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Manson, Esalen and EST
San Francisco circa 1967
Erika Scientology Training
becomes
Erhardt Systems Therapy
"Socialism in One Person"
Conference center and hot springs resort in Big Sur, California. Since the early sixties, the Esalen Institute has held many seminars on various esoteric topics, and has been a nexus of many various individuals. Topics explored at the Institute include psychology, gesalt therapy, body work, psychic phenomena, mysticism, religion, psychedelics, human potentiality, and quantum physics.
The Institute was founded in 1964 by Mike Murphy and Dick Price out of Murphy's family resort. Murphy and Price had been running seminars at the resort beginning in 1962, with speakers gathered through an expanding network of contacts, beginning with Alan Watts, Aldous Huxley, George Bateson, Gerald Heard, and others.
(see Anderson, Walter Truett, The Upstart Spring, Addison-Wesley Publishing, 1983 for an expansive history of Esalen)
Joe K. Adams and Dell Carson led an early conference on psychic phenomena. (Anderson, pg 59). In their first seminar on Human Potentiality, led by Willis Harman, every program leader was involved with LSD research: Adams, Harman, Gregory Bateson, Gerald Heard, Paul Kurtz, and Myron Stolaroff. (Anderson, pg 72)
Other drug-culture luminaries, such as Timothy Leary and Richard Alpert, taught at Esalen, and various psychedlics were used by the staff and students, although drug-use was not officially endorsed. Strangely, the Institute was never raided by the authorities. (Anderson, pg 108)
Charles Manson and members of his family played an impromptu concert at Esalen three days before their massacre at the Sharon Tate house. (Anderson, 239)
In the late 1970's, Esalen became involved with an Englishwoman named Jenny O'Connor, who claimed to be in psychic contact with the Nine (probably the same Nine that Andriah Puharich claimed to be in contact with). Dick Price and other members of the Esalen staff became increasingly dependent on the Nine, to the point of listing them as program leaders and members of the Esalen Gesalt Staff in brochures. (Anderson, pg 302-4)
In the 1970's, Mike Murphy became interested in Russian parapsychology, and visited the country to meet experimenters in this field. This led to a close connection between Esalen and some Russian officials, who set up an exchange program. Lasting into the 1980's, this exchange was dubbed "hot-tub diplomacy". John Mack was reportedly involved in this exchange.
Esalen also held seminars in quantum physics, and was the birthplace of the Physics/Consciousness Research Group. Some results of these seminars are documented in Zukav, Gary, The Dancing Wu Li Masters, Morrow Quill, 1979.
In May 1982, Elisabeth and Russell Targ held a workshop on psychic phenomena for twenty-five professionals. This was part of a program with Stanislav Grof, who was studying non-chemical alternatives for altered states of consciousness. The Targs goal was to show that psychic experiences did not require an altered state.
(Targ, Russell and Harary, Keith, Mind Race, Villard Books, 1984, pg 99)
Other individuals who have come to lead seminars at Esalen at one time or another include Carlos Castaneda, Dutch psychic Peter Hurkos, Ira Einhorn, Rollo May, Jack Sarfatti, John Lilly, Terrance McKenna, Ian Wickramasekera, and Charles Tart. Werner Erhard was also close with Michael Murphy and Esalen.
Labels: #FromPsyOptoMindWar, #SpheresofInfluence, Aquino, Cokely, Empire, Manson, NATO, NWO, Obama, Public Myth, Putin, Russia, SATANISM, Scientology, SRA, Strategy of Tension, Tavistock, terrorism, Trauma
Political Assassination and BreXit : 1979 ReDux
"Ah, well, it's 1979.... More of a Table Wine, you might say...."
" A vote of no confidence in the British Labour Government of James Callaghan occurred on 28 March 1979.
The vote was brought by Opposition leader Margaret Thatcher and was lost by the Labour Government by one vote (311 votes to 310), which was announced at 10:19 pm, forcing a general election which was won by Thatcher's party.
The last time an election had been forced by the House of Commons was in 1924, when Ramsay MacDonald, the first Labour Prime Minister, lost a vote of confidence.
Labour politician Roy Hattersley was later to remark that the vote marked "the last rites" of 'old Labour'.
Labour would not return to government for another 18 years. The BBC has referred to the vote as "one of the most dramatic nights in Westminster history". "
This is Not the Same Person
Britain First is a membership organisation and a political party. This is not like the IRA or the Masons, they DO hand out membership cards. He hasn't got one.
This man in custody is a member of no political party.
When NATO Intelligence and MI6 wanted to murder Airey Naeve, they had to invent INLA to do it.
They weren't like 5, they couldn't penetrate the IRA and trick them into murdering Mountbatten and publicly accepting the blame for it;
You ask 99% of people that have ever even heard of Airey Naeve, they will tell you "Oh, the IRA blew him up" - that was never even CLAIMED to be true. And it isn't true.
Airey Neave was assassinated on March 30 1979 as he drove out of the Palace of Westminster car park by a car bomb detonated using a mercury tilt switch. The Irish National Liberation Army (INLA) claimed responsibility for the operation and paraphrasing Margaret Thatcher, they stated that, ''He was an 'incalculable loss'—and so he was—to the British ruling class.'' Although Neave was killed a few weeks before Thatcher's successful election, he was poised to take up the position of Northern Ireland secretary within Thatcher's cabinet and had planned to introduce tougher military measures to quell the republican insurgency, including a shoot on sight policy. Neave was alleged to have also been involved in organising smear campaigns against labour politicians, orchestrated within sympathetic circles of MI5. Tony Benn had also claimed that had he became Labour leader in place of James Callaghan that Neave had planned to have him assassinated. Furthermore, Searchlight magazine had reported that Neave was involved in organising 'stay-behind' cells in Europe post second world war which would be in theory used to militarily resist, if necessary, a potential Soviet invasion of Western Europe. In reality many of these groups were various right wing organisations of different hues, including neo-fascist paramilitaries which were involved in sabotage, terrorism and subversion directed towards communist and other left wing movements across Europe. The relationship between European and American intelligence services, politicans and other sections of the bourgeoisie and these stay behind cells only partially emerged in the early 1990s with a parliamentary inquiry launched in Italy. Here is an excerpt from the 1991 Searchlight article: ''Former British Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher backed top-secret plans to modernise armed cells that could carry out actions abroad. This allegation highlights the undoubted fact that the secret networks of the kind proposed under NATO's Stay Behind plans carried on their activities right into the 1980s. In particular. it is alleged as has long been suspected by Searchlight that the persons involved in the secret armed cells conspiracy included George Kennedy Young, the ex-deputy director of the British intelligence service MI6, and others who had launched Thatcher's campaign for leadership in the mid-1970s. One of these was Airey Neave MP, a top and very close adviser to Thatcher, later murdered by the IRA. Ex-spymaster Young. a notorious racist and antisemite who died last year. was for many years a key link man between the extreme-right of the Conservative Party and some of Britain's most dangerous and violent neo-nazis. The vehicle for this liaison, which included contact with individuals connected with the underground fascist elite paramilitary organisation, Column 88, was his own pressure group called Tory Action. David Muire, another former intelligence officer, was using British Movement members as couriers for British Intelligence. Tory Action, founded by Young and supported by Neave, was also at the centre of a smear campaign, involving the secret services, aimed at discrediting the then Labour Government in Britain in 1975. Just before the 1979 general election, which brought Thatcher to power. Young and Neave were plotting to use a disinformation campaign against Labour. In 1987 a former MI6 officer. Leigh Tracey, revealed that Neave had approached him to join a small, highly select group to organise an army of resistance in case Labour won the election. Seen in the context of Stay Behind, the anti-democratic manoeuvrings of Young and Neave and their connection with efforts to build so-called private armies take on a deeper meaning. According to The Guardian, the secret armed cells plan existed before Thatcher took office in 1979 and continued until the French secret service attack on a Greenpeace ship in New Zealand in 1985 led to its abandonment. So far the British Ministry of Defence has remained tightlipped on the whole subject of the terrorist Stay Behind networks, but two former British army generals have confirmed that such plans were operative in Britain.''
Labels: Aiery Naeve, Benn, GLADIO, Jo Cox, Mountbatten, NATO
US Army Control of Sinai Airspace
Elephant in the Room : Russian A320 came down in highly restricted strip of ceded Egyptian airspace under the exclusive control of a US Army Colonel commanding a force of 715 Army Rangers/guardsmen, plus several hundred civilian Observer Corps personnel, all issued w. high-powered field binoculars.
"Why, who's so gross,
That seeth not this palpable device?
Yet who's so blind, but says he sees it not?
Bad is the world; and all will come to nought,
When such bad dealings must be seen in thought."
- Richard III
"Why are those who emulate Bin Laden called terrorists and the people who kill children, rebels? Where is the logic?
Because certain political circles in the West want to weaken Russia just like the Romans wanted to destroy Carthage.
But we will not allow this scenario to come to pass."
- Vladimir Putin
Neither the Egyptian military, nor Police are allowed to enter Sinai Zone C, under the enforcement protocols of the 1979 Egypt-Israel Peace Treaty, on the basis that it may provided a pretext or cover for a potential invasion - the entire area is patrolled by US Army Rangers, and all movement within the airspace is under the exclusive control of Canadian Military Air Traffic Controllers.
The Australian contingent, consisting of staff officers and a helicopter squadron who were members of the initial deployment, withdrew in the course of their government's reduction of its peacekeeping commitments. They were replaced by the CCMFO Canadian Rotary Wing Aviation Unit, equipped with nine CH135 Twin Hueys, staff officers and flight following. The CCMFO was operational at El Gorah on March 31, 1986. Canadian tactical helicopter units rotated to El Gorah for six-month tours of duty. The primary units providing military personnel were 408, 427 and 430 Tactical Helicopter Squadrons and 403 Squadron Helicopter Operational Training Squadron.
"The MFO has its main headquarters in Rome, where it is headed by the Director-General. It also has two regional offices, in Tel Aviv and Cairo, while the Force itself is based in Zone C on the Sinai Peninsula, under the command of the Force Commander.
The Force Commander is responsible for the military elements of the MFO, which comprise:
Three infantry battalions (FIJIBATT, COLBATT and USBATT)
1st US Support Battalion (Formerly the Logistical Support Unit)
Coastal Patrol Unit (CPU)
Rotary Wing Aviation Unit (AVCO)
Fixed Wing Aviation Unit (FWAU)
Transport and Engineering Unit (TREU)
Military Police Unit (FMPU)
Flight Following (Air Traffic control) Unit
The Observer contingent of the MFO is made up entirely of US civilians. The observers are either seconded from the US State Department or retired US military personnel."
"So, what really happened that day? Let's just for a moment speculate, shall we?
We have the epileptic seizure distracting the police and allowing the shooters to get into place. The epileptic later vanished, never checking into the hospital.
The A-team goes to the sixth floor of the Depository. They were refurbishing the floors of the Depository that week allowing unknown workmen in the building. They move quickly into position, minutes before the shooting.
The second spotter, talking by radio to the other teams, has the best overall view. The God spot. B-team, one rifleman and one spotter with access to the building moves into a low floor of the Dal-Tex building.
The third team, C-team, moves in behind the fence above the grassy knoll where the shooter and the spotter are first seen by the late Lee Bowers. They have the best position of all. Kennedy is close and on a flat, low trajectory.
Part of this team is a coordinator who flashed security credentials at people, chasing them from the area.
Probably two to three more men are in the crowd on Elm.
Ten to twelve men. Three teams. Three shooters.
The triangulation of fire Clay Shaw and David Ferrie discussed two months before.
They've walked the plaza. They know every inch. They've calibrated their sights. Practiced on moving targets.
They're ready. "
Department of Defense Press Briefing by Pentagon Press Secretary Peter Cook in the Pentagon Briefing Room
Press Operations
Q: All right. On a separate subject, the -- there were four U.S. military service members who were injured last week in an attack in the Sinai Peninsula. Can you update us on their condition?
And is there an ongoing review by DOD and the interagency about the status of maintaining U.S. military presence at (off-mic)?
MR. COOK: I don't have the exact characterization of their injuries at this point, whether the -- I know that there were -- let me double- check here -- in all, there were seven soldiers, not just U.S. forces, but that were evacuated by air to a nearby hospital. They were described with non-life-threatening injuries.
We continue to support the role being played by the multinational forced observers in supporting the treaty at peace between Israel and Egypt.
We are concerned over security conditions in that area of the northeastern Sinai, where Egyptian security forces, as well as civilian and military elements of the MFO, including U.S. military forces stationed at the MFO north camp, are exposed to potential risk.
And in light of the security situation there, we are, again, considering additional measures to bolster their protection going forward, taking steps to try and enhance their protection.
But in terms of any sort of change in outlook for the MFO overall, I've got nothing for you on that.
Q: Would that bolstering involve the -- the sending of additional forces?
MR. COOK: We're considering several steps to bolster force protection there, and -- and I can tell you, Louis, that this is something that's been in the works for several weeks now, not necessitated by what happened with this particular IED incident.
This is something that's been a concern for the secretary and others, bolstering force protection, and so it's going to be something that you're going to see some movement on in the -- in the short term and something that we'll continue to keep an eye on.
Safety and security of American forces, top priority for this secretary and this department.
And with that everyone...
(CROSSTALK)
Q: Can you just clarify one point?
Phil's question about the 5,400 trained Syrian rebels by year's end, you said you may have to adjust that. But I'm just wondering...
MR. COOK: This is a constant review from the start.
Q: Just doing the math, I'm just wondering how you can possibly reach 5,400 by year's end, given that there's a second class now, maybe a third class, and, you know, there's, what, 54 on the ground now.
How do you -- how do you get there by year's end...
Q: ... six-to-eight-week class? How...
MR. COOK: These are the -- these are the hard questions being asked, Tom, right now about this program, about ways to alter it, adjust it, enhance it.
Are there other means by which we can, again, support moderate Syrian forces on the ground in Syria? These are the questions being asked.
At the same time, this T&E program is going forward. It may not look exactly as it -- we first hoped when it was first initially unveiled, and part of that is lessons learned on our part. Hard lessons, to be honest.
Q: Is sending U.S. troops in one of those options being considered?
MR. COOK: Sending U.S. troops in right now is not one of the options being considered.
Q: But you're not ready to adjust that 5,400 figure yet, correct?
MR. COOK: I'm -- I'm not going to adjust what was the target initially. There are people above my pay grade making hard decisions, evaluating this program, and again, when we've got -- if there's a new target number, we'll provide that for you as well.
It was always a target. It was -- and, you know, this is a program that we'll have -- we're going to continue to -- to evaluate every single aspect of this program, from the finances to the training portion of it to the equipment and to who we're -- who we're talking to, who we're vetting and who we're not.
So with that, everyone, I -- I gotta go. I got another meeting. So thanks very much. We'll see you guys, those of you going on the trip, and otherwise be back here on Thursday.
Arrow Air May Be Tied To Iran-contra Mystery
November 12, 1989|By KEN CUMMINS, Washington Bureau
WASHINGTON -- The Reagan White House called it a tragic accident four years ago when 248 soldiers, heading home for Christmas, died in the fiery crash of a plane chartered by Arrow Air of Fort Lauderdale.
Today, the air disaster is another of the many mysteries surrounding the Iran-Contra affair.
Recent evidence prompted U.S. Rep. Robin Tallon, D-S.C., to press to reopen the Arrow Air inquiry to determine whether the crash was a case of terrorist retaliation for a botched, secret U.S.-Iran arms deal. The House Crime Subcommittee opened an investigation last month and may hold hearings soon.
One hundred five House members, including Rep. Larry Smith, D-Hollywood, have signed a letter to President Bush asking for a full-fledged government investigation.
``We request that you initiate a formal United States investigation to explore all possible crash theories,`` the congressmen said in the letter. ``We feel it is the very least we can do for the brave soldiers of the Army`s 101st Airborne Division who perished.``
The crash -- the worst peacetime U.S. military accident -- is only one of many puzzling incidents fueling suspicions of a massive government cover-up to obscure what really happened in the wide-ranging Iran-Contra affair.
Mysterious deaths and strange occurrences surrounding the affair continue to dog Bush administration appointees, preoccupy members of Congress and haunt some citizens who think that they or their relatives are victims of the complex, secret deals.
Some of the unexplained incidents, recent developments and strange connections to Iran-Contra include:
-- A dissenting report by four of the nine members of the Canadian Aviation Safety Board that pointed to evidence in the Arrow Air crash suggesting terrorist sabotage by the Islamic Jihad in retaliation for a secret U.S. shipment of missiles that were not the kind requested.
-- The deaths of eight major figures and several lesser-known participants in the Iran-Contra affair since the secret arms-for-hostages deals and the clandestine Contra supply operation began unraveling in mid-1986.
-- Suspicions within Congress that the Bush administration appointed Iran-Contra figures to government posts as rewards for continued silence about high-level White House participation in the secret dealings.
-- Circumstantial evidence suggesting a secret deal between the Ayatollah Khomeini`s government and Ronald Reagan`s 1980 campaign staff to keep the 52 Americans taken hostage at the U.S. Embassy from being freed before that year`s presidential election.
-- Efforts by people around the country, including in Florida, to confirm strongly held beliefs that they or their relatives were caught in the web of Iran-Contra dealings and to find out why.
Invariably, those people, who are spending much of their time and money in search of answers, say their biggest obstacles are government officials and agencies that seem intent on shielding facts and events from public view.
Those sentiments run especially strong among about 120 families of Arrow Air crash victims who have formed Families for the Truth About Gander, led by Zona and James Douglas Phillips of St. Petersburg. They are pressing for a U.S. investigation of the Dec. 12, 1985, crash near Gander, Newfoundland.
Although the Arrow Air plane carrying U.S. soldiers home from the Middle East had been chartered by the Pentagon, investigation of the crash was left to the Canadian Aviation Safety Board, which sought input from some U.S. agencies.
``We`ve got 256 people dead (including the plane`s eight crew members) and no reason. And nobody seems to care why,`` said Zona Philips, whose stepson perished in the crash.
Supporters of the sabotage theory point to the dissenting report by members of the Canadian safety board and to statements by purported members of the Islamic Jihad shortly after the crash taking credit for the disaster. These theorists also point to memos by former national security aide Oliver North -- who was convicted for his role in the Iran-Contra affair -- warning of a possible retaliatory strike.
Those memos, uncovered in the Iran-Contra investigations by the Tower Board and by Congress, were written after Iranian officials became angry because 18 missiles shipped to them on Nov. 24, 1985, were ineffective for use in the Iraqi war. If another shipment was not made, North wrote in a Dec. 9, 1985, memo to then-Adm. John Poindexter, the ``U.S. reversal now in midstream could ignite Iranian fire.``
The subsequent congressional investigation of the Iran-Contra affair tied Arrow Air to the covert network shipping weapons to Iran.
The Gander families have run into similar obstacles.
``You can`t get into the government`s files,`` Zona Phillips said. ``They (government officials) send you an FBI report that is all blacked out.``
Others who think they were caught in the tangled web of the wide-ranging scandal report similar experiences.
When Orlando recreational-vehicle salesman Bob Fletcher wrote to the FBI recently requesting the bureau`s file on him, he got back a letter saying that all of his records had been classified for national security reasons.
Fletcher found the letter amusing because the FBI, along with the office of Iran-Contra independent counsel Lawrence Walsh and congressional committees, have shown little interest in pursuing his allegations.
``At the onset, they`re very cooperative,`` Fletcher said of federal and congressional investigators. ``Then it ends up where they say, `Well, the consensus of opinion is we can`t go after this.```
Tallon`s recent inquiries to the FBI, the Justice Department, the Defense Department and the Army requesting their files on the Arrow Air investigation have produced responses suggesting that he contact Canadian officials for those records.
``It`s such a successful number of high-level people doing the cover-up that interested congressmen and senators are just screwed,`` Fletcher charged.
Fletcher suspects that his defunct Atlanta-area toy company somehow is connected to the ``toyco`` reference in Swiss bank account records detailing the diversion of funds from the Iranian arms sales to Nicaragua`s Contra rebels.
He said he sold his company in early 1985 to Gary Best, an import-export businessman who subsequently failed to make the promised payments. Instead of exporting toys, Fletcher said Best soon began using the toy company as a ``front`` to peruse arms deals to Iran and Central America and missions to Southeast Asia in search of soldiers missing in action from the Vietnam war.
Best has denied Fletcher`s allegations to federal investigators.
One of the most persistent suspicions about the Iran-Contra affair is that it began in October 1980, before Ronald Reagan was elected president and months before he took office. Former Reagan campaign aides, who later became top U.S. national security and intelligence officials, have denied vehemently that they made a secret deal to supply weapons to Iran in exchange for delaying the release of the 52 American hostages until after the 1980 presidential election.
But the issue will not go away. The allegations were reviewed most recently in the Nov. 3 broadcast of ABC-TV`s Nightline program, commemorating the 10th anniversary of the takeover of the U.S. Embassy in Tehran and the seizure of its staff.
Gary Sick, top national security adviser to President Jimmy Carter at the time, appeared on the program and pointed to evidence uncovered in the Iran-Contra investigations that secret U.S. weapons shipments to Iran began soon after Reagan took office in January 1981.
``The fact that the Reagan administration would come in and, as one of its first actions, approve really very substantial arms deliveries to Iran, apparently without asking any questions, strikes me as very strange,`` Sick said.
The controversy did not go away with the departure of the Reagan administration in January. Several members of the House and Senate foreign affairs committees and their aides have speculated that the Bush administration has handed appointments to Iran-Contra figures as rewards for their silence.
Sen. Alan Cranston, D-Calif., voiced those suspicions on the Senate floor in September.
IRAN-CONTRA DEATHS
Some of the key figures in the Iran-Contra scandal who have died or been killed:
-- WILLIAM CASEY: The CIA director and key figure in the scandals. As the scandals were unfolding in December of 1986, Casey was hospitalized for an operation to remove a brain tumor. He died in May of 1987, as congressional hearings into the scandals were getting underway.
-- GUSTAVO ALVAREZ MARTINEZ: Honduran Armed Forces Chief who was a close ally of the Reagan White House in secret operations setting up and financing the Nicaraguan Contra rebels. Gen. Martinez, who was retired, was slain by a band of gunmen in January.
-- BARRY SEAL: A pilot for the Colombian cocaine cartel who became a government informant and reportedly knew about the trading of guns to the Contras for drugs bound for the United States. Seal was gunned down in a parking lot in Baton Rogue, La., in February of 1986.
-- AMIRAN NIR: A key Israeli middleman in the secret shipment of U.S. arms to Iran, died in a mysterious plane crash in Mexico last November.
-- DONALD FORTIER: Deputy national security affairs adviser to Reagan who administered the secret Swiss bank accounts into which money from the Iranian arms sales was deposited. Fortier, 39, died in August of 1986, just before the scandal became public. Liver cancer was listed as the cause of death.
-- GLENN SOUHAM: A French businessman with White House ties who was part of a scheme by Oliver North to steal Soviet weapons from Poland and give them to the Contras. Souham, 34, was gunned down outside his Paris apartment in September of 1986.
-- CYRUS HASHEMI: The Iranian weapons dealer who approached U.S. intelligence officials with the original proposal to swap arms for American hostages. Hashemi died of a rare cancer disease in the summer of 1986.
-- STEVEN CARR: A 27-year-old mercenary who was prepared to testify about secret weapons shipments out of Fort Lauderdale to the Contras. Carr, considered a key witness at the time, died of a suspicious drug overdose in December of 1986.
Labels: crash, Gander, NATO, Sinai
Heath OUT.
Colin Wallace (second from right) in the company of PM Ted Heath
Kincora Childrens Home, 1972
Ted Heath from Spike EP on Vimeo.
Kincora - Merlyn Rees, Mountbatten and the Cause of the Long War in the North of Ireland from Spike EP on Vimeo.
At the end of the war, in June 1945, the British King, George VI, the father of Queen Elizabeth and puppet of the Queen Mother, sent the former MI5 officer, Anthony Blunt, to the Kronberg Castle of Prince Philip's sister Sophie, and her Nazi husband Prince Christoph of Hesse, to recover correspondence between the British Royal Family and their Nazi relatives, for propaganda aimed at convincing the aristocrats of Britain they had not been in contact all along.
Blunt was the 'surveyor of the Queens Pictures' and a world expert in the paintings of Poussin, the initiate who painted pictures called 'The Shepherds of Arcadia' which related to the Rennes-le-Chateau mysteries. Blunt was named as a member of a KGB unit inside British Intelligence along with Burgess, MacLean, and Philby, the fifth man was never named, but was in fact, Lord Victor Rothschild."
October Surprise 1974: A Very British Coup - An Oral History by Tony Benn (Part 1 of 2) from Spike EP on Vimeo.
"Few people in this country understand the enormous political power wielded by our security services.
Officers of MI5 and MI6 swear their absolute, personal allegiance to Her Majesty the Queen, which they feel elevates them above elected government, according them the power to do whatever they like.
These men have always been hostile to Labour politicians, to the trade Union movement and to all socialists, almost as though they felt that we were all secret subversive agents of the KGB..."
October Surprise 1974: Labour vs The New World Order - An Oral History by Tony Benn (Part 2 of 2) from Spike EP on Vimeo.
Kincora and the Wilson Coup - Merlyn Rees Doesn't Know Anything (and Doesn't Want to Know...) from Spike EP on Vimeo.
He's wrong - the Privy Council is in fact 799 years old...
"Lord Louis Mountbatten had the nickname "Dickie" …and for good reason. Philip's uncle Dickie was the last viceroy in India
where he was a known paedophile who sexually exploited young working class Indian peasant boys".
Mountbatten is also linked to the paedophile ring who abused boys living at the Kincora Care Home
in Belfast Northern Ireland. An excellent website, dedicated to exposing the Royal Family
http://www.helpfreetheearth.com/index.html, have this to say about a book written on that paedophile ring entitled 'The Kincora Scandal':
"The Kincora Scandal connects Lord Dickie Mountbatten to a child prostitution vice ring in Belfast, Ireland. Authorities failed to intervene at the Kincora care home for boys until 1981, despite reports over the years of child sexual abuse".
The operators of the Kincora child prostitution ring were eventually convicted in 1981 of the RITUAL sexual abuse of defenceless young boys who were sold like prostitutes. No charges were ever brought against the VIP customers made up of Royals, Politicians, lawyers, and Judges. However, Belfast citizens finally had reason to celebrate when Prince Philip's paedophile uncle was killed by an IRA bomb planted in his boat".
"The State is the Enemy of the Labour Party" from Spike EP on Vimeo.
Harold Wilson and the IRA : CLOCKWORK ORANGE and The GLADIO Factor
from Spike EP on Vimeo.
"What was the state of the IRA at the beginning of 1974?"
"They were on their knees."
- Former MI5 Officer
"Could the War have been won then?"
In Britain, there has always been a fierce rivalry between MI5 and MI6 - my researches indicate that historically, MI6 have long been aligned with the interests of NATO and the European Union, whilst MI5 still owes it's allegiance solely to the British Crown.
Therefore MI6 is perfectly capable of going around, pretending to be the IRA, blowing up British cabinet ministers and members of the Royal Family in order to prevent the outcome of a united Ireland outside of NATO.
Lord Mountbatten, Airey Naeve and Enoch Powell were all Right-Wing and Anti-NATO.
Enoch Powell - Odd Man Out (1995) from Spike EP on Vimeo.
"The prospect of a Russian conquest of Western Europe is one for which history affords no material. The theory that the Russians have not advanced from the Elbe to the Atlantic because of the nuclear deterrent is not more convincing than the theory that they have not done so because they do not want to do so and have never envisaged, unless perhaps in terms of world revolution, a Russian hegemony in Western Europe... Of all the nations of Europe, Britain and Russia are the only ones, though for opposite reasons, which have this thing in common: that they can be defeated in the decisive land battle and still survive. This characteristic, which Russia owes to her immensity, Britain owes to her moat."
- Speech to The Hague (17 May 1971),
from The Common Market: Renegotiate or Come Out
"It depends on how you define the word "racialist." If you mean being conscious of the differences between men and nations, and from that, races, then we are all racialists. However, if you mean a man who despises a human being because he belongs to another race, or a man who believes that one race is inherently superior to another, then the answer is emphatically "No." "
- Powell explicitly rejects White Supremacy when asked by David Frost if he was "a racialist", 3 January 1969
"...it depends indeed on whether the immigrants are different, and different in important respects from the existing population. Clearly, if they are identical, then no change for the good or bad can be brought about by the immigration. But if they are different, and to the extent that they are different, then numbers clearly are of the essence and this is not wholly – or mainly, necessarily – a matter of colour.
For example, if the immigrants were Germans or Russians, their colour would be approximately the same as ours, but the problems which would be created and the change which could be brought about by a large introduction of a bloc of Germans or Russians into five areas in this country would be as serious – and in some respects more serious – than could follow from an introduction of a similar number of West Indians or Pakistanis."
Any Questions?, BBC Radio (29 November 1968), from Reflections of a Statesman. The Writings and Speeches of Enoch Powell (London: Bellew, 1991), p. 395.
Enoch Powell: Now, we were invaded by the Danes, they did alter the country and we fought them for two hundred years. If that's what is meant – to be allowed to happen?
Marghanita Laski: Were we wise to do so? Didn't they add to us in the end? Wasn't there much more suffering and misery because we fought them?
Enoch Powell: Only because we fought them, and eventually subjugated them and Christianised them.
- Any Questions?, BBC Radio (29 November 1968), from Reflections of a Statesman. The Writings and Speeches of Enoch Powell (London: Bellew, 1991), p. 396.
"Once you go nuclear at all, you go nuclear for good; and you know it. Here is the parting of the ways, for from this point two opposite conclusions can be drawn.
One is that therefore there can never again be serious war of any duration between Western nations, including Russia—in particular, that there can never again be serious war on the Continent of Europe or the waters around it, which an enemy must master in order to threaten Britain. That is the Government's position.
The other conclusion, therefore, is that resort is most unlikely to be had to nuclear weapons at all, but that war could nevertheless develop as if they did not exist, except of course that it would be so conducted as to minimise any possibility of misapprehension that the use of nuclear weapons was imminent or had begun. The crucial question is whether there is any stage of a European war at which any nation would choose self-annihiliation in preference to prolonging the struggle.
The Secretary of State says, "Yes, the loser or likely loser would almost instantly choose self-annihiliation."
I say, "No. The probability, though not the certainty, but surely at least the possibility, is that no such point would come, whatever the course of the conflict."
Speech in the House of Commons (1 March 1967).
"The right finds it easy to explain what is and to justify what is, but not to account for change. The left finds it easy to justify change, but not to account for what is, and what is accepted...Parties come and go, governments come and go. But if we lose the power to make and unmake governments, to make and unmake parliaments, then everything else is changed. Even if I were convinced that the result of doing what Michael Foot has described—regaining what we ought never to have given away—even if I were convinced that the result of that would be that we would have Labour administrations for the rest of my lifetime, I would say: well, so be it. But at least we have retained the power to decide under what general principles this nation is going to be governed."
By the way, what Iain Paisley is talking about in relation to Kincora is a Children's Home/Boy Brothel operated by MI5 in Northern Ireland during the 1970s for the purposes of political blackmail against senior British Politicians of both parties.
Former British Army Information Officer Colin Wallace, responsible for concocting "Black Propaganda" in the run up to the two General Elections of 1974 against British Politicians was fired when he leaked details of the dirty tricks project (code named CLOCKWORK ORANGE) to a Times Journalist - five years later, he was framed for murder and jailed, but later had the conviction quashed on appeal.
One of those credibly rumoured to have been ensnared by the Kincora honey trap was Edward Heath (bachelor), who was at the time, the Conservative Prime Minister and had just taken Britain into the EU. Which MI5 and the Crown did not like.
Colin Wallace (second from right) in the company of PM Ted Heath at Kincora childrens home.
David Icke further developed information that Heath was not just a paedophile, but a child murderer, who liked to strangle his victims, and wrote this in The Biggest Secret in 1999, after offering Heath the right of reply, which Heath declined to challenge; Icke was never sued, by Heath or anyone else named in the book.
Such as Sir Jimmy Saville, OBE, Knight Comander of the Papal Order of St. Gregory.
Of course, no-one paid any attention, because "Icke's a nutter."
Merlyn Rees was first Minister for Northern Ireland and then Home Secretary in the 1974-1979 Labour Government.
He was also MP for Leeds South.
Denis Healy was Minister of Defence from 1964-1970, and then Chancellor of the Exchequer in the 1974-1979 Labour Government.
He was also (with Hugh Gaitskill) a founding member of the Bilderberg Group, and MP for Leeds East.
The Yorkshire Ripper Series of murders occurred between 1975 and 1981, almost exclusively in and around the Home Secretary's home constituency of Leeds South. Which was incredibly embarrassing.
That picture of Savile was taken in the late 1970s with members of the West Yorkshire Metropolitan Police Force in Leeds.
In Dewsbury police station, Peter Sutcliffe was waiting for an opportunity to confess. Inspector John Boyle was talking to him.
Boyle continued... I believe you put the false number plates on to conceal the identity of the vehicle in the red-light district."
Sutcliffe "That is not true. To be honest with you, I've been so depressed that I put them on because I was thinking of committing a crime with the car." Boyle " Why did you leave your car and go to the side of that house?"
Sutcliffe " To urinate."
Boyle "I think you went for another purpose. Do you understand what I am saying? I think you are in serious trouble."
Sutcliffe " I think you have been leading up to it."
Boyle " Leading up to what?"
Sutcliffe " The Yorkshire Ripper"
Boyle "What about the Yorkshire Ripper?"
Sutcliffe " Well, it's me. I'm glad its all over"
Ripperology from Spike EP on Vimeo.
"'When you tell me, then I'll start taking it in. So have you done it or what?' An' he says, 'I haven't done 'em all. I'll tell you that now. But I've done six or seven of them, aye." So I says, 'Well, that's it then," an' we sat down."
What Carl knew was mainly what his brother had told him on his first visit to see him in Armley. "He said he hadn't done them all." He said to me, "They aren't really as bad as they say." "He hadn't really ripped them to bits", he said."
Peter Sutcliffe wrote to his brother Mick. "Don't take so much notice of any ignorant talk about me as the public in general know absolutely nothing about me or the type of person I am. It is all absolute rubbish that has been printed so far."
In another letter to Carl he says. "Don't feel too bad because soon you will know the whole truth of this matter."
In every case the reaction was one of stunned disbelief. Sonia's mother, Maria Szurma, told reporters: "We just can't believe it. Peter is so loving, so generous, so thoughtful. He would do anything for anyone if he could. Nothing was too much trouble for him."
"I just can't believe Peter is the man who killed 13 women. It is not possible. I will not believe it. Even if it comes from his own mouth I will never accept that he is the Yorkshire Ripper. He was worried about the Ripper and used to drive me about when I had to go out at night so I would be safe."
Tony Benn's Diary - 30 9 1976 - Labour vs the IMF Bankers from Spike EP on Vimeo.
The IMF in the New World Order, or
Institutions never die, they simply find a new mission
Osvaldo Croci
Prepared for the Round Table The Asian Crisis and the IMF: What does it all mean? Laurentian University, Department of Economics, February 26, 1998.
In this presentation I will retrace the origins of the IMF and describe its main role until 1971. Then, I will examine the brief identity crisis faced by the IMF and its adoption of a new mission in the late 1970s. I will finish with some brief considerations on the role of international institutions in the new Global Economy.
The IMF was one of the products of the July 1944 Bretton Woods conference. At this conference the victors of World War II laid out the main features of the post-war international economy. These features were largely the result of the historical lesson provided by the Great Depression of 1929-1933, and of a compromise between the views held by the two most influential participants, namely the American Harry Dexter White and the British John Maynard Keynes. Regulation of what was still a system of international economic relations, as opposed to a global economy, was to be based on the following principles:
Promotion of an open trading environment. This objective was to be pursued primarily through the ITO. When the ratification of the relative treaty failed in the US, it was pursued through the GATT. The promotion of an open trading environment was, at the same time, to be favoured by:
The attainment of currency convertibility and the establishment of a system of fixed (but adjustable) exchange rates.
Acceptance of "the welfare state" or, if you prefer, the notion that the state had a legitimate role to play in the management of national economies and, more precisely, had a responsibility for the promotion and maintenance of a high level of employment and income. This meant that states had to be given the necessary fiscal and monetary levers to steer their economies towards these objectives. Given the fact that a choice had been made in favour of a system of fixed exchange rate, the necessity to grant states effective fiscal and, above all, monetary levers precluded the adoption of another principle that liberals at least would have very much liked to see in place, namely, free private capital mobility. This is due to what Benjamin Cohen has called the "unholy trinity" that is to say the fact that in a system of fixed exchange rates and free capital mobility any attempt to pursue autonomous monetary objectives would sooner or later provoke potentially destabilizing flows of speculative capital. Hence the fourth principle of Bretton Woods:
Acceptance of limitations on the free flow of capital.
It was within the context of the establishment of a system of fixed, albeit adjustable exchange rate that the IMF was conceived and set up. The basic structure of the IMF could be compared to that of a credit union. Its members were countries (39 at its inception, 182 today) that subscribed quotas proportional to the size of their economy and their wealth. At the same time countries could borrow from the IMF in case their national finances deteriorated, because of Balance of Payments problems or downward pressures on their currencies that made it difficult for them to maintain the rate of exchange agreed upon. Already at this time there were elements of "conditionality" especially if the credit demanded exceeded the so-called "reserve tranche" and even more if it went beyond the first "quota tranche."
In terms of its original, stated objectives (achievement and maintenance of currency convertibility and exchange rate stability, and expansion of international trade), the performance of the IMF between 1945 and 1971 can be said to have been very positive, especially if one compares it with the situation of the international economy in the 20 years preceding the creation of the IMF. After a period of domestic economic recovery and stabilisation, all major currencies became convertible by 1958, apart from occasional readjustments, exchange rates were kept reasonably stable, and finally, international trade experienced a period of unprecedented growth.
November Surprise 1974 - Henry Kissinger, The Nugan Hand Bank and the Dismissal of the Australian Government from Spike EP on Vimeo.
"Jerry Aaron's interpretation of the Shackley Cable is shared by former CIA agent Ralph McGehee. Was Shackley in a position to be ordering ASIO about, I mean, you worked under Shackley in Vietnam. Is he a senior CIA officer?"
Ralph McGehee: Oh, yes, he was a top CIA officer. He was also one of Ed Wilson's closest friends. Ed Wilson, of course, was head of Task Force 157. Prior to that, Wilson had been in the CIA. And there are all sorts of evidence that Task Force 157 was also orchestrating the efforts to overthrow the Whitlam government.
Clyde Cameron: Well, ASIO has always been a compliant service for the American CIA. They have always done that. They have been quite sympathetic towards the CIA and let's not forget that the Australian intelligence organisations were the ones who were responsible for acting as a conduit for the CIA and Pinochet in 1973 when the CIA-backed Pinochet Junta moved in and overthrew the elected government of Chile. I know that members of the Australian Secret Intelligence Service (ASIS) were active in Santiago at that time and were acting in cooperation with the CIA because the CIA weren't able to function in Chile under President Allende. They had to do their dirty work through somebody else and they chose the Australian intelligence organisations.
When I became Minister for Immigration I was appalled to discover that we had an immigration officer in Santiago who was in fact an ASIO spy. He wasn't a genuine immigration officer at all but was an ASIO spy who had been put on by my immigration establishment as a bona fide immigration officer and I sought to have him removed but the Prime Minister intervened and prevented the removal from taking place.
I remember that when the Prime Minister discovered that ASIS had been active in Santiago he ordered that the ASIS operative in that area be withdrawn that they just ignored it, refused to do anything about it, and it wasn't until Whitlam took firm action and threatened to put the knife through a lot of these people who were responsible for ignoring his direction that they were withdrawn. But by that time, of course, the coup had occurred, Allende had been assassinated and Pinochet had been installed.
Ian Wood: That was former Whitlam Cabinet Minister Clyde Cameron. Before that you also heard former CIA agents Victor Marchetti and Ralph McGehee, Jerry Aaron, the co-author of Rooted in Secrecy, and Kelly Johnson of the Christopher Boyce Alliance. Next week, Watching Brief looks at the CIA interference in Australian and New Zealand trade unions.
Joe Haines from Spike EP on Vimeo.
Labels: balance, Benn, Clockwork Orange, Gregory, Kincora, Kissinger, MI5, MI6, Mountbatten, NATO, Savile, Ted Heath, Wilson


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namespace Kopper\Aws\Model;

use ArrayObject;
use Kopper\Aws\DynamoDb;

abstract class DynamoDbModel extends ArrayObject {

	protected $db;
	protected $schema;
	public $tableName;

	public function __construct($array) {
		parent::__construct($array);

		$this->db = new DynamoDb();
	}

	public function setSchema(array $schema) {
		$this->schema = $schema;
	}

	public function save() {
		$this->db->createTableIfNotExist($this->tableName, $this->schema);
		$this->db->putItem($this->tableName, $this->getArrayCopy());
	}

}

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text:
Ease Development With Code Generation
Developers often avoid code generation because they think their apps are too complicated. But executed properly, code generation can help you implement sophisticated architectures quickly.
p>Code generation helps you implement sophisticated architectures quickly, and it allows your applications to weather the storms of change. Your code becomes agile during development and easier to maintain. Code generation doesn't work alone—it leverages existing skills and partners with other techniques such as integrated testing. That's the good news. The bad news is that few people use it effectively.
Effective code generation requires control over your templates. If you can't change your templates, you're speeding toward a brick wall. You're responsible for the code; you need responsibility for the templates.
Application code generation consists of a series of tasks, generally involving metadata extraction from a database or object model, Object-Relational Mapping, generation of five kinds of stored procedures, generation of six or more kinds of business objects, and ancillary tasks. You need to perform these tasks consistently, so orchestrate them with a script engine or harness. You and later programmers can perform these tasks in exactly the same way with a single click.
Code generation relies on metadata describing your application. Creating metadata as an XML file lets you do complex metadata extraction and morphing processes up front, which simplifies your templates. Extracting from your database directly is a bad idea because you need control over how your business objects reflect later database changes. A simple Object-Relational Mapping layer provides abstraction, which is especially valuable for legacy data with bizarre naming or when business objects and data lack symmetry. If you're considering UML for your metadata source, remember that you need valid metadata for the life of your application. Do you really think you'll be using the same brand of UML in three to five years?
Some developers avoid code generation because they have lots of custom code. The key isn't avoiding custom code, but knowing precisely where to put it. Isolating handcrafted custom code from the plumbing goop is code generation's single biggest benefit. Code generation splits your application into technology-driven templates, business-defining metadata, and custom business algorithms. These three elements evolve on different timescales; treating them independently lets you weather massive technology changes or use templates to reuse the same technology to solve totally different problems.
You must claim a new view of objects in order to isolate these three elements. You already have two views of objects: the flattened hierarchy seen by the code using your object, and the UML model that describes the business. You don't need to mimic either of these views, although you must implement both effectively. It's your choice to program your class to make coding itself easier. You can split each class into two files: a generated base class with predictable stuff and a derived handcrafted class for custom code. This isolates the custom code you need to focus on. The generated base class contains plumbing, such as properties built from application-specific metadata.
You can't split your classes using "partial classes." Partial classes are great for tightly coupled cases such as WinForms, but application code generation requires more flexibility than partial classes offer. The dual class model uses OOP—refined over 30 years to have just the right levels of control and flexibility.
Handcrafted code requires protection. Generating over a manually edited file hurts the project more than the individual who ignores the warning text. Avoid this problem and add a new dimension to code generation with file hashing. If the file changes, the hash changes. You can categorize generation as "always" or "until edited." Always tells code generation to raise an error if the file's been edited. The guilty wear a flowered beanie or whatever you do for a broken build. Until Edited says you anticipate editing. It's a great approach with stored procedures where you don't have OOP to handle customizations.
Code generation is unlikely to take away your job. Software development is perceived as mission-critical and driven by need, but in reality, it's driven by available funding. If there's funding, there's work. The key to your long-term success is providing outstanding value. Creating applications with attention to code-generation details offers outstanding value through speed, reusability, agility, and consistency.
Kathleen is a consultant, author, trainer and speaker. She's been a Microsoft MVP for 10 years and is an active member of the INETA Speaker's Bureau where she receives high marks for her talks. She wrote "Code Generation in Microsoft .NET" (Apress) and often speaks at industry conferences and local user groups around the U.S. Kathleen is the founder and principal of GenDotNet and continues to research code generation and metadata as well as leveraging new technologies springing forth in .NET 3.5. Her passion is helping programmers be smarter in how they develop and consume the range of new technologies, but at the end of the day, she's a coder writing applications just like you. Reach her at [email protected]

redpajama_set_name: RedPajamaCommonCrawl


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package de.craftolution.craftoplugin.module.vanish;

import de.craftolution.craftoplugin.core.utils.Check;
import de.craftolution.craftoplugin.service.module.Component;
import de.craftolution.craftoplugin.service.module.annotation.Parent;
import org.bukkit.Bukkit;
import org.bukkit.ChatColor;
import org.bukkit.GameMode;
import org.bukkit.entity.Player;
import org.bukkit.plugin.Plugin;

import java.util.HashMap;
import java.util.Map;
import java.util.Optional;
import java.util.UUID;

public class VanishEffect extends Component {

	@Parent
	VanishModule module;

	Map<UUID, GameMode> previousGameModeMap = new HashMap<>();
	Plugin plugin;

	Optional<DynmapHook> dynmapHook = Optional.empty();

	@Override
	protected void onEnable() throws Exception {
		plugin = Bukkit.getPluginManager().getPlugin("CraftoPlugin");
		Check.notNull("plugin", plugin);

		if (Bukkit.getPluginManager().getPlugin("dynmap") != null) {
			this.dynmapHook = Optional.of(new DynmapHook());
		}
	}

	void hideVanishedPlayersFor(Player target) {
		for (Player otherPlayer : Bukkit.getOnlinePlayers()) {
			if (otherPlayer.getUniqueId().equals(target.getUniqueId())) { continue; }

			if (module.isVanished(otherPlayer.getUniqueId())) {
				target.hidePlayer(plugin, otherPlayer);
			}
		}
	}

	void vanish(Player player) {
		previousGameModeMap.put(player.getUniqueId(), player.getGameMode());
		player.setGameMode(GameMode.SPECTATOR);

		// Hide player from all other players
		for (Player otherPlayer : Bukkit.getOnlinePlayers()) {
			if (otherPlayer.equals(player)) { continue; }
			if (otherPlayer.hasPermission("craftoplugin.vanish.see")) { continue; }

			otherPlayer.hidePlayer(plugin, player);
		}

		// Change color in player list
		if (player.hasPermission("craftoplugin.vanish.dark-red-when-vanished")) {
			player.setPlayerListName(ChatColor.DARK_RED + player.getName());
		}
		else if (player.hasPermission("Craftoplugin.vanish.dark-blue-when-vanished")) {
			player.setPlayerListName(ChatColor.DARK_BLUE + player.getName());
		}

		this.dynmapHook.ifPresent(hook -> hook.hidePlayer(player));
	}

	void unvanish(Player player) {
		GameMode previousGameMode = previousGameModeMap.get(player.getUniqueId());
		if (previousGameMode != null) {
			player.setGameMode(previousGameMode);
		}

		// Make player visible to all other players
		for (Player otherPlayer : Bukkit.getOnlinePlayers()) {
			otherPlayer.showPlayer(plugin, player);
		}

		// Revert color change in player list
		if (player.hasPermission("craftoplugin.vanish.dark-red-when-vanished")) {
			player.setPlayerListName(ChatColor.RED + player.getName());
		}
		else if (player.hasPermission("craftoplugin.vanish.dark-blue-when-vanished")) {
			player.setPlayerListName(ChatColor.BLUE + player.getName());
		}

		this.dynmapHook.ifPresent(hook -> hook.showPlayer(player));
	}

}


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Flowers from a Puritan's Garden
Illustrations and Meditations
By: Charles Haddon Spurgeon (Author)
Publisher: Wordsearch
Category: Sermon Helps, Illustrations
Spurgeon Collection
Based on Thomas Manton's illustrations
Combined with Spurgeon's own thoughts and devotional comments
Using statements of truth from the writing of the Puritan Thomas Manton, Charles Spurgeon has brought together words from the books of this great man in a devotional form which he "humbly hopes may be found profitable for reading in the chamber of private worship." The desire of Spurgeon through Flowers from a Puritan's Garden is that readers would become more aware of the writing of this great man and the depth of faith that he possessed — and how his words can still enable, comfort and challenge Christians many centuries after his death. Spurgeon has many quotes from Manton in his commentaries on the Psalm and this little book is a testimony to the impact this Puritan had on the prince of preachers.
Few people in history can be known by one name and have it ring true with their audience, and Charles Haddon Spurgeon is one of them. Over time, Spurgeon has become known and revered as the "Prince of Preachers". In the last 200 years he has been one of the most influential men for not only Preachers of the Gospel but for those who have not had the opportunity to hear and receive the Gospel message. He wrote tirelessly over his life, and WORDsearch Bible Software is committed to bring as many of Spurgeon's works as possible to you in electronic form.
The details of Charles Haddon Spurgeon's life still continue to amaze one and all. He was born in Kelvedon, Essex, England, on June 19, 1834. He accepted Christ in 1850 at the age of 15. By age 16, he preached his first sermon in 1851, and by age 20, Spurgeon had already preached over 600 sermons. In 1854, Spurgeon was asked to become pastor of the New Park Street Chapel, one of the sixth largest Baptist Churches in London.
The 1200 seat Chapel had previously been pastored by Dr. John Gill among others, and it carried a rich heritage with it. Although the Church was located in the midst of a filthy industrial district which was hard to reach, by 1855, it was obvious that the Church must start meeting at the Exter Hall while the Church building was expanded. When the expansion was completed, it still was too small and the congregation was forced to start meeting at the Surey Music Hall. By 1856, over 10,000 people would crowd the hall just to get a chance to hear Spurgeon preach a sermon.
To accommodate the growing number of people, the church voted to build a new sanctuary and to change the name of the Church to the Metropolitan Tabernacle. On March 31, 1861, the first service was held in the sanctuary, with a capacity of 5,600 was the largest non-conformist church in the world.
When Spurgeon came to New Park Street in 1854 it had a membership of just 232 members. By the end of 1891, 14,460 souls had been baptized and added to the church with a standing membership of 5311. Spurgeon ministered there for over 30 years. It is estimated that over his lifetime he preached to over 10,000,000 people.
The volume before us is full of helpful suggestions and beautiful illustrations. Nowhere have we met with more characteristics of Mr. Spurgeon's mind and heart than in these illustrations. The book ought to be immensely popular, as it doubtless will be.
Christian Commonwealth


In this tutorial you will learn how to decrypt files using Open PGP in GoAnywhere Workflows.
Open PGP encryption enables you to store sensitive information or transmit that information across insecure networks, such as the internet or email, so that it cannot be read by anyone except the intended recipient.
A public key is used to encrypt a file and verify a signature. A private key is used by the owner to decrypt files. You must provide your trading partner your public key to encrypt the files they send you. Then you will use your private key to decrypt the files. Never share your private key with anyone!
GoAnyhere provides you with a Key Management System where you can create, import, and export PGP keys. Keys are protected and organized into Key Vaults for security access controls. You can access the Key Management System through the Encryption drop-down menu.
The PGP Decrypt task decrypts one or more files, using a private PGP key, reverting the files back into plain text form. The digital signature of an encrypted file will be verified automatically when the file is decrypted.
You should have already created a PGP key pair and provided the public key to your trading partner. You will use the private key from that key pair to decrypt incoming files from that same trading partner.
Create a new Project and add the PGP Decrypt task to the Project Outline.
On the PGP Decrypt task, select Key Vault for the Key Location and select the appropriate Vault Name from the drop-down menu. Specify the password for the secret key if it has one.
Then, enter the Input File location which can be a local file on the GoAnywhere server, a UNC path, an NFS mount, or an SMB/CIFS network server. Typically the file extension will end with ".pgp". You will also need to enter the Output File location for the decrypted file.
To test the Project, click on the Execute button which will save the Project, validate all fields are configured properly (also known as compiling), and begin Project execution.
Once complete, you will see messages indicating that the Job completed successfully along with a link to view the Job Log. You can review the Job Log for more information on what took place.


Our objective is to deliver superior returns on the investments proposed to our clients . To achieve this, we perform investment choices that are driven by a share of risk, we focus on innovation and have developed on-the-ground capabilities.
An alignment with our Clients and Investors in a targeted co-investment of 10% in each real estate vehicle.
A pronounced innovation culture to structure customised and attractive solutions to address our Clients and Investors needs.
A vertical integration to master every step of the value chain in a constant objective of developing in-house competencies to ensure best quality services / products, from structuring to on-the-ground activities.
An international footprint to offer deal-making capabilities at a global scale and to create solutions that allow our Clients and Investors to access investment opportunities outside their domestic market.


I don't know what it is about a "challenge"…but it's really hard for me to stifle the urge to charge into battle whenever one presents it's self. I guess it's the same thing that drives me to push harder, just so I can see over the next ridge…even if it has nothing to do with my current game plan or if it completely distracts me from the task at hand. Maybe it comes from being "the fat kid" most of my life…the constant urge to prove myself…even if it's only proving something to myself; I seem to gravitate towards things that I know I might fail at. But at the risk of being cliché; what doesn't kill us, only makes us stronger.
I've been intrigued by the new "Adventure Race" craze that seems to be gaining popularity. I won't lie and say that visions of Spartan Race glory or Tough Mudder bragging rights haven't danced inside my head on occasion…because they have. But when I first started seeing online fliers and mentionings of the "Fittest Bowhunter In The West" challenge…well my ears perked up like a Jacket Russell locked onto a Rabbit! So far there are five events being held in five different cities across the West and I have committed to attending at least one of them.
It's a two-day event that's comprised of the race on day one and a 40-target 3D shoot on day two. The "race" portion of the event is pure genius and something the discipline of bow hunting has been needing. Regardless if you are a hard-charging type or just a passionate bowhunter looking to challenge himself (or herself) pre-season; this is just what the doctor ordered! But make no mistake; day one is no "run of the mill" 3D shoot or just a "race"…it will definitely take a little bit of prior preparation if you plan to make a decent showing of yourself (think: running + physical challenges/obstacles + shooting your bow)…and the $100 entry fee marks the event as anything but casual.
The main sponsor is the Krptek Outdoor Group http://www.kryptek.com/ and the prizes are TBA…but I'm thinking that there are some huge winnings at stake! But regardless of the prize or where you might place; it's all about the challenge and pushing yourself harder, stepping outside of your comfort zone and striving to be more prepared come hunting season. And it sounds like a great time will be had in the process.
So if you happen to be competing alongside of me at one of the events and see me slowing down or missing targets…just holler that there is food at the finish line, or that for every 10-ring scored, they're handing out doughnuts. Thanks in advance and I'll make sure to return the favor in some fashion.


Iffezheim (D)/Saint-Imier (CH), 4 September 2011 – Longines, the Swiss watchmaking brand with a long and illustrious history, can be proud of its successful debut as title sponsor at the Iffezheim racecourse. On Sunday, elegance and high-level performances were on full view during the internationally renowned Grosse Preis von Baden, the most important event on Germany's racing calendar. The 2011 Longines Grosse Preis von Baden was won by the German Andrasch Starke on Danedream.


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By Turning 35 This Morning, In-N-Out Heiress Lynsi Snyder Just Inherited A Billion Dollar Burger Empire. What A Birthday Present!
By Brian Warner on May 5, 2017 in Articles › Entertainment
What's the best birthday present you've ever received? For my 25th birthday, my parents gave me a Tag Heuer watch that I still wear daily. I actually bought the domain name "celebnetworth.com" on the morning of my 27th birthday. That present turned out pretty awesome. What about you? Maybe some people out there got a new car on their 16th birthday? Or some cold hard cash the day you turned 18? Who knows. What I do know is that none of us have ever had as good of a birthday present as the one Lynsi Snyder just got.
Lynsi Snyder turned 35 years old this morning. By crossing the 35th birthday milestone today, Lynsi just inherited 97% of the West Coast fast food restaurant chain In-N-Out Burger.
At it's most recent valuation, In-N-Out was worth $1.3 billion. That means Lynsi technically just inherited a $1.26 billion paper fortune. Some have pegged the value of In-N-Out at as much as $3 billion which would mean she is worth $2.91 billion.
Lynsi's path to billionaire status is complicated.
In-N-Out was founded in 1948 by Harry and Esther Snyder in Baldwin Park, California. They were the first drive-through fast food restaurant that enabled customers to place their orders via two-way speakers. Throughout the 50s and 60s, In-N-Out was a small local burger chain with only 18 locations.
In 1976, founder Harry Snyder died at the age of 67 and left control of the company with his 24 year old first born son Rich. Rich spent the next twenty years expanding the chain throughout the West Coast. He increased the number of locations from 18 to 90 before he died in a plane crash in 1993. After Rich's death, the company passed to Rich's younger brother Harry Guy Snyder, commonly known as Guy.
Guy Snyder was Lynsi's dad.
Guy Snyder continued to expand the company aggressively into Arizona, Nevada, Utah and Texas. He would eventually grow the company from 90 locations to 140 before he died in 1999 of an accidental prescription drug overdose when she was just 17 years old. At this point, Esther Snyder, the matriarch of the family, re-took the reigns of In-N-Out until her death in 2006 which left 24 year old Lynsi as the sole heir. She was not yet ready to be the president of a major fast food corporation so her brother-in-law, Mark Taylor, took control of the day-to-day operations through 2010.
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According to the terms of Esther's will, Lynsi would inherit 50% of In-N-Out on her 30th birthday, May 5, 2012 then receive another 47% on her 35th birthday, May 5, 2017. AKA, today.
Upon inheriting 97% of the company, Lynsi now has the full control of the burger empire. She now has the option to sell the chain entirely, expand it further or do nothing at all.
Today there are 313 In-N-Out locations. The company generates north of $700 million per year in revenue.
Lynsi has been married three times. Once to Richard Martinez, with whom she shares two children. Before Richard she was briefly married to her high school sweetheart Jeremiah Seawell. Today Lynsi is married to a contractor named Val Torres Jr. They are passionate about drag racing and compete competitively.
They live with her children and Val's daughters from an earlier marriage, in a palatial $17.4 million mansion in Bradbury, California which she bought from former baseball player Adrian Beltre. The house is 16,600 square feet and has seven bedrooms, 16 bathrooms, batting cage, tennis court, basketball court and much much more.
So there you have it! I hope someday you have a birthday present that is awesome as the one Lynsi just received!
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Is CWT A Good Stock To Buy Now?
Published on December 12, 2020 at 10:19 pm by Asma UL Husna in Hedge Funds, News
The financial regulations require hedge funds and wealthy investors that exceeded the $100 million equity holdings threshold to file a report that shows their positions at the end of every quarter. Even though it isn't the intention, these filings to a certain extent level the playing field for ordinary investors. The latest round of 13F filings disclosed the funds' positions on September 30th, about a month before the elections. We at Insider Monkey have made an extensive database of more than 817 of those established hedge funds and famous value investors' filings. In this article, we analyze how these elite funds and prominent investors traded California Water Service Group (NYSE:CWT) based on those filings.
Is CWT a good stock to buy now? California Water Service Group (NYSE:CWT) was in 14 hedge funds' portfolios at the end of September. The all time high for this statistic is 20. CWT has experienced a decrease in enthusiasm from smart money recently. There were 16 hedge funds in our database with CWT holdings at the end of June. Our calculations also showed that CWT isn't among the 30 most popular stocks among hedge funds (click for Q3 rankings and see the video for a quick look at the top 5 stocks).
If you'd ask most stock holders, hedge funds are assumed to be worthless, outdated investment tools of the past. While there are more than 8000 funds with their doors open at present, We look at the leaders of this group, about 850 funds. These hedge fund managers command the lion's share of the hedge fund industry's total capital, and by monitoring their unrivaled picks, Insider Monkey has deciphered various investment strategies that have historically surpassed the market. Insider Monkey's flagship short hedge fund strategy exceeded the S&P 500 short ETFs by around 20 percentage points a year since its inception in March 2017. Our portfolio of short stocks lost 13% since February 2017 (through November 17th) even though the market was up 65% during the same period. We just shared a list of 6 short targets in our latest quarterly update .
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At Insider Monkey we scour multiple sources to uncover the next great investment idea. For example, Federal Reserve has been creating trillions of dollars electronically to keep the interest rates near zero. We believe this will lead to inflation and boost real estate prices. So, we recommended this real estate stock to our monthly premium newsletter subscribers. We go through lists like the 15 best blue chip stocks to pick the best large-cap stocks to buy. Even though we recommend positions in only a tiny fraction of the companies we analyze, we check out as many stocks as we can. We read hedge fund investor letters and listen to stock pitches at hedge fund conferences. You can subscribe to our free daily newsletter on our website. Keeping this in mind let's take a gander at the recent hedge fund action regarding California Water Service Group (NYSE:CWT).
Do Hedge Funds Think CWT Is A Good Stock To Buy Now?
At Q3's end, a total of 14 of the hedge funds tracked by Insider Monkey were bullish on this stock, a change of -13% from the second quarter of 2020. The graph below displays the number of hedge funds with bullish position in CWT over the last 21 quarters. So, let's review which hedge funds were among the top holders of the stock and which hedge funds were making big moves.
Among these funds, Impax Asset Management held the most valuable stake in California Water Service Group (NYSE:CWT), which was worth $64.3 million at the end of the third quarter. On the second spot was Renaissance Technologies which amassed $8 million worth of shares. Engineers Gate Manager, GLG Partners, and PDT Partners were also very fond of the stock, becoming one of the largest hedge fund holders of the company. In terms of the portfolio weights assigned to each position Impax Asset Management allocated the biggest weight to California Water Service Group (NYSE:CWT), around 0.56% of its 13F portfolio. Engineers Gate Manager is also relatively very bullish on the stock, dishing out 0.1 percent of its 13F equity portfolio to CWT.
Because California Water Service Group (NYSE:CWT) has faced bearish sentiment from the entirety of the hedge funds we track, it's safe to say that there is a sect of fund managers who sold off their positions entirely last quarter. It's worth mentioning that Ken Griffin's Citadel Investment Group said goodbye to the biggest stake of the 750 funds followed by Insider Monkey, totaling close to $1.6 million in stock. Farnum Brown and Adam Seitchik's fund, Arjuna Capital, also said goodbye to its stock, about $0.6 million worth. These transactions are important to note, as aggregate hedge fund interest was cut by 2 funds last quarter.
Let's go over hedge fund activity in other stocks similar to California Water Service Group (NYSE:CWT). We will take a look at Apple Hospitality REIT Inc (NYSE:APLE), Applied Industrial Technologies Inc (NYSE:AIT), Copa Holdings, S.A. (NYSE:CPA), Arcosa, Inc. (NYSE:ACA), SunPower Corporation (NASDAQ:SPWR), Mesoblast Limited (NASDAQ:MESO), and iRobot Corporation (NASDAQ:IRBT). This group of stocks' market caps are closest to CWT's market cap.
APLE 14 79181 0
AIT 24 63259 9
CPA 24 203185 0
ACA 19 169792 3
SPWR 14 91257 -2
MESO 3 2921 0
IRBT 25 162591 3
As you can see these stocks had an average of 17.6 hedge funds with bullish positions and the average amount invested in these stocks was $110 million. That figure was $83 million in CWT's case. iRobot Corporation (NASDAQ:IRBT) is the most popular stock in this table. On the other hand Mesoblast Limited (NASDAQ:MESO) is the least popular one with only 3 bullish hedge fund positions. California Water Service Group (NYSE:CWT) is not the least popular stock in this group but hedge fund interest is still below average. Our overall hedge fund sentiment score for CWT is 49. Stocks with higher number of hedge fund positions relative to other stocks as well as relative to their historical range receive a higher sentiment score. Our calculations showed that top 20 most popular stocks among hedge funds returned 41.3% in 2019 and outperformed the S&P 500 ETF (SPY) by 10 percentage points. These stocks gained 32.9% in 2020 through December 8th and still beat the market by 16.2 percentage points. A small number of hedge funds were also right about betting on CWT as the stock returned 15.4% since the end of the third quarter (through 12/8) and outperformed the market by an even larger margin.
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A limited amount of weekend with camping tickets for the Download Festival 2011, plus RIP packages, are on sale now from www.downloadfestival.co.uk. This 'early bird' offer ends 5pm Monday 20 December, and includes 3 day and 5 day camping tickets. Organisers have also confirmed that prices will remain the same for Download 2011 as they were in 2010.
Organisers have also confirmed that Grammy award winning musician / producer and director Rob Zombie will perform at next year's Download – an incredible 16 years since he last played the Donington Park site with his then band White Zombie.
Since forming in 1996, Linkin Park have gone on to win two Grammy awards and sold over 50 million records worldwide, and they recently released their fourth studio album A Thousand Suns which went No. 1 in 10 countries as well as No. 2 in the UK. Known for unique collaborations with alternative and hip hop artists, Linkin Park's headlining performance at this year's Download will be a true highlight of the weekend.
Linkin Park frontman Chester Bennington said: "We are very excited to be playing Download again next year. It's one of the best festivals in the world and it's always an honour to play in front of such a great crowd. We can't wait!"
Rob Zombie founded the metal band White Zombie and has since carved a successful career as a horror producer and director, notably for movies House Of 1000 Corpses and The Devil's Rejects. He released his new album Hellbilly Deluxe 2 earlier this year.
Live Nation VP of Promotions Andy Copping commented, "It's great to have LINKIN PARK back at Download next year. They've always put on a great show and following the success of their recent sold out UK tour, it was essential to have them at Download, where they will deliver their full-on live show."
Over 100,000 fans descended onto Download this year to celebrate 30 years of rock at Donington, making Download the second biggest festival in the UK after Glastonbury. It has the largest Facebook community for a UK festival coming top of the list with a huge 156,000 followers, overtaking the likes of V Festival (133,000), T in the Park (92,000), Glastonbury (90,000), Leeds (25,000) and Reading (21,000). Overall Download's Facebook community is only second in the world to the I LOVE TECHNO event in Belgium.
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Without being said, this photo was taken by Annie Leibovitz (she's broke as a joke) before Elin put a golf club through Tiger Woods' face.
Side note: Two BccList blog postings in one day? This reminds me of the days when blogging was fun. Meaning, it reminds me of 2008/early 2009.


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Everything new with All Gravy
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Introducing Insights
By All Gravy Staff — Feb 8, 2023
What's your retention rate? Is that good or bad? What's your 1st year departure rate (i.e. how good are you at keeping new employees), broken down by location? We're here to answer these questions – and more.
"One location kept asking us to hire more people - despite us having hired 30 people over 3 months. At some point we dedicated a team member for a couple of days to get data on the location and found out that they'd lost 30 (!) employees in that same timeframe. The issue was not recruiting, but retention."
HR Director at 3000+ employee company
Given how important retention and on-boarding is for the bottomline, there's surprisingly little data on it even in big hospitality and retail companies. We've learned that in managing workforces and understanding these metrics - it's really not as smooth as it should be. Often the data does not exist, and if it does then it's manually prepared a couple of times a year, in a time-consuming process.
If you can't see a problem, it can be hard to tackle it. If HR is constantly firefighting it's hard to be strategic - and if you do not have data it's hard to convince management to invest in HR. Once you've wrangled the problems - it can be hard to prove which initiatives worked and get credit for your work!
Insights: get the answers you're looking for
All Gravy Insights lives in your browser. It hooks up to your workforce management system (Planday, Tamigo, more) and updates every day with information about your organisation. There's little configuration necessary and all the charts have a plain-English explanation.
It's the basics, done really well.
We showed this to a business intelligence manager at a large hospitality chain (5000+ employees). They were blown away - we'd built something they described as substantially more comprehensive, easier to use, and more robust than a solution they'd spent months of consulting time and €100K+ developing!
Some things we're especially proud of:
Data coach: quality data drives quality insights
A speed-bump we run into when pulling in data from workforce management systems is that it isn't always logical - hired date after quit date, for example. We've built a tool that checks all your records and excludes them if they don't look right.
It checks daily; so new records are covered as well as historical - you'll get a list of records to correct and guidance on how to fix them. If you've created these reports manually before, there's a high chance you've used flawed data. Every single customer we ran these checks for had issues. 😱
Composable Locations and Slices
The structure in your workforce management system doesn't always reflect how you really think about your business. We've built a solution that allows you to group and re-group your data in the way that makes the most sense for the question you're asking.
Franchise owners might operate different systems and you can't join the data - we fix this by converting everything into our format
Some locations might be represented by their own instance of a tool, or just a department, or a group of departments. It's a headache to keep track, it's error prone, and it's subsequently harder to repeat the same queries later to see if you've improved
Depending on the context, you might want to look at things through different lenses.
Individual Locations can be defined and described. A Location is a single - probably physical - space.
Locations can be grouped into a concept we call Slices - by region, franchise owner, sub-brand or whether they offer take-out. A Location can be grouped into infinite Slices.
Left: benchmark against peers / Right: compare to your own performance last year
We aggregate data from a few sources to tell you how you're stacking up against industry peers. But every business is unique - so we also show you how you're doing against your stiffest competition: yourself!
Check out www.allgravy.com/insights and schedule a demo. There's plenty of cool stuff in the pipeline - maybe you'll get to see some previews of that 😉


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Dear readers, we are nearly 3 1/2 years into the project of re-posting all of John J. Reilly's blog, The Long View, and I have a request for both of you. The Amazon affiliate links within the blog, as well as the book endorsements in the sidebar, give you an opportunity to support Jeff Bezos in all of his glory, and as a side-effect, defray my expenses for hosting.
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I am a Seventh Star Press author, and when the Imaginarium concept was announced, I couldn't wait to be a part of it, volunteering and as a SSP author.
My latest novel, at the time of this writing, is Sinking Down (Road Ghosts #2). The series is urban fantasy, though it's been called horror lite or "Scooby-Doo for grownups". It's got ghosts and ghouls and demons, but it's also full of humor, friendship, and adventure. The third book in the series will be released in September, 2014.
Sinking Down is the story of the Little Ghoul, discovered living feral in the woods by ghost hunters Brett and Liz. After the poor semi-undead tween girl is kidnapped, they race against time to save her. The chase becomes personal when Brett shows signs of becoming a ghoul and sharing the same fate if they're too late.
Ashleigh, the Little Ghoul herself, is complicated. She's not quite undead, but she's not really human anymore, either. She is repulsive but adorable at the same time.
Eric's supernatural fantasy novels include the Road Ghosts trilogy, published by Seventh Star Press. The first two books in the series, Four 'til Late and Sinking Down, were released in 2013. Me and the Devil is due to be released in September 2014. His novels are dark supernatural fantasies, dealing with ghosts, demonic possession and even sinister fairy folk.
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The fifteen of us sat there blood, sweat and tears as we lost one of the most important games of our lives. Representing your country isn't easy you know, and this, was the final.
Being the final game against our opponent u19 Rugby Team from New Zealand, we weren't too excited to hear from our coach as we all sat anxiously waiting in the changing room.
The smell of sweat lingered across the room filled with beige lockers. Wet towels hung from the top of them. Hanging like the heads of myself and my fellow team mates from sadness that we had just lost. Deep breathes of exhaustion and sighs of anger echoed throughout the stuffy air. The walls of the changing room were blue. Not a bright blue that makes you happy but more of a faded light blue that assists in making you even more sad. It was as if the person who painted them knew that we were going to lose this game on this very day as if he painted it to suit our emotions. I looked across at my fellow team mates, brothers you could say. As half of them sat on the brown wooden benches with their heads in their hands regretting how they just played that 80 minute game. Most of them all hugely built. It was hard seeing grown men cry. Blood dripped down some of their faces staining the blue and white bandages wrapped around their head to hold their ears down during the game. Gum guards were thrown aside and boots were unlaced and left to lay on the damp, tiled floor adding to the sweaty, smelly aroma.
We could still hear the cheering of the crowd rejoicing to the fact that our opposition had won. Some of them were blasting their horns whilst the rest sang the appropriate anthems. This only made the atmosphere in the changing room worse.


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Jeff's Ellis grows into U of L power threat
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Drew Ellis has grown a lot since being a 12-year-old on the Jeffersonville all-stars who played in the 2008 Little League World Series. He has also grown a lot just since he played for Jeffersonville High School three seasons ago.
Ellis has spent his first few years at the University of Louisville bulking up and learning the ropes, and the redshirt sophomore is now hitting his stride as the power-hitting, every-day third baseman for the No. 4 Cardinals (12-0), who will open Atlantic Coast Conference play Friday with the start of a home weekend series against Pittsburgh.
The 6-foot-2 Ellis has gained 28 pounds of mostly muscle since his senior year of high school and is now a 208-pound force in the middle of the lineup, batting fifth behind two-way star Brendan McKay.
"It's an awesome feeling to show up to the field every day and not worry about whether you're going to be in the lineup," said Ellis, who plays first base on the nights that McKay pitches. "... Stepping into that role, I've had a lot of success early in the season, and hopefully I can continue that."
Ellis, who believes he's also a faster runner than he was in high school, is hitting .422 and leads the team in homers (four, tied with McKay), RBIs (17), doubles (five) and total bases (34, tied with McKay). He's reached base in every game and gotten a hit in all but one.
McKay, who is an early favorite for national player of the year honors, is batting .613, putting opposing pitchers in a precarious spot of dealing with him and Ellis back-to-back.
"It's beneficial for both of us," Ellis said, "because you've got to pick one of us to pitch to. If it's two outs, do you walk Brendan and put a base runner on and get to me? Or do you try to go at Brendan and try to minimize the damage against a guy who's hitting .620? It's awesome hitting behind Brendan, because every time I get on deck I'm ready to go to the plate, because the law of averages says he's getting a hit six out of 10 times."
Previously, Ellis was U of L's backup third baseman behind slugger and eventual third-round draft pick Blake Tiberi, but Ellis' bat was too good for McDonnell to keep him on the bench. Ellis said he asked McDonnell several weeks into the season what he could do to get himself into the lineup, and the coach decided to start using him in left field.
He finished the year with 32 starts, including 30 in the outfield, batting .309 with three homers and 22 RBIs.
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Third base, however, is Ellis' natural position, and it's where he believes his professional future lies. He played mostly shortstop in high school, but McDonnell told him early on that the staff projected him to be a power-hitting third baseman and wanted to transform his body into one.
The Cards redshirted Ellis his first season in 2015, and though it was difficult not to play, he acknowledges it was also beneficial. Ellis said he lived in the gym during that redshirt season, adding about 12-13 pounds with a rigorous weight-lifting schedule, including 6 a.m. workouts.
In the moment, on a day-to-day basis, he didn't think much about the changes in his physique, but whenever he reconnected with friends whom he'd not seen in a long time, they'd all say, "Holy cow, you look big," Ellis recalled, and he said it made him feel good to know that his hard work was making a noticeable difference.
Last summer, he hit 11 home runs in the Northwoods League, a collegiate league in the Upper Midwest, and it has taken only 12 games in 2017 for him to exceed his home run total from last season at U of L.
Ellis said with his added strength and bat speed that pitches that jammed him in previous years he can now push over the infield for hits, and he said balls that used to go to the warning track are now getting over the fence.
"I feel really good right now, and I'm barreling a lot of balls up," he said, "and even the balls I don't barrel up are still hit pretty hard. Even the balls I don't catch all the way can still have a chance to go out. I think that's a big part of the physical strength aspect of it."
Ellis takes pride in being a local player at U of L. He grew up a Louisville fan and remembers attending the Cards' first NCAA super-regional series against Oklahoma State in 2007. He went to U of L baseball camps as a kid, and he committed to the Cards as a sophomore in high school.
He's used to having a big personal cheering section of at least five or six - and sometimes as many as 12 - friends and relatives at games. His great-grandmother always listens on the radio.
Ellis has his sights set on helping the Cards make it back to the College World Series, but until they do, his trip to the Little League World Series remains probably his greatest experience as a baseball player. As a 12-year-old, he got to play in front of 20,000 fans. Reporters wanted to talk to him. Fans wanted his autograph.
"You're treated like a major-leaguer," he said.
The Jeff team, which also had current U of L pitcher Chandler Dale, went 0-3 in Williamsport, Pennsylvania, including two one-run losses. Ellis became the only pitcher in LLWS history to throw a no-hitter but still lose - a distinction he describes with a chuckle as "cool but not so cool."
"At the time, you're bummed out because you didn't win," he said. "But looking back on it, there's no comparison to that (experience)."


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