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Always has, is and always will be...
At World Culture Art,
we strive to unveil the promise offered by the fine arts as they
continue to be passed down and developed over generations.

The transformation of painters from craftsmen to artists gave rise to numerous artistic movements which included the Renaissance, Impressionism, Cubism, Dadaism and Surrealism. What all of these forms of expressions uncontestedly have in common is that they represent activities founded in the human spirit and branches in the history of mankind searching for emotion and cultivating his soul.
In our view, the greatest artistic experience one can have is the inexplicable stirring in one’s heart upon laying eyes on a work. Is this not the true nature of art, which remains consistent regardless of the genre and era at hand?
This kind of artistic experience can be had by anyone - provided that mankind will continue its unending search for hope and emotion.
At World Culture Art, it is our belief that a society allowing anyone to freely conduct activities founded in the human spirit represents the very foundation of what is needed for creating a rich society.
Our mission is to continue exploring the promise offered by fine arts in modern day society while helping to create a more ideal environment for artists across Japan to bring forth their craft. Along with these efforts, we intend to fully endeavor towards fostering and developing a cultural society that allows the amazing power that art has to move the hearts of people to flourish.
We hope to continue benefitting from your support and understanding in this regard. Thank you very much.

Hidetoshi Kushida
Representative Director and President


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Crime Does Not Pay!!

The U.S. federal officials have arrested three hackers who have pleaded guilty to computer-crimes charges for creating and distributing Mirai botnet that crippled some of the world’s biggest and most popular websites by launching the massive DDoS attacks last year.

According to the federal court documents unsealed Tuesday, Paras Jha (21-year-old from New Jersey), Josiah White (20-year-old Washington) and Dalton Norman (21-year-old from Louisiana) were indicted by an Alaska court last week on multiple charges for their role in massive cyber attacks conducted using Mirai botnet.

Mirai is a piece of nasty IoT malware that scans for insecure routers, cameras, DVRs, and other Internet of Things devices which are still using their default passwords and then add them into a botnet network, which is then used to launch DDoS attacks on websites and Internet infrastructure.

According to his plea agreement, Jha “conspired to conduct DDoS attacks against websites and web hosting companies located in the United States and abroad” by ensnaring over 300,000 IoT devices. He also demanded payment “in exchange for halting the attack.

Between September and October 2016, Jha advertised Mirai botnet on multiple dark web forums using the online monikers “Anna Senpai.” He also admitted to securely wiping off the virtual machine used to run Mirai on his device and then posting the source code of Mirai online for free.

Since then, other cybercriminals have used the open-source code of the botnet to create their own Mirai variants in a variety of different cyber attacks against their targets.

Paras Jha (a.k.a Anna Senpai) and his business partner Josiah White (a.k.a Lightspeed and thegenius) are the same people who were outed by blogger Brian Krebs earlier this year after his blog was also knocked offline by a massive 620 Gbps of DDoS attack using Mirai botnet.

According to Jha’s LinkedIn profile, he is a 21-year-old passionate programmer from Fanwood, U.S., who knows how to code in multiple programming languages and is positioned as president of a DDoS mitigation firm, ProTraf Solutions.

White admitted to creating the Mirai botnet’s scanner to identify and hijack vulnerable internet-connected devices to enlist in the botnet, while Norman (a.k.a Drake) admitted to identifying private zero-day vulnerabilities and exploits to build into the massive botnet.

From December 2016 to February 2017, the trio successfully infected more than 100,000 computing devices to form another powerful botnet, called Clickfraud, which was designed to scam online ad networks by simulating clicks on ads for the purpose of artificially generating revenue.

A week after the massive DDoS attack, the source code of Mirai was released on the widely used hacker chat forum Hackforums by Jha who, under the name Anna-senpai, wrote he had “made their money…so it’s time to GTFO.”

“So today, I have an amazing release for you,” he wrote. “With Mirai, I usually pull max 380k bots from telnet alone. However, after the Kreb [sic] DDoS, ISPs been slowly shutting down and cleaning up their act. Today, max pull is about 300k bots, and dropping.”

Once Mirai source code was out, various cyber criminals started exploiting the IoT malware to launch powerful DDoS attacks against websites and Internet infrastructure, one of which was the popular DNS provider Dyn, which was DDoSed by a botnet of an around 100,000 Mirai malware-infected devices.

The defendants’ involvement with the original Mirai variant ended in the fall of 2016, when Jha posted the source code for Mirai on a criminal forum. Since then, other criminal actors have used Mirai variants in a variety of other attacks.” DOJ said.

The trio faces a sentence of up to five years in prison.
Crime does not pay, it will eventually catch up to you !!!

An Army of Million Hacked IoT Devices Almost Broke the Internet on Friday

A massive Distributed Denial of Service (DDoS) attack against Dyn, a major domain name system (DNS) provider, broke large portions of the Internet on Friday, causing a significant outage to a ton of websites and services, including Twitter, GitHub, PayPal, Amazon, Reddit, Netflix, Box, and Spotify.

But how the attack happened? What’s the cause behind the attack?

Exact details of the attack remain vague, but Dyn reported a huge army of hijacked internet-connected devices could be responsible for the massive attack.
Yes, the same method recently employed by hackers to carry out record-breaking DDoS attack of over 1 Tbps against France-based hosting provider OVH.

According to security intelligence firm Flashpoint, Mirai bots were detected driving much, but not necessarily all, of the traffic in the DDoS attacks against DynDNS.

Mirai is a piece of malware that targets Internet of Things (IoT) devices such as routers, and security cameras, DVRs, and enslaves vast numbers of these compromised devices into a botnet, which is then used to conduct DDoS attacks.

Since the source code of Mirai Botnet has already made available to the public, anyone can wield DDoS attacks against targets.

This time hackers did not target an individual site, rather they attacked Dyn that many sites and services are using as their upstream DNS provider for turning internet protocol (IP) addresses into human-readable websites.

The result we all know: Major sites and services including Twitter, GitHub, Reddit, PayPal, Amazon, AirBnb, Netflix, Box, Pinterest, and so on, were among hundreds of services rendered inaccessible to Millions of people worldwide for several hours on Friday.

“Flashpoint has confirmed that at least some of the devices used in the Dyn DNS attacks are DVRs, further matching the technical indicators and tactics, techniques, and procedures associated with previous known Mirai botnet attacks,” Flashpoint says in a blog post.

This type of attack is notable and concerning because it largely consists of unsecured IoT devices, which are growing exponentially with time. These devices are implemented in a way that they cannot easily be updated and thus are nearly impossible to secure.

Manufacturers majorly focus on performance and usability of IoT devices but ignore security measures and encryption mechanisms, which is why they are routinely being hacked and widely becoming part of DDoS botnets used as weapons in cyber attacks.

An online tracker of the Mirai botnet suggests there are more than 1.2 Million Mirai-infected devices on the Internet, with over 166,000 devices active right now.

In short, IoT botnets like Mirai are growing rapidly, and there is no easy way to stop them.

According to officials speaking to Reuters, the US Department of Homeland Security (DHS) and the FBI are both investigating the massive DDoS attacks hitting DynDNS, but none of the agencies yet speculated on who might be behind them.


The water footprint of modern consumer society

The water footprint of modern consumer society / Arjen Y. Hoekstra. Routledge, March 2013,  208 p. ISBN 978-1-84971-427-3 – £23

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Water is not only used in the domestic context, but also in agriculture and industry in the production of commercial goods, from food to paper. The water footprint is an indicator of freshwater use that looks at both direct and indirect use of water by a consumer or producer. The water footprint of an individual, community or business is defined as the total volume of freshwater that is used to produce the goods and services consumed by the individual or community or produced by the business.

This book shows how the water footprint concept can be used to quantify and map the water use behind consumption and how it can guide reduction of water use to a sustainable level. With a number of case studies, it illustrates water use along supply chains and that water consumption at one place is often linked to water use at another. For example, it is calculated that it takes 15,000 litres of water to produce 1 kg of beef, or 8,000 litres of water to produce a pair of jeans. The book shows that imports of water-intensive products can highly benefit water-scarce countries, but also that this creates a dependency on foreign water resources.

The book demonstrates how water-scarce regions sometimes, nevertheless, use lots of water for making export products. It raises the issue of sustainable consumption: how can consumers, businesses and governments get involved in reducing the water footprints of final consumer goods?

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The Theory Of Everything: Review

This film recounts the story of Stephen Hawking from the moment he meets his wife Jane until the moment he receives the honour of meeting the Queen of England after many years and numerous books and lectures being published and acknowledged world wide.

But the thing that captured my attention was that the film obviously addresses Hawking’s struggle with dealing and coming to terms with his neurological deficiency at the same time that it shows the impact that that has on Jane.

As his capacity to walk, talk, dress and eat on his own becomes increasingly affected, Jane steps in almost as an extension of Hawking himself as to care for him and helping to make his life as normal and as easy as possible. She becomes quite literally his back bone.

And it is astonishing to see how she dealt with it all. I mean she married him knowing what laid ahead because she loved him. Truly and completely. There is no denying of that fact.

Which only comes to showcase that the film tells the story not of Hawking’s ascent into professional stardom despite is illness (although that is still shown) but of Jane Hawking’s increasing descent into unhappiness due to the overwhelming notion that after having to take care of three children with no physical help from her husband due to his own inability to do so, having had to take care of a household in all manners, juggling to finish her PhD in Medieval Spanish Poetry  and the added bonus of having to take care of her husband, only came to an inevitable halt because the combination of all of that mixed with Stephen’s increasing expeditions to other countries either to receive awards or to give lectures, led them to drift apart emotionally.

This led to her falling in love with the conductor of a church choir, Jonathan whom helped the family a great deal whilst Jane and Hawking still tried to mend their marriage which even led to a third pregnancy on her part. But the increasing difficulties continued even after a full time nurse came to take care of Hawking, only leading to him having a slight infatuation with her.

theory-everything-reviews-charlie-cox So I would say that the film is a brilliant depiction of how love can truly transcend the boundaries of disease, no matter of what level, and it can bring you up or take you further down depending on how you choose to live your life.

Stephen Hawking is without a doubt an incredibly inspiring man, not only because of his work but also of how he chose to live his life. Free of self imposed boundaries or of stereotypes imposed by society on how you should act or be seen by a major audience. He continues to change the world just by living.

But then again, it is often overlooked that he only managed to accomplish so much because Jane was by his side every step of the way. Unwavering and strong.

It is undoubtedly a beautiful biographical film with a strong human facet.

Rating: 8/10

Screenwriting 101

Screenwriting is a topic approached by many different authors and scriptwriters alike who have their specific ways in approaching an idea and to transform into script format.

But there a few tips that are common knowledge to anyone who likes to write. Especially if that someone has the ambition to write for the big screen, television or even theatre.

My teacher presented these tips with us in class and I would like to share it with you.

They are as follows:

  1. Do your homework. This means that whatever the topic you choose to centre your story around, you must know everything about it! Know the underlining theme, the reasoning behind your characters’ personality traits, how the world of your story came to be – basically you need to know anything and everything that exists in your script as everything needs to be there for a reason.
  2. Be careful with “on the nose dialogue”. A lot of the greatest scripts in movie history, centre more around the visual aspect of a story more so than dialogue. This is because dialogue is thought to be quite overrated by some of the most prestigious film makers such as Alfred Hitchcock. A story can function well with having zero to no dialogue as long as the combinations of all of the other elements in it still are able to portray a compelling and engaging story for the audience. In summary, using dialogue is a good thing as long as you don’t completely spell out everything that the character is thinking and/or feeling when you should rather show it.
  3. Be aware of the audience. When writing a story, any story, that will be presented to an audience even if that audience is your family or your closest friends, you need to be aware of what the reader’s perception of the story is. Basically, as the author, you need to always be one step ahead of the audience because their reaction will determine if your script is going to rise in glory or fail miserably.
  4. Don’t “play the aces too early”. I know you want to make your story the most epic and engaging one possible. But all the excitement behind starting to write a new script that you believe is amazing, might very well cloud your judgement for the most basic knowledge, don’t introduce the biggest climax of your story too soon. That will probably set the expectations of the reader too high when the rest of the story is just plain and simple from then on. Their interest will decrease to non-existence if that would be the case.
  5. Only write what you can “see”. This seems like something very simple to follow through, but the reality is not thus. I have fallen into this mistake many times and it is surprisingly easy to do without noticing. When you are writing a plot where the main characters finds himself in an unknown venue and he is methodically looking around and trying to decipher each detail of the location as to measure where he might be. In this case, you need to be careful and mindful that you can only write what the character is “seeing” not what he is “feeling internally” as that meddles into his emotional feelings or even his back story that you can’t show in screen.
  6. REWRITE. When you think that your script is perfect and you are ready to share it with the world, it’s because it’s probably not perfect and you’re setting yourself off to failure. There is probably some spelling error, repeated words, sentences that don’t make sense or even part of the dialogue for an important scene is missing. Meaning that you need to look over everything and maybe even send it to a couple other people so they can fact-check it for you.

Hopefully this is helpful to some of you!


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Arkansas, located in the deep south of the United States, is a humid, fertile state covered in thick forests. Home to the low-lying Ozark mountains and over 52 state parks, you are sure to really enjoy nature in Arkansas. If you travel to Arkansas, you can hunt for turkeys, deer, or ducks, dig up crystals, tour Civil War sites, or visit some of the state's many cave systems. There are plenty of great restaurants, hotels, and events and attractions throughout the state of Arkansas.

Or maybe you are considering moving to Arkansas. The good news is that cost of living is substantially lower than the national average in Arkansas. Housing prices are low and there are a variety of jobs available. Since the 70s, several global businesses have moved their headquarters to Arkansas. These companies include Wal-Mart, J.B. Hunt and Tyson Foods. However, crime rates are higher in Arkansas than in other states. As far as weather goes, Arkansas has a very hot and humid climate, and it is rare for it to snow in Arkansas. Since the state is relatively close to the Gulf of Mexico, the state stays rather warm year round. Arkansas also regularly has severe weather. On average, the state will have 60 days of thunderstorms every year, and tornadoes are not an uncommon.

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Colby College is fortunate to have a copy of the Bien edition of “Audubon’s Birds of North America” on loan from the Gerald Dorros family. The Bien edition was published in 1860, nine years after Audubon’s death. This edition was printed using a lithographic technique rather than the aquatint technique used in the original Havell plates. To my eye, the Bien prints are even more eye-popping than the original aquatints.

The original intent was to reproduce all 435 plates using the new lithographic process. The Civil War and hard financial times for the Audubon family put an end to the project after the first volume.

The Bien edition has some of Audubon’s most enduring and iconic plates: greater flamingo, wild turkey, wood duck, common grackle and glossy ibis. My favorite Audubon plate is included as well, the Carolina parakeet. Viewing this plate is bittersweet because the Carolina parakeet is now extinct.

The range of Carolina parakeets spanned Florida to southern New York along the Atlantic seaboard westward as far north as South Dakota and as far south as east Texas. These birds were most common in the sycamore-dominated bottomlands and cypress swamps in the Southeastern and Midwestern states.

Carolina parakeets were fairly large birds, reaching 13 inches in length with wingspans up to 22 inches. The body was green and the head was yellow with bright orange on the forehead and around the eyes. A spectacular bird.

Although Audubon, Alexander Wilson and other early American ornithologists provided some information on the species, no comprehensive study was ever done. As a result, we have large gaps in our understanding of the species.

We do know that the species persisted into the 1920s in Florida and probably into the 1930s in South Carolina in the vicinity of the Santee River.

Carolina parakeets were typical parrots, gregarious and loud. They had a broad diet like most parrots with a particular taste for cockleburs. Audubon’s plate shows these parrots feasting on cockleburs.

These birds did sometimes become a pest in orchards and grain fields. Some were shot by orchard owners and farmers. Unfortunately the social behavior of the species made them easy targets. Once a few had been killed, the surviving flock members would circle back to investigate the fate of their fallen flock mates and thus were easily shot themselves.

However, shooting of Carolina parakeets was likely not a major contributor to their demise. Early settlers regarded them favorably and why not. Birds that eat sandspurs, thistle seeds and cockleburs do humans a favor. We do have some evidence that Carolina parakeets were shot for food and for their colorful feathers. Some were also captured for the pet trade even though Carolina parakeets were not very good mimics.

What did lead to the extinction of this species? Three hypotheses have been proposed, each stemming indirectly from human activities. First, the loss of bottomland forests to timbering and to development reduced suitable habitat. The introduction of the honeybee (a non-native species) led to competition for nest and roost holes for the parakeets. Finally, we have some evidence that disease played a role in the species’ decline. These diseases may have come from poultry.

I look back with nostalgia on the first Earth Day on April 22, 1970. I was one of a small group at my high school that embraced the day, putting up posters in the hallways. That was the day the modern environmental movement began.

As Earth Day approaches each year, I take particular care to think about all the bird species we have lost from our direct and indirect effects. Passenger pigeon, dodo, great auk, Bachman’s warbler, Labrador duck, eskimo curlew – the list seems endless. We all need to redouble our efforts to walk more lightly on Earth.

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Ornatos Violeta

Cão (1997)

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O Monstro Precisa de Amigos (1999)

Ornatos Violeta was a Portuguese alternative rock band from the city of Porto, that was active from 1991 to 2002. The group, often referred to simply as Ornatos, consisted of vocalist Manel Cruz, bassist Nuno Prata, guitarist Peixe and drummer Kinörm, with Elísio Donas at the keyboard.

The band, whose music included some other influences such as funk, jazz and ska, grew over the years to become a reference in Portuguese music of the late 90’s. Fueled by the release of their debut album Cão! in 1997 and O Monstro Precisa de Amigos two years later, Ornatos were at the peak of their career when they split in 2002. This so far unexplained ending prompted several requests for a reunion over the years.

The band members went on to work independently on several other projects in the following decade, while a cult following started to grow around Ornatos, in particular around the work of Manel Cruz, author of most of the lyrics, and protagonist of newer projects such as Pluto and SuperNada. To honor the 10 years of their last concert, and taking into account the consolidation of their status as a cult band, the group decided to schedule a series of celebration concerts, that took place during the year of 2012.


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Topic Selection for Individual Speech Presentation Review this week's lecture. Think about a communication topic that you would like to learn more...

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about. Look at the Table of Contents in your textbook for more ideas. Email your instructor early
in the week to obtain speech topic approval for an informative or persuasive speech. Research
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Assignment: Conflict Analysis
Conflict Analysis Part 1: Observe an instance that you are not personally involved with where
conflict is present (you will need to be a bit of a covert operator to accomplish this). Answer the
In a several detailed paragraphs, describe the conflict scene.
1a. Who was involved in the conflict? What was the relationship between the participants prior
to the conflict? Did it appear as if the relationship between the participants had any impact on
how either person responded to the conflict?
1b. When and where did it take place? Was it formal or informal? Planned or unplanned? What
impact did the location and time have on the outcome?
1c. What transpired? (be specific)
Many times when we face conflict, there is a surfacelevel problem and an underlying problem.
The surfacelevel problem acts only as a symptom of the real problem. Consider both.
1d. What was the surface problem?
1e. What was the underlying problem or the real problem? If this is unclear, what might you
speculate the real problem to be?
There are many conflict management strategies that can be employed when dealing with
conflict. Consider which were present in this conflict.
1f. Which conflict management strategies were employed by each of the participants? Did the
conflict management strategies change during the course of the conversation? How do you
know? (Note: Use the conflict terms on pages 188–189 in your text).
1g. What was the outcome? Was there a winner? A loser? Did there appear to be an impact on
the relationship? If so, what was that impact?
1h. Looking back, describe at least two variables that could be changed in this scene to alter the
Conflict Analysis Part 2: Much of the learning in this course requires you to draw conclusions
about your experiences and observations based on the concepts we have read about and
discussed. Taking this into consideration:
2a., 2b. List two specific things you learned about conflict as a result of this exercise. Reference
material from the text, threaded discussions, lecture, terminal course objectives, and so forth.
Answers that demonstrate application of the course material and effective critical thinking will
earn the greatest amount of points.
Your submission should be approximately one page in length: one paragraph per item for 1a.–
1h., and 2a. and 2b.

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What Do Physical Education Teachers Do

The role of Physical Education (PE) teachers has changed over the years as students face different kinds of health challenges than previous generations, and new knowledge about health has come to light.

However, the core goal of physical education teachers has remained the same: help students of all grade levels improve their health and understand the importance of physical education and health.

Since students spend the majority of their school days sitting in class, PE teachers give them a much-needed break from their otherwise sedentary style of learning. In today's tech-driven world, many people ask "Why is physical education important?" when so many jobs don't require physical activity. But the fact that we spend so much of our time physically complacent, tied to technology, is the reason why it's important to ensure children and adults understand this subject matter is more important than ever.

PE teachers are responsible for organizing activities for students that include team sports, individual exercise, as well as techniques to improve flexibility and coordination.

At the elementary school level, physical education teachers have an objective to teach young students the importance of developing healthy habits and lifestyles. At this young age, kids can be susceptible to playing video games, eating junk food, and learning poor habits that can contribute to poor health in the long-term.

With young kids, gym teachers should look for ways to keep learning fun. This requires more of a game-based approach to activities, instead of focusing so much on competition and winning.

As students reach the secondary school level, extracurricular activities are introduced and competitive play is more of an emphasis. PE teachers at this level are often responsible for coaching these activities after school and evaluating student performance to encourage those who may have natural talents in particular sports.

By the middle and high school years, students' bodies are also developed enough to start weight training to improve their physical strength. Curriculum for gym class and courses specific to strength training are often introduced by high school. PE teachers in these courses will help students understand the importance of proper lifting and stretching to avoid injury. They will also emphasize a deeper understanding of healthy eating, since diet and exercise go hand-in-hand.

Physical Education teachers also have similar duties as other types of teachers, which include creating lesson plans, tests, and forms of evaluations for student assessment and improvement. Gym teachers have to report to the administration and communicate with parents, when necessary. Degree programs that prepare for these roles will include courses that focus on curriculum development and communication as well.

To earn you physical education degree, individuals will need to at least earn their bachelor's degree in an area focused on health, fitness, or sports. Physical Education teachers also have to pass state teacher certification. These requirements depend on the state you want to teach in. However, many states require teachers to pass an additional test specific to physical education.

Students who want to teach physical education should also consider earning a graduate degree in a specialized area of health and fitness to increase their career opportunities. Masters and doctorate programs can be found in campus and online formats.

Specializations that are common in the field include coaching, secondary physical education, human performance, athletic administration, sport management, and several others that can increase your options for working in this field.

Of course, the best way for you to learn how to become a PE teacher is to reach out to schools in your area for more information. They will be able to discuss your program and career goals to help you map the right path towards this career.

Contact the schools below that offer Physical Education teacher training to learn more.


What is Dawamee Program?

Dawamee aims to enable and empower unemployed youth across the UAE. It supports them in developing a career based on market-driven demand and yet can be accessed remotely or on part time bases. Through the launch of the first specialized on-line portal to provide flexible and remote job opportunities.

Target Group

Youth aging 15-35 years, with priorities given to low-income individuals, and those living on remote area, across the UAE

The Online Dawamee Portal

The first national online portal specialized in providing remote and flexible job opportunities that cater to both market and youth needs.

Dawamee Portal Objectives

Awareness across all sectors of the importance of flexible and remote jobs
Collaboration with various sectors to cater for their growing needs and youth’s social demands.
Linking youth looking for flexible or remote job opportunities with the various sectors across the UAE.

Dawamee Portal Services

Provide customized trainings to equip youth with the required skills
Interview candidates and shortlist the ones most qualified for the job.
Provide consultation services around flexible and remote working systems and policies.


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63.13 Questioner: Now these entities incarnate into a third-density vibratory body. I am trying to understand how this transition takes place from third to fourth density. I will take the example of one of these entities of which we are speaking who is now in a third-density body. He will grow older and then will it be necessary that he die from the third-density physical body and reincarnate in a fourth-density body for that transition?

Ra: I am Ra. These entities are those incarnating with what you may call a double body in activation. It will be noted that the entities birthing these fourth-density entities experience a great feeling of, shall we say, the connection and the use of spiritual energies during pregnancy. This is due to the necessity for manifesting the double body.

This transitional body is one which will be, shall we say, able to appreciate fourth-density vibratory complexes as the instreaming increases without the accompanying disruption of the third-density body. If a third-density entity were, shall we say, electrically aware of fourth-density in full, the third-density electrical fields would fail due to incompatibility.

To answer your query about death, these entities will die according to third-density necessities.

79.33 Questioner: Now, let me be sure I understand you: prior to the change and the extension of free will, let’s take specifically the end of fourth density, magical potential for the condition when there was only service-to-others polarization, magical ability or potential was much greater at the end of fourth density than at the end of fourth density immediately after the split of polarization and the extension of free will. Is that correct?

Ra: I am Ra. Magical ability is the ability to consciously use the so-called unconscious. Therefore, there was maximal ability prior to the innovation of sub-Logoi’s free will.

Ra: I am Ra. No.

65.18 Questioner: The Wanderer goes through the forgetting process. You mentioned that those who have both third- and fourth-density bodies activated now do not have the forgetting that the Wanderer has. I was just wondering if, say, a sixth-density Wanderer were here with a third-density body activated, would he have gone through a forgetting that was in sections, shall I say, with a forgetting of fourth, fifth, and sixth densities and if he were to have his fourth-density body activated he would have a partial additional memory and then another partial if his fifth were activated and then the full memory if he had the sixth activated? Does this make any sense?

Ra: I am Ra. No.

43.14 Questioner: Then the big difference in harvestability between third and fourth density is that at the end of the third density the individual is harvested as a function of individual violet ray, but in fourth density, is it the equivalent of violet-ray then for the entire social memory complex that must be of a harvestable nature to go to fifth density?

Ra: I am Ra. This is correct although in fifth density entities may choose to learn as a social memory complex or as mind/body/spirit complexes and may graduate to sixth density under these conditions, for the wisdom density is an extremely free density whereas the lessons of compassion leading to wisdom necessarily have to do with other-selves.

42.6 Questioner: In the last session you made the statement that “We, that is Ra, spent much time/space in the fifth density balancing the intense compassion gained in fourth density.” Could you expand on this concept with respect to what we were just discussing?

Ra: I am Ra. The fourth density, as we have said, abounds in compassion. This compassion is folly when seen through the eyes of wisdom. It is the salvation of third density but creates a mismatch in the ultimate balance of the entity.

Thus we, as a social memory complex of fourth density, had the tendency towards compassion even to martyrdom in aid of other-selves. When the fifth-density harvest was achieved we found that in this vibratory level flaws could be seen in the efficacy of such unrelieved compassion. We spent much time/space in contemplation of those ways of the Creator which imbue love with wisdom.

43.26 Questioner: Then will there be at that time any fifth-density and/or sixth-density beings on the surface of the planet?

Ra: I am Ra. Not for a fairly long measure of your time as fourth-density beings need to spend their learn/teaching space/time with their own density’s entities.

40.8 Questioner: Then what will be the time of transition on this planet from third to fourth density?

Ra: I am Ra. This is difficult to estimate due to the uncharacteristic anomalies of this transition. There are at this space/time nexus beings incarnate which have begun fourth-density work. However, the third-density climate of planetary consciousness is retarding the process. At this particular nexus the possibility/probability vortices indicate somewhere between 100 and 700 of your years as transition period. This cannot be accurate due to the volatility of your peoples at this space/time.

Is this correct?

Ra: I am Ra. This is correct.

43.17 Questioner: Is it necessary to eat food in fourth density?

Ra: I am Ra. This is correct.

79.24 Questioner: It was probably the design of the Logos by doing this to allow the conscious mind greater freedom under the first distortion by partitioning, you might say, the individualized portions of this from the Potentiator or unconscious which had a greater communication with the total mind, therefore allowing for, you might say, the birth of uneducated, to use a poor term, portions of consciousness. Is this correct?

Ra: I am Ra. This is roughly correct.

Ra: I am Ra. We perceive the query now.

77.15 Questioner: The specific question that I had was that it seems to me that the choice was planned to create intense polarization past third density so that experience would be intense past third density. Is this correct?

Ra: I am Ra. Given that our interpretation of your sound vibration complexes is appropriate, this is incorrect. The intensity of fourth density is that of the refining of the rough-hewn sculpture. This is, indeed, in its own way, quite intense causing the mind/body/spirit complex to move ever inward and onward in its quest for fuller expression. However, in third density the statue is forged in the fire. This is a type of intensity which is not the property of fourth, fifth, sixth, or seventh densities.

Ra: I am Ra. This is so.

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Jun 1, 1983

The World at War

Ralph Raico is a specialist in European classical liberalism and Austrian Economics. He learned economics under Ludwig von Mises, Murray Rothbard, and Friedrich Hayek, and is professor emeritus of history at Buffalo State College. Raico was also the founder of the New Individualist Review.

In this 1983 lecture, Raico teaches a Cato Summer Seminar group the history of World War I, the Great Depression, and World War II. He offers an in-depth look at the conditions which led to both wars and the ways in which governments throughout the 20th century have used war powers to justify and fuel their expansion.


Dealing with the Emotional Problems of Traumatic Brain Injury

Long after medical bills are paid and any other scrapes, bumps, and bruises have healed, a traumatic brain injury (TBI) can continue to affect your life in profound ways.

Even “mild” traumatic brain injury can affect the way your brain functions, causing headaches, difficulty thinking, and memory problems. In moderate to severe cases, TBIs can impact your emotions, changing the way you feel and interact with the world.

Some of the most common examples of emotional problems experienced by TBI victims include:

Mood swings. Mood swings can be defined as the experience of sudden and intense emotions that materialize and end very quickly. People with TBI may have uncontrollable outbursts of crying, laughter, or rage for no apparent reason. Oftentimes, mood swings are a result of damage to the part of the brain that controls emotions.

Depression. After experiencing a TBI, it’s not uncommon to feel sorrow, frustration, and despair. If you find yourself feeling overwhelmed or unable to move on because of these emotions, you may be suffering from depression. Common symptoms of depression include loss of joy in activities and things you once loved, changes in appetite, trouble focusing, feeling tired, and having thoughts of dying. Depression can be a result of the damage caused by a TBI to the part of the brain that controls emotion.

Anxiety. Victims of traumatic brain injury often experience anxiety—a sense of fear, apprehension, and worry that is unfounded or exaggerated. If you have anxiety related to a TBI, you may often feel anxious without reason, or worry excessively about making errors or performing poorly. You may also feel anxious in environments such as large crowds, places where noisy activities are occurring, and in traffic. This is because TBI can affect your ability to concentrate and make decisions, which can be overwhelming in situations that require concentration or information-processing.

Quick temper. Studies have found that as many as 71 percent of traumatic brain injury victims experience irritability or a quick temper. Sometimes, victims may have outbursts of temper where they shout, swear, and physically harm objects and people around them. This is often caused by damage to the brain that controls emotions, but it can also arise out of the frustration of having difficulty concentrating, expressing oneself, or processing information.

Help for Victims of TBI

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If you or a loved one is experiencing emotional problems such as mood swings, depression, or irritability after a traumatic brain injury, consult with your doctor. Your doctor may be able to recommend psychological or psychiatric evaluations and treatments that can help you manage your emotions and work towards recovery.

Medical and psychiatric professionals may also be able to prescribe medications that can address these problems, such as anti-depressants and sedatives. Work closely with your doctor to determine whether such medications are right for you, making sure to make follow-up appointments and report unusual symptoms.

And if your TBI was a result of an accident, dangerous condition, or the negligence of another person or entity, consult with a personal injury attorney with experience in traumatic brain injury cases. Your attorney can help you understand your rights and options before working with you to hold the guilty party responsible. With the help of an attorney, you may be able to secure much-needed compensation for medical, psychological, and psychiatric treatments, as well as overall pain and suffering.

About the Author:

John K. Lawlor, a South Florida personal injury attorney who focuses his practice on complex personal injury, wrongful death, and professional malpractice, founded the law firm of Lawlor, White & Murphey in 1998. Since 1995, Mr. Lawlor’s trial advocacy and litigation skills, as well as his wide-ranging legal expertise, have provided plaintiffs and their families with a distinct advantage when seeking financial compensation and justice for injuries caused by the negligence of others. Mr. Lawlor is an EAGLE member of the Florida Bar Association and an active member of the American Association for Justice, the Broward County Justice Association, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU), and several professional associations.


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Bicycle Accident Attorney Mohawk, Michigan

Bicycle Accidents – Mohawk, MI 49950

Bike mishaps can result in serious and in some cases fatal injuries. Lawsuits to recover damages for injuries in bike mishaps with vehicles include a lot of the very same concerns as any auto accident suit. Liability for bike mishap injuries often comes down to negligence– whether the vehicle motorist’s negligence triggered the cyclist’s injuries, and whether any negligence by the bicyclist triggered or added to the accident.

Bike Accident Liability Essential

Cyclists and drivers are bound to obey the rules of the road. These rules include traffic laws, in addition to the task to exercise common care in regards to one’s own safety which of others on the roadways. Like other lorry mishap lawsuits, bicycle mishap suits are governed by state law, and often informed by state and regional traffic laws.

Negligence and Bicycle Accidents in Mohawk, Michigan

When a bicyclist sues to recover damages for injuries suffered in an accident with an auto, the result typically depends on two questions:

Driver Negligence or Recklessness

In a claim declaring negligence by another person, complainants usually must show that the offender acted in a manner that broke a task owed to the plaintiff. In car accident cases, this indicates breaking the basic duty of care owed to everyone else on or near the highways.

Accident claims boil down to facts particular to the private case, and often the ability of the plaintiff to prove negligence through eyewitness testament or other proof. In automobile accident cases, nevertheless, habits which make up traffic offenses can constitute “negligence per se.” This indicates that if a driver was cited for an offense such as speeding at the time of the accident, proof of the speeding violation counts as evidence of negligence. The concern then moves to the accused to show that he or she didn’t trigger the plaintiff’s injuries.

Cyclist Negligence – Mohawk, Michigan 49950

Whether a bicyclist sues a chauffeur, or a cyclist is sued for causing someone else injury, cyclist negligence can determine the result of the lawsuit. Examples of bicycle rider negligence include riding the wrong way on a one-way street, running a stop indication, and turning suddenly into traffic.

In mishap cases involving kids on bicycles, courts hold motorists to a greater requirement. See specifics on child bike mishap liability for more information.

Get Your Legal Claim Evaluated free of charge

Accidents involving automobiles and bikes can include severe injuries and big liabilities. Bicycle accident lawsuits frequently come down to whether the driver or the cyclist negligently caused or contributed to the accident. This negligence determination can be a complex and require in-depth analysis. If you or a loved one has actually remained in a bike mishap, you must talk to a lawyer to finest protect your rights. You can have an experienced law practice assess the benefits of your claim free of charge.


Rembrandt's Late Religious Portraits

date of exhibition: 2005/01/30 - 2005/05/01
institution: National Gallery of Art
type of exhibition: autorská

7 half-length portraits of religious figures painted by Rembrandt van Rijn late in life were brought together for the first time from private and public collections in the United States and Europe. Scholars had long wondered whether the paintings, roughly similar in size and composition, formed part of a series.


You Should Know: Ligaya Tichy

by guestofaguest · October 21, 2015

Ligaya Tichy

Besides being our ultimate #HairGoals, Ligaya Tichy is a marketer and investor, supporting cool tech ventures and restaurants - you know, all the ones we want to either download or eat at. She's also a huge community builder, volunteering her time as a tutor to homeless youth in the Bay Area.

Marketer, Tech & Restaurant Investor

@Ligaya, @HelloLigaya

Ligaya Tichy

Ligaya Tichy

What do you actually do all day?

Meetings, email, review pitch decks

Favorite song growing up?

Love is A Battlefield. Pat Benetar

My biggest secret is…

I'm an open book! Well, I grew up in a meditation cult..

Why do you live in San Francisco?

People, weather, outdoors, hippies (plz stay!)

Uber, Taxi, BART or Bike?

Uber and bike

My motto is…

I'll try anything once, twice if I like it.

My alter ego is…

Samuel L. Jackson

The last drink I had was…

Ito En Oolong tea

My secret crush is…

Chrissy Tiegen, Duh. Oh, and Buckminster Fuller

What was your first job?

Commercial property insurance underwriter, but in Cali it was trimming bud!

Farmers market at the ferry building, hike at Fort Funston, dim sum at Koi Palace, drink at Hotel Biron, dinner at Lolinda or The Progress.

Coming from? Going to?

What is your favorite work of art?

The Alhambra in Granada or many more works by James Turrell

Who should we know?

Alexia Tsotsiz, Garrett Camp


Spring in the hometown of Santa Claus

Finland is famous for not only being the country of Santa Claus but also having colorful old streets hidden under the snow.

Finland is known as the hometown of Santa Claus with famous cities like Lapland or Helsinki. However, Finland still has many wonders that tourists do not know. One of them is the ancient city of Porvoo with colorful houses hidden in the white snow.

Only 50 km from Helsinki, Porvoo is one of the six remaining cities from the Middle Ages of Finland and the second oldest one. The  city is full of history and famous for its lovely restaurants and cafes. You can get to Porvoo by car Onnibus, if you book early, you have to pay only 1 euro for a ticket.

This cute small town is built according to the architecture of rural North Europe. The old town of Porvoo is a charming and popular destination for daytrips. The winding streets and mosaic-like courtyards reflect the town's medieval history.

Today the narrow cobblestone streets are lined with charming boutiques and museums housed in historical wooden buildings of different colours. Besides, some of one-or-a-half-story houses have an additional wooden floor and are painted in vibrant colors. Early in the spring, visitors to Porvoo will be overwhelmed by the brilliant colors highlighted by the snow white background.

The area around Porvoo was formed from the Stone Age while the city of Porvoo was established by 1380. In the 14th century, Porvoo became a Swedish colony. Today, people here still use both Finnish and Swedish.

Porvoo is named after the river Porvoonjoki flowing through the city. In winter, the river water is frozen and snow is so thick that you could easily walk from one shore to the other shore. By the beginning of spring, the glaciers begin to melt, creating a unique scene.

Porvoo is the most beautiful when you stand at this side of the river and look over the other one. Visitors can see many colorful little houses, above it is Castle Hill where the Porvoo Cathedral is located.

This small town is built based on the architecture of rural North Europe. Some of one-or-a-half-story houses have an additional wooden floor and are painted in vibrant colors.

Porvoo is also surrounded by a forest. You can visit and experience the feeling of being lost in a Nordic forest.

Porvoo is a highly recommended tourist destination to visit when you come to Finland this spring. This is a great place for exploring a peaceful North Europe. Try to leave the lights of the familiar cities and experience a completely different Finland.

By: Christina Baker

Cloud Computing


Ugliest Man Fathers An Eighth Child
‘Ugliest Man’ Fathers An Eighth Child With Second Wife

Godfrey Baguma, a 47 year-old man popularly known as Sebabi (‘ugliest of them all’) was dubbed ugly because of his unusual looks which are caused by a rare medical condition that he suffers from.

He has created media buzz after he recently fathered his eighth child with his second wife, Kate Namanda, 30 confirming that love conquers all.

The couple has six kids plus two children from Sebabi’s first marriage. The Mirror reports that he met Namanda when she was 18 through his aunt who played go-between and stayed with her four years before making it official because he was afraid of being rejected.

“I told her that I didn’t choose to look the way I do and that if she feels I am a burden, she is free to (leave) me, but she chose to stay”

These words from his mouth evoke sadness in the way they express the burden that he carries with him daily because of his condition and stigma that comes with it. Being referred to as ‘the ugliest’ is one type of constant stigma he lives with, that leaves us with a barrage of questions about the scale or system that the people use to determine one’s ugliness.

Have we as Africans, lost respect for each other? Why is it that people no longer feel touched by another person’s predicament? It seems like the communities have come to a point where people are not touched by other people’s suffering instead they use other people’s ailments to ridicule them.

Where do we draw the line? It is perplexing to know that people nowadays tend to use the term ‘ugly’ loosely to the extend that the use it to describe the side effects of someone’s chronic medical condition. Instead of laughing at his story, people should be asking themselves what happened to the spirit of Ubuntu where people used to feel for each other, when people used to say injury to one is an injury to all.

Their wedding ceremony held in 2013 in his home town of Kyazanga, in the Lwengo District of Uganda, attracted a attention after some of the guests at the wedding reportedly paid UGS 4,000 ($1) to attend the reception and see the woman Sebabi married.

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Deprivation of opportunity

an aspect of cultural decline and social fragmentation

Deprivation of opportunity is part of the process of cultural decline and social fragmentation and takes place when authority structures seek to increase control by depriving people of opportunities for experience.

Why this is important

Without opportunities people cannot connect and share ideas or gain experience and without experience cannot enjoy full autonomy or control over their lives as individuals. If someone is unemployed they need opportunities to share skilsl or experience with others through work or some other meaningful occupation through which they can at some point get paid and participate in life.

Therefore deprivation of opportunity is a major impediment of cultural development and social progress which would lead to subsequent economic development through a more equal distribution of financial and material wealth. Ultimately due to the process aspect it also acts as an impediment to human evolution.

The reason for deprivation of opportunity

Deprivation of opportunity is usually as a means of control through either restricting access to resoruces or a denial of opportunity, for example as a result of status loss in social stigma. Deprivation of opportunity is at its most extreme in social exclusion and is a common experience among the unemployed and homeless who often have the least access to resources and opportunities.

Types of deprivation of opportunity

There are different types of deprivation of opportunity which can include:

  • community - restrictions of access to community space
  • social - often on the basis of social stigma and status loss
  • resource - restriction of access to resources
  • economic - austerity measures and cuts in public services
  • communicative - restriction of access to ifnromation or technology

A lack of opportunity may not always be down to deprivation of opportunity but may also be the result of someone being unable or unwilling to perceive an opportunity. However in many cases people are able to percieve and make use of opportunities but the opportunities don't exist as a result of deprivation, not an inability to perceive opportunities. This is a central issue in unemployment where those who believe in authority also tend to believe that there are jobs out there and this is part of a strategy to brand unemployment as a personal failing, rather than a social or political failing.

Effects of deprivation of opportunity

Many social issues we see today are the outcome of deprivation of opportunity, which include poverty, inequality, unemployment, homelessness, social exclusion, and social conflict. Deprivation of opportunity is a central component of social fragmentation and an outcome of cultural decline.

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Calibanus hookeri ~ Mexican Boulder

Calibanus hookeri can be used as an unusual specimen plant. The large caudex root can be exposed to create an unusual focal point. Or it can be used much as any other grass would be used. Calibanus hookeri is native to the mountains of Northern Mexico. The Mexican Boulder is hardy when temperatures dip into the single digits. Calibanus hookeri flowers rarely, the male and female flowers appear on different plants. The flowers are insignificant and are buried in the foliage. Calibanus hookeri is related to the Agave and Dasylirion but is in the Nolinaceae with some other yucca relatives. Calibanus hookeri requires a low water section of the garden or very good drainage.

Calibanus hookeri, Mexican Boulder

Foliage and caudiciform base of Calibanus hookeri Mexican Boulder. High resolution photos are part of our garden image collection.


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Lava Field

Joshua Higgason is a designer of performances, creating unique live experiences for events, concerts, opera, and theater. He designs video and projections, interactive media, sets, and lighting.

He started working in experimental theater and art with some groundbreaking companies, and has continued developing into a unique voice in the world of immersive media driven experiences.

He currently teaches Performance Media, Interactive Design for Live Performance, and Lighting Design at MIT.


Monday, October 24, 2011

Hubble Sizes up a Dwarf Galaxy

Phoenix Dwarf Galaxy
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The NASA/ESA Hubble Space Telescope has taken this image of the Phoenix Dwarf Galaxy, which is located 1.4 million light-years away from Earth. It is located in the constellation of Phoenix in the southern sky. The object, a dwarf irregular galaxy, features younger stars in its inner regions and older ones at its outskirts.

Dwarf galaxies are small galaxies composed of a few billion stars, compared to fully-fledged galaxies which can contain hundreds of billions of stars. In the Local Group, there are a number of such dwarf galaxies orbiting the larger galaxies such as the Milky Way or the Andromeda Galaxy. They are thought to have been created by tidal forces in the early stages of the creation of these galaxies, or as a result of collisions between galaxies, forming from ejected streams of material and dark matter from the parent galaxies. The Milky Way galaxy features at least 14 satellite dwarf galaxies orbiting it.

Because of their shape, dwarf irregulars have often been mistaken for globular clusters: they do not feature a bulge or spiral arms like larger galaxies. However, their importance in terms of cosmology is in stark contrast to their unspectacular shapes, as their chemical makeup and high levels of gas are believed to be similar to those of the earliest galaxies that populated the Universe. They are thought to be contemporary versions of some of the remote galaxies observed in deep field galaxy surveys, and can thus help to understand the early stages of galaxy and star formation in the young Universe.

The galaxy was discovered in 1976 by Hans-Emil Schuster and Richard Martin West. Hans-Emil Schuster was acting director of ESO’s La Silla Observatory in Chile and was involved in the selection and testing of the sites for the observatories of both La Silla and Paranal. His great contribution to astronomy and to ESO was recognised by the Chilean government last week when he was awarded the medal of the Order of Bernardo O’Higgins.


The UN Holocaust: More Lies and Treachery on the Way?

by Yves Mamou
January 11, 2017

Israel, this tiny country in the heart of Middle East, has become the new target of diplomacy-abuse at the United Nations, headed by the Americans, the Europeans (mainly France) and the Organization of Islamic Cooperation (OIC) — 57 Islamic states plus “Palestine”, which at the moment forms the largest bloc at the UN.

On December 23, 2016, the UN Security Council passed Resolution 2334, which effectively sets the boundaries for the Palestinian state at the 1949 armistice lines. The Arabs had previously refused to accept the armistice line as a border, presumably because agreeing to it might preclude the Palestinians from trying to get the rest of “Palestine”, defined by them as “from the river [Jordan] to the sea [Mediterranean]” — meaning all of Israel. Just look at any Palestinian map — It is identical to the shape of the entirety of Israel.

According to Res. 2334, not only are Jewish settlements are illegal, overnight, effectively making their Jewish residents criminals, but the Jewish Quarter, the Western Wall and the Temple Mount in Jerusalem’s Old City — the heart of Judaism for nearly 4,000 years and the seat of Christianity for more than 2,000 years — are now grotesquely considered “occupied territory”.

As Washington Post columnist Charles Krauthammer noted:

“It’s as if the U.N. passed a resolution declaring Mecca and Medina to be sovereign Jewish or Christian territory. It’s absurd. It’s an insult to the intelligence of the world and is supremely damaging to the Israeli claim to its own holy places.”

Krauthammer then wondered why the resolution included East Jerusalem, site of the Old City and the western retaining wall of the Temple Mount — all that is left of the Jews’ Second Temple, which was destroyed by the Romans in 70 A.D., and at which Jews pray every day. Hmm. As Res. 2334 rejects Res. 242’s founding assumptions that peace can only be negotiated between belligerents, could it be that President Obama and the US administration, along with the Islamists, dictators, and many of Europe’s Islamized leaders who now populate the UN, are planning to declare a Palestinian State, presumably with East Jerusalem as its capital at a UN Security Council meeting scheduled for January 17, three days before Obama leaves office? We sincerely hope to be proven wrong.

A vote at the UN Security Council (illustrative). [Image source: U.S. State Department]

Regrettably, the US-UN-OIC assault on Israel clearly seems to be the second prong of outgoing US President Barack Obama’s lame duck campaign against Israel — part of a larger plan to displace much of Israel, including its heart, the Old City of Jerusalem, with an Islamic state.

Already, on October 13, 2016, another branch of the United Nations, UNESCO, falsely declaredthe site of Judaism’s two ancient temples, Islamic sites.

Before that, in 2015, UNESCO also falsely declared two ancient Biblical Jewish sites, Rachel’s Tomb and the Cave of the Patriarchs, “Islamic sites” — despite Islam not even having historically existed until hundreds of years later in the seventh century.

The vote was unanimous, except for the US, which, after orchestrating and nurturing the entire assault, demurely abstained and then tried to deny that the US was behind it.

The denial played out like a bad film in which the wife hires a hit-man to kill her husband, and then tells the judge she is innocent because at the time of the murder she was having her hair done.

Secretary of State John Kerry’s “candid thoughts” on December 28, 2016, tried to disguise the Obama Administration’s treachery — the US abstaining instead of opposing Res. 2334 — with a lot of fake-friendly advice. But according to Kerry, the “interests of the United States” were not aligned anymore with the interests of Israel. Why is that? Because of settlement policy:

Read more here: https://www.gatestoneinstitute.org/9730/un-holocaust-treachery
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Heflin v. Merrill: UM/UIM Coverage in Auto Accident Lawsuits

Underinsured Motorist (UIM) and Uninsured Motorist claims involve a car accident victim attempting to get his or her own liability insurance carrier to pay financial compensation when the at-fault driver is uninsured or does not have enough insurance to cover total damages.

crash-739118-m.jpgHeflin v. Merrill, a case from the Mississippi Supreme Court, involved an at-fault driver who crashed into the rear of plaintiff’s car. While this was not a fatal automobile accident, at-fault driver died from unrelated causes following the accident. Plaintiff filed a car accident lawsuit against driver’s estate and her own underinsured motorist carrier.

As our Boston uninsured motorist claim lawyers understand, UM/UIM cases often require extensive litigation, because, even though one would think that his or her own insurance would not deny the claim, insurance companies deny a large number of claims, because it is more profitable for them to deny claims than to pay claims.

While her insurance company stipulated (agreed) that plaintiff was covered under its UIM plan and admitted liability, it moved to exclude from the jury any reference of UIM coverage and its role in the case. Trial judge granted insurance company’s motion and found the existence or non-existence of UM/UIM coverage was not relevant and would potentially prejudice the jury in regard to its determination of damages. Generally, juries are not told whether any insurance exists.

At trial, the court sustained objections made by insurance company pertaining to statements made by at-fault driver and victim’s opinion about how fast he believed at-fault driver’s was going at the time of the accident. It is alleged that he said he was sorry for the accident, and stated, “God, I’m sorry, it was my fault.”

The objection to at-fault driver’s statement was based on hearsay. Trial judge concluded that it was not hearsay but still excluded it because the declarant was now deceased and insurance company had already admitted liability so he felt it would just inflame the jury unnecessarily.

The jury awarded $32,000 to plaintiff, an amount that was far less than at-fault driver’s liability limit. Plaintiff filed a motion for additur (to increase the amount of verdict) and for a new trial. Trial judge denied both motions and plaintiff appealed.
On appeal, the court looked at the issue of whether jury should have been informed about UIM carrier’s role in the process. The court held it was proper to exclude UIM carrier’s identity and role from the jury, because it was in the judge’s discretion to do so. Discretionary issues are only overturned on appeal if they involved an abuse of discretion by a trial judge.

It was further found that to be admissible, evidence must be shown as being relevant to aid the fact finders in making a determination. The typical standard used in most jurisdictions, including the Commonwealth of Massachusetts, is whether evidence tends to make a fact or consequence more or less probable.

If it meets this first test and is determined to be relevant, the other side can still object, if its potential relevancy is outweighed by potential for unfair prejudice to one party.

Additional Resources:

Heflin v. Merrill, November 6, 2014, Supreme Court of Mississippi

More Blog Entries:

Estate of Sholberg v. Truman – Fatal Car Accident Caused by Stray Horse, July 17, 2014, Boston Car Accident Lawyer Blog