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The Movie Network Goes Art House with Festival Favourites
— September 2, 2015
– 10-day movie celebration coincides with the Toronto International Film Festival® and shines a spotlight on some of the most acclaimed recent works of international cinema –
– Premieres include Force Majeure, Mommy, and A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence –
– Selection of festival films also available on TMN GO and On Demand –
TORONTO (September 2, 2015) – Cinema lovers who can't make it to the 40th edition of the Toronto International Film Festival can enjoy some of the most acclaimed films from today's most celebrated auteurs with The Movie Network's new collection, Festival Favourites. Running in primetime throughout the duration of TIFF from Thursday, Sept. 10 – Sunday, Sept. 20, The Movie Network features more than 30 titles from acclaimed directors around the world, including works from Swedish directors Roy Andersson (A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence) and Ruben Östlund (Force Majeure), as well as Canadian enfant terrible Xavier Dolan (Mommy). Canadian and international films premiering on The Movie Network beginning Thursday, Sept. 10 include: Force Majeure, Mommy, Tom at the Farm, Unbroken, The Wind Rises, A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence, Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter, 20,000 Days on Earth, Shelter, The Captive, and The Cobbler. Festival Favourites also features well-known films such as The Judge, Gravity, St. Vincent, Dallas Buyers Club, Enemy, The F Word, The Good Lie, Maps to the Stars, Philomena, Rosewater, August: Osage County, and more. All titles, plus a selection of additional films, will also be available for subscribers in a special Festival Favourites bucket on TMN GO, as well as The Movie Network On Demand. ** Media Note ** – Download photos at http://www.bellmediapr.ca/Network/The-Movie-Network Highlights of the on-air film lineup include: Thursday, Sept. 10 9 p.m. ET – Force Majeure *Premiere* From director Ruben Östlund, this drama centres on a family vacationing in the French Alps. When they're suddenly threatened by an avalanche, the father bolts, leaving his wife and children to fend for themselves. The film monitors the fallout from this fateful incident, as husband and wife hotly debate what actually occurred, and what the proper response should have been. Winner of a Jury Prize at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, the film screened at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival and was nominated for Best Foreign Language Film at the 2015 Golden Globe Awards. Also on Sept. 10, Gravity airs at 7:25 p.m., followed by Dallas Buyers Club at 11:05 p.m. Friday, Sept. 11 9 p.m. ET – Mommy *Premiere* Mommy stars Anne Dorval (Laurence Anyways) as a widowed mother and single parent who is overwhelmed by the difficulty of raising her troubled, sometimes violent son, played by Antoine Olivier Pilon (Laurence Anyways). Taking the festival circuit by storm in 2014, this Canadian film from Xavier Dolan premiered at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, taking home a Jury Prize and competing for the coveted Palme d'Or. Mommy also won nine Canadian Screen Awards in 2015, including Best Motion Picture, and 10 Jutra Awards, including Best Film. 11:25 p.m. ET – Tom at the Farm *Premiere* Directed by and starring Xavier Dolan (Mommy), this French-language film follows the story of Tom, a young advertising copywriter, who travels to the country for the funeral of his boyfriend Guillaume. There, he is shocked to learn that no one knows who he is, nor his relationship to the deceased. Screened at the 2013 Venice International Film Festival and Toronto International Film Festival, the film was also nominated for Best Picture at the Canadian Screen Awards in 2014. Also on Sept. 11, A Most Wanted Man airs at 5:10 p.m., followed by St. Vincent at 7:15 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 12 9 p.m. ET – Unbroken *Premiere* After a near-fatal plane crash in WWII, Olympian Louis Zamperini spends a harrowing 47 days in a raft with two fellow crewmen before he's caught by the Japanese navy and sent to a prisoner-of-war camp. Directed by Angelina Jolie and written by art-house pioneers Joel and Ethan Coen, Unbroken was nominated for three Academy Awards. Also on Sept. 12, The Grand Seduction airs at 7:05 p.m., followed by Don Jon at 11:20 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 13 6:20 p.m. – The Wind Rises *Premiere* This Japanese animated film tells the story of Jiro Horikoshi, one of the world's most accomplished airplane designers. The film chronicles much of his life, depicting key historical events, including the Great Kanto Earthquake of 1923, the Great Depression, the tuberculosis epidemic, and Japan's plunge into war. From director Hayao Miyazaki, the film premiered at the 2013 Toronto International Film Festival, and was nominated for Best Animated Feature Film at the 2014 Academy Awards, and Best Foreign Language Film at the 2014 Golden Globe Awards. Monday, Sept. 14 9 p.m. – A Pigeon Sat on a Branch Reflecting on Existence *Premiere* Director Roy Andersson concludes the trilogy he began with the acclaimed Songs from the Second Floor and You, the Living. This Swedish film follows Sam and Jonathan, a pair of hapless novelty salesman, as they embark on a tour of the human condition in reality and fantasy that unfolds in a series of absurdist episodes. The film premiered at the 2014 Venice International Film Festival where it won the Golden Lion Award, and was an official selection of the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival. Tuesday, Sept. 15 9 p.m. ET – Kukimo, the Treasure Hunter *Premiere* A lonely Japanese woman becomes convinced that a satchel of money buried and lost in a fictional film, is in fact, real. With a crudely drawn treasure map, she escapes her life in Tokyo and embarks on a quest across the tundra of Minnesota in search of her mythical fortune. From director David Zellner, the film was nominated for a US Grand Jury Prize at the 2014 Sundance Film Festival, and was featured at a number of film festivals including Montreal, Little Rock, Nantucket, Las Palmas, and Sydney. Also on Sept. 15, The Art of the Steal airs at 7:25 p.m., followed by Unbroken at 10:50 p.m. Wednesday, Sept. 16 10 p.m. ET – 20,000 Days on Earth *Premiere* This U.K. film from directors Iain Forsyth and Jane Pollard depicts a fictitious 24-hour period in the life of Australian musician, model, songwriter, author, screenwriter, composer, and actor Nick Cave, prior and during the recording of his 2013 album Push the Sky Away. 20,000 Days on Earth premiered at the 64th Berlin International Film Festival and the 2014 Sundance Film Festival where it was nominated for a World Cinema Grand Jury Prize. Also on Sept. 16, Force Majeure airs at 5:20 p.m., followed by Watermark at 7:25 p.m, Thursday, Sept. 17 9 p.m. ET – Shelter *Premiere* In Paul Bettany's (A Beautiful Mind) directorial debut, two homeless people in New York from very different worlds find strength and solace in each other. Shelter premiered at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival. Friday, Sept. 18 9 p.m. ET – The Captive *Premiere* In Atom Egoyan's Canadian thriller, eight years after his daughter Cass' abduction, a series of disturbing clues lead her father Matthew to believe she's still alive. In a terrifying race against time, Matthew, the detectives, and even Cass herself must play their parts in unravelling the mystery of her disappearance and freeing her from captivity. Nominated for the Palme d'Or at the 2014 Cannes Film Festival, and nominated for four Canadian Screen Awards. Also on Sept. 18, The Judge airs at 6:35 p.m., followed by Maps to the Stars at 10:55 p.m. Saturday, Sept. 19 9 p.m. ET – The Cobbler *Premiere* A lonely NYC shoe repairman discovers a magical heirloom that allows him to "walk in another man's shoes" in this fantasy flick. Directed by Thomas McCarthy, the film had its World Premiere at the 2014 Toronto International Film Festival. Also on Sept. 19, The Wind Rises airs at 5:10 p.m., followed by The F Word at 7:20 p.m., and Gravity at 10:45 p.m. Sunday, Sept. 20 12:20 a.m. – 20,000 Days on Earth 2 a.m. – Kumiko, The Treasure Hunter 3:50 a.m. – Reelside 4:15 a.m. – Who the F**k is Arthur Fogel 6 a.m. – The Spectacular Now 7:40 a.m. – St. Vincent 9:25 a.m. – Philomena 11:05 a.m. – This is Where I Leave You 12:50 p.m. – The Judge 3:15 p.m. – August: Osage County 5:20 p.m. – Rush 7:25 p.m. – Gravity Also available in a special Festival Favourites bucket on TMN GO, and The Movie Network On Demand: The Disappearance of Eleanor Rigby Enemy The Equalizer The Fifth Estate Foxfire The Good Lie Kill Your Darlings Mandela: Long Walk to Freedom Metallica: Through the Never Parkland Rosewater You're Next Tusk
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Boroondara Literary Award Winners 2014
The annual Boroondara Literary Awards were presented at the Hawthorn Town Hall in Melbourne, November 2014. Hundreds of students entered stories and poetry into the competition and only a select few are awarded prizes.
Ruyton Girls School celebrated several students who competed and placed in the awards. Year 10 student Sally Chao received second prize for her story Statue of Ribberty in the Young Writers' Senior Prose category. Highly Commended awards were received in the same category for Rachel Baillie from Year 10 with her story Redheads Anonymous Activist Fighters and Marina Altson in Year 11 for her story Ghosts of the Past. These stories feature in the 2014 edition of Scripsi, which can be viewed on the Ruyton Girls' School website at www.ruyton.vic.edu.au/about-ruyton/publications
The Boroondara Literary Awards were founded in 1999 in partnership between the Rotary Club of Balwyn and the City of Boroondara. The awards offer the chance to receive cash prizes in two sections. A prize pool of over $7,500 is available across various age groups in the Young Writers section, with almost $4,500 available in the Open Short Story section. Winning entries are published in the annual anthology Word You UP.
Entries will re-open on Monday 4 May for the 2015 competition.
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Home Top News Protests reignite tensions in western Tunisia
Protests reignite tensions in western Tunisia
KASSERINE, Tunisia, Sept 8, 2012 (AFP) -
KASSERINE, Tunisia, Sept 8, 2012 (AFP) –
Protesters took to the streets in western Tunisia on Saturday, reigniting tensions in the impoverished town of Kasserine, an AFP correspondent said.
Dozens of residents who had occupied the governor's office on Thursday staged a sit-in at the Tunisian labour union's premises in the town of Kasserine, with 23 of them claiming to be on hunger strike.
The protesters demanded work, justice and compensation for those injured and the families of those killed during the Tunisian uprising in January last year which ousted president Zine El Abidine Ben Ali.
They also called for the governor, a member of the ruling Islamist Ennahda party recently appointed to his position, to step down.
The governor was recently accused of refusing to take on the task of providing compensation for revolution victims and their families. The government said on Saturday that an official committee had been specifically charged with this task.
Compensation for revolution casualties, which a provisional toll estimates at about 300 dead and 2,000 wounded, has been severely delayed.
The impoverished town of Kasserine was a key site of the 2011 uprising, during which 21 of its inhabitants were killed. The town saw several sit-ins at union offices in August.


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Bose Introduces Lightning-Compatible SoundDock
by Brent Dirks
Bose lovers can now breathe easy. The company has just introduced its SoundDock Series III that is compatible with all Lightning-enabled iOS devices, including the iPhone 5 and fifth-generation iPod touch. Looking almost identical to the previous version, the biggest change seems to the integrated Lightning connector. The included remote allows music lovers to switch back and forth between playlists, operate the dock, and control basic functions of the iOS device itself. The SoundDock also charges the device. There is also an auxiliary input to listen to other audio devices. The Series III player uses a proprietary acoustic design and digital signal processing to provide its signature sound profile. The iconic speaker will set you back $249.95, and is available now at authorized Bose dealers, Bose retail stores, and on the company's website. According to the site, the system will ship in seven to 10 business days, which could be past Christmas. Is anyone still interested in a speaker dock? With the proliferation of Bluetooth and AirPlay speakers, I've gone wireless with my iOS devices and have never looked back. If you're looking for other iOS accessories to give this holiday season, take a look at our recent gift guides for iPhone and iPad owners.
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Each of these Abstracts starts with a story, phrase or poem. I use written words to express an idea or emotion that then guides my palette and brush. Sometimes these words are in plain sight--as with each title from the Haiku Series--other times they remain hidden away by me, allowing the viewer to experience their own idea and story behind the paint.


Daimler, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai, Toyota and Volkswagen have joined Nokia, Samsung and others as founder members of the Car Connectivity Consortium with the aim of developing common standards for connectivity between handsets and vehicles.
Mobile phone firm Nokia has announced the launch of a new partnership with major car and phone manufacturers to develop common standards for connectivity between handsets and vehicles.
The Car Connectivity Consortium (CCC) will work towards integrating mobile technology with in-car entertainment, near field communications (NFC) and wireless charging, using the Terminal Mode standard.
Founding members include vehicle manufacturers Daimler, General Motors, Honda, Hyundai Motor Company, Toyota, and Volkswagen; system suppliers Alpine and Panasonic; and consumer electronics makers LG Electronics, Nokia and Samsung. New players are expected to join in the near future.
"Nokia understands that people want to use their smartphones everywhere including in their cars," says Floris van de Klashorst, director and head of Nokia Automotive.
With the Terminal Mode standard, smartphones can be connected with in-car systems such as digital displays, steering wheel buttons, rotary knobs and car audio systems.
The CCC will focus on further developing the Terminal Mode standard, address certification and branding, and start looking at ways to introduce NFC and wireless charging.
"Due to the wide consumer acceptance of smartphone and apps, Samsung expects that the smartphone will be the dominant hub for in-vehicle infotainment and connectivity," says Dokyun Kim, director of the product strategy team at Samsung Mobile Division.
The news comes after German car manufacturer BMW released a report in January outlining its vision of the NFC-enabled "car key of the future".
An NFC key would allow "personal access to a new mobility experience" and offer a significantly wider range of features, the car maker explained.
Meanwhile, at the Mobile World Congress in Barcelona last month, NXP showcased a concept car developed by Continental which had NFC features built in, days after Morpho and Simlink unveiled an NFC car key fob that connects to any WiFi-enabled phone to enable consumers to pay for items at the point of sale with their existing mobile device.


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Surgery to restore upper extremity function in tetraplegia—Preferences for early and frequent access to information
Allison J. L'Hotta, Aimee S. James, Catherine M. Curtin, Carie Kennedy, Deborah Kenney, Katharine Tam, Doug Ota, Katherine Stenson, Christine B. Novak, Ida K. Fox
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Introduction: People with cervical spinal cord injury (SCI) identify improving upper extremity (UE) function as a top priority. In addition to comprehensive rehabilitation, UE surgeries, including nerve and tendon transfers, enhance function. However, barriers exist to disseminating information about surgical options to enhance UE function. Objective: To assess the experiences and preferences of people with cervical SCI and their caregivers in accessing information about surgery to enhance UE function. Design: Prospective cohort study. Participants were followed up for 24 months and completed up to three interviews. Setting: Tertiary care at academic and affiliated Veterans Administration Health Care Centers. Participants: Adults with cervical SCI (n = 35) ages 18 to 80 years with mid-cervical SCI American Spinal Injury Association Impairment Scale A, B, or C (at least 6 months post-injury) and their caregivers (n = 23) were eligible to participate. Participants were enrolled in three groups: nerve transfer, tendon transfer, or no UE reconstructive surgery. Interventions: Not applicable. Main Outcome Measure: Semi-structured interviews about surgical knowledge and experiences. Results: Data were analyzed and three themes were identified. First, providing information about UE surgical options early post-injury was recommended. The acute or inpatient rehabilitation phases of recovery were the preferred times to receive surgical information. Second, challenges with information dissemination were identified. Participants learned about UE surgery through independent research, medical provider interactions, or peers. Third, peers were identified as valuable resources for SCI needs and surgical information. Conclusions: Following cervical SCI, information about UE reconstructive surgeries should be a standard component of education during rehabilitation. An increased understanding of the reconstructive options available to improve UE function is necessary to educate stakeholders. Future research is needed to support the development of strategies to effectively present surgical information to individuals with SCI and health care providers.
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Upper Extremity Medicine & Life Sciences 71%
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Nerve Transfer Medicine & Life Sciences 25%
Tendon Transfer Medicine & Life Sciences 24%
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L'Hotta, A. J., James, A. S., Curtin, C. M., Kennedy, C., Kenney, D., Tam, K., Ota, D., Stenson, K., Novak, C. B., & Fox, I. K. (Accepted/In press). Surgery to restore upper extremity function in tetraplegia—Preferences for early and frequent access to information. PM and R. https://doi.org/10.1002/pmrj.12862
L'Hotta, Allison J. ; James, Aimee S. ; Curtin, Catherine M. et al. / Surgery to restore upper extremity function in tetraplegia—Preferences for early and frequent access to information. In: PM and R. 2022.
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OnSep 26th, the top management of Biomérieux, the new majority investor inHybiome successfully held a 5-year Action Plan Conference with the personnel ofHybiome at Qingshan Conference Center in Suzhou Science and Technology Town.Biomérieux's President & Global CEO Alexandre Mérieux, Deputy Director ofScience Town Management Committee Mr. Guorong Wang, and Hybiome President Mr.Jianhua Dong attended the meeting and delivered important speech. Chaired byHybiome's new General Manager Mr. Leo Liao, the meeting was attended by over300 Hybiome employees and 10 Biomérieux senior management team.
Two main objectives were put forward at themeeting. One to ensure Hybiome's goal of becoming the leading Chineseenterprise in the field of chemiluminescence immunoassay diagnostics and theother to achieve initial public offering and listing (IPO) within five years.
Atthe meeting, Alexandre Mérieux introduced the Biomérieux, it's history andrecent development to a worldwide leader in the IVD industry. By realizing themotto "In China, For China and With China", Biomérieux has been activelydevoted to help in the construction of China's Public Health Sector. AlexandreMérieux said it has been his great pleasure to reach a cooperation with Hybiomeand he believes the cooperation will help Hybiome to be more competitive in theChinese IVD market. Biomérieux will do its utmost to support Hybiome toimplement the jointly formulated 5-year Action Plan, so as to achieve the twoobjectives as early as possible.
On behalf of Suzhou Science and TechnologyManagement Committee, Mr. Guorong Wang congratulated the participants for avery successful conference and spoke highly of the remarkable achievementsHybiome has had for 7 years. At the same time, he fully praised the five-yearAction plan and the two objectives formulated jointly by Biomérieux andHybiome. Mr. Wang stressed: the government will continue to provide help andsupport for the healthy growth of the enterprise. Will maximize the servicesand protection to Hybiome within the framework of the laws, regulations andpolicies to promote Hybiome's rapid development.
Later,the representatives of Hybiome top management, sales, middle management andjunior staff gave speeches. All of them expressed their active and positiveattitudes towards the 5-year Action Plan and feel very confident with thecompany's development, and are fully prepared and eager to grow together withthe company.
Hybiome's goal of becoming the leadingChinese enterprise in the field of chemiluminescence immunoassay diagnostics and Achieve initial public offering and listing (IPO) within fiveyears.
Duringconference the direction of the company's development was further clarified andthe staff's sense of responsibility and mission has been raised.The company isconfident to complete the five-year action plan, and will spare no efforts topromote the early realization of the two main objectives.


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Q: How to add Real time functionality to MERN stack project I am trying to create an e-learning system that supports virtual learning.  My current task is to implement real-time conferencing to support virtual lesson conducting.
I have read and seen numerous videos of how to implement this.  I found out that i could use webRTC and socket.io to implement this functionality.  I have two questions about this.

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*Will implementing webRTC allow 50 people or more to interact virtually without difficulty in video or audio connection(i am thinkiung of a lecturer conducting a class of 150 students).

A: This may help you Maximum concurrent Socket.IO connections. The maximum number of simultaneous connections is normally greater than 50. Keep in mind that your host server and network bandwidth should be able to handle your application's load.

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Several students' art and writing have been published in this year's District 214 Fine Arts Anthology, a literary magazine that collects students' art and poetry from all of the schools in the district.
Art and creative writing teachers submit a student's writing or art entries. Students who were published were recognized at a ceremony on April 10 at Forest View.
"The nice thing about the magazine is how there's no 'Wheeling Section' or 'BG Section'; it's a cohesive feature," Laura Wagner, English teacher, said.


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Throwing Snow announces new album...
Throwing Snow announces new album & shares first single, "Brujita"
March 31, 2021 by Staff
Throwing Snow, a.k.a. Ross Tones, have announced the release of his new album, Dragons, which it will be out on June 25th via Houndstooth.
Today he has shared the first single from the record, "Brujita". Speaking about the track, Throwing Snow said: "'Brujita' is about the breaking of aural tradition and the suppression of cunning women and men. It's a eulogy to lost folk wisdom."
Listen to "Brujita" below:
Throwing Snow developed Dragons' neural network with artist, designer and technologist Matt Woodham. The structures and changes in Tones' music trigger corresponding changes in accompanying moving images, which combine life in three scales, from microscopic views of rocks to large scale maps. "Everything that happens musically triggers the algorithm to do something," Tones explains. "This isn't controlled or predictable, and the music becomes an instruction for the algorithm to make its own decisions about datasets, images, speed, movement and other manipulations."
Tones says he often uses his music as allegory and container for the concepts and theories he's immersed in – he studied astrophysics, and is fascinated by crafts, archeoacoutics, history, evolution and psychology. In Dragons, he wanted to explore the purpose of music from the beginning of human history. "We have Palaeolithic minds but find ourselves in an increasingly complex and interconnected world," Tones explains. "Music and art have always been ritualised as a tool for memory, knowledge and emotion, and humans make sense of existence by using tools. Songs were tools of understanding, passed down from our ancestors. Now, things are complex and interrelated, so we can't use that ancestral knowledge, and need to invent new tools – that's where machine learning comes into it."
Dragons artwork & tracklist:
1. Dragons
2. Elder
3. Halos
4. Lithurgy
6. Purr
7. Brujita
8. Equitem Nocte
9. Ochre
10. Dragons (Part 2)
Tags: Houndstooth, new music, Throwing Snow


As I prepare to head out for Mass this morning, John Vennari and his loved ones are on my mind. Please remember to ask the Lord to grant John "a place of refreshing coolness, light, and peace" today, and to provide abundant comfort and unending hope in the Resurrection for his beautiful family.
In thinking of John, I recalled a couple of "interviews" we did together in 2014 at the Fatima Conference in Ontario. I'm posting the videos below in case those who haven't seen them would like to take a look.
I knew very well as he and I sat down together that I was on the receiving end of a great privilege. Looking back even now, I still cannot help but marvel at how good God is to dispense such unmerited gifts.
Does Vatican II qualify for an imprimatur?
Those who are familiar with John Vennari through the Catholic Family News and his website recognize John's dedication and brilliance in defending Our Lord's Church and the true message of Fatima. Those who know him more personally by attending his conferences and other live events are very aware of his love and devotion to his loving wife, Susan, and three adoring children. Thank you, Louie, for this tribute and reminding us to keep John and his family in our prayers. May John rest in eternal peace. Our Lady of Fatima, intercede for the comfort and consolation of John's family.
Thank you for this, at once seeing John again doing what he do so well with conviction and humility, this side the veil, and for reminding us, vis a vis "Quas Primas", just Who our Blessed Dominus Deus Sabbaoth and Savior, Jesus the Christ Is. As He Is into eternity, the King of all that is as He created it, and as He founded His Church, One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic, for the singular purpose of the salvation of the souls of His human persons, and as He established His Vicar in the Chair of Saint Peter, it can only be concluded by virtue of right reason, that this novus ordo creature beast thing, so called "new church" or "VC II church", simply is not Catholic. To suggest otherwise is to existentially manifest a direct and specific embrace in contradistinction, or as otherwise stated, to place an utter affront, to the Law of Non-contradiction. As you well know, this law states that "being cannot both be and not be at the same time and under the same respect". In his Summa Theologiae, the Angelic Doctor informed us that the singular way in which we can rightly reason is exclusively by virtue of our participation in the Mind of God. If we look to the law of non-contradiction and focus on the part which says, "…and under the same respect", we have to ask, as it pertains to "new church" versus the Church that the Son of God made Man Himself established in Apostolic succession, One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic, precisely just what is the "respect" addressed in the question of which church is authentically Catholic? Intuitive sense dictates that "new church" and the "Catholic Church" are distinct entities, existing not only apart from one another but existing in contradistinction, frankly existing in direct and utter opposition. In "respect" to the authentic Catholic Church, we have two millennia of Magisterial teachings, founded in divine Revelation and Holy Tradition, guided by true Vicars of Christ. In respect to "new church", we have the Second Vatican Council and anti-Popes as its vicar. In "respect" to authentic Truth as Truth Himself, we rest with the 2,000 years of Magisterial teaching as the only Church of Jesus the Christ. Two "beings" in opposition cannot be the same "being", as that defies the law of non-contradiction. "New church" versus the "One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church"; one is founded by Christ Jesus, the other by Lucifer vis a vis his preternatural gifts given from his mind to the minds of his useful idiots who constructed and continue to evolve, "new church".
This "new church" simply is not as it cannot be, simply the creation of man from his immanence, rather it is the distortion of Reality under the preternatural guidance of the Prince of this world, who was given all the kingdoms of this world and the freedom to give them to whoever he chooses. "New church" has Lucifer's signature all over it with its eloquent syncretic construction from the documents of the false ecumenical council of Vatican II. Just as two "beings" as "new church" and the Catholic Church cannot both be and not be at the same time and under the same respect– both "Catholic"– as they cannot either both be "not Catholic", one is authentically Catholic and one is not. The same right reason applies to the Vicar of Christ. The Vicar of Christ who presides over the Catholic Church as its faithful Monarch in the Chair of Saint Peter, cannot preside over both "new church" and the Catholic Church as that once again, that places an affront to the law of non-contradiction. The Pope who rests in the succession of Saint Peter cannot be the vicar of a church which blatantly contradicts the teaching of the Son of God Himself.
In conclusion, right reason using the metaphysical teachings of the Angelic Doctor, simply dictates that we have in our midst and have since 1958 with the "election" of Roncalli as "John XXIII", including all of the "popes" since that time, and including Bergoglio as "Francis", two distinct churches. One Church is the Church that the Son of God as God Himself established for the singular purpose of the salvation of the souls of all His human persons and that is the authentic Catholic Church whose See has been vacant for the past 59 years. The other is the church of Satan, the anti-Church, which preaches the anti-Gospel, all for the purpose of invoking the Great Apostasy, which we now find ourselves in the midst of for the past 59 years. This Great Apostasy has yielded from its very immanent design in the mind of Lucifer, the greatest deception that has ever befallen mankind. This deception has placed, in all but perfect juxtaposition, the One True Church founded by Jesus the Christ, and the anti-Church founded by Lucifer. They exist in parallel but in an INVERTED parallel, therefore in perfect opposition, one leading souls to Heaven and the other leading souls to Hell. This kind of deception can only find its wellspring in the Great Deceiver himself, who could only have used the One, Holy, Catholic, and Apostolic Church as his foundation for building this novus ordo, creature beast, church, which exists as manifest evil incarnate in time and space. The great mystery is how our Lord and our God has allowed this all to happen, particularly in the understanding of leaving the See of Peter vacant for the past 59 years. One thing we know with certitude is that more souls will be saved as a result of this looming cataclysmic calamity than were being saved otherwise. It would seem that the person of the anti-Christ is in our midst. May Almighty God shower us with His mercy. Finally, find now some critical promises from Our Lady of Akita, which brings light unto what has been reasoned in this brief essay.
•	The Church will be in eclipse, the world will be in dismay.
Dear In Caritas….Thankyou for your masterful explanation, if you are a priest how blessed is your parish, if you are a teacher how blessed are your students.
"It is primarily the priest's obligation to lead us in the battle to defend the Faith. Saint Thomas Aquinas did not leave it to the laity to combat the Manichees. St. Francis de Sales did not leave it the laity to combat Protestantism. We laity have our part, but it belongs to the nature of the priesthood to publicly defend the Faith.
You were blessed to know John Vennari. I never had the privilege but I take comfort that we now have an advocate before Almighty God and than now John knows that eternal peace is his.
I still find it hard to really beleive he has been taken from us during this awful crisis and battle within the Church. I so admired John Vennari and miss him very much. I will keep him in my prayers.
Great man and teacher of the Faith. I was told that he held sedevantism position before, anyone knows where I can find his writings on Sedevacantism? Our parish have it as subject of discussion next month.
May your devout father rest in peace, evennari. He taught me and my home schooling family so much about the truths of our Catholic Faith.
We have just read his booklet "The Revelations of the Holy Face of Jesus." It is magnificent in its truth. How amazing that this was one of your father's final works!
May God bless and comfort your family in this great loss.
Thank you, Louie. You two guys make it all so crystal clear. God is simply Lord of all and everyone! There are a lot of new comers here, thanks be to God, who rely on men like you, today, to keep us aligned to the Truth, as we are just having that blinding Vatican 2, evil veil lifted from our lives. True Catholic support is essential for us. Through your words we are so often relieved. Louie, we are blessed to have you to strengthen and inspire us to persevere in our faith here in this vale of tears.
God Bless you, Louie. Keep that Catholic torch burning.
What a beautiful tribute, Louie. Thank you.
John Vennari had a gift of speaking the expansive truth precisely. He seemed to me to have a mastery of words and thoughts. He was at the same time brief and comprehensive. I guess that is the language of the Catholic Church, and he was Her true son.


Here are things around the internet that might interests those who are into Presuppositional apologetics that's rounded up from the end of this month. We have just completed our marathon series on our blog on Dispensational Presuppositionalists and you can see that this stream of Presuppositionalists are included here.
1.) Fallacies Everywhere: What Should a Christian Do?
As readers might have remembered from this current series on Dispensational Presuppositionalists, George Zemek has recommended this book in his interview.
You can access the website for this book by clicking HERE. The author, Dr. Cliff McManis is a graduate of The Master's Seminary.
4.) A Review of Clifford McManis' Biblical Apologetics (2012) NEW!
5.) Ben Holloway's Review NEW!
Here are articles related to Presuppositional apologetics published by Grace Theological Seminary from their now defunct journal. They are in PDF format. These are gems from a generally Dispensational publication.
1.) James M. Grier, "The apologetical value of the self-witness of scripture," Grace Theological Journal 1.1 (Spring 1980): 71-76.
2.) Donald B. DeYoung, & John C. Whitcomb, "The origin of the universe," Grace Theological Journal 1.2 (Fall 1980): 149-161.
3.) David L. Turner, "Cornelius Van Til and Romans 1:18-21: a study in the epistemology of presuppositional apologetics," Grace Theological Journal 2.1 (Spring 1981): 45-58.
4.) George J. Zemek, Jr., "Classical Apologetics: A Rational Defense – A Review Article," Grace Theological Journal 7.1 (Spring 1986): 111-123.
5.) Stephen R. Spencer, "Fideism and Presuppositionalism," Grace Theological Journal 8.1 (Spring 1987): 89-99.
6.) Stephen R. Spencer, "Is natural theology biblical," Grace Theological Journal 9.1 (Spring 1988): 59-72.
For our marathon series on Presuppositional apologetics from the Dispensationalists camp, we have highlighted some important thesis defending Presuppostional apologetics methodology exegetically that are out there so that the larger community of Christian apologists might be aware of them. We have also interviewed those who are involved in various Dispensational seminaries or educational institute. This morning's interview focus on Andrew Rappaport of Striving for Eternity ministries, who have taken Presuppositional apologetics to the streets (sometimes literally) by taking it out there and applying it during evangelism. His website can be viewed by clicking HERE.
1.) Describe your current ministry to the Lord.
The current ministry of the Lord's in my life is to be public speaking at churches for conferences and Sunday pulpits, also writing two books, one on the Deity of Christ and the other on evangelism.
2.) How did you first became acquainted with Presuppositional apologetics? Who was your big influence?
Seminary was where I first heard and was taught about presuppositional apologetics from my professors. It is this simple, there are two presuppositions: there is a God and He has spoken.
3.) What would you consider is the strength of Presuppositionalism?
It starts and ends with the only explanation for reason itself. If some rejects the Scripture and attempts to use the world to argue for God they have rejected the only source of truth. The presupposition apologetic defends God from His Word not the world.
4.) Describe an experience you have in employing Presuppositional apologetics.
Once at Newport Beach, CA I had two young men that told me that they do not believe in anything that they cannot prove by science. I asked the young man where he got his ability to reason. He told me that he studies. I than explained that I wanted to know where the ability came from for humans to be able to reason, not how they use that ability. He stop talking and said, "I do not know". I stated that I do know that and that the ability to reason comes from God. He friend said, "you are powned". Which in the vernacular means that he lost the debate, "He is owned". This fact shut the one young man's mouth and I was than able to explain that the reason God gave us an ability to reason is so that we can know Him and know our need to get right with Him.
5.) Some see Presuppositional apologetics as being the apologetics method of Covenantal theology only, give it's root. Do you think Presuppositional apologetics is compatible with Calvinistic Dispensationalism, and if so, explain.
No. It is a Biblical method that a normal interpretation of Romans 1 provides thus neither dispensationalism nor covenantalism can lay claim alone to it.
6.) You have taken apologetics to the streets so to speak in the area of open air preaching and actual application in evangelism. Any pointers to the readers?
Every week. The thing is to not get into long arguments. They know God exists. State it and move to the gospel. Remember that the purpose of apologetics is the shut the mouth of the ignore not to win a debate. We use the apologetic to shut their mouth to get to the gospel.
Today's interview with a Calvinistic Dispensational Presuppositionalist is with Dr. Paul Henebury, whom some might know him on the internet as Dr. Reluctant, who blogs here, and runs the Veritas School of Theology (not any way affliated with our blog, in case you are wondering about the name). He took some time to answer some of our questions, in which we are grateful for!
I also preach and give presentations on many theological and apologetic topics.
Answering the first part of the question first, my biggest influenece was undoubtedly Cornelius Van Til. I first encountered him back in the mid-90's when a fellow student at London Theological Seminary asked me what "chokmatic" meant (it is derived from "chokmah"- Hebrew for "wisdom"). The first book I read by or about Van Til was John Frame's Cornelius Van Til: An Analysis of His Thought.
3.) Describe how you introduced Presuppositionalism to others. Do you think it is difficult to introduce Presuppositionalism to others?I believe the approach is intuitive for Christians in as much as they want to stand on the Word of God, not question it. However, just as in the hermeneutical realm, so in the apologetic realm, reason can take over and begin dictating what can and cannot be so. The primary difficulty is getting people to listen to the Bible's depiction of the world and the servant nature of human reason. Quite simply, certain forms of reasoning are out of bounds for the Christian. Which forms? Any employment of our reason which seeks independence from God: which starts from ourselves and not the Lord.
4.) How did the Seminary you teach at first reacted to the introduction of Presuppositionalism?I actually introduced Van Tilian Presuppositionalism to the Seminary I used to teach at and they were very responsive. After talking it over with the President of the Seminary, he agreed that I could put on a four-day 30 hour Intensive and see who would sign up for it. It was the most successful Intensive than any previous one!After I left I listened to a presentation from the chap who took over from me and his material was definitely more Clarkian (working from the Bible as an hypothesis).
5.) Some see Presuppositional apologetics as being the apologetics method of Covenantal theology only, give it's root. Do you think Presuppositional apologetics is compatible with Calvinistic Dispensationalism, and if so, explain.Van Til himself, of course, believed his apologetics was "Reformed." I agree here with Frame that this isn't really the case. E.g., Van Til's view of Arminianism wasn't always accurate, so he tended to ascribe properties to the "Arminian God" which Arminius himself would not have recognized. I see nothing at all in this apologetic that is inimicable with other theological systems with a strong view of God's Sovereignty and the inspiration of Scripture; Dispensationalism included. In fact, the exegetical basis for presuppositional apologetics fits hand-in-glove with Dispensationalim. All Dispensationalists ought to be presuppositional, but (as I have said many times), Dispensationalists tend to be quite myopic when it comes to areas beyond ecclesiology and eschatology. That is why they have followed in the way of Natural Theology rather than led the way in Revelational Epistemology.Van Til spoke often of unsaved man as a "covenant-breaker," having in mind the Reformed covenant of works. But man in revolt (to use Emil Brunner's term) does the job better I think, as it depicts mankind as independent in his thinking as well as his acting.
6.) What are some links to materials you have written on presuppositionalism?
I have written some articles, book reviews, and done some blog posts. You can find some grouped together here and here.
Included there is a debate I did with an atheist. I generally do not debate people unless they seem sincere. The Bible depicts apologetics more as an answer than an assault on other positions. I feel we must always have "a reason for our hope" but we should not be set on hunting for opponents.
7.) For those who wish to make a contribution towards advancing Presuppositionalism, what would you like to see a thesis written on?
Well, the hermeneutical basis for presuppositionalism and the biblical worldview for one. Another would be the relationship between presuppositionalism and corroborative evidence. Having mentioned Brunner, a third would be an exploration of his "Erastics" and its use within presuppositionalism.
As part of our marathon focusing on Dispensational Presuppositionalists and since tonight it's the Lord's Day I thought it's appropriate to share two messages that has a bit to do with Presuppositional apologetics as it is taught in Grace Life, a preaching ministry at Grace Community Church.


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ClicksMob and AppGrade to create combined ad tech platform for video mobile marketing
Dean Takahashi@deantak	 March 22, 2016 10:55 AM
ClicksMob CEO Chen Levanon
ClicksMob and AppGrade are getting hitched. ClicksMob is a mobile-only performance advertising platform that delivers users to app developers and publishers. As a third-party broker, ClicksMob can access thousands of sources of traffic, making mobile advertising more efficient by matching advertisers and publishers. Now the company is merging with AppGrade to focus on monetizing video ads for mobile users.
The merger will bring significant advances to ClicksMob's technology and will enable ClicksMob to enhance its mobile performance marketing offering by using AppGrade's video monetization software development kit (SDK) platform. No purchase price was disclosed.
ClicksMob was started by Chen Levanon and three other entrepreneurs two years ago to focus on performance-based ads. App developers take out an ad, or ad agencies create a campaign, and ClicksMob is only paid once the desired result happens, such as when a user installs an app or returns to it a second or third time. If the user doesn't do anything, then ClicksMob doesn't get paid. But it does get a cut if it brokers a successful match, enabling a developer to gain a new user by advertising the app on other sites.
It's a good business. Gartner estimates that revenue from mobile app downloads will triple by 2017. ClicksMob's clients include Machine Zone, Kabam, Gree, SGN, and Skout. In 2014, ClicksMob had $10 million in revenue and it was growing fast. And Levanon, a former hurdler in college, built a team that had more than half women.
"Mobile video has seen dramatic growth in the last 12 months and we expect it to further dominate the market in 2016, delivering higher engagement, better retention and a non-intrusive user experience for our direct advertisers," said Levanon in a statement. "In addition to the advanced optimization and pricing solutions we've developed, we've significantly stepped up our ability to match applications to specific users, while guaranteeing a much better user experience. User experience and the ability to match users with the most appropriate advertisers have always been and will continue to be our key objectives. The merger with AppGrade will allow us to bring extraordinary quality and significant added value to advertisers, publishers and users."
AppGrade was founded in 2014. It provides an advanced monetization solution with an integrated SDK directly to top-grossing apps, allowing premium video inventory and rich native ad experiences.
As part of the merger, Avishai Shoushan, founder and CEO of AppGrade, will be appointed CEO of the newly merged company. ClicksMob's Levanon will be appointed president. The self-funded ClicksMob is based in San Francisco, with offices in Tel Aviv and New York.
"AppGrade was founded with a clear goal — to provide the best video advertising experience available. The AppGrade team combines years of marketing experience with technological mobile-development expertise, which will allow ClicksMob to offer the most advanced ad and monetization solutions in the world," said Shoushan in a statement. "We are delighted to be bringing that experience to ClicksMob and together we will lead the mobile advertising world, including the video arena. We are excited to be joining the ClicksMob team and to become part of one of the world's leading mobile advertising companies."


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Ahmadinejad's rivals ahead in vote
Early election returns show the Iranian president's conservative opponents leading.
Iranian voters chose from about 233,000 candidates in municipal elections
But local Tehran newspapers and semi-official news agencies reported unofficial results on Saturday showing no single party would be able to claim outright victory, partly because of the divisions within the conservative faction.
Conservatives split
There are about 46.5 million eligible voters in Iran and they will choose from approximately 233,000 candidates for more than 113,000 city and rural council posts.
While the reformists hold no seats on the Tehran city council, the conservatives are split between supporters of Ahmadinejad and his rival Mohammad Baqer Qalibaf, now the mayor of Tehran.
The semi-official Mehr news agency said unofficial results showed that candidates who support Ahmadinejad were trailing Qalibaf.
In the Assembly of Experts election, the race is seen to be between Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani, a cleric and former president, and Ayatollah Mohammad Taqi Mesbah-Yazdi, a theologian regarded by many as Ahmadinejad's mentor.
The official Islamic Republic News Agency said on Saturday that Rafsanjani was leading in the contest.
Mohsen Esmaili, a candidate running for the Assembly of Experts, told Al Jazeera: "The Expert Assembly is the symbol of connection between the people and the leadership. It has to provide more communication to narrow the gap between the people and their leader."
The vote is expected to show to what extent
the reformist have regained popularity
The Assembly of Experts is an 86-member council mandated to appoint and supervise Iran's supreme leader and could become a battleground between conservatives and reformists for control of the government.
Despite its powers, however, the assembly has traditionally kept a low profile and its members are not known to have challenged Khamenei's actions.
Nasser Hadian, a professor at Tehran University, said: "If the reformists win, it is going to be perceived as the beginning of the end – the end of what I would call our 'neo-cons' [neo-conservatives]."
One voter in a working-class neighbourhood of south Tehran said: "He [Ahmadinejad] has listened to the young, defended our nuclear rights, and travelled to the provinces to solve people's problems there directly."
Ahmadinejad himself waited in line for about half an hour to cast his vote at a mosque in east Tehran.
Anti-Western statements
Western powers have been alarmed by his anti-Western and anti-Israel statements and many are concerned that Iran may be attempting to develop nuclear weapons.
John Bolton, outgoing US ambassador to the UN, recently said in New York that the UN should charge Ahmadinejad with inciting genocide.
Bolton called Ahmadinejad's words and actions "outrageous" and "unacceptable".
Iran hosts Holocaust conference
The conference has drawn criticism from human rights groups.
Iran students heckle Ahmadinejad
The president in turn calls the hecklers "oppressive minority" and criticises the US.


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Ludwig Klages: Cosmogonic Reflections, part 3
Blacks Accused of Murdering a White Man Laugh During Their Trial
Trump Blows Mandate to Enforce Immigration Law — Democratic Will of America Overruled — Historic Nation Sentenced to Death
Extremely Unwise Move: Sterilizing the Most Advanced Human Beings
Jews and Blacks: Whites Don't Need Them
Boasting About Degradation of Non-Jewish Women
Souls for Sale: Price, One Paycheck
The Price of Apathy
Bradford Hanson · 6 May, 2016
by Brian Tobin
SELECT FACES of the Founding Fathers and former Presidents of the United States decorate our nation's currency. The selection process is fairly basic: do something great, something worth celebrating, something worth remembering for America.
Andrew Jackson (pictured), the son of Irish immigrants, was born into poverty. In 1787, at the age of 20, he earned admission to the North Carolina bar and later moved to Tennessee where he practiced law.
Jackson went on to serve as a major general in the War of 1812 and commanded U.S. forces in a five-month campaign against the Creek Indians, who were allies of the British. In January 1815, he led American forces to victory over the British in the Battle of New Orleans.
In 1817, he was recognized by all as a national war hero. And as acting commander of the Army's southern district, he led a force into Florida, captured Spanish posts at St. Mark's and Pensacola, claiming the surrounding land for the United States and driving the Spanish from Florida. It would later become a state in 1845.
In 1828, Andrew Jackson became the 7th President of the United States. Jackson was a defender of states' rights and of the people against moneyed interests. It is interesting and ironic, considering the controversy about Jackson's replacement on the $20 bill, that one of the most important aspects of his presidency was his opposition to the central bank. In fact, he was quoted saying that such banking constituted the "prostration of our Government to the advancement of the few at the expense of the many." He saw the bank as a "privileged institution and an enemy of the common people."
Andrew Jackson was a ferocious man. He fought 103 duels of honor before he became President. At the age of 67, Jackson became the first President targeted for assassination. The gun misfired, and Jackson attacked his assailant, clubbing him with his cane.
Rising from humble beginnings through hard work and strength of character to become a war hero and a two-term president of the United States makes Andrew Jackson's life worth commemorating with statues and other memorials, place names, and his face on the $20 note.
This nation was founded by, built by, and fought for by white men. Former president Andrew Johnson once said that "this is a country for white men, and by God, as long as I am President it shall be a government for white men." This sentiment was commonplace among our Founding Stock. The United States was never meant to be a multicultural nation. It was intended to be an extension of Europe.
As soon as Jews arrived in America they began to politically organize, and acted as our competitor right from the start. Jews manipulated the American system for their own benefit. A nation whose list of war heroes was extensive, whose battle for independence had already been won, whose laws and government had already been established, America was a nation alive and well until the arrival of an ethnic group with competing interests.
Since becoming a force in American politics, the Jewish elite has worked tirelessly to subvert European American values and culture, while simultaneously remaining the most privileged and powerful minority group in the United States. For instance, while Jews only represent roughly 2% of the American population, they also represent 48% of the billionaire class. The Federal Reserve, the centralized bank which prints the lovely portraits of past presidents on our currency, also happens to have had three consecutive Jewish chairmen: Alan Greenspan, Ben Bernanke, and most recently, Janet Yellen. Then we have Jack Lew, the Treasury Secretary who is responsible for Harriet Tubman's replacement of Andrew Jackson on the $20 bill; he also happens to be Jewish.
With all of this privilege, what can be said about the heroism of Jews in American history? How many Jewish war heroes are there compared to Europeans? How many Jewish statesmen dedicated their lives to the betterment of European America, as opposed to transforming it into a multicultural hell? What, exactly, have Jews done to earn their present-day power and privilege? Is there a single one of them that measures up to Andrew Jackson?
Unfortunately, Jews have dedicated their intellect and energy to tearing down rather than building up America. They pushed the redefinition of America from a European nation to a multicultural proposition nation. They pushed the 1965 immigration act which opened America to race replacement immigration from the Third World. Jews have promoted racial integration, affirmative action, and massive transfers of both wealth and status from whites to non-whites, especially blacks. Thus America is no longer a white nation defined and populated by descendants of war heroes and frontiersmen.
Similar policies have been adopted in all European nations since the Second World War. European people are being systematically replaced in our homelands. Our history is presented as uniquely evil, a karmic disaster. Our political and social interests are seen as hateful and exclusionary. This did not happen by accident. It was perpetrated by our ethnic competitor. Western Civilization is being murdered, eaten alive by parasites.
Left to their own devices, blacks are usually politically inert and ineffectual. Many are inclined toward black separatism and nationalism, which suits us fine. Blacks have been turned into a tool of anti-white ethnic vilification and displacement by Jews. The replacement of Andrew Jackson by Harriet Tubman is just one small skirmish in a much larger battle.
Tubman probably had real virtues and achievements. After all, her elevation has to be plausible. But Harriet Tubman is not being honored for her virtues and achievements, Andrew Jackson is being attacked for his. Honoring Tubman is not an expression of black power, but of Jewish power. Jews don't love blacks, they hate whites.
There are no portraits of Jews on United States currency, just symbols for the manipulation of their host populations, which they hold in contempt. Jews prefer having the substance of power rather than the symbols.
Andrew Jackson fought against the central bank. He lived his entire life putting honor and principle above money. So I doubt that he would be particularly honored by appearing on a Federal Reserve note. But we should still be angry about Jackson's replacement, which symbolizes the loss of our nation. The fact that Harriet Tubman can take his place without protest symbolizes the death of our heroic spirit — the apathy that has replaced our will to power. If Jackson's ferocious commitment to honor lived on in our hearts rather than died in our pockets, none of this would have happened.
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You can just imagine that the idea behind replacing Jackson instead of another was due to Jackson's diehard resistance to central (read: jew) banking. And Trump won't do anything to stop that outrageous blasphemy of replacing Jackson on the $20 bill.
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democracy_final2_final.pdf
This was not the election of a healthy democracy. A complete list of the undemocratic measures taken before, during, and after this election would stretch for pages. The proximate cause for so many—including the attempted coup—was Donald Trump. Following his lead, Republican voters and officials, all the way up to sitting senators, have conjured up a phantasmagoria where the only explanation for defeat is a conspiracy of rampant voter fraud around every corner. Where democracy is defined as a subset of the population; a herrenvolk. Theirs is a fever dream motivated by an explicit rejection of both democratic values and the intransigent reality of the ballot box. At roughly 31 cases in a billion ballots, voter fraud is astronomically rare. Voter suppression of minorities, meanwhile, remains commonplace.
It would not be unreasonable, in spite of efforts to throw out votes, intimidate election officials, spread lie after lie after lie until blood was spilled on the Capitol steps, to believe that this was a more undemocratic election than most in the nation's history.
I want to first be clear about what I am not saying. I'm not trying to issue panglossian polemic, in the style of Steven Pinker. I am not here to acknowledge wrongs American electoral history only insofar as they serve to illustrate a vague ideal of neoliberal progress. I am, frankly, not abundantly optimistic about the future of American democracy, which is likely to remain yoked to undemocratic institutions like the Senate and Electoral College for the foreseeable future.
That said: I'd like to make the case that in spite of it all, this was in fact the most democratic general election in the history of the United States.
A caveat of sorts: I'm not a historian, and my work as a journalist is mostly restricted to science—particularly physics. In short, this is not my expertise. But seeing as the data bears it out, and nobody else seems to have forcefully articulated the point, I thought I'd try my hand at it.
Total vote as a percentage of population (blue) and winner's vote as a percentage of population (red) for U.S. president. Note the increases around 1820, 1865, and 1920.
If you wanted to tell the story of democracy in America over the past 231 years—all of its fits and starts, flaws and virtues, banalities and oddities, triumphs and tragedies—you could do worse than the following graph.
What this chart illustrates, perhaps reductively, is that American democracy has not always been so. Elections today bear little resemblance to those a century ago, let alone two centuries ago. We the people were not we the voters.
With absentee ballots finally counted, President Joe Biden has topped 81 million votes, which is not only the highest total ever, but also—by a small margin—the highest total as a percentage of population. Perhaps more importantly, the total vote in 2020 nearly scraped 50%, about 5% higher than the previous record in 2008.
In the sense that democracy refers to "a system of government by the whole population or all the eligible members of a state, typically through elected representatives," elections closest to the democratic ideal are those that in which more of the population votes, not less. 2012 was a more democratic election than 1912; 1912 was more democratic than 1812. This is a simple, mathematically ineluctable definition without caveat or context, but it works.
And it works because increases in participation are so deeply entwined with expansion of the franchise that we can see, in the dips and rises of that graph, milestones of suffrage: universal white male suffrage in the 1820s, the partial success of the 15th Amendment after the Civil War, the resounding increase on the passage of the 19th Amendment, and the impact of Civil Rights legislation with which the U.S. first became a multiracial democracy.
There are plenty of confounding variables, and enormous setbacks remain. Roughly 5 million Americans remain disenfranchised due to a felony. Shelby v. Holder needs to be counteracted with a new VRA. Automatic voter registration and the repeal of voter I.D. laws are a must.
Electoral politics are not the be-all end-all of a democracy, and maybe not a "lifeblood" (or even hemolymph) but they are a sort of transmission fluid—a substance that allows for the continued maintenance and survival of the system. Better that it flow freely.
I'll hopefully update this later with some more historical context to flesh out the point, but for now, it's democracy.in.america_final2_final.pdf.
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Beatrice "Bea" L. Parmele, 82, of Cove, died July 29 at Grande Ronde Hospital. There will be no service as per Bea's request.
Bea was born March 29, 1925, to Bernice and Dora Cooper in Portland. She married Donald Parmele Aug. 20, 1945, in Portland.
She was a homemaker who enjoyed her family, gardening and numerous pets including her current cat, Scamper. She also lived in Boring.
She is survived by her children and their spouses, Dan and Kris Parmele of Boring, Jerry and Jana Parmele of Cove and Joanne and Randy Crutcher of Baker City; eight grandchildren, eight great-grandchildren and one great-great-grandchild. She was preceded in death by her parents, husband, sister and one great-grandchild.
Memorial contributions may be made to Shriners Children's Hospital in care of Loveland Chapel, 1508 Fourth St., La Grande 97850.


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Oh. Dear. So here's your fresh thread – spread your joy/misery/reactions to your comp news below.


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and yet letters addressed to her continue to be delivered, unhindered.
offering lifetime guarantees to the dead, misled by inefficient files.
after your whim, I look to you.
not to my salvation, but my ruin.
in an intimation of garden-variety lust.
and ponder: in this game, what truth do we trust?
to anyone else, for all that it should matter.
bent head, and brings to light much, much less.
topsy-turvy, head over heels off that cliff.
just as lightning cracks, a white whip to spur us.
Mother, your furtive whisper frightens me.
of the storm that blows outside, muted by glass.
you slip into my mouth, cold and sweet.
to stitch us up. Come Mother, let us.
shared to me by Laurel.
but could not keep us.
the warm tan of my thighs.
the damp musk of their embrace?
No, no one knows anymore.
carries rumors that I maintain to be untrue.
and the girl of course, beautiful.
they tell me I am to perish in fire.
I see lust glistening in that one eye.
The weight of the world is lighter than the hair on the backs of your hands.
when really, what else could you watch without looking.
Your dinner, three turns on the microwave is strike three on a zero streak.
Some days a new shirt and a sharp wit just don't cut it.
the bastards are quick to wipe down the counters in your wake.
why, just yesterday she said you could walk on water.
Entrance fee: tequila in a shiny shot glass, salt on her pink girl's tongue.
All the pretty ones, they like to tell you the unvarnished truth.
"He's younger than you." Well who would have guessed?
beyond the scruff marks her boots left on your white-on-white wall.
the gradual scraping away of layers will reveal the wood that is underneath.
you shed clothing, the name they called you as a child, the town you grew up in.
was unduly surprised when you ambled back, cheery as usual, beers all around.
the weight of the world is actually lighter than anything.
It needs to be, light enough yes, to sit so long in your bones.
who does not demand devout adoration.
I cannot help it; I am an easy convert.
each into her candle, for my soul.
unfolds into a clean horizon.
the faithful grapple with interminable lust.
and still the sinners do not die.
ferry arguments altar to altar.
the exotic flavour of prayers.
best induced by miracles that happen at noon.
into pull of tide, the primal roar.
in the powerful wake of waves.
trying to make safe what I can.
but because he could see.
a knife is not alien to me.
not just with ease but also with rage.
to hide from view. I knew, I knew.
to one day see the blade through.
move me to an exquisite inadequacy.
that invade me when you leave.
push you into the nearest corner space.
that will brand you lover, ruined, and mine.
This is, I think a reprieve.
I murmur prayers to keep you.
the cuts are festering still.
is settling for much, much less.
Sincerity can be an act of will.
and blindly toe the line.
are glued willy-nilly, in bits.
with hardly any thought to style.
Only that I give in willingly.
I feel that it's too soon for trust, child.
at the womb of another.
Baldly, I feel my barrenness.
into nothing but helpless storage.
Little one, you pain me with promise.
Our lives equidistant, almost as long.
Another pulse at a run, throbbing.
The roots reaching downward, deeper.
While I sit lost, waiting my turn in the wings.
The coven of motherhood I cannot enter.
Will my womb be likewise nourished?
Lead me to the circus of death and birth.
When that day comes, the fairies turn to me.
you may not desire to fathom.
would bode well with me.
Being with you would be pure bliss.
But first you have got to untie my feet.
And not know what's on your mind.
She is harm, she is harm.
There are signs, there are signs.
You and her, you and her.
There she waits, there she waits.
And you took the carousel road.
Following footprints my feet cannot fit.
within the most secret attics of my mind.
for the sorely missed, near-dawn warmth.
once more my own, mine alone.
The gods might be near.
Hinge so fast, on your arrival.
The alarm loud and tolling too late.
Armed to the teeth against intent.
I pick my way through, steadfast and grim.
Of our comings and goings.
Covering and containing our errant ways.
how sea and sky rush to fuse at dusk.
part to reveal an army intent on escape.
The grab gatherers are not invincible either.
lapping furiously at the ankles and hands.
her waves obscure the path to shore.
tomorrow there is always another ebb of tide.
and the gas-light fingers simply let go.
on an island somewhere tugs at my heart.
that drowns out pain, protest, or both.
of sunrise on the horizon.
tang of salt and creep of cold into bone.
layers of fiction to fall away.
to keep decay at bay.
you to me. Youth? Not likely.
to crabbiness and ill humor.
for us too swiftly, too swiftly.
to steal it wholly, without regard for me.
the tattoo of an angry fingerprint.
that delirious giving in to sin.
the game over and nobody's won.
No more playing Dare That Driver.
No more last fast sprint to safety on the other side.
one sibling dead, and now it's someone else's turn.
work furiously under a darkening moon.
want his mama more than any western toy.
was the young soldier of its target.
by gunpowder I blink slowly to look at him.
as a cart comes in from the corner.
and re-issues of E.T., middle finger extended.
and we have been sitting ducks for years?
we are not afraid, we will triumph!" cannot stop me.
but have a full head of shiny ebony hair.
Only it would have been a real gun.
can no longer inflame me.
frozen pretty to the eye.
weighing down a stack of old papers.
culled from all over the world.
curried with carbon from the grill.
to see if I would miss you less.
kind like father but five years younger than she.
of my own wits, I am called in to minister.
with her fierce, manic owl's glare.
"You should know better," I say across the hum.
then rewards me with a rebuke.
and then attempts a smile to put us all at ease.
to do my crying for me.


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New campaign filings show West Virginia's three Republican incumbents with far more money than Democratic challengers in their campaign accounts.
Filings show Rep. David McKinley's campaign received almost $241,000 from July through September, spent more than $157,000 and still had $705,000 on hand.
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Campaign finance reports show that outside groups have spent $1.8 million, while candidates have spent $1.6 million combined through late April.
Republican Congressman Alex Mooney has raised almost $150,000 for his re-election in West Virginia's 2nd Congressional District.
According to campaign finance reports, the first-term House member raised $147,900 from January through March and has $376,900 cash left.
Two casino companies have given five-figure checks to a West Virginia conservative political committee.
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West Virginia's three Republican congressmen each brought in six-figure fundraising hauls last quarter.
In campaign finance reports, Congressman Evan Jenkins raised $175,500 from July through September, the most out of West Virginia's delegation. The 3rd Congressional District representative ended with $404,900 in his campaign account, and has no challenger for 2016 yet.
While considering a bid for governor, Republican Congressman David McKinley added almost $154,000 to his federal campaign account to start the year.
On Wednesday, McKinley and West Virginia's freshman Republican congressmen posted six-figure hauls from January through March.
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The body began debating the bill more than a week ago that when introduced would have removed all contribution caps for candidate donations and allowed corporations to begin giving to West Virginia races.
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Federal Election Commission reports say Rahall has about $1.1 million in his campaign account after the January-through-March fundraising period. Jenkins has about $512,000 cash on hand.