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Brian has lived in Florence since 2006. He has a degree in Art History and qualified as an English teacher here in Florence. He has a wide experience of teaching English in many different fields, including scientific, military, historical, geographical, fashion and he also works through the British Institute as a state school English teacher. Brian is also an examiner for many of the Cambridge Assessment exams.
Chona Mendoza
Chona has an Honours degree in English literature from the University of Sydney and a Graduate Certificate in TESOL from Curtin University, Western Australia. She has taught at the British Institute since 2013 and is an examiner for Cambridge ESOL. She has taught in Perth, Western Australia, where she grew up, and started her career as an English teacher in Madrid, Spain, in 2003. Her interest in literature encompasses works written in Italian, Spanish and French.
Cindy Banks
Cindy first came to Florence in 1983 on a study abroad programme in Art History and Art Conservation. In 1993 she received a certicate (TEFL) in Teaching English as a Foreign Language and has been teaching English ever since. In addition to teaching General English courses at all levels from young learners to adults, she also prepares students for the Cambridge Exams.
David has been a teacher since graduating from university in 2002, having worked in colleges in London teaching English for Speakers of Other Languages until moving to Florence in 2014. He works in middle and high schools as well as with adults and has provided language training for numerous local and international businesses. A competitive cyclist, David is also an expert bike guide as well as being an exceptionally knowledgeable music fan, playing guitar in a local alternative rock band.
Dawn Winterhalter
After obtaining her EFL qualification in 2000, Dawn began teaching in Florence for various companies and organisations. She joined the British Institute of Florence staff in 2009 as a teacher and Cambridge oral examiner. She is currently working on a Communication degree at the University of Florence.
Gwendolyn Goepfert – Language Department Assistant
Gwendolyn graduated in Psychology from York University in Toronto, Canada, in 2009. She is a qualified teacher and has been with the Institute since 2015, providing administrative support to the course coordinators in the language department.
James Douglas
James has been a teacher here for 20 years, specialising in Cambridge Exam preparation and IELTS training and examining for high school and university students. He has also run the Talking Pictures Cineforum as part of the Cultural Programme since 1999. His interests are literature and cinema, travel, food and fitness.
John Ejsmond
John graduated in French and Italian at the University of Reading. He has been teaching at the British Institute of Florence since 1980. In addition to general English and preparation for Cambridge ESOL examinations, he specialises in literature and conversation courses.
Julia Waldman
Julia has lived in Florence since 1991. She trained to become a teacher in between the feeding and nap times of her two year old daughter. She got her TEFL in business English, teaching English to young learners and general English. Julia started working at the British Institute in 2008 teaching all levels and all types of courses. From football English to legal English, from young learners to exam preparation. In her free time she loves reading, baking cakes or biscuits (which are then eaten in the staffroom).
Originally from the UK, Lee has been teaching English for nearly twenty years and working here at the British Institute since 2001. He is a Cambridge examiner and teaches young learners and adults, general English, Cambridge exam preparation courses from Key to Proficiency levels and Business English.
Louise Barker
Louise studied modern languages at the University of Kent in Canterbury. After a year in Costa Rica and one in Spain, she settled in Italy permanently in the mid 90s. She is a teacher both on site and off, all ages, all levels. She is also a Cambridge examiner for both adults and young learners. She now lives about 25km from Florence with her two Anglo-Italian teenage daughters. She loves family life, music, language, swimming and walking in the countryside among other things.
Lucia Buccheri
After graduating in Modern Languages and Literature in Australia, Lucia trained to teach community languages, Italian and Spanish, in Melbourne schools and language centres. She also specialized in TESL and from 1985 to 1986 she taught English to adult migrants and refugees at La Trobe University Language Centre in Melbourne. Lucia has lived in Florence since 1987, and since then she has been teaching at the British Institute. She teaches adults, young learners, and ESP courses. In the early 90s she trained Primary school teachers in English language teaching, and took part in the English Language team to prepare the Carabinieri force for Italia 90. Lucia has also been an examiner for Cambridge ESOL exams since the late 90s (A2 Key, B1 Preliminary, B2 First e C1 Advanced). In 2012 she obtained a second degree with a thesis on Australian Aboriginal Literature at the University of Florence.
Marie Delfino
Marie has been living in the countryside outside the city of Florence since 1991. Originally from New York, she grew up in New Jersey. She studied Italian Grammar and Literature at Rutgers University in New Jersey. Her junior year abroad brought her to the "citta' del giglio" where she later earned her TEFL teaching certificate. She has years of experience teaching all levels of General English and has taught Business English courses in many of the most famous companies in Florence . She has been with the British Institute since 2015 teaching exam preparation for Cambridge. She is also a mezzosoprano, now specializing in the Golden Age of Jazz and has performed in cities all over Tuscany.
Mario Zerella
Mario was born and grew up in Australia. In the late seventies he came to Italy to study Italian at the "University for Foreigners" at Perugia, where he obtained the Teaching Diploma in Teaching Italian as a Foreign Language. Afterwards he lived in Sweden for a couple of years where he attended several teacher training courses and taught Italian at "Kursverksamheten vid Lunds Universitet". He has been working at the British Institute of Florence since 1988, teaching general and business English to both groups and individuals. He is also an official Cambridge Examiner.
Mark Petrasso
Mark was born and grew up in Australia. He has been teaching English in Tuscany since the nineties. Before working for the British Institute, where he's been since 2010, he worked for an English school where he was a teacher and also area manager; he coordinated a group of teachers in the Pisa and Leghorn area. At the British Institute he teaches various levels of English, mostly Cambridge preparation courses to groups and individuals. His hobbies are painting, writing and filmmaking.
Peter Dulborough
Peter graduated in History from University College London and took his Masters Degree in 1991. He started teaching English in 1993 and taught both in Gothenburg in Sweden and in Oxford. He has been at the British Institute since 1999 where he specializes in teaching University of Cambridge Local Examination English exams such as First, Advanced and Proficiency. He has also designed workshops on British Rock music and his other professional interests are in speaking and presentation skills. Peter has written a musical based on 'The Little Prince' by Antoine de Saint-Exupery which was performed in Empoli, and in the Harold Acton Library in Florence. He is a pianist and singer songwriter and plays in a local folk-rock band 'Soundzanobi'.
Simon Batten
Simon is originally from Oxford and is a graduate in International Politics & Economics. He has been working in education since 2012 and started working at the British Institute of Florence in 2014, where he teaches exam preparation and general English.
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Traditional Chinese Medicine is Killing The World's Animals.
Traditional Chinese Medicine directly depends on illegal animal trade; most of the animal products are illegally imported into China. Many animals are facing extinction due to this form of healing.
We are an integral part of the animal kingdom; animals have the same right to exist as we do. The significance of this fact seems lost on those people who do not understand the importance of protecting wildlife.
For far too long we have turned a blind eye to what has been happening in the name of Traditional Chinese Medicine (TCM). Unlike other traditional practices, TCM relies heavily on rare animals and plants. In fact, the rarer the animal, the higher its value –of course– and for some reason beyond our understanding, the higher "its medicinal benefits."
Why are animals used in Traditional Chinese Medicine?
The use of animal products in TCM has its foundation in the concept of Qi or vital energy, known to yogis as Prana. To understand this part of the Chinese medicine we have to revisit history. During the Shang Dynasty, some 3000 years ago, a new philosophy emerged that would revolutionize Chinese medicine.
According to this school of thought –just like in the yogic traditions– Qi flows through pathways within our body, connecting different body functions and organs. This energy keeps the three pillars of the human body – physical, emotional, and spiritual in balance. Any change in the Yin –positive energy– and Yang –negative energy– disrupts Qi, leading to the manifestation of diseases.
Unlike Yoga which uses asanas, pranayama and other practices for healing purposes or Ayurveda, which uses herbs and plants for healing, TCM focuses on herbs and animals. Practitioners of TCM believe the use of animal parts in their medicines helps restore the energy balance and revitalize the body. Unfortunately, no animal is spared in the quest for better health. Snakes, dogs, seahorses, antelopes, scorpions, cows, sharks, tigers, rhinoceros, bears, and several more are hunted for the creation of these medicines.
Chinese medicine is driving the extinction of several species
In China, development and prosperity are not solving the problem. Instead, the situation is getting aggravated, pushing more and more animals into the brink of extinction. Today, the bulging upper and middle class are ready to pay more for these traditional remedies. The use of traditional Chinese remedies containing such animal components have become a status symbol amongst the rich in China.
As demand increases, poachers in Asia, Africa and other parts of the world are only too willing to kill rare, endangered, and protected animals.
Animals facing extinction due of Traditional Chinese Medicine:
The population of tigers has declined heavily in the past few decades. This majestic animal, considered the epitome of power, ferocity, and grace is sadly the most sought after by TCM practitioners. Not just in China and other Asian countries, remedies that have tiger products are in high demand even in countries in the western hemisphere.
It's heartbreaking, but almost all parts of this beautiful animal are used to treat different conditions. In TCM, tiger's eye is used to treat epilepsy and malaria, and its brain is supposed to treat spots and reduce laziness.
Bears:
Even though the Asian Black Bear and Sun Bear have been milked for their bile for over a thousand years, a serious decline in their population began in the 80s. Bile extracted from bears is used for treating bladder and liver diseases.
Even though the animals are not killed for their bile, the extraction process is shocking and cruel. The animals are shut in small cages and regularly drugged to keep them docile. To extract the bile, a small hole is drilled into the bear's gallbladder and the bile is allowed to flow out. This monstrous extraction practice is not considered illegal in China.
Seahorses:
These tiny water creatures are being harvested at an alarming rate to satisfy the global demand, which is showing no signs of slowing down. Seahorses are not part of the endangered species list yet, but if the current rate of exploitation continues, they will be, in under a decade.
In China alone, as many as 90 medicines contain seahorse and these remedies are used to treat several diseases including impotence, circulatory problems, and kidney diseases. Earlier attempts to encourage seahorse farming failed to contain exploitation of the species.
Musk Deer:
We know that the musk from Musk Deer is used to make perfumes. But, a greater threat to the animal comes from Traditional Chinese Medicine. More than 300 remedies contain the valuable musk, taken from the deer after killing it.
Currently, there are only 700,000 of Musk Deer. Demand for musk is quite high in China, as the remedies containing musk are used to treat abdominal pain, skin infections, blood circulation, etc. China alone consumes nearly 1000kgs of musk a year, extracted from around 100,000 musk deer. If the current demand continues the beautiful animal will face extinction in under ten years.
Pangolins:
The Pangolin population, already under pressure from loss of habitat, is now facing a total wipeout due to Traditional Chinese Medicine. The animal has become so rare that a single pangolin fetches as much as $1000 in China.
Pangolins are hunted for their meat and hard scales, and the remedies made using these parts are used in the treatment of cancer, asthma, depression, anxiety, and malaria. Each year, hundreds and thousands of pangolins are smuggled into China from Myanmar, Philippines, and other countries of the world.
Rhinos:
Demand in China can be blamed for the near extinction of several species of rhinoceros. Not more than a few thousand rhinoceros still survive in the wild. Skin, blood, horns, and even the urine of rhinoceros are used in TCM to make remedies to treat delirium, convulsions, fever, seizures, strokes, nosebleeds, etc.
In China, rhino horn is considered more valuable than gold. Rhinoceros have been hunted for more than two thousand years, but human greed may just push this wonderful and docile creature into extinction for good this time.
Why every animal species matters?
It's a human tendency to take things that do not concern oneself lightly. Some TCM users say, 'why bother, we are never going to see a tiger in the wild. We can watch tigers and other wild animals on documentaries or visit a local zoo to have a glimpse in the flesh. So, what's the big deal if we lose some animals to medicine? How does their extinction impact us? At least these animals serve a purpose – they help us improve our health.'
But their extinction does impact us.
The claim that remedies with animal products can treat ailments by influencing the Qi has its foundation in traditional beliefs and not hard science. But even if it did, would it justify killing animals when we could find alternative methods of healing?
Every animal species matters. The loss of even one species can disrupt the perfectly balanced ecosystem.
The Importance of Animals – The Wolves of Yellowstone
To illustrate the significance of each and every animal species and explain how the absence of one animal can affect the ecosystem, here is a real story.
For wildlife biologists, the cold day of January 12th 1995 was special. On this day, the first batch of eight gray wolves were introduced into Yellowstone. For the first time since the late 1920s, gray wolves roamed the Yellowstone landscape.
Indiscriminate hunting in the late 1800s and early 1900s wiped out the gray wolf population in Yellowstone. Even though the natural landscape of Yellowstone survived, it was an imperfect ecosystem. The lifting of predatory pressure led to the ballooning of the elk population and they stopped moving to other places. They fed on young cottonwood, aspen, and willow plants and the heavy browsing affected overall vegetation of the area. Without adequate vegetation, the Beaver population plummeted and without the natural dams that these animals created, the population of fish and water levels in the area decreased.
The reintroduction of wolves arrested the deterioration of the Yellowstone ecosystem. The fear of wolves pushed the elk population around, which improved vegetation. The return of trees brought back the beavers, which positively affected the stream hydrology of the area. Wildlife biologists hail this as a miracle unfolding in front of our eyes. They say it would take another 25 years to fully understand the positive impact the introduction of wolves has on the environment.
The absence of one animal species can have a huge impact on vegetation, resources and wildlife. The extinction of tigers, rhinos, pangolins, bears, etc. will have devastating consequences.
What we can do to change things
TCM is rapidly growing in popularity in the US, Europe, and other Asian countries. The effect of TCM on wildlife is not something that only the Chinese people must worry about. We too can do our part by avoiding such medicines. Before opting for TCM remedies investigate how the medicines are prepared and what goes into the making of these remedies.
In recent years, China has become a popular tourist destination. If you are planning to visit the country, search, investigate, and prepare a list of hospitals that do not use Traditional Chinese Medicine. Similarly, be mindful of what you eat. Food items made using rare animals are a delicacy and hugely popular in China. Remember, drinking snake blood won't help your libido. So, do not be tricked into consuming rare animals.
There are several international organizations working day in and day out to prevent wildlife trade, protect animals and their habitat. Join a group, become a friend of a wildlife organization, or become a volunteer and create awareness about the issue.
A majority of the organizations that work to protect wildlife do not get any support or backing of governments. If truth be told, these groups often take on opposing governments and powerful individuals. They risk their lives to protect endangered species.
Traditional Chinese Medicine directly depends on illegal animal trade; most of the animal products are illegally imported into China. Your country might be a source of some of the animal products used in TCM. You can approach your local lawmaker or representative and raise the issue of illegal trade in animal parts. You can for this issue to be raised in the correct forum, work to strengthen wildlife protection laws, and implement strict measures to stop poaching of endangered animals in your country.
Organisations combating illegal animal trade
In the midst of the gloom, these organizations bring in a glimmer of hope, come what may, they'll continue their fight to protect wildlife and our future.
World Wildlife Fund: The most popular and widely known organisation, the World Wildlife Fund works to conserve nature. They empower and guide locals to protect their natural assets – animals, vegetation, and natural resources.
Wildlife Alliance: Works to end wildlife trafficking, protects rainforests and works with local authorities to rescue animals and capture poachers.
TRAFFIC: They are wildlife trade specialists who monitor wildlife trade. They fight against illegal trade of endangered or threatened species and help maintain a healthy animal population. They are present in several Asian countries including Pakistan, Vietnam, India, and China.
Environmental Investigation Agency (EIA): The organization fights crime against animals and the environment. It monitors and stops trafficking of wildlife, wildlife parts and products. They also sensitize local authorities and communities on this issue and empower them to protect their natural and animal resources. They also investigate illegal trade and help local enforcement agencies fight the animal trafficking menace.
Conservation International: They work hand-in-hand with governments and local communities to prevent illegal wildlife trade. They assist governments in framing strict regulations to protect animals and the environment. They also help rehabilitate animals rescued from traffickers. Under the rehabilitation program, the organisation successfully opened a center for pangolins in Cambodia.
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This participatory indoor and outdoor walk, led by a guide, invites participants to wear Pointy Hat costumes on a walking journey in search of water on campus.
Costumes act as 'portals of perception' – bringing awareness to how we experience ourselves, others and the environment. How does a Pointy hat make you walk, talk, think and interact differently? How do others perceive you? Participants will be on the lookout for water at all times and when sighted, will gently 'ring' their Pointy Hat bells located at the top of their hats.
The walk ends with a short discussion on how the hat affected our experiences and perceptions, as well as the need for water.
This walk will start from the centre of campus at 12:00. Meet at Aston Webb Reception (R6 on the campus map) and please arrive 5 minutes early.


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On 1st July the Band joined forces with the RAF Halton Area Voluntary Band to provide music for the RAF Halton officer's mess summer ball. The bands played on a large covered stage in the grounds of Halton House, and the guests dined in the shelter of marquees on the other side of the lawn, though luckily the weather was warm and dry. Following a flying display by a vintage Spitfire, the guests were led to dinner by the RAF Halton Pipe Band. Then the Aylesbury and Halton bands played a variety of music including, appropriately, 633 Squadron by Ron Goodwin, and The Dambusters by Eric Coates, which drew enthusiastic applause.
Prior to the inevitable "Last Night of the Proms" finale, there was to be a firework display, accompanied by a recording of the 1812 Overture. The music started, but hardly had the fireworks begun when all the power went off, the music stopped and the lights went out! It took a while for power to be restored, though only a few of the lights came on so it was lucky that each band had brought some battery operated lights. The band then played the finale, Jerusalem, Henry Wood's Sea Songs and Elgar Land of Hope and Glory with enthusiastic participation by the guests, then the firework display restarted, this time without a hitch.
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You Tube Flags Tommy Robinson, Pamela Geller 2012 videos as HATE Speech … in 2019!
UPDATE November 2019: The banning continues. Tommy Robinson video BANNED by YOU TUBE in 2018 and VIMEO in 2019. As hateful. Offensive. Against their standards, so we will post it here …. you can see for yourselves – scroll down.
++ September 11, 2012, SEVEN YEARS ago, the SION World Congress For Freedom met to" Stop Islamization of Nations".
A video of Tommy Robinson and Pamela Geller from that conference has now been flagged as offensive by You Tube. In 2019 it has been flagged and restricted as "hate speech". WHAT took them so long!
YOU TUBE: "Certain features have been disabled for this video. In response to user reports, we have disabled some features, such as comments, sharing, and suggested videos, because this video contains content that may be inappropriate or offensive to some audiences."
The "scary" warning (2 screen shots):
Two email notices came to me back-to-back on April 26. Then another a few days later. (Just in case I missed the warnings)
The "offending video" has Pamela Geller introducing Tommy Robinson [formerly of the English Defence League (EDL)]. Listen to Pamela. Listen to Tommy. WHERE in the video do they preach HATE or VIOLENCE? Yet, this VIDEO was flagged by You Tube as "offensive to some". (video can now also be found on Vimeo)
Despite the care with which he spoke, Tommy continues to be harassed and arrested on trumped up charges. In the U.K. he is denied basic freedoms based on lies and propaganda; treated in a manner that no citizen of the free west should suffer by his own government.
Next VIDEO: Opening comments from Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer (at 3:48) established WHY this conference was necessary, 11 years after the murders on 911. Islamization vs the Civilized Man grown worse. It was war against the Civilized Man. (It still is.) No HATE was spoken here.
AFDI (American Freedom Defense Initiative) and SION (Stop Islamization of Nations) stressed how important these freedoms are:
" … freedom of speech – as opposed to Islamic prohibitions of "blasphemy" and "slander," which are used effectively to quash honest discussion of jihad and Islamic supremacism;
…. freedom of conscience – as opposed to the Islamic death penalty for apostasy;
…. equality of rights of all people before the law – as opposed to Sharia's institutionalized discrimination against women and non-Muslims … "
Important then. Important NOW.
3rd VIDEO – Tommy's cousin Kevin Carroll previously of the English Defence League (EDL) and British Freedom Party candidate for Police Commissioner was also introduced by Pamela Geller. All spoke eloquently and from the heart.
Seven years later, across the United States and the U.K. the situation has grown more threatening towards the civilized man, warnings ignored by too many in the West.
Look at the foolishness that NYC preaches to passersby every day: DON'T BE AFRAID of ANYONE.
Stealth Jihad. It's real. It's here. But, THEY ARE AFRAID of GELLER. SPENCER and ROBINSON. Not the sharia war machine. Sharia violence and intimidation go unchallenged. Why is You Tube afraid of Tommy Robinson?
Their focus should be on the deaths, threats, fear and harassment perpetrated by Islamists against the "infidels" and aided by media and governments who bow to Sharia.
Read Tommy's book (Enemy of the State). Listen to him. Demonized. Imprisoned. His family terrorized for his daring to speak truths about Sharia and Islam. He speaks the truth that has been challenged, smeared and smothered by You Tube.
2019: And now, as Tommy Robinson announced his candidacy for the European Parliament — the Left flew predictably into apoplectic rage.
How many of those House members, one wonders, are so ignorant of Tommy Robinson's actual views, which he has expressed in hours and hours of interviews that can be readily viewed online, that they actually believe him to be xenophobic, homophobic, and racist? How many, by contrast, are fully aware that these charges are absolute lies but are willing and eager to spread them as part of the effort by both the Tory and Labour establishment to stifle honest criticism of Islam? Then there is the most important question of all: how long will the British electorate continue to return these pusillanimous snobs to office? If Tommy can actually get himself elected to the European Parliament, it will be a real sign that the Westminster elite's days are numbers. (Front Page Mag)
Remembering , as we watch the demise of Europe, that the good ol' U S of A may not be far behind but for the courage of our warriors like Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer. TRUTH is a terrible thing to waste. We must put it to good use.
Recap LINK to 2012 Conference FLICKR slide show
Follow link to video play list of all the 2012 conference speakers: [LINK]
[https://gellerreport.com/category/sion-september-11-2012-freedom-congress-un-plaza/ ]
http://thesilentmajority.wordpress.com/2013/06/30/banned-in-uk-geller-spencer-islamization-vs-the-civilized-man/
UPDATE May 14, 2019: From Pamela Geller, the outrageous treatment of Tommy Robinson continues : "A High Court judges ruled today that Tommy Robinson will face retrial. Tommy Robinson's crime? Reporting on a Muslim child rape/trafficking gang trial. Thousands of supporters booed and chanted "shame on you" after the decision High Court ruling was announced. The UK clownocracy is making a free speech martyr out of Robinson."
Tagged AFDI, islam, islamophobia, pamela geller, robert spencer, sion, stealth jihad, Tommy Robinson, Youtube flagging
Church World Services "Rally for Refugee Re-Settlement" Columbus Circle (6-19-16)
Posted on July 7, 2016 by Pamela Hall | 1 comment
WHAT: World Refugee Day 2016 – "Rally for Refugee Re-Settlement"
"Refugees Welcome Because One World ♥'s "
Location: Columbus Circle – NYC – June 19, 2016- 11 am
Event Name: Rally for Refugees
Organization: Church World Services "A Global Humanitarian Agency for The Vulnerable and the Displaced" [CWS is the relief, development and refugee assistance arm of the National Council of the Churches of Christ]
"This June, dozens of communities across the United States gathered to celebrate (Muslim) refugees from California to Atlanta"
WHY: From UNHCR & the UN Refugee Agency
"In 2000, the United Nations General Assembly established June 20 as World Refugee Day to recognize and applaud the contribution of refugees throughout the world and to raise awareness about the growing refugee crisis …. celebrate World Refugee Day with an event, prayer service, or other activity."
CWS asks you to Join the Refugees Welcome Campaign
#WithRefugees petition will be delivered to UN headquarters in New York ahead of the UN General Assembly high-level summit to address large movements of (Muslim)refugees and migrants, on September 19, 2016.
The petition asks governments to help the (Muslim) refugees :
Ensure every refugee child gets an education.
Ensure every refugee family has somewhere safe to live.
Ensure every refugee can work or learn new skills to make a positive contribution to their community.
Statement by the President Obama on World Refugee Day (2016)
"Protecting and assisting refugees is a part of our history as a Nation and we will continue to alleviate the suffering of (Muslim) refugees abroad, and to welcome them here at home, because doing so reflects our American values and our noblest traditions as a Nation, enriches our society and strengthens our collective security."
HOWEVER: Mercy. Compassion … Do unto others …. Western values. Anathema to Islam (it's in the Quran)
"The Infidels must Die!"
"The Christian population in Iraq has now diminished to an alarming 50,000 to 250,000, compared with 1.4 million in 2003. They were either massacred by jihadists or abducted.
Christians have faced being forced to convert to Islam, pay a high living tax (jizya, mandated in the Qur'an) to the Islamic State, or abandon their ancestral homes. Many were enslaved or murdered.
Reverend Canon Andrew White, (aka "The Vicar of Baghdad") known for his love of humanity, stated of Islamic State jihadists: "When I invited ISIL to dinner they said, 'Yes, we'll come, but we'll chop off your head.' Rather kind of them to warn me."
The gentle and kind Reverend White … has witnessed the worst atrocities on the ground against his fellow Christians, minorities and Yazidi girls who are taken as sex slaves, and he finally declared:"
"I have looked through the Quran trying to find forgiveness… there isn't any. If you find it, tell me. This makes it very difficult to talk to ISIS because they can show you quite clearly that it is what Allah wants. They can justify their position when Allah says you should combat and fight the infidel and they say, 'Well, these are infidels.' So the question is, how can you prove that these are not infidels? And you can't." [Jihad Watch]
YET, the misguided do-gooders at CWS preach-on ….
Overheard at Columbus Circle, a mother telling her young daughter (simplistically) that the purpose of the CWS event was to teach us "to be kind to all people". So… "Rebecca, Stands With Refugees"
The mother sees what she wants to see, the Happy (feel-good) Faces of dedicated (misguided) do-gooders: It's World Refugee Day!
But, how kind is ignoring the Christian refugees while Muslim 'refugees' go to the head-of-the-line.
I watched. Took a few pictures. Knowing a dialogue about the Christian victims of Islam would be met with plastic smiles …. and silence…
But, one brave voice stood firmly in front of them- facing their table. His message perplexing for the do-gooder, as it does not compute, "Say NO to Refugees"
A message lacking nuance, perhaps, but they should have opened a door and talked with him. Instead, CWS holds firm. CWS is GOOD. Bringing Social Justice to the Muslim World.
That protestor is a BAD man. A Racist. Islamophobe. Bigoted. Hater. Ignore him. (hands to ears- lalalala)
CWS (CHRISTIAN World Service) outreach goes first to Muslim "refugees" of Syria. To save them from "Islamophobia" .
That "One World – Social Justice" from CWS offers kindness, empathy, Social Justice. (to some) The Christian Victims of Genocide must go to the back-of-the-line.
Protecting Muslim refugees comes FIRST because Muslims are "threatened by imagined Islamophobia"
Within the United States, the welcome of (Muslim) Syrian refugees is being challenged. This type of fear-mongering (against Muslims) has no place in our society. People of all faiths must stand in solidarity with refugee and migrant communities.
BUT, are the "important and very needy" Muslim "refugees" properly vetted? (If at all). CWS claims they are.
More from CWS as they Welcome the (Muslim) Syrian "Refugees"
IN CWS' OWN WORDS:
'Do not neglect to show hospitality to strangers, for by doing that some have entertained angels without knowing it.'
– Hebrews 13:2 (NRSV)
Join CWS in refugee resettlement – welcome arriving families as contributing members of our communities….
Take a collection to help Syrian refugee families cover basic expenses.
CWS will connect these funds with arriving Syrian families for housing, utilities and basic needs as well as CWS Syrian crisis advocacy.
Refugees often arrive with little more possessions than the clothing on their backs.
Collect the household goods one family will need to start a new life in the U.S.
Ship boxed items to a city across the U.S. … household items will be provided to arriving refugees from Syria, Burma, Iraq and other countries.
Located near a CWS resettlement office? Contact your local affiliate to serve as a welcome team or to find local volunteer and donation needs.
Sadly, CWS with holds aide to the Christians of the Middle East (and Yazidis, as well) slaughtered and enslaved throughout the 21st Century Muslim World. It's a puzzlement…
Which brings us to a WARNING From Refugee Resettlement Watch on Church World Services and Federal Funding. [Posted by Ann Corcoran January 7, 2016]
CHRISTIANS BEWARE of the Social Justice Do-Gooders
If you are new to RRW, there are nine major federal refugee resettlement contractors (they call themselves Volags!) and Church World Service is one of them.
They are largely funded with your tax dollars! And, it was Church World Service whose subcontractor Virginia Council of Churches first brought this whole secretive and costly resettlement program to my attention in 2007.
See my latest report on CWS at American Resistance 2016! where we tell you about how CWS is going to illegally hide aliens sought by ICE.
Don't you think that, if they go forward with their announced plan and break federal law, their federal funds should be immediately cut off?
By the way, if the name Church World Service rings a bell for you locally. Know that they might be raising funds from your church through their annual "Crop Walks!"
Their charitable work for hungry people is, in my view, just a cover for their political ambitions.
Church World Service member churches are here. Be sure your church isn't planning to hide those sought by ICE.
(Also, from Refugee Resettlement Watch)
" Frankly, we have made a grievous error in taking the Muslim refugees, Somalis in particular, who have no intention of becoming Americans. They are here to change America.
Unfortunately, political correctness and a worshipful attitude toward multiculturalism have blinded us.
It is my view, that the 'diversity is strength' line is way overused, and mostly hogwash."
PDF – 2016 a Report on the Christian Genocide [You can scroll through the embedded (detailed) PDF below ]
"Shouldn't we first help the Christian victims of Mideast genocide? If we want to accept refugees in flight from Arab and Muslim war zones, why not start with the most persecuted victims?"
Why not bring Christians and Yazidis from the Muslim world here first? Why not bring Muslim dissidents, ex-Muslims, and Muslim homosexuals here second?
— before we extend visas, green cards and asylum to Muslim boys and men? [Phyllis Chesler]
IN CONCLUSION: The misguided fools and tools at CWS need an awakening, before it's too late for the Christian Refugees of The Middle East. These hapless do-gooders should ask more probing questions of CWS. "Are we doing enough to help the Christian victims suffering under the boot of terrorism?" A pretty smile to passersby is not enough.
++ Christian Genocide. It's Real ++
PART TWO: Impassioned voices from THE CHRISTIAN REFUGEES of the Middle East, the Yazidis of Iraq , who need re-settlement. Lost in the wilderness, they desperately need JUSTICE. NOW.
[Stop Islamization of Nations Conference on Sept. 11, 2012]
Video 1 – Ashraf Ramelah (Voice of Copts)
Video 2 – Joseph Nasrallah – Coptic Christians
Video 3 – Father Gabriel Nadaaf Christians of Jerusalem – "The Disappearance of the Christians under Islam"
[AFDI Rally for Israel, Minorities Under Islam]
Video 4 – Yazidi Leader, Haider Elias -Worldwide Plea at AFDI Rally for Israel "Minorities Under Islam "
[AFDI and David Horowitz Foundation at Temple University]
Video 5- Simon Deng, enslaved at the age of 9 in Sudan. Christian slavery, in the 21st century, continues- sanctioned by Islam and ignored- in the Sudan. Genocide. Slavery. It's a world wide scourge.
** An Addendum** As I try to end this post. ** I find. I can't.**
The reports. The abuses. The cruelty. The Human Tragedies. The pleas for aide and mercy – Silence has lead to No JUSTICE. No Peace.
The horrors do not end. The pain goes on.
1."Christians Facing Extinction in Iraq
2. "An Appeal From a Yazidi Leader"
3. "Libya abducts Christian Women, Makes Them Slaves"
"Horrifying mob of 5,000 attacks Christians for BUILDING CHURCH shouting 'Egypt is Islamic,'" by Katie Mansfield, Express, July 2, 2016 (thanks to The Religion of Peace):
A MOB of 5,000 attacked a group of Christians as they attempted to build a church, the latest in a string of violent attacks in Egypt.
Vigilantes torched and looted homes in Baidaa village after hearing rumours worship was taking place. [ Interfaith dialogue in Egypt ]
While Church leaders in the U.S. are too busy holding Ramadan dinners and issuing statements about how Islam is "peace" to take much notice of how Christians in the Middle East are being persecuted. Shame on them!
["Presbyterian Church USA Offers Prayers to allah"]
I depart with a short slide show of the CWS small and very quiet (Muslim) refugee outreach at Columbus Circle. "Saving the Refugees from "Islamophobia". One World. One Day. One empty out-reach program at a time.
++ It's a bizarro world we live in ++
Tagged AFDI, ann corcoran, ashraf ramelah, christian world services, christians, columbus circle, coptic christians, David Horowitz foundation, Father Gabriel Naadaf, genocide, Haider Elias, iraq, islam, jihad, jihad watch, joseph nasrallah, middle east, one world, pamela geller, phyllis chesler, Refugee resettlement watch, robert spencer, simon deng, slavery, sudan, syrian refugees, terrorism, world refugee day, yazidis
Islamic State (IS) – DAESH Video Cache & links
Posted on March 15, 2015 by Pamela Hall | Leave a comment
[FOR UPDATED LINKS from URBAN INFIDEL ( 3-16-15) Scroll to bottom of post ]
(3-15-15) From Pamela Geller regarding Urban Infidel's recent post on IS videos:
"I have been running the Islamic State (IS) videos despite the horror and gore because Americans have been woefully misled in this threat. What we predicted is/was happening and it will only get worse.
Urban Infidel came upon a stash of jihad recruitment films (gore and savagery is a successful recruitment tool for devout Muslims)."
Read on as Urban Infidel describes what she found in this SECRET cache of DAESH videos
"Found via Twitter a large cache of DAESH videos through their links to secret pages and stored on drive.google.com.aq
Embedded in each are links to active private message dumps and many dozens of slick videos ranging in length from 9 minutes to an hour are new and old releases known and never before seen.
Calls to jihad, admonishments, testimonials, threats and the usual fare of wholesale murder and massacre.
There are 'man on the street' interviews in Mosul to show the soft side of the Islamic State (IS), their ability to implement shariah as a functioning government and attempts to demonstrate how much better life is living under the most brutal and depraved subhumans.
Featured strongly among this insanity are many instances showing children being indoctrinated and endless recruitment videos in several languages trying to show off the 'diversity' of the terrorist devils."
Fresh-faced boys eager and destined to be the new wave of DAESH Islamic global terrorists are glorified to the point of pornographic obsession.
These are children….
Or they were children….
Until their souls were robbed from them.
Little girls were used as props and pawns.
NO adult women are ever shown speaking and are completely covered, effectively removed.
To read the entire post on the DAESH cache go to >> Urban Infidel>>
BTW, seems as soon as Urban Infidel's expose hit the internet some of the IS links (you tube and twitter links in particular) began to DISAPPEAR.
At the moment ONE twitter link remains as "DAESH is now promoting tourism!" https://twitter.com/hashtag/IslamicStateMedia?src=hash. But, Speak The Truth @Haqq_Truth_9 is gone.
Perhaps the cache links will help to expose these propaganda vids, giving a name to the enemy. (Finally) So far the cache remains.
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B6sxjRYqx2OWfmZrSWgzblA4czlabU9ldThLS19MWFEzODNyVVlPN3JlQjFTelp0SnQzOFU
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B6RDlO_jxbM5fmZnLTR5dENyTkFfMTQ3S1FCNlJQellyTnU5NWwxX1YyOUJnNDVNbjMwUGs
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B6sxjRYqx2OWfnFGc0g3VGZ2WTVJZlBNYklGT282NkZKenpHSFhXRFpmR0ZPVHRBWUdlU1E
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0BxlwcoNDsiGmZG95cmZRUG9vUm
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B0NSOUWp-JLTfm9ia1A5UmRQUk9OcGNhVkJxeUNKMnAwNmZ1OUZSLTgxZmNnUG5wYkNHSEU
https://drive.google.com/folderview?id=0B9HVBEzXjgvjejZRa3RfRk1YSkU
WHO is the enemy behind this World War? The Truth from Robert Spencer on "Why the Islamic State IS Islamic"
NAME The Enemy!
CIA Director, John Brennan: insists that ISIS Not Islamic, They're 'Psychopathic Thugs'. Considering Brennan's irrational jihad denial, one could make the case that he is the "psychopathic thug."
Brennan argued that using words like "Islamic" to describe terrorists have resonance and it "does injustice to the tenets of religion when we attach a religious moniker to them."
Just because John Brennan knows Muslims who are not waging holy war is irrelevant. These are devout Muslims who live and die by the Quran and the sword and no amount of finger wagging or mental gymnastics is going to change that.
The Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL /ˈaɪsəl/; Arabic: الدولة الإسلامية في العراق والشام), also known as Islamic State of Iraq and Syria or Islamic State of Iraq and ash-Sham (ISIS /ˈaɪsɪs/)[24] or Islamic State,[25] is an Islamic extremist rebel group controlling territory in Iraq and Syria, with operations in eastern Libya, the Sinai Peninsula of Egypt, and other areas of the Middle East,[26] North Africa, South Asia,[27] and Southeast Asia.[27][28] The group is known in Arabic as ad-Dawlat al-Islāmiyah fī al-ʿIrāq wa sh-Shām, leading to the Arabic acronym Da'ish or DAESH (داعش, Arabic pronunciation: daːʕiʃ).[24]
"The Arabs call it 'Daesh' and I will be calling them the 'Daesh cutthroats.' "
The name Daesh, according to France24, is a "loose acronym" for "Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant" (al-Dawla al-Islamiya al-Iraq al-Sham). The name is commonly used by enemies of ISIS and it also has many negative undertones, as Daesh sounds similar to the Arabic words Daes ("one who crushes something underfoot") and Dahes ("one who sows discord").
** IS, ISIS or DAESH **
Daes ("one who crushes something underfoot") and Dahes ("one who sows discord").….
TRUTH is the New Hate Speech – Pamela Geller
Urban Infidel's updates from 3-16-15 : "Digging through their message dumps more video archives were found."
https://dump.to/isMediaGD
https://dump.to/aBZ
https://archive.org/details/MnNineveh
https://archive.org/details/Mnu3at
https://archive.org/details/MnAnbar
https://archive.org/details/MnBaghdad
https://archive.org/details/SreiSamra
This guy seems to hold the accounts
https://archive.org/details/@tokafeka
Then there's the soundcloud page with all the "nifty allah boy-bands" for the video sound tracks (along with sermons and other crap)
https://soundcloud.com/moattaz2/sets/oitnymfsgaol
Index of /13/items/cantlie1/
THIS twitter account is current and highly active with new videos!
أَبوْ حَفص الْحُسيني (@abo__hafss7) | Twitter
Instructions on how to use temporary email
https://justpaste.it/twitt1
weapons stockpile
http://nasher.me/fhhn/
attack plans
http://nasher.me/base/
Meanwhile, Pamela Geller observes, " Obama is busy with other things. He just removed Iran and Hezballah for the designated terror list,"
Urban Infidel reports, "This morning I saw a photo tweeted by a terrorist of two decapitated bodies, crucified back-to-back on a pole, their severed heads dangling from their hands on each side,"
And Geller warns, " That's a recruitment tool. And the problem continues to be: Islamophobia…. Insane."
Tagged daesh, hate speech, islam, islamic state, jihad, pamela geller, propaganda, robert spencer, terrorism, truth, urban infidel, video cache
Stand For Freedom of Speech – Geller & Spencer in Garland Texas (1-17-15)
Posted on January 19, 2015 by Pamela Hall | 1 comment
AFDI Freedom Rally
Stand For FreeDOM OF Speech
AFDI President, Pamela Geller, "Saturday's Stand With the Prophet event seeks to combat 'Islamophobes in America' – in line with Islamic supremacist groups' longstanding objective of defaming, smearing and marginalizing anyone who opposes the jihad agenda. They say they want to defend Muhammad – which means to silence those who notice that defenders of Muhammad just murdered sixteen people in Paris, and tens of thousands worldwide since 9/11."
Stand Against JihaD
"Our AFDI rally," Geller added, "will stand for the freedom of speech against all attempts, violent and stealthy, to impose Islamic blasphemy laws on Americans and stifle criticism of Muhammad and Islam. As Muhammad's followers kill more and more people, we need critics of him more than ever – and free people need to stand up against these underhanded attempts to stifle all criticism of Islam, including honest investigations of how jihadists use Islamic texts and teachings to justify Jew-hatred, violence, supremacism and oppression."
Stand AGAINST SHARIA
The Fight for Free Speech Rally on January 17, 2015 was made even more vivid by the vicious attack on Pamela Geller's Atlas Shrugs Blog. Free Speech is under attack. The blog was shut down, the servers melted by a cyber-attack, just days before the Freedom Defense Initiative's Free Speech Rally was held in Garland, Texas. Geller said,
"My site host, Media Temple, said they couldn't cope with the attack against my site. They had never in their history seen anything like it. The DDoS attack didn't just take down my site. It also took down Media Temple and threatened all of their clients, and even attacked the servers that Media Temple uses at Net Data Center, a service provider that promises "uninterrupted operations." Net Data Center could not handle the massive traffic that the attackers were sending to my site to take it down, and finally had to pull the plug on Atlas Shrug"
At this time her website is still down after this vicious DDoS attack . It was a crippling attack. Want to help get her site back up? You can contribute here. Meanwhile, there is a temporary site! The Atlas Shrugs temporary site can be found here.
Continuing with the rally on January 17th in Garland, Texas. They rallied for Free Speech. A fight that Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer helped to organize .
She reminded the crowd that "TRUTH is a Revolutionary Act". "
"We are standing against the most brutal and radical and extreme ideology on the face of the earth" (Pamela Geller)
From Robert Spencer, " Stand With the Prophet Against Terror and Hate" was also billed as a fundraiser for a center to teach Muslims how to combat negative depictions of their faith. Hosted by Muslim Brotherhood operatives and Unindicted terrorist co-conspirator Siraj Wahhaj. Spencer also said, "They have too long controlled the discourse and shut down any honest examination of the motives and goals of terrorists by crying 'Islamophobia.'
"The Stand for Freedom of Speech" rally was a huge success. A fabulous turnout of grass roots America that turned out in large numbers to counter the ill-timed "Stand with the Prophet" conference taking place there.
"Held just 10 days after the horrific attack in Paris that left 16 dead, the annual forum was billed by organizers as a "movement to defend Prophet Muhammad, his person, and his message," with an emphasis on opposing "Islamophobes in America."
"Stand With the Prophet Against Terror and Hate" – was hosted by a public school (the Curtis Culwell Center (Garland Independent School District property) – an event that was dedicated to eradicating "Islamophobia".
Later, Geller pointed out that the "Media coverage of the #freespeechrally was vicious and dishonest. Absurd, they're killing journalists."
She also said, "The media can smear us and the President can stand with them. We the people are not having it."
Freedom of speech. AMERICA is not interested in abrogating our freedoms in the name of diversity. STAND AGAINST SHARIA
"Never forget who you are" (Geller)
A brief comment from Robert Spencer
Those who follow "The Prophet" do NOT understand our Freedoms. Nor embrace them. And those Americans who are foolish enough to embrace this insurrection, must not be allowed to shut us down. America. Mad as hell and NOT going to take it any more.
"It's a war in the information battle-space. We must play to win." (Pamela Geller)
Thank G-D for the fighting spirit that rises in defense of our Freedoms. The AMERICAN WAY. We must NEVER FORGET. When our backs are against the wall – AMERICANS do not turn tail and run. EVER.
USA USA USA!!!
Links used to report on the Garland Texas Rally : Biz Pac Review ; Breitbart.com (Merrill Hope) ; Breitbart.com (Bob Price) ; Christian Post ; Daily Kenn ; Gateway Pundit ; Jihad Watch: ¹, ², ³ ; Right Scoop ; The Blaze ; World Net Daily
Stand With the Prophet ( Face book)
Free Speech Protest (Face book)
Freedom Defense Initiative (AFDI)
Tagged AFDI, Garland, islam, islamophobia, pamela geller, robert spencer, sharia, texas
Anti-Israel Protest vs Pro-Israel: a look back at July & August (pics & vids)
Posted on September 4, 2014 by Pamela Hall | Leave a comment
The summer of 2014. One anti-Israel rally too many. Annoying. Repetitive. I stopped posting. (a temporary silence)
"There is nothing wrong with your television. Do not attempt to adjust the picture." Then, on August 17th, the Pamela Geller/Robert Spencer Rally , "Support For Israel and Religious Minorities" was held in Union Square- NYC. Even though we are walk in the shadow of Global Horrors, I left feeling energized by such a wonderful, spirited community.
What follows now, in Three Parts, are different events (Pro and Anti Israel) from July and August. Beginning with "We The Living Support Israel"
From Pamela Geller
"For the first time, defenders of Israel and representatives of minorities persecuted by Islamic jihadists from around the world gathered together to stand for life and for freedom. Finally, the truth.
Our speakers provided harrowing insight into the full breadth and depth of the havoc and destruction that Islamic jihadists have unleashed upon the world. New York Assemblyman Dov Hikind gave a stirring appeal for Israel in its struggle against the jihad, and was seconded by the eloquent Ethiopian Jewish spokesman Mordechai Tasman and an IDF soldier who spoke of his own experiences. Dr. Mordechai Kedar flew from Israel for the rally, and showed how the jihadists are proceeding according to quranic imperatives.
What was unprecedented and groundbreaking about our rally was that these strong defenders of Israel were joined by others: Yazidi spokesman Haider Elias, the toweringly courageous and eloquent Sudanese freedom fighter Simon Deng, Palestinian Christian Mazzen Warra, Pastor Matthew Singh of Christians United for Israel, Indian human rights activist Arish Sahani, and Kurdish spokesman Salar Motidi — all of them recognized that we all face the same foe, and all of them ringingly affirmed the necessity for us to stand together for freedom."
Playlist of 15 great videos. Wonderful speakers gave support to Israel and to other victims of devout Islamists. We heard from the victims. We heard their warnings.
Concern for those who fear for their lives 24/7 rang through the air. Cries and pleas ignored by the media. They can't handle the truth. So they ignore it.
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We sang of Hope, Hatikva, of Yerushalim. A crowd favorite was , "Hashem Melech, Hashem Malach", The Lord is King!
It was a fabulous rally.
Perhaps "new blood", like Ari Lesser, will expose the media lies and propaganda with his hip-hop lyrics (which you can enjoy in the video playlist above) His lyrics smartly meet the challenge for the Next Generation.
"This is their Battle. Their Future."
A great day for freedom lovers. Inspired. Our counter protests grow.
Thinking about our media battles. Looking back at July and August. I am posting some pictures and videos of anti-Israel protests from the summer of '14
August 1, 2014. Columbus Circle. NYC.
Community Organizers prop-up these Muslim protests. Soc/Commie/Progs working behind-the-scenes to kill Western Civilization one protest-at-a-time. Fools and Tools. They. Never. Stop.
Slideshow August 1st PRO-Israel COUNTER PROTEST: Emotions ran deep from those who came out to support Israel in the midst of another anti-Israel hate-fest. They hung in there, even though the police kept moving them from corner to corner.
Slideshow August 1st -Anti-Israel Rally – Columbus Circle. Offensive signs filled with LIES; accusing Israel of 'genocide', of being Nazis.
Death to Israel chants. Fists pumped in the air. Angry. Hateful. No call for peace. Not real peace. Not from these professional agitators. The leftist agitprop of genocidal hatred rang through the air, "Stop the killing. Stop the Hate". Pleas meant to mislead the gullible press who choose to ignore the Nazi-like fists pounding over-head.
The heart-felt pain of one woman who came to support Israel .
They called this 'hate'.
All I saw was despair. (August 1st playlist 5 short videos)
They NEVER stop.
This next rally was a "Takbir-fest", in July.
July 17 , 2014 – Times Square-Pumping fists. Screaming. Yelling. Chants-of-Hate.
Intifada, Intifada and "Takbir, Takbir, Takbir" (allah is greatest)
To be Free from Fear. Free Of Islam. Free from Tyranny. From brutal, murderous Savages. That would be REAL Peace.
All the isms want 'peace'. Communism, fascism, islamism etc.Their peace where everybody agrees with their philosophy/religion and always does what they are told. Non-conformists are of course severely punished or murdered.
The battle for peace continues as we fight to stop the Media lies and distortions.
Never Again means Never Again….
Protests. Rallies. Counter-Protests.
Be Aware. Be Ready.
… evil WILL continue to thrive in this world until people make a conscious, deliberate, decision and effort to face it, grab it by the horns and and defeat it.
Coming Soon to the Metropolitan Opera – NYC.
Join AFSI (Americans for a Safe Israel)
Opening Night of the Metropolitan Opera House season.
Monday, September 22, 2014 – 5pm – Lincoln Center
A City-wide anti-terror demonstration
STOP the KLINGHOFFER Snuff OPERA
Stop Terrorism and Genocidal HATE.
The Met is scheduled to present the anti-Semitic and pro-terrorist opera, "The Death of Klinghoffer", which tells the story of the PLO murder of an elderly Jewish man in 1985.
To date, Met director Peter Gelb has refused to cancel the opera despite strong opposition. All who object to terror should call Peter Gelb at 212-799-3100 x 2891 to insist that he cancel the opera.
Plan to be at Lincoln Center on the 22nd.
AND NEW ADS are coming to the NY Subways this September from AFDI (American Freedom Defense Initiative) to Fight the Media Blackout on the Truth about Jihad and Islam.
Thanks to Pamela Geller and Robert Spencer, AFDI (American Freedom Defense Initiative) will have these truthful ads soon on NYC streets — at Columbus Circle!
C O M I N G T O N E W Y O R K C I T Y
Wishing won't do anything. Complaining does nothing but delight our enemies. Confrontation is the only way to deal with it.
Stand Up. Speak Out. Fight Back!
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He will hand out presents.
He will read Christmas Stories.
He will take as many pictures as you would like.
****Santa will not be allowed to eat any cookies....Mrs. Claus has him down to eating them 1 day a year.
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On reality television shows, Joe Zee of Elle magazine has developed an unusual reputation: for being nice.
Three days into a fashion festival and often even the hardiest fashion journalists are starting to feel the tiniest twinge of fatigue, but a showcase of freshly-graduated fashion designers is virtually guaranteed to re-inject the pep you think you've lost after opening night festivities are over.
Fashion news: Rihanna's showing off her bod again!


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The manga's chapters were serialized in Japan in Shueisha's Weekly Shōnen Jump from May 2004 to November 2012 and have been published in forty-two tankōbon volumes. An anime adaptation of the series by Artland aired on TV Tokyo from October 7, 2006 to September 25, 2010. Viz Media licensed the manga and the television series for an English-language release. A number of video games, light novels, and other products were also created based on the series.
Reborn! is one of the best-selling Weekly Shōnen Jump manga, with several volumes top sellers in Japan. Reviewers praised its humor, storylines, fights and the infant characters' design. However, they said it grew more violent after volume eight, becoming a typical shōnen series.


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BEIRUT, LEBANON (2:00 P.M.) – A captured Islamic State (ISIS/ISIL/IS/Daesh) terrorist from Germany sat down for an interview with the German language news site Welt Spiegel recently to discuss his participation in the Syrian conflict.
During the interview, the ISIS fighter, Farid Saal, acknowledges that he starred in a mass execution video of Syrian soldiers in the eastern countryside of the Homs Governorate in July 2014.
The captured ISIS fighter said that he posed with the executed Syrian Army soldiers because it would help his smuggling business that he was running inside the country.
He said his main job in Syria was to smuggle foreign fighters from Turkey to the Islamic State-held areas across the country.
Furthermore, he says that life in Raqqa city was pleasant, as he was able to relax by playing games, browsing the internet, and chatting with different fighters.
At the end of the interview, the Islamic State terrorist tells the reporter that he wants to go back to Germany, even if it means he will be imprisoned.
He concludes that he does not want to be imprisoned in Syria, but Germany has not agreed to any extradition terms, especially with non-state entities like the Syrian Democratic Forces (SDF).
If this guy ever gets to Germany, he should be extradited immediately to Syria for trial for murder.
@Daeshbags-Sux, with that name he is no ethnic German but was given German citizenship because he applied. And he should be divested of it if he retained his original citizenship. Because it only forbidden to make a German stateless by taking away the German Citizenship.
And in this case. He swore allegiance to the IS Caliphate and thus renounced his German citizenship.
I am against protecting criminals against harsher punishment. Because they knew what they did and what the punishment was where they committed the crime.
I am only against sending Germans to be tried abroad.
@jmNZ, under no condition can a German be send abroad to be tried there. It is simply against German law.
p.s. Because in the past Germans were discriminated in ex enemy countries. Because there some judicial foreign criminals claimed all Germans or SS soldiers were automatically Fascists or after WW I imperial loyalists and should be sentenced harder. Thus these judicial foreign criminals bend the law. And Germany law protects against that treatment.
@Daeshbags-Sux, just kill, You must not insult. IMHO.
p.s. So You admit it was legal to sentence resistance fighters to summary punishment. Interesting. Tongue out.
@Chauhan, You must not add to the punishment by insulting the corpse of a criminal neither must You insult captured or dead soldiers.
That is Entente and other Barbarian style.


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Paris Hilton Drops Autobiographical NFTs on Origin Story Marketplace
Socialite and hotel heiress Paris Hilton has launched a series of autobiographical non-fungible tokens (NFTs) dubbed "Paris: Past Lives, New Beginnings" on the Origin Story marketplace.
The NFT collection is being done in collaboration with the cult toy brand Superplastic, which is also working with the designer luxury brand Gucci on a separate NFT drop.
Hilton's digital collectibles are being released on Origin Protocol, where Hilton is both an investor and advisor. The NFTs feature Paris Hilton and Superplastic's synthetic superstar, Dayzee.
Hilton first discussed this NFT drop during an appearance on Jimmy Fallon's "The Tonight Show" in January. Last November, Hilton married venture capitalist Carter Reum and the NFT drop represents her "symbolic closing of one chapter of her life and moving onto the next."
In an interview with CoinDesk last April, Hilton said she has been into crypto "forever," adding that "NFTs have literally taken over my entire mind and soul. I'm obsessed. It's all I think about. I've never been so excited about something in my life because I really see this as the future."
Many celebrities and luxury fashion brands have been launching NFTs recently. For some stars, the launches are strictly an investment, while others may believe they're participating in a movement, but it's a trend which continues to gain momentum in 2022.


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In the previous posts we installed vmware player, which is completely free.
Vmware Workstation Pro, however, will function for 30 days BUT it will have the possibility of making snapshots.
Vmware is one of the tools you can use to install an operating system on an operating system. It will run inside a window and perform its task not being aware it is being run in vmware. You can use such a setup for testing purposes, developing projects etc.
There is also a script to install the same application. See latest movie.
Let us now install the same application but this time try out the installation script from my github.
You can install open-vmware-tools package in the guest operating system (OS in vmware) to be able to copy folders/files from host to guest system and vice-versa.
Folder has been copied from host to guest.
Here you can read in more detail what this will provide.
Copy/pasting part of it, in case this page gets lost.
The primary purpose for Open VM Tools (OVT) is to enable operating system vendors and/or communities and virtual appliance vendors to bundle VMware Tools into their product releases. OVT is the open source implementation of VMware Tools and consists of a suite of virtualization utilities that improves the functionality, administration, and management of virtual machines within a VMware environment.
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The director of 'Ain't Them Bodies Saints' tries something crazy to promote his film
by: Drew McWeeny August 23, 2013
While I'm not sure I think this is the best weekend of movies all year, it is an unusually dense release weekend for good strong movies that I encourage you to see.
There's the Edgar Wright film "The World's End," which I liked a lot, and if you're a fan of the earlier movies that Edgar made with Simon Pegg and Nick Frost, then by all means, make sure you see this one. I've been talking about "You're Next" for two full years now, and I absolutely encourage you to check it out. It's a fun spin on a familiar structure, and the cast really does kick the whole thing up to another level.
I've never been particularly excited about Joe Swanberg's films one way or another. I haven't flipped for them, but I'm also not particularly angered by them. I think "Drinking Buddies" is a big jump for him, though, in that it manages to be thematically sound, full of strongly drawn characters, and yet still maintain the spontaneous feeling that Swanberg seems to aim for in his work. I think the entire cast of "Drinking Buddies" is at the top of their game in the film. It's the most appealing role Olivia Wilde has ever had, and Anna Kendrick gets to play against how she's normally cast here, with both Ron Livingston and Jake Johnson doing very strong work as well.
Of all the movies opening today, my pick for the best of the bunch is "Short Term 12," but I say that acknowledging that I have yet to see "Ain't Them Bodies Saints" by David Lowery. I think "Short Term 12" is a knock-out. Brie Larson gives one of the year's very best performances, and she's surrounded by a whole ensemble that is just perfect in the movie. I think Destin Creton's got a huge career ahead of him, and "Short Term 12" is something special.
What I was really entertained by was seeing how David Lowery making a suggestion for how he might reward any audience who goes to see his film snowballed into what is one of the coolest moments of community I've seen in the commercial film space in quite some while. Normally, people look at opening weekend as a battleground. Lowery turned it into something completely different.
He started by offering anyone who went to see his film a prize. But here's the thing… it wasn't just his film. He also included "Drinking Buddies," "You're Next," and "Short Term 12," and for anyone who can prove they saw all four films, he offered to send them a hand-made prize from his film. The other filmmakers started getting involved and… well, go look for yourself. This is awesome.
You've got a full month for this promotion, as long as supplies last, and if you do take part, you're also sending a very clear message that you want to support films like this. You want to support movies that are made because someone has something they want to say, not because they have a release date and a contract for the toy tie-ins at McDonald's. And because when artists do something like this that encourages the act of movie going more than any single title, everyone benefits.
And, hey, even if you can't do this, put all of these films on your radar. I say it every year when I hear people bitching about how "there's nothing good out," but it's true. If you want to see the year's best movies, more often than not, you will have to work at it. You will have to hunt some of them down. Some may never come to your area, and you may not catch up until home video.
Whatever the case, I love seeing a moment like this. It restores my faith that the people making these movies are in it for the right reasons, and that what they do matters to them. And, maybe, to you as well.
Tags: adam wingard, AIN'T THEM BODIES SAINTS, david lowery, Destin Creton, DRINKING BUDDIES, EDGAR WRIGHT, JOE SWANBERG, SHORT TERM 12, the world's end, YOU'RE NEXT


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MVFF Music Presents A Benefit For CFI Education:
Bang! Bert Berns Tribute feat Flamin' Groovies, Betty Harris, Matt Jaffe, Tracy Nelson, Shana Morrison & More!
Bang! Bert Berns Tribute
Celebrating the release of the documentary BANG!: The Bert Berns Story, MVFF Music in collaboration with Steep Productions will present a special live concert honoring the astonishing body of work by songwriter Bert Berns and featuring legendary soul singer, Betty Harris from the film. The movie, based on NY Times best-selling author and SF Chronicle critic Joel Selvin's book, "Here Comes the Night: The Dark Soul of Bert Berns and the Dirty Business of Rhythm and Blues" is a once in a lifetime live concert curated & hosted by Selvin who has musically paired up some of the world's most celebrated soul singers (Bert Berns originals) with dynamite backup singers for over a dozen of Bert Berns brilliant songs including "Everybody Needs Somebody to Love", "Piece of My Heart", "Twist and Shout", "Cry Baby", "Hang on Sloopy", "I Want Candy" and many more. Supported by an illustrious house band including keyboardists Jimmy Pugh (Robert Cray and Etta James), Barry Goldberg (Electric Flag, The Rides with Stephen Stills and Kenny Wayne Shepard), Scott Mathews (drums, BB King, Eric Clapton), and Robin Sylvester (bass, Bob Weir & Ratdog). Music Director, Scott Mathews.
Betty Harris (Berns original), Linda Hart, Kim Nalley, Matt Jaffe, Shana Morrison, Cassie Berns, HUGElarge, Rick Stevens, Dorothy Morrison, Glenn Walters, Tracy Nelson, Larry Batiste.
This special event will also feature the Flamin' Groovies!
Flamin' Groovies
The Flamin' Groovies story goes all the way back to 1965 when the band began as the Chosen Few in their hometown of San Francisco, California. After a name change and a self-released 10-inch album called Sneakers, the band caught the attention of Columbia Records, who signed them and sent them into the studio with a big budget to record their first full-length album, Supersnazz, for the Epic label. Their next two albums were on Kama Sutra (home of their heroes, The Lovin' Spoonful): Flamingo, and the now revered classic Teenage Head.
Lead singer Roy Loney left the band at that point, and lead guitarist Cyril Jordan moved the group to England with Chris Wilson (formerly of Loose Gravel) taking over as front man. They continued their style of straight-ahead guitar-driven rock 'n' roll, but this time with a more 60's rather than 50's influence. A few singles on United Artists, recorded at the legendary Rockfield Studios in Wales with Dave Edmunds producing, followed in the early 70's. In '76 they signed to Sire Records, who released three true gems of power pop: Shake Some Action, Flamin' Groovies Now, and Jumpin' In The Night.
Another lineup change ensued in the next decade with Wilson moving to England and joining the Barracudas. The Groovies continued on through the 80's and into the early 90's touring Australia and Europe, putting out a fine but overlooked album called Rock Juice and then finally calling it quits. Jordan formed a new band called Magic Christian while Wilson released solo albums in Europe.
Then, in 2013, Jordan, Wilson and original founding member and bass player George Alexander reunited for the first time since 1981. With new drummer Victor Penalosa, a fine musician in his own right, the foursome has not only recorded fresh material but has also completed earlier material that has never before been captured.
They recently toured Japan and Australia, returning home to San Francisco to headline a show that sold out in less than 24 hours. Fans have been delighted with what is being called "a dream set list," including original songs the band has never performed before onstage. Newcomers are asking, "Why haven't I ever heard of this group?"
It's hard to say just why the group hasn't gotten the attention they deserve (at least in the USA), but they're back to give everyone another chance at hearing and seeing just why those in the know consider them one of the greatest rock n' roll bands of all time.
Renowned in deep soul circles for the devastating ballad "Cry to Me," singer Betty Harris was born in Orlando, FL, in 1941 and raised primarily in Alabama. The child of preachers, her deep church roots conflicted with her desire to sing secular soul music, and at 17 she left home to pursue a performing career, briefly apprenticing under R&B star Big Maybelle before eventually landing in California, cutting the 1960 single "Taking Care of Business" for the Douglas label. Record promoter Babe Chivian recommended that Harris relocate to New York City, promising her an audition with Brill Building producer and songwriter Bert Berns -- there she performed a slow, gospel-inspired rendition of "Cry to Me," an uptempo Berns-produced hit for Chivian's client Solomon Burke.
Berns immediately dispatched Harris to the recording studio, and in just three takes she wrapped "Cry to Me," issued on Jubilee in 1963 -- after the record became a New York radio smash, it broke nationally, cracking the R&B Top Ten and the pop Top 40 in the process of surpassing Burke's original. Soon Harris headlined the legendary Apollo Theater, mounting a national tour after recording her Jubilee follow-up, "His Kiss" -- the single stiffed, however, and when "Mo Jo Hannah" met a similar fate, Berns opted to cut his losses.
During a 1965 tour, Harris met New Orleans composer and producer Allen Toussaint, and with the superbly slinky "I'm Evil Tonight" became the first artist to record for his fledgling Sansu label. With Toussaint at the helm, the bluesy balladry of Harris' Jubilee sides gave way to a funky, sensual dynamic that heralded a new era of New Orleans R&B. The 1966 ballad "Sometime" was backed by the brilliant "I Don't Want to Hear It," Toussaint's edgiest and most aggressive production to date. The subsequent "12 Red Roses" further refined the approach, and with 1967's "Nearer to You" Harris finally returned to the R&B Top 20, delivering another sublimely emotional performance.
"Love Lots of Lovin'," a duet with fellow Toussaint charge Lee Dorsey, closed out the year -- Harris planned to support the record on tour with Otis Redding, but on December 10, the soul giant lost his life in a plane crash. Harris forged on, with 1968's "Mean Man" delivering her grittiest effort to date; backed by a session group that would soon evolve into the Meters, she then ended her Sansu tenure with the fierce "Trouble with My Lover," reuniting with Toussaint for one final collaboration, the 1969 funk cult classic "There's a Break in the Road" (licensed to the SSS International label).
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With her career at an impasse, Harris abruptly retired from performing in 1970. From there her legend grew, and rumors spread that she served as James Carr's road manager and even drove a tractor-trailer to make ends meet. In reality, Harris simply focused on raising her family, and while she shunned the music industry she continued singing in her church choir -- after settling in Hartford, CT, in 1997, she even began offering vocal lessons. Still, Harris remained oblivious to the growing awe afforded her '60s output by soul aficionados, respect generated largely by the U.K. release of the Soul Perfection Plus retrospective.
Then in 2001, her daughter found several Betty Harris fan sites on the Web, prompting the singer to join a soul mailing list to announce her present whereabouts -- her re-emergence caused a stir in deep soul circles, and soon Boston-based guitarist and producer Chris Stovall Brown offered to helm Harris' first recording session in 35 years. On April 17, 2005, she also headlined her first live appearance in over three decades, performing at a benefit for her daughter's Hartford alma mater; weeks later, Harris also performed at New Orleans' annual Ponderosa Stomp.
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Matt Jaffe
Matt Jaffe is a rock & roll singer/songwriter from San Francisco. Cutting his teeth on countless open mics around the Bay Area, Matt started taking music (a little bit) more seriously when Jerry Harrison of Talking Heads offered to produce his first record. Since then, Matt has continued to churn out more songs than he can remember the words to, oversaturate the market with gigs (opening for the likes of Mavis Staples, Wilco, and Blues Traveler), and collaborate with the likes of Chuck Prophet and Tom Higgenson of the Plain White T's. Fresh off the release of his third LP, "The Spirit Catches You," Matt Jaffe is street-teaming with the best of them to bring rock & roll back to the masses.
Shana Morrison
Shana Morrison's musical style has been called pop with a side of blues and a side of rock. She has also been known to include other ingredients, like country, R&B, and jazz into the mix. Her material seems to be ever-changing and hard to pin down categorically. What always remains the same is Shana's unique and wide-ranging voice.
Shana Morrison began performing with her group Caledonia in the San Francisco Bay area in 1996. Her debut CD, Caledonia, was released on her own label, Belfast Violet Records, in 1998 and picked up by the Monster Music label in 1999. Caledonia received favorable reviews from the Los Angeles Times, the San Francisco Chronicle, and the San Francisco Examiner, as well as airplay on KPFA, KPIG, KPIX, KDVS, KHUM, and KFOG. Tours across the country soon followed.
Vanguard Records signed Shana in 2001, and 7 Wishes was released in 2002. This time, she received favorable reviews from newspapers and magazines across the country, as well as airplay on KMTT in Seattle; KINK in Portland, Oregon; KSGR in Austin, Texas; and KBCO in Denver.
Chronologically listed, some highlights of Shana's career follow: Since 1996, Shana has participated in benefit concerts for Oakland's American Legends Foundation. Paying tribute to and playing for artists such as Brownie McGee and Charles Brown, Shana has shared billing with the likes of Bonnie Raitt, John Lee Hooker, and Dr. John. She has also played for festival audiences on the main stage both at the Guinness Fleadh in New York in 1997, and in San Francisco in 1999. In 2000 Shana performed at the San Francisco Blues Festival, the Ottawa Blues Festival, and the Edmonton Folk Festival. Recently she has had the type of exposure she deserves, opening shows for Lyle Lovett, Joe Cocker, Michael MacDonald, John Hyatt, Keb 'Mo, and Bob Weir.
Shana's international exposure includes a live broadcast for the BBC's Kelly Show and an appearance at the BRIT Awards in 1996, when her father was presented with a lifetime-achievement award. This has been broadcasted on A&E in America several times since. She also participated in a VH1 Father's Day special and was featured in People in 1997, Rolling Stone in 1999, and in Interview, as well as on the Oxygen channel's Pure Oxygen, and on The Howard Stern Show in 2002.
Since 2002, the band has been busy with tours across the United States, Germany, Italy, Ireland, and the UK, playing radio shows, clubs, theaters, and festivals, most notably playing the Warfield in San Francisco, the Viper Room in Los Angeles, the House of Blues in Cambridge, the Bottom Line in New York, Meinisfree Open Air in Germany, the Arezzo Wave Pop festival in Italy, the Borderline in London, the Cork Jazz Festival, the Galway Arts Festival, and The Late Late Show in Ireland.
2006 through 2008 saw Shana singing beside Van Morrison again during his U.S. and U.K. tour dates. Twelve years have passed since her beginnings singing duets with Mr. Morrison in his infamous Rhythm and Soul Review, which featured artists such as Jimmy Withersoon, Junior Wells, and John Lee Hooker. Since her first foray into recording on the Van Morrison releases A Night in San Francisco (1994) and Days Like This (1995), Shana Morrison has grown as a singer, a songwriter, and an artist. Her self-produced 2007 release, the R&B-flavored CD That's Who I Am, is on Belfast Violet Records. Joyride, produced by Kim McLean, was released in April 2010, also on Belfast Violet Records. Both albums are available online at iTunes, Amazon, and CDBaby.