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This is a new version of a video I posted previously. This version is a little better. Below are links to the articles and news videos included.
The Dalai Lama: Front Man for a Feudal Clique, Darling of Wealthy Mystics and Cold Warriors
World News Briefs; Dalai Lama Group Says It Got Money From C.I.A.
Deity banned – Outrage as Dalai Lama denounces Dorje Shugden
Behind Dalai Lama's holy cloak
Is the Dalai Lama a religious dictator?
PEOPLE & POWER – The Dalai Lama: The devil within
The Dalai Lama's Buddhist Foes
Protest at Dalai Lama prayer ban
A Great Deception – The Ruling Lama's Policies
The article below was written by Ron Cook.
With the release of the book 'A Great Deception – The Ruling Lama's Policies' many will conclude that the Western Shugden Society is intent on destroying the reputation of the Fourteenth Dalai Lama, Tenzin Gyatso. Such a conclusion is both specious reasoning and absurd. This is because the Dalai Lama has completely savaged his own reputation. His innumerable contradictory words and activities are the poison that is solely responsible for any downfall. Like any self-destructive celebrity the Dalai Lama need only look in the mirror to find the source of all his problems.
If one does a little research it is easy to find example after example of conflicting statements coming from the mouth of the Dalai Lama. For example, is the Dalai Lama a religious leader or politician? The Dalai Lama provides his answer: "To be interested in religion you have to be involved in politics."1 He has also said things like, "Political institutions and religious institutions should be separate; it is safer if they are kept away from each other."2 Then during the same interview, and only moments later, he contradicts himself by saying "…politics and religion should be combined."3 How does advocating blending 'church and state' foster a good reputation? Historically the combination has only produced intense suffering and injustice. His advocacy is no doubt due to his previous stewardship of Tibet prior to his 1959 exodus. "We are punished for feudalism. Every event is due to one's karma."4 This was the Dalai Lama's response to a question as to why Tibetans had lost both their independence and why they were having no success in regain it. Does he remember who the feudal lord of Tibet was?
Does being on the CIA's payroll enhance or discredit the reputation of a supposed fully omniscient Buddha of Compassion? Is collecting millions of dollars for a 'free Tibet' while at the same time abandoning independence and instead seeking autonomy within China not a contradiction? Why was their no referendum from six million Tibetans? Again, does this enhance or discredit his reputation? Does being a spokesperson for Apple Computers or guest editor of the fashion magazine Vogue, help increase his reputation as a pure spiritual practitioner? How does saying that Shoko Asahara, [leader and convicted murderer of the Japanese AUM Cult] has a 'mind of a Buddha' provide him with a credible reputation? Does attending Hollywood parties and staying in the world's most luxurious hotels accord with the vows and commitments of a 'simple Buddhist monk?' Does supporting India's testing of nuclear weapons an admirable quality of a Nobel Peace Prize recipient? Does saying 'I am half Marxist, half Buddhist' win favour with Marxists, Buddhists, or anyone for that matter?
The Dalai Lama said the following at a speech at the Assembly of Tibetan People's Deputies, Dharamsala, May 29, 1991:
"Now, when we try to become a complete democracy, the present election system becomes a bit of a problem. We have used the word 'secularism' in our draft charter. Experts interpret this word differently. But in our Charter the word is defined in Tibetan as remey …(it roughly means that the state will not discriminate among different religions). Therefore, if our constitution is based on this principle, it, for all practical purposes, incorporates the essence of all religions, whether we give it the name of religion or not. However, if we use the word religion, we will be narrowing the scope of this constitution. On the contrary, if we use the phrase 'natural and innate spiritual qualities of human beings,' it will embrace the whole of humanity."
In a speech to the Lithuanian Parliament, October 1, 1991 the Dalai Lama said:
"Of course, sometimes religion has been used to create divisions and problems between people. That is very unfortunate and sad because I believe religion should do the opposite: it should develop harmony, compassion and understanding among people. The fact that there are differences should not create conflict. It is useful to have different religions so that people can practice the religion that best fits their mental disposition."
Apparently such altruism applies to all of humanity except Dorje Shugden practitioners. How does expounding such noble policies like this (and then invoking a systematic persecution and attempted purge of Dorje Shugden adherents from the Tibetan and Buddhist communities around the world), enhance his reputation? Considering the fact that at the time of these speeches he had already been advising his followers not to practice Dorje Shugden for over a decade, makes these words particularly hypocritical.
Writing two autobiographies and consulting on a movie revolving around his early years in Tibet has certainly enhanced his reputation. Unfortunately no authentic Buddhist spiritual leader would ever consider wasting their time fawning about themselves because it directly contradicts Buddha's teachings on self-centeredness. Similarly, does including on his official website lists of both his honors and awards and all the politicians he has met, indicate anything more than an egotistical proclamation?
The unsavory words and actions of the Dalai Lama are so extensive that the book A Great Deception could not possibly explore them all. It only focuses on some of the most egregious contradictions. Followers of the Dalai Lama may be outraged by what they read but they merely suffer from the self-deception of seeing the emperor's new clothes. No doubt it is unbearable to entertain the thought that they have been utterly deceived by a master political and spiritual illusionist. No matter what evidence is presented they will likely choose to remain in denial, and apply blind faith. However, they should keep in mind that the Western Shugden Society and others would have no justifiable or corroborated basis for criticism had the Dalai Lama not provided it in overabundance. The undeniable truth is that Dalai Lama destroyed his reputation many years ago.
1 Interview by Paul Vallely, 'The Independent' Saturday, 9 December 2000
2 Extract from All You Ever Wanted To Know From His Holiness The Dalai Lama On Happiness, Life, Living, and Much More: Conversations with Rajiv Mehrotra, 23 January, 2010.
3 Ibid.
4 Interview by Johan Hari, 'The Independent' 7 June, 2004.
Below are some of the best reviews of A Great Deception – The Ruling Lama's Policies from Amazon.com. The book is now available in the US from the Independent Publishers Group. If you've read the book, feel free to post your own review in the comments section below or better yet write your own review on Amazon.com
Review by Michael-James B. Weaver
This book advocates a spiritual solution to a political problem that has plagued Tibetan society for the past 15 years, the Dorje Shugden controversy. Walking in the footsteps of the Buddha, high Lamas should renounce involvement in political affairs. Buddha spoke of his renunciation in this way: "Bodhisattvas should follow my example. I renounced my kingdom and attained complete enlightenment. You must be aware of how close the relationship between renunciation of the world and the eventual attainment of supreme enlightenment is." Buddha's father offered to abdicate the throne in favor of his son's rule, to which Buddha replied, "Father, I am no longer the son of one family, one clan, or even one country. My family is now all beings, my home is the Earth, and my position is that of a monk who depends on the generosity of others. I have chosen this path, not the path of politics. I believe I can best serve all beings in this way."
It is readily apparent throughout this book that the Western Shugden Society is *no* fan of Communist China, a "totalitarian regime" that "invaded" Tibet and has now "occupied" it for more than 50 years. Still, primary blame for the "catastrophic decline" of Buddhadharma in Tibet over the past few hundred years, which ultimately precipitated the loss of the country to the Chinese, rests solely on the unholy mixing of religion and politics which the book calls 'Lama Policy'. The current Dalai Lama's political ambition to become the unprecedented spiritual head of all Tibetan Buddhists, his unfailing adulation of Mao, and his fascination with 'half-Buddhist, half-Marxist' communism (seriously retarding his exile government's democratization) are all given heavy treatment in the book. Many Tibetans feel personally betrayed by the Dalai Lama, who unilaterally handed over the cause of Tibetan independence to the Chinese as early as the 1980s, without consulting either the Tibetan parliament or his people. Once Tibetan nationals started to realize that their hopes for a 'Free Tibet' had been ruined, the Dalai Lama's scapegoating of Dorje Shugden practitioners began… and for the past 15 years this clintonesque misdirection has worked amazingly well, albeit to the detriment of the Tibetan exile community's internal trust, peace, and harmony.
The book puts forth a most intriguing thesis, which is touched on throughout various chapters as it retraces the history of the Dalai Lamas; the implications will be earth-shattering for many Tibetan Buddhists, yet liberating for many others including myself. That is, "a great deception" has been perpetrated since the death of the Fourth Dalai Lama, in that no one who has carried this title since–from the Fifth to the current Fourteenth–has actually fulfilled the First Dalai Lama's promise to his root Guru, Je Tsongkhapa, who was the founder of the Gelugpa tradition: "From now until I attain enlightenment I shall seek no refuge other than you… I pray that, with my mind free from the influence of attachment and hatred, I may strive to maintain your doctrine and cause it to flourish without ever giving up this endeavor" (translation in the book Heart Jewel by Geshe Kelsang Gyatso). The first four Dalai Lamas are presented as pious, holy men who lived "exemplary lives of pure moral discipline and spiritual practice," and so there is no doubt about their authenticity.
In sharp contrast, the so-called Fifth Dalai Lama's military escapades (including sectarian suppression of the Jonang, Kagyu, and Bön traditions), political intrigues (including the assassination of his spiritual 'rival', Dragpa Gyaltsen), and abhorrence of his root Guru the Panchen Lama call into doubt whether he was really the reincarnation of the Fourth Dalai Lama at all. Rather, "Many Gelugpa lamas believe that Dragpa Gyaltsen, and not Losang Gyatso, was the actual incarnation of the Fourth Dalai Lama and that when Dragpa Gyaltsen died he became a Protector of Je Tsongkhapa's Ganden tradition" (i.e., he manifested as Dorje Shugden). Indeed, it would be interesting to know how pervasive this interpretation is amongst contemporary Shugden Lamas, because it helps to explain so much, for example, why the earliest rituals to Dorje Shugden identified him as an emanation of Avalokiteshvara (see the Dorje Shugden History website), and why it is that the Sixth, Seventh, Eighth, Ninth, Tenth, Eleventh, and Twelfth Dalai Lamas weren't particularly noteworthy, to say the least.
The book is a damning account of the Fifth, Thirteenth, and current Dalai Lamas' theocracies and their failures as political and spiritual leaders. And, although the book is heavily sourced, it is intended merely as a starting point for journalists and scholars to dig even deeper. In a sense, exposing the Dalai Lama's "open secrets" to the world in this way is like giving us permission to look past the facade and not feel blasphemous for doing so: the authors invite the world again and again to scrutinize the Dalai Lama's actions just as they would any politician, and not be mesmerized by the celebrity of this 'simple Buddhist monk'. For these Tibetan Buddhists, the Dalai Lama can no longer hide behind the mask of Avalokiteshvara, the Buddha of Compassion, for his actions simply do not merit it: even the current Dalai Lama's militant campaigns, political intrigues, and abhorrence of his root Guru (whom he never acknowledges) are laid bare, a haunting replay of the Great Fifth's samsaric life.
Nevermind the fact the Dalai Lama has never had the ecclesiastical authority to ban prayers to Dorje Shugden, what this book makes transparent is that neither does he have the *moral* authority. Of course, the Dalai Lama's Buddhist teachings and lectures are spectacular, which is a testament more to the wisdom and kindness of his unsung Spiritual Guide, Trijang Rinpoche, a Dorje Shugden practitioner who arguably was the greatest Tibetan Buddhist master of his generation. The Dalai Lama often says that we have to choose between himself or Dorje Shugden, which in effect amounts to choosing either the Dalai Lama or the late Trijang Rinpoche; for many Shugden practitioners this has been a difficult but clear choice, and this book makes it crystal clear.
Review by Aaron Pearson
What a fantastic read. I couldn't put this book down. Once you get past the first couple of chapters, which makes some quite strong accusations against the Dalai Lama and his `religious ban' on a group of Buddhists, the book starts to unravel the background behind these claims – and there's a lot of information to back them up. The book has almost 400 references to various resources so it does seem pretty credible after all.
The book gives a lot of interesting facts about the previous Dalai Lamas, a lot of which I didn't know about. Particularly interesting was the chapter on the present Dalai Lama, with new information about his escape from Tibet, about his dealings with the CIA, and other things like the fact that members of his family are part of his Government – it's quite an eye-opener.
The main point of the book is to put pressure on the Dalai Lama to stop his ban against Buddhists who follow a deity called Dorje Shugden. I understand that he claims there is no ban, but when I looked into some of the references in the book I found some video footage of the Dalai Lama referring to the ban as `his' – see the Western Shugden Society website, under 'videos'. On the same website I also found some footage from a TV News Channel of a Buddhist monk being refused entry to a local shop because he is a follower of Dorje Shugden. With all these claims I read saying that there is no ban, this type of evidence seems pretty hard to ignore. It seems like a pretty clear cut case of religious discrimination when you can't even go into a shop and buy some groceries because of your religious beliefs!
What I came away with was a feeling that the image of the Dalai Lama I had previously was a bit superficial. I knew he'd won the Nobel Peace Prize, that he is the head of the Tibetan Government etc. and on that basis I had him down as a good guy, fighting for World Peace, but I now realise I didn't really have anything to back this up with. This book takes things to a whole new level. There are pictures of him shaking hands with Chairman Mao, with ex-Nazi SS soldiers, with the Aum Cult leader (responsible for the Japanese train gassing) and more. Now I'm not saying I think he's a Nazi, but when you put all of this together, my image of him being a 'holy man' is now looking a bit dubious. Well, that's my take on it anyway.
I would recommend this book to anyone who likes a bit of controversy and to anyone who is interested in finding out about the Dalai Lama's background – everything other than what he would want you to know of course. And to anyone who won't read the book because they don't feel comfortable that the 'holy' Dalai Lama is finally being brought into disrepute, if this information is true, you might want to think about the suffering of the Buddhists in Tibet who are being discriminated against – if we continue to turn a blind eye to these types of reports, then maybe no one will ever find out the truth behind these claims?
Review by C. Poulengeris
I read this book really carefully and I think it is excellent. For a long time Tenzin Gyatso (14th Dalai Lama) has been doing whatever he likes with very little scrutiny from Western observers. Anyone who should dare to criticise the Dalai Lama is usually just attacked. Far better to investigate the complaints to see if they hold water. In this book the Dalai Lama's most serious failings are exposed. It is a little bit like the story of "The Emperor's New Clothes".
In any case, I would recommend this book because it is very well researched with a lot of documentary evidence. It has cast iron evidence of
1. His links to the CIA
2. His shady, shady finances. This guy has received hundreds of millions of dollars over the years for "Tibetan Independence". Everyone knows that the Dalai Lama (against the wishes of many Tibetans themselves) gave up on Tibetan Independence years ago. What has happened to the money. It certainly hasn't been used for the benefit of alleviating poverty amongst Tibetans!
3. How he is attempting to divide and weaken the Gelugpas (by attacking the worship of a popular deity called Dorje Shugden) so that they will then join his "Rime" (Ecunemical) movement. (The Rime movement by the way never existed until recent times, invented by, yes the 14th Dala Lama)
4. His utter failure to do anything whatsoever either for Tibet or for Tibetans in general (above and beyond some serious nepotism regarding his close family)
5. His disrespect for his own Spiritual Guide (His Holiness Trijang Dorjechang). There is documentary evidence where he says that HH Trijang Dorjechang was wrong to worship Dorje Shugen. According to Mahayana Buddhism ANYONE who directly criticises their own Spiritual Guide is creating heavy negative karma.
It is, I believe, very well researched and accurate.
Anyone who may find it hard to believe that the Dalai Lama is fallible should read this book. It exposes the Dalai Lama's failings. As Abraham Lincoln said: "You can fool some of the people all of the time, and all of the people some of the time, but you can not fool all of the people all of the time."
An excellent book.
In April 1973, just months before the official coronation of the current monarch, King Jigme Singye Wangchuck, the government of Bhutan announced the arrest of more than thirty individuals, almost all of them Tibetan refugees. The arrests were said to be in response to a plot that had begun a year earlier with the fatal heart attack of the previous monarch. During the latter years of this king's reign, one of the most influential people was his alleged mistress. This woman, Ashi Yanki, was accused of being the ringleader of a group that had plotted to kill the young heir to the throne, set fire to the capital of Thimpu, and, in the resulting confusion, carry out a coup that would have effectively put Bhutan under the control of Tibetan refugees. The purpose of this coup, it was claimed, was to turn Bhutan into a military camp and a staging area for raids into neighboring China. It was further alleged that Ashi Yanki's major source of support and encouragement was none other than Gyalo Thondup [the Dalai Lama's brother]. …
The Dalai Lama must maintain the absolute and undivided loyalty of the refugees in order to preserve his secular power. He is opposed to assimilation, and is especially opposed to the acquisition of citizenship in the settelment countries. In 1979, it was rumored that representatives of the Dalai Lama were warning Tibetans not to choose Bhutanese citizenship, lest they be barred from any future "independent" Tibet. …
In response, the Bhutanese, wanting all Tibetans to assume citizenship and profess their political loyaties solely to their king, have promised the refugees that they are free to renounce Bhutanese citizenship any time in the future – as are all Bhutanese.
This clip shows the details of the state department documents highlighted in the new book A Great Deception – The Ruling Lama's Policies by the Western Shugden Society.
Here is a sample of the section entitled The Dalai Lama's Involvement with the CIA and the Tibetan Guerillas:
In 1974, the Dalai Lama claimed: 'The accusation of CIA aid has no truth behind it.' But gradually as more and more US State Department documents have been declassified he has been forced to admit the truth.
In 1999, discussing the early CIA operations involving his people, he said: 'They gave the impression that once I arrived in India, great support would come from the United States.' The CIA provided $1.7 million dollars annually to train and support guerrillas, including setting up training camps in the US (Camp Hale, Colorado) and elsewhere, flying the guerrillas there and parachutting them back into Tibet, and providing weapons, equipment and intelligence. The Dalai Lama himself received $180,000 annually to maintain himself in India, a grant for which he did not have to account.
In the above video clip the Dalai Lama says 'Violence and telling lies these I believe basically against human nature.'
The Dalai Lama inspecting troops at Chakrata. He authorized the Tibetan units of the Indian Special Frontier Force to fight the war in East Pakistan in 1971.
The above video clip helps to illustrate this point made in the new book A Great Deception by the Western Shugden Society.
The Tibetan government is the Dalai Lama, and the Dalai Lama is the Tibetan government. Behind the trappings of government with its illusion of democracy, the Dalai Lama's position, with its central tenet, 'L'etat, c'est moi' ('I am the State'), extends its domain of authority over all aspects of policy and decision-making. There is no decision of government that is not the Dalai Lama's decision.
One of the sections of the new book A Great Deception – The Ruling Lama's Policies asks the question "Where has all the money gone?" with regard to the Campaign for a Free Tibet.
Here's a quote from the book:
The amount of money raised for the Tibetan causes over the last few decades – which most contributors in the West have been led to believe is for a free Tibet – probably runs into hundreds of millions, in not billions of dollars. If these funds are not being used for a free, independent Tibet (because the Dalai Lama stopped aiming for a this as early as the 1980s), then what is this money being collected for?
This is a section of the article Selling Tibet to the World printed on June 5, 2008 by Michael Backman which is featured in A Great Deception:
GUCCI, iPod, Facebook, Tibet – these are among the world's hot brands, for which brand integrity is everything.
Tibet, as a brand, works particularly well. It brings in millions, and Hollywood A-listers queue to endorse it. What's more, they do it for free. Creative director and brand chief executive, the Dalai Lama, will visit Australia again next week. He will preside over a five-day Tibetan prayer instruction course in Sydney. A company has been set up to handle the visit – Dalai Lama in Australia Limited.
Tickets for the event can be bought online even from The Age's own Box Office website along with tickets for Bjorn Again and The Pink Floyd Experience. But few are as expensive as the Dalai Lama experience, with tickets ranging from $800 for front seats to $450 for seats at the back. Tickets for good seats for the Sunday session alone are $248. Lunch is extra – between $18 and $27 for a pre-ordered lunch box. A clothing range has even been created. There are polo shirts, baseball caps – even men's muscle tees emblazoned with the endless Buddhist knot. From street chic to urban cool, baby, this monk has funk.
Saving Tibet, like Saving Private Ryan, is a good earner. Everyone's into it, even China. Back in April, a factory in China's Guangdong province was exposed as one of the manufacturers of the Free Tibet flags so prominent in the anti-Olympic torch protests in Britain, France and the US. The factory workers claimed they had no idea what the colourful flags represented. Blame China's state-controlled media for that.


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Film Workshop Co. Ltd. (simplified Chinese: 电影工作室; traditional Chinese: 電影工作室), is a Hong Kong production company and film distributor. It was founded in April 1984 by producer/director Tsui Hark and his now ex-wife, Nansun Shi. Already a renowned director with a string of box office hits behind him, Tsui wanted to create a workshop where the foremost filmmakers could work on films with artistic merit, and at the same time, films that could be commercially rewarding for the financiers.
In 1984, Film Workshop's first film, Shanghai Blues, turned out to be both a critical and commercial success in Hong Kong; and so were the two subsequent films that Tsui directed: The Working Class and Peking Opera Blues. At this time, Tsui invited other directors to join in. With Tsui producing, John Woo directed A Better Tomorrow, which grossed US$4.5 million locally to set a new record as the highest grossing motion picture in Hong Kong.
Film Workshop continues to produce the films that Tsui either produces or directs. This includes films such as A Better Tomorrow 2, A Better Tomorrow 3, the Once Upon a Time in China film series and Seven Swords.
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Come With Me [HK-Drama] (2016)
Summary : Mok Tai-hung (Eddie Cheung) and Lam Ching-yee (Sharon Chan) have been dating for five years. The two love each other very much and want to take their relationship to the next step by getting married. But Ching-yee's strict and conservative mother Liu Doi-lam, is highly against them being together due to Tai-hung's financial status, him being a bit older than her daughter and also him having a son from a previous relationship. Tai-hung puts up with Ching-yee's mother bias of him and hopes she will come around one day. After the two are married they still find roadblocks in their relationship as Tai-hung constantly has to put up with his new mother in-law to show he is the perfect son in-law. While Ching-yee has to adjust to life at Tai-hung's family home and tries not to offend her mother in-law who overly tries to be helpful but only makes matters worst.
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Additions and updates by Dr Carlo Kopp. Background PLA Armoured and Mechanised Infantry Brigade Structures Self-Propelled Air Defence Systems WXZ204 HQ-2B Tracked Surface-to-Air Missile Launcher Type 95 SPAAG LR66, Type 347G, LD-2000 SPAAG/SPAAGM TD-2000D AAGM HQ-7/FM-80/FM-90 / CSA-4 Crotale HQ-6/HQ-61 Type 89/ZSD89 Air Defence Missile Carrier Chinese "Avenger" SAM System FLV-1/FLG-1/FL-2000 Wheeled Air Defence Vehicle WZ551D Wheeled Air Defence Vehicle Launcher Yitian/WZ551 Wheeled Air Defence Vehicle Launcher Command, Control and Communications Type 81 Armoured Command Vehicle Type 81C Amphibious Armoured Command Vehicle Type 85 Armoured Command Vehicle Type 89 Armored Command Vehicle WZ551A Armoured Command Vehicle Man Portable Air Defence Systems QW-2 and HY/FN-6 Man Portable Air Defence Systems Large Calibre Anti-Aircraft Machine Guns QJG02 14.5mm Anti-Aircraft Machine Gun W95A .50in Heavy Machine Gun[19] QJZ89 12.7mm x 108mm Heavy Machine Gun QJC 88 12.7 x 108mm cupola anti-aircraft machine gun Type 85 12.7mm x 108mm Heavy Machine Gun Type 77 12.7 x 108mm Heavy Machine Gun Heavy Machine Gun Cartridges Colour Identification of Chinese Small Arms Cartridges from 1958-1987 Chinese Military Heavy Machine Gun Cartridges Issued 1950-1987 12.7 x 99 Browning Machine Gun Cartridges Type 54 12.7 x 108mm DV06 12.7 x 108mm dual projectile 12.7 x 108mm Helicopter Cartridges Type 56 14.5 x 114mm Type 91 14.5 x 114mm APDS DGJ02 AP-T 14.5 x 114mm DGE02 APHEI 14.5 x 114mm M203 API-T 14.5 x 114mm CS/BFD06 14.5 x 114mm -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Background With the operational art of the PLA now firmly rooted in the concepts and doctrine of modular forces creating independent battle groups within the division, augmenting it seamlessly with heavier forces.[1] Battle groups are generally based around a battalion and the PLA is going towards a three-level command structure of corps, brigade and battalion. The divisional structure remains for administration in many military regions containing brigades instead of regiments to accommodate the battle group concept. The idea behind brigade and battle groups is to 'adapt to informationalised warfare and to enable more rapid decision making on the battlefield'.[2] In the PLA, the primary difference between a regiment and a brigade is that the brigade is capable of independent operations whereas a regiment is directly subordinate to the division, as it does not have the headquarters staff to carry out independent operations. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PLA Armoured and Mechanised Infantry Brigade Structures[3] The People's Liberation Army's 112th Mechanised Infantry Division was the first unit using the new structure and when unveiled in 2006 is claimed by the PLA to be two generations ahead of its predecessor.[4] The division is organised and equipped to fight as independent battle groups on mountainous and urban terrain, its equipment being lighter in weight and firepower than those of the PLA's divisions tasked to defend the nation against aggressors equipped with main battle tanks. Its theatres of operation are Xinjiang and Tibet where the division's lighter vehicles and support weapons can operate in areas where the communications infrastructure can be described as poor at best. There are three mechanized infantry companies to the battalion and three battalions to the brigade with three brigades in the division giving a total of 351 Type 86 infantry fighting vehicles (IFVs). These are supported by an artillery brigade of 72 PLZ89 122mm self-propelled guns and a tank battalion of 99 Type 96 main battle tanks. Type 89 armoured command vehicles are liberally provided throughout the division down to the company level to provide command and control. Intelligence and electronic warfare assets are held at the divisional level in a battalion and distributed as required. Although described as a light division the PLA generally classes wheeled units as light and tracked units as heavy. The new mechanised infantry brigade has four mechanised infantry battalions, one armoured battalion, one fire support battalion, one engineer battalion and one communication battalion. Each mechanised infantry battalion has three mechanised infantry companies, each of three platoons with each company having 13 infantry fighting vehicles; four in each platoon and one headquarters vehicle. Each armoured brigade has three armoured battalions for a total of 99 main battle tanks, one mechanised infantry battalion, one artillery battalion with 18 self-propelled guns and one air defence battalion of 18 AAA guns. Each armoured battalion has three armoured companies, each of three platoons with each company having 11 main battle tanks; three in each platoon and two headquarters vehicles. There are no tanks at the battalion or brigade headquarters. A complete armoured brigade contains 2,200 soldiers.[5] The Type 86 infantry fighting vehicle, a Chinese copy of the Russian BMP-1, is being updated by replacing its existing 73mm low velocity gun turret with the new Chinese one man 'universal turret' containing a 30mm chain gun which has impressive performance against light armour, can disable many main battle tanks, and can be used in an anti-helicopter role.[6] The other combat tracked vehicles in the division, other than the tanks, are based on the indigenous Type 89 armoured fighting vehicles. The support company of the battalion comprises one 100mm mortar company of 10 vehicles with one mortar per vehicle and a fire control vehicle, an automatic grenade launcher (AGL) platoon in two vehicles with two AGLs each; one anti-tank platoon in two vehicles sharing three anti-tank guided missile systems, normally the Hong Jian 8. There are a total of 18 Type 89 series armoured vehicles in each brigade providing 54 anti-tank guided missile systems in the division. The wheeled units are equipped with the WZZ551 family of vehicles. In 1990 the first vehicle was introduced into service as the Type 90 (WZ551A) IFV was equipped with turreted 25mm automatic cannon, and in 1992 the Type 92 (WZ 551B) was introduced as a cheaper APC with the semi-open turret used on the ZSD89 APC. The WZ551D air defence version using the heat seeking PL-9 point defence SAM round was developed but not put into production. The Type 02 assault gun mounting a 100mm high velocity gun in a turret is in service and the self-propelled gun version mounting the same gun as on the PLZ89 is due into service shortly. The division headquarters comprises an engineer battalion, an electronic warfare battalion, a chemical defence battalion, the division headquarters (company sized), an air defence troop and a guard company for HQ protection. Logistics is provided by corps assets attached to the battle groups as required. Mechanised formations based on this model are well equipped with organic air defence assets, intended to deploy with the units and provide mobile point and limited area defence capabilities against opposing aircraft and helicopters. Within each mechanised infantry battalion there is an air defence platoon of three vehicles with four Hongqi6 (HY-6) man portable air defence system (MANPADS) missile launchers per Type 89 APC vehicle, for a total of twelve. A division has 27 air defence vehicles and has 108 Hongqi6 MANPADS available for air defence at any time. They come under operational control of the air defence brigade commander. The divisional air defence brigade comprises one battalion of 24 towed 57mm anti-aircraft guns and one battalion of 18 towed twin 37mm anti-aircraft guns. An air defence platoon of six Type 95 self-propelled combination AAA/SAM vehicles and one of light surface-to-air missiles are attached to the artillery brigade. The Type 95 SPAAG/SAM system uses the same hull as the PLZ89 122mm self-propelled gun, with a turret mounting four 25mm automatic cannon and can be fitted with four QW-2 IR-homing, short-range surface-to-air missiles, the Chinese equivalent of the Russian Igla-1 (SA-16 Gimlet). If heavier forces are required to augment the new division, these have been developed as well. These include the Sixth Armoured Division, which has a similar structure to the mechanised infantry division; an independent supporting artillery brigade equipped with 72 152mm Type 83 or the new PLZ45 155mm self-propelled gun, which uses the Chinese built version of the Russian KBP laser guided round; the 16th anti-tank regiment, which is really the size of a small battalion and contains six PTZ89 120mm self-propelled huatang guns and 18 Type 89 Hongjian 8 anti-tank guided missile tank destroyers; and an air defence brigade that contains a battalion of 24 57mm towed anti-aircraft guns and one of six Hongqi 7 SAM systems, the Chinese clone of the French Crotale system. The air defence and anti-tank units are light enough to go with the mechanised division into isolated areas. The PLA still depends on towed AAA despite having vehicles available to replace them. The 37mm and 57mm systems are still capable of causing considerable damage but are showing their age. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Self-Propelled Air Defence Systems WXZ204 HQ-2B TEL in deployed configuration. The WXZ204 tracked launcher was developed for the HQ-2B (Hong Qi-2) Surface-To-Air Missile (SAM), a Chinese development of the Russian S-75 Dvina (SA-2 Guideline). During the 1979 Sino-Vietnamese War, Chinese troops would not advance beyond air defence coverage envelope afforded by their fixed HQ-1/HQ-2 SAM belt inside China. To alleviate this problem by increasing SAM coverage for PLA forces operating on China's periphery, development was started in 1980 of a tracked launcher for the HQ-2 SAM, based on the Chinese clone of the Soviet SM-90 sem-mobile launcher. It was designed to operate in the rear of the army, and if it had been available during the 1979 Sino-Vietnamese War, would have been integrated into the Chinese air defence system utilising Fan Song or Gin Sling engagement radars deployed inside China. The vehicle used a lengthened Type 63 amphibious tank chassis with an additional road wheel providing a total of fourteen. With the missile loaded it weighs 26 tonnes, with the missile weighing approximately 2,200kg.[8] Two prototypes were built, but it does not appear as yet to have entered production. The weapons system's overall length when travelling was 13.235 m including missile, 3.2m wide and 4.5m high. The hull height was 1.57m. The diesel engine produced 293 kW and a torque of 70.8 kN, and gave the vehicle a maximum road speed of 42.9 km/hr and a maximum road range of 250km. The low top speed and range suggest that the engine was taxed moving the vehicle. The missile was mounted on its SM-90 derived static launcher, which was modified for fitting on the vehicle hull. It was able to traverse through 3600 , although it would normally be fired facing the vehicle front as the huge folding stabiliser at the rear of the hull acted as a flame and heat deflector. Two large cable reels contained the fire control cables which were attached to relevant air defence equipment. It was not capable of firing at an aircraft independently and a battery of these with its attendant radars, generators and control vehicles would occupy a considerable piece of land. On the move, the missile would be vulnerable to damage, both due to enemy fire and accidental. As the HQ-2 uses the toxic AK-20K (or IRFNA - Inhibited Red Fuming Nitric Acid) mélange oxidiser, any leak is catastrophic to any vehicle or person that is exposed to its highly corrosive properties. Moreover, the TG02 / samin fuel will spontaneously ignite when in contact with the oxidiser. 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Overall, the number of births in 2008 declined two per cent from 2007, the first annual decline in births since the start of the decade.
The report, from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, was based on a review of more than 99 per cent of birth certificates for 2008, the first full year of the recession.
Rates fell for teenage mothers, as well as women in their 20s and 30s, with the one exception being births among women in their 40s, which rose by four per cent, reaching its highest mark sinc 1967.
Experts say the most likely explanations are the recession and a decline in immigration to the United States, which has been blamed on the weak job market.
Some early birth information for the first six months of 2009 indicate a continuing decline of about three per cent in total births, CDC officials said.
Last summer, the agency gave a first glimpse of the 2008 numbers. The new report confirms the birth rate decline, and also gives a breakdown of births by age group.
The new report found that birth rates fell by three per cent for women in their early 20s, two per cent for women in their late 20s, and one per cent for women in their 30s.
The trend in those numbers indicates that the older women got, the less willing they were to postpone a birth, said the new report's lead author, Brady Hamilton of the CDC's National Center for Health Statistics.
The teen birth rate dropped two per cent, with the rate for Hispanic teenagers was the lowest reported in two decades. The teen birth rate had been declining from 1991 through 2005, but rose from 2005 to 2007.
Even so, women in their 40s still have babies far less often than younger women. The rate was about 10 births per 1,000 women in their early 40s, and less then 1 per 1,000 for women in their late 40s.
The rate for women in their late 20s was 115 per 1,000.
Experts note that the postponement theory may explain why younger women had lower birth rates, but doesn't fully get at why the rate for women in their early 40s rose so sharply.
Some speculated that more sophisticated assisted reproduction services may be paying off for older couples, or perhaps some divorced women are choosing to have additional children with a new partner later in life.


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Orly Taitz of Laguna Niguel Descries Corruption in Media, Senate Foe Feinstein
Leader in birther movement tells how she would fix the economy, create jobs and serve Orange County.
By Debbie Tharp
The news media are corrupt. Sen. Dianne Feinstein is profiting from insider trading and steering lucrative contracts to her husband. America should slap tariffs on foreign energy sources.
So says Orly Taitz of Laguna Niguel, best known for her leading role in the birther movement challenging President Barack Obama's U.S. citizenship.
But Taitz—considered by some a front-runner among Republicans as she challenges Democrat Feinstein in Tuesday's U.S. Senate primary—has strong views on other issues as well.
Taitz, who has come under sharp attack from within and outside her party, recently sat down with Laguna Niguel Patch at a hometown Starbucks to talk about everything from election fraud to her cures for the economy.
Patch: You have faced a great deal of criticism for some of your political activities that greatly overshadow other political opinions that you are attempting to express, such as calling for members of the media to be fired for their criticism of you. How do you address these claims?
Orly Taitz: People misrepresent the facts. I never called for that because they were against me. I have called for members of the media who are committing fraud—who are defrauding the public and who are committing elections fraud—to be reported to the elections committee, or to be reported to an ethical communications committee.
For example, three years ago when I ran for [California] secretary of state, Chris Matthews of MSNBC went on national television and stated: "Orly Taitz is a malignancy. I want you to tie her up like a witch to the stake."
After he made this comment, a number of crazy Obama supporters sent in emails stating that I needed to be burned like a witch at the stake and that my burned body needs to be dragged down the street. He's a member of the media on a station that claims to be from a reputable network, and he is actively calling on violence against me. Why shouldn't he be fired for that?
There is an enormous amount of corruption occurring here, including in the media. During Watergate, over 30 people were charged and sentenced to prison. I believe that Forgerygate [Obama birth certificate questions] will have similar results.
A number of candidates are saying: "I will fight for you." I can legitimately say that, "I have fought for you," with a number of legal actions. I have traveled the country on my own dime fighting for the people. I am probably the biggest proponent of clean elections that you will find, having come from a country where we were denied this.
Not many people know that a foreign interest, Smartmatic, purchased Sequoia Voting Systems, which controls 70 percent of our electronic voting hardware and software in the U.S.
The president of Smartmatic is Antonio Mugica, who has dual citizenship in America and Venezuela. Mugica owns yet another company called Vista. This company controls elections software and hardware in Venezuela. Vista and Smartmatic are located in the same building in Caracas, Venezuela.
Basically, it is the same company, different names. When they had the recall on Hugo Chavez in Venezuela, Vista was the company that counted the votes. Although all of the polls showed Chavez losing by 20 percent, the final election results showed him winning by the same amount. We can't say that it's proof, but I believe that there is a high probability that there was fraud.
Patch: So you are purporting that the same company, which you suspect has committed elections fraud in the Venezuela recall election, purchased 70 percent of our elections software?
Taitz: I cannot say that this is proof that there was fraud, but there is a high probability. The polls could have been mistaken. By the way, a large portion of Vista is owned by Hugo Chavez. Antonio Mugica supposedly sold Smartmatic in 2006. However, the person who bought the company, even though he was a U.S. citizen, was one of the directors of the company already. So he sold the company to an insider of the same company.
He also never sold the intellectual rights to the software. So if the voters suspect rigging of the software, they cannot even find out because a number of legal actions were brought where the citizens demanded to see the software, and the courts denied the citizens that right stating that the software was proprietary. You can read this any way you want.
Patch: If you believe that the system is rigged, why even run for office?
Taitz: If I am running for office, then I am meeting members of the media and bringing these issues to the forefront. We can call for decertification of these machines. We have layers of foreign corporations involved in our elections software.
How can it be that the members of Congress, which have an approval rating of 9 to 11 percent, can be re-elected on average 90 percent of the time? Something is very wrong with this system.
Patch: So against the odds, and with the media predicting Feinstein's victory against any Republican opponent, the question still begs to be asked: How would you represent your home state if you were to be elected and specifically Orange County and Laguna Niguel?
Taitz: First of all, I would question the prediction of a victory for Feinstein. Her approval ratings have dropped drastically. A majority of Californians are unhappy with her performance. She's [soon to be] 79 years old and she's not expected to do anything different.
Patch: What do you think you can do for California better than her?
Taitz: With Feinstein, there is an enormous amount of corruption. As the state of California is going down the drain, we are losing millions of jobs, the standard of living is going down and people are losing their homes.
Feinstein is pretty much in the business of enriching herself. Feinstein has diverted lucrative contracts to her husband, Richard Blum, and the companies that are controlled by him. He has a conservative estimate of $400 million of wealth and she has $100 million.
Together they are worth at least half a billion dollars. How did she and her husband come into possession of this money? URS Corp., which her husband has a large stake in, bought EG&G from the Carlyle Group. Feinstein was involved in steering a defense contract toward EG&G.
Blum is also on the board of CB Richard Ellis and Feinstein has proposed a special deal whereby foreclosures would be handled by one real estate company. This company happens to be Richard Ellis. Not only did she steer the contract toward this company, but the contract is higher than what the market bid would be.
This is the exact opposite of what I would do. I believe that we should have competitive bidding and that we should not have insider training. Any federal contract should be under competitive bidding so that the taxpayers get the best bargain. Yes, she has more money for her campaign, but is it clean?
Here is another example: Feinstein purchased $1 million worth of equity in a company called Amyris Biotechnologies. What we found was that she made this investment shortly before it was announced that the federal government will give a large taxpayer secured loan to Amyris.
Shortly after it was announced to the public, the company goes public and the value goes up threefold. So within a short period of time, Feinstein made $2 million. We the taxpayers do not get this kind of return on our investments. I will fight against all insider trading.
Patch: What would you do to help our economy?
Taitz: I will propose specific incentives to companies that are repatriating back into our country. What we have been seeing is that companies are getting tax breaks regardless of whether they operate here or overseas. They get stimuli. Then they are turning around, closing manufacturing in the U.S. in favor of Third World countries that have no regulations and slave labor. Those companies make enormous profits, while millions of Americans are going bankrupt, losing their jobs and losing their life savings.
Your senators are elected to represent U.S. citizens, not the citizens of China, Brazil or India, and not a small group of 200 or 300 billionaires that are de facto running this country. They should be representing us.
I would encourage a one-to-one tax credit for companies who hire U.S. workers. For every tax dollar that a newly hired U.S. worker pays who was previously sitting on welfare, I would give those companies an equal tax credit. Right now, a company gets credits even if they close a factory here and open one in China. I would, instead, tie any tax credit to investment in the U.S.
We also need to seriously renegotiate [policies of] the WTO, which has resulted in the loss of millions of American jobs. I am proposing tariffs. What makes a company American? Our main goal is to bring jobs back to the U.S., so I would give credits to any company which invests in the U.S. and hires American workers.
I would address the water shortage. I will promote the production of desalinization plants. These plants are being used successfully all over the world and there is no reason we should not have these plants, for example, in the area of San Clemente. We should not charge the citizens of California exorbitant amounts of money for their water.
Also, as you know, this shortage is being largely caused by legislation which is supposed to protect an endangered species [Smelt Roe]. I recommend we place filters over the pipes that bring us water. This would prevent the fish from being sucked into the pipes and still allow us to deliver water to the state. I have spoken to a number of engineers and they say that there is no reason that this will not work.
I would also address energy production. We have rules and regulations that make production of our own energy too expensive while we import energy from other parts of the world.
I would impose tariffs on foreign energy sources while encouraging our own energy production at home. As you know, Barack Obama imposed a moratorium on offshore drilling in Louisiana. When a judge issued a decision that there was no need for the moratorium, Obama simply prevented the issuing of permits for offshore drilling.
At the same time that he denied 80,000 Americans their jobs in the gas and oil industry, he and his wife traveled to Brazil and gave a speech at a state dinner congratulating Brazil for their offshore drilling and stated that the U.S. would be their biggest customer. Keep in mind that his main benefactor, George Soros, is heavily invested in Petrobras, a company which specializes in offshore drilling.
Also in the state of California, we have enormous unemployment. I would propose workfare instead of welfare. People could work for their welfare. People are often left at home, unable to work. And even when people try to find work, you see signs that the unemployed need not to apply.
If we required people to work a certain number of hours for their benefits, they will be able to make certain connections. Employers might offer those people permanent positions. Let people be busy doing something. It would help.
We are paying those benefits regardless. We still have need in a number of tiers. There is a shortage of medical assistants, overcrowding in schools—these problems can be relieved by steering people toward these areas, requiring people to take classes for specific education, studying to be a medical assistant, a nurse, a teacher, for jobs that are needed.
Right now, over 100 million Americans are not in the workforce. We have huge unemployment among young people, and that is very worrisome. Those people are prone to unrest. This has led to unrest in many countries. In fact, the Arab spring was precipitated by unemployment and the huge level of corruption. We are seeing revolt now. We are seeing Occupy Wall Street, the Tea Party, GOOOH [Get Out Of Our House].
Of course, there are members of the Occupy movement that may be punk kids with nothing better to do, but one has to ask: Why don't they have anything better to do? We need to address the grievances of the young people.


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In our May issue of Our Rights, we reported that Ari Ne'eman, founder of the he Autistic Self-Advocacy Network, had his nomination to sit on National Council on Disability held up in the US Senate. It had been suggested this happened because some parents of children with autism, especially the National Autistic Association, objected to Ne'eman's belief that autism should not be cured, but instead should be accepted and accommodated.
The final list of new members has just been announced and, fortunately, Ari has been included. Furthermore, six of the eight new members are disabled people.
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I like Investment U for their brief profiles of some of history's greatest thinkers and investors. Today, we link to an essay on one of the great figures in trading lore, Jesse Livermore.
Read on for, "Five Timeless Rules of Investing Learned From Jesse Livermore".
If you don't know who Jesse Livermore is, that's okay; they've included a nice little summary intro on his life and his trials as a speculator.
Also, if you have an interest in trading or market history, I would highly recommend reading Reminiscences of a Stock Operator, if you haven't already.
Wednesday, July 26, 2006
Trading tips from Jesse Livermore
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The Bible teaches that God is not one person, but three Divine beings. The three beings are the Father (Jehovah), the Son (Jesus), and the Holy Spirit. How can the Bible claim there is only one God when in reality there are three people? It's probably not possible for finite beings such as ourselves to understand infinite beings, but perhaps the following comparison will serve to help our understanding.
There are about 7 billion humans alive on Earth right now. All of these humans make up one group collectively referred to as "Humanity." How many humanities are there? Only one, but this humanity is composed of billions of individuals. Similarly, there are three Divine beings who compose one group collectively referred to as "God." How many Gods are there? Only one, but God is composed of three individuals. This concept is referred to as the "Trinity" or "Godhead."
The three can be distinctly seen in the following passages.
16 As soon as Jesus was baptized, he went up out of the water. At that moment heaven was opened, and he saw the Spirit of God descending like a dove and alighting on him. 17 And a voice from heaven said, "This is my Son, whom I love; with him I am well pleased." (Matt. 3:16-17 NIV)
For there are three that bear witness in heaven: the Father, the Word [Jesus], and the Holy Spirit (1 Jn. 5:7 NKJ)
The presence of all three members of the Trinity is implied in the following Genesis passages.
26 Then God said, "Let us make mankind in our image, in our likeness, so that they may rule over the fish in the sea and the birds in the sky, over the livestock and all the wild animals, and over all the creatures that move along the ground." (Gen. 1:26 NIV)
And the LORD God said, "The man has now become like one of us, knowing good and evil. He must not be allowed to reach out his hand and take also from the tree of life and eat, and live forever." (Gen. 3:22 NIV)
The Holy Spirit is a person
Some assume that the Holy Spirit is some sort of impersonal force. The Bible is very clear that this cannot be true because He has attributes of a real person.
The Holy Spirit has emotions
And do not grieve the Holy Spirit of God, with whom you were sealed for the day of redemption. (Eph. 4:30 NIV)
How much worse punishment, do you think, will be deserved by the one who has trampled underfoot the Son of God, and has profaned the blood of the covenant by which he was sanctified, and has outraged the Spirit of grace? (Heb. 10:29 ESV)
The Holy Spirit talks
The Spirit told Philip, "Go to that chariot and stay near it." (Acts 8:29 NIV)
While they were worshiping the Lord and fasting, the Holy Spirit said, "Set apart for me Barnabas and Saul for the work to which I have called them." (Acts 13:2 NIV)
The Holy Spirit teaches
But the Advocate, the Holy Spirit, whom the Father will send in my name, will teach you all things and will remind you of everything I have said to you. (Jn. 14:26 NIV)
This is what we speak, not in words taught us by human wisdom but in words taught by the Spirit, explaining spiritual realities with Spirit-taught words. (1 Cor. 2:13 NIV)
The Holy Spirit has personal choice
All these are the work of one and the same Spirit, and he distributes them to each one, just as he determines. (1 Cor. 12:11 NIV)
It seemed good to the Holy Spirit and to us not to burden you with anything beyond the following requirements: (Acts 15:28 NIV)
6 Paul and his companions traveled throughout the region of Phrygia and Galatia, having been kept by the Holy Spirit from preaching the word in the province of Asia. 7 When they came to the border of Mysia, they tried to enter Bithynia, but the Spirit of Jesus would not allow them to. (Acts 16:6-7 NIV)
The Holy Spirit is God
In addition, it is clear that the Holy Spirit is a part of the group of the three Divine people known as "God" from the following passage.
3 But Peter said, "Ananias, why has Satan filled your heart to lie to the Holy Spirit and keep back part of the price of the land for yourself? 4 "While it remained, was it not your own? And after it was sold, was it not in your own control? Why have you conceived this thing in your heart? You have not lied to men but to God." (Acts 5:3-4 NKJ)
In this passage, a man and his wife had agreed to sell property and give some of the proceeds to charity. They agreed with each other to lie about their donation by saying they had given the entire amount when in reality they kept some for themselves. There was nothing wrong with them keeping some of it for themselves as Peter implied when saying, "after it was sold, was it not in your own control?". The problem was that they lied and said they gave it all. Presumably, this lie was motivated out of a desire to impress those around them by their alleged generosity. Peter says in so doing they had lied, not to men, but to God the Holy Spirit.
What is the Holy Spirit's name?
Unlike the Father and the Son, the Bible never reveals the personal name of the Holy Spirit. God the Father and God the Son have a number of names that reveal different aspects of their character and personality. Jesus' personal name wasn't revealed in the old testament writings. It wasn't until the events surrounding Jesus' birth that His proper name is revealed. Likewise, perhaps it is the case that we will not learn the personal name of the Holy Spirit until the next age when all of the people of God will dwell in the New Heavens and the New Earth.


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Lament for a Lost Civilization (1975)The music consists of re-creations of early American Indian singing, drumming, and flute playing; other samples include insects, birds, animals, and weather environments. You can easily hear the sound of the buffalo, wolf, and bear which played a predominant role in the lives of the AmerIndians.
In addition, I played and recorded excerpts from familiar American colonial songs and dances on the piano, including My Country tis' of Thee, Washington's March, and Yankee Doodle. The music is used to suggest a contemporary background against which the other sounds are referenced. Some of the piano music is digitally processed for effect.
There are nine recorded tracks. Each track was separated into short segments, naturally bounded by silences. The segments were then recombined, independently of one another, and separated by varied durations of silence. The duration of each silence was mirrored by the segment's musical duration, except for the colonial songs and dances.
The Lament is intended to attract one's attention not only to the loss of hunter-gather tribes from the beginning of humankind, but to all lost species.
(all recorded segments are in the public domain)
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Shop Tour : Gather Home + Lifestyle
As you might already know, I love Instagram. That is where I found this lovely store, Gather Home + Lifestyle. I might just ask them if I can move in and make this my home. The name says it all. This shop is a great place where you can find unique pieces from artisans from around the united states.
I've never been to Chicago, so I think it's about time to head over there to visit and say two thumbs up to the brains behind this store, who's is Kristen. She's a former visual merchandiser who is looking to introduce a more hand curated shop in the neighborhood of Wicker Park.
The whole setup of the store is very much organized that it will be so easy to shop and find your pieces to buy. Loving the exposed brickwall in combination with the hard wooden floor. Combining the rest of the walls with a light color, making the space more airy and bigger. The color palette of the pieces are very basic color natural, which also brings calmness in the place. But spurring it up with very green plants. That is the pop of the color in here. Very lovely. Have you ever been there?


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Age-related macular degeneration (AMD) is a disease associated with aging that gradually reduces central vision, making reading and driving difficult. AMD affects the macula, the part of the eye that gives you 95% of your vision, including color vision. The macula is located in the center of the retina where we get our central and most important vision. With AMD, the disruption of the macular tissues inhibits a sharp image, resulting in a painless, gradual loss of vision.


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I have enough jewelry....said no one ever!
Jewelry is an expression of ourselves. We wear it on our bodies, which reflects the intimacy of its function. Not only does it touch or pierce our skin, it clings to us in many other ways. Emotionally and visually. The constituents of jewelry, taken from the earth, honed and crafted creatively by the artist, is a way of connecting us to the land and sea in as many unique ways as we are.
We could talk about the science of Metallurgy, Mineralogy, Petrology and Gemology, but that would be outside the boundaries of this article. Suffice it to say that expertise, experience and knowledge goes into the making of artistic jewelry pieces. And passion. An extremely important element. Let's call it Passionology……because we can!
The jewelry artists that we represent at Lovetts Gallery have this Passionology of which I speak.
Annette Blazon debuted at the Fahrenheit Exhibition with earrings that related to the Fahrenheit 451 story. She creates in a style that is eclectic, off beat and funky. We are waiting for new pieces from her that she describes as taking her work to the next level in metals and stone. You will be the first to know when they arrive. Oh no, sorry …. you will be second to know. Crystal, our sweet and multi-faceted aficionado at Lovetts insists on being the first to open package arrivals here at the gallery. She will be excited to deliver the good news to you!
Sebastian Cilento has his foundation in Native American work that resonates in pulchritudinous and symbolism. He is traditional in silver and goldsmithing and turquoise. Bracelets, rings and cuff links are among his creations as well as his swell design here at Lovetts. His single and double row dome bracelets are fashioned after Navajo bracelets from the 1920's. Sebastian sees the beauty, strength and elegance of stone, minerals, gemstones and sterling silver as the vehicle that allows his work to focus on the art of adornment.
Patrick and Patty Elliott are jewelers who specialize in opals from around parts of the world, like Australia, Ethiopia, Brazil and Mexico. Opals, gifts of nature, millions of years in the making, have incredible colors and patterns to them. The Elliott's make stunning earrings and pendants and make a wonderful show of the beauty of Opals in the varied ways they have designed the settings in their pieces.
Sandy Greenfield has a preferred style of necklaces that are hand-crafted multi-stranded and strung with a variety of stone types within a single necklace. She uses precious and semi-precious stones with tribal and ethnic designs. She creates with metals, spiny oyster shell, African and Tibetan Trade beads and all shades of turquoise gems. You feel and see her energetic and artistic vibe.
Bruce and Darlene Hartman create one of a kind pieces that are heavily influenced by the organic beauty of nature and European design. They work with precious metals and hand-cut stones. They both interned with a master stone-setter in Idar Oberstein, which is the capital of Germany's gemstone industry. You will find among their collection, necklaces, earrings, pendants and rings.
John Knotts draws his vision from the lake and rare rocks for his work. Pre-Contact Cherokee pottery designs motivate John's current pieces, often worked from old silver coins or sheets of sterling silver worked with cold chisel. He enjoys the feel of something that looks like it might have been discovered in an archeological dig, the pirate feel of discovering treasure. Knotts is full of inspiration and adventure.
Noel Leicht is a contemporary jeweler who loves having an acetylene torch, hammers, saws, files and an anvil at her fingertips. She creates for wear and display in Bronze, Silver, Gold and Copper. All her pieces have a story, as she says, "It's sort of like writing with metal".
Jody Lyle has a fusion style. She creates necklaces, earrings, pendants and rings in Rosarita, Dendrite, Sapphire, Chalcedony, Lion's Paw, Tiger Eye, Garnet, Jasper, Citrine, Wave Dolomite. She is interested in traditions and cultures. Early metallurgy has been pivotal in her passion for jewelry making. Jody has a sensual use of color and a passion for invention. Fusion, too, is the balance and enmeshing of herself with her work.
Wayne Muskett is a channel inlay artist and silversmith that loves to create his work with an array of bright stones of the earth in his jewelry as a reflection of the colorfulness of different peoples and cultures he has the joy of being surrounded by.
Kee Yazzie Jr, a master metalsmith with an affinity for applique work, cut out, mosaic and inlay. He uses the finest natural Turquoise, highest grade Coral and the best Gemstones. He is passionate in seeing that his contemporary jewelry is a pleasure for people to wear.
Steve Yellowhorse, a Native American jeweler who uses his own concepts, stamps and designs, and collects the best Turquoise available, also uses materials such as dinosaur bone, and diachroic glass. He has a "folded" signature style that is unique.
Stewart Yellowhorse, younger brother of Steve, leans gently towards the contemporary in his pieces. He is best known for his inlaid knives. From his Navajo heritage, he makes each piece with the thought of making them an heirloom to be enjoyed for years in the future.
Most of the jewelers I have just talked about also have vast backgrounds in sculpting. This skill and talent lends itself intriguingly to the designs, formations and quality of their work. The pieces of these jewelers are works of art……. that you get to wear!
We have pieces for men and women. All the jewelers we represent at Lovetts Gallery will custom create a work of art for you as well!
We practice Passionolgy at Lovetts Gallery!
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Google has just announced its plans for "Android Wear". No, it's not a new brand of Android-themed clothing, but rather a new Android based OS aimed specifically at wearable hardware, namely smartwatches and companion devices. While smartwatches are not exactly a new thing, with companies like Samsung already having a couple of iterations of their own Samsung Gear smartwatches, and a number of Kickstarter projects investing in this sort of tech as well, it's the first time that Google announces its plans for this type of hardware, showcases their ideas, and where they want to lead the platform into the future. So, come with us as we take a look at what exactly this will mean for your watches and smartphones in the future.
Looking at the trailer, we can see that Android Wear doesn't feel or look very different from regular Android itself. While the design is very clearly Google Now inspired, with a cards interface, featuring similar icons, design elements and arrangements, it's been adapted to fit the display constraints of the smartwatch format. Something interesting is the fact that the showcased devices seem to feature always-listening mode, something that we have seen before in devices like the Moto X, but that have not been featured in other devices due to patent issues and licensing costs, despite hardware support. It will be interesting to see how Google got around this, and what the final product will end up featuring, as the marketing materials all mention interacting with the device using the "OK Google" command but not specifying if it works without waking up the watch first.
Apart from voice control, the trailer also features touchscreen interaction, allowing the user to swipe and move elements around. Navigation seems confusing watching from afar, with users apparently swiping left and right, or up and down seemingly at random, but it remains to be seen how it will work in the final version. For now, it's clear that this type of devices are not meant to replace smartphones or tablets, since anything requiring a big display or complex navigation seems to be impractical on a device with such limited dimensions. Instead, they are meant to be companion devices paired to your smartphone, allowing you to see and reply to received messages or emails, Google Now information like the weather, stocks or game results, controlling your music, searching items and locations, and so on, all on your wrist. Also featured were a pedometer and calorie counter, motions and gestures for activating commands, and controlling doors or appliances with voice commands. You can see more details in the video below and in the Android Wear Developer Preview website by clicking here.
Moto 360
While at this point no specific official hardware platform has been announced for Google Wear, it's very likely that Google will announce something at this year's I/O, at the end of June, and possibly retail a Nexus smartwatch for consumer and developer purposes, much like their Nexus line of smartphones. For now though, we already have a few candidates openly working and collaborating with Google in this endeavor and bringing their own designs and ideas to the table. Motorola is taking the initiative and announced their own device in tandem with Android Wear, the Moto 360, a new smartwatch with a unique styling and design that should be available for purchase in the Summer.
While past smartwatch designs featured a squared, industrial look to complement the square display, the Moto 360 instead bets on a traditional and reserved circular design, featuring a circled display that makes it look just like a traditional analog watch. It seems to be very elegant, and it's nice to see the first big device featuring this new OS bringing something unique to the table. The materials vary from a plastic/cloth wristband to a metallic wristband showcased at the end of the official page. If this means that there will be multiple models, or simply that the wristband is user-replaceable, we don't know yet, although it would play exactly into what Motorola has tried to do with their Moto Maker customization system. You can see more details in the gallery below, or by heading over to the official website by clicking here. What do you think about Android Wear and the Moto watch? Feel free to let us know in the comment section below!
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One of my favourite things about living in London is its rich history. I love the fact that the barbershop down the road from my house is over 100 years old, or that the fact that I work by a 17th century galleried coaching inn, almost directly under the Shard.
So when the team behind The Ship Tavern asked me to drop by, I was intrigued. Tucked away in an alleyway behind the chaos of Holborn station, The Ship Tavern is a 16th century pub filled with a rich and vibrant history. It was used to shelter Catholic priests at the height of the reformation, and was also a masonic lodge at one point, too!
Our important business took place in their upstairs dining room, where we got to sample some of their Valentine's Day menu.
Although it was my first visit to The Ship Tavern, it wasn't my boyfriend's, who had actually arranged a welcome lunch there previously for colleagues who had just moved to the UK. I think it's a brilliant choice for taking tourists, or people from out of town. It's steeped in rich history, and the oak panelled room and decor means you can get the full pub experience without compromising on ambience or the quality of the food.
We kicked the meal off with two starters – the scallops with rabbit and the deep-fried soft shell crab served with caviar. I preferred the former – the scallops were beautifully done, and the rabbit was such an unusual addition, and was really delicious. This was actually the first time I had soft shell crab dish that wasn't tempura, and while I enjoyed the combination of flavours with the caviar, I missed the light crispiness of the Japanese batter.
My boyfriend went for the Beef Wellington, which came with truffle mash and kale in a red wine jus. The truffle mash was incredible – the portions were extremely generous. It was the ultimate comfort food dish for someone nursing a particularly brutal hangover!
I went for the venison steak au poivre, which was served with a haggis and potato pithivier and buttered green beans.
The portions were unbelievably generous, and I couldn't manage the entire thing, but the venison was perfectly cooked – just the right amount of pink.
Just when we thought we couldn't possibly manage any more, the chef popped out to convince us otherwise – and a chocolate creme brulee with raspberry sorbet, and a passionfruit pannacotta magically appeared before us.
Both items were part of the Valentine's menu, although I think they need to seriously consider adding the latter to the a la carte menu – pannacotta is my favourite dessert, and passionfruit is one of my favourite fruits, so I was a massive fan of this (and I'm not a dessert person usually).
The service was wonderful – the staff were all very friendly and attentive in the dining room, and we had a really lovely meal.
On our way out we left through the pub – which, compared to the dining room upstairs, was much more familiar. Match of the day, pints, old men – the works, but in a really charming and rustic setting.
I had a really wonderful meal at The Ship Tavern. While it's a higher price point than the usual pub fare, I think you do get what you pay for regarding the atmosphere and the quality of the food. It's not necessarily a place I'd recommend to go with little kids, but for visitors to London and history buffs I would definitely recommend it.
Have you ever been to The Ship Tavern? Be sure to comment below, or let me know on Twitter, Facebook, or Instagram!
I was invited to The Ship Tavern for a fair and honest review – I wouldn't blog about it if I didn't like it!


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The emotional side of customer experience
Is your company investing enough in good vibes? Here are six ideas for making happiness a bigger part of your brand's customer experience.
We tend to think of positive experiences as only being significant at the moment they happen. But the anticipation of a happy occurrence or the warmth of that afterglow can actually mean more, said James Wright, senior partner of creative consultancy Lippincott. It's all about the creation of an emotional connection, and it's an area in which many retailers can improve.
During the "The Happiness Halo: The Unexpected Benefits from Applying Behavioral Science to Experience Design," a session at Retail's BIG Show 2017, Wright offered several best-practice examples:
Build excitement by teasing.
Designer Alexander Wang effectively teased fans by inviting them to an "undisclosed" event without telling them it would be a sample sale — where everything was free.
Send dopamine into high gear.
Four Seasons Hotels and Resorts offered Pin.Pack.Go on Pinterest, through which travelers could create boards and connect with local experts to plan trips.
Fuel fantasies by treating.
Restoration Hardware has created free lounge spaces, in addition to invitation-only special events to highlight a lifestyle. It is, Wright said, less about trying to sell something and more about trying to create something.
Finish strong.
As humans, we tend to remember the peak of an experience and the end — but not much in between. The first time Olive Garden decided to deliver a check without the customary Andes mint, Wright said, that check came back with no tip.
Set memories with surprise.
Brands making this work include Kimpton's Hotel Monaco, which provides a goldfish to guests unable to travel with their pets, as well as Uber, with its surprise ice cream deliveries, free concerts and more.
Turn bad experiences positive.
Southwest Airlines has ordered pizza for travelers who have been rerouted, and Taco Bell once airlifted a food truck to a small Alaskan town disappointed after learning that the chain was not opening a store there.
75 percent of the emotional connection consumers make with brands is through experience.
Lippincott has discovered through its clients that only 25 percent of the emotional connection consumers make with brands is through communications and marketing; 75 percent is made through experience.
"So I keep asking myself," Wright said, "why do companies spend hundreds of millions of dollars on marketing and communications when most of the benefit is coming through an experience of some kind, either digital or physical?"
See what you missed at Retail's BIG Show 2017: Check out the official recap for photos, videos, articles, presentations and more.


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Following is a reprint of an article in the Oshkosh Daily Northwestern from Wednesday, September 29, 1954. The image of The Famous Tonnesen Models is from an advertisement in the 1903 issue of Profitable Advertising. Admittedly it is of poor quality. I am looking for an original to properly reproduce for a Zoomify image.
Beatrice Tonnesen Introduced New Trend In 1890 Advertising
Photographer, Oshkosh-Trained, Wins World Renown
Author Turner says that in the pages of "Advertising Experience", published in Chicago in 1899, "There were captivating advertisements by Beatrice Tonnesen of Chicago who pioneered the use of live models in advertising. She offered for photographic purpose an unlimited range of beautiful and fascinating women, handsome men and pretty, bewitching children.' " The author points out that one of her fascinating women was shown, dressed only in a skin-clinging union suit, tugging at the grips of an exerciser. But, he says, "More conventional were Beatrice Tonnesen's pictures of dining cars on the Chicago, Burlington and Quincy Railroad, in which all the tables were occupied by Tonnesen models, looking no less poised and well-bred than the young women who are photographed in stratocruisers today."
At the age of 83, Miss Tonnesen is quite capable of giving her own version of how she began using live models for advertising purposes.
Born in Winneconne, Jan. 24, 1871, Beatrice Tonnesen moved with her family to Oshkosh when she was 5 years old. "The family soon recognized that art was to be my career, so I was given all the art opportunities Oshkosh offered." She says. It was her sister, Clara, who said one morning "Why couldn't Beatrice learn photography and make real pictures with the camera?" Beatrice says the idea took her by storm and that her mother made arrangements that same day with the leading photographer, Cook Ely, to teach her for $100.
Miss Tonnesen set up her first business in Menominee, Michigan, where she won the reputation of making people beautiful that followed her all through her photographic career.
A year later, Miss Tonnesen was offered the studio of a well-known photographer on Michigan Ave., in Chicago, and she and her widowed sister, Clara, packed up and moved to the big city. There were like "Innocents Abroad", Miss Tonnesen says, with Clara running the business part and she taking the pictures.
"When 'Beatrice Tonnesen, Photographer' appeared in big gold letters across the large plate glass window of the studio, it did the trick," says Miss Tonnesen. Reporters from all the Chicago papers came almost daily and columns were written about her photographic art. Among the wealthy and prominent families who patronized her studio were the Armours, Pullmans, Bartletts, Potter, Palmers and Selfridges. Mrs. Palmer was instrumental in having Miss Tonnesen appointed to represent American photography at the World's Fair in Paris. "This was of course a great honor," Miss Tonnesen says, "but I was not capable to undertake such a stunt as that, the great handicap of my defective hearing making it impossible.
While specializing in portraits, Miss Tonnesen recalls that "One day we thought up a fine scheme. We would make advertising pictures using live models, which had never been done before." Time magazine, in referring to the epoch making episode in a September issue for 1949, says: "…. Then destiny struck in Chicago; a photographer named Beatrice Tonnesen used pictures of live girls in ads for the first time."
A Chicago newspaper wrote the following about Miss Tonnesen's innovation in 1893; "…. A clever young woman who has fallen in with a popular trend in art matters …. Taking pictures which are sought after by art houses and artists themselves, for she is fertile in ideas as well as clever in execution."
Another Chicago newspaper describing her activities later in 1898 said, "If you should see a good looking, stylishly dressed, businesslike young woman critically studying the face and figure of a pretty working girl in a car, or chasing after her on the street, you may be pretty sure you will see that girl before long in some artistic and taking advertisement, for you have caught Miss Beatrice Tonnesen, Chicago's woman photographer, in the act of securing one of the famous 'Tonnesen models' that are in demand the country over." The article also says, "These pictures are taking the place of the old-fashioned advertisements in the magazines and other publications. Miss Tonnesen's scheme is to supply a picture that will suggest, at a glance, all the merits of the article in a convincing manner."
Buyers from large calendar firms came to the Tonnesen studio to purchase designs. They would buy her pictures by the dozen and all were competitors so it kept Miss Tonnesen busy creating to avoid the least similarity between any of them. "I made hundreds of them each and everyone entirely different in subject matter and arrangement." So busy was Miss Tonnesen she had little time to think about the money that rolled in along with the orders. "One year I designed and sold $20,000 worth of pictures and paid $1,800 income tax.", she remembers.
When her studio lease ran out in 1930 Miss Tonnesen retired to her sister's home in Winneconne (Wisconsin). She was destined, however, for still one more "first" in her "Mars Ware". This she created from clinkers and her pieces were such unusual and original works of art that Paramount Pictures asked her to allow them to make a "short" movie on "Mars Ware." The movie was shown throughout the world and brought many letters to the artist.
Although her 84th birthday is approaching, Miss Tonnesen still plies her art in her room at St. Mary's Home, 77 Boyd St., by creating original designs for brooches and earrings from seashells.


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