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In the early years of the 21st century terrorism was used by governments across the world as a pretext to scare their population into submission. Life became a surveillance grid nightmare with every individuals action catalogued and recorded by the state. Secret arrests, checkpoints and warrant less searches spread. The final incremental march of the fourth Reich culminating an open martial law. This is the story of how the elite sold the one proud people of the west for cannon fodder for world domination.
This began on September 11th 2001 with the tragic attacks on the World Trade Center and the pentagon. 2000+ Americans lost their lives, it's unimaginable to think the government was behind this but it's not ruled out. Many of the days events are still shrouded in a cloud of mystery and deceit. The American people have called for an independent investigation into the events but congress is too afraid to act accordingly. The September 11th commission report was issued but is filled with many holes and some facts are missing even. Now is the time to explore those missing facts and uncover the truth of that day's event that would change the country forever. Prior knowledge plays a major role in the government's failure to act. Top Pentagon officials were told not to fly the day before along with mayor Willie Brown of San Francisco was told not to fly on September 10th; John Ashcroft was told as well. Condoleezza Rice was informed of an imminent terror attack on September 6th. The FBI ignored leads by an Iranian man detained by German officials in Hanover who had a critical lead in averting the attacks of the day.
The NSA did not share information they received in a wire tapping that there was a conversation between the commander of the world trade center and the pentagon and the alleged lead high hijacker. They failed to inform the other agencies of this vital information. The state department released a public announcement on September 7th 2001 which read:'' Over the last several months, the U.S. Government has learned that U.S. citizens and interests abroad may be at increased risk of a terrorist action from extremist groups. In addition, we have received unconfirmed information that terrorist actions may be taken against U.S. military facilities and/or establishments frequented by U.S. military personnel in Korea and Japan. We are also concerned about information we received in May 2001 that American citizens may be the target of a terrorist threat from extremist groups with links to Usama Bin Ladin's Al-Qaida organization. In the past, such individuals have not distinguished between official and civilian targets. As always, we take this information seriously. U.S. Government facilities worldwide remain at a heightened state of alert''. Moving along now, time to focus on the world trade center complex itself and the mystery around WTC 7. Its evident two planes hit buildings one and two unknown to many is that the CIA was running drills that early September morning simulating hijacked aircraft going into the WTC and the Pentagon. On NORAD's radar screen it showed as many as 22 jets. When they received the call a plane was being hijacked the air traffic controller asked'' is this real world or exercise?'' The project for a new American century released a memo to the white house in may of 2000 called for a new pearl harbor, This is the direct quote: ''Further, the process of transformation, even if it brings revolutionary change, is likely to be a long one, absent some catastrophic and catalyzing event like a new pearl harbor''. Which adds more questions to why this was mentioned a year before the actual events. Operation Northwoods carries on the idea staged attacks and placing it on some other party. It called for hijacking of airliners and destroying them and blaming it on Cuba. This is relevant on 911 in part due to the finger pointed on Osama Bin Laden' organization. When in fact elements of our own government may be behind the tragic events of that day, now towers one and two clearly fell but how? No steel building has ever fallen in the history of the United States. The designer of the world trade center had it designed to where it could wistain an airliner hitting the building and not fall. Yet the towers still fell, the answer to this question may be bombs in the building, firefighters said it themselves they heard bombs going off inside the building. Key explosions can be seen on floors of the world trade center. This will be explained in the provided document and documentary. World trade center building 7 said to of fell to debris hitting it and a fire. This is provided to be false by a slip of the tongue. The owner of the building complex Larry A. Silverstein admitted on camera they made the decision to pull it. Pull it is a term for controlled demolition and thus the building fell. BBC news reported that the building was going to fall 20 minutes before it fell, which hints that the media knew of the events that transpired before they happened.
Since then BBC has pulled the video off the internet and the achieves website. Months before 911 he took out a massive insurance policy over a million dollars. Rudolph Giuliani knew the building was going to collapse for he was there on the morning of September 11th. The building housed within itself many federal agencies including: fema, the FBI, the CIA, the IRS. The events of September 11th were just the start of the march of the fourth Reich. Not all fascisms look like Adolph Hitler, which must be kept in mind at all times. The arrival of the patriot act has thrown the country into a state of terror at times. It clearly violates the constitution and was passed without being looked over. For during that time it would be considered unpatriotic. The media plays a role in the rise of the fourth Reich for the patriot act says '' EXECUTIVE ORDER 10995 allows the government to seize and control the communication media.'' This means filling the airwaves with their information, what they want told and all whitewashed information, example: propaganda for a lost cause. We see this daily throughout channels such as fox news and MSNBC, anyone who opposes the ideology of the current leader is called a liberal or far left or far right extremist. Infamous for doing this is Bill O Riley of fox news. Fast forward to the year 2007 and the march of the empire and the dawning of a new era has arrived. The summer of 2007 has been one of fear created by the state to throw down their rights for a false sense of security. There were attempted bombings by so called terrorist in London when in reality it was the British agency MI5. Due to this is incident there is increased security in both the United States and in London. The final solution is about to be played out within 5 to 6 months of this being written. The neo conservatives of the congress and presidential cabinet have called for the mass genocide of Iraqis and all those who oppose their actions.
They have also called for Bush to be dictator of the world and to follow a foreign policy much of that likes Julius Cesar. One who opposes a regime or a corrupt government is known as a dissenter and here are a few remarks by some of the prominent neo cons in our country today: "The civilized countries should invade all the oil-owning places in the Middle East and run them properly. We won't take the money ourselves, but we'll manage it so the money isn't going to terrorists." Hilary-Ann a prominent graphic designer said this during an interview: A few of these prominent liberals who are trying to demoralize the country," she says. "Just take a couple of these anti-war people off to the gas chamber for treason to show, if you try to bring down America at a time of war, that's what you'll get." Notice how this is much like what Hitler did but he just did it and did not express it. The country has been hijacked and is moving towards a dictatorship nationally and internationally. What is even more alarming than this is the fact that the clergy of the country is being funded to preach submissiveness to the coming declaration of martial law by using Romans 13 and telling people to surrender their weapons and hand over their children and head to the fema camps. The economy is in crisis of a recession engineered by the elite to bring martial law. All the key figures are in place for the suspension of the constitution which is known as Martial Law. President bush is not leaving anytime soon because of the war clause and the declaration of martial law.
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Almost half of Russia believes the secret world government! More precisely 45 percent. These data are the latest polls the All-Russia Center for the Study of Social Opinion (VCIOM). It is interesting that the degree of belief in the existence of a secret, omnipotent authority increases with the level of education of the respondents.
True, reviews the composition of such a "government" in Russia is different. Some believe that the planet is governed by oligarchs, others think that they were Americans, the third Freemasons, Jews, "some world politicians," or concrete - Obama, George W. Bush and Queen Elizabeth II. Confusion in the answers, of course, stems from the fact that the government - the secret! In its existence does not believe a third of the interviewees Russians, while a quarter undecided.
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Russia is run by crime bosses and corrupt politicians who are no better than crime bosses taking the money of the people from false taxation and years of mental inslavement so they don't know b3etter and cant uprise to save themeslves. America is no better but at least the FRS knows what they have and they should after so many decades of communism and not better than the royalist tsars before them all using the people like vampires.
Just think how Stalin and Baria and the others used mass killings and fear and informing on neighbors and the KGB to maintain a sustained culture of fear and disease that is still shaping the minds of the Russian people. Sometimes I think, are they really any more free than they were in the cold war times? Are we?!??
"If liberty means anything at all, it means the right to tell people what they do not want to hear." ― George Orwell
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How America Recruited, Protected and Pay Nazis to This Day | Brainwash Update
In this piece, Abby Martin begins to discover the outer opening to the entrance of the Nazi agenda rabbit hole that goes much deeper than what is portrayed here...
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Published on Oct 27, 2014 By breakingtheset
Abby Martin takes a look at two recent investigative reports from the Associated Press and New York Times, uncovering the recruitment of Nazi spies for the CIA and the US' policy of giving social security payments to former Nazi leadership.
Hitchcock exposed the paperclip operation
THE TRUTH AS HIDDEN IN FICTION: "SABOTEUR" BY ALFRED HITCHCOCK IN 1942
DESPITE THE GENIUS OF HITCHCOCK'S AMAZING "FOREIGN CORRESPONDENT", AND ITS WELL-DOCUMENTED SUCCESS, THIS EXCITING FILM WAS PANNED BY FILM CRITICS AND FLUNKED OUT BADLY AT THEATERS.
The fact that Carole Lombard was killed in a plane crash over Nevada, while touring to raise money for the war effort, seemed at the time to have no connection to the kind of "sleeper agent" skulduggery which made "Correspondent" so memorable.
Orson Welles, another of Hollywood's luminaries at the time, told his friends -- privately -- that he thought Anerican NAZI sympathizers were somehow involved in sabotage of that plane. Fifteen U.S. soldiers were also killed that day, January 16, 1942, along with the pilot, Lombard's mother and Otto Winkler.
Carole Lombard had been married to Clark Gable for almost three yeas at the time of her tragic end, on TWA Flight 3. She had apparently earned the enmity of American fascists with her sterling performance in "To Be Or Not To Be". That comedy depicted the German Nazi officers, in Poland, as fools, clowns, and common thugs. It also made Jack Benny a huge success.
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DOCUMENTS REVEAL FBI AND CIA HIRED OVER 1,000 NAZI WAR CRIMINALS TO WORK AS SPIES
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WHILE DEATH CAMP WARDENS AND GESTAPO OFFICERS WERE BEING TRIED AT NUREMBERG IN THE AFTERMATH OF WORLD WAR II, THE U.S. WAS PUTTING OTHER FORMER NAZIS ON THE PAYROLL.
It has been revealed through recently disclosed government documents and interviews that at least 1,000 ex-Nazis were recruited by the American military, FBI and CIA to become Cold War spies and informants, the New York Times reports.
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'You're not alone' - Carrie Fisher's daughter sends love to those grieving during the holidays
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Billie Lourd attends "American Horror Story: Apocalypse" FYC event at NeueHouse Hollywood in Los Angeles. (Richard Shotwell/Invision/AP)
Carrie Fisher's daughter Billie Lourd sent love to anybody grieving a loss as she remembered her mum three years after her death.
Star Wars actress Fisher died on December 27, 2016, days after falling ill on a flight from London to Los Angeles.
Fisher's mother Debbie Reynolds – Lourd's grandmother – died the following day.
Read more: Billie Lourd 'didn't really like' Leia as a child
On Boxing Day, Lourd shared a picture on Instagram of herself as a baby, being held by her mother and with her grandmother looking on.
She wrote: "Happy holidays! (But also sad/emotional/weird/stressful holidays!)
"Sending my love to everyone who has lost someone they loved and is missing them a little extra today.
"It's okay if everything ain't all merry and bright. It can be a mix of all of it.
Read more: Friends and fans pay tribute to Carrie Fisher
"And it's all okay. Feel all the feelings - the good and the not so good."
The actress advised: "Eat something delish they used to love.
"Put on one of their favorite songs.
Carrie Fisher and daughter Billie Lourd arrive at the world premiere of "Star Wars: The Force Awakens" in Los Angeles (Jordan Strauss/Invision/AP, File)
"Tell a story about them.
"Cry about them.
"Call one of their friends you haven't talked to in a while."
She added: "Be kind and patient with yourself. Don't grieve in silence. You're not alone."
Lourd often remembers Fisher and Reynolds on special days, posting tributes and pictures on social media on birthdays and anniversaries.
The actress is known for her roles in Scream Queens and anthology series American Horror Story.
She has also followed in her mum's footsteps by landing a role in the Star Wars saga, playing Lieutenant Connix in the latest trilogy of films.
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Acromyrmex hispidus is een mierensoort uit de onderfamilie van de Myrmicinae. De wetenschappelijke naam van de soort is voor het eerst geldig gepubliceerd in 1925 door Santschi.

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Kuwait Receives Its First C-17
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Boeing today delivered Kuwait's first C-17 Globemaster III airlifter, an aircraft that will expand the Kuwait Air Force's capabilities in military and civilian operations, including humanitarian aid and disaster relief.
"The C-17 meets the unique airlift requirements of the Kuwait Air Force," said Col. Abdullah Al Foudari, Deputy Commander Kuwait Air Force. "With this airlifter we can more effectively participate in the operations we choose, transporting large payloads across long distances, flying at high altitudes in hot climates such as ours, and landing on short, unpaved runways."
A custom paint design distinguishes the Kuwait C-17 from the 259 others that have been delivered to customers around the world.
"When this C-17 arrives to deliver humanitarian aid or disaster relief anywhere in the world, people in need will know that the aid came from Kuwait," said Col. Abdullah.
"We welcome Kuwait to the global C-17 fleet with the knowledge that this aircraft elevates the Kuwait Air Force's airlift capabilities and also further strengthens Boeing's relationship with Kuwait," said Nan Bouchard, vice president and C-17 program manager. "We will support this C-17 long after today's delivery."
Boeing will support Kuwait's C-17 fleet through the C-17 Globemaster III Integrated Sustainment Program, a proven multinational Performance-Based Logistics program.
Boeing has delivered 260 C-17s, including 223 to the U.S. Air Force, and a total of 37 to Kuwait, Australia, Canada, India, Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, the United Kingdom and the 12-member Strategic Airlift Capability initiative of NATO and Partnership for Peace nations.
Kuwait is the third Middle Eastern nation to buy C-17s and there are talks for Kuwait to consider a second airframe.
Despite strong international interest, Boeing did not receive enough orders to protect the C-17 production line beyond 2015. Officials announced in September that it will end production next year, one week after Boeing handed over its 223rd and final C-17 to the U.S. Air Force in Charleston, S.C.
The pending closure will affect 20,000 people nationally, including 2,200 people in Long Beach and Huntington Beach, Calif., and thousands more in all of its more than 650 suppliers in 44 states.
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QB3, Deloitte collaborate to drive California bioscience innovation
By: Kristen Bole, UCSF
The California Institute for Quantitative Biosciences (QB3) has entered into a collaboration with Deloitte to help the institute in its efforts to convert bioscience innovation into a driver for jobs, companies and improved health in California.
Deloitte, which provides consulting, audit, tax and financial advisory services, will provide its services at no cost to help QB3 develop an "innovation ecosystem," bringing together the four pillars of the bioscience community – academic research, government, industry and investors – to work in unison toward a common vision of economic growth and better health.
QB3 Director Regis Kelly, PhD
"The California economy and life sciences industry seem to be caught in an almost desperate search for creative new approaches," said QB3 Director Regis Kelly, PhD. "We see the 'innovation ecosystem' project as the start of an ongoing effort with Deloitte to generate the kind of creative solutions that are needed now and into the future."
The collaboration includes a commitment from Deloitte's life science practice, which started working with QB3 in December 2010 to assess how California compares to other states in fostering bioscience innovation. Deloitte will continue to contribute its organizational experience in the life sciences to offer perspectives on operations and business models from other states, as well as insights on collaborations and federal policy. This, in turn, will help QB3 in its efforts to generate new approaches to working within the rapidly changing biotech industry.
"Our collaboration with QB3 is one of the largest life science initiatives and investments for Deloitte's life sciences practice," said Christie Smith, PhD, principal, Deloitte Consulting LLP and Northern Pacific sector leader for life sciences. "This opportunity allows Deloitte to bring its capabilities in audit, tax, financial advisory services and consulting to aid QB3 in achieving its mission."
The services will include strategic analysis and planning, as well as project management, to extend QB3's relationships with government, universities, investors and bioscience companies in an effort to both motivate investments in innovation and help move ideas from lab to market more quickly. It also will include third-party feedback on QB3's impact and success over the last decade in creating jobs, supporting entrepreneurs and growing California's bioeconomy.
The team's deliberate focus on the four stakeholder communities is what makes this initiative so unusual, Kelly said, but also could be the root of its success in helping to "unclog the pipeline" that leads from scientific discoveries to real-world benefits for patients.
It represents a challenge, as well, in fostering a united mission among large and small companies, sophisticated investors, top-ranked researchers and entrepreneurs, according to Matthew K. Hudes, Deloitte's U.S. leader for biotechnology.
"The problems in life sciences cannot be solved without the key players working together, not only from the private and public sector, but also from university researchers who are the starting point for innovative breakthroughs," Hudes said. "Our goal is to develop a model for an innovation ecosystem that enables those breakthroughs to improve human health worldwide."
In a separate initiative, Deloitte and QB3 will launch a program of bioscience industry awards and speaker forums to recognize scientific innovators and entrepreneurs, and provide a platform for networking and learning.
QB3 is a cooperative effort among private industry and more than 200 scientists at UCSF, UC Berkeley and UC Santa Cruz. One of four technology institutes created in 2000 by former California Governor Gray Davis, QB3 has a joint mission of supporting science, driving the California economy and transforming scientific research into public good. QB3 is unique among the four institutes in harnessing the quantitative tools and approaches of physics, chemistry, and engineering to integrate and enhance scientific understanding of biological systems at all levels, enabling scientists to tackle problems that have been previously unapproachable. Please visit www.qb3.org.
As used in this document, "Deloitte" means Deloitte LLP and its subsidiaries. Please see www.deloitte.com/us/about for a detailed description of the legal structure of Deloitte LLP and its subsidiaries. Certain services may not be available to attest clients under the rules and regulations of public accounting.


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Roel Koolen (born April 20, 1982 in Mierlo) was a Dutch baseball player who used to play for Kinheim and the Dutch national team.

Koolen made his Hoofdklasse debut at the Twins Sporting Club in 1998. He played for the Dutch junior team in the 1999 World Junior Championship and 2000 World Junior Championship. In 2000, Koolen moved to DOOR Neptunus and helped the team win the Holland Series in 2001, 2002, 2004 and 2005 (he was not on the team in 2003). In the 2004 playoffs, he was named MVP. During 2003 and 2004, he spent time in College in the United States. He was 3 for 17 with 3 walks in 16 games for the 2003 VCU Rams. In 2004, he hit .210/.300/.290 in 26 games.

Returning to the Netherlands full-time in 2005, the 23-year-old hit .253/.345/.326 in 26 games for Neptunus and fielded .889. He was 6 for 16 with 3 doubles in the Holland Series as the team won the title. Koolen was 4 for 9 in the 2006 Haarlem Baseball Week. After his move to Kinheim for the 2006 Hoofdklasse season, Koolen hit .324/.435/.426 with 27 walks in 42 games. He was 5th in the league in OBP and tied Eugene Kingsale, Tjerk Smeets and Evert-Jan 't Hoen for fifth in walks. He only hit .190/.292/.190 in the Holland Series but Kinheim won the title, breaking the long run by Koolen's old Neptunus mates. He was one for two with a run and RBI as Michael Duursma's backup at 2B in the 2006 Intercontinental Cup.

In 2007, Koolen hit .386/.525/.534 with 22 walks and 21 runs in 26 games. He lost the batting title by six points to Danny Rombley, was second to Fausto Alvarez in slugging and led the league in OBP. He tied for second in the league in triples (3). He was just 2 for 12 with a double in the 2007 Holland Series but Kinheim still won. In the 2007 European Cup, Koolen was 4 for 20 with a double and a triple as Kinheim won its first European Cup ever. He was 6 for 23 in the 2007 World Port Tournament. For the 2007 Baseball World Cup, Koolen replaced Yurendell de Caster at second base for the Dutch national team. He started ahead of Michael Duursma, who had had a much better career in NCAA Division I than Koolen. Koolen hit .267/.267/.267 in 8 games but the Netherlands still finished 4th, tying their best finish ever. Koolen hit .294/.409/.471 in the 2008 European Cup in Grosseto to help them win the Cup. In the 9th inning of the gold medal game, he tripled against Linc Mikkelsen and scored on a René Cremer sacrifice fly to force extra innings against Montepaschi Grosseto and give Kinheim their chance to win.

Koolen was selected by coach Robert Eenhoorn in the team that represented the Netherlands at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

External links
Koolen's profile at honkbalsite.com

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1982 births
Living people
Baseball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics
Dutch expatriate baseball players in the United States
Olympic baseball players of the Netherlands
People from Mierlo
Sportspeople from North Brabant


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Prior to founding FMC Group in 1999, Peter managed a sales engineering group – part of MAN Technology AG in Munich, Germany – before relocating to Turkey in 1994. He took on the overall responsibility for establishing MAN EnerjiSistemleri Ltd., a Turkish energy company belonging to the MAN Group. Peter built this company into a successful 10 million Euro company with 36 employees.
Since founding FMC Group, Peter has played an integral part in helping more than 250 foreign companies with business ventures in Turkey including Maquet Cardiopulmonary AG, SMS Siemag AG and SEW EURODRIVE.
Peter is a German national and obtained his Dipl.-Ing. degree in Mechanical Engineering from the Technical University Munich, Germany.
YEŞİM F. TEKTAŞLI, Partner
Yeşim is partner of FMC Group and is responsible for financial services development, companies' setup and controlling.
Prior to forming FMC Group in 1999, Yeşim worked as an IT Coach in Munich and Nuremberg, in the Sales Department for Siemens Energieübertragung und –verteilung (Nuremberg, Germany) and came to Turkey as Commercial Project Manager for MAN EnerjiSistemleri Ltd., (Istanbul, Turkey). She specializes in operational and financial business for Turkish foreign trade and foreign capital companies.
Yeşim graduated from the Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich (Germany) with a B.Sc. degree in Mathematics and Economics, with additional lessons in Psychology and Pedagogy. Her thesis, entitled "Turkey's way to a free market economy" studied the changing face of Turkish business and economics. During her studies, she was a Board Member for the European Association of Turkish Academics.
HANS SONDERMANN, Partner
Hans Sondermann is responsible for strategic growth consultancy services.
Before joining FMC Group Hans was Managing Director of the two global industrial players SEW-Eurodrive GmbH & Co. KG (1987 – 2014) and Rittal GmbH & Co. KG (2014 – 2019).
In both companies he was responsible for global sales & marketing, service and logistics. He could achieve there impressive and profitable growth by expanding the gobal footprint and establishing new subsidiaries. Hans had a revenue responsibility of 2.7 billion € in SEW-Eurodrive and 2.3 billion € in Rittal.
Additionally he joined in 2009 the advisary board of the German company Turck Holding GmbH, a global player in industry-specific automation solutions. Since 2014 he has been taking the chair of this advisary board.
Hans completed his studies in Industrial Engineering at the University of Karlsruhe in 1987.
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Italian handcrafts: Este Ceramics
Este can be considered one of the most famous pottery towns. Este pottery has been present throughout the centuries, from prehistoric times down to the present day. Like all ancient peoples, the first inhabitants on the banks of the Athesis (the River Adige, which once passed through Este) certainly used clay and created the first rudimentary objec...
Italian handcrafts: Romagna Fabrics
Historically viewed as a craft of the poor, tied essentially to the tools of peasant art, hand printed Romagna fabrics have an uncertain date of birth. As the oldest documents do not go further back than the first decades of the 19th century, it is assumed that Romagna hand printed fabrics were being made before that.
Italian handcrafts: Goldsmithery in Valenza
The history of goldsmithery in Valenza began in 1817, when Francesco Caramora, a goldsmith working in Pavia, moved to the city and opened a shop in Contrada Maestra. In the space of a decade, his business flourished and he taught the local craftsmen the techniques and practices of the goldsmith's craft. Between 1827 and 1860, more shops opened belo...
Italian handcrafts: The Straw Hats of Signa
The weaving of plant fibres is one of humanity's most ancient activities, and takes inspiration from nature and has been used over time to create a wide variety of containers and hats that protect against the sun's glare. In Signa in 1714, Domenico Michelacci, known as Bolognino, began to cultivate 'grano marzuolo', a variety of wheat with small ea...
Italian handcrafts: The Textiles of Longobucco
The origins of weaving in Longobucco are ancient and common to other areas of Calabria. It is said that inhabitants of the coasts of Calabria were taken as prisoners in raids by Turkish pirates. After a long period spent in the countries of the east, some women managed to return to their places of origin and brought with them the art of weaving, an...
Italian handcrafts: The Wood of Cuneo
The greatest concentration of wood companies in the province of Cuneo is located in Valle Varaita, a valley that is home to around 90 firms actively producing furniture and fixtures, as well as toys and musical instruments. Furniture manufacturing, which was strengthened between the 1950s and 1970s with the rustic "Valle Varaita" style, experienced...
Italian handcrafts: Grottaglie Ceramics
For centuries, Grottaglie, a small town in the province of Taranto, has been the site of flourishing artisanal ceramic production closely linked to the richness of the clay typical of this region. Up until the last century, it was possible to find dozens of ceramic objects in every home in Grottaglie. These were "ceramics for use", completely unrel...
Italian handcrafts: The Hats of Montappone
The traditional activity of the hat district is concentrated around the Marche region and more specifically in the towns of Montappone and Massa Fermana.It began in 1300 when hats were used exclusively for farming activities. Grain harvesting produced straw, which was then braided to be used as a raw material for making "straw hats".
Italian handcrafts: The Textiles of Prato
Since the Middle Ages, fabrics and yarns have been the main products of the Prato area, thanks to the creativity of those who, over the years, have been able to renew a tradition that has never waned. Today, the industrial district of Prato is one of Europe's largest and is a production model that has attracted the attention of the most eminent eco...
Italian handcrafts: The Triumphal Float of Matera
Matera, city of the "Sassi" and rupestrian churches, has always been a cradle of traditional craft skills rooted in the distant past. The local inhabitants are accustomed to working in terracotta, tuff, wood and papier-mâché, initially as a pastime and then for trade, resulting in the production of excellent artefacts. The art of papier-mâché, in p...


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Fall of the House of Byron - Scandal and Seduction in Georgian England
Author(s): Emily Brand
'A hauntingly beautiful portrait of the Byron dynasty' Rebecca Rideal
'Combining new research with a pacy narrative, Emily Brand introduces the glamorous and flawed Byron dynasty-William, the 'Wicked Lord', pleasure-seeking Isabella, and 'Mad Jack'-a family inheritance to match the wildest imaginings of their most notorious descendant. A riveting read! Professor Kathryn Sutherland
In the early eighteenth century, Newstead Abbey was among the most admired aristocratic homes in England. It was the abode of William, 4th Baron Byron - a popular amateur composer and artist - and his teenage wife Frances. But by the end of the century, the building had become a crumbling and ill-cared-for ruin. Surrounded by wreckage of his inheritance, the 4th Baron's dissipated son and heir William, 5th Baron Byron - known to history as the 'Wicked Lord' - lay on his deathbed alongside a handful of remaining servants and amidst a thriving population of crickets.
This was the home that a small, pudgy boy of ten from Aberdeen - who the world would later come to know as Lord Byron, the Romantic poet, soldier, and adventurer - would inherit in 1798. His family, he would come to learn, had in recent decades become known for almost unfathomable levels of scandal and impropriety, from elopement, murder, and kidnapping to adultery, coercion, and thrilling near-death experiences at sea. Just as it had shocked the society of Georgian London, the outlandish and scandalous story of the Byrons - and the myths that began to rise around it - would his influence his life and poetry for posterity.
The Fall of the House of Byron follows the fates of Lord Byron's ancestors over three generations in a drama that begins in rural Nottinghamshire and plays out in the gentlemen's clubs of Georgian London, amid tempests on far-flung seas, and in the glamour of pre-revolutionary France. A compelling story of a prominent and controversial characters, it is a sumptuous family portrait and an electrifying work of social history.
Publisher : Hodder & Stoughton
Imprint : John Murray
Author : Emily Brand


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Has the Pirate Party boat sunk? IP-skeptical platform decimated in Swedish election
In last year's European election, the Pirate Party of Sweden garnered 7.1% of the vote, enough for one seat under the EU treaty in place at the time (and two seats following an EU reform treaty). But in yesterday's Swedish national election, the IP-skeptical platform saw its support decimated: a dismal 0.7% according to a television station's exit poll.
That's about the level of the party's first-ever participation in 2006. Sweden has a 4% threshold to win any seat in its national parliament, and it appears very unlikely that the Pirate Party will ever surmount it.
Its German sister party achieved 2.0% in last year's German federal election, also far from the relevant threshold (5% in that case). The German chapter has a lot of debate over whether it's too much of a single-issue party and should become more of a general left-wing liberal party.
I'm not at all surprised that the Pirate Party fails to become a real political force. Three years ago, a MySQL executive made me known with Rick Falkvinge, the party's founder, by email, and in the ensuing correspondence I expressed very serious doubt that the Pirate Party was going to replicate in our times the rise of the Greens in the 1980s. I also expressed my concern that the party's approach -- including its provocative name -- might even discredit the cause of reasonable and balanced IP policy.
Nevertheless, I gave the German Pirate Party a signature last year to support their participation in the federal election (though I didn't vote for them in the end because they took an extremely radical anti-security stance shortly before the vote). I kept my fingers crossed for the Swedish Pirate Party in last year's European election. And I liked Christian Engström's clear condemnation of counterfeiting in the European Parliament two weeks ago.
As you can see, this is pretty complicated, so I have to elaborate on my views to be clear.
A hackle-raising name draws attention at the start but bogs you down in the end
I believe the Pirate Party owes to its name both the enormous attention it received early on and its apparent inability to evolve into a serious political force.
When the party was founded in support of the Pirate Bay file-sharing platform, that name was its key success factor. The organization obviously never meant to support piracy on high seas, or counterfeiting of physical goods. But the idea of a party expressing (to say the least) a great deal of sympathy for the illegal copying of software (programs, music, movies) was shocking, and a shocking appearance can be a way to get listened to and talked about.
To a lot of grown-ups, this symbolized an unbelievable generational divide: on one side, the law-abiding establishment; on the other, a movement of the Internet generation that appeared to advocate lawlessness by the terabyte.
Not only was the name shocking. It was also cool to be a pirate. It was like a great theme for a costume party. Calling oneself a pirate looked like the ultimate expression of anti-establishment protest, and that resulted in a lot of activism in Sweden and the creation of smaller sister parties in many other countries.
That kind of radically provocative positioning had all the ingredients of a one-hit wonder. Unlike the Greens, whose initial environmentalist focus emphasized a positive notion.
Software piracy is a serious problem
Rick basically argued (as do many other activists) that the word "piracy" was a gross overstatement of the nature of the problem. The party as a whole often tried to portray pirates as freedom fighters, which is a major distortion in my view.
I actually know both sides of the argument. In the early 1980s I had (like many millions of people) a Commodore 64. I previously had an Atari 2600 video game console, and I had to buy (or borrow) every game cartridge I wanted to play. Then some friends told me that a C64 was a better deal because I could get the games "for free". In other words, I could get copies from them. Plenty. Back in those days, I couldn't even count how many games I had. I only counted the number of floppy disk boxes.
There was also a fair amount of software I bought. Sometimes I didn't want to wait until I could obtain a pirated version. Sometimes I really wanted to own the thing, or I needed the manual. But I never paid for most of the stuff I played.
My confession goes even further: on a few occasions I also acted as a "cracker", which means that I removed copy protection schemes from commercial software in order to make it copyable. The funniest incident was in the summer of 1986 when a friend brought along a World Cup game for the C64 that he had purchased and we went to the school's computer room. They had a few C64s there, and it took me only a few minutes to disable the copy protection by effectively skipping the code section that checked on it. So several of us went home with a new game.
What's important to consider is that those were the early years of personal computing. There was clearly a lack of awareness for the illegality of those activities. We all knew that there was a theoretical risk, but we doubted that we were going to get caught. We didn't understand that it was unethical behavior, but that doesn't mean that it wasn't.
Post-C64, no more piracy for me
My perspective on this changed rapidly, and fundamentally, when I found myself on the producing side. After a few years as an author of articles for computer magazines and of ten computer books, I became involved with the business of software publishing.
The piracy problem also affected the sales of some Blizzard Entertainment games (especially Starcraft I and Diablo I) in Germany in the second half of the 1990s. At the time I was Blizzard's German consultant and representative.
I can say with a clear conscience that I haven't done any illegal copying, let alone "cracking", ever since the Commodore 64 days. I threw away those floppy disk boxes at some point. Every piece of software I ever used on a PC was properly purchased, or it was (of course) open source. I'm so careful that I only install a second copy of a program on a portable computer if the end user license agreement (EULA) permits it.
This isn't only the right thing to do, and it's safe not only in a legal sense. It's also one of the reasons for which I've never been hit by a computer virus.
So today, I don't associate anything positive with "piracy". Why did I then lend a signature to the Pirate Party even once?
Anti-software-patent activists joined the Pirate Party movement
There are significant overlaps between the Pirate Party and the anti-software-patent movement.
When I read last year about the Swedish Pirate Party's electoral campaign, I saw that Christian Engström was their top-listed candidate. I immediately sent him a message to wish him luck.
Christian once gave an important impulse that contributed to my decision to fight against software patents. On a mailing list, he saw a question I asked, but he felt that MySQL (the company I was advising at the time) wasn't active enough. He told me that view in a rather rude way: not on the list, but by a private reply. It wasn't my fault that it took MySQL some time to decide on what to do (and MySQL supported the cause like no comparable company did relative to its company size). So I basically agreed with Christian. It was necessary to do more.
A few months later, with MySQL's help, I started the NoSoftwarePatents campaign. Christian provided the Swedish translation. He was by far and away the fastest of all translators, and the feedback I got from native speakers of Swedish was extremely positive.
I felt that Christian was a good choice for his party because he's a professional, not a radical. I was confident that he as a person wasn't going to harm the cause of balanced IP policy.
There are also several other "brothers-in-arms" from the fight against the EU software patent directive who joined the Pirate Party, in Sweden, Germany and other countries. So despite my fundamental disagreement with them on copyright and security issues, I wished them luck I hoped that they would raise the profile of IP issues on the political agenda, and I believe that's what they have already achieved.
But I'm afraid for them that they will remain a fringe party forever. At some point they may realize that they're an activist group, a non-governmental organization, even though they will probably continue to call themselves a party and pursue parliamentary ambitions for some more time (until possibly being absorbed by the Greens, with whom the Pirates already caucus in the European Parliament).
Those pirates who really want to shape intellectual property policy will be better advised to join the more established parties and try to leave a mark on their positions. But that will require them to fully appreciate the legitimate interest of the knowledge economy in strong intellectual property rights.
There's much more at stake now than in the heyday of the C64.
If you'd like to be updated on patent issues affecting free software and open source, please subscribe to my RSS feed (in the right-hand column) and/or follow me on Twitter @FOSSpatents.
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Labels: Christian Engström, Copyright, Elections, Intellectual Property, IP, Pirate Party, Rick Falkvinge
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Meditation & Living beyond cancer The cancer experience includes many many elements. It's not just being afraid of dying and feeling physically sick, although those pieces are also present. There may also be relationship problems, daily living challenges, children to care for, emotional issues, treatment decisions, side-effects of treatment, insurance debacles and on and on. It feels like a big cyclone of chaos at times. The cancer experience is kind of like a really rough, whipping, bumping, and turning roller coaster ride, the kind you're praying will end soon. You just can't wait till the car pulls to a stop, the safety bar lifts and you can get the hell off of it!
Unfortunately you can't get off the ride, but you can find a way to be where you are at this moment in time. Can you find a way to ride the coaster?
Mindfulness meditation practice can help.
Don't take my word for it. In a randomized clinical trial, cancer patients completing the 7 week meditation condition reported a decrease in depression, anxiety, anger, and confusion AND additionally they reported an increase in Vigor! The patients also reported fewer symptoms of stress and less emotional irritability.If you've ever been on chemotherapy and some of the steroids they give you along with it you know that emotional irritability can be a real challenge. Overall the cancer patients completing the 7 week meditation condition reported a 65% decrease in mood disturbance & 31% reduction in symptoms of stress.
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Filibuster reform: Republican senators propose bipartisan meeting to stop Harry Reid's new campaign.
Harry Reid wants to unlock the grid.
Two weeks ago the Senate finished its big bipartisan goal of the year—the passage of a comprehensive immigration bill. Last week Democrats coaxed their top candidate, Alison Lundergan Grimes, into a race against Sen. Mitch McConnell. That made the party more confident that a tough 2014 campaign would likely end with another Democratic majority in the Senate.
That's the setup for this week's public battle over filibuster reform. It broke out again this morning on the Senate floor, when the party leaders used their pro forma speeches to tear into each other.
Other Republicans joined McConnell with data, quoting Congressional Research Service reports to prove that there wasn't really a problem with confirming new nominees. That wasn't what concerned Harry Reid. Republicans were shouting about the "unconstitutionality" of Obama's recess appointees (for now, they're backed up by the D.C. circuit, pending a Supreme Court ruling) and refusing to confirm National Labor Relations Board members or confirm Richard Cordray to lead the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau. "I'm so tired of hearing this, tweaking," said Reid, deriding the Republican promise that Cordray would be confirmed if the CFPB's budget were handed over to Congress. He didn't trust them, and he didn't need to.
The debate shifted a bit when Republicans who occasionally cross over to vote with Democrats offered to break bread. Mississippi Sen. Roger Wicker asked whether Democrats would meet in the Old Senate Chamber, a short walk from the current chamber, to see if they could hash this out. Reid is meeting with Democrats today about a filibuster reform strategy, and talking about this on Monday at the Center for American Progress. He was not moved.


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VIDEO: OD Woods ft. Ice Prince x Vector – Bless My Way
OD Woods comes through with a new audio and visual for his dope single "Bless My Way" #BMW.
BMW is a perfect combination of Afro pop and hip hop Featuring two of Africa's Finest and biggest musical acts, Ice Prince Zamani and Vector tha Viper.
"Bless My Way" was produced by Dreybeatz and video directed by Avalon Okpe.
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VIDEO: Orezi – How Long
This song, 'How Long' by Orezi is one of my personal favorites off his vastly underrated debut album 'The Ghen Ghen' released in late 2015.
The visuals was directed by Mazi C.I Jizzle, check it out below and do share your thoughts
VIDEO: Seriki – Federal Sars (Informant)
Indigenous rapper and Eedohwoo Records act – Seriki starts the year by serving up the visuals to his previously released single – "Informant".
The video was directed by Unlimited L.A.
Photos: Kim and Kourtney Kardashian flaunt their toned bikini bodies in Costa Rica
Although Kourtney and Kim Kardashian are back from Costa Rica, new photos of the popular Reality TV sisters relaxing by a poolside at their private Villa have emerged. Kim showed off her slender figure in a black bikini top which highlighted her sculpted arms and flat stomach, while Kourtney wore a white two-piece. See more photos
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Kaduna state gov, Nasir El-Rufai visits IGP over lingering Southern Kaduna crisis
In a bid to find a lasting solution to Southern Kaduna religious crisis, Kaduna state governor, Nasir El-Rufai today paid a visit to Inspector General of Police, Ibrahim Idris, at the police headquarters in Abuja. More photos after the cut.
Donald Trump says, 'Let's pray for Schwarzenegger's 'Apprentice' ratings', Arnold fires back 'Let's switch jobs'
President Donald Trump was at the National Prayer Breakfast in Washington a few hours ago when he took aim at Arnold Schwarzenegger and the TV show 'Apprentice' saying the ratings "went right down the tubes". He then told the prayer-friendly group to say one for the movie star.
Arnold didn't let the steam cool off before he responded with a Twitter video telling Trump, 'Hey Donald, why don't we switch jobs, you take over TV since you are an expert in ratings and i take over your job so people can finally sleep comfortably again'
Senator Andy Uba defects to APC to 'serve the yearnings of his people'
Andy Uba, senator representing Anambra South senatorial zone under the platform of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), has defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC).
The lawmaker who disclosed this at a news briefing on February 1st, in his home country, Uga, Aguata Local Government Area of the state, said he joined the APC at the ongoing registration of party members in the state.
According to him, APC has ideology and focus which he needed to tap into to provide quality representation of his constituents. Another reason he joined the APC is because of Senator Chris Ngige, Minister of Labour and Employment, APC National Auditor, Chief George Muoghalu and other personalities in the party with sound ideas and whom he looked up to in politics.
The senator said he would be very effective in serving the yearnings of his people more now that he was in APC and urged other Igbo politicians to follow his footsteps.
Source: THISDAY
Video: Harrysong apologises to Kcee and Five Star Music
Seems all is well now and Harrysong is back to Five Star Music. Following a week of arrests, re-arrests and social media insults, Harrysong has now publicly apologised to Kcee and Five Star Music.
In a new video shared on Instagram, Harrysong says,
'I want to say I'm sorry Kcee, I'm sorry to Five Star Music for all the statements I said in anger, I'm sorry. I miss my family, you don't expect me to be fighting with my family forever. Kcee and E-Money I love you so much. Ladies and Gentlemen, I'm back to my family'. Watch the video below..
Harrysong Issues Apology to Kcee & Five Star Music cc
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Indonesian woman and man brutally flogged for allegedly having sex outside marriage
An Indonesian woman received 26 strokes of cane across her back for having sex outside of marriage. The woman along with the man she was accused of having sex with, faced the punishment as having sex outside of wedlock is against strict Sharia law.
The woman was forced to kneel on the ground on the public stage in front of a mosque in Banda Aceh, Indonesia and flogged as a crowd of people look on. After her punishment is over, the man she is accused of having sex with is also brought to the stage and flogged 26 times too.
'I applaud your voice' - Teebillz supports 2face Idibia's February 6th protest
Tiwa Savage's estranged hubby, Teebillz is the latest to support the much talked about planned protest by 2face Idibia scheduled for February 6th,.
Teebillz shared a famous quote by Martin Luther King, Jr. that reads, 'Our lives begin to end the day we become silent about things that matter'.
LAGOS POLICE VOWS TO STOP TUFACE'S PLANNED NATIONWIDE PROTEST
The Lagos State Police Commissioner Fatai Owoseni on Wednesdaysaid he will not allow the planned protest against the Federal Government slated for February 6th to hold in the state.
Popular musician, TuFace Idibia who joined the call for protest by some concerned Nigerians over the state of the nation, had used his social media platforms to appeal to his supporters to join the movement.
But Owoseni, who had earlier stated that there was no official request from the protesters notifying security agencies of their plan, said Wednesday that intelligence report indicates that criminals might hijack the process.
According to the police chief, the command wasn't ready for that kind of demonstration and as such would not allow it to hold.Tuface-Idibia
He said no matter how good an intention is, hoodlums would always find a way to harass, rob and attack innocent members of the public, who may wish to go about their Lawful duty.
Owoseni said:
"Information reaching us revealed that some hoodlums are planning to hijack the peaceful protest. And as such, we won't allow it to hold in Lagos. We know that Tuface do not have the capacity to contain such a crowd and we will not fold our hands and watch while things go out of hand."
At a press conference held earlier in the week, Owoseni said:
"The Civil Society had said that they do not need police permission to carry out any peaceful protest, but they should also be aware that there might be those who share an opposing view. This set of persons may want to disrupt the peaceful demonstration and would want to attack demonstrators.
This is why we advise individuals or group of persons who may wish to embark on civil demonstration to inform the police so that adequate security arrangement would be provided."
Source: TheNation
'I only did my part [in making her famous' - Ray J speaks on his sex tape with Kim K again
Ray J's new interview with Heat magazine is causing a whole new kind of storm online. In the interview, he tried to avoid talking about his infamous sex tape Kim Kardashian but couldn't resist the urge and said:
"I only did my part in making her famous'.When asked if the reality star was obsessed with fame, he replied saying:
"As a man, I tried to play my part in the situation. If you're intelligent, you can read between the lines."He also referred to Kris Jenner as a "real, true hustler," which has fans questioning if that means she 'hustled' her family into fame by leaking the sex tape
Rapper, Drake and footballer, Didier Drogba reunite (photo)
Ex-Chelsea player, Didier Drogba, 38, took to his Instagram page to share a photo of him and rapper, Drake, as they 'reunited' backstage for Drakes's 'Boy Meets World' tour at the O2 arena in London on Tuesday. The last time the pair met was in 2012 after the 2-1 win against Benfica at Stamford Bridge where Drake claimed Drogba was his best football player.
Drogba captioned the photo:
''Reunion @champagnepapi and #ats #theboymeetsworldtour #2017''
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Dasuki: FG's request for secret trial satanic, undemocratic - Fayose
Ekiti State Governor and Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP) Governor' Forum, Mr Ayodele Fayose has described the Federal Government's attempt to secretly try the former National Security Adviser (NSA), Col. Sambo Dasuki, by using mask-wearing prosecution witnesses as satanic and mockery of democracy, saying;
"It is becoming obvious that the All Progressives Congress (APVC) federal government has something to hide on the travail of Col. Dasuki because if you were not afraid to call someone a thief in the market place, you should not be afraid to try such a person in the full glare of the public."The governor, who said Nigerians should ask the federal government why it was afraid of trying Dasuki openly, noted that;
"Since names of the would-be prosecution witnesses have already been made public, what agenda is the federal pursuing by insisting that its witnesses be given protection by the court by not allowing their names and addresses to be made public in the course of the trial."In a statement issued on Wednesday by his Special Assistant on Public Communications and New Media, Lere Olayinka, Governor Fayose challenged the APC-led federal government to allow live television coverage of the trial so that the federal government can tell the entire world how Dasuki actually stole the $2.1 billion arms money and he (Dasuki) will also defend himself in the full glare of the public.
The governor said;
"You accused someone of corruption in the market place and the person you accused is saying he wants to defend himself in the market place too, but you, the accuser is insisting that the accused must be tried in your bedroom, I think someone is trying to hide something?"He said it was curious that the Federal Government could approach the court for the second time, seeking for an order to conduct secret trial in a celebrated criminal matter, on which it claimed to have watertight evidences.
Governor Fayose added that even the prosecuting counsel, who filed the application, should be ashamed for allowing themselves to be used as tools to subvert democracy.
"They want Nnamdi Kanu tried secretly. They also want the former Col Dasuki (rtd) tried secretly. What are they afraid of? How is defence counsel going to cross-examine masked witnesses when their real identity cannot be ascertained? Why are the witnesses afraid to testify in an open court if truly they are witnesses of truth? "Obviously, this is satanic. It is against all democratic norms and Nigerians must rise against it," the governor said.He called on the court to reject the federal government ploy to use masquerade as witnesses, saying;
"Nigerians are now at the mercy of judiciary, which is the only institution that can save Nigeria from the full-blown dictatorship that the APC government has become."
Kenyan gospel singer ends her marriage only hours after tying the knot saying her heart is elsewhere
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I find, my children, that I am growing old, and that it behooves me to write out for your perusal hereafter the history that it is essential you should know, and which, singular as the details may appear under the influence and scepticism of this nineteenth-century, it is still strictly true. I have to relate not only my own personal experience, but that of two of our ancestors.
We have been a family appparently highly favored by fate. You have heard, doubtless, of the talismans possessed by certain noble families, and which were supposed by some mysterious power to bring good-fortune to their owners. Such a one is the famous glass goblet known as the Luck of Eden Hall, and celebrated in verse by Longfellow. We, the Martels, originally of France, but for three generations citizens of the United States, have in our keeping a talisman more potent and more singular in the manifestations of its powers than any other relic of the kind, of which I have ever heard. For it does not simply confer good-luck on its possessors, but it acts the part of a guardian angel.
You know, my children, that our family is a very ancient one. We are supposed to derive our descent from the heroic and intellectual Charles Martel, who governed France so wisely as Mayor of the Palace under the feeblest of the early kings of France. Respecting our claim to consider this great man as our ancestor, I have nothing definite to allege. But this I do know: that the family was an old and honorable one, a race of students, of artists, and of men renowned for their learning and in some cases for their skill as workers in gold and silver and precious stones. Benvenuto Cellini himself was jealous of the talent of Antoine Martel, who was patronized by Diana of Poitiers, and who made for that lady a table-service in gold, wrought with the story of Diana and Endymion, and to whom Queen Claude of France confided the task of mounting her ancestral jewels, the ducal diadem and other crown-jewels of Brittany, into ornaments better fitted for the wife of Francis the First to wear. But it was the father of Antoine, the Martel who flourished in the reign of Louis the Eleventh, who was the true chief of our family. Gilles Martel was a noted physician and was also given to dabbling in astrology and alchemy and other occult sciences. He was in high favor at one time with his keen-witted but superstitious sovereign, and is said to have predicted in a very startling way the tragic fate that some years later befell the reknowned Charles the Bold, Duke of Burgundy. Also, he was much in favor with King Louis's delicate and deformed daughter, the Princess Joan, and did much to alleviate her sufferings during her frequent attacks of illness. During the brief period that she was Queen of France, she made him her court-physician; and when, after her repudiation by her husband, she retired to a cloister, it was by her wish that he still continued his ministrations. I have dwelt thus long on the history of Gilles Martel for a reason that will presently appear.
You are all of you familiar with the subject and aspect of the vast piece of ancient tapestry that has always covered one of the sides of my library-wall, and some amongst you have begged me at times to remove it and to fill the space it occupies with an extra book-case, which is, I confess, much needed. Also, I remember the amazement evinced by you all when, on the occasion of a fire, caused by a defective flue, breaking out in our spare bed-room, I hastened to detach the old tapestry and to bear it out of harm's way before attempting to save anything else, and, in fact, as soon as I had ascertained that your mother and you were out of danger. The fire was extinguished, it is true, without doing any material damage; but you apparently thought that I might have begun by saving our plate and our pictures and also your mother's diamonds. Children, the old tapestry is our Luck of Eden Hall; it is more—it is, as I have said before, our guardian angel.
You remember it, doubtless: the faded group of personages in the foreground, one of whom—a tall, gray-bearded, grave-looking gentleman, wearing a loose black robe and a mortar shaped cap trimmed with fur—is, according to family tradition, the portrait of our ancestor, the learned Doctor Gilles. The other individuals represent certain of the great physician's kinfolk, who had made honorable names for themselves as warriors or as ecclesiastics. But it is only with the figure of Gilles Martel that we have to do, and also with the border of the tapestry, on which is worked at intervals groups of red heraldic roses, each composed of three flowers, these groups being separated by square spaces. In each of these squares is delineated a curious little allegorical picture, the meaning of which has never been explained. The whole piece is in a state of perfect preservation and is a singularly fine specimen of the tapestry-work of the fifteenth century. I need not assure you that it is immensely valuable. But on no consideration, nor at any price that may ever be offered to you, must you be persuaded to part with it. I do not think that you will be willing to contemplate even the possibility of disposing of it, once you have concluded the perusal of this paper.
I must begin my story with the transcription, or rather an abstract, of a document bequeathed by our ancestor, François Martel, who was the grandson of the learned Gilles, and who flourished in the sixteenth century. From his father Antoine, he had inherited great taste and skill as a worker in metals. As a youth, he had embraced the Reformed religion and was a Huguenot of an ardent and pronounced type. This fact did not hinder him from being extensively patronized by the less bigoted of the nobles at the court of Charles IX, though of course he got but few orders from the followers of the Duke de Guise. But, when the bold Protestant hero, Henry of Navarre, came to Paris to wed Marguerite de Valois, the star of the Huguenot goldsmith was in the ascendant. There are extant a number of his drawings of designs for articles of plate and jewelry manufactured by him for the royal pair. Amongst these is a wreath of daisies to be wrought in diamonds, as a gift for the bride, which is altogether exquisite and artistic. But I not think that this charming device was ever reproduced in gold and gems.
Now comes the first strange episode in my strange story. I derive my facts from the parchment record drawn up by François Martel himself, and by him bequeathed to his descendants jointly with the piece of tapestry, which had been left to his father Antoine by Doctor Gilles and which had always been held in high esteem by both father and son, on account of the group of family portraits. The writer declares—I translate from the quaint antique French without attempting, as indeed, it would be vain to do, to reproduce its peculiarities in English—that, one pleasant evening early in June in the year 1572, he was seated alone in his study, having need, he writes, of much meditation concerning the design of the silver ewer ordered from him by Admiral de Coligny. He is especially careful to note that his supper had been of the simplest, consisting of some dried pears and comfits and a single cup of Cyprus wine. He is certain that he had not fallen asleep, as he had been greatly engrossed with his drawings and also much tormented thereby, as he could not work the armorial bearings of the Colignys into his design in a satisfactory manner. Finally, having gotten his sketch into shape, he leaned back in his chair for a few moments' rest and reflection. His eyes naturally fell upon the tapestry which hung upon the wall, and upon which the rays of a full and unclouded summer moon were brightly shining, and especially upon the figure of his grandsire, which was prominent in the foreground. Suddenly it seemed to him as if this figure were slowly rising out of the tapestry; that is to say, it was no longer a flat surface, but was assuming the rounded and prominent contours of a living being or of a graven image. As he gazed, the change became more accentuated and complete, and finally the form took motion as it had assumed shape, and steeped from the hangings to the floor, slowly advancing till it came within a few paces of the table at which the astonished goldsmith sat. He makes special record of the fact that he was not terrified by the apparition, though greatly awed and wonder-stricken.
"My grandson François,": said the form, "I come to warn you, as I shall have the power to warn my descendants hereafter, of a great and impending danger. When you receive from an unknown hand three red roses, be assured that the peril is at hand. Then leave France, with your family and possessions, and without delay. Remember the token—three red roses; and thereafter linger not, but depart at once." Then the room was darkened, as though a cloud had passed over the moon; and, when the light shone out again, the figure had returned to the tapestry, and the room had resumed its wonted aspect.
My ancestor goes on to say that he was deeply impressed with the mysterious warning, and that for some days he thought of little else. Then he became absorbed in the preparations for the wedding of the King of Navarre, and gradually the singular occurrence of that June night faded from his mind. The day of the royal marriage, the 18th of August, at last arrived, and François Martel mingled with the throng at the doors of the Church of Notre Dame, to witness the ceremony, which was performed by the Cardinal de Bourbon and which took place on a lofty stage erected outside of the portal of the catheral. Absorbed as he was in gazing at the bridal party, he was only vaguely conscious of a gentle touch on his right hand; and, when the marriage was at an end and he turned away to bend his steps homeward, he was amazed to find that he was mechanically holding three red roses that had apparently been slipped into his hand by some unknown personage. He looked around and questioned some of the bystanders as to the giver of the flowers; but no one had noticed the person who had left them in Messire Martel's graps, though several had seen the roses and remarked upon their beauty.
So greatly was he impressed by this fulfillment of the phantom's announcement, that he hastened to put together all his possessions in the shape of money, jewels, and and precious metals, not forgetting—as he specially records—the piece of tapestry, with other hangings of great price; and he embarked with all his family at the Louvre wharf, on a bark hired by himself, for England, two days after the king's marriage. He has not failed to record the stupefaction and indigation of his good wife, Dame Brigitte, and also of his elder children, at being thus hurried away on what, in those days, was a most stupendous journey, and being forced to lose all the public rejoicings on the occasion of the royal wedding. Also, he has set down his own doubts and misgivings in having undertaken so grave a step as the breaking-up of his home and a flight from his native land, on the word of an apparition and the token of three flowers, that might indeed have come into his possession by accident. But hardly had they arrived in London, nor were the family fully established as yet in a hostelry at Southwark, when the tidings of the bloody massacre of the eve of St. Bartholomew, the 24th of August, reached London. François Martel, as a wealthy and noted Huguenot, would, with all his family, have perished on that night of horrible slaughter, had he disregarded the warning of the phantom and the token of the three roses.
The remainder of the fugitive's history was prosperous and uneventful. He opened a golsdmith's shop at Cheapside, and, as a persecuted Huguenot, his story excited a good deal of sympathy amongst the nobles at the court of Elizabeth. The great queen herself condescended to send for him and to order from him a pomander-chain and some minor matters. Thus patronized by royalty, he flourished exceedingly and was contented and happy in his English home. With this assurance, the document due to his patient pen, and which I have greatly abridged, comes to an end.
The fortunes of the Martel family thereafter have for over two centuries nothing to do with the tapestry portrait of Gilles Martel. After the death of Messire François and the accession to the French throne of Henri IV, his widow and children returned to Paris. In due time, the head of the family married a Catholic lady, and their children were educated in their mother's faith, so that the Martel family was no longer liable to persecution on account of its Protestantism.
In the reign of Louis XIV was founded the banking-house of the Brothers Martel by the two last survivors in the direct line of the descendants of Dr. Gilles. These gentlemen, Jehan and Olivier Martel, founded for the family a new era of prosperity. We, my children, are descended from the first-named, his brother Olivier having died unmarried. During all these years, and despite the journeys and changes of fortune of the family, the piece of tapestry and the narrative of François Martel were always religiously guarded and cared for by the head of the house. Hence the remarkable preservation in which the first-named relic has come down to our day.
I have now come to the epoch of the delivery of the second warning, and I translate from the family papers in my possession, so that such of my descendants that may be unacquainted with the language spoken by their ancestors may read this statement and comprehend the facts as they occurred.
At the accession of Louis XVI to the throne of France, the once numerous race of the Martels had dwindled down to a single survivor, Jules Martel, a prominent and prosperous banker, who had accumulated great wealth, and who had in consequence persuaded the noble family of De Ponteveze to overlook his descent from the Huguenot goldsmith and to bestow one of their demoiselles on him in marriage. Jeanne de Ponteveze was very willing to become Madame Martel, her choice lying between her acceptance of her wealthy suitor and seclusion in a convent. She obtained from the king permission to join her own noble name to that of her husband, and the pair were thereafter known as M. and Mme. Martel de Ponteveze. There was talk of the revival for the husband of one of the dormant titles belonging to the wife's family—a baronry, I believe; but somehow this honor was postponed till titles had become dangerous things in France for their wearers, and the project was dropped. Meantime, the lady had become the close friend and confidante of more than one of the great ladies of the court, the Countess Jules de Polignac and the Princess de Lamballe being of the number. It was said that Madame Martel obliged her aristocratic friends with timely loans of large sums of money through the mediation of her husband, a form of assistance that was peculiarly acceptable in those days of unbounded extravagance of high play at cards. Altogether, the last survivor of the descendants of Gilles Martel had become thoroughly affiliated with the court-party amongst the French aristocracy. His treasured piece of ancestral tapestry decorated the chief drawing-room of his sumptuous hotel in Paris. It was something in his favor, with his new circle of friends, to be able to show that he really possessed ancestors, and one at least, in the person of the learned adviser of Louis XI, of whom he could well be proud. As to the apparition and the warning and the token of the three red roses, as related by the goldsmith François, the astute banker had long before set them down as the figments of an overexcited brain, or as a dream and a series of curious coincidences at the most.
He has not left on record the precise date nor the exact circumstances attending the second appearance of the figure of Gilles Martel. He states that it was on a moonlit night, and that the form descending from the tapestry addressed him in almost the exact words that François Martel had so carefully written down. Once again was the descendant of the learned doctor warned to flee from France, and once more were three red roses indicated as the token that danger was at hand. And then the figure seemed to retreat backward to the wall, and became again incorporated with the tapestry. Jules Martel was at first less moved by the vision or dream, coupled as it was with the same experience that had befallen his ancestor, than might have been imagined. But he relates in his diary how for some weeks he waited and watched, and in the vague expectation of receiving the token-flowers; but, as time went on without farther incident, he became persuaded that he had fallen asleep on one of the couches in the drawing-room, and had simply dreamed a remarkably vivid dream, colored by his remembrance of the story told by his ancestor.
Time wore on, and the thrilling scenes and dramatic events that preceded the actual outbreak of the great Revolution filled the minds of all men. Jules Martel and his wife, now thoroughly affiliated with the most ultra division of the royalists party, were actors in more than one of the incidents that diversified the prologue to that terrible historical tragedy. And so it chanced that they were present at the banquet given by the officers of the French and Swiss Guards at the theatre of the palace of Versailles. It was a scene never to be forgotten: the fair queen, pale beneath her rouge, the cries and excitement and eager drinking of the healths of the royal party by their military guests, the orchestra pouring forth the melancholy yet impassioned strains of "O Richard, O my king!" the tricolor trampled under foot, the soldiers scaling the boxes to receive from the hands of the ladies the white cockade emblematic of their loyalty; it was a moment whose fervor and enthusiasm might well have persuaded the most lukewarm partisan of royalty that the affections of the nation were really centered on their king and queen. Madam Martel de Ponteveze had just attached one of the rosettes of white ribbon to the shoulder of an ardent young lieutenant, her own nephew, and her husband had smiled his approval of the act, when, on turning from the stage, he saw lying before him, on the ledge of the box, three red roses.
It was rather strange that he took heed at once and practically to the warning of the token-flowers. But Jules Martel was a keen-witted and sensible man, and was not wholly blinded by his prejudices in favor of the aristocratic set in which he had gained a precarious footing by his marriage. He was in reality a roturier, and he knew it, and he had doubtless often meditated with many misgivings over the coming tempest, whose dark clouds and muttering thunder could be ignored by no such intelligent observer as himself, and especially one whose senses were not blunted by the prejudices of race. His own convictions lent weight to the warnings of the phantom and the flowers. He hastened to transfer to England his family and such of his possessions as could be taken thither. His banking-house was left in the charge of one of his junior partners, and, long before the full horror of the Reign of Terror had burst upon his native land, he was established, with his family, in a pleasant quarter of London. There he and his wife came to be considered as a very providence for the exiled French nobles. Many of the kinsfolk of Madame Martel—and among them the young Lieutenant de Ponteveze, who had figured at the banquet at Versailles—perished by the guillotine, a fate that would doubtless have befallen both Jules Martel and his wife, had not that strange vision interposed to save them.
Thank you for transcribing the short story, "The Three Warnings". I became so involved with the story, that now I have to buy your book, A Bouquet of Victorian Roses, just to find out how the short story ends!
That is really a interesting and spooky story. Lucy Hooper the author had a viviend phantasy Thank god i got your book so i was able to read the end. But it gives you also a lot to think about it how it was for our ancestors living through those religious wars must not have been easy for a lot of families .Thanks for collecting such a good story for your readers .


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