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The recent assault on the senses concerning dubious evidence concerning Kennedy's murder being enacted for sticking his nose in and around the UFO issue.
Part 2: JFK Killed over UFOs (and other crocks)
'It had one eye, and it was purple. It had one horn. It flew. I'm sure it ate people too'
~ Sheb Wooley, 1958; 'Purple People Eater'
The Monroe-JFK-Aliens guff in 1992 set something of a precedent for what was to come. For seven years later, in 1999, Tim Cooper had a burnt nine page document 'sent to him', the infamous 'Burned Memo', seen here -- and here. These memos posited that Kennedy's dabbling in and around the UFO field was likely what got him killed. Let's cut the bull and show you why not…..
The JFK 'Burned Memo' is a Crock
A complete dissection of the 'Burned memoranda' really isn't in order as Cooper has disowned every MJ-12 document he was ever sent or was privy to. Yet from here till Part V, we return to this juicy morsel of disinformation for some rather large nibbles, in particular when we examine Moulton Howes travesty of an interview with Bob Wood, which has been splashed around the world. But I guess while we are here we can touch on some aspects of the Burnt Memo hoax. The cover letter for starters from Source-1 or S-1 is a good place to start.
S-1 was supposedly an insider in Jim Angleton's camp who apparently rescued the documents from incineration after Angleton's death (we'll get to that aspect a bit later). S-1 thought that Cooper's decision to work with Dr. Woods 'a good one as he has credibility' (not any more), and that he and 'Dr. Wood' had started a 'shit storm' in Washington.
Thanks to S-1 the Woods proudly brandish a document called the 'Counter IntelligenceCorps/Interplanetary Phenomenon Unit Report' which states on the 22nd of July 1947, Congressman John Fitzgerald Kennedy was privy to information about aliens crashing at Roswell. The document never explains why he was privy to this information, bar his brief stint with naval intelligence and being Joe's son. Joe was apparently sitting on a 12 member board called the 'Commission on Organisation of the Executive Branch of theGovernment', geez, sounds scary doesn't it? Well the reality of the board is that its true function was frighteningly banal. And why Herbert Hoover and Dr. James Kerr Pollock would be privy to anything bar the paper clip expense is beyond me.
Enough of that silliness, let's take a look at the actual 'Burned Memo' and the incendiary quote which appears on its very first page.
"As you must know LANCER [JFK] has made some inquiries regarding our activities which we cannot allow."
- Director of Central Intelligence (MJ-1)
For starters, through the work of people like Lisa Pease, we know the CIA cryptonym for Kennedy was GPIDEAL. 'Lancer' was Kennedy's Secret Service code name. At the time the document was surfaced it was well known that JFK's Secret Service codename was 'Lancer'. But Lisa's work in the CIA files did not surface until about three years later. Thus the manufacturer of the document was hardly in command of a secret. In fact this makes the author of the undated and unsigned memo (supposedly John McCone or Allen Dulles according to 'expert' Robert Wood) look kind of stupid.
If someone as well-known as JFK was a threat to those in power, in particularly skilled covert operators like, say Dulles, then they wouldn't use him by a name he was well known in the system by. They probably would have called him something like 'Homer'. But taken one step further, Dulles would have to be as brainless as Austin Powers to even commit this sort of thing to paper. And Angleton or anybody else who received it would have been exceptionally stupid to have even kept a copy. It would have been destroyed immediately. Yet in Linda Howe's interview with Bob Wood in 2008, he champions an utterly ludicrous premise:
"I would presume that the scenario involved is that MJ-1 is dictating this burned memo to a secretary. He, MJ-1, does not want the secretary to know that he is saying, 'We ought to kill JFK.'"
The above ridiculous statement leads one to ask the inevitable: "Dictated to a secretary"? How many people actually knew of MJ-12, that is the allegedly secret group meant to seek out the truth about interplanetary travel by space creatures? For a top secret operation it seems as if every 'Tom, Dick and Secretary' was in the loop. Including Kennedy's own secretarial and clerical staff, as this memo seems to indicate.
What's inherently bogus about this document is that it's trying to make out as if Kennedy was aware of, or involved in, some 'psy-op' element behind MJ-12. Now as we have seen previously, the CIA had been running their non MJ-12 counter intelligence as an in-house operation. To try and tie Kennedy to it is reminiscent of Lamar Waldron's attempts to tie Kennedy into the bogus invasion of Cuba, or E. Howard Hunt falsifying documents manufacturing Kennedy's role in the murder of Ngo Dinh Diem.
These points aside, the Majestic Documents webpage it is located on states the following:
The Kennedy signature looks genuine, but he often used an autopen so that is not an important authentication point. There seems to be no reason to doubt that this is a valid memo.
Ignoring the last sentence, let's think about the first for a second. Autopens were used primarily on mass mailed letters, and for general orders/directives/edicts/checks etc. to go around government departments. However, for top secret information, especially for something as delicate as MJ-12 is made out to be, we are asked to believe that Kennedy couldn't be bothered to take the time to sign his name? Let's have a look at what Kennedy's lethargy would entail in two colorful scenarios:
(1) Not wanting to sign the document, he casually walked over to the autopen machine and spent anywhere up to ten minutes setting the thing up and then turning it over to his secretary Evelyn Lincoln. Possibly with his suit jacket off or a dry cleaning note attached for ink spillages. (2) He gave this sensitive letter to Mrs. Lincoln, who handed it onto to the ancillary staff who likely went on to use the autopen to sign this sole top secret document, posting it, and then sending it off.
Were Allen Dulles, John McCone and JFK truly that inept?
Returning to the first page of the 'Burned Memo' we can see that this 'moronic incontendo' affliction had become contagious throughout US intelligence. The document has been sent to a number of individuals, 'MJ's' '2-7' to be precise. That's a fair chop of people to have a top secret document routed through the cabals. Indeed, I encourage anyone to take a peek at the Woods' master tabulation of operators involved with MJ-12 operations - it's quite a guest list.
One will notice the number of names mentioned in the documents as being part of, or knowledgeable of the operation. In reading the documents and then this list, individuals like Bill Colby (who apparently knew of Angleton's supposed directive level), Dulles (whom had received memos on the issue and whom Wood suspected in the Howe interview as being a hidden MJ-12 Kingpin, John McCone (the individual apparently concerned about his poking his nose around MJ-12 business) knew. Yet Truman (who started it all) did not. Yet Bruce Pitzer and Lee Harvey Oswald did know?
How many more people 'not' mentioned in this list knew what was going on? Indeed is this the correct question to ask? Shouldn't the questions be how could anybody be so conceited enough as to fall for such a sham? Not to mention, could this sort of thing get any worse? Well it does and we haven't even touched on the ludicrous 'John F. Kennedy to CIA, November 1963' and what I now term the 'Bogus Colby Memo' which will be discussed later. I
Did the Pres really give a fig about UFO's?
I have no recollection of precisely when I first encountered the disinformation pertaining to Kennedy's assassination enacted because of his crossing MJ-12. But it was in the period between 1997-1998 in my chrysalis phase of research when I stumbled upon the often 'silly' but surprisingly entertaining graphic novel The Big Book of Conspiracies from the local library. Kennedy and Monroe, to my puzzlement, were depicted at the tail end of the book, on page 212, in bed discussing the UFO topic. From there on I noted that it was discussed on some UFO forums a long time before its current popularity. But I also noted it was a dead topic on the Kennedy ones. Thus I smelled a rat with this MJ-12 thing fairly early.
The big problem with all of this is that outside of these utterly hilarious MJ-12 documents (and the reasoning of the Woods), Kennedy really wasn't all that interested in flying saucers; he was busy fighting the 'Martians' in his own administration. As Larry Hancock explains:
UFO's were not a major media story during JFK's term, there were no massive "waves" of sightings or headline stories such as had occurred in 1957 and 1958. In 1957 a radar sighting had produced a national alert extending to the White House. After JFK's death, there would be major national media coverage of UFO's in 1964 (the Socorro landing incident) and the huge wave of sightings in 1965. Irrespective of any personal interest JFK might have had, there is no evidence it was a subject that he was actively involved with, other Presidents displayed far more interest."(Larry Hancock; email, 2011)
In addition to Hancock's comments, there is a letter from the National Aeronautics and Space Council's, Maxwell W. Hunter to Robert Packard in July of 1963.
If one has read the first Preamble, one can see it's possible that Kennedy may well have uncovered Dulles' dabblings in and around the UFO counter intelligence area, in particularly from Bob Lovett. But I may be a little melodramatic here, as there's also the chance that Dulles, in a cooler period between the men, may well have told Kennedy of a few counter intelligence tricks that had been played in the interests of National Security.
Possible Conversations about UFO's
Conversations with the likes of Lovett or Dulles aside, UFO's are such a broad topic Kennedy could have chatted to anybody about them at any time. But it's safe to say he never had any discussions with the likes of George Adamski. Nor did he discuss anything on the matter with the likes of Bill Holden aboard Air Force One, nor did he make any comments that his 'hands were tied' on the matter.
Thus it was good to encounter true believers in UFO's like Robert Barrow, whom showed all due respect for the subject by digging up information on some of Kennedy's closest advisors (it's a shame some of his links like Grant Cameron show very little of his common sense). As we can clearly see, Bob McNamara, the Secretary of Defense, was not a fan of them. Nor was Robert Kennedy, himself a victim of 'UFO infatuation' hoaxes. This is why the list of people in official capacity that JFK had been associated with in the area and could have shot the breeze about the topic is short.
Kennedy without a doubt had contact with Webb about matters of the Cosmos, like this important one here to NASA chief exec James Webb (). Yet it seems this document was the basis for the utterly silly 'Bogus Colby Memo'. It was after having a look around for information on this subject that I came across some good research which may indirectly hint at some possible discussions Kennedy may have had about them. First up, Bernice Moore found an interesting article which indicates that the 'Pres' was extremely concerned about the potential for a major PR failure with his space initiatives. Note that in this article both Kennedy and Webb were deeply concerned about gaining support for increased NASA funding for the project. Which makes the idea of Webb somehow being the man who 'bit the hand that fed him' over the issue of UFO disclosure somewhat hard to swallow. Kookery aside, Kennedy may well have discussed the issue of Alien existence with the likes of Webb. But there is no real evidence of this occurring, at least in an official capacity.
Another figure Kennedy could have discussed the topic with was an individual called Captain Arthur C. Lundahl whom CIA Historian Gerald K Haines mentions Kennedy was rather taken by.
Captain Arthur C. Lundahl
In Gerald K. Haines rather lukewarm and misleading CIA public relations ploy, 'CIA's Role in the Study of UFO's 1947-1990', one of the few things I did not disagree with him on was what he writes about Lundahl. Lunhdahl was the head of the CIA's National Photographic Interpretation Centre (NPIC), a leading light in aircraft and satellite based reconnaissance. He was also a skilled de-briefer on these activities and briefed President Kennedy on the presence of Soviet Missiles in Cuba which sparked the missile crisis. Though evidence suggests he only became involved in the UFO related field in the late sixties in any official capacity, he was hired by the CIA after their investigations into UFO's in the wake of their Robertson Panel hearings in 1953 for his skills in the area of photo recon. Indeed, Luhndahl apparently had a personal interest in the field of UFO's and he may well have shot the breeze with JFK on the subject. But, as said, his interest in the subject appears to have started after Kennedy's murder. However, if Luhndahl has piqued the reader's interest there's some good non Cameron articles on Lundahl at JFK researcher Bill Kelly's Blog.
Captain Bob Collins (an individual you will get to know very well later) made a bold statement that all Presidents are briefed about the UFO 'situation' upon assuming office. Kennedy was thus one of them. Well that's if you believe dubious researchers like Grant Cameron who in turn believes dubious frauds like Collins, Timothy Cooper and Adamskyite Lou Zinsstag. Richard Dolan has long been pumping an angle that journalist Todd W. Zechel, was close with Luhndahl and was told that Kennedy had a great interest in the study. Yet after much looking around, I have found that Zechel himself never seems to have said anything about it, and the fact it comes from a huckster like Dolan doesn't fill with me confidence.
Thus if anyone could find the briefing in question Id like to have a peek. But, let's put this aside judging by the rather lo-fi comments about Aliens abounding during Kennedy's tenure. If true, Kennedy may have just shot the breeze (Presidents are allowed to speculate about UFO's you know, Bill Clinton was a big fan after all and so was Carter).
John McCone
As we have seen John McCone, Dulles' replacement, is also another overlooked avenue. Haines reported that the first internal government investigations in the sixties were more or less sparked in 1964 by CIA director John McCone whom Kennedy had appointed in 1961. Of course this was a convenient cover yet again for the CIA's own in-house investigations following the assassination but I'll leave that up for the reader to mull over. Could McCone have discussed the UFO issue with Kennedy at some stage prior to his assassination? Once again there's no credible evidence to suggest so (remembering that the documents that purported these happenings have been disowned by the original recipient). But considering the generally good relations between the two it's another remote possibility. Regardless of this, McCone's concerns about UFO's, and his internal investigations compiling the best evidence and analysis of the situation at the time, flies in the face of him being an insider and shadowy player in the big bad world of MJ-12, which Cooper attempted to paint him as.
Prouty Redherrings
Major General Charles P. Cabell
Major General Charles P. Cabell was a well-known figure in the Kennedy saga, being fired as the Deputy Director of the CIA alongside Richard Bissell and Allen Dulles as a result of the Bay of Pigs debacle. Cabell appears to be a key player in the promotion of UFO's within government circles, and if anyone was the prime candidate to have talked with Kennedy about UFO's, Allen Dulles or Cabell were prime candidates. But if they did, well McNamara and RFK, as we have seen, didn't buy it.
Colonel L Fletcher Prouty
Like Mae Brussell, Colonel L Fletcher Prouty has long been used and abused by lone nut and Nexus Magazine folk alike. Prouty, a decorated pilot, was a high level liaison between the CIA and the USAF. He has become precious to many individuals in the para-political field. Thanks in part to appearing in numerous documentaries and being the inspiration behind Donald Sutherland's 'Mr. X' in JFK. Prouty, by his own admission, was not a 'researcher' of the assassination but an observer and commentator on it, as his books the Secret Team and JFK: The CIA, Vietnam, and the Plot to Assassinate John F. Kennedy provide testament to. Prouty himself was also a believer in UFO's, as he wrote in 1983 (http://www.prouty.org/coment16.html):
These nine or ten experienced air crew men were convinced, beyond any doubt, that what they were watching was a UFO. They made an initial report to their commanding officer; and later, after a night's rest, they returned to make out individual formal statements. Their formal reports were then forwarded to Air Force Headquarters in Washington. The reason I've chosen to cite this factual UFO case from 1954 is because I was that commanding officer. I have heard nothing more about that incident since that day. However, I have heard about UFO's flying along beside the world's fastest aircraft, the Spyplane (SR-71), and I have heard that the Air Force has two "bodies" or extraterrestrial objects in storage on one of its bases. Most UFO stories contain elements I cannot believe; this case has been my only direct contact with an actual responsible sighting.
Note that Prouty says 'I have heard' about this and immediately after he discusses the USAF's storage of "bodies" he makes this important statement "Most UFO stories contain elements I cannot believe". Prouty never stumped for the MJ-12 documents, nor did he ever write about UFO's nor discuss them in any manner other than this.However, this has not stopped him from being targeted, like Sylvia Meagher before him, as a UFO 'nut' on John McAdams' website (http://mcadams.posc.mu.edu/prouty.htm). As usual, McAdams grievously misquotes and distorts his comments in a number of, what can at best be described, as slanderous diatribes. While Dave Perry's piece on Prouty and the Christchurch Star is doubly so (please check out 'Dancing With Dave P' in this article on Alex Jones.) Bear this in mind when Perry and McAdams make an appearance later.
Nothing to see here Folks…..Well on Second Thoughts
There are some crossovers in the Kennedy/Space field out there. But most of these were discussed in Preamble I. We all knew JFK wanted to send a man to the moon, while everyone is familiar with the nefarious activities of Fred L Crisman and that hoax on Maury Island. (If not I refer the reader to Part I of the Preamble). Not to mention how Crisman popped up in Garrison's investigation. Had Garrison been capable of convicting Shaw and tying him effectively to Crisman in any capacity, perhaps he may have brought into question some of the Dulles created camouflage surrounding UFO's.
But the point I am making here is this: someone is creating specioius documents trying to connect the UFO world with JFK and his assassination. We have now seen it twice: with the JFK-MM-Angleton con job (which was also exposed by John Newman), and the so called Angleton "Burned Memorandum". And clearly, whoever is faking this stuff understands the suspicions about Angleton that have surfaced in the last genration about his involvement in the JFK murder. They then seem to have tried to transfer his importance in the JFK research field and transpose it to the UFO field. Therefore trying to gain traction in both areas. Now, whoever is doing this, they are clearly up to mischief. Much valuable work on Angleton, by people like John Newman and Lisa Pease, is now being hijacked for the purposes of diversion and distraction.


Sierra Club Florida News: VICTORY against Big Fertilizer, Big Pest Control, Big Turf!
VICTORY against Big Fertilizer, Big Pest Control, Big Turf!
Under the Clean Water Act, local governments are responsible for their local water quality, but this year, for the 6th consecutive year, lawmakers in Tallahassee proposed legislation to take away local control of water pollution - to preempt the nearly 50 strong urban fertilizer ordinances that have been adopted by local governments since 2007.
This year the bills, HB 421 and SB 604 (Limited Certification for Urban Landscape Commercial Fertilizer Application) were aimed at gutting local fertilizer ordinances by exempting commercial fertilizer applicators from all summer rainy season bans. The summer rainy season ban is the backbone of meaningful fertilizer management and ordinances without the ban are essentially meaningless. The effort to kill these bad fertilizer bills is a true grassroots success story!
This year the story starts in Tallahassee where Sierra Club volunteers and staff traveled to the Everglades Water Supply Summit in Tallahassee in mid-January and lobbied legislators urging them to vote against HB 421 before the Military and Community Affairs Committee heard the bill. We attended the committee meeting that week and spoke out against HB 421.
Simultaneously, volunteers on the ground throughout Florida began generating phone calls into Representatives' offices. The grassroots pressure was so loud that the bill sponsor asked to "temporarily postpone" the vote – it was clear that we had the necessary "no votes" to kill the bill and the sponsor needed time to rally the votes he needed to pass the bill through committee.
Sierra Club activists voice their opposition loud & clear!
While we waited for the next committee vote on HB 421, Sierra Club, other clean water organizations and local elected officials organized four press conferences throughout Florida – in Clearwater, Sarasota, Ft. Myers and Stuart. The press conference sent a loud message to legislators in Tallahassee, as well as the media, that local governments, organizations, businesses and citizens wanted to keep their local urban fertilizer ordinances in place.
Despite the building political pressure to kill the bad fertilizer bill, the sponsor worked the Tallahassee system and turned just enough legislators to yes votes the next week when HB 421 was addressed again in the Military and Community Affairs Committee.
A very similar process was followed in the Senate Environmental Preservation and Conservation Committee: We knew our grassroots approach was working so we got on the phones, urging citizens, business owners and even progressive landscapers to make calls into the committee members' offices urging them to vote against SB 604. Again, when it became apparent we had the "no votes" to kill it, the bill was temporarily postponed.
We knew it was now time to turn up the heat.
Both SB 604 and HB 421 were based on the claim that the pest control and fertilizer applicators could be trusted to self-regulate, but just days before the committee vote the Pinellas County Water Resources Department provided bombshell photographs of commercial landscapers applying fertilizer during a rainstorm- a violation of the industry's own rules and local ordinances. Sierra Club coordinated a press conference, in Pinellas County, our 5th press conference in two weeks, to highlight the photographs - proof that the industry cannot be trusted to self-regulate when it comes to fertilizer management.
Fertilizer being applied in a rainstorm- a violation of the industry's own rules and local ordinance.
We also took our story to the editorial boards in Tampa, Sarasota and Fort Myers urging the editors to speak out to protect local water quality. Both the Tampa Bay Tribune and Fort Myers News-Press responded by publishing editorials in opposition to SB 604 the morning before the vote.
When SB 604 came up for a vote the following week in the Environment Preservation and Conservation Committee, our local elected champions travelled once again to Tallahassee and the committee rejected the fertilizer preemption bill with 3 votes in favor and 4 against. The bill was officially dead in the Senate for the year!
For the sixth year in a row, Sierra Club helped secure a victory for our waterways in the face of great pressure from the biggest names in lawn care - Scotts Miracle-Gro and TruGreen - and the powerful Florida Turf industry.


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Florida Representative that Authored the Original "Stand Your Ground" Bill Wants to Make It Bulletproof
The man that authored the original bill in 2005 and is often referred to as the "Godfather of Stand Your Ground" in Florida, Rep. Dennis Baxley (R), introduced HB 169 on September 15, 2015 that puts the burden of proof on the prosecution once a prima facie claim of self-defense immunity is raised by the person who fights back against an attack or the threat of an attack.
Usually, a person claiming self-defense must go before a judge to prove the claim is justified. Under this bill and the companion piece of legislation introduced in the Senate by Sen. Rob Bradley (R), the self-defense immunity argument or the "use or threatened use of defensive force" would be bolstered. If prosecutors fail to prove the defendant did not act in self-defense, a judge could stop the case at the pre-trial hearing stage. Moreover, if dismissed at this stage, defendants may be due up to $200,000 from the state attorney to cover a defendant's attorney fees, court costs, and other expenses.
The companion bills would reverse a July Florida Supreme Court decision that said the burden at a pretrial hearing is on defendants to show by a preponderance, or majority, of the evidence that they qualify for the defense.
Prosecutors and state attorneys oppose the bills, claiming every defendant would now claim self-defense and would also cause the state to prove its case twice. And having to award fees to defendants would seriously burden the budgets of prosecutors and may result in cutbacks and fewer prosecutions, they argue.
Both Baxley and Bradley say the presumption of innocence is a basic tenet of the judicial system, and that they simply wanted to clarify and strengthen that for anyone who claims self-defense.
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Chips, ahoy: Intel joins Delphi-Mobileye self-driving collaboration
By Bill Howard on December 1, 2016 at 12:46 pm
Intel is buying into the world of self-driving cars in a big way. This week Intel joined Delphi and Mobileye in a partnership that would produce the sensor components and autonomous driving software, some of it embedded on Intel chips, that would let automakers create self-driving cars. The self-drive technology package would be turned over to automakers in 2019, with the expectation vehicles would go on sale a year or two later. Intel wants to be a bigger player in automotive, where 100 million cars are delivered worldwide each year.
Earlier in November Intel its venture fund announced it was investing $250 million in startups developing autonomous driving technologies. In July it announced an alliance with BMW and Mobileye to develop the ultimate self-driving machine by 2021.
Delphi prototype autonomous vehicle.
The goal: lower-cost self-driving from Day 1
This partnership points to an affordable turnkey package automakers could use that wouldn't involve an excess of basic R&D by the automakers, just hundreds of thousands of miles of prototype testing on development mules, plus placing and adjusting all the sensors.
With Mobileye on board, the vehicles will lean more heavily on a suite of cameras, less on lidar – the costliest kind of sensor – plus radar. And while a Mobileye installation typically has eight cameras placed around the car, three facing forward with different fields of view, it uses monocular vision to locate objects and to calculate the distance, rather than a stereo camera system.
Delphi provides the overall integration, radar technology, lidar technology, autonomous driving software, and the clout to get in the doors at the world's largest automakers. As a Tier One (the largest) supplier, Delphi integrates its own technology with those of smaller companies such as Mobileye. Delphi was part of General Motors until being spun out in 1999 and now is among the world's dozen biggest automotive suppliers with $17 billion in revenue. The autonomous driving software comes from Ottomatika, a spinoff from Carnegie-Mellon purchased by Delphi.
Delphi-Mobileye-Intel systems will rely less on lidar sensors (above on Ford Fusion)
Two cooperating chips, from Intel and from Delphi
According to the players, there will be two main processor units: the Mobileye EyeQ 4 and later the Mobileye EyeQ 5 software on a chip fabricated by STMicroelectronics. Intel will provided added processing power with Core i7 processors initially, followed later by a different Intel CPU, possibly the A3900 (The performance difference between a Core i7 and an Atom-derived A3900 is large enough to make us curious about this aspect of the plan – Ed). In combination they'll provide 20 trillion operations per second of compute power at first. That will double or triple by the time the first self-driving car ships.
Mobileye will provide:
Software to process the eight-camera surround view
Mapping software called Road Experience Manager operating at very low bandwidth, about 10kb per kilometer, at least one order of magnitude less than others use. It will rely more on locating and tracking the distance from landmarks (signs, light stanchions) than on creating a high-def image needing way more processing.
"Reinforcement learning algorithms" for driving policies (what to do in different situations, drawing on what other cars experienced in the same situation and location)
Delphi will provide:
Processing of radar and lidar data
Driving control software developed through Ottomatika
Automakers would get working development kits in calendar not model year 2019. They would use the next two years, 2017 and 2018, to begin designing where the multiple sensors are located and discussing the integration of other modules. If a self-drive package is to be on model year 2021 cars, the first of which ship summer/fall 2020, there's only a year to 18 months to make all the parts mesh. For automakers who spend four to seven years developing a new model, this is R&D at warp speed.
Testing by Delphi is under way already in Singapore. Next year, testing sites will be added in the US and Europe.
Plenty of competition for Intel
Intel has plenty of competition as a supplier of compute-power, at least in the automotive sector. Nvidia's Drive PX2 (Autocruise and Autochauffeur systems) delivers 24 trillion operations per second; it has shown a more powerful follow-on, Xavier. There is also competition from Qualcomm and NXP Semiconductor.
To gear up for a new run at the automotive sector, Intel is beefing up its Internet of Things (IoT) group. It hired Tom Lantzsch to be senior VP and GM of the IoT group; he had been at ARM for a decade. It created an Automated Driving Group (ADG) to be managed by Intel veteran Doug David and hired Delphi veteran Kathy Winter to be VP and GM of the Automated Solutions Division.
BMW Group, Intel and Mobileye July agreement: Brian Krzanich (Intel CEO), Harard Krüger (BMW chairman), Amnon Shashua (Mobileye chairman).
Support for Mobileye
Mobileye had been the supplier of camera sensors for Tesla. The two had a falling out after the May death of a possibly inattentive driver whose Model S, running on Autpilot, broadsided and undercut the trailer of a tractor trailer that was turning in front of him. Mobileye felt Tesla put too much blame on its vision system and privately has said Tesla was being overly aggressive in letting AutoPilot operate for extended periods without the driver's hands on the wheel. The two cut their ties soon after the accident.
The Delphi agreement, along with the BMW-Intel-Mobileye deal in July, shows much of the industry has faith in Mobileye and Mobileye's belief it can make cars safely self-drive without having to capture and parse huge images.
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Redfish will be hot as well and in the same areas of the trout. If you'd like to get some really big ones and lots of numbers, drive up to Sebastian State Park and fish the jetty and catwalk. I like to get some small finger mullet and hook them to a number 5 circle hook with 50-pound leader fished on the bottom. They hang in schools, so when you hook one, everyone will get bites and at the same time. Go way out on the jetty to the curve. This is where you can get a lot of fish.
Fish the tides moving in or out. Snook fishing opened February 1, and night time is your best bet. Bridge fishing at night under the lights is where you'll find them. Use a flair hawk jig or a soft rubber bait that gets down deep. Cold fronts and a north wind are ideal conditions.
On the beach, the biggest jacks of the year will show up to begin spawning. Any inlet that meets the beach will be the place to be. I like to use spoons or chuggers first thing in the morning. Hold on because some of these will be over 30-pounds. Flounder fishing in Fort Pierce will be good. Fish the little bend in the jetty with a shrimp or a live mullet on the bottom. Again, cold fronts are the best time for action.


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Wednesday Wisdom: Top Books of 2021 to Read
Wednesday Wisdom: exciting new releases from some of our favorite authors
Last year, there are lots of exciting new releases from some of our favorite authors. Here we are going to discuss some books which are about steamy romance novels that will remind you that love isn't dead after all and other books that will keep you up past your bedtime.
One Last Stop by Casey McQuiston****
One Last Stop is a magical, sexy, big-hearted romance from Casey McQuiston in which the impossible becomes reality. Book published on June 21 2022 with a story of a young woman who meets the love of her life on the subway. But her dream girl is actually a time traveler from the 1970s. August Landry navigates the complexity of opening her heart to her first major crush. The story does drag on a bit too long, but readers who persevere through the slower bits will be rewarded with a moving look at true love. McQuiston's One last Stop has a way of destroying readers' hearts in all the best deepest ways.
Harlem Shuffle by Colson Whitehead****
Harlem Shuffle's is another dazzling novel from the Pulitzer Prize and National Book Award-winning Colson Whitehead. This book is about an ingenious story that plays a family saga masquerading as a crime novel, a hilarious morality play, a social novel about race and power, and ultimately a love letter to Harlem. The novel is divided into three parts and covers three separate capers, set in 1959, 1961, and 1964. It culminates with the Harlem riot of 1964 when a series of robberies took place in the city. In 1959, Ray Carney lives in Harlem with his wife Elisabeth and their second child. Although descending from a criminal family, Ray makes his living working as a furniture salesman. Author Colson Whitehead returns with this book that sets his mastery in a new genre: the crime novel.
All That She Carried by Tiya Miles****
Tiya Miles is the winner of the 2021 National Book Award for nonfiction. This accessible book shows a historian's journey to draw out what can be known and surmised about a single historical artifact. All That She Carried is a powerful story of perseverance and love. The book's story has been passed down through generations of women in the face of defeat. The stories of this book began with the time zone of1850s South Carolina. Where an enslaved woman packed a cotton bag with a few precious items as a token of love for her daughter. Decades later, Ashley's granddaughter embroidered this family history on the bag in spare yet haunting language. Historian Tiya Miles carefully unearths these women's faint presence in archival records to follow the paths of their lives.
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Starting with 1967-68's bracing "Runthrough," Behrman began to tinker with his machines and inch towards equilibrium.
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Vive la 39 Rue de Jean!
RESTAURANT industry folk make the best dinner companions.
They appreciate the nuances of fine service, they're curious about the chef's specials and they like to linger over dessert and coffee.
They can also be the harshest critics, calling out shoddy protocol and poorly prepared food with a gimlet eye. Conversely, you can always trust their recommendations, especially if it's for a restaurant that's not their own.
Which is why when Danny Steinfeldt extended an invitation to dine at 39 Rue de Jean, there was no question it was already a winner.
Steinfeldt is the longtime general manager of 45 Bistro, one of Savannah's most enduring and excellent fine dining establishments. He spends his nights off wisely, and he and sweetheart Stacey Taylor had already enjoyed a couple of exquisite meals at the newly-opened French brasserie.
Yet even with Danny's telling endorsement, I still harbored a bit of skepticism about 39 Rue de Jean.
The second iteration of the wildly popular Charleston restaurant was slated to open last spring but suffered major construction delays as a casualty of contractor J.T. Turner's bankruptcy.
The early hype waned as the summer turned to fall. The choice of location also seemed odd, tucked away on West Oglethorpe across from the bus station.
But the owners of Holy City Hospitality—which boasts eight bustling eateries in Charleston—aren't dummies. They opened their first restaurant on the wrong side of town in 2001 and watched as development grew up and around their eclectic 39 Rue de Jean, drawing foot traffic from King Street and establishing a solid reputation.
Their Savannah version may be off the beaten restaurant path for now, but it is steps away from the SCAD Museum of Art and on the same side of the block as the Savannah Visitors Center.
And it will surely benefit from the downtown hotel surge: HCH partner Michael Bennett has built in a customer base by financing the luxe new Embassy Suites next door, and the swanky new Aloft is rising across the street.
But you can't sustain a fine French restaurant on out-of-towners alone. The Savannah Rue finally opened oh-so-softly at the beginning of December, and according to local foodies and discerning industry people like our friend Dan, it was worth the wait. Any remaining doubts melted away as we stepped across the corner threshold and noted with surprise how many familiar faces were sitting amongst the rich red booths.
"We're so happy to have so many locals! Some nights it gets crazy, with people seeing people they know and going from table to table," laughs general manager J.G. Curry.
After a champagne cocktail and some kibbitzing at the bar (where there is no TV, merci beaucoup), our double date got down to serious delicious business. Beginning with hors d'oeuvres (foie gras, its richness accompanied by tiny glasses of sweet Sauternes wine at Danny's expert insistence,) we moved on to a salad course (vinaigrette-tossed greens topped with roasted beets and a tangy medallion of fried goat cheese.) A gorgeous plate of mussels prepared six ways followed, and we were sold on 39 Rue de Jean before our entrées were even fired.
The menu is classic French, diverse yet manageably large, and combines culinary chef d'oeuvres like coq au vin and salmon béarnaise with steak frites and other brasserie favorites. Chef Drue Longo keeps it tight and bright with light modern touches to traditional fare, serving the braised rabbit with fried leeks and giving the veal sweetbreads a cornmeal crunch. Her duck confit, dressed in port-soaked cherries and served over yellow lentils and haricot verts, is not to be missed.
But Chef Longo never strays too far from the concept that has seduced palates for centuries.
"French cooking is all about bringing it back to basics and getting it right every time," explains the 30 year-old chef, who trained at Le Cordon Bleu in Atlanta.
That's not to say Chef Longo doesn't make ample use of local seafood, offering a whole fish du jour presented "as it swims," with creamed potatoes and seared vegetables. The bouillabaisse brims with shrimp, lobster, mussels and other fruits de mer in a garlic tomato broth, which begs to be soaked up with a warm baguette made by our own Gottlieb's Bakery.
Fresh catches can also be found at sushi chef Jeff Santo's station, where they're sliced and molded into nigiri and rolls.
The story goes that when the original 39 Rue de Jean opened in Charleston, one of the owners had a daughter who wouldn't eat anything else, so he included a California roll and some maguro on the menu, and it became an unexpected hit.
"It's one of our biggest sellers," says Chef Longo with a shrug and a smile.
The sushi bar is off the main dining room in a larger space that can (and often does) host large parties, even at the last minute. It's a fine place for a snack if you're not going all in for five courses, though a full meal is the best way to appreciate the service at 39 Rue de Jean.
As delightful as it is to see friends among the customers, it's even more so to see them among the waitstaff: Rue's reputation seems to have attracted some of Savannah's finest service professionals, people who understand the rhythm of an exceptional repast and the gentle craft of crumbing a tablecloth.
But don't let all the fancy trappings fool you. While it's possible to rack up an impressive bill at 39 Rue de Jean, it presents a tremendous value in the local fine dining landscape. The formidable wine list has a lovely selection of bottles in the $35 range, and entrées top out at $28, rather fair considering some River Street establishments are charging close to that for a plate of fried shrimp and hush puppies.
"I think we've really hit a sweet spot with our price point," says Curry, adding that the late night menu has also been a draw for locals.
While the Greyhound station is no Gare du Nord and the understated décor seems sparse compared to its Charleston sister's historic charms, the Rue brings an authentic French experience to the table. It also has ample parking in the Embassy Suites garage, no small lagniappe for those coming downtown from farflung places.
After our dishes were cleared by seemingly invisible hands, we sipped our cappuccinos and passed around a warm apple tarte tatin, taking tiny bites, not wanting the meal to end.
Sensing this with his impeccable host's intuition, Danny ordered us one last round of port, reminding me again how eating out with restaurant people is just the best.
Especially when they pick up the check.


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Crystal Lens means clarity of vision. The organization was borne out of a strong desire to help young people from vulnerable communities in Lagos, Nigeria to look beyond existing limitations; clearly see the potentials that God deposited in them, and be equipped for academic/career success. UNICEF reported that Nigeria has the highest number of out of school children in the world. Unfortunately, those who are privileged to go to school still suffer unemployment as many schools are not well equipped to adequately prepare young people for workplace realities. Hence, Crystal Lens hopes to bridge the gap in education and workforce development among vulnerable young people in Lagos, Nigeria.
We envision a Nigeria where the average young person has the capacity and opportunity to attain academic, career and life success. Our mission is to expose young people to the right knowledge, equip them with the right skills and connect them to relevant opportunities needed to maximize potentials and rise above poverty.
The founder of Crystal Lens, Sarah Anene is a current student of Organizational Leadership at Eastern University, Pennsylvania USA. Her prior education includes a Bachelor of Science Degree in Industrial Relations and Personnel Management from Lagos State University in Nigeria. She also has an additional Masters' Degree in Employment Relations and Human Resource Management from the University of Lagos. Her experience in the corporate world exposed her to the inadequacies of the school system and this led her to begin career development projects to equip young people with the skills that they need to succeed in the 21st-century workplace. She has previously worked with several youth development organizations in Nigeria. She has also mentored several young persons in their journey towards finding their God given purpose and building a career that is in line with their passion and strength.
Operate a community library/computer lab where young people can improve their digital literacy and have access to the academic resources they need
Hold summer programs where teenagers can have access to academic support, vocational skills training, and experiential learning opportunities
Hold monthly job/employability skills training for secondary school graduates and college students to be well equipped for the present and future of work
Provide one-on-one coaching where young people can be free to talk about their faith questions, life challenges, and other career-related issues.
Train selected school teachers on how to identify early warning signals and diagnose the problem of struggling students using grade monitoring tools
To coach selected school staff on specific interventions to improve struggling student learning based on identified attendance, behavioral or course performance issue
Work with school staff to implement work-based learning for all students through weekly career education; bi-annual career fair; and work experience for selected students
Connect young people to job shadowing, apprenticeship, virtual/physical internships and other job opportunities needed to get relevant experience and develop successful careers.


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It was unexpected and fixed relatively quick so just wanted you all to know so you don't start pointing fingers to Chatro directly for the down time. Sorry folks, I was at the clinic with signs of pneumonia so I missed out on an issue today where Chatro seemed to be down.
By the time I got home, it seems to be back up again. So after getting some rather poignant responses from a lot of you devoted folks, some nice and some not so nice, I was given an idea by another that made me think of something all encompassing that is causing all of our issues with bounced connections, server lag, server availability loss, and this up and down roller coaster we've been on for weeks.


Illogic and Blockhead released two solid EPs last year with Preparing For Capture and Preparing For Capture 2. Illogic's verbose, internalized rhymes meshed perfectly with Blockhead's soulful production. While I enjoyed the EPs, the duo's upcoming LP Capture The Sun is the main course and one of my most anticipated releases of 2013. Below you can find the trippy visuals for the uplifting title track which features Slug from Atmosphere on the hook. Pick up Capture The Sun when it drops in April on Man Bites Dog Records.


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British millionaire Michelle Mone is so wildly successful – her latest product sold out in under 2 minutes
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British millionaire Michelle Mone is one of the country's most successful self-made women.
She grew the Ultimo lingerie empire in 1996 from scratch despite growing up in an impoverished part of Glasgow, left school at 15 with no qualifications, and got pregnant at 18.
Mone, 43, has become so wildly successful now that Britain's Prime Minister David Cameron named her as the country's entrepreneurship tsar in August.
She launched a range of other business ventures such as her self-tanning line UTan and a jewellery line for brand Diamonique.
Her strong brand translates into money. And quickly. One of her necklace ranges sold out on the TV channel retailer QVC in 1 minute and 32 seconds. Here it is:
While the Michelle Mone for Diamonique Pave Ball Necklace (which costs around £154) sold out really quickly, her tennis Bracelet (costing around £59.88) was the most popular selling item while bangles and earrings also sold out.
Mone has an estimated net worth of £20 million ($30 million). Her fortune was around double that before she divorced her husband in 2013. However, it is perhaps unsurprising that she's retained her ex-husband's surname because her name is a brand in itself.
She sold her stake in her £50 million ($74.7 million) Ultimo empire and she told Business Insider earlier this year that she helped deliver £1 billion ($1.5 billion) in press coverage for Ultimo and has since been offered 20 company board positions.
Mone also owns the self-tanning product line UTan and acts as a the government's entrepreneurship ambassador.
This is on top of OBE for her contribution to business by the Queen in 2010.
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Wild Olive Provisions Wine and Artisan Food Shop to Open in Shaw This Fall
Posted By Liz Miller on Tue, Oct 1, 2019 at 6:03 AM
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Raise a glass, Shaw residents: In just a few weeks, the neighborhood will have its very own dedicated wine store and artisan food shop when Wild Olive Provisions (2201 South 39th Street) celebrates its grand opening.
Wild Olive Provisions is a longtime dream for husband-and-wife team Nerida Wilbraham and Scot Martin, who share a passion for wine — and specifically, have history in two well-known winemaking regions. Wilbraham, an Australia native, and Martin lived in San Francisco for many years before buying a home in the Shaw neighborhood of St. Louis about a decade ago. At their new shop, the pair will focus on Australian and California wines, drawing from their personal experience and knowledge to curate their selection.
"When we lived in California, we were frequently up in wine country, and each year we go back, and we go back to Australia as well," Wilbraham says. "The wineries that we really love tend to be family-owned and more like farms, because that's what they really are, right? And so we've found that over the years more wineries, especially the family-owned ones, are very focused on sustainable practices and growing varietals that are best paired with the climate and environment there. We will rotate the wines, and every now and then we'll have wines outside of Australia and California, but we're trying to stick with what we know."
Although Wilbraham and Martin will mostly stock Australian and California wines, they're aiming to offer something at every price point — Wilbraham says the goal is to offer affordable wines ideal to serve with weeknight dinners as well as higher-end (and higher-priced) wines for those wanting to spend a little more or celebrate something special.
The couple are in the process of renovating the space, which formerly housed the St. Louis offices of Chicago-based Omega Yeast. Wilbraham says the original concept for Wild Olive Provisions was smaller in scale, but when the storefront at 2201 South 39th Street became available, it was too tempting to resist. As such, the scope of the shop was expanded to include dine-in dishes, more artisan cheese and gourmet food options, local craft beer and possibly also craft spirits.
"Our space is so big that we thought, 'How will we fill it? Where am I going to put everything?'" Wilbraham says with a laugh. "We're looking at some artisan craft distilleries and craft beer. My husband and I have done all the work on it ourselves, and we're proud of it."
The shop will also sell grab-and-go boxes perfect for picnics at nearby favorites including the Missouri Botanical Garden or Tower Grove Park, or just a ready-made meal to take the work out of dinnertime for folks in the neighborhood.
"When there's events at the [Missouri Botanical] Garden where people can bring in a picnic, we'd like to be seen as the go-to for that, and just make it easy for people to pick up some really tasty artisan cheeses, wines and beers to go," Wilbraham says.
To start, Wild Olive Provisions will offer limited seating inside for its dine-in menu items, with plans to add patio seating next year. For now, Wilbraham is just excited to share her passion for Australian and California wines with St. Louis, and of course, to see her and Martin's dream become a reality. So far, it seems that Shaw residents are sharing that feeling as well.
"The excitement in the neighborhood is just great; people are knocking on the windows and saying how excited they are," Wilbraham adds. "The support so far has been phenomenal."
Wild Olive Provisions is planning to celebrate its grand opening during the last week of October. More as we learn it.
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The Jan Jagran Samiti of Maharashtra today warned the Congress and NCP-led state government that if the demands of the minority community are not met before the upcoming general elections, they will decide to exercise negative vote or use veto against the candidates of both parties.
Addressing a news conference here, Mohsin Ahmed, president of the Samiti, said even after the independence, the members of minority community living in the Marathwada region are deprived of proper education, jobs in government services and they continue to remain economically weak.
Mr Mohsin Ahmed made it clear that the minority community will not vote for the Congress or NCP candidates unless their demands are fulfilled.
He said their demands are appointment of two members of the minority community on corporations, to give reservation to both the Maratha and minority communities simultaneously, give permission for construction of the branch of Aligarh Muslim University in Aurangbad district, clear sites for proposed Vandematram and Haj House, declare Urdu language as official second language in the state, vacate the government offices situated on Wakf Board land and give scholarship to minority students on lines of SC and STs, grant permission to open educational schools and colleges in Muslim-dominated areas and enhance funds towards Maulana Azad Board and Wakf Board Urdu Acadamy.
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Corrected entry: In the scenes where the angels gather at the beach to watch/listen to the sunset, they are casting shadows on the sand. However since they don't have "bodies," there shouldn't be any shadows from them.
Correction: It's never stated in the film that they don't have shadows, so this supposed mistake is based on entirely unsupported assumptions.
Corrected entry: Seth exclaims that he sees color when he sees his blood as if he had never seen color before. Are we to believe he couldn't see color and yet says how beautiful the world is a few times before becoming human. This is also a problem since angels aren't supposed to feel emotions.
Correction: He's an angel, intangible. Light isn't. He didn't see the same way we do. It's comparable to Pleasantville when the door turned blue. They all agreed that it had always been blue, but now it was *blue*. Seth could always distinguish one color from another, but until he became human he couldn't really "see" color. Also, being able to acknowledge the beauty in something doesn't have to be a matter of emotion.
Corrected entry: One of the fundamental points in the plot is that humans have free will but angels do not. If angels didn't have free will they would not have the choice to fall from grace.
Correction: No, one of the fundamental points of the plot is that God gave humans *and* angels free will, the angels just don't realize they have it.
Corrected entry: The angels in the film are supposed to be seen by absolutely nobody, unless they want them to. However, in several scenes such as those in the hospital and grocery store, both the angels' shadows and reflections in security mirrors can be seen.
Correction: This is a "point-of-view" issue. From the audience's POV, angels are visible, therefore their shadows and reflections would also be visible. In the scenes where the POV is that of a character in the movie, neither the angels nor their shadows/reflections are visible.
Corrected entry: Meg Ryan, playing a cardiothoracic surgeon, places the earpieces in of her stethescope in backwards when she is examining Dennis Franz' character early in the movie.
Correction: They work fine either way and a doctor trying to instill confidence in her patient isn't going to take them back out and give the impression she can't even work a stethescope.
Corrected entry: Before Nicholas Cage jumped into the sea his shirt was green. When they shoot the last scene from above it's a black shirt like the other angels.
Correction: The water just makes it look darker.
Corrected entry: When Seth he jumps from the building top, he sees a lot of scenes. One of them didn't happen yet: he sees himself swimming, which is the last scene of the film.
Correction: Seth swam in the ocean before he jumped from the building. He swam with Nathaniel Messanger earlier in the film.
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At the end of the film before Nicolas Cage jumps in the ocean, the sky is overcast. Once he is in the ocean, the sky is clear blue.


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By Rev. Dr. Ed Hird
Our hearts were created to be filled with rising hope. For each of us in this New Year, hope is a choice. Will we be hopeful or hopeless, thankful or thankless, joyful or joyless? The late Billy Graham said that people in the most affluent societies are feeling this sense of despair and hopelessness.
William Barclay memorably said that there are no hopeless situations, only people who have grown hopeless about them. After the fall of France to Nazi Germany, Britain stood alone. Winston Churchill said to his cabinet: "Gentlemen, I find it rather inspiring." There is something in hope that not all the shadows can quench. Emily Dickinson wrote: "Hope is the thing with feathers that perches in the soul and sings the tune without the words and never stops at all." Alexander Pope in his famous Essay on Man memorably stated "Hope springs eternal in the human breast, Man never is, but always to be blest"
For many people, hope has become equivalent to wishful thinking. The term 'I hope so' often means 'don't count on it'. Real Hope however doesn't mean maybe, could be, or possibly. It is an assurance of what is to come. Hope is rising expectation of good things right around the corner.
Dr McNair Wilson the famous cardiologist said in his autobiography Doctor's Progress: "Hope is the medicine that I use more than any other – hope can cure nearly anything." Dr. Harold Wolff, Professor of Medicine at Cornell University, commented: "Hope, like faith and a purpose in life, is medicinal. It is not exactly a statement of belief, but a conclusion proved by meticulous controlled scientific experiment." You can take rising hope to the bank in terms of its practical impact on our lives.
In John Bunyan's bestseller Pilgrim's Progress, it was Hopeful who comforted Christian in Doubting Castle. We are called to be a people of Hope. As one song puts it, hope is a candle, a light in the window, showing the heart how to come home. With God, all things are possible. Billy Graham, who recently turned 98, said: "I've become an old man now, and I've preached all around the world. The older I get, the more I cling to that hope that I started with many years ago." Faith, he commented, points us beyond our problems to the hope we have in Christ.
Dr. George Johnson of Harvest City Church said that 2017 will be the greatest year that we've ever experienced. There are so many good things to look forward to, including Vancouver Missionsfest and the July 1st Canada Day Voices Together Celebration. In just two months, there will be a Festival of Hope at Rogers Arena. The Billy Graham team, including his son Franklin Graham, will be there, sharing a message of rising hope and encouragement over the three nights. I was privileged two years ago to attend the well-attended Greater Toronto Festival of Hope. The music was impressive with top bands and local musicians involved. The spiritual hunger especially among the young people was significant. I have served over the past two years to serve as a representative on the Greater Vancouver Festival of Hope Executive. You are invited to come on March 3rd to 5th and experience a rising of hope in 2017.
Rev. Dr. Ed Hird
-an article published in the Light Magazine
-The sequel book Restoring Health: body, mind and spirit is available online with Amazon.com in both paperback and ebook form. Dr. JI Packer wrote the foreword, saying "I heartily commend what he has written." The book focuses on strengthening a new generation of healthy leaders. Drawing on examples from Titus' healthy leadership in the pirate island of Crete, it shows how we can embrace a holistically healthy life.
In Canada, Amazon.ca has the book available in paperback and ebook. It is also posted on Amazon UK (paperback and ebook), Amazon France (paperback and ebook), and Amazon Germany (paperback and ebook).
To receive a signed copy within North America, just send a $20 cheque (USD/CAN) to ED HIRD, 102 – 15168 19th Avenue, Surrey, BC, V4A 0A5, Canada.
– In order to obtain a signed copy of the prequel book Battle for the Soul of Canada, please send a $18.50 cheque to ED HIRD, 102 – 15168 19th Avenue, Surrey, BC, V4A 0A5. For mailing the book to the USA, please send $20.00 USD. This can also be done by PAYPAL using the e-mail ed_hird@telus.net . Be sure to list your mailing address. The Battle for the Soul of Canada e-book can be obtained for $4.99 CDN/USD.
Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: Billy Graham, Britain, Festival of Hope, Franklin Graham, hope, hopelessness, John Bunyan, Vancouver, Winston Churchill | Permalink.
Videos of Mark Hird preaching on the Psalms
We did a Summer Series on the Psalm s which can be listened to by clicking on the following link. Along with myself, Mark Hird has preached a number of sermons on the Psalms both in audio and video format. You can watch Mark's Youtube message on Psalm 42 pt 1 and pt 2 entitled 'Soul Hope when God seems Distant'. You can also watch Mark' s most recent message on Psalm 107 pt 1 and pt 2 entitled 'Crying Out to the Lord in Our Times of Trouble'.
Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: Crying Out, God, hope, Mark Hird, Psalm 107, Psalm 42, psalms, St Simon's, Trouble | Permalink.
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TAPS for 9/11: Life after Death
On Sept 11th 2011, many remembered the 9/11 tragedy ten years ago, and wondering about what lies ahead. 9/11 strikes home for me, because my parents were having lunch on top of the World Trade Tower just two days before the planes struck.
In reflecting on 9/11, I was struck by the appropriateness of the bugle song Taps.
"Day is done, gone the sun
From the lake, from the hills, from the sky
All is well, safely rest;
God is nigh."
What gives us hope as we remember the heartache of 9/11? Our past is gone, never to be retrieved again, except in our memories. But we can safely rest, for God is nigh. In the uncertainty of the unfolding future, we can say 'It is well with my soul' for God is nigh. In the pain of grief, tragedy, and unexpected suffering, we can say that there is hope, because God is nigh.
The bugle call was written in 1862 by the Union Army Brigadier General Daniel Butterfield, an American Civil War general.
Taps also replaced "Tattoo", the French bugle call for "lights out." Within months, Taps was used by both Union and Confederate forces.
The Taps bugler continues:
"Then goodnight, peaceful night;
Till the light of the dawn shineth bright.
God is near, do not fear,
Friend, goodnight.
Taps is a very sad bugle song. Few songs touch our hearts more deeply. That is why it is so appropriate at military funerals. At the 1999 Taps Arlington Ceremony, Chaplain Colonel Brogan said the following:
"Lord of our lives, our hope in death, we cannot listen to Taps without our souls stirring. Its plaintive notes are a prayer in music–of hope, of peace, of grief, of rest… Prepare us too, Lord, for our final bugle call when you summon us home! When the trumpet of the Lord shall sound and death will be no more."
At the heart of Taps is an assurance that the light of the dawn will shine brightly. Light is always stronger than darkness. Love is stronger than hate. Life is stronger than death.
Taps reminds us that there is life after death. Sometimes we experience smaller deaths like the death of a job, a marriage, or a relationship. Other times we experience the finality of a loved one's funeral. Taps reminds us that even in great pain and tragedy like 9/11, "God is near, do not fear'.
Life can be very hard, sometimes heart-breaking. May you find great comfort that there is life after every kind of death. Jesus on the cross assured that. God is near.
– previously published in the Deep Cove Crier/North Shore News
To receive a signed copy within North America, just send a $20 cheque (USD/CAN) to ED HIRD, #102-15168 19th Ave, Surrey, BC V4A 0A5.
– In order to obtain a signed copy of the prequel book Battle for the Soul of Canada, please send a $18.50 cheque to 'Ed Hird', #102-15168 19th Ave, Surrey, BC V4A 0A5.
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Catharine Parr Traill: Pioneer Canadian Mother
Catharine Parr Traill was a pioneer Canadian mother who made a phenomenal impact on the life of our nation.
England in the early 1830s was caught in a Canada-mania. In the aftermath of the Napoleonic wars, England was thrown into an economic depression. Thomas Strickland, the father of Catherine Parr Traill, was caught in the economic downturn, resulting in near-bankruptcy and his premature death. He left behind an impoverished widow and six unmarried daughters whose chances of marriage were seriously limited.
Both Catherine Parr Traill and her sister Susanna married economically-challenged Scottish soldiers who were offered land grants in the colonies. Canada began to be seen as the land of milk and honey! Altogether 655,747 people sailed away from British shores between 1831 and 1841 (almost three times as many as had moved abroad during the previous ten years).
The two key Canada-promoters William Cattermole and Captain Charles Stuart were being paid so much per head for every Brit that they could recruit for Canada. In their glowing description of Canada, Cattermole and Stuart forgot to mention the backbreaking work required to clear the forests, the total absence of household comforts, the aching loneliness, and the grinding poverty of most early Canadian pioneers. Catharine Parr Traill and her sister Susanna, being gifted writers, were able to record a vital part of our Canadian pioneering history. In Catherine Parr Traill's book 'The Canadian Settler's Guide', she insightfully wrote:
"In cases of emergency, it is folly to fold up one's hands and sit down to bewail in abject terror: it is better to be up and doing."
Catharine's book "The 'Backwoods of Canada quickly sold its first printing of eleven thousand copies, being translated into German in 1838 and French in 1843.
Of the six Strickland daughters including Catherine, five of them became published authors! Catharine's older sister Agnes in England was the leading royal biographer of the 19th century. Sister Agnes caustically commented: "Who in England thinks anything of Canada?" and "Nothing that is first published in Canada will sell well in England".
In Charlotte Grey's book 'Sisters in the Wilderness', Catharine Parr Traill and her sister Susanna are described as laying "the foundation of a literary tradition that still endures in Canada: the pioneer woman who displays extraordinary courage, resourcefulness and humour. This 'Canadian character type', as critic Elizabeth Thompson calls her, is a pragmatist who discovers her own strength as she overcomes adversity." Sir Sandford Fleming, inventor of one-hour time zones, and the engineering genius behind the Canadian Pacific Railway, said of Catharine: "She has rendered service of no ordinary kind in making known the advantages offered by Canada as a field for settlement, and by her very widely read writings she has been instrumental in inducing very many emigrants from the United Kingdom to find homes in the Dominion."
Catharine Parr Trail had a remarkable ability to rise above adversity and make the best of every situation. Charlotte Grey: writes in her book about 'the stamina, talent and determination that allowed two English ladies to overcome the hardships of pioneer life and leave a powerful legacy to Canadian culture.' It is hard for us almost two hundred years later to fully imagine the miseries of hunger, disease, cold, and disappointment faced by our early Canadian pioneers. I was shocked to discover that both Catharine and her sister's families came down with malaria, a widespread problem in Canada as pioneers were struggling to drain mosquito-infested swamps.
Catharine Parr Traill commented in the early days: "I have not seen a woman except those in our company for over five months…." As Charlotte Grey put it, "Being wrenched from one's homeland leaves deep scars in the psyche of every emigrant in any era: Susanna and Catharine bore these scars for the rest of their lives."
Catharine's motto was 'Hope! Resolution! And Perseverance!'. She would assure her relatives back home that Canada is the 'land of hope.' Her sister Sarah spoke of Catherine/Kate: "Her blue eyes always sparkled with happiness and curiosity about the world. She had a warm smile and an air of stolid contentment, and even as a baby, Catharine 'never cried like other children –indeed we used to say that Katie never saw a sorrowful day – for if anything went wrong, she just shut her eyes and the tears fell from under the long lashes and rolled down her cheeks like pearls into her lap. We all adored her."
Charlotte Grey commented how Catharine loved "the wild and picturesque rocks, trees, hill and valley, wild-flowers, ferns, shrubs and moss and the pure, sweet scent of pines over all, breathing health and strength." Nature, for Catharine, was saturated with divine meaning – its splendor and concord displayed the authority and goodness of its Creator. That is why Catharine wrote many "books that reflected sheer love of nature's bounty and admiration in God's handiwork." The flowers of the field, for her, were good reminders of the teachings of Christ. Catherine often illustrated her dried specimens with biblical quotes, particularly from the Psalms or the book of Revelation.
Charlotte Grey commented that in future years, Catharine would rely on her love of nature, the beauties of which she saw as the expression of God's will, to carry her through one disaster after another:
"Strength was always given to me when it was needed." As she dug and weeded in the kitchen garden, or lifted heavy cast-iron pans of porridge from the stove, she would pause briefly, straighten her aching back, close her eyes and utter silent prayers. She noted at the end of her life: "In great troubles and losses, God is very Good."
In the midst of her very busy writing and pioneering, Catharine never neglected her family. As Charlotte Grey put it, "Motherhood came as naturally to Catharine as breathing. It was the most meaningful activity in her life. She was always prepared to give more love than she took, and she saw no conflict between her family and her impulse to write."
My prayer is that every mother reading this article would receive that same strength as Catharine Parr Traill in the challenges of life.
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I Love You, I Love You, I Love You…
Who can figure out this mysterious, intangible reality called 'love'? It won't show up under a microscope, an ultrasound, or a CT Scan. But most of us know in our heart of hearts that love is real and love matters deeply. Without love, something dies inside. With love, something miraculously comes alive.
In the mid-1970's, my wife and I were part of a soft rock band called 'Morning Star' which played for five years throughout BC. We were also part of a concert promotion group entitled 'LivingStone Productions'. One of our favorite rock musicians that we brought in to the Queen E Theatre was the late Larry Norman, the father of GodRock. One of his songs 'I Love You, I Love You, I Love You' impacted us so deeply that my sister and future brother-in-law sang it to each other at our wedding.
"We can be together now and forever
Hey, can you hear me, I've got to have you near me
I was lonely till you came along
Now you've got me singing your love song
I love you, I love you, I love you…."
It is not enough to sing a love song once at one's wedding. We need to re-sing it every day in a thousand ways. After 41 years of marriage, I have learnt that love needs to 'have legs'. Love needs to be practical. Love is taking out the garbage. Love is driving the kids to school . Love is doing the dishes when you are feeling exhausted.
The Good Book says that it is not good for man to be alone. I too can sing 'I've got to have you near me…I was lonely till you came along'. A loving marriage is a gift beyond description, a gift of intimacy, caring, and hope. God knew what he was doing when he invented the miracle of marriage.
"Life is a mystery, love is a dancer
I had a question, you brought the answer
I love you I love you
Oh but I need you so
I could never let you go
No one can figure out love. It just is, or it just isn't. Love brings a contentment that makes no sense. Love is stronger than death. Thirty-three years later I realize more than ever how deeply I need my wife, how much she calls forth the best in me and our children. My wife, to put it frankly, is irreplaceable.
"I was lonely once but then you came along
And you gave me love so I wrote down this song
I wanna spend my life with you like the angels on high
You're the morning star, you're the Son in my sky.
All of Larry Norman's music pointed to Love beyond love, Life beyond life, Hope beyond hope. My wife and I have discovered again and again that the heart of our marriage is Love, the love of God found in Jesus Christ. May each of us discover the heart of love, the morning star, the Son in the sky.
Categories: Uncategorized | Tags: Anglican Coalition in Canada, Anglican Mission in the Americas (Canada), Battle for the Soul of Canada, Bible, caring, children, CT Scan, Deep Cove Crier, doing the dishes, God, hope, I love you, In another land, Intimacy, Jesus Christ, Jesus Music, Larry Norman, LivingStone Productions, love of God, love song, marriage, microscope, Morning Star, not good for man to be alone, Queen E Theatre, Rev Ed Hird, rock musicians, Solid Rock Productions, Son in the Sky, St. Simon's Church North Vancouver, taking out the garbage, The Good Book, wedding | Permalink.
Dr Chuck Swindoll: Rejoice in the Lord Always
By Rev Ed Hird
I enjoyed reading 'Laugh Again' by the best-selling author and radio communicator, Dr. Chuck Swindoll. He tells the story of a cute Peanuts cartoon where Lucy says to Snoopy: 'There are times when you really bug me, but I must admit there are also times when I feel like giving you a big hug.' Snoopy replies: 'That's the way I am…huggable and buggable.'
Chuck's book gives practical tips on how to take ourselves less seriously, and how to fall more in love with life. Too many adults, says Chuck, have become so serious and overly responsible that they have lost one of God's best gifts: a sense of humour.
Dr. Swindoll met a man who told Chuck of his need to work hard at being happier. He said that he had been reared in an ultraserious home. "We didn't talk about our feelings…we worked…Funny thing…in my sixty-plus years I have achieved about everything I dreamed of doing and I have been awarded for it. My problem is that I don't know how to have fun and enjoy these things hard work has brought me. I cannot remember the last time I laughed–I mean really laughed."
As he turned to walk away, he dropped this 'bomb': "I suppose I now need to work harder at being happier." Chuck reached over, took him by the arm, and said: "Trust me on this one- a happy heart is not achieved by hard work and long hours. If it were, the happiest people on earth would be the workaholics…and I have never met a workaholic whose sense of humour balanced out his intensity."
Dr. Swindoll goes on to talk about the up-side and downside of our drive to achieve. Jokingly speaking of an 'elite club' High Achievers Anonymous, Chuck spoke compassionately about the high cost that our work addictions play in our primary relationships. The tragedy is, enough is never enough. Life becomes reduced to work, tasks, effort, an endless list of shoulds and musts…minus the necessary fun and laughter that keeps everything in perspective. Chuck says that there is always one telltale sign when pride takes charge of our life: the fun leaves.
Deep within, the overachiever begans to think that life is much too busy, much too serious to waste it on silly things like relaxation and laughter. Why has our 20th century suffered so terribly from laughless dictators like Hitler, Stalin, and Mussolini? G.K. Chesterton comments: 'Madmen are always serious; they go mad from lack of humour.'
G.K. Chesterton also commented: "I'm all in favour of laughing. Laughter has something in common in it with the ancient winds of faith and inspiration; it unfreezes pride and unwinds secrecy; it makes men forget themselves in the presence of something greater than themselves; something that they cannot resist."
Dr. Swindoll had a deep fear that if he became ordained, he would have to become ultra-serious and sour-faced. One day God said to him: "You can faithfully serve Me, but you can still be yourself. Being my servant doesn't require you to stop laughing."
Laughter is hope's last weapon. As Dr.Swindoll puts it, only those who are firm in their faith can laugh in the face of tragedy. A young woman had booked herself into a motel in order to do herself in. She had endured numerous failed relationships with men and had had several abortions. She was empty, angry, and could see no reason to go on. Finally, just before dawn, she reached into her purse and pulled out a loaded pistol. Trembling, she stuck it into her mouth and closed her eyes. Suddenly the clock alarm snapped on with the message of new hope from Dr. Swindoll. Before the thirty-minute broadcast was over, she gave her life to Jesus Christ. When she phoned Dr. Swindoll's office to share what had happened, she said that she could still taste the cold steel from the gun barrel she had pulled from her mouth.
My prayer for those reading this article is that each of us may discover an unshakable reason to keep on living and an unshakable love of our Creator.
The Rev. Dr. Ed Hird
-author of the award-winning book Battle for the Soul of Canada
-previously published in the Deep Cove Crier
Categories: Chuck Swindoll, laughter, Uncategorized | Tags: abortion, Anglican Mission in the Americas (Canada), Charlie Brown, depression, Dr Chuck Swindoll, GK Chesterton, High Achievers, Hitler, hope, humour, Jesus, joy, Laugh Again, laughter, Madmen, Mussolini, Peanuts, relaxation, Snoopy, Stalin, workaholic | Permalink.


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