Although there has been hesitance, today several outlets reported on Prime Minister Maliki's announcement of the formation of the State of Law Coalition. Unfortunately the reports are distressingly similar, and appear to reflect previous analysis and it almost appears that the journalists of Associated Press and Agence France Presse shared their notes and wrote essentially the same article! As Reidar Visser observes, "Maliki's list represents considerable progress, although it was not quite as wide-ranging as some had hoped for."
Reidar's report was taken from reading Arabic language reports on the press conference, which had a bit more detail. Unfortunately Prime Minister's Daawa Party had not released the full list of participants in the coalition as of this writing.
The New York Times, to its credit, makes a similar point to Reidar, at least thus far, the Coalition represents few "truly national leaders."
The Washington Post points out that Mahmoud Mashadani and Sheikh Ahmed Abu Risha, once thought certain supporters of the Prime Minister, have recently withdrawn their support. However, the presence of Ali Hatem Al-Suleiman is telling and will likely be a factor in ongoing negotiations to bring in Sunni leaders.
On the other hand, every English article seems to oversimplify Shi'a politics, as per usual. Ignoring the entwined history of Daawa and the Sadr Movement is done at the peril of accurate political analysis and prediction. Furthermore, I continue to believe the release of so-called "Asaib Ahl Al Haq" members may be playing one of several lesser-seen, but fundamentally important actions by Prime Minister Maliki to influence the election, as well as providing continuing potential for Muqtada Al-Sadr's followers to have a place at the table.
The "leadership" of this faction has close ties to the Muhammad Baqr Sadr, who is also the ideological father of the Daawa. If Prime Minister Maliki can bring some of the looser Sadrists into his coalition, which is still possible, with at least three months before the election, he may be able to pull in the votes he needs. If State of Law is given the first chance to form the new Iraqi government, whether or not Abu Risha, any more Kurds, or Saleh Mutlaq's post-Baathist group join, I believe its more likely they will fall in with the Prime Minister than the Iraqi National Alliance.
What the press seems to miss is that the makeup of the "List" doesn't matter as much as the likelihood that secularists and nationalists would rather see a non-sectarian nationalist government headed by Al Maliki. Despite the perception of some that Maliki may be something of a little Saddam, Ammar al-Hakim, though not his father, is an unknown quantity, while his backers, with a long history of ties to Iran, are not.
As most of you know, my focus has been on Iraq for quite some time. Increasingly it has also drifted into how to further leverage "new media" strategies and "web 2.0" technologies to increase our reach with a shrinking budget, among other difficulties. Although a State Department trip earlier this year was sold to the media as a trip where new media experts "will provide conceptual input as well as ideas on how new technologies can be used to build local capacity, foster greater transparency and accountability, build upon anti-corruption efforts, promote critical thinking in the classroom, scale-up civil society, and further empower local entities and individuals by providing the tools for network building."
The media's breathless excitement in covering this interesting new take on the Iraq conflict failed to mention how Iraqis such as Salam Pax, Raed Jarrar, and "Riverbend" to name a few began using "new media" to tell their stories from the beginning of the conflict in Iraq.
More than two years ago we heard another innovative story about Iraqis utilizing Google Maps to share information about checkpoints and sectarian violence around Baghdad. Although many Iraqis have adopted and adapted digital media tools to fit their special needs, there are still many who would benefit from learning more about new media.
In particular journalists in Iraq, as in many other countries, despite the limitations of technology, internet access, and even basic infrastructure in some cases(such as Iraq!) there are many ways new media could be utilized to improve their reach.
Unfortunately language is a major limitation for promoting stories from the Middle East internationally. Most blogs in English have tended to reflect a small subset of the Iraqi populace, typically the wealthy and educated. News sites that are produced in English by Iraqis, typically do not utilize RSS much less other new media opportunities available to them.
By integrating technologies that emphasize open distribution, such as YouTube or Blip.tv where high-quality videos can be distributed easily and embedded in other websites, agencies producing video content could dramatically broaden their visibility. There are no doubt risks involved, including potentially economic loss by opening access to their content. The enthusiasts and supporters of new media encourage transparency and openness as measures that grow the audience and increase visibility, thus agencies may be able to bring in greater revenue from advertising and sponsorship.
Journalists that produce audio content are coming closer and closer to a world where the convergence of technology, rather than leading to the death of radio, may be extending and encouraging the survival of this niche market. With only a mobile phone a journalist, or a "citizen journalist" who witnesses a bombing, a killing, or even street crime can make a short phone call and create an audio podcast. In fact, with this method they can report on the event live via audio updates posted to the web to an audience only limited by distribution, presence, and interest.
Using the same phone the said individual could conceivably take photos to provide realtime images from the scene. None of this is possible without also opening up the architecture of the distribution point itself. Today, with only a phone, Iraqis could be publishing reports that in 2006 and 2007 might have greatly reduced instances of sectarian violence, by reporting via SMS, MMS, audio, or email the location of a checkpoint or occupation of empty houses by militia elements.
Although widespread sectarian violence has dissipated for the moment, new media still has a place in Iraq. by increasing the participation of the citizenry in the media. This and expanding the reach and depth of coverage produced by Iraqi journalists can help restore bonds and rebuild communities. Transparency provides more than just visibility and access to news. Effective use of transparency and access can produce a wider faith in the strength of the social system and, potentially, the faith citizens have in their government to provide for their needs.
In 2003, after the "fall of Baghdad" or, as Iraqis refer to it, the "fall of the regime" "وسقوط النظام" pronounced "As-sikoot al-nadaam" chaos reigned in the capital. At the time Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld dismissed questions of responsibility with the flippant, now infamous statement, "Stuff happens. Freedom is untidy." The speed with which the Iraqi Army, and the Iraqi State disappeared shocked the world, but perhaps not nearly as much as the violence, looting, and rioting that met the arrival of US troops. Unfortunately, rather than making attempts to understand why these things might happen, too often the international community has looked at events such as transpired with the disdainful eye that one uses to examine the Other.
In 2003 Iraqis rioted because of the utter destruction of the accepted social order. Within a matter of days the illusion of control with which Saddam Hussein ruled Iraq for more than 20 years was revealed for what it was.
Perhaps demonstrating the accuracy of Mr. Rumsfeld's statements, Iraqis continued ro demonstrate the messiness of their freedom, and their unwillingness to return to the status quo, Iraqis were rioting days after the statements at a bank in Baghdad, and rioted to greet the new governor of Mosul, they rioted over poor infrastructure, and they were still rioting six months later demanding back pay.
Although the implication has been that these were the actions of desperate, ignorant, or savage people (even organized acts by the old regime!) there is another explanation.. What if these are simply understandable symptoms of the utter destruction of an accepted social order? What if these are evidence of citizens, humans, pushing the limits, attempting to discover the rules of the new social order?
In 2005 it appeared Iraq's social order was reaching a manner of equilibrium, there was the occupation, and there was the resistance. The State may not have existed with a monopoly on coercion and violence, it could be said that there was something of a stalemate between the various competing interests. Some, myself included, might even suggest that the resistance elements were having such success with the establishment of a new social order that there was the risk they might succeed in supplanting the US Occupation as the accepted authority.
In the fall of 2005, just after the referendum on Iraq's new constitution, preparations were being made for the December elections. Many of the resistance groups and Iraqis in general expected the United States would withdraw after these elections. There were rumors that the various elements of the resistance, from loose affiliations of Sunni insurgents, to the highly organized Al-Mahdi Army of Muqtada Al Sadr, were negotiating toward a collective agreement about administering Iraq in the aftermath of the withdrawal.
In 2006, with the bombing of the Askariya Shrine in Samarra, this fragile new social order was also destroyed. The more radical elements of the Mahdi Army, and Sunni groups in particular Tawhid & Jihad, among others, gained the perfect opportunity to push their agenda of ethnic warfare. 2006 and much of 2007 saw Iraq slipping ever closer to civil war. Ethnic cleansing appeared ever more likely, as did an all-out internecine conflict between Shi'a groups.
This was possible because of competing interests and the success of some at delegitimting the Iraqi state. Until recently a measure of calm had returned to Baghdad and much of Iraq. I would argue that this is due to several factors; the appeasement of Sunni groups via the establishment of the Awakening, providing military support to these groups to defeat more extreme groups, the appeasement of Muqtada al-Sadr, the confrontations last year with the extreme Shi'a elements, and lastly the hard line Prime Minister Maliki has appeared to take with the United States, in particulr regarding the Status of Forces Agreement (SOFA).
Fortunately, the recent Iraqi experience provides many lessons for Iraqi, American, and international politicians alike. Demonstration of Iraqi sovereignty has done a great deal to build the confidence of Iraqi citizens in their nation. More needs to be done to demonstrate the control and reliability of Iraqi security forces to eliminate crime and gang activity.
However, no amount of sovereignty or security will succeed longterm without reconciliation amongst the citizenry of Iraq. Perhaps its time to examine more carefully the potential of an international reconciliation effort in Iraq?
Alive in Baghdad, What's Next?
Many of you likely first heard of Small World News through our work on Alive in Baghdad, a web series produced by local Iraqi journalists in the midst of the ongoing Iraq conflict. Given all of our recent activity outside Iraq, in Afghanistan, Iran, Honduras, etc. you may be wondering what's up with the Iraq project. As I wrote recently, one of our difficulties in the last months has been that our Bureau Chief Omar was in hiding in Syria, due to threats related to his work with Alive in Baghdad. He's since been relocated to Sweden, leaving us without a full-time coordinator in the region. We are also in the process of rethinking how we move forward with Iraq coverage. As Iraq coverage continues to flag, despite the continuing presence of international forces and violence, it is a priority for us to return to regular coverage as well as analysis from Iraq.
Ali Shafeya was killed on December 14th. I've listed the details of his death below as they appear on Alive in Baghdad's blog. We're determined to continue and will be raising money for the future of Alive in Baghdad via a new ChipIn widget soon. We raised $2500 to cover the costs of his funeral and support the family. We hope you will continue to support Alive in Baghdad as it continues. You can also call the Committee to Protect Journalists and ask why they did not list Ali Shafeya in their annual list of Journalists killed in 2007. Here is their phone number: 212-465-1004 Thanks again for all your support.
Ali Shafeya Al-Moussawi was born in 1984 on December 16th, he was killed on December 14th, 2007.
We are collecting donations for the funeral and his family. You can make a donation via Paypal to smallworldnews (at) gmail.com . If you would like to make a donation by mail or via a different payment service please email us directly at the previous address. We have raised nearly $600 until now, but more will help. His mother and sister are displaced Iraqis leaving in Syria without employment.
Ali lived in Habibya, it's considered as a part of the Sadr city. On Friday the 14th at 11:30pm Baghdad time, Iraqi National Guard forces raided the street where Ali's house is, one of the neighbors heard a gun firing after 15 minutes from the arrival of the Iraqi National Guard convoy to the street, the force left at 3:00am. His neighbors kept calling Ali's phone and it was switched off all the time, so they called his cousin Amar because he lives one block away from where Ali lives.
Amar arrived in Ali's house and found Ali shoot dead in the living room, Amar called the Iraqi Police and told them the story as he heard it from Ali's neighbors. At 8:30 am Baghdad time the Iraqi Police took Ali's body to the morgue, his two uncles received the body at 10:00am and they headed to Najaf to bury him.
Amar said the neighbor who lives in the front of his house was shot dead too during that raid, the guy's name is Hussein and he is 26 years old. He was in his place along with his brother and nephew. The brother and the nephew disappeared after the convoy left.
Alive in Baghdad has raised $650 in a week! Still need $2400!
We'd like to thank everyone who has donated money thus far, especially those of you who have decided to become ongoing supporters of Alive in Baghdad through subscription payments! We still need to raise $2400 to pay our bills for October, most of which are due by November 1st. At our current rate, we will almost make that! Please think hard about the money you're going to spend this month. Don't ask yourself how much you can give or donate to Alive in Baghdad. We are not here to be a charity. Please ask yourself what you would pay for on-the-ground news at the grassroots level, of what civilian life is like in Iraq. Can you save $5, $10, or $25 this month and spend it, not only to receive solid information from Iraq, but to support our Iraqi staff who have each been hit hard by the conflict and are desperate for work.
We want everyone to be able to see what is happening in Iraq, whether they can pay or not. However, this work is difficult, dangerous, and not free. If you want to see what is happening on the ground in Iraq, and not just read about it, spend some money to support that work. If you think we are doing a good job depicting life in Iraq, let our staff in Baghdad know by helping to pay their salaries.
If you have comments, criticisms, or stories you'd like to see, please let us know! We welcome the input of our viewers and hope to continue producing a show that is an interesting and enlightening look at daily life in Baghdad.


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LIFE FORCE SCIENCE
ENERGY CULTIVATION
The Secret of the Golden Flower: A Kundalini Meditation Method
Deciphering the Golden Flower
Kundalini Musings
The Biology of Consciousness
Seminal Retention and Higher Consciousness
Female Kundalini
The Backward-Flowing Method
Golden Flower Meditation
Common Sense Kundalini
The Kundalini Consortium
Editions Tilleul
Huffington Post Review
It's the day after your Kundalini awakening. Now what are you going to do?
Deciphering the Golden Flower One Secret at a Time
A Tell-All Memoir on Overcoming Obstacles
Curiosity and circumstance often propel individuals beyond the confines of their upbringing, dumping them into unfamiliar, unexpected life situations. Thus was JJ Semple transported into a trial-and-error process of self-discovery, a path that took him from the East Coast Brahman establishment, to France, to a meeting with Gopi Krishna in India. What he found along the way was Kundalini, the biological basis of both science and religion.
How does kundalini come into an ordinary person's life? Is it foreordained like a priestly calling or is it a Karmic inevitability? The fact is kundalini is an evolutionary driver that just keeps pushing mankind towards higher forms of consciousness. It may not seem that way, what with all the negative emotion, internecine wars, racial hatred, lack of civility, addiction, and self-destructive tendencies. Nevertheless, there's an evolutionary impluse driving our forward movement, and it is a positive force. Deciphering the Golden Flower One Secret at a Time describes the unlikely circumstances that foreshadowed, and ultimately shaped, JJ Semple's kundalini experience!
Photos (top to bottom): JJ & Martine, circa 1985; JJ & Madeline, 1964; JJ & Margo, NYC Photomat, 1966
Says JJ Semple: "Deciphering the Golden Flower One Secret at a Time is the definitive tell-all journal of obstacles met and overcome on the path to activating Kundalini. It is not a How-To book; it's an autobiographical narrative of my journey.
If you're looking for meditation techniques, The Secret of the Golden Flower: A Kundalini Meditation Method is a guidebook to using The Secret of the Golden Flower (SGF) as a meditation method for activating kundalini. Wilhelm, Cleary, and Jung translated the book and commented on its teachings, but not one of them used the method to activate kundalini. This book compares their translations and commentaries with JJ Semple's empirical practice of the method, using his ultimate success in awakening kundalini as the arbiter of its suitability as a method — in essence, the author identifies where the written word deviates from actual practice. He extracts the workable teachings from the esoteric text of the SGF and shapes them into a practical modern method. By cross-referencing both the Cleary and the Wilhelm versions, the author details each version's contribution to the kundalini awakening process. A chapter comparing Golden Flower Meditation (GFM) to the Microcosmic Orbit (MCO) is also included.
An Autobiographical Memoir
JJ Semple doesn't leave anything out of this memoir: "A childhood accident that robbed me of my talents and memory, my battle with drugs and alcohol, the influential women in my life, my slow deterioration and eventual disequilibrium. The young girl in Paris who gave me a copy of The Secret of the Golden Flower (SGF), which led to my discovery of Kundalini meditation — an esoteric energy cultivation technique — that actually overhauled certain aspects of my anatomy and metabolism, a wholesale biological retrofitting that opened up a consciousness of unlimited dimension. Deciphering the Golden Flower is a full-circle account of self-actualization, involving a lot of detective work."
"Because I was unaware that The Secret of the Golden Flower contained a workable method for recovering my lost talents, I wasted a full year on fruitless meditation systems before reading it. I spent another two years deciphering the text, finally overcoming my initial befuddlement due to its arcane wording. I dropped everything to devote myself to practicing meditation. My practice led me to discover a safe, reliable method for activating Kundalini, the method I call Golden Flower Meditation (GFM). It took me twenty years to write this book, now hailed as a thorough, practical primer that modern practitioners use to awaken Kundalini and experience many of the same metanormal phenomenon that I did."
Awakening Kundalini starts with diaphragmatic deep breathing to slow down the heart rate, which has the effect of relaxing the body. And since you cannot influence or control the heart rate directly, you must use a "handle" to accomplish it — in this instance, you will use the acquired diaphragmatic deep breathing capability to make your breathing more profound and more regular. What do I mean by more profound and regular? Profound means still, as in silent; regular means rhythmic.
Once you've mastered the diaphragmatic breathing skill, you will be able to take in more air during each breath cycle. How does this work? Shallow breathing merely fills the chest. Deep breathing fills the lungs, the diaphragm, the belly, even the pockets behind the kidneys. With diaphragmatic breathing, you not only take in more air, you slow down the inhalation-exhalation cycle to the point where breathing becomes entirely silent.
The Secret of the Golden Flower says, "Only the heart must be conscious of the flowing in and out of the breath; it must not be heard with the ears." Like the diaphragm, the heart is a muscle we cannot isolate or control directly. Once again you use a "handle" to control the heart. As The Secret of the Golden Flower says, "The heart cannot be influenced directly. Therefore, the breath-energy is used as a handle."
Said to be the Buddha's kundalini meditation method, Golden Flower Meditation uses the nervous and respiratory systems to trigger a host of metabolic and somatic activity in the human body, especially in the internal organs. Through Golden Flower Kundalini Meditation, the nervous system is stimulated such that the natural chemical substances of the body are recombined and used for self-healing, rejuvenative purposes and greater overall awareness. But it all starts with breathing …
Typical Amazon Reviews
"I normally would not believe that something like this could occur, but something rings true to me. Semple could have set himself up as a paragon of virtue after the experience, but he doesn't. In fact, it is his very humanness that makes his quest even more fascinating."
"JJ Semple's book reads like an Old World romance movie. I am surprised by how good a writer he is. The book brings to mind images of smoky Parisian cafes, beautiful yet mysterious women, countryside charms that are remote and of another world. Somerset Maugham himself could have been sipping tea with the author at some point, debating the finer points of writing and breathing, with Anais Nin listening in from the next table."
"In a literary genre filled with non-science and charlatanism, JJ Semple stands alone in relating his authentic and revolutionary Kundalini account. The tremendous service he has done here is in tying together two critical pieces of the Kundalini puzzle together, namely: Kundalini/Gopi Krishna and The Secret of the Golden Flower.
"Until this book was published, these two were not at all understood to be related — even the great Carl Jung wasn't able to crack this code. Yet Semple has done so, and lays it all out in an engaging writing style which leaves no doubt as to the authenticity and importance of the experience he has undergone. An incredibly inspirational account; required reading for any meditator, beginners and experts alike."
"The embodiment of Kundalini-Life Force was evident within every word written by JJ Semple in his book Deciphering the Golden Flower One Secret at a Time. I was drawn in by this power to read it, and soon discovered the power was reading me. You cannot turn away from truth once you have awareness of it …"
"JJ Semple shares his experience of Kundalini awakening in this book. Being a great writer, the book is easy to read and follow, and is full of good tips for those going through the Kundalini process, or interested in it."
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Excerpt from Top 50 Amazon Reviewer:
"Let me say that this is a superbly written memoir. Semple's narrative command might invoke the envy of a best-selling novelist. And his facility with the language, his ability to effortlessly (or so it seems, without effort) to find just the right word or expression to make his story vivid and engaging for the reader is highly admirable. Furthermore the prose is polished and very nicely edited. The book is pleasure to read and it reads fast.
"The glimpses we get of the women in his life are very interesting. I especially liked Margo and Martine. Semple has the novelist's gift for dialogue and quick description through which these women come to life."
by Dennis Littrell, May 5, 2008
Excerpt from Sentient Times Review:
"JJ Semple's account of the changes he experienced during the meditation practice which led to his dramatic awakening helps the reader understand just how healing an arising Kundalini can be.
"With its empirical discussion of the physiological nature of a Kundalini awakening, Deciphering the Golden Flower One Secret at a Time offers a fascinating look into this multi-dimensional phenomenon."
by Deborah Mokma, February/March 2007
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While we are more than happy to accept unwrapped gifts in person, we've created online registries to make granting the holiday wishes of the kids in our care even easier.
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Fish and Bird
« Tim Williams
Opener – Andrew Scott
Fish & Bird's latest album, Every Whisper is a Shout Across the Void, marks a major step forward for the young band. The project began in Victoria, BC in 2006 as an acoustic duo, comprised of Taylor Ashton (banjo, guitar, vocals) and Adam Iredale-Gray (fiddle). On their 2007 self titled debut, their take on 'folk' included original songs in odd time signatures and traditional murder ballads with rock beats. 2009's Left Brain Blues was a more mature exploration of the space between folk traditions and reckless creativity, with Ashton & Gray playing multiple instruments on each song, and toying with the formats that inspired them. Some of the friends they enlisted to help fill out the sound on the record and at live shows eventually became permanent members of the band, and now Fish & Bird are the five-piece indie-folk powerhouse we know today. They have weird vocal improv sections, they rock out in 11/8, sometimes it seems like they're playing bluegrass, and they might make you cry.
Every Whisper is a Shout Across the Void was released in April 2011. Featuring the full ensemble and some of their strongest material yet, it redefines the Fish & Bird experience yet again. Where 2009's Left Brain Blues took listeners on a roller coaster ride of varied genres and instrumentation, Every Whisper comes off more like a live show, with all the band's influences and musical ideas woven tighter into a more cohesive sound. The arrangements are cleaner, the playing is stronger, and Ashton's singing is at its best, this time finding company in backing vocals from Iredale-Gray and bassist Zoe Guigueno. Fiddler Adam Iredale-Gray is Fish & Bird's resident recording engineer. In the 2 years since Left Brain Blues, he has cut his teeth on a number of other recording projects for a handful of other western canadian artists, and the experience shows on Every Whisper.
Wolf's Den
1502 – 2nd Avenue South (MJS Cycle)
Lethbridge, Alberta Canada


I can't stand a naked light bulb, any more than I can a rude remark or a vulgar action.
The only thing worse than a liar is a liar that's also a hypocrite!
Success is blocked by concentrating on it and planning for it... Success is shy - it won't come out while you're watching.
We all live in a house on fire, no fire department to call; no way out, just the upstairs window to look out of while the fire burns the house down with us trapped, locked in it.
I have found it easier to identify with the characters who verge upon hysteria, who were frightened of life, who were desperate to reach out to another person. But these seemingly fragile people are the strong people really.
All cruel people describe themselves as paragons of frankness.
All of us are guinea pigs in the laboratory of God. Humanity is just a work in progress.


Khloé Kardashian and Tristan Thompson are going to be parents to a son.
This will be Kardashian's first child. Thompson, 26, has a 10-month-old son named Prince Oliver from a previous relationship with his ex-girlfriend Jordan Craig.
As PEOPLE previously confirmed in September, the pair are over the moon to become parents.
Kardashian's pregnancy news came days after sources confirmed to PEOPLE that Kylie Jenner and boyfriend Travis Scott are expecting a baby girl. She is due in February.
Kim Kardashian West and husband Kanye West are also expecting their third child — a daughter — in January after hiring a surrogate to help them expand their family.
Both Kardashian and Jenner, 20, have yet to confirm their baby news. Kardashian West, 37, spilled the beans about her little one on the way in the 10 year anniversary season trailer for KUWTK.
Kardashian and Thompson first stepped out together in early September 2016, and have been spending much of their time together since then in Cleveland. Aside from New Year's Eve, the pair also celebrated Halloween, Thanksgiving and Christmas together.
The reality star, who rang in 2017 in Miami with the Cleveland Cavaliers center/power forward and a group of friends, used Instagram to share a photo of the couple celebrating on New Year's Eve.
"Happy New Year!!! May you always be surrounded by the love you are deserving of! May God's blessings continue to rain on us all!" she captioned the snap of Thompson embracing her.
Though the couple isn't engaged, Kardashian opened up to ES Magazine in April about the possibility of tying the knot with the sports star, admitting she would say yes if he popped the question — and is excited about the prospect of starting her own brood.


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Welcome to Epiphany Evangelical Lutheran Church,
a member of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada
20 Old Kingston Rd., Toronto (Scarborough), ON, M1E3J5 (416) 284-5922
Here's what you'll find at Epiphany – do join us!
Newcomers are always welcome:
• An inclusive and progressive environment – worshippers from various religious backgrounds,
ages and walks of life
• Relevant and thought-provoking sermons
• Bible studies
• Women's Group, Seniors Club
• Seasonal events such as concerts, dinners, yard sales, bazaars, bake sales, Oktoberfest and
• Monthly "Morningstar" Newsletter
• Lutherans are one of the largest Christian Protestant groups worldwide – and about two percent of Canada's
population. Today's Canadian Lutherans have roots in many continents. In celebrating our diversity, we gain
a broader perspective of our shared Christian values.
• Epiphany has been part of the Scarborough community since 1963. Our church was founded by a group of
ethnically diverse Scarborough area residents. Our German membership is still quite prominent.
Epiphany Lutheran Church Vision Statement
A caring and inclusive Christian community, working to make a difference
through prayer, worship and open engagement.
Epiphany Lutheran Church Core Values
Epiphany's core value is love, expressed through grace, faithfulness,
welcoming new people and ideas, social justice and stewardship.
Love: Equipped by the teaching of the Scriptures and empowered by the Holy Spirit, we care for everyone as God cares for us, without condition or judgement.
Grace: Grace is God's gift of love and redemption, freely given through the ultimate sacrifice of Jesus Christ, and we strive to pass it on through our words and actions.
Faithfulness: God is faithful to his people, constant in his mercy and goodness. Trusting in him, we are called to be faithful to God and to one another through our actions of mercy, goodness and trust.
Welcoming people and ideas: We strive to be an inclusive and accepting community.
Social Justice: We promote equality for all, regardless of age, physical abilities, ethnicity, gender sexual orientation, socioeconomic class, and religious practices and beliefs. We assist people to have equal access to resources, health, well-being, justice and opportunities.
Stewardship: We are not owners, but stewards of all that comes into our lives – income, property, our environment, time, talents and our very selves. We are called to utilize, manage and grow the resources God provides, for the glory of God and the betterment of His creation, now and for the future.
Lutheran World Federation
www.lutheranworld.org
The LWF is a global communion of Christian churches in the Lutheran tradition, representing more than 70 million Lutherans in 79 countries. The LWF acts on behalf of its member churches in areas of common interest such as ecumenical relations, theology, humanitarian assistance, human rights, communication, and various aspects of mission and development work. Its secretariat is located in Geneva, Switzerland and the North American headquarters in Chicago, Illinois. The President of the LWF is the Reverend Mark S. Hanson, Presiding Bishop of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America (ELCA), and the General Secretary is the Reverned Dr. Ishmael Nokoof the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Zimbabwe.
Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada
www.elcic.ca
The ELCIC functions through three major entities: nationally through the ELCIC, regionally through 5 synods, and locally through more than 600 congregations. ELCIC is supportive of ecumenical relations and is in full communion with the Anglican Church of Canada. National Bishop Susan Johnson is based at the national offices in Winnipeg, Manitoba.
Eastern Synod of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada
www.easternsynod.org
The Eastern Synod includes more than 200 congregations and extends from Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario to Halifax, Nova Scotia. Bishop Michael Pryse is based at the Synod offices in Kitchener.
Absorbent Minds Montessori School
www.absorbentminds.ca
Absorbent Minds is a unique and enriched school in the Montessori tradition, located in the former parsonage on the church grounds at 16 Old Kingston Rd. It is for children 18 months to 6 years of age, which Dr. Maria Montessori called "the real time" when one's intellectual and creative powers are formed for use throughout life. The school is located in the sunny, completely renovated former parsonage and grounds of Epiphany.
The principal is Ms Huma Esmail, 416-284-6286.
Lift Up Your Hearts
www.worship.ca
LIFT UP YOUR HEARTS is the Worship and Spirituality site of the Evangelical Lutheran Church in Canada. It includes many resources and links to enrich and enliven your heart, mind, and soul.
Canadian Lutheran World Relief
www.clwr.org
CLWR is one of Canada's oldest relief and development agencies, formed in 1946 as a response to the humanitarian crisis in post-war Europe. It now focuses on six areas: refugee settlements; aid shipments of quilts, kits, and other materials; emergency relief; community development; international volunteer service; alternative trade. Donate and learn more through their website.


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Alfred Mews, WC1E
Alfred Mews is situated off Tottenham Court Road, running behind the gardens of North Crescent. It was built at the same time as Alfred Place and North Crescent, for which it would be the Mews.
It was named after Alfred Waddilove, son of John who built the street.
Odell's Livery Stables was here by 1819 and in 1841 its occupants were those of a typical mews: carman, wheelwright, carpenter, coach and harness maker, livery stables.
By 1901 the prestigious furniture makers Hewetson, Milner & Thexton, Ltd. was in the Mews. They resisted the estate's attempts to extend Alfred Place through their property but eventually were forced to move to premises at 209–212 Tottenham Court Road at a much higher rent, going bankrupt shortly afterwards in 1907.
The Mews buildings were all demolished and replaced by twentieth-century non-residential buildings and it is now mainly a service entrance for Heal's.
Argyle Square, WC1H
Argyle Square is one of the streets of the Battle Bridge Estate. Argyle Square is situated between St. Chad's Street (formerly Derby Street) and Argyle Street (formerly Manchester Street) which bounds the estate on the south.
The Battle Bridge field originally laid both sides of Gray's Inn Road, sharing its name with the name usually applied to this part of London prior to the erection here of the memorial to King George IV in 1830, when the area became known as King's Cross.
The development of the New Road (Euston Road) in the middle of the eighteenth century cut across the 18-acre part of the field west of Gray's Inn Road, leaving most of it south of the new road.
This field was owned by a William Brock in 1800 and continued to be used for gardens and meadows.
In the early 1820s, when a remaining 16½ acres was purchased by Thomas Dunstan, William Robinson, and William Flanders. 15¼ acres were south of Euston Road and the remainder on the north side was eventually sold to b...
Belgrove Street, WC1H
Belgrove Street, formerly Belgrave Street, leads south from Euston Road. Building was begun at the Euston Road end in 1834, when the first four houses were entered in the local rate book as due for rating. By 1839 there were seventeen houses. Daw's map of 1868 (on which it is still spelled "Belgrave Street") indicates that this was its full complement, much of its length being absorbed by the back and front gardens of Hamilton Place (as the large houses facing the Euston Road were then called).
Of the original houses only Nos. 1 to 8 on the west side remain.
Grafton Way, WC1E
Grafton Way was formerly Grafton Street. Grafton Way runs east from Cleveland Street and crosses Whitfield Street and Tottenham Court Road to Gower Street. The part west of Tottenham Court Road was the first to be built in 1777, The eastern section was formerly known as Grafton Street and that west of the square as Upper Grafton Street. The section between Tottenham Court Road and Gower Street was a later development and was known as Grafton Street East.
58 Grafton Way (formerly 27 Grafton Street) was occupied by General Francisco de Miranda from 1803 to 1810, when he returned to Venezuela to lead the rebellion against the Spanish government.
St James the Less
St James the Less is an Anglican church built by George Edmund Street in the Gothic Revival style. St James the Less was built in 1858–61. A grade I listed building, it has been described as "one of the finest Gothic Revival churches anywhere". The church was constructed predominately in brick with embellishments from other types of stone. Its most prominent external feature is its free-standing Italian-style tower, while its interior incorporates design themes which Street observed in medieval Gothic buildings in continental Europe.
St James the Less is now embedded in the centre of the Lillington Gardens estate, which was built around the church in three phases between 1964–72. The estate replaced a 12-acre area of dilapidated stucco-fronted houses with a dense low-rise series of residential buildings, constructed with dark red brick cladding interspersed with concrete bands.
The designers, Darbourne & Darke, set out specifically to complement the church and to avoid the use of precast concrete cladding, contemporary at the time, because they fe...
Ashley Lane, NW4
Ashley Lane is divided into an official road and a track which is part of a nature reserve. The lane is first mentioned by name in 1594 but it appears to have been part of an important medieval road. Cardinal Wolsey travelled along it on his final journey to York in 1530. The southern part is a made-up road of housing. Crossing north over the A1, it finally becomes a bridleway which runs between Hendon Golf Course and Hendon Cemetery. The lane is the continuation of the route to Oakhampton Road.
The northern section is a one hectare Site of Borough Importance for Nature Conservation, Grade II. The lane has retained its ancient hedgerows, which have developed into narrow belts of woodland. The main trees are Pedunculate oak and ash, together with some wild service-trees, and the hedge bottom flora include ramsons and bluebells.
A small stream, a tributary of Dollis Brook, crosses the lane.
Ashurst Road, N12
Ashurst Road was built by the British Land Company. West of Friern Barnet Lane and north of Woodhouse Road the White House estate of 55 acres of Frederick Crisp was acquired in 1908 by the British Land Co.
By 1911 Ashurst Road, Petworth Road, Bramber Road, Warnham Road and Buxted Road had been laid out between Woodhouse Road and Friern Park and the first two had been built up.
Lewes Road was later inserted and Horsham Road was constructed across the grounds of Brook House.
Dollis Farm
Dollis Farm was on the west side of Holders Hill Road near the junction which is now Holders Hill Circus. Two roads ran north of Hendon, Ashley Lane (which now runs through the back of Hendon Golf Course) and Holders Hill Road. Much of the land was held by All Souls College in 1597.
Dollis Farm was situated close to where Holders Circus is today on the western side of Holders Hill Road. Jeremy Bentham used the farm as a retreat and rented rooms there from 1788 onwards.
The farm existed until the death of the last farmer, Thomas Whiting, in 1930.
Garston is a suburb of Watford in Hertfordshire, located between the North Orbital Road (A405) and Watford's border with Three Rivers. In an undated charter, probably of the thirteenth century, Nicholas son of John de Garston gave to John de Westwick and Ellen his wife a messuage and land at Garston. By the middle of the fifteenth century it had come into the possession of William Halle of Shillington, 'a good and benevolent man'.
During the 1850s, a number of properties were constructed around the junction between Horseshoe Lane and Cart Path, including the Church of All Saints, which dates from 1853. By the end of the nineteenth century, the settlement at Garston included the Church, an infant school, post office and the Three Horseshoes Public House.
In the later nineteenth and early twentieth centuries further piecemeal development occurred on Horseshoe Lane and Cart Path. As Watford expanded northwards during the mid to late twentieth century, the existing settlement was partially subsumed within the newly constructed suburban housing estates.
The Building Researc...
Arkley Windmill
Barnet Gate Mill or Arkley Windmill is a grade II* listed tower mill at Barnet Gate. Barnet Gate Mill was built in 1823. A claim that it was built during the Napoleonic Wars (c.1800) has not been substantiated. Although steam had been added in 1895, it was working by wind until 1918, latterly on two sails. The mill was restored in 1930. A new cap, fantail and gallery around the cap being made. The work was done by Thomas Hunt, the Soham millwright. In a further restoration in 1985, the missing pair of sails was replaced.
Admiral Duncan
The Admiral Duncan is well-known as one of Soho's oldest gay pubs. It is named after Admiral Adam Duncan, who defeated the Dutch fleet at the Battle of Camperdown in 1797.
The Admiral Duncan has been trading since at least 1832. In June of that year, Dennis Collins, a wooden-legged, Irish ex-sailor living there was charged with high treason for throwing stones at King William IV at Ascot Racecourse. Collins was convicted and sentenced to be hanged, drawn and quartered, as the medieval punishment for high treason was then still in effect. However, his sentence was quickly commuted to life imprisonment. and he was subsequently transported to Australia. In December 1881, a customer received eight years penal servitude for various offences in connection with his ejection from the Admiral Duncan public house by keeper William Gordon.
On the evening of 30 April 1999, the Admiral Duncan was the scene of a nail bomb explosion which killed three people and wounded around 70. The bomb was the third to be planted in a one-man camp...
Coathouse Farm
Coathouse Farm was the seat of the Peacock family. Coathouse - also known as Courthouse and Court House) - was situated at the north-west corner of Nether Street. It was assessed with fourteen hearths in 1664.
The farm house was partly demolished in 1927 and completly by 1936. The buildings were used by the Sandwell Ladies College.
The Black Boy public house stood on the Mile End Road. This pub was present by 1750; in 1856, listed as 9½ Mile End Road but at 179 Mile End Road in 1910. It was re-built in its present form in 1904 at the time of the construction of Stepney Green Station. The pub closed in c.1996 and the building now houses two fast food outlets (2006). It also traded as the Farmers Arms in the 1940s and as Fifth Avenue in its final years.
From 137 Mile End Road to the Black Boy Tavern, the houses are all pulled down in 1902 for the construction of the Whitechapel & Bow Railway.
Until 1902, the pub had an alleyway connecting it to the mysterious XX Place.
Deepdale Close, N11
Deepdale Close forms part of the Halliwick Park estate built by Barratts. When laid out, there were 11 houses in Deepdale Close.
All Hallows' Church
All Hallows Church was built in 1892.
Hampstead Garden Suburb
Hampstead Garden Suburb is a suburb, north of Hampstead, west of Highgate, and east of Golders Green. It is an example of early twentieth-century domestic architecture and town planning located in the London Borough of Barnet in northwest London. The master plan was prepared by Barry Parker and Sir Raymond Unwin.
Yeading was one of the final suburbs to develop in westernmost London. The first land grant including Yeading was made by Offa in 790 to Æthelhard, Archbishop of Canterbury: in the place called on linga Haese [Hayes] and Geddinges [Yeading] around the stream called Fiscesburna (Crane or Yeading Brook).
Anglo-Saxon settlement in Yeading therefore seems probable, but the history of Yeading in subsequent centuries is not as clear as that of Hayes. Such details as the names of many Yeading manor holders remain unknown.
Yeading Dock was one of many docks built along the Grand Union Canal in the 19th and early 20th centuries. The main industry in Hayes and Yeading at this time was brickmaking, and the canal provided a reliable way of transporting larger numbers of bricks. Yeading's brickworkers could be known to keep pigs as a second source of income. A bourgeois writer, one Elizabeth Hunt, wrote in 1861 that in Yeading dirt, ignorance and darkness reign supreme. In 1874, however, one James Thorne wrote that t...
The Angel
The Angel Public House is grade II listed and dates from the 1830s. The building potentially includes material from a 17th century building formerly occupying the site. The Angel name has been recorded since that date.
In the 15th century an inn and rest house for travellers called The Salutation was kept at or near this site by monks from Bermondsey Priory. In 1682 The Angel was in a position diagonally opposite its present site, and was referred to by the famous diarist Samuel Pepys as "the famous Angel." The former Redriffe stairs used to be located immediately to its west.
By the 19th century, The Angel marked the commencement of a continuous built-up river frontage running to the east. Gaps in the frontage are evident providing access to the river via stairs.
Albemarle Street, W1S
Albemarle Street takes its name from the second Duke of Albermarle, son of General Monk. Albemarle Street and the surrounding area was built by a syndicate of developers.
In 1684, the syndicate had purchased and demolished a Piccadilly mansion called Clarendon House from Christopher Monck, the near-bankrupt 2nd Duke of Albemarle. It was sold for £20,000, some 20% less than the duke had paid for it nine years before. Clarendon House backed onto fields and on them, the syndicate also built Old Bond Street, Dover Street and Stafford Street.
Albemarle Street has associations with Lord Byron and Oscar Wilde.
The Royal Institution was established at 21 Albemarle Street in 1799. Because of the Institution's popularity through its scientific lectures, Albemarle Street became London's first one-way street to avoid the traffic problems which had attended a series of lectures by Humphry Davy.
Alma Grove, SE1
Alma Grove was formerly Alma Road, and before that Tenter Ground Lane. A map from 1850-51 confirms that at this time the local area remained largely undeveloped with the exception of Alma Grove (then Tenter Ground Lane) and Southwark Park Road (then Blue Anchor Road).
The name Alma Grove records both the date of its development and famous military victories of the Crimean War still fresh in the public's mind at that time.
Bushey is a town in the Hertsmere borough of Hertfordshire. The first written record of Bushey is an account in the Domesday Book, which describes a small agricultural village named 'Bissei'. Chance archaeological findings of Stone Age tools are evidence that the area was inhabited as far back as the Palaeolithic period. The town also has links to the Roman occupation of Britain - a Roman tessellated pavement was discovered near to Chiltern Avenue.
Bushey's population rose from 856 in 1801, to just under 24 000 in the twenty first century. There was an industrial boom caused by the arrival of the railway. Many new jobs were created in and around Watford, and the first council houses were built in Bushey in the early 1920s. The expansion eventually died down when much of the land in and around Bushey was protected under the green belt scheme after the Second World War.
Hubert Herkomer, a poor immigrant from Bavaria arrived in Bushey in 1874, and fell in love with the village. He rented a pair of cottages an...
Great Windmill Street, W1F
Great Windmill Street has had a long association with music and entertainment, most notably the Windmill Theatre. The street took its name from a windmill on the site which was recorded 1585 and demolished during the 1690s. In a parliamentary survey of 1658 the mill was described as "well fitted with Staves and other materials".
The area was developed around 1665 but the building was speculative and of poor quality; this led to a royal proclamation in 1671 that prohibited unlicensed development in "Windmill Fields, Dog Fields and Soho". Later that year, Thomas Panton, one of the original speculators, was granted a licence to continue his scheme with the condition that it was supervised and directed by Sir Christopher Wren who was the Surveyor General of the King's Works. By 1682, maps show that both sides of the street were developed along their whole length.
In 1767 the Scottish anatomist and physician William Hunter FRS built a large house at number 16 after demolishing an earlier large dwelling. Hunter's house incorporated a large library, a museum and an anat...
Eynsham Drive, SE2
Eynsham Drive dates from the late 1950s with the construction of the Abbey Wood Estate. A parade of shops was constructed in 1966 with Abbey Wood Library helping to form a focus for the new estate.
Albany Street, NW1
Albany Street runs from Marylebone Road to Gloucester Gate following the east side of Regent's Park. The street was laid out during the 1820s, and takes its name from Prince Frederick, Duke of York and Albany, the younger brother of King George IV.
The freeholds of the west side of the street are owned by the Crown Estate, as part of Regent's Park. The southern part of the east side of the street is part of the Regent's Park Estate.
The building numbering system has odd numbers on the west side, and even numbers on the east. At the Marylebone Road end is the Holy Trinity Church. Next is "The White House", formerly a set of luxury flats, and now a hotel renamed "The Melia White House". Both stand on traffic islands to themselves. Numbers 31 and 33 are Grade I listed buildings, designed by John Nash. Between 35 and 55 there is an inserted street. This area was occupied by a huge construction called "The Colosseum" designed by Decimus Burton. It was demolished in 1875, and replaced by houses called "Colosseum Terrace" in 1878.
At...
Adler Street, E1
Adler Street runs between the Whitechapel Road and the Commercial Road. The street was named after Nathan Marcus Adler, Chief Rabbi of Great Britain 1845–1890. Originally it was called Union Street.
Abingdon Road, N3
Abingdon Road runs north east from Long Lane, roughly parallel with the North Circular Road. Now a development of typical Finchley suburbia, Abingdon Road was laid out in a narrow field backed by a footpath which ran from Bow Lane to Tarling Road past a gravel pit in Victorian times.
Tudor Primary School, now at the end of the road, was built between Abingdon Road and the footpath, cutting it off.


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Jakob Jenö Littner (* 17. April 1883 in Budapest; † 6. Mai 1950 in New York) war ein jüdischer Briefmarkenhändler und Überlebender des Holocaust, dessen autobiografischer Bericht Mein Weg durch die Nacht dem Schriftsteller Wolfgang Koeppen als Vorlage für seinen Roman Jakob Littners Aufzeichnungen aus einem Erdloch (1948, neu veröffentlicht 1992) diente.

Leben
Seit 1911 war Littner in München Mitinhaber einer Briefmarkenhandlung. Aufgrund einer von den Nationalsozialisten erlassenen Verordnung bezüglich der Ausweisung polnischer Juden aus Deutschland wurde er im Oktober 1938 ohne Vorwarnung verhaftet. Da er einen polnischen Pass besaß, sollte er ebenfalls nach Polen deportiert werden. Dort wurde ihm die Einreise jedoch verweigert, so dass er zunächst nach München zurückkehren konnte.

Während der Novemberpogrome wurde sein Geschäft am 9. November 1938 verwüstet. Littner lebte fortan in einem Versteck, bevor er München am 1. März 1939 zunächst in Richtung Prag verließ. Als die Stadt wenig später von der Wehrmacht besetzt wurde und es zur Zerschlagung der Tschechoslowakei kam, floh er über Krakau schließlich ins Umland von Tarnopol, das im September 1939 zunächst von sowjetischen Truppen besetzt wurde. Nach dem Einmarsch der Wehrmacht in die Sowjetunion im Juli 1941 wurden Littner, seine Lebensgefährtin Janina Korngold und deren Sohn Richard mit rund 5000 weiteren Juden in einem von der SS eingerichteten Ghetto in der Kleinstadt Sbarasch zusammengefasst, aus dem ihnen im Juni 1943, unmittelbar vor dessen Liquidierung, die Flucht gelang. Gegen Bezahlung kamen sie bei einem polnischen Grundbesitzer unter und lebten bis zur Rückeroberung des Gebietes durch die Rote Armee im März 1944 versteckt in dessen Keller.

Im August 1945 kehrte Littner zusammen mit Janina, die er zwei Monate zuvor in Krakau geheiratet hatte, nach München zurück. Sie wohnten dort bei Christine Hintermeier, der Mitinhaberin der Briefmarkenhandlung, die Littner auf dessen Flucht und selbst noch im Ghetto mit Lebensmitteln und Geld versorgt hatte. Zwischen August und November 1945 schrieb er seine Erlebnisse unter dem Titel Mein Weg durch die Nacht. Ein Dokument des Rassenhasses nieder.

Sein Manuskript übergab er dem Münchener Verleger Kurt Desch. Aufgrund eines Gutachtens des Schriftstellers Rudolf Schneider-Schelde, der später Programmdirektor des Bayerischen Rundfunks wurde, fiel jedoch die Entscheidung, das Werk müsse vor einer Herausgabe grundlegend überarbeitet werden, da es "literarisch ohne den geringsten Wert" sei. Der für die Überarbeitung vorgesehene Schriftsteller Karl Lerbs starb jedoch in der Zwischenzeit. Im April 1947 wurde Schneider-Schelde mit dem Münchner Neuverleger Herbert Kluger einig, das Buch zunächst einer redaktionellen Überarbeitung zu unterziehen und dann zu veröffentlichen. Die Überarbeitung übernahm auf Bitte Klugers der noch weitgehend unbekannte Wolfgang Koeppen, sodass das stark veränderte Werk 1948 unter dem Titel Aufzeichnungen aus einem Erdloch erscheinen konnte, teilfinanziert durch Littner. Es erwies sich jedoch damals als weitgehend unverkäuflich.

Im Juni 1947 wanderte Littner zusammen mit seiner Frau in die USA aus, wo er in Manhattan erneut eine Briefmarkenhandlung eröffnete und bis zu seinem Lebensabend blieb.

Zur Publikations- und Rezeptionsgeschichte
1985 erschien im Berliner Kupfergraben-Verlag ein Reprint der Aufzeichnungen aus einem Erdloch, dessen Vertrieb jedoch wenig später durch den Suhrkamp-Verlag, dessen Hausautor Koeppen seit den 1950er Jahren war, untersagt wurde. 1992 wurde das Buch schließlich im Suhrkamp-Verlag mit Koeppen als Autor unter dem leicht veränderten Titel Jakob Littners Aufzeichnungen aus einem Erdloch wiederveröffentlicht.

In seinem Vorwort dazu behauptete Koeppen, sein Roman basiere lediglich auf Notizen des Verlegers; eine schriftliche Vorlage Littners habe es nicht gegeben:

1999 publizierte der Literaturwissenschaftler Reinhard Zachau in der Zeitschrift Colloquia Germanica erstmals Ausschnitte aus Jakob Littners Manuskript Mein Weg durch die Nacht, dessen Existenz bis dahin unbekannt gewesen, bestenfalls vage vermutet worden war. Zachau und vor allem Jörg Döring, der Verfasser einer Biografie über Koeppen in den Jahren 1933 bis 1948, wiesen anhand ausführlicher Vergleiche nach, dass Koeppen sich in seiner Bearbeitung des Stoffes eng an die Textvorlage Littners gehalten, gleichwohl aber einige bedeutende Änderungen (vor allem Simplifikationen und Dramatisierungen) vorgenommen hatte. Koeppen hat die Vorlage aber auch nach eigener Aussage dazu benutzt, "seine eigene (persönliche) Geschichte" zu schreiben.

Ausgaben
 Kurt Nathan Grübler (Hrsg.): Journey Through the Night. Jakob Littner's Holocaust Memoir. Mit einem Vorwort von Reinhard Zachau. New York, London 2000.
 Koeppen, Wolfgang: Jakob Littners Aufzeichnungen aus einem Erdloch. Frankfurt am Main.: Suhrkamp, 1994.
 Koeppen, Wolfgang: Jakob Littners Aufzeichnungen aus einem Erdloch. Roman. Mit einem Nachwort von Alfred Estermann. Frankfurt am Main.: Jüdischer Verlag im Suhrkamp Verlag, 2002.
 Littner, Jakob: Aufzeichnungen aus einem Erdloch. München: Kluger, 1948. (Reprint: Berlin: Kupfergraben Verlagsgesellschaft, 1985).
 Littner, Jakob: Mein Weg durch die Nacht. Mit Anmerkungen zu Wolfgang Koeppens Textadaption. Herausgegeben von Roland Ulrich und Reinhard Zachau. Berlin: Metropol Verlag, 2002.

Quellen
 Jörg Döring: "… ich stellte mich unter, ich machte mich klein …". Wolfgang Koeppen 1933–1948. Frankfurt am Main, Basel 2001.
 Alfred Estermann: Eine Art Blankoscheck zur freien literarischen Verwertung. In: Wolfgang Koeppen: Jakob Littners Aufzeichnungen aus einem Erdloch. Frankfurt am Main 2002, S. 139–191.
 Reinhard K. Zachau: Das Originalmanuskript zu Wolfgang Koeppens "Jakob Littners Aufzeichnungen aus einem Erdloch". Colloquia Germanica 2/99.

Weblinks

 Marcel Atze: Dokument des Holocaust und deutscher Vergangenheitspolitik? (Rezension), in: Newsletter des Fritz-Bauer-Instituts zur Geschichte und Wirkung des Holocaust, Nr. 24 (2003)

Einzelnachweise

Überlebender des Holocaust
Autobiografie
Deutscher
Geboren 1883
Gestorben 1950
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1 of 12Trucks are the biggest sellers in the U.S. market. So when an aftermarket company figures what parts to make, it often makes truck parts. Hence, there were hundreds of trucks at the SEMA show this year. Shown here are trucks, as distinct from Brodozers, which get their own gallery.
2 of 12Trucks are the biggest sellers in the U.S. market. So when an aftermarket company figures what parts to make, it often makes truck parts. Hence, there were hundreds of trucks at the SEMA show this year. Shown here are trucks, as distinct from Brodozers, which get their own gallery.
3 of 12Trucks are the biggest sellers in the U.S. market. So when an aftermarket company figures what parts to make, it often makes truck parts. Hence, there were hundreds of trucks at the SEMA show this year. Shown here are trucks, as distinct from Brodozers, which get their own gallery.
4 of 12Trucks are the biggest sellers in the U.S. market. So when an aftermarket company figures what parts to make, it often makes truck parts. Hence, there were hundreds of trucks at the SEMA show this year. Shown here are trucks, as distinct from Brodozers, which get their own gallery.
5 of 12Trucks are the biggest sellers in the U.S. market. So when an aftermarket company figures what parts to make, it often makes truck parts. Hence, there were hundreds of trucks at the SEMA show this year. Shown here are trucks, as distinct from Brodozers, which get their own gallery.
6 of 12Trucks are the biggest sellers in the U.S. market. So when an aftermarket company figures what parts to make, it often makes truck parts. Hence, there were hundreds of trucks at the SEMA show this year. Shown here are trucks, as distinct from Brodozers, which get their own gallery.
7 of 12Trucks are the biggest sellers in the U.S. market. So when an aftermarket company figures what parts to make, it often makes truck parts. Hence, there were hundreds of trucks at the SEMA show this year. Shown here are trucks, as distinct from Brodozers, which get their own gallery.
8 of 12Trucks are the biggest sellers in the U.S. market. So when an aftermarket company figures what parts to make, it often makes truck parts. Hence, there were hundreds of trucks at the SEMA show this year. Shown here are trucks, as distinct from Brodozers, which get their own gallery.
9 of 12Trucks are the biggest sellers in the U.S. market. So when an aftermarket company figures what parts to make, it often makes truck parts. Hence, there were hundreds of trucks at the SEMA show this year. Shown here are trucks, as distinct from Brodozers, which get their own gallery.
10 of 12Trucks are the biggest sellers in the U.S. market. So when an aftermarket company figures what parts to make, it often makes truck parts. Hence, there were hundreds of trucks at the SEMA show this year. Shown here are trucks, as distinct from Brodozers, which get their own gallery.
11 of 12Trucks are the biggest sellers in the U.S. market. So when an aftermarket company figures what parts to make, it often makes truck parts. Hence, there were hundreds of trucks at the SEMA show this year. Shown here are trucks, as distinct from Brodozers, which get their own gallery.
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You are thinking of going to Paxos? Well why not?
Here are the best 11 things to do in Paxos based on my personal experiences from two visits to this wonderful Greek Island. I asked myself the question – what were my favourite things that I did on Paxos? I have put them all together here.
This list is the first 11 things that I thought of, so is genuinely my 11 favourite things that I did on Paxos.
I went to the Tripitos Arch twice. First time I did not find it, second time I did.
Is this really my favourite place to visit on Paxos? Yes it is.
I am a photographer, former climber and mountaineer and all-round explorer. I love finding new places and photographing them. I love finding natural features that I can explore and lose myself in for a few hours.
And Tripitos Arch is one of those places for me.
I spent a good 4 hours getting there, taking photos, clambering around and exploring the place.
And in all that time I saw two people. Two people who did not speak to me it has to be said!
But I loved visiting the Tripitos Arch – so much so that I have written a post all about the arch and how to get there, what to see and do, titled Tripitos Arch Paxos – My Number 1 Thing To Do On Paxos – see I am not making this stuff up!
The first time we came to Paxos I was aware of the Tripitos Arch, but we only stopped for a week, so I was restricted to public transport.
I probably should have mentioned this on the post about the arch – you cannot get there by bus, you need either a car or taxi from (probably) Gaios. You do also pass the arch if you are taking the boat trip from Lakka down the west coast of Paxos to Antipaxos, where you get great views from the sea.
This was the bit I had not thought about. Paxos is such a small island you could walk to the Tripitos Arch from Gaios. According to The Google this would take circa 35 minutes. I cannot vouch for this but have no reason to doubt Google. I never thought about walking to the Tripitos Arch from Gaios!
Anyway, if you want to know more about my number one thing to do on Paxos check out the full post at the link above.
And this is my number two thing to do on Paxos. Which is actually leaving Paxos! We have been to Antipaxos before, on a day trip from Gaios the first time we came to Paxos. And before that we discovered Paxos on a day trip from Corfu to Parga and Paxos, which was a trip organised by TUI.
That gave us a taste for Paxos, and we knew that there was Antipaxos to be discovered!
As with the Tripitos Arch I have written a separate post all about this most excellent day out. I will summarise the day in this top 11 post – this is the full post though Paxos Boat Hire – Do Your Own Trip From Paxos To Antipaxos.
We rented a boat from Lakka, which is located at the top of the island. We managed to get a boat secured though Sam, our Olympic Holidays rep. That was time well spent sat at the bar by the pool at Hotel Bastas!
We went to Lakka at 9 in the morning, got on the boat, had a brief lesson and then we were let loose for the day in the Ionian Sea! Here it is moored up across from Romantica – yes it really is called Lady Diana 765!
I was laughing as I drove the boat out of Lakka – this was such a cool thing to do. And we got our first view of Lakka from the sea which was pretty special with that lovely aquamarine water and all the lovely white boats.
The day was one of the best days ever, and we visited Antipaxos, Mongonissi, Gaios and had a few beach and swim stops on the way back.
We were back in Lakka by 5pm having had a thoroughly good day, apart from me leaving my t-shirt at the bar in Antipaxos – check out the full post for the story of the repatriation of the t-shirt!
If you are going to rent a boat for a day make sure you book it in advance, and get the boat from a reputable company, of which there are many on Paxos.
And get out there and have some fun!
You don't have to be a photographer to get up early and enjoy the sunrise on Paxos. I am a photographer, so of course I am going to make the effort to witness what I still consider to be the privilege of watching a new day appear with the rising of the sun in the east.
And that leads me onto my first point here – you need to go to the east coast of Paxos for sunrise and the west coast for sunsets. And sunsets can be restricted by the hills, so you need to find the right location. And by that time of the day we were are normally sat somewhere lovely having drinks.
You can get up early, see the sunrise on Paxos and then get back to bed and still be up at a reasonable time – it is not a killer thing to do like it is in some locations.
The island is so small you are never far from a sunrise location!
I photographed the sunrise in Loggos, Gaios and also the beaches on the east coast of Lakka.
It is worth a recce during the day if you are going to do this, to make sure that your chosen route is navigable in the dark, and dark it can be on Paxos at night! There is no light pollution from, well, anywhere.
Thankfully I have explored lots of the east coast so know where some of the good spots are.
And whilst I said you can still get back for some sleep after watching the sunrise on Paxos I would recommend taking your time and enjoying that lovely, golden morning sunshine.
Sure, as a photographer I would say that, but there is something special about this time of the day and that directional light.
One word of warning though – be aware that there might be naked swimmers about!!!
Gaios is the capital of the wonderful Greek Island ofPaxos. And it is well worth a visit.
You can get to Gaios by bus from Lakka or Loggos. If you are on a day trip to Paxos the chances are that you will be arriving by boat at Gaios.
And everyone travelling to Paxos gets a ferry to the New Port of Gaios. Everyone apart from all the people who arrive independently by boat and moor at the various locations around the island that is.
And everyone who is a normal person who is not super rich and can arrive by helicopter or some other fancy way!
There is a pretty good chance that you will pass through Gaios then, so what is there to do there?
If you are arriving by ferry from Corfu or mainland Greece you will arrive at the New Port which is on the outskirts of Gaios. From the port all you need to do is walk along the waterfront until you get to the church in the square – this is the centre of Gaios.
From there you can find plenty of places to eat, drink and shop. I enjoyed walking along the waterfront all the way to the Anemogiannis Monument, this photo being taken on one of my sunrise excursions.
If you get the bus to Gaios from either Lakka or Loggos you get off near the main supermarket on the island. If you walk down the main shopping street that takes you straight down to the square and the church, meeting up with the route from the port.
Armed with this knowledge you have enough information to explore the adjacent streets and side streets and see a lot of what Gaios has to offer.
Easy to navigate and lovely to walk around. Gaios does get busier when the day trippers arrive and again when they leave, but before and after this Gaios is lovely and peaceful.
And there are lots of places to eat – I must point you in the direction of the restaurant right next to the church main square which does excellent chicken gyros!
Lakka is a lovely place to stay. We liked it so much there first time we went to Paxos that we returned to the same town, and indeed the same hotel, the Hotel Bastas.
Lakka is a small village located at the top of the island with a lovely harbour with lots of visiting boats moored there.
There is an excellent range of bars and restaurants offering plenty of places to eat and drink. We stopped in Lakka for two weeks and ate out there every night and still did not manage to dine at all the restaurants we wanted to dine at.
We tended to drift down to the waterfront of Lakka circa 7.30 in the evening, and head to our favourite bar called Romantica for pre-dinner cocktails.
Romantica Café Bar is just the width of the footpath away from the moored boats and has tables out the front and also an upstairs balcony which was excellent for sitting watching the sun set over the hills to the west.
I think we tend to out earlier than most of the circa 200,000 visitors to the island each year, as we never had trouble getting one of the two tables overlooking the harbour!
There are plenty of places to eat out in Lakka, we ended having three favourite restaurants called Taverna Pounentes in the village square, Arriva by the waterside and Restaurant Stasinos located in the centre of the village. We had lovely meals at other restaurants, but these were our favourites.
There is a small number of shops to potter around after dinner before the short walk back to the Hotel Bastas.
Basically, Lakka is a lovely chilled village which is a great place to stay for a fortnight if you don't want the hassle of transport and late bars killing the mood.
This is another of my favourite things to do. I have already talked about the magnificent Tripitos Arch, but there is so much more to explore on the coastline of Paxos.
I have explored most of the coastline within walking distance of Lakka, which was our base for both our visits to Paxos.
Doing this joined together the bits that we have visited individually which was really nice. I found myself putting together these various bits and getting to know the coastline around Lakka really well.
In talking to other people, I found out that I had found places that no one else seems to have come across, which is a shame as there is so much to see which you do not read about in the brochures.
I of course have an added incentive to get out and explore being a photographer and creator of websites like this one and Photos of Santorini – getting out and about is where I get my material from for my posts!
And no this is not work – this is what I would do if I was on holiday anyway. All I am doing is taking what I already love doing the most and doing something tangible with it.
The coastline of Paxos is lovely, and more often that when I was out and about there was no one else around either. I think that the walks around Lakka were my favourite, especially after sunrise with that lovely morning light.
Paxos is a tiny island. It is actually less than 30 square miles, and only eight miles from Lakka at the top to Katsimatika and the wonderful Tripitos Arch on the south coast of the island.
I drove from our hotel in Lakka to the Tripitos Arch in 25 minutes, including the time to stop and have an ice cream! True I had to walk the last bit as I ran out of road, but you get the idea of the scale of the place.
I hired a car for two days, collecting it at 10am on the first morning so I could have two sunrise trips, returning the car at 10am on the second (well third) day.
My sunrise trips in the car were to Loggos and Gaios.
I also drove along every road I could find on Paxos exploring the less well visited parts of the island. And that was the best time – me out on a Greek Island with just me and my camera in the car exploring and taking photos.
One of my favourite things was driving up to the very top of the island, where I found a convenient parking place and managed to get to the hills overlooking the entrance to the harbour at Lakka.
I did not know at the time, but I could have walked there no problems – I am not sure I would have worked this out in the limited time I had available without the car.
Driving all the way down to Mongonissi was good, calling in at Gaios on the way back to Lakka.
I could have explored more to be honest, but two days was excellent fun, even in a Peugeot 108! You can read more in this post titled Paxos Car Hire – What I Did In 48 hours – days 12 and 13.
There is one bus service on Loggos. It goes from Lakka to Loggos to Gaios.
We got the bus one morning, getting the 11am service from Lakka. It was a good 30 second walk from the Hotel Bastas to the bus stop. We had leisurely snacks in Lakka before getting on the bus and enjoying the elevated view from the front seats. Whilst the bus is only a single decker the seats are significantly higher than in a car giving you much more to look at.
I saw things from the bus that I have not seen before, or since, which is good.
And sitting in the front gives obviously the best views looking forwards as well as the but drops down into Loggos for the first stop.
After a short wait it is time the highlight of the bus trip – well it is the highlight for me anyway.
And no, I have not taken a video of this marvellous scene, which I really wish I had done.
The bus from Lakka to Gaios driving along the harbour side in Loggos. There is barely room for the bus which is so close to touching the tables where people are sat eating and drinking!
It really is a fantastic thing to watch on the bus, where you get the feeling that you are going to tip into the water at any second, and also from afar safe on the land.
And no there is no room for traffic coming the other way – all you can do is wait at the top of the hill for the bus to go past.
The rest of the journey to Gaios is rather uneventful in comparison!
If you are on Paxos get the bus – you will not regret it I promise you.
Drive from Lakka down to Gaios, and not long after the turning for Loggos you arrive at the village of Magazia. In this very small village is Averto, a cocktail bar that serves lovely food.
Magazia is located pretty high up in the centre of the island. Averto has an outdoor seating area at the back that gives lovely views of the island and the sea not that far down below. We sat there for quite a while drinking a lovely coffee each before enjoying a delicious cooked breakfast of poached eggs on toast.
I could have stayed there much much longer. While we were there I went to the loo and took a photo of this wonderful wash basin!
Whilst we were in Magazia I had a quick explore of the village, which as I said was tiny, before returning to collect M (as she likes to be referred to having read another post!) for our onward journey down to the south of the island.
Talking of spending a day somewhere that is just what we did when we went to Manadentri Beach. This beach is located on the east coat of the island and is the next beach down after Orkos and Lakkos beaches.
You need a car to get to this beach, or a taxi. Or if you are stopping at Hotel Bastas they take you there and pick you up again later for nothing!
Which is exactly what we did.
You have to walk through a bar to get to the beach. At the bar you are encouraged to take a table and eat and drink with them. Not that there is anything wrong with the ΜAΝΔΕΝΔΡΙ Bar and Restaurant, but it can get noisy with lots of families there.
If you like something quieter then let me tell you a secret – promise not to tell anyone ok?
If you walk through this bar, get to the beach and turn right you will come across the restaurant at the Glyfada Beach Villas and Restaurant.
Anyone is more than welcome to eat and drink there – that is not the secret.
Above the restaurant there is another bar, and a pool overlooking the beach. Ask nicely at the restaurant and they might just let you use this very nice swimming pool in a fantastic location.
Remember – keep this between us – don't tell anyone!
11 – Days doing nothing relaxing by the pool.
This was probably my favourite thing. A day of doing nothing. Or in our case days of doing nothing.
We came to Paxos to relax and unwind, and that is one thing that you can do effortlessly in Paxos.
We stayed at the Hotel Bastas, which is located a very short walk from the water in lovely Lakka.
Hotel Bastas is a lovely family run hotel which has a real gem of a swimming pool which is located behind the hotel and unusually above it.
This elevated position gives the pool extra time in the lovely sunshine in the evening. Down in Lakka the sun sets before it does at the pool due to this elevated position.
The pool is open at 9 in the morning and has a bar where you can get food and drinks all day. There are plenty of sun loungers, chairs and shaded seating areas – plenty of room for everyone.
There are also loos and showers underneath the pool.
All of this loveliness is accessed from a fantastic bridge across from the main hotel.
This was where we spent quite a few days doing nothing – it was the perfect base to unwind. I know it is a long way to travel to do nothing, but this is the kind of relaxing that you cannot do at home. Here by the pool we have no need to go anywhere from the moment we get there until it was time to go out in the evening.
The fact that we know that we can spend the whole day in one place without any effort and relax and chill was one of the many reasons why we returned to Hotel Bastas.
Paxos is a small, quiet, relaxed Greek Island – embrace and take it easy! And get to know the island. It is so small it is easy to explore all of the island in a couple of days, and considering the island gets circa 200,000 visitors a year I was surprised how easy it was to find deserted roads, churches, olive groves and beaches!
And there is also Antipaxos to add to the mix to what is a wonderful Greek Island well worth a visit for a day, a week or a fortnight.
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Children model saint superheroes, discern own call at vocations fair
Children of all ages, some of them dressed up as a particular saint (above, center) enjoy interactive activities with religious and priests who shared their talents as singers plus a juggler and magician. There was also an open forum learning anything from a priest or sister's favorite food to his or her vocation story. (Sr. Anthony Mary/CATHOLIC SUN)
By Margaret Naczek
TEMPE — Dressed as a priest, specifically 16th-century Italian priest St. Philip Neri, fourth-grader Elias Luna said he has wanted to be a priest from a young age.
"I picked him because he tells a lot of jokes, and I like jokes," Elias said of his choice.
Elias wasn't the only one dressed up. A young girl, Cassandra, carried around a stuffed rabbit, her favorite animal, as part of her costume — St. Melangell, the patron saint of rabbits and hares. A young boy, Alijah Ortega, was dressed in an angel costume, complete with wings made from carry-out trays.
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Elias said his desire for priesthood grew when he began altar serving.
"Because you're on the altar, it feels like the closest you can get to God other than receiving Him," Elias said.
Elias' early calling is what prompted his mother to take him and his siblings to the third annual Vocations Fair at Our Lady of Mount Carmel Parish Oct. 29.
"My son has been telling me that he wants to be a priest since he was very little," Elias' mother, Naddy Luna, said. "I wanted to help foster that and help him discern, and this vocational fair helps with that."
Sr. Anthony Mary Diago, RSM, director of the diocesan Office of Consecrated Life, said the Vocations Fair is about raising awareness of the consecrated life and teaching children about the call to a vocation.
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"They [the children] should know the Lord has a particular plan for their life, so they commit their life to love the Lord, serve the Lord, serve the Church and the community in a way that manifests the love of Christ," Sr. Anthony Mary said.
The fair, typically held near Halloween, traces the Catholic roots of the day by inviting children to dress as their favorite saints in anticipation of All Saints' Day Nov. 1. This is the first year the fair was bilingual — in previous years separate fairs in English and Spanish were held.
Bishop Eduardo A. Nevares reminds the children that the children are all united with one another in Baptism during a Mass that preceded the annual diocesan Vocations Fair. This year it was held Oct. 29 at Our Lady of Mount Carmel in Tempe. (Maria Beteran/CATHOLIC SUN)
Auxiliary Bishop Eduardo A. Nevares celebrated at the 9 a.m. Mass preceding the fair. Seated in the front pew was a young child dressed as a bishop. Bishop Nevares greeted the child, "Bienvenido Monseñor."
"We see the Church," Bishop Nevares said of the children dressed in costumes, seated at the foot of the altar during his homily. "All of us are united in Baptism."
Following Mass children were invited to check out the booths set up outside the church. Four male communities and seven female communities were represented. Children went around asking questions, receiving prayer cards, pendants and, as a Halloween treat, candy.
The event continued with a panel of religious men and women and a talent show. One sister showed off her juggling act while a priest put on a magic show for the children.
Diocesan vocations director Fr. Paul Sullivan represented the diocesan priests on a panel that invited children to ask him and four religious sisters questions about their vocations. He spoke of his call to the priesthood and his everyday life.
"This event is important because of awareness and to appreciate the lives of the religious, the lives of their priests that the children would not normally see," Fr. Sullivan said.
Sr. Maria Cristina Linares of the Servants of the Plan of God shared her vocation story of how God transformed a young woman who never imagined becoming a sister.
"He knocked on the door of my heart and said, 'I want you to be mine forever,'" said Sr. Cristina, who is also director of Children and Teen Religious Education at Our Lady of Mount Carmel.
Children were able to ask the panel questions that ranged from what their jobs were to what was their favorite food, color or movie. Parents such as Maribel Castillo, whose 7-year-old son, Frank, dressed up as St. Patrick, said the event was important to teach their children to grow in faith.
"It's to bring him closer to God and have the sense of being Catholic," she said. "We are all here as a family in this spiritual event."
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Spanish newspapers have dismissed moves by Basque separatist group Eta to start handing over weapons as insignificant, with leading conservative dailies branding it a "farce" and demanding the movement disband.
International monitors on Friday said that a video of Eta members presenting a cache of guns and explosives was a step towards the full disarmament of western Europe's last major violent separatist movement.
The photograph of the two black-masked Eta members behind their table-full of weapons made the front page of most of Spain's main daily newspapers on Saturday.
But the papers said surrendering the cache -- including just four guns and 16 kilograms (35 pounds) of explosives, according to an inventory released by monitors -- was a ludicrously small gesture by a group blamed for killing more than 800 people.
"It would be simply laughable if it were not pathetic as well as an insult to the victims and to common sense," said right-leaning daily El Mundo in an editorial.
"It was ridiculous of these pacifying experts to lend themselves to a farce through which Eta means to award itself a medal."
Centre-left El Pais, Spain's biggest-selling daily, said the giving up of the weapons cache had little meaning since E had already said it was definitively giving up using arms in October 2011.
"Handing over weapons or putting them out of use does not bring anything new to the guarantees that they will not be used again," it wrote.
"On the other hand it does cause confusion ... about what really matters now: the definitive, unconditional disbandment of the group."
Conservative daily ABC titled its front page "The farce of disarmament" and in an editorial branded the gesture "an act of Eta propaganda".
The Basque newspaper Gara, which Eta has often used to publish its declarations, called the group's gesture "a significant step that strengthens the process for a solution" in the Basque Country.
The conservative government of Spain's Prime Minister Mariano Rajoy shrugged off the move by Eta, which is classed as a terrorist group by the United States and European Union.
Gara called the government's rejection of the international monitors' announcement "an act of political childishness".


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Notice that this traffic light only has one green ball? The reason it had only one green light in the first place was because it was used to control traffic outside a firehouse. The light only blinked yellow and then phased to red during an emergency. The green light never illuminated. This light has since been removed and replaced with a newer set of lights mounted on a nice art-deco mast arm.