death seems pretty final to us. That's our universal experience. And we don't expect that sort of thing to happen by any sort of natural process. And, so, in the modern world, we tend to think "Well, you know, in ancient days, in pre-modern times, they were gullible; they believed all sorts of things. We can't accept that sort of belief."
What that ignores, of course, is that it was universal in the ancient world, that they could observe that nobody came back from the dead then either. That was their constant experience in losing loved ones and so on.
And, so, for Christians to claim "No; Jesus said that this was going to happen, and now it has happened. We stand as witnesses of this. We proclaim that He has risen, that He's alive, a risen savior" - this was something treated with scorn. It wasn't gullibly accepted by the ancient world. But it was an article of faith that Christians proclaimed and subscribed to.
Now, in terms of modern belief, I think we simply have to realize that the gospel is all about what God can do. And, if you begin with a God who is all-powerful, who created this whole universe, then it's not so big a stretch to think that the God who created human bodies could also raise them back to life. And that's what the gospel calls us to believe.
But part of the modern world and the attempt to make Christianity fit the modern world has involved a series of reinterpretations of what "resurrection" means, so that, when the gospels say, and when Acts says, and when the Epistles say, "He was raised", "He rose again on the third day", there have been all of these presentations that, "Well, what this means is that he lives on, in His significance, for his follows" or "He lives on in terms of His spiritual existence, and we can commune with Him on that level". But that's not what the Apostles were claiming in Acts. That's not what Paul was insisting on in First Corinthians
: It's not what the Jewish religious leaders were trying to cover up, either, which we have a record of at the end of the
:And it's very interesting, you've alluded to it, that there's a lot of literature that's on the market today that's all kind of, you know, some of it's evaluating the Gnostic material, the hidden gospels, all of this new genre that is hitting the marketplace. Obviously, it's been there for a long time; but it is coming to the popular level.
And that seems to be one of the issues: What did the early Church proclaim? No matter how you cut it, when you talk about this issue of the Resurrection, whether someone chooses to believe that or not is a whole other issue; but you cannot negate the fact, Scripturally, according to the textual evidence, that's what these guys, number one, proclaimed, and that's what they believed. Now, whether the community that exists today, in 2006, chooses to believe that or not is irrelevant: that is what they proclaimed; and that's what they
:And they were willing to die for it. It's sort of hard to convince yourself that "They knew better, but they were trying to present this new religion in this way to gain followers." Why would you give your life for something that you knew to be false?
Tom:And frequently the New Testament writers, and the characters recorded in the historical portions, describe themselves as eyewitnesses of the Resurrection as well. This wasn't things they had heard second-hand; but they'd seen the risen Christ, Himself. And, of course, over 150 people saw Him after He died; and we have many references to that in
:That seems to be one of their apologetics, doesn't it? You were talking about Peter's sermon in Acts 2, where he cites Psalm 16 and talks about how he, himself, was an eyewitness. In the text that we've mentioned many times, in First Corinthians 15, Paul goes through his long list of people that had seen Jesus. It was Thomas who didn't believe and wasn't there the first time and then came back and was able to see first-hand. I mean that's part of their defense for the Resurrection.
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AN extra feature has been added to a care home's garden thanks to a donation from Magna residents.
Burt Pearson, who raised £26,000 to create a dementia garden at Croft House, successfully applied for £230 from the community improvement project fund to buy a bench.
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Holiday season is upon us, and Cooking Channel has a line-up of brand new holiday shows, treasured classics and some of your old school favorites…
Holiday on the Rocks
A festive cocktail party with loads of creative concoctions to help you toast the night away. With creative and colorful martinis, vintage cocktails, high tech drink techniques, wine 101 and savory party snacks, it's everything you need to know about throwing the perfect cocktail party. Friday, December 17 @ 8:00pm ET.
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Deck the halls Martha Stewart style! From tempting treats to divine décor, Martha Stewart's Christmas Special is the one stop for holiday entertaining. With her simple tips and unique ideas, Martha will inspire you to create a spectacular, heart-warming holiday your loved ones will never forget. Thursday, December 23 @ 8:00pm ET.
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A FIRE service welfare unit for emergency catering has been supported by Bridgwater's Salvation Army.
The new Devon and Somerset Fire and Rescue Service (DSFRS) Welfare Pod will be unveiled this weekend in preparation for its deployment as support and catering at emergency incidents.
The Salvation Army Red Shield Emergency Service offers a safe place for those who have been evacuated from their homes, trained personnel to provide support and a fleet of purpose built mobile canteens.
For nearly 40 years, volunteers from The Salvation Army, Bridgwater, have been available day or night to respond to requests for catering support of Somerset Fire Service, then subsequently DSFRS.
The 'Pods' will not only provide a modern kitchen, but also toilet facilities as well as a rest area for the Fire Service Personnel.


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SOLD Bronze Meditating Yogi Shiva Statue 21"
Item #: 9bc24
Statue Details
Total Height Including Base: 21 inches
Base Width & Depth: 16 x 13.5 inches
Weight: 82 pounds
- Contemplative facial expression
- Deep in meditation
- Great home meditation companion
- One-of-a-kind
My three great sins!
I came on a pilgrimage to Kashi forgetting that, you are omnipresent.
In thinking about you I forgot that, You are beyond thought.
In praying to You I forgot that, You are beyond words."
~Adi Shankara
Lord Shiva, the god of the yogis, is portrayed in this beautiful sculpture in quiet meditation. His arms are held out resting on his knees with his thumb and forefingers connected in a pose of meditation. His posture is perfect, upright and straight. He wears only a loin cloth and he has a string of rudraksha beads around his neck. His hair is tied up into a bun on top of his head. A departure from his typical dread locked hair. In his hair is a crescent moon representing the cyclical nature of the universe. The waxing and waning of the moon symbolizes the cycle through which creation evolves. Shiva is wearing two yali earrings. Yalis are beasts made from a combination of many animals.
This sculpture was commissioned by Lotus Sculpture in 2008. After our first visit to the northern towns of the Ganges we were influenced by the sculptures we saw and wanted a meditating Shiva like the one on the Ganges in Rishikesh. We asked this of our artists and they came back with this sublime sculpture.
Lost Wax Method: This sculpture is a one of a kind, lost wax method bronze statue hand made by the artists of South India. The sculpture pictured is the only sculpture Lotus Sculpture has like this in our store. When you order this piece you will receive this exact sculpture. It is truly one of a kind as there is only one made exactly like this! Each bronze is hand made by a group of bronze artists whose families have been crafting bronze sculptures for centuries with the art being passed on by each generation. The hand crafted bronzes statues have an incredible amount of detail which many other mass produced, brass Hindu statues lack. Lost Wax South Indian bronze statues are the only sculptures used by Hindu temples throughout India and the world. Click here to learn more about the Lost Wax Method.
Shiva was originally known as Rudra, a minor deity addressed only three times in the Rig Veda. He gained importance after absorbing some of the characteristics of an earlier fertility god and became Shiva, part of the trinity, or trimurti, with Vishnu and Brahma.
Shiva wears a snake coiled around his upper arms and neck symbolizing the power he has over the most deadly of creatures. Snakes are also used to symbolize the Hindu dogma of reincarnation. Their natural process of molting or shedding their skin is symbolic of the human soul's transmigration of bodies from one life to another.
Shiva's female consort and wife is Parvati; because of his generosity and reverence towards Parvati, Shiva is considered an ideal role model for a husband. The divine couple together with their sons - the six-headed Skanda and the elephant headed Ganesh - reside on Mount Kailasa in the Himalayas.
His guardian is Nandi (the white bull), whose statue can often be seen watching over the main shrine. The bull is said to embody sexual energy, fertility. Riding on its back, Shiva is in control of these impulses.
He often holds a trident, which represents the Hindu trinity of Brahma, Shiva and Vishnu. It is also said to represent the threefold qualities of nature: creation, preservation and destruction, although preservation is usually attributed to Vishnu.
As the destroyer, Shiva is dark and terrible, encircled with serpents and a crown of skulls.
Shiva often wears sacred Rudaksha beads, perhaps a reference to his earlier name Rudra.
The crescent moon Shiva wears on his crown, besides being a symbol of Kama the goddess of nightly love, also represents the bull, Nandi, a fertility symbol.
Shiva holds a skull that represents samsara, the cycle of life, death and rebirth. Samsara is a central belief in Hinduism. Shiva himself also represents this complete cycle because he is Mahakala, the Lord of Time, destroying and creating all things.
Shiva is represented in a variety of forms. One such form is as a lingam. The ovoid shape is a representation of the absolute perfection of Lord Shiva - if that which is beyond form had to be given form, the lingam would be the closest form to the mystical experience of the absolute perfection of Shiva. Shiva is often pictured in a pacific mood with his consort Parvati, as the cosmic dancer Nataraja, as a naked ascetic, as a mendicant beggar, as a yogi, and as the androgynous union of Shiva and Parvati in one body (Ardhanarisvara).
Another example of Shiva's apparent synthesis of male and female attributes is seen in his earrings. He wears one earring in the style of a man and the other as a female.
Shiva's third eye is a symbol of higher consciousness. It is also a weapon he uses to destroy his enemies by emitting a fire missile which has the power to incinerate the three worlds. He can also kill all the gods and other creatures during the periodic destruction of the universe. Shiva's third eye first appeared when Parvati, his wife, playfully covered his other two eyes, so Shiva opened his third eye emitting his destructive missile endangering the three worlds.
Bronze is an extremely durable metal made from a combination of 5 metals; copper, iron, tin, with minute additions of silver and gold. This combination is called Panchaloha bronze and is the basis for making the sacred Hindu temple statues of India and the world. Copper is the most prevalent metal in the alloy. Copper also gives the metal a softer composition that allows the bronze artisans to carve the details that are prevalent in each piece. All the South Indian bronze sculpture Lotus Sculpture carries are Panchaloham and thus suited for any home altar or community temple.
Because of the durability of the metal not much is needed to maintain a bronze sculpture. Many of our customers purchase a bronze statue and perform daily puja and abhisheka consisting of bathing the Hindu deity in ghee, milk, coconut milk or other liquids. In this case nothing is needed to keep the statue clean as it will be bathed daily. If the sculpture is used for "darshan" or simply viewing the sculpture it is best to dust the statue as needed so no dirt collects in the details of the sculpture. For both polished golden bronzes and antique patina bronze statues if you would like the sculpture to shine use a cotton cloth with some coconut oil or other natural oil to wipe down the piece as needed.
Many of our bronze Hindu statues have been placed in outdoor temples. Bronze's durability makes it perfect for cold winters and hot summers of any climate. We suggest you bathe the sculpture every couple of months so that dirt does not collect on the sculpture and then use a cotton cloth with some natural oil to give the statue a shine. Both indoors and outdoors a bronze statue can be left alone which, overtime, will give the bronze an antique patina.
On some bronze statues you can see small hints of lime green, verde-gris patina. Some people prize this color for its age others want to remove it. If you would like to remove the verde-gris use a tooth brush with some coconut oil or other natural oil and lightly go over the verde-gris. This should remove the unwanted patina from the sculpture.
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This sculpture is in our Oceanside, California gallery and ready for immediate packing & shipping. Packing takes anywhere from 1-4 business days. Shipping takes anywhere from 1-6 business days. The shipping price is automatically calculated from Oceanside, California to the destination in the online checkout. Or you can get a shipping quote by clicking the Calculate Shipping link beneath the Add to Cart button. Shipping will be calculated based on the weight of the sculpture and the distance to the destination from our Oceanside, California showroom.
The delivery charges include insurance, a residential lift gate delivery to your home or business. The freight company will call you to schedule a delivery day and time frame to make the delivery. Someone must be present to receive the statue. Depending on where you are located we will use either R&L Carriers, UPS Freight, Estes, DHX or Roadrunner Transport.
The freight company will use a lift gate to bring the sculpture to the ground and then use a pallet jack to move it anywhere on the same level. They will move it anywhere in your driveway or in your garage. They will not take it to your backyard or in the elevator to your apartment or up or down any steps. They will not be unpacking the statue and taking the crate away. Think of them as you would UPS or Fedex. They only deliver the statue. If you require a little extra service, (within reason) a tip to a delivery man usually works wonders!
For placing the statue our customers have either placed the statue themselves with help of a friend and a tool like a hand truck or a dolly. Or by contacting their landscaper who is used to moving large and heavy objects like rocks and trees into place. For much larger and heavier sculptures sometimes the customer needs a piece of heavy equipment for placing the statue like a crane or forklift. If you have any questions contact me directly at [email protected] or (760) 994-4455
This sculpture is in our Oceanside, California showroom and ready for immediate packing & shipping. This piece is too heavy to ship via UPS ground and will be shipped using an international freight service. Packing takes anywhere from 1-4 days depending on the statue. We can ship the statue using either sea or air freight to either the your home or the closest port.
If you place your order online shipping will show in the order as $0. Shipping will be calculated based on the weight of the sculpture and the distance from Oceanside, California to determine the shipping price. The shipping quote will be emailed to you and no charge will be made without your approval. To get a shipping quote click the Calculate Shipping link beneath the Add to Cart button and fill our the information or you can call 760-994-4455 or email us [email protected].


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Big and bold jewelry is back my loves! Just take a look at the lovely Trina Turk's newest arrivals from her fall collection. This California designer made sure to bring us pieces that will go with almost anything in our wardrobe.
It looks like resin bangles and pendant necklaces are in too! And I'm happy to see these colors!


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JohnSituation puzzles (sometimes called lateral thinking puzzles) are ones where you need to ask lots of yes or no questions to figure out what happened in the situation. These are good puzzles for groups where one person knows the puzzle and answers the questions.
A steady stream of people enter John's place of business and remove its treasured belongings. The people do not pay for what they take. John allows them to take as much as they can carry as long as they keep their mouths shut. What are the people taking and which type of business employs John?
AnswerThe people are taking books and John works for a library.
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First, he did not give out his lineup, or his lines, saying he wasn't sure. (Andrew Gross loves when he says that, LOL). But he said it will probably be the same lineup as the home opener.
He did say that Mike Rupp (knee) remains out.
I asked him a few questions about the possible breaking-up of Brad Richards and Marian Gaborik — at practice yesterday Gaborik played with Erik Christensen and Wojtek Wolski (God help him) and Richards was between Ryan Callahan and Brandon Dubinsky. As we all know, that could be the top two lines to start the game, and it could all change by the eight-minute mark.
Also, remember that, bad as many of you (we) think Christensen is, he's had his shining moments with Gaborik, and vice versa.
So here's John Tortorella's pre-game presser:[audio:http://lohud.com/audio/rangers/tortspre1129.MP3]