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[Drupal] Display separate views on different taxonomy pages (parents/children) using Panels/Views
I have come across the problem a couple of times now and have come across someone else looking for the same things on IRC where you want to have a different view for parent terms and child terms.
Although this probably can be done in Views, I am none the wiser on how to do it and neither were any of the participants on IRC. So my work around is to use Panels taking advantage of Ctools contexts.
This tutorial is written for Drupal 6.
First of all, we need to download and enable a few modules.
- Ctools - (Chaos Tools, Page Manager, Views Content Panes)
- Panels - (Panels)
- Views - (Views, Views UI)
Once the modules are enabled we can continue.
If you haven't already, set up your taxonomy vocabulary with terms (they don't have to be in a hierarchy but I assume most will).
Next we will create our panel pages for the 2 types of term pages. In the image above, we have different types of clothing, most of which have children terms. So we want one page for all the parent terms with the exception of Suits as it doesn't have any children and we want to show the products in that term, then another page for Suits and all the child terms.
Go to Administer > Site Building > Panels.
On this page, under Manage pages, click the Enable button next to Taxonomy term template. When the new page loads, press the Edit button next to Taxonomy term template.
On this page, click the Add a new variant link.
I will start with the parent terms panel page, so enter in an appropriate admin title and tick the Selection rules box. In the drop down box select Taxonomy: Term and press Add.
In the popup, hold Ctrl and click all the terms that you want this page to apply to and press Save.
Set a page layout type and then add some basic content so that you can test that it is working properly. You will also need to set the Title to %term:name to reflect the standard Drupal taxonomy pages.
Save the page.
Now when you visit one of the parent terms, you will get the custom content rather than the default taxonomy page.
And visiting a child page still displays the standard Drupal taxonomy text.
If this is working, you can repeat the process by adding another Panel variant but this time, under selection rules selected all the child terms rather than the parent terms. Alternatively you could clone the existing variant, then under Selection rules, change the flag to Reverse (NOT), which will also target all the child terms.
Once this is done, your child terms pages will also display some custom text that you defined.
Now that is all working, we can set up our Views.
For the parent terms, we want to display the child terms only, no products. So when settings up the new view, select Term rather than Node.
Add an argument and select Taxonomy: Parent term.
Change the argument to Provide default value then select Taxonomy Term ID from URL.
Set up the rest of the view as you see fit, apply filters etc. Make sure that you add some way of clicking through to the child terms. If using fields, add Taxonomy: Term and make sure the Link this field to its taxonomy term page option is checked.
Save the View.
Now create another view but this time select Node rather than Term. For arguments, select Term ID or Term ID with depth and select the Taxonomy Term ID from URL like before. Apply any filters, fields etc that you need.
Once you are finished creating your views, head back to Administer > Site Building > Panels and click Edit next to Taxonomy term template.
Select one of the variants on the left and go down to Content. Remove any existing custom block content unless you want to keep it and add a new bit of content. Select Views on the left then select the appropriate view for that variant.
On Select display, just click Continue. On the next page, in the drop box labeled Taxonomy: Term ID:, select Term ID of first term. Repeat for the other page variant.
Now when we visit the taxonomy term pages the correct view will show up depending on what term is being viewed.
Parent item shows the child items:
Children terms show the nodes (in this case the empty text of the view):
You could even change the view for showing nodes of the term, by changing the argument to Taxonomy Term ID (with depth) which will show all nodes for that term and all it's child nodes, which you could place below the node showing child terms.
Which would result in:
Sun, 2011-01-09 03:28
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Sun, 2011-01-09 04:54
Just to confirm, you cannot
Just to confirm, you cannot do this with just Views alone.
Thanks for the confirmation,
Thanks for the confirmation, I am sure I have read of people doing it in Views only, but I had no idea how.
not important
Sun, 2011-01-09 22:33
My solution: enable view
My solution: enable view taxonomy_term, to the header give print views_embed_view('taxonomy_childrens');
if no children, than no header.
and here one useful module: TVI.
Mon, 2011-03-28 08:15
can you tell me the procedure by step by step?
can you tell me,how you implement it by views by step by step?
thanks in advance.
Sun, 2011-01-16 22:21
This is brilliant and saved my hide
Genuinely, this has been a life saver. Thank you so much!
One thing, when adding the second View argument (to display nodes) Parent ID as an argument didn't work - I had to use just Node ID instead. Haven't figured out why yet just glad it worked...
Thanks again!
Sun, 2011-03-06 20:18
Views path conflict
I think the issue is because of the views for parent and views for child(node) conflict .... in the article didnt mention any guide for it ... if I change the path something instead of taxonomy/term/% ... the parent view working fine
Mon, 2011-03-28 14:45
To view the child terms
This process is not working properly...
Please give the another process...
Thu, 2011-05-26 09:48
Hi, Could you please
Could you please elaborate on having different panels (panes) on different term depths instead of choosing the terms?
Thanks a lot in advance!
Greetings, Martijn
Mon, 2016-07-04 04:49
Thank you for the tute!
Wow...thank you so much for this tutorial!!! As a complete Drupal NOOB it has helped me out so much! :D


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Chapter 11
"All My Will"
(The Rise and Fall of King Saul)
Name Associations
|Biblical Name(s)
|Egyptian Name(s)
|Shua, Abiel, Tou/Toi, Maoch
|Senakhtenre, Tao I, Apophis I
|Abdon, Eliab
|Djehuty, Teti, Ibrim
|Mamre, Baal, Jerub-baal,
|Sequenenre, Tao II, Apophis II
|Nahor II
|Zur, Zohar, Caleb II
|King of Nahrin/Mitanni
|Abimelech, Nadab
|Thutmose I
|Amenhotep I
|Shelah, Nahash
|Ahmose I, Shalmaneser I?
|Kish, Achish
|Chieftain of Cush
|Othniel, Saul
The Hebron Alliance (Gen. 14:13), which included Amenhotep I (Aner) and Thutmose I (Eshcol), and was led by Tao II (Mamre/Gideon) and the Lord (Abram) claimed credit for the miraculous liberation from Mesopotamia. However, their right to rule Egypt and Canaan was denied by the family "Godfather," Tao I (Terah-Melchizedek). Tao I bypassed the sons of both Abram and Nahor, and instead chose a son of their younger brother Haran to be his new successor. This decision was protested and another bloody civil war ensued. Tao II was the first to resist the will of his father Tao I and consequently became the first royal casualty. As it says in Judges 8:34-35 (NIV), they "did not remember the Lord [Abram] their God,a who had rescued them from the hands of all their enemies on every side. They also failed to show gratitude to the family of Jerub-baal (that is, Gideon) [Tao II] for all the good things he had done for them."
The "disrespect" of Jerub-baal is recalled in the Egyptian New Kingdom story called the "Quarrel of Apophis and Sequenenre." The tale begins by stating that the land of Egypt was in distress, literally topsy-turvy, upside down. It then explains why. Apophis (Tao I), ruler of the Delta, decided to make Seth his personal god and offer him sacrifices in the same manner as Re. This was a preposterous and backward (although not entirely unprecedented) thing to do in Lower Egypt! Apophis then sent word to his son Sequenenre (Tao II) directing him to do something about the hippopotami of Thebes in Upper Egypt. The hippopotamus was a symbol of chaos and of the god Seth. Effectively, Apophis was honoring Seth in the Delta, but denouncing Seth in Thebes, just the opposite of the traditional practice. Confused and offended, Sequenenre composed an equally ridiculous response and sent it back to Apophis. He chose to conclude on a defiant note, stating that his trust was in no other god but the "King of the Gods, Amen-Re."
The nickname of Tao II, Jerub-baal ("Contends with Baal"), begins to take on another meaning at this point. The title of the tale ("The Quarrel of Apophis and Sequenenre") itself indicates that it was his own father Baal (Tao I) with whom Gideon (Tao II) was now in dispute. "In every probability, as Sir Gaston Maspero observed,b the story was 'simply the local variant of a theme popular throughout the entire East. The kings of those times were wont to send one another problems to be solved on all sorts of matters, the condition being that they should pay one another a kind of tribute or fine according as they should answer well or ill to the questions put to them.' "c In this case, a father (Apophis I) was testing his son (Apophis II) to see if he was both wise and faithful.
Prior to the Egyptian New Kingdom, Apophis was a mythological serpent thought to be both an aspect and nemesis of Re. It had to be defeated and beheaded every night by Seth before the sun could rise. However, by the Late Period in Egypt, Apophis was more closely associated with Seth, "god of evil and darkness."d Possibly, this change in role was precipitated by the antics of King Apophis I in the early New Kingdom. The choice of Apophis as a throne name in Lower Egypt would have been unusual in itself. However, two pharaohs of the 6th Dynasty were also known by the name Pepi, a variant of Apophis. The 6th Dynasty was also a period of division in the Patriarchal family (as was discussed in Chapter 5). King Apophis of the 15th Dynasty would have been looking to the 6th Dynasty pharaohs for inspiration in dealing with like circumstances. As in that earlier time, the prevailing darkness and chaos required the appeasement of the deity Apophis. "The Quarrel of Apophis and Sequenenre" indicates an acceptance of chaos as a cyclical phenomenon, and that kings were expected to employ drastic and unorthodox measures to restore order.
In the Delta, King Apophis was not quelled by the quill of his son, and "after many days" he sent another rider to Sequenenre. This time the envoy was emphatic: "It is King Apophis who sends to thee, saying: 'Have the hippopotamus pool which is in the orient of the City done [away] with! For they do not let sleep come to me by day or by night,' and the noise is (in) the ears of his city."e This hilarious missive was actually a serious mandate from Apophis I (Tao I) to his Egyptian heir Apophis II (Tao II). The elder Apophis was directing his namesake and designated successor (as the "true Horus") to dispose of his "Seth-ite" rivals and secure his kingdom.1 The story relates that upon receiving this second dispatch from Apophis, Tao II and his advisors sat "silent and wept for a long time."f The younger Apophis was certainly familiar with the metaphor used by his father, and its deadly implications. However, we are left to wonder whether he wept because he did not wish to kill his brothers, or for some other reason?
The conclusion to the story has been lost. Therefore the fuller meaning must be deduced using the context provided by the Bible. Tao II was actually crying the "tears of Esau" over his own lost birthright. In other words, because of his inaction and flippant reply, Tao II himself was now among those who were to be "done away with" at his father's command. His kingship over Egypt and Canaan was being revoked and given to a rival brother. Sequenenre contritely sent word back to Apophis saying that he was then prepared to all he had willed. Nevertheless, the damage had been done. According to the Book of Judges, Tao I (there called Joash) had earlier defended the disrespectful action of Tao II (Gideon) when he tore down the altar of Baal (Seth). But times had changed and his changeable father with them.
Rebel with a Separatist Cause
The initial concern of the elder Apophis was not the younger Apophis, but the insubordination of another prince - the newly appointed pharaoh Kamose. It was the loud boasting of this particular "hippo" that caused Apophis the most discomfort. The "Mighty Kamose," as he liked to call himself, was identified in the previous chapter as Iscah, the son of Abram's younger brother Haran. In the Kings/Chronicles history he is instead named as King Saul son of Kish. The equivalence of Kish and Haran was also demonstrated in the previous chapter. Upon his election, Kamose immediately rejected the authority of his elders and began to set his own course. He disagreed with his grandfather's recovery plan. In his mind, it was time to cut ties with Mesopotamia and expel all "Asiatics" along with their eastern "witchcraft." He resented paying taxes from his own dominions in Egypt to finance new wars in Mesopotamia, even those of his grandfather who appointed him. Kamose memorialized his insolence toward Apophis by stating: "Your authority is restricted inasmuch as you, in your capacity as suzerain, have made me a chief."g It is clear from the words of Apophis in the "Quarrel" that unquestioned obedience was expected from all of his sons and grandsons, regardless of the offices they had received. Favor could arbitrarily be extended by the senior king. It could summarily also be removed.
It is evident that Kamose, like Tao II, also received one or more provocative messages from Apophis.h While Tao II sulked, Kamose stewed (Note 2). Having been newly appointed by Tao I, Kamose was outraged over being so quickly disinherited. The advisors of the angry Kamose urged him to accept the decision of Tao I and to be content with the territory that he presently controlled. However, Kamose informs us in his inscription at Thebes that he refused counsel and marched on Lower Egypt. According to 1 Samuel 15:4, Saul raised an army of 200,000 men in order to attack the "Amelekites." These were joined by 10,000 men from Judah. In 1 Samuel 11, Saul earlier defeated Nahash of Judah (pharaoh Ahmose, see Note 3 below). Therefore, the 10,000 men of Judah were provided to Kamose (Saul) by Ahmose (Nahash) as tribute.
Although it was Kamose who led the forces against Avaris, credit is generally given to his subordinate Ahmose (Nahash) for capturing Avaris and ridding Egypt of the Hyksos. This was called into question by Alan Gardiner in Egypt of the Pharaohs, and revisited by Velikovsky in Ages in Chaos. The inscriptions left by one of the military officers under Ahmose indicate that Ahmose did not fight against Avaris alone. In fact the boasting of the officer betrays the fact that Ahmose played a relatively minor supporting role in the siege of the city. The officer, whose name was Ahmose son of Ibana, proudly describes how he killed two men and captured another. For this he was decorated three times. After Avaris fell, the officer carried off four slaves. This hardly amounts to a conquest of epic proportions.
In the inscriptions of Ahmose son of Ibana, the identity of "his majesty" is deliberately made ambiguous. It is not possible to know what king was actually being referred to by any given instance of this phrase. Moreover, the officer does not give his own sovereign, Pharaoh Ahmose, credit for leading the battle. Rather, he states: "One besieged the city of Avaris" and "One captured Avaris."i Egyptologists do not know whom that "One" may have been who besieged and captured Avaris, therefore Ahmose is made the vanquisher of the Hyksos by default. The siege of Ahmose on Avaris is presently thought to have taken place many years after that of Kamose. However, it is now clear that is was a single, combined siege. For his minor contribution to the heroics, Pharaoh Ahmose was later mistakenly dubbed founder of the Egyptian New Kingdom.j
The Kings/Chronicles narrative correctly names King Saul (Kamose) and not Nahash (Ahmose) as the one who captured the "city of the Amalekites" and brought its king Agog back to the prophet Samuel alive. The Biblical city of the Amalekites is named in Egyptian sources as Avaris of the "vile Asiatics." In Ages in Chaos, Immanuel Velikovsky deduced that Biblical Agog king of the Amalekites was a corrupted or alternative spelling of Apop (Apophis), and that Agog was none other than King Apophis. As a basis, he notes that in the Mesha stela of this period the early Hebrew the letters g (gimel) and p (pei) both resembled the number 7, and can only be differentiated by the size of the angle formed between the two segments.k By the time Kamose reached Avaris, the elder Apophis had already withdrawn with his army. The city fell to Kamose, little thanks to the assistance of his "ally" Ahmose. Kamose also succeeded in taking the younger Apophis (Tao II) into custody, either at Avaris or elsewhere.
Hollow Victory
Despite the great victory of Saul, the Bible states: "Then the word of the Lord [Apophis I] came to Samuel: 'I am grieved that I have made Saul [Kamose] king, because he has turned away from me and has not carried out my instructions."l Though not agreeing with "the Lord," Samuel searches for Saul in order to give him the bad news. The charges waged against Saul include a reference to the noisome sound of sheep and oxen bleating in Samuel's ear! This echoes the words of Apophis in the "Quarrel," and confirms that Kamose had received the same instruction as Tao II to eliminate subversive elements in the royal family and within the local populace. Neither had performed as directed. The demands, even if unreasonable and unnecessary, were not fully met and the decision was then made to remove both Tao II and Kamose as junior kings. The Biblical account is simply expressing that same sentiment after the fact, and justifying "the Lord's" decision to anoint a new successor in their places.
In the Kings/Chronicles narrative, proud Saul humbles himself before Samuel and seeks to win back the good graces of "the Lord" (whom he had just attacked). Samuel only reinforces the "Lord's" disapproval of him. For the sake of appearances, Samuel agrees to stand beside Saul and offer gestures of worship toward the Lord (Tao I). However, the mind of the Lord was already made up . . . again. Abram had been his first heir. After the flight from Babylon, Mamre/Gideon (Tao II) was elevated in status. Tao II was a "wavering warrior" after his father's own name and nature, but he too was rejected in favor of Saul (Kamose). Finally, the Lord decided Saul also did not have the "right stuff"m and rejected him in favor of a new prince.
Saul had spared Agag along with the healthy livestock of Egypt.n Upon hearing this, Samuel demands that Agag be delivered up to him: "Then Samuel said, 'Bring me Agag king of the Amalekites.' Agag came to him confidently, thinking, 'Surely the bitterness of death is past.' "o Nevertheless, "Samuel hewed Agag in pieces before the Lord in Gilgal,"p that is, in the presence of Tao I. The surviving mummy of Tao II (Agog) is a gruesome witness to his own execution. Agag/Gideon (Apophis II) had earlier killed his own grandfather Zalmunneh (Agum II/Kakrime) by this same primitive ritual.q After capturing Zalmunnah, Gideon (Tao II) chose to "strike him down" rather than imposing a treaty with concessions and letting him go. After the capture of Gideon (Agag-Tao II) by Saul (Kamose), Samuel sentenced him to the identical fate. Contradictions and double standards abound in this passage, which the Biblical author does not try to hide. It was Tao II who effectively restored the status of his father Tao I as a living god by defeating and killing the father of Tao I. Tao II is nonetheless condemned to die for having shown no mercy on his faithless grandfather, and for sparing his own faithful brothers.
Samuel obviously sympathized with Saul, but had nothing but contempt for Agag (Gideon/Tao II). Although not made explicit, there was also a personal vendetta to settle. The slain grandfather of Agag was also the father of Samuel (see Chart 7). Samuel and Jesse/Joash/Terah had the same father, but different mothers. The mother of Samuel was actually the favored wife, but was "barren" for a long time. In fulfillment of a vow, Samuel was devoted to the temple rather than being earmarked for kingship. Nevertheless, he remained devoted both to his father and served as High Priest of Yahweh-Amun under his elder half-brother who did become king. Instead of ordering his men to "fall upon" his nephew Agag, Samuel performed the killing with his own hands. He first explained to Agag that his execution was just: "Live by the sword, die by the sword." However, Agag was not condemned for killing commoners, or even his royal brothers and political sons. He was being held accountable for the death of a superior, for killing God himself. Samuel was not content to strike a single fatal blow, but hacked the body of Agag again and again.
The use of the word "bitter" in connection with the execution of Agag is important, because it is a word play on the name of Mamre, nickname of Tao II (Gideon-Agag) in the Book of Genesis (see Chapter 10). It is also of note that Tao II is called "king of the Amalekites." Amalek is identified as the first among nations in Num 24:20. Agag was one of its exalted kings, as suggested by Num 24:7. The name Amalek could be interpreted as "The Toiling God-Kings," and probably refers to the pyramid restoring Old Kingdom pharaohs. In the context of the Patriarchal narratives, the Amalekites would represent widely dispersed tribes that descended from Old Kingdom pharaohs, and which remained a formidable threat and resource to Middle Kingdom and even New Kingdom pharaohs. The New Kingdom ruler Agag (Apophis II) is himself being compared specifically with the Old Kingdom (6th Dynasty) pharaoh Pepi II. In Chapter 5 it was shown that Pepi II had been the co-regent of Pepi I, just as Apophis II later served under Apophis I. Apophis II ruled over Amalekites in Egypt and no doubt used them in the struggle with his brothers. However, Apophis II was not an Amalekite, per se.
Biblical Saul (Kamose) could not be seized by the Lord (Tao I) and struck down along with Agag (Tao II). He was protected by his large army and personal bodyguard. However, his strength was not sufficient to induce the Lord to restore favor and kingship. Biblical Saul did not address the Lord directly, but only through Samuel priest. In other words, Kamose did not have a personal audience with Tao I, but communicated only through the intermediary Samuel. The Lord denied Saul (Kamose) grace, but could not prevent him from returning to Thebes where he exulted in the plundering of Avaris. From a distance, Kamose resumed his bombastic tone and reveled in his intimidation of the Lord (Tao I/Apophis I). In his famous stela, he expressed nothing but hatred for Apophis I, and even threatened to "slit open his belly."2 However, the next belly that he was to pierce with a sword would be his own. Kamose underestimated the influence and resolve that the "perpetuated one" Apophis still possessed. Apophis at last succeeded in summoning the chieftain of Cush.r Outnumbered and outmaneuvered, proud Kamose chose suicide over surrender.
The Greek legend of "Kadmose the Phoenician"s may be another memory of Pharaoh Kamose. Like Kadmose, Kamose came from Phoenicia and establish a promising new dynasty in Egypt. And like Kadmose, Kamose only lasted about three years in Thebes.t In 1 Samuel 13:1, the Hebrew Bible states that hostilities with the Philistines began in year two of King Saul's reign, at which time he had already been rejected as king. Saul was killed a short time later. The Septuagint inserts a "forty-" and thereby incorrectly ascribes to Saul a reign of forty-two years instead of two years. This is an example of later editing. Therefore, the sudden demise of the newly crowned Kamose is consistent in Biblical, Egyptian and Greek recollections.
Dark Horse Wins Run-Off Election
With respect to the disinheritance of Saul, we are told that Samuel grieved for a long time. Eventually, he is ordered by the Lord (Tao I) to go and anoint David as king. At this juncture (1 Samuel 15) in the Kings/Chronicles narrative, we know nothing of David or why he was considered worthy to replace the likes of Abram, Agog/Gideon and Saul. It is necessary for the author to go back in time to tell us the story of David and how this "Super Hero" came to be. In order to do so, the Biblical author twists together the anointing of the adult David with an earlier election from David's childhood. In Samuel 16, a much younger David is picked out from among his many elder brothers by "the Lord." At that time, the role of the Lord would not have been played by David's father Jesse (Tao I), but by his grandfather Obed (Ammisaduqa/Kakrime). After he is favored by Obed, the narrative then proceeds to describe the trials and wiles of David up until the time of Saul's disgrace and defeat by King Achish and the Philistines (1 Samuel 31).
The first great victory of David (Thutmose) is not mentioned in the Kings/Chronicles narrative. He was one of four "brothers" in Geneses 14 who banded together in order to win independence for the oppressed clan of Terah.u As discussed in the previous chapter, Thutmose (Eshcol) was already in Hebron with Amenhotep (Aner) and Tao II (Mamre) when Abram arrived and began preparations for the defense of Canaan and Egypt. This Hebron was near or within the district of ancient Thebes in Upper Egypt. Archaeology of the Hebron in Palestine indicates that it was not yet in existence at this time. Thutmose was already a regional king at this time, or would be soon after the defeat of the armies of Mesopotamia. However, in what must have been a stunning surprise, Tao subsequently named his grandson Kamose as his new successor.
Kamose (Saul) and Thutmose (David) would have first come into close contact when Kamose accepted his appointment and took up residence as pharaoh in Thebes of Upper Egypt. Thutmose first won the confidence of the new pharaoh by killing the giant Goliath, possibly a legendary Ethiopian Troglodyte. In this time period, there were still Philistines along the Nile. According to Genesis 10:13-14, the first Philistines were not of Greek origin, but were the descendants of Mizraim (Egypt) son of Ham. However, the wide-ranging Mizraim is also said to be the father of the Caphtorites (natives of the island of Cyprus in the Mediterranean Sea). Perhaps, these two isolated groups did have more in common than intact prepuces. A young and insecure pharaoh Kamose was drawn to the war-tested Thutmose. Both the son of Saul, Jonathan (Neshi?) and his daughter Michal were smitten with David. He won the heart of Michal, but Saul made him earn her hand by killing 100 Philistines.v He killed 200 instead. Saul eventually became insanely jealous of the spectacular success and popularity of Thutmose, or so we are told in the Biblical account. Hounded by Saul, David made peace with the King of the Philistines and was given refuge by him.
Count of Kish and King of Cush
In 1 Samuel 27 & 29, we are told that David became an ally of King Achish son of Maoch. The name Maoch means "oppressed," and is a pseudonym for the deposed Terah. Achish is called a Philistine king (as Agag was called an Amalekite), but he too was actually a member of the extended Patriarchal family. Kish (keesh) and Achish (aw-keesh') are both a play on words with Kush/Cush. He was also the "chieftain of Cush" that Apophis I called upon when he was threatened by Kamose. In his appeal to "his son the chieftain of Cush," Apophis makes the case that Kamose had rebelled against the both of them by his unauthorized raids on their respective lands. In exchange for support, Apophis offered to make this chieftain of Cush a king in Lower Egypt as well.
The attack of Achish on Saul is another example from this time period of a son being at odds with his own father.w David had been living among the Philistines of Cush for over a year, and was eager to fight on the side of Achish in the battle in which Saul died. However, the commanders of the Philistine group were suspicious of David and demanded that he leave with his men. He was denied the glory of bringing down Saul, so David affirmed his election by attacking the Amalekites. In this way, he was seen as fulfilling the genocidal task assigned to Tao II and Kamose, and could claim to be their better. Saul was put back in his place by his father Kish (Achish) and the Philistine army. Rather than surrender and suffer execution, the wounded Saul killed himself on the battlefield. Those loyal to Kamose established a surviving son of his (Biblical Ish-Bosheth) as king in his place. After two years of conflict, this king was assassinated and David was made "King over all Israel." It was then that Thutmose captured "Jerusalem" (the royal residence in Western Thebes) and assumed the title of pharaoh.
In 2 Samuel 5, the next move of David is to obtain permission from "the Lord" for an attack on the "Philistines." David gets the approval he seeks.x This indicates that the former chieftain of Cush (Achish) was dead and Thutmose was given his franchise by Tao I who yet lived.3 This war corresponds to the Nubian campaign of Thutmose in his Year 2. At the third cataract of the Nile, the record left by Thutmose was particularly macabre: "... gore floods their valleys, ... the pieces hacked from them are too much for the birds ..."y Thutmose I was a man who would not flinch in bloodshed. He would fulfill all of the Lord's will for slaughter. The place of David's victory over the Philistines is named Baal Perazim, "the Lord who breaks out." David is quoted as saying, "As waters break out, the Lord has broken out against my enemies before me."z It evokes the turbulence of the waters at this Nile cataract and possibly also the time of year (inundation).
Royal Friendship Lasts for a Day
Many years after becoming king of the Philistines and all Israel, David/Eshcol (Thutmose) also turned against his former ally Hanun/Aner (Amenhotep). In Samuel 10, David sends delegates to express his condolences to Hanun (Amenhotep) the Ammonite (and Amun-ite).aa Nahash (Ahmose),4 the father of Hanun had just passed away. However, Hanun's advisors warn him that David's men are probably posing as spies. The delegates are thoroughly humiliated and sent back to David. This becomes the casus belli for David to attack Hanun, kill him, and capture his city. The demise of Amenhotep (Aner/Hanun) was ironically at the hands of his former ally Thutmose (Eshcol/David). Blood may be thicker than water, but the quest for kingship was the only enduring loyalty of ancient royalty. The triumph of Thutmose over all of his royal rivals was complete.
The 25-year reign of Amenhotep is presently thought to have followed the 21-28 year reign of his father Ahmose. However, the Kings/Chronicles narrative indicates that the death of the younger Amenhotep (Hanun) followed closely after that of Ahmose (Nahash). Therefore, the reign of Amenhotep completely overlapped that of Ahmose, or nearly so.ab The famous campaign of Ahmose was actually a joint campaign with Kamose against Tao II. It is considered, rightfully or not, as a turning point in Egyptian history, and referred to as "The Expulsion of the Hyksos." Although this may have been the first significant action of Ahmose in Egypt, he had been a king for over a decade. The battle was dated to his Year 11. Ahmose (Biblical Nahash/Thahash) was the third son of Nahor, the favored brother of Abraham. The two eldest sons of Nahor were disgraced, which would have made Ahmose the heir apparent in Mitanni (Aram Naharaim). Ahmose and Amenhotep derived their authority from Nahor, who may not have assumed pharaonic titles. Tao II and Kamose were direct descendants of Tao I (Terah) who certainly did. This means that at least five pharaohs were ruling at one time! See Chart 16 for the chronology of the Hyksos Period and early New Kingdom.
The Hyksos kings of Babylon granted authority to their own sons as well as to "Asiatic" noblemen as a practical means of absentee rule in Egypt. However, after the Fall of Babylon to a rival line, the princes of the last great Hyksos king Apophis I maneuvered in order to rule Egypt directly rather than through "Asiatic" intermediaries. Asiatic influences were severed and denounced as treasonous. Once a new dynasty had been firmly established, there would have been a tendency for royals to portray themselves as native rulers, and not descending from or associated in any way with foreign oppressors. They were the self-proclaimed saviors of Egypt from the chaotic period that preceded them. A more accurate model of the "War Against the Hyksos" is simply a dynastic feud (real or staged) among closely related royal persons. Each blamed their rivals for the devastation caused by civil war. Each attempted to slander the other by associating them with ignoble elements of the population that were indiscriminately exploited in the fight for dominance. Within this framework, it is possible to better understand the application of confused and conflated terms such as "Hyksos" and "Asiatics" found in archaeological records and "Amalekites" and "Philistines" in Biblical narratives.
- Judges 6:36-40
- Les contes populaires de l'Egypte ancienne, 4th ed. pp. xxvi-xxvii.
- T.G.H. James, An Introduction to Ancient Egypt, pp 112-3.
- Anthony S. Mercatante, Who's Who in Egyptian Mythology, p 13.
- "The Hyksos in Egypt" in Ancient Near Eastern Texts, J. Pritchard, ed., pp 231-2.
- Sallier Papyrus I, translation: Gunn and Gardiner, Journal of Egyptian Archaeology, V (1918), 40-42
- Donald Redford, Egypt, Canaan, and Israel in Ancient Times, p 119.
- Kamose stela, Line 1, refers to a "miserable answer" sent to him from Apophis. See translation and commentary in Ancient Near Eastern Texts, J. Pritchard, ed., pp 232-3, 554-5. Virtually all we know about Kamose from archaeology is contained in a single reconstructed stela.
- Translation by James Henry Breasted.
- The error was first promulgated by Manetho in the 3rd Century BC.
- Immanuel Velikovsky, Ages of Chaos, p 72.
- 1 Samuel 15: 10-11 (NIV)
- See 1 Samuel 10:22
- 1 Samuel 15:9
- 1 Samuel 15:32 (NIV)
- 1 Samuel 15:33 (KJV). Killed as the Serpent/Apophis, and Rimush of Sargon's Dynasty.
- Judges 8:19-21
- The site of the battle is presumed to be in Palestine, however this may have been the result of later retelling or toponym transfer.
- The name of Kadmose derived initially from one of the gods, and is probably a Greek name of the Egyptian god Re.
- The Greek root kad(h) means "cover, shelter, care (for)." In Latin kad means "to fall." Saul was the king of Israel who fell from grace, and the one who fell on his sword.
- In the epic battle of "four kings against five," Thutmose is named as Eshcol. See Chapter 10 of this book.
- 1 Samuel 18:20
- See also Robert Graves, The Greek Myths, 159.4.
- In 2 Sam. 8:9-10, Thutmose I (David) is again shown favor by Tao I, who is named there as Toi, "The Wavering One." After being rejected himself by his own father, Tao I then rejected Djehuty (Abram), Tao II (Mamre/Gideon) and Kamose (Saul) before selecting Thutmose I (David).
- Robert Morkot, The Black Pharaohs, p 71.
- 2 Samuel 5:20-21 (NIV). Baal Perazim translated by NIV, footnote d.
- 2 Samuel 10 and 1 Chronicles 19
- If the reign of Amenhotep was greater than 25 years in length, then he still would not have been the first prince to become a king before his own father. The precedent was set by Auibre, who became king before his father Inyotef IV.
"A scene from the contest of Horus and Seth at Edfu temple. Horus, astride his papyrus boat harpoons the figure of Seth in the form of a tiny hippopotamus (beneath the prow). In effect this is an act of suppression by the legitimate heir to the Egyptian throne (i.e., the pharaoh as Horus) of nature's chaotic forces (epitomized by the lumbering hippo)."
- David Rohl, Legend, caption for figure 409, p 351
The reference to the noise of animals causing loss of sleep is also one that is suggestive of killing, however in this case commoners.
"The land became wide, the people became numerous, the land bellowed like wild oxen. The god was disturbed by their uproar. [Enlil] heard their clamor (and) said to the great gods; 'Oppressive has become the clamor of mankind. By their uproar they prevent sleep ...' "
Enlil then proposed a number of methods by which their numbers can be reduced.
"Legend of Atrahasis" in Ancient Near Eastern Texts, J. Pritchard, ed., p 104.
An inscription of Kamose dated to his Year 3 reads:
"I should like to know what serves this strength of mine when a chieftain is in Avaris and another in Kush, and I sit united with an Asiatic and a Nubian, each man in possession of his slice of this Egypt, and I cannot pass by him as far as Memphis. See, he holds Khmun [Hermopolis] and no man has respite from spoilation through servitude to the Setyu. I will grapple with him and slit open his belly. My desire is to deliver Egypt and smite the Asiatics ... I fared downstream in might to overthrow the Asiatics by command of Amun ..."
-Alan Gardiner (1961), Egypt of the Pharaohs, p 166.
(See also this quote and commentary in Joyce Tyldesley, Hatchepsut, p 23.)
The allies and rivals alluded to by Kamose are identified as follows: Apophis I/Tao I (Terah) was the chieftain in Avaris; Apophis II/Tao II (Mamre) is the "Asiatic" and Amenhotep I (Aner) possibly the "Nubian. Amenhotep I was in one instance depicted with a black face. He may have taken his cue from the earlier Amenemhet I, who called himself "the Nubian." Tao II and Amenhotep would have been holding court as pharaohs alongside Kamose in Thebes, however Kamose considered his election to be the greater.
Thutmose I (Eshcol) was a chieftain, but not yet a pharaoh. The chieftain in Kush represented another prince, Achish (Haran) king of the "Philistines."
Within the ancient royal court, any and every advantage was exploited by competing siblings in order to claim and hold the right to kingly succession. The racial or regional attributes of a prince's mother was a convenient means of discrimination. From a strictly visual inspection of the early 18th Dynasty royal mummies, Caucasian, African and even Oriental features are apparent. Ironically, this suggests that despite their guarded gene pool, these rulers were what we would consider today to be decidedly interracial. Because of sterility, royal marriages were likely arranged between sons and daughters with were as dissimilar as possible. This was no guarantee of fertility, but it did help to preserve racial diversity within the royal line.
According to Genesis 11:28-32, Terah died in the city of Haran and his son Haran died in Ur prior to the death of Terah. However, we find that both remained living and active long after Terah was deposed in Babylon. We can only speculate that Kish/Haran returned to Mesopotamia and died after an attempt, successful or otherwise, to reclaim kingship in Ur. The Lord Tao (Terah) died within a few years of helping Thutmose become king in Cush. Strangely, we find that Achish is still alive at least 33 years later in the reign of Solomon. We must assume that the reference to Achish in 1 Kings 2:39 is misplaced or mistaken.
Ahmose, "founder of the Egyptian New Kingdom" is revealed in the Bible as Thahash, Nahor's third son through his "concubine" Reumah. Tahash/Thahash means "a (clean) animal with fur," probably a species of antelope;-badger; prob. of foreign derivation. This nickname reflects the character of Ahmose. Th'ah-ash would represent a play on words with the Babylonian word ash (Child/Born) and the Egyptian name Ah-mose (Child/Born of the Moon). The Egyptian Mose is the equivalent to the Chaldean Ash. Nahash is a further play on words, and has the meaning of "snake." This was not necessarily a pejorative epithet in ancient times.
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Azealia Banks Delivers New Song "Treasure Island"
Azealia Banks may have reignited her feud with Nicki Minaj, but, that isn't to distract from the Harlem native's latest effort "Treasure Island" making waves.
The house-infused banger finds the boisterous rapper tapping into her inner aquatic goddess as she delivers a spitfire of rhymes and harmonious melodies. "Hips roll slow like the waves on the low tide/The shoreline, you're all mine/Ugh, nigga I done gave you the co-sign/The pussy so good niggas call it a gold mine," she rhymes effortlessly.
"Treasure Island" marks the follow-up to Banks hit single "Anna Wintour," both of which are set to be featured on the rapper's forthcoming Fantasea Two: The Second Wave projcect. While a release date has yet to be announced, Azealia has revealed one of the covers for the double disc set.
Banks initially teased "Treasure Island" earlier last month, assuring fans that it would arrive on July 13. But, perhaps her recent feud with Nicki Minaj was the catalyst behind the The Dr. Luke and Cirkut production dropping earlier than expected. Late Thursday night (July 5), Banks accused the Head Barb of drawing inspiration from her for the long-awaited video for "Bed."
"Chicken of the sea sis. Stay in your own lane. @nickiminaj lol you running out of ideas girl," Banks wrote on Twitter Thursday night.
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you coasts and islands with your inhabitants.
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April 16, 2012
"FreeChocolate!" is in public beta!
For Immediate Release
Recklinghausen, Germany, April 16, 2012 --
David P. Reaves III, announces the public beta of his new, free Windows-based personal audio level controller, 'FreeChocolate! Loudness and Level Comfortizer.'
According to Reaves: "In every media device, iPods ... home computers ...TVs ...or automobile sound, consumer irritation with abrupt and excessive level variations is well-known. While the frustration is pervasive, I think it's safe to say that most consumers have little interest in the intricacies of high-quality audio level control."
"But I do. With 'FreeChocolate!' I'm trying to bridge that gap, by initiating the development of software with a radically simple user interface in front of a very sophisticated, natural-sounding control system. If I do this right, such a control concept will allow the end-user the option to maintain loudness levels within their own personal 'comfort zone,' while, importantly, perceptually maintaining the integrity of the original work."
"CALM (US Congress' loudness legislation) may be a great solution for broadcast TV, but what about DVDs, downloaded or streaming media, watching a movie on the plane on your iPad, or the 'train wreck' transition from old to new songs on your iPod? I'm leveraging my professional audio processor design studies and experience to focus directly on the commonality of those problem areas, to put effective loudness control where it's presently most lacking: at the fingertips of the consumer."
"In short, my goal is to enhance the media user's experience by giving them a simple control to dial-in whatever dynamic range feels exactly right to them, whenever they like, wherever they are, whatever they're listening to or watching, on whichever device they are using."
Reaves is initially offering a free Windows app "FreeChocolate!" to get as much initial user feedback as possible before moving forward, and to work out any rough edges in the idea.
"A separate app such as 'FreeChocolate!' is just the trial stage. Ultimately, this concept needs to be integrated right into electronic devices, just before the final volume control. I'd like to offer a refined core set of 'universal,' resource-friendly DSP code to vendors as a licensed plug-in for any number of mobile or home products whose enjoyment might be enhanced by more consistent levels and loudness."
Why call it 'FreeChocolate!'? "I LOVE chocolate!" says Reaves. "The word suggests a positive feeling to many people; it's a name that brings with it a kind of cozy charm. And 'comfortizer' is a simple way of saying exactly what it's intended to do: Make uneven audio sources more comfortable to listen to."
"FreeChocolate! Level and Loudness Comfortizer" is available to interested beta users by sending a request to firstname.lastname@example.com
System requirements are Windows XP SP 3, Vista or Windows 7. Works with ASIO or standard Windows audio I/O drivers.
More information is available from David Reaves at +49 171 851 3340
or email email@example.com
David P. Reaves III is an independent DSP audio design engineer. He formed DavidReaves3.com in early 2012 upon leaving TransLanTech Sound, LLC which he co-founded in 1998.
His broadcast engineering experience includes 8 years as Chief Engineer of WHTZ/New York (Z100) from 1988 to 1996 and three years at NBC Television, New York, 1997-2000. At TransLanTech Sound, LLC, he conceived and designed the (analog) Ariane Stereo Audio Leveler, and led the design of the Ariane Sequel Digital Audio Leveler, AGCs that are in successful service at hundreds of broadcast facilities the world over.
Reaves has made several formal presentations on the subject of sound processing and loudness control at preeminent engineering conferences, including national and international meetings of the Audio Engineering Society (AES) and the National Association of Broadcasters (NAB).
Born in Gainesville, Florida, David Reaves currently resides in Recklinghausen, Germany, with his wife, professional violinist Ariane Reaves.
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February 1, 2012
Reaves Leaves TransLanTech
For Immediate Release
Recklinghausen, Germany, Feb. 1, 2012 -- David P. Reaves, III, half-interest partner in Translantech Sound, LLC since its founding in 1998, has formally ended his relationship with the company, effective December 31, 2011.
"In autumn of 2009, I took an indefinite leave while the separation details were worked out," said Reaves.
"I have spent the past two years advancing my basic knowledge in the fields of mathematics, audio DSP and software coding (C, C++ and Objective-C with Cocoa/CocoaTouch) and Loudness Perception theory. This is added to what I would like to believe is substantial analog design experience and an intuitive grasp of what qualitatively works and doesn't in high-performance loudness and level control."
"So the beginning of the New Year 2012 is more than symbolic to me: I'm looking forward to joining or even founding a group of like-minded, passionate, hungry design collaborators and a support team, to create effective, user-focussed products. Beyond traditional broadcast hardware, I see incredible untapped opportunities for high-quality automatic audio control in personal, mobile and cloud applications. My overall goal has been and continues to be to make audio listening more enjoyable for my ultimate customer, the media consumer."
David Reaves built his first crystal radio kit when he was 8, was learning to solder by 12 and passed his FCC First Class Radiotelephone License exam at 16. Reaves' experimentation with automatic level control ideas began during his high school years.
He began his professional career in small-market Gainesville, Florida, where he was born, and worked his way up from there.
"I am especially grateful to have had the opportunity to work for some truly phenomenal broadcasting institutions, including eight years as the Chief Engineer of New York's legendary Z100 (1988-96), and three years (1996-2000) for NBC-TV in the historic studios at 30 Rock."
Reaves has also made a number of formal presentations expressing his processing ideas to both AES and NAB national conferences.
Looking back, David, with his wife Ariane, whose name he attached to the Translantech products he conceived, have only positive wishes for TLT: "Ariane and I wish Julie and Jim at TLT the best of luck in their future endeavors, whatever they may be, with success to the fullest extent of their talents and diligence."
While the Ariane product and brand name will remain behind with TLT, Ariane Reaves has other plans: "I'm sticking with David," she laughed.
David Reaves resides in Recklinghausen, Germany, and can be reached by email at:
Telephone: +49 171 851 3340


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Let's face it, construction work is messy. It doesn't matter if it's a large scale building site or a domestic extension, there will always be mess. Construction workers themselves spend their time getting their own jobs done; cleaning simply isn't on their radar. Cleaning up after them however isn't for the faint hearted.
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Appel: A Canadian in the French Foreign Legion (Paperback)
The first-hand account of the author's six years as a professional soldier and member of the French Foreign Legion's elite Group Commando Parachutistes.
In Appel, Joel Struthers recounts the dangers and demands of military life, from the rigours of recruitment and operational training in the rugged mountains of France, to face-to-face combat in the grasslands of some of Africa's most troubled nations.
Told through the eyes of a soldier, and interspersed with humorous anecdotes, Appel is a fascinating story that debunks myths about the French Foreign Legion and shows it more accurately as a professional arm of the French military. Struthers provides insight into the rigorous discipline that the Legion instills in its young recruits, who trade their identities as individuals for a life of adventure and a role in a unified force whose motto is "Honour and Loyalty."
Foreword by General Benoit Desmeulles, former commanding officer of the Legions 2e R giment tranger Parachutistes.
About the Author
Joel Adam Struthers is a former Legionnaire, a father, and a commercial helicopter pilot. When not preparing his children's school lunch, he is a helicopter pilot and a partner in a Canadian risk mitigation firm that solves difficult problems in challenging environments.


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The back gears needed a very slight adjustment, ditto the back brakes. I oiled the chain, and it all looks good.
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Our adjusters identify your policy insurance coverage and research all advantages as well as exclusions.
- We guarantee appropriate housing and created a case that is within your insurance protection, allowing you to rebuild your residence.
- We compile accurate data about all your losses.
Our group will certainly be the liaison between you and the insurer.
- With your aid, Insurance Adjuster Kenefick creates an efficient insurance claims method to lower the hassle of being displaced from your residence.
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In order to effectively file any type of insurance policy declares you have to maintain good detail records of exactly what you had prior to the damage, and what it set you back for you to fix it. An effective insurance coverage negotiation is one that pay you the cost to major you hold. Any kind of time you make any kind of improvement to your residence, you need to maintain records of every little thing that you did, keep the receipts for all of your acquisitions, and also take pictures of all of the job that you had actually done so that you can verify the previous existing state of the house. You need to get an appraiser to evaluate the repair service cost to repair your home, assuming you have actually not fixed it. In every phrase of your insurance policy cases, the insurance adjusters are most likely to attempt to lower the value of your insurance claims so that they could pay you much less compared to you can confirm. They do this by inspecting your receipts, the replacement price that you are requesting. That is why it's a great idea to collaborate with a independent insurance adjusters who have access to the exact same data that the insurance provider trusts. He or she can then utilize their expertise of exactly how the insurance adjusters job as well as existing info that will certainly attack the insurance provider prepares to decrease the worth of your cases.
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In the insurance policy service there are exactly what they call insurance claims adjusters. These are people who are taken part in handling consumers or clients insurance policy claims. They are the ones that will explore an insurance plan holder's insurance claims and eventually release an authorized settlement.
The repayment that the adjuster determines will rely on the policy owner's insurance policy coverage and also the damages for which they have claimed. A lot of insurance adjusters would certainly be company workers, yet it is possible to locate independent specialists who will certainly represent the homeowners.
There are the some things you will certainly have to know regarding insurance coverage claims adjusters if you are going to be associated with any kind of procedure involving an insurance provider.
Many of the bigger insurance provider have their in-house training programs and also when they hire insurance adjusters they will certainly take their educational background, experience and credentials right into account prior to deciding where they will certainly place them.
If somebody has a building or engineering background then the business will utilize them as industrial adjusters, an instance of this would certainly be that. Depending on their specialty or background they are usually placed where they would be most useful.
It is fair to state that if someone was most likely to be employed as an auto insurance adjuster they would require analytic abilities as well as skills to communicate with people. For primarily, Insurance coverage Cases Adjusters, should be individuals who are great in personal partnerships.
So, if you are a homeowner you should be prepared as well as have a little knowledge of how you can take care of them as well as their possible 'obtain out, specifically if they are under the employment of one of your insurer. Not all insurance business have scheming case adjuster there are some firms that do anything in order to maximize revenues and maintaining payments to a minimum is one means of accomplishing that objective.
How long does it take an insurance adjuster to come out?
There are strategies in which an insurance coverage case adjuster might make use of towards their client in order not provide a straight response, for instance they could tell you that they will certainly refer you to an additional insurance adjuster that can react to your question as they is in fee of that area of business.
How insurance adjusters are paid?
Some insurance coverage case adjusters might make an offer of something other compared to money created to quell you in a given circumstance these could include, a ticket for a holiday or if the plaintiff is young then they would certainly supply a Play Terminal 3, an iPod, or a Nintendo Wii.
It is essential for the plaintiff to not permit the insurance case adjuster to push him or her. Surreptitious claim adjusters ready at what they do as well as among their techniques of taxing the homeowner is by calling them at the incorrect time of the day like early in the morning when the kids are hurrying to school or you are attempting to get to function. By doing this they're not offering you time to think as well as pressure you in concurring with their deal. So when handling an insurance coverage company, judge them by their workers or reps and endanger any type of underhandedness with a project against their online reputation.
What does an insurance claims adjuster in Kenefick do?
If you have fire insurance policy and also your house was damaged or destroyed as quickly as you are permitted back right into your homes, you must quickly get in touch with private insurance policies asserts adjusters to refine your insurance claims. In every expression of your insurance claims, the insurance adjusters are going to try to reduce the value of your cases so that they could pay you much less compared to you could verify. That is why it's a good suggestion to function with a independent insurance adjusters that have access to the very same information that the insurance coverage firm relies upon. He or she could then use their understanding of how the insurance adjusters job as well as existing information that will attack the insurance policy business plans to reduce the value of your cases.


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"The more important fundamental laws and facts of physical science have all been discovered, and these are so firmly established that the possibility of their ever being supplanted in consequence of new discoveries is exceedingly remote."
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Good to think about at a time when people say that if we find the standard model Higgs, at a mass appropriate for vacuum stability till the Planck scale, then fundamental physics is effectively over.ReplyDelete
Hi Bee,ReplyDelete
This for me is indicative of a statement made by someone more impressed by answers than with questions.
"Judge a man by his questions rather than his answers."
"To raise new questions, new possibilities, to regard old problems from a new angle, requires creative imagination and marks real advance in science."
-Albert Einstein
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It reminds me of the historian who said in 1997 that History is essentially over. Four years later, nine eleven happened.ReplyDelete
This quote by Michelson, the first American Nobel Prize winner, is understandable given the times. Electromagnetism was less than fifty years old, and Statistical Thermodynamics was fresh.
there was so much work to be done in THOSE fields that nobody cared for the most part why blackbody radiation was significantly off from what classical Newtonian dynamics predicted it would be.
Except for one man, Max Planck.
And Max ... changed ... everything.
Arun, as you know, theoretical physics is far from done even if the Higgs exists at 125.6 GeV. We still haven't unified the electroweak and strong forces. Why aren't more people working on that, called Grand Unified Theory? The heck with quantum gravity and theories of everything, that's down the road.
Why don't we have a GUT ?
The greatest obstacle to understanding reality is not ignorance but the illusion of knowledge. "Autoritätsdusel ist der größte Feind der Wahrheit," Albert Einstein, 1901. Then, he denied quantum mechanics.ReplyDelete
Do left and right shoes vacuum free fall non-identically? Do chemically and macroscopically identical single crystal bodies in enantiomorphic space groups violate the Equivalence Principle? Is the vacuum trace chiral toward fermionic mass but not toward massless boson photons? Somebody should look. The worst it can do is succeed.
Michelson's foolish boast are a cautionary tale, and similar thoughts should not be indulged in now (especially with dark matter and dark energy: most of the universe, inexplicable contents!)ReplyDelete
Steven: We still haven't unified the electroweak and strong forces,ReplyDelete
Yes one needs a good comprehension of what it is all about?:)
If you approach it the right way it leaves with a question Mark? You then have to proceed to grok it in it's entirety so it leaves such a place of wonder inside. Then one's search begins?
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It's not really an ending but truly a beginning, you see.ReplyDelete
I DO see, and thanks for responding Plato, dear old friend. ;-)ReplyDelete
Michelson continues directly from that quotation, on pages 22-3 of A.A. Michelson Light Waves and Their Uses, 1903:ReplyDelete
"Nevertheless, it has been found that there are apparent exceptions to most of these laws, and this is particularly true when the observations are pushed to a limit, i.e., whenever the circumstances of experiment are such that extreme cases can be examined. Such examination almost surely leads, not to the overthrow of the law, but to the discovery of other facts and laws whose action produces the apparent exceptions. As instances of such discoveries, which are in most cases due to the increasing order of accuracy made possible by improvements in measuring instruments, may be mentioned: first, the departure of actual gases from the simple laws of the so-called perfect gas, one of the practical results being the liquefaction of air and all known gases; second, the discovery of the velocity of light by astronomical means, depending on the accuracy of telescopes and of astronomical clocks; third, the determination of distances of stars and the orbits of double stars, which depend on measurements of the order of accuracy of one-tenth of a second-an angle which may be represented as that which a pin's head subtends at a distance of a mile. But perhaps the most striking of such instances are the discovery of a new planet or observations of the small irregularities noticed by Leverrier in the motions of the planet Uranus, and the more recent brilliant discovery by Lord Rayleigh of a new element in the atmosphere through the minute but unexplained anomalies found in weighing a given volume of nitrogen. Many other instances might be cited, but these will suffice to justify the statement that 'our future discoveries must be looked for in the sixth place of decimals'."
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Investigation of dynamic wind loads on a long-span suspension bridge identified from measured acceleration data
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Original versionJournal of Wind Engineering and Industrial Aerodynamics. 2020, 196 https://doi.org/10.1016/j.jweia.2019.104045
The traditional wind load assessment for long-span bridges relies on assumed models for the wind field and aerodynamic coefficients from wind tunnel tests, which usually introduce some uncertainties. Recent studies have shown that large deviations can exist between the predicted and observed wind-induced dynamic response of suspension bridges. In studies of the dynamical behavior of bridges, inverse force identification methods can therefore be an interesting tool in the assessment of possible uncertainties involved in the modeling of wind loads. This paper presents a novel case study of the identification of the dynamic wind loads on the 1310 m long Hardanger bridge, a suspension bridge equipped with a monitoring system for wind and vibrations. The modal wind loads are identified from acceleration data using an algorithm for model-based joint input and state estimation. Several data sets with different wind conditions are presented. The wind loads are studied in the time and frequency domains and are compared to the mean velocity and turbulence characteristics of the wind.


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Male hair loss has reached epidemic proportions across the U.K., with around two thirds of guys experiencing it by age 35. Like it or not, poor old Prince William, whose hair started to thin around age 21, is its unwitting U.K. poster boy. For some, it starts as early as age 19.
The temptation is to either live with it and try to make peace with a rapidly receding hairline, or to impulsively throw a tonne of money at so-called 'remedies' that only lead to further disappointment. In the hair loss industry, remedy promises are thicker on the ground than hair is on the heads of the men they're baiting. Wouldn't it be great if you knew exactly where to start so you could be done with this problem without wasting time, money and tears of frustration?
The devastation of hair loss can truly not be underestimated. For sufferers, it triggers the sharp decline of self-worth, self-esteem and confidence with every precious hair that drops. How we feel when we look in the mirror is a fundamental value. We can change our clothes, our shoes and our watch but what matters the most is how we feel when we are our basic, stripped selves. Hair loss becomes an obsession. It affects sleep quality, appetite and the will to exercise. Relationships and work suffer, even the dog doesn't get taken for a walk because it would mean gratuitously going out in public. From my own experience, it was all I could think about, beyond all else. The only solution was to find a solution.
When you don't know what you don't know, you are the proverbial lamb to the slaughter. In my panic to achieve a result – any result – I allowed myself to be tempted by quick fixes, cheap products and empty promises. The male hair loss industry is crawling with 'snake oil salesmen', seemingly poised at every street corner, ready to open their trench coat to reveal the product that will save another hair from falling from your head. Desperate men grab it and run, slather it all over their heads with reckless abandon and every morning, stand before the mirror, utterly convinced it's working. But it's not. Endlessly searching for my hair loss remedy holy grail, I went to great lengths and huge expense. I purchased vitamins, supplements, lotions, potions, treatments, pastes, tonics and even homeopathy drops. Still. Nothing. Worked.
Before long, I felt like I was the only man who's ever lost hair, and the only man who had to fork out fists full of money to get absolutely nowhere. Isolation well and truly set in. If it wasn't bad enough that my hair was departing from my scalp at an alarming rate, now I was sucked into the vortex of a predatory industry that didn't give a damn about me. "There's got to be something that works," I rationalised, but not before liberally berating myself for being such a fool. I'm not above admitting that I cried a river when I realised I'd been so deeply sucked in. I was only 24 when my hair started falling out. It should have been the time of my life! I wasted thousands of pounds on ineffective, shoddy and even harmful hair treatments, money I could have invested in an actual home! I reached a point where I had to have a word with myself. "How much money can you throw down the toilet before you actually find a solution that works?" I snapped at the mirror.
I stopped looking for 'cheap', quick fixes and started researching hair transplants in earnest. Even there, I made mistakes and got ripped off. The last thing you want is an unnatural result that makes you feel even worse than you did when all you had to deal with was thinning hair. That realisation alone was heart-wrenching! Imagine gazing at the mirror and seeing what amounts to a 'work in progress' that's supposed to be the end result.
All said and done, I spent a total of around ?40,000 before I achieved a natural, healthy looking head of hair. That includes a tonne of wasted money on products and treatments that didn't work. Today, I can tell you, hand on heart, that no one would look at me and think I'd had a hair transplant. It's that good. My only regret is that I didn't know then what I know now. Today, it's an honour to share my knowledge with other men who are just starting out on their hair loss and replacement journey.
As a patient advocate, I've helped Regular Joe through to A-list celebs to regain their hair where it's fallen out. It's my way of paying it forward; educating and informing these guys and empowering them so they don't make the same mistakes I did. It's perversely comforting to know that even rich, famous, powerful celebrities are not immune to male pattern baldness. Robbie Williams, David Beckham, Bradley Cooper, Matthew McConaughey and Mel Gibson are all big name male pattern baldness sufferers. Now not that anyone would rightfully wish it upon them but to know they are mere mortal human beings after all is strangely reassuring. The fact that more celebrities are vocalising their experience is helping to break down stigmas. It's more acceptable to talk about it now which is why countless internet forums have grown beyond expectation. We all like to feel a part of something and if that something is finding a remedy for something that depletes your self-worth, then it can only be a positive thing.
Hair transplantation, like any form of surgery, can be risky. In the right hands, the risks are minimal but consider that even an unrealistic expectation can be a risk. Remember that your hair transplant won't stop further hair loss so at some point, you may need to have it done again. Here's a checklist on how to avoid risks:
Start early. The sooner you embark on research and/or treatment, the less time you will have to be enticed by shoddy businesses. Also, untreated hair loss will not cease on its own. Early intervention can help. Consider hair transplant surgery a last resort. Investigate other options first but do not spend any money until you are 100% sure the solution suits your condition and the provider is legitimate and reputable.
Don't rush in! Take the time to learn and understand. Compare clinics by reputation and specific services offered.
Research hair transplant clinics well. Search for testimonials and reviews (positive and negative); visit clinics in person to get a feel for the Dr and their professionalism.
Take it from someone who's been there, done that and bought the dodgy products…There is hope and there is a solution for you! I've spent 15 years in reconnaissance and my mission will never fully be accomplished. But if I can help even one of you gain back your confidence and with it, your full potential, then I know I'm doing something of great value.


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Demand for polyethylene (PE) is growing in Latin America thanks to an expanding middle class, with demand for PE (in all forms) currently exceeding 7 mln metric tons (MMT), as per IHS Chemical. However, the region's current and planned PE capacity will continue to fall short of demand, driving the region to import approximately 50% of its PE needs by 2025, The region's current net deficit is at over 3 MMT of polyethylene, and will approach 5 MMT by 2025, according to a IHS Chemical Special Report.
A surge in new capacity coming from low-cost producers in North America, the Middle East and China is driving the global market for polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP) to oversupply, which will pressure margins for producers and change the global competitive landscape, according to another analysis from IHS Chemicals. Of the over 24 MMT of new PE capacity that will be added globally during to 2020, approximately 8 MMTwill come from the U.S. This will significantly increase the U.S. net-export position for PE and PP and other chemicals, rebalancing the global chemical trade flows that have favored the Middle East for decades. Beyond North America, China is also growing its influence as a key, low-cost provider of PE, thanks to its production additions from coal-to-olefins technology, Nick Vafiadis, global business director of polyolefins and plastics said. China is expected to add approximately 17 MMT of new PE/PP capacity during the next five years, which will drive further market volatility.
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Spain's economy expanded in the first quarter at its fastest pace in over seven years, setting it firmly on course to meet a new 2015 growth target of 2.9%, although fresh data also showed large economic imbalances had yet to be corrected.
The improving state of the Spanish economy is the cornerstone of Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy's bid to win a 2nd term in a general election due later this year as he fights the onset of new political forces.
Output grew 0.9% in the first 3 months of the year, more than expected and its fastest expansion rate since 2007, spurred on by a pick-up in household spending after a steep downturn, the National Statistics Institute said.
Rajoy said on Monday that the Spanish economy would expand by 2.9% in 2015, up from a previous 2.0% projection. His centre-right government is expected to confirm the new forecasts later on Thursday.
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