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CROPS AND ANIMALS IN JAPAN ARE GROWING MUTANT, RADIATED RAIN IS MUTATING PLANTS IN USA
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Mutated Fukushima Giant Hornet Responsible For Multiple Nebraska Casualties – See more at: http://nationalreport.net/mutated-fukushima-giant-hornet/#sthash.qJWevUg8.dpuf
MUTANT Fukushima Giant Hornet
Responsible For Multiple
Nebraska Casualties
the giant hornet also possesses venom which is nearly 2000 times stronger than that of the common wasp.
The venom quickly spreads causing the destruction of organs. Most victims succumb to renal failure often within hours.
Some have had such intense allergic reactions that the complications were enough to cause death within a matter of minutes…"
– See more at:
http://nationalreport.net/mutated-fukushima-giant-hornet/#sthash.qJWevUg8.dpuf
the giant hornet also possesses venom which is nearly 2000 times stronger than that of the common wasp. – See more at: http://nationalreport.net/mutated-fukushima-giant-hornet/#sthash.qJWevUg8.dpuf
ukushima Giant Hornet
Most of the world can't imagine what it's like to live in Japan at the present time.
The Fukushima plan is a 30 year project at present before it will even be halfway containable. First, the fuel rods have to be removed from the collapsed reactor housing. The problem is there is so much radation there, that no one can get to the breached reactor core sites to even inspect the damage. Even robots can't venture into the inner sanctum due to the high doses of radiation. It may take another 3 to 5 years to invent robotic systems that can handle environments with such high radiation doses without crashing. So if you can't even get to the rods, you can't build a containment wall around it. Worst, the beta emissions from the high radioactivity would destroy a metal sarcophagus over a very short time. You'll be building one on top of the next one every 5 years. The metal shell has to be built before the concrete outer casing can enclose it like Cherynobl. Now, this is the part that turns your stomach. Fukushima was fully operational in 1971. Which means it supplied Japan with electric power for exactly 40 years. Uranium 235 has a half life of 700 million years – so this site will literally be poison ground for almost a billion years.
MORE INFO AND IMAGES
http://fukushima-diary.com/2011/12/mutated-vegetables/
RADIATED RAIN FROM JAPAN CAUSED MUTATIONS OF PLANTS USA
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WHAT THE SECRET OF THE LONGEST PARSHA
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Nasso Bs"d
This is the longest parsha in the holy Torah. What is its great significance ?. This parsha has hidden within it is the format that will bring out righteous mashiach. Let us look closer. It says in the song of songs "The voice of the turtle is heard in our land". The Zohar tells us the turtle is mashiach . As the parsha takes a long time to read, it takes the turtle long a long time to get there. As the day of Atonement may seem like a long day and creating the ashes, and water of purification of the Red Heifer is a long process. But as said by the Cohen Gadol on Yom Kipor "I shall sprinkle water on you and you shall be clean. Just as a fountain renders unclean clean so does Hashem make Yisrael clean". May we all receive this water as the Torah is known as water.
In this parsha the first mention is to the family of the Levi, and their duties. It is by the duties of the Cohanaim that Yisrael is able to reach atonement through them. This is reflected in the service of Yom Kipor as first the Cohen Gadol offers a bullock as a sin offering for himself and his family. Then he can bring a goat as a sin offering to atone for all Yisrael. In the parsha after the explanation of the Levi and Cohen's duties then laws are given concerning the purity of the camp. As by their duties as said before all Yisrael reach atonement. Next are listed the service of the sin offering, the sotah (test-adultery offering) and the mitzvah of the Nazir. Then are given instructions for the blessing by the Coheniam. The blessings which one may receive from Hashem are infinite. So lets look at the 2 mitzvot that precede the blessing of the Coheniam as a source of guidance as preparation so to receive the blessing of Hashem. Concerning the mitzvah sotah (adultery offering). Sotah in the Holy tongue literally means "to go astray, to be demented and foolish". This is similar to what the Fredica Rebbe said " A Jew acting in any way other then fulfilling what the Torah asks of him is suffering from a illness". Rebbe Manachem Mendell tells us that the adulterous women of mitzvah Sotah is representative of the sins of all Yisrael. As Yisrael is the wife to Hashem. Any sin we do Go-d forbid causes exile of the Shechina.
To get a deeper understanding of the mitzvah of Sotah lets look to gematria as the letters of Sotah have the same gematria as וחקרת (and search). If we exchange the letters of Sotah in atbash it becomes אבנץ , in the month of אב both Temples were destroyed signifying a time of hardship, as the adulterer finds when she drinks the water. As the Gemora says that as the transgression starts in the thigh and ends in the womb, so does the punishment. Much like Avshalom who was caught up in the beauty of his hair, and took 10 of his father concubines. So he was killed with 10 lances and got caught up in a tree hung up by his hair. אב also means father as Hashem is everywhere even in the most severe corrections. The next 2 letter נץ means to sprout, flower and blossom. The time that the first light of a new day is revealed is called Netz. This all illudes to the blessing from the mitzvah of Sotah if the women did not sin, she being blessed with a Holy child. This all shows us as the Sotah may be displaced from her husband, and can prove herself and return in a moment. So can Yisrael on a ultimate level with the complete redemption. This is alluded to by the fact the Sotah is gematria 714 the same as ושחת (and spilled). This was when Onan spilled his seed refusing to fulfill the mitzvah of raising up seed with his dead brothers wife. From her lineage eventually comes Dovid haMelch, and will come Mashiach. 714 is also the gematria of הקטרת which is called "Holy of Holies".
As the Sotah represents all transgression, the other mitzvah of our parsha the Nazir alludes to all sanctification as it says "You shall be Holy". On a lower level the Nazerite vow was taken by people who felt prone toward illicit relations, but ultimately it was a way of ascending to receive spiritual gifts, prophesy. Permuting the letters of נזיר we have יר (to fear) זן (go astray). Fearing to go astray as said before was a reason for the Nazerite vow. Samuel the Prophet was a Nazir, peace unto him, also Shimshon. And all know of the spiritual strength that came through Shimshon's hair. He was the strongest man who ever lived. The Nazerite vow is voluntary. We must chose to make ourselves holy. The mitzvah of the possible adulterer, is as a warning not to sin. As all sin is as harlotry. Nazir is gematria 267 the same as יראון (to see). May it be that by our sanctification in Holiness and Hashem's great mercy that we will be able to see visions of Holiness with the arrival of our righteous mashiach quickly in our days.
THE REAL WORLD- OPEN YOUR EYES !
THE BIG REVELATION
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They are ready
To communicate
Before our universe began, there was only empty space. Then at one point, a parallel dimension, "bumped into" our universe and injected into it the energy that became the matter that forms all we know.
This though was not the end of the creation of our world.
The Torah that Moshe received at mount Sinai was not of his own design. Every other prophet had a personal revelation from God and then expected the masses to believe him and to accept his word and his religion. The giving of the Torah was radically different. The events at Mt. Sinai were witnessed by over three million human souls, men women, and children. They all experienced together the giving of the Bible (Torah). They all together saw and heard, stood in awe and wonder as something not of this world descended upon the mountain and spoke to them in a voice that sounded like thunder. As its written :
As its written :
"And Moses brought forth the people out of the camp to meet with God; and they stood at the lower part of the mount. And Mount Sinai was altogether in smoke, because the Lord descended upon it in fire; and its smoke ascended as the smoke of a furnace, and the whole mount trembled greatly. And when the voice of the shofar sounded long, and became louder and louder, Moses spoke, and God answered him by a voice." (Exodus 19)
"And all the people saw the voices," (Exodus 20)
This is a perception not of our world.
See clearly from this, that the TORAH was given to Moses by what we must rightly call an Supernatural power.
It may be difficult to believe a single prophet who claims to have had a Divine experience. It is possible that such a person is mistaken or self deceived. However when three million people witnessed a "close encounter of the third kind." That sets the odds highly in their favor that what they collectively saw and heard was real and true. Such a event is hard to deny.
The same Supernatural power continued this revelation to the Biblical prophets who explained to the following generations the observance of these Divine teachings and to how to safeguard them from inadvertently violating a Torah commandment. Thus bringing Divine retribution on their heads. These words of advice have been observed and practiced for more than 2,400 years. The echoes of these events are still murmuring in the unconscious minds of almost every human being. Whether we like it or not, agree with it or not, the echo of the Ten Commandments and Biblical morality speaks into the hearts and souls of almost everybody in this world.
These Divine teachings will stay in force until the next time we are visited by the Power that came to Sinai. This next visitation is expected to bring to Earth more than just a body of instructions to mankind. The next time we make contact, the prophecy states, the Power revealed at Sinai will come with an invading army, one that will conquer the Earth and install a new world government led by a monarch, who will be a descendant of the Biblical King David. When this armada from the Heavens arrives, the Spiritual will welcome it as the coming of the Messiah. The others will most likely be terrified in that their worst nightmare will be coming true –
Earth is being invaded and conquered by a force from "outer space."
You need to recognize that the episode at Mt. Sinai was not merely a religious event of ancient history. The Torah is no mere book of religious principles. We made contact with something Supernatural on Sinai those many years ago. That "something" identified itself as the Creator. The Creator opened a channel of communication with mankind and gave us instructions for nearly one thousand years.
At the Big Bang, Torah was the force that was injected into a empty space enabling it to form and grow becoming our universe. At Sinai, Torah was again injected into our physical universe again. Yet, this time, it was not coming into empty space, but rather into already existing world. Therefore, this time, Torah had to come into the universe in a cloaked form; otherwise its mere unsheathed presence would have undone the fabric of space/time itself, enough to shake the very foundations of the Earth. This opening of the Heavens must have been some type of interdimensional vortex that enabled a link between our Earth and another dimension we call Heaven to come into contact. The Big Bang created a world bound by "natural law" from which developed all form and matter. A second "mini" Big Bang happened when the Torah was revealed on Mount Sinai this enabled humans to embrace and connect to the higher dimension and thus learn to live in harmony with it and use its forces to direct the continued development and creation of this world. As God and the Torah are One. Therefore not only is the Torah to be found everywhere in the universe, so too is God. For God's name in Hebrew, the one used in the creation story is ELOHIM is numerically equivalent to the Hebrew word for nature, HaTeva.. .
Mankind has progressed much since those early days when the Jewish people received the Torah at Mt. Sinai. Most of the world has been influenced by this event. First Christianity and then Islam built themselves on the back of Torah. Each religion claims to be the legitimate heir and continuation of the path received at Sinai. Needless to say, such contradictory claims have led to centuries of conflict. Indeed, the way the 21st century has begun it looks like that a major conflict between Moslem nations and Christian nations is brewing. Moslems nations rally against Israel and the Jews, but one does not need to pierce the veil of this too deep to see that Islam defines its greatest and true enemy as the "American great Satan." The United States and the European Union (which should rightly be called the United States of Europe) spend billions of dollars on defense and intelligence to protect themselves from growing threats of Islamic insurgency. Unbeknown to most, but we can rest assured that the Western powers are doing their share to subvert the rule of Islam in Moslem countries. Otherwise, Islamic fundamentalism will sweep through the Middle East on its way to taking over the world.
What the eventual outcome of this brewing conflict will be, time will tell.
The Prophets thousands of years ago spoke of this conflict that we are seeing today. Realize from this that there is indeed a Force and a Power above that which we humans cannot control or even understand, and that force that spoke at Sinai and to the prophets is the Creator God.
Something happened that night on Mt. Sinai those thousands of years ago. Only a few hold the faith of the message revealed that night. The rest of us feel that we have evolved beyond the need of such "myths." However, what is myth and what is reality, better be defined with greater clarity, before we wish to reject an Authority which apparently can impose itself upon us by sheer force of will as we see displayed in the miracles and wonders of the bible. A Authority that calls itself God the Creator of all. The God at Sinai warned us against our self destructive behaviors. One of the last Prophets Malachi concludes his book with a subtle warning spoken through him By G-d :
"Remember the Torah of Moshe my servant, which I commanded to him in Horev for all Israel to observe decrees and ordinances. Behold, I send you Elijah the prophet before the coming of the great and awesome Day of G-d.And he will turn the hearts of the fathers with their children, and the hearts of the children with their fathers, lest I come and strike the land with utter destruction."
(Malachi 3:22-24).
The warning is clear. Accept the Torah of G-d and live by it. For the Day of G-d will come and it will be great and awesome.
The Power that made Supernatural contact with us centuries ago at Sinai will return.
When that Power-GOD comes back, will we find favor in its eyes, or will it use its incredibly superior Power to tear down mankind and civilization and start all over again? It is a good thing that human technology has progressed as far as it has. It is also good that western world governments have secret military technologies developed and in testing the likes of which we can only imagine existing in science fiction movies. It would even be a good thing if western governments actually did have secret relations with extraterrestrial entities from other planets or dimensions and that they received technological information from them. Why would all this be good? Because when the Supreme Extraterrestrial Power-God comes back to planet Earth to claim its territory and to punish those who have stood against its Torah and its representatives , they will need all the help that they can get. Nonetheless, even with all their advanced technologies, no military weapons will withstand the invading armies of angels led by the Messiah.
The Highest Power will return to this world and will renew upon the Earth a Garden of Eden, one based upon its centuries old message in the Torah. This is our inevitable human future. We can choose to fight it or embrace it. The consequences of our actions will be telling.
This time telepathically
There is a time for everything Good, this Saturday night and Sunday (also the following day out side the land of Israel) is the time God has given us to make a renewed connection with NEW revelations of the Bible-(Torah), with the infinite light !
Shavuot has more names than any other festival being called "Time of giving of the Torah", "This very day", "Day of assembly", "Day of first fruit" and "day of Gathering". Shavuot is compared to the middle bar that hold the Tabernacle together.
It was on Rosh Chodesh Sivan that Yisrael encamped at mount Sinai. The word "encamped" in the Bible is written in the singular form, as Yisrael were all of one heart. Recieving of the Torah is experienced when Yisrael love one another. Sharing a mutual love of brotherhood peace and fellowship. Like in a marriage. The Torah is the instrument of Betrothal between Hashem and Yisrael. Also on Rosh Chodesh Sivan King Asa gathered Yuhudah and Benyamim and those who lived among them to Jerusalem and the entered into a covanant with God with all their hearts and souls. This day has been ordained as a day of peace and unity between a man and his brother and a day for making a covanant of peace and love between Yisrael and their father in Heaven. It is from this place that we approach Shavuot to recieve the Torah. Which is our mission upon which the whole world depends.
חלב= 40 , we eat milk products on Shavuot so to remember the 40 days and nights Moses spent with God on Sinia. We also decorate our houses with green to remember Sinai. We learn Ruth on Shavuot as it teaches us the Torah is only acquired through hardship.The story occurs at the beginning of the barley harvest which is at the time of Shavuot. øåú is gematria 606 the 7 laws of Noah is 613. King David who descends from Ruth was born and died on Shavuot. The story of Ruth reminds us that only by the Oral Torah will their be redemption. As the Torah forbids converts from Moab as its written "An Ammonite or Moabite shall not enter into the congregation of the Lord; to their tenth generation shall they not enter into the congregation of the Lord forever." (Deut 23 :3) We only know that the prohibition on Moab converts only applies to men through the Oral Torah. The Ben Eash Chy tells us not to speak of secular matters the whole night of Shavuot. But this night is for study of the Torah which achieve great results in Heaven and infuse the soul with sanctity and purity. As Rabbi Shimon says "All who learn Torah on this night Hashem blesses with many blessings and crowns in the upper worlds"
The Bible is not what you think-Not of this World !
For, even though Bible-Torah just seems like another book, just another area of
intellectual study, it is far from that. It is meant for transmitting of "energy", Divine power. It is a battery for your soul. But Like superheroes with dual identities, whose mundane, common lifestyle is meant to conceal the true nature of
the superhero, the physical books and words in which Bible-Torah is found concealing the true nature of Bible-Torah, and what it is capable of doing, and THAT is not something just anyone can access, no matter how many times they pore over even the deepest of Torah secrets. For that, you have to make yourself into a desert. As that is where the Torah was given, teaching us one must be humble not filled with themselves. As such a person they can't learn and cant hear what others say. They are like a defective battery that will not take a charge. Being humble though does not mean to make one lowly like a rag one would used to wash the floor. It is written that Moses was the most humble of men, but he stood up to do what needed to be done. He would let no man push him around. But he was open to whatever God would tell him.
The Torah is a "Book", if you can even really define it as that ?, the Torah was written, made by the God.
The Torah is more than a book, but it is the "blueprint" of all creation. Unlike a normal blue print this one has creative power. From it the world is sustained continually and built. One can merit levels very high in the "world to come"which are otherwise inaccessible. By gaining deep understandings concerning the commandments. The commandments have more value. There is no end for a man to apply understanding to the commandments. The Ramban said " The foundation of all wisdoms stands on who is God.1 Torah is called truth, and faith is the foundation and source of divine service. When reading from the Torah one joins with truth and faith. But this is not automatic. Simply reading the book is not enough one needs to open up their soul to the infinite the Divine Energy of the Torah. Of course if one intends to read the Bible as only a book that is all that it will be, that is all that will be revealed to them. This water goes out through holes in the "mesach" (screen-filter) of "tzizum" (contraction) to sustain the world From the foundation stone on the temple mount, even if the Temple in Jerusalem is not standing in the physical world. It states " Spirit of Elokim moves on the face of the waters" (the sages say this "Spirit" is the Messiah). " The Spirit of Elokim moves on the face of the waters" The magid of Koznitz says the waters referred to here are Torah. The Energy of the Messiah come forth his existence becomes manifest from the waters of the Torah. Lets bring out this water from the God's infinite well. These forces can be brought forth from the Torah when you "read" it, it one makes the connection to its essence. Its forces renew change everything, according to the will of God at the time. The physical world we live in is under constraint of time and space. This is not so of the supernal ark and the Torah. They operate in a timeless realm above physical laws. This is so as ink in Hebrew "דיו" (ink) is the letters that spell out יוד (Yud) of the divine name Yhv'h. As said יוד is the creative inspiration of the Torah. And יוד being Chuchmah (creative wisdom inspiration) that is above space and time.2 The point is that Torah is not really a thing of this world and that is why we said before that the Torah is Like superheroes with dual identities,whose mundane, common lifestyle is meant to conceal the true nature of the superhero, the physical books and words in which Bible-Torah is found concealing the true nature of Bible-Torah. If one only knew what they are looking at and how to look "into the Torah". The "Written Torah has in it only the "tagin" (crowns of letters) and letters. In the Torah scroll some letters have crowns drawn on top of them, but in the Torah scroll there are no vowels. The letters are the 288 sparks of the vessels that shattered. It is these fallen "sparks" which allow our imperfect world to exist, and for there to be free will and choice. By which a soul can choose to do that which is right there by expressing its love of god and Gaining merit there by. In creating the world God joined letters and sparks together. By the shattering of the vessels sparks fell below. By holy speech one makes permutations of these letters and sparks, thereby making peace between them and raising up the Sparks from their fallen places. Then the spark can reveal their light from there source above. Making the world more complete, and revealing more of the Light of God here below.3 Through the reading of the Torah with the notes of song (These notes are not written in the Torah scroll, but are know from the Oral Torah) and vowels (The vowels of the Torah's words are not written in the Torah scroll, but are know from the Oral Torah) These notes and vowels are drawn from the Divine name מ"ה חדש , this brings new Divine energy into the vessels of creation. This purifies the vessels and the sparks. By this fixing there is drawn lights from the ear of A'k (an even higher place) to the letters of the Torah. By this they are fixed,from their shattered state. ה"ו of the name יהו"ה are the letters of the Torah.4 Raise the letters that are fallen by the "tamim" (notes), "nikudot" (vowels), "tagin" (crowns) All letters have their source in the letter א, which is called sweetened.5 The nature of the letters of the Torah is revealed by the fact that when the letters flew off the first tablets of the ten commandments Moshe was no longer able to hold them any longer as they were so heavy, so he had to let them drop and shattered. This was because after the letters had departed from the tablets of stone they were with out "The Divine Spirit" that they had before, so grew heavy and fell.6 In the Torah Scroll itself there are no vowels allowing the Torah to have many meanings, as each generation has a unique "tikun"(fixing) of its own by exchanging the letters.7
I really hope you can get the Bible to open up before you !
HERE IS THE "MEAT AND POTATOES"
On Shavuot (The day of giving of the Bible-Torah), revelation of it is given renewed each year. On that day the structure of the creation is changed as :
The Yesod of Z"a (the potential revelation of the ruach, emotional soul ) is face to face with Malchut ( the Nefesh, soul of animal desires ) , and Z"a ( Source of the Ruach- Emotional soul ) rises to the balance of Yesoi"t ( The Conclusion of the Nashama, place of actualization of one's intellect ). Z"a ( Source of the Ruach- Emotional soul ) receives Divine creative powers of wisdom , analysis, understanding and the ability to do kindness to God and Man and force of discipline of Dat (divine Knowledge). Yesoi"t ( The Conclusion of the Nashama, place of actualization of one's intellectual balance ) rises up to Atik (the source of delight in divine will ) they becoming unified. Yesoi"t ( The Conclusion of the Nashama, place of actualization of one's intellectual balance ) is with Abba (source of Divine creative powers of wisdom) and Imma (source of analysis, understanding) where theres revealed creative powers of wisdom and powers
of analysis, understanding of Arich ( source of divine will), and the "tammim" (notes of song of Divine emination) of the Divine name having numerical value of 63 called ס"ג (numerical value of 63 of יהו"ה) of A"k (Adam Kadmon, the face of God containing all others ) are revealed. This is above the "Parsa"(curtain-filter). By Netzauch (work of spiritual vigor-giving your all) by this there is nullified the"parsa" yielding revelation of י"ה (ya"h).
All this rises Z'a ( Source of the Ruach- Emotional soul )to Arich (source of revelation of Divine will). After staying up all night learning and Mikva in the morning There is revelation of the dikna (conduits) of Arich ( giving new inspiration of Divine will-prompting actions ). 1\2 of Teferet (new level of harmony) of powers of analysis and understanding is given to the force of Divine will which directs one's ruach (emotional soul). giving new understanding to the place of delight of the Ruach- emotional soul, developing there more delight in serving God).
This is the 50th Gate of Binna (Divine understanding). The 50 gates of Divine understanding are the 5 Chassadim (forces of God's giving) of the ruach (emotional soul). The dikna Kadisha (conduits of Mercy that open up the flow of Divine abundance-they are open by the Names of Mercy) of Arich (divine will) are called Whiteness. To draw this Whiteness of the dikna of Arich to ourselves we dress in White. Revelation of Arich on Shavuot is not done by "delug" (a great leap) as an the seder night of Pessach, but it is in levels grade by grade. The simplest and most effective way of attaching to this new Light is by connecting to all parts of the Bible. So meditaite on secrets in each book. So work hard to yield the highest revelation. !
sources:Sulam on Zohar Pekudey,Tikkunim p.340 p.20,Ar"i-Lecutey Torah,Pre Atzchym,Shar Cavanot,Metok mDavosh on Tikunim,Kamarna Rebbi-Aor Enym,Ramcha"l-Adir Bima
1Lekutey Maharon p.75
2Nahar Shalom p.213,Lekutey Mahoran p101
3Avodat Yisrael p.34
4Sulam on Zohar Vayachal p.191a
5aor enym-kamarna Rebbe
6Sulam on Zohar Trumah p.159a
7Shomer Emunim p.23
All is in the Bible-Torah, You need to know where. Torah has infinite levels for example the construction of the tabernacle describes the orders of flow of Divine energy and corresponding Divine names of construction of all worlds . No part of the Torah does not conceal many "secret" meanings.
With knowledge of all mentioned above and by singing the song of the Torah with the "tammim" notes revealed to Moses at Sinia one can perform Wonders !
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NEVER FORGET Bibi explained to us in June 2012 why it is necessary to evacuate the settlements… He said, "I suggest you do not ignore the international court
in the Hague." – (See ynet, June 2012.)
In 1937 in Marienbad the greatest sages of the generation met at the Third Kenessiah of Agudas Yisroel. At this assembly the majority of the Moetzes Gedolei Hatorah (sages) in 1937 voted in favor of a Jewish State and said that relinquishment of the Holy Land given to the Jewish people by God has no validity. They came to the conclusion that each and every compromise made regarding the Holy Land, which was given to us by the Holy One according to its boundaries is null and void.
The Great Assembly stated that it is unequivocally forbidden to surrender even the tiniest particle of land within the boundaries of the Holy Land. It is astonishing that people do not publicize and proclaim this ruling in the greatest possible way.
The fact that there are those who wish to conceal this are only doing evil. This ruling is like every other Jewish law, for "the word of G-d will certainly endure."
It is the law and there should be no question concerning it.
The Lebovicher Rebbe, May his soul help us above Said concerning this ruling:
"May it be G-d's Will that everyone will look at the Code of Jewish Law, chapter 329, and they will see that the law is clear: it is forbidden to cede even a small piece of the Land of Israel.
We must continue spreading word of this legal ruling until all the Jews know of this ruling." Those who want to give the land of Israel away to its enemies we must protest against their actions, as they are not in accordance with the Torah.
The sages of this Generation must be true to their lineage and uphold this ruling against those who do not know.
The Lubavitcher Rebbe said about this ruling that for the sages of the generation not to defend the land of Israel against those Who do not follow the Torah and want to give the land away to our enemies that their
"Silence is a sin".
" The foundation of the Jewish peoples right to the Holy Land is based on the Torah and the prophets…A Jewish State not based on the principles of Torah is a denial of Jewish origin, is opposed to the identity and to the true stature of our people, and undermines the basis of existence of our people…Any relinquishment of the Holy Land given to the Jewish people by G-d has no validity" (HaPardes 11:6)
The sages of the1937 assembly in Marienbad concluded that it was permissible for us to accept the partition plan which implied the renunciation of half of Eretz Israel. Although the majority voted in favor of partition, they did it because if we did not accept the plan. Israel would have gotten nothing.
The situation today is not the same.
Today we have the whole land and giving away any part of the land falls under the prohibition according to the Ramban of
"We are not allowed to leave the land in our enemies' hands."
In any case, at that meeting in 1937, ah the majority voted in favor of the partition plan, the resolution contained a clear declaration about the inalienable rights of the Jewish people to the entire land.
It is about time good religious people should complain to the Rabbis and demand that they do more to protect our Holy land from the hands of non religious people, who have abandoned the Torah and our history in the altar of modernity and hedonism. It should not be left to them to determine what will be with the Holy land and the Jew's.
Besides all of this there are a few small groups like the Neturei Karta that think that because God made the Jews take two oaths and the world take one. The Jews swore "Not to ascend to the Holy Land as a group using force, not to rebel against the governments of countries in which we live," and "Not to push the end away with our sins ".
The State of Israel is a sin the small groups like the Neturei Karta say that "we came back in force and rebelled against the nations."
But in truth there was no rebellion against the nations. We were granted permission by Britain, League of Nations and the United Nations to recreate our homeland in the Land of Israel. Gemara in Ketubot speaks of "The Nations", the UN is and was the greatest representation of the world community. It is irrelevant that there were nations that were against giving the Land of Israel to the Jews the majority voted for it and the WORLD BODY GAVE THE JEWS THE LAND.
Isreal only fought for independence because the Arab League did not wish to comply with the decision of the world body, the UN, but the Arab League decided to launch a full scale invasion. The Arab League at that time proudly stated that they would commit a massacre on the scale of the Mongol massacres. If the Jews in Israel had not fought there would have been a massacre of the 600,000 Jews living in The land of Israel. So at that point, it becomes a obligation to fight and save one's own life.
Besides all this the Ramban who writes "Behold we were commanded the conquest of the land of Israel in ever generation when ever possible" (Supplement to the Rambam, Sefer HaMitzvot, positive commandment #4). The Ramban is very clear in his language. "We are commanded to posses the land that the almighty God gave to our forefathers Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob, and not to leave it in the hands of other nations or in desolation, as it says, 'posses the land and live in it…Do not be confused and say that this mitzvah is the mitzvah to make war against the seven nations…this is not the case. We are commanded to kill those nations if they fight us, if they want to make peace with us we may do so and leave them in certain well known circumstances; but we may never leave the land in their hands nor in the hand of other nations in any generation."
It is very clear that the Ramban did not hold of the "shvuot" (oath) to be a legal matter at all.
Even the Rambam writes: "it is prohibited to leave the Land of Israel and go to 'chutz la'aretz' at any time " (Hilchot Melachim, Chapter 5, halacha 9) The Rambam writes also: "A person should dwell in Eretz Yisrael, even in a city whose population is mostly non-Jewish, and not live in "chutz la'aretz", even in a city which is mostly Jewish".
Second the first two oaths might be contingent on the third, that the nations not treat us harshly, which they did, then we can rebel and go up to the land.
Their second point is that they think that the redemption can not come about through non-believers, furthermore Netueri Karta believes that man can not play a role in bringing the Redemption and must completely rely on the Almighty to do all the work.
This cannot be so as in the time of Ezra and Nechemya, the vast majority who returned with them were unobservant, but immoral as well, as it says in Kiddushin 69-70, they were bastards, foundlings and committed sexual misconducts like the people of Sodom and Amora. And yet they were the tools, which God used to bring about that Redemption at that time. Certainly, the secular Jews who started returning in the late 1800s, and who remained the main builders of the land until the State was re-declared in 1948, could not have been much worse.
The Mashiach does not come about through the most pleasant means or obvious ways. Just look at the father of Mashiach, David Hamelech – King David. When we look at Davids ancestry. On his fathers side their were illicit relations between Yehuda and Tamar. But concerning this the sages say "God was busy creating the light of the King Mashiach." (Bareshit Rabba 85:1)
. Davids grandmother Ruth came from the Nation of Moav. It was the nation of Moav that seduced the men of Israel to sin in the desert bringing a great plague upon them. Also, Moav's founding father was a illegitimate child as he was from the illicit relations between Lot and his Daughter Habichira.
The Tur (Orach Chaim 428) figured out which day of the week each Yom Tov will fall. א, the first day of Pesach is the same day of the week as ת Tisha B'av. ב, the second day of Pesach is the same same day of the week as ש, Shavuos. ג the third day of Pesach is the same same day of the week as ר, Rosh Hashanah.ד, the fourth day of Pesach is the same same day of the week as ק, Kria Hatorah (Simchas Torah). ה, the fifth day of Pesach is the same same day of the week as צ, Tzom (Yom Kippur). ו the sixth day of Pesach is the same day of the week as פ, Purim. One may also add: ז, the seventh day of Pesach, is the same day of the week as ע, Yom Atzmaut.
IT IS OBVIOUS THE REDEMPTION COMES TO US IN A VERY UNUSUAL WAY
It also should be said after the Holocaust where were the refugees supposed to go? No country would accept them. Do you seriously think God is angry that these broken people who took the remnants of their torn lives and decided to start over again and rebuild in Israel?
In Halakhic matters if one studied and came to a conclusion that is in opposition to that which was decided in the Sanhedrin, he is not liable to punishment except if one instructed others to act in accordance with his minority opinion. (Sanhedrin 86b)
One who instructed others to act in opposition to the decision of the Sanhedrin is considered a "rebellious elder" and is liable for punishment, in order that there not be discord and strife within Israel.
Akavia ben Mahalalel differed with the Sages he was told that if he would rescind his differing opinions, he could be Chief Justice on the Rabbinical Court. He said that he would rather be called a fool and not become an evil person [agreeing with what he believed was not true]. He persisted in his opinions, and only when he was on his deathbed did he instruct his son to accept the opinion of the Sages (Eduyot 5). From this we see that he was not forbidden from reaching his independent conclusions, for if so, he would have said that he would rather be called a fool and not act evilly by accepting forbidden conclusions! In fact, only instructing others to act according to his conclusion would be forbidden, as the Talmud says, "Why was Akavia ben Mahalalel not treated as a rebellious elder? – Because he did not instruct others." Despite all this, he was still considered greater than all of Israel in wisdom and fear of sin (Brachot 19a)
Change is not merely a factual occurrence, but is rather an expression of the conscious initiative of man. From this point of view, Religious Zionists adapted this awareness, and understood that it was this that separated between themselves and the hareidi sector. Federbush, for instance, in his work "The Perfection of Judaism," contrasts between hareidi Judaism and Religious Zionism exactly in this point. The hareidim do not understand that the ghetto walls have collapsed, and they feel that it is possible to perpetuate the framework of the old conceptions. "Whoever says that Judaism is only a religion, or only religious rituals, is as if saying that Judaism is not intrinsically connected with the existence of the Nation of Israel… the borders of the Jewish religion are those of the Jewish nation." the hareidim's clinging to their understanding of the Nation of Israel as merely a religious denomination, shaped and defined only by the Torah. This understanding led the way to the claim, promoted by certain schools of hareidi thought, that whoever is not observant of the Torah and its commandments is not considered a Jew, even if he was born as such. In stark contrast to this, Religious Zionism adopted the approach that the Nation of Israel is an ethnic entity; in the words of Federbush, "just as 'total Judaism' is inconceivable without its religious aspect, so too it is unimaginable without its national facet." Federbush further wrote, "Whoever says that Judaism is only a religion, or only religious rituals, is as if saying that Judaism is not intrinsically connected with the existence of the Nation of Israel… the borders of the Jewish religion are those of the Jewish nation."
Unlike hareidi Judaism religious Zionist say that, "He to whom elementary human knowledge and education is foreign, can neither be learned in knowledge of Judaism." Torah is likened to a treasure house or a well, from which every generation extracts according to its strength and ability. The infinite riches of Judaism include more than just laws and rigid guidelines; they comprise outlooks, conceptions, and ideas that guide man in all that he does and thinks. Torah is likened to a treasure house or a well, from which every generation extracts according to its strength and ability. The infinite riches of Judaism include more than just laws and rigid guidelines; they comprise outlooks, conceptions, and ideas that guide man in all that he does and thinks. There is no room for other value systems outside of the religious system. Every value must be anchored in one way or another in the Torah.
Redemption has always been perceived in Religious Zionism as contingent upon human activism.
BUT BEWARE
Do not forget one minute that the secular Zionist establishment wrested political power from the Old Yishuv. The Religious Jewish community that had dwelled in the land before the secular Zionists came. In order to make themselves "the mainstream establishment". They coldly blocked immigration of religious Jews to Palestine before and during WWII and even hampered rescue efforts of religious Jews . They actively and ruthlessly uprooted "our Ancient Father" out of the hearts of an entire generation of new immigrants for a decade since the founding of the State. The secular Zionists initiated programs to uproot Religious observance from the Sefardi immigrants, etc., With all this we still need to move on and heal the deep wounds of Israeli society by goodwill.
But we should never forget about these things so that these tactics will not be used against God fearing Jews in the future by the secular Zionists. As The God does not like it when the secular Zionists try to actively and ruthlessly uprooted "our Ancient Father" out of our hearts
The solar year adopted by the nations of the world, reflects the natural order, The Jewish lunar/Solar year reflects t
he special providence of Yisrael. That is completely dependent on God as the moon only light is from the sun. The word we use for month in Hebrew "chodesh" means literally, newness, renewal as opposed to a continuation of the status quo.
We are in a tug-of-war between the supporters of settlements and the radical left, which has a thirst for destroying the houses of the settlers. Caught in the middle are the leftist Zionists "centralist" rightists who live in fear of the Hague conventions more than they are concerned for the lives of all Israel's citizens
Time really does matter. Redemption in springtime is no coincidence. Tremendous energy of renewal happens in the springtime. The rebirth of flowers and greenery, are a symbol of our redemption.
THE SKULLS OF HASHEM
Filed under: Uncategorized | Tags: 000 people. It is the largest celebration Here in Aretz ha Kodesh. There shall be left in the land of Israel in the Time of the Mashiach 7000 ., BAMIDBAR בס"ד This weeks Haftorah (The portions of the Bible God told the Prophets to have read in public on each Sabbath) begins " And the children of Yisrael shall be as the sand of the sea t, being part of the material world. As such numbering by its nature creates limitation, but numbering in context of the spiritual worlds does not impose limitation. Numbers in the context of the spiritual worlds does not imply limitation as each such number advances towards great achieve, but what we have here is as it states counting of " gilgulatom " (their skulls). In the Zohar it talks about the eminations from the " gilgulata " (skull) of parzufim (structures that emanate, DIKNA, names of all the males by their skulls". Now it is known that a blessing does not rest on that which is counted. As the haftorah says "That can not be counted or measured ". At other times all Y, numbering of them, only coins. But what about this counting of the people ?. We learn from the Shalah Hakodesh in Sni Luchot HaBrit that blessings don't rest on that which is counted when its measurement is intrinsica, this parzuf is the place of emination and revelation of the will of God. Concerning the skull of parzuf Atik Yamin (place where delight is eminated from) are great secrets which are seldom heard. Here
BAMIDBAR בס"ד
This weeks Haftorah (The portions of the Bible God told the Prophets to have read in public on each Sabbath) begins " And the children of Yisrael shall be as the sand of the sea that can not be counted or measured " Yet right in the beginning of our parsha it says "Take the heads of all the congregation of all the children of Isreal by their families houses, numbering of them, names of all the males by their skulls".
Now it is known that a blessing does not rest on that which is counted. As the haftorah says "That can not be counted or measured ". At other times all Yisrael were counted by the 1/2 shekel coin each year donated to the Holy Temple in Adar. By doing this the people were never counted, only coins. But what about this counting of the people ?. We learn from the Shalah Hakodesh in Sni Luchot HaBrit that blessings don't rest on that which is counted when its measurement is intrinsically physical, being part of the material world. As such numbering by its nature creates limitation, but numbering in context of the spiritual worlds does not impose limitation. Numbers in the context of the spiritual worlds does not imply limitation as each such number advances towards great achievements. So here we don't have counting as with physical things, but what we have here is as it states counting of " gilgulatom " (their skulls). In the Zohar it talks about the eminations from the " gilgulata " (skull) of parzufim (structures that emanate and reveal Divine energy). In this context " gilgulata " refers specifically to the aspect of the parzuf called Arich Anpin (long face), this parzuf is the place of emination and revelation of the will of God. Concerning the skull of parzuf Atik Yamin (place where delight is eminated from) are great secrets which are seldom heard. Here we can find infinite wisdom. It was spoken concerning the skull by Rabbi Shimon Bar Yochi in the last moments of his life in a body on this earth at the idra Zuta. The final gathering of Rabbi Shimon and his companions of the Zohar. This we celebrated a short time ago and each year it is celebrated where he is buried in Maron with at least 400,000 people. It is the largest celebration Here in Aretz ha Kodesh. There shall be left in the land of Israel in the Time of the Mashiach 7000 people. These are the secret of מ"ב to their skulls. This is the secret of מ"ב from which the world was created. And in the souls of these Sadeekem it is ruled.
From Rebbe Shimon we learn that the skull is full of dew, it contains a membrane that surrounds the brain and a atmosphere. To it is a beard of pure wool containing 13 attributes of Divine mercy. A forehead that functions as supernal will, a eye of providence that is eternally open. Nostrils of His nose to breath life force. The flow of chuchmah (Divine wisdom) is called scent. All wisdom of the world is from the nose of Arich. The beard is made of whats called dikna (conduits). When the dikna of parzuf Atik (place where delight is eminated from) are clear it illuminates the Dikna of parzuf Zier Anpin (Source of emination of the emotional soul) drawing down 13 passages of supernal oil (Divine wisdom). Then in the dikna of Z'a we find there are 22 tikuney dikna (conduits of corrective eminations). It is from there we draw out the 22 letters of the Holy tongue, 22 letters of the Torah and all creation.
So the counting here is more like a recognition of each Isrealite being set aside for his supernal purpose from the powers manifest in the " gilgulata " (skull). As the Shalah said concerning spiritual counting "Each such number advances towards great achievements". Thus here Moshe is setting aside each individual in Yisrael by their " gilgulata " making them sanctified, separated and distinguishing each according to their distinct part in the Holy nation. As Holiness infers separation. So here moshe designates each individual of Yisreal distinguished at the " gilgulata" level (his powers, purpose). May it be from this act of Moshe designating each individual of Yisreal distinguished at the " gilgulata" level (his powers, purpose) there should soon manifest the complete energy of redemption. With the revelation of our righteous Mashiach quickly in our days.


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ANDRÉ BUTZER x CELINE Collaboration
For the collaboration with Celine, André Butzer's character "Wanderer", (2001) has been taken from the artist's sketchbooks, lithographs and linoleum prints. Although the figure is in black and white, it is about colour and the potential for colour. This character from Butzer's universe has been adapted onto various products across the range including embroidered black cotton thread onto raffia baskets, printed in black and white onto grained leather and featured as an artwork patch onto t-shirts and high-top sneakers.
André Butzer (publication)
Edited by Hans Werner Holzwarth
Published by TASCHEN
Made in close collaboration with the artist, this unprecedented huge-format survey presents the future and origins of his painting according to André Butzer. From his early works of "Science Fiction Expressionism" that centered around a cast of figures at home both in space and in culturally occupied Europe, to his exploration of abstraction's far limits in the seemingly black N-Paintings, Butzer emerges as an ever-inventive colorist who finds a new beginning in each work.
This is the first book first to span the full range of André Butzer's oeuvre from 1999 to 2021, the works' progression gaining an almost musical drive of development, return, and new beginnings. The plates are interspersed with contemporary quotes from the artist that illuminate his idiosyncratic stance as a background to the work, as well as photos from his archives. The introductory essay, written by Hans Werner Holzwarth, investigates the different work phases, and places the artist's ideas in a wider discourse of abstraction and figuration after the end of either genre. And, most importantly, the book's pristine, huge-format illustrations fully evidence the finesse as a colorist that place this artist among the internationally most recognized painters of his generation.
"Expressionism was about going back to nature and nakedness, about inner more than outer space. Now we can give this field a new task—to be informed by seriality, post-industrialism, and modern mankind's artificiality. So I include organic and non-organic parts, fake nature and fake human. Titian said painting is about flesh and water, and I say it is about flesh and lemonade."
— André Butzer
Get your copy here.
André Butzer x TASCHEN
André Butzer has created limited Art Editions exclusively for TASCHEN, including three screen-print sets, individually painted pendant lights, and overpainted book covers. The Art Editions were presented for the first time during Art Cologne 2021 and are now available on the TASCHEN website.
The motif featured on the screen-prints presents Butzer's unique pictorial characters: the "Wanderer", the "Frauenbildnisse" (Portrait of Woman) and the "Friedens-Siemens" (Peace Siemens), who have embodied the fundamental themes of the artist's work since 1999. Each print is an edition of 75, all of which are numbered and signed by Butzer. The three screen-print sets together make-up the complete series: Untited 1–3, 2021, Untitled 4–6, 2021, and Untitled 7–9, 2021.
In the exclusive Art Edition of individually painted pendant lights, Butzer projects both his abstract line and friendly face motifs onto a light orb, transforming one half of the globe into a glowing canvas (which also appears like the moon's near side, as seen from Earth). The abstract spots and lines form a playful composition of vibrant hues, while the faces light up the room, reminding us of Renaissance depictions of the planets with human countenances. The lamps come in an exclusive Art Edition of 100. Each lamp is a unique object, individually painted and signed by the artist.
There are only 25 copies of the Art Edition of Butzer's overpainted covers. Using the book's yellow linen as his canvas, Butzer depicts a combination of two faces out of his cast of three characters that have come to define his pictorial universe: the "Wanderer", the "Frauenbildnisse" and the "Friedens-Siemens". With the artist's signature prominently placed on the spine, this edition of the book is an extension of the work it presents: encased in a special blue clamshell box, it is an art object in its own right.
"I try to repeat all my images as often as possible and as well as possible to make them less severe. So, I do mass culture. At the same time, seriality is something I always wanted to destroy. That's why I make so many seemingly serial works which are in fact not serial at all. This was the case with the figures, which were typologies that seemingly unfolded serially. Signs of life. They perhaps address the large soul space of human localization. Each figure is an individual and each image is individual."
Works from the Taschen Collection 2000–2021 (solo show)
TASCHEN, Cologne
To celebrate the publication of André Butzer's first comprehensive monograph, works by the artist from the Taschen Collection, spanning from 2000 to 2021, will be on view in Cologne from 23 November. The exhibition is open until 27 January 2022, from Tuesday – Thursday, by appointment only. Book your slot here.
During Art Cologne (17–21 November), TASCHEN will dedicate a solo presentation to André Butzer at booth C9, hall 11.1.
Press Releases, Letters, Conversations, Texts, Poems, Volume 3: 1999–2021 (publication)
All good things come in threes and so do André Butzer's collected writings. The third volume is elegantly sharp and poignant. Editor Alexander Linn continues to explore the unique fictitious universe, Butzer calls »NASAHEIM«. Boldly touching on the latter's own work and biography, art history as well as music in numerous letters, in-depth conversations and poems. Guided by the simple question: What is real?, Butzer searches for »the actual location of painting, the space in-between. It's a very esoteric but easy to understand conception of truth.«
Edition Linn
Press Releases, Letters, Conversations, Texts, Poems 1994 – 2020, Volume 2 (publication)
© André Butzer, Verlag für moderne Kunst
The second volume of André Butzer's collected writings has recently been published by Alexander Linn / Edition Linn. As an extension of the first volume, which focuses on the artist's writings from 1999 until 2017, this publication gathers an abundant selection of press releases, letters, conversations, texts and poems from 1994 until 2020, offering an intimate and personal insight into Butzer's painterly formation and practice.
Selected Press Releases, Letters, Interviews, Texts, Poems 1999–2017 (publication)
This divertingly profound or profoundly diverting volume gathers an abundant selection of press releases, letters, interviews and conversations, prose, and poetry by painter André Butzer. Brought together for the first time, Butzer's writings form a concise account of his artistic thinking.

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MOURINHO WAS A SORE LOSER – CARVALHO
It's hard to find a player who understands Jose Mourinho like Ricardo Carvalho who spent around nine years in three different countries during his playing career. Ricardo Carvalhorecently had an exclusive chat with the FourFourTwo (FFT) magazine as he talked about Mourinho, his career and many more.
Ricardo Carvalho played under Mourinho at FC Porto, Chelsea and Real Madrid. According to him, Mourinho is a sore loser and that he doesn't take defeats well. The Portuguese centre back stated that it's hard to stay around his compatriot when he loses a football match.
Carvalho didn't always see eye-to-eye with Mourinho but he was still the most trusted defender for the Portuguese manager as highlighted by their association spanning around nine years in the colours of three clubs in different nations.
Ricardo Carvalho also talked about training as the centre back confirmed that he trained poorly adding that he didn't mind the tag given to him by his colleagues.
At FC Porto, Carvalho was a late bloomer as he didn't get the chance to show what he can do at the heart of the defence until the age of 23. He was able to seize the opportunity thus becoming an important player for Mourinho at the club. Together, Mourinho and Carvalho won two successive league titles in the Portuguese top flight in addition to two titles on the European football scene namely the UEFA Cup and the UEFA Champions League. They also won the Super Cup title and the Portuguese Cup title together at Porto.
Mourinho and Carvalho moved to Chelsea in the summer of 2004 and they won two successive Premier League titles at Stamford Bridge. When they linked up again at Real Madrid in the Spanish top flight, they won the La Liga title and the Copa Del Rey title together at the club.
RICARDO CARVALHO: MONACO CAREER UNVEILED
CHELSEA: DROGBA REVEALS CARVALHO INFLUENCE


Description The National Museum of the Pacific War presents an oral interview with Clarence LeMieux. LeMieux was born on 16 December 1916 in Virginia, Minnesota. Graduating from high school in 1934, he joined the US Army Air Corps. He was sent to Chanute Field and enrolled in an engine and airframe training course. Upon graduation he was assigned to a B-10 crew and participated in gunnery and bombing practice. He was later, transferred to a B-17 crew and sent to Townsville, Australia. LeMieux tells of a bombing mission over Rabaul, of attacks by enemy fighters and of a forced landing in a swamp in New Guinea. He relates the harrowing trek out of the swamps and arrival at a native village and of being taken to Buna for travel to Australia. He tells of getting malaria and his return to the US. He received a direct commission from enlisted rank in 1943 and he tells of his various assignments and training he received prior to his retirement in 1965. The B-17 that crashed into the swamp was discovered intact in 1972. Given the name Swamp Ghost, it was reclaimed and taken to Honolulu in 2013.


In 2006 Evergreen Products, Inc. was just a wood broker. Since that time, a significant retail and wholesale aspect has been added to the business. The company now sells a wide variety of mulch, stone, sand, pine straw, firewood, palm trees, and soil products.
© 2018 evergreennc.us. All rights reserved.


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Sarmad Khan
Bahrain's Investcorp sells Dutch precision component manufacturer
Investcorp says it sealed the deal with Gilde Buy Out Partners for an undisclosed amount
Saudi Arabia and its allies said they were in discussions in June to offer Bahrain an economic package. Getty Images
Investcorp, the Bahrain-based alternative investment firm that has US$21.3 billion in assets under management sold Veco Precision, a Netherlands-based manufacturer of high-precision metal components, to Gilde Buy Out Partners and Management.
The company, which counts Abu Dhabi strategic firm Mubadala Investment Company as its largest shareholder, did not disclose the value of the deal in a statement to Bahrain Bourse on Thursday, where its shares are traded.
Veco has been sold by its parent company SPGPrints Group, a rotary screen and digital printing specialist, which Investcorp acquired in July 2014. Veco, which employs about 350 full-time employees, serves more than 1,500 customers in 85 countries from its sites in The Netherlands, the UK, Germany and India, according to the regulatory filing.
Investcorp says acquires stake in US PR firm ICR
Investcorp to launch $100m fund for Omani pensions
Investcorp planning at least 3 exits in the next 12 months, co-CEO says
Investcorp expands British acquisitions with Kee Safety
Investcorp has helped the firm to "grow organically as well as through add-on acquisitions, building scale and enabling the company to establish itself as a standalone business," it said in the statement.
The move is in line with company plans to have at least three exits this year, its co-chief executive Rishi Kapoor told The National in December. The firm is focusing on exits in the Arabian Gulf, the US and Europe, he said at the time.
Since its inception in 1982, Investcorp has made over 170 corporate investments in the US, Europe and the broader Middle East and North Africa region, including Turkey. The firm has invested across a range of sectors and more than 450 commercial and residential real estate investments in the US, with a transaction value exceeding $55bn.
Investcorp is expanding its client coverage and its product lines as part of a strategy to boost its assets under management in the coming years through acquisitions and organic growth.
In March the company acquired a minority stake in a US-based strategic communications and advisory firm ICR for an undisclosed sum.
Sterling slumps as prospect of no-deal under Boris looms
S&P Dow Jones Sharia-compliant indexes outperform conventional peers in 2019
UAE equities offer best value proposition in the GCC, EFG Hermes says
ADGM issues regulatory framework for robo-advisors
Mena half-year mergers and acquisitions value climbs to record $112bn
Car partnerships here to stay following Volkswagen-Ford alliance
Bank of England to slash rates by 25 basis points by May, Merrill Lynch says
Argo looks to expand in Asia after partnerships with Ford and Volkswagen
Donald Trump goes after France's Macron over digital taxes
Boeing said to shake up management of beleaguered 737


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Shay Mitchell launches Tequila-based RTD
08 July 2020 By Nicola Carruthers
Pretty Little Liars star Shay Mitchell has co-founded a new canned sparkling Tequila-based drinks brand, called Onda.
Onda contains 100 calories per 355ml can
Onda was founded by Canadian actor Mitchell, who is chief brand officer, along with Noah Gray (CEO), Max Dworin (chief operating officer) and Kelli Adams (chief creative officer).
The team were inspired by their love for Tequila mixed with soda water and aimed to "elevate the ready-to-drink alcohol space with a new take on their favourite drink".
"Tequila soda is hands down my favourite drink, and I'm really excited about the opportunity to create a beverage brand that is rooted in quality and shared experiences," said Mitchell.
Onda is made with blanco Tequila from an unnamed woman-owned distillery in Jalisco, Mexico. The range consist of two flavours: lime and grapefruit. Each 355ml can is bottled at 5% ABV, contains 100 calories and is free from sugar or carbohydrates.
The Tequila is mixed with sparkling water and 'real' fruit juice to create a drink that tastes "light and refreshing with just a hint of Tequila".
Actor Shay Mitchell is a big fan of Tequila mixed with soda water
Gray added: "Over the past year, as our friends drank hard seltzer with mystery alcohol and cheap ingredients, we were thirsty for something better. We designed Onda to raise the bar by focusing on high-integrity ingredients we actually want to drink."
Onda was inspired by the "surf style" of Los Angeles in the 1990s. It is said to stand out in a "sea of white cans" with its "vibrant" design and orange-coloured branding.
The brand has launched in partnership with 25 Madison, a New York City-based venture firm, which incubates companies and backs startups. Onda has raised more than US$1 million in venture capital funding from 25 Madison and other strategic investors.
Kirk Posmantur, co-founder of 25 Madison and an early investor in Avión Tequila, said Onda taps into alcohol trends such as hard seltzer, canned cocktails, Tequila and e-commerce.
He said: "We partnered with Noah, Max, Kelli and Shay because they bring the requisite skills and vision to transform how a new generation enjoys, experiences and shops spirits brands."
In addition, the brand has launched Onda Beach Club, a social community and virtual space during the current Covid-19 climate. Members can gain exclusive access to the Onda brand, including promotions, new products, merchandise and future creative projects and collaborations.
The founders of American Cocktail Company recently launched a new range of Tequila-based seltzers in the US.


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package com.github.ubiquill.calagator.activities;

import android.os.Bundle;
import android.support.design.widget.Snackbar;
import android.support.v4.widget.SwipeRefreshLayout;
import android.support.v7.app.AppCompatActivity;
import android.support.v7.widget.LinearLayoutManager;
import android.support.v7.widget.RecyclerView;
import android.view.View;

import com.github.ubiquill.calagator.R;
import com.github.ubiquill.calagator.adapters.EventListAdapter;
import com.github.ubiquill.calagator.async.GetEventsTask;
import com.github.ubiquill.calagator.domain.model.Event;
import com.github.ubiquill.calagator.utils.Network;

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

import butterknife.Bind;
import butterknife.ButterKnife;

/**
 * BaseEventListActivity
 * (C) 2015 by Briar Rose Schreiber <ubiquill@riseup.net>
 * See LICENSE for use
 *
 * This abscract class sets up the views for any activity that want to list multiple events.
 */
public abstract class BaseEventListActivity extends AppCompatActivity {
    @Bind(R.id.swipe_refresh)
    SwipeRefreshLayout swipeRefresh;
    @Bind(R.id.eventList)
    RecyclerView eventList;
    EventListAdapter eventListAdapter;

    protected abstract int setContentView();

    @Override
    protected void onCreate(Bundle savedInstanceState) {
        super.onCreate(savedInstanceState);
        setContentView(setContentView());

        ButterKnife.bind(this);

        LinearLayoutManager llm = new LinearLayoutManager(this);
        llm.setOrientation(LinearLayoutManager.VERTICAL);
        eventList.setLayoutManager(llm);
        eventListAdapter = new EventListAdapter(this, new ArrayList<Event>());
        eventList.setAdapter(eventListAdapter);

        if (isRefreshable()) {
            swipeRefresh.setOnRefreshListener(new SwipeRefreshLayout.OnRefreshListener() {
                @Override
                public void onRefresh() {
                    refreshEvents();
                }
            });
            refreshEvents();
        }
    }

    protected boolean isRefreshable() {
        swipeRefresh.setEnabled(true);
        return true;
    }

    private void refreshEvents() {
        if (Network.isNetworkAvailable(this)) {
            swipeRefresh.post(new Runnable() {
                @Override
                public void run() {
                    if (swipeRefresh != null) {
                        swipeRefresh.setRefreshing(true);
                    }
                }
            });

            GetEventsTask task = new GetEventsTask() {

                @Override
                protected void onPostExecute(List<Event> events) {
                    super.onPostExecute(events);
                    eventListAdapter.updateList(events);
                    if (eventListAdapter.getItemCount() < 1) {
                        Snackbar.make(
                                findViewById(android.R.id.content),
                                getResources().getString(R.string.no_events),
                                Snackbar.LENGTH_LONG).show();
                    }
                    swipeRefresh.setRefreshing(false);
                }

            };
            task.execute();
        } else {
            swipeRefresh.setRefreshing(false);
            Snackbar.make(
                    findViewById(android.R.id.content),
                    getResources().getString(R.string.no_network),
                    Snackbar.LENGTH_LONG).show();
        }
    }
}


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Pope Gives Bones of St. Peter to Schismatics (RESIST HIM to HIS FACE)
Happy Birthday, Guys.
Delegation from the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople, with the relic of St. Peter.
On June 29, the Feast of Sts. Peter and Paul, the Vatican held a large ceremony. Among those present was a delegation from the Ecumenical Patriarchate of Constantinople.
The pope presented them with precious relics of St. Peter, which had originally been venerated in the papal apartments. The relics were bone fragments found during excavations begun in the 1940s of the necropolis under St. Peter's Basilica.
The pope claimed this was a token of "brotherhood and closeness"...whatever kind of closeness he imagines there can be with schismatics who deny the primacy of Peter.
The gesture prompted many Catholics the world over to ask: Who exactly does this man think he is, and what's next: Our Lady's Veil from Chartres Cathedral?
Synod News
Meanwhile, Bishop Marian Eleganti, the auxiliary bishop of Chur, Switzerland has come out in support of Cardinal Walter Brandmüller's critique of the Vatican's working document for the upcoming Pan-Amazon Synod.
Bishop Eleganti stated in no uncertain terms that, if this document is accepted and adopted, it "will contaminate the whole Mystical Body of the Church – and gravely damage it."
Keep it coming, faithful prelates. We lay Catholics support you with everything we have as we, along with you, resist Francis to his face!
As part of our Catholic propaganda campaign in full on resistance to this most dangerous pontificate, I ask Remnant readers to share this cartoon with friends and family on social media, and then ask them to share it with their friends and family.
Last modified on Tuesday, July 2, 2019
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Jas. A. Ogilvy & Sons catalogue, 1906. Photo courtesy of Ogilvy
Ogilvy, now Holt Renfrew Ogilvy, is a Montreal luxury department store that sells ready-to-wear, shoes, accessories and cosmetics for men and women. It offers a wide variety of high-end international brands, such as Louis Vuitton, Ermenegildo Zegna, Tiffany & Co. and Longchamp, along with some Canadian brands like Canada Goose and Marie Saint Pierre.
Thanks to its spectacular holiday window displays and bagpiper that played daily at lunchtime, the store became a St. Catherine Street institution, even among those who perhaps could not afford to shop there.
The history of Ogilvy began in 1866, when Scotsman James Angus Ogilvy built his first store at the corner of Bonaventure and Mountain streets. Primarily a fabric shop, it sold canvas and cotton and wool fabrics. The company's early years were marked by several moves: in 1877, to the corner of St. Antoine and Mountain, and then in 1896 to the northeast corner of St. Catherine and Mountain. The architect of the building at the latter address was David Ogilvy, the founder's son. In 1912, the store moved again, across the street to the northwest corner of St. Catherine and Mountain, where it still stood as of 2018. Once again, architect David Ogilvy designed the building, which was originally four storeys high.
The store was sold in 1927. The following year, its new owner, J. Aird Nesbitt, built a fifth floor to accommodate a concert hall. This venue hosted numerous recitals and concerts, notably those of the Montreal Symphony Orchestra. To celebrate Ogilvy's Scottish origins, J. Aird Nesbitt introduced the Ogilvy clan tartan as a signature feature on the store's shopping bags and packaging. In 1945, he hired a bagpiper to walk through the entire store every day at lunchtime, playing his instrument, a tradition that persisted until September 2017. In 1947, Ogilvy inaugurated its iconic mechanical holiday window displays of stuffed animals, designed by German toy manufacturer Steiff. These displays were donated to the McCord Museum in 2018 to ensure their preservation.
"The V Neckline", Ogilvy window display, Montreal, about 1940. Photo courtesy of Ogilvy
During the 1960s, Ogilvy opened several branches in shopping malls, notably at Fairview Pointe Claire and Galeries d'Anjou. In 1985, Ogilvy was sold to Equidev, a development group that carried out a major renovation project to modernize the downtown building.
The new concept, unveiled in 1987, offered a "shop in shop" format whereby the various brands manage their own mini-boutiques, an approach that subsequently became quite common in luxury department stores.
Ogilvy was then sold several times. The store was bought by the Standard Life Insurance Company in 1994, by Pyxis Real Estate Equities Inc. in 2000, by a Quebec consortium in 2010, and by the Selfridges Group, the owner of London's legendary Selfridges store and Canada's Holt Renfrew chain, in 2011.
In 2013, it was announced that the Holt Renfrew store on Sherbrooke Street would merge with Ogilvy in 2017, a date that was later pushed back to 2020.
The two brands will be brought together in the Ogilvy building, which will see its area rise from 15,000 to 23,000 square metres. The new luxury shopping destination, named Holt Renfrew Ogilvy, will include shops like Chanel, Dior, Fendi, Hermès, Louis Vuitton and Prada. It will be the largest Holt Renfrew store in Canada. The project involves an investment of $100 million. As of 2018, 129 people worked at the Ogilvy store.
Poster, purchased at Ogilvy, 1968. M968.117.2 © McCord Museum
Jas. A. Ogily & Sons advertising, The Montreal Daily Star, 1890. Photo courtesy of Ogilvy
ogilvycanada.com External link
Fournier, Marie-Eve. « Fusion d'Ogilvy et de Holt Renfrew : pas avant 2020 » maPresse, La Presse Inc., 16 novembre 2017, https://www.lapresse.ca/affaires/economie/commerce-de-detail/201711/16/01-5143749-fusion-dogilvy-et-de-holt-renfrew-pas-avant-2020.php. External link
« Holt Renfrew Ogilvy to Redefine the Luxury Experience in Montreal » Holt Renfrew, Holt, Renfrew & Co., Limited, 15 novembre 2017, https://s7d2.scene7.com/is/content/HoltRenfrewNewProd/marketing/2018/corporate/landing-pages/holt-renfrew-ogilvy/final/hro-redefines-luxury-experience-in-montreal-en.pdf. External link
« Le Musée McCord hérite des vitrines des fêtes iconiques d'Ogilvy léguées par Holt Renfrew Ogilvy » Musée McCord, Musée McCord, 21 mars 2018, http://www.musee-mccord.qc.ca/app/uploads/2018/03/communiqu_vitrines.pdf. External link
« Ogilvy (department store) » Wikipedia, Wikimedia Foundation, Inc., 13 décembre 2018, https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ogilvy_(department_store). External link
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Mentha x piperita, Peppermint is a hybrid native to Europe, first grown commercially in England about 1750. Peppermint is first mentioned in the medical literature of the early 1700s. Samuel Stern described it in 1801 in The American Herbal: "It is a stimulant. It restores the functions of the stomach, promotes digestion, stops vomiting, cures the hiccups, flatulent colic, hysterical depressions, and other like complaints." Peppermint leaf tea has been traditionally used for indigestion, nausea, colds, headache, and cramps.


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Research and technology Energy Transition
Energy Transition Programme
Long term forecast of the energy transition and the implications for our industries
Overview Our approach Research staff Publications
To establish an independent view of the energy transition, DNV GL develops its own energy transition model. The system dynamics model we are using includes population, productivity and energy efficiency considerations. It looks at a dozen separate energy supply and demand sectors and helps us establish an independent outlook through to 2050.
The results are presented in an annual global and regional analysis of the world's energy system, as well as separate outlooks for each of our key industries.
As part of this approach we are analyzing energy transition drivers. These include general drivers – such as policies and efforts supporting technology developments – as well as drivers in major trends such as sustainability, digitalization and urbanization. We are also investigating business model changes, like the sharing and circular economy models. Finally, we consider the major transition barriers, such as energy security and protectionism, short-termism, and lack of coordination and predictability in targets, policies and incentives.
The energy transition research combines the long-term focus of DNV GL's Group Technology and Research team with the customer centricity and the technological competence of our business areas: Maritime, Oil & Gas, Energy, Business Assurance and Digital Solutions.
Energy Transition Dynamics
The ongoing energy transition is certain, but its exact speed and impact is not.
The Energy Transition Dynamics project team combines expertise in public policy, economics, engineering and behavioral science and encapsulates its own insights, and that of colleagues into a flexible simulation model. The methodology used, System Dynamics, enables us to reflect the interconnections and feedbacks between and within various parts of the global and regional energy system. Depicting ten regions, driven by in-house analyses of productivity and thus economic growth, energy demand and its transition to alternative fuels is forecasted by deep understanding of underlying technologies and corresponding cost learning curves on the demand side. Similarly, differential learning cost curves for various fossil and renewable energies – frequently supported and/or hindered by public policy generates a race towards ever cheaper extraction and production of energy.
Our approach is distinguished by several features, not commonly seen in global energy projections. With respect to content, we include also how ships, such as crude and products carriers, coal bulk, LPG and LNG ships will be affected when oil and gas extraction changes as a function of new technologies and a changing demand. Our method also ensures that expert views are reflected on par with empirical and econometric forecasting. This way, our model's decision making reflects the real world: When real decision making is cost optimized, so is our model. When real-world decision makers use simple decision heuristics, so does our model. In line with the System Dynamics modelling tradition, the approach is one with the endogenous view that most of the energy transition is internally driven through a web of self-correcting and self-amplifying forces. Even public policy not only influences the energy system dynamics, but it also responds to it.
The programme refines the Energy Source Mix Explorer (EMSX) suite of simulation models. This suite enables us to better understand how any organization, such as a company or a nation, will be affected by the changes in the energy system. Typical key metrics are revenues, taxes, employment and market shares.
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Director of the Energy Transition programme
Bent Erik Bakken
Senior Principal Scientist / Deputy Programme Director
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Anne Louise Koefoed
Principal Researcher
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Аpple Consulting® is a leading consulting company that provides a full range of professional services to reinforce market positions and enhance business efficiency in developing and implementing the decisive competitive edge. Apple Consulting® believes that collaborative work with a client shall result only in larger throughput, ROI, ROA, and EBITDA, as well as market capitalization of the client.
No reduction in costs or prices since it is always a short-term measure with a dubious result.
Apple Consulting® was founded in Ukraine in 2000. Apple Consulting® is the only consulting company in Europe focused on delivering specific financial results; it takes responsibility for its recommendations and adopts success fee-based approach for majority of its projects.
The principles, paradigm and solutions of the Theory of Constraints (TOC) have been chosen as the main methodology that brings tangible accomplishments for our clients. Over the years of working with TOC solutions (since 2005), however, AC has developed its own methods of consulting and sharing of knowledge with its clients, as well as ensuring successful transformations of companies. Thus, cooperation with Apple Consulting® opens doors for its clients to use AC's huge change-triggering experience, unique business model improving techniques, as well as wonderful and friendly team.
Apple Consulting® is the first company in Ukraine and amongst post-Soviet countries to develop and implement the TOC solutions. AC keeps its position of being the only major consulting company in Europe that successfully implements the TOC solutions.
Apple Consulting® is your Management Consultant, your reliable Partner for improving your business model, strengthening market positions, transforming your business and ensuring long-term prosperity. If your goal is not just making more money, but also having a successful company for a long haul, then you are in.
Since 2007, Apple Consulting® has been a permanent member of the European Business Association (ЕВА).
Since 2006, Apple Consulting® has been a permanent member of Theory of Constraints International Certification Organization TОСICO.
Since 2016, Apple Consulting® has been a pre-qualified consultant of EBRD.


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Dems defeat anti-union amendment targeting D.C. labor
An attempt to drag the District of Columbia into a politically motivated attack on organized labor has been defeated. Congressman Ralph Norman (R-SC) had proposed an amendment modeled after the Freedom from Union Violence Act of 2019, would single out D.C. and make it a special federal crime to engage in violence during a labor dispute solely within the District, but would not include the states. House Rules Committee Chairman James P. McGovern (D-MA) defeated the amendment, which Congresswoman Eleanor Holmes Norton (D-DC) noted "directly attacks D.C. union workers and self-government." AFSCME Council 20 president Andrew Washington thanked McGovern, Norton and the Democratic-led House of Representatives "for defending DC workers and standing up to conservatives trying to weaken the working class."


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Galaxy S9 and S9+ get Sunrise Gold and Burgundy Red color options; ARCore support
The Galaxy S9 and S9+ are available in two gorgeous new color options.
Harish Jonnalagadda
Samsung rolled out a gorgeous Burgundy Red color option for the Galaxy S9 and S9+ in China last week, and the company is now detailing global availability for the variant and introducing a new Sunrise Gold model.
The Burgundy Red variant offers a deep red finish with matching accents for the camera module, and the rich hue makes it one of the best color options yet for the Galaxy S9 and S9+. As for the Sunrise Gold edition, Samsung says that it is the first color option to offer a "satin gloss finish" that envelops the phone in a "tranquil glow and glimmer:"
The new Sunrise Gold color creates a feeling of both vibrancy and calm. This sophisticated finish was developed to appeal to all users by bringing a stylistic touch of high fashion and urban interior design to a user's mobile device.
The Burgundy Red Galaxy S9/S9+ will go on sale starting later this month in Korea and China, and the Sunrise Gold variant will be available from June in select markets including Australia, Chile, Germany, Hong Kong, Korea, Mexico, Russia, Spain, Taiwan, United Arab Emirates and Vietnam.
Samsung has also rolled out ARCore support for the Galaxy S9 and S9+, with Google's ARCore devices page listing Samsung's 2018 flagships. As noted by 9to5Google, Galaxy S9 and S9+ customers can download the ARCore app from the Play Store and get started with augmented reality applications.
The launch of the new variants means the Galaxy S9 and S9+ are now available in a total of six color options — Sunrise Gold, Burgundy Red, Midnight Black, Titanium Gray, Coral Blue, and Lilac Purple.
For now, it doesn't look like either variant will make its way Stateside, but Samsung is likely to bring the color options to additional markets at a later date. India isn't mentioned in the list, but Samsung is gearing up to bring the Sunrise Gold color option to the country in the coming months, so there's a possibility that it will do the same in the U.S.
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Ever heard the story about the bride on her wedding day who hides in a chest during a game of hide-and-seek, and whose mouldering skeleton is only discovered years later?
You probably have. It's a real chestnut, and lots of houses in England lay claim to being the house where the story took place. But you may not know that the first recorded version of the story was set in Germany. And since then, modern versions of the story have been set anywhere from here to Palm Beach in Florida.
That's the thing: stories get passed around, and polished as they go. Especially ghost stories: their shapes shift over time – probably according to what will best chill the reader.
We wanted to celebrate this Chinese-whispers quality in 26 Ghosts. So, we writers began the project with a session in a pub (a working session, of course) where we each told one another an old ghost story. Each writer then used one of these stories as inspiration for their new work.


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Elephant Seal
The Elephant seals take their name from the large proboscis of the adult males (bulls) which resembles an elephant's trunk. The bull's proboscis is used in producing extraordinarily loud roaring noises, especially during the mating season. More importantly, however, the nose acts as a sort of rebreather, filled with cavities designed to reabsorb moisture from the animals' exhalations. This is important during the mating season when the male seals rarely leave the beach to feed and therefore must conserve body moisture as they have no incoming source of water. Bulls of the Northern Elephant Seal reach a length of 16 ft and a weight of 6,000 ibs and are much larger than the female (cows).
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Elephant seals spend upwards of 80 percent of their lives in the ocean. They can hold their breath for more than 100 minutes longer than any other non-cetacean mammal.
The average depth of their dives is about 2,000 ft, typically for around 20 min and up to 60 min (1 hour) for males, as they search for their favorite foods, which are s, rays, squid, octopuses, eels and small sharks. Their stomachs also often contain gastroliths. While excellent swimmers, they are also capable of rapid movement on land, where they have a higher speed than the average human when moving over sand dunes. The average life expectancy of a male elephant seal is 20 years.
The Elephant seals take their name from the large proboscis of the adult males (bulls).
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David R. Hazelton
Edavid.hazelton@lw.com
555 Eleventh Street, NW
David Hazelton, a partner in the Washington, D.C. office of Latham & Watkins, specializes in government contract litigation, investigations, transactions and counseling.
Mr. Hazelton has practiced with Latham & Watkins for over 30 years and leads the firm's government contracts practice.
False Claims Act litigation and investigations are a central part of his practice. He also has litigated dozens of bid protest cases involving procurements of most every size and industry.
More broadly, Mr. Hazelton has handled virtually every type of government contract dispute including claims against federal agencies, disputes between primes and subcontractors, rights in technical data and other intellectual property (IP) disputes, termination claims and suspension/debarment proceedings. He appears regularly in US District Courts and Courts of Appeals, the US Court of Federal Claims, the US Government Accountability Office, and a variety of federal regulatory agencies.
In addition to litigation matters, Mr. Hazelton has a wealth of experience in transactions involving government contractors, including mergers and acquisitions, teaming agreements, subcontract agreements, technology licensing and international transactions. He also regularly advises clients on procurement laws and regulations including contracts and ethics compliance.
He belongs to the Public Contracts Section of the American Bar Association and the Federal Bar Association where he has served as the Chair of the Government Contracts Section.
Prior to joining Latham, Mr. Hazelton served as a law clerk to Judge Herbert Y.C. Choy of the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit.
Mr. Hazelton writes and speaks on a variety of government contracts matters. Publications that he has authored or co-authored include:
"Private Equity Firm Faces FCA Liability for Portfolio Company's Alleged Misconduct," Latham & Watkins Client Alert
"False Claims Litigation 2010 - The Enforceability of False Claims Act Releases: Balancing Competing Interests," Practising Law Institute, Ch. 8
"What Every Contractor Should Know about the Tax Implications of Settling a False Claim Act Case," Contract Management
"Certifications under the Trade Agreements Act: 10 Tips to Avoid TAA Traps for the Unwary," Bloomberg BNA Medical Device Law & Industry Report
"Suspension and Debarment: The End of the Line," 24 ABA Public Contract Newsletter 3
"First Circuit Liberalizes Tax Deductibility Standards for False Claims Act Settlements," Financial Fraud Law Report
"Industry's Wartime Role," 16 Defense News 25
"Learning the System: New Economy Companies Must Think Before Contracting with the Government," 24 Legal Times
"Recent Federal Circuit Opinion Highlights Risk of IP Rights in Government Contracts" Intellectual Property Strategist
"The Federal Circuit's Emerging Role in Bid Protest Cases," 36 American University Law Review 919
FAQs: Small Business Loans Under the CARES Act - March 27, 2020
Private Equity Firm Faces FCA Liability for Portfolio Company's Alleged Misconduct - May 11, 2018
Government Gatekeeper? DOJ Memo Encourages Dismissal - February 01, 2018
What Every Contractor Should Know About the Tax Implications of Settling a False Claims Act Case - December 01, 2014
Certifications Under the Trade Agreements Act: 10 Tips to Avoid TAA Traps for the Unwary - October 29, 2014
First Circuit Liberalizes Tax Deductibility Standard of False Claims Act Settlements - October 01, 2014
The US Postal Service's Crackdown on Discounted Mail - February 24, 2009
Treasury's Contracts Under New Emergency Economic Stabilization Act Raise Risks and Uncertainties - November 18, 2008
Bar Qualification
JD, University of Michigan Law School, 1981
Special Issues Editor, Michigan Law Review
BA, Wayne State University, 1977