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Does Easter celebrate a man, a savior, or a myth? Some say Jesus never existed and was a myth created by early Christians.
The Jesus debate: Man vs. myth
(CNN)– Timothy Freke was flipping through an old academic book when he came across a religious image that some would call obscene.
It was a drawing of a third-century amulet depicting a naked man nailed to a cross. The man was born of a virgin, preached about being "born again" and had risen from the dead after crucifixion, Freke says.
But the name on the amulet wasn't Jesus. It was a pseudonym for Osiris-Dionysus, a pagan god in ancient Mediterranean culture. Freke says the amulet was evidence of something that sounds like sacrilege – and some would say it is: that Jesus never existed. He was a myth created by first-century Jews who modeled him after other dying and resurrected pagan gods, says Freke, author of "The Jesus Mysteries: Was the 'Original Jesus' a Pagan God?"
"If I said to you that there was no real Good Samaritan, I don't think anyone would be outraged," says Freke, one of a group of mythicists who say Jesus never existed. "It's a teaching story. What we're saying is that the Jesus story is an allegory. It's a parable of the spiritual journey."
On Easter Sunday, millions of Christians worldwide mark the resurrection of Jesus. Though Christians clash over many issues, almost all agree that he existed.
But there is another view of Jesus that's been emerging, one that strikes at the heart of the Easter story. A number of authors and scholars say Jesus never existed. Such assertions could have been ignored in an earlier age. But in the age of the Internet and self-publishing, these arguments have gained enough traction that some of the world's leading New Testament scholars feel compelled to publicly take them on.
Most Jesus deniers are Internet kooks, says Bart D. Ehrman, a New Testament scholar who recently released a book devoted to the question called "Did Jesus Exist? The Historical Argument for Jesus of Nazareth."
Your comments on Jesus deniers
He says Freke and others who deny Jesus' existence are conspiracy theorists trying to sell books.
"There are people out there who don't think the Holocaust happened, there wasn't a lone JFK assassin and Obama wasn't born in the U.S.," Ehrman says. "Among them are people who don't think Jesus existed."
Does it matter if Jesus existed?
Some Jesus mythicists say many New Testament scholars are intellectual snobs.
"I don't think I'm some Internet kook or Holocaust denier," says Robert Price, a former Baptist pastor who argues in "Deconstructing Jesus" that a historical Jesus probably didn't exist.
"They say I'm a bitter ex-fundamentalist. It's pathetic to see this character assassination. That's what people resort to when they don't have solid arguments."
The debate over Jesus' existence has led to a curious role reversal. Two of the New Testament scholars who are leading the way arguing for Jesus' existence have a reputation for attacking, not defending, traditional Christianity.
Ehrman, for example, is an agnostic who has written books that argue that virtually half of the New Testament is forged. Another defender of Jesus' existence is John Dominic Crossan, a New Testament scholar who has been called a heretic because his books challenge some traditional Christian teachings.
But as to the existence of Jesus, Crossan says, he's "certain."
He says some Jesus deniers may be people who have a problem with Christianity.
"It's a way of responding to something you don't like," Crossan says. "We can't say that Obama doesn't exist, but we can say that he's not an American. If we're talking about Obama in the future, there are people who might not only say he wasn't American, but he didn't even exist."
Does it even matter if Jesus existed? Can't people derive inspiration from his teachings whether he actually walked the Earth?
Crossan says Jesus' existence matters in the same way that the Rev. Martin Luther King Jr.'s existence mattered.
If King never existed, people would say his ideas are lovely, but they could never work in the real world, Crossan says.
It's the same with an historical Jesus, Crossan writes in his latest book, "The Power of Parable: How Fiction by Jesus Became Fiction about Jesus."
"The power of Jesus' historical life challenges his followers by proving at least one human being could cooperate fully with God. And if one, why not others? If some, why not all?"
The evidence against Jesus' existence
Those who argue against Jesus' existence make some of these points:
-The uncanny parallels between pagan stories in the ancient world and the stories of Jesus.
-No credible sources outside the Bible say Jesus existed.
-The Apostle Paul never referred to a historical Jesus.
Price, author of "Deconstructing Jesus," says the first-century Western world was full of stories of a martyred hero who is called a son of God.
"There are ancient novels from that period where the hero is condemned to the cross and even crucified, but he escapes and survives it," Price says. "That looks like Jesus."
Those who argue for the existence of Jesus often cite two external biblical sources: the Jewish historian Josephus who wrote about Jesus at the end of the first century and the Roman historian Tacitus, who wrote about Jesus at the start of the second century.
But some scholars say Josephus' passage was tampered with by later Christian authors. And Price says the two historians are not credible on Jesus.
"Josephus and Tacitus – they both thought Hercules was a true figure," Price says. "Both of them spoke of Hercules as a figure that existed."
Price concedes that there were plenty of mythical stories that were draped around historical figures like Caesar. But there's plenty of secular documentation to show Caesar existed.
"Everything we read about Jesus in the gospels conforms to the mythic hero," Price says. "There's nothing left over that indicates that he was a real historical figure."
Those who argue for the existence of Jesus cite another source: the testimony of the Apostle Paul and Jesus' early disciples. Paul even writes in one New Testament passage about meeting James, the brother of Jesus.
These early disciples not only believed Jesus was real but were willing to die for him. People don't die for myths, some biblical scholars say.
They will if the experience is powerful enough, says Richard Carrier, author of "Proving History."
Carrier says it's probable that Jesus never really existed and that early Christians experienced a mythic Jesus who came to them through visions and revelations.
Two of the most famous stories in the New Testament – the conversion of Paul and the stoning death of Stephen, one of the first Christian martyrs - show that people seized by religious visions are willing to die, Carrier says.
In both the Paul and Stephen stories, the writers say that they didn't see an actual Jesus but a heavenly vision of Jesus, Carrier says.
People "can have powerful religious experiences that don't correspond to reality," Carrier says.
"The perfect model is Paul himself," Carrier says. "He never met Jesus. Paul only had an encounter with this heavenly Jesus. Paul is completely converted by this religious experience, but no historical Jesus is needed for that to happen."
As for the passage where Paul says he met James, Jesus' brother, Carrier says:
"The problem with that is that all baptized Christians were considered brothers of the Lord."
The evidence for Jesus' existence
Some scholars who argue for the existence of Jesus says the New Testament mentions actual people and events that are substantiated by historical documents and archaeological discoveries.
Ehrman, author of "Did Jesus Exist?" scoffed at the notion that the ancient world was full of pagan stories about dying deities that rose again. Where's the proof? he asks.
Ehrman devoted an entire section of his book to critiquing Freke, the mythicist and author of "The Jesus Mysteries: Was the 'Original Jesus' a Pagan God?" who says there was an ancient Osiris-Dionysus figure who shares uncanny parallels to Jesus.
He says Freke can't offer any proof that an ancient Osiris figure was born on December 25, was crucified and rose again. He says Freke is citing 20th- and 19th-century writers who tossed out the same theories.
Ehrman says that when you read ancient stories about mythological figures like Hercules and Osiris, "there's nothing about them dying and rising again."
"He doesn't know much about ancient history," Ehrman says of Freke. "He's not a scholar. All he knows is what he's read in other conspiracy books."
Craig A. Evans, the author of "Jesus and His World: The Archaeological Evidence," says the notion that Paul gave his life for a mythical Jesus is absurd.
He says the New Testament clearly shows that Paul was an early enemy of the Christian church who sought to stamp out the burgeoning Jesus movement.
"Don't you think if you were in Paul's shoes, you would have quickly discovered that there was no Jesus?" Evans asks. "If there was no Jesus, then how did the movement start?"
Evans also dismissed the notion that early Christians blended or adopted pagan myths to create their own mythical Jesus. He says the first Christians were Jews who despised everything about pagan culture.
"For a lot of Jewish people, the pagan world was disgusting," Evans says. "I can't imagine [the Gospel writer] Matthew making up a story where he is drawing parallels between Jesus' birth and pagan stories about Zeus having sex with some fair maiden."
The words of Jesus also offer proof that he actually existed, Evans says. A vivid personality practically bursts from the pages of the New Testament: He speaks in riddles, talks about camels squeezing through the eye of a needle, weeps openly and even loses his temper.
Evans says he is a man who is undeniably Jewish, a genius who understands his culture but also transcends his tradition with gem-like parables.
"Who but Jesus could tell the Parable of the Good Samaritan?" Evans says. "Where does this bolt of lightning come from? You don't get this out of an Egyptian myth."
Those who argue against the existence of Jesus say they aren't trying to destroy people's faith.
"I don't have any desire to upset people," says Freke. "I do have a passion for the truth. … I don't think rational people in the 20th century can go down a road just on blind faith."
Yet Easter was never just about rationale.
The Easter stories about the resurrection are strange: Disciples don't recognize Jesus as they meet him on the road; he tells someone not to touch him; he eats fish in another.
In the Gospel of Matthew, a resurrected Jesus suddenly appears to a group of disciples and gives them this cryptic message:
"Do not be afraid. Go and tell my brothers to go to Galilee; there they will see me."
And what did they see: a person, a pagan myth or a savior?
Albert Schweitzer, a 20th-century theologian and missionary, suggested that there will never be one answer to that question. He said that looking for Jesus in history is like looking down a well: You see only your own reflection.
The "real" Jesus, Schweitzer says, will remain "a stranger and an enigma," someone who is always ahead of us.
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Dan-O
I am a firm believer in God not because of what my parents tried to teach me when I was a child but because of my life experiences. I have experienced divine intervention at some of the most stressful and troubling times throughout my life. My reality is what I experience and no one can tell me any different. Happy Easter everyone!
"For God so loved the world that he gave his one and only Son, that whoever believes in him shall not perish but have eternal life."
scatheist
Yeah right – if you were born in the Middle East you would be a Muslim.
YeahOk
"I have experienced divine intervention at some of the most stressful and troubling times throughout my life."
I hear this so many times. Why do people choose to believe when they are desperate? Most people go through difficult times in their life, and they get through them different ways. If I got through my tough period in life and was using Islam to get me through, does that make Islam true?
To scatheist and YeahOk. Like I said my beliefs are based on MY experiences and neither of you will convince otherwise.
Happy Easter to you both.
While I realize it may not change your view, surely you can see that your argument can't be considered evidence.
Well said, Dan-O
To YeahOk. I agree my argument cannot be considered as evidence. Everyone's journey through life is different. Best wishes on your journey.
nigzus
Hey dere all you pagans and athiests! You need be prepped for da return of nigzus! I am rollin down from da heavens above...straight cold kickin it in my Bentley. I iz gonna save all dem cooons dat believe in me, king of all blaks!! Bow down to nigzus and u will be stoked.
What I don't understand is what did black and white have to do with this article? How come this turned into something about race, when the subject was religion? Really, if someone where to say you were a racist for your comment, you would probably be offended, but what you wrote is totally out of place. It amazes me because I can guarantee that you would claim to be an intelligent person, but people with intelligence would not comment how you have. Stick to the article, and be a cowardly racist somewhere else ok, its a different time, and you my friend are outdated. Small minded people like you have no place in society!
HE IS RISEN!!! JESUS IS RISEN!!!! He won VICTORY over death. Alleluia!!!!!
I am so glad CNN in all their attacks has decided to speak again of my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ!!! In the day we celebrate His Resurrection, by questioning His existence you do nothing more than continue to fulfill the teachings of the Bible. Your ignorance contributes to more learning about God.
To easily answer your question. Jesus, God incarnated man, born of a virgin, died at the cross and resurrected on Sunday to save humanity, and "that" includes you. Jesus loves you, you the writers, you the CNN people, you the "former pastor" (who apparently needs to find him). Jesus changed the heart of many who were set to persecute Him, Paul is good example of this. Repent! He Loves you. He went to the cross for you. Blessings!!!!!
I be da king of da bible thumpers. You will repent and cast your sins upon my peter. Confession will be held in my bedroom where you can schlob my knob and rock dat tool!!
Serge imposter- you are filth
Surprisingly intelligent religious man
My proof is my faith. And all though there are posts below and above this one that state 'Faith is not enough', I have never and I do mean NEVER had a conversation with anyone and I do mean ANYONE... even if they be professed atheist, who at one point in a conversation somewhere down the line, do not profess a faith in something.
Besides... as you and I have not seen God (although some have claimed they have) and even if we exclude the fact that over the years many have professed spiritual experiences and visions, those who say he doesn't exist have no more proof of that than those who say he does. It is simply your belief, your 'religion' if you will... you 'believe' He doesn't exist. Unfortunately for you though, there is actually more proof He DOES exist than he doesn't.
I have "faith" every year that the Lions are finally gonna win the Superbowl..........
So much for there being any connection between "faith" and "reality"!
There probably was a Jesus. And he probably did argue that Heaven (...if there is a Heaven) should be available to all, not just the wealthy. And he probably did preach something. But I doubt he was the Son of God, that he rose from the dead, and that he was sent here by God to save Humanity. But all the rest of the hoopla surrounding Jesus and God is a creation of the Church to create a business. And it's the biggest flim-flam business ever created!
I think there is too much Historical evidence to dispute Jesus' existence.
Just as I believe there is too little historical evidence to prove he was anything more than a man. An influential man. But a man.
The church has tainted any validity of his importance by trying to skew it toward their own gain.
Jesus deniers are on par with holocaust deniers? Now who is the internet kook?
Flooby
That is the dumbest thing I have ever heard. I know of holocaust survivors who actually witnessed the holocaust. The whole Jesus/Bible thing is a fairy tale.
There is plenty of evidence of the Holocaust. There is zero evidence that anything in the bible ever occurred. I'm sorry, I'm not willing to have faith (i.e. the choice to be ignorant) that it did. Go back to school and take a few science courses.
Mack Swift
Osiris never rose from the dead?
The cult of Osiris (who is a god chiefly of regeneration and re-birth) had a particularly strong interest toward the concept of immortality. Plutarch recounts one version of the myth in which Set (Osiris' brother), along with the Queen of Ethiopia, conspired with 72 accomplices to plot the assassination of Osiris.[15] Set fooled Osiris into getting into a box, which Set then shut, sealed with lead, and threw into the Nile (sarcophagi were based on[citation needed] the box in this myth). Osiris' wife, Isis, searched for his remains until she finally found him embedded in a tree trunk, which was holding up the roof of a palace in Byblos on the Phoenician coast. She managed to remove the coffin and open it, but Osiris was already dead.
In one version of the myth, she used a spell learned from her father and brought him back to life so he could impregnate her. Afterwards he died again and she hid his body in the desert. Months later, she gave birth to Horus. While she raised Horus, Set was hunting one night and came across the body of Osiris.
Enraged, he tore the body into fourteen pieces and scattered them throughout the land. Isis gathered up all the parts of the body, less the phallus (which was eaten by a catfish) and bandaged them together for a proper burial. The gods were impressed by the devotion of Isis and resurrected Osiris as the god of the underworld. Because of his death and resurrection, Osiris is associated with the flooding and retreating of the Nile and thus with the crops along the Nile valley.
Thank God for the gift of his son who died to take away my sins. I can not and will not impose my belief on anyone, i live my life according to His will and pray that others will come to know and experience His divine love.
today marks the foundation of the Christian faith.
Andres Varela
@John Blake,
I respect your ideologies, beliefs, and your right of free speech, therefore respect mine and those whose faith you choose not to believe in. Whether it is Christianity, Islam, Hinduism, Buddhism, or the many other religions of the world, we all deserve to celebrate each milestone of our religion in peace and without feeling like a disturbance for choosing to believe in something other than what you ideologies and beliefs are. In other words, have some tack this should have been posted tomorrow after our celebration of Easter.
We'll post what we want whenever we want. Today is the perfect day to point out the fairy tales.
It's all about money and adverstising. Ethics or courtesy are unknown terms.
Rainer Braendlein
Jesus was historical. It is proved by science of history! It is foolish to deny Christ's historicity, because it is proved!
There was a very famous historian of the Roman Empire, which lived in the first century after Christ (AD 56 – AD 117), that means extremly near-term to the events, which had came to pass in Palestine. He, Tacitus, was a pagan, which had no reason at all to promote Christianity and to tell us lies about Jesus. We can be sure that it was historical, what he wrote about Jesus, because he was an enemy of Jesus:
"Consequently, to get rid of the report, Nero fastened the guilt and inflicted the most exquisite tortures on a class hated for their abominations, called Christians by the populace. Christus, from whom the name had its origin, suffered the extreme penalty during the reign of Tiberius at the hands of one of our procurators, Pontius Pilatus, and a most mischievous superst-ition, thus checked for the moment, again broke out not only in Judæa, the first source of the evil, but even in Rome, where all things hideous and shameful from every part of the world find their centre and become popular. Accordingly, an arrest was first made of all who pleaded guilty; then, upon their information, an immense multi-tude was convicted, not so much of the crime of firing the city, as of hatred against mankind".
This passage is a clear evidence for the historicity of Christ Jesus.
There was a famous Jewish historian of the first century, who gives acount of Jesus Christ. Jews have no reason to promote Christianity and thus we can be sure that Flavius Josephus told us the truth about Jesus:
"And now Caesar, upon hearing the death of Festus, sent Albinus into Judea, as procurator. But the king deprived Joseph of the high priesthood, and bestowed the succession to that dignity on the son of Ananus, who was also himself called Ananus... Festus was now dead, and Albinus was but upon the road; so he assembled the sanhedrin of judges, and brought before them the brother of Jesus, who was called Christ, whose name was James, and some others; and when he had formed an accusation against them as breakers of the law, he delivered them to be stoned."
A Jew confirms the historical reality of Jesus, the founder of Christianity. That is very great!
Jesus may be an historical figure. There seems to be at least one reference outside of the mostly fictional bible. But scientific eveidene, really? What's that the shroud of turin?
I like Christ, Jesus the messenger of God the lord. Today Christians Christ is a myth. Remember God is lord. The one and only one.
Muhammad was an impostor, murder and abused a girl of 9 years!
God is great, it is humans that claim to know gods' will who are the problem.
From the quraan.
34 "So peace is on me the day I was born, the day that I die, and the day that I shall be raised up to life (again)"!
35 Such (was) Jesus the son of Mary: (it is) a statement of truth, about which they (vainly) dispute.
He may have existed, but the bible is a total fairy tale. All religions are for the weak minded.
Aurora Chuck
that's right 95% of the world are weak minded people.
The other 5% are our intellectuals.
Religion is dying in advanced societies.
popseal
I became a Christian 41 years ago (not a pop culture disciple). I've discovered that the Bible is perfectly accurate in regards to human nature, its problems, and the solution it offers (among its other subjects). The new birth resulting from repentance and faith in Christ changes a man's contemporary world in every way and that for the better. Also, it fixes his destiny. Unbelief is the logical response in those that fear one day having to appear before the Living God they've spent a life time trying to deny. Remember, every saint has a past and every sinner has a future. HAPPY EASTER
Except aurora it is more like 12%. 90% of general pop believes in a deity. 40% of scientists with bachelors believe. And 10% of imminent scientists believe. Goes down very suddenly. Because us scientists don't believe something just because someone says so.... luckily for you.
Flooby, you are absolutely correct. It's sad that so few are intellectual enough to understand that. Fortunately there is a growing atheist movement as people become more educated. Some day these fairy tales will be stamped out.
Supposed to read emminent. Not imminent
Hey Stalin, Lenin and Marx,
How'd that work out for ya?
The whole 'Doubting Thomas' thing cracks me up too. If someone questions the fairy tale; they slap a truckload of guilt on you for questioning this B.S. They really had their B.S. bases covered
I am God
Jesus is as comparable to the demigod Hercules, because they were children stories during the old ages and neither have proof of existence in our world. And Christians don't say "Jesus' words in the Bible" prove you wrong, because that is a bunch of b.s.
Except a man named Jesus probably did really walk the earth, and historically seems to be the focal point of the birth of a major world religion. Hercules – not so much.
Shawn Irwin
It is all fabricated, even from the start . . . There are about 7,770,000 species on the earth. If there are 90% insects, and we consider them to be all very small, (which we know they are not), we could say that each pair, in order to fit on the "ARK" would need 4 square inches for two of them, plus their food for more than 40 days (Actually I think it was about a year, but we will go with about 40 days just to give the bible thumpers a chance, it supposably rained for 40 days). Since 12 inches squared = 144 cubic inches, 144 cubic inches / 4 cubic inches = 36 per square foot. We know that, the insect population is about 80 – 90% of the entire 7,770,000 species, so making a conservative estimate, we will say it is 90%. 7,770,000 * 90% = 6,993,000 insects. 6,993,000 insects / 36 insect per square foot = 174,250 square foot needed to house all of these insects, and their food. Now the animals. 7,770,000 – 6,993,000 = 777,000 animals. We will again be conservative, and say that each animal requires only 3 cubic feet living space and three cubic foot for 40 days supply of food. 9 cubic feet total for each pair of species. They say the average size is actually that of a sheep, which would be more like 9 cubic feet for the two sheep alone. So, 777,000 animals x 9 cubic feet = 6993000 cubic feet required to house them. Now we will take the total needed for the insects and the total for the animals and add them together. 6,993,000 square foot + 174,250 square foot = 7,167,250 square feet needed on the whole "ark". (We will not even count the space needed for the humans, breathing space for all of the animals, and space needed for the structure of the "ark" itself.) Now the dimensions of the "ark" are well known. The length of the ark – 300 cubits, its breadth 50 cubits, and its height 30 cubits". This is equivalent to a length of 450 feet, a breadth of 75 feet and a height of 44 feet (assuming an 18" cubit); or 500 Feet, 83 feet and 49 feet (if it was the Egpytian 20" cubit). (We will use the larger size, just to give the bible thumpers a better chance) 500 x 83 x 49 gives 2,033,500 cubic feet. But wait, we needed 7,167,250 cubic feet! That is 3.5 times more space needed than the "ark" provided! And, we did not calculate for breathing space, space for humans, or internal structure of the ark itself! So, bible thumpers, please tell me, what did "god" do, shrink the animals?
And then there are the small matters of (i) food, especially for the carniverous species; (ii) all the plants; and (iii) where black people, Polynesions, Native Americans. blond Scandinavians, Chinese, J.apanese came from
Those who advocate christianity must support one of the following arguements:
1. The universe is less than 5,000 years old.
> Easily disproved by stratification of layers of earth, laid down yearly, with far more than 5000 layers, radiometric dating, Pangeae.
2. The dinosaurs never existed.
> Totally laughable. A visit to a Natrural History museum can quickly dispell this notion.
3. Noah lead Tyrannosaurus Rex onto the ark.
> Even more laughable. Tyrannosaurus Rex would eat Noah and half of the animals on the ark.
The state Biblical illiteracy is a matter of willful ignorance. Don't let other illiterates define what Christians believe. I've been a Christian for 41 years and am still amazed at what they say I believe.
Not so surprised to see CNN.com questioning the existence of Jesus on such a fine blessed day as this. And this is where some people get their news? Evidently, according to CNN, Jesus is just simply the worlds most significant and important non-existent figment of an imaginary myth ever. Reading down further, the religious responses to the myth-theory pummels the flawed logic and false facts that liberals cling to when desperately making a point about things they do not understand.
Kel, it's time for you to let go of your nonsense. There is no magical man in the sky watching over you. Go take a few science and get that G.E.D once and for all.
I love how you peg all non-believers as liberals. This presumes that all believers are conservatives. Talk about not understanding something... so if heaven is filled with all conservatives, you can have it! Better yet, stop reading CNN on this "fine, blessed day" – then I won't be subjected to your lunatic comments.
I do believe in the existence of Jesus Christ, the Son of God, who died for the sins of the world and then was resurrected on the third day. If I am respectful of your right to not believe, please be respectful of my right to believe.
notheism
Nobody is trying to take away your right to believe in imaginary super friends. If you don't like the article, go read something else. Nonetheless, you cannot deny others the right to talk about these things, regardless if it is a day that you consider special.
Happy Easter! Jesus may or may not have existed, I fully recognizes this. If he did exist, he certainly was different from the accounts in the bible that were written long after his death. The gospel of John is almost certainly a late revision to make Christianity what the writer wanted it to be. I choose to follow the gospel teaching that reason and logic tell me are good, view it all with a critical eye, and try to be good to my fellow man, not be greedy, and generally make the world a better place by standing up for the poor and the outcasts. When I die, I will go back to the earth, my genes will live on through my children, and I haven't a clue what will happen to my "soul" or if we really have souls. The universe is a great and beautiful mystery, I am happy and lucky to be part of it.
Im not a very religious person but why in the world would you run a story like this on the holiest of days for Christians?
martog
$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$$
Drama is news now, and if you can't find it then you make some happen.
Because lots of people click and they make advertising $.
because CNN has no class. You would never see them run a story about Muhamed on one of the Muslims holiest days. They would fear that they would get their heads cut off but then Christians are the radicals!
CNN does it every year. I've noticed this for the last 6 or 7 years. They'll do it around Christmas, too.
Saved-by-grace
Agreed, CNN has been doing this for a while. Just another way to bash Christianity.
Its a very relevant story to post for many of us that have to be subjected to the propaganda seen everywhere you go. It's like living n North Korea.
Why not run the story? Why does it bother you? If you're a religious person than don't read the article. Instead go pray to your magical man for our souls.
Couldnt think of a better day to run this! Today is about 'Jesus' and religion is all about faith. People have to choose to believe or not believe. Both sides of an argument is a good thing!
Because CNN in the tabloid rag of the internet.
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Industry Kitchen of New York City named the gold-topped pizza The 24k and requires 48 hours notice for orders
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A New York City restaurant is taking a stab at creating the most decadent pizza on the market with a pie topped in gold flakes, foie gras and even truffles.
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Height of decadence: Industry Kitchen in New York City has a pizza on offer topped with truffles, caviar and 24-karat gold
Sliced into eight pieces, the pizza works out to $250 per slice, meaning it costs roughly $50 per bite.
Talking to Town & Country, Industry Kitchen Executive Chef Braulio Bunay said he was inspired to create the pizza by the city's Financial District, which he described as 'the epitome of decadence'.
'The pizza is extremely rich - if you're in the mood for a lavish meal, this is the pizza for you,' he said.
Bunay also claimed that, despite its decadence - and price tag - using the ingredients as pizza toppings made it 'more approachable'.
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Right at home: The restaurant is located in New York City's South Street Seaport
Interesting mix: The pizza, which requires 48 hours advance notice on orders, works out to $250 per slice
Many are less than impressed by the cheesy indulgence, with the New York Daily News speaking to one dietitian who blasted the lack of nutritional value in the pizza's most expensive ingredient: the Ecuador-imported gold flakes.
'It doesn't have carbs, fat or protein so it won't provide calories, unlike sprinkles which have sugar. It's mostly for decoration. It's tasteless,' said registered dietician Alix Turoff.
Yet the pizza is far from the first recipe to incorporate a bit of the precious metal. Earlier this year, Björn DelaCruz, the owner of Filipino restaurant the Manila Social Club, in Williamsburg, New York, created the pricey Golden Cristal Ube Donut.
Topped with golden leaves and flavored with champagne, the confection was sold for $100 a pop.
In 2014, Le Dolci bakery in Toronto created a $900 cupcake, which was filled with all manner of extravagant ingredients, including a luxury bottle of champagne, gold leaf and diamonds.
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Q: Ignoring commas in a string parsed by commas So let's say I have a string entering into an Excel document set up like this
output.WriteLine(string.Format("{0},{1},{2},{3}",
                                                   var1,
                                                   var2,
                                                   var3,
                                                   var4
                                                   ));

Now normally it would enter each var into a separate cell.
However, I find that if one of my vars has a comma in it, it will treat that as a cell ending, and go to the next one. How can I ignore commas in the vars while maintaining the set up?

A: I'm assuming this is a CSV file that you're creating.  As such you would need to wrap the value that has the comma in it with double quotes.  You can either wrap everything (which is easier, like:
output.WriteLine(string.Format("\"{0}\",\"{1}\",\"{2}\",\"{3}\"",
                                                   var1,
                                                   var2,
                                                   var3,
                                                   var4
                                                   ));

Or you could write a small helper function like:
public string EncodeCell(string value) {
   return value.Contains(",") ? String.Format("\"{0}\"", value) : value;
}

And then do:
output.WriteLine(string.Format("{0},{1},{2},{3}",
                                                   EncodeCell(var1),
                                                   EncodeCell(var2),
                                                   EncodeCell(var3),
                                                   EncodeCell(var4)
                                                   ));

A: Escape the commas in your vars before inserting with an escape sequence of your choice.

A: Depends on how you want comas entered. Simplest thing to do:
var1.Replace(",", "string to replace comma for")
var2.Replace(",", "string to replace comma for")
var3.Replace(",", "string to replace comma for")
...

Using list/array and String.Join would make it much easier too.

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It looks like we do not have any campgrounds in our database for camping in Stratham Station, New Hampshire.
We did however find 52 campgrounds within 25 miles of Stratham Station. You can also find a list of cities with campgrounds or RV Parks near Stratham Station in the left hand column.
Stayed recently, and definitely will not return. The mosquito problem is so significant that you almost can't leave your tent/RV -both day and night, and beyond the typical dusk/dawn mosquito feeding times. Took the dog for a walk at 8am in bright sunshine and we were both attacked by swarms of mosquitos - literally dozens. Off repellent with 30% deet was only marginally effective, and we could not sit by the fire due to the sheer volume of mosquitos.
The owners go overboard to see that you are satisfied and will do their best to make you comfortable. When we first arrived after a long dusty road we were assigned a campsite along the river. We hadn't paid yet, the owners would be by later to collect. The campsite was dirt and very crowded. We were very close to our neighbors in a run down trailer. Looked like the neighborhood had been there for years. We were ready to pull out and go somewhere else. The owner showed up and moved us to another campsite with more space and grass. We stayed for our two week commitment.
This really isn't a very nice campground. I would have to consider it more of a trailer park for RVs. Most of the park is occupied by seasonal or full timers. The infrastructure is lacking in that the power lines are strung randomly around the trees, some of the water lines are just 1/2" abs lines strung around on the ground, and the sewer lines are pvc with some of it above ground. It's either very dusty or very muddy. There are mosquitoes aplenty with all of the standing water around the campground. The river is really not very inviting either as it moves very slowly and retains a yellowish color from the vegetation.
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Not a campground by any means, more like a trailer park. No teen activities little to no activities for younger kids or any activities are put on by other campers/residents Campground employees are quick to Yell at you for going to fast yet they pass you on their 4 wheelers, that's another thing. 4 wheelers are constantly going all over the campground like its a ATV park. Yet they are not allowed unless you're part of the click. One of the owners is more than happy to tell you it's quite time while roaring around the camp at midnight waking my kids with the sound of his 4 wheeler.
The public restrooms are a filthy outdated mess. WiFi only at the office with no place to sit or any privacy. With so many campgrounds out their I will never bring my family there again.


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An interest in Cuban politics and African Diaspora culture within Latin America led her to New Orleans where she received an MA and PhD in Latin American Studies at Tulane University. Frazier's graduate studies in Cuba and Brazil aligned with her interest in contemporary music, specifically hip hop, and public performance. Frazier frequently plays violin with performance organizations and musicians around the city. She has performed with several local New Orleans musicians and performances artists. Frazier has taught several university-level courses, including: Spanish, Latin American Studies, and African Diaspora-related courses on the university level at Tulane University, Xavier University, Wofford College, and Southern University of New Orleans. She has lectured and presented seminars and workshops on diversity, African Diaspora culture, contemporary music and performance all around the country. She has also worked with various advocacy groups and non-profit organizations in New Orleans, for instance a college access and completion program organization called: College Track and Make Music NOLA, a music and performance program for local New Orleans students. Frazier is currently the Assistant Director for the New Orleans Center for the Gulf South at Tulane University and manages the Music Rising at Tulane website.
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Calvin Johnson, Jr. was born into a rich musical heritage where Jazz, Classical and Funk/Soul artists on both sides of his family have paved the way. A graduate of the prestigious New Orleans Center for Creative Arts (NOCCA) and University of New Orleans Business School (UNO). In addition to his repertoire of international concert performances, Johnson is also a Preservation Hall and Louis Armstrong Foundation School Ambassador, where he leads jazz workshops in the public schools of New Orleans. Of the many projects Calvin finds himself involved in are ChapterSOUL, a New Orleans based future NOLA funk band that keeps a busy tour schedule, and Native Son, which he formed as a tribute to his great city. Native Son's self-titled 2015 release was a critically acclaimed album having been voted as one of the top releases of 2015 by Offbeat Voters Poll as well as being on of the Top 10 selling albums of that years acclaimed New Orleans Jazz and Heritage Festival.


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47-мм противотанковая пушка F.R.C. Mod.31 (, аббревиатура ) — бельгийское артиллерийское орудие, разработанное в 1931 году для Бельгийской армии. Широко применялось при обороне Бельгии в 1940 году. Известное жаргонное название применявшееся бельгийскими солдатами — «Quat'sept» (Сорок семь). Орудие разработано бельгийской компанией F.R.C. — Fonderie Royale des Canons, расположенной в Эрстале (пригород Льежа).

Модификации
Существовало две основных модификации орудия — пехотная и кавалерийская. Обе модификации производились с незначительными вариациями: кавалерийская версия имела пневматические шины для большей дорожной мобильности, в то время как пехотные версии имели более тяжёлые, но более прочные катки с цельнорезиновыми шинами. Орудие также являлось основным казематным в бункерах, в том числе в бельгийских укреплениях на канале Альберта. Ими также оснащались бельгийские самоходные истребители танков T-13.

Характеристики
Для своего времени 47-мм пушка F.R.C. Mod.31 обладала впечатляющей бронепробиваемостью, особенно в сравнении с современными немецкими или французскими конструкциями — соответственно 37-мм Pak 35/36 и 25-мм Hotchkiss. На средней дальности бронепробиваемостью оно превзошло британское 2-фунтовое Ordnance QF 2: бронебойные снаряды могли пробить 47 мм броневой стали на расстоянии в 300 метров. Это достигалось во многом из-за большого калибра со снарядом массой 1,52 кг для бронебойных патронов. Тем не менее, это достигалось своей ценой: с общим весом 515 кг, не считая боеприпасов и снаряжения, F.R.C. Mod.31 была тяжелее немецкого Pak 36. Имея компактные габариты F.R.C. Mod.31 было легко замаскировать, но вследствие своего большого веса и общей нехватки механизации в бельгийской армии в 1940 году, смена позиции для орудия была трудной задачей.

История службы

Бельгия
В 1935 году орудие стало поступать на вооружение бельгийской армии и к началу немецкого вторжения в 1940 году их количество составляло более 750 экземпляров. Все боевые и резервные пехотные первой линии, кавалерийские части и подразделения пограничников были оснащены данным орудием, а резервные части второй линии должны были обходится противотанковыми ружьями. Каждый пехотный полк состоял из 3 пехотных батальонов и одной батальона тяжёлого вооружения. Последний, в свою очередь, состоял из 3 рот тяжёлого оружия, одна из которых была оснащена 12 47-мм противотанковыми пушками F.R.C. Mod.31. Учитывая хорошие бронепробиваемые возможности, «47» мог пробить 30 мм броню немецких танков PzKpfw III и PzKpfw IV на расстоянии более 500 м. Существуют доклады танкистов, удивлённых наличием данного оружия у Бельгийцев, но в основном большая часть бельгийской армии была развёрнута на севере страны, на плоской местности Фландрии, а не в гористой местности в Арденнах, на юге, которая рассматривалась бельгийским командованием как непроходимая. Но которое в итоге и послужило в качестве основного маршрута вторжения примерно 2500 немецких танков.

Для перемещения орудия использовались как специализированные артиллерийские тягачи Marmon-Herrington Mle 1938 так и обычные грузовики GMC Mle 1937.

Германия
Несколько сотен 47-мм пушек были захвачены немцами после капитуляции Бельгии. Орудия имели достаточно хорошие характеристики, что немцы смогли принять их на вооружение под наименованием 4.7 cm Pak 185(b). Некоторые из них были использованы для укрепления обороны на Нормандских островах.

Венгрия
Большинство захваченных немцами орудий в 1940—1941 годах были переданы венграм, чтобы компенсировать отсутствие у последних противотанковых пушек во время планировавшейся операции Барбаросса. Использование орудий (в венгерской армии получивших наименование 36 M) было ограничено в связи с отсутствием запасных частей, кроме того, высокая бронепробиваемость этих орудий была в скорости сведена на нет достижениями советской танковой промышленности. Большинство из орудий стали использоваться в качестве учебных.

Ссылки
 4.7 cm PaK 185 (b)

См. также
 47-мм противотанковая пушка SA Mle 1937
 Canon de 76 FRC

Литература
 Максим Коломиец - Противотанковая артиллерия Вермахта во Второй Мировой войне. От «дверных колотушек» до «убийц танков». М. Яуза: Эксмо 2012. ISBN 978-5-699-59601-0
 Marcin Bryja: Artyleria niemiecka 1933-1945: taktyka, organizacja, uzbrojenie. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Militaria, 1996. ISBN 83-7219-258-8.

Артиллерия Бельгии
Артиллерия периода Второй мировой войны
Противотанковая артиллерия
Артиллерия калибра 47 мм

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It's estimated that over 37 million Americans live with Overactive Bladder (1,2) – the urgent and frequent need to use the restroom. And yet, many people don't receive the proper treatment they should. Part of this is due to one's own embarrassment – no one likes to discuss the inability to control their bladder with anyone, even their doctor. In fact, in a recent NAFC survey of OAB patients, 74% said they waited longer than they should have to seek treatment(3). And, while OAB has many treatment options, many of those people who didn't seek treatment (26%) said they didn't know about the treatment options available to them(3). Sadly, of those who did seek treatment, only 20% were extremely satisfied with their current treatment(3).
Wouldn't it be nice if there were a roadmap for those living with OAB to know what their options are? Luckily, there is. It's called a patient Care Pathway, and it helps you to know your treatment choices, usually ranging from conservative to more advanced treatments. A Care Pathway shows possible treatment options, and helps you make informed decisions. With OAB, a Care Pathway is a great tool for both patients and physicians to use to find a treatment that works and the patient is comfortable with. The new OAB Care Pathway, sponsored by Medtronic, does just that. This Care Pathway is based on the clinical guidelines for OAB from the American Urological Association (AUA) and the Society of Urodynamics, Female Pelvic Medicine & Urogenital Reconstruction (SUFU).
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Your first step is to speak with a physician about your symptoms. As with most treatments, starting with a conservative approach is best.
Once your physician determines your condition, they may have you try various lifestyle changes such as improving diet and exercise, or working to strengthen your pelvic floor in addition to using protective absorbent products if leakage is a problem.
If lifestyle changes don't work, oral medications are a common next step. These medications can help, and are a mainstay of therapy when behavioral and lifestyle changes prove ineffective. Some patients do experience side effects with medications, which may be difficult to handle. In fact, studies have shown that many patients with OAB do not stay on medications long term – only 28% of patients remained on medications after 6 months in one study4. Unfortunately, all too many patients think this is their last option and many do not see a physician again. This is where a Care Pathway can really help a patient and physician who aren't sure what to try next.
Advanced therapies can play a big role in the treatment of OAB, and are a good option to explore if medications haven't worked for you. Sacral Neuromodulation is thought to target the nerves that are responsible for bladder function. Additionally, injected medications (Botox) block the signals that trigger OAB by calming the nerves and bladder muscle. Both of these may be treatments your doctor discusses with you after trying oral medication.
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More education around the treatment options available can help you not only in finding a new solution that you may not have known about, but may also help you to get to a better place faster. If you're suffering from symptoms of Overactive Bladder, study the OAB Care Pathway below, print it out, and walk through it with your doctor.
About The Author: Dr. Harriette Scarpero is a board certified fellowship trained urologist and nationally recognized expert in female pelvic health and reconstruction (FPM/RS). She specializes in the urologic care of women.Dr. Scarpero received her B.A. in English from the University of the South in 1989. She graduated from Louisiana State University School of Medicine in New Orleans, LA and completed her General Surgery Internship and Urology Residency at LSU Medical Center. She served as Chief Resident at LSU/Ochsner from 1999-2001.Before joining Associated Urologists, she was Associate Professor of Urologic Surgery at Vanderbilt University School of Medicine and a member of the Vanderbilt Academy of Excellence in Teaching. There her practice addressed complex reoperative cases as well as general female urologic cases. She has helped train students, residents and fellows in FPM/RS for eight years and considers educating women about their urologic health to be an important component of the patient care she provides.As an expert in her field, Dr. Scarpero is active on many national urologic boards. She is a past president of The Society of Women in Urology, on the executive committee of The Society of Urodynamics and Female Urology, and participates on several committees for The American Urologic Association.Dr. Scarpero has published extensively in the areas of incontinence, urodynamics, and pelvic reconstruction, and she has been an invited lecturer at specialty meetings around the country.
1. Stewart WF, et al. Prevalence and burden of overactive bladder in the United States. World J Urol. 2003 May;20(6):327-336. 2. United Nations, Department of Economic and Social Affairs, Population Division (2011). World Population Prospects: The 2010 Revision, CD-ROM Edition. 3. Leede Research, "Views on OAB: A Study for the National Association of Continence." December 16, 2015. 4. Yeaw J, Benner J, Walt JG et al Comparing adherence and persistence across 6 chronic medication classes. J Manag Care Pharm. 2009:15(9): 724-736
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007 Collection: From Russia With Love
Date: September 28, 2019Author: hacked2pieces 0 Comments
THE BOND FILM: Fom Russia With Love
THE BOND: Sean Connery
THE BOND GIRL: Daniela Bianchi – Tatiana Romanova
THE BOND BAD: Robert Shaw – Red Grant: SPECTRE assassin.
THE BOND SONG: From Russia With Love- Sung by Matt Monro composed by Lionel Bart
THE BOND DIRECTOR: Terence Young
BOND WISECRACK: Tatiana: Thank you, but I think my mouth is too big. James Bond: No, it's the right size… for me, that is.
RELEASED: 10 October 1963
THE BOND PLOT:
Secret agent James Bond battles the all powerful international crime syndicate called SPECTRE. The organization's mad plan for world supremacy unfolds with the icy efficiency of a chess master's complex strategy, and if they succeed, the antagonism of the cold war will be pushed from deep-freeze to the supernova of atomic oblivion.
THE BOND REVIEW:
So onto From Russia With Love and before I get into this review I feel the need to make a confession and its one that may stun you. Are you ready for this? Sure? Ok then! What I did not realise today after watching the second Bond film is that Robert Shaw from this film, is the same Robert Shaw that is in Jaws! Yes…..I can hear the silence from here and all the credibility I might have gained from you lot I can feel evaporating as I type.
How I did not realise that they were the same person is something that that I really can not answer and its great to know now that Shaw not only comes with the role of Quint in my mind but also that of Red Grant, a man that is probably the finest Bond nemesis of all time….
Now that the shocking admission is off my chest, lets get to the film and its shocking just how stylish the second film of this franchise is. Buoyed by the critical and commercial success of Dr No, right from the off you can sense a strong confident approach from all involved and each scene oozes with quality that it was hard to take my eyes off the film. Thanks to the financial success of Dr. No, United Artists doubled the budget to $2 million, and because of the luck they had in the casting of Sean Connery, he too had a bonus on top of his $54,000 salary.
From Russia With Love was chosen to be the second film due to it being President John F. Kennedy favourite book. In an interesting bit of trivia, From Russia with Love was the last film President Kennedy saw at the White House on 20 November 1963 before going to Dallas and that makes me wonder if he did get the same enjoyment out of it that many others did back on its release and for many years after. Knowing the fate that awaited him, I really hope he did!
Right from the off we get such a buzz of complete control in this franchise. I suppose looking back it was great to have such a character in a great pair of hands because there is so much care put into this film and those involved just knew back then what they wanted to achieve and how to go about things. The beginning is nothing like you expect. There is no big explosions, no nail biting set-piece, what we have is a bit of Mission Impossible rubber mask pulling in which we see trained Assassin Red Grant (Shaw) kill our 007 only for it to be revealed that it was a man in a mask. Our favourite agent has pissed off a lot of people by killing off the evil Dr No and they want revenge and its here we see the first glimpse of the man called Blofield, just a voiceover and of course the now iconic image of a hand stroking that damn cat. Although un-credited in the titles, the hand we see is of the actor Anthony Dawson, who ironically played Professor Dent in the previous Bond film even though his voice was dubbed by Viennese actor Eric Pohlmann. Its great to see an early appearance of this figure that will come prominent in later episodes and its here in this film that his mission is probably the most complicated of them all. Ready for this….here I go.
SPECTRE want a Russian decoding device. Yes not exactly the elaborate plots that we the fans will come used too but its still a pretty cool plan only because of the grand logic that comes with it. Two of their agents Rosa Klebb (Lotte Lenya), and chess master Kronsteen (Vladek Sheybal), are the heads behind this mission and it involves using Bond to meet up with a pretty Russian Tatiana Romanova (Daniela Bianchi) who is instructed to make sure Bond falls in love with her. Once Bond obtains this device SPECTRE assassin Red Grant will kill him and leaving behind a mess that leaves no trace to who is actually behind it all. Yes sounds a tad confusing and it is a bit of a head scratcher but its such a compulsive watch that you really can not take your eyes off it.
The last time we saw Bond he was in a boat making out with Honey Ryder and ironically this is where we catch up with again, in a boat making out with a different woman this time. I really can not say just how good Connery is in only the second performance as the character. Like the writers and direction, he is so confident in the role that it just sparkles on the screen and you can see why he will never be bettered as 007. Every scene he is is just a master class of how the character should be played and I have to add that we are left waiting for his appearance in this film, a massive 18 minutes have gone by until we meet up with him, an incredible wait which shows just how confident they were in the whole plot and set-up!
Bond knows straight away that he may be walking into a trap but damn, how can he resist the lure of a hot girl and a sexy location and is this the film that suggests Bond may have had a threesome. I mean that bonkers middle part set in the Gypsy camp where he has to witness two women wrestle for the love of a man, a fight that is broken up thanks to a gun fight, both girls then go into his room and what happens afterwards, well we can only imagine. There is one moment at this gypsy camp that made me realise just why this man is so cool at what he does. There in front of him is a woman doing one of those belly dancing and he is totally hooked. His fellow friend Kerim Bey (Pedro Armendáriz) pours him a drink and like a flash Bond takes his eye off the woman and looks down to see what he is doing. Its just a glance but for me that made me realise that this guy is always alert to what is around him and that is what makes him so good at his job.
I have not watched From Russia With Love for many of years until today and watching it made me rediscover why this is often cited as the best Bond film of them all and certainly why Connery himself calls this his favourite.
Like Dr No, its wonderfully underplayed and the sole intention is for good storytelling and not the next big bang and knowing nod to the cameras that would affect the much later additions. Yes we do get the first seeds of what becomes the franchise mainstream, we get the theme title music even though its played at the end of this film, we get the first appearance of Q (Desmond Llewellyn) even though in this he is given the name of Boothroyd.
With the arrival of Q we also get of course the gadgetry even though a suitcase full of useful stuff is more realistic and down to earth than say an invisible car..(more on that in a later review) and many other slight nods that future writers and directors of the series will copy from. What I loved and did not appreciate from the film is just how tight the plot is. This is an old fashioned Cold War Spy caper that is brilliantly played from beginning to end and its amazing to think that the first time we see Bond actually fire a gun is on the 42nd minute mark and yet not once did I miss an action scene before then.
I was so engrossed by what I was seeing that I did not mind if there was not one action scene in it, well up until of course that fight scene between Grant and Bond which even to this day, is the best moment of the entire franchise. There is not much I can write that as not been already written about that scene but after 50 years since it was first shown, it is still a brilliant moment in cinema history and the face/off between the two even before the fight is a stunning moment full of tension that had me gripped.
I do not care who argues with me, I am telling you now that Grant is the finest henchman this series as ever had and probably will have, such was the impact the set-piece had on me.
Bianchi who won the 1969 Miss Universe contest is a much better Bond girl than Honey Ryder and the actress left a lasting mark in the franchise because that moment in the film where Connery finds her in his bed, well its a scene which was often used afterwards for screen testing future new Bonds.
Having now watched the first two films I must say that From Russia With Love is far superior to that of Dr No. It had everything you wanted from the franchise, a cool plot, a stunning Bond Girl, an evil bad guy and of course the ultimate Bond, because lets me honest…Connery makes this film even more better. He is handsome, dashing and dead cool right from his first scene and while you can say that this Bond film is the more "talkative" of the lot, it works better because of it.
After two very good films one after another, if I was a betting man at the time I would say that the quality must dip for a third film.
What no one knew was that Bond was set to get bigger…bolder….with an entry that was all set to hit "Gold" for the franchise!!
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When I first started writing my blog I said that I wanted to share some of the funny things I saw and heard as a pastor's wife.
So – here are two more.
One Easter we had a new member who had just recently moved to our area. Since she had no immediate family close by, we invited her to join our family for lunch after church. We had a nice meal and then I invited her to join my husband and me in our living room for a cup of coffee and dessert.
Sitting down on the couch, she began telling us a little more about herself – where she had lived, what jobs she had in the past. Suddenly, she crossed her legs in a very unladylike position revealing more leg than we wanted to see and giving us a clear picture of her black underwear.
My husband quickly announced that he needed to go to his office to go over notes for the evening sermon.
After she left we laughed and wondered what she was trying to convey and to which one of us the message was intended.
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A new global Glass-Steagall
Glass-Steagall is the indispensible first step to global economic recovery. It will immediately halt the onset of hyperinflation, remove government committment from toxic debts, end too-big-to-fail, and force separation of commercial banking functions from investment banking functions.
Glass-Steagall for Australia
Petition to Parliament: Australia Urgently Needs a Glass-Steagall Separation of Banks
The CEC has launched a petition to the Commonwealth Parliament, calling for immediate legislation to enact a Glass-Steagall-style banking separation in Australia, to protect deposits and essential banking services from looming financial shocks.
Click here to read/sign the petition.
Download a PDF copy of Glass-Steagall Now! (3mb).
The London and Wall Street-centred world financial bubble is today far larger than in 2008. To avoid a financial collapse and a likely new world war, we must cancel the bubble: split the "too big to fail" megabanks into speculative investment banks (with no government protection), vs. normal banks which invest in the real economy. The CEC's new pamphlet, Glass Steagall Now!, tells you exactly how to do it.
Click here to purchase a hard-copy ($25 including postage).
Letter of Transmittal
1. Stop the Bail-In/Bail-Out Plot against Australians
2. Joe Hockey: Flunky for London and Wall Street
3. Without Glass-Steagall, Australia's Banks Will Crash
4. Australia's Real 'Big Four': HSBC, JPMorgan, National, Citicorp
5. The Glass-Steagall Solution
6. Glass-Steagall Legislation Pending in Major Countries
– The U.S. 21st Century Glass-Steagall Act
– U.S. Support for Glass-Steagall
– Europe Debates Glass-Steagall
– Leading Bankers, Economists, Legislators Call for Glass-Steagall
7. Summary of Draft Legislation for an Australian National Bank
8. The Economic Recovery Program: Great Water Projects, Maglev Rail, Nuclear Fission Power
9. Mankind's Future: Thermonuclear Fusion
A. The Bail-In Plot against Australians: The Evidence
B. The ABC's of Bail-In: What You Must Know
C. Pope Francis vs. the "Free Market": "Thou Shalt Not Kill"
D. The LaRouche Record on the Financial Crisis
E. The Disastrous History of Australia's Banking Deregulation
Why Australia urgently needs a Glass-Steagall banking separation
Demand your MP support: Glass-Steagall for Australia
The Citizens Electoral Council has this week issued a new pamphlet on the urgent need to break up Australia's big four banks through a Glass-Steagall-style banking separation.
Glass-Steagall for Australia explains how only by enacting a local form of the U.S. Glass-Steagall Act's strict separation between deposit-taking commercial banks and risky investment banks, can the government protect both depositors and the functionality of the nation's financial system from looming financial shocks.
Craig Isherwood: Urgent Appeal to Representatives and Senators of the U.S. Congress
Bankers Who Should Have Gone to Jail are Wrecking the Economy Again
Dodd Frank: the anti-Glass-Steagall
LaRouchePAC Glass-Steagall Ad In DC Daily With Over 40 Signatures
Thuggery Put Through Dodd-Frank and Killed Glass-Steagall in 2010
Dodd-Frank Kills: How The U.S. Joined International Bail-In
Kill Dodd-Frank Before It Literally Kills You!
2013: It's Glass-Steagall or die!
Major moves to Glass-Steagall banking separation, as next financial crisis looms
Wall Street Mafia In Desperate Drive To Stop Glass-Steagall
AUDIO: An Urgent Appeal for Glass-Steagall from Helga Zepp-LaRouche
Frankfurt Schiller Conference Resolution: 'Either Glass-Steagall, or Chaos and Genocide'
Cancelling the monetary system without Glass-Steagall is genocide: LaRouche
A Bailout was Never Possible: The Intent is Genocide (PDF flyer)
Hyperinflation: A Graphic Presentation by Dennis Small
New LaRouchePAC Video Documents the Reality: Glass-Steagall, or Genocide!
Worldwide Glass-Steagall Legislative Initiatives: An International Overview
Trans-Atlantic alliance for Glass-Steagall
1st August, 2012
'Shatterer of Glass-Steagall' calls for its restoration
The former boss of giant U.S. bank Citigroup, Sanford (Sandy) Weill, who possesses a giant wooden plaque listing his accomplishments which includes the line, "The Shatterer of Glass-Steagall", has shocked the banking world by calling for its restoration.
It is almost impossible to overstate the strategic significance of the fact that an important group within the top echelons of the British Establishment have come to the conclusion that Glass-Steagall is the only survival option open to them. The July 3 Financial Times editorial endorsement of Glass-Steagall has been followed, over the past 48 hours, by a series of further endorsements by leading figures ...
The Principles to be Considered: A NEW LIFE-TIME FOR OUR SOCIETY
On The Fourth of July, 2012, the voices of some of the most respected figures referenced by the British press in London, had shocked the politically sentient circles of the planet, with the publication of a report whose source has included the members of a circle of public figures from among the most highly respectable, relevant circles of Great Britain. Those voices had announced that some crucial elements of that famous empire's leading press had suddenly called for wiping out the nominally richest British banks in the world, in order to rescue both Britain and the United States from a terrible catastrophe. The relevant British proponents had proposed cooperation between the United States and Britain on this specific account.
Glass-Steagall Understood: The Space In Which To Live
The London Turn-a-bout: THE ONCE-IN-A-LIFETIME OPTION
Lyndon LaRouche Responds to Britain (video)
Lyndon LaRouche issued the following remarks regarding the breaking developments coming out of Britain and their proposal that the United States join them in establishing a classical Glass-Steagall banking reorganization of the transatlantic financial system immediately. ...
Libor: Not a Scandal. A Funeral.
The real story surrounding the news that the London Interbank Offering Rate was manipulated is that the financial system that mechanism is a part has died, and a return to the Glass-Steagall Act in both London and the United States is the first step to replacing that system.
See Financial Crash page for more on "Bail-in", Detroit, Cyprus and the Libor-rigging scandal
See British Empire page for LaRouche was right about HSBC
The Glass-Steagall Four: "We need to rein in 'too big to fail' banks"
Nearly 600,000 Sign for Glass-Steagall; Petitions Delivered to U.S. Senate
Glass-Steagall Continues To Stay in the Headlines
Warren Says Either Glass-Steagall or Too-Big-To-Fail; Slams Holder on Bank "Prosecutions"
Tremonti Warns Against New Crisis and Bail-In, Calls for Bank Separation
US Machinist Union's Pres. Calls for Glass Steagall, "National TVA"
Liam Halligan: There Is an Overwhelming, Pressing Need for Glass-Steagall
Elizabeth Warren Pushes Bipartisan Glass-Steagall Versus Wall Street
Prins: Break Wall Street, Enact Glass-Steagall
Nomi Prins: Reinstate Glass-Steagall
Halligan: Glass-Steagall Debate Re-Opened in Britain
Glass-Steagall or Thermonuclear War
Glass-Steagall Repeal Opened the Gates of Hell
Eight New Signers on the 21st Century Glass-Steagall Act of 2013
Another Hearing, Warren Scores Another Point for Glass-Steagall
World Council of Churches Called for Global Glass-Steagall
"The Volcker Rule Won't Work"
Bipartisan 21st Century Glass-Steagall Legislation introduced in U.S. Congress
Backlash Against Volcker Rules, Glass-Steagall Raised
LaRouche: "If It's War or Revolution That You Want, Then Go Along with This Fake Volcker Rule!"
'Delayed Glass-Steagall' Amendment Narrowly Defeated In U.K. House of Lords
US State Lawmakers vs. Wall Street Clashed at NCSL; Banksters Freaked Against Legislators Over Glass-Steagall
International movement on Glass-Steagall
'Wall Street On Parade': Clarity on Glass-Steagall
New Glass-Steagall Resolution Introduced for Winter Meeting of NCSL
Wall Street and Glass-Steagall Are the Issue for the Democratic Party
Warren Says Time To Take On Wall Street with Glass-steagall Is Now
Glass-Steagall Re-Introduced in Icelandic Parliament
Under Glass-Steagall, U.S. enjoyed nearly 50 years of prosperity
Pro-Manufacturing Senators: Return to Glass-Steagall and the FDR Paradigm
On the Eve of War—Glass-Steagall Now Would Change Everything
Glass-Steagall Pressure Forces Moves Against JP Morgan, Wall Street
Swiss Author: Our Anti-Oligarchical Tradition Is the Basis for Glass-Steagall
Bank separation introduced into Swedish parliament third year in a row
LaRouche: Banksters Are Lying; Glass-Steagall Will Solve This
LaRouche: Behind The Shutdown & Debt Ceiling Swindle Wall St. Orders Obama To Kill Glass-Steagall
Real Panic Coming from the Top of the Oligarchy
Two French MPs Urge the U.S. Congress To Pass a New Glass-Steagall Act
Glass-Steagall Debate in Switzerland
Bundestag Members Interested in "Real Bank Separation"
Austrian Candidate Frank Stronach: `Reintroduce Glass Steagall'
Glass-Steagall Brawl in Switzerland, Resolutions and Hysteria
As Obama Crumbles, More Voices Are Heard for Glass-Steagall
Swiss Parliament Glass-Steagall Vote Sends The World a Powerful Signal
Lehman Bankruptcy Administrator Calls for Glass-Steagall
Elizabeth Warren: Glass-Steagall Is The Slingshot That Can Bring Down Goliath
Jamie Dimon Lied About Australia Not Needing Glass-Steagall
U.S. Green Party Calls for Glass-Steagall
Life and Death Issues Confronting Mankind At This Moment
War Over Glass-Steagall at Conference of State Legislatures, Across US
EIR's Paul Gallagher Replies to Jamie Dimon
Advocates Speak on Glass-Steagall at US State Legislators' conference
Glass-Steagall Resolution Introduced In California
Growing Recognition that Only Glass-Steagall Can Stop the Detroit Template of Fascist Economics
Glass-Steagall: The Last Chance
Kaptur Speaks on Congress Floor for Glass-Steagall
US National Farmers Organization (NFO) Press Release in Support of Glass-Steagall
Detroit Leader Lamar Lemmons III in Washington, D.C. To Fight for Glass-Steagall
Ed Asner: Letter In Support of Restoring Glass-Steagall
Glass-Steagall Raised in Hearing on Wall Street Control of Commodities
Glass-Steagall "Battle of the Books"
The Ugly Face of JP Morgan Chase Exposed in Texas
Wall Street Controls the U.S. Congress and Treasury Secretary
US Debate on Glass-Steagall Expands
NBC Freaks Out over Glass-Steagall
Click here for more updates on this subject.
Background on Glass-Steagall
Only Glass-Steagall Can Stop the Financial Rot
When JP Morgan Chase owned up in early May, 2012, to a derivatives blowout of at least $3 billion, a chorus of voices around the world immediately demanded the return of Glass-Steagall, U.S. President Franklin Roosevelt's 1933 banking regulation. From its enactment in 1933 to its repeal in 1999, the Glass-Steagall Act (named in the U.S. style after its Congressional sponsors, Senator Carter Glass and Representative Henry Steagall) forbade any cross-ownership between Wall Street's investment banks, and the deposit-insured commercial banks which held the savings of the American people. The Glass-Steagall "firewall" quarantined the daily financial affairs of the real economy from crisises on Wall Street, and put a brake on the Wall Street investment banks, which knew they would not be bailed out.
Following the 1999 repeal of Glass-Steagall, directed by U.S. Treasury Secretary Larry Summers, the Wall Street investment banks had a free-for-all, snapping up commercial banks to gain access to their huge deposit base. JP Morgan Chase is one such example: JP Morgan had been one of America's most powerful investment banks, while Chase Manhattan was one of the biggest commercial banks. The banks, bloated through such mergers, became "too big to fail", holding the American people hostage to the financial crimes of Wall Street: unless the banks were to be bailed out of their derivatives losses, their collapse would wipe out the savings of millions of depositors.
The February 2011 findings of the official U.S. investigation, the Financial Crisis Inquiry Commission (FCIC), the so-called Angelides report, blamed the post-2007 crisis on the 1999 repeal of Glass-Steagall and the 2000 deregulation of derivatives, declaring, "The greatest tragedy would be to accept the refrain that no one could have seen this coming and thus nothing could have been done. If we accept this notion, it will happen again."
The LaRouche movement in the United States has been mobilising during the past five years for a return to Glass-Steagall. The Angelides report reflected growing momentum in that direction. In April 2011, Democratic Representative Marcy Kaptur introduced into the U.S. Congress a bill to reinstate Glass-Steagall; her bill, House Resolution 1489, has 62 co-sponsors. (President Obama's allies in Congress blocked two previous attempts, including one co-sponsored by former presidential candidate John McCain.) Glass-Steagall is front and centre of the political debate in debt-stricken Europe, where dozens of political figures, legislative resolutions, and media have called for application of a separation of banking functions.
Press Release, May 26: LaRouche - The Glass-Steagall Moment is Upon Us
JP Morgan Chase blowout fuels demands for Glass-Steagall now
The Seven Necessary Steps Toward Global Economic Recovery
EMERGENCY RESOLUTION: Glass Steagall Now!
Glass-Steagall Legislation Introduced into US Congress, again
Text of Congressional call for Glass-Steagall
The Science of Glass-Steagall, January 26, 2010
The matter of Glass-Steagall far exceeds any mere discussion of money, or even re-organizing the banking system. Glass-Steagall gets directly at the substance of mankind's ability to willfully exert his creative powers over the universe to increase his ability to exist. Indeed this is the basis for understanding economic value. Here we take the case of Iron Ore deposits and the oxygen crisis as a pedagogical case in point.
New York Dialogue With LaRouche—
The Science Behind Glass Steagall
Feature: The Takedown of Glass-Steagall
The Takedown of Glass-Steagall: Trailer
Emergency Relief to the Population, Now!
Implement Glass Steagall now, so we can provide the necessary credit for a recovery and emergency relief.
Glass Steagall: The Enemy of Inter-Alpha
The British Empire is what we wish to see wiped out with the reimplementation of Franklin Roosevelt's Glass Steagall Act.
Australia needs its own Glass-Steagall (pdf)
LPACTV: On FDR & Glass-Steagall
To Restore Glass Steagall: Dump Barney Frank Now!
Jeff Steinberg On the Repeal of Glass-Steagall (video)
Jeff Steinberg On the Repeal of Glass-Steagall, Part 2 (video)
To Save Our Nation Congress Must Pass Glass-Steagall & Shut Down Derivatives Now!
The fight to reinstate Glass-Steagall (pdf)
LaRouche on the Record: Glass-Steagall or Die (video)
From the Archive: Firewall Then, Glass-Stegall Now (video)
From Our Archives: Restore the Glass-Steagall Now!
Harley Schlanger Interviewed on the Glass-Stegall Act (video)
May 8 Webcast Q5 - The British vs Glass-Steagall (video)
May 8 Webcast Q7 - Glass-Steagall and the Present Crisis (video)
Interview with Congressman Walter Jones on Afghanistan & Glass-Steagall
LPACTV DC Correspondent Ardena Jones interviews Congressman Walter Jones (R-NC) about his views on withdrawal from Afghanistan and his support for Marcy Kaptur's bill, HR-1489, to Restore Glass-Steagall.
LPAC Interview: The Credit System with Cody Jones
Ed Hamler sits down with Basement Team Researcher Cody Jones to discuss the true nature of the United States Credit system.
The Ontology of the Credit System
Basement Research Team Director, Sky Shields gives an in depth description of the Credit System and why Mankind as a species requires such a policy.
Click here for more on what a credit system is.
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Carter reflects on 22-year career in law enforcement | News
When Matt Carter formally retires as McCracken County sheriff at the end of this month, he leaves behind a department he hopes he changed for the better, and one he hopes will continue to change for the better after he's gone.
Carter, 43, began his law enforcement career 22 years ago with the McCracken County Sheriff's Department, which he's led for the past four-plus years.
"I remember when I started, the people that were in the sunset of their careers would reference and talk about how law enforcement has changed," Carter said in an interview this week.
"Now I see myself doing the exact same thing."
Carter had worked with Mercy Regional EMS for 3 years before joining the sheriff's office in 2000, at the age of 21.
Starting out as a special deputy, Carter attended the law enforcement academy and worked the road, before transferring to the narcotics division.
After a stint in an operational role followed by time in general investigations, Carter was named sheriff in 2018 when his predecessor, longtime sheriff Jon Hayden, announced his retirement.
Both Hayden and Carter decided to retire before serving out their final terms in order to save the county money on tax audit fees. Due to the fiscal year and the elected term not coinciding, audits involve having to check the books of each sheriff if the handoff comes during the auditing term.
Carter has appointed Chief Deputy Ryan Norman to serve the remainder of the term. Norman is running unopposed for sheriff in November.
Reflecting on more than two decades in law enforcement, Carter said he was glad he was able to serve in McCracken County.
"I feel that there is a good relationship that we have with our community," he said.
He referenced a checklist he said he's kept since the beginning of his term, specifically noting programs that he's helped to institute, including a sheriff's citizens academy, a "Ticketing for Good Behavior" program for area youth, a sheriff's foundation and the Badges of Hope program that aims to get help for those battling substance use disorders.
"The start of Badges of Hope has been one of the things I'm most proud of," said Carter, estimating about 100 people have used the program in the less than three years since it was instituted.
The program encourages those with substance problems and needing transportation to a treatment facility to contact their local law enforcement for help without fear of reprisal — though those with active warrants or those found to be trafficking drugs may still be arrested.
"Our goal is not to see how many people we can arrest for drugs," Carter said, though he touted the agency's drug enforcement.
"If you can vigorously go after the drug trafficker and eliminate as many of those as you can, while simultaneously getting help for those with drug addictions … it makes it harder for (traffickers) to do their job."
Carter also said he was glad to be able to secure pay raises for McCracken deputies, upgrade the department's body cameras and restructure the department internally to add a drug detective at no cost to taxpayers.
"I think that if more people viewed life as trying to leave things better than they found it, I think the world would be a better place," Carter said.
As Carter's seen society change over the last two decades, and law enforcement with it, one constant he's seen is the need for law enforcement to be active in the community, whether through initiatives and planned events or just "getting out with a group of youth shooting hoops."
Carter said he's confident Norman will continue to improve the department.
As for himself, Carter plans to go into business with a hobby he's always loved — as a fishing guide.
"Fishing has been a hobby essentially my whole life. My dad would take me fishing as a young kid," he said.
"I've always enjoyed it. I enjoy seeing other people have a good time."
As his career comes to a close, Carter is confident that he's led with integrity and followed his personal belief instilled by his father: "Do the right thing and stand behind that."
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This male resides in Yellowstone Park. He is on of 6 species of wolfs weighing up to 120 pounds and 5 1/2 feet long. They are currently listed as Threatened. In 1973, the US Fish and Wildlife Service listed the northern Rocky Mountain wolf (Canis lupus) as an endangered species and designated Greater Yellowstone as one of three recovery areas. From 1995 to 1997, 41 wild wolves from Canada and northwest Montana were released in Yellowstone National Park.


Look at that beautiful two young ladies! This is Kyoto (Higashiyama).They're from Hong Kong .(Ryu 劉 and her friend). They're enjoying sightseeing in Kyoto.
Let's dress up with beautiful Kimono and take a walk in Kyoto, shall we?
Who cast a spell on them? I'd like to reveal the trick with you. Let's go!
Look, is this the shop which holds the key to clear up a mystery? Come on, let's explore!
Check it out! She's gonna turn into princess!
The girl is just in the middle of getting dressed of Kimono. The lady (right side) is helping her dressing Kimono.She is the manager of this shop,and professional master of dressing Kimono.Her name is Mrs.Kato.She is tieing Japanese Obi(belt). Obi is very long, and the design is very beautiful.
I enjoy many things from Japanese culture, they are amazing.
Thank you very much for visiting and following my blog from Poland!
Your blog "MOLIGAMI" is so beautiful! I'm deeply impressed. Maybe you know about Japan better than me. Thank you so much.