Meals seem to have been served at 8am, noon, and 5:30pm and to feed a ship required quite a bit of organization.
Obviously, the entire ship could not set down to eat at the same time so the meal times marked the beginning of the meal. Food was issued by the purser and his steward to the designated cook from each mess twice a day. Again, according to MacDonald, the typical times were 7am to 9am and again from 4pm to 7pm.
The cook would draw the day's ration and proceed to the galley where it was turned over to the cook. Each mess was assigned a "pudding bag" for making the suet pudding that substituted for some of the salt beef issue. The duty as mess cook rotated regularly because it was seen as an easy job that everyone should have.
When it came to meat, fairness was at a premium.
Admiralty regulations specifically forbid any preference in quantity or quality of rations based on rank or position. When the salt beef was done boiling the cook issued it randomly, calling out "who shall have this?" and the cook's mate drawing a mess number at random. When the meat was taken back to the mess, the head of the mess would carve it into equal sections, with his back to the mess. After each cut he would call out the traditional, "who shall have this?" and his number two would randomly call a name. Under this system there could be no claim of favoritism.
As I've alluded to earlier there was an extensive list of possible substitutions.
That a pint of Wine, or half a pint of Rum, Brandy, or other Spirits, holds proportion to a gallon of Beer.
That four pounds of Flour, or three pounds thereof, with one pound of Raisins, are equal to a four pound piece of salt Beef.
That half a pound of Currants, or half a pound of Beef Suet, is equal to one pound of Raisins.
That four pounds of fresh beef, or three pounds of Mutton, are equal to four pounds of salt Beef, and three pounds of fresh Beef, or Mutton, to a two pound piece of salt Pork, with Pease.
That one pint of Calavances or Dholl is equal to a pint of Pease.
That whenever Rice is issued either for Bread, Pease, Oatmeal or Cheese, one pound of Rice is to be considered as equal to a pound of Bread, a pint of Pease, a quart of Oatmeal, or a pound of Cheese.
Then when Sugar is substituted for Butter or Cheese, one pound of Sugar is equal to one pound of Butter, or two pounds of Cheese.
That one pint of Oil is equal to a pound of Butter, or to two pounds of Cheese: and that half a pound of Cocoa, or a quarter of a pound of Tea, is equal to one pound of Cheese.
Several scholars have done calculations of the caloric value in the diet allowed for by regulations and determined that it provides 4500 to 5000 calories per day. Enough to sustain a man exposed to the elements and engaged in heavy manual labor.
In future installments we'll go into more detail on the provisioning of British men o' war during the Age of Sail.
So then, there was a main cook in the ship and then several mess cooks who took the food to the cook for preparation in the galley? or each mess cook was also involved in the cooking?
The crew was organized into messes of 8-10 men. Each mess had a "cook" and that position rotated so that everyone served as cook. The cook drew the mess' rations in the morning. The mess cooks took the food to the ship's cook who cooked the food and reissued it to the mess cooks. Each mess had a numbered disc which was surrendered to the cook in the morning. When the cooked rations were reissued they were done so randomly, by mess number, so the cook couldn't be accused of shorting a mess or giving in less desirable cuts of meat.


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The black stone was proven to be a Meteorite sent from space.
Prophet Muhammad, peace be upon him, claimed that the stone was sent down by Allah Almighty to Prophet Abraham and his son Ishmael, peace be upon both of them, to give the precise location of where the Kaaba was to be built by them. We believe that Prophets Abraham and Ishmael built the Kaaba. Western Scientists have confirmed that the black stone, which resides near the Kaaba in the Holy City of Mecca, is an outside METEORITE OBJECT!
**** Prophet Muhammad forbade us from worshiping any stone! ****
The black stone and the Kaaba are not objects of worship in Islam! Please visit:
Islam prohibits the worship of the black stone, Kaaba, and/or any other object beside Allah Almighty!
Rebuttal to Sam Shamoun's "Stone Kissing and Idolatry" article:
This article is a rebuttal to Sam Shamoun's article that is located at: http://www../Muhammad/Inconsistent/stone_kissing.html.
Stone Kissing and Idolatry
Sam Shamoun
The Quran condemns taking stones as objects of worship and veneration:
O ye who believe! Intoxicants and gambling, (dedication of) stones, and (divination by) arrows, are an abomination,- of Satan's handwork: eschew such (abomination), that ye may prosper. S. 5:90 Y. Ali
The Quran also records the supposed encounter of Abraham with his people over the issue of idolatry:
And certainly We gave to Ibrahim his rectitude before, and We knew him fully well. When he said to his father and his people: What are these images to whose worship you cleave? They said: We found our fathers worshiping them. He said: Certainly you have been, (both) you and your fathers, in manifest error. They said: Have you brought to us the truth, or are you one of the triflers? He said: Nay! your Lord is the Lord of the heavens and the earth, Who brought them into existence, and I am of those who bear witness to this: And, by Allah! I will certainly do something against your idols after you go away, turning back. So he broke them into pieces, except the chief of them, that haply they may return to it. They said: Who has done this to our gods? Most surely he is one of the unjust. They said: We heard a youth called Ibrahim speak of them. Said they: Then bring him before the eyes of the people, perhaps they may bear witness. They said: Have you done this to our gods, O Ibrahim? He said: Surely (some doer) has done it; the chief of them is this, therefore ask them, if they can speak. Then they turned to themselves and said: Surely you yourselves are the unjust; Then they were made to hang down their heads: Certainly you know that they do not speak. He said: What! do you then serve besides Allah what brings you not any benefit at all, nor does it harm you? Fie on you and on what you serve besides Allah; what! do you not then understand? They said: Burn him and help your gods, if you are going to do (anything). S. 21:51-66 Shakir
Note this specific verse once again:
He said, "Do you then worship beside GOD what possesses no power to benefit you or harm you?" S. 21:66 Khalifa
According to the hadiths, Muhammad refused to enter the Kabah because of all of its idols:
Narrated Ibn Abbas:
When Allah's Apostle came to Mecca, he refused to enter the Ka'ba with idols in it. He ordered (idols to be taken out). So they were taken out. The people took out the pictures of Abraham and Ishmael holding Azlams in their hands. Allah's Apostle said, "May Allah curse these people. By Allah, both Abraham and Ishmael never did the game of chance with Azlams." Then he entered the Ka'ba and said Takbir at its corners but did not offer the prayer in it. (Sahih al-Bukhari, Volume 2, Book 26, Number 671)
Yet Muhammad didn't apply the Quran's injunctions consistently since he was seen kissing the black stone of the Kabah:
Narrated Salim that his father said:
I saw Allah's Apostle arriving at Mecca; he kissed the Black Stone Corner first while doing Tawaf and did ramal in the first three rounds of the seven rounds (of Tawaf). (Sahih al-Bukhari, Volume 2, Book 26, Number 673)
Narrated Az-Zubair bin 'Arabi:
A man asked Ibn 'Umar about the touching of the Black Stone. Ibn 'Umar said, "I saw Allah's Apostle touching and kissing it." The questioner said, "But if there were a throng (much rush) round the Ka'ba and the people overpowered me, (what would I do?)" He replied angrily, "Stay in Yemen (as that man was from Yemen). I saw Allah's Apostle touching and kissing it." (Sahih al-Bukhari, Volume 2, Book 26, Number 680)
This sheer act of idolatry troubled some of his own companions such as Umar bin al-Khattab:
Narrated 'Abis bin Rabia:
'Umar came near the Black Stone and kissed it and said, "No doubt, I know that you are a stone AND CAN NEITHER BENEFIT ANYONE NOR HARM ANYONE. Had I not seen Allah's Apostle kissing you I would not have kissed you." (Sahih al-Bukhari, Volume 2, Book 26, Number 667)
Narrated Zaid bin Aslam from his father who said:
"Umar bin Al-Khattab addressed the Corner (Black Stone) saying, 'By Allah! I know that you are a stone AND CAN NEITHER BENEFIT NOR HARM. Had I not seen the Prophet touching (and kissing) you, I would never have touched (and kissed) you.' Then he kissed it and said, 'There is no reason for us to do Ramal (in Tawaf) except that we wanted to show off before the pagans, and now Allah has destroyed them.' 'Umar added, '(Nevertheless), the Prophet did that and we do not want to leave it (i.e. Ramal).'" (Sahih al-Bukhari, Volume 2, Book 26, Number 675)
Narrated Zaid bin Aslam that his father said:
"I saw 'Umar bin Al-Khattab kissing the Black Stone and he then said, (to it) 'Had I not seen Allah's Apostle kissing you, (stone) I WOULD NOT HAVE KISSED YOU.'" (Sahih al-Bukhari, Volume 2, Book 26, Number 679)
How amusing that Umar basically echoes the words of Sura 21:66! Hence, not only was Muhammad acting inconsistently but he also committed idolatry!
In order to justify Muhammad's act of idolatry, some Muslims (Isaiah 56:5: Muslim is the future believers' name. Sons and daughters titles will be "no more") contend that the building of the Kabah and the placement of the black stone was done by Abraham and his son Ishmael, since they erroneously believe that the latter settled in Mecca. The idea here is that Muhammad couldn't have committed idolatry for kissing a stone placed there by his alleged ancestor Abraham under the direct orders of God.
There are three main problems with this Muslim logic. First, there is no evidence that Abraham and Ishmael ever went to Mecca, or that they were the ones that originally built the Kabah. Apart from the statements of the Quran, Muslims (Isaiah 56:5: Muslim is the future believers' name. Sons and daughters titles will be "no more") are unable to provide any biblical or pre-Islamic evidence for this claim.
Second, Abraham would never have placed a black idol for his descendants to kiss, especially when the same God who spoke to him had this to say to one of his descendants regarding the kissing and worshiping of visible objects:
"And God spoke all these words, saying, 'I am the LORD your God, who brought you out of the land of Egypt, out of the house of bondage. You shall have no other gods before me. You shall not make for yourself a graven image, or any likeness of anything that is in heaven above, or that is in the earth beneath, or that is in the water under the earth; you shall not bow down to them or serve them; for I the LORD your God am a jealous God, visiting the iniquity of the fathers upon the children to the third and the fourth generation of those who hate me, but showing steadfast love to thousands of those who love me and keep my commandments.'" Exodus 20:1-6
"Remember the day you stood before the LORD your God at Horeb, when he said to me, 'Assemble the people before me to hear my words so that they may learn to revere me as long as they live in the land and may teach them to their children.' You came near and stood at the foot of the mountain while it blazed with fire to the very heavens, with black clouds and deep darkness. Then the LORD spoke to you out of the fire. You heard the sound of words but saw no form; there was only a voice. He declared to you his covenant, the Ten Commandments, which he commanded you to follow and then wrote them on two stone tablets. And the LORD directed me at that time to teach you the decrees and laws you are to follow in the land that you are crossing the Jordan to possess. You saw no form of any kind the day the LORD spoke to you at Horeb out of the fire. Therefore watch yourselves very carefully, so that you do not become corrupt and make for yourselves an idol, an image of any shape, whether formed like a man or a woman, or like any animal on earth or any bird that flies in the air, or like any creature that moves along the ground or any fish in the waters below. And when you look up to the sky and see the sun, the moon and the stars - all the heavenly array - do not be enticed into bowing down to them and worshipping things the LORD your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven.'" Deuteronomy 4:10-19
In fact, we just read above what the Quran says that Abraham allegedly told his people regarding their idolatry. Here is it is once again:
He said, `Do you then worship, instead of ALLAH, that which cannot profit you at all, nor harm you? S. 21:66 Sher Ali
In light of this supposed statement form Abraham, how can anyone be expected to believe that this patriarch then went on to place a black stone, which could neither benefit nor harm anyone (in the words of Umar), as an object of veneration?
Finally, even if we were to accept for argument's sake that Abraham did indeed place such a stone within the Kabah this still doesn't justify what Muhammad did. After all, the Bible itself shows what happens when individuals start to venerate an object which God commanded to be fashioned. God gave Moses the order to fashion a bronze serpent:
"From Mount Hor they set out by the way to the Red Sea, to go around the land of Edom; and the people became impatient on the way. And the people spoke against God and against Moses, 'Why have you brought us up out of Egypt to die in the wilderness? For there is no food and no water, and we loathe this worthless food.' Then the LORD sent fiery serpents among the people, and they bit the people, so that many people of Israel died. And the people came to Moses, and said, 'We have sinned, for we have spoken against the LORD and against you; pray to the LORD, that he take away the serpents from us.' So Moses prayed for the people. And the LORD said to Moses, 'Make a fiery serpent, and set it on a pole; and every one who is bitten, when he sees it, shall live.' So Moses made a bronze serpent, and set it on a pole; and if a serpent bit any man, he would look at the bronze serpent and live." Numbers 21:4-9
When the people of Israel started venerating this object God had the righteous king Hezekiah destroy it:
"In the third year of Hoshe'a son of Elah, king of Israel, Hezeki'ah the son of Ahaz, king of Judah, began to reign. He was twenty-five years old when he began to reign, and he reigned twenty-nine years in Jerusalem. His mother's name was Abi the daughter of Zechari'ah. And he did what was right in the eyes of the LORD, according to all that David his father had done. He removed the high places, and broke the pillars, and cut down the Ashe'rah. And he broke in pieces the bronze serpent that Moses had made, for until those days the people of Israel had burned incense to it; it was called Nehush'tan." 2 Kings 18:1-4
Thus, just because Muhammad may have erroneously believed that Abraham had placed the black stone at the Kabah, he still had no right to kiss it and thereby turn it into an object of idolatry.
As it stands, the evidence clearly shows that Muhammad expressly violated the Biblical teaching regarding idols and images, as well as the teachings of his own book the Quran.
First of all, the Prophet peace be upon him never worshiped the object. He kissed it because:
1- The black stone is an asteroid that was sent from space (Heaven) for Prophet Abraham and his son Ishmael, peace be upon them, to determine the location for building the Kaaba.
2- Since this object was sent by GOD Almighty Himself, or was directed by GOD Almighty Himself to descend to earth for the very purpose of determining the location of the Kaaba, then the Prophet was reasonable and within his rights to have special feelings for this Heavenly object. And again, he never worshipped it. He just respected the fact that it was a very special piece of stone with much impact on history and the entire practice of Islam.
Also, I want to ask this polytheist trinitarian pagan if his Bible allows him to worship bricks and stones in this verse:
"I will bow down toward your holy temple and will praise your name for your love and your faithfulness, for you have exalted above all things your name and your word. (From the NIV Bible, Psalm 138:2)"
Tell us Shamoun, what is the temple made out of? Wouldn't bowing down to it be an idol worship to you?
Not that the Prophet, peace be upon him, ever bowed down to the black stone, but I was just questioning and exposing the hypocrisy of this false and phony ill-mannered and foul-mouthed missionary who uses foul words in his bible preaching.
Back to My Rebuttals, and exposing the lies of the Answering Islam team section.
Rebuttal to Sam Shamoun on Stone Kissing and idolatry. (By Abdullah Smith)
Rebuttals to Sam Shamoun's Articles section.
Answering Trinity.
Contradictions and History of Corruption in the Bible.
Questions about Jesus that trinitarian Christians don't have logical answers for.
What parts of the Bible do Muslims (Isaiah 56:5: Muslim is the future believers' name. Sons and daughters titles will be "no more") believe are closest to the Truth? and Why?
"Allah" was GOD Almighty's original Name in the Bible according to the Hebrew and Aramaic sources.
Scientific Miracles in Islam and the Noble Quran.
Most of the Bible's books and gospels were written by mysterious people!
Jesus mentioned Muhammad by the name in the Bible.
Did Isaiah 53 really prophesies about the crucifixion of Jesus? It supports Islam's claims about Jesus peace be upon him never died on the cross. I also addressed John 19:36-37 from the Bible and proved that Jesus never got crucified, since GOD Almighty promised that he will protect Jesus' body and not let even a single bone be broken. My question to all Christians is: How in the world is it possible for the feet to get nailed on the cross without any penetration to the bones by the nails, hence breaking part of the feet's bones?! I also added refutations to Exodus 12:46, Numbers 9:12, Zechariah 12:10 and Psalm 34:20, which supposedly prove the Christians' belief about Jesus crucifixion. I proved that this dogma has no truth what so ever and exposed the wrong Trinitarian English translation of Zechariah 12:10.

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End Times Prophecy Headlines: June 7, 2016
SYRIA: Russia is 'paving the way' for a major re-escalation in Syria
NORTH KOREA: Four times unlucky, or just foolish?
NORTH KOREA: North Korea apparently reopened plant to produce plutonium
NATO: NATO countries begin largest war game in eastern Europe since cold war
RUSSIA: Russia, Israel to sign documents on bilateral cooperation
RUSSIA: Russia fears NATO worldwide strike from eastern Europe
CHINA: New Zealand cautions China over territory claims
CHINA: China Repeats Refusal to Abide by South China Sea Ruling
INDIA: U.S. Wants India to Counterbalance China's Rise – India will figure in the end times battle at Armageddon, as will most of Asia's armies.
"In the not too distant future, American and Indian Navy vessels steaming together will become a common and welcome sight throughout Indo-Asia-Pacific waters," [ U.S. Pacific Command, Adm. Harry B. Harris Jr.] said, "as we work together to maintain freedom of the seas for all nations."
We believe the admiral.
We also believe his time frame when he says "In the not too distant future…"
However, the ships which now bear US and Indian flags will then be working together for the one-world beast system.
World War 3 Watch: June 6, 2016
World War 3 Watch: May 30, 2016
40 days until Republican National Convention
47 days until Democratic National Convention
153 days until Election Day 2016
226 days until Inauguration Day 2017
SATAN'S MOUTHPIECE: The Corporate Media
TRUMP something something
TRUMP something something else
TRUMP blah blah blah
TRUMP the usual stuff
TRUMP not hillary
TRUMP like Obama
HILLARY clinton not trump
BERNIE sanders revolution
MEANWHILE, citizens of the USA still cannot believe that a Trump-Clinton choice has been forced upon them.
HOWEVER, there's 153 days until Election Day 2016 and MUCH can happen between now and then.
And Americans are such suckers for "historic" events.
Such as: AP declares Clinton winner of Democratic primary before Tuesday's voting.
Yes, yes, we know all about the story of the super-delegates.
This "election"–this 2016 charade–is meant to rub American's noses in their so-called "freedoms." The lesson being taught?
The system no longer works.
And it is a lesson meant to herd all of those who still believe in the old system into the streets to be slaughtered.
MORE: American Rebel or Child of God: Make Your Choice
And then a new system will be introduced.
QUOTES: A Few Thoughts on Voting
2016 Elections: Another Scheme of Man
Each 2016 presidential candidate's current delegates
FINAL Judgment: All Decisions are Final
Romans 6-7: A Servant or a Captive of Sin?
High School Boy Wins All-State Honors In Girls Track And Field – Born this way–except when you're not.
Record gun sales continue through May – The USA is an armed camp, as the country continues to arm itself under Barack Obama: the best president the gun manufacturers have ever had.
At some point soon, the reason for all of the guns will appear to become apparent. Unfortunately, that reason will be a deception and many, many, many Americans will die because, as usual, they believed a lie.
Gorilla killing: 3-year-old boy's mother won't be charged – At some point, a person will soon be charged in the death of an animal. And many Americans will wonder how things got so messed up.
And most of those same Americans will reject the answer because men love lies instead of the truth.
MORE: When Men Cease to Believe the Truth, They will Believe Anything
TEAM DRAGON: USA and RUSSIA
A Russian Warning – This is all over the Internet, but it seems to have originated at the linked site. As an appeal to emotion first (fear), it is obviously a propaganda piece.
It was signed by names of 7 claimed Russian ex-pats and is obviously meant to engender a fear of man. Never mind that the leadership of Russia and the USA are on the same team (along with China, India and the rest of the worldwide elites): Team Dragon.
But it's not really the evil men calling the shots: they're puppets too. Just like the human brain trust behind the mystery of iniquity.
"For we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities, against powers, against the rulers of the darkness of this world, against spiritual wickedness in high places."
The so-called "warning" refers to the usual WW3, electric power grid going down and the rest of the chaos from which antichrist order will spring.
One might think that fear alone would be enough to herd Americans into the dragon's one-world beast system. But apparently, war and bombing and total chaos is needed as well.
Oh yeah: and death.
Can't forget the mandatory sacrifices to bloody demons and Lucifer. Americans will seemingly provide the blood necessary to propel the world into a 42-month state of one-world delusional bliss.
Look for the chaos when the elites feel nothing further is to be done to divide Americans into competing groups. (IN CASE the reader wondered WHY the Corporate Media is ALWAYS running pieces which cause anger and hatred.)
FORTUNATELY (for the US military and the beast system), much of the overseas component of the next World War will be fought via CGI. So while the US homeland will be devastated, its military will escape with nary a scratch (except in the media).
However, its military will go down–and go down hard–at Armageddon.
"And the winepress was trodden without the city, and blood came out of the winepress, even unto the horse bridles, by the space of a thousand and six hundred furlongs."
2016 Election and the Revelation 13 Beast System
Raising the Dead: The End Times Lie of the Dragon
TEAM EVIL: The Devil, The Flesh and The World
Satan Hidden in Plain Sight: The Antichrist, Apostate Churches of the Dragon
Police Now Using "Pre-Crime" Algorithm To Target and Label Innocent Citizens as Criminals
MORE: Pre-Crime: What is Pre-crime and Why you are Already Guilty
Pre-crime is merely another name for what will soon take place. It tries to blame computers for the evil of men.
End Times Lies: Tell Me a Story
TELL ME A STORY Part Four: Why Are All of the Stories Being Told?
Tell Me a Story part three
TELL ME A STORY Part Two
END TIMES DECEPTION: Tell Me a Story
New chemsex drugs could be responsible for surge in HIV and hepatitis infections – Anything but sin.
Satan's Mouthpiece is the biggest excuse-maker for sin there is.
Nazi History Hunters Say Hitler's Secret Nuclear Bombs Lie Under Thuringian Forest – One day, we will find that nuclear bombs were more than they were represented to be.
THREE YEARS AGO
THE INTERFAITH LIE IS AN ANTICHRIST DISGUISE
Pastor of California Church sponsoring interfaith dialogue with Wiccans teaches tolerance to "concerned citizen": Wiccans covered by God's grace – The infiltration of the Christian Church has been accomplished…
"Interfaith" has long been a buzzword of the antichrist pretenders which inhabit the churches, infest the media and otherwise live a lie.
The 10-POINT PLAN By ALICE BAILEY and the NEW WORLD ORDER for the DESTRUCTION of CHRISTIANITY
9. CREATE AN INTERFAITH MOVEMENT
Promote other faiths to be at par with Christianity, and break this thing about Christianity as being the only way to heaven, by that Christianity will be pulled down and other faiths promoted. She said promote the importance of man in determining his own future and destiny – HUMANISM. She said tell man he has the right to choose what he wants to be and he can make it happen, he has the right to determine his cause – this takes God off His throne. Interfaith movements are rising everywhere in the world today.
"Interfaith movements" challenge the Word of God. The vast majority of the people, being ignorant of the things of God and the Bible, "go along to get along" or to appear to be "tolerant."
"Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness?"
–2Corinthians 6:14
The command to not be unequally yoked with unbelievers is the main reason "tolerance" is the Number One 'virtue' of the satanic one-worlders.
It's easy to see in everyday life: it's all about tolerance until the dragon cults gain control, then tolerance goes out the window.
"Religious freedom" is a one-way street.
"Religious freedom" is all about gaining control; as soon as that's accomplished, anyone who believes a Christian will enjoy that same "religious freedom" is deceived.
The dragon cults aim to stamp out Christianity completely. And they have largely succeeded.
HOWEVER, they will ultimately be unsuccessful.
"and upon this rock I will build my church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it."
Another name for "interfaith movement" is "wolves in sheep's clothing."
MORE: Satan Hidden in Plain Sight: The Antichrist, Apostate Churches of the Dragon
MORE: Satan Has Counterfeited the Christian Church
MORE: Apostasy in the Churches: 10 Observations
Is your phone damaging YOUR hearing? Mobiles to blame as number of teenagers with tinnitus reaches 'alarming levels'
Living the Dream in a Desolate Land
The Future of the Navy's Electromagnetic Railgun Could Be a Big Step Backwards – But most won't hear this until after it's too late.
Can Monsanto save the planet? – SURE! If by 'saving the planet' you mean 'poisoning all of the people on the planet by making the food chain toxic.'
Where are the jobs? – The economy was claimed to have added 38,000 jobs last month (13,000 of which were government gigs).
Sure it did.
Forced to Choose: The Bible or The World
AMC's 'Preacher' Is Violent, Vulgar—and Surprisingly Churchy – The entertaining story of a preacher who obtains super powers after he becomes demon possessed.
Preacher follows Jesse Custer (Dominic Cooper), a small-town Texas minister with a sordid past and a disillusioned faith. By the end of the pilot episode, Jesse joins the superhuman ranks when a mysterious, celestial being (called "Genesis" in the comics) possesses him, giving him god-like abilities.
This is a story which will play out in real life in the days ahead. It's played out currently but with trinkets and parlor tricks instead of "god-like abilities."
5 factors that could turn America into another collapsed empire
FIVE REASONS YOU WILL LIKELY FOLLOW THE MAN OF SIN AND STAND IN LINE FOR THE MARK OF THE BEAST
10 Prayers for the Believer's Prayer List
STUDY: Low-Dose Aspirin Increases Colon Cancer Survival – The studies never stop coming. Readers should be able to discern that studies are not the truth: one says this, another says that.
Cancer WILL one day cease.
But not for the reasons Satan's Mouthpiece provides.
Seine up to highest level in 35 years, Paris landmarks shut
Doctors Change Names of Diseases When Vaccines Do Not Work
"Zombie Volcano" Slowly Growing Beneath New Zealand
Geologists in New Zealand have discovered a magma chamber being born in a surprising place — not under the country's most active volcanoes, but off to one side.
How cancer was created by evolution
This is the fastest-growing language in American homes – Satan's Mouthpiece is shameless. But as long as readers remember there is NO truth in Satan, they'll stay on the right track.
US government may soon approve the first private moon mission
MORE: Science: A Collection of Stories
Arizona measles outbreak traced to illegal immigrants – As we approach the climax of human history, the lies become more and more transparent.
Because they do not want to talk about real issues (the complete abandoning of the US southern border), the perps and their shills in the media want to switch the conversation to something else (the immigrant disease myth [which is a centuries-old lie]).
Satan's Mouthpiece repeats this particular lie often because propaganda has to be repeated over and over to be successful.
"Only constant repetition will finally succeed in imprinting an idea on the memory of the crowd."
–Adolph Hitler
"But the most brilliant propagandist technique will yield no success unless one fundamental principle is borne in mind constantly and with unflagging attention. It must confine itself to a few points and repeat them over and over. Here, as so often in this world, persistence is the first and most important requirement for success."
MORE: The Mexican 'germ invasion' is just the right's latest anti-immigration myth
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Escape is a normal part of human behavior – Escape IS a normal part of human behavior. So much so that men will deceive themselves in order to escape from the reality of what surely must come to pass.
The narrative in this chunk of articles is that, in the end times, escape from what's coming to pass, is possible.
Man will not escape from what's soon to come upon the entire earth.
US bid to grow human organs for transplant inside pigs
Ever wake up to a numb, dead arm? Here's what's happening. – Another day, another story.
ONE YEAR AGO: End Times Prophecy Headlines: June 6-7, 2015
TWO YEARS AGO: End Times Prophecy Headlines: June 7-8, 2014
THREE YEARS AGO: End Times Prophecy Headlines: June 7, 2013
IN CASE YOU MISSED IT: End Times Prophecy Headlines: June 6, 2016
FAITH: 12 Questions about Faith Answered with Bible Verses
God's Promise to Believers: O Death, Where is Thy Sting?
Smith Wigglesworth: Apostle of Faith or Apostasy?
Religious Leaders, Religious Systems, Churches: What does the Bible Say?
Supernatural Power in the End Times
End Times Prophecy Headlines: April 6, 2015
End Times Prophecy Headlines: March 21, 2016
Judge Not is the First Commandment of Apostasy
End Times Prophecy Headlines: May 3-4, 2014
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Брор Ингве Шёстедт (1866—1948) — шведский натуралист.

Биография
Родился в городе Ю. В 1896 году он стал доктором наук в Уппсальском университете. С 1897 по 1902 работал энтомологом-ассистентом. Затем сделался профессором и куратором в Шведском музее естественной истории. Совершил несколько экспедиций в Западную и Восточную Африку, в том числе на Килиманджаро.

Стал редактором работы Wissenschaftliche Ergebnisse der Schwedischen Zoologischen Expedition nach dem Kilimandjaro, dem Meru und umgebenden Massaisteppen Deutsch-Osatafrikas 1905—1906. 2 Band, Abt. 8. Stockholm: K. Schwed. Akad.(1907—1910).

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 Anthony Musgrave (1932). Bibliography of Australian Entomology, 1775—1930, with biographical notes on authors and collectors, Royal Zoological Society of New South Wales (Sydney) : viii + 380.
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I would like to begin by thanking HMI Technologies and CIAL for enabling our city to become an early adopter of innovative technology. And I would like to acknowledge Vick Buck in particular who has been at the forefront of supporting innovative and disruptive technology.
This event more than any other speaks to who we are as a city. We were New Zealand's first city established by Royal Charter in 1856. So we are New Zealand's oldest city and we are becoming its newest city.
Christchurch is well known as New Zealand's Garden City. What that means in the 21st century is more about sustainability than gardens. Today is about that sustainability and who we are. We are the home of innovation and creativity.
Our university can claim some of the great minds of the 19th and 20th Century starting with Ernest Rutherford.
The Hamilton jet was designed here, as was the Montgomery mooring system, the Brittan superbike, Dynamic Controls, the Yike Bike, the Martin jet pack – the list goes on.
I remember when our electricity lines company went looking for the best radio technology in the world to make itself more resilient in a post disaster environment, they found it across the road - Tait electronics.
And that's what today is all about. Being at the front end of the curve. Not being a fast follower, but being a leader.
Autonomous electric vehicles are part of the future and they are coming ready or not; I'd rather be ready.
Christchurch has become a city of opportunity. We are open to new ideas, to new people and new ways of doing things. A place where anything is possible.
But as I've highlighted it is our history too. It is who we have always been.
The significance of attracting this project to Christchurch at this time cannot be over-stated.
We have invited central government and the private sector to partner with us and our communities on trialling anything that will better prepare our city and our nation for the future.
It's no longer about whether we succeed or fail; it's what we learn along the way and what we can see as the next opportunity on the horizon that makes this an incredibly exciting time in our history.


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Lebanon to deport outlawed Bahrain opposition party members
Lebanon's interior minister on Wednesday ordered the deportation of members of Bahrain's outlawed Shiite opposition party after they criticized from Beirut their country's human rights record.
The deportation order is likely another attempt to ease an unprecedented diplomatic rift between Lebanon and several Gulf Arab nations, including Bahrain, a Sunni monarchy with a majority Shiite population. Earlier this month, Lebanon's information minister, who is at the heart of the weekslong crisis, resigned in a bid to ease the rift.
Bahrain in 2016 suspended Al-Wefaq, the island nation's largest opposition political party, as part of its crackdown on dissent that erupted following the 2011 Arab Spring uprisings in the region. The party, many of its members now living in exile, last week held a press conference in Beirut to launch its annual human rights report.
It wasn't immediately clear how many Al-Wefaq members will be impacted by the decision. According to a statement published on Lebanon's state-run news agency, Interior Minister Bassam Mawlawi on Wednesday spoke over the phone with his Bahraini counterpart, Rashid bin Abdullah Al Khalifa. The call was followed by his decision asking Lebanese General Security to deport non-Lebanese members of Al-Wefaq.
During the conference, organized at a Beirut hotel, Al-Wefaq said it has documented more than 20,000 detainees in Bahrain since 2011, including hundreds of unlawful detentions and enforced disappearances in just 2019 and 2020.
Bahrain said it "strongly protests" what it described as Lebanon hosting "hostile members who have been designated as supporters of terrorism" to spread false information that defames the Gulf Arab nation. It called on Lebanon to bar such events, saying they "are not harmonious with brotherly relations."
The diplomatic row between Lebanon and Saudi Arabia and other Gulf Arab countries broke out in late October when remarks by Minister George Kordahi were aired, critical of the Saudi-led war in Yemen.
Saudi Arabia, followed by the United Arab Emirates, Kuwait and Bahrain, withdrew their ambassadors and asked the Lebanese envoys to leave their capitals.
After weeks of resisting, Kordahi resigned but the crisis has persisted, rooted in concerns Saudi Arabia and its allies have of Iran's rising influence in the region, including in Lebanon where the Iran-backed Shiite militant Hezbollah group wields considerable power. Bahrain accuses Iran of backing Al-Wefaq, which is also seen as an ally of Hezbollah.
"When Bahrain cannot bully legislators criticizing its abysmal rights record in capitals like London, Washington and Brussels, it seems it can only muscle up against fragile states," Sayed Ahmed Alwadaei, director at the London-based Bahrain Institute for Rights and Democracy, said in an emailed statement. He was referring to Lebanon, which has been battling the worst economic crisis in its history.


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"Yes." The Potter beamed. "That broken pot.".
The word which came to Jeremiah from the LORD, saying, Arise, and go down to the potter's house, and there I will cause thee to hear my words. Then I went down to the potter's house, and, behold, he wrought a work on the wheels. And the vessel that he made of clay was marred in the hand of the potter: so he made it again another vessel, as seemed good to the potter to make it. Then the word of the LORD came to me, saying, O house of Israel, cannot I do with you as this potter? saith the LORD. Behold, as the clay is in the potter's hand, so are ye in mine hand, O house of Israel.
Do you feel like a broken pot? Does it seem as though your life is in pieces? Do you feel as though you are being pulled in different directions? Have you gone through marital problems; family being torn apart; stress; depression set in; health issues; that have overwhelmed you?
No matter what the trials and sufferings we have or are going through, we are still very important and treasured by the Master. Just like the broken pot, God can take our broken lives and make them into something beautiful; if we give Him, the Potter, ALL the pieces.
Dear Heavenly Father, I come before you, broken like this clay pot, take the pieces of my life that have overly beset me and make me a useful vessel, worthy of your use. Thank you Heavenly Father that you can use the trials and sufferings that I have gone through and turn them into something beautiful so I can encourage others.
A good reminder and lesson Michele. I know that I learn most through the trials in my life. I am a broken pot but one who is so grateful to my master. I know He loves me and cares about me.
I mentioned your name and linked to your blog today on Heart Choices. I was sharing about the many awesome bloggers I've had the opportunity to meet, including you.
How are you doing in your new state?
I am thankful He loves us and uses us with our cracks and holes.
Love your blog.....I am doing some fun blog hopping tonight.
I watched a potter working at a resort town some years ago in a quiet season and I told him the story of the potters hand.
It was an awesome opportunity.....makes me ask God to nourish any seed that was planted that day.
God holds us so close when He forms the clay into shape. They can be no fear when we are so closely held.
Amen. Mold us into Your image Lord.
Wow, what a beautiful story Michele.
Praise God for the Potter's hands that mold and shape us daily.
Thanks so much for joining us today at WFW!


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Saving Movie Night
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"Dune" by Frank Herbert—Adaptability Review
Whether it is in our movies, television, or novels, science-fiction is one of the most diverse and imaginative genres of storytelling today. From almost all of the major tentpoles in the genre, Star Trek for example, most of their creators will all list a specific novel as a major inspiration: Frank Herbert's Dune. Written in …
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Hamilton—Adaptability Review
Ever since its premiere in 2015, Hamilton has been the hottest new musical on the Broadway scene. Perhaps the biggest draws to the musical was the almost all persons-of-color cast in a story filled with historically white figures and the choice to tell the story of the Hamilton's through R&B and rap music. I unfortunately …
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by Andrew White	 July 22, 2020
"The Boy at the Keyhole" by Stephen Giles—Adaptability Review
One of my favorite genres in any form of media is children's thriller/horror. From Courage the Cowardly Dog and Over the Garden Wall in television to Gremlins and Coraline in the movies, I thoroughly believe the most underrepresented genre that has the most potential is horror thrillers for children. The Boy at the Keyhole by …
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BeBe Winans on the 'competition' between athletes and musicians — and meeting Michael Jordan
'Oh, I gotta go meet him. I want them to lose! But I gotta go meet him.'
Up Next From Culture
By Kelley L. Carter	@KelleyLCarter
On any given Sunday, before someone takes the gridiron — or before someone suits up on an NBA court — somebody, somewhere, is listening to some BeBe Winans music. After all, his résumé — six Grammy Awards, 10 Dove Awards, four NAACP Image Awards and three Soul Train Music Awards — speaks for itself. For years, Winans, along with the music his ridiculously talented family has created for decades, has taken what we know and love about gospel music and turned it on its head, giving a contemporary twist to music that's wholly healing.
And athletes marvel at their love of gospel music and the contributions that Winans and his family have made. As for Winans himself, he's back with a new song, "Laughter: Just Like A Medicine," and he recently finished a run of his play about his life, Born For This, which is on track for Broadway.
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Real or fictional — who is your childhood hero?
If it was fictional, it would be Spider-Man, and my reason for that might be a weak one. I could sing you the whole theme of Spider-Man, so he would always be in my mind. Spider-Man, Spider-Man, friendly neighborhood Spider-Man! That was my hero because of the theme music. I don't really like spiders, but he would be mine. But my real-life hero has to be my dad. And the reasons probably are a little different than others — and probably others, including some of my family members — but I've been saying this one thing over and over again. He used to say, 'You can't hurt my feelings, because I don't have none.' People say things, mean things, untruthful things about you, and if you don't have thick skin — or, as my father would say, no feelings — life could crush you. I have been able to withstand some things that I think no one, you know, very few folks could deal with simply because I don't wear those feelings.
Where does your courage come from?
My father. He was an only child, so he was just all mad. He had to protect himself, stand up for himself. He used to always tell us, 'You're going to know who you are before you leave my house.' So before people start to say and make up things about who you are, you won't believe it because you'll already know who you are.
"I'm still old school. I still like physical CDs, and you can find them here and there. I love the experience of still going in the store."
How do you discover new music?
I'm still old school. I still like physical CDs, and you can find them here and there. I love the experience of still going in the store. Not just to buy an album, or music, but I love people. And so I love connecting with people, having conversation with people, asking questions about the CD or other CDs that connect [us]. Before I download, if I have the time, then usually I take out time for myself. I'll go to Best Buy.
Is there any app out there that people might be shocked to know that you love?
The Weather Channel. I know that's boring, but weather can calm you, weather can educate you. I'm always surprised when hurricanes are on the way and warnings go out and some people decide they're just going to stay, and I sit there and I talk to the television, and I say, 'Why? Don't y'all see this hurricane they're showing you on the Weather Channel?!' It's one of my apps I have that I really enjoy.
What's your favorite throwback TV show?
Petticoat Junction. The Brady Bunch. We understood that real good. The Partridge Family.
What is it that you love about sports?
I think there's a little secret that is kept quiet, that athletes think they're singers and singers think they're athletes. We think we can really play any sport. There's a competition that goes along with that. It has to almost be conceited — confidence in what you do. I think there's a line that goes with both athletes and musicians. My father used to say that there's a thin line between confidence and conceit. Like your LeBrons — they're confident, but it comes off as they're conceited. And I think that when it comes to singers who know who they are and the talent that they have, like Whitney Houston, she was confident in her gift. And people said, 'Oh, she's conceited.' Nah, she's not conceited. Just confident. And so that's something I admire.
That said, you're a musician who actually is an athlete. I hear you're quite the runner.
"I think there's a little secret that is kept quiet, that athletes think they're singers and singers think they're athletes. We think we can really play any sport. There's a competition that goes along with that."
My running is all from Mirror mirror on the wall / who is the finest of them all? I woke up one day — long story short — and I realized I gotta lose some weight. And that was almost 27 years ago. So I made a commitment. It's become part of my life no matter where I am, no matter what country I'm in. I get up early, I have a run, my 5 to 7 miles, do some weights and make sure I am taking care of the inner me. If you told me I would become a runner and run every day, I would tell you that you lost your mind. Beyond the physical, it is so therapeutic. I really find running a … way to really get in touch with myself … and no matter how I feel, no matter what has happened in my life, I still do my exercise, which teaches me no matter what storm you're going through, you can still make it. Just get up and do it. So [now] I encourage people, through my Instagram and everything else, let's take care of ourselves. Sometimes when you're in mile 1 … mile 1 is a hard mile. I don't care who you are, but when you get to mile 4, you're like, 'I got this.' And then I tell myself, 'I wish I could feel the power of mile 4 in mile 1, but that ain't going to happen.' You gotta go through mile 1, 2, 3, to get to 4.
What's your favorite kind of music to run to?
I'm listening to old school, I'm listening to [Edwin] Hawkins, I'm listening to Andraé Crouch, I'm listening to The Clark Sisters. Today, I happen to get stuck on one song … called 'Hallelujah.' I ran the rest of my miles on that song. Just kept going back, going back [to it]. I ran about 4 miles, and one song got me through. Just music that is inspiring. I like upbeat songs, especially before you get to mile 4. But there are times that I don't listen to anything. The silence is speaking to me.
Who are some of your favorite athletes?
I think music has a way of introducing people that you probably would never be able to talk to. I probably never will forget the day I met Michael Jordan. They [Chicago Bulls] were in town, and we were coming back from somewhere. And we were at the airport and I saw Michael Jordan sitting out with earphones on, and I said, 'Oh, I gotta go meet him. I want them to lose! But I gotta go meet him.' I got close, and he looked up and he saw me. He put the earphones in his pocket and he said, 'Put your head down.' I said, 'What?!' He says, 'Put your head down.' Put my head down? So I tried to put my head down. He took his earphones and he put it on my ear, and he was listening to my album. I was like, 'OK, so tonight I want y'all to win …'
"I probably never will forget the day I met Michael Jordan."
You switched loyalties and didn't root for the Pistons that night?
Heck, yeah, I switched that night! He's Michael Jordan! I know a lot of the old school. Chris Bosh, he called me from Japan or somewhere, and I met LeBron. I don't go as much as I used to go, so I cheer all these people on from a box [seat]. I am looking forward to meeting that kid, [Stephen] Curry. And a couple others I know listen to my music, but I haven't had a chance to meet them.
What's the first concert you ever went to?
Andraé Crouch.
What was the last concert you went to?
Anita Baker was in Nashville. She was phenomenal. She is Detroit. She was phenomenal.
What is something that you will always be a champion of?
It will always be young people. I said it earlier, I really do love people. Sometimes there are people who are in front of the camera and will say that they are really not people persons, and I just like people. Now, I've learned to be cautious, but I still love people, and young people are our future. But beyond our future, they are our canvases. And we can … open doors for them to use their gift, and to encourage them to dream bigger. Their hearts are not stone yet, and so I like to pour [what I have] into young people, I really do. Some people say you wanna stay young. I'm not necessarily a believer of that because I think what comes with age is wisdom, and so I want more wisdom. I don't mind getting older, and then taking that wisdom and pouring it into young people.
Kelley L. Carter is a senior entertainment writer at The Undefeated. She can act out every episode of the U.S version of "The Office," she can and will sing the Michigan State University fight song on command and she is very much immune to Hollywood hotness.
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Algeria's Bouteflika in Geneva for medical tests - presidency
FILE PHOTO: Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika is seen in Algiers, Algeria April 9, 2018. REUTERS/Ramzi Boudina/File Photo
ALGIERS (Reuters) - Algerian President Abdelaziz Bouteflika left on Monday for Geneva for regular medical tests, the presidency said in a statement. Bouteflika, 81, has rarely been seen in public since he suffered a stroke in 2013, but his backers have urged him to seek a fifth term in next April's election.
The veteran leader, in office since 1999, has not said yet whether he will stand.
"He will undergo periodic medical checks," the statement said, without elaborating.
Bouteflika has undergone checks several times since his stroke.
Reporting by Hamid Ould Ahmed; Writing by Ulf Laessing; Editing by Andrew Bolton


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80-MW Avangrid project completed in New York
By WPED Staff | December 22, 2021
The 79.7-MW Roaring Brook Wind farm is now operational in Martinsburg, New York.
Roaring Brook Wind was developed by Avangrid Renewables and is comprised of 20 wind turbines spread across approximately 4,700 acres. After starting operations in October 2021, the project will generate more than 229,000 MWh of renewable energy annually, enough to power over 31,000 homes.
"Roaring Brook Wind is another example of New York's commitment to growing our clean energy economy and highlights a North Country wind project that is powering thousands of upstate residents and businesses with clean, renewable energy," said NYSERDA President and CEO Doreen M. Harris. "Under Governor Hochul's leadership, the State remains steadfast in its commitment to work with local governments and community stakeholders throughout the development of all our large-scale renewable energy projects to ensure they proceed in a way that supports community goals, brings economic benefits, and avoids significant impacts to wildlife and the environment."
New York's advancement of renewable energy has resulted in significant private investment and new jobs and economic development for local communities in more than 30 counties across the state. Through a payment in lieu of taxes (PILOT) agreement with the Lewis County Industrial Development Agency for this project, Avangrid Renewables will make annual payments of more than $600,000, escalating over 30 years to more than $1 million, to be shared among the Town of Martinsburg (30%), the Lowville Academy and Central School District (37%), and Lewis County (33%). The project will also deliver an estimated $22 million in total landowner payments to 35 landowners over the next 30 years. Roaring Brook Wind complements efforts by the North Country Regional Economic Development Council to encourage and support economic growth in the region's small cities and rural communities.
News item from NYSERDA
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Today LUMI-CON turns a year old!
What a way to celebrate after an amazing first event and all the new friends we made!!
We would like to say a big thank you to everyone who joined us and made LUMI-CON the best it could be in its first year!
From all the staff, performers, special guests and the Sheraton Tampa Brandon we couldn't have made it this far without all of you!!
Stay tuned as we look to revamp our website and open up everything again in preperation for the next event!
As always, remember to keep shining!
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If you are creative and like to write or design, you've already added advertising to your top five list of career opportunities. Working in a major ad agency's creative department is a dream job for most but you may find you would rather work in a small ad agency, in-house agency or even on your own as a freelancer.
You'll be working as a team and your creative personality will not only be valued, it will be relied upon every day. Even if your copy comes back with red marks all over it, you're the one the Creative Director is counting on to write that ad. If your design is marked up, you're still the one that needs to make the changes to get the ad completed on time.
When you think of advertising, you may automatically imagine a room full of creative people hammering out ideas into one solid ad campaign. Copywriters, graphic designers, creative directors, art directors and other creative people do work together in these types of settings.
However, there are plenty of other types of people involved in a successful ad campaign that don't actually create the ads. Account executives, traffic managers, media coordinators, media directors, researchers and other non-creatives work in the advertising industry.
These people are just as crucial to a client's successful ad campaign as the creatives who develop the campaign's concept. Many of the non-creative positions in advertising also work directly with the client. For example, an account executive (AE) is a liaison between the client and the creative department. An AE must work closely with both to make sure the client's needs are being met in every step of the ad campaign.
People have lost their jobs over a failed ad campaign. When a client pulls his ad dollars because he wasn't happy with the results, the proverbial heads do roll.
You're partially responsible for an ad campaign's success or failure. This is great when the campaign is a huge hit. You share in the glory. When the campaign is a flop, you also share in the bad times with your colleagues.
This high pressure environment isn't for everyone. Short deadlines, last minute changes and sitting in the boss' office when it's time to take the heat for an unsuccessful ad campaign, have caused many ad professionals to change careers.


French Bulldog News Forums - November 2018 Frenchie of the Month Winners!!!
November 2018 Frenchie of the Month Winners!!!
Congratulations to Harmony, winner of the Frenchie of the Month!!!
And let's hear it for mhuinker, your runner-up!
Congrats to both winners. SUPER pictures!!!
Congrats to both winners and all the great entries!!
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5 Politician / R
by follers · April 23, 2017
Rabin in 1992, photo by Prphotos
Date of Birth: 1 March, 1922
Place of Birth: Jerusalem, Mandatory Palestine
Date of Death: 4 November, 1995
Place of Death: Tel Aviv, Israel
Ethnicity: Ashkenazi Jewish
Yitzhak Rabin was an Israeli politician, statesman. and general. He served as Prime Minister of Israel, from 3 June, 1974 to 22 April, 1977, and again from 13 July, 1992 to 4 November, 1995, when he was assassinated. He was also Minister of Defense, from 13 September, 1984 to 15 March, 1990, and again from 13 July, 1992 to 4 November, 1995.
He was awarded the Nobel Prize for Peace in 1994, with Shimon Peres and Yasser Arafat.
"The Peacemakers" won Time Magazine's Person of the Year for 1993. Yitzhak was one of four persons chosen to represent that title, along with Yasser Arafat, F. W. de Klerk, and Nelson Mandela.
Prime Minister Rabin was the son of Rosa (Cohen) and Nehemia Rubitzow/Rabin. His parents were Jewish emigrants from the Russian Empire, his father from Smidowitz and his mother from Mogilev, Belarus. Prime Minister Rabin was married to Leah Rabin, until his death. The couple had two children.
Prime Minister Rabin's paternal grandparents were named Menachem Rubitzow and Leah.
Prime Minister Rabin's maternal grandfather was Yitzchak Kagan (the son of Hillel Gilel/Gil'ka Hacohen/Kagan/Kagana and Rivka Verhaftig-Lubliner). Yitzchak was born in Mogilev, Belarus. Hillel was the son of Mordechai Cohen/Cagan. Rivka was the daughter of Iankel' Verhaftig.
Prime Minister Rabin's maternal grandmother was Sheina Rachel Baruchin (the daughter of Szewel Baruchin and Golda Zylberblat). Szewel was the son of Moszka/Mowsza Aaron Baruchin. Golda was the daughter of Mejer Elja Zylberblat.
Source: Genealogy of Yitzhak Rabin – https://www.geni.com
Ezer Weizman
Tags: Ashkenazi JewishBelarusian JewishIsraeliIsraeli JewishJewishnobel prizePrime Minister of IsraelRussian JewishTime Person of the Year
A have a memory of him when he was killed. I still remember Rabin's death's headline in the frontpage on the newspaper in my father's car seat on a sunny sunday morning.
Yasser Arafat must be added
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Position, Partners and the Future
MUU as my position "stem" - and the branches:
The Material of MUU can be transformed into different related shapes and therefore is a good starting point for my positioning in the field here in Berlin.
Over the year I have met several artists like Chris Dreier, Frank Lohmeyer, Takuya Furukawa, Joseph Grassl through the echtzeitmusik scene but also people like Ron Gunn the sound technician/audio engineer from Tresor (one of the oldest nightclubs in Berlin) and people from the field of social sculpture such as Shelley Sacks.
Development in my closest field is, of course, of priority - to train myself further. On the other hand, I want to continue interdisciplinary work broadening my field was of personal importance.
On this page I introduce people who played a role in my graduation year and plans with them to work in the future on the three branches of MUU: performance, installation and content
echtzeitmusik.de
Is a platform for and from the Berlin scene of experimental music. It mostly serves as a calendar to announce concerts. During the time before "Corona" I visited two to three concerts a week at many different venues such as:
https://pas-berlin.org/
https://ausland-berlin.de/
https://www.km28.de/
https://acudmachtneu.de/
http://www.kunsthauskule.de/About
http://laborsonor.de/
http://www.westgermany.eu/
https://madameclaude.de/
...and others that do not have a webpage. Through visiting so many concerts over the year, I have gained much inspiration and had countless exciting talks about the scene, its development, and where it is going. The concept behind the platform of creating music and performances right in the moment brings a very alert and diverse audience from different fields. This creates a field of people who strive for the development and innovation of music and its link with other disciplines.
The Social Sculpture Academy:
At the beginning of the year, I had the chance to meet Shelley Sacks, Oxford Brookes emeritus professor and founder of the social sculpture research unit (which seems to be the only interdisciplinary arts master program in the Eu ;) ). Over the year, I have been in several long meetings (sometimes several days of meetings) and other people here in Berlin with the goal of creating a Social Sculpture Academy. The main objective is the "new ways of perceiving / new eyes for the world". This relates to my research into senses, but it also is an opportunity to get into another field as well. Learning about social sculpture from Beuys's favorite student is, of course, very exciting. Looking at MUU, this might seem unrelated and more like a sidetrack, but I have spent many hours of the past year with the people of the academy and will work with them in the future.
Chris and Frank:
I met Chris Dreier and Frank Lohmeyer at an echtzeit concert last winter. They have reviewed my work throughout the process and are future partners in expanding MUU into a "google maps of electromagnetism". We quickly started talking about the SOMA Ether, went to other concerts together, and continued talking about my project.
Chris has a very similar background to me; she started with experimental photography and later developed more sound works. Frank is a musician and coder who has many many years of experience with the programs I use and want to learn (such as MAX/MSP, Ableton, Javascript).
We will soon develop the idea of a "google maps of electromagnetism" on to a webpage. The idea is to build an open source map that shows more electromagnetic sounds. It shall be possible for anyone to register and add sounds to the map. Then you would leave QR codes at the places where you recorded a sound. In this way, other people who do not have devices like the Ether could listen to it just with their phones.
Early on, I told Marie and Maria (my internal- and external-coaches) about this. We decided that I should not ask them to be "coaches of my study project" but to keep the relationship on the same level. This was more beneficial to my initial idea of getting into the scene rather than being an "intern" at the scene. In this way, my relationship with them would not be founded on money and a study project but from shared passion.
Not having a 2. external coach in this way (in fact, I had 3+ unofficial ones) also meant that I could spend more hours with Maria as a pioneer of the field who even knew my work from the project in Ghent. This was very beneficial; when Maria and I had spent 10 hours, we were still deeply involved with the process. One week later, the Corona situation meant that I had to adapt further, and it would not have been useful if I got a new, wholly unrelated coach in this situation. I discussed this with coach Marie as well.
Josef Grassl:
Is a filmmaker also graduating this year. When we met, we both realized that we are both very interested in the early audiovisual works of Berlin Pioneers (Walter Ruttman and Viking Eggeling). From then on, we met and talked about our processes on our graduation works, sharing inspiration, and making music together. We have planned a thorough reflection session on 18.6, where he will share in-depth feedback regarding MUU.
Takuya Furukawa:
Is a web designer and coder; he also plays in a noise rock band. We met at an echtzeit concert and have since been in contact. We were talking about music and my process of MUU. We developed an especially interesting perspective on the comparison and differentiation of white (color) and noise (sound). Sadly Takuya is moving to Düsseldorf now, so future collaboration to make music will be difficult.
Early in the year, while using the Ether and the Chladni plate for my research, I realized that both tools could be installed as an impressive interactive installation as well. The Ether would record electromagnetism, which would them be used to vibrate water with the Chladni plate. A camera would film the shapes from the Chladni Plate, which would be projected on walls for people to see. Spaces, where there is lots of electromagnetism, would give excellent results - such as train stations.
The BVG - Ringbahn situation:
When I found the Ringbahn area as especially interesting for electromagnetic research, I falsely thought it is owned by the BVG(Berlin Public Transport). I was very enthusiastic about this as the BVG decided to hire a very young team of PR, who are known for their hip and edgy marketing. I had seen this as a possible opportunity to partner with them by installing MUU as interactive installations in train stations.
1: An Ether will be installed with speakers, which will make the electromagnetism audible for passengers.
2: A Chladni plate will be connected, filmed, and shown on a screen, to make the electromagnetism visible to the passengers.
About a month later, I learned that the Train tracks are, strangely, owned by three different companies. Most of it is owned by the DB Brandenburg (German train company Brandenburg) and the VBB (Public Transport Brandenburg), while the BVG owns just parts (for example, trains)... As the other two companies do not follow such a modern approach to PR, approaching them with such a concept is more complicated. As my concept would work at most train stations, this does not mean that partnership is not possible, but instead that I will adapt the idea to stations which are owned just by the BVG.
Laura Mars Gallery:
Is one of the older contemporary art galleries in Berlin, which I have been in contact with. I got introduced to the gallery by Chris and Frank, who have often displayed work there. Initially, the idea was to present MUU through the gallery as a screening evening event on one evening. As of "Corona", the schedule of the gallery was shifted, and Gundula (the curator of the gallery) could not review my work in time. I had already announced my launch through social media, so I had to stick to the date of 06.06.2020. The galleries schedule is very packed as of the current situation, but the screening event might still happen later this year.
Initially, I had thought of MUU as an audiovisual performance (as mentioned in the timeline section). Although I made the final work of MUU more broad, its heart is still a performance. I created the music through 2 performances of 1hour. These two performances (performed just to myself), were then mixed into each other, to create the soundtrack of MUU. During the rest of this year, I will present MUU as a performance, creating the music live on stage, at different venues.
Zwitschermaschine:
Is an event space that is used for many different things but mostly displays art projects. The university of arts (UdK) often rents the space to present graduation works. After the sad news from Laura Mars, I realized that there might be a benefit in not sharing MUU through a physical space yet. I would have the MUU page a perfect promo that could introduce the different venues to all the relevant venues and then present MUU as a performance (as initially intended) in autumn. After this decision, Gundula and Frank proposed the Zwitschermaschine as one of the venues to perform MUU. As it is an event space, I am in the process with Stephan (the owner of it) to develop a concept for displaying MUU partly through Prints and a performance on several evenings. The print idea relates to my work in Ghent (during the mapping the city project of the second year) under the coaching of Maria Blondeel and Juul Sadée.
Is one of the oldest venues for experimental music. What sets Ausland apart from other venues is its initial connection to film and the merging of audio and visual. I have tried to set up a date to screen/perform MUU there but was told that they are still rescheduling concerts from earlier and that I should get back to them later in summer. This also has its benefit: by autumn, the shows should be fully live again and not through streams, which means that I could finally create the perception of an immersive experience that I was aiming for from the beginning.
Petersburg art space:
Is an interdisciplinary art space, hosting a broad range of different cultural events. Right now, it is the only space that hosts concerts live concerts without streaming. They can do so as the venue is on a canal, and the audience can sit on the other side in public space, which is not regulated. Their schedule is densely packed, although possible, I decided against performing there now. The reason for this being that there is no way to project images with their set up, which would detach MUU´s audio from its visual nature. In autumn performances inside will be possible again with a big screen.
My own PR and statistics:
I uploaded the official trailer to youtube and Instagram on the 18. of May, on Instagram to great success (over 3800 views). From the 21. May to the 6. of June, I posted 12 PR pictures and three videos of the Chladni-plate to my Instagram account, which supported the countdown I had set up on my webpage. According to YouTube it has been watched 61+ times - this is misleading, as youtube only counts views if the video is viewed for x% of its duration. As anyone can decide for themselves how to watch MUU; for example jump through the 60minutes, YouTube will not count accordingly.
A few more future things:
The continuation with Frank and Chris on creating this "google maps" of electromagnetism, the events in autumn, such as performing MUU as initially intended and the screening-exhibition at Zwitschermaschine are not the only "future branches" of MUU. I also plan to encounter educational/science institutions to present the research behind MUU - waves. I have even been talking about MUU with Omar Paulino da Silva Filho biologist, teacher, and friend of mine (currently researching ways to cure Diabetes at the Maastricht university). He was very interested in writing a concept to examine the impact of vibration on cells. After he has finished his Ph.D. and I have more time after summer, we will investigate this idea further.
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Now for typing… I must forget how much I love typing since it only takes me about five or six hour to type about 40 pages… what's that per minute I don't know?
It is coming along, and I hope my readers are having more luck with my work now that I am hard at trying to keep a good pace. it seems to be working. I love using an itty bitty notebook to write down a paragraph when I get stuck and then I seem to be able to write the rest longhand better.
Depends on how you see a book.


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Myślnik – znak pisarski z grupy znaków interpunkcyjnych w postaci dłuższej niż dywiz, poziomej kreski położonej w pobliżu średniej linii pisma. W druku znak pisarski myślnika powinien być reprezentowany przez jeden z dwóch znaków typograficznych: pauzę lub półpauzę.

Użycie
W języku polskim myślnik używany jest najczęściej:
 zamiennie z przecinkiem przy wtrąceniach (ale konsekwentnie ten sam znak na początku i końcu wtrącenia), np.:
 Gdzieś tam na stole – tym takim drewnianym – stała szklanka.
 (w przykładzie do oznaczenia myślnika użyte są półpauzy)
 w zapisie dialogów, np.:
 — Nie widziałeś gdzieś szklanki? — spytał Bazyli.
 (w przykładzie do oznaczenia myślnika użyte są pauzy)
 zastępując powtarzany czasownik, np.:
 Jutro będę w Krakowie, pojutrze – w Kielcach, za tydzień – w Warszawie.

Błędy
Częstym uchybieniem typograficznym, zdarzającym się nie tylko w amatorsko pisanych tekstach, jest użycie znaku dywizu (najkrótszej poziomej kreski położonej w pobliżu średniej linii pisma) dla oznaczenia myślnika. Taki błąd popełniany jest głównie z powodu braku bezpośredniego dostępu myślnika z klawiatury – dywiz natomiast jest dostępny.

W Unikodzie myślnik występuje w wersjach:

Przypisy

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Różnice między znakami dywizu i myślnika są omówione w artykułach o:
 pauzie,
 dywizie.

Typografia
Interpunkcja


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In the End, Feel Better, and Feel: at the beginning i finally started to feel better; but in the end i felt worse than before.
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Once we become aware of how much we have in common, magic happens. 🤗 Make sure you watch until the end!


The study of 6,000 people by a team from Norway's University of Bergen, found women appeared to be more badly affected than men.
They said cleaning chemicals were "unnecessary" and microfiber cloths and water were "enough for most purposes".
UK experts said people should keep their homes well ventilated and use liquid cleaners instead of sprays.
The team looked at data from the European Community Respiratory Health Survey.
Previous studies have looked at the short-term effect of cleaning chemicals on asthma, but this work looked at the longer term.
Adults in the study, published in the American Thoracic Society's American Journal of Respiratory and Critical Care Medicine, were followed for more than 20 years.
Their lung function was measured by looking at how much air people could forcibly breath out – and the amount declined more over the years in women who cleaned.
The authors suggest the chemicals in cleaning products irritate the mucous membranes that line the airways of the lungs, causing long-term damage.
No difference was seen between men who cleaned and those who did not.
The researchers said that could partly be explained by there being far fewer men working as cleaners, but also suggested women might be more susceptible to the chemicals' effects.
Oistein Svanes, who also worked on the study, said: "The take-home message is that in the long run cleaning chemicals very likely cause rather substantial damage to your lungs.
Sarah MacFadyen, from the British Lung Foundation said: "Breathing in any kind of air pollution can have an impact on our health, especially for those living with a lung condition.
"This study further confirms that air pollution can come from a range of sources, including from paints, adhesives and cleaning products we use indoors.


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Home > September/October 2009 > CCAA To Honor Lung with Alexander Hamilton Medal
Conrad H. Lung '72Conrad H. Lung '72 will be honored on Thursday, November 19, at a black-tie dinner at which he will be presented with this year's Alexander Hamilton Medal. The medal, given at the Alexander Hamilton Award Dinner in Low Rotunda, is the highest honor paid to a member of the Columbia College community. It is awarded annually by the Columbia College Alumni Association to an alumnus/a or faculty member for distinguished service to the College and accomplishment in any field of endeavor.
Lung was born in Canton, China, and attended schools in Hong Kong before matriculating at the College, where he majored in Oriental studies. He then earned a master's and an M.Phil. at Yale, where he taught briefly and was a tutor. In 1977, Lung was hired by a Hong Kong apparel manufacturer to start a marketing operation in New York, Wrightfox International, which was acquired by Jordache Jeans in 1979. He moved to Maurice Sassoon Jeans as v.p. of operations and in 1981 was hired by New York Jean Co. as e.v.p. in charge of merchandising and marketing.
Lung co-founded Sunnex, Inc., a manufacturer and wholesaler of women's career clothing that develops and markets five brands in the United States, Canada, Latin America, Europe and China, in 1985. The next year, he co-founded Sun On-Sunnex International Holding Corp. in Hong Kong as a buying office for Sunnex. In 1987, Lung co-founded China Silk Enterprise Ltd., which operates manufacturing facilities in the People's Republic of China. In 1992, Lung co-founded Sun On Trust, a not-for-profit organization that performs charitable work in China.
In 2003, Lung sold Sunnex and its related companies to various Asia investors, and in 2004 he participated, with a group of Asia investors and two College alumni, in a leveraged buy-out of Mudd Jeans in New York. Lung then became its president. In the same year, he co-founded, with a group of College alumni, a consulting and boutique investment banking firm, Ivy Capital Management LLC, as well as a brand management and marketing firm, Collegiate Brand Management Group, both based in New York.
Lung has been extensively involved with the College and alumni affairs. He helped found the Asia Columbia Alumni Association and was the group's first president, and, along with other alumni, assisted in the founding of the Columbia Club in Singapore and improved the link between Columbia and various Columbia Clubs in Asia. Lung serves the College as a member of the Alumni Association Board of Directors and as an emeritus member of the Board of Visitors. The College honored him for his distinguished professional achievements with a 2002 John Jay Award.
Lung is married to Yin Yee Lung '74 Barnard, and they have three children: Jennifer '01E, '08 P&S; Stephanie '04 and Jonathan '05E.
For more information on the dinner, contact Meghan Eschmann, associate director, alumni affairs: 212-851-7399 or me2363@columbia.edu.
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FLESH and GOLD
Author: Dan Simmons
Tor / 288 pages / 1st edition (January 1998)
If you've ever studied a museum-quality tapestry, then you know the true meaning of intricacy, been amazed that single threads could mesh to form a complex and mesmerizing whole. If you zoomed through in search of Andy Warhol's work, and missed the beauty and complexity, the awe-inspiring impact of painstaking artistry, shame on you. If you miss the rich weave of Gotlieb's treasures, you are beyond redemption.
Flesh and Gold begins with a bewildering array of characters, locals, and hints of plotting by and against virtually every exotic person or race mentioned. Beings of the land make use of those from the sea. It is an unequal partnership in which the unsophisticated amphibious Folk are destined to suffer. It is a situation which will force one very special water creature to a dangerous world far away.
Skerow, one of the reptilian, telepathic Khagodi, travels the universe in her capacity as a Galactic Federation judge. A chance sighting in a red-light district will take her places she can't imagine. Ned Gattes wanders the planets as a "pug" or professional fighter and, unknown to all but a few, as an agent of the GalFed. The information provided by Skerow will send him away on a mission short on details, but rife with danger. Neither can fathom the depth of the deceptions facing them. No one will understand until the action is played out what atrocities are taking place just out of sight.
Gotlieb pulls in the threads of her many story lines to weave a tale unlike any before it. The characters who inhabit this unfamiliar universe are as fleshed-out as they are alien. Humanoids, under her control, bear as little resemblance to you and me and the couple next door as we do to the monsters that populate our dreams. Which is the preferred incarnation is left open to debate.
With Flesh and Gold, Gotlieb ties together three of the few constants of civilizations: greed, lust, and cruelty. The factors of empathy, duty, and love are the flip side in this richly textured construct. In a clash between the vices and virtues, it is not a foregone conclusion which side will triumph; it is a slippery task to pin a label on the characters. Nothing comes easy, including interpretations.
In a novel of such artistry and complexity, it might seem easy to lose track of the action, but worry not: Flesh and Gold fastens onto the reader with talons sharper than the most dangerous opponent's. Unlike the characters in the novel, no reader will struggle to be freed.
Flesh and Gold is that most rare of specimens — a work of literary science fiction that excites and enthralls. It is a masterpiece that will endure.
Although we are so little into the new year, it is difficult to imagine a novel appearing in the coming months that will force this one off the short list of every major award in the genre.


(as well as "contributive justice," which the author introduces to explain the consequences of the problems of the temporal nature of transitional justice, and the crisis of donor fatigue towards peacebuilding activities), local government, democracy, and constitutional reforms within Sierra Leone. While acknowledging the profound challenges associated with the promotion of human rights in an environment of uncertainty, political fragility, lawlessness, and deprivation, John Idriss Lahai sheds light on the often-constructive engagement of the people of Sierra Leone with a variety of societal conditions, adverse or otherwise, to influence constitutional change, the emergent post-conflict discourse on "contributive justice," and acceptable human rights practice. This book will be of interest to scholars in West African history, legal history, African studies, peace and conflict studies, human rights and transitional justice.


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Meet Zinzi Evans Coogler, wife of movie director Ryan Coogler. We are not sure when or how they first met, but we do know the couple dated for years before they tied the knot back on May 01, 2016. At this time, the couple does not have any children.
Just like her husband, Zinzi Evans is a movie industry rising star in her own right. She is an assistant director and producer, who produced the short film "Locks," which Coogler wrote and directed.
Zinzi graduated with a Bachelor of Arts (B.A.) degree in Communicative Disorders and Deaf Studies – Interpreting in 2008 from California State University-Fresno. Before her film career, Zinzi worked a sign language interpreter.
Ryan Coogler is a film director and screenwriter. His first feature film, Fruitvale Station (2013), won the Grand Jury Prize and the Audience Award for U.S. dramatic film at the 2013 Sundance Film Festival. He also co-wrote and directed the seventh film in the Rocky film saga, Creed (2015), and the Marvel Cinematic Universe superhero film Black Panther (2018).
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