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Reviewby Mike Crandol,
Battle Royale Vol. 1
In a nightmarish alternate-reality Japan, the most popular show on TV is "The Program." Once a year a class of ninth grade students is chosen at random to participate in the ghastly event. Shuuya Nanahara thought his class was going on a simple field trip, but when they wake up on a deserted island the horrible truth is made plain. Each student has three days to kill all of his classmates; if more than one remains alive at the end of the third day the metal collars secured to their necks will explode and finish them all. Shuuya tries to think of a way out of the Program, but the madness and paranoia the game breeds makes it impossible to trust anyone. He may have found a friend in Noriko Nakagawa, but with classmates like Mitsuko Souma eagerly murdering her friends in a desperate bid to survive, they will be hard-pressed to live through the Battle Royale.
One game. 42 student players. Only one can live.
Adapted from the infamous live-action movie and novel of the same name, the one-and-only Battle Royale manga has finally been unleashed in the US. While not as hard-hitting as its better known (yet still officially unavailable in America) cinematic counterpart, the manga version retains all the controversy that surrounds the Battle Royale name. Introspective commentary on the public's appetite for violence, or merely crass exploitation in disguise? Either way, it's a story you'll likely never forget.
Like its previous incarnations, Battle Royale is supposedly a satire of media violence, yet it often revels in its own gore to the point of hypocrisy. The story works much more effectively as an emotional human drama--it is the characters' varied reactions to their horrible predicament that make it a truly remarkable and thought-provoking work. Some kids outright reject the game and commit suicide, others try to beat the system while most try merely to survive until the bitter end. And a few actually embrace it, like Mitsuko, the class slut who has no qualms about carving up her classmates in order live. The pantheon of characters exhibits every logical and illogical response imaginable. Unfortunately volume 1 of the manga doesn't have time to get into all of that just yet and covers little more than the exposition. But it's a morbidly enticing setup.
Co-written by Koushun Takami, author of the original novel on which the movie was based, the manga sticks much closer to the plot of the book than the film version does. Takami takes more time to explore the backgrounds and motivations of the lesser players in his large cast. Paranoid, half-crazed characters that are dispassionately dispatched onscreen come across as sympathetic victims on the page. The political climate of Battle Royale's alternate future is also touched upon; the Imperial Japanese flag adorning everything from schoolbuses to water bottles suggests a totalitarian society in which Japan emerged victorious from World War II. And the notion of the Program as an enormously popular reality TV show is a brilliant bit of satire the movie chooses not to emphasize.
There is also a new addition to the cast, absent from the movie and barely mentioned in the novel, which adds greatly to the emotional impact of the story. Though her role is comparatively minor, the ill-fated Miss Ryoko provides motivation for the main characters and ups the chill factor of an already gruesome tale. The kindhearted foster parent of students Shuuya and Yoshitoki is staunchly opposed to the Program but never dreams that her own wards would be subjected to its horrors. After the children awaken on the island, Program Head Mr. Kamon gleefully recounts the torture Ryoko was subjected to after she objected to their inclusion in the game. Powerless to do anything about it, Yoshitoki launches into a rage with fatal results, while Kamon merely smiles.
Mr. Kamon makes for a suitably sadistic villain, but he's impersonal: the kids don't know him. Unlike the movie's Mr. Kitano, he has no preexisting grudge against these children, and in this aspect the film is decidedly superior to the manga. As evil as he his, Kamon is just doing his job; he's not out to exact revenge on "deliquent" children who refuse to attend school. In fact, the entire concept of the Program being in place to whip Japan's children into shape is mysteriously dropped. This was a key point of the film - an early scene shows almost all of the students boycotting Kitano's class. The kids in the manga are way too noble to do such a thing.
This idealistic, heroic portrayal of the children is at odds with film's cast of normal everykids and is the manga's biggest weakness. Shuuya is presented as a macho, pretty-boy rebel instead of the slightly nerdy, unassuming protagonist from the movie. The main heroine, Noriko, has been transformed from an "ugly shrimp" to a typically hot anime schoolgirl. Martial-arts warrior Sugimura and cool-as-ice Shinji look like the kind of guys who could take on an army of evil monsters without batting an eyelash. The movie's greatest appeal is its stable of ordinary children stuck in an extraordinary predicament; the manga's hyperbolic characters are far less engaging.
Artist Masayuki Taguchi's hunky heroes and buxom beauties may detract from Battle Royale's impact, but his is an unusual and very appealing style. There is a lot of detail in every panel, and although his character designs are sometimes bizarre, Taguchi gets a lot of human emotion into his drawings. But his over-the-top rendering of Battle Royale's wanton violence cheapens the horror of the situation. The brains splattering out of people's heads, the eyeballs dangling from their sockets, and the fountains of blood border on the ridiculous. The gore would actually be more horrific--and far more effective--if it were toned down a notch.
Overall, Battle Royale the manga is not as good as Battle Royale the movie. But it still manages to capture the macabre appeal of the film. Fans of the live-action incarnation should at least check it out. Newcomers to the shocking tale should definitely seek out the movie first, however. Though it will likely never be licensed for American distribution, legitimate all-region import DVDs with English subtitles are readily available for order online. Ultimately this deadpan spoof of TV and movie violence gone mad works best on the TV or at the movies.
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"There's a lot of power in simplicity."
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Alex recently brought that message of honesty and self-confidence to struggling songwriters in his home country, as part of an upcoming documentary The Cuban Bus. There he found Cuba in the midst of a transition, one he hopes will free his people from economic oppression. Now more than ever, Alex says, it's important to encourage the country's strong cultural traditions.
"One thing that you can see in musicians right away is that when we were asking them to play a song, they were playing what they thought we wanted to hear," he says. "They go into this survival mode of catering for tourists or whatever, and I'm like, 'No, no. Play me the song you hate of yours, the one you hate the most, the one you think is not a good one. I want to hear that one.' And it was often the best one."
Just as Cubans fight to keep their traditions alive, Alex is working to open doors for Spanish-speaking musicians in his current home of Canada, as well as the United States. He was recently honored as the only Latin artist to participate in Canada's annual JUNO Songwriters' Circle. He also just wrapped a North American tour and is about ready to get back in the studio, perhaps for an acoustic album — and more in the vein of his little clips.
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Good friend and behemouth amongst men, Antony daly provided this show with a mix of classic house track (all on vinyl i may add)…. with a tracklist that reads like a lesson in House music. Antony has collected and played records for a long time……very long time….not as long as Fos like ;)..her's a few words from Peterless's finest…..
"I completed this mix, around the time that I heard an early 90's sparring partner of mine and many others from Peterlee, had sadly passed away suddenly at the age of 35…
His passing was very poignant, a time for reflection and inner searching and maybe a bit of a wake up call for myself and many others who shared some fun times with Karl and one another.
Fond memories were shared – both at the service and the wake..I know he would have enjoyed the conversations and the laughs that followed. Karl's sister Clare, somehow found the strength to read this poem at Karl's service – I'd like to share it with you..
Pray don't find fault
Pray don't find fault with the man who limps
or stumbles along the road,
unless you have worn the shoes he wears
or struggled beneath his load.
There may be tacks in his shoes that hurt,
though hidden away from view,
or the burden he bears, placed on your back
might cause you to stumble too.
Don't sneer at the man who's down today
unless you have felt the blow
that caused his fall or felt the shame
that only the fallen know.
You may be strong, but still the blows
that were his if dealt to you,
in the selfsame way, at the selfsame time,
might cause you to stagger too.
Don't be too harsh with the man who sins
or pelt him with word or stone,
unless you are sure, yea, doubly sure,
that you have no sins of your own
for you know perhaps if the tempter's voice
should whisper as softly to you
as it did to him when he went astray,
it might cause you to stumble too.
nitro deluxe – this brutal house
oranges and lemons – dreams of santa anna
kariya – let me love you for tonight
the beloved – sun rising
sha lor – i'm in love
ragtyme – i can't stay away
the rickster – nightmoves
corporation of one – real life
ten city – that's the way love is
joe smooth – promised land
annette – dream 17
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Tuesday, February 23, 2010
Bloggers vs. the rest of the fashion world
I came across an article from The Global Herald called London Fashion Week AW 2010 – New Digital Era Spells Trouble for Fashion Bloggers.
It highlights the gap that is closing between fashion bloggers and the fashion elite (editors, buyers, writers, PR, etc) and how fashion weeks are dealing with what to do with the growing army of said bloggers.
This article specifically talks about the mass of bloggers at London Fashion Week taking over the press area and whether they should be considered press.
Lately there have been many articles talking about whether bloggers should be allowed to cover shows, much less sit in coveted first-row seats. With the rise of Tavi (Style Rookie,) BryanBoy, Garance Doré, Sea of Shoes, Fashion Toast, Style Bubble and more, fashion bloggers seem to be taking over the fashion world with their alternative insight into style and thousands upon thousands of devoted followers.
There is no doubt that many of these bloggers have intelligent insight, experience, style and thoughtful, smart writing. They fill in the void that mainstream fashion publications can't give to the public such as unbiased commentary and a different viewpoint on style without the interference of advertisers.
But the real question is: How much credibility do they have and wear should they sit in the fashion heirarchy?
Many people questioned whether Tavi, a 13-year-old American girl, should have been sitting in the front row of Dior, when a more experienced writer or editor from a major publication could be sitting there.
They argue that Tavi, and many other young bloggers (it seems that a lot of these fashion bloggers are quite young, in their teens and twenties) don't have the experience that writers and editors have.
While that may be true, that doesn't mean take their insight any less worthy. Bloggers are invited to fashion shows for several reasons; fashion houses are hoping that the bloggers will write favourable reviews of the shows resulting in readers buying their products; they are also starting to realize that the Internet is a powerful tool to bring in new customers and influential style bloggers can bring in those customers that mainstream publications can't.
But I think the divide between bloggers and the mainstream is starting to close, whether Condé Nast likes it or not.
Blogging is not just a fad; in fact social media is just really starting to pick up steam. Fashion houses are only just starting to use Twitter and Facebook to draw in people to watch their shows live and buy their products.
In the end, it's very smart for businesses to use bloggers to help promote their product. And in that respect, bloggers are kind of like magazines and newspapers; they help to sell fashion brands.
Fortunately, bloggers aren't dependent on businesses to survive. They can say anything they want to and not lose readers or advertisers.
But back to this whole credibility issue: Sure, Tavi was barely alive when Marc Jacobs first started at Louis Vuitton, but many established writers weren't around when Monsieur Dior was alive, and they seem to get by just fine.
I think that intelligence and a unique point of view are more important than experience. And the fact that these bloggers are honest with their readers, that gives them enough credibility to be able to cover the same events and interview the same people as the mainstream fashion elite.
So future fashion weeks, be prepared to install a bigger press room; the bloggers need their space too.
For more related reading:
Fashion world agog over blogger
Elle editor leads backlash over 13-year-old blogger
10 comments:
- Anthea said...
I agree. I think that all bloggers provide a unique perspective and while they may have their biases, they are more likely to state it like it is. I think that there has to be a happy middle somewhere for both worlds. It will be interesting to see how it all evolves.
- February 23, 2010 at 9:36 PM
- WendyB said...
"They can say anything they want to and not lose readers or advertisers." -- until they get advertisers, and then they're very careful not to lose them.
- February 23, 2010 at 10:19 PM
- holly x said...
while I adore fashion blogs, I follow them constantly for two reasons:
1) they're fun, and
2) they're free.
I'm pretty sure this is quite true for a number of followers- the magazine are ridiculously expensive to ensure that the people who buy them are the people who are serious about buying the merchandise featured. Following a blog is not like following a magazine which costs that much- following a blog is "one day, I would like to own that".
And so it shall be, when eventually I own my birkin.
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Summer 2016 Lineup:
Dates Features
July 6 Jordan Abel, Joanne Arnott & Ray Hsu
July 13 Candice James & Geoff Nilson
July 20 Elizabeth Bachinsky & Erin Kirsh
July 27 Cecily Nicholson, Manolis & Kevin Spenst
August 3 Jónína Kirton & RC Weslowski
August 10 Kyle McKillop & Timothy Shay
August 17 Susan McCaslin & Rob Taylor
August 24 Raoul Fernandes & Johnny MacRae
August 31 Wayde Compton & Renee Saklikar
Each summer, crowds gather at the Queen's Park Bandshell to listen to our talented feature poets and outstanding open mic!
The 2015 season is now complete, but check this space in the spring for the 2016 lineup.
2015 Lineup
Want to relive the glory? 2015 was another stellar year on the Queen's Park bandstand. We saw:
|July 1
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|Kyle McKillop
|July 8
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|Janet Kvammen
|July 15
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|July 22
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|July 29
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|August 26
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Host: rotating
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- Burman, Jeremy Trevelyan (2012) The misunderstanding of memes: Biography of an unscientific object, 1976–1999.
When the "meme" was introduced in 1976, it was as a metaphor intended to illuminate an evolutionary argument. By the late-1980s, however, we see from its use in major US newspapers that this original meaning had become obscured. The meme became a virus of the mind.The author seems to think that Dennett and Hofstadter "activated" the concept of a meme, by performing a cut-and-paste job on Dawkins' original article in their own 1981 publication (The Mind's Eye). He gives the example:
Just as genes propagate themselves in the gene pool by leaping from body to body via sperms or eggs, so memes propagate themselves in the meme pool by leaping from brain to brain via a process which, in the broad sense, can be called imitation.However, that text appears in The Selfish Gene. Memes were pretty "active" from the beginning. To me, the author seems rather hung up on the issue of who first said that memes are "active". He says:
Yet we should be clear: a meme, if it does exist, cannot seek out prey. And it certainly cannot leap from one brain to another. The conceit of thinking in this way is just useful sometimes.The "active" meme is classified by the author as a mistake that the author blames on Dennett and Hofstadter. I am sceptical. I don't see much of a problem here if the first place - memes are about as "active" as genes are - and I consider it to be "acceptable usage" to say that they propagate by "leaping from brain to brain". So: I don't think that was how things went down.
Aside from its technical problems, the article is a bit of a subtle "hatchet job" on memes. While some of the author's historical digging is welcome,the article's title calls memes "unscientific", it implicitly suggests that the meme may have died in 1999 - and the main thesis is that parts of memetics arose from misunderstandings propagated by Dennett and Hofstadter's editing of Richard Dawkins' original article. This thesis just seems to be mistaken to me.
It is also worth noting that Richard Dawkins didn't permanently abandon the meme - as the article seems to suggest. He returned many years later to actively defend the concept in his 2005 book "The God Delusion" - citing Richerson, Boyd, Shennan, Brodie, Distin, Aunger and Blackmore - and skewering meme critics. His promotion of memes has continued - with things like his Just For Hits video.
Update 2013-05-12: Burman, in what seems to be a form of digital vandalism, has apparently defaced the Wikipedia articles on Memetics, Memes and Richard Dawkins with promotional references to his misleading article.


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If any of you have been studying the New World Order for any length of time, I am sure by now at this stage you have come across the Freemasons. On the outset the Freemasons claim to be a fraternity, nothing more than a big boy's club, while many claim that it is behind the doors of societies such as that of the Freemasons, that politics and many important world issues are dictated and decided. It is most notably coined a "society with secrets" rather than a secret society. They are only one of many secret societies in the world today; however many that we are familiar with today have their roots in masonry, even those claiming to anti-masonic (left-right paradigm?). I am not about to claim that the Freemasons are the source of the world conspiracy, but more to take a look at what ties them to it. While one cannot disagree that the involvement of many important historical, political and other such influential figures in Freemasonry is nothing short of suspicious, I would suggest that it is more than just a big boy's club, and the ultimate goal is more than political, although this is one of the areas upon which this goal is manifest. From history we can see that the Freemasons left their mark on many important areas of history, such as the French and American Revolutions. One only has to look at the architecture in many of our modern day cities to see the prevalence of their symbols. It is also worthwhile noting that it is from Freemasonry that Adam Weishaupt went on to establish The Illuminati in 1776.
Watch the Secret History of America's Beginnings to see the Freemasonic religion of the Founding Fathers.
Throughout history the Masons have been subject to much controversy. You will all be familiar with Captain Morgan. Well his real name was William, and he was not a pirate (although it is believed he owned a brewery). In 1826, he started a movement against the Freemasons and threatened to publish a book exposing their secrets. He was kidnapped and subsequently disappeared. A brutalised body turned up some time later that was believed to be him. Following this, Thurlow Weed set up the first Anti-Masonic party. It ran a presidential candidate in 1828, but by 1835, was nearly defunct.
Many Hells Fire Clubs were organised by prominent Masons. It is claimed that these were like masonic orgies, much like the Kubrick film 'Eyes Wide Shut'. Watch here
Freemasonry is divided into a hierarchical structure, in order to conceal knowledge. The first three degrees are as follows – Entered Apprentice, Fellow Craft, and Master Mason, all of which require the candidate to participate in an enacted drama and…
"are a system of initiation that allows men to become familiar with the august and ancient history and principles of Masonry at a comfortable pace. Proceeding from Entered Apprentice to Master Mason in the US can take as little as three months, while in England, the degrees are spaced apart by a year's interval." [2]
After completing the three degrees of Symbolic or Craft Masonry, a Master Mason can proceed down one of two branches… The Scottish Rite or the York Rite [consisting of Royal Arch Masons, Cryptic Masons, and Knights Templar]. The Scottish Rite, the more popular includes the degrees from the 4° to the 32° and should be called additional degrees, rather than higher degrees. The Lodge has its own Constitution and is completely subject to its own jurisdiction.
If it is merely political and economic control that the Masons are after, why is it that still after all this time there is so much mystery that still surrounds them? The secret handshakes, the rituals, the symbols. There is something below the surface, beyond the realm of financial gain.
The origins of the handshakes seem to be in the days of operative masonry, from when it was about concealing the secrets of their trade, so as to continue to have a monopoly of this information. The rituals however raise more questions than they answer….
Alice Bailey, whose husband Foster was a notable Freemason, claims that Freemasonry is the Babylonian Mystery Schools in their purest form. It should be no surprise to hear then that many Freemasons claim to trace their origins back to Nimrod, with the undertaking to build the infamous Tower of Babel. It was Nimrod, and then later also Nebuchadnezzar who first attempted to unify the world under the first World Order of the Babylonian Empire. It is from the Babylonian Empire that much of what we know today as the "mystery religions", the occult, etc appear to have originated and spread throughout the world.
In order to conceal knowledge, Albert Pike, what is known as the Masonic "Bible", Morals and Dogma of the Ancient and Accepted Order of Freemasonry states that lower level initiates are deliberately deceived in what they are involved in:
"Masonry, like all the Religions, all the Mysteries, Hermeticism and Alchemy, conceals its secrets from all except the Adepts and Sages, or the Elect, and uses false explanations and misinterpretations of its symbols to mislead those who deserve only to be misled …""The Blue Degrees are but the outer court or portico of the Temple. Part of the symbols are displayed there to the Initiate, but he is intentionally misled by false interpretations. It is not intended that he shall understand them; but it is intended that he shall imagine he understands them. Their true explication is reserved for the Adepts, the Princes of Masonry." (pp. 104, 105 & 819)That is to say, that most Freemasons have no idea as to what it is they are involved in. Pike's book is said to only be given to the Master Masons, however at some point it was leaked and has now become a matter of public record. It is estimated that for every hundred Masons, ten will read it, three will finish it and only one will understand it. Concealing knowledge is a tactic that is currently being practised by the New World Order in attempting to achieve their goals, most notable through the Rothschild's and Rockefeller's owning the vast majority of media outlets such as Reuter's and Associated Press, Fox News, News of the World, BBC, and the editors of major news outlets attending Bilderberg and Trilateral Commission meetings and promising not to report of any of the proceeding.
So if the low level initiates have no idea what it is they are involved in, it is back to the writings of high level Masons we must return. Most notably Pike and Manly P. Hall, who are considered to be two of the most influential Masons, particularly on philosophical and spiritual matters.
"The Masonic religion should be, by all of us initiates of the high degrees, maintained in the purity of the Luciferian doctrine." (Albert Pike)
"Lucifer, the Light-bearer ! Strange and mysterious name to give to the Spirit of darkness! Lucifer, the Son of the Morning! It is he who bears the Light, and with its splendors intolerable, blinds feeble, sensual or selfish souls? Doubt it not!" – Albert Pike, Morals and Dogma of the ancient and Accepted Scottish Rite of Freemasonry, p321, 19th Degree of Grand Pontiff
"The day has come when Fellow Craftsman (Freemason) must know and apply their knowledge. The lost key to their grade is the mastery of emotion, which places the energy of the universe at their disposal. Man can only expect to be entrusted with great power by proving his ability to use it constructively and selflessly. When the Mason learns that the key to the warrior on the block is the proper application of the dynamo of living power, he has learned the mystery of his CRAFT. The seething energies of LUCIFER are in his hands, and before he may step onward and upward, he must prove his ability to properly apply energy. He must follow in the footsteps of his forefather, Tubal-Cain, who with the mighty strength of the war god hammered his sword into a plowshare." Manly P. Hall, 33rd Degree Mason, K.T., The Lost Keys of Freemasonry or The Secret of Hiram AbiffWhat a revelation! From the first degree, the first Initiation, the Mason is urged mightily to "seek the Light"! It is not until the 19th Degree that it is revealed that Lucifer is the Light which they are worshipping. Lucifer was considered to be one of the highest of God's of angels, many believe a seraphim, who had direct access to the throne of God. He was an angel of light. However, Lucifer fell from his throne of grace, claiming he could be like the most High, rebelling against God and taking one third of God's angels with him. It is thought that Lucifer was jealous of humanity, being made in the image of God and thus as well as bringing some of God's angels down with him, he also sought to bring down humanity. It should come as no surprise then to see his influence in the likes of Masonry and the New World Order, considering he is said to be ruler of this Earth. Whether or not you believe, one thing is for certain – they do!
A look at much of the symbolism of Masonry, only seeks to further prove the conviction that they are worshipping and involved in dark forces. All occult symbolism is in fact dualistic in meaning or interpretation, in that, it has an exoteric or outward meaning (known to the masses) and an esoteric or hidden meaning (known only to the elect few). Let's take a quick look at some of them…
Black and White Floor
"..Yes, Lucifer is god, and unfortunately Adonay [God of the Universe] is also God, for the eternal law is that there is no light without shade, no beauty without ugliness, no white without black, for the absolute can only exist as two gods, darkness being necessary for light to serve as its foil, as the pedestal is necessary to the statue, and the brake to the locomotive..".- General Albert Pike, Grand Commander, sovereign pontiff of universal freemasonry, giving instructions to the 23 supreme councils of the world. Recorded by A.C. De La Rive, La Femme et L'enfant dans La Franc-Maconnerie Universelle, Page 588. Cited from 'The question of freemasonry, ( 2nd edition 1986 by Edward Decker pp12-14)
The 33rd Degree Eagle
The double headed eagle alludes to the nature of man. The head that looks to the east is symbolic of man's spiritual vision and the head that looks west refers to his material visions' (James 1:8 – a double mended man is unstable in all his ways).
This divine eagle with two heads facing away from each other is linked into the meaning of the black and white floor in all masonic lodges.
The All-Seeing Eye
This sysmbol is used with minor variations – in Nazism, on dollar bills, New Age, the Orange Order and in many occult orders.
The All-Seeing Eye is the embelm of Osiris the Creator, whose 'power was symbolised by an eye over a Sceptre. The Sun was termed by the Greeks the Eye of Jupiter, and the Eye of the world; and his (Osiris') is the All-Seeing Eye in our lodges.' – Albert Pike, Morals & Dogma: pages 15-16
Sometimes this symbol is known as 'The Eye of Horus'. In mythology , Horus was born out of the incestuous relationship between Osiris and his sister Isis. As the Babylonian Empire spread South, the so-called Gods of Babylon, Nimrod, Semiramis & Tammuz became known as Horus, Osiris & Isis. The Eye of Horus is the eye of Nimrod, who ruled from a pyramid overlooking Babylon, he claimed to be watching over the whole empire.
The Letter 'G'
In the blue degrees the new Mason is told that the 'G' stands for 'Geometry' or 'God'. The occultist Eliphas Levi, much quoted by Albert Pike in Moral and Dogma explains "G which Freemasons place in the centre of the Burning Star signifies Gnosis and Generation, the two sacred words of the ancient Kabbalah" - Masonic and occult symbols illustrated, Dr. Cathy Burns
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This is all religion you might say, what does it have to do with the New World Order? Personally, it brings to mind the words of David Spangler, Director of Planetary Initiative, United Nations –
"No one may enter the New Age unless he takes a Luciferian Initiation."The United Nations is not the benevolent organisation many believe it to be, being in fact one of the major vehicles for bringing about the New World Order, politically and spiritually, most clearly illustrated in the writings of Alice A. Bailey. The New Age, being the New Age of the World Order. It would appear that they have been slowly initiating us into their way of thinking.
In being familiar with the idea of the New World Order, it should come as no surprise to hear that Masonry has a policy of universality because of course there cannot be a one world order without first being universality.
"Further global progress is now possible, only through a quest for universal consensus in the movement towards a New World Order." – Mikhail Gorbachev, in address at UN, Dec 1988So it will be a consensus and a universal one at that in order to accept this New World Order. Some would maintain that the concept of universality is in fact something that should be aimed for, something that is good, ultimately with it comes the loss of individuality, both personally and nationally, therefore the loss of national boundaries, sovereignty, identity, and heritage. It is the erosion of these things that will bring about the concept of being citizens of Earth and lead us towards a One World Government, i.e. the further consolidation of power into the hands of the few.
Hall himself writes:
"The New Atlantis sets forth an ideal government of the earth. It foretells that day when in the midst of men there shall rise up a vast institution composed of the philosophic elect — an order of illumined men banded together for the purpose of investigating the laws of life and the mysteries of the universe … The age of boundaries is closing, and we are approaching a nobler era when nations shall be no more; when the lines of race and caste shall be wiped out; when the whole earth shall be under one order, one government, one administrative body." -Manly P Hall "Lectures on Ancient Philosophy," published by the Philosophical Research Society Inc, Los Angeles (1970)This concept of the elect to rule the Earth is nothing new, and was laid out in Plato's Republic around 350BC. It was also Plato that first wrote of Atlantis, and it is still unknown as to whether this was an allegorical or literal place. However, we are at a point in time where this world order seems more possible than ever. The world seems smaller than it ever has, and with the failure of national governments, banking systems, the abuse within the church most people are crying out for something better. It should the idea of this New Atlantis that is most startling! While again this is not a new idea – Francis Bacon heralded America to be the New Atlantis and look at how that has turned out! It is being rebranded and remarketed for the new generation through the no doubt mislabelled to deceive New Age (for there is nothing new under the sun). Many New Age teachers tell us that the New Atlantis is soon to rise, and that some of us are volunteer souls, choosing to be here from the previous fall in order to help bring this about. Could this be the same Atlantis Hall is speaking of? Seeing how the masons and Illuminati trace their teachings back to Babylon, yet cry for a new Atlantis, I'd be willing to speculate that the New Atlantis is actually the New Babylon, the New World Order.
Under the banner of universality, all teaching and ideas become accepted as "truth" – no right or wrong. Therefore there is not seen to be one objective truth. However, the very nature of truth dictates that all things cannot be true. If I can make a statement, such as the sky is blue then automatically I have stated that it is not red or yellow, or any other colour other than blue. Therefore truth in its nature is divisive, and it separates truth from lies. Everything cannot be true, this in itself is a lie. If somebody states "There is no objective truth", then I might rebut stating that that sentence isn't necessarily true, therefore there is objective truth, and the original statement becomes a falsehood. Subjective Truth leads to endless paradoxes and is well suited to a world that would like to make their own truth rather than face the cold hard facts. We may be all one of the same species, but we are individuals within that. What works for one of us, will not always work for the other, the same applies to nations. However, mason in their own words are attempting to bring everything under that banner of universality, to be a platform that may be acceptable to all thinkers, and to provide the one world religion.
"A revitalised Masonry, made up of Masons true to their obligations, and realising the Mystic Tie that binds them all together in one true brotherhood, would also provide a platform so universal that it would meet the need of thinkers of all kinds and of every school of thought. It would thus not only meet a religious need by providing a universal religion, but would also satisfy the mental need felt by all broad-minded thinkers at this time." – Foster Bailey, 32nd degree Freemason, husband of Alice Bailey the head of Theosophy and Grande Dame of the New Age Movement.When you think of the Roman Empire, we know they had political and financial control but it was the religious control that sealed the deal, as the emperor was considered to be a God and to be worshipped as such. This practise originated in Babylon, and continued under the Vatican, and it is for this reason it must be sacrificed by the very hand that controls it – to build a climate to accept the new religion of the World, the one that will go hand in hand with their New World Order, and one that many today will welcome.
As you can see freemasonry is one of the many vehicles being used to bring it about the World Order. Considering claims that Nimrod is the father of Freemasonry, the attempted World Order with the construction of the Tower of Babel, the EU poster clearly comparing it to this, the rise in the acceptability of Freemasonic and other occult teaching, particularly in the Truth Movement, it seems that they are telling us, not only their goal, how they will achieve it but also who it is they are working for. However, many of us are not willing to accept this, because of the implications it would mean for everything else we have been taught to believe. Instead we choose to continue to think that this is merely about political and financial gain, and that it will be over once the police state crumbles. This is what we have been prepared to believe. As Gorbachev stated, it must be by consensus that it is to be brought about.
It seems like a classic smoke and mirrors tactic. On one hand they have us looking at the banking and political system, seeing the banking system collapse, the growth of movement such as Occupy Wall Street (which are calling out for global, yes global democracy). This is leading us to believe that the New World Order is collapsing. However, I would suggest that this more the paradigm of the Old World Order we are watching die, and they want it to die. While many are calling for the removal of the 1%, there is still so much secrecy around who this 1% actually are. The likes of the Rothschild, the Rockefellers are kept out of the spot light, while they continue with their agenda and the United Nations continue to be painted as the good guys. When the Old World Order collapses many will rejoice, claiming we have won and defeated the NWO, while at the same time accepting the belief systems and doctrines that they have been writing about as the ultimate achievement of their end goal.
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Quick Heal Security Labs detected an Android Banking Trojan that targets more than 232 banking apps including those offered by Indian banks. The malware is known as Android.banker.A2f8a (Previously detected as Android.banker.A9480).
Like most other Android banking malware, even this one is designed for stealing login credentials, hijacking SMSs, uploading contact lists and SMSs on a malicious server, displaying an overlay screen (to capture details) on top of legitimate apps and carrying out other such malicious activities.
Android.banker.A2f8a is being distributed through a fake Flash Player app on third-party stores. This is not surprising given that Adobe Flash is one of the most widely distributed products on the Internet. Because of its popularity and global install base, it is often targeted by attackers.
After installing the malicious app, it will ask the user to activate administrative rights. And even if the user denies the request or kills the process, the app will keep throwing continuous pop-ups until the user activates the admin privilege. Once this is done, the malicious app hides its icon soon after the user taps on it. In the background, the app carries out malicious tasks – it keeps checking the installed app on the victim's device and particularly looks for 232 apps (banking and some cryptocurrency apps).
If any one of the targeted apps is found on the infected device, the app shows a fake notification on behalf of the targeted banking app. If the user clicks on the notification, they are shown a fake login screen to steal the user's confidential info like net banking login ID and password.
Indicator of compromise is following app has been installed.
App Name: Flash Player
Package name: yqyJqWdtdf.UOaOrquyRDgLFgGueha
MD5: 29cf5cc309c2e29b6afd63eb5ab8fbd2
Size: 115 KB
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Adobe Flash player has been discontinued after Android 4.1 version as it's available in the mobile browser itself. There is no official Adobe Flash Player available on the Google Play Store. Adobe had also announced that it will stop updating and distributing Flash player by the end of 2020 in all formats of browser.
Tips to stay safe
- Avoid downloading apps from third-party app stores or links provided in SMSs or emails.
- Always keep 'Unknown Sources' disabled. Enabling this option allows installation of apps from unknown sources.
- Most importantly, verify app permissions before installing any app even from official stores such as Google Play.
- Install a reliable mobile security app that can detect and block fake and malicious apps before they can infect your device.
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Well, things are starting to pick up! The band are on an Australian tour, Dave's back in the band, fellow members are meeting the band, and more importantly information on the new album is starting to surface. So, I thought I feel like giving someone some free stuff!
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The Sun-Times is pushing video and pushing iPhones on its reporters to snap quick pics from the scene. On one level this is a case of a craft pressured by the hyperimmediacy of the Internet.
But it's also another example of how the low-resolution world of digital media tends to flatten out content, yoking it to metrics, and ultimately to business models that closely monetize what the audience consumes. In the digital realm, content often is made to mirror and reflect – rather than inform – as sites where reconstituted audiences are neither here nor there, to evoke Foucault's account of what lies between utopia and heterotopia. Speed, efficiency, hyperimmediacy at the expense of craft.


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It goes without saying that a construction project involves a plethora of competing interests. There is a lender, a main contractor, subdivision improvers, architects, and many different subcontractors, all of which are competing for limited funds meant to be exchanged for labor, services, and materials. In an ideal world, there are enough funds to pay the full value of all claims for work, services, and materials furnished. However, this is not always the case and is a main reason why Florida has such an in-depth statutory scheme governing construction liens and other claims to funds. As such, this article intends to address the basic vesting and priorities among competing liens.
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My oldest child is in grade 10 this year.
I am often finding myself calculating just how little time I have left with her. I don't know what God has in store for her when she graduates.
As a homeschool teacher and mom, I feel the time slipping away rapidly.
He might give her a heart for the mission field.
Or He might call her to post-secondary education.
Maybe my daughter will work for a year or two before He calls her to something else.
Perhaps God will have her meet a Godly young man in the next few years and they'll get married.
I don't know. But when I think of the 2 1/2 years I have left with her, I begin to see the things that truly matter in my homeschool life.
Top 15 Tips From A Homeschool Teacher and Mom
Have you considered just how much time you have left with your children?
So often we get bogged down by what all of the bloggers and child experts tell us that our children need to learn and achieve before they finish high school.
We get caught in the spin cycle of all-the-things, forgetting that what the world defines as success isn't what God defines as success.
We need to put aside all of the wisdom of man, quiet our hearts, and get alone with God to see what He has to say.
Here are some tips I've learned over the years as a homeschool teacher and mom.
1. Bible and Character Come First
Our kids can have top grades, they can be absolute geniuses. They can be incredible athletes and gifted musicians.
However, if they do not love God as Jesus commanded in Luke 10, then none of that even matters. It is all just filthy rags to God if He isn't using those things for His glory.
If there is just one thing I would want you to take away from this post, it would be this one point. Love for God and His word come first. Every time.
2. Your Marriage Must Be A Priority
Marriage is hard.
It is easy for little annoyances to grow into huge issues. Marriage takes work, commitment, and a humble attitude.
Seek out older couples who have a strong marriage and listen to their wisdom. Don't wait for trouble to come knocking.
Safeguard your marriage now.
I have several helpful posts on marriage on my blog.
3. Include Your Husband
If your husband is like mine, teaching is not his forte. He would rather gouge his eyes out than teach our kids any school subject.
But this doesn't mean that I cannot include him.
I am choosy with what I ask him to 'teach'. For example, he likes money. So, I encouraged him to oversee the kids reading good, character-building books and writing a summary in order for them to earn money.
He is also 'principal' of our homeschool. When there is a more serious behavioral problem, he steps in and addresses it.
Discover ways to include your husband in your homeschool that works for him…and then free him to do these tasks as he sees fit (aka – don't micro-manage).
4. Model What You Preach
Kids learn best by modeling.
If you want your kids to love God with all of their hearts, minds, soul and strength, then you ought to be loving God that way as well.
If you want your children to be compassionate, be compassionate yourself. Modeling a strong, godly marriage will show your children what that is supposed to look like.
Displaying Godly womanhood and manhood will be the best teacher of how to behave as a Godly person. Model what you want them to learn.
Here is a great homeschooling resource that I love!
5. Maintain A Long Term Focus
It is easy to get caught up in the here and now. Remember that you are training Christian adults.
You are preparing them to do God's work, to listen to His calling on their lives.
6. Make One Change A Week
Change is hard. Especially if you need to change a lot! It can be overwhelming.
Instead, prayerfully choose one manageable change per week. If you have mastered that change by the end of the week, make a new change.
If you haven't, then either re-evaluate that change and make some tweaks, or continue on for another week.
7. Be Available
Our lives are busy.
We have this event to plan, this function to attend.
- Weekly lessons
- Cooking
- Shopping
- Lessons to plan.
There is just so much to do. However, this isn't likely to change unless you decide to go 'off the grid'.
As parents, we need to be available to our kids. they aren't going to choose the best timing for when they need to talk. But we need to ensure that we are available to listen and offer advice when they need it.
If we don't make ourselves available to them, the world will.
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8. Explain Expectations
When my kids were young, I would take a few minutes before going anywhere to explain my expectations for behavior.
If I knew they were going to receive a gift, I would tell them how I expected them to react, even if they got socks or something they already had – or something they didn't like.
When we went to the grocery store, I explained how I expected them to behave while shopping.
Trips to the park or play dates could end in one of 2 ways- with a fight or joyfully.
I prepared them for leaving by discussing my expectations with them before we arrived at our destination. When they complied, I thanked them for their awesome behavior and obedience and told them that when they obey it makes me happy to take them places and I'd joyfully take them again.
Once in a while, my children would observe or be the recipient of ill-behaved children and we would have to debrief afterward.
Like when the kid threw sand in my daughter's face and mom didn't do much about it.
I would use these instances as teaching moments for my expected good behavior. Explaining expectations helps children know exactly what is expected of them.
9. Model Godly Character
Model the type of Godly behavior you expect to see in your children. If you aren't exhibiting Godly behavior yourself, don't demand it from your kids.
When you treat your kids with respect, they will learn to respect others.
If kindness is on your tongue (Proverbs 31:26), kindness will be on theirs.
Are you giving grace? Is your home peaceful? Model what you want from your children.
10.Have A Ministry
God gives us a passion for ministry of some kind.
This can be with young moms, children, the homeless, youth…the list is endless. What is it that God wants you to do?
How does He want you to minister to someone?
Discover what that is and involve the kids somehow. This is a great character building opportunity…for everyone
11. Behavioral Absolutes
There is just some behavior that is completely unacceptable – no matter what.
Defiance is one of those and my kids know this – and now that they are older, they see the reasons why by observing parents who do turn a blind eye to defiance and the consequences of ignoring it.
They regularly express their thankfulness of knowing behavioral boundaries.
Training The Heart
12. Winning and Keeping Your Child's Heart
Our kids need to know that we are on their side, we are for them. Listen to them – look beyond the behavior and what they are saying to find the underlying issue. Fight for their hearts.
13. Passion Projects
What is your child passionate about? Discover that God-given passion and use it to your advantage! Our kids don't have to be the best at everything. God puts passions in our hearts for a reason – to fulfill His plan!
14. Differentiate Between Childishness and Foolishness
Are kids are children and they are going to do dumb things. It's normal. And it is important for us to understand the difference between childish behavior, like spilled juice or dropping the carton of eggs (or leaving the freezer door open…a tough lesson for me to learn) and defiance, rudeness, and disobedience.
15. Be Quick To Apologize and Forgive
Yes, apologize to your children if you have sinned against them. And forgive them when they have sinned against you. Offer tons of grace. Endless grace. To them and to yourself.
Which of these tips are you going to commit to developing right now?
Instead of trying to improve in several of these areas (that's what I'd try to do!), pick just one thing to work on. If you are doing well in these areas, ask God where He wants to work in your life.
There is always one area to grow more in!
For more parenting topics, I have several parenting posts on my blog for further reading.
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This sign was demolished some years ago and although attempts have been made to get it replaced these have not been successful. However. Highways have ordered a new sign which will be delivered and put in place early in the new financial year.
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Have you recently received a call that your service member has become very seriously injured (VSI) or seriously injured (SI)? Do you have a child who will be affected by your wounded warrior's injury? Are you struggling to prepare your child for the emotional impact that your wounded warrior's injury may have on his or her life?
If so, you can strive to overcome these challenges by preparing your child for what may occur during the first visit to your wounded warrior's bedside. No one knows how your child will react when first seeing your wounded warrior; however, understanding your child's emotional needs, planning ahead, and providing support to your child before, during, and after the initial visit may set the tone for how he or she will interact on future visits.
Seeing a seriously injured service member can be emotionally distressing to children and teenagers. One aspect of preparing young people for the experience is knowing how to communicate with children of different ages.
According to the Center for the Study of Traumatic Stress (CSTS), young children are less likely to need to know the details about the injury that a teenager would require. Depending on your child's age, use appropriate language that he or she will understand. Describe your wounded warrior's injury from a child's point of view. Younger children may find it helpful if you show where your wounded warrior is injured by using a doll, puppet, or other prop. Be aware of certain disclosures when talking to younger children about your wounded warrior's condition. Do not provide details to a child who is not ready to hear them.
School-age children, preteens, and teenagers are able to understand certain concepts and definitions, making it easier for you to explain certain medical terminology associated with your wounded warrior. Also, teenagers may feel as though they are being drawn back into their parents' lives at a time when they are learning to become independent. Parents or guardians should not expect a teenager to take on the adult role in the family now that the service member is wounded.
Regardless of your child's age, provide reassurance that your wounded warrior is still the same person even though he or she may look different. Provide comfort by letting your child know that it is okay to be angry, frightened, or sad.
Knowing what actions to take before, during, and after your child's first visit to your wounded warrior's bedside will help all members of the family cope with the situation.
For additional resources related to children's responses to wounded warriors and hospitals, download the Hero Handbook or check out the Military One Source guide "Child's Stress and Grief: Preparing a Child to See an Injured Service Member for the First Time."
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text: In 2009, the Museum asked our curatorial assistant, accomplished cabinetmaker Boyd Hutchison, if he would fabricate a new base for the piece modeled on the base of the one at Duxbury, with adjustments accurately reflecting the remaining elements. The old base was documented, removed, and stored with the case of drawers. It was loose and apparently had been removed before. The new base was constructed as an independent piece so the case can be set securely in the base without any fasteners and can be easily restored to its condition at the time of acquisition. It is like having a new piece in the collection–one that we could move to the forefront of any exhibition and feel we were presenting an accurate representation of the Shaker craftsman's original intent and design.


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A reminder that the early bird deadline (31/01) for the ZêzereArts Festival is approaching. The Festival will take place from July 15th to 22nd in Tomar, Portugal.
Directed by Brian MacKay (formerly the principal conductor of Chamber Choir Ireland), the 2017 ZezereArts Festival promises to offer singers of all levels a unique opportunity to perform exciting repertoire in world heritage buildings in central Portugal. With three strands, singers can choose from singing Haydn's Creation with the symphonic chorus, performing Mozart's Mass in F major and exploring repertoire by Tchaikovsky and Rachmaninoff with the festival choir, or joining the chamber choir for yet more challenging repertoire, including workshopping and performing works with the 2017 Festival Composer, Eurico Carrapatoso.
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The latest meeting between the Department for Transport (DfT), Civil Aviation Authority (CAA) and representatives from the UK Model Flying Associations took place yesterday afternoon at the DfT offices in London.
The most urgent matter to address was the recent change to the Air Navigation Order (ANO) which introduced (in Article 94A) a 400ft height limit on the operation of all Small Unmanned Aircraft (SUA) which will come into effect on the 30th July 2018. Whilst the changes to the ANO are largely aimed at regulating 'drones', the 400ft restriction will also apply to model aircraft below 7Kg.
However, we are pleased to report that agreement was reached that the Model Flying Associations will collectively apply for an exemption from Article 94A to allow their members to continue operating model aircraft below 7Kg above 400ft as they do under the current ANO. The DfT and CAA were supportive of this course of action and did not foresee any reason why the exemption would not be in place in time for the 30th July.
Negotiations on the other changes introduced in the ANO, namely operator registration and online testing of pilots remain ongoing, but for now it is business as usual for members of the BMFA, LMA, SAA & FPVUK. Happy flying!
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Past Meetings Archive
Indian Textiles
Speaker: Jeevak Parpia and Banoo Parpia
Unrolling Sanctuary
Speaker: Jackie von Treskow, Program Director at the For-Site Foundation in San Francisco
Hamadan Weavings
Speaker: A.E. "Tad" Runge
Russian Double-Faced Kashmir Style Shawls
Speaker: Maleyne Syracuse
Lampung Imagery Textile Iconography of Sumatra
Speaker: Thomas Murray
12th and 13th Century Textile Finds at the Chungul Kurgan
Speaker: Warren T. Woodfin
Recent Studies on the 'Transylvanian' Group
Speaker: Stefano Ionescu
Reconstructing Soft Furnishings in Medieval Ethiopian Rock-Cut Churches
Speaker: Mikael Muehlbauer
Portable Storage: Tribal Weavings from the Collection of William and Inger Ginsberg
Speaker: Deniz Beyazit
Fredrik R. Martin, the Missing Man
Speaker: Thomas Farnham
Annual Business Meeting and Old Fashioned Show & Tell
Qashqa'i Warp-Faced Weavings
Speaker: Fred Mushkat
Exploring Tibetan Weavings
Speaker: Nicholas Wright
Carpets for Kings: Six Masterpieces of Iranian Weaving
Speaker: Sheila Canby
All day visit to Winterthur Museum in Winterthur, Delaware
Carpathian Echoes: Textile Materials and Technology in the Carpathian Mountains of Romania and Ukraine
Speaker: Florica Zaharia
Colors of the Oasis: 19th Century Central Asian Textiles and Their Modern Revival
Speaker: Bruce Baganz
Peter Pap Booth Talk
Speaker: Peter Pap
Re-envisioning Japan: Meiji Fine Art Textiles
Speaker: John Vollmer
The Evolution of a Collector: George Hewitt Myers
Speaker: Sheridan Collins
Olana: The Home of Painter Frederic Edwin Church
An Attempt To Group the Origin of Some Central Anatolian Carpets Made Between 1500-1650
Speaker: Michael Franses
Creating New Carpets Using Ancient Techniques
Speaker: Bahram Shabahang
Annual Club Meeting & Members' Show & Tell
African Textiles and Dress: Highlights from the Newark Museum Collection
Speaker: Dr. Christa Clarke
James F. Ballard Collection of Oriental Rugs
Speaker: Walter Denny
Field Trip to the Newark Museum
Mary Hunt Kahlenberg
Speaker: Richard Tuttle
Border Crossings: Three 19th Century Iranian Artists
Speaker: Layla Diba
The Splendor of Persian Pictorial Carpets and the Stories They Tell
Speaker: Judge Jeffrey G. Berry
Early Inscribed Textiles from the Textile Museum,
Conspicuous Display of Authority
Speaker: Sumru Krody
Rug Conservation
Speaker: Richard Newman
Symbols of Power: Luxury Textiles from Islamic Lands
Speaker: Louise Mackie
Preview of Sotheby's Auction
"Carpets and Textiles from Distinguished Collections"
Speaker: Mary Jo Otsea
The Hajji Baba Club Annual Picnic
Art Deco Hooked Rugs: Modernist Folk Art
Speaker: Lawrence Kearney
Reassembling a Persian Beauty & How To Kill a Moth – Tips and Tricks To Preserve Your Treasures
Speaker: Anna Beselin
Exotic Encounters – Reading Two 18th Century Chintzes
Speaker: John Guy
Back to The Future – Reconstruction of Anatolian Carpets From Renaissance Paintings
Speaker: Ali Riza Tuna
Where Does the Baluch Camel Ground Tree of Life Design Come From?
Speaker: DeWitt Mallary
SECRETS AND LI: Layers of Mystery in Dragon Tapestries from Hainan, China
Speaker: Lee J. Chinalai
The Oriental Carpet as "Islamic Art"
Speaker: Wendel Swan
The 1933 Exhibition of "Old Spanish Rugs" in Madrid: Carpets, Collectors, and Dealers
Speaker: Heather Ecker
Uncle Henry and Lord Duveen's Carpets
Speaker: Thomas J. Farnham
Myth & Design
Speaker: Thomas Cole
Textile Crafts from Western India
Speaker: Roger and Claire Pratt
Continuing Traditions
Speaker: Gail Martin
Sogdian Traders & Silk Textiles
Speaker: Carlo Christi
Ottoman Rugs & Romanian Folk Kilims
Speaker: Stefano Ionescu
Early Rugs from the Nazmiyal Collection
Unraveling Identity: Our Textiles, Our Stories
Speaker: Lee Talbot
City Court and Workshop Inspired Carpets
Anatolian Kilims and Their History
Speaker: Vedat Karadag
Imperial Portraits and Costume from Ancient Assyria to Qajar Iran As Ritual Performance
Speaker: Ira Spar
19th c. Village and Tribal Rugs
The Dragon Chasing the Horse – Or Was it the Other Way Around?
Speaker: Koos de Jong
Ottoman Influences on Islamic Batik from Indonesia, A Context of Understanding
Speaker: Thomas Murray
Artist-Designed Rugs by Parviz Tanavoli, Iran's Formost Sculptor
Speaker: Parviz Tanavoli
The Hajji Baba Club Annual Picnic
Annual Meeting & Show and Tell
Kang Collection and Sotheby's NYC
Ratti Center – Metropolitan Museum of Art
Off the Beaten Path
Speaker: Jeff Spurr
A Sultan's Present – the Robe of Honor in the Museum of Islamic Art, Berlin
Speaker: Gisela Helmecke
Celestial Geometry as a Soul Carrier to The Other World
Speaker: Eberhart Herrmann
Woven Transport and Storage Bags
Speaker: Raoul Tschebull (Mike)
The Steps of the Dragon
Speaker: Denise Cain
Carpets and the Metropolitan Museum of Art: Recent Past and Long-term Future
Speaker: Walter Denny
Carpets of Gold and Silk
Speaker: Dan Walker
Fifty Years of Collecting
Speaker: Mae Festa
Hispanic Society Field Trip
Speaker: Sally Sherrill
Qaraqalpaqs Of The Aral Delta
Speaker: David and Sue Richardson
Central Asian Ikat Coats in the Ashmolean Museum
Speaker: Ruth Barnes
New York's Great Carpet Collectors – Marquand to McMullan
Speaker: Professor Thomas Farnham
Islamic Carpets and Textiles for the ALTICALSA Galleries at The MET: Conservation and Display
Speaker: Florica Zaharia
The Origin Of Piled Weaving
Speaker: Elena Tsareva
Aroma of Romance in Middle Eastern Art
Speaker: Shelia Canby
Turkmen Engsi
Speaker: Kurt Munkacsi
Rugs are All About Color! But What Does That Mean?
Speaker: Wendel Swan
Sothebys Auction Preview
Speaker: Mary Jo Otsea
Reciprocal Trefoil Border in East Turkestan and Elsewhere
Speaker: Hans Koenig
Late Mamluk Carpets: Some New Observations
Speaker: Dr. Jon Thompson
Speaker: DeWitt Mallory
Mae Festa: My First Forty Years of Collecting
Speaker: Jeff Spurr
Textile Design Influences in Turkish Rugs
Speaker: Gerard Paquin
Fez & Kilims
Speaker: Peter Bichler
Speaker: Elena Phipps
Topkapi Textiles
Speaker: Paul Hepworth
Turkish Rugs
Speaker: Stefano Ionescu
Surprise Topic
Speaker: Michael Franses
Re-opening of the Islamic Galleries at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Speaker: Navina Haidar
Japanese Textiles at the Metropolitan Museum of Art
Speaker: Joyce Denney
Textiles as Art – Textiles as Artifacts
Speaker: Gail Martin
The Orientalists: Oriental Carpets in 19th Century European and American Paintings
Speaker: Walter Denny
The Marvelous Reality of Peru
Speaker: James Reid
The Textiles of Kyrgyzstan
Speaker: Eileen Anne Malloy
Shaped Indian Carpets of the 17th Century
Speaker: Daniel Walker
Color as a Tool to Identify Anatolian Carpets
Speaker: Samy Rabinovic
Beyond Babylon: Art, Trade, Costume and Diplomacy in The Second Millennium B.C.E.
Speaker: Ira Spar
Anatolian Yastiks: Small Wonders
Speaker: Dennis Dodds
Oriental Rug Fakes and Copies: Teodor Tuduc
Speaker: Alberto Boralevi
Contemporary View of Old Caucasian Village Rugs
Speaker: Raoul "Mike" Tschebull
Tribal Weavings: Symbolism and Meaning through the Eyes of the Creator
Speaker: Peter Davies
Qing Imperial Robes in the Palace Museum Collection
Speaker: John Vollmer
Dragon & Lattice Carpets of the 17th & 18th Centuries
Speaker: Paul Ramsey
The Three Ballard Collections
Speaker: Walter Denny
17th Century Mughal Style and It's European Influences
Speaker: Frank Ames


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Alpine AD-7100
"This player incorporates a microcomputer and random access memory for ultra-convenient operation which combines with the new super-high performance levels created by Kenwood - Toshiba produced the original - Digital Audio Disc technology"
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Research Project
Grant-in-Aid for international Scientific Research
In order to identify oncogenes in hepatocellular carcinoma in China, several institutes in China have been visited including China Medical College, Guiyang Medical College and Xinjiang Medical College. Patient's record, resected liver specimen and histology have been examined and documented. Total of 17 cases have been collected avoiding those in which transarterial embolisation and/or chemotherapy have been used - the former causes necrosis of tumor mass and the latter possible derangement to the DNA.Frozen resected liver specimen brought back to Kyushu University Faculty of Medicine, Department of Surgery I have been used for identification of oncogenes by isolating DNA.From 14 specimens, high molecular weight DNAs were prepared. These cellular DNA samples (30 mug/dish) were used to transfect mouse NIH/3T3 cells together with pSV2hph (1mug/dish) using modified calcium phosphate precipitation method. The cells were incubated for 13 hours with the DNA precipitate and then freed from th
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e DNA. Thirty six hours after transfection, they were divided into three dishes, and refed with Dulbecco's modified Eagle's medium supplemented with 5% calf serum and Hygromycin B (150mug/ml) every 4 days. Morphologically transformed foci that appeared after incubation 14-21 days in 8 initial DNA samples (primary foci) were scored and isolated. The DNAs of the primary foci were analyzed by Southern blot hybridization with human placenta DNA as a probe for the presence of human-specific repeated sequences (Alu seq.). Fourteen DNA samples from primay foci originating from 7 initial DNA preparations retained large amounts of the human DNA sequences (primary transformants).The DNAs of the primary transformants were then used for the next round of transfection to obtain secondary transformants. Twelve secondary transformants were obtained independently from 9 different primary transformants, which originated from 3 different samples. The results of Southern blot hybridization of the secondary transformants gave patterns different from those of K-ras and H-ras. These secondary transformants did not give hybridization signals when N-ras, Ica and hst-1 DNAs were used as probes. Thus there might be unknown oncogenes in these secondary transformants. Presently we are screening of the lambda phage and the cosmid libraries prepared from the secondary transformants. Less
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Longslice Brewery was founded in March 2014 by Bracebridge brothers Jimmy & John Peat. The pair agreed to take turns concocting new recipes each time they brew, and Jimmy set the bar high with Longslice's first official brand, Hopsta La Vista - a hybrid English/American Style IPA. Longslice followed with John's Loose Lips Lager and proudly introduced tall cans of both beers at better bars and select LCBOs.


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This evening Rocket Man and I attended a fundraiser in St. Paul at which Hugh Hewitt, our favorite talk show host, was the guest of honor. Hugh is an extraordinarily talented guy, but the most striking thing about him is his magnanimity. He is the only person I have ever met in his position who expends effort to lift up others around him. We are grateful for the many readers he has directed to our site and look forward to getting together with him again when he returns to Minnesocold (as he calls it). At the fundraiser we also met our favorite blogger, James Lileks. Hugh was almost as excited to meet him as we were.
Our faithful reader (courtesy of Hugh Hewitt) James Melcher introduced himself to us, and we also caught up with our friend and faithful reader Rich Pogin. Mrs. Rocket Man proposed that we use some of our Claremont slush fund to host an event or two of our own, and if we can get Deacon's authorization, we will start brainstorming ideas to draw down the fund.
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