Music research links and forms to help you Copyright your own personal work.
or to find that artist that is in your upcoming soundtrack.
Type in only parts of the title that you are sure are correct.
All royalty fees are collected by these three music organizations.
I would start at the top and work your way down.
Also at the bottom of this page you will find useful links and copyright forms.
ALL MUSIC GUIDE - Pinpoint the music you want with one of the most powerful on-line research tools.
ASCAP CLEARANCE EXPRESS (ACE) - Provides composer and publisher information for over 4 million copyrights represented by ASCAP. You can also learn more about ASCAP's legislative work on behalf of composers, publishers and music copyright owners.
KOHN ON MUSIC LICENSING – Another powerful site specializing in music law and copyright protection.
This is the online supplement to our book, Kohn On Music Licensing. In this section, we will bring you late breaking information on the law and business of music licensing, including the latest changes in the copyright law, emerging music licensing practices on the Internet, and new legal forms.
SESAC REPERTORY ON-LINE (SRO) – Provides composer and publisher information for copyrights represented by SESAC. SESAC is a newer American publishing society than ASCAP and BMI.
INTERNATIONAL LYRICS SERVER - An ever-growing database of accurate song lyrics, searchable by Artist, Album, and Song Titles.
Circular 56a Musical Compositions and Sound Recordings Form.
Digital Millennium Copyright Act ("DMCA"), was enacted into law.
COPYRIGHT LAW OF THE UNITED STATES OF AMERICA This link contains all of the updated laws of copyright from the library of congress.


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The City of Burlington is prepared for another fun and exciting winter season.
The city although there may not be enough snow yet, according to a recent news release, is ready for winter fun with the launch of its Neighbourhood Rink program, the opening of the Burlington Rotary Centennial Pond, and several designated tobogganing locations.
The Neighbourhood Rink program, a program that launched four years ago, encourages residents to come together in order to maintain outdoor community ice rinks at local parks this winter.
These rinks will be open to the public and are free to use. For more information about the Neighbourhood Rink program, visit burlington.ca/neighbourhoodrink.
The Burlington Rotary Centennial Pond is another free place to skate this winter. The rink is scheduled to open today, Dec. 8, if the weather permits. The rink is located at the waterfront, downtown Burlington and brings in roughly 9,000 skaters each year.
The rink will be open daily from 10 a.m. to 10 p.m. On Christmas Eve, the rink will be open from 10 a.m. to 8 p.m. and closed on Christmas Day.
For up-to-date information on ice conditions at the Burlington Rotary Centennial Pond, call 905-335-7600, ext. 8587.
To learn more about the pond visit, burlington.ca/pond.
Tobogganing is another winter activity that the City of Burlington is prepared for.
In Burlington, there are six designated areas that are safe for tobogganing. They are as follows.
Lowville Park, on the hill at the southwest end of the park.
For more information about tobogganing in Burlington, visit burlington.ca/tobogganing.
Are you ready for winter fun in Burlington this year?
Photo is courtesy of the City of Burlington.


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#include <iostream>
#include <vector>
#include <cstdio>
#include <cstdlib>
#include "data_structures.h"

std::string type_names[1] = {"Bool"};
std::string op_names[6] = {"or", "and", "not", "=>", "="};

/* bool_variable definitions */

bool_variable::bool_variable(std::string name) {
    has_value_set = false;
    m_name = name;
}

bool_variable::bool_variable(std::string name, bool value)
{
    has_value_set = true;
    m_name = name;
    m_value = value;
}

std::string bool_variable::name() const {
    return m_name;
}

type_t bool_variable::type() const {
    return bool_t;
}

bool bool_variable::value() {
    return m_value;
}

void bool_variable::set_value(bool value)
{
    m_value = value;
}

std::ostream &operator<<(std::ostream &out, const variable *obj)
{
    out << "(" << obj->name() << " " << type_names[obj->type()] << ")";
    return out;
}

const bool_variable *bool_variable::TRUE = new bool_variable("1", true);
const bool_variable *bool_variable::FALSE = new bool_variable("0", false);

constraint::constraint(list *exp, bool v)
{
    expression = exp;
    value = v;
    expanded = false;

    // Now, we check how many branches this constraint
    //  generates.

    if (exp->type == NODE) {
        required_branches = 1;
        return;
    }

    std::string op = *(exp->content.sublist->at(0)->content.name);
    int nargs = exp->content.sublist->size() - 1;

    if(!op.compare("or")) {
#ifdef DEBUG
        std::cout << "Got an or. ";
#endif

        if (v) {
            // If an or expression is true, at least one
            //  of its arguments is true.
            required_branches = nargs;
        } else {
            // If an or expression is false, all of its
            //  arguments are false.
            required_branches = 1;
        }
    } else if(!op.compare("and")) {
#ifdef DEBUG
        std::cout << "Got an and. ";
#endif

        if (v) {
            // If an and expression is true, all of its
            //  arguments are true.
            required_branches = 1;
        } else {
            // If an and expression is false, at least one
            //  of its arguments is false.
            required_branches = nargs;
        }
    } else if(!op.compare("not")) {
#ifdef DEBUG
        std::cout << "Got a not. ";
#endif

        required_branches = 1;
    } else if(!op.compare("=>")) {
#ifdef DEBUG
        std::cout << "Got a =>. ";
#endif

        if (v) {
            // If an implication P => Q is true, then
            //  either P is false or P == Q == true.
            required_branches = 2;
        } else {
            // If an implication P => Q is false, then
            //  P == false and Q == true.
            required_branches = 1;
        }
    } else if(!op.compare("=")) {
#ifdef DEBUG
        std::cout << "Got a =. ";
#endif

        if (v) {
            // If an equivalence P = Q is true, then
            //  either P == Q == true or P == Q == false.
            required_branches = 2;
        } else {
            // If an equivalence P = Q is false, then
            //  either P == false and Q == true or
            //  P == true and Q == false.
            required_branches = 2;
        }
    }

#ifdef DEBUG
    std::cout << "Required branches: " << required_branches << "." << std::endl;
#endif
}

std::ostream &operator<<(std::ostream &out, const constraint obj)
{
    out << obj.expression << " = " << obj.value;
    return out;
}

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Fuel cell manufacturer Nedstack and GE's Power Conversion business have entered into a partnership to develop hydrogen fuel cell power systems for cruise vessels.
The two companies envisage using this technology on passenger ships, replacing traditional diesel engines with fuel cells, and heavy fuel oil (HFO) with hydrogen.
So far, Nedstack and GE have designed the concept for a two megawatt hydrogen fuel cell power plant on an expedition vessel. According to the companies, the review result has been highly positive and plausible, and they are working towards the ultimate goal of a truly zero-emission system that will enable the world's first sustainable, clean cruise ships.
The cruise industry shares a joint responsibility to eliminate the possible negative impacts it might have on port communities, the health of passengers and staff, and on the environment as a whole.
Shipowners are already under pressure to comply with the reduced sulfur limit regulations coming into force next year. Both global International Maritime Organization (IMO) and regional regulations require marine vessels to reduce emissions or eliminate them altogether.
"Existing clean power solutions are focused on reducing emissions. Eliminating emissions altogether demands a paradigm shift," Arnoud van de Bree, CEO of Nedstack said.
"We're proud to be working with Nedstack on what we believe will be a game changer for the cruise industry," said Ed Torres, CEO of Marine and O&G, GE's Power Conversion business.
This partnership brings together GE's expertise in cruise electrical power and propulsion solutions plus system integration capability, with Nedstack's extensive experience in megawatt-scale hydrogen fuel cell technology.
The Salzgitter Group and Sunfire GmbH will build and operate the world's largest high-temperature electrolyser (HTE) for energy-efficient production of hydrogen together with key technological partners.
Thirteen hydrogen industry leaders have jointly founded a new special purpose corporation (SPC) aimed at revamping South Korea's hydrogen charging station construction and operation projects.
The ongoing transition from fossil fuels to renewable energy has raised the level of interest and investment in zero-emission hydrogen.


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export class StartTaskCloudRequestModel {

    name: string;
    description: string;
    assignee: string;
    priority: string;
    dueDate: Date;
    candidateUsers: string[];
    candidateGroups: string[];
    payloadType: string;
    formKey: string;

    constructor(obj?: any) {
        if (obj) {
            this.name = obj.name || null;
            this.description = obj.description || null;
            this.assignee = obj.assignee || null;
            this.priority = obj.priority || null;
            this.dueDate = obj.dueDate || null;
            this.candidateUsers = obj.candidateUsers || null;
            this.candidateGroups = obj.candidateGroups || null;
            this.formKey = obj.formKey || null;
            this.payloadType = 'CreateTaskPayload';
        }
    }
}


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We understand that real estate is a personal asset and take great appreciation in ensuring that your values are our values.
Leasing services consist of advertising through multiple sources including our website, screening potential tenants to include employment verification, past landlord history and credit history, showing the property and obtaining signatures on leases, collecting the first month's rent and security deposit, then distributing an agreed-upon amount to the landlord. This is ideal for property owners who cannot take time away from their work schedules to follow-up on phone inquiries.
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The internet provides a wide range of options to reach tenants seeking housing. The multiple listing services allows agents to set-up auto e-mailing services to tenants that describe what they are hoping to find in a rental property. Tenants can use this to track rentals of their liking. Our state-of-the-art website also offers many opportunities to view rentals from any brokerage.
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Recently i've installed Webmonitor on my isa server. Two or three days it worked and after that it is not blocking adult websites. I've enabled the site ranking and other setting.
Status: offline Are you seeing any errors in the URL history of WebMonitor?
Statistics are used as a drunk uses lampposts - for support, not for illumination.
"Checking failed. [ 0x800a01ad Line:181.Automation server can't create object]"
Is the problem occurring for all the websites, or only for a few that you are visiting?
I would recommend that you contact GFI support on this issue, since the error seems to be quite specific.


C1 Alpine course on the Dachstein glacier, Austria.
(self) rescue techniques, and more knots.
Basically the basics in alpinism. This course will open new doors to highlines and climbing routes in a more alpine environment. I am more then happy with this achievement!


Java and C++ are quite similar, and this makes it relatively easy for C++ programmers to learn the newer language. There are a few areas, however, that are different enough to cause problems, and one of these is the lack of global variables. This can be overcome in Java with the application of the Singleton design pattern. This article will look at the use of this pattern as an aid to C++ developers who are making the move to Java and who want to be productive now by putting off the transition to no global variables to a later date, flattening the learning curve somewhat.
The Singleton pattern ensures that only one instance of a class will be created and provides a global point of access to it. Any global variables that are required can then be placed within this class and accessed wherever they are needed. Gamma et al. describe the Singleton pattern in C++ in their book Design Patterns: Elements of Reusable Object-Oriented Software. In this article, I will develop the Singleton pattern, improve it, then show how it can be used to implement global variables in Java.
Java does not support global variables. While purists say this is a good thing, is does present a considerable stumbling block to C++ programmers who are used to developing with them. Every variable in Java must be declared within a class. However, Java uses the static keyword to indicate that a particular variable is a class variable rather than an instance variable. What this means is that there will be only one copy of the variable for the class rather than one for each instance of the class. It will, in effect, be global within that class. There will be one and only one copy of a class variable no matter how many instances of the class are created. The static keyword enables the implementation of the Singleton class.
Since there will be only one instance of the Singleton class, it needs to have control over its own creation. The constructor in Listing 1 has been declared private to prevent instantiations outside of the class. The class variable _instance is also declared private so that it cannot be accessed or modified by anything other than the Singleton class. The getInstance method is public and this is the only point of access for anyone wanting to make use of the Singleton.
The first time the getInstance() method is called, the instance of Singleton will be created. This process is referred to as Lazy Instantiation. Class variables are initialized when the class is first loaded and since there is no static initializer attached, _instance will have an initial value of null. When getInstance() is first called, _instance will be null so a new Singleton object will be created and assigned to it. For every subsequent call, _instance has a non-null value so a reference to the already created Singleton object will be returned.
Please note that the Singleton class cannot be subclassed or extended because the constructor is declared to be private. If subclassing is required, the access specifier of the constructor can be changed from private to protected. Unlike C++, where protected means granting access to only derived classes, Java's protected access specifier grants access to all classes with the same package in addition to the subclasses. Thus classes within the same package could have multiple instantiations of the Singleton class, which defeats the purpose of the pattern.
This solution shown in Listing 2 causes another problem for multi-threaded applications in that only one thread can be executing the method at a given time. Any threads waiting to get an instance of Singleton will be blocked until the first thread has exited the getInstance method. This results in slower application performance.
Fortunately all this unnecessary blocking can be avoided by applying the Double Checked Locking pattern as described by Mark Grand in his book Patterns in Java Volume 2.
Applying the Double Check Locking pattern makes a small but significant change to the getInstance() method, as shown in Listing 3.
The getInstance() method has been changed with the addition of a synchronized portion of code, or "critical section." This use of the synchronized keyword differs from Listing 2 where it was a method specifier and only allowed one concurrent access to the method. Here, the synchronized keyword attempts to gain an exclusive lock on the Singleton.class object. The critical section of code following is not executed until the lock is obtained, ensuring that no other threads can be executing the section at the same time.
The multiple instantiation problem has been solved in Listing 3 because of Double Check Locking. While it is still possible for a thread to be preempted after the first _instance comparison and be leapfrogged by another thread, the second _instance comparison within the critical section will allow such a thread to realize that the Singleton object has already been created. Every subsequent call to getInstance() will then bypass the critical section, resulting in no blocked threads.
Now that the infrastructure of the Singleton class has been developed, the global data can be implemented.
Global data should be declared to be private and getter and setter methods should be used for access. Declaring the data as a private and controlling access ensures it will not be changed accidentally or maliciously from outside the class. It also allows the Singleton to enforce error checking and control access.
Using a standard naming convention for getters and setters will make the code much more understandable. Setters, methods that set the value of a variable, should use the prefix set in the method name. Getters, methods that retrieve values, should use the prefix get in the method name. Getters that retrieve a Boolean value should use the prefix is in the method name.
Using this naming convention, a global integer would be implemented as seen in Listing 4.
While the examples shown here all depict simple data being used globally, there is no reason why more complex structures can't be used as well. The Singleton class can be used to aggregate any number of objects.
With just a few lines of code, the Singleton pattern can be implemented in Java to provide a single point where all global data can be stored and accessed. Java is already an easy language for C++ developers to pick up, but mastering the Singleton pattern and using it to implement global data makes the transition easier than ever.
With over thirteen years' experience in application development, Wiebe de Jong is a Web developer for IMRglobal Ltd in Vancouver, BC, Canada. He develops Internet and intranet applications for clients using Java, UML, and XML. He also teaches.


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If you're addicted to tumbling as well as doodling, visit Doodlers Anonymous on Tumblr and follow along for more daily inspiration. You might even see yourself on it!


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The new Mustang builds on the iconic Bosses made famous for their looks and performance in the late '60s and early '70s.
The GLA will be the first Mercedes crossover sold in the United States with fwd, and the awd version will have a new generation of Mercedes' 4Matic system.
But Ford points out that in the new Boss 302 performance is boosted under the hood, where the V-8 engine is upgraded to 440 hp -- an increase of 28 over the stock version thanks to a new intake with revised camshafts.


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I Turn My Camera On, Episode 9: Lance Gross & Logan Browning Have An Emotional Conversation About Losing A Parent
By Rachaell Davis	· November 30, 2017 December 6, 2020
On this week's episode of I Turn My Camera On, Lance Gross sits down with talented film and television actress Logan Browning.
Although the conversation begins with the two discussing their interpretation of what it means to embrace the concept of mastery, the discussion takes a different turn shortly after.
"For me, [mastery] is just perfecting whatever it is you do in life," Lance says. "It could be your career, it could be you wanting to be the best father you can be. Anything."
For the Dear White People and Hit The Floor star, the definition of the concept is largely rooted in the practice of perseverance when facing failure or defeat.
"When I think about mastery, I think about failing and continuing on anyway, despite it all," she says. "Trying something, doing everything you can in terms of the skill and the knowledge and the preparation and the wisdom and the advice in order to get to that thing that you desire."
Lance ultimately shifts the discussion slightly with a question about what brings Logan the most joy, which leads both entertainers to share deeply personal and painful memories tied to their last moments with their fathers before they passed away.
Watch the emotional conversation in full in the video above, and then click HERE for a look at all 9 episodes.

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Evolution's Effect on World Morally
It is my privilege to be continuing with this series, Searching for the Truth on Origins. Over the previous eight sessions we have looked at the creation-evolution controversy, examining the claims of evolution and the claims of creation. We have looked at the facts and the observable evidence.
In this session, we want to move on and look at the impact that evolution has had on society. And particularly in session nine, we are going to be talking about the impact of evolution in terms of how it has affected the world morally. As we begin, let's turn to Ephesians 5:8-17. Paul writes:
For you were once darkness, but now you are light in the Lord. Walk as children of light (for the fruit of the Spirit is in all goodness, righteousness, and truth), finding out what is acceptable to the Lord. And have no fellowship with the unfruitful works of darkness, but rather expose them. For it is shameful even to speak of those things which are done by them in secret. But all things that are exposed are made manifest by the light, for whatever makes manifest is light. Therefore He says: "Awake, you who sleep, Arise from the dead, And Christ will give you light." See then that you walk circumspectly, not as fools but as wise, redeeming the time, because the days are evil. Therefore do not be unwise, but understand what the will of the Lord is. (NKJV)
You see, what we are going to be doing in this presentation is to examine some of the trends, some of the things that are taking place in our world today, and try to understand what is occurring and why it is occurring. And we will be using the Bible as the Book that will give us insight and understanding. And as we look at these things that are taking place (make the observation of current events that are occurring in the world today) we are going to be able to observe that human behavior has a lot to do with whether we believe in a Creator or we do not believe in a Creator. According to the Scriptures, there are consequences when we reject the overwhelming evidence that God exists. And we will be looking at those consequences.
Now before we begin to look at the impact of evolution on society, I want to do a brief overview. We have had eight presentations talking about the creation-evolution controversy. We have examined the claims of evolution and the claims of creation. But now what we want to do is to look at an overview of the creation-evolution debate, just to review. What is it that evolution claims is true? What about creation?
Well, we will begin where the evolutionists begin and that is with the origin of the universe. It is believed that in the beginning of time there was a minute lump of matter which blew up. And as a result of an explosion of this very condensed lump of matter, we have everything which exists in the universe—the cosmos, the galaxies, our solar system, our planet earth, and everything on the planet including you and me.
But is this reasonable? Well, here is a fact: We know that explosions produce chaos and disorder, never order. Given time, all systems proceed in a direction from order to disorder. It never happens the other way around. This is a basic law of science. So the very foundational principle of the evolutionary model cannot be substantiated by what we observe.
Another principle of the evolutionary worldview is the claim that life originated in the distant, unobservable past, as a result of non-living materials coming together to formulate life. But has that ever been observed? And the answer is, no! It is a fact of science, that there is no evidence to show how life can arise from non-life. It has never been observed. All life we have ever observed comes from pre-existing life. This is a law of science. It is called the Law of Biogenesis.
We have the concept that evolution promotes that through time there has been a progression of life from lower to higher, from simple to complex. It is called the Darwinian "Tree of Life".
So, here on the "Tree of Life," we see this vertical progression that supposedly occurred. But what do we observe? No one has ever found the intermediates between the different kinds of life. Oh yes, we know that life changes but it changes horizontally, bounded genetically. But horizontal changes in no way provide a mechanism for the vertical change that would have had to have occurred if the Darwinian view is true. It is a fact that horizontal variation can occur within genetic boundaries, but we do not see the evidence in the fossil record that shows vertical variation of life as evolution claims. There are no missing links.
And then with the complexity of life, it is the assumption of the evolutionary perspective that all life can be explained given time and chance. But when we look at the basic unit of life—what do we see? It is impossible to explain. No one has ever observed a protein molecule which has come into existence by a process of chance, let alone the organelles which make up cells.
So we have another fact: Evolution claims the complexity of life can be explained by gradual minute changes over time. There is no mechanism that can show how the complexity of cells, tissues, and organs could evolve by chance and accumulated mistakes. You see there are some major problems with this worldview.
And with regard to the history of life, the claim is that through time, life has evolved from lower to higher, from simple to complex, from an amoeba to man. Hundreds of millions of years of time passed and layers were laid down gradually and we should find a sequence of life buried in the layers of the world, showing how this process occurred. But once more, it is a fact that it can be demonstrated that layers of the earth can form quickly and catastrophically. It does not require millions of years.
And it is another fact that we know that fossils were formed in some way that they are not being formed today, showing rapid burial. This would agree and fit exactly with the biblical claims that life, which was created, was destroyed in a worldwide catastrophic event. Worldwide!
Next we examined the claims of evolution that man has arisen from brute apelike creatures. Many of these claims were outright fraudulent and outright hoaxes. But in other cases we saw wild speculation, as single bones (toe bones) were used to formulate entire creatures.
The facts show that man has always been man. The artifacts that have been left to us by ancient civilizations agree exactly with the biblical perspective, that man was created and had tremendous abilities and attributes. And when we look at the major accomplishments of the ancient civilizations—the cities that they built, their towers, their ziggurats, their pyramids, their ability to alloy minerals together—what does it say? The biblical creation view can be supported by the evidence. The evidence is overwhelming, but still the majority of intellectuals worldwide have chosen to discredit creation and accept evolution.
We see here on the front cover of this book, The Rise of Life, this progression or change through time.
And here is a book that is put together to challenge young people to think about evolution. In fact it is called, The Story of the Origins of Humankind.
It was endorsed by Isaac Asimov who states, "Combines good detail with ingenious three-dimensional illustration. It's bound to interest the inquisitive youngster."And when you open the book you see that it is very interesting looking. A volcano pops up and then this statement:
After countless chance encounters between organic molecules, an event created the universe in the depths of the seas about 3,500 million years ago. Groups of organic molecules came together to form living cells. (Asimov)
On another page there is a brute apelike creature walking along and again the statement that man has evolved. Well, this is certainly interesting, but is it based on factual information? You see it is rather clear that evolution is promoted but there are some real serious questions.
Now what I want to do is to examine the history behind evolution. We will examine those who founded the ideas—the founding fathers. We can only briefly look at some of these.
First of all, we begin with the Age of Enlightenment and we go back to the time of the French Revolution. This is when a number of individuals, who were very vocal in their presentations, made the claim that man was being held back in chains by religion. Perhaps you remember in history about the French Revolution. There was a great attack, of course, against the Bible. Bibles were burned. And the whole idea was promoted that we must throw away superstition and religion, and turn to man's ideas. That was the Age of Enlightenment.
Well, in Great Britain there were numerous instigators in the Age of Enlightenment who had a great influence. One of these was a man by the name of Erasmus Darwin. That name should be familiar. He was Charles Darwin's grandfather, who was born in 1731 and he died in 1802. Erasmus Darwin was a medical doctor but he had some ideas on the subject of origins. He wrote a book called, The Zoonomia, in which he laid out the idea that through time, life had progressed from lower to higher.
Erasmus Darwin was a religious man. He worshipped the gods Bacchus and Venus. And he seemed to have a personal agenda to attack biblical authority. Well, certainly he was not alone. In fact, he was one of fourteen members who formed what was called the Lunar Society. The Lunar Society met in Birmingham on the Monday closest to the full moon, which may give you some insight into the spiritual interest that some of these men had. As I mentioned, Erasmus Darwin himself worshipped Bacchus and Venus. He was interested in Eastern philosophy, Eastern religion. The Lunar Society projected the concept that the biblical view of the origin of man was a mythological concept and what we need to do is rely upon science in order to determine the truth. It is interesting that Erasmus Darwin was one of the members of the Lunar Society, but so was Josiah Wedgewood—Darwin's grandfather on his mother's side.
Then there was this individual who was very influential, named Charles Lyell. Charles Lyell wrote The Principles of Geology that was published in 1830. And by the way, Charles Darwin had this book with him when he went on his journey to the Galapagos. It was Charles Darwin, along with James Hutton who formulated the geological chart we looked at earlier, in which they proposed that the earth's history was very, very old. And over hundreds of millions of years of time, the layers of the earth were laid down gradually. And it was through these long periods of time that life lived and died and was buried in these layers.
Most people are not aware that Lyell knew exactly what he was doing. He had an agenda that was, as part of this whole era of the Age of Enlightenment, to cause people to doubt the authenticity of the Bible—particularly the Genesis record. And that can be documented.
Charles Darwin once wrote regarding Lyell's agenda,
Lyell is most firmly convinced that he has shaken the faith in the Deluge far more efficiently by never having said a word against the Bible than if he had acted otherwise... I have read lately Morley's Life of Voltaire and he insists strongly that direct attacks on Christianity produce little permanent effect; real good seems only to follow the slow and silent side attacks. (Darwin, 587)
You see, Lyell's objective was to cause people to question the Bible without attacking the Bible. And the way that he could do that is to present this view that the layers of the earth were laid down, not by any great global catastrophic event, but by gradual processes. The theory was called the theory of uniformitarianism; that is, that the present is the key to understanding the past. And that caused people to question what the Bible says about the creation that had been destroyed by a worldwide flood.
You see, Darwin himself was then able to use Lyell's timeframe to substantiate the years that would be required for his idea of evolution to have occurred. And that is why reading Lyell's book on the way to the Galapagos Islands was very important in helping Darwin formulate his ideas. Charles Darwin, of course, is often called the father of evolution; but certainly he is only one of numerous contributors. As we look into his life—in fact as we read his own testimony of some of the things that he said in the latter parts of his life—we can see that Darwin himself used evolution as a means of explaining away God.
Here is the only complete edition of his autobiography.
By the way, this was not published until 100 years after his death, by the request of his family, because of a number of things which he stated. I will quote to you as Darwin describes his journey. He says,
Whilst on board the Beagle, I was quite orthodox, and I remember being heartily laughed at by several of the officers for quoting the Bible as an unanswerable authority on some point of morality.
You see, Darwin himself had gone to seminary for three years. He believed in God. He believed in the authority of the Scriptures. But then something changed. He continues:
But I had gradually come, by this time, to see that the Old Testament from its manifestly false history of the world, with the Tower of Babel, the rainbow as a sign, etc., etc. and from its attributing to God the feelings of a revengeful tyrant, was no more to be trusted than the sacred books of the Hindus or the beliefs of any barbarian.
So you see, he once believed, then he doubted, and then he was very disgruntled. Then he makes this statement:
Thus disbelief crept over me at a very slow rate, but was at last complete. The rate was so slow that I felt no distress, and I have never since doubted even for a single second that my conclusion was correct. I can indeed hardly see how anyone ought to wish Christianity to be true; for if so, the plain language of the text seems to show that the men who do not believe—and this would include my father, brother, and almost all my best friends—will be everlastingly punished. And this is a damnable doctrine.
Charles Darwin stated, in his own writings that believing in Christianity, which is based on believing in a Creator, and believing that man is separated from the Creator because of sin, as he describes it, "is a damnable doctrine." You see, for him evolution was the way that he could explain away his accountability to the Creator.
What happened in Darwin's life that brought this about? Well, it is interesting and I picked up this book while I was at Darwin's home, which is now a museum. It is about his daughter, Annie. And this book tells you what took place. It reads on the back cover:
This is the story of the personal tragedy that lay behind Darwin's revolutionary understanding of man's place in nature. The author, Randall Keynes, eloquently and convincingly shows how Darwin's mature theory grew out of the interesting and intensely personal pain. His failure to find spiritual comfort after Annie's death, strengthened and confirmed his trust in natural laws, evolutionary laws, later called the survival of the fittest.
So here it is. You see, this was a turning point in his life when his daughter died. He was angry. He was bitter. Darwin's theory of course has influenced billions of people. He is called the man who has influenced the world. He is called the scholar who has changed human history. And it is really true.
Darwin is buried in Westminster Abbey. I have been there and when you go into the Westminster Abbey you will note that his grave—well, you cannot miss it, you will walk right over the top of it—it is right in the central walkway. I asked the guide while I was there, "Why would Charles Darwin be buried here?" He said, "I don't understand your question." I said, "Well, is this a Christian church?" The guide said, "Yes, of course." I said, "Charles Darwin was hostile towards Christianity." And I simply explained to him what Darwin had said in his autobiography, that Christianity was a damnable doctrine. He said, "Well, I can't answer your question, but I tell you there is a place here where there are archives and maybe somebody there will be able to do that."
So he directed me to a library where I went and I asked the librarian the same question. "Why would Darwin be buried here?" And he took me to a shelf and he pulled down a book and this is what I read. From the book by Ronald Clarke, The Survival of Charles Darwin, a Biography of a Man and an Idea, page 197, I quote: (23:10)
Following his death which occurred April 19, 1882 his family planned to bury him in the cemetery at Down where he lived. But on April 21, twenty members of Parliament, including Henry Campbell Bannerman, the future prime minister of England, wrote the dean of Westminster, Dr. George Granville Bradley and stated the following; "We hope you will not think we are taking a liberty if we venture to suggest that it would be acceptable to a very large number of our fellow countrymen of all classes and opinions, that our illustrious countryman Mr. Darwin should be buried in Westminster Abbey." (Clarke, 197)
See he was a very famous person and they wanted him buried there. But it is very clear, by his own testimony, that he was not a believer. Well, there are some who say on his deathbed he claimed that what he had believed and what he had taught was not true. I do not know. I was not there. All I know is that his ideas have been used by many, many people to explain away the Creator.
You see, even Christians have been influenced by these concepts that were put forward by Lyell—the concept of the earth being millions and millions of years old. And it was during the time, even pre-Darwin, that Hugh Miller came up with what was called the Day-age Theory. You see, they were looking for some place in the Bible to put the millions and millions of years. So Hugh Miller proposed that a day really is not a day. A day is millions and millions of years. Well, that idea is still widely accepted.
And then there was the Gap Theory that was put forward by Thomas Chalmers, who lived between 1780 and 1847. This is another theory attempting to accommodate the timeframe of evolution into the Scriptures. Between Genesis 1 and Genesis 2, they say there were billions of years there and that is when life lived and died. The Bible says that death occurred as a result of Adam's sin and not pre-Adamic. These theories are widely upheld today by many Christians, attempting to accommodate the evolutionary ideas' timeframe into the Scriptures.
Now as we mentioned, Darwin is very influential. I am going to explain to you how influential he was, particularly in the communist world. Well for now, many of these places were formerly communist because there have been some changes over the past decade. The former Soviet Union, of course, for over seventy years presented Darwinian evolution without any alternative. You see this was Karl Marx's concept. "There is no God. Religion is the opium of the people," he said. And so when Darwin came up with this theory, Marx was so enthusiastic he attempted to dedicate one of his works to Charles Darwin. Well, Darwin was part of the Wedgewood family and they were capitalists. Darwin could not accept. But for seventy years Darwinian evolution was advanced in Russia and other republics of the former Soviet Union. It was called scientific atheism.
There is a picture of me standing beside a statue of Darwin in the Moscow Darwin Museum. You see evolution was propagated elsewhere—Albania, for example. The people there were indoctrinated that there is no God. I have been to Albania several times. On the last occasion I spent time, actually staying with a medical doctor. We were exactly the same age. We had grown up through the same era and he told me during communist times, a patient came to him and asked him a question. He said, "Doctor, do you think that evolution explains the complexity of the human body?" And the doctor quietly said to the patient, "Please don't repeat this," but he said, "No, I don't." And the patient went to the government officials. He was an informant and he said, "This doctor doesn't believe in evolution." And he was tried and he was sentenced for two years in jail because he was rebellious to party philosophy.
In the mid '90s I had the opportunity to travel with several others to a large symposium in Beijing where it was supposed to be open to presentations on Christianity. But when we arrived, we were interviewed by government officials. They said, "Who here is planning to speak on creation?" Dr. John Morris and I indicated that we were. And they said, "Well, you cannot speak on creation because that would be an attack against our ideology." You see evolution is foundational to those who want to promote the atheistic, humanistic worldview.
Here in the West, evolution has also been indoctrinated, but perhaps not with quite the zeal that there was in the former communist countries. But it is becoming that way. You see, the founding fathers of the Humanist Manifesto—John Dewey, Francis Potter and others—they laid out the principles of their faith. In Humanist Manifestos I, is the statement:
The time has come for widespread recognition of the radical change in religious beliefs throughout the modern world. The time has passed for mere revision of traditional attitudes. Science and economic changes have disrupted the old beliefs. Religions the world over are under the necessity of coming to terms with the conditions created by a vastly increased knowledge and experience. In every field of human activity the vital movement is now in the direction of candid and explicit humanism.
And then they make this statement—the two foundational tenants of the religion of humanism:
1) Religious humanists regard the universe as self-existent and not created. 2) Humanism believes that man is a part of nature and that he has emerged as a result of a continuous process. So it is very clear, there is no God. We are here because of evolution.
Here is a book entitled, The Women's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets. I have seen it in a number of universities. It is a textbook for feminist classes. The author is Barbara Walker and this is what she states:
The theory of evolution showed man could not have fallen. There is no original sin and therefore no need of salvation. (Walker)
In 1869 a German theologian, Dr. Schund said,
If Darwin be right in his view of the development of man out of a brutal condition, then the Bible teaching in regard to man is utterly annihilated.
The American Episcopal Church said,
If this hypothesis be true, then is the Bible an unbearable fiction. Then have Christians for nearly 2000 years been duped by a monstrous lie. Darwin requires us to disbelieve the authoritative word of the Creator.
Then another theological heavyweight declared,
If the Darwinian theory is true, Genesis is a lie. The whole framework of the Book of Life falls to pieces and the revelation of God to man, as we Christians know it, is a delusion and a snare.
Then Walker continues,
These gentlemen were right. The theory of evolution does indeed contradict the biblical creation myths and the dogma of the fall.
So there it is very clear. Here is a person who is not a believer who understands very much how significant creation is to Christianity. Oh, I would wish that many Christians would see this, but they do not comprehend how important creation is. In fact, many have embraced evolution.
Since I have become a creationist and then a Christian, I have been following the agenda to advance evolution. I am going to list a few of the books that I have collected. Books like: Scientists Confront Creationism, a series of essays edited by Laurie Godfrey; a book entitled, Fallacies of Creationism; another entitled, Abusing Science; The Case Against Creationism; a book called, Evolution and the Myth of Creationism; A Basic Guide to the Facts in the Evolution Debate; a book by a British author, Richard Dawkins, The Blind Watchmaker; Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design. What do these books say? Well, the same thing—people who believe in God are narrow-minded, religious bigots, who are trying to push science back into the Dark Ages. And they have all the same kind of arguments and attempts to support evolution.
In Science and Creationism; A View from the National Academy of Sciences:
As historic representatives of the scientific profession and designated advisor to the federal government in matters of science, the academy states unequivocally that the tenants of creation science are not supported by scientific evidence, that creationism has no place in the science curriculum at any level and that its proposed teaching would be impossible.
This is a more recent version put out by the National Academy of Sciences, Teaching about Evolution and the Nature of Science, in which they state:
Evolution is the central organizing principle that biologists use to understand the world. To teach biology without explaining evolution deprives students of a powerful concept that brings great order and coherence to our understanding life.
Science Framework for California Public Schools, Kindergarten through Grade Twelve states:
In order to teach life science, earth science, or astronomy, evolution should be a fundamental, central concept of the curriculum. Evolution which Darwin described as descent with modification is the central organizing principle of life science.
And finally here is a publication put out by the American Skeptics Association, authored by Michael Sherman. It is called, Twenty-five Creationist Arguments and Twenty-five Evolutionist Answers. And the goal was to place this publication in the hands of every science teacher in North America. On the cover of the book, two hands are holding onto a church and the church is being stuffed into a box labeled "science." Science of course is representing evolution, and the church is representing creation. This picture really describes the agenda to suppress the creation movement, and to advance evolution without opposition.
And by the way, this agenda is the same in the UK and other parts of the Western world. I travel a lot around the world and wherever I go I find that there is opposition to the creation movement. For example, when I was in Northern Ireland in 2002, there was a great debate going on because there were some teachers in a school in Gateshead, England, who were presenting an alternative to evolution. Well actually, they were simply challenging evolution and it was in the news headlines. The article entitled, "Creationism in Schools" states:
Last week scientists, philosophers, and church leaders condemned Immanuel City Technology College in Gateshead for promoting creationism. Secular campaigners called on ministers to ban teaching of creationism in the state-funded schools, warning that failure to do so would allow every crackpot religious group to start peddling their own mad fantasies in schools. The senior staff at Gateshead delivered a series of lectures giving teachers tips on how to question the theory of evolution. (The Independent, March 19, 2002)
Well, what is wrong with that? Isn't that what science is all about? Aren't we supposed to be able to challenge? Apparently not!
Richard Dawkins who wrote the book, The Blind Watchmaker, has a position at Oxford University. It is called Public Understanding of Science. He promotes evolution wherever he can and he was writing in the newspapers. He was quite furious by what was taking place. The subtitle of Richard Dawkins's book is, Why the Evidence of Evolution Reveals a Universe Without Design. And in the Daily Telegraph, March 18th he said, there are three kinds of people when it comes to the subject of origins, those who believe that God created—they believe the Bible. Secondly he said there are those who believe that God used evolution—like Pope John Paul II. And then he said there are people, like himself who is an atheist, that believe in evolution. He said he is having difficulty in trying to educate the public into believing in evolution. So he said he is going to throw his support behind the Pope and others who promote the idea that God used evolution.
The National Geographic, November 2004 says, "Was Darwin Wrong?" Well, do not hold your breath. When you open to the article, the answer is, "No! The evidence for evolution is overwhelming," they say. And they give the same arguments.
Just November 11, 2004, Ledger-Enquirer says, "Georgia Evolution Dispute Embarrasses Some." There the department of education was going to put labels in biology textbooks that evolution was a theory. The ACLU was furious. They said, "You can't do that! You're allowing Bible-believing Christians to have their way." They just simply wanted to challenge evolution.
John Reader in his book, The Rise of Life, states,
The simplest explanation attributes life on earth to the work of some supernatural force which has ordered that things be so. This explanation has the unquestioned merit of encompassing everything. There is nothing that the implication of a supernatural force cannot explain. No question remains if God was behind it all. Belief in the omnipotent God is all that is required. (Reader, 9)
You see this man who is an evolutionist, knows what the alternative is—that there is a Creator and that there has been a creation. But he and others insist that this concept should not be even considered.
Now we have looked at this agenda. And I have this question: What are the consequences when individuals or a society willingly chooses to ignore the evidence for creation? Well there is a biblical answer for that question and it is found in Romans 1:18. This is what Paul states:
For the wrath of God is revealed from heaven against all ungodliness and unrighteousness of men, who hold the truth in unrighteousness; Because that which may be known of God is manifest in them; for God hath shewed it unto them. For the invisible things of him from the creation of the world are clearly seen, being understood by the things that are made, even his eternal power and Godhead; so that they are without excuse: Because that, when they knew God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. Professing themselves to be wise, they became fools, And changed the glory of the uncorruptible God into an image made like to corruptible man, and to birds, and fourfooted beasts, and creeping things. (Romans 1:18-23 KJV)
What is Paul saying? It is very simple. The evidence that God has created is so obvious from the things that He has made. When you willing choose to ignore or reject that evidence you are without excuse. And Paul describes what man will do. He said rather than worship God he will begin to worship man and birds and four-footed beasts and creeping things.
Which reminds me of a statement made by Carl Sagan in his book, The Cosmic Connection, he wrote:
As co-equal recipients of this precious patrimony of four and a half billions of years of evolution, why should the identification not apply also to other organisms on earth which are equally the product of four and a half billions years of evolution. We care for a small fraction of the organisms on earth. Dogs, cats and cows for example, because they are useful or flatter us. But spiders, salamanders, salmon and sunflowers are equally our brothers and sisters. (Sagan 7)
That is exactly what Paul said will happen when you willingly choose to ignore God. Paul continues in verse 24:
Wherefore God also gave them up to uncleanness through the lusts of their own hearts, to dishonour their own bodies between themselves: Who changed the truth of God into a lie, and worshipped and served the creature more than the Creator, who is blessed for ever. (Romans 1:24-25 KJV)
They will reject the truth, and the context here is creation, and Paul says that they will accept the lie. What is the opposite of Creation? Evolution. And he continues:
For this cause God gave them up unto vile affections: for even their women did change the natural use into that which is against nature: And likewise also the men, leaving the natural use of the woman, burned in their lust one toward another; men with men working that which is unseemly, and receiving in themselves that recompence of their error which was meet. (Romans 1:26-27 KJV)
What is Paul taking about? Well, it is very simple. He says, men with men, women with women—homosexuality! And it is interesting that in the news currently, this is exactly what we hear. And by the way, to say anything about this publicly, that is to speak against it from the Bible, well, it could be considered a hate crime. That is the direction that society is headed. But Paul says this is exactly what you can expect when you remove God from man's thinking. Man begins to make his own rules.
Paul continues in verse 28,
And even as they did not like to retain God in [their] knowledge, God gave them over to a reprobate mind, to do those things which are not convenient; Being filled with all unrighteousness, fornication, wickedness, covetousness, maliciousness; full of envy, murder, debate, deceit, malignity; whisperers, Backbiters, haters of God, despiteful, proud, boasters, inventors of evil things, disobedient to parents, Without understanding, covenant breakers, without natural affection, implacable, unmerciful: Who knowing the judgment of God, that they which commit such things are worthy of death, not only do the same, but have pleasure in them that do them. (Romans 1:28-32 KJV)
You see, the Bible describes a scenario of human behavior of what takes place when man removes God from his thinking—when he rejects the evidence of Creation. And when we look around us in the world today, the very things that Paul describes are the things that are happening.
Time Magazine, "Infidelity, It May Be in Our Genes. Infidelity is the result of the evolutionary drive for humans to have as many offspring as possible with as many partners as possible, an evolutionary psychologist states." Articles such as: Newsweek, "Murder; A Week in the Death of America", Newsweek, "America Under the Gun. What must be done?", US News, "Kids Who Kill", and Newsweek, "Massacre in Colorado"—all of these visuals are still in our minds of the things that are happening in this country. "Violence Goes Mainstream." "How Could She Do It?", "Parents Killing Their Children." "When Violence Hits Home." "Evil, What Makes People Go Wrong?" And with the abortion issue, now we even have pills to kill children before they are born.
What has happened to our society? Exactly what we would expect based on the biblical view, and particularly in a period of time called the last days.
Paul, writing in 2 Timothy: 3:1-5 says,
This know also, that in the last days perilous times shall come. For men shall be lovers of their own selves, covetous, boasters, proud, blasphemers, disobedient to parents, unthankful, unholy, Without natural affection, trucebreakers, false accusers, incontinent, fierce, despisers of those that are good, Traitors, heady, highminded, lovers of pleasures more than lovers of God; Having a form of godliness, but denying the power thereof: from such turn away. (KJV)
The very language used to describe human behavior in the last days is the same terminology that Paul uses in Romans chapter one to say this is what will happen to people who remove God from their thinking because they have accepted a lie.
You see, this book gives us insight and understanding. What about the past? In the past eight sessions that is what we have been dealing with, the biblical view of the origin and history of life. And we can see that you can back it up and support it with the observable evidence. But it also helps us to understand what takes place today, presently in the world, to a society that removes God from their thinking. The Bible is true. I trust that this presentation will help us to better understand the impact of evolution on our society, morally.
In our next session we are going to look at the impact that evolution has had on our society spiritually and how that can be understood in light of the Scriptures and where we are headed in the future.
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Walker, Barbara. The Women's Encyclopedia of Myths and Secrets, November 1983.
Science and Creationism; A View from the National Academy of Sciences, National Academics Press, January 1993
The Independent, March 19, 2002, "Creationism in Schools"
Sagan, Carl. The Cosmic Connection; An Extraterrestrial Perspective, Cambridge University Press, January 2000. page 7
Clarke, Ronald. The Survival of Charles Darwin, a Biography of a Man and an Idea, Avon Books, March 1986. page 197
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Stephen Harper and the Destruction of the CBC
Gawd. I can only imagine Stephen Harper's state of mind. I bet he's so alarmingly aroused that they've had to bring in Jason Kenney with a bucket of ice water to sponge him down.
Or have John Baird fan him furiously.
Because on Wednesday he gave the order to begin dismantling medicare. Yesterday he celebrated the triumph of hate over human rights.
And last night he got to dine on the remains of the CBC.
The CBC plans to cut up to 20 per cent of its staff by 2020, including a sharp reduction over the next year as it transitions to a leaner, mobile-first strategy aimed at keeping costs under control.
Which as you know he has been dreaming of doing from the moment he came to power...
And no doubt after the dinner was over, he gave the head waiter, CBC President Hubert Lacroix, a generous tip for services rendered.
The CBC's enemies are not only circling their prey from the outside, including the Conservative government with its unrelenting budget cuts. Its enemies are also working from within. The CBC has a compliant board of directors overwhelmingly stacked with Conservative party donors and a president, also conservative, who appears ready to implement any budget cut in virtual silence.
Let us not be fooled. In the dead of night across this country, cut by cut, in small towns and large cities, in newsrooms and documentary edit suites, Canada's public broadcaster is being destroyed.
For whether Lacroix sought the role or not, he has turned out to be Lord Harper's velvet gloved executioner.
For only an executioner could make eliminating the jobs of so many employees sound like a positive move...
And Lacroix seems to have forgotten two very important things:
One, the Con regime is not the CBC shareholder.
"Lacroix should resign. He is helping Stephen Harper drive CBC into the ground. Today he told CBC's employees that the government is the shareholder. That's false: all Canadian are shareholders," said Friends spokesperson Ian Morrison.
He is helping Harper make the CBC smaller and weaker.
And two, the CBC is not a business, it's a service.
The CBC's strategic plan to shift priorities from broadcast to digital services and outsource virtually all but news and current affairs programming is, on the whole, a sensible strategy – from a purely business perspective.
The thing is, however, that the public broadcaster is not a business in any conventional sense. It exists not to make money or to satisfy financial goals, but to fill a public need – one that is not being served by private media outlets. The CBC is a public good, like the school system, like medicare, like our universities and colleges, our public museums and galleries.
So while it's good to strengthen its internet presence, it makes no sense to reduce its TV presence. Not when more Canadians are watching TV, an average of 28 hours a week up from 23 hours in the last survey. And that number is sure to grow as the population ages.
And all Lacroix's five year plan would do is fragment its mandate.
Most people who study digital online media recognize that one of its impacts is to atomize audiences. Where traditional broadcasting creates a kind of congregation, a community of interest, the fragmented, specialized nature of Internet content tends to encourage individuals to focus on their own established interests. There is certainly a place for this, but it runs counter to the community-building remit of public broadcasting.
But then of course that exactly what Stephen Harper wants. For he hates anything Canadian that would bring us together, like the CBC, the Charter of Rights, and medicare.
He would rather unite us through the celebration of war.
On Harper TV, or his Palpatine Propaganda Channel...
While showing the CBC no mercy.
At Thursday's town hall, Mr. Lacroix told dispirited employees that the corporation's executives went to Shelley Glover, the Minister of Canadian Heritage, and asked for a line of credit and one-time money to help with severance costs, but were turned down.
Ms. Glover said in a statement that the CBC "is responsible for its own operations" and should adapt to the changing landscape "within its existing budget," which includes a billion-dollar federal subsidy.
Even though public broadcasting in this country receives so much less support than it does in other countries.
At present, the CBC receives an annual parliamentary appropriation of about $1.34-billion. This puts Canada third from the bottom of the list of OECD nations' support for their PSBs.
He would slash and burn and burn it beyond recognition...
And the good news?
This is still the best way to save the CBC and Canada.
"This is a plan to do less with less and Harper's cuts are to blame. CBC is popular with Canadians who will remember the government's record of hostility to CBC at election time," said Morrison.
For we can use his treatment of the CBC, to help portray him as an enemy of OUR Canada.
A man who would seek to privatize medicare like the Republicans. A political pervert who would attack the Supreme Court like a depraved tea bagger. A stooge who would sell us out to foreign interests, and flood this country with foreign workers.
And when we put it all together, in the most vicious attack ads this country has ever seen, it will help to destroy him.
For he may have his vision of the CBC, but I have my vision of him and his filthy regime...
Yup. Now more than ever, stand up for our Canada.
Before he destroys everything good and decent about this country.
Show your support for the CBC and its brutalized employees.
And defeat that monstrous leader...
Labels: Con Klowns, Stephen Harper, The Death of the CBC, The End of Con Canada
they have decided to go "digital" I wonder if that is another way of saying harper is putting his finger up our asses? Not everyone gets their news via their phone with apps. Its just a smoke screen. Haprer and his herd simply want the c.b.c gone. It is the last source of independent news in Canada. That can not be permitted to continue. No news, no documentaries, everything is great in Canada.
A very interesting article in The Guardian yesterday about he "media hacking trials" in England. The argument put forth was it wasn't about crime, it was about power and money. Power and money won the day, give Rebekh got a walk, but them she did have 18 lawyers and the crown one. That case simply laid out how Murdoch corrupted a country and its political system to control everything and got away with it. Harper and his herd will be doing the same in Canada. However, first, they need to destroy the C.B.C. If it weren't for the C.B.C we wouldn't be getting half the news we are.
Now to write my m.p. to express my concern. we can only hope the next government fires the harper herd annointees at the CBC and they are able to get back to providing a service.
hi e.a.f.... the decision to go digital is an attempt to go after younger Canadians, which is fine. Except that as I pointed out in my post gives the finger to their older and more faithful audience who still watch a lot of television. And it will also lose them even more revenue because making money from the internet is very difficult as media organizations everywhere are finding out. But as I also said in my post, it's the vaporization of their community building approach which is their biggest error, and if they are not careful will render them irrelevant. The CBC has many talented employees, but their managers are absolutely hopeless...
Harper has Canadians living in very evil times. Harper hates Canada and everything with name Canada attached to it, Harper is getting rid of. Harper is a fascist dictator and has been, right from day one. Harper is a monster. All dictators are paranoid and Harper's security bill has doubled. Harper's now has, government guards carrying guns.
Harper couldn't control the CBC to be his propaganda machine, as the other news outlets are controlled. Where ever the truth about Harper is exposed, he gets rid of them. Harper as a sociopath, has not one decent bone in his body. Nor did the dictators of the 30's and 40's.
Stalin, Mussolini and Hitler were all dictators and control freaks. Who can forget about the little creep Goebbels, who was Hitler's propaganda machine? When I first heard Callandra, he reminded me of Goebbels, with his ranting and raving.
I firmly believe, Harper cheated the last election with, his robo-call scam. Harper has all of his ducks in a row, to cheat this next election too.
Harper too destroys book's as another dictator did so, he can rewrite Canadian history.
We know, ex BC Liberal Premier Gordon Campbell works for Harper. Campbell, Harper, Nigel Wright, Jason Kenny and Conrad Black are all Bilderbergers. I believe, Conrad Black was on the steering committee of the Bilderberg Group. Black was also, a member of Harper's Northern Foundation of 1989.
CBC has been, the voice for Canada and our window on the world, since before WW2. Harper has to shut the CBC, the hell up. Harper is using every dirty tactic in the book, to destroy the CBC. We also know, CBC always have politicians from every party on for debates. However, Harper is a cesspool of evil and a fascist dictator. Harper fits the profile of a dictator, right to a T.
hi anon...yes Harper is a wannabe dictator, and he would destroys the CBC just to please his rabid base and satisfy his own demons. But hopefully more Canadians are realizing that and his days are numbered...
hi Simon:
let me first say that I really enjoy your blog, although I do think you spend to much time fixated on our beloved leader. I get polled every couple of weeks and always tell the pollster what a bang up job our dear leader is doing on our behalf. I have also indicated how wonderfull the ninny wife is! I was recently surprised by a friend in Alberta who told me that he is also telling a polling company the same thing. We both share this desire to watch beloved leader humiliated on the CBC during the next election. I also suspect that there are a lot of people out there also lying to the pollsters, based on recent election results in both Quebec and Ontario. One thing I always say about Canadians while we are generally whinny complainers, we can still pick out a horses arse! On a brighter note, fantastic decision for the Chilcoot band in BC. As a displaced British Columbian I must say this is a proud moment for BC and Canada. There are things which are far more important than moving tar to China!
hi anon...you're probably right, I do spend a lot of time attacking Stephen Harper. But he is the front man for the Cons, and sometimes it's idea to write a post by personalizing my attacks rather than deal with the wider picture. And of course, I can't deny that attacking that ghastly bully is more of a pleasure than a duty. ;) I am however planning to readjust my style, since it is a bit old fashioned. I want to cutdown on the amount of words I use, try making more videos, and combining the two in a shorter but hopefully more powerful presentation. Needless to say the video in this post is not a good example. Ahem. But I made it in less than half an hour, so I know that at least time wise it's possible.
And yes, the Chilcoot band court victory is huge, and has incredible implications. They can be proud of themselves and so can BC...
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L'aire d'attraction de Plancoët est un zonage d'étude défini par l'Insee pour caractériser l'influence de la commune de Plancoët sur les communes environnantes. Publiée en octobre 2020, elle se substitue à l'aire urbaine de Plancoët, qui comportait  dans le dernier zonage qui remontait à 2010.

Définition
L'aire d'attraction d'une ville est composée d'un pôle, défini à partir de critères de population et d'emploi ainsi que d'une couronne constituée des communes dont au moins 15 % des actifs travaillent dans le pôle. Le pôle d'attraction constitue ainsi un point de convergence des déplacements domicile-travail.

Type et composition
L'aire d'attraction de Plancoët est une aire intra-départementale qui comporte  dans les Côtes-d'Armor.
Elle est catégorisée dans les aires de moins de .

Dans la région, la population est relativement peu concentrée dans les pôles. Ainsi, moins d'un tiers de la population y vit contre plus de la moitié au niveau national. Ce n'est pas le cas pour l'aire d'attraction de Plancoët qui présente une population de  localisés dans la région et dont 77,8 % résident dans le pôle.

En Bretagne, la population augmente de 0,6 % par an en moyenne entre 2007 et 2017 (+ 0,5 % en France). Pour l'aire de Plancoët, elle est de 0,1 %. Le nombre d'emplois présents dans l'aire d'attraction est de .

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In the third part of the training, we reach a deep experiential understanding of the defensive structures within the personality. We uncover the way in which our conditioning appears on a physical level, as powerful armoring which encases our body and keeps us imprisoned in a cage of tension. As we are enclosed in our ego shell, our life energy shrinks, our senses and emotions are deadened and we are cut off from our Essence.
During this training, we experience the five bodytypes of defense of Alexander Lowen and their psychic and psychological dimensions. We will acquire contemporary and applicable knowledge about the different types, for ourselves and for working with people therapeutically. We also learn body reading as a tool for channeling. We deepen in our meditation, coming in touch with the "Luminous Black" as the nature of the psychic channel. This is the true space of channeling.
In becoming conscious of, experiencing and gaining distance from our defensive patterns, we learn to let go of what does not truly belong to us. In this way we come closer to our Inner Being.
This training takes place on the magical Greek island of Ikaria, in Nas which is just above the ancient temple to the Goddess Artemis. This part of the Power of Light training is the continuation of POL II, but is also open for those that did not join us for the last part.