We cannot know Jesus without knowing his story. Today the debate over who Jesus is rages on. Has the Bible bound Christians to a narrow and mistaken notion of Jesus? Should we listen to other gospels, other sayings of Jesus, that enlarge and correct a mistaken story? Is the real Jesus entangled in a web of the church's Scripture, awaiting liberation from our childhood faith so he might speak to our contemporary pluralistic world? To answer these questions we need to know what story Jesus claimed for himself. Christopher Wright is convinced that Jesus' own story is rooted in the story of Israel. In this revised and updated book he traces the life of Christ as it is illuminated by the Old Testament. And he describes God's design for Israel as it is fulfilled in the story of Jesus.


The Championship points have been up[dated and there is also a schedule change.
It does NOT effect any of the racing, it only moves the mid season club meeting. This has been done because I will be in vacation at that time. See the schedule for the new meeting date.


DOC has managed to get one pod of whales at risk of stranding back out to deeper waters tonight, but still have serious concerns for another pod.
The pilot whales came into the harbour between Ohope Beach and Opotiki late yesterday afternoon. Eight of the mammals beached, six of which had to be euthanised.
DOC workers managed to get one of the pods of whales back out to deeper waters just before sunset.
However, locals told Radio New Zealand they had returned and there appeared to be about 60 in the harbour about 10pm.
DOC said the whales are near Whangakopikopiko/ Tern Island, which is inside the harbour mouth.
Bay of Plenty spokesperson Peter Huggins said it was believed a pilot whale experiencing problems in Ohiwa harbour, between Ohope and Opotiki, may be responsible for drawing the pod in.
The stranded whales had been euthanised on welfare grounds. "We've been focusing our attention on the remaining whales in the water and trying to get those animals out the harbour," he said.
Mr Huggins said the next refloating opportunity is at 5.45am tomorrow.
Police said Harbour Road is closed to traffic from Te Taiawatea Drive.
Thirty-nine pilot whales from a pod of 99 that stranded on Monday have re-stranded off Farewell Spit in Golden Bay.
Thirteen whales that survived a stranding in the Far North on Friday were refloated on Saturday but four had to be killed when they came inshore again.


Pretty typical series for me. Not great, but not a bad start for the season - better to start low than to establish an average that's hard to maintain.
A decent night for me, but we only managed one win.
Make-up series for the week of 10/06/2003.
Nice series overall, I guess, but I sure could have used a couple more strikes in the third game.
No, the 212 is not a typo.
S81S81S81S81S81 - the last five frames of my first game. Each one a different split..
Yay! My best series in many weeks.


It's hockey season again and what better way to celebrate than with an inside look at Canada's game from the Keeper of the Cup!
The Sheridan Alumni Office and the Hockey Hall of Fame invite you and the graduate community to an exclusive hockey experience on November 20, 2014.
Phil Pritchard, Keeper of the Cup, Curator of the Hockey Hall of Fame, Vice President of the Resource Centre and Sheridan Business graduate, is offering exclusive access to the Hockey Hall of Fame archives at the Toronto Maple Leafs training facility in Toronto.
During a private presentation in the D.K. (Doc) Seaman Theatre, Phil will share tales from his travels with the Stanley Cup. Take a private tour of the 18,000-square-foot resource centre - home of the Hockey Hall of Fame's vast collection of artifacts and memorabilia.
Plus, watch the Toronto Maple Leafs take on the Tampa Bay Lightning from the D.K. (Doc) Seaman Theatre. And have a commemorative photo taken with an iconic hockey trophy!
Don't miss this exclusive behind-the-scenes access to the Hockey Hall of Fame at the D.K. (Doc) Seaman Resource Centre within The MasterCard Centre for Hockey Excellence.
To purchase tickets, please contact the Sheridan Alumni Office at 905.815.4078 or alumni@sheridancollege.ca.


This morning (May 20), Puff Daddy and the Bad Boy Family kicked off The Today Show's Summer Concert Series with a bang!
Tonight and tomorrow night, the Bad Boy Family will take the stage with the sold-out shows at the Barclay's Center in Brooklyn. Jay Z and Mary J. Blige are slated to make appearances on night one, and Swizz Beatz and DMX will show up for night two.
Catch the Bad Boy Family in a city near you when they head out on tour in August.


After all the hours he wasted, still he needs time.
He needs time - for someone just to see him.
And the whole world's above him.
But recently he could see that it may come too late.
Someone said give but I just didn't dare.
You'd better gain control now.
Now he's just come out the movie.


THE Westfield shopping centres generated almost £2 billion of sales last year as thousands of Olympic visitors flooded through the new Stratford mall.
LONDON shoppers were undeterred by hangovers on New Year's Day from snapping up a bargain in the sales and flocked to Westfield in record numbers, according to the shopping centre.
THE new Westfield "super malls" will ring up almost �2 billion in sales this year despite the austerity-era gloom on the high street.
SHOPPING mall firm Westfield's two giant London shopping centres racked up combined sales of £2bn last year, as consumer confidence began to return.
FASHION brand Burberry's sales broke through the £1bn barrier as online shoppers around the world snapped up its luxury wares.
SHOPPERS fired up with national pride have flocked to John Lewis snapping up London 2012 key ring charms and lanyards on the back of Britain's record Olympic medal haul.


The ICC Cricket World Cup Trophy Tour Driven By Nissan will now extend its stay in Rwanda and Nigeria this month, with the Trophy no longer making stops in Kenya and France.
The Rwanda stop will take place between 8 and 10 February, an extension of two days and will replace the Kenya visit. The Trophy Tour will also stop in Nigeria for an additional day with revised dates of 11-13 February now confirmed.
The Trophy Tour will make its first European stop in Belgium on 15 February, as a result of the Trophy no longer visiting France on 14 February.
The "most connected Trophy Tour ever" will travel to the Netherlands (16 February) and Germany (17-18 February) before heading to England and Wales where it will start the domestic leg on 19 February.
For more information on the ICC Cricket World Cup Trophy Tour please click here.


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Galway understands the importance of mental health & wealth as well. That's why it takes care of it along with physical health. Although people think that health is all about the physical aspect only. On top of that, the pandemic has not only affected people's bodies but minds as well. Lockdown one after the other, fear of infections, fear of losing jobs and continuous bad news because of the pandemic has planted a seed of negativity in people's hearts.
According to a survey, every 5th man is suffering from mental tension. People are increasingly suffering from mental pressure. Psychologists say that mental health is equally important as physical health. Actually we are following guidelines such as wearing masks, maintaining distance and washing hands from time to time, but we are doing nothing for our mental states.
Exercise, Yoga & Meditation
It's important to understand that yoga & meditation can only be done correctly under some supervision. But it's obvious that everyone can't afford an instructor & keeping that in mind the Director of Glaze trading India Pvt. Ltd. Mr. Sarabjit Singh came up with the idea of arranging a platform that offers all the Galwians & Indians to watch the instructors , follow them , do yoga & the best part without coming out of the house.
Meditation & its amazing effects
Meditation has been practiced for thousands of years. Meditation originally was meant to help deepen understanding of the sacred and mystical forces of life. These days, meditation is commonly used for relaxation and stress reduction. Meditation is considered a type of mind-body complementary medicine. Meditation can produce a deep state of relaxation and a tranquil mind. The emotional benefits of meditation can include:
Reducing negative emotion
Increasing imagination and creativity
Increasing patience and tolerance
The Yoga program gave benefits & happiness to many people in many ways. The program conducted by Galway not only filled positivity in all Galwians & other people who were associated, but created a bridge for others to join in as well. So that more people can benefit from it as well.
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Galway Krisham brings prosperity along
In India, corn is one of the main crops. Corn can be grown in any type of soil. From the past many years it has taken a special place in farming. One of the reasons is as its productivity rate is always on a higher side among all food grains. The best time to grow it is from the last week of May to the end of June. Initially it's very important to do it correctly because otherwise the crop can be affected by any kind of disease.
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Take Cod Liver Oil for Bodies if Steel.
Our knees and hips should be strong and pain-free. Period.
Throughout my long life, which seems quite short (83 winters), I have coaxed people to do what they can to be physically and mentally strong and healthy. I will never quit this endeavor!
Bodies and Joints of Steel Need Fed and worked—hard. I want you to do the best you can with what you have at this time. One thing we can each do is to feed our joints. Period!
These four ingredients including cod liver oil can save your joints—all the way from our big toes to the Atlas joint upon which our "Noggin" is balanced. We don't need to know scientific words and exact amounts. There are too many kinds and sizes of people doing different tasks for anyone to know what YOU need.
You are a one-person experiment—just you, and you alone in this big world. I encourage you to consume these four ingredients each day. If that is nor practical for you, just do your best. Try for several times each week. If you don't want to make your own broth buy the best you can at your local super-market.
don't like the taste, I can filter it.
I consider well-water or spring-water to be just fine. They are loaded with minerals and other trace elements that I want in my daily diet.
Raw fermented foods will supply plenty of probiotics that will remove unwanted junk from our bodies. A good example is the way the probiotics cleaned up the oil spill in the Gulf of Mexico. The experts said it would take an hundred years. They didn't foresee the work the "BUGS" could do.
Keep on mind that when you cook the fermented fruits and vegetables you kill these little guys that we depend on to digest our foods and keep our bodies clean.


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motoclubpiacenza » Classical » Leonard Bernstein, The New York Philharmonic Orchestra - Leonard Bernstein Conducts Beethoven
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Performer: Leonard Bernstein, The New York Philharmonic Orchestra
Title: Leonard Bernstein Conducts Beethoven
Catalog Number: S2BR 220320
Label: CBS Masterworks
Cbs Masterworks 1973
1 Fourth Movement: Presto: Allegro Assai
Bass Vocals – Norman ScottChorus – Juilliard ChorusChorus Master – Abraham KaplanMezzo-soprano Vocals – Regina SarfatySoprano Vocals – Martina ArroyoTenor Vocals – Nicholas de Virgilio
2 First Movement: Poco Sostenuto - Vivace
3 Side 1 Symphony No. 7 In A Major Opus 92
4 Side 2 Symphony No. 9 In D Minor Opus 125 'Choral'
5 First Movement: Allegro Ma Non Troppo, Un Poco Maestoso
7 Third Movement - Presto
8 Fourth Movement - Allegro Con Brio
9 Third Movement: Adagio Molto E Cantabile
10 Second Movement: Allegretto
11 Side 3 Symphony No. 9 In D Minor Opus 125 'Choral'
12 Second Movement: Molto Vivace
78203 Leonard Bernstein, The New York Philharmonic Orchestra Leonard Bernstein, The New York Philharmonic Orchestra - Beethoven - Symphony No. 9 'Choral'; Symphony No.7 (2xLP, Album) CBS 78203 UK 1973
Sleeve Notes – Klaus George Roy
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AUTUMN BAILEY DAWKINS, C.P.A., C.I.A.
Bella BAHHS (Black Ancestors Here Healing Society) is a 2017 Soros Justice Fellow. For Bella, privilege didn't come cheaply or nicely packaged. Bella knows firsthand how prison affects families. Both of her parents were once in prison, leaving her in her grandmother's care. As a granddaughter of the Great Migration, Bella BAHHS grew up on Chicago's west side and studied corporate communication and business administration at Dominican University. As a raptivist, movement strategist and organizer, Bella BAHHS advocates for the fundamental right for people to breathe and exist. Her work focuses on why disenfranchised spaces become systematically overcrowded, overcharged, overpoliced, underfunded and undereducated.
Galvanized by Chicago teen LaQuan McDonald's police murder and subsequent cover-up in 2015, Bella BAHHS and the #LetUsBreatheCollective led a campaign against police abuse, torture and executions. She co-organized 2016's Freedom Square Occupation – a 41 day occupation of a Chicago police precinct notorious for kidnapping and forcing confessions from Black and Brown Chicagoans. National media outlets covered the Freedom Square occupation, finding Black women greeting and educating community members, deescalating conflicts, preparing communal meals, mentoring Black children, organizing art and community beautification projects, cleaning the encampment and strategizing to build a more liberated future. Bella's 2017 Soros Justice project will build Sister Survivor, a group designed to support young black women organizing to mitigate the impact of the criminal justice system on their lives.


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Meghan Markle makes secret trip to pay tribute to girl, 19, who was tortured, raped and bludgeoned to death in South Africa
MEGHAN made a secret trip to pay tribute to a girl whose brutal murder has outraged South Africa.
The Duchess of Sussex was so shocked by the torture, rape and murder of the beautiful Cape Town University student, she made a top-secret pilgrimage to the post office where she was killed.
Paul Edwards – The Sun
Meghan Markle has paid tribute to a 19-year-old girl who was brutally murdered in South Africa last month[/caption]
Yellow ribbons have been left as tributes and Meghan left a moving message, written by her, in local language Xhosa: "We stand together in this situation.
"Harry & Meghan 26th September 2019." Meghan, 38, and baby Archie have stayed in South Africa while Harry visits Botswana, Angola and Malawi on a five-day trip away from his family.
Student Uyinene Mrwetyna, 19, went to collect a parcel at her local post office when she was lured into a trap.
She was tortured, raped and bludgeoned to death with the post office scales last month and her body was later dumped in the township of Lingelethu West in Khayelitsha.
Her murder shocked South Africa and sparked country-wide demonstrations against violence to women – which Meghan referenced in her speech on the first day of the Sussexes' South African tour.
Meghan was dressed down in a white shirt and blue jeans as she tied the ribbon to the Claremont post office.
She looked sombre and thoughtful as she left her message of solidarity. Local schoolgirls wanted to take pictures but were stopped by her Met police security team.
'HER VISIT MEANS SO MUCH'
Aaliyah Jacobs, 17, whose Livingstone High School is opposite the post office said Meghan's visit meant "so much".
She said: "We love Meghan. It's a good thing that she did this. She's raising awareness and then everyone around the world will be aware of gender violence in South Africa and the terrible murder that happened here at the post office across the road from our school.
"The tragic murder of Uyinene has had a huge impact on many lives such as myself and many young women, making them feel vulnerable.
"We are afraid to go out, some are afraid to go to school because of what happened to Uyinene.
"It happened right next to Livingstone High School where many of my friends attend and that also has had an impact on our school.
"It could have been any one of us just merely walking past so basically everyone is always on edge.
"And it makes me feel as if I'm afraid to live in this world because I can be taken out by someone at any second and my friends, my family, they are all at risk.
CLUCKING HELL
Where your Nando's chicken comes from as farm with deformed chicks is exposed
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Mum-of-six pleads GUILTY to murdering 2 of her kids & plotting to kill 4 others
Sacked Thomas Cook staff fly stranded Brits home for free and get whip round
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Mum buried with her 4 kids 2 years after deadly petrol bomb blaze
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Plumber, his mum & his dad killed his ex's new lover in jealous rage
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Baby born 16 weeks early weighing 1lb 10oz beats odds to reach 1st birthday
"That is a huge worry for me wondering if I will be next or anybody that is close to me.
"Her visit means so much." Shaima Khan, 17, said: "It's so nice of Meghan to pay tribute to South African women like this even though she is from another country.
"It means a lot that she came to our community and paid tribute without showing off without any publicity. She was being genuine."
Getty – Pool
Meghan and Harry are currently on a royal tour of South Africa, along with baby Archie[/caption]
Getty – Contributor
Meghan was pictured wearing a headscarf for the first time while visiting a South African mosque[/caption]
Archie received a kiss from Archbishop Desmond Tutu on day three of the royal tour[/caption]
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Abstract : Freight transport constitutes one of the main activities that influences economy and society, as it assures a vital link between suppliers and customers and it represents a major source of employment. Multi-echelon distribution is one of the most common strategies adopted by the transport companies in an aim of cost reduction. This paper presents the main concepts of multi-echelon distribution with cross-docks through a multidisciplinary analysis that includes an optimisation study (using both exact and heuristic methods), a geographic approach (based on the concept of accessibility) and a socio-economic analysis. a conceptual framework for logistics and transport pooling systems, as well as a simulation method for strategic planning optimisation.


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EVERYTHING YOU NEVER KNEW ABOUT THE TROJAN ARSE PROTOCOL
So. That's it then. Mr Biffo's Found Footage is over. If you've not liked the series, because it's too weird, please give The Trojan Arse Protocol a go. It's VHS/glitch-free, it tells a story, has action, effects, monsters, and it looks bloody great. Yes, I would say that - but I'm still somewhat taken aback that it turned out so well.
And it should go without saying that if you can help spread the word of this remarkable project - which I can't help but feel deserves a bigger audience than it has reached thus far (especially this latest one) - please do so. I'd really appreciate it.
Well, as ever... thank you to everyone who supported me in this - whether it was with the above, you were part of the cast and crew, with backing on Kickstarter or Indiegogo, or by just generally saying nice things. It has taken over a year to finish this series, and if it wasn't for all of you I don't think I'd have stayed the distance. Seriously cannot stress enough that this is a joint effort by all of us - and I feel immensely privileged. You've given me a gift that has really made a difference to my life.
Suffice to say, I want to do more. I've got some thoughts about what form it might take. But I'm going to take a few months to let them percolate as I try to recover. I really hope lots of you are up for being a part of something new, probably in early spring next year...
For now - here's a behind-the-scenes look at The Trojan Arse Protocol.
SPOILER WARNING: Do not read on unless you have watched The Trojan Arse Protocol!
XENOXXX HQ
We shot the finale at Drakelow Tunnels in the midlands. This former government nuclear bunker sprawls over 3.5 miles, and was originally built as a "shadow factory" in WW2, building plane engines. It is, reportedly, haunted. It was in the news a few years ago for being used as an illegal marijuana farm.
The big, opening, narration - which goes on slightly too long, but never mind - is a nod to the opening of Escape From New York. I was very fortunate to find someone with a voice that had the same sort of timbre. I slapped a filter on her voice, which gave it a similar, slightly robotic, chilly, effect, of the sort that John Carpenter used.
Even the music - once again provided by Chris Jerden-Cooke, who did a brilliant job on the entire finale, to my exacting specifications - is a homage to Carpenter. Chris has worked really, really hard across the series - but he really knocked it out of the park here I think.
And look - here's a shot of Xenoxxx HQ pre-disaster, provided by our brilliant VFX artist AJ Jeffries.
HAIL XENOXXX!
This sequence featuring the fall of Xenoxxx was shot by Steve Horsley while we were setting up the scene where Molotov, Faktori and Orlokk barricade the door against the bums. We did have to keep shouting at them to be quiet so we could do our takes!
Steve, like the rest of us, was wrecked by the end of the two days. Nobody worked harder than him and Sanya, my other half. They're listed as "2nd Unit Director" and "Producer" respectively, but those titles barely cover the work they put in - everything from dressing sets, rounding up cast, to going and getting pizzas for everyone.
POSTER BOY
In every draft of the script this was always the first shot; somebody stepping on the face of Lord Brannigan-7, in the way that Goujon John had - metaphorically - stepped on his face. If you want to get all symbolic about it, it's meant to represent a reversal of power - how ordinary people, citizens, are the ones with real power; not our "rulers".
This was shot on the morning of Day 2. Originally it was meant to be a crane shot - our director of photography, Christopher Hood, is a "jib specialist" - but we'd lost so much time on Day 1 that I had to forego the setting up of the crane, as it would've taken up an hour or so just to rig it. So we improvised.
I love this shot. And there's some subtle effects work from AJ in the top of frame. This was my tribute to both Saving Private Ryan and Gears of War. There was meant to be a lot more Gears of War run-and-gun stuff in the film, but - again - we ran out of time.
The weapons are a mixture of Nerf and water guns, which I customised, the body armour is biker gear, the helmets are DIY facemasks, and the backpack that Orlokkk is wearing is an old WW2 portable radio kit.
THE MOUTH OF HELL
You can never have too many barrels on a sci-fi film. Once I found out how cheap barrels were on eBay I bought six of them, painted them, and they sat in my back garden for months. They make great, impactful, set dressing - in fact, I saw one of the very same barrels on the set of the new Star Wars film, when I watched a behind-the-scenes video - as do corrugated plastic sheets.
The latter, however, were a pain in the arse to paint/distress. They used up a ton of paint. We were glad to have them, though, as they covered up parts of the location which would've broken the illusion.
You can also see the body of Funtron 8 in this shot (a water butt - about four times the price of a barrel).
This was one of the very last scenes we shot, and we were dead on our feet, woefully behind schedule, I was faced with having to drop about 40% of the script, with no idea how I was going to piece it all together (after the first day I even rewrote the script in my hotel room to make it simpler - and we still had to drop stuff). We had, by this point, also lost one of our principal cast members. Amazingly, everyone remained in high spirits. What a cast and crew!
Consequently, this dialogue was thrown together in about 5 minutes on the fly in a bid to bridge the scenes (and character) we no longer had - and hats off to Jesse "Faktori" Ross for learning it and doing a brilliant job in dire circumstances.
It means that all the exposition comes across as a big dump of it, rather than in a more finessed fashion. But hey - what are ya gonna do?! Too late now.
BRANNIGAN'S EARLY EXPERIMENTS
This scene was the first shot, and the one which really set us so behind. Christopher Hood was picking up a flicker on his lights - a consequence of the tunnels' diesel generator - and we lost so much time while he tried to compensate for it. In the end we just had to live with it, and I think it actually adds to the atmosphere.
Pretty much the whole of the first morning on Day 1 was taken up with this one scene. Obviously, it's a very heavily dressed set too (in the bunker's old hospital facility no less); this was more or less a bare room before we came in.
Also: you can see the head of BW from Biffovision in a jar in the back of one of the shots. He now resides with the sponsor of the series...
JAR JAR BUMS
Obviously a homage to the scene in Aliens where they find the facehuggers suspended in tubes. I'm disappointed that the bums in jars aren't easier to see... but I do like how grimy and distressed the jars are. I loved a lived-in universe.
Also, there's a really cool skull - with a barcode on its forehead - that you only see in profile in a brief shot. I wish we could've featured that somehow better. Other props in this set include a bunch of Cold War-era Soviet medical gear, oscillators, and other medical and scientific equipment I bought on eBay.
It frustrates me that this scene is so expositional right on the heels of the tunnel scene - but it was unavoidable in the circumstances. Molotov exists as a character to ask the questions the audience might have, but I'm pleased I also managed to give him a character arc. Which is no mean feat in a 15 minute-long film.
The bum jars were the hardest props to make. They're basically watercooler jugs with washing up bowls on top, and a light (and a bum) inside. But, as I discovered, watercooler jugs are REALLY hard to cut or manipulate. I nearly took my hand off getting them open to fit the bums inside.
For this damaged jar I just laid it over the hob on my kitchen cooker, and waited until it was melted enough to punch through. I would've done that with the others if I'd thought about it sooner, rather than trying to hammer a breadknife through them.
This whole sequence was shot at the end of Day 1, and was the first time it felt to me as if we were making something really special. The scale of the tunnels, the lighting, the set dressing, all came together - when I watched it back on the monitor I was blown away.
Also, hats off to our many volunteers who helped dress this set - especially Oliver and Joe - which had a ton of detail (Xenoxxx banners hanging from the ceiling!) that you barely see on screen.
Also: Jesse, who plays Faktori, looks like a proper action hero here. Like Andy Wear, who played Molotov, he got a military haircut especially for the role and even went to the gym to beef himself up.
IT TASTES BAD
Massive respect to my good friend Mark who sweated to death inside the bum mask for take after take spent crouching over Jesse, and then crawling away on his hands and knees. Also, pity poor Jesse suffering a KY Jelly-dripping two day-old goujon just millimetres from his mouth.
The reveal of the bum, with it flinging its arms wide, was a tribute to a similar shot in the original Alien. It wasn't easy to get the shot; Mark couldn't see a thing in the mask, so couldn't see where he was facing.
Also, lovely subtle VFX with the gunshots and bullet impacts, courtesy of AJ.
We hadn't been able to do a recce of the location before we arrived, so we got very lucky that there were so many astonishing areas that were perfect for what we needed.
This was everyone's favourite set, due to the amount of detail in it. I wanted it to feel like a real place that people had worked and lived in - though much of that might be lost on screen. There was a game of solitaire set up on one side of the desk, coffee mugs - and lots of Polaroids of a strange, green-faced, woman, that I bought on eBay.
Also: one of several appearances from Roaming Thomas... Two Thomases in fact... placed on an electroluminescent sheet. These weren't cheap, but we use quite a lot of them throughout the film as computer screens, or buttons, in the background of shot. They really help to sell the illusion of power.
It was a bit of a pain to shoot on this set, as it was right next door to the tunnel's generator, and the noise was bleeding through. Chris Bullock, our sound recordist, did a fantastic job minimising the racket.
This screen is the same iPad I used to animate the 2001 and Ghee-Lord sequences, and it was the first thing I bought with the Kickstarter money. Worth every penny. We did talk about having the base map be a hologram, but I wanted everything in the Xenoxxverse to be analogue, old-school, technology, very robust feeling, like it was built to withstand a nuclear war.
You might've noticed the colour red featuring quiet heavily in The Trojan Arse Protocol. Aside from the fact it helps certain key things "pop" on screen - such as the characters - it's also a subtle nod to our backers (along with the Xenoxxx logo) that this is where your money went!
Also: look at the Popping Martian toy! I had one years ago, and thought it'd be a nice little touch to throw into the scene. Apparently, they feature in the background on Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency. Which I have not watched.
BUM REVEAL
Another of my favourite shots, in another of my favourite sets. I'd seen pictures of this area - it used to be a kitchen - online before we shot, and hoped that it'd make a good "Coolant Room". It did! This set was a real hive of activity; all the extras, all the crew and volunteers, working hard to dress it.
Essentially, this is the point at which you realise that The Trojan Arse Protocol is just one joke - which is the juxtaposition of puerile fart humour with something that feels quite high-end and serious. Nothing is played for laughs - so when the farts come, hopefully they're funny.
The dialogue in the script is deliberately a bit po-faced and action-movie-cliched; "I'm the real monster - not those bum-faced things" is probably my favourite example.
BUMS AHOY
I love the lighting on this shot. Christopher Hood would despair at my use of smoke on set - but I love how the light filters through it here. I really wanted that 80s movie look. By the end of the two days, the entire bunker was filled with the smoke, wherever you went.
In total, we had 9 bum masks and one bum puppet. Because we couldn't see who was who under their masks, we had to give the extras nicknames; "Spotty bum", "Veiny bum", "Brown bum" etc.
HERO BUM
This puppet was meant to be in a bunch more shots, but it was actually really tricky to operate. I think it's Steve Horsley who's crouching down and trying to part the buttocks with his hands. So to speak.
There was a whole additional section to this scene originally, with Faktori fighting off a swarm of "Bumcrawlers" - but, again, lost due to time.
Remember how I mentioned that we lost a cast member before we'd shot all his scenes? Well, in this shot Orlokk is actually played by David Walford - who was there helping out in a variety of ways for the shoot - and just happened to be the perfect shape and size to step into his body armour. Poor David had a bad knee, yet kept going without complaint.
Also, the two Bum Monsters that go down were only meant to be one; however, extra R. Fred Williams tripped over John Veness, thus giving us two casualties for the price of one! Sorry about the bruises, John.
MY GOD, IT'S FULL OF GOUJONS!
Having been cooked two days earlier, and sat in a sealed Tupperware box since then, these goujons seriously reeked. They stunk out the entire set.
Again, this was another scene which had a lot more action in it originally. You don't see it in the scene, but there was a whole other room just off to the side of it which had caved in. Sadly, there was no filming in there for health and safety reasons.
The tunnels were astonishingly inhospitable - from the lack of power points (we had, fortunately, invested a load of money in extension cables) to the humidity; by the end of day 2, the camera crew had to spend a couple of hours drying out their gear.
FILTHY HUMAN MEAT
And here we have the one and only Violet Berlin, wearing a Goujon John mask, threatening someone with a goujon, in a haunted, abandoned, nuclear bunker, while living bums hammer on a barricade. 'Nuff said.
Violet Berlin and Nam Rood together again! They hadn't seen each other since the Bad Influence days.
Violet's eye make-up was a tribute to the character of Pris from Blade Runner. Given that she only had a couple of lines, Violet's dedication to the part was commendable.
I also owe her for suggesting Andy for the role of Molotov - which was originally written for Violet. When Andy took over, I wrote the Goujon John Cultist into the script, which informed the entire Church of Goujon John plot.
Every time Andy delivered his speech about his daughter - even though it's inherently ridiculous, talking about a dimension that smelled of crabs - I got goosebumps. A brilliant actor, and a lovely, lovely man. I mean, SO lovely. That combination of being a great actor and being easy to work with - absolutely zero ego - is so rare.
I would work with him again in a shot.
Also... what's that he's putting inside his body armour? Looks like a VHS tape. Hmm... maybe you can extrapolate from that.
THE BIG END
Once again, I love this set. The big, climactic, sequence was hugely cut down from what was originally scripted - a result of losing both time and the character of Orlokk. You were meant to see a transformed Faktori beat Orlokk to death, and the Cultist escape.
Can I just point out the steam erupting there? I'm very proud of that. That was a disco light/smoke machine thing that I bought.
THE VORTEX OPENS
More brilliant VFX from AJ. The triangular vortex is, of course, where Xenoxxx got the shape of its logo. Why is there a giant bum coming through the vortex? Well... originally, a World War 2 aircraft carrier was meant to drop out of it, but then I realised that we needed some sort of Alien Queen-style climax - a bigger version of what we'd seen already.
In my head, Lord Brannigan-7 is bum-obsessed, and the giant bum is just part of the vortex activation technology - rather than, say, an alien bum coming from another dimension.
Huge, huge thanks to the extras in this last scene - who had been waiting for hours to have their moment to shine.
By this point, I was seriously fit to drop, and Sid - who owns the tunnels - was breathing down our necks because he wanted to lock up and go to bed, so I just let Christopher Hood get on with it while I started packing up our gear. Even after the shoot wrapped we were there for another couple of hours finishing up. And then had a two-hour drive home.
Again, there was scarcely a cross word during the whole shoot, despite the early starts and late finishes, and astonishing workload. Everybody seemed to be loving every minute of it, and I would work with almost all of them again on anything I did. An amazing bunch of people; thank you, those who backed Found Footage, for bringing us all together.
And that's it. It's over, barring putting together the DVD, fulfilling the backer rewards, and collapsing with exhaustion. I hope you've liked the series... and if you didn't, then I hope you liked the finale. If you didn't like either, then that's okay too, but I hope you've at least appreciated the amount of work put into the show by a lot of very talented, dedicated, hardworking folk.
Also, huge thanks to Nikki Heald, Peter Kwan, David Walford and Glyn Heaviside for running and contributing to the Found Footage ARG that has been bubbling alongside the series. David has written a making-of for the Xenoxxx ZX Spectrum game he wrote. You can read it here, and find Nikki's Goujon John Page here, and Peter's Xenoxxx site here.
You can also contribute to the Xenoxxx wiki, or the Brannigan's Vortex group here.
Thank you all for watching and being part of this.
David W link
Tammy Lynn's excellent behind-the-scenes photos are also public now:
https://tammylynn.co.uk/foundfootage/
Congrats and thanks to everyone who helped produce Found Footage. I not only enjoyed the shows but was blown away by all the ARG stuff that backed it up! Splendid effort people! :)
It's been an amazing ride and I'm humbled that I could be a part of this most wonderful journey. Paul you once said that Digitiser was your Beatles and as much as I love your early work, you've surpassed it entirely. Whatever you may choose to do next, I'm with you.
What a strange thing this has been. Congratulations on finishing it to the high standard you achieved, though the grand finale didn't make me laugh like the other episodes did, it was presented in such a serious fashion which made it even weirder. I thought it was Tom Cruise's infamous stunt arse appearing in the vortex at the end.
Best thing about the whole shebang has been Sting playing unfortunate computer games, that was hilarious. Oh well, no more Prince of Darkness dream transmissions from GJ...
Nikolay Yeriomin link
Still yet to watch it, but I'm spoiler immune and I always enjoy something a bit more if I have some trivia.
Speaking of trivia - is it just an amazing coincidence that I'm also in the series and I happen to have the first name Nikolay/Nikolai/Mykola (same name, just a lot of variants) or was it my name that inspired Faktori's first one? If so, I feel very honured.
Despite I'm uncredited I'm also really glad that I've donated something after the crowdfunding finished. "Mr. Biffo's Found Footage" is awesome, incredible and inspiring.
Well done all! a great project, and well worth the effort, sweat, blood, tears, etc. etc.. I've enjoyed watching it, and have been doing my bit by sharing, tweeting. etc. etc.. Someone replied that "you and Mr Biffo should get a room" so I guess I may have overdone it a bit. Ho hum.
I look forward to the next project. Just take a rest first, damn you!
Extrapolating the VHS tape.... so the FF tape(s) were taken from Xenoxxx by Molotov, who went to the dimension smelling of crabs to find his daughter. As Biffo finding the tapes was the basis of FF, that would mean Molotov ended up in 'our' dimension (and sold them at a car boot sale). So our dimension smells like crabs?
The Finale (and FF as a whole) has been dead good fwiw. A definite highlight of my Sunday evenings for the past few weeks. While it's a pity stuff had to be cut due to time constraints it's still pretty amazing what was put together with just two days of filming.
Harry Medium
I loved it, Mr B (even the really weird ones) and I guffawed at least 6 times per episode, apart from in the serious finale.
For two days of shooting and a minuscule budget the finale looks exceptional, with the attention to detail in the set dressing deserving special mention. Andy Wear is a seriously good actor, delivering willfully absurd dialogue with a sincerity that actually made it quite touching. As with the rest of the series the music was outstanding, channeling the essence of classic John Carpenter and combined with the monologue created a spine tingling opening. The visual effects were really impressive, from the Xenoxxx HQ to the swirling clouds that opened in to the portal the whole film defied its budget. Massive respect to all involved on both sides of the camera. Lastly, and I feel most importantly, James Cameron and Ridley Scott should take note, sci fi can be touching, engaging and thought provoking, but can always be made better by the addition of sentient bums.
David Heslop
I just wanted to say a huge and hearty congrats to Mr B for everything he's accomplished here. The whole series has been great, but what you've achieved in the Finale here is just remarkable. Being on set and seeing everyone pull together, that absolute sense of belief in a shared endeavour, was a bit moving, if I'm honest. I've never been on a set before where EVERYONE was really into it! Usually you end up with a grumpy cameraman or something! And speaking of grumpy cameramen, that was me holding the camera under Steve's assured direction during the opening "fall of Xenoxx" sequence. Very chuffed to be a part of the action (I was "officially" there to shoot behind-the-scenes stuff) and also glad that it turned out in focus. Anyway, congrats again - put your feet up for a bit, but very excited to see what you want to do next.
Gaijintendo
Well I finally watched it just in time for our own small crew to be inspired and after a day of filming a lot of scenes for our own series and though despite it was a bit on a tiring side too, I wanted to do more almost immediately. "Mr. Biffo's Found Footage" has that effect on me and fewer even of the favorite shows manage to make me THAT inspired and creative. FF, though, is particularly hard to replace. Mainly because, while I have some creative similarities works that resonate so much with me personally are scarce.
I can only hope my works will inspire as much people that way as FF did. Also I'm filling every room that is my domain with discordant clanks and frenetic behaviour.
James Walker link
For the first time in years I've actually looked forward to a specific day cos my favourite programme was on. And for that alone, I salute you sir! Thank ee!
Yes!! I greatly looked forward to a nice beer and FF of a Sunday, and now what is there? Ennui, subsiding into panic and fear? Bring back FF I say
I loved it all so much, and the finale is AMAZING, I've watched it a bunch. Thanks for your tireless efforts Biffman + all involved
Sephiroth6072
I thoroughly enjoyed the whole series and finale and hope that more projects like this happen when it's financially feasible.
SonOfPurple link
Well now. Despite the huge artistic shift between the series and special, FF has been thoroughly enjoyable throughout, one of my favourite "TV series" (of sorts) this year and something that's been a real tonic for me these past few weeks.
Although I wasn't able to chip in fiscally I did look to spread the word - mentions in online and offline conversation, posting each week's show on Facebook to admittedly minimal response...
I for one would certainly welcome more Biffo-video at some point, hopefully one day I'll be earning enough to pony up towards it!
Forza Biffo! Forza Found Footage!
torpidwang
I got a bit teary at the end. Loved the series. Make more. Thanks
Thanks, you lot. Really means a lot to me to read all this. Massively appreciate you taking the time to write it. Thank you.
It's taken me a week to watch the finale, because of drama, so sorry about that, Biffster.
Well done to you and your team. You did a great job and I hope you're all proud of what you've made.


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The Civil Service Comission Regional Office (CSC RO) XII was established in 1975 during the Chairmanship of Jacobo C. Clave, the first CSC Chairman under the New Society. This was the year where this region was in the height of turmoil and served as active base of the secessionist movement of the Philippines. This was the period where the government service was perceived as weak, if not non-existent. It was compounded by the reality that despite the regionalization of public offices in the country, Region XII remained to have no CSC Regional Office to call its own.
In response to the clamour therefore considering that the CSC Regional Office in Davao was far too expensive for employees to transact business with, there is a need to bring the government nearer and more responsive to the expectation of its clientele. Linda Untal Ampatuan, a former delegate to the Constitutional Convention of 1971 who represented the lone district of Cotabato, was appointed as the first Regional Director of CSC RO XII on November 15, 1975. She trailblazed the establishment of CSC in Region XII.
On November 16, 1975, she was air-bound to Cotabato City with boxes of service cards and office supplies with neither office equipment nor office space to transfer to.
The first office of CSC RO XII was in the rented space at Tambo Building. It occupied the whole 3rd Floor of now Farmacia Victoria at the corncer of Sinsuat and S.K. Pendatun Avenue. The City of Cotabato, through Mayor Johnny J. Ty, donated the furniture as well as the office equipment. Being a pioneering office, daily routine focused on reconstruction and rectification of lapsed appointments.
Trainings focused on the Buklod ng mga Kabataang Kawani, Junior Executive Training (JET) and JET-Supervisory Training for Effective Administrative Management (JET-STREAM).
The first civil service examination was administered in 1976 while based in said Office.
As the demands of the service increased, the need for a spacious office which CSC RO XII can proudly say its own heightened. Through the assistance of Regional Commissioner Simeon A. Datumanong, it was able to acquire a building in the Office of the Regional Commissioner Compound (ORC) which was shared with the Commission on Audit Regional Office XII.
Under the guidance of Director Grace R. Belgado-Saqueton, CSC RO XII was conferred inn 2011 the citizen Satisfaction Center-Seal of Excellence Award (CSC-SEA) for earning an Excellent Rating from its clientele in the Report Card Survey (RCS) conducted by Pulse Asia. It again garnered the same award in 2013, also through the RCS conducted by the same poll body, and in 2012 under similar RCS conducted internally by CSC.
Also through her, the concerned efforts of the workforce earned for CSC RO XII the Red Orchid Award in 2013, 2014, and 2015 and a Hall of Fame Award by April 2016 conferred by the Department of Health for being a champion in advocating 100% Smoke Free-Environment.
The CSC RO XII passed the Investors in People (IiP) Standard Accreditation on June 16, 2015 and shortly after six months the region was awarded with IiP Bronze Accreditation on November 27, 2015.
On March 19, 1999, CSC Resolution No. 99-0658 was passed and implemented by the Commission. It called for the regularization of CSC-ARMM as full-fledged regional office, transferring the provinces of Lano del Sur and Maguindanao from Region 12's jurisdiction to ARMM, thus reducing the regional office's area of coverage.
On September 19, 2001, by virtue of Section 4 of Executive Order No. 36, which provided for the reorganization of the administrative Regions in Mindanao and for other purposes, Region XII was reorganized as SOCCSKSARGEN. It is composed of provinces of South Cotabato, Cotabato, Sultan Kudarat, Sarangani; with the cities of General Santos, Cotabato, Kidapawan, Koronadal, and Tacurong. With the transfer of seat of government to Koronadal City, a three-storey Regional Office building is currently being constructed at the Government Center in Carpenter Hills, Koronadal City.
To decentralize its functions for a more responsive and efficient delivery of public service, Field Offices were opened which were strategically located in Amas, Kidapawan City, Alabel, Sarangani Province, Isulan, Sultan Kudarat, Koronadal City in South Cotabato and in Cotabato City. These offices were headed by a Head of Civil Service Field Officer, or Director II, and aided by one organic staff.
To date CSC RO XII has forty two (42) regular employees and one (1) casual employee to effectively and efficiently usher it towards reaching its goals.


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Where Can the World's Jews Go?
Tags: anti SemitismmJiyza tax, Arab, Arab World, Expulsions, Holocaust, Inquisitions, Israel, Jews, MS St Louis, Refugees, State Department, United Nations, United States, World
Let us, for argument's sake, presume that Israel would not be the first choice for much of the Jews should they face needing to relocate from their present country. This is not too far from reality when considering far too many of the American Jews believe every evil thing the world accuses Israel of perpetrating. We are going to assume, for this article and potentially some not too distant future, that the United Nations had voted through the General Assembly a resolution that the Security Council strip Israel of her membership in the United Nations, rescinded the November 29, 1947 Resolution which many believe was permission for the founding of Israel (it was not anything of the kind), declared Israel a non-entity and barred Israel from any interaction with the world of the United Nations. Impossible, you tell us. The United Nations in UNSC Res. 2334 authored and submitted by United States President Obama has already declared all the regions beyond the Green Line to be off-limits to Jews. This was President Obama's parting shot at Bibi Netanyahu as well as Israel and all Jews in general. Does anybody think for a minute that should the United States cease vetoing anti-Israel resolutions in the Security Council that the rest of the world would waste any time before delegitimizing Israel? Such would be a done deal within two weeks. So, our premise that, thanks to the United Nations, in particular a Security Council with no moral compass remaining, Israel has been ostracized from the rest of the world and the only means of reaching Israel would be to run a United Nations enforcement blockade or walk through Lebanon, Syria, Jordan or Egypt to reach Israel. Your best hope would be a very fast ship in the dead of night simply initially trying to sneak by and if intercepted, well, that is why we stated very fast ship. \
So, the world has spit Israel from its midst, surrounded her with a naval and air blockade, has already shot down two aircraft for entering Israeli air space and detained hundreds from attempting to enter via the Mediterranean and there are no numbers telling the outcomes of any who attempted entry traveling through Arab lands, but it is assumed they did not fare well. At this point in time, there are still over a million Jews in Europe and over three million, possibly four million, Jews in the United States. Were they to face rising levels of animosity both from numerous groups who have rid the world of the scourge of Israel and those who have now set their sights on the remainder of the Jews, where would they find safe refuge. When this is brought up, we hear a lot about the rule of law, human rights and the protections granted by Constitutions and legal principles. Where these arguments fall flat is when one simply looks back at the 1920's and early 1930's. Seeking the most advanced, politically free, most private rights protections, highly civilized, leader in physics, mathematics, chemistry, power generation, literature, music and virtually every other human endeavor all eyes turned to Germany. Germany was where scientists went to advance their careers and learn from the greatest minds on the planet. Remember that Albert Einstein still resided in Germany during this period as did most of the other top physicists of this era such as Heisenberg, Edward Teller, James Franck, Wernher von Braun, Niels Bohr, and many numerous others were in Germany making it the center of the world of physics amongst numerous other fields. So, such a purging has occurred in modern times and if one looks throughout human history, the Jews have been purged from nation after nation with some qualifying for that dubious honor more than once. So, it is not as if such is without precedent.
So, we will claim that three and a half million Jews in the United States and almost another million from around the world largely from Europe, South Africa, Australia, New Zealand, Oceania plus any region with any sizeable Jewish presence, are all forced to vacate from their homes and find someplace in this wide world where they can find refuge. This mass revulsion against the Jews would have been preceded by a United Nations Resolution condemning Jews equating them with being merely half-human and the rest alien to the safety and purity of the human genome. With the Jews now officially a taint to the DNA if they should breed outside their own and a danger should they have children one with another, the only safe path was to expel Jews from everywhere they could be identified. By this time, the world anti-Semitism had reached unprecedented levels and universal acceptance. Obviously, universal acceptance of some of the most damning claims against the Jews now being common fodder everywhere and with Israel barricaded, to where do these Jews flee? The truth of the matter is they would have nowhere to flee just as the nine-hundred-plus Jews on the MS St. Louis sailed the length of the east coast of the United States while Franklin Delano Roosevelt and the State Department refused to allow them entry to America simply because America already had all the Jews they desired. That was the official position expressed by the State Department and we quote, "Breckinridge Long, the State Department officer responsible for issuing visas, was deeply anti-Semitic. He was determined to limit immigration and used the State Department's power to create a number of barriers that made it almost impossible for refugees to seek asylum in the United States. For example, the application form for US visas was eight feet long and printed in small type. Long believed that he was "the first line of defense" against those who would "make America vulnerable to enemies for the sake of humanitarianism." Long and his colleagues at the State Department went so far as to turn away a group of Jewish refugees aboard the St. Louis in May 1939 when the German ocean liner sought to dock in Florida after the refugees were denied entry to Cuba. Following their deportation back to Europe, many of these people perished in the Holocaust." Yet, still, there are numerous Jews who protest to this day, it cannot happen here. Early in 1939, an unidentified Canadian immigration agent was asked how many Jews would be allowed in Canada after the war. He replied, "None is too many." We could take a trip around the world and seek out more and similar positions concerning allowing the Jews to escape persecution and we doubt it would be any different in such a future. \
(The refugees, (Jews)) were welcomed nowhere and could be assimilated nowhere. Once they had left their homeland they remained homeless, once they had left their state they remained stateless; once they had been deprived of their human rights they were rightless, the scum of the earth.
–Hannah Arendt, The Origins of Totalitarianism (Harcourt, Brace, Jovanovich, 1973), 267.
Now that we have basically established that it can happen here because it already happened here, let us continue with our little imaginary escapade. With no other nation on earth outside a select few who also took in Jews during the Holocaust and one even denied their Nazi allies when ordered to either murder their Jews or turn them over to the German SS Officer to return them to Germany and put them where they belonged, which of course was Japan, who along with China and the Philippines allowed Jewish refugees harbor. These nations could not give refuge to close to four million refugees without causing unrest in their own cities. Realistically, should the world decide that Israel is the pariah amongst the nations and that the Jews are the contamination which causes such, the only refuge Jews would have available would be Israel.
Perhaps the world would be kind and allow the Jewish refugees from the rest of the world to be permitted a one-time allowance to enter Israel. Such a "kindness" would likely be a limited time affair where they would be permitted at most one month and likely less to make port and live in Israel. This would be welcomed by Israel as she would likely be demanding to be permitted to give refuge. This was proven during the crisis over the Vietnamese Boat People as from 1977 to 1979 the State of Israel permitted approximately 360 Vietnamese boat people fleeing the 1975 Communist takeover of Vietnam to enter the country. Israel has always been more helpful taking people with real emergency situations into Israel from the Syrian civil war and taking care of their immediate needs. Can anybody claim that were the situation reversed that Israelis would be treated in Syria? This is the reality which was evidenced when the Arab world expelled almost one-million Jews with most expelled between 1948 and 1960. The majority were taken in by the young state of Israel despite hardships, difficulties and challenges this caused. Israel did not have sufficient housing and some refugees had to initially be housed with families in Israel who stepped forward and assisted their brothers and sisters. This also is why Israeli statistics today we find that approximately half of the population originated from the Arab world. The idea that the Jews could simply return to Europe if Israel disappeared is as false as any premise could be. These Arab nations would most certainly not permit a single Jew to return and the Europeans would not be much more willing. What we witness today across one third of the world and another third of the world not far behind does not bode well for the future for Jews in the world outside of Israel. This is a reality which the Jews will need to face and unfortunately it will be sooner rather than later. This is true even in the United States as evidenced in this poster which was distributed on the campus of the University of Illinois at Chicago. This is a sign of traditional Jew hatred and such has become endemic on numerous campuses in the United States and across Europe. All the signs are evident for one who is capable of reading the direction politics, life, public opinion and the general mood is headed, and I have been watching and warning Jews since the late 1960's receiving numerous rebuffs and worse. Perhaps, if my protestations caused a small number to sit up and notice, then I had a positive effect.
Anti-Semitic Flier used on Campus of the University of Illinois at Chicago
Those who claim that the Jews would never face such a scenario, especially where they reside, are simply ignoring history. History has shown that the "other" is always eventually persecuted, ostracized, ghettoized, exterminated, castigated and eventually expelled. This has not been true of only the Jews, but as one of the oldest peoples remaining as an identifiable people, and as one spread throughout the world, we seem to hold the record for such treatment. The Jews throughout history have said the same thing over and over only to end up proven completely wrong, and that is the infamous phrase, "It can't happen here." They thought this initially in Egypt, in ancient Persia, in Hellenistic Greece, in pre-Inquisition Spain (Andalusia), in France, Britain, Russia, Germany, Poland and on and on wherever they were to be found. The story is always the same. The Jews arrive and work at trades or take any employment which they can find. Soon the Jews are sending their children to schools using every penny they have ever saved. The Jews with education rise and become respectable. The Jews are finally accepted and this continues for a period of time. Then there would begin some anti-Semitism which spreads slowly like a virus which had a long incubation period. Eventually, the anti-Semitism hits a crucial tipping point and from that time on things start to go awry for the Jews. Initially they no longer receive promotions and their employment reviews head south. Things snowball from there and soon the Jews are being rounded-up for deportation or worse. This is why Israel is vital to the Jewish People. For twenty-five-hundred-years the Jews had nowhere they could go to escape being left to the will of strange people who often were not all that enamored with the Jews and their strange practices and their Hashem who was outside of their reality. Even when those under whom the Jews lived claimed they worshipped the same source, they still decided that the Jews were a threat which required special treatment. These treatments varied and included but not limited to enslavement, pogroms, the Jiyza tax, Inquisitions, expulsions, wearing special marker on their clothing (originated with Muslim rulers in the Eighth Century), purges, purifications and the Holocaust. Still, many Jews living around the world will ignore the history and placate themselves believing it cannot happen here.
They ignore the warning signs such as Ilhan Omar and her ilk in the United States, Jeremy Corbin in Britain and others in each nation as one tours our world. The time will come when Jews will not be considered acceptable to live anywhere outside Israel. The proof is evident in every vote taken against Israel in the United Nations General Assembly where at most a dozen nations actually vote against the measures. Some people will claim that there were twenty, thirty or even forty nations who abstained, that simply means they are in the process of condemning Israel once the United States joins those condemning the Jewish State. The United States joining those who condemn Israel or at the very least no longer provide Israel protection in the Security Council, then we will see who remains with Israel. Fortunately for many nations, Israel does not check their United Nations voting record when they suffer a natural or other disaster and Israel rushes anywhere on the globe to assist those who allow her to do so. We talked about this in our article "Israel is the Unique Miracle Nation" where we concentrated on a few select and gave links to further information. We were even surprised by the number and various disasters which have received Israeli aid including the United States after Hurricane Katrina and Super Storm Sandy. One is left to wonder when this age where Jews are left out, will Israel still be permitted to assist people in distressed conditions due to storms, earthquakes, eruptions or any of hundreds of other problems. Somehow, we feel assured that the developments, inventions, discoveries and scientific achievements made by Israel will continue to make the world a better place, all the world need do is allow Israel to share and she will even to a hostile world. This is just how Jews are wired, we have an insatiable need to make the world better for our being able to play a part in it. As we are commanded, we are to be a light unto the nations, no qualifiers.
Anti-Semitism and a World Committing Suicide
Tags: Anti-Semitism, Arab, Evil, Ilhan Omar, Islam, Israel, Jews, Leftist, political, State Department, World, Zionist.belief
We would like to begin this article by naming the name of an anti-Israel Jew who has spent much of his life within the State Department and backing the Deep State. His diatribe this time covers from his statement that, "Like it or not, the Golan Heights are Syrian territory." He continued on Twitter following up with, "Israel cannot give them up now given its legitimate security concerns. But to recognize Israel's annexation of territory that is not its own is to play with fire for partisan political purposes. No Arab state will accept it." Well, there's a risky statement right out of the box. "No Arab state will accept it," the Israeli annexation of the Golan Heights, which is history as Israel formally annexed the Golan on December 14, 1981. As far as any Arab state, recognizing this move, how about telling us when any Arab state has recognized Israel's right to exist? But former United States Ambassador to Israel Martin Indyk under President Clinton and then briefly under President George W. Bush while he sought his replacement, is no stranger to making statements critical of Israel. Much of his angst against Israel is purely political as he loves Israeli governments which make concessions after concessions in return for nada but he develops a serious disdain when a more Zionist government takes power as Indyk is a huge supporter of the two-state solution retreating to the Green Line. Indyk is a good Deep State, State Department operative where hating Israel is policy. Unfortunately, Indyk is far from alone, he is simply from the halls of the government often wielding power over policies which can have such devastating effects should they ever actually be implemented. The State Department opposed recognizing Israel when she declared statehood, but fortunately, President Harry S. Truman had a mother who raised him with a bible in her hand and taught him that Israel was, is and should always remain the Jewish State.
Martin Indyk
American Jews, including prominent figures like Naomi Klein, have signed an open letter in support of Minnesota Congresswoman Ilhan Omar. You cannot make these things up nor is it difficult to find these dangerous types. Their letter went on claiming that she has been "falsely accused of antisemitism" and that there was nothing anti-Semitic about calling out the "noxious" role of the American Israel Public Affairs Committee (AIPAC) in American politics. They continued claiming, "The pro-Israel lobby has played an outsized role in producing nearly unanimous congressional support for Israel", and slammed AIPAC and other lobby groups including the National Rifle Association (NRA) and the fossil fuel lobby for its "anti-democratic" legislative influence on US politics. We understand from where these Jews arise, in the far-left who believe that conservatives, Zionists, nationalists and anything which opposes the furthest leftist dreams of the Democrat Party are simply evil and must be eradicated from having any voice in the political arena. Finally, the letter finished by saying "We thank Ilhan Omar for having the bravery to shake up the congressional taboo against criticizing Israel. As Jews with a long tradition of social justice and anti-racism, AIPAC does not represent us." and called on other Jews to sign the letter. Well, imagine that, a pro-Israel and mildly Zionist lobby, AIPAC, is not their cup of tea, one can only guess where else they have problems with Israel.
Leo Ferguson, the movement-building organizer at Jews for Racial & Economic Justice, expressed hope that the concern about Ilhan Omar will result in a teaching moment for America stating, "The opportunity here, if we take it, is for all of us to become much sharper in our understanding of (Jewish) anti-Semitism," and that "There is an incredibly powerful opening for white Jews to understand their deep mutual interest and potential solidarity with black people, because white supremacy is coming for all of us." And then there are the Israeli Jews who side with Ms. Omar and leading the list is Gideon Levy, the Jew anti-Zionist who writes for Haaretz who stands squarely with Ilhan Omar. The truth and sorriest thing is we could list article after article with Jewish groups and individuals all of whom will willingly line up with any group willing to criticize Israel. For some it is political as they hate Prime Minister Netanyahu and his labeled right-wing coalitions as well as many who have hate for those Jews who are religious and follow Torah strictly and finally there are those who politically align on the left and the fact that Israel does not support the Democrat Party, and even worse, align with President Trump, makes them despicable. These Jews have a great blind spot and it derives largely from their political beliefs which claim that all customs, all religions, all political systems which are leftist socialist, and all politicians who also appear to follow the anti-Western World, anti-Judeo-Christian and secular-humanist socialist agenda must be lauded and protected from all forms of protest. Many of these individuals see no difference between their far left ideology which believes that the State should rule supreme and people follow exactly the dictates of those in power see Islam as backing a similar agenda. Many believe that Islam is a great ally and will aid in the ridding the world of Judeo-Christianity and the ethics which it introduced as Islam too desires to rid the world of the Judeo-Christian ethic. They honestly believe that once their secular-humanist allies and Islam band together and rid the world of the evils of Capitalism as it is a money-grubbing evil corrupting the world, then they can simply dance their way in and convince the Muslims to accept their secular-humanism belief system and the world will be forever a better place.
So, these leftists are cozying up next to history's greatest killers who have actually murdered more Muslims than the rest of the world's faiths combined. They have gone so far in deluding themselves that many wear Burkas claiming that it liberates women from being sex objects. They do not see the Burkas as demeaning of women, no, they claim that they are liberating. Many of those who stand with Islam, including the numerous deluded politicians who claim that, Islam is the religion of peace, do so and we stand astonished at their complete lack of knowledge about the Quran, the fact that there are two separate Qurans, one peaceful and one is a document for world conquest, lack any knowledge about the history surrounding Islam and many are not even aware of their own country's historic problems caused by Islam, are simply talking in tropes provided them often by the people in the State Department and other government institutions which have been influenced by billions in petro-dollars. There has also been a great pouring of funds into the universities and colleges largely taking over the Middle East departments. There are some states where Islamic influences have taken over the public schools and choose books friendly to Islam and counter to Western culture and beliefs. These are things which the Western world need to learn and do so before it is too late. For many parts of Europe, it may already be too late as Islamic pressures have resulted in governments backing down and giving additional leeway to Islam.
What is probably the saddest of all stories are those where a leftist, either believing their own lies or simply so far gone that they willingly sacrifice innocent youth before Islam. This is performed by leftist groups and politicians who send young people into the Islamic world supposedly to advance cultural awareness and expand their horizons. Some crucial examples can be found in this excellent article which throws open the light of day on these horrific incidents. It depicts the belief which, while not solely a leftist belief, it is a predominantly leftist idea that true evil does not exist. We have some horrible news for the real world, evil is out there and not all the evil emanates from the man in the White House. Real evil often comes riding the horse of multiculturalism and the belief that the United States would be a stronger and more balanced nation if only America would allow for a broader and more diverse set of immigrants. This was what the Senator Ted Kennedy backed Hart–Celler Act of 1965was designed to do, by altering the quota system away from Europe and to the Middle East and North Africa simply by demanding broadening immigration with the aim of racial diversity. This was the start of immigration from the Muslim world which had only been broadened since and it is reaching the point where most Europeans from traditional nations from which the United States was built became taboo and peoples who had historically been adversarial were now preferred.
The leftists will destroy any and every nation which has based their history on the Judeo-Christian ethic simply because they actually believe that it is beyond time to replace the basic ethics of their society into some foreign concept because the rest of the world has to be superior and the West has a history of being evil by bringing the world into the information age. The world need to be turned onto its head simply to see what shakes out and then if it survives that, they will want to spin the world around to see what shakes out. They insist that they have a better plan for the future in which there will be no poverty, no religion, no borders and everything will be beautiful. Their alliance with Islam is simply to destroy the Judeo-Christian basis of Western society because of the evil of colonialism. They ignore the fourteen-hundred years of Islamic conquest and colonialism. Only Western colonialism is evil, Islam is the religion of peace and what they are banking the future of Europe and the rest of the Western world. The education system is not going to save the society as it has become just another venue for leftist indoctrination and produces "educated" people who have no ability to think logically. This is what is facing the world and specifically Europe and the rest of the Western nations and there does not appear to be any means of preventing this planned decline. Islam will take over the West and that will bring a swift end to much of the progress attained in the last two centuries. We know people will point to the "Golden Age of Islam" claiming that the world will simply return to such a dream world where everything will be simply great. The problem is the Golden Age of Islam lasted for as long as they conquered new lands and died as these lands became totally Islamic and there were no more people with reason, well, not sufficient people. Look and see how many Nobel Prizes have gone to people from Islamic nations and that might provide a small insight. We wish it would look brighter, but there are only very dark and threatening clouds on every horizon. A storm is brewing which may take mankind back a thousand years before it can be reversed, and that would be very sad indeed.
Why the World Seeks to Destroy Israel
Tags: Aircraft, European Union, Foreign Aid, GDP, Governance, Independence, Israel, Israeli, State Department, Support, United States, World
The world has been attempting to destroy Israel simply because it is the Jewish State and because of their dependence on oil. Until the late 1960's and more readily the early 1970's even the United States was, at best, neutral regarding Israel. People believe that the United States had supported Israel from the beginning because Truman voted for the Israeli statehood at the United Nations in that presumed crucial vote. What most ignore or are unaware of, is that immediately after Israel declared statehood, the United States imposed an arms embargo under pressure from the State Department and the Defense Department of the time. This embargo remained in place until almost 1970 (see graph below) when President Lyndon Baines Johnson realized that Israel could be a permanent and dedicated ally and also the Defense Department and United States aviation industry also desired preventing the Israeli entry into the world's fighter aircraft industry with the Lavi fighter which Israel was planning on putting into production. Ever since, Israel has been dependent on United States military aid, specifically for fighter aircraft. This is an area where the leadership of Israel should be carefully considering reentering this market with a sixth generation aircraft as the continued graces of the United States is questionable. One only need listen and read about some of the newly elected individuals entering national politics and their visceral hatred for the Jewish State. They are the future which is part of what we will cover.
United States Israel Aid (Military)
Aid for Israel has had bipartisan support for quite a period, longer than any other issue that comes to mind. That phenomenon is coming to an abrupt end. What is almost strange is initially support for Israel began on the left and had been slowly moved rightward. This made it a centrist issue as it slowly meandered across the political frame. Soon, support for Israel will end up as an issue supported by the right until it falls off the political frame and is simply a non-issue. As such, it will bring United States support for Israel slowly to an end. This is something the Israelis need to awaken and realize what is ahead. Preparation for this scenario, Israel will need to find a new source, preferably in making their own factories, providing firearms, bullets, heavy weapons, financing for the Iron Dome, naval vessels, submarines (as Germany will be less giving once the United States ends their support), space launch vehicles and most important fighter aircraft and all other supporting equipment. The up side will be the creation of thousands of highly paying jobs which will largely make up for the loss of United States aid. What is interesting is the fact that United States aid has become something which Israel could make do without if push comes to shove. United States has provided approximately three billion of dollars steadily since 1975 through to the current time. When one compares United States aid against Israeli GDP (see graph below), one will note that up to around 1980 this aid virtually equaled the entirety of the Israeli GDP. Then when looking at this since 2010, this ratio has flipped severely and United States aid has become a mere one to one and a half percent of Israeli GDP. When one realizes the additional jobs which would result from Israel producing their military goods in country, just as Israel makes their own tanks, the Merkava compared to the M1A2 Abrams with the Merkava rated as comparable in most attributes with a few where it gives ground and a few where it has more advanced and innovative adaptations. It is highly likely that Israeli engineers and design specialists would be very capable in designing and then manufacturing a top-level next generation fighter aircraft which would be specifically designed around all Israeli military needs, something the current United States aircraft actually fall short. We would also advise the Israeli engineers to take a long and hard look at the A-10 Warthog and seriously consider producing a modernized version of this excellent close support aircraft which would provide for superior close support in certain situations where helicopters would face serious threats which such an aircraft with its heavier armor could survive.
Israeli GDP Billions $
Now, let us get on to our titled subject. For the last number of decades, the United States has faced similar opprobrium as has Israel, and for similar reasons. For this article, we will largely ignore the Arab-Israeli Conflict as it is anchored in a complete irrelevant base for our considerations. The Arab-Israeli Conflict is simply about one thing, the Islamic Quranic directive to deny the Jews any rights and to kill them whenever and wherever possible. The rest of the world has other reasons for opposing Israel. We will largely be ignoring the anti-Semitic basis for much of the invective witnessed thrown at Israel. The reason for much of the behind the scenes support for every form of vilification towards Israel has had a similar source as the same scorn thrown the United States' way. This is due to both nations having vibrant democratically based governance and their, what is considered, scurrilous dedication to their independence and the freedom of their citizenry. These traits stand diametrically opposed to the imposition of a single world governance based on a one world religion (or lack thereof), centralized governance, centralized economic control, greater share of world wealth, renewable energy replacing reliance on fossil fuels, demilitarization, centralized police force replacing world militaries, subordination of national governance to a central world order, and erasure of borders allowing free migration of populations. Yes, this is always called a conspiracy theory, but it is also the goal of the United Nations leadership, was the basis behind the European Union, is supported by numerous developing nations who seek the redistributed wealth and is an idea whose time is nowhere near being applied to the world in its current state. One of the main reasons why single world governance is out of the question is largely based on the tribal nature of the world. There are a number of nations within which there are tribal societies which are subdued by force otherwise, they would not only desire independence, but very well might declare independence. The most recent example of such was the Kurdish vote for declaring independence which the leadership was intimidated preventing their doing what would have probably worked out just as well if not far better than what followed with Iraqi troops aided by IRGC provided by Iran sweeping into the Kurdish region intent on at least partial genocide with Turkey doing the same thing to the Kurds of northern Syria. This was the reason the State Department advised against their declaring independence as they feared such a declaration would prompt Iraq taking military action to destroy any Kurdish nation. How that differed from the current situation is unclear. Another reason the State Department advised against Kurdish independence is that they would simply have been another nation completely resistant to any plans to unify under single governance worldwide. The State Department, continuing their long history of choosing the wrong side, actually works, within its deep state belly of the beast, supports initiatives which are intended to slide the world ever forward into single governance.
The problems with such governance are too numerous to list here, but allow us to hit on a few. One of the main initiatives which will be amongst the first acts of such governance will be wealth equalization which will be accomplished in the name of saving the Earth from the ill effects of humanity, especially the high cost which fossil fuels are taking according to the Global Climate Change initiatives. These are not an honest attempt to cut the use of fossil fuels, it is simply a means of forcing the developed world pay the developing world in order to get tokens, carbon credits, in order to sustain their standard of living and levels of production. One can only wonder how loud the caterwauling would be if in order to cut down or eliminate the need for the United States to buy carbon credits, the United States simply cut their agricultural production by not using fertilizers or pesticides leading to a reduction ten-fold in agricultural production and eliminating their export of food because the United States only produced sufficient food for their own population. When one third of the world was starving, does anyone think they would care one whit about Climate Change or would they be begging the United States to simply have their carbon credits and return to feeding the world. There are means by which the developed world could cut back on their fossil fuel use at little cost to their own people but at a severe cost to the rest of the world. Such could be the cost of unintended consequences from the world adopting schemes by which to transfer the developed world's wealth to a collection of third world dictators who simply drool at the prospect. What they do not see is there are other means of pressure other than military force, food is one great weapon.
The world desires at controlling the developed world and in this fevered fervor, they place the United States as their number one target, which is sensible, and place Israel as their second target, which is not as sensible. When looking at the top nations in gross GDP, the top ten are the United States, China, Japan, Germany, United Kingdom, India, France, Brazil, Italy and Canada. Israel comes in, depending on which ranking, in the middle to low thirties, not exactly the second largest target by such a ranking, but still they are second on the One World Order hierarchy's list. So, maybe they rate better under GDP per capita. The top nations in per capita GDP according to the IMF (International Monetary Fund) are somewhat unexpected, as first is Luxembourg followed by Switzerland, Macau, Norway, Iceland, Ireland, Qatar, United States, Singapore, Denmark and Australia with Israel coming in at twenty. When you check a few other statistics about Israel, serious questions should arise as to why it is so constantly in the news and in United Nations crosshairs. Israel is one-hundredth in population, one-hundred-fiftieth by area, thirty-fourth in population density, and we searched high and low even inventing concepts for which Google had no listings and the highest-ranking Israel received was eleventh place in happiness. We think Israel was robbed, we should have been higher ranked, at least seventh or possibly fifth, but ours is a skewed ranking as Israel is also home. Still, there is no reason why Israel should be the second target on almost any list outside of those controlled by the Arab and Muslim nations, which means almost every list from the United Nations and their various agencies. Still, there can be little doubt that Israel is in the crosshairs of way too many agents who also desire forming singular governance over the world. These same agencies and NGO's also target the United States making them an even higher nation opposing their efforts. Since the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union (BREXIT), they have moved well up on the targeting list as that was simply a dreaded show of what the One Worlders refer to as despicable nationalism. The raucous accusations clamoring for the United Kingdom to be punished economically even to the point of some demanding the European Union break off all trade with the British Isles has fallen off as things have simmered to a halt which momentarily was aroused for a brief second round when United States President Trump announced the willingness of America to increase trade with Britain. We can almost always count on President Trump to divert attention away from any burning problem of the day simply by stating something which if said by anyone else would not rise to the level of newsworthy. In Israel, we are used to similar treatment whenever Netanyahu or almost any other Israeli gets to a microphone to make a statement. The best example is that any building performed in Israel, particularly a new structure or anything beyond the Green Line, all go through anywhere from five to over ten stages of approvals from conception to the beginning of clearing the region. Whenever one of the beyond the Green Line plans passes one of these stages, they make the headlines of the New York Times and from there a few trips around the newswire. This makes even the addition of a deck or a new room for the coming baby into an international debate and argument for over a year before the first brick is even bought. If anyone who has read the San Remo Conference and the League of Nations Mandate can explain the reason for this with consideration of the promises made Israel which are still applicable under International Law, we would appreciate such a discussion. By the way, do not feel left out of something important if you never heard of these enforceable treaties under International Law which appear to have been sucked up by a political black hole. Forgetting these promises is part of the expediency for placing Israel high on the targeting list. While we appreciate attention, sometimes we would prefer a little anonymity.