…In 2015 archaeologists from Mexico's National Institute of Anthropology and History (INAH) found a gruesome 'trophy rack' near the site of the Templo Mayor, one of the main temples in the Aztec capital Tenochtitlan, which later became Mexico City.
Now, they say the find was just the tip of the iceberg, and that the 'skull tower' was just a small part of a massive display of skulls known as Huey Tzompantli that was the size of a basketball court.
According to the new research detailed in Science, captives were first taken to the city's Templo Mayor, or great temple, where priests removed their still-beating hearts.
The bodies were then decapitated and priests removed the skin and muscle from the corpses' heads.
They were then placed in Tenochtitlan's tzompantli, an enormous rack of skulls built in front of the Templo Mayor, a pyramid with two temples on top.
The skull edifices were mentioned by Andres de Tapia, a Spanish soldier who accompanied Cortes in the 1521 conquest of Mexico..
In his account of the campaign, de Tapia said he counted tens of thousands of skulls at what became known as the Huey Tzompantli….
This is a combining of three previous posts to make it easier for those looking for refutation to the Left's understanding of Columbus Day. Another resource is this excellent video.
A multicultural approach to the conquest of Mexico usually does not investigate the tragedy of the collision between 16th-century imperial Spain and the Aztec Empire. More often it renders the conquest as melodrama between a mostly noble indigenous people slaughtered by a mostly toxic European Christian culture, acting true to its imperialistic and colonialist traditions and values.
In other words, there is little attention given to Aztec imperialism, colonialism, slavery, human sacrifice, and cannibalism, but rather a great deal of emphasis on Aztec sophisticated time-reckoning, monumental building skills, and social stratification. To explain the miraculous defeat of the huge Mexican empire by a few rag-tag, greedy conquistadors, discussion would not entail the innate savagery of the Aztecs that drove neighboring indigenous tribes to ally themselves with Cortés.
The following conglomeration of responses to two seperate persons in a LONGER VIDEO where some Native-Americans express their "dislike" of Christopher Columbus.
or that Columbus "came to America" at all!
Literature from the Mesoamerica is so very rich and full of the traditions of the people there that it is a welcome challenge to add this flavoring into the classroom. From a historical view Latin literature can be very effective in showing how a culture is influenced over time by another. The Spanish influence on Mesoamerica is still to this day incredibly prevalent; much like the English fingerprint is on North America. The terms should almost be B.S., before Spain, and A.S., after Spain. Norton makes the point in fact that "[m]any of the folktales from Mexico, South and Central America, and southwestern part of the United States reflect a blending of cultures" (Norton et al, 2001, p. 146).
Who could not write of the clash of civilizations represented in the men of Cortez and Montezuma? Unfortunately much of this historical fiction is more fictionalized than history. An exemplary text used to illustrate this in the classroom would be Montezuma's Daughter by Rider Haggard (1980), originally written in 1894. The myth had already started that the Spaniards were merely there for gold, and killed for it exclusively. While there is a place for literature to express cultural mores and values, even going so far as comforting people away from their homeland, it should still apply to history somewhat. Norton mentions that the "choices of materials to be read and discussed may reflect… moral messages" (Norton, p. 3). Some in the teaching profession can use Latino literature to paint history with broad strokes, thus passing moral messages on to the classroom, guiding, influencing them.
Rarely does one hear in the social studies class, literature class, or history class that Cortez's small band of men (even with horses) couldn't have defeated Montezuma's large army, unless that is, there were defectors. Why would people want to defect from the Aztec culture and join with foreigners? Montezuma had this peculiar habit of taking areas over, grabbing the young men from said area, bringing them back to a temple and while still alive cut their hearts out and throw their bodies down the altar steps (rotten.com, used 4-14-06). This caused many to join the forces of Cortez, making him a more formidable force resulting in forcefully bringing to a halt Aztec pagan sacrifice and setting up Christian icons instead. Incan and Mayan cultures sacrificed humans as well, sometimes 200 children at once.
A lot of this history is bypassed with much of the Mesoamerica literature in the search for national pride and identity. Pride and prejudice is a great conversation to have unfolded by Latino literature, or any of the multicultural writings. Tribal conflicts, territorial rights, or wanting to become a "doctor instead of a bullfighter" are all topics that Western children can relate to, learn essential values from, or see history from a different perspective….
The funny thing about Montezuma isn't really that he was a deranged,despotic, cannabilistic, pedophiliac practitioner of human sacrifice with legendary diarrhea.
Well, OK, that is pretty funny. But the really funny thing is how many towns, high schools and rotary clubs are named after the guy. There's Montezuma, Iowa; Montezuma, Georgia; Montezuma, Kansas; Montezuma, New York; Montezuma Castle National Park in Arizona; Montezuma, Costa Rica; Montezuma, New Mexico… The list goes on and on and on.
What were these people thinking? Do they want you to think their town is full of cannibals? Are they proud of their explosive diarrhea? What was the runner-up name for the town? Hitler, New Mexico? Torquemada? Georgia? De Sade? Kansas?
While the coming of the White Man provides a convenient scapegoat for Aztec apologists, the fact is that Montezuma was not a barrel of laughs even before Cortez dropped the Conquistadors in his lap.
Montezuma was a conquering king, who frequently waged war against his neighbors in a pretty successful effort to expand his empire. He kept the gods on his side with a regular regimen of human sacrifice. While the Aztecs had a long history of ritualistic human sacrifice, the art had never known a patron like Montezuma.
At the time, such sacrifices were performed with ritual daggers atop the Aztec pyramids. According to some accounts, Montezuma sacrificed tens of thousands of prisoners at a time, which is a good trick considering each one had to be individually killed.
A 1590 account detailed the procedure: "The usual method of sacrifice was to open the victim's chest, pull out his heart while he was still alive, and then knock the man down, rolling him down the temple steps, which were awash with blood." It wasn't the most efficient procedure. Who knows what Montezuma could have accomplished with a gas chamber, a guillotine, or a submachine gun?
Apparently the gods were appreciative of all this bloodshed, because Montezuma apparently had a pretty good run, annexing several nearby kingdoms and allegedly running a virtual police state with an iron fist….
This has always been the fatal flaw of the Left's politics of race guilt: Name the race that's not "guilty"? Racism, violence, and conquest are part of the human condition, not the European one….
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Teen Blames Barber For Dumb & Dumber Hair Cut But They Say It's His Own Fault
Claire Reid in Community
Last updated 9:20 AM, Wednesday June 13 2018 GMT+1
Technically, having a haircut is supposed to be a pleasant, relaxing experience - a treat - but as we all know entrusting your locks to someone who is essentially a stranger can actually be pretty stress-inducing.
Sure, a bad haircut isn't the end of the world, but it can ruin your day and leave you feeling terrible.
And so, to Aiden Bowness, who wanted a trim to neaten up his hair ahead of a family party but claims he was left looking like Lloyd Christmas from Dumb and Dumber. Yeah, not an ideal look, that.
Credit: Kennedy News
Aiden's usual barbers was closed, so he popped into Brazuca Gentry Grooming, in Cumbria, armed with a photo of what he was hoping to get. However ,when the time came to cough up the £8, he claims his new style looked as though it had been cut in using a bowl.
But Flamecia Santiago, who owns the salon, absolutely denies that any of her staff would have left Aiden looking like this and says he must have cut it himself after leaving or gone elsewhere and had it hacked there.
She said: "It was not like that when he left."
Seventeen-year-old Aiden says he was left so embarrassed by his bowl-cut that he had to wear a hat until he could go and get it sorted.
He said: "It looks like someone has used a bowl on it. It's worse than Jim Carrey in Dumb and Dumber.
Credit: Dumb and Dumber
"I had shown him the picture and I would have thought he would not need much more instructions from that.
"I thought this was a fairly straightforward haircut but it took them almost an hour.
"When I got home my mum noticed straight away. She was so annoyed.
"I hadn't wanted to cause a scene so I thought I would just go home and try to sort it the next day."
He said he went to the barber he normally uses the next day and paid a fiver to get it sorted, however, he now says it's a lot shorter than he wanted.
After he slammed the salon online, Flamecia replied to say: "Our barbers are all trained to deal with everybody of all ages, especially young kids who cannot explain themselves as well what they want.
"For some reason he has made comments like that [on Facebook] when he could have complained directly to me.
"We have had complaints in the past like any business and we often give them a free haircut and so on. We do our best [to sort it].
"I banned him because he was making false accusations. If it had been our problem I would have apologised to him on Facebook in front of everybody else and ask him to come back.
"It was not like that when he left. I think he could have cut his own hair. Or he has someone else cut it like that, I don't know."
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Claire Reid
Claire is a journalist at LADbible who, after dossing around for a few years, went to Liverpool John Moores University. She graduated with a degree in Journalism and a whole load of debt. When not writing words in exchange for money she is usually at home watching serial killer documentaries surrounded by cats. You can contact Claire at [email protected]
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More props for the farm and player development and other notes
By Steve Melewski
January 13, 2023, 8:00am
During the 2022 season, the Orioles organization got a lot of props for its farm system and player development operation. Baseball America, MLBPipeline.com and ESPN now rank its system as No. 1. They all placed Baltimore at the top in midseason rankings, the latest we have from the outlets. They could update those soon.
Now comes an MLB Pipeline poll published recently in which the outlet surveyed major league front office officials. That group also has the Orioles as having the No. 1 farm in baseball.
Half of those asked which team has the best farm in baseball responded Baltimore. The Los Angeles Dodgers came next at 21 percent, and Arizona third at nine percent. Of the 30 clubs, nine got votes for the top farm, but no club got nearly as many votes as the Orioles did.
The article states: "The Orioles have ranked as the top farm system in our last three rankings, and it looks like the industry agrees. Even with Adley Rutschman graduated, the combination of high-end prospects just about ready to impact the big league team and depth in the system has them very well-regarded, with the Dodgers not too far behind."
So we have pretty much reached a consensus here with the top outside outlets selecting the Orioles, and many of those execs inside the game doing so as well.
In the same article, when asked which team uses the draft the best, big league execs gave Baltimore the second-most votes. Thirty-seven percent selected the Dodgers, with the Orioles getting 20 percent of the votes on this question.
Earlier, as mentioned right here, this polling showed the Orioles' Gunnar Henderson as the heavy favorite to win the 2023 American League Rookie of the Year award. He got a whopping 73 percent of the vote, with Houston pitcher Hunter Brown and Boston first baseman Triston Casas getting nine percent each. Only five players got votes, and most of them went to the O's infielder.
The top outlets should be coming out soon with new and updated top 100 national rankings. Here is where some O's stand now, per Baseball America and MLBPipeline.com.
* Henderson is No. 1, according to Baseball America, and No. 2 in MLB Pipeline's estimation.
* Grayson Rodriguez is No. 4 by both outlets.
* Jackson Holliday is No. 38 by Baseball America and No. 13 on MLB Pipeline.
* DL Hall is No. 55 by Baseball America and No. 87 via MLB Pipeline.
* Colton Cowser is No. 88 via Baseball America and No. 40 on MLB Pipeline.
* Jordan Westburg is No. 89 for Baseball America and No. 76 via MLB Pipeline.
Name this team: The city of Frederick, Md., which is no longer home to an Orioles affiliate, does not currently have an affiliated minor league club to root for. But there will be two non-scholastic teams playing this summer in Frederick. The Frederick Keys in the MLB draft league for amateur talent. And for the pros, the Atlantic League will have a team in Frederick this summer.
That club is looking for a team name, and it will be selected by the fans. Fans can submit a name entry at the club's website at frederickatlanticleague.com through Jan. 27. Starting Feb. 6, there will be a list of finalists to then vote for. A fan can win two season tickets for the 2023 season if their submitted name is the eventual winner.
The Frederick team will open its Atlantic League season on April 28, and Maryland will then be home to two clubs in the league as Frederick joins the Southern Maryland Blue Crabs. There are also clubs in York and Lancaster, Pa.
Report dates finalized: We are now about one month away from the start of spring training. Major League Baseball announced report dates on Thursday for each club, with most teams reporting Feb. 15 or Feb. 16. The O's will report on Feb. 15, with the first workout set for the next day. Position players report on Feb. 20, with their next workout the following day. These are report dates, and many players will be in ahead of these dates. The O's first exhibition game is set for Feb. 25 against the Minnesota Twins in Sarasota. The 2023 season will be the club's 14th spring in Sarasota, Fla.
International additions coming: The Orioles will announce a new class of international amateurs this Sunday, when a new international signing period begins. In this excellent preview by Baseball America, the O's are expected to sign Baseball America's No. 17-rated international prospect, shortstop Luis Almeyda, a 16-year-old right-handed hitter from the Dominican Republic.
The publication predicts Almeyda will get a bonus of over $2 million, which would be a record for an O's international amateur signing. On signing day last Jan. 15, outfielder Braylin Tavera set a record when he agreed to a bonus of $1.7 million.
In 2021, the O's signed their first two international amateurs ever for seven figures, adding catcher Samuel Basallo for $1.3 million and shortstop Maikol Hernández for $1.2 million.
So Almeyda would be the fourth international prospect to sign with the club for $1 million or more under executive vice president and general manager Mike Elias and Koby Perez, the club's senior director of international scouting.
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"Musk sat in a Manhattan court table along with his attorneys as Crumpton told the judge to choose the primary executive's" riches into account" as she enforced fines. The agency contends that Musk hasn't sought the lawyer's approval for a single tweet.
Musk should be "enabled to step back from having to feel so driven to comment", Anderson said on March 5.
But Musk attorney John Hueston told the judge that the SEC had failed to demonstrate that his client had violated the deal.
The SEC says Musk intentionally violated the compensation as he tweeted Tesla's automobile production. "I am confident the trial court will likewise reject this fanciful position which if adopted, would effectively prevent an individual from seeking redress for any and all false and defamatory attacks on reputation published on the Internet", Wood said.
The issue over Musk's tweets goes back to a settlement reached a year ago after Musk tweeted that he had secured the funding to take Tesla private at $420 a share - a substantial premium over the price at the time - when he did not. The SEC says it hurt investors that purchased Tesla stock but until they had precise information.
The judge began hearing arguments at about 2 p.m.
"We are not saying'yes' or'no, '" she replied.
"Since he arrived at the courthouse in Lower Manhattan, Musk said that he has" great respect to the justice system". His attorneys said the SEC was violating his First Amendment rights to free speech.
The SEC sought to oust Musk out of his function within his August tweet as chairman and CEO. That tweet sent the business's inventory. Musk agreed to resign as chairman for three decades and stay in his job.
As of Thursday's close, Tesla shares were down 19.5% up to now this season.


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Tucked away on the edge of Atlanta's expansive Piedmont Park is one of the city's best kept sushi secrets. Not as well known as Taka or Tomo, Park Tavern is quietly serving some of freshest, tastiest fish I've had in some time – all of it flown in daily from Hawaii. Add to that some wickedly good Wagyu beef (I was told) and a sizzling Himalayan salt block and you've got a seriously fun & interactive dining event – the Himalayan Salt Block Experience.
Available on the menu daily, this do-it-yourself feast starts out with heaping plates of freshly steamed edamame. Next comes a really unusual take on the typical green salad you get at sushi spots – this one flecked with sesame seeds and crunchy bits. Save some room through all of this – you're going to need it. What arrives at your table is little short of jaw-dropping. A chunk of Himalayan salt (imagine a marble-esque cutting board) heated to 700 degrees lands in the middle of your table and is quickly surrounded by plates full of generous chunks of Hawaiian walu, beautifully marbled salmon and sushi grade tuna. Accompanied by dishes of cilantro, avocado, fried garlic and more – along with delicately crispy nori sheets – you now have everything you need to craft your own sushi hand rolls. Just place the fish or Wagyu on the salt block, sear to your liking, and start experimenting with flavor combinations with all of the extras that arrived.
My husband and I enjoyed the Salt Block Experience a few weeks ago for the first time and we were WOWED!!!! The fish and beef cooking in front of us sent waves of flavor into the air and we were immediately the envy of the restaurantant patrons! The food was fresh, excitedly delicious and we were full by the end of the meal. What fun it is to cook and put together your own meal!!! We sat on the patio which was divine-enjoying the sunset together – such romance is not found too often!!!!!!!
Looks like a fabulous place. You are lucky to have it near you.
We went to Park Tavern for the first time on Sunday but the wait was too long, so instead went over to South City Kitchen. But after reading this, we will definitely have to try again!
Tami: thank you for sharing this "secret" place…I can't wait to try it!
Oh wow this sounds amazing! I've never heard of such a thing! Wish I lived in Georgia so I could go!
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I've been very interested in trying a place that serves the food on a salt block. I've heard wonderful things. Great feature!


I think it is perfect that Veterans Day falls on 11-11-11. I am thankful for all who have served, and those are currently sacrificing so that we can all live peacefully. It is easy to take liberty for granted, when you have never had it taken from you.
Make SURE you thank the service people around you today of all days!


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WORLD RX | RD1 CATALUNYA 2021
24/07/2021	Off	By admin
The opening round of the 2021 FIA World Rallycross Championship was dominated by the Swedes at the Circuit de Barcelona, in Catalunya.
On the opening day reigning World RX Champ Johan Kristoffersson was the fastest man out on track, but he was not the overnight leader. In the first qualifying session of the year, his team KYB EKS JC Raceteknik seemly made a technical error in not connecting the FIA data logger on his Audi S1; this earned the three times World RX Champ disqualification from the session and handed P1 over to Timmy Hansen.
A further two qualifying sessions on Saturday, the second day sent the fastest 12 cars into the Semi-Finals on Saturday evening with grids of 6 cars. The first Semi-Final lined up with Timmy Hansen in the Peugeot 208 on pole alongside the Seat Ibiza of Timo Scheider. With Krisztián Szabó and René Münnich on row two behind them, the back of the grid was compleated with Juha Rytkönen and Tamás Karai.
With a little hustle and bustle through the first couple of turns, Scheider was squeezed into the wall at turn 2 by the GRX Hyundai of Szabó. The impact with the wall ripped the front right wheel off of his Seat Ibiza, Scheider the 2000 German DTM champ became a casualty of war on only the opening lap.
The chasing pack managed to avoid the carnage and upfront T.Hansen and Szabó had gained a small gap to the rest of the field. T.Hansen held off Szabó to win the first semi-final and placed himself on the front row of the grid for the final; René Münnich would also join them in the final.
"The weekend has gone really well so far, super smooth, the guys have kept the car in very good conditions and I've got four new tyres waiting for the final. We have done everything we can to win the race today, now it's just 6 more laps to go and I'm going to fight the battle."
Timmy Hansen
Arguably the second semi-final was filled with a slightly more competitive grid; Kevin Hansen in the second Team Hansen run Peugeot 208 lined up on the front row with Niclas Grönholm in the second GRX Hyundai i20. Johan Kristoffersson in his Audi S1 was alongside Kevin Abbring in the Renault Mégane RS on the second row, with Enzo Ide and Oliver Bennet compleating the grid.
Once again it was elbows in as the pack headed into the first turn with contact all over the place; unfortunately for young Grönholm, three abreast into turn two was never going to work.
Left with little room, he clipped the barrier which sent his Hyundai i20 sliding across the track and into the wall. With a decent impact, the young Finn was the second casualty of war, once again on only the opening lap.
This drama gave K.Hansen some clean air upfront while Kristoffersson was left pushing Abbring in the battle for second. Kristofferssons joker lap tactics earned him second place from Abbring, allowing him to chase down K.Hansen upfront.
By the 5th lap, the Audi S1 driver had caught the Peugeot 208 of K.Hansen and was right up on his bumper pushing him all the way to the chequered flag. But the second semi win was Kevins and the front row of the final grid would be an all Hansen lockout. Oliver Bennet along with Enzo Ide both failed to finish the race, which left Abbring to cross the line as the third car to head into the final.
In the warmth of the summer evening at the Circuit De Barcelona, in Catalunya, the Hansen brothers lined up on the front row with Krisztián Szabó and Johan Kristoffersson on row two and Münnich and Abbring compleating the grid for the first World RX final of 2021.
Unlike both of the semi's, it was a relatively clean start to the race, Timmy Hansen lead the pack on the opening lap with his brother Kevin assuming the rear gunner role on his behalf, trying to keep a surging Johan Kristoffersson behind them.
With no apparent route passed, on lap 2 Kristoffersson was left with no real choice but to joker for some clearer air. The Hansen boys continued to push on upfront and although Timmy emerged from his Joker ahead of Kristoffersson, it was his brother Kevin who slingshotted him on lap 4 on the exit of his own joker lap to take the lead of the race.
This move perhaps made Team Hansens decision to let Kevin go for the win, leaving Timmy to hold off the attack from Kristoffersson in second for the remaining two laps. Kevin Hansen crossed the line to take the opening-round win and his first true World RX final victory, the other being decided in the steward's room in Abu Dhabi back in 2019. This Hansen 1-2 gave the team the perfect start to their 2021 World RX campaign.
An emotional Kevin said:
"It means so much, I made a lot of changes for this year to up my game. Johan brought a real challenge this weekend but we got an opportunity and we had to take it.
I think the key was two things, it was in the Semi-Final, keeping him behind was really nice and then in the final, that lap when I had the clean air.
I worked so many years for this, I am so happy."
Kevin Hansen
Next Up …
Following the postponement of the World RX of Germany, the FIA World Rallycross Championships heads to Höljes for the World RX of Sweden on 20th-22nd August.
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Jewish news-website twice hijacked and desecrated by Turkish Muslim hackers
A self-identified Turkish Muslim returned for the second week in a row Saturday night to hack the popular Five Towns Jewish Times newspaper website. Readers of the site were met with a picture of the Statue of Liberty holding a Muslim holy book (likely the Koran) dressed in a burka, the Moslem robe that covers the body.
Saturday evening on December 12th, readers attempting to access the site saw images of burning Israeli flags and a video demonizing former Prime Minister Ariel Sharon.
The hacker, calling himself Seyhul-isLam, posted the following message to the website. "The punishment of those who wage war against Allah and His Messenger, and strive with might and main for mischief through the land is: execution, or crucifixion, or the cutting off of hands and feet from opposite sides, or exile from the land: that is their disgrace in this world, and a heavy punishment is theirs in the Hereafter [Al-Maida: 33] Allahu Akbar!!!"
Newspaper staff were still reposting content damaged in last week's attack when the when the website was taken down for the second time, according to its Israeli correspondent Samuel Sokol. He noted, "The internet has increasingly become a battleground in both the Arab-Israeli conflict and the war against terror. In 2008, a Muslim hacker posted an anti-Semitic message on the website of the Bank of Israel, stating 'Listen to me Jews - you are a nation whose fate has been decreed… we will kick you out. Millions of young Muslims are ready to die for the sake of Al-Quds [Jerusalem]...'
"In 2006, a Moroccan group calling itself 'Team Evil' hacked over 750 Israeli websites over a period of several hours in response to IDF operations in the Gaza Strip following the kidnapping of IDF Corporal Gilad Shalit." (from Israel National News' Tzvi ben Gedalyahu)
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I recently preached from 1 John and talked about Jesus coming in the flesh. To me, it is a fundamental part of our belief about Jesus and is important to our discipleship. I was doing some more research on the subject with an idea to write something. I have always appreciated GotQuestions.org and when I found this article, it really seemed to sum up my own thinking. I hope you enjoy it as much as I did.
Answer: Since Jesus' conception by the Holy Spirit in the womb of the virgin Mary (Luke 1:26-38), the real identity of Jesus Christ has always been questioned by skeptics. It began with Mary's fiancé, Joseph, who was afraid to marry her when she revealed that she was pregnant (Matthew 1:18-24). He took her as his wife only after the angel confirmed to him that the child she carried was the Son of God.
Hundreds of years before the birth of Christ, the prophet Isaiah foretold the coming of God's Son: "For to us a child is born, to us a son is given, and the government will be on his shoulders. And he will be called Wonderful Counselor, Mighty God, Everlasting Father, Prince of Peace" (Isaiah 9:6). When the angel spoke to Joseph and announced the impending birth of Jesus, he alluded to Isaiah's prophecy: "The virgin will conceive and give birth to a son, and they will call him Immanuel (which means 'God with us')" (Matthew 1:23). This did not mean they were to name the baby Immanuel; it meant that "God with us" was the baby's identity. Jesus was God coming in the flesh to dwell with man.
Jesus Himself understood the speculation about His identity. He asked His disciples, "Who do people say that I am?" (Matthew 16:13; Mark 8:27). The answers varied, as they do today. Then Jesus asked a more pressing question: "Who do you say that I am?" (Matthew 16:15). Peter gave the right answer: "You are the Christ, the Son of the living God" (Matthew 16:16). Jesus affirmed the truth of Peter's answer and promised that, upon that truth, He would build His church (Matthew 16:18).
Jesus is fully God and fully man, and the fact of His incarnation is of utmost importance. He lived a human life but did not possess a sin nature as we do. He was tempted but never sinned (Hebrews 2:14-18; 4:15). Sin entered the world through Adam, and Adam's sinful nature has been transferred to every baby born into the world (Romans 5:12)—except for Jesus. Because Jesus did not have a human father, He did not inherit a sin nature. He possessed the divine nature from His Heavenly Father.
Jesus had to meet all the requirements of a holy God before He could be an acceptable sacrifice for our sin (John 8:29; Hebrews 9:14). He had to fulfill over three hundred prophecies about the Messiah that God, through the prophets, had foretold (Matthew 4:13-14; Luke 22:37; Isaiah 53; Micah 5:2).
Since the fall of man (Genesis 3:21-23), the only way to be made right with God has been the blood of an innocent sacrifice (Leviticus 9:2; Numbers 28:19; Deuteronomy 15:21; Hebrews 9:22). Jesus was the final, perfect sacrifice that satisfied forever God's wrath against sin (Hebrews 10:14). His divine nature made Him fit for the work of Redeemer; His human body allowed Him to shed the blood necessary to redeem. No human being with a sin nature could pay such a debt. No one else could meet the requirements to become the sacrifice for the sins of the whole world (Matthew 26:28; 1 John 2:2). If Jesus were merely a good man as some claim, then He had a sin nature and was not perfect. In that case, His death and resurrection would have no power to save anyone.
Because Jesus was God in the flesh, He alone could pay the debt we owed to God. His victory over death and the grave won the victory for everyone who puts their trust in Him (John 1:12; 1 Corinthians 15:3-4, 17).
A King is born. Not just any king…but the King. The one the Bible tells us about. The one we are talking about when we sing "The King is Coming". A when He comes again, it will be magnificent.
Quite a contrast from His first visit. According to what I have learned, in that time shepherding was the lowliest of jobs as far as esteem is concerned.


Lock in a great price for Kalango Hotel Boutique – rated 9 by recent guests!
Great hotel in every respect. I was travelling with a wheelchair user and all the facilities and attitude of the staff made everything so easy. The breakfast was outstanding and the room large and very comfortable. You need a car to get to the hotel, but its a great base to explore Ilha Bela.
How friendly they were. The breakfast is fantastic.
The staff is incredible. Everyone is always willing to help and in a good mood. The breakfast is quite good, specially the croissants. The room itself if very comfortable and cozy.
O quarto é muito confortável e sempre muito bem limpo. A piscina é muito boa e a paisagem ajuda muito. Café da manhã excelente e funcionários muito simpáticos e prestativos.
Hotel muito limpo, aconchegante, beleza rústica. Localizado próximo à avenida onde encontramos barzinhos e restaurantes. Eu e meu noivo adoramos.
O café da manhã é bom, o quarto é espaçoso e confortável. O terraço tem vista para a piscina e a mata onde tem muitos pássaros. É um local bem bonito.
Da café da manha e do conforto dos quartos e da instalação do hotel!
Super ontbijt - meneer tijdens check-in kon heel goed Engels en was vriendelijk.
A cama era super confortável , a hidromassagem da piscina super agradável .
Kalango Hotel Boutique This rating is a reflection of how the property compares to the industry standard when it comes to price, facilities and services available. It's based on a self-evaluation by the property. Use this rating to help choose your stay!
Surrounded by nature and located right in front of Baepi Hill, Kalango Hotel Boutique is an eco-friendly hotel that features beautiful mountain views in Ilhabela Island. This wood-built and charming hotel also provides free daily breakfast.
With free WiFi, each guestroom comes with different types of artworks and rustic-style furnishing. They are decorated in shades of warm colors and are ideally equipped with air conditioning, hairdryer and toiletries. The balcony features a seating area.
Kalango Hotel Boutique features an outdoor pool and a sun terrace with sun loungers for relaxation. At Kalango Hotel Boutique there is also a 24-hour front desk for assistance, a large garden for guests to explore and a bar.
On-site parking is free. The hotel is 6 mi from Curral Beach, 4.8 mi from Praia Grande Beach and 2.5 mi from Ilhabela's Old Town.
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With free WiFi, this room comes with different types of artworks and rustic-style furnishing. The balcony offers tranquil views and a seating area.
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The bed could be a bit larger. Specifically in my room there was a problem that some water passed though the shower door to the bathroom, making the floor a bit wet. It has been reported by me in the check-out and the staff people thanked for the information and said it would be fixed promptly.


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Our students are revolting: some possible reasons
October 1, 2017 by timhamlett
Some years ago a friend of mine who had reached some eminence in her profession and had a Master's degree was invited to join one of our more prestigious local universities as a teacher. "Go for it," I said, having had a lot of fun as a university teacher.
This summer she was told that her contract would be renewed for a year. She had by then become so fed up with the whole game that she offered to leave by Christmas. Teaching in Hong Kong universities has become much less pleasant. This is a serious matter because an unhappy teacher is unlikely to provide a pleasant and educational class.
What the universities' PR people call the "undergraduate learning experience" has deteriorated as a result, despite the proliferation of flash new buildings, educational technology, and elaborate bureaucratic mechanisms intended to measure and promote "teaching quality". Students are grouchy. I sympathise. What went wrong?
Part of the problem dates back several decades, to when the UK government of the day discovered a cheap way of expanding access to university education: they relabelled a large number of existing polytechnics and colleges as universities. Suddenly people who had merely been post-secondary students became university students, to the great joy of their parents.
This innovation was loyally copied by the Hong Kong colonial government. But there was a misunderstanding at the heart of it. The planners knew that many of the courses provided in polys and colleges concerned practical matters and led to professional qualifications. They supposed that this would continue, and these activities would benefit from the increased respect which came from being conducted in universities.
This was not what happened. From the point of view of the staff and senior management of a newly promoted institution, the way forward was to become as much like a university as possible, thereby increasing the prestige of the school and the prospects of its staff moving to what were sometimes tactlessly called the "real" universities. It is a characteristic of universities that they concentrate on theoretical and prestigious matters, and their staff regard research as their main activity, whatever the taxpayers think they are paying for.
So each newly promoted institution pruned its prospectus of anything which did not lead to a degree, and purged its staff of anyone who was teaching such things. Possession of a PhD became a prerequisite for appointment and the production of research became a prerequisite for promotion.
In retrospect I now realise how lucky I was. I arrived at what was then Baptist College in a brief window of opportunity between the time when staff had to be practising Christians and the time when they had to be practising PhDs. People who arrived two years before me were expected to attend a weekly service. People who arrived two years after were told to get a PhD if they had not got one already. Having many years of professional experience, they were told, merely got you the job; it had no significance in the university value system.
Indeed J.K. Galbraith pointed out many years ago that universities did not like people who engaged in real-world activities. They were assessed, as a result, by outsiders who were not members of the tribe and did not share its superstitions. This made it difficult to place them on the prestige pyramid, a problem most easily solved by leaving them at the bottom. So it has always been.
This disconnection from the real world explains why so many university graduates finish up in non-graduate jobs.
The next problem was the solution, or non-solution, of the great research university question. A consultancy pointed out that while Hong Kong might need a large number of places teaching undergraduates, it did not really need a large number of places doing the sort of research which universities do. This implied that some local universities would become research universities, and some would become non-research universities, a fate for which nobody was going to volunteer.
The consultants recommended that there should be two research universities. Prestige and connections reduced the candidates to a short list of three: Hong Kong U, Chinese U and the HKUST. Getting from three to two pr0ved beyond the capacity of what had become the Education Bureau. Hong Kong U was not going to be changed in any way because it was confident of being one of the two. The two rural candidates were urged to merge, and refused. Even an attempt to fold the IEd into Chinese U to produce a bigger candidate was a failure. The stalemate was widely, if surreptitiously, welcomed by the other universities, which all retained their "research" status pending a resolution of the impasse.
The solution eventually adopted was that instead of research funding being distributed more or less fairly between universities, it would be distributed on a competitive basis. University staff would apply to a central fund for research grants. The intended result of this was that "research universities" would emerge from the competition and the others, having no funds for it, would give up research. But this was not what happened at all.
All the universities, however humble, devoted much effort and ingenuity to attracting as much research funding as possible. All, to varying extents, succeeded. The possibility that there might be a cost to this was not considered. An academic is a person who, when asked if you should turn left or right at the next junction, replies "both".
A popular trick is to reward anyone who gets a research grant with a reduced teaching load. This is indisputably successful in encouraging research. Indeed I occasionally meet local academics who have been so successful in playing this part of the system that they no longer teach at all. The flip side of this is that their less research-happy colleagues have to do more teaching. This is achieved by longer hours, and also by larger classes. When I started as a course planner there was much soul-searching over the possible dangers of having more than 100 people in a class. Populations of 300 or more are now common even in supposedly top universities.
Another unhelpful innovation was the four-year degree. This was not, although it took people a long time to get their heads round this, an extra year. What happened was that the universities took over responsibility for what had previously been Form Seven. It was decided that this was too early for the sort of specialisation that people go to university for. The year would be filled with "general education", which would offer a wide-ranging discursive approach suitable to the upbringing of gentlefolk.
Some of this was achieved by a sort of academic forced shopping. You must take one course in each school or faculty, for example. Some of it involved courses specially designed for the purpose. Some of it involved a judgement that everyone should be required to do, say, two languages.
All these ways of dealing with the problem produced difficulties. Supposedly elementary courses designed for people who were going to major in logical positivism might not be elementary enough, if inflicted on people who had signed up for sewerage studies. Also the offering department might not welcome the influx of tourists.
Courses specially designed for general education implied the existence of people qualified to teach them. But university staff now have to sport a PhD, a desperately narrow and concentrated research degree which commonly takes seven years. This is no preparation for teaching a wide-ranging survey subject and indeed the survivor may be reluctant to attempt such a course.
Making a language compulsory produces a huge surge in demand which the department named after the language concerned is not equipped for or interested in. Universities have devoted much ingenuity to providing massed language instruction without increasing the number of staff who are counted in research surveys. The most amusing solution was devised by the university which had, and still has, a fleet of "visiting scholars" with suspiciously local names. They teach the compulsory English courses.
The upshot of all this is that times have changed. I remember the late Dr Lam Kow-wai, who was head of the Department of Communication at BU at the time, addressing a room full of disgruntled students. This was soon after the Tienanmen Massacre and Dr Lam, as a well-known left-winger, had become a figure of suspicion. "Whatever you think of me," he said, "you must not doubt one thing: in this department the students are our first priority." I nodded agreement.
You would have to be very optimistic to tell undergraduates that now. They are likely to be subjected to huge classes, taught by people who are either overloaded, not interested in teaching, or both. Many of their fellow-students will be there because of some curriculum-planning wrinkle and are not interested in the material offered either. If there are seminars for small groups they will be presided over by graduate students working as a condition of their scholarships. Lectures commonly go on for three hours, a monstrous travesty of teaching wildly at variance with the results of research into what students and teachers can handle. Those who graduate discover that they have qualified for a better class of unemployment.
The attractions of higher education in the UK are elementary and obvious. The ordeal may be the same, but the duration is only three years.
I wonder if local vice chancellors should have more urgent things to worry about than the contents of their notice boards.
on October 1, 2017 at 8:27 am | Reply Thomas
other possible reasons :
the future! what awaits Hongkong students after graduation: HongKong's "pillars of economy" are crumbling , the pay of graduates is pitiful, it commensurates with the state of the economy with the shortsightedness of the government. When the CE once recommended to young people " go north " you can see what confidence you give students in their future or the future of HongKong. As you mention: on the outside glittering buildings but on the inside HongKong is on the the way to become a basket-case.
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The Census ACS 1-year survey reports that the median household income for the Yuba City California metro area was $58,727 in 2017, the latest figures available. Yuba City median household income is $13,078 lower than the median California household income and $1,609 less than the US median household income. 2018 metro income data (including Yuba City median household income) will be released in September of 2019. Median family and per capita income for Yuba City are shown below.
At $58,727, the median household income for Yuba city was at a new inflation adjusted high in 2017.
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At $70,657, the median family income for Yuba city was at a new inflation adjusted high in 2017.
At $70,657, the median family income for Yuba city was at a new nominal high in 2017.
The ACS 1-year survey shows the per capita income for Yuba City was $24,802 in 2017. Compared to the median California per capita income, Yuba City median per capita income is $10,244 lower. As with the median household and median family income numbers above, 2018 per capita income data for Yuba City will be released in September of 2019.
The current per capita income for Yuba city is $24,802. Real per capita income peaked in 2005 at $25,525 and is now $723 (2.83%) lower. From a post peak low of $22,106 in 2011, real per capita income for Yuba city has now grown by $2,696 (12.20%).
At $24,802, the per capita income for Yuba city was at a new nominal high in 2017.


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Two weeks ago we got Nick, another beta tester, up and running with a beta version of the Ideal Steel Hybrid.
Nick was the first to submit his own artwork of a maple leaf and mountains motif, which Nick generated using AutoDesk. With a little bit of translation on our side we were able to get a file that Nick and his wife were happy with and since we had already designed and cut a maple leaf andiron, we were able to pair an already cut file with Nick's design.
Below are a few pictures of Nick's stove and the design files, along with a short video showing his first night burning his beta model of the Ideal Steel Hybrid.
Nick's first load of wood. The maple leaf andirons are shown here.
Nick's video showing the secondaries running from his first night of burning.
Nice andirons! :) Maybe you could do a whole series of American hardwood leaves--oak, hickory, maple, etc.
Some additional suggestions: pine cones, or even acorns for andirons or the feet on the stove.


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This peak will be proposed for the Hundred Peaks Section list. It was scouted by Peter Doggett. The route starts on the excellent Piedra Blanca trail at Reyes Creek Campground. The final ascent is up a trailless gully at the right of the slab face. The summit area is parklike with great rocks and gorgeous views. The high point is a boulder (~40' high), class 2-3, with panoramic views. RT was ~11 miles; 3600' gross gain.
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Q: Scrolling sections scroll randomly I need to code a website with onepage scroll sections without using a plugin(like fullPage.js). So i just created 6 sections like:

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and i tried to scroll through the sections in a javascript document like this:
var count = 1;
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Alan Parsons first started in the music business as an engineer, working with artists including The Beatles, Paul McCartney and The Hollies, among others. He gained notoriety for his contribution as engineer on Pink Floyd's 'The Dark Side of the Moon' and went on to produce various albums including Al Stewart's 'Year of the Cat' and two albums for Ambrosia. In 1975 he formed the Alan Parson Project, signing with Arista and releasing a string of hit albums.
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Grammy Award winner and master of progressive rock Alan Parsons returns with his new solo album The Secret, available today. In conjunction with its release, Parsons has also premiered a music video for the latest single, "As Lights Fall". Watch it now in the player below. "As Lights Fall" follows the release of "Sometimes" featuring former Foreigner frontman … Continue reading Watch Alan Parsons' New Video for "As Lights Fall" →
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Former Foreigner frontman Lou Gramm provides the vocals for Alan Parsons' newest single "Sometimes". The track is featured on Parsons' upcoming solo album, The Secret, due out April 26th. "Sometimes" follows the release of "Miracle" featuring Jason Mraz and "I Can't Get There From Here" featuring Jared Mahone. Hear it now in the player below. … Continue reading Hear Alan Parsons' New Song Featuring Lou Gramm →
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Alan Parsons has released the second single and first music video from his forthcoming album The Secret. "I Can't Get There From Here" features Jared Mahone on vocals and follows the release of "Miracle", featuring Jason Mraz, last month. The music video for "I Can't Get There From Here" features scenes from the film 5-25-77, … Continue reading Hear Alan Parsons' New Single Featuring Jared Mahone →
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Grammy Award winner and master of progressive rock Alan Parsons returns with his new solo album The Secret on April 26th. The first single, "Miracle" which features Jason Mraz on vocals, is out now. Hear it in the player below. "I met Jason two years ago through a neighbor who grows coffee on his ranch," … Continue reading Hear the New Single from Alan Parsons Featuring Jason Mraz →
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In Secret (conocida en español como En secreto o Una pasión oculta) es una película de drama, romance y thriller erótica estadounidense de 2013 escrita y dirigida por Charlie Stratton. Basada en la novela clásica de Émile Zola de 1867 Thérèse Raquin, la película está protagonizada por Elizabeth Olsen, Tom Felton, Oscar Isaac y Jessica Lange.

La película trata sobre Teresa y su amante Laurent que matan a Camille, el marido de Teresa. Después de casarse, la pareja es visitada por el fantasma de Camille, girando lentamente su amor el uno al otro en un odio que todo lo consume.

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París 1867. Teresa (Elizabeth Olsen) vive con su tía y un primo suyo, Camille (Tom Felton), con el que la obligan a casarse. Antes del matrimonio, la joven se dedicaba a sus quehaceres diarios del campo de manera jovial y entretenida, obedeciendo las disparatadas órdenes de su tía. Pero después de casarse con Camille se mudará a París.
Un día, Teresa conoce a Laurent (Oscar Isaac), amigo de su esposo, por el que sentirá una atracción fatal. En la capital francesa, la muchacha se dedica a despachar en una tienda. La oscuridad y la monotonía que experimenta la joven solo se palian por la visita del apuesto Laurent, que también empieza a sentir una fuerte pasión hacia la joven. El deseo de estar juntos lleva a los amantes a planear un plan macabro por el que Camille resulta muerto. El asesinato despertará remordimientos horribles en la pareja que tendrá consecuencias en la pasión que sentían antes.

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En los niveles más bajos de la sociedad parisina en la década de 1860, Thérèse Raquin es una joven bella y reprimida sexualmente atrapada en un matrimonio sin amor con su primo enfermo, Camille. Su tía dominante, Madame Raquin, la obligó a hacerlo. Teresa pasa sus días confinada detrás del mostrador de una pequeña tienda y sus tardes viendo a Madame jugar al dominó con un grupo ecléctico de conocidos. Después de conocer al seductor amigo de su esposo Laurent LeClaire, se embarca en una aventura ilícita que tiene trágicas consecuencias. Camille pronto muere durante una excursión en el lago con Laurent y Therese. Se revela que la muerte fue su culpa: Laurent golpeó a Camille mientras estaba en el agua, causando que se ahogara. A Madame Raquin le resulta difícil aceptar la muerte de su hijo y está incapacitada por un derrame cerebral, pero los escucha hablar sobre lo que hicieron. Con gran esfuerzo, alerta a uno de sus amigos, quien informa a las autoridades. Para evitar ser sentenciados por el asesinato, Laurent y Therese eligen quitarse la vida. Beben veneno mezclado con champán y mueren frente a Madame Raquin.

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 Elizabeth Olsen ... Teresa Raquin
 Oscar Isaac ... Laurent LeClaire
 Tom Felton ... Camille Raquin
 Jessica Lange ... Madame Raquin
 Matt Lucas ... Olivier
 Shirley Henderson ... Suzanne
 Mackenzie Crook ... Grivet
 John Kavanagh ... Inspector Michaud
 Aleksandr Ivanovic ... Cochero 1
 Filip Dedakin ... Cochero 2
 Richard Sharkey ... Oficial Mayor
 Miodrag Milovanov ... Sacerdote Funerario
 Lily Laight ... Joven Teresa
 Dimitrije Bogdanov ... Joven Camille
 Matt Devere ... Padre de Teresa

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Now that spring is here we are in a time frame to consider new plants and new directions in our lives for improved response to the Diabetic illness thereby weaning ourselves from the debilitation of fast foods and fat foods. If you cannot garden, maybe you can find a gardener who will grow for you, or one who is an entrepreneur gardener who is specializing in Diabetic produce.
I have pondered this last article on Diabetic herbs, and there are numerous ones to list, however each herb is a medicine in its own right and can have an adverse effect on the unknowing when combined with other herbs. I do not think there are sufficient clinical nutritionists and holistic physicians competent to provide enough input to manage your health unless you are very rich to afford such services.
In light of this concern for your health I am suggesting a book that will delineate all these herbs and services not only for the diabetic but for other health issues as well. The book in question has been in print about ten years under this title: Prescription for HERBAL HEALING by Phyllis A. Balch, CNC, published by AVERY, Penguin Books Inc.
EATS in Blacksburg Virginia has current copies and can order more. Check with your local health store manager for ordering your copy. Amazon.com books is another quick option.
There does exist in other countries, other treatments for the Diabetic. For example the Traditional Chinese formula: The EIGHT-INGREDIENT PILL with REHMANNIA is the most popular treatment in Japan for Diabetes. The formula lowers blood sugar and aids in regulation of insulin. Type 1 and Type 2 victims, and for those on insulin therapy it "smoothes out" the insulin's effects.
If there were a wonder herbal formula it would appear that this pill warrants your investigation. You may find a list of patent medicine Brand Name (manufacturer on page 534 of Ms. Balch's book). Some of these may be ordered from your health food store if not already in stock. In addition you will find she lists suppliers in the United Sates and Canada. This is a treasure trove for the concerned.
The cautionary approach is vital for this disorder of the pancreas and the attendant additional debilitations of the body caused by this disorder. However in the mean time there is NO PERFECT MAGIC PILL. And it requires all those afflicted as well as otherwise seemingly healthy people to take the "right action" and eat wisely and healthy foods.
This is a life long quest that is rewarded in later years. Remember you will be older longer than you are younger. Enjoy those later years in an active lifestyle not in a sickroom.


I hope my chapters discussing the conception of Puccini's Madama Butterfly; her subsequent development in utero, as 'twere; her difficult birth, and immediate removal to a (musical) neonatal intensive-care unit, have whetted your appetite to see Utah Opera's production of what has become one of the most popular operas of all time. Maybe you've been whetted to delve deeper into some aspect or other of the piece. Here's a list of sources I've used in my research: I can't guarantee that each is available at your local library (I'm fortunate that my "local" is the Marriott at the University of Utah!), but I'm sure your local librarian will be glad to fulfill your request(s).
Arthur Groos, (ed). Madama Butterfly: fonti e documenti della genesi. Which translates as "MB: sources and documents about its creation". Published by the Center for Puccini Studies, it sounds intimidating if you don't understand Italian; but, have no worries: each chapter is published in Italian and in English. Groos is also the author of two "scholarly articles" I came across – but don't let that term intimidate you either! "Lieutenant F. B. Pinkerton: Problems in the Genesis of an Operatic Hero", was published in a journal called Italica (Vol. 64. No. 4. Winter, 1987). In the July, 1991 issue of Cambridge Opera Journal (Vol. 3, No.2, to be bibliographically precise!) is "Madame Butterfly: The Story." This is the more interesting. Not only does he discuss Jennie Correll's memories of the situation that inspired her brother to write his short-ish story, but he comes up with a very plausible (and, based on the included picture, a very handsome) candidate for the American Naval Officer who became Pinkerton.
Pierre Loti. Madame Chrysanthème. This is the literary egg from which Butterfly, through her various larval and pupal stages, developed.
Jan van Rij. Madame Butterfly. Japonisme, Puccini, and the Search for the real Cho-Cho-San. A mouthful of a title! This short book (less than 200 pages) traces the history of the West's interaction with Japan; then a chapter on Long's story inspired by his missionary sister (with maps and photographs which explain and show the various locations in Nagasaki); then one on Belasco's stage-adaptation; one on Puccini's operatic version; and lastly the search for, and identification of, the son who might possibly have become "Trouble/Joy" in the opera.
Arthur Quinn, (ed). The Literature of America: an Anthology of Prose and Verse. Volume II: From the Civil War to the Present. (Published by Charles Scribner's Sons in 1929). This includes, in Chapter XIV: "The Modern Romantic Drama," the script of Madame Butterfly, credited to Belasco and Long.
Julian Budden. Puccini. His Life and Works. This book is one of "The Master Musician Series: the Lives and Music of the Great Composers", published now by Oxford University Press. This series of composers' biographies began over a century ago, but I've not been able to discover who the original "Master Musicians" were. Sir (his knighthood was inherited, not earned) Charles Hubert Hastings Parry, (1848 – 1918) who taught composition at the Royal College of Music in London (Vaughan-Williams was one of his students there) and was also Professor of Music at Oxford University, opined that those who loved opera (except for Wagner-lovers) had the lowest musical taste. Apparently the second volume of the series was devoted to that German composer, but it wasn't until 2002 that this superb book, discussing not only Puccini's operas, but also his life as it impinged on his work, was published! Budden knows his Italian Opera: his 3-volume study of Verdi's operas will never be surpassed. His Puccini book will remain the standard for many years to come.
Mosco Carner. Puccini: a Critical Biography. Published in 1958,this was the first serious examination of Puccini as a "real" composer and not as a purveyor of "popular tunes" which would fit on one side of a 78rpm record and would, sung by a Caruso or a Gigli, sell like hot cakes! It's useful to remember that, while the original Italian audiences loved Puccini's operas, the first Italian critics expressed reservations on dramatic or musical grounds: Fausto Torrefranco excoriated him in a book published in 1912. Initially British audiences and critics embraced Puccini's operas, but it seems that the more popular his operas became the less those "Brit-crits" respected them. Carner, who had already written about Alban Berg – that weird 12-tone composer of Wozzeck (and let's not even mention his unfinished opera Lulu!) – seemed an unlikely advocate for such a lushly romantic Italian composer of operas as was Puccini. Maybe it was that apparent critical dichotomy that gave pause to those (mostly 12-toners) who turned up their noses at the raw emotion Puccini expressed in his writing, and made them re-consider such moments of passionate out-pouring as Butterfly's heartbreaking farewell to her child. Maybe, Carner argued, this music expresses genuine emotion. "OMG…", thought those nose-turners, in their pre-Internet innocence, "…music demands an emotional response from us, rather than an intellectual one?" As one of the most quoted of today's pop-culture icons might say: "Duh?" Puccini's music comes, first of all, from his emotional response, for better or for worse, to the dramatic situation; the resulting music, again for better or worse, must elicit a similar emotional response from the audience. To those of us who respond emotionally to music, much of Puccini, and most of Madama Butterfly, is triumphantly successful, and, when the final curtain falls, we are reduced to a sort of sobbing-incoherence. The intellectual, should he condescend to attend, will leave unmoved. Mosco Carner was the first writer on musical matters to "get" Puccini, and discuss him seriously. Since its initial publication in 1958, study of Puccini as a composer has proceeded apace, but Carner remains important as a foundation on which our later, and now contemporary, appreciation of Puccini is based.
William Ashbrook's The Operas of Puccini was first published in 1968. It's a straightforward, well-written discussion of the operas, with lots of musical examples. Because he opts for a chronological order there are Butterfly references both before and after his chapter on the opera. And he was a fan of the composer: his book begins with "A Personal Note" whose first sentence reads "I can truthfully say I cannot remember when I did not know Puccini's music." A few paragraphs later he writes: "Even those people who know nothing about music in a technical way find in [Puccini's operas] points of direct contact, moments of identification that stir them deeply." Amen!


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The German Constitutional Court has endorsed the country's participation in bailouts for ailing EU economies. The move was supported by German Chancellor Angela Merkel, who said that the ruling "confirms" the actions of her government.
The country's Federal Constitutional Court has rejected lawsuits claiming that German participation in the EU bailout funds was violating parliament's right to control how taxpayer money is spent.
Still, the court's presiding judge, Andreas Vosskuhle, announced on Wednesday that in the future lawmakers should be more involved in making bailout decisions.
"The government is obligated in the cases of large expenditures to get the approval of the parliamentary budgetary committee," he was quoted by AP news agency as saying.
The court ruling said that from now on, bailout decisions cannot be made automatically, when concrete measures are adopted by governments without lawmakers' participation. The budgetary committee will be responsible for approving such measures.
The lawsuits, which were filed by a group of prominent German lawyers and economists, said that bailouts to Greece came as a violation to the German constitution and of EU legislation.
According to the group, German participation in bailout process violated limits of acceptable integration within the EU, interfering in sovereign affairs of other member states.
German Chancellor Angela Merkel supported the court's decision, saying that the ruling "absolutely confirms" the actions of her government, aimed at expressing solidarity with other EU nations.
Germany's parliament voted to participate in the May 2010 bailout for Greece and to support the $620 billion European Financial Stability Facility with some $207 billion in loan guarantees.
The question now is how the German parliament can use its powers of veto believes Professor Markus Kerber, a lawyer.
Despite Angela Merkel's optimism over the German court ruling, its decision has little to do with saving the euro in the long term, Patrick Young, executive director for DV Advisors, told RT.
The court's decision means that the German Parliament is able to restrict access to rescue funds, which is a good news both for the euro and the markets because "it means that the restrictions that were originally meant to be in place are now much better used", believes economics professor Dr. Christian Rieck, from the Frankfurt Technical University, adding that this leverage will be used by the German side to assure the funds are used in the right way.
This does not mean that the Germans would have to bail out other countries, points out the professor.
According to Roland Vaubel, economics professor from University of Mannheim, the German population in general is far from supportive of its government's enthusiasm towards bailouts, particularly to Greece.
"We see that the Greeks are buying gold with the money they get from the bailout fund, very unpopular, and they are not really implementing the conditions which had been attached to the credits and it is well-known that tax morale is very poor in Greece," he said.
"Germans are very upset about Greece, much more than about Portugal and Ireland," Vaubel added.
According to the economist, the ongoing crisis is very different from that which started in the US back in 2008 with the collapse of Lehman Brothers. He said that compared to the trouble of 2008, there is more optimism that governments will be able to tackle the problems arising.
"The Lehman Brothers' panic was due to the fact that there was the medium-sized investment bank which collapsed and people did not know whether any further banks would also be allowed to collapse, and whether the money supply will contract, as happened in the Great Depression, so there was a lot of uncertainty," he said.
Further south, there's clear frustration among the Italians and Spanish, with thousands rallying in protest at their governments' fresh austerity measures.
Italy's €45 billion package, which has been welcomed by the EU, includes new tax hikes and plans to raise the retirement age for women.
In Spain, the demonstrations came ahead of a crucial Senate vote on amending the constitution to limit national debt.
Unions and rights groups say the debt cap would decimate the welfare system and hurt the most vulnerable.


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