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Nadia Reisenberg Biography
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Clara Rockmore Biography
Clara Rockmore Recordings
Clara Rockmore In Her Own Words
It’s been in the works for nearly two years, so the Big News for 2020 is that Roméo Records has released an extraordinary two-CD set of Clara Rockmore’s “Music and Memories.” Here you’ll find a treasury of never-before-released broadcast interviews, home recordings and performances recorded (in stereo) at her final concert appearance, greatly expanding her available theremin repertoire and providing in-person evidence of her joyful spirit.
A blog posted by New York Public Radio archivist Andy Lanset featured Clara, her WQXR performances and thein 20 hew CD set. You can access it here: https://www.wnyc.org/story/inventor-and-virtuoso-leon-theremin-and-clara-rockmore-listening-room/
The Goodle Doodle featuring Clara Rockmore making music “in thin air,” originally issued to mark her 105th birthday in 2016, was repeated to ease people’s cabin fever, and picked up by Newsweek, Classic FM, even the Hindustan Times. Nobody bothered to correct the date, so Clara became four years younger, but then again, who’s counting?
Reverb published on an-line article by Jim Allen, including extended commentaries about Clara, who, Mr. Allen quite rightly says, “really showed the world what the theremin could do.” The posting includes one of Clara’s early press photos and a link to her historic performance of the Theremin Concerto by Anis Fuliehan, a work commissioned for her by Leopold Stokowski.
Last year, Museé de la musique in Paris mounted an exhibition called “Electro” that prominently displayed an image of Clara, along with a discussion of her preeminent status in the history of electronic music. The exhibit, re-titled “Electronic: From Kraftwerk to The Chemical Brothers,” is now at the Design Museum in London, where it will remain on display through August 2nd.
Ron Mannarino, founding-director of Roméo, tells me that since the earlier “Music In and On the Air” album was released in 2011, excerpts (most especially Saint-Saëns’ “The Swan”) have been downloaded an incredible 1,700,000 times. Haven’t done the math myself, but Ron assures me this works out to something between 3 and 5,000 streams a week.
You can stream particular tracks from the new two-CD anthology as well, but it may be difficult to choose, say, between Clara’s experimental double-tracked performance of two Glinka songs, and the entire Franck Sonata with (her celebrated sister) pianist Nadia Reisenberg
Then there’s Clara’s demonstration of the theremin’s capabilities for an astonished John Corigliano, and her exuberant memories of Vilna (now Vilnius) shared with Alexander Schneider, in the course of which we learn that Clara sang Kurt Weill in French, and the famed violinist-conductor explains why he’s not really Alexander or Schneider. There’s more too, Clara on the telephone with radio host David Garland, at WQXR with the inventor of her instrument, Lev Sergeyevich Termen (a.k.a. Leon Theremin), and giving her final public performances at Merkin Hall.
In any case, streams and downloads are available at over 50 online stores, including Amazon Music, iTunes, Spotify and YouTube.
On the other hand, if you’d like to own the full two-CD set, its 16-page booklet filled with historical details, plus photographs and other fascinating visuals, you can order it for a tax-deductible contribution of $30 or more. For delivery outside the U.S.A., the minimum contribution is $45.
Please make a check payable to: Nadia Reisenberg-Clara Rockmore Foundation, and mail it to:
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Or make your contribution by clicking on this PayPal button: paypal.me/nadiaclarafoundation
In other 2020 events:
The NY Theremin Society opened a series of global events marking the centennial of the theremin’s invention with a sold-out concert dedicated to Clara. To highlight this concert, The New Yorker magazine ran a large photo of Clara in the “Goings On About Town” section, first week of February.
Clara Rockmore visuals and performances will be featured in Lisa Rovner’s forthcoming film documentary “Sisters with Transistors.”
Rick Reid’s monthly podcast, featuring a performance by Clara and a discussion with her nephew (i.e. me), is online now at Theremin30.com as well as on Spotify, Apple Podcasts, etc.
Last year the Museé de la musique, Cité de la musique at the Philharmonie de Paris mounted an exhibition about electronic music called “Electro,” prominently displaying an image of Clara and discussing her preeminent status in the history of electronic music. This year this exhibit is moving to the Design Museum in London; now titled “Electronic; From Kraftwerk to The Chemical Brothers,” it will run from 2 April through 2 August.
And the featured exhibition at the Musical Instrument Museum in Phoenix has been extended, with photographs, an audio clip, one of Clara’s robes and her original RCA theremin on display in the Artist’s Gallery.
Newsletter Supplement posted May 10, 2020
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Top Boy Names Ending in R
by Pamela Redmond
Boy names ending in R are one of the style leaders of the current baby-naming era, with many r-ending names for boys topping the popularity lists in the US and around the world.
Alexander is the top boy name ending in R today, lying just outside the Top 10 in the US.
Along with Alexander, r-ending boys' names in the US Top 100 include Carter, Asher, Hunter, Connor, Xavier, Parker, and Sawyer.
Many of the boys' names that end in R originated as surnames drawn from occupational names — Carter carts things for a living, Hunter hunts, and Sawyer is a carpenter.
Unique and appealing boys names ending in R are plentiful, both in the occupational class and not. Our favorites include Booker, Abner, Eleazar, Gardener, Sayer — the list goes on and on.
If you're looking for a name ending in R for your baby boy, here's a complete collection of our thousands of choices. The top names below rank among the current US Top 1000 Baby Names and are ordered by popularity. Unique names rank below the Top 1000 and are listed alphabetically.
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Seeing Triple: Declan Kiley Hikes Three Rounds of the NH-48 in a Single Winter
On March 19th, 2020, as the sun set in the final hours of winter, I reached the summit of Mount Moosilauke to complete my third full round of the N.H. 48 in a single winter season—the triple single-season. It is difficult to believe that my journey in the White Mountains began less than seven months ago, when I first hiked up Moosilauke on August 31st. From that day I knew I was hooked, but I had no idea what I would be able to achieve in my first several months of hiking. I completed my first round of the 48, solo, less than two months later on Mount Isolation, then repeated my Summer peaks for a single-season Autumn round.
Declan Kiley, the 3rd person in White Mountains history to climb 3 full rounds of the NH48 in a single Winter season.
As winter approached I was eager to get out and test my abilities as a winter hiker. My original stated goal was a SSW NE 67, but as Winter progressed I found it difficult to leave New Hampshire, even after my SSW48 was complete. I then adjusted my goal to a SSW67 and a double SSW48, figuring I could travel to Vermont and Maine towards the end of Winter after I got my additional 48 fix. Finally, as the DSSW48 was nearing completion, I realized that I was simply too reluctant to leave New Hampshire and it made more sense to strive for a Triple SSW. While it was initially difficult to get past abandoning my stated goal, I figured that this goal was no less lofty than my original intention of the SSW67. To my knowledge, only two people before me have completed the Triple SSW, and I estimate that I summited more NH 4000-foot peaks than anyone else in this past winter season.
A full moon rises over the Presidential Range as night is falling on the Bonds.
This was certainly not an easy goal to achieve, yet I am grateful for the many advantages I had. I am currently a full-time student in Manchester, NH which had both its advantages and disadvantages. I did not have to worry about food and lodging half of the week, I have class only four days a week, I had two weeks of vacation at the beginning of winter, and other than classes I had no real commitments (e.g. a family or full-time job). That being said, finances quickly became an issue with all of the expenses for food and travel (no major gear upgrades this winter as a result) and it was quite difficult to balance schoolwork with the hiking and commuting.
Bondcliff at sunset, as seen from the summit of West Bond.
One of the biggest advantages in getting in so many peaks is that I have no qualms about hiking solo or in the dark. You’d be surprised how many hikes you can work in if you’re willing to start or end in the dark. Pre-dawn starts were the norm for most of the winter, and towards the end I frequently had to begin at night and hike totally in the dark to get the last several peaks in.
Declan Kiley, John Pike, Rebecca Schubert, and Alex Thibedeau on the summit of Mount Galehead.
This all would have been impossible without the Notch Hostel and its owner, Serena Ryan. On weekends and during my vacation time I did work-for-stay at the Notch, allowing me to save a great deal of money and hike multiple consecutive days, rather than commuting for each hike. More important than that is the incredible community built around the Notch. I met nearly all of my hiking partners through the Notch, and I am very grateful to have made so many wonderful friends at the hostel in such a short time. I feel privileged to have become a member of the “hamily” (hostel family), and look forward to beginning full-time work at the Hostel this summer!
Declan Kiley, Serena Ryan, and John Pike embrace on the summit of Mount Isolation.
Special thanks go to my regular hiking partners John Pike & Rebecca Schubert. Additional thanks also goes out to the many others I shared the trail with this winter, including: Alex Thibedeau, Matt Jannarone, Courtney Farr, Jo Biscoe, Will Robinson, Steve Corcoran, Serena Ryan, Caitlin Quinn, and Philip Carcia. Special thanks to Phil not only for sharing time with me on trail, but providing much support and inspiration. This list is not all-inclusive of those who deserve my thanks—thank you to anyone that was a part of my journey this winter.
Numbers, stats, and superlatives:
144 peaks
733 miles (approx.)
250,000 feet of vertical (approx.)
50 hiking days
3 Presidential Traverses (two of these single-day traverses were hiked on consecutive days)
1 Super-Extended, Twelve-Peak Pemi Loop
1 Wildcats-Carters-Moriah Traverse
The finish! Declan Kiley completes the Triple Single Season!
March 24, 2020 GeneralEndurance, New Hampshire, NH48, Notch Hostel, Triple Single Season, White Mountains, Winter HikingDeclan Kiley
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FDA Authorizes Quest Diagnostics COVID-19 Diagnostic Testing for Specimen Pooling for Emergency Use
First FDA authorization of laboratory technique for use in COVID-19 diagnostic testing
Company also receives new FDA emergency use authorizations for use of self-collection molecular diagnostic kit on the Hologic and Roche platforms, expanding use with healthcare provider supervision via telemedicine
SECAUCUS, N.J., July 18, 2020 /PRNewswire/ -- Quest Diagnostics (NYSE: DGX), the world's leading provider of diagnostic information services, today announced that it has received emergency use authorization (EUA) from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration (FDA) to use specimen pooling with its proprietary molecular diagnostic test for COVID-19. Quest is the first lab provider to receive FDA authorization for the technique for COVID-19 testing in the United States.
In pooling, specimens must still be collected into individual vials, but then are combined into small batches or pools by the laboratory. A negative result for a batch means that all patients in that pool are considered negative (If a positive result occurs for the batch, each specimen is retested individually). The technique is an efficient way to evaluate patients in regions or populations with low rates of disease. Pooling is used routinely in blood banking to screen donated blood for a variety of viruses, among other applications.
With the new pooling EUA, the Quest Diagnostics SARS-CoV-2 RNA ("Quest SARS-CoV-2 rRT-PCR") test* may be used with pooled upper respiratory specimens (nasopharyngeal, mid-turbinate, anterior nares or oropharyngeal swabs). **In clinical data presented by Quest to the FDA, none of 3,091 total specimens from a population with a prevalence rate of 1-10 percent, if pooled, would have been incorrectly determined to be negative (95%CI 0.0-0.1%).
The company expects to deploy the technique at its laboratories in Chantilly, VA and Marlborough, Mass., by the end of next week with additional laboratories to follow.
"As COVID-19 continues to spread around the country, access to timely, quality laboratory testing is critical to patients and an effective public health response," said Steve Rusckowski, Chairman, CEO and President, Quest Diagnostics. "Pooled specimen testing is a proven technique that will help us to optimize testing capacity at this critical time for our country."
"We applaud FDA for taking this important step to empower Quest to increase capacity across our national laboratory network," said Jay G. Wohlgemuth, M.D., Senior Vice President and Chief Medical Officer, Quest Diagnostics. "Pooling will help expand testing capacity but it is not a magic bullet, and testing times will continue to be strained as long as soaring COVID-19 test demand outpaces capacity. Each of us can practice behaviors that will reduce COVID-19 infections in our communities, so our national healthcare system can better respond to this crisis."
On July 13, 2020, Quest issued a statement that soaring demand for COVID-19 molecular diagnostics is slowing turnaround times to report results.
FDA EUAs for Telemedicine Self-Collection
Yesterday, the FDA also granted three emergency use authorizations to Quest Diagnostics for the use of its Quest Diagnostics Self-Collection Kit with the Hologic Panther Fusion, Hologic Aptima and Roche cobas molecular platforms. The new EUAs expand the use of the self-collection kit beyond the EUA, granted on May 27th, for the use of the kit on the Quest SARS-CoV-2 rRT-PCR test. The company expects the new EUAs will allow it to use self-collection more broadly on behalf of clients and patients in the United States. Self-collected specimens that were not observed by a healthcare professional are not eligible for pooling.
New FDA EUAs Follows EUAs for Other Quest Innovations
Quest Diagnostics is a leader in infectious disease testing services, with a broad menu of molecular, antibody, and other test services to aid diagnosis, treatment and monitoring. The new FDA EUAs follow several others received by the company for its COVID-19 test innovations.
In March 2020, Quest received FDA EUA for The Quest Diagnostics SARS-CoV-2 RNA, Qualitative Real-Time RT-PCR ("Quest SARS-CoV-2 rRT-PCR"), a real-time RT-PCR test intended for the qualitative detection of nucleic acid from the SARS-CoV-2 in upper and lower respiratory specimens collected from individuals suspected of COVID-19 by their healthcare provider. In May 2020, the company received an FDA EUA to use the test nasal swab specimens that are self-collected at home or in a healthcare setting by individuals using an authorized home-collection kit when determined to be appropriate by a healthcare provider.
*The Quest Diagnostics molecular test and self-collection kit have not been FDA cleared or approved, have been authorized by FDA under an EUA, and have been authorized only for the detection of nucleic acid from SARS-CoV-2, not for any other viruses or pathogens. The test and self-collection kit are only authorized for the duration of the declaration that circumstances exist justifying the authorization of emergency use of in vitro diagnostic tests for detection and/or diagnosis of COVID-19 under Section 564(b)(1) of the Act, 21 U.S.C. § 360bbb-3(b)(1), unless the authorization is terminated or revoked sooner.
**The Quest Diagnostics molecular test is also for use with pooled samples containing up to four individual upper respiratory swab specimens (nasopharyngeal, mid-turbinate, anterior nares or oropharyngeal swabs) collected under observation in individual vials containing transport media from individuals suspected of COVID-19 by their healthcare provider. Negative results from pooled testing should not be treated as definitive. If patient's clinical signs and symptoms are inconsistent with a negative result or results are necessary for patient management, then the patient should be considered for individual testing. Specimens included in pools with a positive, inconclusive, or invalid result must be tested individually prior to reporting a result. Specimens with low viral loads may not be detected in sample pools due to the decreased sensitivity of pooled testing.
About Our COVID-19 Testing
Quest Diagnostics is at the forefront of the response to the COVID-19 pandemic, working to broaden access to laboratory insights to help us all lead healthier lives. We provide both molecular diagnostic and antibody serology tests to aid in the diagnosis of COVID-19 and immune response. Our COVID-19 test services are based on tests that have received FDA emergency use authorization and which also meet our high standards for quality. We are providing these test services under the Public Readiness and Emergency Preparedness Act. We provide data on COVID-19 testing to various federal and state public health authorities, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, and participate in studies with government and private institutions, aiding COVID-19 public health response and research. Through our team of dedicated phlebotomists, air fleet team, couriers and laboratory professionals, Quest Diagnostics works hard every day to help patients and communities across the United States access quality COVID-19 testing.
For more information about the latest developments with our COVID-19 testing, visit: newsroom.questdiagnostics.com/COVIDTestingUpdates
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For further information: Kim Gorode, Quest Diagnostics (Media): mediacontact@QuestDiagnostics.com, Shawn Bevec, Quest Diagnostics (Investors): 973-520-2900
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OnePlus rolls out airport Charging Stations with nearby notifications for its users
The concept behind the new OnePlus Charging Stations is pretty straight-forward – you find yourself at the airport in need of a quick top-up and your phone simply vibrates to guide you to a conveniently nearby charging station. The feature is initially launching in India and “feature” is actually an accurate way of describing it, since the Charging Stations in question will utilize a wireless beacon to notify nearby OnePlus devices.
This requires software support on the user’s device, as well and OnePlus is initially rolling it out to the OnePlus 8, OnePlus 7 and Nord series of devices, with OnePlus 6 series support on the way. When a supported phone detects a nearby beacon, it triggers a notification. It can be muted, if you are at the airport and not interested in charging. The notification is complete with directions to the station itself. These aren’t anything too fancy, like indoor-navigation, but rather simple text cues and a rough distance estimate. While this might be a bit of a bummer for indoor-navigation enthusiast eager to experience things like the fancy UWB (Ultra-wideband) tech, it makes sense for OnePlus to go with a more-conventional, advertising-beacon style tech in order to support a large set of its existing users.
OnePlus Charging Station notification
For now, OnePlus Charging Stations is only a pilot test program in India. Currently stations are available at Bangalore airport and more will soon be launched at Delhi airport. The Charging Stations will be equipped with WARP Charge 30 USB ports, which is good news for OnePlus users in a hurry. However, from the sound of things, there won’t be to actual cables to make use of, so you need to have your proprietary red cable on-hand. That is already a bit of a stretch. While a normal USB cable should also work for both OnePlus and non-OnePlus devices, for that matter, it is worth noting that WARP chargers are known to sometimes cause issues when used for conventional “USB-spec” charging. Some reports do claim that the OnePlus Charging Stations are also equipped with a regular power outlet, which is nice.
As for the elephant in the room, while this seems like a neat PR move, its utility is a bit limited even on the best of days and 2020 is pretty-much the polar-opposite. Still, we have to admire OnePlus’ optimism that things will go back to normal sooner rather than later and eager OnePlus owners will start flooding airports.
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Ben’s Column: Top 10 Movies of 2020
Posted on January 2, 2021 by bensearsonfilm | 1 comment
Honorable Mention (in alphabetical order):
Bloody Nose, Empty Pockets
Dick Johnson Is Dead
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Ben’s Column: Wolfwalkers (2020) – Review
Posted on December 22, 2020 by bensearsonfilm | Leave a comment
Wolfwalkers (2020)
Premise: A young apprentice hunter and her father journey to Ireland to help wipe out the last wolf pack. But everything changes when she befriends a free-spirited girl from a mysterious tribe rumored to transform into wolves by night.
It’s been 6 years in the US since the latest film from Japanese master filmmaker Hayao Miyazaki, which means that the animation world (and yours truly) has been sorely lacking an animated film with enough style and heart to break through the candy-coated onslaught of Disney and Pixar films.
Ben’s Column: Let Them All Talk (2020) – Review
Let Them All Talk (2020)
Premise: A famous author goes on a cruise trip with her friends and nephew in an effort to find fun and happiness while she comes to terms with her troubled past.
The title of director Stephen Soderbergh’s latest film feels less like a thematic summation and more like a way to describe Soderbergh’s method of approaching his subject matter. Filmed almost entirely aboard a cruise ship as it makes its way from New York to Southampton, the script reportedly consisted of minimal outlines from scene to scene, and the actors were left to improvise the rest. Soderbergh, who has made a habit lately of experimenting behind the scenes by filming entire movies on iPhones, may have finally found a gimmick that meshes successfully with his sensibilities. Of course, a film with no script can only be buoyed by the performances of its cast, and Let Them All Talk is brimming with talented actors.
Ben’s Column: Sound of Metal (2020) – Review
Posted on December 9, 2020 by bensearsonfilm | Leave a comment
Sound of Metal (2020)
Premise: A heavy-metal drummer’s life is thrown into freefall when he begins to lose his hearing.
I had an optometrist appointment several years ago, in which I was told by the end of it that my vision in my right eye was slightly worse than my left. Naturally, the diagnosis wasn’t ideal, but, considering my work as a photographer, the development left me even more worried. As most photographers do, I primarily use my right eye to look through the viewfinder while using my camera. How could I continue on as a photographer if I couldn’t see the pictures I wanted to take?
Ben’s Column: David Byrne’s American Utopia (2020) – Review
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Premise: Spike Lee documents the former Talking Heads frontman’s brilliant, timely 2019 Broadway show, based on his recent album and tour of the same name.
How does David Byrne follow-up Stop Making Sense, the concert documentary that birthed an entire genre, even if it’s had 36 years to marinate? As the saying goes, “if it ain’t broke, don’t fix it.” Many of the elements that make Sense such a delight – the boundless joy and energy of everyone onstage, the production value, the musicality – are on display here, and it feels like Byrne hasn’t missed a step in the intervening years. And yet, it’s the moments between the music that sets American Utopia apart from its predecessor. Sense was simply a documentation of a band’s place in time, while Utopia has more on its mind, as Byrne tries to make sense of his place in the world. Sure, Talking Heads had larger ideas on display and made some grand statements with their lyrics, but Sense never aspired to be more than a concert documentary.
Ben’s Column: On The Rocks (2020) – Review
On the Rocks (2020)
Premise: A young mother reconnects with her larger-than-life playboy father on an adventure through New York.
Sofia Coppola’s films have, regrettably, been one of my biggest film blind spots of the 21st century. Until recently, when I watched her directorial debut (1999’s The Virgin Suicides), I had yet to see any of her films. Suicides revealed an auteur who could confidently write complicated characters in a unique and interesting way. Her latest film, On the Rocks, which is streaming now on Apple TV+, retains those same capabilities but slightly misses the mark on some crucial character work. The film reunites Coppola and Bill Murray, the star of her most successful film, Lost in Translation, for the first time since 2003 (save for a holiday special in 2015). Murray has built up a solid reputation as a comedian-turned-dramatic actor, and while his role here steers more towards comedic relief, he has clearly found a director who can utilize him properly while keeping him from going off the comedic deep end (again, I haven’t seen Lost in Translation, but he was nominated for an Oscar for the role).
HIFF2020: Ben’s Column – Molto Bella (2020)
Molto Bella (2020)
Director: Alexander Jeffery
Screenwriters: Alexander Jeffery, Paul Petersen
Producers: Alexander Jeffery, Paul Petersen, Richard Wharton
Executive Producer: Wanda and Bob Ragsdale, Mary Jo and Steve Scott, Paul Burns, Tamra Corley
Cast: Paul Petersen, Andrea von Kampen, Jason Edwards, Elizabeth Stenholt, Vincenzo Vivenzio
Premise: In the Sicilian town of Taormina, Italy, an aspiring poet in search of inspiration meets a folk singer trying to write a follow up to her breakout hit.
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HIFF2020: Ben’s Column – Picture Character (2020)
Picture Character (2020)
Directors: Ian Cheney, Martha Shane
Producers: Ian Cheney, Martha Shane, Jennifer 8. Lee
Executive Producers: Fred Benenson, Peter Friedland
Cast: Rayouf Alhumedhi, Florencia Coelho, Daniela Guini, Carmen Barlow, Francis Mason
Premise: “Picture Character” explores the complex, conflict-prone, and often hilarious world of the creators, lovers, and arbiters of emoji, our world’s newest pictorial language. How do you create a global language on the fly? This film charts the evolution of emojis, and investigates what they may reveal about our increasingly technological world.
It’s hard to imagine modern daily conversations without the ever-present emoji. What emerged after the technological takeover of smartphones as a way to express a wide variety of emotions in a simplistic manner quickly spread outside our phones and became inescapable. Socks, pillows, Happy Meal toys, and bumper stickers are only a sliver of the countless products available that have cashed in on the emoji craze in recent years, with no end in sight. Emojis have largely been viewed as a force for good in the world (we can now order pizza with one simple pizza emoji sent via text message). The “face with tears of joy” emoji was named as Oxford Dictionary’s Word of the Year in 2015. They’ve even withstood the release of The Emoji Movie in 2017.
HIFF2020: Ben’s Column – The Outside Story (2020)
Posted on October 8, 2020 by bensearsonfilm | Leave a comment
The Outside Story (2020)
Director: Casimir Nozkowski
Screenwriter: Casimir Nozkowski
Cast: Brian Tyree Henry, Sonequa Martin Green, Sunita Mani, Olivia Edward, Asia Kate Dillon
Premise: An introverted editor living a vertical life in his 2nd-floor apartment, always on deadline and in a rut. When Charles locks himself out of his building, he’s forced to go horizontal and confront the world he’s been avoiding in search of a way back inside. Continue reading →
Ben’s Column: The Boys In The Band (2020) – Review
The Boys In The Band (2020)
Premise: At a birthday party in 1968 New York, a surprise guest and a drunken game leave seven gay friends reckoning with unspoken feelings and buried truths.
The LGBTQ community is at a crossroads in America in 2020. The Supreme Court may have legalized gay marriage years ago, along with a handful of other civil rights victories, but the current administration has been actively working to roll those protections back since day one, all in the name of “religious freedom”. Seen through this lens, it makes perfect sense why now is a good time for a new adaptation of The Boys in the Band, the Tony-winning Broadway show. This iteration, directed by Joe Mantello, even assembles the original cast from the 2018 stage revival, which was notable at the time for its all-out gay cast – a sign of how far society had come since the play’s inception. Continue reading →
Ben’s Column: Dick Johnson Is Dead (2020) – Review
Dick Johnson Is Dead (2020)
Premise: A daughter helps her father prepare for the end of his life.
It’s not often that a film can be simultaneously considered a documentary, a drama, and a comedy, but director Kirsten Johnson somehow manages to achieve that feat with Dick Johnson Is Dead. Movies can be used as a director’s way to put their own personal ideas and experiences out into the world: Truffaut channeled his early adolescence in The 400 Blows; Fellini expressed his struggles with the creative process with 8 ½; and Spike Lee used his experiences with racial injustice for Do the Right Thing. Johnson’s latest is not only a loving tribute to her father, but an examination of the grieving process, even when the aggrieved is still alive. Continue reading →
Ben’s Column: Cuties (2020) – Review
Posted on September 14, 2020 by bensearsonfilm | Leave a comment
Cuties (2020)
Premise: Amy, an 11-year-old girl, joins a group of dancers named “the cuties” at school, and rapidly grows aware of her burgeoning femininity – upsetting her mother and her values in the process.
Perhaps you’ve already heard of Cuties because you saw it advertised on Netflix. Perhaps you heard of it through word of mouth. More likely, you’ve heard of it because of the controversy the film has stirred up which has caused it to be shared on social media and even, yes, Ted Cruz. But to really talk about Cuties is to talk about America’s political discourse in 2020. Continue reading →
Ben’s Column: Tenet (2020) – Non-Spoiler Review
Posted on September 8, 2020 by bensearsonfilm | Leave a comment
Premise: Armed with only one word, Tenet, and fighting for the survival of the entire world, a Protagonist journeys through a twilight world of international espionage on a mission that will unfold in something beyond real time.
Tenet feels like the kind of movie Christopher Nolan has been building towards from the beginning of his career – at least on a surface level. It’s easy to spot some of the elements he’s pulling from, elements that have helped to define his aesthetic as a filmmaker: you of course have the incredible mind-bending visuals like in Inception and Interstellar, the action sequences from the Batman trilogy, the third act reveal from The Prestige, the perplexing chronology of events like in Memento and Dunkirk, and the complicated romantic entanglements of The Dark Knight, to name a few. Typically when a filmmaker cribs the best of himself to be put into one film, the result is an unbridled success, but Tenet just can’t make all of its puzzle pieces into an enlightening picture. Continue reading →
Ben’s Column: Yes, God Yes (2020) Review
Posted on July 29, 2020 by bensearsonfilm | Leave a comment
Premise: After an innocent AOL chat turns racy, a Catholic teenager in the early 00s discovers masturbating and struggles to suppress her new urges in the face of eternal damnation.
Think back to your early high school days and how sex and sexuality felt ever-present in daily life. Then, if you weren’t already, imagine those same feelings in the setting of a Catholic school, where you’re taught to mostly repress or ignore those feelings. Sex outside of marriage is a sin. So is masturbation. What do you do when your body and society are telling you one thing and the church is telling you another? Oh, and if you go against what they’re teaching, you’ll spend the afterlife in eternal damnation. Continue reading →
Ben’s Column: Greyhound (2020) Review
Premise: Early in World War II, an inexperienced U.S. Navy captain must lead an Allied convoy being stalked by Nazi U-boat wolfpacks.
Throughout the running time of Greyhound, we learn more about Captain Ernie Krause’s (Tom Hanks) leadership skills, but shockingly little about his life outside the titular naval destroyer. The mission is simple: guide a fleet of Allied supply ships across the vast Atlantic Ocean, and sink as many Nazi U-boats as possible. The fleet remains unprotected from air cover for over 50 hours over the ocean, and this provides the ticking clock conceit to the film. Greyhound bears a striking similarity to last year’s 1917, in that there’s a clear endpoint objective at stake, and the characters we spend the most time with are frustratingly opaque. But whereas 1917 took time to reflect and add at least a little characterization between its video game-like checkpoints, Greyhound only stops and pauses for a scant few moments. Continue reading →
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Sometimes They Come Back, 1991 - ★★★ January 15, 2021
Rewatched this while working from home solely because I've been working on a Top 19 Stephen King Movie/TV Works list for an eventual Tower Junkies episode.It's currently at my number 19 spot on my list. I really don't know if it's because there's such a glut of sub-par/objectively terrible King adaptations out there or if Sometimes T […]
The Vast of Night, 2019 - ★★★★ January 13, 2021
Watched on Wednesday January 13, 2021.
Superbad, 2007 - ★★★★½ January 6, 2021
Watched on Tuesday January 5, 2021.
Jexi, 2019 - ★½ January 1, 2021
Last movie of 2020, specifically because I started the year with a rewatch of Her.This movie was terrible. Some of the vulgar humor worked for me. The "sex" scene with Jexi surprisingly made me laugh quite a bit. And it was refreshing to see Adam Devine in a likable role, even if everything in the movie is absurd and over the top. It probably would […]
The Last Blockbuster, 2020 - ★★★★½ December 24, 2020
Finally got around to watching this. What a delightful documentary covering a piece of our culture that has all but become extinct. The nostalgia trip that this doc provides is so wonderful.But the most satisfying and fascinating thing about The Last Blockbuster is how much it's about how this massive corporation that was once a dominant force in its in […]
The Christmas Chronicles: Part Two, 2020 - ★★ December 24, 2020
Cheer or fear? Belsnickel is here! I judge your Netflix sequel…as impish!The first Christmas Chronicles was fun, cheesy, and overly sentimental. Basically, everything I want in a Christmas movie. Part Two becomes a bit too wrapped up in its lore and doing cutesy North Pole stuff, though. It loses sight of what made the first one so solid and doesn't giv […]
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(-) At The Museum (4)
(-) Books, Film & The Arts (2)
(-) Invertebrates (14)
(-) Behind-the-scenes (2)
(-) Crabs, Shrimp & Relatives (6)
(-) Jellyfish, Anemones & Relatives (7)
Native people (2)
New discoveries (3)
Open ocean (2)
Research vessels (5)
ROVs (2)
Scientists at work (5)
Smithsonian collections (5)
Smithsonian exhibits (4)
Smithsonian scientists (15)
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Squids & Octopuses (11)
Jellyfish predate dinosaurs. How have they survived so long?
Gelatinous drifters that move in a mesmerizing way, jellyfish are beautiful...
The Amazing Horseshoe Crab
There’s a lot more to a horseshoe crab than meets the eye. They are not even...
Anemone Feeding Time
Anemones are known for serving as homes for Nemo and countless other small fish and...
Slow Life: Time-Lapse on the Coral Reef
How does a coral spend its day? Most of us would say: not doing much. To the human...
A Rainbow of Colorful Lobsters
Most lobsters are a mottled brown color, but sometimes you can see a strange orange...
Blackwater Drifting
Some of the most otherworldly animals—like those straight from a science fiction...
The Making of "The Bright Beneath"
Follow an artist from inspiration to installation in this short video. It features...
Blue Water Diving with WHOI
"Inside the Open Ocean: Blue Water Diving" produced by Woods Hole Oceanographic...
Changing Tides - Brave New Ocean
The Deepwater Horizon oil spill, ocean acidification, and the decline of fish...
Building Good Mussels
A new wave of farming has come to the ocean. It’s called aquaculture. And it’s...
ROV Video of Stunning Creatures
Using an ROV (Remotely-Operated Vehicle) equipped with a high-definition video...
Encounters with Bioluminescent Creatures
Scientists describe the amazing bioluminescent creatures they encounter as they...
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[ A STAR IS BORN ]
Doc Jazz brings his stylistic transitions with a 12 track album about 'Love in the Time of Corona'
Nicknamed “Doctor Jazz” by his colleagues during his medical studies because of his musical activities, the Palestinian doctor born in the Netherlands now known as Doc Jazz is a professional surgeon and self-taught musician, who in his spare time records and publishes songs in English, Arabic and Dutch, both on CD and streaming online.
Over the years he has produced over a hundred songs in a wide variety of styles. Despite his moniker, his music cannot really be classified as jazz, although it often contains jazz elements. As Doc Jazz explains, his slogan is “the taste of rock, the scent of jazz, and the feel of funk.”
The latest fruit of Doc Jazz’s fusion of musical genres and styles is his very current 12-track album ‘Love in the Time of Corona’. Here the artist sings about being blocked by the looming threat of the 2020 pandemic, and how the restrictions imposed mustn’t stop love or our struggle for a better world.
Framed by Doc Jazz’s unique style, ‘Love in the Time of Corona’ plays a modern pop seasoned with a slightly retro, soft and melodic atmosphere, bringing us the right amount of lightness necessary to ease the burden of today’s worries.
Doc Jazz - Love in the Time of Corona
From swinging jazz to big band lashes, from sentimental openings to emotional fallout, the style exercise set up by the artist translates into a collection in which Doc Jazz’s clear voice emerges directly, while lush arrangements grow and develop in the background and all around.
Tracing the concepts of proximity and distance, Doc Jazz ranges up to funk and hip-hop, mounting a nice rollercoaster of tortuous energy, with stylistic transitions that reward the list of 14 artists who took part in the recording of the album as session musicians, even through real-time full recordings.
Available since March 18, 2020, ‘Love in the Time of Corona’ is available on streaming on Soundcloud.
To find out more about Doc Jazz and his music, visit the following links:
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Reborn Girl’s New Life
Chapter 109 - Xue Tao’s Flattering
Chapter 109: Xue Tao’s Flattering
Song Yunying’s car breaks down accidentally on the way home, so she calls Song Yunqiang and asks him to send her back.
Song Yunqiang drives forward. His eyebrows twist fiercely. It seems that he gets into a big trouble.
Song Yunying looks at him for several times and says, “Why do you twist your eyebrows so tight, brother? It may not be as bad as you think.”
Song Yunqiang doesn’t want to talk to her.
He knows how terrible the things are.
Song Yunying sighs, “Brother, you are the only son of dad. Dad can’t make you as miserable as Yunxuan. She can’t get a dime.”
Song Yunying enjoys much from Yunxun’s misfortune.
Song Yunqiang looks at the road ahead and sneers, “Do you really think that Yunxuan can’t get a penny?”
“Otherwise?” Song Yunying is somewhat disdainful.
Song Yunqiang looks at her and says with a quiet voice, “When I accompanied our father the night before last, I went out for supper. When I came back, Yunxuan was sleeping bedsides father. He woke up and put on a coat for her.”
Song Yunying is puzzled, “It’s just a small action of raising his hand. Can it show that dad will give Yunxuan property?”
“You should know that dad is sick now. Even getting up at night and putting a coat on Yunxuan’s back will waste him much energy. He can struggle to put on a coat for Yunxuan with his little strength. Is it not enough to show that he really loves this little girl?”
Song Yunying’s face darkens, “Brother, stop talking. I don’t believe dad will accept Yunxuan again.”
Song Yunqiang’s eyes are cold and his tone is ironic. “I’m afraid you must accept it.”
Song Yunying holds her fingers tightly and stares out of the window.
She thought that it will be enough to provoke Song Yunqiang’s anger for Song Yunjia.
But she forgets that Song Yunxuan is not easy to deal with.
Since Song Yunxuan can record her conversation about publishing Song Yunjia’s photos, it indicates that she will not easily give up the Song family.
It is not enough that Song Yunqiang holds Song Yunjia back.
She also has to deal with Song Yunxuan, the little bitch.
When she arrives at Xue’s house, the lights are bright.
Song Yunying looks at the night scene and says, “Would you like to come in, Brother?”
Song Yunqiang doesn’t get out of the car. He drops the window half, looking at the fountain of Xue’s family coldly, “No, I have something to do.”
Then he leaves regardless of Song Yunying’s invitation.
Song Yunying can understand Song Yunqiang. He must go back to meet Zhao Yang and Zhou Jian.
After all, even if the successor of the Song family is going to be changed, it would be harmless to enclose the two senior subordinates.
Song Yunying narrows her eyes.
In fact, it is beyond her expectation that Song Yunxuan could get attention from her father.
Song Yunying was brought to the Song family at her childhood. She is an illegitimate daughter. Even if she was titled with the family name and enters the family tree, Song Yan has never put a coat for her.
However, it is unfair for an illegitimate girl as Song Yunxuan to receive such treatment as soon as she enters the gate of the Song family.
She turns away indignantly.
When she enters the house, Amah Liu comes over and says, “Madame.”
Song Yunying deliberately stops in the hall for a moment and comes in. “Does Tao come back early today?”
Amah Liu nods, somewhat flattering, “Madam, come in. Childe has asked the French chef to cook a good dish for you.”
Song Yunying is a little confused. Xue Tao usually wouldn’t please her like this.
She changes shoes with doubt.
As soon as she enters the living room, she sees that Xue Tao in a suit is opening a bottle of red wine.
Song Yunying’s eyebrows jump. She looks around the living room and asks him, “Are there any guests coming tonight?”
Song Yunying lightens her footsteps when she enters the door. Xue Tao is shocked and his hands tremble. The bottle opener falls on the ground.
Xue Tao scolds a dirty word and then picks up the bottle opener of red wine. “Why don’t you say a word when you come in? You frighten me!”
Song Yunying sneers in her heart, “How can you manage such a big industry with your cowardice?”
She is now somewhat bored with Xue Tao. Not only does he bring women to the house, but he is also brainless. He cannot take over the Xue’s enterprise. Until now the enterprise is in the hands of Xue’s two old guys.
Xue Tao picks up the bottle opener and leads her to the restaurant. “Ying, come on. I’ve recruited a new French chef tonight. The dishes are very good. We can taste them together.”
Song Yunying has been very tired. She is very unhappy when Xue Tao only cares about eating. “My father will go to Germany. I want to have a rest.”
“I’ve prepared a candlelight dinner. We can discuss it as we eat.”
Xue Tao pulls Song Yunying over. She has to obey him.
They just have a few bites of black pepper steak. Xue Tao begins to toast Song Yunying.
Song Yunying laughs and moves the goblet aside. “I’m still pregnant and can’t drink,” she says.
Xue Tao urges, “Just a little, honey.”
Song Yunying stands up and says, “I’m not very comfortable. I want to have a rest first.”
Song Yunying’s arrogant. She pushes aside her chair and leaves.
After leaving the living room, she hears Xue Tao’s angry voice and the sound of breaking up the cup.
“Such a bitch!”
Amah Liu stops him, “Childe, how can you say that?”
Xue Tao throws the white tablecloth on the table, supporting himself with palm. His face is a little grim. “Without my son in her belly, would she dare to be so arrogant?”
Amah Liu continues to persuade him, “Childe, madam is pregnant now. You can’t ask her to drink. It’s not good for the young baby.”
Xue Tao’s eyes are dark. He lowers his voice a little. “Who cares about that?”
Song Yunying does not return to her room immediately after she leaves the dining room. She listens to the sound inside it.
She’s really mad.
But looking down at her stomach, she holds back all the anger.
She raises her head, grits her teeth and whispers, “As long as I give birth to this child, the Xue’s family will follow my surname!”
She turns back and leaves.
Song Yunxuan goes to Ning Yuan’s office after Song Yan falls asleep in the hospital.
Ning Yuan is a little surprised, but he laughs. “Miss Song.”
“Dr. Ning, I want to know whether my father can be cured in Germany.”
Ning Yuan puts the diagnostic book on the desk, and then sits in the chair. “It may sound unhuman, but I still have to tell you the truth.”
Ning nods and takes off his boundless glasses. “Wherever your father comes, the result will be the same.”
Song Yun Xuan’s heart becomes cold. “Do you mean… there’s no chance for my father to recover from his illness?”
Ning Yuan puts his hands on the table and looks up at her. “Germany’s medical skill is advanced, so your father may be able to survive for two more months.”
“What if he stays at home?”
“He has only two weeks.”
Song Yunxuan turns back and leaves. When she is coming out, Ning Yuan suddenly calls her, “Miss Song.”
Song Yunxuan stops and turns to look at him.
Ning Yuan considers it for a while before he says, “I heard your father saw the soul of Gu Changge.”
Song Yunxuan laughs and says, “Maybe he is dazzled. It is just illusionary.”
In fact, the doctor knows better than anyone that a dying patient cannot hallucinate. But Ning Yuan does not help her find any excuse.
He nods, “It’s probably an illusion. I heard Gu Changge was dead.”
Song Yunxuan gives a “hum”, and then thinks about it for a moment. She says, “It’s been about half a year since she died.”
Ning Yuan lowers his eyes and says, “I heard she finally was amputated her limbs.”
Ning Yuan doesn’t speak again this time.
Song Yunxuan sees his fingers slowly gripping up.
Song Yunxuan says goodbye to him.
She feels that it is not easy for Ning Yuan to remember Gu Changge.
When Gu Changge had a car accident, there was need to amputate her limbs, but Ning Yuan could not change Shao Tianze and Song Yunjia’s decision.
Now, when mentioning Gu Changge, maybe Ning Yuan feels a little guilty.
She feels a little comfort.
After all, among the doctors who operated and destroyed her, it is rare that there is one who feels guilty.
It is quiet in the night in hospital. However, kinds of major newspapers in Yuncheng are being printed overnight. The online news upload crazily.
The next morning, the whole Yuncheng is covered with big news.
Song Yunying is particularly sleepy because she is pregnant.
She hasn’t woken up yet at the time of breakfast in the morning.
After reading the newspaper, Xue Tao in the restaurant on the first floor is stunned. He immediately kicks his chair aside and goes to the bedroom on the second floor.
Song Yunying is pulled up by her hair from bed.
She wakes up from sleep with a cry of pain.
Xue Tao’s fierce face appears in front of her.
Song Yunying twits her eyebrows and shouts at him, “What on earth are you crazy about in the early morning?”
“What am I crazy about?” Xue Tao sneers. He throws her roughly on the bed, and then throws the newspaper on her face. “Last night I wanted to ask you what the old man writes in the will. Now it’s all clear. The whole Xue family is going to be swallowed up by your bastard little sister!”
Xue Tao is so angry that his whole face is full of ferocious expression.
Song Yunying is also stunned at Xue Tao’s words. She then quickly takes the newspaper.
Only after reading the headlines does she feel a boom in her head.
“What happened on earth?”
Song Yunying looks at the newspaper and the red of her lips fades.
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Munster Armed Robbery Leads to Gary Officer Involved Shooting
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Witnesses in the area of 19th and Clark Road in Gary
August 1, 2017-A police chase that began in Munster ended with a Gary police officer shooting a suspect. According to a report from Mark Back of the Lake County Sheriff’s Department, the incident began when 5 individuals attempted an armed robbery at a Verizon store in Munster. Although not stated in the press release, witnesses reported that the Verizon store, pictured above, was located at 822 Ridge Road, Munster. Munster officers pursued the suspects through Highland and Griffith and into Gary. Officers were joined by other agencies including Highland, Munster, Gary, Lake County Sheriff’s Department helicopter, and Indiana State Police according to the statement.
The suspect vehicle ran off the roadway near 19th and Hanley in Gary, Indiana and the suspects fled on foot. Officers quickly set up a perimeter and began searching the area. One suspect was shot by police and was transported to a local hospital for treatment. Three additional suspects were taken into custody and one is still at large according to Back. Witnesses in the area reported hearing multiple shots fired in the area. It is not known at this point if the suspect fired his weapon but weapons were recovered on scene according to Back. Back says police are still working to identify the suspects. The identity of the police officer will be released during the course of the investigation.
“The Gary Police Department has requested that the Lake County Sheriff’s Department investigate the police-involved shooting incident. Additional details are not available at this time in reference to that specific incident. Details will be released as soon as they become available. Officers, including Lake County CSI, were still on scene as of 8:45 PM.”
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The Insight: Personality-Filled Paper Mario And The Origami King Steals Critic’s Heart – Despite Its Occasional Flaws
By Isaac Espinosa Prepare to fold yourself into a new and extravagant origami adventure! Paper Mario: The Origami King, is the latest installment in the “Paper Mario” series. Developed by Intelligent Systems and published by Nintendo to the Nintendo Switch, this amazing adventure finds Mario navigating the paper world as he tries to put a…
August 11, 2020 in The Insight.
Thanks so much for your donations! Today, the New York Videogame Critics Circle is proud to present Episode 1 of Talking Games With Reggie And Harold. It’s entertaining content, but it’s also a fundraiser for our work with homeless youth in shelters in the Bronx. If you haven’t, please donate here. Two months ago, our…
May 18, 2020 in The Podcast.
The Roundup: Streets Of Rage Returns, A Final Fantasy Mystery, A Legendary Apex Podcast, And More!
By Matt Gerardi Sidescrolling beat-’em-ups have been out of style for many, many years now, mostly going the way of the arcade. But three studios, each masters of classically styled 2D games, have teamed up to bring one of the genre’s most beloved series into the modern age with Streets of Rage 4. Christopher Byrd…
May 15, 2020 in The Roundup.
The Moment: The Uplifting Essence Of Super Smash Bros. Ultimate In A Time Of Isolation
By Isaac Espinosa In this time of self quarantining and isolation, it’s best to look toward the games that allow us to lose ourselves in the fun, and temporarily forget about what’s going on outside. For me, Super Smash Bros. has always been that game. I mostly play from a competitive standpoint, meaning I go…
March 23, 2020 in The Insight.
The Insight: Fine Dining? Snack World Leaves Our Teen Reviewer Both Starving And Satiated
By Kimari Rennis Let’s be honest here, gamers. Food and video games together are a wonderful combination. But what if I told you there was a game out there that combined the two in a cartoony anime RPG? Imagine an anime RPG game about food – as you eat food! Snack World: The Dungeon Crawl…
Mentoring: Reggie Fils-Aimé Inspires Students In The Bronx!
By Harold Goldberg Yesterday at the DreamYard Project’s Bx Start game center, New York Videogame Critics Circle Board member Reggie Fils-Aimé spoke about his five keys to success to students from five Bronx schools. The former Nintendo of America president enthralled the students with meaningful stories garnered from his years at many corporate entities, including…
February 20, 2020 in Mentoring, The Insight.
The Insight: Pokemon Sword And Shield Are Worthy Additions To The Canon. But They Have Flaws, Too.
By Isaac Espinosa Equip your Pokeballs! Take up your town maps, and travel through Galar for a brand new Pokemon adventure! Pokemon Sword and Shield, the newest entries in the Pokemon franchise, were developed by Game Freak and published to the Nintendo Switch by The Pokemon Company. But unlike most Pokemon games, Sword and Shield…
December 12, 2019 in The Insight.
The Insight: Writer Enjoys The Exercise Within Ring Fit Adventure, Keeps Coming Back For More!
By Isaac Espinosa Grasp your Ring-Con, and travel through an adventure of fitness and excitement! That’s Nintendo’s hope for Ring Fit Adventure, a brand new fitness game developed and published by Nintendo. Their interesting riff on a Pilates Ring, the Ring-Con, allows for an exercising experience that combines elements of role-playing games with effective workout…
November 13, 2019 in The Insight.
The Insight: Young Reviewer Says Mario Maker 2 Is One Of The Best Mario Games – Ever. Here’s Why!
By Isaac Espinosa What a creation! As Mario dons his builder outfit once again, players must put on their thinking caps to explore the limitless options in Super Mario Maker 2. Super Mario Maker 2, developed and published by Nintendo, once again allows players to use many iconic items and terrains from five of…
July 31, 2019 in The Insight.
The Insight: Our Teen Intern Discovers Wild, Exciting Adventures In Unravel Two
By Zante Barker Puzzle platform games have been around since the beginning of history, well, games history. They’ve always been a personal favorite because they’re so challenging and require serious strategizing. Maybe it’s because I like math so much, but give me a good puzzle and I’m super happy. Unravel Two is a double-player…
July 2, 2019 in The Insight.
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Venture capital investors pour $3B into NYC tech startups
By Gregory Bresiger
October 13, 2018 | 9:33pm | Updated October 14, 2018 | 5:51pm
Max Levchin's Affirm surges in Nasdaq debut
Ex-Google CEO Eric Schmidt backs new European venture fund
Tech startups tied to Joshua Kushner received millions in relief funds
Controversial trading app Robinhood now worth $11.2B
Venture capitalists are flocking to the Big Apple, and they are bringing big cash with them.
“Total venture capital investment in New York City during Q2 2018 rose dramatically from last year, up 28 percent to $2.97 billion,” a New York City Economic Development Corp. report found.
More often found wooing the latest Silicon Valley tech whiz, venture capitalists are scouring the city looking for promising investments, pouring billions into the economy.
Artificial intelligence, cryptocurrency and wedding planning venture firms topped the VC wish list, according to numbers from the NYCEDC.
The agency said these latest numbers were “the second-highest total in the city’s history,” topped only by the third quarter of 2017, which saw more than $3 billion in funding.
“NYC is creating the infrastructure to grow industries of the future,” says Ryan Birchmeier, an agency spokesman. “This work is focused on ecosystem building that will attract new venture capital investment, grow startups, increase international expansions and create good-paying jobs for New Yorkers.”
The leader in this venture capital surge was Dataminr, which provides alert services on real-time information and events to inform decision-making across the corporate enterprise.
Others getting big funding were R3, a cryptocurrency application and Zola, a wedding planning service, each of which recorded deals of over $100 million.
In late June, Dataminr closed a growth financing round, raising $392 million from investors. The company’s valuation with this most recent round is $1.6 billion, up from the $680 million valuation of its 2015 round.
Investors in this round included Morgan Stanley’s Tactical Value Fund, Valor Equity Partners, MSD Capital, Declaration Partners, Moore Strategic Ventures, Vulcan Capital, and the Pritzker Family business interests advised by The Pritzker Organization and DNS Capital.
Ted Bailey, Dataminr founder and CEO, said venture capital and tech companies are doing well here because “there is a robust network of early-stage companies, spanning multiple vibrant industries.”
Nick Beim, an initial Datamir investor, says VC tech companies prosper here because “the city has strong tech talent pools, including university data science labs and a lot of financial quants,” otherwise known as the mathematics geniuses behind Wall Street black box algorithmic trading.
To ensure that VC and tech continue to prosper, he says the city should create incentives for “large technology companies to build engineering offices.” Beim, also a partner in the VC firm Venrock, argues for improving local schools’ STEM (science, technology, engineering and math) education, too.
NYCEDC officials said providing an infrastructure for techs is the best way to attract them. One attraction, they say, is robust security — newly highlighted by the upcoming launch of the city’s Global Cyber Center.
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Best Bars, Clubs, Discos, and Nightlife in Granada Spain
Things to do in Granada
Bars, Clubs, and Nightlife
Where to begin? Granada’s nightlife has everything to keep the throngs of international students living here distracted from their studies. Pulsating discos, cool lounges, bars dug out of caves, and a vibrant bohemian viewpoint. This is where all that money saved from free tapas inevitably goes to.
This place closes around 03h, so it cannot really be labelled a ’club,’ but the soulful mix of reggae, funk, and hip-hop makes this place a must-visit. Small with a very nice, come-as-you-are atmosphere, they have hip-hop parties on Tuesday night and Reggae on Wednesday.
Calle Almona Boquerón, 10
Small bar where they play salsa, reggae, and more. The place opens late and people really don’t fill it up until 0h30 or 01h. If you get there a little early, the table football can keep you entertained while you start off with drinks. Check the many posters on the wall promoting live shows in the Elvira area for something happening while you’re in town.
Calle Naranjos, 2
This is the biggest club in Granada, and just two minutes from Oasis, in the Albaizín. Within the super posh interior, like something out of The Great Gatsby, you’ll find an attractive crowd gyrating to popular contemporary music as well as some techno, R&B, and Reggae. Wednesday is Ladies’ Night, and the farer sex will have free entrance as well as an open bar until midnight.
Calle de Carcel Baja, 10
El Camborio
Can’t stress it enough – this place is amazing. Located in Sacramonte, with incredible panoramic views of the Alhambra from its terrace and garden on the top floor just outside the dance floor. For the normal entrance fee of 4€, you’ll have access to all the dance floors and a free drink from any of the bars. Head downstairs where a myriad of caves and dance floors are waiting to be plundered. Vale Music, a popular record label in Spain, has entrusted your DJ, Jose, to provide you with an array of danceable beats, covering all genres.
Camino Sacromonte, 47
This popular club has three dance floors, each one with a different feel. Music ranges from disco, to reggae, electronic beats, and more. Very fashionable among students and young locals.
This decidedly bohemian locale is a great alternative venue that hosts live music, DJ’s, exhibitions, and film presentations. With a relaxed atmosphere, it’s a great place just to chill with friends over great drinks and danceable music – mostly rock, reggae, and ska.
Plaza de San Agustín, 2
Open Sunday to Thursday 21h - 03h / Fridays and Saturdays 22h - 04h
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The Audi self-propelled unit adjusts the newly arrived Aeva for its unique lidar – TechCrunch
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Audi 's the self-propelled unit approached the launch with a single access to Lidar while testing in Munich using a fleet of autonomous electrical electronic crossovers.
The Audit-Intelligent Ride, or AID subsidiary, said on Wednesday that it uses leverage sensors developed by Aeva, founded two years ago by Apple and Nikon veterans.
Aeva, The California-based Mountain View, launched by Soroush Salekhan and Mina Ressk, has developed what it describes as a "4D lidar", which can measure distance as well as current speed without loss of bandwidth, while preventing mixing from the sun or other sensors. Moving past 4D branding-talking, and technology is huge.
Lidar, or radar for detecting and measuring light, measures the distance. Many (with Tesla as one exception) consider it to be critical and indispensable sensors in the new automated driving. For years, Velodin dominated the industry.
Today there are dozens of leading startups that have emerged with promises of technological breakthroughs that will offer sensors at a lower price with better resolution and accuracy than Velodine. It is a promise that is filled with challenges, especially the ability to expand production.
Traditional lidar sensors can determine the distance by sending high-power impulses to the light outside the visible spectrum, and then tracking how much time it takes for each of these impulses to return. As they return, the direction and the distance to, regardless of the fact that they have affected these impulses, are recorded as a point and eventually forms a 3D map.
Aeva sensors emit a continuous low power laser, which allows them to experience fast speeds at each point in the frame of up to 300 meters, the company said. In other words, the Aeva sensors can determine the distance and direction, as well as the speed of objects that come or move away from them.
This is a practical opportunity for perceptions of autonomous vehicles operating in an environment of objects traveling at different speeds, such as pedestrians, bicycles and vehicles.
Aeva, supported by investors, including Lux Capital and the Canaan Partners, says its sensors are unique because they are "free" from interference from other sensors or sunlight.
It was this combination of long-range perspective, instantaneous measurements of the speed at precision cm / s and robustness of obstacles that sold AID CTO Alexandre Haag to Aeva sensors.
Aeva lasted 18 months through the validation process with Audi and the parent company Volkswagen. This announcement confirms that Aeva made the past a critical hurdle in Audi's AV-plans. Aeva sensors are already on the Audi e-tron development vehicles in Munich. The automaker plans to bring autonomous driving to urban mobility services over the next few years.
Interference is possible and can cause a stream of random spots on a 3D map if the lid is pointed directly into the sun or if there are more sensors on the same vehicle. Lidar companies have implemented various techniques to prevent interference patterns; autonomous vehicle developers also anticipate potential interference with sun and snow problems by creating algorithms for rejecting these types of outliers.
However, Salekhan argues that interference is a significant challenge.
When talking about the challenge of building a scale and designing at a mass scale, it's not just about how easy it can be produced, says Salekhan. "It's also about the fact that these things work together in a uniform order. So when you talk about hundreds of thousands of cars, that's a big deal."
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Late Night Worship: Come to Vespers
Josias Parker
Media by: Dylan Goodyear
Greenville University, not only known for its fine liberal arts education, but widely known for it’s “arms wide open” community lifestyle. Although small in numbers, Greenville’s ability to gather students and faculty from all corners of the world in the name of Christ is simply amazing. With the university’s slogan being “Together,” an education gathered around community is a key focus. Offering a “Transformative Christ-Centered Education,” Greenville strives to incorporate spiritual formation into academic and extracurricular programs. Among these programs are weekly chapel service held on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday mornings in which students gather in praise, song, and faith. In addition to these services, Greenville provides a special Vespers service on Thursday nights, in which is student lead.
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Vespers provides a unique service that attracts students for late night worship. Similar to Chapel, Vespers offers a strong sense of community and the opportunity for friends to praise in fellowship. Greenville’s Dana Angela, vice president of Mosaic, is a student that attends Vespers for the fellowship and worship with friends. While discussing how Vespers differs from Chapel Dana had to say, “Vespers is more of a worship service that is run by the student body. Students of the university not only lead worship but also give their personal testimonies or teach us about the word of God.” These testimonies given by students provide an atmosphere for connection within our community.
Many students are also attracted to Vespers because of the fact that it is student led. Greenville university’s women basketball player Kenzie Schwab states, “I love that it’s student led.” Speaking on the testimonies provided at Vespers Kenzie claims, “People are being real and brave enough to get up on stage and share their heart and their story. Vespers is personal, it’s worship-testimony-worship”. Given these opportunities to be vulnerable with Christ and one another, Vespers embodies the core staples that Greenville is built upon. Students are encouraged to embrace the importance of community connection and worship during these services, often through prayer teams. Describing her involvement during Vespers Schwab states, “I am on prayer team! I actually get up sometimes on the second round of worship and stand in the front and get to pray for people and their burdens.”
Vespers uniqueness in late night worship is evident in the personal stories and heartfelt testimonies that come out of the service. While talking about how Vespers offers a unique approach to worship on campus Schwab claims, “Chapel can seem routine, and Vespers is a blessing because we get to break out of that routine.” Students have embraced this late night service for its openness, breathtaking testimonies and its refreshing prayer team.
Greenville University has provided a quality Christ-centered education since 1892. With community being a staple since its founding. Greenville has effortlessly continued this tradition, supplying students with a loving and safe environment to grow spiritually and mentally. By promoting these values and ethics within the education, Greenville is home to a unique institution of learning that cares about its community. Programs, such as Vespers, simply give light to the true meaning of what Greenville University is all about.
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Hello! My name is Josias Parker, I am from Los Angeles California and I am a Mass Communications major. I currently attend Greenville University, where I play basketball. My interest are music, sports, art and anything that can make me laugh.
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Some OC Transpo fall bus schedule changes coming this weekend
A couple of the biggest changes are being made to downtown Routes 11 and 19 on September 1, in preparation for the opening of O-Train Line 1 on September 14.
Aug 28, 2019 3:53 PM By: Mike Vlasveld
OC Transpo bus, July 2019. Chris Kurys/ OttawaMatters.com
Changes are coming to some OC Transpo bus schedules and routes this Labour Day weekend as customers return to work and school.
On Monday, September 2, OC Transpo will operate a Sunday schedule, meaning only those routes that normally run on Sundays will be in service. This will also be the last day for summer service to museums and recreational destinations on Routes 129, 139 and 185.
The DayPass will be valid as a Family Pass on Labour Day.
Para Transpo will operate a holiday service on Monday. Regular scheduled trips are automatically cancelled, but customers may book trips for Labour Day by calling 613-244-7272 on or after August 26.
Changes at Parliament Station in preparation for the opening of O-Train Line 1
Route 11 service will be removed from Slater Street, Metcalfe Street, and Wellington Street and will be revised to run on Queen Street to Parliament Station. Customers can catch Route 11 at Elgin Street and Sparks Street and bus stops on Queen Street. Route 19 service will be removed from Albert Street between Elgin Street and Bank Street and from Slater Street between Bank Street and O’Connor Street. Customers can catch Route 19 at bus stops on Queen Street outside Parliament Station and at Slater Street and Metcalfe Street.
Signs of change at bus stops
Customers will notice changes at their stop, including new bus stop signs, schedules and maps.
With almost 6,000 stops across the city, OC Transpo is preparing for the network-wide service change that will take place on October 6, three weeks after the launch of the Confederation Line. Current bus service will remain in place until then and up-to-date maps and schedules are available online, or by calling 613-560-1000 or texting 560560 plus the four-digit bus stop number.
Customers can find out how their trip will change after October 6 by using the Travel Planner at octranspo.com.
Back to school for students
Special service to French language schools resumed on Tuesday, August 27, while service to English language schools starts Tuesday, September 3.
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School Route 696 will be replaced by extensions on Route 96. In addition, a new morning trip will be added on Route 689 and select Route 689 trips will be extended to the Alta Vista neighbourhood.
Students and parents can visit their school board website to see if they are eligible for a school board transit pass. Other customers aged 13-19 can get a Youth discount set on their Presto card at an OC Transpo Customer Service Centre or Shoppers Drug Mart/Loblaws/Real Canadian Superstore locations with proof of age.
Fall/Winter U-Pass
Eligible university and college students can pick up or reload their 2019-20 U-Pass on campus at Carleton University, Saint Paul University, the University of Ottawa and Algonquin College. The Fall/Winter U-Pass is valid from September 1, 2019 until April 30, 2020. The 2019 Summer U-Pass expires August 31.
Fall construction detours
Several bus routes will continue to be affected by construction this fall. Customers on the following routes should give themselves extra travel time:
Routes 5 and 14 -- Detoured downtown due to the Elgin Street Renewal Project
Routes 12, 14, 18 and 19 -- Service may be impacted by construction on Montréal Road between North River Road and the Vanier Parkway
Routes 40 and 48 -- Service may be impacted by construction on St-Laurent Boulevard and Walkley Road
Routes 228 and 302 -- Service may be impacted by construction on Navan Road between Renaud Road and Mer Bleue Road
Routes 252 and 256 -- Service may be impacted by construction on Old Richmond Road between West Hunt Club Road and Hope Side Road
Real-time schedule information is available 24 hours a day by calling 613-560-1000 or texting 560560 plus the four-digit bus stop number. For more details, travel planning assistance and new timetables, customers are encouraged to visit octranspo.com for detailed information. Customers can also call OC Transpo at 613-741-4390 if needed.
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Uniform jacket
Letter carriers donned this shapeless style of uniform jacket, also referred to as a "sack coat," on their daily rounds for city delivery service. Sewn on the interior is a manufacturer's label from the Penn Garment Company of Williamsport, Pennsylvania, in gold thread on a green ribbon. The single-breasted, blue-gray, woolen jacket has a slanted-flap breast pocket on the left and two flap pockets at the waist. Black braid accents the pocket flaps; the Post Office Department uniforms had black trim until 1956, when the color scheme was changed to maroon. The braid also extends up the front and around the collar and appears two inches above the cuff. The jacket fastens by five brass buttons featuring an imprint of a uniformed letter carrier in mid-stride above the letters “P.O.D.” for 'Post Office Department'. (The POD kept this style of buttons in circulation from 1893 to 1970.) Two brass buttons also decorate the cuff. Above this cuff’s black trim are two silver service stars, worn by letter carriers to connote thirty years of service. The POD introduced the color-coded service star patches in 1899 to replace the service stripes.
National Association of Letter Carriers. “Dressed for Success: The Evolution of Letter Carrier Uniforms.” Postal Record. October 1986.
http://blue.usps.gov/postalhistory/histuniforms.htm (Accessed June 6, 2002)
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We asked a number of poets, including previous Chancellors of the Academy of American Poets, to list a few poetry books that they would recommend to others. The selections that came in include influential volumes, books returned to over and over, must-reads, and books frequently recommended to students or new poetry readers.
Ai recommended:
Body Rags (2002, Mariner Books Reissue)
The Book of Nightmares (1973, Mariner Books)
The Lice (1993, Copper Canyon Press Reissue)
Hard Labor (1979, Johns Hopkins University Press)
Shall We Gather at the River (1968, University Press of New England)
Ariel (2004, HarperCollins Restored Edition)
Howl (1956, City Lights Books)
Robert Bly recommends:
Harmonium (1923, Faber and Faber)
Soledad (1990, Fondo de Cultura Económica)
Times Alone (1983, Wesleyan University Press)
The Beautiful Changes (1947, Reynal & Hitchcock)
For Love (1980, Macmillan)
Cesar Vallejo
The Black Messengers (1995, Losada)
Billy Collins recommends:
The Pill vs. The Springhill Mind Disaster (1969, Delacorte Press)
Fernando Pessoa & Co.: Selected Poems (1999, Grove Press)
New Addresses (2001, Alfred A. Knopf)
View with a Grain of Sand (1995, Harvest Books)
Toi Derricotte recommends:
The Book of Light (1993, Copper Canyon Press)
Dien Cai Dau (1988, Wesleyan University Press)
The Gold Cell (1987, Alfred A. Knopf)
Duino Elegies (1992, W. W. Norton & Company Reissue)
Paradise (1984, Random House)
Ruth Stone
Simplicity (1997, Paris Press)
Joy Harjo recommends:
John Burnside
The Good Neighbour (2005, Jonathan Cape)
The Black Unicorn (1995, W. W. Norton & Co. Reissue)
Okot P'Bitek
Song of Lawino (1984, Heinemann Reissue)
Robert Hass recommends:
Forrest Gander
Science and Steepleflower (1998, New Directions)
Arcady (2002, Wesleyan University Press)
Brenda Hillman
Cascadia (2001, Wesleyan University Press)
October (2004, Sarabande Books)
Myung Mi Kim
Commons (2002, University of California Press)
Peter Gizzi
Some Values of Landscape and Weather (2003, Wesleyan University Press)
John Hollander recommended:
Paradise Lost (2005, W. W. Norton Reissue)
The Temple (1981, Paulist Press Reissue)
Leaves of Grass (1855 edition, Penguin Classics)
Complete Poems (1976, Back Bay Books Edition)
Alfred, Lord Tennyson
Complete Poems (1999, W. W. Norton & Co. Edition)
The Complete Poems (2002, Palgrave Macmillan)
Collected Poetry and Prose (1997, Library of America)
The Complete Works (1988, Princeton University Press)
Complete Poems, 1927-1979 (1984, Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
Collected Poems (2001, Alfred A. Knopf)
Fanny Howe recommends:
Bernadette Mayer
Midwinter Day (1999, New Directions)
Happily (2000, Post Apollo Press)
Up To Speed (2004, Wesleyan University Press)
Melvin B. Tolson
Libretto for the Republic of Liberia (1999, University Press of Virginia)
Zither & Autobiography (2003, Wesleyan University Press)
Susan Howe recommends:
Poems and Ballads and Atalanta in Calydon (2001, Penguin Books)
The Pisan Cantos (2003, New Directions)
elected Poetry of Rainer Maria Rilke, ed. & trans. by Stephen Mitchell (1989, Vintage, Reissue Edition)
Where Shall I Wander (2005, Ecco)
Self Portrait In A Convex Mirror (1992, Penguin)
Tennis Court Oath (1977, Wesleyan University Press)
Poems by J. H. Prynne (1999, Bloodaxe Books)
The Sea and The Mirror: A Commentary on Shakespeare's "The Tempest," (2003, Princeton University Press)
Gertrude Stein, Writings 1932-1946 (1998, Library of America)
Collected Poetry & Prose by Wallace Stevens (1997, Library of America)
The Master Letters of Emily Dickinson (1998, University of Massachusetts Press)
H. D.
Trilogy (1998, New Directions)
Helen In Egypt (1998, New Directions)
Patterson (1995, New Directions)
Collected Poems of Robert Creeley, 1945-1975 (1985, University of California Press)
Mark Jarman recommends:
Life Studies (1967, Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
Chase Twichell
The Ghost of Eden (1998, George Braziller)
High Windows (1974, Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
Geography III (1977, Farrar, Straus and Giroux)
1933 (1974, Atheneum)
Andrew Hudgins
The Never-Ending (1992, Houghton Mifflin)
Garrett Hongo
The River of Heaven (1988, Alfred A. Knopf Reprint)
Philip Levine recommended:
Sterling Brown
Southern Road (1974, Beacon Press)
Selected Poems (1986, Ecco Press)
Larry Levis
Winter Stars (1985, University of Pittsburgh Press)
Hard Labor (1986, Ecco Press)
The Lost Son (1948, Doubleday)
The Poems of Edward Thomas (2003, Handsel Books)
"Song of Myself" from Leaves of Grass (1983, Bantam Classics)
Selected Poems (1985, New Directions)
Nathaniel Mackey recommends:
Bending the Bow (1968, New Directions)
Kamau Brathwaite
The Arrivants (1988, Oxford University Press)
Hermetic Definition (1972, New Directions)
Ed Roberson
Voices Cast Out to Talk Us In (1995, University of Iowa Press)
Arthur Sze recommends:
Jay Wright
Transfigurations (2000, Louisiana State University Press)
Charles Simic
Selected Early Poems (2000, George Braziller)
John Yau
Borrowed Love Poems (2002, Penguin)
C. D. Wright
Deepstep Come Shining (1998, Copper Canyon Press)
Scrimmage of Appetite (1995, University of Akron Press)
Carolyn Kizer
Cool, Calm, and Collected (2000, Copper Canyon Press)
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Coronavirus live updates: South Korea sees new spike in infections
In South Korea, 40 newly confirmed cases – the biggest daily jump in nearly 50 days – raised alarms as millions of children returned to school yesterday.
All but four of the new cases were in the densely populated Seoul region, where officials are scrambling to stop transmissions linked to nightclubs, karaoke rooms and a massive e-commerce warehouse. All were reopened last month when social distancing measures were relaxed.
The country’s top infectious disease expert said South Korea may need to reimpose social distancing restrictions because it’s becoming increasingly difficult for health workers to track the spread of COVID-19 amid warmer weather and eased attitudes on distancing.
“We will do our best to trace contacts and implement preventive measures, but there’s a limit to such efforts,” said Jeong Eun-kyeong, director of South Korea’s Centres for Disease Control and Prevention.
Object detection and tracking technology for people not wearing masks, developed by SK Telecom, is displayed on a screen at the company headquarters in Seoul, South Korea. (Source: Getty)
“Young people have a very broad range of activity, so at the point of diagnosis, there’s already a lot of exposure… the number of people or locations we have to trace are increasing geometrically,” he added.
Seoul and nearby cities had restored some control in recent weeks by reclosing thousands of bars, karaoke rooms and other entertainment venues to slow the spread of the virus.
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Confessions of a Teenage Jesus Jerk
In a dramatic and comedy atmosphere, the movie follows the life of teenagers and their struggle against their own desires, feelings, and thoughts, especially if they are Jehovah's witnesses. Gabe, a young Jehovah's witnesses afraid from being punished for his teenage's activities but only love that makes him seeing the beauty of life when he falls in love with his best friend's sister.
Actors: Sasha Feldman,
Sasha Feldman
Nicholas Harsin,
Nicholas Harsin
Kit DeZolt,
Kit DeZolt 2 August 1989, Hong Kong
Lauren Lakis,
Lauren Lakis 22 November 1990, Baltimore, Maryland, USA
Paul Adelstein,
Paul Adelstein 29 April 1969, Chicago, Illinois, USA
Tara Summers,
Tara Summers 19 December 1979, London, England, UK
Reed Diamond,
Reed Diamond 20 July 1967, New York City, New York, USA
James Karen,
James Karen 28 November 1923, Wilkes Barre, Pennsylvania, USA
Shari Belafonte,
Shari Belafonte 22 September 1954, New York City, New York, USA
Sam Behrens,
Sam Behrens 24 July 1950, Brooklyn, New York, USA
Rob Giles,
Rob Giles
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Director: Eric Stoltz
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End of an era as £50 million regeneration funding expires
Major regeneration projects in Waterloo and the Pool of London that have together delivered more than £50 million of funding finished at the end of March.
Both the PLP and WPB/WCRT have published end-of-SRB reports which can be downloaded from their websites
The Waterloo Project Board, Waterloo Community Regeneration Trust and Pool of London Partnership were all funded by the Single Regeneration Budget (SRB), a scheme established in 1994 to bring together regeneration funding from different government departments.
The SRB-funded Elephant Links programme at the Elephant and Castle finished a year ago.
Covering the area bounded by the River Thames, Blackfriars Road and Lambeth Road, the SRB programme in Waterloo has delivered £19 million funding over the past seven years through the Waterloo Project Board (WPB) and Waterloo Community Regeneration Trust (WCRT).
Projects large and small have benefited from SRB money, from the redevelopment of the Young Vic, the transformation of the Royal Festival Hall and the development of the soon to be opened Coin Street Neighbourhood Centre to the greening of local estates and housing co-ops, the creation of new and improved play areas for children, the launch of the Waterloo Carnival and a variety of programmes which help local people to find employment.
"There is still a great deal that needs to be done but WPB and WCRT have helped us forge new partnerships and creative ways of working together," says Kate Hoey MP. "These networks will be critical to the area's future and the way in which it deals with the pressures of change."
The work of WPB will now be taken forward by the South Bank Partnership which brings together South Bank's two MPs, the leadership of Lambeth and Southwark Councils, ward councillors, representatives of the Mayor's agencies plus the area's major businesses, arts organisations, universities and hospital.
The partnership's action plan: Under Pressure and on the edge – London's South Bank: A Manifesto for Action [PDF, 600KB] has now been published.
Examples of WPB-funded projects
• Coin Street Neighbourhood Centre
• South Bank Lighting
• Colombo Street/Hatfields sports pitches
• South Bank and Waterloo street cleaning
Smaller-scale projects in Waterloo have been funded by the Waterloo Community Regeneration Trust which – via its committee elected by local residents – has distributed £4.5 million to local groups.
WCRT will pass the mantle of community development to the newly-formed Community Coalition which will support the activities of the multitude of local groups and find ways to pool their strengths.
Examples of WCRT-funded projects
• Mosaic in Archbishop's Park
• SE1 United youth group
• Waterloo Football Club
• Tennis coaching in Archbishop's Park
WPB/WCRT's end-of-project report is called SE1 Success Stories [PDF, 1.4MB]
Pool of London
Since 1996 the Pool of London Partnership has been operating in an area which stretches from London Bridge to just past Tower Bridge on both sides of the River Thames.
Backed by £31 million from SRB, the PLP says that with match funding it has delivered £101 million investment to the area.
Over the PLP's lifetime 15,000 jobs have been created in the area. It is expect that a further 15,000 jobs will be generated between 2007 and 2012.
The PLP has supported more than 200 projects including work on the railway tunnels and arches near London Bridge, improvements to the Guy's Hospital site and the renovation of Potters Fields Park.
Smaller projects backed by the PLP include the creation of pocket parks and the renovation of Alfred Salter Playground.
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Do! 108 Garage
Published on April 24, 2017 May 3, 2017 by London ChecklistLeave a comment
Another West London must-do! I know the east has been neglected for awhile, but with so many new restaurants popping up in the west, it’s hard to venture elsewhere.
The menu at London’s 108 Garage
Take 108 Garage, for example. The new kid on the block is not your typical family-friendly, low-key, Notting Hill eatery, instead, its bringing art and creativity with its fine culinary cuisine. That’s right, the neighborhood is growing up, so put on your big girl shoes and head to the sexy scene that is 108 Garage.
Outfitted like a mechanic’s garage-turned restaurant, the unusual theme actually works. The mixed metals found in the ceiling piping, caged liquor cabinets, and hanging lights gave a little sparkle and warmth to the industrial space. The seating is close together, keeping the small restaurant cozy, and then taking the intimacy even further with an open kitchen. It’s always amazing to watch an executive chef in action–tidying and putting the finishing touches on dishes, while summoning servers to whisk them away. The environment gets an A+, but the new 108 Garage is not without its growing pains.
Booking a table seems more difficult than it should be. We had to book a table for two very far in advance and eat pretty early to secure a Saturday night spot. This seemed completely unnecessary since there were only a few people in the place during our reservation spot. This, while frustrating would not have been a big deal if the servers did not make us feel like we were the only people in the place. Overbearing is an understatement when describing the waitstaff. We must have had five different servers constantly checking on us. Usually, in London, I’m continuously disappointed in the lack of attention from servers, but this other side of the spectrum was too much to handle. It got to the point that if I turned my head to look at the decor, someone would immediately come over and asked what I needed. I wished for a neck brace to control my neck so I could be left alone.
Aside from not giving us breathing room, I have a few small grievances with the actual level of service. First, the food came WAY too fast. We were given our bread and within one bite our appetizer had arrived. The appetizer had a completely unnecessary bit of frozen basil which required immediate consumption, so it wasn’t even like we could push the dishes aside and enjoy our bread and a sip of our cocktails first. The actual dish I’ll get into in a little bit. So, whenever we were done with one of our rushed courses, the server (a different one each time) would clear the area by STACKING PLATES. One of my biggest pet peeves. The restaurant is not a diner, do not smush dirty dishes on top of each other in front of my face. This seems like a no-brainer for a high-end establishment but it’s amazing how many restaurants miss the mark on this one.
After the plates are removed, one of the servers brings a new silverware setting. Both fork and knife are placed to my right each time. That bothers me too, but I guess by now you know I’m a little nitpicky.
Lastly, in true London fashion, the 8 million servers disappeared once we were ready to go. We already made it clear we wanted the bill, and at that time our drinks and waters were empty. At that same time, the hostess told us our time was up and she needed the table. If the hostess had communicated with the server that knew we were ready to vacate (perhaps she was too busy on her cell phone, yup, in the dining room), we could have been swiftly removed before we could find out we were being evicted. Lack of communication and poor planning right there.
Beautiful burrata at London’s 108 Garage
Now onto the actual food. It’s fantastic. It truly is. The price is right, the cocktails are inventive and refreshing, and the bread is fresh. Once you get on to the actual courses, you’re presented with pretty arrangements and bold flavors. I started with the burrata that was topped with dainty fresh strawberries. This was the dish that turned into a production when paired with the frozen basil. The server actually comes to your table, freezes the herb in liquid nitrogen and tells you to eat it really quickly before it gets soggy. This part is so contrived and seems like nothing more than justification for a impulse buy at the kitchenware depot. After that little hiccup, I had an AMAZING slow-cooked Iberico ham dish and followed that with the best little chocolate pudding for dessert. Literal pudding. Not England’s generic term for “dessert.”
A hefty portion of flavor at West London’s 108 Garage
Beautiful and delicious at 108 Garage
They have a tasting menu and an a la carte menu which I do not understand, either. There are literally no differences between the items on the two, and since both parties would have to get the full tasting, it really doesn’t make sense. If something different and desirable was on the tasting menu, we may have gone for it, but for us it seemed truly pointless. I suggest putting some coveted meals on there if it’s the menu they really want to push.
So, aside from some minor details, 108 Garage ticks all the major boxes. Friendly staff, nice decor, reasonable prices, and OUTSTANDING food. I will definitely be back to the Golborne Road hot spot. But first, it’s your turn. Enjoy!
108 Garage
108 Golborne Road
London W10 5PS
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Do! Crazy Homies
Published on April 6, 2017 April 7, 2017 by London ChecklistLeave a comment
Now, this one falls under that little invisible category called “Do, with a Disclaimer.” While I love Crazy Homies, it’s not the best Mexican in the area, and definitely could use a few improvements. But, I will be back because it’s tasty, eclectic, and in my neighborhood.
Another part of the Tom Conran’s restaurant group, Crazy Homies resides on Westbourne Park Road with its siblings Lucky Seven and The Cow. Tom’s little stake on that road feels a bit like his own section of a Monopoly board. You’re bound to land on one of his spaces for an easy dinner, a quick drink, or for a post-drinking cheesy feast, perhaps.
Conran’s restaurants do a couple things really well. The restaurants all have unique themes and the decor stylishly and accurately goes along with all of them. That and all of the food is pretty tasty. This is why they are all must-dos on the London Checklist. What happens, though, when you have success in major restaurant categories, is that other issues might fall through the cracks. This, in my opinion, is what has happened to Crazy Homies.
Inside Notting Hill’s Crazy Homies
I go there to sit upstairs. It’s a quirky bar/restaurant that reminds me of NYC and has Dia de Muertos vibes. I do not go there to sit downstairs. Downstairs it is dark, dingy, and smells bad. For this reason, reservations are a must. Even if seated at a colorful upstairs table, you may find yourself venturing down to use the restroom. That would be at your own risk. It is in major need of a face lift (and more space.) If memory serves me correctly, it barely has a working hand dryer and is carpeted(!). So, stick with upstairs and, hopefully, by the time you need the bathroom, you’re already too drunk on the Margaritas Calientes to care.
Some Crazy Homies goodness, London
Ah, the margaritas. My fav. That, some nachos and quesadilla action, and I’m a happy girl. Everything is pretty good. Definitely on the spicy side, so beware if that is not your thing. I have to point out that they charge wayyyy too much for a side of sour cream. Sour cream is a standard accompaniment to any Mexican dish in America, so it’s hard to wrap my head around being served the littlest portion or none at all. Especially for as spicy as Crazy Homies makes their food. So be prepared to shell out a couple pounds for something that should be a given. Lastly, in regards to the actual food, skip the churros. They’re the worst I’ve ever had. Always way too overcooked and greasy. You forget that they are actually made of dough. They don’t have much more in the way of desserts, but if you’re still feeling calorie-deficient, you can load up with another margarita.
Nacho time at Crazy Homies, London
The colors and flavors of Crazy Homies, London
Okay, here is my biggest gripe with Crazy Homies. The service. Despite being a Mexican place, which is usually the cheapest cuisine in town (in America, anyway) Crazy Homies is like any other restaurant in Notting Hill. You’re not getting out of there for less than £30-40 per person, so you should be able to expect some reasonable service. I have been in there countless times where I’ve had to beg for attention from a server for literally everything–the inevitable sides of sour cream, water, drink refills, even silverware once! But what really aggravates me is when the food comes too quickly. They’re better about this on slow nights, but, when they’re busy, they have zero control over their kitchen. There is no flow. Just food haphazardly flying out and about. Once, I dined at Crazy Homies with three other people. We made it very clear that the nachos and quesadillas were to start, and then each ordered an entree. The food came out in a reckless manner. Two entrees came, then the starters, then the rest of the entrees twenty minutes later. This was also another one of those times when we had no drinks and water. We were just stuck with half of our spicy food. Restaurants also lose money this way. I remember my cousin trying to find the waitress for another cocktail, but by the time she came around, it was basically time to go. That would have been an additional £10 for the restaurant and a higher tip for the waitress if everyone got their heads around the bigger picture.
I will say, it usually comes down to this one specific waitress. She never seems to recognize if a table is dissatisfied. Maybe its partially the language barrier, but I have to blame some of it on skills and training. When we tried to explain the rough go we were having with the empty drinks and the plates coming out in the wrong order, she was not apologetic. She stared at us blankly and said “We don’t do that here.” She was referring to giving you a starter as a starter and not just bringing everything out as its ready. This policy works for tapas places. Beyond that, let people have a pleasant, leisurely dining experience.
So, that’s how I feel about all that. Not to put a damper on a neighborhood “Do,” but I’m hopeful that if small adjustments are made, Crazy Homies will truly live up to its full restaurant potential. Head there and decide for yourself!
Churros to skip at Crazy Homies, London
Crazy Homies
125 Westbourne Park Road
London W2 5QL
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IN THE WAKE OF I-695: Automobile owners must decide on tabs
By Ed Friedrich, Sun Staff — Nov 7th, 1999
Drivers whose license tabs expire in January will soon be getting renewal notices in the mail. Procrastinate. Don't pay until after the first of the year.
The notices will show the amount due if paid after Jan. 1, when Initiative 695 takes effect. Regardless of the car, that will be $33 - the new $30 licensing fee plus a $3 filing fee that goes to the county. Personalized plates are an extra $30.
Trucks are licensed according to their gross weight, beginning at $37 for small pickups.
However, the state Department of Licensing must apply the law that's in effect at the time. So anyone who would pay before Jan. 1 would have to pay the state Motor Vehicle Excise Tax that 695 repealed.
Initiative 695 takes effect Jan. 1.
The minimum license fee now is $26.75, so owners of low-end vehicles could actually save a few dollars by re-licensing them this year.
If you pay too much, Initiative 695 doesn't provide for refunds.
If your tabs expire in November or December, you can wait until January to renew them. There is no fine for late payment, though you won't get a full 12-month license. Your new tabs will expire in the same month as the old ones did.
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Reach Ed Friedrich at (360) 415-2679 or at efriedrich@thesunlink.com.
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1o1o
Deoxy hemoglobin (A,C:V1M,V62L; B,D:V1M,V67L)
PDB ID 1o1o
1o1o is a 4 chain structure with sequence from Human. Full crystallographic information is available from OCA. For a guided tour on the structure components use FirstGlance.
Ligands:
Related: 1o1i, 1o1j, 1o1k, 1o1l, 1o1m, 1o1n, 1o1p
[HBA_HUMAN] Defects in HBA1 may be a cause of Heinz body anemias (HEIBAN) [MIM:140700]. This is a form of non-spherocytic hemolytic anemia of Dacie type 1. After splenectomy, which has little benefit, basophilic inclusions called Heinz bodies are demonstrable in the erythrocytes. Before splenectomy, diffuse or punctate basophilia may be evident. Most of these cases are probably instances of hemoglobinopathy. The hemoglobin demonstrates heat lability. Heinz bodies are observed also with the Ivemark syndrome (asplenia with cardiovascular anomalies) and with glutathione peroxidase deficiency.[1] Defects in HBA1 are the cause of alpha-thalassemia (A-THAL) [MIM:604131]. The thalassemias are the most common monogenic diseases and occur mostly in Mediterranean and Southeast Asian populations. The hallmark of alpha-thalassemia is an imbalance in globin-chain production in the adult HbA molecule. The level of alpha chain production can range from none to very nearly normal levels. Deletion of both copies of each of the two alpha-globin genes causes alpha(0)-thalassemia, also known as homozygous alpha thalassemia. Due to the complete absence of alpha chains, the predominant fetal hemoglobin is a tetramer of gamma-chains (Bart hemoglobin) that has essentially no oxygen carrying capacity. This causes oxygen starvation in the fetal tissues leading to prenatal lethality or early neonatal death. The loss of three alpha genes results in high levels of a tetramer of four beta chains (hemoglobin H), causing a severe and life-threatening anemia known as hemoglobin H disease. Untreated, most patients die in childhood or early adolescence. The loss of two alpha genes results in mild alpha-thalassemia, also known as heterozygous alpha-thalassemia. Affected individuals have small red cells and a mild anemia (microcytosis). If three of the four alpha-globin genes are functional, individuals are completely asymptomatic. Some rare forms of alpha-thalassemia are due to point mutations (non-deletional alpha-thalassemia). The thalassemic phenotype is due to unstable globin alpha chains that are rapidly catabolized prior to formation of the alpha-beta heterotetramers. Note=Alpha(0)-thalassemia is associated with non-immune hydrops fetalis, a generalized edema of the fetus with fluid accumulation in the body cavities due to non-immune causes. Non-immune hydrops fetalis is not a diagnosis in itself but a symptom, a feature of many genetic disorders, and the end-stage of a wide variety of disorders. Defects in HBA1 are the cause of hemoglobin H disease (HBH) [MIM:613978]. HBH is a form of alpha-thalassemia due to the loss of three alpha genes. This results in high levels of a tetramer of four beta chains (hemoglobin H), causing a severe and life-threatening anemia. Untreated, most patients die in childhood or early adolescence.[2] [HBB_HUMAN] Defects in HBB may be a cause of Heinz body anemias (HEIBAN) [MIM:140700]. This is a form of non-spherocytic hemolytic anemia of Dacie type 1. After splenectomy, which has little benefit, basophilic inclusions called Heinz bodies are demonstrable in the erythrocytes. Before splenectomy, diffuse or punctate basophilia may be evident. Most of these cases are probably instances of hemoglobinopathy. The hemoglobin demonstrates heat lability. Heinz bodies are observed also with the Ivemark syndrome (asplenia with cardiovascular anomalies) and with glutathione peroxidase deficiency.[3] [4] [5] [6] Defects in HBB are the cause of beta-thalassemia (B-THAL) [MIM:613985]. A form of thalassemia. Thalassemias are common monogenic diseases occurring mostly in Mediterranean and Southeast Asian populations. The hallmark of beta-thalassemia is an imbalance in globin-chain production in the adult HbA molecule. Absence of beta chain causes beta(0)-thalassemia, while reduced amounts of detectable beta globin causes beta(+)-thalassemia. In the severe forms of beta-thalassemia, the excess alpha globin chains accumulate in the developing erythroid precursors in the marrow. Their deposition leads to a vast increase in erythroid apoptosis that in turn causes ineffective erythropoiesis and severe microcytic hypochromic anemia. Clinically, beta-thalassemia is divided into thalassemia major which is transfusion dependent, thalassemia intermedia (of intermediate severity), and thalassemia minor that is asymptomatic.[7] Defects in HBB are the cause of sickle cell anemia (SKCA) [MIM:603903]; also known as sickle cell disease. Sickle cell anemia is characterized by abnormally shaped red cells resulting in chronic anemia and periodic episodes of pain, serious infections and damage to vital organs. Normal red blood cells are round and flexible and flow easily through blood vessels, but in sickle cell anemia, the abnormal hemoglobin (called Hb S) causes red blood cells to become stiff. They are C-shaped and resembles a sickle. These stiffer red blood cells can led to microvascular occlusion thus cutting off the blood supply to nearby tissues. Defects in HBB are the cause of beta-thalassemia dominant inclusion body type (B-THALIB) [MIM:603902]. An autosomal dominant form of beta thalassemia characterized by moderate anemia, lifelong jaundice, cholelithiasis and splenomegaly, marked morphologic changes in the red cells, erythroid hyperplasia of the bone marrow with increased numbers of multinucleate red cell precursors, and the presence of large inclusion bodies in the normoblasts, both in the marrow and in the peripheral blood after splenectomy.[8]
[HBA_HUMAN] Involved in oxygen transport from the lung to the various peripheral tissues. [HBB_HUMAN] Involved in oxygen transport from the lung to the various peripheral tissues.[9] LVV-hemorphin-7 potentiates the activity of bradykinin, causing a decrease in blood pressure.[10]
The need to develop a blood substitute is now urgent because of the increasing concern over blood-transmitted viral and bacterial pathogens. Cell-free haemoglobin solutions and human haemoglobin synthesized in Escherichia coli and Saccharomyces cerevisiae have been investigated as potential oxygen-carrying substitutes for red blood cells. But these haemoglobins cannot be used as a blood substitute because (1) the oxygen affinity in the absence of 2,3-bisphosphoglycerate is too high to allow unloading of enough oxygen in the tissues, and (2) they dissociate into alpha beta dimers that are cleared rapidly by renal filtration, which can result in long-term kidney damage. We have produced a human haemoglobin using an expression vector containing one gene encoding a mutant beta-globin with decreased oxygen affinity and one duplicated, tandemly fused alpha-globin gene. Fusion of the two alpha-globin subunits increases the half-life of this haemoglobin molecule in vivo by preventing its dissociation into alpha beta dimers and therefore also eliminates renal toxicity.
A human recombinant haemoglobin designed for use as a blood substitute.,Looker D, Abbott-Brown D, Cozart P, Durfee S, Hoffman S, Mathews AJ, Miller-Roehrich J, Shoemaker S, Trimble S, Fermi G, et al. Nature. 1992 Mar 19;356(6366):258-60. PMID:1552945[11]
Hemoglobin 3D structures
PDB identification code
↑ Ohba Y, Yamamoto K, Hattori Y, Kawata R, Miyaji T. Hyperunstable hemoglobin Toyama [alpha 2 136(H19)Leu----Arg beta 2]: detection and identification by in vitro biosynthesis with radioactive amino acids. Hemoglobin. 1987;11(6):539-56. PMID:2833478
↑ Traeger-Synodinos J, Harteveld CL, Kanavakis E, Giordano PC, Kattamis C, Bernini LF. Hb Aghia Sophia [alpha62(E11)Val-->0 (alpha1)], an "in-frame" deletion causing alpha-thalassemia. Hemoglobin. 1999 Nov;23(4):317-24. PMID:10569720
↑ Thillet J, Cohen-Solal M, Seligmann M, Rosa J. Functional and physicochemical studies of hemoglobin St. Louis beta 28 (B10) Leu replaced by Gln: a variant with ferric beta heme iron. J Clin Invest. 1976 Nov;58(5):1098-1106. PMID:186485 doi:http://dx.doi.org/10.1172/JCI108561
↑ Rahbar S, Feagler RJ, Beutler E. Hemoglobin Hammersmith (beta 42 (CD1) Phe replaced by Ser) associated with severe hemolytic anemia. Hemoglobin. 1981;5(1):97-105. PMID:6259091
↑ Blouquit Y, Bardakdjian J, Lena-Russo D, Arous N, Perrimond H, Orsini A, Rosa J, Galacteros F. Hb Bruxelles: alpha 2A beta (2)41 or 42(C7 or CD1)Phe deleted. Hemoglobin. 1989;13(5):465-74. PMID:2599881
↑ Rees DC, Rochette J, Schofield C, Green B, Morris M, Parker NE, Sasaki H, Tanaka A, Ohba Y, Clegg JB. A novel silent posttranslational mechanism converts methionine to aspartate in hemoglobin Bristol (beta 67[E11] Val-Met->Asp). Blood. 1996 Jul 1;88(1):341-8. PMID:8704193
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September 25, 1993 MSG results
The September 25, 1993 Edition of the Madison Square Garden event was produced by the World Wrestling Federation on September 25, 1993 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York.
Bastion Booger defeats The 1-2-3 Kid
Men On A Mission (Mabel & Mo) defeat Well Dunn (Steven Dunn & Timothy Well)
Irwin R. Schyster vs. Tatanka ended in a Draw
Yokozuna (c) defeats The Undertaker to retain the WWF World Heavyweight Championship
The Quebecers (Jacques & Pierre) (c) defeat Adam Bomb & Bam Bam Bigelow by Count Out to retain the WWF World Tag Team Championship
Jimmy Snuka defeats Brian Christopher
Razor Ramon defeats Rick Martel
Mr. Perfect defeats Diesel by DQ
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Go to for the newest launch dates for all of your favourite video games, movies, TELEVISION series and extra. Popularised in 2016 by Nintendo Co Ltd’s Pokemon Go sport, augmented actuality entails rendering virtual pictures over real life settings seen on a smartphone, headset or different machine. In marketing, the software can be used to animate a product or a branded area. Each Crackdown games are rated extremely, nevertheless the sequel has acquired some warmth for playing too much like the unique. Audi’s VR expertise invitations you to drive automobiles in a sandbox. Bear in mind how much enjoyable you had playing in the sandbox as a kid? With handfuls of toy cars and a wild imagination, you would create your individual mini world of dunes, jumps and turns that required some critical driving skills. The underside 50% earns thirteen% of the money, however solely pays 2.3% of the taxes. It is a fairly new game however quite trending among the Indie genre of video games. The Harvest Moon sequence had been in a downward hunch for years when first-time developer Eric Barone decided it was time to inject new life into the farming style. Stardew Valley is rather more than a primary Harvest Moon knockoff, however. I was also a fan of Games Finder as a result of it’s a excessive visitors web site so you know you’re critiques are getting read and not just buried with the whole lot else on the internet. Advergames are typically created to help sell a product or model, with the model or advertiser directing the game developer to create an interactive expertise based mostly around a product. The gaming titan launched its PlayStation Bug Bounty program yesterday morning in hopes of rooting out flaws and offering gamers with a safer consumer expertise. While I have not played it yet, I’m always surprised that Pillars of Eternity: Complete Version by no means makes the listing, contemplating it acquired a greater review score than many of the video games on the list. For those who did not own a PlayStation 3 or – for some loopy reason – by no means played the unique three Uncharted video games, Uncharted: The Nathan Drake Assortment is a should-own. The bundle consists of Uncharted: Drake’s Fortune, Uncharted: Amongst Thieves, and Uncharted: Drake’s Deception all on one disc, allowing you to play the tales from start to finish. From discovering El Dorado to escaping from a precarious prepare, all of Nathan Drake’s unique adventures are included. This sort of AR initiatives synthetic light onto actual environments. That is extra commonly used for large-scale events and is due to this fact much less related for cellular-focused marketers. This video from Microsoft Research reveals how projection-based augmented reality, which is also known as spatial augmented reality, will be experienced.
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Home Women Senator empowers 250 youths, women in agric in Ekiti
Senator empowers 250 youths, women in agric in Ekiti
SEN. Opeyemi Bamidele, representing Ekiti Central Senatorial District, has trained no fewer than 250 youths and women in rice and fish farming as well as animal feed production in his senatorial district.
Speaking at the end of the training in Ado-Ekiti on Thursday, Bamidele, represented by his Senior Legislative Assistant, Mr Bunmi Oguntuase, said that his vision was to revamp agriculture and encourage youths in farming to make them self-reliant.
Bamidele, who is also the Chairman, Senate Committee on Judiciary and Human Rights, said that the training had become imperative owing to the escalating rate of unemployment in the country.
This, he said, had made it practically impossible for people to feed and have the basic things of life.
The senator said he decided to train the youth in rice production to complement the rice processing plant already facilitated into the state by Gov. Kayode Fayemi to boost production.
Bamidele also disclosed that the governor had signed a memorandum of understanding (MoU) with Dangote and Stallion Group for the establishment of a N3.5 billion rice mill in the state.
“Hundreds of youths have been trained in rice and fish farming as well as animal feed production in the state.
“The beneficiaries will be empowered with start-up funds for the agric business that will make them economically self-reliant, rather than being job seekers,’’ he said.
The lawmaker said that with the high level of unemployment in the country, it had become expedient for leaders to think about how best to develop agriculture, especially in the areas where Ekiti had comparative advantage.
“Nigerians must look back into history very well. During the time of regional system, Chief Obafemi Awolowo relied on agriculture to fund free education and other laudable projects at that time.
“Available statistics show that more than 85 percent of Nigerian graduates are either unemployed or underemployed. This is killing and not too good for our future as a nation,” Bamidele said.
He expressed the regret that many Nigerians were still having the nostalgic feelings of the old cocoa period of the old Western region and the groundnut pyramid of the old Northern region.
Bamidele said that those were the good old days when the country’s development indices were high and favourable, unlike what was obtainable now.
“Youths must be equipped and encouraged to embrace commercial agriculture.
“Agriculture has gone beyond subsistence level. It has become a veritable source of business that can create employment and wealth,’’ he said.
Two of the beneficiaries, Mr Michael Akinleye and Mrs Adenike Popoola, commended the senator for fashioning out the best way of rescuing the unemployed youth and women in his constituency from poverty.
The participants, who said that the training would be of immense help, considering the pervasive dearth of white-collar jobs in the country, however, warned their colleagues against misapplying the start-up funds.
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Visit Mayan Natives of Yucatan Jungle by Bonnie and Bill Neely
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The Riviera Maya on the Yucatan of Mexico is a very special place. Thick tropical jungles of lush greenery embrace the pale yellow, soft sand of the playas, or beaches, which are continually kissed by gentle waves of the warm, clear aqua-green, opalescent Caribbean waters. As I lazily watch fluffy white clouds drift across the azure sky, I lie on a comfortable beach chair warmed by the bright sun and think of the people who have come and gone from these beautiful shores. Since over a millennium before Christ, the Mayan civilization thrived in this rich peninsula and preserved the land that provided their needs with abundant fruits and animals, birds, and sealife. The Yucatan has many cenotas ,or underground fresh water rivers, flowing through limestone tunnels and caves, which the Mayans kept pure as their source of life. And, thanks to the strict building codes and careful planning of current developers and the government, visitors can still enjoy much of the unspoiled landscape and seascape of the ancients.
In the 16th century the Spaniards arrived by ships and took over by force, killing many Mayans with swords or with European diseases. These armies brought Catholicism to the Indians and took riches and slaves. In time the Conquistadors established themselves as conquerors and built missions, set up trade, exchanged knowledge, and inter-married with the Mayans, creating the mixed, or Mexican population.
But some of the Mayans deep within the jungle villages were spared the invasion and have kept their lifestyles and skills and beliefs somewhat intact from ancient times. In the 20th century people began leaving these villages to find work in towns. But some of these Mayan villages still exist within the jungles of Riviera Maya and their heritage and ways are respected. AllTourNative.com has created eco-tours which help these people preserve their way of village life with income from the eco-tourism enterprise. We traveled a couple of hours from Cancun Airport south to see the remarkable Archeological Site of Coba. We were able to climb to the top of the tallest ancient stone buildings and see the jungle and valley for miles around. We rode rented bikes through the large historic site for a wonderful morning. Then we were shuttled on a straight road several miles into the deep jungle, where we turned right at the tallest pine tree and arrived at the Mayan village of PacChen. It was a thrill to visit in the town which is home to many families, who were healthy, clean, happy and friendly. Their small palapa houses with dirt floors and thatch roofs have never had signs of modern life until the summer of 2008 when they received electricity, The first thing they did with the money they had earned from tourist visits was to buy a television for the village!
In Pac Chen we found wonderful activities to fill all the rest of our daylight hours. We had a guided tour into the jungle, learning about the vegetation, poisonous plants, and the animal life, which is mainly nocturnal. After walking for a half hour we came to an altar site where an authentic Mayan Shaman, or holy man, conducted a cleansing blessing and prayer service before we were allowed to proceed. Years ago the shaman had prayed fervently for a way for villagers to earn money and preserve their village. When AlltourNative company worked with the village to develop tours and activities yet preserve the jungle and the authentic Mayan way of life, the shaman was grateful and made a vow to God that he would conduct this cleansing blessing with every visitor in order to give thanks and to protect the cenote the tourists would visit. We formed a circle and the Mayan shaman carried a small incense burner made from a hand hewn log, which held the hot copal resin, burning fragrantly as the offering to the spirits. With a branch of one of the local trees he fanned the heavy smelling smoke onto each visitor individually as he said a prayer in his native language, looking heavenward. Then he placed the incense on the altar of flowers and fruits and lit candles, praying and bowing. Then we were allowed to go on to the cenote activity.
A sturdy stone well had been built around a large hole in the limestone. We could look down deep below and see the clear, cool, underground river. With modern climbers’ rope, harnesses, and caribinders, we repelled from the well into the fresh water where innertubes awaited us for the fun floating. When we were ready to ascend we had a modern rope ladder to climb up through another well that was above ground. What a thrilling experience. We were ready for a hot meal!
We walked back to the center of Pac Chen where the villagers had been preparing for us. On the night before we arrived a farm-grown pig had been butchered and dressed for cooking. It was wrapped in banana leaves and placed in a metal pot with a lid. The village men had dug a pit into the earth, and the large pot was placed on hot coals and then buried beneath palm leaves and dirt and rocks for 12 hours. We all watched and took pictures as the shaman ceremoniously dug up our dinner. It smelled delicious. The women, dressed in their lovely white dresses with elaborate colored flowers hand-embroidered on the yokes, had been making hundreds of corn tortillas all morning. They sat on the floor and made masa balls with their hands and then patted them on a low wooden table until they were perfect small circles. Then they fried them over an open fire.
We had a feast on tables covered with hand-embroidered white cloths which were protected by clear plastic overlays. We had never eaten such delicious small black beans and perfect rice. We rolled our pulled pork in tortillas and doused them with native pepper sauces the women had made, some very hot. We quenched our thirst and the peppery burn with freshly squeezed fruit juices the women had also prepared for us. No city restaurant could equal this delicious, home-prepared meal! We tried in English and Spanish to say thank you to our modest hosts, but they still speak Mayan and could only understand our big smiles.
Some of us had been concerned about finding bathroom facilities or pure water to drink, but purified water was available. Bathroom facilities were modest and clean and were western style toilets, which use a natural compost system to stay sanitary and odor free.
There were boats we could take out on the picturesque lake, and swimming was fun for those who wished to take a dip. We all wanted to purchase the simple handcrafts in the little village hut in order to help preserve the Mayan crafts. There were hand-carved animals of wood or stone, many kinds of jewelry, embroideries, pottery, Mayan calendars of ceramic, and other items. The hand-woven hammocks and hand-embroidered clothing were especially popular, and all were modestly priced.
We noticed a few cars in the village and learned the villagers do go into larger towns for supplies. They are isolated only by choice and with the determination to preserve their culture. We wondered, as we left, how much the new television will change the way of life and alter this beautiful native culture. The Mexican government provides schools within the jungle villages through elementary grades, and then the children must go to larger towns to continue their education. It was a day we will never forget, and it changed us, giving us first-hand knowledge of how people can live gently on the earth, without abusing or raping the environment with greed.
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High-throughput screening of a large collection of non-conventional yeasts reveals their potential for aroma formation in food fermentation
Amparo Gamero, Raquel Quintilla, Marizeth Groenewald, Wynand Alkema, Teun Boekhout, Lucie Hazelwood
Saccharomyces yeast species are currently the most important yeasts involved in industrial-scale food fermentations. However, there are hundreds of other yeast species poorly studied that are highly promising for flavour development, some of which have also been identified in traditional food fermentations. This work explores natural yeast biodiversity in terms of aroma formation, with a particular focus on aromas relevant for industrial fermentations such as wine and beer. Several non-Saccharomyces species produce important aroma compounds such as fusel alcohols derived from the Ehrlich pathway, acetate esters and ethyl esters in significantly higher quantities than the well-known Saccharomyces species. These species are Starmera caribaea, Hanseniaspora guilliermondii, Galactomyces geotrichum, Saccharomycopsis vini and Ambrosiozyma monospora. Certain species revealed a strain-dependent flavour profile while other species were very homogenous in their flavour profiles. Finally, characterization of a selected number of yeast species using valine or leucine as sole nitrogen sources indicates that the mechanisms of regulation of the expression of the Ehrlich pathway exist amongst non-conventional yeast species.
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flavoring agents/metabolism
gene expression profiling
hanseniaspora
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Decoding gas-solid interaction effects on adsorption isotherm shape: II. Polar adsorptives
S. Hadi Madani, Mark J. Biggs, Francisco Rodríguez-Reinoso, Phillip Pendleton
A unique set of 6 polar adsorptives of relatively large dipole moment and of increasing kinetic diameter were used to probe pore volumes available and their mechanism of adsorption on a well-characterised microporous carbon. Multiple adsorption isotherm measurements were made and repeatable results with relatively small standard deviations in amount adsorbed at low relative pressures were obtained. Inconsistencies were observed between calculated Gurvitsch volumes. Sources of these were analysed and identified as contributions from one or more of: (a) molecular sieve effects; (b) molecular packing effects, and; (c) 2D molecular structure formation due to hydrogen bonding. These inconsistencies were further studied by comparison with pore volumes derived via the Dubinin-Radushkevich (DR) equation. Qualitative analyses of the micropore filling processes were proposed, and substantiated by complementary DR analyses. Although most of the isotherms showed Type I character, recasting the relative pressure axis in logarithmic format highlighted clear differences as contributions from fluid-fluid and fluid-solid interactions during pore filling. Overall, the adsorptives were classified into three groups: (a) polar adsorptives with primarily specific interactions adsorbing as a condensation process over a relatively narrow relative pressure range in a medium and late pressure range (iso-PrOH, MeOH, 2-methyl, 2-butanol, H2O); (b) polar adsorptives with potential for non-specific interactions adsorbing as a condensation process over a relatively narrow pressure range in a medium pressure range (pyridine, iso-PrOH, 2-methyl, 2-butanol); and, (c) halogenated adsorptives adsorbing with an S-shaped uptake extending over a broad relative pressure (dichloromethane).
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AU - Rodríguez-Reinoso, Francisco
AU - Pendleton, Phillip
N2 - A unique set of 6 polar adsorptives of relatively large dipole moment and of increasing kinetic diameter were used to probe pore volumes available and their mechanism of adsorption on a well-characterised microporous carbon. Multiple adsorption isotherm measurements were made and repeatable results with relatively small standard deviations in amount adsorbed at low relative pressures were obtained. Inconsistencies were observed between calculated Gurvitsch volumes. Sources of these were analysed and identified as contributions from one or more of: (a) molecular sieve effects; (b) molecular packing effects, and; (c) 2D molecular structure formation due to hydrogen bonding. These inconsistencies were further studied by comparison with pore volumes derived via the Dubinin-Radushkevich (DR) equation. Qualitative analyses of the micropore filling processes were proposed, and substantiated by complementary DR analyses. Although most of the isotherms showed Type I character, recasting the relative pressure axis in logarithmic format highlighted clear differences as contributions from fluid-fluid and fluid-solid interactions during pore filling. Overall, the adsorptives were classified into three groups: (a) polar adsorptives with primarily specific interactions adsorbing as a condensation process over a relatively narrow relative pressure range in a medium and late pressure range (iso-PrOH, MeOH, 2-methyl, 2-butanol, H2O); (b) polar adsorptives with potential for non-specific interactions adsorbing as a condensation process over a relatively narrow pressure range in a medium pressure range (pyridine, iso-PrOH, 2-methyl, 2-butanol); and, (c) halogenated adsorptives adsorbing with an S-shaped uptake extending over a broad relative pressure (dichloromethane).
AB - A unique set of 6 polar adsorptives of relatively large dipole moment and of increasing kinetic diameter were used to probe pore volumes available and their mechanism of adsorption on a well-characterised microporous carbon. Multiple adsorption isotherm measurements were made and repeatable results with relatively small standard deviations in amount adsorbed at low relative pressures were obtained. Inconsistencies were observed between calculated Gurvitsch volumes. Sources of these were analysed and identified as contributions from one or more of: (a) molecular sieve effects; (b) molecular packing effects, and; (c) 2D molecular structure formation due to hydrogen bonding. These inconsistencies were further studied by comparison with pore volumes derived via the Dubinin-Radushkevich (DR) equation. Qualitative analyses of the micropore filling processes were proposed, and substantiated by complementary DR analyses. Although most of the isotherms showed Type I character, recasting the relative pressure axis in logarithmic format highlighted clear differences as contributions from fluid-fluid and fluid-solid interactions during pore filling. Overall, the adsorptives were classified into three groups: (a) polar adsorptives with primarily specific interactions adsorbing as a condensation process over a relatively narrow relative pressure range in a medium and late pressure range (iso-PrOH, MeOH, 2-methyl, 2-butanol, H2O); (b) polar adsorptives with potential for non-specific interactions adsorbing as a condensation process over a relatively narrow pressure range in a medium pressure range (pyridine, iso-PrOH, 2-methyl, 2-butanol); and, (c) halogenated adsorptives adsorbing with an S-shaped uptake extending over a broad relative pressure (dichloromethane).
KW - Adsorbate
KW - Adsorbent
KW - Mechanism
KW - Polarity
KW - Polarizability
KW - Specific interaction
U2 - 10.1016/j.micromeso.2018.11.039
DO - 10.1016/j.micromeso.2018.11.039
JO - Microporous and Mesoporous Materials
JF - Microporous and Mesoporous Materials
Madani SH, Biggs MJ, Rodríguez-Reinoso F, Pendleton P. Decoding gas-solid interaction effects on adsorption isotherm shape: II. Polar adsorptives. Microporous and Mesoporous Materials. 2019 Apr;278:232-240. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.micromeso.2018.11.039
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Zeckendorf taps Victoria’s Secret model for UN Plaza campaign
by REW August 2, 2019 August 2, 2019 01637
Victoria’s Secret model Leila Ndabirabe is the new face of Zeckendorf’s 50 United Nations Plaza.
The Burundi-born beauty is starring in a digital branding campaign for the luxury apartment tower designed by Foster + Partners and developed by Zeckendorf in partnership with Global Holdings.
Civil war forced Ndabirabe and her family to flee Burundi for Belgium when she was a child. There, the multi-lingual model – she speaks seven languages – was discovered while studying law at the Université libre de Bruxelles and got her first big break walking in a Victoria Beckham show at New York Fashion Week.
Now a resident of the Big Apple, Ndabirabe has gone on to walk for a slew of design greats, from Versace and de la Renta to Marc Jacobs and Michael Kors, appeared in Vogue and sparkled in the Victoria’s Secret Fashion Show.
She has also become an advocate for diversity in the modeling world and continues to raise awareness of the ongoing destruction of African civil war.
There are 12 apartments still available in the tower
Sources say the Zeckendorfs feel Ndabirbe exemplifies the international appeal of 50 UN Plaza as “an international humanitarian, model and scholar.”
“The new campaign brings a vision to the building, befitting its character as a global home to its residents, and a luxury high rise fitting seamlessly into the Manhattan skyline,” said a spokesman.
There are just 12 apartments still available at the 88-unit tower, ranging from a $1.87 million one-bedroom to a full-floor penthouse for $18.25 million. A duplex penthouse is also expected to be introduced to the market in the fall.
“We could not be more pleased with the sales success at 50 United Nations Plaza,” said Arthur Zeckendorf, co-chairman, Zeckendorf Development.
“This new attention to the building will afford prospective buyers an opportunity to see how our original vision has now been realized,” added William Lie Zeckendorf.
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Community-based Approach for Sustainable Peacebuilding
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The impact of violent conflicts on any country and its society is inevitably destructive and devastating. The effects on the state and civilians can be multifaceted from tangible injuries, killing, and damage to intangible pervasive fears and psychological traumas. Sadly, more than 1.4 billion people, including half of the world’s extremely poor people, are bound to live in fragile and conflict-affected settings with more than 65 million being forcibly displaced. These dynamics are only set to grow and are expected to cross the line of 82% growth by the end of 2030 unless the world takes appropriate measures to prevent it.
Reconciling conflicts and achieving sustainable peace have been the subjects of focus throughout the recent decade, with a number of development agencies and countries investing in them. Sustainable peace is a concept endorsed by the UN general assembly that stresses the importance of having a long-term, comprehensive vision in all responses to violent conflicts to end vicious cycles of lapse and relapse. Historical evidence and experience suggest that communities remain relatively resilient in conflict settings, providing coping mechanisms for insecurity and fragility. Thus, growing attention is being paid to the adoption of community-based approaches while dealing with conflicts.
What is a community-based approach to peacebuilding?
The community-based approach seeks to empower local community groups and institutions by expanding their direct controls over investment decisions, project planning, monitoring, and evaluation. The key to the approach is inclusive participation that creates a sense of community ownership and lays the ground for the sustainability of development interventions.
A community-based approach is a constructive tool that complements the weaknesses of public institutions, strengthens local governance, and reconnects the state with its citizens. The community-based approach facilitates the accumulation of social capital in divided societies and fosters a safe space for interaction between different groups. It can be applied in various contexts and circumstances from conflict prevention to peacekeeping and reconciliation.
Key Challenges with Community-based Approach
A community-based approach does not always result in conflict resolution or mitigation
Although the community-based approach has a great potential to contribute to sustainable peacebuilding, in practice it usually seeks to transform the relationships, facilitates collaboration between different actors, and links to broader peace strategies. Inclusive processes can promote community solidarity and the creation of social capital. However, since the dominant groups often feel threatened by a participatory approach that challenges traditional decision-making structure, they shall be resistant to changes and broader reforms in order to preserve the authority. Therefore, the community-based approach has the potential to either diffuse or exacerbate the existing conflicts.
A community-based approach does not necessarily mean greater inclusion or participation
Frequently, the community-based approach simply mirrors pre-existing social and cultural patterns resulting in further marginalization of e.g., women, poor, and other socially excluded groups as they refrain or are restricted from participation in forums. In such cases, traditionally dominant groups manage to even enhance their influence and power resulting in greater gap and inequitable societies.
A community-based approach may give rise to the risk of power concentration in the hands of the elite
Elites might be able to exercise greater control over community groups and manipulate the structure for their own benefit or political purposes. In this case, transparency can get compromised and result in power abuse from dominant groups.
Inclusive Peace Talks – The Case of Columbia
Despite being one of the more stable democracies in Latin America, Columbia has suffered protracted armed conflict. The country demonstrates the highest inequality rates in the region after Honduras with gross historical injustices and impunity. Columbia is navigating a sea of paradoxes with a blossoming culture of peace despite deep-rooted beliefs and attitudes that foster violence.
The peace agreement between the Government of Columbia and the Armed Revolutionary Forces of Columbia (FARC) was reached in 2016, becoming the first peace pact to put an end to the armed conflict since the Nepalese Comprehensive Peace Agreement in 2006. It became a sign of hope and humanity and made the world believe in the power of dialogue and peace negotiations.
Innovations around Participation and Social Inclusion in Peace Talks
The peace processes in Columbia have been thought of as the acts of strengthening democracy where negotiations were directed towards transforming the power dynamics of the country. During 4 years of Negotiations, the Government and the FARC were able to design an agreement that responded to the claims of each party. Throughout the peace talks, Columbia developed remarkable mechanisms for participation and social inclusion. The negotiations involved all the affected groups from private and security sectors and consultants to victims to peace talks, women, and LGBTI organizations as well as ethnic minorities.
The Government and the FARC set up a number of new bodies and designated institutional mechanisms to foster public participation, identify the needs of the societies, and draft related development plans.
What could go wrong when everything goes right?
Although the peace agreement was a huge step forward for the stability of the country, Columbian society inside was left divided and polarized full of mistrust, skepticism, and opposition. In 2016, the government encountered an unexpected setback when the peace agreement got narrowly rejected in a plebiscite. Although at that time it was almost impossible to believe that anyone would campaign a ‘NO’ vote, many did. In fact, the peace supporters polled 60’000 votes less than the opposition.
As paradoxical as it sounds, the agreement that was designed with the best of intentions turned out to be a mere reflection of citizens’ fears. Those, who were directly affected by conflicts voted in favor of the pact yet others went against it. Regardless of the innovations in public participation, the society remained unconvinced. It’s worth noting that the UK Brexit referendum and the election of Donald Trump as a president played their role in exacerbating social division.
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It’s that time of year again—election time! As with previous election cycles, sf.citi is offering our evaluation of the local propositions San Francisco voters will be asked to decide on in the November 2018 election.
We hope our recommendations help you make sense of November’s ballot initiatives, and invite you to take the sf.citi slate card with you to the polls (or refer to it as you fill out your ballot from the comfort of your home). Whether or not you agree with our recommendations, we encourage all San Francisco residents to contribute to the civic process, have a say in our city’s future, and vote on November 6th.
Embarcadero Seawall Earthquake Improvement Bond
Prop A: Embarcadero Seawall Earthquake Improvement Bond
Sponsored by: Mayor Breed (Main), Supervisors Cohen, Kim, Peskin, Yee, Brown
About Prop A: The measure would create $425 million of bonded debt for the City and County of San Francisco to pay for major repairs and upgrades to the crumbling Embarcadero seawall.
sf.citi Recommendation: Yes
The city’s 100 year-old Embarcadero seawall underpins and protects an estimated $100 billion in property and infrastructure that would be at risk should a major earthquake or flood occur – with rising sea levels, this is all the more likely. Long overdue for repairs, we support this measure to improve the seawall which protects utilities, transit infrastructure, residents, and businesses along the Embarcadero, Financial District, parts of SOMA, and many more locations in the eastern half of the city. Home to San Francisco’s economic core and many of its crucial transit hubs, including BART and Muni tunnels, the seawall is a problem we need to address before it’s too late.
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Prop B: City Privacy Guidelines
Sponsored by: Supervisors Peskin (Main); Yee, Ronen, Kim, Fewer, Cohen
About Prop B: Known as the Privacy First Policy, this measure would create and integrate a set of privacy-protective principles into city law. It lays out a number of personal data protection protocols that businesses would have to respect in order to get a permit for doing business in or with the City.
sf.citi Recommendation: No
Privacy legislation is a complicated matter, and for several reasons, the Privacy First Policy only complicates it further. From the beginning, this measure did not appear to be well intentioned. In writing the Privacy First Policy, the policymakers did not collaborate with the business community – the very industries affected by the policy. On top of that, the Privacy First Policy is also unenforceable to the extent that its application might be preempted by federal or state law. In addition to no collaboration and no ability to enforce the policy, we believe that creating a municipal privacy policy unnecessarily adds to the patchwork of privacy laws businesses must eventually adhere to at the state, national and even international level. With Governor Brown signing the Consumer Data Privacy into law this summer – which several member companies supported – and which ignited talks of a federal data privacy policy in Washington, D.C. and many other state governments, we do not believe that privacy should also be regulated at the municipal level. As the representatives of San Francisco’s tech industry, privacy is of the utmost importance to the community and our members, but we strongly believe this measure is not the best solution for protecting consumers.
Additional Business Taxes to Fund Homeless Services
Prop C: Additional Business Taxes to Fund Homeless Services
Sponsored by: Coalition on Homelessness
About Prop C: Known as the Our City, Our Home initiative, the measure would levy an average of about 0.5 percent in gross receipts tax on corporate revenues above $50 million. The estimated $300 million raised would be used to further fund homelessness services, primarily programs aimed at helping people access permanent supportive housing.
Costing up to $300 million annually, Proposition C is the largest proposed tax increase in San Francisco history. According to a recent City Controller report, this tax will result in 725-875 lost jobs per year, and increase by one-third the $900 million dollars currently being collected in business tax revenue annually -- all adding up to an overall negative economic impact for our City. Additionally concerning, the tax has no sunset clause and could mean a loss of $200-240 million in GDP locally for the first 20 years in effect.
The issue of homelessness is the most pressing crisis facing San Francisco. While sf.citi has repeatedly supported policy and tax measures that would contribute to a solution, including Affordable Housing for All in the June 2018 election, we believe Proposition C is fraught with concerning economic implications that outweigh its good intentions.
We believe that the solution to this problem requires a collaborative approach by all stakeholders in the community, including elected officials, the business community, and the nonprofit community—an approach we at sf.citi are committed to, but, unfortunately, was not taken during the creation of Proposition C. The issue of homelessness affects the most vulnerable members of our community and it is imperative that we work together as a community to create the most effective solutions possible. For these reasons, sf.citi recommends “no” on Proposition C.
Additional Tax on Cannabis Businesses
Prop D: Additional Tax on Cannabis Businesses; Expanding the Businesses Subject to Business Taxes
Sponsored by: Supervisor Cohen (Main)
About Prop D: The measure would place an additional gross receipts tax on cannabis businesses. As a general tax, the money collected would go into the general fund and generate a $7-16 million annual revenue source according to the City Controller. For retail cannabis shops, the tax would be 2.5 percent on the first $1 million in revenue and 5 percent on revenues above $1 million. Non-retail cannabis businesses would be taxed 1 percent on revenues up to $1 million and 1.5 percent on gross receipts above $1 million. The tax would go into effect at the start of 2021.
sf.citi Recommendation: No position
We take no position on a new business tax proposed for another industry.
Partial Allocation of Hotel Tax for Arts and Cultural Purposes
Prop E: Partial Allocation of Hotel Tax for Arts and Cultural Purposes
Sponsored by: Supervisors Tang (Main), Peskin, Mandelman, Brown, Yee, Cohen
About Prop E: The measure would reallocate about $32 million of the approximate $370 million generated by the existing hotel tax to arts and cultural organizations and projects in the city. The city already levies a 14 percent tax on hotel rentals, the proceeds from which are deposited into the general fund. By passing this measure, a portion of those proceeds would be directed towards arts and cultural services.
This measure does not create a new tax or raise the current hotel base tax, and instead ensures that existing revenue would be dedicated to arts funding for the city. In its current form, the Board of Supervisors must annually allocate the money raised by the hotel tax to arts and cultural services. In a time when many artists and arts organizations are struggling with funding and face displacement in the city, we support this allocation of the hotel tax to ensure a stable foundation for San Francisco’s unique arts and cultural offerings.
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July 16, 2003 -- A father of two, once in a heated custody battle with his ex-wife, is in custody of police. Manuel Gehring is suspected of killing his children, aged 14 and 11. His daughter, Sarah, and her younger brother, Philip, had been on a 4th of July visitation in Concord, New Hampshire with their father when they were last seen, but when Manuel Gehring, 44, was arrested in California last Thursday, his children were not with him.
Sadly, the two-week-long nationwide search for the missing children, presumed dead, may be over. Officials have not confirmed, but their bodies may have been found in the Midwest, according to Capital News 9. There is some speculation that the authorities flew Gehring to the Midwest to help search for the bodies. His defense is concerned that he has been in custody for two days, taken out of town by police without benefit of counsel.
Authorities were able to trace Gehring's 3,200-mile cross-country trip from New Hampshire to California through credit card transactions, but had no way of knowing where the children were. They were last seen with their father at a fireworks display in Concord on July 4. Witnesses spotted Gehring arguing with his daughter as they left the fireworks display, and the children were crying as they drove off. The case is now considered a double homicide. Gehring's trip ended with his arrest in a Gilroy, California, hotel room on Thursday -- nearly a week later.
Gehring was embroiled in a custody dispute with his ex-wife over the children. Authorities began the search for the three of them in what was initially described as a missing persons case after he failed to return the children to his ex-wife as expected.
The FBI received a tip on Sunday, and police unsuccessfully searched for the children's bodies in Toledo, Ohio. Investigators used a helicopter to scour a 20- to 30-square-mile area near Toledo along the route the children's father took. The FBI and the Ohio State Highway Patrol searched parks and open spaces in the Toledo area by air and on foot for seven hours but failed to find the children, dead or alive
Authorities don't believe the children were killed in New Hampshire. Authorities have been searching for the children and for clues to what happened to them along Interstate 80 in Indiana, Ohio, Illinois, Iowa, and Nebraska. Police tracked his route westward through credit card charges, which showed stops on July 5 in Newburgh, NY, and Emlenton, PA; July 6 in Joliet, Illinois, and Iowa City, Iowa; July 7 in Greenwood, Nebraska; July 8 in Winnemucca and Sparks, Nevada; July 9 in Rocklin, North Highlands, and San Francisco, California; ending up on July 11 in Gilroy.
Investigators would not initially say what was found in Gehring's green Pontiac van found at the Gilroy hotel, or what led them to northwest Ohio. The Boston Globe is quoting a law enforcement source as saying a gun, a shovel and other digging tools were found in the van in California after Gehring was arrested. Authorities have said only that the father is the only suspect in the case. He is accused of being a fugitive from justice and interfering with child custody, but arraignment has been postponed.
Secrecy is now surrounding the case. New Hampshire law enforcement officials canceled a news conference planned for yesterday afternoon. Authorities in New Hampshire and California declined to say why they believed the children had been killed, or if Gehring, an accountant who was laid off from his job last month, had confessed. The arrest of the father, described by neighbors as a devoted and caring parent, shocked many friends and neighbors. -- Edited and excerpted from articles written by John McElhenny and Eddy Ramirez in the Boston Globe, WNDU.tv, Capital News 9, AP/5 Eyewitness News, and by Farah Stockman and Eddy Ramirez of the Boston Globe
Police Use the Press: "Mind Games" in Hunt for US Ex-Marine and British Schoolgirl
British police question Marine arrested in Germany
July 17, 2003 -- Police carrying out an international manhunt for a former US marine who vanished with a 12-year-old British girl used "mind games" devised by experts to secure her safe return home. Toby Studabaker was arrested in the German city of Frankfurt Wednesday after disappearing with Shevaun Pennington, a case that sparked huge media attention.
The schoolgirl's parents said she had told them she wasn't being held against her will. Pennington was safely returned to her parents in Manchester, northwest England, five days after running away to Paris with Studabaker, 31. They met over the Internet.
Police paid close attention to advice from psychologists who warned them that Shevaun was in love with the man she had spent hours conversing with every day via her computer, and designed a series of appeals used by the press. After consulting FBI psychologists as well as their own criminal profilers, Greater Manchester police had privately asked the media not to disclose the pedophile allegations against Studabaker, which they feared could alarm or endanger Shevaun. Detectives had been aiming to reassure Studabaker that his best option was to let Shevaun go home.
Anxious not to antagonise Studabaker, detectives asked the press not to reveal FBI evidence that, contrary to the claims of his relatives, the ex-marine was fully aware Shevaun was only 12 during a year-long internet realtionship. The media were also asked not to publish details of a police investigation into Studabakers alleged sexual assault of his 12-year-old niece and a complaint that he gave a nine-year-old girl some "sex lotion" five years ago. Studabaker's arrest came after police sources revealed that child pornography had been downloaded from the Internet onto a computer used by the former soldier.
After parting from her in Stuttgart, the former marine, who served in Afghanistan, did not resist arrest as police vans blocked off escape routes near the US consulate in Frankfurt. Greater Manchester police had sent two officers to Germany to apply to the German courts for Studabaker's extradition to Britain. Prosecutors said there was no sign Studabaker committed sex crimes with the girl, but he will face abduction charges. -- Edited and excerpted from articles at MSNBC, SpaceWar, and Reuters
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Elon Musk Is Now The Richest Person In The World, With A Net Worth Of $191 Billion
Musk, pictured accepting the Axel Springer Award 2020 on December 1, 2020 in Berlin, Germany.
SpaceX and Tesla CEO Elon Musk has reportedly become the world’s richest person, surpassing Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, after his net worth rose to about $191 billion.
The South African entrepreneur’s value rose after a six percent increase in Tesla’s share price today, Thursday, January 7, increasing his stock value by $10 billion.
This took him past Bezos who had held the top since 2017, but with a net worth of $187 billion was now second to Musk.
Bill Gates is third with a net worth of $132 billion.
“How strange” Musk, 49, wrote on Twitter in response to the news, before adding: “Well, back to work …”
Musk’s net worth has risen more than $150 billion in the past 12 months, noted Bloomberg, due to “an unprecedented rally in Tesla’s share price, which surged 743 percent last year.”
In a pinned tweet on his profile, Musk noted his money was “intended to help problems on Earth & half to help establish a self-sustaining city on Mars to ensure continuation of life.”
Musk founded SpaceX in 2002 with the goal of launching humans into space, a goal that was realised last year with the historic Demo-2 mission.
Following the subsequent Crew-1 mission, the company is now hoping to begin regular crewed flights, while development continues on a vast new vehicle called Starship designed to take humans to Mars.
Musk is also the CEO of Tesla, which is now the world’s most valuable carmaker thanks to its popular electric vehicles.
Starship’s flight in December was to its highest altitude yet, around 12 kilometers.
In December 2020 he surpassed Bernard Arnault, the chairman of LVMH, to become the world’s second richest person.
However, Musk’s rise has not been without controversy, including being sued for defamation after insulting a rescue worker in a tweet, and being accused of violating US securities law with a tweet suggesting he would take Tesla private.
Recently, he was criticized for mocking gender pronouns on Twitter, having previously been admonished for doing so by his partner, the musician Grimes.
Grimes and Musk announced the birth of a son together on May 4, 2020.
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This year, Musk will be hoping for continued success with Tesla and SpaceX. The former is expected to continue accelerated deliveries of its vehicles to customers.
SpaceX, meanwhile, is expecting to test fly its latest Starship prototype as soon as tomorrow, Friday, January 8.
It is also planning to launch multiple crewed missions to space this year, including potentially a flight for the Hollywood actor Tom Cruise, the start of regular missions for private customers.
This article was originally published by Forbes.com. Read the original article here.
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The video can be found here at MTV.com.
Josh asked Ivan if he would be returning to direct the movie and he answered, “Yes” and with “hopes to start shooting this next year” we could see some amazing films coming out the year we are all supposed to perish.
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Freedom of Speech, News
FERA Statement: EU Filmmakers Join in Support to Budapest University of Theatre and Film Arts’ Students and Senate
Just like freedom of artistic expression requires artists to be independent and free of governmental censorship, political interference or pressures of non-state actors, sound academic practice requires universities’ academic freedom and institutional autonomy.
Both are key indicators are the quality of the national social contract.
We join our Hungarian Film Directors colleagues in supporting the students and Senate of the Budapest University of Theatre and Film Arts in their actions against a re-organisation which has effectively resulted in the university’s loss of academic autonomy.
This situation illustrates growing pressure on our common EU democratic standards and cannot be overlooked.
We call on European institutions to insist on a prompt resolution of the situation with the Hungarian government.
Contact: Pauline Durand-Vialle, CEO – pdv@filmdirectors.eu – +32 551 08 94
Download the Statement PDF version here.
Photo by Lazar Todoroff
UPDATE – 20/10/2020
Since we put up our statement in support of SZFE, we have received reports of the following developments:
SZFE has a new board of trustees, lead by Attila Vidnyászky, who has replaced the chancellor of the university Lajos Vonderviszt, whose contract runs until the end of 2020 with Colonel Gábor Szarka, a former defense minister’s chief of staff.
The university’s online infrastructure, including its website, Facebook page and emails are now under the control of the new leadership.
The students continue to protest and occupy the building of the university, reportedly refusing entry to Colonel Gábor Szarka after his appointment as university chancellor. Students ask for the departure of the new board of trustees and refuse to accept the new form of operation until the government fulfills their demands aimed at guaranteeing SZFE’s autonomy. Their blockade has lasted for 50 days now.
Reportedly, the internet connection in two campus buildings of SZFE was cut on October 13 as students held a forum.
The teachers and some of the university staff and employees went on strike on October 1st, in protest against the new board and officials whose appointments they considere illegitimate. The main goal is to regain academic freedom and autonomy.
SZFE has received support nationally, from sudents, the artworld of Hungary and many civilians, and internationally in statements of support and photos.
September 3 – 3sat
https://www.3sat.de/kultur/kulturzeit/ungarn-studentenprotest-100.html?fbclid=IwAR2rwQ8DkKs1pXyIoy4BIjV-3PU2PYcD9WLkTaie9_cyBkEgg_k3977hmqI
September 3 – Human Rights Watch
https://www.hrw.org/news/2020/09/03/hungary-continues-attacks-academic-freedom
September 4 – Euronews
https://www.euronews.com/2020/09/04/hungarian-students-blockade-university-in-protest-against-orban-reforms?fbclid=IwAR2rwQ8DkKs1pXyIoy4BIjV-3PU2PYcD9WLkTaie9_cyBkEgg_k3977hmqI
September 5 – Nachtkritik
https://www.nachtkritik.de/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=18537%3Asolidaritaet-fuer-universitaets-besetzung-in-budapest&catid=126%3Ameldungen-k&Itemid=100089&fbclid=IwAR2rwQ8DkKs1pXyIoy4BIjV-3PU2PYcD9WLkTaie9_cyBkEgg_k3977hmqI
September 5 – The Guardian
https://www.theguardian.com/film/2020/sep/05/pieces-of-a-woman-director-gender-neutral-awards-a-logical-move?fbclid=IwAR2rwQ8DkKs1pXyIoy4BIjV-3PU2PYcD9WLkTaie9_cyBkEgg_k3977hmqI
September 5 – Trouw
https://www.trouw.nl/buitenland/hongaarse-theaterstudenten-bezetten-universiteitspand-uit-protest-tegen-inmenging-kunstonderwijs~b3566c76/?fbclid=IwAR2rwQ8DkKs1pXyIoy4BIjV-3PU2PYcD9WLkTaie9_cyBkEgg_k3977hmqI&referrer=https%3A%2F%2Fl.facebook.com%2F
September 6 – ABC News
https://abcnews.go.com/amp/Entertainment/wireStory/hungarys-theater-film-college-protests-loss-autonomy-72850475?fbclid=IwAR1aOq2ZoWite6o_RuPAYB_nUaDL7aKHIrt8m35plrxiJkuV6ELAzq7txB4
September 6 – New York Times
https://www.nytimes.com/2020/09/06/world/europe/hungary-students-blockade-orban.html
September 6 – Washington post
https://www.washingtonpost.com/entertainment/hungarys-theater-and-film-college-protests-a-loss-of-autonomy/2020/09/06/16b11204-f059-11ea-8025-5d3489768ac8_story.html?fbclid=IwAR1aOq2ZoWite6o_RuPAYB_nUaDL7aKHIrt8m35plrxiJkuV6ELAzq7txB4
September 7 – BBC News
https://www.bbc.com/news/world-europe-54052182?fbclid=IwAR1aOq2ZoWite6o_RuPAYB_nUaDL7aKHIrt8m35plrxiJkuV6ELAzq7txB4
September 7 – Le Monde
https://www.lemonde.fr/international/article/2020/09/07/en-hongrie-la-faculte-de-theatre-et-de-cinema-visee-a-son-tour-par-viktor-orban_6051264_3210.html?fbclid=IwAR3d-tv36GgMuBq3mpG-dPsnAtB99io1AHW-BkcXrC2XzsHmVUjc5vIlpBE
September 14 – Heinrich-Böll-Stiftung
https://cz.boell.org/en/node/2021?fbclid=IwAR0SuH8xc08TiIoCw7wTX4hGwOy512xmGA_rf7DLEWvoVJyKOAEXPylKFBA
September 18 – Der Standard
https://www.derstandard.at/story/2000120085262/orbans-uni-trick-regisseur-laszlo-bagossy-ruft-eu-an
September 30 – France 24
https://www.france24.com/en/20200930-hungary-students-dig-in-at-blockade-for-academic-freedom
October 1 – Taipei Times
https://www.taipeitimes.com/News/world/archives/2020/10/01/2003744425?fbclid=IwAR1hYmLcrZNs2Fh04D0LDd2-zCp_Wrowayx3d10bWkFBjyfHStcClMJkcmg
October 5 – SZ.de
https://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/hochschul-streik-in-budapest-der-kanzler-soll-draussen-bleiben-1.5054824?fbclid=IwAR08uRBVQ9Rg9jwiS0nqHj9dLP8UuAEn-0fN3d5sadFciWKczuRvtLNV40o
October 11 – Autocracy Analyst
https://autocracyanalyst.net/david-takes-on-goliath-struggle-for-academic-freedom-in-hungary/?fbclid=IwAR3HQAAuaoZXMfa4CEWJrBOdNBmZGW3LHnRSkv_v2spGhSICWLvmyu_Q-nY
October 13 – Die Presse
https://www.diepresse.com/5881584/die-jungen-helden-von-budapest?fbclid=IwAR1Z4cXkd6TjiYdnwIyEP_BnaOg9kBPVxoKgbKiteN42JmuxBapGaePadeA
October 13 – Foreign Policy
Orban’s Macbeth
October 15 – Insight Hungary
https://insighthungary.444.hu/2020/10/15/military-colonel-shuts-down-internet-at-arts-university-campus-amid-ongoing-student-occupation
October 16 – Agence France Presse
https://www.barrons.com/news/university-blockade-standoff-escalates-in-hungary-01602855304
October 16 – SZ.de
https://www.sueddeutsche.de/kultur/ungarn-abschalten-und-gleichschalten-1.5075214?fbclid=IwAR2PmZ9iRK4T2z9oT5M17VvSwX9HNWC957_dYN5Pz26R8BQnsUVrwJrPcFQ
October 17 (updated on November 17) – Telex
https://telex.hu/english/2020/10/17/internet-is-permanently-shutdown-at-main-buildings-of-prestigious-arts-university-in-budapest-while-students-protest
October 17 – Daily News Hungary
https://dailynewshungary.com/students-blockading-drama-university-campus-refuse-to-leave/?fbclid=IwAR3s_M5odnjTYzQNE5rwxi1oaOldac1p8RN6OCCCWR_qxkGBebF48f9yC58
FIRST EXPRESSIONS OF SUPPORT TO THE MOVEMENT
#freeSZFE on Social Media
The European Film Academy
https://www.europeanfilmacademy.org/News-detail.155.0.html?&tx_ttnews[tt_news]=810&cHash=9708c141703b8240bbd1a0fc933636ef&fbclid=IwAR2rwQ8DkKs1pXyIoy4BIjV-3PU2PYcD9WLkTaie9_cyBkEgg_k3977hmqI
MDW – Universität für Musik und darstellende Kunst Wien
https://www.mdw.ac.at/1161/?fbclid=IwAR2rwQ8DkKs1pXyIoy4BIjV-3PU2PYcD9WLkTaie9_cyBkEgg_k3977hmqI
https://www.facebook.com/Burgtheater/
“My Dreams Have Not Gone Gray”, by ACCIÓN Spanish delegate Floreal Peleato
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Klemen Dvornik
DSR, Slovenia
Klemen Dvornik (1977) graduated in film and TV-directing at AGRFT (The Academy of Theatre, Radio, Film and Television) in Ljubljana, Slovenia.
Until now, he’s directed more than 500 shows of various genres and more than 20 documentaries, short & full-length films and live concerts and has received nine national and international awards (best film, best documentary, student award, the audience award).He’s been working at the AGRFT since 2010.
In autumn 2017, he was appointed Assistant Professor of television directing.He is currently President of the Alliance of Slovenian Associations of Filmmakers and Chairman of Supervisory Board of AIPA, Collecting Society of Authors, Performers and Film Producers of Audiovisual Works of Slovenia.
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ExCo Member
Directors UK, United Kingdom
After university Bill worked for two years on the Fulmar Alpha oil-rig in the North Sea whilst weaning himself off writing dialogue-driven TV dramas like Nailed and lurching towards telling stories with pictures. Creatures of Light, his graduation film from the National Film and Television School won the Chaplin Award for Best First Feature at the Edinburgh Film Festival.
In a TV directing career spanning 30 years, workplace dramas include Mr Selfridge, The Mill and BAFTA-nominated Dockers (the story of their strike dramatised by a writers group of sacked Liverpool dockers, executive produced by their union for Channel 4); historical epics include Daniel Craig in Sword of Honour and Alex Kingston in Boudica (co- produced by MediaPro Studios and shot in Romania in 2002); detective dramas include the pilot of Lewis and writing and directing RTS and Prix Italia-nominated Guardians.
In stark contrast to his work on Spooks and Dr Who, Abrams Press have just published Bill’s first work of prose The Idle Beekeeper, a book about empathy (and raising bees).
Elisabet Gustafsson
ExCo co-opted Member
Swedish Film Directors, Sweden
Film director and scriptwriter, travels between Paris and Stockholm. At the moment, she’s working with a documentary shot in Mali and a short film about a guinea pig that disappeared in a parachute.
Hrvoje Hribar
DHFR / Croatian Film Directors’ Guild, Croatia
Born in Zagreb, Croatia, Hrvoje Hribar graduated in film directing from ADU (Academy of Dramatic Arts) in Zagreb. He has worked as a first assistant director, screenwriter, radio playwright, cook and essayist, contributing to the Croatian film Encyclopedia, Radio 101, Novi Prolog and Gordogan. He produced and directed the comedy What is a Man without a Moustache?, the highest grossing film at Croatian box office in the first decade of the Century, which was shown in more than 30 international film festivals. Prior to that, he also wrote, directed and produced two documentaries (The World is Great and Once there was a Man), as well as his first feature The Tranquilizer Gun. As a director and a scriptwriter, Hrvoje is also the author of Croatian Cathedrals (television film produced by HRT, Croatian public broadcaster) and the short film Between Zaghlul & Zaharias (produced by Tuna-film).
In 2001, he directed the TV series New Age for Croatian Radio-television (HRT). He was awarded the Oktavijan (Best Croatian film of the year) several times (for the feature Tranquiliser Gun, the documentary Once there was the man and the short Between Z&Z). Since November 2010, Hrvoje has been serving as a member of the Executive Committee of FERA. In September 2010 he was appointed Chief Executive of the Croatian Audiovisual Centre, the main audiovisual agency in Croatia, which he left February 2017.
Lou Jeunet
Groupe 25 Images, France
Former student at Femis, Lou co-wrote and directed four TV fictions, and a TV web series in 2011. In parallel of her filmmaker career, she teaches script writing and filmmaking at University. In 2017, Lou wrote and directed her first feature film Curiosa (produced by Curiosa Films, Olivier Delbosc, Canal +, l’Avance sur Recette, and distributed by Memento Films – release early 2019), with Noémie Merlant, Niels Schneider, Benjamin Lavernhe, Camélia Jordana, Amira Casar…).
Alberto Simone
100autori, Italy
Alberto Simone is an established multi-award winner film writer, director and producer whose solid career spans more than 20 years within the world of Entertainment including Theater, Music, Television, Advertising, Documentary and Cinema. His first movie “Colpo di Luna (Moon Shadow) was selected in competition at the 45th Berlin Film Festival, winning the “Jury Special Mention”. It also won the “Golden Globe of Foreing Press in Italy” for ‘Best Italian Director’ as well as other International Awards among which the “Coupe o Cour du Jury” at the Paris Film Festival in 1996.
Afterwards, he realised some of the most successful TV Movies and TV Series of the last years winning a number of awards and nominations.
In 2016 he wrote “The Italian Recipe” a film specifically conceived for the China market. The Script received the First Prize by Italian Culture Ministry and it will be the next official co-production between Italy and China. Afterwords, the movie happened to be the first official Italian Chinese co-production.
In 2017 he wrote a new original TV Series “Sins”, a very provocative and outrageous TV Series about secret and guilt that will be developed and produced in Canada in 2020.
In 2018 and 2019 he wrote and published 2 books in Italy, become Best Sellers. Along with a script for the US market “A family Flaw”, US remake of is previous Italian TV movie “Un difetto di famiglia”.
In 2020 the shooting of The Italian Recipe, directed by Chinese director Zuxin Huo, started in Italy and will be completed in China in March 2020.
in the meantime, the US production “Salome” started the development of his screenplay “A family Flaw“.
Birgitte Stærmose
Danish Film Directors, Denmark
Early award-winning shorts screened at prestigious festivals (Sundance, New Directors/New Films, Berlin, Rotterdam) and earned her twice the EFA Best Short Film nomination, as well as awards at Berlin, Rotterdam, Melbourne IFF, Stockholm IFF, Dokufest and Danish Academy Award for Best Documentary for Out of Love. Her debut feature, Room 304 premiered internationally in the main competition at Karlovy Vary IFF, where it was awarded for the score and was released in cinemas across the country. She is also the co-writer on the feature film, The Idealist (dir. Christina Rosendahl).
Stærmose has in 2015 directed three episodes of the Danish TV2 drama series Norskov airing in Denmark, Norway, Sweden, the UK, the Benelux countries and the US. Her second feature, Darling, a drama set in the Royal Danish Ballet written by Kim Fupz Aakeson and produced by Peter Ålbæk of Zentropa Productions starring Danica Curcic, Gustaf Skarsgård and Ulrich Thomsen screened in Danish cinemas during the fall of 2017 and had its international world premiere at the BFI London Film Festival 2017. Danica Curcic was nominated as best actress by the Danish Film Academy as well as for the Bodil awarded by the Danish Film Critics.
Stærmose has directed the first two episodes of the international Starz mini-series The Spanish Princess, a period drama about Catherine of Aragon’s arrival to England in 1501. The series was released globally in May of 2019. She is currently lead director on the Julian Fellowes (Downton Abby) Netflix show The English Game – a period drama about the origins of professional football to be released as a Netflix Original Series in 2020.
Stærmose has been on the board of Danish Film Directors for over 10 years, and she is on her second term as FERA EC member.
C. Cay Wesnigk
AG DOK, Germany
C. Cay Wesnigk studied visual communication at the University of Arts in Hamburg. 1987 he founded the CCW Counter Clockwise Filmproduktion. Since then he has written, directed and/or produced several feature length and short films. These have all been shown on television, some also have been distributed in cinemas and some also in the video home market. Most of Wesnigks films have been shown and some even have been awarded on festivals all over the world. You can find a list of his films, as well as trailers and downloads and more information on his work http://www.onlinefilm.org/en_EN/community/4878
In 2000, together with 120 other producers, directors and authors he founded the OnlineFILM AG as a public company to use digital technologies for the distribution of audiovisual content. He has worked as CEO of OnlineFILM AG since then, today over 800 films are available to be purchased for download and stream internationally (www.onlinefilm.org).
Wesnigk is active member on the board of AG DOK, Germany’s largest community of independent directors and producers (900 members) (www.agdok.de). And also, board member of VG Bild-Kunst, the German collecting agency for creative Artists and Producers of films (www.bild-kunst.de). In 2008 together with Volker Barth he founded AnthroMedia GbR a company to produce documentaries on science, society and history ( www.anthro-media.com). Through the production of two feature lenght compilation films ( topic nazi Germany and east Germany) and several DocuFiction movies on the ealry west Germany he has started a collection of Amateur fims and has amassed a collection that spans form the late 1920s till the late 1980s. With his company “CCW Fim Archive” he offers this material to be used in new films or as research material for historic films.
In 2019 he produced the Film “SAZ – the key of trust” by newcomer director Stephan Talneau. It premiered in April at the Istanbul Filmfestival and is curently in the festival circuit and seeking distribution. The TV Version was broadcasted on ARTE in April 2019.
Films by C. Cay Wesnigk (Selection): VERGESSEN SIE ́S (Spielfilm, ZDF Das kleine Fernsehspiel 1987); VIER WÄNDE, EINE DEUTSCHE EINHEIT (Dokumentarspiel, 1990, mit Dominique Horowitz, Glashaus – Preis der IG-Medien; KINDER, KADER, KOMMANDEURE (Kompilationsfilm, 1991/92, Idee / Produktion, Regie: Wolfgang Kissel); IM BUS, IN DER FUSSGÄNGERZONE, IN DER KNEIPE, IM ZUG (Kinospots gegen Rassismus und Gewalt, 1993- 97, Buch / Regie); LUX ET UMBRA (Experimentalfilm, 1996, mit Adolf Bollmann); KÖNNTEN SIE SICH VORSTELLEN (1997, Kurzfilm); GLETSCHER – FIEBERTHERMOMETER DER ERDE (wissenschaftliches Feature, ARTE/NDR 1997); DAS VERMÄCHTNIS DES JENS KLIPPER (mit Adolf Bollmann, Kurzfilm, 1998); BALL-SPIEL (Kinder- Kurzfilm, Regie, ZDF 1998); ANTONIA LÄSST SICH OHRLÖCHER SCHIEßEN (Kinder- Kurzfilm, Regie, ZDF 2000); CARL F.W. BORGWARD, AUFSTIEG UND FALL EINES AUTOKÖNIGS Regie (Buch Jörg Komorowski, Dokumentarspiel ARD/NDR 2001); HITLERS HITPARADE, Produktion, (Regie Oliver Axer und Susanne Benze) Kompilationsfilm, ZDF ARTE 2004, Premiere IDFA 2003, Grimme Preis 2004; DIE ERBEN, Coproduktion mit Allcom Film und AV GmbH 4 teilige Serie mit Filmen über Gloria von Thurn und Taxis (Buch u. Regie, Christian Weisenborn),.Christina Onassis, Buch u. Regie Andrea Morgenthaler) Hubert Burda (Buch u. Regie Kathrin Pitterling) und Wolfgang Graf Berghe von Trips (Buch Jörg Komorowski, Regie C. Cay Wesnigk) für NDR/ ARD 2007; SAZ – the Key of Trust (directed by Stephan Talneau, produced by C. Cay Wesnigk) for Anthro Media and ARTE/ZDF 2019 FESTIVALTEILNAHMEN: (Selection) Berlinale , Hamburg , Dresden, Leipzig Saarbrücken , St.Petersburg , Hiroshima Bratislava ,Chikago ,Hyderabad IDFA Amsterdam, Istanbul FF Preise: Diverse Prädikate “Besonders Wertvoll”; Glashauspreis der IG Medien für “VIER WÄNDE ” mit dem Autoren Rainer Jogschies; Ernst Schneider Preis für Wirtschaftsjournalisten 2003 für “Carl F. W. Borgward- Aufstieg und Fall eines Autokönigs” zusammen mit dem Autoren Jörg Komorowski; Grimme Preis 2004 für die Produktion Hitlers Hitparade.
Martijn Winkler
Dutch Directors Guild, The Netherlands
Martijn Winkler (1978) is a writer, director and digital creative, working at the intersection of online, cross media and linear audiovisual storytelling since 2003. International and prize- winning productions (including a Rose d’Or, Webby Award and EMEA SABRE Award), often with an innovative and/or online component.
Shorts, web series, drama series, documentaries and features. Former board member and chairman of the Dutch Directors Guild for 7 years, currently board member of FERA, member of ADCN, EFA and on the Advisory Board of the VU University Amsterdam, department of Arts and Cultural Sciences.
Pauline Durand-Vialle
Originally from Paris, France, Pauline has worked in film distribution and international sales. She joined FERA from her previous position as Deputy Manager in charge of European Affairs at La Société des réalisateurs de films (SRF), where she worked for five years. She is the Chief Executive of FERA since February 2014.
Lenuţa Berinde
Office & Communications Manager
Originally from northern Romania, Lenuţa is currently based in Brussels and works as FERA Communications and Office Manager. She started working at FERA in 2018. She has previously worked as DG COMM Schuman Trainee at the EU Parliament, as well as in various international film festivals. Lenuța is passionate about cinema, art and media, and holds an MA in Cinema Studies from Stockholm University.
Marco Bellocchio
Marco Bellochio began studying philosophy in Milan but then decided to enter film school. His first film Fists in the Pocket (1965) was funded by family members and shot on family property. He made a big impact on radical Italian cinema in the mid-sixties. In 1968 he joined the Communist Union, and began to make politically militant cinema such as China is Near (1967). In 1991 he won the Silver Bear at the Berlinale for his film The Conviction. The Wedding Director (2006) and Vincere (2009) were both screened at the Cannes Film Festival, the latter in the main competition. Bellochio was awarded the Golden Lion for Lifetime Achievement at the 2011 Venice Film Festival.
Isabel Coixet started making films when they gave her an 8mm camera as a gift for her first communion. After a BA degree in History by the University of Barcelona, she worked in advertising and spot writing. She won several accolades for her spots and finally founded her own production company in 2000, Miss Wasabi Films.
In 1988, Coixet made her debut as a screenwriter and helmer in “Demasiado viejo para morir joven”, which earned her the nomination for Best New Director in the Goya Awards.
International success came in 2003 with the intimate drama “My life without me”, a film based on a short story by Nancy Kincaid where Sarah Polley plays Ann, a young mother who decides to hide to her family that she has a terminal cancer. This Spanish-Canadian coproduction was highly praised at the Berlin International Film Festival.
Coixet has also made outstanding documentaries such as “Invisibles”, a selection of Panorama for the 2007 Berlin Film Festival, on Médicos sin fronteras or “Journey to the Heart of Torture”, filmed in Sarajevo during the Balkan War and awarded in October 2003 in the Human Rights Film Festival.
Isabel also directs Spain in a day, a collective film that shows how was a day in the life of our country, specifically on October 24, 2015, through images recorded by anonymous people through their tablets, phones or cameras. Based on Ridley Scott’s idea, “Life in a Day”, and with music by Alberto Iglesias, it premiered at the 2016 San Sebastian International Film Festival.
From Miss Wasabi Films, Coixet decides to support the production of projects by new women directors to favor the visibility of works directed by women in the world of cinema. A documentary and a short film have been produced within this initiative, as well as a fiction feature film and another short film in development.
Her first series, “Foodie Love”, explores the most essential of human relationships through the encounters of a couple and the delicacy and diversity of the food. It premiered on HBO in December 2019.
“Nieva en Benidorm” is her latest feature film. Produced by El Deseo and filmed in Benidorm during the first months of 2020, the film stars Timothy Spall, Sarita Choudhury, Carmen Machi, Anna Torrent and Pedro Casablanc. It is currently in the post-production phase.
Heddy Honigmann
Heddy Honigmann has lived and worked in the Netherlands since 1978. Since then she has made a film nearly every year, both documentaries and feature films. Music often plays a major role in her films, from The Underground Orchestra (1997, about musicians in the Paris metro) to Crazy (1999, in which Dutch Blue Helmets talk about their favorite music during peace missions) and Around the World in 50 Concerts (about the Concertgebouw Orchestra, opening film of IDFA in 2014). Honigmann was guest of honor at IDFA in 2014, with a Masterclass, retrospective and Top 10 of her favorite documentaries. In 2015 she became a member of the Academy of Arts at the KNAW and in 2016 she received the Oeuvre Award from the Prins Bernhard Cultuurfonds. Her long documentaries Crazy and Forever received Golden Calves (the Dutch equivalent of the Academy Awards). Crazy also won IDFA’s Audience Award.
Michaël R. Roskam attended St. Lucas Academy of Fine Arts in Brussels, where he studied painting and contemporary art, and the Binger Film Institute in Amsterdam where he graduated in 2005 with a master’s degree in script writing. After several jobs as a journalist for Flemish newspaper De Morgen and a copywriter, he directed his first short film entitled Haun in 2002. This was followed by Carlo (2004), another short film which won the Audience Award at Leuven International Short Film Festival. In 2005, he made The One Thing To Do and, in 2007, Today is Friday, based on an Ernest Hemingway short story, that was filmed in Los Angeles. Roskam made his feature film debut with Bullhead (prod. Savage Film) which was released in 2011. In 2012 the film was nominated for an Academy Award for Best Foreign Language Film. He was named by Variety one of the “10 directors to watch”. For Bullhead he received the Magritte Award for Best Screenplay and the André Cavens Award for Best Film by the Belgian Film Critics Association (UCC), among over 35 other international awards. In June 2012, Roskam was invited to join the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences. Bullhead became a major critical and commercial success, while launching the careers of actor Matthias Schoenaerts and DOP Nicolas Karakatsanis, who have both become Roskam’s close collaborators. In 2014 The Drop (prod. Chernin Entertainment), Roskam’s first US-based film, was released worldwide through Fox Searchlight, featuring Tom Hardy, Noomi Rapace, the late James Gandolfini and Matthias Schoenaerts. In 2015 he directed the first two episodes of Berlin Station, a television series produced by Anonymous Content. His next European feature film, Le Fidèle (prod. Savage Film & Stone Angels), featuring Matthias Schoenaerts and Adèle Exarchopoulos, will start shooting in Spring 2016.
Charles Sturridge
Charles Sturridge’s work includes the multi award winning adaptation of Evelyn Waugh’s ‘Brideshead Revisited’ with Jeremy Irons and Laurence Olivier, ‘Gulliver’s Travels’ with Ted Danson, Peter O’Toole and Omar Sharif. In 2000 he wrote and directed ‘Longitude’ (C4) with Michael Gambon and Jeremy Irons and in 2002 ‘Shackleton’ with Ken Branagh both winning Best Drama Serial BAFTA’s. In 2009 he directed ’The No 1 Ladies Detective Agency’ and the ‘The Road To Coronations Street’ which won the RTS and BAFTA awards for Best Single Drama. In 2012 he wrote and directed Daphne Du Maurier’s ‘The Scapegoat with Matthew Rhys and in 2013/14 he directed episodes of ‘Dates’ and “Da Vinci’s Demons’. His most recent production was ‘Churchill’s Secret’ starring Michael Gambon, Lindsay Duncan and Romola Garai. His films include: Runners, A Handful of Dust, Where Angels Fear to Tread, Aria, Lassie and the BAFTA winning Fairytale, A True Story.
István Szabó
István Szabó was the President of FERA from 2008 to 2012. István Szabó was born in Budapest, in 1938. He was an assistant film director and later a film director of MAFILM Hungarian Film Studios until the winding-up of the company. His films have won several international film awards such as the nominations of the American Film Academy for four times for the films : ‘Confidence’, ‘Mephisto’, ‘Colonel Redl’, and ‘Hanussen’, and the Academy has nominated his film ‘Being Julia’ for best female artist. His films have been nominated twice for the Golden Globe award (Colonel Redl, Sunshine). ‘Mephisto’ has won the Academy award and ‘Colonel Redl’ has won the British Academy Award. ‘Mephisto’ has won the David di Donatello Award as well; ‘Sunshine’ has won the Canadian Grand Prize. The scripts of ‘Sweet Emma’, ‘Dear Böbe’ and ‘Sunshine’ won the prizes of European Film Academy for best screenplay. ‘The Day of Daydreaming’ and ’25 Fireman’s Street’ have won the prizes of Locarno Film Festival; ‘Father’ has won the Grand Prix of Moscow Film Festival; ‘Confidence’ and ‘Sweet Emma’, ‘Dear Böbe’ have won the prizes of Berlin Film Festival for best director; ‘Mephisto’ and ‘Colonel Redl’ have won the prizes at the Cannes Film Festival. From the enlisted films above many of them have won the prizes of Hungarian Film Critics and the prizes of Hungarian Film Week.
Sverre Pedersen
Honorary Treasurer
Norwegian Film Makers Association, Norway
Sverre Pedersen has worked in the film and television industry since 1984. He has directed and produced several short films, music videos, commissioned films, TV dramas and one feature film. Though, it is documentary films which has been his main area in film production.
He has made a large number of socially committed documentaries with a focus on international solidarity, nature and culture, cultural heritage, anti-war and anti-racism.
In 2005 he was elected President of the Norwegian Film Makers Association and for 15 years he has worked primarily with film policies, collective bargaining, conflict resolution, copyright and other areas that fell under his responsibility in the Film Makers Association.
Now he is working as Campaign and Advocacy Manager in Freemuse, fighting for persecuted and imprisoned artists throughout the world.
The Civil Society of Multimedia Authors (SCAM)
pole.auteurs@scam.fr
http://www.scam.fr/EN
www.sacd.fr
Norske Filmregissører (NFR)
nfr@filmdir.no
www.filmdir.no
Norwegian Film Makers Association (NFF)
post@filmforbundet.no
www.filmforbundet.no
Associazione Nazionale Autori Cinematografici (ANAC)
anac@anac-autori.it
www.anac-autori.it
100 Autori
coordinamento@100autori.it
www.100autori.it
Greek Film Directors and Producers Guild (ESPEK)
espek2@gmail.com
https://espek1.wordpress.com/
Greek Directors’ Guild
ees@ath.forthnet.gr
http://www.greekdirectorsguild.gr/
Directors Guild of Germany – Film & TV Directors Guild (BVR)
info@regieverband.de
www.regieverband.de
German Documentary Association (AG DOK)
agdok@agdok.de
www.agdok.de
Society of Film Directors (SRF)
contact@la-srf.fr
www.la-srf.fr
Verband Filmregie Österreich (Austrian Directors Guild)
office@austrian-directors.com
http://www.austrian-directors.com
Unie van Regisseurs (UvR)
info@unievanregisseurs.be
www.unievanregisseurs.be
Association of Film Directors (ARRF)
info@arrf.be
www.arrf.be
Directors Guild of America (DGA)
dgawebsupport@dga.org
www.dga.org
Rättighetsbolaget / Teaterforbundet (TROMB)
info@teaterforbundet.se
www.teaterforbundet.se
Collecting Society of Authors, Performers and Film Producers of Audiovisual works of Slovenia (AIPA, k. o.)
info@aipa.si
www.aipa.si
Dacin Sara
office@dacinsara.ro
www.dacinsara.ro
F©R – Filmforbundets Organisasjon for Rettighetsforvaltning
medlem@filmforbundet.no
Israel Directors Guild
info@directorsguild.org.il
http://directorsguild.org.il/english/
Society For The Protection Of Audio-Visual Authors’ And Producers’ Rights (FILMJUS)
fj@filmjus.hu
www.filmjus.hu
Directors UK
info@directors.uk.com
www.directors.uk.com
Swiss Filmmakers Association (ARF/FDS)
info@arf-fds.ch
www.arf-fds.ch
Swedish Film Directors (SFR)/Teaterforbundet (TROMB)
www.filmregissorerna.se
Directors Guild of Slovenia (DSR)
info@dsr.si
www.dsr.si
Serbian Film Directors Association (AFRS)
darkolun@gmail.com
Polish Filmmakers Association (SFP)
biuro@sfp.org.pl
www.sfp.org.pl
Macedonian Film Professional’s Association
contact@dfrm.org.mk
www.dfrm.org.mk
Dutch Directors Guild (DDG)
info@directorsguild.nl
www.directorsguild.nl
Producers and Directors of Montenegro
office@ufpr.me
www.afpd.me
Luxembourgish Association of Filmmakers and Scriptwriters (LARS)
www.lars.lu
Lithuanian Filmmakers Union (SKL)
lks@kinosajunga.lt
www.kinosajunga.lt
Latvian Filmmakers Union (LFU/LKS)
info@kinosavieniba.lv
www.kinosavieniba.lv
Guild of Icelandic Film Directors (SKL)
skl-filmdirectors@gmail.com
www.skl-filmdirectors.net
Association of Hungarian Film Directors (AHD)
Groupe 25 Images
gr25images@wanadoo.fr
www.groupe25images.fr
Association of Finnish Film Directors (SELO ry)
info@selo.fi
www.selo.fi
Estonian Filmmakers Union
kinoliit@kinoliit.ee
www.kinoliit.ee
Danish Film Directors
mail@filmdir.dk
www.filmdir.dk
Association of Czech Directors and Screenwriters (ARAS)
info@aras.cz
www.aras.cz
Directors Guild of Cyprus
directorsguildcy@gmail.com.cy
www.cyprusdirectors.com
Croatian Film Directors Guild (DHFR)
dhfr@dhfr.hr
www.dhfr.hr
Union of Bulgarian Film Makers (UBFM)
sbfd@sbfd-bg.com
www.filmmakersbg.org/ubfm-eng.htm
Directors Guild of Bosnia and Herzegovina
urirubih@gmail.com
https://www.facebook.com/urirubih/
Film Director Guild of Azerbaijan (AZDG)
info@audiovisual.az
www.audiovisual.az
Austrian Director’s Association (ADA)
office@ada-directors.com
www.ada-directors.com
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H. P. Blavatsky - The Secret Doctrine (complete)
Blavatsky - The Voice of the Silence
Blavatsky, Cosmogenesis
H.P. Blavatsky - Isis Unveiled, Vol I & II (1877) (2402 Pages)
H.P. Blavatsky - Isis Unveiled v I
Blavatsky the Voice of the Silence
The Durbar in Lahore - Blavatsky
The Pineal Gland, Third Eye Chakra and DMT a Theosophical Perspective
Inner Group Teachings of H.P.B - Spierenburg
Mortui Liber Magistri
Theosophical Quarterly Index
Incidents in the Life of Madame Blavatsky - Sinnett
THE LETTERS OF H. P. BLAVATSKY to A. P. SINNETT
The Plagiarisms of Madame Blavatsky
Collected Writings Volume I-1874/78
Collected Writings Volume II-1879/80
A Critique of Alice Bailey - Endersby
Five Books From Madame Blavatsky
Collected Writings Volume IV-1882/83
Mathematics of the Cosmic Mind
MISCELLANEOUS LETTERS OF H. P.
BLAVATSKY (1831 - 1891)
- FROM MANLY HALL
- SIX LETTERS OF H.P.B. TO DR. HARMAN
- "MY DEAR WIDE AWAKE"
- H.P.B. TO COUNTESS WACHTMEISTER
- LETTER ON PRECIPITATION
- LETTERS TO HER RELATIVES, FROM THE PATH
- TWO LETTERS TO CONVENTIONS
- TO BESANT
- TO JAMES PRYSE
- FOUR LETTERS TO ALEXANDER WILDER
- LETTER ON EDITORIAL POLICY
- LETTER EXCERPTS FROM THE PATH
- LETTER TO COUNT WACHTMEISTER
- LETTER TO REBUS
H.P.B. LETTER:
MADAM BLAVATSKY - A TRIBUTE
- Manly Palmer Hall
When any thoughtful and fair-minded person is confronted with a book like Priestess
of the Occult, by Gertrude Marvin Williams, he is likely to feel a genuine sympathy for a
person so unfairly and vindictively attacked. It seems rather cruel and unneccessary to set
about a systematic process of tearing down the life and work of a distinguished woman
who is not alive to defend herself, and most of whose personal friends and associates have
also passed on.
Madam Blavatsky was subjected to constant persecution during the year when she
was establishing and expanding the Society which she formed. But she had the wisdom
and skill to defend the principles for which she stood, often by means little short of
miraculous. Perhaps, then, it is not entirely coincidental that just at the tinie I decided to
write this little tribute to her memory, a copy of a letter pertinent to the subject, written by
H.P.B. to a personal friend on July 5th 1890, came into my possession. As I am not sure
that the contents of this private correspondence has been published, it seems appropriate
to quote several extracts which are more to the point than anything that I could say. Let
Madam speak for herself.
As usual H.P.B. was in the midst of her critics, and her remarks have the rugged
quality for which she was justly famous. As Mrs. Williams is particularly incensed over
Madam Blavatsky's claims about the existence of mahatmas and adepts, H.P.B.'s remarks
on this controversial issue might have been addressed directly to our Denver authoress.
"All depends, you see, on what each of its means by Mahatmas or Masters. To a
Hindu, no doubt, from the very learned Subba Row, down to Babula - 'Mahatma,' Guru or
Master, is a naked Yogi with a chignon of entangled and unkempt hair on the top of the
head; one who whether all Adweita [Adwaita], Dwaita or Visishadwaita [Visishtadwaita],
. . . or Vishnava [Vaishnava], or whatever else, follows the rules of Patanjali, of Chartanya
Sankaracharya [Chaitanya Sankaracharya or any other of the known acheryas [acharyas];
one who calls upon the name of his 330 crown of deities, repeats parrot like his Aums, etc.,
etc. For me and those who know the Masters personally, our 'Mahatmas' so-called, are
nothing of the kind. Olcott is home, and you may ask him what our Masters are like,
whether from the description he had from me in New York and which was never altered to
this day, or from the two Masters he met personally - one in Bombay and the other in
Cashmere. My masters and the Masters are Yogis and Munis de facto, not de jure; in
their life not in appearance. They are members of an occult Brotherhood, not of any
particular School in India. One of their highest Mahachohans lived in Egypt and went to
Tibet only a year before we did (in 1878) and he is neither a Tibetan nor a Hindu; this
occult Brotherhood has not originated in Tibet, nor is it only in Tibet now; but what I always
said and maintain to this day is, that most of its members and some of the highest are, and
live constantly, in Tibet, because of its isolation and freedom from Christians; that its origin
is of untold antiquity, and is as much Masonic as present Masonry is little Masonic; . . . and
finally that if I spoke only (to our Fellows of T.S.) of two or three Masters it is because my
own Masters happen to be a Rajput by birth - and 'Koot Hoomi' a Cashmerian, and
therefore these were likely to be more authoritative with the Hindus than the rest of them.
Ask Olcott, Sinnett, and even Hume, and even the latter could not without saying a lie tell
you that I had not repeated this to them over and over again adding many a time that even
few lamas knew the whole truth about the 'Chapa' (menspirits) as they call them on
account of their having so little to do with the general mass of the people. I said and
repeat, that they are living men not 'spirits,' or even Nirmanakayas, that their knowledge
arid learning are immense, and their personal holiness of life is still greater - still they are
mortal men and none of them live 1000 years old as imagined by some. What I said and
say, was and is, the truth; those who will have it, all right; those who see in what I say a
cleverly concocted romance by me, are also welcome.......
When we went to Pondichery with Olcott to form a Branch, instead of fifty or sixty
members we got but three or four. Why? Simply because I had said to an influential
member that our Mahatmas did not sit buried in the earth letting their toe and finger nails
grow a yard long and the birds make nests in their top-nots - for such was his idea. He left
the T.S. and led away almost all others. Ask Olcott, he must remember the fact. And yet
in the very room where visitors came to see us, in the crowd there stood a living Mahatma,
whom I knew for years, who lives in the neighborhood, but whom no one seemed to know
in Pondichery, and who was mistaken for a Malayalin - a stranger!"
We cannot expect those who have no conception of an inner mystical life and no
intention of seeking enlightenment through the unfoldment of their own inner faculties to
understand or appreciate the esoteric tradition. They will not investigate, therefore, cannot
equip themselves with the means of passing an intelligent judgment.
The late Srimat Kuladananda Brahmachary, one of the most deeply venerated of
the Madhwacharya Order, said to me in Calcutta years ago, "If the West really wants to
understand the Eastern mystics it is not so difficult. Select from your Universities a group
of your outstanding students and professors; send them to us, and let them remain for five
years following our instructions and obeying our rules; then let these then pass judgment
upon our methods and our accomplishments."
The thousands of sincere and aspiring men and women in all parts of the world, who
are proud to acknowledge the debt which they owe to Madam Blavatsky, will be properly
indignant at a book which is so obviously an enterprise in catchpenny journalism. But they
will remain forever grateful for the light of Eastern wisdom brought to the West by the white
Yogini. We will always revere her as a faithful, unselfish servant of the Masters of Wisdom.
*In the passages quoted from this letter written in her own handwriting, the spelling
and punctuation have been left exactly as they appear in the original. In a few cases of
obvious misspelling of Sanscrit terms, the correct transliteration has been added in
brackets. - Ed. Theosophia.
- From Theosophia, May-June, 1947
SIX LETTERS OF H.P.B. TO DR. HARTMANN
1885 TO 1886.
Ostende, December 5
My Dear Doctor:* - You must really forgive me for my seeming neglect of you, my
old friend. I give you my word of honor, I am worried to death with work. Whenever I sit to
write a letter all my ideas are scattered, and I cannot go on with the Secret Doctrine that
day. But your letter (the last) is so interesting that I must answer it as asked. You will do
an excellent thing to send to the Theosophist this experiment of yours. It has an enormous
importance in view of Hodgson's lies and charges, and I am happy you got such an
independent corroboration; astral light, at any rate, cannot lie for my benefit. **
* On the request of Mr. and Mrs. Johnston and others I have permitted these private
letters from H. P. Blavatsky to myself to be published in the PATH, as they contain some
things of general interest. - Dr. F. Hartmann
** This refers to the clairvoyant (psychometric) examination of an "occult letter,"
which was printed, together with the picture, in the Theosophist of 1886. The psychometer
was a German peasant woman, entirely uninformed in regard to such things; but gave as
it appears a correct description of a Buddhist temple in Tibet, with its surroundings and the
inscriptions within; also of the lamas or priests and of the Master, and also of some people
working in the neighborhood of the temple. The picture could not have been read from my
own mind, as I have never seen such a temple, or if I have been there in the spirit, that visit
has left no trace in my personal memory. - H.
I will only speak of number 4, as the correctness about the other three letters you
know yourself. 1. This looks like the private temple of the Teschu Lama, near Tchigadze -
made of the "Madras cement"-like material; it does shine like marble and is called the
snowy "Shakang" (temple) - as far as I remember. It has no "sun or cross" on the top, but
a kind of algiorna dagoba, triangular, on three pillars, with a dragon of gold and a globe.
But the dragon has a swastica on it and this may have appeared a "cross." I don't
remember any "gravel walk" - nor is there one, but it stands on an elevation (artificial) and
a stone path leading to it, and it has steps - how many I do not remember (I was never
allowed inside); saw from the outside, and the interior was described to me. The floors
of nearly all Buddha's (Songyas) temples are made of a yellow polished stone, found in
those mountains of Oural and in northern Tibet toward Russian territory. I do not know the
name, but it looks like yellow marble. The "gentleman" in white may be Master, and the
"bald-headed" gentleman I take to be some old "shaven-headed" priest. The cloak is black
or very dark generally - (I brought one to Olcott from Darjeeling), but where the silver
buckles and knee-breeches come from I am at a loss. * They wear, as you know, long
boots - up high on the calves, made of felt and embroidered often with silver - like that devil
of a Babajee had. Perhaps it is a freak of astral vision mixed with a flash of memory (by
association of ideas) about some picture she saw previously. In those temples there are
always movable "pictures," on which various geometrical and mathematical problems are
placed for the disciples who study astrology and symbolism. The "vase" must be one of
many Chinese queer vases about in temples, for various objects. In the corners of the
temples there are numerous statues of various deities (Dhyanis). The roofs are always
(almost always) supported by rows of wooden pillars dividing the roof into three
parallelograms, and the mirror "Melong " of burnished steel (round like the sun) is often
placed on the top of the Kiosque on the roof. I myself took it once for the sun. Also on the
cupolas of the [dagoba] there is sometimes a graduated pinnacle, and over it a disk of gold
placed vertically, and a pear-shaped point and often a crescent supporting a globe and the
svastica upon it.
* The explanation of seeing the gentleman in knee-breeches may be that I was just
then very much occupied with the spirit of the well-known occultist, Carl von
Eckertshausen. - H.
Ask her whether it is this she saw, [[drawing]] Om tram ah hri hum, which figures
are roughly drawn sometimes on the Melong "mirrors" - (a disk of brass) against evil spirits
- for the mob. Or perhaps what she saw was a row of slips of wood (little cubes), on which
such things are seen:
[[drawings]]
If so, then I will know what she saw. "Pine woods" all round such temples, the latter
built expressly where there are such woods, and wild prickly pear, and trees with Chinese
fruit on that the priests use for making inks. A lake is there, surely, and mountains plenty -
if where Master is; if near Tchigadze - only little hillocks. The statues of Meilha Gualpo,
the androgyne Lord of the Salamanders or the Genii of Air, look like this "sphinx;" but her
lower body is lost in clouds, not fish, and she is not beautiful, only symbolical.
Fisherwomen do use soles alone, like the sandals, and they all wear fur caps. That's all;
will this do? But do write it out.
- H. P. B.
Wurzburg, December, (something), 1885.
My Dear Conspirator:* - Glad to receive from your letter such an emanation of true
holiness. I too wanted to write to you; tried several times and - failed. Now I can. The
dear Countess Wachtmeister is with me, and copies for me, and does what she can in
helping, and the first five minutes I have of freedom I utilize them by answering your letter.
Now, as you know, I also am occupied with my book. It took possession of me (the
epidemic of writing) and crept on "with the silent influence of the itch," as Olcott elegantly
expresses it - until it reached the fingers of my right hand, got possession of my brain -
carried me off completely into the region of the occult.* I have written in a fortnight more
than 200 pages (of the Isis shape and size). I write day and night, and now feel sure that
my Secret Doctrine shall be finished this - no, not this - year, but the next. I have refused
your help, I have refused Sinnett's help and that of everyone else. I did not feel like writing
- now I do. I am permitted to give out for each chapter a page out of the Book of Dzyan -
the oldest document in the world, of that I am sure - and to comment upon and explain its
symbology. I think really it shall be worth something, and hardly here and there a few lines
of dry facts from Isis. It is a completely new work.
* H.P.B. used to call me in fun her "conspirator" or "confederate," because the
stupidity of Certain persons went so far as to accuse me of having entered into a league
with her for the purpose of cheating myself. - H.
My "satellite,"** I do not need him. He is plunged to his neck in the fascinations of
Elberfeld, and is flirting in the regular style with the Gebhardt family. They are dear people
and are very kind to him. The "darling Mrs. Oakley" has shown herself a brick - unless
done to attract attention and as a coup d'etat in the bonnet business. But I shall not
slander on mere speculation; I do think she has acted courageously and honorably; I
send you the Pall Mall to read and to return if you please; take care of the paper.....
Thanks for photo. Shall I send a like one to your "darling"? She is mad with me
however. Had a letter from Rodha; she swears she never said to "Darling" or the he
Darling either, that I had "abused them to the Hindus."
To have never existed, good friend, is assuredly better. But once we do exist we
must not do as the Servian soldiers did before the invincible Bulgarians or our bad Karma,
we must not desert the post of honor entrusted to us. A room may be always had at
Wurzburg; but shall you find yourself contented for a long time with it? Now the Countess
is with me, and I could not offer you anything like a bed, since we two occupy the bedroom;
but even if you were here, do you think you would not go fidgeting again over your fate?
Ah, do keep quiet and wait - and try to feel once in your life - and then do not come at
night, as you did two nights ago, to frighten the Countess out of her wits. Now you did
materialize very neatly this time, you did.*** Quite so.
Yours in the great fear of the year 1886 - nasty number.
* This was in answer to a letter in which I complained of the irresistible impulse that
caused me to write books, very much against my inclination, as I would have preferred to
devote more time to "self-development." - H.
** Babajee.
*** I know nothing about it. - H.
[No Date]
My Dear Doctor: - Two words in answer to what the Countess told me. I do myself
harm, you say, "in telling everyone that Damodar is in Tibet, when he is only at Benares."
You are mistaken. He left Benares toward the middle of May, (ask in Adyar; I cannot say
for certain whether it was in May or April) and went off, as everybody knows, to Darjeeling,
and thence to the frontier via Sikkhim. Our Darjeeling Fellows accompanied him a good
way. He wrote a last word from there to the office bidding good-bye and saying: "If I am
not back by July 21st you may count me as dead." He did not come back, and Olcott was
in great grief and wrote to me about two months ago, to ask me whether I knew anything.
News had come by some Tibetan pedlars in Darjeeling that a young man of that
description, with very long flowing hair, had been found frozen in the (forget the name)
pass, stark dead, with twelve rupees in his pockets and his things and hat a few yards off.
Olcott was in despair, but Maji told him (and he, D., lived with Maji for some time at
Benares,) that he was not dead - she knew it through pilgrims who had returned, though
Olcott supposes - which may be also - that she knew it clairvoyantly. Well I know that he
is alive, and am almost certain that he is in Tibet - as I am certain also that he will not come
back - not for years, at any rate. Who told you he was at Benares? We want him sorely
now to refute all Hodgson's guesses and inferences that I simply call lies, as much as my
"spy" business and forging - the blackguard: now mind, I do not give myself out as
infallible in this case. But I do know what he told me before going away - and at that
moment he would not have said a fib, when he wept like a Magdalen. He said, "I go for
your sake. If the Maha Chohan is satisfied with my services and my devotion, He may
permit me to vindicate you by proving that Masters do exist. If I fail no one shall ever see
me for years to come, but I will send messages. But I am determined in the meanwhile to
make people give up searching for me. I want them to believe I am dead."
This is why I think he must have arranged some trick to spread reports of his death
by freezing.
But if the poor boy had indeed met with such an accident - why I think I would
commit suicide; for it is out of pure devotion for me that he went. * I would never forgive
myself for this, for letting him go. That's the truth and only the truth. Don't be harsh,
Doctor - forgive him his faults and mistakes, willing and unwilling.
The poor boy, whether dead or alive, has no happy times now, since he is on
probation and this is terrible. I wish you would write to someone at Calcutta to enquire
from Darjeeling whether it is so or not. Sinnett will write to you, I think. I wish you would.
Yours ever gratefully,
My Dear Doctor: - I read your part II - and I found it excellent, except two or three
words you ought to change if you care for truth, and not to let people think you have some
animus yet against Olcott. ** Such are at the end "Presidential orders" and too much
assurance about "fictions." I never had "fictions," nor are Masters (as living men) any more
a fiction than you and I. But this will do. Thus, I have nothing whatever against your
theory, though you do make of me a sort of a tricking medium.
* The fact is that Damodar was never asked to go to Tibet, but begged to be
permitted to go there, and at last went with permission of H.P.B., on which occasion I
accompanied him to the steamer. - H.
** This refers to my Report of Observations at the Headquarters at Adyar.
But this does not matter, since as I wrote to Dr. H.S. and will write to all - "Mme.
Blavatsky of the T.S. is dead." I belong no more to the European Society, nor do I regret
it. You, as a psychologist and a man of acute perception, must know that there are
situations in this life, when mental agony, despair, disgust, outraged pride and honor, and
suffering, become so intense that there are but two possible results - either death from
broken heart, or ice-cold indifference and callousness. Being made to live for purposes
I do not know myself - I have arrived at the latter state. The basest ingratitude from one
I have loved as my own son, one whom I have shielded and protected from harm, whom
I have glorified at the expense of truth and my own dignity, has thrown upon me that straw
which breaks the camel's back. * It is broken for the T. S. and for ever. For two or three
true friends that remain I will write the S.D., and then - depart for some quiet corner to die
there. You have come to the conviction that the "Masters" are "planetary spirits" - that's
good; remain in that conviction.
I wish I could hallucinate myself to the same degree. I would feel happier, and throw
off from the heart the heavy load, that I have desecrated their names and Occultism by
giving out its mysteries and secrets to those unworthy of either. If I could see you for a few
hours, if I could talk to you; I may open your eyes, perhaps, to some truths you have never
suspected. I could show you who it was (and give you proofs), who set Olcott against you,
who ruined your reputation, and aroused the Hindu Fellows against you, who made me
hate and despise you, till the voice of one who is the voice of God to me pronounced those
words that made me change my opinion. **
I could discover and unveil to you secrets for your future safety and guidance. But
I must see you personally for all this, and you have to see the Countess. Otherwise I
cannot write. If you can come here, even for a few hours, to say good-bye to me and hear
a strange tale, that will prove of benefit to many a Fellow in the future as to yourself, do so.
If you cannot, I ask you on your honor to keep this private and confidential.
Ah, Doctor, Karma is a fearful thing; and the more one lives in his inner life, outside
this world and in regions of pure spirituality and psychology, the less he knows human
hearts. I proclaim myself in the face of all - the biggest, the most miserable, the stupidest
and dullest of all women on the face of the earth. I have been true to all. I have tried to
do good to all. I have sacrificed myself for all and a whole nation - and I am and feel as
*Babajee, whose Brahmanical conceit caused him to turn against H.P.B. when he
became convinced that he could not make her a tool for the propaganda of his creed. - H.
** This explains the letter printed in the notorious book of V. S. Solovyoff, page 124.
The intrigue was acted by Babajee, who, while professing great friendship for me, acted;
as a traitor and spy. - H.
though caught in a circle of flaming coals, surrounded on all sides like an unfortunate fly
with torn-off wings - by treachery, hatred, malice, cruelty, lies; by all the iniquities of human
nature, and I can see wherever I turn - but one thing - a big, stupid, trusting fool - "H. P. B."
- surrounded by a thick crowd circling her * of traitors, fiends and tigers in human shape.
Good-bye, if I do not see you, for I will write no more. Thanks for what you have
done for me. Thanks, and may you and your dear, kind sister be happy.
H. P. B.
* The crowd alluded to is the same Brahmano-Jesuitical army which has now
ensnared certain well-meaning but short-sighted " leaders " of the European Section T.S. -
My Dear Doctor: - Every word of your letter shows to me that you are on the right
path, and I am mighty glad of it for you. Still, one may be on the right way, and allow his
past-self to bring up too forcibly to him the echoes of the past and a little dying-out
prejudice to distort them. When one arrives at knowing himself, he must know others also,
which becomes easier. You have made great progress in the former direction; yet, since
you cannot help misjudging others a little by the light of old prejudices, I say you have more
work to do in this direction. All is not and never was bad in Adyar. The intentions were all
good, and that's why, perhaps, they have led Olcott and others direct to fall, as they had
no discrimination. The fault is not theirs, but of circumstances and individual karmas.
The first two pages of your letter only repeat that, word for word, which I taught
Olcott and Judge and others in America. This is the right occultism. Arrived at Bombay,
we had to drop Western and take to Eastern Rosicrucianism. It turned [out] a failure for
the Europeans, as the Western turned [out] a failure for the Hindus. This is the secret, and
the very root of the failure. But, having mixed up the elements in the so-desired
Brotherhood - that could not be helped. Please do not misunderstand me. Occultism is
one and universal at its root. Its external modes differ only. I certainly did not want to
disturb you to come here only to hear disagreeable things, but [I] do try: (a) to make you
see things in their true light, which would only benefit you; and (b) to show you things
written in the Secret Doctrine which would prove to you that that which you have lately
learned in old Rosicrucian works, I knew years ago, and now have embodied them. Cross
and such symbols are world-old. Every symbol must yield three fundamental truths and
four implied ones, otherwise the symbol is false. You gave me only one, but so far it is a
very correct one. In Adyar you have learned many of such implied truths, because you
were not ready; now you may have the rest through self-effort. But don't be ungrateful,
whatever you do. Do not feel squeamish and spit on the path - however unclean in some
of its corners - that led you to the Adytum at the threshold of which you now stand. Had
it not been for Adyar and its trials you never would have been where you are now, but in
America married to some new wife who would either have knocked the last spark of
mysticism out of your head, or confirmed you in your spiritualism, or what is worse, one of
you would have murdered the other. When you find another man who, like poor, foolish
Olcott, will love and admire you as he did - sincerely and honestly - take him, I say, to your
bosom and try to correct his faults by kindness, not by venomous satire and chaff. We
have all erred and we have all been punished, and now we have learned better. I never
gave myself out for a full-blown occultist, but only for a student of Occultism for the last
thirty-five or forty years. Yet I am enough of an occultist to know that before we find the
Master within our own hearts and seventh principle - we need an outside Master. As the
Chinese Alchemist says, speaking of the necessity of a living teacher: "Every one seeks
long life (spiritual), but the secret is not easy to find. If you covet the precious things of
Heaven you must reject the treasures of the earth. You must kindle the fire that springs
from the water and evolve the Om contained within the Tong: One word from a wise
Master and you possess a draught of the golden water."
I got my drop from my Master (the living one); you, because you went to Adyar. He
is a Saviour, he who leads you to finding the Master within yourself. It is ten years already
that I preach the inner Master and God and never represented our Masters as Saviours in
the Christian sense. Nor has Olcott, gushing as he is. I did think for one moment that you
had got into the epidemic of a "Heavenly Master and Father God," and glad I am to find my
mistake. This was only natural. You are just one of those with whom such surprises may
be expected at any moment. Commit one mistake, and turn for one moment out of the
right path you are now pursuing, and you will land in the arms of the Pope. Olcott does not
teach what you say, Doctor. He teaches the Hindus to rely upon themselves,* and that
there is no Saviour save their own Karma. I want you to be just and impartial; otherwise
you will not progress. Well, if you do not come and have a talk - I will feel sorry, for I will
never see you again. If you do, the Countess and I will welcome you.
Yours ever truly,
* The reputed "Postscript" in No. 7, vol. xvi, of the Theosophist, goes to show that
in this case H.P.B. was wrong. - H.
My Dear Doctor: - I had given up all hope of ever hearing from you again, and was
glad to receive today your letter. What you say in it seems to me like an echo of my own
thoughts in many a way; only knowing the truth and the real state of things in the "occult
world" better than you do, I am perhaps able to see better also where the real mischief was
and lies.
Well, I say honestly and impartially now - you are unjust to Olcott more than to
anyone else; because you had no means to ascertain hitherto in what direction the evil
blew from.
Mind you, Doctor, my dear friend, I do not justify Olcott in what he did and how he
acted toward yourself - nor do I justify him in anything else. What I say is: he was led on
blindly by people as blind as himself to see you in quite a false light, and there was a time,
for a month or two, when I myself - notwithstanding my inner voice, and to the day Master's
voice told me I was mistaken in you and had to keep friends - shared his blindness.*
This with regard to some people at Adyar; but there is another side to the question,
of which you seem quite ignorant; and that I wanted to show to you, by furnishing you with
documents, had you only come when I asked you. But you did not - and the result is, this
letter of yours, that will also go against you in the eyes of Karma, whether you believe in
the Cross empty of any particular entity on it - or in the Kwan-Shi-Yin of the Tibetans.
To dispose of this question for once, I propose to you to come between now and
May the 10th, when I leave Wurzburg to go elsewhere. So you have plenty of time to think
over it, and to come and go as you like. The Countess is with me. You know her; she is
no woman of gush or impulse. During the four months we have passed together, and the
three months of utter solitude, we have had time to talk things over; and I will ask you to
believe her, not me, when and if you come, which I hope you will.**
As to the other side of the question, that portion of your letter where you speak of
the "army" of the deluded - and the "imaginary" Mahatmas of Olcott - you are absolutely
and sadly right. Have I not seen the thing for nearly eight years? Have I not struggled and
fought against Olcott's ardent and gushing imagination,
* This refers to a certain intrigue, owing to which Col. Olcott was made to believe
that I wanted to oust him from the presidential chair. - H.
** When I went to Wurzburg I found that the whole trouble resulted from foolish
gossip, started by Babajee, concerning me relations with a certain lady member of the T.
S. - H.
and tried to stop him every day of my life? Was he not told by me (from a letter I received
through a Yogi just returned from Lake Mansarovara) in 1881 (when he was preparing to
go to Ceylon) that if he did not see the Masters in their true light, and did not cease
speaking and enflaming people's imaginations, that he would be held responsible for all
the evil the Society might come to?* Was he not told that there were no such Mahatmas,
who Rishi-like could hold the Mount Meru on the tip of their finger and fly to and fro in their
bodies (!!) at their will, and who were (or were imagined by fools) more gods on earth than
a God in Heaven could be, etc., etc., etc.? All this I saw, foresaw, despaired, fought
against; and, finally, gave up the struggle in utter helplessness. If Sinnett has remained
true and devoted to them to this day, it is because he never allowed his fancy to run away
with his judgment and reason. Because he followed his common-sense and discerned the
truth, without sacrificing it to his ardent imagination. I told him the whole truth from the first,
as I had told Olcott, and Hume also.
Hume knows that Mahatma K. H. exists, and holds to it to this day. But, angry and
vexed with my Master, who spoke to him as though he (Hume) had never been a Secretary
for the Indian Government and the great Hume of Simla - he denied him through pure
viciousness and revenge.
Ah, if by some psychological process you could be made to see the whole truth! If,
in a dream or vision, you could be made to see the panorama of the last ten years, from
the first year at New York to the last at Adyar, you would be made happy and strong and
just to the end of your life. I was sent to America on purpose and sent to the Eddies.
There I found Olcott in love with spirits, as he became in love with the Masters later on.
I was ordered to let him know that spiritual phenomena without the philosophy of Occultism
were dangerous and misleading. I proved to him that all that mediums could do through
spirits others could do at will without any spirits at all; that bells and thought-reading, raps
and physical phenomena, could be achieved by anyone who had a faculty of acting in his
physical body through the organs of his astral body; and I had that faculty ever since I was
four years old, as all my family know. I could make furniture move and objects fly
apparently, and my astral arms that supported them remained invisible; all this ever before
I knew even of Masters. Well, I told him the whole truth. I said to him that I had known
* The great increase in numbers of the members of the T. S. was undoubtedly due
to the fact that, attracted by the false glamor of phenomena, fools rushed in "where angels
fear to tread." - H.
Adepts, the "Brothers," not only in India and beyond Ladakh, but in Egypt and Syria, - for
there are "Brothers" there to this day. The names of the "Mahatmas" were not even known
at the time, since they are called so only in India.* That, whether they were called
Rosicrucians, Kabalists, or Yogis - Adepts were everywhere Adepts - silent, secret, retiring,
and who would never divulge themselves entirely to anyone, unless one did as I did -
passed seven and ten years probation and given proofs of absolute devotion, and that he,
or she, would keep silent even before a prospect and a threat of death. I fulfilled the
requirements and am what I am; and this no Hodgson, no Coulombs, no Sellin, can take
away from me. All I was allowed to say was - the truth: There is beyond the Himalayas
a nucleus of Adepts, of various nationalities; and the Teschu Lama knows them, and they
act together, and some of them are with him and yet remain unknown in their true
character even to the average lamas - who are ignorant fools mostly. My Master and K.
H. and several others I know personally are there, coming and going, and they are all in
communication with Adepts in Egypt and Syria, and even Europe. I said and proved that
they could perform marvelous phenomena; but I also said that it was rarely they would
condescend to do so to satisfy enquirers. You were one of the few who had genuine
communications with them; and if you doubt it now, I pity you, my poor friend, for you may
repent one day for having lost your chance.**
Well, in New York already, Olcott and Judge went mad over the thing; but they kept
it secret enough then. When we went to India, their very names were never pronounced
in London or on the way (one of the supposed proofs - that I had invented the Mahatmas
after I had come to India - of Mr. A. O. Hume!) When we arrived, and Master coming to
Bombay bodily, paid a visit to us at Girgaum, and several persons saw him, Wimbridge for
one - Olcott became crazy. He was like Balaam's she-ass when she saw the angel! Then
came Damodar, Servai, and several other fanatics, who began calling them "Mahatmas";
and, little by little, the Adepts were transformed into Gods on earth. They began to be
appealed to, and made puja to, and were becoming with every day more legendary and
miraculous. Now, if I tell you the answer I received from Keshow Piilai you will
* In Ceylon everybody of high standing is called "Mahatma"; the title seems to
correspond to what in England is called "Esquire." - H.
** I could not doubt the existence of the Adepts after having been in communication
with them; but I denied the existence of such beings as the Mahatmas were
misrepresented to be. - H.
laugh, but it characterizes the thing. "But what is your idea of you Hindus about the
Masters?" - I asked him one day when he prostrated himself flat before the picture in my
golden locket. Then he told me that they (the Mahatmas) were their ancient Rishis, who
had never died, and were some 700,000 years old. That they were represented as living
invisibly in sacred trees, and when showing themselves were found to have long green
hair, and their bodies shining like the moon, etc., etc. Well, between this idea of the
Mahatmas and Olcott's rhapsodies, what could I do? I saw with terror and anger the false
track they were all pursuing. The "Masters," as all thought, must be omniscient,
omnipresent, omnipotent. If a Hindu or Parsi sighed for a son, or a Government office, or
was in trouble, and the Mahatmas never gave a sign of life - the good and faithful Parsi,
the devoted Hindu, was unjustly treated. The Masters knew all; why did they not help the
devotee? If a mistake or a flapdoodle was committed in the Society - "How could the
Masters allow you or Olcott to do so?" we were asked in amazement.* The idea that the
Masters were mortal men, limited even in their great powers, never crossed anyone's mind,
though they wrote this themselves repeatedly. It was "modesty and secretiveness" -
people thought. "How is it possible," the fools argued, "that the Mahatmas should not know
all that was in every Theosophist's mind, and hear every word pronounced by each
member?"
That to do so, and find out what the people thought, and hear what they said, the
Masters had to use special psychological means, to take great trouble for it at the cost of
labor and time - was something out of the range of the perceptions of their devotees. Is
it Olcott's fault? Perhaps, to a degree. Is it mine? I absolutely deny it, and protest against
the accusation. It is no one's fault. Human nature alone, and the failure of modern society
and religions to furnish people with something higher and nobler than craving after money
and honors - is at the bottom of it. Place this failure on one side, and the mischief and
havoc produced in people's brains by modern spiritualism, and you have the enigma
solved. Olcott to this day is sincere, true and devoted to the cause. He does and acts the
best he knows how, and the mistakes and absurdities he has committed and commits to
this day are due to something he lacks in the psychological portion of his brain, and he is
not responsible for it. Loaded
* The representative of the Society for Psychic Research was awfully angry because
the "Mahatmas" could not see the importance of appearing before him with their
certificates and producing a few miracles for his gratification. See The Talking image of
Urur. - H.
and heavy is his Karma, poor man, but much must be forgiven to him, for he has always
erred through lack of right judgment, not from any vicious propensity. Olcott is thoroughly
honest; he is, as true as gold to his friends; he is as impersonal for himself as he is selfish
and grasping for the Society; and his devotion and love for the Masters is such that he is
ready to lay down his life any day for them if he thinks it will be agreeable to them and
benefit the Society. Be just, above all, whatever you do or say. If anyone is to be blamed,
it is I. I have desecrated the holy Truth by remaining too passive in the face of all this
desecration, brought on by too much zeal and false ideas. My only justification is that I had
work to do that would have been too much for four men, as you know. I was always
occupied with the Theosophist and ever in my room, shut up, having hardly time to see
even the office Hindus. All was left to Olcott and Damodar, two fanatics. How I protested
and tried to swim against the current, only Mr. Sinnett knows, and the Masters. Brown was
crazy before he came to us, unasked and unexpected. C. Oakley was an occultist two
years before he joined us.
You speak of hundreds that have been made "cowards" by Olcott.* I can show you
several hundreds who have been saved through Theosophy from drunkenness, dissolute
life, etc. Those who believed in a personal God believe in him now as they did before.
Those who did not - are all the better in believing in the soul's immortality, if in nothing else.
It is Sellin's thought, not yours - "the men and women ruined mentally and physically" by
me and Olcott. Hubbe Schleiden is ruined only and solely by Sellin, ** aided by his own
No, dear Doctor, you are wrong and unjust; for Olcott never taught anyone "to sit
down and expect favors from Mahatmas." On the contrary, he has always taught, verbally
and in print, that no one was to expect favors from Mahatmas or God unless his own
actions and merit forced Karma to do him justice in the end.
Where has Sellin heard Col. Olcott's Theosophy? Sellin had and has his head full
of spiritualism and spiritual phenomena; he believes in spirits and their agency, which is
worse even than believing too much in Mahatmas. We all of us have made mistakes, and
are all more or less to blame. Why should you be so hard on poor Olcott, except what he
has done personally against you, for which I am the first to blame him? But even here, it
* In many minds the misconceptions regarding the "Mahatmas" gave rise to a
superstitious fear and a false reliance upon unknown superiors. - H.
** A certain German professor and spiritualistic miracle-monger, who never could
see a forest on account of the number of trees. - H.
not his fault. I have twenty pages of manuscript giving a detailed daily account of your
supposed crimes and falseness, to prove to you that no flesh and blood could resist the
proofs and insinuations. I know you now, since Torre del Greco; I feared and dreaded you
at Adyar just because of those proofs. If you come, I will let you read the secret history of
your life for two years, and you will recognize the handwriting.* And such manuscripts, as
I have learned, have been sent all over the branches, and Olcott was the last to learn of
it. What I have to tell you will show to you human nature and your own discernment in
another light.
There are things it is impossible for me to write; and unless you come here - they
will die with me. Olcott has nothing to do with all this. You are ignorant, it seems, of what
took place since Christmas. Good-bye, then, and may your intuitions lead you to the Truth.
* These papers, filled with the most absurd denunciations against me, were
concocted by Babajee out of jealousy and national hatred. - H.
(The Path, Jan.-March, 1896)
"MY DEAR WIDE AWAKE"
At left is a photostat copy of the only letter in H.P. Blavatsky's handwriting in the
Manuscript Room of the Archives Department of the Library of Congress, Washington,
D.C. It is dated November 28th, presumably 1878, which is of historical interest, as only
some weeks later, December 17th, HPB left the U.S.A. for India. She was accompanied
by Col. H.S. Olcott and Mr. Edward Wimbridge. Miss Rosa Bates, to join them later, had
gone on ahead to London where the others arrived January 3, 1879. From thence the four
went by rail to Liverpool, and, embarking on the SS Speke Hall on January 18th, sailed at
dawn the next day, and arrived in Bombay, India, February 16th, 1880.
A letter in our files, dated September 1965 from Iverson and Helen Harris who had
visited the Library of Congress and obtained a photostat of this letter, carries this notation:
"In 1940 this letter appeared in print in (1) The O.E. Library Critic, July-August,
edited by Dr. H.N. Stokes, Washington, D.C., who stated that it was found by Mrs. Carl E.
Clancy; and (2) Theosophical Nuggets of August 1940, as having been discovered by
Eloise Lawnsbury. [Eloise Lounsbury (sp.?, we believe was the pen name of Mrs. Clancy. -
Eclec. Eds.] In 1950 the letter was published in the booklet, H.P.B. Speaks, Adyar,
Madras, India, by C. Jinarajadasa, Vol. I, pages 102 et seq."
Mr. Harris adds that the editors above referred to responsible for the letter's
publication "obviously did not have an accurate copy of the letter before them," as careful
study "disclosed numerous variances." In some instances H.P.B.'s punctuation, italicizing,
and her use of capital letters were incorrectly transcribed. In addition, words were
substituted, other words and phrases were omitted." However, Eclectic editors find that
these, as far as they have discerned, were minor and did not change the sense; for
example H.P.B.: "die of a fit of cholera morbus." Variance: "die of cholera morbua".
H.P.B.: "You seem to be determined . . ."; changed to: "You seem determined . . . " Fort
Sumter is spelled by H.P.B. Fort Sumner. The above mentioned editors spelled it Fort
Sumpter; etc., etc.
The Harris Note also had this Memorandum concerning people and places
mentioned in the HPB letter:
General Abner Doubleday: General of Civil War. Captain at siege of Fort Sumter.
Major General and Commander of a Corps at Gettysburg. Originator of the American
game of Baseball, 1839.
Miss Rosa Bates: Accompanied H.P.B. and Col. Olcott to India. Said to have been
in disagreement with H.P.B. as to policy of The Theosophist. See Letters from the Masters
of the Wisdom, No. 29. She was from England.
Baron von Palm: Cremation. See Old Diary Leaves, Vol. I.
"Wide Awake", called "Lucretia" in the letter, was Mrs. C. Daniels of Providence, R.I.
Mr. Shin: Spelled "Shinn" by Col. Olcott in Old Diary Leaves, Vol. I.
Mott's Memorial Hall, 64 Madison Ave., New York City. Inaugural Address of The
Theosophical Society delivered here on November 17, 1875.
LUCIFER was started by H.P.B. in London in 1887. The date of H.P.B.'s letter is
thought to be 1878.
[We add: Edward Wimbridge: British architect, then living in New York.
Accompanied Founders to India; designed cover to The Theosophist 1879; etched on
copper a portrait of HPB. Later left T.S. and started a furniture manufacturing business.
Col. Olcott wrote: "He made the best furniture in India."]
We now give a complete transcript of the photostat of HPB's handwritten letter. -
Editors The Eclectic Theosophist
New York, Nov. 28
"Thanksgiving Day" - probably to the devil? and thanking him for all the evils
bestowed by him so generously upon America?
My dear "Wide awake".
Allow me to offer you my thanks for various favours received, & also those in
prospect. You seem to be determined to take my aged heart by storm. Well - go on.
Mr. Hayden will always be welcome. I wish he would come. But I do hope that he
will not do as a Mr. Evans, of Washington, a newly baked "brother" did last week.
Fancy, a man showing after two years of correspondence an intense desire to join
the T.S. Duly elected & diplomed. Writes craving permission to come to N.Y. & be initiated
in the lamasery. Receives graceful permission thereupon - also warm invitation.
Telegraphs that he is coming Monday. - Retelegraphs that he is not coming Monday but
Wednesday. Telegraphs Wed: "I'm a'coming," and - does not come. Writes he is sure
to come on Saturday & pass Sunday with us. Friday morning sends a cable dispatch,
"Cannot come, tomorrow, will come tonight, Friday, by the last train - 10 1/2. Great
preparations and a sumptuous banquet spread for the benefit of his hungry guts. 11, 12
o'clock - no Evans. No more of him Saturday morning. Finally a letter from him on
Tuesday, in which he pours out a whail of despair! Took train, came in good time to N.Y.
went to my house, rang bell for half an hour, got chilly, despairing, rang for the last time,
and as the door did not open, went back, i.e. crossed over to New Jersey, slept in a hotel,
and taking the noon train went back to Washington without seeing us!!!!!!!
I have met with flapdoodles in my life; never - with one of such 50 horse power of
flapdoodle!
Shin is not a Theos: but Shin came here last night, & warmed his shins at the cold
stove, & his heart in the depth of my beauteous classical features. Says his article does
not interfere with yours. He means to write up a "cameo " - (whatever it may mean) - of
H.P.B. and you crave for a biography I understand? Well, & who the devil prevents you
writing one? Say, I am born in three different places, at two distinct periods of the last four
centuries, from seven mothers and a half of one father! Tell `em, I am between 273 and
19 years of age, my nose being the most classical feature of my phrenology, you may add
that the above named proboscis having something else to do at the time of my birth, (or
rather, "last birth") could not present itself in propria persona, but left instead its "visiting
card" upon my classical countenance. That, I was reared by the Astrakhan Kalmucks, and
benevolently brought up and nursed by camels and the mares of the prince of those
Kalmucks, the Prince Tzerets-Vorchay-Tunge Tchickmak-Zuru. That - surprisingly enough,
I was born with a cigarette of Turkish tobacco in my mouth, and an emerald ring on my left
big toe, a small gooseberry bush, moreover, growing out of my navel. That I was called
Heliona (not Helen as people call me) - a Greek name, derived from that of the Sun, Helios
- because (1st) there was an eclipse of the luminary on that day, who knew prophetically,
we must infer, that it would be eclipsed for long years by the newly born babe, and also
(2nd) because of the possibility it gave the clergy & the missionaries of the 19th century
to spell it with a double L - (thus - Helliona) and assure the more readily their congregation
that I was an imp of Hell.
Now, isn't there facts enough to make Mark Twain himself die of a fit of cholera
morbus brought on by envy & rage?
Permit me now, lovely "Lucreta" to say to you a few words seriously. Please, let
Miss Burr (the Editor's sister) know them.
While our Society received $5 initiation fees and $6 for the yearly pay, we had
regular meetings, every month, had a Hall (Mutt's Memorial Hall) a library & all the
paraphernalia required. But while the "Fellows" residing all over the States, were regularly
notified of every meeting, they never attended them, and even very few of those who
reside in New York. Yet the notifications, stamped letters, stationery etc. cost the T.S.
more than the fees could cover. There was a general meeting of the Council a year ago;
and it was resolved to suspend general meetings, and for the Council alone to meet, once
a week. Three months after that we joined publicly our Mother Society the Arya Samaj of
India & it was resolved that all the initiation fees would go to the A.S. of Bombay as you
know. Thus, our Society has no means of its own & depends on the liberality of its Council.
For the last year Olcott pays for the stationery himself, and I pay for the postage stamps.
And it is a drag on my pocket, I assure you. That's all the secret.
Two days before the last ceremony described in the Sun (the throwing into the sea
of the Baron's de Palm ashes) one of our Hindoo brothers came over from England,
summoned the Council together, planned the ceremony and performed it on the following
night. There were but 21 persons present, mostly those of the Council & the chief officers,
not a single Theosophist was present (of the general crowd of Theosophists I mean).
Now, as I am going away in about three weeks (before Christmas surely) and even
if Col. Olcott starts but in Spring and does not go with me, we are going to have a meeting
called before my departure, for we have to elect a new acting President & a Corresp.
Secretary. General Abner Doubleday, (of Fort Sumner is to be elected. Vice Pres'ts are
Dr.Alex Wilder 565 Orange St. Newark - a great philologist and an archaeologist here, &
Dr. J. Weisse, a well-known philologist here. (Oh, Paris has applied for membership!!).
We have over 1000 Theosophists scattered in this Republic. Don't you know the
signs and password & grip. Why don't you try it on those you meet, and so find out
whether they are "brothers"? I cannot name them all to you.
By the bye Mr. Hayden has not sent his photog. card to us. He must send his
portrait. I am going to write to him for it.
Olcott is going to Providence again. Maybe he will see him. Remember Mr. Judge's
address. He is the Recording Secretary of the Society & you can learn everything from
him. Address 71 Broadway - Wm. Q. Judge, Counselor at Law. I suppose that under the
Presidency of General Doubleday there will be meetings held. Anyhow, we have two new
branches of our Society established: one in Corfu (Greece) and the other in
Constantinople, the richest Editor of the country, one who has a dozen of papers at least,
Angelo Nikolaides; and that of Corfu is Paschale Menelao. Another branch is now started
in Paris. Whom they will elect for Pres't I don't know, but Mr. P. Z. Leymarie, Editor of the
Revue Spirite 5, Rue des Petits Champs will always know. So you see, any Fellow going
abroad, and in whatever direction, will always find "brothers" - who have to lay down their
lives in case of necessity, for any other brother, of whatever race, color, or creed.
Please let this be known to Miss Ellen Burr. I will write to you from India and so give
you a chance for more than one startling article. Mr. Hayden too. But I want his portrait -
otherwise he be "anathema marathon"!
Miss Bates is gone to London - preceding me like a Theosophical Precursor, and
my four trunks are gone to Liverpool to await for me. So you see, I am ready. If you really
want any points for my biography name them plainly.
Good by. Yours ever truly,
- Eclectic Theosophist, No. 78
H.P.B. TO COUNTESS WACHTMEISTER
This is a letter from H.P. Blavatsky to Countess Constance Wachtmeister reprinted
verbatim et literatim and in full, portions of which only, as far as we know, have hitherto
been published.* These were in the Introduction by C. Jinarajadasa to the book edited by
him, The Early Teachings of the Masters, 1923, The Theosophical Publishing House,
Adyar, Madras, India, and the same year by The Theosophical Press, 826 Oakdale
Avenue, Chicago. These two are only slightly different in spellings, punctuation and
grammar. W.Q. Judge in The Path, Vol. VII, March 1893, also published this letter, under
the title "H.P. Blavatsky on Precipitation," but the first paragraph was omitted, as well as
nine lines later indicated by dots, and certain proper names throughout for which blanks
were inserted.
We are indebted to Jean-Paul Guignette Montreuil, France, for sending us a copy
which, he informs us, is made from the original edition of Reminiscences now in the
personal library of the late Jacques Heugel, a nephew of Countess Wachtmeister. M.
Guignette also sent us a copy of the letter written in H.P.B.'s own handwritting on paper
folded 8 1/4 x 5 1/2. Of this we reproduce here only the last page.
For the historical researcher, as well as for theosophical readers generally, we
should point out that the reference made to this Letter in Blavatsky Collected Writings, Vol.
VII, in the section "Chronological Survey," xxiv, item under Jan. 24, is in error. The
"important letter written by H.P.B." - this one to which we are now referring - was not to
Mrs. Marie Gebhard but to Countess Wachtmeister. In a letter from Mme. Gebhard to A.P.
Sinnett, she refers to this as follows: (The Letters of H.P. Blavatsky to A.P. Sinnett, Letter
No. CLXXX, p. 346, in the Section titled "Miscellaneous Letters."):
"The enclosed is from H.P.B. telling how all the phenomena occurred. It is in
answer to a letter of the Countess written while here to O.L. saying we did not believe in
all the letters coming from the Masters and other phenomena, and if she could refute the
charges. Send the letter back to Wurzburg to the Countess when you have read it. You
must use your own discretion as to whom you had better show the letter to start...."
And now let H.P.B. speak for herself. - The Editors
* Because, however, of printing technicalities involved, the words underlined by HPB
are here given in italics, and those doubly underlined by her, are here in SMALL CAPS. -
Eds.
My dear Countess,
In the "Coulomb: Blavatsky" letters (first series of Sept 1884) there is one addressed
by me to that woman from Paris the only one which, with the exception of mispunctuation
and two or three words that change the sense & make me utter thus a fib, instead of
making it what it is, - a quotation from her letter - I say (as far as I remember the words -
"If to save the Society (i.e. the work of the Masters Their creation) and do it good I had to
go in a public square & declare publicly & to the hearing of the whole world that I AM AN
IMPOSTER and FRAUD I would do so without one moment of hesitation. So would I now,
at any day.
Now, what you advise me to do, I have for the last three or four years attempted
most seriously. Dozens of times have I declared that I shall not put the Masters any
worldly questions or submit before Them family & other private matters personal for the
most part. I must have sent back to the writers dozens & dozens of letters addressed to
the Masters & many a time have I declared - I will not ask Them so and so. Well what was
the consequence. People still worried me "Please, do please ask the Masters" only ask
& tell Them and draw their attention to so & so. When I refused doing it Olcott would come
up and bother, or Damodar or someone else. Now it so happens that you do not seem to
be aware of the occult law - to which even the Masters are subject Themselves:
"Whenever an intense desire is concentrated on their personalities; whenever the appeal
comes from a man of even an average good morality, & the desire is intense and sincere
even in matters of trifles (and to Them what is not a trifle!) - They are disturbed by it, & the
desire takes a material form & would haunt Them (the word is ridiculous but I know of no
other) if They did not create an impassable barrier an akasic wall between that desire (or
thought, or prayer) & so isolate themselves. The result of this extreme measure is, that
They find Themselves isolated, at the same time from all those who willingly or unwillingly
consciously or otherwise are made to come within the circle of that thought or desire. I do
not know whether you will understand me. I hope you will. And finding Themselves from
me, for instance, many were the mistakes made & dangers realized that could have been
averted had They not found Themselves outside the circle of theosophical events. Such
is the case ever since, owing to Mr. Sinnett's suicidal (for all of us) desire to make Their
existence, names & deeds public he wrote the Occult World & that Olcott like a horse
getting rid of the bit in his mouth threw Their names right & left, poured in torrents on the
public so to say, Their personalities, powers & so on, until the world (the outsiders, not only
theosophists) desecrated Their names indeed from the North to the South Pole. Has not
the Maha Chohan put HIS foot on that from the first? Has He not forbidden Mahatma K.H.
to write to any one? (Mr Sinnett knows well all this). And have not since then waves of
supplications, torrents of desires & prayers poured unto Them? This is one of the chief
reasons why Their names & personalities ought to have been kept secret & inviolable.
They were desecrated in every possible way by believer & unbeliever, by the former when
he would critically and from his worldly stand-point examine Them - (the Beings beyond
& outside every worldly if not human law!), & when the latter positively slandered, dirted
dragged Their names in the mud! O powers of Heaven - what I have suffered there are
no words to express it. This is my chief my greatest crime, for having brought Their
personalities to public notice unwillingly reluctantly & forced into it by Mr. Sinnett and
Olcott. Well, now to other things.
You & the Theosophists have come to the conclusion that in every case when a
message found couched in words or sentiments unworthy of Mahatmas was produced
either by elementals or my own fabrication. Believing the latter, Countess, no honest men
& women ought for one moment to permit me such A FRAUD to remain any longer in the
Society. It is not a piece of repentance & a promise that "I shall do so no longer" that you
need but to kick me out - if you really think so. You believe you say in the Masters & at the
same time you can credit the idea that THEY should permit or even know of it and still use
me? Why, if They are the exalted Beings you rightly suppose Them to be how could They
permit or tolerate for one moment such a deception & fraud. Ah poor theosophists - little
you do know the occult laws I see. And here Bawajee & others are right. Before you
volunteer to serve the Masters, you should learn their philosophy for otherwise you shall
always sin grievously though unconsciously and involuntarily against Them & those who
serve Them soul body & spirit aye - to spiritual & moral not only physical death. Do you
suppose for one moment that what you write to me now I did not know it for years? Do you
think that any person even endowed with simple sagacity let alone occult powers could
ever fail to perceive each time suspicion when there was one, especially when it generated
in the minds of honest, sincere people unaccustomed to, and incapable of hypocrisy? It
is just that, which killed me, which tortured & broke my heart inch by inch for years, for I
had to bear it in silence & had no right to explain things unless permitted by Masters &
They commanded me to remain silent. To find myself day after day, facing those I loved
and respected best, between the two horns of the dilemma - either to appear cruel, selfish,
unfeeling, by refusing to satisfy their heart's desire, or, by consenting to it, to run the
chance (9 out of 10) that they shall immediately feel suspicion lurking in Their minds for the
Master's answers and notes ("the red and blue "spook-like" messages as Bawajee truly
calls them - were sure, again 9 times out of 10 - unless relating to some philosophical
highly serious question - to be of that spook character. Why? was it fraud, Certainly not.
Was it written by and produced by Elementals? NEVER. It was delivered & the physical
phenomena are produced by Elementals used for the purpose, but what have they, those
senseless beings, to do with the intelligent portions of the smallest and most foolish
message! Simply this, as this morning before the receipt of your letter, at 6, o'clock, I was
permitted & told by Master to make you understand at last; - you - and all the sincere, truly
devoted theosophists: as you sow, so you will reap; to personal private questions, &
prayers, answers framed in the minds of those whom such matters can yet interest, whose
minds are not yet entirely blank to such worldly, terrestrial questions - answers by chelas
& novices - often something reflected from my own mind, for the Masters would not stoop
one moment to give a thought to individual private, matters, relating but to one or even ten
persons their welfare woes & blisses in this world of Maya, to nothing except questions of
really universal importance. It is ALL YOU, theosophists, who have dragged down in your
minds the ideals of our MASTERS; you, who have unconsciously and with the best of
intentions, and full sincerity of good purpose DESECRATED Them, by thinking for one
moment & believing that THEY would trouble Themselves with your business matters, sons
to be born, daughters to be married, houses to be built etc etc etc. And yet, all those who
have received such communications being nearly all sincere (those who were not have
been dealt with according to other special laws) you had a right, knowing of the existence
of Beings who, you thought could easily help you - to seek help from Them, to address
Them, once that a monotheist addresses his personal god, desecrating the GREAT
UNKNOWN a million of times above the Masters - by asking Him (or IT) to help him with
a good crop, to slay his enemy, and to send him a son or daughter; and having such a
right in the abstract sense, They could not spurn you off, and refuse answering you if not
Themselves then by ordering a chela to satisfy the addresser to the best of his or her's (the
chela's) ability. How many a time was I, no Mahatma, shocked and startled, burning with
shame when shown notes written in Their (two) handwritings (a form of writing adopted for
the T.S. and used by chelas only NEVER without Their special permission or order to that
effect) - exhibiting mistakes in science, grammar and thoughts, expressed in such
language that it perverted entirely the meaning originally intended and sometimes
expressions that in Tibetan Sanskrit or any other Asiatic language had quite a different
sense - as in one instance I will give. In answer to Mr. Sinnett's letter referring to some
apparent contradiction in Isis the chela who was made to precipitate Mahatma KH's reply
put "I had to exercise all my ingenuity to reconcile the two things". Now the term
"ingenuity" used for, & meaning candour, fairness an obsolete word in this sense and never
used now, but one meaning this perfectly as even I find in Webster - was misconstrued by
Massey, Hume, & I believe even Mr. Sinnett, to mean "cunning", "cleverness" acuteness
to form a new combination so as to prove there was no contradiction. Hence: - "the
Mahatma confesses most unblushingly to ingenuity, to using craft to reconcile things, like
an acute tricky lawyer" etc etc. - Now had I been commissioned to write or precipitate the
letter I would have translated the Master's thought by using the word "ingeniousness"
openness of heart, frankness, fairness freedom from reserve & dissimulation", as Webster
gives it, & opprobrium thrown on Mahatma KH's character would have been avoided. It is
not I who would have used carbolic acid instead of "carbonic acid" etc. It is very rarely that
Mahatma KH dictated verbatim & when He did there remained the few sublime passages
found in Mr. Sinnett's letters from Him. The rest - he would say - write so and so, & the
chela wrote often without knowing one word of English as I am now made to write Hebrew
& Greek & Latin etc.
Therefore, the only thing I can be reproached with - a reproach I am ever ready to
bear though I have not deserved it having been simply the obedient and blind tool of our
occult laws and regulations - is of having (1) used Master's name when I thought my
authority would go for nought, & when I sincerely believed acting agreeably to Master's
intentions* & for the good of the cause; and (2) of having concealed that which the laws
& regulations of my pledges did not permit me so far to reveal. (3) PERHAPS, - (again for
the same reason) of having insisted that such & such a note was from Master written in his
own handwriting all the time thinking JESUITICALLY, I confess: "Well, it is written by His
order & in His handwriting, after all, why shall I go & explain to those who do not, cannot
understand the truth - & perhaps only make matters worse. Two or three times, perhaps
more, letters were precipitated in my presence, by chelas who could not speak English and
who took ideas & expressions out of my head. The phenomena in truth & solemn reality
were greater at those times than ever, yet they often appeared the most suspicious, & I
had to hold my tongue, to see suspicion creeping into the minds of those I loved best &
respected unable to justify myself, or say one word! What I suffered, Masters alone knew.
Think only - (a case with Solovioff at Elberfeld) I sick in my bed; a letter of his an old letter
received in London & torn by me, rematerialized in my own sight I looking at the thing. Five
or six lines in the Russian language in Mahatma KH's handwriting in blue the words
TAKEN FROM MY HEAD, the letter, old & crumpled traveling slowly alone (even I, could
not see the astral hand of the chela performing the operation) - across the bedroom, then
slipping into & among Solovioff's papers who was writing in the little drawing room
correcting my manuscript - Olcott standing close by him & having just handled the papers
looking over them with Solovioff. The latter finding it and like a flash I see in his head in
Russian the thought: "The old imposter (meaning Olcott) must have put it there"! and such
things by hundreds.
* Found myself several times mistaken & now am punished for it with daily and
hourly crucifixion. Pick up stones, theosophists, pick them up brothers & kind sisters &
stone me to death with them for trying to make you happy with a word from Masters!
Well - this will do. I have told you the truth, the whole truth & nothing but the truth,
so far as I am allowed to give it. Many are the things I have no right to explain, if I had to
be hung for it. Now think for one moment - Suppose Bawajee receives an order from his
Master to precipitate a letter to the Gebhard family only a general idea being given to him,
about what he has to write. Tibetan paper & envelope are materialized before him & he
has only to form & shape the ideas into his English & precipitate them in Master's
handwriting. What shall the result be? Why his English, his "ethics", & philosophy -
Bawajian style all round - a fraud, a transparent FRAUD people would cry out. And if any
one happened to see such a paper before him or in his possession after it was formed -
what should be the consequences. Another instance I cannot help it it is so suggestive.
A man now dead, implored me for three days to ask Master's advice on some business
matter - for he was going to become a bankrupt, & dishonour his family, a serious thing.
He gave me a letter for Master "to send on". I went into the back parlour, & he went down
stairs to wait for the answer. Now to send on a letter two or three processes are used: (1)
To put the envelope sealed on my forehead & then, warning the Master to be ready for a
communication - have the contents reflected by my brain, be carried off to His perception
by the current formed by Him. This, if the letter is in a language I know; otherwise (2) to
unseal it read it physically with my eyes without understanding even the words - & that
which my eyes see is carried off to Master's perception & reflected in it in his own
language; after which to be sure, no mistake is made, I have to burn the letter with a stone
I have (matches & common fire would never do) & the ashes caught by the current become
more minute than atoms would be rematerialized at any distance where Master was. Well,
I put the letter on the forehead opened, for it was in Bashya of which I know not one word -
& when Master had seized its contents I was ordered to burn & send it on. It so happened
that I had to go in my bedroom & get the "stone" there from a drawer it was locked in. That
minute I was away, the addresser impatient & anxious had silently approached the door,
entered the drawing-room not seeing me there & seen his own letter opened on the table.
He was horror-struck he told me later; disgusted ready to commit suicide for he was a
bankrupt not only in fortune but all his hopes, his faith, his heart's creed were crushed &
gone. I returned, burnt the letter & an hour after gave him the answer, also in Bashya. He
read it with dull, staring eyes - but thinking as he told me, that if there were no Masters I
was a Mahatma, did what was told & his fortune and honour were saved. Three days later
he came to me, & frankly told me all - did not conceal his doubts for the sake of gratitude,
as others did - & was rewarded. By order of the Master I showed him how it was done &
he understood it. Now had he not told me & had his business gone wrong, advice
notwithstanding would not he have died believing me the greatest impostor on Earth? And
It is my heart's desire to be rid, for ever of any phenomena but my own mental &
personal communication with Masters. I shall no more have anything to do whatever with
letters of phenomenal occurrences. This I swear, on Master's Holy Names & shall write
a circular letter to that effect. Please read the present to all even to Babajee. FINIS all,
and now theosophists, who will come and ask me to tell them so and so from Masters may
the Karma fall on THEIR heads. I AM FREE. Master has just promised me this blessing!!
Yours, H.P. Blavatsky
H. P. Blavatsky on Precipitation
AND OTHER MATTERS.
The following is the greater part of a letter written by H. P. Blavatsky some years
ago at a time when, subsequent to the Psychical Research Society's Report on
Theosophical phenomena, not only the public but fellow members of the Society were
doubting her, doubting themselves, doubting the Adepts. Its publication now will throw
upon her character a light not otherwise obtainable. Written to an intimate and old friend
for his information and benefit, it bears all the indicia of being out of the heart from one old
friend to another. Those who have faith in her and in the Masters behind her will gain
benefit and knowledge from its perusal.
Now what you advise me to do, I have for the last three or four years attempted
most seriously. Dozens of times I have declared that I shall not put the Masters any
worldly questions or submit before Them family and other private matters, personal for the
most part. I must have sent back to the writers dozens and dozens of letters addressed
to the Masters, and many a time have I declared I will not ask Them so and so. Well, what
was the consequence? People still worried me. "Please, do please, ask the Masters, only
ask and tell Them and draw Their attention to" so-and-so. When I refused doing it - would
come up and bother, or --- , or --- someone else. Now it so happens that you do not seem
to be aware of the occult law - to which even the Masters are subject Themselves -
whenever an intense desire is concentrated on Their personalities: whenever the appeal
comes from a man of even an average good morality, and all the desire is intense and
sincere even in matters of trifles (and to Them what is not a trifle?): They are disturbed by
it, and the desire takes a material form and would haunt Them (the word is ridiculous, but
I know of no other) if They did not create an impassable barrier, an Akasic wall between
that desire (or thought, or prayer) and so isolate Themselves. The result of this extreme
measure is that They find Themselves isolated at the same time from all those who
willingly or unwillingly, consciously or otherwise, are made to come within the circle of that
thought or desire. I do not know whether you will understand me; I hope you will. And
finding Themselves cut off from me, for instance, many were the mistakes made and
damages realized that could have been averted had They not often found Themselves
outside the circle of theosophical events. Such is the case ever since . . . , throwing Their
names right and left, poured in torrents on the public, so to say, Their personalities,
powers, and so on, until the world (the outsiders, not only Theosophists) desecrated Their
names indeed from the North to the South Pole. Has not the Maha Chohan put His foot
on that from the first? Has He not forbidden Mahatma K. H. to write to anyone? (Mr. ---
knows well all this.) And have not since then waves of supplications, torrents of desires
and prayers poured unto Them? This is one of the chief reasons why Their names and
personalities ought to have been kept secret and inviolable. They were desecrated in
every possible way by believer and unbeliever, by the former when he would critically and
from his worldly standpoint examine Them (the Beings beyond and outside every worldly
if not human law!), and when the latter positively slandered, dirted, dragged Their names
in the mud! O powers of heaven! what I have suffered - there are no words to express it.
This is my chief, my greatest crime, for having brought Their personalities to public notice
unwillingly, reluctantly, and forced into it by --- and --- .
Well, now to other things. You and the Theosophists have come to the conclusion
that in every case where a message was found couched in words or sentiments unworthy
of Mahatmas it was produced either by elementals or my own falsification. Believing the
latter, no honest man or woman ought for one moment to permit me, such a FRAUD, to
remain any longer in the Society. It is not a piece of repentance and a promise that I shall
do so no longer that you need, but to kick me out - if you really think so. You believe, you
say, in the Masters, and at the same time you can credit the idea that They should permit
or even know of it and still use me! Why, if They are the exalted Beings you rightly
suppose Them to be, how could They permit or tolerate for one moment such a deception
and fraud? Ah, poor Theosophists - little you do know the occult laws I see. And here ---
and others are right. Before you volunteer to serve the Masters you should learn Their
Philosophy, for otherwise you shall always sin grievously, though unconsciously and
involuntarily, against Them and those who serve Them, soul and body and spirit. Do you
suppose for one moment that what you write to me now I did not know for years? Do you
think that any person even endowed with simple sagacity, let alone occult powers, could
in the minds of honest, sincere people, unaccustomed to and incapable of hypocrisy? It
is just that which killed me, which tortured and broke my heart inch by inch for years, for
I had to bear it in silence and had no right to explain things unless permitted by Masters,
and They commanded me to remain silent. To find myself day after day facing those I
loved and respected best between the two horns of the dilemma - either to appear cruel,
selfish, unfeeling by refusing to satisfy their hearts' desire, or, by consenting to it, to run the
chance (9 out of 10) that they shall immediately feel suspicions lurking in their minds, for
the Master's answers and notes ("the red and blue spook-like messages", as --- truly calls
them) were sure in their eyes - again 9 times out of 10 - to be of that spook character.
Why? Was it fraud? Certainly not. Was it written by and produced by elementals?
NEVER. It was delivered and the physical phenomena are produced by elementals used
for the purpose, but what have they, those senseless beings, to do with the intelligent
portions of the smallest and most foolish message? Simply this, as this morning before
the receipt of your letter, at 6 o'clock, I was permitted and told by Master to make you
understand at last - you - and all the sincere, truly devoted Theosophists: as you sow, so
you will reap. . .
It is ALL YOU, Theosophists, who have dragged down in your minds the ideals of
our MASTERS, you who have unconsciously and with the best of intentions and full
sincerity of good purpose DESECRATED Them by thinking for one moment and believing
that THEY would trouble Themselves with your business matters, sons to be born,
daughters to be married, houses to be built, etc., etc. And yet, all those who have received
such communications being nearly all sincere (those who were not have been dealt with
according to other special laws), you had a right, knowing of the existence of Beings who
you thought could easily help you, to seek help from Them, to address Them, once that
a monotheist addresses his personal God, desecrating the GREAT UNKNOWN a million
of times above the Masters - by asking Him (or IT) to help him with a good crop, to slay his
enemy, and send him a son or daughter; and having such a right in the absolute sense,
They could not spurn you off and refuse answering you, if not Themselves, then by
ordering a Chela to satisfy the addressers to the best of his or hers [the chela's] ability.
How many a time was I - no Mahatma - shocked and startled, burning with shame when
shown notes from Chelas exhibiting mistakes in science, grammar, and thoughts
expressed in such language that it perverted entirely the meaning originally intended, and
having sometimes expressions that in Thibetan, Sanscrit, or any other Asiatic language
had quite a different sense. As in one instance I will give.
In answer to Mr. ---'s letter referring to some apparent contradiction in His. The
Chela who was made to precipitate Mahatma K. K.'s reply put, "I had to exercise all my
ingenuity to reconcile the two things." Now the term "ingenuity" used for and meaning
candor, fairness, an absolute word in this sense and never used now, but one meaning this
perfectly, as even I find in Webster, was misconstrued by Massey, Hume, and I believe
even to mean "cunning", "cleverness," "acuteness" to form a new combination so as to
prove there was no contradiction. Hence: the Mahatma was made apparently to confess
most unblushingly to ingenuity, to using craft to reconcile things like an acute "tricky
lawyer", etc., etc. Now had I been commissioned to write or precipitate the letter I would
have translated the Master's thought by using the word "ingenuousness", "openness of
heart, frankness, fairness, freedom from reserve and dissimulation", as Webster gives it,
and opprobrium thrown on Mahatma H. K.'s character would have been avoided. It is not
I who would have used "carbolic acid" instead of "carbonic acid", etc. It is very rarely that
Mahatma K. H. dictated verbatim, and when He did there remained the few sublime
passages found in Mr. Sinnett's letters from Him. The rest - he would say - write so-and-
so, and the Chela wrote often without knowing a word of English, as I am now made to
write Hebrew and Greek and Latin, etc. Therefore the only thing I can be reproached with -
a reproach I am ever ready to bear tho' I have not deserved it, having been simply the
obedient and blind tool of our occult laws and regulations - 'is of having concealed that
which the laws and regulations of my pledges did not permit me so far to reveal. I owned
myself several times mistaken in policy, and now am punished for it with daily and hourly
crucifixion.
Pick up stones, Theosophists; pick them up, brothers and kind sisters, and stone
me to death with them for such mistakes.
Two or three times, perhaps more, letters were precipitated in my presence by a
Chela who could not speak English and who took ideas and expressions out of my head.
The phenomena in truth and solemn reality were greater at those times than ever. Yet they
often appeared the most suspicious, and I had to hold my tongue, to see suspicion
creeping into the minds of those I loved best and respected, unable to justify myself or say
one word! What I suffered Master alone knew. Think only (a case with Solovioff's at ---
) I sick in my bed: a letter of his, an old letter received in London and torn up by me,
rematerazlized in my own sight, I looking at the thing. Five or six lines in the Russian
language in Mahatma K. H's handwriting in blue, the words taken from my head, the letter
old and crumpled traveling slowly alone (even I could not see the astral hand of the Chela
performing the operation) across the bedroom, then slipping into and among Solovioff's
papers who was writing in the little drawing-room correcting my manuscript, Olcott standing
closely by him and having just handled the papers, looking over them with Solovioff, the
latter finding it, and like a flash I see in his head in Russian the thought "The old impostor
(meaning Olcott) must have put it there"! - and such things by hundreds.
Well - this will do. I have told you the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the truth,
so far as I am allowed to give it. Many are the things I have no right to explain if I had to
be hung for it. Now think for one moment. Suppose --- receives an order from his Master
to precipitate a letter to the --- family, only a general idea being given to him about what he
has to write. Paper and envelope are materialized before him, and he has only to form and
shape the ideas into his English and precipitate them. What shall the result be? Why his
English, his ethics and philosophy - his style all round. "A fraud, a transparent FRAUD''
people would cry out, and if any one happened to see such a paper before him or in his
possession after it was formed, what should be the consequences?
Another instance - I cannot help it, it is so suggestive. A man, now dead, implored
me for three days to ask Master's advice on some business matter, for he was going to
become a bankrupt and dishonor his family. A serious thing. He gave me a letter for
Master "to send on". I went into the back parlor and he went down stairs to wait for the
Now to send on a letter two or three processes are used: (1) To put the envelope
sealed on my forehead, and then, warning the Master to be ready for a communication,
have the contents reflected by my brain carried off to His perception by the current formed
by Him. This, if the letter is in a language I know; otherwise, if in an unknown tongue, (2)
to unseal it, read it physically with my eyes, without understanding even the words, and that
which my eyes see is carried off to Master's perception and reflected in it in His own
language, after which, to be sure, no mistake is made. I have to burn the letter with a
stone I have (matches and common fire would never do), and the ashes caught by the
current become more minute than atoms would be, and are rematerialized at any distance
where Master was.
Well, I put the letter on the forehead opened, for it was in a language of which I
know not one word, and when Master had seized its contents I was ordered to burn and
send it on. It so happened that I had to go in my bedroom and get the stone there from a
drawer it was locked in. That minute I was away, the addresser, impatient and anxious,
had silently approached the door, entered the drawing-room, not seeing me there, and
seen his own letter opened on the table. He was horror-struck, he told me later, disgusted,
ready to commit suicide, for he was a bankrupt not only in fortune, but all his hopes, his
faith, his heart's creed were crushed and gone. I returned, burnt the letter, and an hour
after gave him the answer, also in his language. He read it with dull staring eyes, but
thinking, as he told me, that if there were no Masters I was a Mahatma, did what he was
told, and his fortune and honor were saved. Three days later he came to me and frankly
told me all - did not conceal his doubts for the sake of gratitude, as others did - and was
rewarded. By order of the Master I showed him how it was done and he understood it.
Now had he not told me, and had his business gone wrong, advice notwithstanding, would
not he have died believing me the greatest impostor or earth?
It is my heart's desire to be rid forever of any phenomena but my own mental and
letters or phenomenal occurrences. This I swear on Masters' Holy Names, and may write
a circular letter to that effect.
Please read the present to all, even to ---. FINIS all, and now Theosophists who will
come and ask me to tell them so and so from Masters, may the Karma fall on their heads.
I AM FREE. Master has just promised me this blessing!!
(The Path, March, 1893)
LETTERS OF H. P. BLAVATSKY [TO HER RELATIVES]
[Compiled by W. Q. Judge]
These letters will be continued each month in the PATH. They constitute a
correspondence carried on by H.P.B. with her Russian relatives, and are being translated
into English by H.P.B.'s niece, Mrs. C. Johnston, whose maiden name was Vera
Jelihovsky, and whose mother is Mme. Jelihovsky, the sister of H.P.B. who contributed
under her own name to Mr.Sinnett's Incidents in the Life of Madame Blavatsky. As most
of the letters were not dated, it will not always be possible to say whether H.P.B. was
writing from America, Tibet, Egypt, or the North Pole. A great many letters are in this
correspondence, and the series will be continued until all are published. They are all of
wonderful interest. It must be borne in mind for a clearer understanding of her words that
she was writing to relatives who did not understand her strange inner life, and many of
whom held religious opinions very different from hers: Permission has been given me to
add some notes, but for those I alone will be responsible. - W.Q.J.
About the year 1875 Madame Jelihovsky, who is well known both on account of her
own contributions to literature and also as the sister of Madame Blavatsky, heard that
H.P.B. had commenced to write in a way that would have been impossible to her a few
years before. How she had acquired the knowledge that won the unanimous praise of both
the English and American press was beyond all explanation. There were rumors afloat as
to "sorcery" being at the root of it, and filled with forebodings and terrors Madame
Jelihovsky wrote to her sister, imploring an explanation. * She received the following reply:
"Do not be afraid that I am off my head. All that I can say is that someone positively
inspires me - . . . more than this: someone enters me. It is not I who talk and write: it is
something within me, my higher and luminous Self, that thinks and writes for me. Do not
ask me, my friend, what I experience, because I could not explain it to you clearly. I do not
know myself! The one thing I know is that now, when I am about to reach old age, I have
become a sort of storehouse of somebody else's knowledge. . . . Someone comes and
envelops me as a misty cloud and all at once pushes me out of myself, and then I am not
"I" any more - Helena Petrovna Blavatsky - but someone else. Someone strong and
powerful, born in a totally different region of the world; and as to myself it is almost as if
I were asleep, or lying by not quite conscious, - not in my own body but close by, held only
by a thread which ties me to it. However, at times I see and hear everything quite clearly:
I am perfectly conscious of what my body is saying and doing - or at least its new
possessor. I even understand and remember it all so well that afterwards I can repeat it
and even write down his words. . . At such a time I see awe and fear on the faces of Olcott
and others, and follow with interest the way in which he half-pityingly regards them out of
my own eyes and teaches them with my physical tongue. Yet not with my mind but his
own, which enwraps my brain like a cloud. . .. Ah, but really I cannot explain everything."
* It must be recollected that the "rumors of sorcery" were afloat in Russia and not
in America. - W.Q.J.
H.P.B.'s astonishment at this marvelous development of her own powers would
appear to have been great, if one may judge by a letter she wrote (about 1875 to 1876) to
her aunt, Madame Fadeef, with whom she had been brought up and educated:
"Tell me, dear one, do you take any interest in physiologico-psychological
mysteries? Here is one for you which is well qualified to astonish any physiologist: in our
Society there are a few exceedingly learned members - for instance, Professor Wilder, one
of the first archeologists and Orientalists in the United States, and all these people come
to me to be taught, and swear that I know all kinds of Eastern languages and sciences,
positive as well as abstract, much better than themselves. That's a fact! And it's as bad
to run up against a fact as against a pitchfork. So then tell me: how could it have
happened that I, whose learning was so awfully lame up to the age of forty, have suddenly
become a phenomenon of learning in the eyes of people who are really learned? This fact
is an impenetrable mystery of Nature. I - a psychological problem, an enigma for future
generations, a Sphinx! * Just fancy that I, who have never in my life studied anything, and
possess nothing but the most superficial smattering of general information; I, who never
had the slightest idea about physics or chemistry or zoology, or anything else - have now
suddenly become able to write whole dissertations about them. I enter into discussions
with men of science, into disputes out of which I often emerge triumphant. . . . It's not a
joke; I am perfectly serious; I am really frightened because I do not understand how it all
happens. It is true that for nearly three years past I have been studying night and day,
reading and thinking. But whatever I happen to read, it all seems familiar to me. . . I find
mistakes in the most learned articles, and in lectures by Tyndall, Herbert Spencer, Huxley,
and others. If some archeologist happens to call on me, on taking leave he is certain to
assure me that I have made clear to him the meaning of various monuments, and pointed
out things to him of which he had never dreamed. All the symbols of antiquity, and their
secret meaning, come into my head and stand there before my eyes as soon as the
conversation touches on them.
* This name was prophetic, for thus she has been often called. - W.Q.J.
"A pupil of Faraday's, a certain Professor H., who has been christened by the voice
of a thousand mouths 'the Father of experimental Physics', having spent yesterday evening
with me, now assures me that I am well qualified to 'put Faraday in my pocket'. Can it be
that they all are simply fools? But it is impossible to suppose that friends and enemies
alike have leagued together to make of me a savant if all that I do is to prove superficially
certain wild theories of my own. And if it was only my own devoted Olcott and other
Theosophists who had such a high opinion of me, it could be said: 'Dans le pays des
aveugles les borgnes sont rois' ('In a country of blind men the one-eyed are kings'). But
I continually have a whole crowd from morning to night of all kinds of Professors, Doctors
of Science, and Doctors of Divinity; * . . . for instance, there are two Hebrew Rabbis here,
Adler and Goldstein, who are both of them thought to be the greatest Talmudists. They
know by heart both the Qabalah of Simeon Ben Jochai and the Codex Nazaraeus of
Bardesanes. They were brought to me by A., a protestant clergyman and commentator
on the Bible, who hoped they would prove that I am mistaken on the subject of a certain
statement in the Chalden Bible of Onkelos. And with what result? I have beaten them.
I quoted to them whole sentences in ancient Hebrew and proved to them that Onkelos is
an authority of the Babylonian school."
In the earlier letters of H.P.B. to Madame Jelihovsky the intelligence which has been
referred to as "enveloping her body" and using her brain is spoken of as "the Voice" or
"Sahib". Only later did she name this, or another "Voice", as "Master". For instance, she
writes to Madame Jelihovsky:
"I never tell anyone here about my experience with the Voice. When I try to assure
them that I have never been in Mongolia, that I do not know either Sanskrit or Hebrew or
ancient European languages, they do not believe me. 'How is this,' they say, 'you have
never been there, and yet you describe it all so accurately? You do not know the
languages and yet you translate straight from the originals!' and so they refuse to believe
me. ** They think that I have some mysterious reasons for secrecy; and besides, it is an
awkward thing for me to deny when everyone has heard me discussing various Indian
dialects with a lecturer who has spent twenty years in India. Well, all that I can say is,
either they are mad or I am a changeling!"
About this time H.P.B. appears to have been greatly troubled, for though some
members of the nascent Theosophical Society were able to get "visions of pure Planetary
Spirits", she could only see "earthly exhalations, elementary spirits" of the same category,
which she said played the chief part in materializing seances. She writes:
"In our Society everyone must be a vegetarian, eating no flesh and drinking no wine.
This is one of our first rules. *** It is well known what an evil influence the evaporations of
blood and alcohol have on the spiritual side of human nature, blowing the animal passions
into a raging fire; and so one of these days I have resolved to fast more severely than
hitherto. I ate only salad and did not even smoke for whole nine days, and slept on the
floor, and this is what happened: I have suddenly caught a glimpse of one of the most
disgusting scenes of my own life, and I felt as if I was out of my body, looking at it with
repulsion whilst it was walking, talking, getting puffed up with fat and sinning. Pheugh, how
I hated myself! Next night when I again lay down on the hard floor, I was so tired out that
I soon fell asleep and then got surrounded with a heavy, impenetrable darkness. Then I
saw a star appearing; it lit up high, high above me, and then fell, dropping straight upon
me. It fell straight on my forehead and got transformed into a hand. Whilst this hand was
resting on my forehead I was all ablaze to know whose hand it was. . . . I was concentrated
into a single prayer, into an impulse of the will, to learn who it was, to whom did this
luminous hand belong. . . . And I have learned it: there stood over it I myself. Suddenly
this second me spoke to my body, 'Look at me!' My body looked at it and saw that the half
of this second me was as black as jet, the other half whitish-grey, and only the top of the
head perfectly white, brilliant, and luminous. And again I myself spoke to my body: 'When
you become as bright as this small part of your head, you will be able to see what is seen
by others, by the purified who have washed themselves clean. . . . And meanwhile, make
yourself clean, make yourself clean, make yourself clean.' And here I awoke."
* Col. Olcott and myself can testify to the continual stream of people of all sorts
which entered her rooms every day. In 1875 she told me that when she had to write about
evolution a large picture of scenes [?] of the past would unroll before her eyes, together
with another picture of the present [?] age. - W.Q.J.
** In London, in 1888, [?] a Hindu who had met her at Meerut said to her in my
presence through an interpreter that he was surprised she did not use his language then,
as she had used it at Meerut. She replied: "Ah, yes, but that was at Meerut." - W.Q.J.
*** This was a proposed rule. H.P.B. accepted a thing proposed as a thing done,
and so spoke of it here. But she did not carry out that rule then proposed, and never then
suggested its enforcement to me. - W.Q.J.
At one time H.P.B. was exceedingly ill with advanced rheumatism in her leg.
Doctors told her that it was gangrened, and considered her case hopeless. But she was
successfully treated by a negro who was sent to her by the "Sahib". She writes to Madame
Jelihovsky:
"He has cured me entirely. And just about this time I have begun to feel a very
strange duality. Several times a day I feel that besides me there is someone else, quite
separable from me, present in my body. I never lose the consciousness of my own
personality; what I feel is as if I were keeping silent and the other one - the lodger who is
in me - were speaking with my tongue. For instance, I know that I have never been in the
places which are described by my 'other me', but this other one - the second me - does not
lie when he tells about places and things unknown to me, because he has actually seen
them and knows them well. I have given it up: let my fate conduct me at its own sweet will;
and besides, what am I to do? It would be perfectly ridiculous if I were to deny the
possession of knowledge avowed by my No. 2, giving occasion to the people around me
to imagine that I keep them in the dark for modesty's sake. In the night, when I am alone
in my bed, the whole life of my No. 2 passes before my eyes, and I do not see myself at
all, but quite a different person - different in race and different in feelings. But what's the
use of talking about it? It's enough to drive one mad. I try to throw myself into the part and
to forget the strangeness of my situation. This is no mediumship, and by no means an
impure power; for that, it has too strong an ascendency over us all, leading us into better
ways. No devil would act like that. 'Spirits', maybe? But if it comes to that, my ancient
'spooks' dare not approach me any more. It's enough for me to enter the room where a
seance is being held to stop all kinds of phenomena at once, especially materializations.
Ah no, this is altogether of a higher order! But phenomena of another sort take place more
and more frequently under the direction of my No. 2. * One of these days I will send you
an article about them. It is interesting."
* These phenomena were those amazing feats of magic, hundreds of which I
witnessed in broad daylight or blazing gas-light, from 1875 to 1878. - W.Q.J.
The newspapers gave accounts of certain of these phenomena and described the
appearance of astral visitors, amongst others a Hindu. In sending the extracts H.P.B.
"I see this Hindu every day, just as I might see any other living person, with the only
difference that he looks to me more ethereal and more transparent. Formerly I kept silent
about these appearances, thinking that they were hallucinations. But now they have
become visible to other people as well. He (the Hindu) appears and advises us as to our
conduct and our writing. He evidently knows everything that is going on, even to the
thoughts of other people, and makes me express his knowledge. Sometimes it seems to
me that he overshadows the whole of me, simply entering me like a kind of volatile
essence penetrating all my pores and dissolving in me. Then we two are able to speak to
other people, and then I begin to understand and remember sciences and languages -
everything he instructs me in, even when he is not with me any more."
Directly Isis Unveiled was published, H.P.B. wrote to Madame Jelihovsky:
"It seems strange to you that some Hindu Sahib is so free and easy in his dealings
with me. I can quite understand you: a person not used to that kind of phenomenon -
which, though not quite unprecedented, is yet perfectly ignored - is sure to be incredulous.
For the very simple reason that such a person is not in the habit of going deeply into such
matters. For instance, you ask whether he is likely to indulge in wanderings inside other
people as well as me. I am sure I don't know; but here is something about which I am
perfectly certain: Admit that man's soul - his real living soul - is a thing perfectly separate
from the rest of the organism; that this perisprit is not stuck with paste to the physical
'innerds'; and that this soul which exists in everything living, beginning with an infusoria
and ending with an elephant, is different from its physical double only inasmuch as being
more or less overshadowed by the immortal spirit it is capable of acting freely and
independently. In the case of the uninitiated profane, it acts during their sleep: in the case
of an initiated adept, it acts at any moment he chooses according to his will. Just try and
assimilate this, and then many things will become clear to you. This fact was believed in
and known in far distant epochs. St. Paul, who alone among all the apostles was an
initiated Adept in the Greek Mysteries, clearly alludes to it when narrating how he was
'caught up to the third heaven, whether in the body or out of the body I cannot tell: God
knoweth'. Also Rhoda says about Peter, 'It is not Peter but his angel' - that is to say, his
double or his soul. And in the Acts of the Apostles, ch. viii, v. 39, when the spirit of God
lifted up Philip and transported him, it was not his body that was transported, not his coarse
flesh, but his Ego, his spirit and his soul. Read Apuleius, Plutarch, Jamblichus, and other
learned men - they all allude to this kind of phenomenon, though the oaths they had to take
at the time of their initiation did not allow them to speak openly. What mediums
accomplish unconsciously, under the influence of outside powers which take possession
of them, can be accomplished by Adepts consciously at their own volition. That's all. . . .
As to the Sahib, I have known him a long time. Twenty-five years ago he came to London
with the Prince of Nepaul; three years ago he sent me a letter by an Indian who came here
to lecture about Buddhism. In this letter he reminded me of many things, foretold by him
at the time, and asked me whether I believed him now and whether I would consent to
obey him, to avoid complete destruction. After this he appeared repeatedly, not only to me
but also to other people, and to Olcott whom he ordered to be President of the Society,
teaching him how to start it. I always recognize and know the Master, and often talk to him
without seeing him. How is it that he hears me from everywhere, and that I also hear his
voice across seas and oceans twenty times a day? I do not know, but it is so. Whether
it is he personally that enters me I really cannot say with confidence: if it is not he, it is his
power, his influence. Through him alone I am strong; without him I am a mere nothing."
There was naturally considerable fear in the minds of H.P.B.'s nearest relatives as
to the character of this mysterious Hindu teacher. They could not help regarding him as
more of a "heathen sorcerer" than anything else. And this view H.P.B. took pains to
combat. She told them that her Master had a deep respect for the spirit of Christ's
teachings. She had once spent seven weeks in a forest not far from the Karakoram
mountains, where she had been isolated from the world, and where her teacher alone had
visited her daily, whether astrally or otherwise she did not state. But whilst there she had
been shown in a cave-temple a series of statues representing the great teachers of the
world, amongst others:
"A huge statue of Jesus Christ, represented at the moment of pardoning Mary
Magdalene; Gautama Buddha offers water in the palm of his hand to a beggar, and
Ananda is shown drinking out of the hands of a Pariah prostitute."
H.P.B. wrote to Madame Jelihovsky (date unknown) that she was learning to get out
of her body, and offering to pay her a visit in Tiflis "in the flash of an eye". This both
frightened and amused Madame Jelihovsky, who replied that she would not trouble her so
unnecessarily. H.P.B. answered:
"What is there to be afraid of? As if you had never heard about apparitions of
doubles. I, that is to say, my body, will be quietly asleep in my bed, and it would not even
matter if it were to await my return in a waking condition - it would be in the state of a
harmless idiot. And no wonder: God's light would be absent from it, flying to you; and
then it would fly back and once more the temple would get illuminated by the presence of
the Deity. But this, needless to say, only in case the thread between the two were not
broken. If you shriek like mad it may get torn; then Amen to my existence: I should die
instantly. . . . I have written to you that one day we had a visit from the double of Professor
Moses. Seven people saw him. As to the Master, he is quite commonly seen by perfect
strangers. Sometimes he looks just as if he were a living man, as merry as possible. He
is continually chaffing me, and I am perfectly used to him now. He will soon take us all to
India, and there we shall see him in his body just like an ordinary person."
From New York:
"Well, Vera, whether you believe me or not, something miraculous is happening to
me. You cannot imagine in what a charmed world of pictures and visions I live. I am
writing Isis; not writing, rather copying out and drawing that which She personally shows
to me. Upon my word, sometimes it seems to me that the ancient Goddess of Beauty in
person leads me through all the countries of past centuries which I have to describe. I sit
with my eyes open and to all appearances see and hear everything real and actual around
me, and yet at the same time I see and hear that which I write. I feel short of breath; I am
afraid to make the slightest movement for fear the spell might be broken. Slowly century
after century, image after image, float out of the distance and pass before me as if in a
magic panorama; and meanwhile I put them together in my mind, fitting in epochs and
dates, and know for sure that there can be no mistake. Races and nations, countries and
cities, which have for long disappeared in the darkness of the prehistoric past, emerge and
then vanish, giving place to others; and then I am told the consecutive dates. Hoary
antiquity makes way for historical periods; myths are explained to me with events and
people who have really existed, and every event which is at all remarkable, every newly-
turned page of this many-colored book of life, impresses itself on my brain with
photographic exactitude. My own reckonings and calculations appear to me later on as
separate colored pieces of different shapes in the game which is called casse-tete
(puzzles). I gather them together and try to match them one after the other, and at the end
there always comes out a geometrical whole. . . . Most assuredly it is not I who do it all, but
my Ego, the highest principle which lives in me. And even this with the help of my Guru
and teacher who helps me in everything. If I happen to forget something I have just to
address him, or another of the same kind, in my thought, and what I have forgotten rises
once more before my eyes - sometimes whole tables of numbers passing before me, long
inventories of events. They remember everything. They know everything. Without them,
from whence could I gather my knowledge?"
Soon after the appearance of Isis Unveiled H.P.B. received invitations to write in all
sorts of newspapers. This greatly amused her, and she wrote to Madame Jelihovsky:
"It's lucky for me that I am not vain, and besides as a matter of fact I have hardly any
time to write much in other people's publications for money. . . . Our work is growing. I
must work, must write and write, provided that I can find publishers for my writings. Would
you believe that so long as I write I am all the time under the impression that I write rubbish
and nonsense which no one will ever be able to understand? Then it is printed and then
the acclamations begin. People reprint it, are in ecstasies. I often wonder: can it be that
they are all asses to be in such ecstasies? Well, if I could write in Russian and be praised
by my own people, then perhaps I should believe that I am a credit to my ancestors,
Counts Hahn Hahn von der Rothenhahn of blissful memory."
H.P.B. often told her relatives that she took no author's pride in the writing of Isis
Unveiled; that she did not know in the least what she was writing about; that she was
ordered to sit down and write, and that her only merit lay in obeying the order. Her only
fear was that she would be unable to describe properly what was shown to her in beautiful
pictures. She wrote to her sister:
"You do not believe that I tell you God's truth about my Masters. You consider them
to be mythical; but is it possible that it is not clear to you that I, without their help, could not
have written about 'Byron and grave matters', as Uncle Roster says? What do we know,
you and I, about metaphysics, ancient philosophies and religions, about psychology and
various other puzzles? Did we not learn together, with the only difference that you did your
lessons better? And now look at what I am writing about, and people - such people too,
professors, scientists - read and praise! Open Isis wherever you like and decide for
yourself. As to myself I speak the truth: Master narrates and shows all this to me. Before
me pass pictures, ancient manuscripts, dates - all I have to do is to copy, and I write so
easily that it is no labor at all, but the greatest pleasure."
(But the ancient manuscripts to which H.P.B. refers were not only seen by psychic
means. Hodgson, the great self-exposer of the S.P.R., discovered a page of a mysterious
and ancient manuscript at Adyar. This was proof to him, as it was written in cypher, that
she was a Russian spy. It was from a page of a Senzar manuscript, lost by H.P.B. and
deeply lamented as lost!) In another letter of about the same date, H.P.B. wrote her sister:
"Do not believe that Theosophy contradicts or, much less, destroys Christianity. It
only destroys the tares, but not the seed of truth: prejudice, blasphemous superstitions,
Jesuitical bigotry. . . . We respect men's freedom of conscience and their spiritual
yearnings far too much to touch religious principles with our propaganda. Every human
being who respects himself and thinks has a holy of holies of his own, for which we
Theosophists ask respect. Our business concerns philosophy, morals, and science alone.
We ask for truth in everything; our object is the realization of the spiritual perfectability
possible to man: the broadening of his knowledge, the exercising of the powers of his soul,
of all the psychical sides of his being. Our theosophical brotherhood must strive after the
ideal of general brotherhood throughout all humanity; after the establishment of universal
peace and the strengthening of charity and disinterestedness; after the destruction of
materialism, of that coarse unbelief and egotism which saps the vitality of our country."
The following letter was written before the foundation of the Theosophical Society.
A somewhat inaccurate translation appeared in Mr. Sinnett's Incidents in the Life of
Madame Blavatsky, but as some additions were made to the original it is interesting to see
what was actually written by H.P.B. at such an early date.
"The more I see of spiritist seances in this cradle and hotbed of Spiritism and
mediums, the more clearly I see how dangerous they are for humanity. Poets speak of a
thin partition between the two worlds. There is no partition whatever. Blind people have
imagined obstacles of this kind because coarse organs of hearing, sight, and feeling do not
allow the majority of people to penetrate the difference of being. Besides, Mother-Nature
has done well in endowing us with coarse senses, for otherwise the individuality and
personality of man would become impossible, because the dead would be continually
mixing with the living, and the living would assimilate themselves with the dead. It would
not be so bad if there were around us only spirits of the same kind as ourselves, the half-
spiritual refuse of mortals who died without having reconciled themselves to the great
necessity of death. Then we might submit to the inevitable. One way or another, we
cannot help identifying ourselves physically and in a perfectly unconscious way with the
dead, absorbing the constituent atoms of what lived before us: with every breath we inhale
them, and breathe out that which nourishes the formless creatures, elementals floating in
the air in the expectation of being transformed into living beings. This is not only a physical
process, but partly a moral one. We assimilate those who preceded us, gradually
absorbing their brain-molecules and exchanging mental auras - which means thoughts,
desires, and tendencies. This is an interchange common to the entire human race and to
all that lives. A natural process, an outcome of the laws of the economy of nature. . . . It
explains similarities, external and moral. . . But there exists another absolute law, which
manifests itself periodically and sporadically: this is a law, as it were, of artificial and
compulsory assimilation. During epidemics of this kind the kingdom of the dead invades
the region of the living, though fortunately this kind of refuse are bound by the ties of their
former surroundings. And so, when evoked by mediums, they cannot break through the
limits and boundaries in which they acted and lived. . . . And the wider the doors are
opened to them the further the necromantic epidemic is spread; the more unanimous the
mediums and the spiritists in spreading the magnetic fluid of their evocations, the more
power and vitality are acquired by the glamour."
Madame Jelihovsky says that "Helena Petrovna described many seances in terms
of horror in consequence of the sights she was enabled to see as a result of her
clairvoyance. She saw details hidden from the others present: perfect invasions of hosts
of soulless remains of mortals, 'woven of fleshly passions, of evil thoughts, of vicious
feelings which had outlived the body'". And H. P. B. wrote:
"It stands to reason that this mere earthly refuse, irresistibly drawn to the earth,
cannot follow the soul and spirit - these highest principles of man's being. With horror and
disgust I often observed how a reanimated shadow of this kind separated itself from the
inside of the medium; how, separating itself from his astral body and clad in someone
else's vesture, it pretended to be someone's relation, causing the person to go into
ecstasies and making people open wide their hearts and their embraces to these shadows
whom they sincerely believed to be their dear fathers and brothers, resuscitated to
convince them of life eternal, as well as to see them. . . . Oh, if they only knew the truth,
if they only believed! If they saw, as I have often seen, a monstrous, bodiless creature
seizing hold of someone present at these spiritistic sorceries! It wraps the man as if with
a black shroud, and slowly disappears in him as if drawn into his body by each of his living
pores."
In the year 1878, or thereabouts, a defence of modern Spiritualism was brought out
by Alfred Russell Wallace. This greatly pleased H.P. B., who wrote on the subject to her
sister:
"See how cleverly he proves how mistaken people are who say that we propagate
ancient prejudices and superstitions; how he proves that a body of people who preach the
study of man's nature, who teach the acquirement of eternal bliss as a consequence of
attaining the full perfection of their moral and spiritual powers, is the chiefest enemy, not
only of gross materialism, but also of all kinds of silly bigotry and myth-worship.
Spiritualism is an experimental science; its development - which is the object of the
Theosophical Society* - will make it possible to find a foundation for a true philosophy.
There is only one truth, and it is higher than anything else. Theosophy is bound to destroy
such meaningless expressions as 'a miracle' or the 'supernatural'. In nature everything is
natural, but everything is not known; and yet there is nothing more miraculous than her
powers, hidden as well as revealed. Spiritualism, meaning the spiritual powers of man and
the deeper knowledge of the psychical aspects of life, which we Theosophists preach, will
cure the old evils of religious quarrels, owing to which the faith of man in the primitive truths
of immortality and repayment according to deserts is disappearing. Wallace speaks the
truth when he says that Spiritualism well deserves the sympathy of moralists, philosophers,
even of politicians and of everyone who desires the perfecting of our society and our life."
* At this time a wide distinction was drawn between "Spiritualism" and "Spiritism''.
It will be seen from H.P.B.'s own definition that she was not speaking of "Spookology" as
the object of the Theosophical Society.
H.P.B. did not spare herself when portraying the humorous side of her surroundings.
The American Phrenological Society wrote and asked for her portrait and for a cast of her
head, and Professor Buchanan, the phrenologist and psychometer, called on her for an
interview. She describes the incident in writing to Madame Jelihovsky:
"And so this poor victim (victim in view of his awful task) was sent to me - a
phrenological occultist, who came in the company of a huge bouquet (as if I were a prima
donna!) and with three trunk-loads of compliments. He fingered my head and fingered it
again; he turned it on one side and then on the other. He snorted over me
- snorted like a steam-engine, until we both began to sweat. And at last he spat in
disgust. 'Do you call this a head?', he says; 'It's no head at all, but a ball of contradictions.'
'On this head', he says, 'there is an endless war of most conflicting bumps; all Turks and
Montenegrins. * I can't make anything of this chaos of impossibilities and confusion of
Babel. Here, for instance', he says, poking my skull with his finger, 'is a bump of the most
ardent faith and power of belief, and here, side by side with it, the bump of scepticism,
pessimism, and incredulity, proudly swelling itself. And now, if you please, here is the
bump of sincerity for you, walking hand in hand with the bump of hypocrisy and cunning.
The bump of domesticity and love for your country boxes the ears of the bump of
wandering and love of change. And do you mean to say you take this to be a respectable
head?' he asked. He seized himself by the hair, and in his despair pulled a considerable
lock from his own respectable head, answering to the highest standards of phrenology. .
. . But all the same he described, drew, and published my poor head for the amusement
of the hundred thousand subscribers to the Phrenological Journal. Alas, alas, 'heavy is the
crown of Monomach!' ** The aureola of my own greatness, acquired so undeservedly, is
simply crushing me. Here, I send you a copy of my poor head, which you are requested
to swallow without any sauce. A hundred thousand Yankees are going to feast upon it,
and so I am certainly going to save a bit for my own blood!"
"Now listen to this, little brothers", she writes in her next letter, "I am sending you a
great curio. Examine it, wonder at it, and improve by it. The Freemasons of England,
whose Grand-Master is the Prince of Wales, have sent me a diploma, which means to say
that I am raised to a high Masonic dignity, and so my title is 'Mysterious Freemason'. Ah
me! next I shall probably be elected Pope of Rome for my virtues. The decoration they
sent me is very beautiful: a ruby cross and a rose. I send you the cutting from the Masonic
Journal."
* This was during the war in 1877.
** The coronation crown of Russia; this was said by one of the Tsars.
Many honors were showered upon H.P.B. as a result of the publication of Isis
Unveiled. A very ancient Society in Benares, founded before the beginning of the Christian
era, called the Sat-Bai, sent her a diploma in Sanskrit, decorated with many symbols. It
is remarkable that in this diploma Helena Petrovna is alluded to as a "Brother of the female
sex". "Henceforward our brother Rad is entitled, owing to his great knowledge, to power
over the inferior grades of ministers, couriers, listeners, scribes, and the dumb ones." H.P.
B. also received a very ancient copy of the Bhagavad-Gita, in a mother-of-pearl and gold
binding, from an Indian Prince. At the approach of the Russo-Turkish war of 1877-1878,
H.P.B. wrote many articles against the Roman Catholics, because the Pope had blessed
the weapons of the Turks. These articles she signed "A Russian Woman". They created
such a stir that Cardinal McCloskey sent his Jesuit secretary to her, under the pretext of
making the acquaintance of "such a remarkable woman, and pioneer thinker, who knew
how to shake off the prejudice of patriotism and to create for herself an independent
position in an independent country". In February, 1877, she wrote to her sister:
"I told him his endeavors were in vain; that whatever I personally, as a Theosophist,
might believe was no business of his at all; that the faith of my Russian fathers was sacred
to me; that I shall always stand up for this faith and for Russia, and shall always write
against the attacks of the hypocritical Catholics upon them as long as my hand can hold
a pen, and without letting myself be frightened by the threats of their Pope or the wrath of
their Roman Church, the Great Beast of the Apocalypse!"
The result of this visit was a new article by her against the head of the Western
Christian Church, who blessed Musselmans that they might the better kill Christians, Slavs,
and Russians. Soon after this move Mme. Jelihovsky received newspaper cuttings
containing the report of H.P.B.'s real fight - but this time not with an ecclesiastic, but with
a propagator of materialistic views, of European renown. She writes to her sister in her
usual humorous way:
"I send you, friends, one more article of mine, which received by no means small
honors here and was reprinted by several New York papers. This is the way it happened:
the London scientist Huxley has been visiting here, 'the progenitor of protoplasm and high-
priest of psychophobia', as I have surnamed him. He delivered three lectures. At the first,
he made short work of Moses and abolished the whole of the Old Testament, declaring to
the public that man is nothing but the great-grandson of a frog of the Silurian period. At
the second he 'beat everyone', like a new Kit Kitich. * You are all fools', he says, 'you don't
understand anything. . . Here is the four-toed foot of Hipparion, the antediluvian horse, for
you, from which it is evident that we, five-toed men, are closely related to it as well, through
our origin.' There is an insult for you! But at the third lecture our wise psychophob tried
to sing it altogether too high, and so started telling fibs. 'Listen to me ', he says, 'I have
looked into the telescopes, I have whistled under the clouds in balloons, I have looked out
for God everywhere with great zeal; and nowhere, in spite of all my researches, did I see
or meet him! Ergo - there is no God and there never was any such!' It was worth these
peoples' while paying him $5,000 for three lectures of this sort of logic. 'Also', he says, 'the
human soul.... where is it? Show it to me as I can show you the heart and the rest of the
'inwards.' Anima Muni, ether, Archos of Plato.... I have searched for the soul with the aid
of spy-glasses and microscopes; I have observed the dying and anatomized the dead, but
upon my word of honor, there is no trace of it anywhere! It is all a lie of the spiritists and
the spiritualists. Don't you', he says, 'believe them.' I felt awfully sorry at all this. So sorry
as even to be angry. So I thought to myself, let me go and write an article against this self-
willed, self-opinionated Kit Kitich. And what do you think? I have written it. And it came
out not at all so bad, as you can see by the enclosed copy. Needless to say, I immediately
took this article, sealed it, and sent it through our corresponding members to London, to
be delivered to Huxley with my most earnest compliments."
* Kit Kitich, or in Academic Russian Tit Titich, is a stage character whose favorite
saying is: "Who can beat Kit Kitich when Kit Kitich will beat everyone first?" He has long
become the synonym of a bully, a petty, self-willed, domestic tyrant. The popular Russian
dialect quite unconsciously transforms "Titus, the son of Titus" (Tit Titich) into "the Whale,
the son of the Whale" ("Kit" means "whale" in Russian); and H.P.B. used this unconscious
pun to make fun of the biological evolutionist who claimed to be, in some sense, the son
of the whale, and whose doctrine she found to be "very like a whale", too. But a pun,
unlike a bishop, loses by translation.
H.P.B. was compelled for various reasons to become an American citizen. This
troubled her considerably, as, like all Russians, she was passionately devoted to her
country. She wrote to Madame Fadeef:
"My dearest, I write to you because otherwise I would burst with a strange feeling
which is positively suffocating me. It is the 8th of July today, an ominous day for me, but
God only knows whether the omen is good or bad. Today it is exactly five years and one
day since I came to America, and this moment I have just returned from the Supreme
Court where I gave my oath of allegiance to the American Republic and Constitution. Now
for a whole hour I have been a citizen with equal rights to the President himself. So far so
good: the workings of my original destiny have forced me into this naturalization, but to my
utter astonishment and disgust I was compelled to repeat publicly after the judge, like a
mere parrot, the following tirade: that I would renounce for ever and even to my death
every kind of submission and obedience to the emperor of Russia; that I would renounce
all obedience to the powers established by him and the government of Russia, and that I
would accept the duty to defend, love, and serve the Constitution of the United States
alone. So help me God in whom I believe!' I was awfully scared when pronouncing this
blackguardly recantation of Russia and the emperor. And so I am not only an apostate to
our beloved Russian Church, but a political renegade. A nice scrape to get into, but how
am I to manage to no longer love Russia or respect the emperor? It is easier to say a thing
than to act accordingly."
In a letter to Madame Jelihovsky:
"I have not written to you for a month, my well-beloved friend, and could you guess
the cause of it? One beautiful Tuesday morning in April I got up as usual, and as usual sat
down at my writing table to write to my Californian correspondents. Suddenly, hardly a
second later, as it seemed to me, I realized that for some mysterious reason I was in my
bedroom and lying on my bed; it being evening and not morning any more. Around me
I saw some of our Theosophists and Doctors looking at me with the most puzzled faces,
and Olcott and his sister Mrs. Mitchell - the best friend I have here, both of them pale, sour,
wrinkled, as if they had just been boiled in a sauce-pan. 'What's the matter? What's gone
and happened?', I asked them. Instead of answering, they heaped questions upon me:
what was the matter with me? And how could I tell - nothing was the matter with me. I did
not remember anything, but it certainly was strange that only the other moment it was
Tuesday morning, and now they said it was Saturday evening; and as to me, these four
days of unconsciousness seemed only the twinkling of an eye. There's a pretty pair of
shoes! Just fancy, they all thought I was dead and were about to burn this dismantled
temple of mine. But at this, Master telegraphed from Bombay to Olcott: 'Don't be afraid.
She is not ill but resting. She has overworked herself. Her body wanted rest, but now she
will be well.' Master was right. He knows everything, and in fact I was perfectly healthy.
The only thing was I did not remember anything. I got up, stretched myself, sent them all
out of the room, and sat down to write the same evening. But it is simply awful to think
about the work that has accumulated. I could not give a thought to letters."
Then from India, describing her arrival:
"Olcott was exactly like Carnival Boeuf Gras; Miss B. like a pole covered with
convolvulus; W. like a bed of lilies and roses; and I myself probably like a huge balloon
woven of flowers. I was ready either to laugh or to be angry. They placed us in a boat,
and we were taken to the landing-stage amidst the sounds of music, where we ran up
against a new solemnity: we were met by a band of local, half-naked dancing girls, who
surrounded us chanting their mantra, and led us in state - all the time bombarding us with
flowers - to a - maybe you think to a carriage? Not at all, to a white elephant! Good Lord,
the effort it cost me to climb over the hands and backs of naked coolies to the top of this
huge animal. It still puzzles me to know how I managed not to drop out of the 'howdah'
where Olcott and I were put, especially when the elephant was rising to his feet. The
others were placed in palanquins, and lo! to the accompaniment of acclamations,
tamborines, horns, with all sorts of theatrical pomp, singing, and a general row, they carried
us - humble slaves of God - to the house of the Arya Somaj."
In a letter to Madame Fadeef, dated November, 1879, H.P.B. writes:
"Would you like to get acquainted with the programme of my inevitable monthly
work? If so, here you are: first to see to the accuracy of every article for the next number
of the Theosophist; second, to see to the translation of from two to four articles in Sanskrit
or the Indian vernaculars into English; thirdly, to personally write the leader and some
other signed article; fourthly, to examine all the mystical articles to prevent Olcott and
other co-workers from mixing things up and from over-salting these contributions; fifthly,
to correct proofs, sometimes five times running; sixthly, to answer some three or four
dozen letters addressed to the Corresponding Secretary of the Theosophical Society;
seventhly, to thank people who send us books for our library from all points of the
compass, and to acknowledge their receipt; eighthly, to answer a few dozen private letters;
ninthly, to write two or three periodical articles for the American and Indian newspapers;
tenthly, to be present at the initiation of the new members, to enter their names, and to give
them their diplomas by the dozen and more; eleventh, to enter the new subscribers;
twelfth, to skim through about forty magazines and newspapers; thirteenth, to receive
visitors every evening - as many as the hall will hold - all kinds of Brahmans, Buddhists,
Sikhs, Jains, Parsis, Mussulmans, and Europeans, who come for scientific purposes, and
with whom I have to discuss philosophy and metaphysics up to eleven o'clock at night;
fourteenth, and above all these I sometimes have additional work to do: for instance, to
post six hundred and fifty invitation cards - one of which I send to you, as you are one of
our members - for a great ceremony which is to be held tomorrow evening, the 29th of
November, in honor of the fifth anniversary of the Society (1879), of the opening of our
library and the publishing or our magazine the Theosophist. You can easily imagine the
pleasure of getting oneself up 'regardless' in this heat; of hanging oneself over with every
kind of medal, sign, and the ribbons of different Societies, and to smile at six hundred and
fifty naked, half-naked, muslin-clad and evening-dressed Brother-Theosophists. Thank
God I am going away at the beginning of December to Allahabad, with a deputation of Rao-
Bahadurs, which means 'Great Warriors'. I am going there with a double object, first to see
Swami Dayanand, second, to get acquainted with the wife of the President. I have
promised the Sinnetts to spend some time with them. A prospect of calls, dinners, and
balls in 'high life'. My hair stands on end at the very thought of it, but it must be done. I
have warned Mrs. Sinnett that I, though not a Russian spy but an American citizen, will not
listen to a single word of disrespect to Russia or to our Emperor. Just let them try, and how
I will abuse their England! So let them be warned."
H.P.B.'s position as an exponent of true mysticism was recognized in India. Lord
Lytton, the Governor General and the son of the author of Zanoni, said of her: "I know only
of one author who can hold her own in mystical literature with my father. It is H. P.
Blavatsky. She can well stand comparison with the author of Zanoni in her comprehension
of abstract metaphysics." The remark was reported in the Indian newspapers, and H.P.B.
wrote to her sister:
"And so now I have become the lion of the day. I am proclaimed to be a deep
orientalist, a friend of science, a herald of truth which has been enslaved by centuries of
prejudice. Read the newspaper cuttings which I send to you, and glory in your relation
being glorified by the nations!"
In another letter:
"From Simla I wrote an article for the Novoe Vremya, 'The Truth about the Nephew
of Nana Sahib', I have gathered the most elaborate information about this scamp. Golos
constantly prints letters written by this liar, as if to incite England to make war on Russia.
And Novoe Vremya disdained to print my note. For what reason? Besides being true, it
is written as a free contribution. One would think they might have believed in the good
intention of a countrywoman of theirs, of a Russia who is at the very source of the
information about this self-proclaimed and false ally of Russia - this Prince Ramchandra.
His biography - perfectly false - has appeared in the June number of the Russian Herald,
1889. And his letters from Bagdad and Cabul, printed in Golos, amuse and needlessly
irritate everyone here who, knows the truth of the matter.* . . . Whilst in Simla Olcott and
Sinnett, nearly dragging me by force, made me visit Sir A. Lyall, Chief-Secretary for
Foreign Affairs; also dine with the Viceroy, and in fact go to all kinds of aristocratic
gatherings; and everywhere I had to quarrel so much for Russia's sake that I got a sore
throat and am sick of them all! And yet our papers wont print my articles!"
* This extract is interesting as showing that whilst Mr. Hodgson was quite sure
(among other things ) that H.P.B. was a Russian spy, her own countrymen would not trust
her politically because she was an American citizen and a resident in India.
In spite of the lack of courtesy on the part of the Russian newspapers in regard to
herself, H.P.B. always subscribed to many Russian magazines and papers, and having no
time to read these during the day, she robbed herself of sleep during the short five or six
hours of her nightly rest, in order to know what was going on in her own country. The
arrival of one of these newspapers gave rise to the following psychometric experience in
the autumn of 1880. Writing to Madame Fadeef, H.P.B. expressed her gratitude for a
parcel of newspapers she had sent her:
"And what an interesting thing happened to me not long since. I received your
bundle of Novoe Vremyas and went to bed a little after ten (you know I get up at five).
Having taken up one of the newspapers, without choosing, just the nearest one, I stretched
myself and went deep into thought about a certain Sanskrit book which I thought would
help me to make good fun of Max Muller in my magazine. So you see it was by no means
about you that I was thinking. And the newspaper lay all the time behind my head on the
pillow, partly covering my forehead. When all of a sudden I felt myself transported into
some strange and yet familiar house. The room I saw was new to me, but the table in the
middle of it an old acquaintance. And there, sitting at the table, I saw you - you, my darling
comrade, sitting smoking your cigarette and deeply thinking. The supper was laid on the
table, but there was no one else in the room. Only it seemed to me that I caught a glimpse
of Aunt going away through the door. Then you raised your hand and, taking a newspaper
from the table, put it aside. I had just time to read its heading, Herald of Odessa, after
which everything disappeared. To all seeming there was nothing strange in this
occurrence, but here is something strange: I was perfectly sure that it was a number of the
Novoe Vremya that I had taken up, and having noticed in my vision some slices of black
bread beside you, I was suddenly seized with such a desire to taste some of it - even a
wee crumb - that I felt its taste in my mouth. I thought to myself, What does it all mean?
What can be the cause of such a fancy? And in order to get rid of a desire that could not
be gratified, I unfolded the newspaper and began to read. When lo! it actually was the
Herald of Odessa, and not at all the Novoe Vremya in my hands. And, moreover, crumbs
of my longed-for rye-bread were sticking to it! And so these fragments on touching my
forehead transmitted to my consciousness the whole scene as it probably happened at the
precise moment of their sticking to the newspaper. In this case, crumbs of rye-bread have
taken the place of a photographic apparatus. These dry pieces of bread gave me such
intense delight, having transported me for a brief moment to you. I was quite filled with the
atmosphere of home, and in my joy I licked up the biggest crumb, and as to the small ones
- here they are, I have cut them out as they stuck to the paper and send them back to you.
Let them return home with some of my own soul. This may be rather a silly proceeding,
but perfectly sincere."
H.P.B. was exceedingly ill in the early part of 1881, and all the doctors agreed that
she would have to be cauterized in the back. She tried to keep out of bed in spite of it,
though her back was in a terrible condition; but whether in bed or out of it she kept
continually at work. She wrote in momentary despair:
"Oh God! what a misery it is to live and to feel. Oh, if it were possible to plunge into
Nirvana! What an irresistible fascination there is in the idea of eternal rest! Oh, my
darlings, only to see you once more, and to know that my death would not give you too
much sorrow."
In many of her following letters she showed she was ashamed of this little
weakness. Her convictions were too deep, says Madame Jelihovsky; she knew too well
that even in death it is not everyone who realizes the longed-for rest. She despised and
dreaded the very thought of a willful shortening of suffering, seeing in it a law of retribution
the breaking of which brings about only worse suffering both before and after death. In
case H.P.B. should suddenly be taken ill, she always left instructions with Col. Olcott, or
one of her secretaries, to inform her family of the fact. On this occasion they were greatly
astonished, not long after hearing of her suffering, to learn in the beginning of August,
1881, that she had suddenly started for Simla in northern India, on her way further north.
From Meerut she informed her family in her own handwriting that she was ordered to leave
the railways and other highways, and to be guided by a man who was sent to her for the
purpose, into the jungles of the sacred forest "Deo-Bund"; that there she was to meet a
certain great Lama, Debodurgai, who would meet her there on his way back to Tibet from
a pilgrimage to the tree of Buddha, and who was sure to cure her. She writes:
"I was unconscious. I do not remember in the least how they carried me to a great
height in the dead of night. But I woke up, or rather came back to my senses, on the
following day towards evening. I was lying in the middle of a huge and perfectly empty
room, built of stone. All round the walls were carved stone statues of Buddha. Around me
were some kind of smoking chemicals, boiling in pots, and standing over me the Lama
Debodurgai was making magnetic passes."
Her chronic disease was much relieved by this treatment, but on her way back she
caught a severe rheumatic fever. Her illness was in no slight measure due to her distress
at the murder of the Tsar Alexander II. On hearing of the Emperor's death she wrote to
Madame Jelihovsky:
"Good heavens, what is this new horror? Has the last day fallen upon Russia? Or
has Satan entered the offspring of our Russian land? Have they all gone mad, the
wretched Russian people? What will be the end of it all, what are we to expect from the
future? Oh God! people may say, if they choose, that I am an Atheist, a Buddhist, a
renegade, a citizen of a Republic, but the bitterness I feel! How sorry I am for the Imperial
family, for the Tsar martyr, for the whole of Russia. I abhor, I despise and utterly repudiate
these sneaking monsters - Terrorists. Let every one laugh at me if they choose, but the
martyr-like death of our sovereign Tsar makes me feel - though I am an American citizen -
such compassion, such anguish, and such shame that in the very heart of Russia people
could not feel this anger and sorrow more strongly."
H.P.B. was very pleased that the Pioneer printed her article on the death of the
Tsar, and wrote to her sister about it:
"I have put into it all I could possibly remember; and just fancy, they have not cut
out a single word, and some other newspapers reprinted it! But all the same, the first time
they saw me in mourning many of them asked me, 'What do you mean by this? Aren't you
an American?' I got so cross that I have sent a kind of general reply to the Bombay
Gazette: not as a Russian subject am I clothed in mourning (I have written to them), but
as a Russian by birth, as one of many millions whose benefactor has been this kindly,
compassionate man now lamented by the whole of my country. By this act I desire to show
respect, love, and sincere sorrow at the death of the sovereign of my mother and my
father, of my sisters and brothers in Russia. Writing in this way silenced them, but before
this two or three newspapers thought it a good opportunity to chaff the office of the
Theosophist and the Theosophist itself for going into mourning. Well, now they know the
reason and can go to the devil!"
On being sent a portrait of the dead Emperor in his coffin, H.P.B. wrote to Madame
Fadeef on the month of May, 1881:
"Would you believe it, the moment I glanced at it something went wrong in my head;
something uncontrollable vibrated in me, impelling me to cross myself with the big Russian
cross, dropping my head on his dead hand. So sudden it all was that I felt stupified with
astonishment. Is it really I who during eight years since the death of father never thought
of crossing myself, and then suddenly giving way to such sentimentality? It's a real
calamity: fancy that even now I cannot read Russian newspapers with any sort of
composure! I have become a regular and perpetual fountain of tears; my nerves have
become worse than useless."
In another letter to Madame Fadeef, dated 7th March, 1883, H.P.B. shows how
perfectly she was aware of what was taking place in her own family, and how strong her
clairvoyance was, mentioning amongst other things a conversation between her two aunts
that had taken place on the day on which she wrote from India:
"Why does Auntie allow her spirits to get so depressed? Why did she refuse to
send a telegram to B. [her son] to congratulate him when he received the decoration of St.
Anne? 'No occasion for it; a great boon indeed!', she said, did she not?"
And in another letter she reproaches Madame Fadeef:
"You never mention in your letters to me anything that happens in the family. I have
to find out about everything through myself, and this requires a needless expenditure of
strength."
Madame Fadeef was a subscriber to the Bulletin Mensuel de la Societe
Theosophique, published in Paris, but frequently did not read it until long after it had been
received by her. On the 23d March, 1883, H.P.B. wrote to her asking her to pay especial
attention to the ninth page of the number issued in Paris on the 15th March. This issue
had been received by Madame Fadeef some time previously, and on looking at the uncut
number, at H.P.B.'s suggestion, she found that on the page mentioned by H.P.B. there was
a large mark in blue pencil as it seemed. The passage so marked referred to the prophecy
of the Saint Simonists that in 1831 a woman would be born who would reconcile the beliefs
of the extreme East with the Christian beliefs of the West, and would be the founder of a
Society which would create a great change in the minds of men.
By the end of 1883 H.P.B. had resolved to go to Europe. Just about this time the
members of her family in Odessa were in great trouble. General R. A. Fadeef, the brother
of H.P.B.'s mother, was dying. They were all of them so overcome by sorrow and by
continual watching over him, whilst on the other hand they knew of H.P.B.'s intention to
start for Europe, that for a long time not one of them wrote to her. Only a few days after
the funeral they thought of informing her about their common misfortune. But their letters
reached Madras when H.P.B. had already left that city, and were sent back to Europe after
her departure. Meanwhile she spent some time in Bombay and let her family know that
on the 7th of February, 1884, she had arranged to embark on board the "Chundernagore".
She wrote:
"I am starting depressed by a terrible foreboding. Either uncle is dead or I am off
my head. The night before our leaving Adyar I dreamed of a scene which happened
exactly twenty years ago in Tiflis, in 1864, when I was so ill, as you remember. I was lying
on a sofa in the hall dozing, and on opening my eyes I saw Uncle bending over me with so
much sadness and pity in his face that I jumped to my feet and actually burst into tears,
just as I have done when this scene repeated itself all over again in dream. And about five
days ago, in a railway carriage, I was alone in the compartment at about two o'clock a.m.
I was lying down but not sleeping, when suddenly between me and the window through
which the moon shone very brightly, I saw someone standing. The lamp was covered, but
all the same I recognized him at once. It was Uncle, pale, thin, disheveled. Lord, how I
started forward, and then heard in answer to my cry his voice as if vanishing in the air,
'Farewell to you, Helena Petrovna' - and then everything disappeared. I refused to believe
myself. My heart was breaking: I felt I was to believe, but tried not to do so. And then a
third time, again when awake: I was not asleep, having great pain in my leg, but shut my
eyes in the effort to doze. Half-lying in an arm-chair, I saw him once more before me. But
this time as he formerly used to be, twenty years ago. He was looking at me with an
amused twinkle in his eyes as he used to do. 'Well', he says, 'and so we have met once
more.' 'Uncle', I cried, 'Uncle, for goodness sake tell me you are alive!' 'I am alive', he
answered, 'more than at any other time before, and I am shielded from suffering. Do not
give way to sadness, but write to them not to make themselves wretched. I have seen
father and all of them, all of them.' The last words sounded as if going away, becoming
less and less audible, and his very outline became more transparent and at last
disappeared altogether. Then I knew for certain he was no more in this world. I knew he
was ill all this time, but it is so long since I heard from you. But then he chose to come
personally and say good-bye to me. Not a single tear in my eyes, but a heavy stone in my
heart. The worst of it is that I do not know anything for certain."
H.P.B. got her mail at Suez, and only then learned from the newspapers and her
relations' letters that she had been perfectly right.
H.P.B. stayed in Nice with the Countess of Caithness before going on to London.
Whilst there, she received numerous invitations to stop with people in England, and replied
to these letters in a sort of circular. It reads as follows (translated from the Russian):
"Having received the cordial invitations of . . . and others, I am deeply touched with
this proof of the desire to see and to make the acquaintance of my unworthy self on the
part of both new and old friends in England. But I do not foresee for myself any possibility
of struggling with my fate. I am ill, and feel myself to be much worse than in Bombay and
even more so than in the open sea. In Marseilles I spent a whole day in bed, and am still
in bed, feeling as if I were on the point of breaking into pieces like an old sea-biscuit. All
that I hope to be able to do is to mend my weighty person with medicines and will-power,
and then drag this ruin overland to Paris. And what would be the use of my going to
London? What good could I do to you in the midst of your fogs mixed up with the
poisonous evaporations of the 'higher civilization'? I have left Madras a mon corps
defendant; I should not have gone at all if I had not been compelled to make up my mind
on account of my illness and the orders of the Master. . . . I feel sick and cross and
wretched, and gladly would I return to Adyar if I could. . . . Lady Caithness is an incarnation
of all that is good: she does everything possible to rest me and to make me comfortable.
I must wait here till the weather is more settled. When the March winds are over I shall go
to Paris to meet the delegates of the European Branches of the T.S., but I very much fear
it will be torture for me. Am I fit for such civilized people as you all are? But in seven
minutes and a quarter I should become perfectly unbearable to you English people if I were
to transport to London my huge, ugly person. I assure you that distance adds to my
beauty, which I should soon lose if near at hand. Do you think I could listen with
equanimity to discussions about Sankaracharya being a Theist, and that Subba Row does
not know what he is talking about; or to still more striking statements about Raj Yogis, to
the crippling of the Buddhist and Adwaita teachings even in their exoteric interpretations?
No doubt as a result of all these trials I should burst a blood-vessel. Let me die in peace
if it is not given to me to go back to my familiar Lares and Penates in my dear Adyar!"
H.P.B. despatched letters daily to Odessa, where at that time both her aunts and
her sister lived, imploring them not to deprive her of a last meeting with them on this earth,
with all the passion she always felt in regard to her family. It was like the affection of a
child.
"My dear, my sweet one, don't you bother about money. What is money? Let it be
switched! Katkoff is bombarding me with telegrams. One of them was sent to me here by
post from Madras. Twenty-nine words! I expect it cost him at least 500 francs, and when
I wrote to him from here he sent another asking for my articles. He must be wanting them
badly if he asks for them at such cost. So we shall have money. I expect you must have
been greatly impressed with all the flatteringly magnificent articles about me in the
newspapers, in the Pall Mall and others. They praise me entirely out of all proportion. In
spite of all my uncouth and far from presentable figure with my swollen legs, I am getting
to be a la mode! Reporters from all parts simply give me no rest."
Next from Paris in 1884:
"If for no other reason, come for the sake of the fun and see how I am worshiped
as a kind of idol; how in spite of my tearful protests all sorts of Duchesses, Countesses,
and 'Miladis' of Albion kiss my hands, calling me their 'saviour' - who has torn them from
the abyss of Materialism, unbelief and despair - sic! You will see for yourself how they
carry on about me. . . . You will probably go to at least one of the meetings, to one of the
Seances Philosophiques de la Societe Theosophique d'Orient et d'Occident in the princely
halls of the Duchesse de Pomar. You shall see there the elite de la societe et de
l'intelligence de Paris. Renan, Flammarion, Madame Adam, and lots of the aristocracy
from the Faubourg St. Germain. . . And besides, we really do not want any of them at all,
but for God's sake do not always change your mind: do not kill me. Give me this greatest
and only happiness in the end of my life. I am waiting and waiting and waiting for you, my
own ones, with an impatience of which you can have no idea. . . I have run away from my
cosmopolitan friends and interviewers, and other prying torturers, leaving Paris for a few
days for Anghein, Villa Croisac, belonging to my dear friends Count and Countess
d'Adhemar. They are real friends, caring for me not only for the sake of phenomena -
which be bothered. Here I have a whole enfilade of rooms at my own and at your service.
But if you wish we can easily live in Paris, coming here only for a few days. The Countess
is a charming woman: she has already prepared rooms for you, and insists upon your
staying with her. It's only a quarter of an hour from Paris, past St. Denis, and the station
is nearly at the entrance of the chateau. Don't be afraid of being in their way. Their house
is a huge one. She is a very rich American, so nice and unpretentious. Her husband also,
though a great aristocrat and a crusted legitimist, is very simple in his ways."
In spite of this, Madame Fadeef and Madame Jelihovsky preferred to stay with
H.P.B. in Paris, where they spent six weeks together. Many interesting things happened.
Mr. W. Q. Judge was at that time staying in the same house with them. When the time
came for the party to break up, H.P.B. started for London some two hours before her sister
and aunt left for Russia. The latter accordingly saw her off at the Gare du Nord, with a
large party of friends and acquaintances. To use Madame Jelihovsky's own words:
"H.P.B. was very unwell, being hardly able to move her swollen feet which gave her awful
pain. Most probably I was not the only one to nourish angry thoughts against her all-
powerful Mahatmas - if they actually were so kind as described - thinking that they might
help her, relieving her suffering, were it only in part, now that she had a long trip and the
sorrow of parting with us before her. As usual she stood up for them, assuring us that
though they do not think it a good thing to relieve people's suffering (the latter being the
lawful reaction on each separate person), yet her own particular Master had often helped
her, saving her from mortal illnesses. I walked, supporting her under the arm, to the
platform, when suddenly she drew herself up, and glancing over her shoulder exclaimed:
'What is that? Who touched me on the shoulder? Did you see a hand?' No one had seen
any hand, and we all stared at each other in astonishment. But how great was our surprise
when Helena Petrovna smiled, and, pushing my arm aside, walked ahead firmly and briskly
as I had never lately seen her do. 'So now', she said, 'this is an answer to you, Vera; you
have been abusing them for their lack of desire to help me, and this moment I saw the
hand of the Master. Look how I walk now.' And in fact she walked all the time on the
platform, quickly and quite easily. Though she had to change the railway carriage twice,
she got in and got out each time without visible effort, assuring us that her pain had entirely
gone and that it was long since she had felt herself so well physically."
A few days after leaving Paris H.P.B. wrote to Madame Fadeef from London, where
she was staying with Miss Arundale:
"My dear, my precious Nadeja Andreevna! For many years I have not cried, but now
I have cried out all my tears on losing sight of you two. I thought my heart would burst, I
felt so faint. Happily, some kindly French people in the same compartment as myself
brought me some water at the next station and took care of me as best they could. At
Boulogne Olcott came to meet me, and was nearly ready to cry himself on seeing how ill
I was. He was also greatly put out by the thought that you and Vera might think him
heartless for not having come to fetch me in Paris. But the poor old body never knew I was
so unwell. You know I am always shaky. I spent a night in Boulogne, and next morning
five more of our Theosophists came from England to look after me. Amongst them two
good friends, Captain B. and his sister Lady T. I was nearly carried to the steamer and off
it again, and triumphantly brought to London. I can hardly breathe, but all the same we
have a reception this evening, to which probably about fifty of our old acquaintances will
come. English people in their totality are not fickle; they have lots of constancy and
loyalty. At Charing Cross, Mohini and K. nearly frightened to death all kinds of English
people by falling down before me as if I had been an idol. It made me positively angry, this
tempting of providence.
"My dear, this new parting from you is so bitter for me, and yet it is a consolation to
have seen each other and to have learned to know each other better. I tell you, friend, life
has nothing better than the consolation and happiness of the deep affection for things and
people we have loved from childhood. This kind of thing can never die: it will have eternal
life in eternity. Long, long after I had gone I saw you three together - you, Vera, and
Madame de Morsier. She writes me she was with you until the moment your train left.
This woman has a good heart, for the sake of which we must forgive her moody temper."
From London, between May and August, 1884:
"I shall never get well here. It's not life I lead here, but a sort of mad turmoil from
morning till night. Visitors, dinners, evening callers, and meetings every day. Our Olga N.
assures me she feels a sort of adoration for me, and daily brings some of her friends to see
me. She has already brought me the whole of celebrated London, except the great
Minister Gladstone, who, according to the St. James Gazette, both fears and admires me -
is afraid of as much as he admires her'! To my mind this is simply a kind of glamor. . . On
the 21st July there was a meeting - conversazione as they are called here - in honor of
Madame Blavatsky and Col. Olcott, held in the Prince's Hall. At first they printed five
hundred invitation cards, and then there was such a rush for them that they had to add
nearly as many again. Madame N. wrote asking for two tickets in the name of our
Ambassador, and personally brought the Ambassadors of France, Holland, Germany,
Turkey, Prince H. of Roumania, and nearly the whole of the staff of her devoted friend
Gladstone. Lastly, Hitrovo, our Consul General in Egypt, who came here on business. .
. . I leave it to your own imagination to fancy the following picture: a huge hall, ladies in low
dresses, costumes de gala of all nations - and I sitting in the place of honor, a kind of kingly
throne out of a ballet performance, in my black velvet dress with a tail three yards long
(which I hate), and Sinnett and Lord B. and Finch, the President of the London Lodge T.S.,
bringing and introducing to me, one by one, all who want to make my personal
acquaintance. And of such there happened to be - I am trying not to exaggerate - about
three hundred people. Just fancy, smiling and shaking hands with three hundred ladies
and gentlemen during two hours. Oof!! Lord and Lady H. asked me to dine with them next
day. After such an evening: just think of it! Cross, the Secretary for India, sat down
beside me and complimented me to such an extent on the love of the Hindus for me that
I simply got frightened: they might put a political coloring even on this! Besides all sorts
of European notabilities, they introduced to me a heap of black and yellow Princes, Maori,
Javanese, Malay - I don't know who. Professor Crookes and his wife sat behind my arm-
chair like a pair of adjutants, pointing out to me no end of their colleagues of the Royal
Society, celebrated savants in physics, astronomy, and all kinds of 'Dark Sciences'. Now,
darling, do you see, do you feel, the working of Karma? English Science, intelligence, and
aristocracy paying honors to me which I do not deserve in the least. Master declared to
me beforehand it would be so, and now I am perfectly miserable getting lots of visits and
invitations, especially after Sinnett's speech in Prince's Hall. He struck an attitude and
began to oratorise: 'Ladies and gentlemen! Before you you see a woman who has
accomplished a world-wide work. She alone thought out and executed a colossal plan, the
creation of a whole army of cultured people whose duty it is to fight against Materialism and
Atheism as much as against superstition and an ignorant interpretation of the teaching of
Christ (that is to say, against the one hundred and thirty-seven sects, Shakers, Quakers,
howling Salvationists revelling in darkness) which is the shame of the Christian world. . .
. Ladies and gentlemen of cultured England, behold the woman who has shown the world
what can be accomplished by the power of will, steadfastly pursuing a certain aim, and by
a strongly realized ideal. All alone, ill, without means, without patronage, without help of
any kind, with the sole exception of Col. Olcott, her first convert and apostle, Madame
Blavatsky has planned to unite into one intellectual whole a universal brotherhood of all
nations and of all races. She has accomplished this undertaking; she has overcome
animosity, calumny, the opposition of fanatics, and the indifference of ignorant people. .
. . Even our liberal Anglo-Indian government mistakenly arose against her humanitarian
mission. But happily it realized its mistake and stopped in time.' And so on and on in the
same strain. The applause was deafening. I tried to blush for modesty's sake, but got pale
instead for want of air. I nearly fainted, for I am still very weak; though my legs from that
moment in the railway station have stopped aching altogether.
"What am I to do with all these letters, evidently intended to arouse my pity, from all
these admirers who are so very much in love with me? Half of them I can answer only in
thought. But amongst them are many whom I really love and pity, as for instance our poor
Solovioff. It's not long since I have come to London, but I have already got two such pitiful
letters. The only thing he asks of me is to care for him and not forget him. He says he has
never loved anyone outside of his family as he loves poor old me. Also our dear J. D.
Glinka: do you know what she has done? She has printed five hundred copies of the
document and the letter of Prince Dondukoff clearing me from the calumny of Mdlle.
Smirnoff, and has sent them to all who are doubtful about the matter..... But, God bless my
enemies! Now listen to a curious story: M. A. Hitrovo, our Consul in Egypt, called on me
and asked me among other things: 'By the way, did you get our telegram, signed
collectively by all the crew of the frigate Strelok? We sent from Suez to Port Said an
expression of our gratitude to Radha Bai* for her kindly affection and remembrance of her
compatriots'. I listened silently without understanding a word. 'But don't you
remember', he says, 'I, as Consul, had to see off the Ambassador to China, and so was
on board the frigate which you met in the Suez Canal'. Only then I remembered. Don't you
recollect I told you in Paris about a joke I played in Suez, on the 3d of March if I am not
mistaken. Our steamer of the Messagerie had to tie up in order that a big Russian frigate
might pass on its way to China. So I took my visiting-card and wrote on it, 'A Russian
woman who during many years never saw a Russian face sends a hearty greeting and
deep salutations and her wishes for a pleasant voyage to all the Russians, beginning with
the Commander and the officers and ending with the Marines. God protect Russia and her
Czar!' - signed Radha Bai. And on the other side I wrote my real name and my Adyar
address. We put this card into a tin box and flattened it. Then when the frigate was in line
with us, Olcott very deftly threw the tin over into a group of officers and soldiers, and I
shouted 'A letter to the Commander'. It was handed to him immediately, and under our
very eyes he read it out. All the officers took off their caps to me, waving them to my
address, and the crew shouted 'Hurrah!' I was awfully pleased. 'We were all very much
amused by your invention', said Hitrovo, 'and very much touched by your note. The
Ambassador and all the officers immediately agreed to wire you their gratitude to Port
Said'. And fancy, isn't it vexing, it was never delivered to me. . . . I told Hitrovo I should
insist upon its delivery, as a souvenir."
* "Radha Bai" was H.P.B.'s Russian nom-de-plume.
Herr Gebhardt came to fetch H.P.B. from London, and took her over to Elberfeldt,
anxious that she should have proper care and rest, as well as tonic waters and massage,
which had been ordered by many doctors who had agreed that her brain was the only
sound organ in her body. H.P.B. writes:
"I traveled as if I had been a queen. Everywhere I had cabins and railway carriages
all to myself, and Gebhardt, who came to fetch me in London, never allowed me to pay a
penny for anything. We were about fifteen Theosophists traveling together, and here I
have also found a large party of German Theosophists waiting for me. The President of
the new German Branch, Dr. Hubbe Schleiden, Baron von Hoffman and his wife, du Prel,
a certain dignified Countess Spreti with her husband and Aide-de-Camp - for he is a
General - Captain U. I may well say with Madame Kourdukoff that I have found here a
company* of lords, counts, and princes, all of them very decent people - and all
Theosophists of ours. Besides them there was the celebrated painter, Gabriel Max (don't
you know?), with his wife and his sister-in-law, and Madame Hammerle from Odessa; and
Solovioff writes that he will not fail to come. What if you come also?"
1. Madame Kourdukoff is the heroine of a well-known Russian comic poem, a
mixture of Russian, French, German, and English.
Next came the Coulomb disturbance. In regard to this Madame Jelihovsky writes:
"H.P.B. stayed nearly two months in Germany and was thinking of settling in Europe for
good - a step greatly recommended by the doctors. But at this time began a tragi-comedy,
preparations for which had been made long previously by the enemies of her work. The
Christian College Magazine of Madras issued a series of letters purporting to be signed by
her and to be written to a certain French woman, Madame Coulomb. This Madame
Coulomb, with her husband, had kept a hotel in Cairo some years before, and Helena
Petrovna had stayed in it during the existence of her Spiritualistic Society which never
succeeded. Unfortunately for her, she met them again, many years later, in India, when
they were in abject misery and want, and kind-heartedly sheltered them in her house. In
H.P.B.'s absence Madame Coulomb quarreled with all the occupants of the house, and
consequently thought of finding some other situation for herself. Then Madame Coulomb
was offered a very profitable transaction. Someone was sent to them by a certain
missionary, explaining to them that in destroying this heretical Society they would act as
good Christians and besides would earn a goodly sum of money." This the Coulombs
tried to earn as all now know. H.P.B. writes:
"Everything has changed. A hostile wind is blowing on us. What cure, what health
is possible for me? I have to go back quickly to the climate that is fatal to me. It can't be
helped. Were I to pay for it with death, I must clear up these schemes and calumnies
because it is not me alone they harm: they shake the confidence of people in our work,
and in the Society, to which I have given the whole of my soul. So how can I care for my
life? . . . They write to us that in Madras, Bombay, and Calcutta all the street walls are
covered with thousands of placards: 'Fall of Madame Blavatsky; her Intrigues and Deceits
Discovered' - and so on and so on. But on the other hand there are more than a thousand
people who have arisen in my defence. Not letters alone, but telegrams costing thousands
of rupees have been sent to the Times of London. As to India, the war there is more than
a newspaper war. About two hundred native students have crossed out their names from
the registers of this Christian College whose journal has printed these wonderful letters of
mine. To be fair to truth, I must say that with the exception of two or three government
papers in India, everyone is on my side. Even here some people have shown themselves
real friends to me. Madame N. brought Mackenzie Wallace to see me; he has lived in
Russia, and has written such an excellent book about Russia and speaks Russian so well.
He is going to he sent as a Secretary to the Viceroy, Lord Dufferin. He gave me a letter
of introduction to Nubar Pasha of Cairo, requesting him to help me in finding information
about the Coulombs. Above all it is necessary to show up these rascals."
Writing from Suez, on November 30th, 1884, H.P.B. says: "I sit in an hotel 'by the
sea and wait for the weather.' * In plain words I am waiting for our steamer, which is now
busy crawling along the canal. We arrived here direct from Cairo by rail, having spent ten
days there, which counts for much these days. That they mean much you will see for
yourself by the long telegrams from the London newspapers which I send to you. I am
beginning to be convinced that I actually am a celebrity when so much money is paid for
telegrams about me. The correspondent of the Daily Telegraph came personally to
interview me, and asked my permission to let his readers know of my discoveries as to the
antecedents of Mon. and Mme. Coulomb, and as to my own 'movements.' In the telegrams
as you see they are styled 'blackmailers' and 'fraudulent bankrupts,' hiding from several
ordres d'arret. You will also see that in Alexandria and Cairo I was 'received very warmly
by the Viceroy and the cream of society.' And so I really was. You cannot imagine how
much was made of me. As soon as Hitrovo learned that I had arrived, he invited us to his
house and immediately began all sorts of dinners, lunches, picnics, till the very sky was
hot. Our Russian compatriots, Hitrovo, Tschegloff, gentleman-in-waiting, and the ex-
Madame Beketoff, nee Princess Vera Gagarin and now Countess de la Salla - all of them
such nice, kindly people that I do not know how to thank them for their services and their
kindness. And even on the part of the foreigners, I was astonished, not with their extreme
amiability - to amiability I am used - but with their real cordiality and simplicity of manner.
Next morning I went with Mrs. Cooper-Oakley to see the Nubars, taking with me the letter
of Mackenzie Wallace, and as soon as my card was sent in, Nubar Pasha in person came
to meet us nearly to the street door. He led us into the Palace, brought his wife and his
daughter, Madame Tigran Pasha, and they were all so kind to us, we might have been old
friends. Certainly I ascribe it all to the letter of my dear Olga Alexeevna. (Madame N.).
Madame Nubar Pasha is an Armenian, a well-educated and well-read woman, speaking
French like a Parisian, a real grande dame. We lunched and dined with them twice. At
their house I made the acquaintance of a dear Russian soul, Countess de la Salla. Her
husband is an adjutant to the Khedive, but he is more like a healthy, nice-looking Russian
lad than an Italian. She knew me by hearsay and also as 'Radha Bai,' and when she heard
that I was the niece of General Rostislav Fadeef, she positively fell on my neck and kissed
me. Uncle used to go to their house as an intimate friend, and she was so attached to him
that she had tears in her eyes when she asked me for particulars of his death. She took
me up, and began to take me from one aristocratic house to another, proclaiming to all that
I am a 'celebrity,' a 'wonderful woman,' an authoress, a savant and what not. She took me
to the Vice-Reine, as the wife of the Khedive is called here, assuring me that it was
absolutely necessary. There in the Khedive's Hareem I found a crowd of visitors, most of
them English women, wives of the notabilities who are now reigning over Egypt. My old,
but not kindly acquaintance from India, Lady B., who was always an enemy to the T.S.,
fairly stared at me, finding me on a sofa side by side with their Vice-Reine; and the
Countess de la Salla immediately wanted to know if she was a Theosophist! and declared
that she herself had joined the Society and was 'awfully proud of her diploma'! Un coup
de theatre! Then she took me to the niece of Ishmail Pasha, the late Khedive; to his son's
wife, Princess Hussain. Both these Princesses and the wife of the Khedive have a
European education, are Parisian in speech - des emancipees. The Vice-Reine is
positively a beauty, a most charming face, but it is a pity she is too stout. The de la Sallas
have got up a dinner-party for me, inviting about fifty of the local aristocracy, both French
and English, as well as our diplomatic corps. All the Russians are especially delighted with
my having turned an English clergyman, the Rev. C. Leadbeater, into such an ardent
Theosophist. As if he were the only one! Why amongst our members we have even got
Bishops.
"Well, and now I am starting for Madras to fight the pseudo-Christian missionaries.
God's will be done; and 'if He does not give us up the pig wont eat us.' * Good-bye my
dear, my loved ones: maybe forever, but even this would not matter. Happiness is not to
be gained on earth. Here we have the dark entrance-hall alone, and only on opening the
door into the real living place, into the reception-room of life, shall we see light. Whether
in Heaven, in Nirvana, in Swarga is all the same: the name does not matter. But as to the
divine Principle it is One, and there is only one Light, however differently it may be
understood by various earthly darknesses. Let us wait patiently for the day of our real, our
best birth. Yours until that day, until Nirvana and forever."
* A Russian proverb.
H.P.B. left India in April, 1885. She was desperately ill at the time, and there was
so much confusion over her departure that she was not even given her clothes to take with
her. She gave Colonel Olcott her word of honor that she would not say where she was
living until the worst of the storm had blown over, and she kept her word. With Babajee
and Mary Flynn she traveled to Naples, and there lived in entire seclusion for some
months. Whilst there, she put in preliminary order her materials for the Secret Doctrine.
Madame Jelihovsky writes that she herself sometimes did not like the idea of certain
people in Tibet apparently monopolizing all the wisdom in the universe. H. P. B. would
reply that they did not monopolize such wisdom; she spoke of the existence of these
particular Great Souls because she knew of their existence, but others no doubt existed
in other parts of the world who were equally wise and equally great.
"In every country and in every age there were and there will be people, pure of
heart, who, conquering their earthly thoughts and the passions of the flesh, raise their
spiritual faculties to such a pitch that the mysteries of being and the laws governing Nature
and hidden from the uninitiated, are revealed to them. Let blind men persecute them; l et
them be burned and hunted from 'societies acknowledged by law;' let them be called Magi,
Wise Men, Raj Yogis or saints - they have lived and they still live everywhere, recognized
or unrecognized. For these people who have illumined themselves during their life-time,
there are no obstacles, there are no bodily ties. They do not know either distance or time.
They are alive and active in the body as well as out of it. They are, wherever their thought
and their will carries them. They are not tied down by anything, either by a place, or by
their temporary mortal covering."
When the three months' residence in Naples had nearly expired, H.P.B. thought of
going to Germany, where, as she wrote, they at least had warm stoves and double
windows in the winter, and where it was possible to be comfortable indoors. She also
vigorously defended the "Adyar Theosophists" for having left her in such sore straits in
Naples, and protested that they had done all that was possible for her under the
circumstances; and to prove that the Society itself was loyal to her, she sent her relatives
hundreds of letters from Branches and people in India, England, and "especially in
America," protesting against her retirement. She had resigned her office of Corresponding
Secretary at Colonel Olcott's urgent entreaty, as he had been greatly alarmed over the
Coulomb attack.
All her letters at this time breathed peace and rest, even gladness, caused by the
many proofs of sincere friendship from such people, she wrote,
- "as Solovioff.* I am traveling with him in Switzerland. I really cannot understand
what makes him so attached to me. As a matter of fact I cannot help him in the least. I
can hardly help him to realize any of his hopes. Poor man, I am so sorry for him and all
of them."
* Who afterwards became her bitter enemy, as all his prayers to be taken as a
Chela were utterly rejected.
H.P.B. was in perfect raptures over the climate and scenery of Switzerland. All her
life she adored nature. "I have never breathed so freely. I can even walk as I have not
been able to walk for ten years past."
At this time all the sad troubles of the past year appeared to Helena Petrovna not
in a black but in a humorous light. She wrote to Madame Jelihovsky in September, 1885:
"My faithful Theosophists wont let me alone. They invite me to London. They want
me to put myself at the head of the European Theosophical Society; and to edit my
Theosophist from there. And the Hindus are also piling letters on me, telling me I must
come back to India, threatening poor Olcott with a mutiny without me. In their eyes he is
only the realizer of my inspirations, and I am the chief priestess and Pythia. Have you read
about the Psychists (the members of the S.P.R.) and their meeting in London, publicly
accusing me of having created Theosophy, of having invented the Mahatmas, and of
having played all kinds of tricks - all with the only aim and object of political intrigue for
Russia, which paid me for it?!! Even such enraged Conservatives and Russophobes as
Mr. Sinnett and Lord Borthwick were disgusted with such meaningless rubbish. The only
foundation for their accusation is that during my arrival in India some Anglo-Indian papers
stopped abusing Russia, as they had been doing up till then. There is some truth in this.
Some of the editors of the best papers, as The Indian Mirror, Amrita Bazaar Patrika, The
Hindu, etc., Theosophists and my personal friends, and so they knew very well that every
word uttered by them against Russia cut me to the heart - especially if it is Englishly unjust.
And so they abstained from it, and for this I was promoted into a paid official spy. Oh Lord,
I recognize my usual fate! D'avoir la reputation, sans en avoir eu la plaisir! And if I only
had the consolation of having been of some use to dear Russia: but such was not the
case; only negative, trivial results."
"I understand," wrote H.P.B. in another letter, "that the Psychical Research Society
could not help separating from us. Though at the beginning it warmed itself in the nest of
the Theosophical Society, like the thievish cuckoo warming its progeny in someone else's
nest - at the time, as you remember, when Myers so constantly wrote to you,* and also
requested me to write to you asking you to act as his Russian correspondent. It would be
too dangerous for Myers, as he makes a point of not separating himself from European
Science, to proclaim honestly and fearlessly what are no tricks and no lies but the result
of powers not known to European scientists. He would have against him all the greatest
social peers of England, the clergy and the corporations representative of Science. As to
us Theosophists, we have no fear of them, as we swim against the stream. Our Society
is a kind of constant poke-in-the-eye for all the bigoted Jesuits and pseudo-scientists. As
for me, being a Russian, I am a regular scapegoat for them all. They had to explain my
influence in some way or another, and so they wrote an indictment - a whole book by a
former colleague and friend, Myers. It begins with the words: 'We proclaim Madame
Blavatsky the grandest, the cleverest, the most consummate impostor of the age!' And in
truth it looks like it! Just think of it: I arrive all alone in America; choose Olcott, a
spiritualist, and begin work on him as a kind of prologue, driving him mad without any
delay! But from an ardent follower of Spiritualism he becomes a Theosophist; after which
I, though unable at the time to write three English words without a mistake, sit down and
write Isis. Its appearance produces a furore on one side and gnashing of teeth on the
other. Here I invent the Mahatmas, and immediately dozens of people take to believing
in them, many see them - there begins a series of phenomena under the eyes of hundreds
of people. In a year the Society counts a thousand members. Master appears to Olcott
ordering him to migrate to India. We start, baking new Branches like hot loaves on our
way, in London, in Egypt, in Corfu. At last in India we grow to be many thousands. And,
mind you, all these are my tricks. Letters of the Mahatmas simply pour from all the points
of the compass, in all languages; in Sanskrit, in Indian dialects, in ancient Telugu - which
is little known, even in India. I fabricate all this and still alone. But after a short time I very
adroitly make confederates out of those whom till then I had deceived, leading them by
their noses; I teach them how to write false letters in handwritings which I have invented
and how to produce jugglers' tricks. When I am in Madras, the phenomena happening in
Bombay and Allahahad are produced by my confederates. Who are they, these
confederates? This has not been made clear. Take notice of this false note. Before
Olcott, Hubbe-Schlieden, the Gordons, the Sinnetts, and other people of standing, Myers
politely excuses himself, acknowledging them to be only too credulous, poor dupes of
mine. Then who are the deceivers with me? This is the problem which my judges and
accusers cannot explain anyhow. Though I point out to them that these people must
necessarily exist: otherwise they are threatened with the unavoidable necessity of
proclaiming me an out-and-out sorceress. How could it be otherwise? In five years I
create an enormous Society, of Christians, Hindus and Buddhists. Without going
anywhere, being constantly ill, sitting as if rooted at my work, the results of which are
evident - I, an old Russian 'gossip,' spreading nets over thousands of people who without
any signs of insanity believe in my phenomena; as also hundreds of thinkers and learned
people who from being materialists became visionaries - how can people help seeing in
me the 'greatest impostor of the age'?
* He wrote so often asking questions about H.P.B. that Madame Jelihovsky's family
got wearied and almost gave the postman directions not to deliver the letters!
"In the enumeration of my sins, it is openly proclaimed: 'You naive Anglo-Saxon
Theosophists, do not believe that Madame Blavatsky's influence in India only reaches you;
it goes far further. When she came back to Madras, about eight-hundred students, not
Theosophists at all, presented her with an address of sympathy. Her influence is
immense. Nothing would be easier for her than to instil hatred towards England in the
hearts of the Hindus, and to prepare the soil slowly but surely for a Russian invasion.' So
this is what they fear, is it? A Russian spy indeed! no spy at all, but a regular conqueror.
You may be proud of such a sister....
"It is no longer my business, but the business of all Theosophists. Let them fight for
me; as for me, I am sitting quietly in Wurtzburg, waiting for Nadya's (Madame Fadeef's)
promised visit, and wont stir from here. I am writing a new book which will be worth two
such as Isis."
About the same time she informed her friends that the phenomena of her
clairvoyance and clairaudience, which took place many years ago in New York, were taking
place again and were considerably intensified. She said she saw "such wonderful
panoramas and antediluvian dramas," had such clear glimpses and vistas into the hoary
past, maintaining she had never heard or seen better with her inner faculties.
About this time the half-restored health of Madame Blavatsky came to grief again.
The worry of her final rupture with V. S. Solovioff, whom she had taken for a true
disinterested friend until then, and the death of a beloved cousin of hers were partial
causes of it. Her sister writes concerning it: "V. S. Sovolioff did not succeed in his earnest
wish to 'ruin' Madame Blavatsky, but by this new scratch at her sore heart he certainly
succeeded in shortening her life." The result of all was a day's swoon.
"I have frightened them all, poor people," writes H.P.B., "am told that for half an hour
I was like one dead. They brought me back to life with digitalis. I fainted in the drawing
room, and returned to consciousness when undressed in my bed, with a doctor at the foot
of my bedstead, and Mlle. Hoffman crying her eyes out over me. The kind hearted Hubbe-
Schleiden, President of the German Society, brought the doctor personally from town, and
my kindly ladies, wives of the painters Tedesco and Schmiechen, and Mlle. Hoffman sat
up all night with me."
The following letter belongs properly to an earlier part of the series. It was written
from Bombay in the autumn of 1882:
"My blood is transformed into water; it oozes out and forms bags. For this I have
to thank, primo, Bombay heat and dampness, and secundo my eternal irritations, bothers
and troubles. I have become so nervous that the light step of Babula's bare feet gives me
palpitations of the heart. I have forced Dudley (the Doctor) to tell me that I may die any
moment from any kind of fright, without which I could live a year or two more. As if it were
possible with the life I lead! I have twenty frights a day, not one. I have put the whole
business into the hands of the Masters. M--- wants me to start at the end of September.
He has sent me one of his Chelas from the Nilgiri, to take me with him. Where, I do not
know exactly, but probably into some place in the Himalayas."
After this there was a long lapse in the letters, and then H.P.B. 's sister got a few
lines from her, dating from Darjeeling, saying that she had nearly died; that she certainly
would not be among the living if it had not been for the miraculous intervention of her
Master, who had taken her off to the mountains and brought her back to life again by
means of a few passes, when she was to all intents and purposes a corpse. Madame
Jelihovsky often asked H.P.B. in after days for further particulars of this mysterious episode
in her life. "How did she happen to find herself unconscious and ill in some unreachable
and perfectly impassible mountains in the Himalayas? Who took her there? Where did
she spend the time of her convalescence? How, again, did she return to civilization?" She
always answered that firstly she could not remember everything, and secondly she was not
allowed to tell everything. Madame Jelihovsky writes, however, that, if not at this time then
at some earlier epoch, she is perfectly certain that H.P.B. visited Lhassa, and that she had
also been to the chief religious centre of Thibet, where among several hundred Lamas lives
the Teshu Lama, the spiritual head of the Buddhists, whom they consider the reincarnation
of Buddha. Madame Jelihovsky is also certain that at some time or other her sister had
been in the Kuen Lun mountains. H.P.B. always told her that the two Mahatmas whom she
knew personally were very different, both in character and in their mode of living; that the
Mahatma K. H. was much more accessible, and lived with his sister and nephew in Kuen
Lun; that Mahatma M., her personal teacher, had no fixed residence, was much more
serious and stern, was always on the move, going wherever he might be most needed at
the moment. The former talked and laughed at times like any ordinary person; the latter
never, being very laconic. He is the older of the two.
When H.P.B. returned she was almost perfectly healthy and strong, and, to the
great astonishment of the doctors, began her work again. On the seventeenth of
December, 1882, H.P.B., Col. Olcott and others moved to Adyar. She wrote to Mme.
Fadeef:
"It is simply delightful. What air we have here; what nights! And what marvelous
quiet! No more city noises and street yells. I am sitting quietly writing, and now and then
gaze over the ocean sparkling all over as if a living thing - really. I am often under the
impression that the sea breathes, or that it is angry, roaring and hurling itself about in
wrath. But when it is quiet and caressing there can be nothing in the world as fascinating
as its beauty, especially on a moonlit night. The moon here against the deep dark-blue sky
seems twice as big and ten times brighter than your European mother-of-pearl ball.
Farewell."
Her sister and niece visited her at Ostende in 1886. This is what she wrote to them
soon after they left:
"I shall take myself to task now that I am alone; and instead of a restless wandering
Jew I shall turn myself into a 'hermit crab,' into a petrified sea monster, stranded on the
shore. I shall write and write, - my only consolation! Alas, happy are the people who can
walk. What a life to be always ill - and without legs, into the bargain..... "
After her great illness in Ostende in the Spring of 1887, she wrote to her sister:
"My darling, do not be frightened: once more I have disappointed the snub-nosed
one.* Some people have pulled me through. Such wonderful things happen to me. You
write, 'How can you be so careless!' As if I have caught cold through carelessness. I never
rose from my armchair, never left the room, sitting as if chained to my Secret Doctrine; I
have made everyone work at it: the Countess, Dr. Keightley, the cousin of the one you
saw in Paris. He came as a delegate from London, to invite me to go there - and I put him
to work! Don't you see how it was: about ten days before my illness the London Society
began to call out vehemently for me - they wanted me, they said; could not do anything
without me. They want to study occultism, and so burn with the desire of depriving
Ostende of my beneficent presence. Before then I got heaps of imploring letters, but kept
silent. Be off with you! I thought to myself, let me alone to write my book quietly. Not at
all: they sent a deputation for me. Dr. Keightley tells me, 'We have taken a beautiful
house with a garden, we have got everything ready for you and we shall transport you in
our arms. Do be persuaded!' And so I was about to make tip my mind. The Countess
began packing; her intention was to pack me up first, then to go to Sweden and sell her
property, in order to live with me, never leaving me - and all of a sudden I dropped down!
Such is my planet of destiny, it appears. And besides, here is another wonder for you: On
the 27th of March we were to start, and on the 17th I went to sleep in my armchair after
dinner, without any reason. You know this never happens to me! I went into a very deep
sleep, and suddenly spoke to her, as she told me afterwards, for I do not remember
anything myself: 'Master says you must not go away because I shall be mortally ill.' She
shouted, 'What are you saying?' I awoke and also shouted with astonishment, 'What are
you screaming about? What has happened?' Tableau! Two days after we nearly forgot
all about it, when I received a letter from a certain London member, whom I never saw
before in my life - Ashton Ellis, a doctor of the Westminster Dispensary, a mystic, a
Wagnerian, great lover of music, still quite a young man, he also insisted on my coming
for the simple reason, don't you know, of having seen me before him and having
recognized me because of my portraits. I stood, he says, on the other side of the table on
which he was writing, and gazed at him. I and Constance (the Countess Wachtmeister)
were very much amused by his enthusiastic statement: 'My life seems strangely linked with
yours,' he writes, with you and the Theosophical Society. I know I am bound to see you
soon.' We were amused, but soon forgot all about it. Then I caught a cold in the throat,
I really do not understand how, and then it grew still worse. When on the fifth day - after
I had to go to bed, the Ostende doctors said there was no hope, as the poisoning of the
blood had begun owing to the inaction of the kidneys, I dozing all the time and doomed to
enter eternal sleep while thus dozing - the Countess remembered that this Ashton Ellis is
a well-known doctor. She telegraphed to him, asking him to send her a good specialist.
And lo! - this perfect stranger wires back: 'coming myself, shall arrive in the night.'
Through my sleep I dimly remember someone coming into the room in the night, taking my
hand and kissing it and giving me something to swallow; then he sat at the edge of my bed
and started massaging my back. Just fancy, this man never went to bed during three days
and three nights, rubbing and massaging me every hour......"
* Meaning death.
Further Madame Blavatsky's letter narrates that she heard some one saying her
body would not be allowed to be burned, were she to die not having signed her will.
"Here," she continues, "consciousness awoke in me, struck with horror at the
thought of being buried, of lying here with catholics, and not in Adyar. . . I called out to
them and said: 'Quick, quick, a lawyer,' and, would you believe it, I got up! Arthur
Gebhard, who had just returned from America and had come here with his mother, having
heard about my illness, rushed out and brought a lawyer and the American Consul, and
I really don't know how I could gather so much strength: - I dilated and signed the will. . .
. Having done with it, I felt I could not keep up any longer. I went back to bed saying to
myself 'Well, good bye, now I shall die.' But Ashton Ellis was positively beside himself; the
whole night he massaged me and continually gave me something nasty to drink. But I had
no hope, for I saw my body was grey and covered with dark yellowish-blue spots, and
loosing consciousness I was bidding good bye to you all in my thoughts.... "
But the cure had taken effect; she slept twenty-four hours and woke up to life again.
Concerning the same illness she writes to her aunt, Madame Fadeeff:
"Sunday, Catholic Easter, - My old comrade and friend, I wrote to you about my
illness some ten days ago, when I was still in bed. So what reason have you to grumble
at my playing the dummy* again? It is true, though, that I was nearly about to play the
eternal dummy; once more I had a hair's breadth escape, and once more I have risen from
the dead. When and how I caught cold, having never left my room, - is more than I can
understand. It began with bronchitis, and ended with a complication of kidney disease.
The Ostende doctors tortured me, with no result at all, robbing me of my money and nearly
killing me, but I was saved by a Theosophist of ours, Dr. Ashton Ellis, who as a reward has
lost a situation with good pay, having left the Westminster Dispensary without permission
and having been the last nine days by my side (massaging my back).... When all the local
doctors gave me up, Countess remembered about Ashton Ellis, whom she knew by
reputation, and asked him to give some advice or to send some doctor, and he answered,
he was coming personally in the night. He dropped everything and came here. And mind
you, he had not so much as seen me before, knowing of me only through my work and
articles. I am simply tortured with remorse, he having lost so much for my sake. At least
it is well he is a bachelor. . . . He has saved me with massage, rubbing me day and night,
positively taking no rest whatever. Lately he has been to London and returned yesterday,
informing me that he will not leave me until I am quite recovered and intends to take me
to London personally, the first warm day. Madame Gebhard is still with me; instead of
spending Easter with her family, she is nursing me, as if I was a baby, and seeing that I
take my medicine, whilst the Countess has gone to Sweden, being compelled to do so, in
order to sell her property. In future she proposes to live with me inseparably, to look after
me and to take care of me. And what do you say about the attachment this Ashton Ellis
has shown to me! Where could a man be found, who would give up a good position and
work, all in order to be free to save from death an old woman, an unknown stranger to him?
.... And everything at his own expense, - he refuses to take a penny from me, treating me,
into the bargain, to some very old Bordeaux, he has unearthed from somewhere. And all
this from a stranger and an Englishman, moreover. People say: the 'English are cold, the
English are soulless.' Evidently not all . . . You ask whether you should send me
something, whether I want something? I do not want anything, darling, except yourself.
Send me yourself. We have not seen each other for a year and a half, and when shall we
meet again? Maybe, never. I am going to London, and in the autumn, if I don't die by that
time, I want to go to Adyar. They persistently ask for me there . . . . . Have you received
our new Parisian magazine, Le Lotus? It is edited, as you will see on the title page, 'sous
l'inspiration de H.P. Blavatsky' (!?) What 'inspiration,' please, when I have no time to write
a single word for them. . . . I have taken three subscriptions: one for you, one for Vera, and
one for Katkoff. I simply adore Katkoff for his patriotism. I do not mind his not sending me
any money again, God bless his soul. I deeply respect him, because he is a patriot and
a brave man, speaking the truth at whatever cost! Such articles as his are a credit to
Russia. I am sure that if darling uncle were still living he would find an echo of his own
thoughts in them, . . . Oh, if only the Regents were hanged in Bulgaria, and Germany
checkmated, I should die in peace."
* Not writing.
In letters and conversation alike, H.P.B. often referred to the debt of gratitude she
owed to the Countess Wachtmeister, Madame Gebhard, and especially Doctor Ashton
Ellis, for their devotion and self-abnegation during her illness. In one of the last letters she
wrote to Madame Jelihovsky from Ostende, she spoke as follows:
"I really do not know what to think! What am I to them? Why should the Countess
be so devoted to me, as to be ready to give her life for mine? What am I to Ellis, who
never saw me before, that he should think nothing of the risk, when leaving the hospital
without permission, for a whole week for my sake; now he has lost his place, his
handsome pay, and his rooms at the Westminster Dispensary. He went home and
returned here laughing: he does not care a bit, he says! He will have more time to spend
on Theosophy, with his practice alone.... Well, what does all this mean? What do they find
in me? Why should it be my fate to influence the destinies of other people? I tell you
seriously, I feel frightened! I cease understanding causes and feel lost. The only thing I
know is that I have called forth an unknown power which ties the destinies of other people
to my destiny, to my life. . . . I know also to my great relief, that many amongst those
devoted to me look up to me as to their rescuer. Many were heartless egotists, faithless
materialists, worldly, lightheaded sensualists, and many have become serious people,
working indefatigably, sacrificing everything to the work: position, time, money, and
thinking but of one thing: their spiritual and intellectual development. They have become
in a way the victims of self-sacrifice, and live only for the good of others, seeing their
salvation and light in me. And what am I? I am what I always was. At least so far as they
are concerned, seriously. I am ready to give the last drop of my blood for Theosophy, but
as for Theosophists I hardly love anyone amongst them personally. I cannot love anyone
personally, but you of my own blood. . . . What a blind tool I am, I must own, in the hands
of the one whom I call my Master! . . . I do not know, I do not know, I do not know. For me,
as for anyone else, the phenomenal birth of our Society, on my initiative, its daily and
hourly growth, its indestructibility, in spite of the many blows from its enemies - are an
unsolved riddle. I do not know any logical cause for it, but I see, I know, that the
Theosophical Society is preordained to have a world-wide importance. It will become one
of the events of the world! It possesses a moral and psychical power, the weight of which,
like the ninth wave, will submerge, sweep away and drown all that the lesser waves of
human thought have left on the shore; all foreign sediments, all shreds and patches of
systems and philosophies. I am its blind motor, but a great power rests with it."
When finally settled in London Madame Blavatsky wrote to her sister:
"Here I am planted among the fogs of Albion. Literally planted, because I did not
come here of my own free will. I have been dragged over by my admirers, nearly in my
bed or in their arms. They make a regular hobby of me. To their mind, they won't be able
to find their way to the Kingdom of Heaven without me. They sent a deputation with a
petition from seventy-two Theosophists who have firmly made up their minds to deprive
poor Ostende of my 'ennobling' presence and 'beneficent magnetic fluid' - excuse du peu!
I grumble at them, I drive them away, I shut myself off from all these mystical vampires,
who suck all the moral strength out of me - no! all the same they rush to me, like flies to
honey. 'We have become aware,' they say, 'of the spirit of holiness and moral perfection
in your atmosphere. You alone can enlighten us and give life to the hybernating and
inactive London Society.' Well, now they have got what they wanted; I have come and
thrown more fuel into the furnace - I hope they won't repent it. I sit at my table and write,
whilst they all jump about and dance to my music. Yesterday we had a meeting at which
was formed a new branch of the Theosophical Society, and - just fancy that - they
unanimously called it 'The Blavatsky Lodge of the T. S.'! . . . This I call hitting the Psychical
Research Society straight in the face; let them learn of what stuff we are made! . . . We
are about to found a magazine of our own, Lucifer. Don't allow yourself to be frightened:
it is not the devil, into which the Catholics have falsified the name of the Morning Star,
sacred to all the ancient world, of the 'bringer of light,' Phosphoros, as the Romans often
called the Mother of God and Christ. And in St. John's Revelation does it not say, 'Jesus,
the morning star'? I wish people would take this to mind, at least. It is possible that the
rebellious angel was called Lucifer before his fall, but after his transformation he must not
be called so. . . It is simply frightful what a lot of work I have. They write from Paris that the
Society is also divided there. They refuse to acknowledge the Branch under the
presidency of Lady Caithness, Duchesse de Pomar, and ask for a representative of mine;
just like those here, who want me to take the place of Sinnett. . . . They insisted upon my
tearing myself to pieces for them! I am to play at being a kind of 'omnipresent' General
Booth with his Salvation Army! Thank you very much! And a new magazine - Le Lotus -
they intend to start too. I have refused the editorship point blank; and so look at the title
page - I enclose the specimen copy - 'Sous l'inspiration de Mme. H.P. Blavatsky.' How do
you like that now? And, please, how am I to inspire them? Am I to send magnetic fluids
to Gaboriau, its editor, and to his collaborators? It appears that your sister is getting to be
the fashion in Europe also. Look at Hartmann dedicating his book to 'my genius.' But how
I am to get time for everything - magazines, lessons in occultism, the Secret Doctrine, the
first part of which is not yet ready - I do not know myself!"
During this eventful time Madame Blavatsky was in excellent spirits and very hopeful
as to the future of her Society, as is shown by the following letter to her sister:
"A whole Society of Catholic clergy and High-Church fanatics has been formed here
against your sister. They already have had three meetings. During the first they tried to
prove that I am no more and no less than the very Devil in petticoats. But my Theosophists
protested, and having asked for the right of speech proved very neatly on the spot that
these Catholics were Jesuits, sorry Christians, worshipers of Baal and Mammon. During
the second, they tried to take up the old story: she is a spy, an agent of the Russian
government and is dangerous to British interests. . . . Here arose Lane Fox, Sinnett and
Sir W. Grove and proved to the public that the enemies of Theosophy, who fear my
Russian patriotism, are near relatives to Balaam's ass, though it saw an angel, at least, and
could talk, and they see only small blue devils everywhere, in their bigotry, and can't speak,
into the bargain. At the third meeting was discussed the question: can it be that I am
Antichrist? Here the young Lord P. got up and read out my answer, in which I laconically
but clearly inform the world, that if twice two equals four, all these people are blank
ignoramuses and calumniators. . . . The effect exceeded expeetation as you will see from
the reports, so great was the enthusiasm of my friends. . . Now they are going to cry still
louder: Lucifer will kill our opposers! Even my personal enemies are full of praises for it.....
And yet I feel sad, oh so sad! Oh, if I only could see you."
XII. *
The effect of her work was spreading, at which she was overjoyed, founding with
her usual buoyancy great hopes for her Society, the teachings she advocated and the
people who followed them. But personally, at the bottom of her heart, she felt cold and
lonely, in spite of the many devoted people around her. Her constant cry was, Oh for
something Russian, something familiar, somebody or something loved from childhood!
She was always glad to spend all her savings to have her sister or her sister's children with
her. To please her, Madame Jelihovsky offered to ask the Rev. E. Smirnoff, the minister
of the Russian Embassy Church in London, to call on her. H.P.B. was very pleased with
the suggestion:
"But will he not refuse?" she wrote in return. "Maybe he also takes me for the
Antichrist? What an inconsistent old fool I am: there is a gulf for me between the Catholic
and Protestant clergy and our own priesthood. Is it not astonishing that I, a heathen, hating
Protestantism and Catholicism alike, should feel all my soul drawn towards the Russian
Church. I am a renegade, a cosmopolitan unbeliever - everyone thinks so, and I also think
so, and yet I would give the last drop of my blood for the triumph of the Russian Church
and everything Russian."
* The next number, xiii, will close this series. In January another series of H.P.B.'s
letters to Dr. F. Hartmann, will be commenced [in The Path].
During the winter of 1887 Novoe Vremya, one of the leading St. Petersburg papers,
informed the Russian public that Helena Petrovna Blavatsky, a compatriot of theirs, had
settled in London with the view of demolishing Christianity and spreading Buddhism, to
further which she had already built a pagoda with Buddha's idol in it, etc., etc. She
immediately wrote a letter on the subject to the office of this newspaper, in a very good-
natured and humorous tone, but unfortunately it never was printed.
"Why should Novoe Vremya tell such fibs?" she wrote to Mme. Jelihovsky.
"Whence could it gather that our intention is to preach Buddhism? We never dreamed of
such a thing. If in Russia they read my Lucifer, our chief organ in Europe at present, they
would learn that we preach the purest Theosophy, avoiding the extremes of Count Tolstoi,
trying to reestablish the purely Christlike Theosophy and life-giving morality. In the third,
November, number there will be an article of mine ('The Esoteric Character of the
Gospels') in which I stand up for the teachings of Christ, glorifying, as usual, his true
doctrine, not disfigured as yet either by Popery or Protestantism. I, i.e., we Theosophists,
certainly do unmask Phariseeism and superstition of every kind. I do not spare Catholicism
either, which has overdressed the pure teachings of Christ with unnecessary gewgaws and
empty-sounding ritualism, or Protestantism which, in the heat of its indignation against the
wilfulness of the Pope and the vanity of the Catholic clergy, has stripped the tree of truth
of all its healthy bloom and fruit, as well as of the barren flowers, which were grafted on it
by Popery. We mean, it is true, to give it hot to bigotry, to Phariseeism, to bitter
materialism, but "Buddhism" is not the right word for them to use. Make of it whatever you
can. People call me, and, I must admit, I also call myself, a heathen. I simply can't listen
to people talking about the wretched Hindus or Buddhists being converted to Anglican
Phariseeism or the Pope's Christianity: it simply gives me the shivers. But when I read
about the spread of Russian orthodoxy in Japan, my heart rejoices. Explain it if you can.
I am nauseated by the mere sight of any foreign clerical, but as to the familiar figure of a
Russian pope I can swallow it without any effort. . . . I told you a fib in Paris, when I said
I did not want to go to our Church; I was ashamed to say that I went there before your
arrival, and stood there, with my mouth wide open, as if standing before my own dear
mother, whom I have not seen for years and who could not recognise me! . . . I do not
believe in any dogmas, I dislike every ritual, but my feelings towards our own church-
service are quite different. I am driven to think that my brains lack their seventh stopper
* . . . Probably, it is in my blood . . . I certainly will always say: a thousand times rather
Buddhism, a pure moral teaching, in perfect harmony with the teachings of Christ, than
modern Catholicism or Protestantism. But with the faith of the Russian Church I will not
even compare Buddhism. I can't help it. Such is my silly, inconsistent nature."
* A Russian equivalent for "a bee in the bonnet."
In May 1888 Madame Jelihovsky lost her son. Madame Blavatsky felt her sister's
sorrow with her usual acuteness and passion, which is shown by the two following
fragments:
"..... in a country new to you all, you, may be, will find some relief. Come, darling.
Come all of you, my dears, ... do not grudge me this greatest joy .... You will have a
separate room, and we have a garden, a nice shady garden, with birds singing in it, as if
in the country. You shall be comfortable, and the poor girls will have what little distraction
is possible for them . . . . Smirnoff is also writing to you, advising you to come. He is so
fond of you all. . . . He has just been to see me. He is the only person with whom I could
talk about you as with an intimate friend. For God's sake make up your mind! do come!....
do not change your mind. The hope to see you has given new life to me. This is my first
gladness, my first ray of light in the darkness of sorrow and suffering, of my lonely
suffering, my untold suffering for you! .... Come, darling...."
She certainly possessed a great faith in the undying nature of man, which amounted
to knowledge, and without doubt she could have used her moral influence over her sister
to console her. But the great kindness of her loving heart knew better than even this and
she tried to soothe her loved ones with words about new, unfamiliar surroundings, her
garden and birds singing in it, as simple as the first pangs of her sister's sorrowing heart.
Late in the autumn of 1888 there was a considerable lapse of time between her
letters to her sister, at which Madame Jelihovsky grew impatient and wrote reproachfully
to ask with what she was so very busy that she could not find a minute to write a letter.
Madame Blavatsky answered:
"Friend and sister: Your thoughtless question, 'What am I so busy with?' has fallen
amongst us like a bomb loaded with naive ignorance of the active life of a Theosophist.
Having read it, I translated your Kushma Proatkoff* into the language of Shakespeare;
and, as soon as I translated it - Bert., Arch., Wright, Mead, and the rest of my home staff
swooned right away, smitten with your defamatory question - 'what am I busy with?' I, is
it? I tell you, if there ever was in the world an overworked victim it is your long-suffering
sister. Do take the trouble to count my occupations, you heartless Zoilas. Every month
I write from forty to fifty pages of "Esoteric Instructions," instructions in secret sciences,
which must not be printed. Five or six wretched voluntary martyrs among my esotericists
have to draw, write and lithograph during the nights, some 320 copies of them, which I
have to superintend, to rectify, to compare and to correct, so that there may be no
mistakes and my occult information may not be put to shame. Just think of that! White-
haired, trained Cabalists and sworn Free-Masons take lessons from me..... Then, the
editing of Lucifer wholly depends upon me, from the leader and some other more or less
lively article for every number, to the correcting of proofs. Then my dear Countess
d'Adhemar sends me La Revue Theosophique; I can't refuse to help her either. Then, I
also must eat, like anyone else, which means supplying some other bread-winning article.
Then the receptions, the weekly meetings, accompanied by learned discussions, with a
stenographer behind my back, and sometimes two or three reporters in the corners, - all
this, you can easily believe, takes some time. I must read up for every Thursday, because
the people who come here are no ignoramuses from the street, but such people as the
electrician K., Dr. William B. and the naturalist C. B. I must be prepared to defend the
teachings of Occultism against the applied sciences, so that the reports of the
stenographer may be printed, without correction, in our new monthly publication under the
name of The Transactions of the Blavatsky Lodge. This alone, the stenographer and the
printing - cost my theosophists nearly L40 a month.... Since your departure they have all
gone mad here; they spend such a lot of money that my hair stands on end .... Don't you
see, they have written a circular to all theosophists of all the wide world: 'H.P.B.,' they say,
'is old and ill, H.P.B. wont stay with us much longer. Suppose H.P.B. died, then we might
whistle for it! There will be no one to teach us manners and secret wisdom. So let us raise
a subscription for the expenses, etc., etc..... ' And so they have raised a subscription and
now spend money. And H.P.B. sits with holes in her elbows, sweating for everybody and
teaching them. Needless to say, I wont accept a penny for this sort of teaching. 'Your
silver perish with you, for that you thought to buy the grace of God for money,' I repeat to
everyone who imagines he can buy the divine wisdom of centuries for pounds and
shillings."
* Kushma Proatkoff is the author of very amusing parodies of philosophic
aphorisms, of which H.P.B. was very fond.
The following two letters show how very open Madame Blavatsky was to new
impressions, even in her old age. The first is from Fontainbleau, the second from Jersey,
where she was taken by Mrs. Candler in the summer of 1889, less than two years before
her death. Both are to Madame Fadeef.
"Delicious air, all impregnated with the resin of the pine forest and warmed by the
sun, to which I am exposed whole days, driving in the lovely park - has revived me, has
given me back my long lost strength. Just fancy, several theosophists came yesterday
from London to see me, and so we all went to see the castle. Out of the fifty-eight state
rooms of the palace I have done forty-five with my own, unborrowed legs!! It is more than
five years since I have walked so much! I have ascended the entrance steps, from which
Napoleon I took leave of his guardsmen; I have examined the apartments of poor Marie
Antoinette, her bedroom and the pillows on which rested her doomed head; I have seen
the dancing hall, gallerie de Francois I, and the rooms of the "young ladies" Gabrielle
d'Estree and Diane de Poitiers, and the rooms of Madame de Maintenon herself, and the
satin cradle of le petit roi de Rome all eaten up up by moths, and lots of other things. The
Gobelins, the Sevres china and some of the pictures are perfect marvels! .... I have also
put my fingers on the table on which the great Napoleon signed his resignation. But best
of all I liked the pictures embroidered with silk par les demoiselles de St. Cyr for Madame
de Maintenon. I am awfully proud of having walked all around the palace all by myself.
Think of it, since your stay in Wursburg I have nearly lost my legs; and now, you see, I can
walk all right .... But what trees in this doyen des forets! I shall never forget this lovely
forest. Gigantic oaks and Scotch firs, and all of them bearing historical names. Here one
sees oaks of Moliere, of Richelieu, of Montesquieu, of Mazarin, of Beranger. Also an oak
of Henri III, and two huge seven hundred year old trees des deux freres Faramonds. I
have simply lived in the forest during whole days. They took me there in a bath-chair or
drove me in a landau. It is so lovely here, I did not feel any desire to go to see the
Exhibition.... "
Then from Jersey:
"Well, my old comrade, I have seized a short little minute in the interval of work,
which is simply smothering me after my inertia and laziness at Fontainbleau, and write to
you in bed, in spite of being perfectly well. The doctor has put me there for precaution's
sake, as lately my knees have been aching a little. I have been brought here by my Mrs.
Ida Candler, an American friend, so that I might get some sea air. The house is quite close
to the shore, yellow sand begins right from the steps..... On three sides the house is
drowsed in trees and flowers. Camelias and roses, as if we were in Italy!.... A lovely island
and so curious. They have a government of their own here, England being acknowledged
only nominally, mostly for the sake of the pompousness. They issue their own coins and
keep to their own ancient Norman laws. For instance, in case some person wants to catch
a thief in his garden or simply box somebody's ears, he must shout, before he proceeds
to do so: 'Haro! Oh, Rollo, mon prince et mon seigneur!' Otherwise he will catch it
himself. This "Rollo" is the first of the Norman princes, father of Robert the Devil, a giant
and a hero, who took the island from the Druids. The inhabitants speak a funny kind of
French; but they are awfully offended if anyone says they are French or English. 'I am a
Jerseyman, and no one else' they say..... "
In February, 1890, she wrote to Mme. Jelihovsky:
"As you see, I am in Brighton, on the seashore, where I was sent by the doctors, to
inhale the oceanic evaporations of the Gulf Stream, to get rid of a complete nervous
prostration. I do not feel any pains, but palpitations of the heart, a ringing in the ears - I am
nearly deaf - and weakness too, such weakness that I can hardly lift my hand. I am
forbidden to write or read or even to think, but must spend whole days in the open air - 'sit
by the sea and wait for fair weather.' My doctor got frightened, himself, and frightened all
the staff. It is an awfully expensive place; and my money - alas! So my esotericists put
their money together immediately and persuaded me to go. And now subsidies fly to me
from all points of the compass, for my care; some of them even unsigned, simply to my
address. America especially is so generous that, upon my word, I feel ashamed. I admit
they 'want' me, as they repeat to me twenty times a day, but still, why should they spend
so much? They keep me in luxury as if I were an idol, and don't allow me to protest.
"Two or three Theosophists at a time take turns at my side, coming from London;
watching my every movement like Cerberuses. Now one of them is putting his head in with
a tearful request to stop writing, but I must let you know that I am still alive. You have been
to Brighton, have you? We have splendid spring weather here; the sun is simply Italian,
the air is rich; the sea is like a looking-glass, and during whole days I am pushed to and
fro on the esplanade, in an invalid chair. It is lovely. I think I am already strong enough.
My brain moves much less, but before I was simply afraid for my head. My doctor said .
. . exhaustion of the brain and nervous prostration. 'You have overworked yourself,' he
says, 'you must give yourself a rest.' That's it! And with all this work on my hands! 'You
have written your full,' he says; 'now drive about.'
"It is easy for him to speak, but all the same I must put the third volume of the
Doctrine in order, and the fourth - hardly begun yet, too. It is true though that in my present
state of weakness my head keeps nodding, I feel drowsy. But, all the same, don't be
afraid. There is no more danger. Take consolation from the enclosed newspaper cuttings.
You see how the nations magnify your sister! My Key to Theosophy will bring many new
proselytes, and the Voice of the Silence, tiny book though it is, is simply becoming the
Theosophists' bible.
"They are grand aphorisms, indeed. I may say so, because you know I did not
invent them! I only translated them from Telugu, the oldest South-Indian dialect. There
are three treatises, about morals, and the moral principles of the Mongolian and Dravidian
mystics. Some of the aphorisms are wonderfully deep and beautiful. Here they have
created a perfect furore, and I think they would attract attention in Russia, too. Won't you
translate them? It will be a fine thing to do."
The sea air did her good, but she did not keep her strength long. Not later than April
she was again forbidden to work, abstaining from which was a real torture for her, as with
her failing strength the activity of her thought seemed only to increase. She knew she had
not much time to lose, and yet she had to spend whole days in her bed doing absolutely
nothing. She wrote to her sister:
"And still I have a consolation; my Theosophists grudge nothing for me in either
labor, time or money. Formerly I used to think they could not do without me, having
imagined I am a well of wisdom, and so took care of me as of a precious jewel, which has
come from far across the seas. And now I see I was mistaken, many of them simply love
me as a dear mother of theirs. For instance Mrs. Candler: she is not a very deep
Theosophist, and yet she spent the whole of the last summer petting me and now again
she writes, asking me to settle beforehand where I feel inclined to spend the season, and
wants to take me to all kinds of places, having wrapped me in wadding. But I shall not go
anywhere. I want you, Vera, you and your children. Besides, it seems likely that Charlie
and Vera will also return from India. They could not stay long in Russia; you are free to
do what you like, so instead of the country come to me, all of you. . . . Or maybe you would
prefer to spend the summer in Stockholm, near the seaside instead of England. Seriously
- my Swedish Theosophists are very eager that I should come; one of them offers me a
whole villa at my service, with a park and a yacht to sail in the bay. . . . But I think we might
as well stay in London. Our new house, the Theosophical headquarters, is right in
Regent's Park, near the Zoological Gardens. I am forbidden to work now, but all the same
I am awfully busy changing from one end of London to the other. We have taken three
separate houses, joined by a garden, for several years; 19 Avenue Road, with building-
right. So I am building a lecture hall, to hold 300 people; the hall is to be in Eastern style,
made of polished wood, in a brick shell, to keep the cold out; and no ceiling inside, the roof
being supported by beams and made also of polished wood. And one of our Theosophists
who is a painter is going to paint allegorical signs and pictures over it. Oh, it will be lovely!"
Mme. Blavatsky was as pleased as a child with all the new arrangements, and yet
she had a foreboding she was to die in this new house, and spoke of it to her sister.
Her next letter, dated July, describes the opening of her new lecture hall.
"At one end of the hall they placed a huge arm-chair for me and I sat as if
enthroned. I sat there hardly able to keep myself together, so ill was I, my doctor near at
hand in case I should faint. The hall is lovely, but about 500 people had assembled, nearly
twice as many as it would hold. . . . And imagine my astonishment: in the first row I was
shown Mrs. Benson, the wife of the Archbishop of Canterbury, to whom my Lucifer
addressed a "brotherly message." I am sure you remember it? What are we coming to!
The speeches were by Sinnett and others, but, needless to say, no one spoke so well as
Annie Besant. Heavens, how this woman speaks! I hope you will hear her yourself. She
is now my co-editor of Lucifer and the president of the Blavatsky Lodge. Sinnett is to
remain the president of the London Lodge alone. As for me, I have become a regular
theosophical pope now: I have been unanimously elected president of all the European
theosophical branches. But what is the use of all this to me? .... If I could get some more
health - that would be business. But honors and titles are altogether out of my line."
(The Path, Dec.-Dec., 1894-95)
TWO LETTERS FROM H.P. BLAVATSKY [TO CONVENTIONS]
The following two letters contain ideas and suggestions of very grave import to
students of Theosophy, particularly on this continent. We commend them to the most
earnest consideration of our readers and trust they will give to them the close attention
which they deserve. They are of special significance, we feel, at the present disturbed and
uncertain time in human affairs.
The first letter is addressed to the Second Annual Convention of the Theosophical
Society, American Section, held at Chicago, Ill., April 22nd and 23rd, 1888. The second
one was sent to the Fifth Annual Convention of the same body, held at Boston, Mass., April
26th and 27th, 1891. It is followed by an additional message written but three weeks prior
to the passing of H.P. Blavatsky.
These and other letters from H.P. Blavatsky were originally published in the Report
of Proceedings of the respective Conventions to which they were addressed. -Editor.
TO WILLIAM Q. JUDGE,
General Secretary of the American Section of the Theosophical Society
MY DEAREST BROTHER AND CO-FOUNDER OF THE THEOSOPHICAL SOCIETY:
In addressing to you this letter, which I request you to read to the Convention
summoned for April 22nd, I must first present my hearty congratulations and most cordial
good wishes to the assembled Delegates and good Fellows of our Society, and to yourself
- the heart and soul of that Body in America. We were several, to call it to life in 1875.
Since then you have remained alone to preserve that life through good and evil report. It
is to you chiefly, if not entirely, that the Theosophical Society owes its existence in 1888.
Let me then thank you for it, for the first, and perhaps for the last, time publicly, and from
the bottom of my heart, which beats only for the cause you represent so well and serve so
faithfully. I ask you also to remember that, on this important occasion, my voice is but the
feeble echo of other more sacred voices, and the transmitter of the approval of Those
whose presence is alive in more than one true Theosophical heart, and lives, as I know,
pre-eminently in yours. May the assembled Society feel the warm greeting as earnestly
as it is given, and may every Fellow present, who realizes that he has deserved it, profit
by the Blessings sent.
Theosophy has lately taken a new start in America which marks the commencement
of a new Cycle in the affairs of the Society in the West. And the policy you are now
following is admirably adapted to give scope for the widest expansion of the movement,
and to establish on a firm basis an organization which, while promoting feelings of fraternal
sympathy, social unity, and solidarity, will leave ample room for individual freedom and
exertion in the common cause - that of helping mankind.
The multiplication of local centres should be a foremost consideration in your minds,
and each man should strive to be a centre of work in himself. When his inner development
has reached a certain point, he will naturally draw those with whom he is in contact under
the same influence; a nucleus will be formed, round which other people will gather,
forming a centre from which information and spiritual influence radiate, and towards which
higher influences are directed.
But let no man set up a popery instead of Theosophy, as this would be suicidal and
has ever ended most fatally. We are all fellow-students, more or less advanced; but no
one belonging to the Theosophical Society ought to count himself as more than, at best,
a pupil-teacher - one who has no right to dogmatize.
Since the Society was founded, a distinct change has come over the spirit of the
age. Those who gave Its commission to found the Society foresaw this, now rapidly
growing, wave of transcendental influence following that other wave of mere
phenomenalism. Even the journals of Spiritualism are gradually eliminating the
phenomena and wonders, to replace them with philosophy. The Theosophical ideas have
entered into every development or form which awakening spirituality has assumed, yet
Theosophy pure and simple has still a severe battle to fight for recognition. The days of
old are gone to return no more, and many are the Theosophists who, taught by bitter
experience, have pledged themselves to make of the Society a "miracle club" no longer.
The faint-hearted have asked in all ages for signs and wonders, and when these failed to
be granted, they refused to believe. Such are not those who will ever comprehend
Theosophy pure and simple. But there are others among us who realize intuitionally that
the recognition of pure Theosophy - the philosophy of the rational explanation of things and
not the tenets - is of the most vital importance in the Society, inasmuch as it alone can
furnish the beacon-light needed to guide humanity on its true path.
This should never be forgotten, nor should the following fact be overlooked. On the
day when Theosophy will have accomplished its most holy and most important mission -
namely, to unite firmly a body of men of all nations in brotherly love and bent on a pure
altruistic work, not on a labour with selfish motives - on that day only will Theosophy
become higher than any nominal brotherhood of man. This will be a wonder and a miracle
truly, for the realization of which Humanity is vainly waiting for the last 18 centuries, and
which every association has hitherto failed to accomplish.
Orthodoxy in Theosophy is a thing neither possible nor desirable. It is diversity of
opinion, within certain limits, that keeps the Theosophical Society a living and healthy body,
its many other ugly features notwithstanding. Were it not, also, for the existence of a large
amount of uncertainty in the minds of students of Theosophy, such healthy divergencies
would be impossible and the Society would degenerate into a sect, in which a narrow and
stereotyped creed would take the place of the living and breathing spirit of Truth and an
ever growing Knowledge.
According as people are prepared to receive it, so will new Theosophical teaching
be given. But no more will be given than the world on its present level of spirituality, can
profit by. It depends on the spread of Theosophy - the assimilation of what has been
already given - how much more will be revealed, and how soon.
It must be remembered that the Society was not founded as a nursery for forcing
a supply of Occultists - as a factory for the manufactory of Adepts. It was intended to stem
the current of materialism, and also that of spiritualistic phenomenalism and the worship
of the Dead. It had to guide the spiritual awakening that has now begun, and not to pander
to psychic cravings which are but another form of materialism. For by "materialism" is
meant not only an antiphilosophical negation of pure spirit, and, even more, materialism
in conduct and action - brutality, hypocrisy, and, above all, selfishness, - but also the fruits
of a disbelief in all but material things, a disbelief which has increased enormously during
the last century, and which has led many, after a denial of all existence other than that in
matter, into a blind belief in the materialization of Spirit.
The tendency of modern civilization is a reaction towards animalism, towards a
development of those qualities which conduce to the success in life of man as an animal
in the struggle for animal existence. Theosophy seeks to develop the human nature in
man in addition to the animal, and at the sacrifice of the superfluous animality which
modern life and materialistic teachings have developed to a degree which is abnormal for
the human being at this stage of his progress.
Men cannot all be Occultists, but they can all be Theosophists. Many who have
never heard of the Society are Theosophists without knowing it themselves; for the
essence of Theosophy is the perfect harmonizing of the divine with the human in man, the
adjustment of his god-like qualities and aspirations, and their sway over the terrestrial or
animal passions in him. Kindness, absence of every ill feeling or selfishness, charity,
good-will to all beings, and perfect justice to others as to one's self, are its chief features.
He who teaches Theosophy preaches the gospel of good-will; and the converse of this is
true also, - he who preaches the gospel of good-will, teaches Theosophy.
This aspect of Theosophy has never failed to receive due and full recognition in the
pages of the "PATH," a journal of which the American Section has good reason to be
proud. It is a teacher and a power; and the fact that such a periodical should be produced
and supported in the United States speaks in eloquent praise both of its Editor and its
America is also to be congratulated on the increase in the number of the Branches
or Lodges which is now taking place. It is a sign that in things spiritual as well as things
temporal the great American Republic is well fitted for independence and self-organization.
The Founders of the Society wish every Section, as soon as it becomes strong enough to
govern itself, to be as independent as is compatible with its allegiance to the Society as a
whole and to the Great Ideal Brotherhood, the lowest formal grade of which is represented
by the Theosophical Society.
Here in England Theosophy is waking into new life. The slanders and absurd
inventions of the Society for Psychical Research have almost paralyzed it, though only for
a very short time, and the example of America has stirred the English Theosophists into
renewed activity. "Lucifer" sounded the reveille, and the first fruit has been the founding
of the "Theosophical Publication Society." This Society is of great importance. It has
undertaken the very necessary work of breaking down the barrier of prejudice and
ignorance which has formed so great an impediment to the spread of Theosophy. It will
act as a recruiting agency for the Society by the wide distribution of elementary literature
on the subject, among those who are in any way prepared to give ear to it. The
correspondence already received shows that it is creating an interest in the subject, and
proves that in every large town in England there exist quite enough isolated Theosophists
to form groups or Lodges under charter from the Society. But, at present, these students
do not even know of each other's existence, and many of them have never heard of the
Theosophical Society until now. I am thoroughly satisfied of the great utility of this new
Society, composed as it is to a large extent of members of the Theosophical Society, and
being under the control of prominent Theosophists, such as you, my dear Brother W.Q.
Judge, Mabel Collins and the Countess Wachtmeister.
I am confident that, when the real nature of Theosophy is understood, the prejudice
against it, now so unfortunately prevalent, will die out. Theosophists are of necessity the
friends of all movements in the world, whether intellectual or simply practical, for the
amelioration of the conditions of mankind. We are the friends of all those who fight against
drunkenness, against cruelty to animals, against injustice to women, against corruption in
society or in government, although we do not meddle in politics. We are the friends of
those who exercise practical charity, who seek to lift a little of the tremendous weight of
misery that is crushing down the poor. But, in our quality of Theosophists, we cannot
engage in any one of these great works in particular. As individuals we may do so, but as
Theosophists we have a larger, more important, and much more difficult work to do.
People say that Theosophists should show what is to them, that "the tree is known by its
fruit." Let them build dwellings for the poor, it is said, let them open "soup-kitchens" etc.
etc., and the world will believe that there is something in Theosophy. These good people
forget that Theosophists, as such, are poor, and that the Founders themselves are poorer
than any, and that one of them, at any rate, the humble writer of these lines, has no
property of her own, and has to work hard for her daily bread whenever she finds time from
her Theosophical duties. The function of Theosophists is to open men's hearts and
understandings to charity, justice, and generosity, attributes which belong specifically to
the human kingdom and are natural to man when he has developed the qualities of a
human being. Theosophy teaches the animal-man to be a human-man; and when people
have learnt to think and feel as truly human beings should feel and think, they will act
humanely, and works of charity, justice, and generosity will be done spontaneously by all.
Now with regard to the Secret Doctrine, the publication of which some of you urged
so kindly upon me, and in such cordial terms, a while ago. I am very grateful for the hearty
support promised and for the manner in which it was expressed. The MSS. of the first
three volumes is now ready for the press; and its publication is only delayed by the
difficulty which is experienced in finding the necessary funds. Though I have not written
it with an eye to money, yet, having left Adyar, I must live and pay my way in the world so
long as I remain in it. Moreover, the Theosophical Society urgently needs money for many
purposes, and I feel that I should not be justified in dealing with the Secret Doctrine as I
dealt with Isis Unveiled. From my former work I have received personally in all only a few
hundred dollars, although nine editions have been issued. Under these circumstances I
am endeavouring to find means of securing the publication of the Secret Doctrine on better
terms this time, and here I am offered next to nothing. So, my dearest Brothers and Co-
workers in the trans-Atlantic lands, you must forgive the delay, and not blame me for it but
the unfortunate conditions I am surrounded with.
I should like to revisit America, and shall perhaps do so one day, should my health
permit. I have received pressing invitations to take up my abode in your great country
which I love so much for its noble freedom. Colonel Olcott, too, urges upon me very
strongly to return to India, where he is fighting almost single-handed the great and hard
fight in the cause of Truth; but I feel that, for the present, my duty lies in England and with
the Western Theosophists, where for the moment the hardest fight against prejudice and
ignorance has to be fought. But whether I be in England or in India, a large part of my
heart and much of my hope for Theosophy lie with you in the United States, where the
Theosophical Society was founded, and of which country I myself am proud of being a
citizen. But you must remember that, although there must be local Branches of the
Theosophical Society, there can be no local Theosophists; and just as you all belong to
the Society, so do I belong to you all.
I shall leave my dear Friend and Colleague, Col. Olcott, to tell you all about the
condition of affairs in India, where everything looks favorable, as I am informed, for I have
no doubt that he also will have sent his good wishes and congratulations to your
Meanwhile, my far-away and dear Brother, accept the warmest and sincerest wishes
for the welfare of your Societies and of yourself personally, and, while conveying to all your
colleagues the expression of my fraternal regards, assure them that, at the moment when
you will be reading to them the present lines, I shall - if alive - be in Spirit, Soul, and
Thought amidst you all.
Yours ever, in the truth of the GREAT CAUSE we are all working for,
(Seal) H.P. Blavatsky .'.
LONDON, April 3d, 1888.
TO THE BOSTON CONVENTION, T.S., 1891.
For the third time since my return to Europe in 1885, I am able to send to my
brethren in Theosophy and fellow citizens of the United States a delegate from England
to attend the annual Theosophical Convention and speak by word of mouth my greeting
and warm congratulations. Suffering in body as I am continually, the only consolation that
remains to me is to hear of the progress of the Holy Cause to which my health and strength
have been given; but to which, now that these are going, I can offer only my passionate
devotion and never-weakening good wishes for its success and welfare. The news
therefore that comes from America, mail after mail, telling of new Branches and of well-
considered and patiently worked out plans for the advancement of Theosophy cheers and
gladdens me with its evidence of growth, more than words can tell. Fellow Theosophists,
I am proud of your noble work in the New World; Sisters and Brothers of America, I thank
and bless you for your unremitting labors for the common cause so dear to us all.
Let me remind you all once more that such work is now more than ever needed.
The period which we have now reached in the cycle that will close between 1897-8 is, and
will continue to be, one of great conflict and continued strain. If the T.S. can hold through
it, good; if not, while Theosophy will remain unscathed, the Society will perish - perchance
most ingloriously - and the World will suffer. I fervently hope that I may not see such a
disaster in my present body. The critical nature of the stage on which we have entered is
as well known to the forces that fight against us as to those that fight on our side. No
opportunity will be lost of sowing dissension, of taking advantage of mistaken and false
moves, of instilling doubt, of augmenting difficulties, of breathing suspicions, so that by any
and every means the unity of the Society may be broken and the ranks of our Fellows
thinned and thrown into disarray. Never has it been more necessary for the members of
the T.S. to lay to heart the old parable of the bundle of sticks than it is at the present time;
divided, they will inevitably be broken, one by one; united, there is no force on earth able
to destroy our Brotherhood. Now I have marked with pain a tendency among you, as
among the Theosophists in Europe and India, to quarrel over trifles, and to allow your very
devotion to the cause of Theosophy to lead you into disunion. Believe me, that apart from
such natural tendency, owing to the inherent imperfections of Human Nature, advantage
is often taken by our ever-watchful enemies of your noblest qualities to betray and to
mislead you. Sceptics will laugh at this statement, and even some of you may put small
faith in the actual existence of the terrible forces of these mental, hence subjective and
invisible, yet withal living and potent, influences around all of us. But there they are, and
I know of more than one among you who have felt them, and have actually been forced to
acknowledge these extraneous mental pressures. On those of you who are unselfishly and
sincerely devoted to the Cause, they will produce little, if any, impression. On some others,
those who place their personal pride higher than their duty to the T.S., higher even than
their pledge to their divine SELF, the effect is generally disastrous. Self-watchfulness is
never more necessary than when a personal wish to lead, and wounded vanity, dress
themselves in the peacock's feathers of devotion and altruistic work; but at the present
crisis of the Society a lack of self-control and watchfulness may become fatal in every
case. But these diabolical attempts of our powerful enemies - the irreconcilable foes of the
truths now being given out and practically asserted - may be frustrated. If every Fellow in
the Society were content to be an impersonal force for good, careless of praise or blame
so long as he subserved the purposes of the Brotherhood, the progress made would
astonish the World and place the Ark of the T.S. out of danger. Take for your motto in
conduct during the coming year, "Peace with all who love Truth in sincerity," and the
Convention of 1892 will bear eloquent witness to the strength that is born of unity.
Your position as the fore-runners of the sixth sub-race of the fifth root-race has its
own special perils as well as its special advantages. Psychism, with all its allurements and
all its dangers, is necessarily developing among you, and you must beware lest the Psychic
outruns the Manasic and Spiritual development. Psychic capacities held perfectly under
control, checked and directed by the Manasic principle, are valuable aids in development.
But these capacities running riot, controlling instead of controlled, using instead of being
used, lead the Student into the most dangerous delusions and the certainty of moral
destruction. Watch therefore carefully this development, inevitable in your race and
evolution-period, so that it may finally work for good and not for evil; and receive, in
advance, the sincere and potent blessings of Those whose goodwill will never fail you, if
you do not fail yourselves.
Here in England I am glad to be able to report to you that steady and rapid progress
is being made. Annie Besant will give you details of our work, and will tell you of the
growing strength and influence of our Society; the reports which she bears from the
European and British Sections speak for themselves in their record of activities. The
English character, difficult to reach, but solid and tenacious when once aroused, adds to
our Society a valuable factor, and there are being laid in England strong and firm
foundations for the T.S. of the twentieth century. Here, as with you, attempts are being
successfully made to bring to bear the influence of Hindu on English thought, and many
of our Hindu brethren are now writing for Lucifer short and clear papers on Indian
philosophies. As it is one of the tasks of the T.S. to draw together the East and the West,
so that each may supply the qualities lacking in the other and develop more fraternal
feelings among nations so various, this literary intercourse will, I hope, prove of the utmost
service in Aryanising Western thought.
The mention of Lucifer reminds me that the now assured position of that magazine
is very largely due to the help rendered at a critical moment by the American Fellows. As
my one absolutely unfettered medium of communication with Theosophists all over the
World, its continuance was of grave importance to the whole Society. In its pages, month
by month, I give such public teaching as is possible on Theosophical doctrines, and so
carry on the most important of our Theosophical work. The magazine now just covers its
expenses, and if Lodges and individual Fellows would help in increasing its circulation, it
would become more widely useful than it is at the present time. Therefore, while thanking
from the bottom of my heart all those who so generously helped to place the magazine on
a solid foundation, I should be glad to see a larger increase in the number of regular
subscribers, for I regard these as my pupils, among whom I shall find some who will show
the capacity for receiving further instruction.
And now I have said all. I am not sufficiently strong to write a more lengthy
message, and there is the less need for me to do so as my friend and trusted messenger
Annie Besant, she who is my right arm here, will be able to explain to you my wishes more
fully and better than I can write them. After all, every wish and thought I can utter are
summed up in this one sentence, the never-dormant wish of my heart, "Be Theosophists,
work for Theosophy!" Theosophy first, and Theosophy last; for its practical realization
alone can save the Western world from that selfish and unbrotherly feeling that now divides
race from race, one nation from another; and from that hatred of class and social
considerations that are the curse and disgrace of so-called Christian peoples. Theosophy
alone can save it from sinking entirely into that more luxurious materialism in which it will
decay and putrefy as civilizations have done. In your hands, brothers, is placed in trust
the welfare of the coming century; and great as is the trust, so great is also the
responsibility. My own span of life may not be long, and if any of you have learned aught
from my teachings, or have gained by my help a glimpse of the True Light, I ask you, in
return, to strengthen the Cause by the triumph of which that True Light, made still brighter
and more glorious through your individual and collective efforts, will lighten the World, and
thus to let me see, before I part with this worn-out body, the stability of the Society secured.
May the blessings of the past and present great Teachers rest upon you. From
myself accept collectively the assurance of my true, never-wavering fraternal feelings, and
the sincere, heartfelt thanks for the work done by all the workers.
From their servant to the last,
(Seal) H.P. Blavatsky
[Additional message read at the same session of the Fifth Annual Convention, at
the conclusion of the preceding letter.]
REGENT'S PARK, LONDON, 15:4:1591
TO THE FIFTH CONVENTION OF THE AMERICAN SECTION OF THE THEOSOPHICAL
SOCIETY.
Brother Theosophists:
I have purposely omitted any mention of my oldest friend and fellow-worker, W.Q.
Judge, in my general address to you, because I think that his unflagging and self-sacrificing
efforts for the building up of Theosophy in America deserve special mention.
Had it not been for W.Q. Judge, Theosophy would not be where it is today in the
United States. It is he who has mainly built up the movement among you, and he who has
proved in a thousand ways his entire loyalty to the best interests of Theosophy and the
Mutual admiration should play no part in a Theosophical Convention, but honour
should be given where honour is due, and I gladly take this opportunity of stating in public,
by the mouth of my friend and colleague, Annie Besant, my deep appreciation of the work
of your General Secretary, and of publicly tendering him my most sincere thanks and
deeply-felt gratitude, in the name of Theosophy, for the noble work he is doing and has
Yours fraternally,
H.P. Blavatsky .'.
- from Theosophia, July-August, 1950
A LETTER FROM H.P.B. [TO BESANT]
Mrs. Besant prints the following letter from Madam Blavatsky in The Theosophist
for March. It was discovered by Miss Nett who had been going through many boxes of old
papers and letters of Col. Olcott's at Adyar. The letter follows:
"Yes; you are right. My life was a chequered and marvelous one, but the marvels
and checks in it are not at all due to my connections with great men whom they began
calling Mahatmas in India. The Masters I know are neither the Yogis as known in India,
who sit for ages buried in a jungle, with trees growing between their arms and legs, nor do
they stand for years on one leg, nor yet do they make tapas and hold their breath. They
are simply Adepts in Esoteric Science and Occultism; Adepts whose Headquarters are in
a certain part of Thibet, and whose Members are scattered through the world. These are
the Men - great, glorious, more learned than any others on earth; some quite holy, others
less so; - whom I know, with whom I learnt what I know, with whom I lived, and whom I
swore to serve for ever, as long as I have a breath left in my body, and whom I do serve
faithfully, if not always wisely and - Who do exist. Now whether any believe in Them or not
is not the question. Maybe They Themselves did everything in Their power to bring people
to disbelieve in Them, as from 1879 to 1884 the belief had degenerated into worship and
fetishism. I never said that I was their `representative,' I only said I was Their servant and
faithful slave; aye, unto the bitter death and end. To conclude, you do not know me, nor
have you ever known me as I really am; some day perhaps you will learn to know better."
- From Canadian Theosophist, April 15, 1929
BLAVATSKY TO JAMES PRYSE
October 25, 1888 London
17 Landsdowne Rd.,
Kensington.
James M. Pryse, Esq.,
89 East Pico Street,
Los Angeles, California.
My best friend, W.Q. Judge, has written me mentioning the excellent work you are
doing on the Pacific slope. I therefore just send you a word or two to express my
appreciation (and gratitude) of your efforts in the cause of our Masters.
Would that all Theosophists could realize the importance of the duty entrusted to
them, as you do; and work in real earnest for the advancement of the only movement
which can save the world from another cataclysm of "Atlantean" black magic.
Hoping you will accept my gratitude as something more than a simple act of
politeness, and trusting that the present will find you well and in full success.
Believe me, dear Sir,
Yours ever fraternally and truly,
H.P. Blavatsky.
Landsdowne Road.
My dearest Brother:
May the Powers we believe in help and give you strength to carry on your work.
Such letters as yours are the only beams of sunlight that reach me in my heavy
Theosophical work - yes, as rare as the rays of the London sun through the eternal fog of
the Island, may you be blessed!
Ask Judge for the confidential rules (a pamphlet) issued for those of the Esoteric
Section, and send him your Number. Ah, if you could send me one day of your sun-lit
California weather what luck for my old aching body almost crippled with rhuematism.
Excuse this short note. I am overwhelmed with work.
Yours fraternally and gratefully,
H. P. Blavatsky.
- Canadian Theosophist, Jan. 15 1928
LETTERS FROM H. P. BLAVATSKY
To Alexander Wilder, M. D.
The understanding had been reached that Mr. Bouton should publish Madame
Blavatsky's manuscript of Isis Unveiled. It was placed in my hands by him with instruction
to abridge it all that I thought best. It was an undesirable task, but I did it with scrupulous
regard to the interest of the publisher, and to what I esteemed to be just to the author. I
was introduced to her about this time. She spoke of what I had done, with great courtesy,
employing her favorite term to characterize what I had thrown out. She was about to begin
a revision of the work, and asked me to indicate freely wherever I considered it at fault or
not well expressed. It is hardly necessary to say that this was a delicate matter. Authors
are sensitive even to morbidness, and prone to feel a criticism to be an exhibition of
unfriendliness. Nevertheless, I faced the issue, and pointed out frankly what I considered
fault of style, and also the importance of explaining her sources of information. She was
frank to acknowledge her own shortcomings, but pleaded that she was not permitted to
divulge the matters which I urged. We compared views, ethnic and historic, often not
agreeing. I took the pains to embody many of these points in a letter, to which she made
the following reply:
August.
Dr. A. Wilder,
My dear Sir: -
Your kind favor at hand only today, for my friend Mr. Marquette has proved an
inaccurate postman, having some sun-struck patients to attend.
There are many parts in my Book that I do not like either, but the trouble is I do not
know how to get rid of them without touching facts which are important, as arguments. You
say that when I prove something, I prove it too much. There again you are right, but in
such a work - (and the first one of some importance that I ever wrote, having limited myself
to articles) in such a work when facts crowd and elbow each other in my brains, really one
does not know sometimes where to stop. Your head is fresh, for your read it for the first
time. Therefore you see all the faults and shortcomings, while my overworked brains and
memory are all in a sad muddle, having read the manuscripts over and over again. I am
really very, very thankful to you for your suggestions. I wish you made more of them.
Do you think the Phenicians were an Ethiopian race? Why? They have certainly
mingled much with them, but I do not see well how it can be. The Phenicians were the
ancient Jews I think, whatever they have been before. Josephus admits as much, unless
it is a hoax to escape other accusations. The biblical mode of worship and the bloody
sacrifices in which the Patriarchs and other "chosen ones" delighted are of a Phenician
origin, as they belonged in days of old to the Bacchic and Adonis Phenician worship. The
Adonis is certainly the Jewish Adonai. All the Phenician deities can be found in Joshua as
well as their temples. xxiii, 7. Herodotus traces the circumcision to them. The little bulls
of the Jews - the Osiris-Bacchus-Adonis - is a Phenician custom. I think the Phenicians
were the Canaanites. When settled in Jerusalem they appear to have become friends.
The Sidonian Baal-Adonis-Bal is closely related to their Sabean worship of the "Queen of
Heaven." Herodotus shows that the Syrians - the Jews of Palestine - lived earlier on the
Red Sea and he calls them Phenicians. But what puzzles me is to reconcile the type. The
Jews appear to have never intermarried among other nations - at least not to the extent to
change their type. They have nothing Ethiopian about them. Will you tell me your reasons
and oblige?
You told me in a previous letter that the Ethiopians have anciently dwelt in India.
In Western India there is in a temple the statue of Chrishna and he is a splendid black
Ethiopian with woolly hair, black lips and flat nose. I trace every or nearly every ancient
religion to India because of the Sanscrit names of the gods of every other nation. If you
trace them etymologically you are sure to find the root of every god (of the Aryan family)
in Sanscrit, and many of the Semitic gods also, and that before the Aryans broke up
towards the South and North. Every Slavonian Deity can be traced back to India, and yet
the word Bog, the Russian word for God, a derivation from Gosped, gosped in Hospodar
or gospodar, "the Lord" seems to come right from the Babylonian Bel, Baal, or Bal. In
Slavonian and Russian Bjeloybog means literally White God, or the God of the Day, -
Good. Deity, as Teherno-bog is Black God - the Evil, Night-Deity. The Tyrian god was
Belus - Babylonian Bel, and Bok means Light and Boga the sun. I derive Bacchus from
this - as a Sun god. I suppose we ought in the derivation of the names of all these gods,
take in consideration the aspiration. The Semitic S generally softens to Ah in the Sanscrit.
The Assyrian San becomes in Sanscrit Ahan; their Asuria is Ahura. As is the son-god and
Ar is a sun-god. Assur is a Syrian and Assyrian sun-god; Assurya is one of the names of
the Sun, and Surya in Sanscrit is the Sun (see M. Miller). It was the rule of Bunsen to
soften the S to u. Now As means life and Asu Spirit, and in India, even in Thibet, the life
principle, the great agent of Magic, the Astral light by which the Lamas and Siamese
priests produce their wonders is written Akasa, pronounced Ahaha. It is the life-principle,
for it is the direct magnetism, the electric current proceeding from the Sun, which is
certainly a great Magnet as the ancients said, and not as our modern scientists will have
I have studied some of the old Turanian words (beg pardon of philology and
Science) in Samarkand with an old scholar, and he told me that he traced somehow the
deities of every subsequent nation a great deal further back than the Aryan roots before
the split of the nations. Now Max Muller does not concede, it seems to me, anything
positive or exact as roots beyond the old Sanscrit, and dares not go further back. How do
you account for that? You say that the Chaldeans were a tribe of the Akkadians, come
from Armenia. This is Rawlinson's views. But did you trace the primitive Akkadians back?
I have been living for a long time at the very foot of Mount Ararat, in Erivan, where my
husband was governor for twenty-five years, and we have profound scholars among some
Armenian Monks in the Monastery of Etchmiadjene, the dwelling-place or See of the
Armenian Patriarch (the Gregorian). It is but a few verstes from Erivan. Abieh, the well-
known geologist and archeologist of the Russian government, used to say that he got his
most precious information from Nerses, the late Patriarch. In the garden of the very house
we lived in was an enormous column, a ruin from the palace of Tyridates, all covered with
inscriptions, about which the Russian government did not care much. I had them all
explained by a monk of Nerses. I have reasons to think the Akkadians came from India.
The Bible mandrakes were never understood in their Cabbalistic meaning. There is a
Kabbala older than the Chaldean. Oannes has never been traced to his origin; but, of
course, I cannot, at least I must not, give to the world its meaning. Your article on the
Androgynes is splendid. I did not dare write it in my book. I think the Amazons were
Androgynes and belong to one of the primitive cycles. You do not prove them historically,
I will certainly admit your suggestion as to Job. I see you have more of Cabbalistic
intuition than I thought possible in one not initiated. As to the chapter of explanation about
the Hierophants, the Florsedim and others, please suggest where it ought to come in and
what it should cover. It seems to me that it will he difficult for me to explain what I am not
allowed to, or say anything about the exoteric part what intelligent people do not already
know. I am a Thibetian Buddhist, you know, and pledged myself to keep certain things
secret. They have the original book of Yasher and some of the lost manuscripts mentioned
in the Bible, such as the Book of War, as you knew, perhaps, in the old place. I will write
to General Kauffman one of these days to Teschkeut, where he is General Governor for
the last ten years, and he can get me all the copies and translations from the old
manuscripts I want. Isn't it extraordinary that the government (Russian) does not care
more about them than it does? Whereto do you trace the lost tribes of Israel?
I suppose I gave you the headache by this time, so I close; I will forward you
Saturday the last chapters of the Second Part if I can, but this part is not finished yet and
I want your advice as to how to wind it up.
Truly and respectfully yours,
Note - Perhaps there should be some reply made here to these inquiries, though it
seems hardly in keeping. It is true that Herodotus states that the Phoenicians came from
the country of the Red or Erythrean Sea, which washes Arabia.
Mr. J. D. Baldwin classifies them as "Cushites," in which race he includes the
Arabians and the dominant dark people of India, but not the African tribes. The Cushites
of Asia are the Ethiopians of classic times. Although the Phoenicians were styled Kaphts
by the Egyptians, and the Philostians are said to have migrated from Kaphta, it has been
quite common to identify the Phoenicians with the Canaanites of the Bible. Whether
anciently the Jews were of the same people, there must have been a close relation, and
we find in the Bible that no exception was taken to intermarriage till the time of Ezra and
Nehemiah. Probably the type was established subsequent to that period. "Ephraim is a
Canaanite," says the prophet; "deceitful balances are in his hand, and he loveth to
oppress."
I think that Godfrey Higgins and Moor in the "Pantheon" denominated the figure a
"Buddha" and negro, that Mme. Blavatsky describes as Krishna. True, Krishna had
another name, and this term signifies black. But when India is named, it is not definitely
certain how far it extended, or differed from the Asiatic Ethiopia. The Akkadians may have
come from that part of Asia; the term signifies Highlands. But the Chaldeans, their
supposed successors, are called Kasdim. In the Bible Xenophon wrote of Chaldeans,
natives of Armenia.
The ensuing autumn and winter I delivered a course of lectures in a medical college
in New York. This brought me from Newark several times each week and gave me an
opportunity to call at the place on West Forty-seventh Street if there was occasion.
During the season previous Baron de Palm had died in Roosevelt Hospital. He was
on intimate terms with the family group in West Forty-seventh Street, and had received
necessary attentions from them during his illness. Whatever he possessed of value he
bestowed upon them, but with the pledge or condition that his body should be cremated.
This was a novel, not to say a shocking idea, to people generally. There was but one place
for such a purpose in the United States. Dr. Francis Le Moyne had constructed it at
Washington, in Western Pennsylvania. He was an old-time abolitionist, when this meant
social proscription, and in 1844 was the candidate for the Liberty Party for Vice-President.
He had advanced views on the disposal of the dead and had built the crematory for himself
and family. The arrangements were made for the cremation of the body of the deceased
Baron, as soon as winter had come to permit its transportation from New York. Colonel
Olcott had charge of the matter. Being a "newspaper man" and rather fond of display, he
induced a large party to go with him to see the first cremation in America. This was the
introduction of this practice into this country.
During his absence I called at the house on Forty-seventh Street, but my ringing was
not answered. I then wrote a note stating my errand. Madame Blavatsky answered at
once as follows:
My Dear Doctor:
Now, that's too bad, but I really think you must have rung the wrong bell. I did not
go out of the house for the last two months, and the servant is always in the kitchen until
half-past nine or ten. Why did you not pull all the bells one after the other? Well, you must
come Monday - as you have to come to town, and stop over till Tuesday. You can attend
your College and sleep here the same, can't you? And Olcott will be back to talk your law
business with you; but if you want something particular, or have some law affairs which
are pressing, why don't you go to Judge, to 71 Broadway, Olcott's and Judge's office.
Judge will attend to anything you want. He is a smart lawyer, and a faithful true friend to
all of us. But of course you know better yourself how to act in your own business. Olcott
will be home by Friday night I think. I could not go, though they expect me there today.
To tell you the truth, I do not see the fun of spending $40.00 or $50.00 for the pleasure of
seeing a man burnt. I have seen burnings of dead and living bodies in India sufficiently.
Bouton is an extraordinary man. He says to Olcott that it is for you to decide
whether it will be one or two volumes, etc., and you tell me he needs no estimate of yours!
He told you "how to go to work." Can't you tell us what he told you? It is no curiosity, but
business. As I am adding all kind of esoteric and other matter in Part II, I would like to
know what I can write, and on what subjects I am to shut my mouth. It is useless for me
to labor if it is all to be cut out. Will you please, dear doctor, tell me what I have to do? I
am of your opinion about Inman; but facts are facts. I do not go against Christianity,
neither against Jesus of Nazareth. I simply go for the skulls of theologians. Theology is
neither Christianity nor religion. It is human and blasphemous flapdoodle. I suppose any
one understands it. But how can I make a parallel between heathen or pagan worship and
the Christian unless I give facts? It is facts and scientific discovery which kills exoteric and
fetish-worshiping Christianity, not what Inman or I can say. But laying Inman aside, read
"Supernatural Religion" which had in less than 18 months six editions in England. The
book is written by a Bishop, one of the most learned Theologians of the Church of England.
Why he kills divine Revelation and dogmas and Gospels and all that.
Believe me, Dr. Wilder, a little and cowardly abuse will kill a book; a courageous
and sincere criticism of this hypocritical, lying, dirty crew - Catholic Clergy - will help to sell
the book. I leave the Protestants and other Christian religions nearly out of question. I
only go for Catholics. A pope who calls himself the Viceregent of God on earth, and openly
sympathizes with the Turks against the unfortunate Bulgarian Christians, is a Cain - a
fiend; and if the French Liberal papers themselves publicly abuse him, Bouton must not
fear that the book will be prevented in its sale because I advise the old Antichrist, who has
compared himself for the last two years with all the Prophets of the Bible and with the "slain
Lamb" himself - if I advise him moreover, to compare himself, while he is at work, to Saul;
the Turkish Bashi-Bazook to David; and the Bulgarians to the Philistines. Let him, the old
cruel Devil promise the Bashi-Bazook (David) his daughter the Popish Church (Michal) in
marriage if he brings him 100 foreskins of the Bulgarians.
I have received letters from home. My aunt sends me a piece of poetry by the
famous Russian author and poet - J. Tourgeneff. It was printed in all the Russian papers,
and the Emperor has forbidden its publication from consideration (and politics I suppose)
for old Victoria. My aunt wants me to translate it and have it published here in the
American newspapers, and most earnestly she appeals for that I cannot write poetry. God
knows the trouble I have with my prose. But I have translated every line word for word
(eleven quatrains in all). Can you put them in verses so as to preserve the rhyme and
rhythm, too? It is a splendid and thrilling thing entitled "Crocket at Windsor," the idea being
a vision of the Queen, who looks upon a crocket game and sees the balls chased by the
mallet, transformed into rolling heads of women, girls and children tortured by the Turks.
Goes home; sees her dress all covered with gore, calls on the British rivers and waters for
help to wash out the stain, and hears a voice answered, "No, Majesty no, this innocent
blood," - "You can never wash out - nevermore," etc.
My dear Doctor, can you do me a favor to write me half a page or so of a
"Profession of faith," to insert in the first page or pages of Part II? Just to say briefly and
eloquently that it is not against Christ or the Christ-religion that I battle. Neither do I battle
against any sincere, true religion, but against theology and Pagan Catholicism. If you write
me this I will know how to make variations on this theme without becoming guilty of false
notes in your eyes and the sight of Bouton. Please do; you can do it in three minutes. I
see that none of your symbologists, neither Payne Knight, King, Dunlap, Inman, nor
Higgins, knew anything about the truths of initiation. All is exoteric superficial guess work
with them. 'Pon my word, without any compliment, there's Taylor alone and yourself, who
seem to grasp truth intuitionally. I have read with the greatest pleasure your edition of the
"Eleusinian and Bacchic Mysteries!" You are right. Others know Greek better, but Taylor
knew Plato thousand times better; and I have found in your short fragments much matter
which for the life of me I do not know where you could have learned it. Your guesses are
so many hits right on the true spot. Well, you ought to go East and get initiated.
Please come on Monday. I will have a bed ready for you Sunday, Monday, and
Tuesday, and I will be expecting you to dinner all these days. If you cannot come until
Monday, do tell me what instructions Bouton gave you, and what are the precise orders for
mutilations, will you?
Esoterically yours in true Platonism,
(The Word, vol. 7, June, 1908,
pp. 148-55)
MADAME BLAVATSKY IN INDIA
LETTER FROM AGRA
To Alexander Wilder, M.D.
The little company of emigrants from New York became established at Bombay and
began the promulgation of their doctrines. At this period they were en rapport with the
Swami Dayananda, and allied their movement with the Arya Samaj; a step which they
were compelled later to retrace. Whatever the merits of either, it could not be accordant
with the nature of things, that two enterprises, begun with individuals of different social and
educational experiences should affiliate and interflow harmoniously. Hence the two
leaders failed to unite permanently, and their associates drifted apart. The aim of the
Swami was evidently to restore the proper understanding of the Vedas, and it would be no
marvel that he should regard himself as the superior to all others and require deference
accordingly. The Theosophical movement was more catholic and assumed to permit a
broad latitude in personal opinions, as well as freedom from everything like the yoke of a
religious autocrat. "Not that we have dominion over your faith," wrote the Christian Apostle,
"but are helpers of your joy."
It was in April, while this alliance was still in operation and the Theosophical party
had got at work, that Madame Blavatsky and her companions set out on a succession of
visits to various shrines and consecrated places, in western Hindustan. They journeyed
first to the cave-temple of Karli, and afterward, returning to Bombay, made a second tour
northerly into the country of the Rajpoots. Some particulars of these jaunts were given me,
in private letters, of which I regret to say only the first appears to have remained. I notice
that she has given a more elaborate account in Letters to a Russian periodical; perhaps
restricting me to what I could bear. It cannot be disputed that her descriptive powers were
most excellent. She has embellished the Russian letters to a degree quite beyond what
she did to me. But for this there were good reasons. She was writing in a more familiar
language to a larger audience where her effort would be appreciated.
The following was the first letter that I received directly from her after her arrival in
India from New York. I have taken the liberty to annotate it in several places, to enable it
to be better understood.
Visits to Sacred Places
Agra, April 28, 1879
My dear Doctor, my very dear friend:
How I do regret that you are not with us! How often I think of you, and wonder
whether the whole of your archeological and poetical soul would not jump out in fits of
rapture were you but to travel with u now, instead of squatting with your legs upon the
ceiling, no doubt, in your cold room of Orange street! Here we are traveling for this last
month by rail, bullock-cart, elephant, camel and bunder boat, stopping from one to three
days in every town, village and port; seeing subterranean India, not the upper one, and -
part and parcel in the archaic ages of Manu, Kapilas and Aryanism.
True, ever since the beginning of March we are being toasted, baked and roasted.
The sun is fierce, and the slightest breeze sends waves of red hot air, puffs like from a
baking furnace, full into your face and throat, and suffocates you at every step. But oh! for
the ineffable coolness and glory of the mornings and after sunset here. The moon of
America, is at best, when compared with that of India, like a smoky olive-oil lamp.
We get up at four and go to bed at nine. We travel more by night and in the
morning and afternoons. But I want to tell you something of our traveling. I will skip the
landscape parts of it, and stop only at the ruins of old cities and spots, deemed ancient
already, during the Macedonian invasion - if there ever was one - by the historians in
Alexander's suite.
First of all, we went to Randallat (Dekkan Plateau) to the Karli caves, cut in the heart
of the living rock on the brow of the mountain, and, as the English archeologists generally
concede - the chief cave - the largest as well as the most complete hitherto discovered in
India "was excavated at a time when the style was in its greatest purity." The English want
us to believe that it was excavated not earlier than the era of Salivahana, about A.D. 75;
and the Brahmans tell us that it was the first temple dedicated to Devaki; the Virgin in
India. [1] It is hewn upon the face of the precipice, about eight hundred feet above the
plain on which are scattered the most ancient Buddhist temples (of the first period of
Buddhism about the age of Asoka). This alone would prove that the Karli temple is more
ancient than 75 A.D.; for in their hatred toward the Buddhists, the Brahmans would have
never selected for their Temple a spot in such close proximity to those of their enemies.
"Never," says one of their Purans, "never build a holy shrine without first ascertaining that
for twenty kosses (two miles) around, there is no place belonging to the Nosties (atheists)."
The first temple, after having passed a large entrance-portico, fifty-two feet wide with
sculptured figures and three colossal elephants barring the way, is dedicated to Siva, and
must be of later date. It is of oblong form and reminds strikingly of a Catholic cathedral.
It is one hundred and twenty-six feet long and forty-six broad, with a circular apse.
The roof, dome-like, rests on forty-one gigantic pillars with rich and magnificent sculptured
figures. As you can see in Fergusson's Cave-Temples, the linga is a dome
1. The "authorities" are not altogether clear, and the matter is by no means beyond
controversy. One legend describes the Emperor of India, Vikramaditya, as having learned
of the infant Salivahana, born of a virgin, simultaneously with Jesus at Bethlehem, and as
being slain by him when on an expedition to destroy the young child, then in his fifth year.
Salivahana was immediately crowned at Oujein. This was the time of the beginning of the
present era; and Salivahana is said to have left the earth in the year 79. Major Wilford
explains that this name signifies "borne upon a tree."
The account generally accepted relates that when Kali was about to destroy the
world, Vishnu made an avatar or descent for its salvation. He became the son of
Vasudeva and Devaki. The King, Kansa, having commanded to destroy all male infants
born at that time, he was carried away and placed with a foster-mother in another country.
Hence Devaki is revered as Mother of the God. - A.W.
2. The government of Magadha or Northern India had fallen into the possession of
the Maurya monarchs, belonging to the Sudra caste. King Chandragupta was allied to
seleukos, and his successor Piyadarsi was the prince known to us as Asoka. Having
embraced Buddhism, this prince labored zealously to disseminate the doctrines, not only
over India, but to other countries, clean to Asia Minor and Egypt. The cave-temples,
however, were constructed by older sovereigns, but the Brahmans often seized the
sanctuaries of other worships and made them their own. - A.W.
3. Fergusson agrees with this description. In his treatise on "Architecture" he
remarks: "The building resembles to a very great extent an early Christian Church in its
arrangements, consisting of a nave and side aisles terminating in an apse of side-dome
round which the aisle is carried; its arrangements and dimensions are very similar to those
of the choir of Norwich cathedral."
General Furlong, while accepting the theory of the later origin of the structure,
considers the temples at Karli as at the first Buddhistic, adding the significant fact that
Buddhism itself appropriated the shrines and symbology of earlier worships. In
confirmation of this the Rev. Dr. Stevenson, writing for the "Journal of the Royal Asiatic
Society," insists that the worship of Siva was "an aboriginal superstition," which
Brahmanism had adopted, but imperfectly assimilated. The rock-temples appear to have
belonged to this worship, but there is not account of tradition of their construction, and Mr.
J.D. Baldwin ascribes them to an earlier population. - A.W.
surmounted by a wooden chattar or umbrella, under which used to sit the Maharaj-
Hierophant, and judge his people. The linga is evidently empty inside, and used to be
illuminated from within during the initiation mysteries (this is esoteric, not historical), and
must have presented an imposing sight.
I know that it has a secret passage inside leading to immense subterranean
chambers, but no one as yet has been able to find out the outward entrance. Tradition
says that the Mussulmans, looking out for the pagoda-treasures, had once upon a time
destroyed some masonry around the linga in order to penetrate into it. But lo! there began
creeping out of it gigantic ants and snakes by the million, who attacked the invaders, and,
having killed many of them, who died in fearful tortures, the Mussulmans hurried to repair
the damage done and retired.
A Shrine of the Sakti
Right above this temple are two stories more of temples to which one has to climb
acrobat-like, or be dragged upward. All the face of the ghaut [4] (mountain) is excavated,
and the neighboring temple is dedicated to Devaki. Passing on: after having passed a
subterranean tank full of water, and mounted four dilapidated steps to a balcony with
interior rock benches and four pillars, one enters into a large room full of echoes because
surrounded by eleven small cells, all sculptured.
In this first hall is the cut-out image of Devaki. The goddess sits with legs apart and
very indecently, according to profane persons who are unable to understand the symbol.
A thin stream of water from the rock threads down from between the legs of the lady, -
representing the female principle. [5] The water dropping down into a small crevice in the
stone floor, is held sacred. Pilgrims - I have watched them for hours, for we passed two
days and slept in this temple - came, and with folded hands having prostrated themselves
before the Devaki, plunge their fingers into this water, and then touch with it their forehead,
eyes, mouth and breast. Tell me what difference can we perceive between this and the
R. Catholic worshiping their Virgin and crossing themselves with holy water.
4. A ghaut is a "bluff" near a body of water, rather than a mountain. - A.W.
5. This description indicates that, not Devaki, the mother of Krishna, but Uma, Maya
or Prakriti, the Sakti or consort of Siva, was the divinity here honored. It may be that the
Brahmans, appropriating an archaic sanctuary to their own religion, named the divinity
anew, but it was the Sakti plainly enough. It is stated by Mr. Keane that a similar figure,
known as the Sheelah-na-gig is found in the Tara cemetery, and other sacred places in
I cannot say that we felt very secure while sleeping on that balcony, without windows
or doors, with nothing between us and the tigers who roam there at night. Fortunately, we
were visited that night only by a wild cat which climbed the steep rock to have a look at us,
or rather at our chickens, perhaps.
Northward to Allahabad
Returning through Bombay, we went to Allalhabad, eight hundred and forty-five
miles from Bombay the ancient Pragayana of the Hindus, and held sacred by them, as it
is built at the confluence of the Ganges and Jumna rivers. One of Asoka's columns is yet
in the centre of Akbar's Fort. [6] But it was so hot - one hundred and forty-four degrees in
the sum - that we ran away to Benares, five hours distant from there.
Benares, The Holy City
There's much to see in ancient Kasika, the sacred. It is the Rome of Hindu pilgrims,
as you know. According to the latest statistics there are five thousand temples and shrines
in it. Conspicuous among all is the great Durga Temple, with its celebrated tanks. Amid
temples and palaces and private buildings, all the roofs and walls and cornices are strung
round and covered with sacred monkeys. Thousands of them infest the city. They grin at
one from the roofs, jump through one's legs, upset passers-by, throw dirt at one's face,
carry away your hats and umbrellas, and make one's life miserable. They are enough to
make you strike your grandmother. Olcott's spectacles were snatched from his nose and
carried away into a precinct which was too sacred for a European to get into. And so,
good-bye eyeglasses.
Cawnpur and the Massacre
From thence to Cawnpur, the city of Nana Sahib, the place where seventy-eight
English people were murdered during the Mutiny, and thrown by him into a well. Now a
magnificent marble monument, a winged angel, presumably a female, stands over it; and
no Hindu is allowed inside!! The garden around is lovely, and the inscription on the tombs
of the slaughtered ones
6. Akbar was a Moghul monarch who came to the throne of Mahommedan India,
about three centuries ago. Disgusted with the cruelties and arbitrary requirements of the
Koran, he made himself familiar with other beliefs, finally adopting a mystic theism. His
long reign was peaceful and prosperous, and he is gratefully remembered.
admirable. "Than will not, O Lord," says one of them from Joel (I don't remember verbatim)
"allow the heathen to prevail over thy people," - or something to that effect. [7] The
heathen are termed "criminal rebels" on every tomb!
Had the "heathen" got rid of their brutal invaders in 1857, I wonder how they would
have termed them. The sweet Christians, the followers of the "meek and lowly Jesus"
made at that time Hindus innocent of this particular Cawnpur murder, to wash the blood-
soaked floors of the barracks by licking the blood with their tongues, (historical). But
people insolent enough to prefer freedom to slavery will be always treated as rebels by
their captors. O vile humanity, and still viler civilization!
I will not stop to tell you of the beautiful avenues of centenarian trees full of monkeys
above and fakirs below, neither of the Ganges with its blue waters and crocodiles. But I
remind you of the ancient city mentioned in the Mahabarata near which took place all the
fights between the Solar race and the Lunar. [8] The ruins of that city are four miles from
Cawnpur, whole miles of fortresses and temples and palaces with virgin forests growing
out of the rooms, and monkeys again on the top of every stone. We went there on a she-
elephant called "active Peri" (Tchamchoala Pari). Can't say that the ride on its back gives
you any foretaste of the joys of heaven. There was no howda on it, and I for one, sitting
on her tail, which she lovingly twirled around my legs, felt every moment a sensation
something between sea-sickness and a fall during a nightmare. Olcott was perched on her
left ear; Scott, a fellow of ours, a new convert, on the other; and Moolja Thecheray on her
back. But the elephant was the securest vehicle and guide in such a journey. With her
trunk she broke all the boughs before us, drove away the monkeys, and supported us
when one of us was going to fall. We were half smashed, yet arrived safely to the ruins
and landed near the cave of a holy sannyasi, called Lucky Brema, an astrologer, theurgist,
thaumaturgist, etc., etc., another fakir just exhumed and resuscitated after a few months'
sojourn in his grave, where he hibernated for lack of anything better to do. I suppose he
prophesied all manner of evils to us for not believing in his idols, and so we departed. But
the ruins must be five thousand years old, and they are pretty well historical.
7. Probably Joel, ii., 19: "I will no more make you a reproach among the heathen."
8. The Solar and Lunar races were Aryan alike. The Lunar peoples repudiated the
Solar divinities or relegated them to a subordinate rank.
At Agra we saw Taj Mahal, that "poem in marble," as this tomb is called; and really
it is the wonder of the age. The builder of it boasted that there was not one inch of either
stone, wood or metal in this construction, which is truly gigantic - all pure marble and
carved into an open fret-work like a piece of lace. It is enormous in size; sublime as an
architectural conception grand and appalling. In Agra, this dirtiest of all towns, with its half-
ruined huts of dried cow-dung, it looks like a magnificent pearl on a heap of manure.
Honors Bestowed by Maharajas
We visited in Rajpootana, Bhurtpur and Jeypur, two independent States. The
Maharajas sent us their carriages, runners, horsemen with banners, and elephants. I
imagined myself the Empress of Delhi. We went to Deeg, near Bhurtpur - something like
the garden of Semiramis, [9] with six hundred and sixty-three fountains and jets, and the
marble palace, four halls, pavilions, temples, etc., the palace, covering an area of two
square miles, and with the garden, four. It was built by Suraj Mull Sing, three hundred and
fifty years ago. But the old palace is two hundred years old. It is the place where a Rani
(queen), seeing the Mussulmans ready to enter the fortress, assembled ten thousand
women and children, and all her treasures, and burned herself and the rest in the sight of
the invading army.
Jeypur, the Paris of India - The Bhuts
From there we went to Jeypur, the "Paris of India" it is called. It is indeed a Paris,
as to the beauty and magnificent symmetry of its squares and streets, but it looks like a
Paris of red sugar candy. Every house and building is of a dark pink color with white
marble cornices and ornaments. All is built in the Eastern style of architecture. It was built
by Jey Sing, the adept and astrologer; and his observatory, occupying an enormous
palace with immense court-yards and towers, is full of machinery, the name and use of
which is entirely forgotten.
People are afraid to approach the building. They say it is the abode of Bhuts, or
spirits, and that they descend every night from Bhutisvara (a temple of Siva, called the
"Lord of the Bhuts" or "spirits" or demons, as the Christians translate, overlooks the town
from the top of a mountain thirty-eight hundred feet high), and play at astronomers there.
9. Probably the hanging gardens of the Median queen of Nebuchadnezzar.
A magnificent collection of over forty tigers is right on a square, a public
thoroughfare in the middle of the town. Their roaring is heard miles off.
Ambair and Archaic Ruins
We went on the Raja's elephants to Ambair, the ancient city and fortress taken by
the Rajpoots from the Minas, 50Q tears, B.C. The first view of Ambair brings the traveler
into a new world. Nothing can surpass its gloomy grandeur, solidity, the seeming
impregnability of the Fort circumscribing the town for twelve miles round and extending
over seven hills. It is deserted now for over twelve generations; centenarian trees grow
in its streets and squares; its tanks and lees are full of alligators. But there is an
indescribable charm about the beautiful, forsaken town, alone, like a forgotten sentry in the
midst of wilderness, high above the picturesque valley below. Hills covered with thick
brushwood, the abode of tigers, are crowned with ramparts, and towers and castles all
around the ruined city.
The ruined heap of Kuntalgart is considered to be three thousand years old. Higher
still is the shrine and temple of Bhutisvara (of "unknown age," as the English prudently
say). Read Bishop Heber's enthusiastic narrative of Ambair or Amberi. Read Bishop
Heber's enthusiastic narrative of Ambair or Amberi.
The palace of Dilaram Bagh is another miracle in marble, preserved because kept
restored. Its innumerable halls, private apartments, terraces, towers, etc., are all built of
marble. Some rooms have ceilings and walls inlaid with mosaic work, and lots of looking-
glasses and vari-colored marbles. Some walls are completely carved lace-work-like again
through and through; and the beauty of the design is unparalleled. Long passages, three
and four hundred yards long, descend and ascend sloping without steps, and are marble
also, though entirely dark. The bath-halls, inlaid with colored marble, remind one of the
best baths of old Rome, but are vaster and higher. There are carious nooks and corners
and secret passages and old armor and old furniture, which can set crazy an antiquarian
The Rajpoots
Remember, Todd [10] assures us that the Rajpoots trace their lineage backward
without one single break for over two thousand and eighty years; that they knew the use
of fire-arms in the third century, if I mistake not. [11] It is a grand people, Doctor;
10. In his great work on Rajasthan.
11. This statement is confirmed by several ancient classic writers.
and their history is one of the most sublime poems of humanity; nay, by its virtues and
heroic deeds it is one of the few redeeming ones in this world of dirt. The Rajpoots [12]
are the only Indian race whom the English have not yet disarmed: they dare not. When
you see a Rajpoot nobleman, he reminds you of the Italian, or rather the Provencal
medieval Barons or troubadours. With his long hair, whiskers and mustaches brushed
upward, his little white or colored toga, long white garments, and his array of pistols, guns,
bow and arrows, long pike, and two or three swords and daggers, and especially the shield
of rhinoceros skin on which their forefather, the Sun, shines adorned with all his rays, he
does look picturesque, though he does look at the same time as a perambulating store of
arms of every epoch and age.
No foreigner is allowed to live in Jeypur. The few that are settled there live out of
town but permission is obtained to pass whole days in examining the curiosities of the
town. We have several "Fellows" of the Theosophical Society among Rajpoots, and they
do take seriously to Theosophy. They make a religion of it. Your signature on the
diplomas is now scattered all over Rajpootana.
And now I guess you have enough of my letter. I must have wearied you to death.
Do write and address Bombay, 108 Girgam Back Road. I hope this letter will find you in
good health. Give my cordial salutations to Bouton and ask him whether he would publish
a small pamphlet or book "Voyage" or "Bird's Eye View of India," or something to this
effect. I could publish curious facts about some religious sects here.
Missionaries do nothing here. In order to obtain converts they are obliged to offer
premiums and salaries for the lifetime of one who would accept the "great truths of
Christianity." They are nuisances and off color here. My love to Mrs. Thompson if you see
her. Olcott's love to you,
Yours ever sincerely,
We are going Northward to Lahore and Amritsir.
The next place of destination was Lahore. I received a letter as interesting and
unique as this. Mme. B. next became engaged in the publication of The Theosophist and
her letters took a different turn. They have not been preserved.
12. The term Rajpoot signifies man of royal descent. The other designations of this
caste, are Kshathriya, Rajauya and Rajbausi, all denoting royal association. After the
Aryan invaders of India had begun to devote themselves to husbandry and the arts of
civilized life, the military class remained apart and became a distinct caste and people.
Like the princes of Assyria they are altogether kings and kingly.
(The Word, vol. 7, pp. 203-13.)
There is a facsimile include here of a previous letter of Blavatsky to Wilder. The
Word Editor Harold Percival writes: "We intended to reproduce in facsimile the first and
last pages of Madame Blavatsky's letter from Agra and printed in this number. The
reproduction was made impossible because the letter is written with violet ink on green
paper and could, therefore, not be photographed. This was not considered until too late.
We therefore present a facsimile of the letter published in the last number of 'The Word.'"
Blavatsky Letter on Editorial Policy
"My dear Sir,
"When your letter reached me with the official (?) resolution of the local Council,
concerning the inadvisability of advertising T. Paine's and Bradlaugh' Free-thinking
literature, the article in the August Supplement "A Final Answer' was already in print... Only
I fear that the objection - that such advertisements ought to receive the consent of the
majority of the General Council before being published (or words to that effect) is
groundless. The majority of our Council is composed of heathens of the first water. Most
of them are furious to feel unable to send their children either to Missionary or secular
schools without having their young minds poisoned (their expression not mine) by their
hereditary enemy the padri agains their respective non-Christian religions. It is they (i.e.,
the majority of the Council) who have repeatedly insisted on having such books distributed.
Our Ceylon Buddhist members with 300 priests leading them, have spent a large sum to
secure such anti-Christian tracts, as the only antidote against the abuse lavished upon their
forefathers' faith. For, whoever lives in this country (as Mr. Sinnett will tell you) becomes
very soon impressed with the sad fact that conversion in India means absolute perversion.
Instead of bettering morality Christianity but adds to the natural human vices, owing to the
doctrine of atonement and salvation by prayer, instead of that of self-reliance and Karma.
"I would feel very much obliged to some of the British Theosophists who have
protested, were they to send us for publication anti-buddhistic tracts. I would publish them
immediately and without fear of hurting the feelings of my coreligionists. They are too
intelligent, on the one hand, to take to heart the autopsy of the exoteric shell of their
religion; while, on the other, centuries of daily abuse directed against Buddhism have
made them indifferent. The same may be said of Hindus. What they (at least our
members) want, is the free discussion of every religion in its outer as in its inward form.
Why then should ecclesiastical Christianity be excepted? Though the Reply in the August
Supplement was not meant for the British Theosophists yet their 'remonstrance' may find
a fit answer in it. I, as an Editor, will never permit Christ to be attacked personally, no more
than Buddha. But I must insist upon being allowed to remain entirely impartial in the
dissection as in the praise of all and every religion the world over, without pandering to
people's personal emotional prejudices. This will never do in a Universal Brotherhood. I
am very much surprised that Mr. Sinnett should have seconded the resolution, knowing as
he does, my feelings on the subject; and that he was the first to approve of my 'not
minding' Mr. Home's objections in this direction ...
"I have written the above not as an answer to the contents of your official letter, but
as a reply to what I found therein between the lines. No one has a greater respect and
admiration than I have for Mrs. Kingsford (chiefly as a reflection of the feelings of our
Mahatmas, who must know her better than any one on earth); nevertheless, unless I am
directly ordered by my Guru M .'. to drop the advertisement objected to, I cannot go against
my principles of fair dealing with every religion, even for the sake of doing that, which Mrs.
Kingsford believes is due to the "London Lodge.'' For indeed, were I to concede so much
to your Society, the next thing I would have to do would be to drop every adverse criticism
and discussion upon the Visishtadwaitee. There's the 'South Indian Visishta Theos. Soc.'
composed of about 150 members objecting to my publishing the criticism upon their
Catechism by the 'Vedenta- Adwaitee' Theos. Society - (See art. of that name in June
Theosophist); And the Almora Swami insisting upon my ceasing to lay sacrilegious hands
upon his Iswara; and the 'Brahmo Theos. Society' wanting me to fill the magazine with
sermons upon Monotheism etc. About 14 Visishtadwaitees have resigned in consequence
of the discussion. Very sorry, but I cannot help it. Thus, as you see, my position is that
of an elephant trying to perform his Grand Trapeze on a cobweb thread. Nevertheless, I
must try to maintain my perilous position and not to lose footing by the blessing and help
of Yog-power. Meanwhile, believe me, dear Sir,
"Yours most fraternally,
H.P. BLAVATSKY (Editor of The Theosophist)
- From Theosophical Notes, Oct., 1955
[H.P.B. LETTER EXCERPTS IN THE PATH]
A Letter from H.P.B.
Note. - The following letter was written by H.P. Blavatsky in The Path, December,
1886. In view of the publication of The Mahatma Letters to A.P. Sinnett, and much that is
therein contained, H.P.B.'s attitude will be understood - though if the reader only has the
Leadbeater tradition to help him to understand it, he will get badly fogged. Dawn is
indebted to The Beacon (February, 1924) for the letter, and comments thereon, and from
which journal it reprints. - Eds.
I was the first in the United States to bring the existence of our Masters into
publicity, and exposed the holy names of two Members of a Brotherhood hitherto unknown
to Europe and America (save to a few Mystics and Initiates of every age), yet sacred and
revered throughout the East, and especially India. Let no one think, withal, that I come out
as a champion or a defender of those who most assuredly need no defence.
"Our Masters . . . are simply holy mortals, nevertheless, however, higher than any
in this world, morally, intellectually, and spiritually. However holy and advanced in the
science of the Mysteries, they are still men, members of a Brotherhood who are the first
in it to show themselves subservient to its twice*-honored laws and rules." [[* sic - "time-
honored" Letter possibly edited by The Beacon, considering later Bailey publications - dig
ed]]
"The Society was founded at their wish, and under their orders."
"I know that I have, all my faults notwithstanding, Master's protection over me, and
if I have it, the reason for it is simply this: for 35 years and more, ever since in 1851 I saw
my Master bodily and personally for the first time, I have never once denied or even
doubted Him, not even in thought . . . I was told that as soon as one steps on the Path
leading to the Ashrama of the blessed Masters - the last and only custodians of primitive
Wisdom and Truth - his Karma, instead of having to be distributed throughout his Iong life,
falls upon him in a block - crushes him with its whole weight . . . I felt sure that Master
would not permit that I should perish: that he would always appear at the eleventh hour -
and so He did. Three times I was saved from death by Him, the last time almost against
my will, when I went again into the cold, wicked world, out of love for Him, who has taught
me what I know and made me what I am. Therefore, I do His work and bidding.
Unswerving devotion to Him who embodies the duty traced for me and belief in the
Wisdom - collectively, of that grand, mysterious, yet actual brotherhood of holy men - is my
only merit."
"And now repeating after the Paraguru - my Master's MASTER - the words He had
sent as a message to those who wanted to make of the Society a `miracle club' instead of
a Brotherhood of Peace, Love and mutual assistance: `Perish, rather the T.S. and its
hapless founders.'"
"Theosophists refusing to lead the life and then criticising and throwing slurs on the
grandest and noblest of men, because tied by Their wise laws - hoary with age and based
on an experience of human nature millenniums old - those Masters refuse to interfere with
Karma and to play second fiddle to every Theosophist who calls upon them, and whether
he deserves it or not. All my love and aspirations belong to my beloved brothers, the Sons
of old Aryavarta - the Motherland of my Master."
Again: -
"Our Society was founded at the direct suggestion of Indian and Tibetan Adepts,
and in coming to this country (India) we but obeyed Their wishes." (Theosophist, Vol. III p.
243.)
On April 3rd, 1886. H.P.B. wrote to Dr. Hartmann: "I was sent to America on
purpose, and sent to the Eddys. There I found Olcott in love with spirits, as he became in
love with the Masters later on. I was ordered to let him know that spiritual phenomena
without the philosophy of occultism were dangerous and misleading. I proved to him all
that mediums could do through spirits, others could do at will without any spirits at all, that
bells, and thought reading, raps and physical phenomena, could be achieved by any one
who had a faculty of acting in his physical body through the organs of his astral body; and
I had that faculty ever since I was four years old, as all my family know. I could make
furniture move and objects fly apparently, and my astral arms that supported them
remained invisible; all this before I knew even of Masters. Well, I told him the whole truth.
I said to him that I had known Adepts, the 'Brothers,' not only in India and beyond Ladakh,
but in Egypt and Syria - for there are `brothers' there to this day. The name of the
`Mahatmas' were not even known at the time, since they are called so only in India. That,
whether They were called Rosicrucians, Kabalists, or Yogis, Adepts were everywhere.
Adepts, silent, secret, retiring and who would never divulge themselves entirely to any one
unless one did as I did - passed seven and ten years' probation, and gave proofs of
absolute devotion, and that he, or she, would keep silent even before a prospect and a
threat of death. I fulfilled the requirements, and am what I am; and this no Hodson, no
Coulomb, no Sellin, can take from me. All I was allowed to say was - the truth. There is
beyond the Himalayas a nucleus of Adepts of various nationalities; and the Teschu Lama
knows Them, and They act together, and some of Them are with Him and yet remain
unknown in Their true character even to the average lamas who are ignorant fools mostly.
My Master and K.H. and several others I know personally are there, coming and going, and
They are all in communication with Adepts in Egypt and Syria, and even Europe. I said
and proved that They could perform marvelous phenomena: but I also said that it was
rarely They would condescend to do so to satisfy enquirers. ...When we arrived (in India)
Master, coming to Bombay bodily, paid a visit to us at Girgaum, and several persons saw
Him, Winbridge for one."
Mme. Blavatsky then describes the foolish ideas that arose about Them.
"The idea that the Masters were mortal men, limited even in Their great powers,
never crossed any one's mind, though They wrote this Themselves repeatedly. It was
`modesty and secretiveness,' people thought. How is it possible, the fools argued, `that
the Mahatmas should not know all that was in every Theosophist's mind; and hear every
word pronounced by each member'.''
"That to do so, and find out what the people thought, and hear what they said, the
Masters had to use special psychological means. To take great trouble for it at the cost
of labor and time, was something out of the range of the perceptions of Their devotees."
The Countess Wachtmeister, repeating what H.P.B. had told her of the T.S.
Movement, said that, "H.P.B. met her Master in 1851 in London, when He told her He had
selected her for the work of a Society. She told her father, and got his consent to do what
she was asked. She then went away and was taught, and after many years returned to the
world, instructed to find a man named 'Olcott.' Coming to America, she asked everyone
of such a man, and at last found him at the Eddy Farm."
In a letter dated December 6th, 1887, she speaks of "the Society created by the
Masters, our Mahatmas." In this letter she also says: "Master sent me to the United States
to see what could be done to stop necromancy and the unconscious black magic exercised
by the Spiritualists. I was made to meet you (Olcott) and to change your ideas, which I
have. The Society was formed, then gradually made to merge into and evolve hints of the
teachings from the Secret Doctrine of the oldest school of Occult Philosophy in the whole
world - a school to reform which, finally, the Lord Gautama was made to appear. These
teachings could not be given abruptly. They had to be instilled gradually."
- Dawn, May, 1924
Letter From H.P.B. To Count Wachtmeister
In our Point Loma Publications Archives we find the following, a transcription of
facsimile of original manuscript in H.P.B.'s handwriting, presumed to have been written by
her to the son of the Countess Wachtmeister, who rendered her such invaluable personal
help, while she was writing The Secret Doctrine at Wurzburg, Ostende, and London.
We follow this with a letter from W. Wachtmeister which is self-explanatory. - Editors
Esoteric Section
(Seal)
There is no religion higher than Truth
My dear Count,
I answer only today because I did not like to answer from my own head. The advice
is this: Lead the most regular life you can lead, - going to bed rather early than late. Enter
the Conservatory at Leipzig trying to make some preliminary arrangements for the privilege
of less hours of study on account of health. If you take bodily exercise in the morning or
in the evening it is quite enough. Men may be kept in health even without much exercise
if you can manage to keep your thoughts centered and all engrossed in music - harmony
rather. For harmony, mental, psychic and spiritual, your very soul bathed in it, will have a
strong influence on the physiological portion of the system. It is when the man is tossed
about mentally or can center his thoughts on nothing in particular that disharmony and
hence a diseased condition, is produced in his body. Hold fast to music & its philosophy
& all other philosophies will come to you naturally.
I hope you have understood me, but if your mother is with you she will explain to you
the Master's words.
Wishing you success and health and thanking you for your confidence believe me
ever yours fraternally,
ROYAL MINISTRY FOR FOREIGN AFFAIRS
Stockholm, April 3, 1874
Mr. Iverson L. Harris
President Point Loma Publications, Inc.
Dear Mr. Harris,
Thank you for your letter of March 25 regarding a letter written in 1887 by Madame
Helena Petrovna Blavatsky to a person presumed to have been the son of Countess
Constance Wachtmeister.
In answer to your question as to my relationship to this lady and to her son I wish
to inform you that Constance Wachtmeister was born in 1838 as a daughter of Marquis de
Bourbel from Normandie, France. She married Count Carl Wachtmeister, a diplomat,
Foreign Minister in the years 1868-71. She died 1910 in Los Angeles. Their only son, the
presumed addressee of Madame Blavatsky's letter, Carl Axel Raoul Georg Henrik
Wachtmeister, a musician and composer, was born in 1865 and died in 1947 in Nice,
My relationship to Constance Wachtmeister's husband and son is a distant one.
Her husband was a cousin of my great grandfather's.s
I hope that this information may be of some interest to you and you are, of course,
free to publish it in your newsletter.
(sgd) W. Wachtmeister Ambassador
Blavatsky Letter to Rebus:
LETTER FROM H.P. BLAVATSKY
[The letter which follows was written by H.P. Blavatsky originally in Russian, and
appeared in the pages of Rebus (Vol. iv, No. 37, September, 1885, pp. 335-336), a
Spiritualistic journal published for a number of years in St. Petersburg, and the files of
which are extremely rare outside of Russia. As far as we know, this letter has never been
translated into English before, and therefore has been practically unknown to students
throughout the world unfamiliar with the Russian language. It was written to Victor
Pribitkov, editor of the Rebus, who was very cordially disposed to H.P.B. The letter throws
additional light upon a very trying and sad episode in H.P.B.'s life. We recommend to the
earnest student a careful reading of this text, and suggest the reading of the following
items which have a direct bearing upon the context of the present letter: 1) H.P.B.'s Open
Letter: "Why I Do Not Return To India: To My Brothers of Aryavarta," published in The
Theosophist, Adyar, January, 1922, and in Theosophy, Los Angeles, May, 1947; 2) H.P.
Blavatsky and The Theosophical Movement, Dr. Charles J. Ryan, Theos. Univ. Press,
Point Loma, Calif., 1937: particularly pages 204-22 thereof.
The original Russian text of the present letter is on file at the Editorial Offices of
Theosophia. - Editor.]
In No. 30 of your interesting journal, on page 276, under "Brief Notes," I find the
following, regarding my arrival in Europe: "It is known how dearly H.P. (Blavatsky) loves
her native Russia and how little sympathy she has for the English order in India, on
account of which she enjoys no good will on the part of the rulers of India."
Everything in these lines, from beginning to end, is sacred truth; in view of the
hundreds of absurd rumors current about me, because of my return to Europe, I am
expressing my warm gratitude to the one who, at least for once, has written the truth about
me. But in the few succeeding lines, certain errors have crept in, which I ask you kindly
to correct. It says in them, for instance: "When the Afghan problem was raised, Madame
Blavatsky, as usual, did not hesitate openly to declare her sympathies and antipathies, as
a result of which, as word reached her, she was threatened with arrest, and to avoid the
latter, was forced to board in haste a French steamer which brought her safely to Naples."
From this, anyone might come to the following conclusion: "Blavatsky may he a
warm patriot" - (in which no one will be mistaken) - "but she has an uncontrolled tongue" -
(there is some truth in that too, but not in the present case). "Living in British territory" - the
reader might say - "and availing herself of English hospitality, she was obliged, in view of
the current events and of the circumstances in which she found herself, to restrain herself
and not to declare openly her antipathies. And if the Anglo-Indian authorities, frightened
at the time like rabbits, had tossed her into the 'clink,' they would have been entirely right
from their own viewpoint."
This is what every unprejudiced man would say after reading the last six lines in
your "Brief Notes." True enough: 'When visiting another monastery, don't bring your own
rules of discipline'. * [* Russian proverb - Translator.] This was especially true at a
time, when 60,000 rulers of 300 million Hindu Slaves were afflicted with the dance of St.
Vitus, due to fear, when they dreamt day and night about Russian spies, and imagined a
Russian soldier with a bayonet in every swaying bamboo, while all over England there was
a gnashing of teeth concerning Russia! Moreover, it is only where you are - in the long-
suffering, infinitely magnanimous and generous Mother-Russia, disguised by idiotic Europe
into the likeness of a Megaera, with Siberia in her suitcase, a scaffold under her right arm
and a knout under her left one - that every foreigner, who may have come merely to exploit
her, can abuse with impunity, both openly and behind her back, the country which harbors
him, and its rulers. With us in British India, things are quite different. They put you in jail
there on suspicion alone, if the new arrival is a Russian. They are afraid there of "Russian
odor," as the devil is afraid of incense. Recently a certain collector of revenue, a patriot
and a russophobe, introduced a bill to organize "a Russian quarantine" in every Indian port,
in which not only Russians, but also tourists of various nations arriving from Russia, would
be subjected to an obligatory preliminary "ventilation," and only after that be allowed to
travel through Hindustan under escort.
In view of what precedes, I ask your permission to correct the six lines referred to
by me, and to add to them the following.
1) While it is perfectly true that I dearly love my native land and everything that is
Russian, and not only have no sympathy for, but simply hate Anglo-Indian terrorism, the
following is nevertheless equally true: as I do not feel any right to interfere in anyone's
family affairs, and even less so in political affairs, and have strictly adhered to the Rules
of our Theosophical Society, in the course of my six-years' stay in India, I have not only
abstained from expressing my "antipathies" before Hindus, but, as I love them and wish
them well from all my heart, I have tried, to the contrary, to have them resign themselves
to the inevitable, to console them by teaching patience and forgiveness, and to instill in
them the feelings of loyal subjects.
2) In gratitude for this, the perspicacious Anglo-Indian government saw in me a
"Russian Spy," from the very first day of my arrival in Bombay. It spared neither toil nor
money, in order to find out the crafty purpose which impelled me to prefer the conquered
to the "conquerors," the "creatures of the lower races," as the latter called the Hindus. It
surrounded me for over two years with an honorary escort of mussulman police spies,
bestowing upon me, a solitary Russian woman, the honor of being afraid of me, as if I were
a whole army of Cossacks behind the Himalayas. Only at the end of two years and after
having spent, on the confession of Sir Alfred Lyall, over 50,000 rupees in this useless
ferreting of my political secrets - which never existed anyway - the government quieted
clown. "We made fools of ourselves" - I Was told quite frankly sometime later at Simla, by
a certain Anglo-Indian official, and I had politely to agree with him.
3) Upon my return to Madras from Europe, in Dec. 1884, I fell ill almost
immediately. From the very day of inception of the "Afghan problem" and up to the 29th
of March, 1885, when I again left, I could express neither sympathies nor antipathies, as
I was on my death-bed, given up by all the physicians. This was taken advantage of by
those who tried by every means at their disposal to kill me, or at least to eliminate me from
India, where I stood in their way. This is known all over India. Everybody knows to what
extent many people feared and hated me - almost all the Anglo-Indians; and what a vast
conspiracy exists among Europeans in India, and even in America and England, against
our Society. They were determined to get me one way or another. Unable to find an
excuse to disrupt a useful society, in which, by the way, there are quite a number of the
best-known Englishmen, our "well-wishers" took it into their heads to kill it by destroying,
if not myself, then at least my reputation. It came to a point where they made an attempt
to misrepresent the whole Theosophical Society organized by Col. Olcott and myself, as
nothing else than a vaudeville with changing stage-settings and a screen behind which
were hidden my plans and activities as a "Russian Spy." Such an opinion, by the way, was
expressed publicly by a member of the London Society for Psychic Research, at a dinner
at Mr. Garstin's, one of the outstanding officials of the government at Madras. This gave
rise to a terrible tempest.
Those in the know then convinced my friends at Adyar (headquarters of the
Theosophical Society), that my position as a Russian who enjoyed a certain influence
among the Hindus, was not without danger at the present time, and that I was running the
risk of being arrested, in spite of my illness.
Thus, without even explaining to me in detail what it was all about, these friends of
mine, afraid on my behalf, decided - upon advice from the doctor, who told them that such
an arrest would at the time mean death for me - to send me to Europe without even one
day's delay. Late one evening, half-dead, I was transferred in a chair, straight from bed
to a French steamer, where I was in no danger from my enemies, and was sent to Naples,
in company with Dr. Hartmann, my Hindu secretary, and a young English woman devoted
to me. Only after I had somewhat quieted down, past the Island of Ceylon, did I learn what
it was all about. Had I not been so sick, even the danger of being arrested at the time
would not have forced me to leave India.
This is a true account of the most recent event of my life, which could serve as a
supplement to the article in your journal on "The Truth about H.P. Blavatsky." The readers
will find many details regarding this six-year episode of my fantastic "espionage," in the
First and the Second parts of my letters "From the Caves and Jungles of Hindustan," which
I have now resumed writing, and which are being published in the Russkiy Vestnik.
Please accept, etc.
Wurzburg, 27th of Aug., 1885.
[Although H.P.B. says she left India for good on March 29, 1885, it would appear
from other records that this departure took place on March 31. She was accompanied by
Dr. Franz Hartmann, a profound student and brilliant writer on occult subjects, a Hindu
disciple known as "Bawajee," and Miss M. Flynn. She landed in Naples and settled for a
while in Torre del Greco. After a few months, she left fur Wurzburg, Germany.
"The Truth About H.P. Bavatsky," mentioned by H.P.B., was a series of articles
written in Russian by her sister, Vera Petrovna Zhelihovsky, and published in Rebus, Vol.II,
1883. Portions of this material were used by A.P. Sinnett in his Incidents in the Life of
Madame Blavatsky. These articles contain invaluable information regarding the early years
of H.P.B.'s life and the gradual development of her occult powers. This series of Madame
Zhelihovsky is now being translated into English, and will be published in Theosophia when
completed. - Editor.]
- From Theosophia #28, Nov.-Dec., 1948
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For international students, pandemic travel restrictions mean spending the holidays alone
by Samantha Ruvalcaba December 25, 2020 December 25, 2020
For the first time this year, University of the Incarnate Word student Marian Mae Cedeño won’t be spending the holidays with her family in the Philippines. Credit: Bonnie Arbittier / San Antonio Report
For the first time this year, University of the Incarnate Word student Marian Mae Cedeño won’t be spending the holidays with her family in the Philippines. The junior studying political science hasn’t seen her family since last December.
“I live in a close-knit community so I am used to always having someone around, but COVID-19 took that all away,” Cedeño said. “I already missed all of the holidays and birthdays earlier this year, and now I am missing Christmas and New Year as well.”
Jose Martinez Jr., UIW’s director of International Student and Scholar Services, said his office met virtually with international students weekly until Thanksgiving to advise them on traveling back home during the winter break.
Cedeño was the only student on campus unable to return to her home country due to travel restrictions set by the Philippines government. According to the country’s guidelines, she would have been required to quarantine twice, first in Manila upon arrival, then again in her home province of Lanao del Norte.
“A few weeks ago, I heard that they eased the restrictions, but it was too late because plane tickets were already too expensive for me,” Cedeño said. “On top of that, I would have to travel for at least 30 hours and have four layovers, which is also a health concern.”
Cedeño’s situation is not unusual. As the pandemic drags on, international students have faced challenges trying to return to their home countries during the winter break between semesters, and colleges and universities have worked to help them navigate fast-changing rules about travel restrictions and quarantine.
For international students, the travel restrictions and COVID-19 guidelines set by their home countries determined whether they would be able to spend the holidays with their families.
At Trinity University, an estimated 80 percent of international students opted to study remotely this semester, with the other 20 percent attending class in person and a few of them residing on campus in the fall.
Laura Rodriguez Amaya, assistant director for International Students and Scholars Services for Trinity’s Center for International Engagement, said the university worked to help international students living on campus return home for the winter break.
“The international students who were living on campus were able to return home, and the university worked with them to ensure they got the testing or other support necessary to make that trip,” Amaya said.
Martinez said 57 international students resided on UIW’s campus during the fall semester and 15 remained in their home country to study remotely.
The university typically offers on-campus housing for domestic and international students who choose not to return home during the winter break. Due to the pandemic, the office advised students to consider health risks in addition to travel costs.
Marian Mae Cedeño is projected on her family’s wall in the Philippines during their virtual Christmas celebration. Credit: Courtesy / Marian Mae Cedeño
The pandemic also kept Cedeño from traveling home over the summer, and she mostly spent those months alone in her dorm room. Cedeño said the university nominated her to receive $2,500 in financial aid from the Institute of International Education, an organization that promotes international educational programs, to help with living expenses.
“I enjoy living alone because I get to catch up with my readings and chill, but I also miss my family and friends in the Philippines,” Cedeño said.
Christmas and the New Year are big celebrations for Cedeño and her family. Up to 50 relatives usually get together to prepare a food spread Cedeño described as “ginormous and can literally feed a village.” The celebration begins on Christmas Eve and runs through Jan. 2.
“For 10 days all you do is eat, sing karaoke, and shoot fireworks,” Cedeño said.
The feast that Marian Mae Cedeño prepared for her virtual Christmas celebration. Credit: Courtesy / Marian Mae Cedeño
This year, she plans to prepare classic Filipino dishes like lechon (roasted pork) belly, lumpia, Filipino spaghetti, and fish escabeche in the campus apartment she shares with suitemates who have left for the winter break.
“This Christmas is my first one away from home, but I am planning to make a spread of my own,” Cedeño said. “I will be enjoying my nochebuena [Christmas Eve] virtually with my family and I was even told they are going to project me on the wall – I hope not.”
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July 8, 2014 by sarahsbookreflections, posted in Uncategorized
This may show up twice because I’m having trouble getting this blog to load on my site. So just read it once, unless it thrills you so much you just have to read it again.
Anyway, I do hope everyone is having a happy summer and not getting flooded out, dried out, blown away, or burned out. Time on the beach or in the pool or in the garden or on the golf course or paddling up the river is a good thing, so do try to get some of that in. Ride a horse in the woods and cool off your soul with the beauty of the woods and the serenity of being with a special companion. Take the dog for a long walk and a swim in the river. Wherever you are, be sure to have at least on book along for company.
For this post I included books that take place in the summer or include summer time activities. Hope you enjoy them.
I do not recommend this first book except as a cautionary tale of why you shouldn’t let your daughters spend time in ritzy resort towns without supervision.
Beach Lane: Summer Fun in the Hamptons!
If you like books about “Barbie Doll” spoiled brat, teenage girls, this is the book for you. Originally published as The Au Pairs, it is told from the points of view of three girls who take jobs as Au Pairs to a family of wealthy children whose parents really can’t be bothered with them. Eliza Thompson is used to summer in the Hamptons, but only as a member of the elite. Now, thanks to her father’s bank fraud disgrace, she has to take the bus from her new home in Buffalo to be the hired help. Her parents wouldn’t even buy her a plane ticket. Mara Waters is used to scrimping and thrilled to be out of Sturbridge for the summer, even if her boyfriend, Jim, was scalding mad that she was going. Jacarei (Jacqui) Velasco is from São Paolo and is quite used to picking up older men to help her on her journey. The girls get to the Hamptons and meet at their employers’ house. Although the girls do adjust their views of the world a bit during the summer, Eliza and Jacqui stay pretty much the same throughout the book—obsessed with pretty clothes and pretty boys. Mara learns to salivate over the same things. She and Eliza do try to take care of their four charges, but Jacqui conveniently comes up missing when any real work is to be done. This book will do nicely if you want to encourage your teen daughters to drink, smoke and have sex.
BIBLIO: 2013 (orig. 2004,) Simon & Schuster BFYR/Simon & Schuster Children’s Publishing Division/Simon & Schuster, Inc., Ages 14 +, $9/99.
REVIEWER: Sarah Maury Swan
FORMAT: Young Adult
The second book has to do with scuba diving and treasure hunting, which many people do on vacation.
Coert Voorhees
Annie Fleet loves scuba diving, history and searching for treasure, which makes her feel even more out of place at the fancy private school she attends in Los Angeles, California. She’s surrounded by very wealthy kids, who, if not actors themselves, are the children of actors. Annie goes there because her father teaches there. She is going on a community service/treasure hunt to Mexico and the hottest guy in school, Josh Rebstock, is also going. The community service bit is hardly worth mentioning as far as Annie’s concerned and since she’s not much of a party girl, she’s bored with the after-work-hours drinking. Finally, they’re done with the community service part of their trip and on to the treasure hunt. Unfortunately, Annie is left for dead by her diving partner after she recovers a clue to the famed Golden Dragon, but makes it to the surface in tact. The rest of the story follows Annie and Josh trying to find the treasure and out wit the bad guys. It’s a rollicking good story with well drawn characters and lots of excitement. Teachers can use it as a jumping off point for history, social values or science.
BIBLIO: 2013, Hyperion/Disney Book Group, Ages 14 +, $16.99.
The last book is a good tale of learning to stand up for yourself and why it’s good not to lie.
Thatcher Heldring
Eighth-grader, Wyatt Parker, wishes he was macho enough to not be picked on. Plus, he wishes the girl next door, Evan Robinson, would get romantic feelings towards him instead of the hulky quarterback, who seems to be all muscles and self-assurance. Still Wyatt’s at the movies with Evan and the quarterback isn’t. But Wyatt decides he’ll go out for summer football, so he can toughen up. Only problem, his dad has signed him up for golf camp, so they can play golf more often. Wyatt doesn’t even really like golf, but he’s not used to going behind his parents’ backs. And his best friend, Francis, is psyched about going to the golf camp also and hanging out with Wyatt. Wyatt’s younger sister, Katie, is also very excited about going to the camp. Older brother Aaron, introduces Wyatt to the “League of Pain,” a no holds barred, tackle football league that plays in a secluded part of the community’s sports park. His father won’t let him out of the golf camp, so he lies about it, telling the camp he’s going to a space camp instead. Then he hurts Francis’ feelings by not even calling to say he won’t be going to the professional golf tournament they have tickets for. Wyatt does get more muscular and more respected by the end of the two-week long league. Along the way, he discovers that telling lies and being deceptive really aren’t cool. He also learns that he can stand up for himself without giving in or being a bully. This is an engaging story, with good characters and could be useful in classroom discussions about bullying and self-esteem. There could have been a bit more effort to explain why the parents don’t seem to want much to do with their older son.
BIBLIO: 2013. Delacorte Press/Random House Children’s Books/Random House, Inc., Ages 13 to 17, $15.99.
Whatever you do this summer have a good time and wear sunblock. Talk to you soon. Sarah
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Tim J. Myers
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Dear Sarah:
Hope you’re doing well! And I hope you don’t mind my trying to reach you via your comment feature–forgive me if you do! My new children’s book Rude Dude’s Book of Food is just out. Would you kindly consider reviewing or mentioning it on your blog?
Rude Dude is a funny, fast-paced, anecdote-filled history of popular foods (hamburgers, chocolate, etc.) tied to the Common Core and intended for upper-elementary/middle-school students. It includes lesson ideas for teachers and a list of the Core standards the book meets. I’ll include a sample chapter below.
For what it’s worth, I have 12 children’s books out with three new ones on the way. Down at the Dino Wash Deluxe (Sterling) earned great reviews from Kirkus, Booklist, and SLJ, and I won the 2012 SCBWI Magazine Merit Award for Fiction. My Basho and the River Stones (Cavendish ‘04), one of three finalists for a 2007 California Young Readers medal, got excellent reviews from The New York Times, Kirkus, Booklist, and a starred review in SLJ. Tanuki’s Gift (Cavendish ‘03) got an excellent boxed review with art in the New York Times, won an Anne Izard Storytellers’ Choice Award, and was a Nick Jr. Magazine “Best Book of the Year.” Basho and the Fox (Cavendish ‘00) was read aloud on NPR, made the New York Times bestseller list for children’s books, and was chosen as a Smithsonian Notable Children’s Book, among other honors. And Let’s Call Him Humuhumu…(Bess Press, ’93) is out in a new edition with accompanying CD. I’ve placed 18 pieces with the Carus Group (one nominated for a Paul Wittey Short Story Award), two with Storyworks, others with Highlights, AppleSeeds, Chicken Soup for the Kid’s Soul, and others—won a first prize in a national poetry contest judged by John Updike—have two books of adult poetry out—have been nominated twice for a Pushcart Prize–have a book on fatherhood that won the IBPA’s Ben Franklin Digital Award–and have published much other fiction, non-fiction and poetry for kids and adults.
I’ve included a sample chapter below, and you can see the cover here: http://www.timmyersstorysong.com/TM_Website/Rude_Dudes_Book_of_Food.html.
I’d be happy to email a pdf of the book if you’re interested, but please let me know if you’d prefer hardcopy.
I appreciate your consideration!
Tim Myers
Choc Rocks
All right, cats and kittens, let’s talk about something SO delicious even modern science calls it Theobroma—”Food of the Gods.” We just call it
And luckily, the gods seem okay with us eating it. Because when I think about chocolate, all I can say is—Whoa.
And I’m not the only one. Chocolate is one of the best loved foods on Earth. In 1998, for example, Americans alone ate 3.3 billion pounds—that’s BILLIONS, Uncle Scrooge! Americans buy $1 billion worth of chocolate every Valentine’s Day—I kid you not! Nine out of ten people like chocolate (and some say the tenth is probably lying). There’s even a group of chocolate-lovers called “Chocoholics Unanimous” (Get it? Instead of “anonymous”?). Sometimes I think I could go off “chocolateering”—you know, like a pirate, also known as a “buccaneer.” I’d rig out a ship and steal other people’s chocolate. But I couldn’t have a crew—I wouldn’t want to share.
But while I tell you about chocolate, I’ll tell another story too—a smaller but, to me, equally important one. Pay attention—there will be a quiz.
Once there was this kid named Chocolate who stayed in his house all the time. He thought he was too pure to mix with anything else. So he just hung out, looking in the mirror or watching the Food Network…
Okay, more on that later. Now, about chocolate.
Chocolate historians have tracked the story down. (What—you think being a “chocolate historian” is weird? Beats being a bean-dip historian, if you ask me). For thousands of years, wild cacao trees were growing in the jungles of what’s now Venezuela. (It’s pronounced “kuh KOW”—sounds like a little explosion, eh?). Cacao trees grow these pineapple-sized pods right from their trunks and branches—and people in what’s now Ecuador were the first to open them, get the beans out, then roast and grind the beans. Humans have been growing cacao for at least 3000 years.
But no one was making chocolate from cacao yet. Still, the love of cacao spread to the Olmec people of Central America, then the Mayans, then the Aztecs. People mixed it in water, hot or cold, adding things like vanilla or chilies—a long way from our hot cocoa with whipped cream! (The Mayans would add corn before going to war, for extra calories). And “chocolate” meant liquid; nobody’d even dreamed of making chocolate for eating. So sad!
The Aztecs even used cacao beans for money. (I’m glad we don’t; I’d eat my change before I could spend it). And they believed chocolate was consumed by the gods in Paradise, so they also drank it during their religious ceremonies (wish we followed that custom!). Moctezuma, Aztec Emperor when the Spanish first came to Mexico, is said to have taken 50 shots a day, in solid-gold cups. Though he probably didn’t drink them all—I hate to think what that much would do to someone’s digestion. (And check it out: After Cortez, the Spaniard who conquered the Aztecs, went back to Spain, he always keep a full pot of chocolate on his writing table). The Aztecs even made human sacrifices to the goddesses involved with chocolate—and what do you think they gave the victims as a last meal? Yep. So maybe we can conclude they died happy?
Okay—back to our little story:
So Chocolate stays inside all the time. (Which would drive me BONKERS! But then, I’m not a food. Though maybe to lions or whatever…). But Chocolate’s getting bored. And one day his parents say,” You know, you could step outside now and then—you won’t melt!” (Well, actually…)
At first, Europeans didn’t realize what chocolate could be—poor guys! Columbus saw cacao beans in 1503, but he didn’t have a clue. (No surprise—dude thought he was in India!). They say that in 1579 some English pirates captured a ship full of cacao beans, but thought it was sheep droppings—so they burned it! A Spanish priest in Peru called chocolate “loathsome” and “scum.” These mixed-up tourists just didn’t get it! Cortez tasted “cacahuatl,” as the Aztecs called it, and the Aztecs gave him whole plantations of it—but he saw it mainly as just a way to make money. Literally. Growing your own money is pretty cool (despite how people say it doesn’t grow on trees)—but he really missed the boat on chocolate as a drink, at least for a while.
But he didn’t miss the boat back to Spain, and soon foamy chocolate was the style among Spanish royalty. For a century, Spain seems to have kept chocolate secret. And around this time something happened that set chocolate on the path to world fame.
The thing is, humans have this funny tendency: We like to mix all kinds of different stuff together. Someone—we don’t really know who, though legend says it was some monks—decided against chili and added something that just, well, really clicked:
Which, by the way, was also an expensive and “foreign” food from the New World.
SIDEBAR: KEEP BEING AWESOME:
One of the biggest problems when it comes to food is “dumb dieting.” Many diets are just fads and aren’t good for you, and many people lose weight then just gain it right back. A good “diet” should always include exercise and healthy foods!
Okay, choc crocs (that means you people who totally chomp chocolate)—more on our little story:
Chocolate finally left his house. There he was, walking down the street. “I’ll go downtown,” he told himself, “so everyone can admire my purity.” But at the same moment, on the other side of town, another dude was leaving his house. He decided to go downtown too…
Now when chocolate turned sweet—and when the secret got out of Spain—it basically took off across Europe. And why not, right? Marie Antoinette, the queen who got her head chopped off during the French Revolution, also lost her head for chocolate—she had her own “chocolatier” to make it for her, with stuff like orchids, orange blossoms and almonds mixed in. Soon “chocolate houses” were a huge fad; the first one opened in London in 1657. (No, not houses made of chocolate, you brainless twits! They were like coffee houses).
Then an English doctor named Sir Hans Sloane added something else great: cow’s milk. Maybe we should call him the Choc Doc. He also started the amazing British Museum—but I’m not sure which of these two ideas was the coolest.
So there’s Chocolate just trucking along. It’s a warm day; he’s starting to feel soft. But he figures it’s no big deal. On the other side of town, Mystery Dude is also strutting along thinking how great he is—(which he is)…
Chocolate, however, was still really expensive. And not just money-wise. There are horrible, sad parts to the story too. Because everybody loved it so much, Europeans set up chocolate plantations in tropical countries—and some of their workers were slaves. At first these were Native Americans. But when many of them died from European diseases, landowners started buying Africans. And although cacao farming is no longer done by slaves, it’s important of course that people in such jobs are paid fairly for their work, and have decent working conditions. And that isn’t always the case.
But there’s happier news as well. Because over time, chocolate got much cheaper—and even tastier!
We don’t know for sure who made the first solid chocolate. I’ve seen one book that says Spaniards made solid chocolate rolls and cakes back in 1674, but these were for transport, not for munching. The Frys, an English family, say they sold the first chocolate for eating in 1846. (Shouldn’t we have a holiday for that or something?). Even then, though, chocolate was rough and grainy. But during the Industrial Revolution and afterwards, experts soon learned to make it smoother, creamier, even moldable—so we can have things like chocolate Easter Bunnies. (On Valentine’s Day in Japan, I once got a small chocolate motorcycle and a chocolate pistol; I ate the pistol first, just to be safe). And then, around 1900, the prices of cacao and sugar dropped really low.
Oh, am I boring you? Does all this talk about inventions and prices leave you cold? Well, think about it, dudes—when you’re craving a candy bar, you can usually scratch that itch pretty fast. But all kinds of stuff had to happen in history, or else you couldn’t! Before World War I most people only got chocolate at Christmas or on their birthdays. Bummer! Is that the kind of world you want to live in?!
On with our story:
Chocolate’s walking down First Street. Mystery Dude’s walking down First Avenue. Neither is paying attention to where he’s going. Closer, closer—both heading toward the same corner, on the same side of the street…
As chocolate got cheaper and better, there was a chocolate explosion. (Well, not literally—sorry!). The love of chocolate spread across the globe.
Not everybody’s nuts about it, of course. In much of Africa, for example, it’s not super-popular—which may have something to do with African heat and the fact that chocolate begins to melt at about 93 degrees (in other words, “melts in your mouth”—we’re all about 98.6, remember?). And sometimes chocolate’s worth so much that people sell it rather than eat it—they need the money.
But overall chocolate tends to bring the world together. And people can get pretty intense about it. Some examples:
— How many festivals are held for, say, green beans? But
I know of at least seven chocolate festivals in my part of
the country—just in February! “Chocolate Weekend”—
“Feast of Chocolate”—”Chocolate Lovers Fling”—you get
the picture. (Hey! Why not a Chocolate and Green Bean
Festival? That’d be funky…)
–By 1930, forty thousand different kinds of chocolate
candy bars existed. So hurry up and make your choice
–If you’ve got sixty bucks, you can buy a chocolate
waterfall machine; it sits on a table pumping melted
chocolate down over three ledges, like a fountain.
You can dip stuff in the flow. I’m not making this up.
–The biggest chocolate bar ever made was an Italian monster
over 5,000 pounds. (That’s one monster I’d LIKE to meet!).
–The most expensive chocolate I’ve heard about goes for
$2,600—a pound! It has French truffles in it, a special and
expensive kind of mushroom. But holy moneybags—that’s
quite a chunk of change!
My favorite “chocolate insanity” story, though, comes from a book published in 1656. Thomas Gage tells how Mexican Indian women of that time would drink chocolate during church, since the Catholic rule was that you couldn’t eat anything for three hours before the service. The bishop tried to stop the chocolate drinking—he thought it was cheating (and he had a point!) But he turned up dead—some say from poisoned chocolate the women sent him! The whole disagreement was so important the Pope himself finally declared that “liquids” (which included chocolate) didn’t “break the fast,” so people could go on drinking it. Surprise, surprise.
The thing is–your body was made to move! So get out there and walk or run or play or swim or bike or anything else that puts you in motion on your own. Pick things that are fun to do. Take the stairs instead of an elevator. Exercise is INCREDIBLY good for you!
And here’s a fun fact: In Japan, Valentine’s Day is different. The girls give chocolate to the boys. Whoa—maybe I should move there. Actually, maybe I should try to figure out why my wife gave me a chocolate pistol and a chocolate motorcycle that time. Was she trying to tell me something?
All right—we’ve arrived at the climax of our little tale:
Suddenly—WHAM! Chocolate and Mystery Dude crash right into each other! And because it’s hot out, and they’re both so soft—they just kind of mush all together…
But this isn’t sad—it’s stupendous! Because Mystery Dude is…
Can you guess?
I’ll give you some hints. Chocolate and Mystery Dude have been deliciously together since 1922.
A guy named Reese was the first one to mix them.
And together they make one of the best-selling candy “bars” of all time!
The peanut-butter cup!!
Which is IMPORTANT, people! For one thing, it’s Rude Dude’s favorite. But it also shows what can happen when human beings put different things together in new ways. I mean, you gotta feel sorry for those people who lived before 1922!
Imagine if Moctezuma could taste a peanut-butter cup. If he’d had those, he probably wouldn’t have needed 50 cups of chocolate a day, eh?
And of course this just shows, again, how much people love chocolate.
So choc on, amigos!
QUIZ:
When you become a godzillionaire and want to thank Rude Dude for all the wonderful things he’s done, what are you going to send him five boxcars full of?
(The answer is at the back of the book. Hint: It’s not just plain chocolate!)
Dude, these are amazing times—you know it, I know it, and the babies in their strollers know it. But historians a thousand years from now won’t talk about computers or space shuttles or cable TV. They’ll call our time the Age of the Hamburger. Because it’s for dang sure that’s one of the coolest things to happen in the last couple centuries.
The average American eats three burgers a week. I guess that makes me two or three average Americans. I’m like, run a burger up the flagpole and I’ll salute. Then I’ll climb up after it. Gajillions of people feel the same. Hamburgers appear on American menus more than any other food. There was even a French chef in the White House—French, I’m saying, the gourmets of the world—who specialized in milk shakes and hamburgers. And at any time, one out of three Americans has downed a burger in the past 24 hours. I’ve read that all the burgers McDonald’s has sold add up to 16 for every person on the planet today.
Wicked lot of ground beef, eh?
As you might expect, the popularity of hamburgers is causing some problems too. I’ll talk about that in the final chapter. For now, let’s just see how the whole thing happened.
I figure the sacred evolution of the hamburger began back when ancient cave-people knocked on animals with clubs and became meat-eaters. And somewhere along the line, some all-thumbs guy dropped his zebra haunch in the fire. Then he started crying and blubbering, then was dumb enough to snatch it out, and burned his fingers, and stuck them in his mouth to cool them off—and realized his fingertips tasted really, really delicious. (Let’s hope he didn’t get confused and accidentally invent cannibalism). So people learned to cook their meat…
sarahsbookreflections says:
Hi Tim, I’ll be happy to review your book, but make sure I have all the pertinent info about publisher, date, cost, ISBN and Genre. PDF is okay. Maybe we can do an interview. Good luck with it, Sarah
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Laverne Cox’s Frank-N-Furter is Just Too Hot
On May 12, 2016 By Sarah PughIn TV1 Comment
I love Laverne Cox. I really do. And previously, I had mentioned that when FOX announced they were “remaking” Rocky Horror, that we shouldn’t panic.
…. Start panicking.
Today we got to see the first image of Laverne Cox as Dr. Frank-N-Furter via Entertainment Weekly. Immediately, we all want to compare to Tim Curry. How can you not? He is the essential, definitive Frank-N-Furter. But let’s put the defensive, protective anger aside for a minute, and look into why he worked that corset so well.
The beauty of Tim Curry playing the transvestite from transsexual Transylvania is simple: It’s not based on visuals. When you look at Curry, you’re supposed to be confused. He’s very clearly a man wearing makeup and fishnets. He’s feminine without hiding his masculinity. It’s intentionally designed to make your brain go WTF?
But the real truth behind that visual decision is that the characters (and probably the viewers) are still sexually attracted to Frank-N-Furter. Because it’s not about his appearance, it’s about his sexual essence. That sexuality comes from an energy, a personality of confidence and playfulness, not a visually-identifiable gender.
Laverne Cox? She’s stunning. But in making her gorgeous, the bizarre, gritty, titillating confusion that is the core of RHPS is lost.
I don’t want to give up all hope just yet. But these images are a big, red flag. So… we’ll see.
In Defense of the Rocky Horror Picture Show TV Event…
On January 14, 2016 January 15, 2016 By Sarah PughIn TV1 Comment
Cool your jets there, Columbia. Let’s not freak out.
Rocky Horror is a beloved cult classic, and it’s HUGE amongst my own friends and groups. (Theatre folk, haunted house workers, cult movie afficionados…)
The film has a special place in my heart, for certain. But I’m seeing a lot of my friends from all facets freak the fuck out every time a casting decision is announced. While I, of all people, understand the fiercely defensive position many are taking, I think it’s a little much for these two reasons:
#1. It has a new cast ALL THE TIME. Because it’s a play.
Rocky Horror’s tumultuous life began on stage as The Rocky Horror Show by Richard O’Brien. It was a funny take on genre B-movies. On the London stage, it was a success, but on Broadway, it only lasted for a handful of performances. By some miracle, it was greenlit as a film and thus, the cinematic beauty that is RHPS was born. And thanks to the bizarre success of the film over time, the stage version is just as popular among community and professional theatres. It’s brilliantly interactive, strangely captivating, and allows the individual theatre to play to their strengths. So while you can whine about how no one will ever replace Tim Curry (and let’s face it, they won’t), the truth is, he’s replaced every day. So don’t think of it as an attempt to replace or replicate. Think of it as a pyramid, with Curry sitting on top as Queen, and all the Frank-n-Furters beneath him, just trying to do their best.
#2. It’s a TV Special.
This isn’t a cinematic remake, where a big studio is sinking tens of millions of dollars on A list stars, shiny sets and costumes, and 2 new Oscar-eligible songs shoehorned into the score. It’s a Fox one-night only event. Laverne Cox and Adam Lambert are the biggest names attached right now, with Kenny Ortega directing. They’re all fine and on par with a TV event. Look, the worst case scenario? It’s somehow blandly mediocre and disappears into the bowels of TV history, referenced only in obscure trivia. It’ll be like it never happened. Best case? It’s actually a blast, and pulls in a new, previously virginal audience who will most likely check out all they can about RHPS and fall upon the film. And if it is good, there will always be fans who insist that it’s better than the original, and you know what? That’s okay. Sometimes these things need to happen in order to bring in fresh blood.
No one will ever replace Tim Curry. And I don’t think anyone wants to try. But he makes the role look so damn fun, any actor with a little flair would want to try their hand at it.
So, chill. It’ll be fine.
Update 1/15: Tim Curry will officially be joining the event as Narrator. So, see? If he’s in, we surely can sit back and see what happens before losing our minds.
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3 edition of From tragedy to triumph found in the catalog.
H. L. Ellison
the message of the Book of Job.
by H. L. Ellison
Published 1958 by Paternoster Press in Exeter .
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As life loses the first simplicities of youth we sense increasingly its mysteries, of which suffering is perhaps the greatest, and we feel that even if we cannot understand all in the Book of Job, it does indicate an answer to these problems.
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In fact, the book of Ruth could really be thought of as the story of Naomi. And it is a story of tragedy that ended in triumph. Let us think about that story. FROM TRAGEDY It is the time of the. From toIsrael conducted a series of dramatic rescues, bringing thousands of Ethiopian Jews to the state of Israel.
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Everyone responds to tragedy differently. Some give up, some curse God, and some amaze us with their resilience. but they published his writings on a blog and as a book.
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Brief Description. Mini-Book. In this mini-book, Dr. Mike Moore helps you to make sense of the tragedies that occur in life and gives step by step guidance on how to move from a state of tragedy and despair to that of triumph. This Facilitator's guide for Small Group Study has been designed as a companion to the main book, Your Life from Tragedy to Triumph: A Woman's Grief Guide.
The Your Life program is best experienced within a supportive community of those that are processing a similar kind of loss, such as. Mar 18, · From tragedy to triumph. That’s how God rolls. The crucifixion wasn’t final word. At the time it seemed that way. Even though Jesus had told his disciples ahead of time that he would rise from the dead, it probably just went in one ear and out the other.
It made no sense. And so they must have simply dismissed it as nonsensical. It took years to write THE JOURNEY BACK, but the result was a winner. I am currently about to publish the updated story, FROM TRAGEDY TO TRIUMPH, Journey Back From the Edge.
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He saw an arm flop to the ground as he struggled to breathe, he became aware whose arm it was: his. Aug 15, · This tragedy inspired Ms. Holmes to write this book From Tragedy to Triumph "Born to win." Against extreme odds, Author Kathy Holmes still WON and she learned to Love God through her tragedies.
show more. Oct 01, · Introduction the book, it attractives read over and over until you can memory the book feeling boring and can think about yourself and ask yourself. Good kid, well-behaved and many people love her Helen Keller,"From Tragedy to Triumph" by Katharine E. arleenthalerphotography.com Keller was good kid and tried to speak and spelling when she was child/5(4).
About The Book. From Tragedy to Triumph is the story of Lakeisha Marion’s journey and how she faced her daily challenges, searched for her purpose and found her way through God’s guidance, grace and mercy. She shares her story to empower, educate and equip women, hoping to show everyone that we have a power within us and when we ignite that.
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Helen Keller: from tragedy to triumph Katharine Elliott Wilkie Snippet view - Helen Keller/5(5). From Tragedy to Triumph. When I chased after money, I never had enough. When I got my life on purpose and focused on giving of myself and everything that arrived into my life, then I was prosperous.
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Jamaica wants gay tourists to feel safe
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Donovon White, Jamaican Director of Tourism, has fended off accusations that Jamaica is a hostile place for gay tourists. At a press conference back in February, he assured that gay tourists were welcome in his country. As the Jamaican news portal “Jamaica Gleaner” reported, White made clear: “We pride ourselves in welcoming everybody to Jamaica”. So you can feel comfortable in Jamaica as who you are – as long as you spend your money there?
Homophobic attacks
The island in the Caribbean Sea is indeed considered a hostile environment for homosexuals. Human rights organisations even declared Jamaica one of the most homophobic countries worldwide in the past. Same-sex relationships between men are illegal and can be punished with up to life imprisonment. There have also been reports of homophobic attacks, police repression, social ostracism and even hate crimes, including murder.
In 2004, the founder and spokesman of the Jamaican LGBT-rights-organisation “J-FLAG” was stabbed to death in his home. While the police assumed a robbery, J-FLAG was convinced it was a hate crime. Since then, the organisation has been operating mostly anonymously and underground.
In 2013, a 16-year-old boy was stabbed to death by a mob – the teenager is said not to have dressed and behaved according to the gender he was born with.
In August 2017, Dexter Pottinger was found murdered in his home. The designer was a gay rights activist and face of the 2016 and 2017 Jamaican Pride Parades.
The number of unreported assaults and hate crimes is likely to be many times higher than known.
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Is Jamaica a safe place for gay tourists?
According to Donovan White, there is no hostility towards gay tourists. He explained: “I do believe that we make our best effort every time to ensure that everybody that comes to Jamaica, whoever you are, that you have the same experience. And we don’t ask at the airport who you are and what you do. We expect that you will be here, and like everybody else, have a great vacation […]”
It is not an unknown phenomenon: many poorer regions of the world are often retrograde regarding laws of equality. These are also the countries that are most dependent on tourism. While homosexual compatriots are oppressed (or worse), tourists are often turned a blind eye to. If you decide to go on holiday in such a country, it is certainly a good idea to get in contact with the local LGBT community. As long as you act cautiously, both sides can benefit from such an exchange.
In the Spartacus Gay Travel Index 2019, Jamaica ranked 159th among other countries, including Russia and Ethiopia.
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Granit Xhaka details what senior Arsenal stars think of Emile Smith Rowe
01/10/2021 Andy, Arsenal FC, Jonjo Shelvey
Arsenal midfielder Granit Xhaka has backed Emile Smith Rowe to continue his fine form after the youngster helped the FA Cup holders beat Newcastle 2-0 after extra-time on Saturday.
The 20-year-old was introduced just before the hour mark at the Emirates and grabbed the opener in the 109th minute with a smart finish into the bottom corner.
Smith Rowe had seen red at the end of normal time, but referee Chris Kavanagh was told by VAR to review the decision.
And after the pitchside monitor was used, the challenge on Sean Longstaff was deemed only worthy of a yellow card.
While boss Mikel Arteta also turned to other key players on the bench, it was the academy graduate who grabbed the headlines after the third-round tie having starred in the previous three games.
Xhaka told Arsenal Media: “He’s a lovely guy, a very good guy who wants to improve, he listens to us experienced players a lot and he’s so important to us.
“You can see how many balls he recovers, how many key balls he plays at the front and for the front guys as well he’s so important.
“He has to keep going like this, to improve day-by-day but he has a good mentality and that’s very important as well.”
Following a lacklustre first half, Gunners manager Arteta did not wait long before he called for the cavalry and soon after Smith Rowe’s introduction, he was joined on the pitch by Xhaka and Bukayo Saka.
Reiss Nelson, Joe Willock and Willian were the players to make way for the aforementioned trio and for the latter it was another below-par showing.
Since the Brazilian completed a free transfer from Chelsea in the summer and penned a three-year deal, he has largely underwhelmed with only three assists registered across 18 appearances in four different competitions.
But Arteta said of the 32-year-old: “I think he was improving and improving. The other day he came on really well against West Brom.
“He’s been out as well because he was ill so he’s missed almost two weeks of training and football and it was the first time that he started the game.
“He had some good moments and he had some other moments where he needed more help sometimes and some decisions weren’t the best, but we’re gonna keep trying with him.
“He’s showing in training how much he wants it. He’s got some highlights and it’s about keeping the confidence on him. We know the player that he is and it’s about time to show it.”
The Magpies’ third-round exit extends their drought for silverware despite making the quarter-finals of the competition in 2020 and reaching the last eight of this season’s League Cup.
It could have been different for Newcastle had Andy Carroll taken his two clear-cut chances in the second half.
Boss Steve Bruce said: “In 18 months we’ve been to two quarter-finals and we are disappointed we didn’t take the next step.
“I’ve always said as long as I’m sitting in the seat, I will keep treating the cups the way they should be.
“There is no hiding the disappointment we all feel at going out, but we had a right good crack at it and if we had taken our chances we might be through to the next round so we’ll dust ourselves down and get ready to go again.”
Newcastle head to Sheffield United on Tuesday eager to snap a seven-game winless run and Bruce confirmed Callum Wilson and Jonjo Shelvey were not part of the squad in London due to slight knocks.
“Purely precaution and hopefully we will leave it with medical people and they will be fine,” he added.
“With all the problems we have got, we left a few behind at home and hopefully now they will be ready for Tuesday and we’ll be able to freshen up the team.”
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Any Day Now: Antarctic Ice Shelf to Break Off ‘Very’ Soon
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In a matter of days, the Larsen C ice shelf will crack apart and a gigantic iceberg the size of Delaware will calve into the ocean. This will be the climax of months of anticipation as the crack grew longer and larger.
When the crack was first observed in mid-2016, it was a tiny silver. But in November, it started to grow with impressive rapidity. It was thought to be all-but-certain than an iceberg consisting of 9 to 13 percent of the 19,000 square mile ice shelf's mass would form in 2017.
After a few months of inactivity, the crack accelerated once more, growing more than 10 miles in less than a week. Only 8 miles separate the 125-mile long crack from the edge of the shelf.
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Massive Antarctic Ice Crack Changes Direction, May Break Off Soon
The 1,900 square miles will be the third largest iceberg ever recorded when it breaks up, but it isn't likely to last for more than a few years before breaking apart and sinking into the ocean.
UK-based Project MIDAS (Melt on Ice Shelf Dynamics and Stability) has been leading the monitoring of Larsen C. "The rift tip appears also to have turned significantly towards the ice front, indicating that the time of calving is probably very close," wrote Dr. Adrian Luckman, a professor of glaciology at Swansea University and the project lead, on the MIDAS blog. "There appears to be very little to prevent the iceberg from breaking away completely."
Larsens A and B broke off in 1995 and 2002 respectively, but Larsen C is significantly larger than either of them. As only a chunk of Larsen C is going to break off, the shelf itself will survive — probably.
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Since ice shelves float on top of the water, them breaking apart cannot raise sea levels (just as ice melting in a cup of water doesn't raise the water levels) but it can hasten the release of glaciers held in by the ice shelves, which can lead to sea level rise. In the case of a piece of ice as large as Larsen C, global sea levels may rise by as much as four inches.
Modelling suggests that the loss of this chunk could cause the entire ice shelf to be destabilized and break apart. This would send a chink of ice the size of Costa Rica into the sea.
Since the 1950s, when monitoring began, the Larsen Ice Shelf has warmed by nearly 3 degrees Celsius.
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How to Double Your Router's Power
More Business Planning & Strategy
By Nicole Wiegand
Can a Laptop Computer With an N Card Pick Up a G Router Internet Signal?
How to Maximize Performance of a 2Wire Router
How to Connect a Linksys Wireless-G Adapter to a Belkin Wireless-G Router
What Kind of Wireless Router Has the Longest Range?
How to Improve a Directional Wi-Fi Range
An average wireless router will satisfy the needs of most people setting up a small business network. However, most routers have hidden potential that users can unlock by performing some physical modifications. A few low-cost tweaks and upgrades can ramp up your router's power and give you access to features normally limited to professional-grade routers.
Optimize Position of Router
The easiest way to improve your router's signal is to make sure you've chosen the optimal position for it. Wireless signals are sensitive to obstructions made of metal or other dense material; if your router is in a corner near two walls, or surrounded by metal shelves or cabinets, the Wi-Fi signal is likely to suffer. Placing your router in a central location, removed from common obstructions, will give it an immediate power boost.
Replace Antenna
Wireless signal strength is largely determined by the router antenna; replacing this antenna can improve the router's range and performance. Most wireless routers come with an omnidirectional antenna, which can broadcast a signal in all directions. When shopping for a replacement antenna, you may want to consider a directional antenna instead. Directional antennas focus the wireless signal in a single direction, maximizing its strength. If the broader scope of an omnidirectional antenna works better for your network setup, longer omnidirectional antennas can be purchased to boost performance.
Replace Firmware
Another simple way to increase your router's power is to upgrade its firmware using one of many free third-party options available. In addition to boosting the Wi-Fi signal, third-party firmware often includes features not found in a typical consumer-level router: support for Ipv6, Wi-Fi hot spot services and advanced Quality of Service rules to help with network traffic management. DD-WRT is probably the most well-known replacement firmware, and can be used with over 200 different devices. Tomato, OpenWRT and Gargoyle are other alternative firmware options.
While the idea of quickly supercharging your router's performance is tempting, it's important to keep a few precautions in mind before making any physical modifications. Be sure to purchase your replacement antenna from a reputable source, and remember to ask for a warranty. Before installing third-party firmware, know that hacking your router is likely to void its warranty. Additionally, any modifications always carry the risk of damaging the device.
Tech-Faq: How to Replace Your Wireless Router Antenna
How-To Geek: How to Boost Your Wi-Fi Network Signal and Increase Range with DD-WRT
LAPTOP: Boost Wi-Fi Signal – How to Improve Wireless Router Range
TechSpot: Custom Firmware Alternatives for Your Wireless Router
Nicole Wiegand is a writer living in the New York City area. With degrees in computer science and professional experience as a computer programmer, she specializes in topics relating to technology and the internet. She's appeared on two game shows in her life, but never won a thing!
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The Effects of Metal on Wireless Routers
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How to Find a Wi-Fi Frequency
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1 How to Increase a Linksys Signal
2 My Laptop Keeps Dropping WiFi
3 Tricks to Improve Your Wi-Fi Signal
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June 2009 Troy Sadkowsky creates the data scientists group on LinkedIn as a companion to his website, datasceintists.com (which later became datascientists.net). They would compare sticks and notches to carry out rudimentary calculations, enabling them to make predictions such as how long their food supplies would last. Its flexibility makes it particularly useful for managing the unstructured data (voice, video, raw text etc) which we are increasingly generating and collecting. We're seeing data scientists—people who can do it all— emerge from the rest of the pack.”. Think about this stage as the beginnings of transforming data into information and the use of information to help drive (primarily operational) decision making. Another example is when Henry Ford measured the speed of assembly lines. We call this the problem of big data. Think about this stage as the beginnings of transforming data into information and the use of information to help drive (primarily operational) decision making. Already seventy years ago we encounter the first attempts to quantify the growth rate in the volume of data or what has popularly been known as the “information explosion” (a term first used in 1941, according to the Oxford English Dictionary). The Antikythera Mechanism, the earliest discovered mechanical computer, is produced, presumably by Greek scientists. Where megabyte data sets were once considered large, we now find data sets from individual simulations in the 300GB range. This is the equivalent of 250 megabytes per person for each man, woman and child on Earth.”. The census introduces “amount of words” as the unifying unit of measurement across all media. The ability to take data—to be able to understand it, to process it, to extract value from it, to visualize it, to communicate it—that’s going to be a hugely important skill in the next decades… Because now we really do have essentially free and ubiquitous data. Please login. I don't think so, but I also don't have a full definition. Many disciplines are seeing the emergence of a new type of data science and management expert, accomplished in the computer, information, and data sciences arenas and in another domain science. That work provides a detailed description of how to use statistics and frequency analysis to decipher encrypted messages. First and foremost, ensure that your priorities are properly connected to your business. Big data and analytics: Let's go to the videotape, Getting down to business: Analytics in action, Road trip: Going where no analytics have gone before, Up-to-the-minute reports on data analytics strategy. (2) Analysis: drawing on large data sets to identify patterns in order to make economic, social, technical, and legal claims. Computer scientist Tim Berners-Lee announced the birth of what would become the Internet as we know it today. The story of how data scientists became sexy is mostly the story of the coupling of the mature discipline of statistics with a very young one--computer science. to our global readership, to avoid any possible local or regional bias, we should perhaps additionally consider fish and chips, borscht and potatoes, hummus and falafel, and likely many others, but I don’t want to belabor the point. Data warehouses, data marts, data dictionaries, and extract, transform, load (ETL) processes became ubiquitous. 2010 report. How Much Information is there in the World? Interviewed by Colliers magazine, inventor Nikola Tesla states that when wireless technology is “perfectly applied the whole Earth will be converted into a huge brain, which in fact it is, all things being particles of a real and rhythmic whole … and the instruments through which we shall be able to do this will be amazingly simple compared to our present telephone.
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Legacy pension fix can be simple
Jason Spits
Claims that rollovers away from legacy pensions are too complex to implement have been rejected with industry stating it is ready to move on the issue.
Rollovers from legacy pension products could happen within days if the federal government adopted changes proposed by the superannuation sector, according to a technical expert, who has rejected assertions from a government minister this work was too complex to be completed in a short time.
Australian Executor Trustees senior technical services manager Julie Steed said recent comments from Assistant Minister for Superannuation, Financial Services and Financial Technology Jane Hume showed Senator Hume was “familiar with the details but misguided as to what was involved in making the change”.
Speaking with selfmanagedsuper, Steed said the government could create a legislative instrument that provides an amnesty for any defined benefit pension or a market-linked pension in an SMSF or small Australian Prudential Regulation Authority fund to have the option to convert to the modern form of an account-based pension (ABP) where the entire amount supporting the pension would need to be commuted to commence an ABP.
At the same time there would be no request for any concessions in respect of existing Centrelink assets test exemptions other than the exclusion from the Centrelink five-year clawback, she added.
“This would be a simple transition and the industry moves clients from pension to pension thousands of times a day and it’s all automated and this is no different from a change of product or moving from accumulation to pension phase,” she said.
“I could very quickly organise for the current retail providers of term-allocated pensions/market-linked income streams to seek product-specific approval to move to ABPs.
“As an industry we could do these rollovers tomorrow, over a tea break.”
Steed said Hume’s claim that the legislative agenda was currently full should not get in the way of allowing rollovers out of legacy pensions as any changes would need to be made to the Superannuation Industry (Supervision) (SIS) Regulations, rather than the SIS Act, and as such could be done quickly and simply.
“The actual work required to make this change to the SIS Regulations will require less time and work than the current proposal to increase the numbers of members in an SMSF to six, which will require changes approved by parliament to the SIS Act.
She also responded to Hume’s comments that the government would welcome industry input on how to enact rollovers from legacy pensions and said the superannuation and retirement income sector had not been silent on this issue to date, but despite making submissions to Treasury had not received any response.
“On behalf of the industry I met with Treasury in February 2018 and provided a submission regarding the ability to allow legacy pensions to be converted to account-based pensions and also supplied suggested changes to the SIS Regulations,” Steed said.
She added the SMSF Association made a submission on the matter as part of its pre-budget submission in December 2019 and the Actuaries Institute had also made a submission in February 2020.
“Since then we have received no feedback at all from Treasury and it would appear they have no appetite to engage with us on this matter,” Steed said.
She noted if Treasury was concerned about the impact of any change on government superannuation defined benefit funds, it could be limited to funds with less than five members.
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Editors' ChoiceImmunology
Reconstructing the TCR
Ernesto Andrianantoandro
T cell activation requires tyrosine phosphorylation of the T cell receptor (TCR) after it binds a peptide-bound major histocompatability complex (pMHC), which is presented to the T cell by an antigen-presenting cell (APC). James and Vale explored phosphorylation of the TCR subsequent to binding of the pMHC (referred to as “triggering”) by introducing genes encoding the TCR and its regulatory proteins into nonimmune human embryonic kidney cells (HEK-1G4 cells) and reconstituting TCR triggering when these cells interacted with Raji B cells (the APCs). The minimal components required to recapitulate a quiescent TCR system were the α and β subunits of the TCR, Lck, which phosphorylates the TCR immunoreceptor tyrosine-based activation motifs (ITAMs) on the CD3ζ subunit; zeta-chain–associated protein kinase 70 (ZAP70), which associates with the phosphorylated ITAMs and mediates downstream signaling events; CSK, which phosphorylates and deactivates Lck; CBP, which localizes CSK to the plasma membrane; and CD45, a transmembrane protein with an extended extracellular domain and an intracellular phosphatase domain that dephosphorylates Lck and CD3ζ. The authors used the membrane localization of ZAP70 fused to green fluorescent protein (ZAP70-GFP) as a proxy for TCR triggering. When HEK-1G4 cells interacted with pMHC-bearing APCs, ZAP70-GFP fluorescence was enriched in and fluorescent protein-tagged CD45 was excluded from the zone of contact. The authors used an induced proximity assay in which the intracellular ITAM domain of CD3ζ of the TCR was replaced with the protein FKBP, which binds to its partner FRP, which was fused to the ITAM-domain–containing cytoplasmic fragment of CD3ζ (CD3ζ-FRP), only in the presence of rapamycin. CD45 was excluded from the interaction site between the cells reconstituted with this chimeric TCR and the APCs in the absence of rapamycin and CD3ζ-FRP, but ZAP70 recruitment did not occur unless CD3ζ-FRP was present and rapamycin was added. Chimeric CD45 with its extracellular domain replaced with that of CD2, an adhesion protein that binds a protein present on the cell surface of APCs, was not excluded from the interface between the interacting cells, and ZAP70 was not recruited to the zone of contact. Replacement of the CD45 extracellular domain with that of CD86 (CD86ExCD45Int), a transmembrane protein the same size as CD2, resulted in exclusion of these chimeric proteins from the zone of contact. But when the APCs had the binding partner for CD86, CD86ExCD45Int was not excluded from the zone of contact. Thus, it appears that CD45 is excluded from the zone of contact because it does not have a binding partner on the APC, not due to its size. In a modified transcellular version of the induced proximity assay, the authors then emulated pMHC interaction with the TCR by presenting FRP fused to a transmembrane protein on the surface of the APCs instead of pMHC to HEK-1G4 cells with FKBP fused to the extracellular portion CD3ζ at the cell surface instead of the TCR. Addition of rapamycin recapitulated the exclusion of CD45 and recruitment of ZAP70. These results were consistent with a model in which the binding energy from pMHC interaction with the TCR drives exclusion of CD45 from the interface between interacting cells, allowing the TCR phosphorylated by Lck to accumulate and recruit ZAP70.
J. R. James, R. D. Vale, Biophysical mechanism of T-cell receptor triggering in a reconstituted system. Nature 487, 64–69 (2012). [Online Journal]
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Engineering nonimmune cells with components of the T cell receptor signaling system enables the interaction with antigen-presenting cells to initiate T cell receptor activation.
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Because of the high demand for Medical Assistants with phlebotomy skills, STLSP offers Clinical Medical Assistant programs suitable for all experience levels. We are committed to teaching the essential fundamentals for starting a career as a Medical Assistant. Students gain valuable experience in both hands on teaching and understanding the premise of direct patient care.
Our comprehensive courses will allow you to learn the techniques for performing accurate vitals, medical histories, phlebotomy, CLIA-waived testing, wound dressing, injections and front office standard procedures. Our instructors will guide you as you gain a thorough understanding of the following:
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Clinical Medical Assisting Programs Admissions Requirements:
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For 11 weeks, students will met twice a week for lecture and hands-on labs (CMA). Students with an initial overall grade of B or higher and instructor recommendation are eligible for an optional clinical externship placement in the 3 months following the end of the program, by registering for CMX.
CMA Total Cost: $1,800
CMX Total Cost: $300 (optional)
See upcoming class dates on the schedule page and register today to secure your seat in an upcoming session!
The 11-Week medical assisting program consists of the three/four following parts:
Skills Lab
Two sessions per week for 11 weeks, with each session lasting 4 hours. Mechanics of equipment and hands-on guidance. Nine quizzes are required and given weekly in class. Optional for graduates with an initial overall grade of B or higher and instructor recommendation.
A book is provided to you for reference during and after the program. Anthropometric measurements, vital signs, and patient interaction simulations. Comprehensive multiple-choice final examination and national certification exam. 40-hour to 120-hour placement in a clinical patient care setting.
Material is presented by a qualified and state approved instructor and overseen by a physician. Sample collection, preparation, handling, and comprehensive charting skills. Final evaluation of your practical skills at the end of the program. Coordinated by the school at one of our partner facilities.
The following is the break-down for tuition and fees for the Clinical Medical Assisting program:
Tuition: $1000
Laboratory Fee: $450
Textbook Fee: $100
National Certification Exam Fee: $150
Registration fee is due to hold your seat in the program and is nonrefundable after 3 business days
Payment plans are available to divide the cost of the program over the time you are enrolled. These plans are provided at no additional cost and available to all students. You can choose one of the three payment plans listed below to pay for your enrollment in the Clinical Medical Assisting program at STLSP:
$100 at Registration $100 at Registration $100 at Registration
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St. Louis School of Phlebotomy does not require students to participate in clinical externships because the various needs of students do not make it a necessary aspect of the educational experience for all of our learners. If you believe the externship would be beneficial to you as you get started in the field of medical assisting, externships are available for graduates of the Clinical Medical Assisting. Students are eligible for placement within 3 months of the last day of program schedule. Students must have completed the entire program, including successfully passing the CCMA exam, and must have finished the program with an initial overall grade of B or higher. A positive recommendation letter from your instructor is required to be eligible to placement.
The total cost of placement in a Clinical Medical Assisting externship is $300 ($100 due at time of registration, $200 due at time of acceptance of the assignment).
The clinical externship is between 40-hours and 120-hours in length, depending on the preference of the hosting facility, and is an unpaid placement. Our externship coordinator will determine the site and date of your placement with one of our many partner facilities and will communicate with you about the requirements that must be completed before placement. These vary based on site, but include health and other screenings such as immunization records, TB tests, background checks, and health assessments by a physician. The cost of completing these requirements is an out-of-pocket expense for the student. Placements can be anywhere within the greater St. Louis area and the schedule will be set by the hosting facility. Hours are not flexible and almost always performed during normal business hours on weekdays, Monday through Friday, but the exact schedule will be facility-dictated.
Register for a CMX (Clinical Medical Assisting Externship) placement today
The St. Louis School of Phlebotomy is an approved Clinical Medical Assisting certificate program through the Missouri Department of Higher Education. Students who have successfully completed the Clinical Medical Assisting program will sit for an accredited national examination through the National Healthcareer Association (NHA) to become a Certified Clinical Medical Assistant (CCMA) on the last day of the program. Successful completion of the CCMA exam is required to pass the program at STLSP so every single graduate of the CMA program leaves school certified and ready for the job market.
Students do not need to register for the CCMA exam until directed to do so by their instructor. The following is a list of dates when current and future classes will be participating in the CCMA exam for the reference of students who need to schedule a retake or makeup exam:
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CMA - March 25, 2021 6:00pm March 17, 2021
CMA - April 15, 2021 9:00am April 07, 2021
CMA - June 05, 2021 1:00pm May 28, 2021
CMA - June 10, 2021 6:00pm June 02, 2021
CMA - July 01, 2021 9:00am June 23, 2021
CMA - August 26, 2021 6:00pm August 18, 2021
CMA - September 16, 2021 9:00am September 08, 2021
CMA - November 11, 2021 6:00pm November 03, 2021
CMA - December 07, 2021 9:00am November 29, 2021
CMA - February 01, 2022 6:00pm January 24, 2022
CMA - February 13, 2022 1:00pm February 05, 2022
CMA - February 24, 2022 9:00am February 16, 2022
Register through the NHA website
One of the major factors to consider when pursuing education in any field is the what the hiring market looks like for students after graduation. While no school can guarantee that graduates will find a job, STLSP is committed to providing career assistance services that will guide the student through the job application process.
2015 Median Pay
$30,590 per year ($14.71 per hour)
Typical Entry-Level Education
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Data Table From: Bureau of Labor Statistics, U.S. Department of Labor, Occupational Outlook Handbook, 2016-17 Edition, Medical Assistants, on the Internet at http://www.bls.gov/ooh/healthcare/medical-assistants.htm (data retrieved September 12, 2016).
The NHA CCMA exam is required to complete the Clinical Medical Assisting class and is administered on the final day in class.
Upcoming 2021/2022 Clinical Medical Assisting Schedule
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CMA4218 October 10, 2020 December 20, 2020 Closed
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CMA5018 April 20, 2021 July 01, 2021 Open
CMA5019 July 06, 2021 September 16, 2021 Open
CMA5020 September 21, 2021 December 07, 2021 Open
CMA5021 December 14, 2021 February 23, 2022 Open
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My Brick Wall: Sarah Ann (Craig) McKee
September 16, 2013 Danni blog, blogging, genealogy, genealogy research, research 2
A brick wall. Every genealogist has one at one time or another. My genealogy is no different. With Constitution Day being this week (September 17 to be exact) my thoughts have been centering on my brick wall. You see, the Daughters of the American Revolution work very hard to celebrate Constitution Week (for obvious reasons) and, as I mentioned previously, I’ve been working very hard on gathering up genealogical proof for my application to join the DAR. Thus, in a roundabout way, we arrive at my brick wall. So a few basic facts:
Name: Sarah Ann (Craig) McKee (my third great-grandmother)
DOB: 20 February 1830
Place: Tippecanoe, Marshall, Indiana
Parents: William Craig and Katie Helms (nothing further known about parents)
Married: Ephraim Adams McKee
Place: Danville, Vermilion, Illinois
Death: 13 May 1906
Place: Kansas City, Jackson, Missouri
Children: 6 (5 boys and 1 girl): John William (#1), John William (#2), Sarah Ann, John William (#3), George Washington and Robert Marion.
Now that we have the basic facts that have been proven through census and vital records, let’s talk about the “myths and rumors” that haven’t been proven yet:
Sarah Ann (Craig) McKee was married two other times, probably after marrying my 3rd great-grandfather, Ephraim Adams McKee. Her other two husbands were William Coslet and Samuel Coslet (order of marriage unknown); a listing for a marriage between Samuel Coslet and Sarah A. Coslet has been located in the Illinois State Archives Illinois Statewide Marriage Index, 1763-1900 (marriage date of 7 August 1878, five years after the death of Ephraim Adams McKee).
According to my maternal grandfather, Sarah Ann was of Native American ancestry. Though we’re not certain of the tribe, Grandpa Edward always referenced “Tippecanoe and Tyler Too”. A little bit of research revealed that “Tippecanoe and Tyler Too” was a campaign slogan for William Henry Harrison and his running mate John Tyler in the 1840 presidential election (information courtesy of “The Meaning of Tippecanoe and Tyler Too”). In short it references Harrison’s victory over the Shawnee tribe chief Tecumseh at the Battle of Tippecanoe in 1811.
Sarah Ann supposedly had enough Native American blood in her that she was granted some land in Mount Washington, Jackson, Missouri. Research on the Bureau of Land Management General Land Office Records website under Jackson County, Missouri has proved fruitless for her name or Ephraim’s name, the last name of Coslet or the last name of Craig but did bring up some other McKees. Research on the area known as Mount Washington has turned up that it was the area that is now Mount Washington Cemetery in Independence, Missouri, where several of my family members are buried, including Sarah Ann (Craig) McKee (in a currently unmarked grave) and her daughter Sarah Ann (McKee) McCabe (also currently in an unmarked grave).
Further research has led me to believe that Sarah Ann could have been a member of either the Shawnee tribe or Potawattomie tribe due to dates and locations of Sarah Ann during her migration trail and the history of the removal of the Pottawatomie Indians from Indiana in 1838 via the Trail of Death (though the timeline is not the same, the migration trail is). Again this could be completely off, as all I have are stories and not much in the way of solid evidence.
Let’s look at a brief timeline of Sarah Ann’s life.
20 February 1830: Sarah Ann is born in Tippecanoe, Marshall, Indiana
7 December 1848: Saran Ann marries Ephraim Adams McKee in Danville, Vermilion, Illinois
1860: Sarah Ann is listed in the federal census with husband, Ephraim in Clinton County, Illinois
1870: Sarah Ann is listed in the federal census with husband, Ephraim in Vance Township, Vermilion, Illinois
16 January 1873: Sarah Ann’s husband, Ephraim Adams McKee dies
7 August 1878: Sarah Ann possibly marries Samuel Coslet in Douglas County, Illinois
1880: a possible listing in the 1880 federal census of a Samuel and Sarah Coslet located in Bowdre Township, Douglas, Illinois
1900: a possible listing in the 1900 federal census of a Sarah A. McKee, listed with one son named Edward, located in Allen, Noble, Indiana (I consider this a good possibility because the age is very close and the number of children living is exactly the same, it’s questionable because I don’t know of any son Edward but since she was married after Ephraim it could be a step-child)
13 May 1906: Sarah Ann dies in Kansas City, Missouri
My current project with Sarah Ann is checking all the federal census records. I’ve been unable to locate her on the 1890 census at all. I’m not sure where she disappeared at in the 1890 census but searches for McKee, Coslet and Craig return nothing at all through HeritageQuest. I plan to verify that search with Ancestry the next time I go to the library. I haven’t had the chance to check the 1840 or 1850 censuses at all yet.
My goal with this post is primarily to put the information out on the WWW in hopes that someone might have some information about Sarah and/or her husband, Ephraim and their daughter Sarah and/or her husband, Chester. Secondly, it’s my hope that someone, somewhere might be able to give me suggestions on where to look next to either prove or disprove these myths.
Wow brick walls can be frustrating!
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It’s Friday again (and who doesn’t love that?) so here’s another edition of Follow Friday! Today we’re going to look at a3Genealogy. A brief disclosure: a3Genealogy is a professional genealogy consultant, but in my opinion, […]
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In my quest for learning as much as I can about all things genealogy-related I’ve taken to reading as many blogs as I can. Reading what others write about their experiences, successes and failures is […]
52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: #3 – Sherry Victor Bowlby
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52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks: Sherry Victor Bowlby I’m still playing catch up for the 52 Ancestors challenge, LOL. Life tends to get in the way. Today I’m highlighting my husband’s maternal great-grandfather. Some basic […]
Cris Altman says:
You know the 1890 census was destroyed, right? Have you tried state censuses?
Danni Altman-Newell says:
Yes, I realized that after posting this while I was going thru census records. I'm planning to look at state census' next.
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We talk a lot about diversity in our use of botanicals in aquariums, and I know I presented, on a number of occasions, my ideas about not going too crazy with too many different varieties of botanicals in one aquarium. Of course, this is based on my opinion, and not on any specific observation I've made.
One thing that has been studied- fairly extensively, I might add- is the diversity of fish species in specific ecological niches and locales. I spend a fair amount of time perusing scientific literature online, attempting to ferret out little nuggets of information which might be applicable to thew or we do as hobbyists. I've found lots of cool information about the habitats, water chemistry, and ecology of the regions I'm into, as well as some really cool studies on fish population composition and species diversity in some of these niches.
I think we as hobbyists could get some interesting ideas about how to stock our aquariums from perusing some of these studies. Knowing what fishes are found where is beneficial more than for just winning a biotope aquarium contest. Nope...it's interesting information to have because it can give us insight into the types of food resources, water conditions, and physical structures of the habitats from which they come...And that could enable us to create and populate more "structurally functional" aquariums for our fishes- which might be the key to unlocking secrets about their husbandry and reproduction!
And it starts with surveys of what is found in a given area...
For example, a study I found regarding the igarape of the Rio Acre area in Brazil, conducted over about a year in a fairly sizable sampling area of the region yielded some neat stuff. It's a pretty typical habitat in this area, under the usual pressures from man's activities, which have resulted in some loss of vegetation which is an important component of these inundated forest floor habitats.
Nonetheless, the richness of species in this one are was significant! The study found 94 different species in 24 families. What was most interesting to me was the composition. We're talking about the highest percentage of species collected being characins (around 45 different species). Next most common group was Siluriformes- with 33 species of catfishes, such as Ancistrus, Corydoras, Farlowella, and Otocinculus, among others, being represented. Next was the Gymnotiformes- Knifefishes- with 8 species, including the cool Eigenmannia virescens (a species I hope we see more of!), followed by the Perciformes-Cichlids! The cichlids in the region were represented by families familiar to hobbyists- Crenicichla, Apistogramma, Aequidens, and Satanoperca.
So, if we were to take this information literally, creating an accurate igarape-themed aquarium would have the bulk of it's population consist of Tetras, Pencifishes, Hatchetfishes, and other characins. What does this tell us about the habitat? Well, for one thing, since the majority of characins feed on items such as insects (terrestrial and aquatic), small crustaceans, and seeds and fruits, we know that the habitat is filled with these items, in the form of allochthonous input. And this usually is a result of the presence overhanging vegetation, decomposing leaves, and various types of riparian plants in these habitats.
And the presence of various species of catfishes, which, if we look into their dietary preferences, show that many have a preference for wood from fallen branches and submerged tree trunks, organic detritus, worms, biofilm, etc. The rich flooded forest floors have much of this material present in order to support such a diversity! So it's fair to say that, as long as attention is paid to the water chemistry, many species of catfishes are ideal for a botanical-style blackwater aquarium representing this habitat.
And then there are the Knifefishes...
Their presence in the igarape habitats tells us a few things. For one, that the aquatic environment there is a twisted, tangled world of fallen trees, branches, submerged plants, leaves, and lots of places to hide. It tells us that, since a large art of their diet is worms, aquatic insects, and small fishes, the these are productive and rich habitats for these organisms as well. It tells us that these fascinating, cryptic, largely predatory fishes tend to aggregate, like every fish- where their prey items are most easily found.
And of course, the cichlids are present in good numbers in these habitats, exploiting the available food sources and spawning areas to hunker down for long periods during the inundation.
Cichlids, like all of the other fishes present in these habitats, make ample use of the resources available to them. They are present because the physical and environmental conditions work for them. This is a ridiculously simple concept that we as aquarists seem to know well...but I think we can execute better with more accurate information from nature.
In fact, I think that looking into the fish populations of natural habitats is key to understanding how to create a successful stocking plan. Now, granted, you probably aren't going to keep large, predatory knife fishes or catfishes with your tetras- but smaller representatives of their groups are perfect in the correctly-sized aquarium.
And, having a diversity of fish species that reflects the wild population can do...what? Perhaps, yield some insights into their natural behaviors? Feeding preferences? Reproduction? Can we create better representations of the "structural-functional" aspects of their environment in our aquaria? By understanding where our fishes are found- and more importantly- how- we can potentially unlock many new insights into their captive care. It's a game that's been going on for centuries in the hobby, but if we take newly-avialble data and really look at it with some fresh perspectives...what can we unlock when we follow the fishes?
Stay curious. Stay intrigued. Stay creative. Stay adventurous...
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Our last day in London
We had a day to spare before catching our flights home, it was gloriously fine and we had unfinished business in central London, so we popped on the underground and came up at Westminster. Turned out it was the day of the global climate change protest which, in London, was based in Westminster. So we arrived with the placard carrying crowds, police and barricades. Westminster and Big Ben were covered in scaffolding so after a few shots, including of the London Eye, we went back underground and headed along to Tower Bridge. Our target for the day was Leadenhall Market and the Lloyds Building based on a friend’s recommendation. We quickly turned our back on the crowds at the Tower of London and headed away from the Thames. We soon came across All Hallows Church, which claims to be the oldest in London, and enjoyed its delights free of the throng of tourists. As we headed on we were mesmerised by the glass skyscrapers with their idiosyncratic names including the Gherkin, the Cheese Grater, the Walkie Talkie, The Scalpel, the Boomerang or Vase, the Shard and others. We enjoyed the juxtaposition of this modern architecture with “old London town”. We found Leandenhall Market and the Lloyds Building (aka the Inside Out Building) before making our way back to the Thames and The Millennium Bridge, where we caught the best view of St Paul’s Cathedral, before heading back to Hammersmith. London put on a splendid day for us, the streets were alive and all seemed well. Just six months later and the world has changed. While not the existential threat that climate change poses the Covid 19 crisis, which has London in lockdown as this gallery is loaded, is a more immediate threat to the global economy and the wellbeing of humanity. May be it will really be the last time we get to visit London and we have a deep sense of sadness at that prospect.
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Posted on June 17, 2011 · Posted in TBI Voices
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Discharged from TBI Rehab: Kevin Part Four
My first brain injury clients weren’t personal injury clients – they were severe TBI survivors who had been arrested for spousal battery, batteries that occurred largely because they were discharged from TBI rehab too early. Ultimately all of those cases resulted in divorces, which negatively impacted each survivors chance for the best recovery.
There are two truisms to severe brain injury in a married person: First, there is nothing more important to long term recovery than a spouse. Second, too early of discharge, puts the spouse and thus the marriage at risk. Without a long and gradual transition back into the home, the impact of denial and behavior extremes become particularly harsh. The risk of a destroyed marriage is increased significantly when the survivor is a male, because of the risk of violence. Further, sexuality is very important to most men’s identity. Being treated like a child by his lover (necessary when the discharge is too early) completely disrupts the sexual dynamic in a relationship.
Kevin isn’t able to speak to the precise explanation as to what happened, but the stark reality that his marriage was a victim is inescapable.
When you discharged from TBI rehab from Mercy did you start to feel like you were getting back to where you were?
Yeah, a little bit, yeah. But then after that they had changed the medication or something or put me at Mercy again on the fourth floor so that for two weeks, or a week, I think they changed the medication or something. Then I had to, they transferred me, my wife and her brother-in-law took me to Waterford, in Waterford, Lakeview and I had, they had put me on the second floor .
Is that a locked ward?
Yeah, locked.
What happened at home that made your wife after you were discharged from TBI rehab decide that you had to go to a locked ward?
I think like I got like more aggressive like, my personality changed. Like simple things bothered me like someone not cleaning their mess up, they should have, he should cleaned it himself. I’ve taught that with the kids, you know. And, and then slapping her son on the back one time, and that, that, I always do that you know. And I apologized for it and that’s when she decided that I wasn’t right either, something was wrong so they, her and her brother-in-law had transferred me from the Mercy, I was at home now, and I thought I was going back to work, no I had to go back to Mercy before they took me to Waterford, to Lakeview.
Do you think that when you were discharged from TBI rehab initially your wife had some denial as well as to whether or not you were ready to be home?
Yeah, she said I wasn’t the same and, and I don’t know, that’s why she wanted me to go to Waterford, to Lakeview and all that, and something about insurance or something like that too.
So there was some, probably some financial pressure on the Hospital in Janesville to decide that you had reached a plateau as much as you could get from their inpatient stay and they discharged from TBI rehab?
Plus Lakeview is more, it’s for brain, it’s a brain rehabilitation center. People suffer from, recover from traumatic brain injuries. And I met different kind of people there.
There was a period where you were at home after being discharged from TBI rehab and had some trouble with your temper?
Like, like, she said I wasn’t the same like the small things bothered me. And, and she says you never used to be that way she said. And she got me a book about don’t sweat the small stuff and she said that I wasn’t the same person and that I wasn’t for her.
You’re not married any longer?
How long after your injury did you divorce?
About four years later, going on five.
Did you ever get to go back home and live with your wife?
So even though you were married for a total of four years after your injury you never really lived together again?
No. She always came to visit, you with my daughter and her.
What does your ex-wife say about how you had changed once you were discharged from TBI rehab because of your accident?
My personality changed, and some personal stuff had changed too. I wasn’t the same as I was before and I think that’s what did it. That’s what changed her mind. I thought marriage was supposed to last a lifetime, you know. (She was) afraid and physically I wasn’t the same. That’s, I think that’s three quarters of the reason why she wanted, wanted out of marriage I think.
Do you think if you had not gone back home after you were discharged from TBI rehab straight from Janesville but had had more time in Lakeview that you might have been able to make your marriage work better?
Yeah, yes.
Intimacy is difficult after any brain injury, even without specific sexual dysfunction. Frontal lobe dysfunction severely alters the capacity of a survivor to do the “little things” that make a lover feel cared for and appreciated. Add to that “physical changes” and the normal interaction between husband and wife can get seriously distorted. With that distortion can come profound frustration, leading inevitably to behavior extremes. Some of the Kevin’s wife’s frustrations in Kevin’s case may have been prevented if they had not discharged from TBI rehab too early.
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The life of Fr. Matthew Baker is a triumph of Orthodoxy.
It is easy to doubt God’s Providence in taking away a young priest, newly installed in his first parish, a husband, and a father of seven (his youngest, Alexis, so recently taken from his mother and father in stillbirth).
It is tempting to question God’s Providence in taking from the Church one of the most brilliant theological minds of the twenty-first century at a time when the Church is very much in need of sound and sober, yet penetrating, teaching, in both the academic and the pastoral spheres.
It is, for me personally, difficult to see the hand of God’s Providence in taking from me my best and most intimate friend, the man who taught me what true friendship means by pouring himself out year after year after year in boundless dedication to every aspect of my spiritual well-being and human flourishing.
Fr. Matthew with his children
Yes, in all of this we are reminded – harshly – that God’s Providence is a mystery that cannot be grasped by the minds of men.
And yet: Fr. Matthew was taken from this life on the Sunday of the Triumph of Orthodoxy. And because of this seemingly small detail, there can be no doubt, no question, no difficulty in perceiving that God is at work here, that His Church will triumph still, that His Truth will prevail over all falsehood, darkness, distortion and exaggeration – all those evils against which Fr. Matthew fought, exhaustively, ruthlessly, and bluntly. And when Truth is triumphant, love is victorious. For Fr. Matthew love and truth were inseparable, distinguishable only in thought. “Mercy and truth are met together; righteousness and peace have kissed each other.” When truth triumphs over falsehood, there love triumphs over coldness, mercy over suffering, and light over shadow. There life triumphs over death. Orthodoxy has triumphed! And this means, as Father Matthew would teach us, that Christ – the whole Christ, the totus Christus, Head and Body, the Savior and his Bride, holy Church – Christ has triumphed. He is triumphant over death, since He is the firstborn of the dead and the author of life. And in Him, the presbyter Matthew also is triumphant.
On each of the last two days of his earthly life, Christ’s faithful presbyter Matthew offered the Holy Liturgy, preached the Word of God and communed of the precious and and all-holy Body and Blood of Christ. He spent the last week of his life – the first week of Lent – in fasting and prayer, in the reading of Scripture, and in ministry and care to his new parishioners. Fr. Matthew grew an immense amount in the last year, but also in the last month, since becoming a parish priest, and even just in the last week, in which he entered into new depths of his priestly ministry. The Lord was truly preparing his servant for this moment of exodus on yesterday’s feast of triumph.
I am honored to say that Fr. Matthew spent the last evening of his life on the telephone with me, and while now I wish that some aspects of that conversation had been different, I am heartened to think that, among other things, we spoke of how the dead in Christ, while awaiting the resurrection and the final consummation of all things, are granted even now to partake of the light of Paradise.
And I heard a voice from heaven saying unto me: “Write: Blessed are the dead which die in the Lord from henceforth: Yea, saith the Spirit, that they may rest from their labors; and their works do follow them.” (Rev. 14:13)
Now Fr. Matthew rests from his many intense labors, and we who have been his friends and colleagues, who have known his vision, must continue in his labor, trusting that his works have indeed followed him into Paradise, but that they remain here with us as well, here in this vale of sorrow, and so here, we must work as ardently as he did for the Triumph of Truth over its many modern day enemies, for the Triumph of Christ. The harvest is plentiful, but the laborers are few.
Fr. Matthew, in Christ, is now seeing the triumph of Orthodoxy much sooner than he expected, this triumph for which he labored single-mindedly. He beholds the triumph of Christ and the triumph of His holy and spotless Bride, the Catholic and Apostolic Church whom he loved and served so ardently. Christ is risen! Let us be of good cheer, for Christ has overcome the world!
Forgive me if these words are uncouth. Let us also mourn – for death is real, and Fr. Matthew’s death is a horrific tragedy – but let us not mourn “as those who have no hope.” In our friend and brother, the presbyter Matthew, our dear and merciful Savior has given us much cause for hope.
He lived most of his life near the city of Providence, Rhode Island, and throughout their thirteen years of marriage, Fr. Matthew and Presbytera Katherine trusted fully that God would provide as they opened their hearts to the abundant gift of life, raising six children without ever having a steady income during Fr. Matthew’s many years of study. Now we have no doubt that God will indeed continue to provide for Fr. Matthew’s widow and children, as indeed God has provided so much for all of us through friendship with Fr. Matthew and Presbytera Katherine.
Fr. Matthew and his family at his parish
This reflection was written by Fr. Herman (Majkrzak), Lecturer in Liturgical Music at St. Vladimir’s Seminary.
You may donate to help Presbytera Katherine and her six children as part of your Lenten giving here.
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Bin Hammam Dismisses Saudi Soccer Clubs' Allegations against Iran
TEHRAN (FNA)- President of the Asian Football Confederation (AFC) Mohammed Bin Hammam rejected the allegations raised by a number of Saudi soccer clubs about the poor quality of Iran's hosting in the Asian Clubs Championship matches, and said all the Saudi teams which have traveled to Iran have enjoyed the best facilities and tranquility.
"I am informed that the Saudi clubs have traveled to Iran without any problems and have not been insulted," Bin Hammam said on Saturday, adding, "They went to Tehran and Isfahan in full health and returned to their country without being offended."
He also underlined that despite the allegations, the Saudi clubs have been provided with the necessary facilities and were not insulted during the matches.
The AFC chief further downplayed the slogans chanted by a number of Iranian football fans against the Saudi government for its aggression against Bahrain and the suppression of the country's people, and said such events may happen in the other countries too, and are not important.
During an early May match in Tehran between Persepolis FC, Asia's most popular club, and Al-Ittihad, the first of four Asian championship matches played in the Islamic republic between Iranian and Saudi clubs, some Iranian football fans chanted some slogans in condemnation of the Saudi crimes against the Bahraini people.
After the incident, a number of the Saudi clubs requested that the AFC move the venue for the remaining of the matches from Iran for security reasons.
In response, Iranian Football Federation (IFF) President Ali Kaffashian denounced what he described as Saudi efforts to portray the Islamic republic as too unsafe to host Asian championship matches.
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An unamed letter from Bangladesh regarding the murders of LGBT activists
SPW shares an unnamed letter written by Bangladesh activist after the murders of LGBT activists in the Asian country in the past weeks. The letter draws attention for the danger of protesting around the global against the murders, while it may actually fuel Western hegemonic discourses that claim to defend and promote tolerance, usually through military means, in face of “Islamic fundamentalism”.
I am writing to you from a rather desperate place in the hope that you will heed my plea. I am sure that this is reaching you because you have posted something or the other about the two murders of the gay activists in Bangladesh. We are all outraged,shaken and deeply saddened by their untimely brutal deaths. Having said that please read this carefully. Let us honor the dead but not forget the living. Please stop circulating any content containing the following, especially if you are from the North America, Europe:
Xulhaz Mannan as the face of the entire LGBT movement
Roopbaan, or any other organization associated with the term “LGBT”
Bangladesh as an islamic fundamentalist country unsafe for secular bloggers, free thinkers or gender deviants.
“Freedom, diversity and tolerance are Bangladeshi values”.
You see, when you sit on powerful land and demand justice from a government, whether you are well-intentioned radical queers or people of color or marginalized activists who want to demand justice alongside us, sharing these contents, or making this news viral will not help right now. Putting pressure on your local/national governments will not help either. However, what will happen is that this will create a false image of an “islamic” fundamentalist country out to kill queers demanding that international wellwishers (read: Europe and USA) come and save them from the brown men. The deviants and queers are hiding but the international call for justice is making it difficult to avoid being visible. People will be writing many falsehoods, searching for quotes, searching for queers to justify, give opinions, come out and protest. But you see, when the most powerful leader(Mannan) in the country was unsafe, think about what will happen not to the other rich folx, or even the middle class folx, but the lower income folx, or those who are isolated and not networked, or are disabled or ill have always been most vulnerable but now even more so. This makes them the most easy targets for any violent backlash that may include the media/society’s call for justice around the world.
If at this point you are wondering why I am talking about visibility at all it must be noted that it is a tendency among activists and social justice folx to think awareness will take care of most problems. Awareness calls for visibility. However, visibility does not ensure safety or security. Forcing visibility in unsafe situations like this might benefit those who can seek asylum or humanitarian parole (super expensive!), or have top-notch security but it will only make those without these options totally disposable.
You might be doing it with all the good intentions, but it’s hella violent right now for us.
Already, there has been a plethora of articles shared from international news outlets on the killings and they all link back to the same rhetoric- “a rising intolerance is gripping the secular democracy of Bangladesh”. Think about those words for a second. In the past ten years about 84 killings have been claimed by religious extremist groups (some of them are dubious as they come from SITE, whose reliability with facts has very little credibility). In those ten years, how many murders and deaths have taken place in the country due to the political atmosphere, either by the ruling party or its militant youth wing Chhatro League (Youth/Students League)? The number count exceeds the thousands. Add to that the deaths of laborers in factories (i.e. Rana Plaza, Tazreen Garments fire etc) and deaths through cold-blooded murder and through forcibly removing people from their own lands for “development” (four have died in Banshkhali in Chittagong protesting the setting up of a coal-powered electric plant) and the picture we see is not of a secular democracy. Bangladesh is not a secular democracy, nor has it ever been so.
Ask yourselves what is at stake when the international media focuses on some deaths and not others? Why “free speech” and “sexual and gender diversity” and not power-grabbing, land-grabbing and coercion? Because while the West has hand-picked extremist Islam as its enemy (with the banner of ISIS) speaking out against the violence of labor practices and money-making in third world nations is not high on their agenda.
I mean who benefits from this global division of labor and hence the exploitation of the poor here? You got it: the rich in the West!
But if we were to look closely, the silence on some deaths and the outrage on others fits very neatly into the West’s agenda of domination- for here is yet another example of a third-world country whose ‘free speech’ needs saving from backward Islam. For one, it provides the West with key bargaining tools with which it can ramp up military outposts in the third world to fight its own battles (let us not forget that Al-Qaeda was funded by the US to fight the Soviets in Afghanistan or that Saudi Arabia and the US have been bedfellows for years). And secondly, they can use these narratives to make third-world states bend to their will through aiding the investigations of only certain murders (such as Avijit Roy’s or Xulhaz Mannan’s).
Let us refocus our attention on the narrative of tolerance. What does it mean for a country to be tolerant or intolerant? As far as media portals in the West would have us believe it is related only to speaking out against religion or against the gay (sometimes lesbian) population. Note: gay people do not encompass all the other deviants who see gender in all the different combinations possible. And even here, only certain bodies are marked for grief and outrage and others are not. Is it not religious extremism that millions of Hindus are unaccounted for in Bangladesh, that Hindu villages burn and Hindu bodies are killed on a regular basis? Is it not violence enough when Bangali settlers forcibly remove indigenous folx from their own land and then exploit their bodies for labor? Is it also not news-worthy when queers are murdered on the streets as they go about trying to make ends meet (in February Shejuti Hijra was shot and it only warranted a small news piece)? Think, too, of the countless murders that happen which are only afforded a small column outlining name, location and manner of killing- how many of these bodies were poor, were queer and died that way?
When we are told what we need is tolerance we are only told that for certain bodies- middle class, mostly, or somehow aligned, however coincidentally, with the US ideology against Islam. This tolerance does not and will never equate to justice because those other bodies will continue dying as we push for some sort of liberal, middle-class tolerance.
To all of our queer and radical queer allies abroad and to our mainstream and/or liberal and/or left-leaning allies at home- please take all of the above into consideration. In your eagerness to help and be accounted for, you might be pushing us into a direction that benefits the Empire/West while simultaneously making life dangerous for the most vulnerable among us- those queers who do not even have the safety and mobility of the ones who were killed, those who are vulnerable due to their employment as sex workers, those who are reading all the hype on The Guardian and Buzzfeed and BBC and wondering how on earth this helps them get out of their homes because now even more people are looking their way- their battles are not with tolerance but economic justice, justice for rapes, coercion and displacement.
You all are concerned about your friends in Bangladesh. You have lost friends in Bangladesh and there are others you cannot connect with. You are feeling angry, frustrated, helpless, energized to act. Recently we had requested that people stop reaching out to the media, or embassies, or governments or posting pictures of vigils etc that might increase visibility. We do need your help, energy and rage. We are tired but grateful that there are so many wellwishers around the world but we need you to help prevent more harm. If solidarity is your aim, then help us gather resources to aid those in need, those who have now been thrust under the microscope of visibility and aid them in relocations or even economically in order to survive. The queer fight is against Western hegemony, not by its side.
Note: We use the word queer loosely since this is written in English, a language not our own. So queer is a place-holder for a deviant existence that is punished.
In rage,
অসভ্য মানুষজন (Reads as ‘Asabhya Manushjan’ or ‘Uncivilized People’)
Categoria: Around the world Tags: asia, criminalization, discrimination, gender, gender identity, homosexuality, HR defenders, human rights, Islamic societies, LGBTQ rights, political repression, religious discourses, religious extremism, sexual politics, violence
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On Tuesday December 1, a signing ceremony for three new projects was convened at the Embassy of Japan in Dushanbe.
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Friendship knows no border
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Election 2020: How to spot misinformation while you wait for results
News November 4, 2020 techietr
Misinformation about the vote could get worse after all the ballots are returned, election security experts warn. Getty Images The 2020 presidential election wasn’t...
Misinformation about the vote could get worse after all the ballots are returned, election security experts warn.
The 2020 presidential election wasn’t over when the polls closed on Tuesday night. Calling the winner — President Donald Trump or challenger Joe Biden — is taking longer than in recent elections because the coronavirus pandemic has prompted a surge in requests for absentee ballots. Over 96 million Americans had voted as of Monday, representing more than 45% of registered US votes, with many turning in vote-by-mail ballots that will take time to count.
Until the count is final, the public can expect to hear wild rumors, false reports and premature declarations of victory, election security experts warn. Just look at what Twitter had to deal with tweets suggesting polls would be open the day after the election. YouTube also battled misinformation, pulling down streams broadcasting fake election results. Even the president posted messages about election results that social networks felt the need to be labeled.
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Some of this will be disinformation, or deliberately false and misleading content. Misinformation is a broader term that describes incorrect information regardless of whether the person sharing it knows it’s false. Some bad information will originate from fake accounts, possibly run out of Russia. Some may come from politicians themselves. Almost all of it will be amplified by people who don’t know it’s false.
As usual, misinformation will spread through social media platforms including Twitter, Facebook, Instagram, YouTube and Reddit. (Major social media companies have plans to combat misinformation.) Group messages on WhatsApp, Telegram and other services will also magnify misinformation. So will political commentary on YouTube and podcasting platforms, as well as TV and radio stations that host political talk shows.
Read more: Facebook, Twitter plan to warn you if politicians prematurely declare victory
Chris Krebs, the country’s top election security official, urged people to be cautious about reports of election results, saying in remarks at a cybersecurity conference, “Think before you share.” His agency, the US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency, launched a website called Rumor Control to help voters sort out whether claims of election fraud and vote tampering are accurate.
You don’t have to get caught up in the expected flood of speculation and outright falsehoods, though. Here’s how you can spot information that doesn’t pass the smell test.
How can I recognize election misinformation?
You can’t stop your Uncle Mike from posting misleading memes, but you can keep yourself informed. That way you’ll be well positioned to avoid spreading misinformation yourself.
Media literacy experts suggest several techniques for vetting information you find online. First, check out the source of the information itself. You can look online for information on potential biases or political affiliations that weren’t obvious from the original post. Some services have created bias ratings for news outlets and individual stories, including AllSides, NewsGuard and Ad Fontes Media. The Pew Research Center has mapped the political leanings of news consumers to the outlets they trust most, which can give you added context.
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Next, see if you can find the same information reported somewhere else — and not just a news story based on the first one you saw. If you can’t confirm the facts somewhere else, it’s a good idea to see if you can find any indication that it’s a false report.
If the content contains a picture, like memes often do, you can run a reverse Google image search on the photo and find out more about where it comes from and what it really shows. You may find the photo is taken out of context, or actually came from an old news story on a totally different topic. You can also check sites like Snopes, which debunks or verifies stories and memes, or a political fact-checking website, such as the Poynter Institute’s PolitiFact, that can tell you if a post or story is likely false.
If you want to dig deeper, you can call the reference desk at your local library.
How could election misinformation possibly get worse?
Yes, it was already bad. According to academic researchers and US intelligence agencies, both state-sponsored actors and shady, click-seeking website owners have created and spread misleading or flat-out false information for years. These intentional efforts are called disinformation.
But it’s been getting worse. “The easiest prediction I can make for you is that we’re going to see a whole lot more misinformation,” Dan Wallach, a computer science professor at Rice University, said of the 2020 election. And it won’t just be troll farms sponsored by the Russian government this time, he added. “I can see many countries deciding that it’s worth it for them to manipulate us.”
Waiting for the results of this election will put many us in a heightened state of anticipation. Between the coronavirus pandemic and our extremely polarized politics, we’re desperate for answers. Just as research shows emotional arousal makes younger and older people more prone to financial fraud, this mindset could make us worse at sorting out fact from fiction. And it could lead to someone unwittingly passing on the bad info, adding to the giant pile of misinformation that already exists on the internet.
People who create made-up news reports, misleading memes and conspiracy theories know we’re all susceptible. Getting us to share their posts could become even easier as the voters scream (inside their hearts, at least) for election results.
What’s in it for people who start misinformation after the election?
If the votes are already cast, you might wonder whether it matters when your Uncle Mike posts a false report of election fraud on Facebook. Here’s the problem: Misinformation can still do damage after the polls close. Most importantly, election security experts say, it could cause people to lose faith in the election’s results.
In the case of the 2020 US presidential election, the embrace of absentee voting has already led to false reports of rampant voter fraud, as well as intensified worries about limited access to ballot drop boxes and polling places. A rising tide of misinformation aims to delegitimize the voting process in general, according to July research from academics with the Election Integrity Project. As a result, the public is primed for reports of irregularities in voting.
The trouble will be sorting out which reports are true and which are bogus.
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How Can I Hack Into Someone Else's Cellphone Voicemail Or Texts?
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There are a number of ways in which you can hack someone else's cell phone, to listen to their voicemail or read their texts. However, none of these methods are foolproof, so you may need to try a few before you are able to hack the phone in question. It should be noted that hacking someone's phone using certain measures is illegal; these measures should therefore not be used. That said, if it is the cell phone of someone you know and you would like to hack it for personal reasons, here are a number of methods you could try:
• Firstly, you could simply try to guess their password. They will no doubt leave their mobile phone lying around - when the person has left their phone out of their reach, type in codes they may be using. For instance, try their date of birth, or the date of birth of somebody close to them. If they have letters on their keypad, type the corresponding numbers to letters of words that may be meaningful to them. Make sure you don't accidently lock their phone with too many incorrect entries.
• Contact their mobile phone provider. Pretend you are the person in ownership of the mobile phone and claim you have forgotten your pin code. If you know enough about the person to provide their personal details, with a bit of luck the mobile phone company will tell you their pin code.
• Various applications on the market claim to allow you to hack into a person's phone, although the success they provide is limited. In addition, applications like these are very expensive and may even be illegal. One example of such an application is Slydial, which allows you to hack into someone else's voicemail messages.
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“A play about punk rock and brotherhood.”
Luch Caise-Dearg, Phonic FM
Following a sell-out run at Exeter Bikeshed (Fri/Sat 17/18 Jan), Midge and Rosie Mullin have brought their ‘Substance and Shadow Theatre’ production “Duplicity” to the Clifford Room at Exeter Barnfield Theatre – Friday and Saturday 14th & 15th February.
Rosie’s slide-show, which accompanies the play, is slightly hampered by the small projection screen in the Clifford Room. However, it is just as effective as it was at the Bikeshed. As the audience take their seats, the evocative music of the late seventies is enhanced by iconic images of civil unrest and urban strife during the same era.
During the play the projected images continue, illustrating the background to the story and offstage action. News reports, and voices of additional characters, are played through the loudspeakers, giving a very effective complement to the action on stage. Rosie Mullin and Mike Gilpin, who don’t appear in the play, are nevertheless very recognisable in their recorded voice-overs.
The story is introduced and held together by Midge Mullin. Midge delivers his opening monologue from centre-stage, alternating between two characters – twin brothers Tommy and Finbar Kelly. Their life experiences to date, and the relationship between them, is succinctly summed up in Midge’s masterful double soliloquy.
The main plot revolves around the machinations of the Machiavellian impresario Leonard Silver. Nathan Simpson introduces himself as Silver with equal clarity – an aggressive and self-serving boor with a biting brummie accent. Midge’s creation of the relationship between Silver and each of the two brothers is terrifying and spell-binding. An impressive meeting of acting skills.
From the outset, the two brothers are accompanied by their childhood friend Fabie, played by Joana Crisóstomo. Fabie is on stage long before the play begins, and never abandons the two boys. Her concern for them, sadly, does not translate into effective action. She is very timid and uncertain of herself, and no match for the explosive anger of Silver, whenever he finds himself frustrated by the needs of others. Despite her ineffectiveness, Fabie impresses with her dogged determination to do what is right.
By contrast, Tommy’s new friend in the world of punk rock is quite the match for Silver. Ultra Violet (played by Rachel Milne) is fearless and forthright. Her Yorkshire accent cuts through Silver’s West Midland whine like a knife. Devoted to Tommy, she is equally vocal in the defence of Tommy’s unfortunate brother Finbar.
Tommy and Finbar’s mother and uncle are heard off-stage. (The recorded voices are Rosie and Midge.) Their strong Irish brogue places the family, but Midge’s lack of Irish accent as the two boys, illustrates their desire to break away from old family ties.
One last character appears as voice-over – and has the strongest accent of all. Midge himself provides the deep Jamaican drawl of the charismatic Rastafarian evangelist Jah Nebulous. To the accompaniment of the music of Prince Far I, Nebulous pronounces the coming day of judgement – 7/7/77. This portentous announcement is strangely anti-climactic, as Nebulous turns out not to be quite what he seems.
The culmination of this saga of greed and conflict is gripping and emotional. The implied action off-stage is as compelling as the powerful performances under the spotlight. This production displays once again the creative genius of Midge and Rosie, and their capable collaborators in ‘Substance and Shadow’ production company.
This run ends tonight. Another chance to experience this inspired celebration of the anarchic seventies, with its impressive understanding of the complex characters who drove the development of the new musical phenomenon, Punk Rock.
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09.02.2015 Sports
Boys Soccer Preview: New Tuckers coach says don’t count state champs out
By Michael Lewis
The Mattituck High School boys soccer team defines the phrase “new look.”
Gone are most of the talented seniors who were the backbone of the school’s New York State Class B state champions (19-2). That included the New York State player of the year, two all-state selections and a Suffolk County pick. Gone also is Mat Litchhult, who decided to retire to be closer to his family.
In their place is a young, energetic group of players who plan to prove people wrong and the former assistant coach now running the show and who is considered by many players to be a “soccer guru.”
“This is a team that nobody expects to be any good,” the new coach, Will Hayes, said. “We’re better off than most people think. The reports of our demise [are] greatly exaggerated.”
Hayes is buoyed by the young talent he has seen in training camp.
“We have players that people didn’t get to see because we had players playing in front of them,” he said, adding that seven of his 11 projected starters played in either the state semifinal or championship game last year. “These boys understand the kind of hard work they need to be champions. We’re not going to go gently into the night. We’re not going to relinquish the crown without a fight.”
Gunning for a second successive state championship might be too high a mountain to climb, but securing a sixth Suffolk Class B crown certainly isn’t.
“These boys are going to get to the county final. Then we’ll roll the dice,” Hayes said. “No one is more ready for the fight than these kids.”
Three senior co-captains will lead the Tuckers — defender Danny Fedun, midfielder John Batuello and speedy forward Joe Tardif. Fedun and Tardif also played for Mattituck’s state championship baseball team.
Hayes plans to pair Tardif at striker along with Axel Rodriguez Canel, who scored off the bench in the state semifinal. On a championship side overloaded with midfielders, Hayes said that Batuello was “another violin in the symphony. This year he’s chair number one.”
Fedun, who can play at right back, right wing, central midfielder and sweeper, will start at center back. “He has been asked to take over some really big shoes — Paul Hayes,” Will Hayes said of the graduated, all-state selection. “His work ethnic, communication and presence on the team is really huge.”
Chris Waggoner, a junior who can play forward or attacking midfielder, missed last season with a broken wrist. “When he played [in the summer league] we scored goals and won games,” said Will Hayes.
In a bold move and a break with Tuckers tradition in going with inexperienced varsity hands in goal, Will Hayes tabbed 5-foot-11 freshman James Jacobs as his goalkeeper.
“He’s built like a man,” Will Hayes said. “He has the knowledge and the ability. He has to acclimate himself to older players. I’m confident James is up to the challenge. He’s going to be a very, very good goalkeeper.”
Every year Southold’s opponents know that the First Settlers will be good, they just don’t know how good they will be.
Last year the First Settlers (12-6) were a couple of penalty-kick conversions away from reaching the state Class C semifinals. Even with several key players from the Long Island championship team graduated, coach Andrew Sadowski knows that his side will be in the mix somewhere.
“We’ll challenge for the county championship,” he said before warning against any complacency. “You can’t take it for granted.”
Entering his 23rd year as Southold’s coach, Sadowski (245-101-20) certainly doesn’t. He demands a lot of his players, making them realize that the sweat they produce during the waning weeks of the summer will mean something when the weather turns cold in October and November. It usually has paid off.
“They understand their hard work will pay off in the end,” he said. “They trust my trusted methods.”
Five returning senior starters already are familiar with Sadowski’s methods and they will form the nucleus of what is expected to be another tough side.
They are defenders Alex Lincoln and Noah Mina and midfielders Walker Sutton, Peter Fouchet and Joey Worysz. They will be joined by another senior, defender Aidan Walker, the younger brother of former Southold basketball standout Liam Walker.
Senior defender Josh Kettenbeil, a reserve last year, is in the mix for a starting role as is sophomore midfielder/forward Edwin Martinez.
One player the First Settlers won’t have right off the bat is junior Michael Christman, who has attended every practice while recovering from an injury.
Sadowski has been pleasantly surprised with the development of his younger players who are “catching onto our system.”
The sooner they do, the better off Southold will be in League VIII.
“We really need the younger players to really step up and work hard to get their confidence raised to adjust to the speed of the games,” Sadowski said. “Moving from JV to the varsity level is a big adjustment. I’m confident of them accepting the challenge.”
Greenport coach Chris Golden did not return phone calls prior to the deadline. The Porters went 2-14 last season.
Photo Caption: Mattituck players celebrate a playoff win over Rye Neck on their way to winning the New York State Class B championship. (Credit: Garret Meade, file)
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Why retrenchment was Skorpion Zinc’s only option
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The top management of Skorpion Zinc Mine says its decision to lay off 278 workers was well thought through and will not be entirely detrimental to the affected workers, who now have to pray hard to be absorbed by the incoming contractor.
They say the decision was reached after considering the escalating production costs owing to the economic downturn coupled with the remaining lifespan of the mine.
This was the message conveyed to Government this week when the Skorpion Zinc management met President Hage Geingob, vice president Dr Nickey Iyambo, Prime Minister Saara Kuugongelwa-Amadhila, mines and energy minister Obeth Kandjoze.
The Skorpion Zinc delegation consisted of CEO Deshnee Naidoo, General Manager Irvinne Simataa and Corporate Communications Manager Nora Ndopu.
During the meeting that lasted just over 30 minutes, Government made it clear that it did not call the meeting to question the retrenchment decision, but rather to discuss ways on “how to mitigate the pain” the layoff would cause those affected.
The Indian-owned mining giant said plans are underway to extend the lifespan of the mine, but for now it has to double its production, which subsequently means there is need to purchase new equipment and employ more workers.
“With a three-and-a-half-year lifespan remaining, it will not be economical to invest in equipment right now. Some of the affected employees will be absorbed by the incoming contractor that we have identified,” Naidoo said.
She said due to the remaining lifespan, staff turnover at the mine has topped 25% and mining activities now have to be conducted below the set water table, which will require an investment of over N$100 million to move waste while mining for the ore.
“We came up with a solution which we think is sustainable.
That is through bringing in a skilled contractor [a Tier 1 contractor for that matter] who can bring workers, equipment and services to mine in the most risk-free manner,” she explained.
Naidoo added: “That is the dilemma we face hence the decision we took.”
She said the contractor will absorb some of the retrenched workers as best it can and employ another 300 to service the contract.
“We created life where there should not have been, although not directly by increasing the number of employees but we will have more people getting jobs. For us this is the most economic and sustainable model,” she said.
She also explained that when Anglo America bought the mine in the early 2000s, the projected plan was only 15 years.
“Their plan projection was only to process minerals for 15 years. So when Verdana bought it in 2011, money was pumped into the project on exploration to extend it because we believe that there must be more metals.
The reason why they [Anglo] projected a 15-year mining period is because they knew it will not be economical to mine thereafter 15 years,” said the CEO.
“To mine economically, you need to get revenue while stripping waste, and as we know these are tough times for the mine because it is in its last years. Last year, we stopped mining for two months and spent over US$15 million to get things back on track. This coincided with the global economic downturn,” she said.
“We are now forced to mine below the water table, meaning we now mine [less] ore and more water.”
The CEO said all stakeholders were informed in time about the retrenchment plans and the required sensitisation procedures were made.
“Some workers have already indicated that they want an early separation. We gave a six-week notification period despite the Labour Act providing for only four weeks,” Simataa said.
He also indicated that it is “rather unfortunate that the negotiations with MUN (Mineworkers’ Union of Namibia) collapsed”.
“We had three meetings with the union [MUN], unfortunately they were prematurely terminated when the union declared a dispute,” he said.
Simataa said Skorpion Zinc remains concerned about the well-being of the retrenched employees and will continue working on ways to mitigate the losses.
At this point, it is not known if the incoming contractor will give the same benefits to the employees that Skorpion Zinc gave.
This includes benefits such as transport, accommodation and medical aid.
“Everything is clear now and we are happy,” said Geingob after the briefing by the Skorpion Zinc management.
MUN last month called on President Geingob to mediate in the retrenchment saga of the 78 workers at the Rosh Pinah-based Skorpion Zinc Mine. The union even went as far as expressing its displeasure with the lack of support from the mines and labour ministries, as well as the //Karas regional political leadership.
“The relevant authorities have ignored our pleas for intervention, so now we direct our call to the highest authority, our President, to stop the retrenchments Skorpion is instituting for its own capitalist self-interest,” MUN vice-regional chairperson for the southern region, Allen Kalumbu, said last month.
He said the union maintains its stance of vehemently opposing the retrenchments and outsourcing of the company’s mining department where the affected workers are employed.
Most of the workers received their retrenchment letters last month.
MUN is however refusing to accept the outsourcing of the permanent Skorpion staff.
“Why should the workers be subjected to a contract labour system where the contractor can do with them what they want? This is catastrophic and if allowed, can happen at other mines in the country as well,” said Kalumbu. Kalumbu said Skorpion should not be allowed to run away from their responsibility towards the workers and called on Geingob to engage with the company and the union on how to retain the workers.
The company has remained with their resolution to retrench without considering other alternatives and this cannot be tolerated.
Basil Read
Basil Read Holdings announced that its shares slumped by nearly a quarter on Tuesday after the construction firm said it would swing to a full-year loss.
The construction firm’s shares plunged 23% to R1.9, the lowest since they hit R1.77 on December 1, which in turn was the lowest since September 2005 and a fraction of its record high of R32.7 in October 2007. Shares closed down 18.95% to R2.01 in Johannesburg.
The company, which had headline earnings per share of 143.87 cents in 2015, said it would report a loss of between 80 cents to 98 cents per share for 2016.
The loss for continuing operations would be 35 cents to 42 cents a share, it said. Basil Read said its operating profit had been hit both by losses at its Olifant River water resource development project and a R41 million (US$3 million) charge, which was part of a settlement with the South African government.
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Ep 91 – Taking Imperfect Action
Ep 91 - Taking Imperfect Action
If you’ve ever believed that you needed to be perfect in order to start a successful business, this episode is for you. After hitting rock bottom in his high school days, Ali Terai never thought he would be accepted into university, let alone start a successful business. But, through his determination to prove others wrong and a series of imperfect actions later, Ali became the founder of Future Golf and winner of the 2019 Telstra Business Awards. Tune in to hear Ali’s riveting journey, the steps he took to start Future Golf, and his biggest takeaways from his entrepreneurial journey.
Ali Terai
Turns out, it’s not where you start in life, but how you finish that really matters.
When Ali Terai was in high school, he never imagined that he would be accepted into university or become an award-winning entrepreneur one day. But after hitting rock bottom and receiving an alarming wake-up call, Ali knew he had to do something to change the direction of his life.
This determination and a willingness to say yes to every opportunity led Ali to become one of the youngest ever senior executives at Monash University and on-track to a leadership course at New York University. It was there that Ali was bitten by the entrepreneurial bug.
Armed with a potential business idea, Ali committed to taking a series of imperfect actions. What started off as a Facebook ad and a series of events that ‘flopped,’ grew into Future Golf, Australia’s fastest growing golf community.
In this episode, Ali shares his riveting journey from rock bottom to becoming an award-winning entrepreneur, the imperfect steps he took to start Future Golf, and the practical takeaways he’s learnt from his entrepreneurial journey.
Street Cred:
Ali Terai is the CEO and founder of Future Golf, which has been named Australia’s fastest growing golf community. Ali is also one of Monash University’s youngest ever senior executives and has undertaken further study at Harvard University, NYU, and Columbia University. In 2019, Ali won the Telstra Business Awards.
Highlight Reel:
How to seek out your next mentor [17:20]
The practical side to following your passion [26:25]
The importance of time management in Future Golf’s early stages [42:30]
Learn more about Future Golf
Connect with Ali on LinkedIn
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Ep 132 – Never Done, Never Seen, Never Known
Ep 131 – Stitching Yourself Back Together
Ep 130 – Year In Review: 2020, Thank You
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UWL hires new chief of police
Picture retrieved from uwlax.edu.
Kayleigh Marshall, Multimedia Editor
On August 27, Vice Chancellor for Administration & Finance Bob Hetzel announced that the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse hired Allen Hill as UWL’s new chief of police. Hill is currently the chief of police at the University of Houston-Clear Lake. When former UWL Chief Scott McCollough retired in June, the University of Wisconsin-La Crosse began the search for a new chief of police.
Hill began working at UHCL in 2008 as a corporal before he was hired as interim chief of police in 2015. In 2016, he was hired as the permanent chief of police.
Picture and caption retrieved from UHCL The Signal. Hill, center, with his family (from left) his aunts, Mary Knox and Francine Sparrow; his cousin, Texas Ranger James Wilkins; his wife, Eva Lanczos Hill; his parents, Clarence and Edna Hill and his sister, Catherine Hill.
Hill was selected over two other candidates for UWL’s position after an extensive selection process that included open forums for students, faculty, and staff. According to Robin Tuxen, Assistant to the Vice Chancellor for Administration and Finance and chair of the search committee, each forum was attended by about 70 participants.
The committee also provided the candidates resumes on the UWL search website and gave students, faculty, and staff the opportunity to provide feedback on each candidate on online forms that were sent out via email.
The search committee was made up of nine representatives from different departments and offices from UWL. The search committee was available on the UWL search website and in the announcement from Hetzel. The committee consisted of:
Natalie Eschenbaum, Department of English
Sandy Grunwald, Office of the Provost
Victor Hill, Parking & Transportation Services
Paul Iverson, University Police
Greg Phlegar, Student Life Office
Dylan Schock, Student Association
Robin Tuxen, Administration & Finance
Will Vanroosenbeek, LGBTQA Services
Lisa Weston, Office of Residence Life
An anonymous source told the Racquet Press that each member of the search committee identifies as white or appears to be white. Police brutality against people of color is an issue that has affected many in the United States. According to the organization, Mapping Police Violence, “Police killed 1,147 people in 2017. Black people were 25% of those killed despite being only 13% of the population.”
Tuxen told the Racquet Press that committee members are bound by confidentiality and unable to discuss the search.
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Hometown: Portage, WI
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Around CFB: Based on market value, Fisher absolutely worth the money
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Newsflash: College football coaches get exorbitant salaries.
That’s not a stunning revelation. College football fans have come to accept and even understand that football coaches, especially in the Power 5 conferences, will get multi-million dollar salaries.
Yet, that fact still seems to escape some national college football writers. That’s especially the case for a CBS Sportsline writer, who seems offended by Texas A&M coach Jimbo Fisher’s salary.
Last week, said writer pointed out that Fisher, who gets $7.5 million annually, had earned $882,000 for each of the 17 wins in his first two seasons at A&M. The writer questions whether Fisher is worth the investment.
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Fisher is 20-10 through his first 30 games in Aggieland, and he’s building the Texas A&M program into a juggernaut.
What he doesn’t question is how much other coaches hired in 2017 earn per victory.
For example, Scott Frost managed nine wins in his first two seasons at Nebraska. Based on his $5 million annual salary, Frost has “earned” $1,111,111 per win.
UCLA’s Chip Kelly is paid $3.5 million annually. That’s $7 million over two seasons in which the Bruins are 7-17. He’s made $1 million per win.
Willie Taggart, who many in the national media lauded as Fisher’s replacement at Florida State, managed nine wins before getting fired. He, too, was paid $1,111,111 per victory.
Then, there’s Chad Morris, who many in the national media thought A&M would hire back in 2017. Morris was paid $3.5 million a year at Arkansas. He was 4-18 in his two seasons in Fayetteville. That comes out to $1.75 million per win.
Now, the writer was a big fan of Kevin Sumlin, Fisher’s predecessor at A&M. That writer once approached me at SEC Media Days and gushed about how lucky I was to cover Sumlin on a daily basis.
He was dismayed when informed that Sumlin was difficult to deal with, was often unnecessarily confrontational, and a poor coach in general.
Obviously not convinced, the writer tweeted “Sumlin has options” shortly after A&M dismissed him.
Sumlin is now paid $3.5 million per season at Arizona, which has managed nine wins in his two seasons. That’s $777,777 per victory.
Arizona hasn’t had a winning season under Sumlin, and the program is trending downward.
Conversely, A&M has had consecutive winning seasons under Fisher, is currently in the Top 10 and has a victory over then-fourth-ranked Florida.
Former Texas A&M head coach Kevin Sumlin has struggled in his first couple years in Arizona.
Fisher is looking like a bargain.
Of course, skeptics will argue that comparing Fisher’s cost per win only against other coaches hired in 2017 doesn’t tell the entire story.
OK. Eight other coaches were paid more than $750,000 per win over the last two seasons. Most of those — TCU’s Gary Patterson ($816,666), South Carolina’s Will Muschamp ($800,000), Northwestern’s Pat Fitzgerald ($850,000) and Auburn’s Gus Malzahn ($800,000) — have programs that are struggling.
Heck, South Florida paid Charlie Strong $909,090 per win in his two seasons in Tampa before firing him.
Purdue’s Jeff Brohm was reportedly paid $11 million over the last two seasons. His Boilermakers managed six wins in 2018 and four wins in ’19. That’s $1.1 million per win.
Sure, college football coaches are overpaid. However, based on market value, yeah, Fisher is worth it.
Heisman Watch (If my ballot was due today)
1. Trevor Lawrence, Clemson, QB: Lawrence passed for 287 yards and two touchdowns in a 47-21 victory over Syracuse. It was his worst performance of the season. Thus far, Lawrence has passed for 1,833 yards and 17 touchdowns with two interceptions. He’s also rushed for 71 yards and four touchdowns.
2. Mac Jones, Alabama, QB: Jones completed 25 of 31 passes for 387 yards in a 48-17 victory over Tennessee. It was his fourth consecutive outing more than 380 yards. He’s passed for 1,905 yards and 12 touchdowns with two interceptions.
3. Kyle Trask, Florida, QB: Don’t forget what Trask had done before a COVID-19 outbreak resulted in a two-week break for the Gators. Trask has thrown for 996 yards and 14 touchdowns and just one interception in three games. He’s thrown at least four touchdown passes in every game.
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Fields played well as Ohio State began 2020 with a win.
4. Justin Fields, Ohio State, QB: Fields debuted this season by completing 20 of 21 passes for 276 yards in a 52-17 victory over Nebraska. That included touchdown passes of 42 and 5 yards. He also rushed for 54 yards, which included a 17-yard touchdown.
5. Najee Harris, Alabama, RB: Harris rushed for 96 yards and scored three touchdowns in the win over Tennessee. He leads the nation with 14 rushing touchdowns. Harris has rushed for 595 yards thus far. He’s also caught 14 passes for another 147 yards.
Predicted playoff participants
1. Clemson: The Tigers typically have one subpar performance. That might have come last week in a blowout of Syracuse.
2. Alabama: Few teams could be relatively unaffected by the loss of a player of Jaylen Waddle’s caliber. Alabama is one of the few.
3. Ohio State: Buckeyes showed what we already knew they were in their opening win.
4. Texas A&M: Again, why not? The Aggies have a victory over a current top-ten team (Florida) and will be favored in every remaining game.
Games to watch
No. 3 Ohio State at No. 18 Penn State: Despite the Nits’ upset loss to Indiana, these still may be the Big Ten’s best two teams.
Michigan State at No. 13 Michigan: Spartans need redemption for their opener. Michigan looked strong.
Texas at No. 6 Oklahoma State: Longhorns desperately need a win to maintain some relevance. Oklahoma State projects as the Big 12’s best.
Memphis at No. 7 Cincinnati: Some think Cincinnati can crash the playoff field. The Bearcats cannot afford to trip, and Memphis is capable of tripping them.
Missouri at No. 10 Florida: While Florida has been idle the last couple of weeks, Missouri has been looking like the third-best team in the SEC East.
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How to Grow Beetroot With as Little as a Windowsill
Bianca Jafari
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Beetroot, Gardening, Growing, How to Grow Your Dinner, Laurence King Publishing, Sustainable
There is little more satisfying than growing something you can eat. The joy of picking a ripe tomato, digging out a wonky potato or ripping off some fresh basil leaves is spring’s very own drug.
Claire Ratinon is an organic food grower who once grew food for Ottolenghi’s kitchen. In this extract from her first book, How to Grow Your Dinner Without Leaving the House, Claire demystifies an Australian favourite: beetroot.
As a child, I only ever tasted cooked supermarket beetroot. It was always a bit soggy and sour, and made all that touched it bright pink. Suffice to say, it was not my favourite. But as a grown-up vegetable fancier, I find my love for beetroot is constantly expanding. I’ve come to appreciate its earthy sweetness, and I adore the colours and tastes of the more unusual varieties, such as ‘Choggia’, with its concentric circles of magenta and white, or golden beetroot, which is a bright, warm yellow in appearance and flavour. You can also eat the highly nutritious leaves, although take only a few at a time or your beetroot plant will stop growing.
Photography by Ida Riveros
You can sow beetroot seeds indoors from early spring, plant them out 4–6 weeks later and harvest by early summer. Sow seeds every few weeks if you have the space, for a regular supply. Seeds sown in mid summer will yield roots that can be kept into winter, as long as they’re harvested and stored before the first frost.
Beetroot seeds benefit from being soaked before sowing so put your seeds in a glass of water for 24 hours. Plant a couple of seeds in each module, as they grow well in a little group. Each seed is actually a cluster of seeds with the potential to produce a few germinated seedlings, so thin the bunch down to four or five strong plants while they’re still small. You can also sow directly into the final container. If you’ve used modules, transplant the seedlings while they’ve got two sets of leaves per plant: they won’t appreciate being moved once they’re bigger.
Beetroot doesn’t need a huge container, and you can plant one cluster of seedlings in a 5-litre pot with a diameter of 22cm. If you grow the plants close together, you will still get a harvest but the roots will be on the small side.
It’s important not to let your beetroot plants dry out or their roots will become woody, so be generous when you water, especially in hot, dry weather.
Beetroot grows best in a sunny position, but it can tolerate some shade as long as it has had a strong start in life, with adequate light.
Beetroots are vigorous growers and will benefit from feeding when grown in pots. A fortnightly feed of liquid seaweed or comfrey will support the plants to grow and roots to develop.
Your first beetroot harvest can arrive as early as two months after sowing, when the root is the size of a golf ball. At this stage you can also harvest the leaves and cook them as you would spinach. These early harvests will be the sweetest and most tender. Gently twist off the largest roots and leave the remaining ones to keep growing, harvesting them as you want to eat them. Just don’t let them get much larger than a tennis ball, or they’ll be tough and less delicious.
How to Grow Your Dinner: Without Leaving the House is out now. Text by Claire Ratinon and cover by Rita Platts.
Illustrator Spotlight: Wonder Woman Laura Bernard
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Art, Bingo, Illustrator, Interview, Laura Bernard, Laurence King Publishing, NZ, Wonder Women Bingo
Laura Bernard works from her cosy studio in Wellington, New Zealand. She is a self-confessed nerd, homebody and introvert. Laura has inspired young creatives across the world to ignore the negativity that surrounds a career in illustration and to pursue their passion.
To celebrate the release of Wonder Women Bingo, we caught up with Laura to chat about the game, the female creatives she looks up to and how to stay sane when your home sanctuary becomes your workplace.
Laura Bernard
The illustrations for Wonder Women Bingo are phenomenal. What was your favourite part of working on this project?
Thank you! My favourite part was adding the finer detail to the garments and accessories that the women were wearing: the jewellery, the beaded and embroidered elements and the various patterns. That was so much fun. I feel like that’s one of the main elements that brings these ladies to life and makes them each unique.
Wonder Women Bingo, published by Laurence King Publishing, $29.99
Why do you think it’s important to have a children’s game dedicated to inspirational women?
Too often we are taught the names of famous, genius, amazing men that have achieved great things (Albert Einstein, Isaac Newton, Stephen Hawking, Nikola Tesla to name a few). I think we often forget that there were incredible women who did equally amazing things, but we are rarely taught about them in the same way due to our unbalanced gendered history. Plus, a lot of women had to keep their intelligence a secret or pretend to be a man to be recognised. I think we need a game like this to help balance things out. Hopefully, it can inspire young women and teach them that they can be anything they want to be.
Laurence King Publishing is fortunate to work with a number of fantastic female illustrators like yourself, including Laura Callaghan, Marion Deuchars and Harriet Lee-Merrion. Can you tell us about the female illustrators and creatives that inspire you?
Creatively, I look up to Rebecca Sugar a lot. She created the Steven Universe series and creatively directed a lot of the character design, screenplay and music. She also worked on Adventure Time for a long while. I also admire Jennifer Lee, who is a screenwriter and a head creative at Disney studios. She worked on Frozen and Frozen 2, which are masterpieces for character, background, outfit and song design (all things she helped with).
As a freelancer, do you have any tips for staying sane when working from home? I think we need all the tips we can get right about now!
To be honest, being an introvert really helps. I can’t speak for more extroverted people but I love hibernating and working on my illustration. Working and living in the same space can be a huge challenge, so I do have one very helpful tip. I have a studio for my work, and when I am in there I am in ‘work mode’, when I am anywhere else in the house I’m in ‘home mode’. I’ve always used this mentality even before I had a studio and I worked at the dining room table. I would always sit on one chair and work so then that particular space is associated with working. I think that’s a super important thing to define when working from home as too often we work from bed or the couch, which I try to avoid.
At home with NZ illustrator Laura Bernard
Any tips for overcoming creative block?
Oh jeez, this is a hard one. Over the past five or so years that I’ve been freelancing, and where my creativity is my job, there’s that extra pressure to be creative ALL THE TIME. When I’m at a total creative loss and I’ve gone into a creative depression, I generally have a lot of negativity about my own work. I’ve realised that my creative block generally looks and feels the same: a lot of self doubt and self creative pessimism. If I’m telling myself all of these terrible things about my own work, putting it down and comparing it to others, how can I feel proud and happy with the work I’m making? To help break the cycle, I’ll go back to my old sketchbooks from yonks ago and see how far I’ve come. I’ll also look at all of my old random ideas and concepts to give myself a much needed pep talk: Look! These are your ideas and you are creative and awesome! I will then try and learn from my past works and ideas. I think it’s very important to be critical of your own work otherwise you will struggle to grow, but balancing that with self support, encouragement and feeling proud of yourself too.
We can see that you paint in both a traditional medium and digital. Do you prefer one over the other?
I fell in love with watercolour quite quickly after buying my first set when I was about nineteen. I think it will always be very special to me. I then transitioned into digital to broaden my skillset and I thought it would help me find more illustrating opportunities too, as we live in such a digital age. I think watercolour will always be my favourite medium, however I find digital has helped me grow and learn more as a creative — it’s a very forgiving medium and you are able to undo, flip canvases to check proportions, and change colours so easily: all things that you can’t really do with a traditional medium.
We are obsessed with all the work in your portfolio. Can you tell us about your favourite one?
Thank you so much! From my personal works, there’s an illustration of an A-frame house among some trees at night. I am super proud of this and the simplicity of it, but the fact that it still tells a story — a difficult balance. Professionally, I absolutely loved working on the Wonder Women Happy Families card game, and the Wonder Women Bingo. Learning about amazing women in history and having the opportunity to paint their portraits was so inspiring.
Wonder Women Bingo is out now. Text by Isabel Thomas and illustrations by Laura Bernard.
Paulina Larocca talks 2020, The Holey Bible and creative enlightenment
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About to publish her third book, creative catalyst Paulina Larocca is one of the most driven, passionate and motivated authors you’ll ever meet. Her previous books on creativity can be found in homes, offices and classrooms across the globe, and we think her new book The Holey Bible is the best one yet. We caught up with Paulina to talk about creative enlightenment, the new book and the all-important year that has been 2020.
What exactly do you mean when you use the term ‘creative enlightenment’?
Creative enlightenment is a term I created based on my personal experiences and struggles with the creative process. Let’s face it, creative thinking is messy work and you must have an enormous amount of courage, belief and persistence for real breakthroughs to occur. The creative process can seem punishing, especially when you are in the weeds looking for a way out, but when you get to a resolution you experience a flood of relief and euphoria; you experience what I call creative enlightenment. For each person, the experience will be different but the result will be the same. You have a new direction and a new purpose that creates a deeper meaning in your life and your work. You are permanently transformed. It may feel like hell going through it, but it’s heavenly when it’s done.
What benefits will living a more creatively enlightened life have for those who don’t consider themselves creative or who don’t have a creative job?
That is the sad irony about creativity – it’s sold to us as something we either have or don’t have. We are all creative. Our brain is active during both wakefulness and sleep and is constantly imagining. Our minds are phenomenal storytellers, constantly constructing meaning from our environment. I think of creativity as a divine force that is present in each of us and plays a much bigger role in all our lives than we tend to realise. It is the engine of our mind, the author of our story and is responsible for how we identify ourselves – it is creativity that determines how you define ‘me’. You may not nurture it, you may not notice it, but creativity is the driving force of your life, so it pays to consider what kind of fuel you are putting in your tank. My mission is to help everyone cultivate an awareness of their creativity and learn to use it. That way, it can serve a higher purpose for each and every one of you.
The Holey Bible – what’s the message behind the title?
The title came about because we wanted to help people easily spot the holes in their thinking. We wanted to use the term bible, not in the religious sense but in the colloquial sense of a guide. The title tends to stop people in their tracks, so it’s a way of shaking things up – it’s almost as if you get an experience of the book from the title.
The cover is so striking. Can you tell us about those design choices – the bold font, the bright yellow and the upside-down type?
Well, with a name like The Holey Bible you cannot afford to be shy. We want to celebrate the creative spirit and yellow and black are great colours for that. Throughout the book we use bright colours. For those who know about printing, we use CMYK (cyan, magenta, yellow and black) for four colour processing printing. They’re colours that ignite creativity and get the brain buzzing. The rest of the design and images were a very deliberate choice to keep the reader emotionally engaged and surprise them every time they turn the page.
This is your third book in three years. What drives you to write books rather than use another medium of storytelling?
Books are incredibly hard work and I sometimes wonder why I keep going back. They are wonderful vehicles for distilling your ideas into cohesive thoughts and the format forces you to do the work – it’s not just a few paragraphs dashed off for an Instagram post. Plus, having a publishing deadline ensures that even if you want to slack off, you can’t. A well-written book makes everything you do – speaking, blogs, social media – so much easier. But there’s no doubt about it, writing a book feels like climbing Mount Everest without oxygen – scary and exhausting.
Some might argue that this is a tough time to publish a book. Why do you think that 2020 is the year for The Holey Bible? Why do we need this book now?
I think this pandemic has forced all of us to rethink what’s important, what are we doing with our lives and what we need to change. It hasn’t been pleasant, but it has forced us to re-evaluate things we took for granted as being ‘just the way things are around here’ and deeply question them. There is no better time for a book that makes you question your assumptions and help you create new patterns of thought that may serve you better. If you are questioning anything or any aspect of your life, then don’t hesitate to pick up The Holey Bible. It will help you live your best life, which, let’s face it, is a creative life on your terms. Who could ask for more?
The Holey Bible is available now. Text by Paulina Larocca and published by BIS Publishers. AU$35
Flours, Feeding and Failures: Sourdough Troubleshooting with Roly Allen
baking, FAQs, How to Raise a Loaf, Laurence King Publishing, Roly Allen, sourdough
By now, many of us have completed a back-breaking 1000-piece puzzle, tried our hand at something creative and baked our first (or tenth) loaf of bread.
We put a call-out on social media asking what sourdough issues you were facing and collated our top FAQs. Now, we sit down with sourdough expert and author of How to Raise a Loaf, Roly Allen, to have your questions answered.
Roly Allen, photography by Ida Riveros
What is the difference between bread flour and plain flour?
Bread flour has a higher protein content – around 13% is typical. These proteins (specifically, glutiens) are collectively known as gluten and, because they are looooooong molecules, they hold the dough together, making it stretchier, tighter and able to hold bubbles. That’s why you need bread flour for bread. Plain flour has less gluten. Otherwise they are the same.
I feel like my bread is really dense. What do I need to do to my starter for it to be light and fluffy?
It might not just be the starter, but assuming it is, I find that starters get better the more often that you use them and refresh them. If I bake three or four days running, the starter seems to get bubblier and bubblier. If my starter has just been refreshed once, after spending a period of downtime in the fridge, then things can be flat.
What is the maximum amount of time you can keep your starter in the fridge without feeding it?
Tricky one. I’ve heard tell of a starter that was successfully refreshed after several years dormancy in the back of the fridge, but I’d personally not leave it longer than a couple of weeks. If I knew that my starter would be going a long time unfed, I would make a flourier mixture (less water), which will slow everything down. I would definitely give a dormant starter a couple of refresh-discard cycles for it to get its strength back up before baking.
I learned that the word ‘crumb’ describes the inside of the bread from your book, which is interesting. Despite using a white flour but still can’t achieve the open crumb that I want. Any tips?
Try a mix with slightly more water and an overnight (or ‘retarded’) prove in the fridge. You mix and work the dough in the evening, and let it prove slowly at low temperature before baking in the morning. That might do it!
An open crumb, photography by Ida Riveros
I normally don’t eat white bread. I’ll always choose a wholemeal or multigrain. Do you recommend always starting with a white loaf first because it’s the easiest, or do you think jumping straight into wholemeal is achievable?
It is definitely easier to get a white loaf to rise and have an open crumb. That said, I really like denser brown breads myself and, if that’s what you like, I would just go ahead and start with them. Practice makes perfect, no matter what colour your loaf is.
Cooking time — dutch oven lid on for 45 mins and lid off for the final 15. Do you approve?
If it works for you, then yes!
What does adding a source of steam mean? I just have a regular fan-forced oven and no fancy equipment. What are some ways that I can easily add steam?
It is essential, but easy – just put a cup of hot water into an oven dish in the hot oven before you put the loaf in. The steam stops the crust from setting hard before the middle of the loaf has baked.
I just learned that you can overproof dough. Anything else we might not know about sourdough?
Salt is absolutely essential, and not just for taste. The salt works on a chemical level with the gluten to help the crumb form. If you forget to add salt, or don’t add enough, you get something that doesn’t taste, or look, that good. I’ve learned this the hard way.
What do you think is the biggest mistake people make when they try to make their first loaf?
I can’t speak for everyone, but the mistake I made was leaving the dough to prove for too long. This means that the dough pancakes out and you get a discus-shaped loaf that’s really dense. You need to get that dough into the oven while it’s still nice and springy to the touch.
What are your favourite toppings for freshly baked sourdough?
For breakfast: butter and apricot jam; for lunch, cheese and pickle; with dinner, butter or olive oil. If it’s toasted then it’s Marmite every time (Marmite is similar to Vegemite, but delicious).
Photography by Michelle Brasington
There are so many types of bread. Why do you think sourdough is such a craze?
Two reasons. Firstly, it’s a reaction against industrially-produced food. Sourdough bread is traditional, it doesn’t have additives, and you can tell that from how it tastes. Secondly, we are only now starting to understand how important our gut biomes are to our overall health – not just to our digestion. The lacto-bacteria that make sourdough taste slightly sour seem (don’t ask me for the detail!) to have a really positive effect in that department.
How to Raise A Loaf and Fall in Love with Sourdough is available now. Text by Roly Allen and published by Laurence King Publishing.
Parents’ Notes for Kids of All Ages
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1-20 Animals Aplenty, activities, activity books, Bob Goes Pop!, Laurence King Publishing, Match a Mummy, parents notes
After a term of homeschooling, the last thing you’re thinking about is setting another homework task, putting aside time for learning or trying to stretch out that 45 minute activity that your sweet angel completed in less than ten minutes.
For those times when you can’t possibly open up another teacher-resource, we have you covered; welcome to parents’ notes.
What are parents’ notes?
Our parents’ notes are just like teachers’ notes, but without the emphasis on learning. Parents’ notes are about inspiring conversation.
The best thing about our parents’ notes is that you don’t need any extra resources and you don’t need to buy the book. Everything you need is included on one page — the questions, the book’s cover and any other helpful illustrations.
We’ve put together parents’ notes for three of our best-selling Laurence King Publishing titles, one for each age group. You can download your parents notes here on our activity page.
1 to 20 Animals Aplenty
Questions aimed at ages 3-5, download here
Example question: How many animals can you see on the front cover? Can you name them all?
1 to 20 Animals Aplenty is a delightful counting book that takes young readers from 1 to 20 – from dogs who have pet frogs and snakes who love to eat cakes to gorillas looking at mirrors and llamas wearing pyjamas! Beautifully illustrated by Katie Viggers and published by Laurence King Publishing.
Bob Goes Pop!
Questions aimed at ages 5+, download here
Example question: What are the physical differences between Bob and Roy?
From award-winning author Marion Deuchars and published by Laurence King Publishing, Bob Goes Pop is a charming and funny follow-up to Bob the Artist and Bob’s Blue Period, all about art and teamwork.
Match a Mummy
Questions aimed at ages 10+, download here
Example question: Based on the cat and cat mummy on the box, what can we assume about the ancient Egyptians’ relationship to cats?
Travel back in time to Ancient Egypt with this new children’s matching game, developed in partnership with the British Museum and published by Laurence King Publishing. Locate and match up the pairs to learn more about how the Egyptians lived.
Staying Green in Quarantine
How to Save the World for Free, Natalie Fee, Sustainable
Trying to figure out how to make the most of your time at home? Environmental activist and author of How to Save the World for Free Natalie Fee says it’s the perfect time to reset some of our routines and make small changes to encourage more environmentally friendly behaviour.
Don’t waste water
With all this extra hand washing, we’re using a lot more water. Keep a bowl in your sink to catch the water as you wash your hands then use it to water your plants. Or with all that extra time on your sparkling (er, dry and cracked?) hands, add a bit of tea tree oil to it to wash your floors. When it comes to the loo, if it’s yellow, let it mellow, if it’s brown, flush it down.
Additionally, when making those never-ending cups of tea, make sure to only boil what you need, as kettles use up a serious amount of energy. If you forget and overfill the kettle, stick the rest in a hot water bottle or in a flask for herbal tea later in the day.
Take up cycling
If you’re avoiding public transport and tempted to jump in your car, don’t! If you’re physically able, get on your bike instead. Cycling is the perfect way to stay fit, get some fresh air and do some low-key, local shopping.
Take the time to research greener options
If you’ve got some ‘white space’ in your diary, block some time out to actually do some online switching of your heat or personal finances services. Switch to an ethical bank, a green energy provider, an earth friendly loo paper or a conscious laundry detergent.
Keep the heat off
As the days start to get colder, consider layering up to stay warm instead of whacking the heating on. Put some tights on under your jeans and wear a beanie or warm hat (maybe not when on Zoom or Skype, unless it’s a good look for you).
Don’t waste electricity
If your home has enough natural light for you to work, don’t turn your lights on during the day. Remember to switch off your electricals at the socket at night to save energy and money. And you’ll probably sleep better with the WiFi off anyway. “Alexa, stop listening to my conversations and using a crapload of data to do it”.
How to Save the World for Free is available now. Text by Natalie Fee, published by Laurence King Publishing
Recipe: Speckled Beetroot Sourdough
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There’s no better time to settle in to the ultimate, feel-good luxury of making homemade bread, and this Speckled Beetroot Sourdough is worth settling in to.
Whilst all the recipes in How to Raise a Loaf are suitable for beginners, this recipe should be attempted once you’ve already made your first basic loaf. The recipe for a basic loaf, as well as kneading and folding tutorials, are all included in How to Raise a Loaf. You’ll also find a step-by-step guide to making and using your starter. Head over to Laurence King’s Instagram story here to watch how we make our starter.
Speckled Beetroot Sourdough
With a distinctive appearance and earthy aroma, this is a real show-stopper, and a perfect, hearty accompaniment to winter soups or stews. Beetroots are a rich source of antioxidants, and also give the dough an unforgettable pink colour, which fades in the oven, leaving speckles in a classic open crumb.
· 200g starter
· 10ml (2 tsp) olive oil
· 180ml warm water
· 340g strong white bread flour
· 7.5g (1½ tsp) fine salt
· 150g fresh beetroot, peeled and coarsely grated
· rice flour or semolina, for dusting
1. In a large mixing bowl, whisk the starter, olive oil and warm water together until the starter has dissolved.
2. In another bowl, mix the flour with the salt. Add this to the wet mixture and mix well with your hand, then add the grated beetroot and mix until the beetroot is evenly distributed. Cover the bowl with a tea towel and leave to rest for 30 minutes.
3. Wet your hands, then pull, fold and rotate the dough 8—10 times, so that it forms a ball. Leave to rest for 10 minutes.
4. Repeat Step 3 twice so that you’ve worked the dough three times and it has rested for a
hour in total.
5. Dust a proving basket liberally with rice flour or semolina. Wet your fingers, work them around the bottom of the ball of dough and gently transfer it to the proving basket, keeping the seam upwards.
6. Cover with a tea towel and leave in a warm place to prove. Depending on the temperature and the activity of the yeast, it may take three to six hours to gain about 50 per cent in size.
7. When the loaf has proved, preheat the oven to 230°C (210°C fan)/gas mark 8, with a heavy baking tray or baking stone on the middle shelf, and add a source of steam. Turn the loaf out of the proving basket onto the heated surface, cut it twice across the top with a sharp blade or scissors, then place it in the oven.
8. Bake for 10 minutes, then reduce the temperature to 210°C (190°C fan)/gas mark
and bake for another 40 minutes, or until the loaf is done and sounds hollow on the base
when tapped with a fingertip.
9. Leave to cool on a wire rack before eating.
This is a recipe extract from How to Raise a Loaf, published by Laurence King Publishing, $25, available here.
My Bedroom is an Office: Joanna Thornhill on your Interior Design Dilemmas
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When My Bedroom is an Office was published in March 2019, we had no idea it would be so relevant over a year later. Now, Joanna Thornhill reminds us that even if your office is just an outdoor table at the end of your bed, it’s still worth making it a space you are happy to spend the day in.
No one wants to stare at a messy workspace at the best of times, least of all when dozing off in bed at the end of the day. But if the bedroom is your only viable space to set up shop, however small the available area, if you’re savvy and organised you can create a spot that functions as a place of productivity without causing nightmares.
For the workspace itself, think about repurposing a piece of furniture that will fit the aesthetic of your bedroom. A bureau or secretaire can work brilliantly, and you can just shut the hatch when you’re not using it. A simple writing desk, console or even small dining table can be a good option, but try to make a raised platform for your monitor (perhaps just a shelf resting on two wooden battens) to ensure that it sits at the correct eye level; you can tuck your keyboard under this when it’s not being used. If your table has no drawers, a basic fabric skirt fixed around the top can hide a multitude of sins, from printers to power cables.
Left: Hiding in plain sight can be a good approach for the bedroom office. Through the use of cute accessories, charming vintage furniture and a pretty overall aesthetic, this study spot is a chic addition rather than an unfortunate eyesore.
Right: An ingenious fold-down wall desk can work wonderfully in a tiny space. A purpose-built unit allows you to keep your laptop and a few other essentials hidden away, while a wall-mounted drop-leaf table or a drop-leaf butterfly table would do a similar job.
Below: Natural materials can offer the perfect counterbalance to a tech-filled study space. Paired with simple floral cuttings and touches of greenery, this work nook looks the opposite of corporate. Clever, subtle tech, such as the lamp that incorporates a wireless charging base, allows the desktop to remain relatively cable-free.
Image © Tiffany Grant-Riley / 91 Magazine
Since space will no doubt be limited, think laterally to make the most of your work nook. If your desk is in an alcove, this can offer the ideal spot to add shelves for storage, but otherwise a ladder-style leaning desk unit may be most efficient, or even a modular shelving system incorporating a desk. Soften the appearance of work paraphernalia such as box files or ring binders by covering them with fabric or wallpaper swatches that tie in with your room decor, and be creative with storage – why not keep archived paperwork in a small vintage suitcase, for example, or stack your printer paper in an old wooden fruit crate?
An ugly office chair will never enhance any bedroom, so consider working from a more visually pleasing dining chair or even a padded stool. If this is your full-time workspace, however, a proper computer chair is best for your body, so shop around for an aesthetically pleasing one (they may be few and far between, but they’re out there). If you’ve already got a bog-standard one, try covering it with a chunky throw when it’s not in use, or make fitted covers in a charming fabric to give it a more homely feel.
Joanna Thornhill, author of My Bedroom is an Office. See Joanna’s Instagram takeover here
If you’re up for a DIY challenge, try converting a cupboard or wardrobe into a bijou office. Add a deep shelf across the whole space at desk height, place additional shelving above for storage, tuck your printer underneath and simply shut the door when you’re done.
This is an extract from My Bedroom is an Office, published in March 2019, by Laurence King Publishing, $29.99, available here.
Mind Travel: Nina Karnikowski Takes You on Your Wildest Journey Yet
Laurence King Publishing, Make a Living Living, Nina Karnikowski, Travel
Words by Nina Karnikowski, author of Make a Living Living, introduction by Bianca Jafari
Nina Karnikowski is one of Australia’s most loved travel writers. Her career has seen her journeying through Mongolia in ex-Russian military vehicles, exploring the Namibian desert in open-sided safari trucks and dodging icebergs in Antarctica in an icebreaker ship. But, for Nina, travel is more than just a job.
Our adventures (imagined, planned or taken) shape a unique part of who we are. They help form our beliefs, expand our way of thinking and provide endless inspiration. With many of the world’s international borders now closed, there’s no obvious replacement to fill the void. Now, Nina brings us one step closer, taking us on a journey that defies physical boundaries.
Nina Karnikowski, photography by Peter Windrim
Last week, I learned a new word. My mum taught it to me, sending me a BBC article she’d read about something called ‘fernweh’. Call it motherly intuition, but it was the exact word I had been searching for. It means, literally, ‘distance sickening’, and nods to that deep craving we all occasionally have to see far-flung places.
‘What if our lust for travel causes us a deep yearning pain, an ache that reminds us we have to get out and see the world?’ asked the BBC article. ‘What if we’re trapped inside our homes because a virus has taken the Earth and its inhabitants hostage, and we feel despair that we simply cannot travel at all?’
The story was a comfort. Having been a travel writer for the past seven years, visiting a dozen countries a year on assignments covering destinations as diverse as Antarctica, India and Zambia, to Japan, Nepal and Peru, the sudden end to this constant wandering has left me feeling stagnant and uninspired.
Reading about ‘fernweh’, though, reminded me how many other travel-hungry humans are stuck in their homes feeling this very same thing – this growing restlessness, this deep thirst for the exotic and the strange and the extraordinary, that seems increasingly far away with every passing day. Maybe, I’ve been thinking, in the absence of real travel and in the face of this very real crisis, we might need to start escaping for some mind travel occasionally, taking inner journeys in the absence of outer ones.
But how do we plan these inner journeys? Well, I think we start by appealing to our senses. This past week, for example, when an intense craving to visit India crept up on me, I brewed pots of sweet masala chai and listened to my favourite Bollywood music and burned nag champa incense and dreamt of the wild adventures I’ll eventually have in the Indian Himalayas when this life pause is over. And yes, I also spent time leafing through the pages of Make a Living Living to find the India tales tucked away in there. It helped.
Mukul Bhatia, one of 26 inspirational creatives featured in Make a Living Living, photography by Aleena Das
Films, books and podcasts are other things we can ‘pack’ for these mental journeys around the globe. Over the past week I’ve escaped to 18th-century Qing dynasty China while watching Ang Lee’s Crouching Tiger, Hidden Dragon, northern India via Wes Anderson’s The Darjeeling Limited, and Greenland, Iceland and Afghanistan during The Secret Life of Walter Mitty. Diving into transportive travel podcasts like Conde Nast Traveller’s Women Who Travel and Travel With Rick Steves has also proven to be a wonderful escape portal. I’ve spent time ‘travelling’ via forgotten coffee table books, to Africa via Peter Beard’s stunning photographs, and India through Steve McCurry’s. I’ve also been dipping into Paul Bowles’s Travels, Collected Writing, 1950-93, covering tales from Morocco to Kenya, Thailand to Sri Lanka and beyond, and Leigh Ann Henion’s Phenomenal, a Hesitant Adventurer’s Search for Wonder in the Natural World, which whisks the reader away to Mexico to witness the great monarch butterfly migration, to Venezuela to see their notorious lightning storms, and Hawai’i to climb active volcanoes.
Photography by Bridget Wood
Mood boarding is another fun way I’ve found to mind travel, grabbing a stack of old magazines, some scissors and glue and a bunch of coloured pencils, as well as found objects like coins, flowers and feathers, and cutting and pasting my way to a faraway land. It’s a way of immersing yourself with a place in a tactile way (I explain in further in one of the eight creativity-stoking exercises peppered throughout Make a Living Living), and could even prove a useful starting point for organising your next journey when we’re all ready to take flight again.
Mood boarding, photography by Peter Windrim
‘From mimic to master’, one of eight exercises in Make a Living Living
Some of the best ‘adventures’ I’ve taken since this all started, though, have been while sitting still. Simply sitting and listening to the sound of my breath in my body has allowed me to not only accept the situation just as it is, and to transform fear into curiosity and creative thinking, but also to cut through the noise and find fresh time and energy to share with those closest to me.
Home meditations and yoga classes via YogaGlo.com have been pulling me out of catastrophic thinking, as have listening to podcasts like Ten Percent Happier by Dan Harris, a practical deep-dive into mindfulness and Buddhism aimed at ambitious modern listeners, and those by Buddhist teacher Tara Brach. These tools have opened up potent periods of stillness and clarity in my days that have made me realise that the greatest adventure any of us might hope to take right now, or perhaps ever, is that of going nowhere at all.
Make a Living Living is for anyone who has ever wished they could build a successful career doing something they love. Structured around the stories of inspiring individuals, from a vegan chocolatier to a nomadic photographer and a tiny-house builder, the book explains how they achieved their ideal existence, and the challenges they faced along the way.
Make a Living Living, published in March 2020, by Laurence King Publishing, $29.99, available here.
Join our Worldwide Collage Party or Host Your Own Extraordinary Virtual Event
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In Extraordinary Things to Cut Out and Collage, artist Maria Rivans has sourced over 1,500 interesting images that can be combined to make one-of-a-kind works of art.
The word collage describes both the technique and the resulting work of art in which pieces of paper, photographs, fabric and other ephemera are arranged and stuck down onto a supporting surface. With roots in the early twentieth century Dadaism movement, collaging was popularised by famous artists like Man Ray and Hannah Höch. It has since evolved into a lasting art form that can be found everywhere from teen girls’ bedroom walls to the mood boards that inspire the new collections of illustrious fashion houses.
What do I need to get start a collage?
A collage party is the perfect feel-good activity regardless of whether you are gathered at the same kitchen table or video chatting from afar. The beauty of collage is that you probably already have enough material laying around the house — old magazines, family photos, wrapping paper, newspaper clippings, food packaging.
You can organise a virtual collage party with your friends on video platforms like Zoom or Houseparty. With some good tunes in the background and a cup of tea (or glass of wine!) by your side, it won’t be long before you’re all lost in the bizarre world of collage.
If you’re staying home with young artists, collage is the perfect way to occupy an afternoon. With a bit of help with the scissors, little hands will love choosing their images and getting messy with the glue.
It’s time to get started! For inspiration, check out our author Maria Rivans or incredible Australian artists Madelaine Buttini and Karen Lynch.
Juno by Maria Rivans
Share your work with #ExtraordinaryCollage
On Thursday 2nd of April, Laurence King Publishing are hosting a worldwide virtual collage party and you’re invited.
Simply share your collage masterpiece on Instagram with the #ExtraordinaryCollage for a chance to win a copy of Extraordinary Things to Cut Out and Collage. Maria Rivans will be choosing five winners on April 14th.
This is an extract from Extraordinary Things to Cut Out and Collage by Maria Rivans.
Published in March 2020, by Laurence King Publishing, $29.99, available here.
Jonathan Drori takes us Around the World in 80 Trees
Laurence King Publishing, Trees
Trees are one of humanity’s most constant and most varied companions. From India’s sacred banyan tree to the fragrant cedar of Lebanon, they offer us sanctuary and inspiration – not to mention the raw materials for everything from aspirin to maple syrup.
Jonathan Drori’s bestselling book, Around the World in 80 Trees, is now available in paperback. In this extract, we take a closer look at something local, the Jarrah, and then journey to Iran to hear about the origins of the pomegranate.
Eucalyptus marginata, Western Australia
Jarrah: a name that sounds quintessentially Australian. The word comes from the Nyungar language of the continent’s far southwest. In pre-colonial times, there were millions of acres of jarrah forest on the leached soils of what is now called the Darling Plateau. It is a majestic tree, easily 40 metres (130 feet) high and its trunk 2 metres (6 feet) across, with rough, very dark-brown bark. Gloriously fragrant flowers, miniature white starbursts, festoon the tree in clusters of ten or so, attracting bees, which make a distinctively malty, caramel-flavoured honey from its nectar. Jarrah is the linchpin of an important and complex forest ecosystem, home to unspeakably cute marsupials with names to delight any Scrabble player: the numbat, the potoroo, the quoll and the quenda.
Jarrah trees are long-lived – at least 500 years and up to a millennium or more – if they get the chance. British colonists quickly saw the value in the rich red jarrah wood, which was immensely strong and resistant to rot, insects, wind and water. It was eagerly taken up for shipbuilding and harbour pilings. When convicts arrived en masse from 1850, the fl ood of cheap labour meant that jarrah could be exported across the British Empire to feed its insatiable appetite for railway sleepers and other durable infrastructure such as telegraph poles, wharves and even tea sheds. A network of steam-powered sawmills and railways sprang up to extract the timber.
On the other side of the world, Londoners were trying to work out
what to use to pave their roads, which by the 1880s were hectic with horsedrawn traffic. Stone blocks and cobblestones were deployed on substantial sections of main roads, but they were expensive and caused horses to slip and skitter in the city’s frequent rain. Tarmac, known then as macadam, would still need another few decades of development before it was robust enough. Then there was wood. Softwood deal and pine paving from the Baltic had advantages over stone: it was much quieter, more easily swept and kinder to horses’ hooves. But those woods wore and rotted quickly, and would soak up the swill of equine urine and ordure and, under pressure from a heavy wheel, squirt it out at passers-by. Unsurprisingly, then, when jarrah wood was exhibited in 1886 at the Indian and Colonial Exhibition in London and advertised as a durable paving material, there was immediate interest. It turned out to be extraordinarily hardwearing, losing only 3 millimetres (1∕8 inch) a year on busy roads. Lasting decades and blessedly non-porous, it was popular with man and beast alike. By 1897, despite the huge shipping costs and distance, some 30 kilometres (20 miles) of London’s busiest and swankiest streets had been clad in Australian jarrah wood – millions and millions of blocks, mostly laid over concrete. Back in Australia, the huge demand spawned many competing and unregulated jarrah-wood companies. Competitors repeatedly dropped their prices to gain orders, to the point that in 1900 Australian jarrah was being sold in England for less than vastly inferior woods brought from nearby Sweden. It was a lucrative but ludicrously unsustainable business; the forests could never withstand such rapacious exploitation. Despite the rapid forest loss, it wasn’t until the end of World War I that laws were introduced to manage more sensibly the trees that remained. And while asphalt replaced wooden paving blocks soon afterwards, the demand for jarrah timber for construction work never went away.
Aside from a few spectacular protected areas, most of the jarrah forests are gone now, felled for timber or to make way for agriculture and mining. What is left is at risk from global warming and the cascade of complex changes that come with it. The fungus-like organism Phytophthora cinnamomi is causing deadly dieback, and in summer there are increasingly frequent droughts and heatwaves. The original unbridled exploitation of jarrah and the depletion of its fragile ecosystem coincided with the demise of Nyungar culture. The remaining jarrah is again in danger, this time from climate change, to which we all contribute and by which all cultures are threatened.
Punica granatum, Iran
Pomegranates feature frequently in writings from ancient Egypt and classical Greece, in the Old Testament and Babylonian Talmud, and in the Qur’an. Their abundance of seeds and juice consistently link the fruit to fertility. The ancestors of the cultivated pomegranate grew several thousand years ago in arid, hilly regions between Iran and northern India, and today’s cultivars still prefer hot days and cool nights. Small, many-branched trees of 5–12 metres (16–40 feet), with shiny leaves of deep green, they are long-lived, perhaps to 200 years. Pomegranate flowers are a sight to behold. Distinctive calyxes, protective layers around the base of each flower, form sturdy funnels from which crumpled petals burst exuberantly in lurid shades of scarlet and crimson.
Pomegranate fruit range in colour from yellow with a blush of pink to burnished rose or even maroon. They have a tough, leathery skin, ensuring the fruit last well after picking; historically, they were a refreshment taken on long journeys. Inside, held within a spongy cream membrane, are hundreds of seeds, each within a juicy sarcotesta (a swollen seed coat), ranging from translucent pink to deep purple. The turgid grains interlock satisfyingly with one another – a triumph of efficient packing – and the juice within each one is delectably sweet, tart and mildly astringent. These are ample compensations for the dry woodiness of the seeds and the dilemma, for some, of whether to spit or swallow.
While fresh pomegranate fruit, juice and cordials are widely available from the western Mediterranean to south Asia, the Iranians have truly embraced pomegranate culture. Specialist stalls stock juice from different cultivars. Mounds of seeds – fresh, dried or frozen – are ready to be sprinkled on top of juice or ice cream, sometimes with a pinch of thyme. In autumn, fresh juice is boiled until it thickens into dark-brown molasses, a key ingredient of khoresht fesenjan, a chicken and walnut stew. And of course, Tehran has the requisite annual pomegranate festival.
Pomegranates have a reputation for health benefits. Traditional uses for diarrhoea, dysentery and intestinal parasites are long established, and the fruit contains antioxidants that are likely to be beneficial; some gung-ho anti-cancer and anti-ageing claims, however, require better evidence. But perhaps we shouldn’t dismiss the psychological benefits of a fruit whose consumption requires our undivided attention.
Jonathan Drori is a Trustee of The Woodland Trust and The Eden Project, an Ambassador for the WWF and was for nine years a Trustee of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. He is a Fellow of the Linnean Society and the Zoological Society of London, and a Member of the Institution of Engineering and Technology. In 2006 he was made CBE. You can read his full biography here or listen to his TED talks here.
This is an extract from Around the World in 80 Trees. Text by Jonathan Drori and illustrations by Lucille Clerc.
Around the World in 80 Trees paperback edition, published March 2020, by Laurence King Publishing, $24.99, available here.
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Former DNI angered Trump by telling House members that Russia was trying to get him elected in 2020, so he was fired and replaced.
By Gryphen|2020-02-20T14:24:25-09:00February 20th, 2020|Categories: News|Tags: Donald Trump, intelligence agencies, Joseph Maguire, New York Times|12 Comments
So that’s why the DNI was so abruptly replaced!
Courtesy of NYT:
Intelligence officials warned House lawmakers last week that Russia was interfering in the 2020 campaign to try to get President Trump re-elected, five people familiar with the matter said, in a disclosure that angered Mr. Trump, who complained that Democrats would use it against him.
The day after the Feb. 13 briefing to lawmakers, Mr. Trump berated Joseph Maguire, the outgoing acting director of national intelligence, for allowing it to take place, people familiar with the exchange said. Mr. Trump cited the presence in the briefing of Representative Adam B. Schiff, the California Democrat who led the impeachment proceedings against him, as a particular irritant.
During the briefing to the House Intelligence Committee, Mr. Trump’s allies challenged the conclusions, arguing that Mr. Trump has been tough on Russia and strengthened European security. Some intelligence officials viewed the briefing as a tactical error, saying that had the official who delivered the conclusion spoken less pointedly or left it out, they would have avoided angering the Republicans.
That intelligence official, Shelby Pierson, is an aide to Mr. Maguire who has a reputation of delivering intelligence in somewhat blunt terms. The president announced on Wednesday that he was replacing Mr. Maguire with Richard Grenell, the ambassador to Germany and long an aggressively vocal Trump supporter.
Another article from NYT had more:
Mr. Trump has long accused the intelligence community’s assessment of Russia’s 2016 interference as the work of a “deep-state” conspiracy intent on undermining the validity of his election. Intelligence officials feel burned by their experience after the last election, where their work became subject of intense political debate and is now a focus of a Justice Department investigation.
Part of the president’s anger over the intelligence briefing stemmed from the administration’s reluctance to provide sensitive information to Mr. Schiff. He has been a leading critic of Mr. Trump since 2016, doggedly investigating Russian election interference and later leading the impeachment inquiry into the president’s dealings with Ukraine.
After asking about the briefing that the Office of the Director of National Intelligence and other agencies gave to the House, Mr. Trump complained that Mr. Schiff would “weaponize” the intelligence about Russia’s support for him, according to a person familiar with the briefing. And he was angry that no one had told him sooner about the briefing, the person said.
It should be noted that Maguire believed his job was secure up until he gave this briefing which challenges the assertions by the administration officials claiming that he was already on his way out.
Based on recent events I have no doubt that Maguire was fired for daring to tell Congress that Russia was still working to keep Trump in office.
So this is just another example of Trump trying to keep information about Russia’s interference away from House Democrats.
Not that the Democrats in Congress can do anything about it since every single one of their bills for improving cyber security and protecting election integrity are currently stuck in the purgatory which is Mitch McConnell’s desk.
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And he was replaced with a trump ass kisser, so good by to the intelligence agencies and hello putin you can do what you want.
I want to know what putin promised trump besides the presidency, that isn’t enough for the dictator, there must be more and I am sure it has some monetary value because that is all trump understands.
We need to get all anti trump people out to vote and over whelm the system so they can cheat, I don’t think our country can take another 4 years of trump, we also need to take the senate so if putin does win, we can impeach trump again, this time for treason.
AGAIN, republicans also too blocking election security bills. Are citizens in this country that effing stupid? Rhetorical question.
Most assuredly.
Anon February 20, 2020 at 4:46 pm
He told the truth, and his job was “killed”.
Who else do we know who told the truth, and was killed?
There’s a lot of people here that have no use for it, told off about it on occasion, but end times descriptions in The Bible.
I don’t know….who ARE these people. I do know that I wouldn’t cross the street to see any of them, politicians and celebrity types alike.
I’m trying to make it through a day with the real people that make this world what it is.
BERNIEGIEG February 20, 2020 at 5:35 pm
Hillary won.
2nd place.
Paul February 20, 2020 at 6:11 pm
In case it wasn’t already apparent, this move by trump shows that we are very close to, if not already in, an autocracy. Thanks to republicans, congress is incapable of controlling trump, and the SCOTUS so far has refused to take any action, not that it would mean anything to trump. I fear that this will only get worse, and that the November elections will be so compromised by the Russians that even if trump is defeated by millions of votes and loses the electoral college, he will somehow still “win.” At that point, our republic and our constitution will be dead.
You should look up, the sky hasn’t fallen despite all the dire predictions since 2016 Paul.
In fact the Country and economy are doing quite well. Quite well.
Luckily it seems we are likely to continue moving the Country in a positive direction for another term.
Hopefully by then all these newly minted brainwashed lazy communists will have taken showers and gotten real jobs in the real world, and realize self reliance and responsibility isn’t hard or scary.
Miss Demeanor February 21, 2020 at 9:23 am
What the fuck do you think Putin was/is under Gorbachov, fool? A COMMUNIST!
Can’t you taste it?
mike from iowa February 21, 2020 at 11:35 am
My best guess is Congressional Intel committee is required to be briefed about important intel news. Now our intel will be decided by the dumbest son of a bitch to infest the former White house., ever.
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By: George Buid 14 Oct 2019 30 Mar 2020
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Filipino fashion teachers on sustainability
Where is the best place to start talking about ‘sustainable fashion’? School.
by George Buid
An exhibit of the fashion students at the College of Fine Arts and Design of the University of Santo Tomas. © UST
The fashion industry is one of the biggest contributors to the pollution affecting our natural world. This is not news. But there are people who are attempting to address this. Case in point: fashion schools.
In a country like the Philippines, whose plastic pollution ranks third, after Indonesia and China, it is no surprise that schools feel the responsibility to take part in sustainability efforts. Fashion schools like Institute of Creative Entrepreneurship: Fashion, Arts and Design (ICE-FAD) and College of Fine Arts and Design at the University of Santo Tomas (CFAD-UST) have done so.
On September 28, ICE-FAD introduced their new breed of fashion designers, who were taught about sustainable fashion through upcycling, one of their methods to introduce the concept of ‘circular economy’ to their students.
Each piece was made out of clippings and/or recycled fabrics from old clothes. Most of them are handsewn by students with the guidance and support of mentors from ICE-FAD.
Irene Grace Subang, a fashion teacher, says: “As an educator and designer, I believe it is my duty to my students to inform them about the global pollution the fashion industry is causing. Experiment with solutions we can both work with, towards sustainability, and inspire them to take up the cause with me as sustainable fashion warriors.”
Upcycled design by one of the students of Institute of Creative Entrepreneurship: Fashion, Arts and Design (ICE-FAD). © GEORGE BUID
Irene has given lectures on sustainable fashion at ICE-FAD, iAcademy, and SoFA Design Institute, among others. The challenge that Irene faces is that clothes are still made using traditional processes; sustainable fashion is still novel to most designers, production companies, and manufacturers. To cope with these challenges, she immerses her students in films and workshops about sustainability and the cost of clothing retail manufacturing to global pollution.
Though wastage cannot be avoided, she encourages them to upcycle their scrap into something beautiful. The True Cost, for instance, was one of the documentary films she showed her class, as it encapsulates everything wrong with the way we consume and produce clothes.
Monina Tan-Santiago, CEO of ICE-FAD, shares her thoughts on why ICE-FAD included sustainable fashion in their curriculum. “We decided to include sustainability in our curriculum, because ICE believes that to help solve or ease our ecological crisis, we should begin with education,” she says.
“As educators in the fashion industry, we believe that we must do our part in educating future designers and entrepreneurs on their role in reducing carbon footprint in order to ensure a sustainable future for the next generation.”
However, Monina says that the fashion industry in the Philippines, not just students or designers, also need to fully embrace the practice. “The availability and cost of sustainable fabrics are also some of the challenges we are facing,” she adds.
Meanwhile, Reah Benedicta Goodwin, a college instructor at the CFAD-UST, has also championed discussions on sustainable fashion in her university. “I saw first hand how wasteful this industry is while I was working in the industry back in L.A. several years ago. Back then, very few people or organisations cared about sustainable or ethical fashion. That was during the height of fast fashion. Consumers cared more for trend, quantity and variety.”
“When I came back here, I saw the influx of thrift stores and eventually learned where most of them came from. That time I was already upcycling many of my clothing,” she adds.
“I had the opportunity to interject the concept of upcycling when I was given the Fashion Elective load at UST CFAD. I saw this as a perfect venue to teach our students how to be responsible designers by not only caring about the design aesthetics but by being mindful of the sources of their products as well as how it will impact the environment and the people.”
Much like the instructors at ICE, Reah says teaching sustainable fashion is not without its difficulties. She explains: “My biggest limitation is time: both the time to teach such a big concept and the time to monitor if what I taught them made enough impact for them to practice [sustainable methods like upcycling] in real life. As an instructor, I measure the success of a lesson when our students practice a concept even after I have graded them.”
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An Evening with Lou Barlow
A local event of national importance
April 10, 2019 by
My review of Lou Barlow’s somewhat unexpected and very intimate visit to nearby Fruita was published in Ink 19 today: An Evening with Lou Barlow
A message of Lacking Importance
It is the ending of the year, and while it is a good time to reflect on past accomplishments (which you are welcome to do by browsing through the playlists and assorted details, I am filled with that Lacking Excitement to announce that starting in 2019, yours truly and The Lacking Organization will be on the air every Tuesday night from 9 pm to Midnight on KAFM in radiowave format in Colorado’s Grand Valley and streaming online at kafmradio.org.
This will be of no help to those that keep a regular daylight schedule, suitable for a modern hunter/gathererer, but a great boon to those who crave predictability and would like to schedule their Tuesday evenings with bravado, knowing they can rely for an approriately non-sequential soundtrack for their chosen activity. Whatever your mode of consumption, you can now rely on that Lacking Consistency to deliver three hours of fresh tracks and obscure audio fossils every week for streaming at Radio Free America.
An updated schedule of upcoming engagements, and instructions for engaging in synchronous and asynchronous manner, is available at the Radio Activity page.
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Charge up your Friday Morning
I will be present on the air this coming Friday morning (August 10) from 6am to 9am (Mountain time), attempting my best to assist the navigation of the deep, frightening valley between waking and coffee, or whatever routine you choose to establish your presence upon this sphere.
Plans call for the selection of minimalist compositions, mostly of electronic nature, at varying levels of energy. I’ll do my best to ramp things up from gentle awakening to out and out rambunctious. Join me for the whole ride, or tune in as appropriate on KAFM 88.1 / 96.9 or kafmradio.org.
A schedule of upcoming engagements is available at the Radio Activity page.
Site Relaunch!
...and also a slight move
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After a nearly three-year hiatus of neglect, this fountain of all things Lacking, spraying its particulate knowledge up in the air and in a lateral direction as determinate as where the wind blows, is back in business, at a shiny new permanent domain featuring a non-standard tertiary domain, and it even has SSL.
The site’s much improved Experience-for-the-User is courtesy of the team at The Gigantico – we are truly grateful for their efforts in turning this heaping pile of tags and code into something resembling an actual Websyte. Along with the fresh new design, this update brings some new site features, including The Lacking Details (a series of brief reviews of current and favorite albums), hyphenation, a schedule of upcoming radio engagements, much improved appearance on smaller screens, and many other enhancements too subtle and varied to enumerate.
Commencing a Hiatus
Westward ho!
It's a hop, skip, jump, and 2,300 miles away
I would like to thank everyone for their support throughout the years and their kind words regading this haphazard sonic corner of the Florida Airwaves and myself, your host. After nearly 30 years in the Space Coast, your host is relocating to the high deserts of Western Colorado.
Fear not! Opportunities abound, and exploratory parties have already identified options to ensure the restarting and continuance of The Lacking Organization. Stay tuned to this space for updates!
Announcement: A podcaste!
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Welcome, curious brethren, to the steam-trunk of compartments and crannies that is Julius C. Lacking’s Unique Musique Emporium, a Scientifick Podcaste! While the quick-witted amongst you instantly query whether this Podcaste has anything to do with science, or mayhap the addition of an ending ‘k’ lends an air of irony, or perhaps olde-tymeness, the slower are rooting around for the promised refreshments. Neither group shall find what they quest for, whatever that may be!
This humble Jockey of Disks is merely plumbing the depths of his audio archive, processing the ill-conceived Silver Discus into the Platonic ideal of the code of Binary, and passing along the choicest tidbits to you, the avid and by now befuddled listener. As you navigate the chronological plane of our Universe, you will be exposed to a multifaceted prime number of tracks, perhaps with your Gracious Host rambling at the start of proceedings.
Now, begone all of you, the Jockey grows tired. Subscribulate to the RSS (which stands for Rectified Station Selector, I am told) with your favorite Podcaste Application Device and allow your ears to witness this magnificence!
Welcome to the Lacking Organization!
Everything needs an origin story
It is a miracle indeed that the mathematically deranged output of a process of organization can make it onto the public airwaves! But far more miraculous that there is a Reader out there, presumably besides myself, who is interested in such a thing. This scenario, necessitating the creation of this page would be unfathomable, had it just not been fathomed. By myself, no less. I hope the preparation for this eventuality, which is to follow, is adequate.
The Lacking Organization is a methodical excursion into the arrangement of a haphazard disc collection. The disc collection is mine, and its haphazard nature is due to a miscalculation of engineering.
You see, at one time, there was Order and Countability to the Collection. I use these terms in the mathematical sense – as the Collection enjoys a rate of Aggregation far steeper than its rate of Disposition, it is for all calculations apparently infinite. No, in this case, it was Countable only because there was an Order.
To experience this phenomenon, count from One to Twenty. Aha! You were able to do so, and smirk to yourself at the ease of this task, by virtue of the knowledge that one Number follows another. Attempt to repeat the task, this time by enumerating the integers completely out of Order. Not as breezy now!
A mistaken conversion between Metric and English measurements yielded an unfortunately weakened juncture in the Shelving System which was to house the Collection and maintain its precious Order. As the last disc was ensconced into this marvel of modern media furnishings, the treachery of the English measurement system was apparent, as the originally rectangular unit began taking on a far more parallelogram-like form.
Disaster was imminent, and within seconds, the Collection had suffered a Metaphysical Transformation. The physical embodiment of the music – the aggregated discs and corresponding artwork – remained identical. However, the very Order that made it a Collection, and not a mere shitload of records, was gone. O, evanescent Order!
Soldiering on, I’ve commenced the process of restoring Order into the collection, breathing a soul into the haphazard sets that are currently arranged by mere physical proximity to each other. As anyone familiar with such a process knows, it is not possible to sort records. They must be listened to!
Hence, this show. I have chosen to undergo this Sisyphean task ON THE AIR, and WFIT FM has agreed to be complicit in the process. Witness, with your very own ears, the process whereby Order is restored. Listen, and experience de-derangement firsthand!
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Atomic Verification Via Private Key Locked Bitcoin Transactions
The smart contract technology permits the creation of new protocols that can be implemented on top of bitcoin’s protocol itself. This signals the development of complex scripts, that are far beyond the requirement of a single digital signature. A research paper, which has been published a few days ago, introduced a new concept of private key locked bitcoin transactions, which represents an innovative type of transactions that permit atomic verification of a specific private key (which belongs to an asymmetric pair of keys) throughout the process of execution of the script.
What Are Private Key Locked Bitcoin Transactions?
Although the present hash locked bitcoin transactions permit the usage of a symmetric key to unlock the value of a transaction, or even a private key that belongs to an asymmetric pair of keys, considering that a private key can only be verified using the correspondent public key can inspire the development of a more secure and simple approach.
Symmetric keys are forms of arbitrary characters, as they are strings of bits. Consequently, the only way to certify the validity of a given symmetric key is to confirm that it successfully decrypts data which was initially encrypted using that same key.
On the other hand, anyone can check if a private key and a public key match a pair. This can easily be achieved using the Elliptic Curve Digital Signature Algorithm ECDSA; you just have to multiply, the integer that represents a given private key, by a base point on the elliptic curve, a predefined system parameter, which would result in a point on the curve that corresponds to the public key. The bitcoin protocol uses a secp256k1 implementation to formulate ECDSA operations which includes a mathematical function that multiplies a given generator by a specific scalar (secp256k1_ecmult_gen). This function is utilized to calculate ECDSA digital signatures.
By developing novel bitcoin opcodes, a new crypto opcode can be implemented to perform this validation statement OP_CHECKKEYPAIRVERIFY which will pop outside the two values of privKey and pubKey, which correspond to ECDSA’s private key and public key respectively) and verify that the two keys match a pair. Alternatively, if the two keys match a pair, the opcode will roll back to the stack’s two operands and the transaction execution process will start.
OP_CHECKKEYPAIRVERIFY execution would fail whenever the validation process doesn’t ensue and so, the stack would remain unchanged. This will guarantee that the opcode can only be implemented in the form of a soft fork via utilizing one of the unused OP_NOPx opcode, in a way that closely resembles what has been done previously with OP_ CHECKLOCKTIMEVERIFY (OP NOP2) and OP_CHECKSEQUENCEVERIFY (OP NOP3).
Utilizing this new form of opcode can construct a transaction output in a way that will only be executed, if and only if, the private key and the public key in question match a pair. The following represents a scriptPubKey of such transaction output along with the scriptSig required to spend it:
ScriptPubKey: pubKey OP_CHECKKEYPAIRVERIFY OP_NIP OP_CHECKSIG
ScriptSig: sig privKey
The script will initially confirm that the private and public keys represent a matching key pair. It is worth mentioning that the stack value will remain unchanged, if the validation process is completed successfully. Accordingly, before confirming the signature validity via OP_CHECKSIG, the value of the private key should be taken off the stack, due to the fact that it is not needed throughout the process of signature validation. On the other hand, executing OP_NIP will take the private key off the stack. In the end, OP_CHECKSIG will start the process of signature validation with the corresponding public key. When the signature is validated successfully, the script will terminate and the funds will be redeemed by the predesigned payment receiver.
Although utilizing the proposed OP_CHECKKEYPAIRVERIFY opcode is seemingly useful in the creation of bitcoin smart contracts, practically speaking, this opcode is nonexistent. OP_CHECKKEYPAIRVERIFY can be proposed in the form of a BIP. Meanwhile, the authors of the paper proposed using an existent ECDSA vulnerability to achieve the same goal, which is creating transaction outputs that are reliant on revealing specific private keys to be successfully spent and redeemed. This vulnerability is an innate property of the ECDSA signature scheme, which permits sound implementation of the key verification process.
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Trump Impeached For 2nd Time, Senate May Hold Trial After He Leaves
Unlike Trump's first impeachment, which proceeded with almost no GOP support, Wednesday's effort attracted 10 Republicans, including Rep. Liz Cheney, the No. 3 party leader in the House.
The House made history Wednesday by impeaching a president for a second time, indicting President Donald Trump a week before he leaves office for inciting a riot with false claims of a stolen election that led to the storming of the Capitol and five deaths.
Unlike Trump's first impeachment, which proceeded with almost no GOP support, Wednesday's effort attracted 10 Republicans, including Rep. Liz Cheney, the No. 3 party leader in the House. The Senate now appears likely to hold a trial after Trump's departure, an unprecedented scenario that could end with lawmakers barring him from holding the presidency again.
The final vote was 232-197.
One of the final dramas of a tumultuous presidency, the impeachment unfolded against the backdrop of near-chaos in the House and uncertainty about where Trump's exit leaves the GOP. Democrats and Republicans exchanged accusations and name-calling throughout the day, while Trump loyalists were livid at fellow Republicans who broke ranks - especially Cheney - leaving the party's leadership shaken.
But despite the emotions stirred by the Capitol assault, the great majority of Republicans stood by the president, including Minority Leader Kevin McCarthy, R-Calif.. He argued on the House floor that while Trump bears responsibility for the attack on the Capitol, the snap impeachment would only "further fan the flames of partisan division."
McCarthy for the first time publicly endorsed a censure for Trump, but the call came too late to serve as an effective alternative to impeachment.
House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., and other Democrats made it clear Wednesday that censure would not suffice given the circumstances, with Trump riling up his supporters with false claims of election fraud, then urging them to march on Congress as it was certifying President-elect Joe Biden's victory.
"He must go," Pelosi said. "He is a clear and present danger to the nation that we all love."
The House took its final vote Wednesday afternoon, one week after the riot and just two days after the impeachment resolution was filed. It was a stunningly swift response from a House that took nearly three months to impeach Trump in 2019 on charges of abuse of power and contempt of Congress.
But with just seven days remaining in Trump's term, it became increasingly certain Wednesday that Trump would not be removed from office prematurely. The impeachment resolution for "incitement of insurrection," however, also seeks Trump's future "disqualification to hold and enjoy any office of honor, trust, or profit under the United States."
The focus will now turn to how the trial will unfold in the Senate, which has never before held an impeachment trial for a former president.
Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., refused a request from Minority Leader Charles Schumer, D-N.Y., to reconvene the Senate early to launch Trump's trial. That means it can start the proceedings no sooner than Jan. 19 - a day before Biden's inauguration.
McConnell, who signaled through advisers Tuesday that he would be open to a possible conviction, said in a memo released as the House debated that there was no chance that a trial could be fairly concluded before the inauguration, even if he agreed to Schumer's request. Previous presidential impeachment trials, he noted, took 83, 37 and 21 days.
McConnell pointedly left open the possibility that he might vote to convict Trump.
"I have not made a final decision on how I will vote and I intend to listen to the legal arguments when they are presented to the Senate," he said in the note, first sent to his fellow Republican senators.
Schumer, for his part, suggested determination to hold the trial even with Trump gone from the White House. "Make no mistake, there will be an impeachment trial in the United States Senate; there will be a vote on convicting the president for high crimes and misdemeanors; and if the president is convicted, there will be a vote on barring him from running again," he said.
McCarthy called on the House floor for Trump to "quell the brewing unrest," and with Republican votes in the balance, Trump quickly issued a brief written statement: "I urge that there must be NO violence, NO lawbreaking and NO vandalism of any kind," he said. "That is not what I stand for, and it is not what America stands for. I call on ALL Americans to help ease tensions and calm tempers."
Later Wednesday evening, Trump issued a five-minute video denouncing the protesters: "Mob violence goes against everything I believe in, and everything our movement stands for. No true supporter of mine could ever endorse political violence."
But the statements came too late for the clutch of Republicans who voted to impeach. Instead, several cited his impromptu remarks the previous day claiming his actions had been "totally appropriate."
The Republicans who broke from Trump included senior leaders such as Cheney, the Republican conference chairwoman; Rep. John Katko of New York, the top GOP member of the Homeland Security Committee; and Rep. Fred Upton of Michigan, a former chairman of the Energy and Commerce Committee. But junior members such as freshman Rep. Peter Meijer of Michigan and second-term Rep. Anthony Gonzalez of Ohio also voted for impeachment.
Some, such as Rep. Adam Kinzinger of Illinois, have been sharply critical of Trump in the past. Others, such as Rep. Tom Rice of South Carolina, have hardly ever said a cross word about him.
"I have backed this President through thick and thin for four years. I campaigned for him and voted for him twice," Rice said in a statement. "But, this utter failure is inexcusable."
Other Republicans voting to impeach Trump were Reps. Jaime Herrera Beutler of Washington, Dan Newhouse of Washington and David Valadao of California.
Rep. Jim Jordan, R-Ohio, one of Trump's staunchest defenders, said the fact that only nine Republicans joined Cheney, and the dam did not break in a more dramatic way, showed that Trump retained wide support within the GOP.
Asked if Trump could still be an effective leader of the party, Jordan said, "Of course he is. Of course he is. His support is strong because the American people appreciated that over the past four years he did more of what he said he would do than any president in my lifetime."
Several other Republicans declined to comment on Trump's future, saying instead that the lopsided GOP vote reflected concerns about the impeachment process and the political environment.
"It actually represents a feeling among Republicans - even Republicans who are disappointed with this president - that with only seven days left to go in his term and with the toxic political environment being what it is, that there's a real need in the country to lower the temperature," said Rep. Garland "Andy" Barr, R-Ky. "This is viewed by a lot of Americans as an act of political vengeance."
Many GOP members said they were struggling to reconcile their anger at last week's events, and Trump's culpability in them, with their fears of escalating violence and threats directed at lawmakers.
"This isn't a fun time, that's for sure," said Valadao, who said he was undecided just hours before voting to impeach.
Democrats encouraged the handful of Republicans who came to the floor Wednesday in support of impeachment. When Newhouse broke publicly with Trump on the House floor, colleagues across the aisle delivered applause.
"These articles of impeachment are flawed, but I will not use process as an excuse," he said. "There is no excuse for President Trump's actions."
But most Republicans speaking Wednesday put little distance between themselves and Trump. Many sidestepped the actual charge against Trump, instead arguing that the Democrats were being divisive and that impeachment was unnecessary so close to Trump's departure.
Rep. Andy Biggs, R-Ariz., leader of the pro-Trump House Freedom Caucus who had embraced the "Stop the Steal" effort that culminated in the Jan. 6 rally, warned Democrats that they would only embolden Trump supporters.
"You believe that your hunger will be finally satiated by impeaching this president without completion of his full term of office," Biggs said. "Instead of stopping the Trump train, his movement will grow stronger, for you will have made him a martyr."
The scene in the Capitol highlighted how fluid the political landscape has become one week before the departure of a president who has aggressively shaken up politics for four years. Cheney and Jordan were emerging as leaders of what are roughly anti- and pro-Trump factions of the GOP, with the party's nominal leader, McCarthy, somewhere in the middle.
Democrats, meanwhile, face what is likely to be Pelosi's last term as speaker without a clear successor and with the narrowest congressional majority in decades - often a recipe for trouble as voters' expectations exceed a party's ability to deliver.
In a sign of the House GOP's tenuous political standing, McCarthy convened a call about two hours after the vote with his top financial donors. A slew of Fortune 500 companies in recent days have sworn off donations to the Republicans who voted to overturn the electoral college results, a group that includes McCarthy.
McCarthy told the donors that he called Biden on Tuesday and "pledged to work together" with the new administration, according to a participant in the call, who spoke on the condition of anonymity to discuss the private call.
McCarthy also tried to reassure the wealthy contributors that he rejected the conspiracy theory that antifa was responsible for last week's violence and said Trump deserved "some of the responsibility" for the attacks.
The most immediate fallout from the impeachment effort appears likely to occur inside the Republican Party, as several Trump loyalists called for Cheney to immediately resign her leadership position. A petition for her resignation circulated among GOP offices in the Capitol as hard-right members seethed over her role in backing Trump's ouster.
Cheney on Wednesday insisted she would not resign: "I'm not going anywhere," she told reporters. "Our nation is facing an unprecedented, since the Civil War, constitutional crisis. That's what we need to be focused on."
Democrats, meanwhile, prepared for a new governing reality - with Biden assuming the presidency in a week and Democrats taking the narrowest of Senate majorities, with Vice President-elect Kamala Harris poised to break 50-50 ties.
With some Democrats openly floating a delay in transmission of the impeachment measure to allow the Senate to confirm at least some of Biden's Cabinet nominees, Pelosi on Wednesday did not respond to questions about her plans.
Some Republicans predicted that their internal bloodletting over Trump would soon be swept aside once Democrats take unified control in Washington.
"We're going to get through this, and we're going to be united, because Speaker Pelosi is going to bring some very dangerous policy to the House floor that's frankly going to divide them and unite us," said Rep. Richard Hudson, R-N.C., a junior member of the party leadership.
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World’s oldest python’s fossils found; origin lies in Europe
ISLAMABAD-Together with his colleague Hussam Zaher of the University in São Paulo, Senckenberg scientist Krister Smith described the world’s oldest known fossils of a python. The almost completely preserved snakes with a length around one meter were discovered in the UNESCO World Heritage Site “Messel Pit” and are about 47 million years old. The new python species, Messelopython freyi, was named in honor of paleontologist Eberhard “Dino” Frey of the State Museum of Natural History in Karlsruhe. The study was published recently in the scientific journal Biology Letters.Reaching a length of more than six meters, pythons are among the world’s largest snakes. Today, various species of these constrictors are found primarily in Africa, Southern and Southeast Asia, and Australia. “The geographic origin of pythons is still not clear. The discovery of a new python species in the Messel Pit is therefore a major leap forward in understanding these snakes’ evolutionary history,” explains Dr. Krister Smith of the Senckenberg Research Institute and Natural History Museum in Frankfurt.
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Kaimai overnighter
Tramping FreakTramping Freak • 12 November 2014 20:42
A well intended overnighter that became the most difficult track that my mate and I have ever done.
Where to start? Well me and my mate Cam had planned a hike from the Karangahake gorge end of the Kaimai's to the Country road "track" and then onto Mangakino Stream track to the Mangakino Shelter.
we were well equipped with spare food and a PLB. We headed off at 9:15am on Saturday 8th November. What we weren't aware of was the condition of the "country" road track.
There were numerous points of this track that a chainsaw was needed to remove heavy foliage and more than 20 fallen trees. There was even several parts where due to the lack of track maintenance the track just simply disappears on you.
I haven't been able to find any printed map that highlights the difficulty of this track, especially in the condition it is in, even the descriptions on the DOC website just simply say it is a tramping track. What a load of palaver!
When we finally got to the marker at the junction of Mangakino Track and the "country" road track, someone had removed the "o" and the "ry" to eloquently describe how they felt about the track. I and my mate thoroughly agree and we are ashamed that a track that can be accessed so easily by tourists is in such a pathetic state of repair. It is no wonder so many tourists get lost on our "tracks"
By the time we had reached the next junction of the stream crossing to Mangakino and Dickey Flats it was 3pm and 14 kms. Needless to say we diverted our path to Dickey Flat campground for the night. Thoroughly exhausted by all the scrambling and climbing and fighting our way through overgrown tracks. It was just as well we had enough fitness and experience to see us through.
What DOC should do is hurry their plans to change the condition of the tracks in the Kaimai Ranges so people can enjoy them along with NZ's other great national parks!
Both me and my mate Cam, we wont be going anywhere near the Kaimai's until such time the track upgrades have been done.
Nice one DOC!
chocs Was in the area today and did some parts of the County Track, all in good condition. Bumped into a DOC worker who said the County Track had been cut in November. Must have been just after you went through.
hutchk Sounds like an excellent challenge! No need to knock DOC over it, they do the best they can.
Honora When I have an experience like that, I go back and cut the track open with my partner, Frank.
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Netanyahu meets with Prince bin Salman of Saudi Arabia
Ernest Buchanan
It seems that normalization of relationships between Saudi Arabia e Israel it’s closer. This is indicated by the secret trip of Israeli Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu a Neom, a Saudi city on the Red Sea. During the day on Monday, Israeli sources have announced a trilateral encounter Sunday between the US Secretary of State, Mike Pompeo, and the Saudi crown prince, Mohammad bin Salman. According to two Saudi officials, the meeting discussed Iran and the establishment of diplomatic relations, although it was not no agreement.
“Friends, throughout my years never I have commented on such things and I do not intend to start doing so now & rdquor ;, Netanyahu said this Monday when asked about his secret trip to Saudi Arabia. And so the day has passed with vague statements of all the parties involved in this supposed bilateral meeting. The meeting between Pompeo and MBS is part of the tour of the Middle East that the outgoing Secretary of State is doing, during which he has visited Israel and some gulf countries.
Several Israeli sources have revealed the news about the first meeting of authorities of the highest level between both countries. “The very fact that the meeting has happened, and has been made public, even if it is half official, is a matter of great importance& rdquor ;, has confirmed Yoav Gallant, a member of Netanyahu’s security cabinet, on Army radio. The flight of a private plane from Tel Aviv to the Saudi coastal city on Sunday afternoon began to create suspicions of a possible meeting between the two leaders.
ABSOLUTELY rare Israeli flight direct to new Saudi mega-city Neom on Red Sea shore
It was Bibi’s ex-fav bizjet t7-cpx. Back to Tel Aviv after 5 hours on ground pic.twitter.com/Ty9aedYbsK
– avi spicy (@avischarf) November 23, 2020
This possible meeting occurs when the term of Trump, an ally of Israel and Saudi Arabia, is just over a month away. Over the past few months, the US president has mediated Abrahamic agreements between the Hebrew state and several Arab countries such as Sudan, Bahrain and the United Arab Emirates. In turn, during his tenure, Trump has strengthened ties with the controversial Bin Salman. A possible normalization of relations between the two countries would strengthen the anti-Iran front before the coming to power of Joe Biden, who has announced his intention to resume the nuclear pact.
Peace with the Palestinians
“We have supported normalization with Israel for a long time, but one very important thing must happen first: a permanent and total peace agreement between Israelis and Palestinians, “recalled the minister of External relationships from Saudi Arabia, the prince Faisal bin Farhan Al Saud, who also denied the meeting. Negotiations with the Palestinians have always been the condition of the Wahhabi monarchy to get closer to the Jewish state. So, Hamas has described this meeting as “insult to the nation and an invitation to attack Palestinian rights & rdquor; in statements of his representative Sami Abu Zuhri |
A rapprochement of these characteristics with Saudi Arabia, a regional power, would allow Netanyahu polish your public profile. Although his friendship with Trump has provided him with great diplomatic successes, in the domestic sphere the prime minister faces several corruption trials, to a movement that has been in the streets for five months calling for his resignation and to divisions within his coalition government. Defense minister and next prime minister, Benny Gantz, has condemned “the leak irresponsible of the secret flight to Saudi Arabia & rdquor ;.
This Monday an Israeli delegation visited Sudan, according to the local media of the Jewish State although neither of the two countries has confirmed it. A month ago, when Trump announced the normalization of relations between Israel and Sudan, the American leader also stated that Saudi Arabia would soon, together with “others five countries& rdquor ;. For now, this meeting with MBS follows in the wake of an essential friendship between Trump and Netanyahu that he has achieved. historical agreements the Israeli.
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Sheridan Smith ‘overwhelmed with love’ after giving birth
Tom Horton, PA
9 May 2020, 2:13 pm ·1-min read
Sheridan Smith has revealed that she has given birth to a baby boy.
The actress, 38, said that she and fiance Jamie Horn are “completely overwhelmed with love” following the birth.
She tweeted to tell fans that “our little man has arrived”.
Our little man has arrived! We are both completely overwhelmed with love 💙 pic.twitter.com/ImJAPe1Zsx
— Sheridan Smith (@Sheridansmith1) May 9, 2020
She posted the message alongside a photo of her son holding on to one of her fingers.
Smith revealed the gender of her baby to fans in November.
Last week she said that she felt “lucky” to be pregnant during the pandemic, adding that it gives her life “focus”.
Smith has starred in ITV lockdown drama Isolation Stories, where she played a heavily pregnant woman who faces childbirth alone.
Sheridan Smith is a star of screen and stage (Chris J Ratclife/PA)
Her episode, entitled Mel, was filmed by insurance broker Horn.
Smith is also known for her roles in dramas such as Mrs Biggs and Cilla and for her work on stage in Legally Blonde and Funny Girl.
Famous faces including broadcasters Steph McGovern and Stacey Dooley, football pundit Gary Lineker and actress Michelle Hardwick shared messages with Smith on social media after she announced the news.
McGovern was among those to congratulate her (Matt Crossick/PA)
McGovern wrote: “Congratulations! So pleased for you both.
“Love to all three of you.”
Lineker said: “Congratulations to you both.”
Hardwick described the birth as “gorgeous news”.
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Celtic Fans Are Right To Be Concerned, But All Talk Of Panic Is Just More Rank Media Hyperbole.
Date: 31st December 2018 at 1:14pm
Written by: David Campbell
As James said yesterday, now there is a title race and there really should not be.
We are stronger and should have managed the previous transfer windows better. We must fix this in January, and strengthen in a number of positions. I will do a specific piece about that. While on the squad though, there appears to be some complacency and a “grass is greener” attitude in certain players.
No, Not Boyata, I mean Ntcham. I think he wants out.
He certainly isn’t playing like someone who sees his long term future at Celtic Park, although where he expects to go on form like he’s currently showing I don’t know. He needs to sort himself out. He needs to take the winter break and refocus himself.
Saturday was bad. But, as hard as it is to do at the moment, we must remain calm.
There are plenty of others who will react to the result with either premature elation or abject despair.
After the game, and as we all did, I accepted that they were better and that of our players only McGregor, Gordon and Johnson should be exempt from criticism but that all others were appalling. Brendan got it all wrong too with his tactics.
I said, as it stands there is, as we’ve said, a title race, and I include Kilmarnock in it.
However as James and myself have pointed out, even though we need to get it sorted, we are top of the league, with a game to spare, and we have won a cup.
The Ibrox club did not win the title on Saturday.
Hard to believe, right? I say that just to make sure the point is getting through.
But I don’t want my words to be twisted or in any way misrepresented; I have confidence that we will motor away after the break, because we will improve the squad and change things and then step up through the gears again. This is not misplaced. This is what we do.
Some want to twist this, to say that I am complacent, that myself and other Celtic fans do not want to accept that there is a title race.
Yet James has said it.
I have said it.
Other blogs have said it.
We have no difficulty accepting this.
We just refuse to panic about it.
All this obscures the fact that what’s happening is more about us coming down a level or two rather than others stepping up much.
Once we fix that, we will power ahead again.
We have the advantage, we have better players just now and will add more. We also need to get rid of some dead wood.
Other clubs might sell and not replace, we’re certainly not going to be doing that.
Things are nowhere near as bad as some would have us believe, especially when you consider that a hair’s breath decision by a linesman actually denied us a point.
I am confident that we will move on and win the league, and we have a great chance of securing the Treble Treble.
We are still in Europe too remember.
Celtic fans are right to be concerned.
But we’re also right not to be too concerned.
One defeat does not mean that we sit at the back of the bus again.
We’ve set the standard over the last few seasons, and if anyone wants our crown they will have to meet, and exceed, that standard.
Not one of these pretenders has shown they have what it takes to do that.
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Dave Campbell is a Celtic fan and blogger from Glasgow who’s already tired of defeatism and panic and won’t accept either.
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RIP: Angelo Bowers
Posted by Sean L. McCarthy | Jan 4, 2012 | Uncategorized | 1 |
I didn’t know Angelo Bowers, but many comedians working in Los Angeles today did.
They reported sadly last night that Bowers died after being struck by a drunk driver. Another comedian, Josh Adam Meyers, was in the car with Bowers and was in a nearby hospital in critical condition as of last night.
Bowers didn’t have any sort of Facebook or Twitter presence, but that didn’t mean he didn’t leave an imprint on the comedy community. Friends are reposting his jokes on Twitter via @AngelosJokes.
Among those offering words…
Nick Thune: “RIP a very kind and funny comedian, Angelo Bowers, who was killed by a drunk driver on Monday.”
J. Chris Newberg: “”Your ratings are so bad, I hear Leno might take over.” – AngeloBowers”
Theo Von: “Didnt know Angelo Bowers well, but was always intimidated and amazed by his talent. Headline Heaven boss.”
Stephen J. Glickman: “Sad to say one of my best friends and brilliant comedian AngeloBowers was killed today by a drunk driver. I’m so sad to lose my friend.”
Nikki Glaser: “Angelo Bowers, a kind man and brilliant joke writer, died on Monday. Read his jokes: @AngelosJokes. He will be missed. Stop driving drunk.”
Dane Cook: “RIP Angelo Bowers & prayers for Josh Adam Meyers. It’s horrible to hear this news.”
Kyle Kinane: “Nothing I write sums up anything correctly. RIP Angelo Bowers. I’m lucky to have known you and sad you’re gone. Be good wherever you are.”
Sarah Tiana: “This might be one of the worst days of my life. RIP Angelo Bowers.”
Aparna Nancherla: “Too funny. Too soon. RIP Angelo Bowers”
Ryan Stout: “Angelo Bowers was a young comedian I always loved to watch. So funny; his callbacks would double me over. I will miss him immensely.”
Fahim Anwar: “Never really comment on deaths but none has affected me quite like the passing of Angelo Bowers. I’m truly sad. Brilliant comic gone 2 soon.”
This is one of the only videos even captured of Bowers onstage. Too little. Too soon. Please don’t drink and drive. If you do drink, find someone to drive you home. This is so unnecessary.
A friend of his, Eli Olsberg, wrote this via his Tumblr:
Last September, The Pleasure Chest celebrated their 40thAnniversary by making all shows that month free, which included Performance Anxiety. The final show that month had Sarah Silverman as a guest drop-in. T.J. Miller and I agreed to stack the line-up with an even split of established, heavy-hitting comedians, and some faces people aren’t as familiar with unless you’re a comedy nerd. One of these faces was a comedian named Angelo Bowers. In the age of available information and people going out of their way to get their stuff seen on the web, Angelo’s stuff was hard to find. He wasn’t on Facebook or Twitter, and his one YouTube clip was taken by a patron of the Ha Ha Café who simply wanted someone to identify him because of how funny he was.
Sarah Silverman asked to go up first, but was running late to the show, so I asked Angelo to go up first. Without hesitating, he was ready to go. As he went on stage, Sarah arrived and watched Angelo’s set, commenting on how funny he is. Three weeks later, catching up with a non-comedy friend who works on an animated show that Sarah does voiceover work for, she mentioned that she got to meet Sarah they day after Performance Anxiety. One of the first things Sarah said to my friend Karen was (and I’m paraphrasing here) “That first comedian who went up was so funny!” This is Angelo at the show:
Angelo would’ve done the same set whether he was in front of a full crowd in a sex shop, a full house at a comedy club, or a bar show with an audience of three. And he would’ve killed at all of them. He was one of the best joke writers with a unique stage presence. He was also one of the most positive comedians, constantly smiling and having fun on and off stage. Last night, Angelo was killed in a drunk driving accident. Another funny, amazing comedian, Josh Adam Meyers was in the car with him (pictured below) and he is in critical condition, currently recovering.
Yesterday, Jake Weisman and I invited Angelo to come do a last minute episode of The Morning After… Podcast we put together for later that day. He couldn’t make it, but we caught up with him at the Red Rock open mic on Sunset a few hours later. He mentioned he was heading back up to Northern California to finish some medical treatment. I offered him a guest drop-in spot at next Tuesday’s Performance Anxiety and it was to be his last set before he left Los Angeles for a little while. A few hours later, Josh and Angelo were driving and they were struck by a drunk driver. Josh is in the hospital and Angelo is no longer with us. To anyone out there, comics and friends, please don’t drink and drive! We hear about this in PSAs and always make jokes about how last night we shouldn’t have driven home cause we had that extra shot, a few too many beers, and laugh it off because we’re sitting around joking about it the next day. I don’t know if there was anything Josh and Angelo could’ve done to avoid the asshole that did this, but none of us have to be the person in the other car. The only thing worse than being killed by a drunk driver is taking a life because you are the drunk driver.
I’m not just asking you to think of Angelo when you’re at a bar. If anything, you should think of him when you’re at a show or a mic and remember a person who was happy to do a spot any place that had a mic, an amp, and a list for him to sign his name and take to that stage to make people laugh. This really was a guy who gave a 110% anywhere he went up.
RIP Angelo Bowers. That spot is still there for you!
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I saw Angelo at the Comedy Hole on Melrose back in the late summer. He had a fascinating self-deprecation and good timing.
I also met Josh when he pulled up. Angelo and Josh had this banter about Angelo being in demand to crash on people’s couches.
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The 8 Best Breakfast And Brunch Spots In Cambridge, MA
Alden & Harlow| © Casey Campbell
Casey Campbell
While most people know that this city runs on Dunkin, Bostonians also enjoy a great breakfast, especially on the weekends. Cambridge, in particular, is full of restaurants serving up some of the best brunches around, from a simple coffee to the most creative breakfast plates.
Café Luna
Restaurant, Cafe, Belgian, French, $$$
Coffee at Café Luna | © Conor Luddy/Flickr
Located in Central Square, Café Luna serves breakfast on weekdays and weekend brunch. At this cozy café, you can order everything from classic French toast to a lobster and avocado omelet. Their menu is filled with creative breakfast choices to satisfy both sweet and savory tastes.
612 Main Street, The Port, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2139, USA
Meal service:
All Day, Brunch, Lunch
Curio Coffee
It’s not often that an establishment receives five full stars on Yelp, but Curio Coffee has achieved this feat. Not only do they serve an entire menu of coffee and espresso but also waffles – their specialty. These delicacies are made in small batches and cooked to order, ensuring you get the tastiest waffle every visit.
Curio Coffee, 441 Cambridge St, Cambridge, MA, USA, +1 857 242 3018
Clover is definitely unlike any place you’ve ever eaten, and that’s the point. They’re putting a new spin on fresh food in this all-vegetarian food lab. Their farm-to-table philosophy means that they have no freezers in any location, and the food is prepared daily and to order. The menu can change from day-to-day depending on their food supplies; therefore, you never know what you’ll get here, and that’s the fun of it.
Multiple Locations in Cambridge, MA, USA
Food at Clover | © Tony Webster/Flickr
Henrietta’s Table
Here’s another vegetarian hot spot in Cambridge, one of many restaurants reaching into the farm-to-table trend. Henrietta’s Table‘s slogan is ‘fresh and honest,’ and their menu is simple, elegant breakfast food. Here you can order dishes like smoked salmon with a bagel, cream cheese, and the traditional accompaniments, or customize your own omelet with farm fresh eggs. Better yet, the rustic atmosphere will take you from the crowded city to a relaxing, rural feel.
Henrietta’s Table, The Charles Hotel, 1 Bennett St, Cambridge, MA, USA, +1 617 661 5005
Parfait at Henrietta’s Table| © megan.chromik/Flickr
Alden & Harlow
On weekdays, Alden & Harlow doesn’t open until 5 pm, but weekend brunch is worth the wait at the end of the week. All of their menus are small plates, inspired by a gathering of friends and family at a home kitchen table, with an upscale twist. You won’t find the traditional bacon and egg breakfast here, but rather dishes like the ubiquitous kale salad, pickled corn pancakes, and croissant toad in the hole.
Alden & Harlow, 40 Brattle St, Cambridge, MA, USA, +1 617 864 2100
Sofra Bakery & Cafe
Bakery, Cafe, Coffee, Middle Eastern, Mediterranean, $$$
If you’re in the mood for a bit of a different breakfast, Sofra Bakery & Cafe is the place to go. This Middle Eastern bakery is a hidden jewel for sweets and food inspired by traditional food in Turkey, Lebanon, and Greece. The name ‘Sofra’ is synonymous in Turkey with generosity and hospitality, making this casual café a favorite for locals.
1 Belmont Street, Strawberry Hill, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2138, USA
Beat Brasserie
Brasserie, Restaurant, American, Vegan, Vegetarian, Wine, Beer, Cocktails, $$$
Beat Brasserie | © Casey Campbell
The glamorously decorated Beat Brasserie is unlike any restaurant in Boston, and for good reason. Walk down the stairs to their underground space, and you’ll think you’ve been transported to New York City. The owners are the same team behind the wildly popular jazz restaurant, The Beehive, and here in Harvard Square, they’re serving up clean and elegant weekend brunch.
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13A Brattle Street, Harvard Square, Cambridge, Massachusetts, 2138, USA
Flour Bakery + Cafe
Bakery, Cafe, Coffee Shop, Pastry Shop, American, Coffee, Snacks, Tea , Dessert, Pastries, Gluten-free, Vegetarian, $$$
The sticky buns at Flour Bakery + Café make for a great morning snack | © Kristin Teig
It’s hard to find a Bostonian that doesn’t love Flour Bakery + Cafe. Everyone loves their famous sticky buns, but they have a large menu of sweet and savory breakfast options. You can even take baking classes here and learn how to make those sticky buns yourself.
30 Dalton Street, Prudential / St. Botolph, Boston, Massachusetts, 2115, USA
Breakfast, Takeaway, Lunch
Casual, Family Friendly, Quirky
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Posted on October 9, 2016 by Craig M
Viewed – 04 October 2016 Blu-ray
It would seem in the advent of the latest Jason Bourne movie hitting cinemas, some would like to forget this little off-shoot of the franchise that doesn’t star Matt Damson but rather has Hurt Locker’s Jeremy Renner as agent Aaron Kross and therefore offers up an alternative viewpoint to the events depicted in the original trilogy. Renner finds himself on the run after fellow agents start getting bumped off as a fall out from Jason Bourne’s actions and the shady government organisation responsible trying to cover everything up. Edward Norton is on hand as the government guy trying to sort everything out, and Renner is perfect as a tough agent in the middle of a training exercise forced to question who he works for whilst teaming up with a female scientist played by Rachel Weisz.
I think this would have been a hard sell to anyone not very familiar with the other movies, but as I had not that long sat through the last three movies, I found this still interesting and familiar with several nods and references to the Matt Damon escapades and for the most part it’s quite well done and compliments the franchise nicely. The action, important in these movies is also top notch and with more assured, lesser rapidly-edited direction from Tony Gilroy it’s all a lot easier to follow too. Helps that there is a superb bike chase towards the end that is every bit up there with the best of the series. I also found myself wanting a smack down between Renner’s character and Matt Damon…but that’s probably a movie we’ll never see.
I can see why this was mostly ignored in the series. There’s little here that warrants the movie really needing to exist and serves more as an entertaining spin off aimed at Bourne fans rather than the general movie going audience. Shame then as as it stands this was thrilling, competently acted and well directed, if largely unnecessary.
The Blu-ray is very pleasing with above average image quality and punchy sound that really rocks a 5.1. system. Extras-wise we get several featurettes and behind the scenes footage and also a commentary from the director.
(the movie) 3.5 /5
(the Blu-ray) 4 /5
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Blu-ray Review: Frozen II
Posted by Ken Murray February 24, 2020
Bonus features include a sing-along version of the film plus exclusive content, including outtakes, deleted scenes and songs, and much more!
In “Frozen 2,” the answer to why Elsa was born with magical powers is calling her and threatening her kingdom. Together with Anna, Kristoff, Olaf and Sven, she sets out on a dangerous but remarkable journey. In “Frozen,” Elsa feared her powers were too much for the world. In the highly anticipated sequel, she must hope they are enough. From the Academy Award®-winning team—directors Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck, producer Peter Del Vecho and songwriters Kristen Anderson-Lopez and Robert Lopez—“Frozen 2” features the voices of Idina Menzel, Kristen Bell, Jonathan Groff and Josh Gad.
What We Thought:
I’m clearly not the target audience for Disney’s Frozen II. I didn’t particularly care for the first film and passed on seeing this sequel when it was in theaters. But it went on to do huge money at the box office so I decided to check it out here on Blu-ray. With the main voice cast returning I figured I was in for a similar movie and it is, but isn’t at the same time.
Elsa, Anna, Kristoff, Olaf, and Sven all return and the film is filled with music (garnering an Oscar nomination for Best Original Song) and colors like the first movie. The animation is top-notch with great visual effects and costuming and set design. Fairy tale type worlds make for great animated visuals. Add in that one of the main characters is a snowman and well, it has a ton of style that adults can appreciate and kids will enjoy.
What makes this film different is it felt darker. Kristoff’s bit felt super weird and out of place. Some of the jokes seemed geared towards an older crowd or at least seemed like they wouldn’t land with a younger audience. Anna and Elsa’s parents are reintroduced through a bedtime story. The overall story arc feels heavier as well. There is still adventure, but instead of Elsa figuring out her full potential like in the first film, she seems to have more doubt and questions in this. The characters have grown and I think the audience needed to as well to enjoy the movie as much as they did the original.
Frozen II has many positives. Olaf telling us what happened in Frozen made me laugh and the visual effects are pretty darn gem perfect. I may not love the songs from these films, but you couldn’t escape Let It Go from the first movie and I have a feeling kids will be singing Into the Unknown on repeat viewings of this one at home. It was a monster at the theater and will be popular on home video as well. Disney’s animated Blu-rays are fantastic to look at and this one is no different. It looks and sounds great in HD and comes with a slew of bonus features (listed below). It’s pretty clear what I think of the film is irrelevant. It’s not for me and I’m fine with that. It’s a nice movie families can sit down and watch together especially fans of the first one. I’m not a Disney die-hard like a lot of people, but if your kids/family are, pick this up and enjoy.
Sing-Along Version of the Movie – Sing along with your favorite songs as you watch the movie.
Song Selection – Jump to your favorite musical moments, with on-screen lyrics. Songs include Oscar®-nominated “Into The Unknown,” “All Is Found,” “Some Things Never Change,” “When I Am Older,” “Lost in the Woods,” “Show Yourself,” and “The Next Right Thing”
Outtakes – Laugh along with the cast of “Frozen 2” as they record their lines, sing their songs and have fun in the recording booth.
Deleted Scenes – Check out a few scenes that never made the final cut.
Intro – Directors Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck offer a glimpse into their filmmaking process with scenes that didn’t make the final cut.
Prologue – A battle rages between Arendelle and the Northuldra while a mysterious figure challenges King Agnarr.
Secret Room – A secret room reveals even more of Anna and Elsa’s past, including a shocking revelation about their mother.
Elsa’s Dream – Anna’s playful glimpse into Elsa’s dream takes a dark turn.
Hard Nokks – Kristoff reveals his true feelings about life in Arendelle when the Nokk won’t take no for an answer.
A Place of Our Own – Elsa uses her magic to relieve Anna’s lingering doubts about their parents’ faith in her.
Deleted Songs – When it comes to “Frozen 2,” there can never be too much music. Hear some of the songs that got cut from the final film.
Intro – Directors Jennifer Lee and Chris Buck revel in the chance to share a few songs that didn’t make it into the final film.
“Home” – Anna savors every moment as she wanders through this kingdom she calls home.
“I Wanna Get This Right” – Kristoff wants everything to be perfect before he proposes, leaving Anna to wonder, “Will it ever be just right?”
The Spirits of “Frozen 2” – Cast and crew explore the Scandinavian and Nordic mythology that inspired the spirits inhabiting the enchanted forest of “Frozen 2.”
Did You Know??? – Olaf asks us the question “Did You Know” as we discover “Frozen 2” fun facts, Easter eggs and tidbits about the making of the film.
Scoring a Sequel – Composer Christophe Beck combines a 91-piece orchestra with 30 choral voices to create the compelling score for “Frozen 2.”
Gale Tests – They say you can’t see the wind. Only its effects. Filmmakers give it a shot while creating the playful wind spirit, Gale.
Gale Test – A young girl and boy play tag in this fully animated effort to “give personality to something that’s invisible.”
Hand-Drawn Gale Test – A hand-drawn test to bring the precocious wind spirit to life.
Multi-Language Reel
“Into the Unknown” in 29 Languages – Hear Elsa’s soaring call to adventure in 29 different languages
Music Videos – Weezer and Panic! at the Disco lend their voices to a few of the soaring melodies from “Frozen 2.”
“Into the Unkown” (Panic! at the Disco version) – Panic! at the Disco frontman Brendon Urie stars in their version of “Into The Unknown” from “Frozen 2.”
“Lost in the Woods” (Weezer version) – Weezer puts their spin on Kristoff’s epic ballad, “Lost In the Woods.”
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Orwells Restaurant near Henley has relaunched with a completely new look, menu and Covid-safe measures
Chef couple Ryan and Liam Simpson-Trotman
A new warm, cosy, welcoming interior throughout accommodating strict safety measures without compromising Orwells signature memorable dining experience.
Chef couple Ryan and Liam Simpson-Trotman were delighted to be re-opening the doors to their award winning restaurant near Henley-on-Thames with a brand new menu following a complete refurbishment on Friday 2nd October.
Having hatched their plan for an even better Orwells Restaurant during lockdown, the pair are finally ready to welcome guests, old and new. New menus are viewed through a QR code with souvenir copies to take away whilst a smart and sophisticated new welcome space and the removal of the bar, allow for better social distancing. Warmer tones throughout are complemented by mango wood tables and distressed leather chairs, along with vintage lighting and wooden floors.
Ryan and Liam have looked on the last few months of uncertainty as an opportunity to recalibrate and they have not stopped throughout. Quickly diversifying their business, they created the Orwells Community Shop, supporting locals and beyond by offering ready meals, takeaways such as fish & chips and pizza which sold out in hours and home essentials.
All the while, they were mentally remodelling and relaunching their much loved Orwells as well as making plans for the thwarted 10th anniversary. Now to be known as Orwells 10+1 - a celebration of what they have achieved over the last 10 years, watch this space!
Orwells is one of the country’s best restaurants. It is listed at number 28 in The Good Food Guide UK Top 50 and holds four AA Rosettes as well as being the 2019 winner of the Thames Valley Hospitality Awards Restaurant of the Year.
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The Digital Age of Industrial Engineering
Industry 4.0 and the digital age are declared as huge opportunities for manufacturing companies across industry sectors – but old adages still ring true. Associate Professor Jo Staines will share learnings and cautionary tales from over 20 years in manufacturing and show how this has shaped the new Master of Industrial Engineering. The lecture will be followed by a panel discussion, with a spotlight on Australian and Indonesian contexts.
Associate Professor Jo Staines, Industrial Director, Manufacturing and Industrial Systems Engineering, Department of Mechanical Engineering at The University of Melbourne.
Professor Saman K. Halgamuge, FIEEE, Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Melbourne, honorary Professor of ITB, Indonesia and a Distinguished Lecturer and Fellow of Institute of Electrical and Electronic Engineers, USA.
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Dr. Bagus Nugroho, lecturer at the Department of Mechanical Engineering, The University of Melbourne.
Willix Halim, Chief Operating Officer at Indonesia's largest e-commerce marketplace Bukalapak. Graduated from the University of Melbourne with a Bachelor of Engineering (Hons) (Mechatronics) and a Bachelor of Computer Science (2009).
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Give Me The Governor And I Will Make You A Senator; Jonathan In Swap Deal With Uduaghan By Fejiro Oliver
As majority of Deltans root for a Delta North governor or an alternative Delta Central political titan, sources who have the ears of the Nigeria President, Goodluck Jonathan has revealed to us that he has begun moves to impose his Special Adviser on Monitoring and Evaluation, Sylvester Monye on the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Delta State.
According to an insider who is aware of Mr President intention, the State governor, Emmanuel Uduaghan has been told jokingly sometimes by the President to go and put the PDP in order for the emergence of Monye, who hails from Onicha–Ugbo in Aniocha North local government area.
The governor we however gathered is not comfortable with the President’s choice but he is currently handicapped as his ambition of being a Senator will be determined by his willingness to play the president’s ball game. Several conversation with other politicians who are aware the development and spoke to Elombah.com further noted that governor Uduaghan has done everything to please the President, hence his reasons for being in almost all functions attended by the governor.
An impeccable source stated that the governor’s initial choice was the Delta State Speaker of the House of Assembly, Hon. Victor Ochei, but was forced to back out when he was shown the over 200 pages of corruption petition written to the Economic and Financial Crimes Commission (EFCC). This prompted him to reverse back to another front liner, who is a member of the G3 in the State, who he has pleaded with President Jonathan to allow him hand over power to.
Sylvester Monye is however quietly consulting and soliciting for support to enable him cruise to the government house. He is noted to always be the major donor in the state wherever any political functions are held, and he is represented.
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Donald Trump Defends Calling Vladimir Putin, Slams ‘Crazed’ Media & Former U.S. Presidents
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Donald Trump has no remorse for calling Russian president Vladimir Putin to congratulate him on his election victory this week.
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Trump also lambasted the media for reporting on how he diverged from his script, and also criticized his predecessors for their poor handling of US-Russia relations.
White House officials leaked the contents of confidential notes Trump was given for the private phone call on Tuesday that implored him: “DO NOT CONGRATULATE” Putin.
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The President argued in a pair of tweets on Wednesday that he was simply attempt to improve relations between Washington and Moscow, particularly so as to ameliorate The United States’ handling of national security issues.
“I called President Putin of Russia to congratulate him on his election victory (in past, Obama called him also),” Mr. Trump wrote on Twitter, referring to President Barack Obama’s call to Mr. Putin in 2012. “The Fake News Media is crazed because they wanted me to excoriate him. They are wrong!”
In addition to reportedly warning Trump not to congratulate Putin, advisers had also told the President to speak to the Russian leader about the recent nerve agent attack on a former Russian spy and his daughter living in Britain. However, Trump ignored this instruction.
Chief of staff John F. Kelly was reportedly very disappointed and frustrated by the leaking of the notes given to Trump for the call.
“Getting along with Russia (and others) is a good thing, not a bad thing,” Trump wrote in another tweet. “They can help solve problems with North Korea, Syria, Ukraine, ISIS, Iran and even the coming Arms Race.”
Trump went on to excoriate his predecessors — from both parties — for their failed attempts at improving relations with Russia.
“Bush tried to get along, but didn’t have the ‘smarts,’” Trump wrote. “Obama and Clinton tried, but didn’t have the energy or chemistry (remember RESET).”
Trump was referring to the policy of Hillary Clinton, who as secretary of state in Obama’s administration pursued a “reset” with Russia intended to ameliorate a dysfunctional relationship between the two nations.
Last week, several sanctions were imposed on Russia for its interference in the 2016 election and for other “malicious cyber-attacks.” Russia was revealed to have also hacked the U.S. infrastructure, including American power grids.
Along with the U.S., France, Germany and Britain also condemned Russian government officials for breaking international law by assaulting a former spy named, Sergei V. Skripal, and his daughter, Yulia.
Trump has repeatedly refused to criticize Putin directly over Russia’s interference in the 2016 election, a charge several U.S. intelligence agencies have levied on the nation that has led special counsel Robert S. Mueller to conduct an investigation that includes interrogating several Trump administration officials about their contacts with Russians. Trump said Putin was “very insulted” by the charge, and that the Russian leader — now re-elected to a third term — “means it” when he denied interfering in the 2016 election.
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President Trump’s Enemies Planning October Stock Market Crash!
They will do anything to stop the changes in Washington that
President Trump promised the American people.
Obama’s Deep State plans to intentionally shut down
the U.S. government and bring our nation to the
“Breaking Point” in less than 7 months.
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The battle lines in Washington are drawn for the nastiest battle in modern history. Despite coming up short in the Senate, President Trump is STILL determined to repeal and replace Obamacare and cut over $1 trillion from entitlement programs to balance the Federal budget.
The Democrats and Obama’s Deep State are planning to counter by bringing the country’s economy to a complete standstill on October 2, 2017, by shutting down the government in hopes of preserving Obamacare, the current growth in Medicaid, Medicare and entitlements.
President Trump’s Secretary of the Treasury, Steve Mnuchin, will only be able to employ “extraordinary measures” to keep the government funded and running for a few weeks past the October 2 deadline — but only a few weeks.
The Democrats are hoping a government shutdown will set off a stock market crash on Wall Street that sends the world’s financial markets into a literal MONEY CATACLYSM!
That’s right. We’re facing the most devastating government shutdown in U.S. history. The battle over President Donald Trump’s promise to shake up Washington will result in an ugly Constitutional crisis that shakes the world’s economy to its core.
The Democrats will chant resistance and bring out millions to march in protest all over the United States . . . No Wall! . . . Citizenship for Illegals . . . Save Medicare . . . Save Medicaid . . . No Increased Military Spending . . . Fund Planned Parenthood . . . Protect the Welfare State . . .
The battle to change the way Washington works could trigger . . .
A 7,000‑point nosedive in the Dow Jones.
Tens of millions going without their Social Security Checks.
Medicare and Medicaid halting payments to doctors and hospitals.
Police and fire department shutdowns across the country.
ATMs running out of cash.
Bank failures.
Corporate bankruptcies
An unprecedented national crime wave.
To make the crisis even worse, Obama’s Deep State has control of the Federal Reserve.
The Federal Reserve stands as a back‑up to ensure
that an economic meltdown takes place.
The Federal Reserve Board, almost entirely appointed by Barack Obama, has almost dictatorial control not only over the entire U.S. banking system but also the entire global financial system. It’s in the perfect position to carry out the Deep State’s attempt to bring down President Donald J. Trump.
Now, bestselling author James Dale Davidson blows the whistle on the Fed’s plot to stop Trump in his new book.
It’s called The Breaking Point: Profit From the Coming Money Cataclysm.
The Breaking Point reveals the total corruption of our free market system.
Davidson shows how Obama and his minions rigged government numbers and statistics to create the mirage of a prosperous economy.
And he says hidden laws and regulations are trapping you and your wealth in the U.S.
Janet Yellen is part of a ugly plot to undermine President Trump and crush the U.S. Economy.
At the center of the maelstrom is the biggest money‑grabbing hoax ever unleashed . . . the monetary policies of the Federal Reserve.
Just as The Breaking Point went to print, Yellen and her Obama acolytes moved to raise interest rates.
They even vowed to raise interest rates at least three more times in 2017!
The handwriting is on the wall.
America is at her Breaking Point!
Davidson’s new book could mean the difference between prosperity or calamity for you in 2017 and beyond!
Read on for this timely and wealth‑saving message . . .
A global economic catastrophe is now virtually locked in . . . and America will soon fall.
The “insiders” have decided to stop Trump.
They know if the economy falls, they and their media allies will pin the blame on President Trump.
He is the ultimate fall guy for years of financial shenanigans under President Obama and decades of corruption and abuses in Washington.
Everyone — regardless of your age, your job, where you live, how much money you make, or how much you pay in taxes — is at risk.
In fact, those with any measure of wealth, savings, or assets may be hit the hardest.
The challenge now for hard‑working Americans who have built up their own nest egg is: How do we save ourselves?
To help you answer that question, we would like to rush you a copy of outspoken economist James Dale Davidson’s brand‑new hardcover book, The Breaking Point, absolutely FREE!
With Davidson’s uncanny accuracy in predicting huge economic sea changes, it’s vital you receive this information if you’re going to survive and thrive in the dark financial years ahead.
From the famed exonomist who made one amazing prediction after another including . . . the fall of the Berlin Wall, 2008 financial meltdown, Brexit and even Trump’s surprise election victory . . . a shocking new warning to investors . . . Liberal “insiders” are conspiring to trigger a devastating market crash to blame on President Trump . . .
Obama Rigged the Rules Against YOU!
After years of diligent research, Davidson reveals in dramatic detail the economic ruin facing our nation.
Davidson has been a contributing editor to the savvy monthly investment guide Financial Intelligence Report.
Today, in his new book, Davidson shines a spotlight on the stunning events unfolding on a daily basis that signal the end of economic growth.
These events are completely ignored by today’s media.
For instance, if you were to peel away the rigged government employment, productivity, wage, and other numbers, you would see that the economy stopped growing years ago.
Davidson rips apart the media’s irresponsible fabrications and alerts you to the truth.
Sadly, the media and our government are hiding the most vital truth of all: The U.S. is no longer a dynamic free market but a stagnant, rigged economy on the brink of collapse.
And much to their dismay, the big banks, global elites, corrupt government bureaucrats, and power‑hungry politicians can no longer keep this recovery illusion going.
They have run out of tricks.
And they believe they found their ultimate fall guy in Donald Trump!
In fact, the U.S. — and the world — is careening toward a massive financial “breaking point” unlike anything we’ve ever known.
It’s the end of the social order as we know it. And to survive, you must be prepared.
What You Must Know to Survive
Davidson accurately predicted, in 1990, the fall of the Soviet Union.
In 2007, he issued a timely warning of the financial meltdown just before the Lehman Brothers collapse in 2008.
In 2016, he correctly assessed the shocking Brexit vote as the leading indicator of the coming world order breakdown.
He also predicted Donald Trump’s election win.
Davidson has known Trump for years. He has great respect for him.
But he also argues in The Breaking Point that Trump will be able to do little to stop the looming economic crisis that has been years in the making.
Here’s just a taste of the extraordinary truths you’ll discover in his blockbuster new book:
The “secret” economists admit to privately but no one will ever say on CNBC or to The Wall Street Journal.
The real truth about the interest on the debt and why it means your wealth could be wiped out overnight. Exposed on page 103.
How the “laws” of the Mafia and gangsters are taking over our free market society.
5 things Obama did to strangle America’s prosperity.
The hidden regulations Obama began that “rob” you every day . . . discover the jaw‑dropping numbers on page 16.
Why the price of oil may have more meaning in your life than the value of the U.S. dollar.
The big mistake most economists make . . . and how you can use their “wrong” data to predict the stock market.
The big education lie that nearly everyone believes. You must read page 336.
The 3 types of corrupt political systems fleecing hard‑working people today — and no one does #3 better than the U.S. government. See page 41.
America’s corporations get a 75,900% return on their government “investments.” Meanwhile, you’re getting a paltry .25% on your CD.
How the coming sea change in manufacturing and production will radically send our government back to the 13th century . . . and why this works in your favor.
Why 47% of Americans could lose their job in the next several years. What you need to know starts on page 73.
Why the dollar will soon be displaced . . . and why that might be a good thing for your investments!
The dusty 800‑year‑old document that could radically change your life. Donald Trump has his copy. Find out in chapter 7.
If America’s “big government” fails, who will hold power next? The answer on page 35.
The “secular cycles” predicting the decline of America. Amazingly accurate historical trends that can no longer be ignored or covered up. Chapter 9 tells all.
The ‘Rip‑Off’ Society Trump Is Trying to Stop
We are no longer free.
The National Security Agency (NSA) uploads secret government software to your iPhone.
With it, its agents can retrieve your contact list, your passwords and SMS files. They are able to listen to your voice mail and steal your personal photos.
And in a shocking breach of privacy, they can even eavesdrop on any conversation you have near your phone.
Do we really live in a free society or what?! And here’s more from The Breaking Point . . .
Complaining about your tap water can get you labeled a terrorist . . . Page 159.
The truth about quantitative easing. What you need to know to protect your wealth. See page 167.
Ice Age or tropical heat wave? The ugly truth about climate change. All starting on page 178.
The shadow government that actually runs the country. George W. Bush mysteriously called them “the deciders.” See chapter 13.
How Al Gore and the ecofascists are pricing 90% of Americans out of the good life . . . while Gore makes billions.
Why the Food and Drug Administration (FDA) and Big Pharma want to keep you “fat, dumb, and happy.” Begins on page 276.
The sneaky tricks Janet Yellen and her Fed fools use to prop up our sagging economy under Obama.
The worst law most Americans have never heard of. It’s Obama’s modern “Berlin Wall” keeping you a prisoner within the United States. The IRS loves it!
Medicare’s hidden loophole that’s restricting your freedom and draining your pocketbook.
America’s new “civil war.” Who wants to stay, who wants to secede? The answer on page 472 may shock you.
Personally Thrive Even After America Falls!
In addition to sharing with you how we got to the breaking point, Davidson bravely forges on to present his clear‑eyed vision of what lies ahead — the good, the bad, and the ugly.
With The Breaking Point at your fingertips, you can know the best way to prepare and protect your family and your financial security against this rapidly unfolding crisis. Here’s a glimpse into the future:
If America becomes insolvent, 3 steps you can take to not only protect your wealth but grow it!
The little‑known connection between prosperity and how people use energy. You can invest using this simple data tool.
The economic lessons hiding in the “Mad Max” movies. Find out on page 392.
Why the fall in oil prices might not be so good for you. The steps you can take today to survive.
Introducing the 21st century’s new “Black Swans” looming overhead — read chapter 19 on how to make a windfall.
Is it inflation or deflation ahead? The answer revealed on page 416. Either way, you can cash in.
Not all stocks will collapse when Yellen throws the switch. Find out how to turn your portfolio into a fortress.
Could the U.S. really become a third world country? Plus, three other potential futures facing Americans after the breaking point. Which one works best for you? Page 462.
The one investment the government does NOT want you to buy. But it’s your best chance to survive the breaking point and thrive in a collapsed economy. Details on page 494.
But now may be your LAST CHANCE to position your portfolio for prosperity instead of despair.
All you have to do is claim your FREE copy of James Dale Davidson’s The Breaking Point.
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Yes, we are close to America’s breaking point.
But what you must remember is that a crisis is not just a time of danger but a time of tremendous opportunity as well.
And Jim is focused on the opportunities. For example . . .
Remember back during the election, when the mainstream media were predicting a Hillary blowout?
Not Jim.
He was telling his close friends Donald Trump would win. They could bet on it. So he told them to sell short the Mexican peso.
When Trump won, what a profit bonanza that opportunity was for Jim’s friends. While liberals and their buddies in the news media had a meltdown, Jim and his friends quietly pocketed a fortune.
For every $1,000 risked on the short peso, his friends raked in a whopping $42,000!
Imagine — just a $24,000 investment could have made you a millionaire in a few short weeks.
Well, there are plenty more of those profit opportunities available to you in the months ahead. And Jim has five of those opportunities he wants to share with you — absolutely FREE!
These 5 investments should be at the core of any savvy investor’s Breaking Point portfolio. And there’s no time to wait. To enjoy maximum profit potential, the time to jump on them is NOW!
That’s why I want to rush you your FREE copy of Jim’s brand‑new special report, The 5 Best Investments for the Coming Crash, valued at $21.
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Davidson’s blockbuster new book, The Breaking Point, is priced at $30.
His must‑have special report, The 5 Best Investments for the Coming Crash, is priced at $21.
But because this information is so vital to your survival, Financial Intelligence Report is offering this to you FREE with a special offer.
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Financial Intelligence Report is the monthly global investment report read by savvy investors — from market insiders to billionaires to investors like you.
Financial Intelligence Report has a history of uncanny predictions.
It warned investors of the shocking increases in oil prices that began in 2004.
In 2007 it urged investors to get out of stocks and warned of the coming crash.
After the crash, it was among the first to predict the stock market’s rise.
It has long been a favorite publication of global contrarians.
The late Sir John Templeton said it was one of his favorite publications. (In fact, in one of his last interviews with Financial Intelligence Report, he predicted the U.S. housing collapse.)
James Davidson has joined a stellar group of contributors and subjects in Financial Intelligence Report, including Aftershock author Robert Wiedemer, stock guru David Skarica, uber investor Jim Rogers, Marc Faber, Larry Kudlow, and many others!
We believe you must arm yourself with the global perspective and analysis you need to stay one step ahead of deteriorating financial conditions.
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In all this is a combined value of subscription savings and bonuses of $75!
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Well, our 16‑page monthly investment advisory provides you with such valuable and high‑level investment research to protect and grow your wealth — we know you’ll love it so much that you’ll want to keep it.
And when you start to see its predictions and James Davidson’s warnings come true, you will know that it’s a must‑have.
The client list of the investing brain trust behind the Financial Intelligence Report reads like a Who’s Who of the investing “elite.”
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Like the wealthiest of investors, our team of the best and brightest experts focuses on the full range of global investing opportunities available to you: stocks, bonds, munis, options, mutual funds, commodities, precious metals, and more.
This powerful investing flexibility has led to outstanding results for readers of the Financial Intelligence Report with a stunning 14.1% average annual gain since inception.
That’s 38% BETTER than the annual average gain of the S&P 500. Imagine doubling your nest egg every five years with a return like that!
Don’t let your dream of a secure and comfortable retirement slip away. America’s economy is at the breaking point and many people will face unthinkable pain and ruin. But not you.
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Hurry! Time is running out. Our feckless government has kicked the financial can down to the end of the road.
They have run out of tricks and time . . . they want to destroy Donald Trump.
America’s economic collapse is imminent.
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18 Best Things To Do in Poughkeepsie, Hudson Valley
By VI Staff on May 18, 2020 - Updated
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Known as “The Queen City of the Hudson,” Poughkeepsie is situated in the beautiful Hudson Valley on the banks of the Hudson River and is home to over 30,000 people. Established in the 17th century by the Dutch, Poughkeepsie is a bustling college town filled with wonderful examples of historic architecture alongside trendy boutiques and excellent fine dining restaurants. No less than 22 beautiful green parks surround the area, which features plenty of urban spaces in which to relax. CDC information for travelers. Hours/availability may have changed.
1. Walkway over the Hudson
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Otherwise known as the Poughkeepsie Bridge, the Walkway over the Hudson is a long bridge that connects Poughkeepsie on the east bank of the Hudson River and Highland on the west bank. Built as a double track railroad bridge in 1889, it was damaged by a fire in 1974, after which it earned a place on the National Register of Historic Places.
It was then restored as the Walkway over the Hudson State Historical Park in 2009, a linear pedestrian walkway spanning the river at 212 feet tall and 1.28 miles long, making it the longest footbridge in the world. The park is open daily from sunrise to sunset. Read more
82 Washington Street, 845-454-9649
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2.Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar College
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Founded in 1864 as the Vassar College Art Gallery, the Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center is based on the campus of Vassar College and features a teaching museum, exhibition space displaying works from antiquity to contemporary times, and a major art repository. Designed by world-renowned architect César Pelli, the building has been called “a symphony of architecture” and features the renovated collegiate-gothic Taylor-Van Ingen Hall and the Blanchette Hooker Rockefeller glass hexagonal entrance pavilion.
Named after the building’s largest donor, the Lehman Loeb Art Center is home to a collection of over 18,000 works, including the notable Warburg Collection of Old Masters prints and a wide range of works by major European and American twentieth-century painters. The Hildegarde Krause Baker Sculpture Garden is a beautifully landscaped and lush garden that boasts a stellar collection of twentieth-century sculptures.
124 Raymond Ave Box 703, 845-437-5237
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3.Locust Grove Estate
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Overlooking the Hudson River from high on a bluff, Locust Grove is a 200-acre National Historic Landmark estate that includes a historic Italianate-style mansion built in 1951, a beautiful carriage house and miles of carriage roads, landscaped grounds with a flower and vegetable garden, and an ice house. Architect A. J. Davis designed the Italianate villa for artist and inventor Samuel Morse, and the estate features a collection of over 15,000 pieces of furniture, paintings, and decorative arts that can be viewed by the public on guided group tours of the mansion and the surrounding grounds.
The property also includes a museum that showcases antique exhibits, a gallery of beautiful artworks, and a nature reserve with natural and landscaped grounds. The estate offers guided tours, lectures, and other special events, as well as a range of educational programs for all ages. Visitors can also explore five miles of 19th-century carriage roads that wind through the woods.
2683 South Road, 845-454-4500
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4. Mid-Hudson Children's Museum
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Located in the heart of the historic Hudson Riverfront, the Mid-Hudson Children’s Museum (MHCM) is dedicated to creating a community where young children can learn through exploration, examination, and discovery. The museum features an array of exhibitions and displays that focus on science, nature, art, music, and literacy and allows children to engage in interactive and immersive play to develop foundational skills and interpersonal connections through exploring, moving, pretending, creating, collaborating, and discovering.
Educational programs include playgroup workshops, StarLab Planetarium shows, summer camps, and field trips, as well as outreach programs for local schools. The museum also hosts a variety of special events throughout the year from art, music, and cultural programs to festive holiday celebrations.
75 North Water Street, 845-471-0589
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5.Bardavon Opera House, Poughkeepsie, NY
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Built in 1869, the Bardavon Opera House is the oldest continuously operating theater in New York State. Located in the downtown district of Poughkeepsie, the opera house, designed by JA Wood, has been serving the community as a venue for various performing arts for over 140 years. The 944-seat opera house is home to two historic theaters and the region’s premiere orchestra, the Hudson Valley Philharmonic (the HVP), and it is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The Bardavon Opera House presents a variety of arts-based performances, including theater, dance, and classic films for a broad diversity of audiences in both of its venues. It also offers several educational and arts-based programs and learning experiences for children and adults.
35 Market Street, 845-473-5288
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6.Marist College
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Founded in 1929, Marist College is a world-renowned college of the arts and sciences. Overlooking the Hudson River in the heart of the historic Hudson Valley, the college started a school that became one of the leading colleges in the nation.
The college is surrounded by the homes of some of this country's most influential people, and visitors to the college shouldn’t miss the opportunity of seeing the home and museum of Franklin Delano Roosevelt and Eleanor Roosevelt's retreat, Val-Kill, both just a short distance from the college.
3399 North Road, 845-575-3000
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7.Art Centro, Poughkeepsie, NY
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Located in the former Barrett Clay Works building in the Middle Main neighborhood of downtown Poughkeepsie, Art Centro is a community arts space that offers a variety of art and dance classes and art-based facilities to the community. Established to enrich and engage the local community in the arts, Art Centro hosts an array of workshops, rehearsals, performances, and community meetings throughout the year and features several private art studios and a gallery space where artists can exhibit their work.
Ceramics and art classes are available for both adults and children, and visitors can watch talented artists at work in an open studio. The center also offers special drawing and painting classes, fusion dance classes, and ten studios that can be rented for private use.
485 Main Street, 845-454-4525
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8.Rosticceria Rossi & Sons, Poughkeepsie, NY
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Founded in 1979 by John Rossi, Rosticceria Rossi & Sons (or simply Rossi’s Deli) became an institution in downtown Poughkeepsie with a steady stream of regulars lining up to enjoy the fresh, ready-made food that comes out of the kitchen. Delicious daily specials include roasted salmon, Maryland crab cakes, chicken Francese and braised beef pasta, while sandwiches, homemade soups, salads and Panini are lunchtime favorites.
The deli presents a range of imported goods that attract gourmands and food lovers from far and wide, and it also boasts a full range of Pastosa Ravioli from Bay Bridge in Brooklyn. Rossi’s Deli caters special events and occasions and is open Monday through Saturday.
45 South Clover St, 845-471-0654
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9.The Artist's Palate
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The Artist’s Palate is a contemporary wine bar and bistro on Main Street that offers an innovative menu and wine list in a cosmopolitan and elegant atmosphere. Housed in what was once the home of Golden Era clothing store M. Schwartz, The Artist’s Palate has a stylish 70-seat dining room with industrial accents in the dark wood tables, marble bar, and soft lighting. An upmarket gallery features revolving exhibitions of up-and-coming local artists.
Combining seasonal ingredients with new flavor concepts, chefs at the eatery treat food as art, producing dishes such as a Matisse Salad of mixed greens, Bartlett pears, blue cheese crackers and toasted hazelnuts, Maine lobster mac and cheese, and an Artist’s Plate of imported charcuteries such as soppressata, Parma ham, and capicola served with assorted cheeses, marinated olives, and vegetables. An extensive array of wines, handcrafted beers, and handcrafted cocktails complement the seasonal menu, which is available for lunch and dinner six days a week.
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10.Mid-Hudson Heritage Center
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The Mid-Hudson Heritage Center is a public gallery space dedicated to enriching the community through various arts and cultural events, as well as inspiring the public to take an interest in the arts. Located on Main Street, the gallery space hosts an array of art-based events and functions throughout the year, including author readings, art exhibitions, lectures, film screenings, meetings, and workshops by artists and experts in the industry.
The center is also home to permanent historical exhibits showcasing the history and heritage of Poughkeepsie. The Mid-Hudson Heritage Center is open to the public Wednesday through Saturday, and guided tours are available by individual appointment.
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11.Mill House Brewing
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Located in the rehabilitated Mill House, Mill House Brewing Company presents the region’s best food and beer offerings in a historic and appealing setting, providing an unrivaled Hudson Valley dining experience. Alongside the brewery’s artfully crafted ales distributed across four states, Mill House offers a seasonal menu of fresh fare created from ingredients sourced from local farmers, producers, and artisans.
Appetizers include beer steamed mussels, buffalo fried oysters, and flank steak tacos, while charcuteries platters feature handmade sausages, salamis, and cheeses. Entrées include burgers pizza, fish and chips, various types of steak and ribs, fresh fish, and vegetarian options. End with a sweet dessert and pair your meal with one of the many bottled or on tap beers from the brewery.
289 Mill Street, 845-485-2739
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12.Crave, Poughkeepsie, NY
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Located under the Walkway Over the Hudson on Washington Street, Crave is a modern eatery that presents great food and wine, outstanding service, and a casual, friendly ambiance. Start with small plates to share made with fresh ingredients from the garden, such as chicken-fried oysters served with sweet corn aioli, pork belly and sweet and sour cabbage, and ricotta gnocchi with pancetta and bacon ragu.
Mains include bacon-wrapped pork tenderloin served with smoked potatoes and mustard jus, Chatham cod with Pommes Dauphine and sweet corn puree steeped in a bacon vinaigrette, or duck breast and spaetzle served with cranberries and sunchokes. Crave offers an exceptional private dining space with a sheltered patio and elegant lounge where diners can enjoy a sumptuous meal and excellent wines on special occasions.
129 Washington Street, 845-452-3501
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13.Blue Collar Brewery
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Housed in a building that was formerly home to the meat packing company Morris and Co. at 40 Cottage Street, Blue Collar Brewery produces five categories of beers, namely light, pale, dark, seasonal, and brewer’s reserve on tap and in bottles. The brewery also offers a pub menu of seasonal fare made with locally sourced ingredients.
Dishes include snack plates of tacos, buffalo wings, nuggets, and onion rings, and larger plates of wraps, sandwiches, steaks, ribs, chicken, and chili dogs. Designed to serve as a reminder of the importance of work ethic and the American way of life, the brewery features an open kitchen and a warm and welcoming ambiance. Blue Collar Brewery is open seven days a week.
40 Cottage Street, 845-454-BREW
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14.Shadows on the Hudson, Poughkeepsie, NY
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Perched high above the Hudson River on the Poughkeepsie waterfront, Shadows on the Hudson is an award-winning restaurant that serves world-class cuisine against a backdrop of breathtaking views. Guests can choose from five beautifully furnished dining spaces, ranging from the casual and warm Sunset Room or the modern Winter Room to the Sunrise Deck and True River Rooms, which boast spectacular panoramic vistas of the river.
Progressive American-style menus are available for brunch, lunch, and dinner and present a wide variety of dishes that appeal to all tastes. Dishes include homemade pasta, grilled meat and fish dishes, freshly roasted vegetables, and garden crisp salads. An intimate bar menu features small plates of snacks such as calamari, wings, and garlic bread while a comprehensive wine list features sparkling, white, red and limited wines, as well as champagnes and imported spirits to pair with cuisine.
176 Rinaldi Boulevard, 845-486-950
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15.Empire Cruise Lines
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Empire Cruise Lines offer a variety of seasonal sightseeing cruises on the Hudson River between the months of May and October. Cruises are held on the M/V Mystère, a 60-foot, double-decker passenger vessel with ample seating and standing room and modern amenities. Voyages depart from Victor C. Waryas Park in the heart of the Hudson River Valley.
The range of cruises available on the M/V Mystère includes romantic sunset cruises, relaxing dinner cruises, cruises for events such as reunions and rehearsal dinners or corporate functions, and private pre-arranged cruises for weddings and other special occasions. Savor some of the world’s best wines on a Wine Cruise that sails past stately mansions or book a unique lunch cruise with a group of friends and enjoy the breathtaking scenery of the Hudson Valley together.
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Walkway over the Hudson, Photo: Courtesy of fromthepolder - Fotolia.com
Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar College, Photo: Frances Lehman Loeb Art Center at Vassar College
Locust Grove Estate, Photo: Locust Grove Estate
Mid-Hudson Children's Museum, Photo: Mid-Hudson Children's Museum
Bardavon Opera House, Poughkeepsie, NY, Photo: Bardavon Opera House
Marist College, Photo: Marist College
Art Centro, Poughkeepsie, NY, Photo: Art Centro
Rosticceria Rossi & Sons, Poughkeepsie, NY, Photo: Rosticceria Rossi & Sons
The Artist's Palate, Photo: The Artist's Palate
Mid-Hudson Heritage Center, Photo: Mid-Hudson Heritage Center
Mill House Brewing, Photo: Mill House Brewing
Crave, Poughkeepsie, NY, Photo: Crave
Blue Collar Brewery, Photo: Blue Collar Brewery
Shadows on the Hudson, Poughkeepsie, NY, Photo: Shadows on the Hudson
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HPV vaccination (vaccination against cervical cancer)
Assessment of the HPV vaccination
During the observation period invasive cancer occurred neither in women who had been vaccinated with Gardasil nor in women who had been vaccinated with placebo. There is no scientific proof yet for the assumption that “Gardasil prevents cancer”.
The HPV vaccination does not offer protection against HPV vaccinations that are not contained in the vaccination. As with pneumococci or Hib the question remains whether there is not a shift in the pathogens in the course of time, potentially with serotypes which are much more dangerous. In the vaccination trials within two years a relevant replacement was already observed in the women who had been vaccinated.
The question has not been solved yet whether an infection with types 6 and 11, which are considered to be less dangerous, which is prevented by a vaccination with Gardasil, potentially has a protective effect against cancer of high risk types.
The duration of the trials does not make it possible to draw conclusion on how long the protective effect of the vaccinations last. Due to the fact that young women are capable of eliminating HPV viruses much easier than older women the protective effect of the vaccination would shift into an older age and thus the probability of chronification and degeneration would become greater.
As the distribution of HPV types differs widely worldwide the question whether the vaccination also covers the relevant pathogen types and thus an effect could be expected would have to be clarified before the vaccination was introduced.
The prevalence of the subtypes contained in the vaccination is only 3.4% of the women according to an American trial.
The vaccination can cause motivation to undergo cancer screening to drop, as women who have been vaccinated feel safe. This could potentially negate the positive effect of the vaccination. The focus of cancer screening would have to continue to be directed at being motivated to participate in cancer screening.
According to the interim results of the FUTURE trials the HPV vaccination GARDASIL lowers the total number of higher grade cervix dysplasia (CIN 2 and higher) in women between 16 and 26 years of age, the majority of which have already had sexual contact only by 17% and thus much less than expected. For higher grade dysplasia an effect cannot be shown at all anymore.
Cervix dysplasia caused by the serotypes contained in the vaccination occur much less frequently than expected.
Even though the data should be known the question remains unanswered what the effect of the HPV vaccination will be on the total number of higher grade cervix dysplasia in the target group, i.e. young women who have not had sexual contact yet.
In other words the database does not provide information on how to evaluate the benefit of the vaccination and the role other oncogenic HPV types play and thus a recommendation for Gardasil cannot be expressed. (a r z n e i - t e l e g r a m m 2007; Jg. 38, Nr. 6)
The Society of Anthroposophical Doctors has created an excellent leaflet for patients on HPV vaccinations which you should be sure to read.
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