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As we know, on 8th August Saudi government passed many regulations which have been implemented from 1st of Muharram 1438. The two major regulations passed on that day are related to hike in visa fee and change in fines for traffic violations. With the start of new Hijri year, these changes have been implemented. There were also rumors that the fine for crossing red light has been increased to SR 6,000. However, recently it has been noticed that people have been getting tickets worth SR 3,000 for crossing a red light. It was published in the newspapers that time that the fine will be increased to SR 6,000. One of our readers shared with us a ticket of SR 6,000 for crossing a red light. However, it appears that Traffic Department took pity on people and reduced the fine for crossing a red light to SR 3,000 now.[irp]
Penalty: SR3,000-SR6,000 fine and vehicle seizure: The following violations used to be treated as Category I violations. There was a fine of SR 500 to SR 900 on them. I am not sure, if they have changed the penalty on all category I violations or just following items. Recommended: List of Traffic Fines in Saudi Arabia[irp]
1-Crossing Red Signal will cost SR 3,000 plus seizure of the vehicle. A couple of years ago culprits used to spend 24 hours behind bars before paying the fine of SR 500. Recommended: Crossing Red Light will result in 24 Hours Jail
2-Overtaking school buses while they pick up or drop off children
3-Using illegal number plates or number plate of other vehicles
4-Fitting accessories that are permitted only for official vehicles or emergency vehicles
5-Tampering road signs reflectors and poles
6-Refusing to stop at checkpoints or when security patrols ask for it
7-Displaying logos or stickers that are against public etiquette
Penalty: SR 1,000 to SR2,000 fine. The following violations used to be treated as Category II violations. There was a fine of SR 300 to SR 500 on them. I am not sure if they have changed the penalty on all category II violations or just following items. Recommended: List of Traffic Fines in Saudi Arabia
1-Stopping on railway track
2-Carrying passengers exceeding the permitted number on the vehicle registration card (Istimara)
3-Refusing to show driving license or Istimara (when asked by authorities)
4-Not displaying number plate of vehicle
5-Failure to wear helmet by motorcyclists
6-Seizing driving license or Istimara of another person or giving it on mortgage
Penalty: SR 5,000-SR10,000 fine and vehicle seizure
1-Obliterating or attempt to obliterate special features of a vehicle
2-Driving under the influence of alcohol or drugs
3-Carrying out any activities on the road without prior coordination (with the concerned authorities)
Penalty: SR10,000 – SR 60,000
1-Failure of a motorist involved in an accident to stop at the scene and failure to take the initiative to inform the competent department and provide possible assistance to those injured in the accident. – SR 10,000
2-A drifter or stunt driver will face;
- The seizure of vehicle for 15 days and a fine of SR20,000 for first violation
- The seizure of vehicle for 30 days and a fine of SR40,000 for second violation
- The vehicle will be seized and a fine of SR60,000 will be slapped, and the violator will be referred to the court.
Many people have commented on this blog that the above-mentioned regulations have not been implemented yet. Thanks to God!
Source: Saudi Gazette
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Things To Do in GrabouwSuicide Gorge and Riviersonderend
Dams & Vleis Extreme Sports Hiking Trails Cape Helderberg Cape Overberg
Where? Start and finish at Hottentots Holland Nature Reserve.
When? The route is only open between 1 November and 30 April (note: there is little to no shade, and on a scorching hot day, things can get seriously uncomfortable!
How? Call CapeNature on +27 (0)21 483-0190
How much? Price on request
Overnight? Stay at accommodation in Grabouw, in Western Cape
Start: Hottentots Holland Nature Reserve
Finish: Hottentots Holland Nature Reserve
Duration: a 17 km circular route, which easily takes 9 hours; start early so that you return before dark
Fitness: let's just say you need to be an adventurer
Our tip: you'll need a permit to go on this hike, go with an experienced kloofer, and wear lightweight hiking shoes
Regarded as one of South Africa's most thrilling hikes, Suicide Gorge re-opened in late 2014 amidst much excitement. Aptly named for its death-defying jumps from cliffs that range between 3 and 20 metres, the walk is for the brave.
If this sounds too difficult for you, start with the Riviersonderend kloofing trail - gorgeous scenery, along which you can still experience the excitement of kloofing, including a number of jumps off the cliffs into rocky pools below, but without the element of danger.
Kloofing fundis sometimes do both kloofs in a day visit, moving from one into the other with ease. But if you're not extremely fit, or a confident kloofer, stick to one and make it the Riviersondered kloof, even though it appears longer (24 km round trip).
Now with clearer signage, compulsory waterproof maps (you can get these on sale at the gate), and various safety upgrades and improvements, the Suicide Gorge trail is for experienced hikers who get a kick out of overcoming their fear of heights.
To reach the kloof entails a good 8.4 km hike into the mountains, before the kloofing starts. Even though this part of the hike is only 1.3 km in length, it's extremely steep and entails a number of high jumps, the highest of which is 14 metres. Be prepared to spend about 80% of this leg in the water - you'll do a lot of swimming and you will stay wet for much of the time (you may want a wetsuit for the cooler months).
The scenery is jaw-dropping.
More Information
For a first hand review of this hike see "Suicide Gorge � the ultimate kloofing experience".
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1.1 The person responsible for the account (hereafter the Account Holder) as set out in the standard Application for Admission (hereafter the Application herewith assumes liability for the account, alternatively binds him/herself as co-debtor and surety for the payment of all fees to the School.
1.2 The legal guardian, as described in the Application, binds him/herself as surety and co-debtor for the payment of all fees by the Account Holder or any other payments that may arise from this Agreement.
2.1 It is recorded that fees are determined at the beginning of the month and that the Account Holder is informed of the results in writing.
2.2 The Account Holder shall immediately inform the school if he/she has not received an invoice at the start of the academic month.
2.3 Fees for 12 (twelve) months are payable monthly in advance by means of debit order on or before the 1st (first) day of each calendar month or annually in advance by 31 December, depending on the fee payment option exercised by the Account Holder in the Application.
2.4 The school reserves the right to charge interest of 15% (fifteen per cent) on all accounts that are in arrears by 30 (thirty) days or longer.
2.5 Payment of monthly fees is not subject to presentation of a statement. Payments are made in accordance with the application fee structure of the school.
2.6 In the event where an existing account is/has not been managed in the proper manner, no further Applications will be considered.
2.7 In the event of any one monthly payment not paid on due date, full amount of the annual fees shall immediately become due and payable. In the event of any one terms fees not being paid on the due date for the payment of the term fees, the full amount of the school tuition fees for the entire year shall immediately become due and payable.
In the event where the undersigned surety, Account Holder or legal guardian commits a breach of contract of any of the terms of this Agreement, the school may in its sole discretion without notice:
3.1 Refuse the child entry to the school's premises until the breach has been remedied; or
3.2 Claim damages from the Account Holder and/or the surety and legal guardian; or
3.3 Take whatever legal steps that may be necessary.
4.1 This Agreement constitutes the whole Agreement between the parties relating to the subject matter hereof. No amendment or consensual cancellation of this Agreement or any provision or term thereof or of any Agreement, bill of exchange or other document issued or executed pursuant to or in terms of the Agreement and no settlement of any disputes arising under this Agreement and no extension of time, waiver or relaxation or suspension of any of the provisions or terms of this Agreement or of any Agreement, bill or exchange or other document issued pursuant to or in terms of this Agreement shall be binding unless recorded in a written document signed by the parties. Any such extension, waiver or relaxation or suspension which is so given or made shall be strictly construed as relating strictly to the matter in respect whereof it was made or given.
4.2 No representation, promise, warranty or guarantee other than as recorded in this Application for Admission shall be binding on the parties.
This Agreement is subject to the South African law.
The Account Holder, surety or legal guardian hereby consents to the disclosure and exchange of personal financial information to a credit bureau or financial institution in accordance with the National Credit Act.
The parties choose as their domicilia citandi et executandi the addresses set out in the Application.
In the event where the school takes legal action against the Account Holder, he/she will be liable for all legal fees on an attorney-client scale, collection costs and commission, interest and tracing fees.
The Account Holder undertakes to give full term's written the notice of termination of the enrollment of a child at Sandton Junior School, failing which the liability be incurred for the full amount of the following term's fees.
The school shall be entitled to terminate the enrollment of any child under the following circumstances:
Summarily, and with immediate effect, if the child is guilty of an offence which, in the sole opinion of the school, renders his / her continued enrollment at the school impossible, in which event the Account Holder, after deduction of all amounts otherwise owing to the school, will be refunded a pro-rata proportion of any fees already paid in advance in respect of such child.


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Once again it is worth recalling that before the road it is necessary to make a complete vehicle maintenance. Staff at the station should check the status of the chassis, adjust the tire pressure, check the level of all process fluids. In addition, in a long journey you must always a spare tire, jack, tools, instructions for this vehicle model.
You should have traffic rules, maps of the area where you want to go. GPS-navigator will help in the way, and, best of all, it is desirable to plan a route using a variety of online services.
Check the trunk for the presence of fire extinguishers, first aid kits, blankets, disposable tableware and towels, a knife, gasoline cans, cans with water.
The long journey devices that work from the cigarette lighter – thermoses, chargers, coffee maker, kettle will become indispensable helpers.
If the trip takes place in another country, it is desirable to have a phrase book and guide emergency services.


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How to Find Right Direction for Learning in Millions Modern World Opportunities
There are countless jobs in the world. You can be a pilot, a caregiver, a soldier, an island caretaker and so much more. There are probably more jobs than all of your friends put together. In other words, you simply can't say that the world is short of exciting careers. If anything, all you have to do is ask the person next to you in the subway train what they do for a living and you will be surprised at the answer you get.
The good thing about the world is that you can become anything you want and almost at any time you want. However, every other person has unique skills, abilities, experiences and of course opportunities in life, everyone will be best suited to become one thing and not the other. The sheer immensity of the number of careers out there and the possibility of transforming your life at any time should serve as a motivation for everyone. That's why it is extremely important that you think through every one of your important decisions in life:
Figure out what you want early in life
This is true for some people and for others it is not. At an early age, every child has to suffer the incessant question from many people on what they would like to be when they are all grown up. At times, the answer is as easy as saying the career of your mother or father. At other times, it is tough because you really have no idea what you want to be. No one person has an answer to what they want to be. That's why people change careers even when they are in their 40s. However, at an early age, if you have enough passion for being anything, stick by your dreams. But always beware that there is no definite answer when it comes to the career you want to pursue.
Determine your natural talents early enough
There are many things that we are capable of in our lives. However, there are those things that we are often complimented on. The things that make others applaud us often. It could be running fast, remembering stuff, doing the math and so on. It is being able to identify such things that will help us have a head-start in our lives. At your workplace, the things that make you happy and which make you a star are most definitely the ones that you should focus on when planning on advancing your career.
Where do you like working at and how?
There are many careers today that demand that one travels to other parts of the country or world while there are those that require a person to be stationary for years. In some instances, some careers require that a person works from their homes or from anywhere – the regional office or from the corporate headquarters. Volunteering may help you define on practice what you prefer most. But if you don't like too much travelling, volunteering might not a good option for you. At other times, you will find that you prefer traveling rather than having a permanent workstation.
There are many people who prefer to work in a structured environment. Such a working environment would be simply one where everything is predefined. A good example is like in cashiering in a bank; the cashier has a well-defined procedure to follow when handing out cash or receiving customer deposits. Other people prefer unstructured work, which makes them make decisions as they work. Determining how you prefer to work early enough ensures that you get the best results.
Balancing between your social life and work
There are an increasing number of employees who are unhappy because they are not able to balance between their work and their social life as well as their family life. This has to more people becoming stressed at their workplaces and at times even depressed. There is a close link between the career you chose and the time you have at your hands.
The money you want to earn
Of course, money is one of the most important factors to consider when picking a career path for a majority of people. After all, your success in life is pegged on how much you earn. Your future plans in terms of getting married, having children, becoming the breadwinner or even buying a home in the future will determine what career you go for. Looking for a career whose money reward matches your current as well as your future expectations is not that hard to find.
Christine Allen is young writer and blogger at essaystorm.com. She believes that you can get everything that you want. You just need to be sure in what you really want and be patient. You can follow her on Facebook or Twitter.


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text: Leggett Kitchens has been donating their excess cabinets, countertops, and appliances to Habitat for Humanity for many years now. Recently we picked up excess (scratch/dented) products from USA babies and donated the products to a newly expectant mother in the Pittsburgh area. Let us not only help you design your new kitchen and bath, but we can also help you by donating your existing cabinets and countertops!


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At Yale we were blessed with an array of libraries from which to choose: handsome rooms outfitted in dark wood and cracked leather, of course, but also sleek spaces with Saarinen chairs and a monumental chamber of translucent marble that in the waning hours glowed warmly, like Christmas decorations coming alive at night. It's a shame I spent most of my time dozing in armchairs.
I still wax nostalgic about college, and sometimes when I need to do work, I forego the neighborhood cafe and go to a library instead. Not all of them are glamorous. Sometimes they are overrun with passersby leeching free air conditioning and Wi-Fi. But always there is the student flipping mindlessly through his phone and the other one sprawled face-down on the table, echoes of a former self.
Once, with a project proposal deadline pending, I stationed myself in the State Library of Victoria. Through the La Trobe Reading Room I paced, crisscrossing through rows of heavy chairs and green-glass lamps that were all the same, really, but not convincingly same enough to deter me from the self-important deliberateness of marking out a space as my own. I know what shoes I wore that day because I can still hear the clack of my heels reverberating through the chamber, up into the webbing of the dome.
I did choose a seat, and I did open my laptop, but productivity never took hold—I wrote maybe two emails—and then my friend materialized, and we went off to get lunch.
Libraries, in the end, are havens for procrastinators. And so all libraries need one of these spaces: luminous, spacious, endlessly distracting.
A magnificent neoclassical building originally constructed in 1856, the State Library of Victoria has continued to expand and renovate its chambers over the years. Most iconic is the La Trobe Reading Room; the octagonal space extends six stories up to the glass dome, and rows of desks and islands of tables radiate out from the center like spokes on a wheel. Also worth checking out are the paintings exhibited in the Cowen and Keith Murdoch Galleries and the strikingly hued Red and Blue Rotundas. Throughout the day, the front lawn is a popular congregation point for locals. The nighttime illuminations are lovely.
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You've heard it for years.
"Paper is dying".
"Print magazines are on life support."
"Soon it will be all digital".
The first two statements are true, IMHO, it's just been a much slower death than initially predicted.
The third statement is what I want to discuss, but just the printed floppy comic book issues.
When, if ever, do you think comic book floppies will be entirely digital, with TPBs being the primary comic book related items sold in bookstores? Within 5 years? 10 years? 20 years? Never?
Why? And are you looking forward to it or not?
Me, I've been hearing that print is dying due to paper prices rising ... for decades now. It's definitely going away, but reports of its demise always seem greatly exaggerated.
I think floppies go all-digital within the next ten years. So by 2028, no more print floppies by any major publishers. I am not sure if I am looking forward to this change.


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Located at 2101 Louisiana Avenue, The Dr. Everett and Melva Williams Building is an apartment building providing housing for those who are formerly homeless or low income, with preference for homeless veterans. Woodward Design+Build acted as general contractor on this 42 unit multifamily project.
In what was previously an underutilized building, Woodward completed a total renovation of the 5-story concrete structure on a constrained site to create a 49,444 square foot residential building. During construction, the Woodward team completely renovated the interior space, modifying stairwells and walls and adding in a new elevator and MEP systems. The exterior panel design was modified during the construction process. The U-shaped building has both a first floor exterior patio and second floor deck located over the first floor parking garage.
The renovated residential complex includes a leasing area, fitness rooms and community rooms, as well as on-site case management, computer labs and 24/7 security. Many of these amenities serve the purpose of helping residents live independently and maintain stable housing. This is yet another step towards fighting homelessness in the City of New Orleans.
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CategoryMulti-Family Housing Construction
DesignHCI Architecture
Size49,444 Square Feet
LocationNew Orleans, LA
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Crazy Bulk – Get In Shape The Natural Way
What Is Crazy Bulk?
Crazy Bulk is a company founded in 2004 in the USA. Since then, they have been manufacturing and directly selling premium natural health supplements intended for use by both professional and amateur athletes alike. They offer a wide range of products made for specific fitness and health purposes. For example, you have a series of products for bulking, cutting, losing weight, gaining weight, building lean muscle, increasing testosterone levels, and many more.
What make this company stand out from other supplement manufacturers is the fact that Crazy Bulk only uses natural ingredients to manufacture their products. Crazy Bulk natural supplements are advertised as "natural steroids", but are not actually anabolic steroids. Instead, they can be considered natural steroid replacements, as they have the same muscle-building effects as illegal anabolic steroids, but with none of the harsh side effects associated with steroid use.
Crazy Bulk sell their products directly from their official website. Because of this, they can offer amazing discounts and low prices all year round, because no extra fees need to go to third-party resellers. The official website is packed with offers on a wide range of products, and, at the moment, the most popular offer is the Buy 2 Get 1 Free, that applies to any product featured in the online store.
This company offers a standard 30 day money back guarantee on every order they dispatch. In addition to this, they also offer Free International Shipping to anywhere in the world, completely free of charge. No matter where you are, your order will get to you on time, in just a few business days, usually 2-4 for domestic orders, and 4-7 for international ones.
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This company has developed its own research labs and testing facilities, which are all cGMP and FDA approved. There, the natural ingredients are mixed and blended into supplements that are specifically designed to offer your body the possibility to surpass its natural limits, in a risk free and safe way. The results gained from using Crazy Bulk as long-lasting and sustainable, and will not damage your body in any way, shape, or form.
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As mentioned earlier, Crazy Bulk products can only be purchased online, from the official manufacturers website. Before you do so, you can access the following Crazy Bulk Review for a detailed analysis on all the products this company sells and the results that you can expect from using each one. After reading this comprehensive review, you can click on one of the multiple links or pictures on the page in order to get your order in and benefit from the wide range of discounts and special offers.
The reason why Crazy Bulk only sells its products online is to keep the pricing down for its clients. By avoiding third-party resellers, the company can make sure that they can offer you the best price on the market for their products, so you don't have to pay extra sales taxes. By controlling the whole process, from production to selling, Crazy Bulk ensures that you will get what you paid for.
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Battle of the Brews
The Battle of the Brews! It's quickly become a staple on Tasmania's home brewing calendar and rightly so. This year will see 12 warriors fight it out for the Peoples Choice Trophy & the Brewer's plate. This years event will be held at the Winston...
Harbour Master Maiden Voyage
The launch will commence at 12 midday on the lawns outside Lark's Cellar Door (next to Mawson's Hut). Early birds will receive a glass of Harbour Master Ale and a BBQ will be sizzling away quietly to the side. Hobart Brewing will have present their GM ...
"Ales, Tales And How The Bounty Sailed" Brewery Tour and Book Signing
Step aboard Captain Bligh's with owner Stephen Brooks for a tour of Hobart's very own Ale and Cider Craft Brewery. Set within the circa 1870's 'George Adams Brewery', the tour will include the trials and tribulation of setting up a brewery and how being...
Laneway Party
Embracing Beer Lovers Week the Brunswick will be holding a Laneway party on Saturday 8th Nov. to kick off the week. Live Music, Stone & Wood Pacific Ale + Mash Collective's Heatbreaker pouring in the laneway.
Beer: So much more than a breakfast drink
Tasman Quartermasters are great believers in getting your day off on the right foot and this 4 course breakfast degustation matched with beers will certainly do that. Limited spaces available, so get in early to set yourself up for a fantastic second...
Brew By You Home Brew Club Launch BBQ
Launch of the Brew By You Home Brew Club, a club for all levels of brewing skills, from beginning kit brewers to full mash brewers. We will be launching the new GrainFather all in one brewing system (see http://www.grainfather.com/ ) with a BBQ and a...
Boilermaker aka Whiskey & Beer
One of the most surprising events of the 2013 Beer Lovers Week is back again to throw some peat amongst the hops. This isn't some rogue-night out, depth charging mission people, this is a match that everyone should definitely try at least once. Chris...
The Craft Communion
The Craft Communion is a gathering of the faithful. Those who believe in the almighty power of Beer are invited to make a Sunday pilgrimage to Preachers. The service will include sixteen chosen brews that will runneth off tap. Including the birth...
Beer Lovers Trivia
So you know your pints from your pots, but do you know your Doppelbocks from your Barley Wines? Do you know your Saccharomyces cerevisiae from your Saccharomyces pastorianus*? If you do, then you should definitely head along to Beer Lovers Trivia, Monday...
Beer Lovers: Meet your brewer
Come along and taste beers from some of Tasmania's finest established and up & coming breweries. The brewers will be on hand to dish up the low-down on their beers and to supply you lot with tastings! Breweries announced: T-Bone Hobart...
A Dark Night
A food and beer matching event featuring a range of food offerings matched to dark style beers.
The Crafty Apple Degustation
Meet the Brewers and Cider Maker for a chat about their fine products at The Apple Shed whilst enjoying a 4 course degustation meal specially created to match the beers and ciders on offer. On hand will be: Willie Smiths Cider Moo Brew Seven...
MASTER CLASS with Scott Wilson-Browne
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A Moo Brewery Tour & Tasting
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Stone & Wood Brewery - Live @ The Brunswick
Stone & Wood will be at the bar to chat with customers about their range of amazing beers. A birdy told me they may even be doing a bar shout... Stop in for $6 schooners of Pacific Ale all week.
A Beer Odyssey with Joe Castellana
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The Winston Art Prize
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Who was more insane ? The Zaddikim Zealots - for mesa riding (long way to haul supplies);
or the Roman's - for building the ramp (same for them)?
"The Communists of the early Revolution, who, like their Capitalist counterparts had their roots in
pragmatic materialism
, were also noted for initiating
a sustained and vigorous assault upon religion and spirituality
. Anatolii Lunacharskii,
Commissar for Enlightenment
, had founded a movement known as 'God-building'.
This new concept "sought to replace traditional religion with human solidarity, with mankind itself as the object of worship
." - Troy Southgate
Zaddikite War on Human Nature
morphs into a War on Nature
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, was the son of Ahaz,
the 13th King of Judah
enacted sweeping religious reforms after witnessing the destruction of the
northern kingdom of Israel
by Assyrians led by Sargon.
These included a strict mandate for the sole worship of Yahweh and a prohibition on venerating other deities within the Temple in Jerusalem
Hezekiah purified and repaired the Temple, purged it of idols, reformed the priesthood and centralized the worship of Yahweh at the Jerusalem Temple
Archaeologist Israel Finkelstein says, "The key phenomenon - which cannot be explained solely against the background of economic prosperity - was the sudden growth of the population of Jerusalem in particular, and of
in general."
Archaeologist Amihai Mazar explains, "Jerusalem was a virtual city-state where the majority of the state's population was concentrated."
The reign of
saw a notable increase in the power of the Judean state as there was
a large influx of Israelites
fleeing from the
destruction of the
northern state of Israel
King Hezekiah of Judah, backed by Nubian Empire, revolted against King Sennacherib of Assyria.
Sennacherib sacked many Hebrew villages, but failed in his attempt to take Jerusalem
There is no description of how the siege ended, but the annals record a list of booty sent from Jerusalem to Nineveh.
Hezekiah remained on his throne as a vassal ruler.
Hezekiah's capitualtion informed the later suicide at Massada by his last remaining psychopathic Zaddikim followers.
King Nebuchadnezzar of Babylonia captures Jersalem and installs Zedekiah.
Zedekiah revolts against Babylon, and entered into an alliance with Pharaoh Hophra, the king of Egypt.
King Nebuchadnezzar II of Babylonia lays siege to Jerusalem.
Jerusalem falls and Solomon's Temple is destroyed.
Most of the elite were taken into captivity in Babylon.
The city was razed to the ground.
167 to 160 BC
The Maccabean Revolt
is led by Simon Maccabeus against the Seleucid Empire and the Hellenistic influence on Hebrew life.
The revolt was in response to Antiochus IV, decree to 'rent in pieces' and burn Hebrew 'books of the law' found in Jerusalem in 168 BC
Simon Maccabeus was the leader of a Hebrew rebel army, the Maccabees, that took control of Judah, which at the time had been a province of the Seleucid Empire.
The Maccabees found the
Hasmonean dynasty
Hasmonean dynasty
asserted their version of the Hebrew religion, partly by forced conversion with the help of a high priest sect,
the Sadducees
, to expand the boundaries of Judah by conquest in the vain attempt to reduce the influence of
Gnostic Hellenism
Hellenistic Judaism
Jerusalem Dig Uncovers Ancient Greek Citadel
When the
replaced the Seleucids as the great power in the region, they granted the
king, Hyrcanus II, limited authority under the Roman governor of
The Hasmoneans were hostile to the
, and the following years they witnessed frequent insurrections.
A last attempt to restore the former glory of the Hasmonean dynasty was made by Mattathias Antigonus, whose defeat and death brought Hasmonean rule to an end, and Judah became a province of the
Roman Empire
a son-in-law of Hyrcanus II
, is appointed King of Judah by the
Granted almost unlimited autonomy in the country's internal affairs, he became one of the most powerful monarchs in the eastern part of the
Roman Empire
A great admirer of Greco-Roman culture, Herod became "Great" when he launched a massive construction program, which included the cities of Caesarea and Sebaste, the port at Caesarea Maritima, and the fortresses at Herodium and Masada.
Herod's most ambitious project was the expansion of the Second Temple in Jerusalem making it into one of the most magnificent buildings of its time.
Herod's rebuilding of the Second Temple in Jerusalem was done so that he would "have a capital city worthy of his prestige and grandeur."
Near death Herod has a change of mind about the succession.
According to the final version of his will, Antipas' elder brother Archelaus was now to become King of Judah, Idumea and Samaria, while Antipas would rule Galilee and Perea with the lesser title of tetrarch.
After Herod's death Judah came under direct Roman administration.
Archelaus is deemed incompetent by Augustus and replaced with a prefect. Antipas goes on to govern Galilee and Perea for forty-two years.
These territories are separated by the region of the Decapolis, with Galilee to the north and Perea to the south.
Threats to stability in both areas were ongoing when Antipas took office.
While Antipas was making his case to Augustus in Rome, dissidents led by one Judas son of Hezekiah (Ezekias, in the Septuagint) attacked the palace of
in Galilee, seizing money and weapons with which they terrorised the area.
In a counterattack ordered by Quinctilius Varus, Roman governor of
was destroyed by fire and its inhabitants sold off as slaves.
Herod Antipater or Antipas built
, modeled on a Greek city, on the western shore of the Sea of Galilee with baths, a stadium, a royal palace and a sanctuary for prayer.
Antipas also rebuilt and fortified
, while adding a wall to Betharamphtha in Perea.
An ancient route linking
to Legio, and further south to Samaria-Sebastia, was paved by the Romans at this time.
At the time of
Jesus of Nazareth
was a large settlement.
Reza Aslan describes the period of time of Jesus's growing into maturity:
"Rich, cosmopolitan, deeply influenced by Greek culture, and surrounded by a panoply of races and religions, the
were the product of the Herodian social revolution - the nouveaux riche who rose to prominence after Herod's massacre the heirs of the Hasmonean dynasty and their priestly aristocracy.
Jesus, while living in Nazareth, worked as a craftsman at Sepphoris, where, during his youth 'the largest restoration project' of his time took place."
During the Roman occupation of Jerusalem the Pharisees (Kohanim) of the Temple, became increasingly corrupt and were seen by the Hebrew people as collaborators with the Romans, whose mismanagement led to riots, revolts and general resentment.
An inner circle of
the Sadducees
, the surviving high priests of the Hasmonean dynasty, continued to develop the tenants of the Zaddikim while fueling the resentment of the Zealots, who became their
shock troops
Growing anger against increased Roman suppression of Hebrew life resulting in sporadic violence esclates into a full-scale revolt.
The Roman governor, Gessius Florus, responded by plundering the Temple, claiming the money is for the Emperor. The next day he launches a raid on the city, arresting numerous senior Hebrew merchants.
This prompts a wider, large-scale rebellion and the Roman military garrison of Judaea is quickly overrun by the Zealots, while the pro-Roman king Agrippa II, together with Roman officials, flee Jerusalem.
Confrontation between
the Sadducee Jerusalemites
and the mainly Zealot factions of the Northern Revolt under the command of Yohanan ben Levi and
Simon bar Kokhba
, erupted into bloody violence.
When the Idumeans enter Jerusalem fighting on the side of the Zealots they kill the former High Priest, Ananus ben Ananus - the man who ordered the execution by stoning of James the brother of Jesus.
Simon Bar Giora, commanding 15,000 troops, is then invited into Jerusalem by the remaing Sadducee leaders to stand against the Zealots, and quickly takes control over much of the city.
Bitter infighting continues between the factions of Simon Bar Giora and Yohanan ben Levi and
Simon bar Kokhba
Superior Roman forces led by Titus besiege Jerusalem.
The first two walls of Jerusalem were breached within three weeks, but a stubborn rebel standoff prevented the Roman Army from breaking the third and thickest wall.
Following a brutal seven-month siege, during which Zealot infighting resulted in burning of the entire food supplies of the city, the Romans finally succeeded in breaching the defenses of the weakened Hebrew forces.
The Second Temple is destroyed and Jerusalem was razed to the ground.
The Sicarii, a splinter group of Zealots, acted as assassins, saboteurs and commanders of the Zealot shock troops for the
The leader of the Sicarii, Menahem, was murdered by rival factions during an altercation; but promised to return in physical form to his people before the end of the 2nd fall of mankind right before his passing from this life
Saul of Tarsus was born of wealthy Hebrew parents engaged in trade in the first decade of the common era at Tarsus in Cilicia.
Tarsus - a junction point of land and sea routes connecting the Cilician plain (today called Çukurova), central Anatolia and the Mediterranean sea - has long been an important stop for traders and a focal point of many civilizations for the past 6000 years.
There is no indication in Saul's writings that he received rabbinical training.
Hellenistic literature, the Book of Wisdom (Sirach) and other Apocrypha were the sources for his eschatological and theological system.
Saul of Tarsus
chose the
Jesus the Tekton
as the model to provide the fulfillment of the promise of return by the leader of the Sicarii, Menahem, as his model for Christ.
The leader of the Zaddikim, Melchizedek, is the one who raises Christ.
The Hebrew word Zaddikim, defined as "
the most perfect righteous Ones
" (pronounced ZAD-dee-KEEM: etymology -
Hebrew word tzaddik "righteous"
), were a splinter cult of ultra-radical
whose beliefs and practices are recorded in the Dead Sea Scrolls.
The last remnants of the Sicarii and the Zaddikim were defeated at the last Hasmonean dynasty outpost at Masada in 73 AD.
The inner circle of the Hasmonean dynasty high priests were Zaddikim.
A manuscript with six chapters of Sirach was found at Masada. Elite survivors of the cult of the Zaddikim following the destruction of Jerusalem in 70 AD fled to Masada, the fortress built by Herod on a mountain plateau near the Dead Sea.
("teachers"), were teachers of the
Oral Law
Oral Torah
They were direct transmitters of an
Oral Tradition
passed from teacher to student that was written and codified as the basis for the
, and tannaitic teachings of the
According to rabinnic tradition, the
were the last generation in a long sequence of oral teachers that began with Moses.
started as a traditional
who revealed
the fallacies of the teachings
of the Sadducees and Pharisees to the people of Judah.
Jesus looked beyond the doctrine of the
Pharisees and Sadducees
toward ethical teachings that apply to humanity universally while
and adding the scientific work of the
denied the central Hasmonean priniciple of
a divine race directly descended from God
But under the influence of
Saul of Tarsus
, became
a superhuman supernatural agent
of the
Will of God
directly descended from
- the Son of Yahweh.
patriarchial nomadic warrior Cult of Yahweh
is psychologically internalized and reborn through Yahweh's virgin born son
redeems humanity from being human
This ponerological formula, the basis of the
salvationist concept
, was originally introduced into
Abrahamic religion
the Zorastrian cult of Mithras with its never ending war of good versus evil
Conservative Jews
as the "Messiah".
The"Messiah" of Reform Jews conquers the world with the sword
- or -
fungible assets
Whatever laws, customs, or ceremonies we observe - whether we are Conservative, Reform or merely spasmodic sentimentalists - we follow the Talmud. It is our common law
." - Herman Wouk
Humans must continue to suffer
, just like
, unless they adhere to
the Word of the High Priest
ponorological psychoreligious icongraphy imprints the victim-perpetrator
into the
Abrahamic religions
The schizoidal victim-perpetrator
inserted into the
Abrahamic religions
makes suffering a divine calling.
This occurred when the
conceptual constructs
were misunderstood and misapplied to the lives of Zaddikite sycophants.
The student of Greek mythology recognizes the Greek pantheon of gods is modeled on the royalty of the Greek cities states.
The stories that make up
the myth of the Greeks
, stories of mortals (human = everyman/woman) interacting with gods (
psychopathic narcissistic Rulers
) are designed to check the
elements of unnatural desire
expressed by royalty - people who have never known want or suffering.
The Zaddikim adopted this ideal of
Royal Perfection
not understanding that this is an ideal to be sought after - not a possible physical reality to strive for!
The Zaddikim introduced into the religious life of humanity the notion of a superhuman standard for human behavior, a standard impossible to realize in human and corporeal terms.
Tzaddik, "absolute righteousness," is not just an ideal for good behavior:
it is a callous demand for conformity to an impossible standard of purity and self-control - an inhumane ideal
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"While Jesus was here on earth, he offered prayers and pleadings, with a loud cry and tears, to the one who could rescue him from death. And God heard his prayers because of his deep reverence for God. Even though Jesus was Gods Son, he learned obedience from the things he suffered. 9 In this way, God qualified him as a perfect High Priest, and he became the source of
eternal salvation
all those who obey him
." -
Hebrews 5:7-9
The Hasmonean cult, who drew their mystic material from mystics living in self-exile in the caves by the Dead Sea
, were infected with the belief that they were, if not better than the rest of humanity, at least cognizant of what was required to be better, to excel and surpass the human race, to be tzaddik, pure and righteous like Simon Maccabeus or Menahem and to conquer the world with the sword.
This ideal was incorporated by Christianity into the figure of the human/divine hybrid, Jesus the Christ by the founder of Christianity,
Saul of Tarsus
Saul of Tarsus
, who became known as the Apostle Paul (the only 'Apostle' not to have personally known Jesus), arrogantly declared the secret teaching he had received when he was
tortured, brainwashed and converted to the Zaddikite cause
which was the culmination of the thought of
the Hasmonian dynasty Sadducees
It is extremely strange that theologians and lay devotees of the Christian religion studiously ignore the bizarre disclosure of their highest ideologue, Saul of Tarsus
It occurs in Hebrews, Chapter 5, where Paul discusses the authority of the priesthood he hopes to establish belief in the divine-human hybrid, Christ / Jesus:
"Every chief priest is chosen to represent them in front of God, that is, to offer gifts and sacrifices for sin. The chief priest can be gentle with people who are ignorant and easily deceived, because he also has weaknesses. Because he has weaknesses, he has to offer sacrifices for his own sins in the same way that he does for the sins of his people.
No one takes this honor for himself
. Instead, God calls him as he called Aaron. So Christ did not take the glory of being a chief priest for himself. Instead, the glory was given to him by God, who said,
"You are my Son. Today I have become your Father."
In another place in Scripture, God said,
"You are a priest forever, in the way
was a priest."
"During his life on earth, Jesus prayed to God, who could save him from death. He prayed and pleaded with loud crying and tears, and he was heard because of his devotion to God. Although Jesus was the Son of God, he learned to be obedient through his sufferings. After he had finished his work, he became the source of
eternal salvation
for everyone who obeys him.
God appointed him chief priest in the way Melchizedek was a priest
means "prince or regent" (melchi-) of "righteousness" (zaddik).
Paul explains that to have a messiah, literally "the anointed," one must have an anointer
The Hebrew word "Messiah" was applied to a Hebrew king anointed with holy oil, after the model of the enthronement of sacred kings throughout the Middle East.
Saul of Tarsus chose the word
Christ, from the Greek verb khrio
as a
for the Hebrew word "Messiah".
Both Christ and messiah mean "the Anointed One," but with the shift from Hebrew to Greek this term acquires
a supernatural spin
Pauline Christianity
the secret, superhuman identity of the Zaddikite messiah is disclosed in Hebrews, Chapter 7.
was the king of Salem and a priest for God Most High. He met Abraham when Abraham was coming back after defeating the kings. When they met,
blessed Abraham, and Abraham gave him a tenth of everything he had brought back from the battle. First, Melchizedek's name means "king of goodness," and he is king of Salem, which means "king of peace." No one knows who Melchizedek's father or mother was, where he came from, when he was born, or when he died.
Melchizedek is like the Son of God; he continues being a priest forever
Apart from Paul's disclosure,
is only mentioned once in the
- Genesis 14:18-20:
, King of Peace, brought out
bread and wine
He was a priest for God Most High.
Abraham, may you be blessed by God Most High,
the God who made Heaven and Earth
We praise God Most High, who has helped you to defeat your enemies.
Then Abramham gave Melchizedek a tenth of everything he had brought back from the battle
. "
Anyone who closely reads Paul's description of Melchizedek may well wonder what kind of entity is being indicated
A humanoid in form that is neither born nor dies, has no parentage or genetics in human terms, and lives perpetually in possession of virtual immortality
Melchizedek is the secret agent behind the Zaddikite ideology of impossible perfection
, which also implies retribution for all those who do not meet
the transhuman ideal
, or who harm and oppose those who revere
the transhuman ideal
, the faithful ones who look for their material
, for
their final ultimate release from the human condition into immortality
What George Steiner called "the blackmail of transcendence," was the the inhumane belief system that arose, not from mainstream Judaic religion, but from the ultraconservative Zaddikim
Steiner wrote that "the creed of Sinai tore up the human psyche by its most ancient roots," but the Zaddikite ideology of perfection was even more devastating than
the guilt-complex incurred by the divinely ordained rules of the Mosaic Law
The Zaddikite "summons to perfection" (Shepard) has put a curse upon the entire world.
The transhuman ideal
the main ponerological psychological tool of the dominator mindset
that operates in
the religious-political alliance of the global power game
It is the
driving mindset
behind the
neo-fuedalism agenda of pyramidal domination of human society on a planetary scale
Among the Mystery centers in
was the encampment of the
, just below Qumran Khirbet on the west bank of the Dead Sea.
saw Melchizedek lurking in the
the long dark shadow of patriarchy
the global theocratic delusion
of the
New World Order
Archontics were aware of what hides in the shadows of the human psyche
As social phsycologists, the Archontics, perceived the infection of an alien mindset in the doctrines of the Zaddikites or Zealots.
Rabbi Yochanan ben Zakkai had to flee Jerusalem secretly to avoid being killed by the Zaddikim after he opposed the Sadducee high priest interpretation of the Red Heifer ritual.
The Zaddikim of the Dead Sea become suicidal.
The Zaddikim, children of the Sadducee elite, make their last stand at Masada.
"Since we long ago resolved never to be servants to the Romans, nor to any other than to God Himself, Who alone is the true and just
Lord of Mankind
, the time is now come that obliges us to make that
resolution true in practice
. We were the very first that revolted, and we are the last that fight against them; and I cannot but esteem it as a favor that God has granted us, that it is still in our power to die bravely, and in a state of freedom." - Elazar ben Yair, leader of the Zaddikim
After this oration, the last remnants of the Hasmonean dynasty, the Zaddikim men, kill their wives, their children, and then each other.
For over 1750 hundred years the tale of Masada is a
The Last Great Sanhedrin, an assembly of seventy-one rabbis appointed to sit as tribunal the ancient Land of Israel, is held.
The Nasi, functioned as head, while the Av Beit Din was second to the Nasi along with sixty-nine general members.
The last universally binding decision of the Great Sanhedrin was to abandon the Hebrew Calendar.
Isaac Lamdan pens "Masada," a poetic history of the anguished Jewish fight against a world full of enemies.
According to Professor David Roskies, Lamdan's poem, "more than any other text, inspired the uprising in the
Warsaw Ghetto
"The Diasporia of Exile was needed in order to construct a long-range memory in which an exiled nation race was posited as the direct continuation of 'people of the Bible' that preceded it." - Professor Shlomo Sand
Chief of Staff of the Israel Defense Forces (IDF), Moshe Dayan, initiates the practice of holding the swearing-in ceremony of Israeli Armoured Corps soldiers who had completed their Tironut (IDF basic training), on top of Masada.
The ceremony ended with the declaration: "Masada shall not fall again."
The soldiers climb the Snake Path at night and are sworn in with torches lite.
A new museum opens at Masada in which archeological findings are displayed in a theatrical setting.
The Zaddikite impulse lives on in the refounding of the Hasmonean dynasty as the state of Israel with a new title for their reminiscent ideology,
The psychopathic beliefs of the Zaddikim infect humanity globally with a suicidal mania demanding unattainable perfection disguised as political- religious beliefs and perverted into a War on Nature
The Superman Syndrome
Conscription exists in Israel for all Israeli citizens over the age of 18 who are
, or
Palestinians are not conscripted
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It is a history which is in constant change, because archeologists, historians and other researchers continue to reach new results. Therefore voluminous new histories of Norway come out at intervals of 25 years.
The most important distinctive features in the history of Norway are the following:
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- With the events of 1814, Norwegians rebelled against a European peace agreement and got Europe's most liberal constitution.
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This paper is a report of two surveys that are linked each other. Both of two studies related to teachers who work with children and pupils with special educational needs. The first part of the research focused on the field of sentiments, attitudes and concerns of educators potentially working with pupils with impairment under inclusive settings. This study was aimed at discovering whether the above stated parameters change after achieving qualification in special needs education. The results of research encompassing a period of two years aimed at describing a group of 794 educators from the point of view of the development of their attitudes, opinions and concerns while being focused on the process of inclusion. The second part of the research lasted almost two years and was attended by a total of 325 respondents. The aim of the second part of the research was to determine the attitudes of teachers towards the possible forms of support in teaching. In accordance with the obtained results, supervision as a special psychological support is badly needed.
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Every February, the village of St-Valentin, Quebec, celebrates love with a week-long festival.
The village has been recognized as the capital of love by nearby municipalities, and St-Valentin director-general Serge Gibeau says they're now working to get provincial recognition.
The village of less than 500 people puts on marriage and vow renewal ceremonies, a petting zoo, blood drive and tops the week off with a concert and dinner on Valentine's Day.
Many visitors come from nearby towns and Montreal, with some coming from as far as China and Japan, said Gibeau.
This year, farmer Astrid Ammerlaan added her barn to the festival's activities, where kids can pet the animals and learn about sheep shearing.
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Launch of the RSA's Adelphi Charter on Creativity, Innovation & Intellectual Property
Professor James Boyle
John Howkins
Sir John Sulston
Paul Crake, Chair
These are my notes from the speeches given to introduce the Adelphi Charter at the RSA, on Thurs 13 October.
John Howkins
The question that was in mind 3 or 4 years ago when they had the idea for the charter was a very simple question. Getting question right is essential for getting the right answers.
What is intellectual property for? What is the purpose of intellectual property? Of copyright and patents?
Hard to come up with an IP policy unless you know what you're doing it for.
Several answers come to mind. The first answer is that they are to incentivise people, to motivate people to create work. This doesn't stand up to examination: e.g. algebra, the world wide web. Paintings didn't used to be copyrighted and yet the same amounts of skill etc. have been put into older paintings.
The argument that if you make something you should have protection so you can make money of it seems like a good answer. Reward is important, but it doesn't really do it.
Third argument is counterintuitive. It's to enable people to have access what others make. To use it and have access. E.g. patents require you to publish your work.
How do you compromise and balance between the two? How do you decide where the limits are?
IP - hardly any debate going on, hardly any evidence. There's a claim that we should have longer copyright term but there's no evidence one way or the other.
RSA now producing some principles that would fit the public service that they identified to help creativity and innovation.
No body likes the phrase 'intellectual property', it is a divisive phrase. So that's why they renamed it the Adelphi Charter.
The charter is in two parts:
- a set of principles that should be the foundation of any IP policy, that they should sustain a society's creativity and innovation
- a list of public interest tests that they hope the government will adopt and subject their legislation to.
[A short film describing the charter was then played.]
Professor Jamie Boyle
Alternatives to monopolies is prizes. Goal was to be banal, to make points that no one could argue with, but which in this bizarre world at the moment are seen as extreme. For example, the point that law and policy should be based on evidence and facts.
What we should learn is not hostility towards IP, what it is is a tool which is constantly being re-examined. Is it doing its job?
Some examples of applying the principles.
In the US, you used to get 28 years copyright with 28 registered renewal. That was abolished and it became automatic. But only between 7 and 11 per cent were renewing. This means 89 per cent didn't want a renewal, so abolish balance for just 11 percent of people and content is locked up. Benefits small, costs high. Should never have happened.
Software patents. Requires inventor to disclose details to a level that allows people to recreate things entirely. Information that might have been secret comes eventually into the public domain.
Open source. Distributed creativity, GPL. Robust model, and economically robust model. US/WIPO says they are promoting IP rights not giving them away. But IP rights are a tool not an end.
Broadcaster's Right. Another layer of rights above and beyond copyright where broadcasters have rights over what they broadcast. Theory is that broadcast will collapse without it, and that webcasters need it too. But 100 countries haven't adopted this existing right, but looking at what happened in those countries, to examine real evidence is anathema to the policy makers.
Sir John Salston
Wasn't always aware of the principles that we're discussing now. Involved in the Human Genome Project. The task of sequencing was completed a couple of years ago to the level currently possible, but understanding it is another matter. DNA is a 3,000 million letter code.
Have a mass of knowledge that needs sharing and using for centuries to come. Some implications of it now is that we're better at medical, diagnostics where DNA has a bearing. Will be new drugs, new therapies, but that's not why it was done. It was the done because wanted a full understanding.
Doing this was inevitable, but what was not inevitable was that the library was going to be open, because they only narrowly avoided a monopolistic source for this data which would have required a hefty fee to access this information. Having a proprietary monopolistic database at the centre of a business plan would have destroyed communication in this whole field, because it would have required to be successful a clamp down on the sharing of information. So scientists would be unable to talk to those who had not paid a fee, or even each other.
This had an effect on Salston, that they had only so narrowly managed to get this information into the public domain. This attempt to privatise the human genome has many parallels which need fighting.
Excessive enclosure throttles research and innovation, ethics, widens gap between rich and poor specially on a global scale, and this economic imbalance that arises as the rich enclose and get richer should give people pause.
All endeavors of the human race. What are we here for? Exploration, research and understanding. So important not to throttle activities by focusing on what is marketable.
Lynn Brindley, Chief Exec of the British Library
There is evidence that some of the rubbish of 100 years ago is the centre of research today, and the role of libraries has been to look after that, and provide access. But what is that role in the digital age. The Charter provides a set of principles and a framework in which practical work can sit.
Used to be that the scholarly information chain was very clear. But the internet has blown that to bits, so how do you cope with that?
A particular issue is statutory mission to be the intellectual and scientific memory of the nation. What does that mean digitally? UK has taken some steps in terms of legal deposit, but it's complex, taking a long time, need to balance public's rights and those of the copyright holders. If we don't crack that there'll be no access to this material in 50 to 100 years time.
Cory Doctorow, EFF
Social contract for creativity and public access has ruptured.
Napster came, but within months, was gone. The response to the response has been clear. Now 1 in 50 lawsuits in the US is the record industry suing a fan. The contract we're being offered now is unilateral and is being renegotiated without our permission.
Industry sees value in everything, and there is value, but they are trying to get access to that value which before was on the public side of the copyright bargain. DRM is an attempt to make a grab at that public side.
The Adelphi charter is a social contract that explicitly spells out the public side of the copyright bargain.
[There was a Q&A afterwards, but I've not taken notes from that. Bit too verbose for me to distill out the points.]
The RSA have published the charter in a pretty little pdf on their Adelphi Charter site, but frankly PDFs are a pain in the arse, so I'm copying the whole thing here, in toto.
Adelphi Charter on creativity, innovation and intellectual property Humanity's capacity to generate new ideas and knowledge is its greatest asset. It is the source of art, science, innovation and economic development. Without it, individuals and societies stagnate.My thoughts
This creative imagination requires access to the ideas, learning and culture of others, past and present.
Human rights call on us to ensure that everyone can create, access, use and share information and knowledge, enabling individuals, communities and societies to achieve their full potential.
Creativity and investment should be recognised and rewarded. The purpose of intellectual property law (such as copyright and patents) should be, now as it was in the past, to ensure both the sharing of knowledge and the rewarding of innovation.
The expansion in the law's breadth, scope and term over the last 30 years has resulted in an intellectual property regime which is radically out of line with modern technological, economic and social trends. This threatens the chain of creativity and innovation on which we and future generations depend.
1. Laws regulating intellectual property must serve as means of achieving creative, social and economic ends and not as ends in themselves.
2. These laws and regulations must serve, and never overturn, the basic human rights to health, education, employment and cultural life.
3. The public interest requires a balance between the public domain and private rights. It also requires a balance between the free competition that is essential for economic vitality and the monopoly rights granted by intellectual property laws.
4. Intellectual property protection must not be extended to abstract ideas, facts or data.
5. Patents must not be extended over mathematical models, scientific theories, computer code, methods for teaching, business processes, methods of medical diagnosis, therapy or surgery.
6. Copyright and patents must be limited in time and their terms must not extend beyond what is proportionate and necessary.
7. Government must facilitate a wide range of policies to stimulate access and innovation, including non-proprietary models such as open source software licensing and open access to scientific literature.
8. Intellectual property laws must take account of developing countries' social and economic circumstances.
9. In making decisions about intellectual property law, governments should adhere to these rules:
* There must be an automatic presumption against creating new areas of intellectual property protection, extending existing privileges or extending the duration of rights.
* The burden of proof in such cases must lie on the advocates of change.
* Change must be allowed only if a rigorous analysis clearly demonstrates that it will promote people's basic rights and economic well-being.
* Throughout, there should be wide public consultation and a comprehensive, objective and transparent assessment of public benefits and detriments.
We call upon governments and the international community to adopt these principles.
Adelphi . London. 13 October 2005
The Adelphi Charter is a nice document. It's short. Concise. Says some good things. But I can't help wondering whether the banality that James Boyle says they were aiming for - and which they clearly achieved - might mean that it has less impact than perhaps it might otherwise have.
The problem with the Charter is that the devil is in the details, and the wording is in some cases so banal as to be open to interpretations that, I think, would go against the spirit of the document and the intentions its writers harboured during its genesis.
Take Point 3:
The public interest requires a balance between the public domain and private rights. It also requires a balance between the free competition that is essential for economic vitality and the monopoly rights granted by intellectual property laws.Maybe I'm being cynical, but I can just see the phonographic industries arguing that the 'balance' between public and private needs means that they must be given the ability to exploit their intellectual property for longer through copyright term extension because that would provide them with more money to plough back into the industry so that the public can 'benefit' from more new music. This, despite the fact that the music industry now has no patience with new bands, dropping them as soon as they fail to recoup their costs; focuses all its marketing budget on a minority of top-selling acts; and is failing to provide access to back catalogues for a reasonable price (or sometimes, at all).
I also fail to see any clear statement on fair use/dealing. Now, I know some people think that fair use is dead in the water. Certainly for high-bandwidth media such as film, TV and music, it is. The permissions-based society we now live in forces all uses of sound and of moving pictures to require permission - there is no fair use defence anymore. In text and art, fair use exists, although the edges are fuzzy and it's being eroded every day. If the industry had its way, it'd go the same way as in music and movies.
This again seems to fall under the aegis of Point 3, the balance between public and private needs and rights. But again, there's so much leeway for interpretation that there's nothing there to indicate that the law should support fair use.
I believe in fair use. I think that I should be able to use small bits of other things in what I do. The entire computing industry has been built on the concept of taking snatches of someone else's work and incorporating it in your own, and not only has it not suffered from it, it's flourished. Now, I can quote bits of text from books or articles if I want to and incorporate them in my work, but I can't take snippets of film or music. There are, in my mind, very compelling arguments why I should be able to do that, although I won't rehash them here as Larry Lessig does a far better job in Free Culture. But the Adelphi Charter doesn't directly address this issue at all and I think it should.
Another bit of fuzziness that is disappointing is Point 6:
Copyright and patents must be limited in time and their terms must not extend beyond what is proportionate and necessary.I have a real problem with the words 'proportionate' and 'necessary', again because they are easy to argue both ways. What, precisely, does 'proportionate' mean? In a world where the stated aim of some lobbyists is to extend copyright terms to 'forever minus a day', is 1000 years proportionate? 500? 100? And necessary. For whom? The industry will always argue that term extension is proportionate and necessary and unless we can come up with a better way of expressing how and why terms need to be limited they are going to use these very words to sway the policy makers in a direction opposite to that of the Adelphi Charter.
The Adelphi Charter reads like an executive summary, neatly couched in management speak, but missing the rest of the report. Where are the facts and figures to back this up? The case studies? The meat of it? Where are the compelling arguments? The discussion? The dissection of the extremist viewpoints that are so prevalent now?
What is the point of a charter that essentially just says 'play nice' without giving any sort of reason why playing nice would benefit everyone?
I think I understand why they went for banal. If you can fly an idea under people's radar by presenting it as harmless and inoffensive then maybe you can subvert their opinions without them realising it. Maybe you can present things in such an unarguably sensible way that people just can't, in comparison, find justification for the extremist viewpoints that are otherwise presented to them. Thus you bring them to a more moderate line because they are compelled by the simplicity and incontrovertibility of your statements.
Or maybe banal also means 'easily ignored'.
One of the questions after the speeches asked what will happen now? Having a document is all well and good, and I don't mean to sound too negative about this - it is good that this charter has been written. But it will do no good if all it does is sit on people's desks or moulder in a dusty corner of the internet.
Apparently, and I think it was Howkins who said this, copies will be given to every government, to the heads of delegations to WIPO, to Kofi Annan at the UN, to people at UNESCO, WTO and ITU, to trade associations and the RSA will work on trying to get bodies to adopt the charter.
I guess that's a start, but it remains to be seen if the Adelphi Charter will have any sort of impact.
Rationality in the debate
I think it's worth going over here a conversation that I had after the event during the schmoozing session about rationality. I think one of the strongest points made during the evening, a point that James Boyle has repeatedly and articulately made, is that there needs to be more examination of available evidence and facts when any legislation regarding intellectual property is drafted, and at the moment there just isn't.
This is one of the strongest points of the Adelphi Charter, I think - it clearly advocates a evidence-based approach, instead of the faith-based approach that the IP industries use to manipulate public opinion and which governments employ to develop policy.
At the Larry Lessig debate the other week, he effectively wiped the floor with the IP industries' faith-based positions by rationally going through facts and figures and demonstrating that there would be no increase in creativity or innovation if phonographic copyright term was extended. The look on John McVay's face pretty much said it all when Lessig was done - 'We've just been made to look like fools'.
This is why the music industry puts so-called piracy at the heart of the debate, and why 1 in 50 lawsuits in the US is the creative industry suing its own customers - because those positions allow them to take up an emotive stance and to argue that people, e.g. artists, are being 'hurt' by copyright infringement, and that thus the industry needs more and stronger IP rights. They argue from an emotional point of view because they can't argue from a factual point of view, because the facts do not support their stance.
Last year I wrote a piece for The Guardian on a report by Felix Oberholtzer and Koleman Strumpf on a report they'd written comparing actual download statistics with actual sales statistics. They discovered that at worst there was no impact on sales, and at best there was a very small positive impact. I had a devil of a time trying to get someone from the music industry to talk to me about this study and in the end the guy from the BPI just blustered and harumphed his way through the interview, claiming repeatedly that the study was 'flawed' and then quoting industry surveys at me that, surprise surprise, supported the BPI line. He didn't, of course, acknowledge that the BPI's surveys are actually far more seriously flawed than the Oberholtzer-Strumpf study.
It was a case of emotive arguments being put forward to try to counter rationality and fact.
If the Adelphi Charter can achieve a swing away from the emotional to the rational then it will have had an important impact. I don't think that, as it stands, it's going to convince anyone to reassess their view on intellectual property because I don't think there's anything in it that is capable of changing people's minds. Those who already agree with it will continue to agree with it, and those who don't will dismiss it. But I think it can encourage more reasoned discourse on the matter, and if it does then that will be a huge, and very positive, step forward.


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China's top diplomat told India's new Prime Minister Narendra Modi on Monday that the nuclear-armed neighbours should regard themselves as "natural partners" rather than rivals as they held talks in New Delhi.
Speaking at a press conference in the Indian capital, Chinese Foreign Minister Wang Yi said Beijing could already detect the "wind" of change since Modi won a landslide election last month and was ready to aid what he called a "national rejuvenation" across the border.
"The most important message I've brought is that, on your road to national rejuvenation, China stands by your side," said Wang, who was acting as an envoy on behalf of Chinese President Xi Jinping.
"China and India are natural partners of cooperation," added Wang.
"We are each others' friendly neighbours and partners for strategic need."
Wang's comments came after he held some 45 minutes of talks with Modi in a sign of a mutual desire to improve ties which have been soured by border disputes and competition for influence in their neighourhood.
Ahead of their meeting, Modi had made clear that he intended to pursue a more muscular foreign policy than the previous centre-left Congress party government and would not "shy away" from confrontation when necessary.
But in a keynote speech before parliament that was written by Modi, President Pranab Mukherjee said a "self-reliant and self-confident India" wanted peaceful and friendly relations with all countries.
Modi, whose right-wing Bharatiya Janata Party ousted the ruling Congress party last month after a decade in opposition, has long argued that India has been punching below its weight and has lost ground to China.
After promising to shore up relations with other South Asian countries which have forged closer ties with Beijing during the last decade of Congress rule, Mukherjee singled out China for mention in his speech.
"My government will engage energetically with other neighbours in our region, including China, with whom we will work to further develop our Strategic and Cooperative Partnership," he said.
In response to a question about areas of cooperation, Wang said China was "ready invest in India", highlighting its track record in developing a high speed rail network which is a Modi policy goal.
The foreign minister also said that he was "hopeful" that Xi could visit New Delhi later this year, confirming that the two government were holding discussions about the trip.
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Despite his reputation as a hardline nationalist, Modi has spoken of his admiration for China's economic growth in the last decade, and he made several trips to Beijing in his previous post as chief minister of Gujarat state.
In a speech on Sunday night, Modi said India needed to up its game in order to compete with China.
"If India has to compete with China, the focus should be on skill, scale and speed," the prime minister said.
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Relations are also still dogged by mutual suspicion — a legacy of a brief, bloody border war in 1962 over the Indian state of Arunachal Pradesh, that is nestled in the eastern stretch of the Himalayas that China claims as its own.
The neighbours have held a series of talks to try to resolve their border dispute, but the frontier still bristles with tension.
Wang acknowledged that the exact demarcation of land in some border areas was still in dispute but said both sides would be able to "find fair, reasonable settlements" as long as they stuck to general principles that underpinned broader agreements.
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