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Friday, October 31, 2008
Black Star
*Consciously Conscious
The Alpinestars brand Logo as Black Star.
Yesterday evening (20th Oct(?)) while at work, I was thinking about the concept, Black Star. During the proceedings I ran into the kick boxing instructor, wearing a red baseball cap, sporting the above logo.
Not an hour later I am watching "American Pie" when I see Black Stars on Seann William Scott's (Stifler) T-Shirt. We also see tiny martini glasses.
The hourglass or cone shape of the martini connects to the inner surface of the black/worm hole and torus/donut shape.
A classic wormhole shape
The olive has been connected to decorations on Solomon's Temple and the Olivia mysteries in such posts as Galactic Center Temple.
Further we learn that it is a resonator for the Tree of Life:
Just as the olive tree was the Tree Of Life in the Mediterranean - because of its ability to supply food and therefore ensure social stability - the oak provided the same benefits for the ancient Indo-Europeans wandering out of the central Asian grasslands into the vast forests of postglacial Europe.
The Mysteries of the Great Cross of Hendaye Jay Weidner and Vincent Bridges p 242
Wonderful, a wormhole/blackhole (interchangeable with Black Star) shape with the fruit/seed of the Tree and 'Dragon Axis' - all the variations in macro and microcosm for axis mundi - inside of it. All this sharing a T-Shirt of a movie Star right after seeing the Alpinestars logo.
Lets not forget that 007's iconic drink is this very StarG8 Martini.
This and "American Pie" explored further in future posts, Flux willing.
While writing this post I made myself coffee every morning from this espresso maker. A ten way silver polygon with an octagonal Black 'Star' at its center.
If you pay close enough attention and detach from rigid thought structures you will start noticing everything you're doing is resonating everything else.
On Friday 17th of October I went to see a film, my version of going to church or visiting the house of God. Inside this church you will find the Stars, Staring on the great zeitgeist silver screen, or mirror of KKonsciousness.
As I walk up to the entrance I notice pentagramic Black Stars embedded in the pavement. I was listening, at this very moment to "Mos Def and Talib Kweli as Black Star".
BlackStar (Mos Def & Talib Kweli) - Definition
The film I was investigating was "SexDrive". What had attracted me here was the donut of Being with a Black Hole center.
Actor Seth Green plays an Amish fellow in this film. We see him soon in 'Buffy'..
An anthropomorphic Donut of Being, perfect. Humanity is aligning with the celestial and spiritual StarG8, in essence becoming the Donut. Note that this is an October release, thus 8 resonating.
The Black Star that has most dramatically appeared in KKonsciousness is this 8 rayed one in the pool of the Black Star inside of Manitoba's Legislative Building. A Masonic Solomon's Temple. I feel this particular Star is the symbolic architectural Heart of the Milky Way on planet Earth/Heart.
See Galactic Centre Temple and Scarlet Dragon for details of how this Star and Building interact with the sync web.
Jim's posts OZ BORN and Home is where the Heart IS for more on Manitoba and valuable context.
We seem to think Manitoba and Winnipeg will play a central role in the spiritual and galactic alignment of Earth/Heart...
Human Black Stars seem to be growing ever more popular. I feel the end of apartheid, rise in popularity of Hip Hop (HH) and possible presidency of Obama entrains with the Earth/Hearts alignment with the Black Star.
The images of Obama just ooze with StarG8 themes. Above a Halo and Star emanate from his crown, below a Tree Of Life grows from the circle dot Mandala (resonating Nelson Mandela).
The Tree is the up-down, North-South or profile view of the pillar inside the Divine Donut. The concentric circles are the top view of this same torus/Taurus shape. This is the Shape connected to the wormhole and martini glass earlier, the stem as pillar/tree the cone as circle. We get a spiral if a line traces the funnel or hole ever downwards.. (thanks Jim for insight)
There is much talk in the websites I visit about Obama being a Tool of the New World Order (NWO). Perhaps, I don't know, but it seems clear from 'their' - in the end always being the True Self - symbolism and resonance that any Illuminati types, whether they know it or not, are in actuality serving Being.
The NWO veils the NOW.
My 'life story' - always a kind of fiction - includes conversations with 'nefarious' transcended Illuminati Grandmasters (or whatever), yet I still confidently repeat "any Illuminati types, whether they know it or not, are in actuality serving Being."
Stella's (Stars) was last seen in Scarlet Dragon as the location where I met Master Mason (MM/K2) and Manitoba Legislature Researcher Frank Albo. Frank unveiled 'The Leg' as modeled led after Solomons Temple. It contains the Black Star at its Heart meaning this restaurant already resonates the themes addressed thus far.
So I'm walking down to Stella's (stars) just around the corner from my home, thinking something in this vane "I need an excuse to mention the 'pdb-spinner/Popeye idea', otherwise I'm just going to have to ad it in this new post regardless of having context.. Remember Jake your not your mind... I should find a girl... I think I'll have a burger... Your not your mind, nor these thoughts.. Hey is that a martini glass? "
The "Fine-Art Bartending School" plus martini glass - associated to the Black Hole/Star - logo is a business adjacent to Stella's. Interesting as I had just taken a brake from writing about that very subject.
Sync Wink! I look up at my choice of soup (Tomato or Peanut (Nut being the Egyptian Sky Goddess and an oft spotted StarG8 resonator) seeing the quiche of the day is 'Popeye's'.
I like the ever expanding versatility of the alphabet through such concepts as the 'WE3-Spinner' (rotational E,W,3,M) and the 'Z-Spinner' (Z being interchangeably with N allowing for NO to be OZ etc..). Just noticed that p is d or b. Which allows for such zany action as..
Ipod becoming popi or Popeye, which is more susynct then one might think at first glance. Both Ipod and Popeye have the distinctive circle dot, the basic StarG8 or Mandala aspects.
Popeye has his single glaring eye, while the Ipod has its signature click wheel.
The Circle dot is the alchemical symbol for gold and astrological symbol for sun (our Star). All these are interrelated and resonant of the StarG8 Mandala of Being beyond form.
Being throws us a cookie by having his girlfriend be Olive Oil (OO) resonating the Martini Glass and Tree of Life. Robert Altman's live action version sees Robin Williams as Popeye, Robin's being my 'media familiar' or 'spirit guide'.
See E.T. Ipsissimus of the A.:A.: for Robins as familiar
See Galactic Centre Temple for more on how Robin Williams interacts with my part of the infinite sync web.
This very same day I watch "Buffy the Vampire Slayer" S4 E3 "Harsh Light of Day". The episode opens with an exterior shot of the Bronze, the local hangout of Buffy and friends. In BRONZE we can highlight brONnze or brOnZe accentuating OZ. OZ is the Wonderland of totality beyond the StarG8 of the fully integrated and aligned NOw.
Interlude for more OZ context:
Funny enough Jim and Nosis took me, Frank Albo and Lina Hart out to visit the sacred site Manito Ahbee.
"I would put forth that the Manitoba Legislature is merely a marker of Galactic Centre and a pointer to an ancient indigenous sacred site about an 1 1/2 hour drive east of Winnipeg called Manito Ahbee - which means "Where the Creator Sits" in Anishenabe. This site is the most complete set of petraforms on the continent leading many researchers to believe that it is the site of origin for many of the teachings that spread across Turtle Island (Perhaps more than just North America but maybe even as Pangea). Many indigenous Elders consider this site the most sacred throughout the Americas."
"This coming weekend I will be taking Jake there with an Elder and Frank Albo. I am sure this site will begin to be reflected in the sync web."
Jim in the comments section to Scarlet Dragon.
We all ended up getting lost and not seeing the actual site. Very funny and still developing story that one..
After wondering the whole day - having a blast I must ad - we had to make our way back to the cars. Just as we are about to exit another group arrived.
We see Frank, in the middle of the photo looking back towards us. At the same time a man wearing a Led Zeppelin Four baseball cap sync winks hello. This hat bared the ZOSO logo of Jimmy Page, resonating Crowley and OZ.
Frank Albo, the dude who unveiled the Winnipeg Legislature as Solomon's Temple, important and pivotal part of the infinite causal chain that lead to the interpretation of the building, along with its Black Star, as pointers of Galactic and Spiritual Centre.
Frank, Crowley, Rock and Roll and Galactic Centre Temple return shortly...
Not 10 seconds after entering the 'Bronze scene' in Buffy do we spot a 7 petaled flower.
This sequins flower is also a Dark/Black Star. Behind it we see a hanging stage light forming a extra halo around the Star. Flowers and Stars display the same radiating shape as they exist in close and intimate resonance with the Source.
Quick wiki research reveals the ever susynct universe eager to unveil its interrelated and interconnected nature. Sequins, like the gold ones above, are commonly 'circle dot' shapes.
Sequins are also 13th century Venetian coins. The ones on wiki and above see the Halo (circle around the head) and Aureola (latin for gold and oval/vesica shape around the body).
So we have a 7 petaled flower and Black Star with its own Halo made out of doubly StarG8 resonating decorations.
See E.T. Ipsissimus of the A.:A.: for more Aureola context.
This is the band "Dingos Ate My Babies" who's guitarist is Seth Green or Oz. The camera pans from the sequin Star to reveal Oz wearing a T-Shirt with the word Dragon. A blue and pink light has moved into position behind his crown entraining and displaying the subtle body of the Star. Dragons resonate the cosmic serpent, axis mundi, pole, tree and pillar motifs found throughout all levels of magnification in the macro and microcosm. 2012 is also the year of the Dragon in Chinese Astrology making the Dragon a particularly strong resonator of that period of Galactic Alignment. Further heightening this resonance we note that December 2011 release of "The Hobbit" and December 2012 release of "The Hobbit 2"
Synopsis of "The Hobbit":
Bilbo Baggins, a Hobbit, journeys to the Lonely Mountain accompanied by a group of dwarves to reclaim a treasure taken from them by the dragon Smaug.
See Scarlet Dragon for more about Dragons as StarG8 resonators
A Black Star, OZ and the Dragon in one shot, nice.
The image of Oz wearing the Dragon Shirt is used in the opening sequence of the 4 Season and Oz's wiki pofile, meaning it is very strongly attributed to this characters sync web.
The episodes McGuffin - a term coined by Alfred Hitchcock for an incidental object around which the story revolves - is the Gem of Amara. As I watch, I am at the same time musing on gems and diamonds, as I had just been reading about the M'Kraan Crystal in the X-Men Dark Phoenix Saga. My mind quantum leaps to Terrence McKenna's object at the end of space time, which he often likened to a mirror ball, comparing these shiny mythic pop culture objects, all together.
Dazzlers first appearance in the X-Men Dark Phoenix Saga.
The Mirror Ball was particularly bright in my mind as I had recently written about it in another post (the forthcoming Scarlet Dragon 2) and also seen it earlier that day around the neck of the character Dazzler in "The Dark Phoenix Saga". As this satisfying line of reasoning is passing through, it occurs to me that Xander, on screen, is climbing a ladder and hanging a Mirror Ball. There was absolutely no difference between me and my environment, we had entrained, synced and aligned. The 'Mirror Ball' was arising out of Being and manifesting at exactly the same time, in my mind and on the screen.
Often in these situations the mistake is made of believing it was the mind that manifested the Mirror Ball. The mind is in service of the ego and wants you to believe it is God.
No use declaring my allegiance to the NWO/NOW if I'm not also going to throw my weight into the resonance of the Third Reich of the Black Sun.
NOW please don't Imagine I can't clearly see the madness present in both the consensus interpretation NWO and Fascists Dictatorship. What I am pointing towards is the undeniable hand of Kosmic Konsciousness - our True Eternal Self - moving through even these corrupted systems. This is also a sacred healing process as acknowledging your true Self as the ultimate source of all, including past violence and ignorance, is paramount. If all emanates from Being then every conceivable evil is in some way a part of our Self. This knowledge is exactly what can heal these evils. Evil, as Eckhart Tolle points out, is identification with form, whether a thought or an object.
The Swastika and its related Black Sun are obvious Black Star resonators. A possible coded meaning for SS, but certainly synchromystically valid, is Schwarze Sonne (Black Sun). Its leader also resonates the StarG8, one Heinrich Himmler (HH). HH resonates the double H in THOTH and YHWY, while also resembling 11:11. Twinned letters in general like SS, HH and PP pop up quite often. I feel they are connected to the twins guarding both sides of the 'Galactic Center/Galactic Anti-Center Axis' or '911/2012 Axis'.
See World Trade Galactic Centre and Galactic Center Temple for more about the axis
I had a particularly pronounced encounter with the Black Star on Friday 24 Oct. Indeed one gets the impression that the facets of Being the synchromystic attempts to entrain with react through the environment and the nervous system of the StarG8tor, they are ultimately one and the same. It feels as if the Black Heart of the Milky Way is a particularly playful Entity, enjoying being recognized by facets of itself. It's like it throws me particularly tasty synchro-cookies as reward for trying to find it in my surroundings.
Above is a book I just randomly noticed in a local "Chapters" bookstore that 'Black Friday'. "Dark of The Sun" by Chelsea Quinn Yarbo a historical-horror charting the adventures of the Vampire Saint-Germain through an Asia undergoing the devastating effects of a sun greatly diminished by the sixth-century A.D.eruption of Krakatoa. The Vampire Saint-Germain is based on the peculiar Count of St. Germain.
The Count of St. Germain (fl. 1710–1784) has been variously described as a courtier, adventurer, charlatan, inventor, alchemist, pianist, violinist and amateur composer, but is best known as a recurring figure in the stories of several strands of occultism – particularly those connected to Theosophy, where he is also referred to as the Master Rakoczi or the Master R and credited with near god-like powers and longevity. Some sources write that his name is not familial, but was invented by him as a French version of the Latin Sanctus Germanus, meaning "Holy Herman", or " Holy Brother Herman." St. Germanus was a lay brother of the Benedictine order.
Wikipedia Saint Germain
According to wiki several groups believe Saint Germain - as "Holy Herman" he is the potent synchromystic HH - is an Ascended Master, having personally contacted such personalities as Annie Bessant, C.W Leadbeater and Edgar Cayce. Theosophy regards Plato, Merlin, Christopher Columbus and Francis Bacon as incarnations of Saint Germain.
What ever the case may be, we have a heavy esoteric hitter giving us a Dark/Black Star sync wink. A facet of who or what ever Saint Germain was/is, in conjunction with the Hunab-Ku - popularly believed to be a Mayan version of Galactic Center - was sync winking hello. Well, from a certain and individual, but still perfectly rational perspective... The amazing harmonious coexistence and flexibility of individual belief systems is a glimps of the dawning KKonsciousness. I am constantly having delightful and stimualting conversations with people who would no doubt think this post is absolute madness and dross of the highest rank, yet we can aspire to co-exist peacefully.
The Dark can also be D-ARK. In Afrikaans D-Ark could be expressed as 'Die Ark' or 'The Ark'. The Ark, amongst many other things can be viewed as the Cube of Space formed by the Dragon Axis, the parameters of Galactic Alignment.
See Scarlet Dragon or Galactic Centre Temple for more on Ark as Cube of Space.
The Cube of Space is explored in "The Mysteries of the Great Cross of Hendaye" by Jay Weidner and Vincent Bridges.
Not content with visiting one book store that day (Oct 24), I decide to walk into another, a short while later. Frank Albo's book about Galactic Centre Temple "The Hermetic Code" winks at me right after I spot some penguins (the penguins will be explained in due time...). I randomly page through it until the presence of To Mega Therion, that wacky occultist who blurs the lines between Pop Star and Magickian, pokes his nose into the sync web. My eyes just scan the page trying to figure how all these pieces fit (vampires, penguins, Black Star etc) when my KKonsciousness undergoes that strange sensation when awesomeness feels like its about to short circuits the mind.
I/Eye note that the page makes reference to Sergeant Pepper's, no doubt in relation to "The Beatles" cover featuring The Beast 666. On this cover he syncnificantly appears next to Sri Yukteswar Giri.
To his immediate left resides Sri Yukteswar Giri a guru, yogi and traditional astrologer. One of his famous contributions is highlighted at wikipedia:
He also introduced the idea that the sun takes a 'star for its dual', and revolves around it in a period of 24,000 years, which accounts for the precession of the equinox.
Sirius has been a suspect for this dual of our Star (this is mentioned in The Sphinx/Horus post). I am however reading John Major Jenkins "Galactic Alignment" and he interprets Sri Yukteswars grand center called Vishnunabhi or Brahma as Galactic Center itself.
A pointer of Galactic Center - aligning with our solstice sun on 11:11 (K2) 21 December 2012 - in the form of Yukteswar placed smack next to K2 mountaineer Aleister Crowley. The synchromystic interpretation is clear. Both Stargate realizers Crowley and Giri entraining with the dawning of consciousness growing inside humanity, captured here through the artistic magick of Rock and Roll (an ecstatic Stargate technology, simply note the occult flavor of any good band), brought together through synchronicity, the footprints of Being.
From Gemini
What really baked my noodle was that "Hey Jude" by "The Beatles" was playing over the store PA system!
I exit the store in a daze, considering it too baffling and taxing to capture. I hadn't taken the still images yet, as I thought I couldn't begin to share it with You. Seconds later I pass a stand selling a variety of nicknack's and memorabilia. I experience another jolt as I see the Sgt. Peppers cover along with flashing Mirror Ball of the Eschaton, practically yelling what I interpreted as "This is your job Jake, the context exists and the time is NOW, you must document the syncs and share..." I was compelled to turn around and go take the photos of Crowley and "The Hermetic Code" we saw above...
The evening has arrived and I am continuing The Great Work a.k.a watching "Buffy The Vampire Slayer".S4 E4 "Fear Itself"
It 'just so happens' that it's Halloween on the show, that Friday (Oct 24) being one week shy of the actual event.
By some fascinating non local slight of hand I happen to be sitting here, one week later, writing this on Halloween.
Maybe, just maybe, I can post this sucker today...
Frat boys unwittingly paint a black star (with some white and red resonating the swastika..) that will soon open a StarG8 for demonic forces to enter. Really cool to note it's Oz's blood that activates this inter dimensional Black Star portal.
As we see in the above Wiccan/Pagan Wheel of the Year Halloween falls on one of the 8 major points of the solar year. The year as a circle, marked out with its major phases, gives us the octogram star shape. Charting our local Star's cycles gives us this mandala StarG8 shape, something worth meditating on.
Happy Halloween (HH) and greetings on one of the 8 points of the Black StarG8!
S2 E18 "Moving Day"
Still the same "Black Friday" and KKonsciousness has moved on to "How I Met Your Mother" (a.k.a How I Found Goddess and What I Did to Her When I Found Her). We see actress Cobie Smulders as Robin Scherbatsky (Robin and the Bat(man) in there) sporting little stylized Black Stars with faces.
Robin is an ex-Canadian pop sensation "Robin Sparkles".
Robin Sparkles "Let's Go to the Mall" (full version)
Her New York friends find her embarrassing, 80's flavored 'secret' music video in S2 E9 "Slap Bet" a.k.a "Robin Sparkles".
Robin flies through space, traversing the heavens or opening the StarG8, with a robot that reads 2000 or 2K.
See Tunney Trilogy
Remember that Robin Tunney climbs K2 in 2000's "Vertical Limit" and is to be impregnated with Schwarzenegger's Moonchild on the eve of the 2000 Millennium in "End Of Days".
The CBS eye winks from a hexagonal Zebra Drum.
SHE is seen 'emanating' hexagonal Zebra stripes (above) while her name is writ large across the vastness of the infinite (below).
This Robin deserves allot more time and analysis but for NOW we rest here, to return in future posts, flux willing.
I was curious as to what brand of clothing the little Black Stars on Robin belonged to.
The Hunab-Ku had one more surprise for me that eve...
My friend bought me a ticket to see DJ Jazzy Jeff, a Black Star, once member of DJ Jazzy Jeff & The Fresh Prince (Will 2K).
While there I see those same Black Stars on a girls bag.
Turns out they are little skull designs, a frequent feature of the Tokidoki line for LeSportsac.
The most prevalent and telling Black Star is the clock face*. It is a perfect 'circle dot' while the hour and minute markers give it the radiating star burst quality. Further if we remove the sequential experience of time the spinning clock hands would indeed trace a perfect black dot or hole. Time is indeed being dissolved by the Black Star.
*An argument can be made for the written word "Star" itself being the most prevalent Black Star. As it is usually typed in black the actual word itself is probably the most common appearing Black Star. Phew!
I was looking at this Coca-Cola (KK) clock face when this line of reasoning appeared.
This ends here as I/Eye NOW see Black Stars everyday every where. Below are some more selected Black/Dark Holes/Stars encountered during the writing of this piece..
Mondragon Restaurant (Oct 29)
Dialogue from "Buffy The Vampire Slayer" S4 E7 The Initiative
Willow needs some cheering up. I'm going to take her.
Xander : How's will dealing--
Buffy : (Cutting off Xander.) With the black hole of despair she's been living in since Oz left? She's dealing. I'm helping. It's hard.
33 comments:
- Atareye said...
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- October 31, 2008 at 8:22 PM
- Atareye said...
From one JK to Another I must say that this post resonated with my frequency like no other Ive read here before. Bravo on the reality blog theme. Its addicting like TV. The hairs on my neck stood up as I read specific details and words from my current post in this post. I started working on
"'D'ark Man VS Candyman"
I was hopefully posting it tonight but this Blob site has scrambled my brain once again.
Here's some quick resonating quotes from my current weaving...
"....Dark man becomes Noir Man, Or 'D' Ark man, or fuck I don't know. I found it cool that this Arkman Shares similar characteristics as Clive Barker's Candyman..."
"....Clive Barkers Candyman was covered in hungry bees, had his right hand cut off, and then he was burned to death, so they thought. They both wear trench coats and Candyman is a black(dark)star....."
Those are just a couple to list. My mind is racing and I want to spew more jabber but I'll spare you all... for now :)
Just one more thing of possible relevance. Popeye is a radar word of sorts. You can take Pop or eye and they spell backwards and forwards. The radar monitor, we see on TV, is a circle dot to. A circle dot scanning machine for peering by pinging at long distances to find a target. Radar uses a similar process as Sonar. Popeye resonates Horus the one eyed 'Son'(ar).Nikola Tesla, in August 1917, first established principles regarding frequency and power level for the first primitive radar units. Eye see where I'm going with this. Do you? Put that in your proverbial Popeye pipe and smoke it!
Keep Moving, spinning, povoting and real'eye'zing the potential of where this is taking us.
Great respect JK
- October 31, 2008 at 8:25 PM
- Dedroidify said...
Much appreciate the positivity & holistic view Jake.
Radiohead has a song called Black Star:
"Blame it on the black star
Blame it on the falling sky
Blame it on the satellite that beams me home"
- October 31, 2008 at 9:51 PM
- aferrismoon said...
Black Star Liners was Marcus Garvey's line, I think.
Of course Tsarion can be Black Star NOIR - Black and the rest = Star'Rats while Ts = The hebrew Sound for the Star card.
- November 1, 2008 at 6:55 AM
- Unknown said...
I was half way through reading your post when I went to have my lunch. What happened to be on the TV? The Adventures of Rocky & Bullwinkle! The Universe (or project bluebeam/ray) spoke!
First thing I see is our heroes R and B being driven in a car by Kenan and Kel (KK, TWO black stars!). They are called Martin and Lewis (Luther maybe?), with a Lewis being something a Mason uses (Leona Lewis at Beijing Olympics, Lewis Hamilton might win the F1 title this weekend). They have "WJ" on their lapel, but with "Lewis" you keep seeing a "V" (Frequent theme in movie).
With Rocky, I think of Barack Obama (very easy to get to, Rocky = The Rock, who in Southland tales plays a Barack like messiah. Barack also did a promo on WWE, where he said "can you smell, what Ba-rack is cooking?"). While the moose is Sarah Palin, who even ends up in the White House later! Bullwinkle = Torus as well (Age of Torus, golden calf, golden age, 2012 SP for president?)
The hero helping them along is Piper Perabo (PP), she plays Kar-en Sympathy. She envoked Hilary Swank in my mind (from my other post on The Core) because of the gap in her teeth (something I have in common with these two women, perhaps this is my Robin?).
As the story progressed, they end up in court with Whoopi Goldberg as the judge (another black star) who lets them off by saying "celebrities are above the LAW", syncing your "as stars above".
Once let out, they need to get to New York, as you hear them speak the name, you see two twin power plant towers in the background and they find an airfield. They then get in a plane and fly to New York. The plane is too heavy and B has to fly the plane alone, while R flies PP. R and PP end up in NY and you see Lady Isis, the WTC's and they end up at the Rockefeller building in front of Prometheus. Then at night they fly in the centre of a giant full moon to meet the enemy.
The other interesting bit, with 9/11 resonation, is that B ends up in Washington! Thinking it is NY! The plane lands, head first, into the lawn of the White House in front of the Fountain! He talks to the Prez (who is brainwashed) and is aided by Randy Quaid (Independence Day saviour).
There is a heck of a lot more in this film, with De-Nero as a Hitler figure and the brainwashing of the American people via TV to vote for one candidate (Obama?), which R and B free them from. And they then rename RBTV to Rocky and Bullwinkle Television "because there is no difference", hint hint!
As another JK, I agree with the other JK that your post resonated on my frequency as well!
- November 1, 2008 at 11:26 AM
- Jenn said...
Ha! Is that your green swiss made Sigg water bottle in the pic close to the bottom? Because that's my water bottle! I got it new this summer before one of the trips to Camp Zoe at a store called "Dynamic Earth" :D
- November 1, 2008 at 2:38 PM
- aferrismoon said...
Robin Sp-ARK-les
- November 1, 2008 at 4:00 PM
- NotABlogger said...
That was epic...
Also, BRON means SOURCE in dutch.
- November 1, 2008 at 5:40 PM
- Unknown said...
Wow, I'm having a sync with Keanu Reeves lately. I watched Bram Stoker's Dracula on TV the other night where Keanu plays John Harker and I was thinking about his syncs and closeness to "darkness" in movies such as Dracula, Constantine, and the Devil's Advocate. I was just searching online for more info on Stoker's Dracula when my wife turns on the TV, and it's a bio of Keanu!! I can hear it in the background as I am on the computer laughing at the sync and I hear the program mention that Keanu gave up many big screen deals to take a part in a stage production of Hamlet in....Winnipeg, the center of North America, which connects the sync back to Jake and this blog that I have been devouring lately. Very Cool...
By the way, I could have sworn that the credits of Dracula said that Kubrick had directed it, but everything on the internet points to Coppola. Is this true? Maybe I was seeing things?
- November 1, 2008 at 5:46 PM
- Unknown said...
I've been looking into Keanu as well Superjudge, contrast those "dark" roles to his "light" roles as Little Buddha or The One in The Matrix. Then you have his journey through Space, Time, Heaven and Hell in Bill and Ted. "The problem is choice", even at the end of Devil's Advocate, he exercises a choice of free will, like at the end of Matrix Revolutions, that brings the system down. Here is a good article that looks into his path in The Matrix: http://www.wylfing.net/essays/matrix_revolutions.html
My other train of thought has been on (S)Celine Dion(Isis), linking her to the moon goddess Selene, and someone else who keeps popping up in my train of thought, Dionysus. Now Dionysus is one of the Archetypes of Jesus (water in wine, eating his blood and flesh, death and resurrection, spent time in India), along with others like Horus, Buddha, Krishna. Anyone have some syncs on Celine Dion and Dionysus?
(Quite a strange sync while I submit my comment, the random word I have to enter is "equest").
- November 2, 2008 at 2:54 AM
- ericswan said...
My random word is "mooke" and reminds me that the johndee.org site posits that "letters" are degrees of separation in the cosmos..ie. 'V' is 60 degrees from galactic center and isn't Winnipeg "W"est of "N"orthern "O"ntario?
- November 2, 2008 at 9:53 AM
- Chris said...
Yet another inspiring masterpiece.
Thank you.
- November 2, 2008 at 3:17 PM
- Unknown said...
The syncs came thick and fast for me this weekend. Another moment of turning the TV on, and there being something of interest.
Like Mike or "I Like Icke". Tying in nicely with what I have been reading about all weekend, The Heroes Journey (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hero_with_a_Thousand_Faces), and also my favourite show at the moment, the third season of Heroes, which just so happens to be at a point when Hiro starts his journey.
Back to Like Mike, we have our black star Bow Wow (he is referred to in the film as a Chiwawa, Piper Perabo in my previous post, was in the film Beverly Hills Chiwawa, a random Google search lead me to Chihuahua, Chihuahua, in Mexico! A centre like Winnipeg and Kansas!).
So Bow Wow, our Thoth/Odin goes on his journey of enlightenment, finding the sneakers that give him his Boon of God like powers on the basketball court. He ends up playing for a team called the "Knights", making friends with one Black Knight called Tracey Reynolds, played by Morris ChestNUT (who also happens to be in a film called The Cave [Core], with Piper Perabo!!). And who is in charge of the knights? An actor who has become of great interest to me, Robert Foster! Why is this important? Because in Heroes he plays (King) "Arthur" Petrelli!! And here he is in charge of the Knights! He has also been in the first ever disney feature film, The Black Hole, http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Black_Hole.
In the end our Bow Wow discovered that it wasn't the shoes, it was the journey, and gives up his stardom to go back to the source and gets adopted by Tracey.
Put all that in your Popeye Piper Perabo and smoke it!
PS I got another eerie random word to post my comment with: eprecog)
- November 2, 2008 at 4:26 PM
- Chris said...
- November 3, 2008 at 9:53 AM
- Chris said...
- November 3, 2008 at 9:54 AM
- Aaron said...
Be careful on the 4th and for the following 2 weeks people. I included a link to my blog which I put up as a means of issuing a very serious warning. The synchs and symbols are a guide, it's how one applies them that's of great importance.
see Events for 1995 and 2003
Holidays and Observances-
Bahá'í Faith - Feast of Qudrat (Power), first day of the 13th month of the Bahá'í calendar
Note the symbol of the Bahá'í Faith, as well as the faiths doctrine. Erie.
There is alot to this day in particular and the 12 days afterward.
- November 3, 2008 at 4:46 PM
- Aaron said...
Be careful on the 4th and for the following 2 weeks people. I included a link to my blog which I put up as a means of issuing a very serious warning. The synchs and symbols are a guide, it's how one applies them that's of great importance.
see Events for 1995 and 2003
Holidays and Observances-
Bahá'í Faith - Feast of Qudrat (Power), first day of the 13th month of the Bahá'í calendar
Note the symbol of the Bahá'í Faith, as well as the faiths doctrine. Erie.
There is alot to this day in particular and the 12 days afterward.
- November 3, 2008 at 4:49 PM
- Z said...
I wonder if Holy Herman is a reference to Hermes. I love the WE3M spinner concept. Aries is the RAM ruled by the planet MARs, the god of WAR.
- November 3, 2008 at 5:25 PM
- Jake Kotze said...
"Aries is the RAM ruled by the planet MARs, the god of WAR."
Lovely, thanks.
Yes, it is my H2O vessel. It would take a team of synchromystics working around the clock for 2 weeks to decode all its mysteries.
Thanks for all the insight folks.
- November 3, 2008 at 6:03 PM
- Z said...
More on RAM/MARs/WAR and linking to your Sgt. Pepper's sync- look into McCartney's solo efforts- they include "Ram", "Venus & Mars" and "Tug of War". Ha!
- November 3, 2008 at 7:23 PM
- earthstar said...
Yes like Stone Temple Pilot Black hole Sun.....just for fun link...keep an eye on those neo's....http://hohmanntransfer.com......Earthstar
- November 4, 2008 at 8:19 PM
- Anadæ Quenyan Effro said...
"Dark star crashes, pouring its light into ashes." So begins the song "Dark Star" from the Grateful Dead, later continuing, "Shall we go, you & I while we can? Through the transitive nightfall of diamonds." Also, I'm also reminded of the Thule Society, the Nazi Reich's attempt to breed the creme d' le creme of their mythical Aryan stock with the denizens of Ultima Thule, their name for the Hollow Earth, refering to the Inner Sun of that Terra Incognito, the Hollow Earth, as the Black Sun, a lovely song, "Black Sun", by the defunct Washington-based Goth band, Strange Boutique, whose likeness has now transmogriphied into the current band, Faith & the Muse, also highly recommended for their highly visual soundscapes, a timeless addition to the canon of Darkwave/Shoegaze/Death Rock, whatever Goth's current monicker is nowadayze! LOL! Don't forget the all musical episode of Buffy, "Once More, With Feeling!", which is an all-time favourite of this musical lad's. Also, forget not that the little-known name FOR the wingéd monkeys in L. Frank Baum's Oz series WERE the Zoso's, Led Zeppelin notwithstanding. So thank you, Jake, for continuing the Great Work. Namaste & Happy (belated) Hallowmas, Hallowe'en, Samhain (pronounced, as you must Gno, SOW-when), or the Elven Full Moon Before the Dark, Isilnarquelie, pronounced EE-sil-narrr-kwel-ee-ay, a sharpening of the Second Sight for those of us descended from the Starry Race ~ Anadæ
- November 5, 2008 at 10:29 AM
- Leon1234 said...
Hey great post! Where do you work?h
- November 6, 2008 at 12:00 AM
- Brendan said...
I also reckon The NWO is serving being but following "The left hand path" to enlightenment hence the perceived negative World state.
- November 6, 2008 at 11:57 AM
- ericswan said...
I watched a TV special on that site you went to look for east of Winnipeg. It's a rock formation that looks like an eagle of white against a green background. There was a meeting of the spiritual leaders of native North and South America or the condor and the eagle.
- November 6, 2008 at 4:10 PM
Hiya Jake,
Re: kk 11:11.
Are you familiar with the work of Stan Tenen? Check him out at meru.com Stan's tracing of the Hebrew letter Alef looks just like an Anglish 'K'.
'A is A' validates the objective universe, proves only itself and yields the philosophy: 'What IS, IS'.
'A is K', as revealed by your startling research, proves everything but itself and unravels the philosophy (preferred by Da WWWiz): 'What IS is also elsewise' or the simplified 'whatever, dude'.
Yer a one-man cyclone, ma nizzle!.
Pax to the Max
- November 6, 2008 at 6:03 PM
- Unknown said...
Quite the synchromystic day I've been having today with a few symbols popping up for me. Riding the bus today I saw a large plastic alligator, mouth agape, in the window of a house sync winking me. I don't know how many of you are aware of the clothing brand "FCUK" but a fellow student in one of my classes was wearing one of the shirts and beside the K in the large logo was another smaller k above and beside it. 11:11 anyone?
- November 6, 2008 at 6:16 PM
- soundlessdawn said...
I wonder if "Still Together.. Still Lost.." Would have worked as well for Obama as "Yes We Can."
- November 7, 2008 at 2:41 PM
- Sergio Alexis Florez Ortiz Jr said...
i miss your videos. why have you stopped?
- November 9, 2008 at 4:21 AM
- Jake Kotze said...
I need a Mac to do them right. Until I have the means to purchase said device I develop the writing instead, which does allow one to penetrate the rabbit hole deeply indeed. This intensive continued written flushing out of synchromysticism will aid the future videos no end.
The videos are something special which I plan to do again, no doubt.
Donations to The Blob could greatly aid the speed of the return to movies.
Being even more ambitions I feel I could use a decent camera so I can incorporated real time personal syncs into the movies in high quality.
Yip this stuff could go to the Moon.
- November 9, 2008 at 7:31 AM
- Unknown said...
Here's another hip-hop group you might find interesting: http://www.myspace.com/thelostchildrenofbabylon
- November 10, 2008 at 3:32 PM
- dougr said...
left-hand path indeed.
Those non-God transdimensionals with their unrelenting need to Create. Satanic much?
Spin together enough
symbolic mist stories and they can alllllmost create.
Greater density in the smokey Ill used ions of synkronosities is still no cigar.
Stargates as portals = the grail of the crusades.
Being the fool is not knowing and feigning not knowing....it's knowing only enough to be dangerous.
What's a stargate rEAlly for?
pentagon as star
Twin towers as gate
Japan = Land of Rising Sun (star)
twin mushrooming pillars of nuclear Nagasaki/Hiroshima as gate.
It ain't no new age game kiddies.
- November 10, 2008 at 7:52 PM
- Atareye said...
Intense commentary!
Rockin' Robin sung by the one hit wonder and Black Star Bobby Day. Every time you reference this Robin Familiar of yours that song plays in ma' head.
Peace Duder
- November 11, 2008 at 11:56 PM


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Not off-thread at all! There are books like this available from your trainer, also there are upgrades every 10 levels, so when you get to level 30, go to the auction house and look under the Class Items tab, then look under Hunter Items. You want the Tome of the Wind-Rider. Whenever you upgrade, go for the Tomes, they are the Critical Success of the recipes that the scholars make.
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If you are like me and you have signed up for lots of opt-in Internet marketing lists, you have probably been bombarded with lots product launches where that spots are limited and the prices are way out of reach for the average person.
It seems like every email contains some type of promotion for the "latest" product rage promoted by famous Guru's of Internet marketing.. Sometimes I get so many, I simply have to stop reading my email in order to get anything done.
I do have to admit, many of them are killer products from well respected professionals, but many people who are getting the emails for these promotions just don't have the budget to fork over to get involved.
If you are a victim to the latest high ticket product launches, don't get discouraged if you can't afford to pursue them. If you are one of these victims, are some things to keep in mind to help keep you from getting discouraged.
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The main thing you need to keep in mind is that in order to make money, you either have to sell a product, service or advertising. Focus your energy on one of these things first, then build on it using the information successful marketers provide for you.
Once you lay a foundation, it will give you more direction. This way, when the next marketing craze comes around, you won't be starting all over again. Instead, find out how the marketing product relates to your business, then get as much free or low cost information on how to use it as you can.
Search for Low Cost Solutions Related to the Product Launch
When you get information on a product launch, you shouldn't feel like the only solution to the problem costs tons of money. Most of the time there is more than one solution available to the problem they are attacking.
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The high ticket item may offer a killer solution, but if you can't afford it, you have simply to start somewhere else. Just look for other free or lower cost articles, ebooks, courses or software solutions. Most of the time, there is something out there that will help you.
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It helps to have money when starting an online business of any type, but you have to remember, many of the popular marketing gurus did not have tons of money to start their business. Instead they followed simple rules and tactics and did simple testing to find out what works, and then they build on it over time.
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If you are experiencing the "High Ticket Internet Marketing Course Blues", use some of the simple tips above to help you stay motivated and to help keep you on track to a successful Internet marketing venture.


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Kelly progressing, but timeline of return uncertain
ST. LOUIS -- Though eligible to come off the disabled list as early as next Friday, Cardinals right-hander Joe Kelly is expected to miss at least a third start as he recovers from a left hamstring strain suffered while running to first base on April 16.
General manager John Mozeliak said on Friday that the Cardinals should "have a better evaluation of [Kelly's status] in a week, week and a half." Kelly has not yet resumed throwing off the mound or running.
"I think it's a little early for us to start throwing dates out there," Mozeliak added. "The good news is he's feeling better every day."
Kelly provided a similar assessment, noting that the swelling and bruising on his left leg has subsided and that he no longer feels discomfort when walking. He continues to throw on flat ground -- on Friday, it was from a distance of 150 feet -- and has resumed some lower-body exercises.
The Cardinals would not speculate when Kelly could be ready to get back onto a mound.
"It's getting better every day. It's progressing well," Kelly said. "I'm just going to keep going to the trainers and doing all my rehab stuff. I look forward to getting back."
Tyler Lyons will start in place of Kelly again on Saturday and would then line up to pitch Kelly's next turn through the rotation on May 2.


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APD seeks masked bandit
Anchorage Police are seeking the public's help in locating a suspect in a pair of recent Eagle River robberies.
Police said security cameras at Avalanche Frozen Yogurt caught a black adult male in a gray hoodie, light khaki pants, black shoes and a black hat entering the store at around 7 p.m. Monday, Oct. 1. The man was also wearing a mask that partially covered his face. APD spokesman Lt. Dave Parker said the man carried weapon and got away with an undisclosed amount of cash.
The suspect description closely matches that of a man who robbed the Up in Smoke tobacco store at gunpoint on Sept. 23.
"Uncannily similar," Parker said.
That robber was also described as an adult black male wearing a gray sweatshirt and black baseball hat who demanded money while carrying a gun.
Anyone with information about either robbery is being asked to contact APD immediately at 786-8900 or 561-STOP (7876).


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Tom Valenti's One-Pot Meals: Pork Tenderloin Medallions Recipe
Pork tenderloin is an incredibly versatile and easy cut of meat to cook with. You can use it whole or, to really speed up the preparation process, cut into medallions. Tom Valenti, best-selling cookbook author and owner of Ouest restaurant in New York City, came up with this incredibly flavorful recipe for his book Tom Valenti's Soups, Stews, and One-Pot Meals.
If you don't want to fire up the grill, cook the medallions in a sauté pan over medium-high heat for five to six minutes per side for medium-rare, seven to eight minutes for more well done.
Pork Tenderloin Medallions
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- Yield:Serves 4
- 2 pork tenderloins (about 1 pound each) , cut crosswise into 1 to 1 1/2-inch medallions
- 3 cloves garlic. peeled and thinly sliced
- 1/4 cup olive oil
- 1 quart water
- 4 large Spanish onions. peeled and cut into small dice
- 2 cups cider vinegar
- 1/4 cup light brown sugar
- 1 1/2 cups tomato ketchup
- 1/4 cup molasses
- 1/4 cup chipotle chiles in adobo, pureed in a blender
- 4 teaspoons Worcestershire sauce
- 1/4 teaspoon Tabasco sauce
- 1/2 teaspoon cumin seeds
- Coarse salt
- Freshly ground black pepper
Put the pork medallions in a baking dish. Scatter the garlic slices over the pork and drizzle with the olive oil. Cover; let marinate in the refrigerator for 2 to 3 hours.
Bring the water to a boil in a large, heavy-bottomed pot over high heat. Add the onions, and boil until tender, 2 to 3 minutes. Remove onions with a slotted spoon; discard.
Gradually stir the vinegar and brown sugar into the boiling water; let boil for 5 minutes. Stir in the ketchup, molasses, chipotle purée, Worcestershire sauce, Tabasco sauce, and cumin seeds. Remove the pot from the heat. If not serving immediately, let cool, cover, and refrigerate for a few days or freeze for up to 1 month. Reheat before proceeding.
Remove the pork medallions from the refrigerator and let come to room temperature. Set aside half of sauce. Prepare an outdoor grill for grilling.
Brush off the garlic slices and excess oil from pork medallions, season them on both sides with salt and pepper, and place them on the grate over the hottest part of the grill. Grill, basting with the remaining half of the barbecue sauce, for about 5 minutes on each side.
To serve, place 1 pork portion on each of 4 plates and serve the reserved barbecue sauce alongside.
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Since the first national park was created in 1872, Americans have worked to ensure that our country's breathtaking natural beauty is preserved for generations to come. Across all 50 states, there are many gorgeous national and state parks as well as national forests and tribal parks. But these 101 stunning landmarks within them are truly the best of the best and deserve a spot on your American bucket list.
One of America's most striking natural wonders is Antelope Canyon, which is part of the Navajo Nation's Tribal Park in Arizona. This slot canyon's undulating rock formations and otherworldly light beams streaming down make it a must-visit American destination.
One of the most romantic sights in Ohio is Ash Cave in Hocking Hills State Park. The open-faced sandstone cave is 100 feet deep and 700 feet wide with a waterfall that plummets over its rim.
Maryland's only oceanfront park is located on Assateague Island, a barrier island in the Atlantic with calm, secluded beaches for lounging and surfing as well as proximity to rugged nature. The island is perhaps most famous for its wild horses, which wander through the park's campsites and beaches.
When most people think of Death Valley, it's actually Badwater Basin, the lowest point in North America, that they're envisioning. Badwater Basin is a mesmerizing geometric salt flat left behind by evaporated salt water, and it's a must-see when visiting Death Valley.
Bahia Honda State Park is home to some of the country's best beaches, with palm trees, clear waters and sugar sand. There's also a lot to see above the water at the Bahia Honda Rail Bridge, a former rail bridge and highway that's open to pedestrians to fish or take in the view from one of the highest points in the Florida Keys.
The 6-mile beach in Cape Henlopen State Park is a paragon of Delaware's coastal beauty. Located north of Rehoboth Beach and across the water from Cape May, the beach has a charming lighthouse and amazing views of the Atlantic Ocean.
The water of Blackwater Falls is more brown than black, but that doesn't make it any less of an impressive sight. The more than 50-foot falls, which are colored by the acid from tree needles and hemlock sprigs that fall in the water, can be seen from several viewing platforms and are one of the most photographed natural sights in West Virginia.
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Also known as the Hall of Giants, the Big Room is the largest chamber of the Carlsbad Caverns cave system in New Mexico. It is longer than six football fields with 250-foot-high ceilings. Entertainer Will Rogers once described it as "the Grand Canyon with a roof over it."
The only national park in Ohio, Cuyahoga Valley National Park hosts one of the Buckeye State's most beautiful spots: Brandywine Falls. The 65-foot-tall waterfall can be seen from an observation boardwalk along the gorge, making it a great spot for hikers and couples.
It might not sound like a beautiful spot, but Bumpass Hell in California's Lassen Volcanic National Park draws intrepid explorers to this less-visited national park. This geothermal area around the active volcano Lassen Peak has mesmerizing hot springs, fumaroles and boiling mud pots due to the volcanic heat beneath the surface.
Cannon Beach and its iconic Haystack Rock have been featured in many Hollywood films set in the Pacific Northwest. The beach itself is part of Ecola State Park, whose cool climate, secluded coves, trails and abandoned lighthouse make it an Oregon gem.
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More than 3,000 acres and 15 miles of winding trails around Missouri's Lake of the Ozarks make up Ha Ha Tonka State Park. But another part of what makes this park special is that it contains the remains of a 1905 European-style stone castle, adding an air of intrigue to the area.
One of the most photographed sights in Arizona is the distinctive Cathedral Rock, a natural sandstone butte near Sedona in Red Rock State Park. Hikers can take a steep, dog-friendly trail to the top for breathtaking views.
Utah's Capitol Reef National Park is famous for its rock formations. Cathedral Valley is home to many of the park's most stunning sculptured monoliths, such as the Walls of Jericho and the Temples of the Sun, Moon and Stars. The Cathedral Valley Loop is a 60-mile drive that takes visitors past these spots and more.
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The highlight of Connecticut's Devil's Hopyard State Park is Chapman Falls, which drops more than 60 feet down multiple stone levels. These falls once powered a nearby mill, and the park is thought to have gotten its name from the several hopyards that farmers used to grow in the area.
Cheaha Mountain in Cheaha State Park is the highest point in Alabama. The area around the peak was extensively logged until President Roosevelt created Talladega National Forest in 1936. Today, visitors standing in Bunker Tower atop the mountain can enjoy the majesty of the surrounded regrown trees.
At Florida's Everglades National Park, the largest tropical wilderness in the United States, it's all about the water. So why would you stay on land when you could camp at sea? Chickees are elevated camping platforms that sit right over the water, which were used by the indigenous people of southern Florida. Chickees can sleep up to six people, and are the perfect place to stop on an Everglades kayaking trip.
Joshua Tree National Park has acres of captivating remote desert landscape perfect for hiking and rock climbing. But one of the park's most spectacular sights is the Cholla Cactus Garden. The garden contains more than 100 fluffy-looking cholla cactus, which are covered in vibrant yellow blooms in the spring, making this a top springtime destination.
For one of the most unique scuba diving experiences in the world, head below the surface in Florida's John Pennekamp Coral Reef State Park. Amid the marine life and coral reefs is a 4,000-pound bronze statue known as Christ of the Abyss, the third copy of the original Italian sculpture that's become a bizarre tourist destination.
Step back in time and marvel at the architecture and ingenuity of the Pueblo people at the underrated Mesa Verde National Park, home to the magnificent Cliff Palace. The largest cliff dwelling in North America,this Colorado landmark has 150 rooms and once housed about 100 people.
Clingman's Dome has many superlatives, including the tallest mountain in the Smokies, the highest spot in Tennessee and the highest point along the Appalachian Trail. From the observation deck on a clear day, visitors can see up to 100 miles away.
Cloudland Canyon State Park is one of the best hiking and camping destinations in Georgia thanks to sights like waterfalls, creeks and caves and clear vistas of sunrises and sunsets along the rim of the canyon. The area also has trails for mountain biking and horseback riding.
The deepest lake in the United States, Crater Lake is the centerpiece of its own national park in Oregon. The former volcano has some of the clearest and bluest water on Earth, and the surrounding cliffs, wildlife and greenery provide the perfect backdrop for outdoor adventures.
Considered the birthplace of American rock climbing, Oregon's Smith Rock State Park is a mecca for climbers as well as runners, hikers and campers. One of the best places to take in the area's sheer cliffs is from below along the Crooked River, the starting point for many wonderful hiking trails.
Kentucky is known for its bourbon and horses but it's also home to many peaceful parks and natural areas, including "the Niagara of the South," Cumberland Falls. This waterfall is 125 feet wide and at night during a full moon, it creates a moonbow, a phenomenon not found anywhere else in the Western Hemisphere.
The view from Dead Horse Point Overlook is one of the most breathtaking places in all of Utah. The overlook point stands 2,000 feet above the Colorado River overlooking a panorama of canyon country and stunning rock formations.
Deception Pass Bridge is a two-lane bridge linking Washington's Whidbey Island and Fidalgo Island. The bridge has a sidewalk that is open to pedestrians, who can enjoy views of the Pacific coastal shoreline from 180 feet above the water.
Arches National Park in Utah is home to more than 2,000 natural sandstone arches. One of the most famous and impressive is Delicate Arch. The opening underneath is 46 feet high and 32 feet wide, making Delicate Arch the largest free-standing arch in the park. Hike the trail to the arch at sunrise or sunset for an especially beautiful sight.
Also known as Mount McKinley, Denali is the highest mountain peak in North America, rising more than 20,000 feet above the surrounding 6 million acres of Alaska's wilderness in Denali National Park. It is one of the world's Seven Summits to mountain climbers, but visitors can also take in the mountain's majesty from above via helicopter or sightseeing plane or by driving down Denali Park Road.
One of the tallest waterfalls in Alabama is DeSoto Falls, which plummets more than 100 feet to the basin below along the Little River. Visitors can hike to both the summit and the base of the falls for different views of the rushing water feature.
Many Midwesterners visit Devil's Lake State Park to enjoy the namesake lake, but if you take to the trails you'll discover the rock formations that are the real centerpiece of this Wisconsin park. The most noteworthy of these is Devil's Doorway, a gravity-defying quartzite formation looking down hundreds of feet to the lake below.
Exit Glacier is one of 38 named glaciers within Harding Icefield in Alaska's Kenai Fjords National Park but it's one of the few that visitors can stroll up to. Experience the crystal blue ice and hear it creak and crackle. Take a daylong hike along the Harding Icefield Trail to see the expanse of the 700-square-mile icefield from above.
Fall Creek Falls plummets more than 250 feet straight down, making it the highest waterfall in the eastern United States. The 26,000-acre park has multiple other waterfalls as well as cascades, gorges and streams, making it a popular weekend getaway for outdoor recreation.
Fannette Island is truly one of a kind, as it is the only island in all of Lake Tahoe, one of California's top attractions. It sits in Emerald Bay on the California side of the lake and is accessible by boat, canoe or kayak. After making it ashore, visitors can hike to a cool abandoned teahouse to experience a unique view of the surrounding bay and mountains.
Valley of Fire, Nevada's oldest and largest state park, feels worlds and even galaxies away from the bright lights of nearby Sin City. Within the isolated park is Fire Wave, a rock formation created with undulating layers of beige and orange sandstone that can be seen on an easy 1.5-mile round-trip hike.
While there is a popular Garden of the Gods in Colorado, don't miss out on this gem tucked within Illinois' Shawnee National Forest. Its dramatic, seemingly supernatural rock formations were sculpted out of the scenery hundreds of millions of years ago.
The United States is home to many of the biggest and best natural wonders in the world. While some of them are household names, others like the General Grant Tree are more underrated but certainly worthwhile to see. Located in Kings Canyon National Park, this magnificent tree is the second largest in the world and the only living thing Congress has named a national shrine.
Giant Forest spans almost 2,000 acres within Sequoia National Park and contains some of the tallest and oldest trees in the world. This cathedral-like forest is home to the General Sherman tree, which stands almost 275 feet tall and more than 36 feet in diameter, making it the largest tree in the world by volume.
While most of our country's national and state parks preserve America's rich natural beauty, some of them also protect man-made structures. San Francisco's iconic Golden Gate Bridge is the longest and tallest suspension bridge in the world and is considered a modern wonder of the world. No visit to the Bay Area would be complete without seeing it.
Nicknamed the "Grand Canyon of Pennsylvania," Pine Creek Gorge in north-central Pennsylvania is also considered the crown jewel of the state. The 47-mile-long, 1,000-foot-deep gorge spans two state parks with plenty of trails for hiking, horseback riding and cross-country skiing.
While many people first think of Old Faithful when they think of Yellowstone, the hypnotic neon colors of Grand Prismatic Spring give it a run for its money. The largest hot spring in the United States, Grand Prismatic Spring's bright multicolored bands are caused by different species of bacteria living in the water.
Montana's Glacier National Park is a massive outdoor playground with more than 700 miles of hiking trails across different landscapes from meadows to forests to mountains. But a visit here wouldn't be complete without seeing one of the park's namesake glaciers, which are shrinking more every year. One superbly scenic trail leads visitors right up to 152-acre Grinnell Glacier.
Haleakala is the dormant shield volcano that makes up the majority of the island of Maui. Haleakala Crater sits 10,023 feet above sea level and offers views of one of the most spectacular sunrises on earth. Don't make the mistake of trying to come see the sunrise without a permit. Reservations are required to view this magnificent sight from one of the park's four viewpoints.
Yosemite's Half Dome is an American icon, and visitors can climb to the 8,800-foot summit on an arduous but outstanding 10-to-12-hour round-trip hike. Metal cables allow hikers to climb the final 400 feet to the top without rock climbing equipment.
The Na Pali Coast of the Hawaiian island of Kauai is one of the most beautiful coastlines in the world. The area is brimming with lush plants, wildlife and amazing landscapes, including the 300-foot Hanakapiai Falls off the famed Kalalau Trail.
An almost unbelievable oasis in the desert, Havasu Falls lies deep inside the Grand Canyon on the Havasupai Indian Reservation west of Grand Canyon National Park. The beautiful, bright blue falls are only accessible on foot, on horseback or via helicopter. Reservations are required to visit the falls, and spots fill up fast when they're opened for the year each February.
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A dramatic overlook above Virginia's Shenandoah National Park is just a slight detour from the famed Skyline Drive. Hawksbill Mountain stands more than 4,000 feet tall with 360-degree views that make the steep trail to the top worth the climb.
Located on the shore of Lake Superior, the almost 10,000-acre Tettegouche State Park has four inland lakes and four waterfalls, including the highest falls in the state of Minnesota, aptly named High Falls. The 70-foot-tall falls can be reached by a short hike and seen from above via a wooden viewing platform.
Many people don't know that there are rainforests in the mainland United States. One of the largest is Hoh Rainforest in Washington's Olympic National Park. This temperate rainforest gets an average of 170 inches of rain a year resulting in mighty trees topped with a layer of ferns, moss and lichens creating a blanket of green.
The Grand Canyon is a spectacular natural landmark that's stunning at any angle. But one of the best spots along the South Rim is Hopi Point. With its unobstructed canyon vistas, it's a top place in one of American's most popular parks to see the sun rise or set over the canyon.
Yosemite National Park has more than two dozen waterfalls, including Yosemite Falls, the tallest waterfall in North America. But a jaw-dropping phenomenon takes place at Horsetail Falls for three weeks every winter. Horsetail transforms into Firefall when the sunset is reflected into the stream, creating the illusion that the water is orange lava. This is one American landmark that's better to see in the winter than in the summer.
For one of the best bird's-eye views in all of Arkansas, head to the top of the 1,256-foot-tall Hot Springs Mountain Tower. The observation deck overlooks 40 square miles of Hot Springs National Park and the Ouachita Mountains below.
Located on the island of Maui in Hawaii, Iao Valley State Park showcases the state's beauty beyond some of the best beaches in the world. The park is home to one of Maui's most recognizable landmarks, the 1,200-foot-tall Iao Needle, as well as lush tropical flowers and greenery.
There are plenty of places in the world with misnomer names such as Greenland, but Inspiration Point in Bryce Canyon National Park lives up to its literal name. This overlook is the best place to appreciate the amazing detail and symmetry in the red rock pinnacles and spires along the canyon.
Five remote volcanic islands comprise Channel Islands National Park, but Anacapa Island is home to dramatic views of its 300-foot-tall cliffs from yet another aptly named Inspiration Point. From this scenic spot on the west side of the island, you can see seabirds, seals and sea lions and jagged islets jutting out of the sea.
Canyonlands is a sprawling desert landscape carved over centuries by the Colorado River. The Utah park has four districts, with Island in the Sky being the most accessible. Island in the Sky embodies its name, as it sits atop a massive mesa 1,500 feet above the surrounding terrain with panoramic views 100 miles in every direction. If you haven't visited this national park before turning 50, you're missing out.
The namesake mountains of Wyoming's Grand Teton National Park are amazing, and Jenny Lake is one of the best places in the entire 310,000-acre park to enjoy them. The lake's sapphire blue mountain water is sublime and allows visitors places to boat, cycle, hike and drive through its lush scenery.
Located in Los Padres National Forest rather than a national park, the secluded shorelines of Pfeiffer Beach are home to Keyhole Rock, one of the most photographed landmarks in Big Sur. Try to visit at sunset when the last rays of the day shine brightly through the keyhole. Don't miss the unique purple sand at the north end of the beach. It's just one of the amazing beaches in the world with colored sand.
Kilauea is one of two active volcanoes at the center of Volcanoes National Park on the Big Island in Hawaii. It last erupted in 2018, causing its section of the park to be closed for months and thousands of nearby residents to be evacuated. Most of the area has since reopened for visitors to see its raw, destructive beauty, a truly life-changing experience.
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There are 24 named waterfalls along Kitchen Creek in Pennsylvania's Ricketts Glen State Park, making it one of the best waterfall destinations in the eastern U.S. Ganoga Falls is the highest at 94 feet. Most of the waterfalls are visible from the Falls Trail, making for one of the most eye-popping hikes in the country.
One of America's subterranean wonders is Mammoth Cave, which lives up to its name by being the longest known cave system in the world. Its labyrinthine caves stretch for more than 400 miles. Rangers offer a variety of tours, but the most strenuous is the 5-mile, six-hour Wild Cave Tour, which includes crawling through narrow passages on your stomach.
The Maroon Bells are a pair of peaks in Colorado's White River National Forest near Aspen. The distinctive dark red mountains rise above Maroon Lake and Maroon Creek valley, forming a scene that is one of the most photographed in the whole state. Visitors can explore the area on many dog-friendly campsites and hiking trails.
The four highest peaks in Texas are all located in Guadalupe Mountains National Park, but none of them are what's often described as "most beautiful spot in Texas." That would be the serene McKittrick Canyon. Hiking the canyon takes visitors through shaded forest paths, past grottos and caves to the ridge of the canyon with fantastic views, especially in the fall when the leaves are changing colors.
One of the most picturesque state parks in the country, Julia Pfeiffer Burns State Park in Big Sur spans redwoods, cliffs, beaches, tunnels and more. One of its highlights is the dreamy McWay Falls, which drops 80 feet into the Pacific Ocean.
Managed by Navajo Parks and Recreation rather than as a national park, Monument Valley is a quintessential image of the American West. Though it was a popular filming location for many movies, nothing compares to seeing its majestic sandstone towers, some as high as 1,000 feet, in person.
Just a few miles outside Portland, the 1 million-acre national forest area around Mount Hood has been protected since 1892. A more than 11,000-foot-tall stratovolcano, the mountain is a popular destination for hiking and skiing and for enjoying the many surrounding sights including waterfalls, hot springs and glaciers.
In the woods of Maine sits Baxter State Park, home to the state's highest peak and the northern terminus of the Appalachian Trail, Mount Katahdin. At more than 5,000 feet tall with 360-degree views, the mountain is an amazing hiking and camping destination. The precarious Knife's Edge trail is only 2 to 3 feet wide at points.
Mount Magazine is Arkansas' highest point, making it the perfect place to take in panoramic views of the Natural State. It's also a mecca for outdoor adventure with trails for hiking, mountain biking, horseback riding and ATV riding. It even has a hang gliding launch point.
Myrtle Beach, South Carolina, is a top American beach destination, and there's something for every kind of beach-goer at Myrtle Beach State Park. Along the beautiful coast, visitors can go fishing and crabbing and watch beautiful sunrises along the long pier as well as explore trails for hiking and horseback riding.
The Narrows, the narrowest section of Zion Canyon, follows the Virgin River between the canyon's 2,000-foot-tall striated sandstone walls. At their narrowest, a stretch nicknamed "Wall Street," the Narrows are only 20 to 30 feet wide. The best time to hike here is in the early morning, so if you're not a morning person, it might be time to adopt some new habits.
Kentucky is home to many amazing sandstone arches carved out by wind and water across millions of years. One of the most breathtaking is the Natural Bridge, located in Red River Gorge. The landmark is 65 feet tall, 78 feet long and 20 feet wide. After walking across the arch, head out along the more than 20 miles of hiking trails throughout the park.
Rising out of Kentucky's gorgeous Daniel Boone National Forest rather than a park, Natural Arch is one of the best places in the state to appreciate its natural beauty. Carved from ancient sandstone, the arch is 50 feet high and 100 feet across.
The Black Hills of South Dakota are home to famous man-made monuments like Mount Rushmore as well as natural creations like the amazing granite Needles. These geological phenomena can best be seen from a 14-mile stretch of road known as Needles Highway. This winding road through narrow tunnels was deemed impossible to construct but now makes for a fun family drive.
Among the most famous American attractions are the iconic Niagara Falls, a series of waterfalls along the border between Canada and New York state. The roaring trio of waterfalls are a classic romantic adventure destination that's also a must-see for anyone visiting the area.
In 2005, Idaho consolidated several small parks and some of the state's most impressive geography into a new park called Thousand Springs. Crystal clear water bursts through the canyon walls of the Middle Snake River, creating waterfalls, springs and pools. Niagara Springs is just one of many stunning aquatic sights in the park, which includes plenty of swimming holes, lagoons and fishing spots as well.
The U.S. territory of American Samoa spans seven islands, with the three islands of Tutuila, Ofu and Ta'u being part of American Samoa National Park, the most remote national park in the country. The beaches, coral reefs and rainforests of all three islands are breathtaking, but Ofu has a 350-acre coral reef for snorkeling as well as one of the most spectacular beaches in the world. This national park is truly a hidden gem.
Located in the Wyoming section of Yellowstone National Park, Old Faithful is one of America's most famous natural wonders. Its reputation is deserved as it regularly erupts about 20 times a day, shooting 100 to 180 feet into the air. A visit here should be included on every American bucket list.
Everything's bigger in Texas from the food to the scenery, including Palo Duro Canyon. Located in the Texas Panhandle, Palo Duro Canyon is the second-largest canyon in the United States. It's 120 miles long and 800 feet deep with 30 miles of hiking, biking and equestrian trails to explore. It's also dog-friendly so you can bring four-legged friends along for an adventure.
Located in the famous Badlands of North Dakota, Painted Canyon is perhaps the most beautiful and photogenic hike in Theodore Roosevelt National Park. The overlook at the top of the trail offers fantastic views of the colorful rock formations below.
An underrated national park, Black Canyon of the Gunnison in western Colorado earned its name because portions of the steep, narrow canyon receive just 33 minutes of sunlight per day. This canyon's unique plunging cliffs include the Painted Wall, the highest cliff in Colorado. The 2,250-foot wall is made of dark rock veined with white streaks.
The Paradise region of Mount Rainier National Park lives up to its name no matter the season. Its meadows bloom with wildflowers in the spring and summer, and the area receives on average 643 inches of snow a year in the wintertime. Paradise also has plenty of amazing views, including Myrtle Falls, making it perfect for exploring and camping.
One of the most mysterious places in the world is located in barren, sweltering Death Valley. The Racetrack is a dry lake bed, or playa, filled with rocks with trails behind them, indicating their uncanny movement along the ground. The rocks can stand still for decades, and it wasn't until 2014 that scientists discovered they are dragged or pushed forward by the right combination of wind and ice.
California's Humboldt Redwoods State Park preserves the world's largest remaining old-growth coast redwood forest in the state's largest redwood state park. The park's exceptional trees include the Stratosphere Giant, the fourth-tallest known tree, and one of the last remaining "drive-thru" redwood trees.
Rifle Falls is an impressive triple waterfall that launches 70 feet down from the limestone cliffs above. Hikers can visit the base and top of the falls as well as the hidden caves behind them.
The namesake volcanic rock formations of City of Rocks State Park rise as high as 40 feet above the Chihuahuan Desert, creating a city of skyscraper-like pinnacles. The area makes a perfect weekend getaway for hiking, mountain biking, picnics and more outdoor fun.
While you might think sand dunes are synonymous with the American Southwest, the largest freestanding dunes in North America are located in Idaho. Bruneau Dunes State Park's tallest dune stands 470 feet tall, making for amazing hiking, camping, sandboarding and star-gazing.
With sheer cliff walls rising a staggering 1,500 feet, Santa Elena Canyon creates a feeling of being dwarfed by nature. Take a raft or canoe trip down the Rio Grande River through the canyon to take in the majestic Texas scenery.
Acadia is one of America's most popular and beloved national parks. For some of the most amazing views in the 47,000-acre park, head to secluded Schoodic Point. From this rugged outcrop of the Maine coast, visitors can see crashing waves, seabirds, lighthouses, Cadillac Mountain and Mount Desert Island.
Skyline Drive runs 100 miles through the Blue Ridge Mountains of Virginia's Shenandoah National Park. The road is a popular fall destination as it offers amazing vistas of the leaves changing, but it's worth seeing any time of year.
While Colorado might be famous for its snow-capped peaks, it also has different kinds of mountains worth climbing. The Great Sand Dunes National Park is home to the tallest sand dunes in North America, the largest of them all being Star Dune. Named for its geometric shape, this 750-feet-tall dune offers spectacular views for climbers who reach the summit.
Utah's Zion National Park is home to many stunning sights, but for hikers, the strenuous 9-mile Subway route is a must. This path along the left fork of North Creek requires scrambling up boulders and wading and even swimming through cold pools of water. This hike requires a permit (and lots of experience), but the views of waterfalls, arches and tunnels are worth it.
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Located in the foothills of the Appalachian Mountains, Tishomingo State Park is located along Mississippi's famed Natchez Trace Parkway and offers great opportunities for fishing, hiking, canoeing and more. One of the best views in the park is over Bear Creek, which visitors can cross via a rustic swinging suspension bridge.
Michigan's Tahquamenon Falls State Park covers almost 50,000 acres, but its centerpiece and crown jewel is its namesake two-tiered falls. The upper portion of Tahquamenon Falls is one of the largest waterfalls east of the Mississippi, which can be viewed via walking trail along the river bank or by taking a rowboat to the island at the base of the lower falls.
Tall Trees Grove in Redwood National Park lives up to its name — it is home to some of the tallest trees in the world, with some standing more than 300 feet tall. To help protect the trees, visitors to this national park must obtain a free permit to be able to marvel at these ancient giants.
A worthwhile detour from nearby Yosemite National Park, Mono Lake Tufa State Natural Reserve is home to dozens of otherworldly tufa towers. These limestone rock formations originally formed underwater, and some of them stand more than 30 feet tall.
Known as the highway to the sky, Trail Ridge Road is one of the most scenic drives in America, along with famous roads like the Blue Ridge Parkway and Route 66. The road gradually rises for miles above the treeline, giving visitors absolutely stunning views of the surrounding landscape, including wildlife and alpine wildflowers.
While New York City is home to many popular tourist destinations, New York state has many amazing sights tucked away far from the Big Apple. One of the most breathtaking places in New York is the series of waterfalls at Letchworth State Park. Nicknamed "the Grand Canyon of the East," Letchworth has more than 25 waterfalls, but the most majestic are the three sections of waterfalls created along the Genesee River known as the Upper, Middle and Lower Falls.
Located on the island of Kauai, the two-tier Waipo'o Falls is one of the most stunning, romantic waterfalls in the country. You can see the 800-foot falls from the Waimea Canyon Overlook or Pu'u Ka Pele Lookout along Highway 550. Hikers can get a closer look via a roughly 3-mile hike through Waimea Canyon, nicknamed the Grand Canyon of the Pacific.
Bigger in size than Yellowstone, Everglades, Glacier and Grand Canyon national parks combined, the Adirondack Park forest preserve is an exciting destination for lovers of outdoor adventure. The area has rushing waters for whitewater rafting, more than 3,000 lakes and ponds and many small towns in which to rest and relax. But the park's famous centerpiece is Whiteface Mountain, whose developed summit offers a 360-degree view of the Adirondacks.
The largest of California's state parks, Anza-Borrego's remote desert climate comes alive with vibrant colors in the springtime. Visitors come from around the state and around the country to see the park's fields of blooms, but the park has many gorgeous sights year-round.
The iconic striated mounds of this section of Badlands National Park are striped with not just yellow but also orange, pink, red, tan and brown. Take in these unique layered formations from Yellow Mounds Overlook for a fantastic view and learn how they were created. Thanks to its Native American history and vast fossil reserves, Badlands is also a must-visit destination for history buffs.
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… "I still feel like I'm a productive player and feel like I can contribute, but teams want me as a backup player, and that's something I'm not ready to do," Dye said. "I feel undervalued, basically. I don't think I have to go out there and prove anything to anyone. My numbers the last five or six years show I can help someone."
… "There's nothing close," Dye said. "Still a few teams calling, couple teams made offers, but nothing really worth it. Anaheim made an offer, but they could only offer me 200-250 at-bats. Toronto made an offer; they wanted me to play right field every day, but the money was ridiculous."
… "I want to play every day," Dye said. "Cleveland was interested but never made an offer. Tampa was supposed to call, and we're still trying to work that out. There have been offers, but like I said, nothing worth it."
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The last 90 seconds of output from the ISGS seismometer. The green trace shows vertical motion, the blue trace shows horizontal motion in the East-West direction and the red trace shows motion in the North-South direction. At this "zoomed-in" scale, very small vibrations within the Natural Resources Building can be detected. During work-hours, the noise of the elevator is a common signal on these traces. The very long period surfaces waves from powerful, distant earthquakes can often be seen on this zoomed-in scale.
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Une manipulation de plus! Une récente étude sur les manuels scolaires israéliens et palestiniens, met en évidence que l'éducation est prioritaire pour établir les conditions nécessaires à la paix ; cette étude, « Victims of Our Own Narratives » voudrait prouver que les manuels israéliens sont beaucoup plus négatifs envers les palestiniens que l'inverse. Cette étude est biaisée, et voici la réponse israélienne :
The question of Palestinian textbooks' portrayal of Jews has been bitterly debated for years. More than a decade ago, the European Union considered halting aid to the Palestinian Authority based on its negative portrayals of Israelis in its textbooks.
As recently as last year, the Washington Jewish Week reported on a dispute over whether Palestinian textbooks call Israelis pigs and snakes. Over the past decade, the Israeli government, the State Department and independent groups have produced wildly varying reports on the contents of Palestinian textbooks.
The new study examined 94 books from Palestinian school systems in Gaza and the West Bank, and 74 books from the Israeli secular and religious school systems. There were just 20 instances of "extreme negative characterizations" of Palestinians in Israeli secular books and seven in Israeli ultra-Orthodox books, according to the study. One such example in an ultra-Orthodox book referred to a decimated Arab village, now the site of an Israeli settlement, as "a nest of murderers."
Palestinian books had just six instances of these "extreme negative characterizations." For instance, one book referred to an Israeli interrogation room as a "slaughterhouse."
These characterizations, however, were extremely rare and statistically insignificant.
Until I see the actual report (not yet on the webpage of the organization that created it) or can see the actual textbooks I cannot say for certain that this report is wrong. I can say quite definitively that in the Palestinian Arab media, the idea of a peaceful two-state solution providing two states for two peoples is virtually nonexistent.
Israel's Ministry of Strategic Affairs came out with a response (not sure it is is online.) Here are some highlights:
The « Victims of Our Own Narratives » study on Israeli and Palestinian school books correctly recognizes that education towards a culture of peace, and the cessation of incitement, are critical elements in achieving an Israeli-Palestinian peace. However, the report is highly-problematic and strongly-misleading for five reasons:
1. The overall approach and tone of the study reflect an attempt to present an artificial and inaccurate picture of balance between the levels of incitement and peace culture development in Palestinian and Israeli textbooks. In reality, there can be no comparison between Israeli state textbooks, which, while not perfect, educate for peace, and Palestinian textbooks which are pervaded by incitement, delegitimization of Israel, and education for the continuation of conflict. While the actual findings of the study do indeed point to the very significant differences between official Israeli and Palestinian books, and the widespread incitement in the latter, in order to create the impression of balance the study understates and obscures its findings, presents results in a misleading manner, , provides excuses for the Palestinians, and couches its analysis in general terms which take as a given parallels and similarities between the educational systems.
2. The study omits important examples of incitement and delegitimization of Israelis and Jews in official PA textbooks, whether in an intentional attempt to blur the differences between the two educational systems or due to poor research. At the same time, it categorizes as negatives examples from Israeli textbooks which do not deserve to be described as such.
3. Its methodology is flawed in that it misses or obscures critical differences between Israeli and Palestinian texts. For example, if one examines the examples categorized as negative descriptions of the acts of the other, one finds that while the Israeli examples primarily refer to pogroms and terrorist attacks against Israelis and Jews, such as the 1941 Farhud pogrom in Iraq and PLO terrorist attacks, many of the Palestinian examples describe Zionism and the foundation/existence of Israel as essentially illegitimate and immoral. Inculcating the message that Israel's existence is essentially illegitimate makes any kind of progress towards an end of the conflict and lasting peace impossible. Similarly, the study finds that in both Israeli and Palestinian textbooks martyrdom through self-sacrifice is the third most common value attributed to the self-community. This obscures the fact that the Palestinian examples glorify martyrdom while perpetuating acts against Israelis, while the Israeli examples describe historical victims of such attacks (Joseph Trumpeldor's death at the Tel Hai fortress in 1920.)
4. The report provides a misleading picture regarding its sponsors. The report states that the study received funding from the US State Department, creating the impression of official US support for the study. While the project did receive a State Department grant in 2008, the US government had no involvement with the methodology or findings of the study and has not lent its support to the actual report. Additionally the authors of the report attempt to provide it with an aura of respectability and authority by noting that it was commissioned by the 'Council of Religious Institutions of the Holy Land'. This too is misleading as the Jewish representative on the Council, the Israeli Chief Rabbinate, has retracted its support for the study. It should also be noted that the Palestinian representatives on the council, the PA Minister of Religious Affairs and the Chief Justice of the PA Sharia Courts, have themselves made publically-documented statements of incitement and delegitimization against Israel on a number of occasions, including denying the Jewish connection to the Western Wall. (see Appendix 1 for examples).
5. Perhaps most importantly- The study provides a highly-flawed and distorted depiction of the PA's systematic efforts to educate and indoctrinate Palestinian children to hate, violence and non-acceptance of Israel's existence. This is a result of the fact that the study focuses only on a very specific and limited component of those efforts. In addition to the material included in school books, official PA educational publications, matriculation exams, summer camps, children's media programs, cultural events and social media portals, all constitute key components of the PA system for inculcating messages which glorify terror, demonize Israelis and Jews, and teach that Israel's existence is illegitimate and transitory. Information regarding incitement in these other educational and youth-oriented arenas and platforms is readily available in the public domain. While the study's authors can perhaps justify these omissions by the narrow mandate given to the study, the inaccurate and misleading picture which results strongly compromises the study's utility as an investigation into the phenomenon of education for peace/conflict and its potential solutions.
Then they give specific examples:
The following examples of incitement are not included in the study. They are either from school textbooks which presumably were examined by the researches, who chose to omit the examples, from textbooks which were not examined by the researches due to their subject matter (e.g. mathematics or natural sciences ), or from other publications, outlets and platforms which make up key elements of the PA apparatus for educating and indoctrinating Palestinian youth.
It must be noted that the following examples constitute a very small sample of the hundreds of examples of official PA incitement.
1. The dispute with Israel is not over territory, but over the legitimacy of Israel's existence, let alone Israel's existence of a Jewish state.
i. "The Levant countries [Al-Sham] presently consist of the states of Palestine, Jordan, Lebanon and Syria." [History of Ancient Civilizations textbook, Grade 5, (2012), p. 27]
ii. In a 2012 book for 3rd graders, a text referring to the Palestinian state is accompanied by a small map of the country in its entirety—including pre-1967 Israel—shown as one political unit covered by a pattern of the Palestinian flag. The text asks « An independent Palestinian state was declared in 1988. How many years have passed since the declaration of independence? » [Mathematics, Grade 3, Part 1 (2012(, p. 80.]
iii. PA textbooks falsify historical documents in order to erase and deny the Jewish connection to the land. The front cover of the National Education textbook for second grade portrays a British Mandate-era stamp in which the original Hebrew writing has been erased leaving only the Arabic.
Stamp as portrayed on front page (and again on page 7) of Grade 2 National Education textbook (part 1, 2009), and actual stamp:
iv. PA textbooks inculcate messages of non-acceptance of the other even when discussing seemingly innocuous topics. This education begins as early as first grade. In a first grade science textbook, a discussion of magnifying glasses includes the following image of a magnifying glass over a text reading « Palestine is Arabic. » [Science, grade 1, Part 1, (2010), page 7]
source : The elder of Zyion