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Mystery Babylon
Revelation 17:1 And there came one of the seven angels which had the seven vials, and talked with me, saying unto me, "Come hither; I will shew unto thee the judgment of the great whore that sitteth upon many waters: 2 With whom the kings of the earth have committed fornication, and the inhabitants of the earth have been made drunk with the wine of her fornication."
There is a popular belief that mystery Babylon refers to the Roman Catholic Church. One of the books most often quoted in support of this idea is Alexander Hislop's "The Two Babylons". The problem with this view is the fact that there are many false religions on the face of the earth that are neither Catholic nor Christian! As will be seen, the scriptures speak about this woman, whose origins are from ancient times, long before Christianity took up the cup of her abominations!
The idol Ishtar, from the Babylonian empire, is very likely what is spoken of by Jeremiah the prophet as the queen of heaven (Jer 7:18; 44:16-19)
Jeremiah 7:18 The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other elohim, that they may provoke me to anger.
Is there any way of identifying this queen of heaven? Looking up Jeremiah 7:18 (quoted above) in a couple of references, we find the following:
1. In the commentary of the Ryrie Study Bible: The queen of heaven. The Assyro-Babylonian goddess Ishtar.
2. In the commentary of the NIV Study Bible: Queen of Heaven. A Babylonian title for Ishtar, an important goddess in the Babylonian pantheon.
3. In Ungers Bible Dictionary it says under the heading "Queen of Heaven" (Hebrew Meleketh hashshamayim, Jer 7:18; 44:17-19, 25) Astarte, an ancient Semitic deity, identical with Babylonian Ishtar (Venus)
Is there any symbol in the world today that represents the idol Ishtar?
Fact: One of the worlds largest idols that has ever been constructed is the Statue of Liberty in the harbor of New York City. According to the following research, the Statue of Liberty is an idol which represents something specific:
The sculptor of the Statue of Liberty was Auguste Bertholdi. He belonged to the Masonic Lodge in Paris. Before beginning the statue of liberty project, Bertholdi was seeking a commission to construct a giant statue of the goddess "Isis," the Egyptian Queen of Heaven, to overlook the Suez canal. The statue of Isis was to be of "a robed woman holding aloft a torch" [The preceding information is from, "IS THE STATUE OF LIBERTY PAGAN?" by William Dankenbring]
If Revelation 17 is referring to Ishtar, represented by the Statue of Liberty, it would not only be the sins of Christianity, as would be the case with the Roman Catholic Church, but it would include most all false religions on the face of the earth, whereas Islam is possibly the beast. The beast hates the whore (Rev 17:16).
Continuing on in Revelation 17…
Revelation 17:3 So he carried me away in the spirit into the wilderness: and I saw a woman sit upon a scarlet coloured beast, full of names of blasphemy, having seven heads and ten horns.
It can be seen here that the whore rides upon the seven headed beast, which represent the seven empires that have existed throughout world history (see Daniel 7 and Rev. 13)
Revelation 17:4 And the woman was arrayed in purple and scarlet colour, and decked with gold and precious stones and pearls, having a golden cup in her hand full of abominations and filthiness of her fornication: 5 And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH.
Mystery Babylon is guilty of being the mother of harlots and abominations of the earth. Even though the Roman Catholic Church has been referred to as the mother of the protestant reformation, the mother goddess Ishtar has even deeper roots.
It is interesting to note that ancient Babyon's chief deity "Ishtar" (AKA "Iana") held the very same title in Babylon, "Mother of Harlots".
As Alexander Hislop shows, in his book entitled, "The Two Babylons", Isis is the Egyptian name for the Babylonian goddess Ishtar, who is also the same as Athena (Greece), Minerva (Egypt and Greece), Astarte (Syria), Cybele (Rome), Ashtoreth (Israel), and Diana (Ephesus).
A site on the internet entitled, Statue of Liberty Facts, makes the following statements:
7 Spikes in the Crown represent:
Either Seven Seas:
Arctic, Antarctic, North & South Atlantic,
North & South Pacific, Indian.
SEVEN SEAS — Figuratively, all the waters or oceans of the world.
The phrase probably has its origins in Brahmanic (Hindu) mythology:
The seven seas dividing and surrounding the seven land masses of the earth. In modern times it has been applied to the seven oceans.
Or Seven Continents:
North and South America, Europe,
Asia, Africa, Antarctica, Australia
Continuing on with the Revelation chapter 17
Revelation 17:6 And I saw the woman drunken with the blood of the saints, and with the blood of the martyrs of Yahushua: and when I saw her, I wondered with great admiration. 7 And the angel said unto me, "Wherefore didst thou marvel? I will tell thee the mystery of the woman, and of the beast that carrieth her, which hath the seven heads and ten horns. 8 The beast that thou sawest was, and is not; and shall ascend out of the bottomless pit, and go into perdition: and they that dwell on the earth shall wonder, whose names were not written in the book of life from the foundation of the world, when they behold the beast that was, and is not, and yet is. 9 And here is the mind which hath wisdom. The seven heads are seven mountains, on which the woman sitteth." 10 And there are seven kings: five are fallen, and one is, and the other is not yet come; and when he cometh, he must continue a short space.
A familiar explanation of verse 9 is that the seven mountains represent the seven hills of Rome; but how many believe that the seven heads of the beast represent the seven hills of Rome? Notice that in verse nine, it says, "And here is the mind that has wisdom." So, in order to understand the rest of verse nine, along with verse ten, it requires wisdom...
Proverbs 9:10 The fear of YHWH is the beginning of wisdom: and the knowledge of the set-apart is understanding.
In Daniel chapter 7, the seven heads are on four beasts (representing four kingdoms). But, in Revelation 17:10, it says that there are seven kings. So the seven heads represent seven kings, and by implication they can represent seven kingdoms. Can we identify seven kingdoms that have existed, starting from the time of the flood?
It says that five are fallen, one is, and the other is not yet come. From the time of the flood, there have been five kingdoms that have fallen: Egypt, Assyria, Babylon, Medo-Persia and Greece. The one that was during the time of John was Rome. And one that had not yet come was the Ottoman Empire. It seems that the whore, that rides upon this beast, is the mother of all the false religions within these empires.
According to Revelation 13, the seven headed beast represents the final evil empire during the great tribulation (A culmination of the preceding 7 empires).
As we have already seen (in Revelation 17:1), this woman sits upon many waters. Then in verse 15...
Rev 17:15 And he saith unto me, "The waters which thou sawest, where the whore sitteth, are peoples, and multitudes, and nations, and tongues."
It is interesting that the promoters of the Statue of Liberty claim that the seven spikes of her crown represent the seven seas!
More from "Statue of Liberty Facts"...
Official accepting Statue on behalf of US: President Grover Cleveland
Date of Acceptance by President: October 28, 1886
Part of Acceptance Statement by President Cleveland:
"We will not forget that liberty here made her home;
nor shall her chosen altar be neglected."
Some highlights of the Statue Inscription:
...a mighty woman with a torch
and her name Mother of Exiles.
"Keep ancient lands your storied pomp!"
cries she with silent lips.
"Give me your tired, your poor,
Your huddled masses yearning to breathe free,
The wretched refuse of your teeming shore.
Send these, the homeless, tempest-tost to me,
I lift my lamp beside the golden door.
Emma Lazarus (1849-1887)
The idol Ishtar (represented by the Statue of Liberty) was known, in ancient Babylon, as the goddess of personal freedom and the goddess of immigrants. The following was taken from, "America the Babylon" by Richard Coombs:
Ishtar was called the matron goddess of prostitution because she promoted sexual freedom. Indeed, she had invented the concept. Slaves considered her their goddess in the hopes of winning their freedom. Many women who gained freedom later turned to prostitution to survive and thereby retained Libertas as their goddess, especially if they became priestesses in the Libertas cult. Libertas was also a goddess of war in order to fight for freedom. She was also referred at times as the goddess of victory because freedom must have victory in order to survive. This goddess was also the goddess of immigrants. The whole idea of immigration connoted the idea of freedom. Her popularity was also unique because of her unique doctrine of hearing personal prayers. This unique doctrine was something that most of the pagan deity doctrines were not disposed towards.
We know that this goddess existed because of the records left behind to us. We have the ancient writings of Cicero who writes of this goddess and her Temple on the Aventine Way in Rome. She was depicted on some Roman coins as wearing a freedom cap and having a wreath along with a spear or sometimes a sword. Such coin images were not the only depictions. Sometimes she was well robed and at other times seductively unclothed in both sculptures and paintings. We know of Libertas being referred to as the Mother of Harlots by the famous Roman historian (and senator) Cicero's writings. Cicero indicates that she was also a very early goddess of the Greeks even before early Roman civilization developed.
This very freedom has brought to these shores (America) every false religion known to man. Even if one were to have the wisdom of Solomon, they would still be vulnerable to the snares of false religions. Solomon committed fornication with the whore of Revelation 17...
1 Kings 11:4 For it came to pass, when Solomon was old, that his wives turned away his heart after other elohim: and his heart was not perfect with YHWH his Elohim, as was the heart of David his father. 5 For Solomon went after Ashtoreth the goddess of the Zidonians, and after Milcom the abomination of the Ammonites.
Remember that Ashtereth is another name for the Queen of Heaven. Again, Revelation 17, verses 1 and 15 call her a whore that sits upon many waters, which seems to represent the entire world!
Revelation 17:16-17 talks about ten kings hating the whore and making her desolate…
17:16 And the ten horns which thou sawest upon the beast, these shall hate the whore, and shall make her desolate and naked, and shall eat her flesh, and burn her with fire. 17 For YHWH hath put in their hearts to fulfil His will, and to agree, and give their kingdom unto the beast, until the words of YHWH shall be fulfilled.
The Beast is going to be a one world religion/government that will not tolerate religious freedom of any kind. (see 2 Thessalonians 2:3-4)
Notice how the following verse in Revelation ties chapter 17, religious Babylon, with chapter 18, commercial Babylon…
Revelation 17:18 And the woman which thou sawest is that great city, which reigneth over the kings of the earth.
By now it should be obvious that the Statue of Liberty represents the whore spoken of in Revelation 17. Not only does the Statue of Liberty represent the religious (idolatrous) freedom found in the United States, but she is also a symbol for New York City, the economic capital of Babylon the Great, spoken of in Revelation 18.
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|EWTN Catholic Q&A
|Luke 23:31
Question from John Genco on 11-12-2012:
How do I comprehend Luke 23:31 "For if men use the green wood like this, what will happen when it is dry ?"
|Answer by Fr. John Echert on 11-20-2012:
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Linux4.TV Launched
The Linux4.TV website was
launched on August 22nd at
9:00am (MDT)
I hear their mailing lists require registration as well. Those bastards!
Right, but you'll send thousands of your closest friends over to check it out. Way to stand by your principles.
On a less serious note, is Linux 4 TV anything like AOLTV [bbspot.com]?
Damn near every open source/free software project requires some sort of registration before you can contribute, and many require it before you can download. Thus, my tongue in cheek post.
National is a good choice because it no interest in any of the current sticky issues surrounding content protection, digital rights management, etc. They are going to make and sell chips regardless of what happens--either way, people are going to want set top boxes.
They're going to make a killing in the near future off of the embedded processor market. Every digital TV, settop box, DVD player, and a host of devices that are only being blueprinted now are going to use embedded processors. From National's angle, getting a foot in the door now means unimaginable profits later.
Is National using the open source community as a source of free code? Sure--but that's what it's there for. That is a good thing, because it will ensure that important things related to digital television are GPLed and not proprietary. The more corporations that follow this lead, the more otherwise-closed areas will open up as open-source. At this point in time, National's goals and the open-source community's are complementary.
-National wants to sell a lot of embedded processors and get into the lucrative consumer television market.
-Open source software must find a way into digital television and set-top systems, or risk being closed out by proprietary systems and closed 'black boxes'.
So National provides the hardware, and the open source/free software community provides the software under the GPL. Is it a good thing to get too tied to one hardware vendor? Absolutely not. But is it good to have an ally against corporations like Intel, Sony, and Microsoft? Hell yes.
They seem pretty set on using the SC1200 semi, but never really say why...I mean, there are a lot of chips to choose from, and I would be interested to know why the SC1200 is the one to use. Oh...okay. I get it: National Semiconductor [national.com] is one of the sponsors.
But that's not bad, though. Personally I've had good experiences ordering parts from National. I wonder, when they get this done, could you choose to get the schematics and parts lists and build it yourself? Or maybe just get the printed circuit boards and key components as a kit?
I read something yesterday that said that TiVo (http://www.tivo.com [tivo.com]) used GPLed code in their set-top system, and released the source code to the public. I am looking around on their site right now and haven't found it yet, but I would think that Linux4tv would be silly not to try to use it, if possible.
Their web site doesn't give a whole heck of a lot of information on it, but I'll give them some slack, seeing as it only launched "officially" twelve minutes ago.
I like the
(This ripped mercilessly from the above URL.)
It's got IDE support, PCI, serial and parallel, video capture. Quite an impressive device. I wonder if once the Linux4tv guys get a distribution for it, whether it would be possible to buy a few and create a low-cost parallel processing array. Of course, I haven't seen a price on it yet...
Thanks for the info on the TiVO GPLed code, maroberts.
The black box shown on their site looks like a PC to me. I wouldn't like to try balancing it on a TV, especially not a dinky European TV. Now before someone points out that the picture is the development platform, this begs the question of what the target STB will be like. Consumer electronics has to be living room and family friendly, not some big black technophile status symbol. Reminds me of the Xbox - try lugging that around to your friends house on a pushbike.
I'm sure that SOMEONE will take care of that registration for you so that you won't have to.
"You've got mail!"
Just compare http://www.linux4.tv [linux4.tv] and http://embedded.censoft.com/ [censoft.com]. Seems like the guys at Century Software are trying to get someone to program software for free so they can sell their set-top boxes later.
BTW, simliar projects have been around over here in Europe for quite a while - and those require no registration to download software and specs. Just have a look at http://dbox2.elxsi.de/ [elxsi.de] or http://www.cadsoft.de/people/kls/vdr/ [cadsoft.de]
In my area, the cable converter is a large black box the size of a VCR (if you have digital cable) manufactured by General Instruments. Cable goes in, video feed goes out. How would a device like the Linux4tv work in a situation like mine? Unless the L4tv had a way of talking back to the big converter box, it wouldn't have any way of changing channels. And since the converter doesn't have any controls other than the remote (no control ports on the back, I checked), I don't see how you would get a set-top box to work.
Anyone have any ideas on how they plan to do it?
OCAP is currently based heavily on HTML, ECMAscript and Java. Microsoft is understandably lobbying heavily to have Java excluded. One of the more interesting requirements in the spec is that the box must run software provided by the local cable company that can control which other software can have access to low-level resources like the tuner.
The latter seems supported by a wide variety of companies.
If you really wanted to get your hands on a freebie, a good way might be to get involved in coding for the Linux4tv project, and then see if they'd send you one. If my programming experience included anything other than AppleSoft BASIC, I'd probably be over there signing up now.
Remember those cool AT@T commercials, where those cute kids pushed a button on their TV screen and out pops "Star Wars" immediately, on demand?
Have you ever
That was 7 years ago. I don't have any illusions about all these cool new ideas. I know exactly where they are heading w/out the infrastructure to support them. Cool idea heaven, somewhere is Vaporville.
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Our favorite cheeseball, Mario Lopez, just announced that he is expecting his first child with his girlfriend of over a year, 28-year-old Courtney Mazza. The duo met when Lopez starred for a brief stint in the Broadway show, A Chorus Line.
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* Relatives of workers killed ask BP to investigate security
* Email says expats felt threatened by strikers before
* BP cooperating with UK coroner
* Workers felt safe with BP - lawyer
* Relatives of workers killed ask BP to investigate security
* Email says expats felt threatened by strikers before
* BP cooperating with UK coroner
* Workers felt safe with BP - lawyer
By Lin Noueihed
LONDON, Sept 26 (Reuters) - Some foreign workers at an
Algerian desert gas plant feared for their safety well before
Islamist militants killed dozens at the site, and relatives and
survivors want joint operator BP to investigate its own security
Forty oil workers, all but one foreign, died at In Amenas in
January after the militants took expatriates hostage during a
four-day siege that ended when Algerian forces stormed the site.
BP and Norway's Statoil, partners in the
joint venture with Algerian state energy firm Sonatrach, have
said it was impossible to predict an attack of such
unprecedented scale.
However, the widow of one British victim said her husband
had expressed worry in an email sent about seven weeks before
the surprise raid on Jan. 16 that a labour dispute at the plant
had undermined security and could lead to serious violence.
Contractor Garry Barlow was evacuated when tensions rose
during the strike at In Amenas. According to his widow Lorraine,
he returned after his managers at the joint venture assured him
it was now safe, but died within weeks on his 50th birthday
during the siege in which four BP staff were also killed.
A lawyer representing mostly British survivors and families
of the victims has also said his clients wanted answers from BP
over possible security failings, and said some were considering
suing the company for negligence and breach of duty of care.
None has yet sued. In an emailed response to Reuters
questions, BP said: "We can't comment on speculative legal
action. However, BP will vigorously defend any such actions."
BP has already set aside $42 billion for clean-up costs,
fines and compensation for a blast and oil spill at a drilling
rig in the Gulf of Mexico. A trial of BP over the disaster three
years ago is due to resume in the United States on Monday.
Any compensation claims linked to In Amenas would be much
smaller, but could further hurt BP's reputation if successful.
London-listed BP said it had been unaware of any specific
threat to the In Amenas project, or to British or Western
interests in the area before the attack.
While Statoil has already conducted and published its own
inquiry, BP said it did not plan to follow suit. "Because of the
nature of the incident and the fact that the response was an
Algerian military operation, there are many questions arising
which BP is not in a position to answer," BP spokesman Robert
Wine said in the email.
British police were investigating the deaths of UK citizens
on behalf of a coroner who will hold an inquest, he noted,
adding that BP would cooperate with the coroner and review the
outcome of official investigations for lessons to be learned.
Widow Lorraine Barlow questioned BP's security procedures
and decision-making before her husband Garry's death, calling on
the group to follow the example of Statoil, which published the
report on its high-level investigation on Sept. 12.
Barlow told Reuters that Garry, who as a contractor was not
directly employed by BP, had become worried about his safety
last year when tensions rose over the industrial dispute with
local drivers, who had begun to bring their relatives on site.
His fears were laid out in the email to his sister on Nov.
30 after many expatriates had already been evacuated or
"demobbed" in the industry jargon.
"Situation is getting dodgy here, local drivers have been on
strike for 6 months, they are now on hunger strike, place is
practically crippled and can't go on much longer," he wrote in
an email tinged with black humour that British lawmaker Rosie
Cooper read out in parliament on June 12.
"Local Tuareg have said that if any of the hunger strikers
die then they will kill 30 expats at the In Amenas gas plant. As
most expats have been demobbed, there are only 10 of us left,
they must be planning to kill us all three times over, ha ha."
The Tuareg community are traditionally nomadic people who
inhabit the Sahara desert mainly in Algeria, Mali and Niger.
According to Statoil's report, written by staff and external
security experts including a former acting director of the U.S.
Central Intelligence Agency, the long-running dispute over
contracts worsened in November when the hunger strike began.
The drivers went back to work in return for a pay rise and
contract extension the next month, but the report said joint
venture managers had felt the deal was unlikely to last.
Barlow said her husband was evacuated in early December 2012
and had not expected to go back as the situation was so tense.
Garry had begun to look for other work when his managers told
him the strike was over and it was safe to return, she said.
"He took their word for it," she told Reuters.


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When she returned to the Blackfeet Reservation in Browning in the early 2000s, the Forest Service was beginning to establish a "traditional cultural district" within the Badger-Two Medicine, a designation that recognizes an area's historic value. It also requires an extensive review process that calls into question activities such as oil and gas exploration. During the Reagan administration, more than 40 oil and gas leases had been issued in the Badger-Two Medicine – 18 of which remain today - and many of the tribe's roughly 15,000 enrolled members believe that those leases threaten both wildlife habitat and the area's wild character.
Augare-Carlson agreed that the Badger-Two Medicine should stay untouched. She decided to reveal the kind of connection her grandfather had to the land by coordinating with an ongoing project called Art for the Sky. The project's originator, Daniel Dancer, creates living "paintings" of people through aerial photographs, and for their picture, the Blackfeet chose to form a bear, an animal that embodies wildness. More than 360 students participated, and Augare-Carlson used the experience to discuss the tribe's ancestral ties to the region as well as its continued relevance to their lives today.
"Just seeing how much impact it had with the youth was really encouraging. They were all excited to be out there and participate and maintain the area," she says.
The traditional cultural district was approved by the Forest Service, but even though the agency placed a moratorium on oil and gas exploration in the largely roadless area, the leases remained. That state of limbo persisted until 2013, when one of the lessees, Solenex LLC, a Louisiana-based company, sued the Interior Department for delaying its ability to develop the lease. That lawsuit, filed by the Mountain States Legal Foundation, brought national attention to the issue.
During the years that the tribe spent trying to convince the Forest Service and BLM to cancel the leases, national and regional environmental organizations had signed on as allies. They included the Montana Wilderness Association, The Wilderness Society and the Glacier-Two Medicine Alliance as well as others. After generations of mistrust of outsiders, however, the tribal administration was reluctant to accept either their involvement or their help. But after elections in the summer of 2014 brought in a new administration amenable to working with outside groups, a partnership has flourished.
"We're here to support their effort," says Casey Perkins, Rocky Mountain field director for the Montana Wilderness Association. Compared with past efforts, Perkins and her environmental colleagues have embraced the value of letting the people on the ground have the spotlight. "We get people's attention when tribal leaders speak out."
John Murray, the tribe's historic preservation officer, says the primary role of the environmental groups has been to navigate political channels and attract and facilitate media coverage.
Over the past two years, the coalition has collaborated on legal strategies, pressed for expanding the designated traditional cultural district, and elevated the issue on a national scale. As a result, Montana's Democratic Sen. Jon Tester has become a strong advocate for cancelling the leases, as has Montana Gov. Steve Bullock. Numerous papers have also run editorials supporting the coalition's position. Publicity reached a fever pitch last spring when the legendary rock band Pearl Jam, which has Montana roots, publicly opposed drilling in the Badger-Two Medicine and posted a petition about the effort on its website.
The hard work and willingness to break down historic barriers paid off. On April 1, the Interior Department cancelled one of the leases, saying that the Solenex lease was improperly issued in violation of the National Environmental Policy Act and the National Historical Preservation Act. Even with the lease's cancellation, however, the partners aren't sure about the future of the Badger-Two Medicine. Solenex may challenge the Interior Department's decision, and 17 other leases remain in limbo. Meanwhile, the Blackfeet largely oppose any official wilderness designation, because tribal leaders say they want to share management responsibilities with the Forest Service – something both Perkins and Jennifer Ferenstein with The Wilderness Society say they could support. Despite the uncertainty, most people involved in the coalition remain hopeful.
"It's nice to see them (Anglos) learning and trying to understand our perspective. There have been so many times in the past when natives and non-natives clashed over management practices," says Augare-Carlson. "Now we're coming to the table equally and able to communicate. It's a really big step for both sides."
Wolf advocate Marc Cooke of Montana's Bitterroot Valley lamented, "She was an amazing mother." Wolf photographer Barrett Hedges called her "inspirational," while others declared her to be a "rock star" and a "consummate professional." The latter referred to her leadership abilities as the alpha female of the Lamar Canyon Pack, which resides mostly in northeastern Yellowstone.
As someone who has had the good fortune to watch 832F lead her pack across the Lamar Valley, I, too, felt a pang of sadness when I heard the news. Yet I resisted the urge to denigrate her killer and reminded myself why I supported wolf recovery in the first place.
I think we need wolves back in the West because they're an integral part of the region's wildlife and wildness. When the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service reintroduced wolves to Yellowstone and central Idaho in the mid-1990s, the agency did so because its scientists hoped that their return would enable those ecosystems to function fully and more efficiently. It was not a matter of pure sentimentality, or because they believed that wolves share positive qualities with humans.
By assigning 832F human traits, wolf supporters effectively anthropomorphize her and allow other wolves to be judged using human moral standards as well. Although this might seem natural and even good, it is inappropriate. Wolves may share several good traits with humans, but wolves also routinely kill other animals. Of course, human beings also kill animals for food, but the problem with wolves is that we have trouble controlling when or where or how they kill their prey. And wolves can't read our "no trespassing" or "no hunting" signs.
Wolves' natural propensity to kill deer, elk and cattle was originally used to justify their eradication from the Rocky Mountain West. Not so many decades ago, newspapers characterized wolves as bandits, criminals and desperadoes, and a threat to human beings as well. Ranchers and other Western settlers denounced the vicious way that wolves attacked and killed their prey as immoral. This helped to make their absolute destruction an honorable task.
Opponents of wolves' reintroduction in the 1990s often accused wolf supporters of romanticizing the animals while failing to understand the "savagery" and "cruelty" that wolves exhibit when they gang up on elderly or wounded prey. Now, by anthropomorphizing wolves as exemplary family members, conservationists risk validating this criticism. Bringing wolves back to function as predators in the wild was a smart decision biologically; it had nothing to do with wolves' moral value.
If conservationists try to justify the existence and protection of wolves on sentimental grounds, they will ultimately lose. For as many 832Fs as have roamed Yellowstone and reflected everything good we want to see in ourselves, there have been just as many Bear Paws, Three Toes, Unaweeps, and other wolves that gained notoriety for their ability to kill dozens of livestock in the dead of night, slip away undetected and later avoid the traps set to capture them.
If wolf supporters want to do right by the environment and its wildlife, they need to make their arguments at the species level, eschewing the urge to portray wolves as incarnates of human goodwill.
Additionally, wolf supporters must not forget that we've already debated whether to allow wolves to be killed. During the reintroduction process, the Sierra Club and Audubon Society took a hard-line stance that supported giving wolves full protection under the Endangered Species Act. In the spirit of compromise, groups such as the Defenders of Wildlife and the National Wildlife Foundation supported restoring wolves as experimental populations. This designation, created by the 1982 amendment to the law, gave wildlife managers flexibility in balancing the needs of endangered species and people. In the case of wolves, it also allowed managers to kill them in certain instances. Although the Sierra Club's Legal Defense Fund sued the Fish and U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service on this contentious issue, wolves came back to the West without absolute protection.
If it weren't for this concession, I don't think wolf packs would be roaming the West today. So before you get too riled up about 832F's death, stop and realize that killing wolves has been part of the deal since the beginning. And if wolf advocates 20 years ago had not been magnanimous enough to recognize that killing a wolf from time to time was the cost of recovering them on land shared with ranchers and farmers, no one would have had the opportunity to watch 832F –– or any other wolf –– at all.
Michael Dax is a contributor to Writers on the Range, a service of High Country News (hcn.org). He writes about the American West in Missoula, Montana.]]>


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CPS crisis keeps troubled agency in spotlight
Money was beginning to flow again to Child Protective Services after the economic downturn of the last decade. But the public disclosure on Nov. 21 that more than 6,000 calls into the Child Abuse Hotline were set aside without an investigation evaporated any illusion that CPS was changing for the better.


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Last week, for the first time ever, regulators made dark-pool data available to the public.
Dark pools execute trades off exchanges. The move to provide trading data to investors is spurred by regulators' recognizing that transparency is essential in promoting investor confidence in the financial markets.
The data are made available by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA), which now provides free access to weekly aggregated trade data at https://ats.finra.org/ Called Alternative Trading System (ATS) Transparency Data, the website shows trades by symbol or by ATS. Unlike securities information processors, ATS attributes trades to specific dark pools. FINRA is the largest independent regulator of securities firms in the U.S.
"Now that this information is available, investors have a window into what is really happening," said Steven Joachim, FINRA's executive vice president of transparency services.
According to a June 4 Wall Street Journal report, "Dark Pools Shed Light on Their Operations," Credit Suisse, Goldman Sachs Group and IEX Group Inc. recently disclosed how they operate. For example, Credit Suisse described Crossfinder, its dark pool, as "an anonymous matching engine available to Credit Suisse clients, internal trading desks and Credit Suisse affiliates." It employs "anti-gaming measures" to prevent high-speed traders from taking advantage of slower investors, the document said. In a separate document, Credit Suisse said it allows high-frequency traders in its dark pool but has "developed tools, technology and processes ... to mitigate risks associated with certain types of market behavior."
The Journal article quoted Adam Sussman of Liquidnet Holdings Inc., a dark pool that specializes in helping institutions trade large blocks of stock, as pointing out that dark pools operate differently: "Not all dark pools cater to the same investors and strategies."
FINRA's collection of the data under its rule is designed to ensure that the data reported is complete and accurate, and by making the data available on a weekly, symbol-by-symbol basis, provides a new level of transparency that may be reviewed and studied by non-professional and professional traders, academics and regulators."
How investors will use this new data will depend on the individual. Transparency is the goal.
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Aston Hotels & Resorts' Aloha Book Offers Experiences, Adventures While Stretching the Vacation Budget
HONOLULU (January 13, 2011) – Aston Hotels & Resorts puts Aloha in the hands of every guest with the 2011 Aloha Book of special discounts for top attractions, restaurants and retail outlets – with a value totaling over $2,500. The Aloha Book is exclusively provided at check-in to guests staying at any Aston hotel or resort in Hawaii.
According to Kelvin Bloom, president, Aston Hotels & Resorts, "We give our guests the ability to stretch their vacation dollar with our expanded Aloha Book." Over 30 new offers have been added across all islands for 2011, offering an opportunity for Hawaii's unique small businesses and activities to reach the hands of those who will enjoy them the most. The book is filled with exclusive offers for golf, spa experiences, dining and attractions, Bloom explained. "At Aston Hotels & Resorts we encourage our guests to explore the beauty of the islands and experience as much of Hawaii as they can. Our Aloha Book gives them a multitude of choices with a discount for everyone," Bloom says.
Sample Offers
A sample of some of the Aloha Book offers for the islands of Oahu, Maui, Kauai and the Big Island include:
- d.k. Steak House, buy one entree, receive a second entree of equal or lesser price free at Waikiki's award-winning steak house
- Polynesian Cultural Center, one free children's admission with one paid adult to the living museum of the cultures of Polynesia
- Creation, A Polynesian Journey, one free admission with one paid adult ticket for the spectacular stage show
- Waikele Country Club, 20% off a regular visitor green fee for a round of golf at this peaceful course outside of Honolulu
- Atlantis Submarine, receive one free children's admission with one paid adult admission to dive into the world of tropical fish, coral and ocean adventure
- Kaanapali Golf Courses, guests from any Aston property receive preferred rates, good for up to four players and may be used on multiple rounds of golf
- Hawaiian Surfing Adventures, buy one surf lesson from a pro surfer and get one lesson free, seven days a week at picture-perfect Hanalei Bay
- Air Ventures Hawaii, buy one hour sightseeing Kauai's spectacular mountains, waterfalls and bays and get a second hour free
- Kahua Ranch, 20% off Kahua Ranch Sunset Dinner, includes round trip transportation, live music, dancing, stargazing and a campfire sing-a-long
- Ocean Sports, one free children's admission with one paid adult on Black Sand Snorkel Sail Cruise, Sunset Sail Cruise, Whale Watch or Glass Bottom Boat Adventure
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So, this is horrible, but it just "magically" fixed itself. The only possible explanation is that it was fixed because of the sketchy-ish code I added to get the sort/filter selection buttons to always show.
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It was happening all the way up until I added that line. If anyone can explain exactly why this fixed it, that would be cool. I have a couple of ideas, but I'm really not sure.
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How much are State Select water heaters?Post created: 2016-07-06 Type of Equipment: Water Heater Views: 85
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State Select water heaters can be found at different online suppliers with prices ranging from roughly $400 to over $1000, depending on which model you choose. That does not include the cost of installation, which depends on factors such as difficulty of installation and whether you purchase a gas or electric unit.
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GAINESVILLE, Fla. (AP) -- Florida receiver Chris Rainey has returned to the team after being dismissed last month following a charge of aggravated stalking.
Coach Urban Meyer said in a statement Tuesday that Rainey is practicing with the No. 22 Gators. Meyer said Rainey won't play Saturday against Mississippi State, adding that "the timetable for his return will depend on his ability to follow the guidelines we have laid out for him."
Rainey allegedly sent a woman he used to date a threatening text message.
Meyer expresses disappointment that Rainey violated a core value of the program and said he "continues to pay a price for his actions."
Rainey agreed to a plea deal on a misdemeanor charge two weeks ago. Rainey apologized in a statement, saying he was "embarrassed" by his actions.


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Although the main work facing state lawmakers as they convene the 2011 session today is erasing a $6.2 billion budget deficit, they've also pledged to help create jobs.
Republicans and Democrats say putting people to work will boost the state economy and help erase the deficit through increased tax revenues. But the two sides have clearly different approaches on how to increase employment.
With the state's unemployment rate lingering at 7.1 percent, Minnesota's new governor says job creation is his top priority for the 2011 session. Mark Dayton is the first Democrat to hold the office since Rudy Perpich 20 years ago, and he frequently repeats the Perpich mantra of "jobs, jobs, jobs."
Dayton also has said he wants to work with the new Republican majorities in the House and Senate to "get as many people in Minnesota back to work as soon as possible."
Dayton wants to work closely with Minnesota businesses and organized labor. Details of his jobs agenda remain sketchy, but Dayton said one way to help businesses is by streamlining regulations and speeding up the response of state agencies.
"We believe there are opportunities there. I certainly heard in my 114 community meetings from people who were dissatisfied with a lack of timely agency responses," Dayton said. "I could cite numerous examples of those who just felt there just wasn't a timely response, even within the existing frameworks."
Republican leaders say they're pleased with Dayton's jobs focus, and they share his goal to eliminate government red tape. House Speaker Kurt Zellers of Maple Grove said he wants to study Minnesota businesses that have moved some of their operations to other states, and then make some comparisons.
"Is it inspections? Is it extra regulatory burden? When you want to break ground does it take you six months there and it takes you 14 months here?" Zellers asked. "Some of those little things that when you add them all together it's two or three days out of the month that you're dealing with government instead of coming out and talking to customers, selling your product or your service."
State government can help businesses best by simply calming the waters and getting out of the way, Zellers said. The Republican Majority leader in the Minnesota Senate, Amy Koch of Buffalo, agrees. Koch said government cannot create new private sector jobs.
"It's the entrepreneurs, it's the capitalists that create the jobs in the private sector. They take the risk. They hire the people," Koch said. "So, a lot of it is 'stay off our backs, stay out of our wallets and let us work.' That's what you hear over and over from businesses large and small."
Koch said the state can also help businesses by improving the tax climate, but she didn't offer specifics.
Democrats say they too want to help grow new jobs, but they're not particularly interested in providing additional tax breaks. Senate Minority Leader Tom Bakk of Cook said when it comes to business climate, the state must be doing some things right. He said Minnesota already has more Fortune 500 companies per capita than any other state.
"So when people come to me and say, 'oh if we could just do something about taxes Minnesota would grow,' I say, 'well then why does Minnesota have 21 fortune 500 companies?' We've always had high taxes. And South Dakota, who doesn't even have a corporate income tax, they don't event have an individual income tax. They have zero."
DFL leaders generally support Dayton's plan to introduce a large public works bonding bill during the 2011 session aimed at generating construction jobs throughout the state. But Republicans say they're reluctant to add to the state's credit card debt, even in the name of jobs.


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Accession no: LL 6562
Object type: Ceramic
Name: Bottle
Materials: Porcelain with powder blue and famille verte enamels
Place made: Jingdezhen, China
Date made: Qing Dynasty, Kangxi (1662-1722 AD)
Measurements: H. 26 cm, DB 13.5 cm
Description: Bottle, one of a pair (to LL 6561), pear-shaped, with tall slender neck. Dark powder-blue ground with three mirror-shaped panels painted in famille verte enamels with vases and symbols, rocks, and flowering plants. Gilt borders on the blue ground.
Literature R. L. Hobson, Chinese Porcelain and Wedgwood Pottery with Other Works of Ceramic Art, London: B. T. Batsford, Ltd., 1928, No. 480.
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