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Lines of Sight: Visual Art in Asian American Poetry
The work of nine ekphrastic poets
By Michael Leong
Christine Wong Yap. Untitled (one half gallon), 2006, paper, 8 x 8 x 1 inches / 20 x 20 x 2.5 cm.
Poetry | Christine Wong Yap, Debora Kuan, Eileen Tabios, Jennifer Hayashida, John Yau, Mei-Mei Berssenbrugge, O Woomi Chung, Poetry Tuesday, Shin Yu Pai, Vijay Prashad, Walter K. Lew, ekphrasis
If not already visual artists themselves, the poets collected here have extremely close ties to the visual arts and visual culture, from painting to film to installation: they write about art, in both critical and creative modes, and collaborate widely with artists. It should be no surprise, then, that the diverse and vibrant work in this portfolio, some of which was specially commissioned for The Margins, often yokes text and image together in surprising ways and represents ekphrastic poetry in some of its most advanced and innovative forms. In fact, some of these pieces seem to exceed the genre of ekphrasis altogether; for example, Christine Wong Yap brings together sculpture and concrete poetry in Cloud to form a delightfully baroque thought balloon, highlighting the fact that language is, in her words, both “physical and immaterial.”
When engaging with the tradition of ekphrastic poetry, these poets frequently strive to go beyond, to quote Leo Spitzer’s classic definition, “the reproduction, through the medium of words, of sensuously perceptible objets d’art.” A case in point would be Eileen Tabios’ “Athena’s Diptych,” which, rather than reproducing a specific artwork, inventively “reproduces” the painterly technique of scumbling in a linguistic medium. In a 2003 review-essay called “Redeeming my Faith in Ekphrasis,” Tabios says, “I came to prefer [. . .] writing poems that, while inspired by and perhaps even seeking to mirror a visual image, actually came to embody something different.” Likewise, in his introduction to Viva la Difference: Poetry Inspired by the Painting of Peter Saul John Yau outlines the project’s allegiance to non-normative and anti-mainstream ekphrasis: “Our intention was different [. . .] Our intention was not to be impressionist or to tell a story. Those are well-known solutions, and, frankly we wanted something else.” Indeed, his “Further Adventures in Monochrome,” breaks from Simonides of Keos’s classical dictum of ekphrastic poetics, Poema pictura loquens, pictura poema silens [poetry is a speaking picture, painting a mute poetry], by giving voice not to some mute artifact, as John Keats famously does in “Ode on a Grecian Urn,” but to the painter Yves Klein; indeed, Yau might be torquing the term ekphrasis back to its etymological origin (“ek-” meaning “out” and “phrazein” meaning “to speak”) in that his rich, ventriloquizing monologue uncannily channels Klein’s voice “speaking out” from beyond the grave.
One common thread among these works is that the poets often eschew a sustained, even fetishizing, focus on the objet d’art, which is typical of many ekphrastic poems in the modern canon from Rainer Maria Rilke’s “Archaic Torso of Apollo” to Wallace Stevens’ “Anecdote of the Jar,” by widening their attention to include the artists’ words and elements from the artists’ everyday lives. Debora Kuan’s “How to Take Black-and-White Pictures” cites Diane Arbus’ journal through an intimate second-person address (“Your last journal entry reads: The Last Supper. / It wakes you. You want a floor to drag a doll over”) while Jennifer Hayashida’s “On Peter Saul (Laughter)” draws on Saul’s language from a 2008 interview. In the latter, the epigraph is a direct quotation from Saul, but we can also see how Hayashida appropriates and transmutes Saul’s first answer—”So-called ‘good painting’ is like a parade of intelligent thinkers. I’m glad to be outside of that. Call me a crackpot if you want”—into the beginning sentence of her poem: “Call me a crackpot in pajamas: I sit on a stump called painting and watch a parade of immodest thinkers march by.”
Mei-Mei Berssenbrugge’s “I Love Artists” begins not with a treatment of the figure of Kiki Smith (in the way that, say, W.H. Auden cites “The Old Masters” in “Musée des Beaux Arts”), but of Smith as an embodied and familiar presence: “I go to her house and talk with her as she draws me or knits, so it’s not one-on-one exactly, blue tattooed stars on her feet.” The importance of the star tattoos on Smith’s feet attests to Berssenbrugge’s micro-attention to detail and to subtle perceptual shifts; the poem’s fourth section, which alludes to Bruce Nauman’s Mapping the Studio, trains its gaze on seemingly unimportant phenomena that lurk on the fringes of our attention: moths, mice, “light reaching into corners of the room,” and “shadows of possessions that day by day absorb our energy.” In an interview with Laura Hinton, Berssenbrugge says, “To me visual art often expresses new ways of looking before they appear in poetry.”
In Walter K. Lew and O Woomi Chung’s “Moss” and “The RV Projects,” a pair of multimedia poems which document and extend the site-specific mobile projections and installations they executed around South and Central Florida, the visual object in question is not so much a fixed, centripetal focal point, like Stevens’ “jar in Tennessee,” but an elaborate, location-dependent ensemble that includes projector, projectionist, the vagaries of the surrounding environment as well as the images being projected. In these poems, which seem to offer a kind of playful alternative to Charles Olson’s “projective verse,” senses such as seeing and hearing are synaesthetically blurred and the terms “reflection” and “projection,” in all of their semantic complexity, are understood in dynamic relation in an effort “to shine / The project of reflection.”
As a (verbal) representation about (visual) representation, ekphrasis can offer a powerful self-reflexive consciousness, which the poets here take up with considerable cleverness. For example, we can read Shin Yu Pai’s “the great figure” as a kind of “meta-ekphrastic” poem as it points to not only Kent Barker’s black-and-white photograph but also to William Carlos Williams’ “reverse ekphrastic” piece (also named “The Great Figure”), which famously inspired Charles Demuth’s I Saw the Figure Five in Gold (1928). The “great figure,” in Pai’s poem, refers to the figure of ekphrasis itself as much as it does the figure “3” depicted in the photograph.
In a similar vein, Kuan suggests that her poem “Pastoral,” which nicely puns on the “felt” imagery from the German sculptor Joseph Beuys, “can be seen as an ekphrastic poem, although not one about any specific painting or work of visual art, rather about visual art itself.” In this sense, many of these pieces can be considered acts of creative art criticism or critical inquiries into the act of perceiving as well as poetry. And many, as I’ve been insisting, productively rub the genre of ekphrasis against the grain; as if in reaction to visual theorist W. J. T. Mitchell’s observation that “the treatment of the ekphrastic image as a female other is a commonplace in the genre [. . . which] tends to describe an object of visual pleasure and fascination from a masculine perspective,” Pai’s homophonic play in her title “Bell(e)” yokes together both the maker (Toshiko Takaezu) and the made object (her 1997 bell) and orients us toward a female subject rather than an othered, feminized object.
In “The Active Voice: 12 Poems on Contemporary Art,” a poetry and art portfolio from the June/July 2013 issue of Art in America, Raphael Rubinstein says, “[i]t’s a good moment… to once again listen to what poets may have to tell us about the art of our time.” I concur, and I want to suggest here that Asian American poets have a crucial place in that discussion. My sincerest thanks goes out to all of these wonderful contributors.
—Michael Leong
Debora Kuan
“How to Take Black-and-White Pictures” | “How to Make Bells” | “Pastoral” | “TV Room”
“Athena’s Diptych”
Jennifer Hayashida
“On Peter Saul (Laughter)”
“I Love Artists”
Shin Yu Pai
“Lunch Poem” | “After Toshiko Takaezu” | “Dear Juan” | “the great figure” | “prime”
Walter K. Lew and O Woomi Chung
“Moss” | “The RV Projects”
John Yau
“Further Adventures in Monochrome”
Cloud consists of dozens of phrases cut from copper sheets and suspended from black ropes and elastic thread. The illegible mass hovers overhead, a cloud-like shape defined by the black supports. The suspended words and untidy ropes hint at nagging thoughts or psychic garbage.
Cloud (installation view), 2006, copper, rope, elastic, monofilament, 7 x 6 feet / 2.1 x 1.8 m.
Cloud…present[s] language as physical and immaterial; as a messy failure; as nagging psychic garbage; and as the dialogue between lovers—banal as daily logistics, essential for our most meaningful utterances. If relationships are grounded in communication—and language’s flaws and fragility—we must take vigilant care of our words and their subtexts: in other words, reading beyond the legible.
Cloud, Detail.
Cloud… [is an] extension…of an ongoing project around ultimate meaning and quotidian reality. How do we make meaning in our lives, when so much of our daily activity consists of meaningless tasks of survival? How do we mean, when language is inadequate and communication relative?
Cloud #1, 2006, collagraphic monoprint, 22 x 30 inches / 56 x 76 cm.
Christine Wong Yap is an interdisciplinary artist working in installations, sculptures, multiples, and works on paper to spark and sustain attention to emotional experiences. Her work has been exhibited extensively in the San Francisco Bay Area, as well as in New York, Los Angeles, Manila, Osaka, Poland, London, Newcastle, and Manchester (U.K). A longtime resident of Oakland, CA, she relocated to New York, NY in 2010.
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Diane Arbus. Self-portrait. 1945. Gelatin silver print. 10.8 x 11.2 cm. Courtesy The Estate of Diane Arbus.
Film still from Andrei Tarkovsky’s Andrei Rublev (1966). 1999 Criterion re-release.
HOW TO TAKE BLACK-AND-WHITE PICTURES
Imagine a painted door. Owl eyes. A tiny blue egg
arranged on a ladder with other birds’ eggs.
Rat bells, as in, You hear rat bells all along the wall.
It helps you. You get some sleep in the bathtub,
draw a horse-head with a soapy finger. It dissolves. Two sun streaks.
You are the maid-of-honor, you are the private equestrian.
What you like. Rained-out appointments. A tall carafe.
Card-games and hand-me-down sweaters.
Imagine a house packed with jacks. Dishes piled, a man-servant.
Snapshot. Your last journal entry reads: The Last Supper.
It wakes you. You want a floor to drag a doll over.
An armoire. A barrel of tar. The heaviest thing will do.
Imagine owl eyes, all along the wall. A colored egg
hidden in the fireplace. A sunburn. You step into a painted hole.
Mothballs, as in, A bee-shaped jewel you keep in mothballs.
It alarms you. You get some sleep in the dentist’s chair, dream
of a pair of saints. They drag their feet. Two ice-cubes.
You are the state senator, you are the private doll-maker.
What you like. Apothecaries. Seven-layer cakes.
A set of flattened spoons. It helps you.
Imagine a fur shop packed with rats. A window dressing. An itch.
You switch cameras. Your first journal entry reads:
Found a frozen blue jay on the front step today. It reminds you.
You want a sea to toss sandbags over. A door-stop
of cat’s-eye marbles. A dead motor. The steadiest thing will do.
[Note: The last entry of Diane Arbus’ diary reads, “The Last Supper.”]
(from Xing. 2011. Saturnalia Books. Ardmore, PA.)
HOW TO MAKE BELLS
Maybe it is the epoch of strange jesters, their faces caked in make-up. A cortege of chewed plum pits placed across the table. You don’t ask. You erase a part of the recording by mistake. You get chased. You still get distracted by these engravings of toothless saints, haloed in sulfur and pith.
You wake up every morning reciting the three holy virtues. Or they recite you. It doesn’t matter. Your search for clay isn’t discouraged by a sudden rainstorm. You keep on, hunting for a particular stain and the scent of hailstone, something that can slide off metal. You think, This will be the mold that holds it, this will be the matter.
Steeped in a pool of red light, one of your horses rolls over and struggles to stand. It steadies itself. It gallops off the frame. Then the real repeats. Faith. You concentrate on the fricative. You remember how you got here.
Joseph Beuys. Homogeneous Infiltration for Piano 1966, Georges Pompidou Center, Paris.
This is the map of stationary cloud and crow.
Felt bird perched
atop felt world at last,
while the white colts crowd around.
And, in his wagon, Lin sits still,
pulls on his hand-me-down black boots.
Left foot, right foot. All roads end
in spools of pink, then fasten to other roads.
This is the map, and this is its legend.
In far-left field, the cemetery
pinwheels languish in non-spin.
Unshiver, atremor.
The quiet corruptions feel several.
Nameless headstones, loose teeth.
A hand inside a stopped watch,
which cannot feel its gears.
Chao begins another story, the one
about the opaque form
against its opaque field.
Another manifestation of owl.
We go the only way we can: brick by brick,
drum by drum.
We wonder at the flatness of travel, and how
beneath us, against us,
another thing fattens.
So this is exile, this is flight.
Women crossing the landscape in droves,
dropping silverware, gold
heirlooms, hair.
The good hand aids the mangled one.
We doctor. We hold our tongues
and check our mouths for sores.
At night, we wrap a pear in long woolen underwear
and wait for our arrival.
ON PASTORAL
The world of this poem grew from a simple wish to play on the word “felt.” I like the fact that the word houses both the material and the act of feeling (or the act of having felt). Also, at the time I wrote the poem, I was very interested in Joseph Beuys’s work and was learning about his symbolic interest in materials like felt and wax. The hand that cannot feel the watch’s gears in the second stanza translates onto the body Beuys’ piano wrapped in felt: both are manifestations of inefficacy and handicap, frustration and impossibility.
The rest of the poem too can be seen as an ekphrastic poem, although not one about any specific painting or work of visual art, rather about visual art itself. Chao’s story turns out to be not much of a narrative at all. It is instead about the concept of figure and ground: “the opaque form/ against its opaque field.” And everywhere, things are in a state of “non-spin.” They are still, stationary, or flat, even travel itself. I intend that elegiac torpor not just as futility but also as permanence: A work of art is a creation that can outlast you—at least, we hope so in the best of circumstances…
(from “In Their Own Words,” http://www.poetrysociety.org/psa/poetry/crossroads/own_words/page_17/)
Kalamazoo, Michigan, ca. 1957. Posthumous digital reproduction from original contact sheet. Garry Winogrand Archive, Center for Creative Photography, University of Arizona.
after Garry Winogrand
Steroid orange flowers paper a room
and speak to me
from the bleached-white faces of TV personalities.
They make a scene
that throbs at a wooden distance,
that could topple like so many boxes.
The furniture of the horizon:
cattle asleep in softnesses.
I have crawled their backs and wept
in their wire baskets
for you—of course, for you.
I couldn’t see you, but you were there,
on another hill, your glass of ice
clinking like delicate laughter.
You didn’t leave me.
You wouldn’t have left me for the world,
but how could I have known?
Debora Kuan is the author of XING, her debut poetry collection (Saturnalia Books, 2011). A two-time Pushcart nominee, she has been awarded a Fulbright creative writing fellowship (Taiwan), University of Iowa Writers’ Workshop Graduate Merit Fellowship, Bread Loaf Writers’ Conference work-study scholarship, and residencies at Yaddo, Macdowell, and the Santa Fe Art Institute. Her short fiction and poems have appeared or are forthcoming in American Letters and Commentary, Atlas Review, The Awl, The Baffler, Boston Review, Brooklyn Rail, Fence, Gigantic, Glittermob, HTMLGiant, Hyperallergic, Indiana Review, New American Writing, Pleiades, The Iowa Review, The L Magazine, The Rumpus, and other journals. She has also written about contemporary art, books, and film for numerous publications. She is currently a director of English Language Arts assessment at the College Board and a senior editor at Brooklyn Arts Press.
FROM “NOTES ON DREDGING FOR ATLANTIS”
These are ekphrastic poems utilizing the painterly technique of scumbling. From Merriam-Webster Dictionary:
scumble \SKUM-bul\ verb
1 a : to make (as color or a painting) less brilliant by covering with a thin coat of opaque or semiopaque color b : to apply (a color) in this manner
*2 : to soften the lines or colors of (a drawing) by rubbing lightly
The history of “scumble” is blurry, but the word is thought to be related to the verb “scum,” an obsolete form of “skim” (meaning “to pass lightly over”). Scumbling, as first perfected by artists such as Titian, involves passing dry, opaque coats of oil paint over a tinted background to create subtle tones and shadows. But although the painting technique dates to the 16th century, use of the word “scumble” is only known to have begun in the late 18th century. The more generalized “smudge” or “smear” sense appeared even later, in the mid-1800s.
Gustav Klimt, Pallas Athene, 1898, Historisches Museum der Stadt Wien, Vienna.
“Athena Begins”
My love. If
words can
whatever world you
suffer in—
I have things
to tell
At this muffled
end to
year, I prowl
somber streets
you—in my
head, this
violence!—
a violent gaze.
You. With
arrives rain drifting
aslant like
memory. Am I
suddenly cleared these
streets? My
all our hours
are curfew
is this
fish into whose
gullet I
thrust my thumb.
Why did
lose all Alleluias?
What’s deemed necessary
changes. Hear
listening in another
decade, editing
and first lines.
A different
croons from behind
an impassive
speaker.
I listen, cross
out more
lines.
The poem cannot
be pure.
never travels unimpeded
Writing it down
merely freezes
Translation: an inevitable
fall. Take
by shooting it
as if
were clay: This
one is.
it provided pleasure
once, was
Once, it flew
with non-imaginary
wings.
O, clay pigeon.
Translation: the
is my ear’s.
ruptured
suddenly—I saw
but did
hear the precursor
fall of
leaves.
Edit it down.
Silence is Queen,
not lady
-in-waiting.
Edit it.
it down. Edit
it. Edit.
[Note: These poems scumble from John Banville’s novel, Athena (Vintage Books, New York, 1995).]
(from Dredging from Atlantis. 2006. Otoliths. Rockhampton, Australia.)
Eileen R. Tabios loves books, and has released more than 20 print, five electronic, and one CD poetry collections; an art essay collection; a “collected novels” book; a poetry essay/interview anthology; a short story collection; and an experimental biography. Her most recent release is SUN STIGMATA (Sculpture Poems) (2014). Forthcoming in 2015 are two poetry collections, I FORGOT LIGHT BURNS and INVENT(S)TORY, a Selected List Poem collection, as well as a criticism/biography book, AGAINST MISANTHROPY: A LIFE IN POETRY (2015-1998). She has also exhibited visual art and visual poetry in the United States and Asia. Recipient of the Philippines’ National Book Award for Poetry for her first poetry collection, she has crafted an award-winning body of work that is unique for melding ekphrasis with transcolonialism. More information is available at http://eileenrtabios.com.
Peter Saul. Viva La Difference. 2008. Acrylic on Canvas. 72×72. David Nolan Gallery.
“It had never occurred to me that viewers would want less to look at.”
Call me a crackpot in pajamas: I sit on a stump called painting and watch a parade of immodest thinkers march by. They send each other pictures in a can and their pictures have no problems. They reap rewards for their guaranteed techniques.
I look for the racist and sexist ones. Collect an abundance of private parts, lips to tips and teets to teeth, scour museums of calm technical problems, take away the spectators’ upper hand when they want different ways to paint a certain white.
Minimalism takes painting away and gives it back like a transcript of silence. Give me paintings like photos of brains blown out, more than just a tangle of arms and legs. Don’t give me a C for this painting: I’ll be drafted.
There is no woman here, only assorted pieces of anatomy, slick like hot dogs or wet balloons. Like sex between celebrities in a heavy gilded frame. Sometimes a hot dog can be more delicious than the beef it comes from. We need a bit of harm for our own good.
(from Viva la Difference: Poetry Inspired by the Painting of Peter Saul. 2010. Off the Park Press. New York, NY.)
Jennifer Hayashida is a poet, translator and visual artist who was born in Oakland, CA, and grew up in the suburbs of Stockholm and San Francisco. She received her B.A. in American Studies from the University of California at Berkeley, and completed her M.F.A. in poetry from the Milton Avery Graduate School of the Arts at Bard College. She is the recipient of awards from, among others, the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council, the New York Foundation for the Arts, PEN, the Witter Bynner Poetry Foundation, the Jerome Foundation, and the MacDowell Colony. She is the translator of Fredrik Nyberg’s A Different Practice (Ugly Duckling Presse, 2007), and Eva Sjödin’s Inner China (Litmus Press, 2005) with translations of Ida Börjel, Karl Larsson, and Athena Farrokhzad forthcoming. Her poetry and translations have been published in journals such as Salt Hill, Chicago Review, and Circumference, while her collaborations in film/video have been exhibited in the U.S. and abroad.
Kiki Smith. Blue Stars on Blue Tree. 2006. Ink and silver leaf on Nepal paper. 92×70 in. Pace Gallery.
I go to her house and talk with her as she draws me or knits, so it’s not one-on-one exactly, blue tattooed stars on her feet.
I pull the knitted garment over my head to my ankles.
Even if a detail resists all significance or function, it’s not useless, precisely.
I describe what could happen, what a person probably or possibly does in a situation.
Nothing prevents what happens from according with what’s probably, necessary.
Telling was engendered in my body and fell upon me, like a battle skimming across combatants, a bird hovering.
Beautiful friends stopped dressing; there was war.
I’d weep, then suddenly feel joy and sing loud words from another language, not knowing my song’s end.
I saw through an event and its light shone through me.
Before, indifference was: black nothingness, that indeterminate animal in which everything is dissolved; and white nothingness, calm surface of floating, unconnected determinations.
Imagine something, which distinguishes itself, yet that from which it distinguishes does not distinguish itself from it.
Lightning distinguishes itself from black sky, but trails behind, as if distinguishing itself from what espouses it.
When ground rises to the surface, her form decomposes in this mirror in which determination and the indeterminate combine.
Did you know, finally, there was not communication between her and myself?
Communication was in time and space that were coming anyway.
I may suffer if I can’t tell the agony of a poisoned rat, as if I were biting.
Bruce leaving for the night makes space for his cat to enter.
Mouse (left) exits door and returns
Moth and mouse on sculpture exit (left), noise.
It’s an exterior relation, like a conducting wire, light fragment by fragment.
I realize my seeing is influenced by him, for example, when we change form and become light reaching into corners of the room.
Even now, we’re slipping into shadows of possessions that day by day absorb our energy.
I left my camera on to map unfinished work with shimmering paths of my cat (now disappeared), mice and moths (now dead).
There’s space in a cat walking across the room, like pages in a flip-book.
The gaps create a reservoir in which I diffuse my embarrassment at emotion for animals.
I posted frames each week, then packed them into suitcases, the white cat and her shadow, a black cat.
I named her Watteau, who imbues with the transitory friendship we saw as enduring space in a forest.
A level of meaning can be the same as a place.
Then you move to your destination or person along that plane.
Arriving doesn’t occur from one point to the next.
It’s the difference in potential, a throw of dice, which necessarily wins, since charm as of her handcrafted gift affirms chance.
I laugh when things coming together by chance seem planned.
You move to abandon time brackets, water you slip into, what could bring a sliding sound of the perimeter of a stone?
You retain “early” and “walking” as him in space.
When a man becomes an animal, with no resemblance between them, it feels tender.
When a story is disrupted by analyzing too much, elements can be used by a witch’s need for disharmony.
Creation is endless.
Your need would be as if you were a white animal pulling yourself into a tree in winter, and your tears draw a line on the snow.
Bruce Nauman. Mapping the Studio 1 (Fat Chance John Cage).” 2001. Courtesy Dia Art Foundation.
Mei-mei Berssenbrugge was born in Beijing and grew up in Massachusetts. She is the author of 12 books of poetry, including Empathy, Four Year Old Girl, I Love Artists: New and Selected Poems, and Hello, the Roses. She has collaborated with many artists, including Kiki Smith and her husband, Richard Tuttle. She lives in northern New Mexico and New York City.
Subodh Gupta. Untitled. Photo: Deena DeNaro-Bickerstaffe.
LUNCH POEM
(after Subodh Gupta)
to one: the delivery that
goes missing – a lunch pail that fails
to arrive @ its destination; domestic
articles bear homemade offerings produced
by housewives & dadi jis for their men-folk –
fleet-footed dabbawallas dispatch, carry,
& collect steel boxes by the thousands packed
lunch boys sport starched cotton nehru
caps pilot familiar passages – the son
of a railway guard solders stainless-steel
tiffin carriers a new class
of metalwork
Toshiko Takaezu. Bell (1997). Seattle’s Volunteer Park Conservatory. Photo courtesy Myra/Flickr.
BELL(E)
After Toshiko Takaezu
in centuries
past, sunk
beneath soil
to draw earth’s
vital force, inert
vessel of
sound + light,
in a museum
of curative plants
the moment of
stillness &
gathering before
the shudder
of first sound
the shake of chime
hum &
g o n g
(from Adamantine. 2010. White Pine Press. Buffalo, NY.)
Shin Yu with photographer Kent Barker
Dear Juan
here was Enrique
here was Monica
here was Diana
estuvo aqui
here was Larry
here was Lucia
here was Marta
Teresa con Tomas
John and Linda
logged in the same hand
as “Linda -N- Ricky”
inscribed inside a heart
the tags of former
lovers scraped & abraded
the great figure
(after William Carlos Williams)
Among the lights
and rain
I saw the figure 3
in gold on wet
yellow stripes
dividing lines
between boarders
wheels rumbling back
to a flat, through
the glaring town
scaffold set: brick wall,
bosun’s chair –
rope swing props
up an uncolored field –
the white backdrop
before beginning
(Previously unpublished poems)
Shin Yu Pai is the author of several poetry collections including AUX ARCS (La Alameda, 2013), Adamantine (White Pine, 2010), Sightings (1913 Press, 2008), and Equivalence (La Alameda, 2003). Her limited edition artist book projects include Hybrid Land (Filter Press, 2011) and Works on Paper (Convivio Bookworks, 2007). A former writer-in-residence for the Seattle Art Museum, her poems have been commissioned twice by the Dallas Museum of Art. She holds an MFA from The School of the Art Institute of Chicago and an MA in Museology from the University of Washington. For more info, visit http://shinyupai.com.
Afraid that you’d hear me pee, I squeezed muscles I didn’t know I had. Afraid also of embarrassing you, I pretended not to hear you pee. But you just asked: “How come you don’t poo?”
Today, two years later, you tell me from the most faraway place – that seeing trees shiver in the wind reminded you of the sound of me peeing.
Dew collecting in fissures that won’t seal – when I hear it, I begin to clear. The vague moistness and my tongue curl around each other.
Sipping the afternoon away with you, I’m not sure what’s left of the day.
If I summon the taste of you that always sits behind my tongue,
If I match frequencies with you and emit the sound of my peeing,
THE RV PROJECTS
I used to believe not listening to myself would make me resilient, but it was only a trick, like covering the sky with my palm.
Whether I was headed into corners or out no longer seemed
From that on it would always be the same moment
Death is great
long lived death
I had no reason to believe but the opposite
Had blocked things so long I felt it would be good
To switch ideas the book and start moving again
Camera, projector even hand-held:
These were clearly different modes, like entendre/dire,
Input/output or perception/behavior––distinctions deeper
Than mere paired
splayings of area
An above & below a left & right
But every cell that receives light projects it to others,
burning in response,
And speech loses its path without self-listening.
Gesture is guided not only by the hand’s
Breathing of the air, but foreseen signs
Of how it is taken.
We’ve always worshipped mirrors,
But windows allow us both
To see ourselves, a past
in the immediate glimmer
And send through.
We make a shift and dappling
Screen of our eyes (scrim to the arrays
behind them) to shine
The project of reflection.
The photographs in “Moss” and “The RV Projects” are from documentation of “RV Project,” a series of site-specific mobile projections and installations by Walter K. Lew and O Woomi Chung.
Walter K. Lew’s books include Treadwinds: Poems and Intermedia Texts, winner of the Asian American Writers’ Workshop’s Annual Literary Award and finalist for the Pen Center USA poetry award (2003) andExcerpts from: ∆IKTH 딕테/딕티 DIKTE, for DICTEE, the first book on the work of Theresa Hak Kyung Cha. He edited Crazy Melon and Chinese Apple: The Poems of Frances Chung, Kôri: The Beacon Anthology of Korean American Fiction, coedited with Heinz Insu Fenkl, and the anthologies Premonitions: The Kaya Anthology of New Asian North American Poetry and Muae 1, both from Kaya, of which Lew was the founding chief editor. Lew’s latest volume is Imperatives of Culture: Selected Essays on Korean History, Literature, and Society from the Japanese Colonial Era, coedited with Christopher Hanscom and Youngju Ryu. His translations and scholarship on Asian American and Korean culture have appeared in many collections, and he is a coeditor of The Yi Sang Review (Seoul). Lew’s multimedia “movietelling” pieces, sometimes co-created with filmmaker Lewis Klahr, have been staged since the early 1980s for numerous international arts and film festivals. Splitting his time between Sunnyside, Queens and Miami, Lew’s work over the last few years has focused on outdoor multimedia performances, artist’s books, and mobile projection from his RV.
O Woomi Chung is a multimedia visual artist. Born in South Korea, she is currently pursuing her MFA at School of Visual Arts, New York. O mainly works with video and drawing, as well as photograph, installation, and performance. Before coming to NY, she worked on several films and musicals as production designer, stage designer, and lighting director. The films include Ki-duk Kim’s Moebius (2013) and Deborah Kim’s KIN (2013), and the musicals include Soulmate (2009) and Madical (2008) at Ewha Womans University, Seoul, S. Korea. She also has contributed a couple of essays to Nabulnabul, an independent quarterly magazine in S. Korea and recently self-published Scrota (2014).
Yves Klein. Silence is Golden (1960). ADAGP, Paris.
FROM “FURTHER ADVENTURES IN MONOCHROME”
I dwell in possibility, Emily Dickinson
I dwell in impossibility, Yves Klein
You should understand that I did not want you to read a painting. I wanted you to bathe in it before words domesticated the experience, and you turned to such stand-bys as “illumination” and “transcendent” to describe what happened to you. Painting should not be sentenced to sentences.
Painting is COLOR, I yelled at my first champion and biggest supporter. COLOR banishes words from its domain. When you read a painting, you turn it into language, but there is so much that cannot be turned into language that each of us experiences every day.
Red shadows leak out of rusting cars and collapsed bridges.
Green smoke rises from behind horizons and rooftops.
The spectrum of your mother’s voice the last time she spoke to you.
Every day there are thresholds that you must cross to reach the domain where words mar every transmission, rendering them intangible. We put our memory of these reverberations aside in favor of what is known and, we believe, knowable. We say we are going to the beach and we will look at the ocean and leave indentations in the sand, but that is not what happens. We go there to ponder a blue parcel cut from infinity.
True poets and artists know where language ends, which is why they go there. Some settle for going beyond the possible into possibility, but others want to dwell in the impossible. I am not talking fantasy here, because that version of the impossible is just a story about a girl named Thumbelina or a boy named Jack. The ones who go to where two roads diverge in a yellow wood are not poets, because they believe that experience can be reduced to a lesson about choices. True poets know that language is neither window nor mirror. The mistake is to believe that the opposite is true, that words (or signs) are arbitrary.
This is my example of why words are not arbitrary. Charles Baudelaire believed that there are perfumes for which all matter is porous. These perfumes can permeate the air of one’s dreams. Our thoughts quiver in the shadows that fall over us; they begin to free their wings and rise in flight, tinged with azure, glazed with rose, spangled with gold.
Azure, Rose, Gold.
I was not thinking of Baudelaire when I made my paintings, but the poet was clearly dreaming of me when he sat at his desk and wrote “The Perfume Flask.”
Can’t you see that this is how I, radiating outward, happened to appear on this planet, this speck of dust? Yves Klein was born because Baudelaire predicted this propitious event by naming colors, which, like all colors, escape the confines of their names, becoming more than an emanation of infinity. Even black can get away from its name, which is why Malevich had to surround it with white. But what is color that isn’t surrounded by another color? What is that boundless world we catch a glimpse of whenever we look up at the sky? Is it so vast that we must turn away from it, afraid that it will swallow us up, which it will? Astronomy, the Greeks believed, was a royal science, which means I am a royal painter. Do not confuse me, however, with a painter of royalty, with Ingres, who used lines to hold and improve the faces of his sitters, who believed in the despotic power of beauty.
I am not interested in beauty. I am not Andy Warhol. He longed for possibility, but was afraid of what it might tell him. I dwell in impossibility, and I want to be embraced by what it will tell me. My name is Yves Klein. There is a photograph of me that you might know. I have put on my best suit and jumped out a window. My arms are outspread, but they are not wings. I don’t need them to fly. Nor am I the prince of clouds, Baudelaire’s albatross, fallen from the sky. Screw that fascist Marinetti. My arms are not the wings of a drunkard beating against the wall. Mine are the outstretched arms of a diver. I fall effortlessly through the air, but I never am completely fallen. The cobblestones and I will never meet. I hover in a miracle, which is why you believe in the photograph, even after you have learned how I tricked you. It wasn’t that hard to do. The true magician shows everyone how the trick was done, and after seeing how you were deceived, you believe in the trick all the more. I jumped out the window and I stayed in the air, which is where you wanted me to stay. I dwell in impossibility—that zone that lies beyond here and there, while embracing both.
(from Further Adventures in Monochrome. 2012. Copper Canyon Press)
Yves Klein, photographed by Harry Shunk and Janos Kender. Leap into the Void (1960). Gelatin silver print. 25.9 x 20 cm. The Metropolitan Museum of Art.
John Yau is a poet, fiction writer, critic, publisher of Black Square Editions, and freelance curator. His recent books include A Thing Among Things: The Art of Jasper Johns and Further Adventures in Monochrome. His reviews have appeared in Artforum, Art in America, Art News, Bookforum, and the Los Angeles Times. He was the Arts Editor for the Brooklyn Rail (2006 – 2011). In January 2012, he started the online magazine, Hyperallergic Weekend, with three other writers. In 1996, he curated Ed Moses: A Retrospective of Paintings and Drawings for the Museum of Contemporary Art in Los Angeles. In 2010, he helped organize Oil and Water for Stephen Harvey Fine Art Projects. In 2012, he organized Broken/Window/Plane for Tracy Williams, New York City. He has collaborated with many artists, including Norman Bluhm, Ed Paschke, Peter Saul, Pat Steir, Jürgen Partenheimer, Norbert Prangenberg, Squeak Carnwath, Thomas Nozkowski, Max Gimblett, and Richard Tuttle. He has received prestigious grants and fellowships for his poetry, fiction. In 2002, he was named a Chevalier in the Order of Arts and Letters by the French government. He is an Associate Professor in Critical Studies in the Mason Gross School of the Arts, Rutgers University.
Michael Leong is the author of two books of poetry: e.s.p. (Silenced Press, 2009) and Cutting Time with a Knife (Black Square Editions, 2012). He has also written numerous chapbooks including The Philosophy of Decomposition / Re-Composition as Explanation: A Poe and Stein Mash-Up (Delete Press, 2011), which won an &NOW Award; Words on Edge (2012), which won the 9th annual Plan B Press Poetry Chapbook Contest; and Fruits and Flowers and Animals and Seas and Lands Do Open (2015), which won the 2014 Burnside Review Chapbook Contest. His articles on contemporary poetry have appeared in Contemporary Literature, Modern Language Studies, and Reconstruction: Studies in Contemporary Culture. He has taught literature and creative writing at Rutgers University and Goddard College and will join the English Department at the University at Albany, SUNY as an Assistant Professor in Fall 2015.
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Now Alive, Now Burning: Three Poems by Yuki Tanaka
'We melted in amnesia, bubbled up / from the ocean, rinsed clean / of appetite, all healed, / all negated, a sequence of two spines / imitating an arrow. A jaguar loved us. / He licked where our hips had been, / and we cucooked in reply.'
Three Poems by Emily Yoon
I should have pinned you / to that wall, but you have walked already / out of that drawn-on door.
Our Lady of Scapulars, we carry you around / like credentials, like disgrace, we suffer this insufferable heat and your packaged spirit’s / smothered by the reek of our sweat—how much closer / must we be?
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1M passengers traveled through US airports Saturday, more expected despite rising COVID cases
NEW YORK -- Nearly 1 million passengers traveled through U.S. airports Saturday and officials are expecting even more Sunday despite surging coronavirus cases.
According to Transportation Security Administration data, 964,630 travelers passed through TSA checkpoints on Saturday, a bump from 560,902 on Thursday and 820,399 on Friday.
Yet travel industry groups expect Sunday -- as everyone heads home from their holiday destinations -- to be the busiest day of travel since the pandemic-related shutdowns began in March.
The Centers for Disease Control and Prevention warned Americans to avoid travel for Thanksgiving, but millions have flown since that warning. As of Sunday, more than 13.2 million people have been infected by COVID-19 and at least 266,000 people have died, according to data from Johns Hopkins University.
Experts say that if people disregarded new state and local restrictions and socialized anyway, that could put greater stress on overburdened hospitals and lead to an even bigger spike in sickness and death over the holidays.
"We're going to feel these effects in two or three weeks, increased cases, increased hospitalizations and increased deaths," said Dr. Todd Ellerin, director of infectious diseases at South Shore Hospital in Massachusetts.
Dr. Leana Wen, an emergency physician and George Washington University School of Public Health professor, told CNN that anyone who traveled to visit with family and friends or hosted guests outside their immediate household unit should quarantine.
"By quarantine, I mean that you should act as if you've been exposed to someone with coronavirus, because you could have. That means you should not be around others as much as possible. Do not go into work. Keep kids out of school. Get groceries delivered. Definitely do not get together with others during this period," she said.
Despite high travel rates amid a global pandemic, AAA projected Thanksgiving travel fell by at least 10%, which would be the steepest one-year plunge since the Great Recession in 2008. An estimated 48 million Americans were expected to travel by car this year, down by just 4% from 2019.
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Tom Petty's family issues cease and desist order to Trump campaign
The family of the late Tom Petty has filed a cease and desist notice to the Trump campaign after Petty's 1989 hit "I Won't Back Down" was played on Saturday evening at the rally.
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The family of the late Tom Petty has filed a cease and desist notice to the Trump campaign after one of the musician's songs was played at the President's campaign rally in Tulsa, Oklahoma.
Petty's 1989 hit "I Won't Back Down" was played on Saturday evening at the rally, which drew a smaller-than-expected crowd of supporters.
"Trump was in no way authorized to use this song to further a campaign that leaves too many Americans and common sense behind," the family said in a tweet Saturday.
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President Donald Trump's intended show of political force amid a pandemic featured thousands of empty seats and new coronavirus cases on his own campaign staff.
"Both the late Tom Petty and his family firmly stand against racism and discrimination of any kind. Tom Petty would never want a song of his used for a campaign of hate. He liked to bring people together," according to the tweet.
While the family said they stand for America and democracy, they believe President Donald Trump does not represent "noble ideals of either."
"We would hate for fans that are marginalized by this administration to think we were complicit in this usage," they said in the tweet.
CNN has reached out to the Trump campaign for comment.
Petty died in October 2017 at the age of 66.
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A current perspective on the biology of fibre production in animals
Hugh Galbraith
South American camelids produce commercially important fibres from hair follicles. These are embedded in the skin and have close similarities to those of other fibre-producing animals. Two major types of follicle have been characterised. These are primary follicles, which are usually larger and produce fibres that are longer, have a greater diameter and are less commercially valuable than fibres from the more numerous secondary follicles with which they are associated anatomically. Animals with high ratios of secondary to primary follicles are generally favoured in breeding programmes. Follicles develop in the embryo from interactions of mesodermal and overlying ectodermal tissue, which extends into the dermis to form the hair follicle unit. Postnatal fibre is produced from division and subsequent differentiation of basal epidermal cell "keratinocytes" in the follicular bulb matrix under the influence of signals from the contiguous dermal papilla (DP). The volume of the DP affects the diameter of the hair fibre. The presence of pigmentation depends on the presence of melanocytes in the bulb matrix. The anatomical structure and activity of post-natal follicles vary according to species and location on the body. All follicles are characterised by cycles of fibre growth which differ in length of active growth (anagen) followed by no growth (telogen) subsequent to apoptosis (programmed cell death) of epidermal cells in the lower bulb matrix. Regeneration involves the production of a new bulb matrix with existing DP and frequently shedding of the previously produced fibre. Control mechanisms involve hormones including those mediating response to photoperiod and physiological state (e.g. pregnancy and lactation), and local growth factors and signalling pathways directing communication within and between dermis and epidermis. Fibre production also depends on the provision of nutrients including minerals, vitamins and sulphur-containing amino acids. This review considers the above topics with reference to information derived from a range of animal species and relates these to more limited information currently available from studies on South American camelids.
South American Camelids Research Volume 1
SECONDARY HAIR-FOLLICLES
CASHMERE GOATS
GROWTH-FACTOR
CONTRASTING GENOTYPES
ANGORA-GOATS
Galbraith, H. (2006). A current perspective on the biology of fibre production in animals. In South American Camelids Research Volume 1 (pp. 195--206).
A current perspective on the biology of fibre production in animals. / Galbraith, Hugh.
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Randy Jackson Is Divorcing His Wife After 18 Years
By Hannah Woodhead in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 28 September 2014
Randy Jackson is to divorce his wife after nineteen years.
Sad news for Randy Jackson; his wife of eighteen years, Erika Jackson, is filing for divorce.
Randy Jackson is facing divorce from his wife of eighteen years
TMZ was first to report the news. The couple had a plan to file the papers, but Erika Jackson decided to file on Friday, citing irreconcible differences. She is seeking full physical and joint legal custody of their seventeen year old son Jordan. Their grown daughter, Zoe, is not mentioned in the documents. Erika is also seeking spousal support and the cost of her attorney's fees. Randy's marriage to Erika was his second, having previously been married to Elizabeth Jackson, with whom he also has a daughter. He split with Elizabeth in 1990 and has been married to Erika for eighteen years.
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Jackson Family To Star In New Reality Show - But Who Is Alejandra Jackson?
By Elinor Cosgrave in Movies / TV / Theatre on 13 July 2014
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Alejandra Jackson, the ex-wife of Michael Jackson's brother Jermaine, is set to star in a new reality series. But who is she and what will the show focus on?
Members of Michael Jackson's extended family are set to star in a new reality series but most people have never heard of the focus of the upcoming show, Alejandra Jackson. So who is she and what exactly will she have to say when the six part series airs on Reelz.
Alejandra Jackson and her five children will form the focus of a new reality show.
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Bret Michaels' 'Extremely Low Blood Sugar' Forces Concert's Early End
By Elinor Cosgrave in Music / Festivals on 30 May 2014
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Bret Michaels was unable to continue performing at a US concert on Thursday (29th May) owing to illness. Michaels suffers from Type 1 diabetes and was forced to leave the stage due to "extremely low" blood sugar.
BRET MICHAELS was forced to leave the stage whilst performing at his concert in Manchester, New Hampshire last night (29th May). The 51-year-old seemingly unable to continue, three songs into the performance, and was quickly seen by paramedics.
Bret Michaels was forced to leave his concert on Thursday evening (29th May).
Michaels, who is best known as the frontman of Poison, has suffered from Type 1 diabetes since childhood and it appears this health scare was linked to his condition.
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And Then There Were Three - Who Got Voted Off "American Idol" This Week?
By Victoria Pavlova in Movies / TV / Theatre on 09 May 2014
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With three contestants left, things are about to get personal.
Well, it’s about that time again – time to announce the top three contestants on this year’s round of American Idol. Where did the time go? So from last night’s performances we know that Jena Irene is pretty much safe – when you make Jennifer Lopez so excited that she starts dropping F-bombs on camera, it’s a pretty safe bet that you aren’t going home (well, not permanently anyway). Beware of spoilers ahead.
Randy Jackson had the spotlight before the finalists were announced.
Before the final reveal, however, we got to hear some of Randy Jackson’s oh-so-valuable critique (we’re guessing the show just had too much time leftover). Despite the fact that Jackson’s praise was largely unnecessary, it was nice to hear him being so unusually nice to the contestants, so we’ll let that slide.
Continue reading: And Then There Were Three - Who Got Voted Off "American Idol" This Week?
'American Idol' Judges Use Their Save - Tom Woolf Survives After 'Babylon' Performance
By Elinor Cosgrave in Movies / TV / Theatre on 04 April 2014
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All eight contestants remain in 'American Idol' after the judges decided to use their save on Thursday night's show (3rd April).
There are no more second chances left for the remaining contestants on American Idol after the judges decided to use their save on Thursday night (3rd April). After strong performances on the previous show, it was certainly going to be an evening of drama and possible dissent amongst the judges.
Randy Jackson correctly predicted the five to gain the public's support and not enter the bottom three.
However, eight contestants are still remaining after the judges were unable to decide who should be eliminated when the bottom three - Malaya Watson, Sam Woolf and C.J. Harris - battled it out to remain in the competition.
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American Idol Finale To Be Held In New York? New Season Prepares For Lift-Off
By Lauren James in Movies / TV / Theatre on 10 January 2014
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Rumour has it, this year's finale will be held in the Big Apple for the first time.
American Idol's 13th season could be held in New York City, if there's any truth to the rumours currently flying around. The upcoming new season of the singing talent contest is preparing for launch but has beefed up its usual format and streamlined its panel of judges.
Season 12's Contestants Before They Were Whittled Away.
Apparently, plans are in place to have the final contestants battle it out on stage at the city's prestigious Madison Square Gardens in front of a giant arena audience of 8,000, according to THR. De-camping from L.A to NYC would represent a major move for the show, which has seen a decline in ratings to rival show The Voice in recent years.
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Everyone Saw It Coming - Nicki Minaj And Mariah Carey Leave American Idol
By Victoria Pavlova in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 31 May 2013
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Fox finally ripped the bandage and called time on Minaj and Carey's Idol presence.
The Great American Idol eviction continues at full speed with Nicki Minaj and Mariah Carey being the latest two to get the boot. Nobody is entirely shocked by the news though, as this seemed to be looming over the judges’ heads. With the last season, which ended with Candice Glover being crowned as the winner pulled in the lowest viewing figures of any American Idol year – with just 14.2 million people tuning in to watch the finale – it was clear something was amiss. Apparently the (truly impressive) level of conflict and drama that Minaj and Carey brought to the format, wasn’t enough to get the audience to pay attention. Rumors of firings and a complete restructuring of the judging panel have also been rampant ever since the show’s disappointing finale. It was only a matter of time.
Both Nicki and Mariah announced the news if their respective departures over Twitter and Fox released statements regarding both decisions, which, considering the circumstances, was the very least they could do.
"Mariah Carey is a true global icon - one of the most accomplished artists on the planet - and we feel extremely fortunate that she was able to bring her wisdom and experience to the 'American Idol' contestants this season," Fox said, via Reuters.
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Jennifer Lopez Slammed For Raunchy Outfit On Family Show [Video]
By Michael West in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 29 May 2013
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Was Jennifer Lopez's performance on Britain's Got Talent too raunchy for family audiences?
Jennifer Lopez gave UK viewers of Simon Cowell's Britains Got Talent a real eyeful on Tuesday night, performing her new single 'Live It Up' while wearing a skimpy black leotard that barely covered her famous behind. Twitter immediately sprang into action, with some parents concerned about the "inappropriate" nature of her performance on what is considered a family show, with some young children actually performing.
According to the Hollywood Reporter, a spokesperson for TV regualtor Ofcom said, "Ofcom can confirm that it has received complaints about the Britain's Got Talent broadcast last night, which we are assessing but not currently investigating." One viewer on Twitter said, "BGT does #jenniferlopez realise it's a family show - only thing missing was the pole - cover up your cheeks please!" though judge Simon Cowell was pretty happy with how things went, telling Lopez, "Seriously, J-Lo. If anyone wants to know how you do it. That's how you do it,' he said. "Seriously world class."
For what it's worth, Lopez herself seemed pretty oblivious to any concerns and happily posted an Instagram of the R&B star being held up by various dancers. "Thanks @GotTalent for a great night #liveitup," she added.
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American Idol Hasn't Called Keith Urban Yet, (Do You Want To Tell Him, Or Should We?)
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Keith Urban may be on his way out of American Idol.
Keith Urban says he is still awaiting his fate on American Idol and remains in the dark of producer's plans for the new season. Urban has been a popular and inoffensive judge on the show for season twelve, though industry sources suggest Fox are planning a complete overhaul of the show for season thirteen.
"I have no official information of anything. I'm pretty much in the same boat as everybody else here with the rumors that have been floating around," Urban told the Associated Press, "I don't know anything more about what's happening next season. It was like this before I signed on . . . so it's not unusual for the Idol folks to be in this place of figuring out what they want to do, then they always pull it together." Last week, E! News reported that Mariah Carey, Nicki Minaj, Randy Jackson and Urban would be replaced by Jennifer Hudson, Kelly Clarkson, Adam Lambert and possibly Aiken. American Idol producers were left red-faced midway through season twelve after it emerged they had tried to replace Mariah with previous judge Jennifer Lopez following dwindling viewer ratings. Carey's legal team blocked any such thing from happening.
We assume Urban wouldn't be too fussed should Idol bosses want to take the show in a different direction. His new album Fuse will hit shelves on September 10, 2013 and he'll head out on a huge tour in mid-July. Oh, and he's married to Nicole Kidman. So...
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Jennifer Hudson To Judge On The Show That Launched Her Career?
By Holly Williams in Lifestyle / Showbiz on 24 May 2013
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Former 'American Idol' finalist Jennifer Hudson is rumoured to be on the judging panel for season 13.
Jennifer Hudson is reportedly in talks about becoming a judge on the 13th season of 'American Idol'; the same show on which she became a finalist in season 3.
The 'Dreamgirls' star and Grammy winning pop star has had previous experience in talent show judging, having become Kelly Rowland's guest mentor during the Judges Houses stage of the UK show 'The X Factor'. Now she could be set to revisit the beginnings of her own career though, this time, on the other side of the table according to a source in TheWrap. She made an appearance on the show recently for the finale and is allegedly now in talks with the producers. 'She got the offer and her reps are currently negotiating with [production company] Fremantle', said the source, adding, 'The show's producers feel they've lost their core audience. And they want to bring back former contestants in order to tell their core audience, 'We love you.' They know they've made some major mistakes over the past few seasons and they want to make it right with their fans.'
One of the judges, Randy Jackson, has handed in his resignation from the show already, though it is unknown whether or not Keith Urban, Mariah Carey and Nicki Minaj will stay on for another series.
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Picking pebbles along the road much travelled…
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Dealing with the Darned Dragon-IV: Exercising (with) the Nuclear Option
Four days from now, September the 26th will mark the 37th anniversary of an event that, beyond a sliver of doubt, averted a nuclear war. On that day in 1983, Lieutenant Colonel Stanislav Petrov of the Soviet Air Defence Forces was the duty officer at Serpukhov-15, the secret command centre outside Moscow monitoring its early-warning satellites over the United States when alarms went off––computers warned that five Minuteman intercontinental ballistic missiles had been launched from an American base.
Colonel Petrov was a very important link in the decision-making chain. His superiors reported to the general staff, who would consult the Soviet leader, Mr Yuri V Andropov on launching a retaliatory attack. Since there was no rule about how long the observers were allowed to think before they reported a strike, Petrov took his sweet time absorbing the deluge of incoming information and ‘felt’ that the launch reports were ‘probably’ a false alarm. He, therefore, reported ‘a system malfunction’. “I had a funny feeling in my gut,” he told a newspaper later. “I didn’t want to make a mistake. I made a decision, and that was it.”
Petrov’s nuclear dilemma
Every second of delay on that day took away valuable time that the Soviet military and political leadership would have needed to absorb the inputs and react. Petrov told an interviewer, “… I couldn’t move. I felt like I was sitting on a hot frying pan.” It was at best a 50-50 guess, based on his distrust of the early-warning system and the relative paucity of missiles that were launched. He could afford the luxury of sleeping mulling over the inputs because 25 long minutes would elapse between launch and detonation. Petrov attributed his judgment to his training and his intuition. He had been told that a nuclear first strike by the Americans would come in the form of an overwhelming onslaught.
Training and Intuition… where does India stand?
A typical military exercise––conducted at many of the military training institutes/ colleges/ establishments––has a Blue Force (India) and a Red Force (the adversary––Pakistan or China, implied or explicit). The exercises are realistic with full freedom to the participating officers––with 3 to 30 years of commissioned service; sometimes, including bureaucrats, diplomats and scientists––to let go of their imagination to plan and execute military operations until… someone in the Red Force threatens to use the nukes.
The exercise is paused and the director of the exercise (or the umpire) steps in and enlightens the attendees. Put in different words and with varying intensity, depending on the personality of the guru, the gist of what is repeatedly sermonised and hammered into the craniums of the participants is: “Like India, China has a No-First-Use (NFU) policy––therefore, use of a nuclear weapon by China against India is not a likely proposition. As regards Pakistan, although their leadership talks and acts insanely, they are not mad. Nuclear sabre rattling by Pakistan is, but a hollow threat. Pakistan cannot dare to strike India with a nuclear-tipped missile because even with a ‘second strike’ option, India has the capability to turn the whole of Pakistan into rubble…. We can cause unacceptable damage to any adversary if we are struck with nukes….”
The punch line delivered (invariably) with theatrical emphasis and the air of a political leader seeking to hold a moral high ground at a peace conference at the UN General Assembly reads somewhat:
“Nuclear weapons are not meant for fighting; they are there (only) for deterrence.”
This has now been going on for decades since the legendary Mr K Subrahmanyam drew up the draft of India’s Nuclear Doctrine, which communicated, along with India’s NFU status, the spirit that:
“Nuclear weapons are the weapons of last resort; they’ll be used only in retaliation against a nuclear attack on Indian Territory or on Indian forces anywhere.”
As can be seen, there is a subtle difference between what the genius, Mr Subrahmanyam enunciated and what the later gurus interpreted, communicated and taught to the lesser mortals––the military personnel and the scientists––people who would be expected to ‘handle’ the nukes when ordained by the political leadership. Over the years, the people, who would some day play Colonel Petrov in India’s case; have been getting inoculated with a different vaccine than should have been ideally prescribed.
An ambiguity at a crucial moment––nuclear weapons being weapons of last resort or being meant only for deterrence––borne out of years of training, can cost India dear because it would take just about five to ten minutes from a launch (in Pakistan or China) to detonation (in India). In a situation like Petrov’s, Indians would not afford the luxury of time. It is therefore, imperative that people who would some day be in the decision making chain and those who would be executing a political big decision (particularly the men in uniform and the scientists) be educated and trained to act decisively without dithering like Colonel Petrov.
Need to unlearn and re-learn
The need to unlearn and relearn the nuances of the Indian Nuclear Doctrine is also mandated by the recent behaviour of our neighbours. Let’s look at it this way. Pakistan knows that its nuclear sabre rattling does not perturb India, for India has called Pakistan’s nuclear bluff twice recently––one, by carrying out surgical strikes across the border after Uri terror attack; and two, by executing airstrikes against terror camps at Balakot in response to the Pulwama Terror Attack. In both those cases, Imran Khan first blabbered about the heightening tensions and the possibility of ‘inadvertent’ use of nukes, then ate a humble pie.
Humiliated at home and abroad on those counts, and coupled with a messed up economy and a battered national prestige (because of Pakistan’s terror links), the Khan is vulnerable to arm-twisting by three agencies––Pakistan Military; Pakistan-based terror outfits; and a Shylock-like China, whose debt makes Pakistan cringe. China is capable of using several levers to instigate its stooge, Pakistan to surprise India. Considering these mounting pressures, the cricketer turned puppet of a politician, might be forced to reconsider and carry out his nuclear bluff. The probability, although infinitely low, is not equal to zero. Therefore, it would be prudent on India’s part to cater for a ‘mistaken’ use of a nuke by Imran’s Pakistan.
To sum up, security, and nuclear security in particular, is a dynamic concept; its doctrines and understanding of the same by every link in the chain needs periodic review and refreshing. Exercising realistically with the nuclear option will convey a stronger ‘resolve’ to the adversaries and work as a more meaningful deterrence without changing anything on the ground.
Dealing with the Darned Dragon: Preface
Dealing with the Darned Dragon-I: Border Infrastructure
Dealing with the Darned Dragon-II: Escape Hatch
Dealing with the Darned Dragon-III: A Lesson from Pearl Harbour
Dealing with the Darned Dragon-V: Time to Kowtow!?
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Pope Supports European Prolife 'One of Us' Campaign
Brantly Millegan - published on 02/06/13
One of Us "asks the EU to end the financing of activities which presuppose the destruction of human embryos"
The Pope has publicly supported a new European prolife movement called ‘One of Us’, The Tablet reports:
Pope Benedict XVI has backed a European Citizens’ Initiative (ECI) that is trying to stop the European Commission from financing abortion, research or any other activities that lead to the destruction of human embryos.
“I greet the Movement for Life and wish it success on the “One of Us” initiative so that Europe might always be a place where every human being’s dignity is safeguarded,” the Pope said at his weekly Angelus the day Italy observed “Pro-Life Sunday”.
The new campaign, backed primarily by Catholic prolife groups from 20 European countries, has high goals: “Should the petition gain one million signatures by that time, the European Parliament will be forced to schedule a debate on the issue of life at conception.”
The ‘One of Us’ campaign website, www.oneofus.eu/, says the campaign is unique in history:
The ECI ‘One of Us’ has a greater political potential than any other initative that has been undertaken so far to protect the dignity of the person and life from conception at a European scale. If a consensus will be achieved among 1 Million citizens or more, a concrete ethical standard could be established across Europe with regards to the respect of the dignity of each member of the human family, no matter how young it is
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The Carpreneur Podcast
By Whitlock
If you love cars and dream about owning your own automotive empire some day but are struggling with how to get started or even how to just come up with a business idea, you'll want to subscribe and listen to every episode of this podcast.
The Carpreneur Podcast gives you access to world-class automotive entrepreneurs and inspires with fast-paced, bite-size 20 minute episodes full of amazing advice to help you get your ideas off the ground and start that business you’ve been dreaming about.
Get inspired, take action, and live the Carpreneur lifestyle. You won't be disappointed.
020 Jeremy Porter | Taking the unconventional route when things don’t go as planned and you’re left to learn everything on your own.
The Carpreneur Podcast • By Whitlock • Sep 23, 2020
The Carpreneur Podcast Season 1 Wrap-up Episode
In today's episode we wrap-up Season 1 of The Carpreneur Podcast. We'll take a look back at some of this season's guests, many of whom have made some big moves since our conversations earlier this year. We'll also dive into analytics and see how this podcast did in its first season. How many of you are out there listening? Which guest had the most downloads? The answer to that one might surprise you! I'll also get into where The Carpreneur Podcast is heading for Season 2 and of course wrap up with the final fast 5 questions, Whitlock edition. Thank you all for your support and taking the time to listen this year, it mean's the world to me, and I can't wait to talk again next year!
025 Jarrah Venables | Leaving your dream job to strike it out on your own. Challenging but worth every second!
Jarrah Venables is the namesake to the vintage race car brokerage and events firm, Jarrah Venables. Vintage racing is in Jarrah's blood thanks to his father who works on vintage race cars from the 60's. So when Jarrah left school, all he wanted to do was have a career in the field. Unfortunately, he couldn't wrench and he didn't have a small fortune to turn into a proper racing career. So what's a guy to do? Well, Jarrah landed a dream job at Goodwood where he worked with the events team to produce the Festival of Speed and the Revival. But after 10 years, he was ready for a change, a new challenge, and after a meeting with a headhunter, he took the leap of faith and struck out on his own. In this conversation, Jarrah and I talk about how Goodwood became a client, and how that benefited them both as he made the transition from employee to entrepreneur. We also chat about his remarkable growth from selling $100,000 cars to representing cars well into the millions, and the networking it took to get there. This is a great conversation and a fascinating look into how some of the greatest vintage events in Europe are put together. Please enjoy my conversation with Jarrah Venables.
024 Pete Stout of 000 Magazine | On growing a business in a medium others have left for dead, and starting a new print revolution
Today's guest is Pete Stout, founder of 000 Magazine, a beautifully crafted quarterly publication about Porsche Now, if you are a Porschephile, you've definitely come across Pete's work at some point even if you're not familiar with his latest project. Prior to 000, Pete spend almost two decades writing about Porsche as the Editor-in-chief at Porsche Panorama, the official magazine of the Porsche Club of America, and prior to that, Excellence Magazine. In this episode we dive into why Pete made the move to leave Panorama after only 3 years into his 10 year plan to start 000; and why the timing was finally right after writing a half dozen business plans for his own magazine over the years. We also chat about how he's grown subscribers for a magazine that costs almost 25 times the average price of your typical automotive rag found on news stands, and the marketing partnerships that have expanded 000's reach around the world and paved the way for a resurgence in high-quality, quarterly print. Please enjoy my conversation with Pete Stout of 000 Magazine.
023 Dwight Knowlton of Carpe Viam | From the struggles of self publishing to Budweisers for breakfast with Sir Stirling Moss
Today's guest is Dwight Knowlton of Carpe Viam. I first discovered Dwight's work while looking for cool automotive children's books prior to having my son. And that's exactly how Dwight's business got off the ground in 2013. You see, Dwight wanted to share his automotive passion with his soon-to-be born son as well and scoured the internet looking for books that were a little less "kiddie", and more "car guy." When he came up short, he decided to write one himself and "The Little Red Race Car" was born. In this episode, Dwight and I discuss his journey from self publishing his first book, to having Budweisers for breakfast with none other than Sir Stirling Moss. We talk about the struggles of having to learn everything about self publishing on the fly, how Carpe Viam indirectly became a full time endeavor when he found himself without a job, and how you know you've really make it when others start knocking off your apparel brand. Excellent advice in this one with a super cool car guy. Please enjoy my conversation with Dwight Knowlton of Carpe Viam.
022 Bruce Piefke of Caffeine & Octane | Growing a brand and executing on your vision, even if you didn't originally start the business
Today's guest is Bruce Piefke, CEO of High-Octane Events which produces both Caffeine & Octane and Caffeine & Exotics, two of the largest "cars and coffee" type events in the country. This is a great conversation about how Bruce went from consultant with Caffeine & Octane to purchasing the show from AutoTrader and then growing the brand in multiple directions. Today, Caffeine & Octane is not just a car show, but a television show on its 5th season, an apparel company, an app, and soon an actual real-life coffee shop. Bruce has a great story to tell and we get into a ton! We talk about his elevator pitch for the TV show to a random stranger, who turned out to be the VP of Programming for NBC Sports; how the first event under his ownership was almost held in a flood; and what it takes to bring your vision to life. So, without further ado, please enjoy this conversation with Bruce Piefke of Caffeine & Octane.
021 The Straight Pipes | If these guys did it, why can't we? Jakub and Yuri on their 7 year path to 11 million views on YouTube.
In today’s episode I chat with Jakub Wrobel and Yuri Tereshyn, aka The Straight Pipes, aka the #1 reviewers of new cars in North America on YouTube. Now, this title didn’t happen overnight. Jakub started The Straight Pipes channel when saw an empty space for high quality exhaust sounds on YouTube. Uploading occasionally, Jakub saw some initial traction with his videos getting shared by a few media outlets here and there; but it was more of a creative outlet for his love for cars than anything. Then along came Yuri who at the time, was working as a drone pilot for an automotive TV show, and they began to ask themselves, “if these other guys can review cars, why can’t we.” So they stood in front of a couple cars, did weird journalist stuff on camera… and the rest is history. We talk about being embarrassed by your first attempt, their five year path to a million views, and the crossroads of having to make the decision to quit your job and focus on YouTube full time. These guys are hilarious, some of my favorite reviewers for sure. Enjoy this conversation with Jakub and Yuri, The Straight Pipes.
Today’s guest is Jeremy Porter, founder and CEO of Atlanta Motorsports Park in Dawsonville, GA. What started out as just a business plan to give to others in the industry turned into a piece of paper with a lot of promises to keep after the 2008 financial crisis took his conventional real estate investors out of the picture. But instead of folding, Jeremy got creative and took an unconventional approach to financing his dream. And 8 years later, the Atlanta Motorsports Park is a playground for car guys with not only a track, but hundreds of garages, one of the top karting tracks in the nation, and now condo’s and a restaurant in the near future. Jeremy’s is a great story of learning everything on the fly, doing right by the community, and running with the ball against all odds. With that, enjoy my conversation with Jeremy Porter of Atlanta Motorsports Park.
019 John Temerian | Building a brand, sticking to your DNA, and focusing on your passion in order to be fulfilled in your entrepreneurial endeavors
Today’s conversation is with John Temerian of Curated, a dealership in Miami specializing in vintage supercars. John’s journey started at his father’s Lamborghini service business where he grew from sweeping floors & cleaning cars to doing a clutch on a Testarossa at the age of 16. Eventually he would leave the proverbial nest to chase a lifestyle inspired by his father’s big clients who had the money, who had the cars, and who he thought had the life he wanted. He hosted parties, supercar events, and eventually ended up running a successful exotic car rental company, Lou LaVie, but something was missing. He just wasn’t fulfilled. And that’s when serendipity stepped in and he realized that everything he had learned at a young age from his father, how to evaluate a car, what’s correct about a vehicles history, was baked into his DNA and a valuable asset to collectors. Thus Curated was born. This is a great story about building a brand, sticking to your DNA, and focusing on exactly what you know as you run the entrepreneurial marathon. Please enjoy this chat with John Temerian of Curated.
018 Don Mettler | Taking advantage of extra capacity to pivot into a business better suited for your personality
Don Mettler is the founder of Black Diamond Motorsports, an automotive storage facility located in Atlanta, GA. In today's episode, Don and I discuss the origins of his first "version" of Black Diamond as an exotic car club that grew into a profitable business allowing members the opportunity to get behind a number of exotic cars; and how he came to the realization that his personality just wasn't suited for that particular business. Then we get into how extra capacity at his car club location allowed him to pivot into the much more profitable (and easier to manage) car storage business that he runs today with over 100 cars in storage and 2 more locations opening early next year. Enjoy this conversation with Don Mettler of Black Diamond Motorsports.
017 David Jacobson | How going with your passion and filling in the gaps can lead to market dominating growth
David Jacobson is the founder of PCARMARKET, the fastest growing Porsche marketplace in the world. In today's episode you'll learn a ton from a serial entrepreneur who is driven by creativity and has followed his passion for Porsche cars to fill in the gaps in the market with Porsche specific businesses. We discuss how when doing something you love, there’s always something more to do and the gamble he took buying a famous 911, and then listing that car on his website at no reserve. Incredibly interesting conversation with a very humble and driven guy. Please enjoy my chat with David Jacobson of PCARMARKET.
016 Alex Ruozzi | From lawyer with a passion to growing one of the world's top restoration shops
Alex Ruozzi is the co-founder of RB Collection, an automotive restoration shop and sales showroom in Allentown, Pennsylvania. In this episode I sit down with Alex to discuss why America is paradise for classic car enthusiasts and how he and his brother went from restoring and preparing their own cars, to where they are today with one of the top restoration shops in the country. We get into classic cars as a hobby, growing via word of mouth, hilarious auction disclosures, and why hiring young employee's in order to bring the next generation into the restoration business is so important. If you've ever thought about restoring a car as a side hustle, this episode is must listen. Please enjoy my conversation with Alex Ruozzi.
015 Rudy Samsel | Capitalizing on the 2nd mover advantage and replicating another’s abandoned business model for your own success
Rudy Samsel is the co-founder of Guyswithrides.com, an online marketplace for classic and fun cars. In today's episode Rudy and I discuss how getting downsized from his former employer enabled him to go all-in and focus on growing his business. We also get into growth through gamification, 2nd mover advantage, being community first, and how one major player's abandonment of their original business model left a void for consumers that Rudy was able to fill. Really interesting discussion with plenty of nuggets to help you grow your business. Please enjoy my chat with Rudy Samsel! Guyswithrides.com
014 Kevin McCauley | Saying "YES!", the benefits of being early, and building a plane after you take the leap of faith
Kevin McCauley is a freelance graphic designer and photographer based out of Houston, TX. He is the man behind Capturing the Machine, Automoji: Stuttgart, and numerous other projects you've seen online. In today's episode Kevin and I chat about the launch of his career after saying "yes" to creating the iconic Seinfeld emoji's (without having any idea of how to actually pull it off), what it was like to be the go-to emoji guy for numerous brands, and finally scratching his own itch by launching the Porsche sticker pack, Automoji: Stuttgart. We talk German lawyers, getting in on the launch of iOS 10, and the serendipity of becoming a suggested user on Instagram. Enjoy this conversation with Kevin McCauley of McCauley Creative.
013 Ryan Gary | A 17 year journey from the brink of burnout to building SEMA showstoppers
Ryan Gary is the founder of Area1320, a prominent Subaru tuning shop known for many of the marques top builds. In this episode I sit down with Ryan to talk shop and dig into how he's grown Area1320 from a side hustle in his garage into what it is today. We discuss the power of word of mouth advertising, how he almost gave up on his dream, and the build that put him on the map. This is a great episode all about resolve, hustle, and never giving up. Enjoy my conversation with Ryan Gary.
012 Doug DeMuro | Good things don't last forever; hedging your bets and starting a second business by leveraging your first
Doug DeMuro is the founder of cars & bids, an online automobile auction site that features interesting cars from the 1980's to present. In this episode I talk with Doug about how he came up with the idea of cars & bids and how he got such an ambitious project off the ground. We also chat about how he leveraged his social media following to find both sellers and buyers for the auctions and what the future holds for the platform as sales beat both his and his teams expectations week after week.
011 Ed Bolian | The unexpected traction channel and unexpected monetization of the VINwiki app
Ed Bolian is the founder and CEO of VINwiki, a user-generated, social, vehicle history report. In this episode we talk to Ed about how an unexpected traction channel propelled his app's user base from 5,000, to over 300,000 users AND became the company's source for revenue. We also get into why he's glad his initial round of investment didn't go through, the power of your network, and possible exits for an entrepreneur who thrives on bringing new ideas to life.
010 Sean Mathis | How throwing a few ideas against the wall and running with the ones that stick can lead to success
Sean Mathis is the founder of the Miles Through Time automotive museum in Clarksville, GA. In this episode Sean talks about the different business models he tried to get his museum off the ground from just one car, his grandfather's 1959 Cadillac, to over 40 cars on display today. We talk about how he came up with the initial idea he had to solve his own problem, storing the Cadillac and letting others enjoy it indoors, to the struggles he had as the museum grew and what it took for the venture to be self sustaining.
009 Bryson Richards | Navigating the difficult transition from employee to shop owner painting some of the most famous Porsches in the world
Bryson Richards is a long time friend and the founder of Classic Livery of Atlanta, the specialty paint shop behind the Keen Project Safari 911’s and countless other cars you’ve seen before. In this episode we get into how Bryson got started in the paint and body business and how with the help of a few key people in his life, he was able to open his first paint shop roughly 10 years ago. We talk about going from not having enough money to put gas in his car to get home at night and sleeping in the shop to painting cars bound for the concourse lawn at Pebble Beach. If you’ve ever wondered what kind of grit, persistence, and humility it takes to open a shop of your own, then you won’t want to miss Bryson’s story.
008 Marco Soriano | The electrification of his family's 100 year old motorcycle company
Marco Soriano is the founder of Soriano Motori, the rebirth of his family's motorcycle company originally founded in the early 1900's. In this episode, we talk about the tokenization of assets, and why Marco choose to go the conventional route of fund raising verses looking to the blockchain, and the key differentiator for his business, leaning on years of experience in the hospitality industry to create a true lifestyle brand around his beautifully designed electric motorcycles.
007 Toby Russell | Uber before Uber, how timing is everything
Toby Russell is Co-CEO of Shift, the platform to make buying and selling cars fun, fair, and accessible to everyone. Previously, he was Managing Vice President of Digital at Capital One, where he led the bank’s technology transformation, including building the mobile capabilities that are now driving the majority of Capital One’s new customers. In 2007 Toby co-founded Taxi Magic, the first on-demand mobile transportation booking technology. He's also led a $12 billion renewable energy and efficiency investment program for the US Department of Energy and has been a Project Leader at the Boston Consulting Group. He has a Doctorate from Oxford University.
006 Neal Maier | Buying your way into entrepreneurship, and succeeding, twice
Neal Maier is the COO of 3VE Auto, a marketing agency in Chapel Hill, North Carolina. What's extremely interesting about Neal is that he is NOT one of the original co-founders of the company; he's an entrepreneur who bought in to help grow the business and make it what it is today.
005 Shawn Ryder | Taking a leap of faith and starting a business days before a pandemic
Shawn Ryder works with automotive dealerships to grow virtual and dealership traffic. His new agency recently launched to focus on SEO, digital marketing, social media, and email for franchise and independent dealerships. Shawn Ryder Digital
004 Lauren Fix | The Best People are Car People
Lauren Fix brings you the latest automotive news, car reviews, and expert information through her YouTube channel, Car Coach Reports. Whether she's perfecting her new line of automotive products, sharing her CAR SMARTS on her channel, or reporting live from the world's top auto shows, she's never done reinventing the wheel.
003 Aaron Zeigler | How to think big, be aggressive and get after it
Aaron Zeigler is the president of Zeigler Automotive Group and the worlds largest powersports dealer and action park, Zeigler Motorsports. After growing his families dealership business Aaron took his customer service and business know-how to the powersports world after being a frustrated customer himself.
002 Genera Moore | What it really takes to impact lives with your business
Genera Moore is transforming the auto industry in West Africa through her business, Motorparts Nation. Motorparts Nation provides aftermarket auto parts to Africa along with the proper training and tools to the continents automotive technicians.
001 Tal Riesenfeld | Finding success by asking questions and doing what nobody else does
Tal Riesenfeld is a serial entrepreneur and experienced business executive with a track record of growing and scaling quickly through retail channels. Tal Co-founded and leads Sales for Sunbit, a fundamentally new way to pay those high auto repair bills, that eliminates financial waste and enables dealership service departments to earn more while customers pay less.
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TRANSFORMED BY TECHNOLOGY
MATERIAL MUSE
BLOSSOMING BOTANY
CRAZES IN QUILTS
DOMESTIC BATTLEGROUND
Virtual Quilt
BALTIMORE ALBUM QUILT, ABOUT 1850
Mid-century quilters embroidered roses in green wool to resemble the moss rose (rosa muscosa), whose buds and stems are covered in a moss-like substance which emit extra fragrance. Long familiar to botanists, its popularity in quilts appears to be the result of its becoming more widely available to American home gardeners about this time.
Made by a member of the Hayden family, Baltimore, Maryland
Cotton with wool embroidery
Loan courtesy of Debby Cooney
Rosa Muscosa (Moss Rose)
Pierre-Joseph Redouté, Paris Les Roses,
1817-1824, no. 124
VASE, ABOUT 1891
Japanese porcelain styles influenced this vase’s shape and decoration. First Lady Caroline Scott Harrison is said to have given this as a wedding gift in 1891.
Friends of the Museum Purchase, 66.96
Corresponding Quilt
BOWL, 1840-1890
Japanese ceramics were appreciated for their beauty, but also became status symbols, indicating the owner’s refined aesthetic sensibility and awareness of current decorating trends.
Porcelain with polychrome enamel decoration
3” diameter
Gift of Helen E. Fretz, 86.144
ANDREW JACKSON MOURNING RIBBON, 1845
Public figures’ deaths often inspired the production of mourning badges (ribbons) like this one. “The Union Must & Shall Be Preserved” refers to a crisis shortly after Jackson took office in 1828 when the South vehemently protested huge tariffs passed by the previous administration. Jackson threatened military action if South Carolina seceded.
Gift of Leo Schwartz, 90.23
Click Here: Look for the portrait of Jackson in his military uniform
ANDREW JACKSON MEDALLION QUILT, 1820s
Andrew Jackson was the first candidate to produce commercial campaign goods, appealing to voters who had increasing sway in elections. Prior elections had depended largely on state legislatures to select the Electoral College. Jackson, embittered after losing the four-way 1824 election despite winning both the popular and electoral vote, immediately began an aggressive campaign for 1828.
Jackson’s record is mixed, his democratic reforms overshadowed by the atrocity of his removal of Native Americans from the Southeastern states, collectively known as the “Trail of Tears.”
The Quilt
Two colorways of a print with tiny portraits of Jackson between American eagles adorn this quilt. Quite a few quilts, and at least one dress, survive with this fabric in a total of three known colorways, suggesting large output.
PORTRAIT OF ANDREW JACKSON, 1815
Nathan Wheeler (American, 1789-1849)
Courtesy Library of Congress
Corresponding Objects
MACHINE-QUILTED APPLIQUÉ QUILT, 1850s
Women embraced sewing machines for everyday use. Mary Sneed used hers to machine-stitch a tiny grid on the white squares and outline the basket weave print. Family tradition stated that Mary Sneed made this with one of the first sewing machines in Texas, suggesting the pride women felt in having the latest technology.
Made by Mary DeLoach Sneed (1807-1905), Waco, Texas
Gift of Martha Hunt in honor of the descendants of Mary Deloach and George Washington Sneed, 92.1
SEWING MACHINE, 1868-75
Sewing machines were marketed with layaway plans and other lures, making them increasingly affordable. Machines sped up tedious sewing, allowing time for creative needlework. Few inventors managed to design machines viable for home use and also market them successfully. Along with Isaac Singer, Wheeler & Wilson dominated the market.
The Wheeler & Wilson Mfg. Company, Bridgeport, Connecticut
Cast iron, steel, and walnut
Friends of the Museum Purchase, 96.73.1
“STARS AND STRIPES” BEDSPREAD, 1861-1863
Long assumed to be a decorative riff on the American flag, this pattern’s source was recently identified by a quilt historian as the flag flying over Fort Sumter, South Carolina, when Confederates besieged it in 1861. “Garrison flags” flown at forts commonly arranged the stars in a central diamond design. Fort Sumter’s toured the country and became a rallying symbol for the Union, so its design was well-known.
Margaret Dodge made at least four patriotic bedspreads during the war; the DAR Museum owns two. A third was displayed at Brooklyn’s 1864 Sanitary Fair which raised money for the troops, and was afterwards presented to President Lincoln.
Margaret English Wood Dodge (c1781-1873), Brooklyn, New York
Gift of Elsa S. Dorrance Lockwood, in memory of Nellie T. Sutton and George Alfred Sutton, 87.67.1
“THE FLAG OF FORT SUMTER,” 1861
Copyrighted by S.T. MacDougall
Months after South Carolina seceded, United States troops still held Fort Sumter in Charleston. Confederate troops, firing the first shots of the Civil War, eventually took the Fort. The fort’s flag became famous, inspiring this print and the quilt pattern, which adapted the flag’s diagonally-oriented field of stars.
PETERSON’S MAGAZINE, 1861
Philadelphia, Pennsylvania Courtesy of Dawn Ronningen
WOMEN’S CHRISTIAN TEMPERANCE UNION QUILT, ABOUT 1880-1900
At the turn of the 20th century, many women became involved in social and political issues. Using their perceived role as moral compasses of society, they advocated reform in areas such as temperance, child welfare, birth control, labor conditions, and suffrage. The WCTU was one of many organizations which eventually succeeded in getting the 18th Amendment to the Constitution passed, banning alcohol until its repeal in 1933.
Despite quilting being a widespread feminine activity, few of the women’s reform movements used quilts as fundraisers or as statements of support. Many progressive women preferred activism not linked to traditional domestic endeavors such as quilt-making.
Beaver and Vernango Counties, Pennsylvania
Loan courtesy of Julie Silber
SPANISH-AMERICAN WAR QUILT, 1898
The ten-week Spanish-American war, mostly forgotten today, was fought off the coast of Cuba to support Cuba’s war of independence from Spain. US-Spanish relations were tense, with the sensationalist “yellow press” media stirring anti-Spanish sentiments. When the naval ship USS Maine exploded in Havana Harbor, the United States went to war supporting Cuba. With Spain’s defeat, Cuba gained independence while we took over control of Puerto Rico, Guam, and the Philippines from Spain.
Despite its short duration, the war inspired patriotic items like this quilt. Several in this exact design survive, suggesting a pattern may have been printed in a nationally distributed media outlet.
HENRY CLAY CAMPAIGN QUILT, 1844
As a Presidential candidate in 1844, Henry Clay opposed the annexation of Texas, a move many feared would lead to war with Mexico. His campaign reached out to women who, though lacking the right to vote, might sway male relatives’ votes. Women, Clay believed, would prefer a candidate who kept their men out of a war.
Rebecca Lombart made this while living in Philadelphia, with two Clay ribbons in the border and another saying simply “Abstinence.” Clay’s anti-abolitionist stance hurt him in anti-slavery Philadelphia, but Lombart and others apparently found enough in his platform to win their support.
Rebecca (Lombart) Williams (1819-1880), Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
Gift of Grace Ann Gartland, 2003.24
HENRY CLAY LITHOGRAPH PORTRAIT, ABOUT 1840
New York, New York, John L. MaGee
Watercolor on paper
Gift of Hannah Weston Chapter, NSDAR, 5401
Many ribbon designs were made available nationwide for the Clay campaign; printers could add text specific to their area’s campaign events. This ribbon’s design is the same as one of those on the quilt, but announces a barbecue in Pennsylvania.
PORTRAIT, 1825-1845
Jackson is depicted here in the rank he held at the 1815 Battle of New Orleans, Major General, though with the gray hair of his Presidential years. Reverse paintings on glass depicting American political and literary figures were exported from Germany and China to the American market; this one may be either German or American.
United States or Germany
Reverse painting on glass
Gift of Rolfe Towle Teague, 87.45
WILLIAM HENRY HARRISON CAMPAIGN BANDANA, 1840
Anti-elitism and branding are nothing new in politics. Born a wealthy Virginia landowner, William Henry Harrison was re-branded as a frontiersman. The opposition insultingly called Harrison a provincial sitting “in his log cabin drinking hard cider,” but Harrison correctly predicted this folksy depiction would play well with the American voter.
Probably made in the United States, Design by “A.M. Williamson”
Gift of Marion Ashby Buck, 52.92
Although Clay never won the presidency, he gained lasting national popularity among members of the Whig party. Many homes and businesses displayed printed portraits of political figures. This one purportedly hung in the Burnham Tavern in Mathias, Maine.
TOY BOAT, ABOUT 1898
The USS Oregon, one of the United States’ first battleships, became famous for its part in the Battle of Santiago, the attack on Cuba’s harbor in July of 1898. She went on to participate in our military actions in the Philippines and the Boxer Rebellion in China, in 1899-1900.
Probably made in the United States
Tin and wood
Gift of Jacqueline Ernest Merritt, 2006.15.35.2
HENRY CLAY CAMPAIGN CUP PLATE, 1844
By the 1840s, mass production of glass, ceramics, and other goods was well underway in America, making ephemeral goods like this affordable to a wide consumer base.
Sandwich, Massachusetts, Boston and Sandwich Glass Co.
Pressed Glass
3.5” diameter
Gift of Katherine Wyman Vaughan, in memory of her mother, Bella Ristine Wyman, 59.111
SHEET MUSIC, “THE BANNER OF CLAY,” 1842
Political songs promoting presidential campaigns first became popular in 1830 with the presidential race of William Henry Harrison. This 1842 melody was written for the 1844 Clay campaign.
Boston, Massachusetts, Oliver Ditson, Publisher
Printed paper
10.5” x 13.875”
Gift of the Rhode Island State Society, NSDAR, 84.75
VASE, 1828-1836
Foreign manufacturers were well accustomed to making goods for the American market. This vase was likely available in Europe without the inscription “Gen. Andrew Jackson” added for American customers.
Bohemia (present-day Czech Republic)
Wheel-cut glass
2.75” diameter
Gift of Cincinnati Chapter, NSDAR, 68.209
PLATE, ABOUT 1830
According to family tradition, Andrew Jackson gave a set of these plates to his friend James Buchanan, the donor’s great-grandfather, whose home in southwestern Virginia was said to be a stopping point for Jackson on his journeys between Washington and his home in Tennessee.
Staffordshire, England
Pearlware with copper luster and transfer printed decoration
Gift of Lucy Susong Clark, in memory of Charles Claiborne Buchanan, 70.84
JUG, ABOUT 1830
“General Jackson, the Hero of New Orleans” is inscribed above a portrait of Andrew Jackson, who despite the military reference is depicted here in civilian dress. It was probably produced during his presidency, as it is based on an 1828 engraving. The plate nearby uses the same design.
Gift of Carroll Campbell Strickland, Marvin Harrison Campbell, Joseph Andrew Campbell, and Davis Allan Campbell, 2013.18.3
BEDSTEAD, 1790-1810
Gift of the Wisconsin State Society, 91.98
SILK HEXAGON QUILT, 1879
Boldly colored, machine-woven silks used recently developed chemical dyes to make a striking quilt. When Maria Key made this for her ten-year-old grandson, she had been using the latest fabrics in her quilt making for at least forty years. Her quilt of about 1840, now at the Maryland Historical Society, used cottons reflecting the latest design and technology trends of its day.
Maria Louisa Harris Key (1804-1879), Leonardtown, Maryland
Silk with cotton backing
Gift of Nelly Key Thompson, 2010.47
RED AND GREEN BETHLEHEM STAR QUILT, 1840-1860
Colorfast dyes available after 1840 spurred the mid-century red and green quilt craze. “Turkey red,” a complicated dye process, was widely available to American calico printers by 1840. Green had to be dyed in two steps (yellow, then blue) until late in the 1800s, but a more reliable option called “chrome green” provided the leafy and emerald hues seen in mid-century quilts.
Sarah Hall Gwyer (1819-1882), North Carolina or Omaha, Nebraska
Gift of Jack and Patricia Glass honoring the Glass, Schlossberg, Gwyer, and Yates Families, 85.62.3
Click Here: How many different prints can you count in this quilt?
UNFINISHED QUILT TOP, 1835-1850
Approximately fifty different prints in just one quilt testify to the proliferation of roller-printed cottons available to quilters by this time.
Probably made in Maryland
Gift of George S. and Catherine Waring Barnes, 95.99.1
Click Here: Can you find this portrait of the Lindbergh family embroidered in the crazy quilt?
LINDBERGH QUILT, ABOUT 1932-1935
All of America was enthralled in 1932 by the tragic story of the kidnapping and death of famed aviator Charles Lindbergh’s toddler son, Charles Lindbergh Jr. Media across the country followed the story from the investigation through the eventual trial of the alleged kidnapper.
Why would anyone commemorate this tragedy on a quilt? Just as countless quilters made quilts after the attacks of September 11, it is more about process than product. Sewing and embroidering allow for meditation and the processing of horrific loss. The result becomes a respectful memorial.
Cotton with cotton embroidery
Loan courtesy of Polly Mello
The Lindbergh quilt’s blocks copy photos that appeared in newspapers covering the kidnapping investigation and trial. Two versions of this four-generation photo can be seen in the top and third rows.
Click Here: Can you find this portrait of Oscar Wilde embroidered in the crazy quilt?
Crazy Quilt, 1885
Japanese vases and fans on this quilt testify to the craze for “Japonisme.” Other motifs popular in the 1880s seen here include old-fashioned children taken from popular illustrators, and favorite designs of the Aesthetic movement (peacock feathers, a sunflower, and even a portrait of Oscar Wilde).
Amelia Trowbridge (1858-1931), Melrose, Massachusetts
Silks with linen lace, silk and metallic embroidery thread, cotton backing
Gift of Helen L. McGilvery
“CHILDREN LEAVING SCHOOL,” 1880
Ralph Caldecott, The Three Jovial Huntsmen, Art and Picture Collection, The New York Public Library
The crazy quilt era was also a golden age of illustration. Kate Greenaway remains the most famous illustrator of old-fashioned scenes today, but others were equally popular at the time. Crazy quilts were dumping grounds for popular culture trends, and old-timey children, now generically called Kate Greenaway figures, appeared on numerous “crazies.”
“MY AESTHETIC LOVE,” 1881
Alfred Concanen and Stannard & Son, lithographers, Charles Sheard & Co., publisher
Color lithograph and ink on paper
Victoria and Albert Museum, # S.3931-2013
Many crazy quilts motifs were taken from the Aesthetic Movement. This design movement rejected mass-produced goods and poorly-designed revivals of older eras, preferring patterns inspired by the natural world. Its adherents also embraced new (to the West) Japanese forms and motifs.
Look for many of the Aesthetic Movement’s—and crazy quilts’—favorite motifs on the cover of this comic song’s sheet music: sunflowers, peacock feathers, lilies, and Japanese ceramics and fans.
OSCAR WILDE,” 1882
Photograph by Napoleon Sarony, New York
Oscar Wilde, the most famous Aesthetic Movement adherent, toured the United States in 1882 and 1883 to widespread publicity, with both photos and caricatures published in newspapers. His long hair, velvet jacket and breeches, and effete manner fascinated all, and offended many strait-laced provincial Americans. Amelia Trowbridge may have attended his lecture in Boston in 1882. The same embroidery appears on another “crazy,” suggesting a commercial pattern source.
Click Here: Look for a roller skate in the border of the crazy quilt
CRAZY QUILT, 1875-1890
Women personalized their crazy quilts—which otherwise look very similar—by adding embroidered or appliqued motifs chosen for aesthetic reasons or to express their interests.
Helen Dounce included two popular sports in her “crazy”: the high-wheeled bicycle and roller skates. As she was in her late thirties to early fifties at the time she made the quilt, it’s unlikely she herself engaged in these sports. The high-wheeler was dangerous and mostly ridden by men.
Helen L. Dounce
Gift of Virginia Mayo Herrick, 86.47
“District of Columbia … a fashionable roller- skating rink,” 1880
After Georgie Davis, Frank Leslie’s Illustrated Newspaper
Roller skating and bicycling were huge crazes, but skates were cheaper, while offering similarly thrilling speed. Roller skating rinks opened up in cities across America.
DOCTOR SYNTAX TOILE QUILT, 1820s
Illustrating a popular story of its day, this quilt is akin to a Disney princess or superhero bedspread. The source here is the bestselling comic poem Dr. Syntax in Search of the Picturesque, which inspired two sequels. Author William Combe spoofed the era’s fad for dramatic landscapes and their supposed power to inspire deep emotional reactions in the viewer. Pastor Syntax embarks on a trip to seek “the picturesque,” only to fall into a series of unheroic mishaps.
Cotton possibly printed by John Marshall & Sons, Manchester (U.K.)
Gift of The Bargain Loft, 91.61
FOLDING FAN, 1870s
Japanese women in kimono, and butterflies cut to partially emerge from a leaf, decorate this fan undoubtedly made for the export market.
Paper leaf with bamboo guards and sticks
Gift of Eleanora T. Velenovsky, 86.121.8
PATCHWORK FAN, 1880-1900
With the shape of one type of Japanese fan and the pattern of a crazy quilt, this fan combines trends of its day. Fans of this shape are often embroidered on crazy quilts.
Silks with metal spangles, wood handle
Friends of the Museum Purchase, 2001.8
CHILD’S BICYCLE AND STAND, 1885-1890
Cyclists enjoyed high-wheelers’ speed. Less fun was tumbling over the top after hitting any small obstacle. By 1890, the bicycle design we are familiar with had eclipsed the high-wheeler. Meanwhile, it was a brave parent who allowed her child to ride this bicycle.
Metal and wood
Friends of the Museum Purchase, 2000.53.1-2
COPY BOOK, 1820s
Elizabeth Margaret Chandler’s watercolor accompanies her transcription of a contemporary poem about a ruined English abbey, a typical topic for romantic poetry and art. Many women collected quotations and poetry that they found moving or meaningful. Chandler, an award-winning poet and writer in her own right, wrote mostly about slavery and abolition.
Assembled by Elizabeth Margaret Chandler, Pennsylvania
Watercolor and ink on paper
Gift of Margaret Merritt Broecker, 83.8.2
TEA BOWL AND SAUCER, 1810-1830
Pearlware with transfer printed decoration
2” x 5” diameter
Gift of the Mary Mattoon Chapter, NSDAR, 89.37.9A-B
PLATE, ABOUT 1825-1840
Harriet Thorne Gibson of New Hampshire took her set of blue plates with her as she moved to homes in Vermont, Québec, and Wisconsin.
M.T. & Co, England
Gift of Alice Given Brenton, 5087
“THE HIGH-METTLED RACER” TEXTILE YARDAGE, 1820s
Popular culture had inspired textile designs since the 1700s, when handkerchiefs illustrated popular songs, and this yardage continues the tradition. It traces the decline of a horse’s fortunes from racing thoroughbred to aged cart-horse in the popular opera “Liberty Hall.”
Although this looks like a copperplate print, using an older, more labor-intensive process, its shorter 20” repeat indicates it is an imitation produced by roller-printing.
Roller-printed cotton
Gift of Mrs. John Elliott Jr., 91.166.1
DR. SYNTAX PLATE, ABOUT 1821-1835
Like many English ceramic factories, James and Ralph Clews exported their wares to the United States. Popular motifs of the day included the
Dr. Syntax series. Syntax’s second sequel, “Dr. Syntax in Search of a Wife” (1821), was the source of this scene, with the bachelor minister dandling a parishioner’s baby on his knee.
James and Ralph Clews, Cobridge, Staffordshire, England
7”/10” diameter
Gift of Catherine Scott Hills, 6987
DR. SYNTAX AQUATINIT ENGRAVINGS, 1812-1821
Thomas Rowlandson, one of England’s premier caricaturists, illustrated all three Dr. Syntax adventures. The quilt combines elements from these eleven prints, which are just a selection of the first tour’s illustrations. Some illustrations lent just a small detail or background figure to the toile fabric design, other figures are more prominent.
Thomas Rowlandson (1756-1827), London
11” wide
Friends of the Museum Purchase 2018.7.1-11
WHITEWORK QUILT, 1840s
Did Sarah Hewlett enjoy gardening as well as quilting and embroidery? Her exquisitely drawn and detailed flowers are accurately depicted calla lilies, morning glories, tiger lilies, pansies, water lilies, and fuchsias: all were popular in nineteenth century home gardens.
Sarah Varick Hewlett (1807-1867), Long Island, New York
Gift of Helen Jones, 87.43
PRINCESS FEATHER APPLIQUÉ QUILT, 1850s
The prince’s (or princess) feather quilt design, one of few named patterns in the 1800s, imitates the drooping plumes of the Prince of Wales species of the amaranth plant. The three plumes in the English Prince of Wales’s emblem inspired the bloom’s name, but the quilt design is American. Another amaranth species, “love lies bleeding,” has varieties blooming in both red and green, like the fronds in this and many other princess feather quilts.
Gift of Consuelo Carnes Atkins, 80.89.2
Amaranthus hypochondriacus (Prince’s feather)
Amaranthus caudatus (Love lies bleeding)
The graceful droop of the prince’s feather flower is stylized in the curve of the quilt design’s fronds. The use of green as well as red may have been suggested by the green varieties of the love-lies-bleeding species of amaranth.
Click Here: Look for the marigold in Anna Maria Garnhart’s quilt
CHINTZ REVERSE APPLIQUÉ QUILT, 1830s
Like many quilters, Anna Maria Hummel Markey Garnhart cut up several floral prints to create her own floral arrangements. Costlier multicolor chintzes are paired with more modest-priced, small-scale calico prints used in the baskets and leafy vines. Markey Garnhart made similar quilts for eleven grandchildren, using many of the same chintzes and calicoes. Compare the striped marigold at the very top with the botanical illustration nearby.
Anna Maria Hummel Markey Garnhart (1773-1860), Frederick, Maryland
Loan courtesy of the Maynard Family, L.91.355
“Tagetes Patula. Spreading Tagetes, or French Marigold”
Sydenham Teak Edwards, London
Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, Vol. 5, 1792
English chintz designers often copied flowers from Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, including this marigold seen in the appliqué quilt nearby. The United States’ textile industry was not advanced enough to produce these prints; they were imported from England and to a lesser extent, France. Many chintzes can be found on multiple surviving quilts.
CHINTZ APPLIQUÉ PANEL, 1820s
Quilt makers created new, unique floral designs by combining multiple chintzes’ flowers into new arrangements. Here, four different chintzes have been carefully cut and reassembled. The chintzes can be distinguished by their backgrounds: cream, tan, brown, and striped.
Gift of Jan Whitlock, 2007.18
HAND-HELD FIRE SCREEN, ABOUT 1820-1840
Silk, watercolor, wood, gilt
Gift of Elizabeth Rush Porter, 267.1
CHEST, 1785-1800
Lancaster County, Pennsylvania
Walnut with poplar secondary
51” x 23” deep
SAMPLER, ABOUT 1800-1820
Made by Rachel Ruggles Warner or Mercy Warner, Connecticut or New York
Gift of Helen S. Cartledge, 1613.3
BEADED PURSE, ABOUT 1835-1850
Glass, Silk
DAR Museum, 87.66
FRIENDSHIP ALBUM, 1820s
Flowers were linked in popular culture to sentimental and spiritual thoughts. Here, a poem moves from literal flowers of spring to “a flower more sweet more fair,” identified at poem’s end as “love.”
Women often invited friends to contribute poems, quotes, drawings, and watercolors to their friendship albums. Friendship albums were the inspiration for album quilts whose blocks, inscribed by friends, are the fabric equivalent of a friendship book.
Assembled by Alletta Van Nest (1787-1875), Somerset County, New Jersey
Gift of the Abigail Bartholomew Chapter, NSDAR, 97.20.2
TUREEN AND STAND, 1815-1825
Wedgwood, Staffordshire, England
Cream-colored earthenware with transfer printed decoration
9.25” x 5.875”
Gift of Hazel Longshore, in memory of Florence Kling Harding, 92.205.A-C
“AN INTRODUCTION TO THE STUDY OF BOTANY,” 1835
Botany was considered the best (or to some, the only) science for women to study. It was genteel and feminine (no killing or dissecting animals); required little specialized equipment; was “easy” for the feminine mind to grasp; and was allied to female pursuits like flower painting and arranging. Botany instruction books like this one were plentiful, for use in schools or by enthusiasts at home.
J.L. Comstock, Printed by Robinson, Pratt & Co., New York
Leather and paper
Gift of Hazel K. Hoggett, 62.13
“THE BOQUET,” 1845
Bouquets appeared as often on paper as on textiles, although a hand-colored print like this could not offer the delicate, complex shading of a printed cotton.
Nathaniel Currier, New York
Friends of the Museum Purchase, 2003.40
APPLIQUÉ QUILT, 1850s
The unusual birds here are unmistakably similar to those in the adjacent coverlet. Did Mary King copy a “fancy weave” coverlet made by a local weaver? There were coverlet weavers nearby, but we don’t know whether any of them used this design. Did a neighbor own such a coverlet brought from another area? Or did Mary and the coverlet weave designers both use a third source of the design?
Mary Swearingen King (1811-1902), Findlay, Allegheny County, Pennsylvania
Gift of Ama J. McElhaney Chambers in honor of Marie McElhaney and Edna Harper 2005.25
TEXTILE FRAGMENT, ABOUT 1840
Printing shaded colors like this blue became possible in the 1820s, but became widespread by about 1840. Known then as “rainbow prints” and today as “ombré” or “fondu” (French for shaded and melted), they became enormously popular in both dress prints and quilts.
Probably printed in the United States
Gift of Zelina Comegys Brunschwig, in honor of her mother, Elise Comegys, 5662
QUILT FRAME, ABOUT 1870
“CYLINDER-PRINTING,” 1844
Cylinder-printing revolutionized fabric and fashion. Passing fabric through a series of engraved metal cylinders, each printing one color, took a fraction of the time required by hand-printing, making it cheaper. Colorful, trendy cottons became affordable to the vast majority of Americans.
George Dodd
British Manufactures
DOLL QUILT, 1840s
The yellows here appear to be two of the many new dye colors developed at a rapid pace starting in the late 1700s. The solid is probably chrome orange, produced after 1840, while the ruffle’s design is earlier, suggesting its yellow may be quercitron, developed about 1790.
Gift of Mary Vail Collier, 54.171
Click Here: Look for pairs of birds feeding their young in the quilt
FANCY WEAVE COVERLET, 1843
Weaver Abram Allen, an Irish immigrant, lived in several locations in central Ohio: nowhere near Verlinda Mary King. Several other weavers in Pennsylvania and Ohio also used this “Bird of Paradise” design. Coverlet designs could be mixed and matched by weavers in widely disparate areas, as they were commercially produced for use by local weavers.
Abram Allen (1796-after 1860), Ohio
Gift of Mrs. Philip K. Russell, 96.93
FRAMED MEDALLION QUILT, 1820s
Birds often accompany “Tree of Life designs,” but the bird of prey used here had personal resonance for this quilt maker. It was probably included as a nod to the quilt’s recipient, Edward Harris, an ornithologist and financial backer of John James Audubon. The Harris Hawk was one of two birds Audubon named after his friend.
Probably made by Mary Lang Harris (c.1797-1830) or Sarah Harris Spencer (c.1796-1826), Moorestown, New Jersey
Gift of Edward Harris Darrach, Jr., 96.69
PALAMPORE, 18th CENTURY
“Tree of Life” designs originated in China, but it was Indian palampores imported into England—and to a lesser extent Colonial North America—which had enormous influence on American quilt designs well into the 1800s. Quilters cut and re-arranged branches, flowers, and often birds from one or several imported chintzes, creating their own exotic “Tree of Life” designs. Botanical accuracy was abandoned; both palampores and quilts display multiple flowers blooming from the same tree in joyful abundance.
Painted cotton
72.5” x 110”
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RHOBH THROWBACK: THE DINNER PARTY FROM HELL
Do you guys remember when RHOBH used to be so good? I almost forgot until I re-watched The Dinner Party From Hell. Pure Reality TV GOLD. This is literally everything I want from my housewives – ridiculous, fun drama. None of this Lucy Lucy Apple Juice stuff. These were the good old days.
Camille and Taylor are meeting up for lunch. For those of you who don’t remember, this is Post-New York, where Kyle & Camille get into a huge argument. Camille fills Taylor in on the fact that she plans to have a dinner party this upcoming Saturday, and she’s inviting all of the girls. “I’m cautiously optimistic,” Camille tells Taylor. She says that in addition to the girls coming, Camille is inviting her friend, Allison DuBois. She explains to Taylor that Allison is a medium, and she has a show called Medium, which is about her life. Camille tells us in her confessional that when Allison has too many cocktails, “she may hit below the belt.” (We find that out soon enough.)
I truly miss Paul & Adrienne. I loved them as a couple, they always made me laugh. Paul is just yelling out for Adrienne, and then when we see him, he has a bandage on his nose. Apparently he was wrestling with their son (who is 4) and got hurt. Adrienne thinks Paul is being a huge baby. LMAO.
Now we’re at Camille’s, who is calling the girls individually to invite them to dinner. I’m dying when she calls LVP – apparently Lisa’s voicemail fucks with you? But Lisa laughs in her confessional, so I couldn’t tell if she was messing with Camille or not. Camille calls Kim and tells her to tell her sister – but also says she will call Kyle, too. She does, and Kyle answers. Kyle says that she has dinner already planned with a friend – would it be okay if her friend comes too? Camille says yes.
The night of the dinner, all of the girls are getting ready. LVP is wary of Camille’s dinner party. “Hopefully we can be civilized,” she tells us. Kyle is getting ready, and fills in her stylist, who is surprised. “Was she nice?” she asks. “Very,” Kyle tells her. “She seemed genuine & sweet.” We learn that Kyle is bringing Faye Resnick, a very good family friend. (I am so amped for this.)
Over at Camille’s, D.D., Camille’s assistant/best friend, is there. D.D. wants to meet all the girls. D.D. is surprised that Camille is even hosting this dinner, but is glad that it will be on her own turf.
Taylor, Adrienne and LVP all ride together, as do Kim, Kyle and Faye.
Over at Camille’s, Allison has arrived and Camille, D.D. and Allison are all chatting.
In the limo with Taylor, Adrienne and LVP, Taylor fills the other women in on the fact that Allison is a medium, and has a TV show based on her.
Back at Camille’s, Allison would like to do a toast. “Cheers to old friends and new friends – and new friends who may end up being old friends. ” LMFAO, I am dying. Clearly, Camille has an agenda with this dinner party, and Allison is an evil bitch.
Taylor, Adrienne and LVP arrive first. Allison looks the women up and down – clearly, she’s super judgmental. She can’t wait to brag to LVP that Patricia Arquette plays her in Medium, and that she also profiles serial killers. Um, wrong person to brag to, Allison. LVP is clearly not a murderino, LMAO. Kyle, Kim and Faye show up next. Kyle feels awkward, but is happy that everyone seems to be getting along.
Everyone is drinking – they have a drink called the “Camille Cocktail”, which LVP describes as a “bowl of soup.” It’s huge, and the girls all say it’s super strong. The drinks are flowing and everyone heads to the dining room and sits down at the table. Allison just randomly starts talking out of her ass. “It’s Saturday, we’re not supposed to be good. We’re supposed to be bad in a controlled setting.” Literally crickets – everyone’s just looking at each other like WTF? Adrienne tells us in her confessional that she sat next to Allison and, “I thought she was strange.” Cut back to the table, and Allison is still rambling. “I only have a brother, that’s why I like to hang out with Alpha Females.” Again, such a weird and random thing to say. Adrienne breaks the silence by saying, “I think we should toast to that.”
Camille turns her attention to Kyle. “How do you know Faye? Who is Faye? Why does she look so familiar?” She asks. “Faye’s a very close family friend – she’s like a sister,” Kyle tells Camille. Camille stops and thinks for a second. “You know how I know her? I saw her naked in Playboy.” Kyle looks livid, and for a moment I think she’s going to fly across the table at Camille. LVP thinks it’s an inappropriate thing for Camille to say to her dinner guest. Camille goes on, “You looked great.” In her confessional, Camille says that she realized during dinner who Faye was. “The morally corrupt Faye Resnick. That’s who it is.” At the table, she continues and says, “I loved your spread.” Kyle is so not here for this. “Camille, didn’t you do Playboy?” Camille did, but she “didn’t pose naked.” She justifies it by saying she was in her early 20’s. In her confessional she tells us, “I didn’t just come off of a big murder trial that involved my best friend. I don’t understand those kinds of people and I don’t want to associate with it.” Kyle, in her confessional, tells us, “Those who live in glass houses shouldn’t throw stones, and she just threw a big boulder.”
Tensions are high, and it’s already awkward enough without Allison pulling out her e-cig. (She’s ahead of her time, LMAO.) The girls are all impersonating her in their confessionals – Kyle compares her to Jack Nicholson in The Shining.
LVP is the first to bring up anything medium related. She wants to know if Allison can feel people around them at the moment who have passed. Allison says she tells spirit to take a backseat, because everyone at the table is who she wants to focus on. Camille is annoyed, and says that Allison is here as a guest, and doesn’t have to “perform.” LVP keeps going – “Can’t you do something? Is my Grandmother here?” (LMAO.) “I hate to say it,” Allison says, annoyed, “But we’re having a girls night, and I’m off the clock.” Kyle sticks up for Lisa and says, “We’re just curious.” At this point, it’s obvious that Allison is sloshed, and Camille reaches for her cocktail to take it away from her.
Kyle whispers to Faye at the end of the table, “She’s off the clock, so should I whip out my credit card and be like, ‘Can I ask you a question now?'” Faye decides to ask a question, and Allison replies, “Don’t tempt me.” Kyle is like, “What does that mean, ‘Don’t tempt me?'” Allison simply replies, “Don’t get me started.” Camille interjects and says that Allison may potentially say something the girls don’t want to hear – example, if a spouse was cheating. Kyle asks, “Can you tell us something that’s not scary?” Allison is basically possessed by a demon at this point, and evilly says, “What I want to say to you might be irritating.” Kyle snaps back, “I don’t care.” Allison takes that as an okay. “Have you been married twice?” Kyle confirms that she has. “Oh, well that’s good. I thought I was going to have to tell you that you were going to get divorced and get married again.” Then she starts talking about Kyle’s husband, Mauricio. “He will never emotionally fulfill you. Know that.”
The whole table is shook. “As soon as the kids are bigger, you’ll have nothing in common.” Camille says that Kyle pushed for the reading. Kyle is amused but pissed. “Anything else?” She asks Allison. “You’re guarded,” Allison replies. “You talk to males more than you talk to females.” Kyle immediately shuts that down and says that’s not true. Camille speaks up and says, “That’s me. I get along better with males because girls are very catty to me.” This comment gets everyone talking about the NY drama, which we hoped would be avoided.
Camille insists that she didn’t tell Allison anything about NY – and Faye pipes up, saying she doesn’t believe that. “If you’re as good as girlfriends as you say you are, she would’ve told you. Kyle told me everything that happened in New York.” This pisses off Allison, who says,” You’re saying we’re not that good of girlfriends because she didn’t tell me?” To which Faye clap backs, “My psychic abilities tell me no.” I am DEAD.
Allison sticks up for Camille, saying she didn’t have to tell her, because she can fight her own battles. Camille jumps in and asks, “Is that why you came Faye? To defend Kyle?” Kim is literally bugging out in her seat. Faye says that’s not why she’s there, but also says, “There was an attack made on my friend.” In her confessional, Camille tells us, “Did I think it was a set up? Absolutely.” (LMAO – Camille, you set this up. I’m dying.)
They’re still rehashing and arguing about New York, and Kyle is getting pissed because Allison keeps chiming in, and she wasn’t even there. She tells her to be quiet, and Allison just hurls insults at her. “You’re entirely washed up.” Like what? It’s insinuated that Allison is there to defend Camille, to which Camille says, “I invited Allison because it makes for interesting conversation.” Kyle shoots back, “But she’s off the clock. We’re not allowed to talk about it.” Preach. Allison starts praising herself, which is super awkward. LVP is disgusted by it all – she says that Allison, “The Sidekick”, was more provocative than anyone else at the table.
Faye and Allison begin to argue again. Allison tells Faye to leave, and Faye tells Allison to leave in return. “You have two legs, the last time we checked,” Allison snaps at Faye. Adrienne is just mortified by this entire thing.
Out of the blue, Taylor and Kim start going at it, which doesn’t help anything. Kyle’s like, “This is all bullshit to me!” And then Kim randomly yells at Taylor, “Go blow up your lips some more!” LMFAO like WTF? In her confessional, Taylor tells us, “The dinner table was a swirling tornado.”
Taylor is the one to shut it down. “Enough!” She screams at everyone. For whatever reason, this works, and the ladies all stand up to leave. Kyle says, “I don’t get it, I’ve never had problems like this with anyone in my life.” Camille, who is still sitting, says, “I don’t have a problem with you Kyle. Well, after New York you did call me a delusional bitch.” Camille also thinks Kyle is jealous of her, which I find humorous. Jealous of what, exactly? They legit start to rehash the NY drama again and LVP is like, “We can’t go down that road again.” Allison really wants to give her two cents again, and Kyle’s had it. They head out.
At the table, it’s just Camile, D.D. and Allison. “I can tell you when she will die and what will happen to her family,” Allison says. “I love that about me.” (I’m so creeped out.)
Kim and Taylor are still fighting in the hallway, and when they make their way outside Kyle gets pissed at Kim. Kim’s like, “Why are you mad at me!?” And Kyle says that her fighting with Taylor wasn’t helping anything, and she also felt like Kim didn’t have her back at all. LVP tells us, “It was a few clowns short of a circus.”
Back inside, Allison is still going on. “Kyle’s a little bitch. Kyle is the girl at our high school who made someone kill themselves.” (Jesus Christ, that is so dark.) D.D. seems mortified by this statement. Camille is angry, but not at Allison. “She came into my home and verbally assaulted me,” Camille says about Kyle. (That’s so dramatic, but sure, Jan.)
The girls leave – poor Kim; Kyle makes her take a limo by herself because her house is “out of the way”, so she leaves alone while all of the other girls ride back together. Adrienne says that the night was horrifying.
Switching back to Camille’s house, Allison hasn’t finished her rant yet. “Kyle is an angry bitch. Know that.” She insinuates that Mauricio cheats on her with the nanny, and Camille fuels the fire by saying “It’s more than just the nanny.” She takes it back, and says, “I’m not saying he’s cheating. I’m just saying he really likes women.” God, Camille and Allison are disgusting human beings. They also call Taylor a “Sacrificial Lamb” and D.D. tells Camille that Taylor isn’t her friend. Camille agrees.
Kyle, Taylor, Adrienne, LVP and Faye decide to go to The Beverly Hills Hotel for a drink. We leave with poor Kim in the limo alone, calling Kyle, who is ignoring her calls.
And that, my friends, is the iconic Dinner Party From Hell.
Fun Fact: Allison DuBois still does readings, in case you ever want to get read by her. LMAO.
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Sheriff defends Halloween sex-offender-warning signs
MACON, Ga. – A Georgia sheriff was in federal district court Thursday, Oct. 24, defending his decision to post signs in front of sex offenders’ homes warning trick-or-treaters not to approach.
Three sex offenders have filed suit against Butts County, Ga., sheriff Gary Long because he posted signs in front of 200 registered sex offenders’ homes in 2018 warning trick-or-treaters not to approach the properties. The plaintiffs are trying to prevent Long from posting the signs again in 2019 and beyond.
“Stop. Warning. No Trick-Or-Treat At This Address!!” the signs read, with the qualifier, “A community safety message from Butts County Sheriff Gary Long.” Long specified his reasoning with a public notice on the sheriff’s office Facebook page informing readers of the lawsuit.
“Last Halloween, the Chamber of Commerce cancelled ‘Halloween on the Square,'” Long said. “In doing so, our neighborhoods had a large increase in children going door-to-door. My office took precautions and placed signs indicating ‘No Trick or Treat’ at each registered sex offender’s residence in the county. This was done to ensure the safety of our children.”
Plaintiffs Christopher Reed, Reginald Holden and Corey McClendon filed the class-action lawsuit Sept. 24 in the Middle District of Georgia Federal Court in Macon, identifying themselves as registered sex offenders and naming as defendants Long, deputy Jeanette Riley and “John or Jane Does” charged with placing the signs in 2018.
Reed, Holden and McClendon maintain they are already required by Georgia law to register as sex offenders, although the lawsuit says McClendon is a convicted statutory rapist and objects to being labelled a “sex offender.”
“Respondents’ Halloween policy compels petitioners … involuntarily to declare and publicize to their neighbors, community members and passers-by that they are registered sex offenders,” reads the lawsuit. “Respondents’ actions thus violate petitioners’ right to be free from compelled speech as secured by the First and Fourteenth Amendments” to the U.S. Constitution.
The sheriff and deputies trespassed the plaintiff’s property and occupied their property without compensating them, the plaintiffs allege.
Long and others, in their answer to the complaint, claim they legally posted the signs.
“Plaintiffs’ relevant First Amendment rights in this context are diminished by the pervasive government regulation applicable to sexual offenders, and any burden on any plaintiff’s alleged First Amendment right(s) was … outweighed,” the court document reads, “by the compelling government interest in protecting vulnerable members of the public from sexual offenders…. (The state has a strong interest in preventing future sexual offenses and alerting local law enforcement and citizens to the whereabouts of those that could reoffend).”
Long also pledged on Facebook to protect children from sex offenders.
“Regardless of the Judge’s ruling this Thursday, I WILL do everything within the letter of the Law to protect the children of this Community,” said Long, who has held his post since 2013.
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Maduro Counts on Marxist Professor to Be Miraculous “Jesus Christ of Economics”
(p. B1) CARACAS, Venezuela–President Nicolás Maduro, hoping for an economic miracle to salvage his country, has placed his trust in an obscure Marxist professor from Spain who holds so much sway the president calls him “the Jesus Christ of economics.”
Alfredo Serrano–a 40-year-old economist whose long hair and beard have also elicited the president’s comparison to Jesus–has become the central economic adviser to Mr. Maduro, according to a number of officials in the ruling United Socialist Party and other government consultants.
Most international and domestic economists blame Venezuela’s food shortages, which have triggered riots, on price controls and expropriations. Mr. Serrano, though, attributes an “inefficient distribution system in the hands of speculative capitalism,” which he says allows companies to hoard products. He also says foreign and local reactionary forces are waging an economic war against Venezuela.
The adviser has championed urban agriculture in a country where about 40% of fertile land is left fallow by price controls and seed shortages. Mr. Maduro created the Ministry of Urban Agriculture, headed by a 33-year-old member researcher at Mr. Serrano’s think tank, Lorena Freitez. A senior adviser at the think tank, Ricardo Menéndez, heads the planning ministry.
“Serrano is a typical European leftist who came to Latin America to experiment with things no one wants at home: state domination, price controls and fixed exchange rates,” said José Guerra, a Venezuelan opposition lawmaker and former chief economist at the central bank.
ANATOLY KURMANAEV and MAYELA ARMAS. “Maduro Turns to Spanish Marxist for a Miracle.” The Wall Street Journal (Tues., Aug. 9, 2016): A9.
(Note: the online version of the story has the date Aug. 8, 2016, and has the title “Venezuela’s Nicolás Maduro Looks to a Marxist Spaniard for an Economic Miracle.”)
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NASA shares first image of Astrobee ‘Bumble’ robotic assistant on ISS – SlashGear
Last month, a spacecraft arrived at the International Space Station carrying, among other cargo, small cube-shaped robots called Astrobees. The devices are designed to operate in the space lab’s unique microgravity environment, offering assistance to the astronauts located on the ISS. In its most recent update on the matter, NASA shared an image of the Astrobee robot ‘Bumble’ on the ISS alongside some details about how it and its ‘Honey’ companion are operating.
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As with their counterparts on Earth, astronauts can benefit from robots designed to take over certain tasks that would otherwise use up precious time better suited for complex tasks.
NASA points out on its website that robotic assistants can work to improve the space station’s efficiency by assistant with some ‘routine duties’ like taking inventory, moving around cargo, and using cameras to document experiments.
The Astrobee is described as a free-flying system — it was made specifically to operate in the ISS’s microgravity environment. A trio of cube-shaped robots comprise the system, which itself includes a docking station to which the robots can autonomous return for charging. The Astrobee propulsion system utilizes electric fans for moving the Astrobees through the microgravity space lab.
In its most recent update on the robotic assistants, NASA shared an image of astronaut Anne McClain performing the initial series of tests on the Astrobee robot named Bumble. McClain collaborated with a team on Earth at NASA’s Ames Research Center on verifying all of the robot’s various systems, including propulsion, cameras, avionics, docking, and ability to transfer data.
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🎧 Will Trump’s Victory be the Impetus that Topples Other Governments?
By Malcolm Out Loud, Publisher, Talk Show Host|2019-01-09T18:49:03-05:00December 13th, 2016|
The election confetti has been all swept away. Signs begging for votes from candidates have been dismantled. Yet the crying towels are still out and the sulking continues…
The 2016 election isn't just in the record books – it rewrote the record books! As with every election, there is a winner, and there is a loser. So you have to figure that half of America is never happy that their candidate lost.
It was an election heard and felt around the world. What are worlds leaders saying? How did Europeans feel about the Trump victory? Will Trump's victory be the impetus that topples other governments around the world – that are desperately in need of change? I.Q. al Rassooli joins us on the show, as we look back over this historical election.
I.Q. al Rassooli is among the foremost authorities in the world on the subjects of Islam. Iraqi exile, Arabic speaker, scholar and author. Eager to debate any Imam or Infidel and ready to answer any question. Asserts that The Koran is not a Holy Book; it is a roadmap to total war with western civilization. Author of Lifting the Veil – his monumental trilogy of “Lifting the Veil: The True Faces of Muhammad & Islam” should be a must read for those who really want to know the facts. His monumental trilogy of Lifting the Veil: The True Faces of Muhammad and Islam Volumes 1, 2 and 3
Find out more: http://www.al-rassooli.com.
About the Author: Malcolm Out Loud, Publisher, Talk Show Host
Malcolm is the publisher of America Out Loud, host of ‘The Voice of a Nation’ and ‘Viewpoint This Sunday’. He is the founder of America Out Loud Talk Radio and America Out Loud Podcast Network. Malcolm is a Speaker, Author & Founder of Brink Thinking. His previous career as the ‘big idea catalyst’ in marketing and creative director of television and radio advertising spanned over two decades. Malcolm launched America Out Loud in April 2016 after an extensive career in broadcasting and business marketing. He has been a daily voice on the America Out Loud Talk Radio airwaves bringing some of the world's leading newsmakers and informed discussions on the issues confronting our world and nation. For over four years, Malcolm has been a driving force behind America Out Loud's growth, including bringing some of the most insightful programming and online journalism available today. America Out Loud provides an outlet for a vast and growing audience looking for news and analysis without the usual liberal media spin.
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We Have Had Enough Lockdown
Take off the masks and remove the “social distancing” circles from the floors. Open the schools, liberate college campuses, fill the restaurants and the gyms and the churches and the salons. Enough.
By Julie Kelly
If 2020 wasn’t twisted enough, the current political imbroglio centers around a verboten visit to a California boutique for a routine blow-out. Americans are lining up either behind House Speaker Nancy Pelosi (D-Calif.), who claims she was “set up” to visit the San Francisco salon, or the salon’s owner, a woman struggling to keep her business alive amid cruel and unscientific edicts issued by her governor months ago.
The incident is the latest in a series of “rules for thee but not for me” gut punches from the ruling class; whether it’s mask-free trips to the park or crowded funerals for anointed heroes or casual meals munched indoors, the government-ordered shutdowns apply to everyone except the sadists running government who order said shutdowns.
But here’s the rub: No one should be talking about Pelosi’s coif controversy because it should not even be a story. It shouldn’t have happened in the first place. Erica Kious should never have been forced to close her business, fire her stylists, and sneak in customers like some 1940s underground operation hiding from the nation’s modern-day face covering and social distancing Gestapo. Pelosi should be able to get her hair done whenever and wherever she pleases without concocting a preposterous excuse that she was framed for fluffy follicles.
Almost a half a year ago, Americans were asked to suspend their personal freedoms, business pursuits, and schooling for 15 days to “flatten the curve” of rising cases of the novel coronavirus. Americans, fearful of the unknown and willing to do what they imagined was the right thing to protect themselves and their family, acquiesced.
That was 172 days ago. What has happened since will be studied and debated for decades with one likely conclusion: Global lockdowns, particularly in the United States, were one of the costliest man-made disasters of all time. The decision was rooted in unscientific hocus pocus that resulted in economic, educational, mental, physical, and emotional catastrophes on a scale that can never be fully quantified—not to mention the way stay-at-home orders fueled racial and civil unrest across America months before a national election.
A very small handful of us recognized this horrific mistake at the onset; we were shunned by both the Left and Right as heartless grandma-killers and “armchair epidemiologists” with no place in the debate. It was clear from the start, however, that the “experts” were winging it. The data was totally unreliable; the suggestion a virus could be stopped defied science and common sense. Initial models, based on untested inputs promoted by hucksters with an agenda, were prima facie garbage.
“This is a dangerous time and not just because of the threat of a treatable disease,” I wrote on March 19. “Americans are willingly surrendering to government their freedom, their livelihoods, their long-term economic security, and their mental well-being over unjustified panic about a virus that might have already spread and now is abating. If this is the new normal, where incomplete data and media-fueled panic rule the day, that is an even more frightening prospect than what’s happening right now.”
Now, nearly six months later, the oppression of the “new normal” is baked into daily life.
Kindergartners cry at computer screens instead of navigating those first wobbly days away from mommy, a rite of passage critical to human development. Remote learning strains the mental faculties and physical tolerance of teenagers now forced to stare for hours at virtual classrooms with no engagement or socialization. High school athletes who have suited up for football and soccer and cheerleading and cross country every season since grade school are sidelined; lifelong dreams of college scholarships, gone.
Millions of nursing home residents in some states remain neglected from the life-sustaining touch of a son or daughter. Florida Governor Ron DeSantis broke down during an emotional press conference September 1 when he announced the reopening of nursing homes to visitors. Loved ones would just “like to say goodbye or to hug somebody,” the first-term Republican explained. After composing himself, DeSantis wondered aloud whether the decision to shutter the eldery was the right one. “I think it’s difficult to think that some of our action may have . . . prevented that.”
Every age group is tortured by the inhumanity of quarantine. College dormitories, a place where new adults get the first glorious taste of grown-up liberation, resemble solitary confinement units. At a time when Democratic mayors are releasing criminals from prison, simpatico university deans are criminalizing young people for . . . acting like young people. Students were at first promised a few in-person classes and some semblance of a regular campus atmosphere—until tuition was paid.
Those of us parenting college students already know about the punishing rules and penalties imposed on our children; those who don’t should take a moment and read this collection of campus horror stories gathered by journalist Jordan Schachtel. The accounts are heartbreaking and infuriating.
“My son is a Freshman,” one parent wrote. “All his classes are online. In his giant dormitory, his room is only one with three guys. They have knocked on doors in their hall trying to meet people, and have been chastised and hassled by the RAs for being ‘radicals’ for simply reaching out to others.”
We now live in a “Black Mirror” dystopia—as evidence proves how nonthreatening this disease is to the overwhelming majority of Americans, threats to comply with punitive commands from above escalate. Remedies are dismissed while moneyed interests plug forced vaccinations so we can “get back to normal.” Other serious health issues go ignored or untreated as we fixate on a virus that already has burned out in most parts of the country.
The federal government just canceled contracts to buy more ventilators; nearly 120,000 machines are stockpiled and probably will go unused. Mandatory testing is rising at the same time studies show roughly 90 percent of positive results are meaningless.
Students and teachers are back to school in Wuhan, the source of the plague, while our kids prepare to remain secluded and chained to laptops for the rest of the calendar year.
Meanwhile, grown adults argue over a stupid freaking visit to a hair salon.
This must end. At a Pennsylvania rally Thursday night, President Trump detailed the negative outcomes of the shutdown. He reminded Americans that he once warned the cure couldn’t be worse than the disease and warned prolonged lockdowns in Democratic states are politically motivated.
The president is right—he should now declare the “war on coronavirus” is over. Yes, there are battle scars but the country won. Now, the reconstruction must begin. Take off the masks and remove the “social distancing” circles from the floors. Open the schools, liberate college campuses, fill the restaurants and the gyms and the churches and the hair salons.
About Julie Kelly
Julie Kelly is a political commentator and senior contributor to American Greatness. She is the author of Disloyal Opposition: How the NeverTrump Right Tried―And Failed―To Take Down the President Her past work can be found at The Federalist and National Review. She also has been featured in the Wall Street Journal, The Hill, Chicago Tribune, Forbes, and Genetic Literacy Project. After college graduation, she served as a policy and communications consultant for several Republican candidates and elected officials in suburban Chicago. She also volunteered for her local GOP organization. After staying home for more than 10 years to raise her two daughters, Julie began teaching cooking classes out of her home. She then started writing about food policy, agriculture, and biotechnology, as well as climate change and other scientific issues. She graduated from Eastern Illinois University in 1990 with a degree in communications and minor degrees in political science and journalism. Julie lives in suburban Chicago with her husband, two daughters, and (unfortunately) three dogs.
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Home | Global Trade | Caterpillar Switching Production from Japan to China
Caterpillar Switching Production from Japan to China
by Stuart Burns on December 2, 2010
Global Trade, Product Developments, Sourcing Strategies
The US is not alone in finding manufacturing jobs and production capacity shifting to China. The phenomenon repeats itself across the developed world as this recent series of articles in the Financial Times explains.
Caterpillar made two recent moves which underline the growing importance of China, both as a market and as a manufacturing base. The first involved the relocation of the firm’s emerging markets chief Rich Lavin to Hong Kong. As with HSBC, CEO Michael Geoghegan’s move last year and General Electric’s John Rice who moved this year, the relocation goes beyond the cosmetic. If China served as the sole focus they would have moved to Shanghai or Beijing. Hong Kong represents a midway house and reflects a greater concentration on all emerging markets, not just China.
The other move and one that will seem more familiar to US workers involves Caterpillar’s announcement that they had sought to swap supply contracts that had run for many years in Japan and transfer them to suppliers in China. The company plans to raise the proportion of Chinese-made components used in its factories in China from 55% historically to 60% now and to more than 70% within five years. Chinese manufacturers have lacked the skills, however, to make highly complex parts. Chinese suppliers will need to expand their production beyond basic parts to more complex components. With Caterpillar’s active support, the firm believes the Chinese suppliers will take over a growing proportion of the approximately 40% of the components Caterpillar currently imports from Japanese suppliers.
Although Caterpillar entered China in the 1970s it still only has about 7% of the market. China serves as “home” to 11 of Caterpillar’s 175 manufacturing facilities worldwide and a workforce of 7,400. China represents Caterpillar’s fastest growing market and will likely account for just under a tenth of the company’s annual revenues this year, which could reach $42bn. The logic for greater locally made components appears clear enough; the firm has ambitious expansion plans in the next few years. A new hydraulic excavator factory will start production in Wujiang in 2012, with a new large engine factory opening in Tianjin in 2013. It also has plans to expand its Xuzhou excavator plant by 2014. Although we don’t know whether Beijing put pressure on Caterpillar to raise local content we suspect this could have played a role. Just as Renault-Nissan has found in Russia, the authorities welcome inward investment but once there the expectation increases that the domestic supply base grow to support wider employment and wealth generation. By going public with their plans and setting a five year time-frame, Caterpillar has probably set expectations as to the time table more than breaking new ground with the news.
–Stuart Burns
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I Taxing Returns and I-T Department to Target Tier-Ii Cities, Towns
Taxpayers dream of ‘Saral’ tax returns and receiving efficient services from the Dept. is not on the ‘Agenda’ of the CBDT. So sad is the situation ! In less than a decade ‘Saral’ tax return forms have moved from a single page to a bundle of over dozen sheets. This year, the proposed return forms contained 14-pages and got more complicated. Thus, the authorities had made several additions to the I-T return form, seeking details about foreign travel and all bank accounts held in India at anytime during the previous year. Obviously, across the country there was a hue and cry about such introduction of I-T return forms. The widely accepted principle of simplicity in procedures / compliance is almost given a good bye ! The root of the problem is failure to harness the potential of information technology. If it can be harnessed for processing the other kind of I-T not only will taxpayers benefit, it will also reduce incidence of black money. Across the world, tax administrations are using technology to make life simpler for taxpayers. For example, inspired by efforts of Nordic countries, a diverse array of countries such as South Africa and Turkey have introduced pre-filled tax returns. Here, tax administrations used technology to track transactions of taxpayers and sent them completed or largely finished tax return forms. Consequently, they make life simpler for the taxpayer. In our country too, this is easily doable with salaried taxpayers, to begin with. But seldom such initiative will be taken by the I-T Dept. Who will awake them up ?
Notwithstanding the above, after uproar on the issue across the country, Govt. has decided to simplify new I-T return form to mitigate the difficulties of the taxpayers. So let us wait and watch what is in store for compliance for the taxpayers.
II Widening the Tax Net
Anita Kapur, Chairman, CBDT, directed the authorities down below to double the taxpayer’s base to 6 crore by the end of current financial year i.e. 2015-16. At present, the number of assessees are nearly 3.5 crore, of which around 2.5 crore are individual taxpayers. “In the present scenario, the above task allotted to the authorities is a herculean one to comply with inasmuch as, the strength of the working staff is pathetic. We have written to the CBDT via Chief Commissioner of Income Tax. If they do not heed, we will go on a protest,” General Secretary of the I-T Gazetted Officers Association said. According to the CBDT Chairperson, the action plan in this behalf will be one of the top priorities, to be discussed at the Annual Tax Conference of Senior Tax officials scheduled to be held on 25-26 May, 2015 at New Delhi.
III CAG’s observations on Payment of Interest on I-T refunds
The I-T Dept. has incurred an expenditure of
Rs. 42,903 crore on interest payments on refunds during the 6-year period ended 2013-14 without approval of Parliament, official Auditor CAG said. CAG in its report, said as in the past, the Budget for 2013-14 has not made provision for interest on refunds and an expenditure on refunds amounting to
Rs. 6,598 crore was incurred by CBDT, in contravention of the provisions of the Constitution. So this legal tangle is for the Govt. to resolve, but the fact is that refunds are inordinately delayed and the taxpayer is entitled to interest as provided in the I-T Act.
IV FM sticks to April 2016 deadline for gst
The Finance Minister Arun Jaitley said on 14th May, 2015 at Delhi that deadline for rolling out GST would be met though there was a lot of unfinished work, which had to be completed during the monsoon and winter sessions of Parliament. Meantime, FMCG companies are unhappy with the GST in current form inasmuch as, 1% of additional tax on inter-State Goods Movement as well as stock transfers is a major concern pertaining to Clause 18 of the Bill. Mr. Harish Manwani, Chairman, Hindustan Unilever Ltd. said: “Whatever issues are there at an industry level, we are working very closely with the authorities and the Government to make sure there is a smooth implementation of GST.” Simultaneously, P. B. Balaji, CFO of HUL said “the whole 1% of additional tax proposed for sales (inter-State) as well as stock transfers was never in the scheme of things and an area of concern”. According to him, it is not in the spirit of GST. Therefore, time alone will decide the fate of introduction of GST levy.
Notwithstanding the above, as per TOI report dated 18-5-2015, the FM assured reasonable taxes, is of business being the top priority for the second year of the Modi government. The Modi government plans to roll out a common GST by April 1, 2016 while corporate tax rate would be brought down to 25% from 30% over a period of 4 years on the direct taxes.
Last but not the least, many of you may be enjoying summer vacation currently, but may I remind you that AIFTP and associated organizations have chalked out many programmes as a continuing education in the month of June-July 2015 for you to update your knowledge and skills in the respective area of your practice. So, please do attend the same in large numbers !
With best wishes and regards,
J. D. Nankani
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Come with us to explore Xiaomi Redmi 5 and Redmi 5 Plus Sport 18:9 Displays, Launch in India
After weeks of leaks and sneak previews, Xiaomi on Wednesday finally took the wraps off its latest budget smartphones in China: The Redmi 5 and Redmi 5 Plus. They’re the successors to last year’s Redmi 4 and Redmi 4X, and they pack a few major improvements over predecessor while retaining their budget-friendly appeal.
The phones are identical to each other in terms of design and both run Xiaomi’s Android 7.1.2 Nougat-based MIUI 9 skin, but they differ in terms of under-the-hood hardware — namely, the chipset, battery, and memory. Here’s everything you need to know.
Both the Redmi 5 and its big brother, the 5 Plus, have a taller-than-average aspect ratio — a first for Xiaomi’s budget lineup — which lends them premium, modern aesthetics not dissimilar to OnePlus 5T and LG V30.
The Redmi 5, for its part, packs a 5.7-inch HD+ LCD display with a resolution of 1440 x 720 and an aspect ratio of 18:9. On the inside, it’s powered by the Qualcomm 450 octa-core system-on-a-chip (SoC), which features two clusters of 4x Cortex-A53 cores clocked at 1.8GHz frequency coupled with Adreno 506 GPU.
In the camera department, the Redmi 5 has a 12MP f/2.2 shooter with a 1.25-micron pixel size, phase detection autofocus, and an LED flash module. Meanwhile, the front camera’s a 5MP sensor with a front flash that helps users capture selfies in low-light conditions.
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To power all those components, the handset packs a 3,300mAh capacity battery, a slight step down from the Redmi 4’s 4,100mAh battery. But thanks to the power-efficient Snapdragon 450 chipset (built on Samsung’s 14nm FinFET process) and software optimizations, Xiaomi says the phone lasts up to two days on a single charge.
The Redmi 5 comes in three color options, Rose Gold, Black, and Blue, and will go on sale in China starting December 12. It starts at ¥799 ($120) for 2GB RAM and 16GB of storage, and ¥ 899 ($135). for 3GB RAM and 32GB of storage.
For those willing to pay a premium, there’s the Plus. The Redmi 5 Plus is identical to the Redmi 5 Plus except for its larger 5.99-inch Full HD+ display, more powerful Snapdragon 625 octa-core chipset, and denser 4000mAh battery. Otherwise, you’re looking at a bigger Redmi 5.
The Plus is available in two models: A base model with 3GB of RAM and 32GB of storage for ¥ 999 ($150), and a 4GB of RAM with 64GB of storage priced at ¥ 1,299 ($196). It will go on sale in China alongside the Redmi 5 on December 12.
Both smartphones run Android Nougat out of the box with Xiaomi’s latest MIUI 9 skin on top. Other highlights include a rear-mounted fingerprint sensor, Bluetooth 4.2, a hybrid dual SIM/microSD slot, Wi-Fi 802.11 b/g/n, a 3.5mm audio jack, and a micro USB port.
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Discovering the Art
Ballet Discussion Forums
Step of the week 1.
By Mel Johnson,
September 28, 2003 in Discovering the Art
We gotta remember - this is Discovering Ballet, and maybe we're getting a little advanced with examples, me especially. So, if we can keep it to the basics, and little variations thereon, we'll be doing a service for the Ballet Discoverers without overwhelming them. :shrug:
"En manege" means "in a circle". Another term for the same thing is "autour de la salle" which looks like "driving to college", but actually just means "around the room".
Instead of clockwise and counter-clockwise, there are inside and outside pirouettes. So, is the direction chosen in order to transition gracefully from the preceeding step? Or is there any particular significance or meaning attached to the direction? Maybe in a story ballet an inward pirouette would signify acceptance and outward indicates rejection.
Paul Parish
Somehow, I've got it in my head that the term pirouette is in fact reserved for releve turns, and that pique turns are called pique turns, whether they're inside or outside ("step-ups") or in attitude or arabesque or whatever position..... I don't know what the dictionary would say, but that's the usage I've experienced .....
in fact, it seems that "pirouette" is always applied to a turn that starts by springing from two feet to one foot onto point (or demi-pointe) which leads me to wonder, if all pirouettes are versions of sissonnes-to-pointe that turn......
Cliff, usually, the pirouette is set by the choreography to proceed in an orderly manner from the preceding steps. There is something jarring when a dancer does a turn of any sort to favor his/her turning side when it breaks the progression of the dance and moves in a contrary way to the leadup steps. As to dramatic possibilities of the turn, yes, it can be used for the meanings you propose. Antony Tudor did that sort of thing all the time. But sometimes a cigar is just a cigar, if you catch my drift.
Paul, I think that distinction is generally sound, except that there are schools which call the ordinary piqué turn a pirouette piquée. It's just a nomenclature thing.
carbro
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There is something jarring when a dancer does a turn of any sort to favor his/her turning side when it breaks the progression of the dance and moves in a contrary way to the leadup steps.
So it's not just me who often finds this disconcerting. Thank you, Mel! I may not be remembering perfectly well, but I don't think I ever saw pirouettes to the left in Balanchine's work at NYCB until after his death. Now they're done fairly often.
Paul, aren't pirouettes sometimes (albeit rarely) done with a releve from one foot, when the working leg is already en l'air? Hate to be picky, picky, picky, but . . .
I may not be remembering perfectly well, but I don't think I ever saw pirouettes to the left in Balanchine's work at NYCB until after his death.
The danseur's solo in Theme & Variations calls for pirouettes to be done alternately to the left and right. In my viewing experience, Helgi Tomasson used to do them, but I can't think of a subsequent dancer who did.
Carbro, you're right about pirouettes done done with a relevé on one leg, and a prime example is pirouettes en dedans from fourth position croisé: the working leg performs a dégagé à la seconde with the supporting leg in plié, then as one does the relevé, the working leg comes to retiré. Not everyone teaches every en dedans pirouette that way, of course, but it's good to know in case one has to dance Diana and Actaeon
Carbro, dear, you're not being picky -- we do en dedans pirouettes like that in sally's class, but she acknowledges that it's "with a fouette"--
My next question was going to be "is it still a sissonne if you spring from two feet to one foot from an open position (i.e., a lunge)?"
We also sometimes -- very rarely -- do tours de fini in sur le cou de pied -- actually in the position we call coupe, which is at the ankle , heel forward, but not wrapped -- sous-sus, then 7 consecutively to hte right, close back, soussus, 7 to the left, without putting hte foot down.... We do tours de fini at the end of almost EVERY class, from fifth, arms center. When they're done in "coupe," we do arms in second and flex our wrists just for fun.... they are fun.
so that kind of shoots my little theory, because that's certainly not a fouette....
Paul, the sissonnes from an open position to cou de pied are sometimes referred to as "sissonnes passées".
I saw a Kitri once who did her Fandango solo in the first act with the diagonal of pirouettes repeated without coming down to fifth every time. With the swirling skirt, the effect was even more dramatic than the fouettés she did in the last act.
Mel, do you think that sometime in the future you could discuss and contrast similar steps? For instance, as a non-dancer, I can't seem to see the difference between pirouettes and fouettes. Thanks so much!
Sure, Nora; you're not alone. It used to be shorthand to call the fouettés "fouetté pirouettes", which is somewhat logical, and easier to say than "fouetté rond de jambe en tournant". With the fouettés, the movement starts with a pirouette en dehors and moves continuously through a series of extensions to the front (Italian school) or to the side (Russian school) and then carried around to the side and whipped in to the knee (It), or just brought back into the knee from seconde (Ru) and a turn ensues.
Fouetté means "whipped" and can come in lots of different varieties.
A pirouette en dedans can be done with a fouetté movement or not. A pirouette en dehors is never done with a fouetté movement without becoming something else.
Mel, does this whipping motion make the fouette intentionally faster?
Yes, it provides impetus for the turn which follows it.
An even better example of supported arms in pirouettes would be those of Jose Manuel Carreno. He also has some of the most beautiful pirouettes that I've ever seen. I can't help but notice Corella's tendancy to arch back in his pirouettes. Its quite noticable and prevents his turns from looking completely centered and effortless. By the way, I was watching a short clip of Alicia Alonso in the Black Swan Pas de Deux from the 60's or 70's. Her 6 pirouettes seemed to rival those of Sofianne Sylvie.
An even better example of supported arms in pirouettes would be those of Jose Manuel Carreno. He also has some of the most beautiful pirouettes that I've ever seen.
And by going --->here, you can see just how very beautiful they are!
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Qantas-SAA deal nixed as ‘duopoly’
A code-sharing deal between Qantas and South African Airways has been rejected as anti-competitive. (Paul Sadler)
A Qantas plea to extend its code-sharing alliance with South African Airways has been rejected, with Australia’s International Air Services Commission saying the partnership discourages competition and amounts to an “effective duopoly.”
Qantas had appealed an earlier decision by the IASC against the agreement but the commission stood by the decision. The IASC did however back away from forcing an immediate end to the deal, allowing Qantas and SAA to continue code-sharing until the end of the year.
The ruling requires the airlines to operate a minimum of ten flights per week connecting Johannesburg with Sydney and Perth.
Qantas has warned that one of the airlines could discontinue services between South Africa and Australia if the tie-up was not allowed to continue. But the IASC ruled that the agreement was a “poor substitute” for direct competition between the two carriers that also discourages other airlines from taking on the route.
“The two airlines have an effective duopoly on the main routes, subject to very little competitive constraint,” the commission said.
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Stephen Hawking and imaginary time
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The imaginary time axis is drawn orthogonal to the real time axis. Credit: Wikimedia commons
Update 14/03/2018 Professor Stephen Hawking died today. See his obituary here. From all I have read he remained an ardent atheist his whole life. And he never really understood the worldview issue in cosmology and the origin of the universe. This proves that even very smart people can get it wrong. Nevertheless he gave us much to ponder, debate and learn.
What is imaginary time? I don’t mean the time you spend day-dreaming but the concept in physics, promoted by theoretical physicist Stephen Hawking. It is used in some quantum mechanics and special relativity theory. Imaginary time is where the usual time dimension undergoes a Wick rotation (a phase rotation)1 so that its coordinates are multiplied by the imaginary number the square root of -1, represented by the symbol i. In such a situation time theoretically behaves like a spatial dimension.
Stephen Hawking Credit: Wikipedia
Hawking wrote:2
“One might think this means that imaginary numbers are just a mathematical game having nothing to do with the real world. From the viewpoint of positivist philosophy, however, one cannot determine what is real. All one can do is find which mathematical models describe the universe we live in. It turns out that a mathematical model involving imaginary time predicts not only effects we have already observed but also effects we have not been able to measure yet nevertheless believe in for other reasons. So what is real and what is imaginary? Is the distinction just in our minds?” (emphasis added)
Positivism is the philosophy that we cannot determine what is real, but we can only propose hypotheses and test those against what we observe. Hawking is an atheist—an anti-theist—and has spent some time attempting to show that the Creator is unneeded in the universe.
Hawking claims that imaginary time is as real as real time, only that it is travelling in a different direction.3 He claims that ‘before’ the big bang time was imaginary and thus there was no time. Imaginary time may have “always existed” he said, but because we have no idea of what the laws of physics were ‘before’ the big bang, and there is no way to measure what happened ‘before’ the big bang, hence there is no point including time back then in a discussion of our universe.
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Did aliens hack the Voyager 2 space probe in 2010?
I don’t know how I missed this news item back from 2010! Then NASA reported a single bit-flip error occurred in Voyager 2’s software code used to communicate with Earth. That sounds pretty mundane in today’s IT savvy world where we are all used to software errors and corrupt code.
Artist’s concept of Voyager 2 in flight.
But sometime the corruption of code is due to deliberate interference. Hackers hack into computers everyday for fun or more nefarious reasons. In this instance several scientists suggested that the on-board computer was hacked by an alien race (from another star system) who were trying to communicate with us.
But note the Voyager 2 space craft at that time was nearly about to cross over into what we would call interstellar space. It was about to leave the solar system in 2010 at a distance of 90 times the distance between the sun and the earth. That is about 8.6 billion miles or about 14 billion kms. That means it takes a light signal nearly 13 hours, travelling at nearly 300,000 km/s, to travel from the space probe to Earth. For NASA to send and receive a signal that would take twice that time, nearly 26 hours. It is certainly at a distance where one can easily discount any Earth based hacker.
The following is excerpted an online news item from 6 years ago and is typical of the several available.1
NASA space probe Voyager 2, which left earth 33 years ago, may have been hijacked by aliens who are now trying to make contact with earth according to a German academic.
The craft, which is 8.6 billion miles from earth on the very edge of the solar system, has been sending back data ever since it was launched – until last month when it briefly stopped transmitting before starting to send strange messages that scientists cannot decipher.
German academic Hartwig Hausdorf believes the change could be down to extraterrestrials. He says that because the rest of the spacecraft is still working normally there may be more to the cryptic messages than meets the eye.
“It seems almost as if someone has reprogrammed or hijacked the probe,” he told German newspaper Bild. “Thus perhaps we do not yet know the whole truth.”
NASA was much more circumspect stating that they believe it was due to this one corrupt bit of code. That may have occurred due to radiation in space or impact by a highly energetic particle which flipped the bit.
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Tags aliens, communication from space, evolution, Genesis creation narrative, Life in the universe, NASA, space probe, Stephen Hawking, Voyager 2
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An eternal quantum potential or an eternal Creator God
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As a teenager I co-authored a book comparing the competing cosmologies in 1968. They were the Big Bang Theory (BBT) and the Steady State Theory (SST). Even though the discovery of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation provided a big boost to big bang theories at that time, I preferred the SST because it had no origin in time. You see, I was an atheist then and I reasoned that if the Universe had no beginning then it didn’t need a Creator and thus I had no God that I needed to obey.
The fact that the BBT has an origin in time—a unique past boundary—has been particularly vexing for the atheist believers in that cosmogony. Using various approaches the BB theorists have been trying to eliminate the beginning, by replacing the Creator with an eternal quantum potential, which existed for eternity past, and then 13.8 billion years ago exploded into the big bang universe, … or, so they say. For now though, they are stuck with the universal origin in a singularity, which in itself has led them to worshipping the Universe itself.
The explanation given in the Bible I now find so much more satisfying. Any cosmogony, which attempts to correctly describe real history, must be consistent with and follow not only the biblical time scale but also follow the sequence of events in the Genesis account. I present a very brief summary of a few biblical creationist models. These models acknowledge the eternal Creator God as the source of everything in the Universe.
An illustrated talk presented at the Creation Ministries International 2016 Creation SuperCamp at The Tops Conference Centre, NSW, 9:45 pm Wednesday January 6, 2016.
Video of Powerpoint presentation
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Piercing the ‘Darkness’
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—The bankruptcy of big-bang thinking and its ‘dark’ fudge factors
Six important questions are asked in regards to the alleged big bang origin of the Universe? These questions highlight the bankruptcy of big bang thinking, about the origin of the universe that needs numerous fudge factors.
Embracing the ‘darkness’ has led man to develop unprovable fudge factors to plug the holes in his failed theory. I deal with each of these:
Where did the Universe come from?
How did nothing explode?
How did stars and galaxies form?
Why does CMB ‘light’ cast no shadows?
Why the ‘Axis of Evil’?
What about expansion of space?
…. 14 more problems are listed but not discussed in any detail.
Six major fudge factors are highlighted as a result but there are many more. The big bang needs these unverifiable fudge factors; so why hasn’t it been discarded? The answer is simple. The alternative, for the atheist–a Creator God–is unbearable, and for the compromised theist or deist, who accepts a big bang origin for the universe, the Creator as described by a straightforward reading of the Bible, is unbearable.
An illustrated talk presented at the Creation Ministries International 2016 Creation SuperCamp at The Tops Conference Centre, NSW, 7:30 pm Monday January 4, 2016.
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The big bang is pagan philosophy
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Is the big bang evolution story of the Universe really science? And is the big bang a valid starting point to argue that science supports the biblical narrative history from the Genesis account and elsewhere? Can we consider a big bang creation in our apologetics?
Foundations for our apologetics
In apologetics1 we are engaged in a spiritual war, which we fight on a daily basis. We win some battles, we lose some, but we know that the war will eventually be won by God. He has told us that fact. Often however our comrades in arms, i.e. other Christians, may themselves not clearly see the enemy’s tactics. That does not mean they cannot see the enemy but may be they are too close in battle to see the whole war.
Faithful are the wounds of a friend; but the kisses of an enemy are deceitful. Proverbs 27:6 (KJV)
Sometimes we must criticise what our friends have said in an effort to prevent the enemy from developing a breach in the wall of truth and eventually destroying the foundations. In this case our friends are our fellow Christians who have gotten off the track by absorbing too much of the pagan culture in which they live.
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Life in the Universe is the ultimate miracle
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Life in the universe is rare, so rare in fact, I would wager that sentient life is only found on planet Earth. For nearly 50 years the collection of telescopes and scientists under the umbrella name of the Search for Extraterrestrial Intelligence (SETI) have searched among the wavelengths of a myriad stars in search of a radio signal, any signal, from intelligent life. But have they detected any? Apart from detecting the odd microwave oven in their own establishment,1 no is the answer.
Earth 2.0: An artist’s conception depicting of the planet Kepler-452b, the first near-Earth-size world to be found in the habitable zone of star that is similar to our sun. Credit: NASA Ames/JPL-Caltech/T. Pyle
In 2013 Space.com headlines with “Alien Life May Be Rare Across the Universe“2 but on July 23, 2015 NASA announced the discovery of Earth 2.0 with a headline on Space.com of “NASA Finds Closest Earth Twin Yet in Haul of 500 Alien Planets.”3
It is all over the news with a host of pictures of Earth 2.0. But wait, they are only artists’ conceptions.”4 One such drawing is reproduced here.
The report is that NASA found a near twin to Earth named Kepler-452b. It orbits its sun every 385 days, is 60 per cent larger in diameter than Earth, has a mass probably 5 times that of Earth and is located about 1,400 light years away. It’s a big deal! But why?
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An eternal big bang universe
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As a high school student, at a time when I was an atheist, I co-authored a book reviewing the various cosmological models that were discussed in the scientific literature in 1968. That was three years after the discovery of the cosmic microwave background (CMB) radiation, and the Big Bang Theory had just made a big leap forward in front of its competitor at the time, the Steady State Theory.
In our book—which by the way won us second prize in a Western Australian state-wide science competition—we outlined the two competing models. The Big Bang Theory at that time had three distinct forms:
the cycloidal model, which would collapse back into a big crunch (and bounce out of the singularity cyclically) because the matter density of the universe was too great to resist the inevitable re-collapse (a finite closed universe);
the coasting model, which had just the right amount of matter for an infinite universe that is neither accelerating nor decelerating in its expansion, continually expanding but never collapsing (an open infinite universe); and
the hyperbolic model, an accelerating expanding universe, low matter density but also driven apart by a cosmological constant term (an open and infinite universe).
The most favoured of the three was the closed cycloidal model with a matter density greater than critical so it had to collapse back in a big crunch. Nowadays it is the accelerating infinite (open) universe, which is spatially flat due to dark matter and dark energy content.
On reviewing these models, and even knowing that the CMB discovery favoured these as a prediction of the big bang theorists, particularly George Gamow, I personally favoured the Steady State Theory. The Steady State Theory really had only one model, which was an infinite universe that was eternal both into the past and into the future. It had no beginning and no ending.
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The lecture: 8 reasons why evolution is foolish
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8 reasons are presented that make evolution an impossible idea. The term evolution is used in the general sense applying to the universe beginning at the big bang, and including cosmic evolution of stars and galaxies, the solar system and Earth, and the origin of life and biological evolution.
The questions are taken from the cosmos, from geology of the planet Earth and from biology. The reasons that make evolution foolish as a viable scientific theory are posed as the lack of any reasonable answer to 8 questions:
How come all rocks dated with Carbon-14 give ‘absolute ages’ less than 56,000 yrs?
How do you determine the absolute age of a fossil?
Why hasn’t evolution been observed?
How does specific complex coded information in DNA arise by chance?
How did life arise from non-living chemicals by random chance?
See my article 8 REASONS WHY EVOLUTION IS FOOLISH. Note the questions and my answers also at the end of the web article. You can find a pdf tract of the same title in English or other languages under Downloads on the front page.
This is a lecture delivered at the University of Adelaide on June 6th, 2014. I presented the lecture to an audience of about 55 and spoke on the topic for about 60 minutes presenting my 8 reasons via 8 questions which, so far, have not been answered by evolutionists. Following the lecture we had about 40 minutes of Q&A. The lecture was attended by an atheist group who attempted to catch me with ‘straw men’ and misdirected questions, see: ATHEISTS TURN OUT TO STRIKE AGAINST CREATIONISM AND THE SUPERNATURAL.
WHY BELIEVE IN GOD IN AN AGE OF SCIENCE?
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The singularity—a ‘Dark’ beginning
Did the universe form spontaneously from nothing?
“The universe burst into something from absolutely nothing – zero, nada. And as it got bigger, it became filled with even more stuff that came from absolutely nowhere. How is that possible? Ask Alan Guth. His theory of inflation helps explain everything.”—front cover of the April 2002 issue of Discover magazine
Figure 1: The first several hundred million years after the big bang is when the universe was in its Dark Ages. No ionized hydrogen meant that no sources of light were available during that period. Larger image available from http://www.astro.caltech.edu/~george/reion/.
“Spontaneous creation of the universe from nothing”1 is the title of a 2014 paper authored by He, Gao and Cai, published in the American Physical Society journal Physical Review D, one of America’s most prestigious journals dealing with physical theory. It purports to outline a so-called mathematical proof that the universe did indeed burst into something from nothing.
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Atheists turn out to strike against creationism and the supernatural
On Friday June 6th, I presented a lecture at the University of Adelaide entitled “8 Reasons Why Evolution is Foolish” to an audience of about 55, filling about half of the seating in a small lecture theatre. I spoke on the topic for about 60 minutes presenting my 8 reasons via 8 questions which, so far, have not been answered by evolutionists. Following the lecture we had about 40 minutes of Q&A. The video of the lecture is here.
An organised group of atheists turned out to “strike a blow for science against creationism and the supernatural” by taking me on. That is what they claimed on their website.1 See left excerpt.
There were about 10 members of some atheist club, who peppered themselves through the audience. After the event one guy identified himself as president of some atheist club, so it is clear they came with an action plan. I had been forewarned that something like this might happen as one contact told me that there had been a lot of activity on a university-connected FB page about this event. But their arguments and the questions they put to me in the Q&A were a total failure.
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Egypt Knew No Pharaohs Nor Israelites
Posted on June 18, 2011 June 29, 2017 by Dr. Ashraf Ezzat
The title might sound a bit strange and perplexing, but in my book (published on Kindle) i’ve elaborated on the historical reasons why the rulers of ancient Egypt were called kings and not Pharaohs. The book reveals the (true) historical context that was responsible for creating/concocting the myth of Egyptian Pharaohs.
And yes, the whole story of Egypt ever being ruled by so called Pharaohs is nothing but a pure myth and a blatant deception. As a matter of fact the notorious story of Moses and Pharaoh never happened in ancient Egypt.
My research combined with a body of serious and academic investigations, and supported by evidence-based findings will expose a staggering two-thousand-year deception.
It would make a world of difference if we knew that what took place at that remote time in the ancient Near East has shaped, over the long centuries and through our willful ignorance, the way we live today with all this web of political, ethnic and religious conflict and intolerance.
It is only by exposing the ancient deception and revealing the truth could we untangle this web of antagonism and belligerence we have long been enduring. Separating the truth from falsehood is what we hope to achieve by debunking this myth of Pharaoh/Moses in Egypt.
Ancient Egypt, the rise and demise
Egypt, a nation mistakenly known worldwide as the land of the pharaohs, is so embedded in history you can trace back its culture, spirituality and traditions for thousands of years. While the world was still crawling out of its prehistoric ages, ancient Egypt was building the great pyramids under a powerful and highly organized central government .
The thing that makes Egypt stands out as a unique civilization in the ancient world, besides its legacy of colossal wonders is the fact that ancient Egyptians kept a solid and coherent documentation of their chronicles.
The Egyptian records covered the political, economic and military affairs in a way that left not much room for second guessing or speculation.
However, the Egyptian records and oral tradition are completely devoid of any mention of The Israelites and Moses or the so called Pharaoh.
Civilization long shrouded in silence – David Roberts 1838
With the demise of ancient Egypt, the language of that civilization – hieroglyphs – that kept intact and thriving for well over three millennia was gradually getting extinct during the Ptolemaic and Roman period (332 BC- 395 AD).
Afterwards, the ancient Egyptian monuments and texts had been shrouded in sheer silence and neglect. The great civilization that had once witnessed the first dawn of human conscience and helped shape the human code of moral conduct turned into oblivion.
For the following 1500 years too many narratives and stories had been spawned trying to retell the story of ancient Egypt, not as it actually occurred but through interpretations and manipulations that somehow served the interests of the story tellers.
The story of ancient Egypt (the Israelite version)
Of all the narratives that were told about ancient Egypt, the Hebrew Bible is the only one that somehow claimed to monopolize the truth about the history of ancient Egypt.
Thus, for more than two thousand years, most of the scholars of ancient Near East history relied primarily on the Bible as a scientific reference. And in doing so they simply followed what the Hebrew scribes wrote, or better yet tampered with in the history of ancient Egypt and blindly took it for granted. As for the common people, who were mostly illiterate and gullible, they simply fell prey to the distorted stories told by the new influx of Jewish immigration into Egypt and North Africa.
After the translation of the Hebrew Bible into Greek, there was no stopping for the wide dissemination of the distorted stories of the Israelites, especially that of Pharaoh and Moses.
The world began to envision Egypt, according to the Hebrew’s distorted narrative, as the land where pharaohs brutally reigned and enslaved the ancient Hebrews. Biblical Egypt was the land that witnessed the alleged devastating ten plagues, the fictional parting of the sea and the exodus of the Israelites.
“Get ready to think the unthinkable and imagine the never thought imaginable, for if Egypt knew no Pharaohs then it goes without saying that Egypt never Knew Moses either”
So whenever Egypt was mentioned during the last two thousands of years, the word pharaoh would simultaneously pop up in the discourse adding more power, albeit deluding, to the Biblical designation of the rulers of ancient Egypt as pharaohs.
Ancient Egypt resurrected
Jean-François Champollion
It was not before 1822 when Jean-François Champollion, the French philologist managed to decipher the hieroglyphs in his arduous task and breakthrough of translating the Rosetta stone. Thanks to this brilliant Champollion, the long muted records and chronicles inscribed on stone and written on papyrus scrolls were resurrected and finally brought back to life.
What the predecessors thought of as mute masonry covered with some weird scribbling and coffins haunted with eternal curse began to attract eager historians and modern archeologists .
Upon dusting off the ancient artifacts and temple inscriptions modern archeologists, and for the first time, began to listen to the stone uttering the truth about the genuine story of ancient Egypt.
In the mid-nineteenth century the genuine version of the history of ancient Egypt and the Near East began to unravel as its true stories were being retold again. Ironically, what the excavated records of ancient Egypt had told the modern historians and archeologists was totally different from what the Hebrew narrative said or claimed to have taken place on the land of Egypt.
But what struck historians as a total surprise is the fact that ancient Egyptian records had no mention of any Israelites in Egypt, non-whatsoever, whereas the Hebrew Bible is replete with epic tales about Egypt.
As the more of ancient Egypt texts and inscriptions were decoded, the remoter from truth the Biblical narrative looked. Interestingly, as the non- stop archeological discoveries were in the process of resurrecting the true story of ancient Egypt the Biblical narrative kept on decomposing subjecting some of the dominant Israelite stories, like the exodus, to scientific doubts and second thoughts.
For two thousand years the world has been indoctrinated into an unshakable belief that linked the Israelites with Egypt. As more chisels were unearthing the true story of ancient Egypt, the Biblical narrative kept on getting more unauthentic to the eyes of academics.
The Exodus story is currently refuted by prominent modern archeologists, many of whom are interestingly Israelis. Egyptologists now view the story of the Israelites’ exodus as a mere myth that does not reflect true history.
The amazing discovery
If we went back in time and tried to find how the word “Pharaoh” claimed that worldwide fame, we would undoubtedly have to stop before the Hebrew landmark story of the exodus from Egypt.
Was pharaoh the name of the Egyptian king, or was it his title or his epithet, that is one thing the Bible had not been clear about.
Tracing the etymology and the historicity of that word “Pharaoh” has taken me on a long journey back in time to ancient Egypt, where I stumbled upon the most amazing discovery.
I haven’t discovered a new royal mummy nor have I found the lost tomb of king Akhenaten, I simply found out, contrary to what everybody believed, that the (true) history and the chronicles of ancient Egypt had no mention of so called pharaohs.
History shows that ancient Egypt only knew kings and sometimes queens but never pharaohs nor any mention of the enslavement of Israelites. As a matter of fact; slavery was not a common practice in ancient Egypt and it was only introduced into the late dynasties of ancient Egypt after the Persian and the Greek conquest.
The staggering truth is that the geography of the Hebrew Bible cannot and will not fit into the Egyptian nor the Palestinian lands. In other words, the Hebrew Bible and its stories is an enigmatic case of lost geography (as well explained in my book)
When it comes to decoding enigmas connected to Egyptian ancient history and traditions, believe me Egyptians know best (even though Egyptology is a western made scholarship) simply because Egyptian researchers are not alien to the cultural code of their native land and this is primarily where orientalists failed. Decoding the ancient Near Eastern history thru a western (Bible-oriented) cultural prism is why the whole thing went wrong.
“Now take a deep breath, and try to digest that the Israelite’s Promised Land is not in Palestine where the modern day Israel has been established for nearly six decades now. How is that for a paradigm shift, pretty huge eh?”
Western scholars have so far been preoccupied with unearthing not the historical truth, but the Biblical narrative of the ancient Near East as they were told happened. But what the orientalists believe and know happened is actually the flawed premise this book is exposing. We are revealing that the Biblical Israelites and their stories/history/book have more to do with ancient Arabian history and traditions than western culture and spirituality. In the book, I’m not only breaking the stereotype of linking Pharaohs to ancient Egypt but also that of Judaism to western spirituality.
Discover how the ancient myth of Egypt as the land of the Pharaohs was concocted. Find out why neither Egypt was the land of the Israelites’ stories nor Palestine their Promised Land.
Click the photo or the following link to download a copy of Dr. Ezzat’s ebook “Egypt knew no Pharaohs nor Israelites”
Tags: Ancient Egypt, Biblical history, Dr. Ashraf Ezzat, Egypt knew no Pharaohs nor Israelites, Exodus, Hebrew Bible, Hieroglyphs, Israelites, Jean-Francois Champollion, Mizraim, Moses, Pharaoh, Septuagint BibleCategories: Egyptology, History
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Really??
What about this? – http://www.biblearchaeology.org/post/2016/01/28/The-Sons-of-Jacob-New-Evidence-for-the-Presence-of-the-Israelites-in-Egypt.aspx
nasmu says:
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Fascinating retelling or telling a story lost to most of the world until now.
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Zorg says:
I must admit as I read the Quran, and go through several historical (official) narratives I came to realise that something is drastically wrong with most of these stories, I was wondering why, I am going to give you a clue that Dr Ashraf Ezzat might be right.
Where did Moses (pbuh) perform his Hadj? In the Arabian Peninsula.
Why do the followers of Abraham wear the called a phylacteries or Tefillin it looks like the Kaaba in Saudi Arabia, they also wrap the leather strap on their right arm if my memory serves me right, which symbolises them going around the Kaaba 7 times.
It has been noted by other researchers that Moses went north and that’s where he met another Prophet at that time called Shuaib.
So yes it makes perfect sense.
I could be wrong but I am doing my personal research to find out where the Pharaohs.
And yes they did not live in Egypt.
Raymond Clarke says:
Hi Dr. Ashraf, I would appreciate it if you so kindly read my response.
Regarding the term Pharaoh, that you said ancient Egyptians knew no Pharaoh.
However, I would like to point out that the term Pharaoh originates from the Egyptian pr-ˤ3 and was used to mean Great House or Palace.
Palace was first seen in the serekh of Narmer and was then used exclusively only with the rulers of ancient Egypt, as the household of the King.
And around the start of the 19th dynasty, pr-ˤ3 was sometimes used as an epithet of ḥm to mean his majesty, this has become a contextual name to refer to the king without needing to address all the king’s formal titularies.
The first dated inclusion of the title Pharaoh into the ruler’s name was in Year 17 of Siamun in Karnak.
While Pharaoh had never been the formal royal titularies including Horus, Nesu and Bety, and in later dynasties Golden Horus and Nomen/Prenomen, Pharaoh was indeed a term used to contextually and conveniently refer to the monarch informally.
The term pr-ˤ3 later made its way into Greek during the Ptolemaic rule of Egypt and was seen in Latin and later into the English form Pharaoh.
If you are playing with words and specifically referring to the exact form “Pharaoh”, then no, nobody during that time knew this exact word written in a language that didn’t even exist.
But if you are contextually talking about pr-ˤ3 and its lineage, then the ancient Egyptians did know about it and used it.
Hence, it is questionable that you said ancient Egyptians knew no Pharaoh.
Please let me know your thoughts.
Raymond Clarke,
Though you sound a bit agitated by my thesis, however you still seem (to me) like a nice guy who seeks the truth. What you have mentioned/copied in your comment is nothing but Wikipedia mainstream (distorted) information.
I have dealt head on with that mainstream falsification in my book “Egypt Knew no Pharaohs nor Israelites” https://www.amazon.com/dp/B00U8VK8JE
What you’re asking me right now is to divulge my new thesis that took me years of hard research. That I cannot do. But if you are keen on finding out the truth you can download my Kindle book and you will find the answers to all your thorny questions. Thank you.
Thank you Dr. Ashraf for your response.
I realize that your book focuses a lot on dealing with the bible. While the bible has never been any authentic historical source viewed by historians or archaeologists.
On the other hand, the term pharaoh being known to the Egyptians, has been on the academic field for quite many years. There are many researchers using the term pharaoh to refer to ancient Egyptian rulers, and they did have a lot of years dedicated to their studies of ancient Egypt.
The mainstream opinion or the one you see on wiki, is backed up by many academic sources and scholars.
Don’t get me wrong, I respect your opinion.
And I know people that have read your book, like it and consider it well written but disagree with your view.
Your book seems more like a journalistic discussion of ancient Egypt instead of a formal academic paper. Do you plan on publishing formal papers on this matter?
Also, what do you think of Islam and the Quran? Is it very erroneous like the Bible as well?
If you’re coming from an atheistic perspective, then anything is possible, nice move and it’s a good selling idea, to be controversial.
Yes. Wikipedia is the modern day vehicle for distortion. Especially,in area of history of India and it’s languages. For example, Sanskrit was a refined language, they say, but it was the ancient language from which other languages originated, including Indo-European languages. How could it be? What a joke! a refined language gives birth to its source language. European linguists too acknowledge and admit that. That is the funny part.
Richard Friedman believes that the Levites all were given Egyptian names. Some of his points to consider:
Moses was adopted by an Egyptian princess. Question – why would an Egyptian women give their child, Moses a Hebrew name? Moses is derived from an Egyptian “royal” name. For example “Rameses” or “Rammsy” means “Son of Ra”, the “msy” part means “Son of.” Bible speaks that Moses was a son of an Egyptian King or a prince. Secondly why would Moses’ brother and sister have an Egyptian name? Moses had an older sister name Miriam and an older brother named Aaron. Miriam has an Egyptian root “myr” meaning “beloved.” Aaron comes from the Egyptian name “aha rw” which “warrior lion.” We also find some other Levites who left during the Exodus had Egyptian names: Hophni, Hur, Merari, Mushi, two named Phinehas, this along with Moses, Aaron and Miriam.
Rogério Maciel says:
JACK ! What EXODUS???!!!Didn’t you read what was being said here?
Either you are very “distracted” , or you are one of the Manipulators.
What the chances of Hyksos being called Pharaohs? Ralph Ellis has a book on this topic. He writes the similarities between the Israelites and Hyksos.
THE HYKSOS PHARAOHS
They were known as shepherds.
A king of theirs was called Jacoba.
They were involved in a war with the Theban Egyptians.
There were storms and darkness (Tempest stele)
Some 500,000 were ejected from Egypt on a great exodus. (Manetho)
They set off from Pi-Ramesse. (Avaris)
They travelled to Jerusalem. (Manetho)
They were a mighty military force.
They destroyed Jericho.
THE ISRAELITES
A leader of theirs was called Jacob.
They were involved in a war with the Egyptians.
There were storms and darkness.
Some 500,000 were ejected from Egypt on a great exodus.
They set of from Pi-Ramesse.
They travelled to Jerusalem.
Abo Kareem says:
Hi Dr. Ashraf. Do you have an arabic edition to your book?
The Torah described the region between west Arabia and Yemen , the real place where the Israelites lived, and not Palestine. Egypt knew no pharaohs, Moses or Israelites . Palestine knew no Israelites, David or Solomon . There is no connection between Israelites and jews, it is a big lie.Their claim is myth , the truth will be unveiled someday. We are witnessing the biggest robbery and fraud in the history.
John, learning to “live in harmony with with each other” is among if not the oldest human religious pipedreams and the more success we have in that quest the less human we would become and I’m sure if you take your wish to it’s logical successful conclusion the huamn race would arrive at an end of growth. If we remove opposition we eliminate invention and standardize a blanket character which means the cessation of the art and beauty of the individuals absoluely required struggle for definintion against that vital nutriant of opposition in the material realm.
As a Humanist and Co-operator, I do not agree with your thesis.
Professor Stephen Pinker, in his book “The Better Angels of our Nature” charted the decline of violence ever since the beginning of recorded history – and before.
His conclusion was that – as a species – we have gradually become kinder, gentler and more civilised.
It is through reason, compassion and co-operation that we have transformed our world for the better.
By working together, we achieve more than if we work alone or against one another.
An orchestra only works when all the players work together.
Alone, they are incapable of achieving the same results as a group.
The same is true in all other walks of life.
As a fellow humanist and co-operator, I do not agree with you nor Professor Pinker, we have reached a state of civilized dis harmony. insert smiley
I don’t believe there is any literal truth to the stories and myths of claimed ancient gods and prophets.
How many people today believe in the literal truth of the Epic of Gilgamesh – from which many of the equally idiotic stories in the Torah (Old Testament) are drawn?
How many people today still truly believe in the ancient pantheon of Greek, Roman, Persian, Assyrian, Nordic or Egyptian gods?
Where today is the tangible evidence proving the claimed existences of Abraham, Moses, Joshua, David, John the Baptist, Jesus or Mohamed?
All religions are fraudulent and it is equally fraudulent to base claims for national existence on them.
Ultimately, we are all members of the human species.
We should stop rowing and fighting with one another, and learn to live in harmony with one another.
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Whatever engineering firm constructed pyramids in Egypt the same built in many locations globally.
The mount is the material world not any special place on this planet.
I believe I was getting to that. insert smiley
Ibn Issa, Ibn Yusuf. says:
Maybe you should go back to Arabia and stop Muslim repression of Coptic, Kurkish, Phoenician, Assyrian, cultures and all the other too many to name cultures Muslim dogs destroyed in an effort to spread the word of the biggest mass murderer and warmonger to proceed Hitler, Stalin and Mao.
The Jew may never have been in Egypt. But nobody asked the scummy Arab hordes there either. DeArabizaiton is what needs to be taught, not the legitimacy of ancient stories.
It is such a good little book why can’t posters keep to the subject matter? Why must some overcome by thier ontruereligious belief interject entirely useless comment unrelated to the subject matter? There is one true religion for every one true person born in this world and that is the religion you build with your own conscious mind and we all must grow our religion or we cannot fuction here under the death sentence of material experiance. For you there is only one size. Do unto others as you would have others do unto you is a good start. Se if can remember old the very good and old perfections while earn your dayly bread.
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Oly H says:
I always question why so much time is spent on things that people are claiming here, that “never” existed. If they didn’t, then why waste your time with it? I can only think that the fear of covering what for many years has been preserved, is the reason. Ignorance is not knowing facts or information, but not wanting to see, not only with our eyes, but with your inner insight. A hardened heart will only seek to see what is convenient. In the end the truth will shine just as the sun does every morning, and then… No Ph.D titles or amount of earthly knowledge will matter. Humans have always tried to rebel against the one and only God. The God who not only has a plan for Israel, but also for those who humble, honor and obey him with their hearts. Call me blind if you wish. It does not matter to me. For I know whom I have believed, and I know he surpasses any knowledge, deity, power or belief. In the end we will all stand before him. Either you will stand on his right or his left. Where will you be? You have the choice today. At the end when Yeshua comes back and sets his feet on the Mount Zion, all eyes will see him and will kneel to him, whether you believe or not. Then, we will know whose truth was right. Seek him, while he can be found. No need to write any further or continue arguing with hardened hearts, which the god of this world (the devil) has hardened. My writing here has ended.
Bonnie Dennis says:
It sounds as if your clinging to the myth as a child to the story of Santa Claus. There’s a time to tell the children stories to keep them in line and then there’s a time for the truth when they began to mature. The Earth changes, everything on it changes, if you hang on to childish tales you will never go forward. I wonder if there is any time you will be willing to hear the truth or if there’s any proof that will convince you because of your delusions but at this very moment scientists are finding much truth through DNA, and that is going to separate the facts from fiction.
Sorry Bonnie ,this was meant for oly h above u.
Here’s another fecking blithering low I.q. moron.
U will die and turn to dust.
THERE IS NO OTHER PLANE OF EXISTENCE FOR YOU TO ESCAPE TO WHEN U DIE !
I bet u even think that you’re a intellectual.
Judging from your comment etiquette, I shouldn’t care what you specifically think of me. I could have spammed/blocked you for good, but I will let your vulgarity and shallowness shame you (on this platform) forever.
Don’t be afraid of truth!!!!!!
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What does the word Egypt mean? What are it’s sources? When did it become Egypt of the pyramids?
i dont mean to disrespect you but to share a kind view to my fellow mankind , talking of Egypt and the locality it is today i think i find it wise not calling Egypt a near East but frankly call it African. its a fact that we human know today that where African from mummified kings details . reading your work that i find amazing but id suggest you tour down the Nile and get to Sudan for more knowledge…
being Egyptian national today doesnt make you any legitimate information or views expresser for native Egyptian are African and this is a story of their African Kings .
you may get amazed to find people who are down that blood line .
so dr . Ashraf Ezzar kindly you are not a native Egyptian you are not native to that locality so you have no clear history of that Locality thats why you call it near east and not Africa
Ancient Near Eastern history is the ‘orthodox’ terminology for the history of that part of the ancient world. However, I do acknowledge the African roots of Ancient Egyptian culture. You’re absolutely right.
leseolides1876 says:
While I realize the writer does not have English as his or her native language; does anyone understand what the text is supposed to mean?
Abubakar Surajo Ibrahim says:
Dr.Ashraf Ezzat please are you an Egyptian?
Yes, I surely am.
Amichai Ban Yashar'al says:
True Israelites are black. The Jewish are Khazars. They are not Semites. Israeli means to dwell in the land of Israel. They are not Israelite descendants. They are Zionists/luciferians.
Jan Turpin says:
Thankyou for backing up TRUTH. I’ve read a book called From The Ashes of Angles, also telling of the true Saudi Arabian mount where murderous Moses took the 10 commandments. It’s still there heavily fenced if and guarded. It was visible on Google earth, but has been removed by the decievers of all. The most pathetic thing, masons use the word ma’at, Pffft, how dare they.
Indeed your 100% correct. Another book called From The Ashes of Angles also agrees. It could be seen on Google earth in Saudi Arabia until the controllers removed it. How dare the freemason use the word ma’at, I see nothing but evil and murderous intent in today’s American Israeli world view.
Wayne Hill says:
To Pretavitus: WHO was, as you say “…in Egypt, breeding at the same time.”? We do not take things on faith on this site. You condemn what Dr. Ezzat has posted, yet bring utterly unsupported tales I’ve never heard before… and I’ve read just about every “historical” book on Egypt published since the 1960’s and many long before that… To what do you refer? I’m completely mystified by the utter lack of intellectual integrity and moral honesty of so many, these days… once more, too, I “smell” the odor “religion” – not logic, or reason, or facts.
Րիտա Լըստֆըլ says:
Dr Ashraf Ezzat
You make my mind change forever and 6 months I thinking about The Story of Moses & Israeli Become a Slave in the Ancient Egypt@ Kingdom of Fir’aun. If there is no evidence found in the land of egypt about thousand years ago the israeli becomes a slave to built the egyptian pyramids THAT MEAN ALL STORY ABOUT MOSES EXODUS & ISRAE_Lies IS A (false)+(Liar) +(MYTHOLOgY) AND MAKING THE CHRISTIAN/JUDAISME/ISLAM = (is a FALSE religions) Now after the proof of Israe_LIES become a slave and built the egyptian pyramids is not found in the Ancient Egyptian History, The Jews, making another story called ( Real Moses & Fake Exodus ) and at the Jews New Lie, they Change the story of israeli slave from building the pyramids into the story that israeli slave ( Built The Wall City for Fir’aun )…………..Yet another 1 of Jewish Lie has been aired at the Youtube Channel.but no matters that, cos’ I already know Who are Jews/Hebrews and their self making GOD (YAHUA/YAHWEH/YHWH and dotdotdotdot….)
ragad qurdi@ gmail_dot_com
08-08-2016@2037 Hrs.
Lebanon.
Julie Mitchell says:
It’s because the history of Egypt is not there. That is not the true location of Egypt. The biblical site of Jerusalem was Edinburgh, Scotland, and it was most likely the bigger and more majestic pyramids in the Bucegi mountains that are the location of ancient “Egypt”. The Catholic Church moved “Jerusalem” to its current site in 500 A.D. I’m guessing they most likely did the same with Egypt. I also believe that if we knew the truth we would know that London was the site of Ancient Rome, and that location was moved as well.
And to think, I once wasted my time looking at the ruins on the Roman forum!
meek1997 says:
Also, if people aren’t aware of who the true Hebrew Israelites are anyway, of course they won’t find the truth. The Greeks and Romans did a lot of altering to persuade confusion.
K. de Marchena says:
When I tell people that the story of Moses did never happen, they laugh at me, but I knew that it was not true, it was a lie, just like the story of Jesus that was created in the year 325 by 318 bishops and Constantine by the Council of Nicea. Nowhere was there evidence found in Egypt of the story of the Jews and Moses!
study says:
moses? there is no such thing. moses is a name given by jews,
is real name was a egiptician name,
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Your book had excellent work in it. I left a comment before but did not see it. The only contention I have with the reading is over the name of KMT Kubt etc…. The book was written well and on point. Without going into the initiation system and showing the real holes in the Exodus story, I think you poked away quite tremendously. Great job, Ankh, Unja, Seneb.
Thank you. You are spot on concerning KMT/Kubt. Lately I’ve been investigating the linguistic correlation between the two. I’d appreciate it if you wrote me a good review on Amazon. Senebti.
DR. Ezzat. I have finally read your book. It was hard to stop for a break. Every page was stuffed with new insights.
best regards Richard
Thank you Richard. I hope you’ll consider writing a good review on the book’s Amazon page. Good reviews boost readership. One more thing, I count on like-minded people to spread the word about my book.
Aliyah= over, above as lordly, Israelite is the top grade
Says who?
Jeff T. says:
Of course, power is right up there with money and egos.
I’m glad Ezzat stated this:
“Sorry, all DNA researches and studies are Zionist-tailored and forged. Actually they are carried out to influence people whose mind could be swayed by the lure of fake clinical trials.”
He couldn’t have said it any better. Thanks for acknowledging the power of the Zionists, at least to some degree. You’re almost there, though, because it’s not just Zionists. Nevertheless, I hope you really know and understand their agenda, too. Egyptology is merely a distraction and another set of lies that the weak-minded will fall privy, too. People you all need to wake up and stop being their toy puppets and humanoids, or human bots, who help them to push falsehoods onto other weak-minded individuals. These lies have been going on far too long.
If you have children in school, just read their history books. Lies and hidden truths continue to be in their materials. Why the children? Oh, come on, it doesn’t take a rocket scientist to figure this out. Everyone is their guinea pig, well at least those who don’t know any better and those who don’t mind being a plug into their system of lies. There are beta societies all over this planet and many of you are nothing but a da** plug like a plug that goes into a socket but with water on the outlet frying your brain cells. My family and I lived in one for almost a da** decade because my parents didn’t realize what was really happening until their eyes were opened much later in life. Am I making this up? Of course not. I actually lived in it to tell the story unlike many of you who ignorantly, blindly, and foolishly bicker and criticize the lives of ancient humanity. Lives, that I guess I have to remind you, you will never be able to verify. Never. And, if you honestly think you can, then you’re an even bigger fool.
You need to remember that archaeologists lie, too, and for various reason with money being the top reason, egos being another top reason, and the list goes on. There is a selective group of people who run this world and you don’t need an archaeologist, scientist or other so-called expert to tell you that when proof is literally all around you. Wake up and stop being foolish. Money makes people do the most foolish, selfish, and dangerous things. People can be so extremely and masterfully cunning that you think evil is good and good is evil or a truth is a lie and a lie is a truth.
The thing is, no one can even really get upset at the researcher(s) they choose to follow when it turns out to be a farce. And, it will turn out that way. So don’t be surprised when the winds of time uncovers those lies you chose to trust to the point where you continue to waste your time pushing them onto others for some silly reason. We already know this is bound to be the fate of this set of lies, too, because you people just refuse to get it.
So don’t get upset when it happens. Remember you could’ve always did all of the legwork yourself if you really wanted. And, I’m not talking about building off of another person’s work. Interpreters can lie. Teachers can tell pupils that a letter means this when it actually means something else. How will you know if they, or anyone else for that matter, are lying when you have no real knowledge or truths? You won’t. All you can do is just make the same stupid conscious assumption and decision that source did when they were in your shoes seeking truth.
Again, when doing the legwork don’t follow anyone’s claims to anything, just go to the god you believe in and wait until you are told spiritually. And, well, we know for sure no one will believe you then. So, I guess all you can do is pick a lie and run with it like it was a physical proof-supported truth. That’s what everyone is doing and have been doing all these centuries. Interpretations, translations, transliterations are a bunch of garbage more times than not; especially, when it relates to ancient of times. Many of the experts and non-experts just can’t stop living in the past. In order for them to feel like they are not a waste of space and matter, they choose to live their present filled through a world of ancient and prehistoric lives – the past. They are delusional and just sickly and grossly obsessed with it and need to seriously seek medical attention in isolation from the rest of the world who are sane. Let the past be the past and the present and future be the present and future. It really is not that hard to do.
Moreover, what I find interesting is when people write articles, conduct documentaries, etc. they never tell you why they chose to seriously trust the information from a person and especially people they have never met. Like many generations of people, the information the researchers are gathering from different people could’ve easily been a bunch of garbage or lies. No, wait, I’d bet it was a bunch of passed down garbage and lies just like what’s happening now. The thing is you nor the researcher will never know.
Last time I checked, comparing a lie to another lie doesn’t make the information true; it just makes it truly a lie. Yep, just constantly “fact-checking” a lie with another lie because everyone is singing the same song. It really is crazy how easily swayed and gullible researchers and followers can be. The stupidity of this world and the even more stupid are the so-called archaeologists, doctors, and scientists. Many of them disagree with one another; just foolishness. Why anyone believes them is pure ignorance.
At the end of the day, the only thing that matters is what lie you choose to believe in. No need to push your chosen belief onto others.
Yes, I Love the words at above.
Look what happened to David Irving, for daring to question “der Mythos des Zwanzigsten Jahrhunderts,” (The “religion” of the 20th Century…) also known as the Holocaust! A holocaust was also perpetrated on the Germans after the war… but NO ONE knows about it, and those who report on it are scoffed at as “right wing lunatics” in the high minded, arrogant, self-righteous “west.”
Argh! Imagine the Soviets judging “war crimes!” But, needing “sacrifices” they chose the heads of the German armies, a newspaper publisher in Muenchen, an obscure writer of intellectual bent, among others less “innocent” – and executed them in the most barbaric way possible. So much for their “morality.” Some day the truth of this will all get out one fine day… And my research indicates that in the 1950’s over 4.5 million “Jews” were collecting “reparations” from the West German Government… so just how MANY Jews were in Europe in 1939, one wonders… if the “sacred 6 million” is to be believed…the figures are out there for those who have the time and interest to research them.
But I wander off subject here… except I’d like to add that you’ll commit “public recognition suicide” if you pursue and publish such information… or, an even greater “sin,” if you try to get the truth out, as Dr. Ezzat does, about ancient Egypt and the “Jewish persecution fantasy” which allegedly occurred there. I would wonder how people can believe such bilge water in a supposedly scientific age…
Treading on people’s superstition-fantasies is dangerous business, indeed! Besides, there’s oceans of money and “pity” to be harvested. A salute to Dr. Ezzat for having the courage to do so!
Wow, if it was up to you, no one would ever try to expose the truth and you would argue that no one is ever telling the truth. That’s a big old black hole in the game of life. For me the fun in life is to uncover the lies and to put together the puzzle of truths and see if I can find the truth. I believe there are some human beings who have found pieces of the truth, I certainly believe I have and I intend to stay in the game even if it is fatal according to you.
nûmed wakrim says:
I think that this shocking idea, deserves to be illustrated in a documentary.
We are already working on turning the book into a documentary. Stay tuned for updates.
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Ardit says:
I JUST READ IN THE WEB THAT “EGYPT{derived from greek}” was called ‘MI[i]S[ii]R[i]’ next to ‘KHUMAT’, IN “ANCIENT EGYPT”
Thus the Quranic reference as Misr’ for “Egypt” is not a pseudonym, but his real name. In the bible it was referred to as MIZRAYIM, note the three main consonants ‘MSR’ in both hebraic and arabic, thus both descendants of Semitic language group. In todays arabic and Quran’s arabic ‘misr’ can also mean a city, a dwelling. Now you see the semitic influence in “ancient egypt’s” language. There are ancient stone tablets which depict amicably message exchanges between Akhenaton III and Hittit ruler.
Thus original name and international name for Egypt was MISR!
KHUMAT or KHEMET was used only by “ancient Egyptians” to define their motherland, whereby MISR was the STATE’S NAME! GOT IT?
READ HERE MORE (with references to many authors and their findings on this);
http://www.islamic-awareness.org/Quran/Contrad/External/misr.html
@ Ardit (whatever that means)
The same typical orientalist/Western misguided concept.
Do you have any idea how many Misrims/Mizraims there were in the ancient Near East? The Arabian Jews/Muslims called every urban city “Misr/Mizraim”
Damascus in Syria, and Kouffa and Mousl in Iraq were ‘Mizraim’ for the tribal Jewish Arabs.
But the Israelite stories actually took place in one of the Mizraims of ancient Arabia, specifically near Northen Yemen. It was a transit city (caravan stop) along the ancient incense route.
The ‘Misrim’ mentioned in one or two of the 340 plus Amarna letters is an ancient Akkadian (ancient dialect of the Arabic tongue) designation for the urban city and not specifically “Egypt” —- I believe that information you won’t stumble upon in Wikipedia.
Besides, do you know how many ‘Paris’ cities there are in the US, let alone in the whole world. For crying out loud, there are 13 cities around the world called ‘Paris’. That of course doesn’t mean that Napoleon grew up in Texas. DID YOU GET IT??
When the Nabi Musa and his exodus/israeli slavery in egyptian history is doesn’t have the evidence that is ever happen in Ancient Egyptian history, That mean Islam & Al quran is a False.
Universe & Earth is A to Z and it never be Z to A therefore, only Egypt can see Arab because Egypt is exist thousand over years before arab & Islam.
More like 3,000 years!
IDRIS says:
This is only your opinion. Israel is Jacob. Jacob’s family did go to Egypt. His descendants are the Israelites. There was no migration, true. Only Jacob and members of his family went to Egypt to meet Joseph. The Arabs or Jews are the same people. Thus, the narration on Israelites is specific to just this family group. The hieroglyphs do not have to record the Israelites, they don’t write everything in hieroglyphs. “Absence” of “evidence” is not the issue here. If you follow a court hearing on a criminal case, you will see the problem. Evidence-base is not always the truth of the matter. Matter of truth may not leave any evidence. Thus, if a man murders, and you cannot find the evidence, then, technically, legally, he did not commit the murder. Thus, I do not find Dr Ezzat “thesis” acceptable. Who is he working for? Which group does he belong to? That’s the bottom line. Not what he writes. Note: As to political Zionism, this is another story. It does not have to be genuine Jewish. Thank you.
http://www.amazon.com/The-Tutankhamun…/dp/0283072938
made me think quite a bit about what we have seen and what goes on behind closed doors on the older digs in Egypt.
Thankyou Silently
You’ve written four paragraphs and remained completely silent about the threads subject leaving us completely ignorant of your position or thinking with respect to ancient Egypt. I think you may have a misunderstanding of the adage “Silence is Golden”. I freely admit to my ignorance, but it is that admission that must be made by the individual before any study would be undertaken. I fear remaining ignorant not be recognised as ignorant. It is so sad that you expressed no interest in the subject but rather enjoyed exhibiting your own ego from a loftier perch. insert smiley
a desperate male
Moses113 says:
What hogwash
Silently says:
Babel 2.0 ready to be lauched,
Sad a so interesting subject and angle of vision been so much disturbed by a amount of personals and vindictive remarks, so much pretentious knowledges shared in a ego shadow form and accusative superiority mechanisms of male desperate to show how closer then other they are to GOD, or to knowledge ( all that verbs intent to wide a fear of be recognised as ignorant ).
To much knowledge falsely accumulated ends in the ignorance field too.
So many papagayos repeating here the sound of songs learned, have no idea of the content or message distillate in, unfortunately you are only pale repetitors and far to become thinkers or scholars searchers, so read learn and shut up. That will help your mind to think and operate properly till one day maybe understand. Is called the ¨Effect Eureka!
The repetition even by spiral is the mark of history. ¨Repetition¨.
Clean heart to study is a must need before any accumulation of data, numbers, names, dialectics and ideas. So clean it before you even penetrate dimension where facts means something can be prove in present without suppositions or interpretations. Do you have difficulties to understand how to clean? Try by penetrate the universe of humility that helps very much the mind to interconnect better the elements and the details..
Thank you professor for your time and attention to that matters and for share it, questioning is the mark of the ones elevating, you obviously detain a certain heroism on it, the many ones around running to suppress curious minds are just blind ones describing the beauty of the sunrise in the horizon, and unfortunately clouding your interesting universe.
Greetings;
As much as I enjoy the intercourse with my fellows in discovery here, I will not proceed with further comment until such time as I have purchased and experianced the volume in question.
I meant to include one further thought before I took my temporary leave.
Exodus is not one escape from one physical location but perpetual escape from justice.
Well, Richard; that certainly makes sence. I don’t mean to sound sarcastic, but what would be the point of commenting on a play one has not seen?
Thankyou Wayne;
I see that you’re skeptical about claims of recovered lost knowledge while at the same time involved in your own search for lost knowledge here at the good doctors very fine site. Your logic is inconsistant I think. I know full well that you don’t know how these enduring edifaces to excellence obtained and yet you accuse me of adhereing to new age blather. These volumes I have read and continue to read cost me nothing but many many hours of extreme enjoyment of the finest scholarly discovery. http://m_euser.tripod.com/help.htm See if you can’t find something to interest you among the volumns offered, none of them do anything but agree with the material on this site.Gerrald Massey has been dead for a century and Alvin Boyde Kuhn since the mid sixties of the last century, both of them scoffed at and effectivly silenced to the masses by the very same tribal interests that made a total mess of the ancient scriptures in there conspiracy to historize ancient natural philosophy. There is no doubt that this was done with the express desire to cripple gentile advancement and retard the progress of the human race. You will be alarmed to learn that Christianity and Egyptian natural philosophy are the same story. Please try to appreciate the enormous task of remembering and reconstructing the past fifteen thousand years and why it represents a dire threat to those who would have us remain ignorant.
Richard; Nice words, and I will avail myself of the sources you mention as time permits. I seek knowledge, and have no “cause” to filter my search, as do those who are “religious” or driven by other “needs” such as the Zionists.
I must say too, however, that I am a natural skeptic. Organized religion, in my opinion, is nothing more than an attempt to satisfy people’s “fear of death” and “need to feel as if their lives matter” by extorting physical attributes (i.e. “money” as we now call it) for “the insubstantial” (i.e. mumbo-jumbo, magic, etc.) This also “keeps them in line” and keeps the “powers that be” in control of things; especially amongst Christians, who are told to pray for their enemies, pray for their leaders (even if they are “Hitler”) and obey them… What? Of course, they massacred their “enemies” and did NOT pray for them… but that’s another story. The Catholic Church, for example, has probably massacred tens of thousands (if not more) of “heretics” and Jews, etc. So much for “God’s love,” right?
While I respect everyone’s right to believe whatever they wish, I know what I believe. I am basically an Atenist/Buddhist/”materialist.” If there is a “sentient God” as most believe; well; why would He/She/It design a flawed machine and then punish it with ETERNAL torment (oh, but He/She/It is “oh so merciful and loving…!”) for being the imperfect way He/She/It made it/them? I’ve heard all the “free will” and “that way they can really love Gawd” stuff but reject it. The “fatalism” of the Greeks makes more sense to me than tthis mode of “exposition” – really exploitation.
The Egyptians were the first to discern “the Moral” and, despite the destruction wrought by Time, the Christians, and the Islamics – well; the book Dr. Ezzat recommends, Breasted’s work, demonstrates that they “invented” all the “high moral ideals” which mankind presently pretends (unfortunately) to hold as valuable. But that does not change the fact that the Egyptians came up with them… and all subsequent religions – especially the “Abrahamic” ones, have stolen just about everything they claim was revealed to them by “God” from the Egyptians.
The work in question is James H. Breasted’s work “Development o Religion and Thought In Ancient Eqypt” – published in the early 20’s of the last century I believe. It’s all there.
True, the Egyptians eventually became decadent. obsessed with fear, magical spells, talismans and the like. But that was in the “New Kingdom” and in the latter dynasties… One need only look around to discern the decadence or OUR times… but that, too, is another story.
I will continue to believe that “Enlightenment” (or whatever you want to call it) is a PERSONAL path, is rooted in one’s desire to KNOW, and has nothing to do with priests, tithes, sacrifices, or “fear of Hell.”
Such do I believe.
Regards – Wayne in VA, USA
PS: Ich bin ein Hellene im geist!
Good morning Wayne
If we turn to ancient Egypt, we learn, most authoritatively through the luminous revelations of Gerald Massey’s scholarship, that the religious consciousness of early Egyptian civilization was saturated by the aura and influence of nature. The Egyptian people, says James H. Breasted in his history of the Nile country, lived in close and intimate association with nature. The religious literature of the land abounds in nature symbolism. Spiritual conceptualism was profusely adumbrated by natural phenomena. The very gods were figuratively charactered by animal symbols, the figure of Horus, the Christ, having the head of a hawk, indicative of a heavenly keenness of sight that sees all earthly things clearly. With prodigious virtuosity, Massey traces the endless symbol-structures of religious truth to their archaic source in some natural fact or phenomenon. All spiritual conceptuality, he sensed, stalked through the mental world as if it were the shade or ghost of some natural object. The wraiths of divine ideas moved about in the shadowy robes of earthly things. One must read Massey’s colossal elucidations to catch the full cogency of this apprehension. Alleging that “metaphysical explanations” have misconceived and distorted the true sense of mythology, he says that “all interpretation is finally futile that is not founded on the primary physical phenomena.” http://pc93.tripod.com/utcnkwlg.htm
Hello, Richard;
I will take a look at what you suggest, but keep in mind that Madame Helena Blavatsky, who founded the group known as theosophists, wrote at that time too. I tried to read her work “The Secret Doctrine” decades ago but it’s simply opaque to me. And of course, Joseph Smith claimed that Native Americans were the “10 lost tribes of Israel” (since refuted with DNA evidence…). The moral of the story is, just because something has been around for a while does not mean it’s true or genuine. “New Age” has “refashioned” a lot of the old stuff into new packaging… and makes a number of claims which may not be substantiated. It was not my intention that my parallelism be an accusation against you personally. On the other hand, however, much of what you have written here certainly resembles the way of thinking and “creative reinterpretation” which they are known for.
Richard;
You mention several interesting things… And, perhaps since it’s been such a long time since I penned my commentary, your message is a bit puzzling.
True; I am not familiar with the authors you mention. If these writers were able to “lift the veil on Time”… well, as a bit of a poet I certainly believe such is possible; but how would such “purloined” information be relayed to others and not sound like “personal fiction” or something? That is the realm of Art; which is, after all, a spiritual venue of sorts as well. Complex issue!
I detest the Abrahamic religions and am a die-hard Classicist. Your accusation that I wish to retard the spiritual development of Mankind is therefore totally wrong! My belief; unless and until Mankind throws OFF the spiritual slavery and intellectual sterility of the Abrahamic sickness, then humans will continue to be spiritually retarded… and massacre each other over what’s in each other’s minds and hearts… what a crime against the Gods! This insanity was CREATED by the Abrahamic religions in the first place! In the Ancient World no one cared what you worshipped or slept with.
Don’t mean to brag but I’ve read quite literally thousands and thousands of books; almost exclusively philosophy, history, “non-fiction.” I studied Christianity for 10 years, trying to understand how it came to be and how it destroyed Classical Antiquity… I still don’t get it; and don’t want to (spiritually.)
I’ve been an “Egyptophile” since I was 6 or earlier… always felt a strong connection to the place…as I age it becomes stronger.
Long story short, you place me in a category which is incorrect. I am your “spiritual ally” when it comes to self-awareness, self-knowledge, and “pagan” or “heathen” religions. I believe we don’t need a “mittel mensch” to show us the Gods. The road is open for us to search for ourselves… for those who really want to know, at any rate. “Fast food religion” will never lead to Enlightenment! Christianity and Islam are slave religions in my opinion. “God” wants to put you in “behavior prison” and cause you to deny yourself and others… I.e. He wants you to suffer; the apotheosis of which is Jesus on the cross! What a SICK religion! God “fornicates up” and has to kill his son to save his creatures… WHERE did people come up with this? It’s really a social construct designed to enslave people to a new elite of people who don’t DO anything! Give you “magic water” or “magic rocks” to worship…But I do wander off page…
As Aleister Crowley had it: “Do as thou wilt is the whole of The Law.”
I teach the “Great Liberation!”
Gentiles were those who were not yet spiritually reborn. The word comes from the Latin and Greek roots, “gen,” “gent,” meaning simply “to be born.” They were those born as the first or natural man, but not yet reborn as the spiritual Christ. It can be given no ethnic reference. The name “Israelite” is obviously compounded of “Is,” abbreviation of Isis, or Eve’s original name, Issa (See Josephus); “Ra,” the great Egyptian
solar god, male and spiritual; and the Hebrew “El,” God. It would then read, Father-Mother-God, making his “children” the sons of God, i.e., Christs. Likewise the name “Hebrews” means “those beyond” (the merely human state), and therefore is practically identical with “Israelites.” Finally the term “Jews” (from the plural of the Egyptian IU–Latin JU) refers to the “male-female divinities,” a title given in the Mysteries to men made gods and thus restored to androgyne, or male-female, condition. The national Jews thus adopted for their historical name all three of the exalted spiritual designations conferred in the Mysteries on the Epoptae or completely divinized candidates.http://pc93.tripod.com/lostlght.htm
Too much stuff to go into here, but this is obvious: “Jew” comes from the patriarch of one of the 12 tribes: Yehuda, or as the goyim mistranslated it “Judah.” Your derivation is false according to even the Bible itself. After the 10 tribes disappeared there were two left; one of which was Judah. So, people started calling them what would be in Hebrew “Yehudim” I believe, and the Latins when translating it insisted on converting the first letter to a “j” as they always did… hence Judah, Jews. This is accepted by every historian or theologian I’ve ever come across.
Don’t know where you derive your theology, but not interested in it either. All these “new age information sources” claim “all the knowledge was lost” and yet “we and only we have it!” The churches and synagogues do the same thing to a lesser degree… All to get you in and get you to give them some SHEKELS!
hellow Wayne;
“Don’t know where you derive your theology, but not interested in it either.”
I derived my theology through the ancient and exalted medium of the written word coupled with the devine gift of reason. Where else would one get it? insert smiley
Mr. Richard if you really mean and believe that the name “Israelite” is obviously compounded of “Is,” abbreviation of Isis and “Ra” the great Egyptian God, then I have to say you’re so tangled up in Hebrew/Israelite delusion (no offense meant)
I mean even the most fundamentalist Jews wouldn’t go that far in falsely ascribing their spiritual identity to the Egyptian deities and culture. Dear Mr. Richard, unfortunately the whole (shallow and primitive)) cult of the ancient Israelites and their (violent and extremist) tribal (Arabian)stories have been blown out of context and perspective by misguided/misinformed orientalists and westerners like you (no offense indeed meant)
And to break this down (allegorically and philosophically as you mentioned earlier), what you’re doing exalting the Israelites and their violent, bloody and tribal legacy is exactly like someone (deluded)paying tribute to the glorious and civilized deeds committed by the Islamic state (also known as ISIL/ISIS or Daesh) 500 years from now. That someone might even go as far (in his delusional allegory) as to link the terrorist group’s acronym with the Egyptian Goddess “ISIS”
Mr. Richard if Daesh/ ISIL could (in an insane way) be related /linked to our revered Goddess Mother “ISIS” then by all means the Israelites could likewise be related to our Mother, ISIS and our supreme creator, Re. Mr. Richard, I hope you’d consider reading my book (Egypt knew no Pharaohs nor Israelites) it will do a truth seeker, like you, a world of good. Hope to see you again on this blog.
Hellow Dr Ezzat;
ISIS= Isreali Security and Intelligence Service. They love to rub thier alleged superiority in mankinds face. I believe that the great and ,original to the human species, body of Egyptian Philosphy was stolen modified and molded to meet Hebrew designs to rule over mankind with an iron rod . At this point in time that design is well established and not afforded much doubt of any substance. To think that the Jews of old would stumble upon a treasure so rich as Egyption science and leave it untouched is where faith and truth stand in stark opposition to the plentitude of extant observables. Is there anything they would or have not stolen and defiled in thier practice of the dark arts? It is said that the Egyptian natural philosophy is the mother of all religions and as such the finest most detailed explanation of mans eternal struggle for enlightenment the residue of which exists for all to see in the ruins and the words carved in those astounding monuments to excellence and proof of that same enlightenment. The purpose of existence in this material world is to survive the souls death in flesh and reach at last the grade, Israelite, the enlightend ones.We meaty beings are the dead from the perspective of the soul whose task here is to remember it’s cosmic origins. The Book of The Dead fully explains the purpose of life on this mount we call earth or Egypt or Amenta. This earth is the only underworld, the only hell we humans can and will ever experience where the souls of mankind are tempered in the forges of matter.
Dr Ezzat I look forward to reading your book as soon as I can arrange it’s aquizition. I have no doubt whatever that I will enjoy it and be better informed in the experiance. I salute your important works.
riad says:
this dr. is a hired propganda machine . you piss on Richard for telling the truth. let´s se where youll end up when your serpent masters have completed thier agenda. i wouldnt trade your future for a bucket full of piss. i mean that sincerely. high rankers within secret societies are used as midllemen for promoting the sun thus thier creators the reptilians. israelites are Nothing else than those who have been infused with a living force representing the serpent trough mystery sex/ blood rituals connected to the sun and serpent. we get what we Think we get- a serpent ráce has infested the collective subconsiousness of the human race by infesting it with their Creation script,symbology and geometry. thus we are foooled to follow thier version of how they want reality to operate. in stead of being allowed to create our own.
we worship them trough free will on an unconsious level by approving or participating in thier rituals that correspond with certain sun and moon cycles troughout the year. they also attach thier symbolism on Everything mankind is involved in thus they get all our energy. even thier middlemen the intiated man becomes a portable living occult monument that acts as a representation of the force that enslaves both them and us. israelites (only high ranking ones) are Walking around this planet with silver chains that allow them a less restrictive free room in this matrix World we live in. normal people are are having bronze chains which are slighlty more restrictive, but both are are controlled by the warden which is the serpent. and from the reptilians Point of view both the normal man and the intiated man is likewise an ape.
they have outthuoght us on thousand diffrent levels.
the serpents knows they dont desvere our energy so they recruit middlemen on thier behalf. that is the only way these cowards can get away with the deception that has plauged human kind for several thousands of years. but thier time is coming to an end. they have hijacked our heaven aswell as Earth they have also hijacked the elements so the elements aswell as the heavens and our earth do thier bidding instead of ours, but not for long for Those who want to break free.
http://www.oneballmedia.com – the real truth – and its not just Words the man behind the website is representing an much higher Power and authority than the serpent can ever Dream of. and this authority well be witnessed by people of true hears in the not so distant future.
on a spiritual level we always give respect to the creators behind a Creation “be it any Creation” when we direct our attention/energy towards it.
I categorically reject all “Christ” stuff, all Jewish stuff, all “symbolic” interpretations. I’d probably make a good Zen acolyte; for one can not “hear” until one stops to listen. Hermann Hesse’s book Siddhartha is more in line with my way of thinking than emotion-laden mental images of tired old “deities.” I, for example, have sexual organs, and occasionally engage in something vaguely resembling that “ritual.” But is that some type of “holy” activity? Do my “gods” have to have penises, or vaginas? I think such thinking is childishness. Even my beloved Greeks had the Gods eating of Ambrosia, in order to sustain themselves. Logically, then, what happens if the Gods fail to receive it? Such beliefs are for spiritually unadvanced people I think… The Hellenes were “Divine” because they discovered and reported cause and effect, now called SCIENCE. Other peoples did this too, though to a lesser degree than they. Despite all the STUPID religions (particularly the Abrahamic ones…) with which humankind has seen fit to destroy their souls, and in the name of, to murder others and destroy Knowledge, we would not be where we are now without SCIENCE. Perhaps THAT’S my “religion…” Cause and effect… how the WORLD works… empirical observation and logical conclusion… If The Gods created the World, then it follows Their “rules…” I believe EVERYTHING truly valuable has come through such people… excluding, of course, “inspiration” – that incomprehensible realm of The Muses, be it in Art or Science… which is another subject entirely and much too speculative to deal with here.
I would imagine, to put it another way, that “Gods” do NOT have penises and vaginas… Such things may function for “symbols of attributes” for those who can not escape their fleshly identities… but in the realm of what I understand to be “Metaphysics” they are for… simple people. In another vein, we will never really know what the people of Khemet meant with their symbology? I tend to think that “animal headed ‘gods'” were symbols for some type of intellectual, physical or spiritual attribute, as they used them. But how could I really, REALLY ever know that? Answer: Through some sort of “spiritual or intellectual Illumination” perhaps? (I do believe such things are possible…) Or through (I am artistically inclined…) Art. Were they not Artists, the people of Khemet? Not that that supports my point… But, as every true Artist (or Scientist) knows; one must be “open” to receive “messages” – be they Artistic, or based on objective observation of the discernible realities of this World, and their “interpretation” or “understanding.”
I think that only AFTER one has “escaped” the forest of deities and symbols and images and emotions and WORDS and “thou shalt’s” and “thou shalt not’s” – that some sort of clarity and awareness of Reality is possible. From Awareness, Understanding may arise; be it in Art or Science. THAT kind of “God” I can truly “worship!”
What is Holy to me? Silence… the sound of the Wind… it is said that the Priests of Zeus listened to the rustlings of the Wind in the Sacred Oaks, in an attempt to discern the will of the God… That’s much more my type of “religious experience” than some fat, ignorant apparatchik ass mumbling words he didn’t write and probably doesn’t understand to a multitude of bored sycophants, longing to “act moral” before the multitudes… and having to cough up beau coups shekels for the “privilege” thereof…
Openness to What Is… leads to Understanding. Understanding, to “revelation” and “inspiration.”
In conclusion, since this “working class slob” has to earn a pay check tomorrow… Genuine Gnosis comes from a “not-doing” or “not-thinking” but a “being in the now.” No amount of rituals or tithes or “thousand times repeated by rote prayers” or “doing good deeds” to be seen by others, is of use. These things are for the pretenders and herd people only. “Magic Theatre. Not for everyone; for madmen only!” (To quote another Hesse work, this time “Steppenwolf…”)
Thus do I think. Please note I did not say “feel.” Emotions are almost the enemy of those who seek truth. There is more Truth in Logic than in Emotion; the Greeks were right (as always; may the Gods bless them!) Depends on your type to a degree though… Dionysian or Apollonian… Once again, the Greeks discerned and reported on the “archetypes” of human psychology… They were the most incredible people in all of History! If ONLY the stupid Christians hadn’t burned the Great Library! But I’ve been whining about that since I was a child, and the Library has yet to reappear! Heck; we’d probably already be colonizing Mars or something… Who knows? A thousand years of the “Dark Ages” before people started thinking again, and the Renaissance bloomed in all its incomparable magnificence!
Why was it a “rebirth?” Because “the Old Knowledge” was allowed to shine once more! And to that Gnosis (to use the Greek term) do I owe my allegiance!
The only way I can pay my respects is by thinking… and listening – both of which I do often!
“Why was it a rebirth/Renaissance? Because “the Old Knowledge” was allowed to shine once more”
Wayne, once again you are spot on.
The Dark Ages originated with Petrarch, or Francesco Petrarca , or the concept of the dark ages and not for the same reasons you guys think.
Oh, yeah, that rebirth and Francesco were part of the Church. If not for them you would have very little including this country, so relaxed
Re-read why the dark ages (middle ages) were about. Partly, the Protestants had reasons to name the dark ages. It was issues with the Pope and the like, but read up gents. You continue to accept lies about the Church then and probably way back when with the church.
You are doing what you contend the people of faith are doing by following their leadership. You read what you want or what was in history books and because it was aligned with your “faith” or reason.
Then you accepted it instead of doing your due diligence. To me, you guys are worse than people who don’t know. You see, you say you know , and knowledge is power, yet you don’t know how to wield that power. You are in the face of everyone, knocking their belief without concrete proof, written proof like they have. But you knock the dark ages and you don’t know what you are talking about. It was not completely dark and there were reasons for it not to be as prolific as other times, but more prolific from the previous year to the next.
Case in point. No Christian scholar, and they were and still are, in terms of God, still Christian, thought the earth was flat. They new it was a sphere. But you were taught and the history books showed they were all unintelligent being.
With killing, in Africa, forever, since many walked they have been killing one another, that is what man does, unfortunately and I really hate it whether it is thousands or one I can’t take it, but that’s an aside.
Also, the Asian countries and both places without God and religion, so please stop knocking the only thing you hate. This means you are phony and can’t be honest with yourself, and quite frankly no one needs you talking about it because no one listens.
I listen because I have certain reasons that are personal and we’ll, I am always looking, searching for something. Anyway.
Lastly, Francesco termed the dark ages for parts of Europe that were not Christianized. The Christian areas were doing okay.
P.S. When you have power others go around and sing and talk about you and your works and the things you wrote or spoke or greatness you achieved without knocking others so you can feel superior. You don’t go out and talk about your greatness or smarts, you have to be humble.
Those who aren’t humble usually aren’t the great ones.
P.S.S. With the Paris, Texas thing. There was no Paris, Texas when Napoleon grew up. That’s called timeline. Put Napoleon on the timeline and you can eliminate Paris, Texas. Put all of the “Paris” on the timeline and that’s how we eliminate some if not all but one of them.
It scares me to think you wrote a book and attack someone with big bold letters stating all the Paris’ and didn’t know Paris, Texas didn’t exist when Napoleon grew up. We can also eliminate many other Paris’ but it’s because of a timeline, boy oh boy. That’s how we find people in a place. Further, it just qualifies what I said earlier about knocking people that are unsure but didn’t write books or speak at length about the subject, you guys on here aren’t happy with truth or honesty, it’s revenge and vindication or just plain children that have a little knowledge. And that’s the worst of all, a little knowledge. Because you people are the most dangerous. You can quote this book and this guy but truly have no real world ( many years , like 40 of hands on ) experience that you are bringing to the table. Well, have fun because I hope that is why you do this.
Well… not sure where “gentiles” come from but sounds Latin. The Hebrew word is “goy” in singular and “goyim” (meaning, literally “nations” but figuratively “kaffirs” or “trash”). I’ve seen the derivation of “Hebrew” before and don’t remember the details, but it was in a scholarly work and does not agree with what you say here at all…
What are the “mysteries of the Epoptae”? Never heard of it. You provide a link… maybe I’ll get round to it when I have time… Skeptical of “mysteries” but may take a look. I think Science is the “elixir” – not “metaphysics.” That’s my take…
Thankyou Wayne
If you have no appreciation of the allegorical nature of ancient texts you can hardly be expected to penetrate ancient history. Similarly if you have no appreciation of the philisophical then you have none for the human condition. If you will not consider the philisophical genius of ancient Egypt you will not enjoy to the fullest thier engineering genius nor the purposes of same. Of course one of us is mistaken.
Mr. Richard;
Your reply is well nuanced, but still is rooted in religious territory. You contradict yourself as well, in my opinion. How can anyone understand the “secret meanings” of Hebrew scripture if they don’t have the “secret knowledge” you allege exists… as do the rabbis, who claim Moshe got “secret doctrine” along with the Torah… and of course only THEY know what the “secret knowledge” is so better pay up and do what they say, pronto! Same old religious sham that most religions do. It’s all about money and control. To transcribe the Christians, “God loves you so much that if you give him money (HOW can you “give God money?”) and follow what the grossly mistranslated missive which purports to be His word says… through a “God’s annointed on earth” type of HUMAN of course… then you get in the club. Doesn’t sound much like “love” to me!
Anyway, my point is this: You take me to task for not understanding the “secret doctrine” (thus my mentioning of Blavatsky, who wrote a book of that title, which is functionally unreadable…) when I don’t have it! Or want it!
Islam copied Christianity and Judaism. Christianity is directly derived from Judaism, but with lots of pagan additions. Judaism was “borrowed” lock, stock and barrel from a host of other religions that predated them, which is well known. How else Sargon II being put in a basket in the Euphrates 1000 years before Moshe (“Moses”; they can’t even get his name right!)? Or the flood in the “Epic of Gilgamesh?” It’s ALL been borrowed from other, older religions. So no, I do not therefore believe there is any “secret doctrine” that I have to kiss some rabbi’s (or other “priest’s”) posterior to get access to… and if a supposedly loving god set this racket up… well; best not even say what I think about that!
I’ll give Yeshua (mistranslated as “Jesus”) credit for one thing, which he has in common with Akhenaten: He totally short-circuited the “priest” class and said enlightenment is available directly to ALL people (as do the Buddhists.) Don’t have to kiss priest-booty or pay through the nose. I LIKE that!
In closing said this before and add again: This site, in my understanding, deals with the HISTORICAL record – not religious, metaphysical issues, etc., except as they relate to the issue at hand as sources (or in the Bible’s case; a mis-source to some…) for what’s being discussed here.
Regards – Wayne
Don’t presume to tell me I do not appreciate their accomplishments; both in engineering (we couldn’t build the “great pyramid of Khufu” today, even if we wanted to… the Japanese tried a 1/4 rendition in 1979… couldn’t do it!) or their Art! You mention the “Human Condition” – i.e. “emotions.” My “eye of Horus” leads me to my “brothers in spirit.” One may appreciate the Eiffel Tower despite a total lack of understanding of the engineering aspects of cast iron in 19th Century France… Your point is erroneous and tainted by your emotional ennui. Finally, other than their fragments of “religious precepts” – no one really knows what was the “philosophical genius” of Khemet, whether they say so or not; thus do I think. They were the FIRST Artists and the first architects. Everyone around the world even today can, on some level, admire what they did. What an arrogant and cavalier comment! I would never presume, as you do, to claim I know or understand their Ethos… but I can certainly adore what they were able to accomplish! And finally, what I do know, I know in and of myself; I don’t cough up some “intellectual’s” interpretation of what thus-and-such meant. The “eye of my spirit” may lead to impressions… but I don’t preach them as “holy writ” – as you do!
This site deals with physical and historical evidence; not metaphysical musings. Perhaps your posts would be better served in a philosophical site dealing with Christianity and/or Judaism.
So the exodus from Eygpt means release from the material world or the conquest of the beast, the fleshy body and release from all it’s temptations.
Oh? Who says that? And what does that have to do with the falsehood of “Israel in Egypt” being presented on this site? Though it has been reasonably established that the Hebrew falsehood is in fact false, you want to “spiritualize” it and preach it as a “doctrine of salvation” or something! Who SAID the body is evil? Answer: The Abrahamic religions! You’re preaching! This is not a religious site. By the way, with the Olympics recently finished… the ORIGINAL ones were done naked! The Greeks (may the Gods continue to bless them!) thought that the human form reflected the Divine Order of creation, and was beautiful! Knew there was a reason (one of many!) I liked them! If your body is so bad, why not leave it? (I’m being flippant but trying to make a point…) You’re a neo-buddhist in a way…but without the old body you wouldn’t be flipping those keys and writing what you did! I think the Ancients were “on to something” with worshipping (appreciating) the WONDERFUL machine that is our bodies…. So go join a monastery or something!
I’ll add that Eygpt means Earth the planet as does Sodom, according to Kuhn
Well, since Mr. Kuhn is “God’s Prophet to the goyim” then we should CERTAINLY obey, genuflect and pay up; no?
“The picture of this paradise in the Hebrew writings, the Psalms, the Books of Isaiah, Ezekiel, Zechariah and Revelation, were pre-extant long ages earlier as Egyptian. What the so-called ‘prophets’ of the Jews did was to make sublunary the vision of the good time in another life. There were always two Jerusalems from the time when Judea and Palestine were appendages of Egypt. Two Jerusalems were recognized by Paul, one terrestrial, one celestial. The name of Jerusalem we read as the Aarru-salem or fields of peace in the heaven of the never-setting stars. The burden of Jewish prophecy, which turned out so terribly misleading for those who were ignorant of the secret wisdom, is that the vision of this glorious future should be attained on earth; whereas it never had that meaning. . . . Thus Jerusalem on earth was to take the place of Jerusalem above and the Aarru-hetep became Jerusalem simply as a mundane locality.”3
From numberless texts in the Bible itself which point to the correctness of the uranographic interpretation of names we take one alone, which by itself is enough to substantiate the claim made in this connection. In Revelation (II: 8), speaking of the two witnesses whom it is said the dragon will rise up and slay, the apocalyptic writers says:
“And their dead bodies shall lie in the street of the great city, which spiritually is called Sodom and Egypt, where also our Lord was crucified.”
Dr. Ezzat I have enjoyed your blog very much, perhaps if you are have not already checked out the works of Gerrald Massey and ALVIN BOYD kUHN i URGE YOU TO DO SO, i THINK YOU WOULD ENJOY THEM VERY MUCH.
As above so below. Thankyou for your good works.
Mr.Richard;
You yourself do not even use the names correcty. There is no “j” in Hebrew, for example… “Zechariah” is a mistranslation of something like “zech-arya” if I remember correctly. You speak of authenticity and truth and Hidden Knowledge; yet you can’t even use proper Hebrew names in their original forms? Do you even know them? There is no “Jesus.” In Aramaic, his name was “Yehoshua” which he used by its common contraction “Yeshua.” It’s the same name as “Joshua” as the goyim translated it… If you’re going to put on airs a’la Madame Helena Blavatsky, the least you could do is use proper, Hebrew names! I’d suggest stop using mistranslations of Hebrew names written people who didn’t speak it and barely understood it, in England in the early 1600’s. There is no “Bethlehem.” It’s Beit Lechem which means “house of bread.” There is no Jehovah; there is YHVH; long story, but you seem like no possessor of esoteric wisdom to me! Besides; I am not interested in esoteric “Jewish wisdom.” I like facts.
Massey states that an entablature on the wall of an Egyptian temple bore a list of some hundred and twenty place names afterwards localized in Palestine, at a date at least one hundred and fifty years before there could possibly have been an exodus of Israelites from Egypt. It requires little “proof” to ascertain that “Egypt” as used throughout the Bible has the meaning of the lower self or animal-human personality, indeed the physical body of man itself. Jerusalem means the “holy city” or the heavenly realms, which are in consciousness, not on the map.
The Hebrew place name Yerushalayim actually means “new salem” (the name salem being the way the gentiles rendered it). Salem is akin to “shalom” or “peace.” So the name probably originally meant something like “new peaceful place” or something like that…
Moses stands for man, and Jehovah ordered Moses to build a tabernacle in which he (Jehovah) should be raised up. It may fall with surprise and incredulity upon most readers to be told that the Jehovah character of the creation legend is by no means the Supreme Lord, but merely one of the seven Elohim, or builders of the physical universe.
The Lost Light Alvin Boyd Kuhn
“Jehovah” is a mistranslation of “ha shem” (the name) done by people ignorant of how the Jews wrote their texts… Being prone to not say “ha shem” (which is given to Moses as YHVH; apparently pronounced “Yahweh” or “Yahveh”…) the vowel points underneath where the name was written specify the word “adoonai” – which the cantor would use rather than saying “the name” as it came to be regarded as blasphemous to do so over time… Dumb gentile translators combined “The Name” and the vowel points, added their non-existent in Hebrew “J” and thus was “jehovah” born as a word. So, there IS no “jehovah” (and no “J” in Hebrew either, I might add!) “He who calls upon the name of the lord shall be saved” the Christians say; yet few even know what he said his name was… and it certainly wasn’t “jehovah.”
Go to a Christian religious mystic site! This is all religious speculation! Real “enlightenment” comes from being, doing, feeling, experiencing both your “now” and the other creatures with whom you have rapport – their “now” too. Rituals, magic sayings, “Holy Water” and all the rest are “bovine feces” in my humble opinion!
sarroub mourad says:
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There are so many ridiculous notions in this thread. To say that the Hebrew Bible was wrong, would say that the book wasn’t inspired by God, and would also say that numerous prophecies within the Bible that have been fulfilled was just coincidence. Absolutely ridiculous notions. It also says in the Bible that people will begin to fall away from God, and try everything to disprove his teachings.
Whenever I stumble upon a comment so dogmatic and deluded like this (of Moses) I always think of this brilliant quote “People wrap themselves in their beliefs. And they do it in such a way that you can’t set them free. Not even the truth will set them free.”
― Michael Specter
Well, Mr. Moshe (Hebrew version of the name you use…):
The famous c. 300 BCE version of the book you refer to does not exist in any copy from that era. If I remember correctly (discounting some collateral evidence from the so called “Dead Sea Scrolls,” the most recent copy of the Torah is 700 or 800 CE, maybe even later. Ergo, it’s easy to “write backwards” and claim that so-and-so predicted such-an-such, and it happened in 900 BCE, but the written proof no longer exists. “You got to believe” in other words. Imagine trying to be a journalist with “credentials” like that. You should direct your belief-driven writings to a metaphysical or religious site.
PS – What is posted here from the host still exists in the historical record of Egypt… something which the book you champion may not claim; at least in its original form, whatever that was..
If one writes “prophecies” after the fact (Oldest Tenach; 300 BC, Alexandria…) then it’s EASY to get it right!
Fall away from WHICH “god?” The “Old Testament” (or more accurately rendered, Old Covenant) refers to the “Gods of Egypt” as if they were actual Gods. It doesn’t call them false… and the “miracles” performed at Pessach (“Passover”) were meant to refute their power… but NOT their Existence. Yes; there are many ridiculous postings here… and yours are among them, “comrade!”
Karimu Mubaric says:
I have learnt a lot of mind boggling stuff from these blog,although i have some extreme reservations about certain post on this blog, it is still worth reading.Taking into account of the fact that,Archaeological or historical speaking,Ancient Egyptians were blacks.Who ever thinks that Adam and Eve were Whites or caucasians need to submit their mind and heart for research.
Mr. Mubaric;
Having studied Egyptian art since the 1960’s, and having viewed unnumbered images of tombs, monuments (both in the flesh and in museums, books, and other venues…) and other archeological records, Old Kingdom to New, it is unequivocally evident that the people of “the Two Lands” painted themselves as a red-skinned people. They also portrayed Nubians, who are unequivocally “Black,” as being just that; black skinned, with the features one would expect. The ancient Egyptian language is known to have been related to ancient Akkadian, among others. These tongues were spoken by what we would now call “Semites.” That group, among whom modern Arabs are numbered, are not regarded as “African” in the sense that they had black skin and “African” features. Of course, peoples mix, over time, and that complicates the issue somewhat. But your contention that the people of the Two Lands were, say, similar to the inhabitants of Chad or Mali, may easily be disproved by merely looking at any book of Egyptian history which possesses photographs of their art and their portrayal of themselves. Almost universally, they do NOT look “African” as we would now use the term. They look more like Native Americans.
Why race should even be a factor here is only important to racists, in my opinion. The Egyptians were not racist,and there was probably some admixture with genuine “black” peoples; especially after the XIXth Dynasty. But I would suggest, Mr. Mubaric, that you peruse the copious images that the people of the Two Lands left of themselves on myriad tomb walls and monuments. Do they look “Black” to you, Mr. Mubaric? If so, then perhaps a visit to an optometrist would be a viable alternative to clarify plainly for you how they portrayed themselves.
Finally, Adam and Eve are fiction. That myth is from the Judeo-Christian canon. Why do you introduce this fiction into a discussion with which it has nothing to do?
Perhaps you subscribe the Rastafarian mythos, and believe that “white people” were created on the Greek island of Patmos and are “blue eyed devils.” I know not; neither do I care. That issue is a theological one, and this site does not deal with such issues; except as it offers convincing and viable alternatives to the mythos of the “Judeo-Christian” canon, and its spin-offs, of which you are an apparent adherent.
This site deals with genuine archeological and historical evidence, and extrapolations on what that evidence may yield. It is not, nor do I imagine it was intended to be, a venue through which racists may offer undocumented and unsupported extrapolations of their prejudices at the expense of the visible historical record and the authentic search for Knowledge and understanding.
Regards – Wayne in Virginia, USA
african says:
you try so hard to sound scholarly, but you come across more like a racist, ancient KMT was African through and through, ” smart people come in all colors” Neil Degrasse Tyson.
OK, so show us a picture of them! (Adam and Eve; Hebrew/Christian fiction…) The “Scientific Method” friend. AND… depending on where you live – GO to a museum which has an “Egyptian” section, and look at how they portrayed themselves. Finally, where is your proof that “Egyptians were Black?” Does Nefer Neferu Aten Nefertiti, whose bust now rests in the Berliner Neues Museum in Berlin, “look Black” to you? Finally, this site has nothing to do with all of that anyway. DNA science indicates that there was a presence of “sub Sarahan African” genotypes (i.e. “Black People”) in Egypt as far back as the earliest dynasties… as high as 10% if I remember correctly… but that proportion DROPPED rather than increased, as time passed and their “historical barque” approached the New Kingdom. As always, you say “race doesn’t matter” – yet you tie EVERYTHING to it. Who is the “racist” here, friend?
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Greek Nationalist says:
You are a liar and a fraud. Zionism is a wicked and evil agenda, but you are a liar and your work is replete with fallacy after fallacy. Do you suppose that Alexander the Great just mistakenly thought he had conquered Judea? Will you ignore the witness of men like Josephus? He makes no mention in any of his work of any Arabian origin of the Jews. Instead he demonstrates that Abraham was born in what today is southeastern Turkey (Tur Abdin). How will you explain the existence of the Samaritan people who live in Palestine to this day? How will you explain the records of thousands of the ancient Israelites exiled among the Medes? Will you blame the Greeks for the translation held by the Samaritans? Will you simply ignore the Dead Sea Scrolls that existed a thousand years before the Septuagint was compiled? Will you ignore the reality that the Hebrew is more closely related to Aramaic than it is to Arabic? Will you ignore the fact the Arabic derived its cursive script form from Syriac? I have looked into your activities I see that you slander my Coptic Orthodox brothers…I challenge you to a public debate I am currently awaiting the schedule of a Syriac scholar who is a dear friend of mine. We will expose that it is not truly an anti jewish agenda that you are pushing but really it is an anti Christian agenda you are pushing
Oh, DEAR! One may not merely present one’s understanding of the facts. Anything (and maybe everything, in some cases) becomes a purposeful attack on group X, group Y, or group Z!
I can understand why practitioners of all three “Abrahamic religions” would regard what Dr. Ezzat has to say as “blasphemous.” So, I say, if you have any proofs for your retorts, “Greek Nationalist,” then let’s hear them. I’m part Greek myself, but don’t have to scream and holler and demolish the house to make a point. Let us, then, dispense with all the angst and anger and self-righteousness. What “wares” (i.e. FACTS!) do you have to “sell,” which would refute Dr. Ezzat’s premises? Can’t you leave your temper tantrums by the door and be a “good Greek” and just talk about FACTS? Your people were the first “thinkers” as we now understand the term; but you seem to be in a “Dionysian tantrum.”
You sound more like a “fundamentalist Muslim (or Christian) than a thinker. We, the audience, the Aethos, and maybe even The Infinite, await your response.
Regards from he who likes the owl,and that – “Awareness” which it represented.
Forgot a couple things, to our Typhon-Set friend who calls himself “Greek Nationalist.” The Dead Sea Scrolls date from about 300 BC or later; NOT a thousand years before the Greek edition of the “Old Covenant” which was produced in Alexandra, Egypt about 300, BC. You like to throw around the word “liar” and I am disinclined to use such strong terms… but here, friend, you lie.
Second point: Josephus. He “betrayed his people” and lived as a pet in Rome. Of course, he got rich, probably… The Jews to this day reject just about everything he says because of this. Any time someone becomes a pet of the “enemies of his people”… well; the people he has seemingly betrayed, as well as history itself, tend to regard such people “cum grano salis.” That’s a Roman expression, which basically means “with skepticism.” Of course, you, as with all “true believers” pillage ancient texts which support their “belief-frenzy” and discount everything else. Someday I might write a book of the contradictions in the “New Testament”… I’ve read it over 12 times, unlike its followers… and as a purely literary work, it is rife with contradictions and disharmonious information. Take, for example, the death of Judas. Read it yourself, hero, in the 4 synaptic “Gospels.” One says he hanged himself; he other says he fell down and burst open, or something similar. Which is it, then? But what is that, the “true believers” would say – “We’d believe even if it were proven that it was UTTERLY false!” Just like the “Mormons” who claim the “Native Americans” are the “10 lost tribes of Israel.” Modern genealogical discoveries have proven outright that such a belief is false… but who cares about the facts, right, “Greek Nationalist?” How did these “Hebrews” cross the Atlantic and get to America in the first place? Oh dear! There I go thinking about facts again! Silly rabbit that I am!
Joel Slack says:
The invitation to discussion is open to interested parties, including (if I may be so bold) you, Dr. Ezzat.
best regards~~js
Hey, Joel; No problem! My teams of lawyers are already on the case! The damage to my self-esteem and sense of well-being was titanically horrific! (Joking of course…) I will resend you what I wrote to the original address. As the Bard of Stratford-upon-Avon once told me, when I wandered one night into the “Intergalactic Cafe and Bistro” while traversing various lateral Timeframe axes, “Feces doth occur, young man! Bring thy broom AND thy dustbin!”
You are far too kind, I’m merely a somewhat-humble servant. I will attempt once more to leave contact information: joelslack@gmail.com
I desire greatly to communicate with you at greater length on a more appropriate forum.
Mr. Slack;
I will send you my personal e-mail via the contact medium you provided. Regards – Wayne
I sincerely apologize Wayne, but I put an incomplete email address (groan). Please try again at joelslack62@gmail.com. Sorry!
B. Chase says:
Dear Mr. Hill,
In my quest for truth, I ran into the discourse between you and Mr. Slack today and it has greatly affected me. I feel I have learned more from the discussion between you gentlemen about history, religion, etc. then in all my years of sitting in church pews. I am ever grateful that I ran into this blog about Dr. Ezzat’s book, as well as the opportunity to read all of the contributions to this blog, with you and Mr. Slack’s comments being the best of all. I would love the opportunity to continue discourse with both of you gentlemen if you are open and willing. Please email me at BLACHASE2@gmail.com whenever you get a chance. I would love to consult you and your years of study, as well as “pick your brain ” and ask some very poignant questions that may help me reach some much needed conclusions. Hoping for your response!
Kindest regards, B. Chase
Slack, indeed! Nothing of any historical or scientific bent; just another “Thou Shalt” to embrace “superstition X” (assumedly- as opposed to “superstition Y” or “superstition Z”…). Said another way, “Iffin’ yew dohn bleeb in JEEEEEEZUS, yer gonna go ta HAY-EL!” What are you doing, sir, on a site which discusses history and physical evidence, with your “Preach-eology?” Where are your facts? You possess none, of course, and – as with the majority of practitioners of your faith, probably haven’t even read your book and are utterly lacking in any sort of “reality-based” knowledge…
If you want to discuss theology, there are many sites available to that end. You are really here to preach, of course. I will give you some grudging credit, however, as you at least know the real name of the one called Jesus – Yehoshua, commonly rendered in his time by a sort of nick-name, Yeshua… Most believers of your faith don’t even know that and would resist being informed accordingly. No “J” in Hebrew, no Joshua, no Jordan, no Jerusalem… They can’t even translate the words correctly for objects and people and we are supposed to trust their work with “Metaphysical” things? I think not.
But you go on believing whatever you wish; a freedom I give to all, even when they don’t extend it to me too, as you most obviously do NOT. Such tells a great deal about the state of people’s hearts… but that, too, is another issue.
Ha! The religion of “love” that conducted a 2000 year war of extermination against their spiritual fathers, the Jews… all the while claiming “Jesus” was a Jew… and, when not persecuting their latest “heretics” (Albigensians, Arians, Cathars, Knights Templar, whatever…) they fought for centuries and massacred each other over the same types of thanatology (thought I just invented that word but spell check doesn’t mind it!) that plagues the Muslims in the “Shia” versus “Sunni” insanity… Protestant versus Catholic, etc. Christianity is a SICKNESS! ALL of the “Mosaic” religions are sicknesses! Self-induced “I hate the world” psychosis, and they all dream of a nightmarish “Har Megiddo” (valley of Megiddo for you illiterate Christians; not “Armageddon”…) – at any rate, a nightmarish Hell-scenario where millions perish. And they call him a god of Love? Das Christentum? Es ist ein KRANKHEIT! Los von Rom! They “get hard” thinking about all us infidels burning forever, and how “god” is going to pet them and give them “tender vittles” for believing in nonsense and killing everyone who doesn’t! “Religion of Love” indeed!
I close with a quote: “They speak of love; yet they send to Hell everything that stands in their way.” Friedrich Nietzsche
Signed, Paganismus Maximus, worshipper of Athena, and her pet (owl)… and the Aten too!
I freely give you that what passes for the “Christian” church since the 2nd century or so is odious. But these people do not know Adonai Tsva’ot, the Holy One of Israel. Neither do today’s Jews worship Him. They worship themselves, stuck forever in the Babylonian captivity. (for now!) I can disagree with very little you had to say about the state of man’s folly in the name of serving the Almighty—because they are jammed with pagan imagery and outright plagiarisms. You are correct in your statements. Concerning “hell,” there is no such word in the original language, and I can only assume the heads of the early “churches” found many more behinds in “church” pews and moneys in coffers if people were scared that a Just, Fair, Compassionate creator sought to roast them into eternal perpetuity for failing to live up to his standards. A simple internet search can show that neither the word “church” or the word “hell” exist in original languages/texts, and were substituted during translations by roman catholics and kings of england who had a vested interest in total secular control over the religious flock.
Much of what modern “Christians” believe is nowhere to be found in either the Tanakh (the Law, the Prophets, and the Writings of the Hebrews) or the post-2nd-Temple era writings. You find most of the garbage that men call Christendom in the writings of elders and philosophers. Plato figures heavily into major themes of modern “Christian” belief.
It is no wonder you and everyone else is so hostile towards a God that nobody can represent properly without resorting to pagan sweeteners. I am sorry people are so STUPID, but God is good. The “Old Testament” is nothing more or less than the history of the nation of Israel, God’s chosen people. I will tell you why I believe it to be a historical document. Because it paints the children of Israel as INSUFFERABLE whiners and betrayers of the Holy One. Now why would any people extol such a book, when all it does is paint them as A-holes?? It can only be true, because it shows that Israel has (ahem) religiously abandoned their Holy One at every available opportunity. Reading the Old Testament (Tanakh), I don’t see how any one single person of Jewish extraction could ever feel anything but SHAME at the weakness and faithlessness of my ancestors. Yet they hold the Word forth like a talisman, made for them, to rescue them.
Au contraire, the whole of the Law given by Adonai to Moshe with the instruction to WRITE DOWN EVERY WORD OF IT, as a testimony against faithless Israel. As Exhibit A in the case of “Why Israel May Never Blame El Shaddai for Their Sorrows.” Israel foolishly believes it is a talisman from a God who will destroy their enemies in front of them. Not so much.
I understand why you make your remarks, Wayne. Their are far too few facts in the world about who the Lord of Hosts really is.
Hello, Joel;
While we might not agree on things, I can’t thank you enough for such a thoughtful, intelligent, well measured, brilliantly expressed and “anger-less” response. Please accept my apology for a somewhat rashly expressed sarcasm. (I’m very spontaneous and sarcastic in situ naturalibus..)
When I was in high school one of my best friends was a committed communist. While I find that “over-idealistic” ‘faith’ to be anathema, he believed it, and we argued good naturedly for hours, and with no hatred for the opposing person and no anger. That’s the way it ought to be I think… but certainly isn’t now! Everything’s gotten SO ugly…
Anyway; If you’re familiar with the writings of Nietzsche… well; that’s my basic position. People are obsessed with belonging to something, with being special, and love to “magnify their specialness” by looking down on and hating others, etc. I call them (as did Nietzsche) “herd people.” I am anti-herd, and I’ll wager you are too…
Nietzsche pointed out that “Christian anti-semitism” is UTTERLY absurd; as it is. How can you worship the “Jewish son of God” and hate Jews at the same time? Yet Europe has been beset with this insanity for 2000 years.
As for the Jewish People… well; complex issue. I don’t think they (most of them) are actually descended from the Hebrews of old… (Koestler’s “Khazar” idea) – but, got to give them credit; they’re one of the smartest and most accomplished people on the planet. As for their religion? Another really complex issue…
The Septuagint? Heaven knows what the 70 Rabbis in Alexandra started out with… but we all know of course what they left us with. Not to mention all the stuff the Christians did with it, as well as their own… take on things. (How’s that for being polite? Doesn’t come naturally!)
It’s my understanding that the Christian word “sin” originally meant merely to “miss the mark” – not having all the masochistic, self-flagellation connotations the Christians attributed to it.
Let me put it in a teacup. God makes a world but it’s so messed up he destroys it once. Even the second incarnation is so bad he has to kill himself (in the form of his “son”) to make things right. This whole idea is alien to every atom in my body and always has been. And, unless you believe in “His son” you go to hell, and everyone before Christ (apparently) went to Hell, and all non-believers went/will go/are going to Hell… And they call Him a “God of Love?” Am I missing something?
Not to mention when the Israelites entered Caanan, kill them all, kill their women and children; bash their babies’ brains out on the walls… even kill their animals…? What’s up with this?
But it gets worse… at least for 2 of the 3 “Abrahamic” religions believe God loves the world so much that He’s going to make a horrid, nightmarish death-inferno to punish all the evil-doers, destroy and pollute the planet utterly, kill untold millions of “non-believers” and – all that stuff. This is a Thanatos cult, in my opinion.
At least, far as I know, the Jews aren’t rooting for THAT kind of hellishness! Yea, they seemingly invented the “princess syndrome” – but if that’s the worst thing they did then what the heck!
I’m familiar with all the “Right Wing Conspiracy” stuff, and Bilderberg and Rothschild and Kuhn & Loeb stuff… Well; so bankers are bastards. J.P. Morgan didn’t seem like such a nice guy either. Karl Marx; he was of Jewish extraction, granted; but certainly not a practitioner of Judaism… There’s so much information and so many opinions and so much DIS-information… Hard to find the way through it all. How come Christianity isn’t blamed for Hitler (a Catholic) or a million other examples? It’s all so crazy.
Today everyone pretends Islam is a “religion of TOLLLLLLLLLLerance.” Anyone who knows anything about history knows otherwise. Of the three Abrahamic religions, only Judaism comes out relatively good in this regard. They never tried to shove their beliefs down anyone’s throat, never killed people for thinking differently… though they do of course banish people from the family (and from the Jewish community) if they are/were “apostate.” I’m descended from one such gentleman, among others.
I could go on for weeks I guess, but need to cut this short as have to go to work tomorrow. You impress me greatly!
I believe in personal responsibility. Don’t think “God hates me!” if something bad happens to me. Believe in a “Creative Force” or “Grand Architect” but reject all the images of this Force presented by the major religions – except perhaps Atenism, and to an extent, Buddhism. I think mankind is still, generally, spiritually in the “one and a half year old” state, where “Big Mommy” (or “Big Daddy”) spanks you if you don’t do right, and you don’t even really know what you’re doing… and every child thinks they are the centre of the universe, until they mature (looking around nowadays -, IF they mature!)
I believe in a sort of Transcendental, non-personal FORCE which, most or all of the time it seems, is not (obviously) active in the Human sphere. Something almost like a physical law of the Universe… which, it is theorized, resembles in outline how Akhenaten viewed his “god” the Aten. What can you give God? Nothing, of course; except – gratitude? Love? But love is boundless, and tends to “spread” to other objects in one’s vicinity…
All these “People of the Books” who speak of love and mercy though; the bulk of them know nothing of the concept except as it relates to their immediate personal circumstances (if then) in my observation.
Allah is merciful? Maybe so; but his followers, especially his most committed ones, certainly are NOT! The same may be said for Christianity, which speaks of love all the time… and yet America, the “most Christian nation” is constantly invading and murdering untold thousands, to “save” them! (Sounds familiar, no?) From the 1830’s to the Civil War to Hawaii to the Spanish American War and beyond… we do the same thing all the time. Of course, it’s all REALLY about money… The “high principles” are merely window dressing. That’s what I find so damning about it. Someone like Cesar Borgia is MUCH more refreshing and honest, for at least he doesn’t “pretend like he’s doing God’s work!”
Mankind is a despicable creature by and large; only the “exceptions to the rule” that come along from time to time even come close to justifying his existence, in the highest terms, in my opinion. Doesn’t matter where you’re from or what tiki-totem pole you worship, if any. I dream of a religion where Art is the highest expression of The Divine… Yea; I’m probably crazy! But I like it!
But on the other hand, most people are wrapped up in their own stuff, which they should be I guess. I don’t know; it’s a contradiction (seemingly) I’ve yet to resolve.
While I admire your quest to find out the genuine “roots” of your beliefs, I do not believe in the “God of the Tenach” – or at least what I have learned of Him from what I’ve read and experienced these almost 60 years. He seems to me a repellant, angry, nasty mass murderer who created a fallen world and then punishes his flawed creatures with eternal damnation (what an EVIL concept!) merely for being the way He made them! They are required to refute their own existence in order not to die! Such a principle is… well; at least with Islam and Christianity, you see where it can lead. Seems they work out their angst at being “God’s flotsam” by punishing the REST of mankind who refuses to partake of their “self-annihilation prevention prescription” which is called “organized religion.”
The Jews have equally imprisoned themselves in the unbelievable (12000 pages!) – maze? – of the Talmud… Can’t even make up their minds how a Mezzuza is supposed to be placed (Rabbi #1 said horizontal, and his son, Rabbi #2 said vertical, I think it is… which is why it’s on a diagonal today…)
Such religions stifle Life itself, all spontaneity, all genuine Spiritual intuitions, in my opinion. Once we reach the “Thou Shalt” and “Thou Shalt Not” phrase, we’re all dead spiritually, and merely “Machines” mindlessly doing what “someone said God said” so we “get eternal life.” It’s spiritual slavery, in my opinion, on a purely spiritual level, and it suffocates genuine Life.
Such do I think… Many thanks for your thought-provoking and very high-minded retort. You must be an exceptional and enlightened person! May the Most High continue to bless you!
Thanks for responding so graciously. I told my wife yesterday, before I heard back from you, that you appeared to be straight and honest (I mean straight-shooter), and that I would be able to talk to you. (I read other of your comments, roaring and stomping through the threads as one who can and will challenge “crap” when he sees it)
This rancor and bitterness surrounding the “servants” of God might be understandable in a “this world will hate you if you love Jesus” sort of way, but that can not the case when nobody (hardly anybody) today genuinely, earnestly seeks after answers about the God of Israel, the God of All.
The “Jews” (whatever they are, Khazars, Ashkenazi, Sephardi, etc.) have never been known to proselytize, why would they? Everyone hates them (reason for which explained in Deutoronomy), and their entire make-up is built around the expectation that God will destroy anyone who is not a chosen person like them. “The truth was made FOR US,” they think. “God will wipe this Earth clean FOR US,” they think. It is debatable whether there are any true Hebrews/Children of Jacob living in Israel currently, and the Israelis currently living there are either secular or Babylonian, belief-wise, so no help will come from the “Jews.”
Christians walk around with crosses around their necks and 4 New Testament verses tucked in their hatbands, three of which are threatening the direst of consequences. Disagree with them and you are likely going to hell. Your assessments are pretty accurate, Wayne, because this is how things currently are. You are not crazy: this is how things appear because this is how things currently stand (and these things ought not to be).
And this from the people supposedly safeguarding the Truth of God…but safeguarding for whom? And this is without even bringing up the mormons or “Church of Christ, Scientist!” folks, etc., these are the “mainstreamers” of God’s message of hope for mankind?? (exasperated wheeze)
Fortunately, there is a true safeguard, an honest broker without denominational bias. Something that will shock the pants off of anyone reading this is that the truth of a loving, watchful God becomes understandable only after reading the Old Testament. I know, right!! I learned to know and love God by reading the OLD Testament, what amounts to the Hebrew bible. You’d think, “Oh, Jesus is where God showed his love towards man for the first time, before that he was angry and cruel.” I am thrilled to report that this conception is totally false! But an unbiased look is required, and this is a frightful condition to require, by today’s standards. Who is unbiased? Who does not already hate Jews and/or Christians and, by default, reject their cruel, angry so-called God? Dialogue has been replaced by “who can shout the loudest” and “I hate you MORE.” Gross.
Yet I submit that hope remains, for the interested. For the truly invested, God does not hide himself, but why would he reveal himself to cruel dilettantes?. Does it matter? Does anyone REALLY care whether The Lord Most HIgh is an actual, real and true entity? And if he is real and true, the people who DO believe in him seem to be world-class jerks, I mean let’s be honest, who wants to spend time here on Earth with most of those guys, much less the prospect of heaven forever with smug self-satisfied unloving jerks who seem to desire an unquenchable dung fire to consume the entrails of people who disagreed with them on Earth? Gross.
But this picture is incorrect, inaccurate, and vastly inadequate for the subject, PRESUMABLY the King of Heaven! Oh how far we have gotten from any reasonable picture of the Glorious One. But it is there, in the Hebrew (NOT Jewish) bible.
I could talk for days about the patience, long-suffering, and lovingkindness of Yahweh, proved over and over again just in the Torah, before even approaching the days of the Judges, the Kings, and the exiles. O where to begin. First, I do not know everything, or even 5 percent of everything. What I do know is wonderful!
But everything people know about God today is false. Jews, Christians, Catholics (shudder), people have crafted their own version to suit their own requirements, but God exists beyond these paltry human descriptions, these god-in-our-box phonies.
There is a truer picture without denomination, but it doesn’t happen in one story. And I AM NOT SPECIAL. I am not a graduate of any college, theological or otherwise. I am just a dude, not advanced or evolved, I simply read the Book and paid attention. For anyone ACTUALLY curious about “Is there really evidence that God exists,” I do think we can find it, but faith only comes from God, we do not lift ourselves up to the Almighty. I have greatly desired to share this viewpoint with open-minded people, and generally those people are not to be found among the “religious.” (or in blog comments sections, yet here we are!)
It’s free! And free-ING! I share no “church” with any man, church is a made-up human word intentionally mis-translated from “ekklesia,” which is an assembly, or gathering, usually of a civic (or military…) nature. Ekklesia is found over 110 times in the post-2nd-temple era writings called “New Testament.” and all but 3 times is universally replaced with the relatively modern, misleading word: church. This denotes a building or structure, or a hierarchical structure, and this is not the word Yehoshua used in Matt 16:18, the famous “upon this rock” verse that Romans grossly mistranslate to justify their abomination known as a “church.”
But how things are is not how things were meant to be. The wisdom of man, the resistance of foul spirits (yes I believe it is true), and the forgetfulness of antiquity brings us to this sorry state, and it is very sorry. Yet hope is not entirely hidden–indeed, it is in plain sight for any who wish for actual knowledge for TRUTH’s sake. Seeking to find evidence to crush one’s opponents…not really a worthy quest.
I don’t wish for one human, even Adolf Hitler, to spend an eternity in a tortuous and flaming punishment. What monster would WANT that, no matter how “bad” a person is/was?? For ETERNITY??? It is inhuman, monstrous, and I detest the very idea. It is a human fabrication, that a loving Creator would pre-destine the vast majority of his creation to shrieking and howling torment as eternal punishment, without rest. It is WRONG to paint the Creator as one who desires to see man, whom he made, suffer tortures untold for the whole of existence. Makes me want to vomit that people have portrayed the Living God in this fashion.
Once more, Friend, I must apologize for the the “Shorthand” interpretations I made of your original comments. You, sir, are a “well of great depth.” You have my respect and admiration. Used to dealing with the typical “Christian” crowd, I… well; I don’t tend to be particularly nice. And I confess this “sin” for I typically tell them I’m Jewish and ‘what are you going to tell me about morality!!!?? (to transcribe Menachem Bagin, (Spelling?) (that scares off most of “the goyim.”)
I have to work tonight on third shift, and as a consequence of that am trying to get some sleep now. Don’t know where you are, but “third shift” in Eastern Standard Time (US) translates to 12:30 a.m. until 8:30 a.m. I will try to do justice to your impressive commentary sometime during that time (when I’m supposed to be working… but it’s OK – it’s a virtual “graveyard” at that time…)
You are, bar none, are the most impressive “mouthpiece” for your “Master” that I have yet encountered. Since He seemingly sent such an impressive “ambassdor” to me, it is incumbent upon me that I hear what you have to say.
I have never encountered a one such as you. I am interested in what you have to say. I could only believe in a Creator who loves all His creatures, and doesn’t “get off” on punishment. To put it in a teacup… We are ALL blessed beyond comparison, beyond all (or any ) worthiness on our own parts. How, then, could it really be the nightmare that all the “standard religions” (not to mention LDS) say? They have driven men to all sorts of foolishness with their close-minded, hate-filled rantings! Such, at any rate, do I think.
Kindest regards to you!
In the name of L’Chaim; of Life, and Health, and Love, and blessedness! (For we are all blessed to have these things, fleeting though they may be!)
Oh good, more of man’s wisdom. The Day comes for all men, regardless of whom/what they believe is true. You can tell The Lord of Hosts to his face about Egypt and Pharoah, and see how it goes over. Or you could open your heart to the Almighty, whose name is YHWH. The Lamb will not be interested in historical theories. Soften your heart, bend your neck, He who reigns forgives our failure, but only at a heavy price, paid willinly by He who saves, Yeshua. This is truth, words to outlast any obelisk or mountain, or vain philosophy of man.
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Professor JW says:
With all due respect, I too have studied Egyptian history for over 20 years, and indeed the term pharaoh IS used for kings during the New Kingdom. It originated as ‘great house’ and later became a reference to ‘your majesty,’ just as that is used as a reference style for monarchs later in history (and today). Thus, king and pharaoh were both interchangeable for rulers of Egypt during the New Kingdom. I don’t know any Egyptologist who studies Egyptian history, archaeology, or language through the lenses of the Bible. Yes, many of us grew up with biblical stories, but most learned scholars understand those to be stories, not history.
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” there were no slaves in Egypt until the Roman invasion”
Perhaps All roads lead to Rhome has more meaning than we have previously given it.
Just my thought on it.
Indeed all roads lead to Rome. This will soon prove to be lterally true as I will reveal the huge deception/forgery the Greco-Romans and the Jewish scribes have concocted concerning the issue of Pharaoh.
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Reblogged this on Pyramidion and commented:
This is a re-edited version of my original article posted in 2011. I’m re-blogging it for it will be followed soon by a series of articles carrying the same title expounding the findings of my 3-year-reasearch. The research reveals with evidence-based findings that ancient Egypt never knew Pharaohs nor any Israelites. That means the Israelite’s Exodus did not take place in the valley of the Nile. Wow, try and ponder over the consequences of this paradigm shifting discovery.
Very interesting hypothesis. I also agree that the Hebrews were not in Egypt, but from a different angle. Please allow me to elaborate. The term translated as Egypt from the Hebrew is H4714, which etymologically translates as “double straits.” I do believe this original etymological translation holds some meaning to the landscape of the country and that it has been incorrectly translated for generations (on purpose, as a means of control, which is another discussion altogether). There is only one location that I can think of near the area we call modern day Israel that has a double strait: The Turkish Straits of the Dardanelles and the Bosphorus. These two straits also hold the well known cities of Troy and Istanbul, both with mythic, iconic pasts.
The kingdom of Hatti, which was only discovered in the early 1900s, was centered in Anatolia. They battled Rameses II at Kadesh and made a peace treaty with Rameses, who married two daughters from the Hatti King’s family. It is the Hatti that are believed to be the Biblical Hittites. Seeing that Homer is believed to be from Smyrna, in the center of Turkey, and that the Hatti language was an Indo-European language, most closely related to Armenian, I am concluding thus far that the Hebrews were slaves in “Egypt” or more correctly, the land of the double straits. We have misplaced Egypt in the Hebrew narrative. It would make sense then that they were in fact in slavery since the culture further north, namely the Grecian city states and yes, later Rome, did have a practice of slavery, as did the Hatti.
A couple of additional thoughts on the Hatti: one of their main gods was the storm god. After the fall of their empire in 1300-ish BC, they were assimilated into other cultures around them. If you follow the language, however, a good majority had to have ended up in modern day Armenia (since Armenian is the closest modern relation to the Hatti language). Since Mount Ararat is in Turkey, smack in the middle of their area, and they worship the storm god, I must wonder if this are was where the flood occurred. The Armenians trace their lineage back to Japtheth, as do the Khazars, so much of that research sticks in my mind. It also fulfills the prophecy that Japtheth will dwell in the tents of Shem. Those who claim to be “Jews” and who are not.
Lastly, concerning the term Pharaoh. I want to offer another idea. Time will tell if my hunch is at all correct. Pharaoh, as we know it, was spread all over thru Latin etc and it all goes back to the Hebrew, which supposedly goes back to the Egyptian. What if pharaoh was a Hatti term and not an Egyptian term? I am still researching Armenian to see if there is a correlation to king or perhaps emperor in the translation.
Good luck on your research and continued search for truth. Peace and blessings!
This is actually interesting but lacks evidence? Why would you post a story with NO credible evidence? Wheres the proof at? ALL i see here is some hate for JEWS lol……….are you serious??? Where’s the writing’s at? How about some books that back it all up? Or walls with that information??? Give me a break
See those things at the bottom called recommended books? Or at the top all those links? What you do is click on them, then you READ them. I know I know some are hundreds of pages long and it will require you to turn off the TV or PC and read them. After that you can come in here and complain some more about how you do not understand them.
I discern no “hate” in this missive; even though I completely disagree with it. Makes me wonder what “emotional magma” is driving the “volcano” of your angst. Using the “philosophical nose” I spiritually inherited from the Sage Nietzsche, I smell “Abrahamic religious odor!”
Gazz says:
The sun protection lotion must have been very good back then 🙂
Interesting work Dr Ezzat.
tiva82 says:
I wonder if you knew what you talking about your Articles is purely fiction with no true in it
Shebrew judah says:
Apparently someones been doing alot of reading, but not enough traveling! Egypt actually has a wall telling the story of the israelites. Also alot of information on the ancient israelites has been swept under the rug, to prevent those who are hebrews to never find out who they are unless they go searching for it. I know for a fact that israelites existed and I know who they are! Read from babylon to timbuktu! The modern day jews are europeans and arabs pretending to be hebrews and the modern day egyptians are arabs pretending to be egyptians. Don’t get tricked by the lies!
Jim B Good says:
Here is the real Jerusalem.,,, Tanis (/ˈtænɨs/; Zoan; Ancient Greek: .
Zion (Hebrew: ציון), also transliterated Sion, Tzion or Tsion, is a place name often used as a synonym for Jerusalem. Lol !!!
rasil4u says:
You are correct. According to my research, modern day Jews are Kazars who converted to Judaism in 740 B.C. Jews who inhabit Israel are Askenazis and American Jews and certainly not the Jews of the Bible. This is all a fabricated lie they have perpetrated. Only reason they are in Israel is bc of the holocaust. The Ethiopian Jews who the Israelis despise are the Biblical Jews. and not any European or American Jew alive today. More importantly, THEY are NOT the chosen people as the big deception purports. Until the story of the hunt is told by the lion, the tale will always glorify the hunter. Thanks Shebrew Judah for your bravado here. Thank goodness we are educated about the great deceptions.
Wrong date for conversion! Try a thousand years later! Read Arthur Koestler’s book “The Thirteenth Tribe.”
Well, if you are so knowledgeable, why don’t you share it with us? What wall “telling the story of the Israelites?” (Actually, the alleged existence of this text has been mentioned previously on this site…) But; the tactile, “physical man” wants to know: Where is it? Why do you speak in unsubstantiated riddles?
Your punctuation and capitalization is woefully inadequate. Before you condemn me as being a “traditionalist hack” I site an example of why these things are important. You APPARENTLY refer to a work (book?) entitled “From Babylon to Timbuktu.” At least, that’s what I am GUESSING you mean… To clarify these issues is (one of the reasons WHY) the rules of standard punctuation, capitalization and the use of quotations and other marks was devised in the FIRST place…
I think every bio-oraganism with even a wee bit of grey matter knows that “The European Jews” are “White People.” Refer to Arthur Koestler’s book “The Thirteenth Tribe” mentioned elsewhere.
As for the people of Khemet: They were originally a “Semitic” people speaking a language related to ancient Akkadian. Having been invaded numerous times in their history (the “sea people”, the Persians (Aryrans), the Greeks, and later the Romans…) their genotype has certainly been modified by conquest over time. Add to that the “Arab Conquest” of the 600’s AD, and yet one more layer is applied to their complex genealogy. I might add that modern DNA tests of the mummy of Ramisses (spelling?) the second shows he came (on the “Y” chromosome side) from Libya… so there’s that factor to consider as well… He was the third king of the 19th Dynasty…
But I wander off point. Besides the “Nubian” genetic presence in “Egypt” (one need merely look at a picture of Sadat to see it) – there is also as you mention the Arab “contribution.” Egypt was conquered by them, an as all conquerors do, they left their “genetic footprint” amongst the people. But, really, how “Arab” IS Egypt? No one knows. The Copts are probably the closest “relatives” of the ancient people of that land we’re likely to encounter. This is so because they refused to convert to Islam, and as a consequence, were isolated and regarded as “kaffirs” by the Muslim conquerors.
Asian says:
80 million Egyptians today believe in the Exodus…would you rather they go back to worshiping the falcon-headed gods?
They were all Egyptians AND ALWAYS HAD BEEN ,, Tut Mosses !!! LOL ,, the whole story is about a Egyptian Civil War and the poor looser
Israelites being run out of Egypt . LOL
Actiually it is 90 millions. and yes falcon headed gods are far wiser than the Israelites’ tribal god.
Amen ,, Ra
alayasha says:
Your no true historian and your research is fact less, dis proving the word pharaoh was a waste of time, pharaoh just means great house and it was just another way to say king of egypt, a common bible dictionary can tell you that, it in no way makes the scriptures a fallacy, there are records from the many great dynasties that verify the history of the israelites, look at the moabite stone, dead sea scrolls, the Sennacherib’s Prism, countless artifacts and papyrus documents with the history, tombs and records, you have nothing, and have proved nothing and have pushed it off has credible evidence, the only fake out there is all the gods of ancient egypt and all the other nations..repent if you can
A common bible dictionary … is only good for a common bible-blind follower.
Another illiterate! If you can’t even spell correctly or use English in a proper fashion, why, then, should we even listen to what you have to say? That is not the case if you are a non-native English speaker of course…
And you, Alayasha, are no user of proper English! Wonder what your native language might be… certainly not English, I hope!
Now HERE is a “credible refutation” with copious and well documented proofs and inconvertible “evidence!” (Do I have to say you’re a moron?) (OK; no, but I did anyway!)
Valori says:
The scriptures were never meant to be interpreted literally, they are symbolic of the evolution of the soul. Isreal Is=Issis the divine feminine, ra= ra the sun god the divine mascaline, el=god. Jesus is an archtype of the christ that is in all of us. or should I say the potential christ, the ancients understood this. Its a.matter of consciousness. a jew was one who went within to find God. The kingdom of heaven is within.
Wonder what the Pope would say about that! Not to mention Jerry Falwell or his ilk…
An interesting journey into the etymology of “pharaoh”, my only comment would be that Judaism like all other organized religions throughout history (the religion of ancient Egypt being no exception), crafted their own history, their own story of creation and mythology to support the unification and synthesis of their people – this is true for Christianity and Islam as much as it is for the Judaism (Zorastrianism was probably used for similar purposes by the ancient Persians). Questioning the contents of the Old Testament from an historical perspective is akin to questioning the resurrection of Christ or the divine revelations of Mohammed to a certain extent, these are matters of faith. To the Jews, their history, their trials as outlined in the Old Testament, be they historically accurate or not, are what united them and unites them to this day. Usurping these tales for more than what they are – more accurately placed in the realm of myth rather than history – is simply a misinterpretation of the Old Testament and the Torah and should be called out as such. Misinterpreting them today to support political agendas or the legitimacy to property, cities or temples, well that’s either ignorance or mindful manipulation of facts to serve a political or authoritarian objective, take your pick. (Full disclosure I’m Jewish by the way, at least by blood).
Anyway, interesting post as always and I find myself reaching back into Ancient Egypt after a sojourn into the Ancient Middle, Near and Far East as it would appear that the Egyptians are undoubtedly the oldest civilization in the world and clearly the religions of the Ancient Greeks, Babylonians, Jews and even Persians were influenced to at least some extent by Ancient Egypt.
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Thank you snowconenyc for your analysis, and I really enjoyed some of the posts at your blog.
Peter Worth says:
Thank you Dr. for the interesting articles. Keep them coming.
Working on a piece now on Ancient Egyptian religion and starting to go through some of Budge’s source material, fascinating stuff and looking forward to a better understanding of hieroglyphics, something I have avoided thus far in my research.
Peter Worth,
Glad you liked the piece, and hope to see you around the blog again.
Nice commentary… but “The Jews” (whomever they actually happen to be) have used their “Chosen” status to usurp a portion of real estate in the area, and the original owners are not happy about that! Though I’ll grant you (Mark Twain toured the area in the 1870’s or so) that there weren’t many people living there back then… AND, there is a “religious” angle to the issue in the Koran… once a land becomes Muslim, it’s “supposed” to remain that way forever… and it’s the duty of “believers” to try to make that happen… Think Spain, Portugal, Palestine, etc… AND, of course, YHVH said that piece of real estate belongs to “Them” (Whomever they are) forever… Ah; what a demented species we are! Why do The Gods tolerate us? I’m “part Jewish” myself, for whatever that means… Yet I don’t think I have a deed to a land I’ve never lived in because “YHVH said so” – or whatever OTHER reason people use to steal something that isn’t theirs! Heck; I live in a country stolen from its original owners… Such is history and the tragi-comedy of Human existence, I guess. As I understand “Justice” – there is none in this world. The German armies, for example, during WW2, did some nasty stuff… but what happened after that nightmarish entity which Eisenhower described as “Our Great Soviet Allies” conquered eastern (former) Germany , and what they did to the women and children, and elderly they encountered there…has yet to become common knowledge. As with all “Abrahamic” entities, (Communism is Judaism without YHVH… in my opinion) – The gang rapes, the mass murders, the displacement of 18 million people from their tradition homelands… I’ve arrived at the conclusion, at least as it regards the “Abrahamic Religions” and the bastard child of Judaism, called communism or socialism, that – HATE is thy god! In the Tenach it says that YHVH will punish people down to the fourth or fifth generation, “of those that hate Him.” Oy; such “love!” What a SICK “psychological construct” – whomever or whatever claims to believe, practice, or justify it. Such do I believe.
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Shabaka M. Malawi, I says:
After reading just about all of the posts that were written here, it is still not hard for me to state with even more fact now that, when one is talking about a premier civilization, that this place (Egypt/Ethiopia) was it…earlier than Sumer, earlier than Babylon, earlier than Assyria. Taking into consideration the information the article written by Daniel Anderson and posted by Paul Moore that time needs to be reduced so that it matches up better with Biblical history, and then taking into consideration the webpage written about Immanuel Velikovsky that the time needs to be increased more than what it actually is so as not to misconstrue the radiocarbon dating mechanics is very daunting, and then you have old Edgar Casey who stated that the monuments are far older that what we really thing that they are…not by hundreds of years, but by thousands! The information that is available is insurmountable, however, it would seem like since there are some people who have come to the conclusion that there were primarily dark complected peoples living in what is now Egypt and Ethiopia (hence the Greek name of it – Land of the Burnt Faces), that it was those people who were primarily responsible for building the monuments that are still standing in those lands today…a fact that they undoubtedly do not want to continue to contend with…and because of such, such peoples have been cursed, deemed unfit or unworthy to have a history that is thoroughly draped in its right light and always have to be portrayed in a negative fashion. Through research and hard work, the information is slowly coming out…and more time is needed to tell the whole story.
However, concerning the word “Pharoah”…I would have to concur that such a word did not exist in the Egyptian language since the word is of Greek origin and means “Great House” as is stated in many of the comments above. However, someone brought to my attention the work of Jean-François Champollion who was responsible for a lot of the translation of the Rosetta Stone and other hieroglyphics from Ancient Egypt. If he hadn’t gotten around to transcribing the images from many of the royal cartouches until the 1800s, then how do some of the names that he translated such as Ramses, end up appearing in the Bible at all even if it is the name of a place and not a person?
Your all Jews, and you are all crazy…you need to stop lieing about the Jews, who have done more for the world in medicine then anyone else has ….You need to back to your hole in the wall, where you crawled out of…
benadrit says:
Trolling? Really? Are you seven? If not grow up. Join the conversation. Expand your intellect and your spirit. Call Dr. Ezzat wrong for facts. Call him wrong because you disagree with his or his readers conclusions , but name calling should be beneath everyone who has lived on this planet into their double digits.
Duh? We’re all Jews, BUT – “…the Jews, who have done more for the world…” So, are you blessing us or cursing us? Think I know the answer… but the least you could do is fashion a sentence or two that’s not blatantly self-contradictory…. Yea, I know; I’m asking for the impossible! And you can’t even write in correct English, yet you are “smart enough” to offer commentary here?
You should have said, for example, “You’re all Jews…” – “You’re” being a contraction for “you are.” Yea, I know; I’m expecting way too much! The IGNUNT are now all “sages and soothsayers.” We may be crazy, but at least we can fashion a sentence in correct English which makes sense and in which every word is spelled correctly!
No facts, just bigotry. “Go back to the hole in the wall from out of which you crawled.” (Correct use of English here, I might add…) Guess the next step is to burn us alive for being witches or something, eh? Religion of Love, indeed!
Let’s analyze this statement carefully: We ARE Jews, but we lie about ourselves, and should be thankful to ourselves for our medical accomplishments…. and we have no right to discuss “alternative takes on history” freely. Now THERE’S a “free thinker” if I ever encountered one; and a genius at logic, too! Wonder where the lack of this right originates? Could it be… could it possibly be; an Abrahamic Religion? (Guess I got the prize!)
Zubair Ahmad says:
Read all of what you have written and i will not lie i am very much compelled by this …..but what will you say about the Holy Quran`s version of it?
If the Qu’ran has a majority of its history from the Bible, and if the Bible has a majority of its history from the Torah…and if we can conclude that the Torah is a combination of multicultural myths, metaphors and similes, then the Qu’ran falls right along with the other two ‘holy’ books of scripture. If there is no way to corroborate the information outside of what is written in those books with other information, then such information cannot stand the test of truth and falls into the realm of ‘belief’ and can no longer be considered as truth.
I think the writer is an atheist infidel…didn’t know Egypt had so many. Inshallah
1Timothy 3:16…and no I’m not a Jew…read your Bible and it’s wonderful promises!!
Florida Vacation Home Rental says:
Spot on with this write-up, I really feel this site needs
far more attention. I’ll probably be returning to read through more, thanks for the advice!
Paul Moore says:
For years, the popular media has mocked the biblical accounts of Joseph, Moses, the Passover, and the Exodus as being completely incompatible with standard Egyptian chronology. Year after year, we have been told by numerous scholars that events recorded in the books of Genesis and Exodus are nice legends devoid of any historical or archaeological merit.
However, a new wind is blowing. An emerging pool of scholars, representing diverse backgrounds, has been openly calling for a drastic reduction in Egyptian chronology. Such a reduction would serve to line up the historical and archaeological records of Egypt and the Old Testament. Surprisingly, there is a substantial amount of evidence to warrant a significant reduction of Egyptian history. And by doing so, the reliability of Genesis, Exodus, and the entire Old Testament will have to be reconsidered as a viable source of historical truth.
Advocates of chronological revision
Those who advocate a revision of orthodox Egyptian chronology are admittedly in the minority, but their credentials and scholarship are highly esteemed. David Rohl, author of Test of Time, suggests ‘Ramses II should be dated to the tenth century BC—some three hundred and fifty years later than the date which had been assigned him in the orthodox chronology.’1 Peter James and four other scholars published the book Centuries of Darkness.2 They claim that the dates of Egyptian dynasties need to be reduced by hundreds of years, specifically Dynasties 21–24. Dr Colin Renfrew, professor of archaeology at Cambridge University, wrote a foreword to this book:
This disquieting book draws attention … to a crucial period in world history, and to the very shaky nature of the dating, the whole chronological framework, upon which our current interpretations rest…the existing chronologies for that crucial phase in human history are in error by several centuries, and that, in consequence, history will have to be rewritten.3
Sir Alan Gardiner, an authority on Egyptian history, admits to the inherent problems surrounding Egyptian chronology:
Even when full use has been made of the king lists and of such subsidiary sources as have survived, the indispensable dynastic framework of Egyptian history shows lamentable gaps and many a doubtful attribution …What is proudly advertised as Egyptian history is merely a collection of rags and tatters.4
Last year, David Down (who also wrote the very relevant item ‘False History—out with David and Solomon’) and Dr John Ashton wrote Unwrapping the Pharaohs: How Egyptian Archaeology Confirms the Biblical Timeline. Down has performed archaeological research in Egypt, Israel, and the Middle East for nearly half a century. In their book, they propose a revised chronology that harmonizes Egyptian and Old Testament history.
Reasons for questioning the traditional Egyptian timeline
Astronomical assumptions
An emerging pool of scholars, representing diverse backgrounds, has been openly calling for a drastic reduction in Egyptian chronology.
Supposedly, lunar and solar eclipses have been discovered to perfectly match the established dates of Egyptian chronology. This is simply untrue. The concept of astronomical fixation is not based on celestial eclipses but on the ‘Sothic Cycle’. However, the Sothic Cycle is mentioned nowhere in Egyptian texts.5 There are references to ‘the rising of Sothis’ which has been assumed to have been the sighting of the bright star Sirius. The real issue is that many modern scholars theorize that the ancient Egyptians were slightly off in their calendar keeping, and when corrected in light of modern science, the dates line up accordingly. Yet the Egyptians were able to orient their pyramids to within a fraction of a degree to the north, south, east, and west. It is more likely that the Egyptians were meticulous timekeepers. Thus, in Centuries of Darkness, James and his four fellow scholars write, ‘…There are good reasons for rejecting the whole concept of Sothic dating as it was applied by the earlier Egyptologists.’ (See also our Journal of Creation article, Fall of the Sothic theory: Egyptian chronology revisited.)
Manetho’s maze
Another reason for questioning the traditional timeline is Manetho, an Egyptian priest who wrote a history of Egypt in the third century BC. Many consider Manetho’s writings to be indisputable fact. He was skilled at deciphering the hieroglyphs and had access to inscriptions, documents, and other valuable artifacts. However, two problems emerge. First, Manetho was writing hundreds, even thousands of years after many of the actual events. Second, none of Manetho’s writings exist.6 The only source we have for Manetho’s writings are some of his statements that have been quoted by much later historians such as Josephus, Africanus, Eusebius, and Syncellus.
Historical sources for Egyptian chronology
The Egyptian evidence consists of numerous inscriptions, texts, papyrus documents, and artifacts. Although it is very helpful, this evidence provides an incomplete picture of Egyptian history.
The ancient writings of Herodotus, Manetho, Josephus, Africanus and Eusebius provide added historical insight. Herodotus, the famous Greek historian, traveled to Egypt in the 5th century BC and interviewed priests and other knowledgeable individuals. Manetho, as stated above, composed a history of Egypt for the library at Alexandria in the 3rd century BC. Josephus, the famous Jewish historian, quoted from Manetho when writing his historical anthologies in the first-century AD. Africanus and Bishop Eusebius, renowned historians writing in the third and fourth centuries AD respectively, also quoted Manetho and wrote about Egyptian history. However, all of these highly esteemed historians often disagree with one another in the calculation of Egyptian chronology.
Because of the discordant nature of Egyptian chronology, it is impossible to present a comprehensive list of dates, pharaohs, and dynasties. Sir Alan Gardiner wrote, ‘Our materials for the reconstruction of a coherent picture are hopelessly inadequate.’ As a result, we must cross reference the Egyptian accounts with other accurate historical sources. Biblical and Assyrian chronology offer highly consistent dates that can be utilized to rectify many of the ambiguities of Egyptian history. In other words, if Old Testament and Assyrian historical records significantly overlap, then a revision of Egyptian chronology would be perfectly logical in order to harmonize with two independent reliable sources.
Noah’s link to Egypt
The Hebrew name for one of Noah’s grandsons is Mizraim (Genesis 10:6). It is no coincidence that modern Egyptians call themselves Misr, which is a derivative of Mizraim. According to the Book of Genesis, Noah’s grandson, Mizraim,7 is the father of the Egyptians. In a revised chronology, Egypt comes into existence soon after the dispersion from Babel, around 2100 BC. Eusebius, the famous 4th century AD historian, writes:
Egypt is called Mestraim by the Hebrews; and Mestraim lived not long after the flood. For after the flood, Cham (or Ham), son of Noah, begat Aeguptos or Mestraim, who was the first to set out to establish himself in Egypt, at the time when the tribes began to disperse this way and that…Mestraim was indeed the founder of the Egyptian race; and from him the first Egyptian Dynasty must be held to spring.8
In the traditional chronology, a pre-dynastic period of approximately 2,000 years precedes the first Egyptian dynasty. Genesis establishes a much shorter period of time. In addition, the 1988–1989 annual report of the Oriental Institute of Chicago published a summary of extensive archaeological research by Bruce Williams. Williams re-examined discoveries related to the pre-dynastic period and concluded:
Both articles are part of an expanding body of evidence that links the period once known as ‘predynastic’ so firmly to the ages of the pyramids and later, that the term should be abandoned.9
Williams has published several articles in archaeology journals, and his modern research appears to confirm the Genesis account.
Abraham visits Egypt
The biblical date for the Exodus is approximately 1445 BC. Exodus 6:4 and Galatians 3:16–17 tell us that the Lord made a covenant with Abraham 430 years earlier, around 1875 BC. Not long after this date, Abraham traveled to Egypt to escape a severe famine in the land of Canaan (Genesis 12:10). Abraham’s visit did not go unnoticed, as Pharaoh’s officials reported to their king that Abraham’s wife, Sarah, was extremely beautiful. Out of fear, Abraham told Pharaoh that Sarah was his sister. As a result, Pharaoh temporarily inducted Sarah into his harem and paid Abraham many expensive gifts. However, the Lord struck Pharaoh’s house with plagues causing him to release her upon discovering that she was actually Abraham’s wife.
Abraham came from Ur of the Chaldees (Genesis 11:31). From 1922 to 1934, Sir Leonard Woolley discovered it to be the first civilization10 with a superior knowledge of astronomy and arithmetic. In addition, the Sumerian civilization invented writing, composed dictionaries, and calculated square and cube roots.11 Woolley’s discoveries appear to corroborate the writings of Josephus concerning Abraham’s visit to Egypt Josephus writes about Abraham:
He communicated to them arithmetic, and delivered to them the science of astronomy; for before Abram came into Egypt they were unacquainted with those parts of learning; for that science came from the Chaldeans into Egypt.12
In a revised chronology, Abraham would have visited Egypt when Khufu (aka Cheops) was Pharaoh. Before Khufu, the early Egyptian pyramids were fantastic architectural structures, but they were not perfectly square or exactly oriented to all four points on a compass. However, when Khufu built his masterful pyramid, there appears to have been an explosion of astronomical and mathematical expertise. Khufu’s pyramid was perfectly square, level, and orientated to the four points of the compass.
When placed in the proper dynasty, Abraham’s visit to Egypt may have been the catalyst that sparked an architectural revolution in Egyptian history.
Joseph rises to power in Egypt
Dynasty 12 was one of the high points in Egyptian history. By a revised chronology, Joseph would have risen to power under Sesostris I during this dynasty. According to Genesis, Joseph was one of Jacob’s twelve sons. Out of jealousy, Joseph’s brothers sold him to Midianite traders and these traders sold Joseph to an Egyptian officer named Potiphar. Eventually, through a period of trials and tribulations, the Lord enabled Joseph to rule over Egypt, second only to Pharaoh himself.
Sesostris I is known to have had a vizier, or prime minister, named Mentuhotep who possessed extraordinary power Egyptologist, Emille Brugsch, writes in his book Egypt Under the Pharaohs, ‘In a word, our Mentuhotep…appears as the alter ego of the king. When he arrived, the great personages bowed down before him at the outer door of the royal palace.’13 Brugsch’s description appears to corroborate Joseph’s status in Genesis 41:43, ‘He (Pharaoh) had him ride in the second chariot which he had; and they cried out before him, ‘Bow the knee’: and he made him ruler over all the land of Egypt.’
Joseph’s ultimate claim to fame was his ability to interpret dreams. The Egyptians attached significant importance to dreams. Joseph was able to interpret Pharaoh’s perplexing dreams to mean that seven years of plenty would be followed by seven years of the most severe famine. Convinced by Joseph’s interpretation, Pharaoh appointed Joseph to supervise the gathering of grain during the seven years of plenty.
Two clues from Egyptian inscriptions appear to confirm the Genesis account. First, a large relief on ‘Hungry Rock’ states, ‘…Because Hapy [the river god] had failed to come in time in a period of seven years. Grain was scant, kernels were dried up, scarce was every kind of food…’14
Second, a tomb belonging to Ameni, a provincial governor under Sesostris I, says:
No one was unhappy in my days, not even in the years of famine, for I had tilled all the fields of the Nome of Mah…thus I prolonged the life of its inhabitants and preserved the food which it produced.12
Hebrew slaves in Egypt
In the traditional chronology, the Egyptian oppression of Hebrew slaves would have occurred in the 18th dynasty. The problem is there is little to no historical evidence of Hebrew slaves in Egypt at this time. However, when placed in the 12th dynasty under a revised chronology, there is substantial evidence for Israelite slave laborers in Egypt.
Dr Rosalie David, in charge of the Egyptian department of the Manchester Museum, writes about Semitic slavery in Kahun during the second half of the 12th dynasty:
It is apparent that the Asiatics were present in the town in some numbers, and this may have reflected the situation elsewhere in Egypt. It can be stated that these people were loosely classed by Egyptians as ‘Asiatics’, although their exact homeland in Syria or Palestine cannot be determined … The reason for their presence in Egypt remains unclear.15
The Bible makes it quite clear why the Israelite slaves resided in Egypt:
Now there arose a new king over Egypt who did not know Joseph, and he said to his people, ‘Look, the people of the children of Israel are more and mightier than we’…Therefore they set taskmasters over them to afflict them with their burdens…And they made their lives bitter with hard bondage… (Exodus 1:8-14).
Dr Rosalie David also writes about the slave presence at Gurob, Egypt:
The scattered documentation gives no clear answer as to how or why the Asiatics came to Egypt in the Middle Kingdom…There is nevertheless firm literary evidence that Asiatic slaves, women and children were at Gurob.16
Another piece of circumstantial evidence that supports the biblical account is the existence of pyramids built with mud bricks and straw during this dynasty. Amenemhet III, a pharaoh whose statues are sour-faced and cruel-looking in appearance, was likely the Pharaoh who answered the complaining Hebrew supervisors, ‘You shall no longer give the people straw to make brick as before Let them go and gather straw for themselves (Exodus 5:7).’
Another tantalizing piece of circumstantial evidence was the discovery of boxes beneath the floors of houses excavated in Kahun. Sir Flinders Petrie excavated a number of these boxes which contained the skeletons of babies up to three months old, sometimes up to three in a box.17 It is plausible that these baby skeletons are the bones of Hebrew babies killed by Pharaoh’s direct orders in an attempt to limit their population (Exodus 1:16). However, one particular baby boy would escape Pharaoh’s death sentence and change the course of Hebrew history.
Moses is born
According to the Book of Exodus, the baby Moses was adopted by Pharaoh’s daughter while she was bathing at the river. His parents defied Pharaoh’s order and left his destiny in the Lord’s hands, placing him in a basket to be discovered by Pharaoh’s daughter. Many consider this to be a nice story, but completely unrealistic. After all, what Egyptian princess would adopt a Hebrew slave child and offer to make him the next Pharaoh?
However, if you place Moses in the 12th dynasty, the family history of the Pharaonic court appears to line up.18 Amenemhet III had two daughters, but no sons have been positively identified. Amenemhet IV has been proposed as the son of Amenemhet III, but he could just as easily have been the son of Sobekneferu, one of the daughters of Amenemhet III. Amenemhet IV is a very mysterious figure in Egyptian history and may have been a co-regent of Amenemhet or Sobekneferu.
Josephus wrote concerning Pharaoh’s daughter, ‘Having no child of her own…she thought to make him her father’s successor.’ In addition, Dr Donovan Courville has proposed Sobekneferu as the foster mother of Moses. It is plausible since there is no historical record of Sobekneferu having a biological son. If Sobekneferu was the foster mother of Moses, then the biblical account of her bathing by the riverside would make sense. The river god Hapy was the fertility god of Egypt, and Sobekneferu would have likely been observing a religious ritual in the river. Perhaps the appearance of a baby floating in the river would have been interpreted as a direct answer to her prayer for a child.
Exodus from Egypt
In a revised chronology, Neferhotep I was likely the Pharaoh of the Exodus in the 13th dynasty. Exodus 7:10 tells us that Moses and Aaron confronted Pharaoh ‘… and Aaron cast down his rod before Pharaoh and before his servants, and it became a serpent.’ Pharaoh was not impressed ‘… so the magicians of Egypt, they also did in like manner with their enchantments. For every man threw down his rod, and they became serpents (Exodus 7:11–12).’ In the Liverpool Museum there is a magician’s rod that hails from this same period in Egyptian history.19 The rod is in the form of a long cobra Perhaps the magicians practiced some form of hypnotic power that transformed the cobra rods into the appearance of real snakes, or applied sleight of hand to substitute a real cobra for the rod.
The ten plagues are probably one of the most famous aspects of the Exodus story. If the plagues were historical events as recorded by Moses, then there should be some fragment of evidence describing their catastrophic consequences. In fact, there is a papyrus in the Leiden Museum in Holland which provides a graphic portrayal eerily reminiscent of the biblical account. There is no consensus among archaeologists as to when it was originally penned An excerpt reads:
… Plague stalks through the land and blood is everywhere … Nay, but the river is blood. Does a man drink from it? As a human he rejects it. He thirsts for water … Nay, but gates, columns and walls are consumed with fire…Nay but the son of the high-born man is no longer to be recognized … The stranger people from outside are come into Egypt … Nay, but corn has perished everywhere…Everyone says ‘there is no more.’20
(See also The ten plagues of Egypt: miracles or ‘Mother Nature’?, which also thoroughly refutes the popular ‘algal bloom’ theory).
The final plague cut Pharaoh to the heart. The Lord struck down all the firstborn in each Egyptian family at midnight. The Hebrews were warned of this horrific disaster and Moses ordered them to kill a lamb and splash its blood on their doorposts. The Destroyer would pass over every home with the blood of the lamb. It is quite significant that Neferhotep’s son, Wahneferhotep, did not succeed his father on the throne. Instead, Neferhotep I was succeeded by his brother Sobkhotpe IV ‘who occupied the throne which his brother had recently vacated.’21 To this day, historians are unable to pinpoint the reason why the son of Neferhotep I did not succeed him. Perhaps a closer look at the biblical account is necessary.
Another piece of very interesting circumstantial evidence is the sudden departure of Kahun’s inhabitants. Dr Rosalie David writes:
It is evident that the completion of the king’s pyramid was not the reason why Kahun’s inhabitants eventually deserted the town, abandoning their tools and other possessions in the shops and houses …The quantity, range, and type of articles of everyday use which were left behind in the houses may suggest that the departure was sudden and unpremeditated.22
The evidence appears to confirm Exodus 12:33 which states, ‘And the Egyptians urged the people, that they might send them out of the land in haste…’
But what happened to the mighty Egyptian army? According to the Bible, Pharaoh pursued the fleeing Israelites with his army as they miraculously crossed the Red Sea. However, the Egyptian army ended up at the bottom of the Red Sea (Exodus 14:28). It is no coincidence that the mummy of Neferhotep I has never been found.
The Hyksos mystery solved
Also, archaeologists and other scholars have long puzzled over the rapid occupation of Egypt by the mysterious Hyksos without a military confrontation. Those scholars advocating a revised chronology have identified the Hyksos with the Amalekites, who attacked the Israelites fleeing from Egypt. It is plausible that the Amalekites flowed into Egypt without resistance because of God’s decimation of the Egyptian army under the Red Sea.
… when placed at the proper time, there is an abundance of historical and archaeological evidence to confirm the books of Genesis and Exodus.
The identification of the Hyksos with the Amelekites would explain the otherwise strange passage ‘Amalek was the first of the nations’ (Numbers 24:20), and why an Egyptian would be ‘servant to an Amalekite’ (1 Samuel 30:13). This makes sense in the revised chronology where the Amalikites ruled the mighty Egyptian empire.
Their current obscurity fulfils God’s prophecy to Moses, ‘I will utterly blot out the remembrance of Amalek from under heaven’ (Exodus 17:14). Thus hardly anyone today has even heard of them, let alone their former pre-eminence The physical extermination (see also Was this a war crime?) was first fulfilled in the time of Saul, but he disobeyed God (1 Samuel 15), so the Amalekites still caused mayhem in David’s time so he practically finished the job (1 Samuel 30).
There is a story of an older, well-respected archaeologist digging next to a young archaeologist at Gezer, Israel.23 The young archaeologist was mocking the historical reliability of the Bible when the older archaeologist quietly responded, ‘Well, if I were you, I wouldn’t rubbish the Bible.’ When the young archaeologist asked ‘Why?’ he replied, ‘Well, it just has a habit of proving to be right after all.’
At this time of year, Christians will be bombarded with shows and magazine articles that portray the biblical accounts of Joseph, Hebrew slavery, Moses, and the Exodus as legend and myth As we have seen, however, when placed at the proper time, there is an abundance of historical and archaeological evidence to confirm the books of Genesis and Exodus.
Synchronizing the biblical timeline with a revised Egyptian chronology will require more testing, research, hard work, and careful scholarship Presupposing biblical accuracy and applying professional research standards, a number of scholars are off to a promising start Dr Clifford Wilson, former Director of the Australian Institute of Archaeology, said it best:
I know of no finding in archaeology that’s properly confirmed which is in opposition to the scriptures. The Bible is the most accurate history textbook the world has ever seen.24
Logistics of the Exodus
How did they build the Great Pyramid?—an architect’s proposal
1. Rohl, David A Test of Time: The Bible: from Myth to History, p. 128, Century Limited, London, UK, 1995; see also review by John Osgood, Journal of Creation 11(1):33–35, 1997. Return to text.
2. James, Peter Centuries of Darkness, pp. XV–XVI, Pimlico, London, UK, 1992. Return to text.
3. James, ref. 2, p. 39. Return to text.
4. Gardiner, Allan Egypt of the Pharaohs, p. 53, Oxford University Press, London, UK, 1964. Return to text.
5. Ashton, J. and Down, D Unwrapping the Pharaohs: How Egyptian Archaeology Confirms The Biblical Timeline, p. 74, Master Books, Green Forest, AR, 2006. Return to text.
6. Ashton and Down, ref. 5, p. 73. Return to text.
7. Hebrew מצרים (mitsrayim) John Gill’s commentary, available in the Online Bible, states, ‘The word is of the dual number, and serves to express Egypt by, which was divided into two parts, lower and upper Egypt.’ Return to text.
8. Waddell, History of Egypt and Other Works by Manetho: The Aegyptiaca of Manetho, pp. 8–9. Return to text.
9. Sumner, William ‘Scholarship Individual Research,’ The Oriental Institute Annual Report 1988–1989, p. 62, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, 1990. Return to text.
10. Obviously, it was not the first civilization, but the first ‘re-civilization’—after the Flood. Return to text.
11. Ashton and Down, ref. 5, p. 201. Return to text.
12. Whiston, W., Josephus’ Complete Works, Antiquities of the Jews, Book I, chapter VIII, para. 2. Return to text.
13. Breasted, James A History of Egypt, p. 162, Scribner and Sons, New York, NY, 1954. Return to text.
14. Ashton and Down, ref. 5, p. 84. Return to text.
15. David, R The Pyramid Builders of Ancient Egypt: A Modern Investigation of Pharaoh’s Workforce, p. 191, Guild Publishing, London, UK, 1986. Return to text.
16. David, ref. 15, p. 192. Return to text.
20. Velikovsky, Immanuel, Ages in Chaos, Vol.1, ‘From the Exodus to King Akhnaton’, pp. 25–28, Abacus, London, UK, 1973. Return to text.
21. Edward, C.J. et al., The Cambridge Ancient History, Vol. II, Part I, ‘History of the Middle East and the Aegean Region c. 1800–1380 B.C.’, p. 50, Cambridge University Press, Cambridge, UK, 1980. Return to text.
22. David, ref. 15, p. 195 and 199. Return to text.
23. Wieland, C., Archaeologist confirms creation and the Bible: Interview with archaeologist Clifford Wilson, Creation 14(4):46–50, 1992 Return to text.
24. Wilson, C, Archaeologist Speaks Out, Creation 21(1):15, 1998. Return to text.
Mr.Moore;
I commend your breadth of knowledge and the copious references you supplied… but, to cut matters to the quick, how can you accept a chronological text such as the Hebrew Bible, which claims that men lived for 900 years or so? How can you even accept such a document, except as a matter of religious belief?
That having been said, what’s in a name? We call it Germany; they call their country Deutschland. The French call it Allemande… What I’m getting at is I think the most important idea would be what the “Ancient Egyptians” called THEMSELVES; not what foreigners called them. You also failed to mention that the “Mizraim” thing, introduced into Islam from Judaism, and applied to the “Egyptians” by their Muslim conquerers in the 600’s or so of the common era, is a term the ancient Egyptians NEVER called themselves…
Finally, despite all your references, your perspective is blatantly obvious: To prove the Bible is correct. It is my opinion that an objective man consults all the references to see what THEY say; not, rather, to manipulate facts to support a preconceived position. The writings of any believers of any faith are suspect, as it’s known they’ll “tweak” the facts to support their belief systems. I, for one, am interested merely in the facts. Henry Ford may have been on to something when he said, to transcribe, that “history is garbage.” The winners lie, as even WW2 will demonstrate, considering what the victors did with the Germans after they defeated them… especially the Russians, though the allies allowed them free reign with their genocide and destruction, and deportations… “Liberation” my arse! Yet the fantasy is maintained even today…
The so-called ancients (excepting the “Old Testament,” which encourages genocide, even against non-Jewish animals…) were aeons above us when it comes to tolerance and spiritual freedom. Heck; you can lose your job in America today if you make the mistake of uttering comments at odds with the new God of Political Correctness. People are so used to the mind-prison, that they don’t even know they are in one. I, for one, have what the ancients called “gnosis” of a sort – at least when it comes to our present situation.
The world is utterly insane… and the three “Monotheistic Religions” (and their bastard child “Communism”) are largely responsible for this state of things. “Religions of Love” indeed! I’ll give the Jews this much; at least THEY have never gone around forcing people to practice their religion… not to mention their brilliance in science, the arts, and literature. Their usurping of Palestine is another matter, best left for another time.
Finally, sir, it should be evident that this is a “free thinker” site. When you come with your “doctor’s satchel” full of “religious antidotes” to our free-thinking… well; none of us are going to drink the stricknine and see if GAWD is going to heal us! And no; we will not play with your rattlesnakes, either!
Must say, though, that you present a considerable intellectual achievement in your dissertation; even if it is tainted with Christian bias. Thanks for sharing it with us.
Argh! Historians and particularly theologians have been trying to make the world fit the Bible for centuries… and can’t do it. So you want to do it. What’s new?
Argh! Way too much to go into, but all the same old Christian stuff, really. Velikovski was crazy, as he claims all the petroleum on earth comes from a near collision with Venus… I’m no physicist, but petroleum, being lighter than water, would have covered the oceans; not sunk into the depths of the earth… plus it would have probably killed every living thing on earth in the process. How anyone claiming to be scientific could use him as a source is most curious indeed. But of course, we’re not talking about science here, but (your) religious beliefs…
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In reply to Dr. A.D. Boyd-Lee
You must be kidding, right. With no trace of the word ‘Pharaoh’ in the Egyptian records, you recommend that we look somewhere, like in the Sumerian or, for laughing out loud, the Indian records. As for the mention of Exodus in some ancient Armenian History, which you think would shock some of us, I’d say .. please do shock us .. and cite one credible scientific source that verify your funny claims. …Prabhu!!
Dr. I challenge you to read this article and park your “dogmatic” beliefs at the door before you read…… This has scientific evidence etc in it. But I bet money your muslim extremism will not allow you see the light…..
So, Dr. Ezzat; one reader calls you an atheist infidel, but this one calls you a Muslim… Amazing! Are you a Christian and a Jew too?
Dr. A.D. Boyd-Lee says:
What untruths this webpage presents!!!. The title Pharoah goes right to the beginning of the 1st dynasty with Menes. His designation in the Sumerian and Indian king lists is ‘Prabhu’ which is the ancient root of the semitised word Pharoah, which means ruler, master or lord. Refer to Waddell for a proper scholarly exposition of this fact. I read ancient Sumerian and verify Wadell’s assertions are correct.
As to saying the Israelite Exodus never occurred – it will be a shock to some to discover, that reports of it are recorded in the extremely ancient Armenian History. Never once did Egypt report its disaster – or certainly not in context – so the astute look elsewhere – and that takes a bit more effort than clearly some are prepared to make to find the whole truth.
Any proof for this contention; or do we “accept it on faith?” I know the answer to how you “think:” “iffin’ it’s in the BUY-bull it’s GOT ta be true!”
How would the Armenians “know” about “the exodus?” They got it with Christianity!
Sumer predates Egypt; how then would Egyptian kings be in them? Though I confess I know nothing about this subject except the Epic of Gilgamesh…
We are also supposed to believe that “Prabhu” is the root for (phonetic) Faro. I’m no philologist but that seems like a stretch, to say the least…
All things considered, you do what all Christians do; bend and twist the facts to fit your belief system: Thus do I think.
Some of these comments seem very logical except if you accept the story of the exodus and the circumstances leading up to it you have to acknowledge them all and not just the ones that fit the theory you wish to put forward.Firstly there were no jews in Egypt before the Exodus only Canaanites who went down 400 years earlier to escape their own perilous situation of drought. These people were monotheistic nomads who lived in the area of goshen within the Egyptian empire they became more and more numerous and played as you would expect a greater part in Egyptian society and its administration they were probably favoured as it their predecessor Joseph who had saved Egypt form famine by hoarding food supplies over the years so that the Kingdom survived in tact. As with many immigrant communities they clustered and became the butt of jealousy and prejudice eventually this situation became more and more heightened and the Egyptians looked upon this community no matter how assimilated they had become as a future threat and this led to the slaying of male babies and the subsequent story of Moses in the basket story. so on and so on. When these people left Egypt they had been subjugated to the same practices of persecution as manyl immigrant communities in history the world over have been and the story of the exodus is about their liberation no more and no less. These people received the 10 commandments during their sojourn in the dessert and they agree to live by them and from that day forward that made them different to other people in the ancient world. The land of Israel didnt exist as such and different tribes and civilisations fought over territories in the area constantly and the establishment of Isreal only took place after these people had survived a further 40 years in the dessert and conquered and area that was considerably larger than what is now called Isreal. however the size of Isreal has never been fixed for very long and was always subject to attack and invasion throughout history even after its establishment, the building of the temple in Jerusalem marks the arrival of the Judaic dynasty in the area and this dates back more than 3500 years ago.
I think you need to read my article over again, only this time try and leave your prejudice and dogmatic beliefs outside the confines of this page.
govalde says:
As for Joseph storing food supplies. I have read that this was a common practice in Egypt, even more so by the Kings as they went on marches to collect their tributes so as to feed their armies while in route.
ever heard of amphorae?
Mein Gott! Sojourn in the Desert, not “dessert” as you would have it. So, you mean they crawled around in the plum pudding or something?
You’re illiterate! Go back to shule! Become a “Jew!” Christians are just “wanna be Jews” in any event… and even lie about that with “Replacement Theology.” IF, and that’s a big “if” – If the Tenach (“Old Testament “to you illiterate Christian morons) is true, then “everything belongs to the Jews.” So CONVERT, already!
As for me, I’m a pagan.
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Jerk! You know we don’t agree with you, but you just have to “shove it down our throats” by posting your fiction-link 15 times or so… TYPICAL “religious fanatic.”
Gorky says:
Actually I believe Egyptian kings began going by “Pharaoh” about the time of the Eighteenth dynasty, according to Aidan Dodson and Dyan Hilton. That is, after Hatshepsut’s reign 1479–1458 BC. Considering that the Exodus took place around 1450-1440 BC it makes absolute sense that it would refer to the Egyptian king as Pharaoh. It doesn’t make sense that hieroglyphs would make mention of the Hebrews since hieroglyphs were so often religion-based prayers (for longevity, prosperity, etc) or exaggerated accounts of various military/social victories rather than detailed historical accounts that could be embarrassing. On the other hand, the Bible if full of detailed but embarrassing depictions of Hebrews as deceptive, fearful, rapists, murderers, and usurpers.
Well Dr. What do you say to this? Follow this link and read for yourself. There is all kinds of evidence outside the Bible that backs up the Biblical account. Do I say, explain that! Here is the link…. http://creation.com/egyptian-history-and-the-biblical-record-a-perfect-match
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DR. YOU REPLIED THAT MOSES DOESN’T MEAN “BORN OF”. I MUST DISAGREE. NO BIG DEAL, IT’S JUST THAT IT DOES MEAN JUST THAT….IT’S NOT EVEN CONTROVERSIAL. I DON’T GET IT….???? HAHHHA
BY THE WAY, SITCHEN IS A PROVEN FRAUD. HE’S A MASONIC JUDEO BASTARD LIKE THE REST. HAHAHAHAHA
I KNOW THE OLD SECRETS. THEY ARE USELESS SECRETS. BUT THAT’S WHAT THEY AGREED TO DO, GO BACK TO THE MYSTERY RELIGIONS BECAUSE IT IS BEST FOR CONTROL AND DUMBING DOWN OF MASSES. THIS IS ONE BIG CONSPIRACY. LEARN THE MOST BY LISTENING TO SPEECHES BY BENJAMIN FREEDMAN AND MYRON FAGAN. TWO MEN, TWO SPEECHES, ON YOUTUBE.
I LIKE YOUR WORK. I DISAGREE WITH ABOUT 25% OF IT. I’M RELATED TO MAJ GENERAL ISRAEL PUTNAM, BERNARD THE DANE AND CHARLEMAGNE. THEREFOR CHARLES THE HAMMER MARTEL.
What does your alleged genealogy have to do with the subject? Answer: You want to brag about your alleged pedigree… and – nothing. That subject (your alleged pedigree) is not being discussed here, “hero”!
THE FAKE JEWS CREATED THE MASONS AND ALL SECRET SOCIETIES NOT CREATED BY THE MONEYCHANGERS WERE TAKEN OVER BY 1717 AND ALL NEW ONES WERE CREATED BY THEM. THIS ISN’T BASHING. THIS IS SAYING, “THE TORA” IS HEBREWISM. A DEAD RELIGION. THE NEW TALMUD RELIGION CALLED JUDAISM IS A REACTIONARY RELIGION TO CHRISTIANITY. CHRISTIANITY IS OLDER THAN JUDAISM.
If so, then how, as a “son of David” could he be Messiah? Was he then David’s “father?” “Jesus” used a similar argument about Himself… in a slightly different context. If he didn’t fulfill “The Prophecies” then how could He be Messiah? This notion is utterly flawed; from both a Christian and “Pagan” perspective…
Thank you for your article. It is so refreshing to hear that you are not interested in Science fiction nor Pseudo-science. I can’t stand it!
Anyway, I have been studying mythology and ancient religions for a while and I still have more questions than answers. You have recommended The Dawn of Conscience by James Henry Breasted. I have learned a hard way to check about the author before I read. I have found quite interesting information about J. H. Breasted .
“Over the next three decades, Breasted would excavate a series of sites in Egypt, the Sudan and the Near East. He would also develop an important ability to identify rich and influential benefactors and to gain their confidence without resorting to sycophancy. Such an approach was, in the absence of government funding, the only way to get things done. Notable among the Maecenas figures he cultivated was John D. Rockefeller.
With two other books, “The Development of Religion and Thought in Ancient Egypt” (1912) and “The Dawn of Conscience” (1933), Breasted broke more controversial ground. These books arose out of the author’s struggle with conventional religion. Though he never entirely lost his belief in God, he subsumed it into a narrative of mankind’s continuous progress, spiritual as well as moral. This perspective may seem dated nowadays, but it was influential at the time. Theodore Roosevelt was an admirer of “Religion and Thought,” while “The Dawn of Conscience” so impressed Sigmund Freud that he went on to write an even more controversial work, “Moses and Monotheism” (1938). Freud was fascinated by archaeology, which he saw as a metaphor for exploring the layers of the human psyche, and his debt to Breasted is clear.”
It is interesting that John D. Rockefeller was his Maecenas and Sigmund Freud, Ashkenazi Jew, was impressed with The Down of Conscience. Though provoking.
Mila,
I myself am a big admirer of Freud’s “Moses and Monotheism”. He surely struck a sensitive chord in the book.
Thank you for your response. Well, he was just a psychiatrist and his theory was criticized by both psychiatrists and psychologists. I would never take seriously what he wrote about Moses and Monotheism, knowing what he has done in psychiatry field. LOL!
Ferdinand Gajewski says:
Speaking of Freud’s “Moses and Monotheism,” as a young boy (I’m 74) I went to our town library and looked for it. After wasting much time the librarian made it materialize from behind the main desk, where the local rabbi insisted it be kept (sic). I liked an idea I encountered recently elsewhere: followers of Iknaton escaped to Canaan and sowed his ideas with the indigenous population. Monotheism then found its way into Judaism.
Dear Ferdinand Gajewski,
It is a nice thesis, but unfortunately the land you are referring to as “Canaan” exists only in the (tampered with) history books. Palestine had never been called “Canaan” and its indigenous people never had any ties with the “Jews/Hebrew” at the time of Akhenaten. The whole thing is part of a grand-scale deception. For more (sobering)details read my book (Egypt knew no Pharaohs nor Israelites)
I’m sure the source of your link, Mr. Moore, is UTTERLY without preconceived notions!
mody says:
Your article is great, i havent finished it all, but i would hint to something important:
First:Most archaeologists who work in egypt run by biblical and jewish agenda, they spread the lies that Egyptian civilization is pharaohs. Pharaoh name never existed in ancient egypt.
Second: Most translations of hieroglyphics about ancient egypt is total false, we find many and many contradictions, There is a big conspiracy, archaeologists stick various statues hold features of different people in name of one king, they brainwash us.
Third Point and that’s all about: The history of israelites and pharaoh king or nation was not mentioned in ancient egypt because the hieroglyphic letters and artifacts and ancient egyptian monuments all belong to earlier dates, The archaeologists made great lies about the dates of egyptian kings and history completely.
Fourth: The language of pharaoh and israelites in egypt was probably coptic language not ancient hieroglyphics.
fiveth: The age of pyramids and most stuff belong to over 100000 B.c, they limited egyptian history to only 7000 years old by their hypocrisy
Edward Borley says:
It’s nice to see real research again. It’s been too long. I’ve shied away from my archaeology the last few years. It’s the little details that help put the past into a different light that always fascinated me when I was young. The constant battle against darkness makes us forget to find that soft small light. I’m going to have to delve deeper into your work.
I fail to see the need for the Jewish bashing from some of your readers. All religions are puffed up myths to empower a small group of corrupt and generally useless individuals.
I see the point to try to set the record straight factually, but the facts are enough without the venom. As a people they produce good along with the bad. For every Netanyahu there’s a Charlie Chaplin, or Mel Brooks. For every Cheney there’s a George Carlin or Gore Vidal. Well one would hope that. We do seem to be running out of our supplies of great thinkers with good hearts, and running a surplus on war mongers, and bankers.
Thank you Edward, and of course the Jewish bashing is not the purpose of this site. only unveiling some of the historical truth is what we’re really after.
Just to clarify : I didn’t think that was your intent. Your work is scholarly in the best sense. An effort to arrive at something approaching truth without bringing along the baggage of, “Well that’s what the Bible says, so it must be true.”
Was trying to tone down the more anti-Semitic rantings. (Yes I realize that the vast majority of Jews are not at all Semitic, but everyone needs to call themselves something.) As the more bellicose fail to realize the damage such a stance can to take on your work. Yours is a precarious enough position to take without supporters adding direct verbal attacks against a people as diverse in opinion as Gilad Atzmon and Ariel Sharon.
You might find this interesting ,, use your zoom to check it out ,, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Scorpion_Macehead.jpg
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King James Bible (Cambridge Ed.)
And I will make the land of Egypt desolate in the midst of the countries that are desolate, and her cities among the cities that are laid waste shall be desolate forty years: and I will scatter the Egyptians among the nations, and will disperse them through the countries
Just WHEN did this happen? (I’m being sarcastic of course…)
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Chuchee Mguchee says:
Jim Long, author of RIDDLE OF THE EXODUS says:
With all due respect to you Dr., you have only supported the thesis that the ancient Hebrews honored the office of the Egyptian King by calling him Pharaoh. As you state:
“…refer to the president of the United States and his inner circle of high officials as the white house, in the ancient world and especially amongst the Asiatic foreigners they referred to the mighty king of Egypt and his court of priests and commanders as the great house. And just as the white house is not the title of the president of United States so the “pr – aa” was not the name of the ruler of ancient Egypt.”
The Hebrews used this honorific—just as you state above—to address or refer to him indirectly, so as not to invoke one of his five royal names. If you would read any of the accounts of interaction related in the Torah between such figures as Abraham, Joseph and Moses, the never addressed the Egyptian ruler as anything but “King” (melekh in Hebrew) or Paro. In fact, there is a misconception that the Torah mentions Pharaoh Rameses, a name that appears only four times in the Torah—all four references to Rameses are simply geographic designations of a district in the Nile Delta sometimes called “Goshen” or “Kessen”.
On a very mundane level, you and I both know that the ancient Egyptian word for the ruler was obviously not “king” and just as the Torah was written for a people who spoke Hebrew it follows that Hebraic words were employed–in the very same way that I’m not using the French word “roi” because I’m not writing for a French reader. The Torah therefore employs the honorific recognized for its intended Hebrew reader.
Finally, you also know that, beginning with the Old Kingdom, the king was worshipped as the Great Bull, so have you ever considered that due to the shared origins of ancient Hebrew and Egyptian that the origin of the Hebrew word “Paro” was a combination of the Hebrew word “par” meaning a cow or a bull and “rah” meaning great?
Mr. Long,
Thank you for your interesting comment.
Your thesis is somehow incorrect; the kings of ancient Egypt during the time of Abraham, Joseph and Moses are constantly addressed with the title ‘Pharaoh’ in the Bible.
According to the book of Exodus, the king who ruled Egypt in Moses’ time was also referred to as Pharaoh. He is addressed as Pharaoh 128 times.
And one more thing, I don’t agree to your hypothesis that Ancient Egyptians and Hebrews had shared origins.
You have somehow misunderstood my post, read it again, I stated, “…. such figures as Abraham, Joseph and Moses, the never addressed the Egyptian ruler as anything but “King” (melekh in Hebrew) or “Paro”
Read the last word…it’s ” Paro” —-PARO is the Hebraic and original pronounciation of the the word “Pharaoh”.
Well… if “paro” is a combination of HEBREW words… I guess you expect us to believe that the people of Khemet were Jews or something!
WRONG! It says in the Tenach that they were, while slaves, “Building the Ramesseum” (spelling?) so that HAS to be a reference to the 19th Dynasty… about 1400 BC…Rameses I being the first king of that dynasty, succeeding Horemheb, last king pf the 18th…Seti I was 2nd king of said dynasty, followed by the famous Rameses II…
Remco S says:
Hi Dr. Ashraf Ezzat,
Thank you for this illuminating post on ancient Egypt! I study archaeology, but this I did not know. Thanks for clearing things up! I share your blog on my fb.
Thank you for the share, Remco.
Hi Dr. Ashraff, I found it interesting reading your piece, but I am still sceptical whether the bible we read today is not distorted by the selfish Israelis. Please help me with some details. Please make more effort to reach wider audience, as time dissipates, the jewish long planned conspiracy will be exposed. More grease to your elbows!
Cherry McKoy says:
I find it interesting that no references or external sources of any kind were used to create this seemingly enlightening opinion. I also find it interesting that the author spent the majority of the time using intellectual jargon (with some minor grammatical errors) to bash evidence for biblical history instead of doing some quality research on Egypt and valid archeological finds. I was trying to do research on Ancient Egypt for my art history class and came upon this website. It is amazing what you can unintentionally find on the internet…
Right you are, Mrs. Mckoy, it is really amazing what, and who, you can occasionlly bump into on the cyber space. I think you need to re-read my piece … and pay special attention to those chracters in blue, called links.
Dr. Ashraf. Was there ever any mention of Egyptian lepers other than Manethos account..
Thank you for your article
To all those asking for evidence try reading the tons of links and books he mentioned and provided above. Do you need him to come to your house and read it out loud for you or maybe draw some pictures?
bibliahusarska says:
> and pay special attention to those chracters in blue, called links.
How condescending. I can only imagine how you will feel offended, Mr. Ezzat, when I tell you:
> I think you need to re-read my piece …
No, he doesn’t.
Your book belongs in the Bad Science/Sloppy Research department.
I’m not offended. This exactly the kind of nonsense I’ve been hearing almost all of my life. Hearing it one more time won’t make a difference. Only discovering the truth will.
Oh, YES! “Biblical History” is the ONLY history, right? Anything else is of ha Satan! (Hebrew for “the adversary.”) I’m sure that is what YOU think… and you think all the animals of the world were in a boat for months… and – since there were only 2 of each, they all came out inbred… but why talk Science with people enraptured with superstition, I ask myself…
Manik Osiris says:
Where can I get a book that tells the true story of the ancient Egyptians?
“Dawn of Consience” by James Henry Breasted.
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L. B. Binnie says:
Is there a possibility that the Hebrew legend of the Exodus is actually a racial memory of being part of the Hyksos invasion of Egypt and their occupation of Lower Egypt? The Hyksos invaded from the East and when they were driven out they returned to the East. Some, undoubtedly remained as workers and may well have departed later, but certainly NOT at the time the Hebrews claim, As far as I am aware slavery was introduced into Egypt by invaders far later than the OT account would have us believe.
spiritgeek says:
This is quite the read, I must say. Funny thing… Topple the basic premises of Judaism and you topple the premises of Christianity and Islam. Not only is Hebrew history changed, all of Western history changes. What to do…. Hmmm…
Good stuff. Not certain of the complete validity. Would have to do more research. But interesting nonetheless.
Thank you spiritgreek
You got it, friend! That’s why I have reverted to the appellation “Abrahamic” when describing these three (in my opinion) spiritual sicknesses! Christianity and Islam are the bastard children of Judaism (as is communism.)
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KL says:
you really need to check out the work of alan wilson and baram blackett as well as the history of the stone of destiny…the ten tribes included the Welsh/Cymru people who trace their lineage back to solomon and back even before him to moses…also, the stone of destiny, from the strata of Bethel somehow made its way to Tara then to Westminster Abbey before being stolen in the 50s by Scottish nationalists
history is much more complex and palpable than you portray it here. btw, i have only mentioned a small sampling of the evidence suggesting the true Israelites were in Wales until outsiders usurped the kingdom around 1300
also, any archaeological dates relating to egypt are completely made up because of fudge factors added into the carbon dating formulas…veilikovsky should be a good resource as wells as wilson and blackett
“The work of alan wilson and baram blackett” … Unfortunately, I don’t have the slightest interest in Science fiction nor Pseudo-science.
— the so-called “Lost Tribes” were the Tribes that STAYED in Babylon when the rest returned to Palestine from their “captivity”. They were LOST TO ISRAEL. They decided their horrible captivity in Babylon was preferable to going back to Palestine. This is all well known. There were no other “lost tribes”.
OK, but since it was so bad there, why did they stay?
“Cymru” would appear to be the “Cimmerians” as the Romans called them; an asiatic peoples who probably ended up in what the English insist, for no known reason, in calling Wales.
So, the Welsh are Jews, then? Argh! I have a genotype very common there (and in NW Ireland and Scotland) and that’s SCIENCE. Not fiction. The Cymru were probably largely illiterate before being converted to Christianity… and to “fit in” with the new “powers that be” probably concocted yet another vile vial of superstition to show “How Holy” they were, by being descended from Shlomo; his (“Solomon’s”) REAL name… And by the way; my genotype is in no way similar to anything “Hebrew” or “Jewish…” But I’m confused, for “British Israel” says the Brits are Jews! And the Masons think they are! And the LDS church says the Native Americans are! And the… what to call them? – Afro-Centric crowd say the Ethiopians are! What the heck; maybe we’re ALL “Jews!” Oy!
Alberto Martinez says:
As a child I stood a few feet away from King Ramses I founder of the 18th Dynasty and father of Ramses II. It was at Niagara Falls in a curio museum. Of course it was not known at this time, the 1950s that the mummy was of royal birth. Ramses I was identified many years later. Apparently the position of his crossed arms identified him as a royal.
I have also had the priviledge of viewing the Rosetta Stone in London, England. Very awesome.
Having casually read and studied Egyptology for years has led me to wonder the following. Why is Tutmosis (born of Toth) pronounced Tut-Mosis while Ramses (born of Ra) prounced Ram-e-sess? Should he not be known as Ramses (ra-
moses)?
Does mosis (moses) mean born of?
No, it doesn’t.
Tuthmosis (Born of the god Thoth) is the Greek name for this warrior king. He is also known as Thutmose III, or Thutmosis. But his Egyptian Throne name was Men-kheper-re (Lasting is the Manifestation of Re). And like wise, Ramses II’s throne name is (USERMAATRE-SETEPENRE)
Dr. Ashraf Ezzat,
So is it safe to assume that mosis (moses) is of greek origin and was not extant as a word or royal title in ancient Egypt?
Also thank you for an informitive and well written article. I look forward to more of the same.
Napoleon’s troops found the Rosetta Stone in 1799 during the Egyptian Campaign. The Brits managed to steal it too?
I can’t answer any of that, but in Hebrew, “Moses” is in fact “Moshe” for what it is worth…
The Maori of New Zealand tell a different story.
They say they originally were from Assyria
They say they had to leave Assyria
because of famine.
They went to Egypt where they hired onto construction
projects. They were known as great builders.
After a time they tired of Egypt.
They had a great leader named Mohi.
After several plagues which the Egyptians associated
with them, they returned to Assyria.
They overpopulated their old homeland in Assyria
They went north through the land of the
and Scythians then west
The Maori claim to be Brown Maoris.
They claim that white Maoris constantly harassed
them on their way west and would
not let them settle.
Maori Symbolism(1926) by Etta Rout
Yes you are Semi-Correct in that it was used as a word to describe the ” Great House” – Though by the middle of the 18th dynasty was a term widely and almost exclusively used to denote the King. So pharoah is/was a term used in describing the ruling king of Egypt!
If we’re talkinng 18th dynasty, then, we have to re-examine the Amarna letter- royal correspondence of the court of king Akhenaten. And in those letters, I assure you, Akhenaten was never addressed as pharaoh.
arturjotaefartur felisberto says:
Pharaoh, meaning “Great House”, originally referred to the king’s palace, but during the reign of Thutmose III (ca. 1479–1425 BC) in the New Kingdom, after the foreign rule of the Hyksos during the Second Intermediate Period, became the form of address for a person who was king[5] and the son of the god Ra. “The Egyptian sun god Ra, considered the father of all pharaohs, was said to have created himself from a pyramid-shaped mound of earth before creating all other gods.” (Donald B. Redford, Ph.D., Penn State) [6]
The term pharaoh ultimately was derived from a compound word represented as pr-ꜥ3, written with the two biliteral hieroglyphs pr “house” and ꜥꜣ “column”. It was used only in larger phrases such as smr pr-aa ‘Courtier of the High House’, with specific reference to the buildings of the court or palace.[7] From the twelfth dynasty onward the word appears in a wish formula ‘Great House, may it live, prosper, and be in health’, but again only with reference to the royal palace and not the person.
The earliest instance where pr-aa is used specifically to address the ruler is in a letter to Amenhotep IV (Akhenaten), who reigned c. 1353–1336 BCE, which is addressed to ‘Pharaoh, all life, prosperity, and health!.[8] During the eighteenth dynasty (sixteenth to fourteenth centuries BCE) the title pharaoh was employed as a reverential designation of the ruler. About the late twenty-first dynasty (tenth century BCE), however, instead of being used alone as before, it began to be added to the other titles before the ruler’s name, and from the twenty-fifth dynasty (eighth to seventh centuries BCE) it was, at least in ordinary usage, the only epithet prefixed to the royal appellative.[9]
From the nineteenth dynasty onward pr-ꜥꜣ on its own was used as regularly as hm.f, ‘Majesty’. The term therefore evolved from a word specifically referring to a building to a respectful designation for the ruler, particularly by the twenty-second dynasty and twenty-third dynasty.[citation needed]
For instance, the first dated instance of the title pharaoh being attached to a ruler’s name occurs in Year 17 of Siamun on a fragment from the Karnak Priestly Annals. Here, an induction of an individual to the Amun priesthood is dated specifically to the reign of Pharaoh Siamun. This new practice was continued under his successor Psusennes II and the twenty-first dynasty kings. Meanwhile the old custom of referring to the sovereign simply as pr-aa continued in traditional Egyptian narratives.[citation needed]
By this time, the Late Egyptian word is reconstructed to have been pronounced *par-ʕoʔ whence comes Ancient Greek φαραώ pharaō and then Late Latin pharaō. From the latter, English obtained the word “Pharaoh”. Over time, *par-ʕoʔ evolved into Sahidic Coptic prro ⲡⲣ̅ⲣⲟ and then rro (by mistaking p- as the definite article prefix “the” from Ancient Egyptian pꜣ).[10]
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pharaoh
Israel’s “claim” to Palestine is based entirely on War Crimes and GENOCIDE.
Your main error is using “Religious beliefs” to “attack the National Socialists.” They believed, and I think any honest organism would agree, that you can BREED “good people” and “bad people.” Why you have to consult the “Jewish” fiction-account known as “The Bible” is NOT a product of the “scientific method” in my humble opinion…
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Interesting the hebrew narrative won out: jews enslaved by egyptians, etc.
Looking at the evidence, the same can be said of the “holocaust” and third reich germany.
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I’d strongly recommend you read “The Bible Unearthed” by Archeologist, Israel Finkelstein and coauthored by American historian, Neil Silberman.
Also read my post “PASSOVER: Denying The Holocaust of Ancient Israelites”
https://ashraf62.wordpress.com/2011/05/02/passover-denying-the-holocaust-of-ancient-israelites/
What about the Qu’ranic account?
They can’t find Hoffa’s body does that mean he didn’t exist the evidence of Israel existance is everywhere you just have to know where to look
I would like to read book (s) which challenge the historicity of the Old Testament in a comprehensive manner. Can you suggest such books? Thanks.
Dirk Chardet says:
Dear Ashraf,
I will be honest, I did not read everything you wrote (yet), I am simply too busy right now. At a later moment I will take the time to do this and also get books #1 and #4 mentioned by you.
For now just this : studying Zecharia Sitchin (yes, I know ; a jew) for a long time and reading his 12 books at least 3 times each, got me convinced that parts of the bible (the OT) have a solid historical basis, although there is much distortion as well.
The Israeli’s were NOT ‘god’s chosen people’, but the people chosen by a minor war lord to serve as ‘cannon fodder’ (avant la lettre) and to conquer nowadays Palestine for him, on the followers of his brother MARDUK. The real name of this ‘minor war lord’ was NOT Yahweh but NERGAL and he was not particularly ‘god the creator’.
Nergal was a liar, didn’t keep his word, had an inferiority complex, was bold early, had a limp from birth and was not taken seriously by his peers.
I advise you to read Sitchin and – particularly – with an open mind : for 20 years I refused to look at any of his books, believing he was crazy. Now I really regret I waited so long.
Pls read ‘Act of god’ by Graham Phillips as well, it explains everything about the ‘plagues’ and their completely natural causes.
By the way, the picture above does NOT show Tutankhamun, but his brother.
The real name of Tut/Toth was NINGISZSHIDDA, he constructed the pyramids, but also Stonehenge.
I tried to find weak spots and inconsistencies in Sitchin’s books, but they were not there. Just one mistake ; the Israelites – the Exodus indeed took place – never crossed the Red Sea, but the Sea of Reeds in the Nile Delta. From there they turned east. They stayed in the desert for a long time, because a terrible bubonic plague pandemic was wiping out people in the inhabited coastal areas by the thousands.
You know I don’t like the zionists and their eternal lies ; I value truth above all. If by accident they for once speak the truth, I have no problem in admitting this. As some kind of ‘pantheist’ – I believe we are all part of a unified quantum field – I am not in favor of a book like the bible, so it was quite a surprise noticing not everything had been made up.
There indeed was a FLOOD (11.000 BC) because of the unstable ice cap on the S.Pole plunging into the water and caused 8000 m high tidal waves. The real name of Noah is ZIUSUDRA and he was a Sumerian.
PS When I was about 13 I tremendously enjoyed- like Nooralhaqiqa – Waltari’s ‘Sinue The Egyptian’ ……………
Hello Dirk,
Welcome to Pyramidion.
Interesting theories … and I have read some Sitchin, but i couldn’t go all the way through his theses for I’m not really into science fiction and pseudo-history.
BTW, the above photo shows the golden mask of King Tutankhamun and not his brother. As a matter of fact, King Tut had no brothers
Hi Ashraf,
Thanks for reacting.
It is a pity you don’t appreciate Sitchin, because in the 36 years since his first book was published, he has been corroborated on at least 10 different points, including (1982) a ‘brown dwarf very far away but heading direction earth’.
You might remember Mr.Wegener and his 1916 thesis of ‘Continental Drift’, ridiculed by his fellow-scientists and costing him his career. After 60 years – when he and all his collegues had died – it became generally accepted.
BTW Wegener postulated that there IS Continental Drift, thanks to Sitchin I understand WHY there is Continental Drift. He doesn’t discuss it, but it follows logically out of past events in our solar system, as described by him.
Truth has nothing to do with democracy and therefore I don’t care that so few people value Sitchin’s contribution. Most in my life I have been in 100 to 1 situations and in the end – without an exception – I (the 1-minority) was proved right, although this usually lasted long – 15 years on one occasion.
So ….. Sitchin is a true scientist, a seeker for truth, who doesn’t stop at the point where he starts undermining his own (and others’) religion.
You don’t give facts against him either : just qualifications like ‘science-.fiction and pseudo-history’.
I really TRIED to prove him wrong, but couldn’t. His case is strong.
Apart from this : the official version of EVERYTHING stinks, whether it is medicine, global warming, Egyptology/history, whatever.
I used to believe that the horrors of the holocaust were true – 6 million, gas chambers, ovens, etc – now I know that it is just a bunch of (very profitable) zionist lies.
I’ll check the details of the mask, from whom it really is. It is definitely not Tutankhamun, although official Egyptology claims so.
So much of the work here makes so much sense and it has me thinking on it deeply, But If you look at the video footage from Ron Wyatt and the gold leaf leftovers from the four spoked chariot wheel from the kings chariot that he found on an underwater land bridge spanning across the Red sea and miles of coral encrusted chariot axles strewn about in the same location along with pillars that were found marking both sides of the crossing with Moses name inscribed commemorating the spot and also many years ago i heard of a Egyptian stone that was found that talked of the whole Exodus claiming that the Israelis god did all these things against Egypt in favor for the Jews and that the king also died in the waters.
This and other things make my head spin in confusion when I read the work here that has so much commonsense attached to it.
If these things were faked then the fakers are super powerful people whom it would be hard to beat.
I mean come on how can coral encrusted chariot parts be faked overnight in a lab or something?
these fakers would be billionaires for sure.
Currently I am reading Yadah Yah which is a free online read, and it is very compelling in how if you take all the words of Genesis from the Hebrew using all the Hebrew words it takes to fully convey its message into English and read it that way, it lines up with what science says about the universe being around fifteen billion years old and how it was all created in the order of science showing that the god whom witnessed its creation is the teller of all truth from beginning to the end and this being his stamp on the book. and it also reveals that it was translated in a way to be purposefully misleading.
it is worth a read for those whom are like me and the writer here that just want the truth no mater what it is.
if I do find the truth for sure and it condems me to a hell then so be it because truth is what I live for and by.
so let me ask u this…..do u dispute the fact that the original Egyptians was black?
We know two things based on the Scripture:
– the Hebrews were definitely NOT white
– when exposed to the sun in the summer, the skin of at least some people in the population (perhaps even all) would turn as dark as black
That pretty much says it all. The Askenazim are listed in the Bible (OT), but NOT as descendants of Israel.
Well then; if they stayed indoors most of the time, as did the priests; did they return to “whiteness?”
7thct says:
Why would that matter so much to you what shade of white-to-black-through-browns-and-reds they would return to?
The Bible is NOT racist. The Torah clearly states that the rights of immigrants living among the Israelites were the same as native Israelites (with a few notable exceptions in the Assembly of the Lord).
In other words, we don’t know anything definite about their skin color except that they were NOT Caucasian. Happy now?
They must have been color-blind, then, as they did not portray themselves that way, generally… but I know I’m wasting my time… They painted themselves as almost terra cotta; reddish. But what does that matter, to people who have no interest in the evidence? Does the bust of Nefer Neferu Aten Nefertiti in the Berliner Neues Museum “look Black” to you, Tarik? This (especially in America) is an “emotionally loaded” subject and Science and observation will never win, as it is opposed by personal prejudice and unfounded belief system(s).
Still are; never changed! Just look at how they portrayed themselves! No doubt! Black as night, every one!
Frances Owens says:
I took a class in college, years ago,(62 now) called Bible as History. An ex-nun taught the class. I still remember a few things she told us about the Bible: The Moses story was really a retelling of an ancient Sumerian legend (I forget the Sumerian’s name) who was put in a basket and sent down the river and adopted. So it seems they appropriated this part of Sumerian history and changed the name to Moses. I thought at the time maybe it was accidental, now I am not so sure.
Another thing she pointed out. In Genesis there are 2 stories of Eden. In the first the verse reads, “Male and female created He them”. Equality of the sexes? She explained that biblical scholars used what they called “strings” – a way of dating when different sections of the Bible were written by the evolutionary changes in language. According to her, the rib story was written 200 years after the original that had male/female created simultaneously.
I am not a big believer. I find it hard to reconcile my yrs. of experience living in this world to the presented religious view that men are to be in charge of everything. I just can’t help thinking they haven’t done a very good job at it. So though I was willing to consider the existence of a God, I’ve never been able to believe that he/she/it could be the one as presented in the Old Testament.
I enjoyed your article and hope to read more like it.
@ Frances Owens
While the Hebrews boast of their Bible as the most ancient literary legacy known to mankind, modern archeology and history tell us a different story.
The Hebrew scribes had incorporated some of the most dramatic myths of the ancient Near East into their Bible, and since there was no respect for copy rights at that remote period of time they didn’t bother to mention the source, and moreover had approprited those stories to be rewritten in their holy book as an Israelite story.
The Moses story you mentioned is actually the Hebrew adaptation of the famous autobiography of king Sargon of Akkad.
Let US make man in OUR image, after OUR likeness: Genesis 1:26-27
Without the Holy trinity, the Bible cannot be understood. Faith is a gift….pray for it.
AlKhalil says:
Faith is a gift, and ignorance is bliss. Hold fast to them both.
You need to realize that the whole biblical edifice, including the books, the stories, the theology, the teachings, the morality, the people and personalities, etc., are all fabricated falsehoods. And for sure, just for the sake of future arguments, you cannot use the internal claims of a fictional book or story to prove its correctness in reality.
Faith is the excuse people use when they have no goods reason to believe something.
Oh and Gen also said if you eat the fruit you will die, as with so much OT -fail- also god was walking elsewhere when the walking talking snake spoke to eve, so not omnipresent – fail- and now the excuses start.
Neil is an ignoramus says:
Something tells me someone here is unaware of the classical definition of Omnipresence.
ANOTHER religious moron! The “Old Covenant” has nothing to do with the “Trinity” adopted by the Christians. While the saying “YHVH is echad” (“God is One”) may be interpreted as being “one made up of many” as some Messianic Jews tend to do, there is absolutely NO “Trinity” in the Old Covenant. NONE.
A crisis/awakening in life and faith has lead me to the new realization, i am hated by Jews and Muslims. not disliked, belittled, or tolerated, but hated as I am a gentile. It was all the lies that woke me up. It is far too much to go into here as I have been researching for years the deceptions of free masons, Illuminati, currency, banks, international private banks, wars of at least the last 200 years, propaganda everywhere, social engineering, etc. Anyway, due to so many lies that are so large most people will not entertain they are living in a complete lie, I though what about religion, have I been lied to there also? I found this most interesting article/research paper that quoted the Old and New Testament, and ancient Hebrew text to put out there, with out name or identifiers of any kind on a pdf file site arguing that the Old Testament was the great deception. That the God spoken of in it was mean, spiteful, jealous, not the Father that Jesus describes, though I am still working on it and the “Amen”, “hallelujah” and trying to wade through the crap, misinterpretations, mistranslations, and just plain lies, and of course who wrote it, when and why. I’ll get back to you on that in a decade or three. I think I’m going to need to learn Hebrew, Arabic, and Egyptian Hieroglyphics. lol I was actually looking for it again when stumble to this site. Unfortunately I can’t find it again, I was looking either “great deception” or “biblical great deception”.
It sure is nice to hear from others that do not accept whats being shoveled in their general direction.
petravitus says:
God tested others letting them prove how they’d act behind His back. He was in fact omnipresent, just not showing it during the temptation. Most commenter on here seem very biggoted like Nazis, and stupid as apes.
Wear the badge of their distain proudly! That’s my advice! It’s an HONOR to be hated by some…
Since when are nuns (or catholic priests, or evangelical pastors) an authority on the Bible?
Read Revelation chapter 17 and the following. This is what the Lord thinks of the Mother Church (=the scarlet prostitute riding on the beast, the mother of harlots) and her Daughter Churches (the harlots).
Christianity is not found in churches. It is found in a person’s heart.
Also, beware of those who say they are Jews but they are not.
“I know thy works, and tribulation, and poverty, (but thou art rich) and I know the blasphemy of them which say they are Jews, and are not, but are the synagogue of Satan” (Revelation 2:9).
“Behold, I will make them of the synagogue of Satan, which say they are Jews, and are not, but do lie; behold, I will make them come and worship before thy feet, and to know that I have loved thee” (Revelation 3:9).
Our times have been foretold. Doesn’t that give you the chills? The Bible is unsurpassed in its accuracy. This is coming from someone who’s been researching it for years. My advice: quit stalling and seek the truth with an open mind an a humble heart, and you will be amazed at what you will find.
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Bob McGhee says:
Your expressions of truth are clear and moving. Thank you.
Egyptian says:
I don’t know how I got to your blog, but let me tell you that I’m really happy that I did,
Somehow you need to get your posting to greater audience, I’ve been living in the states for 25 yrs and almost fed up with the way the Isrealis control the media and filter all the news and ideas to finally come to their “dream” of concurring Egypt, but shame on us not exposing them the way you do in couple of your blogs. With the new era with free communication through the Internet we can do that, but we need to organize before getting to the public in mass because once “they” sense any risk they will react and you know how they react to anyone threaten their goals.
Good job and keep on writing please!
Yours, Egyptian American who still loves the Nile & Alexandria Beaches
Hi Egyptian,
Glad to have received your comment.
I agree with you that we must cooperate and join forces to expose the Zionist duplicity.
Well, you could help by subscribing to my website email mewsletter and share my posts and the site with your contacts.
BornFREE says:
In the Jewish Teachings (Torah) it is mentioned that God told the Hebrews through Moses that if they believe in him (or those teachings said to come from him) he will make them all priests. So, in the Ancient Egypt the priests were high clergy who worked for the king directly with great influence over the lower population. They therefore used to display/run the different tasks in the temples (for whatever religion was requested in the session). That means they were experts in propaganda already at that time. Probably they have realized how much power one can acquire if they “teach” something that’s into their interest instead of the pure factual religious things for the corresponding subgroup of the population asking for it. Quite possible that their GREED have pushed them to want more and “polish” the propaganda in a way that made the king feel “attacked”. It could be possible that that was the reason whey they were expelled from the country. Of course, one can turn the facts and say they actually wanted to leave. Well, they were probably FORCED to leave. So, they have terrorized the population by bringing all the plagues, etc. That’s how they got dispersed throughout the world. And that’s how you got the traveling clowns or traveling theater Jews in Europe or somewhere else in the world. They enter a land and run their propaganda. Nowadays it’s TV or newspapers.
The whole “war” of the 18th dynasty was precisely between the Priestly class and the King, say some.. It’s been theorized that Akhenaten created his deity as a rebellion against the “strangle-hold” the priest class had on Egyptian society… He was trying to “shut them out.” He lost, of course… and eventually the High Priest of Amun became king… So Akhenaten’s “religious reforms” may have been an attempt to shut out the priestly class and reestablish the power of the king. All of this is conjecture of course; the historical records available are not detailed enough (and were also written by the “victors”) – so we’ll probably never know for sure.
nooralhaqiqa says:
I am having to rethink a lifetime of connection with the history of Egypt. Of course mine was more connection with the common people, the arts, and spirit, the way people lived. I never dreamt I was royalty reincarnated or such. At 14 my favourite ever novel was “The Egyptian” by Mika Waltari.
And when I was a young woman, my idea of a romantic afternoon was being caught in a snowstorm in the Royal Ontario Museum with a date, and of course a picnic. I spent hours immersed in walls of stolen hieroglyphics, IE one from the tomb of Hatshepsut, just thinking of those times so long ago.
I watched the Hollywood pap movies, starved for visuals but never felt I was watching the truth. But then, all my life I had a profound distrust of anything thrust upon people, just a suspicious sort and it has proven me right over the years.
And now this. THank you for your work here. A LOT to think about and absorb. If you do not mind, I would like to post this on my blog because I have a few readers who are interested in the past.
And btw, consider, if the Israelis are so desperate to control media now, as they have attempted regarding Gaza, or WW2, or WW1 or ANYTHING they have wanted to control, (yeah, I am a bit of a revisionist if, by revisionist you mean undoing the lies and putting the truth back up), why not the Bible? They rewrite whatever they can for their plans…. just as they rewrote the book they now uses as a real estate deal with God to take over the area of Palestine.
But I digress… thank you for your work.
Thank you for the nice words and of course you could post it at your colorful and well designed bolg.
..As a matter of fact, I liked the way my post looked on your blog.
.. The Israelites committed the ultimate sin, they had tampered with ancient history, and what makes it unforgivably grave is the fact that most of us still believe it and embrace it as the unshakeable truth.
.. My best.
the hieroglyphs record history before the great flood .
salwa says:
All quite interesting, Dr. Ezzat. Thx for this thought provoking article & the other I just read in VT.
Yes, quite true. It seems lies are part of their existence. They also commissioned the “Scofield Bible” in the early 20th Century, with many made-up details serving their interests, eventually entering them info the actual Bible.in the ’60’s.
I’m not familiar with the Qur’an, but how do most Muslims react to what you write here considering they base it on Judaic teachings.
Also, no way is the Jewish Bible the most ancient of scriptures, as someone has written below, for the “Bhagavad Gita” of Hinduism, meaning the Song of God, was in existence at least 5000 yrs BC.
You read Waltari? Then you know of the Aten worship.
Some scholars, such as Sigmund Freud, have pointed out the obvious implausibilities on the Moses story and have sugge3sted that “Moses”, an Egyptian word meaning “Prince” may have been another name for the heretic Pharaoh Akhenaten (Amenhotep IV), and the story of the Exodus a highly romanticized telling of his attempted return from exile, with the usual spin so that failure to reclaim his throne is sold to later generations as a symbolic victory.
The whole point is, the “jews” are exiled ATEN worshippers who “morphed” from being peace-lovers to venomous war-mongers from resentment over being ousted from power in Egypt. Palestine was a PROVINCE of Egypt, so how could anyone “escape” to it and “conquer” it?! They were EXILED to it.
Moses was “raised” as an Egyptian Prince, because Moses WAS an Egyptian Prince. As a matter of FACT, the “Hebrews” are EGYPTIAN.
The Hebrews, the participants of the fabled Exodus, were EGYPTIAN refugee worshipers of ATEN, the MONOTHEISTIC Egyptian LIGHT God.
After Amenhotep IV aka Akenhaten elevated Aten to THE god of Egypt (THOU SHALT HAVE NO OTHER GODS BEFORE ME)
the priests of Amon and the lesser gods worked to undermine Aten. Upon the death of Pharoh Akenhaten, the “ONE” god, Aten, was
overthrown. The temples and all trace of Aten were pulled down and erased. The followers of Aten were persecuted and harrassed.
After some years of this, the followers of Aten made an “exodus” (a going out) from Egypt, to the COLONIES of Egypt in Palestine.
NOTE: It is not called a HOMECOMING or RETURN, as it would have been if the participants were SEMITES originally from Palestine.
They THEMSELVES termed it an EXODUS. [EX out of, from, and HODOS, way]
This is people who WERE Egyptian and LEFT, went OUT OF Egypt.
The followers of Aten wandered in the desert for years (40?). They assimilated legends, myths, and People, into their Religion and Tribe.
The first generation of refugees passed on, and their religion morphed from a “loving, peace, LIGHT and enlightened god”
to a vengeful, resentful, scab-picking War god.
THIS is why there is NO Egyptian archeological evidence of a Jewish/Semitic presence OR exodus.
The Exodus consisted of EGYPTIANS leaving Egypt in the face of religious persecution that included the complete erasure of the God of the Exodus, ATEN.
How else could one explain what is clearly written in the Bible itself:
For millenia the Jews(Egyptian Refugees) have WAILED about their abject slavery under “Torturous, Inhumane” conditions in Egypt.
Name ONE other “religion” that has a HOLIDAY celebrating the genocide of the CHILDREN of their opponents?
THAT is what “Passover” is. They are celebrating the deaths of the First Born children of the Egyptians.
More then that, they are celebrating revenge on the Worshipers of Aton for overthrowing their god Aten.
Let us take a little look at the abject, “slaves” in Egypt:
How is it that “impoverished, abject slaves” have lambs to slaughter, flocks and herds?
Exodus c.12 v.32&38
Exodus c.35 v.22-23
How is it that “abject impoverished slaves” have neighbors with GOLD and SILVER and JEWELS to LOAN to these “slaves”
Exodus c.3 v.22
Exodus c.11 v.2
The god ATEN was overthrown @ 1240 B.C.
After years of persecution the followers of Aten left Egypt IN AN EX-HODOS @ 1210 B.C.
If the followers of Aten allowed themselves to become infected with the vindictiveness of “The Bible” then they betrayed themselves, their faith and the founder thereof… and became what they revolted against in the first place! But I must say; even Amun can’t hold a candle to YHVH when it comes to glorifying massacring children, infidels, etc. Besides; there was no racial component to Atenism, as may be inferred from one of the two extant famous “Hymns to the Aten” written by Akhenaten himself. Where the racial component, then? I think you’re fishing in the wrong sea, and have caught the wrong fish! Blaming Atenism for that abomination which later became “The Abrahamic religions” is a “Crime against the Gods!” (I’m speaking somewhat tongue-in-cheek here…)
Walter, you are reading some adulterated translation.
In the US as of today, there are neighborhoods where one family is impoverished, living in a cramped apartment and slaving away during the graveyard shift while only a few houses away, billionaires are showing off their twelve Jaguars, Ferraris, and such. It’s real. Not such a big stretch of imagination at all.
> How is it that “impoverished, abject slaves” have lambs to slaughter, flocks and herds?
They were the flocks that some of the Hebrews had been tending on behalf of the Egyptians (don’t make me find you the exact verse) and their own families. This may be hard to imagine for someone accustomed to the convenience of the microwave, but a steak that you may find at Walmart originated as an animal that would have liked to belong to a herd or a flock. That’s why the Hebrews had flocks and herds: flocks and herds were food. Do you think today’s poor people don’t eat? (Am I talking with a 3yr old?)
Your words are not nice, and what of the garbage in the qur’an and the false claims of Arabs to be Palestinian?
That place (Palestine) has been conquered by so many nations… The original inhabitants were believed to be either Cretans or Phoenicians… For what that’s worth… All mixed up for sure!
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spktruth200 says:
How very interesting! We know the Hebrew scribes made stuff up to frighten the uneducated people into doing whatever they wanted. We know that Israel still hates Egypt and blames them for years of slavery etc. This certainly changes all that history.
Hi spktruth200,
My dear friend there was no enslavement of Israelites nor exodus form Egypt, that is what history tells us.
And definitely Ancient Egypt knew no Pharaohs.
Sharpinla says:
I concur. It was, if anything, a analogy of walking forty years in the desert – going away on a journey, finding yourself – discovering your truth, Moses was at his third and final 40 year period of age from 80-120 years.
anyone who conquered another civilization back then took slaves! a child could figure that out!
It amazes me at how this analogy has been made to be supportive of truth especially after all of this time and research. People have fallen the lie of this matter…in fact…people have become lazy and instead of doing their own research and finding out for themselves, they’d rather sit somewhere and let someone tell tell them that this was so instead of using their own due diligence and researching the matter for themselves. For many, ignorance is bliss.
Charles Slakan says:
So what’s the point, whether the king was named pharaoh or whether his house was pharaoh; it never is the seat of authority that is important here , not the rhetoric and play on words.
Is this supposed to be some great Revelation?
Who were the Hibaru then? Who were the people that Thutmose claims to have driven out of Egypt?
Fact is the more history that is supported by archealogy, the less we know?
I wonder how it is possible that discoveries lean towards civilization to be so much more ancient than the Egyptians regardless what their rulers call themselves.
The Hebrews didn’t write anything to scare anyone; they wrote of things often only explainable by todays refound technology.
Such things the had no possible concept of, until there is conclusive proof that any part of the Bible is not historically accurate, wouldn’t we actually have to first understand the parts you mentioned first, including perhaps who constructed the sphinx and why, why just one?
Why was the largest pyramid, the highest built on a granite platform above those at Giza dissembled, and by whom.
Obviously Akhnetaten corresponded with rulers in what is now the middle east, including Israel.
All kings kings of kingdoms acknowledged by the writers of the OT at the time or thereafter.
We hardly have answers to simple questions as to why Tut wasn’t buried in his tomb? How did Egyptians light the depths of their tombs without fire; there is no evidence of smoke residue?
Anyone can put forward unproven suppositions to support their ideological beliefs my friend but I can tell you, those seldom ever lead to the actual truth or any discovery worth repeating.
Before Moses and the Israelites are written out of history, let’s first at least complete factual historical data which can be fully supported by FACTS, not suppositions concerning the actual history of Egypt, then see how Moses and the Israelites fit in the factual supported history of ancient Egypt and its rulers.
It has not been done. The mystery king, pharaoh or whatever who ruled between King Tut, Ai and his predecessors looks like a female?
You see that is a supposition I made based on my interpretation of what I think a male Egyptian king or pharaoh should look like, unsupported by any facts.
Mr. Salkan,
As much as I hate it, for it will sound like I’m pressuring you into buying my book, but indeed you are one of those (gullible victims of Jewish ancient deceptions) who needs to be told the truth. Read my book (Egypt knew no Pharaohs nor Israelites) and thank me later.
Egyptian history has shown that whenever Khemet/Kemet lost a battle they would erase it from their history. Kemet was actually notorious for erasing and modifying history to make them seem victorious all the time. The article says the word Pharoah never existed in ancient Kemet yet you call it Egypt a name that wasn’t given to Kemet until the Conquest of Alexander the Great! This article is contradictory to its purpose of actual ancient terminology by that alone.
Now about the Hebrews. According to the philosophy of “Remember the Victory Forget the Losses” the Hebrews, who were detestable in the eyes of the Kemetic people do to their sacrificial ways involving sacred animals, who were not even worthy of human dignity and blasphemous to your gods actually embarrassed ALL of EGYPT and their gods and kings by laying the smack down is something that meets the qualifications of erase that from anywhere in Kemet its too embarrassing for the generations to see.
The Bible is very unbiased to mans perception of God and the History of Israel. It could have been reedited EASILY to align accurately with history if history was true. The fact that it doesn’t tells you more about the history we believe as true more so than the bible account of its . History is absolutely pseudo.
@ Brandon,
First of all the land of the Nile had not been called ‘Egypt’ after the conquest of Alexander the Great 332 BC, many historians who traveled to ancient Egypt and the Levant many centuries before Alexander the Great) had left verified documents undoubtedly referring to the land as Egypt/Aegyptus (Not KMT, or even hwt-ka-Ptah)
Amongst those historians were, Herodotus who visited Egypt around 450 BC, Homer (9th century BC), Strabo (63 BC – AD 24) and (Hecateus 550 BC – 476 BC) they all left maps showing the land of the Pyramids referred to as Aegyptus. More importantly none of them, especially Herodotus who mingled with the common people of Egypt at the time, ever referred to the tradition of designating the king of Egypt as ‘Pharaoh’. In other words, the western historians (not the Egyptians whom you believe erased any trace of your sacred and infallible story of the [Zombie style] Exodus) are the ones who debunk your Biblical stories as pseudo-history (or better yet fake history as revealed in my book)
Yual says:
Question, does you book mention that the Israelites were actually black people as seen in the Assyrian depictions and Early Roman depictions of the Israelites. Which also goes in accordance to their very own description of themselves in the Bible. Do you mention that the modern day Jew is not an Israelite descendant? If not then there might be some very important information you have overlooked.
haroon hussein says:
WELL MR. EZZAT, THE QURAN MENTIONS MOOSA PBUH AND THE PLIGHT OF THE ISRAELITES UNDER SLAVERY BY THE RULER OF THE LAND NOW CALLED EGYPTT OR THE NILE REGION CLOSE TO THE RED SEA . iT ALSO MENTIONS MOSES CONFRONTING THE KING OF THE TIME WHO REGARDED HIMSELF AS A GOD . THE PARTING OF THE RED SEA IS ALSO MENTIONED AND THE PERISHING OF THE KING AND HIS ARMY . SO THE QURAN CORROBORATES PREVIOUS SCRIPTURE IN THIS REGARD AND EVEN THOUGH THE NARRATIVES MAY DIFFER SLIGHTLY , THE SCRIPTURES SUPPORT EACH OTHER IN THE MAIN SO THEIR IS A CHAIN OF NARRATION . NOWADAYS ALL SORTS OF CONTROVERSIES ARE CONCOCTED TO MISLEAD, DECEIVE, WITH A VIEW TO MONEYMAKING , THE FACT THAT EGYPTIAN KINGS AND QUEENS REGARDED THEMSELVES AS GODS IS UNDISPUTABLE . FURTHER CAN YOU EXPLAIN HOW THE PYRAMIDS WERE BUILT ,NO YOU CANT . tHE QURAN STATES THAT SUCH ARROGANCE OF A KING SUPPORTED BY ITS PEOPLE WAS BROUGHT TO AN END SUCH THAT THERE WAS NO TRACE OF THEM EXCEPT FOR THE SIGNS THAT WERE LEFT BEHIND UPON VANISHING FROM SIGHT .THESE SIGNS OF THEIR MIGHT ARE REMINDERS LEFT BEHIND BY THE ALMIGHTY AS A REMINDER FOR FUTURE GENERATIONS . AS SUCH MANY GREAT CIVILISATIONS FELL FROM GRACE FOR THEIR INDULGENCES IN WRONG DOING . THEREFORE REGARDLESS OF WHAT YOU WRITE ,,YOU WILL NOT CONVINCE MAINSTREAM MUSLIMS, JEWS, AND CHRISTIANS SAVE THOSE NON PRACTISING PEOPLE WHO DONT REALLY CARE EITHER WAY . YOU WILL SELL YOUR BOOK TO PEOPLE WHO ARE CURIOUS BUT LIKE EVERYTHING ELSE OF A SIMILAR NATURE IT IS DOOMED TO OBSCURITY AFTER IT HAS MADE YOU SOME MONEY AFTER ALL THAT IS THE PRIMARY PURPOSE
Your clueless comment needed not capitalization. While you were raving about how ‘Qur’an verses corroborated the ‘Exodus tale’, haven’t it ever crossed you mind that the same ‘Qur’an’ never mentioned the Red Sea nor Egypt. Obviously you are one of those ‘huddled beneath their dogma’ who believe that Egypt is synonymous with ‘Misr’ … of course you do. Lucky you, indeed ignorance is bliss. No wonder your parents named you ‘Haroon/Aaron’
Dave Mowers says:
How can you be FROM Egypt and be an Egyptian slave? The Israelites where from Egypt, Moses was a prince of Egypt and high priest and the Israelites were his followers so they were Egyptian which means that all people called “Jews” today are descendents of Egyptians. Their religion is based on Egyptian mysticism every part of the bible comes from Egyptian, Greek, Babylonian and Sumeria sources. Jews are a made up people with a fake version of Egyptian religion.
it does not penetrate your thick skull that there was not Mosses, not jewish slaves in Egypt and all current ‘history” is crap invented by ASKE – NAZI crimi8nals just like lies about alleged holocaust.Aske _- nazis murderers killed more than 10 millions Ukrainians by starving them more than 80 million Russians and started all wars and revolutions in the past 700 yearsand continue to this day
at no time ever has slavery NOT existed on this planet
isaiah14longbow says:
Israelites were not from Egypt, they were from Mesapotamia. Jacob/Israel and his family went to Egypt during a famine. Israel did not originate from Egypt, and the Egyptians were not black. They were white. They were the off spring of Ham through Mizram. Ham was the youngest son of Noah who was perfect in his generation, genes, genome, blood line. In other words he was pure blooded, he wasn’t a hybrid. He was a direct descendant of Adam, and according to Strong’s Exhaustive Concordance #120 and #119 Adam was white, he was ruddy, he blushed, he showed blood in the face red.
I’m afraid your thesis is totally wrong. Egypt knew no Israelites and linking Egyptians as offspring of Ham (and the Jewish mythical table of nations) is a pure myth and a travesty of historical facts. For the naked truth read my book (Egypt knewno Pharaohs nor Israelites) http://www.amazon.com/dp/B00U8VK8JE
The name given, in Psalm 105:23, 17; Psalm 106:22 (compare 78:51), to Egypt as a descendant of Ham, son of Noah. As Shem means “dusky,” or the like, and Japheth “fair,” it has been supposed that Ham meant, as is not improbable, “black.” This is supported by the evidence of Hebrew and Arabic, in which the word chamam means “to be hot” and “to be black,” the latter signification being derived from the former.
Your comment is a live testimony to the hordes of huddled masses brainwashed by the Israelite stories and their mythical table of nations.
I sincerely feel sorry for you and millions of Africans with the same shallowness. You people don’t perceive the world except thru Israelite prism. Ham, Shem and Japheth are but mythical names in a mythical tale that most probably goes back to a mythical time (That has absolutely nothing to do with anybody except the storyteller). You’d be better off if you stuck to your own traditions and culture and let go of the (color-based) inferiority complex.
Read Arthur Koestler’s book “The Thirteenth Tribe” – if you can find it. Came out in the 70’s. He is (or was) Jewish by birth. In that work he details the history of the Khazar Empire of c. 1200’s on the Caspian sea (I think that’s the right area…) All the pagans were “going modern” and adopting “the new religions” back then. Russia converted to Orthodox Christianity in 1088. The Khazars were a Turkic or Mongol people. Back then the king would convert to thus-and-such a religion, and his subjects would convert too (or be converted… whether they liked it or not.) The Khazars didn’t want to be under the thumb of Constantinople (Orthodox Christian) or Rome (Catholic), or the Muslims either… so, to maintain their independence the king decided to “become a Jew.” He did, and his kingdom along with him. Most modern Jews are descendants of the Khazars; not the original Hebrews, as Dr. Koestler reports. As a consequence of this, they have no right to Palestine based on racial concerns… but then, who ever heard of someone being able to claim a lineage they don’t really possess, and to seize a territory their imagined ancestors lived in two millennia in the past… The entire idea is preposterous, and would not have been possible had not the Europeans been infected with Christianity.
I must give the Jews credit (original Jews that is) – Many of the stories in the bible are emotionally appealing and dramatically intense; especially that of Joseph (to me.) However, I would not be surprised to learn that these renditions are merely fantasies… typical of the great literature which so many ancient civilizations created, but in no way literal or true in a scientific sense.
Let’s take Homer as an example. It’s been demonstrated that the GEOGRAPHY in the Iliad and Odyssey is accurate. But – Minotaurs? Winged horses? Sirens? I doubt anyone really believes that portion of the story… though Schliemann FOUND Troy (Ilium) based on the physical descriptions given in the Iliad. So…Even if many parts of Homer’s works are ALSO “emotionally appealing” that fact does not make them true, either!
Egypt (Khemet, “The Black Land” – referring to the arable soil around the Nile) is the foundation upon which even the Greek civilization was built… and ours too, and the Romans, etc. Even the Masons have absconded with much of their material… not to mention the “Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints.”
The Jews still call Khemet “Mitzraim” – a term that the “Egyptians” never applied to themselves. Don’t know where that term comes from, but it isn’t of “Egyptian” derivation; of that I am sure.
Regards, and hope this is found informative.
A fan of the Aten.
Hello again Wayne,
Of course I’m familiar with Arthur Koestler’s book. Indeed it is a milestone in investigating the origin of European Jews. Combined with the work of Shlomo Sand, they have cleared a lot of misconceptions about the myth of continuous lineage of the ancient Israelites. For more on this read my new book ‘Egypt knew no Pharaohs nor Israelites‘, available now for purchase on Kindle.
Some strong points there. Thank you Wayne.
I think you need to read the story as you don’t know it. If you knew the story then you would have never made that comment. Education over Assumption. Read the story first friend.
I cannot believe someone actually said that Ancient Kemet was actually White! My brother stop watching TV and read a book. The Hammites and the Shemites looked very much a like. The daughters of Jerusalem was dark as the tents of Kedar according to Song of Solomon. Moses could not be identified with Hebrew until it was revealed since they look so much a like. The Cushite woman he married told her father that she was saved by an Egyptian. Joseph was vizior to the pharoah. Joseph’s own brothers could not recognize him. That is how much the Shemite and Hammites or Kemet and Israel resembled each other. The WHITE WASHING of history has nothing to do with a racial inferiority complex as it has to do with actualit . Kemet invited falsification of Documents Pseudo-History. Most history and archeology is not reported to the public until it is filtered through those who seek control it. Anyone who believes Kemet history has to take it with a grain of salt. Kemet doesn’t take many losses or have embarrassing moments of defeat. All people who study history know that biblical history is as verifiable as scholarship history. History has been bought and polutted with EGO.
Simple Man says:
Today’s jews are Kazarians and today’s Egyptians are from many years of being watered down with Greek or Roman blood. Ancient Hebrews and Egyptians where of darker hue.
zachw says:
Sorry, the most recent DNA evidence says that you are WRONG about a Khazar / Jewish connection. http://digitalcommons.wayne.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1040&context=humbiol_preprints
Sorry, all DNA researches and studies are Zionist-tailored and forged. Actually they are carried out to influence people whose mind could be swayed by the lure of fake clinical trials. Reminds me of the fake historical/archeological finds that try to link David to Palestine. How Pathetic.
They almost invariably (in the tombs) portrayed themselves as almost terra cotta in colour… Kind of red/orange, for whatever that means.
Not so fast, Israelites were in Egypt and their Egyptian name is Shasu – Hicksos – Shepherd Kings.
There is a stela that describes their exodus.
Pharaoh means Phr a Hebrew for Bull.
So in Hebrew Bible the king of Egypt is a Bull, Apis Bull.- Its the Hebrew meaning for Pharaoh.
Just like Moses – Moshe – Moshta Drawn from water.
The Shasu are not the same as the Israelites so that is incorrect. Shasu was merely a name for people who traveled by foot, generally herders. This could have included Israelites, but was certainly not exclusive to them. Outside of this, we see no permeation of Jewish custom in Egyptian society. How could this be? I assume you speak of the tempest stela, which also provides no proof of Israelites or slaves. It could be used as bad evidence that the exodus took place in that there appears to be a very bad storm that is blamed on a great god, but outside of this there are no parallels. These connections you make can be easily refuted and as a result are not proof. They are merely poor evidence on which you make major assumptions. They could just as easily be used to give evidence to something else.
Actually, even if you do not consider Michael Tsarion’s works, there were a number of archaeological digs done just before the Aswan Dam was built–now all under water (by design) which showed that the first kings of Egypt were Caucasian. Even DNA test done to King Tut indicated a mainly European derived genetic tree. Either way, the Jews knew what they were doing when they reshaped their Bible right before all the libraries of the ancient world went up in smoke…
Pharaoh a “bull”. How fitting.
An interesting insight… (He was like a bully, actually.)
WAYNE HILL wrote:
> The Jews still call Khemet “Mitzraim” – a term that the “Egyptians”
> never applied to themselves.
Not unprecedented. The Poles call the Germans “niemiec” (“no-talking”), which has nothing to do with how the Germans call themselves (“Deutscher”). See an analogy?
> Don’t know where that term comes from,
Mitzraim (=Egypt in Hebrew) means STRONGHOLDS OF DISTRESS (plural).
That’s the closest to the meaning as it was understood by the Hebrews.
http://www.abarim-publications.com/Meaning/Mizraim.html#.VzDIsvkrK00
> but it isn’t of “Egyptian” derivation; of that I am sure.
Why should it be of “Egyptian” derivation? No reason whatsoever. What fancy names the ancient Egyptians called themselves is irrelevant. Haven’t you ever had a teacher who got nicknamed (behind his or her back)? That’s what we are talking about here. The Hebrew name for Egypt speaks volumes of the oppression the Hebrews endured there. Yes, Mr. Ezzat, that’s a statement about the contents of your book. Get your facts straight.
If it’s in Jewish/Christian/Muslim Scripture, it’s GOT to be right; right?
Roze Gold says:
This is nothing more than a pure example of a civilization UNWILLING TO RECORD THEIR SHORTCOMINGS, which is common protocol throughout many civilizations in the world. It is also a pure example of WHY WE CAN TRUST THE BIBLE, because it is record of both failure and Victory.
Well I’m quite familiar with the Bible’s countless failures (especially its blatant failure to historically and archeologically corroborate its fake stories in Egypt) but the bit about ‘Victory’ completely eludes me, unless by victory you were referring to the genocide the Israelites committed against the Canaanites (the crimes against humanity that were bizarrely okayed by their YHWH)
> genocide the Israelites committed against the Canaanites
Would you say, by the same token, that the liberation of the Auschwitz-Birkenau Extermination Camp (and other similar places) was an “act of genocide”? You have it BACKWARDS.
http://www.jewishgen.org/ForgottenCamps/Camps/AuschwitzEng.html
> (the crimes against humanity that were bizarrely okayed by their YHWH)
Since you asked, I assume you want to learn something, so here we go: among the customs of the Canaanites were the following rituals:
– BURNING NEWBORN BABIES ALIVE to their death in real fire as a blood sacrifice to their evil deities,
– rape and other forms of torture were widespread, comanded, recommended, and hailed as a weapon of economic dominance (“you can’t repay my loan, the lender will rape your daughters, then burn them alive while you watch”),
– male and female prostitution was a ritual of worship to their evil deities (ever heard of shrine prostitutes?).
Canaan was one big concentration camp of evil, horror, and depravity.
In other words, the Canaanite society consisted of a bunch of CRIMINALS that would be judged GUILTY by any jury of our modern day, and end up on death row. This pretty much explains the commandment to wipe out their evil “culture”, including their children, who would have been the avengers of their parents’ execution. Is that clear to you now, Mr. Ezzat? (I’m wondering, who is paying you for your baseless attacks on the Bible.)
Canaanite Evil Culture … Wipe out their evil culture. I’m deadly sure you have no idea who and where those ‘Canaanites’ dwelled in antiquity. I could leave you to rot inside your cocoon of ignorance, but for your information, the Canaanites were never in Palestine. See how deluded you are. Before firing your (blank) ammunition, make sure you’re aiming at the target. I mean read the book first. (I could have spammed your comment, but damn it. I’m too liberal)
How do YOU know that? Sounds like what the psychologists would call “ego projection.” You “know” they had shortcomings because the “Buy-Bull” says so; isn’t that right? Besides; you don’t consider the national egos of “powerful states.” When Reagan trumpeted the victory over the island of… what was it called? – Can’t remember it; a button sized island in the Caribbean… OY; such a “victory” I say!
Grenada? Think that’s it…
In America today 1/4 of the population is on the public dole, but “The GOVERNment” says there’s “no unemployment!” So much for “government” accounts of things…
James Anderson says:
Buy Nembutal safely
https://ashraf62.wordpress.com/2011/06/18/ancient-egypt-had-no-pharaohs-2/
jermaine says:
Just because we cant find anything of Egypts history, and writings connecting them to the Israelites, doesnot mean the Israelites were not mentioned by them. The evidence of pyramids left behind indicate through the bible who built them. Egypt and Israel are neighboring countries and have been tied together and communicated with each other long before the exodus. Remember that Egypt was invaded and then ruled by Persians, assyrians, greeks, romans, so lots of their literature, language, customs, history and even the possible evidence of a written connection to Israel could have been destroyed from many nations plundering Egypt. instead of jumping to “theres no mention…so it isn’t so” ask the question, why isn’t there any mention? theres many possibilities to that question, and we would be foolish to sit back an just say its isn’t so because we simply cant prove it.
How many know-nothings come here! The Old Covenant (Mistranslated as “Testament” I might add…) says the Hebrews slaved building the “Ramisseum” (spelling?) The first king of Egypt of that name was in the 19th Dynasty; Ramses (various spellings) the first, who followed Horemheb, last king of the 18th Dynasty… The time period is about 1300 BC… The pyramids were ANCIENT by that time; over 2000 years old… so get off the idea that “The Jews built the pyramids,” will you?
This is not true. Many things are left out in this book. Certain things classical writers said of a people were spoken of under the wrong terminology. There are other people beside Israelis that were breeding in Egypt then left nearly the same time. And certain references to “Egyptians” by Herodotus and others in fact meant Jews, but presumed these were Egyptian merely based on prior location.
For crying out loud, our book is not a conspiracy theory. We have robust historical, anthropological and geographical new information that debunk ‘the myth’ that Egypt is the land of the so called Israelite ‘Exodus’. So stop judging the book by its title. Grow over your old (distorted) beliefs and prejudices. Dare to find out the truth or carry on as you are (proud of your ignorance)
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Born out of the burgeoning West Coast hippie scene in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district during the late '60s, and inextricably linked to psychedelic experimentation, the Grateful Dead blended psychedelic folk music and a transformative live experience that grew into the largest, most devoted and longest lived cult following in the history of popular music. Deadhead culture rapidly became more ubiquitous than the music -- the Dead's friendly jams, laid-back tunes and open attitude towards bootlegging inspired a tightly knit community that followed the band around the country and traded tapes of concerts years after they'd been recorded. The Dead's concert performances live forever in the often-altered minds of those who attended show after show, and in thousands of hours of recorded material. The majority of these Dead bootlegs were recorded really well and sound like someone took the time to master and equalize them. Hardcore Deadhead classics like "Jack Straw" re-emphasize why the band's live shows were a musical phenomenon. Those who identified best with the Workingman's Dead and American Beauty LPs will be pleased to know that there is an overwhelming amount of well-recorded and downloadable live jams from that era when Jerry was younger, the songs were fresh, and the guitars sounded especially warm. Eric Shea
Bob Dylan, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young, David Grisman, Hot Tuna, Moby Grape, Mother Earth
Born out of the burgeoning West Coast hippie scene in San Francisco's Haight-Ashbury district during the late '60s, and inextricably linked to psychedelic experimentation, the Grateful Dead blended psychedelic folk music and a transformative live experience that grew into the largest, most devoted and longest lived cult following in the history of popular music. Deadhead culture rapidly became more ubiquitous than the music -- the Dead's friendly jams, laid-back tunes and open attitude towards bootlegging inspired a tightly knit community that followed the band around the country and traded tapes of concerts years after they'd been recorded. The Dead's concert performances live forever in the often-altered minds of those who attended show after show, and in thousands of hours of recorded material. The majority of these Dead bootlegs were recorded really well and sound like someone took the time to master and equalize them. Hardcore Deadhead classics like "Jack Straw" re-emphasize why the band's live shows were a musical phenomenon. Those who identified best with the Workingman's Dead and American Beauty LPs will be pleased to know that there is an overwhelming amount of well-recorded and downloadable live jams from that era when Jerry was younger, the songs were fresh, and the guitars sounded especially warm.
Eric Shea
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No Reserve: 1962 Volkswagen Beetle
Seller: ByronR
Chassis: 472511
83k Kilometers Shown, TMU
Refurbishment Performed in 2012
1,192cc Flat-Four
Overhauled Four-Speed Manual Transaxle
Refinished in Anthracite
Reupholstered Beige Vinyl Interior
Blaupunkt Frankfort Push-Button Radio
Wide-Five Wheels
Volkswagen Zertifikat & Documentation
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Model Page: Volkswagen Beetle
This 1962 Volkswagen Beetle was produced on May 17, 1962 for the Greek market and acquired by the seller in 2011. A refurbishment carried out in 2012 consisted of removing the body from the chassis to repair rust and complete a repaint in Anthracite along with installation of a replacement beige vinyl upholstery kit and an overhaul of its four-speed manual transaxle. The car is powered by a 1,192cc flat-four, and equipped with driving lights, dual side mirrors, and a push-button radio. This Type 1 is offered at no reserve in Athens, Greece with a car cover, a Volkswagen Zertifikat and documentation, a FIVA certificate, and a Greek registration.
The body was removed from the chassis to repair rust and replace panels before a refinish was carried out in its original Anthracite (L469). The floorpan was also repaired and repainted, and the windshield and rubber seals were replaced as part of the refurbishment. Equipment includes chrome bumpers and trim as well as Hella driving lights with covers, running boards, and dual side mirrors.
The 15″ wide-five wheels have been repainted and wear Volkswagen-branded hubcaps along with 165/80 Nexen SB-802 tires. The car is equipped with drum brakes and torsion-bar suspension at each corner.
The cabin was refreshed during the seller’s ownership with a clean and repaint of the seat frames and installation of a two-tone beige vinyl upholstery kit from TMI Products. The door panels, headliner, and carpets were also replaced at the same time. Amenities include flip-forward low-back front seats, dual sun visors, an under-dash parcel try, and a Blaupunkt Frankfurt push-button radio.
An Ivory-colored steering wheel with a Wolfsburg crest horn button and ring frames a 140-km/h speedometer and a fuel level gauge. The five-digit odometer shows 83k kilometers, of which approximately 10k have been added by the seller. Total mileage is unknown. Cracks are present on the steering wheel rim. Safety and convenience features added during the restoration process include emergency flashers, reel-type seatbelts, extra horns, a 6volt to 12volt DC inverter, and an auxiliary input in the radio.
The 1,192cc flat-four is equipped with a six-volt coil and a downdraft carburetor topped with an oil-bath air cleaner. The tin and fan shroud were fitted with replacement hardware and finished in black during the refurbishment. An oil change was carried out in June 2020.
The engine stamp (6766861) matches documentation provided by Volkswagen in November 2011 that states the engine is original to the car.
Power is sent to the rear wheels through a synchromesh four-speed manual transaxle. The first and second gear synchronizers were replaced in 2012, and the seller reports that fourth gear is worn and will intermittently slip out of gear during acceleration.
The FIVA certificate from November 2011 lists the vehicle with an A3 classification as shown above.
A video with images of the exterior is available above and a clip featuring a cold-start, a fly-by, and an underside tour is presented below.
Filed under: vw
Current Bid USD $7,000 by rcrr7
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Five take-aways from Beam Suntory’s recent FCPA resolution: managing FCPA risks associated with cross-border M&A and integration efforts
Olivia Radin, Adam Siegel, Andrew Bulovsky
Beam Suntory Inc.’s (Beam) recent FCPA resolution speaks to the potential perils of conducting cross-border M&A without engaging in risk-based due diligence (either pre or post-transaction) and the importance of managing compliance risks presented by an acquired entity. The resolution also provides some insight into DOJ’s application of its enforcement polices, including the FCPA Corporate Enforcement Policy, the Policy on Coordination of Corporate Resolution Penalties (the Anti-Piling On Policy), and its policy on the Selection of Monitors in Criminal Division Matters. We discuss five key take-aways, below.
(1) Companies should assess deal-related FCPA risks.
According to the Beam Information and the Deferred Prosecution Agreement between Beam and DOJ, Beam India’s legacy management engaged in corrupt payments prior to Beam’s acquisition of Beam Global Spirits & Wine (India) Private Limited (Beam India). Information ¶ 14; DPA, Attachment A ¶ 13. Beam, however, “did not conduct thorough due diligence” when it acquired Beam India; “failed to adopt significant recommended [compliance] actions” after acquiring Beam India; retained existing management of Beam India without conducting any risk assessment, diligence, or anti-corruption training for them; and allegedly instructed Indian counsel not to “impose” “a U.S. regulatory regime” on Beam India. Information ¶¶ 14, 24–30.
Given that Beam admitted that its agents made corrupt payments on its behalf and therefore may have had exposure for such payments under the FCPA, the focus on Beam’s approach to compliance was unnecessary for DOJ to establish liability. Rather, the discussion of Beam’s approach to these issues seems to be for the purpose of confirming and applying DOJ’s often-stated view of the importance of FCPA-related deal diligence and compliance-related integration efforts. This is consistent with DOJ guidance, which calls for thorough due diligence where feasible and post-closing attention to compliance risks. See FCPA Resource Guide at 29–30; DOJ Evaluation of Corporate Compliance Programs at 9.
(2) Beam shows that Companies should pay attention to remedial measures and can benefit from external advice in doing so.
The Beam resolution discusses at length Beam’s engagement of external advisors to advise on Beam India’s compliance approach. Reading between the lines, it appears that Beam’s external advisors spotted the risks of the conduct ultimately discovered, and that, had Beam implemented the advice of its advisor, it may have avoided a fine and public charges down the road. In other words, following such advice may have helped avoid liability.
On the flip side, the failure to act on such advice may be seen by DOJ as evidence of a willful and knowing failure to implement adequate controls. Indeed, DOJ did just that here, and cited to this as a marker of the seriousness of the offense.
Companies that are engaged in cross-border M&A would do well to work with their external advisors to evaluate and remediate risks in a reasonable manner.
(3) The value of an ABC certification?
Certifications are an important tool in obtaining comfort that a third party or subsidiary is acting in compliance with relevant regulations or policies. The Beam Information charges that Beam India submitted certifications to Beam, but that those certifications falsely stated that Beam India management was “aware of their obligations under the [FCPA] and Anti-Bribery provisions.” Information ¶ 16. This case demonstrates that DOJ will assess the appropriate weight that should be given to certifications by their recipients against the backdrop of an entity’s known control environment and efforts to assess the accuracy of any such certifications.
(4) What is cooperation?
Beam did not receive voluntary disclosure credit because “it did not timely disclose” the conduct at issue to the DOJ and “a former Company employee sent an email to the Company, copying the U.S. and Indian governments, alerting them to ‘illegal cash transactions’ associated with the Company’s distributors in India.” DPA ¶ 4(a). Likewise, Beam did not receive full cooperation credit due to its “inconsistent and, at times, inadequate cooperation.” DPA ¶ 4(c). In addition, Beam did not receive full credit for remediation because Beam “failed to discipline certain individuals involved” in the alleged conduct. DPA ¶ 4(f). Even with these factors, the monetary penalty the DOJ levied on Beam included a 10% reduction from the bottom of the otherwise-applicable Sentencing Guidelines fine range under the FCPA’s Corporate Enforcement Policy. DPA ¶ 4(m). It remains to be seen how DOJ will apply the CEP going forward, but this resolution underscores that there can be benefits to cooperation, which may be applied on a sliding scale.
We note that, despite the Anti-Piling On Policy, DOJ did not give Beam credit for fines and disgorgement it had already paid to the SEC. According to DOJ, this was because Beam did not seek to coordinate a parallel resolution with DOJ when it resolved matters with the SEC. DPA ¶ 4(k); DOJ Press Release. This serves as a reminder that corporate defendants benefit from developing a comprehensive approach to all relevant enforcement authorities, whether that includes different components of the U.S. government or multiple regulators around the globe.
(5) Is the use of corporate compliance monitors on the decline?
Under its DPA, Beam is required to report annually on a series of compliance initiatives, such as implementing compliance policies and procedures, conducting periodic risk assessments and ensuring adequate training. DPA, Attachment C. Under the DOJ’s policy on the Selection of Monitors in Criminal Division Matters, an independent corporate monitor is often appropriate in cases where there is recurring misconduct or compliance lapses. Nonetheless, even though Beam allegedly “willfully” failed to implement internal controls, DOJ did not impose a monitor here. This raises the question of whether DOJ is reconsidering its approach to monitors going forward, although a new administration may moot any trends in that regard.
Beam’s resolution with DOJ provides useful insight for anti-corruption practitioners and compliance professionals, and also for lawyers involved in significant international transactions. In particular, the resolution reveals the importance of conducting a combination of pre and post-transaction due diligence in cross-border M&A deals and demonstrates the benefit of identifying and addressing FCPA risks in a robust manner.
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Generating epubs (2012-09-06)
Sampling stdin (2012-09-22)
Pickles and memoization (2012-09-29)
Querying CSV files with SQL (2012-10-04)
Determining country by IP (2012-10-24)
Determining country by latitude/longitude (2012-10-25)
List algorithms and efficiency (2012-11-21)
Numbers of Wirth (2012-12-10)
Generating non-repeating strings (2012-12-12)
Decoding escaped Unicode strings (2013-01-17)
Scanning for DNS resolvers (2013-01-31)
Combining sort and uniq (2014-02-07)
Command line user agent parsing (2014-02-07)
Gorellian sorting (2014-04-01)
Regex search and replace (2014-07-31)
slowcat (2014-08-01)
Updating dotfiles (2014-08-04)
ts: Timestamping stdout (2015-02-26)
Performance problems with Flask and Docker (2015-04-03)
A Quick Look at RC4 (2015-04-14)
It's all Greek to me (2015-04-17)
Generating YouTube user RSS feeds (2015-05-11)
Scraping Kindle Highlights (2015-07-02)
Backing up Moves Data (2015-07-10)
Automagically storing Python objects in Redis (2015-07-16)
Configuring Websockets behind an AWS ELB (2015-07-20)
Finding AWS IAM users by access key (2015-07-22)
Adjacency Matrix Generator (2015-08-24)
Backing up GitHub repositories (2015-09-08)
Mandelbrot (2015-09-14)
Takuzu solver (2015-10-29)
Finding EC2 instances by tag (2015-10-30)
Iterating the GitHub API (For users sans MFA) (2015-12-01)
Advent of Code (2015-12-01)
Advent of Code: Day 1 (2015-12-01)
Glorious Gification of HipChat Rooms (2015-12-02)
Advent of Code: Day 10 (2015-12-10)
CSV to JSON (2015-12-11)
Command line emoji search (2016-01-04)
Command line unicode search (2016-01-06)
Audiobooks to Podcasts (2016-02-26)
Automatically uploading files (2016-06-03)
Parsing Motorola Surfboard stats (2016-06-04)
Mirror iTunes playlists to Spotify (2016-06-22)
Solving Loop Puzzles (2016-07-14)
AoC 2016 Day 1: Taxicab Simulator (2016-12-01)
AoC 2016 Day 2: Pin Typer (2016-12-02)
AoC 2016 Day 3: Triangle Validator (2016-12-03)
AoC 2016 Day 4: Room Validator (2016-12-04)
AoC 2016 Day 5: Password Cracker (2016-12-05)
AoC 2016 Day 6: Signal Unjammer (2016-12-06)
AoC 2016 Day 7: IPv7 Support Counter (2016-12-07)
AoC 2016 Day 8: Tiny Screen Simulator (2016-12-08)
AoC 2016 Day 9: Decompressinator (2016-12-09)
AoC 2016 Day 10: Bot Simulator (2016-12-10)
AoC 2016 Day 11: Radiation Avoider (2016-12-11)
AoC 2016 Day 12: Assembunny (2016-12-12)
AoC 2016 Day 13: Noisy Puzzle (2016-12-13)
AoC 2016 Day 14: Bad One Time Pads (2016-12-14)
AoC 2016 Day 15: Capsule Dropper (2016-12-15)
AoC 2016 Day 16: Dragon Data (2016-12-16)
AoC 2016 Day 17: Md5 Maze (2016-12-17)
AoC 2016 Day 18: Its A Trap (2016-12-18)
AoC 2016 Day 19: Blist Table (2016-12-19)
AoC 2016 Day 20: Filter Table (2016-12-20)
AoC 2016 Day 21: Scrambler (2016-12-21)
AoC 2016 Day 22: Data Mover (2016-12-22)
AoC 2016 Day 23: Assembunny2 (2016-12-23)
AoC 2016 Day 24: Venti (2016-12-24)
AoC 2017: Library Functions (2017-12-01)
AoC 2017 Day 1: Ahctpat (2017-12-01)
AoC 2017 Day 2: Check It (2017-12-02)
AoC 2017 Day 3: Spiraly (2017-12-03)
AoC 2017 Day 4: Password Validator (2017-12-04)
AoC 2017 Day 5: 21 Jump Street (2017-12-05)
AoC 2017 Day 6: Tightrope (2017-12-06)
AoC 2017 Day 7: Tree (2017-12-07)
AoC 2017 Day 8: Conditiputer (2017-12-08)
AoC 2017 Day 9: Garbage Gobbler (2017-12-09)
AoC 2017 Day 10: Knot Cool (2017-12-10)
AoC 2017 Day 11: It's Full Of Hexagons (2017-12-11)
Deterministic Shuffling Using Hashes (2017-12-11)
AoC 2017 Day 12: Gridlock (2017-12-12)
AoC 2017 Day 13: Firewall Puncher (2017-12-13)
Dynamic Automatic Proxies (2017-12-13)
AoC 2017 Day 14: Knot Hash Gridinator (2017-12-14)
AoC 2017 Day 15: Two Generators (2017-12-15)
AoC 2017 Day 16: Swing Your Partner (2017-12-16)
AoC 2017 Day 17: Spinlock (2017-12-17)
AoC 2017 Day 18: Duetvm (2017-12-18)
AoC 2017 Day 19: Networkout (2017-12-19)
AoC 2017 Day 20: Miniature Universe Simulator (2017-12-20)
AoC 2017 Day 21: Fractal Expander (2017-12-21)
AoC 2017 Day 22: Langton's Ant (2017-12-22)
AoC 2017 Day 23: Duetvmc (2017-12-23)
AoC 2017 Day 24: Maker Of Bridges (2017-12-24)
AoC 2017 Day 25: Turing (2017-12-25)
Advent of Code 2016 (2018-01-03)
Generating zone files from Route53 (2018-03-12)
Counting and Sizing S3 Buckets (2018-07-15)
AoC 2018 Day 1: Sum-thing to start with (2018-12-01)
AoC 2018 Day 2: Counting letters (2018-12-02)
AoC 2018 Day 3: Regionification (2018-12-03)
Observation Server (2020-06-10)
Directly monitoring Sidekiq in Redis (2020-07-14)
An SPF DNS Server (2020-07-16)
yt-cast: Generating podcasts from YouTube URLs (2021-01-05)
A needle in a Pi-stack (2012-09-16)
A piece of the abc conjecture (2012-09-19)
Two Word Games (2012-10-10)
Dictionary tries in Racket (2012-10-11)
Squaring the Bishop (2012-10-11)
Word cubes (2012-10-13)
Dodgson’s Doublets (2012-10-14)
Chopping words (2012-10-15)
Rule 30 RNG (2012-10-17)
The Evolution Of Flibs (2012-10-18)
Memoization in Racket (2012-10-20)
Prime Partitions (2012-10-20)
Prime Partitions II: The Listing (2012-10-22)
Pythagorean Triples (2012-10-27)
Bitvectors in Racket (2012-10-29)
Pandigital Sums (2012-10-31)
The Sum Of The First Billion Primes (2012-11-01)
Project Euler 1 (2012-11-03)
Taxicab numbers (2012-11-10)
One Billion Primes - Segmented Sieve (2012-11-29)
Narcissistic Numbers (2012-12-14)
Nested Primes (2012-12-22)
Happy New Year (2013-01-02)
Four points, a square? (2013-01-03)
Triangle Trilemma (2013-01-20)
Sorting via splay heap (2013-01-23)
Splay heaps redux-imperative model (2013-01-24)
Gregorian/Mayan conversion (2013-01-25)
An optimal alphabetizing cipher (2013-01-25)
The 147 Puzzle (2013-02-06)
Numbers as words in arbitrary bases (2013-02-06)
Predecessor and successor in a binary search tree (2013-02-13)
NPR Sunday Puzzle (2013-02-20)
Making Floupian Change (2013-02-22)
Knight moves (2013-03-11)
The House on the Hill - Day 1 (2013-03-12)
The House on the Hill – Day 2 (2013-03-13)
The House on the Hill - Postmortem (2013-03-17)
Path to philosophy (2013-03-28)
Writing a roguelike - in Racket! (Day 0) (2013-03-28)
Racket Roguelike 1: A GUI, screens, I/O, and you! (2013-04-04)
Cyclic equality (2013-04-09)
Perlin and simplex noise in Racket (2013-04-11)
Racket Roguelike 2: Infinite caves! (2013-04-11)
Adventures in optimization, re: Typed Racket (2013-04-16)
A prototype object system for Racket (2013-04-18)
Racket Roguelike 3: Rats, rats, everywhere! (2013-04-18)
User space continuation-based thread pool (2013-04-23)
Racket Roguelike 4: Slightly smarter critters! (2013-04-25)
Racket Roguelike 5: Armors and weapons and potions, oh my! (2013-05-02)
Racket Roguelike 6: Dig deeper! (2013-05-10)
Racket Roguelike 7: Into darkness! (2013-05-17)
Racket Roguelike - Going on hiatus (2013-05-24)
Racket Roguelike 8: A million words! (2013-06-21)
Swap list nodes (2013-06-26)
Racket Roguelike 9: Daedalus' wrath! (2013-06-28)
A programming puzzle: f(f(n)) = -n (2013-06-29)
Racket Roguelike 10: Levels via automata! (2013-07-05)
Racket Roguelike: Post-mortem (2013-07-19)
Authorship attribution: Part 1 (2013-07-30)
Adventures in Racket: gzip (2013-08-06)
A 'Tiny' virtual machine in Racket (2013-08-21)
'Tiny' Turing completeness without MMOV (2013-08-22)
Visualizing the Monkey Grid (2013-08-30)
Diffie-Hellman Key Exchange (2013-09-14)
Smallest consecutive four-factor composites (2013-09-19)
Deploy Racket libraries to Planet 2 (2013-09-20)
Extending Racket structs to bitfields (2013-09-23)
Extending Racket's DNS capabilities (2013-09-25)
Large scale asynchronous DNS scans (2013-09-27)
Making music, part 1: Reading ABC notation (2013-10-29)
Making music, part 2: Taking shape (2013-11-07)
Making music, part 3: Making noise (2013-11-12)
Twitter puddle (2013-11-30)
Rock-paper-scissors (2013-12-21)
Edges to adjacency (2013-12-23)
Overlapping circles (2014-01-03)
Graph radius (2014-01-14)
Graph coloring (2014-01-15)
Factoring factorials (2014-01-27)
Exploring parallelism in Racket with SHA-512 mining (2014-02-16)
Crossing hands (2014-02-27)
Dis/re-emvowelification (2014-02-27)
Brownian trees (2014-03-11)
Caesar cipher (2014-03-12)
Trigonometric Triangle Trouble (2014-05-02)
Novel compression (2014-05-19)
Phone networks (2014-05-21)
Amicable chains (2014-05-23)
Quadtree image compression (2014-05-28)
Braille unicode pixelation (2014-05-30)
What the (be)funge‽ (2014-06-10)
Call stack bracket matcher (2014-06-11)
Factor trees (2014-06-17)
Cracker Barrel Peg Game (2014-07-05)
Cracker Barrel Peg Game, Part 2 (2014-07-09)
Langton's ant (2014-08-07)
Number words (2014-08-13)
Minimal palindromic base (2014-08-13)
Chess Puzzles 1: Get moving! (2014-08-21)
Chess Puzzles 2: Board? (2014-08-28)
Chess Puzzles: N Queens (2014-09-03)
Chess Puzzles: Knight's Tour (2014-09-04)
Procedural Invaders (2014-09-14)
Look and Say (2014-09-15)
Fractal Invaders (2014-09-16)
Invader Fractals (2014-09-17)
Regular Expression Fractals (2014-10-05)
Tile Puzzle (2014-10-28)
Clockception (2014-11-04)
A "one" line echo server using let in Racket (2014-11-13)
Palette Swapping (2014-12-23)
Generating omnichromatic images (2015-01-01)
Let it snow! (2015-01-09)
iOS Backups in Racket: Groundwork (2015-01-22)
iOS Backups in Racket: Contacts (2015-01-23)
iOS Backups in Racket: Messages (2015-01-27)
iOS Backups in Racket: Apps (2015-01-29)
Generating perfect portmanteaus (2015-04-07)
Tupper's self-referential formula (2015-05-07)
AoC 2018 Day 4: Sleeping on the job (2018-12-04)
AoC 2018 Day 5: Alchemical reduction (2018-12-05)
AoC 2018 Day 6: Infinite Area Simulator (2018-12-06)
AoC 2018 Day 7: Job Simulator (2018-12-07)
AoC 2018 Day 8: Checksum Treeification (2018-12-08)
AoC 2018 Day 9: Marble Madness (2018-12-09)
AoC 2018 Day 10: It's Full of Stars! (2018-12-10)
AoC 2018 Day 11: Gridlocked Fuel (2018-12-11)
AoC 2018 Day 12: Fat Cellular Automaton (2018-12-12)
AoC 2018 Day 13: Mine Cart Madness (2018-12-13)
AoC 2018 Day 14: Functionally Circular Elfs (2018-12-14)
Wrapping xattr as a racket module (2020-01-29)
Forcing Secure Cookies Behind an ELB in Ruby/Rails (2019-04-30)
Rack::Cors Configuration Tricks (2020-01-16)
SSRF Protection in Rails (2020-06-30)
The loneliest number... (2012-08-17)
SEND + MORE = MONEY (2012-08-21)
Two Random Exercises (2012-08-22)
Two More Random Exercises (2012-08-23)
Minimum scalar product (2012-08-24)
4sum (2012-08-27)
Hash Tables With Open Addressing (2012-08-29)
Random Access Lists (2012-08-30)
The First Two Problems (2012-09-08)
Expanding L-systems (2012-09-15)
n-queens in 18 lines of code (2012-09-24)
Three ways to write expressions (2012-10-07)
Ensuring docker-machine is running (2016-04-19)
programming/sources
7drl
advent-of-code
daily-programmer
l2program
ludum-dare
Ludum Dare 25 - First favorites (2012-12-18)
LD46: My favorites (so far) (2020-04-20)
one-game-a-month
February #1GAM post-mortem (2013-03-01)
plt-games
programming-praxis
project-euler
Project Euler (2012-11-03)
stack-exchange
programming/topics
abc-notation
update-dotfiles encryption (2015-02-11)
Adding HSTS to Redirects in Apache (2018-07-18)
artificial-intelligence
asymmetric-encryption
Clock drift in Docker containers (2017-11-15)
SSH Config ProxyCommand Tricks (2017-12-18)
aws-cloudwatch
aws-ec2
aws-elb
aws-iam
aws-s3
bitfields
boto3
cellular-automata
Usenix/FOCI 2012 - Inferring Mechanics of Web Censorship Around the World (2012-08-06)
AIMS-5 - Workshop on Active Internet Measurements (2013-02-07)
AIMS-5 - Day 2 (2013-02-08)
ISMA 2013 AIMS-5 - DNS Based Censorship (2013-02-09)
Usenix/FOCI 2013 - Five incidents, one theme: Twitter spam as a weapon to drown voices of protest (2013-08-13)
computational-linguistics
FLAIRS 2010 - Augmenting n-gram Based Authorship Attribution With Neural Networks (2010-05-21)
Setting up Postfix and OpenDKIM (2015-08-10)
data-structures
ISC/CAIDA Workshop (2012-10-22)
docker-bash and docker-stop-all (2015-02-04)
Running local proxies (2018-01-23)
Automatic self-signed HTTPS for local development (2018-02-15)
Git aliases: undo, ud, and wipe (2014-07-28)
Removing large files from git history (2014-09-03)
gif shrinkage with ImageMagick (2015-03-05)
esolangs
file-formats
functional-programming
generative-art
genetic-algorithms
google-code
heuristics
infrastucture
key-exchange
lexing
neural-networks
number-theory
p5js
prime-numbers
procedural-content
public-key-cryptography
regular-expressions
roguelikes
shell-scripting
sidekiq
symmetric-encryption
twistd
type-systems
userscripts
virtual-machines
AudioVision: A Stereophonic Analogue to Visual Systems (2010-12-13)
visualiziation
word-games
reviews/lists
2012-movie-reviews
John Carter (2012-03-12)
The Hunger Games (2012-03-30)
Mirror Mirror (2012-04-02)
The Cabin in the Woods (2012-04-18)
Lockout (2012-04-24)
The Avengers (2012-05-08)
The Five-Year Engagement (2012-05-10)
Dark Shadows (2012-05-22)
Men in Black 3 (2012-05-30)
Snow White and the Huntsman (2012-06-05)
Prometheus (2012-06-12)
Brave (2012-06-25)
Abraham Lincoln: Vampire Hunter (2012-07-03)
The Amazing Spider-Man (2012-07-23)
The Dark Knight Rises (2012-07-31)
Total Recall (2012-08-14)
The Bourne Legacy (2012-08-16)
Looper (2012-10-01)
Hotel Transylvania (2012-10-24)
Argo (2012-10-30)
Wreck-It Ralph (2012-11-05)
Cloud Atlas (2012-11-06)
Skyfall (2012-11-11)
Breaking Dawn - Part 2 (2012-11-24)
Rise of the Guardians (2012-12-05)
Life of Pi (2012-12-11)
The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012-12-18)
Django Unchained (2013-01-23)
Parental Guidance (2013-01-28)
Hansel & Gretel: Witch Hunters (2013-02-14)
Beautiful Creatures (2013-02-17)
Warm Bodies (2013-02-27)
Oz the Great and Powerful (2013-03-11)
Jack the Giant Slayer (2013-03-13)
G.I. Joe: Retaliation (2013-04-04)
The Croods (2013-04-09)
Oblivion (2013-04-25)
Jurassic Park (3D!) (2013-05-02)
Iron Man 3 (2013-05-06)
Pain & Gain (2013-05-16)
Star Trek Into Darkness (2013-05-20)
Monsters University (2013-06-23)
World War Z (2013-06-28)
Despicable Me 2 (2013-07-07)
Man of Steel (2013-07-17)
Pacific Rim (2013-07-19)
R.I.P.D. (2013-07-26)
Turbo (2013-07-28)
The Wolverine (2013-07-30)
Elysium (2013-08-30)
The Mortal Instruments: City of Bones (2013-09-10)
Don Jon (2013-10-12)
Gravity (2013-11-03)
Ender's Game (2013-11-10)
Thor: The Dark World (2013-11-29)
The Hunger Games: Catching Fire (2013-12-01)
Frozen (2013-12-28)
The Hobbit: The Desolation of Smaug (2013-12-31)
The Lego Movie (2014-02-15)
Divergent (2014-03-29)
Captain America: The Winter Soldier (2014-04-05)
The Amazing Spider-Man 2 (2014-05-10)
X-Men: Days of Future Past (2014-06-08)
Maleficent (2014-06-14)
Lucy (2014-07-26)
Guardians of the Galaxy (2014-08-05)
Edge of Tomorrow (DVD) (2014-10-28)
I, Frankenstein (DVD) (2014-11-01)
The Giver (DVD) (2014-11-08)
How to Train Your Dragon 2 (DVD) (2014-11-25)
2015-book-reviews
2015 Reading List (2015-01-01)
The Blood of Olympus (2015-01-18)
Wool (2015-01-19)
His Majesty's Dragon (2015-01-25)
The Way of Kings (2015-02-06)
The Unnaturalists (2015-05-09)
American Gods (2015-05-26)
Whitechapel Gods (2015-05-29)
Rendezvous with Rama (2015-06-03)
Rama II (2015-06-09)
The Garden of Rama (2015-06-17)
Rama Revealed (2015-06-21)
The Atrocity Archives (2015-06-21)
The Concrete Jungle (2015-06-23)
The Jennifer Morgue (2015-06-30)
Pimpf (2015-07-01)
Overtime (2015-07-02)
Equoid (2015-07-05)
The Fuller Memorandum (2015-07-11)
The Apocalypse Codex (2015-07-17)
The Rhesus Chart (2015-07-23)
The Annihilation Score (2015-07-28)
The Engines of God (2015-08-03)
Deepsix (2015-08-12)
Chindi (2015-08-19)
Omega (2015-08-23)
Odyssey (2015-08-26)
Cauldron (2015-08-27)
The Iron Wyrm Affair (2015-09-01)
Elantris (2015-09-04)
Partials (2015-09-04)
Isolation (2015-09-05)
Fragments (2015-09-11)
Ruins (2015-09-16)
Feed (2015-09-20)
Deadline (2015-09-25)
Blackout (2015-09-30)
Throne of the Crescent Moon (2015-10-04)
The Red Pyramid (2015-10-11)
The Throne of Fire (2015-10-19)
The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (2015-10-23)
The Serpent's Shadow (2015-10-23)
Promise of Blood (2015-10-30)
The Girl Who Played with Fire (2015-10-31)
The Girl Who Kicked the Hornet's Nest (2015-11-10)
Spin (2015-11-14)
Axis (2015-11-24)
Vortex (2015-11-28)
The Crimson Campaign (2015-12-02)
The Autumn Republic (2015-12-05)
The Golem and the Jinni (2015-12-09)
Zoo City (2015-12-11)
Necroscope (2015-12-16)
Necroscope II: Vamphyri! (2015-12-19)
Vamphyri! (2015-12-19)
Necroscope III: The Source (2015-12-23)
The Source (2015-12-23)
Necroscope IV: Deadspeak (2015-12-26)
Necroscope V: Deadspawn (2015-12-29)
Mister Monday (2015-12-30)
2015 Reading List Retrospective (2015-12-31)
Drowned Wednesday (2015-12-31)
Grim Tuesday (2015-12-31)
Sir Thursday (2016-01-02)
Lady Friday (2016-01-03)
Superior Saturday (2016-01-04)
Lord Sunday (2016-01-05)
The Name of the Wind (2016-01-19)
Revelation Space (2016-01-21)
Chasm City (2016-02-06)
The Aeronaut's Windlass (2016-02-09)
Storm Front (2016-02-16)
Fool Moon (2016-02-19)
Grave Peril (2016-02-22)
Summer Knight (2016-02-26)
Death Masks (2016-03-02)
The Wise Man's Fear (2016-03-04)
Blood Rites (2016-03-05)
Staked (2016-03-05)
The Slow Regard of Silent Things (2016-03-10)
Dead Beat (2016-03-13)
Proven Guilty (2016-03-16)
White Night (2016-03-23)
Nexus (2016-03-24)
Small Favor (2016-03-27)
Turn Coat (2016-03-29)
Changes (2016-04-06)
Ghost Story (2016-04-09)
Cold Days (2016-04-11)
Skin Game (2016-04-16)
Crux (2016-04-24)
The Final Empire (2016-05-01)
Apex (2016-05-06)
Warbreaker (2016-05-08)
The Well of Ascension (2016-05-16)
Ancillary Justice (2016-05-22)
Ancillary Sword (2016-06-03)
The Hero of Ages (2016-06-05)
The Alloy of Law (2016-06-11)
Ancillary Mercy (2016-06-21)
Shadows of Self (2016-06-25)
Red Rising (2016-07-03)
The Fifth Season (2016-07-07)
The Nameless City (2016-07-07)
The Colour Out of Space (2016-07-08)
The Festival (2016-07-08)
The Call of Cthulhu (2016-07-11)
The Bands of Mourning (2016-07-12)
The Dunwich Horror (2016-07-17)
Moon Called (2016-07-18)
Blood Bound (2016-07-23)
The Shadow Over Innsmouth (2016-07-23)
Iron Kissed (2016-08-02)
A Short Stay in Hell (2016-08-04)
The Shadow Out Of Time (2016-08-04)
Bone Crossed (2016-08-08)
Silver Borne (2016-08-11)
Golden Son (2016-08-14)
At the Mountains of Madness (2016-08-18)
The Horror from the Mound (2016-08-18)
Legion (2016-08-19)
Skin Deep (2016-08-21)
River Marked (2016-08-29)
Frost Burned (2016-09-03)
Night Broken (2016-09-06)
Aurora (2016-09-08)
Fire Touched (2016-09-15)
Cry Wolf (2016-09-20)
Hunting Ground (2016-09-23)
Fair Game (2016-09-26)
The Three-Body Problem (2016-09-26)
Dead Heat (2016-10-01)
Steelheart (2016-10-10)
Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone (2016-10-18)
Morning Star (2016-10-26)
Harry Potter and the Chamber of Secrets (2016-10-27)
Harry Potter and the Prisoner of Azkaban (2016-11-02)
Harry Potter and the Goblet of Fire (2016-11-15)
Cruel Beauty (2016-12-05)
Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix (2016-12-07)
Firefight (2016-12-08)
Calamity (2016-12-10)
Welcome to Night Vale (2016-12-16)
Harry Potter and the Half-Blood Prince (2016-12-17)
The Invention of Hugo Cabret (2016-12-17)
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows (2016-12-20)
The Color of Magic (2016-12-22)
The Time Machine (2016-12-27)
The Light Fantastic (2016-12-30)
Coraline (2016-12-31)
Sourcery (2017-01-02)
The Giver (2017-01-02)
Gathering Blue (2017-01-03)
Messenger (2017-01-07)
Crimson Bound (2017-01-12)
Son (2017-01-13)
Eric (2017-01-18)
Interesting Times (2017-01-23)
The Last Continent (2017-01-25)
Neverwhere (2017-01-27)
The Last Hero (2017-01-27)
Bright Smoke, Cold Fire (2017-01-29)
Unseen Academicals (2017-02-03)
Equal Rites (2017-02-13)
Wyrd Sisters (2017-02-17)
Seventh Son (2017-02-18)
Red Prophet (2017-02-28)
Witches Abroad (2017-03-03)
Graceling (2017-03-04)
Prentice Alvin (2017-03-09)
Snapshot (2017-03-10)
Alvin Journeyman (2017-03-22)
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Orbital Decay (2017-06-12)
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Secret History (2017-06-23)
Shadow's Edge (2017-06-23)
Shadows for Silence in the Forests of Hell (2017-06-24)
Sixth of the Dusk (2017-06-24)
Arcanum Unbounded: The Cosmere Collection (2017-06-25)
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I Am Not a Serial Killer (2017-07-16)
Mr. Monster (2017-07-22)
I Don't Want to Kill You (2017-07-23)
Next of Kin (2017-07-24)
The Devil's Only Friend (2017-07-25)
Over Your Dead Body (2017-07-31)
Nothing Left to Lose (2017-08-02)
Leviathan Wakes (2017-08-05)
Beyond the Shadows (2017-08-12)
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Thief of Time (2017-08-31)
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Libriomancer (2017-09-07)
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Guards! Guards! (2017-09-12)
Codex Born (2017-10-21)
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Babylon's Ashes (2017-11-19)
Dead Things (2017-11-20)
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Sign of the Unicorn (2018-01-21)
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Words of Radiance (2018-02-15)
Oathbringer (2018-03-02)
Moving Pictures (2018-03-03)
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Making Money (2018-04-18)
The Lost City of Faar (2018-04-27)
Raising Steam (2018-05-02)
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Small Gods (2018-05-04)
The Wee Free Men (2018-05-10)
A Hat Full of Sky (2018-05-12)
Wintersmith (2018-05-15)
The Reality Bug (2018-05-16)
I Shall Wear Midnight (2018-05-19)
The Broken Eye (2018-05-19)
The Shepherd's Crown (2018-05-26)
The Eye of the World (2018-06-02)
The Great Hunt (2018-06-11)
The Dragon Reborn (2018-06-19)
The Shadow Rising (2018-06-28)
Black Water (2018-06-29)
The Forest (2018-06-30)
Pale Green Dot: Sequel to The Forest (2018-07-01)
The Blood Mirror (2018-07-02)
The Fires of Heaven (2018-07-11)
Lord of Chaos (2018-07-19)
The Amulet of Samarkand (2018-07-22)
A Crown of Swords (2018-07-25)
Mortal Engines (2018-07-25)
The Path of Daggers (2018-08-01)
Winter's Heart (2018-08-09)
Crossroads of Twilight (2018-08-16)
Knife of Dreams (2018-08-22)
Old Man's War (2018-08-23)
The Golem's Eye (2018-08-23)
The Gathering Storm (2018-08-30)
Towers of Midnight (2018-09-04)
The Ghost Brigades (2018-09-08)
A Memory of Light (2018-09-11)
The Golden Compass (2018-09-14)
A Brief History of Time (2018-09-17)
The Subtle Knife (2018-09-17)
Ptolemy's Gate (2018-09-20)
The Amber Spyglass (2018-09-20)
The Last Colony (2018-09-26)
The Hidden Oracle (2018-09-30)
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Into the Drowning Deep (2018-12-05)
Predator's Gold (2018-12-09)
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A Darkling Plain (2018-12-31)
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Magic Burns (2019-01-08)
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The Tangled Web: A Guide to Securing Modern Web Applications (2019-01-23)
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The Car Hacker's Handbook: A Guide for the Penetration Tester (2019-01-25)
Princeps' Fury (2019-01-30)
Magic Slays (2019-02-04)
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Gray Hat C#: A Hacker's Guide to Creating and Automating Security Tools (2019-03-16)
Magic Binds (2019-03-18)
Silence Fallen (2019-03-20)
The Lies of Locke Lamora (2019-03-25)
Magic Triumphs (2019-03-26)
We Are Legion (We Are Bob) (2019-03-28)
For We Are Many (2019-04-02)
All These Worlds (2019-04-05)
Practical Forensic Imaging: Securing Digital Evidence with Linux Tools (2019-04-08)
Burn Bright (2019-04-09)
Children of the Nameless (2019-04-10)
Lies of the Beholder (2019-04-13)
Red Seas Under Red Skies (2019-04-18)
Powersat (2019-04-20)
The Fallen (2019-04-20)
Privateers (2019-04-26)
Harbinger (2019-05-02)
Empire Builders (2019-05-05)
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Return to Mars (2019-06-08)
Illusive Echoes (2019-06-09)
The Precipice (2019-06-14)
A Curse of Memories (2019-06-19)
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Children of Blood and Bone (2019-07-02)
The Republic of Thieves (2019-07-03)
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A Darker Shade of Magic (2019-07-11)
The Aftermath (2019-07-17)
A Gathering of Shadows (2019-07-21)
Saturn (2019-07-24)
A Conjuring of Light (2019-07-29)
First Shift: Legacy (2019-08-01)
Leviathans of Jupiter (2019-08-02)
Second Shift: Order (2019-08-05)
Titan (2019-08-09)
Third Shift: Pact (2019-08-14)
Dawn (2019-08-15)
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Adulthood Rites (2019-08-22)
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Venus (2019-09-02)
Aurora: CV-01 (2019-09-05)
Wild Cards (2019-09-10)
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Spinning Silver (2019-09-21)
The Legend of Corinair (2019-09-24)
Aces High (2019-09-26)
Jokers Wild (2019-10-05)
Freedom's Dawn (2019-10-10)
ZACH-LIKE, A Game Design History (2019-10-14)
Aces Abroad (2019-10-17)
Rise of the Corinari (2019-10-17)
Head of the Dragon (2019-10-24)
Procedural Content Generation in Games (2019-10-25)
Down and Dirty (2019-11-05)
The Expanse (2019-11-05)
The Pillars of the Earth (2019-11-15)
Ace in the Hole (2019-11-21)
Celestia CV-02 (2019-11-21)
The Last Lecture (2019-11-21)
Resistance (2019-11-24)
Liberation (2019-11-27)
Dead Man's Hand (2019-12-02)
Pacific Vortex! (2019-12-09)
Born of the Ashes (2019-12-10)
The Mediterranean Caper (2019-12-14)
Iceberg (2019-12-19)
Rise of the Alliance (2019-12-23)
Raise the Titanic! (2019-12-24)
Letter to a Suffering Church: A Bishop Speaks on the Sexual Abuse Crisis (2020-01-01)
Vixen 03 (2020-01-01)
A Show of Force (2020-01-02)
The Weak and the Innocent (2020-01-03)
Hyperbole and a Half: Unfortunate Situations, Flawed Coping Mechanisms, Mayhem, and Other Things That Happened (2020-01-04)
Night Probe! (2020-01-04)
Deep Six (2020-01-09)
Where Are You Going, Baby Lincoln? (2020-01-12)
Cyclops (2020-01-13)
Francine Poulet Meets the Ghost Raccoon (2020-01-13)
That Which Other Men Cannot Do (2020-01-13)
Midnight Curse (2020-01-18)
Blood Gamble (2020-01-19)
Treasure (2020-01-23)
Shadow Hunt (2020-01-25)
James Herriot's Treasury for Children (2020-01-26)
Digital Minimalism: Choosing a Focused Life in a Noisy World (2020-01-27)
Frog and Toad Storybook Treasury: 4 Complete Stories in 1 Volume! (2020-01-28)
Sufficiently Advanced Magic (2020-01-28)
Learn You a Haskell for Great Good! (2020-01-29)
A Little House Picture Book Treasury: Six Stories of Life on the Prairie (2020-01-30)
On Writing and Worldbuilding, Volume I (2020-02-04)
On the Shoulders of Titans (2020-02-05)
A Little House Christmas Treasury: Festive Holiday Stories (2020-02-07)
The Future of Feeling: Building Empathy in a Tech-Obsessed World (2020-02-08)
George and Martha: The Complete Stories of Two Best Friends (2020-02-09)
Dragon (2020-02-10)
Mad About Madeline: The Complete Tales (2020-02-10)
Happy Little Family (2020-02-13)
Sahara (2020-02-14)
The Boxcar Children (2020-02-15)
City of Stairs (2020-02-16)
Fables (2020-02-18)
The Complete Poetry and Prose (2020-02-18)
The Road Not Taken and Other Poems (2020-02-18)
Inca Gold (2020-02-21)
World Without End (2020-02-23)
Spoon River Anthology (2020-02-24)
Surprise Island (2020-02-24)
Shock Wave (2020-02-26)
City of Blades (2020-02-27)
Investigating Cryptocurrencies: Understanding, Extracting, and Analyzing Blockchain Evidence (2020-02-28)
The Yellow House Mystery (2020-02-28)
Mystery Ranch (2020-03-03)
City of Miracles (2020-03-05)
Flood Tide (2020-03-05)
Mike's Mystery (2020-03-07)
Atlantis Found (2020-03-12)
Blue Bay Mystery (2020-03-14)
Sherlock Holmes and the Shadwell Shadows (2020-03-14)
Valhalla Rising (2020-03-16)
Trojan Odyssey (2020-03-26)
A Column of Fire (2020-03-27)
Sherlock Holmes and the Miskatonic Monstrosities (2020-03-28)
Black Wind (2020-03-31)
Treasure of Khan (2020-04-05)
This Is How You Lose the Time War (2020-04-06)
Hellboy, Vol. 1: Seed of Destruction (2020-04-07)
The Lighthouse Mystery (2020-04-08)
Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 1 (2020-04-10)
How To: Absurd Scientific Advice for Common Real-World Problems (2020-04-10)
Hellboy, Vol. 2: Wake the Devil (2020-04-11)
Arctic Drift (2020-04-13)
Hellboy, Vol. 3: The Chained Coffin and Others (2020-04-14)
Hellboy, Vol. 4: The Right Hand of Doom (2020-04-15)
Mountain Top Mystery (2020-04-15)
Hellboy, Vol. 5: Conqueror Worm (2020-04-16)
Hellboy, Vol. 6: Strange Places (2020-04-17)
Hellboy, Vol. 7: The Troll Witch and Others (2020-04-20)
Hellboy, Vol. 8: Darkness Calls (2020-04-21)
Schoolhouse Mystery (2020-04-24)
Hellboy, Vol. 9: The Wild Hunt (2020-04-25)
Crescent Dawn (2020-04-25)
Hellboy, Vol. 10: The Crooked Man and Others (2020-04-25)
Hellboy, Vol. 11: The Bride of Hell and Others (2020-04-27)
Hellboy in Mexico (2020-04-28)
Hellboy, Vol. 12: The Storm and the Fury (2020-04-28)
Caboose Mystery (2020-05-01)
Hellboy in Hell, Vol. 1: The Descent (2020-05-02)
Hellboy in Hell, Vol. 2: The Death Card (2020-05-02)
Welcome to the Jungle (2020-05-03)
Houseboat Mystery (2020-05-08)
The Woodshed Mystery (2020-05-08)
Ghoul Goblin (2020-05-13)
Snowbound Mystery (2020-05-15)
Poseidon's Arrow (2020-05-16)
War Cry (2020-05-16)
Down Town (2020-05-19)
Fullmetal Alchemist, Vol. 10 (2020-05-19)
Dog Men (2020-05-23)
Saga, Vol. 1 (2020-05-23)
Havana Storm (2020-05-27)
Tree House Mystery (2020-06-02)
Bicycle Mystery (2020-06-06)
Odessa Sea (2020-06-07)
Celtic Empire (2020-06-12)
Fables, Vol. 1: Legends in Exile (2020-06-12)
Fables, Vol. 2: Animal Farm (2020-06-19)
Mystery in the Sand (2020-06-19)
Redwall (2020-06-19)
Fables, Vol. 3: Storybook Love (2020-06-21)
Fables, Vol. 4: March of the Wooden Soldiers (2020-06-26)
Fables, Vol. 5: The Mean Seasons (2020-06-26)
Fables, Vol. 6: Homelands (2020-07-01)
Jack of Fables, Vol. 1: The (Nearly) Great Escape (2020-07-03)
Fables, Vol. 7: Arabian Nights (and Days) (2020-07-04)
Sins of Empire (2020-07-05)
Fables, Vol. 8: Wolves (2020-07-06)
Fables: 1001 Nights of Snowfall (2020-07-11)
Mystery Behind the Wall (2020-07-12)
Fables, Vol. 9: Sons of Empire (2020-07-14)
Fables, Vol. 10: The Good Prince (2020-07-18)
Jack of Fables, Vol. 2: Jack of Hearts (2020-07-24)
Mossflower (2020-07-24)
Jack of Fables, Vol. 3: The Bad Prince (2020-07-25)
Jack of Fables, Vol. 4: Americana (2020-07-29)
Wrath of Empire (2020-07-29)
Fables, Vol. 11: War and Pieces (2020-08-02)
Cinderella, Vol. 1: From Fabletown with Love (2020-08-04)
Jack of Fables, Vol. 5: Turning Pages (2020-08-09)
Jack of Fables, Vol. 6: The Big Book of War (2020-08-11)
Fables, Vol. 12: The Dark Ages (2020-08-15)
Benny Uncovers a Mystery (2020-09-05)
Fables, Vol. 13: The Great Fables Crossover (2020-09-07)
Jack of Fables, Vol. 7: The New Adventures of Jack and Jack (2020-09-12)
Jack of Fables, Vol. 8: The Fulminate Blade (2020-09-13)
Fables, Vol. 14: Witches (2020-09-14)
Fables, Vol. 15: Rose Red (2020-09-18)
Cinderella: Fables are Forever (2020-09-26)
Fables: Werewolves of the Heartland (2020-09-27)
The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe (2020-09-27)
Fables, Vol. 16: Super Team (2020-10-04)
How to Be an Antiracist (2020-10-04)
Jade City (2020-10-04)
Peace Talks (2020-10-07)
Battle Ground (2020-10-07)
Fairest, Volume 1: Wide Awake (2020-10-14)
Fables, Vol. 17: Inherit the Wind (2020-10-15)
Fairest, Volume 2: The Hidden Kingdom (2020-10-16)
Fairest, Volume 3: The Return of the Maharaja (2020-10-18)
The Calculating Stars (2020-10-20)
Fables, Vol. 18: Cubs in Toyland (2020-10-21)
The Little Bear Stories (2020-10-24)
Prince Caspian (2020-10-26)
Fables, Vol. 19: Snow White (2020-11-05)
Fairest: In All the Land (2020-11-06)
Jade War (2020-11-06)
Mariel of Redwall (2020-11-14)
Fables, Vol. 20: Camelot (2020-11-16)
Jack of Fables, Vol. 9: The End (2020-11-17)
The Voyage of the Dawn Treader (2020-11-17)
Fairest, Volume 4: Of Men and Mice (2020-11-18)
Fables, Vol. 21: Happily Ever After (2020-11-19)
Fables, Vol. 22: Farewell (2020-11-22)
Fairest, Volume 5: The Clamour for Glamour (2020-11-22)
The Fated Sky (2020-11-23)
The Umbrella Academy, Vol. 1: The Apocalypse Suite (2020-11-23)
The Umbrella Academy, Vol. 2: Dallas (2020-12-02)
The Umbrella Academy, Vol. 3: Hotel Oblivion (2020-12-08)
The Boys, Volume 1: The Name of the Game (2020-12-09)
The Boys, Volume 2: Get Some (2020-12-16)
The Silver Chair (2020-12-16)
The Boys, Volume 3: Good For The Soul (2020-12-18)
The Boys, Volume 4: We Gotta Go Now (2020-12-19)
The Boys, Volume 5: Herogasm (2020-12-21)
The Obelisk Gate (2020-12-22)
The Boys, Volume 6: The Self-Preservation Society (2020-12-24)
The Boys, Volume 7: The Innocents (2020-12-26)
Dawnshard (2020-12-28)
The Boys, Volume 8: Highland Laddie (2020-12-28)
The Immortal Life of Henrietta Lacks (2020-12-28)
The Boys, Volume 9: The Big Ride (2020-12-30)
2020 Reading Retrospective (2020-12-31)
The Boys, Volume 10: Butcher, Baker, Candlestick Maker (2021-01-01)
The Boys, Volume 11: Over the Hills with the Swords of a Thousand Men (2021-01-02)
The Boys, Volume 12: The Bloody Doors Off (2021-01-03)
The Horse and His Boy (2021-01-05)
Neil Gaiman's Neverwhere (2021-01-06)
Homemade Ice cream (2010-05-25)
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Popocatepetl Rising (2012-10-21)
My personal (NaNoWriMo) March Madness (2013-03-06)
March Madness NaNoWriMo - Halfway there (2013-03-16)
Spring NaNoWriMo – So close... (2013-04-01)
Herman (2012-09-23)
NaNoWriMo 2013 - Computational Demonology (2013-11-06)
Chapter 1 - The Book (2013-11-06)
Chapter 2 - Writings in Silver (2013-11-09)
Chapter 3 - Summoning a Demon (2013-11-13)
Chapter 4 - The Man on the Train (2013-11-16)
Chapter 5 - Armed and Dangerous (2013-11-20)
Chapter 6 - Buyer Beware (2013-11-23)
NaNoWriMo 2013 - Whee! (2013-11-26)
Chapter 7 - Angels and Demons (2013-11-27)
Chapter 8 - And Something Else (2013-11-30)
Chapter 9 - Keep Your Friends Close (2013-12-04)
Chapter 10 - About Time (2013-12-07)
Chapter 11 - Clerk Family Winery (2013-12-11)
Chapter 12 - Big Red (2013-12-14)
Chapter 13 - Descent (2013-12-18)
Chapter 14 - Maxwell's Demon (2013-12-21)
Chapter 15 - Revelation (2013-12-25)
Chapter 16 - Counterpoint (2013-12-28)
Chapter 17 - Showdown (2014-01-01)
Chapter 18 - Demon in Black (2014-01-04)
Chapter 19 - Final Jeopardy (2014-01-08)
Chapter 20 - The Morning After (2014-01-11)
religious-fiction
Confession - Day 1 (2012-11-01)
Confession - Day 10 (2012-11-11)
A Sea of Stars - Ch. 1 - Liftoff (2012-08-28)
A Sea of Stars - Ch. 2 - Borealis (2012-08-31)
A Sea of Stars - Ch. 3 - Inspection (2012-09-04)
A Sea of Stars - Ch. 4 - Troubleshooting (2012-09-07)
A Sea of Stars - Ch. 5 - Confession (2012-09-11)
A Sea of Stars - Ch. 6 - Greetings (2012-09-14)
A Sea of Stars - Ch. 7 - Impact (2012-09-18)
A Sea of Stars - Ch. 8 - Counterpoint (2012-09-21)
A Sea of Stars - Ch. 9 - Lies (2012-09-25)
A Sea of Stars - Ch. 10 - Memories (2012-09-28)
Lost in translation (2012-09-30)
A Sea of Stars - Ch. 11 - Surprises (2012-10-02)
A Sea of Stars - Ch. 12 - Eve (2012-10-05)
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The Silver Lining Nervgen Playbook. Part 1
Before he became a famed MIT professor and AI expert, Marvin Minsky was a graduate student at Bell Labs in the early 1950s. Stirring for a cultural metaphor that could be taken as a sign of the times, he contrived a totemic device, a box, one that was a small machine. Turn the machine on conspicuously, and a robotic arm from within the box reached out and turned the device off. No, really: that was its entire repertoire. Others would promptly riff on Minsky and emulate him in droves, perhaps most famously in the form of the so-called Kentucky do-nothing machine (rooted in fact in antiquity, as that device is actually a trammel of Archimedes). Famed sci-fi writer Arthur C. Clarke saw the device on Minsky’s desk and wrote: “There is something unspeakably sinister about a machine that does nothing—absolutely nothing—except switch itself off.” He got the nihilism vibe, but didn’t dig it. Herman Melville’s Bartleby the Scrivener comes to mind: “I would prefer not to.”
But what if the Minsky self-silencing machine had an unwitting correlate in nature, indeed in our very own neurological system? What if the system were trying to mount an appropriate response to an injury and then, surely as that got underway, kerplonkingly silenced itself? We get ahead of ourselves somewhat in our narrative, but isn’t the presence in us of so self-defeating a mechanism a desultory and lachrymose commentary, mud in the eye of any species pride? Surely you recall Prince Hamlet to Rosencrantz and Guildenstern:
“What a piece of work is man, How noble in reason, how infinite in faculty, In form and moving how express and admirable, In action how like an Angel, In apprehension how like a god, The beauty of the world, The paragon of animals.”
And didn’t Alexander Pope swooningly claim: “Whatever is, is right”? The truth is that what millions of years of evolution have begotten us is something far from perfect and something often at even greater remove from adaptivity. We know that teleological thinking always lacks merit, but the more we immerse ourselves in the secrets of the body, the more screwball we find them to be. Fearfully and wonderfully made? Certainly in many instances we are. But in other cases, fatuously and woefully constructed in slapdash fashion might be a better descriptor. We are works in progress, you see. And much of the labor the physician sets about doing is helping the body cope and compensate, wooing nature when its infinite wisdom veers off course. Medicine copes daily with how the most blood-demanding organ of the body, the heart, has the most parlously constructed blood supply (lacking collaterals! whodathunkit?). Our spinal columns did not come about with uprightness in mind, and many humans pay dearly for that inconvenient fact during most of their adult lives. How many lives have been claimed by futile, brazen anaphylactoid reactions serving absolutely no adaptive value for the organism? Mull these contradictions long enough and you are eventually driven to find great solace in an observation of Dutch-Jewish philosopher Baruch Spinoza: “For nature does not work with the end in view.” Enter from stage left the higher angels of our nature, projections of our neocortices, whereby we can invoke faculties of reason to heal ourselves….angels that can cope with the paradox that while the script of our species has had many iterative improvements, it’s still very much a rough draft. Doubt me? Then simply consider how bombastic and oversized the adrenal glands are compared with the frontal lobes that restrain their rash importunings! Yup, we’ve got a long way to go.
Among the most grievous injuries a human body can suffer is trauma to that “silver cord” the spinal column. Evidence now is mounting that mechanisms are there to foster healing of injured nerves though many in science take it as article of faith that no such thing is possible. The body tries to heal….and does a Minsky, switching that urge off, confounding its very essence. Given world and time enough perhaps our bodies can evolve beyond this undesirable state of affairs, but this narrative is about where we find ourselves now: predicament, and solution. But let’s let the narrative catch up to us.
In 1992, Ross Perot ran for president (often regarded as crackpot, we can now safely say he’s been trumped). A clever political operative named Ed Rollins took over managing Perot’s campaign. Rollins had logged many hours sizing up the sociology of Perot. Behind closed doors, Rollins called a strategy meeting. Approaching the whiteboard, he took out a magic marker. Here on the left side of the board, Rollins wrote large: HOPE. He then strode to the right side of the board. Drawing a sigh, he again scrawled in large letters: KOOK. This was the Perot dichotomy with which they had to wrangle. For some Perot was certainly one, for others clearly the second choice, but for the teeming millions they just weren’t sure and they vacillated between the poles of their own senses of Perot. How to sequester, how to partition public sentiment around HOPE? Rollins never quite hit on a formula for doing so.
In 2019, lives in Cleveland a distinguished scientist named Jerry Silver. He’s professor of neurosciences at Case Western Reserve University. These days Silver often finds how people regard him as pingponging between the horns of a Perot-like dilemma. Oh, don’t get us wrong. No one anywhere regards Silver as kook. But for a decade or more, Silver keeps running aground. “They don’t believe me.” Silver has been claiming, and competent others have validated his claims, that he can take critically spinally injured vertebrates newly bereft of hind limb function and restore gait in them. We’ve seen the data…..we’ve seen the video (you will too as soon as NervGen’s peri-IPO quiet period ends) and for us it abrogates even a vestigial crumb of doubt. But for other Silver observers, some of them peers, they get hung up: Who ya gonna believe?, the situation demands. The starched-lab-coat contingent over here with their hoarfrost-encrusted credentials? Or your lyin’ eyes? C’mon…which is it gonna be?
It’s not that others think Silver is lying. It’s not that they think Silver is pulling wool over their eyes. It’s not that they think Silver is some doddering incompetent man unfit to describe what he sees. They believe Silver believes in his own data, that such data is being served up be a guy pure of heart who wishes to boondoggle no one, least of all you. But they think….as the Queen apparently says when having a conniption fit….shurely shome mishtake has been made! Those animals appear to be walking….but they can’t be because everyone knows you can’t walk after your spine is crushed.
“And so they give my grant applications low scores,” Silver says, ” and away I go, again a guy without any funding.” This is despite an uninterrupted success of golden papers in what one might call journals of apotheosis: Nature, Science, and other hotshot highbrow publications that reject more than 99.99 percent of the papers submitted to them as a lacking a je ne sais quois of academic bluebloodedness, scientific hauteur and iconoclastic elitism.
“It’s always the same for me,” Silver says, even as his work goes unfunded and his lab kept in business by soft departmental money from within Case Western and funds from well-wishers in other academic corners. Yet even as that status settles into ensconcement, already the signs are upon us that the establishment is going to have to countenance fundamentally Silver’s work again…and that this time it’s different. Why? Because this time it’s going to run the abbreviation gauntlet: IND, IRB, CRO, RCT. We may be going out on a limb, but we here conjecture that when NervGen gets going therapeutically, that when its protocols call for newly spinally injured patients to receive its therapy (called ISP for intracellular sigma peptide), that crippled humans will be made to walk again. (We can practically hear Sister Elizabeth Kenny of Australia nearly a century earlier: “and they shall walk.” We’ll discuss Sister Kenny later.).
Upon spinal cord injury, cells that are supporting cast members, glial cells, for the main stars, the axons themselves, extrude gooey chondroitin sulfate. This viscous material not only snares and engunks the newly severed axon free ends, but it also binds to a receptor sitting in the cell membrane of certain nerve cells. The receptor (and it IS a receptor, having a transmembrane domain and evoking intracellular signalling still being characterized) ligand, as it turns out IS the chrondroitin sulfate elaborate by glial cells; this is the first example we know of in which chondroitin sulfate has a proper receptor, and has vast implications.
Now, think in a Boolean algebra kind of way with me. It gets a little confusing. When chondroitin sulfate binds to the neural surface receptor we are speaking of, called protein tyrosine phosphatase sigma (PTPs), it does in a sense turn the receptor “on,” but turns it OFF as regards healing behavior. With me? For things to heal, it would be better that PTPs be left alone, and in fact Silver and associates have done elegant work in which they’ve bred colonies of PTPs knockout mice by homologous recombination. The complex truth is that PTPs-knockout mice can heal their own injured spinal cords. Even so, it’s not quite as simple, as we shall see in part 2 of this column, as to say PTPs is all bad. “Subtle is the Lord,” said Einstein, and nuanced is the molecular biology of the spinal cord.
The therapeutic intervention NervGen is propounding for humans is the same one Silver has propounded in laboratory vertebrates, intracellular sigma peptide (ISP), which he and colleagues invented based on 3-D stereochemical analysis to tease desired behavior out of PTPs. According to NervGen CEO Ernest Wong, PhD, ISP is about 35 amino acids, and “NervGen plans to optimize that pharmaceutically,” by which he means, subject to NervGen’s discretion it may optimize amino acid selection to improve performance and may add moieties to idealize pharmacokinetics (the intent is to dose ISP subcutaneously once daily for a defined limited period). ISP slides into a groove on PTPs, as it were, and serves as a modulator in the face of chondroitin sulfate having bound to PTPs. ISP drives neural healing and remyelination….and its actions, and results, have repeatedly transcended any form of neural recovery deemed possible by neuroscientists.
When we continue this column in part 2, we shall discuss Silver’s scientific work in detail, proceeding paper by paper through his accomplishments. We have reviewed his entire oeuvre, and find it relentlessly credible—just as we find Silver, after spending a day with him in Cleveland. “I have two brothers and no middle name,” says Silver. “None of us have middle names. My mom named us Jerry, Larry and Barry.” Silver has social lightness of touch and swears no more often than you do. His easy manner and personality give us considerable confidence in investing in his work. But we want you to decide for yourself.
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MYOB tackles gender inequality with Male Champions of Change STEM
Cloud accounting software provider MYOB says a focus on dismantling barriers and providing workplace flexibility is at the core of creating a more inclusive employee experience.
It is celebrating one year of membership of the Male Champions of Change (MCC) STEM group, where MYOB joined a cohort of Australian business and government male leaders in STEM to focus on practical action to significantly increase women’s representation in STEM leadership roles.
MYOB chief executive officer Tim Reed says businesses will not reach their innovation potential unless the full capabilities of women and men are harnessed within the workplace.
“As a technology business, we recognise a diverse workforce is a key competitive advantage. The same goes for our economy, which is why we need inclusive leadership to ensure women are supported to thrive at all levels of business.
“MYOB is just at the beginning of our journey. We’ve committed ourselves to challenging traditional gender roles in our business and taking real action in the pursuit of gender equality in the workplace,” says Reed.
“A diverse workplace is a key competitive advantage.”
Gender equality is an urgent issue
Ann Sherry, Male Champions of Change Convener, says the MCC group provides a space for male leaders to identify ways to shift mindsets in their operations and share learning on effective strategies to support diversity.
“Tackling gender inequality in our economy is an urgent challenge,” says Sherry.
“Women make up only 16% of those with STEM qualifications, yet 75% of all future jobs will require STEM skills. MYOB’s efforts, particularly in promoting women in the tech sector, have shown positive results towards creating a more vibrant workforce,” says Sherry.
In its first year, MYOB has engaged with a range of team members across its business, identifying barriers preventing women from progressing in STEM.
Normalising flexible work
Helen Lea, MYOB Chief employment experience officer, says the business is dedicated to accelerating the representation of women in leadership positions.
“We realised that although we encourage flexible working practices, some women, and men, still felt they needed to ‘hide’ their agreed working arrangements, fearing it would inhibit their development opportunities and ability to progress in the company.
“We also identified that support through the middle years of a woman’s career is critical to successfully building senior female leadership in our organisation.”
Gender targets create significant change
Lea says, one year in, she is delighted with the progress made.
“So far we’ve increased the proportion of our workforce accessing paid parental leave by 8%, and met our target of 40% hires of women in entry-level engineering roles.”
MYOB is supporting in other areas too, including initiatives like ‘DevelopHer’, which includes a 360–hour paid internship program to re-skill women who are seeking to become software developers.
Lea says that talent in the technology sector was in high demand, and it was important to ensure that initiatives were in place to increase the representation of women.
“In some recruitment campaigns, fewer than one in eight applicants for developer roles are female – and this is reflected across the industry.”
“Our membership of the Male Champions of Change STEM group isn’t just about making our workplace a more inclusive environment. It’s also about understanding some of the inherent challenges in our education, training and organisational structures which limit opportunities and hold us back from achieving our potential,” says Lea.
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Perk-up in developers' private-home sales likely to continue in November
Perk-up in developers' private-home sales likely to continue in November.
Residential Market
The revival in developers' private homes sales last month - sparked by new launches Forest Woods and The Alps Residences and supported by sales from earlier launches - is expected to continue this month.
Two new major condo developments have hit the market this month so far - Queens Peak near Queenstown MRT station and Parc Riviera in the West Coast.
Urban Redevelopment Authority (URA) data released on Tuesday shows that developers found buyers for 1,252 private homes last month. This was more than twice the 509 units they moved in September, and the 549 units sold in October last year.
Last month's sales were the highest in any month so far this year; it was also the best showing since the 1,655-unit primary-market sales recorded in July 2015.
These figures exclude executive condos (ECs). Buying interest was reignited by the launch of Forest Woods, attractively located near Serangoon MRT station and Nex mall, and The Alps Residences, an affordably priced project in Tampines.
A City Developments-led consortium sold 364 units in Forest Woods at a median price of S$1,412 psf in October; MCC Land moved 334 units at The Alps Residences at a median price of S$1,078 psf.
These projects accounted for just over half (56 per cent) the total number of private homes sold in the primary market in October.
However, industry players acknowledge that sales at some new launches have lately been fuelled by investment demand. A mid-sized developer told The Business Times: "The bulk of demand is for one- and two-bedders, rather than the bigger units, which would typically be sought after by owner-occupiers."
Agreeing, a consultant said that for one-bedders, (a price of) S$600,000 to S$700,000 is quite sweet. For two-bedders, up to S$800,000 is quite acceptable. Three bedders and larger units are more for owner-occupiers - and for this segment of buyers, livability, the size of rooms and proximity to schools are important factors. Softening property prices, low interest rates, high liquidity and a dearth of appealing investment alternatives continue to endear property to investors, he said.
That said, property consultants said developers will have to remain mindful about keeping prices competitive, given price resistance.
A number of issues continue to plague private home sales - the mounting supply of new private residential property completions which will continue to drag rentals, the ongoing strict financing regime and inertia to commit on the part of buyers, who anticipate further price declines.
In the first 10 months of this year, developers sold 6,908 private homes, up 8.2 per cent from the 6,386 units they moved in the same period last year. Most analysts expect the figure for the whole of 2016 to surpass last year's 7,440 units.
For ECs, (a public-private housing hybrid), developers sold 288 units last month, slightly more than the 260 units moved the month before, and the 275 units in October 2015.
In the first 10 months of 2016, 3,553 EC units were sold in the primary market, up 57.8 per cent from the 2,252 units in the same period last year. EC sales for full-year 2016 are expected to exceed the 2,550 units last year.
ERA Realty Network's key executive officer Eugene Lim pegged the full-year figure at 4,000 to 4,500. ECs have turned in a better performance in the year to date, despite there having been no new launches for them since July. This could be because some potential buyers in the private housing market may have opted for ECs instead.
Primary-market sales in the private-housing segment have also fared better this year despite fewer projects launches. In the private-housing segment, an indicator of improved demand is the monthly take-up in previously launched projects. These projects averaged 512 units in the first 10 months of 2016 - 23 per cent more than the 416 units moved in the same period last year.
This trend suggests that primary-market sales volume could have bottomed out, barring a major shock to the economy. Stability in sales volume would eventually lead to stability in prices and pave the way for a market recovery.
Developers' sales could fall to between 700 and 1,000 private residential units this month and to between 500 and 800 units next month. Developers are expected to avoid launching major new projects for the rest of the year, given the start of the school-holiday season. Despite a hiatus in new launch activity, the four big projects released in October and November, as well as projects released earlier, will provide sufficient supply of new homes for buyers, say market watchers.
The lull in launches could stretch until the Chinese New Year in late January. Launch activity is likely to resume after mid-February and continue in March and April.
Major launches expected for next year include The Clement Canopy in Clementi Avenue 1 by a UOL Group-Singapore Land tie-up; and the Abu Dhabi Investment Authority and Lendlease's Park Place Residences in Paya Lebar; in New Upper Changi Road, Chip Eng Seng is expected to release a condo of about 720 units.
Adapted from: The Business Times, 16 November 2016
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Museum of Fine Arts Welcomes the Year of the Dog
by BU News Service
Dancers from Hea Sun Jung Korean Traditional Dance Academy perform traditional fan dances at the Museum of Fine Arts. Feb. 9, 2018. Photo by Sizhong Chen/BU News Service
A student from Wah Lum Kung Fu prepares for her performance at the Museum of Fine Arts for the Lunar New Year Celebration. Feb. 9, 2018. Photo by Sizhong Chen/BU News Service
Wah Lum Kung Fu presents the lion dance for Lunar New Year Celebration at the Museum of Fine Arts. Feb. 9, 2018. Photo by Sizhong Chen/BU News Service
Students from Wah Lum Kung Fu backflip in front of an audience at the Museum of Fine Arts. Feb. 9, 2018. Photo by Sizhong Chen/BU News Service
A student from Wah Lum Kung Fu prepares to play staff at the Museum of Fine Arts for Lunar New Year Celebration. Feb. 9, 2018. Photo by Sizhong Chen/BU News Service
A performer from Hea Sun Jung Korean Traditional Dance Academy plays Korean folk songs on the zither. Feb. 9, 2018. Photo by Sizhong Chen/BU News Service
Drum dancers leave after performing at the Museum of Fine Arts during the Lunar New Year Celebration. Feb. 9, 2018. Photo by Sizhong Chen/BU News Service
Audience applauds after Hea Sun Jung Korean Traditional Dance Academy finishes their repertoire of Korean traditional shows at the Museum of Fine Arts. Feb. 9, 2018. Photo by Sizhong Chen/BU News Service
Performers from New Jersey leave the stage after they finish the show at the Museum of Fine Arts. Feb. 9, 2018. Photo by Sizhong Chen/BU News Service
Performers from New Jersey take a bow after they finish a show at the Museum of Fine Arts. Feb. 9, 2018. Photo by Sizhong Chen/BU News Service
By Yanxuan Li
Boston – Visitors to the Museum of Fine Arts faced a line stretching to Forsyth Way and a wait time of at least 20 minutes on Saturday as they awaited the Lunar New Year celebrations and special exhibits.
“We have so many visitors this year,” said Irene Chen, a guide at the MFA who offered spotlight talks in Mandarin. “Thus, we newly recruited two Mandarin-speaking guides to help with the work.”
The MFA has always offered a Mandarin tour, which Chen has guided for three years now. Besides the growing need for Mandarin programs, she also noticed the diversification of the visitors.
“Lunar New Year is not conceived merely as an eastern tradition now,” Chen said. “It is more and more becoming a ‘family day.’ We offered activities that, besides spotlighting the special culture, also gave a chance of family gathering.”
Saturday’s open house consisted of three parts: visitors could go on tours or talks highlighting works in the Art of Asia galleries; watch demonstrations and performances of China, Korea and Vietnam; and participate in the hands-on family art-making activities
6-year-old Nikita Lin gluing her lantern. Feb. 10, 2018. Photo by Yanxuan Li/BU News Service.
The family friendly sections like art-making workshops and interactive lion dances in the Shapiro Family Courtyard attracted crowds of participants like Qin Lin and her six-year-old daughters, who were trying to make a lantern for their home in Quincy.
“It’s traditional for Chinese families to hang out the hand-made lanterns and of course I’d like to do that as long as we successfully made one,” Qin said with a laugh. “But anyway, the thing is to enjoy the process of making it, especially for my daughters.”
As Nikita Lin, one of Qin’s daughters, was gluing the lantern, a group of dancers on the other side of the hall attracted her attention. The performers were dressed up as lions and monkeys, being circled by people of all ages, with children sitting in the front.
Sifu Mai Du, the director of the performances and one of the instructors of the performers, said the group of 50 representative students from Wah Lum Kung Fu and Tai Chi Acadamy who had practiced for this event for months.
Seven-year-old Zhengyao Ma sat on his father’s shoulder, absorbing the Kung Fu performance. Feb. 11, 2018. Photo by Yanxuan Li/ BU News Service
“Caitlin and Wesley are the youngest here,” Sifu Mai said as she pointed to two children standing in the first line in the Wah Lum Kung Fu performance. “[They] just turned four years old.”
The celebration also drew the attention of Bangyi Ma and his son Zhengyao Ma who were passing by.
“My son has an art class today in the MFA,” said Bangyi Ma. “We just passed by and happened to see this. I think my son almost becomes their fans now, right?” Zhengyao Ma smiled shyly as his father turned to him.
The MFA Lunar New Year celebration lasted seven hours and kicked off a series of New Year activities throughout the city. Throughout the next week, Chinatown will embrace a New Years Parade, a New Years Concert and a Chinese New Year Cultural Village in which residents can buy crafts for Lunar New Year and make lanterns to send good luck into the year of the dog.
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Babble On: Marcus Kenney at Marcia Wood
In Marcus Kenney’s “Babble,” on display at Marcia Wood Midtown through June 18, the darkened memories of our collective American past bubble up into abstracted, whimsical, and sometimes frightening imagery. Kenney’s paintings combine techniques of painting, printmaking, collage, and fiber art, as well as figurative and abstract brushwork. Throw his disco taxidermy into the mix, and you have the makings for a kooky show that leaves an unsettled feeling in the pit of your stomach.
As an artist, Kenney — a Louisiana native based in Savannah — is incredibly opaque. His dark and troubling images are not made easier to grasp by the stilted language he uses to wrap his work up in a mysterious aura. The artist statement for “Babble” is a song (poem?) called “DHOPE MAN COMING.” The opening lines say “sell me dirt in a bag sell me water in a jug, build fences for the animal poison for the bug.” I asked Kenney if he was inspired by Voodoo, Santeria, or other supernatural Coastal Empire histories. His response: “Scribble scrabble. It’s a mix of both. I’ve lived in both, so that’s the influence. Blood.”
All the works, from taxidermy to collage, are well constructed and very engaging. Careful observation will reveal themes and symbols permeating the show. Look for a single eye gazing down from the picture plane at the viewer. The mural-sized Tower of Babble (2014), one of first pieces that inspired this show, has an ominous collaged eye at the top of its cut-up pile. The eye appears in sculptures like Killing Time (2016), which looks like a rejected creature from a Stephen King novel. The first piece you see upon entering the gallery, eyeno (2016), has an eye at the center of mixed media rubble attached to a ping-pong table—complete with foreboding rusty tetanus-bearing nails that form rays around the arrangement.
Beyond the single eye, faces are altered and obscured in uncanny ways. At first, #2girls (2015) looks like an image of blackface. On closer inspection, the faces are of Caucasian girls cut out of a magazine and collaged over, one with a white mask, the other a black mask. Both Pilgrim (2016) and DHOPE MAN (2016) feature central figures with a black hood and cartoonish lips and eyes. Kenney, a straight white guy, just grazes the razor’s edge of racist imagery — none of it is outright problematic, but it clearly evokes such frightful figures.
As the centerpiece of this exhibition, Tower of Babble (2014) displays a masterful use of materials and techniques to create a narrative painting. Kenney layers a grid of bank receipts on the surface of the work, then paints and collages over them. The world Kenney creates is built on commerce, which changes the other symbols layered over the receipts. Flags of different nations, tall sailing ships, colonialists and natives—these elements appear to comment on the structures of capitalism. Deeper in the painting, Kenney reveals moments like a modern-day Hieronymous Bosch. There is a little boy with an oversized gun pointing at a girl who is revealing her panties, a businessman with a goat face copulating with a cow, and a policeman with a teddy bear head.
Kenney brings a great deal of care and effort to his surfaces, and everything in this body of work is intricately crafted. Old friends 4 sale (2016) features a large speech balloon on an American flag that simply reads “$.” From far away, the speech balloon looks like a large swath of yellow paint; however, up close the viewer sees it is actually thousands of hand-sewn gold sequins. The glitz of the sequins is a perfect contrast to the tattered flag, suggesting that money is the most valuable language of our nation. In Link (2016) delicate outlines of fleur-de-lis and curlicues are visible beneath a gentle patina of color. These shapes embedded in the painting look like pressed tin ceiling tiles, but they are actually marble dust the artist has imprinted into the canvas. The way Kenney creates effects on the surface of his canvas, then builds on top, adds depth and detail.
Despite Kenney’s wide-ranging materials and techniques in these disparate works, his consistent use of symbols and themes creates a cohesive whole. Symbols of Americana, money, and power are altered and humorously juxtaposed to critique the structures of capitalist society. Many of the images are challenging, possibly intentionally so, in our over politically correct art world climate. A superficial viewing may leave the viewer queasy and suspicious of Kenney’s intentions, but deeper inspection reveals that the artist uses loaded imagery to create even more powerful paintings. This is one show worth looking at intently, with an open mind, and an eagerness to explore. Kenney’s work reveals whimsical, dark, and often challenging narratives in beautifully packaged artworks.
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Urban Legends, Legendary Moments
Aubrey Longley-Cook, Matthew Terrell’s Self-Censorship. Photo courtesy of the artist.
The crowd at Gallery 1526 spilled down the ramp and into the parking lot on the night of the closing reception for Legendary Children. Photographers and drag queens mingled and posed for photos with their adoring fans and spectators. Tall, flowing, white, rainbow-lit curtains hung from the high ceilings, framing the thick wooden stairs that served as the platform for the night’s performances. Legendary Children, was painted in bold white letters on a panel hanging in front of a silver sequin backdrop. The phrase hails from the cult-classic Paris Is Burning, a documentation of the drag ball scene in New York city in the mid-to-late 1980s. In the movie the legendary children are the rising stars of their scene. Referencing the phrase, five Atlanta-based gay artists—Blane Bussey, Jon Dean, Blake England, Kevin O, and Matthew Terrell—spotlighted a group of up-and-coming Atlanta queens through portraiture and linked the local scene to the larger dialogue of drag history. The closing reception featured performances by the subjects of the work: Brigitte Bidet, Cayenne Rouge, Edie Cheezburger, Ellisorous Rex, Evah Destruction, Jaye Lish, Kryean Kally, Lavonia Elberton, Mo’Dest Volgare, and Violet Chachki, with Nicole Paige Brooks of RuPaul’s Drag Race fame emceeing the event.
Aubrey Longley-Cook, Violet Chachki at the Closing Reception. Photo courtesy the artist.
Jon Dean highlighted the elegance and poise of his subjects in his portraits. He was the only photographer to shoot every queen involved with the show, and it’s a testament to how integral he was to the creation of the exhibition. Dean shot all of his work in studio. He used backdrops, props, and digital projectors to stage his shots. He took inspiration from classical poses and dramatic lighting and transformed his subjects to look like golden-age movie legends.
Jon Dean, Kryean Kally, 2013, archival pigment print, 30 x 45 inches. Photo courtesy of the artist.
Blane Bussey has an eye for the absurd. There was a palpable tension in his photos of queens dropped into an array of Atlanta landscapes. He shot queens during the day and in a variety of locations such as Zoo Atlanta, Centennial Park, Five Points MARTA Station, Publix, Stone Mountain, the Atlanta BeltLine, and Sweetwater Creek State Park, and this process allowed for an integration of the queens into surprising spaces. With his wide crops he often included pedestrians who happened to be in the locations at the same time. He documented strangers interacting with the queens in unexpected places, and their reactions ranged from glee and curiosity to shock and disdain.
Blane Bussey, Mo’Dest Volgare, Centennial Olympic Park, 2013, Fujiflex print, 20 x 30 inches. Photo courtesy of the artist.
Kevin O captured a multitude of genuinely candid moments with the 47 portraits that make up The Queens and I. Hung salon style in a variety of sizes and styles of gold frames, the work was reminiscent of a wall of family portraits at grandma’s house. Each photo was intimate and unfiltered and appeared to represent an important memory for the artist. Shooting the queens while they were performing, applying makeup, getting dressed, chatting backstage, posing for a camera, or pissing in an alley, Kevin O captured the many aspects of a performer’s night out and gave honor to the visceral grit of a drag lifestyle. All of the photos were shot with disposable cameras, and they felt as ephemeral as the moments captured.
Blake England, Floor, 2013, 24 x 36 inches, archival pigment print. Photo courtesy of the artist.
Kevin O, Death Drop Diva feat. Ellisorous Rex, 2013, 8 x 10 inches. archival pigment print. Photo courtesy of the artist.
Also shot with disposable cameras, Blake England’s intimate and haunting work documented his obsession with Violet Chachki. Photographed in various states of undress, Violet appeared ghostly, dreamlike, and distant. Some of England’s more provocative photos brought unwanted attention to the show. One man whose office shares the space with the gallery labeled two of England’s photos and one of Dean’s photos as pornographic and demanded their removal. The gallery owner, Melanie Bell, stood behind the work but eventually compromised with censorship. The three photos were covered up with paper and duct tape in the time before the closing reception. Such opposition validates the importance of this show. It’s also a reminder of the obstacles that come with creating queer work in the South.
Matthew Terrell, Dee-liteful Garden, 2013, archival pigment print, 10 x 15 inches. Photo courtesy of the artist.
After the controversy arose with England’s and Dean’s photos, Matthew Terrell chose to censor his own work for the closing, stating:
I have decided to cover my work as a way to commemorate the queer artists before me—artists whose most personal work was hidden from the outside world. I could not have the platform to be an openly gay man who photographs drag queens without many generations of queer activists before me. The swaths of silence over my art honor their quiet legacy.
By shrouding his photos Terrell allowed his work to have an added visual effect and an interactive quality. Viewers engaged in a peek-a-boo experience, lifting the black fabric attached to the wall by pink duct tape in order to see the work. The photos were the results of playing with double exposures to create surrealist exquisite corpses from his subjects.
In the past few months the exhibition received a dazzling, wonderful, surprising, and overwhelming amount of press. The censorship only added fuel to the fire and gave the show yet another layer of dialogue. The artists and queens prevailed, though, as demonstrated by Evah Destruction when she tore through a large sign that read, “Our art doesn’t need your censor” to roaring applause.
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CD Review: CODE – “Augur Nox”
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CODE Augur Nox
“My Chancery Pause to Decide…”
The third album from this British based dark-progressive-metal troupe should come with the warning: “Highly Addictive” stamped across its packaging, such is the quality of the songs on their latest CD!
For those less familiar with the band, they were formed in 2002 and released their first full length album “Nouveau Gloaming” (one of my favourite albums of all time, i hasten to add!), which is full of twisted textures and a highly unique sound-scape that conjures images of smog-filled, steampunk Victorian cities, & screaming creatures hiding within its labyrinthine layers.
2009 saw a couple of line up changes and the release of “Resplendent Grotesque”: another deep offering of extreme metal that, for this listener at least, was difficult to penetrate the surface. Once you had though, the experience was well worth it and its something you can return to again and again, and yet it still feels fresh.
And so what of 2013’s “Augur Nox”? With further line up changes, Code have once again released an album that excels after multiple listens, yet is far more accessible for those that are new to the band. Conceptually, the disk is loosely based around a gallery and the paintings within, and the sightseeing starts with “Black Rumination” and its layered raspy vocal delivery and galloping drums. But its when the “clean” vocals kick in that you realise that your listening to something extra special.
Much has been made online about the departure of original vocalist Khovst as his style were one of the key complementary elements to Aort’s music writing, but i can say, hand on heart, the addition of Wacian is a masterstroke. His delivery is nothing short of passionate in each and every lyrical line, and draws the listener in to every detail, and the range he has is incredible – even after numerous spins, you’ll be convinced there are multiple vocalists.
“Becoming Host” is a mid-paced creeper with a start-stop characteristic and “Ecdysis” follows with a more traditional black metal manner right up until those clean vocal hooks come along and sooth your fevered brow… just before the rug gets pulled from underneath your feet and you’re floored once again by the brutality.
“Glimlight Tourist” is probably the most straightforward track on the album which combines many of the aforementioned elements, but also throws in a touch of groove and melody in to the mix and is followed up by a short atmospheric, acoustic interlude that allows you to catch your breath.
“Garden Chancery” pulls no punches straight from the off, but manages to calm itself down enough to give its side of the story, only to get itself in a right tiz! “The Lazarus Chord” plays on melodic foundations the band have laid down thus-far with some soulful vocals, enticing melodies and slow burning pace. Its not without its gritty elements though and yet still retains a dreamlike quality on parts, especially its outro.
The foreboding disharmonious, distorted introduction to “The Shrike Screw” belies its actual contents, as once it passes you’ve got a mid-paced, stomping song that will have you nodding your head and probably even singing its chorus before you know it! The later section of the track is personal highlight. There is just “something” about it that hits the spot and is oh-so satisfying! Another respite follows (“RX”) and is backed up by the bombastic triple-punch of “Trace of God”, “Harmonies in Cloud” (another personal highlight) and “White Triptych”, finishing on a strong note.
There is a hell of a lot to take into account with “Augur Nox” and as with all of Code’s releases, its an album that will only release its most enduring qualities after repeated listens, but by that time, it will have buried itself so deeply in to your soul, it would take an excavation team to remove it!
For those of you that are yet to experience Code, this should be your starting point. For the rest, this should be on your shopping list! Highly recommended.
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Poll: Legal Marijuana Is Coming
The likelihood seems to be increasing by the day that California voters will legalize marijuana in the November election.
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As evidence of the plausibility of a reform victory, advocates point to yet another new poll showing strong public support for the idea. The Public Policy Institute of California released a new survey in May showing 60 percent of likely voters say they generally support legalizing pot. The poll doesn’t judge specific backing for the Adult Use of Marijuana Act, the actual question that will appear on the ballot.
The new survey is in line with another recent poll that reported similar 60 percent support. Voter approval of legalization has been increasing steadily for many years, though previous efforts to legalize fell flat in 2010 and 2014, mostly because support hadn’t yet reached a solid majority.
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Only 37 percent of likely voters said in the new poll that they oppose legalizing marijuana. The wide gap suggests that even if voters aren’t especially familiar with the AMUA, they’re likely to approve it.
The campaign to make that happen is led by tech billionaire Sean Parker, a former Facebook president who plans to give millions to the legalization cause by November. The effort has won substantial endorsements, including those of Lt. Gov. Gavin Newsom, the California branch of the NAACP, and the California Medical Association.
The PPIC poll marks an increase from the same time in 2015, when it measured legalization support at 54 percent, with 44 percent opposed.
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“California seems poised to show its blue state credentials in the fall,” said Mark Baldassare, president and CEO of PPIC. “Voters today are signaling their early support for Democratic statewide candidates, tax initiatives, and marijuana legalization.”
If voters pass the AUMA Nov. 8, it would allow the purchase, possession, and use of up to one ounce of marijuana for any adult over 21. It would also impose taxes and regulations on a newly legal recreational cannabis industry. Those responsibilities would fall to a Bureau of Marijuana Control within the California Department of Consumer Affairs.
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Before there was an additional side mirrors glazing, and, thanks to a beautifully curving vyshtampovki door Cerato profile now looks much more rapidly than before.
Rounding out the shape of the sedan ennobled elongated rear lights, which are now more and have an oval shape.
Dashboard KIA Cerato 2018-2019 is practically all of the digital devices, and a speedometer and the “scoreboard” with the number of turns left in the old arrow.
Between them is a color display, which reflects the basic information about the car.
On the set of steering wheel buttons, responsible for a variety of options, so that your hands off the steering-wheel, without special reasons is not necessary.
The central part of the “torpedo” has changed completely, carefully turning to the driver 9 degrees.
On top there was deepening with monochrome hours and an indicator of the temperature outside.
Just below his place was taken by the audio system, which, depending on the configuration can be a color or monochrome screen, but the climate control finally dual-zone.
Isolating box raised above and finalized its lid to shift selector – now the phone and other small items will be carefully hidden from prying eyes, or dust.
Sun visors have implemented sliding plate, increasing the area of protection from the sun, and the arm is able to move forward.
finishing materials have become noticeably softer, in the interior there are also inserts “under carbon”.
The passengers of the new Cerato left armrest with cupholders and additional air vents placed on the back of the central box.
The luggage compartment is increased to 6 liters and its volume is now – 421 l.
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Buyers chose the “senior” trim, the car will get a Supervision instrument panel with color display TFT 4,2 “, a multimedia system with color LCD-screens 4.3 ” rear view camera, heated steering wheel and seats for all four Sedakov .
Under the hood, Cerato – the familiar petrol engines of 1.6 liters and 2.0 liters, which thus become easier to receive boost in power and torque.
The first one develops 130 hp, and the second produces 150 “horses”.
A choice of two variants of the six-speed transmission – “mechanics” and “automatic”.
As a test sample we got a 130-strong unit, so that more of it.
Maximum torque of 157 H / m at 4580 rev / min to disperse the car with a mass of 1295 kg up to a hundred in 10 seconds.
Injectivity and quite perky motor feels perfectly paired with the automatic transmission – a smooth and rapid acceleration will deliver their portion of pleasure, and the presence of overlapping paddle allow you to feel like a real racer.
The suspension remains unchanged, the driver will also appreciate the three-level electric power steering setup: a too soft or tight steering wheel do not worry, because now it is only a matter of choosing between modes – Normal, Sport or Comfort.
The main pride of Koreans – the creators of the new Cerato managed to significantly reduce the level of noise in the car, as a result, the sedan has a uniquely low NVH performance in class (noise, vibration, acoustic comfort).
Despite all the manipulation, the car managed to retain its aerodynamic characteristics and modest “appetite” – only 6.5 liters per 100 kilometers in the combined cycle.
Driving this car – it is a pleasure.
New Cerato instantly and accurately responds to each command in any situation, whether it’s a sharp turn, acceleration on the highway or sharp braking.
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While we all feel as if we could become warriors or soldiers if we were called upon to do so, nobody ever really knows for sure unless they’ve been face to face with danger. Sure, it’s nice to think that we could transform into the ultimate samurai if our lives depended on it, but the bottom line is that some of us just aren’t about that life. Today, we’re going to take a look at a slot that focuses in on the one weapon you need to really take that step up to the next level: the Katana.
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The Novomatic software company invites us into a world unlike our own and gives us an insight into what it was really like to fight on the battlefields in this manner
The mighty Shogun sits at the heart of this story as we investigate a truly intriguing slots game. We see people waging war in the background, and in the foreground, it’s time to get stuck in. While the name of the game might be to match symbols and win as much money as you possibly can, learning about the nitty-gritty nature of this specific part of history is equally as fascinating.
The slot sticks to the status quo when it comes to the layout of 5×3, not taking away any focus from the design – although, outside of the actual symbols themselves, there’s not too much to scream and shout about here.
As we follow the emperor in his push for power, we do so with a 20-payline base game. The lines are clearly made visible on either side of the board, in what is actually quite a distracting visual.
RTP & Payouts
Nobody is going to put a gun to your head and force you to check out the RTP, but this is the kind of figure that can be really valuable. It gives players an idea of what they’re getting themselves into and what kind of financial rewards could be on offer for them. Katana seems to have a few reported figures, but the most popular is 95.02% – which places it directly in the ‘middle of the park’ category at around the standard industry average. One thing that does stand out, though, is the medium-to-high volatility, which should ensure a few tasty wins if you’re willing to be patient.
The minimum stake you can put down for the 20 paylines is 0.40, and if you’re feeling confident, you could stretch that all the way up to a maximum of 100.
If you manage to secure five Shogun symbols, you’ll be fortunate enough to take home a tasty 5,000 coins.
One thing this slot really does succeed in is heightening the tension. While we don’t all enjoy the drama and stress associated with a good slot game, Katana forces us into a position where we have to be okay with it – or face the consequences.
The animation and design work on the actual symbols is great, but the exterior could use some work given how much you can do with this kind of subject.
The often dull playcards are given something of a facelift in this slot, with everything from 10 through to A being done in a really slick Japanese font. From that point on they go down the route of themed symbols, and we’re certainly grateful for it.
The higher value symbols take the form of a samurai battlefield, temple in the mountains, a geisha and, of course, the one and only Shogun – with the latter playing an important role in the bonus section.
Bonus Game & Jackpot
Nobody goes onto a slot site knowing whether or not they’re going to have a good time, but if they hear that the slot features some interesting bonuses, they’re much more likely to invest in the process. You’d think that Katana would sell itself based on the source material, but even Novomatic understands that you need an extra hook.
The aforementioned Shogun is the wild symbol in the game, substituting itself for any and all other slots aside from one – the scatter, which is the Katana sword.
The first of the bonus features we’ll be discussing is the main one – the Free Spins feature. If you want to activate this bad boy then you’ll first have to obtain three Katana sword symbols on the reels, leading to you receiving 10 free spins. Beyond this, you could see some expanding wilds pop up on the reels, and if the Shogun symbol does appear, it could really improve your overall winnings in a big way depending on how far he gets through the reel. Even more free spins can also be won if you find another three swords, as tends to be the case with most of Novomatic’s efforts.
There is also a fun Gamble feature, but that’s entirely optional for the player in question. This is for the high rollers out there who believe in high risk, high reward, because you could either lose it all or walk away with double your winnings.
The jackpot isn’t progressive, but that’s to be expected given what else is up for grabs.
While there are some negatives you could point towards with Novomatic, they do put a decent focus on ensuring their slots translate well to all platforms. In addition to the good old fashioned desktop, Katana is compatible with the tablet as well as iOS and Android devices on the mobile.
Katana has an awful lot of potential, but ultimately, it just falls short of being deemed an elite-level slot for us. The graphics are there for all to see and the potential winnings are solid, but they could’ve gone a bit further with the bonus features and the actual design work of the base game.
This is always going to be the kind of slot that we’d recommend as a potential one-off play, but it might be difficult to convince the masses that they should make it a permanent part of their slot routine.
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We must be guided by the education sector to deliver effective prevention programmes to young people
YGAM Chief Executive Lee Willows reflects on some of the key topics to emerge from three reports published last week and highlights the valuable contribution the charity is making.
Last week was a significant week for everyone connected the gambling industry. Reading the Advisory Board for Safer Gambling (ABSG) annual progress report; The Public Accounts Committee (PAC) report and the Lords Select Committee report, it was pleasing to read these reports all featured insight from people with direct experience of the tragic harm that gambling can cause some individuals, such as the YGAM Founders. As Chief Executive of the YGAM charity and personally as someone who lost everything to a gambling addiction, I was grateful for the opportunity to contribute my insight and experiences. Such inclusion would have been unheard of five-years ago. Having three incredibly helpful reports published in quick succession over a period of five days is in many ways helpful and timely as YGAM continues to evolve our strategy. I congratulate everyone involved in producing three fascinating reports that will inform the debate moving forward.
At YGAM, we strongly believe that prevention, including education is an essential component to reduce gambling-related harms. We engage with the education sector daily and we are constantly listening to the needs of teachers, practitioners and young people. It is very clear from these conversations that teachers and practitioners need and appreciate our resources more than ever. The feedback we get from teachers, practitioners and young people and the insight from external evaluations is overwhelmingly positive and there is an enormous demand for information on gambling and gaming. Whilst it was pleasing to see education feature in all three reports, the voices of the professionals working in that sector should also be taken into consideration. We must continue to be guided by professionals working in the education sector to deliver effective prevention programmes to young people.
The focus on the blurred lines between gaming and gambling is welcomed. The YGAM workshops help build digital resilience and educate people on the different types of games accessible to children. We agree with the DCMS Select Committee and the Children’s Commissioner that loot boxes that contain the element of chance should not be sold to children under 18. The concern about allowing children to access loot boxes is that it is conditioning them to gambling behaviour from an early age. Building on our discussions with DCMS we look forward to contributing to the government’s call to action on loot boxes which will hopefully lead to consideration of an appropriate regulatory intervention.
The debate around gambling advertising and the impact it has on younger generations is imperative. You do not have to work in this sector to notice that gambling adverts dominate the promotional spaces at most sporting events. The YGAM resources tackle this topic head on as we continue to raise awareness of the potential harms and the support available. We believe concerns about marketing and sponsorship should be addressed by evidence-based analysis that puts the safety of young people first and we look forward to contributing to this debate.
When the Gambling Commission launched the National Strategy to Reduce Gambling-Related Harms, there was real hope for change and there has been some positive change; yes more can be done and some actions need to move in a more expedient manner, but change does take time. I also worry that in the desire to affect structural change, or radically change strategic direction part way through a national strategy may result in valuable insight being lost. I do see many people and organisations coming together to deliver the strategy which is superb and that is where we will continue to have a relentless focus.
Certainly in my time in YGAM I have seen Safer Gambling teams within operators increase from one employee, who led Safer Gambling work on a part-time bases, to now large Safer Gambling teams with twenty plus employees working full-time in this area of work. In that time, I have also seen and been fortunate to work alongside others who have been affected by gambling-harms set up their own organisations and I have witnessed the rise of passionate campaigners who demand change, often following tragic circumstances. At the heart of all this work is a shared commitment to reduce-harms and it would be so oxygenating if more time can be spent finding common goals and delivering the national strategy.
As a prevention charity we will continue to focus on the delivery of education, building and sharing insight and demonstrating impact. This is a crucial period for the future of this sector and everyone at YGAM looks forward to working collaboratively with all stakeholder groups to ensure all young and vulnerable people are safe from gaming and gambling related harms.
Finally, YGAM has published its strategic plan 2019 – 2021 and within our annual review filed with the Charity Commission and Companies House we share progress against our strategic goals and insight. However next week, we will have a dedicated page on our website which will also show this progress, insight, and our impact in a succinct manner. I am incredibly proud of the YGAM team and many colleagues from all parts of the sector (inc charities, trade bodies, operators, regulators, ABSG, DCMS, teachers, young people, EbEs); working hard to make a difference in this space.
Lee Willows
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August 22, 2016 Bollywood Reflections
Box Office – Rustom hits a century, Akshay Kumar ties with Shahrukh on six centuries
Ever since the phenomenon of 100 crore club arrived in Bollywood with Aamir Khan’s Ghajini, there have been 45 films that have managed to go past this milestone. The actors who have the maximum centuries between them are the usual suspects – The three Khans, Akshay Kumar and Ajay Devgn. Now Rustom has entered the league as well and with that, Akshay Kumar has moved one spot up in terms of the maximum 100 crore successes under an actor’s belt.
Rustom enjoyed a good second weekend at the Box Office with 17.12 crore more coming in. With this, the film’s total stands at 108.02 crore. While this has resulted in Akshay Kumar registering his sixth century, it is also remarkable for the fact that he now has one more than Ajay Devgn to his name.
The Shivaay actor currently has five 100 crore films [Singham Returns, Golmaal 3, Son of Sardaar, Bol Bachchan, Singham] whereas Akshay has six now [Housefull 2, Rowdy Rathore, Holiday, Airlift, Housefull 3, Rustom].
In fact Akshay Kumar is now tied with Shahrukh Khan who also has six centuries [Ra. One, Don 2, Jab Tak Hai Jaan, Chennai Express, Happy New Year, Dilwale]. As for Salman Khan, he leads from the top with 10 centuries to his name and that could well continue as in the near future, one doesn’t see him making a film which doesn’t manage this feat.
Meanwhile, Ajay Devgn is set to catch up with Akshay Kumar and Shahrukh Khan for the joint second spot all over again, what with Shivaay as his next release. That would close 2016 with each of the three actors enjoying six 100 crore films each to their name.
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How to cast a wider net for tracking space junk
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Laser ranging only gives you a location window that’s up to several thousand kilometers in distance. For better predictions, debris trackers can also measure the reflection of sunlight off these objects, which can be used to narrow those windows to just a few meters. But these sunlight reflections can only be observed around dawn or twilight, when the ground stations are still dark but the satellites themselves are illuminated.
A team of European researchers think they’ve finally gotten around this problem, according to a new paper published in Nature Communications. A team led by Michael Steindorfer, a space debris researcher from the Austrian Academy of Sciences, has figured out a way to visualize space debris during broad daylight against a blue sky background. Instead of measuring sunlight reflections the old fashioned way, the new daylight technique uses a specialized filter, telescope, and camera system to observe stars in the sky during daylight (when they are 10 times harder to spot). This gives you a background that contrasts with the space junk, which reflect light more brightly since they’re closer to Earth, so you no longer have to wait till twilight or pre-dawn to get sunlight reflection measurements. In addition, the team designed new software that automatically corrects object location predictions in real-time more accurately than previous systems.
The team tested out this new “daylight system” during the daytime on four different rocket bodies moving through orbit just under 1,000 kilometers above Earth’s surface, pinpointing their locations down to a range of about one meter or so. They later validated the system through observations of 40 other objects. Altogether, the researchers believe the new daylight system can make a laser ranging system more accurate for between 6 and 22 hours a day, depending on the season. It should be well within the means for a tracking station to set up such a system.
Some estimates suggest there are 130 million pieces of space debris orbiting Earth.
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Conducting observations in daylight does have its drawbacks, however, and Steindorfer allows that reflections from other objects could easily interfere with debris tracking. Both the hardware and software need to be improved over time to reduce inaccurate predictions, and Steindorfer argues that the whole system needs to be thought of as a continued work in progress. Frueh, who did not work on the new study, also adds that daylight tracking is already possible with radar, and daylight optical observations have also been used to detect the movement of particularly bright debris.
But combining these telescope observations with laser ranging measurements does provide “a significant improvement to the current accuracies of catalogued objects, especially in high altitude orbits, which are not radar tracked,” says Frueh. She cautions it cannot serve as an end-all solution for scanning debris of all sizes and altitudes—but should make for another useful tool in the debris tracking toolbelt.
Steindorfer is naturally more optimistic about the impact of the new daylight system. He believes it could help foster a more organized network of debris tracking stations around the world, working together in a way that “significantly improves orbital predictions and provides better warnings of possible collisions, or even inform future space debris removal missions.” Given how bad the space junk problem is getting, any new solutions are more than welcome at this point.
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them again to their former situation; and relates as a fact, which he and all the orthodox of his time credited, that the body of another Christian already interred moved itself to one side of the grave, to make room for another corpse, which was going to be laid by it. It is an obvious rule in the admission of evidence in any cause whatsoever, that the more important the matter to be determined by it is, the more unsullied and unexceptionable ought the characters of the witnesses to be. And when no court of justice, in determining a question of fraud to the amount of a few pounds, will admit the testimony of witnesses who are themselves notoriously convicted of the same crime of which the des fendant is accused; how can it be expected, that any reasonable, unprejudiced person should admit similar evidence to be of weight, in a case of the greatest importance possible, not to himself only, but to the whole human race?
V. But there is still a greater defect in the testimony of those early writers, than even their superstitious credulity. I mean their disregard of honour and veracity in what
ever concerned the cause of their particu
lar system. ' Though Luke assures us, that many, even before he wrote his histories for the use of his friend Theophilus, had written upon the same subject, who of course were chiefly converts from amongst the Jews; and many more must have written afterwards, some of them, without doubt, like Timothy, educated from their infancy in the religion of Jesus Christ, as taught by the Apostles themselves, whose writings, on that very account, would have been particularly valuable: so singularly in"dustrious have the Fathers and succeeding - Sons of the orthodox Church been in destroy
ing every writing upon the subject of Christiianity, which they could not by some means
or other apply to the support of their own blasphemous superstition, that no work of importance of any Christian writer within the three first centuries hath been permitted to come down to us, except those books which they have thought fit to adopt and transmit to us, as the canon of apostolic scripture; and the works of a few other writers, who were all of them, not only converts from Paganism, but men who had been educated and
· well instructed in the philosophic schools of the later Platonists and Pythagoreans,
The established maxim of those schools was, that it was not lawful only, but commendable, to deceive and assert falsehoods, for the sake of promoting, what they thought, the cause of truth and piety: and the effects of this maxim, which was soon adopted by the orthodox and other sects of nominal Chris, tians, produced that multiplicity of false and spurious writings, wherewith the latter end of the second and succeeding centuries .abounded. For, as Professor Mosheim hath very justly observed,* “ the Christian teach”ers, who had been instructed in the schools “of Sophists and Rhetoricians, transferred “the arts of their masters to the Christian “ discipline, and adopted that mode of con
tending with their adversaries, in which “ truth was not so much their aim as victory; “ and they were confirmed in this practice “ by the Platonists, who asserted, that a man $ did no wrong who supported truth, when “ hard pressed, by deceit and lies. This vi. $ cious eagerness, not to vanquish their ad“ versaries by reason and fair argument, but ss to overthrow and confound them,” çonți. ::. * Hist. Eccl. såec. III. p. 4. c. iij.
nues the Professor, “produced so many “ books, falsely attributed to persons of great “ eminence and renown. For, since great “ part of mankind are guided more by autho“rity than by reason, or the word of God “ itself, they thought it their best way to coun6 terfeit the authority of writers of the great“ est renown, to oppose to their antagonists."
There is also another well-known, incontestable proof of the deceit and falsehood of the orthodox Christians of early times, of which every person in the least conversant with the ecclesiastical history of those times, must be convinced-their pretended power of working miracles. From the history of the first age of the Gospel dispensation, as recorded in the Acts of the Apostles, we learn that the supernatural power of working miracles, which could only be intended to gain the new religion attention from the world, and to be a present testimony of its divine · origin and authority, till the more lasting and more satisfactory proof of completed prophecy could take place, was communicated only two ways; first, by the signal, miraculous effusion of the holy inspiration, whereof there were but two instances, the one general, at the feast of Pentecost, which followed our
Lord's ascension; the other particular, in the house of Cornelius: and, secondly, by the laying on of the hands of the Apostles, a privilege confined, as appears from the story of Simon the Magician, and other circumstances, solely to the persons of the Apostles themselves. And as there is no record of their ever delegating, or of their having the power to delegate, this privilege to any other persons, it is manifest, that all the supernatural effects of that divine inspiration which was vouchsafed to the Christians of the apostolic age, must have ceased and determined with the lives of Christians of that generation; that is, before the expiration of the first half of the second century. Yet it is well known, that both the Fathers of the orthodox Church of the latter half of that century, and of the third, and the members of the same Church, after it was established by Constantine, during several succeeding centuries, pretended to the supernatural power of working mira. cles. But so indeed it was predicted* of the antichristian apostasy, that it should estabJish itself by lying wonders, and deceive the world by falsehood and pretended miracles.
*Thess. ii. 9. &c. and Apoc, xiii. 146
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cause left for doubt and uncertainty about it; for the least room for doubting in such a case, throws so considerable a weight into the scale of immediate self-interest, and our natural appetites and infirmities, as renders it next to impossible that its precepts should have any valuable efficacy upon him who doubts; notwithstanding all the prudential suggestions of modern preachers, that he who walketh religiOusly, walketh'surely; and that the truest wisdom is to act upon the supposition of the truth of the Christian Revelation. Men soinetimes act upon uncertain, dubious prospects, in the trifling concerns of the present life; but the views of futurity, opened to us by revelation, are too vast, too important for the calculation of chances, or the principles of commercial speculation, if they are not indisputably certain, they are nothing. .. ., -The Apostles and primitive Christians acted under a full conviction of the infallible certainty of the doctrines which they believed and taught. And if satisfactory proofs of the truth and divine authority of the Gospel, and a complete knowledge and understanding of its intent and doctrines, be really attainable to the ordinary faculties of the human mind, and easy to be comprehended by children and
the most illiterate of the people, it is then like what it was represented to be when it was First preached to the unlearned and the poor; worthy of the impartial benevolence of the common father of the human race; and fit to be an universal rule of life, and source of religious information, to every rational individual of all the nations of the earth. If, on the contrary, its own truth, and the authenticity of the scriptures which teach it, rest solely upon the plurality of the voices of corrupt and erring men, of no authority from heaven, and supported only by the power of earthly magistrates; if its most important, because its fundamental, doctrines are to be interpreted only by the critical sagacity of the learned, respecting the meaning of a few controverted words or sentences of Greek or Hebrew, it is then involved in endless doubt and uncertainty ; is totally unlike the Gospel preached originally by Jesus and his Apostles ; absolutely useless, because unintelligible, to the great bulk of mankind; and, in every way, unbecoming that eternal fountain of wisdom and intelligence from which it is said to be derived.
Under this dilemma, thinking the certainty of either the truth or falsehood of a revelation
of the will of God to be of the highest importance, the Author of the following disquisition, at once to satisfy his own mind, and to qualify himself for a faithful and beneficial performance of the duties of the Christian ministry, for which he had been educated, many years ago determined to study the scriptures diligently, with no other illustration than what they reflect upon each other; and more especially those prophetic parts of them which, if duly fulfilled, must afford the strongest and most convincing evidence of the divine authority of the revelation itself; and almost necessarily lead to a right understanding of the nature of that religious Covenant to which they bear a supernatural attestation.
He had remarked, indeed, that amongst its professional teachers all the ablest advocates for the truth and divine authority of the Gospel, as if they knew of no certain, demonstrative proof which could be adduced in a case of so much importance, seemed to content themselves, and expect their readers should be satisfied, with an accumulation of probable arguments in its favour, And the Author has even been told, that the case admits of no other kind of proof. He is happy, however, to have learned, from the only in
fallible authority, the direct contrary. And he begs all professed Christians of that persuasion to consider, whether it could be reconciled to any just ideas of wisdom in an earthly Potentate, if he should send an ambassador to a foreign state to mediate a negociation of the greatest importance, without furnishing him with certain indubitable credentials of the truth and authenticity of his mission. And to consider further, whether it be just or seemly to attribute to the omniscient, omnipotent Deity, a degree of weakness and folly which was never yet imputed to any of his human creatures; for unless men are impious and hardy enough to pass so gross an affront upon the tremendous Majesty of Heaven, the improbability that God should delegate the Mediator of a most important Covenant to be proposed to all mankind, without enabling him to give them clear and indisputable proof of the divinę authority of his mission, must ever infinitely outweigh the aggregate sum of all the probabilities which can be accumulated in the opposite scale of the balance. So that to all those who know of no other proof of the divine authority of the Gospel, no rational proof of it exjsts. Mere human testimony, whether re.
corded in written bistory, or deduced to us by oral tradition, is manifestly incoinpetent to afford satisfaction to any unprejudiced mind respecting communications of a super: natural kind. And with regard to miracles, under the Old Covenant, God himself, by his prophet Moses, cautioned the Jews against receiving the religious doctrines of any pretended prophet, though he should even work miracles to convince them, because they would be liable to be deluded and deceived by such evidence:* and under the New Covenant he lias warned us, by his prophet Jesus, in the persons of his Apostles Paul and John, that the false and fabulous superstition, which would for so many centuries supplant the true religion of the Gospel, would be embraced by the people, in consequence of their delusion by “signs and lying wonders, t. and all the " deceivableness of unrighteousness." This be, ing the case 'with miracles considered in themselves alone, God, by his prophets both of the Old Covenant and the New, hath given us another, an infallible criterion by which to distinguish the true from a false religion, and, as I have shewn in the following pages, refer
. * Deut xii. 1-5. . . + Thess, žie 9, 10. Apoc. xiii. 13, 14, and xix. 20:. .
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The Do’s and Don’ts of Olympic Marketing
If you’re excited about Team USA, you’re not alone! But if you’re representing a brand, you might want to keep that excitement to yourself. Why? Because of Rule 40, a bylaw in the Olympic Charter that restricts public references to Olympic competition solely to sponsors that have paid for it. Because the Olympics are SO expensive, and sponsorship revenues help pay for them, the Olympic Committee is dedicated towards protecting the sponsorships it sells.
Here’s a non exclusive list of what non-sponsor brands can and can’t do regarding promoting athletes and the olympics:
They can:
Use marketing campaigns that feature the likeness of the athletes they sponsor, but cannot make any kind of reference to the Olympic Games and they must obtain USOC approval
They can’t:
Launch a new campaign while the games are in progress that features an athlete who is competing
Use any official terms like Olympic(s), Olympic Games or Olympian
Use other terms that could be related to the Olympics (crazy!)
Brands aren’t the only ones that need to tread lightly about Olympic marketing. Athletes are also expected to abide by the rules set forth by the Olympic Committee. Many (most) athletes have established sponsorship deals, but when the Olympic games start they have to be careful of what they say, wear, and do.
Here’s an non exclusive list of what athletes can and can’t do regarding brands and the olympics.
Share their personal experiences at the Olympics on social media
Share their own photos or videos
Use the Olympic symbol in a non-commercial context
Post or talk about their personal brand or mention any branded products
Mention or promote any organizations they support
Post photos or videos of the actual competition
Wear any branded apparel aside from official Olympic apparel
There can be serious consequences for companies and athletes who violate Rule 40. Athletes can be stripped of their medals if they violate the rule, and companies can face millions in fines. Even a tweet by a company as vague as “Go Team USA” could constitute a violation. While some bigger companies like Under Armor have found creative ways around the rule, it’s risky waters. Basically, if your marketing budget doesn’t include a 100-million dollar Olympic Sponsorship, you might want to wait until the games are over to show your support.
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Comm Eye Health Vol. 10 No. 22 1997 pp 19 - 22. Published online 01 June 1997.
Retinopathy of prematurity: clinical aspects
Harsh Kumar MD DipNB
Consultant, Paediatric Ophthalmology and Oculoplasty Services
Ujwala Singha MD
Registrar, Paediatric Ophthalmology and Oculoplasty Services
Dr Rajendra Prasad Centre for Ophthalmic Sciences, All India Institute of Medical Sciences, Ansari Nagar, New Delhi - 110029, INDIA
Retinopathy of prematurity (ROP), earlier known as retrolental fibroplasia, has become a disturbing and important cause of preventable childhood blindness.
Advances in neonatal care have led to the survival of very small babies, however, a lack of adequate ophthalmic back-up to screen all such newborn babies (neonates) for ROP has resulted in disastrous ocular morbidity and mortality.
The belief that premature children may suffer a retinal disease, primarily as a complication of prematurity, was advanced in 1942 by Terry when he described ‘retrolental fibroplasia’ for the first time.1 The disease was probably present even before the 1940s as retinal changes consistent with ROP have been seen in the peripheral retina of people more than 75 years old, with a history of prematurity. The term ‘retinopathy of prematurity’ was first suggested by Heath in 1952.2
A national co-operative study was started in the USA in 1953 to determine the number of infants being blinded by retinopathy of prematurity. Results from 18 participating centres revealed that the incidence of ROP had a positive association with the use of oxygen for premature babies. Paediatricians were told to restrict oxygen to minimal amounts required for the survival of these infants.3 A panic reaction swept nurseries resulting in a noticeable reduction in the use of oxygen causing an increase in illness and mortality in premature babies in the 1960s.
Though the incidence of ROP fell sharply during this period, the recognition of increased paediatric morbidity and mortality swung the trend back in favour of increased use of oxygen resulting in a second epidemic of ROP from the late 1960s to the early 1980s.
In the 1980s it was seen that infants weighing less than 1000 grams, often with normal arterial oxygen levels, developed ROP and contributed to most of the cases. This led researchers to doubt the earlier concept that oxygen administration alone is responsible for ROP. They referred to studies where infants developed ROP without any oxygen administration.4 Even infants with cyanotic heart disease and very low blood levels of oxygen developed ROP, as did babies suffering from hypoxia (lack of oxygen). Thus it was realised that perhaps prematurity itself was a significant aetiological factor in causing ROP while other factors like oxygen therapy could aggravate the disease.
The primary reason for the delay in the understanding of ROP was the absence of a universally acceptable international classification. The initial classification, by Reese et al, was based on direct ophthalmoscopy.3
It was in 1977 that the indirect ophthalmoscope was used by Kingham6 who gave a comprehensive classification, efforts which resulted in the present day International Classification of ROP.
The landmark event in the history of ROP was the International Classification of ROP (ICROP), recommended by Warren Hindle and others in 1982 and put into practice in 1984.7 The ICROP Classification is based on
(a) Severity of disease: Stages 1 to 5
(b) The area of involvement: (i) Zones I, II, III (ii) Extent in clock hours.
Who develops ROP?
There are a number of risk factors for the development of ROP.
(i) Birth weight and gestational age: These are the two most important risk factors for ROP. The younger the gestational age and lesser the birth weight, the greater are the chances of developing ROP. More premature neonates are likely to develop a more severe form of disease (‘threshold disease’). – This statement has been supported by the Multicenter Trial of Cryotherapy for ROP in which 4099 infants were enrolled weighing less than 1251 gms at birth.8 This study revealed that while only 2% of babies with 1000-1250 gms birth weight developed threshold ROP, 15.5% developed this disease in the group with less than 750 gms birth weight. Similarly, while only 1.1% developed threshold ROP in premature babies of equal to or more than 32 weeks gestational age at birth, as many as 10.4% developed ROP in the group with gestational age equal to or less than 27 weeks (Diagram I).
Diagram I: Normal growth and development of intraocular blood vessels begins at 16 weeks gestational age at the optic nerve head. It is completed at 40 weeks at the temporal side of the retina, and at 36 weeks on the nasal side Depending on the degree of prematurity, new blood vessel development will be incomplete and may arrest (stop) in infants with a difficult early neonatal period (associated with heart and lung complications).
(ii) Oxygen therapy: Though not the only aetiological agent, as it was once thought to be, excessive use is an important contributory factor. It has been seen that premature neonates develop ROP even without being exposed to oxygen and, conversely, others do not develop ROP despite being on oxygen for prolonged periods.9
(iii) Other factors: A number of other risk factors in the development of ROP include sepsis, multiple blood transfusions, multiple births, hyaline membrane disease, use of aminophylline, antibiotics, apnoeic spells, low pH, ultraviolet light therapy, etc.9
Table 1. Severity of disease
Demarcation Line A line that is seen at the edge of vessels, dividing the vascular from the avascular retina (Fig. 1)
Ridge The line structure of stage 1 acquires a volume to form a ridge with height and width (Fig. 2)
Ridge with extra-retinal fibrovascular proliferation The ridge of stage 2 develops more volume and there is fibrovascular proliferation into the vitreous. This stage is further subdivided into mild, moderate and severe, depending on the amount of fibrovascular proliferation (Fig. 3)
Stage 4a
Subtotal retinal detachment not involving the macula A self explanatory stage, occuring as a result of exudation from incompetent blood vessels or traction from the fibrous (cicatricial) tissue
Stage 4b
Subtotal retinal detachment involving the macula With this stage onwards prognosis for vision becomes poor
Total retinal detachment which is always funnel-shaped The funnel is divided into anterior and posterior parts allowing four subdivisions, depending upon whether the funnel is open or narrow in both the parts (Fig. 4)
Plus Disease: Another indicator of severity which reflects progressive vascular incompetence seen clinically as (a) posterior polar vascular dilatation compared with a standard fundus photograph (b) pupillary rigidity (c) vitreous haze
The lack of trained personnel for ROP screening requires us to develop clear screening criteria such that by examining a minimum number of premature neonates we are able to detect potential cases of ROP.
(i) Who should be screened?: Various centres around the world follow different screening criteria based on birth weight, gestational age and use of oxygen. On screening 2986 neonates, Brown et al found that only premature babies with a birth weight of less than 1600 gms, or those exposed to oxygen for more than 50 days, developed ROP greater than stage 3 and, therefore, their recommendation is to screen all such babies. 10This approach is now gaining popularity. We have been comfortable with our criteria of screening all babies less than 1500 gms birth weight and less than 34 weeks of gestational age, based on the study by Fielder et al.11
(ii) When should screening be done?: The natural progression of ROP must be understood to determine the time of screening. Other studies have clearly demonstrated that the natural history of retinal blood vessel development and the clinical course of ROP is related to the post-conceptional age and not to the post-natal age, though the latter is still being followed by some nurseries in their screening programmes.8,11 In the CRYO ROP study the median time of occurrence of stage 1 ROP was 34.3 weeks of post- conceptional age (PCA), while threshold disease was seen to occur at 33.6-42 weeks of PCA (median 36.9 weeks) irrespective of age at birth. 8,11 Similarly, Fielder et al found that Stage 1 ROP developed at 32.7-37.0 weeks (median 34.6 weeks) of post-menstrual age (PMA) and stage 3 developed at 35.6-39.0 weeks (median 37.1 weeks) of PMA. Thus, the events of ROP correlate with the age after conception and not the chronological age after birth (post-natal age).
These data also suggest that screening should be carried out at 33-34 weeks of PCA so as to detect ROP well before threshold disease develops.
(iii) Follow-up: Follow-up would depend on the retinal status at the time of each examination. The retinal blood vessels are considered to be ‘immature’ until vessels, reach within one disc diameter of the ora serrata. These vessels are further described as immature I, II or III depending upon whether they have reached zone I, II or III respectively. Weekly follow-up is adequate for eyes with immature I and II vessels without ROP, or in eyes with ROP stage 1 or 2 in zone II or zone III. A closer follow-up of every 3 days is required for all eyes with stage 3 ROP in zones I/II so as to begin timely treatment in case of progression of disease. Eyes with immature III vessels can be followed up fortnightly. Ideally all cases should be followed up till the vessels are considered ‘mature’, i.e., they have reached within one disc diameter of the ora serrata.
(iv) How should examination take place?: The initial screening for ROP should be done in the environment of the nursery. The pupils should be fully dilated with tropicamide/cyclopentolate and phenylephrine. In the CRYO ROP study cyclopentolate 0.2% and phenylephrine 1.0% were used, one drop each, twice, at an interval of 5 minutes.12 Examination was carried out 30 minutes later. As cyclopentolate is known to cause ileus or vomiting, dilatation was started 30 minutes to 2 hours before the feeding time of the neonates, to reduce the risk of inhalation of any food (or vomit). In our nursery we routinely use tropicamide 1% and phenylephrine 2.5%, one drop each, twice at 5 minutes interval, with good results. It is important to be aware that excessive use of phenylephrine could lead to hypertensive encephalopathy.
An indirect ophthalmoscope, a paediatric lid speculum and scleral indentor are essential for a thorough examination of the peripheral retina. The neonate is wrapped in a towel so that a single assistant can hold the head steady for examination. Topical anaesthesia is usually not necessary for speculum examination.
Table 2. Area of involvement: zones
The retina is divided into 3 zones. The centre of the retinal map for ROP is the optic disc (optic nerve head) not the macula as in other retinal charts (see Diagram 2).
Zone I
A circle is drawn on the posterior pole, with the optic disc as the centre and twice the disc-macula distance as the radius, constitutes zone I. Any ROP in this zone is usually very severe because of a large peripheral area of avascular retina
Zone II
A circle is drawn with the optic disc as the centre and disc to nasal ora serrata as the radius. The area between zone I and this boundary constitutes zone II
Zone III
The temporal arc of retina left beyond the radius of zone II is zone III
The extent is denoted by the clock hours of retinal involvement in the particular zone (see Diagram 2)
Rush Disease
This is rapidly progressive ROP in zone I, usually seen in extremely sick babies
Diagram 2. Zones I, II, III and clock hours
Diagram 2: Zones I, II, III and Clock Hours
When and how to treat: The CRYO ROP recommendation for the management of ROP is to treat threshold disease, i.e., the presence of stage 3+ ROP in at least 5 contiguous or 8 cumulative clock hours in zone I or II.7 The CRYO ROP study indicated poor results in 25.7% of eyes that received cryotherapy, as against 47.7% of the control eyes (P<0.0001).12 Seeing poor outcomes in about a quarter of the cases treated at this stage we, like many others, prefer to treat our cases earlier than that of the CRYO ROP study recommendation. We have had 100% good outcomes by giving treatment in patients with stage 3+ ROP in 3 contiguous or 5 cumulative clock hours in zones I or II, thus justifying our ‘over treatment’.
The aim of therapy is to treat the entire 360° of the avascular retina anterior to the ridge, either by cryotherapy or laser treatment.
Cryotherapy: The treatment should be carried out in the nursery under carefully controlled conditions. Topical or general anaesthesia may be used, the latter being preferred for the less experienced or when treating systemically unstable neonates. The entire avascular retina anterior to the ridge is given cryo applications, in two rows if necessary, using special ROP probes or paediatric retinal probes. The stress induced by cryotherapy could lead to life threatening complications. These include severe bradycardia, apnoeic spells, arrhythmias, and even cardiac arrest, thus requiring the presence of a neonatologist and full ventilatory support at all such times, especially when the procedure is being carried out under topical anaesthesia. Other problems with cryotherapy include lid oedema, conjunctival oedema (chemosis), depigmentation of skin, retinal or vitreous haemorrhage, all of which usually resolve with time.
Laser: Though the effectiveness of cryotherapy in the treatment of ROP has been firmly established, lasers (diode and argon) through indirect delivery are now being used increasingly as an alternative method of treatment with good results.13
Despite the disadvantages of laser, such as high costs, including maintenance, problems of focusing in hazy media, development of cataracts in eyes with a thick tunica vasculosa lentis (with argon laser) and longer time duration of treatment,13 it has definite advantages over cryotherapy. With the laser it is easy to treat the avascular retina, especially in zone 1 ROP, however, using cryotherapy in a similar situation may require a peritomy. Lasers cause minimal reaction and pain and fewer systemic complications.
Diode laser is preferred to argon laser because it is cheaper, easy to maintain, portable and does not cause cataracts in eyes with a thick tunica vasculosia lentis. Argon laser may be preferred by some as one can administer superficial burns with minimal pain, compared to the diode laser.
Cryotherapy however continues to enjoy its place in the treatment of ROP because of its easy availability, low cost, and portability.
Surgery: This is reserved for stages 4 or 5 disease. Scleral buckling alone may be adequate in treating stage 4a and 4b disease, however, stage 5 requires vitreo-retinal surgery which involves cutting and peeling the membranes, along with lensectomy and vitrectomy. Despite best efforts, the cost-benefit ratio is very poor with successful anatomical results in only 15-22%. 14 To quote, ‘the results are very disappointing visually and anatomically. Even years after anatomical success of surgery for stage 5, the eye may develop an hyphaema, develop new fibrous tissue and become irritable’.14
Long term follow-up: The importance of educating the parents regarding long term follow-up should not be overlooked, irrespective of what stage of ROP the child has had, as these children are likely to have refractive errors, especially high myopia, glaucoma, strabismus and retinal detachments in the future. 15
The central requirements of successful management of ROP lies in screening high risk babies at 32-34 weeks of post-conceptional age and timely intervention.
The coming generation of babies, blinded with ROP, may not forgive the attitude that many ophthalmologists adopt to avoid the painstaking effort of ROP screening. The financial, social and emotional crisis of having a blind child cannot be avoided without a committed team effort, particularly by the ophthalmologist and the neonatologist from the very beginning of life.
1 Terry TL: Extreme prematurity and fibroblastic overgrowth of persistent vascular sheath behind each crystalline lens. Am J Ophthalmol 1942; 25: 203-4.
2 Heath P. Pathology of retinopathy of prematurity, RLF. Am J Ophthalmol 1951; 34: 1249-68.
3 Szewczyk TS. Retrolental fibroplasia. Etiology and prophylaxis, a preliminary report. Am J Ophthalmol 1953; 36: 1336-61.
4 Silverman WA. Suspended judgements, memories of 1953-54 oxygen trial and its aftermath. The failure of success. Controlled Trial 1991; 12: 355-8.
5 Reese AB, King MJ, Owens WC. A classification of retrolental fibroplasia. Am J Ophthalmol 1953; 36: 1333-5.
6 Kingham JD. Classification of Retinopathy of Prematurity. In Retinopathy of Prematurity, Eds McPherson L, Hittner HM, Kretzer FL et al. Decker Inc, Toronto 1986; pp 17-25.
7 An International Classification of Retinopathy of Prematurity. Committee for the Classification of Retinopathy of Prematurity. Arch Ophthalmol 1984; 102: 1130-4.
8 Palmer EA. Flynn JT, Hardy RJ, et al. Incidence and early course of retinopathy of prematurity. Ophthalmology 1991; 98: 1628-40.
9 Maheshwari R, Kumar H, Paul VK, Singh M, Deorari AK, Tewari HK. Incidence and risk factors of retinopathy of prematurity in a tertiary care new-born unit in New Delhi. The National Medical Journal of India: 1996; 9(5): 211-4.
10 Brown DR, Biglan AW, Stretavsky MAM. Screening criteria for the detection of retinopathy of prematurity in patients in a neonatal intensive care unit. J Paed Ophthalmol and Strabismus 1987; 24 (5): 212-4.
11 Fielder AR, Shaw DE, et al. Natural history of retinopathy of prematurity: a prospective study. Eye 1992; 6: 233-42.
12 Cryotherapy for Retinopathy of Prematurity Cooperative Group. Multicenter trial of cryotherapy for retinopathy of prematurity: Three-month outcome. Arch Ophthalmol 1990; 108: 195-204.
13 McNamara J, Tasman WS, Brown GC, Vander JF. Laser photocoagulation for threshold retinopathy of prematurity. In Proc. International Conference on Retinopathy of Prematurity, Chicago IL USA 1993. Eds Shapiro MJ, Biglan AW, Miller MT. Kugler Publications, Amsterdam. 1995; pp 103-7.
14 Charles SC. Surgical results for vitrectomy for stage 5 ROP. In Proc. International Conference on Retinopathy of Prematurity, Chicago IL USA 1993. Eds Shapiro MJ, Biglan AW, Miller MT. Kugler Publications, Amsterdam 1995; pp 181-2.
15 Patz A, Palmer EA. Retinopathy of prematurity. Retina. Ed Ryan ST Vol 2. The CV Mosby Co. St Louis, 1989; pp 509-30.
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Ben Affleck Addresses His Phoenix Back Tattoo On Ellen DeGeneres – Says It’s “Meaningful”
Todd Malm Mar 14, 2019 3:53 PM PDT
Source: PageSix.com
According to a report from Vanity Fair, Ben Affleck made an appearence on The Ellen DeGeneres Show recently and discussed his derided back tattoo that was captured on camera four years ago while the actor was riding a Sea-Doo near the beach.
As a consequence of the photographs, Ben Affleck entered the archives of celebrity tattoos hated by the general public. The issue for most is the fact that it kind of looks like a phoenix rising not from his lower back but actually from his bottom.
Moreover, the color scheme and the design of the actual tattoo doesn’t look quite as majestic as it’s supposed to. On Thursday, Ben sat down with the host of The Ellen DeGeneres Show and discussed why he got the tattoo and why it’s important to him.
Loved being with our @easterncongo team and partners including Nobel Prize winner @drdenismukwege in #easterncongo. Heroes all around. This week’s trip reminds me that despite its challenges, the Congo is home to some of the world’s most impressive people and majestic places. This new year I am wishing for continued growth, less violence and a peaceful transition of power for our friends in #Congo #DRC
A post shared by Ben Affleck (@benaffleck) on Jan 1, 2019 at 10:21am PST
During his time on the show, Ben also discussed his latest film, Triple Frontier, as well as his work with the charity organization, the Eastern Congo initiative. As it was previously reported, Ben’s tattoo first became the topic of conversation when the paparazzi took a photo of it in 2015.
Initially, Affleck denied the tattoo was real, stating it was actually a piece of body art for an upcoming film. However, fans noticed it never once appeared in a film, so inevitably, the public realized it was actually a real tattoo.
Even his longtime pal, Matt Damon, commented on Ben’s tattoo. Matt supported him in his choice, stating that he could get whatever tattoo he wanted.
On Ellen’s show, Affleck told the host that he realized the reaction to the tattoo really wasn’t that positive. Although, at least he can acknowledge that people don’t like it, and he’s comfortable with it anyway.
As it was noted above, Ben isn’t alone in this type of controversy either. Previously, Justin Bieber came under fire as well for covering nearly his entire body in tattoos, including a chest piece featuring several animals such as a Lion. Justin, unlike Ben, however, has never actually addressed the tattoos.
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by Hadar Sela
On July 17th 2013 the BBC News website’s Middle East page featured an article entitled “Arab League backs Kerry’s Israel-Palestinian plan“.
By the article’s third paragraph the BBC is once again misleading readers on the subject of the Palestinian Authority’s refusal to continue negotiations in September 2010 by inserting its usual euphemistic pro-forma sentence which is no longer even correct time-wise.
“The last round of direct Israeli-Palestinian talks broke down two years ago over the issue of settlements.”
As we have unfortunately had to point out here many times before:
“The statement fails to inform readers that prior to that break-down in talks, a ten-month freeze on construction had been implemented by Israel in order to encourage the renewal of discussions, but the Palestinian Authority failed to come to the negotiating table for nine of those ten months and then used the end of the construction freeze on September 26th 2010 as a pretext to refuse to continue talks.”
In the latter part of the article the BBC yet again promotes its highly selective narrative on the subject of ‘obstacles to peace’:
“The issue of Jewish settlements in the West Bank remains one of the biggest stumbling blocks between the two sides.”
It also promotes an egregiously partisan distortion of Israeli planning processes which clearly breaches BBC guidelines on both accuracy and impartiality:
“Israel gave its final approval on Wednesday for the construction of more than 700 new settlement homes in Modiin Ilit, halfway between Jerusalem and Tel Aviv.
One of the Palestinians involved in negotiations with Mr Kerry, Mohammed Ishtayeh, said the approval had been timed to obstruct Mr Kerry’s efforts.
“It has become a trend to see such Israeli behaviour each time an American or an international official visits the region to push forward the negotiation track,” Mr Shtayyeh said.”
In fact, as reported in Ha’aretz, the approval of 732 housing units in Modi’in Ilit (located in one of the large blocs which will, under any realistic scenario, remain under Israeli control after final status negotiations on the subject of borders) was given at a pre-scheduled meeting at which the discussion of additional planning applications in Shilo, Kochav Ya’akov, Kibbutz Almog (near the Dead Sea) and Kibbutz Gilgal (in the Jordan Rift Valley) was also supposed to take place.
“עם הגעת חברי הוועדה לדיון, התברר כי בלילה החליט שר הביטחון לדחות את הדיון בכל הנוגע לשילה, כוכב יעקב, אלמוג וגלגל. שר הביטחון לא נימק את החלטתו, אך חבר בוועדה העריך כי הסיבה היא ביקורו של שר החוץ האמריקאי, ג’ון קרי, באזור…”
“With the arrival of the committee members at the meeting it became known that during the night the Minister of Defence had decided to postpone the discussion in relation to Shilo, Kochav Ya’akov, Almog and Gilgal. The Minister of Defence did not explain his decision, but a member of the committee estimated that the reason is the visit by the American Secretary of State, John Kerry, to the region…”
One section of the BBC article is devoted to the subject of the 2002 Arab League initiative:
“He [Kerry] also urged Israel to “look hard” at a Saudi-backed peace initiative first proposed in 2002. The plan would offer full recognition of Israel, but only if it returned all land seized in the 1967 war, as well as agreeing to a solution for Palestinian refugees.
Mr Kerry said that it gave Israel the promise of peace with the Arab world.”
However, the article does not link to the text of that initiative (despite the fact that it exists on the BBC website) or give audiences any explanation of the issues surrounding it which would clarify for them the banality of Kerry’s reported statement and explain the next sentence in the article:
“Israel has said it could not accept the terms as originally proposed but has indicated a readiness to consider the idea of the plan.”
On the same day that the Arab League (composed mainly of the very same countries which sought to annihilate Israel in 1948 and again in 1967) declared its ‘peace initiative’ in Beirut – March 27th 2002 – Hamas carried out the suicide bombing in the Park Hotel in Netanya in which 30 Israelis were killed and 140 injured. Hamas has consistently rejected the Arab League proposal since its inception and in its subsequent forms – most recently in May 2013. Hizballah and the Palestinian Islamic Jihad also reject any plan which would lead to the recognition of Israel, territorial compromise and an end to the Arab-Israeli conflict.
Quite how Kerry or anyone else expects Israel to respond to a ‘one stop shop’ proposal which is rejected by three of the main terrorist organisations in the region (funded by Iran, which is of course not a member of the Arab League) is unclear. No less problematic is the fact that despite the fine rhetoric, the Arab League plan – conceived in the days when Arab dictators were rather more thick on the ground than they are today – cannot provide any guarantee of clause 3 of the initiative in today’s changing Middle East:
“3. Consequently, the Arab countries affirm the following:
I- Consider the Arab-Israeli conflict ended, and enter into a peace agreement with Israel, and provide security for all the states of the region.
II- Establish normal relations with Israel in the context of this comprehensive peace.”
With the future government of Egypt an uncertainty and Syria suspended from the Arab League since November 2011, the notion that ‘land for peace’ can be guaranteed – particularly in the Golan Heights – is patently dubious at this time.
Aspects of the plan which have been problematic since its beginning include the stipulation of Israeli withdrawal to lines which are not the 1949 Armistice lines and the fact that it negates UN SC resolution 242 by use of the phrase “all the territories”.
“Full Israeli withdrawal from all the territories occupied since 1967, including the Syrian Golan Heights, to the June 4, 1967 lines as well as the remaining occupied Lebanese territories in the south of Lebanon.”
That demand is particularly problematic in relation to the Sea of Galilee and the Golan Heights where the June 4th 1967 lines do not correspond with previous international borders or the 1949 Armistice lines. It also ignores the fact that Israel’s withdrawal from southern Lebanon in May 2000 is considered by the UN to be a withdrawal to the international border and of course it promotes the anachronistic – and highly problematic – division of Jerusalem.
Another particularly difficult issue is that of Palestinian refugees, with the Arab League initiative calling for their ‘right of return’ to Israel:
“Achievement of a just solution to the Palestinian refugee problem to be agreed upon in accordance with U.N. General Assembly Resolution 194.”
The same document also declares that the Arab League:
“Assures the rejection of all forms of Palestinian patriation which conflict with the special circumstances of the Arab host countries.”
That clause is interpreted by many observers as being especially problematic as it provides Arab countries with the legitimacy to refuse naturalisation to Palestinian refugees already living there for generations and potentially inflates the numbers exercising the previously promoted ‘right of return’.
In addition, the Arab League initiative (to which, of course, Israel had no input, making it a dictate rather than the outcome of negotiations – as the Quartet has always claimed to envisage the end to the conflict coming about) makes no mention of the Jewish refugees from Arab lands and no provision for their compensation.
Obviously, the BBC’s dumbed-down presentation of the Arab League initiative as a panacea to the problems of the Middle East actively prevents its audiences from understanding the issues at hand and flies in the face of its commitment to “enable individuals to participate in the global debate on significant international issues” and “enhance UK audiences’ awareness and understanding of international issues”.
Coupled with the promotion of blatant lies about Israeli planning processes which clearly breach BBC editorial guidelines on accuracy and impartiality, that makes this article a prime example of BBC campaigning rather than the objective journalism to which licence fee payers are entitled.
Accuracy, Arab League initiative, Arab-Israeli conflict, BBC, BBC News, BBC Online, Impartiality, Israel, John Kerry, Modiin Illit, Public Purposes
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Georgia Senate runoffs
For more than four years, President Donald Trump has dominated the Republican Party and the whole of American politics. Now Georgia gets to decide what comes next.
Republicans need to win just one of the two seats on the ballot to maintain Senate control. Democrats need to win both for a 50-50 split that would make Vice-President-elect Kamala Harris, as the Senate’s presiding officer, the tie-breaking vote. The stakes are high enough that Biden and Trump are scheduled to hold duelling rallies Monday in Georgia. Harris was in the state Sunday.
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Trump fuelled Republican turnout, especially in rural areas and small towns, that overwhelmed Democrats in states less diverse than Georgia. If the trend holds for Perdue or Loeffler, Republicans would owe their majority in large measure to Trump’s success in drawing out voters who had previously tuned out.
That call, a recording of which was obtained by The Associated Press, demonstrates what Perdue and Loeffler have faced — and chosen to embrace. Both are wealthy business figures who came to politics from the centre-right faction of the U.S. establishment, rather than the more populist throng that propelled Trump. But Perdue and Loeffler have defined their Washington tenures by how closely they align with a president who remade Republicanism in his image.
“I stood by the president 100 per cent of the time. I’m proud to do that,” Loeffler said in one of her closing interviews on Fox News.
The president’s brand is even more risk-and-reward in Georgia because of how the two parties’ votes are distributed: Democratic-trending metro areas are growing while rural pockets and small towns _ Trump’s core _ mostly are not. The suburbs between are shifting as they become less white and as younger white Georgians, whether native or transplant, trend less conservative.
“I love `em, but they’re Democrats,” Graham said. “They’re not old enough for it to have affected their money, I guess,” she mused.
Only three of Georgia’s 14 House districts have hit 80 per cent of the fall early vote total. But all three are Democratic districts, and they include the two most concentrated Democratic districts, the 4th and 5th in the metro Atlanta core.
The lowest-performing Democratic district has a 74.8 per cent mark compared to November, but that’s still higher than five of Georgia’s eight Republican districts. And in one of Republicans’ two most concentrated districts, early turnout is only 69.2 per cent of what it was in the general election.
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When Donald Trump incited a mob riot on Capitol Hill last week, he didn’t just complicate his own political future— he scrambled the political career arcs of his kids as well.
At least three Trump family members are either considering runs for office or being urged to do so, according to well-connected GOP operatives and Trump family allies.
Top party officials say that Lara Trump, wife of the president’s son Eric, is actively contemplating a run for the Senate in North Carolina, where an open seat awaits in 2022. “It’s real and she is legitimately interested in it,” said one Trump family political adviser.
The president’s eldest son, Don Jr., is eyeing a future in politics as well, though allies say it’s unclear when or what office he’d seek after he passed on running for the Senate in Wyoming this last cycle. He and his girlfriend Kimberly Guilfoyle have also been scoping out real estate in Florida.
The newest and most-buzzed about possibility, however, surrounds the president’s daughter Ivanka. The senior White House adviser is set to decamp to Florida after her father’s presidency comes to a close. And though talk of her launching a primary challenge to Sen. Marco Rubio (R-Fla.) has given off the faint whiff of political fan-fick, in reality, Trump officials say, there have been machinations behind the scenes.
One person in contact with the president said that Jared Kushner is viewed as “working single-mindedly to protect and promote his wife’s ‘political career.’” And two sources, including one top GOP fundraiser, said that Trump ally and mega donor Tom Barrack had been pressing fellow Republican financiers to put together some type of operation that could lure Ivanka into entering the race.
“He’s calling people and trying to line them up saying Rubio is terrible, worthless, he’s probably going to lose, Ivanka is going to go there and we should all get together and pledge our support to her and get her to run,” the GOP fundraiser said.
Tommy Davis, a Barrack spokesman, said no chatter of challenging Rubio ever took place.
“It’s not true. He’s never made any comments like this about Marco and he’s not making these calls,” said Davis. “Maybe people are getting confused because we did as much work as we could for the Senate Leadership Fund for the Georgia race. But that was before Christmas. But, no, nothing about Ivanka and nothing about Marco.”
And one person close to Trump said that Ivanka herself had denied having interest in running for office. But the president’s advisers are openly playing up her political potency.
“Ivanka only got into politics to help her father and help his agenda but what’s now clear is that Ivanka is a political powerhouse in her own right,” said Jason Miller, a senior adviser to Trump.
Others in Trumpworld say the signs are evident that Ivanka is leaving the door open to elected office. In late October, Ivanka, who had been registered as a Democrat in the past, gave an interview in which she declared herself “unapologetically pro-life.” One top Florida Republican who is close to the Trumps and Rubio noted that she not only upped her appearances on the campaign trail during the 2020 cycle — both for her father and the two Republicans in the Georgia Senate runoff — but passed out food at a food distribution event in Miami before Christmas.
“We’re taking the possibility seriously,” the Republican official said. “And so is Marco. And that’s a good thing. But you never know. She’s a Trump and the Trumps move on their own timetables.”
And, perhaps most tellingly, in the last week, Steve Bannon, as he was renewing his contacts with Trump himself, began talking up Ivanka’s political resume.
“The second most fire breathing populist in the White House was Ivanka Trump,” the president’s one-time adviser said on a recent podcast of his. If, Bannon added, Rubio voted for the certification of Joe Biden’s election — and he did — then, “I strongly believe and would strongly recommend that Ivanka Trump immediately…. if she is not going to remain an assistant to the president, she should immediately file and run for the senate and primary Marco Rubio in Florida.”
American politics has seen its share of family dynasties before. And though Donald Trump’s standing may have taken a hit by his handling of his election loss — which included inciting a riot that led to violence on Capitol Hill, his ouster from major social media platforms, resignations from his Cabinet, public disgust from party leaders and his second impeachment — public polling still shows that his name remains the most dominant in Republican circles. Virtually everyone expects that to transfer to his children.
“Their brand was certainly stained and it’s a stain we’ll never be able to erase,” said one top Republican strategist. “At the same time, the name of the game is winning a primary and someone with the last name of Trump could win.”
But running in theory is different from running in practice. In Florida, Rubio’s standing has been considered largely stable up to this point. The senator was trashed by hardcore Trump supporters for his vote that certified the Electoral College results. But those close to him said he was expecting far worse. They also point to his solid support in Miami-Dade County, Florida’s most-populous, where 74 percent of the GOP voters are Hispanic and overwhelmingly Cuban-American like Rubio.
“We have nothing bad to say about Ivanka,” said a Rubio adviser. “He’s going to run his race. I’m not sure she really wants to run? She just finished working in the White House and she has three small children — and now she’s going to move to Florida and run against Marco Rubio in a Republican primary?”
For that reason, the expectation among Trump allies and even establishment Republicans is that Ivanka will take her time considering a run while Lara jumps in. One Republican operative who worked with both Lara and Ivanka Trump in 2020 noted that Ivanka was less interested in the rallies and retail politics that come with running for office.
Ivanka Trump is expected to take some time off after leaving the White House, according to one former White House official, and she is currently working on closing out her work, including mitigating the fallout of the riots on Capitol Hill. After that, her family is expected to pack up their home in Washington.
A person close to Lara Trump, meanwhile, said that she has not made any decisions on entering the race in North Carolina, although consultants have been “poking around” for her in the state.
“For [Ivanka] to take on Marco or Florida she’s gotta be ready to rock and roll,” the operative said. “Whereas with Lara, I get the vibe she is ready to go.”
Opinion | Doug Ford's COVID-19 dissenters don't get how politics — or science — works – Toronto Star
Three lifelong Tories are in a fight to the political death with Doug Ford over COVID-19.
The premier has pushed them out of the Progressive Conservative caucus, but they are pushing back hard. They have lost their voice in the party, but gained more publicity and notoriety than anonymous backbenchers ever enjoy.
Who wins this power struggle in mid-pandemic? Where do the rest of us fit in?
It is tempting to pick apart the misguided or misleading arguments of York Centre MPP Roman Baber, who went public with his dissent Friday. Or to assail the antimask histrionics of MPP Randy Hillier in eastern Ontario, or rebut the pandemic polemics of Belinda Karahalios in Cambridge, both of whom jumped ship — and jumped the shark — last year.
Baber is the rookie politician who first tried to make his mark by cruelly mocking and publicly haranguing former premier Kathleen Wynne at Ford’s behest in 2018. Now the roles are reversed, with Ford’s Tories deconstructing and demolishing Baber’s arguments on Friday — far better than any columnist could, so no point revisiting them here.
Karahalios, who refuses to wear a mask most days in the legislature, is harder to fathom because she has few followers. But the dissent and descent of Hillier, an aspiring (if not quite inspiring) orator with a fondness for suspenders, has been hard to watch — destructive but also instructive.
A founder and leader of the Ontario Landowners movement — our homegrown collection of anti-government paranoiacs — Hillier was a proud libertarian and parliamentarian who belatedly joined the Tories, only to be bounced from caucus for running afoul of Ford. An eccentric electrician with a soft spot for Tibet and pit bulls, he is now unleashed — leading the charge against mandatory masks.
In normal times, the media love covering the outliers and giving voice to dissidents. People reflexively fault premiers and prime ministers for using their power to muzzle critics, they question the strictures of cabinet solidarity, or they wonder about the demands of caucus consensus over dissidence in our parliamentary government.
But the back and forth reminds us that there is a fine line between consensus and dissidence, between dissenters and fomenters. The trouble with second-guessing is that it works both ways.
Consensus has become a dirty word in our society, but it shouldn’t be confused with conformity and acquiescence. At some point, even in our adversarial system, we need an agreed set of facts and policies or we have alternate realities.
As any political journalist understands, politics is a team sport and parliamentary government depends on cabinet secrecy and caucus solidarity. The point is not merely to keep everyone in line, but to agree on a path forward so that everyone isn’t going in different directions.
Consensus is not only central to political science but pure science. It’s easy to forget that the science of epidemiology — like the science of climatology — relies on probabilities more than certainties.
Climate deniers reject the science of global warming on the grounds that it is not immediately observable like the laws of gravity, so how do we know climate change is real? Weather disasters might seem empirical but are hardly irrefutable.
The real reason people believe in global warming is that we can point to a powerful and enduring consensus among climate scientists — recognized experts who have thrashed out their intellectual disagreements and differing interpretations. It is no accident that the most authoritative work on climate change, emanating from a UN panel, was always described in the media as based on consensus reports from thousands of scientists.
When a lone political wolf like Baber or Hillier challenges the orthodoxy and efficacy of COVID-19 measures, it is easy to question his lack of medical credentials as a backbencher. Instead we turn to the preponderance of scientific expertise that forms our provincial consensus, do we not?
And yet throughout this pandemic there has been a peculiar crusade against the credentials and abilities of the scientific experts contributing to the provincial consensus on combating COVID-19. Often the criticism is directed against one politician, demonizing and personalizing the premier’s performance as if he were single-handedly standing in the way of an otherwise clear path to a COVID-free Ontario (never mind our status as a large jurisdiction with the least COVID-19 fallout on the continent).
The carping and questioning of credentials has also been aimed at chief medical officer of health Dr. David Williams (who was bizarrely accused of being a Ford appointee and lackey — he is neither), or his deputy, Dr. Barbara Yaffe, or the entire roster of epidemiologists and other experts who have come together to find common ground despite their internal disagreements. To watch the public briefing by Ontario’s COVID-19 brain trust Tuesday was to see their clarity and sagacity.
Ford’s government has largely heeded their advice but the critics on both sides believe they know better, or would do better. To be sure, the premier’s mistakes have been well documented, and the experts aren’t always right, but in the clamour about alleged incompetence we are sapping our collective solidarity.
The epidemiological science of COVID-19 is evolving daily, just as the political science of governing in a pandemic remains a work in progress. Public dissent — whether epidemiological, epistemological or political — can be honourable.
Sometimes, though, enduring dissent merely betrays cognitive dissonance — the inability to hold two conflicting thoughts at once: Ford being an unappealing premier to his critics, but capable of making critical pandemic appeals based on the best medical advice.
With Giants fans outraged over owner’s politics, will team do anything? Probably not – San Francisco Chronicle
Editor’s note: This column has been updated to reflect the statement released by Giants principal owner Charles B. Johnson.
Ignorance worked for Charles B. Johnson two years ago, so he tried it again.
In a late Friday news dump, amid mounting outrage from Giants fans over the political donations of their team’s principal owner, Johnson put forth another disingenuous plea that he was unaware of his chosen candidates’ views.
And he made another empty claim that he doesn’t want his politics to have any association with his baseball team.
“My contributions are mine alone and are not associated in any way with the San Francisco Giants,” Johnson wrote.
Well, yeah, they are. Because his donations are public. And he also owns a larger percentage of the Giants than any other owner.
Voila! Association.
#SFGiants principal owner Charles Johnson has released a statement through a team spokesperson regarding his political donations. Here is the full statement: pic.twitter.com/6U8eDqworD
— Matt Kawahara (@matthewkawahara) January 16, 2021
In a politically divided country, there may be no bigger chasm than the one between the Giants fan base and the team’s principal owner, whose donations to right-wing politicians and causes dwarf the political contributions of any other owner in American sports.
Are Johnson’s political views nauseating to many Giants fans? Yes.
Are they causing many to rethink their support of the Giants? According to feedback on social media and email inboxes, absolutely.
Is there anything the Giants will do about it?
Once again, the team has been left scrambling to do damage control because of the man on the masthead. Johnson is not the majority owner but his share of the team is — according to sources — in the mid-20% range, the largest among the 29 owners, and his son Greg is the team chairman.
“The San Francisco Giants strongly condemn last week’s violence and events in Washington D.C.,” the team said in a statement before Johnson released his own. “Our organization has a longstanding policy that prohibits company campaign contributions to candidates for federal office. Individual contributions of employees and investors are considered personal in nature.”
Some long-time fans, like Jim King of Palo Alto, are done with the team.
“I will boycott them because the owner’s actions are heinous,” wrote King, a San Francisco native.
The latest uproar is over revelations that billionaire Johnson and his wife donated the maximum allowed to Colorado Rep. Lauren Boebert. Though Boebert’s politics have been clear for many months, they have become more troubling in the wake of the Jan. 6 siege of the U.S. Capitol, when the newly elected representative who embraces bizarre QAnon conspiracy theories about Satan-worshipping pedophiles, tweeted out the location of House Speaker Nancy Pelosi as insurrectionists invaded the Speaker’s office.
Boebert, who boasts of carrying her firearm in the Capitol, also has rebelled against tightened security measures that include walking through metal detectors, something she would have to do if she ever wanted to attend a game of the team partially owned by her dear donor.
Johnson said that he could never have predicted the behavior of his chosen candidates and was not “aware that any candidate to whom I contributed was associated with QAnon.” In May, Boebert said she hopes QAnon “is real because it only means America is getting stronger and better and people are returning to conservative values,” according to Axios. The receipt on Johnson’s donation to Boebert is dated Sept. 23.
Ignorance is the same excuse he trotted out before. In 2018, he donated to then-U.S. Senate candidate Cindy Hyde-Smith, R-Miss., who said she would be in “the front row” if invited to a public hanging. Johnson also donated $1,000 to a committee that created a racist radio ad in Arkansas.
In a rare interview, Johnson told The Chronicle in 2018 that he donated based on the recommendations of a group he trusted to vet candidates. His attorney asserted his client was ignorant of the actions of the candidates he was asked to support. Johnson told The Chronicle then, “I don’t like the idea of politics affecting anything that I do with the Giants.”
After the 2018 revelations, a group led by civil rights leaders John Burris, Harry Edwards and Rev. Amos Brown called for a boycott of the team. But that ended after Johnson asked for his money to be returned and said he “strongly condemns any form of racism.”
Johnson’s statement Friday did not say whether he would ask for a refund for any of his donations made in the latest election cycle. Nor did he denounce QAnon.
Two years after the last uproar, he would still like us to believe that he still remains totally unaware of who got his donations and their stances. An analysis done last fall by ESPN and FiveThirtyEight revealed that Johnson has donated $11 million to Republican causes since 2015, far more than any other owner.
In the last election cycle, Johnson donated a reported $4.2 million. Among the checks Johnson wrote in recent months were donations to the failed U.S. Senate campaign of Georgia’s Kelly Loeffler and Alabama’s winning candidate Tommy Tuberville.
He donated to many candidates who have downplayed the coronavirus, at the same time that his team was laying off 10% of its full-time employees due to the pandemic.
The disconnect is stunning.
The Giants would likely try to distance themselves by noting that the 88-year-old Johnson lives on the other side of the country and does not have day-to-day control over the team. Why Johnson wants to own a baseball team in a city so unaligned with his values is another question, though it has helped add to his wealth portfolio over the years.
The Giants are hearing from fans who plan to cut ties with the team over Johnson. Of course, they also heard from fans who said they would never support the Giants again after manager Gabe Kapler took a knee last summer during the national anthem in support of social justice.
The fallout of fan feelings is hard to judge in an era when the team has a) performed poorly on the field, and b) suffered through a pandemic that has kept fans home and restricted finances.
Removing owners whose politics don’t align with their teams or communities is difficult. While the NBA successfully forced out Donald Sterling, such action is unusual. Would the other Giants owners be willing to buy out Johnson’s share? Though many have likely gotten wealthier during this pandemic, they can use baseball’s ravaged bottom line as cover.
Over the years, the Giants have worked hard to present an image of a team that is inclusive, one that supports the values of the community it represents. Many times, team CEO Larry Baer has told me that sports teams are unlike other businesses, that they are community trusts and should behave as such.
In his statement Johnson said he watched in dismay as the Capitol was overrun and hoped that those engaged would be “held accountable for their behavior.”
The Giants may not do anything about Johnson. But the customers can.
Ann Killion is a San Francisco Chronicle columnist. Email: akillion@sfchronicle.com Twitter: @annkillion
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Live politics updates: Trump to return to DC early, GOP senator says he's 'playing with fire' in contesting election – USA TODAY
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Pelosi slams McConnell for halting stimulus checks
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi held her last weekly press conference of the 2020 congressional session Wednesday and blasted Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell for “obstruction” in halting President Donald Trump’s push for $2,000 COVID-19 relief checks. (Dec. 30)
This week, USA TODAY Politics focuses on the run-up to President-elect Joe Biden’s inauguration, his remaining Cabinet picks and the final week of the current Congress.
Dates to watch:
Jan. 3: New Congress is sworn in.
Jan. 5: Senate runoff election in Georgia.
Jan. 6: Congress will count and certify the electoral results in a joint session.
Jan. 20: Inauguration of Biden, who will take the oath of office.
Be sure to refresh this page often to get the latest information on the transition.
GOP Sen. Ben Sasse: Trump, GOP allies ‘playing with fire’
In a blistering Facebook post on Congress’ role in counting the votes of the Electoral College, Sen. Ben Sasse, R-Neb., denounced efforts by President Donald Trump and his allies to overturn the presidential election results.
The senator gave a lengthy analysis of Trump’s claims of election fraud, saying there was no evidence of widespread voter fraud that would put President-elect Joe Biden’s win in doubt.
“For President-Elect Biden’s 306-232 Electoral College victory to be overturned, President Trump would need to flip multiple states. But not a single state is in legal doubt,” Sasse wrote.
Sasse’s comments come as several Republican lawmakers have indicated they plan to contest the certification of Biden as the winner when Congress holds a joint session on Jan. 6.
Though the effort is doomed to fail, a faction of conservative House Republicans, led by Mo Brooks, R-Ala., have already said they will object to electoral votes from some battleground states that Biden won, such as Pennsylvania and Georgia.
On Wednesday, Sen. Josh Hawley, R-Mo., said he would join the effort, ensuring that both chambers will need to debate and hold a vote on the issue.
Sasse said those were the actions of “ambitious politicians who think there’s a quick way to tap into the president’s populist base without doing any real, long-term damage.”
The Nebraska senator, who has emerged as one of the more vocal critics of Trump in a party that is staunchly loyal to the president, warned that the effort amounts to pointing a “loaded gun at the heart of legitimate self-government.”
“We ought to be better than that. If we normalize this, we’re going to turn American politics into a Hatfields and McCoys endless blood feud – a house hopelessly divided,” he said.
– Matthew Brown
Trump to cut short Florida trip, return to White House
President Donald Trump is cutting short his holiday trip to Florida to return to Washington Thursday.
White House officials did ncite a reason for the change in plans by Trump, who traditionally hosts a black-tie New Year’s Eve celebration at his Mar-a-Lago resort.
Trump’s return comes as his demand for $2,000 stimulus checks for millions of Americans appears to be dead. Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell has tied the larger checks to two other provisions – eliminating legal protections for social media companies and creating a commission to study the 2020 election – that are widely opposed by Democrats.
Trump kept a low profile in Florida since arriving on Dec. 23 and has rarely been seen outside the golf course. Instead of providing a detailed schedule, the White House said only that he was working “tirelessly for the American people” and would take “many meetings and calls.”
First senator joins GOP effort to challenge Electoral College results
Sen. Josh Hawley, a Missouri Republican, says he will object to the Electoral College results next week when Congress meets to officially certify President-elect Joe Biden’s win over President Donald Trump, ensuring a doomed but dramatic congressional fight to overturn Biden’s win.
Hawley, a close ally of the president, is the first senator to announce he would back the effort on Jan. 6, ensuring both chambers will debate and be forced to vote on whether to overturn Biden’s election win. A faction of conservative House Republicans, led by Mo. Brooks, R-Ala., have already said they will object to electoral votes from some battleground states that Biden won, such as Pennsylvania ad Georgia.
Biden won the Dec. 14 Electoral College vote 306-232.
Trump has repeatedly called on congressional Republicans to step up and object on his behalf, but many have acknowledged Biden’s win. Some went as far to call the effort to object meaningless.
The effort, however, is doomed to fail in the Democratic-controlled House and even in the Senate, where Republican leaders led by Majority Leader Mitch McConnell have warned colleagues not to challenge the Electoral College vote.
– Christal Hayes and Joey Garrison
$2,000 stimulus checks likely dead
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell signaled Wednesday that the effort to increase stimulus checks in the COVID relief package to $2,000 is likely dead.
President Donald Trump has urged an increase in the size of the checks and the House this week passed a bill to boost them to $2,000.
But McConnell, R-Ky., said Wednesday the proposal for bigger stimulus payment has “no realistic path to quickly pass the Senate.”
The Senate majority leader has introduced a bill Tuesday that includes two other Trump demands that Democrats are not likely to support. The measure would increase checks to $2,000 but also repeal Section 230 of the Communications Decency Act, which grants certain legal protections for big tech companies, and establish a commission to study election fraud.
The commission would examine many of the concerns Trump has raised since losing the election and make recommendations to Congress. The president hasn’t provided evidence to back his claims, and the Justice Department found no evidence of widespread fraud in last month’s election.
Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer, D-N.Y., said there was no way Democrats would support the legislation and it stood no chance of reaching Trump’s desk. Democrats called on McConnell to pass a standalone proposal on stimulus checks.
Meanwhile, the Treasury Department is has begun issuing the $600 payments. The department said payments would begin for Americans with direct deposit set up through the Internal Revenue Service as soon as Tuesday night. Paper checks will begin to be mailed Wednesday.
McConnell’s bill hasn’t been scheduled for a vote, and it’s unclear whether it will receive the backing of Senate Republicans. Some have voiced support for increasing relief checks, but most are opposed.
Holding a vote on the measure would put Republican senators on the spot to either reject Trump’s demands for increased checks or relent on long-held objections to adding to the debt.
— Christal Hayes and staff reports
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Racism is definitely not a good trait for a politician. Nor is an inability to read the room.
Bloc Québécois Leader Yves-François Blanchet has been accused of both after his drive-by smear of new federal Transport Minister Omar Alghabra.
The most harsh condemnation came from Justin Trudeau on Friday, pronouncing himself incredulous that a party leader would wade into “insinuations” about Alghabra, who is a Muslim, after what everyone witnessed in Washington last week.
Blanchet, the prime minister said, was “playing dangerous games around intolerance and hate” when purporting to be asking mere questions about Alghabra and Islamic political activism.
“That kind of political pandering to the worst elements and to fears and anxieties has no place in Canada and all of us need to stand up strongly to push up against that, anywhere it happens in this country.”
Trudeau’s link to events in Washington reflects a larger phenomenon rattling through Canadian politics since the Jan. 6 siege of Capitol Hill.
How long it lasts is anyone’s guess, but that mob scene south of the border has prompted some soul-searching among political types in Canada too.
Many of the ingredients of Donald Trump’s toxic political brand are now being vigorously disowned in Canada — almost at the same speed with which many Republicans are turning their back on the president in the U.S.
Conservative Leader Erin O’Toole has revived a policy of refusal to deal with the Rebel News outlet, which traffics in the same kind of far-right disinformation that feeds Trump’s angry base in the United States. The reassertion of this rule came after a dust-up over O’Toole’s office emailing answers to Rebel questions, which were touted as an exclusive interview.
Two prominent Calgary women, meanwhile, both from the right of the political spectrum, have publicly denounced Twitter this week — slightly after Trump was banned from the medium, mind you, but in protest against the mob mentality it helps create.
Danielle Smith, the former leader of Alberta’s Wild Rose party, declared she was walking away from her radio-host job and Twitter, saying: “I’ve had enough of the mob.”
Meanwhile, Calgary MP Michelle Rempel Garner penned her own takedown of Twitter, describing it as the “biggest culprit of weaponized misinformation, hate, and the death of rational argument.” Rempel’s piece appeared in an online publication called The Line.
To her credit, Rempel acknowledged that she had fallen into the “trap” of Twitter, particularly its ability to reward politicians for generating instant emotion and black-and-white opinions. “It’s a threat because it eliminates nuance, and penalizes politicians who build relationships across the aisle,” she wrote.
Two other MPs, in that exact cross-partisan spirit, also wrote bluntly this week about how the poisonous politics around the Capitol Hill assault required active resistance in Canada. Liberal MP Anthony Housefather and Conservative MP Scott Aitchison collaborated on a National Post article headlined: “As Canadian MPs, we know our opponents are not our enemies. Let’s not become the U.S.”
Now, it should be pointed out that a week is a long time in politics and the road to partisan hell is paved with good intentions to be collegial. All of these resolutions to absorb the lessons of Jan. 6 in the U.S. capital could vanish like other New Year’s resolutions — most likely within the first five minutes of Question Period when Parliament resumes later this month.
In the case of the Bloc Québécois leader, Trudeau is correct: it does not seem that Blanchet gave much thought to how anti-Muslim remarks would be seen in the wake of the Capitol Hill rampage.
Islamophobia is a dark current running through a lot of the alt-right and white supremacist sentiment on display in Washington that day and Trump has tapped that current when expedient too.
Of all the times to “raise questions” about Alghabra’s Muslim background, the immediate days after the Capitol Hill assault would not be one of them.
If politicians are serious about holding back the tides of political hate that fuelled the pillage in Washington, they have to take ownership not just of their own words, but what they’re whipping up among their supporters.
Rempel’s born-again embrace of collegiality is worth watching on that point. Several years ago, I actually asked her whether she was uncomfortable with what her social-media fans were saying about Ahmed Hussen, when he was federal immigration minister and she was the critic. She answered that bad things were said about her too on social media.
Right now, it looks like some Canadian politicians have been scared straight by Trump’s fiery exit in the U.S. But it’s not enough to denounce their rivals or Twitter or even Trump — the test of any new resolve will be in whether they’re willing to call out toxic politics when it happens in their own ranks.
Week In Politics: Capitol Riot, Trump's 2nd Impeachment And Inauguration – NPR
NPR’s Mary Louise Kelly talks with Hoover Institution fellow Lanhee Chen and Errin Haines of The 19th about the Capitol riot, President Trump’s second impeachment and the incoming administration.
When a week in politics feels like a month, we know it’s a good time to pause and ask what just happened. Well, for the first time in U.S. history, a president was impeached for a second time. Also, we’ve learned more about how violent the insurrection at the Capitol was intended to be. The inauguration and more security threats loom. And the Biden-Harris administration is pushing forward with its plans for the next four years.
Well, joining me now, Lanhee Chen, a Hoover Institution fellow and policy director for the Romney presidential campaign. Welcome to you.
LANHEE CHEN: Thank you.
KELLY: And Errin Haines, editor-at-large of the news site, The 19th. Welcome to you.
ERRIN HAINES: Thank you. Thanks so much for having me.
KELLY: We are going to kick off with the big-banner, historic news – an impeachment, a second impeachment, which this time included 10 Republican votes in the House. Congressman Kevin McCarthy was not one of them. He did not vote against the president, but he did say this.
KEVIN MCCARTHY: That doesn’t mean the president is free from fault. The president bears responsibility for Wednesday’s attack on Congress by mob rioters. He should have immediately denounced the mob when he saw what was unfolding.
KELLY: Lanhee, I’m going to let you take this one on first. And I should note for people listening that you are informally advising some Republican members. Speak to how fractured the Republican Party is after all of this and especially this week.
CHEN: Well, I think there are significant divisions, and, you know, it goes a lot deeper than just how one feels about Donald Trump. I think there are questions about the future arc of where the party goes in terms of policy. I think there are great disagreements about how the Republican leadership ought to deal with the misinformation, frankly, that’s been spread to a lot of voters, for example, about claims of election fraud recently.
And I think a lot of these issues are going to get sorted out over the next few years. I think some of it’s going to come in the form of elections, primary elections, in the coming years. But also, I think there has to be a very direct conversation between Republicans about what the party stands for – exactly what the agenda is and should be going forward. And I think all those questions will demonstrate the degree to which there is division but also the degree to which Republicans can come together in the coming weeks and months.
KELLY: Well, and speaking of the coming weeks, I suppose we have a Senate trial to get through in those coming weeks. Errin Haines, let me bring you in. What struck you this week watching the second impeachment of Donald Trump?
HAINES: Well, certainly, what was different this year from where we were really just about a year ago is that you did have those 10 Republicans joining Democrats, including the highest-ranking woman in the Republican Party, Representative Liz Cheney of Wyoming.
You know, it – hearing, you know, the case for or against impeachment, you know, on both sides was really striking. And hearing from Republicans, some of whom, you know, certainly were wanting accountability in terms of the insurrectionists but not wanting to go so far as to hold the president accountable despite the fact that he was at the Stop The Steal Rally just ahead of the storming of the Capitol and the weeks and weeks that he, you know, has perpetuated the false claims of a rigged election – not really wanting to tether him directly to the events of January 6 was really remarkable. And so I think that maybe foreshadows, you know, how a final vote may go once this goes over to the Senate along party lines and the justification for that.
KELLY: Now, all of this – impeachment – is happening, of course, against the backdrop of a pandemic. We watch vaccines being slowly rolled out. And, of course, we’re bearing witness to the staggering economic impact of this pandemic, which Joe Biden referenced last night when he announced his new $1.9 trillion pandemic plan.
JOE BIDEN: And it’s not hard to see that we’re in the middle of a once-in-several-generations economic crisis with a once-in-several-generations public health crisis. A crisis of deep human suffering is in plain sight. And there’s no time to waste. We have to act, and we have to act now.
KELLY: Errin, let me return to that number – $1.9 trillion. It feels crazy to ask is that enough (laughter), but would that be enough financial support for Americans to get through what the CDC is projecting will be the deadliest months of the pandemic, and they’re still ahead?
HAINES: Well, we are in the worst of the throes of this pandemic. And, you know, this huge challenge needs a huge response. And that is what President-elect Biden is proposing in this $1.9 trillion plan, which is going to provide wide-ranging relief, the campaign says, to millions of workers, including the women who have been disproportionately economically impacted by a pandemic that is not interested in the peaceful transfer of power, did not stop, you know, amidst, you know, a racial reckoning and did not stop even, you know, in the midst of that insurrection, where we saw members, you know, coming down with the coronavirus during the insurrection at the Capitol. And so, you know, a lot of these – the pillars of that plan are going to center around issues that have affected women, from child care to school reopenings…
HAINES: …To hunger to evictions.
KELLY: Yeah. Lanhee, your thoughts on the Biden plan and, I suppose, whether Republican lawmakers will vote for it.
CHEN: Well, I think there are elements in here that some Republicans have already expressed support for. For example, you had a few Republicans like Marco Rubio and Josh Hawley express support for expanded direct payments at the $2,000 level, which is essentially what this plus up in the Biden plan would do – increase the level of direct support to $2,000.
I think that the question is going to be, of course, whether some of the other elements in this package that, quite frankly, probably don’t belong in a COVID relief package – whether things like, for example, a debate over the minimum wage – if that is going to turn off some Republicans. But in my view, it’s going to be very difficult for those Republicans who are already on the record supporting elements of this package – the enhanced unemployment insurance, the direct payments, you know, assistance for COVID-19 vaccine distribution…
CHEN: …It will be a challenge for those Republicans to then turn around and oppose elements of this simply because Joe Biden is the one that’s put them on the table instead of a…
KELLY: We just have a…
CHEN: …Republican president.
KELLY: Forgive me – we just have a minute or so left. But a quick parting thought from each of you as we look ahead to what promises to be another remarkable week in politics – an inauguration in what is basically a green zone. The Mall is closed, the outgoing president – President Trump – says he’s not going to be in attendance. What are you watching for next week, Lanhee?
CHEN: Well, I’m hoping that the country can begin to come together, and we can begin to deal with some of these challenges. I do think it’s important that Congress takes up action on this stimulus package quickly in order to help move the country ahead and begin to heal some of these divisions that we’ve seen.
KELLY: Errin Haines – last word to you.
HAINES: Well, we are marking this inauguration in the wake of the Martin Luther King Jr. holiday on Monday. And I leave you with this quote from King who said that in the days ahead, we must not consider it unpatriotic to raise certain basic questions about our national character.
KELLY: Well, there are certainly a lot of questions about our nation and its character and what may come next. That is Errin Haines, editor-at-large of The 19th news site, and Lanhee Chen, Hoover Institution fellow and policy director for the Romney 2012 presidential campaign.
Thank you to you both.
CHEN: Thank you.
HAINES: Thank you.
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National Rifle Association Files Bankruptcy Citing NY Politics – BNN
(Bloomberg) — The National Rifle Association of America filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy on Friday with plans to regroup in Texas, citing opposition in New York.
The group intends to restructure and reincorporate, according to a statement on its website. The gun rights group said the filing will help it “exit what it believes is a corrupt political and regulatory environment in New York,” according to the statement.
“The move will enable long-term, sustainable growth and ensure the NRA’s continued success as the nation’s leading advocate for constitutional freedom – free from the toxic political environment of New York,” the NRA said.
Chapter 11 bankruptcy allows entities to continue operating while working on a plan to repay creditors. The petition listed assets and liabilities of as much as $500 million each.
The organization has been beset by complaints over lavish spending and internal battles as it has battled a lawsuit by New York Attorney General Letitia James to dissolve the New York-based organization. She accused the NRA’s leader Wayne LaPierre and three others of fleecing it. Washington D.C. Attorney General Karl Racine filed a separate lawsuit against the NRA’s charitable arm, accusing it of misusing donor funds.
The NRA counter-sued James in federal court, accusing her of violating its First Amendment rights. The organization also accused her of weaponizing her regulatory and legal power under the guise of protecting state residents.
For years, the NRA has received millions of dollars annually from the NRA Foundation, whose donors get a tax deduction. But the Covid-19 pandemic has disrupted the grassroots fund-raisers that have been so successful.
“The plan can be summed up quite simply: We are DUMPING New York, and we are pursuing plans to reincorporate the NRA in Texas,” LaPierre, the NRA’s chief executive, wrote in a letter on the organization’s website, citing “costly, distracting and unprincipled attacks” by politicians.
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Ted Nugent often suggests he has no time for people who drink and take drugs – but in the latest episode of Rock & Roll Road Trip with Sammy Hagar he revealed he made an exception for Rolling Stones guitarist Keith Richards.
Asked to name his favorite player of all time, Nugent told Hagar: “I know what that question means, but music is so diverse.” He continued: “If I want a just pure grunt, just a pure sensual grind, I would give it to Keith Richards. He’s the most true musician rock star, he’s 24/7… he must have been drunk on every recording… but he’s in control. It’s a controlled slice [of] nasty primal burp, and I love that stuff!”
You can watch the moment below:
Elsewhere in the episode, Nugent recalled how he worked up the iconic solo for his track “Stranglehold,” explaining that he’d started out with an intense, high-energy explosion before his colleagues held what he called an “intervention.” He explained: “They said, you know, Ted, ‘Stranglehold’ is awesome, but I don’t think anybody wants to hear a jam with a long guitar solo anymore.’ I’m sitting there, going, ‘Okay, does anybody else have a comment?’” Still, he went off and came up with an alternative with more space and structure. “I had to go back and learn that solo because it was so defined, it was like a vocal,” he said.
He also took Hagar for a drive in his off-road truck, promising not to kill the former Van Halen singer because he loved him – but loved himself more. “You can’t do that in a Maserati,” Nugent told the sports car loving singer as they drove. “No sir!” Hagar replied.
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The new episode of Rock & Roll Road Trip with Sammy Hagar premieres on AXS TV tonight (May 3) at 8.30 P.M. ET / 5.30 P.M. PT.
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Honey Boy ★★★
by Kevin Jones
Shia LaBeouf‘s 2017 arrest for disorderly conduct, public drunkenness, and obstruction of justice was not his first brush with the law. But, it was the catalyst that launched him on a path of self-reflection and apparent forgiveness. Ordered by the court to get treatment for his substance abuse and anger issues, LaBeouf would be diagnosed with PTSD while in therapy. This lays the blueprint for Honey Boy, written by LaBeouf and directed by Alma Har’el. Using LaBeouf’s experiences with his father and in Hollywood as an inspiration, the film starts with him on a film set and follows up with a brutal car accident and arrest that mimics LaBeouf’s own in 2017. From there, Honey Boy and LaBeouf track the events and situations that built to this moment as well as how as how its protagonist tries to grow beyond the pain in his life.
It is not a straight re-creation of LaBeouf’s life as Honey Boy, at the very least, changes the names. The star here is Otis, portrayed as a young boy by Noah Jupe and as an adult by Lucas Hedges. His parallels to LaBeouf are clear with the aforementioned arrest, mandatory therapy, life in a broken home with an erratic father, and PTSD diagnosis also serving as his backstory. However, the key to Honey Boy is the growth that unfolds. The flaws of his father James Lort (LaBeouf) are evident. He is a sex offender who served time in prison. He is violent and controlling with his son, while allowing him to smoke or be in very adult situations despite his young age. Many of the memories of his time as a boy serve as nightmares for Otis as he spends time in rehabilitation, haunted by the pain that his father gave him but unwilling to part with it – as he says to his counselor/probation officer, “Pain is the only thing my father gave me and you want to take it away.” Honey Boy is a heart-wrenching and troubling film, one rife with uncomfortable situations to see the young Otis involved in but heartbreakingly authentic on the part of LaBeouf in writing these scenes.
By his own confession, Honey Boy was written as part of his rehabilitation process and LaBeouf’s primary motivation in writing the film was catharsis. It is logical in seeing the film as it plays like a man trying to figure out why he is the way he has become. Otis’s every flaw and hesitation to rehab, his rough childhood, and his eventual acceptance of everything that his dad did wrong are all quite powerful to see in this context. One can see LaBeouf reckoning with his own demons, his father’s, and coming to terms with everything that means to him. It is an incredibly powerful story, one gracefully written by LaBeouf and well presented by Ha’rel. The humans at the center consistently rise and reveal themselves, while the evocative work of DP Natasha Braier frames their faces and bodies in such a way to allow full expression. Either from the reactions and pain in their eyes or their body language, Braeir’s work prizes close-ups and medium shots that enable such subtle expression.
Honey Boy does struggle in spots, particularly in the beginning and the ending. The opening montage feels rushed in setting everything up, even if does admittedly succeed in setting things up. It creates a bit of a whirlwind nonetheless, rushing through Otis’ backstory while backing it with intrusive music. It never quite gels and starts Honey Boy off on the wrong foot by trying to cram so much into so little time as an opener. The finale is similarly rushed, following up a great pseudo-surrealistic moment as Otis follows a chicken to his aged father. So eager to wrap up with a neat “forgiveness” kind of moment, Honey Boy comes off as uncertain. It wants so badly to tie things up that it forgoes some of the further emotional hurdles that Otis must clear. Pacing is perhaps Honey Boy’s biggest overall problem, making up for it with its rich emotion but at times playing scenes far longer than necessary. Outside of the first and third acts, a few moments in the second act shared between young Otis and a “shy girl” (FKA Twigs) who lives across the street from them and is apparently a prostitute are especially uncomfortable. Perhaps authentic to LaBeouf’s experience, the cuddling and intimate touching distract from Honey Boy’s strong emotional arc with the film elongating these moments far beyond what is necessary.
Nonetheless, Ha’rel elicits fantastic performances from her cast, especially from Shia LaBeouf. One can think of an interview he gave during the press tour for Nymphomaniac where he stated that, “I’m only going to work now when I’m terrified.” This role represents exactly that, a challenge for LaBeouf to play his own father but one that is very evidently therapeutic. The closing scenes for his father as he discusses the challenges of being his son’s employee or as he sits there in full clown make-up perhaps represent the most cathartic moments in the film. LaBeouf is phenomenal in both, capturing his father’s humanity so well and seeming to come to terms with everything that led up to these moments. His anger beforehand, his flaws, and his demons, are all just as effectively brought out by LaBeouf in one of his best performances to date. It is incredibly powerful to watch, watching him capture his father in such an understanding way. Alongside him, Jupe and Hedges are similarly strong. Jupe does great in the more confrontational moments, showing the trauma that is being instilled into this young man with great skill. Hedges’ ability to capture his antagonistic nature, his desire for growth, and the lingering pain he experiences in rehab is similarly impressive, demonstrating Hedges’ considerable ability to capture such deep-rooted feeling.
Honey Boy is an emotional journey into Shia LaBeouf’s life and pain. It is not a perfect film, but it is so raw and honest that it is nearly impossible to not be moved by its story. The fantastic performance by LaBeouf as a version of his own father – as well as the strong turns by Noah Jupe and Lucas Hedges as a version of LaBeouf – are absolutely captivating to watch. One can see LaBeouf working to forgive his own father as he plays him in Honey Boy while watching LaBeouf, the person, act opposite versions of himself in Jupe and Hedges. This dynamic allows healing to unfold in unexpected and touching ways. Strong direction from Alma Ha’rel rounds out Honey Boy, one of the most raw and revealing films of the year.
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About Kevin Jones
Falling in love with cinema through a high school film class, Kevin furthered his knowledge of film through additional film classes in college. Learning about filmmaking through the films of Alfred Hitchcock, Wes Anderson, and Francis Ford Coppola, Kevin continues to learn more about new styles and eras of film in the pursuit of improving his knowledge of filmmaking throughout the years. His favorite all-time directors include Hitchcock and Robert Altman, while his favorite contemporary directors include Wes Anderson, Guillermo del Toro, and Darren Aronofsky.
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Cities and Mobilities Seminar Series #4 Mobility transitions with Tim Schwanen
Posted on January 9, 2018 February 6, 2018 by Anna Nikolaeva
When: 13.15 -17.00, 2 February, 2018
Where: Roeterseiland Campus, UvA, Building J/K, room B.25
The aim of this seminar series is to develop a conversation on how mobilities shape cities as well as to foster exchange and collaboration between scholars from different disciplines and practitioners working on urban mobilities at UvA and beyond.
In the fourth seminar, we’ll focus on transitions to more sustainable and just mobilities. Guest speaker Tim Schwanen (Director of the Transport Studies Unit, University of Oxford) will provide a talk on:
“Transitions in Urban Mobility Beyond State and Market: Insights from London and São Paulo”
The idea that urban mobility systems are undergoing radical transformations has gained traction over the past decade among policy makers, professionals and academics alike. Given that markets are widely seen as crucial sites where these transformations take place and are configured, private firms and policymakers are often considered as the key actors in transition processes. The role of community or grassroots organisations is often not neither considered nor understood. In this presentation I will concentrate on the initiatives by such organisations by focusing on the provision or improvement of infrastructures for cycling and walking. Adopting a broad and inclusive understanding of infrastructures and drawing on empirical materials from London and Sao Paulo, I will critically examine the contributions to mobility transitions that community initiatives can make. I will argue that, while those initiatives are unlikely to trigger mobility transitions themselves, they fulfill at least two critical functions in mobility transitions that both revolve around questions of justice. One is that they cater to the mobility — and many other — needs of social groups at risk of marginalisation in most transport policy, private sector activity and wider discourses. The other is that, at a time that most policy and private sector activity is committed to ethical individualism and market logics, community initiatives play a key role in ‘commoning’ — the creation and harnessing of networked and interwoven commons such as physical structures, knowledges and atmospheres that facilitate and encourage walking and cycling. Differences between London and Sao Paulo in how community initiatives regarding walking and cycling infrastructures fulfill these functions will be explored.
Tim Schwanen
Tim Schwanen is Associate Professor in Transport Studies and Director of the Transport Studies Unit (TSU) in the School of Geography and the Environment as well as a Fellow at St Anne’s College, all at the University of Oxford. Further, he is a co-director of the RCUK funded Centre on Innovation and Energy Demand. In 2013-2015 he was the editor-in-chief of Journal of Transport Geography and he currently serves on the editorial advisory boards of nine academic journals in geography, transport studies and sustainability research. (Source: http://www.timschwanen.com/)
13.15 – 13.20 Opening by Anna Nikolaeva (CUS, organizer of the seminar series)
13.20 – 15.10 Presentations
Mode Transition Implications of E-bikes in the Netherlands by SUN Qi, TU/e
Cycling-as-a-Service in the urban Netherlands by Brett Petzer, TU/e
Flexible transport. (Diss)embedded urban mobilities by Wladimir Sgibnev and Lela Rekhviashvili, Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography
15.10-15.30 Coffee break
15.30-17.00 Transitions in Urban Mobility Beyond State and Market: Insights from London and São Paulo by Tim Schwanen
Discussant: Danielle Snellen, Netherlands Environmental Assessment Agency (PBL)
17.00 Reception
Seminar is free and open to anyone. Please let us know if you are coming by sending an e-mail to urbanstudies@uva.nl
Abstracts of presentations
Mode Transition Implications of E-bikes in the Netherlands
SUN Qi
There is high hope for e-bikes to play a role in decarbonizing road transport, cutting down air and noise pollution, and reducing traffic congestion. However, these promises of e-bikes are debatable. It is problematic to take the approach of unconditionally embracing e-bikes and promoting the use of it. Life cycle assessment shows that e-bikes sit at the middle of the sustainability pyramid in a spectrum of transport modes. E-bikes emit several times lower pollution per passenger kilometer than cars and motorcycles. Their emission rates are comparable to buses but higher than conventional bikes. Research agrees that the user is a critical parameter in terms of e-bikes’ net environmental benefits, particularly the direction of modal shift. Empirical findings have shown that e-bikes are not only substituting car trips, but also trips made by conventional bikes and public transport. This encourages a critical look towards how e-bikes contribute to or impede sustainability. However, a common limitation in e-bike research is that the results usually suffer from self-selection bias, particularly in cases where respondents are recruited via convenience sampling. This study aims to paint a nuanced picture about e-cycling and its modal shift implications in the Netherlands based on datasets from the first three waves of the Netherlands Mobility Panel (MPN) in 2013, 2014 and 2015. MPN keeps record of the travel behavior of a fixed group of people over a long period, thus allows direct assessment of modal substitution of e-bike users. Moreover, this study provides some insights into modal shift patterns of e-bike users for various trip purposes.
Cycling-as-a-Service in the urban Netherlands
Brett Petzer
This paper introduces the concept of Cycling-as-a-Service (CaaS) to describe cycling-based mobility services that comprise of various forms of bikeshare, bike hire and leasing. It investigates CaaS as a shared and servitised mobility innovation in the context of the urban Netherlands, which differs from much of the context of existing research in that cycling is a mainstream, mature, and culturally-embedded mode of transport. To better understand CaaS in this context, a typology of CaaS business models is developed by means of interviews with service providers and public sector actors and drawing on recent research into business models for the sharing economy. To understand the specific regulatory backlash against CaaS in some Dutch cities, which has taken place recently, a narrative analysis of press articles and other sources is conducted. Analysis of insights reveals a correlation between features of some models and the targets of regulatory backlash. This suggests that narratives of legitimation may be connected to the success of niche innovations in the case context. In turn, this finding suggests that the link between narrative analysis and socio-technical transitions, via structuration theory, may merit further research as in similar contexts due to its explanatory power in the case of CaaS in the urban Netherlands
Flexible transport (Diss)embedded urban mobilities
Wladimir Sgibnev, Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography
Lela Rekhviashvili, Leibniz Institute for Regional Geography
In this paper, we intend to discuss the concept of social embeddedness and its relevance for rapidly transforming urban mobilities worldwide. In the cities of the Global North, new, digitally powered ride-sharing or ride-sourcing practices proliferate. Their appeal lies not only in offering affordable and demand-responsive urban transport, but also in their discursive emphasis on social embeddedness, reciprocity and personalisation of such mobilities. In the cities of the Global South, the low-fi, informal sharing mobility practices have also relied on personalised networks and mutuality. The literature on informality in post-socialist cities has also insisted on social embeddedness of such exchanges. Socially embedded mobilities, have been portrayed as a phenomenon defying both, markets and states, emphasizing the possibility of horizontal, relatively inclusive mobilities. Empirically drawing, on the one hand, on the examples of informally operating minivans, so called Marshrutkas in post-socialist cities, on the other hand, on sharing mobility practices, such as Uber, Lyft, BlaBla car, we delve into theoretic underpinning of the embeddedness concept.
We suggest that current enactments of embeddedness concept when discussing urban mobilities, is too narrowly focusing on personalisation, intimacy and horizontality of exchange. Such a narrow focus oftentimes conceals, first, how the discourse of embeddedness is utilised to justify profit-seeking economic endeavour and rapid increase in corporate control over urban mobilities; second, how horizontal social embeddedness can have own limits, resulting in worker’s precarity and passenger insecurity. To counter such narrow and abusive deployment of the concept, we draw on Polanyian definition of social embeddedness, as subjection of economic exchanges to social and political needs, to elaborate what embedded mobilities can mean and how they can relate to mobility justice.
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IntegrityWorks: Tools and Skills to Build Integrity
International Compliance 101, 2nd Edition
Investigative Interviewing
Research Compliance Professional's Handbook
SCCE Compliance 101, Second Edition
The First Information is Almost Always Wrong
ethikos
Report on Supply Chain Compliance
Appendix B: Code of Ethics for Compliance and Ethics Professionals
Principle I
Obligations to the Public
Principle II
Obligations to the Employing Organization
Principle III
Obligations to the Profession
Code of Ethics Development Committee
Compliance and ethics programs serve a critical role in helping to prevent and detect misconduct at and by organizations and to promote ethical business environments. The development and rigorous implementation of effective compliance and ethics programs protects investors, consumers, the business community and the public at large. Compliance and ethics professionals (CEPs) understand that the services we provide require the highest standards of professionalism, integrity and competence. The following Code of Ethics expresses the profession’s recognition of its responsibilities to the general public, to employers and clients, and to the profession. The Code of Ethics has been adopted by the membership of the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics to provide guidance and rules to all CEPs in the performance of their professional responsibilities.
The Code of Ethics consists of two kinds of standards: Principles and Rules of Conduct. The Principles are broad standards that provide a framework for the more detailed Rules of Conduct. The Rules of Conduct are specific standards that prescribe the minimum level of professional conduct expected of CEPs. Compliance with the Code is expected both of the individual professional and of the professional community. It depends primarily on the CEP’s own understanding and voluntary actions, and secondarily on reinforcement by peers and the general public.
Commentary is provided for some Rules of Conduct, which is intended to clarify or elaborate on the meaning and application of the Rule. The following conventions are used throughout the Code:
“Employing organization” includes the employing organization and clients;
“Law” or “laws” includes all national, state, provincial and local laws and
regulations, court orders and consent agreements;
“Misconduct” includes both illegal acts and unethical conduct; and
“Highest governing body” of the employing organization refers to the highest policy and decision-making authority in an organization, such as the board of directors or trustees of an organization.
Compliance and ethics professionals (CEPs) should abide by and promote compliance with the spirit and the letter of the law governing their employing organization’s conduct and exemplify the highest ethical standards in their professional conduct in order to contribute to the public good.
R1.1 CEPs shall not aid, abet or participate in misconduct.
R1.2 CEPs shall take such steps as are necessary to prevent misconduct by their employing organizations.
Commentary: The CEP’s actions to prevent misconduct must, of course, be legal and ethical. Where a CEP has done what he or she can to prevent misconduct within the bounds of the law and business ethics, but is nonetheless unsuccessful in preventing misconduct, he or she should refer to Rule 1.4.
R1.3 CEPs shall exercise sound judgment in responding to or cooperating with all official and legitimate government investigations of or inquiries concerning their employing organization.
Commentary: While the role of the CEP in a government investigation may vary, the CEP shall never obstruct or lie in an investigation.
R1.4 If, in the course of their work, CEPs become aware of any decision by their employing organization which, if implemented, would constitute misconduct, the professional shall: (a) refuse to consent to the decision; (b) escalate the matter, including to the highest governing body, as appropriate; (c) if serious issues remain unresolved after exercising “a” and “b”, consider resignation; and (d) report the decision to public officials when required by law.
Commentary: The duty of a compliance and ethics professional goes beyond a duty to the employing organization, inasmuch as his/her duty to the public and to the profession includes prevention of organizational misconduct. The CEP should exhaust all internal means available to deter his/her employing organization, its employees and agents from engaging in misconduct. The CEP should escalate matters to the highest governing body as appropriate, including whenever: a) directed to do so by that body, e.g., by a board resolution; b) escalation to management has proved ineffective; or c) the CEP believes escalation to management would be futile. CEPs should consider resignation only as a last resort, since CEPs may be the only remaining barrier to misconduct. A letter of resignation should set forth to senior management and the highest governing body of the employing organization in full detail and with complete candor all of the conditions that necessitate his/her action. In complex organizations, the highest governing body may be the highest governing body of a parent corporation.
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Introduction: What's in a Name?
1 What Is a Compliance Program?
2 The Seven Essential Elements
3 Organizational Steps
4 Tailoring Your Compliance Program
Appendix A.1: Sample Letter to Vendors
Appendix A.2: Sample Non-Retaliation/Non-Retribution Policy
Appendix A.3: Sample Search Warrant Response Policy
Appendix A.4: Sample Compliance Officer Job Description
Appendix A.5: Sample Audit Review Form
Appendix A.6: Sample Confidentiality Statement
Appendix A.7: Sample Complaint Information Sheet
Appendix A.8: Sample Compliance Issue Follow-Up Form
Appendix A.9: Audit Review Plan Templates
Appendix A.10: Sample Board of Directors Resolution
Glossary of Compliance Terms
Founded in 1996 (HCCA) and 2004 (SCCE), and incorporated in 2011, the Society of Corporate Compliance and Ethics & Health Care Compliance Association is a member-based 501(c)(6) non-profit organization for compliance and ethics professionals worldwide, across all industries.
SCCE/HCCA exists to champion ethical practice and compliance standards. Our vision is to be the pre-eminent compliance and ethics association, promoting the integrity and lasting success of organizations worldwide. We provide resources to support compliance and ethics professionals, forums for interaction and information exchange, and high‑quality educational training to support organizational and professional growth.
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Cryptid Wiki, Cryptids, European cryptids,
Croatian Cryptids
Poisonous and Venomous Cryptids
Poskok
Poskok (jumper) is a legendary mystery snake of Croatia. It is said that the snake could jump into the air even as much so as 2 meters and attacks it's pray by jumping on it's head from trees and strangling it.
No snake known to science has the ability to jump into the air from the ground. At best, snakes can lunge while striking.
Physical description: Length, 2–3 feet. Thickness, 1.5 inches. Gray to dark reddish-brown color and has a horn on the nose.
Behavior: Venomous. Aggressive when disturbed. Can jump a distance of 5 feet, moving 3 feet into the air.
Distribution: Dalmatian Coast, Montenegro...
Possible explanations:
It could be one of the Yugoslavia’s whip snakes: the Balkan whip snake (Coluber gemonensis), the Large whip snake (C. jugularis), Dahl’s whip snake (C. najadum), or the Western whip snake (C. viridiflavus). These nonvenomous snakes are similar in size and color to the Poskok. As plausible as this theory is it still doesn't explain the jumping and the attack method.
It could be one of the area’s vipers: Orsini’s viper (Vipera ursinii), the Common viper (V. berus), or the Nose-horned viper (V. ammodytes). The nose horned viper matches Poskok's description the most, but can't jump into the air.
Snakes seen on bushes or low trees are sometimes presumed to have jumped there. It still doesn't explain people seeing Poskok jump into the air and the attack method.
Sources: Maurice Burton, More Animal Legends (London: Frederick Muller, 1959); Karl Shuker, Fortean Times, no. 123 (June 1999): 46., http://www.beastofbala.com/files/25.pdf Mysterious cretures: Guide to cryptozoology, Croatian Legends...
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Home » Astronomy » “3,000 Million Years Ago” –Alien Galaxy Triggers Milky Way Star-Creation Burst
“3,000 Million Years Ago” –Alien Galaxy Triggers Milky Way Star-Creation Burst
Posted on May 9, 2019 in Astronomy, Science
Like a flame fades when there is no gas in the cylinder, the rhythm of the stellar formation in the Milky Way, fueled by deposited gas, is predicted to decrease slowly and in a continuous way as the existing gas is extinguished. The results of the study show that although this process took place over the first 4,000 million years of Milky Way disc formation, a severe star formation burst, or “stellar baby boom,” inverted this trend.
A gas-rich satellite galaxy merged with the Milky Way, and could have introduced new fuel and reactivated the process of stellar formation. This mechanism would explain the distribution of distances, ages and masses that are estimated from the data taken from the European Space Agency Gaia satellite.
A team led by researchers of the Institute of Cosmos Sciences of the University of Barcelona (ICCUB, UB-IEEC) and the Besançon Astronomical Observatory have analyzed data from the Gaia satellite and found that a heavy star formation burst occurred in the Milky Way about 3,000 million years ago. During this process, more than 50 percent of the stars that created the galactic disc may have been born. These results are derived from the combination of the distances, colors and magnitude of the stars that were measured by Gaia with models that predict their distribution in our galaxy. The study has been published in the journal Astronomy & Astrophysics.
The region of the stellar formation Rho Ophiuchi observed by ESA Gaia satellite. The shining dots are stellar clusters with the massive and youngest stars of the region. The dark filaments track the gas and dust distribution, where the new stars are born. This is not a conventional photographic image but the result of the integration of all the received radiation by the satellite during the 22 months of continuous measurements through different filters on the spacecraft. (ESA/Gaia/DPAC, CC BY-SA 3.0 IGO)
“Supermassive Prime Time” –Unknown Objects Detected Orbiting Milky Way’s ‘Lurking Monster’
“The time scale of this star formation burst, together with the great stellar mass involved in the process—thousands of millions of solar masses—suggests the disc of our galaxy did not have a steady and paused evolution. It may have suffered an external perturbation that began about 5 billion years ago,” said Roger Mor, ICCUB researcher and first signer of the article.
“Inexplicable” –The Strange Glow at Milky Way’s Center
“We have been able to find this out by analyzing the precise distances for more than 3 million stars in the solar environment,” says Mor. “Thanks to these data, we could discover the mechanisms that controlled the evolution more than 8 to 10 billion years ago in the disc of our galaxy, which is not more than the bright band we see in the sky on a dark night and with no light pollution.” Like in many research fields these days, these findings are possible thanks to the availability of the combination of a great amount of unprecedented precision data, and many hours of computing.
Cosmologic models predict our galaxy would have been growing due the merging with other galaxies, a fact that has been stated by other studies using Gaia data. One of these merges could be the cause of the severe star formation burst that was detected in this study.
Distribution of 3 million stars used in this study to detect the star formation burst from 2-3 billion years ago. Gaia provided the distance for each of these objects on the gallactic disc. Below, a scheme of the spiral arms of the Milky Way. University of Barcelona
“Actually, the peak of star formation is so clear, unlike predictions from before Gaia data availability, that we thought it necessary to treat its interpretation together with experts on cosmological evolution of external galaxies,” notes Francesca Figuerars, lecturer at the Department of Quantum Physics and Astrophysics of the UB, ICCUB member and signer of the article.
Milky Way’s K Stars –Live 17-70 Billion Years: “Best Bet for Planets With Life”
Santi Roca-Fàbrega from the Complutense University of Mardid, an expert in stellar modeling and co-author, said, “The obtained results match with what the current cosmological models predict, and what is more, our galaxy seen from Gaia’s eyes is an excellent cosmological laboratory where we can test and confront models at a bigger scale in the universe.”
The first accurate 3D map of our galaxy reveals its true shape: warped and twisted. Astronomers from Macquarie University and the Chinese Academy of Sciences have used 1339 ‘standard’ stars to map the real shape of our home galaxy in a paper published in Nature Astronomy today. Artist’s impression above of the warped and twisted Milky Way disk. (Chen Xiaodian)
The Daily Galaxy, Sam Cabot, via University of Barcelona
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A day in the life of a Fantasy Photostudio
Posted by D.A Lascelles in Musings, Photos
action roleplaying, Druid, Empress, gaming, live action roleplaying games, maelstrom games, Photography, Photoshoot, profound decision, Realm, Realm Fantasy Wargame, Roleplaying games, Scholar, Secret Project
While I was in the middle of writing the background material for Realm, there was a discussion about the need for more artwork for the website and I wondered if it was possible to use photographs to achieve the same visual impact as drawings and colour art in a roleplaying or wargame. I knew that they had been used to great effect by live action roleplaying games – particularly the rulebooks and websites for Profound Decision’s Odyssey and Maelstrom games which make great use of the medium – and in theory there was no reason why it should not work for fantasy games in other formats.
The lighting set up around Andy as he plays Edvard
The main objections to the use of photos seemed to revolve around the old ‘LARP does not look as good as what you can imagine when playing a wargame or tabletop game’ argument. This is a fair argument, though one which is becoming increasingly stale in light of improving kit standards across the board at UK based LRP events over the past decade. The other main argument seems to be tradition – wargames and roleplaying games have always had artwork rather than photos. Why change what people expect to see?
There is nothing which can be done about the latter opinion other than to be a trailblazer and let people see what you have done and decide based on that. I am not trailblazer though hopefully others might follow my example here. For the former, I could take more direct action and attempt to set up a photoshoot to try to achieve something as good as what can be achieved with artwork.
The lights and fans around Jess as she plays the Empress
My initial plan was to take my camera, a couple of models drawn from the LRP community and a load of kit to some locations in and around Manchester and take some photos. However, a photography keen friend by the name of Lucy put me in touch with a professional photographer (Ste Manns of Quattrophoto) who was interested in doing some fantasy themed shoots to expand his portfolio. Suddenly, my modest plan became a complicated operation and we had access to a studio…
So, yesterday saw myself, Lucy and two friends by the names of Jessica Newey and Andy Mason travelling to a small town near Dewsbury to meet with Ste and his family at the studio he uses – a small corner of an industrial estate modified with the equipment and other requirements of a professional space.
It was a long, tiring and very educational day. Both myself and Lucy learned a lot about photography using a proper studio set up and I got to play with a 50mm Prime lens belonging to Ste and see the difference in the quality of my shots with it. Andy and Jess may also have picked up some information about lighting but mostly they seemed to get an education in patience and how to follow direction (specifically how difficult it is to convey an emotion or action on cue).
The plan for the day was to create images of two characters I had written into the Realm background history. One was the Empress of Onryo – the undead Necromancer who was trapped by a curse to live forever in the caves beneath her palace on the Island of Onryo. For this we needed a vague mythical Japanese theme. The other character was Edvard Vermogen of Hohle, the author of several important magical texts in the game. For Edvard, we needed to get the idea of a civilised scholar who had headed off into the wilderness to research his books.
A compromise: Turn the photos into a pencil sketch, using photo processing software…
We decided to start with the Empress so Jess got dressed into her kimono* and made herself up to look undead. There was then several hours of test shots – trying to get the exact lighting effects that were desired. As this was largely an experimental shoot, there were no standard lighting set up guidelines for this so there was a lot of trial and error. Once the correct conditions were achieved there was even more work to try to get the right poses and facial expressions to ‘tell the story’ of the character. Fans were used to make the kimono flutter and many attempts (some more successful than others) were made to try to time Jess making a movement to coincide with the shutter on the camera being activated. Each shot was transmitted to two laptops (one connected directly by a wire, the other using a wireless internet card in a slot on the camera) and critically appraised by all involved before the next shot was set up. To my limited technical experience, almost every shot looked fantastic (yeah, ok, quite a few were amusing due to mistimed movement or inappropriate facial expressions) but to the experienced professionals there were minor flaws with almost all of them which needed to be corrected with either another adjustment of the lights or a new set of instructions to the model. By the end of it, Jess had sore muscles from holding poses and was a little chilly from standing in front of a fan in a flimsy kimono.
We began photographing sometime between 11 and 12. We finally finished with the first model at around 4. That’s a lot of time to be standing in a big white space with lots of people telling you what to do. When we finally got round to shooting Andy, I think Jess was pleased to be able to sit down and relax.
For Edvard Vermogen, I had brought along a selection of wool and fur clothing – including a heavy wool cloak covered in a patchwork of fur**. I also brought along a selection of props that a magician or scholar might happen to have on his travels such as a staff topped with an antler, a small chest and a selection of bottles and stones. Andy then posed with these while there was another series of lighting changes and more critical appraisal of the results. Tricks used this time included hiding a wireless remote flash filtered with a coloured gel (first purple, then green) inside the box so that it appeared as if a magical light was coming from it. Andy’s main hazard here was looking down at the wrong time and getting an eyeful of flash. There was also an issue of his hair being too clean and brushed. This was resolved with some backcombing and a handful of leaves and twigs.
If you look closely, you can see the wireless flash in the box
Lucy and I spent the time when we were not helping with the shoot or making sure the models were ok (including finding a drink that could be drunk without spoiling make up) taking photos. Some of Lucy’s can be seen on the blog post linked above and are fantastic. Some of mine are shown on this post, the rest can be seen here. Our main focus was not to take phenomenal quality shots of the models with great artistic quality (we both left that to the Pros) but rather to take photos of the process – behind the scenes footage of the equipment used and the people involved. I hope that between us we manage to convey the way the day went.
Sometime in the next few weeks, once Ste finishes doing whatever arcane things he intends to do to them with computer software, I will hopefully be able to share some of the final processed photos from the actual shoot and show you all the dramatic difference between the shots taken in ‘ambient light’ and those taken using the special lighting rigs…
Also, in a few weeks time we should be getting prepared for ‘part two’ of this shoot where we take some models to the woods and get some images of some other fantasy characters… One of these will hopefully be the second half of the Empress shoot, involving some undead samurai in a woodland.
*She made this herself. She is a talented seamstress.
** This belongs to and was made by Sarah, my wife… yes, I know a lot of talented people who can do wonderful things with material… It was originally made for a norse based LRP character but has been used several times since. The furs, by the way, are all second hand and some of them date from the 1950s. They were acquired from a re-enactment market.
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Dallas Convention Center Master Plan Proposal, 1986
Collection 1995-003
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Repository Dallas Municipal Archives
Office of the City Secretary
1500 Marilla Street, 5D South
Creator Dallas Convention Center, City of Dallas
Title Dallas Convention Center Master Plan Proposal
Dates 1986
Quantity .50 linear inches
Abstract Proposal for a comprehensive marketing feasibility and master plan design.
Identification 1995-003
Language Records are in English
Collection consists of a proposal for a comprehensive marketing feasibility and master plan design for the Dallas Convention Center submitted to the city by Touche Ross in 1986. The proposed master plan design was expected to service the center's needs through 1995.
The original Dallas Memorial Auditorium, renamed the Dallas Convention Center (DCC) during its first expansion in 1973, was designed by George Leighton Dahl in 1957. The dome is supported by one column. It holds approximately 10,000 seats. The DCC was expanded once in the 1980s and once again in the 1990s, to accommodate a Dallas Area Rapid Transit terminal underneath the facility. The most recent expansion was completed in 2002.
The DCC is over 2,000,000 square feet in size and contains over 1,000,000 square feet of exhibit space. The largest contiguous exhibit-space in the structure is 726,726 square feet. A 203,000-square-foot column-free exhibit hall in the center is the largest of its kind in the United States. The east side of the structure contains the original element of the Dallas Memorial Auditorium. The complex also houses a 1,740-person theater, 105 meeting rooms, and two ballrooms. Furthermore, a heliport/vertiport sits atop the structure. In May 2009, voters approved construction of the Omni Dallas Convention Center Hotel, a 1,000 room hotel that is attached to the DCC. It opened in late 2011.
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If compared to the average trading volume of 759.23K shares, FPAC reached a trading volume of 1562422 in the most recent trading day, which is why market watchdogs consider the stock to be active.
Here is what top equities market gurus are saying about Far Point Acquisition Corporation [FPAC]:
The Average True Range (ATR) for Far Point Acquisition Corporation is set at 0.06 The Price to Book ratio for the last quarter was 1.30, with the Price to Cash per share for the same quarter was set at 0.01.
Trading performance analysis for FPAC stock
Far Point Acquisition Corporation [FPAC] fell into the red zone at the end of the last week, falling into a negative trend and dropping by -0.19. With this latest performance, FPAC shares gained by 0.88% in over the last four-week period, additionally plugging by 0.10% over the last 6 months – not to mention a rise of 2.29% in the past year of trading.
Overbought and oversold stocks can be easily traced with the Relative Strength Index (RSI), where an RSI result of over 70 would be overbought, and any rate below 30 would indicate oversold conditions. An RSI rate of 50 would represent a neutral market momentum. The current RSI for FPAC stock in for the last two-week period is set at 54.08, with the RSI for the last a single of trading hit 51.57, and the three-weeks RSI is set at 52.98 for Far Point Acquisition Corporation [FPAC]. The present Moving Average for the last 50 days of trading for this stock 10.20, while it was recorded at 10.27 for the last single week of trading, and 10.30 for the last 200 days.
Far Point Acquisition Corporation [FPAC]: A deeper dive into fundamental analysis
Return on Total Capital for FPAC is now -0.37, given the latest momentum, and Return on Invested Capital for the company is 1.45. Return on Equity for this stock inclined to 1.45, with Return on Assets sitting at 1.40.
Reflecting on the efficiency of the workforce at the company, Far Point Acquisition Corporation [FPAC] managed to generate an average of $3,015,668 per employee.Far Point Acquisition Corporation’s liquidity data is similarly interesting compelling, with a Quick Ratio of 0.10 and a Current Ratio set at 0.10.
An analysis of insider ownership at Far Point Acquisition Corporation [FPAC]
There are presently around $714 million, in the hands of institutional investors. The top three institutional holders of FPAC stocks are: THIRD POINT LLC with ownership of 15,692,500, which is approximately 0% of the company’s market cap and around 0.10% of the total institutional ownership; GLAZER CAPITAL, LLC, holding 6,180,690 shares of the stock with an approximate value of $63.6 million in FPAC stocks shares; and ALYESKA INVESTMENT GROUP, L.P., currently with $49.47 million in FPAC stock with ownership of nearly 118.524% of the company’s market capitalization.
48 institutional holders increased their position in Far Point Acquisition Corporation [NYSE:FPAC] by around 27,926,157 shares. Additionally, 27 investors decreased positions by around 14,343,998 shares, while 6 investors held positions by with 27,146,963 shares. The mentioned changes placed institutional holdings at 69,417,118 shares, according to the latest SEC report filing. FPAC stock had 30 new institutional investments in for a total of 16,610,136 shares, while 13 institutional investors sold positions of 8,102,831 shares during the same period.
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Built on a 12,000-square-metre plot west of a lake in Kampar Campus, the 32.5-metre tall Dewan Tun Dr Ling Liong Sik is an icon that stands out among other structures in UTAR Kampar Campus. It was named after the illustrious founding father of Universiti Tunku Abdul Rahman (UTAR), Tun Dr Ling Liong Sik, who is known and revered for his unflinching vision, wisdom, passion, and tenacity in spearheading the setting up of this university that has substantively touched the lives of countless many.
Dewan Tun Dr Ling Liong Sik is an imposing structure, a palatial hall built to commemorate the 10th anniversary of UTAR. This grand hall at UTAR Kampar Campus stands apart from the surrounding like a grand dame of a building complex - an inspiration by day and a gleaming beacon by night.
With double-eave roof and open space defined by red colonnades, the imposing hall is reminiscent of ancient Chinese grand halls with an outstanding feature of monumental Chinese architecture. Surrounding the hall on three sides is a 408-metre long roofed walkway which is part of a network of footpaths that serves as a circulation vessel of the campus.
As you approach the stately hall, you are greeted by a roofed driveway that leads to an inviting reception pavilion with round dome ceiling and square floor, symbolising heaven and earth or “Tian Yuan Di Fang 天圆地方”, while the pillars symbolise humans on earth. The overall structure of the round dome ceiling, square floor and pillars symbolises the balance and harmony between humans and nature or "Tian Ren He Yi 天人合一".
Flanking the pavilion are pools of water with dark floors representing the traditional Chinese inkwells that are used to dip the brush for Chinese painting and calligraphy. Bridging each ink pool is a paver slab with protruding blocks on both sides. These protruding blocks are the ink blocks that are emblazoned with Chinese characters, each block representing one of the Six Educational Pillars of UTAR education:
Virtue and Morality 德
Knowledge and Intellect 智
Physical and Mental Health 体
Sociality and Humanitarianism 群
Aesthetics and Harmony 美
Creativity and Innovation 新
These ink blocks with Chinese characters are symbolic reminders to all who pass through this grand hall that UTAR graduates are educated with wholesome universal values associated with its Six Educational Pillars.
This overall landscape feature in front of the hall was inspired by an ancient Chinese invention, the matrix printing, and it symbolises knowledge preservation and dissemination at UTAR to promote harmony and mutual understanding among local and global communities.
An integral part of the architectural design of the hall are two full-moon windows at two corners of the hall’s main entrance which afford framed views of the scenery of mountains, scenic lakes and other buildings of the campus.
As you walk past the concourse at the entrance and enter a grand foyer, you see an imposing four-leaf door with golden studs. This door opens to a majestic hall with two tiers of seats adequate for 3,500 persons.
This colossal Dewan Tun Dr Ling Liong Sik is irrefutably a hallmark of UTAR’s legacy that heralds the glorious years of empowering and inspirational educational excellence. This massive hall is now a paramount host to the congregations of graduands for convocations, meeting of bright minds to discuss ideas, gatherings of talents to showcase their work and performances, assemblies of scholars to present their research and creative endeavours, and many other get-togethers.
The remarkable hall named after UTAR Chancellor Tun Dr Ling Liong Sik
The pavilion with round dome ceiling, square floor and pillars symbolising harmony between heaven and earth
One of the two full-moon windows
The grand foyer
Pools with dark floors representing Chinese inkwells
A view of the iconic hall from the main entrance
A majestic night view of Dewan Tun Dr Ling Liong Sik
Ink blocks, emblazoned with Chinese characters, each block representing one of the Six Educational Pillars of UTAR education
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Climate Change into the Spider-Verse
Why, in a warmer world, we may be checking our shoes more often before we put them on, and shaking out those linens.
Climate change is making spiders more aggressive.
Key phrase: “hunt in packs”.
Inverse:
In the most uncomfortable piece of climate crisis-related news yet, a team of scientists believe that the increasing tropical cyclones may be changing the temperament of a “super abundant” spider. As the storms continue to increase in tandem with the planet’s temperature, some of our eight-legged friends are starting to get more aggressive, report scientists in a paper published Monday in Nature Ecology and Evolution.
Specifically, these findings refer to a species of group-dwelling spiders called Anelosimus studiosus. They’re “hardly majestic,” lead study author Jonathan Pruitt, Ph.D., an associate professor at the University of California Santa Barbara, tells Inverse, but they happen to have very intricate social lives. Along the Gulf Coast, the spiders form multi-female groups that hunt in packs, dwell in group webs, and sometimes rear each other’s children. But the climate crisis may be shifting these old spider traditions toward a less interconnected lifestyle.
In the paper, Pruitt and his team show that hurricanes are actually changing the social and behavior dynamics of these spider colonies. The aggressive spiders in the colonies are well-equipped to handle the chaos, but the less aggressive ones are not. That inequality, he explains, may reshape life in the colony.
“There’s a behavioral tipping point when very very aggressive colonies stop working together, start killing each other, and the group wisely disbands,” he says. “Combine hurricane increases with global warming and I think you could get something like that.”
The species as a whole will fare just fine, he says, in case you’re worried about losing even more animal and insect species to climate change. But the spiders are a good example of the way incomprehensibly large events — say, increases in large storms — can cause minute but significant changes too, like the behavior of a five-millimeter-long spider.
Researchers discovered that Arctic wolf spiders, Pardosa glacialis, are benefitting from the early spring brought on by the climate crisis. They’re able to produce more batches of offspring, called clutches, because warmer temperatures extend the season when the spiders are active, scientists report.
Researchers dissected individual egg sacs from the spiders and counted the number of eggs and partially developed juvenile spiders. They compared those egg contents with the size of the mothers and determined that the spiders were producing two separate clutches — something previously only observed in spiders living in lower latitudes.
The spiders birthed during the second clutch appeared significantly later in the season. In years when the snowmelt happened earlier, the first clutches occurred earlier and the second clutches were larger.
“Likely, females produce their first clutch earlier in those years which allow them time to produce another clutch,” write the authors of the study, published June 24 in the journal Proceedings of the Royal Society B.
The study provides the first evidence of invertebrates in the Arctic producing additional clutches as a result of global warming. “This could be a common but overlooked phenomenon due to the challenges associated with long-term collection of life-history data in the Arctic,” the study team explains.
“Moreover, given that wolf spiders are a widely distributed, important tundra predator, we may expect to see population and food web consequences of their increased reproductive rates.”
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I live in soupy S.E. Louisiana and can tell you (anecdotal, I know) that I’ve already noticed changes in spider behavior
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Calculating SEC Whistleblower Awards: A Theoretical Approach
By Amanda Rose October 21, 2019 by renholding
On October 23, the Securities and Exchange Commission is scheduled to vote on whether to adopt proposed amendments to the rules governing its whistleblower bounty program. The most controversial proposed amendments are to Rule 21F-6, which governs the way the SEC calculates the amount of an award. In a recent paper, available here, I analyze the wisdom of the proposed amendments to Rule 21F-6. My take: They are wise, but incomplete.
Under the Dodd-Frank Act, SEC whistleblowers are entitled to between 10 and 30 percent of the money collected by the SEC in an enforcement action that the whistleblower’s tip helped lead to, if the monetary sanctions imposed exceed $1 million and certain other eligibility requirements are met. Within the 10-30 percent range, the statute grants the SEC unreviewable discretion to set the award amount. Rule 21F-6 in turn requires that the SEC, in exercising this discretion, consider certain plus/minus factors to determine the percentage of collections to award within the statutory 10-30 percent range, but the SEC cannot consider the dollar amount the percentage arrived at would actually yield. So, in deciding that a 25 percent award is appropriate based on the factors laid out in the rule, the SEC is required to ignore that this would yield only $250,000 in a covered action with $1 million in monetary sanctions collected or a whopping $125 million in a covered action with $500 million in monetary sanctions collected. The proposed amendments to Rule 21F-6 would operate to free the SEC to take account of the dollar size of the award in order to make upward adjustments to very small awards (up to $2 million) and downward adjustments to very large awards (down to $30 million), within the statutory parameters.
These changes provoked controversy when first proposed, with Commissioner Robert Jackson and former Commissioner Kara Stein dissenting. Do they make sense? To begin to answer that question requires an understanding of the purpose of whistleblower awards and an evaluation of how well the existing award calculation methodology advances that purpose. In my paper, I provide both.
The departure point for my analysis is the assumption that the whistleblower program is designed to encourage tips by altering the internal cost-benefit calculation a potential whistleblower might be expected to conduct when deciding whether to come forward – but not without qualification. Encouraging tips is but a means to the end of helping the SEC in its deterrence mission, and not all tips will have this effect; to the contrary, some will impose more costs than benefits on the SEC. These include the cost of sorting through tips to determine which are worthy of pursuit, the cost of mistakenly pursuing tips that turn out not to be fruitful, as well as the cost of the award payments themselves – money that could be put to other socially valuable use if not paid out to whistleblowers. To the extent the program encourages individuals to bypass or undermine a company’s internal compliance system (often the most direct and effective way to identify and halt violations), that too produces costs that need to be taken into account. Depending on the nature and quantity of the tips elicited and the amounts paid out in awards, these costs could outweigh the benefits of the program.
Thus, a more refined statement of the goal of the whistleblower program is to encourage desirable tips (viz., those that create more benefits than costs, and thus push the SEC closer to its goal of optimal deterrence), without simultaneously encouraging the submission of undesirable tips (namely, those that create net costs, and thus undermine the SEC’s deterrence objective). Tip desirability is a continuum, and where along that continuum tips become more burdensome than helpful to the SEC will be a function, in part, of how efficiently the SEC can sort through tips and identify which are worthy of pursuit. It will also be a function of both the strength of the suspicion that underlies the tip, as well as the nature of the misconduct the tip relates to. Tips based on stronger suspicions are more likely to lead to the discovery of wrongdoing rather than innocent conduct, avoiding wasted investigative costs, and tips related to more serious offenses are likely to create greater deterrence payoffs.
A rational whistleblower would tip if the expected award (discounted to reflect its riskiness), plus any other benefits the whistleblower expects to receive by virtue of reporting, exceeds the costs the whistleblower expects to incur by coming forward. To further the goal of the whistleblower program, then, the award calculation methodology should strive to produce award amounts that, on a discounted expected value basis, exceed the costs potential whistleblowers with desirable but not undesirable tips expect to bear. Furthermore, even if the SEC could costlessly sort through tips, award amounts should not be set arbitrarily high, because the funds in excess of what is needed to achieve the program’s goals could be redeployed to more socially productive uses.
Expected awards are the product of an award’s probability and its anticipated magnitude. Award probability is appropriately sensitive to tip desirability under the current rules governing the SEC’s whistleblower program: Awards can only be paid on tips that actually lead the SEC to impose $1 million or more in sanctions, and tips based on relatively stronger suspicions and concerning relatively more serious misconduct are more likely to meet this requirement. By tying award magnitudes to 10-30 percent of the monetary penalties collected, the percentage method that the SEC currently uses to calculate whistleblower awards also laudably creates differential incentives to report based on tip desirability. This is because the size of the monetary penalties collected will typically be correlated with the seriousness of the offense, such that, all else being equal, a whistleblower with a relatively more serious tip is more likely to find that the benefits of tipping outweigh the costs. The factors that Rule 21F-6 requires the SEC to consider in setting the precise percentage within the 10-30 percent range also differentially reward more desirable tips (for example, by making participation in internal compliance systems a plus factor and interference with such systems a minus factor).
But while the current methodology creates differential incentives to report based on tip desirability, it is essentially blind to whistleblowers’ actual costs. If the penalties imposed in a covered action reflect its deterrence value, then capping whistleblower awards at a fraction of monetary penalties collected ensures that an award will not exceed the deterrence value of the tip. But the percentage method does not ensure that awards will not vastly exceed what is necessary to give whistleblowers an incentive to come forward. Nor does it ensure that awards will not be so high as to encourage undesirable low-probability tips or, conversely, that they will be high enough so as to encourage desirable tips. This will all depend on the actual costs whistleblowers expect to bear by coming forward, which the SEC does not currently take into consideration when setting award amounts.
One could imagine an alternative award calculation methodology keyed to whistleblower costs rather than the penalty imposed. For example, whistleblowers whose tips resulted in an enforcement action imposing at least $1 million in penalties could be guaranteed a set multiple of any costs they incurred from coming forward, with the multiple set to reflect the minimum probability of success the SEC wants the tips elicited to possess in the eyes of whistleblowers, with a kicker to offset risk aversion. If the SEC wanted to encourage tips with lower probabilities of success if they relate to more severe misconduct, it could apply different multipliers in cases involving different types of allegations (e.g., a higher multiple could be promised to whistleblowers whose tips lead to the discovery of a scienter-based offense). If implemented well, a cost-based method would more reliably encourage reporting than does the percentage method. But it would be administratively more burdensome to apply and, importantly, it would encourage reporting even if the award payout would exceed the deterrence benefits produced by the tip. Just as the percentage method is disconnected from whistleblowing costs, the cost-based method is disconnected from the actual deterrence benefits achieved as a result of the tip. What is needed is a hybrid approach that takes both the deterrence value of the tip and whistleblower costs into account.
The proposed revisions to Rule 21F-6 move precisely in this direction. They would allow the SEC, in a subset of cases at least, to consider the dollar amount of an award in order to determine whether the award would be too small, or larger than necessary, to reward the whistleblower and encourage desirable tips in the future, and to adjust the award upward or downward if it so finds (within the statutory bounds). This would invite the SEC to focus on whistleblower costs, which are essentially ignored under the current methodology, within a percentage framework that is tied (albeit imperfectly) to the deterrence benefit produced by the tip. Such a hybrid approach is attractive from a theoretical perspective for the reasons outlined above. It becomes unattractive only if we assume that the SEC will intentionally or inadvertently get the adjustments wrong or will consume so many resources in making the adjustments that the change would produce more costs than benefits. For reasons that I explain in the paper, I do not think this is a serious concern.
My analysis therefore suggests that the proposed reforms to Rule 21F-6 are wise and should be adopted, but it also suggests two other important reforms that are worthy of consideration.
First, the SEC’s whistleblower program would better align whistleblowers’ incentives to tip with the SEC’s deterrence mission if awards were tethered to the value of all penaltiesimposed in the covered action rather than simply to monetary penalties collected. How much the SEC collects in monetary penalties is, after all, not just a function of the size of the monetary penalty it chooses to impose, it is also a function of the defendant’s ability to pay – even the SEC cannot squeeze blood out of a turnip. The monetary penalties collected in an enforcement action against an individual, for example, will typically be substantially smaller than the monetary penalties collected in an enforcement action against a public company, because of disparate solvency constraints. The SEC may impose severe non-monetary penalties on defendants as a supplement to, or substitute for, monetary penalties, such as officer and director bars, referral to the Department of Justice for criminal prosecution, structural reforms, as well as other forms of injunctive relief. Although the SEC often stresses that non-monetary remedies are critically important to its deterrence mission, non-monetary relief is not properly rewarded in SEC whistleblower awards today. In my paper, I outline ways that the SEC could remedy this.
Second, the SEC should be required to be more transparent about the percentages it is awarding and why. The SEC almost never makes the percentage it has determined to award public. This opacity is unnecessary and likely increases the risk discount that potential whistleblowers apply to expected awards when deciding whether the benefits of tipping outweigh the costs.
This post comes to us from Professor Amanda Rose at Vanderbilt University Law School. It is based on her recent paper, “Calculating SEC Whistleblower Awards: A Theoretical Approach,” available here.
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Tag: Folks are gaming Twitter and Facebook’s algorithms to spread misinformation.
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Huge COVID study finds remdesivir doesn’t work—FDA grants approval anyway BUT IT DOESN’T WORK SO WHAT’S WITH THE FDA?
A study coordinated by the World Health Organization has indicated that remdesivir, along with three other potential drug treatments for the coronavirus, has “little or no effect” on death rates among hospitalized patients.
https://arstechnica.com/science/2020/10/fda-approves-remdesivir-for-covid-19-but-global-study-finds-it-doesnt-work/
2020 General Election Early Vote Statistics
https://electproject.github.io/Early-Vote-2020G/index.html
AS OF 10/25/2020 Washington’s mail ballot return rates are nearly three times what they were in 2016.
Nationwide, voters will not only be sent an unprecedented number of at least 87 million mail ballots, but they are returning them sooner than in past elections. In all nearly 40 million mail ballots have been returned so far, a return rate of nearly 46%. Americans’ resilience and support for their democracy is very heartening in these trying times. Voters still haven’t returned a little more than 47 million mail ballots to election officials.
Last update next week, with more precise turnout forecasts and a couple of projections for all-mail states like Colorado, Oregon, and Nevada. And before you think these states are uninteresting because they aren’t all battlegrounds, they may provide us with a sense of the direction and magnitude of the national swing towards Biden or Trump.
When Barrett joins the court, five of the nine justices will have been appointed by presidents who lost the popular vote.
The Republican senators who will vote for her represent 15 million fewer Americans than their Democratic colleagues.
How is this representative government? ~ Robert Reich
Maxwell Deposition 2016 Original Document (PDF)
https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/7274479-Maxwell-Deposition-2016.html
Lest We Forget the Horrors: A Catalog of Trump’s Worst Cruelties, Collusions, Corruptions, and Crimes
The Complete Listing (So Far): Atrocities 1- 944
https://www.mcsweeneys.net/articles/the-complete-listing-so-far-atrocities-1-944
ANTITRUST TECHNOLOGY LAW
Google must respond to U.S. antitrust lawsuit by Dec. 19
The Justice Department on Tuesday sued the $1 trillion company and accused it of illegally using its market muscle to hobble rivals in the biggest challenge to the power and influence of Big Tech in decades.
https://www.reuters.com/article/tech-antitrust-google/google-must-respond-to-us-antitrust-lawsuit-by-dec-19-idINL1N2HE172
Signs point to another Google antitrust complaint, this time focused on adtech
https://www.thedrum.com/news/2020/10/23/signs-point-another-google-antitrust-complaint-time-focused-adtech
Google could be hit with another multistate antitrust complaint to pile on the US Justice Department’s search-centric suit against the company. State lawyers have been poking at Google’s adtech system for months, asking detailed questions about ad auction mechanics, header bidding, third-party data access and more. A new complaint against Google involving its advertising industry practices is percolating. While the antitrust complaint filed by the US Department of Justice (DOJ) earlier this week is all about Google’s search business, another multistate complaint against the company could come down the pike soon.
EDUCATION / DIGITAL DIVIDE
WHAT THE HELL TOOK THEM SO LONG TO DO THIS!
They are getting money from the government – because all the taxes the phone companies took from the public since 1994 to do this job never happened. Now we have to pay again with taxes collected from the goverment to pay for it. We had to pay TWICE!
American Farm Bureau Federation https://www.fb.org/
DIGITAL DIVIDE AMERICAN CONNECTION PROJECT
FIND WIFI LOCATIONS
MAP https://www.americanconnection.io/
New tool locates Wi-Fi hot spots in rural communities.
Close the digital divide and extend broadband access to over 3 million unserved people in rural America by July 2022.
https://www.businesswire.com/news/home/20200909005377/en/
American Connection Project makes it easier to find free internet connectivity across the nation. Broadband Coalition represents more than 100 companies and organizations who are working together to bring high-speed internet access to all U.S. households, with a focus on those in rural areas.
* American Connection Project Broadband Coalition to Support Advocacy and Connectivity Improvement Efforts
* Offering Free High-Speed Internet Access for Guests in Select Store Parking Lots
* Contributed 3,000 Chromebooks to Hourly Team Members with School-age Children.
DOWNLOAD THE APP. FIND
https://www.tractorsupply.com/tsc/cms/app
Access points through the 4-H organization, libraries and county extension offices.
The UN urges people to #PledgetoPause before sharing information online
https://news.un.org/en/story/2020/10/1075742
ARE YOU ON FACEBOOK?
WANT TO HELP ACADEMICS FIND OUT WHAT IS FACEBOOK UP TO?
HELP ACADEMIC RESEARCHERS AND FIND OUT INSTALL INTO CHROME OR FIREFOX
https://adobserver.org/
Ad Observer is a tool you add to your Web browser. It copies the ads you see on Facebook, so anyone, on any part of the political spectrum, can see them in our public database. If you want, you can enter basic demographic information about yourself in the tool to help improve our understanding of why advertisers targeted you. However, we’ll never ask for information that could identify you. https://adobserver.org/ad-database/
Firefox – Folks are gaming Twitter and Facebook’s algorithms to spread misinformation.
Trending Topics and Group Recommendations need to take a pause so misinformation doesn’t threaten our democracy.
See the actions we’re taking and how you can help:
https://www.mozilla.org/en-US/firefox/unfck/
Choosing a password manager
https://freedom.press/training/blog/choosing-password-manager/
Signal >> Blog >> Multi-device calls with ICE forking
https://signal.org/blog/ice-forking/
Social Media Restrictions Cannot Keep Up with Hidden Codes and Symbols
Much like spoken language, Internet memes take on shifting political meanings according to context
https://www.scientificamerican.com/article/social-media-restrictions-cannot-keep-up-with-hidden-codes-and-symbols/
Also WhatsApp Security Vulnerability
Back in March, Rolf Weber wrote about a potential vulnerability in the WhatsApp protocol that would allow Facebook to defeat perfect forward secrecy by forcibly change users’ keys, allowing it — or more likely, the government — to eavesdrop on encrypted messages.
https://www.schneier.com/blog/archives/2017/01/whatsapp_securi.html
It seems that this vulnerability is real
the bad guys will move to one of 546 foreign-made encryption products, safely out of the reach of any U.S. law.
Either we build encryption systems to keep everyone secure, or we build them to leave everybody vulnerable.
https://twitter.com/schneierblog/
Scientific American: Social Media Restrictions Cannot Keep Up with Hidden Codes and Symbols. “On the same day that President Donald Trump announced his COVID-19 diagnosis, Twitter reminded users of its policy that ‘tweets that wish or hope for death, serious bodily harm or fatal disease against *anyone* are not allowed and will need to be removed.’ The social media platform soon filled with posts accusing it of hypocrisy: threats targeting women and people of color have accumulated for years without removal, users said. But even as Twitter attempted to enforce its rules more stringently, thinly veiled posts slipped through the cracks.”
House Subpoenas DeVos Staff in Probe of For-Profit College
Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and other high-ranking officials are deliberately sidetracking the oversight efforts by refusing to comply with their requests for information.
Citing a U.S. News investigation, the House Education Committee is compelling testimony from staffers into agency involvement in a for-profit college’s defrauding of students. “The Department has obstructed the Committee at every turn,” Education and Labor Committee Chairman Bobby Scott wrote regarding Education Secretary Betsy DeVos and other high-ranking officials. House Democrats subpoenaed three career staff members at the Education Department on Thursday as part of their ongoing investigation into the Trump administration’s role in allowing Dream Center, the operator of two now-defunct for-profit colleges, to mislead students and continue operating the schools despite losing their accreditation.
https://www.usnews.com/news/education-news/articles/2020-10-22/house-subpoenas-devos-staff-in-probe-of-for-profit-college
K12 Surveillance
K12 EDUCATION Students Are Rebelling Against Eye-Tracking Exam Surveillance Tools
Invasive test-taking software has become mandatory in many places, and some companies are retaliating against those who speak out.
“We must do better than subjecting our students to surveillance & violations of their privacy… better than allowing algorithmic policing through biometric surveillance as the new normal.” @zenalbatross
on why students are rejecting surveillance tools.
https://www.vice.com/en/article/n7wxvd/students-are-rebelling-against-eye-tracking-exam-surveillance-tools
Activists Turn Facial Recognition Tools Against the Police
Around the world, activists are building facial recognition tools specifically to identify police officers. The authorities are not happy to be on the other side of the technology.
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/10/21/technology/facial-recognition-police.html
When you tell Chrome to wipe private data about you, it spares two websites from the purge: Google.com, YouTube.
“Programmer Jeff Johnson noticed the unusual behavior, and this month documented the issue with screenshots. In his assessment of the situation, he noted that if you set up Chrome, on desktop at least, to automatically delete all cookies and so-called site data when you quit the browser, it deletes it all as expected – except your site data for Google.com and YouTube.com.” Google says this is a bug that will be fixed.
https://www.theregister.com/2020/10/19/google_cookie_wipe/
CEO Telegram: Developers secretly embed backdoor into apps!
Bundeskabinett approves draft law allowing trojans on phones to monitor WhatsApp
https://www.bmi.bund.de/SharedDocs/downloads/DE/gesetzestexte/gesetzesentwuerfe/entwurf-anpassung-verfassungsschutzrecht-bverfschg-madg-g10.pdf
*Note that this is not about backdoor requirements or abilities, but about QuellenTKÜ (english: source telecommunications surveillance), which involves getting a trojan onto end devices, either through hacking, like using a bought 0-day, or by breaking into houses of suspects. It already exists as a part of law enforcement in various German states. The proposed regulation is to allow this for a bunch of additional federal agencies as well.
Also https://en.secnews.gr/209977/ceo-tou-telegram-prosochi-to-whatsapp-kryvei-kindynous/
On the occasion of the recent attack hacking which was accepted by its billionaire owner Amazon, Jeff Bezos, through the WhatsApp application, the Telegram CEO, Pavel Durov, said that WhatsApp application hides many risks.
Durov noted the hacking attack on his smartphone Jeff Bezos it wasn’t due to an Apple security error, but to application of WhatsApp. Wanting to speak more specifically, Durov said his vice president Facebook accused her Apple for hacking Bezos. According to Durov, however, the WhatsApp application was responsible for the hacking. He even justified his view by saying that the “corrupt” error video “WhatsApp didn’t just exist in iOS, but also to Android and Windows Phone. Therefore, it appeared in mobile phones which had WhatsApp installed.
HUMANS ‘anthropodermic bibliopegy’
NPR: ‘Dark Archives’ Explores The Use Of Human Skin In Bookbinding
“Megan Rosenbloom, a young librarian-in-training, wanders through the Mütter Museum’s collection of medical oddities. In an inconspicuous corner, she discovers a display case of leather-bound books with their covers closed — unusual for rare books. The caption explains these books are closed because their binding is more notable than their contents, and that’s because they were made from human skin. This marks the beginning of Rosenbloom’s obsession with ‘anthropodermic bibliopegy’ and the opening scene to Dark Archives: A Librarian’s Investigation into the Science and History of Books Bound in Human Skin…”
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Yates wins Vuelta; Americans shining in France: Daily News Digest
Welcome to your Daily News Digest. Here’s what’s happening today:
It was an action-packed weekend with the finale of the Vuelta a Espana. Simon Yates successfully defended his lead on the final mountain stage in Andorra and cruised into Madrid to capture his first Grand Tour title. He was joined on the podium by two young-sensations, Miguel Angel Lopez and Enric Mas. Lopez and Mas had a fiery battle for the stage win on the final mountain stage with Mas coming out on top.
Story of the day: Great Britain dominated the Grand Tours in 2018
With Simon Yates’ (Mitchelton-Scott) overall victory in the Vuelta a Espana over the weekend, Great Britain completed the Grand Tour sweep for the 2018 season and did so with three different riders. Chris Froome (Sky) became the first Briton to win the Giro d’Italia when he was victorious in May and his teammate Geraint Thomas, a Welshman, took a surprise win at the Tour de France in July.
Since the turn of the century, Great Britain has become a force to be reckoned with on the track, but only recently has the country emerged as a general classification contender at the Grand Tours. Bradley Wiggins was the first Briton to win the Tour de France and did so only six years ago in 2012.
Much of Great Britain’s GC success can be attributed to the formation of Team Sky, but as Simon and Adam Yates are showing, British Cycling can also take credit for spotting talent and helping them to develop. The brothers caused quite a stir when they chose to sign with the GreenEdge program and bypass Team Sky when they made the jump to the WorldTour.
❤ @SimonYatess #LaVuelta18 pic.twitter.com/HmsDYyt1Ov
— La Vuelta (@lavuelta) September 16, 2018
The Beauty of Cycling
After 14 seasons, Igor Anton called an end to his career on Sunday after the final stage of La Vuelta a Espana. The Spaniard walked across the finish line holding his bike over his head to draw an end to his time as a professional cyclist. Just prior to his crossing the line, the peloton allowed Anton to roll off the front of the group, waving goodbye to the fans and the rest of world as the riders entered the finishing circuits in Madrid.
It is common for the peloton to pay tribute to a retiring rider. Alberto Contador received the same courtesy when he retired last year.
😢 Te echaremos de menos | We're gonna miss you
🙌🙌🙌 @IgorAntonH #LaVuelta18 pic.twitter.com/1Mzc2r4P74
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Viviani wins final stage of La Vuelta
Elia Viviani (Quick-Step) took the final stage of La Vuelta, only coming out of the slipstream and into the wind in the final hundred metres. The Italian was able to win the stage despite losing his leadout with two kilometres to go and having to freelance the wheels to get to the front.
Etapa 21 | Stage 21 #LaVuelta18
🇪🇸 Vive el último kilómetro de la victoria de @eliaviviani gracias a @CarrefourES
🇬🇧 Live the last km. of Viviani's victory thanks to @CarrefourES#CarrefourConLaVuelta pic.twitter.com/BBg5OFV5vu
Madrid Challenge
The two-stage Madrid Challenge saw the riders contest a 14-kilometre team time trial on Saturday, followed by a circuit race in Madrid on Sunday. Team Sunweb showed they are well prepared to defend their world title in the team time trial in a week’s time, winning the opening day by 18 seconds over Wiggle-High5.
🔝 El resumen de la primera etapa #MadridChallenge18 pic.twitter.com/p0uJOlrwq2
— CERATIZIT Challenge by La Vuelta (@ChallengeVuelta) September 16, 2018
Giorgia Bronzini (Cylance) took the win on Sunday in a bunch sprint. The two-time world champion closed out her illustrious career in Madrid. Next year, she will be a director sportif with the new Trek women’s team. Sarah Roy (Mitchelton-Scott) and Charlotte Becker (Hitec Products) rounded out the podium.
https://twitter.com/giorgiabronzini/status/1041249915454849025?s=21
Americans continue to shine at L’Ardeche
Over the weekend, Katie Hall, riding for the U.S. National Team at the Tour Cycliste Féminin International de l’Ardèche, demonstrated she is climbing better than ever and is ready for the world championships in a few weeks. The climb-heavy course in Austria definitely suits Hall’s strengths.
L’Ardèche went climbing over the weekend with two summit finishes testing the riders. Hall finished fifth on Saturday, alongside former race leader and stage three winner Ruth Winder. Hall and Winder continued to climb well on Sunday, finishing third and fifth, respectively.
Kasia Niewiadoma (Canyon-SRAM), who finished second to Winder on stage three, took the fifth stage and is currently second overall. She is five seconds behind race leader Margarita Garcia (Spain) in the general classification. Hall is fourth overall at 1:26 and Winder is fifth at 2:12.
Boom! Congratulations to @KNiewiadoma and the team at @TCFIA for the stage win today! #TCFIA pic.twitter.com/YRG8o1UKqc
— CANYON//SRAM Racing (@WMNcycling) September 16, 2018
Race to the Rock: A hat-trick for Hammond
During the three years of Race to the Rock, the course may have altered, the weather went from one extreme to the next and the field of contenders shuffled, but there’s one thing that has stayed the same. Sarah Hammond has consistently dominated the gruelling race through the remote stretches of outback Australia.
This year the gruelling self-supported ultra-endurance race traversed 3,569 kilometres from the southern state of Tasmania to the red rock of Uluru in the Northern Territory. Hammond completed the course on Saturday afternoon, finishing the longest Race to the Rock yet, in more than 15 days.
https://www.instagram.com/p/Bnw7XEpBvtS/?utm_source=ig_web_copy_link
“This year’s [Race to the Rock] course was a full body work out. It wasn’t just pedalling alone. It was rock scrambling down a 1000m drop, it was pushing my bike through so much and I wanted to cry,” said Hammond in an Instagram post. “The further out, the more harsh the conditions. Heavy corrugated roads riding into 50kmph headwinds, with the sun burning a hole in you. This race has something so raw about it.”
To follow the rest of the riders as they make their way toward the finish you can see the live tracking dots here.
Vuelta a Espana stage 20 highlights
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To be; to think; to know
By Peter Coffee October 31, 2018
We are on a frontier of old concepts in new contexts – and we must arrive at new understandings, says Salesforce's Peter Coffee.
Peter Coffee
When Apple introduced the Series 4 update to its Apple Watch, one piece of the back story jumped out of the noise of the shiny-new-object reviews. Among the widely-reported features of the new device is an ability to detect that the wearer may have fallen, and to make an autonomous phone call for assistance if the wearer does not move (or respond to an alert) within one minute. What keeps this from being just a dubious technology trick is this datum:
Apple says that to build its fall detection algorithms, it used data from a study involving 2,500 participants over several years, and it also worked with assisted living facilities and movement disorder clinics.
It seems important that Apple didn’t build something based on some abstract concept of “falling”: they went out and studied the real thing. In a world where computation is abundant, and the not-quite-inevitability of oft-misdescribed “Moore’s Law” progress makes us continually expect more for less, the value of measuring reality – and from that, of knowing stuff – will rise above other measures of competitive advantage.
“Excuse me, did you just fall?” No, that’s not something that one person often needs to ask another. Knowing the difference between someone slipping on the ice and falling flat on their back, versus someone executing a perfect judo ukemi maneuver, is the kind of unconsidered analysis that people do all the time – but that we struggle to capture in code. This is one tiny node in a huge network of “common sense” challenges, which have been recognized and addressed for at least the past sixty years.
(Coincidentally, “common sense” acquisition and understanding is a notable focus of the Allen Institute for Artificial Intelligence – whose founder, Microsoft co-founder and Renaissance man Paul Allen, recently left us far too soon, but also left us a legacy of extraordinary contributions and continuing programs of great promise. Sometimes, saying “he changed the world” is not an exaggeration.)
Looking back at the earliest origins of artificial intelligence research, generally dated in August 1955, it now seems clear that artificial thinking was thought to be the defining goal. “The study is to proceed on the basis of the conjecture that every aspect of learning or any other feature of intelligence can in principle be so precisely described that a machine can be made to simulate it. An attempt will be made to find how to make machines use language, form abstractions and concepts, solve kinds of problems now reserved for humans, and improve themselves,” wrote the famous quartet of McCarthy, Minsky, Rochester and Shannon in proposing a “2 month, 10 man study” (yes, they said “man” – it was the 1950s) that they projected would deliver “a significant advance.”
Had they succeeded, despite the handicap of having no women in the room, the unsocialized artificial thinker that they might have produced would have been even less useful than a similarly behaved human being. At least a human has some capacity for recognizing its own limitations: “I’m not a psychopath, I’m a high-functioning sociopath. Do your research,” says one of the most contemporary dramatic interpretations of the character of detective Sherlock Holmes.
The problems of relying on a merely “smart” machine, lacking any self-awareness of its ignorance, are barely suggested by the comment of researcher Douglas Lenat, who said in 1997: “Before we let robotic chauffeurs drive around our streets, I'd want the automated driver to have general common sense about the value of a cat versus a child versus a car bumper, about children chasing balls into streets, about young dogs being more likely to dart in front of cars than old dogs (which, in turn, are more likely to bolt than elm trees are), about death being a very undesirable thing, and so on. That ‘and so on’ obscures a massive amount of general knowledge of the everyday world without which no human or machine driver should be on the road, at least not near me on in any populated area.”
Before we say that the problem is therefore one of acquiring more knowledge of the world, in a machine-usable form, let’s be careful what we wish for. Consider the thought experiment of the fictional researchers who tried to teach a robot how to retrieve its own spare battery, from a locked room, with a time bomb in the room that would soon go off. “It had just finished deducing that pulling the wagon out of the room would not change the colour of the room's wall, when the bomb exploded. ‘We must teach it to ignore irrelevant implications,' said the designers.” On the next hypothetical trial, the robot successfully discards thousands of irrelevant implications – but while it is still working on that process of innumerable eliminations, the bomb goes off. And so on.
Summarizing this (often called the) “frame problem,” Daniel Dennett went on to say (in 1993) that:
What is needed is a system that genuinely ignores most of what it knows, and operates with a well-chosen portion of its knowledge at any moment. Well-chosen, but not chosen by exhaustive consideration. How, though, can you design a system that reliably ignores what it ought to ignore under a wide variety of different circumstances in a complex action environment?
Twenty-five years later, we would probably feel that we should add:
And once you have done that, how much insurance will you need against the day that the system does ignore something that should not have mattered? But that turned out, against all odds, to be crucial?
Once in a while, that odd noise will turn out to the sonic boom from a falling chunk of asteroid – which possibility we had pre-classified as too unlikely to consider. (Litigation and liability left as an exercise for the student.)
We are on a frontier of old concepts in new contexts – and we must arrive at new understandings before we can make good choices about who is obligated to think about what. In particular, we are accustomed to static and clearly unintelligent tools, for whose actions some person is always absolutely responsible: what happens when that responsibility starts to be more distributed?
A hammer, for example, does nothing on its own. It merely is – but we are well along the path to active tools, such as the robot that we see putting up a wall in an on-line video. That robot responds to its environment, to a limited degree, and therefore could (generously) be said to have started climbing the ladder, ascending from “to be” to “to think.”
On the other hand, that impressively capable robot would put up that very same wall, regardless of whether the thing being walled out was a light breeze or an approaching hurricane. It would have no awareness of either, and even less understanding of why the difference might matter.
For machines to be called “intelligent,” therefore, and not merely “assistive” or (on a good day) “autonomous,” they will have to (at least) simulate something that resembles understanding of the real world’s subtleties and their consequences. To return to our original example of an Apple Watch: putting barely a toe on that rung of the ladder, it does not merely detect that its wearer has gone from vertical to horizontal. It has, if only barely, some internal representation of the idea of “falling,” based on a determined effort to capture and work with real-world knowledge.
When we realize that this is barely a start, a millimeter of progress on a journey of light years, perhaps it explains why we call ourselves homo sapiens rather than homo rationo. Knowing is so much harder than thinking.
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The Effect of Iron Fortification on the Chemical, Physical, and Sensory Properties of Mozzarella Cheese
Wendy Haws Rice, Utah State University
Nutrition, Dietetics, and Food Sciences
Donald J. McMahon
Paul A. Savello
Deloy G. Hendricks
Mozzarella cheese was made from milk fortified with iron so that the cheese contained 25 and 50 ppm iron. Iron was added to the milk in three ways: (1) complexed to casein (ferric-casein), (2) complexed to whey protein (ferric-whey protein), and (3) ferric chloride (FeCl3·6H20) added directly to milk. Cheese quality was determined by chemical, physical, and sensory characteristics and compared with a control cheese.
Chemical oxidation, during 28 days storage, was determined by absorbance of malondialdehyde at 535 nm using the thiobarbituric acid assay (TBA). Physical properties were assessed by the Arnott test for melt, helical viscometer for stretch, and b* value for cook color. Sensory properties were tested by panelists trained to detect metallic and oxidized off-flavors and by large, untrained consumer panels. There were no significant differences in iron-fortified cheeses based on the method of adding iron to milk. There were no significant differences in TBA-measured oxidation caused by adding iron, method of adding iron, or by storage ( α=.05). Stretch was increased by addition of iron. Melt and cook color were not affected by iron fortification. The trained sensory panel scored metallic and oxidized off-flavors slightly higher in the iron-fortified cheeses than in the controls, although at a level that was slightly perceptible. When cooked on a pizza, the iron-fortified cheese was rated comparable to the control cheese by consumer panels. Based on the popularity of pizza and on these observations, it was concluded that iron-fortified Mozzarella cheese can be used as an appropriate food vehicle to supplement the diets of populations that are at risk for iron deficiency anemia (e.g., children and pregnant women).
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Rice, Wendy Haws, "The Effect of Iron Fortification on the Chemical, Physical, and Sensory Properties of Mozzarella Cheese" (1995). All Graduate Theses and Dissertations. 5428.
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Talk:Source SDK Base
1 Who needs to install this?
2 Uninstallent of SDK base
3 Pre-release banter
4 SearchPaths
5 Help for a newb
6 Using SDK base?
7 Source SDK vs Source SDK Base
8 Can't find it in my Tool list
9 Two quick questions
10 Source SDK is available in my tools, but blatantly refuses to install.
Who needs to install this?
I'm confused. If I make my mod based around this, like I'm supposed to, will players need to install this as well? Or will the change be transparent to players? --Giles 15:28, 4 Aug 2006 (PDT)
Players will need to install it. It should be fixed. --DogGunn 01:02, 7 Aug 2006 (PDT)
Uninstallent of SDK base
Just to check, if you uninstal SDK base, can you still play other games like Half Life2 whilst SDK base is uninstalled? --alekum 21:11, 10 june 2008
Yes. It's only used by mods. --TomEdwards 13:25, 10 Jun 2008 (PDT)
Pre-release banter
What exactly is in this? I'm curious and don't wanna wait for the download :P Wraiyth 19:12, 28 Jul 2006 (PDT)
There's not much in it - I'll get a list of the .GCF files later. BTW, the download is about 40MB so it's not that big. --DogGunn 19:16, 28 Jul 2006 (PDT)
It looks to be to be the Lost Coast Stress Test. And that is all...--Gameexpertmaster 19:13, 28 Jul 2006 (PDT)
Steam told me it was 116, but if its the LC Stress Test it could be because I don't actually have LC downloaded. Wraiyth 19:20, 28 Jul 2006 (PDT)
No, even if you have LC installed it's that big. The map files are duplicated in the SDK Base GCF, not crossreferenced from LC. ATimson 22:26, 28 Jul 2006 (PDT)
Might have to do with nothing at all, but file size of Source SDK Base server.dll is 6.95 mb while file size of lost coast's server.dll is 6.5 mb. noob cannon lol 19:32, 28 Jul 2006 (PDT)
In your mod's, if you change the appid to 215 (same as Source Base SDK) when you run your mod, in the top right corner you get Source Engine 7 Build 2768, which was never there before.--Gameexpertmaster 19:47, 28 Jul 2006 (PDT)
There was talk about mods using a completely different appID so we were decoupled from engine changes and from what I can tell basically a static engine version so our mods wont get killed when Valve make a change to the "real" engine like has happened in the past. The question has to be asked, if this download is a sizable download 100MB+ do our users also have to download this? ^Ben 19:55, 28 Jul 2006 (PDT)
Yes, your users would have to download it. Hopefully by trimming out the stress test—or at least changing it to be pulled from the LC cache instead of downloaded again—they can cut that down quite a bit. That said, I thought the point wasn't to have a static engine version for mods; rather, because the single player games have a static engine version, having the separate appID would allow single player games to take advantage of the newest engine version which they won't get if they stay as HL2/LC/Ep1 mods. ATimson 22:32, 28 Jul 2006 (PDT)
That makes no sense. You don't have to download the Source SDK to play current mods. Also, the two engine versions are compatible in regards to everything but HL2 character assets, which doesn't seem worth splitting AppIDs for to me. --TomEdwards 23:49, 28 Jul 2006 (PDT)
No, you don't have to download the SDK—but you do have to download the appropriate Source engine game. If this is the standalone app, which would be used instead of a game, it should have to be downloaded too. As for splitting, there's also another benefit: allowing anybody with one Valve Source game to play all mods, regardless of what they own. [At least, if I'm remembering the hlcoders post right. :)] ATimson 04:52, 29 Jul 2006 (PDT)
There's no way this was meant to be publicly released—the reslists are broken. You aren't forced to download all the files required to load even the menu background before it loads. Not that their reslists are normally not broken... but they normally require too much, not nothing. ATimson 23:21, 28 Jul 2006 (PDT)
I'm sure it was meant to be released - no accidtal. Let's just find out what VALVe say. --DogGunn 23:27, 28 Jul 2006 (PDT)
You'd think that they've had said something before its release, though... especially since it showed up on a Friday, not their normal release day? ATimson 04:53, 29 Jul 2006 (PDT)
I was confused about this thinking I was the only one, but it is nice to know I'm not. It doesn't look deliberate, but because of all this mod stuff, I'm thinking it probably was. Although why it was the lost coast stuff in it, no-one knows. Heck, this is the only place I know with a mention of it. Google gives nothing, but I have yet to check the Steam forums. Prehaps I should? --RabidZombie 05:53, 29 Jul 2006 (PDT)
"Good guess, mods currently using 220 should switch to 215 if they wish to use the new engine features (and some using 320 should consider switching to 215). Mike will provide all the details when the SDK is ready :) - Alfred" noob cannon lol 16:08, 29 Jul 2006 (PDT)
SearchPaths
What SearchPaths should we use with SDK base? This seems to work for now:
Game |gameinfo_path|.
Game sourcetest
Game hl2
But it doesn't seem right to me somehow. Some clarification would be appreciated. --TomEdwards 03:46, 5 Aug 2006 (PDT)
You don't really need to use sourcetest...it's probably something to make sure Steam doesn't complain—ts2do 11:48, 5 Aug 2006 (PDT)
It isn't supposed to be launched as a game in its own right, just be a base for mods to work off. That's why the reslists are broken. You don't need any of the Sourcetest content if you're going to be launching a mod, and including it in the reslist will force users to download it when they launch a mod. The sourcetest content just exists so it doesn't crash straight away if you do happen to launch it standalone, I reckon. --AiusEpsi 05:13, 6 Aug 2006 (PDT)
There seems to be a great deal of confusion on the way the new SDK stuff slots into modding. Some clarification (i.e., a how to page) would be appreciated.
That's the theory ts2do, but there is an immediate CTD if you don't include it. It has to be mounted, today at least. --TomEdwards 14:57, 6 Aug 2006 (PDT)
Help for a newb
Hi, I don't understand what Source SDK Base really dose. I looked all over google and got nothing. I heard that you use it to test maps or mods you've created. I read that it allows you to create maps or mods or helps in creating them by allowing you to use the most recent stuff or what ever it is that valve or who ever have out. So for example what I read or believe is that with Source SDK Base I can make maps with the graphic quality of Half Life 2 Episode 1 or Half Life 2 Lost Coast.
I'm not sure what to believe. But what I need is for some one to help me understand how to use Source SDK Base, and explain exactly what it is.
This is my first time posting on a Wiki like this so please don't get mad if I'm doing something wrong, Thanks.
No problem at all really. The base is more or less as a Dev tester game. Meaning that this game has all the new entity's, updates, and effects that the current engine has. This is simply made for test reasons and checks along certain things within the engine as well as HDR and fps checks through triggers and many based entity. Yeah so not much but as to the ep 1 and Lost Coast content, mainly this does allow you to make mods with the new engine. however only if you don't have ep1 or HL2DM. In fact this was released way afterward the main ep1 update for the engine. The engine has always now had the ability to run maps and compile them in HDR. Also think of SDK base as a toolbox. Mainly its to really show things, console commands and the previous explained in the current new engine.--Gear 22:45, 23 Jul 2007 (PDT)
Sorry I'm still a little confused, so the source SDK base allows me to create mods? Not levels like Hammer editor? So you mean I can create a map with hammer editor, compile it in HDR and open the map in source SDK base? And then using source SDK base i can add entities? Or?
And so if I have HL2 ep. 1 and HL2DM which I do, I wont be able to? I call shenanigans on that lol. So if I didn't have those 2 games, would I be able to use source SDK base to create some cool HDR maps for CSS or would it have to be for a multiplayer mod I have made myself. And in order to create mods using source SDK source, would I need to use a third party program for creating mods, or is source SDK base like its own mod creator?
Sorry I'm new to all of these things. I just started creating maps with hammer a couple of weeks ago and still don't understand everything. I'm only 17 but video games are my passion. I have played a game called Second Life which I loved because you can create almost anything, your own world or game within the game even. So I really want to learn more about all this stuff.
No you need to have ep1 or css to use THEIR content. Source sdk base just allows you to use and make MODS under the new source sdk engine build. Simple as that. And no the source sdk base DOES NOT allow you to make maps just mods. You must own hl2, hl2ep1, hl2dm, DOD, or SINep to use the sdk. The sdk requires content in order to be used the sdk base is just a test of the new engine. Also source sdk does not allow you to put entity's in a map because in can not re-write the final bsp. Yeah don't worry about it is a bit complicated at first.--Gear 16:04, 26 Jul 2007 (PDT)
Cool thanks, so then I would use SDK base just to test maps or something like that? So that I can test my mod on the updated engine? Does source SDK base actually create the mod, or do you use third party software along with SDK base to create the mod? Does SDK base update source SDK? What I'm trying to get at is, how do I use the most recent entities and things from the SDK base engine? I think you said that there are new entities, or did you mean the entities are updated to work better when testing with SDK base?
Yeah no prob their already all there and included in all the games content thats being used but nope you do not need third-party tools to create mods here check this out:[1]. Id love to explain everything but theres just way too much!--Gear 19:00, 26 Jul 2007 (PDT)
Sorry to keep asking questions, but if they're already all there (in the programs?) then what is the purpose of SDK base other than creating mods, which is already possible using third party software.
Mods extend existing games. The SDK Base is one that is shared between games and kept up to date on Valve's side. --TomEdwards 05:22, 29 Jul 2007 (PDT)
Yeah that is quite true. I suppose you can say that sdk base is well quite useless in cause.--Gear 14:56, 29 Jul 2007 (PDT)
Using SDK base?
How come this article doesn't say anything about making a mod using the SDK base? How exactly is this done?
Providing your SteamAppId in your gameinfo.txt is set to 215, you'll be using the SDK base. This is default for all new mods, though some people tend to change their SteamAppId's to an existing game (ie, HL2, HL2:Ep1/Ep2, CS:S, etc.) --Daedalus 21:01, 13 Oct 2007 (PDT)
Source SDK vs Source SDK Base
Source SDK Base (SteamAppId 215) loads the latest version of the Source engine. Half-life 2 (SteamAppId 220) loads an older version of the Source engine. Is Half-life 2 in this case the Source SDK (SteamAppId 211)? --Viant 22:17, 18 Nov 2007 (PST)
The Half-life 2 in that case is NOT the Source SDK. Although Source SDK has similar label to Source SDK Base, they have different purposes. Source SDK is used to create (mods) a game based on Source engine whereas Source SDK Base and Half-life 2 are the game itself. --Viant 22:23, 18 Nov 2007 (PST)
Uh Yeah we know that already...--Gear 00:49, 19 Nov 2007 (PST)
Can't find it in my Tool list
Hey guys! I can't find Source SDK Base in my Steam Tool-List, although I have got HL2-Deathmatch I don't know how this is possible. So now I can't play any Mods that are based on Source SDK Base because I can't download it from Steam .
It's just not there in my tool list.
Please respond quickly
Greetz, Passy666
Two of my friends who also have HL2:DM only don't have Source SDK in the tools list. But according to the wiki, you only need to own one product that runs on Source engine. So either the wiki lies or its a bug and should be reported and fixed... --Sky 15:51, 9 Mar 2008 (PDT)
Ok, it seems the free version of hl2:DM doesn't unlock the SDK, its written right here in this article... --Sky 16:25, 9 Mar 2008 (PDT)
Two quick questions
1. Does Source SDK Base have HL2 entities, as I want my MOD to be in the HL universe, and 2. How do you decide whether or not the MOD is single-player or mulitplayer. Thanks in advance. --JeffMOD 04:40, 14 Jun 2008 (PDT)
1. Source SDK base is the engine, on which the mod runs. The Source SDK is used for creating mods. Select the engine to create a mod for that engine. 2. This is set in the Create a mod window. The code is optimised for its respective purpose, so SP has more bandwidth usage if used online, while MP plays better online, but has less entities to compensate for bandwidth usage. Solokiller 05:07, 14 Jun 2008 (PDT)
Thanks Solokiller. I...sorta understand. You're saying... HL2 entities are onlt for HL2, and SP and MP are set in create a mod, right? Im a n00b, so... anyway. thanks. --JeffMOD 05:22, 14 Jun 2008 (PDT)
Source SDK is available in my tools, but blatantly refuses to install.
I've been interested in making maps for a while, but when I finally decided to install Hammer, Source SDK simply won't install. I click on it in my tools, and it goes through all the regular notifications and prepares the files for download, but then just sits there and does nothing. Nothing in downloads, no change in the icon. Nothing. I own several source engine games including Portal and Left 4 Dead 2. What in the name of Cave Johnson does Steam want?
Edit: Nevermind. Steam was just derping up again. Restarting Steam fixed it :D
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An attempted dialogue with S.Artesian, who publicly broke with libcom in July this year
(covering libcom, Marx, Bakunin, Michael Schmidt, Abraham Lincoln, the Russian Revolution and other stuff)
I reproduce some emails I exchanged with S.Artesian in response to this – explaining his break with libcom:
Sent: Saturday, July 29, 2017 5:21 AM
To: S.Artesian
Subject: Re: Anti-Capital
Though I often find your reflections quite interesting and nicely written, to break with Libcom over their apparent opposition to Leninism
is absurd. You’re reverting to the security of your (Trotskyist?) past,
rather than going forward into the partially unknown, the terrain of
relative insecurity.
Lenin – like so many anarchists or other politicians – played a dual
role in 1917, trying to win over anarchists (and fairly successfully, if
only temporarily) whilst preparing for “the party of class consciousness”
for its seizure of state power and the development of state capitalism,
which he later admitted was what he was doing (
https://www.marxists.org/archive/lenin/works/1921/apr/21.htm ). As a
model of what revolutionary activity was – full-time professional
cadres, the role of “revolutionary”, hierarchy, the party form, the
desire for state power, democratic centralism, the rule of the
collectivity over the individual, the ideology of progress inherited
from Marx and the whole of 19th century ideology (meaning the
development of the productive forces) – it was everything the revolution
is NOT, or, at least not in its essence. In other words, a revolution
might in some cases develop productive forces, but the essential thing
is the development of the masses of individuals’ capacity to determine
the use of their own lives, which cannot be constrained by productivist
ideology. The development of the Red Army was horrendous – its brutal
attack on Kronstadt and on the Makhnovists indicative of its fundamental
function as an arm of the class power of the Bolsheviks.
Aspects of libcom in fact reproduce these attitudes even if they wish to
pretend that Lenin’s were something quite different. See Part 3 of my
text “Cop-Out…” – ANARCHO-LEFTISM & THE POLITICS OF LIBCOM – here:
http://dialectical-delinquents.com/articles/uncategorised/cop-out-the-significance-of-aufhebengate/
As for denying Marx’s racist expressions, it doesn’t take much to find
them, and seems disingenuous to have denied them, even if Proudhon was far worse:
https://www.slavorum.org/forum/discussion/6399/marx-and-engels-on-slavic-people
“These wretched, ruined fragments of one-time nations, the Serbs,
Bulgars, Greeks, and other robber bands or, behalf of which the liberal
philistine waxes enthusiastic in the interests of Russia, are unwilling
to grant each other the air they breathe, and feel obliged to cut each
other’s greedy throats… the lousy Balkan peoples . . ….The
Scandinavians and the Germans have in this way found that they cannot
base their respective national claims on the feudal laws of royal
succession. They have had the even stronger experience that they, the
Germans and the Scandinavians (who both belong to one overall race) will
only pave the way for their hereditary enemy, the Slavs, if they fight
with one-another rather than uniting….We repeat: apart from the Poles,
the Russians, and at most the Turkish Slavs, no Slav people has a
future, for the simple reason that all the other Slavs lack the primary
historical, geographical, political and industrial conditions for
independence and viability. Peoples which have never had a history of
their own, which from the time when they achieved the first, most
elementary stage of civilization already came under foreign sway, or
which were forced to attain the first stage of civilization only by
means of a foreign yoke, are not viable and will never be able to
achieve any kind of independence. And that has been the fate of the
Austrian Slavs. The Czechs, among whom we would include the Moravians
and Slovaks, although they differ in respect of language and history,
have never had a history of their own…But up to the present time, the
Russians of all classes are too fundamentally barbarous to find any
enjoyment in scientific pursuits or head-work of any kind (except
intrigues), and, therefore, almost all their distinguished men in the
military service are either foreigners, or, what nearly amounts to the
same, “ostzeïski,” Germans from the Baltic provinces….The Slavic race,
long divided by inner struggles, pushed back to the east by the Germans,
subjugated in part by Germans, Turks and Hungarians, silently re-uniting
its branches after 1815 by the gradual growth of Pan-Slavism, it now
makes sure of its unity for the first time, and with that declares war
to-the-death on the Roman-Celtic and German races, who have ruled Europe
When the United States annexed California after the Mexican War, Marx
sarcastically asked, “Is it a misfortune that magnificent California was
seized from the lazy Mexicans who did not know what to do with it?”
In a letter to Engels, in reference to his socialist political
competitor Ferdinand Lassalle, Marx wrote:
“It is now completely clear to me that he, as is proved by his cranial
formation and his hair, descends from the Negroes who had joined Moses’
exodus from Egypt, assuming that his mother or grandmother on the
paternal side had not interbred with a nigger. Now this union of Judaism
and Germanism with a basic Negro substance must produce a peculiar
The basis for his racist notions was a hierarchy of “progressive” races
with the Germans at the top, because they seemed to have developed the
productive forces furthest. Though England and the English were probably
on the same level for Marx.
Which maybe accounts for this absurd comment on the Indian mutiny:
“A motley crew of mutineering soldiers who have murdered their officers,
torn asunder the ties of discipline, and not succeeded in discovering A
MAN ON WHOM TO BESTOW SUPREME COMMAND are certainly the body least likely to organise a serious and protracted resistance.” – Marx,
New-York Daily Tribune in 1857.
As for anti-semitism:
“On the Jewish Question,” 1844, Marx asked:
“What is the worldly religion of the Jew? Huckstering. What is his
worldly God? Money. … Money is the jealous god of Israel, in face of
which no other god may exist. Money degrades all the gods of man—and
turns them into commodities. … The bill of exchange is the real god of
the Jew. His god is only an illusory bill of exchange. … The chimerical
nationality of the Jew is the nationality of the merchant, of the man of
money in general.”
1856, Marx in “The Russian Loan” for the New York Daily Tribune,
wrote, Marx opined: “Thus we find every tyrant backed by a Jew, as is every
pope by a Jesuit. In truth, the cravings of oppressors would be
hopeless, and the practicability of war out of the question, if there
were not an army of Jesuits to smother thought and a handful of Jews to
ransack pockets.
“The real work is done by the Jews, and can only be done by them, as
they monopolize the machinery of the loanmongering mysteries by
concentrating their energies upon the barter trade in securities,” he
And don’t pretend that this doesn’t have an influence on loads of
anti-semitic attitudes amongst “revolutionaries’ (Dauvé, Os Cangaceiros,
This is not to say that Marx wasn’t also contradictory (probably getting
his information on the MIR from Bakunin, he – late in his life – said
that Russia could skip the capitalist mode of production, a perspective
which contradicted all of his previous notions). Marx, of course, was
intellectually quite experimental and obviously – for his time –
contributed to a revolutionary movement, but 150 years later, it seems
idiotic to treat him as some guru (and was idiotic at the time, of
course).
On my site I only put up things with which I am in essential agreement,
and mostly only things that do not appear on other sites. I found
putting up stuff from very crude leninists like Chris Harman – which
anyway were already on other sites – fucked up. But then there are a lot
of things on Libcom that are fucked up ( including an uncritical text on
a Stalinist who fought in Spain in the 30s – not going to bother to find
the link, but i remember it), and including their ambivalent attitude to
the Stalinists of Rojava. But that doesn’t mean they should also put up
other Leninist crap.
I’d like to have a serious answer to all this.
2017-07-29 15:16, S.Artesian a écrit :
1. I didn’t break with Libcom over the opposition to Leninism. I am
not a Leninist. I broke with Libcom over the presence of the writings of Michael Schmidt in their archive.
2. The argument with Tom Henry, El Psy, and the other idiots who
claim to be anarchists was not about Lenin, but about the nature of
the Russian Revolution, and whether the steps the Bolsheviks took were
essential to advancing that revolutionary struggle. Those steps were
1) formation of a military revolutionary committee by the Petrograd
Soviet 2)dispersing the Kerensky government s) dispersing the
Constituent Assembly 4)organizing a revolutionary army to defend
against the counterrevolution. I happen to support each and every
one of those steps. I asked the “anarchists” what they proposed,
particularly as the Provisional Government of Kerensky, if it was to
survive, had to remove the revolutionary garrisons from Petrograd and
crush the soviets.
3. I didn’t deny Marx used racist expressions. I denied that Marx
was a racist– racism being something different than expressions of
prejudice, but actually proposing political actions targeting a
particular “race” as an enemy.
4. Think you better check the original source on those quotes– think
the one on the Slavs is from Engels; also think the “pro-US” quote in
the US-Mexican war is from Engels. There is a difference between Marx
and Engels. Regardless, this issue is program, strategy as they
contribute and organize a class struggle . Do you call Marx a
capitalist because he endorsed Lincoln and the US north in the civil
war? Or a militarist?
5. As for their correspondence, it’s their correspondence; racism
involves something other than half-assed pseudo-scientific crap in a
letter. Again, it entails program, actions, analysis that targets
race as a cause, problem, solution.
6. Libcom didn’t remove the Chris Harman piece because he was a
Leninist. It was taken down after Battlescarred made the complaint
that Harman had been a member of the SWP, and the SWP had protected a
rape culture. If Libcom prohibited all works by all Leninists, I
wouldn’t give a shit. But Libcom doesn’t. There are works by Lukacs
for example who certainly ranks as one of the scummiest of scumbags
7. You ignore what I thought was the central issue, which was that I
refuse to participate in Libcom not because of anti-Leninism, but
because of its continued tolerance for Michael Schmidt and van der
Welt, and the attempt to “reinstate” Schmidt by promoting his link to
Black Flame. Sorry you missed that point, but that was the central
point. And I did make that explicit in the discussions on Libcom.
The article in AC was meant to point out how “anti-Leninism” is used
as a stalking horse among our dilettante anarch-communists.
That’s about as serious as I can get.
I replied:
Saturday, July 29, 2017 11:16 AM
I’ll respond in greater detail tomorrow or the day after, when I have
more time.
For the moment, I’m just (re-?)sending this – from 15th October 2015,
when the Michael Schidt scandal first broke – which I got this from a
black guy in South Africa (as far as I know, though I may well be wrong,
the only black guy from South Africa who commented on the whole thing, at least up until that point) – which I put up on the “What’s new?” page on my site:
As for Schmidt my immediate reaction was that he is going to be
getting a lot of flak for at least trying to address consciously the exact
dynamics that are simply taken for granted in pretty much every
anarchist and leftist organisation. The way he did so was obviously completely
but hardly ‘fascist’ as the allegations state. What better
explanations do
all the members of these little groupscules that are jumping to
condemn him
have to offer for the fact that you can observe exactly the same
shit in their own relations? The division between unofficial leaders
followers seen in all leftist scenes around the world often takes a
uniquely racial form in SA, and Schmidt is one of the few who dares
to face
up to it. Sure, he does so in a pretty stupid way, but how different
is his
attempt “to have this divide [of] explicitly recognized (white)
collectives …[from] (black) frontline collectives” from Bakunin’s
dictatorship? What stands out with Bakunin and Schmidt is not that
accepted the existence of hierarchical practice despite their
professed
anti-authoritarian theories, but that they did so “explicitly”
whereas most
anti-authoritarians are either too delusional or too cowardly to do
and prefer to accept it “implicitly”.
It seems to me that Schmidt’s position regarding blacks is similar
to what
you considered the reactionary position of Knabb towards women: if
have thus far been unable to participate fully as equals it is their
responsibility to try harder rather than expecting the more capable
stoop down to their level. The difference being that (in theory)
Knabb
adopted this position so as to “refuse” any hierarchical relation
for Schmidt it was a means to adopt such a vanguard role
“consciously” rather
than attempt to “paper over the cracks between members’ vastly
levels” (of understanding, competence, activity, participation, etc)
most anti-authoritarians prefer to do.
In general much of this has to do with the entirely ahistorical
most leftists adopt towards questions of organisation. To be able to
question as stupid as “whether the black proletariat is more
“politico-culturally” inclined towards Marxist-Leninist or African
authoritarianism” you have to completely ignore the question of
whether the
present society is more historically inclined towards conditions
to forms of organisation dominated by passive and spectacular
relations –
conditions that can and must be consciously subverted. Indeed for
leftists, anti-authoritarian or otherwise, such a question will be
one ever to enter their heads. And it shows.
As long as leftists remain determined to keep the relation between
themselves and their own practice at the level of the unconscious
their associations will remain fundamentally reactionary both internally
and externally. This is what happens when you try to imagine
revolutionary activity can carve a niche for itself outside the
spectacle. It is the inevitable result of separating subversion from
everyday life. Don’t expect 99% of these self-righteous libtards to
benefit in the slightest from this latest in the long list of
pseudo-scandals.
One half of them will simply use it to score points in the usual
way (‘libertarian communists’ yapping about how this proves the
inadequacy
of ‘platformism’, etc) while the other half will try to say that
this bears
no reflection whatsoever on anything beyond the ‘purely individual’
attitudes of Schmidt and anyone that says otherwise is sectarian.
I must admit that his talk about “the physical and intellectual
rigours of
the anarchist communist organisation” made me smile. The fact that
person can even mention “in the case of the SACP/YCL, the sale of
communist gear’ in the context of serious ‘attempts to (re)build a
popular-class counterculture through something other than toyi-toyi”
says a lot about what his idea of “physical and intellectual rigours”
might be.
Then again in the very same breath he says that because “logical
self-discipline and autonomous strategic thinking has been strangled
birth” (of course this strangulation is in fact perpetrated by the
spectacle against “all” individuals “on a continuous basis”) every
rebellion “naturally” reverts to authoritarian, leader-led,
anti-autonomous modes of behaviour. Thus, a libertarian socialist
Revolution is impossible in SA under current and foreseeable
“politico-social” conditions.
Now, you might as well stop here. What more is there to say for a
that puts itself at the head of a revolution pre-emptively condemned
abortion by its own leading theorist? What is there to say for a
self-professed anti-capitalist who believes the propaganda that
conflated with human nature, ‘naturally’ renders all attempts at
impossible? In that case, as the surrealists suggested, why not try
suicide? It’s precisely due to his ahistorical perspective that he
this self-defeating determinism. The idea that unfavourable
tendencies can be strategically and practically subverted in the
lives of the masses – masses of individuals who are no more or less
stupefied than their self-proclaimed vanguards, vanguards composed
of those
who were once just as ‘unconscious’ as the masses but came to adopt
revolutionary positions in an “unnatural” historical process that
equally embrace masses of individuals, and has done so before – such
idea has clearly never occurred to this physically and
intellectually
rigorous comrade.
Lastly, it should be pointed out that the various reactionary
aspects of
this guy have everything to do with a tunnel vision where the point
reference is shifted from “the real movement” to a ‘revolutionary’
subculture/scene/organisation. It was as if the real problem were
absence of black cadres in his groupscule rather than the fact that
‘movement’ is not now nor ever has been even slightly significant to
actually existing class struggle in this country. The international
produced by this entire scandal is equally symptomatic. The amount
attention, emotion and verbiage expended on this non-event is
greater than the amount of interest displayed, judging from the
evidence, towards the real developments fraught with possibility
in countless interesting actions among millions of people on the
ground all
around the world. For all the condemnation of ‘substitutionism’
these supposedly ‘theoretically advanced’ people it is undeniable
that idle
gossip and inconsequential scandal is today a substitute for
resembling intelligent and informed discussion and debate about real
contestation.
I see from here [
https://antifascistnews.net/2015/10/07/people-and-organizations-speak-out-on-michael-schmidt-accusations/]
that there is apparently much more to the fascist allegations than is
mentioned in chapter one ‘from the author of the forthcoming book
the Fascist Creep (AK Press) [pre-order your copy now!]’… basically
he created facebook accounts and a ‘white supremacy’ website called
Stormfront posting apparently very racist content as well as formed
sort of national-anarchist group. His explanation being that he was
infiltrating NA networks, rather than working as a NA infiltrator of
anarchist-communist networks. Since I’ve yet to see any evidence
that NA =
fascism even this information is hardly serious. If he were an
fascist obviously that potentially puts a lot of people in danger so
understand why a lot of the anarchist ‘community’ would be very
by it, but I have yet to see evidence for anything of the kind.
Also, his
comrades from Zabalaza have apparently already seen all this NA
infiltration stuff and believe his story. Then again the fact that
Zabalaza
could recieve a discussion paper like that and make no comment
demonstrates a more than questionable judgement. So I guess we’ll
wait for this promised definitively damning evidence. How pathetic
is!
Just read ‘Anarchism as Spectacle’ [
http://anarchistnews.org/content/anarchism-spectacle ] and pleasantly
surprised that somebody beat me to the punch saying this stuff, some of
it, like the bit about gossip v. news of opposition, almost word for
I read it in 2015. The point I’m making that taking down Chris
Harman, but leaving up Michael Schmidt, given the attempt to
recuperate Schmidt based on his association with Black Flame, is
unconscionable.
I replied: Saturday, July 29, 2017 11:52 AM
So what else is new? Libcom has been unconscionable for a long time…
OK. But that’s why I left. I could not care less whether any Leninist, or any anarchist, or any Marxist is in their library. I do give a shit if they are enabling the reinstatement of a nazi based on “previous” writings.
I also don’t give a rat’s ass over Libcom’s opposition to Leninism. That’s not why I “broke.” Nor do I give a shit if they think the Russian Revolution was capitalist from the getgo. More than willing to stay and argue that until a proletarian revolution makes the discussion pointless.
I was answering your questions. I think you have a mistaken understanding of the nature of the “dispute.”
Apologies for not replying instantly – my daughter was with me and I
won’t see her for several months, so replying was not top of my priority
If I (apparently mistakenly) understood your split from libcom as being
to do with their attitude towards Lenin, it’s not entirely my fault –
you take several paragraphs to get to Michael Schmidt, and, in your
jokey style, it seemed that Lenin was someone you admired. Certainly
your affirmation of the creation of a so-called “revolutionary” army,
the Red Army, as positive is not at all compatible with any kind of
revolution I want – generals, officers, hierarchy, obedience without
question, a monopoly of arms, etc. have nothing to do with anything
other than a defence of state power, and were part of the
Leninist/Stalinist counter-revolution. Whilst “positions” on a
century-old conflict is not my way of judging individuals’ relation or
contribution to the current class struggle, it would be indicative of a
massive insuperable obstacle between us if you were to apply this
utterly conservative vision to the present or the future: I would oppose
such a proposition, even if it merely had a snowball’s chance in hell of
being accepted, with everything I’ve got (not much, admittedly).
Moreover, the vast majority of libcom would never dismiss the Russian
Revolution as “capitalist from the getgo.”: I’d guess that, like me,
they’d say that there were clearly independent proletarian aspects to it
not tainted by any state capitalist ideology ( though admittedly even
the ideology of self-management failed to subvert wage slavery or the
value form, which is partly because of the situation of scarce resources
at that time….but that’s another question).
Schmidt might well be a fascist – but I have always found Zablaza’s
writing even without such obvious fascistic tendencies utterly banal at
best. Bordiga – a man who defended the massacre of the Kronstadt
mutineers up until his death – is also in Libcom’s library. Fuck their
library. Whilst there are some things that are useful in their library
there are also useful things in the British Library in London but that’s
no reason to defend the British state or the bourgeoisie who set up this
library, and a library that claims to be a contribution to a libertarian
revolution that is so eclectic as to include obvious
counter-revolutionary shits like Bordiga or even some Stalinists merely
contributes to confusion, with or without Michael Schidt.
There are clearly some tendencies within Marx that led to both the 2nd
and 3rd International and there is very little worth defending in them,
and ultimately their contributions have clearly been
counter-revolutionary. There are also tendencies in Marx that have led
to ideas by people who often had some basic integrity (Korsch,
Pannekoek, Josef Weber, Debord etc.) but if we critique the past it’s
not just to use and develop previous critiques of hierarchical social
relations but also to critique the contradictions that helped create
the counter-revolution, which should be obvious. Bakunin wrote some
anti-semitic stuff – but it was hardly policy, and probably less
developed as a theory than marx’s stuff. And, by the way, the quote on
the Mexicans was his, and even if I have attributed some quotes of
Engels about the Slavs to him, I know for sure that he said some very
similar stuff as Engels – can’t be bothered to find the quotes, but I
read them back in 1999 during the Kosovo war. To dismiss Bakunin because
of his anti-semitism would be to dismiss almost every writer in the 19th
century (including Marx), which was the century of racism (and,
inseparably, imperialism) par excellence, which – as I’ve already said –
was intrinsic to the ideology of progress at that time, an ideology that
Marx was utterly immersed in. I think there were very few people who
opposed racism (the anarchist Louise Michel was one the rare individuals
who did, and was despised by many fellow-anarchists for her – in 1878
she was one of the few sho supported the Kanak rebellion in New
Caledonia where she’d been deported ). There’s a tendency by Marxists to
automatically reject (and not bother to read) anything by Bakunin (and,
in fact, very little has been translated in English), just as there’s
been a tendency amongst anarchists to reject (and not bother to read)
anything by Marx.
In fact, the argument over Harman (whilst another SWP hack – Nigel
Harris – continues to be in their library) was just a pretense of
showing their difference with other political tendencies, a distraction,
a foil, whilst remaining utterly political (ie manipulative,
censorious, ideologically petrified, lying, etc.) in their attitudes,
which was already shown (for me, definitively) during Aufhebengate.
If you reply, I’d rather you took your time to do so: I’ve often found
that instant replies are just a way of getting something irritating out
of the way and not seriously reflecting and not really responding to the
various points.
He finally replied:
If you’re talking about my “split” from Libcom, then you didn’t look at any of the threads referenced on Libcom, where I explicitly stated what the “break” was about. The charges of “leninism” were originally raised against me in a thread concerning the law of value, in which (typical) anarchist assholes tried to show that Marx’s analysis, leading as it does to class struggle for power, requiring a dictatorship of the proletariat, was “statist;” and led inexorably to Lenin to Stalin blahblahblahblah… the usual nonsense and bullshit.
I’ve been called worse things than a marxist; and worse than a leninist. The former I am, the latter I am not as I reject the two critical elements of so-called Leninism– the vanguard party, and Lenin’s explanation of imperialism.”
Yeah, I support the creation of a red army to fight the counterrevolution. Given that, I don’t see how anyone who does recognize the necessity for such an organization can they say… “but I don’t support a Red Army, as the Bolsheviks developed because it had……..officers, discipline, monopoly of arms, discipline…. or forcibly requisitioned grain from the peasantry. The Russian Revolution had to deal with the conditions that made it, and those conditions included almost a complete collapse of the economy, disintegration of relations between city and countryside, and the need to centralize authority to organize opposition to counterrevolution. The image of decentralized militias, galloping around the countryside, fighting the Whites, and the international expeditionary forces, might make for good literature. It doesn’t win civil wars.
Maybe the fact that the Russian Revolution had to develop officers; even, horror of horrors impressed former officers of the Tsar’s army to organize and lead its armed forces amounts to “betrayal,” but before we call it betrayal– or not betrayal but the “truth” of the Russian Revolution– we need to grasp whether the necessity besides such use, such hierarchy, was “ideological”– as in the Bolsheviks were really state capitalists, a new bourgeois class from the getgo– or material– these were the elements at hand that the revolutionary forces had to use to defend itself.
What the clowns on Libcom did refuse to answer until well after I “broke” was a) did advancement of the Russian Revolution require the overthrow of the Provisional government b) did advancement of the RR require the waging of a civil war c) did advancement of the RR require suppression of the Constituent Assembly. Remember the discussion was derived from the “anarchists” objection to the dictatorship of the proletariat and Marx as a statist.
So… let’s answer those questions. I say yes to a,b,c. What do you say?
“Schmidt might well be a fascist”?
There’s no “might be” about it. He’s a fascist, and he and his cohorts are attempting to reinstate his “bona fides” among anarchists through any number of subterfuges– his “mental illness;” his “past work;” and even the fact that he’s had girlfriends who are “of color.”— shades of Thomas Jefferson really being a abolitionist because he fucked his slave–and Strom Thurmond too for fathering a child with an African-American women employed by his family.
Who gives a fuck about the Libcom library? Nobody– except Libcom used the excuse of “appropriateness” for their library when deciding to remove Chris Harman’s work. That, plus the attitude on Schmidt, should tell you what’s really going on. Call me slow, but it certainly made it clear to me.
On a personal note, This: “If you reply, I’d rather you took your time to do so: I’ve often found that instant replies are just a way of getting something irritating out of the way and not seriously reflecting and not really responding to the various points.” is such arrogant, self-serving bullshit that it makes me wonder why you even bother. Exactly what in my previous reply do you consider not seriously reflecting and responding to various points. And what makes you think if I take an extra hour or two, it’s going to make a fucking bit of difference? Details, details, detail.
Really, get over yourself, or not, but don’t tell me how to respond, or when to respond? You don’t like the response? That’s fine. You don’t think there’s any point to further discussion? We’ll both survive. But don’t waste my time telling me how irritated you are that I respond the way I do.
A less kind, open, amiable person would tell you to go fuck yourself. Fortunately I’m that that person.
I then wrote:
“A less kind, open, amiable person would tell you to go fuck yourself.
Fortunately I’m that that person.”
At first glance I assumed, in your jokey style, that you meant to write
“Fortunately I’m that person.” On 2nd reading I thought maybe, though
probably not, you meant to write “Fortunately I’m not that person.”
I intended to write ” I’m not that person,” but the subconscious will have its say, won’t it. I am that less kind, less amiable person. Guess the real me didn’t get, and didn’t want, my own joke.
My own reflections on this polemic
Seems a strange misreading of “If you reply, I’d rather you took your time to do so: I’ve often found that instant replies are just a way of getting something irritating out of the way and not seriously reflecting and not really responding to the various points” to say that this is telling him “how to respond, or when to respond”. Stating my preference for a considered response is not an order, and the fact that he takes it as such implies an almost adolescent attitude to a parent – “It’s cold outside – maybe you should put on something warm” – “Fuck you, you arrogant self-serving bullshitter – don’t tell me what to do – I’ll do what I want”. But then bad unconscious habits, and reactive “rebellious” attitudes, develop at a young age. Does he take every suggestion this way? Perhaps he saw what I was saying like one might see a teacher, and though maybe I should have been more direct, I was thinking about my own impatience when I said this, and in a sense it was a suggestion to myself as much as to him.
I did not bother to reply. Obviously. Even if he kind of pretended he wasn’t saying « go fuck yourself », he basically was, though saying it in such an ambiguous way that – perhaps deliberately – made it hard to really respond. To tell someone to go fuck themselves might be in order if that person is gratuitously aggressive, or blatantly conformist, but I was neither. And his response showed a complete and utter indifference to the conversation. No point in continuing it.
In this epoch the will to separation takes many forms, but often the security of a separate identity and the desire to maintain it (in his case, “Marxist”) is classically conventional characterological armour, the un-self-questioning self-justification for sneeringly rejecting anything that tries to question a petrified ideology. Whilst maintaining his Marxist role, and close-to Leninist role, he pretends he can contribute to fighting alienation with alienated means, in an alienated form.
But I will reply here, in a more public form:
“If you’re talking about my “split” from Libcom, then you didn’t look at any of the threads referenced on Libcom, where I explicitly stated what the “break” was about.” The only thread in which he’d not suppressed his own comments was there in the 5th and final link: I think I could be forgiven for having given up on ploughing through this, the final thread, when I’d already gone through all the other threads which had nothing of substance written by him.
However, of all the reasons to break with libcom, this has to be merely indicative of as ideological an attitude as libcom’s – i.e the classic and roughly 150-year old split between Marx and Bakunin, Marxism and anarchism. In other words, no prospect of some critical supercession: rivalry turned into the essence of the revolutionary perspective. A typical expression of the retreat from the revolutionary question relevant to this utterly counter-revolutionary epoch, based on positions related to events way way back in the past, which only become obstacles in the present if one chooses to make them so.
Whilst most self-styled anarchists are prepared to criticise Bakunin in some ways, it appears that far more self-styled Marxists (Marx was, famously, “not a Marxist”) consider their guru untouchable. I don’t think anyone calls themselves a Bakuninist or Kropotkinist or Durrutist, but for those who call themselves Marxists Marx, despite all the horrendous state-capitalists and others who have called themselves some version of a Marxist, is somehow treated as the provider of “revolutionary theory” whose application to today we must all carefully study.
Thus he unthinkingly dismisses (and caricatures) those who criticise the connection between Marx and Lenin: “Marx’s analysis, leading as it does to class struggle for power, requiring a dictatorship of the proletariat, was “statist;” and led inexorably to Lenin to Stalin blahblahblahblah… the usual nonsense and bullshit.” Whilst saying Marx’s analysis led inexorably to Lenin to Stalin is bullshit, it’s the inclusion of “inexorably” which is bullshit.
Certainly Marx was contradictory – but his belief in the State certainly was a contributory factor leading to Lenin etc. And this is confirmed by S.Artesian’s defence of a conventional hierarchical army, which clearly did lead to Kronstadt, etc. Armed struggle is certainly necessary, but there have been lots of instances of armed groups doing damage to class power without having a formal hierarchy (for instance, Spain in the 30s, or those parts of the French resistance not subservient to either the Gaullists or the Stalinists, of which little is known). And even during the Russian revolution, Makhno’s army, though obviously criticisable, was not the same kind of rigid hierarchy as the Red Army or the Whites. He says he rejects “the two critical elements of so-called Leninism– the vanguard party, and Lenin’s explanation of imperialism” but fails to mention the seizure of state power as being intrinsic to Leninism, and thus defends the creation of the Red Army, the epitome of fighting alienation in an alienated way, fighting against the forces of hierarchy in a hierarchical manner, an authoritarian way of trying to destroy authority.
But then he treats Marx as an authority. In S.Artesian’s dogmatic defence of him, every true revolutionary must bow down before Marx’s past interpretations, rather than develop their own theory and practice, in part based on critiques of previous theories and practices, and the reasoning behind them. Thus S.Artesian can rhetorically ask “Do you call Marx a capitalist because he endorsed Lincoln and the US north in the civil war?” The vital question of the moment, on absolutely everybody’s lips. However – given I feel forced to answer an essentially irrelevant question – the question would be a little bit more relevant to ask whether this endorsement was typical of Marx’s politically mediated view of revolution. He himself is unlikely to have seriously believed that Lincoln was anything other than an opportunist aiming to develop the “more progressive” forms of class power represented by the North by manipulating those who hated slavery (the blacks, especially) into supporting his war. After all, Lincoln in his election speeches, sometimes supported slavery, sometimes opposed it, depending on where he was giving his speech – typical 2-faced politician. And even after the war had started he did not come out with a clear statement that the war was against slavery until he very obviously needed to recruit blacks (“In the spring of 1862 [ie a year after the war had started] he signed bills abolishing slavery in the territories, and proclaiming emancipation with compensation for the slaveholders, in the District of Colombia. But he continued to grope for a policy which would not alienate the Border slave states, whose loyalties were crucial to Union success, and not aggravate northern fears that emancipation would result in a flood of freedmen coming to the North…Lincoln decided that emancipation was the only measure which could bolster the sagging spirit of the Union army, provide a fresh pool of manpower for the armed forces and convince world opinion that the Union cause was something more than an attempt to suppress the South’s desire for independence.” – Eric Foner’s introduction to W.E.B. Du Bois’ really interesting text on the struggle and development of blacks’ power within the Union army – “The General Strike” – which can be found here). It’s possible Marx had no knowledge of this. But it’s also possible that it was another example of Marx putting “forward openly reformist ideas because they would draw the masses to his party where they would eventually learn the whole truth. Modern day Bolshevism is the logical outcome of this mediated view of revolution. Political consciousness is no longer a means to an end, it becomes an end in itself” (Cronin & Seltzer, Call It Sleep). And we now know full well, what with Jim Crow and all the other shit, that whilst US capitalism continues in whatever form, blacks there will be treated like dirt. Whether this was clear in the 1860s is another question. However, such a discussion seems just typical student politico point-scoring unless it relates to the present. And if the same attitudes as Marx’s then were applied to now they would end up with the same kind of idiotic Leftism that S.Artesian constantly, and obviously rightly, denounces – support for Syriza in Greece, Chavism in Venezuela, etc.
S.Artesian’s belief in the necessity of the construction of the Red Army in 1917 follows the same logic. « The image of decentralized militias, galloping around the countryside, fighting the Whites, and the international expeditionary forces, might make for good literature. It doesn’t win civil wars. » he says, even though this was the same dismissively contemptuous conservative logic that the Stalinists used against the anarchists in Spain (and with disastrous results). Moreover, in April 1919 there was a largely autonomous “wildcat” mutiny by French sailors in Odessa , which also had support in the naval base of Toulon, which effectively scuppered France’s involvement in the expeditionary forces intervening on the side of the Whites in Russia – so hardly the stuff of “good literature”: truth is stronger than fiction. There are no expedient short-cuts to an anti-hierarchical anti-commodity struggle. However much that was unclear to Marx and others 150 years ago, with the enormity of struggles since then, it’s deliberate self-deceit stemming from his semi-Leninist ideology that makes Artesian believe that a hierarchical army can provide such a short-cut.
S.Artesian clearly does not in any way respond to any critique of Marx except to say it was Engels who said this, that or the other (it was certainly NOT just Engels). This idealisation of Marx as not being intrinsically racist conforms to the pure image of his hero (as I said, Marx was not alone in this racism – he was similar to the vast majority of thinkers of his epoch, revolutionary or otherwise, and the basis of some of his, and others’, racism was an ideology of progress; Marx’s approval of many of Tremaux’s theories of superior and inferior races is an additional aspect of this). Taking Marx as an influence amongst other influences is too wish-washy and undevoted an attitude to take amongst those who pride themselves on an anti-anarchist rivalry utterly unconscious of its useless consequences.
S.Artesian also doesn’t respond seriously to the idea that libcom including Michael Schidt in its insanely eclectic library is no worse than including that of a Stalinist’s account of his participation in the Spanish (counter-) revolution or Bordiga, the guy who continued to defend the Kronstadt massacre. Or loads of other dangerous nasty nonsense using “revolutionary” language. Fascists are not worse than Stalinists or other defenders of state capitalist mass murder. Even though historically individuals who aligned themselves with Stalin or Lenin might have been more human, “better intentioned’ than fascists, from the point of view of the struggle for the self-emancipation of the working class, Stalinism and Leninism have been more devastating and more demoralising since they expropriated radical language and turned it into its opposite. And still do. No lines (red, red and black or simply black) have ever been drawn by libcom except the obvious expedience of excluding Chris Harman (or an ultra-leftist text I once, rather unthinkingly, put up). So, to attack them for their inconsistency is the least of their contradictions. After all, they long ago defended a cop crowd control consultant with lies and evasions. Hence my “so what else is new?”. He might – in his own words – be “slow”, but I’d guess that the real reason he constantly put off any decisive critique of the mish-mash confusionism of libcom, and on the most “outraged” but ultimately flimsy politico-ideological grounds, is that he loves abstract inconclusive debate – like millions of others, he’s probably addicted to online polemics because it gives him some illusion of not being alone. It’s not entirely an illusion, of course, but these days it so often just becomes some male student-type flexing of intellectual muscles meant to impress but which rarely connects.
All of which is why I suggested he take his time before responding – which this dismissively « can’t be bothered with all this » character obviously didn’t think was worth it. Anyone who wants to treat someone else’s opinions with respect normally takes their time to respond, to look at the angles, not respond with something they’ve thought about for 10, 15, 20 years or so and are incapable of re-thinking. S.Artesian showed clearly he has no respect for my point of view, and in the end I felt the same – so obviously no dialogue was possible.
PS Much of the above covers a similar polemic on libcom – https://libcom.org/library/a-critique-of-the-german-social-democratic-program-bakunin – initiated by Red Marriott. Coincidentally, because all of this section of this text (apart from the reference to “Marx’s approval of many of Tremaux’s theories of superior and inferior races “) was written before I saw the debate. An attempt, a bit over-stylised, to challenge the conflict between Marxists and anarchists can be found in an article called “Toward the abolition of an absurd blood feud“ .
PPS However, there are some things on his site that have some use – e.g. this, and his other site is often funny though, with both, his “correct” positions often prevent him from seeing things that fall outside of those positions.
Posted on October 2, 2017 by Sam FantoSamotnaf — 14 Responses ↓
14 Responses to an attempt at dialogue with a marxist
Email from S.Artesian:
thanks for all the ink and attention. I’m a bit embarrassed by both, but appreciate the interest… and seriousness of the exposition. FWIW, here’s a reply in the old parsed format, to parts of your post:
DD: Seems a strange misreading of “If you reply, I’d rather you took your time to do so: I’ve often found that instant replies are just a way of getting something irritating out of the way and not seriously reflecting and not really responding to the various points” to say that this is telling him “how to respond, or when to respond”. Stating my preference for a considered response is not an order, and the fact that he takes it as such implies an almost adolescent attitude to a parent – “It’s cold outside – maybe you should put on something warm” – “Fuck you, you arrogant self-serving bullshitter – don’t tell me what to do – I’ll do what I want”. But then bad unconscious habits, and reactive “rebellious” attitudes, develop at a young age. Does he take every suggestion this way? Perhaps he saw what I was saying like one might see a teacher, and though maybe I should have been more direct, I was thinking about my own impatience when I said this, and in a sense it was a suggestion to myself as much as to him.
SA: I wasn’t pretending. I was indeed telling you to go fuck yourself, and I don’t think I said it in any way shape or form that could be mistaken for anything other than…….go fuck yourself if you think the reply I seriously offer is not serious enough. Maybe others don’t see “”If you reply, I’d rather you took your time to do so: I’ve often found that instant replies are just a way of getting something irritating out of the way and not seriously reflecting and not really responding to the various points” as how to respond, etc. I do.
DD: In this epoch the will to separation takes many forms, but often the security of a separate identity and the desire to maintain it (in his case, “Marxist”) is classically conventional characterological armour, the un-self-questioning self-justification for sneeringly rejecting anything that tries to question a petrified ideology. Whilst maintaining his Marxist role, and close-to Leninist role, he pretends he can contribute to fighting alienation with alienated means, in an alienated form.
SA: Priceless. You got any fries to go with that shake? Any indication that I’ve used Marxism as “un-self-questioning self-justication for sneeringly rejecting anything that triers to question a petrified ideolgy.” Any evidence of that in say my analysis of Greece, or Brazil, or the US, or…….even the discussions on Libcom. Any indication that I ever dismissed any argument out of hand for not being “Marxist” or “Marxist enough.” Or is it simply the fact that I don’t accept the terms of the discussion as you want to define them evidence enough. Come on. a paragraph before this one, you’re complaining that I’m reading into a perfectly innocent comment and using that misreading to tell you, ambiguously to go fuck yourself. Now here you are “reading in” nonsense and explicitly using that nonsense to deal with the substance of what “my” Marxism actually demonstrates. It’s this sort of junk that makes me tell some people, “go fuck yourself.”
DD: (SA wrote) “If you’re talking about my “split” from Libcom, then you didn’t look at any of the threads referenced on Libcom, where I explicitly stated what the “break” was about.” The only thread in which he’d not suppressed his own comments was there in the 5th and final link: I think I could be forgiven for having given up on ploughing through this, the final thread, when I’d already gone through all the other threads which had nothing of substance written by him.
SA: Most of the excised comments had a “replacement” comment submitted, which said something like comment removed in protest of Libcom maintaining Michael Schmidt’s racist tracts. I clarified that in our first exchange, but that’s not the issue that you want to engage.
DD: However, of all the reasons to break with libcom, this has to be merely indicative of as ideological an attitude as libcom’s – i.e the classic and roughly 150-year old split between Marx and Bakunin, Marxism and anarchism. In other words, no prospect of some critical supercession: rivalry turned into the essence of the revolutionary perspective. A typical expression of the retreat from the revolutionary question relevant to this utterly counter-revolutionary epoch, based on positions related to events way way back in the past, which only become obstacles in the present if one chooses to make them so.
SA: My reading of Hegel is probably a bit different than yours. I don’t think “critical supercession” is a category that applies to the “conflict” between Marx and Bakunin, between Marxist analysis and anarchism. I did not, and do not now, engage in “theoretical” “ideological” activity posing the opposition of Marxism to anarchism. What differences I have, and they are profound and legion, are practical difference—practically involved with the analysis of capitalism and the practical development of the struggle against capitalism. FWIW, I mean if you’re going to get all “dialectic” about this stuff, I don’t think there’s any “critical supercession” to be had i.e. Bakunin and Marx. For that to occur there would have to be some necessary, self-reproducing relation between the two, where each, so to speak requires, produces, the other, in the material conditions of the reproduction of society. Doesn’t play that way with anarchism and Marxism. Do certain anarchists at certain times make practical contributions to the development of social revolution against capitalism? Most definitely. Is there an anarchist critique of capitalism that “compares” to Marx; that explores the self-generating limits to accumulation that resides in the very condition of social labor that defines capitalism? No.
DD: Whilst most self-styled anarchists are prepared to criticise Bakunin in some ways, it appears that far more self-styled Marxists (Marx was, famously, “not a Marxist”) consider their guru untouchable. I don’t think anyone calls themselves a Bakuninist or Kropotkinist or Durrutist, but for those who call themselves Marxists Marx, despite all the horrendous state-capitalists and others who have called themselves some version of a Marxist, is somehow treated as the provider of “revolutionary theory” whose application to today we must all carefully study.
SA: Fuck no, I don’t consider Marx “untouchable.” I just don’t consider remarks made in correspondence, their (Marx and Engels) flaws, mistakes, racial expressions as fundamental, necessary, essential, to their critique of capital and the prospects for its overthrow. Engels supported the US in the slaveholder precipitated Mexican-American War; Engels flat out endorsed Prussian victory in the war against Louis Napoleon’s France. What counts however, IMO, and what accounts for my “fidelity” to Marxist analysis, is the critique of capital as a social relation of production; is the exposition and development of historical materialism as an instrument for comprehending and advancing revolutionary struggle.
DD: Thus he unthinkingly dismisses (and caricatures) those who criticise the connection between Marx and Lenin:”Marx’s analysis, leading as it does to class struggle for power, requiring a dictatorship of the proletariat, was “statist;” and led inexorably to Lenin to Stalin blahblahblahblah… the usual nonsense and bullshit.” Whilst saying Marx’s analysis led inexorably to Lenin to Stalin is bullshit, it’s the inclusion of “inexorably” which is bullshit.
SA: You assume what you need to prove, which unfortunately is precisely what those maintain the so-called connection between Marx and Lenin, that is to say that Marxism leads inexorably, and ahistorically, to—not Lenin, because that’s not the real target—but Stalin. Of course there’s a “connection” between Marx and Lenin—it’s called capitalism. And of course there’s a connection between Lenin and Stalin. The question is that you take “connection” to mean “identity” and thus inevitability—to the point where Marx’s work can be dismissed, discounted because it inevitably leads to………Stalin; to the point where the Russian Revolution itself is dismissed, with the benefit of highly developed hindsight, as “capitalist” or “state capitalist” or a “fraud” or the result of “German gold.” Or any of that….. bullshit.
DD: Certainly Marx was contradictory – but his belief in the State certainly was a contributory factor leading to Lenin etc. And this is confirmed by S.Artesian’s defence of a conventional hierarchical army, which clearly did lead to Kronstadt, etc. Armed struggle is certainly necessary, but there have been lots of instances of armed groups doing damage to class power without having a formal hierarchy (for instance, Spain in the 30s, or those parts of the French resistance not subservient to either the Gaullists or the Stalinists, of which little is known). And even during the Russian revolution, Makhno’s army, though obviously criticisable, was not the same kind of rigid hierarchy as the Red Army or the Whites. He says he rejects “the two critical elements of so-called Leninism– the vanguard party, and Lenin’s explanation of imperialism” but fails to mention the seizure of state power as being intrinsic to Leninism, and thus defends the creation of the Red Army, the epitome of fighting alienation in an alienated way, fighting against the forces of hierarchy in a hierarchical manner, an authoritarian way of trying to destroy authority.
SA: Really? Got any fries to to go with that shake? Can you show us where and how “Marx’s belief in the state was a contributory factor leading to Lenin etc.”?? And btw, what exactly do you mean by Lenin etc? You mean Stalin, don’t you? So get to the nits and grits, and show us, how, regardless of the material conditions which propelled, determined, and constrained the Russian Revolution, “Marx’s belief in the state” contributed to “Lenin etc” ? Unfortunately, you don’t. I don’t think you can, just as I don’t think others who make this argument can. Doesn’t stop them, of course, from making the argument, but why should it?
Was the creation of the Red Army the result of Marx’s “belief in the state”? Or was the creation of a Red Army a necessity imposed on the revolution by the material conditions, advanced and backward as they were and were simultaneously—that’s what the meaning and legacy of uneven and combined development are—in which the revolution war enmeshed from the getgo? FWIW, the “emotional” determinants, for lack of a better term, that drove Lenin and Trotsky and the Bolsheviks toward the establishment of the Red Army were, IMO only, a commitment that the revolution NOT go the way of the Paris Commune, but hold on to power no matter the cost until the revolution conquered power in the “advanced” countries of Europe. Obviously, I can’t say I blame them
Was there a civil war in Russia after the October Revolution? I think there was. You offer, in a near hilarious confirmation of exactly what you want to dispute—”there have been lots of instances of armed groups doing damage to class power without having a formal hierarchy.” No shit. Except we’re not talking about “doing damage” while leaving the class structure essentially intact, which is precisely what did occur in popular front Spain, or in France during WW2, we’re talking about a revolution seizing power and liquidating a counterrevolution over thousands of miles of territory. That quite simply requires centralization, concentration, and will produce, as dangerous as it is—and it is extremely dangerous—hierarchy. Organization is, in the last analysis, determined by surplus and scarcity, and the Russian Revolution was operating within conditions of extreme scarcity, not just material (which itself was extreme) but historical, as the historical determines the material; in the case of the Russian Revolution that historical scarcity was the scarcity of the extension of the revolutionary wave. That, not the so-called identity of Marx with Lenin or Lenin with Stalin, was the issue.
Of course I “fail to mention the seizure of state power as being intrinsic to Leninism”—because I don’t disagree with the seizure of state power and because while intrinsic to Lenin, it’s not unique to Lenin. Lenin’s theory of the vanguard party, and the practice of that theory; Lenin’s “theory” of imperialism (which hardly warrants the term “theory”) are intrinsic and unique to Lenin. You can after all recognize the necessity of seizing state power without being a Leninist, although your point, I guess, is that you can’t: that once you accept the necessity of seizing state power, of breaking up the state machinery of the bourgeoisie and “critically superseding” that state power with the state power of the proletariat, you’re already down at the bottom of the slippery slope and a……..Leninist? Nope, not good enough, Stalinist? Much better, no? Except if that’s the case you’ve proven what I said at the getgo about “inexorably” being the key component to those who “connect” Marx to Lenin to Stalin, and the bullshit, such that it is, is all yours.
DD: But then he treats Marx as an authority. In S.Artesian’s dogmatic defence of him, every true revolutionary must bow down before Marx’s past interpretations, rather than develop their own theory and practice, in part based on critiques of previous theories and practices, and the reasoning behind them.
SA: Now that’s complete, total, and utter bullshit. Bow down? This where I said unambiguously—go fuck yourself. Got any fries to go with that shake? Can you point to anything I’ve ever written anywhere in which I a demand anyone anywhere anytime ever genuflect before the “one, true, revolutionary Marx”? You cannot. Can you point to anything where I’ve abjured developing theory and practice in favor of uncritically repeating as religious dogma Marx’s work? Claiming I have is either deliberate distortion or complete ignorance. Yeah, I accept Marx as an authority—on the history, development, and mechanisms of capital accumulation. And to abuse an analogy, I accept lots of authorities—I accept Einstein as an authority on the general theory of relativity (I even accept the speed of light as an absolute authority in this universe). I accept Trotsky as an authority on uneven and combined development. I accept Darwin as “an authority” on the evolution of the species. Newsflash, comrade, accepting an authority is not identical to uncritical repetition. So…..go fuck yourself.
DD: Thus S.Artesian can rhetorically ask”Do you call Marx a capitalist because he endorsed Lincoln and the US north in the civil war?” The vital question of the moment, on absolutely everybody’s lips. However – given I feel forced to answer an essentially irrelevant question – the question would be a little bit more relevant to ask whether this endorsement was typical of Marx’s politically mediated view of revolution. He himself is unlikely to have seriously believed that Lincoln was anything other than an opportunist aiming to develop the “more progressive” forms of class power represented by the North by manipulating those who hated slavery (the blacks, especially) into supporting his war. After all, Lincoln in his election speeches, sometimes supported slavery, sometimes opposed it, depending on where he was giving his speech – typical 2-faced politician. And even after the war had started he did not come out with a clear statement that the war was against slavery until he very obviously needed to recruit blacks (“In the spring of 1862 [ie a year after the war had started] he signed bills abolishing slavery in the territories, and proclaiming emancipation with compensation for the slaveholders, in the District of Colombia. But he continued to grope for a policy which would not alienate the Border slave states, whose loyalties were crucial to Union success, and not aggravate northern fears that emancipation would result in a flood of freedmen coming to the North…Lincoln decided that emancipation was the only measure which could bolster the sagging spirit of the Union army, provide a fresh pool of manpower for the armed forces and convince world opinion that the Union cause was something more than an attempt to suppress the South’s desire for independence.” – Eric Foner’s introduction to W.E.B. Du Bois’ really interesting text on the struggle and development of blacks’ power within the Union army – “The General Strike” –which can be found here). It’s possible Marx had no knowledge of this. But it’s also possible that it was another example of Marx putting “forward openly reformist ideas because they would draw the masses to his party where they would eventually learn the whole truth. Modern day Bolshevism is the logical outcome of this mediated view of revolution. Political consciousness is no longer a means to an end, it becomes an end in itself” (Cronin & Seltzer, Call It Sleep). And we now know full well, what with Jim Crow and all the other shit, that whilst US capitalism continues in whatever form, blacks there will be treated like dirt. Whether this was clear in the 1860s is another question. However, such a discussion seems just typical student politico point-scoring unless it relates to the present. And if the same attitudes as Marx’s then were applied to now they would end up with the same kind of idiotic Leftism that S.Artesian constantly, and obviously rightly, denounces – support for Syriza in Greece, Chavism in Venezuela, etc.
SA: Yes, indeed, Marx had a politically mediated view of revolution. So… if we can indulge a bit in historical materialism—what does your “unmediated” revolution tell us about the US Civil War? That it was a battle not worth engaging? That the Union, the capitalist union, would hesitate, back track, retreat, cower, when confronting the slave power, because of the allegiance the capitalists held to property? Maybe your view is that of Internationalist Perspective that, no uncritical Marxists they, denounces the US Civil War for causing the deaths of 600,000 “proletarians on both sides.” Is that your unmediated view. WTF? Your unmediated view is what? That if the struggle is “mediated” it must be capitalist?” 1) not to put too fine a point on it: all struggles are politically mediated 2) the recalcitrance of the bourgeoisie does not detract from the importance of the struggle to abolish slavery. Do Marxists acknowledge, grasp that the bourgeoisie would not follow through on the struggle? Would not abandon Reconstruction? Would not restore the former Confederates through Redemptionist governments? Of course, we do. We grasp those things on the basis of understanding the limits, the class limits, to the political mediations, the property, that determined the war from jump street. Short version? You turn to a Marxist, Foner, who’s very concrete and critical analysis is precisely based on a grasp of the political mediations in an attempt to find some sort of alternative to……political mediations. That’s almost hilarious.
As for this: “And if the same attitudes as Marx’s then were applied to now they would end up with the same kind of idiotic Leftism that S.Artesian constantly, and obviously rightly, denounces – support for Syriza in Greece, Chavism in Venezuela, etc” that’s just nonsense. Now it’s nonsense social democrats, democratic socialists, Lenin tombstoners, Gindinites, etc. etc. would like you to believe—”Oh, in supporting Syriza we’re just doing what Marx did in 1861″ but it’s still nonsense. There’s this “thing” called history, like 155 years of capitalist development, like the conflict between relations and forces of production that, determined by the social conditions of labor, in turn determines the class struggle. The problem isn’t some support to “political mediation” as a thing in itself—indeed there is no “political mediation” as a thing in itself. There are class relations. The problem isn’t that Syriza or Maduro have a “politically mediated” view of revolution, but that they are capitalist formations, designed and determined to maintain capitalist political mediation.
The issue is not now, nor was it ever, if Marx personally expressed racist sentiments. The issues are: 1) is the hierarchical segregation of human beings by race part of Marx’s socialism? 2) does Marx’s critique of capital, Marx’s analysis of the necessity for the overthrow of capital, involve maintaining and perpetuating notions of “race” “racial superiority” “racial dominance”? 3) does Marx’s critique of capital provide the tools to explain the basis for the institutions developed by capital that maintain and expand notions of racial superiority, dominance, and hierarchy? 4)does the necessity for the abolition of capital as Marx presents it actually require the overthrow of the institutions, and the ideology, of racial superiority, dominance, and hierarchy. I think the answers are 1) no 2) no 3) yes 4) yes. Hence I conclude, Marx was not a racist, and Marxism is not racist. On the contrary, Marx’s analysis for the overthrow of capitalism requires a relentless struggle against the institutions and ideology of racial superiority.
S.Artesian also doesn’t respond seriously to the idea that libcom including Michael Schidt in its insanely eclectic library is no worse than including that of a Stalinist’s account of his participation in the Spanish (counter-) revolution or Bordiga, the guy who continued to defend the Kronstadt massacre. Or loads of other dangerous nasty nonsense using “revolutionary” language. Fascists are not worse than Stalinists or other defenders of state capitalist mass murder. Even though historically individuals who aligned themselves with Stalin or Lenin might have been more human, “better intentioned’ than fascists, from the point of view of the struggle for the self-emancipation of the working class, Stalinism and Leninism have been more devastating and more demoralising since they expropriated radical language and turned it into its opposite. And still do.
One mo’ time: I objected to the removal of Chris Harman’s work. That work was removed after a person demanded the removal on the basis that Chris Harman was member of the hierarchy of an organization that tolerated, enabled, the sexual abuse of female members. Since Harman had died a year or two before the information was made public, the information did not identify Harman as having been a participant, a facilitator or an apologist for the abuse; and because Harman’s work in no way advocated sexual abuse, I found it ridiculous to remove the ebook from Libcom’s library. Others on Libcom argued that since Harman was a Leninist the work shouldn’t have been in the library in the first place. I thought that too was ridiculous, given the wide range and dubious political and personal lives of authors so represented. As the argument evolved, I pointed out that Libcom still maintained the writings of Michael Schmidt who while “covered” as a bona-fide black flag anarcho communist (presumably one who doesn’t believe in political mediations) operated as a white supremacist militant on Stormfront. In addition, Schmidt supporters had known about this, covered it up, and actually utilized Libcom to defend Schmidt; and that Schmidt’s current supporters were attempting to use his previous written “contributions” to anarcho-communism as “grounds” to maintain ties and connections with Schmidt, rather than break all connection with him. I pointed out then, and do again, that on the whole, I could care or less who is or who is not in the Libcom “library” but the issue has become the fact that those works by Schmidt are being used as an apologetic, almost as “character references” in order to avoid the exclusion of this person for his white supremacy activity. Under those circumstances, every communists, anarchist, situationists, mediated or unmediated, have the obligation to demand the removal of the works. This isn’t a case of “well Leninists and Stalinists did evil things.” What the fuck does that have to do with anything. This has everything to do with the practical reality of Libcom being willing, eager even, to remove a book based on nonsense innuendo while preserving a different book and thus enabling an effort designed by others to recuperate a known racist into the “communist movement.” The fact that you still refuse to engage with that critical issue means that, quite frankly, the distance between you and Libcom is less than you imagined, and the distance between you and me is more than you will ever know.
S.Artesian
Whatever. May reply one day, though it’s hardly priority.
Selah Posner says:
I doubt whether S.Artesian or Sam Fanto will ever read this shit after it has been dropped into cyberspace, let alone anyone else. I flicked through it because I was a little bored
Pure fantasy, Fanto.
‘ “A motley crew of mutineering soldiers who have murdered their officers,
MAN ON WHOM TO BESTOW SUPREME COMMAND are certainly the body least likely to organise a serious and protracted resistance.” – Marx’
The fact that you call this perfectly reasonable remark absurd demonstrably proves it as far as I can tell.
I recommend Sam goes back to the starting line and reads the manifesto of our party. I recommend Artesian changes his career; it is a non-starter.
If Selah Posner seriously believes for revolutionary movements to develop, or indeed for his/her own development, they/he/she do not need to tear asunder the ties of hierarchical discipline and that it’s necessary to discover “A MAN ON WHOM TO BESTOW SUPREME COMMAND” I recommend s/he join some Leninist or Stalinist party. I also do not in any way understand why s/he bothers to be interested in things on this site, when the whole of it implies a refusal to bestow “supreme command” on anybody, man or woman.
Artesian has published this on his site in response to the original article:
https://thewolfatthedoor.blogspot.fr/2017/10/so-anyway.html
As I said – I may reply some day, but it’s hardly priority. I usually find better things to do than getting involved in head-bashing political polemics.
I think the very term anti-Semitism is racist of itself. To equate a tiny remnant of the nation of Israel (descendants of Jacob) with the whole nation of Israel , let alone the whole Semitic speaking peoples is to negate the existence itsef of the great portion of the Semitic people’s.
If we instead make the proposition that Marx was anti-Jewish, what are we saying? That he was anti himself? The use of his book, On the Jewish Question as a proof text of this proposition is even more preposterous. On the Jewish Question is not a book about the Jews. Only someone that has not read and understood the book — because surely one can read without understanding — would do such a thing.
S.Artesian says:
Selah,
Not looking for a career.
That is good, Arty. As for myself I am currently pursuing a career as a museum director and a screenwriter.
One thing jumped from the page as I was just scrolling down to get to your reply to my comment. It is these remarks:
“…tendencies within/in [the works of] Marx that led/have led..”
If Marx was here today he would surely deal with this himself but as he isn’t I am duty bound to state that this is fallacy. Call it a matter of family pride.
Firstly, I don’t think Marx’s work led to anything but communism itself. Secondly,can we reasonably ascribe the actions of the living to dead writings?
I agree. I don’t think Marx’s critique of capital contains “tendencies.”
Just a correction to what I wrote above:
I don’t think Marx’s work leads to anything but communism…
And a short subnote on James MacBryde’s comment:
Just as On the Jewish Question is not a book about the Jews but about human relations, so The German Ideology is not a book about Germans but about the nature of the proletarian revolution.
Arty,
What distinguishes the Left from the movement of communism is that it ascribes a belief in a future or coming revolution and rejects the ongoing proletarian revolution; Leninism is a too narrow characterisation of the charlatons.
Nice sentiment, and I do mean nice and sentiment. Not sure what that means concretely. If you mean that leftists by and large, or more than by and bigger than larger, are terrified by the prospects for social revolution, I’d pretty much agree with that.
Just to clarify, these comments by ourselves are not an attempt at dialogue,merely a few random footnotes on bourgeois history.
Anyone know the one about the rabbi who goes to market to buy a crucifix? Long time me bah hear that one
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Everett’s CC Assignment A
After being enchanted by Bryher in Borderline, I thought that I would research and report on his* relationship with H.D. from beginning to end, how it evolved, what the complications of it were and finally what its resolution ended up being. It is important to note that, throughout H.D.’s life, she “was attracted to the physical unification of male and female,” as Barbara Guest exemplifies through her seeing the statue of The Hermaphrodite in the Diocletian Gallery for the first time (Guest 51). As we could see from the film, Bryher is probably the closest that H.D. ever found in her own life of a male-female hybrid.
As Guest repots, Bryher “was a boy to herself” (Guest 122). Bryher insisted on being referred to as a “he” and was extremely involved in her father’s business matters. He even spoke to his father about taking over the company, but was told that the business world would never admit a woman—that he would be eaten alive. Though giving up on taking direct control, Bryher still asserted his masculinity in other ways, particularly through his adventure stories that he wrote. As Guest tells us, “there was always a battle and there was always a boy” ready to conquer every obstacle (Guest 115).
These traits must have obviously attracted H.D. for she was drawn to Bryher during the time that when she was first acquainted with him. But it’s not as though there was not tension, as our reading in Asphodel and discussion in class has clearly shown. There initial exchange was just that—“[H.D.] would have to give Bryher the strength to go on living” in order to carry out the plans that they had made with each other and the seemingly stable and happy life that Bryher was offering, both emotionally and financially (Guest 106). And though H.D. did in fact give him the assurance he needed, it was not without realizing “something repellent about this concentrated love that…[made] H.D. both cautious and fearful” (Guest 106).
Perhaps it was the strong admiration of intellect that we witnessed in Bryher and H.D.’s Q and A sessions in Asphodel or perhaps his domineering personality, but in any case, H.D. seemed to have given Bryher reason enough to live and, when she had taken ill, Bryher took action by providing for a nursing home for H.D. while she was in the final stage of her pregnancy with Perdita. After the birth, H.D. and Bryher carried out their travel plans, but not without more strain for Bryher had assumed the role of protector—“A guardian, yet not a housekeeper; Bryher would never content [himself] with a merely passive role” (Guest 118). Bryher insisted on drawing out H.D. as a poetic figure, which Guest describes as his “irritating emphasis on performance” (Guest 118).
After H.D.’s “bell-jar” incident, Bryher understood it as “a pleasurable poetic account” and not the “symptom of depression” it was likely to be (Guest 119). In fact, when the “writing-on-the-wall” episode happened, Bryher was so taken that “like an excited child [he] demanded more” and went so far as to “[take] up where [H.D.] left off,” stating that he “read” the wall himself (Guest 126). None can say whether or not Bryher actually saw anything on the wall and Bryher “did not discuss [the visions] later” (Guest 126). But this intense fixation of Bryher’s was not entirely uncalled for. Guest tells us that “H.D. would use her sexuality…to retain her hold over Bryher,” possibly** without ever being physically attracted to her (Guest 120). Regardless, this “excessive urge” for control, “to plan every moment of the other person’s day” lasted well into their relationship and was explicitly observed and commented on by Robert McAlmon, a close friend from their later years (Guest 152).
This somewhat distanced H.D. from Bryher emotionally, admitting that she was lonely in a letter to Ezra Pound around 1930 (Guest 201). Though this must be taken with at least one grain of salt, for Pound, as H.D. knew, was no big fan of Bryher and it may be that H.D. “[did] not hesitate to sacrifice Bryher in order to console Pound” (Guest 201). Whether or not H.D. was sweet-talking Pound in that particular correspondence, it is clear that she was unhappy in some ways with Bryher as her sessions with Freud revealed (and, hopefully, as we’ll see in Tribute to Freud). Guest goes so far as to claim that what Freud has done for H.D. was to give her dignity, to restore her confidence in her own writing and escape “the yoke of Imagism. The yoke of perfectionism. The Bryher work yoke” (Guest 218). This will be interesting to look out for in Tribute to Freud to see if it’s evident from H.D.’s own account of it.
After this H.D. has more confidence, as Guest said, and Bryher also matured somewhat, away from what both H.D. in Asphodel and Guest described as his childlike nature. It wasn’t until H.D.’s mental breakdown that Bryher was able to “[prove] [his] mettle and [his] ability to handle a very bad crisis when a woman whom [he] loved appeared to have lost her mind” (Guest 278). And then, in 1960, Bryher proved his love and his maturation once and for all in allowing the confidence that Freud had instilled into H.D. to take full effect, unhindered by Bryher’s motives. H.D. was to take a final trip to New York that year, which Bryher had encouraged, but refused to join her for. Guest seeks to answer the question of why Bryher did not go by saying that “[he] deliberately chose to remove [himself] from the scene; remaining at Kenwin was a conscious act of selflessness on Bryher’s part” (Guest 325). Guest makes it clear that Bryher followed H.D.’s movements in the States and showed genuine love in many of his letters.
I think that knowing more of the complexity of the relationship between the two of them is both elucidating for H.D. as a person and lover, but also (and perhaps more importantly for the class) as a writer and poet. But a word of caution: Guest often takes an authoritative stance on this biographical information, which it is not always clear to me she should take. I think it would have been more prudent of her if she had kept in mind what she says to undermine Brigit Patmore’s biographical testimony in No Tomorrow: “an outsider is never fully acquainted with the intricacies of another’s relationship” (Guest 152-53).
*Throughout this essay I will be referring to Bryher as a “he” for, as Guest makes clear “[Bryher] cautioned H.D., as Gertrude Stein had her friend Alice Toklas, never to refer to her as a ‘she’” (Guest 122). I will be replacing Guest’s pronouns to respect Bryher’s wishes as well.
**Guest claims “probably” (Guest 120).
Guest, Barbara. Herself Defined: the Poet H.D. and Her World. Garden City, NY:
Doubleday, 1984. Print.
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DUMAS, Frédéric
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Last updated: December 21, 2019 at 2:55 am
Pioneer of diving and underwater exploration; cinematographer; scientist; one of the Mousquemers along with Jacques-Yves Cousteau and Philippe Tailliez; Chief Diver of the Calypso; co-publisher of Cousteau’s The Silent World (1953); dove to 64 m (210 ft) using the newly-invented Aqua-Lung in 1943; produced his first underwater film, Par dix-huit mètres de fond (Sixty Feet Down), with Jacques-Yves Cousteau in 1943; created the Groupe de recherches sous-marines (Underwater Research Group) with Jacques-Yves Cousteau under the auspices of the French Navy in 1945; conducted the first archaeological excavation on scuba with Jacques-Yves Cousteau, Philippe Tailliez, and Jean Alinat, in 1948; conducted the first cageless dive with a white shark with Jacques-Yves Cousteau in 1948; dove to 94 m (308 ft) using the Aqua-Lung in 1948; explored the Andrea Doria with James Dugan and Louis Malle six weeks after its sinking in 1956; The Musée International de la plongée autonome Frédéric Dumas (Frédéric Dumas International Scuba Diving Museum), located in Sanary-sur-Mer, France, is named in his honour; a.k.a. Didi.
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Public Hearing Meeting
Saturday, September 17, 2011 - - 9:30 a.m.
1. Calling the Roll.
The meeting was called to order by Mayor Euille, and the City Clerk called the roll. All members of Council were present.
Council Action:_________________________________________________________
2. Public Discussion Period.
(a) Marguret Wohler, 103 E. Nelson Avenue, suggested the establishment of a safe bike lane to connect four of the five Alexandria high schools along King Street and Braddock Road - T.C. Williams, Minnie Howard, Episcopal and St. Stephens. She said they have 59 signatures on a petition supporting the creation of more bike lanes in the City. She challenged Council to go car-free on September 22 and get to know the City from the seat of a bike.
(b) Alex Wolz, 1021 Allison Street, a junior at T.C. Williams High School, said that everyday he bikes to school and has done it for the past two years. He asked why it was so out of the ordinary for someone to bike to school, work or the grocery store. The answer is in the many paved roads throughout the City, where traffic is dominated by cars and two lane streets and where cyclists are pushed to the shoulder or sidewalk. He said the main routes the schools need bike lanes.
(c) David Cavanaugh, 4008 Fort Worth Avenue, spoke regarding the Beauregard Small Area Plan process. He said the Council and Planning Commission scheduled a joint work session for September 19, and Donna Fossum and Don Buch have been asked to discuss the current process and recommendations. He said the stakeholder group has made progress, however, they have not discussed or approved any recommendations and no discussion has been initiated by the group to discuss any of the proposed recommendations, as it is too soon. City staff is in the process of preparing a report on existing conditions: demographics, traffic, transit, schools and recreation as part of the plan. Mr. Cavanaugh said the only vote that has occurred is a straw vote to maintain zoning at the current level. Mr. Cavanaugh requested the agenda be revised to show that the chair and vice chair will be discussing draft recommendations. He asked that the agenda also be revised to include an opportunity for members of the public to speak on ways to make the small area plan process less confrontational and more constructive.
(d) Nancy Jennings, 2115 Marlboro Drive, said she has participated in the development of the Beauregard Corridor Small Area Plan since 2009 and reenforced what Dave Cavanaugh said that they were no where near to making any sort of recommendations. She said the stakeholders group has not yet made a recommendation nor have they decided if there should be a bucket list of amenities that the developers should proffer, much less what should be on the list and how to rank the items. She said Mr. Baier's meeting with homeowners on Seminary Road west of Beauregard has brought more citizens to the stakeholders group and at the meeting last Monday they wanted to discuss additional issues.
(e) Jack Sullivan, 4300 Ivanhoe Place, said they have heard from two other civic leaders about the idea that there would be recommendations provided to Council at the meeting on Monday is not realistic. The only recommendations that have come to a vote in the entire set of meetings is the one that was adopted overwhelmingly on Monday. He requested the Mayor to direct the staff to amend the agenda to allow representatives of area civic associations - Seminary Hill, Brookville-Seminary Valley, and Alexandria West - to put forth their concerns about the process and the substance of the stakeholder group plan.
(f) Van Van Fleet, 26 Wolfe Street, said he is a member of the Old Dominion Boat Club, but he never had or has a leadership position. Mr. Van Fleet asked why is it that the latest land grab by the City is to take two-thirds of the Old Dominion Boat Club's parking lot and if the club won't agree, then intend to take it by eminent domain. He said the Boat Club won its lawsuit and was awarded ownership rights to the club's building and parking lot. He asked who on Council voted to give the City Attorney authority to use eminent domain as a tool to take the property. The Boat Club has tried to work with the City to create a continuous path along the waterfront, to no avail. He said the negotiation tactics used by the City Attorney are not negotiations. He said that each time he threatens to take away more land than the last time, and he asked how much money the City would expend to acquire two-thirds of the Boat Club's parking lot. He asked what is the status of Judge McGrath's contempt charges against everyone for failing to enforce his ruling regarding the Boat Club's easement in Whales Alley.
(g) Owen P. Curtis, 5465 Fillmore Avenue, said he co-chairs the Institute of Transportation Era Committee, which just published the proposed recommended practice for planning urban roadway systems. Mr. Curtis said roadway planning is in the broadest sense in this document and it considers the entire public right-of-way for the use of all transportation modes. He said he wished to advocate for better community-based planning in the City, which is planning that reflects the values the citizens, voters and business interests of the impacted neighborhoods. He stated that the BRAC Advisory Group, the Beauregard Corridor Study Working Group, and the High Capacity Corridor Working Group are three inter-related efforts over the past several years which have taken up too much citizens time, too many tax dollars and have generated significant concern about the impacts they are beginning to feel in the West End. He said the Beauregard Corridor Study Area is not an historic small area plan, as they have several that cover that area, but the City staff gerrymandering the area to cut out all of the single family homes around the Mark Center development interests, with the exception of the Westridge townhouses and the Foster Fairbanks single-family homes, and that is not community based planning. He urged staff and leadership to revisit what needs to be planned, stop the charade of doing the developers bidding and work toward reflecting the preservation of the assets it has, fix the multi-modal transportation issues and consider the implications of capping the development of the current by-right levels.
(h) Ada Aston, 39 Babbling Brook Lane, Martinsburg, West Virginia, said she is a farmer at the Farmers Market and is speaking on behalf of her customers who would like to have the market extended another hour to 12:00 noon, as a lot of them have trouble getting to the market before 11:00, and to have it changed on the website as well.
(i) Jesse Dunhamtt, 639 Norman Silver Place, Glengary, West Virginia, said he is a farmer at the Farmers Market, said his customers would love to see another hour of the market until 12:00.
(j) Poul Hertel, 1217 Michigan Court, said he and his wife care deeply about his neighborhood, and their actions speak for themselves in which they have continuously strived to make it a better place for themselves and everyone else. He said that practically every meeting he goes to is now political, and the scientific endeavor that brings them forward and allows them to come up with creative solutions is being diminished vastly. Mr. Hertel said staff cannot treat citizens like cart cattle. He said Council is ultimately responsible, and the processes they now have in place and the way they are being conducted is conducive to filling the Chamber and people screaming.
(k) Carol James, 1000 N. Vail Street, said the Army Corps of Engineers turned over the keys to the BRAC facility last month to DOD's Washington Headquarters Service, with assurances that the building meets all metrics, and the move in for 6,400 works began August 9. Ms. James said the WHS, the Army Corps and the City have all admitted they have no first responders strategy for protecting the workers at the site, Alexandrians who live nearby and commuters. She said the City has no fire station on the west side of I-395. Council will hear a progress report on Monday night on the Beauregard Stakeholders Group and will likely hear that the developers adjacent to the Ft. Belvoir Annex are being asked to pay and are agreeing to pay for a new fire station as part of a bucket list exchange of proffers to purchase community approval in return for more than tripling population density in the neighborhood. She said those who attended the stakeholders meetings did not agree to such a quid pro quo. She said they must build the new first responders structure, build it now and pay for it themselves.
(l) Kathleen Burns, 1036-N Pelham, said she wished to plead for mercy to whoever schedules meetings in the City, as there were some nights when there are three meetings at once. She said that at a meeting on September 12, things got so out of hand that it became dangerous, where someone hit her with a book. The City should think about some sort of code of conduct, both for people in the audience and the people representing the City. She asked Council to re-think the Waterfront, as most people cannot take a vacation day to attend the meetings during the daytime, and the same happens with Parks and Recreation, where they only meet at 7:00 a.m. during the week. She said that with the announcement at the Mirant Power Plant, they should no longer be having a waterfront plan that deals with the tiny chip - it should go from the northern border to the southern border. Ms. Burns said she wished to second the comments of others with the firehouse, as it is a municipal responsibility and should not be used as a bargaining chip. She said staff have been placed in very difficult positions, and it needs to recommend that they be allowed to remain neutral.
(m) Adam Froehlig, 5990 Richmond Highway, member of the Alexandria Bicycle Pedestrian Advisory Committee, spoke in support of the first two speakers about bicycling in the City, and he requested that the City improve bicycle and pedestrian transportation and improve existing facilities and get a better bicycle and pedestrian network across the City. Mr. Froehlig said that in response to Mr. Hertel's comments, he was at one of the meetings he referred to - the high capacity transit corridor A - and there was a lot on both sides. Some may have been citizen frustration or they are dead set on a certain outcome regardless of the available options.
(n) Lynn Bostain, 5695 Rayburn Avenue, said she wished to echo what others said. The neighborhood they live in is already a walkable, friendly, welcoming neighborhood, and it is about to change. She said she appreciates the work of the review of the Beauregard Corridor recommendations, but clearly it is not enough. She said on Mr. Sullivan's straw poll of the Beauregard Stakeholders that indicates there is considerable objection to the way things have been presented and conducted, and that is something they need to pay attention to. She said with respect to Mr. Curtis' comments, community planning has been seriously lacking in the Beauregard Corridor, and obviously citizens don't feel they are being included. She said citizens aren't used to having to defend themselves against City officials and decisions that are made that people think are inappropriate. She said it makes it difficult for citizens to respond to something that has not been given due process.
2.1 Consideration of a Resolution Affirming City Manager Declaration of Local Emergency on Thursday, September 8, 2011, in Response to Extensive Flash Flooding Resulting from Tropical Storm Lee. [ROLL-CALL VOTE]
City Council adopted the resolution affirming the declaration of local emergency for flooding from Tropical Storm Lee. (RES. NO. 2472)
Council Action:________________________________________________________
REPORTS OF BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES
ACTION CONSENT CALENDAR (3-7)
3. SPECIAL USE PERMIT #2011-0024
LEGENDS MOTORWORKS
Public Hearing and Consideration of a request to expand a noncomplying general automobile repair facility; zoned CSL/Commercial Service Low. Applicant: Gregory Ramsey
PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: Recommend Approval 7-0
311 NORTH HENRY STREET
PRIME AUTO CARE
Public Hearing and Consideration of a request to continue operation of a noncomplying general auto repair facility; zoned CL/Commercial Low. Applicant: Prime Auto Car, Inc., represented by Robert Byrnes
417 and 419 CLIFFORD AVENUE
Public Hearing and Consideration of a request to operate a wholesale business; zoned CSL/Commercial Service Low. Applicant: Plaza Izalco, Inc., a Virginia Corporation represented by Duncan Blair, attorney
212 WEST GLEBE ROAD (Parcel Address: 206 W. Glebe Road & 3699 Russell
Road)
Public Hearing and Consideration of a request to operate a restaurant; zoned NR/Neighborhood Retail. Applicant: Marcus Williams, represented by M. Catharine Puskar, attorney
7. ENCROACHMENT #2011-0003
TJ STONE'S OUTDOOR DINING
Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for approval of an encroachment into the public right-of-way for outdoor dining, zoned CD-X/Commercial Downtown Zone. Applicant: TJ Stone's represented by Stephen Mann
END OF ACTION CONSENT CALENDAR
City Council approved the action consent calendar, with the exception of docket items number 3, which was considered under separate motion. The voting was as follows:
3. City Council approved the Planning Commission recommendation. (separate motion)
4. City Council approved the Planning Commission recommendation.
REPORTS AND RECOMMENDATIONS OF THE CITY MANAGER
8. Public Hearing and Consideration of the Recommendation from the City Council Naming Committee on the Proposal to Name the Alley Behind 804 Duke Street in Honor of the Late Douglas Thurman. (#6, 9/13/2011)
City Council approved the alley naming as recommended by the City Council Naming Committee.
REPORTS OF BOARDS, COMMISSIONS AND COMMITTEES (continued)
Planning Commission (continued)
605 LITTLE STREET
Public Hearing and Consideration of a request to construct a single family dwelling on a substandard lot; zoned R-2-5/Single and Two Family. Applicant: Brian Thomas
City Council approved the Planning Commission recommendation.
10. SPECIAL USE PERMIT #2011-0042
834 NORTH WASHINGTON STREET
Public Hearing and Consideration of a request to expand a noncomplying automobile service station use by adding a gourmet/ethnic market; zoned CDX/Commercial Downtown. Applicant: AL & TY, Inc., represented by Mary Catherine Gibbs, attorney
City Council approved the Planning Commission recommendation, with an amendment to condition #16 to review looking at the potential for reducing the size of the free-standing sign, checking with State Law compatibility.
682 NORTH SAINT ASAPH STREET (Parcel Address: 615 N. Washington St.)
TEAISM
Public Hearing and Consideration of a request to operate a restaurant and a request for a parking reduction; zoned CRMU/X/Commercial Residential Mixed Use (Old Town North). Applicant: Vitalitea, LLC represented by Linda Neumann
12. HIGH CAPACITY TRANSIT CORRIDOR -C
Public Hearing and Consideration of the first stage of implementation for High Capacity Transit Corridor - C (Van Dorn/Beauregard). Staff: Departments of Transportation and Environmental Services and Planning and Zoning
PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION: Planning Commission reaffirmed support for transit in Corridor C on an expedited basis and believes that there should be bus rapid transit running in dedicated lanes. The Commission had insufficient information on the non-transportation planning elements to form any further judgment. 7-0
ALEXANDRIA TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION ACTION: Recommend the City Council adopt the recommendation of the CWG for Corridor C, with two caveats: 1) The alignment be optimized to better serve the Northern Virginia Community College (NVCC), and 2) Recommend that the Transportation Commission be tasked to identify decision criteria, evaluate and monitor the transition from Alternative D (Bus Rapid Transit in dedicated lanes) to Alternative G (Streetcar in dedicated lanes), and periodically report the progress to the City Council. 7-0
City Council adopted the recommendation of the High Capacity Corridor Work Group, with the addition that the alignment be optimized to better serve the Northern Virginia Community College.
13. CDD CONCEPT PLAN #2011-0002
SPECIAL USE PERMIT TMP #2011-0039
CDD CONCEPT PLAN #2011-0003
DEVELOPMENT SPECIAL USE PERMIT #2011-0002
1050,1100, 1200 & 1200-A NORTH FAYETTE STREET, 1219 FIRST STREET
BRADDOCK GATEWAY - PHASE I
Public Hearing and Consideration of a request: to revise the phasing and implementation plan, conditions related to affordable housing contributions, parking ratios and requirements, as well as other various CDD conditions; to amend the special use permit for a transportation management plan; a development special use permit, with site plan, to construct a residential development with ground-level retail; zoned CDD#15/Coordinated Development District-15. Applicant: Jaguar Development, LLC represented by Mary Catherine Gibbs, attorney
PLANNING COMMISSION ACTION:
CDD#2011-0002 Recommend Approval w/amendments 7-0
SUP TMP#2011-0039 Recommend Approval 7-0
CDD #2011-0003 Recommend Approval 7-0
DSUP #2011-0002 Recommend Approval 7-0
City Council approved the Planning Commission recommendation, with the following amendment: to condition #41 to make the CPI increase for ten years as opposed to the staff recommendation of five years for the affordable housing contribution.
14. DEVELOPMENT SPECIAL USE PERMIT #2008-0022
1000, 1400, 1800, 1801, 2000, 2200, 2400, AND 2500 MAIN LINE BOULEVARD
POTOMAC YARD LANDBAY I & J WEST & L
Public Hearing and Consideration of a request for a development special use permit, with site plan and subdivision, to construct a residential development with more than eight townhouses on a row on a portion of the Potomac Yard Landbays I, J, & L; zoned CDD#10/Coordinated Development District. Applicant: Potomac Yard, LLC represented by Duncan Blair, attorney
15. Public Hearing and Consideration of an Appeal of the Board of Architectural Review's decision approving a request for demolition/encapsulation as amended at 329 N. Saint Asaph Street, Zoned RM Residential, BAR Case 2011-0182; and an Appeal of the Board's decision approving a request for alterations as amended at 329 N. Saint Asaph Street, Zoned RM Residential, BAR Case 2011-0183. Applicant: Janice Cuny and Steve Robinson by Tom Canning. Appellant: Billie Schaeffer and John Williams on behalf of petitioners.
City Council upheld the decision of the BAR.
16. Public Hearing, Second Reading and Final Passage of an Ordinance to Amend and Reordain the 1992 Master Plan (1998 ed.) of the City of Alexandria, Virginia, By Adopting and Incorporating Therein the Amendment Heretofore Approved by City Council to the Eisenhower East Small Area Plan Chapter of Such Master Plan as Master Plan Amendment No. 2011-0003 and 2011-0004 and No Other Amendments, and To Repeal All Provisions of the Said Master Plan as May Be Inconsistent With Such Amendment. (#13, 9/13/2011) [ROLL-CALL VOTE]
City Council adopted the ordinance. (ORD. NO. 4736)
DEFERRAL/WITHDRAWAL CONSENT CALENDAR
END OF DEFERRAL/WITHDRAWAL CONSENT CALENDAR
The meeting was adjourned at 6:19 p.m.
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Alfredo Aspra
Alfredo Aspra is a Partner at Andersen and he heads the Employment of the firm in Spain. He is also a member and secretary of the Board of Directors of Andersen Tax & Legal Iberia S.L.P. A practicing lawyer with more than 18 years of professional experience, his field of greatest experience and expertise, in the field of labour law, focuses on collective matters and litigation of complexity and transcendence.
Previously he worked at CMS - ASL, Garrigues and Olleros Abogados until the integration of the firm in Andersen in 2017.
Alfredo specialises in providing legal and technical advice on employment, social security and collective bargaining to national and international companies in both the private and public sectors.
Within employment law, he is an expert in:
Business reorganization operations (collective dismissals, collective suspensions of work contracts and/or reductions in working hours and labor reorganizations in pre/short-term processes), restructurings related to corporate reorganizations (mergers, spin-offs, etc.), productive decentralization (transfers of branches of activity, business successions and/or subcontracting of activities).
Collective bargaining: statutory collective agreements (sectorial, company and group agreements), extra statutory agreements or pacts, substantial collective modifications of working conditions, geographical mobility, internal flexibility mechanisms in companies, etc. Collective bargaining in matters related to the right to privacy, intimacy and new technologies in the field of labour relations (sectoral/corporate policies and protocols on digital disconnection, use of devices).
Advice on labor and union procedural law, electoral processes, union elections, union sections, inter-center committees, and other formulas for legal representation of workers in companies or public administration.
Forensic practice: collective conflicts, senior management, collective litigation, unfair competition proceedings, disciplinary proceedings, etc.
During his career, he has advised various entities in the financial and banking sector, real estate companies and large corporations in the construction sector, ICT, automotive or iron and steel, among others.
Alfredo Aspra is an Associate Professor of Community Social Law at the Rey Juan Carlos University. Since 2007 he has been teaching the Master's Degree in Labour Law and the Executive Programme in Labour Relations and the Master's Degree in Legal Practice, a business speciality since 2011 at the Garigues Study Centre. He is also a lecturer at the Madrid Bar Association and the Instituto de Empresa. Alfredo Aspra is the author of numerous articles and has been highlighted by important international directories such as Chambers & Partners and Legal 500.
Degree in Law, Universidad de Navarra.
Master's Degree in Labour Law, Centro de Estudios Garrigues
Specialised courses in negotiation and labour procedural law
Academia and business
Member and partner of the International Bar Association IBA, and of the specialized group called "Employment and Industrial Relations Law Committee" since 2011
Member of the Editorial Board of Iuris&Lex, El Economista since 2015. Regular attendance at meetings held by the board as a labour expert
Member of the Committee of Labour Experts of Randstad Research
Member of Forelab (Foro Español Laboralistas)
Member of the National Association of Laboralists (ASNALA)
In October 2007 Alfredo Aspra was named Best Labor Lawyer by Laboral 2000, Association of Labor Advisors and Experts in Labor Law and Social Security
Honorary Member of the International Association of Labour Law Experts and Labour Writers "Professor Alonso Oléa" since December 2007
Areas Employment Law and Social Security
Office Madrid
Telephone +34 917 813 300
E-mail alfredo.aspra@es.Andersen.com
Practice areas Practice areasAgrifood International Arbitration Corporate Compliance Cuban Desk Culture, Sports & Entertainment Banking and Finance Accounts Law Consumer Law Anti-Trust Law and European Union Law Tax Real Estate Employment Law and Social Security Corporate and Commercial Law Criminal Law Litigation Public and Regulatory Law Urban Planning and Environmental Law Entrepreneur and Start-ups Energy Media International Privacy, IT & Digital Business Tax Litigation Intellectual Property Restructuring and Insolvency Regulación Financiera y Fintech Russian Desk
Position PositionSenior Partner Partner Of Counsel Director Senior Associate Associate Senior Lawyer Lawyer Tax Advisor Advisor
Office OfficeBarcelona Madrid Sevilla Valencia
2021 Employment Developments Law 11/2020 of 30th December on the General State Budget for 2021
On 31 December 2020, Law 11/2020 of 30th December on the 2021 General State Budget (LGPE) was published in the BOE (Official State Gazette)
Unions agree to postpone agreed wage increases to avoid layoffs
Alfredo Aspra analyzes the union support that some companies are getting to postpone the planned increases
The 20 days to challenge the temporary lay-off remain in the state of alert
In El Economista, Alfredo Aspra analyses the National Court's ruling of 12th November, which also establishes that this period is not suspended by filing the mediation or conciliation paperwork
Dismissal without cause is qualified as improper and not null
Alfredo Aspra analyzes the ruling of the High Court of Justice (TSJ) of Andalusia, November 19, 2020
The replacement keeps their post even if the person who has been relieved dies
Alfredo Aspra analyzes the sentence established by the Supreme Court on October 28, 2020
The Constitutional Court rejects that lawyers are "slaves to the Internet”
Alfredo Aspra explains in El Economista that the Constitutional Court does not appreciate that Article 162.2 of the Law on Civil Procedure, by giving full effect to the notification if within three days the addressee has not agreed to its content, infringes the right to rest of these workers
The closure of the company means exemption from the competition clause
Alfredo Aspra analyzes the sentence of the Superior Court of Justice of Madrid
The difficult task of proving that there is gender-based wage discrimination in the company
Alfredo Aspra analyzes the regulations on equal pay between men and women approved on October 13
Dismissal is lawful if performance drops after being denied telework
Alfredo Aspra reasons that the sanction of dismissal is justified
Alfredo Aspra stands out as 'Lawyer of the year' in Restructuring / Reorganization at the Iberian Lawyer Labour Awards
The publication presents the 24 winners who represent the best of the labour sector for their expertise, activity and good practice
Companies waive lay off exemption
Alfredo Aspra analyzes the decision of some companies to renounce the exoneration to fire
Guide to Avoiding Serious Telecommuting Penalties
Alfredo Aspra analyses the employment activity in which until now there was a huge legislative gap and the worker representation to which remote workers will have a right
Employment News 2020: Royal Decree-Law 28/2020 of 22nd September on remote working Learn more
Companies predict mass layoffs from October 1st
Alfredo Aspra explains that there are sectors with a very serious lack of definition for the future and therefore regulations that can contribute to maintaining employment are urgently needed in El Economista
Missing the point of labour reform
Alfredo Aspra analyzes the current legislative situation in labor matters in an article published by Expansión
Employment lawyers are already preparing a "big wave of layoffs" in the autumn
Alfredo Aspra explains in Vozpópuli that as of October the employment safeguard clause will cease and on 30th September Article 2 of Royal Decree Law 9/2020, which prevents objective dismissals on economic grounds, will cease to be in force
When you can be fired if you get coronavirus
Alfredo Aspra and Helena Vilar analyze the serious impact of a COVID-19 infected employee on the company's activity
Nullity of dismissal due to situation of Temporary Incapacity
Regarding the Judgment of the High Court of Justice of Galicia dated June 9th 2020
The Record of Temporary Employment Regulation (Erte) is valid even if it is extended to recoverable paid leave
Alfredo Aspra analyzes the sentence established by the Audiencia Nacional
The Record of Temporary Employment Regulation (Erte) will be void if the deadline for setting up the commission is not met
Alfredo Aspra analyses the Supreme Court ruling
The Supreme Court extends to new holiday pay bonuses
“Thank you for joining Zoom. You're fired.”
Alfredo Aspra analyses video call layoffs that weaken employee protection and create legal uncertainty in the company
Collective bargaining agreement applicable to multi-service companies without their own company agreement
Regarding the High Court's Ruling of 11th June 2020
Royal Decree-Law 25/2020 of 3 July on urgent measures to support economic recovery and employment Learn more
Leaving your post to commit a criminal act
Regarding the Judgment of the High Court of Justice of Extremadura of 11th February 2020
The importance of the material resources mitigates a succession of contracts
Regarding the Supreme Court's Ruling of 3rd March 2020
The regulatory salary of an expatriate worker dismissed in the framework of a collective dismissal and the discharging effectiveness of the settlement
Regarding the STS of 21st February 2020
Practical guide to the new furlough scheme for companies and workers
Alfredo Aspra and Pedro Alonso answer the practical questions about the new furlough scheme for companies and workers in a guide
This state of teleworking in Spain: how companies adapted in record time and many regulatory doubts
Alfredo Aspra analyses teleworking in Spain, a new way of organising work that companies have had to adopt in record time, in El Economista
Royal Decree-Law 24/2020, of 26th June, on social measures for the reactivation of employment and protection of self-employment and competitiveness of the industrial sector Learn more
European Guide to support Employers | COVID-19 Impact
Guide to all employee support measures that different countries in Europe have put in place to alleviate the effects of COVID-19
Nature of the legal relationship of platform couriers
Regarding the Order of the Court of Justice of the European Union dated 22th April 2020
Equality and registration of salaries | Draft regulatory texts
Regarding RDL 6/2019 of 1st March on urgent measures to guarantee equal treatment and opportunities for women and men in employment and the workplace
Urgent prevention, containment and coordination measures to address the health crisis caused by COVID-19
Regarding the 9th June Royal Decree-Law 21/2020, on urgent prevention, containment and coordination measures to deal with the health crisis caused by COVID-19
Private detectives as agents provocateurs
Regarding the 19th February 2020 Supreme Court decision
29th May Royal Decree-Law 20/2020 establishing the Minimum Income Scheme
Regarding 29th May Royal Decree-Law 20/2020 establishing the Minimum Income Scheme
26th May Royal Decree Law 19/2020 adopting supplementary measures in the agricultural, scientific, economic, employment and social security and tax fields to alleviate the effects of COVID-19
Regarding the 26th May Royal Decree-Law 19/2020, adopting supplementary measures in the agricultural, scientific, economic, employment and social security and tax areas to alleviate the effects of COVID-19
Seven key legal and health points that companies must take into account when returning to work
Alfredo Aspra, Rocío Vivo and José María Gallego explain the keys to recovering activity at work after the declaration of the state of alert
The 'rebus sic stantibus' clause suspends agreement benefits
Alfredo Aspra analyses the 4th March 2019 ruling of the Madrid High Court of Justice in El Economista
The senior management contract requires autonomy to act
Alfredo Aspra analyses the 3rd February 2020 ruling of the Madrid High Court of Justice
Employment Developments 2020: 12th May Royal Decree-Law 18/2020 on social measures to defend employment
Regarding the 12th May Royal Decree-Law 18/2020 on social measures to defend employment
Tourism, commerce, and hotel industry will be able to dismiss more easily after the ERTE
Alfredo Aspra analyses the time register that the unions use to challenge ERTE
ERTE workers who refuse to rejoin can be dismissed
Alfredo Aspra analyzes the decision of the Madrid High Court of Justice (TSJ) of Madrid
Measures taken in the scope of Covid-19 social welfare: Availability of vested rights in pension plans
Regarding the 21st April Royal Decree-Law 15/2020 on urgent additional measures to support the economy and employment
Exceptional unemployment benefit regulated by Article 33 of Royal Decree Law 11/2020 Learn more
The Directorate General for Employment’s criterion on extension and withdrawal in furlough schemes Learn more
Unjustified sentence in the scope of an ERTE due to rights abuse
Regarding the 29th April 2019 Madrid High Court ruling
Panic in SMEs about the upcoming expiry of the Ertes
Alfredo Aspra explains that what SMEs can do now is take advantage of an Erte for economic, technical, organizational or production reasons (Etop) in El Economista
Refusal of medical examination is grounds for dismissal
Alfredo Aspra explains that the worker's refusal to carry out the obligatory medical examination was unjustified and therefore he does not see that the dismissal is null in El Economista
Main employment-related measures in relation to COVID-19 adopted by the 28th April Royal Decree Law 16/2020
Regarding the 28th April Royal Decree Law 16/2020 on procedural and organisational measures to deal with COVID-19 in the area of the administration of justice
Unilateral termination of the employment contract due to late payment of wages and ERTEs
Concerning the Judgement issued by the No. 3 Albacete Labour Court, dated 28th October 2019
Main employment-related measures in relation to COVID-19 adopted by the 21st April Royal Decree Law 15/2020
Regarding Royal Decree-Law 15/2020 of 21st April on urgent supplementary measures to support the economy and employment
National Social Security Institute (TGSS) guide for moratoriums, postponement of quotas, furlough schemes and reductions in working hours & Instructions for signing off in COVID-19 situations Learn more
All companies must negotiate with the trade unions
Alfredo Aspra analyses if the company should go to the unions in an article published in El Economista
Lack of respect and consideration for co-workers
Regarding the December 5th 2019 Ruling of the High Court of Justice of Aragon
Expats in time of Coronavirus
Alfredo Aspra explains that expatriates have the right to request not to provide the services for which they have been hired, but this does not imply repatriation, in El País
Possible consequences of Covid-19 on the duration and holiday periods of workers
Questions raised by employers and employees on the length and days of holidays in the present year 2020
Accidents during teleworking: how to prove that it is at work and not at home
Alfredo Aspra analyzes the key factors to establish if it is an accident at work or not
News on employment matters in relation to COVID-19 adopted by Royal Decree Law 11/2020
The 31st March Royal Decree-Law 11/2020, adopting additional urgent measures in the social and economic field to deal with COVID-19
Are companies being watched over or strangled?
Alfredo Aspra analyses the initiatives taken by the Government to curb the economic impact of the Covid-19
The Labour Inspectorate will count on the Inland Revenue and the police to review Ertes
Alfredo Aspra analyses the main causes alleged in the Ertes
Recoverable paid leave for employees of non-essential services during COVID-19
Royal Decree Law 10/2020 of 29th March 2020 regulating recoverable paid leave for employees who do not provide essential services, in order to reduce population mobility in the context of the fight against COVID-19
Extension of the state of alert declared by Royal Decree 463/2020, of 14th March, and new employment regulations in Royal Decree Law 9/2020, of 27th March, which adopts supplementary measures in the employment sphere to alleviate the effects of COVID-19
Regarding RD-Law 9/2020, of 27th March, which adopts supplementary measures, in the employment sphere, to alleviate the effects of COVID-19
A part-time worker who announces "I'm quitting" voluntarily resigns
Alfredo Aspra analyzes the sentence that admits the existence of an employment relationship between the company and the worker
Companies cannot require their guards to have a certificate of criminal record
Alfredo Aspra analyses the illicit processing of personal data considered by the National High Court
It is appropriate to dismiss someone for insulting the bosses son
In El Economista Alfredo Aspra explains that to think that the employer should be forced to trust and live with one of his employees is considered extremely unfair
Main measures related to COVID-19 in the employment sphere adopted by Royal Decree Law 8/2020
Regarding Royal Decree-Law 8/2020 on urgent exceptional measures to deal with the economic and social impact of COVID-19
Royal Decree 463/2020, of 14 March, declaring the state of alert for the management of the health crisis caused by COVID-19
Regarding Royal Decree 463/2020 of 14 March, declaring the state of alert for the management of the health crisis situation caused by COVID-19
Chambers Europe 2020 highlights Andersen Tax & Legal in the Dispute Resolution, Corporate, Employment and Tax areas
The editorial includes Íñigo Rodríguez-Sastre and Álvaro Martín as outstanding lawyers in Dispute Resolution, Javier Mata in Insolvency, Alfredo Aspra, Sergio Juárez and Pablo Santos in Employment
And when will we have employment measures?
Alfredo Aspra analyzes the necessary measures of temporary and exceptional character that must be taken to approach the empoyment problem generated by the incidence of the new coronavirus in an article that is published in Expansión
Large companies and SMEs from all sectors consider starting ERTE and ERE because of the coronavirus crisis
Alfredo Aspra analyzes the concerns of the companies of the different sectors to initiate ERTE and ERE before the crisis of the coronavirus and alert of possible conflicts in sectors like banking in Expansión
Coronavirus | Royal Decree-Law 6/2020 of 10th March adopting certain urgent measures in the economic sphere and for the protection of public health
Regarding Royal Decree-Law 6/2020 of 10th March
Coronavirus | Possible employment measures and other issues of concern
Analysis of the measures adopted by the Community of Madrid regarding the evolution of the Covid-19 from an employment point of view
The self-employed can replace employees to maintain their activity
Alfredo Aspra analyzes if the company can be denounced for isolating a healthy worker in an article published by El Economista
Workers cannot close the company: the Inspectorate must act Workers cannot close the company: the Inspectorate must act
Alfredo Aspra analyzes the guide of the Employment Ministry in an article published today by El Economista
Huge Concern
Alfredo Asptra analyzes the activity unilaterally by the worker who collects the guide of the Ministry before the coronavirus
A suspicion of contagion is not enough to leave the workplace
Alfredo Aspra analyzes the legal keys of how to deal with the coronavirus in a report published today by El Economista
Extension of the scope of action of the ITSS, in certain cases, to spaces outside the company, centre or workplace where the work is carried out
Regarding the Royal Decree-Law 5/2020 of 25 February
Time control must be maintained if teleworking is adopted
Alfredo Aspra explains that companies must promote hygiene rules among their staff to avoid the risk of infection by the coronavirus in El Economista
Employment experts already advising companies to make contingency plans
Alfredo Aspra analyses the measures that companies should adopt in the face of the coronavirus crisis in El Economista
Coronavirus | Practical recommendations from the occupational and preventive point of view
Possible actions and recommendations to be carried out by employers from an employment and preventive point of view
Andersen Tax & Legal Iberia modifies its corporate governance and creates a Board of Directors
The Board of Directors is made up of seven directors, with Jaime Olleros as Chairman and CEO, and is responsible for developing the firm's strategic plan
Starting date for paid leave: Regarding the High Court of La Rioja ruling of September 4, 2019
Regarding the STSJ La Rioja of September 4, 2019
Employment Ministry to use 'Big Data' in its offensive against false self-employed
Alfredo Aspra analyzes the Employment Ministry´s use of Big Data to detect cases of employment fraud.
An impact that extends to the entire economy
Alfredo Aspra, Employment Law Partner at Andersen Tax & Legal analyses the impact of the outsourcing reform on the economy
Application of the adaptation and distribution of the working day ex art. 34.8 Statute of Worker’s Rights to the care of children over 12 years
Regarding the main changes introduced by RDL 6/2019 of 1 March
Díaz begins his labour counter-reform with the repeal of the dismissal for misconduct
Alfredo Aspra explains that absenteeism continues to be one of the main obstacles to be overcome for companies' productivity ratios in El Economista
10th February 2020 Labour Chamber of the National Court Ruling on effective working time (travel, overtime and coffee, cigarette breaks, etc.)
Regarding the 10th February 2020 judgment of the National Court Labour Chamber
The Labour Court judge hears the debt to an employee guaranteed by the company
Alfredo Aspra analyses the claim of amount presented by a company against a worker
What we know about the new employment policy
Alfredo Aspra analyses the government's new labour policy and explains that too restrictive and strict regulation could lead to serious job destruction
Can reception of the economic benefit of Temporary Incapacity exceed the period of 18 months for the same illness?
About the Supreme Court Ruling of 6 November 2019
Disciplinary dismissal due to simulation in clocking in
Regarding the Judgment of the Supreme Court of Andalusia (Granada Court) of 19th September 2019
The daily wage is calculated by dividing all the days of the year
Alfredo Aspra analyses the Supreme Court's ruling that clarifies the calculation for the payment of salaries when a whole month isn’t worked
The law obliges guaranteeing the education of the employees
Alfredo Aspra analyses the legal obligation of companies to favour the accessibility of their workers to education and training for the benefit of their right to professional promotion
Taxation of compensation paid under the post-contractual non-competition pact: binding consultation V2736-19 of 8 October 2019
On the subject of the binding consultation V2736-19 of 8 October 2019
The law considers it 'transfer' in sending a worker away for 12 months in three years
Alfredo Aspra analyses if it is transfer and not temporary displacement if a worker is assigned to different work centres for more than 12 months in three years
Main developments in the field of social security introduced by Royal Decree-Law 18/2019 of 27 December
With regard to Royal Decree-Law 18/2019 adopting certain measures in the field of taxation, cadastre and social security
The Constitutional endorses the dismissal for several misconducts
Alfredo Aspra explains in an article in El Economista that when the intermittent repetition of several absences reaches thresholds that the labour legislator considers enough to justify absenteeism, it can justify the worker's dismissal
Christmas Hampers - generous gift or company duty?
Regarding the Supreme Court Ruling of 19 November 2019
Companies take advantage of sickness layoffs to end absenteeism
Alfredo Aspra analyses the dismissals for justified intermittent absences from work in an article published today in the El Economista newspaper
Best Lawyers 2020 recognizes 54 Andersen Tax & Legal professionals among the best lawyers in Spain
In this edition, Andersen Tax & Legal in Spain has 54 outstanding professionals with a total of 81 distinctions, among them, Maria Olleros, Tax area partner, who has been recognized as 'Lawyer of the Year' in Venture Capital
Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of persons reporting infringements of Union law
Concerning the Directive of the European Parliament and of the Council on the protection of persons reporting infringements of Union law of 26th November 2019
Taxation of senior management staff pay-outs
In connection with the judgement of the Supreme Court (Administrative çlitigation Chamber) of 5 November 2019
Is it possible to correct the working day with the register?
Alfredo Aspra analyzes the Sentence that validates the establishment of corrective factors as a measure to unite the rigidity of the recording of working hours in relation to flexibility and organizational autonomy in Expansión
Ruling rejects that the employer changes the working schedule by 30 minutes
Alfredo Aspra analyzes the ruling of the TSJPV that rejects that the employer change 30 minutes the working hours in an article published in the newspaper El Economista
Grandparents do not count in adapting the working day
Alfredo Aspra explains in El Economista that grandparents do not count when it comes to adapting the working day of the worker because although they are an important support, they cannot be moved over them functions inherent to parental authority, which corresponds exclusively to the parents
Adaptation of Art. 34.8 of the Statute of Worker’s Rights
Regarding the Judgment of the Labour Court of October 30, 2019
Taxation of the amounts deriving from the payment of severance indemnities recognised as unjustified
Regarding the Judgment of the Administrative Chamber of the National High Court of 3 July 2019
Is it valid to terminate a worker's contract after repeated faults? The keys to the ruling of the Constitutional Court
Alfredo Aspra explains in El Economista that an intermittent repetition of absenteeism on the part of the worker can lead to his dismissal if they reach thresholds that the employment legislator considers enough to justify absenteeism
Agreement between the Autonomous State Labour and Social Security Inspectorate and the Wage Guarantee Fund
The purpose of this Agreement is to establish a suitable procedure for the exchange of data by FOGASA and ITSS in order to check that the social and labour regulations are correctly complied with
The Department of Labour 'scares' companies by letter to bring undeclared work to the Surface
Alfredo Aspra analyzes the sanctions faced by companies and self-employed if the Social Security detects that part-time contracts of their employees do not conform to reality in an article published by Expansión
The Judiciary still doubtful about what time schedules are recorded
Alfredo Aspra analyzes the controversies arising from the current Royal Decree Law 8/2019, which regulates the new record of working day in an article published by El Economista
The Judicairy declares unjustified dismissal of bus driver who tested positive for drugs
Alfredo Aspra analyzes the ruling of the High Court of Justice of the Balearic Islands that has declared the dismissal of a bus driver who tested positive in cannabis after an accident unfair in an article published in El Econimista
A turning point?
Alfredo Aspra analyses the resolution of the lawsuit filed by the General Treasury of Social Security against Roodfoods Spain S. L. (Deliveroo) that affects more than 500 home food deliverers for the newspaper Expansión
Justice applies 'minimum standard' for paid leave
Alfredo Aspra analyses the minimum standard for paid leave established by the Superior Court of Justice of Navarre
The company can deduct late arrival from the payroll
Alfredo Aspra analyses the ruling of the Audiencia Nacional that allows companies with a time register to deduct from their payroll the penalties for arriving late to work in an article published by El Economista
The office worker clerk is paid for his task and not for the activity of the company
Alfredo Aspra analyses the ruling on the contribution for accidents at work and professional illness of employees in an article published by El Economista
Can the company force me to wear heels and skirts? It depends
Alfredo Aspra analyzes the dress code that is part of the right to entrepreneurial freedom
The company can inform the staff of the collective bargaining agreement negotiation
Alfredo Aspra comments on the ruling of the Supreme Court of Justice of the Basque Country that the company can directly inform its workers about the negotiations of the collective bargaining agreement without counting on the unions in Cinco Días
Is it suitable to record the working hours of managers?
Alfredo Aspra analyzes the working hours register for managers until the new obligation has a regulation, in a report published in the newspaper Expansión
Can a company fire an employee who overworks?
Alfredo Aspra explains the legal risk involved for both companies and workers working overtime in a report published by Cinco Días
Companies face sanctions if they do not establish the daily working day record from 12th May
Andersen Tax & Legal organizes a Working Breakfast on the "Key Aspects derived from the new obligation of daily registration of the working day" in which it is shown that the companies must have, at least, established a plan of implantation of the registration of the working day for that date.
Alfredo Aspra: "It is not mandatory that the hourly register should necessarily be agreed via collective bargaining"
Interview for the Buen Gobierno magazine of El Economista by Alfredo Aspra on the main keys to the new requirement to register the daily working hours of workers
Instructions determining the procedure in the event of withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union
The 25 March 2019 Ruling sets out the instructions determining the procedure in the event of the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union without the agreement provided for in Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union having been reached
Absence of the value of the severance payment with respect to the company when it is only signed by the worker: Regarding the High Court judgement of January 30th 2019
The Social Chamber of the Supreme Court issued on January 30, 2019, by virtue of which it is concluded that the settlement only releases the undersigned and for the concepts it includes. This does not preclude the company from claiming lawfulness and later wrongly overpaid to its employees and that, therefore, only obliges the employee
Interim contracts that are lawful at their termination do not give rise to a right to compensation. | Supreme Court judgement 13th March 2019
After almost two and a half years since the ECJ shocked the Spanish labour market by equating the compensation derived from the termination of temporary interim contracts to that of permanent employees, the Spanish SC has finally settled the ruling that temporary interim contracts do not generate any type of compensation once their term has expired
Royal Decree-Law 8/2019, of 8th March, on urgent measures for social protection and the fight against job insecurity in the workplace
Andersen Tax & Legal climbs positions in the Chambers Europe 2019 ranking
The publisher highlights the areas of Dispute Resolution, Corporate/M&A, Employment and Tax
Urgent measures to ensure equal treatment and opportunities between women and men in employment and occupation
Royal Decree-Law of 1st March on urgent measures to guarantee equal treatment and opportunities between women and men in employment and occupation
Main labour measures following a possible no agreement exit of the United Kingdom from the European Union
Royal Decree-Law 5/2019 of 1st March adopting contingency measures in the event of the withdrawal of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland from the European Union without the agreement provided for in Article 50 of the Treaty on European Union having been reached
DGOSS criterion to continue to apply partial retirement
DGOSS (Directorate-General for Social Security Organisation) criterion of 25 February 2019 on the requirements set out in Royal Decree-Law 20/2018, of 7th December, to continue to apply partial retirement in its regulation prior to the entry into force of Law 27/2011, of 1st August, to pensions caused before 1st January 2023
Award of the "Equality in the Company"
Order PCI/120/2019, of 31 January, announcing the award of the "Equality in the Company" logo for 2018, and establishing its regulatory bases
Legal rules for social security contributions, unemployment, cessation of activity protection, Wage Guarantee Fund and vocational training for the financial year 2019
Order TMS/83/2019 of 31 January developing the legal rules for social security contributions, unemployment, cessation of activity protection, Wage Guarantee Fund and vocational training for the financial year 2019
Preponderant criterion of adaptation to the existing risk in the specific occupation in terms of contributions for accidents at work and occupational disease
Regarding the Supreme Court Judgment of October 26th, 2018
A few laps away from being fired for absenteeism: a looming repeal?
Regarding the Ruling of the Plenary Session of the Constitutional Court of 16 October 2019
Trade union information "in paper form" and the prohibition of access to work with any personal object
Regarding the Decision of the National High Court, November 15, 2018
Main updates introduced for the revaluation of public pensions and other urgent social, labour and employment measures
Main labour and social security updates introduced by Royal Decree-Law 28/2018, of 28 December, for the revaluation of public pensions and other urgent social, labour and employment measures.
Non-competition settlement lacks tax benefits
Alfredo Aspra analyzes the refusal of the General Directorate of Taxes (DGT) that the compensations have the 30% bonus in Income Tax
Establishment and entry into force of the Interprofessional Minimum Wage for 2019
Royal Decree of Friday 28 December 2018
The collaborative economy is here and here to stay
Conference for journalists on collaborative and platform economics: consequences for traditional companies in the Spanish and European markets.
The effects of non-compliance with a Covenant of Permanence
About the ruling of the Madrid High Court of Justice dated May 11, 2018
Disciplinary dismissals without cause, nullity in favour of the workers
About the decision of the High Court of Justice of Castilla-La Mancha of September 11, 2018
The succession of contracts. The provisions of the collective bargaining agreements are called into question
Regarding the Supreme Court Judgement of 27 September 2018
Transposition of directives on the protection of employees' pension liabilities
Royal Decree-Law 11/2018 of 31 August
The payment of housing rent and its consideration as a computable salary module with respect to severance payments
About the High Court Judgement of July 19, 2018
practical application measures contained in the Master Plan for Decent Work
Alfredo Aspra and José Antonio Sanfulgencio analyse the main practical application measures contained in the Master Plan for Decent Work (2018, 2019 and 2020) including mention of the four proposed legislation initiatives presented
Expired Collective Bargaining Agreement
On the Judgments of the Social Chamber of the Supreme Court of 5 and 7 June 2018
Transport and clothing allowances in part-time contracts
In relation to STS 22nd March 2018
The nature of the contractual legal relationship in the model of Collaborative Economics, Platform Economics among others
Regarding the Judgments of March 22 and June 1, 2018
The European Union Court of Justice corrects and clarifies its criterion on the compensation regime applicable to temporary contracts in Spain
Alfredo Aspra and José Antonio Sanfulgencio analyze the two judgments of the Grand Chamber of the Court of Justice dated 5th June 2018
Turn of the screw in the doctrine of the Supreme Court of Justice of Madrid with respect to temporary video surveillance cameras
About the High Court of Justice of Madrid sentence dated February 7, 2018 (Mutua Cualtis Case)
The review of e-mails by companies: About the Supreme Court ruling on February 8th 2018
Analysis of the February 8th 2018 Supreme Court ruling
The time limit for filing a claim against a labour lender
Regarding the high court sentence of 14 December 2017
Brief analysis of the ten new employment and social security measures included in the 2018 General State Budget Project
Andersen Tax & Legal strengthens its position in the ranking of The Legal 500 with six highlighted areas
The editorial includes the firm in the Corporate, Banking & Finance, Dispute Resolution, Employment, Public Law and Real Estate areas of the ranking
Approval of the Strategic Plan of the ITSS 2018 - 2010 and Royal Decree 192/2018, of 6 April, approving the statutes of the Autonomous Body of the ITSS State Agency
Alfredo Aspra and José Antonio Sanfulgencio analyze the approval of the Strategic Plan of the ITSS 2018 - 2010 and Royal Decree 192/2018, of 6 April, approving the statutes of the Autonomous Body of the ITSS State Agency
Amendment of the Regulation on the implementation of company pension commitments to employees and beneficiaries
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Chambers Highlights Andersen Tax & Legal in the Dispute Resolution and Corporate/M&A Areas of the 2018 Europe Guide
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The limitation period for joint and several liabilities of the principal company is not interrupted by the wage claim made to the employer contractor
Regarding the High Court decision of 5 December 2017
Employment Alert: Legal contribution rules for 2018
Analysis of Order ESS/55/2018, of 26 January, which introduces the legal contribution rules for 2018
Employment Alert: Law 9/2017 on Public Sector Contracts
This Law, of an administrative scope and whose entry into force is scheduled for March 9th of this year, introduces important new social and employment issues
Bonus in the last doctrine of the High Court of Justice of Madrid
Review of the latest pronouncements of the judicial doctrine of the Employment Chamber of the Madrid Supreme Court of Justice regarding bonuses
New provisions on The Guaranteed Minimum Interprofessional Wage, Passive Classes, Labour Inspection and Special Scheme for Freelance Workers
Brief analysis of the labour provisions published in the State Gazette on December 30, 2017
Null and Void Dismissal. Compensation for Moral Damage resulting from the Violation of Fundamental Rights
Regarding the Supreme Court decision of 5th October 2017
A hotchpotch of exclusive employment agreements and post-contractual non-competition agreements
As regards the JSC Madrid of 27 March 2017
Severance pay for temporary personnel: Questions posed by the Supreme Court to the CJEU
In relation to the Supreme Court judgement of 25 October 2017
Latest amendments to the Self-Employment Act
Act 6/2017, of 24 October, on Urgent Self-Employment Reforms
Discrepancies between a draft contract and an employment contract
The JSC Madrid of 19 July 2017
Disciplinary dismissal null and void due to disability and/or long-term temporary disability: The judgment of the SCJ Madrid of 8 March 2017
The two CJEU judgments of 21 September 2017 and modifications of employment conditions: More modifications of interpretation or no modification?
Analysis of the two CJEU judgments of 21 September 2017 and modifications of employment conditions: More modifications of interpretation or no modification?
Judgment handed down by the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights on 5 September 2017 on the control of e-mail use by employers
Judgment handed down by the Grand Chamber of the European Court of Human Rights on 5 September 2017 in Barbulescu vs. Romania (app. 61496/08)
Collective dismissal and the existence of a group of trading companies
Re the Decision of the Supreme Court of 19 July 2017
Labour compliance: The importance of corporate risk identification, analysis and management procedures
The importance of Procedures for the identification, analysis and Management of Corporate Risks
Information to the employees’ legal representative in the event of workforce restructuring
Re the Decision of the Supreme Court of 29 June 2017
Plural Employer: “Group Company” and “Employment Corporate Group”
The Labour Chamber of the Supreme Court recently passed a judgement for doctrine unification resolving a termination of employment contract due to objective reasons (economic) with a favourable outcome for the complainant employee.
Collective bargaining decisions that can be detrimental
Concerning the Castile La Mancha Supreme Court Ruling of 22 March 2017
Concepts that should be included and excluded for calculating compensations due to termination of employment contracts
Concerning the two judgements passed by the Supreme Court on 3 May 2017.
Development in Labour and Social Security Matter of Law 3/2017, of 27 June, of the General State Budgets for 2017
Development in Labour and Social Security Matter Law 3/2017, of 27 June, of the General State Budgets for 2017
Compensation for work relocation. The details are important
Analysis of the judgment of the High Court of Justice of Galicia of 7 April 2017 in relation to the need to pay particular attention to the wording of all types of document capable of giving rise to disputes when applied in practice
Thresholds of collective redundancy
The calculation unit: the establishment and the undertaking. Regarding the Supreme Court Judgement issued in unification of case-law on 6 April 2017
Breach of the "principle of correspondence" does not make collective agreements void
Analysis of the judgment of the Supreme Court of 23 February 2017 on the annulling of the collective agreement of Adaptalia
Regional High Court Judgment on the employer's obligation to provide a canteen
Employer's obligation to provide a canteen (or alternative) if employees do not have two hours off.
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*SPOILERS* What is the story of Metal Gear Solid: Peace Walker?
*SPOILERS* What is the story of Metal Gear Solid: Portable Ops?
*SPOILERS* What is the story of Metal Gear Solid 3: Snake Eater?
*SPOILERS* What is the timeline of the events that precede Metal Gear Solid V: Ground Zeroes and Metal Gear Solid V: The Phantom Pain?
How much available Hard Drive space will I need to install The Phantom Pain?
Please tell me the materials that the bionic arm is manufactured from.
Outside of Japan, can I purchase artbook, big bionic arm (full size) ?
Regarding game progress being stopped in "METAL GEAR SOLID V: THE PHANTOM PAIN" under specific circumstances
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What platform is the companion app available?
Does MGO have a competition or tournament?
Yes it will be planned.
Do other players invade my FOB even when I am not online?
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Los Angeles: Public Transportation – Tripadvisor
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Forget all the negative information about public traffic in LA. It’s just as good and safe as anywhere in the world. Take the bus and metro and see it’s fairly reliable and that drivers are friendly and polite (towards every person!). Same goes for security people. Just take that bus, stop complaining and meet the world!
There are over 200 metro bus lines and 6 metro rail lines in the Los Angeles area that are run by the Los Angeles County Metropolitan Transportation Authority (Metro). You can get to almost anywhere in the developed parts of Los Angeles County on Metro and/or on other local transit services. Some transfers are quick and easy; others, less so. Detailed information, along with a trip planner, can be found here: http://www.metro.net/default.asp
The metro rail lines are:
1. Green line Metro Rail (above ground): Runs east/west between Norwalk and Redondo Beach with a stop at LAX (Note: the Green Line’s trains do not service the beach itself; you must transfer to a Bay Cities Transit bus to reach the beach.. Similarly, the LAX station for the Green Line is not at LAX. A shuttle bus meets the train and transfers passengers to the airport.
2. Red Line Metro Rail (underground): Service between Union Station (Downtown), Mid-Wilshire area, Hollywood and the San Fernando Valley (Universal Studios and North Hollywood).
3. Purple Line Metro Rail (underground) Service between Union Station (Downtown), Mid-Wilshire area and Koreatown.
4. Blue Line Metro Rail (mostly above ground): Runs north/south between Los Angeles and Long Beach.
5. Gold Line Metro Rail: Runs northeast into Pasadena and southeast to East Los Angeles.
6. Expo Line Metro Rail: Runs from downtown L.A. to Culver City and, eventually, will continue to the ocean.
Other Public Transit LInes:
Orange Line Metro Transit Way (from North Hollywood to Woodland Hills/Warner): Metro names this line with a color (Orange) like the metro RAIL lines but classifies it as a “transit way”. It operates like a rail line in that it runs on a separate “right of way” (its own roadway) but it uses buses.
Santa Monica, Venice and much of the “‘west side” is accessible only by bus. Sometimes, more than one bus needs to be taken. Unlike the metro rail, the metro buses are affected by automobile traffic, making the ride longest during rush hours (weekdays between 6 and 9 in the morning and between 2:30 and 7:00 in the afternoon and evening).
Santa Monica’s Big Blue Bus #3 runs frequently along Lincoln Blvd (a street which is sometimes referred to as ‘Route 1’), connects easily to the Culver City Bus #1 directly to Venice Beach, and also goes directly into Santa Monica. The #3 also services LAX via the LAX “Transit Center” a bus depot adjacent to LAX, accessible to LAX passengers via a free shuttle bus that serves the adjacent parking area for the airport. The shuttle bus is known as the “Parking Lot C” shuttle.
Some buses stop at almost every corner — These buses are numbered between 1 and 299. Other buses stop at only “popular” stops which make the rides faster. These buses are numbered above 299.
The fare is $1.75 for each Metro bus or Metro rail ride and must be paid in exact cash. A DAY PASS is available on all lines for $7. Seniors/Pensioners (those 62 or over) pay $1.80 for the DAY PASS. You need to purchase a reuseable TAP CARD on which to load your PASSES. Single fares on Metro buses may be paid in cash (without using a TAP CARD). Single Fares on Metro Rail lines must be paid using a TAP CARD. Detailed info about the Metro system, the use of TAP CARDS, the types of passes that are available and the places at which to purchase TAP CARDS and PASSES can be found in this article: Getting Around Los Angeles
You will have to pay a surcharge over the $1.75 single fare or in addition to the Day Pass, if you have presented one, if you board a bus that goes outside the “local territory” of Los Angeles and enters one of the “outer zones”. It is not likely that you will take one of these “outer zone” routes but, if you do, the driver will alert you as to the surcharge.
As for transfers, METRO only issues transfers for other bus companies (known as ‘Municipal Lines” or “Muni Lines”), e.g.. Santa Monica, Culver city, Foothill, etc. for 35 cents (10 cents for disabled passengers). To transfer from a Metro bus or Metro rail train to another Metro bus or metro rail train, you must either show a DAY PASS or pay a SINGLE FARE on the first bus or metro rail train by USING A TAP CARD. When you use a TAP CARD to pay your fare — even if the TAP CARD only has sufficient fare for one ride ($1.75), you may use the TAP CARD to pay for onward transfers on Metro as long as the onward transfers are taken within 2 hours of the commencement of the first transfer and do not head back to your starting point. Again, detailed info about Metro can be found in this article: Getting Around Los Angeles
This includes transferring from one metro rail train to another metro rail train. There are no free transfers unless you use the TAP CARD as illustrated in the previous paragraph.
Here are a few bus services that can be particularly useful to the visitor.
DASH operates short distance buses in many parts of the city of Los Angeles. In Downtown Los Angeles, on weekdays, six different DASH lines crisscross the area, serving destinations such as Little Tokyo, the Museum of Contemporary Art, and Pershing Square. The DASH system is popular in many neighborhoods besides downtown L.A. There are 27 routes in total. They’re great for short trips within the local area.
The fare is only 50-cents. For information call 213-808-2273 or visit www.ladottransit.com
Line 720–MTA Wilshire Rapid bus–The Wilshire Rapid bus is a very frequent (as often as every 3 minutes during rush hour) bus line connecting Santa Monica, Beverly Hills, the Wilshire Bl museum area (the Los Angeles County Art Museum. La Brea Tar Pits, Page Museum, Petersen Automotive Museum), Koreatown, and Downtown Los Angeles and Montebello. Because the Rapid only stops at major streets and gets preferential treatment on traffic signals, it is far faster than a regular bus. Regular METRO fare and transfers apply
Lines #217 and #780 — These buses follow similar routes and are handy for tourists since they connect Hollywood with the Beverly Grove area. Popular stops include the corner of Hollywood Bl & Vine St, the corner of Hollywood Bl & Highland Av (both of these intersections have red line metro rail stations), the corner of Sunset Bl & Fairfax Av (transfer there to the #2 bus westbound to the Sunset Strip), the corner of Fairfax Av& Santa Monica Bl (transfer here for the #704 bus westbound to Beverly Hills and Santa Monica), the corner of Fairfax Av & Wilshire Bl (get off here for LACMA — the L.A. County Art Museum — the Petersen Automotive Museum, the Page Museum and the La Brea Tar Pits. You can also transfer, here to the Line 720 bus mentioned above (eastbound into Koreatown, downtown Los Angeles and Montebello; westbound to Beverly Hills, Westwood, Brentwood and Santa Monica).
Big Blue Bus (Santa Monica Municipal Bus Lines): The Big Blue Bus is the City of Santa Monica’s efficient and cheap ($1) bus service. You can transfer from a METRO bus to a Big Blue Bus for 50 cents. Transferring from a Big Blue Bus to a Metro Bus will also cost 50 cents. You must pay these extra fees on the bus from which you are transferring. You will be given a “transfer ticket” from that bus which you will present to the driver of the subsequent bus in order to gain admittance. Most transfers expire 2 hours after they are provided. From Downtown Santa Monica (near the 3rd St. Promenade) this bus company offers routes that connect to Venice, Westwood, UCLA, Century City, and Los Angeles International Airport (LAX), as well as providing freeway express service ($2) to Downtown Los Angeles. Call 310-451-5444.or visit http://www.bigbluebus.com.
LAX Flyaway Shuttles: From Union Station in downtown there is an easy shuttle directly to LAX for only $7. It leaves every 1/2 hour during the day and every hour during late night/early morning. There are additional Flyaway buses between LAX and the following neighborhoods: Westwood, Van Nuys, Santa Monica and Hollywood. It may be possible to check your luggage (for your DOMESTIC flight) at these 5 stations before boarding the bus to LAX. Check with your airline to make sure that they are participating in the Flyaway Baggage Checkin program.
METRO has maps of the rail system and bus system. Go to www.metro.net and look in the lower left corner under the heading “HOW TO RIDE” for a list of maps. Metro rail trains run every 12 minutes (or more frequently) every day (some lines close down around midnight), . Bus lines running on main streets run almost as often as the trains but they do run later than the trains in most cases.
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Canadian indie band
(Redirected from Walk off the Earth)
Walk Off The Earth is a Canadian rock, Ska, and Reggae band which formed in 2006 in Burlington, Ontario, and has become famous around the world by making low-budget music videos of covers and originals. Current members are Gianni "Luminati" Nicassio, Sarah Blackwood, Ryan Marshall, Mike "Beard Guy" Taylor, and Joel Cassady.
R.E.V.O. — Realize Every Victory Outright.
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There's no worries on the earth tonight
We're all walkin' off the world tonight.
1.1 R.E.V.O. (2013)
1.2 Rule The World (2015)
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You have to have an awesome core of people that you get along with. ~ Ryan Marshall
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Just do it, fuck it, those guys don't even hear us. ~ Sarah Blackwood
The band's motto
I just had the idea of putting on multiple hands on a guitar for a long time, and I just didn't have the right song, and when I heard the song, I said "That's the one that it has to be." I didn't have any idea it was going to turn out like that, but I'm glad we chose it. … It's an awesome song.
Gianni "Luminati" Nicassio, on his inspiration for their hit YouTube performance video of "Somebody That I Used to Know" by Gotye, in "Walk Off The Earth interview days after viral fame" on Global News (13 June 2012)
You have to have an awesome core of people that you get along with.
Ryan Marshall, on making their videos, in "Walk Off The Earth interview days after viral fame" on Global News (13 June 2012)
It was a complete surprise... totally.
Sarah Blackwood, on having reached 30 million views with their 2012 hit, on the Ellen show (currently over 164 million views as of 2015·04·01)
Gianni: The time has come … I don't want to yell it because we're…
Sarah: Just do it — fuck it, those guys don't even hear us.
Gianni and Sarah announcing NEW VIDEO - RULE THE WORLD!!! (31 March 2015)
R.E.V.O. (2013)Edit
File:Chromology The Heart.jpg
Write a tune you know will never die.
File:Chromology The Violoncello.jpg
The chords will carry on
Long after we're gone… oh… oh…
I got this old guitar
The strings are rusty
But it's all I need.
"Gang of Rhythm", written by Ryan Marshall, Gianni "Luminati" Nicassio, Sarah Blackwood, and Thomas "Tawgs" Salter · "3 Beetle choose your own adventure!" video · "Gang of Rhythm/ Kids CBC" video · Live performance at 2014 JUNO Awards
I got a shaker too
The kinds of sound
That wants to make you move.
Bring in the uke
It will complete the groove.
Let's gather round and sing a song.
"Gang of Rhythm"
Come on now everyone yeah
Come on now everyone
We're like a locomotive
Under the big hot sun
We're chained to the gang of rhythm
The song is never done
Come on everyone.
We got this melody
Bring in the harmony like CSNY
To write a tune you know will never die.
And when the night is done
These chains will hold us strong
Rule The World (2015)Edit
I say I rule the world.
Video at VEVO (31 March 2015)
I materialize the feeling
To carry on, to carry on …
Don't cloud my vision
I'm telling you — not today
'Cause I'm seeing straight.
Made my decision.
Made it through the shades of grey,
Made it my own way.
To carry on, to carry on
I know some would say I'm dreaming
But I carry on, I carry on, on.
They say "no way", well, I say "I rule the world."
Ain't afraid of the walls, Imma break 'em down.
They stay the same — well I'm feelin' high as a bird.
Ain't afraid of the ground — I'm a standing.
I say yeah, yeah, yeah, they say no, no, no,
they say slow, slow, slow, I say go, go, go —
They say "no way"
I've chased illusion
And I watched them fade to black
Throwing me off-track.
Found Revolution.
Found it in a simple fact.
I ain't coming back.
VEVO channel
WaveCat playlist
Walk Off The Earth at allmusic.com
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Iraqi forces, Hashd al-Sha’abi fighters purge villages north of Baghdad of Daesh
Iraqi army troops, supported by allied fighters from Popular Mobilization Units, have successfully purged more than a dozen villages north of the capital Baghdad of Daesh Takfiri terrorists.
RNA - The media bureau of the volunteer fighters, commonly known by the Arabic name Hashd al-Sha’abi, announced in a statement on Sunday that they, together with government troops, had cleansed four villages, including al-Anaz, Arab Rashid Mahmoud and Arab As’af, in al-Moshahedah region of the extremists following multi-pronged military operations there.
Hashd al-Sha’abi fighters and army soldiers had earlier purged fifteen villages surrounding Tarmiyah town, located about 25 kilometers north of Baghdad, of Daesh militants.
Also on Sunday, pro-government Iraqi forces could wipe Daesh Takfiri terrorists off Basatin ‘Awad and Hurrah districts west of Tarmiyah.
Second-in-Command of the Joint Operations Command (JOC), Lieutenant General Abdul Amir Rasheed Yarallah, said in a statement on Saturday that Iraqi military forces had launched the second phase of a major operation to hunt down the remnants of the Daesh terror group north of Baghdad and areas nearby.
The statement noted that the offensive aims to “to beef up security and stability in areas north of Baghdad and surrounding areas in the provinces of Diyala, Salahuddin and Anbar.”
It said that units from the Baghdad Operations Command, command operations from Diyala, Samarra and Anbar, the Federal Police Command, rapid response teams, voluntary Hashd al-Sha’abi fighters and the special forces regiment of the Operations Department of the Chief of Staff of the Army as well as the Special Task Force of the Directorate of Military Intelligence were participating in the offensive.
According to Press TV, Iraq's army and the voluntary forces began the first phase of the Will of Victory Operation early on July 7, the military said in a statement, adding that the operation would last several days and was aimed at securing the province of Anbar and the central and northern regions of Salahuddin and Nineveh.
“We press on the hands of our heroic forces that will achieve victory with the will of its heroes against the gangs of Daesh,” Iraqi Prime Minister Adel Abdul-Mahdi said.
“May God protect you and make you victorious,” he added.
Former Iraqi prime minister Haider al-Abadi declared the end of military operations against Daesh in the country on December 9, 2017.
On July 10 that year, he had formally declared victory over Daesh in Mosul, which served as the terrorists’ last main urban stronghold in Iraq.
In the run-up to Mosul's liberation, Iraqi army soldiers and volunteer Hashd al-Sha’abi fighters had made sweeping gains against Daesh.
Iraqi forces took control of eastern Mosul in January 2017 after 100 days of fighting, and launched the battle in the west on February 19 last year.
Tags: Iraq Hashd DAESH
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Armenian armed forces break ceasefire
Nagorno-Karabakh conflict 4 June 2010 11:17 (UTC+04:00)
Azerbaijan, Baku, June 4 / Trend K.Zarbaliyeva /
June 3, the Armenian Armed Forces opened fire at Azerbaijani troops from areas and position outside the Ashagi Abdurahmanli village at 18:45- 19:00 and from nameless heights in the Fizuli region at 19:47- 20:15, the Azerbaijani Defense Ministry told Trend.
Further, , the Armenian Armed Forces opened fire at Azerbaijani troops from nameless heights in the Goygol region at 20:30- 20:45, as well as from areas and position outside the Tapgaragoyunlu village in Goranboy region at 22:35- 23:05, the ministry reported.
The Azerbaijani troops answered their fire. No causalities were reported.
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National Bank of Georgia monitors banknotes to prevent COVID-19 spread
By Tamilla Mammadova - Trend:
The National Bank of Georgia (NBG) is monitoring banknotes, as bills may also contribute to the spread of the new coronavirus, Trend reports via the NBG.
The money which enters the bank is kept for 14 days separately. Also, new banknotes are being supplied to commercial banks which will be put into circulation for the first time.
The bank is also carrying out sanitizing work to avoid the spread of the new coronavirus.
The NBG urges citizens to use contactless payments and wash hands often.
As of April 6, sixteen employees of the National Bank of Georgia tested positive for the COVID-19.
The number of confirmed cases of coronavirus increased up to 233 in Georgia on April 11.
Georgian health officials again call on everyone to stay home and keep social distancing to avoid further spread of COVID-19, the report said.
On March 21, Georgia declared a state of emergency until April 21 to prevent the spread of coronavirus.
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Iranian Presidential Administration's arrested official released
Iran 22 June 2011 11:21 (UTC+04:00)
Azerbaijan, Baku, June 22 / Trend /
Iran's Preachers Association head Abbas Amirifar, who wasarrested due to his assistance to a film "The Return Is Close", has bee released, /mashreghnews.ir/ and /tabnak.ir/ news portals, which are close to Iran's ruling conservatives' camp, reported.
Amirifar was arrested in mid May.
A film "The Return Is Close" was demonstrated a few months ago. The film reflects signs of return of Imam Mehdi, who is regarded as the twelfth Imam of Shiites. Shiites believe that Imam Mehdi (born in 868) is living a secret life as the God wants and one day he will return to ensure justice in the world.
Iranian spiritual leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei was identified as the incarnation of Sayyid Khurasani, while President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad as the incarnation of Shuaib bin Saleh. Shiites believe that these two individuals will help Imam Mehdi to save the world from oppression and violence. Many influential religious figures in Iran, including Ayatollah Makarim Shirazi, have expressed strong protest against the film and its demonstration.
MEHR news agency reported earlier that former head of the Iranian Presidential Administration Isfandiar Rahim Mashai appointed Amirifar as a member of the Council on Culture of the Presidential Administration in May last year.
Many media outlets, close to Iran's ruling conservatives' camp, state that a film about Imam Mehdi has been funded by Mashai.
Mashai has not expressed his opinion in this regard yet.
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New German president to be elected on June 30
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The convention includes the entire membership of the parliament, plus delegates sent by the 16 federal states. The job of president is largely ceremonial.
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Don't Count on Vitamin D to Ease Childhood Asthma
TUESDAY, Aug. 25, 2020 (HealthDay News) -- Vitamin D supplements don't prevent severe asthma attacks in at-risk children, according to a study that challenges previous research.
"The reason that's important is there are colleagues around this country and worldwide who are testing vitamin D levels for kids with asthma and giving them vitamin D," said study lead author Dr. Juan Celedón. He's chief of pediatric pulmonary medicine at UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh.
"As a system, it costs a lot of money to run all these tests and give the supplements. We've shown no benefit for children with moderately low vitamin D levels," Celedón said in a hospital news release.
While past observational studies suggested that vitamin D could reduce asthma-attack severity, this is reportedly the first placebo-controlled clinical trial to assess if that's true.
The three-year study included nearly 200 children, aged 6 to 16, across seven U.S. hospital systems. All had at least one asthma attack during the year before the study began.
Half of the children received 4,000 IU of vitamin D per day, and the other half got placebo pills. No one involved in the study knew which type of pill each child was getting.
All of the children had vitamin D levels low enough that supplements should have had an effect if vitamin D truly is beneficial for reducing severe asthma attacks. But kids who took the supplements did not have fewer asthma attacks or less reliance on inhaled steroids than those who took placebo pills.
The study was published Aug. 25 in the Journal of the American Medical Association.
Randomized controlled studies such as this one are considered the gold standard of research.
Previous observational studies found that children with low vitamin D levels seemed to have worse asthma.
But with "observational studies, you never know -- is [low] vitamin D causing asthma to be worse or do kids with worse asthma end up having lower vitamin D?" Celedón said.
The American Lung Association has more on children and asthma.
SOURCE: UPMC Children's Hospital of Pittsburgh, news release, Aug. 25, 2020
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Jewel Store Employee Gives Money to a Needy Dallas Mother Without Taking Her Gold Bracelet
Act Of Kindness: Jewelry Store Worker Left A Woman Stunned After She Tried Pawning A Gold Necklace Given To Her By Her Mother!
There is more to celebrate besides the act of kindness extended by the jewel store employee to the Dallas woman who wanted to sell the heirloom gold necklace given by her mother to solve a very tight financial situation.
The CCTV showed the woman surprised, after receiving the money handed by the jewel store employee. She hugged him then walked out of the store with her two kids.
What rendered the video clip the extra ordinary appeal was the giver – who he was and why he gave her money. Surely, it would be a normal thing if the benevolence came from the likes of a billionaire or a charitable institution. But the man, based on the interview of CBS, was a Syrian refugee, who at that time, was happy to be alive after escaping his chaotic country due to civil war. And, he wasn’t the one who disseminated the clip to social media. It was his friend back in Syria who exposed his deed to the world.
The man who was called Noah did not want to be identified. He said his action was his payback to humanity for the same generosity he and his family received from the country who gave them refuge when they needed it.
And he mentioned religion. He said, “It doesn’t matter what religion you have, or where you are from. It’s about humanity. Everybody should do that.”
Nothing in the video mentioned of his religious beliefs. He may be a Sunni Muslim. But his act brings to mind Matthew 6:1-4. It was his friend in his faraway country that made it viral in Facebook. Hence, what he did in secret has now been shared countless times for the world to know.
One lesson to pick from this story: ‘Noah’s kindness gave us a different impression of Syria. There is hope for humanity, still.
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Oklahoma hospital, management company, and physicians pay over $77 million to settle kickback, Stark Law claims
by Ben Vernia | July 8th, 2020
On July 8, the Department of Justice announced that an Oklahoma City specialty hospital, its management company, and physicians and their practice have agreed to pay $77.2 million to settle civil allegations, originally brought by a whistleblower, that the defendants engaged in prohibited financial arrangements and kickbacks, resulting in the submission of false claims the federal and Oklahoma governments. According to DOJ’s press release:
Oklahoma Center for Orthopaedic and Multi-Specialty Surgery (OCOM), a specialty hospital in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma, its part-owner and management company, USP OKC, Inc. and USP OKC Manager, Inc. (collectively USP), Southwest Orthopaedic Specialists, PLLC (SOS), an Oklahoma City-based physician group, and two SOS physicians, will pay $77.2 million to resolve allegations under the False Claims Act and the Oklahoma Medicaid False Claims Act of improper relationships between OCOM and SOS, resulting in the submission of false claims to the Medicare, Medicaid and TRICARE programs, the Justice Department announced today.
The Anti-Kickback Statute prohibits offering, paying, soliciting, or receiving remuneration to induce referrals of items or services covered by Medicare, Medicaid, and other federally funded programs. The Physician Self-Referral Law, commonly known as the Stark Law, prohibits a hospital from billing Medicare for certain services referred by physicians with whom the hospital has an improper financial arrangement, including the payment of compensation that exceeds the fair market value of the services actually provided by the physician and the provision of free or below-market rent and office staff. Both the Anti-Kickback Statute and the Stark Law are intended to ensure that physicians’ medical judgments are not compromised by improper financial incentives and instead are based on the best interests of their patients.
The settlement resolves allegations that between 2006 and 2018, OCOM and USP provided improper remuneration to SOS and certain of its physicians in exchange for patient referrals to OCOM in the form of (i) free or below-fair market value office space, employees, and supplies, (ii) compensation in excess of fair market value for the services provided by SOS and certain of its physicians, (iii) equity buyback provisions and payments for certain SOS physicians that exceeded fair market value, and (iv) preferential investment opportunities in connection with the provision of anesthesia services at OCOM. The alleged conduct resulted in the submission of claims for services provided to these illegally referred patients, in violation of the False Claims Act and the Oklahoma Medicaid False Claims Act. The settlement also resolves issues arising out of USP’s preferential offering of investment opportunities to physicians at four surgery facilities in Texas. As a result of this settlement, USP will pay $60.86 million to the United States, $5 million to the State of Oklahoma, and $206,000 to the State of Texas. SOS and two of its physicians, Anthony L. Cruse, D.O. and R.J. Langerman, Jr., D.O., will pay $5.7 million to the United States, and $495,619 to the State of Oklahoma.
Contemporaneous with the civil settlement, OCOM and SOS each entered into five-year Corporate Integrity Agreements (CIAs) with the U.S. Department of Health and Human Services – Office of Inspector General (HHS-OIG). The CIAs require, among other things, that OCOM and SOS each maintain a compliance program and hire an Independent Review Organization to review arrangements entered into by or on behalf of their respective entities. They also increase individual accountability by requiring compliance-related certifications from their key executives.
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Farmington Schools parents: Online is awesome, awful
October 1, 2020 Joni Hubred COVID-19, Schools
Dr. Kelly Coffin (Farmington Public Schools)
Among the myriad public comments at recent Farmington Public Schools Board of Education meetings, parents have shared high praise and troubling complaints about how teachers have handled remote learning.
While some have applauded teachers’ extraordinary efforts, others have complained that some are distracted by caring for their own children during virtual classes. Some parents have said their children are doing beautifully, others describe constant software glitches and distracting background conversations during live meets.
Principals monitor
Assistant Superintendent of Innovation and Strategic Initiatives Dr. Kelly Coffin said the district communicated specific expectations of teachers at the beginning of the school year.
“Their classrooms are open and available to them, and we encourage that,” she said. “There are teachers who are taking those opportunities.”
Whether they work in buildings or at home, teachers provide a weekly learning plan that building principals monitor. Principals also tap into live meets as they’re happening and take samplings from all of their teachers, Coffin said.
“They are monitoring before these live meets happen… and they’re also monitoring it in real time,” she added. “Of course, they’re working with all staff in their building, and they may be missing some of these things parents are experiencing.”
Two-way interactions
Coffin said the first few weeks of the school year have focused on social/emotional learning, as well as easing students into Canvas, the new learning management system.
“This is working for some students and families very well, and for some, it is not their best mode of learning, and we recognize that,” she said.
Under new pandemic learning regulations, Coffin explained, Michigan teachers must document at least two weekly, two-way interactions with students. Currently, the district has a 99 percent or greater average interaction rate.
“It’s not just, ‘Hi, how are you?’,” Coffin said. “It’s based on content, with a clear focus on targets and learning goals. Teachers do a significant amount of record-keeping… (they) monitor that every day.”
Connecting with kids who need help
Coffin said that the district also takes a “multi-layered approach”, implemented when buildings closed in March, to identify children who might need extra help. When a student doesn’t show up for live meets or stops turning in work, she said, “it’s really an all-hands-on-deck to see who is connecting with this child.”
At this point, Coffin said, a handful of students across the district still have issues with internet access. In September, the district announced a dedicated tech “help desk” for parents and guardians.
Coffin said parents who have concerns about their child’s teacher should talk first with their building principal. Above all, she wants parents to know, “We’re here, and we want to support this work.”
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Air Berlin scraps more long-haul flights
Insolvent German airline Air Berlin is scrapping more long-haul flights, this time to the Caribbean from Duesseldorf, to reduce its long-haul fleet and cut costs while it seeks investors, it said on Monday.
The routes to destinations in places such as Mexico, Cuba, the Dominican Republic and the Antilles will end from Sept. 25, the carrier said.
Air Berlin, Germany’s second-largest airline, was forced to file for bankruptcy protection last month after shareholder Etihad Airways withdrew funding following years of losses.
Its planes are being kept in the air thanks to a 150 million euro ($180 million) government bridging loan, which will last until the middle of November at the latest.
Investors are currently lining up for the airline, with Lufthansa seen as in pole position to take on large parts of Air Berlin.
Bidders have until Sept. 15 to submit binding offers for the assets, with a decision possible as early as Sept. 21, three days before a German national election.
Aviation investor Hans Rudolf Woehrl late on Sunday said he had submitted a bid for the whole of Air Berlin. Air Berlin confirmed on Monday it had received a letter from Woehrl and was reviewing it.
Air Berlin also said on Monday it was bringing forward again the cancellation of services from Berlin to Los Angeles and San Francisco, and from Duesseldorf to Boston, to Sept. 25. It had previously planned to cancel them on Oct 1.
Last week, it also said it was dropping flights from Berlin to New York and Miami, and from Duesseldorf to Orlando as of Sept. 25.
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Tag: Steve Martin
Six Degrees of Separation: From Shopgirl to…
Hosted each month by Kate at Booksaremyfavouriteandbest, the Six Degrees of Separation meme picks a starting book for participants to go wherever it takes them in six more steps. This month’s starting point was suggested by Annabel.
Shopgirl by Steve Martin. I had no idea that comedian Steve Martin wrote novels, but apparently this one is a bit of a satire about life in LA, as well as a love story.
Lonely, depressed Vermont transplant Mirabelle Buttersfield, who sells expensive evening gloves nobody ever buys at Neiman Marcus in Beverly Hills and spends her evenings watching television with her two cats. She attempts to forge a relationship with middle-aged, womanizing, Seattle millionaire Ray Porter while being pursued by socially inept and unambitious slacker Jeremy.
So my second pick is purely picked for the title which sounds fairly similar. 1) Sophie Kinsella’s Confessions of a Shopaholic. I haven’t read this one either and I can think of nothing less likely for me to pick up, as I hated that whole Bridget Jones, Ally McBeal and ditzy single shopaholic chick scene which seemed so prevalent when I first started working in London in the late 1990s.
The third book is a bit of a leap, but bear with me… I’ll be taking you to 18th century Geneva and Paris, via the 2) Confessions of Jean-Jacques Rousseau. It is an extraordinarily honest autobiography of one of the greatest minds – but also one of the greatest narcissists – of the Century of Lights. Here he lays out and examines, without too much artifice, his weaknesses and blind spots, his triumphs and mistakes, his way of life often contradicting his principles (abandoning his children when he wrote so eloquently about children’s better nature and the importance of education).
The next choice is obvious, because Rousseau’s greatest rival at the time was 3) Voltaire. The two men started off by admiring each other’s work, but then disagreed on fundamental philosophical and moral issues and became arch-enemies. The turning point was the horrendous earthquake of Lisbon in 1755, when more than 60,000 people died. Rousseau said it should not make us doubt God’s kindness and that people brought it upon themselves by settling in cities with such dense populations. Voltaire was stunned by such heartlessness and produced in return the remarkable story of Candide, a young man whose naive optimism and belief in God is sorely tested by earthquakes, syphilis, the Inquisition, murder and banishment. Mindless optimism, Voltaire contends, is stupid, unsustainable, a crime almost.
The two geniuses also fought about establishing a theatre in Geneva (Voltaire was for it, Rousseau against), so my next link is theatrical, a play which is somewhat linked to Candide, in that it presents scenes of life which test our belief in optimism and love.
4) Arthur Schnitzler’s Reigen (aka Liebelei, aka La Ronde) made a profound impression on me at the age of 13, when I saw it performed on stage. It’s brief scenes of ten couples (one of the couple linking to the next, like a daisy chain) before, during and after love-making and it is incredibly revealing about class and lifestyle in decadent, pre-war Vienna.
Speaking of decadence and pre-war jitters, I’ve recently read 5) Christopher Isherwood’s Prater Violet, which also mentions Vienna, although it features the period before a different world war. This slim yet powerful work is brilliant at dissecting how world events are perceived by different people and cultures, depending on how safe you consider yourself to be. It is also a biting satire of the film industry and features a semi-fictional portrait of Isherwood as a hapless scriptwriter.
Clearly, my final link has to be the film industry and so we move to LA once more together with 6) Joyce Carol Oates’ Blonde, a vivid, poignant, epic reimagining of the story of one of the most idolised yet summarily dismissed and underestimated women of the film world, Marilyn Monroe.
So my journey this month takes me from selling gloves in a department store in LA to becoming an iconic film star in the same city, via London, Geneva, Paris and Vienna. You can follow this meme on Twitter with the hashtag #6Degrees or create your own blog post. Where will your 6 degrees of separation journey take you?
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Loeffler blasts “radical liberal” Raphael Warnock as campaign tour stops in Dawsonville
Featured, Featured Stories, News December 14, 2020 , by Bill Johnson
DAWSON COUNTY, Ga. – Three days before the start of advance voting in one of the two most important Senate races in the country, Senator Kelly Loeffler (R-Ga.) brought her campaign to Dawsonville Friday. Her message to Republicans was a stark warning: “If we don’t turn out to vote we will lose the country.”
Loeffler faces Democrat Rev. Raphael Warnock in the Jan. 5 runoff. In the other key race, Senator David Perdue (R-Ga.) faces Democrat Jon Ossoff. At stake is which political party will control the U.S. Senate. Republicans currently hold a 50-48 majority. If the Democrats win both races, Vice President-elect Kamala Harris could cast a deciding vote to break any ties. Georgia has not elected a Democrat Senator since Max Cleland in 1996.
Dawson County is in Georgia’s 9th Congressional District, one of the most conservative districts in the country. As Congressman-elect Andrew Clyde pointed out in introducing Loeffler to the 100 or so people in attendance, “We are the mighty 9th Congressional District. We are 83 percent Republican. There are more Republicans in the 9th District than any other Congressional District in Georgia.”
Supporters line up for photos with Sen. Kelly Loeffler and 9th District Congressman Andrew Clyde (center) outside the legendary Dawsonville Pool Room Friday.
Loeffler delivered an explosive no-holds-barred speech filled with the red meat many in the crowd had come to hear, referring to her opponent as a “radical liberal” and reminding them of his own words.
“He called our police gangsters, thugs and bullies and a threat to our children,” she said. “He also said we should empty our prisons, get rid of cash bail and turn dangerous, violent criminals out on our streets, leaving Georgians to fend for themselves while he waters down our Second Amendment rights. He said you can’t serve in the military and serve God. I resent that attack. It’s completely wrong. We will always stand with our heroes who have held the line of freedom for us. We have 700,000 of them in our state right here.”
She also said, “It’s not just the radical things he says, but the people he has celebrated. He invited Fidel Castro into his church, the Marxist, communist, murderous dictator Fidel Castro. He also celebrated Jeremiah Wright, the anti-American, anti-Semetic Jeremiah Wright.
She spoke about last Sunday’s debate with Warnock during which he sidestepped questions about his comments in support of Marxism and his willingness to pursue court packing.
“I gave him a chance to renounce Marxism and socialism,” she said. “He declined to do that. He wrote a book praising Marxism over 100 times.” Loeffler was referring to the 2014 book he authored entitled “The Divided Mind of the Black Church.”
“We have to stand up for our conservative values,” she said. “I have fought from Day 1 against the radical left, the cancel culture, big taxes and China. I stood up to defend innocent life, the Second Amendment, the border, law enforcement and the military and to make sure we put America first.”
She concluded by stating, “If we don’t turn out the vote we will lose our country. Together, we are going to stop socialism in its tracks. Together, we are going to save our country and the American dream.”
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Man Utd’s November Games: Previews & Predicted Scores
I thought it would be good at the start of each month to give my predictions on the games that Manchester United will have. Here’s how I can see our games in November panning out.
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I thought it would be good at the start of each month to give my predictions on the games that Manchester United will have. Here’s how I can see our remaining games in November panning out.
So who do United play this month and what are my predictions for the games, let’s have a look:
5th November – Premier League: Sunderland @ Old Trafford
There will be a sense of familiarity in the air next Saturday when Sunderland visit Old Trafford. The Black Cats have 6 ex-United players in their ranks including their boss Steve Bruce who of course was a former captain of the club.
Sunderland have had an eventful start this season but after picking up four points in their last two games appear to be moving in the right direction. United will in no way be sentimental in this fixture and I can see Danny Welbeck scoring in a 3-1 home win.
19th November – Premier League: Swansea City @ Liberty Stadium
After the International break, United will make their first trip to Wales to play a league fixture in 29 years when they face newly promoted Swansea City in what no doubt will be billed as a ‘David v Giant’ clash, that everyone connected with last season’s play-off winners will be looking forward to.
Swansea might not have lost a game yet at home as their quick passing game has seen them win many admirers across the league. Defensivly though there still remain question marks and it will be hard for Brendan Rogers’s side to contain United who should win at least 2-0.
22nd November – Champions League: Benifca @ Old Trafford
On paper this will be the fixture that should decide who will win Group C. Benfica have started the season well and currently sit second in the Portuguese league only on goal difference behind the league’s reigning champions FC Porto.
Jorge Jesus’s side impressed at the Estadio da Luz with their young side winning many plaudits after the game in United’s opening fixture in the competition. This will be an entertaining game and I am tipping United to win 3-1 with Oscar Cardozo scoring for Benfica.
26th November – Premier League: Newcastle United @ Old Trafford
Alan Pardew’s Newcastle United arguably have been the most surprising team of the season so far. They’re good in all areas and are playing so well that European football is being spoken about for next season, which would be great for the city of Newcastle.
This probably will be United’s hardest game of the month and Sir Alex Ferguson may have to tell the team to be patient. Despite having all the ingredients to be a great game, I think it will be scrappy and United will nick it 1-0 thanks to a goal in the second-half.
TBA – Carling Cup: Crystal Palace @ Old Trafford
After defeating Aldershot in the previous round, United’s squad and young players were rewarded with a favourable tie at home to Championship side Crystal Palace in a game that they will be expected to win in a comfortable and proffesional manner.
With a place in the semi-finals on the line for the winners of this tie, it’s another chance for the likes of Michael Owen, Ezekiel Fryers and Paul Pogba to impress again. United will comfortably win this tie 3-1 with Owen on the score-sheet.
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Re: Boring, boring ol' Elon Musk...
Looks like Boring Company received permission from the Hawthorne city council to go ahead with their test tunnel under city streets. They will still need to pull permits but that's technical and not political stuff.
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Elon Musk’s Boring Company receives green light to extend 2-mile long tunnel under LA
Earlier this month, Elon Musk’s Boring Company presented the second phase of its tunnel at a special meeting of the Hawthorne city council.
We now learn that they have approved the plan and the startup can start extending its tunnel.
Hawthorn’s Daily Breeze reported:
“The City Council approved the two-mile underground track Tuesday night in a 4-1 vote, with only Councilman Nilo Michelin dissenting.”
As we previously reported, the second phase would link the tunnel entrance and 160-ft first phase of the tunnel under SpaceX’s parking lot to a new 2- mile (3.2 km) long tunnel under 120th street all the way to Hawthorne Boulevard.
Here’s a visual representation of where the Boring Company wants to dig based on the plans submitted to the city: [se below]
They will dig the tunnel at a depth of 44 feet and said not to expect to see any construction or disturbance at the ground level.
The company will use its first boring machine (Godot), which they want to improve on during the making of this tunnel.
Brett Horton, Senior Director of Facilities and Construction for both SpaceX and Boring Company, said during the presentation to the council:
“It is a research and development tunnel meant for us to learn about our tunneling machine (Godot), understand the technology and where we can improve it, and also test and prove out the transportation system.”
He explained that Boring Company will use Tesla’s technology for its transportation system in the tunnel – a sort of electric skate platform to transport cars autonomously in the tunnel.
While it’s still only in development, the ultimate goal of the project is to create an entire network of tunnels under LA to alleviate the traffic.
They plan for drivers to pull up on those platforms and be transported at higher speeds than on surface roads.
Musk hopes that after the test tunnel, they will connect with LAX to dig up to Culver City, Santa Monica, Westwood and Sherman Oaks. He is reportedly working with the Mayor of Los Angeles on the project.
In other projects for longer distances, the Boring Company is actually thinking about creating a vacuum in the tunnels to turn them into a hyperloop system. Musk says that the company is already working on one between New York and Washington DC.
SpaceX is going to be holding its second hyperloop pod competition this weekend at their test track near their headquarters.
https://electrek.co/2017/08/25/elon-musk-boring-company-green-light-2-mile-long-tunnel-under-la/
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People who say it cannot be done should not interrupt those who are doing it.
The better plan, IMHO, is to have drivers pull up to parking lots (or arrive in their robotaxi) and travel down to a superfast, 100+ MPH, 'express' subway car that takes them to their destination without stops along the way. Then get into a robotaxi at the other end if they need to travel 'off foot'.
Moving personal cars into crowded areas where parking is already a problem makes less sense. Even if they get there quickly.
I guess if Boring drills car tunnels they can be converted to mass transit later. Let rich people pay for the first set of tunnels and the early part of the learning curve.
Quote from: Bob Wallace on August 25, 2017, 09:38:46 PM
That's what the little pods are for -- just a more user-friendly size than a big subway car. (Also bicycle-friendly, to judge by the picture.) Smaller passenger groups mean (most?) everyone gets to their destination without intervening stops.
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Too few. Let's see a system that moves a lot of people in a hurry.
Fire off a pod every minute with each holding 30 or more people during rush hours. 30 people 2x per minute for 30 minutes would get 1,800 people to work in a half hour. A few tunnels, carefully located could take thousands of cars off roads.
I doubt you could find 30 or more people all going to the same destination from the same entryway within a minute. Another benefit of van-size pods is: the tunnel entryway can be as small as a parking space or two, as shown in the video. They don't need a big subway station.
Might want to ride some subways in a large city. Watch how many people get off in the financial district stop, for example. Here's how a LA Downtown system might look.
Imagine an underground station with 10 platforms. With a pod leaving every 30 seconds that's five minutes to load a pod. Subway trains do not stop that long and riders often have to push their way off and on crowded cars.
Each platform could have an elevator that held a full pod of people.
Take a load down just before the pod arrives so that they are lined up ready to go. (Four across seating loading from one side? Use guide ropes to get people all lined up.
A pod pulls in, opens and lets people out. Then pulls forward one length to load those waiting on the platform. The people who arrived ride the elevator up and get swapped out for the next load.
Quote from: Bob Wallace on August 26, 2017, 12:28:21 AM
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That would be a huge station, indeed! All carved out beneath center city Los Angeles? It would be a massive project, and with structural concerns much more extensive than a 14-foot diameter tunnel would have. Maybe someday! But Musk’s paper recommends longer routes, hundreds of miles, for the hyperloop in California.
However…. Central LA, to Simi Valley is only 35 miles; to Long Beach, only 20 miles. At the projected 125 mph, Musk’s “skate” idea would take only a few minutes longer than a full-on hyperloop. Plus, the small “skate” entrances and exits mean there could be multiple downtown destinations, instead of one giant hyperloop station in the middle of the city. You’d enter or exit the system closer to your origin/destination, with less need for street transportation. The goal is to take cars off downtown streets, as well as unclogging the highways — particularly at the end of the day, when everyone leaves the office at about the same time.
Scheduling your trip via an app would allow computers to assign you (and fellow travelers to your destination) a little pod which will arrive at a particular entryway at a particular time, making most efficient use of the system.
I'm not suggesting an evacuated tunnel/tube for commuter pods. One hundred twenty-five miles an hour (sled speeds) would be fast enough, especially with 'express' pods that did not stop along the route.
Large station? Maybe the size of a normal subway station in terms of total square feet. Pods stopping and loading side by side rather than a large number of subway cars stopping one behind the other.
Getting cars off the streets means getting fewer cars on the streets. Moving a modest number of cars quickly downtown would help some with commute traffic but do nothing about downtown congestion/parking.
Small capacity sled-cars won't move a lot of people.
I bet if you could travel from Central LA, to Simi Valley (35 miles) or Long Beach (20 miles) at 125 miles an hour we'd have a large number of people who would have no problems with using a 'standing only' pod. 35 miles would take 17 minutes (plus a little acceleration/deceleration time. A pod that carried 30 seated people could carry a lot more standing. Comfortably fill, don't pack.
Run a mix of seat and stand pods. Charge less for the stand pods with seat pod discounts for those who need to sit.
jai mitchell
not sure how I feel about this.
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In general, it's safer below ground, in a well constructed tunnel, than above ground in an earthquake.
An 8.0 and all bets are off.
TerryM
Can I ask for a source on the 8.0 figure?
I remember the 6.7 Northridge quake tearing waterpipes, gas lines, & sewer pipes apart - as well as breaking concrete block walls, freeways & any manner of structures.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/1994_Northridge_earthquake
With 6 quakes of this magnitude striking California since 1987,(the last 30 years), it seems the odds of experiencing this level quake is fairly high.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_earthquakes_in_California
When the ground is seismically active, I'd prefer to be on top of it.
"When the ground is seismically active, I'd prefer to be on top of it."
Above ground, you have "stationary" buildings and infrastructure being ripped apart by movement of the earth on which it sits. Below ground, you are moving with the earth, so shearing forces are minimized.
Also, electric signals move much faster than earthquake waves. Any detection of significant seismic movement can trip alarms that shut down the entire system. Japan is more seismically active than California, but its bullet train has an incredible safety record.
Quote from: TerryM on August 26, 2017, 10:33:16 PM
Jai's youtube link.
In the 1989 Loma Prieta (San Francisco) 6.9 earthquake a length of elevated highway fell. Well over 100 buildings were destroyed. A 76-by-50-foot (23 m × 15 m) section of the upper deck of the Bay Bridge fell onto the deck below The bridge was out of service for a month.
Sixty-three people were killed and almost 4,000 injured.
BART (underground light rail) suffered only a small amount of cosmetic damage at one station. The system was shut down for six hours while inspections were carried out and full service was restored within 12 hours. One train was in the Transbay tunnel during the quake and the operator detected no motion.
The LA Metro subway went into service in 1993 and experienced the 6.7 Northridge earthquake in 1994. The subway suffered no damage and has not been damaged in the many smaller earthquakes that have happened since.
In the Northridge quake 57 people on the surface died and about 9,000 were injured. 125,000 people were made temporarily homeless.
Seven major freeway bridges in the area collapsed, and 212 were damaged, disrupting traffic in the Ventura-Los Angeles region for weeks following the earthquake. Communication, water and power distribution systems were affected and several fires started. 82,000 residential and commercial units and 5,400 mobile homes were damaged or destroyed.
crandles
I wasn't sure what was being asked by this question. Perhaps as answered by Bob but perhaps also:
USA hasn't suffered an 8, (or only 317? years ago when modern infrastructure didn't exist). But is this a good reason for saying all bets are off?
Perhaps there isn't any subway or other tunnels anywhere that have been subjected to an 8?
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ghoti
Tokyo has an extensive subway that was hit by at least a magnitude 8 earthquake.
Honshu, Japan - 2011 - 9.1 very major shaker. (Fukushima meltdown)
The images of Japan in the aftermath of the giant earthquake and its terrifying tsunami last week and the consequent failure of its nuclear power plant reactors at Fukushima show the scale of the disaster that the people of Japan have to face and overcome.
Amid all the mayhem, the news reporting and images are of what can be seen and witnessed on the surface, but what of the underground?
Japan has an underground environment to mirror its vast development on the surface. The fact that there is no news about Japan's underground infrastructure must mean there is no news - or that the report is so minor as to pale to insignificance compared to the reality of the situation on the surface.
In reaching out to our friends and readers in Japan after the catastrophic events of last week, TunnelTalk has learned that while "most of the train and subway in Tokyo stopped in last midnight [but] almost all of the trains and subways are [now] running [again]."
"A 16-foot-high tunnel running underneath the airport's runways [in Sendai, the city most affected by the tsunami] for about 500 yards was entirely flooded."
"As on so many previous occasions, the reality of the aftermath of strong earthquakes is that the underground remains remarkably intact when the surface has suffered devastating destruction.
Earthquakes in Mexico City; in Kobe Japan; in Chengdu, China; in San Francisco, California; in Santiago, Chile; all had no headline news of underground or tunnel collapses or failures. For cities in seismically active zones, and for urban development in general, this has to be one of the abiding inherent advantages of underground facilities over surface or elevated alternatives. Of course there it is acknowledged that the underground environment would have been equally as horrifyingly impacted to the consequences of the tsunami as the surface."
https://www.tunneltalk.com/Discussion-Forum-Mar11-Seismic-concerns-and-consequences.php
According to this map Sendai was in the high 8/ low 9 shake zone. And Sendai has a subway system.
https://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/eventpage/official20110311054624120_30#map
Quote from: ghoti on August 27, 2017, 07:08:00 PM
2011 9.1 quake was something like 220 miles away. Not sure how much the strength decays with distance though.
https://weather.com/news/news/san-andreas-fault-california-mega-quake-earthquake-big-one
A study published earlier this year concluded that the land on either side of the San Andreas fault has been pushing against the other at a rate of more than 1 inch per year since 1857.
“So you expect that amount of accumulation of energy will be released in the future in a large-magnitude rupture, somewhere along the San Andreas,” said USGS research geologist and study lead author Kate Scharer.
The last major earthquake near Los Angeles hit Fort Tejon in 1857 and registered a 7.9.
An 8.2 earthquake would produce far more energy than what was produced by the nuclear bomb dropped on Hiroshima. But a bigger issue is that all of Southern California would be hit at once.
Quote from: crandles on August 27, 2017, 07:32:42 PM
THIS IS THE MODEL RESULTS BELOW
note that the direction of propagation along the fault line causes a 'piling up' of energy and a launch of this directional wave directly into LA where some areas will experience +9.0 impacts (red)
The map I linked puts Tokyo in the 8 range for the 2011 quake.
That doesn't tell us anything about the surface vs subsurface movement.
The idea that tunnels move with the earth while the earth moves underneath buildings and bridges is interesting. Given the lack of movement-caused tunnel damage (flooding doesn't count) in several major earthquakes it looks like this is possible.
Does power cut causing stuck in train problem count as an issue.
The area/volume of tunnels that have experienced strong quakes is very small compared with areas above ground where damage could occur. This might make where you would prefer to be a difficult comparison to make. Also rather than a simple above ground / tunnel it might be better to have several categories
1 Open field, no trees, no buildings, no landslip risk, no tsunami risk
2 Field some nearby trees, no buildings, no landslip risk, no tsunami risk
3 Wood, no buildings, no landslip risk, no tsunami risk
4 Tunnel, no items that could fall, no landslip risk, no tsunami risk
5 Hill some landslip risk, no buildings, no tsunami risk
6 Beach/lakeside, no buildings, no landslip risk
7 In/near building, no landslip risk, no tsunami risk
8 In/near building, some tsunami risk
Obviously could make lots more categories and above might not be right order. More people in 7 and 8 than in all other categories combined so a switch to 4th best place might be sensible?
In general that would be a no fatality/no injury event. Many/most tunnels already have emergency lighting so that people can walk out if the system isn't going to come back to life in a reasonable amount of time.
Some rescue system (battery powered powered cars to haul in water/food and move a few people out at a time) could be added if there's a need.
Bob, et al
You've convinced me that tunnels will survive strong earthquakes, and much appreciation for all the data and logic.
I canceled my earthquake insurance on my California home decades ago on the advice of an acquaintance who did risk assessment work for the air force. He believed that quake insurance with it's high costs and high co-pay was ridiculous for single story frame buildings. I haven't regretted the decision to this day.
This conversation has drifted quite far. It started with the question of whether underground tunnels are more susceptible to quakes than above ground alternatives. Now it seems like we are questioning whether they take any damage in the most massive quakes. This is silly. Taking some damage or possibly being affected by power outages still means tunnels are in a much better position compared to above ground facilities.
Here are some relevant passages from Musk's original Hyperloop paper.
Note: he intends the Hyperloop to be powered by solar power and on-board batteries, not the grid.
4.3.3. Energy Storage Components
Energy storage allows this linear accelerator to only draw its average power of 8,000 hp (6 MW) (rather than the peak power of 74,000 hp or 55 MW) from its solar array.
Building the energy storage element out of the same lithium ion cells available in the Tesla Model S is economical. A battery array with enough power capability to provide the worst-case smoothing power has a lot of energy – launching 1 capsule only uses 0.5% of the total energy – so degradation due to cycling is not an issue. With proper construction and controls, the battery could be directly connected to the HVDC bus, eliminating the need for an additional DC/DC converter to connect it to the propulsion system.
4.5.2. Power Outage
The vast majority of the Hyperloop travel distance is spent coasting and so the capsule does not require continuous power to travel. The capsule life support systems will be powered by two or more redundant lithium ion battery packs making it unaffected by a power outage. In the event of a power outage occurring after a capsule had been launched, all linear accelerators would be equipped with enough energy storage to bring all capsules currently in the Hyperloop tube safely to a stop at their destination. In addition, linear accelerators using the same storage would complete the acceleration of all capsules currently in the tube. For additional redundancy, all Hyperloop capsules would be fitted with a mechanical braking system to bring capsules safely to a stop.
In summary, all journeys would be completed as expected from the passenger’s perspective. Normal travel schedules would be resumed after power was restored.
4.5.3. Capsule Stranded in Tube
A capsule becoming stranded in the Hyperloop tube is highly unlikely as the capsule coasts the majority of the distance at high speed and so there is no propulsion required for more than 90% of the journey.
If a capsule were somehow to become stranded, capsules ahead would continue their journeys to the destination unaffected. Capsules behind the stranded one would be automatically instructed to deploy their emergency mechanical braking systems. Once all capsules behind the stranded capsule had been safely brought to rest, capsules would drive themselves to safety using small onboard electric motors to power deployed wheels.
All capsules would be equipped with a reserve air supply great enough to ensure the safety of all passengers for a worst case scenario event.
http://www.spacex.com/sites/spacex/files/hyperloop_alpha-20130812.pdf
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So if you build an elevator to lower cars into your boring tunnel, there must be a picture. And of course, that car must be a Tesla.
elonmusk: A Model S in The Boring Company tunnel being dug under Los Angeles (starting in Hawthorne)
https://www.instagram.com/p/BYUeGjmAh8N/
Tunnels in Houston? Not just to channel water, but to provide a means of transportation/evacuation other than helicopters and little boats when the city floods.
Is it feasible for @boringcompany to dig drainage tunnels under Houston to prevent storms like #Harvey from devastating the area?
Elon Musk: Not sure, but probably
In this situation the tunnels would flood too. Can't really design for a 1 in 500 year flood.
Elon Musk: Tunnels are sealed to 5 atmospheres of water & gas pressure. Just need walls around the apertures.
Boring tunnels. Easy as 1-2-3.
Simple math is why Elon Musk’s companies keep doing what others don’t even consider possible
https://qz.com/972118/simple-math-is-why-elon-musks-companies-keep-doing-what-others-dont-even-consider-possible/
Elon Musk tweeted:
Second boring machine almost ready. Will be called Line-Storm, after the poem by Frost. "And be my love in the rain."
Image below.
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Stuff just got real!
Elon Musk’s Boring Company is starting work on Baltimore-DC underground Hyperloop
Earlier this morning, we reported about Elon Musk announcing that his Boring Company is getting a second multi-million dollar boring machine.
Now we might have an idea where that new machine is going after what appears to be a new digging site spotted in Maryland today.
Earlier this year, Musk announced a project to create an underground hyperloop system between New York and Washington DC.
The idea is to leverage both the tunnel boring technology that the Boring Company is working on and Musk’s original idea for a new mode of transportation called hyperloop, which consists of pods with electric propulsion in a near-vacuum tunnel or tube in order to achieve extremely high speeds.
Now a site just south of Baltimore in Maryland with a visible ‘The Boring Company’ logo was spotted this week by a Redditor DJB_2015...
It looks like a staging area for the entrance of a digging site – similar to what we have seen from The Boring Company at their tunnel entrance in SpaceX’s parking lot.
Larry Hogan, Governor of the State of Maryland, confirmed that they are working with the company for a “rapid electric transportation” system between Baltimore and Washington DC...
It sounds like it could be the first leg of the New York city-DC underground hyperloop route announced by Musk earlier this year.
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34 miles, straight line. All in the same state with backing from the governor.
180,000 feet. 60 feet per day with a regular (large diameter) tunneling machine. 3,000 days. 8.2 years.
Musk claims that eventually they should reach speeds of 840 feet per day. 214 days. 7 months.
Wonder how much faster Boring is now? Smaller diameter will buy them a lot. Of course they could drop in another machine or more in order to get a first line up and running.
I'm so lovin' this. With robo taxis on each end of the run there would be almost no reason to drive one's own car between DC and Baltimore.
And this could do wonders for Baltimore's economy. Turn it into a DC bedroom community.
Maryland's Governor said to 'get ready' for Elon Musk's Hyperloop that will connect Baltimore and Washington D.C.
"The tunnels will be built primarily under existing state highways, and the state is supporting the project and will work with the company to expedite the permitting and approval process," a represenative for the Governor's office said in an email. ...
http://www.businessinsider.com/elon-musk-hyperloop-maryland-larry-hogan-boring-company-2017-10
Quote from: Bob Wallace on October 19, 2017, 08:21:40 PM
pretty standard practice to work from both ends of the tunnel.
Elon Musk: @APTA_info @baltimoresun Not ready to do a proper announcement yet, but maybe in a month or so. Maryland has been awesome to work with and just wanted to say thanks.
Elon Musk to start hyperloop project in Maryland, officials say
Maryland has given transportation pioneer Elon Musk permission to dig tunnels for the high-speed, underground transit system known as a hyperloop that Musk wants to build between New York and Washington.
Hogan administration officials said Thursday the state has issued a conditional utility permit to let Musk’s tunneling firm, The Boring Co., dig a 10.3-mile tunnel beneath the state-owned portion of the Baltimore-Washington Parkway, between the Baltimore city line and Maryland 175 in Hanover. ...
http://www.baltimoresun.com/news/maryland/politics/bs-md-hyperloop-in-baltimore-20171019-story.html
(Will also post in Hyperloop thread.)
Edit: This appears to be the location: https://goo.gl/maps/qy6awSFSPCL2
Milestone Parkway, near the lower "295" label:
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OK, today is 10/21/2017, and the permit for the first 10.3 miles has been issued.
When will the section be completed? When will the first Hyperloop be running?
Quote from: TerryM on October 21, 2017, 03:56:38 PM
My vote: first hyperloop rides in 2022, around the time SpaceX is launching (unmanned) to Mars.
But the Elon time conversion may make this 2023.
Half radius gives factor 4 volume of earth per day and one from each end makes factor 8.
So possibly a year digging time or maybe less. Uncertainty in that figure seems likely to be small compared to time to fit it all out and get a hyperloop operating.
Sigmetnow grabbed 2022 which sounds about right - everything new is always 5 years away, so shall I grab 2021 or 2023 or later? I'll go for 2023. Even then, I expect limited capacity which will result in continuing development of 'terminals' for some considerable time before it can operate at anywhere near capacity.
I suspect they would be completing the tunnel, building the stations and pods as they were digging the tunnel. From the end of digging to being ready to start testing might not take long.
My question is 'only one tunnel'? How about the return route? How about service and escape? Seems like they need three tunnels. Perhaps they would complete one but and use it to test and improve equipment which digging more.
Much unknown.
I'd like to read a piece on who controls land use at x feet below the surface. What happens if there is a private water well in the route.
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Because a tunnel is "only" 14 feet wide, it should not be too hard to relocate a well, if needed. Routing under major highways (as the Maryland spokeperson noted was the plan, see Reply #132 above) should prevent most such conflicts.
In the Hawthorne city council meeting, they explained some of their safety precautions:
The rest of Horton’s presentation revolved around safety requirements for building the tunnel. He went through several safety measures that the Boring Company is taking to ensure that it will be safe. It ranges from simple checks for gas lines, sewage, and optic cables, to more high-tech systems to monitor surface disruption from their tunneling efforts. ...
https://electrek.co/2017/08/08/elon-musk-boring-company-tesla-tunnel/
Perhaps compare
Channel tunnel - traditional railway 31.4 miles:
Construction began 28 Feb 88
Breakthrough 1 Dec 90
First shuttle carrying car 22 Dec 1994
https://www.eurotunnel.com/uk/build/
So less than 3 years to dig, just over 4 years after that to start of operations and it wasn't a new transport technology. Maybe when the technology is more mature, it will be simpler and not take 4 years from digging completion.
The Chunnel required building a railway in the tunnel. They system that Boring will use (I'm guessing) will be sections of tubing that will get moved into place and welded.
Or something else.
Knowing how Musk likes to work I suspect speed will be of the essence.
Quote from: Bob Wallace on October 22, 2017, 02:01:11 AM
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Will be fun to see what timeline Musk lays out in his "proper announcement" in "a month or so."
But first... Tesla Semi-truck reveal (and "something else"?); first Model 3 deliveries to non-Tesla-connected customers; SpaceX KoreaSat launch; SpaceX "Zuma" launch; more Puerto Rico PowerPacks....
Going to be hard to keep up!
SteveMDFP
Quote from: Sigmetnow on October 21, 2017, 02:38:37 PM
Nifty. That's just a few miles from were I live. I doubt, though, that there will be a station stop there on the eventual DC-Balt line. Maybe a stop at BWI airport/train station, not much further away.
Much as I'd like to dislike our Republican governor, he does seem to be forward-looking by facilitating this project.
Picture of The Boring Company LA tunnel taken yesterday
... 500 ft [150 m] so far. Should be 2 miles [3.2 km] long in three or four months and hopefully stretch the whole 405 N-S corridor from LAX to the 101 in a year or so.
And here's what traffic looks like on the 405 right now on a Saturday afternoon, in nice weather. (Left side of map.)
Highway 101 near the top, LAX airport near the bottom. SpaceX (where the tunneling started) is next to Hawthorne airport.
Any wonder that a tunnel sounds like a great idea to a lot of Los Angelinos?
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Quote from: Ken Feldman on August 12, 2017, 02:07:12 AM
They started work on the launch pit in January and installed the TBM in May. That's four months just to get started. Musk tweeted that the first segment of the tunnel was complete on June 29th. There were no details about how long the segment was. If we assume that it's the 350 feet you mention in the quote above, that's a month to go 350 feet, or 12 feet a day. That's about right for a TBM and crew working up to speed on a new tunneling project.
In another another article, Boring's representative estimates that it will take 8 months to bore the 2 mile long test tunnel in Hawthorne.
500 ft doesn't seem much given we were talking of possibly 350ft being complete on June 29th then a pause until permissions granted around end of Aug.
Quote from: crandles on October 29, 2017, 01:00:00 AM
Does this perhaps refer to the original, test tunnel under SpaceX property? It sounds to me like it might be from earlier on.
Also, keep in mind that they are testing out new methods of boring, and shoring, the tunnel -- and that a second, faster TBM "is almost complete." Expect tunneling speed to increase over time!
Quote from: Sigmetnow on October 29, 2017, 01:10:57 AM
Same tunnel, pretty sure there is only one SpaceX tunnel currently being dug in LA. There is a bend near end of SpaceX property in Hawthorne per map in post 101 of this thread. 350ft is distance to SpaceX boundary.
Well, 2 miles in 4 months is 600 feet [180 m] a week. "Aspirationally" (to use Musk's favorite new term).
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Mildred J. “Midge” Graham, 88, a lifetime Dellroy, Ohio resident, died Thursday afternoon, Oct. 15, 2020 in the Mercy Medical Center at Canton following a period of declining health.
She was born Nov. 10, 1931 in Dellroy, Ohio, and was the daughter of the late Ross Rowen and Nila Mildred Barrick King.
On Nov. 10, 1950, she married her late husband, Roger Jerry Graham in Jackson, Mississippi. Roger passed away Jan. 17, 2014.
In addition to her parents and husband, she was preceded in death by a daughter, Beverly Jean Graham, who died April 4, 2016; two sisters, Bertha “Bird” Imes and Dora Pennington; her step-mother, Dorothy Seaburn King; and two half-brothers, Lester Gamble and Owen Day.
She was a retired employee of the former Atwood Lake Resort and Conference Center, where she worked from 1969 until her retirement in 1995. She was a faithful member of the Dellroy United Methodist Church. She was a member of the Carroll Chapter Order of Eastern Star, where she transferred upon the closure of the Orange Chapter Order of Eastern Star in Leesville, where she was a member for many years. She was also active in the Orange Rebekah Lodge #784 at Dellroy until the closure of the local lodge. Midge enjoyed needlepoint projects, baking at home, and frequent walks in her hometown of Dellroy. She will be missed by her loving family and her community.
She is survived by three sons, Don Graham of Cambridge, Ohio, Ronald W. Graham of Cumberland, Ohio, and Calvin Graham of Dellroy; two sisters, Mrs. Ellen (Ronald) Jones of Winfield, Ohio, and Mrs. Donna (Dean) Rinehart of Carrollton, Ohio; a brother, Robert (Barbara) King of Dellroy; six grandchildren, eleven great-grandchildren, and four great-great-grandchildren.
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“We who engage in nonviolent direct action are not the creators of tension. We merely bring to the surface the hidden tension that is already alive.” – Martin Luther King Jr.
“Australia is taking real action on climate change and getting results,” Scott Morrison said in September. “We are successfully balancing our global responsibilities with sensible and practical policies to secure our environmental and economic future. Australia’s internal and global critics on climate change willingly overlook or ignore our achievements, as the facts simply don’t fit the narrative they wish to project about our contribution. Australia is responsible for just 1.3% of global emissions. Australia is doing our bit on climate change and we reject any suggestion to the contrary.”
Nothing to see here folks. Climate change isn’t a problem, our government has it all under control. It doesn’t take an expert in climate or political science to see some level of tension underneath statements like this. For one, Morrison’s claims are just false. Australia’s carbon emissions are growing. 1.3% might sound small, but Australia’s population is 0.3% of the world’s and we are in fact one of the highest per capita emitters. Nor does that figure include the emissions produced by Australian export industries from which our country profits. The idea that we are meeting our Paris Climate targets is similarly based on the dodgiest of accounting methods, using the fiction of “Kyoto credits” to pretend we are meeting international agreements that we are not. Last time Scott Morrison was at the United Nations he took the opportunity to talk not of “global responsibilities” but instead to publicly complain about the international body meddling in his domestic affairs.
In Queensland the state government can claim, with slightly more credibility, to have the nation’s most ambitious renewable energy plan. They do this with notable regularity – the five government media releases about renewable energy in the last week being a not unusual sample. This also doesn’t tell the whole story though. The Queensland government doesn’t factor the emissions of the state’s coal exports into those figures. In fact, environmental approvals for mining projects don’t take downstream emissions into account. The Queensland government’s climate plan is either based on the pretty unlikely assumption that coal will never be burned, or the narrow perspective that the money the state receives from those exports has nothing to do with what happens with that product once it leaves our shores.
The federal and state governments’ support of Adani’s proposed Carmichael mine ignores one of the essential tenets of meeting that Paris climate agreement – as the IPCC report on meeting the goal says, “any production from new oil and gas fields, beyond those already in production or development, is incompatible with limiting warming to 1.5°C.”
So there is a tension inherent in those confidently made claims. Not an especially hidden tension – the claims are made by incumbent governments seeking not to inspire dramatic change, but to reassure the population that they are doing enough. Pretty much anybody can see that these claims are made not with climate justice in mind but are an attempt to disguise the fact that, as the world lurches into climate breakdown, our governments are unable or unwilling to to take the steps required to stop it.
The tension, mind you, is not limited to governments and mining lobby. It’s in the daily lives of Australians. Living in the midst of a human-caused environmental disaster and existential threat; we go about our lives as if nothing unusual is happening, no news more noteworthy than the everyday banalities of work and leisure.
This year, those tensions have come to the surface. Vast numbers of people have taken part in climate protests. And not just a Saturday afternoon rally. Kids and workers going on strike, cities shut down in chaotic traffic “swarms”, dozens arrested disrupting work on Adani’s mine or at businesses involved in the mine.
Last week was probably the most tense yet – demonstrations attempting to disrupt the smooth operation of the International Mining And Resource Conference in Melbourne were met with police batons, horse charges and pepper spray strewn into crowds as if it was silly string at a kid’s birthday party. Following public outcry and extremely distasteful revelations about some of the police involved, Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews defended the police, saying “there is a big difference between peaceful protest and what we saw yesterday”, while opposition leader Michael O’Brien praised police for “trying to make sure that these ferals can’t stop people going about their lawful business in this state”.
Inside the Convention Centre, federal Resources Minister Matt Canavan was literally living in a fairy tale – his speech started with “Our friends in the green activist movement so often present themselves as the Big Bad Wolf. They make threats, they inflate their support base and they build themselves up to be scary to all. However, when it comes to actually blowing something over they are so often shown to be more huff than puff.”. Canavan’s vision is a fantasy where the mining industry (which naturally includes his own family) are the good guys heroically defying the unjust force of evil protesters. Where business is sacred and the profits of companies have no negative consequences.
The spectacle of riot cops defending the industry meeting was Martin Luther King’s quote acted out before our eyes. For all the talk about the importance of protest to a democracy, this is what will happen if there are enough of you to actually threaten the ability of mining executives to get together and discuss how to profit from the destruction of your future. It was not a pretty sight, but then pointing the light at those dusty corners where we like to keep the tensions hidden can unearth some nasty surprises.
In Queensland, the Dangerous Attachment Devices legislation outlawing “lock-on” devices came into effect on Wednesday. That day, Premier and architect of the laws Annastacia Palaszczuk gave a speech proudly repeating her refrain that the state had an ambitious target of 50% renewable energy by 2030. In the same speech, she announced she was opening up vast areas of the state for gas exploration.
Palaszczuk lives daily in the tension. In a state where her government holds a tenuous grip on power (especially after the federal election result), with a powerful mining sector on one hand and a huge tourism industry based around the rapidly bleaching Great Barrier Reef on the other. She spruiks the state’s credentials as climate action pioneers while the nation’s most symbolic climate battle rages in the middle of the state.
Queensland has also seen the country’s most disruptive climate civil disobedience in recent times – this year in Extinction Rebellion protests, and over the last few years against the proposed Adani mine both in Brisbane and central Queensland.
Palaszczuk’s response to the tensions has, of course, been to go on the attack against environmental protesters, demonising them as extremists and bringing in new laws against protest activity. She still tried to have it both ways by defending her environmental record and insisting the laws are aimed not at restricting protest but at “potentially dangerous tactics by a small cohort of individuals”. This is no more honest than the PM’s claims we are on track to meet the Paris Climate Agreements. The truth is Palaszczuk misled parliament and the public over make-believe “booby traps” and suspended normal parliamentary procedure to rush through the laws. All to keep up the facade that her party were the responsible middle ground between environmental action and economic growth.
On Friday, Brisbane was the setting for another politician talking up new laws to shut down protest. A day after the chaos of the IMARC protests, Prime Minister Scott Morrison was leaving no room for illusions about which side he was on. At a lunch organised by the Queensland Resources Council, Morrison railed against “selfish and indulgent” protesters and promised new laws to stop secondary boycotts targeting mining contractors. Of course, those protests aimed at a range of businesses involved somewhere in the fossil fuel food chain had begun precisely because the government had proven so unwilling to act.
Mass protests, violent policing, new laws criminalising dissent. It sure was a tense week in the world of Australian climate politics. But if politicians think you can just clamp down and suppress it they are battling the laws of physics.
Many of us have grown accustomed to living in a state of unbearable climate tension. Kids being told to go to school and study for a future that is being actively taken from them; citizens expected to follow law and order that protects those who destroy our planet and criminalises those who try to save it; activists setting aside their lives and interests to stand for a greater cause only to be repeatedly vilified, threatened and accused of being selfish parasites.
This is the hidden tension of everyday life in a time of climate emergency. No need to be surprised when it rises to the surface.
– Andy Paine
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