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The Atom is full-sized Android in the tiniest ruggedized package.
Unihertz has followed up on its previous micro-smartphone, the Jelly, with a rugged masterpiece in minuscule engineering called the Atom, offering a full Android experience in the smallest durability-focused form factor ever devised. Of course, that means that there is a laundry list of trade-offs and only a relatively small niche audience who the Atom might appeal to in the long-term. Throughout our time with this handset, the novelty of that didn't really wear off and using the phone was plenty of fun thanks to well-optimized inputs and generally great performance — for what this is. But problems did arise in terms of day-to-day use, admittedly mostly because some text is difficult to read without brilliant eyesight. Furthermore, audio quality isn't awesome and the camera suffers some issues. That does not, however, mean that this device is any less worthy of consideration. For a number of users and lifestyles, in fact, the Unihertz Atom will be a perfect fit precisely because of its small size and durability.
In terms of specs, the mid-range Unihertz Atom measures in at just 96 x 45 x 18 mm and tips the scales at just 108g. At that scale, the forward-facing fingerprint scanner takes up around a third of the total width and the camera housing at the back takes up around half. The primary shooter is a 16-megapixel sensor with autofocus while the selfie camera is a fixed-focus 8-megapixel snapper. The display panel measures 2.45-inches with a resolution of 240*432 pixels, presenting users with a much-minimized full version of Android 8.1 Oreo. Pixel density falls in at around 203 PPI, giving a surprisingly clear image quality for the Atoms size. There's no SD card storage expansion with the Atom but dual Nano SIM, in dual standby mode, can be accessed via the full-size SIM drawer. Storage is set at a healthy 64GB and a respectable 4GB of memory backs up the MediaTek P23 MT6763V/B octa-core SoC Unihertz included here. That's four cores clocked at 1.51GHz and four further with a frequency of 2.0GHz for more demanding applications. A Mali-G71 GPU accompanies that processor.
The frame encompassing that, complete with headphone jack and USB Type-C port, is built of thick rubbery polycarbonates and plastics for added durability and only available in one color – Space Gray with red accents. That aids with the handset's IP6G ruggedization rating. A programmable 'PTT' button is also built along the right-hand edge just below the power button and just opposite the volume buttons. A lanyard slot is built into the lower-back portion of the Atom for additional security against misplacing the tiny device. The Atom's charging port is used both for powering up the 2000mAh battery and for OTG functionality while the headphone jack doubles as a receiver for FM radio. A single speaker can be found on the rear panel. Unihertz sets the price for this mid-range device at just $259.
In The Box
When the package containing our Unihertz Atom test unit arrived, it was small enough to be easily- confused for a smartwatch before closer inspection. In spite of its size, it does contain a fair number of inclusions beginning with the smartphone itself and a film-style screen protector. Buyers will find a USB Type-A to cornered USB Type-C cable under that as well as a wall adapter and a premium cloth tube lanyard. Finally, a user manual and a pamphlet outlining the 12-month warranty are included alongside a SIM tool. All but the lanyard are fairly standard inclusions to be packed in with a smartphone but this handset really doesn't require much by way of extras.
Hardware and Design
On the hardware front, Unihertz has done an exceptional job ensuring this smartphone will be durable. That's due in large part to the size of this gadget. To begin with, it is noticeably thicker than other smartphones but not to such a degree that it's difficult to hold. A fair amount of that heft is because the components have been squeezed into such a small frame but also because the outer protective coating is so thick. The panels, edges, and corners feature extra grip to make it more difficult to drop too. Meanwhile, the small screen size and use of an unspecified version of Gorilla Glass mean that there's not enough surface area to really bend or twist. The entire build brings to mind the original candy-bar style Nokias from the 1990s and early-2000s. It really does just feel indestructible because of how compact everything is and might even pose as much a risk to bare feet as a Lego brick if the company had used harder materials and sharper edges.
In terms of design, as alluded to above, all of the edges and cornering is smooth and wide making the Unihertz Atom surprisingly easy to hold onto. What's more, a lanyard slot is built right into the frame so that the device can be worn around one's wrist or neck. The contours and material are grippy and give a good in-hand feel while the texturing on the red PTT button assist in finding the proper key to press under any given circumstance. For aesthetics, the Atom could be described as having an adorable — albeit rugged — charm. Only one color is available but the manufacturer made sure to include a red accent line that steps back from the garish oranges and yellows used on similarly hardcore handsets. All ports and jacks are open as well and that means that Unihertz went further still to ensure that waterproofing isn't just enabled by difficult to manage rubber flaps. That makes plugging the device in, accessing SIM cards, or listening to music via headphones a much less daunting task without taking away from endurance.
The display is, as might be expected with consideration for its resolution, not exactly amazing. It's actually not bad either although some pixels do obviously show through in more high-definition media. In fact, it's pretty much a given that the purpose of this phone probably isn't to watch movies or play games. That's definitely possible but comes with serious drawbacks that might be better illustrated by explaining how navigating the more general UI is on a phone this size. Unihertz has not created a custom version of Android to run on the Atom and that means that everything is just scaled down. Reading the notification bar can, therefore, be a real hassle and will present problems for users without near perfect eyesight. It's not unusable but it requires the gadget to be held up-close-and-personal where a normal-sized smartphone could be held almost at arm's length. Fortunately, the company didn't choose a low-quality panel either and even typing on the panel isn't difficult. All touches and inputs register immediately with no latency.
Performance and Battery Life
Battery life from the Atom is about average thanks to its small screen and our benchmarks on that front lined up very well with real-world usage. That means that under constant use, it shouldn't be difficult to get at least 5 to 6 hours of screen-on time between charges. Charging itself takes around 1.5 hours to accomplish. Now, it's worth noting that our benchmark and use was under sub-optimal conditions since we left the screen brightness turned all the way up and all power-saving turned off. The benchmark also kept the internal hardware pegged at over 70-percent capacity for nearly the entire test. So anybody should be able to squeeze more out of this handset just by adjusting the settings. On standby, the Unihertz Atom lasted us between 2 to 4 days with intermittent use.. The benchmark for performance, on the other hand, was much less impressive but not surprising. The single-core score fell in at just 779 and the multi-core score at just 3687 via GeekBench's measurements. That score wouldn't be expected to allow the latest and greatest smartphone games or most intensive apps to run smoothly at all.
Benchmarks do not always fairly represent any given piece of hardware though and that is certainly the case here. Although the display size is such that it really makes almost no sense to download anything with lots of on-screen controls, we were able to run through a dozen or so races on Asphalt 9: Legends with no signs of lag in sight. The main driving method in that game is fairly hands-off, making for a great experience — setting aside the very low screen resolution and the need for the smartphone to be held as near the face as comfortably possible. Other apps such as Helix Jump were not quite so much fun due to the need to swipe across the screen, blocking almost the entire view and making accurate play impossible. To the contrary, using intensive photo editing apps like Prisma or Pixlr was equally smooth and similarly only hampered by the scale of the viewing real estate. So using this smartphone just like any other isn't completely out of the question under the majority of circumstances for those who won't be bothered by the tiny display.
Connectivity and Audio
Audio with the Atom is very poor. That's not to say it isn't loud but, aside from eyesight related problems users might have with this smartphone, it is not high-quality in any sense of the word. Bass is nearly non-existent and high-tones are tinny. This is not an Android device for audiophiles. Audio quality over headphones or Bluetooth is as good as can be expected but there's no specialty hardware there either. So the Atom shouldn't be expected to produce the high-fidelity noise of modern flagships or even some mid-range devices.
For connectivity, the Unihertz Atom features all modern features that should be in any Android handset. NFC is available for tap-to-pay. Both Bluetooth 4.2 A-GPS and GLONASS ensure that some level of connectivity can be had outside of dual-band Wi-Fi or Wi-Fi hotspot features. Mobile data is fairly robust, as outlined below, and will work with either AT&T or T-Mobile in the US. We were connected over T-Mobile through our MVNO and saw no issues with the 4G network in our area. No latency or problems were present in any of the other technologies either and a phone call showed that the earpiece volume and quality in the Atom were well above serviceable. This particular smartphone is designed to be, for lack of a better term, a phone first and foremost.
GSM: Bands 2, 3, 5, 8
WCDMA: Bands 1, 2, 4, 5, 8
TD-SCDMA: Bands 34, 39
FDD LTE: Bands 1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 7, 8, 12, 13, 17, 18, 19, 20, 25, 26, 28A, 28B
TDD LTE: Bands 34, 38, 39, 40, 41
CDMA2000: Bands BC0, BC1
The software environment on the Unihertz Atom is as one might expect from a near stock installation of Android 8.1 Oreo. Aside from an additional settings menu item, called 'Smart Assistant', everything is as it should be on the firmware side of things. Under that menu, Unihertz has included a physical key switch toggle, an option to gradually increase volume on incoming calls, LED controls, flip to mute options, and battery saving features. That's also where the controls for the reprogrammable red 'PTT' physical button are found. That can be set to launch any application while the power button can still, like almost any Android 8.1 Oreo smartphone, be used to launch the camera. The software experience itself is very smooth regardless of the relatively low-powered internals. That's likely down to the fact that the internal components aren't working quite so hard because of the phone's size in terms of display output. During our test, the handset received one update that squashed some bugs with Bluetooth and other features. However, it is worth noting that the security patch on the Atom is still on 'May 5 2018', for now.
The entire OS is present as well as all of the expected UI but scaled way down to the point where things can be a bit difficult to read if the font size is set too small. It will be a challenge for older users or those who may be visually impaired to use this handset. Thankfully, Android's easy-to-read icons help out with the navigation side of things. The virtual keyboard is actually surprisingly easy to type with despite that a single finger can easily cover more than three of the digital keys. That's without even using swipe inputs. Although that option would likely improve things further, typing was accurate enough that we didn't feel the need to ever turn that on. That's not to say it's at all perfect. We did manage to bungle putting in a password or three upon first use but several log-ins later errors stopped happening with any noticeable frequency. All of the expected Google software and stock tools such as a clock and file manager are present.
In terms of extras, Unihertz also includes a Cell Broadcast app for checking emergency alerts in the user's immediate vicinity and an SOS app for setting emergency contacts and quickly sending out emergency calls, messages, or 'SOS' including location data. Similarly, a TrackBack application is installed out-of-the-box that enables accurate tracking of where a user has traveled and how far. That would be useful in emergency situations as well as tracking distance for comparison with the included pedometer app. Zello is included for walkie-talkie functions as well as an FM radio and the former of those is initially linked to the above-mentioned PTT button. Last but not least the Atom includes a 'Toolbox' that contains various useful DIY and measurement apps. Of course, a flashlight, compass, alarm, and camera-based magnifier are part of that package. But there's also a sound measurement app to gauge the level of noise in a given environment, a bubble level, a height measurement tool, a picture hanging level, a digital plumb bob, and a protractor. Finally, the camera can be used as a heart monitor in a pinch and the app for that is included in the Toolbox.
The primary camera included in the Unihertz Atom is a mixed bag. On the one hand, well-lit shots can turn out very well and color capture is unbelievably accurate but it also has quite a few shortcomings. Not least amongst those is the fact that even relatively tame and diffuse light coming from behind the subject will wash out the resulting picture with a high-level of consistency. Meanwhile, indoor shots are a challenge to take due to the size of the phone. Not only do the sensors begin to lose detail as light dwindles but the sensor struggles to capture images in those conditions because of how difficult it can be to hold the Atom itself still. We saw quite a bit of blur in indoor shots despite taking those multiple times. Of course, a photographer with a more stable hand or smaller hands might not have those issues and there are plenty of features as there would be on larger devices — such as HDR mode, filters, and other finer controls. Not every user's experience with this camera will be the same but it was a low point from this device for us. The face-unlock feature, contrarily, worked very well even in low-lit circumstances. That's not to say it is the most secure since it only utilizes a single camera sensor, making it impossible for more advanced face recognition features to be implemented.
The Good
Small form factor means the Atom goes anywhere without getting in the way
IP68 dust, water, shock, temperature, and vibration ruggedization
Relatively easy to use in spite of its size
Dual SIM standby with plenty of bands supported
Useful DIY features and a programmable button for quick app access
Android 8.1 Oreo
Storage, SoC, and RAM are relatively high value for the cost
3.5mm headphone jack
The Bad
Apps that require a lot of physical interaction can become unusable
Reading the display is going to be difficult for a significant number of users
The camera is difficult to use due to size
The camera doesn't handle unsteady shots well at all
The camera doesn't handle backlighting or low-light circumstances very well
Audio is abysmal but loud and good enough for ringtones, alarms, or alerts
There is a lot about the Unihertz Atom that really bolsters its appeal, as outlined above. In particular, it would be a great handset for those who don't necessarily need a smartphone taking up room in their pocket or for those who don't want their device to become a distraction. Android phones are already very portable but the Atom also excels on that front. It can quite literally be placed in a pocket and forgotten about until its needed and that's not a bad thing at all. On the other hand, it will do just about anything a full-sized smartphone will when it needs to. The audio quality isn't great, the camera's not perfect, and the screen is far too tiny to be any use for those with larger hands or poor eyesight but those aren't really the focus here. Instead, the Atom aims to be durable and functional without getting in the way and that's precisely what it does.Buy Unihertz Atom


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Ok it's Friday, time to reflect on the weekend as we do always plan plan and plan. One word for my British friends, hang in there, you are still with us in heart and soul in Europe.
Lang Lang of China is coming to the palace of Versailles, to play Chopin! July 5 at 21h at the Royal Opéra, see it; http://www.chateauversailles-spectacles.fr/en/spectacles/2016/lang-lang-tribute-chopin
You want to follow Hemingway on his bars around the world, well here they are : El Floridita in Havana centro nothing did more for his fancies since 15 it was here he said. He was ,also, at Sloppy Joe's , Key West, Ritz hotel bar at Paris or the Chicote in Madrid . Also, Harry's bar at Venice, Italy, and more while in Paris ,he also, went to La Closerie des Lilas, Le Dingo (now gone where he met F. Scott Fitzgerald ) or the Le Nègre de Toulouse resto now gone too. And of course, many others, who hasn't read the book and this famous words of always true Paris " If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast."
At the House or Maison de Balzac, until October 2, 2106, Expo on Balzac and the artists, myth and reality, http://maisondebalzac.paris.fr/en/node/300
See Charles le Brun, the sun king painter, until August 29 2016 at Lens ,Louvre museum : http://www.louvrelens.fr/en/ch.-le-brun
Camoin dans sa Lumiére or lights in the Musée Granet in Aix-en-Provence , and see the Relationship of artists like Cézanne, Matisse , etc, until October 2, 2016. http://www.museegranet-aixenprovence.fr/en/exhibitions/a-voir/camoin-in-his-own-light.html
Fête du Cinéma 2016 is back, movie festival in Paris; from June 26 to the 29 2016. Movies from 4€ sponsored by BNP Paribas bank, http://www.feteducinema.com/la-fete-du-cinema
and the films on play are here: http://www.feteducinema.com/films-a-l-affiche/all
Be ready for summer in Paris going to these wonderful terrases:
Plaza Havana au Café 148, rue du Faubourg Saint-Martin (10e). Tél.: 09 81 29 83 38. open every day from 10h to 2h (11h to midnight on Sundays). Bar with mojitos from 18h. https://www.plaza-havana.fr/
Taîsho in the Aquarium of Paris – Cinéaqua. 5, avenue Albert de Mun (16e). Tél.: 01 40 69 23 23. open Wednesdays to Sundays from 15h to 1h. https://www.instagram.com/taisho_fine_dinning_bar/
Grand Train 26 ter rue Ordener (18e). Tél.: 01 48 24 34 02. Open Wednesdays to Sundays from 11h to 23h30. http://www.grandtrain.com/
Le Jardin Municipal 55/57, rue des Francs-Bourgeois (4e). Tél.: 06 32 00 98 26. Every day Mondays to Thursdays from 10h30 to midnight, Fridays and Saturdays from 10h30 to 1h , and Sundays from midday to midnight. http://www.creditmunicipal.fr/art-et-patrimoine/le-jardin-municipal/le-jardin-municipal.html
Barapapa Port de la Rapée (12e). Tél.: 06 50 89 18 08. open every day from 11h to 2h. http://www.barapapa.com/
And some others, like the Perchoir de l'Est on top of the train station Gare de l'Est! go by the wing or aile Saint Martin. Paillotte de l'Opéra on the terrace of the Opéra Garnier 1, place Jacques Rouche (9e). The roofstop du Point Ephémére with réservations wed to sun. if weather permitting go in by 200, quai de Valmy (Xe), street side. And the Café HeJ in the gardens of the Institut Suédois, wed to sun, go in by the grill door in the garden on 10, rue Elzévir (3e).
This weekend (sorry for the short notice) musée du Quai Branly is celebrating it's 10 years! free admission and many activities; http://www.quaibranly.fr/en/exhibitions-and-events/at-the-museum/shows-festivals-and-events/festivals-and-events/event-details/e/week-end-anniversaire-le-best-of-36456/
In my beloved Versailles, the palace is holding a mémorial on the days of Charles De Gaulle in the palace running until November 9, 2016: more here: http://en.chateauversailles.fr/news-/events/exhibitions/a-president-in-the-kings-palace-de-gaulle-in-Trianon
The programing will come soon and will run to July 16 2016; but do not miss the Versailles Festival; http://en.chateauversailles.fr/news-/events/spectacles/versailles-festival-2016-en
And the coaches or horse carriage museum (Galerie des Carrosses) will reopen in Versailles after many years of renovation better than ever do not miss this opportunity.
Until October 25 2016 you can see the Les Jardins Musicaux or musical gardens , to see the gardens in summer is wonderful, with all its hidden corners and sections done with a musical promenade. More info here in French: http://www.versailles-tourisme.com/agenda/sortie/les-jardins-musicaux-6.html?uid_agenda_trad=2929
and a pdf file map of the gardens for printing and directions: http://www.chateauversailles-spectacles.fr/sites/default/files/sites/default/files/pj/jm_2013.pdf
In the city of Versailles the famous Lycée Hoche (high school) will host an exposition on its actions during WWI call 14-18 au Lycée Hoche-students and wounded reunited ,on until December 1st 2016: more in French here: http://www.versailles-tourisme.com/agenda/sortie/14-18-au-lycee-hoche-eleves-et-blesses-reunis.html
La voie de l'écuyer opus 2016, (way of the squire) in the Grande écuries in front of the palace of Versailles, directed by Bartabàs; more info here: http://www.bartabas.fr/en/Academie-du-spectacle-equestre/spectacles-16/La-Voie-de-l-eacute-cuyer-Opus-2016
The same Bartabàs will do every Sunday mornings the Les Matinales des écuyers new version. Visit into the intimacy of work sessions, witness the rider's daily training. Done every 20 minutes on Sundays from 10h to 12h; more info here: http://www.bartabas.fr/en/Academie-du-spectacle-equestre/lieux
In summer if you go by the tourist office at 2bis avenue de Paris, you can reserve a ride in horse wagon thru the Streets of Versailles! Every Sunday (except May 1) at 15h15 and every Tuesdays at 17h45, trip last about an hour and cost 23€. Contact the Versailles tourist office at tel +33 (0) 1 39 24 88 88 or email firstname.lastname@example.com
For short weekend trips as I like here, we use weekendesk ; in French , here is more: http://www.weekendesk.fr/
And one of my favorites park when working in Paris and living in Versailles was to go to the Jardin de Bagatelle in the bois de Boulogne ,exactly on the allée de Longchamp street. You can get here from Neuilly on bus 43 or 244 leaving from metro Pont de Neuilly. The park is open from March 1st to Sept 30th from 8h30 to 19h and the rest of the year from 9h to 17h. The castle in it is open from March 15 to October 31st Saturdays and Sundays afternoons.
This park was built on a spirit of the times a game of words when Marie-Antoinette yell chichel and the count of Artois (brother of the king Louis XVI) yell bagatelle. It took 900 workers working day and night in 1775. The gardener was Thomas Blaikie in the anglo chinese style, with an English garden with Under wood spots of water and shady grasses with cascades, caves, and a love pavillion. In the 19C the garden was enlarged into an orangerie and a parterre à la French style. One of its owner was Richard Wallace (the same of the fountains Wallace) and adds pavillions of hunting and the Trianon. It was acquired in 1904 by the city of Paris that adds a rosary ,themes gardens ,and contest on gardening specially on roses.
More in French from city of Paris here: http://equipement.paris.fr/parc-de-bagatelle-1808 and English from the tourist office of Paris here: http://en.parisinfo.com/paris-museum-monument/71636/Parc-de-Bagatelle
Enjoy it, and have a great weekend everyone!


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We do not claim to be experts on any of the following lines. This info is meant to be something to help those who are not familiar with these dogs become familiar. We will do our best to be honest and speak the good of each of these lines. As with all lines there are those that fail. If we mention a breeder in this section we have a high level of respect for the work they have done with these dogs. FUTHER MORE BREEDERS NAMES ARE USED ON THIS SITE SOLEY TO GIVE CREDIT WHERE IT IS DUE.
It is generally an agreed beliefe that the first persons to develop the type as we know it today are Mr. Buck and Mr. Breay. From information passed down it is thought both of these Gentlemen set out to create a Terrier that was capable of dispatching a Fox in the earth if needed.
In the area that these men lived and hunted the ground is full of large rocks and boulders which make digging almost impossible. Thus they required hard tough terriers that were capable of following a fox down its den and dispatch of the fox while still in the ground.
There are stories of Breay using explosives to get dogs out of the earth. You can imagine this was a big goal and tough target to hit. The terriers and their types as we know them today are the resold of the following breeders taking these types and developing digging terriers that work the best for them in their situation. These where some of the original Patterdale Terrier Breeders.
Breay Bloodline of patterdale Terrier
You can not have a section speaking about Bloodlines and not speak on the Booth Bloodline. This bloodline is so well known, So much many new comers believe Robert Booth created the Patterdale Terrier himself. This is not true however.
That being said Robert Booth is considered to be a walking Encyclopedia for the breed. Regardless anyones personal thoughts about him, R. Booth is MAJOR part of the Patterdale Terriers history. We personally believe to add booth blood to a program is to add muscle to a program.
We have had the pleasure of meeting and obtaining a Terriers directly from Mr. Booth. WE ARE POUD TO SAY WE OWN THE LAST GREAT STUD DOG FROM MR BOOTH CH BOOTH'S CLINT HOF. He has been nothing short of a pleasure to deal with, and a major help when we had questions. Booth has sent a great deal of Terriers here to the states. Some well known dogs from Booth are Milo, Red Rocket, Tonic, Bruiser, Bruiser II and Gin,
Now days Booth is producing Terriers off of a stud dog named Booths Clint (YES the same clint that we own). We personally feel the Terriers Booth is producing to day are MUCH better then the Terriers Booth produced in the past (which is what a good breeder does, continue to get better) The dogs Booth is producing today seem to have more hunt drive, better noses, and are coming in at a better size then many in the past.
Booth dogs have always been known to be hard Terriers with a knockout approach to vermin. These Terriers can very well stand on their own as a bloodline and handle any work that comes their way.
The Terriers Booth is breeding these days have some very solid outs in them and they can be crossed with just about any bloodline on the planet and produce great working animals. Booth Clint is really putting some good ones on the ground. To obtain a Terrier Directly from R. Booth is to own a piece of history like owning a colby bred APBT. 99% of these Terriers will be smooth coat.
The Gould bloodline is a little different then the pre mentioned Bloodlines. These Terriers come in the smooth coat and broken coat however a larger perceatatege of them will have a broken coat when compared to the bloodlines mentioned here.
Ken Gould has sent many Terriers over here to the states, and the Family has been know to produce many a worker. We like the look of these Terriers over most of the other bloodlines as a personal preference. They simply look more "terrier like" to us.
This Bloodline as a whole does not seem to be "as hard" when hunting as the pre-mentioned lines. That is certainly not an absolute. There are more then enough hard terriers produced by this line of dogs. A higher percentage of them have the mixer style of working quarry then some of the pre-mentioned lines. By this we mean they will grab their quarry but they will bay if needed to avoid sustaining too much damage. This is good if you hunt on a daily basis. While this is one of our favorite line of Terriers we prefer our dogs to be hard catch dog style of terriers. Gould dogs also tend to have a better nose then the adverage patterdale from a different line .
Our favorite Gould dogs here in the states have come from Mr Murdoch.
Brian Nuttalls played a VERY important role in making the Patterdale what we know it to be today. Many consider him to be the originator of the breed as well. The truth of the matter is his family members had these dogs prior to him and they got the dogs from others as well.
The Nuttalls line of dogs is highly respected. As a whole they tend to run smaller then the previous mentioned lines. Making them a little better suited for work here in the states. Nuttalls dogs produce a mix of hard and softer dogs within the litters. Most Nuttalls dogs are smooth coat terriers. There are considered to be two types of Nuttalls dogs. you have the older (original) Nuttalls dogs which many feel were better then the dogs of more current times. None the less a good Nuttalls dog is one that is not easy to beat.
The Cocker blood is a major component of our breeding program. This family of dogs come from Ireland, where it has been tested an proven generation after generation. Based on tight breeding of just a few dogs. Max, Tripod, Nigger, Holly, Ted, and Annie are the foundation dogs for this family of Terriers. Cocker got his dogs from direct from Breay around the same time Nuttall got his dogs from Breay. Alan also used another line of dogs that were red in color to establish the line we know of today.
The Cocker Bloodline is one that has not been exploited and peddled around in America to the extent others have. But it is peddled around Ireland. In fact there are low life's out there that actually lie about the origins form their dogs claiming Cocker blood. Which is a real shame. It is kept by a select few here in the states, and has been the source of many arguments within the Terriers here in the states. Many individuals that are involved in this family of Terriers do not share their pedigrees or even purposefully misrepresent their pedigrees.
Regardless of the pedigrees behind these dogs one thing that most people agree on is if you have a Terrier from this blood line you will stand a very high chance that your Terrier will be a hard working, successful hunting dog. These dogs are known for being hard dogs when working quarry. They are also know for a very good nose and throwing a very high percentage of dogs that stay until dug regardless of how long they are in the earth. We have heard some make the argument that this line of terriers are the closest thing to the vision Mr. Buck and Mr. Breay had for the terriers they wanted to develop.
The biggest draw back of this family of Terriers is that their style of dealing with quarry requires them to take a longer amount of time in between hunts to recoup from the previous outing. They are very game and will continue but it is a heavy tole on their bodies thus they need time to heal up. Terriers like these are a solid addition to any breeding program as they will keep your pups game, gritty, and tough with quarry.
These dogs most commonly come in a smooth coat and black coloring here in the states. However you can find them in Broken Coats as well.
Weaver is considered to be a pioneer of the breed here in America. Weaver has been around these dogs almost as long as they have been here in the states.
One of Weaver's best known dogs was Weaver's Cory of whom is the damn and great damn to our Weaver's Bones (as well as several other very well known terriers). Weavers line of Terriers is known for being incredibly hard. Weaver has always liked a kamikaze style of Terrier.
Weaver has a reputation for testing and culling his breeding program in a serious way. He is also known for breeding his line of Terriers in a tight fashion. This being said this is a lot of consistency in his terriers. His Terriers will com broken or smooth coat and almost always black.
Weaver's current yard is based on Weaver's Bones of whom we purchased in 2018. He is one of if not the best stud in America
Murdoch is another person we are proud to call a friend. Murdoch has had Patterdale Terriers for many many years. He is also credited with breeding one of the hardest hunted line of terrier in the nation. Murdoch breedings are another "Before vs Now" situation.
The original Murdoch line was pure Gould dogs. Almost all of them were broken coated dogs. They were also known to be Mixers rather then being flat out hard. Likely because Murdoch hunts more frequently then the common American Terrier Man. So this style suited him better being his dogs did not have to sit in the kennel as frequently. We always liked his original line of dogs.
Since then Murdoch has obtained Pure Cocker dogs. One of which is a litter mate sister to our Cocker's Malichi. Needless to say his Cocker dogs are much different then dogs he used to run.
We still have some of the old blood that Murdoch use to hunt. We think it crosses really well with the Cocker bloodline and will continue to make that cross.
The schwab bloodline is another that has stood the test of time and is respected by breeders and hunters alike. Most schwab dogs are pure Nuttall terriers however schwab was also know to run some pure pickaxe blood as well. Schwab runs smooth coat terriers that are strong. In our opinion these terriers have good locating ability. This has been one of our go to lines to establish part the foundation of our stock. Schwab kept such high quality animals that even Booth was more then happy to use some of that blood in his present day dogs as an out.


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The Challenge Studios, held by Downtown Colorado, Inc. (DCI) at their annual "In The Game" conference, bring Colorado local governments' most pressing discussions to the forefront of a conference setting. They allow dozens of cities and towns to learn from each other's challenges by bringing attendees together to brainstorm solutions. After a widely successful event in 2018, the Challenge Studios are coming back to the DCI Conference stage at the City of Aspen in April of 2019.
This event is anything but a normal conference session. Registrants from across the state bring issues their communities are facing, and hold brainstorming sessions to solve them. Municipal leaders, city and town staff, and experts from relevant fields participate in each of these sessions to find the best strategies. The result helps cities and towns take action on specific problems, and is a great learning opportunity for all attendees.
The Challenge Studio is a chance for professionals from many fields to come together and discuss common issues in downtown development. "Economic development professionals, small businesses, medium business, primary employers, as well as municipality employees [should] come to this conference to learn what we're doing to help downtown districts," said Steve Art, the City of Wheat Ridge Economic Development Manager and Urban Renewal Authority Executive Director.
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Downtown Colorado, Inc. is a nonprofit, membership association that works to improve communities across the state. They offer assistance to downtown areas, town centers, and commercial districts of Colorado cities.
DCI's "In the Game" Conference is more than just a sit-down class for local governments. It is a three-day interactive experience. Every year, dozens of municipal leaders from across the state gather to brainstorm, discuss, listen, and learn.
The 2019 conference is coming to Aspen soon, and it is full of fantastic opportunities. Making a comeback are crowd-favorites including the Governor's Awards, the Challenge Studio, and sponsored Dine-Around Lunches & Tours. This year features a dynamic roster of keynote speakers such as Charles Marohn, the Founder and President of Strong Towns, a nonprofit dedicated to strengthening communities across the U.S. and Canada, and National Research Center, Inc.'s own Vice President, Michelle Kobayashi.
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Preparing for a new set of issues to address brings up strategies derived from the 2018 Challenge Studios. In Boulder, CO last year, nine cities and towns from across the state collaborated with peers and industry experts to transform problems into opportunities. They tackled a wide range of issues, everything from community branding to housing and mobility. Then throughout the year, each local government began to put their Challenge Studio plans to work. In these videos, representatives from each Challenge Studio group describe a problem in their community and the solutions discussed during their brainstorming sessions.
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When you're driving, air flows through the car radiator to keep your engine's temperature 'normal'. But if you stop, in a summer traffic jam for example, your engine has to rely on a temperature controlled electric cooling fan to force air through the radiator. That way, the engine can get enough cool air to avoid overheating - which can damage its parts.
Most car dashboards don't show an exact temperature and instead have a gauge with cold, normal and hot. The temperature needle needs to be at or around the centre to be at normal operating temperature.
If a red or yellow temperature light turns on, you should stop as soon as it's safe to do so, turn the engine off and get your car checked. A yellow light is likely to mean that the coolant level is low while red means that your engine is overheating. We show you below how to check your car's cooling fan and what issues might affect it.
How to check your car's cooling fan
- Set the car heater to cold
- Run the car until the engine reaches normal temperature. Allow the engine to idle for around five minutes
- Watch your temperature gauge – don't allow the car to overheat
- The cooling fan should cut in automatically and the temperature gauge drop back to normal. You'll be able to hear it, and if you open the bonnet, you can see them whirring in most cars but keep your hands well away to avoid injury
- If the fan doesn't cut in and the temperature keeps rising there's probably a fault and you should ask your local garage to give it the once over
What's wrong with my cooling fan?
Your mechanic will be looking for one of a number of different common cooling fan faults:
- Broken fuse. With any electrical fault, the fuse should always be checked first. If you're unsure as to where the fuses are in your car, check the car manual and see which are for the cooling system. Once found, check to see if it's broken or not. If it is, you'll need to replace it right away
- Faulty temperature switch/sensor. The temperature sensor is responsible for turning on the cooling fan when the car gets too hot. If it's not working, the fan won't turn on when it needs to meaning the engine is likely to overheat
- Defective fan relay. The fan relay is what controls the power to the cooling fans so if there is an issue with it, the fan will be affected. It may cause the fan to not function at all or to be on all the time
- A wiring issue. Check to see if all the wires to the fan are properly connected and in working order
- Something wrong with the fan motor. If the motor's faulty then a new motor will have to be fitted. Check the engine coolant level. If your engine coolant level is too low, it means that the cooling fan will probably have to work harder to keep the engine at a normal temperature. It's easy to check, just look for the coolant expansion tank in the engine bay. There are usually two marks on it – a minimum and maximum level mark. The coolant level should always be between these two marks


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The best part of being human is that we all come to situations with different journeys. We must be respectful of ourselves to know that our journey is important and its even more important to stick true to yourself. It is at times easy to just blend in to avoid troubled waters but then we wouldn't be ourself. We wouldn't be true.
Remember to go out there and change the world because we all have the power to!


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On October 6, 2010, Pratibha Patil, the president of India, visited my old stomping grounds of Khalsa College, Amritsar, to preside over the 'Nanhi Chhaan' campaign to "save the girl child," an issue I hold very dear to me. While another glorious chapter has been added to 118 year old history of Khalsa College,, when for the first time the president of India took part in a function of the College. I wrote my poem over 30 years ago and since then have raised a son and daughter, with my wife, Inderbir Dhillon, and have two beautiful grand-daughters. So this is obviously not a new issue for me, but one that has become stronger over the years, and it is my hope that through more publicized events like this, her visit will enlighten and help change the current policies and mindset of Punjab as well as motivate other states (and other countries) to adopt this model for spreading awareness of women empowerment and other environmental issues concerning society at present as expected.
My poem was written with the hope of accomplishing this same task and I have recently created a moving image slideshow with images set to my voice to create yet another facet of this issue.
Below is the Punjabi version of my poem. I usually create an English translation of my poems when asked. If you would like to see one with English subtitles, contact me or leave a comment, and I am more than happy to do so in the near future. In the meantime, ponder over my kavita, "Dheeaan" and let me know what you think:


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Bill Inmon posted an article where he discussed the drawbacks of a "virtual data warehosue." Now the idea of a virtual data warehouse has been around for years (I remember IBI positioning their EDASQL technology as a virtual data warehouse fifteen years ago). That was a terrible idea then because it provided only a method to access data, with no proper cleansing, integration or persistent storage of it. It was, frankly, not a data warehouse at all. Using that definition, anyone would agree that a "virtual data warehouse" was not a workable solution.
The problem is that Inmon defines any method to augment the data warehouse with access to source data directly as a virtual data warehouse, and in the same terms as the IBI concept from long ago, citing its shortcomings, casting the virtual data warehouse as not only a bad idea, but one that has been historically bad and discredited. In fact, the term "virtual data warehouse" has been used for years by detractors for any idea that augmented or supplemented the data warehouse architecture, many of which were truly misguided ideas. In today's world, though, it is not only possible, it is necessary to supplement the data warehouse. This "virtual data warehouse" is a new thing, something not possible before.
Inmon's primary argument about virtual data warehousing is that it skips the crucial step of integrating data:
The great appeal of the virtual data warehouse is that you do not have to face the problem of integration.
This is the central premise of his argument, that a virtual data warehouse skips data integration. What actually happens in today's version of a virtual data warehouse (and it shouldn't really be called that) is that a central data warehouse endures, with the kind of integrated data that Inmon would approve of. However, since there are so many data sources now, they change more frequently and the volumes are extreme, the batch load data warehouse is burdened with latency and often impractical for 100% of the analytical requirements. Because system architecture has changed so radically over 15 years, it is possible to read logs, queues, perform changed data capture and even go directly into the operational systems without resorting to extraction into staging areas or degrading their performance. The semantics of these source systems are considerably more transparent than they used to be and the speed of processing is so much faster it is possible to cleanse and integrate data on the fly. In those cases where it is not feasible, or where for a myriad of reasons it makes sense to warehouse the data, that process is preserved. So the virtual data warehouse is actually more of a surround strategy than an alternative.
Why then is the virtual data warehouse such a supremely bad idea? There are actually lots of reasons for the vacuity of virtue manifested by the virtual data warehouse.
I won't repeat all of his reasons, but they all seem to be related to the old "it will bring the system to its knees" claims about the inefficiency of federated queries and the affect on systems and network performance. I call this reasoning "managing from scarcity," except there is no scarcity anymore. Again, not every query is federated; many will be satisfied by the data warehouse. We can build systems thousands of times larger and millions of times faster than we could two decades ago as data warehousing was catching on and isolation of data and processing was absolutely necessary. Today's applications and business processes call for faster, fresher data than a data warehouse can provide, in many cases. Rather than ignore these requirements, a virtual data warehouse (with adequate semantic rationalization) gives the developers a chance to position the processing to the logical location, and the ability to use abstraction (or indirection if you prefer that word) to address the data, providing the flexibility to change that configuration whenever necessary.
The ugly truth is that the corporate analyst MUST do integration whether he or she wants to or not. There is no getting around it. Wishful thinking just does not cut it here.
Who wouldn't agree with that? The question is, where and when? The bulk of the difficult integration work is manual - people gathering information and getting buy-in that they have the right mapping. Where that process gets implemented is not the issue. There is no rule that says it must all go to a data warehouse. Historically, that was the practice because of the constraint of resource limitations that are now mostly relaxed.
So the problems with the virtual data warehouse are legion. There is poor performance or no performance at all. There is an enormous system overhead. There is only a limited amount of historical data. There is the work of integration that each analyst must do, one way or the other. There is no reconcilability of data. There is no single version of the truth for the corporation.
All of these things are true in the virtual data warehouse the way Inmon defines it, a big mess of federated queries directly to source systems with no integration, no history, no real context. No one would suggest this is a good idea. But a data warehouse today should be a participant in a constellation of source data, so long as the access methods to data beyond the warehouse's control can be relied upon to be correct, timely and not a burden on other systems. This kind of arrangement is not a virtual data warehouse, it's an analytical framework. We should discuss the merits of the idea as such, not dismiss them because we name them with a long-discredited concept.
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Maxine Waters – Surrounded By Trump Patriots, Hides, Sneaks Out Side Exit
One of the many corrupt Democrats who is a prominent, hateful voice in the attempted coup underway against President Trump, Maxine Waters, is used to being allowed to say whatever she chooses, unchallenged in her constant assaults on our President and unrestrained by the boundaries of truth.
She's still unrestrained and free to lie as she's preaching to Democrats who don't place any value on the truth and therefore there is no penalty for lying to them. But she didn't go completely unchallenged on this day. She was forced to run and hide from Trump supporters, as is vividly documented by the good people at Grinadall61.
Waters sent out a notice to the Trump people that their tickets wouldn't be honored, due to their residency despite her own residency outside of the district, something they point out and might have raised with her in the question and answer period following her hate filled diatribe, if they had been allowed inside. As it was they were forced to use megaphones to shout over her insufferable stooge chanting the familiar "impeach 45" of the moronic Congresswoman.
Waters attempted to bully the Trump supporters into leaving her Saturday rally in Gardena, CA, telling them that the police would be forcing them be silent, which they weren't buying and which proved to be nothing but a bluff.
Waters hid out inside, like the sewer rat that she is, unable to escape the gauntlet of patriots assembled to stand up to her vicious attacks against our President. She waits for them to lose interest and leave, playing cat and mouse with the different exit doors as a diversion. None of it worked. She ended up having to face the people, patriots who have had more than enough of this evil woman and her big mouth.
Waters had to have a car backed up to a side exit but she still got her ears full as the police escorted the evil wretch out of the venue driveway and onto the city street. They patriots looked like they were having fun, giving the evil Democrats a taste of the medicine they were dishing out so readily during the election at every Trump gathering.
Somebody should stand up to this hag in this manner at every appearance, every time she opens that septic hole on the front of her head. This could become a trend and it certainly couldn't happen to a more deserving, more evil witch of the West.
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As many as one in four office workers would resign due to poor mobile signal, according to new survey findings, as frustrations over phone coverage in the workplace escalate.
A nationwide survey of over 1,000 UK employees, by communications firm Arqiva, revealed that poor mobile signal affected half of all respondents while using their phone at work.
For three-quarters of workers, losing a connection mid-call was a weekly occurrence, while a quarter cited poor mobile signal as a daily frustration.
Commenting on the findings, John Lillistone, head of telecoms products at Arqiva, said poor mobile phone signal was "clearly not an issue that companies can afford to ignore".
Lillistone warned that "mobile-first" younger employees were particularly intolerant of poor mobile signal – almost a third of this demographic would leave their job if the problem continued.
While 90 per cent of respondents laid blame for poor coverage with their network provider, there may still be opportunities for small business owners to take the control of the matter.
"In actual fact, it is usually the building itself that's the root cause of poor indoor mobile coverage – you'd be surprised by the extent to which modern building materials, such as insulation and double glazing, can hamper signal," Lillistone added.
The findings follow a recent study into mobile coverage "not-spots" for British business owners. The British Chambers of Commerce (BCC) asked over 1,400 employers how their provider fared, with 70 per cent unhappy with their level of coverage.
Rural business owners suffered the most – over nine in ten reported poor mobile phone signal, compared to just over half in cities.
Adam Marshall, director general of the BCC said poor coverage significantly impacted on daily operations.
"I hear from frustrated businesspeople who can't use their mobiles or access the internet when they need to – basic requirements for companies to work on the move, trade online, and connect with customers and suppliers," he said in a statement.
Marshall stated regulator Ofcom must do more to hold providers to account, and suggested a "quick win" for the next government would be to relax planning laws for taller masts in order to improve signal.
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OATH, n.
A solemn affirmation or declaration, made with an appeal to God for the truth of what is affirmed. The appeal to God in an oath, implies that the person imprecates his vengeance and renounces his favor if the declaration is false, or if the declaration is a promise, the person invokes the vengeance of God if he should fail to fulfill it. A false oath is called perjury.
Most jews openly and willingly take credit for all kinds of nasty remarks about and criticism of Christians, but NO jew took credit for the creation of this abomination: "The origins of Kol Nidrei are unknown; none of the many theories is conclusive".
Imagine that if you will! Here's an oath to disavow all oaths that's so popular amongst all 15 million jews in the world that they say it three times during the ceremony just to be sure that all jews get their chance to abandon all reason, even the ones who are late to the Synagogue? Yet it was found in the street, or on the sidewalk, rather than crafted by a really nasty rabbi who didn't even want his name attached to it? Oh, really. How gullible are we supposed to pretend to be?
Forget about who created it--the simple fact that this unknown manna from heaven was so popular amongst these heathens that they all unanimously adopted it as their pet LIE is proof enough of the consistent amorality of the jewish mind: "Kol Nidrei nevertheless became the most beloved ritual of the Day of Atonement".
What about a Christmas carroll? Or how about a story about the Easter Bunny, or Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer? Oh, no, jews had to fall in love with a LIE during their favorite celebration.
46 people were falsely charged of "child abuse" in Wenatchee, Washington, based on allegations a 13 year old wouldn't believe. Why did the judges "believe" these charges anyway? The 3,000 false convictions discovered in the Los Angeles "rampart investigations" by the FBI, which are described as "a tip of the iceberg", would never have happened if judges obeyed the laws. The McMartin Pre-school Trial, which took 5 years, cost we the taxpayer $8 million, and falsely imprisoned numerous innocent citizens, was based on stories from children who claimed their entrails had been ripped out of them and spread out on a table before them. Do you really think that a grown up man judge would believe something a 13 year old boy wouldn't believe? This is the Kol Nidre in action.
The Amirault convictions are equally as preposterous. The FBI studies are even more preposterous. They show that a third of the men IN PRISON for rape whose DNA they tested didn't even match the DNA from the "crime scene". This should give us a clue that we have a third of the world's prison population, NOT because we have a third of the world's crimes, but because we have 43% of the world's Jews, AND because we only recently allowed them to become "judges".
Should we *really* be comfortable that, contrary to almost two centuries of requiring judges to be Christians, we allowed Jews to become judges? Or that it happened at the very same point of time in our history that our legal system became a *criminal* to mankind?
What other explanation could there be for why this happened?
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KOL NIDRE----not exactly the Lord's prayer
KOL NIDREA Jewish Prayer to Absolve All Vows
THE KOL NIDRE is a Jewish prayer named from its opening words "All vows" (kol nidre), it is based on the declaration of the Talmud:-
"He who wishes that his vows and oaths shall have no value, stand up at the beginning of the year and say:
'All vows which I shall make during the year shall be of no value.'" It would be nice if we could declare that this is merely one of the curiosities of the darkness which covers the Talmud, but the fact is that Kol Nidre is not only an ancient curiosity; it is also a modern practice. In the volume of the revised Festival Prayers published in 1919 by the Hebrew Publishing Company, New York, the prayer appears in its fullness:
"All vows, obligations, oaths or anthems, pledges of all names, which we have vowed, sworn, devoted, or bound ourselves to, from this day of atonement, until the next day of atonement (whose arrival we hope for in happiness) we repent, aforehand, of them all, they shall all be deemed absolved, forgiven, annulled, void and made of no effect; they shall not be binding, nor have any power; the vows shall not be reckoned as vows, the obligations shall not be obligatory, nor the oaths considered as oaths."
If this strange statement were something dug out of the misty past, it would scarcely merit attention. But as being a part of a revised Jewish prayer book printed in the United States in 1919, and as being one of the high points of the Jewish religious celebration of New Year, it cannot be lightly dismissed after attention has once been called to it.
OPPOSED BY SOME JEWSIndefensibly immoral as the Kol Nidre is, utterly destructive of all social confidence, yet the most earnest efforts of a few really spiritual Jews have not succeeded in removing it from the Day of Atonement services in Orthodox Synagogues where it is normally chanted three times, although a rabbinical conference in Brunswick recommended its omission.
In America, Britain, and other countries, Reform and Liberal Congregations have followed this advice, but they only comprise a small portion say 20% of Jews they have retained the melody of Kol Nidre, but have revised the prayer.
Thus, Kol Nidre stands condemned by a portion of Jewry itself. The Jewish Encyclopedia, 1904, Vol. VII, page 541, says, "It cannot be denied that according to the usual formula, an unscrupulous man might think that it (Kol Nidre) offers a means of escape from the obligations and promises which he had assumed and made in regard to others."
EXCUSES PERJURYOne of the most important aspects of Kol Nidre is that it suborns or excuses perjury in the Courts in the case Orthodox Jewish witnesses, whose testimony, of course, is rendered worthless by it.
If the prayer were a request for forgiveness for the broken vows of the past, normal human beings could quite understand it. Vows, promises, obligations and pledges are broken, sometimes by weakness of will to perform them, sometimes by reason of forgetfulness, sometimes by sheer inability to do the thing we thought we could do. Human experience is neither Jew nor Gentile in that respect.
But the Kol Nidre prayer is a holy advance notice, given in the secrecy of the synagogue, that no promise whatsoever shall be binding, and more than not being binding is then and there violated before it is ever made. The scope of the prayer is "for this day of atonement, until the next day of atonement."The prayer breaks down the common ground of confidence between men: "the vows shall not be reckoned vows; the obligations shall not be obligatory, nor the oaths considered oaths." It requires no argument to show that if this prayer be really the rule of faith and conduct for the Jew who utters it, the ordinary social and business relations are impossible to maintain with him.
It should be observed that there is no likeness here with so-called Christian "hypocrisy." Christian "hypocrisy" arises mostly from men holding higher ideals than they are able to attain to, and verbally extolling higher principles than their conduct illustrates. That is; to use Browning's figure, the man's reach exceeds his grasp, as it always does, where man is more than a clod.
BABYLONIAN CHARACTER OF JUDAISMBut the Kol Nidre is in the opposite direction. It recognizes by inference that in the common world of men, in the common morality of the street and the mart, a promise passes current as a promise, a pledge as a pledge, an obligation as an obligation; that there is a certain social currency given to the individual's mere word on the assumption that its quality is kept good by straight moral intention.
In straight Christian morality, a man's word is expected to be as good as his bond. But the inference of the Kol Nidre is that man should make provision to drop below that level of morality.
How did the Kol Nidre come into existence? Is it the cause or the effect of that untrustworthiness with which the Jew has been charged for centuries?
Its origin is not from the Bible, but from Babylon, and the mark of Babylon is more strongly impressed on the Jew than is the mark of the Bible.
Indeed, the Talmud is openly praised and revered as being Babylonian. And Kol Nidre is Babylonian Talmudic, finding its place among many other and similar dark things within that many-volumed and burdensome invention. If the Kol Nidre ever was a backward look over the failures of the previous year, it very early became a forward look to the deliberate deceptions of the coming year. Many explanations have been made in an attempt to account for this. Each explanation is denied and disproved by those who favor some other explanation. The commonest explanation of all is this, and it rings in the overworked note of "persecution." The Jews were hounded and harried by the bloodthirsty Christians. Many learned men want to have it understood that the Kol Nidre dates from the Spanish Inquisition, it having become necessary on account of all sorts of persecutions and inflictions to adopt the Christian religion for appearances sake.
Then the Jews in Spain, gathering in cellars to celebrate the Day of Atonement and pardon, composed a prayer that declared of no value all vows and oaths that they would be forced to make during the year...." "The learned men say, moreover, that in remembrance of those days when hundreds and thousands of Maranos (secret, Jews) were dragged out of the cellars and were tortured with all kinds of torments, the Jews in all parts of the world have adopted Kol Nidre as a token of faithfulness to faith and as self-sacrifice for the faith."
THOSE ASSERTIONS ARE INCORRECTThe fact is that the formula of Kol Nidre was composed on the night of Yom Kippur quite a time earlier than the period of the Spanish Inquisition. We find, for instance, a formula to invalidate vows on Yom Kippur in the prayer book of Rabbi Amram Goun who lived in the ninth century, about 500 years before the Spanish Inquisition; although Rabbi Amram's formula is not Kol Nidre, but Kol Nidrim: "All vows and oaths which we shall swear from Yom Kippurim to Yom Kippurim will return to us void."
The form of the prayer in the matter of its age may be in dispute, but back in the ancient and modern Talmud is the authorization of the practice:
"He who wished that his vows and oaths shall have no value, stand up at the beginning of the year and say:
'All vows which I shall make during the year shall be of no value.....'"
"Pharasaism became Talmudism, Talmudism became Medieval Rabbinism, and Medieval Rabbinism became Modern Rabbinism. But throughout these changes of names, inevitable adaption of custom, and adjustment of Law, the spirit of the ancient Pharisee survives unaltered."
And now compare this with what the very reverend chief rabbi Doctor J. H. Hertz wrote in his foreword to the Socino edition of the Babylonian Talmud, published in 1935:
"The Talmud is the product of Palestine, the land of the Bible, and of Mesopotamia, the cradle of civilization. The beginnings of Talmudic literature date back to the time of the Babylonian exile. The Babylonian Exile is a momentous period in the history of humanity, and especially so that of Israel. During that exile, Israel found itself. It not only rediscovered the Torah and made it the rule of life but, under its influence, new religious institutions, such as the synagogue, i. e., congregational worship without priests or ritual came into existence, one of the most far-reaching spiritual achievements in the whole history of religion... ."
Here is the outright admission, from a late chief rabbi of the Pharisees, that the religion of the so-called Jews stems from things learned in Babylon during the Exile! So proud are these Pharisees of being connected with the Babylon against which John The revelator spoke, that they boast of babylon as their "capital" for over 1600 years, and call their very book of life the Babylonian Talmud!
THE SAME OLD PHARISEESThe brainwashed would have you believe, with them, that the Pharisees are different now. But the poor innocent dupes know nothing of the Babylonian Talmud which proclaims the gospel of Satan. They would have us all believe that these who now call themselves Jews would have nothing to do with the martyring of the saints, or the crucifying of Jesus, the Christ. Look back again at the words of Finklestein: "...the spirit of the Pharisees survives unaltered." Does not Pharisee Finklestein here admit that they are still Christ killers?
THE MURDER OF JESUS KOSHER STYLEThe Jewish Encyclopedia gives to Jesus, among other names, the pseudonym of Balaam. And, using that name here is what is says concerning His death:
"In the process of killing Balaam, all four legal methods of execution: stoning, burning, decapitating and strangling were employed (Sanhedrin 1.c.). He met his death at the age of thirty-three; and it is stated that he had no portion of the world to come (Sanhedrin x2:90a)... ."
THE GOSPEL OF HATEThe basic Talmudic doctrine is more than a Master Race Complex. It is an Only Race Concept. According to the Talmud the goyim (non-Jews) rank as animals. They have no property rights, no legal rights under any code whatsoever. Now can you see why the so-called Jews claim there is only one race of man? But they don't really want you to know what that means. We are merely their "stupid goy cattle." The Golden Rule of the Talmud is "milk the goyim, but do not get caught." Rabbi ben Yohai's edict is: "Even the best among the Gentiles deserves to be killed." (Abodan Zarah 26b).
Regarding and Gentile property rights, their possessions are "like unclaimed land in the desert." (Baba Bathra 54b).
"With respect to robbery: if one stole or robbed or seized a beautiful woman, or committed similar offenses, if these were perpetrated by one Gentile against another, the theft, etc., must not be kept, and likewise the theft from an Israelite by a gentile, but theft from a Gentile by an Israelite may be retained." (Sanhedrin 57a).
Here are further expressions of "brotherhood." Kosher-style, straight from the Talmud and its supplement, the Cabala:
Kethoboth 3b: "The seed (child) of a Christian is of no more value than that of a beast."
Baba Kama 113a: "A Jew may lie and perjure to condemn a Christian. b. "The name of God is not profaned when lying to Christians."
Hikkoth Akum X 1: "Do not save Christians in danger of death."
Kohar I 160a: "Jews must always try to deceive Christians."
Zohar I 25b: "Those who do good to Christians will never rise from the dead."
Zohar II 43a: "Extermination of Christians is a necessary sacrifice."
Zohar II 64b: "The Christian birthrate must be materially diminished."
HYBRIDIZING THE GOY CATTLEDemocracy (rule by the people) now means rule by the Jews. Remember, we are merely their stupid goy cattle, to be milked, slaughtered or interbred at their pleasure. We are going to be integrated, for the masters (Baruch, Weinberg, Lehman, Frankfurter, Rothschild, and company) have spoken.
The decree the law of the land now. The Constitution is dead. The Talmud is now the Law of the Land. And their law of the land is going to be enforced by your sons, homogenized in the Army with blacks by order of Anna Rosenberg (have you forgotten?) Your sons are going to enforce the Talmud as the law of the land if they have to kill you to do it.
And they mean to do it.
These modern Proselyte Pharisees (twice more the sons of hell than those who crucified Christ) declare that Nationalism, Patriotism and Racism (racial pride) are anti-Semitic abominations!
Why? Because they are uncompromisingly dedicated to destroying our nation and the white race.
It is they who have forced the issue. Patriotism must now, of necessity, be anti-Zionist.
He who has discovered the truth of Pharisaism, and does not fight Jewry and warn his
fellow citizens of this anti-Christian menace, becomes an accomplice of those of the
synagogue of Satan, and an accessory to the misfortunes of this nation.
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In America's court system we rely on the assumption, that
all parties under oath are telling the truth. Without the truth, justice
would be impossible to obtain. Imagine that someone taking an oath to, "tell the truth, the whole truth, and nothing but the
truth, so help me God." had previously taken another oath nullifying
all of his oaths. Bizarre concept? Read on. Should you ever
be involved in a court action, to "insure" justice, there may be some
additional questions you might want to add to your discovery, or disposition
for the judge, attorney, parties to the action, or the members of your
potential jury. This article is not intended to be prejudicial to either
the Masons or the Jewish people, the vast majority of whom are God-fearing
people. It is merely a comment on those of any race or religion who could
be duped into taking such a ridiculous, un-American and dangerous oath.
The following is based upon information from: Robert Walker, P.O. Box 301, East
Berlin, Pennsylvania, an authority on the subject, who has used this
information to obtain the resignation of seven judges and public officials, who
did NOT want this made a matter of "Public Record."
In the very words of
Albert Pike, a Leading Mason: "We intend to destroy all of Christanity" &
"We wage all revolutions."


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This one was solved by Mr. Bob McBride of Arkansas. He is interested in building a replica someday, so if you have any information, send me an email, and I will get it to Bob. Go to the "Mysteries" page and select "Mystery # 3" link and you will find what the helicopter pictured below has to with a Curtiss Wright Junior.
Month: July 2012
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This mystery comes from Jim Bradshaw and concerns a relative of his, Texaco Oil and Shawnee Oklahoma. Jim is trying to identify the aircraft in the photograph which was flown by his relative. Select "Mysteries" to the left and then "Mystery 4" and see if you can help us.