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Putin versus the Modern Nation-State System
Mar26 by howardadelman
The Development of the Modern Nation-State System
Putin versus the Westphalian Order
To comprehend the enormity of what is at stake in Putin's Russia seizing and annexing part of Ukraine and now threatening eastern Ukraine, it is important to but the current crisis within the long trajectory of the development of modernity and the modern nation-state system. Putin is challenging the system on two basic norms: (1) prioritizing the unity of a large national group over the sanctity of state borders; (2) allowing powerful states through the use of their military might and economic leverage to reduce adjacent states to satraps and to change borders at will. These challenges have contributed to enormous international political turbulence and the risk of an expanded war is now possible. How to respond and with what degree of intensity and effort depends on understanding what is at stake. This blog, which borrows extensively from my previous publications, is intended to provide a succinct historical narrative to clarify what has been fought for and won in the existing international order.
In many world histories, the following radical shift at the beginning of the modern era likened our present time to that period. "Our current period is reminiscent of the turbulence and chaos that accompanied the transition from the feudal world order to the early Modern Period (pre-Westphalian Europe). This was a period of 'declining empires, retreating feudal lords and an emerging class of traders and capitalist entrepreneurs.' At that time, the Holy Roman Catholic Church represented God's rule on earth (a divine element in that world order) and had established itself as the 'divinely-delegated' hegemonic power, an influential power that became an instrument of European governance. City-states were the main political units, although they were mostly controlled by monarchs. However, by the early 1600s there were already signs of tremendous turbulence in this feudal world order. One indication of this was the first pan-European (religious) war, which severely weakened the influence of the Church and resulted in the hegemon being replaced by about 300 sovereign princes. The disorder of the religious wars facilitated the disintegration of the old order which was slowly replaced by a new pan-European secular order in 1648 based on the equal sovereignty of newly created states."
The message is that modern states succeeded empires replacing a centralized Christian empire with a diversity of different secular states. The new world order was consecrated by the Treaty of Westphalia. Though there is much truth in this historical schema, it errs by fundamental omissions. First, the resurrection of the concept of the nation as the bearer of collective values precedes the emergence of nation-states. Second, that emergence is facilitated by the resurrection of an Old Testament idea of nations at peace with one another; there is a utopian aspiration, as distinct from an apocalyptic vision, as well as an historical precedent on which these moderns relied. The aspiration included the Achilles heal of the nation-state system — whenever states and statesmen see themselves as the bearers and protectors of ALL fellow nationals in total disregard of accepted borders and the rights of states. Third, the states were not secular but Protestant, and the Protestant nation-states were at war with Catholic empires.
The Catholics were often viewed as fifth columnists, threats living within the bosom of the nation, with justification in some cases. But also because of provocation! After all, it was the true Catholic believer, Lord Robert (Robin) Catesby, in 1604 who organized Guy Fawkes, the explosives expert, and his aristocratic friends – Thomas Wintow, John Wright, Thomas Percy and Robert Keyes – to blow up James I, his wife and heir as well as all his officials in 1605 when the House of Lords reconvened in the second year after the Scottish King, James VI, son of the Catholic Mary Queen of Scots, succeeded Elizabeth to the throne of England. James was perceived as failing to fulfill his ostensible promise to permit freedom of worship for the Catholics. Of course, there had been provocations. Sir Robert Cecil had persecuted Catholics mercilessly. Under a 1586 statute, priests had to live and scurry about England in secrecy. When caught, they were most often killed. Protestant church attendance was compulsory.
Robin Catesby was a devout Catholic and a recusant, a refusenik of the time who refused to attend a Protestant church even nominally. His sister hid the Jesuit Priest, Father Henry Garnett, who was believed to be trying to carry out the 1570 Papal Bull of Pius Quintet that Catholics were not bound by any oath of fealty to their Protestant King or Queen. In 1604, freed from the restraining influence of the King, the exposure and capture of the Bye Plot conspirators who planned to kidnap the King brought the wrath of the Sir Robert Cecil onto the backs of the Catholics, a wrath that encouraged the rebels even though Farther Garnet had advised against the plot in prescient fear of an even greater persecution of Catholics.
The 1605 Gunpowder plot was the 9/11 cataclysm of its day. But the centre of the intellectual and ideological war between Protestant nation-states and the Holy Roman Empire was Holland, not England, where thinkers such as Hugo Grotius provided the ideological rational for the new order, an order highly influenced by a belief in resurrecting a new version of the old biblical order embraced by the rule of constitutional law domestically and international law more globally.
The Hebrew bible is clearly based on a politics of peoples. God promises to make the descendents a great nation (Genesis 12:2) with numerous descendents. (Genesis 15:4; 17:2; 22:17). This collection of books is premised on ethno-nationalism and populated with goyim, nations. The central concern is with the politics of the nation, the proper polis for the nation (Daniel Elezar), and securing a nation's freedom within God's realm on earth, not God's realm in heaven. (Leo Strauss) The nation is premised on the principle of descent as central though not exclusive (as the Book of Ruth clearly indicates), and governance over a particular territory both to protect the nation and to pass laws that apply equally both to members of the nation and the gerim or strangers who live amongst any nation.
The children of Israel are not native to the soil for, like the Arameans who came from Kir and the Philistines who came from Caphtor, the Israelites became a nation when they came up from Egypt to settle in the land of Israel. The implication is that many if not most nations are forged from their process of movement and settlement. Further, in the case of the Hebrews, as with many other peoples – the Armenians, the Kurds, the Circassians – their unity continues even when uprooted from what became their ancestral territory. During that exile, the collective experience includes a degree of self-rule even when the nation lived within the bosom of a state in which the members of the minority nation were not equal subjects.
Thus, there are laws and practices governing the nation which lack the coercive force of the state, but which regulate the life of a people and all of its members who voluntarily adhere to that law – Torah and dat. State laws apply to those norms and rules for the protection of the nation or the people. State laws also provide equal protection of the welfare of all citizens of the realm who live on its territory, provided that they are not threats, whatever the source of their national affiliation. Finally, state laws apply to inter-national relations under applicable universal norms. The problem of Putin is not that states do not have a responsibility to protect fellow nationals who live outside the confines of the state, but how and when that obligation to protection is exercised. Are fellow nationals really in dire fear or is the creation of that fear a construct and excuse for intervention? If they are in fear, have all other methods of protection been exhausted or has the state dispensed with established international procedures for pursuing protection?
At the foundations of modernity in the seventeenth century, Holland emerges as the modern New Israel, the Republica Hebraeorum at a time when Hebrew studies and biblical research flourished at Leiden University and Jews arrived in large numbers in the United Provinces, mostly in flight from persecution and discrimination elsewhere – such as Catholic Spain where even the Conversos were being persecuted as racism rather than religion revealed itself to be at the heart of the persecution. Though these new political ideals incorporate in their political theoretical concerns the preoccupation with the ideal form of government as well as concerns with power and justice and the relationship between those who rule and those governed by the laws of the state largely inherited from the Greeks, it is from Jewish thinkers who lived in exile that Holland inherited its tradition for developing theory and rules of law applicable to the Dutch nation. (Cf. E.H. Krossman (2000) Political Thought in the Dutch Republic)
Although the material benefits of providing hospitality to the great Jewish merchants of the time, who were enjoying a Golden Age, played a part, the influence of traditional Jewish political thought on the political foundations of the post-Westphalian order was profound. The Jewish polis was not viewed as a source for universal truths, but as a model with lessons to be learned. This not just an exercise in speculation, but an actual pattern of political concern by a nation that was so critical in providing the foundations of modernity, for it was William of Orange in 1688 coming from the Netherlands who gave Britain its character as a modern nation-state.
However, the Dutch tradition differed from that of the Hebrew nation, for Holland arose out of a tradition in which the separation of Church and State, the separation from the laws that are God's and those that are Caesar's, was a central theme. The tradition of the king's two bodies, and the dominion of the Church over spiritual matters versus the State over earthly matters, was not part of the Hebraic tradition of political thought. That political tradition of two political realms intersecting in the sovereign also influenced issues of membership, for canonical law had been used to de-nationalize the Jews of Spain and drive them out of the polity in the Spanish Inquisition. Thus, the Dutch had to intertwine at least three traditions, the tradition of defining the ideal polity in accordance with Greek philosophy, the tradition of defining the rights of the nation and of the excluded stranger in Jewish political thought, and the need to separate Church and state.
Hugo Grotius adapted the conceptions of equality and justice in his 1600 volume, De Republica Emendanda, and in his 1614 recommendations to the United Provinces on the treatment of foreigners seeking safety in Holland that had such an influence on the 1617 book of his friend, Petrus Cunaeus, who was less interested in emulating the ancient Hebrew Kingdom's constitutional provisions, than its ethical ones, namely its conceptions of equity and justice.
The three different sections of De Republica Emendanda deal with constitutional, legislative and leadership issues in the first 27 paragraphs comparing the Hebrew and Dutch constitutions, the analysis of disaggregated sovereignty in the Hebrew polity divided among the different levels of structure and individuals assigned authority over those different levels, including the supreme representation of sovereignty, and, thirdly, a historical sketch of the history of the Dutch Republic thus far and its shortcomings. Those shortcomings boiled down to loss of a true substantive sense of justice that was the basis for unity, and the substitution of prejudice and superstition and the desire to impose an inflexible and dogmatic orthodoxy of belief and practice imposed by arrogant and ignorant clergy (then on such issues as predestination and the Lord's grace) to replace true piety and respect. De Republica Emendanda explicitly refers to the ancient Hebrew Commonwealth as a prototype of those same weaknesses that produced a lack of unity because of superstition rather than a respect for inviolable laws, and that led to futile and meaningless debates over sacred ritual and places of worship rather than freedom, equality, justice and power.
This disunity led to the downfall of the ancient Israelite state. As a consequence, the failures of the ancient Israeli effort at state-building could be repeated bringing on interventions by wayward princes or emperors, the promotion of idolatry, the growth of internal strife from within, and the culminating calamity of all, civil war, and tyranny from without. In the face of such divisions and displacements, fears are projected onto outsiders as distractions from substantive failures and disagreements within. Those exercises in displacement were used to cover up rather than deal with an absence of unity so critical for the administration of a successful polis. The issues were self rule in accordance with inherited privileges and local interests that guaranteed local inalienable rights, and the limitation of powers of external sovereigns, including inhibiting the extension of those powers to exclude providing hospitality and safety to people expelled by that foreign sovereign.
In the debates over whether Jews could be granted freedom of religious belief and practice when not only Roman Catholics and specific other Protestant denominations lacked such rights, and in the face of public scandals in which one Jewish male was caught having intercourse with a Christian girl and another, a pharmacist was caught committing adultery with a Christian maid, Grotius, though not clearly and distinctly, but ambiguously and half-heartedly, commended the intake of Jews. Immigration of Hebrews was to be allowed because of an affinity between Calvinist Holland and the history and experience of Jews, and between their ancient commonwealth and its constitution and their reference to God as the supreme commander, so that humans are committed, not to following the whims of the people, but to follow divine commandments for hospitality which are couched as universal obligations of duty rather than as the universal rights of those claiming the beneficence of the host state. No quota was to be placed on immigration. At the same time, the freedom of Jews to publish had to be restricted lest they try to proselytize and seduce Christian girls. Jews could not serve in public office and young Christian girls could not work as maids in Jewish households. (These were Grotian pragmatic concessions to mob fear.) But no restrictions were to be placed on Jewish rights to trade, subject to Christian imposed closing times, or to where they could live. They were neither prevented from wearing special attire (versus the 2013 proposed Quebec Charter of Values) nor was the wearing of special attire imposed upon them. The Jewish national sense of freedom and equality, justice and beneficence provided the standard for the Dutch nation as it sought self-rule.
Grotius failed to save Holland from its religious zealots and political fanatics, and, in 1618, was forced to flee to Paris and live in exile for the rest of his life when the greatest rupture first appeared in the process of creating a modern Dutch state. However, he left a legacy of intellectual wariness of those who promoted ultimate apocalyptic visions. He also bequeathed a respect for the political values of the ancient Hebrew nation and its respect for the rule of law. Nationality had to be married to a republican order of law and self-government.
This was what Putin does not understand. Nationality does NOT trump a republican order but works in concert with it. Putin seems to be driven more and more by a Milosevic utopian vision of a union of a greater Russia and a willingness to flirt with the apocalypse. The principle of the rule of law both within states and in the international order among states is a fundamental value worth fighting for. But any fight involving a nuclear power in contemporary times poses an existential risk, not simply to the modern world order, but to any order whatsoever.
The threat of nationalism to a state political order can come from without or from xenophobic nationalists from within who may try to seize control of the levers of the state. Further, expansionist nationalism and xenophobic nationalism, while ostensibly opposed, easily become partners in dismantling the legal order of the state system. That is why, while opposing expansionist nationalism, it is also necessary to be wary of internal xenophobic nationalists who may be the keenest opponents of the expansionist variety, for both pay little regard to the nature of the state, the importance of a civil order, the crucial role of state institutions and the rule of law as protectors of minorities domestically and internationally.
The nation-state system as it has developed must be protected and defended whether the threat comes from Western neo-liberal imperialists or Eastern pan-nationalist or pan-religious zealots.
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It seems that Disney have done what was fairly expected, to not renew the trademark of Star Wars 1313. Despite Disney all but destroying LucasArts, gamer's around the world still held out hope that we'd eventually see a release of Star Wars 1313. There were signs to say that this would be the case, the title was rumored to be heavily developed, and to scrap that amount of hard work is generally not the way companies do business. But then Disney handed Electronic Arts the license to make Star Wars titles, and thus it was a good chance that we'd not be seeing Star Wars 1313. EA had their own visions and ideas of what they wanted to do after all.
It's possible, at least in theory that Disney could do a 180 and reverse the decision, but let's be honest, if it was in the forefront of their mind, they'd not let it expire. EA have already been teasing us with a Star Wars Battlefront sequel for release in 2015.
Sadly enough, we'd learned that Boba Fett would be the main focus of the games project. IGN had even managed to get their hands on a 15 minute demo along with some details on the story. It's truly heartbreaking for fans who wanted to see the title. I myself was incredibly impressed with what limited amounts of the game had been shown, and it's a true shame that it's likely it'll never see light of day.
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Colleen went on to get the esteemed Romana Pilates classical certification, traveling between LA and NYC for a year. Colleen is also extremely active in the international wellness community; after training a private client in France for six months she and travel blogger Georgia Hopkins co-founded the wellness pop up series, "it's healthy here," through which Colleen has trained clients in pop-up locations around the world including Berlin, Portugal, Cote Basque and numerous locations along Australia's eastern coast. Colleen has also been invited to guest teach at the Maderas Village in Nicaragua and Aro Ha wellness retreat in New Zealand. She now has a wellness retreat business called Beautiful Nomad which hosts retreats around the world. Her love for travel, surfing, hiking, dance, cooking and yoga along with her diverse Pilates background complements her integrative approach to health and well-being.


LF: Are we a soul, or do we hava a soul?
Title: Are we a soul, or do we hava a soul?
Many pastors and Bible teachers have used the abridged version of this phrase (omitting, "doctor" and "temporarily") to emphasize the importance of man's soul and the eternality of the soul.
As Christians we understand the soul to be the essence of our being (Gen 2:7, 1 Cor 15:45). The souls of man will never die. All souls will live eternally, either by the grace of God in Heaven or under the penalty for sins in Hell. The intention of this phrase is to focus on our identity as an eternal being, not a perishable body.
The phrase in its entirety must be properly defined, to determine the truth in the statement. We know that our fleshly, earthly bodies are perishable and therefore it is true that we "have a body, temporarily." However, some have considered the word "body" in a different context and consider this statement to be false. Although our earthly body is temporal, in eternity we will have a body.
1 Corinthians 15 tells of the bodily resurrection of all who have been given victory over death, through the saving grace of the Lord Jesus Christ. This passage speaks of both those who are alive at the time and those who have died in Christ (their souls are in Heaven and their bodies lay in the grave).
1 Corinthians 15:52-57 In a moment, in the twinkling of an eye, at the last trump: for the trumpet shall sound, and the dead shall be raised incorruptible, and we shall be changed. For this corruptible [the earthly human body that has perished in the grave] must put on incorruption [a new and glorified body], and this mortal [those who are alive at the time of the bodily resurrection] must put on immortality [the new, glorified body]. So when this corruptible shall have put on incorruption, and this mortal shall have put on immortality, then shall be brought to pass the saying that is written, Death is swallowed up in victory. O death, where is thy sting? O grave, where is thy victory? The sting of death is sin; and the strength of sin is the law. But thanks be to God, which giveth us the victory through our Lord Jesus Christ.
We do not fully understand what the glorified body will be like. The Bible teaches that our earthly remains will be raised (either from the grave or, for those alive, from the earth), but this resurrected body will not be the same as the "earthen vessel" that our souls inhabited on this earth.
Understanding how the word "temporarily" can change the meaning of the phrase, it is wise that Christian pastors and teachers omit it. This saying is intended to contrast the immortal, eternal soul with the mortal, perishable body.
The answer to the question, "are we a soul, or do we have a soul" is . . . We ARE a soul!
What do we know about our soul?
1) The soul is the essence of who we are. Man was created a living soul and his soul belongs to God.
2) The soul is the seat of human emotion, consciousness, and connection.
Psalm 119:28 My soul melts for heaviness: strengthen thou me according unto thy word.
Psalm 119:81 My soul faints for thy salvation: but I hope in thy word.
Isaiah 58:10 And if thou draw out thy soul to the hungry, and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light rise in obscurity, and thy darkness be as the noon day.
3) The soul is different from the spirit. We were created as a triune being.
Hebrews 4:12 For the word of God is quick, and powerful, and sharper than any twoedged sword, piercing even to the dividing asunder of  soul and  spirit, and of the joints and marrow, and is a discerner of the thoughts and intents of the heart.
1 Thessalonians 5:23 And the very God of peace sanctify you wholly; and I pray God your whole  spirit and  soul and  body be preserved blameless unto the coming of our Lord Jesus Christ.
4) In salvation, it is our soul that is regenerated, not our body.
Faith in Christ is lived in the soul by the power of the Spirit. It is a relationship of unity and bond with Him that is given to us by Him when He resurrected us from death to life and gave us His Spirit. Just as the Spirit was breathed into Adam at creation, the Holy Spirit, the breath of God, was given to us to make our souls alive and to fill and fuel us with the power of the resurrection—the power of the Living Christ.
All other religions are based on a relationship with God through the works of the body. They teach: serve God and do good. Then you will be worthy and He will love you.
Christianity teaches: we are not worthy and we can never do enough good to be made worthy. But Jesus is good! And He is kind, merciful and loving—and He did for us what we can never do. He loves us and He came to earth to live and die for us. When we repented and trusted in His finished work on the cross for the payment for our sins, He saved us He forgave our sins and made us worthy. Therefore, we can go out into the world and do good—not by our power, but by the power of His Spirit who dwells in us and works through us. We demonstrate our love for the Lord Jesus Christ when we share His love with brothers and sisters in Christ and with those who do not know Him.
Make today a "win" for the Lord Jesus Christ by surrendering to the power of His Holy Spirit and letting Him work through you. Then tell someone about the saving grace of the Lord Jesus Christ today. There are "dead men walking" all around us. Tell them how their soul can LIVE!
But this is where I differ. The "human" soul?
There is no such thing as a "human" soul and I challenge anyone adhering to any religious faith that claims that souls are created as a result of human conception to explain the mechanism of how an *immortal soul* can possibly come into existence as a result of the pure biochemical event of conception (or birth, or whatever in between). That given that our idea of an immortal soul violates the very laws of thermal dynamics. (I.e. we presume souls will exist throughout eternity, expending energy needed to exist without apparent need of any energy input -- because if any energy input were required to exist then it would strongly suggest that the soul is not actually immortal).
It is, in my view, a ludicrous presumption to suggest that the formation of a new DNA set for a new human being can cause a spiritual entity (a soul) to come into existence. It is a concept that is never explained by Christianity (or Islam which clearly presumes the same) but is merely *assumed* and accepted. The assumption is that most of what we are is human and the immortal soul is just this afterglow of sorts that's left over when the body dies.
But it makes no sense. Chimpanzee DNA is well over 99% identical to human DNA. So does chimp conception also cause souls to be created? If not, why not? And would genetically engineering chimp DNA to be human DNA before conception THEN magically mean the offspring, which would be genetically human by any DNA measurement then causes this immortal soul to come into being?
And if chimps have souls, what about other primates farther removed from human DNA? If yes, what about other animals even farther removed? In short, where is the dividing line, that magical minimum of DNA likeness to human DNA that makes the creation of an immortal soul happen?
This is why the issue of evolution vs creationism is so important to fundamentalist, Bible-believing Christians. The story of Genesis necessitates that there be something supernatural about human DNA that sets it apart from all animal DNA. Because if there isn't anything that is special about human DNA (i.e. we did evolve from apes) then there is nothing that makes us different from animals.
But the erroneous assumption in that narrative is that our DNA defines all that we are, including the immortal soul, that our DNA gave rise to the creation of the immortal soul. And I would agree that if that is how things worked, then yes, it creates a real problem in figuring out why we are any different from animals, and also why evolution throws a monkey wrench (ha) into the works.
Under this model, evolution doesn't matter. Under this model, the vast majority of our identity is defined by the soul, and only a minor part defined by our human bodies. Human DNA, amazing at it is, is nothing special and does not create the soul. And yet, we remain supernaturally unique from animals having (being) an immortal soul. All the theological conflicts between our supernatural nature vs evolution go away.
It makes more logical sense on this particular point.
As Christians we understand the soul to be the essence of our being (Gen 2:7, 1 Cor 15:45). The souls of man will never die.
All souls will live eternally, either by the grace of God in Heaven or under the penalty for sins in Hell.
So...a Soul that lives forever may be either the BEST news possible....OR...Worst. Twilight Zone Episode. EVER.
The intention of this phrase is to focus on our identity as an eternal being, not a perishable body.
and lose his own soul?"
Apropos question to ask these days. That's a mighty expensive price to pay for a few extra orgasms, and buffing shiny breasts, cars and houses for a few decades ...in exchange for their eternal soul.
Increasingly, more and more people are making the decision to live by the hedonistic/satanic credo, "Do what thou willst shall be the extent of the law."
In other words, ONLY one's self-pleasure and happiness and power matter in this life...as no other law need apply. Moral, civil or otherwise are considered obstructions to personal happiness. Moreover, some actually now believe that it's possible to become their own "god"...NOW...and in the Hereafter.
These are also the same people who actually believe Lucifer or Satan IS "God."
The gamble of course assumes there is no God, nor Judgment Day, no eternal accountability/penalty beyond the flesh, and/or...No Soul. The flesh is thought/hoped to passing into Nothingness Forever.
Then again, some just assume that once our mortal coil expires, MANY assume that ALL will by default awaken to "Heaven", again seeing the departed loved ones, forever living in joyous bliss.
.... and I challenge anyone adhering to any religious faith that claims that souls are created as a result of human conception to explain the mechanism of how an *immortal soul* can possibly come into existence as a result of the pure biochemical event of conception (or birth, or whatever in between).
I can cite five different scriptural sources that explain your conundrum. But then again, you'd have to accept the authority of Scripture *as* God's own Word...and also the notion of the spiritual dimension *beyond* the physical dimension or realm. You'd also have to necessarily accept the notion that this Omnipotent Creator also created man for and with His specific Purpose and to bestow man Free Will.
The "mechanism" of Human "Immortal Soul" creation?
Even Science must concede the following: As a result of a biochemical event ("conception" and creation of life as female egg and male sperm integrate), a separate, unique sentient human being is created out of this Creator-coded DNA.
4) Did not He who made me in the womb make them? Did not the same one form us both within our mothers? ~ Job 31:15 .
Interestingly, these Scriptural verses also testify that WE (OUR RESPECTIVE SOUL/BEING) had ALREADY EXISTED within the Heavenly realm BEFORE conception OR reborn into flesh.
This is all of course a very abstract subject. So it's not surprising that many can't wrap their head around any of it, some of it, or ALL of it. Much of it does require spiritual discernment and belief in a realm beyond our mortal flesh and dimension.
If can't be of any great surprise that the same Almighty Creator God who created us would know EACH of us...even before we were born in the flesh. Precisely because "we" are spirits possessing SOULS. Even if that spirit within the womb never become human flesh.
...Given that our idea of an immortal soul violates the very laws of thermal dynamics.
(I.e. we presume souls will exist throughout eternity, expending energy needed to exist without apparent need of any energy input -- because if any energy input were required to exist then it would strongly suggest that the soul is not actually immortal).
Why presume the same physical natural/universal "laws" of Time + Space + Mass + Energy created *by* God would indeed remain in effect OUTSIDE this physical realm or dimension?
Not even the Newton Model would consider the Second Law of Thermodynamics as affecting *its* post-physical death dimension/realm, would it?
It is, in my view, a ludicrous presumption to suggest that the formation of a new DNA set for a new human being can cause a spiritual entity (a soul) to come into existence.
It is a concept that is never explained by Christianity (or Islam which clearly presumes the same) but is merely *assumed* and accepted. The assumption is that most of what we are is human and the immortal soul is just this afterglow of sorts that's left over when the body dies.
First thing we must do is establish a baseline, a "starting block" if you will for life.
1) The Big Bang, in which a chaotic random explosion of material (assumed to exist already.) By any stretch, this energy required a source of its energy.
So like an infinite jigsaw puzzle, the gazillion x gazillion x gazillion pieces somehow ALL fall back into perfect place, right down to the insanely infinitesimal DNA strands, THE coding for every living thing and their cells, along with all the countless (miraculous) ways life functions and reproduces. Most of the number who believe in Big Bang, also believe in the Theory of Evolution as "Scientific Fact."
This Infinite God is also said to have created a dimension or realm *OUTSIDE* the physical. Some say "Kingdom of Heaven" and "Hell" (or Hades/Shoel), along with a set of *moral* laws (which are both written within the human heart/spirit as well as written on physical media.
CONCLUSION: God is Supernatural. Creation was a Supernatural Event. As is God's Creation. The Bible is also a historical text. Many have testified to its veracity. It is said, "The truth shall set you free."
BOTH theories are based on Faith.
BOTH theories are *assumed* and accepted.
But only ONE faith attempts (successfully) to explain the genesis of both theories. ONLY one explains life (and death) and the eventual destination of the human soul so well that arguably, tens or hundreds of millions indeed *understand* the testimony, documentation, and dynamics; And...are quite confident and comfortable with the explanation.
But the erroneous assumption in that narrative is that our DNA defines all that we are, including the immortal soul, that our DNA gave rise to the creation of the immortal soul.
Human DNA, amazing at it is, is nothing special and does not create the soul.
Exactly what or whom is the basis and authority that concludes the "erroneous assumption" in that narrative...that our DNA defines all that we are, including the immortal soul"?
Our initial DNA does not create the human soul. As my prior scriptural posts attests to, the human soul exists within the presence of God even *BEFORE* re-containment within the "flesh" or "bio-shell" of human DNA.
This is why the issue of evolution vs creationism is so important to fundamentalist, Bible-believing Christians.
The story of Genesis necessitates that there be something supernatural about human DNA that sets it apart from all animal DNA.
Genesis and Creation is already Supernatural. Necessarily so.
Science can't come close to explaining a single life process and living thing from the ground up.
The account of Genesis (as well as ALL Life's existence and dynamics ) prove without a shadow of doubt the absolute certainty of "The Supernatural", i.e. God THE Creator, God THE Designer, God THE Law-Giver, God THE Almighty Judge.
Beasts cannot make moral decisions.
Under the Newton model I subscribe to, there is no problem in this area because souls are NOT created by DNA conception.
There is no "problem" within the Bible or among Christians with respect to animals "souls" or their destination. God has with-purpose, created some animals as companionship. We'll trust God to figure out a happy conclusion for all His creatures in His Kingdom.
Souls are instead created in the spirit world, and come to earth to incarnate into a human body.
If so...BY WHOM? Or WHAT?
And why (according to the Newton Model) was it humans and not say dolphins or apes who were created within this "Spirit World", to have "dominion" over all of Creation?
By "we", do you mean our "spirit", our essence?
Does The Newton Model specify by what mechanism this "release" takes place? If I recall correctly, is there a supposed Counsel" that reviews and corrects the "wrongs" of the incarnate spirit, releasing it back into the Physical Realm only after "lessons" are learned for the very next life?
Has the Newton Model determined how its Final Destination is determined?
The soul has already existed with God. Within the DNA is a Soul, which eventually returns to its external realm; Only Free Will through the Human Spirit (if old enough) through its reactions and decisions create conditions from which we alone bear responsibility for our eventual Eternal Destinations.
Look at Human DNA as a "vehicle" of sorts for the Human Spirit and its Free Will as the steering wheel. Both drive the Human Soul toward its Final Destination.
No one knows when the soul enters a body. Is this vid the answer?
I can cite five different scriptural sources that explain your conundrum.
I expressly deny ownership of said conundrum!
I would prefer some logic based word about this rather than a simple claim in the Bible.
Well, according to Newton, the creation of souls has absolutely nothing to do with our humanity.
Of course it does. But that has nothing to do with the matter of soul creation.
Then on that point, Newton and the Bible agree. And it would also support the statement that all souls incarnate into human form. And if it can happen once, why not more than once?
I don't see it as abstract at all. But yes, anyone who does not believe souls exist could simply answer my challenge that way.
According to Newton, incarnation likely never happens before 3 months, and sometimes, not until just before birth.
I certainly do not presume them to be the same. That souls would be immortal would in fact support the theory that the spirit world is a dimension outside of this big bang universe we are in, as the attribute of souls as immortal entities would be inconsistent with our laws of physics.
(That would certainly be the case in both the Christian and Newton models).
Newton about never gets into the differing laws of physics as I have with my questions and points, so I should emphasize these points about physical laws I'm making are my own which I infer from Newton's work. But it is clear from Newton's work that time flows differently in this universe and in the spirit world (which is consistent with Einstein's relativity theory that time is an extra dimension of space tied to this big bang universe).
So if the spirit world is a place/dimension outside of our current big bang universe, then it is not governed by our laws related to time any more than our other laws of physics (I.e. thermaldynamics).
That is an incorrect conclusion, as it presumes that dimensions external to our own do not exist. If there are external dimensions outside of this earthly one we are in, then something happening in that dimension could have resulted in the Big Bang creation of this universe.
Ergo it's not "Nothing" that the big bang would have come from. The big bang theory is not inconsistent with the Newton model. In fact, under the Newton model, the big bang theory would be supported as, possibly, a divinely inspired and intelligently generated event.
As for the Bible, it would seem to me that the big bang would have most closely resembled a response of the words "Let there be light" both metaphorically and literally.
It may interest you to know that under the Newton model, intelligent & "divine" design of our universe and the development of animals in it is possible. These things need not be the result of random chance.
I said it was implied by just about everyone claiming to be Christian, muslim (and I think Jewish also). Do you think most people in these categories believe otherwise?
Okay, great. But if you acknowledge that, then it seems you must also agree with the statement that "incarnation" is something we, as souls that existed before our human bodies, can do.
ANd I would follow that up with the challenge: If souls can do this once, why could they not do this a second time? I suspect you may cite a scripture from Paul that "It's appointed for men once to die and after that, the judgement" (I'm pulling from memory there so may not be an exact quote of any version). But of course it seems the statement itself is made in response to the notion of reincarnation, which implies reincarnation was floated as a theory of life for at least 2000 years as well (and I think Hinduism predates Christianity so it would go back farther, I'm sure).
But if you agree all souls can incarnate one time, then is there any logical reason to say they could not do it a second time?
According to Newton, souls, being offspring of God, are like God, and truly qualify as "children" in even the literal sense, and like children will grow up. (And are given enormous time well exceeding one earthly life to do so).
So it sohuld be clear that there is a lot of overlap between Christianity and the Newton model.
As for the 5000 years of texts and such, I am of the opinion that the early writings likely contain a lot of metaphoric truth in them. The earliest people living at the dawn of human civilization would like us, be contemplating their place in the world, but without all the advantage of all the scientific discovery we have at our disposal today. Being incarnated souls themselves, their physical brains would have worked hard to make sense of this paradox where they would have known at the soul level that they were spiritually significant, yet also observe with their physical eyes the similarity they have with the animals around them. Animals bleed, age and die, and so did humans. So how is it possible that they were different?
And the story of Genesis evolved and developed from that: A story that is a hybrid of physical observation and spiritual awareness of their divine origins, lacking in physical truth and yet containing much metaphorical truth, that yes, the universe and the world was the product of divine creation, but not in the manner in which is plainly stated. That yes, we are children of a divine supreme being, but wrong in that it is true in the spiritual sense, NOT the physical sense.
Our human minds pretty much dominate our thought processes. Our souls (or subconscious) is pretty much overwhelmed on various subjects. This is why beliefs vary so greatly from one culture to another, and also why hypnosis can work well to calm the human mind down enough to allow our soul memories to be revealed. It would explain even the ancient account of the creation story in Genesis in how it came to be.
Excuse me? This question shows you still don't get the point that souls are NOT human. You still have that concept locked in your head. There are no humans in heaven.
Under the Newton model, souls can wonder the universe, and do what they want, and it is in fact possible for souls to incarnate into dolphins. There is noting in the Newton model that says that cannot happen. This does not mean that dolphins "have" souls, as it is souls that may, in some cases, enjoy spending a life as a dolphin just as it is souls that have human bodies as the article above states.
If you mean to ask, why would souls be much more common in human form than in dolphin form, the answer may be that life as a dolphin might not yield much opportunity for spiritual growth of the soul. They have no hands by which to manifest actions of good or bad among their kind. Life as a dolphin would be, I suspect, quite simple. Vices would be hard to come by. Their means of communication between themselves is likely much more limited. In human form, we can do all kinds of things, good and bad, to one anther. Ergo, it is human form where we as souls can grow the most. But incarnating into dolphin form to enjoy the simple existence in that form before resuming the more complex life as human could not be ruled out under Newton.
Does The Newton Model specify by what mechanism this "release" takes place?
You refer to my statement that souls release the body upon death. No not overtly but Newton has found that it is souls that choose to "get out" of the body, sometimes even before death when death is imminent, such as when a person falls off a cliff or when dying of some mortal wound. Souls need not experience actual physical death in these cases. We already have cliches of "scared out of our wits" and "jumped out of my skin" when frightened. I would propose that these cliches are based in the reality where we, as souls, can be made to let go of the human body. Some people, particularly in eastern religions, claim to have the ability to leave their bodies. As I see it, these claims are also consistent with the Newton model as I believe it *must* be possible for souls to be able to leave the human body voluntarily, as the physical body would have no reasonable means to "lock" onto a soul.
I think we as souls are instead conditioned to cling tightly to the bodies we have incarnated into, much as a survivor from a ship sinking cling to a life jacket while floating in the ocean. And when the body dies, the soul suddenly finds it has nothing to cling to - the life vest is gone - and without that, the soul is then free to return to the spirit world.
If I recall correctly, is there a supposed Counsel" that reviews and corrects the "wrongs" of the incarnate spirit, releasing it back into the Physical Realm only after "lessons" are learned for the very next life?
In general, all correction must come from the soul in question. Free will is supreme. There is no growth otherwise. Reviews are for the benefit of the soul to understand and be enlightened as to how they can do better and continue to grow in the future. And no, there is no "releasing" by this counsel as there is no captivity or holding by them. All souls are free, and none are even forced to incarnate at all. It's why life is fair for all of us, no matter what conditions we are born into.
You are off base as it's not like that. Under the Newton model, we are all free to grow or to not grow, to incarnate or not incarnate. Lives are recommended by guides, and choices are even available prior to incarnation, but it is the soul that decides and must agree, and is free even to decline all presented options. But it is incarnation that offers the best opportunity to grow so that is why we choose to do so.
There are serious linguistic issues with the way that we translate the Hebrew into the English "soul", and even shifts in meaning in the English word from the original old English "scaela" which meant something closer to the Hebrew nephesh, and the meaning of the word once the printing press made books available to a lot more minds who then sought to make sense of it.
It's a long conversation, sorting out nephesh and ruach, in the Hebrew (literally "breather" and "breath"), and distinguishing between "psuche" (psyche) and "pneuma" (wind, spirit) in the Greek.
Our standard popular theology mashes the thoughts together, and people get tough and stubborn defending them against correction.
Because I am done looking for fights on the Internet I will leave it at that. If anyone wants to delve into these things further with me, I am not unwilling to do so, but there will be ground rules for the discussion. Otherwise, peace.
As in the article I find that many Christians can't quite grasp the difference between our spirit and our soul. Whenever I would preach or teach 1 Thes.5:23 I would use a balloon as an illustration.
When we are born, our human spirit is like a deflated balloon. We have a spirit but it is deflated, lifeless, empty, not able to be used as it is intended. With our spirit in such a deflated condition our soul and body take over our life. Our soul, with all its emotions and thoughts can and often does cause us great distress. We feel an emptiness inside. And of course our body's hormones add fuel to the fire.
When we are REBORN, when we receive Christ into our life, He indwells us with His Holy Spirit (pneuma) and our human spirit becomes inflated, buoyant, alive to God! Our spirit is now inflated as it were with God's Holy Spirit. We are now God conscious and have a most intimate fellowship with our Creator. Now our spirit (in communion with God's Spirit) can lead our life the way it is intended to do. Our soul is now controlled by our spirit, bringing relief to our worried mind and troubled emotions.


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My time here in the US is coming to a close and we are getting ready to head back to Europe for a month, so obviously I am worried about my skin. Traveling takes a toll out of my body, head and skin. I always feel like a lizard upon arrival no matter how much water I drink or lotion I slather on my skin (and then have to go to bathroom every 5 minutes). That is until I rediscovered Elizabeth Arden Ceramide Gold Ultra Restorative Capsules Intensive Treatment for Face and Throat courtesy of Birchbox. I know what you are thinking, these are super old school and only used by little old ladies with three cats and a house full of really cool old things, but there is no way you could ever find them because they are under 10 feet of newspaper and canned food. Well you would be wrong then, because I am now a user and totally don't own any cats or even get the newspaper.
These little capsules have helped transform my sickly, fever soaked skin into a normal looking face in just a few days. In fact I went make-up free for a few days when we were packing and moving and had a friend tell me that my skin looked amazing. I am not thinking that it's that good, but I must admit I am super happy with the results. The capsules contain a silky material that goes on quick and easy and instantly absorbs into the skin. I used this every morning for a week and really saw a difference in my skin tone.
Is it a miracle worker? Probably not, but I am hoping that it will help keep me from the lizard status today on the plane!!


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Today we are talking to Eugène Kuipers who presented his company Fectar at the Immersive Funding Market during the VR Days Amsterdam 2021.
It is a success story not based in Silicon Valley but in The Netherlands and it started three years ago at Eugène's kitchen table.
What was the analysis that you made at that time and what was the vision that you had back then?
Rens (Lensvelt, co-founder and CTO Fectar) and I saw the possibilities augmented and virtual reality had for the future. We were looking at an AR scene and then Rens commented that he could make it work on a smartphone. That's when we decided to start building a Content Management System (CMS) for AR and VR content. Back then we didn't have a name for our vision of the future. We just wanted to connect everyone, everywhere with this new immersive and interactive technology. When we heard the term 'metaverse' everything just clicked. Global collaboration in extended reality accessible for everyone, for us that is the Metaverse.
AR and VR are now where the internet was in 1998. We are just beginning to discover all the possibilities. And I'm certain that in the years to come the Metaverse will grow bigger than the internet is now.
Your platform has more than 5 Mio users now after only 18 months? How did you achieve this?
We can hardly believe it ourselves. We just launched Fectar, when the COVID pandemic hit us all. That's when we decided to focus our efforts on creating great 3D content to showcase our platform and to promote our app. We were aiming at 20.000 downloads in our first year. But the traction was enormous. We achieved our goal within 48 hours! We're still amazed to see so many people from so many different backgrounds enjoying our app. Recently we launched our Stories feature in the app and people can now share photos and videos. Sometimes we see pictures of a classroom with limited resources, but with all the kids gathered around an AR animal model that the teacher is showing. It's wonderful to see that they're learning about the world through a smartphone. And in its first 4 months, the Stories were viewed more than 10 million times. What exactly are your products right now?
Our multisided platform consists of several key features for both viewers as well as creators. For the creation of 3D spaces – without any programming – we offer Fectar Studio on desktop and on mobile devices. To publish, share and view AR and VR environments we have the Fectar app with 5 million users worldwide. We also built a special AR plugin, called ARView, to add AR to an existing app or website. With Fectar Analytics we can track user activity in AR and VR, and produce our patented 3D Heatmaps for data-driven insight.
What markets do you address at the moment and why?
We are focussing on the B2B and B2E market at the moment. We see a lot of interest from higher education institutions. We offer combined packages for teachers and pupils. Teachers can prepare their classes and enhance their classroom material with AR. Students can work in their designated 3D environment or so called virtual classrooms and the teacher can check their progress. The students can of course create their own 3D scenes with Fectar Studio.
The user activity tracking is particularly interesting for the retail market. They learn where their customers' field-of-focus (FoF) lies and what paths they follow in the 3D environment. This gives them the possibility to improve the customer experience accordingly.
Coming back to the title – democratizing the metaverse. Not only when Facebook changed its name to Meta this topic is discussed a lot. What is your vision of the future metaverse/web 3.0 and how will you develop your company to contribute to it?
We believe that in the coming years the real world and the virtual world will fully merge. This new reality is the Metaverse. We want the Metaverse to be created by its users. Not just by the big tech companies, or the elite few that own a VR headset. We want to invite everyone to help build the Metaverse by making it accessible. Already 2 billion people own a smartphone suitable for AR and VR using Fectar. And this number will only increase. So we support VR headsets, but also the mobile-only markets that can only access the internet on their smartphones. Everyone can now use the potential of AR and VR. That's how we want to contribute in making the Metaverse diverse and inclusive.
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by The Leaven
Archdiocese uses billboard to promote its 'freedom from pornography' program
by Kara Hansen
Special to The Leaven
Kansas City, Kan. — The archdiocesan My House ministry is getting its message out in a big way.
Some 14 feet by 48 feet big, to be exact.
For Sam Meier, archdiocesan My House consultant, using a billboard to share the message of his ministry made perfect sense.
"The adult industry uses billboard advertising really well," said Sam. "We wanted to put something up with a more positive message, tying into the beauty of church teaching."
The billboard features just two short statements with impact: "Freedom from pornography! Freedom to love!" followed by the My House Web address, www.LoveIsFaithful.com.
Daily, passengers in over 12,000 vehicles will pass the billboard displayed just south of Ottawa on Interstate 35. The billboard is lit at night so even those traveling at that time can see the message.
Sam and his wife Beth, the associate consultant for the archdiocesan family life office, are both hoping a positive billboard message will reach a broader audience that might desperately need information on freedom from pornography.
"Parents are up against a lot out there and they can feel a little overwhelmed," said Beth. "The adult industry is very clever, and there are so many forms of technology kids are using where they could come across pornography.
"They might have access to a home computer or a personal laptop. Many cell phones have Internet access, and you really have to go out of your way not to get that feature. The Wii, iPods, PlayStation, and Xbox all have Internet access."
Beth stressed that while the Internet is a useful tool that can be used for good, it has become all too easy for kids and teens to stumble across pornography or have something pornographic emailed to them. And with 11 as the average age of first Internet exposure to pornography, it appears parents cannot be too concerned.
"What's online these days is much more hard-core than the Playboy magazines present in most parents' generations," said Beth. "There is a big difference between a photo of a naked woman posing versus a video of an actual sex act. They both still objectify women, but a video is much more likely to leave an imprint in your mind."
Far from just being an issue males struggle with, the Meiers said pornography has a harmful impact on females as well.
"If a girl or woman is looking at these types of images, it's easy to start thinking, 'This is what it means to be a woman,'" said Beth.
With the easy and regular access many teens have to the Internet, pornography seems to have become a large problem in the teenage demographic.
In a 2008 survey conducted at a Catholic high school in the Midwest (by its request, name and specific location have not been disclosed), 48 percent of boys in the senior class said they viewed pornography one or more times a week. Of the boys who had viewed pornography, 36 percent indicated they had feelings of addiction to pornography. And 68 percent said their parents were unaware of their pornography use.
At the same school, 29 percent of freshmen boys said they were viewing pornography one or more times a week, 12 percent had feelings of addiction, and 74 percent stated their parents were not aware of their pornography use. Nearly 90 percent of the students surveyed were from Catholic families.
Of all the high school boys viewing pornography, 80 percent shared they were accessing it through the Internet. Additionally, the school has found similar results every year for the past three years they have conducted this survey, indicating the 2008 results were not a onetime concern.
It would be easy for concerned parents aware of that information to want to get rid of the Internet altogether. Still, the Meiers say simply denying Internet access is not the answer.
"We need to teach kids how to handle pornography when they come across it," said Beth. "Parents can protect kids and give them the ability to make good decisions."
The My House Web site exists to provide resources and information for parents and spouses, to aid in keeping their families free from pornography.
"Our office can provide practical information for parents to use to protect their families and really empower parents," said Sam.
Located on the My House Web site is information on the My House men's and women's groups, designed to help men and women affected by pornography use. Statistics, information on church teaching, and numerous resources — including Web sites, books, and multimedia talks — are all available through the site. The Meiers' personal testimony regarding their experience with pornography is a part of their ministry and included on the site as well.
"We've been through it and we're here to help because of our experience," said Sam.
The Meiers said the focus of each of the resources is a positive message.
"It's not what the rules are, but the why's behind them," said Beth. "If people really understood more of what the church teaches about sexuality, they would be surprised. It leads to a completely different frame of mind. Kids especially are bombarded by this stuff and they are often told [to] not do it. We need to tell them the why's."
The Meiers hope the billboard will pique people's curiosity to visit the My House Web site and discover a positive and countercultural message of true love and intimacy, as well as practical tools to help.
"It's not just for people who are addicted; it's for any person who wants to come to the site and educate themselves on what's out there," said Beth. "The Web site is there to point people to resources, so they don't have to go out and find them on their own.
"We want people to know there's help and positive information available."
1. Secure all Internet devices with filtering and accountability software, keep them in a high-traffic area of the house, and limit the time children can use them.
Computers – Use accountability and filtering software such as www.covenanteyes.com and www.safeeyes.com.
Cell phones – Sex & Cell Phones has information on parental controls at the Web site: www.nationalcoalition.org.
• www.safeeyes.com has filtering for iPhone/iPod Touch
• www.covenanteyes.com has accountability for Windows Mobile 6 cell phones and PDAs.
Video Games — The Web sites www.iphantom.com and www. opendns.com help to filter a home's wireless signal, which can help protect children on Xbox, PlayStation, Wii, and other gaming systems.
2. Monitor all social networking sites for children and teens (Facebook, MySpace, xanga. com, etc).
3. Know all user names and passwords to email, social networking sites, and every site that requires a user name and password for your children and teens.
• Periodically check e-mail, social networking sites.
• Periodically check text and/or picture messages on cell phones.
4. Secure television and satellite radio, and screen all movies before watching them.
• Christian movie review Web sites such as www.usccb.org/movies and www.pluggedinonline. com provide a detailed review of movies, including a written description of any sexual content, violent content, or other morally offensive content.
• Satellite radio — "family friendly" packages are available without "mature content."
• Block all "adult/mature content" on TV, as well as other channels that may have inappropriate or morally offensive content. (The Web site www.skyangel.com provides family friendly TV packages.)
• Use teachable moments while watching a "family" show that depicts a situation that goes against your family values.
5. Spend quality time with your children and teens.
• Eat family dinners together.
• Affirm your children and teens daily.
• Pray with your children and teens daily.
• Turn off the TV, computer, and cell phone; talk to your children.
• Have vacation/family gatherings together and build positive memories.
6. Have open, honest, regular conversations about God's glorious plan for creating us male and female and the beauty of our human dignity and sexuality.
• Read, listen and seek theology of the body resources. The Web site www.LoveIsFaithful.com has a list of resources on love and intimacy. Also, check out the Web sites at: www.pureloveclub.com www.christopherwest.com
7. Encourage all family members to receive the sacrament of reconciliation monthly, and go to Mass as a family each Sunday. Eucharistic adoration and Mass during weekdays are tremendous blessings.
These are some initial ideas. For more information and practical ways to protect your family, visit the Web site at: www. LoveIsFaithful.com.
The Leaven
The Leaven is the official newspaper for the Archdiocese of Kansas City in Kansas.


Dame Fanny Waterman – one of the most influential figures in British music – will be sharing experiences of her extraordinary life with an audience on Friday 11 March at 7.30pm.
At the tender age of 95, Dame Fanny Waterman is revered throughout the world of classical music as an inspirational teacher and founder of the Leeds International Piano Competition, widely regarded as the most coveted prize in the piano world. She will be in conversation with Dr Richard Shephard, the renowned composer and practitioner of choral music.
From humble beginnings in Leeds as the daughter of a Russian émigré jeweller, Dame Fanny's prodigious musical talent and sheer determination was a passport out of hardship. It began when she heard Rachmaninov perform at Leeds Town Hall in the 1920s – and her love affair with the piano has lasted eight decades.
She excelled as a concert pianist – highlights included a Proms performance during the Second World War with Sir Henry Wood at the Royal Albert Hall – before returning to Leeds with husband Geoffrey de Kaiser to take up piano teaching. This led to the establishment of the Leeds International Piano Competition, which is known across the globe for emerging new talent.
Her work as a teacher and publisher of piano training books has led to more than 2 million students using her Me and My Piano series and a Channel Four 10-master class series entitled Fanny Waterman's Piano Progress. Dame Fanny was awarded the OBE in 1971, a CBE in 1999 and a DBE in 2005.
She will be interviewed by Dr Richard Shephard, formerly Headmaster of the Minster School in York and Visiting Fellow in the Department of Music at the University of York. Dr Shephard is currently working on the music for the York Minster Mystery Plays to be performed in June this year.
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What Is The Leght Of Squirrel Droppings
What is the Leght of Squirrel Droppings?
You have probably wondered what is the leght of squirrel dropping. The most common answers to this question are: smaller than a grain of rice, oval, spindle-shaped, and lacking a white ring on the end. Hopefully this article has helped you identify the right squirrel droppings for your home. But if you have any doubts, feel free to ask us. We will be more than happy to help you identify your new neighbors' rodent problem.
Smaller than a grain of rice
Spindle-shaped
Lacks white ring at end
Similar to jellybeans
Can cause leptospirosis
Less common than rat poop
How long are squirrel droppings?
What do squirrel droppings look like?
What is the average weight of a squirrel dropping?
How many squirrel droppings does a squirrel produce in a day?
How often do squirrels defecate?
What do squirrels eat that causes them to produce so much waste?
Where do squirrels go to defecate?
Do squirrels ever eat their own droppings?
What are the predators of squirrels?
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Squirrel droppings are approximately the size of a grain of rice and about eight millimeters long. They are dark brown in color with rounded ends and are more a smidgeon larger than a grain of rice. Fresh droppings are slightly moist and contain a coffee stain-like substance. As they age, they dry and become lighter. As a result, squirrel droppings tend to be in clusters. However, if you see them scattered throughout the soil, they may be a sign that the squirrels are using a communal area.
Spindle-shaped squirrel droppings are an easy sign of a potential rodent infestation. These rodents can be very messy, and they can also carry dangerous diseases, like Leptospirosis. If you come into contact with the droppings, you risk suffering from respiratory distress, meningitis, and even liver failure. In addition to the unpleasant smell of their droppings, they also carry diseases like salmonella, which can be transmitted to humans through contact with their droppings. The bacteria can also be passed from contaminated food to people through their droppings. Moreover, when you touch a squirrel's droppings, you risk contracting a disease as the fleas and ticks can easily spread the bacteria.
Squirrel droppings are barrel-shaped and dark brown. They are similar to the feces of mice and rats, but they are much smaller. They are approximately an eighth of an inch long with rounded tips. Once you become familiar with their characteristics, you will be able to identify them with ease. Here are some common signs that you should look for. Once you find some, it is time to clean it up.
Squirrel poop is similar to rat poop, but it's much smaller and seed-like. It lacks the white ring at the end and is very small. If you notice squirrel droppings, remove them immediately as they may attract other pest animals. You can ask your neighbor if they have seen squirrel droppings. If they haven't, take a look yourself and see what you think.
Squirrels excrete pellets of waste that are similar in size to jellybeans. The pellets are typically brown, light brown, or black and become lighter in color with age. Squirrel droppings are larger than those of other rodents, but they are not nearly as large as jellybeans. Squirrel droppings measure about three to eight millimeters in diameter and nine millimeters long. Squirrel droppings are found in outdoor areas, attics, and compost piles, but they are rarely found on floors or corners.
Can squirrel droppings cause leptospiroses? The answer is yes! Squirrel droppings contain bacteria that cause leptospirosis. You may contract the disease through contact with infected squirrels or from contaminated water and soil. You should seek medical attention immediately if you suspect that you have come into contact with contaminated soil or water. You can also contract leptospirosis from flea feces.
If you've ever lived in a house with a rat infestation, you probably already know that mouse poop and rat poop look similar. Both are rodents and can be a real nuisance. However, mice's droppings are much smaller and less noticeable than rat poop. These droppings are brown and come in the shape of pellets with pointed edges. If you suspect that your home is being invaded by mice, here are some ways to spot them.
Squirrel droppings are usually about 2 inches long.
Squirrel droppings are usually dark in color and have a smooth shiny surface.
The average weight of a squirrel dropping is about 0.
1 ounces.
A squirrel can produce up to 100 droppings in a single day.
Squirrels generally defecate every time they eat which can be up to several times a day.
Squirrels eat a lot of nuts and seeds which contain a high amount of cellulose.
This type of fiber is difficult to digest and results in a lot of waste.
Squirrels will usually go to the same spot to defecate.
They will dig a small hole and deposit their droppings there.
Yes squirrels will sometimes eat their own droppings in order to extract more nutrients from their food.
The main predators of squirrels are hawks owls coyotes and foxes.
Squirrels will use their speed and agility to avoid predators.
They will also use their sharp claws and teeth to defend themselves if necessary.
The average lifespan of a squirrel is about 6 years but some squirrels have been known to live up to 20 years.
The average weight of a squirrel is about 1 pound.
Squirrels can run up to 20 miles per hour.
Squirrels can jump up to 10 feet high.
The gestation period of a squirrel is about 44 days.
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The chopper crash has been described as the most tragic fallout in the ongoing tension with Pakistan. It is not clear if the chopper was inadvertently cleared for flight, even after an air intrusion warning was sounded following Indian radar detecting incoming Pakistani jets, or if it was on a search and rescue mission.
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Mi17V5 is one of the sturdiest choppers in service across the world and is not usually prone to technical faults of catastrophic nature. A source said in this case too, ground operators did not receive any radio call or message from the crew of a technical fault.
Eyewitness reported that a loud explosion was heard in the air before the chopper crashed in a trail of smoke, indicating a possible catastrophic external event contributed to the incident. The crash — the chopper was airborne at 10 am and crashed at 10:10 am — coincided with the time IAF jets were scrambled to intercept PAF fighters approaching the border.
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        );

        $expectedString = 'Martelarenlaan 1, 3000 Leuven, BE';

        $this->assertEquals($expectedString, $formatter->format($address));
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McConnachie History, Family Crest & Coats of Arms
McConnachie comes from the ancient Dalriadan clans of Scotland's west coast and Hebrides islands. The name comes from the personal name Robert. Known as the Clan Donnachaidh, the family's origins are very distinguished, as the senior branch of the line were the hereditary abbots of Dunkeld, who traced their descent from Iona. In addition, Abbot Duncan of Dunkeld, the Robertson progenitor, was killed in battle in 964, as he led the warriors, bearing, a reliquary of St. Columba. His grandson, Abbot Crinan of Dunkeld, married the Kings daughter and then fathered King Duncan I of Scotland who was killed by MacBeth (of Shakespearean fame). Crinan is buried at the Isle of lona, burial place of Scotland's early Kings.
Early Origins of the McConnachie family
The surname McConnachie was first found in Atholl. King Duncan's younger son, Maelmore, sired Madadh, Earl of Atholl, and his grandson, Earl Henry, was father to Conan who held vast territories in this area. Conan of Glenerochie was the first Chief of the Robertsons and gave his name to the Clan Connchaidh or Duncan. His successor, Duncan, the 5th Chief, led the Clan in the army of King Bruce at Bannockburn in 1314 against the English. For this service, and his subsequent staunch support of the Scottish Crown, his grandson Robert of Struan was granted the lands and barony in 1451.
Early History of the McConnachie family
This web page shows only a small excerpt of our McConnachie research. Another 403 words (29 lines of text) covering the years 1745, 1587, 1703, 1715, 1723, 1727, 1745, 1749, 1784, 1746, 1668 and 1689 are included under the topic Early McConnachie History in all our PDF Extended History products and printed products wherever possible.
McConnachie Spelling Variations
The translation of Gaelic names in the Middle Ages was not a task undertaken with great care. Records from that era show an enormous number of spelling variations, even in names referring to the same person. Over the years McConnachie has appeared as Robertson, MacConachie, Maconachie, MacConaghy, MacConchie, MacConckey, MacConkey, MacDonnachie, MacDonachie, MacDunnachie, MacInroy, MacLagan, Mac Raibeirt (Gaelic) and many more.
Early Notables of the McConnachie family (pre 1700)
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Migration of the McConnachie family to Ireland
Some of the McConnachie family moved to Ireland, but this topic is not covered in this excerpt.
McConnachie migration to the United States +
Many of the ancestors of Dalriadan families who arrived in North America still live in communities along the east coast of Canada and the United States. In the American War of Independence many of the original settlers traveled north to Canada as United Empire Loyalists. In the late 19th and early 20th centuries the ancestors of many Scots began recovering their collective national heritage through Clan societies, highland games, and other patriotic events. Research into the origins of individual families in North America revealed records of the immigration of a number of people bearing the name McConnachie or a variant listed above:
McConnachie Settlers in United States in the 18th Century
William McConnachie, who landed in Pennsylvania in 1770 [1]
James McConnachie, aged 63, who settled in America, in 1896
Andrea McConnachie, aged 20, who landed in America from Ayashere, Scotland, in 1904
Jemmie McConnachie, aged 23, who immigrated to the United States from Greenhill, Scotland, in 1906
John McConnachie, aged 25, who landed in America from Greenhill, Scotland, in 1906
Lizzie McConnachie, aged 4, who immigrated to the United States from Greenhill, Scotland, in 1906
Jessie McConnachie, aged 27, who immigrated to America from Dunblane, Scotland, in 1909
Contemporary Notables of the name McConnachie (post 1700) +
Brian McConnachie (b. 1942), American Primetime Emmy Award winning humor writer and comedy writer, known for his work on SCTV Network (1981), Saturday Night Live (1975) and Encyclopedia (1988)
Alistair McConnachie, Scottish Leader of the Independent Green Voice, an environmentalist political party in Scotland
Colonel William McConnachie (1848-1932), Scottish businessman and politician, Justice of the Peace for Aberdeenshire
Dr. Alan McConnachie, Canadian leader of the Herzberg Institute of Astrophysics (NRC-HIA)
War of Independence
The McConnachie Motto +
Motto: Virtutis gloria merces
Motto Translation: Glory is the reward of valour.
McConnachie (Scottish)


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PUBLISHED: May 29, 2015 at 11:52 a.m. | UPDATED: July 28, 2018 at 6:05 a.m.
PROVIDENCE R.I. (AP) — Former Rhode Island Gov. Lincoln Chafee, once a Republican, then an independent, then a Democrat, plans to announce his candidacy for the Democratic presidential nomination next week.
Chafee will do so Wednesday during a speech at George Mason University in Arlington, Virginia, spokeswoman Debbie Rich said.
Chafee surprised many when he formed an exploratory committee in April. He has never won elected office as a Democrat and had only discussed his plans with a few family members and supporters. But after that, he said he was likely to announce his candidacy in June.
He's a distinct longshot. By his own admission, he's not been actively raising money or building the organization needed for a credible bid for the nomination, although he's traveled to the early-voting states of New Hampshire and South Carolina.
Chafee has criticized Democratic front-runner Hillary Rodham Clinton for her Senate vote to authorize the 2003 Iraq invasion and says the next president shouldn't be someone who supported the war. Then a Republican, Chafee was the lone GOP senator to vote against the invasion.
Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders is challenging Clinton for the 2016 nomination and former Maryland Gov. Martin O'Malley is expected to join the contest Saturday.
Chafee, 62, was appointed to the Senate as a Republican when his father, Sen. John Chafee, died in office, and he won election to the seat the following year. While in Washington, he became known for bucking his party. In addition to opposing the Iraq invasion, he refused to vote to re-elect President George W. Bush in 2004, writing in George H.W. Bush instead.
Chafee lost the seat in 2006 to a Democrat. He left the Republican Party and became an independent in 2007.
In 2010, he was elected to the governor's office. He became a Democrat in 2013 but a few months later decided not to run for a second term. He had poor approval ratings and the 2014 race was expected to be fierce.
Chafee's plans to announce his run Wednesday were first reported by Politico.


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Jezdecká kasárna byla historická vojenská budova v Prostějově.

Historie
Jezdecká kasárna v Prostějově byla založena v roce 1891 jako náhrada za staré kasárny, které stály na náměstí Tomáše Garrigua Masaryka. Stará kasárna na náměstí T. G. M. byla zbourána v roce 1911 kvůli stavbě nové radnice. Za první republiky sídlil v jezdeckých kasárnách část 6. jezdeckého pluku. Od 1. 9. 1969 sídlil v kasárnách VÚ 3412, který se specializoval na radiolokaci. V roce 1996 byl VÚ 3412 přesunut do Přerova. V areálu kasáren bylo celkem 13 budov. Součástí byla jídelna, sklad a autopark.

Jezdecká kasárna byla zbourána v roce 2016.

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Kasárna v Olomouckém kraji
Zaniklé vojenské stavby v Olomouckém kraji
Stavby v Prostějově
Postaveno v Česku 1891
Zbořeno v Česku 2016
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