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NYT article on EVs and the Dutch..
NYT article on EVs and the Dutch..
GenIII will sweep the country.
ONLY if Gen III has a little flair. If it turns out to be a butt ugly "leaf" like econobox with >80 mile range I'd guess it will fare no better than the Focus EV, MiEV, Coda, or Leaf. The LAST thing we need is another overpriced not practical econobox BEV no matter who builds it!
IMHO Gen III needs to be "at least" a mid-size by todays standards, have decent style (not quirky looking) with at least an epa range of 150-200 miles 60kw?
IMHO the Focus electric fails because it costs $39,200 when it's gas counterpart is $16-18k The typical Focus "or any other inexpensive" economy/compact car buyer just can't afford and does not see a $40k value I know I don't
$40k gets you a nicely equipped Lincoln MKZ. $35,925 is the base price of an MKZ "including the hybrid". Put a 60kw pack in an MKZ or Fusion it would probably sell like hotcakes @ $39,200 I'd already have one!
I'm giving TM the benefit of the doubt. Gen III will not be "butt ugly". :)
Remember, Gen III is not going to be an econobox. It's going to be a BMW 3 series competitor.
@ trydesky
lol!! I hope you're right. It also IMHO needs to be say .. Nissan Altima, class sized and sheet metal designed by a designer! not an engineer!
Elon sez it will look a lot like the S, but smaller. Its mileage will likely be similar. Likely Supercharger-capable.
It will sweep the country.
Franz von Holzhausen said he will be more distinct with the Gen3 styling. If he can can get a drag coefficient of 0.24 with a MS like Gen3 styling, but e.g. 0.22 with a more inventive styling then Elon would be the last person on earth not to go with the more efficient design.
The other big question for Europe is the connector: if TM goes with the new EU standard ( Merkel may say: my way or no highway ) then the US style SC level is not possible ( just about half the rate ).
I could imagine 2 versions of Gen3
- 40kWh EPA 180 miles @ $30K
- 60kWh EPA 260 miles @ $40k
+ options
@ Kleist
Well, I can tell you this. If you want to sell the Gen3 to the majority of Dutch people, then this vehicle may not cost too much. Your examples could be just fine. But the price should not be more than that.
yes, I have to agree with styling, however I think there will be more than 2 battery options, more likely 3 options as Model S. Maybe 40, 70, 100kWh... just my guess. And the top price with biggest battery and all options would go much higher than $50.000.
And I hope it will be possible to charge it everywhere, no matter what the connector(s) will be. Tesla EVs can win only if they are as convinient as ICEs with similar prices as ICEs (at least in their class - BMW rivaling).
Starting at ~$30k, but no upper limit ending with 600mile range double-motor 0-60 in 2.5 secs and top speed at 200mph. Maybe.
Timo, 200mph top speed, wont happen. It would need a transmission to go any faster than 130 or so
@Kleist - The Tesla SC is not compatible with anything, it is proprietary. Nothing to stop Tesla to equipt Gen III with the new EU standard connector and be Tesla SC capable.
GEN III ? That's the Apple Icar, isn't it?
@Benz - Gen3 is not for the "majority". You only design what you actually can produce and at this point TM doesn't have the means to make millions of cars. But on the other hand you are right there should be some stripped down versions... in the US we get only the high end version of a model in most cases and forget that other countries also have stripped down versions.
@Jolinar - cheaper means less weight and less battery. There is no way around it. Challenge is to do more (range) with less (battery).
@Tiebreaker - I need to check but I think the EU connector does not support 90kW at this point, but I am sure it will sometimes in the future.
@Runar, car does have transmission, it is called reduction gear. Without it 14k RPM translated directly to wheels car would go near mach 1.5 (about 1800km/h). You only need power to reach 200mph.
Not with very small wheels.
Got me thinking, car reduction gear is 9.73.1 with 21 inch 245/35R21 tires with circumference 2394 mm (21 inch diameter rim + 2*3.5inch tire sidewall height * Pi) and 130mph top speed (209km/h) you get...
209000000/2394 = 87 302 rotations / hour = 1455 RPM * 9.73 = 14157 RPM redline for motor. Seems that performance version squeezes out a bit more from the motor than 14000 RPM:s.
One Google site calculates tire circumference to be only 2212 mm for 245/35R21 tires which would mean even bigger RPM: 15322 RPM.
Does anybody know if performance S has different reduction gear, or do they simply get more out of the motor RPM-wise?
Gen III cannot have any new battery technology since it is in design now for 2015, so has to go with what exists today. 400 or 600 miles is impossible. It will be tough to get to 200, as weight and range go hand in hand. More range equals bigger battery equals more weight. The S battery is 8 feet long, 5 feet wide and that's how it gets its range but also makes for a very large car. If the Gen III is to be smaller and half the cost of the S, and that is the design goal, then range must be lower, probably much lower. Think Leaf, which just reoptimized its battery technology for smaller format EV's yet still has a hard time breaking 100 miles range. Range for EV's is still a rock and hard place technological conundrum. TM figured out packaging better, but everyone is usng the same basic underlying battery approach, just with varying kw capacity based on package size and price point. The calculus gets easier with larger unit volumes, but remains the major factor limiting EV success.
$10 says it has 200+ mi. EPA range at the top end.
The article suggests gas prices are 5 times the electricity prices for a similar journey in Holland. Let's see: 14km/l at 1,85/l comes to 13ct per km. 4,5km/kW at 0,25/kW comes to 5,5ct per km. 2,4 times is a better estimate. This is less favorable for the ev (sadly).
Well my car (BMW 5) is more like 9 km/l so more like 21 ct per km.
For electricity we pay 21,740 ct at 200 wh/km = 4.55 ct per km
Would be a factor of 4.78
Aside from this...
For me the savings are more in the income tax implications, which is 0% for EV whereas for ICE cars 24% of value of the car get's taxed as income, which would boil down to about 1,20 per km!
In case of a private car one should also factor in things like road-tax, which for me would be about 8 ct per km.
$10 that it has 300 with same conditions Model S has 300 mile range. I bet top end "affordable car" will be able to use SC network with ease.
Kleist: Nothing stops them from having the Mennekes-connector on one side and the Tesla SC connector on the other. And the Combo connector supports up to 200A in DC-high mode (http://www.mennekes.de/en/latest0.html?tx_ttnews%5Btt_news%5D=543cHash=8...)
If DC-high and DC-Mid can be parallelled, it will support a whopping 340A...


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Capital works as a buffer against losses and as protection for account holders during times of financial instability for the bank. Therefore, when it comes to measuring an an institution's financial resilience, capital is important. When looking at safety and soundness, the higher the capital, the better.
Citizens Bank & Trust Company of Vivian, Louisiana scored above the national average of 13.13 points on our test to measure capital adequacy, achieving a score of 16 out of a possible 30 points.
One way to measure this buffer is looking at a bank's Tier 1 capital ratio. Citizens Bank & Trust Company of Vivian, Louisiana's Tier 1 capital ratio was 22.63 percent, above the 6 percent level considered adequate by regulators, but under the national average of 25.65 percent. A higher capital ratio means the bank will be better able to weather economic challenges.
Overall, Citizens Bank & Trust Company of Vivian, Louisiana held equity amounting to 12.93 percent of its assets, which exceeded the national average of 12.03 percent.
This test's purpose is to try to understand how the bank's reserves set aside to cover loan losses, as well as overall capitalization, could be affected by troubled assets, such as past-due mortgages.
A bank with lots of these types of assets could eventually be required to use capital to cover losses, decreasing its buffer of equity. It also means that there are likely to be many assets that are in non-accrual status and no longer earning money, resulting in depressed earnings and potentially more risk of a future failure.
Citizens Bank & Trust Company of Vivian, Louisiana came in below the national average of 37.49 on Bankrate's test of asset quality, racking up 32 out of a possible 40 points .
A helpful indicator of asset quality is the percentage of problem assets a bank holds compared to its total assets. As of December 31, 2017, 2.60 percent of Citizens Bank & Trust Company of Vivian, Louisiana's loans were noncurrent, meaning they were more than 90 days past due or were in non-accrual status. That's above the national average of 1.01 percent.
Banks keep a reserve to deal with troubled assets known as an "allowance for loan and lease losses." Comparing the reserve's size to the total amount of problem loans can be a widely used indicator when evaluating a bank's ability to manage troubled assets. Unfortunately, the FDIC did not provide information on Citizens Bank & Trust Company of Vivian, Louisiana's loan loss allowance in its most recent filings.
How profitable a bank is has an effect on its safety and soundness. Earnings can be retained by the bank, giving a boost to its capital cushion, or be used to address problematic loans, potentially making the bank more resilient in tough times. Banks that are losing money, however, have less ability to do those things.
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The bank reported net income of $1.1 million on total equity of $17.4 million for the twelve months ended December 31, 2017. The bank reported an annualized return on average assets, or ROA, of 0.78 percent, below the 1 percent deemed satisfactory in accordance with industry standards and below the average for U.S. banks of 1.00 percent.
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A Monastic Strugglers Story for Lent
Alone or in community, early monks and nuns sought to follow Christ in a whole-hearted and vividly countercultural way.
from issue 93: Benedict and the Rise of Western Monasticism
Father Zossima left his monastery during Lent to enter the desert, hoping to find a spiritual father to offer him wisdom. Instead he met a woman, her naked body scorched by the Egyptian sun. Recognizing a life filled with holiness, he knelt and begged her blessing.
Reluctant with modesty, she spoke of her conversion from prostitution and of the 47 years she had lived alone in the desert: "I was burned by the heat of summer and frozen stiff and shivering in the winter … struggling with many and diverse needs and huge temptations but through it all even until this day the power of God has guarded [me]."
The woman, St. Mary of Egypt, was exalted in this popular sixth-century story as a source of spiritual wisdom who could teach even a godly monk like Zossima. But the characters in this story, a monk and a desert hermit, would have seemed strange or even distasteful to many pagan Romans, because they seemed to reject traditional values such as loyalty to one's city, marriage, and obligation to family. How did early Christians come to embrace such peculiar lifestyles?
After Emperor Constantine legalized Christianity in the fourth century, Christians no longer faced the specter of martyrdom as the ultimate test of devotion. Instead, many ardent Christians withdrew to the wilderness to fast and pray. The "monk" (meaning "solitary"—either male or female) practiced "asceticism" (literally "training"), a life of spiritual discipline, either alone in the wilderness like Mary of Egypt or within the structure of a monastery as Zossima did. The temptations to despair or pride experienced by monks living alone could be guarded against by living with others in community. The Christian ascetic inherited the mantle of the martyr, as a witness to a divine reality that ran counter to the expectations of Roman society. Early Christian monks rejected traditional social mores and embraced ascetic disciplines, such as prayer, fasting, celibacy, and giving up sleep.
Ascetic Christians also repudiated the Roman method of striving for immortality by producing citizen children, who embodied part of a parent's very body and soul and guaranteed the survival of the community. Christ had promised that Christians' bodies would be made immortal and had offered his own broken flesh restored as a pledge. Monks sought to live an angelic life on earth, neither marrying nor having children. By refusing to participate in the continual process of physically repopulating the earth, they recognized that Christ's coming had initiated a new age and believed that their lives could help usher in his kingdom.
Although early Christian ascetics sometimes borrowed rhetoric from Neo-Platonists or Gnostics who seemed to denigrate the body, in actuality Christian asceticism rejected any dualistic beliefs that elevated the spirit over the material world. Monks repeatedly emphasized the physicality of the gospel. Not only did Christ become human, but he endured great physical sufferings and the ultimate bodily humiliation—death.
In imitating Christ's sufferings through martyrdom and asceticism, the believer's body became an instrument by which God could work the mystery of salvation. Christ's bodily resurrection was the guarantee for Christians' own expectations of physical resurrection. For the monk, the body became the canvas on which to practice a new form of spirituality, taming physical passions in order to pursue union with God.
Taking the Bible at its
Early Christian ascetics were motivated by a literal interpretation of the gospel. Jesus had said, "Anyone who loves his father or mother more than me is not worthy of me" (Matt. 10:37), and anyone who does not "hate his father and mother, his wife and children, his brothers and sisters … cannot be my disciple" (Luke 14:26).
A young Egyptian peasant named Antony heard Jesus' command read aloud at church: "If you would be perfect, go, sell what you possess and give to the poor and you will have treasure in heaven" (Matt. 19:21). Antony obeyed. Giving his wealth to the poor and his sister to the care of nuns, he retreated to the desert. Living among the pagan tombs and temples, Antony battled evil spirits with God's help.
The popular account of Antony's life written by Athanasius in 357 was soon translated into many languages and proved influential in the conversion of Augustine of Hippo to Christianity. Western Christians eagerly read monastic texts from Egypt and began to follow their example, pursuing the ascetic life.
Cassian, a monk from Bethlehem who visited monasteries in Egypt before settling in the West in the early fourth century, captured the ethos of Egyptian spirituality for Westerners in his Conferences and Institutes written in Latin. Benedict of Nursia used Cassian's writings to develop his own ideas.
A New Way for Women
The Romans were scandalized by the fact that Christian monasticism welcomed women as well as men. This ascetic call offered women the freedom to have their worth defined in service to God, rather than in relationship to parents, husbands, and children. Such freedom threatened existing social structures.
Rushing into Ambrose's church in Milan, an orphaned girl begged him to consecrate her to a life of virginity, ripping the cloth from the altar to serve as her monastic veil. Her outraged uncle appeared in pursuit, screaming, "If your father were still alive, he would never have permitted this!"
"Perhaps that is why God has taken him!" the girl retorted.
Jerome was the spiritual director for a group of aristocratic women in Rome who practiced asceticism. He felt the heat of social disapproval as his protégées pursued activities unusual for women, such as studying the Old Testament in Hebrew. When a young widow under his supervision died from extreme fasting, he was forced to flee. Settling in Bethlehem, Jerome and his colleague Paula (mother of the dead widow) established a monastic foundation for men and women.
They were not the only westerners practicing monasticism in the Holy Land. Another aristocratic Roman matron, Melania the Elder, settled with Jerome's friend Rufinus on the Mount of Olives and helped him oversee a double monastery for men and women. Melania also visited the hermits of Egypt, offering them generous financial support.
Melania's extended family included several pioneers in monasticism. Her niece Melania the Younger fled barbarian raids on Rome to settle in North Africa near Augustine in Hippo. Committed to a celibate, spiritual marriage, she and her husband established a monastery there. Paulinus, a cousin of Melania the Elder and her biographer, implemented monastic innovations in Italy. A former governor, Paulinus retired to Nola (where he would eventually become bishop) to be close to the shrine of St. Felix, his
patron. He was a gentle spirited poet and each year composed a new poem for the saint's feast day. As an ascetic he lived in celibacy with his beloved wife Therasia and wrote letters to the leaders of the Western church. Paulinus was concerned with duty towards the poor and spiritual humility, and he praised Melania the Elder for these virtues.
Diverse and dedicated
Although stories of high-status aristocrats who renounced their wealth shocked late Roman society and made for dramatic literary narratives, people from diverse backgrounds practiced monasticism. Soldiers, thieves, and housewives all sought a life of prayer in monastic communities.
In Asia Minor, Macrina, the elder sister of the Cappadocian fathers Basil and Gregory, opened her home to women made homeless by famine. She intentionally invited former slaves and aristocrats to share a common life.
Christians in Gaul remembered St. Martin of Tours for ripping his cloak in two and giving half to a naked beggar. Born to pagan parents, Martin served as a soldier until his growing Christian convictions led him seek release from the army from the pagan emperor Julian, saying, "I am Christ's soldier; I am not allowed to fight." To prove his courage he volunteered to stand on the frontline of the battle with no weapon but a cross. After studying theology under Bishop Hilary in Poitiers, Martin traveled to the Balkans as a missionary but returned to Gaul to build monasteries.
Many in the early medieval West embraced this dual vocation of missionary and monastic founder. Rather than closing themselves off from the world, monks carried the gospel to distant lands as monasteries became the chief agents of the Christianization of Europe.
The stories of the early Christian monks illustrate the challenges of living in late antiquity and the early Middle Ages: barbarian invasions, war, religious persecution, famine, and poverty. The sixth century brought further disasters with an outbreak of bubonic plague that swept through the Middle East and Europe. In the face of these threats, monks embraced a radical way of living out the gospel. Instead of viewing the monastery as a place of retreat, monastic leaders offered spiritual encouragement and intercessory prayer on behalf of their neighbors.
The task of garnering spiritual resources to meet the challenges of this turbulent time resulted in a surge of monastic writings. In the East, the anchorites Barsanuphius and John of Gaza wrote over 800 letters of spiritual guidance to city officials, clergy, and laity. In the West, Benedict of Nursia sought to articulate how the Christian life could best be lived in community in the face of man-made and natural calamities. The endurance of his rule demonstrates the effectiveness of the monastic vocation as a response to life's uncertainties.
Jennifer Hevelone-Harper is associate professor and chair of the history department at Gordon College and the author of Disciples of the Desert: Monks, Laity, and Spiritual Authority in Sixth-Century Gaza.
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So some of you may have heard that we took the big trip to Disney World a few weeks back. Many of you have been oh so nicely asking for pictures....numerous times! I am happy to share our wonderful memories with all of our wonderful friends, but I came home to crazy. Not only did we pass around some nasty bugs before, during and after our trip, I got to come home and jump into the craziest time of the year at work. Therefore this post and the series of posts that will follow, just had to wait. I hope you don't mind, and that the actual product lives up to the anticipation!!
Walt Disney World: An Overview
Since there are SO many pictures and things to share about this trip I decided to break it down by park. We did not visit a park everyday so this is a general overview of our week.
February 16, 2013 the four of us plus my parents got up super early to fly out of Richmond, VA to Orlando, FL. The kids have never been on an airplane and they were very excited. It's always sad when I go to get on a plane and they ask if they will ever get to go. They did great on both flights and I think they enjoyed it. Once we got there we picked up our super awesome mini-van (I might be convinced that we need one now) and drove to our resort. We stayed at Bonnet Creek by Wyndham which is the only non-Disney resort on Disney property. It was amazing and I highly recommend it!
When we arrived there was an amazing balloon artist making the craziest things for the kids. We wondered around a little and then we got to meet up with Mimi, Papa, Gigi, and Auntie Ann! We were so excited to see them and couldn't wait to hang out. We got settled and got some food and then went swimming. Thank goodness for heated pools because it was chilly.
We spent Saturday and Sunday at the resort visiting with family and friends that live in the area. It was so nice to catch up with so many people that we don't get to see very often. The kids got their faces painted and we went to an Ice Cream social. The best part of our room was that we could see the fireworks right outside of our balcony!
|Watching Fireworks - it was too cold to go outside this night!
We also celebrated Noah's 30th birthday on this trip. The kids and I made a banner of the top 30 reasons that we love Daddy and included some pictures of him with the kids. We hung it up and he got to read it over and over while we were there!
Monday we visited Sea World and Auntie and Gigi came along. We knew the kids would love it since they love our little aquarium so much.
Tuesday was everyone's first visit to Animal Kingdom, breakfast with the characters, and the beginning of the sickness. Everyone had a good day even though a few people weren't feeling all that great. On Wednesday Noah and I tried to put our park hopper tickets to good use by visiting Epcot and Hollywood Studios. Unfortunately we got a phone call that Izzy was feeling miserable and we went back to the resort.
Thursday we got to visit one of Orlando's urgent care facilities. Although this was not on the agenda they were very nice and took care of us right away to get us back to our vacation. They even had the antibiotics right on site so we didn't have to stop at a pharmacy on the way back. We jumped in the car and headed to Magic Kingdom so we didn't lose the whole day. We watched the parade (which Izabel says was the best part) and did a few attractions but the overall feeling of miserary told us it wasn't worth it any longer. We headed to Downtown Disney for some quick food and treats and back to the resort for a good nights sleep.
Friday was Izabel's big makeover, Magic Kingdom, and dinner with the Princess's. To be honest, I had been waiting a very long time for this and I wasn't going to let anything ruin my day! Thankfully we were all feeling much better and had a great time. On Saturday we flew home and I think we were all ready to get settled and sleep in our own beds!


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The biggest alert being raised by medical experts over Colorado's permissive pot culture is the threat to youth, from the womb to lifelong effects.
A symposium Friday by the Colorado School of Public Health on "Marijuana and Public Health" covered topics as diverse as traffic safety and the chemistry of pot's pungency and potency, but the gravest concerns appeared centered on the risks to children.
Pot use is only legal for those over 18, but the greater accessibility of pot in the state seems to have trickled down to greater exposure for children.
Pregnant women who use marijuana should know it easily passes through the placenta to the fetus, said Dr. Laura Borgelt, associate professor at the University of Colorado Skaggs School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences and School of Medicine.
The American Academy of Pediatrics says that although THC, the main chemical compound in marijuana, crosses the placenta, the placenta does somewhat limit fetal exposure because fetal THC concentrations are lower than maternal concentrations. However, THC and metabolites do act on the fetus' developing biological systems, alter uterine blood flow and alter maternal behavior. Marijuana has been shown to alter brain neurotransmitters and biochemistry.
The long-term effects, according to the academy, is that marijuana use by the pregnant woman has been associated with deficits in the child's "problem-solving skills requiring sustained attention and visual memory, analysis and integration, and with subtle deficits in learning and memory."
The academy strongly recommends mothers breastfeed infants exclusively for about six months, followed by continued breastfeeding as other foods are introduced for 1 year or longer. And the academy even says that maternal substance abuse does not always mean she shouldn't breastfeed. Yet certain drugs that accumulate in human milk, such as cocaine and cannabis, do have a negative effect on the infant's long-term neuro-behavioral development. In other words, a woman who uses cannabis shouldn't breastfeed.
Dr. George Sam Wang of Children's Hospital Colorado said the incidence of children ending up in hospital emergency rooms after ingesting marijuana has increased dramatically since legalization of medicinal pot here in 2009.
Adolescents who regularly use marijuana (20 days a month or more) are two to four times more likely to develop psychosis than adolescents who do not, said Dr. Paula Riggs, professor and director of the Division of Substance Dependence in the Department of Psychiatry at the CU School of Medicine.
Between the ages of 10 and the late 20s, Riggs said, young peoples' brains are under construction, and THC is very disruptive.
And adolescents are at greater risk of becoming chronic users once they've tried cannabis, she said. While one of 11 adults who try pot progress to regular use, she said, one out of six adolescents who try it will become chronic users.


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1917 419p. Hundreds of Diagrams. The most complete collection of writings on every aspect of Magic Squares and Cubes by over a Dozen Excellent Authors. Fundamental for understanding the Logic behind Magical Numerical and Geometric Representational Calculators and Gann's Squares. Contents: Magic Squares w/ Odd Numbers, Even Numbers; Composite & Concentric Squares; Odd & Even Cubes; Franklin Squares; China & Jaina; Order of Figures & Symbols; Mathematical Study; Constructive Plans; Classification; 6th Order Cubes; Overlapping, Oddly-Even, Pandiagonal, Serrated & Lozenge Squares; Geometric & Rectangular Squares; Formulas; Magic Circles, Spheres, Stars & Octahedroids; Magic in the 4th Dimension; Diagrams of Completed Magics.
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Harry Waton
1952 97p. An Advanced Mathematical System Developing a Kabbalistic Interpretation of the Bible. Exceptional Representation of Qabalistic Cosmology. Baumring Pick for Deciphering Gann. Contents: First, Second & Third Aspects of The Mathematical System; The Shem Hamphoresh; An Introduction to the Kabbalah; Mathematics is the Key to All Knowledge & Understanding; Must Use a Mathematical Order of a Higher Nature; Hebrew Alphabet Numerical Correspondences; Additions & Summations; Geometric Symbolism; Anthropomorphism; All Creation Starts as a Point, Becomes a Line, Becomes a Surface, Becomes a Solid. Creation Begins With The First Letter of Tetragrammaton; Time is Life is Energy is Motion. All Motion in Existence is Cyclic; Light Becomes Matter. Infinite & Eternal Attributes, Modes & Aspects; Time - Space - Matter Continuum; Key to Decoding the Bible. Superb Work on Kabbalah!!
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|The Number Key To Ancient Wisdom
J. W. T. Carrington
1932 92p. With Introduction, Copious Exemplifications, & Tables of 300 Prime Numbers & 100 Upward Summations. A Handbook Expository of the Principles of the Astronomical Wisdom-Doctrine in Greek & Hebrew Cryptography. A Superb work on Kabalistic Numerical Codes, Fundamental for Understanding Gann. Contents: Letter - Number Key; Transliteration From Greek; Transliteration From Hebrew; Greek Number - Letters; Hebrew Number - Letters; Principle of the World Number; Principle of Numerical Interpretation; Rules For Numerical Analysis; Scheme of (Radical) Numerical Significances; Notanda Thereupon; Special Significance in Higher Numbers (In Ascendant Order) Addenea & Appendix - Table of Upward Summations; Table of Prime Numbers.
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Leo Stalnaker
1952 148p. A Profound Work on the Inner Mystical Significance & Cosmological Significance of Bible Numerals. Used by Baumring to Decode Gann. Contents: Mystic Significance of Certain Numerals; One - Diety; Two - Symbol of Association, Union or Combination; Three - The Symbol of Attributes of Diety, & of Holiness; Four - Symbol of World - Wide Extension; Six - Symbol of World Powers' Greatest Triumph; Seven - Symbol of Perfection; Ten - Symbol of That Which is Human of Earthly; Twelve - Symbol of God's People; Forty - Symbol of Trial, Humiliation or Desolation; Seventy - Symbol of Transition.
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|Gematria: a Preliminary Investigation Of The Cabala
Frederick Bligh Bond, F.R.I.B.A. &
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1916 111p. A Preliminary Investigation of the Cabala Contained in the Coptic Gnostic Gooks & of a Similar Gematria in the Greek Text of The New Testament showing the Presence of a System of Teaching by Means of the Doctrinal Significance of Numbers, by Which the Holy Names Are Clearly Seen to Represent Aeonial Relationships Which Can Be Conceived in a Geometric Sense & Are Capable of a Typical Expression of That Order. Contents: Brief Outline of Gematria; Existence of the Gnosis; Uses of Gematria; The Key Applied; Note on Diagramma; Number 485; Of the Square & Circle Contained; Names of Christ as Multiples of 37; Schema of the Numbers of Jesus; Degree of the First Mystery; Of The Three Primary Figures; Cabala of Light; On Symbolism of Numbers; On Geometric Truth; Geometric Cubit as Basis of Proportion in Plans of Medieval Buildings; Cephas: The Name Given By Our Lord to Peter.
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|The Tarot: A Contemporary Course Of The Quintessence of Hermetic Occultism.
Mouni Sadhu
1962, 495p. Considered one of the best works on the Tarot and it Hermetic interpretation, with a detailed elaboration of Arcanum of each of the 22 Cards of the Major Arcana. Contents: Kabbalah; Spiritual Doctrine; Monad; Hebrew Alphabet As Used In the Kabbalah; Sequence of Triangles Producing the Tarot; Square in Triangle as Symbol of Tarot. Lessons on Arcanum I-XXII: Includes the Initiation Symbols, Great & Minor Mysteries; Relationships of Spirit & Matter; Number, Measure & Weight; Archetypes; Essences; Ideas; Forms; Material Objects; Divine Essences; Charges of Symbolism; Relationships to India & Egypt; Number/Letter Symbolism;5 Senses; Mystic Cross; Circle of Ezekiel; 4 Hermetic Virtues; Arithmetical Cycles; Earth, Air, Fire, Water; Pentagram; Pentagrams in Motion; Tetragram; Concentration Training; Hexagram; Septenaries of the Tarot; Geometrical Addition; Secondary Causalities; Planetary Elements; Numerical Summation Sequence Formulae; Evolutionary Triangles & Reflections; System of Sephiroth; Essence of Things; Names of God; Sephiroth in Diabatic Processes; Magic; Table of Elements in Man; Addition & Multiplication In The Unfolding of the Arcanum; Reciprocal Processes; Isis, Osiris & Horus; Moses; Zoroaster; Mystic Cross. An extremely detailed Presentation of Hermetic Science and the Evolution of the Cosmos & Spirit. Profusely Illustrated
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|The Key To The True Kabbalah: The Kabbalist As A Perfected Sovereign In the Microcosm & The Macrocosm
Franz Bardon
1996 279p. In The Key to the True Kabbalah, Franz Bardon demonstrates that the mysticism of letters and numbers the true Kabbalah is a universal teaching of great antiquity and depth. Throughout the ages, adepts of every time and place have achieved the highest levels of magical attainment through the understanding of sound, color, number and vibration as embodied in the Kabbalah. This book, the third in Franz Bardon's remarkable texts of Hermetic magic, is nothing less than a practical guide to such attainment. Using the common German alphabet, Bardon guides the reader through ever greater levels of Kabbalistic achievement. No other available text reveals as great a depth of Kabbalistic wisdom or provides the reader with as much practical training. Though intended primarily as a working text for those who have completed Bardon's first and second volumes, Initiation Into Hermetics and The Practice of Magical Evocation, the present work stands on its own, and even those without the requisite background in practical Hermetics will be fascinated by the author's intellectual journey through the mysticism of Tantric India, Tibet, the Hebrew Kabbalah, and the ancient sources of the Western magical tradition. For detailed information, contents, & excerpts from this title, please refer to the MAGICK Section on the Home Page.
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|Ancient Records: The Secret Law, The English Alphabet, The Arabic Numerals, The Zodiac, Blessings Of Israel
1927 100p. An Interpretation Of Very Ancient Records, Which Seem To Have Been Left To Humanity By A People Who Lived In An Erudite Age , One From A Long Forgotten Past, Wherein God Was One, Language Was One Language, The People Were On People Under Diving Law. Contents: Two Spirit Influences In Earth; Ancient Sacred & Secret Law Of The Spirit-Christ, Portrayed In The Star Of Bethlehem, A Geometrical Cosmic Calculator; Unfolded Tetrahedron In Construction Of Star; Four Tetrads Of Form; Divine Symbols Of The Invisible Priesthood; Zodiacal Wheel Calculator; Divine Law In The Great Tetrahedron; 13 Commandments Statement Of Law; Spirit In Center Of Star; Tools Of A Master Builder; Forms Of The Ancient Alphabet; Journey Of The Soul As Portrayed By Alphabet; David's Prophecies; Arabic Numerals Symbolic Of Soul's Journey; 3 Double Heads Of Divine Law In The Master Builder Diagram; Quickening Triads; Numerology; Man's Journey Through Life Under Zodiacal Influence; Heliocentric Astrology; Heliocentric Astronomy & Spiral Emanation Of Planets; Siderial Astrology; Houses Of Heavens; Israel's Blessings As Pertaining To The Sons Of God, 7 Portrayed In Ancient Masonry; Real Spirit Of Masonry; Universal Laws; Harmony, Perfection & Active Principles.
CAT#183 Deluxe Quarto Hardcover Facsimile Edition. Maroon Suede w/Guilt Lettering. $45.00
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1929, 1942-1954 130p. One of the 4 last unknown rarest books from W. D. Gann's Recommended Reading List. Mack Stauffer's book "The World's Greatest Thought Discovery" has been sought by all Gann researchers for the last 50 years, but not a single copy has ever been found, until now! We discovered a set of this work for the years 1929, 1942 and 1950-1954, which we are making available here. The text of each of the 7 volumes are exactly the same, the only difference being the current Vibratory Calendar for each year. Only the 1929 edition contains the main title "THE WORLD'S GREATEST THOUGHT DISCOVERY" but the text is the same for all of them. We have included the calendars for all 7 years as a separate section in the back of the book. "Mass-Intellectual Pressure: Why I believe in Premonitions? Because I know the Power of Second-Sight Belongs in the Region of the 63rd Octave at Nine Quintillion Per Second When and Where the Subconscious Mind Become the All-Seeing Eye!" CONTENTS: Stauffer's Priority of Thought; Your Emotional Outlook; Do Names Reveal Our Emotional Makeup; Intellectual Energy In Life & After Death; How To Use the Scale; Chart Your Name; Harmony In The Home or Office; Alpha-Matho Vibratory Scale Cycles; Human Speech; Cycle-Like Change; Cycle of Life; Cycle of Music; Cycle of Colors; Cycle of Alpha-Matho Scale; Relativity of "AUKA"; Name Index To Psychology; Alpha Scale Tells What The Mind Thinks; The Scale & The Subconscious Mind; Mass-Intellectual Pressure; The Key To Knowing Character by Name; Man's Great Subconscious Urge: The Spirit World; Electro-Biological Force; Pressure Surrounds the Earth; Vibratory Impressions; Giant Minds; Mighty Sixty-Fourth Octave; Vibratory Pitch; The Great Expose of the Universe; All Life is Result of Vibratory Force; Vibratory Scale Applied to Presidents of the US; Elected Presidents Vibrated to the Scale at Times When They Were Successful. The PLATES: The Vibratory Scale Calendars: 1929, 1942, 1950-1954.
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|The Collected Sepharial, Volume III
The Kabala of Numbers.
The Kabala Of Numbers, The Original Source Book In Numerology. (GL) 388p.
The Kabala Of Numbers, A Handbook Of Interpretation. (GL) 2 Vols. 204p., 215p.
Sepharial (Walter Gorn Old)
CAT#205 Deluxe Quarto Hardcover Facsimile Edition. Maroon Suede w/Guilt Lettering. $115.00
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|The Collected Sepharial, Volume IV
Studies in Numerology & Kabala.
Cosmic Symbolism: The Art Of The Kabalists, Mysteries Of Sound, Form & Number. (GL) 1912, 294p.
The Numbers Book, Science Of Numerology. 128p.
Your Fortune In Your Name, Or Kabalistic Astrology, Being The Hebraic Method Of Divination By The Power Of Sound, Number, & Planetary Influence. 95p.
Sepharial (Walter Gorn Old)
CAT#206 Deluxe Quarto Hardcover Facsimile Edition. Maroon Suede w/Guilt Lettering. $95.00
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|The Essential H. J. Kerns
Prophetic Time Of The Ages From Adam To The Millennium According To Scriptures, Gematria, & Astronomy; Biblical-Logical-Awakening. (GL) 1932 91p.
Secrets Of Wisdom, The Measuring Rod Of Time & Space. 34p.
H. J. Kerns
CAT#212 Deluxe Quarto Hardcover Facsimile Edition. Maroon Suede w/Guilt Lettering. $45.00
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|Sixth & Seventh Books Of Moses. (GL) 190p. The Mystery Of All Mysteries, The Wonderful Magical & Spirit Arts, Rare Old Mosaic Books Of The Talmud & Cabala.
CAT#224 Deluxe Quarto Hardcover Facsimile Edition. Maroon Suede w/Guilt Lettering. $45.00
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|Myer, Isaac.
Qabbalah. The Philosophical Writings of Solomon Ben Yehudah Ibn Gebirol or Avicebron & Their Connection With The Hebrew Qabbalah & Sepher ha-Zora, Also An Ancient Lodge of Initiates.
Philadelphia:Publisher By Author, 1888. FIRST EDITION Limited to 350 Copies. Margins Cut to Octavo Size From Original Folio. 499p.
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|Waite, Arthur Edward.
The Holy Kabbalah, A Study of the Secret Tradition In Israel As Unfolded by the sons of the doctrine for the benefit & consolation of the elect dispersed through the lands & ages of the greater exile.
London: Williams & Norgate, 1929. FIRST EDITION. 636p.
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|Waite, Arthur Edward.
The Doctrine & Literature Of the Kabbalah.
London: Theosophical Pub., 1902. FIRST EDITION. 508p. Octavo.
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|Waite, Arthur Edward.
The Secret Doctrine In Israel, A Study of the Zohar & Its Connections.
London: Rider, 1913. FIRST EDITION. 330p. Octavo.
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By Robert Rundle
2018 2nd Edition Revised. 144p. & 1st Edition. 250p. Bound in 1 Volume. This is the complete set of Magic Words Thru the Zodiac, Volume 1 & 2 together. These books provide the Keys to cracking the secret code W. D. Gann used to secretly concealed his greatest secrets within his works. It unveils a Masonic Gematria cypher which serves to decrypt references and clues concealed in names, dates and other key words thru the text. These letter/numerical conversions are used to determine potential anchor points for engineering of important underlying market cycles. Gann carefully hid within these cycles particularly within his most mysterious books, The Tunnel Thru the Air and The Magic Word. Many believe that Gann's greatest secrets were veiled only within these abstract metaphysical books, which can only be decoded thru the complex unravelling of this secret code, leading to the technical mapping of Gann's underlying astronomical cyclical model of market activity. These book goes further in presenting the secret Key to Gann's cryptographic methodology than has ever been revealed before.
CAT#262 Deluxe Quarto Hardcover Facsimile Edition. Black Suede w/Gilt Lettering. Includes Excel Spreadsheet and Timing Solutions Templates. $1222.00
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|d'Olivet, Fabre.
The Hebraic Tongue Restored, & The True Meaning Of The Hebrew Words Established & Proved By Their Radical Analysis.
New York: Putnam, 1921. FIRST ENGLISH EDITION. Cloth, 8vo. 810p. This Is An Extremely Important Work Due To Its Second 346p. Section On The Cosmogony Of Moses, Including Sections On Extraction, Divisional Multiplication, Facultative Comprehension, Proportional Measurement, Aggregative & Formative Energy.
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|Skinner, J. Ralston.
Key To The Hebrew-Egyptian Mystery In The Source Of Measures, Originating The British Inch & The Ancient Cubit By Which Was Built The Great Pyramid & The Temple Of Solomon; & Through The Possession & Use Of Which , Man, Assuming To Realize The Creative Law Of The Deity, Set It Forth In A Mystery, Among The Hebrews Called Kabbala.
Philadelphia: David Mckay Company. 1875. Cloth, Gold Lettering, 8vo, 400p. Recognized By Esoteric Scholars As One Of The Greatest Works Ever Written On The Geometrical & Metrological Mysteries Of The Egyptians & Hebrews. Referred To By Blavatsky In The Secret Doctrine, And Called By Robert Lawlor The Most Esoteric Work In The Secret Doctrine Series. One Of Baumring's Key Source Texts. A Masterpiece!
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|Plummer, L. Gordon.
The Mathematics Of The Cosmic Mind, A Study In Mathematical Symbolism.
Wheaton: Theosophical, 1982. Second Edition. Cloth, DJ, 4to., 223p. An Excellent Work.
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|Albertus, Frater.
The Seven Rays Of The QBL.
York Beach: Weiser, 1985. Revised. Cloth, DJ, 8vo, 169p. An Excellent Work On Cycles & Number Symbolism. Very Important!
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|The Book of Enoch The Prophet.
Richard Laurence, LL.D.
1838, 250p. Considered one of the most important books left out of the Bible, and a primary source and inspiration of early Christianity. What is of particular importance in this book is its presentation of Time Cycles, making this more than a spiritual text, but an important Cosmological Treatise, and Ancient presentation of Time Cycles. Referred to by Blavatsky in the Secret Doctrine, this work presents many Ancient & Prophetic Mysteries.
CAT#396 Deluxe Quarto Hardcover Facsimile Edition. Maroon Suede w/Guilt Lettering. $50.00
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|Anatomy Of The Body Of God.
Frater Achad (Charles Stanfield Jones) & Will Ransom
1920. 111 p. Numerous Diagrams. Being The Supreme Revelation of Cosmic Consciousness Explained & Depicted In Graphic Form With Designs Showing The Formation, Multiplication, & Projection of the Stone of the Wise. This is probably the most important work of Geometrical Kabala ever written with numerous exceptional diagrams of the Tree of Life in multi-dimensional format showing its Fractal Recursion through infinite levels, and it's patterning to create lattice grid structures. One of Dr. Baumring's most secret favorites. Contents: The Great Work; The Name of the One; Vesica Piscis Construction of Tree of Life; Vesica Rectangle & Dynamic Symmetry; Tetractys Division of Triangle; 3x3 Square, Basis of Magic Squares; Arithemetic of the Sephiroth; Hexagram & Pentagram; Pythagorean Numbers & Series; Double Cube; 3-Dimensional Structure of the Sephirothic Tree of Life; Division From One Cell; Fractal Tree of Life; The Macrocosmic Snowflake; Triangular Crystal Prism; Multi-Dimensional Fractal Trees; 330 Visible Paths & 252 Invisible Paths; The Garden of Eden, Prismatic Tree Branching in 20 Directions & 5 Progressions to Shape of Perfect Dodecahedron; 775 Total Sephiroth Paths; Quadrad, Hexad = Tetrad; 12 Fold Figures; Numeric & Geometric Symbolism. Much, Much More!
CAT#449 Deluxe Quarto Hardcover Facsimile Edition. Maroon Suede w/Guilt Lettering. $50.00
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|Q.B.L. Or The Bride's Reception.
Frater Achad (Charles Stanfield Jones)
1922 149p. Numerous Diagrams. Being A Short Cabalistic Treatise On The Nature & Use Of The Tree Of Life With A Brief Introduction & Lengthy Appendix. Contents: The Formation Of The Tree of Life Being A Qabalistic Conception of the Creative Process; Concerning The Natural Basis of Correspondences In the Hebrew Alphabet; Of The Twenty-two Paths With Their Yetziratic & Colour Correspondences; Concerning The Tarot Trumps & Their Attributions To the Hebrew Alphabet; Some Account of the Ineffable Name & of the Four Worlds with Their Correspondences to the Minor Arcana of the Tarot; Concerning the Macrocosm & the Microcosm & How By Means of the Tree of Life We May Learn to Unite Them; Concerning the Literal Qabalah & the Methods of Gematria, Notaricon & Temurah; Concerning Numbers, Symbols & Matters Cognate; Of that which Was & Is & Shall Be; Of the Kingdom of the Bride; Appendices: Concerning The Natural Basis of Correspondences In the Hebrew Alphabet; Color Attributions; Paths of Planets & Signs; Pythagorean Theorem or 47 Problem of Euclid; Tree of Life with Correspondences.
CAT#450 Deluxe Quarto Hardcover Facsimile Edition. Maroon Suede w/Guilt Lettering. $50.00
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|The Egyptian Revival or The Ever-Coming Son In The Light of The Tarot.
Frater Achad (Charles Stanfield Jones)
1923 120 p. Contents: Light on the Egyptian Revival; Tutankhamen; Time Gods; Ever Coming Horus; Essence of the Practical Qabalah; 10 Sephiroth; Four Worlds; Creation & Redemption; Celestial Intelligences; Time & Space; Complex Resolves in Simple; The Great Work; Keys of Great Gate; One Idea; More Light on the Tarot Trumps; Universal Language of Symbols; Primum Mobile; 3 Forces of Life; Mystery of Space & Time; Universal Tradition; Erection & Generation; Creation, Preservation & Destruction; Old Rosicrucian Teaching; 666; 418; The Circle of the Key of Life; Ultimate Union; Golden Age; The Sun, the Devil, and the Redeemer; The Two Stars; 10-Fold Star; Gold of Alchemy; Twin Serpents of Time & Space; The Mystery of Babylon and the Beast; Solar Consciousness; Further Light on the Tree of Life; A Multi-Dimensional Universe in Two Dimensions; Limitations of Time & Circumstance; Great Cycles of Time; Horus; The Law of Thelema, or Will; True Will; True Destiny; The Tradition of the Golden Age; New Secret Ritual; Formula of Mercury; Solar Path To The Stars; Twelve Tribes; Emerald Tablet of Hermes; Miracle of the One Substance.
CAT#451 Deluxe Quarto Hardcover Facsimile Edition. Maroon Suede w/Guilt Lettering. $50.00
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|The Collected Cosmological Qabbala of Frater Achad
The Anatomy Of The Body Of God
Q.B.L. Or The Bride's Reception.
The Egyptian Revival.
Frater Achad (Charles Stanfield Jones)
The collected set of Achad's most important Cosmological & Qabbalistic works in one volume. For Contents See Listings For Individual Titles, Sold Separately.
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|The Ancient Science of Numbers.
Leo Clement
1908 129p. This interesting book is on numerology in the tradition of Balliet and has an extremely interesting section on KEYNOTES, which was selected by Baumring for his Course Manuals back in the 1980's. We've had a number of people who desired this entire book, since the theoretical approach is so connected to Gann's work, so we have made it available now. Contents: The Science of Numbers; The Letters & Numbers; The Triads & Their Effect; Fortunate & Unfortunate Days, Months & Years; Perfect & Imperfect Names; The Cornerstone, Keystone & Capstone; How to Remedy Defects In Names; The Colors & The Cycles; The Keynotes, or Musical Harmony In Life; The Law of Letters; Practical Application; The Supreme Test.
CAT#490 Deluxe Quarto Hardcover Facsimile Edition. Maroon Suede w/Guilt Lettering. $40.00
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|The Sign & The Seal: The Quest For the Lost Arc of the Covenant.
Graham Hancock.
1993. 608p. The fact of the Lost Ark of the Covenant is one of the grant historical mysteries of all time. To believers, the Ark is the legendary vessel holding the stone tablets of the Ten Commandments. The Bible contains hundreds of references to the Ark's power to level mountains, destroy armies, and lay waste to cities. The Ark itself, however, mysteriously disappears from recorded history sometime after the building of the Temple of Solomon. After ten years of searching through the dusty archives of Europe and the Middle East, as well as braving the real-life dangers of a bloody civil war in Ethiopia, Graham Hancock has succeeded where scores of others have failed. This intrepid journalist has tracked down the true story behind the myths and legends -- revealing where the Ark is today, how it got there, and why it remains hidden. Built at the foot of Mount Sinai, Hancock tells us, it ``was deposited [around 955 B.C.] by Solomon in the Holy of Holies of the First Temple.'' Later, Hancock says, it was stolen by Solomon's outcast son and carried south to Ethiopia and kept there for 800 years by a Judaic cult. Then it apparently was seized by the Knights Templar, who thought that it was the Holy Grail. The Knights converted the Jews, who kept the Ark in a great church. And to protect the Ark, all of the churches in the cult have their own replicas of the Ark: The original is never seen, even on the holiest days of the year. Part fascinating scholarship and part entertaining adventure yarn, tying together some of the most intriguing tales of all time -- from the Knights Templar and Prester John to Parsival and the Holy Grail -- this book will appeal to anyone fascinated by the revelation of hidden truths, the discovery of secret mysteries.
CAT#538 $20.00 Quality PB, Three Rivers Press.
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State and Local Issues to Dominate U.S. Supreme Court Docket
The U.S. Supreme Court will hear cases this term related to campaign finance, affirmative action, public prayer and unions. The court's ruling in these cases could make state elections much more expensive and change the way state and local governments hire and interact with their employees, especially their unionized workforce.
The most politically-charged case on the 2013-2014 docket is McCutcheon v. Federal Election Committee, a case related to the amount individuals can contribute to candidates and political parties. Should the court agree with the plaintiff's argument that the two-year aggregate campaign contribution limit violates the First Amendment, they would expand upon Citizens United by increasing the threshold for individual contributions directly to candidates or political parties from $123,000 every two-year election cycle to $3.6 million. The court will be asked to agree with an amicus curiae brief presented by the Republican National Committee and Senate Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, R-Ky., and do away with direct contribution limits altogether.
Race-based policies have drawn a skeptical response from the Supreme Court in recent years, and states like Oklahoma, Nebraska and Arizona have responded by approving constitutional amendments banning affirmative action. Against this backdrop, the justices took up Schuette v. Coalition to Defend Affirmative Action, Integration & Immigrant Rights, and Fight for Equality by Any Means Necessary, a Michigan affirmative action case with a 10-year history. In 2006, Michigan voters overwhelmingly approved a ballot initiative amending the state constitution to ban affirmative action in higher education and public sector hiring, and consequently, minority enrollment at the University of Michigan plummeted. A federal appeals court in 2012 ruled that the voter-approved referendum itself was discriminatory, and opponents of the referendum point out that all other state admissions policies are set by a popularly-elected board of regents. The state could take away the regents' power to set admissions criteria or could enact another system that promotes diversity. To do so, however, minority groups would have to embark on the costly and challenging process to re-amend the state constitution with a second referendum. The vote for affirmative action in 2003 was 5-4; justices stressed at the time the intended temporary nature of the programs.
The high court will consider the constitutionality of prayer in legislative settings in Greece v. Galloway. In Greece, New York, a local preacher has traditionally opened town meetings with a prayer. The town argues that the meetings are open to anyone who wants to give a prayer, but the invocations are consistently Christian in nature and often ask non-Christians to participate. The appeals court ruled the activity an endorsement of a certain religion. In a recent brief issued by the White House, the Obama administration stated, "So long as the goal of the government-backed prayer is not to recruit believers or criticize a given faith then the practice should be supported." Depending on the breadth of the ruling, the decision's impact could seriously affect religion's role in the public sphere.
SCOTUS also granted certiorari to a number of cases related to employment law. The court's decisions last session could be characterized as pro-employer, and court watchers expect this trend to continue in the 2013-14 term.
The Illinois case Harris v. Quinn promises to have great repercussions for the future unionization of state and municipal workers. The plaintiffs claim that SEIU's collection of non-political dues from non-member home health care workers employed by the state constitutes a violation of their First Amendment rights of association and petition. Also at issue in this case is whether workers paid through Medicaid but employed as independent contractors can be considered state employees. The district court dismissed the plaintiff's claim, but the Supreme Court could find in their favor. According to Gabriella Khorasanee, a blogger for FindLaw, SCOTUS may even nullify its previous decision in Abood v. Detroit Board of Education to argue that non-union members cannot be forced to pay non-political portions of union fees laid out in collective bargaining agreements.
In another union related case, the Eleventh Circuit found in Florida case Mulhall v. Unite Here Local 355 that union arrangements with management to ease the process of unionization in exchange for its neutrality can constitute a bribe. They argued that the employee contact list that the management of Mardi Gras Gaming turned over to UHL was a "thing of value," but the union claimed that these kinds of agreements are regular features of labor relations, and to make a change now would "wreak havoc" with labor law.
The decision in an Indiana case could "rein in the Department of Labor's efforts to alter the Fair Labor Standards Act without formal (i.e., legislative) changes," according to Sara Eber of employment law firm Seyfarth Shaw LLP. In Sandifer v. US Steel, SCOTUS will decide whether the time spent "donning and doffing" protective gear should be paid. The Department of Labor argues that it should, but the Seventh Circuit found in favor of US Steel.


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This is definitely not good news. It's bad news for the environment and it's bad news for everyone who depends on the reefs for business. The culprit? It's the usual problem of over fishing, pollution and climate change.
Why are the right wingers unable to see even the economic problems this creates? Just setting aside the environmental issues, the economic aspects are enormous. The Guardian:
Caribbean coral reefs – which make up one of the world's most colourful, vivid and productive ecosystems – are on the verge of collapse, with less than 10% of the reef area showing live coral cover.
With so little growth left, the reefs are in danger of utter devastation unless urgent action is taken, conservationists warned. They said the drastic loss was the result of severe environmental problems, including over-exploitation, pollution from agricultural run-off and other sources, and climate change.
The decline of the reefs has been rapid: in the 1970s, more than 50% showed live coral cover, compared with 8% in the newly completed survey. The scientists who carried it out warned there was no sign of the rate of coral death slowing.
As this recent Harvard Business Review article says, you cannot deny climate change and be pro-business.


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Zoonoses are diseases that can be spread from animals to humans under natural conditions. These diseases can include any type of organism, for example, viruses, bacteria, parasites, and prions. Zoonotic diseases may be spread directly from animals to people, or indirectly through the environment or vectors such as ticks, mosquitoes, flies, etc.
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Call for Papers: Journal of Islamic State Practices in International Law
The Journal of Islamic State Practices in International Law (JISPIL) welcomes submissions for its online edition. The Journal covers important international legal issues addressed by the Islamic world, including treaty arrangements. It also includes articles on recent developments in national and international case law involving Islamic States and multilateral organizations. JISPIL is a peer-reviewed journal.