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8. Sibylle, The Orderly One
I ONCE READ somewhere that people have to be hugged three times a day to survive, six times to keep their feet on the ground, and twelve to grow. I think the people of my generation and that of my parents just got the minimum needed for bare survival, if that much. That's probably how things went on for hundreds of years, from generation to generation. My parents followed the educational methods of my grandparents, and who knows what I would have done had I had children. My father once told me that as a child he never was given the things he wanted, not even the most insignificant things. For example, he wanted to have raspberry soda with his meals, but as a matter of educational principle he never got it.
My three brothers and I also were subjected to a rigid fascist regimen at home. Hidings were routine. If I tore my dress-a beating; if I got poor marks-a beating; if I talked back to my parents-a beating. And if, as sometimes happened, minor transgressions piled up, then there too was a beating. The ritual never varied: we had to fetch the stick ourselves, lie down across a chair, and then it began. There was no point in trying to resist. And no back talk either.
Trying to talk our way out of it or persuade our parents not to hit us only made things worse. Mother was in charge of my punishment, and Father took care of my brothers. The only way out was not to get caught. That was an accepted, even approved method of avoiding the inevitable. As Father used to tell us: "Don't get caught."
Added to this there was the pecking order among the four of us, and so my older brothers also got into the act. I got it from both sides, from my brothers and from my parents.
I'll tell you why I call it fascist. Whatever self-respect we might have had was beaten out of us. They broke our will. Self-confidence and joy of life were trampled on in our family. I still remember when I was little how sore I was at Little Hans, the boy in the nursery rhyme who cried when he got lost in the woods. Why, I asked myself, was he so eager to go back home? Just because his mother was going to be sad? I thought he ought to be glad finally to have gotten away.
All I ever wanted was to escape, preferably to a place where I didn't know anybody and where nobody knew how bad I was. I thought I must be bad, else why would my parents beat me? Recently I talked to my aging mother about these endless beatings. Unfortunately she hasn't changed. She still doesn't feel that she'd ever been unfair. Her only comment was: "If you'd behaved nobody would have punished you." And she added: "Anyway, you liked it." I don't understand what she meant by that.
It took me a long time to break away from my parents. Only in the last two years have I begun to feel that I'm living free and independently. Before that things were very different.
When I was little I didn't react to the story of Abraham's sacrifice of his son the way other children did. I believed that parents had the right to kill their children. My father had also been the unloved child in his family. He had a brother two years older who died at the age of ten; he had been his father's favorite. Grandfather was in the steel industry. He was a heavy drinker and died young. My father also was in the steel business, and during the war he was stationed in Upper Silesia. He was exempted from military duty.
My mother comes from Magdeburg. [i] Her father had worked himself up and owned an oil-processing plant. Her brother was killed in the last days of the war.
Neither my mother's nor my father's family saw much intergenerational harmony. There was a great deal of fighting between parents and grandparents. Consequently I grew up without grandparents.
My mother was born in 1919. She met my father when she was quite young, about nineteen or twenty. At the time he already had an important job in the arms industry. He was a handsome man, tall, slender, and blond. They married soon after they met, and my brothers were born in rapid succession, 1942, 1943, and 1944. I was born in 1946, their only postwar child.
My father joined the SS right in the beginning, while still a student. He told me that he did things like ushering at meetings, and once he even was a bodyguard when Hitler came to Bad Godesberg. He said he wanted to make himself useful.
I wasn't actually all that interested in what he did during the war. I really believe that he didn't do anything. At least he wasn't connected with any concentration or extermination camp. What concerns me is what came afterward, the persistence of his frame of mind after the war. And his eternal sermonizing, that's what was so awful. He didn't let up until the very end, until maybe the last six months of his life when he got so sick.
Just a few days ago, in thinking about our conversation, I tried to pinpoint when I first learned about the crimes of the Nazi era in some detail. I think I must have been around twelve or thirteen. We had a priest who was preparing us for our first communion and he talked to us about it. At school we weren't told a word about anything. When I was thirteen I spent my summer vacation at a boarding school in Switzerland to learn French. Many of the girls there were American Jews. I remember how surprised I was by how friendly they were. I'd thought they'd ignore me.
At any rate, by then I already knew what the score was. But I didn't find out anything more specific until I was seventeen, when I visited relatives in East Germany, and for some reason or other we went to Sachsenhausen. The East German guides always tried to tell us visitors from the West that we were the ones who were responsible. We from the West were the evil ones; they hadn't done a thing. They were the better Germans.
They took us into the cellars and showed us the pictures of the Americans liberating the camp. Afterward I sat down by myself on the lawn outside and couldn't understand how it was possible for the sun still to be shining.
When I got back home I told my mother what I'd seen. Her only comment was: "The things you subject yourself to."
And it was just about then that my parents began with those speeches of theirs, or maybe my memory keeps harping on that time. The more I spoke about the past at school or at home, the more aggressive my father became: "That damn school, befouling their own nest. Things weren't that bad. And that business about the 6 million Jews, that's also exaggerated."
My parents had read Eugen Kogon's The SS State. In it he mentions a concentration camp doctor. It seems that my parents knew him, and according to them the day Kogon places him in the camp he wasn't there at all but at our house delivering one of my brothers. That was all the proof they needed to know that everybody, not only Kogon, was lying.
They always tried to minimize everything. The things that had happened were just accidents. No guilt feelings for them. The crowning touch was their cynicism in naming me Sibylle, having my first name begin with the letter "S," so that my initials now are SS. One of my father's little jokes, ice cold and unfeeling, making me go through life with that burden. I didn't think it very amusing. And when I said so, all they could say was that I had no sense of humor.
Our disagreements grew more and more heated the older I got. Again and again the question arose about how much they'd known and why they hadn't done anything about it.
And sometimes, very rarely, through hints, it became clear that they'd known everything. Once my father told me about waiting at the station at Eisleben [ii] when a train with people in cattle cars pulled in. "Let us out of here," they cried. "They're taking us to Theresienstadt." At that point he knew what fate had in store for these people. But when I asked him what he did about it, he got red in the face and shouted: "What did you expect me to do? With three young children. It's easy for you to talk."
After that I just gave up. I thought to myself, It's no use. Every argument we had about the Third Reich always went hand in hand with other prejudices which in the final analysis had nothing to do with the war. Jews and blacks were subhumans, and there was a whole catalogue of others he couldn't stand, like Indians and Greeks and Spaniards. And he never held back, regardless of where he was, whether in a neighborhood pub or among strangers. He also despised everyone who wasn't like him. He disparaged all who were too cowardly to speak their mind, even though, to hear him tell it, they agreed with him.
He was unsparing in his disdain. In 1967 I was on a Mediterranean cruise with him. It was the last time I spent a vacation in his company, one last attempt to share something pleasant with him. Half of the four hundred passengers were deaf-mutes, and that got him going. I was still stupid enough to try to reason with him. He cut me off by saying that he preferred two hundred deaf-mutes to two hundred blacks. Always that cynicism, that refusal to take me and what I had to say seriously. Things weren't as simple as I thought, I was illogical. One evening he got furious when I danced with an older man, a Jew, and jokingly said that I could imagine marrying someone like that. Yet when we landed in Israel two days later, he became enthusiastic about the uniformed young men and women in the harbor.
A year later, in 1968, came our final break. I turned Red overnight. In Bonn I'd fallen in love with a Communist, and he lent me a book by Ernst Fischer. Now for the first time I began to understand what was going on, and I promptly started to agitate. Of course there was a big row at home. Some weeks later I received a letter from my father. I had refused to spend Christmas at home with my parents. He exploded. He wrote he couldn't understand my extreme selfishness, couldn't understand why I bothered about blacks and Vietnam, that this riffraff was bound to disappear from the face of the earth without leaving a trace. I knew nothing about men, he said, and they don't like to have the things they'd created taken away from them. Men were proud, and I just didn't know what a real man was.
My mother added her signature to the letter. She agreed completely. Just imagine, all this happened nearly twenty-five years after the end of the war. And still that same language, that unchanged frame of mind.
After that letter everything was over. I became isolated, separated from the family. My brothers also knifed me in the back. They never had any problem with Father's past. And the fact is it was difficult to charge him with anything specific as far as the war was concerned. By sheer accident it seems that he was never present at any of the horrendous things that happened. And so he also had no problem with his de-Nazification. Yet a few months before the end of the war, when it seemed that he might be drafted, he wrote a letter to his oldest son, a testament of sorts, couched in the blood-and-soil phraseology typical of that era. I shudder to think that I'm related to its author.
My father remained a fascist to his dying day, and it really doesn't matter what he did or didn't do during the war. You can't imagine the beatings my brothers received. Once one of them was supposed to memorize a poem, and every time he stumbled Father let him have it. I can still hear the screams. Mother took me by the hand and led me out of the room. "Father's going to kill Erich. We better leave," she said to me. Things got really bad later on when we lived in our own house, with no next-door neighbors and no danger of being overheard. After that there was no stopping him. Given a choice I would never again live in a one-family house.
In my early twenties I tried to stand on my own two feet. But many of my own traits also frighten me, above all my lack of compassion. I think my greatest fear was that I would carryon the tradition of my parents and grandparents. I once saw a woman on the street hit her child, but I didn't intervene. I stood by and did nothing. And the real reason was that I didn't like the little girl. She just stood there and didn't defend herself, and that's why I didn't like her.
And later in the feminist movement, when I saw pictures of abused women, my instinctive reaction was: They had it coming, why didn't they defend themselves? If they'd defended themselves they wouldn't have been beaten. My compassion was reserved for people who defended themselves. My brothers and I also never defended ourselves when we were being beaten. We took everything, every conceivable humiliation.
But slowly I began to change. Years later I had a dream about a child that was being mistreated by other children. My first reaction in the dream was, well, they're only playing. I then saw them tie the child to a post upside-down and hit it on the soles with a stick. At that point I thought-still in the dream-these are torture methods. I went over to the child and intervened. That dream was a turning point in my life.
In 1973, six months after his retirement, my father died of cancer. When he became ill our relationship improved somewhat. We called a truce. At the very end he softened somewhat, becoming more gentle and sensitive. I spent much time taking care of him. My mother, on the other hand, paid him back for everything he had done to her. She treated him abominably and refused to have a nurse in the house. My father had intestinal cancer, and she really tortured him. She would give him an enema only if he was obedient. At the end things got so bad that his doctor insisted on calling in a nurse.
I was horrified by the way she treated that dying man. I moved back home, but it was a terrible time. I spent many sleepless nights.
Soon after my father's death I got involved with a man twenty years my senior. I now realize that he was just like my father -- authoritarian, dogmatic, and domineering.
But now, after all those problems over the years, things have finally changed. I am living with a woman, and for the first time in my life I'm happy. I've given up the idea of emigrating. Three years ago I still toyed with the idea of going to South America and buying lots of land. But now that's all over. I'm even beginning to feel comfortable here in Germany; I realize that this is my home, despite or maybe because of everything that has happened here. I see all the ugliness, but also all the beauty, and I realize that I can't change very much, that nothing much has changed, and that it is possible that everything could happen all over again. The great pedagogic enterprises of the past twenty years haven't really changed the people. It can't be done by book learning alone.
I see that in the people I come in contact with. When one of my brothers was temporarily without a job he lashed out against everything around him-the foreigners, the unions, the workers-but as soon as he got a job again he became friendliness personified. The remnants of the past live on in all of us. The slightest disruption and we immediately take out after the others, always blaming others for our own inadequacies. Unfortunately I also see this trait in myself.
Sometimes I try to imagine what it would be like if I'd had children at my mother's age. I'm sure that I would have made them my victims. Now I'm glad that I don't have children and don't plan to have any. I don't want to be like my mother. I know that sounds absurd, but this distancing myself from her is important to me.
She hasn't changed. She's the same way she was thirty or fifty years ago. Once, when I told her about Viktor Frankl's book about Auschwitz, she said: "Oh, he must have been on the staff." She simply can't understand that an eminent doctor could have been an inmate in a concentration camp. The people in the camps were, after all, subhumans. That's what she believed then and that's what she believes still. She had a limited view then and she has a limited view now.
My parents were always-I'm sorry to have to put it so bluntly-limited, uninterested, and stupid. The terrible thing about them was their willingness to be manipulated. That, and their indescribable coldness. It's too bad, but I just have to talk about it. For years I tried to tell myself that they had a hard time, that they'd gone through a lot. Now I no longer have understanding for it. My father could have made a different choice, and so could my mother. At any rate, they could have done so after the war. After all, there's something like free will.
There was a time when I wondered how I would have acted in their place, and feared I might have been no different. But not anymore. I cannot relieve my parents of the choice they made. However, there's one thing I will never understand, what on earth made them decide to have four children.
There was a time when a reconciliation with my parents might still have been possible, but they missed the chance. If only once my mother had said to me: "Listen, I've thought about it, basically the worst thing we did was to close our eyes, and I will carry this guilt to my grave. But I hope you'll be different and learn from me."
I could have made peace with a mother like that, even if it turned out that she'd been a guard in a concentration camp.
i. A commercial center in Saxony.
ii. A city in Saxony.

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When I first saw the pictures of Joseph Smith's primary seer stone my first thought was, "Oh, cool, I'm glad they released some pictures. I knew it was a small, chocolate-colored stone but I didn't realize it had stripes." and that was that.
I see conversations around the web indicating that some members of the Church are upset about the seer stone and the part it played in our history. Some were unaware of its existence, but I remember learning about it as a teenager. I didn't know that much about the process of the translation and how the seer stone and Interpreters fit into the picture, but I did when I cared enough to research it on my own.
Skeptics find humor in the seer stone looking like just a plain old rock and are no doubt enjoying the opportunity to further paint Joseph Smith as an occultic scheister.
Instead of trying to address all of the legitimate concerns and questions, I want to write about my own perspective and the much larger themes at play.
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In the book The Name of God: From Sinai to the American Southwest, James R. Harris asks the question:
"Was the Shepherd of Israel, known as Jehovah, also known as Quetzalcoatl (The Feathered Serpent), as Pahana, as The Great Mystery, as Gucumatz, or as Kumastramho, by our Lord's other sheep who left their witness on the rocks of the Negev in Israel, Jordan, the East Desert of Egypt and on the rocks of the American Southwest?" (p.1)
Living in the Las Vegas area of Nevada, I have hiked out to see many of the petroglyphs in New Mexico, Nevada, and Utah so this book by Harris really interests me.
Harris' research examines a script called "Old Negev" (a Canaanite script derived from Proto-Sinaitic) which appears on petroglyphs in the Middle East. He shows how these petroglyphs may be translated and understood. This script was used in the Negev from 1200BC to the 6th century BC.
Where it gets really mind-boggling is his hypothesis that a very similar script also shows up in the Southwestern deserts of the United States and Mexico. He provides photos and sketches of these petroglyphs along with his translations. Here is a comparison of Proto-Sinaitic, Proto-Canaanite, Old Negev and some of the signs we find in the American Southwest.Read Full Post
This conference which took place on October 23, 2013, in Logan, Utah was filmed and posted here at the Academy of Temple Studies and at TempleStudy.com.
First off, let me just say that I was really blown away by this conference; the insights presented were so rich, edifying and paradigm-shifting. Posting this today is a bit symbolic to me personally because today I celebrate two birthdays; the day I was born of my mother in the flesh and the day I was baptized by water and the Spirit by ordinances administer by my father.
As important as fathers and priesthood authority are, it is equally important to understand mothers and motherhood and how each plays an essential role in our salvation.
Just so you know, I don't post anything on oneClimbs.com unless I feel that it is of particular value. I recommend viewing all of these videos and not skipping a single one because they build upon each other.
If you are a woman, then stop what you are doing and watch this conference!
I was the only boy in my family and was blessed with three little sisters, and as a father, I have been blessed with three little daughters, so the role and divine purpose of women is something close to my heart. I think that the information presented in this conference will be part of a greater understanding of women in the plan of salvation.
The beauty and inspired nature of LDS doctrine concerning men and women in God's plan is seen afresh and in a new light, or perhaps, a more correct light. The truth is right there in front of us, we just don't really understand what it is we are seeing, or worse, Read Full Post
Today was the day, 186 years ago that the Nephite record known as The Book of Mormon passed from immortal to mortal hands. Interestingly enough, that night as these events unfolded to the knowledge of a few, the Jews blew their shofar trumpets celebrating Rosh Hashanah (the Feast of the Trumpets) on the other side of the world.
What significance did this high holy day have to coming forth of the Book of Mormon? Read, Joseph Smith's Receipt of the Plates and the Israelite Feast of Trumpets, and you'll never see this event the same way again.
In 34 A.D. Jesus Christ taught a remnant of Jacob living upon the American continent "Behold, I say unto you that the law is fulfilled that was given unto Moses" (3 Ne. 15:4) but adds that Read Full Post
Throughout my day I come across interesting motifs and symbols and usually take pictures of them. It didn't occur to me until yesterday to use something like Instagram to document and share the things I come across. Since this is just really brand new, I put some images up that I already had on my phone and made a few comments and insights on the images.
If you'd like you can follow oneClimbs and share in the discovery of interesting things all around us in plain sight!
Did you know that you can "read" temples? What if all of the temples around the world today constituted a vast library of new scripture just waiting to be read if we had eyes to see? This presentation covers some basic concepts relating to LDS Symbology and a guide to approaching the subject of learning symbolism.
This video presentation incorporates my first attempt at presenting principles related to "reading" temples. The content of the video is suitable for all ages and anyone interested in learning how understanding symbols can play an incredible part of their spiritual lives.
Pictured above is my latest rendering of the Nephite Interpreters that were in the possession of Joseph Smith for a time. I have always wondered what these instruments must have looked like so I began by creating a few simple illustrations. Over time, the illustrations evolved into a more realistically rendered piece of art and this is the latest version. One day, I think it would be interesting to try to construct a physical model.
You can begin to get an idea of what these interpreters must have looked like by examining quotes from witnesses that actually saw them; from there you are left with gaps that can only be filled in with speculation. Here are the aspects of this version that I feel are pretty solid:
- Triangular shape of the "stones"
- Figure-8 design of the frame
- "Glass" setting for the interpreters
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Below is a transcript of a presentation by Don Bradley on some temple-related themes that may have been present in the lost 116 pages via fairlds.org. He makes some really interesting points and I was fascinated with the relationship between the items in the ark of the covenant and the Lehite relics (Brass plates, Liahona, Interpreters/Breastplate and Sword of Laban) that may have served a similar purpose in the New World temples.
I'd like to do a little more research and perhaps put together an article on those four relics and the parallels to the decalogue tablets, manna and rod of Arron in the ark. Anyway, on to Don Bradley's presentation!
Since you've all read the title of my presentation today, "Piercing the Veil: Temple Worship in the Lost 116 Pages," I should begin by answering a few questions.
First, no, my research did not require any trips to the Point of the Mountain to visit Mark Hoffman. While he was also at one point working on a book related to the lost 116 pages, his book differed from mine in that it was supposed to actually be the lost 116 pages. I'm sure it's a lot easier to sayRead Full Post
This Christmas I had some thoughts about the gifts that were given to the young Jesus by the wise men. I haven't had time to really dig down deep and see what I can unearth concerning gold, frankincense and myrrh but I did have a few unique ideas that I don't think I've ever read about anywhere else so I thought I'd take note of them here.
Gold can be primarily obtained by mining it from the earth or panning it out of rivers in tiny flakes. It is rare and must be sought for diligently and then purified by immense heat to flush the dross out. Gold does not rust under the same circumstances as other metals, it is extremely stable and attractive.
Frankincense and Myrrh
These two I am going to mention together because there are a host of dynamics that they seem to share. Both frankincense and myrrh are tree sap that is obtained by cutting into the trunk and allowing the sap to bleed out; ponder that for a bit.Read Full Post
How about taking a nice long trip down the rabbit hole of symbolism? Scott Onstott's mind-blowing video details some of the world's most fascinating symbolism hidden in plain sight, from Egyptian lore tied deeply within major cities of the world like Washington D.C, San Francisco, London and Paris, to the ratios of the universe and solar system embedded in to ancient megaliths.
Set aside a good 3 hours and 43 minutes for a mind-bending tour laced with unbelievable parallels that defy coincidence. At first, the video might seem a little conspiracy-theoryish, but give it a chance and wait for the math. You're in for quite a ride to unlock mysteries more captivating than any fictional thriller. Truth is truly stranger than fiction and it is all right under your nose.
That said, hopefully this film can help to expand your vision and open your mind to a greater capacity to realize the immensity of hidden truths that do, in fact, surround us.
Did you know that Moses had to veil his face around the Israelites? Read the account is taken from Exodus 34:29-35 CEV:
Moses came down from Mount Sinai, carrying the Ten Commandments. His face was shining brightly because the Lord had been speaking to him. But Moses did not know at first that his face was shining. When Aaron and the others looked at Moses, they saw that his face was shining, and they were afraid to go near him. Moses called out for Aaron and the leaders to come to him, and he spoke with them. Then the rest of the people of Israel gathered around Moses, and he gave them the laws that the Lord had given him on Mount Sinai.
The face of Moses kept shining, and after he had spoken with the people, he covered his face with a veil. Moses would always remove the veil when he went into the sacred tent to speak with the Lord. And when he came out, he would tell the people everything the Lord had told him to say. They could see that his face was still shining. So after he had spoken with them, he would put the veil back on and leave it on until the next time he went to speak with the Lord.
The apostle Paul referenced this account in a letter to the Corinthians:
The Law of Moses brought only the promise of death, even though it was carved on stones and given in a wonderful way. Still the Law made Moses' face shine so brightly that the people of Israel could not look at it, even though it was a fading glory. So won't the agreement that the Spirit brings to us be even more wonderful? If something that brings the death sentence is glorious, won't something that makes us acceptable to God be even more glorious? In fact, the new agreement is so wonderful that the Law is no longer glorious at all. The Law was given with a glory that faded away. But the glory of the new agreement is much greater, because it will never fade away.
This wonderful hope makes us feel like speaking freely. We are not like Moses. His face was shining, but he covered it to keep the people of Israel from seeing the brightness fade away. The people were stubborn, and something still keeps them from seeing the truth when the Law is read. Only Christ can take away the covering that keeps them from seeing.
When the Law of Moses is read, they have their minds covered over with a covering that is removed only for those who turn to the Lord. The Lord and the Spirit are one and the same, and the Lord's Spirit sets us free. So our faces are not covered. They show the bright glory of the Lord, as the Lord's Spirit makes us more and more like our glorious Lord. (2 Cor. 3:7-18 CEV)
Most people are familiar with a bride wearing a veil as part of the wedding ceremony. There are some deep roots to this tradition that traces back to Rebekah and Jacob in the book of Genesis. The Jewish tradition incorporates a veiling ceremony known as "Bedeken". An article over at Chabad.org features some intriguing points behind this tradition:
There are a number of interpretations of the veil's symbolism, all of which reflect truths that are worthy of being dramatically enacted before the wedding service.
The veil is a symbol of the married woman. It expresses a dignity, which Isaiah (3:18) calls tiferet, and which was reserved for women of station. Ezekiel (16:20) speaks of "covering with silk" the woman he loves. Interestingly, Rebecca does not wear a veil while on the journey in the company of the servant, Eliezer, but instinctively dons it when sighting Isaac. This may account for the insistence of major authorities that the groom himself veil the bride, and that it should never be done without him—it is only his presence that makes her veil significant.
The veil is symbolic of her new unapproachability to others, not only sexually, but as hekdesh, a sanctified object in the temple. The sacred objects of the tabernacle were "veiled" before being taken up to be carried by the Levites. The betrothal ceremony is likened, in a legal sense, to those sanctified objects of the temple. This is the significance of the term kiddushin: the groom, in marriage, sets the bride aside as hekdesh. The analogy strikes deeper if we compare it to the face of Moses, which radiated light after he received the commandments. Moses placed masveh (a veil) over his face as though to imply separateness, withdrawal, almost an other-worldliness. [source]
See also: White Cloth, Fire and the Glory of God
by John E. Clark
For the past 46 years, the carved stone monument known as Izapa Stela 5 from southernmost Mexico has been discussed as a possible depiction of Lehi's dream reported in 1 Nephi 8. From this the stela has come to be known in some Latter-day Saint circles as the "Lehi stone." My purpose here is to present the latest drawing of this monument, to discuss how this drawing was made, and to suggest its implications for the Lehi hypothesis. This brief article is not meant to be the final word on the matter. In fact, I will avoid talking about most of the technical details and only highlight the most significant features of the scene on the stone in order to assess the implications of recent study.
The intriguing idea that a carved stone monument from the tropical forest of southern Mexico shows Lehi's dream was first proposed by M. Wells Jakeman of the BYU Department of Archaeology in the early 1950s (see the article in this issue by Stewart Brewer for a history of this proposal). Since then the stone has been the subject of intense study by numerous scholars, the most thorough and persuasive being that by V. Garth Norman. The bottom line of all the discussion over the years is that every scholar who has taken a serious look at thisRead Full Post
I was driving down my street the other day and noticed that there was a family gathering going on at one of the homes. Seeing the turbans I figured that they must be of the Sikh faith. I realized how little I knew about their beliefs and thought I'd do a little research since I like to study other religions.
It is a very simple faith with some unique aspects that I found fascinating.
The Sikh (pronounced 'seek') religion that originated in southern Asia around the 15th Century. The word Sikh means 'disciple' or 'student' and the core purpose of the faith is to seek oneness with God. In order to escape the cycle of reincarnation, and become one with God, one must overcome the five obstacles which are: lust, anger, greed, attachment and ego.
Seemingly corresponding with the five obstacles are symbolic emblems that are continually worn called the "Five Ks"
- Kesh (uncut hair, usually tied and wrapped in the Sikh Turban, Dastar.)
- Kanga (wooden comb, usually worn under the Dastar.)
- Katchera (specially made cotton underwear as a reminder of the commitment to purity.)
- Kara (iron bracelet, which is a symbol of eternity.)
- Kirpan (curved sword, comes in different sizes.)
Each of these symbols are a "representation of the ideals of Sikhism, such as honesty, equality, fidelity, militarism, meditating on God, and neverRead Full Post
Several years ago, scientists discovered what they believe is the largest diamond known to man: "a compressed heart of an old star that was once bright like our Sun but has since faded and shrunk." LINK
A BBC article reported:
The huge cosmic diamond – technically known as BPM 37093 – is actually a crystallised white dwarf. A white dwarf is the hot core of a star, left over after the star uses up its nuclear fuel and dies. It is made mostly of carbon.
For more than four decades, astronomers have thought that the interiors of white dwarfs crystallised, but obtaining direct evidence became possible only recently.
The white dwarf is not only radiant but also rings like a gigantic gong, undergoing constant pulsations.
"By measuring those pulsations, we were able to study the hidden interior of the white dwarf, just like seismograph measurements of earthquakes allow geologists to study the interior of the Earth.
"We figured out that the carbon interior of this white dwarf has solidified to form the galaxy's largest diamond," says Metcalfe.
Astronomers expect our Sun will become a white dwarf when it dies 5 billion years from now. Some two billion years after that, the Sun's ember core will crystallise as well, leaving a giant diamond in the centre of the solar system.
"Our Sun will become a diamond that truly is forever," says Metcalfe. LINK
This made me think of Doctrine and Covenants 130:6-9 which speaks of our world, when redeemed, becoming like crystal or a sea of glass:
The angels do not reside on a planet like this earth; But they reside in the presence of God, on a globe like a sea of glass and fire, where all things for their glory are manifest, past, present, and future, and are continually before the Lord. The place where God resides is a great Urim and Thummim. This earth, in its sanctified and immortal state, will be made like unto crystal and will be a Urim and Thummim to the inhabitants who dwell thereon, whereby all things pertaining to an inferior kingdom, or all kingdoms of a lower order, will be manifest to those who dwell on it; and this earth will be Christ's.
Interesting that there is at least one crystal celestial body floating around out there that is not only "radiant" but "rings like a giant gong undergoing constant pulsations". I wonder what these pulsations are and how they occur.
Until recently, I had NO idea that this was at Temple Square. It is amazing to me that there it is, right in front of the Salt Lake Temple and I've never seen it. It's fantastic, and appropriate that such a monument dedicated to true freedom and liberty stands right in front of the Lord's house.
Jim Davila posts some information from a man named Peter Thonemann who was in contact with a Mr. David Elkington who is allegedly in possession of the main cache of 'plates'. The more I read about this David Elkington character the more I become suspicious of his motives and the validity of these so-called 'plates'.
Here is part of Mr. Thonemann's reply to Mr. Elkington:
The text on your bronze tablet, therefore, makes no sense in its own right, but has been extracted unintelligently from another longer text (as if it were inscribed with the words: 't to be that is the question wheth'). The longer text from which it derives is a perfectly ordinary tombstone from Madaba in Jordan which happens to have been on display in the Amman museum for the past fifty years or so. The text on your bronze tablet is repeated, in part, in three different places, meaningless in each case.
The only possible explanation is that the text on the bronze tablet was copied directly from the inscription in the museum at Amman by someone who did not understand the meaning of the text of the inscription, but was simply looking for a plausible-looking sequence of Greek letters to copy. He copied that sequence three times, in each case mixing up the letters alpha and lambda.
This particular bronze tablet is, therefore, a modern forgery, produced in Jordan within the last fifty years. I would stake my career on it.
Ok, so click here and then read down to the post titled: "HEBREW-INSCRIBED-METAL-CODICES WATCH: A FAKE". I tend to agree with some of the commentary that I have been reading that is critical of these plates. I'm probably about 95% convinced that they are indeed very well-crafted fakes. Well, physically crafted at least; the forgers apparently went through all this trouble and didn't even read what it was that they were writing.
Too bad though. I believe there are so many more amazing and astounding things left to be discovered, but it's too bad that there are people out there that are dishonest and do so much harm to the acceptance of truly genuine artifacts out there that may prove to be just as controversial.
As for now, I'm probably not going to post any more news about these 'plates' until we can ascertain 100% one way or the other just what these things really are. It's made for a fun few days though ;)
Updated: April 4, 2011
I came across this new story on the plates today and there are some interesting new factors that I'll sum up for you below:
- One of the booklets appears to bear the words 'Saviour of Israel' – one of the few phrases so far translated as well as a face that some think might be that of Jesus.
- According to sources in Saham, they were discovered five years ago after a flash flood scoured away the dusty mountain soil to reveal what looked like a large capstone. When this was levered aside, a cave was discovered with a large number of small niches set into the walls. Each of these niches contained a booklet. There were also other objects, including some metal plates and rolled lead scrolls.
- The cave is less than 100 miles from Qumran, where the Dead Sea Scrolls were discovered
- The codices seen by The Mail on Sunday range in size from smaller than 3in x 2in to around 10in x 8in. They each contain an average of eight or nine pages and appear to be cast, rather than inscribed, with images on both sides and bound with lead-ring bindings. Many of them were severely corroded when they were first discovered, although it has been possible to open them with care.
- Many of the books are sealed on all sides with metal rings, suggesting they were not intended to be opened.
- The books are currently in the possession of Hassan Saida, Saida, who is in his mid-30s and married with five or six children and claims he inherited the booklets from his grandfather.
- Saida's motives are complex. He constantly studies the booklets, but does not take particularly good care of them, opening some and coating them in olive oil in order to 'preserve' them.
- In contrast to Saida's story, there are claims that they first came to light five years ago when his Bedouin business partner met a villager in Jordan who said he had some ancient artifacts to sell. Saida was said to have purchased the books because he thought they contained magical powers and then smuggled many of them into Israel.
- The Israeli Antiquities Authority believed the booklets were forgeries on the basis that nothing like them had been discovered before.
- Samples were sent to the Swiss National Materials Laboratory at Dubendorf, Switzerland. The results show they were consistent with ancient (Roman) period lead production and that the metal was smelted from ore that originated in the Mediterranean. Dr Northover also said that corrosion on the books was unlikely to be modern.
- Jordan is trying to do everything is can to get the records returned to them.
- The director of Jordan's Department of Antiquities, Ziad al-Saad, has few doubts. He believes they may indeed have been made by followers of Jesus in the few decades immediately following his crucifixion.
I actually came across this today at TempleStudy.com and thought it was absolutely fascinating! I love ancient artifacts especially when those artifacts give us new light into the past. If these lead plates are found to be authentic, there are some major implications in so many areas that I haven't even had time to collect my thoughts on the subject!
One of the most significant features of the plates are their ties to ancient Christianity. It would make these documents the oldest Christian documents ever discovered in this region and can shed some new light into what some of these early believers taught and understood about the Gospel.
Then there are the obvious similarities of these records to the Book of Mormon, the original version written of plates of Gold and bound together with three rings. Here are the lead plates:
***UPDATE (Sat, April 2, 2011):
It appears that more and more there is evidence that these are indeed incredible forgeries. TempleStudy.com has a great write up on the current state of these 'plates'. I suppose we'll just have to wait and see what the investigations reveal about their origins; very interesting…
These aren't the only examples of ancient people writing on metal plates, here are some photos of several other authentic records that have been discovered:
- http://www.dailymail.co.uk/sciencetech/article-1371290/70-metal-books-Jordan-cave-change-view-Biblical-history.html
- http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-middle-east-12888421
- http://news.bbc.co.uk/today/hi/today/newsid_9434000/9434907.stm
- http://www.templestudy.com/2011/03/22/ancient-sealed-metal-plates-secret-temple-texts-discovered-middle-east/
- http://www.templestudy.com/2011/03/29/details-ancient-metal-plates-bbc/
- http://www.heavenlyascents.com/2011/03/22/biblical-scholars-weigh-in-on-discovery-of-metal-plates/
Link to the article on TempleStudy
The link to the article is above, but I would like to interject a little commentary on the topic as well.
It is common knowledge that Latter-day Saints wear white clothing in the temple as a symbol of purity and many other things in relation to their relationship with God.
Matthew Brown begins his article by stating:
"It is publicly acknowledged that Latter-day Saints who participate in the central temple rites of their faith dress in several layers of ceremonial clothing, consisting of a "white undergarment" (which is worn as part of everyday life) and "other priestly robes" (which are only worn during times of temple service)." Daniel H. Ludlow, ed., Encyclopedia of Mormonism (New York: Macmillan, 1992), 2:534
Many people are familiar with the "white undergarment" that LDS members who have gone through the Endowment ordinance wear on a daily basis under their normal clothes. Others might not be as aware of the other ceremonial clothing mentioned in the above quote.
That ceremonial clothing has similarities to the priestly robes worn during ancient temple service. You can read about that particular clothing in the Old Testament in Exodus 28 among other places:Read Full Post


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I am branching out. nPlus1.org is having an ArcSummit event and needed someone to speak on Dependency Injection. Sign me up. If you are interested in this or the other topics to be presented please join us. There is more information about the event and a registration link below.
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Patterns are an important tool to use as architects and developers. They provide a common vocabulary for us to design with, as well as a common approach to a common problem. Come learn about useful patterns, and how to use them in your everyday code.
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Stop and smell the poppies in Castroville
Colorful, hardy wildflowers help to keep French connection alive in tiny Texas town
CASTROVILLE - History runs deep in the Little Alsace of Texas, right down to the poppies blooming around quaint 19th-century cottages and the 17th-century fachwerk house that serves as the visitors center.
The blaze of red flowers, especially beautiful after good rains, reference Alsace, the region of France that was the homeland of town founder Henri Castro and other settlers.
"There was a period of time that (the Chamber of Commerce) collected poppy seeds and gave them to anyone who would plant them," said Mary Margaret Burges, 94. She served as chamber president in the mid-1950s.
As with all wildflowers, the poppy show depends on Mother Nature. Priscilla Garrett of the Castro Garden Club said Thursday that the November and December rains get the credit for this spring's good poppy crop.
"I've been in Castroville 20 years, and this is the best I've ever seen them," Garrett said.
A website, CelebrateCastrovillePoppies.com, includes a map to guide visitors to poppies. Depending on weather, blooms likely will last through April. The map shows a field of poppies in front of the Steinbach Haus, originally built in France in the 1600s and moved to Castroville in 1998.
Sally Coyle and Lloyd Ross estimated 300 visitors stopped to see the poppies at their house on Florence Street on a recent weekend.
Since learning five years ago that the poppies weren't weeds, Ross has cultivated the plants around his 1851 house and the early-1800s log cabin next door. This year, he mowed paths so visitors could walk among the waist-high flowers and get different vantage points for photos.
He's counted about 18 varieties of poppies within the field, some with the typical single blooms with black centers, some with yellow centers, some blossoms edged in white and some ruffled with several layers of petals.
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Castroville is 22 miles west of San Antonio on U.S. 90 W.
Places of interest
Castroville Regional Park: Sixty-five species of butterflies have been spotted in the park's butterfly garden. The 126-acre park along the Medina River also attracts 160 bird species. castrovillebirdingandbutterflies.com
Steinbach Haus & Visitor Center: The building at 100 Karm is a long way from Wahlbach, France, where it was built in the 1600s. steinbachhaus.com
More info: castroville.com/visit-castroville
"They're a fascinating little plant," said Sarah Rushing, who has enjoyed an explosion in the poppy population at her house west of town. Her original narrow strip along the front sidewalk expanded to a side flower bed and the backyard. One even popped up across the road.
Once the flowers fade, the seed pods dry and the top pops up to reveal seeds that look like black pepper. "They're the little black poppy seeds you see on top of a Bill Miller sandwich," Rushing said, referring to the popular San Antonio-area barbecue chain.
She and Ross both collect the seeds for planting in fall. Ross said he anticipates getting double the number of seeds he harvested last year.
The flowers are easy to sow and grow in the town's sandy soil. "Just sprinkle them out of the (seed) head like you would sprinkle pepper," said Burges, who owned a plant nursery here for 48 years.
Plants sprout in January. With nothing more than nature's help, blooms will return next March and keep the Alsace connection alive.


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Les Paccots in brief
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Ideally located between Lake Geneva and La Gruyère, Les Paccots has a huge network of hiking trails and educational walks to help the visitor discover the marvellous flora and fauna to be seen in FRIBOURG REGION.
Stop at one of the alpine restaurants and enjoy local specialities. There are also mountain-biking trails, a mini zoo and the Rathvel miniature railway for tots.


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Grand Case Beach Club
What to expect (based on 1919 reviews):
5 most recent TripAdvisor reviews:
Reviewed by angelinasxm(Montreal, Canada) on Jul 23, 2020
Beautiful Room, the view is breathtaking and the swimming pool is one of the best we saw on the carribean! We really recommend this place, very well located and the sunset café propose amazing breakfast and brunch!
Secluded Hotel with Gorgeous Views and Grounds
Reviewed by richardcQ1819OF(Alexandria, Virginia) on Mar 16, 2020
The hotel is gorgeous and is well situated on a quiet, well guarded street. The staff is wonderful. We've been returning for years and plan to continue. The newly renovated Sunset Café is still a wonderful place to eat and just sit and enjoy the view!
It's back and better than ever
Reviewed by 484stephenp(United States) on Mar 11, 2020
I was fortunate to return to St. Martin this February and even more fortunate to be able to stay at the GCBC. What a marvelous visit from every standpoint. My last visit was when my wife and I spent eight days during Hurricane Irma. So much of the hotel was destroyed and even completely missing following the storm you had to wonder if it could ever recover? What they have accomplished in 2 short years is amazing! The rooms are completely redone and beautiful. The beach still beautiful and the landscaping is coming back. Perhaps one of the best additions is the restaurant which had been destroyed. New restaurant management, great menu with beach food, as well as excellent French offerings. Sabrina is still there and just seeing her smile in the morning makes for a great start to the day. The one thing that has not changed since Irma is the staff remains super attentive, efficient and friendly. People I hadn't seen in over two years greeted me by name and asked about my wife who couldn't make the trip. It was truly like coming home again. Steve Wright has done a marvelous job with his staff bringing back GCBC better than before the storm. St Martin still has a number of difficult issues to deal with primarily infrasructure and rebuilding, but GCBC isn't one of them. I am already looking forward to my next trip.
Wonderful staff, great restaurant and beach
Reviewed by jenniferwJ4738NG() on Mar 07, 2020
Situated on the French side of St. Martin, GCBC is steps away from two beautiful beaches with soft white sand and translucent water. There is a beach for swimming laps and another for relaxing on a float or paddling an SUP. The rooms are spacious and have full kitchens and eating areas, terraces and private cabanas. There's an excellent restaurant on the hotel property, Sunset Cafe. The restaurant staff are friendly, helpful and upbeat. The charming Stelio, aka "Superman," lives up to his name, bringing beverages and food right to the beach or the quiet roof-top pool and deck area. The hotel staff are equally lovely and efficient. They will call you cabs and book restaurant reservations. They could not have been more attentive and pleasant. GCBC is an absolute gem!
Great trip despite mishap
Reviewed by X3211XXelizabethg() on Mar 06, 2020
We're getting on in years and my husband has a pinched nerve in his leg which makes walking difficult, so when we were first shown a room on the third floor with another flight of stairs inside the room to get to the bed, we asked for a different room and one was arranged on the second floor which was perfect. Best to ask for a room on the first or second floor unless you love stairs. The beach was just right--uncrowded, the water warm and calm and easy to get in and out of, the beach chairs comfortable and many people enjoyed the Caribbean. There was a pool, but we never visited it. The restaurant was quite good and the staff there was charming and friendly. A great place for sunset views and rum punch.. My husband pulled a tendon in his shoulder which became so painful that at 10:00 PM he decided he needed to see a doctor. The hotel arranged for an ambulance which took us on a 20 minute ride to the nearest hotel. The staff there were amazing. They spoke English, examined him, x-rayed his shoulder, gave him pain medication by IV and more medicine to take home plus a prescription. We were back at the hotel by 12:30 and the total bill for doctors, x-ray, ambulance, medications, IV and diagnosis cost $226. They even called a cab to take us back to the hotel. The hotel staff was very kind and helpful including Steve the manager who stayed with us until the ambulance arrived.
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It Is Possible
Posted by ebonywomanofgrace in Grace, Inspiration, Life, Poetry/Prose on February 23, 2015
Deep is the hunger
the Voice of the Genuine.
There is something in each and every one of us
that waits and listens to the voice of the genuine in ourselves.
It will be perhaps the only guide we will ever have
and if we cannot hear it,
all of our lives our days will be spent
on the end of strings that somebody else pulls.
There is something in each of us that says,
no one will ever pull my strings again.
There is something in us that says,
I'm going to pull my own strings.
That says this is my time,
That says I have more in me to express.
This is my hour.
I'm living in a time when I know ANYTHING IS POSSIBLE. ~ Dr. Howard Thurman
Be Who You Are
Posted by ebonywomanofgrace in Random Thoughts on June 8, 2011
"And God said unto Mo'ses, I AM THAT I AM . . . ." Exodus 3:14 (KJV)
I sit at my desk, pondering the single most important lesson I have learned in my years of ministry. Wondering what to share with you that will help you navigate life's sometimes tumultuous seas. I recognize that my message is the same as Oprah Winfrey's, who, after a quarter of a century and 25 years of tireless service, shared this inspirational and timeless message of farewell — "Be Who You Are — Right Now."
As a native of Baltimore, Maryland, I remember the original Oprah, the "authentic Oprah" the Oprah fresh out of Alabama with no perks or props. The Oprah without pretense or fanfare. So I was particularly inspired as I watched her grace the stage of her life's work for the last time. I thought again about what I already knew, God truly does use ordinary people to do extraordinary things. What a great 25 years!! She looked tastefully elegant in a simple pink dress and someone also realizing her transformation through the years asked her the secret to her new-found beauty and without a second thought and in true Oprah fashion, she replied, "MAKEUP." Yes makeup, we all wear it in some form or fashion to cover our imperfections and scars. We also wear masks that hide us behind our professions, our roles, our relationships and even our gifts.
It seems the world has become a stage where we have become chronic "doers," only measuring our lives in terms of what we do. But Author Kirk Byron Jones in his book, "Rest in the Storm," challenges us to emphasize who we are and not what we do. He reminds us that our value to God comes not from what we do for God, but in what we are to God. Our being–not our doing glorifies God's Name. I love the way musical legend, Miles Davis put it, "We are not what we do. We do what we are." Writer Jones calls it owning our "amness." Discovering who are we apart from our gifts allows us to find worthiness apart from our works and to see ourselves as God sees us.
My true "aha" moment came when I remembered before I was a minister, a pastor, a teacher, a spouse, a parent, a relative, and a friend — I was a child of God, a person whom God never ceased to love unconditionally. I am more than a role or a relationship. I was created for a great purpose. Beneath the makeup and beyond the mask is a core "me-ness" — an essence imprinted with God's unique fingerprint. I am not that complicated — I am simply a godly woman of God who daily affirms with Apostle Paul, ". . . He which hath begun a good work in me will perform it until the day of Je'sus Christ" (Philippians 1:6 (KJV))
Before God calls us to "do," God calls us to "be." For me, William Shakespeare's query, "To Be or not to Be?" is not the question, but the answer to our destinies! The greatest lesson I have learned is to "Be" authentic and to be genuine. To "Be" honest and true to myself and to the God who made me. "Be" Who You Are called by God's Grace to "Be." For you were fearfully and wonderfully made in the image of God. No more masks — no more makeup — simply "BE" all that you are — to the Glory of God!


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Apathy is Not an Option: Election Night for Undocumented Americans (non-fiction essay)
By Edber MacedoEdber is third year UCLA student and a member of Dream Team Los Angeles.
On November 6, 2012 people across the world placed their attention to on the American people (or more accurately the Electoral College) to who they would choose as the person who would influence all corners of the world.
The U.S. is a special place where despite having the adequate resources and mediums to circumvent political information and encourage the right to vote – it falls on careless ears. Most Americans either go through a phase or end up residing in the disillusioned bubble that their vote does not matter.
However, there are a group of undocumented residents that carefully and anxiously awaited the results of the 2012 presidential elections. I attended an Election Night gathering at the UCLA Labor Center in Downtown Los Angeles. A local immigrant rights' group, DREAM Team L.A. (DTLA), hosted the viewing party where all community members were invited.
Many of the viewers were undocumented students themselves that had either have been approved or had applied for President Obama's new immigration policy directive, "Deferred Action for Childhood Arrivals" (DACA). There were also other undocumented students that were nervous to see who would arise victorious since the new president would change the path on where immigration reform would lead.
The idea that would most befuddle U.S. citizens is why would undocumented residents would be so invested in the 2012 elections despite being barred from voting – the most notable act of political participation. I had spoken to some people about their thoughts on the election as they checked their Twitter timeline and glanced back at the projector showing electoral vote count.
Earlier that week, a van full of DTLA members went to Nevada to canvass for President Obama's reelection campaign. Undocumented students and their allies also pushed forth efforts in registering eligible residents in time to vote on November 6. Labor organizations and unions have been key allies to undocumented immigrants and labor activists have been instrumental in
bringing awareness on how each presidential candidate would affect the delicate issue of immigration reform.
These students and workers have been supportive of Barack Obama's campaign because he supports immigrant friendly legislation and also pushed through the DACA action when the hyper partisan Congress could not progress on the issue of immigration. This is also why many immigration activists opposed Republican candidate Mitt Romney. He had promised further militarization of the border, vetoing the DREAM Act, and proposed making life incredibly dreadful to the point that undocumented residents would be forced to take their families back to their country of origin.
The fact that they were not American citizens did not deter them from trying to influence the political process and raise consciousness. One of the central reasons as to why undocumented students have risen to the occasion of activism and grassroots organizing is that it helps mediate their situation of being in the U.S. without papers. Many undocumented immigrants have a traumatic fear of having their unlawful status exposed and being separated from their families as a consequence of deportation. Undocumented immigrants who openly reveal their status and organize with an outspoken identity of being undocumented are (paradoxically) protected from deportation. By engaging in political outreach and community organizing, they build a network of supporters that can effectively prevent such an occasion like deportation. It was through that mindset and framing that the immigrant youth movement, a new statement of resistance was born:
"Undocumented and Unafraid". Civil disobediences were modeled after the notion of nonviolence and undocumented students used this tactic to occupy Senator John McCain's office in Arizona, to blocking one of the busiest streets in Los Angeles on Wilshire Boulevard. The objective was to disrupt people's obedient routines and get their attention to an urgent issue. One of the most unapologetic events in pressuring political action was a civil disobedience in July 2010 when twenty-one undocumented student-activists refused to let Congress go silent on their efforts to pass the federal DREAM Act; all 21 individuals were arrested at the U.S. Capitol.
Even after the participants were arrested in D.C., none were deported due to the attention they received. The actions speak volumes on how passionate and serious these student-activists were on making their voices heard even when most U.S. citizens today are too comfortable to consider getting arrested for their values/beliefs. The event would go on to spur several actions that would continue even after the federal DREAM Act's failure in the Senate in December 2010.
However, several of the undocumented student-activists were not outright unafraid on the evening of Nov. 6, some kept hesitantly focused on the projection screen of Mitt Romney's leading electoral votes. Some viewers appeared worried and feared that a Republican administration would further disenfranchise the immigrant community.
It appears as one woman, alumni from UCLA, was waiting to see who would win the election before she turned in her Deferred Action application. She acknowledged that despite having been involved in the immigrant rights movement for quite some time, this person was afraid that her information would not be safe with a Romney presidency.
Regardless, she admitted that even if Obama were to lose, it would only create a strong sense of urgency in the immigrant youth movement and she was ready for that reality. Most people around the room kept checking their phones or their laptops for external reports on which candidate had won a certain state. People filtered around the room, peeking at each other's Facebook status feed or pouring a cup of coffee.
First sound of positive news was that the voters of Maryland had approved a referendum that would allow undocumented students to pay in-state tuition at their public universities/colleges. The Maryland DREAM Act affirmed that education should be a priority for all students regardless of their immigration status. At around 8:10pm, the projector screen had malfunctioned and viewers instead huddled around a sole laptop streaming the results. "THAT'S IT, THAT'S IT –OBAMA WON!" people squinted at the news ticker that read Barack Obama with 274 votes and the reaction was of relief. Some individuals sat back down, calmly glad that Romney had lost and others smiled cheerfully that the immigrant community was not going to endure any more setbacks than it already had to deal with. In the midst of the positive news, everyone updated their statuses and texted their family and soon began to pack up to go. Even with having Barack Obama reelected, all people there and the larger immigrant community knew what the next step would be, putting pressure on the President so that he keeps his second term promise to reform the immigration system.
Undocumented students know that they had adverted an unfortunate situation with Mitt Romney not being elected, but it was now time to go uphold the universal and democratic values of keeping our political leaders in check.


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Want to be a Haryana sarpanch? First pass class 10 and build a toilet
The law
- Haryana govt wants matriculation to be an eligibility criterion for contesting Panchayat polls
- It is fighting a case in the Supreme Court to achieve this
- Rajasthan has already put such conditions
- In both cases the law was passed just before the final dates for filing nominations
The agenda
- Many see this as part of the BJP\'s Brahminical agenda
- 32.1% of Haryana\'s population and 45% women in the state are illiterate
- Women and disadvantaged sections will be the worst affected by the law
- Many experts say the law is unconstitutional
The government of Haryana is fighting a case in the Supreme Court for setting matriculation as a qualification for contesting Panchayat elections.
It is the second state after Rajasthan to put such conditions for Panchayat elections. In both cases, the legislation setting an educational bar was passed quite close to final dates for filing nominations.
Incidentally, both these states are ruled by the BJP.
If Haryana wins the case in the Apex court, the new act governing Panchayat elections - Haryana Panchayati Raj (amendment) Act 2015 - could become a model for future Panchayat elections in the country.
Considering that an estimated 30% population in India is illiterate, this Act could effectively debar around 40 crore people from contesting Panchayat elections. More specifically, it will prevent a lot of women and people from underprivileged sections of the society from contesting, since their proportion among the illiterate is higher.
The legislation
- The Haryana Panchayati Raj (amendment) Act 2015 is quite similar to the law recently passed by Rajasthan.
- The new law was passed on 7 September, 12 days before the last date of filing nominations.
- According to it, general category candidates must possess matriculation as a basic qualification, while Scheduled Caste candidates should have studied up to standard VIII.
- Candidates should also not have a criminal conviction.
- The candidates shouldn't have any pending payment of power bills or defaults in loan payment.
- Finally, the candidate can be disqualified for not having a functioning toilet.
The petition which is being heard in the Supreme Court terms the law as "unconstitutional" and argues that this law renders most of the candidates in the state ineligible.
Haryana's literacy rate is 67.9%. Therefore 32.1% people in the state are illiterate. Nearly 45% females in Haryana are illiterate so the law will have an even more serious impact on women who want to contest Panchayat elections.
The politics
Some suggest that the new laws have been introduced by the Upper Caste Hindu dominated BJP to eliminate competition. Moreover, the idea that a candidate needs to be educated and have a toilet at home, could be a Brahminical vote puller.
"These are upper caste societal norms - a 'more civilised way of living', producing only two children, having a toilet in your house, and eating only vegetarian food. It is a model for Brahminical lifestyle that gives an inferiority complex to Dalits and other backward classes. That's clearly the vote bank they're looking at," says Professor Ghanshyam Shah, of Indian Council of Social Science Research.
But even then, as a political strategy, it might not pay long term dividends. A section of society that's excluded from mainstream politics is bound to hit back.
If implemented across India, this law can bar 40 crore people from contesting Panchayat polls
"A person may not be highly educated but may be able to understand local problems better than others. Moreover, political leadership in the country has to be a reflection of its voter base," says Professor Sanjay Kumar of the Center for the Study of Developing Societies.
He adds, "BJP, with its traditional support base of urban educated Upper Castes is bringing such laws keeping in mind short term gains. But I don't think it is a viable poll strategy even in the long term. There may be repercussions during state or general elections."
Is such a law constitutionally valid?
According to Subhash Kashyap, former Secretary-General of the Lok Sabha Secretariat, introducing such laws is not invalid.
"Constitutionally there is no problem in laying down educational qualifications for candidates, subject to judicial review. The argument for setting such conditions can be made both ways. But ultimately courts have to decide on the matter," he said.
Former Chief Election Commissioner SY Quraishi has his doubts. "We never encouraged such discrimination between candidates. After all at least 25% of our population is uneducated. How can you impose such conditions?"
Moreover, he adds that when laws are passed so close to nomination dates, it is bound to raise eyebrows.
"Rajasthan government passed this law just a day or two before nominations were supposed to be filed, Haryana government did it just 10-12 days ahead. It is not normal," he said.
Absurd and excessive
Jagdeep S Chhokar, founder and trustee, Association of Democratic Reforms (ADR), has a different take on the matter: "Unless we as a society can ensure that every child has actual equal opportunity to get a decent education, passing such laws is absurd".
"If we're setting matriculation as a standard for Panchayat elections, why shouldn't parliamentarians at least have a PhD?" he added.
Not just BJP ruled states, even the Narendra Modi government's policy think tank, the NITI Aayog wants to make toilets as an eligibility criterion for candidates. It wants those who don't have toilets in their homes to be barred from contesting any election, not just Panchayat elections.


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DGT Services Stock System goes live
DGT Services are the approved wheelchair repairer for a number of NHS services in Essex and the surrounding areas.
After delivering a website for one of their subsidiary companies DGT approached us with a new brief to design and build an online stock system to manage the thousands of wheelchairs they hold on behalf of NHS services.
We worked with DGT, firstly with a scoping phase to determine the functional requirements and also to translate DGT's paper based business processes across to an approach that suited a web application and offered both an intuitive and faster process to those already familiar with the paper based equivalent.
Next, we began work on a prototype web application, so utilising HTML, CSS and JavaScript to deliver an application we could demonstrate to DGT early on in the project life cycle. This was then further refined as an iterative process with feedback from DGT.
Once the prototype was complete we began work on the server-side programming so utilising ASP.Net and C# with a MS SQL Server database to build out the full web application.
Upon completion the web application, hosted on our servers, was rolled out to a selection DGT's NHS customers. We provided training to assist DGT staff with the transition from the paper based system to the web application and dealt with any support issues originating from either DGT staff or NHS users.
The launch of the native mobile application soon followed and that allowed DGT services to quickly add wheelchairs onto the system from their warehouse facilities and allowed them to capture a photo of the wheelchair via the mobile device's in-built camera, which saved time.
The initial trial of the web application proved to be very successful and the web application has now been rolled out to all DGT customers and contains a growing database of wheelchairs.
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text: This week�s column deals with a very difficult subject: Suicide. First and foremost, to any person reading this who is affected by suicide, you will survive! Yes the grief is overwhelming. It is hard to believe now, but one hour at a time, one day at a time, you will get through this. Emotional reactions to suicide are intense and overwhelming. Knowing what to expect might make it easier for you to cope. Most survivors find it hard to think clearly. It may seem as though your brain is numb, that you keep forgetting things. You may replay the suicide over and over in your mind, and find that you can�t stop asking �why?� It is common to feel overwhelmed by sorrow, physically ill and angry. You may feel ashamed or guilty. It is important to remember that you are not to blame. Sometimes survivors think about suicide themselves. If you are having suicidal thoughts, talk to a counselor about how to cope with the situation and keep yourself safe. These reactions are normal, as are other strong feelings you may have. You are not losing your mind � you are mourning your loss. The sense of confusion is so great that it can be very hard to cope at first, so let others help you. Look to your friends, family, place of worship, community and others for support. They can deal with people, make some decisions and help you remember what you need to know. Also, they can be there just to listen. According to the Centre for Suicide Prevention in their SIEC Alert #38 dated November, 1999, more than 30,000 Americans die by suicide each year. Compounding this critical loss of life is the profound and often debilitating despair and grief experienced by surviving families and friends. Unfortunately, survivors may find that their social network, perhaps even their clergy or caregivers have judgmental or condemning attitudes or beliefs about suicide. Cultural and religious taboos combine with our tendency to avoid death and bereavement issues and can serve to isolate and stigmatize suicide survivors. A lack of social support can increase a survivor�s risk of complicated grieving, depression and suicide. B. Turley in his book Healing After a Suicide: The Legacy of Suicide lists some common survivor responses to suicide. They are as follows: � A struggle to make sense of the suicide � Anger � Guilt over failed responsibilities, real or imagined � Isolation caused by a sense of self-imposed shame � Aloneness when others keep their distance � Blame towards those perceived to have contributed to the suicide � Awkwardness when others don�t know how to respond � Having to face the traumatic and sometimes unexpected nature of the death � Difficulty accepting that death was by suicide � Fear that powerful grief reactions may not be normal � Remorse over lost opportunity So what helps survivors heal � and what doesn�t? The Centre for Suicide Prevention has provided us with a list: What helps and heals as survivors? � Acknowledge that the death is a suicide � Learn more about suicide and grief � Acknowledge your feelings and your loss � Find formal and informal rituals to honor a loved one�s life � Call upon your personal strengths and ways of coping from other difficulties � Read, write and express your grief in a way and at a time and place that is comfortable for you � Find other suicide survivors, share your stories and build mutual support. � Understanding and thoughtful offers of support from others: �I�m here if you need someone to talk go� What hinders healing as survivors? � Hide or deny that the cause of death is suicide � Blame others, or ourselves � Internal and external pressure to �finish� or �Stop� grieving � Self destructive behaviors, e.g. drug or substance dependency � Thoughtless or clich� comments from others such as: �It was so sudden� �You can�t live in the past� �Didn�t you know this was going to happen? So how can caregivers assist survivors? � Listen without judging � Accept the intensity of an individual�s grief � Communicate with compassion � not clich� � Offer and provide information � literature, community resources and support group information � Reassure the survivor that their feelings are normal � Be vigilant about suicidal tendencies: ASK! � Be sensitive to difficult times: holidays, anniversary dates Being there is important. Let the bereaved know that they are not alone. Offer oneself, and expect that they might refuse your invitations. Have patience and continue to offer oneself over time. If you have a question you would like to see answered in this column, please email me at email@example.com. (Scott Hebert is the owner and funeral director of Lamoureux-Fletcher Community Funeral Home in Gardner and Fletcher-Hebert Funeral Home in Winchendon.)


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Sunday was the perfect weather for a little bushwalking adventure. We went to Kinglake and did a bushwalk to a waterfall lookout. The bush area was beautiful and quiet. It was only short, 1.5km round trip, just enough with two little ones. The boys loved it on the way there but going uphill on the way back was a bit much! Dad ended up carrying them for the last part!!
Wednesday, 31 October 2012
Monday, 29 October 2012
Green Birds for Christmas
made it shop. I have now sold a few sets of these in various colours... so people must be getting ready for Christmas!
Sunday, 21 October 2012
The Workshop in action
I have been busily making lots of gift tag/ornaments for some orders for my made it shop, including these new pink tag/ornaments that have recently been added.
I have also created a new Dewberry Workshop Facebook page to share news. Check it out and "like" it here so you can see the latest in Dewberry workshop news!
|Busy making tags, green to be added soon
Wednesday, 17 October 2012
Walking in Port Melbourne
Monday, 8 October 2012
New cushions
These cushion are the latest item I have added to my made it shop. I made them mainly as decor for children's rooms but would also be good as a feature on your couch. I also have the matching bird soft toys in my shop so it could be a set.
The cushions are all made from various cotton fabrics. The animals have been appliqued and machine embroidered onto a natural cotton/ linen blend. The bird cushion features one of my favourite fabrics from Umbrella Prints, the Raindrops in Kimono Red. I'm also a little bit obsessed by the cotton/linen blend of the plain fabric on these cushions, with it turning up in quite a few of my latest works! But I'll always love colour!
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Book Review: Many Lives, Many Masters
Many Lives Many Masters
Reviewer: Mirna Santana
In this book author Brian Weiss, a psychiatrist and researcher at Mont Sinai, Miami, FL., documents the past lives of a patient by using a hypnotic regression techniques. Through regression both doctor and patient found explanations for the patient's current symptoms but also insights about her close relationships. These regression experiences allowed the patient's to recover her health and become a healer and psychic. The doctor, on the other hand, was transformed from a skeptical scientist to a scientist who broad his spectrum to integrate soul searching, inner wisdom, and other topics not considered conventional among the scientific community.
In the story, Catherine, the patient, relates under hypnosis the experiences lived in past lives. She recalls passing through at least 80 lives but the book present snaps of only nine of them. Those are the lives the patient more vividly described during the sessions.
She described the experience from the point of view of the woman, man, or child who was living it. Her life experiences varied from being married man or woman, a single person, or an adult with children. In her several lives, she was a victim, a servant, or a fighter. The book is not only about this person lives but becomes an exploration of a variety of aspects of the human condition through various centuries.
The stories related are diverse in context but they also developed in different countries and in a variety of scenarios. Through hypnotic regressions Catherine traveled to Egypt, Switzerland, Germany, Italy, England and France to mention a few places.
Like a time machine, this book opens the window of possibility of encounter of present and past. Interestingly enough, some of the people the patient encountered in her past lives were present in her present life. For example, a past life sister happen to be one of Catherine's current friends.
She lived and died in diverse ways. From each live she learned lessons. The lessons included learning about justice and fairness by experiencing the opposite. She also learned about the use and misuse of power. But she also learned to disentangle the hidden reasons of her anxieties and fears. By living many times and by being able to recall her past life and deaths, she learned not to fear death. The latter, seems to be the most important lesson in this book.
But the book is also the conversion of a skeptical scientist into a more open-minded scholar. With initial help from her patient, the doctor was also able to uncover aspects of the healing process that guided him through unknown territories. He opened his mind not only to better listen to his patients experiences but also to receive through them, 'visits' from masters. Those masters give him insights and lessons about life and about healing [masters are described as entities who speak through the patient in this case]. Later, he also learned to improve his analysis of patients and receive messages using dreams. He also mentioned using other techniques such as meditation to work with his subconscious mind.
The messages he received were initially about healing but later expanded to cover future course of humanity [link to his other books]. Among the messages he received was that humans lack the balance to live in their surroundings. Humans, he says, need to take lessons from other species and the way they live. Balance and harmony the author says are the foundation of wisdom.
Yet for a human to be wise, patience has to be learned. Wisdom is acquired very slowly. First, knowledge learned by conventional ways needs time to become emotional and subconscious. And second, knowledge needs to be applied to become permanent. This explains why 'many lives and many masters' are required to help the transformation of humans to wise beings.
Brian Weiss argues that when people do not live in a compassionate, egalitarian, and loving ways, they are not expressing their best. When people behave in such ways, they incur in debts that need to be paid by learning more lessons. If an individual don't pay debts in one life those debts are carried forward to other lives. Weiss suggests to follow the messages passed by old sages over the centuries, that is " we need to fill the heart with love".
But how one fills the heart with love? By expanding the seeds of love through charity and kindness. By practicing being a pure loving being. By living simply, and by ridding the self of fears. By accepting the immortality of the human kind. He says that during altered states of consciousness, people could reach states of loving with the purity of one's heart.
Altered stated of consciousness can be achieved in a variety of ways. Some scientists study such states in people who practice meditation. But many recognize that such states can be induced by e.g. hallucinogenic drugs. Yet, recently, scientists such as Jill BolteTaylor (neurologist), have reported that minor changes in the human brain such as those produced by stroke can also induce states of oneness with the world (see her book My stroke of insights).
It is also known that right and left brained dominated people differ in their ability to reach altered states of the mind. Artist, and other right brain dominated people may have more access to horizons of the mind non-easily available to people who are predominantly left-brain dominated.
The abilities of the human brain have only been grasp up to now. Behavioral, Natural Sciences, Neuroscience, Psychology and Psychiatry have yet a lot to learn about the human and other animal brains. Hypnotic regressions, the way suggested by Dr. Weiss as a window to explore more aspects of the subconscious and learn from the self maybe only a tiny window to that knowledge.
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Weiss, Brian, L. 1988. Many lives, many masters. Simon & Chester, N.Y. 219p.
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Finished garden room and car port
On 09/06/2018
I obviously have a focus on the oak frames, so sometimes can lose sight of what the overall goal is; to create a beautiful structure that will be appreciated for years to come. The following images are from a couple of frames completed last year. Both on the same site, they complement one another and have been finished exceptionally well.
Garden room extension of kitchen:
To the left, the external historic well has been enveloped.
The frame has been 'direct glazed' using painted timber for boarding (not my personal favorite, but neat).
The massively cantilevered roof of the car port creates a suburb space for the patio furniture.
From the road it's just a simple open car port:


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ReUseWaste > Links
1. Technologies for sustainable food production in the Baltic countries - Newsletter. Homepage: http://www.balticmanure.eu/
2. INEMAD stands for 'Improved Nutrient and Energy Management through Anaerobic Digestion'. INEMAD will focus on innovative strategies to reconnect livestock and crop production. New nutrient and energy flows are re-thought to generate growth opportunity for the agricultural and industrial sectors. Nutrient recycling can be done by biogas production and the use of digestate as fertilizer. The INEMAD team is a team of 13 partners from 8 different countries with a mix of academic partners and partners with a strong feeling with the biogas and agricultural sector. Read about the project here http://www.inemad.eu/en/


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'How to be green? Many people have asked us this important question. It's really very simple and requires no expert knowledge or complex skills. Here's the answer. Consume less. Share more. Enjoy life.' Penny Kemp and Derek Wall
4 Jan 2009
EU spokesperson resigns over support for IDF
The spokesperson of the EU Current president, in Prague, Mr. Jiri Potuznik, has called the Israeli operation 'defensive' and good old Daniel Machover (young as he is) has written him and demanded an apology, making his letter available to some of us. Below you can see my own letter, written earlier this afternoon, asking him to do the right thing and resign, and his own incredible reply! I am glad to say that he is more decent than Tony Blair and Mr. Brown, and he has indeed resigned. His personal email to me is something which could never happen in 'western democracies'... I also get the feeling that he is sincerely sad about the whole affair.
It goes to show that sometimes our actions make a difference, I suppose. Not enough times, of course...
------ Forwarded Message
From: jiri potuznik
Date: Sun, 4 Jan 2009 17:26:54 +0100
To: Haim Bresheeth
Subject: Re: Resign now!
Dear Mr. Haim Bresheeth,
let me deeply and personally apologize to You - my mystake and misunderestanding was not the support of any murdering. Information I have recieved but have not confirmed was the opposit. That is my shame, not the bad intention. I proposed my resignation anyway.
Best whishes
Jiri F. Potuznik
2009/1/4 Haim Bresheeth
Dear Mr. Jiri F. Potuznik,
I am shocked and disgusted as a human being and an EU citizen, I am now
represented by a rogue regime in Prague, little better than the Israeli
government, in that it supports its war crimes by calling them 'defensive'.
I call on you to resign forthwith - you are not fit to represent anyone, let
alone the presidency of Europe. In the few days that your country held this
important office, you have shamed both the office itself and the EU. As
someone who supported the Prague Spring in 1968, I find this even more
bizarre, as the last thing Europe now needs, is a presidency supporting the
continued murder of hundreds of civilians, the indiscriminate bombing of
cities and towns, and further support to the Israeli regime, by calling its
actions 'defensive'.
Shame on you! Resign now!
Prof. Haim Bresheeth
Citizen of the UK and Israel
1 comment:
- Joseph said...
Yes and our friends in the Czech Green Party, whose nominee is the Foreign Minister, are also supportive of Israel. Not content with supporting US Star Wars radar bases on Czech territory, which most of the population are opposed to, they now also buttress Israel as a part of the Czech government. Thankfully two Czech Green MPs have broken ranks with this disgraceful government and are voting against them on a number of issues, particularly the bases.
My two lease favourite Green parties - the Irish and the Czechs. And who did the Irish invite to be guest speaker at their conference last year? Yes, you have guessed it , the Czech Green Education Minister.
Both parties in bankrupt right wing coalitions, who will each pay the price with the voters next time around. Both offer grim warnings about Green 'pragmatism' and lack of ideology.
The Czech government at present can be expected to support everything dreamed up by Bush and the neo-cons, from NATO expansion to unconditional support for Israel.
- 5:02 pm
When Keir Starmer was a Marxist.
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