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Ultimate Integration dealers check out the Vizio 120-inch Reference Series TV
Ultimate Integration, the regional distributor of specialty electronics for the metro New York/Tri-state region hosted its Fourth Annual BBQ Bash and Tradeshow for more than 200 dealers and 25 vendors at its headquarters in Clifton, NJ, on Thursday, August 4, 2016.
"Every year we strive to improve on our BBQ Bash and Tradeshow, and this year we aimed to have as many of our dealers and vendors present to focus on product training and allow dealers to get hands-on experience with new products," said Matthew Weil, CEO of Ultimate Integration, a PowerHouse Alliance member. "The event is also a great opportunity for dealers to see our facility and the scope of products and services we offer."
Representatives from a wide range of audio/video manufacturers including Core Brands, LG, Peerless AV, and Yamaha, were present with demos and prizes for attendees. Ultimate Integration also hosted Dennis Holzer, executive director of the PowerHouse Alliance, Dave Pedigo, director of emerging technologies of CEDIA, and Vin Bruno, CEO of CEDIA.
"It was an honor to be invited and my privilege to attend the Ultimate Integration BBQ and Tradeshow," Bruno said. "It was fun seeing friends from all walks of the industry and getting a tour of the impressive facilities from Dennis Holzer. I was amazed at the breadth of products offered by Ultimate Integration, and particularly impressed by the size of the warehouse and amount of inventory immediately available to dealers."
Left to Right: Matt Weil of Ultimate Integration, Vin Bruno of CEDIA, Patrick Berna of Ultimate Integration, Dennis Holzer of the PowerHouse Alliance, Dave Pedigo of CEDIA, and Alan Malowitz of Ultimate Integration.
Ultimate Integration and attending vendors conducted multiple demos, including the 120-inch Vizio Dolby HDR Reference Series flat screen TV with 4K Ultra HD resolution, high dynamic range, and Ultra Color Spectrum, an exclusive to PowerHouse members. Continuing with the video theme, all LG 2016 OLED models were on display and JVC demonstrated its new DLAX750R 4K projector in a theater setting with a KEF 5.1 Surround Sound system. Panamax drew in the crowds, showing off its highly anticipated VT4315-PRO vertical power conditioner with IP control capabilities.
Attending dealers had the opportunity to win a list of 10 prizes, including Yankees tickets, a Core Brands bundle, a 55-inch LG OLED TV, and a Yamaha MusicCast system. Throughout the show, dealers were also able to experience the Yamaha MusicCast Wireless Multi-room music system and place preorders for its upcoming WXA-50DS amplifier and WXC-50DS preamplifier, due to ship later this month.
"This year's show had a great vendor assortment, and provided plenty of useful information. I am very impressed; Ultimate Integration puts on a better show year after year," said Scott Ashbaugh, director of sales, Core Brands. Dan Abramson, regional sales manager with Core Brands agreed: "It's rare to see that many tier-one dealers at one event."
Ultimate Integration added a number of new lines in 2016 including KEF, MSE Audio, Xantech, Séura, Sunfire, and Vanguard Dynamics, and just announced that it will be adding even more lines this year. With products from Apple, Clare Controls, Legrand Lighting Controls, and Ring, Ultimate Integration dealers will have more product options, as well. And as inventory continues to grow at Ultimate Integration, so does the staff. The company announced several new personnel, including director of new business George Christianis, an AV veteran previously employed by Audio Associates.
"The BBQ Bash and Tradeshow is a great opportunity for us to lift the curtain on what is new and upcoming at Ultimate Integration," said Alan Malowitz, Ultimate Integration director of sales. "We are adding some very exciting new lines over the second half of 2016 and have brought on new employees to support our growth."
"Our main goal at Ultimate Integration is to continue to be a true business partner with our dealers," said Patrick Berna, COO, Ultimate Integration. "We are pleased to host our annual BBQ Bash and Tradeshow as a reminder that their business is important to us and to help them gain further product knowledge and face-time with vendors."


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Perry May graduated as a Chiropodist in 1991 from the Michener Institute in Toronto. He was awarded for clinical excellence. He opened the Huron Foot Clinic in Goderich in 1992. Perry May provides in-services to special interest groups (ie. Diabetic education, nursing service providers) within the Huron and Bruce areas. He is a member in good standing of the College of Chiropodists and podiatrists of Ontario. He is also a member in good standing of the Canadian Federation of Foot Practitioners.

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Arizona Secretary of State Jan Brewer presents Mohave County Elections Director Allen Tempert with a certificate for successfully completing the Election Officer Certification Course of Instruction.
(Miner Photo by Linda Stelp)
As required by the Help America Vote Act passed in 2002, the state has supplied Mohave County precincts with new voting systems for Arizona's 2004 Presidential Preference Election, which will be held Tuesday.
"We will no longer by using the old punch cards," Mohave County elections director Allen Tempert said.
Diebold Election Systems replaced the punch-card voting equipment with a system that includes optical scanning for vote counting at each polling location.
Diebold has installed new voting devices for the nine counties in Arizona that had been using punch-card voting equipment, according to information from Brewer's office.
Each voter will make a selection with a paper ballet, filling in a space next to the chosen selection with a pencil.
Information from the electronically scanned ballet will be collected and results sent by e-mail to the elections office, Tempert said.
Thus far the state has spent $800,000 to replace punch-card voting systems with optical scanning - the federal government kicked in $14 million.
The congressional legislation authorizes the federal government to spend $57 million to update voting systems.
So far, only two states - Arizona and Georgia - have replaced punch-card systems, with some states asking for more time, Brewer said.
The county incurs no cost in replacement of the voting equipment but bears the time-consuming burden of storing, maintaining and distributing the equipment.
Eighteen Mohave County voting precincts have been consolidated into three precincts for the election Tuesday.
Registered Democratic voters received sample ballets showing the race, the candidates and the polling places for the election.
Only the Democratic party chose to participate in the state's Presidential Preference Election this presidential year, Tempert said.
He emphasized that, officially, Tuesday's vote is not the primary election.
"The primary election will be held Sept.
7, where all voters will be eligible to nominate their choice for president," he said.
"In a primary election candidates are nominated to go into the Nov.
2 presidential election."
Nonetheless, 55 of Arizona's 72 delegates to this summer's Democratic National Convention will be awarded according to Tuesday's vote.
In Arizona and six other states, 269 Democratic delegates will be at stake, more than 12 percent of the 2,162 needed for nomination.
That dwarfs the 45 in the leadoff Jan.
19 Iowa caucuses and the 22 from New Hampshire.
While in Kingman, Brewer presented four county employees who work in the elections field with certificates for successfully completing the Election Officer Certification Course of Instruction.
Tempert, assistant Kim Stewart, voter registration clerk Erma Allen and elections warehouse technician Teri Hoke received certificates.
"They have really stepped up to the plate," Brewer said.
"It has not been easy with all the changes to the system.
There is so much to be done."
For every general election, all people working in the election field must take a re-certification course, which is administered by the Secretary of State's Office, Tempert said.
The election employees receive training for updated election laws and procedures, teamwork and ethics.
"The certification assures the public that their votes will be accurately counted and no one will be disenfranchised," Brewer said.A Kingman resident will spend 90 days in Mohave County Jail for felony littering, the first person sentenced for the offense since the county hired a caseworker to police littering, the prosecutor said.
Michael Johnson, 56, agreed to a plea deal and was sentenced Friday, Mohave County Attorney Jace Zack said.
Kingman resident Victoria Taft hired Johnson to clean up trash at her residence, a report obtained from the county attorney's office stated.
Taft said she hired Johnson after seeing an advertisement in a local publication.
Johnson dumped approximately 200 pounds of bagged household trash on Oct.
5 in an unnamed wash north of Kingman, east of Stockton Hill Road, the county attorney's report said.
Taft paid Johnson $90 to dump the trash and $10 for a dumping fee.
Public works employee John Colclazer found a piece of Taft's mail in the wash on Oct.
After Colclazer contacted Taft, the woman told him she hired Johnson to have the trash removed, the report said.
Colclazer advised Taft that in accordance with state statute, she had five days to clean up the trash.
Taft cleaned up her trash – 12 bags full – and later gave Colclazer information about Johnson's vehicle.
Colclazer then contacted Johnson, who admitted to dumping Taft's trash in the wash.


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Upminster CC are pleased to announce, that for the 20th time since 1997 they will be welcoming the County side to Upminster Park this summer.
An Essex CCC XI will travel to Upminster on Sunday 2nd September for a Benefit Match, in aid of the Essex Cricket Foundation.
The annual occasion will also see a revamped format, with a late morning cricket festival taking part on the outfield, a Junior T20 game taking place at lunchtime and then the main event, a T20 match between Upminster CC and an Essex CCC XI, taking place at 3.30pm.
Further details, including sponsorship opportunities, will be released in due course, so please keep an eye on this website for information.
Many thanks to Dan Feist and Arfan Akram of the Essex County Cricket Board, and Essex batsman Nick Browne, for their help and assistance in arranging this occasion.Updated 20:18 - 13 Mar 2018 by Kevin Roome


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Homemade Croutons
You will need:
Bread (Loaf bread, Italian bread, etc. Any bread should work)
Olive Oil
Mrs. Dash Table Seasoning
I found a great buy on some artisan garlic bread at Kroger on my last shopping trip. It was originally $3.29 and I got it on manager's special for .89! I am making spaghetti this week so we will have garlic bread with that, but I had plenty and decided to make some croutons.
1. First, preheat oven to 350 degrees
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Upcoming Movies of Allari Naresh in 2018, 2019, 2020: Allari Naresh is a famous Indian Telugu actor and producer, who predominantly works in Telugu industry. He was born on 30 June 1982 in Chennai Tamil Nadu, India. Parents veteran film director and producer E. V. V. Satyanarayana and Saraswathi, he has an elder brother Aryan Rajesh. They all are living in Hyderabad, Telangana.
Age: 30 June 1982 (35 years)
Parents: E. V. V.Satyanarayana, Saraswathi
Height & Weight: 189 CM & 62 Kgs
Residence: Film Nagar, Hyderabad, India.
Career: He made his debut film with Allari directed by Ravi Babu, it becomes a blockbuster hit. His most successful and memorable film like a Thotti Gang, Nenu, Juniors, Praanam, Maa Alludu Very Good, Nuvvante Nakistam, Gamyam for this film he won Nandi Award and Filmfare Award for a best-supporting role, and more other films, his recent release Meda Mida Abbai is running successfully.
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Allari Naresh Confirmed Upcoming Movies in 2018, 2019, 2020 With Release Date
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|Silly Fellows
|Allari Naresh, Sunil, Poorna, and Chitra Sukla
|Bheemineni Srinivasa Rao
|05 Apr 2019
|Mahesh Babu, Pooja Hegde, Allari Naresh
|Vamshi Paidipally
Allari Naresh Recent Release Movies List of 2015,2016,2017 and 2018
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|Allari Naresh, Nikhila Vimal
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|15 Jul 2016
|Allari Naresh, Sakshi Choudhary
|G. Eshwar Reddy
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Upcoming Tollywood Movies List 2017, 2018 With Release Date
Upcoming Movies of Ravi Teja in 2017, 2018, 2019
Allari Naresh Upcoming Movies:
Director: Vamshi Paidipally
Producer: Ashwini Dutt, Dil Raju
Actors: Mahesh Babu, Allari Naresh, Pooja Hegde
Genre: Action, Romance
Release Date: 16th November 2018
Synopsis: Maharshi is an upcoming Tollywood romantic & action entertainer. The film was written and directed by Vanshi Paidipalli produced by Dil Raju and Ashwini Dutt while songs and background score composed by Devi Sri Prasad. The film stars SuperStar Mahesh Babu, Pooja Hegde in the main roles. Allari Naresh Paly important role in this movie.
Verdict: -update soon
Silly Fellows
Director: Bheemineni Srinivasa Rao
Producer: Kiran Reddy, Bharath Chowdary
Actors: Allari Naresh, Sunil, Poorna, and Chitra Sukla
Genre: Comedy, Romance
Release Date: 07 Sep 2018
Synopsis: Silly Fellows is an upcoming Telugu Comedy & romantic entertainer. The film directed by Bheemineni Srinivasa Rao and Kiran Reddy, Bharath Chowdary producing the film under Blue Planet Entertainments LLP banner. The film features Allari Naresh, Sunil, Poorna, and Chitra Sukla in the main Lead. The music composed by Sai Vasanth.
Verdict: -update soon
Allari Naresh Previous Films :
Meda Meeda Abbayi
Director: G Prajith
Producer: Boppana Chandra Sekar
Actors: Allari Naresh and Nikhila Vimal
Genre: Comedy
Release Date: 8 Sep 2017
Synopsis: Meda Meeda Abbayi is Indian Telugu comedy film directed by G Prajith produced by Boppana Chandra Sekar. It features Allari Naresh and Nikhila Vimal and Srinivas Avasarala in the lead roles, Music composed by Shaan Rahman. Now it is in theaters running successfully with the positive reviews. It was released on 8 Sep 2017.
Verdict: Hit
Selfie Raja
Director: G.Nageswara Reddy
Producer: Rama Brahmam Choudar
Actors: Allari Naresh, Sakshi Choudary
Genre: Drama, comedy
Release Date: 15 July 2016.
Synopsis: Selfie Raja is a comedy film directed by G.Nageswara Reddy produced by Rama Brahmam Choudary.the film stars Allari Naresh, Sakshi Choudary in the lead roles, Ravi Babu, Prudhvi Raj, ThagubothuRameshh, Billa reddy and more other in supporting roles. It was released on 15 July 2016.
Verdict: superhit
Mama Manchu Alludu Kanchu
Director: Srinivas Reddy
Producer: Manchu Vishnu
Actors: Dr.Mohanbabu, Allari Naresh, Meena, Shaman Kasim.
Genre: Drama, comedy
Release Date: 25 December 2015
Synopsis: Mama Manchu Alludu Khanchu is a Telugu comedy Drama movie in 2015 directed by Srinivas Reddy produced by Manchu Vishnu under 24 Frames factory. The film stars Dr. Mohan Babu. Allari Naresh, Meena, Shaman Kasim in lead roles, music composed by Raghu Kunche, Achu Rajamani, and Koti. It was released on 25 December 2015.
Verdict: Average.
James Bond
Director: Sai Kishore Mancha
Producer: Anil Sunkara
Actors: Allari Naresh, Sakshi Choudary
Genre: Drama, comedy
Release Date: 24 July 2015
Synopsis: James Bond is a 2015 Telugu Drama action comedy film produced by Anil Sunkara under A.K Entertainments directed by Sai Kishore Mancha. It features Allari Naresh, Sakshi Choudary in the main roles. Music composed by Sai Karthik. This film was not played well at the Tollywood Box office, It was released on 24 July 2015.
Verdict: Average
Director: Mohana Krishna Indraganti
Actors: Allari Naresh, Eesha Rebba
Genre: Action, Drama
Release Date: 20 February 2015
Synopsis: Bandipotu is a Tollywood comedy movie produced by Aryan Rajesh under E.V.V Cinema banner, directed by Mohana Krishna Indraganti. The Film stars Allari Naresh, Srinivas Avasarala, Eesha Rebba, Sampoornesh babu in the lead, soundtracks gave by Kalyani Malik. Dharmendra Kakarala and P.G Vinda are handling editing and Cinematography. This film was released on 20 February 2015.
Verdict: Hit


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As the first month of 2015 comes to a close, you may be debating whether or not to continue with your New Year's resolutions. Perhaps you have already decided to stick out your new goal or haven't even made one yet. One resolution worth adding to your list and keeping all year-around is ensuring that your financial information is protected.


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finding your parents are on facebook
the horror!
Mine are on there and they've been trying to add me for months and I keep ignoring the requests. I think they're secretly very annoyed at this, because my brother and sister have both befriended them on fb for some reason.
mines completely locked down now
whats most disapointing is my mum has more friends than me
so does mine
but I do actually reject friend requests, she's one of those who adds everyone she's ever met.
Just don't look for them.
Also, if they ask why you havent accepted their friend request, just say you've deleted your account
not that easy is it
I didnt look for them
it came up in conversation, she didnt add me because she thought I wouldnt like that (she was right), I dunno why but the thought of my mum looking at my page terrified me, worlds colliding and all that
Why would you care?
Just restrict what they can see if you care
i would wonder where they found the time
to make a profile. surely they're too busy doing stuff for you?
My mum tried adding me.
If she saw pictures of me smoking then she would kill me, slowly, a bit like cancer.
your 22
and your parents would kill you for smoking?
My mum works
in a heart and lung transplant unit.
my parents are technophobic
my dad still thinks MSN is the sole cause of everything that's wrong with his six-year-old computer
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it's the amount of pictures.
This reminds me of Chinpokomon
The episode of South Park where all the children become obsessed with Chinpokomon (my fav was shoe).
The only way to stop the bombing of Pearl Harbour (the natural intention of the company behind Chinpokomon of course was to brainwash US children into bombing Pearl Harbour) was for the parents to start liking, aping and taking an active interest themselves.
Your parents are probably doing the same thing. Facebook makes me want to throw tea from boats.
A few years ago
my mum heard about myspace on the news and kept looking at my profile. It was scary :(
Luckily it was really boring and I don't think she knows how facebook works. Yet.
How about
your grandmother finding you on facebook!!! I am now friends with my grandmother, mother, aunt and uncle... they know I can be a bit of a drunkard sometimes so not too much harm done.
If I found my mum or dad on facebook...
I'd gnaw my hand off. It's bad enough having my brothers on MySpace. Luckily, I don't have Facebook.


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Maybe Iraqis Know More Than Us
Despite Ralph Peters downer discussed below, here is the report of a poll of Iraqi sentiment. Guess what? They are optimistic about their future---more so that us in the US who rely on MSM drumbeats for the Lamonts of the country. Per a post in the blog America's Majority:
In a recent poll, more Iraqis, who live in Iraq, say Iraq is headed the right direction than Americans who merely watch TV reports about Iraq or read newspaper reports about Iraq.
One part of the poll analysis from America's Majority:
Nationallly, 75% of Iraqis say the security situation in the country is poor.
But, when asked about the security of their own neighborhoods, 60% give the security in their town or neighborhood a passing grade.
This shows the power of the media to conflate a perception–even among those closest too it.
How can any Iraqi feel confident in the environment of suicide bombers, beheaders and other "freedom fighters" (to use a Michael Moore term of affection for the insurgents)?
From Iraq the Model:
I told one of my colleagues I feel safe in Baghdad despite the dangers, I may feel afraid of terrorists or random violence but I never fear the government and that's not only how I feel, Iraqis are not afraid of expressing their differences with the authority because we in Iraq have more or less became part of that authority the day we elected our representatives while terrorists and militias are nothing more than temporary phenomenon that unlike constitution and elections have no solid foundations.
Couch sitters in the US should give this heed. (Thanks to Chicago Boyz for the link).


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Game, set, and match. Well, not technically, but we're now at the halfway mark, and Kramnik is looking down and out. Tomorrow's a rest day, so he has to shake it off, sleep it off, fire Leko for sabotage, SOMETHING!
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Using GIS and Remote Sensing in Forest Change Analysis, Aberdares Forest in Kenya
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Ruijin Ma, Ph.D.
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Douglas M. Flewelling, Ph.D.
Poverty and climate change are among the world's largest problems of the 21st century. The rate of deforestation is also alarming. This has resulted to damaged habitats, biodiversity loss, aridity, and global warming. The effects of climate change are exacerbating, as many people continue to underestimate the importance of forest as water catchment areas. These effects are especially felt in the poor countries in Africa where the majority of the populations rely on rainfall and agriculture for their livelihoods. Thus, there is a great need to restore nature, and conserve biodiversity, and ecosystem services. The first step towards restoration of nature starts with identifying the affected areas. This project includes identifying and assessing the current status of Aberdares forest: areas of forest loss and forest gain between the years 2000 and 2008 so as to support the restoration of this vital ecosystem as well as enable implementation of carbon sequestration project in Aberdares to help mitigate the impacts of climate change. The project also discusses the calculation of surface areas of the deforested sites, calculation of number of tree seedlings required to rehabilitate these sites, identification of sources of the tree seedlings, and generation of least cost distances from the seedling sources to the planting sites. Maps, tabular data and models were created to enable the Green Belt Movement to easily understand the forest status, as well as automate the calculation processes. A web-based GIS system was also developed to enable the Green Belt Movement to access project information, monitor project progress and share information with project stakeholders and other interested groups.
Recommended Citation
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Spring Meeting
April 6, 2002
Spring Meeting
April 6, 2002
The meeting was called to order at 2pm by Joe Y. Brindley, BIHF
Vice President. It was held at the Cullman, Alabama Civic Center.
ATTENDEES: Joe Y.& Fran Brindley, Helen J. Brindley, Harold
Brindley, James Brindley, Dorothy Lytle, Jeff Lytle, Meighan
Lytle, Tom Watson, Karen Watson, Brindley Watson and Taft Watson.
Harry Grimes said a prayer to open the meeting.
Dr. Sylvia Morris gave a very inspiring talk on the history of
Cullman and how the Brindleys fit into it.
The minutes of the November 17, 2001
meeting were read and approved.
Harold Brindley reported a current balance of $849.19 as of April
6, 2002.
Joe Brindley said a few words on the "spelling controversy".
He showed two full page ads from the Arab Tribune newspaper for
an Arab funeral home that stated "serving the people of
Brindlee Mountain". Joe said that he called and talked to
one of the owners and stressed the point that they were mispelling
the official name of the mountain, and the many relatives of
Mace Brindley who lived in the Arab area did not appreciate that.
Joe suggested that, if they needed verification of the correct
spelling of the mountain, that they talk to David Moore, the
editor of the Arab Tribune and/or the Arab Historical Society,
both who know and support the correct spelling of Brindley Mountain.
The person at the funeral home was courteous but made no comment
or promise about correcting their misspelling.
Joe said he had tried to get the cemetery historical marker off
the post and had a little trouble, but would get someone to help
him get it off so he can take it and get it refinished as approved
at the November 2001 meeting.
Joe said he had talked to Nancy Brindley and read an e-mail from
her that included the following:
She has received some information on the prisoner of war record
of Gabriel Lafayette Brindley, Mace's olders son. She got the
information from Dr. David Bush of Heidelberg College.
She is close to ready to publish the update of the book, "The
Old Stage Coach Road". The good news is that she has found
one or more publishing companies that do "electronic publishing",
and she will only have to pay $100.00 up front, instead of what
was expected to be $3000.00 or more, and with a guarantee of
selling some number of books. The electronic publisher will have
the book for sale, paperback only, on the internet at Amazon.com.
When a person orders the book, they will print one and send it
to the buyer for whatever their price is. Nancy wants everyone
to go to the Brindley Mountain website and check the geneology
information there, and OK what is there and give her any additional
information as soon as possible so she can get the latest possible
data included in the book. She stressed the point that, for privacy
purposes, she would not publish any personal data other that
the names of people who are still living
Joe reminded everyone that the next meeting date was approved
at the last meeting as November 17, 2002. The location will be
determined later and everyone will be notified.
The meeting was adjourned at 3:10 pm by Joe Brindley.
Meeting Archives
Spring 2005 Meeting
Fall 2004 Meeting
Spring 2004 Meeting
Fall 2003 Meeting
Spring 2003 Meeting
Spring 2002 Minutes
Fall 1999 Meeting
Click here for The Brindley
International Historical Foundation Home Page


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PostHitler Humor: "Iron Sky" (Tom Hashimoto, UK, 06/20/18 4:34 am)
JE's comment on suffering and comedy (and his example of Life is Beautiful, 19 June)) reminds me of the movie Iron Sky.
Premiered at the Berlin International Film Festival in 2012, this Finno-German movie puts Nazis on the moon, Hitler is mechanised, and a lady who reminds us of Sarah Palin is the US President. The movie is so bad to the point that it is self-satirical.
In any case, it was premiered in Berlin--I believe this is important in terms of national "memory." The ill sense of humour is somewhat forgiven precisely because the movie is neither accurate nor dramatic. Perhaps, the Finnish humour (which I adore for some reason) was necessarily to make suffering into a comedy.
JE comments: I must see this one, too. Tom, when you get the chance, give us a primer on Finnish humour. I wouldn't begin to know how to describe it. Is it particularly deadpan? Low-key?
How about this topic for WAISly discussion: name the worst "significant" movie you've ever seen. Bad films fall into many categories--the over-budgeted bomb (Heaven's Gate), the amateurish shocker (Pink Flamingos), and the critically acclaimed yet unwatchable "slow" film (Moonlight--OK, that's my opinion here). Some movies, like Iron Sky, are so bad that they're good. Others are simply bad.
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Worst Film(s) Ever
(Cameron Sawyer, Russia
With this discussion of bad films, I'm amazed no one has mentioned either of the two most famous bad movies in film history:
The Room, by Tommy Wiseau, 2003, which is so spectacularly bad that it is fascinating to watch. This movie has become a kind of cult classic, and another movie (!) was actually made about the making of The Room--The Disaster Artist, 2017, by James Franco, with a significant budget and some great actors in it. The Disaster Artist--a movie about the making of a bad movie--is actually very good! I highly recommend both of these to WAISers. What is bad art actually gives great insight into what art is altogether.
And then of course that great classic of bad movies--Plan 9 From Outer Space, 1959--which is a paragon of '50s shlock "B" movies, almost a self-parody, starring the dying Bela Lugosi, who did actually die in the middle of the production, to be substituted in hilariously unconvincing ways. Also highly recommended!
JE comments: Plan 9 also had a film made about it: Ed Wood, starring Johnny Depp. It's a very elite group of films--many of them "bad" or merely bad--that get their own meta-movie. How about Herzog's Fitzcarraldo (1982), which was followed almost immediately by the documentary Burden of Dreams? Both are fascinating for a Latin Americanist, the documentary even more so.
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- Worst Film(s) Ever: How about TV? (Enrique Torner, USA 06/22/18 4:15 AM)
Worst film ever? This is an easy one--my pick is bad, yet hilarious, and I laugh my head off.
But it's not a movie.
It's a TV show, and very old, but given the average age of WAISers, many might remember it: Get Smart. I doubt our moderator has seen it. You can see many episodes on YouTube. Laughter is great medicine for physical, emotional, and spiritual "disease," so I should watch it more often. For some odd reason, we watched it a week ago with our two daughters (10 and 15), who had never watched it, and they loved it!
Our youngest one kept saying: "He's so dumb!" It was even more fun seeing them laugh so hard as well. Check it out!
JE comments: Ah, bad television--is the term itself a redundancy? You've opened Pandora's Box, Enrique. I have seen some episodes of Get Smart. And yes, in the immortal words of Leonard Pinth-Garnell, it's "irredeemably bad."
Two of my selections for BTV (bad television) are Canadian: the unintentionally funny DIY series from the early '80s, Do It for Yourself, and the unwatchable teen drama from later in the decade: Degrassi Junior High. Lest I be labelled Canadophobic, one of my favorite shows is also from north of the border: Kids in the Hall.
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- More Hitler Humor: "Er ist wieder da" (Patrick Mears, Germany 06/22/18 4:58 AM)
Apart from Iron Sky, another "dark comedy" about Adolf Hitler is Er ist wieder da or, roughly, He's Back, which was released in 2015.
The plot of the film involves Hitler's time travel from the Führerbunker in 1945 to the former location of the Reich Chancellery near the Brandenburg Gate in the present. Hitler wakes up in his military garb shrouded in a cloud of smoke and is disturbed by three children playing soccer nearby. His first question, which is posed to the children, is "Where is Martin Bormann?" The children then scatter, wondering what kind of nut this guy is.
Der Führer then wanders over to the Pariser Platz near the Brandenburg Gate, where tourists believe that he is an actor and engulf him with requests for selfies. After being given refuge in a nearby kiosk by its owner, he spends his time reading newspapers to catch up on what he has missed during the last 70 years. From there, he is given a role in a television variety show in the belief that he is a comedian who is satirizing his namesake. From there, Hitler begins to realize the so-called needs of the "dispossessed" in German society and begins to appeal to their dark side. I will leave the rest for you to gather by watching the film or reading the novel on which it is based.
I first viewed this very clever film in an arthouse cinema in Heidelberg and, like many in the audience, I thought that it was hilarious until suddenly, the mood of the film changed. Looking back now in light of the "rise of populism" and "decline of democracy" throughout the world, the film is very timely. Er ist wieder da has since been released on video in Germany and can be watched with English subtitles. I am not sure if the film has yet been released in the USA or in other countries.
JE comments: Netflix has it (in the US), with the title Look Who's Back. It's on my list. For Hitler humor with a post-modern twist, it's impossible to beat ten hours of "Bring me Fegelein!" (I think I posted this link once before, but it merits a replay. You get the idea after just an hour or two.)
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Brecht's "The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui"
(John Heelan, UK
One should also not forget Bertold Becht's The Resistible Rise of Arturo Ui, consciously a highly satirical allegory of Hitler's rise to power in Germany and the advent of the National Socialist state.
All the characters and groups in the play had direct counterparts in real life, with Ui representing Hitler, his henchman Ernesto Roma representing Ernst Röhm, the head of the Nazi Brownshirts; Dogsborough representing General von Hindenburg, a hero of World War I and the President of the Weimar Republic (his name is a pun on the German Hund and Burg); Emanuele Giri representing Hermann Göring, a World War I flying ace who was Hitler's second in command; Giuseppe Givola representing the master propagandist Joseph Goebbels; the Cauliflower Trust representing the Prussian Junkers; the fate of the town of Cicero standing for the Anschluss, which brought Austria into the Third Reich" (all from Wikipedia). I seem to remember its being turned either into a film of a TV play.
JE comments: Sometimes allegories are so transparent that they cease to be so, and turn into a roman (film?) à clef. I am reminded of Emmanuel Goldstein (1984) and Leon Trotsky. Is Arturo Ui in this category?
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Bertolt Brecht, Stalinist Stooge
(Nigel Jones, UK
John Heelan admiringly cites Bertolt Brecht for his satire Arturo Ui on the rise of Hitler.
It shouldn't be forgotten that this old Marxist hack was a Stalinist stooge who ended his days as a pampered pet playwright of Ulbricht's East Germany, a dictatorship as bad in its way as Hitler's.
The now distinctly out-of-fashion BB is nobody's hero, besides which it has been revealed that much of his work was actually written by the unfortunate women in his life!
JE comments: Brecht did pen his wry "dissolve the people and elect another" in response to the East Berlin uprising of 1953 and the government crackdown. Granted, the poem "Die Lösung" (The Solution) long remained unpublished.
What do we know about Brecht's popularity in Germany today? Is he totally passé, or has he benefited from the Ostalgie sentiment? (I wonder: is Ostalgie itself passé?)
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Is Brecht Still Popular In Germany?
(Patrick Mears, Germany
In response to Nigel Jones's post, I can say that Bertolt Brecht is still very popular here in Germany.
Since moving here in 2014, my wife (who is an admirer of the writer) and I have attended performances in Heidelberg of St. Joan of the Stockyards and The Good Person of Szechuan and also a performance of the Brecht/Weill musical, The Rise and Fall of the City of Mahagonny, at the Deutsche Oper in Berlin. His plays are often performed on a regular basis by the Berliner Ensemble, which Brecht and his wife, Helene Weigel, founded in East Berlin in 1949.
I have also visited since moving here the Brecht-Haus on the Chausseestraße in Berlin, which served as his residence from 1953 to 1956. This structure contains his archives and a small museum containing his furniture, books, etc. Brecht is buried close to the rear of his former East Berlin home in a small cemetery. His birth house in Augsburg is also a museum. By all accounts and my observations since coming here, Brecht is still very popular in Germany notwithstanding his embrace of the DDR and its institutions after World War II and after he left the United States in October, 1947, which occurred shortly after he was interrogated by the House Committee on Un-American Activities ("HUAC") in Washington, D.C. . Here is a link to the transcript of his testimony before that committee of the U.S. House of Representatives.
https://en.wikisource.org/wiki/Brecht_HUAC_hearing_(1947-10-30)_transcript .
My first exposure to Brecht, however, was when I maybe 10 years old and would watch The Ernie Kovacs Show. For those of you who remember this variety and comic program, it was very eccentric with witty humor that was not always conveyed in words but often by "dumb show." One sketch, a favorite of mine, that often appeared on the show was a recording of "Mack the Knife" from the 1931 film of Three Penny Opera directed by G.W. Pabst. This work, first performed on the Berlin stage in 1928, qualifies as the work that made Brecht and Weill famous. The song, as sung in the film by a beggar showman in the London slums, was tracked by an oscilloscope on the television screen and in the background would be a series of comic dumb shows performed by Kovacs and his cast, which included the singer and his wife, Edie Adams.
After graduating from Michigan Law School and moving to New York City, I considered myself very fortunate to attend performances of Three Penny Opera, which opened in 1976 at the Vivian Beaumont Theater and was produced by Joseph Papp, and Happy End, another Brecht-Weill musical, which was performed the following year at the Martin Beck Theatre and featured the then-newcomer to the theater, Meryl Streep.
An informative book about Brecht and his exile in the United States from 1941 to 1947 is titled Bertolt Brecht in America by James K. Lyon and published in 1980 by Princeton University Press, which I found by burrowing through the stacks at King's Books in downtown Detroit.
JE comments: So much wisdom in one massive bookstore! (I think I have shared with WAISworld that John King-Detroit is indirectly responsible for my coming to WAIS.)
Pat Mears is clearly an expert on Brecht. Many thanks, Pat.
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New Bertolt Brecht Film
(Patrick Mears, Germany
Just a short postscript to our fairly wide-ranging WAIS discussion a month or two ago about Bertolt Brecht.
I just noticed that a German film, entitled Mackie Messer-Brechts Dreigroschenfilm, will be released in Germany on September 13th and will open here in Heidelberg on that day. The film, directed by Joachim A. Lang and starring Lars Eidinger as Brecht, is the story of the success of his play, The Threepenny Opera, on the Berlin stage and the subsequent making of a film of the play.
Here is a link to some clips from the film (in German) and the trailer: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c5hPQyMjUd4
Here is a link to the performance of the song, "Mackie Messer" (Mack the Knife) in the 1931 G.W. Pabst film. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HxVcDPtDnjM
I hope that this film is eventually released in the US with English subtitles.
JE comments: That performance (second link) is a rare gem. The song sounds much more modern than 1931, or 1928, when Weill and Brecht wrote it. Thank Bobby Darin and The Doors, I suppose.
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- Bertolt Brecht and the DDR (John Heelan, UK 06/27/18 4:25 AM)
Nigel Jones (26 June) misunderstands me.
I was "admiring" the parody of the humour in Brecht's "Arturo Ui," not the writer himself, having been behind the Berlin Wall (aka the Anti-Fascist Protection Rampart) and personally experiencing the scariness of Ulbricht's dictatorship and the influence of the Stasi.
No doubt a Stasi file still exists on my trip to give lectures to the James Bond-sounding East German Import/Export Agency--see my report titled "Beyond Checkpoint Charlie" written some years ago.
JE comments: Here is John Heelan's 2009 report on his time in the DDR. I had the chance to visit John's destination, the socialist "time capsule" town of Eisenhuttenstadt, some years later (2012). It was beautiful in its very bleakness--bleak chic? We Detroiters appreciate such things.
Anti-Fascist Protection Rampart--this is a euphemism for the ages. Mr Trump should take notice for his border wall...why not call it a rampart?
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- Is Brecht Still Popular In Germany? (Patrick Mears, Germany 06/26/18 9:59 AM)
- Bertolt Brecht, Stalinist Stooge (Nigel Jones, UK 06/26/18 4:29 AM)
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Something I am very passionate about is making maintenance of your online presence and community quick, easy and dare I say…fun! I also advocate the use of automation in some areas in order to save time (No Twitter Auto DMs – Please!). Recently, I wrote…
Would your customers recognise your brand if you were not managing it?
…where I delved into maintaining tone, style and general feeling of your online presence. All of this does require quite a bit of initial planning (which does save you time in the long run!) but as you grow and you pass on more control to your new employees, there is something you need to be careful of. In fact, even if you choose to stay small, this can happen:
You could lose your business personality!
and what is a person (business) without personality – Yup! You got it! A Robot and let's be honest, how many of us actually like to do business with robots?
Why does this happen?
This can happen for a number of reasons and it can happen to any business. Some reasons it may occur are:
- You haven't shared the vision with your employees.
- Work has become boring…which it does from time to time…and/or you have lost your passion.
- You are too busy implementing systems and you are not connecting enough with your community.
- You haven't taken time to review the effectiveness of the systems you have put into place.
What can we do to turn things around?
- Get out there, doing something fun or charitable and get the camera ready so your online community can join in the fun. Get them involved. Issue a challenge!
- Change your routine or throw out your system for the day. I am not saying throw it away completely, I am just saying kick it out the office for a day and review tomorrow.
- Allow different authors (your employees) to put their name, face and voice on your blog, they can add their personality and flair while still keeping the general tone. They can also make it a little less formal and they can approach it from their area of expertise.
- Use appropriate humour – laughter is a universal language and brings people together. You may even inspire yourself in the process.
- Share your everyday office culture. Perhaps your office has interesting looking chairs or a funny machine in the break room. Maybe your brainstorming meetings entail everyone sitting in a circle with their shoes off, whatever makes your business different, share it!
And lastly, remember, the best business personality in the world can't make up for poor content so make sure you put in the time to prepare something of value and add a little punch to it!
What do you enjoy about brands that you follow? Share it in the comments below.


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That little fat boy is certifiably crazy!
Does he want to be on the receiving end of a Tomahawk strike? Even worse? Reports are that Japan has started an emergency meeting of its govt!
This could get goofy quick! More to come.
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Surprise surprise!4:02 pm
Rezeki tidak semestinya duit.
Rezeki datang tidak semestinya kita tahu bila.
Tapi when it comes to KECUAIAN, regretting is the only thing that we can say/feel to describe how frustrated we are.
Benda ni baru terjadi. Baru TADI. yes tadi.
I misplaced my broadband hence the only way I can browse internet is through my phone. I do not know either this problem only involving me or most facebook users. I could only open my inbox but not OTHER FOLDER. This folder can be opened when I online through PC or notebook.
So, today I have the chance to open my other folder since I found my broadband. Surprisingly...
|The message that really make me wanna jump! Sent by the representative.
But wait!
Look at the date! Clearly the message was sent to me on 29 August and today is 9 September!!!
Is this for real? I opened their fb page (Nestle MOM & ME)
and scroll
|That's my fb name!
Without further due, I tried to message Nestle MOM & ME fb page. But they did not responding.
Dang!!! Why not I just reply the one who message me earlier. I contacted their representative and guess what?
He/She said I still can redeem the prize!
Then, I sent my details to them and hoping that the prize can reach my house safely. In Shaa Allah.
|among 137 sharing (comments), there is mine included.
I intention actually just to share my experience because I am aware that women undergo different experience during pregnancy. Bak kata orang, lain orang lain caranya!
Win or lose belakang kira. Tapi kalau menang apa salahnya teehee.
Then langsung tidak terfikir pasal follow up benda ni sampailah hari ni.
maafkanlah atas grammar yang bersepah sana sini *malu*
So, moral of the story:
disebabkan letak broadband merata-rata, disebabkan tidak follow up bila join any contest, disebabkan lalai tidak ada inisiatif buka other folder, hampir hampir nangis tiga hari tiga malam.
Nasib baik penganjur masih berbaik hati izinkan redeem hadiah.
Thank you Nestle MOM & ME.
P/s: Cannot wait to get my prize. Dear baby, I guess you are proud of your mom? love you munchkin
Till then,
yours truly,


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Lichfield Players are set to bring the curtain down on their season with a production of Willy Russell's One for the Road at the city's Garrick Theatre.
The show comes hot on the heels of their hit show Brassed Off, which was produced in conjunction with the professional Garrick Rep Company and Amington Band.
One for the Road will be directed by a member of the cast from Brassed Off, Sarah Stanley. She said:
"Brassed Off was big on so many levels. We had a large acting space, a fantastic live 27 piece brass band and a story with a huge emotional and geographical journey. And record box office sales for the Players were recorded too, with well over 2,000 people seeing the show.
"One for the Road is certainly the antithesis in size. It's a studio play with a maximum audience of 140 each night, a cast of four and the action set on just one night. But from the perspective of convincing characterisation and following an emotional journey, we hope audiences will be just as engrossed. There's straight-talking, intimacy, revelation and hilarity, and with the main character planning to elope, just think Shirley Valentine for men!"
From the author of Educating Rita and Blood Brothers, Russell's witty comedy explores what happens when one man dares to dream. Meet Dennis, a man on the verge of another birthday and a potential mid-life crisis. Tired of social climbing, sick of John Denver and plagued by nightmares about Tupperware, Dennis longs to hit the road and break free. But when his dinner party revelations cause his friends' lives to hilariously unravel, what will happen to Dennis' dreams?
The Lichfield Players are performing One for the Road at the Lichfield Garrick Theatre from June 8 to 12. To book tickets call 01543 412121 or visit www.lichfieldgarrick.com.
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Most all of us, when it comes to Bible study, we have a habit of looking at scripture with a non-critical eye. We wait for it to reveal itself to us.
When reading a passage in the New Testament that doesn't make sense, we assume "we" are the problem. That somehow, we're not be smart enough to uncover what it's talking about. Certainly, that's the case when reading the parables of Jesus. Most of us try to find the hidden meaning. But when the text makes no sense, we'll skip it and read on to something more understandable.
Who is guilty of reading the Bible like this? I was! That 100% described me to a "T." But, if we give up when we read the Bible how can we explain it to non-Christians. Especially those non-Christians or ex-Christians that want to use the Bible as a weapon against Christianity. If you have a conversation with an Atheist or skeptic, they'll attack the Bible faster than you can say YHWH! Here is how that conversation might go:
Atheist – "Ha-chooo" Me – "God Bless You!"
Atheist – "I don't believe God exists!" Me – "I do."
Atheist – "Why? Me – "Because the Bible says he does."
Atheist "Ha, the Bible is a book written by humans, why would you believe it" Me – "Because, it's inspired by God
Atheist – "You do know it's documented to have over 400,000 errors. Me – "No there's not!"
Atheist – "There are hundreds of contradictions in the New Testament alone." Me – "No there's not!"
Atheist – "And there are scores of historical, geographical and scientific errors also." Me – "What?"
Atheist – "Why would you trust your Bible?"
Me, thinking to myself – "Wow – can this be true?"
Me, aloud – "I think I have someplace else to be."
To be disciple of Christ we better be ready to get uncomfortable. Part of being uncomfortable is encountering things we don't want to hear. In my conversation with that atheist, was I ready for his barrage of rebuttals? NO! And in the end, who got converted? I started off by affirming the existence of God and ended up wondering if that was even true.
Here is where today's discussion may get uncomfortable – the Atheist was right. The Bible does have thousands of errors. The Bible does have many apparent contradictions. It also does have what looks like geographic, historical, and scientific problems. I see some of you squirming.
Yes, all of the atheist claims are true – if you play by their rules!
I entered that battle with no armor and against an enemy I was not prepared to meet. But I should have been. The guiding scripture for Christian apologetics – explaining our Faith – is 1 Peter 3:15. It says, "… you must worship Christ as Lord of your life. And if someone asks about your hope as a believer, always be ready to explain it."
This morning I want to do two things. The first is to convince you that, yes, you can trust the Bible. To help me in this fight I am going to use something I learned by watcng YouTube. Yes, YouTube. I love YouTube. You can learn so many things there. Whoa, I wonder if there is a video to explain how my screen door springy thing works? I need to check. Now, let's rerun that scene:
Atheist – "Ha-chooo" Me – "God Bless You!"
Atheist – "I don't believe God exists!" Me – "I do."
Atheist – "Why? Me – "There are many reasons, but I trust in God's word."
Atheist – "Ha, the Bible is a book written by humans, why would you believe it?"
Me – "I choose to believe the Bible, because it is a reliable collection of historical documents, written by eye witnesses during the lifetime of other eye witnesses. They report supernatural events that took place in fulfillment of specific prophesies and claim that their writings are divine rather than human in origin"[1]
Atheist – "Umm"
Me – "Let's have a cup of coffee and I'll explain what I mean."
What was the difference in that street battle – how did I engage with the atheist? I did as Paul tells us in Ephesians 6:14 "Stand firm then, with the belt of truth buckled around your waist." I was ready for the fight. I had the "belt of truth." Trust me, it's a battle out there. You must be ready.
But, let me make something perfectly clear. Those are not my words. They're from Dr. Vodie Bauchman and I found it on YouTube. I could have found a good argument by Billy Graham, or Tim Keller, or NT Wright, or anyone else I that inspires me. Use the tools you have. Do the research. I just happen to think Vodie is a Black Belt Christian apologist. It's up to you to learn your own way of defending your faith. Now, let me repeat what I said.
"I choose to believe the Bible, because it is a reliable collection of historical documents, written by eye witnesses during the lifetime of other eye witnesses. They report supernatural events that took place in fulfillment of specific prophesies and claim that their writings are divine rather than human in origin."
And what do I say when we get to the coffee shop? Or if the atheist pushes back on me. Maybe something like this:
"The Bible is not a single book. It consists of sixty-six separate manuscripts, written by over 40 authors from various walks of life: Kings, fisherman, doctors, historians, tax collectors, who wrote in three languages, Hebrew, Greek and Aramaic, on three continents, Asia, Africa, and Europe. This all happened over a period of 1500 years.
Who has heard of Plato? He lived less than 500 years before Christ. Around the same time the second temple was being resettled and became a city. Plato is said to have written hundreds of books and speeches. Today in university scholars, and even casual readers, read the famous works of Plato. How many originals do you think exist? None! Nada! Not one. But we read his writings word for word and not a single person that I know has ever questioned if it is authentic. It was reconstructed from copies of copies. It was also influenced by his protégée Socrates. How can we trust Plato when we read his Discourse? Because there have been so many copies that it can be pieced together! This is also how we know the Bible is authentic!
The New Testament alone has been preserved in more manuscripts than any other ancient work. We have found over 5,800 complete or fragmented Greek manuscripts, 10,000 Latin manuscripts and 9,300 manuscripts in various other ancient languages including Syriac, Slavic, Gothic, Ethiopic, Coptic and Armenian. [2] Many of the oldest copies were written within a few decades of the originals that were lost.
And, do you know over 25,000 archeological explorations have been made that confirm Biblical names, places, customs and events.[3] For example, when Atheist claim that the Great Flood never happened, but the Hebrews, Mesopotamians, Egyptians, and Greeks all report a flood in primordial times. A tablet with a list of Sumerian kings was discovered from 2100 BC, and it divides their rule of kings into two categories: those who ruled before a great flood and those who ruled after it.[4]
Nelson Glueck, a renowned Jewish archaeologist said. "It may be stated categorically that no archaeological discovery has ever controverted a biblical reference." [5]
Let's go back to what the Atheist said. Does the Bible actually have errors created during the two-thousand years of scribal copying and translations? Of course! Would you believe copies of any ancient document to be authentic if there were not some human errors?
Bart Ehrman is a very popular New Testament scholar and is used by the Atheist to support their arguments. He said in his book, Misquoting Jesus—The Story Behind Who Changed the Bible and Why, that the bible manuscripts "differ from one another in so many places that we don't even know how many differences there are." In other words, there are too many errors to count. But wait, here is what he said when asked if the Bible could be true:
"the essential Christian beliefs are not affected by textual variants in the manuscript tradition of the New Testament."
There you go, one of the world's preeminent biblical authorities, the agnostic champion for atheist, says that all this discussion about biblical errors is nothing but noise!
Before we move onto to the question of, can we trust the Bible as the word of God, let me show you a just a few examples of what atheist and non-believers use will use as "evidence." Let's look at one that is going to really surprise and maybe disappoint some of you. How nice of me, right? Please turn in your Bible to John verses 7:52-8:11. This story is formally known as the "Pericope Adulterae". It's more commonly known as the story of the woman caught in adultery. This is where Jesus famously said, "Let anyone who is without sin cast the first stone."
Here's the problem. This story was not in the original Gospel of John. In fact, it doesn't make its way into John until somewhere between 400-500 later. John did not write it. Somehow this story was added into someone's manuscript, that was then copied and recopied, then copied into the Latin Vulgate that spread to all the modern Bibles. Fortunately, when we read our Bibles, we are given a warning when something like this happens. My NIV Bible sets the story in italics and has a special note regarding the verses. Yet atheist will argue over what is already flagged as a discrepancy. But, we have to know about the errors too, right?
Here is how I respond to this issue. Here we have a wonderful moral story, that many of us have quoted, but wasn't an authentic verse in John's Gospel. How does this make you feel? Actually, it should make you feel very good. Somehow a great morale story, not originally part of the Bible, mysteriously appears in a later version. It may have been said by Jesus and recorded in an earlier source John did not know about. I'd propose that perhaps God put something into the Bible he wanted us to hear! After all, those words were breathed to someone.
Where does this leave us? I think the best is to look at all the words in the Bible like pieces of a jig-saw puzzle. Let's make the Bible stories into a really big puzzle, 5000 pieces. Now pretend you built that puzzle and when you finished you discovered a100 pieces left over. What? Wait, is the Bible is same? You have not lost anything from the originals? No. We just happen to have more words and stories than the first authors delivered.
Let me give you two more examples – and I need to be quick. Turn to the last chapter in Mark – Chapter 16. Go to verse 9. How many of you have a special note about verses 9-20? It seems that this section was not in the original version of Mark. Scholars think it was added just decades after Mark was written. So, this could be part of the original. But we have no originals, so we don't know! They are extra pieces for the puzzle.
Lastly, let me show you and example of what is called biblical contradiction that is an Atheist favorite argument. They choose this one because it's obvious and confusing. Or is it?
Turn to the first Chapter in Matthew. In Verse 1 we can see the Genealogy of Christ. The list includes 42 names from Abraham and ending with Joseph, Mary and Jesus.
Now turn to Luke 3:23. If we look at this genealogy with a critical eye we can see that it is very different from Matthew. This lineage runs from Joseph and goes to Adam. What's more troubling is that Joseph is said to be the son of Heli. In Matthew, he's the son of Jacob. How can this be. Believe me, the atheist love calling this a contradiction.
This is also one of my favorite "gotchas!" There really isn't any contradiction at all. Matthew writes his Gospel with a focus on the Jewish line including Jewish laws for parental lineage. He even leaves out three kings that were banned from the lineage for being so wicked. The Gospel of Luke is concerned with tracing Jesus all the way to Adam. Luke does this by following Mary's family line all the way up.
But what about Joseph having two fathers? Simple. Mary's father Heli had two daughters, Mary and her sister. Therefore, in Jewish law when Joseph married Mary, he became Heli's son legally. Just like Jesus was the son of Joseph legally. Because, we all know he was actually the son of whom? … The Son of God!
Frankly, I find it almost a shame that we need these discussions about contradictions, and spelling errors. But non-believing people are eager to engage with Christians. They will not relent on the topic of contradictions or "bad science." To counter their arguments, you must have authority, and "you must [have] Christ as Lord of your life. [so when] someone asks [why you're a believer, you're] ready to explain it."
But when it comes to the bible I refer you to the words of Charles Spurgeon~ "The Word of God is like a lion. You don't have to defend a lion. All you have to do is let the lion loose, and the lion will defend itself."
Our job as disciple of Christ is to be prepared to defend our faith and to let the Bible run loose like lions! And Jesus said – For truly I tell you, until heaven and earth pass away, not one letter, not one stroke of a letter, will pass from the law until all is accomplished.
Guess what folks – that is our job to accomplish the unaccomplished. Strap on your Belt of the Truth and defend your faith.
[1] Voddie Baucham, "Why I Choose to Believe the Bible,"
[2] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biblical_manuscript – source cited verbatim.
[3] The Big Book of Bible Answers: A Guide to Understanding the Most Challenging Questions. By Ron Rhodes
[4] http://www.ancient-origins.net/myths-legends-asia/sumerian-king-list-still-puzzles-historians-after-more-century-research-001287
[5] Nelson Glueck, Rivers in the Desert: History of Negev. Jewish Publication Society of America, Philadelphia, 1969, P. 176. Cited by Rabbi Glenn Harris, http://www.gospeloutreach.net/bible.html