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VFTB 019: Dr. Paul Williams / Waking Jonah
sharonkgilbert October 25, 2009 May 22, 2011
TONIGHT WE present a two-part show that serves to document more signposts along the road to a one-world government.
First, we talk with journalist Dr. Paul L. Williams, journalist, consultant, and author of a number of books on the threat posed by radical Islam, the most recent being The Day of Islam: The Annihilation of America and the Western World.
Dr. Williams, an American citizen, has been sued by McMaster University in Canada over his book The Dunces of Doomsday, in which he revealed potential terrorist threats from al-Qaeda affiliates at McMaster. The university is suing Williams for libel, demanding $4 million in damages.
Unlike American libel laws, where the plaintiff must prove that what said about him is not true and it was said in malice, in Canada the burden of proof is on the defendant.
In the second half of the show, we talk with Jacob Segerman, the producer of the Waking Jonah podcast. Waking Jonah presents clips from other podcasts, such as Future Quake, Shatter the Darkness, Prewrath Radio Online, Alex Jones, and P.I.D. Radio.
The clips focus on one idea and usually last 3 minutes and 3 seconds or less (symbolizing the 3 days and 3 nights Jonah was in the belly of the fish). It's an excellent tool for introducing friends and family to what's really happening in the world today in manageable, bite-size chunks.
Don't forget to check out all of the great Christian podcasters at the Revelations Radio Network.
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Dan Nieman October 26, 2009 at 11:58 pm
Excellent program! Concerning Paul Williams, I think he is exactly right. There is a militant aspect to Islam that seeks to conquer, whether through the ballot box or jihad it doesn't seem to matter.
I also enjoyed the segment with Jacob Segerman. I am trying to get people in my personal world to connect the dots between prophecy and politics that will lead people to prayer and faith in Christ. We are all engaged in a very unique mission field. God bless you and your work.
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An Entirely New Feature of a Thrilling Novel!: Entitled, The Social War of the Year 1900; Or, Conspirators and Lovers! is an American utopian novel by Simon Mohler Landis. Self-published in 1872 to commercial failure, it is regarded by some critics as one of the worst novels ever written.

Plot and themes
Victor Juno, the novel's hero, leads the "Naturalists", a militant secret society, and as a preacher heals sickness through animal magnetism instead of medicine. He and his sweetheart Lucinda are opposed by doctors, organized religion, and an odd assortment of "Conspirators". Civil war ensues, which the Naturalists win. They shoot all prisoners of war and institute a totalitarian theocracy, decreeing that all must work on pain of death, all money is to be collected by the state, "medicines, fashions and all artificial and useless things must be abolished instantly", and so forth. God eventually approves this state of affairs by sending a plague and famine in which all the wicked perish, leaving only the Naturalists to exult in "the work of God and man".

The Social War of the Year 1900 combines, according to E. F. Bleiler's review in Science-fiction, the early years, "lurid sensationalism and sexual elements with a nasty messianic urge", thereby continuing the American Gothic tradition of George Lippard. Its plot consists of "a repetition of the same incident over and over, the kidnapping and physical abuse of the hero and heroine".

Author

Simon Mohler Landis (June 4, 1829 – December 25, 1902) was a clergyman and hydropath from Pennsylvania, pastor of the "First Progressive Church of Philadelphia" which he founded in 1865. Frequently bankrupt, he made a living through lectures and by selling inventions such as the "Patent Compound Male and Female Magnitude Syringe and Organic Bath". He styled himself a doctor, although there is no evidence that he ever received this academic degree.

The Social War of the Year 1900 is his only novel, for which he credited himself as "S.M. Landis, M.D., D.D." He also wrote several plays and medical texts, including a sexual education book, A Strictly Private Book on Marriage: Secrets of Generation (1870). On account of this he was prosecuted for obscenity and sentenced to one year of imprisonment at Moyamensing Prison, but was pardoned by Governor John W. Geary 117 days into his sentence. He recounted this trial in Prison Life Thoughts (1872) and remonstrated in publications against self-abuse, free love and doctors.

Reception
Judging by the few printed copies that remain, The Social War of the Year 1900 did not sell well. Landis adapted the novel into a five-act play in 1873, but there is no record that it was ever performed.

Reviewing the novel in 2012 in io9, Jess Nevins characterized the work as "the worst science fiction novel of the 19th century", surpassing all other bad science fiction of that time in its "unreadability, cliché, and thematic foulness". E. F. Bleiler, after summarizing the novel's plot, merely asks: "Is comment necessary?"

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it, waiting for orders from the commander-in-chief, who had fled from the
Cornwallis, elated with success, ordered Rawdon to charge upon the
second brigade. Major General Baron de Kalb, now fighting on foot with
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Gist. Now the Marylanders were gaining ground."x Williams adds, "they
even advanced upon them, and had taken a number of prisoners, when their
companions of the first brigade (which formed the second line), being
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obliged to give way; and were again rallied; the second brigade were still
warmly engaged; the distance between the two brigades did not exceed two
hundred yards; their opposing flanks being nearly upon a line perpendicular
to their front. At this eventful juncture, the deputy adjutant-general, (Colonel 0. H. Williams,) anxious that the communication between them should
be preserved, and wishing that, in. the almost certain event of a retreat, some
order might be sustained by them, hastened from the first to the second
brigade, which he found precisely in the same circumstances. He called
upon his own regiment (the 6th Maryland) not to fly, and was answered by
the lieutenant-colonel, Benjamin Ford, who said: 'they have done all that
can be expected of them—we are outnumbered and outflanked—see the enemy
charge with bayonets.' The enemy having collected their corps, and directing
their whole force against these two devoted brigades, a tremendous fire of
musketry was, for some time, kept up on both sides, with equal perseverance
and obstinacy, until Lord Cornwallis, perceiving there was no cavalry opposed
to him, pushed forward his dragoons, and his infantry charging at the same
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complete. All the artillery and a very great number of prisoners, fell into
his hands—many fine fellows lay on the field—and the rout of the remainder
was entire; not even a company retired in any order; every one escaped as he
could."2
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Kalb. In the hope of gaining a victory, he led a bayonet charge with Gist's
second Maryland brigade, drove the division under Rawdon, took fifty prisoners, but fell exhausted after receiving eleven wounds. His aid-de-camp,
Dubuysson, supported him in his arms, and was repeatedly wounded in pro-
1 Lee's Memoirs of the War in the South. 2 Williams' Narrative.
Transcript DEATH OF DE KALB. 365 the day, and besides, a post had been assigned him, and he nobly maintained it, waiting for orders from the commander-in-chief, who had fled from the field. Cornwallis, elated with success, ordered Rawdon to charge upon the second brigade. Major General Baron de Kalb, now fighting on foot with these brave Marylanders, met the enemy with great firmness. Lieutenant Colonel Howard, at the head of Williams' regiment, drove the opposing enemy before him. "Rawdon," says Lee, "could not bring the brigade of Gist to recede:—bold was the pressure of the foe; firm as a rock the resistance of Gist. Now the Marylanders were gaining ground."x Williams adds, "they even advanced upon them, and had taken a number of prisoners, when their companions of the first brigade (which formed the second line), being greatly outflanked, and charged by superior numbers, were obliged to give ground. At this critical moment, in the absence of General Smaliwood, Colonel Gunby, Major Anderson and a number of other brave officers, assisted by the deputy adjutant-general and Major Jones, one of Smallwood's aids, rallied the first brigade and renewed the contest. Again they were obliged to give way; and were again rallied; the second brigade were still warmly engaged; the distance between the two brigades did not exceed two hundred yards; their opposing flanks being nearly upon a line perpendicular to their front. At this eventful juncture, the deputy adjutant-general, (Colonel 0. H. Williams,) anxious that the communication between them should be preserved, and wishing that, in. the almost certain event of a retreat, some order might be sustained by them, hastened from the first to the second brigade, which he found precisely in the same circumstances. He called upon his own regiment (the 6th Maryland) not to fly, and was answered by the lieutenant-colonel, Benjamin Ford, who said: 'they have done all that can be expected of them—we are outnumbered and outflanked—see the enemy charge with bayonets.' The enemy having collected their corps, and directing their whole force against these two devoted brigades, a tremendous fire of musketry was, for some time, kept up on both sides, with equal perseverance and obstinacy, until Lord Cornwallis, perceiving there was no cavalry opposed to him, pushed forward his dragoons, and his infantry charging at the same moment, with fixed bayonets, put an end to the contest. His victory was complete. All the artillery and a very great number of prisoners, fell into his hands—many fine fellows lay on the field—and the rout of the remainder was entire; not even a company retired in any order; every one escaped as he could."2 None showed more gallantry on this disastrous day than the Baron de Kalb. In the hope of gaining a victory, he led a bayonet charge with Gist's second Maryland brigade, drove the division under Rawdon, took fifty prisoners, but fell exhausted after receiving eleven wounds. His aid-de-camp, Dubuysson, supported him in his arms, and was repeatedly wounded in pro- 1 Lee's Memoirs of the War in the South. 2 Williams' Narrative.

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By the time his big ol' pickup truck wheels into Anderson County, the gas guzzler roaring closer to his hometown of Belton, S.C., Matthew LeCroy feels that ping of anticipation we've all been lucky enough to feel at least a few times in our lives.
Yet for LeCroy and the hundreds of others living life in the hectic world of professional baseball, this is an annual feeling. And when the Harrisburg Senators' manager completed the trek this past September, it carried a little extra enthusiasm.
It was LeCroy's first end-of-season trip home to a full house of five children, including baby twins, and his wife, Holly. It also came at the conclusion of a season when, for the first time, Holly and the kids weren't able to visit LeCroy at his "baseball" home from February through September.
Harrisburg Senators manager Matthew LeCroy loves his time in the baseball stadium, but the long seasons make offseasons with his family that much sweeter.
Having given birth to the boy-and-girl twins, Max and Mabree, on April 29 – just weeks into the 2012 Eastern League season – Holly was unable to travel very far, especially not from Belton to Harrisburg.
So imagine what it must have been like for him, knowing the next five months were dedicated solely to spending valuable time with his loved ones.
Imagine what is must have been like for Holly, knowing she would not only get to sleep next to a warm body again, but to share the parenting and household chores.
And, lastly, imagine what it must have been like for the kids to get big, fun, lovable daddy all to themselves after months apart.
"They talked about [the anticipation] all the time," Holly said of their three oldest children, 8-year-old Isabella, 6-year-old Maggie and 4-year-old Noah. "They couldn't wait. It's the greatest thing ever. It's like I fall off the map as soon as dad comes home.
It takes a special kind of rapport, a unique understanding, to be involved in a baseball relationship. LeCroy spends seven months away from home, beginning with spring training in February and going through the end of the regular season and, if lucky, the playoffs in September.
Add an extra month if you're talking the major leagues, where the 37-year-old LeCroy was a catcher, first baseman and designated hitter from 2000-2007 with the Minnesota Twins (2000-2005, 2007) and the organization that currently employs him, the Washington Nationals (2006).
After spending the 2008 season playing for the independent Atlantic League's Lancaster Barnstormers, LeCroy signed on to manage in the Nationals' minor league system. This season will be his second leading the Class AA Senators.
"As a minor league coach or manager, it's a long season," said LeCroy, who was back in town this weekend to speak at Saturday's Senators' Hot Stove Dinner at the Sheraton Harrisburg Hershey Hotel.
Among the top priorities when he gets home to Belton, an old textile mill town of about 4,400 also known at The Standpipe City, is a daddy-daughters date.
Isabella and Maggie choose the food – usually cheese fries from Outback. And they choose the activity – maybe the latest Disney kids movie that makes LeCroy secretly long for monotonous game film of minor league baseball.
He quickly becomes a regular at soccer practices.
His new job is taxiing the kids to and from school.
Holly, a southern girl who grew up one town over and who met LeCroy during their freshmen year at Clemson, adjusts – some might say softens – her regimented daily feeding/napping/chores schedule, if only because after practices, games, starting lineups, and everything else were so rigidly mapped out over the previous 200 days, he'd probably goof it up anyway.
Fridays mean movie nights at the house. Saturdays in the fall are dedicated to Clemson football, either at the stadium for home games or in his man cave – LeCroy turned an old garage into his own sports haven, with Clemson goodies and countless jerseys, bats, balls and bobbleheads from his playing days – for road games.
He also built a batting cage, a favorite hangout for the excitable Noah. LeCroy hosts some high school and college baseball players there, too, for offseason instruction. It's unrelated to the nearby Matthew LeCroy Field, home diamond of Belton Post 51, located at Leta Poore Park.
With Holly a stay-at-home mom, and Matt a stay-at-home dad from September through February – he did spent about 10 days at Nationals' instructional camp in October – and both sets of grandparents very close by, so much time is spent on getting reacquainted.
That might seem overwhelming to folks with more traditional jobs and the usual weeknights and weekends with family. But the LeCroys know that "together time" is precious.
Matt and Holly, who just celebrated their 13th wedding anniversary, enjoy each other's company as well. They share similar senses of humor and, whether in person, via text message or through their in-season online video chats, seemingly always find a way to make each other laugh.
Ironically, a time of great joy, Christmas, also serves as a reminder of what's right around the corner. LeCroy will leave for spring training in Florida during the second week of February.
"Getting ready to be a baseball widow again," Holly sighs. "As soon as Christmas ends, it feels like the countdown starts.
The good news, LeCroy says, is chances are very good Holly and the kids will finally be able to make their first in-season trip to Harrisburg this upcoming summer. And, yes, that will be a very big deal.
"Hey, maybe [the Senators] can make a promotion out of it," LeCroy laughed Saturday from the offices of a snowy Metro Bank Park. And you could almost imagine the spotlight-avoiding Holly staring daggers at him for even considering such a show.


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Discussion in 'Community Creations' started by Innoble, Sep 27, 2015.
Innoble Apprentice Engineer
This is an improved version of my earlier missile launcher. It is simpler to build and much cheaper in terms of resources. I demonstrate the missile wheel in this video:
The things I believe are fairly unique about this setup are:
-Warhead separation. I use a bomb to separate the missiles. This is the only way to do it right. Anything with grinders is going to shake the missiles all over. I did some tests to find out the explosion range and with this setup it destroys exactly the amount I want. It may seem wasteful to blow up so many conveyor tubes, but the total resource costs are still low if you consider I am using them to get 24 warheads from A to B.
-Launching missiles with only a GPS coördinate as input. Perfect vs stationary targets. In theory it could work vs moving targets, but only if they move around in a general area and then it would require many passes to get lucky (imagine 24 missiles zapping around in all directions until they hit something). I would suggest you view this as a base-bombardment tool.
-One thruster propulsion. Almost all missile designs I have seen use 6 thrusters and a remote control block so that it can use ordinary scripted propulsion. My way makes it much harder to hit with gatling guns because it does not travel in a straight line (it does... almost, but it deviates enough to make the majority of bullets miss). It is also much cheaper to build.
-Sensors: Every missile has a target, but if that target does not cause the missile to explode (for example, if nothing is there), it will check the full 50m sensor range and change it's target to LastDetectedEntity, meaning it wil turn around and come back. If nothing is in range it will fly around until something is. The initial target-coördinates are 12 m. away from eachother so that there will be no chain-reactions when one of the missiles gets hit by stray bullets (warheads damage up to 5m away).
-a full ring costs only 35551 L resources, meaning you can fit resources for 12 rings inside a large cargo container. As you can see in the video, just one set of missiles does serious damage to a base. I doubt anything will survive vs a missile launcher with a full cargo.
-I deliberately did not armor the missiles. Armor would make it heavier and more costly. I would also not be able to build them so close together. Not to mention the fact that armor shortens the range of the explosion (the missile contains its own blast). The protection of these missiles is simply the fact that there is a swarm of them.
-The video was made in creative (of course), but the only difference in survival would be that I need to make it transfer 0.01 uranium (or so) to the missiles after they are created. Otherwise it should work fine.
-In terms of lag: the script that controls the missiles does not seem to lag my computer, even though there are 24 of them. Welding the wheel together does cause lag. I have noticed that if you use rotors or pistons in a ship-printer, you get way more lag than if you have only stationary blocks. You could make this wheel with stationary blocks, but you would need more welders.
Let me know if you see anything that would improve the effectiveness of this setup. I will continue to improve it until I feel it works perfectly and then I'll share it on the workshop.
EDIT: a new video:
Workshop link (world): http://steamcommunity.com/sharedfiles/filedetails/?id=531213281
Innoble, Sep 27, 2015
Mirones Trainee Engineer
nice setup for planetary bombartment with an remote control you might even set difrent targets with gps but that would need an scout on the ground
Mirones, Sep 27, 2015
carnivore Apprentice Engineer
Very nice minimalist design, and an amazing script it seems! I wonder if it could be modified to make a decoy missile that harasses enemy defenses without actually crashing into anything.
Do you think this could be scaled up to fit on a single slightly larger 3x3 missile? If so, and if it could propel itself forward for a second to clear the launch tube, this would be a perfect script for refreshing my guided missile frigate.
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carnivore, Sep 27, 2015
JD.Horx Senior Engineer
That's really impressive man, saw many PMW concepts with large blocks, but this a nice small grid attempt!
JD.Horx, Sep 27, 2015
Hesterry Apprentice Engineer
Well, this is awkward. I think I'm in love.
Would it be possible to add a second thruster to the side of the missiles, and whenever the missile has to turn, rotate the missile around so the second thruster can dampen and support the turn? If so, it might be possible to have these track well enough to hit a reasonably large moving target.
Hesterry, Sep 28, 2015
Dwarf-Lord Pangolin Senior Engineer
It's so beautiful ...
Dwarf-Lord Pangolin, Sep 28, 2015
Hellothere! Apprentice Engineer
Does this still work when fired let's say 90 degrees off the target? I'm thinking of having these things on the sides, or even back of my ship, where they would be protected against enemy fire.
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carnivore said: ↑
About the decoy missile. When my script did not work so well yet, it would do precisely that: Orbit around the target, not hitting anything. So yea, in fact that is even easier and requires less blocks. No warhead, maybe not even a sensor.
Do you mean can the missile script be adapted to your larger (3x3) missiles? Sure, but the script hinges on being a single thruster thing (or multiple thrusters facing the same way). It rotates before it thrusts. The thrusters turn on when it is rotated the right way. Propelling it out of a launch tube and then turning it should be possible. What you can do is turn on the thruster and a start a timer. Then when the timer stops, the regular script starts, so it will turn when it is well out of the tube. Something like that could work. How would it be connected in the tube though? Do you use grinders or mergeblocks or something? Actually disconnecting missiles from whatever ship you use is not an easy thing. Blowing up the connecting parts was the way to go for me.
I will share the script when I share the whole thing. I want to work on it a bit more, make some more fire modes (like a fire mode to hit the same target 24 times instead of the explosions being spread out. That would be a good fire mode to use after you take out the base defenses. I should be able to fit different fire modes to the buttons in the back. I also want the wheels' production to be more automated (instead of having to sit in the cockpit clicking: rotor on, arm reverse, welders on, welders off, arm back etc.) That should not be too hard, but will take time and testing. In the end, using it should be a matter of copy pasting the GPS coordinate into the LCD and then clicking a button that goes with a particular fire mode.
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It can't dampen because there is no remote control or cockpit. The script does take into account current velocity and the target direction, so the thrust is not exactly opposite to the target. It does a rough estimate to find the direction needed to A: reduce the velocity in the wrong direction and B: increase the velocity in the right direction. So it wil often be pointing slightly off one side of the target to compensate for its own velocity. Of course, the more thrusters it has, the better it would work, but they don't need to be in different directions. There is always 1 ideal acceleration vector for every situation, so one thruster can do the trick (but 2 in the same direction would be stronger). Calculating this ideal thruster direction is very hard btw... I did not manage to do it perfectly, only an approximate. The problem is taking into account the turn time. Gyro corrections are very small at large distances, but if you need to turn a lot when you're close to the target, the algorithm I use will not be perfect. In some situations, by the time your missile is turned right, the ideal direction has already changed. If the ideal direction changes faster than the gyro can compensate, the missile will actually start orbiting the target (which is cool... since orbits are hard to achieve, but not what I was aiming for).
Without real intertial dampening, it takes a lot of time to reduce the velocity (even using extra thrusters). It will probably go like 300-400 m just to brake to a standstill. Regular inertial dampeners are a factor of 10. If you add a remote control block, you could use the intertial dampeners at critical points and be a lot more manoeuvrable, but you will still have a major disadvantage compared to a ship that already has thrusters in 6 directions and does not have to turn to change its velocity. In a single thruster missile with dampeners the most limiting factor is the gyro. The faster it can turn, the faster it can change the thruster direction and dampen. It might well work for chasing large ships with very low acceleration. I do think the 50m sensor range is VERY limiting for this kind of thing. When your target makes a quick move in one direction it will travel 50 m in almost no time at all. Better would be to use the 800m turret range and triangulation, but turrets are big things to use. Either your missile would get ridiculously big or it would need to communicate with some kind of radar drone.
Maybe in the future (if Keen changes things like the sensor range or turret scripting) chasing moving targets with this kind of missile would be possible, but for now I think it is way more useful for hitting stationary targets. I do think it is possible to make hunter drones with a patrol script, turret triangulation and guns/rockets. I think other people have made such things. But those are made with WAY more blocks than my 8 block missile setup. This is actually made much easier with the recently added turrets for small ships (though... it has no script support for azimuth and elevation angles yet... so no small ship radarships)
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right now, I have it scripted so that it automatically rotates the entire wheel production ship in the right direction and then it launches the way you see in the video. The problem with an off-target launch (which is possible to do) is that the missiles are so close together that if they are not facing the right way when the center warhead goes, the game (for some reason) thinks there is friction between the missiles while the missiles are turning (even though there is still 1 block space between the missiles) and some groups of missiles will stay still until you physically fly your character into them (like they're frozen even when the script is running). It is kind of odd and very random. Once they are moving, they dont mind if other missiles are nearby and they manoeuvre just fine, but the launch point is a bit picky about its direction. One way to do it the way you're suggesting is to adjust the design of the wheel itself, by adding a programmable block and gyro to it (to give the wheel brains too). You launch the wheel straight out, then rotate the entire wheel 90 degrees and then explode the center warhead. Maybe that would look a lot cooler too, a flying wheel that turns around, goes boom, turning into 24 missiles. One problem is that the wheel would need to decouple as well. Right now the center warhead explosion decouples the missiles and destroys the wheel both. Perhaps a grinder could decouple the wheel so that it can get clear of the main ship before turning and blowing up.
Maybe an even easier way is to give the missiles each a very short thruster boost of varying length at the start so that each of the 24 missiles will fly a bit straight out, but not the same distance. If they are, say 3 m. apart, they can turn freely and also be launched from any angle. One thing you will have to take into account with this is that you still want to keep the launch synchronised so that they all hit the target at roughly the same time (to frustrate the gatlings...). So just a very short boost, before the main script takes over. Also, you still don't want to launch them at 180 degrees this way, unless you fancy carpet bombing yourself.
Just edited the top post: New video and a link to my workshop world. It has the missile factory and the wheel, both of which also have scripts, so you should get everything you need from that one link.
I will move on to a new project soon. I am thinking of doing something with modular ships (merge blocks). Maybe I 'll make a self building modular bombardment ship. I'll make a video if I get anything done in the next few weeks.
Innoble, Oct 7, 2015
HollowVoices Trainee Engineer
That's awesome! I can't stand the vanilla turrets. I would love to see more automated firing systems like this. Really wish Keen would introduce some type of launching of some sort so that we don't have to build complex contraptions such as this. Great job though!
HollowVoices, Oct 7, 2015


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"British Museum expert Dr Irving Finkel reveals how decoding the symbols on a 4,000 year old piece of clay enable a radical new interpretation of the Noah's Ark myth. A world authority on the period, Dr Finkel's enthralling real-life detective story began with a most remarkable event at the British Museum - the arrival one day in 2008 of a single, modest-sized Babylonian cuneiform tablet - the palm-sized clay rectangles on which our ancestors created the first documents. It had been brought in by a member of the public and this particular tablet proved to be of quite extraordinary importance. Not only does it date from about 1850 BC, but it is a copy of the Babylonian Story of the Flood, a myth from ancient Mesopotamia revealing among other things, instructions for building a large boat to survive a flood. But Dr Finkel's pioneering work didn't stop there. Through another series of enthralling discoveries he has been able to decode the story of the Flood in ways which offer unanticipated revelations to readers of THE ARK BEFORE NOAH."--Publisher's website.
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Dr. Irving Finkel is Assistant Keeper of ancient Mesopotamian script, languages, and cultures at the British Museum. He is the curator in charge of cuneiform inscriptions on tablets of clay from ancient Mesopotamia, of which the Middle East Department has the largest collection of any modern museum.
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As I type these lines, on June 3, 2013, Private First Class Bradley Edward Manning is being tried in a sequestered room at Fort Meade, Maryland, for the alleged crime of telling the truth. The court martial of the most prominent political prisoner in modern US history has now, finally, begun.
It has been three years. Bradley Manning, then 22 years old, was arrested in Baghdad on May 26, 2010. He was shipped to Kuwait, placed into a cage, and kept in the sweltering heat of Camp Arifjan.
"For me, I stopped keeping track," he told the court last November. "I didn't know whether night was day or day was night. And my world became very, very small. It became these cages… I remember thinking I'm going to die."
After protests from his lawyers, Bradley Manning was then transferred to a brig at a US Marine Corps Base in Quantico, VA, where – infamously – he was subjected to cruel, inhuman and degrading treatment at the hands of his captors – a formal finding by the UN. Isolated in a tiny cell for twenty-three out of twenty-four hours a day, he was deprived of his glasses, sleep, blankets and clothes, and prevented from exercising. All of this – it has been determined by a military judge – "punished" him before he had even stood trial.
"Brad's treatment at Quantico will forever be etched, I believe, in our nation's history, as a disgraceful moment in time" said his lawyer, David Coombs. "Not only was it stupid and counterproductive, it was criminal."
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U.S. Tax Dollars Promote Monsanto's GMO Crops Overseas!
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U.S. taxpayers are footing the bill for overseas lobbying that promotes controversial biotech crops developed by U.S.-based Monsanto Co and other seed makers, a report issued on Tuesday said.
A review of 926 diplomatic cables of correspondence to and from the U.S. State Department and embassies in more than 100 countries found that State Department officials actively promoted the commercialization of specific biotech seeds, according to the report issued by Food & Water Watch, a nonprofit consumer protection group.
The officials tried to quash public criticism of particular companies and facilitated negotiations between foreign governments and seed companies such as Monsanto over issues like patents and intellectual property, the report said.
The cables show U.S. diplomats supporting Monsanto, the world's largest seed company, in foreign countries even after it paid $1.5 million in fines after being charged with bribing an Indonesian official and violating the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act in 2005.
One 2009 cable shows the embassy in Spain seeking "high-level U.S. government intervention" at the "urgent request" of Monsanto to combat biotech crop opponents there, according to the Food & Water Watch report.
The report covered cables from 2005-2009 that were released by Wikileaks in 2010 as part of a much larger release by Wikileaks of a range of diplomatic cables it obtained.
Monsanto spokesman Tom Helscher said Monsanto believes it is critical to maintain an open dialogue with government authorities and trade groups in other countries.
"We remain committed to sharing information so that individuals can better understand our business and our commitments to support farmers throughout the world as they work to meet the agriculture demands of our world's growing population," he said.
State Department officials had no immediate comment when contacted about the report.
Food & Water Watch said the cables it examined provide a detailed account of how far the State Department goes to support and promote the interests of the agricultural biotech industry, which has had a hard time gaining acceptance in many foreign markets.
"It really goes beyond promoting the U.S.'s biotech industry and agriculture," said Wenonah Hauter, executive director of Food & Water Watch. "It really gets down to twisting the arms of countries and working to undermine local democratic movements that may be opposed to biotech crops, and pressuring foreign governments to also reduce the oversight of biotech crops."
But U.S. officials, Monsanto and many other companies and industry experts routinely say that biotech crops are needed around the world to increase global food production as population expands. They maintain that the crops are safe and make farming easier and more environmentally sustainable.
PROMOTION THROUGH PAMPHLETS, DVDs?
The cables show that State Department officials directed embassies to "troubleshoot problematic legislation" that might hinder biotech crop development and to "encourage the development and commercialization of ag-biotech products".
The State Department also produced pamphlets in Slovenia promoting biotech crops, sent pro-biotech DVDs to high schools in Hong Kong and helped bring foreign officials and media from 17 countries to the United States to promote biotech agriculture, Food & Water Watch said.
Genetically altered crops are widely used in the United States. Crops spliced with DNA from other species are designed to resist pests and tolerate chemical applications, and since their introduction in the mid 1990s have come to dominate millions of acres of U.S. farmland.
The biotech crops are controversial with some groups and in many countries because some studies have shown harmful health impacts for humans and animals, and the crops have been associated with some environmental problems.
They also generally are more expensive than conventional crops, and the biotech seed developers patent the high-tech seeds so farmers using them have to buy new seed every season, a factor that makes them unappealing in some developing nations.
Many countries ban planting of biotech crops or have strict labeling requirements.
"It's appalling that the State Department is complicit in supporting their (the biotech seed industry's) goals despite public and government opposition in several countries," said Ronnie Cummins, executive director of nonprofit organization Organic Consumers Association.
"American taxpayer's money should not be spent advancing the goals of a few giant biotech companies."
Source: http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/sns-rt-us-usa-gmo-reportbre94d0il-20130514,0,1211876.story


I've had my first generation Kindle for a year and a half and I drooled when the second generation Kindle came out. I drooled again when the Kindle DX was announced earlier this year.
I tried using my Kindle to replace my daily newspaper but found the experience wasn't up to the task. I got use to reading my news online but the serial viewing on the Kindle left me feeling that I was missing something. I do use my Kindle for reading books and have purchased a few reference books that allow me to use the Kindle's search feature. Typically Kindle books are cheaper than their print cousins and most cost $9.99, but I didn't think I used it enough to justify another $350 gadget when what I had, served my purpose.
When Apple announced the new iPhone 3GS and 3.0 firmware, I heard about the Kindle application for the iPhone and iPod Touch. I downloaded this free app and was impressed. It now feels like I have a new Kindle — on a device I already own.
When I installed the application on my iPod Touch and entered my Amazon account information, it showed me that I had a number of Archived Items. These were books that I had purchased and downloaded on my Kindle. I could then download a copy for reading on my iPod Touch. The cool thing was it opened up to the last page that I was reading on the Kindle. It turns out that this goes both ways. If I'm reading a book on the Touch and switch to my Kindle, it opens up to last page read on the Touch.
So how was the reading experience on the iPod Touch? Even though the screen is much smaller, I thought it was a great experience. The pages show up in portrait or landscape (depending on how you're holding the device) and the menu and controls disappear after a few seconds. You navigate the pages by touching (or swiping) the screen. Touching the right side of the screen moves you forward and touching the left side moves you back. Page turns are very fast (faster than on the Kindle) and you access the menu by touching the center of the screen. Bringing up the menu gives you access to changing the text size and color, setting/accessing bookmarks, and going back to the Home screen. The Home screen allows you to select a new book, download one of your archived books, or search the Kindle store for another book.
One nice surprise came when I downloaded a photography book I had been reading on the Kindle. To save power the Kindle screen only shows shades of gray and the photography book was mainly text with a few photos thrown in. These photos showed up in color on my iPod Touch.
One of the best things (and a smart move by Amazon) is you don't need to own a Kindle to read Kindle books on your iPhone/Touch. You can download the program for free from the iTunes Store and set up an Amazon account (if you ever ordered anything on Amazon.com, you already have an account). You can then download and review the first chapter of books from the Kindle store and purchase books right from the device.
I can't say that having access to my Kindle books on my iPod Touch is going to keep me from getting a new Kindle someday because I'm find myself using my Kindle more these days. It's a nice feeling knowing I can have my books with me even when I leave my Kindle at home. Like I said before, a very smart move Amazon!
Great review! I do not own a kindle but have downloaded 10 samples of books and bought three of them. For me, reading books on the iPhone is a great experience!
I second the decision of Amazon to release the Kindle app for the iPhone — great move!!


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IN PLAIN SIGHT – Davos Elites Predicting…
Dominion Received At Least 2,000 Large Packages From China During 2020 Election
by CD Media Staff March 10, 2021 March 10, 2021 13 54752
With evidence found in a dumpster near the Fulton County, GA election warehouse after the November, 3rd 2020 poll, it has emerged that Dominion Voting Systems possibly received at least 2,000 large packages from China during the 2020 U.S. general election.
The photo above and below looks to show a purchase order that covers 2,000 boxes.
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Joe Biden Is Much Worse Than An Enabler…He Is The Cause…Look What He Did To His Son
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Election Foreign Interference #4: Eric Holder Gets Involved
Night Rider March 10, 2021 at 6:42 pm
So what was in all of those boxes — ramen noodles, or faked Chinese ballots?
553joz March 10, 2021 at 8:28 pm
With this coming out now, it would appear there WAS a stolen election, with China pitching in to OUST POTUS TRUMP from office, as HE was a thorn in their side and Xi did NOT want him reelected. Along with Xi, there is Soros who has/had investments in "Wuxi Pharma Tech, with a laboratory in Wuhan where the CCP Virus came from." This, is just TOO MUCH of a coincidence, since BOTH Xi and Soros had BOTH NOT WANTED TRUMP REELECTED.
To confirm this: "Soros at The World Economic Forum in Davos, Switzerland in '2017' VOWED TO TAKE DOWN PRESIDENT TRUMP IN 'EVERY WAY POSSIBLE'-ONE OF HIS IDEAS MENTIONED INCLUDED:
"CRASHING THE U.S. ECONOMY 'BEFORE' THE 2020 ELECTION."
(knowing the U.S. economy was Trump's #1 accomplishment-which also makes the CCP Virus VERY TIMELY, as they Threw Another Boulder in POTUS Trump's path to insure the "Lock Down of America w/their Dr. Fauci(a Democrat Operative, who was in charge of $3.7Million distribution of the funds by Obama and his administration.)
With ALL these witnesses who risked going to jail IF, they lied to the authorities w/regard to the corruption of the election, we also saw the SCOTUS IGNORING WHAT THE CORRUPT DEMS HAD PLANNED AND EXECUTED WITH THE HELP OF MANY WHO DID NOT WANT TO SEE TRUMP REELECTED….TOO MANY THINGS GOING ON, AND NOW WE SEE THAT GA. IS ALREADY SHREDDING THE BALLOT EVIDENCE AT THIS TIME-ANOTHER ILLEGAL ACTION TAKEN BY THEM.
AGAIN, THERE ARE "NO COINCIDENCES HERE, AND THE WHOLE NATION KNOWS THIS WAS A STOLEN ELECTION, SO THAT ALL LEGAL AVENUES THAT COULD HAVE BEEN TAKEN, WERE "NIXED W/DEMOCRAT APPOINTED JUDGES, OBAMA'S INPUT AS HE WAS "RUNNING A SHADOW GOV'T OUT OF THE D.C. HOME HE/MICHELLE SHARE WITH VALERIE JARRETT.
THIS WHOLE THING HAS BEEN THE BIGGEST "HOAX PERPETUATED AGAINST THIS REPUBLIC AND OUR CITIZENS, WITH BIDEN(THE LAST DEM.STANDING) AND OBAMA 'SHOVING HIM OVER THE THRESHOLD, WHEN IN FACT, THIS MAN HAS BEEN SHOWING SIGNS EVEN DURING THE DEBATES, THAT HE WAS NOT MENTALLY THERE….IT WOULD BE OBAMA WHO ALSO WANTED V.P. HARRIS IN POSITION TO "TAKE OVER ONCE THEY DECLARE BIDEN INCOMPETENT-WHICH IS WHY THEY KEPT HIM IN THE BASEMENT AWAY FROM CAMERAS, REPORTERS AND DISCLOSING THINGS HE SHOULDN'T-LIKE ALL 'DEMENTIA ADDLED PEOPLE TEND TO DO.'
THE 'DEEP STATE OF CORRUPTION IN D.C. MANAGED TO PULL THIS OFF, WITH THE BILLIONAIRES LIKE SOROS, ETAL. WHO 'JOINED FORCES TO 'GREASE MANY PALMS(EVEN THE RINOS' ON THE TAKE) TO MAKE THIS LOOK LIKE A "REAL WIN, FOR BIDEN, WHEN THERE WAS NO SUCH THING HAPPENING….NOW, WE SEE DEMS. TRYING TO PASS LAWS TO MAKE THE "MAIL IN BALLOT SCHEME PERMANENT-THUS, TURNING ELECTIONS INTO "WIN-WINS FOR THEM…ONE PARTY AND NO ONE ELSE….JUST LIKE DICTATORS AND DESPOTS IN 3RD WORLD NATIONS DO….IN PARTICULAR, LIKE HUGO CHAVEZ OF VZ. DID, WHO HAPPENS TO BE 'OBAMA'S OLD PAL'
Carole Staples August 16, 2022 at 3:35 pm
It was and lots to go on Mostly the movie 2000 mules shows the people coming to drop boxes and have hands full of ballots from their back pack the video it with their phone so could get paid , these people were tracked To many boxes and path of driving to them, how could they know this, same as FBI did when went after any at Capitol by cell phone the people had and pings came from phones , they know who they are and some license plates shown on video and their faces on video The Republican Party needs to charge these and drag into committee and either say who paid them or jail time, When you now see the democrat party cheating with the run offs of Republicans running for office putting millions in to the less likely candidate to win and give him the edge to win with all the commercials shown on this less candidate and then when wins the runoff they put their either well know faces of their party to run against and usually win election Pure crooked and demo not hiding it because they think they got by with 2020 election . That's why we have to turn all Red so this will be investigated and jail people Biden has been more corrupt than we ever could belief in his whole life I'm stilling learning from high ups his involvements in things we didn't know about , Any man that goes around sniffing women and then took showers with his young daughter and she writes in her diary that she blamed him for her sex addiction from it , you see he's a pervert and would do anything
Crayon March 10, 2021 at 8:35 pm
Hmm, look what ElectionSource supplies (from Chia):
https://electionsource.com/pages/election-coding-ballots
That's right, BALLOTS. WTF!?
CeCe March 10, 2021 at 8:57 pm
Thank you Crayon…. Coding too!
jerry snaper March 10, 2021 at 9:09 pm
This one item among the thousands prove the election was a fraud and stolen! Where did the coordination for this take place? The only group that has that level of deceit and treachery is ISLAM. islam is the conductor of the fraud just as the conductor controls the orchestra. Using the obama as a wedge it has corrupted everything against President Trump. President Trump is the American president. The obiden is an criminal agent.
sherry l valentine March 10, 2021 at 9:20 pm
Hang on…I totally believe there was China fraud, BUT, this company has an office in Grand Rapids Michigan and they appear to barcode ballots. That doesn't prove fraud alone, in my opinion. I mean, where else would they order ballots from? I don't know the answer.
task March 11, 2021 at 5:18 am
It does not just appear that the election was stolen. It factually is known to be stollen. The effort is now totally devoted to the coverup and distractions. It was a coup. It was the largest fraud perpetrated on the World and they knew that the steal would be sloppy so they relied on a very tight coverup. Think coverup. We are beyond stolen. The people involved in the coverup are dirty. This goes straight back to Rod Rosenstein, the Mueller Investigation and the failed Impeachment. You can bet your children's lives on the fact that Biden, Pence, Roberts, Rosenstein, Comey, Clinton and many others are not only participants but are equally dirty. It is not only about money. It is about surveillance, specifically Hammer, Scorecard, Sunrise and Sunset that not only controlled the Dominion machines but also the acquisition of dirt, ranging from the adoption of Robert's children to illicit sexually relationships. The thing they all have in common is that they are equally dirty so they can be trusted. It goes back to 2016 and 2018. The plans were thwarted in 2016 and there was no way they were going to let that happen again even if they got caught. Right now they will do as much damage as they can to make it easier for China. But most of all they make sure all the evidence in the World will not see a courtroom. It was the fix that mattered most. They are now in full coverup mode. Let me say another thing. If you think Scalia's death was an accident I don't blame you but it was no more of an accident then Epstein's death. This is how they were able to pull this off and make sure it will not see the justice it deserves.
Marie March 11, 2021 at 8:20 am
Great point Sherry. This doesn't look good, of course, but let's not leap to conclusions until we get all the facts straight. The LAST thing we need to do at this point is to accuse Dominion of something which they can prove was actually legit. You know that would be the only Dominion talking-point on the fake news for weeks! It would only muddy the waters
Robert Caffrey March 11, 2021 at 8:57 am
It was a coupe and no one knows who to target. I do but its not as simple as the Chinese are coming up the wall. The enemy is in our own government. We have a political party who knows it cant win on ideas so it has to cheat. That being said they are the LARGEST CRIMINAL ORGANIZATION IN HISTORY AND ITS THE DEMOCRATIC PARTY. When you hear the words President Biden you should be very upset. This guy is at best a mentally damage middle manager who should be impeached. What does the Federalist papers say we should do. We know, but first we should push for an investigation by congress. JUST LIKE THEY DID WITH TRUMP. WHAT IS THE MYSTERY. IMPEACH THIS DOUCHE BAG. PROVE THE FRAUD.
Frank Farmer March 11, 2021 at 10:34 am
Time to hang these SCUMBAGs for treason
Paul Robinson March 11, 2021 at 11:49 am
biden is pushing all of the radical agenda items as quickly as possible to clear the runway for harris. When he exits, harris won't be tied to the policies and will assume the role of queen bee, exalted and revered as the first president of the female persuasion. Which pronoun will she use?
The bigger question is who will then become the vice president? It will most certainly not be someone with a penis. harris/abrams …… the horror.
John Smith March 11, 2021 at 1:13 pm
Revolution now!
IN PLAIN SIGHT – Davos Elites Predicting EU Is Going To Dictate To The U.S.
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Zenefits Commits to Hiring Veterans, Joins White House Joining Forces Initiative
Company makes five-year pledge to hire veterans to fill 10 percent of positions
May 05, 2016 05:23 PM Eastern Daylight Time
SAN FRANCISCO--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Zenefits, the leading all-in-one HR solution for small businesses, today announced a five-year pledge as part of a special White House initiative to hire veterans to fill 10 percent of its positions. Zenefits' commitment to veterans is part of a package of technology sector pledges announced at the White House today by First Lady Michelle Obama and Dr. Jill Biden.
In support of Joining Forces, a nationwide initiative launched by the First Lady and Dr. Biden calling on all Americans to rally around service members, veterans, and their families and support them through wellness, education, and employment opportunities, Zenefits will fill at least 10 percent of its new hires in sales, marketing, and operations with those that served in the Armed Forces or military family members.
Mrs. Obama and Dr. Biden used the 5/5 date to mark Joining Forces' successful five years and announce technology sector commitments for the next five years. Zenefits and more than 50 other companies collectively pledged to hire at least 100,000 veterans and military spouses over the next five years. Amazon, Microsoft, and Salesforce were among the other companies.
"Zenefits is proud to be part of Joining Forces, and this pledge is just the beginning," Zenefits CEO David Sacks said. "Veterans have the skills and leadership qualities that can benefit companies in any industry. We look forward to welcoming veterans to our workforce, and are exploring other ways to support veterans."
More than 1.2 million veterans and their family members have been hired or trained in all sectors under the Joining Forces initiative since it began in April 2011.
In addition to the hiring pledges, Mrs. Obama announced more than 60,000 commitments to provide veterans and military spouses with training and certification opportunities, empowering them with the skills they need for high tech careers.
"As a former Army Captain, I'm proud Zenefits is committed to hiring veterans. I look forward to helping the company bring more veterans into our company and preparing them for a fulfilling career," said Bud Bowlin, senior benefits advisor at Zenefits.
Zenefits' mission is to make entrepreneurship easier and more accessible to everyone. Its signature product is its All-in-One HR Solution for small business that helps automate a wide range of time-consuming, administrative HR tasks that companies otherwise have to handle manually, including benefits and payroll, hiring, taxes and compliance, employee life events, health insurance, and more.
The full list of companies and pledges can be found at https://www.whitehouse.gov/joiningforces.
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Extending the long-term survivor mixture model with random effects for clustered survival data
Xin Lai
Kelvin K.W. Yau
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Computational Statistics and Data Analysis
https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csda.2010.03.017
https://scholars.cityu.edu.hk/en/publications/publication(2973f596-3c03-426c-adae-02ee1c9db093).html
To provide a class of hazard functions in analyzing survival data, the power family of transformations has been proposed in the literature. Our work in this paper considers the existence of cured patients and random effects due to clustering of survival data in a long-term survivor model setting. A power family of transformations is assumed for the relative risk in the hazard function component. Such an extension allows us to flexibly base the inferences on various hazard function assumptions, particularly taking exponential and linear relative risk as two special cases. The parameter governing the power transformation could be determined by means of a modified Akaike information criterion (AIC). Applications to two sets of survival data illustrate the use of the proposed long-term survivor mixture model. A simulation study is carried out to examine the performance of the estimators under the proposed numerical estimation scheme. © 2010 Elsevier B.V. All rights reserved.
Cured patients, EM algorithm, GLMM, Long-term survivors, Power transformation, Random effects, REML
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In: Computational Statistics and Data Analysis, Vol. 54, No. 9, 01.09.2010, p. 2103-2112.
Lai, X & Yau, KKW 2010, 'Extending the long-term survivor mixture model with random effects for clustered survival data', Computational Statistics and Data Analysis, vol. 54, no. 9, pp. 2103-2112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csda.2010.03.017
Lai, X., & Yau, K. K. W. (2010). Extending the long-term survivor mixture model with random effects for clustered survival data. Computational Statistics and Data Analysis, 54(9), 2103-2112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csda.2010.03.017
Lai X, Yau KKW. Extending the long-term survivor mixture model with random effects for clustered survival data. Computational Statistics and Data Analysis. 2010 Sep 1;54(9):2103-2112. https://doi.org/10.1016/j.csda.2010.03.017
Lai, Xin ; Yau, Kelvin K.W. / Extending the long-term survivor mixture model with random effects for clustered survival data. In: Computational Statistics and Data Analysis. 2010 ; Vol. 54, No. 9. pp. 2103-2112.