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Spahivogli's file is revealed: "At the People's Theater, I was not accepted 'for lack of talent', I was out of work for 5 years, I was appointed to Bërzhitë, where…" / The accusations of the Institute that interned him
Memorie.al publishes the unknown story of the famous actor and director, Kujtim Spahivogli, extracted from some archival documents of his personal file of the Framework office, where besides an autobiography that Kujtim wrote himself in 1983, describing in a chronological history of the family and his personal up to that time, in the file in question, there are also some characteristics that were compiled by the basic party organization of the High Institute of Arts in 1973, with the accusations made against him, which served as "raw material" to send him for re-education "to the working class". As well as the characteristics given to him by the Construction Company in Mbrostar of Fier and that of the People's Council of the village of Bërzhitë in Tirana, who wanted to help him return as a lecturer to students at the Higher Institute of Arts and as an actor. Director at the People's Theater.
It was July 13, 1987, when in an old house in Tirana, located on Hoxha Tasin Street, completely alone and in a miserable condition, Kujtim Spahivogli, the famous actor and director who graduated from the Institute, passed away. Moscow Higher School of Dramatic Art, until 1973, had worked as an actor and director at the People's Theater, as well as as a lecturer and Head of the Chair at the Higher Institute of Arts in Tirana.
Who was Kujtim Spahivogli, what family did he come from and what was his past? Where did he work and study and why did he leave the People's Theater and the Higher Institute of Arts in 1973? What were the accusations made against him by the basic party organization of that Institute and what position did Spahivogli take regarding those accusations?! Regarding these and other unknown aspects of his work and life, we know some documents that are part of his personal file of the Framework office, which Kujtim never had the opportunity to see while he was alive! In this file, in addition to some documents of the basic organization of the party of the High Institute of Arts, which were also the "raw material" on which "relied" the Party Committee of the Region no. 2 and that of the district of Tirana, for his departure from the Institute and sending for "re-education among the working class", is also a short autobiography that Kujtim wrote on October 30, 1983, after returning from exile.
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As we will see from the autobiography that he himself wrote (at the request of the party and state bodies of that time), after returning to Tirana in 1978, he stayed without work in Tirana for five years, and after some requests, finally in 1983, he was appointed to work as a "methodist" in a house of culture in the village of Bërzhitë, hoping that one day he would return to his students at the Higher Institute of Arts and colleagues at the People's Theater, which he had a dream, but that unfortunately he could not achieve….?!
The first blow to Memory
According to the documents found in the personal file of Kujtim Spahivogli's cadre, the first attack on him dates back to 1972. Thus in a work characteristic that is done to him in that period of time by the cadre branch of the Tirana Party Committee , among other things it is written: "Comrade Kujtim Spahivogli is one of the friends with more capacity and experience in the dramatic branch. But as it was pointed out in a speech of Comrade Enver Hoxha in the district of Mat, he had shortcomings in the management of the department of acting, did not perform state duties, and did not help the professors of this department methodically and pedagogical ".
Tirana on 29.8.1972
Secretary of the Basic Organization,
After what can be called the first blow to Kujtim Spahivogli, the attacks on him resumed there from the beginning of 1973, just a few weeks after the 11th National Song Festival on Radio-Television, when on March 15 of that year, Enver Hoxha delivered a speech in the apparatus of the Presidium of the People's Assembly, where as part of the "fight against liberalism and foreign performances and their influences in art and culture", began criticizing and attacking Todi Lubonja and Fadil Paçrami, making them responsible for 11th Festival. In this context, criticism and attacks on those who were considered the closest people and collaborators of Paçram and Lubonja, where one of these people was the well-known actor and director Kujtim Spahivogli, who was initially removed from the Institute, would also begin. Senior Arts, where he worked as head of department. After several meetings, the basic organization of the Party where Spahivogli belonged, proposed that he go for education in a district theater, for two years, but this was not accepted by the Party Committee of Tirana, which decided that he should go as a worker. Of reclamation in Fier, "to be educated among the working class".
Charges against Kujtim in the Institute's basic party organization
But what was Spahivogli criticized and accused of and what was his attitude regarding the accusations and what measures did the basic organization take against him? In this regard, it is known from a document where the characteristic of Memory is located, compiled by the Secretary of the Organization, Xh. S., dated 8.5.1973, which reads, inter alia:
"But comrade Kujtim Spahivogli, while working at the Institute, has manifested many weaknesses and shortcomings in his activity for which he has been criticized from time to time by the basic organization of the party. Even during the discussion of Comrade Enver's speech on March 15, he was criticized for violating discipline, and for negligence in performing the duties of the head of the department, for abandoning classes for days, etc. The grassroots organization therefore proposes his dismissal from the post of head of department. Comrade Kujtim Spahivogli has underestimated the production work under various pretexts and has not done it for three years. Comrade Kujtim has also held wrong attitudes in the cadre problem. He has influenced to bring to the institute, cadres with bad political composition and bad moral standing. On several occasions he insisted on holding them accountable, thus losing his revolutionary vigilance. He has also intervened in a personal way to Fadil Paçrami, to bring such an element to the institute, as the case of Viktor Gjoka. As a communist, he fought consistently against conservatism and bureaucracy, but slipped into liberal positions, recognizing only the rights of students, without holding them accountable. In subsequent meetings and in the discussion of the March 15 speech, Comrade Kujtim acknowledged responsibility for poor work in the department, for breaches of discipline, for liberal attitudes in the life of the Institute, and in staffing problems. He has admitted that he had a tendency to be arrogant and that he was busy with a lot of work at once. For all these, the basic organization of the party decided that comrade Kujtim Spahivogli, be given a remark with a note in the registration box and be sent for re-education in a district theater for two years ".
As can be seen from the characteristics made by the secretary of the basic party organization of the Institute, it seems that Spahivogli did not follow the "party line" to be tough and to develop the class struggle, which he manifested with concrete case approaching the Institute, the actor, Viktor Gjoka. It also says that Spahivigli did not hold his students accountable at all, but left them to express their opinion quite freely. This is noticed and it is clear from the documents in his file, where, after being communicated the remarks of the secretary of the basic organization of the party, Xh. S., in a report of hers, the position of Spahivogli is made known, where among other things it is written: "The bureau of the party organization, thinks that comrade Spahivogli during the recent meeting of the drama branch, has opposed the organization of parties, in fact dismissing criticism of him. With his attitude, he has negatively influenced some professors and students. He refuses to be noted in his characteristic that he is sent to a district theater for re-education, but for circulation.
After this characteristic, the party secretary Xh. S., announces that the Committee of the Party of the Region, has approved their proposal, which states: "The apparatus of the Committee of the Party of the Region no. 2, agrees with the decision of the basic organization and the Higher Institute of Arts, that comrade Kujtim Spahivogli be sent for two years for re-education in a district theater.
First Secretary of the Party Committee of the Region no. 2
Peti Shamblli
Who wanted to help Kujtim return to Tirana?
In addition to documents that shed light on the decision of the party's grassroots organizations to remove Spahivogli from the Higher Institute of Arts and the Theater as an "undesirable man for the party", which led him to be sent as a production worker in the district of Fier , in the file in question, there are two documents signed by Ramiz Kullolli, who was the secretary of the party organization for Mbrostar (where Kujtim worked in Fier), and the chairman of the Joint Council of the village of Bërzhitë, Mehmet Alla, who appreciate Spahivogli's work and attitude, wanting him to return to his work as a lecturer and director. In the characteristic of Ramiz Kullolli, for the work and behavior of Kujtim in Fier, among others, it is written:
"During this period that Kujtim has worked in our company, he has worked well in carrying out the tasks of the plan, as well as in terms of his behavior. There were no claims in the work process, he even asked to work in the heaviest work, such as concreting and in the brigade of iron-returners near the tunnels, etc. He has responded to the calls of the employees with readiness, working long hours and helping his colleagues by living a life without pretensions ".
Also in the evaluation of the Chairman of the Joint Council of the village of Bërzhitë, Mehmet Alla, where he worked as a medotist in the House of Culture, among other things it is written:
"His work is generally well appreciated. He has been shown to be tireless and with good professional skills. During the time he worked in the cooperative of Bërzhita, (in culture) he worked well, and helped to enliven the cultural life ".
But the kindness of these people who wanted to help Kujtim, being opposed by some fanatical bosses and communists who once (1973) had removed him as "supporters of the hostile group in art and culture of Lubonja and Paçram" . They could not accept that he should return to the auditoriums of his students and to the stage of the People's Theater, where he had worked with all his strength and energy until the day they removed him from there.
Autobiography of Kujtim Spahivogli
I was born into a civic family (working father, housewife mother) in 1932. In 1938 the father died, leaving the mother with three minor orphans without any support. To make ends meet, she worked as a tailor at home, and my brother and I sold chestnuts, peanuts, and popular cigarettes. At this time I entered as an apprentice in some trades, though the name was apprentice, that we were in fact servants of the usta. At my mother's insistence even though we worked for the mouth bite, we never dropped out of school. Being unhealthy, I never did all the months of schooling, although I always had good grades and results. From the first hours of the National Liberation Movement, the mother put herself, her home and her children in the service of the People's War. Our house at the end of Hoxha Tasim Street became one of the most important bases. There were meetings of the Communist Party and Youth, illegal shelters (one of them Miladin Popovic), food and clothing were collected, which left for Peza. In 1943, after two sieges and raids on our house, my mother was forced to jump into the mountains illegally, taking us with her, even though we were still minors. For our revolutionary activity, the mother, comrade-in-arms of Kristo Isaku and Xhevdet Doda, was honored with the high decoration of the National War- Liberation. Together with the villain, at the age of nine, we guarded meetings, stole ammunition, served as a courier, and accompanied illegals. Brother and I joined the first Debatik groups. In 1943, I returned to Tirana and resumed the Technical School. In 1945, at the age of 13, I was admitted to the ranks of the Albanian Communist Youth, and in 1948, when my passion for theater arose, I left the Technical School, although I was very good in lessons and grades, I gave rehearsals for the People's Theater, where I was not accepted for lack of talent. Convinced of my abilities, I did not return to the Technical School, despite the insistence of the Directorate and the basic organization of this school. For a year I worked with amateur groups. In 1949, I entered the Lyceum of Arts, straight into the third grade of the drama branch. In 1951, I graduated with honors, which gave me the right to study abroad that same year. From 1951 to 1956, I studied at the Moscow State Institute. In 1958, I defended my degree at that Institute. From 1956 to 1962, I worked as an actor in the People's Theater, being also active as a director. In 1963, I was appointed as a lecturer at the Higher Institute of Arts, where since its inception I have been the head of the drama branch, head of department and artistic course leader. As a lecturer, I worked since 1959, when the high school for actor "Aleksandër Mojsiu" was established, in 1973, for mistakes of a liberal character in the field of theater; I was expelled from the party and sent for re-education in the Enterprise of Fier Reclamation. I worked there until 1978, when the collective and the Party organization, appreciating my work and attitude, which has been reflected in their characteristic, considered me to have completed my re-education experience in production. From 1978 to 1983, I was out of work at my home in Tirana, because my residence permit had been revoked in 1979. In March 1983, the Party, after studying my case, ordered me to be granted a permit. of residency and resume work in my profession, as a director in a trade union club. "For lack of free space", as he told me, I am provisionally appointed as a Methodist in a house of culture in the village of Bërzhitë, where I continue to work today. I was a Member of the Central Committee of the BRPSSH and a member of the Central Council of the BPSH. I had the title of Assistant Professor and "Merited Artist". I was decorated with the order "Naim Frashëri" of the II class./ Memorie.al
Tirana, October 30, 1983
(Kujtim Spahivogli)
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But the most difficult part of it all has been watching unvaccinated children ages 12 to 17 suffer serious ailments from COVID-19, which could have been prevented.
"It's really hard for us in health care to see these preventable infections, these illnesses, impacting the lives of children and families in such profound ways," Clark said.
"We recently had a young boy admitted to our pediatric ICU, and his mother was simultaneously admitted to the medical ICU. This father/husband was needing to choose 'do I spend time with which of my gravely ill family members?' That's a story that didn't need to happen."
COVID-19 cases among children have been steadily increasing in Riverside County for weeks, and with school back in session, they have climbed even more. In the 0 to 17 age group, there were 441 new COVID-19 cases reported for the week ending July 28; 637 cases for the week ending Aug. 4; 982 cases for the week ending Aug. 11; 1,087 cases for the week ending Aug. 18; 1,476 cases for the week ending Aug. 25; and 1,500 cases for the week ending Sept. 1.
As of Monday, there have been 47,610 COVID-19 cases for the 0 to 17 age group since the start of the pandemic, beating the 18 to 24 age group (45,548 cases), 65 to 84 age group (29,234 cases) and 85 and older age group (4,279 cases).
In just June, July and August, there have been 2,050 COVID-19 cases among unvaccinated 12- to 17-year-olds, compared to 60 in vaccinated children, Riverside County Public Health Director Kim Saruwatari shared during a recent Board of Supervisors meeting, adding that 97% of cases in the eligible population have been among the unvaccinated or partially vaccinated.
To make matters worse, there have been four deaths in the 0 to 17 age group in Riverside County since the start of the pandemic, including a 4-year-old, the youngest person to die, from western Riverside County with no underlying health conditions.
"Our hearts are breaking in health care to see so much suffering for so long," Clark said. "We're just at the place where we know that there is very good ability to decrease the risk of severe disease with the vaccine."
Read more: Unvaccinated people 37x more likely to get COVID-19, 120x more likely to die than the vaccinated in Riverside County
Read more: COVID-19: 4-year-old among 8 new deaths reported in Riverside County
Trends seen among children
So far, Coachella Valley hospitals report they have not admitted COVID-19 patients younger than 18 this summer. If a child were to get sick with COVID-19 and need a higher level of care, they would be transferred to Loma Linda University Children's Hospital.
At that hospital, there have been one, 12 and 41 admissions for the months of June, July and August, respectively.
Briana Pastorino, director of public relations at Loma Linda University Health, said the children's hospital is running a daily census in the mid-teens of hospitalized patients who are COVID-19 positive.
In the last COVID-19 surge, Clark said there were more children coming into the hospital for other ailments or care, but they also ended up testing positive for the virus. This time around, "a large percentage" of children are being admitted because of COVID pneumonia, she said. The majority of admissions have come from those 12 and older.
For those with COVID pneumonia, many have required longer amounts and higher levels of oxygen, along with IV antiviral medicine and high doses of steroids to suppress the immune response. Clark has also noticed a correlation between children's obesity and the severity of illness. The most severe pediatric patients have been those whose body mass index is greater than the 90th to 95th percentile, which places them in the overweight or obese weight status categories.
The hospital has also seen its first cases, three since June, of MIS-C patients from the delta surge. Much is unknown about the condition, such as what causes it, but inflammation can occur in children's heart, lungs, kidneys, brain, skin, eyes or gastrointestinal organs.
Symptoms of MIS-C include a fever and any of the following: abdominal pain, bloodshot eyes, chest tightness/pain, diarrhea, extreme fatigue, headache, low blood pressure, neck pain, rash or vomiting.
"This MIS-C is very specific to this COVID SARS-CoV-2, and the amount of illness we're seeing in children after their original COVID infection with the MIS-C is very unique," she said.
Among teenagers, Clark said some have experienced heart problems with dilation of their arteries. At this point, though, it's "impossible" to know the long-term impacts to children's overall health and wellbeing, which is "a real tragedy because these children have many, many years to live still, and we want to try and decrease the risk of long-term side effects from an infectious process that we have the ability to prevent."
Clark anticipates that over the next two to four weeks the hospital will see more MIS-C cases.
MIS-C is similar to Kawasaki disease, a long-standing inflammatory disease, which primarily affects children younger than 5.
How to keep kids safe
With school back in session, parents are increasingly worried about children getting sick with COVID-19.
Locally, both the Desert Sands Unified and Palm Springs Unified school districts have more than 75 confirmed COVID-19 cases among students and staff members, while the Coachella Valley Unified School District has reported 34 student and staff cases.
Loma Linda University Children's Health has a pediatric urgent care in Indio, and Clark said visits have "skyrocketed" since Coachella Valley schools opened, mainly with parents bringing in kids with cold-like symptoms.
Keeping children safe in schools is possible, Clark said, if mitigation factors are in place, such as getting everyone 12 and older vaccinated, keeping masks on during the school day and encouraging frequent hand-washing.
She also encourages families to spend time doing healthy outdoor activities together, such as riding bikes or swimming, and limiting contact to a few families or friends.
The biggest push, however, is getting children ages 12 and older vaccinated. Michael Osur, assistant director for Riverside County Public Health, hopes that with the Pfizer vaccine receiving full approval from the U.S. Food and Drug Administration, "more people will get vaccinated because the key is vaccination, more than anything."
Children younger than 12 are not eligible to receive a vaccine, but an emergency use authorization could come later this year.
Clark has heard some families express concerns over possible long-term effects with the vaccine, such as fertility issues, but there's no evidence that shows that the COVID-19 vaccines cause fertility problems in women or men.
There have been more than 1,000 reports of cases of myocarditis (inflammation of the heart muscle) and pericarditis (inflammation of the lining outside the heart) among young males after getting their second COVID-19 vaccine, according to the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. Reports are rare, and almost all cases have been mild and been resolved quickly, according to John Hopkins Medicine.
"Nothing is without zero risk and that's dependent on your own genetics, your own state of your body, but we have some more than 350 million doses of the vaccine given in the United States alone, so that's a lot of data elements that we know," Clark said.
"We can say that of the millions of people in America who have been infected, along with the more than 500,000 deaths, when you look at what COVID infection can do to you and the risk of the vaccine, the risk of the vaccine is much, much lower than the risk of the virus itself."
She recommends families speak with their health care providers to get trusted information on COVID-19 and vaccines.
Ema Sasic covers health in the Coachella Valley. Reach her at ema.sasic@desertsun.com or on Twitter @ema_sasic.


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First Time for Everything: Guy on Tinder Restores My Faith in Humanity
So I know what you're thinking, did Harry Styles join Tinder? Did someone on Tinder send Alana a series of never-before-seen-nudes of Leonardo DiCaprio from the photo shoot where he wore the swan around his neck? Did someone make her a portrait of Keith with the gun emoji? What could POSSIBLY make a sour misandrist like Alana be delighted by someone on Tinder? As many of you know, I have a love/hate relationship with dating apps and sites. I've met some really great people with them but I also encounter casual misogyny and egregious forms male entitlement both in online interactions and on dates. There is an entire genre on Tumblr devoted to these experiences. Many a book deal has its origins with a message from some human garbage on OKCupid. Dating online, and dating in general, can be very disheartening for women.
So when I reopened my Tinder app after months of radio silence, I expected the standard sampling of bad come-ons littered with the occasional "Hey." But lo an behold, I stumbled across this:
Anyone with a half a soul knows that lovelorn stuffed animals are the single saddest creatures in the world with the single exception of owls who have lost their graduation caps. But this sad little Christmas frog named John has hope! He is looking for love! For adventure! He may be 1'3" but golly, has he got a big heart. Naturally, I chose to swipe right. Good joke dating account are hard to do and this dude was KILLING IT.
I mean, look at him. HE GOES ON LITTLE ADVENTURES IN A SUITCASE WEARING A RED RIDING HOOD:
HE ENJOYS FINE SPIRITS WITH SIMILARLY MOROSE LITTLE FRIENDS:
HE WON A MOTHERFUCKING EMMY:
We matched! A LOVE STORY WAS ABOUT TO BEGIN!
Like any gentleman, he made the first move: "Thank you for matching with me! Have a Toadully Hoppy Day!" he said. As someone who loves a good pun, I was smitten by this little fellow.
I replied: "This made me smile in an otherwise dark Tinder world, toad"
John the Toad then broke character and revealed himself as John the man (though who can know his real name, its a fake stuffed toad Tinder account). He wrote: "I saw tinder thru a female friends setup. Scared the crap out of...waayy too many creepy dudes. Thought this was more fun and would bring smiles! Glad I could make you smile!"
And that was the end of our short love affair, dear friends. And it is at this point in this blog post that I make a grand statement about being a woman and relating to men who want to understand and be sympathetic to what its like for us out there on the Internet, in the world, and trying to demonstrate that we're not crazy when we are jaded about our treatment by men.
A lot of dudes will write lengthy manifestos about HOW THEY TOTALLY GET IT and be horrified on our behalf. A lot of dudes will appropriate misandry in a solidarity that seems disingenuous. Others will do experiments where they go online as a woman for a week and report back to us that YEAH, YOU GALZ WERE RIGHT. It's like, "Thanks, we didn't need a man's confirmation that we experience extremely degrading things online. We already knew, dick cheese."
This dude just made a simple, funny little Tinder account that was meant to make people laugh in the middle of an often demoralizing online dating experience. It wasn't littered with sympathy for our plight or excessive put downs of creeps, just a reference to an experience and a little way of addressing it with humor.
After I said it made me smile, he didn't try to turn the engagement into a date with the real person behind the account. He was making girls laugh not as a way of getting in with them but because he thought that they deserved a break from the onslaught of crap they often receive in the space. And while maybe he just didn't engage further cause he doesn't think I'm a babe, I will remind you that I go on dates REGULARLY with Leonardo DiCaprio and exude angelic light at all times:
In Animals, Assholes, Dating, Feminism, From My Real Life, New York Shitty
Miracles and Magic: My Week Under the Spiritual Protection of Keanu Reeves
It is a well-known fact that the greatest line in cinema history comes from a little flick called River's Edge starring a young Keanu Reeves where he yells at his mother's suitor, "You're just here to fuck my mom and eat her food!" and storms out of the house, hair tousled, leather jacket all aflutter. I try to integrate it into my every day life as often as possible, which is difficult because I haven't lived in the same city as my mother in ten years and my parents have a solid marriage so saying it to my dad would be inaccurate and inappropriate. In any case, Keanu Reeves has always played an important role in my life, even from a distance. Until last week, when at the corner of Rector and Trinity I feasted my eyes upon something very similar to this:
Naturally, I smiled at the teen heartthrob turned gazillionaire turned meme and HE SMILED AND NODDED ACKNOWLEDGEMENT back. It was clear to me that Keanu recognized that I am special sort of person worthy of his time and attention. I immediately reacted like this:
40 people were as excited about this development as I was. I was unable to talk or speak without CAPS LOCK for several days. Little did I know that the week that would follow would result in all sorts of magical experiences. A brief but incomplete run-down below.
1. KEANU'S SPIRIT COMPELS TEEN CRUSH TO ENGAGE WITH ME ON INTERNET, MARRIAGE IMMINENT
I wrote this article for xoJane and tweeted it at my teen crush Gideon Yago. He then followed me and sent this tweet TO ME, which is going to be framed in my home and somehow tastefully integrated into the centerpieces at our wedding. I mean, I have no idea if this dude is eating cereal in his pajamas at his mom's house these days but who CARES, he was a handsome dork on television during my teen years. There is no greater thing to have been.
2. PORN STAR JAMES DEEN MAKES EXTENSIVE CREEPY EYE CONTACT, CLEARLY LOVES ME
I am not a consumer of mainstream porn (I much prefer DIY sites like YouPorn, the Etsy of the digital adult entertainment destinations) so I only found out who James Deen was by watching The Canyons. These are the keywords for The Canyons on IMDB:
So obviously this was my kind of movie and James Deen DELIVERED in it. His extended eye contact to me was a sign of attraction and/or intention to kill as he does in The Canyons. SPOILER ALERTS ARE FOR SUCKERS.
3. EVERYONE WANTS TO HIRE ME CAUSE KEANU INFUSED ME WITH CONFIDENCE AND SKILLS (NOT REALLY, BUT MORE THAN THEY USED TO)
After weeks of radio silence from employers, in the last week I have secured three interviews with prospective employers. This doesn't mean I have a new job but it means that I am doing something right in my aggressive self-promotion and regular portfolio updates. This is how I look when I go to interview, Keanu-approved, of course:
4. VINTAGE HATS ARRIVE IN MAIL FROM "Mom" (BUT SECRETLY KEANU), CAN NOW HAVE BEST HALLOWEEN COSTUME EVER
So my mother recently cleaned out my grandmother's house and found some rad vintage clothes and accessories. Among them were several adorable hats...and then there was the fuzzy one that looked just like the one worn by Jay Kay of Jamiroquai in "Virtual Insanity." Naturally, my Halloween costume is already complete and we're a month out! Thanks Keanu, for sending inspiration just when I needed it.
5. WE CELEBRATED THE ANNIVERSARY OF MY CONCEPTION
So technically, this day is my mom's birthday which she inappropriately told both myself and my sister (we have the same birthday three years apart) was also our conception date. I celebrated by dressing up as an egg and forcing a friend to dress as a sperm and chase me around the neighborhood till I was caught. WHAT FUN WE HAD! Just kidding, I sent my mom a nice set of pictures of the family pets and my sister made these bomb-ass cookies for our chemistry-lovin' mama:
I don't know what Keanu has in store for me next. Romance? Travel? Book deals (for books I have not conceived of or written, naturally)? The answers will reveal themselves in time. But looking back on this week where he acted as my spirit guide, I am reminded of one of his other great lines in cinema history, courtesy of Bill & Ted:
"WHOA."
In Dating, From My Real Life, Hotties, I'm a Creep, New York Shitty, Old Crushes Die Hard
Once a Deranged Fan Girl, ALWAYS a Deranged Fan Girl: A Gift from the Archives
A lot of people ask trendsetters and tastemakers like me, "Alana, what were you like growing up?" In four words: FUCKING FABULOUS, THAT'S WHAT. Some people have trouble believing me but I have been sent a gift from the past that reveals my true nature, my essence, my raison d'etre. (I know there is an accent over the "e" there but I'm too lazy to try it in WordPress. I'm not some peasant that can't speak French, okay?) My true nature and essence is that of a deranged fan girl from Hell. And that, to me, is the greatest thing you can be.
My BFF OMG 4 LYFE, Chrissie, recently dug up the following treasures designed and delivered by Yours Truly in 1997/98. The headline "Wanted: The Following Women are wanted for stealing boyfriends from Alana and Chrissie." Truer words, baby Alana. TRUER WORDS.
As you'll see from the title, these hot female celebrities were identified as CRIMINALS, wanted for the crime of STEALING BOYFRIENDS. And Since Hell hath no fury like a seventh grader scorned, I decided to get my Mean Girl on and take those sluts down. For reference, me and Chrissie are the HOT BLONDES on either end of this adorable foursome of seventh graders (Hey, Mairead & Ashlee! Looking good!) so as you can see, we REALLY deserved celebritiy boyfriends.
Now a lot of amazing things are happening here, most notably the fact that we considered Hans Matheson (who played Marius in the Liam Neeson, non-musical version of Les Miserables...again with the French, I KNOW) on par with the likes of Leonardo DiCaprio, Matt Damon, and Mark Wahlberg. Other amazing moments are listed below if your glasses aren't working.
On Neve Campbell:
"Warning: Dangerously ugly when mad or sad."
GIRL, YOU DIDN'T. Oh, I did. My 12 year old ass just went ahead and WENT THERE. No holds barred, this was WAR.
On Sarah Michelle Gellar:
"Crime: Getting love scenes with hotties like Ryan Philippe and Angel from Buffy."
First, it's hard to believe that there was a time before Angel was a show all it's own and that there was a time when I didn't know that David Boreanz had a name. Also:
"Warning: Easy to get you off track because you can't help but stare at her dark roots. Danger Buffy With Bleach Beware."
One does not call a girl out on her bleach game unless she wants to start a FIGHT. And I was ready for a fight. PS- I love that she ended up with Freddie Prinze, Jr. It means the late 90s will be alive forever.
On Winona Ryder:
"AN EXTREME THREAT TO US."
To be fair to my former self, this is still completely true. Home girls looks GOOD. I know cause I seen her.
On Claire Danes:
"Crime: Former girlfriend of Matt Damon, starred as GF of Jared Leto, Leo DiCaprio, Jude Law, and Hans Matheson."
If I had been a gossip columnist in the 90s, I would have written an angry article called "CLAIRE! SHARE!" cause she was hogging all the hot pieces back then. She still does. Girl has game, I can respect that. However:
"Warning: If caught, she might use her awful cry to scare you away. RESIST!"
I only saw a few episodes of Homeland, is the crying still the same as it was back then? Inquiring minds need answers.
On Gwyneth Paltrow:
Now I am really proud of myself for having the good sense to put her on the list FIRST. Even though she ended up married to someone in whom I have little to zero interest, I still recognize that Gwyneth Paltrow is a MENACE.
"Warning: Changes physical appearance often to avoid arrest by us."
Gwyneth, still up to your old tricks. Why look, here you changing your appearance into that of a sophisticated and likeable AUTHOR in the Hamptons just this weekend:
One of my favorite comments ever written on the Internet was on a Jezebel post about her newsletter GOOP. It said something to the effect of "I just like to think of Winona Ryder sitting at home, smoking cigarettes, reading GOOP, and laughing and laughing." ME TOO, CURT COLE FROM JEZEBEL COMMENTS. ME TOO.
This has been 700+ words answering the age old question, do people ever really change? I'm just gonna leave this here:
In Crime, Dating, Friends!, From My Real Life, Hotties, I'm a Creep, Old Crushes Die Hard
US Patriotism, Feminism, and Fun as Told by One Direction's "Best Song Ever"
On my 25th birthday, I received a faxed memo from God that said, "Congratulations, you are now at an age where you can enjoy pop culture phenomena unironically. You no longer have to pretend you hate rom-coms, pop country, and boy bands. Welcome to complete brain development, girl. PS- Just buy the fucking Crocs, they are wicked comfortable. " Unfortunately, some killjoys don't check their mail and are denying themselves the pleasure of these joy-creating wonder boys. Those people are the dead worst. As Phoebe said, " No one is going to take away your Cool Kid Card for having fun for five minutes."
Without further ado, here is "Best Song Ever" by One Direction. You can skip the two-minute intro skit starring the boys as both THEMSELVES and a know-nothing gaggle of Hollywood producers, but I wouldn't recommend it.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o_v9MY_FMcw
So you'll notice that the first thing they do in the song is take the opening of The Who classic "Baba O'Riley" and dramatically improve upon it....DID YOU HEAR THAT? It was the sound of one million Cool Dads slamming their fists into the table, bemoaning the lack of taste and respect for classic rock n roll among the younger generations.
Just kidding, Cool Dads talk it out with errant youth:
So come on Cool Dads, we can talk this one out. Thanks, Human Resources Administration for the reminder on how to handle things when shit gets heated with dads.
ONE DIRECTION LOVES AMERICA
Well, if you watched the opening skit, you realize that they do exceptional American accents in their alter-ego characters which suggests both love and appreciation for the land of the free and the home of the brave. Except for Liam, who also got a seriously low-budget and homophobic caricature. Whatever, Harry Styles as Marcel, the marketing whizkid makes up for anything bad that happened in that skit. Also, Lady Zayn:
The lady that they're all going wild over in this song is revealed to be named "Georgia Rose." Now it is a known fact that there are seven female names in England: Elizabeth, Victoria, Diana, Emma, Beatrice, Melanie, and somewhat inexplicably, Geri. Any woman from England that claims another name is either a liar or a foreigner. CHECK HER PAPERS. For those curious, all men in England are named Alastair, Henry, Charles, Benedict, William, George, and Idris. You didn't know. But now you know.
Georgia Rose as a name is about American as it gets and they are SO into her. Also, her father is a DENTIST. Major clue that this bitch ain't from Brittannia. Yes, if you were wondering, I still think totally dated jokes about British dental hygiene are fair game. Deal. Moving on.
ROYALTY LOVES ONE DIRECTION
Now, you can tell me all you want that its just a coincidence that the third name of the royal baby is Louis AND the tousle-haired angel of One Direction always wearing burgundy pants is also name Louis. But if you look me in the eye and say that the first name, "George" is not a masculinization of the female character in Best Song Ever, me and you will HAVE. WORDS. This observation was originally Phoebe's and she has, to my knowledge, never been wrong. Here is the 1D namesake himself with his hot mom.
PROGRESSIVE VIEWS ON FEMALE ATTRACTIVENESS AND CONSENT
Early One Direction had me worried a little in that their love connections were primarily with women with super low self-esteem. In "What Makes You Beautiful," you'll recall that the thing that made the girl in question beautiful was JUST that she didn't know she was beautiful. Nothing turns on a teenaged boy quite like knowing that a girl has a really low opinion of herself cause that means she will be easily coaxed into ill-advised threesomes and some flexibility-proving selfies.
But "Best Song Ever" reveals that on their long tour bus rides, the lads have been reading up like crazy on how confidence and consent are the shit.
When asked "Can I take you home with me?" Georgia Rose replied "Never in your wildest dreams!" And instead of being like, "Bitch I am in One Direction, there are 74 hymens waiting backstage for me to bust through!" They dance the night away with this lady who is comfortable taking things at her own pace. This gives young women everywhere the a-okay to say "No" to male advances for which they are unprepared. 1D bleeds feminism.
Now, for FUN
Most of the other highlights from this video are visual. So here are my favorites:
And finally, the most true things that anyone has ever muttered in a music video or about anything ever:
In Dating, Feminism, Hotties, I'm a Creep, Music Icons


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 Alan Mak (né en 1984), homme politique britannique.

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Takeharu Ishimoto
Takeharu Ishimoto.
Takeharu Ishimoto (石元丈晴, Ishimoto Takeharu?) is a Japanese video game composer from Nichinan, Miyazaki. He is best known for his work on Final Fantasy Type-0, Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII-, and all three games in Dissidia Final Fantasy series. Other Square Enix works include the soundtracks for The World Ends With You and Kingdom Hearts: Birth by Sleep. Ishimoto left Square Enix in December 2017 and now works as a freelance composer.[1]
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Game Name
Ishimoto's Role(s)
Crisis Core -Final Fantasy VII-
Last Order -Final Fantasy VII-
Before Crisis -Final Fantasy VII-
Dissidia Final Fantasy (2015)
Official Square Enix profile
Personal Facebook profile
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Customers learn about Industry 4.0 solutions at Biesse Canada event.
"It was a great opportunity to partner with WEB-CAB, which is at the forefront of 4.0 with medium-sized companies, and to allow those sized companies to see how they can inter-connect multiple machines and monitor the factory process flow," said Matt Fleming, Biesse Canada's vice president of sales.
With Industry 4.0 solutions no longer reserved only for large manufacturers, small-to-medium sized shops that still produce floor stock based on how they've traditionally cut or drilled panels are realizing there is a better process available.
"It's all about helping your business increase efficiencies while reducing inventory," Fleming said.
In partnership with WEB-CAB, Biesse Canada is helping show smaller companies that wouldn't have the chance to regularly see this technology, how it works to improve their bottom line with Biesse machines they've already purchased.


Jean-Eugène Violet was a lawyer and spook described by David Teacher as the right-hand man of Antoine Pinay. Jean Vigneau was one of Violet's close associates.
In the 1930s, Violet became involved with the Comite Secret pour l'Action Revolutionaire (a "far-right political cult modeled on a Freemasonic movement, complete with Masonic-style rites and rituals... a predecessor of Licio Gelli's P-2" led by Eugene Deloncle and Jean Filliol).
Violet worked for the SDECE, and was an influential behind-the-scenes actor in the post World War II Europe, and worked with Opus Dei. Jean Violet started Le Cercle in the 1950s around its titular leader, Antoine Pinay.
He was involved in the Great Oil Sniffer Hoax.
Violet was reputed to have been involved in the 1970 smear of President Pompidou's wife (the Markovic affair).
Violet, together with Otto von Habsburg, founded the Académie Européenne des Sciences Politiques, a Brussels-based ultra-conservative Paneuropa think tank.
Jean Violet may have died in a car accident.
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The Rule of Three: Mid-Range
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A series explaining the Rule of Three in writing. This essay will be looking at medium-term use in characters, scenes and themes.
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The Rule of Three refers to the natural inclination of the human brain to group things into threes. It often occurs within writing, and although it does not need to be followed as a rule, being aware of it allows you to use or discard it where required. This essay will be looking at a mid-range aspect.
When we measure time in the mid-term we use days, weeks and months. In the same way, when we write we use characters, scenes and themes, and these will be three elements of focus.
Fiction traditionally involves a protagonist, an antagonist, and a third party. Even when the scope is widened, each tale that knits together a large and complex story can be boiled down to these three roles. The variations come in the form of the third party.
Herman Melville's Moby Dick; or, The Whale revolves around Ishmael, Captain Ahab, and the white whale. Whilst other characters feature extensively within the story, the main thrust of the piece is constructed around this triad and their relationships.
Continuing on the nautical theme, Ernest Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea almost exclusively contains three characters: the old man, the boy, and the fish. All are key to the story, and as Hemingway removes all distractions within his minimalist writing, these three come to the fore.
In the Lord of the Rings by JRR Tolkien—a large and complicated narrative—each of the three story threads feature a trio of character sets: Frodo, Aragorn, and Gandalf all take the protagonist role; Gollum, Sauron, and Saruman each are antagonists; and Gandalf, Arwen, and Elrond become key third parties. The characters themselves are also grouped into threes: Hobbits, magical characters (the wizards, orcs and Sauron), and the other races (men, dwarfs and elves). The book is then split into three volumes, further demonstrating the Rule of Three.
When writing, scenes tend to follow natural patterns of three. A fight is preceded by a less impactful scene like training or a calm situation to emphasise the violence, and followed by a pause for recovery; sex scenes are similarly placed. For pacing, two fast scenes are often separated by a slower, more reserved scenario; whilst two slower parts are often divided by a tense scene.
Key points within a story require prominence, and the best way to achieve this is to surround them with scenes that either have less bearing on the overall plot, or are a complete juxtaposition to the moment in question. Three consecutive arrests by a Detective investigating a murder makes each less important, whereas a stakeout followed by a violent arrest and then questioning at the station gives more weight to the arrest itself, and keeps the story flowing.
Elements of scenes are often repeated throughout stories as well. Frederick Forsyth's The Day of the Jackal contains three specific scenes involving the assassin's rifle: firstly, when he buys it, and its strange construction is introduced; secondly, when he tests it by shooting at a melon; and thirdly, when he sets up to kill his target, and the reason for its odd setup is explained.
A simple, single-themed piece would read as one-dimensional; similarly writing containing two themes can be two-dimensional. To create a fully-fledged three-dimensional work, three themes need to recur within the narrative; even if one is more prominent than the other two.
Robert Ludlum's The Bourne Identity was one of the first major thrillers to deal with the concept of amnesia and regaining memories; something which has become a regular trope today. Other elements of the story focus on redemption for past transgressions; and also reinventing oneself anew, which is only done through the protagonist's relationship with the main third party in the novel, the love interest.
The Shining by Stephen King also follows a triplet of themes: family strains and breakdown by the hand of the patriarch (the family itself consists of three individuals); cabin fever and the dominance of the location over rational thought; and fear delivered through psychic means. By playing on these three ideas, King creates a sense of paranoia that relies less on the supernatural, something that was developed further by Stanley Kubrick in his film adaptation, much to King's annoyance.
Finnegans Wake by James Joyce, despite being difficult to comprehend, features recurring themes of death and resurrection, sin and forgiveness or atonement, sleeping and waking; all of which are triplets, for example: to die and revive involves first life, then death, and finally rebirth. The themes invoked by Joyce are often fleeting, however all exist within a triad and as such demonstrate that even in the most convoluted and experimental writing, triplets still manifest.
The list of examples that demonstrate the Rule of Three at a mid-range level can go on: around each major character there tends to be three influencers; descriptions of characters focus on the physical, mental and emotional; key sections of stories adhere to the three-part structure of beginning, middle and end.
The Rule of Three is not an absolute rule you must follow, but a natural phenomenon within writing. By understanding it you can actively apply it or deliberately avoid it, as per your choice.
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Whatever You Do, Don't Retire in Washington State. It's One of the Worst
John Riggs Published: January 23, 2023
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Washington state has a lot going on for itself. The mountains, the forests, the coast, the rivers, the hiking - all part of the luxury living in the great pacific northwest. And, though, we love it here for all of those things and more, it still turns out that Washington is ranked of the worst states to retire in. Seriously?!
Source: WalletHub
According to this list when you account for affordability, quality of life, and healthcare, Washington is ranked eighth place compared to other states. I mean, sure, we're not as bad as Kentucky which came in last place and a few other states like New York and New Jersey, I would have thought Washington state would have been much higher on the list.
When you think of retirement, you probably think of Florida as you hear of so many people going there to live out the rest of their days. According to this list, Florida comes in 2nd place only after Virginia. Not sure what Virginia has going for it that Washington doesn't but here we are.
In case you're curious about our neighboring states, Oregon came in 38th place (not great), Idaho is doing very well in 9th place and California is 18th place. I would've thought California would have been higher but maybe it's that affordability that puts it where it is.
WalletHub has all the details.
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Just saying the names of these towns immediately conjures up images of grand mansions, luxury cars, and ritzy restaurants. Read on to see which town in your home state took the title of the richest location and which place had the highest median income in the country. Who knows—your hometown might even be on this list.
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As you age, your face is the one part of your body that experiences the most notable effects of aging. Many people don't bother about it because they think of it as a natural process, but some cannot accept that they are aging and want to look young forever. Hence, they search for clinics that perform the best facelift in Atlanta to target their aging concerns.
If you have started showing the signs of aging then Mini- Facelift is the best option to choose.
A Mid- Facelift is best for sagging skin of the cheeks.
Cones or dissolvable sutures are used to anchor cheeks, excess neck skin, and jowl and nasolabial It is called the Silhouette Instalift.
Neck liposuction is for the removal of excess fat in the jowl and neck area.
The intense signs of aging can be reduced by the Deep Plane Facelift.
Ultrasound energy is used to lift the loose skin. This procedure is called Ultherapy.
If you have made up your mind of having a facelift surgery then you should prepare yourself a few weeks before the day of the surgery. This is important if you want the best outcomes of the facelift. You can make a checklist of these points in a diary so that you remember them and plan accordingly.
If you are living alone and away from your family, then it is important that you ask a family member or friend to come and stay with you for a few days after the surgery. It is vital that you arrange it a few days prior. The assistant can help you in many things; driving you to the house post surgery, weekly check-ups and doing household work that the doctor has forbidden you to do.
It is noted that a healthy diet with good nutrients pre-surgery has positive effects on the patient during and after the surgery. You should eat many proteins; it will help you in healing afterwards. Take sufficient quantity of vitamins, minerals, and anti-oxidants, but vitamins as well as fish, containing omegas should be discontinued a week before the surgery.
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The patient can face several problems if alcohol consumption is not controlled. Alcohol dries up the skin, the sedative effect of anesthesia is reduced and most importantly it thins the blood, which is dangerous because it increases the amount of blood loss during and after the surgery.
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If you are taking any anticoagulants or blood thinning medication, you need to discontinue it 1-2 weeks before. It has the same effect as alcohol; the bleeding from the wound can be prolonged. A little bleeding is normal but lots of blood loss is not good. So avoid medicines like; aspirin, ibuprofen, Vitamin E, and all herbal supplements.
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If you carefully follow the pre-facelift surgical instructions then you can avoid complications during and after the surgery. The procedure of facelift in Atlanta will go very smoothly.
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It's a fact that, for many people, the idea of surviving a prison sentence for any length of time conjures up an image of a living hell. And no wonder! Our prisons are notoriously crowded, understaffed, and typically they only serve to increase the likelihood that the inmates incarcerated there will later reoffend. Not only that, but prisons are notoriously dangerous places,: hotbeds for addiction and mental illness, as well as physical and sexual assaults.
The key difference lies in where in the world you are. Foreign countries all have radically different prison cultures: a penitentiary in Norway will be completely different to one in China, or Canda, or Uganda. To prove it, we've compiled a list of eye-opening images of prisons from around the world, to show just how much variety there is when it comes to life in the slammer. Scroll down to take a peek!
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Welcome to March at the Millburn Library!
Library News & Updates
Monday March 7 - Sunday March 21, 2022
VIRTUAL: Graphic Design with Canva
Tue, March 8 | 3:00pm
Canva.com lets you easily create social media posts, flyers, and more, plus it offers a large collection of free-to-use templates and images for your creations. Join us for an overview of what's possible with Canva. More Information»
VIRTUAL: Excel 101
Wed, March 16 | 2:30pm
Interested in Excel, or need spreadsheet skills for a job? Learn the basics of navigating spreadsheets, organizing data, and using functions, plus some other useful tips & tools. More Information»
VIRTUAL: Yayoi Kusama: The Moment is Imminent with Janet Mandel
Monday, March 14 | 6:30pm
At age 92, contemporary Japanese painter and sculptor Yayoi Kusama is having a moment - today she is one of the world's most popular and recognizable artists. Her Infinity Mirrors immersive experience installations took the world by storm in the 21st Century, but she has been making vibrant and innovative art all along. Her artistic practice is rooted in her lifelong fascination with the natural world, inspired by her intimate engagement with the colors, patterns, and life cycles of plants and flowers. More Information»
IN PERSON: Ruth Asawa—Drawing in Space with Petra Pankow
Friday, March 18 | 4:00pm
Ruth Asawa was a Japanese American modernist artist, most famous for her sculptures made of wire. Art educator Petra Pankow will lead the kids in learning about Ruth Asawa, and afterwards the children will create their own nature-inspired mobiles using pencils, paper, and wire! This hands-on program will appeal to kids who enjoy art and being creative! More Information»
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Question: "Is the Bible true?"
Answer: Logic requires that there is only one objective "truth" for any specific claim. Contradictory claims cannot be equally true. For example, the statements "the hamster is in its cage" and "the hamster cage is empty" cannot both be true simultaneously. This evaluation of truth applies to spiritual matters just as well as logical or physical matters. It's reasonable to claim that the Bible is true in a way that excludes all other statements. Examining the Bible in the same way we would any other text, we can confidently say that it is, in fact, true.
The Bible not only encourages readers to examine their own beliefs (1 John 4:1), but it also commends those who check spiritual claims for truth (Acts 17:11). The Bible makes claims on the basis of history and eyewitnesses (Luke 1:1–4; 2 Peter 1:16), connects belief to visible evidence (John 20:30–31), and ties biblical ideas to the observable world (Psalm 19:1; Romans 1). Jesus overtly claimed to represent an exclusive truth (John 18:37; 14:6). So the Bible is clearly meant to be interpreted as true, and exclusively true (John 17:17).
Where we can check biblical claims against verifiable truth, the Bible proves itself accurate. History, archaeology, science, and philosophy have shown Scripture to be factual and consistent. This correspondence between various forms of evidence is a major advantage the Bible has over the scriptures of any other faith system. In many cases, it has been the deciding factor in converting skeptics and nonbelievers to faith in Christ.
Whether or not the Bible is true is a separate question from whether or not a particular passage is "literal." It's reasonable to say that a phrase or statement is true, even if the truth is not presented in literal terms. For example, if a person says during a heavy rain, "It's raining cats and dogs," the statement is true—it's just not literal. Idiomatic phrases are meant to be interpreted. The same principle applies to John's words about Jesus: "Look, the Lamb of God!" (John 1:36). Of course, a person might ask for clarification, and be told, based on Old Testament passages, that Jesus isn't literally a wooly farm animal, but that He's the fulfillment of the Law and the divinely chosen sacrifice to redeem the world. The figurative nature of John's statement doesn't make his statement untrue, simply metaphorical. It's good to remember that the Bible is comprised of sixty-six separate books, and each of them often contains different types of literature and a mixture of literal and figurative language.
More so than with any other religious text, we have assurance that the Bible is true. The combination of internal consistency, connection to evidence, and relevance to our experience makes the Bible unique among books. Like many religious works, the Bible claims to be true (2 Timothy 3:16). Unlike any other religious work, the Bible emphatically supports that assertion.