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Jimmy Carter: Rock & Roll President
This rockumentary-style presidential portrait shows how Jimmy Carter reinvigorated a post-Watergate America—with the music of the counterculture, including the Allman Brothers, Bob Dylan, Willie Nelson, and Jimmy Buffett.
When Jarah loses her husband, her child, her land and her innocence she embarks on a brutal journey of of retribution and revenge that transforms into redemption and reconciliation.
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, Western
Schemers
Set in late-1970's Dundee, Schemers is based on writer-producer David McLean's early years in the music business. After a run in with a local gangster, a fledgling promoter and his…
Genre: Comedy, Crime, Drama, History
To escape the outback, a young Afghan cameleer falls in with a mysterious bushman on the run with stolen Crown gold.
Genre: Adventure, Drama, History, Thriller, Western
Still a Revolutionary – Albert Einstein
Using a wealth of rarely-seen archival footage, correspondence, and new and illuminating interviews, Julia Newman makes the case that Albert Einstein's example of social and political activism is as important…
Icemen: 200 Years in Antarctica
A riveting story of polar exploration that investigates the motivation, psychology, science, and physical endurance that have characterized the historic heroes who have explored the frozen continent of Antarctica over…
Genre: Adventure, Documentary, History
The Eight Hundred
In 1937, eight hundred Chinese soldiers fight under siege from a warehouse in the middle of the Shanghai battlefield, completely surrounded by the Japanese army.
Genre: Action, Drama, History, War
In the aftermath of the Great Plague and amidst the subsequent witch-hunts against women, a young widow grapples with the tragic death of her husband in a society completely consumed…
Genre: History, Horror
Son of the South
Bob Zellner, grandson of a Klansman, comes of age in the Deep South and eventually joins the Civil Rights Movement.
Genre: Biography, Drama, History
Mikhail Gorbachev, former president of the Soviet Union, sits down with filmmaker Werner Herzog to discuss his many achievements. Topics include the talks to reduce nuclear weapons, the reunification of…
Genre: Biography, Documentary, History
Tae-yeul, a swordsman in his thirties goes out to find his only daughter after losing one of his eyes. Min Seung-ho, the Joseon dynasty's best swordsman chooses an ordinary simple…
Genre: Action, Drama, History
Bill O'Neal infiltrates the Black Panthers per FBI Agent Mitchell and J. Edgar Hoover. As Black Panther Chairman Fred Hampton ascends, falling for a fellow revolutionary en route, a battle…
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Thriller
Romania: Seeking Dracula's Castle
Husband and wife team Greg and Felicity take a journey across Romania to try to answer one simple question – where is Dracula's Castle? Along the way they struggle as…
The love story of sixteen-year-old Arturs is interrupted by the First World War. After losing his mother and his home, he finds some consolation in joining the army, because this…
Genre: Drama, History, War
Our Lady of San Juan, Four Centuries of Miracles
Mexican feature film
Travel with Noah as he fulfills God's wish, even amidst seemingly impossible odds and the scrutiny of onlookers. The Bible comes to life in jaw-dropping scale as Noah leads live…
Genre: Family, History
Blue Code of Silence
Every year an average of one thousand American police officers are arrested for misconduct or corruption, and the abuse of power is a legacy that stretches back to the dawn…
Genre: Biography, Crime, Documentary, Drama, History
Nail Bomber: Manhunt
American Traitor: The Trial of Axis Sally
The life of American woman Mildred Gillars and her lawyer, who struggles to redeem her reputation. Dubbed "Axis Sally" for broadcasting Nazi propaganda to American troops during World War II,…
The true story of negotiations between implacable enemies — the secret back-channel talks, unlikely friendships and quiet heroics of a small but committed group of Israelis, Palestinians and one Norwegian…
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller, TV Movie
During the last desperate months of World War II, an Allied mission to regain Ramree Island off the coast of Burma ends in horror when an embattled group of soldiers…
Genre: Action, History, Horror, War
The inspiring true story of Dream Alliance, an unlikely race horse bred by small town bartender, Jan Vokes. With very little money and no experience, Jan convinces her neighbors to…
Genre: Biography, Comedy, Drama, History, Sport
Biopic about Sir James Brooke, the British adventurer who became King of Sarawak in the 1840's and embarked on a lifelong crusade to end piracy and head-hunting – only to…
Murder by the Coast
In 1999, teen Rocío Wanninkhof is murdered. Her mother's ex-partner, Dolores Vázquez, is suspected. Did she do it? A second victim reveals the truth.
Genre: Crime, Documentary, History, Mystery
Chernobyl: Abyss is the first major Russian feature film about the aftermath of the explosion at the Chernobyl nuclear power station, when hundreds of people sacrificed their lives to clean…
Genre: Comedy, Drama, History, Romance
A chainsaw-wielding George Washington teams with beer-loving bro Sam Adams to take down the Brits in a tongue-in-cheek riff on the American Revolution.
Genre: Action, Adventure, Animation, Comedy, Fantasy, History, Sci-Fi
A princess thrust onto the world stage. The tabloid media captivated by her beauty and vulnerability. The globe's most celebrated monarchy disrupted. This is the story of the most famous…
Genre: Biography, Drama, History, Musical, Romance
The Rebels of PT-218
PT-218: THE REBELS OF WWII not only tells a true story, but gives us never seen details of what happened in 1942. At the height of WWII, the Atlantic Ocean…
Texas Red
Part of the 12 Western feature films to be made in 12 months during 2020, this film tells the story of Texas Red, an African-American man who was hunted by…
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So-ri-kkun
In the era of corruption, Hak-gyu sings songs and tells stories on the street with his band. One day, Hak-gyu's wife Gan-nan is kidnapped by gangsters and his daughter Cheong…
As a teenager in the '90s, Soleil Moon Frye carried a video camera everywhere she went. She documented hundreds of hours of footage and then locked it away for over…
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French Basque Country, year 1609. The men of the region have gone to sea. Amaia participates with other girls of the village in a coven celebrated in the forest. Judge…
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Serving for Justice: The Story of the 333rd Field Artillery Battalion
Amidst the horrors and indignities of Jim Crow America, one million African Americans served their country to protect democracy abroad and expand it at home during World War II. The…
From the bustling streets of Jerusalem to the raging Sea of Galilee, join Peter, Nicodemus, Mary Magdalene, and a multitude of others as they journey alongside the most famous person…
Genre: Drama, Family, History
A university student returns home to self-isolate during the lockdown. He's totally alone, he's caught the virus and in order to cope, he's started to talk to himself.
Genre: Drama, History, Thriller
Flannery
A feature documentary directed by Elizabeth Coffman and Mark Bosco about American writer Flannery O'Connor.
Unsinkable: Japan's Lost Battleship
October 24, 1944, the world's greatest battle at sea begins in the Philippines. Japan's navy gambles on a decisive victory against the United States to turn the tide of World…
Genre: Documentary, History, War
Roe v. Wade
Dr. Bernard Nathanson and Dr. Mildred Jefferson square off in a national battle in this untold conspiracy that led to the most famous and controversial court case in history.
Harry Chapin: When in Doubt, Do Something
The life of singer-songwriter and activist Harry Chapin, who spent his fame and fortune trying to end world hunger before his tragic passing.
The War Below
During World War I, a group of British miners are recruited to tunnel underneath no man's land and set bombs from below the German front in hopes of breaking the…
First Signal
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Killing Patient Zero
Skilfully revealing the homophobia behind the headlines, this doc traces the devastating impact of the 1980s AIDS epidemic and clears the name of the Québécois flight attendant who was infamously…
The Last Frontier
The story of the Podolsk cadets' heroic stand outside Moscow in October 1941. Cadets were sent to the Ilyinsky line, fighting alongside units from the Soviet 43rd Army to hold…
Dance of the 41
Mexico City, November 1901. The police raid a private home where a secret party is being held. Among those attending is the son-in-law of President Porfirio Díaz.
Your Name Engraved Herein
In 1987, as martial law ends in Taiwan, Jia-han and Birdy fall in love amid family pressure, homophobia and social stigma.
Radium Girls
Young women toiling in a factory are exposed to hazardous material which takes a disastrous toll on their health.
As WWII looms, a wealthy widow hires an amateur archaeologist to excavate the burial mounds on her estate. When they make a historic discovery, the echoes of Britain's past resonate…
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This post (and many this month) will be a little shorter than my usual fare, as I'm devoting an increasing amount of time to preparation for my trip to Odyssey Writing Workshop. Speaking of which, I'm still looking for guest bloggers to avoid taking a blog hiatus while I'm gone, so take a look at that link if you're interested.
Meanwhile, it's the first Wednesday of May, which hails the regular arrival of the Insecure Writer's Support Group, hosted by Ninja Captain Alex J. Cavanaugh. The group offers a place for writers of all kinds to support each other in those ever-present moments of insecurity.
"It's one of the strangest attributes of this profession that when we writers get exhausted writing one thing, we relax by writing another."
As the reality of my Odyssey acceptance begins to sink in, burnout is something I've been thinking a lot about. By all reports from past graduates, I've got an enormous amount of work ahead of me. By the end of that six weeks, I'll probably be exhausted. But I'll mostly be pumping out new material while I'm there, so as tiring as it might be, that exhilarating feeling of creating something new will most likely never leave, and I imagine I'll be very grateful for that.
Of course, I'm no stranger to that feeling of exhaustion that long ventures into the written word can bring. It most likely played a part in the failed novels of my early writing exploits. Most of us experience this from time to time, especially when it comes to longer works. And though part of me is glad I never finished those novels because I've improved by leaps and bounds as a writer since then, another large part of me wonders what might have happened if I'd just taken a little break to work on something else for a while. I wonder if I'd have two completed novels to my name?
I'll never know the answer to that question, but having since experienced the rejuvenation that Dan Simmons is referring to in this quote with other projects, I know it's something I'll be trying the next time burnout rears its ugly head. And if you find yourself in a similar situation (and considering the A to Z Challenge just ended, some of you probably are), why not give it a try? Instead of giving up on that novel because of an exhausting "block," try relaxing for a change. Take a break and work on a short story, or perhaps a flash piece. Experiment a little. One short trip into another world might be all the cure you need for the burnout blues.
I love Dan Simmons, he's the first of my two most favorite sci-fi writers (the other is Peter Hamilton). And this quote is really fitting -- the best way to take a break from an exhausting (or stalling) project is to focus on something else for a while, but still keep our fingers and brain-cogs moving.
That's probably a good thing! At least those things are getting fixed. I'd only be worried about it if it happens when you're ready to put that story behind you and move on to the next thing. Which can happen! I still occasionally think about the first novel I ever attempted years ago. Sometimes they don't want to leave you.
I definitely need to apply this quote to the short story project I keep forgetting about. I always unwind by starting another novel. Lol!
You know, if I had never ever completed those first several novels, I honestly think I would be in the same position I'm in now. I got a lot of feedback in college and learned a lot and that dramatically changed my writing. I almost felt like I was starting over from scratch because the first novel I wrote after that was actually a little worse in some ways than the one that came before it. But longer. Much longer and actually proper novel length so...there are pros and cons to having past novels attempts to compare it to.
Yeah, I'm still torn on that. It would have been nice to have finished them just to have that confidence under my belt. To know you can see a novel-length project through to the end is a nice piece of affirming thought to carry with you. But, I'm also glad that none of that stuff ever saw the light of day . . . and if I'd finished them, they might have!
That's why I tell new authors as soon as the dust settles from a release, dive into another project, because it's easy to grind to a halt due to exhaustion.
You'll learn so much from that workshop!
And who knows? You might finish those two projects eventually.
There's definitely a possibility that I'll dive back into those projects one of these days. For now, it's a little traumatic! But I still think about those stories from time to time.
I do this all the time. I'm always moving on to the next writing project, although I typically don't go back to old ones I had to stop writing. I'll realize I don't want to continue them most of the time. Or, I'll completely start over again at a later time with a totally new take on the story, like my current WIP.
I suppose that's the danger that exists when you let yourself romp around with something new without finishing the old project. You might never go back to it! That's why I think I'll only use short stories and flash fiction as side projects when I begin a new novel. Otherwise, the temptation might be too strong to leave another unfinished novel to the wayside.
Agree with Alex--exhaustion is a nasty little thing that can do even nastier things to authors! And I'm so super excited for you about the workshop! Have the best time ever, JW!


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Destiny 2 Review For The Newbie
Image Credit Bungie / Activision
Complete review of Destiny 2 from a casual gamer.
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Destiny 2 is a big deal, at least to hardcore gamers. But I'm not a hardcore gamer and I never got into the original Destiny. I enjoyed the original but just couldn't get into it. I rarely like multiplayers games which was part of the problem. But beyond that, the story was odd and poorly told and didn't really engage me so I gave up early on it.
Now we have Destiny 2 so I thought I would give it a try. Turns out I love it, though it's far from perfect. Very, very far from perfect in fact. So follow along and I'll detail out what I like and do not like about Destiny 2. I'm playing on an Xbox One but, other than some graphical differences, the game is the same on PS4 and PC too.
There is a lot to like about Destiny 2 because the game controls and plays so well. The game mechanics work so well that it's obvious a lot of time was spent in really polishing the controls. Game combat is excellent and fighting enemies (human or AI) is a lot of fun.
The missions are generally fun but are really just go here, kill these bad guys. Push an occasional button. Rinse. Repeat. They throw in an occasional tank mission but it's very repetitive. Then again, most games are.
The game also looks the part and is one of the better looking games on the Xbox One. The special effects are incredible and the game never seems to drop below its 30 FPS lock (PC allows higher frame rates). I'm sure it will look even better above 1080P so PC gamers at 4K will have some serious eye candy. But, most of that is pointless because it looks amazing at 1080P (or even lower as is sometimes the case).
The single player story is much better than it was in Destiny 1, but it's still very much on the awful side in terms of storytelling. I rarely enjoy game stories but this one is particularly bad. The voice acting feels like this is a kids game. It's truly awful. The attempts at comedy are oddly out of place and just not funny.
I told myself I would pay attention to the story but after 3-4 overly long and boring cutscenes I just skipped them. I mean, it's a typical sci-fi shooter so, you know, bad aliens came to take over your world and you have to kill them. Halo managed to tell a good story so you'd think Destiny, being from the same developer, would as well. You'd be wrong.
Now on to leveling up. I love games where I can grow my character and level up. Games like Fallout 4 and Borderlands 2 do this so well. More power, better weapons, better armor. I love that. Destiny 2 does this as well but the level cap stops at Level 20. What? Level 20? Why not 50 or higher?
To be fair, in addition to your level you also have a Power Rating which is a number between 1 and 300. It's like a combined power rating for all of your equipped gear. Better guns and armor raise this number. Almost makes you wonder what the point of the 1-20 level number is.
Working your way from Level 1 to Level 20 is fun and you constantly get tons of new weapons and armor so you always feel like you're getting better. Once you hit Level 20 that feeling slows to a crawl as you work on increasing your Power Rating from around 200 to the 300 max. It's an odd system.
The final complaint is how vested you need to be to truly understand the game. It's very complex. I'm not talking about all of the nonsense Destiny lore for those who (oddly) enjoy immersing themselves in the world that is Destiny. I'm talking about how it's an overwhelming game for a newbie to jump into and try to figure out everything going on. What's this dust stuff I keep collecting? What the hell is an Engram? Is it the same as a Bright Engram? Is it just a loot drop then? Why do I have to decode it or decrypt it? Why the odd names for everything? For a casual gamer, it's confusing stuff.
And what's with all of the odd add-ons that do nothing. For example, I can get "shaders" for my weapons and armor. These do nothing but change the color / skin of your item. Who cares? I can get different skins for my main spaceship, but I can't actually fly the spaceship? It's just a thing I see during loading screens. What's the point of that? Who gets excited about nonsense like that? Probably the same person who gets excited about a new iPhone color only to put a different colored phone case on it. Stupid.
Multiplayer is a big focus with Destiny games. The idea is that you're always online and playing with other real humans around you. When you do campaign missions it's just you on your own. Otherwise, there are others running around your world. At least, that's the theory.
In my case, I would see only a handful of others and more often than not they wouldn't be helping me in the massive public battles that randomly take place. Often I was on my own and outnumbered with enemy AI killing me quickly. When things did work, and I would have 3-4 humans battling, it was fun but this was the exception, not the rule, for me.
True "player vs player" style multiplayer is also available and works as expected. This will be a big part of the game for most, but I'm not a huge fan of it. I dabble in the Crucible (as the multiplayer is called) but always feel a bit outgunned there which leads to frustration.
Because this is an "always online" type of game, that means you're at the mercy of your Internet connection and the Destiny servers. If they go down for maintenance (as has already happened) it's no Destiny for you until the servers come back up. To me, this is a major flaw. Why can't I play the single player missions without the servers being up?
Along that same complaint, every time you load any level in the game you're stuck waiting for servers to be found and connected to. In fact, even just starting the game is often (at least for me) a 5-10 minute event. There is no way to jump in and get a quick few minutes of gameplay here. You really have a lot of loading time to get going. It's incredibly annoying and one of the game's biggest flaws, just like it was in Destiny 1.
I have a lot of complaints with Destiny 2, the major one comes from how the always online multiplayer system works. When it's working as intended, it's pretty spectacular. When it's not, and it's often now, it leaves me a world with few others and long load times.
Look beyond the flaws and this is an amazing and incredibly fun game to play. Over time, I'm sure I will better understand all of the oddities in the game than I don't get right now (even though I've been playing for 20+ hours). If not, I don't really care because it's just fun to play.

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package org.uma.jmetal.util.neighborhood.impl;

import org.junit.Rule;
import org.junit.Test;
import org.junit.rules.ExpectedException;
import org.springframework.test.util.ReflectionTestUtils;
import org.uma.jmetal.solution.doublesolution.DoubleSolution;
import org.uma.jmetal.solution.integersolution.IntegerSolution;
import org.uma.jmetal.util.JMetalException;
import org.uma.jmetal.util.pseudorandom.BoundedRandomGenerator;
import org.uma.jmetal.util.pseudorandom.JMetalRandom;
import org.uma.jmetal.util.pseudorandom.impl.AuditableRandomGenerator;

import java.util.ArrayList;
import java.util.List;
import java.util.Random;

import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.containsString;
import static org.hamcrest.CoreMatchers.hasItem;
import static org.hamcrest.MatcherAssert.assertThat;
import static org.junit.Assert.*;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.mock;
import static org.mockito.Mockito.when;

/**
 * @author Antonio J. Nebro <antonio@lcc.uma.es>
 */
public class AdaptiveRandomNeighborhoodTest {
  @Rule
  public ExpectedException exception = ExpectedException.none();

  @Test
  public void shouldConstructorThrowAnExceptionWhenTheNumberOfNeighboursIsNegative() {
    exception.expect(JMetalException.class);
    exception.expectMessage(containsString("The number of neighbors is negative: -1"));

    new AdaptiveRandomNeighborhood<DoubleSolution>(4, -1) ;
  }

  @Test
  public void shouldConstructorThrowAnExceptionWhenTheNumberOfNeighboursIsEqualThanTheListSize() {
    exception.expect(JMetalException.class);
    exception.expectMessage(containsString("The population size: 4 is " +
            "less or equal to the number of requested neighbors: 4"));

    new AdaptiveRandomNeighborhood<IntegerSolution>(4, 4) ;
  }

  @Test
  public void shouldConstructorCreateAnInstanceIfTheParamtersAreValid() {
    AdaptiveRandomNeighborhood<IntegerSolution> neighborhood =
            new AdaptiveRandomNeighborhood<IntegerSolution>(6, 4) ;

    assertNotNull(neighborhood) ;
  }

  @Test
  public void shouldConstructorThrowAnExceptionWhenTheNumberOfNeighboursIsGreaterThanTheListSize() {
    exception.expect(JMetalException.class);
    exception.expectMessage(containsString("The population size: 4 is " +
            "less or equal to the number of requested neighbors: 6"));

    new AdaptiveRandomNeighborhood<IntegerSolution>(4, 6) ;
  }

  @Test
  public void shouldGetNeighborsWithANullListOfSolutionsThrowAnException() {
    AdaptiveRandomNeighborhood<IntegerSolution> neighborhood =
            new AdaptiveRandomNeighborhood<IntegerSolution>(4, 2)  ;

    exception.expect(JMetalException.class);
    exception.expectMessage(containsString("The solution list is null"));

    neighborhood.getNeighbors(null, 1) ;
  }

  @Test
  public void shouldGetNeighborsWithANegativeSolutionIndexThrowAnException() {
    int solutionListSize = 4 ;
    AdaptiveRandomNeighborhood<IntegerSolution> neighborhood =
            new AdaptiveRandomNeighborhood<IntegerSolution>(solutionListSize, 2) ;

    exception.expect(JMetalException.class);
    exception.expectMessage(containsString("The solution position value is negative: -1"));

    List<IntegerSolution> list = new ArrayList<>() ;
    for (int i = 0; i < solutionListSize; i++) {
      list.add(mock(IntegerSolution.class));
    }

    neighborhood.getNeighbors(list, -1) ;
  }

  @Test
  public void shouldGetNeighborsWithATooBigSolutionIndexThrowAnException() {
    int solutionListSize = 4 ;
    AdaptiveRandomNeighborhood<IntegerSolution> neighborhood =
            new AdaptiveRandomNeighborhood<IntegerSolution>(solutionListSize, 2) ;

    exception.expect(JMetalException.class);
    exception.expectMessage(containsString("The solution position value: 6 " +
            "is equal or greater than the solution list size: " + solutionListSize));

    List<IntegerSolution> list = new ArrayList<>() ;
    for (int i = 0; i < solutionListSize; i++) {
      list.add(mock(IntegerSolution.class));
    }

    neighborhood.getNeighbors(list, 6) ;
  }

  @Test
  public void shouldGetNeighborsThrowAnExceptionIfTheListSizeIsNotCorrect() {
    int solutionListSize = 4 ;
    AdaptiveRandomNeighborhood<IntegerSolution> neighborhood =
            new AdaptiveRandomNeighborhood<IntegerSolution>(solutionListSize, 2) ;

    exception.expect(JMetalException.class);
    exception.expectMessage(containsString("The solution list size: 3 " +
            "is different to the value: " + solutionListSize));

    List<IntegerSolution> list = new ArrayList<>() ;
    for (int i = 0; i < solutionListSize - 1; i++) {
      list.add(mock(IntegerSolution.class));
    }

    neighborhood.getNeighbors(list, 1) ;
  }

  /**
   * Case 1
   *
   * Solution list size: 4
   * Number of neighbors: 2
   *
   */
  @Test
  public void shouldGetNeighborsReturnTwoNeighborsPlusTheCurrentSolution() {
    int solutionListSize = 4 ;
    int numberOfNeighbors = 2 ;
    AdaptiveRandomNeighborhood<IntegerSolution> neighborhood =
            new AdaptiveRandomNeighborhood<IntegerSolution>(solutionListSize, numberOfNeighbors) ;

    List<IntegerSolution> list = new ArrayList<>(solutionListSize) ;
    for (int i = 0 ; i < solutionListSize; i++) {
      list.add(mock(IntegerSolution.class)) ;
    }

    List<IntegerSolution> result = neighborhood.getNeighbors(list, 0) ;
    assertEquals(numberOfNeighbors + 1, result.size()) ;
    assertThat(result, hasItem(list.get(0))) ;
  }

  /**
   * Case 1
   *
   * Solution list size: 3
   * Number of neighbors: 1
   * Neighbors:
   *  - solution 0: 0, 2
   *  - solution 1: 1, 0
   *  - solution 2: 2, 0
   *
   */
  @Test
  public void shouldGetNeighborsReturnThreeNeighborsPlusTheCurrentSolution() {
    int solutionListSize = 3 ;
    int numberOfNeighbors = 1 ;
    AdaptiveRandomNeighborhood<IntegerSolution> neighborhood =
            new AdaptiveRandomNeighborhood<IntegerSolution>(solutionListSize, numberOfNeighbors) ;

    @SuppressWarnings("unchecked")
	BoundedRandomGenerator<Integer> randomGenerator = mock(BoundedRandomGenerator.class) ;
    when(randomGenerator.getRandomValue(0, solutionListSize-1)).thenReturn(2, 0, 0) ;

    ReflectionTestUtils.setField(neighborhood, "randomGenerator", randomGenerator);

    List<IntegerSolution> list = new ArrayList<>(solutionListSize) ;
    for (int i = 0 ; i < solutionListSize; i++) {
      list.add(mock(IntegerSolution.class)) ;
    }

    neighborhood.recompute();

    List<IntegerSolution> result ;
    result = neighborhood.getNeighbors(list, 0) ;
    assertEquals(numberOfNeighbors + 1, result.size()) ;
    assertEquals(list.get(0), result.get(0));
    assertEquals(list.get(2), result.get(1));

    result = neighborhood.getNeighbors(list, 1) ;
    assertEquals(numberOfNeighbors + 1, result.size()) ;
    assertEquals(list.get(1), result.get(0));
    assertEquals(list.get(0), result.get(1));

    result = neighborhood.getNeighbors(list, 2) ;
    assertEquals(numberOfNeighbors + 1, result.size()) ;
    assertEquals(list.get(2), result.get(0));
    assertEquals(list.get(0), result.get(1));
  }

	@Test
	public void shouldJMetalRandomGeneratorNotBeUsedWhenCustomRandomGeneratorProvided() {
		// Configuration
		int solutionListSize = 3;
		int numberOfRandomNeighbours = 1;

		// Check configuration leads to use default generator by default
		final int[] defaultUses = { 0 };
		JMetalRandom defaultGenerator = JMetalRandom.getInstance();
		AuditableRandomGenerator auditor = new AuditableRandomGenerator(defaultGenerator.getRandomGenerator());
		defaultGenerator.setRandomGenerator(auditor);
		auditor.addListener((a) -> defaultUses[0]++);

		new AdaptiveRandomNeighborhood<>(solutionListSize, numberOfRandomNeighbours);
		assertTrue("No use of the default generator", defaultUses[0] > 0);

		// Test same configuration uses custom generator instead
		defaultUses[0] = 0;
		final int[] customUses = { 0 };
		new AdaptiveRandomNeighborhood<>(solutionListSize, numberOfRandomNeighbours, (a, b) -> {
			customUses[0]++;
			return new Random().nextInt(b-a+1)+a;
		});
		assertTrue("Default random generator used", defaultUses[0] == 0);
		assertTrue("No use of the custom generator", customUses[0] > 0);
	}
}

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C.S.A. 50 Cents Coin
In early 1861, the President of the Confederacy, Jefferson Davis, authorized production of a Confederate Half Dollar. This was accomplished by taking ordinary (USA) Half Dollars with the Liberity Sitting on the obverse, removing the reverse motif, and adding a shield with seven stars (only 7 states had joined by that time) and adding the words "CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA -- HALF DOLLAR --. Only four were ever made. The obverse shows a seated woman looking to her right with 13 stars around her and "1861" underneath. The coin shown here is not real but a reproduction. A real coin looks somewhat like this but with some difference in the details especially around the bow on the reverse.
In 1879, a man by the name of Scott came into possesion of the original reverse die. He then obtained 500 1861 USA half dollars and removed the reverses and stamped them with the Confederate die. He made 500 of these "restrikes". The restrike can be identified by an imperfection in the word AMERICA between the letters E and R. The obverse is also slightely flattened.
He then made 500 more coins but then used his own obverse which consisted only of words. The beginning words are: "4 ORIGINALS STRUCK BY ORDER OF C.S.A. IN NEW ORLEANS 1861 .......
Value in MS-65
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Date: February 28, 2018Author: oppositionx 4 Comments
by Dr. Kevin MacDonald
In Cooper Sterling's article for The Occidental Observer ("Guns, Profiling and White Males"), he notes:
The Left's irrational obsession with gun control goes beyond the latest mass shooting. It is endemic among the cosmopolitan literati, who loathe Middle America, to dwell on the risks associated with firearms while disregarding or minimizing the benefits of firearm ownership.
Anyone monitoring the national scene since Newtown is witnessing an emotional antipathy toward the last trace of political leverage among an identifiable demographic: an overwhelmingly White male gun culture. What the MSM and gun control advocates ultimately detest is the gun culture in America, which is too White, too male, and too conservative.
The tradition of gun ownership is as old as the Republic. It reflects the pre-1965 demographic of America as an overwhelmingly White — and more civilized — nation. As a native Midwesterner, guns were rampant in our neighborhoods where few homes didn't have some sort of firearm. We came of age hunting with our fathers, uncles and cousins, acquiring rifles and shotguns in our mid-teens.
An article from The Forward notes that the Jewish community has taken the lead in gun control and that part of it is hostility toward the gun culture of White America that is especially apparent in rural White America. Jews "instinctively recoil" from this culture.
Jewish organizations pride themselves on gun control stances that date back to the early days of the debate, following the assassination of Martin Luther King Jr. and of President Kennedy. Most played a supportive role in passing legislation then limiting access to weapons, and have since reaffirmed their commitment to reducing the availability of guns.
One reason for broad Jewish support of gun control, Mariaschin said, has to do with the community's sense of security, "which perhaps leads us to feel that the possession of assault weapons is completely unneeded."
Rabbi Eric Yoffie, former head of the Reform movement, listed in a recent Haaretz article several reasons for Jews siding with supporters of gun control: the community's affiliation with the Democratic Party; the fact that Jews are urban people and detached from the culture of hunting or gun ownership, and suspicion toward the NRA, which is "associated in the minds of many Jews with extremist positions that frighten Jews and from which they instinctively recoil."
Although Jews certainly attacked and eventually overcame the elite WASP culture of pre-1965 America (e.g., by displacing WASPs at elite universities), another critical point of conflict between Jewish organizations and the main Jewish intellectual movements has been with rural America. This conflict can be most clearly seen among the New York Intellectuals, a group that is discussed in Chapter 6 of The Culture of Critique.
The New York Intellectuals were attacking populism in favor of themselves as an intellectual elite. The New York Intellectuals associated rural America with nativism, anti-Semitism, nationalism, and fascism as well as with anti-intellectualism and provincialism; the urban was associated antithetically with ethnic and cultural tolerance, with internationalism, and with advanced ideas.
The New York Intellectuals simply began with the assumption that the rural — with which they associated much of American tradition and most of the territory beyond New York — had little to contribute to a cosmopolitan culture. By interpreting cultural and political issues through the urban-rural lens, writers could even mask assertions of superiority and expressions of anti-democratic sentiments as the judgments of an objective expertise.
The last line bears repeating. The New York Intellectuals were engaged in a profoundly anti-democratic enterprise given that they rejected and felt superior to the culture of the majority of Americans. The battle between this urbanized intellectual and political establishment and rural America was joined on a wide range of issues. Particularly important was the issue of immigration. In this case and in the entire range of what became mainstream liberal politics, the New York Intellectuals had the enthusiastic support of all of the mainstream Jewish organizations.
The gun culture of traditional America, especially rural America has been particularly loathed by Jewish intellectuals. There is also a deep fear of Christian culture that is most vibrant in rural America. For example, Israeli patriot Elliott Abrams acknowledges that the mainstream Jewish community in America "clings to what is at bottom a dark vision of America, as a land permeated with anti-Semitism and always on the verge of anti-Semitic outbursts." According to Abrams, because of this vision, Jews have taken the lead in secularizing America. In fact, the key role of Jewish organizations in shaping the Constitutional law on Church/State relations is well known. And it's not much of a mystery who's behind the war on Christmas.
And by successfully changing immigration policy, Jews have reduced the political power of the rural White subculture of America to the point that even though roughly 7 in 10 White males voted Republican (and ~60% of White females), Obama and the Democrats won the recent election. Even if the current push for gun control fails, we can expect that Jewish organizations will continue the push to disarm White males.
Jewish organizations are not at all against guns when they are in the hands of the police and other authorities. The ADL and the SPLC have made strong alliances with law enforcement in America.
Further, it has often been observed that Jewish organizations have historically favored a strong central government rather than states' rights. For example, Jacques Berlinerblau, writing in The Chronicle of Higher Education, notes that "Jewish voters prefer cities and federal governments to backwaters and volatile statehouses. All things equal, Jews like strong central governments, not a pastiche of local decision makers catering to majorities."
Although Jewish organizations would not phrase it this way, the net result is that the thrust of Jewish activism has been to favor a strong central government with a monopoly on lethal force. Given Jewish hostility to the traditional people and culture of White America, this is a very foreboding combination as we head into the era of a non-White majority America.
Kevin MacDonald, Ph.D., a former professor of psychology at California State University Long Beach, is the author of several books, including: "The Culture of Critique" and "Cultural Insurrections." Dr. MacDonald currently serves as editor of The Occidental Quarterly.
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larryzb says:
Pray tell, why do we allow Jews to be moral arbiters over us?!
True history tells us what happens when Jews gain control of a country and the citizenry is disarmed or unarmed. Bolshevist Russia and Kun's Hungary (1919) are good examples. Murderous regimes run by Jews.
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True stories…well said larryzb. Points not mentioned in the mainstream media. 🙄
Methinks that answers your – rhetorical – question…😉👍🏻
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I'm on my way . . . Les Quartermaine (centre) prepares for his 3000km trek with supporters (from left) Natalie Powazynski, Jan Meikle, St John paramedic Angela Fodie, Heather Burgher, Kirsten Burgher and Daryl Siggleko. PHOTO: TYSON YOUNG
Oamaru man Les Quartermaine is about to embark on the biggest walk of his life.
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Mr Quartermaine said he would walk an average of 20km a day on the five-month journey.
He came up with the idea after seeing the trail advertised on television a few months ago.
Originally, the trip was planned to be simply a personal challenge, he said.
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This May I experienced two 'revived' or rather 'contrived' May Day events. Events which attempted to instil the traditions of the time of year with a modern twist. One was fairly dreadful, a travesty, no better than a glorified car boot sale with a May theme tacked on…that wasn't Yaxley! I won't say where the other was but Yaxley's event really showed how such an event, albeit based on an older Fair tradition can be both credible and relevant to a whole range of people. The fair itself dates back from the 13th century when Royal decree, Henry III granted a fair to be held on Ascension Day in Yaxley to Thornton Abbey. I am unaware of the survival of this Fair into modern times, but the modern event is clearly not tied to Ascension Day.
Furthermore, no Jack in Green is not recorded in Yaxley either, but he does have a history in the Cambridgeshire area. The Women's Institute recorded of Melbourn: "A procession of dancers, headed by Jack in the Green, the local sweep, who walked in a framework of boughs, made their way through the village to the Maypole" I arrived at the Three Horses Pub, a delightful thatched establishment on the main street to see all the procession assembled and some organiser towering above them on a wall giving directors. Here the shell of the Jack was being prepared, with ribbons attached and a man stood green faced waiting with his attendants, a Sap-Engro and Copperface wearing the original Ancient Order of the Foresters sash, which was worn in the village's parades in the nineteenth and early twentieth century. Then at the allotted time, the shell was raised and the man enclosed. Then we waited for the other star, a larger one, a star of stage and screen, Warwick Davis. A local celebrity to the village who has gladly became a patron of the festival. He soon arrived and climbing into a car with the other patron, the local MP, the procession continued. Although the procession had all the clichés of a parade: marionettes, Saxon and Civil War re-enactors and of course Morris, or in this case Molly, dancers, it does not feel predictable…perhaps as a result of the inclusion of the Jack and his sweep attendees, something only seen in 16 other places and not always in a procession. Thus it makes the procession feel unique and certainly ancient.
At the recreation ground the procession greeted an impressive spread of fun fair and fete. At the arena awaiting Jack and the patrons was a square sod of earth. Here Warwick Davis was asked to cut a Y into a piece of pre-cut turf. The cutting of a Y was obvious but despite Mr. Davis's enquiring no-one could immediately tell him. Perhaps summing up many an English tradition,, but if you going to do something pointless…you've got to have a reason for it I say. The reason was that during the fair, any house which cut a piece of turf and displayed it, could sell alcohol and function as a pub even without a certificate. I am sure that had this been explained one of the crowd would have rushed forward to affix to their house and make a quick buck!


Last season neither Amur nor CSKA made it into the play-offs: this time the pair faced off in Moscow knowing that the winners could go top of the table. And the two teams produced a terrific game which went to penalties before Amur emerged victorious.
Jakub Petruzalek, the league's top point-scorer, scored twice in the shoot-out, cancelling Alexei Yashin's strike in his second game for CSKA to give the Far Eastern side victory - and keep them join top of the table with Avangard.
In regulation time it was Sergei Barbashev who was the hero for CSKA; the youngster scored his first ever goal in senior hockey on 57:48 to tie the game at 2-2 after the hosts had steadily increased the pressure on Jan Lasak's goal. His strike came two minutes after Jakov Rylov - scorer of CSKA's first goal - missed a great chance, shredding the nerves of the home fans.
The late goal was hard to swallow for the men from Khabarovsk, who had led twice and played a full part in an absorbing evening of hockey. Petruzalek got the first of the night to take his goal+pass tally to 15, and Dmitry Tarasov made it 2-1 on 30:12.
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Salavat Yulaev's star man Alexander Radulov returned to action after injury, but Avangard Omsk ran out 4-2 winner over the defending champion. Sergei Kalinin put the hosts ahead before Oleg Saprykin grabbed a quick equalizer for the men from Ufa. But by 23:47 it was comfortable for Avangard: goals from Alexei Kalyuzhny, Alexander Perezhogin and Dmitry Syomin had the hosts in control. Saprykin turned provider for Pyotr Schastlivy's consolation goal in the third, but it was Avangard who moved up to 20 points and share top spot with Amur.
Denis Abdullin scored twice to help Avtomobilist to a 4-1 home win over Yugra in Yekaterinburg. Andrei Subbotin opened the scoring and Filipp Savchenko doubled the lead before Vitaly Sitnikov pulled one back for the visitors.
Jori Lehtera was Sibir's game-winner at Dinamo Minsk, grabbing an overtime goal on 62:24 after a 1-1 tie. Geoff Platt put the hosts in front before young Vladimir Tarasenko equalized early in the second period.
In Poprad, Lev eased to a comfortable win over Metallurg Novokuznetsk. Tomas Netik was the architect with two assists as Martin Chabada, Juraj Mikus, Lubos Bartecko and Jaroslav Kristek got on the score-sheet in a 4-0 win.


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Judge Mark A. Juhas
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A judge's view on the benefits of 'unbundling'
By Judge Mark A. Juhas
Common wisdom tells us that upwards of 80 percent of the parties in family law courtrooms are unrepresented. The number of unrepresented litigants in housing court and small claims appeals is no doubt higher. Anecdotally, unrepresented litigants are becoming more common in civil matters as well.
Full access to justice in the court system demands that 100 percent of court users get the level of legal assistance they need to properly resolve their legal problems. A few litigants have simple, straightforward matters and can navigate the legal system with only self-help; on the other hand, some litigants require full representation. The vast majority of court users, however, are best served if an attorney provides them with at least some assistance. In California, attorneys have been able to provide this help and advice to citizens facing civil matters through "unbundling" or limited scope representation for a number of years.
Limited scope representation is invaluable to both the litigant and the court. Although many court procedures are second nature to a trained lawyer, they can be confusing and difficult for a litigant. Specific and targeted assistance can prevent unnecessary trips to the courthouse to file papers or appear in court. It goes without saying that the work done in a court is personnel-intensive. Virtually every trip to court requires interaction with one or more court employees. With a limited scope attorney's assistance, every time a litigant is able to smoothly conduct business, both the court and the litigant "win." The litigant quickly goes on about his or her business, and court staff can serve other court users. Judicial officers are also well served; a litigant does not repeatedly return to a courtroom over and over before resolving the problem at hand.
Civil litigation relies on paperwork; courts use all this paper to gather the information needed to make the appropriate decision. Both California law and the code of professional responsibility support a limited scope attorney "ghostwriting" forms and pleadings for a litigant. Judicial officers review files well before a case is called. How the judge views a party's position after initially reading the pleadings may or may not carry the day, but it certainly has an impact on how the case is ultimately resolved. When a judicial officer reads a request that was attorney drafted, it makes all the difference in framing the issues and making any ultimate hearing more efficient. Additionally, a skilled attorney is familiar with the law and with what facts the judge will need to decide the matter. A cogent and well-written brief could be the difference between prevailing and not prevailing in court.
Judicial officers statewide enthusiastically welcome limited-scope attorneys to the counsel table. Limited-scope attorneys not only provide the opportunity for better outcomes, they make the court process run smoother from start to finish, resulting in more efficient hearings. This is a "win-win" for both the court and the litigant. Whether it is due to fewer court appearances, fewer rejected pleadings or better outcomes, it is a result that we all support.
Los Angeles County Superior Court Judge Mark A. Juhas has presided in family court since he was appointed to the bench in 2002. He also chairs the California Commission on Access to Justice and teaches extensively in the areas of family law, self-represented litigants and access to justice.


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SGA prepares for elections, opens candidate applications
Campus, Student Governance, Student Government Association
Sergio Medina
FIle Photo: The 2021-2022 SGA administration poses together after the Student Government Association award ceremony in April 2021. Courtesy photo provided by Jacob Goldstein.
The Student Government Association is accepting candidate applications until April 1 for its annual elections held April 25-28.
Brandan Salazar, director of communications for SGA, said in a March 17 interview all positions are open except president-appointed roles such as the director of communications and the director of diversity and inclusion.
Applications are open for:
Incumbents have to reapply, he said.
The application is available until April 1 on the SGA portal on JagSync.
SGA serves as the representative body for students of this university. The organization holds bi-monthly meetings from 3-4:30 p.m. Fridays in Room 204 Classroom Hall. The next meeting is April 1 and is open to students.
Candidates must have a minimum GPA of 2.5 to apply and will go through an interview process if selected, Salazar said.
The president and vice-president positions require a minimum GPA of 2.75.
Salazar said about 10 students had registered as of March 17.
Salazar said candidates can campaign April 1-25, until the polls open. He said social media is prominent for campaigning.
The polls will be open April 25 to April 28. Students will be able to cast their vote through JagSync.
Full- and part-time Texas A&M University-San Antonio students are allowed to vote.
Poll results will be published April 29 on Jagsync and SGA's Instagram and Twitter accounts.
Those elected will begin their term in the beginning of fall.
He said diversity is important to SGA to reflect varying perspectives from the student body.
"We strive for diversity and inclusivity, no matter what," Salazar said.
SGA holds five core values that every member should go by — equity, accountability, inclusivity, transparency and passion, he said.
For Salazar, it's important students understand they are able to ask for changes through SGA, whether they are as simple as more lights on campus or a different food experience to more complex requests like organizational funding.
"A big thing I always tell people is, 'what's SGA?' I'm like — we are the voice of the student body,'" Salazar said.
SGA accepts feedback through its JagSync portal or its Instagram profile, @tamusasga.
For more information, contact Salazar at bsala021@jaguar.tamu.edu.
Sergio Medina is a journalism senior and editor in chief for The Mesquite at Texas A&M University-San Antonio. He transferred from San Antonio College in December 2021, where he was editor for The Ranger student publication for four years. Sergio's interest in journalism comes from a love in storytelling consisting of movies, video games, TV series, books and comic books. Upon completing his bachelor's degree, Sergio aims to join the journalism ranks servicing the San Antonio community.


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An Early Ocarina of Time Demo Has Been Salvaged from an F-Zero X Cartridge
By Moises Taveras | January 20, 2021 | 4:15pm
Games News The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time
One of videogame's most legendary games, The Legend of Zelda: Ocarina of Time still has secrets being uncovered. They're not always in the game itself, though. Recently, an early demo version of Ocarina of Time was found on a Nintendo 64 development cartridge dating back to 1997.
As Eurogamer reports, the cartridge in question appears to be from Nintendo Spaceworld, a now retired trade show where Nintendo would show off new products and make announcements. The cartridge was used to hold F-Zero X, which had mostly saved over the Ocarina of Time demo. Despite this, preservationists were able to salvage info on the early build and have shared it online.
There are tons of left over graphics, maps, etc. About half of this build is able to be recovered which is insane! pic.twitter.com/9Kkb9LD2j9
— Forest of Illusion (@forestillusion) January 19, 2021
Forest of Illusion, a Twitter account dedicated to preserving Nintendo's history according to their bio, has released this date "dump," which mostly consists of maps and graphics. According to them, they've been able to save about half of the files that existed there and very little of it appears to be code or music.
Since the dump became public, many have gone combing through the info and scrounging what they could find. Among it all are icon art for items that have been unearthed, as well as accompanying text that, when translated, suggests what some of these were supposed to do early in development. Supposedly there was even a medallion that would transform Link into Navi and let you fly around.
Already, at least one of the demo's maps, Kakariko Village, has been rendered playable, which you can see below.
While the dump may represent only about half of the demo's content, it's nonetheless been a huge find to the community of preservationists plumbing its depths.
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Secret Lives of OhioHealth
Helping Children in Southeast Asia
When Sherrod Fields, RN, BSN, administrative nurse manager for OhioHealth Home Health, isn't coordinating care for the sick and elderly in central Ohio, he's bringing hope to orphaned children living on the other side of the world.
For the past 15 years, Fields has led a double life as a volunteer for Asia's Hope. The Columbus-based organization rescues abandoned and homeless children in Cambodia, Thailand and India, placing them in family-style children's homes staffed by local parents and funded by donors in the United States.
As a member of the Asia's Hope board, Fields supports the organization's work from America, communicating with partners and facilitating fundraising efforts. He's also travelled to Southeast Asia more than a dozen times to provide medical care and other support to the children, as well as on-the-ground logistical assistance.
"Before coming to Asia's Hope, these kids don't have parents, and they certainly don't have any opportunity. They don't get to go to school. We're talking kids who are at high risk of sex trafficking and economic slavery," Fields said. "Our goal is to find these high-risk children and give them opportunities."
Fields began volunteering for Asia's Hope in 2005 when he accepted an invitation to participate in a medical mission to Cambodia from a family acquaintance involved in the organization. At the time, Fields knew nothing about the country.
When he arrived, he was shocked by the widespread poverty, corruption, lack of infrastructure and lasting trauma inflicted by the Khmer Rouge regime that ruled the country in the late 1970s. He'd never seen children living in such devastation, and so many people without access to food and medical care. At the same time, he was amazed at the kindness of the Cambodian people and how grateful they were to receive even a simple Band-Aid.
"It changed my perspective on the way I view the world," Fields said. "To go into other countries and cultures where resources are so limited, finances are limited, and not just a little bit, widespread … I felt compelled to say 'what can I do?' even if it doesn't feel like much. That's been my motivation ever since."
Fields returned to Cambodia and began leading teams of medical volunteers, teachers and students. They did health and wellness checks for the children living in Asia's Hope children's homes, taught in schools and helped with infrastructure projects.
Gradually, the organization expanded to Thailand and India, and began partnering with local doctors and hospitals to provide medical care. Fields still travels to the region, but is now more focused on supporting the organization's work in the U.S.
On a recent trip, Fields met two children he'd immunized the first time he went to Cambodia. One is now grown and in college. Another is married with his own children, and works at one of the children's homes. He's able to support himself and his family.
"Those success stories are incredible," Fields said. "That's what keeps me doing this. It's making a difference, it's changing lives."
If you'd like to find out more about Asia's Hope, go to asiashope.org or follow them on Facebook at @asiashope.


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Home Perspectives What Price Holocaustomania? The Specter of Hitler That Drives Washington's "Israel First"...
What Price Holocaustomania? The Specter of Hitler That Drives Washington's "Israel First" Mideast Policy
Alfred M. Lilienthal
If Adolf Hitler were able to look up to earth from the depths of hell, a broad smile would break out on the F�hrer's face. Far from being forgotten 53 years after his demise in a Berlin bunker, Hitler stands at the world's epicenter. All roads that once led to Rome now lead to and from his Holocaust.
This phenomenon sustains America's "Israel First" approach to the Middle East. The simplistic "Get Saddam" solution to our resulting troubles there flourishes with the help of media-drawn similarities to Hitler and the crying need of opinion molders and politicians to find a new villain, now that the Evil Empire no longer exists.
The threat Saddam allegedly presents to "little" Israel is widely portrayed in media photographs showing Israelis trying on gas masks. Such media-engendered emotionalism aims to conceal from American taxpayers the $600 million cost of the latest U.S. military buildup against Iraq, which certainly poses no threat to the United States.
Saddam's defiance of the U.N. resolution authorizing the search for possibly hidden Iraqi chemical and biological "weapons of mass destruction" has found wide support in the very Arab countries which, under American leadership in the 1991 Gulf war, intervened to reverse the Iraqi invasion of Kuwait.
Albright's Failure
Former Secretary of State Madeleine Albright's late January 1998 tour of Arab countries to win support for a U.S. military strike against Baghdad was an abysmal failure, although through adroit language she tried to cover over the series of rebuffs. In a Feb. 4 press statement, the secretary said that "none of the Arab leaders urged me to tell the president not to use force."
Portraying proverbial Arab politeness (Arabs almost never say "no." Instead they say "Inshallah"-if God wills it-which can mean anything, or nothing.) as equivalent to support was about as credible as her "surprise" on learning that not one, but all four of her grandparents were Jewish and that three had died in the European Holocaust. The result was that on his follow-up visit, faced with the refusal of all Arab countries but Kuwait to permit U.S. usage of their air bases for tactical strikes against Iraq, Secretary of Defense William S. Cohen was obliged to state publicly that he would, after all, not request the Saudis for such usage.
Unlike the 1990-91 Gulf crisis, when Saddam Hussain's forces had invaded a fellow Arab state, in 1998 both Arab intellectuals and the Arab masses openly expressed sympathy for the Iraqi people, though not for Saddam Hussain. This forced other Arab leaders to refuse participation in any move against Saddam which might cause civilian casualties.
Washington's Double Standard
Arabs also unanimously questioned obvious U.S. double standards-seeking to punish Iraq for having defied one United Nations Security Council resolution while condoning 50 years of innumerable broken U.N. resolutions by Israel, which also makes no serious effort to conceal the fact it possess all three forbidden categories of weapons of mass destruction: nuclear, chemical and biological.
One of this writer's friends of long standing, a Jordanian, asked me why the U.S. stood aside and permitted a great wrong to be visited upon the Palestinians by the Israelis, allegedly to right the original wrong "committed not by the Arabs, but by the Nazis under Hitler against the Jews." He, of course, perfectly understood the psychosis behind the unwavering, unchallengeable support given to the Israeli state since its promulgation in 1948 by the U.S. and, for a time, many other Western countries as well. It was motivated by deep-seated Christian feelings of guilt for the Nazi extermination of so many Jews. As CBS commentator Howard K. Smith has cogently noted, "The American public has formed its judgment of the Middle East conflict not on the relative merits of the Arab and Israeli cases, but rather on the basis of Christian-Jewish relations."
Ergo, Christian guilt had, at all costs, to be kept alive and constantly tapped by Israel-leaning publishers, editors, writers, and, in Hollywood, producers and directors. And, of course, woe to those who seem to threaten this state of mind that is so vital to the very existence of Israel. [This brings to mind Oscar Wilde's Ballad of Reading Gaol: "The man threatened to kill the thing they loved and so he had to die."]
Keeping the spirit alive involved focusing the attention of U.S. opinion molders and the public on the many sins committed against Jews-from the World War II genocide to the European anti-Semitism that gave birth to it-by injecting Holocaustomania into politics, religion, the arts, and the entertainment world. Then surely no one would ever be able to make a reasoned, logical judgment as to how best to bring about peace in the harried Middle East and how best to safeguard American national interests in that area.
Through the near-total Zionist control over Hollywood, the television networks and the printed media, this obsession is forever kept alive. Thus we have "Exodus," "Shoah," "Schindler's List," and tens of thousands of visitors pouring into the Holocaust Museum in Washington and other Holocaust centers around the country.
Day in and day out, some new facet of Nazi genocide is brought forcibly to public attention through highlighting by the media or television. It may be the arrest and trial in France or Italy of alleged Nazi war criminals (now in their nineties), or it may appear in the "Arts Section" of The New York Times where a new play or movie is reviewed. Television, the press and book publishers have brought us an endless array of Holocaust survivors, sons and daughters of Holocaust survivors, "righteous gentile" rescuers of Holocaust survivors, and now the grandchildren of Holocaust survivors searching through Eastern European cemeteries for their "roots."
During the past year The New York Times prominently featured more than 65 reports on the dispute over the assets of Holocaust victims in Swiss banks. This included full-page listings of the names of claimants and also of the names in which unclaimed accounts were opened.
The name of the game is simple-never, ever permit the words "Nazi" or "Holocaust" to slide from the consciousness of readers and viewers. In April of 1997, one Washington, DC PBS outlet devoted two programs on two successive weekends-a total of six hours-to the trial of Adolph Eichmann, Nazi arch-criminal, and to additional commentary concluding the programs.
Lest readers misunderstand this writer, he would make one thing unequivocally clear: Nazi genocide was an indescribably gross and horrible tragedy. At this point it is not of any real consequence whether the number of Jews killed was six million-the widely accepted figure which by now has been held even by Zionist writers to be far too high-or four million, the number which is closer to historic substantiation, or even lesser numbers of human beings who were exterminated just because they were Jews. It was one of the worst abominations committed against humanity, made even more tragic and incomprehensible by the fact that it occurred in the heart of "enlightened" Europe at the hands of leaders whose nation previously had been almost synonymous with scientific progress and "high culture."
But, certainly, this horrible crime ought not to be permitted to cloud our judgment as to what constitutes justice in the continuing Palestinian-Israeli-Arab conflict, which is taking place in a totally different place and at a different time. Nevertheless, The New York Times competes with The Washington Post daily in dredging up material to deepen our sense of guilt, not over what's happening today in Jerusalem but what happened more than half a century ago in Berlin.
On Jan. 25 the headline, "Neo-Nazis Battle German Leftist Over Anti-Nazi Exhibit" appeared in the "Arts Section" of the Times, together with a lengthy article dealing with the deportation during World War II of Jews from Bordeaux. At approximately the same time, The Washington Post's normally moderate Stephen Rosenfeld attempted to insinuate that charge of anti-Semitism into the words "Jewish clique" as used by a Palestinian newspaper discussing the Monica Lewinsky case in Washington. Yes, ironically, even Arabs can be labeled "anti-Semitic," although in fact they are Semites and do not have to link any claim to the Holy Land to descent from seventh-century converts to Judaism, as do the Ashkenazi Jews of Europe from whom half of the Israelis and most American Jews, including this writer, are descended.
Endless attention is being drawn to one aspect or another of the Holocaust. In October, The Wall Street Journal reviewed "Seven Years in Tibet," a beautiful, riveting and timely film with unparalleled, lovely scenery as well as a good performance by leading actor Brad Pitt. However, in the very first paragraph of his review, Joe Morgenstern wrote at length about the pro-Nazi views of Austrian author Heinrich Harrer, whose life in Tibet is the basis of the film. Morgenstern noted that Harrer had served in Hitler's SS. Added as a voice-over to the soundtrack during post-production were two brief updates on Harrer's Nazi past.
If this had been a film about Austria, Europe or World War II, this exposure of Harrer's past might have been relevant. But the connection is fragile, at best, between the recent Tibetan adventures screened in the film and the Austrian demagogue who became Germany's leader 65 years ago. This is a film about contemporary Tibet, including important references to its long fight against occupation and oppression.
In January of this year, New York Times columnist Anthony Tommasini wrote a piece for the "Arts Section" reviewing the telecast of Richard Strauss' fascinating opera, "Capriccio," starring gifted soprano Kiri Te Kanawa. In conclusion, Tommasini criticized the composer for "living amid Nazi brutality" and "producing a work so seemingly disconnected from reality."
In a caustic letter to the Times journalist, I expressed my concern over this criticism of Strauss and angrily queried, "What did you wish this gifted composer to do? Put on sackcloth and ashes, or perhaps write a musical sequence to the Diary of Anne Frank?"
Replying promptly, Tommasini denied "berating" Strauss. To my charge that he and his colleagues at The New York Times are affected with Holocaustomania, he responds, "That is your take."
This lamentable virus has, unfortunately, spread to Canada. On Jan. 26, the Toronto Globe and Mail carried an attack on anti-Zionist Professor Norman Finkelstein of New York's Hunter College for daring to write that there is a "Holocaust industry" exploiting, for its own purposes, the slaughter of European Jews during World War II.
Such a characterization of Zionist activity was first made by United Kingdom Chief Rabbi Immanuel Jacobovitz in a 1985 sermon, in which he referred to the "vast, successful fund-raising machinery whose principal weapon is the recital of the Holocaust saga." This keeps alive a plethora of organizations and skilled publicists whom the British chief Rabbi accused of "subordination of humanistic, ethical Judaism to the ethos of Zionism."
Rabbi Jacobvitz was deploring the fact that, since World War II, part and parcel of being a Jew, in contrast to believing in Judaism, seems to be the worship of the State of Israel, fostered by the ceaseless recantation of the Holocaust. He called for a "shift in emphasis from the survival of Jews to the survival of Judaism."
Fortunately, the second U.S. war against Saddam Hussain has been averted, at least for the present. But we can be sure that Zionist control over the media will never permit the image of Hitler to vanish.
Dr. Alfred M. Lilienthal is the author of The Zionist Connection, What Price Israel? and other major works.
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