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Reinhard Gehlen and His Organization
CIA's Worst-Kept Secret
Operation Paperclip Casefile
Historical Analysis of 20 Name Files from CIA Records
The Paperclip Conspiracy
Peenemunde
Evacuation of Peenemunde
The Underground Nazi Invasion of the United States
How the United States Lost the Second World War
The Great Patents Heist - the theft of German patents after World War II
The Nazi Connection to the John F. Kennedy Assassination
MaIn Page and Index
Black Sun Redux
(Pretty inflammatory title, huh? Well, let's just see if there's any evidence whatsoever that something so unbelievable could be happening here in
America. The following information may sound almost unbelievable to some, in fact almost as unbelievable as the reports of horrendous genocidal atrocities that had made their way out of Nazi Germany during the course of World War II -- those reports that many in the U.S. Government believed were too incredible to be true, those reports which they finally believed... yet only when it was too late to do anything about it.
"Truth" is a vital force in and of itself. The Truth can be buried and stomped into the ground where none can see, yet eventually it will, like a seed, break through the surface once again far more potent than ever, and nothing can stop it.
Truth can be suppressed for a "time", yet it cannot be destroyed. What you will read is information which has been suppressed for years, yet which is now breaking forth like water from a shattered dam, in spite of all attempts to hold it back. It is information whose time has come. So be it.)
"LET THE TRUTH BE TOLD... THOUGH THE HEAVENS FALL!"
(Quote from Louisiana District Attorney James Garrison... during the trial of Clay Shaw -- accused by Garrison of coordinating factions of the Mafia, the CIA and the Military-Industrial Establishment in the conspiracy to murder President John F. Kennedy on Nov. 22, 1963)
As World War II was drawing to a close and General George Patton was making his deadly push into the heart of Europe in pursuit of Nazi forces who were beginning to realize that their fascist empire was about to crumble -- or so it seemed -- a counter-measure was put into effect by deep-level agents of the Nazi S.S. This bold and brazen plan was to effect not only an escape of the inner core of the Nazi S.S. but also to implement an infiltration of the United States' military-industrial establishment using Nazi S.S. 5th column agents in America who would be instructed to blend-in with the population and coordinate their corporate armies in preparation for a future attempt to take control of the American government from within!
So, how were the Nazis able to infiltrate the heart of American Intelligence without giving themselves away? They would have to have received backing from a very powerful organization already operating within the confines of the American Republic. The only thing more powerful than the American government itself, the Nazis discovered, were the multi-billion-dollar corporate empires which had a considerable influence on the American political system behind-the-scenes. One of the most powerful of these financial empires had put Dwight D. Eisenhower into the presidency, as well as one of their own family members into the Vice Presidency. This financial empire was none other than the ROCKEFELLER FOUNDATION. This foundation had a great deal of influence in the media and, in turn, in manipulating public opinion in favour of their own political agendas.
According to the well-known International economist Dr. Antony Sutton, the Rockefellers not only helped to finance the Nazi Empire -- the Rockefellers being long-time members of Bavarian-German secret societies that were determined to rule the world by establishing a totalitarian 'New World Order' -- but their STANDARD [EXXON] OIL company had literally provided the 'fuel' for the Nazi War machine's conquest of Europe.
Nelson Rockefeller (who was later manipulated into the Vice Presidency) initially brought 3000 crack Nazi S.S. agents into the United States and gave them new identities and positions within their corporate empire, or within allied corporate structures, most of these being part of the so-called Military-Industrial Establishment. This super-secret operation was called PROJECT PAPERCLIP. Also, several former Nazi scientists from the Peenemünde Aerodynamics Institute which built the 'V-1' and 'V-2' rockets which rained terror upon England were placed in positions of influence within these corporate/military establishments as well.
The UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION [NWO] was initially created by the Bavarian secret orders (or the Bavarian Empire) and is ultimately being run from Bavaria, Germany -- although they will never admit to this. Former U.N. Secretary General Kurt Waldheim, an Austrian, has been accused by many of being an undercover Nazi war criminal. He was allegedly one of several Nazi infiltrators who helped form the 'unofficial' genocidal policies of the UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION. The Genocidal and Population Control plans of the United Nations are not too difficult to document. The U.N. - N.W.O. (UNITED NATIONS - NEW WORLD ORDER) also plans to foment anarchy and race riots in America in preparation for the implementation of Executive Orders which will be used to establish martial law and the presence of a UNITED NATIONS "peace keeping force". They will use the excuse that since "we" have sent "peace keepers" to other countries, we in America are not exempt from U.N. intervention in a time of internal instability. However, these U.N. 'Blue Helmets', once they have established their presence, WILL NEVER LEAVE willingly. Instead they will be used to force Americans to conform to the fascist Bavarian "New World Order" via its "Trojan horse", which is known today as the UNITED NATIONS ORGANIZATION or U.N.O.
Now before you accuse me of suffering from paranoid delusions, I would CHALLENGE you to continue reading, and THEN you can accuse me of paranoid schizophrenia if you wish...
When and if a "U.N. Police Action" is taken against America, the first order of business will be to confiscate all personal weapons (take away the right to bear arms -- in fact the Gun Control Act of 1968 was lifted in its entirety from the Nazi Weapons Law of 1938, which was supposed to curb "gang activity" between Nazi and Communist Party thugs); outlaw all non-sanctioned religious activities (remove freedom of worship -- or initiate an "inquisition" against all religions that are not approved by the "New World Order"); and confiscate all two-way communications devices such as computers, telephones, fax machines, etc. (disabling freedom of speech -- of assembly, free expression, etc.). These three foundational freedoms, as well as the rest of the BILL OF RIGHTS, will be eliminated if these enemies of freedom and justice have their way. 'Dissenters' will either be shot on site or will be taken to one of the 13 [or more] CONCENTRATION CAMP centres that have been prepared and ARE NOW operational within the United States. Eleven of these have been identified as follows:
Ft. Chaffee, Arkansas; Ft. Drum, New York; Ft. Indian Gap, Pennsylvania; Camp A. P. Hill, Virginia; Oakdale, California; Eglin Air Force Base, Florida; Vendenberg AFB, California; Ft. Mc Coy, Wisconsin; Ft. Benning, Georgia; Ft. Huachuca, Arizona; Camp Krome, Florida.
There is much evidence that the Nazi's have also been infiltrating the 'militia' movements through right-wing para-military factions such as 'The Order'. This may serve several purposes, among them being to discredit the militias, and more importantly to bring them under Fascist control. A fascist-controlled militia might be swayed into accepting a totalitarian government under the cover of anti-Socialist "Americanism".
Actually Nazism IS Fascist-Socialism [National Socialism] in its worst form, but the Bavarians with their Machiavellian / Hegelian philosophy do not want us to be aware of this. They have intentionally created a chasm between the Republican and Democratic parties through their control of the media. In the same way they have more-or-less conditioned Americans to vote for either one of two agendas -- two political parties, both of which have been infiltrated by National Socialist agents -- even when there are very qualified candidates within other parties that have been ignored by the media. Those within the militias or patriot movements who fall for the 'White America' propaganda have apparently not read-up on the writings of the founding fathers in regards to the conviction that all men are created equal. We had to endure a bloody civil war over whether or not we were going to maintain this philosophy, or revert to a perpetual slave state.
The threat to America is not one of race, but of ethics. We are not endangered by any particular race, but by a racist philosophy. America was intended to be a land where the oppressed from EVERY COUNTRY might come and seek refuge from the tyrannies under which they suffered in their own lands. The threat comes instead from those national or international socialist governments who are enraged that there would be some place on earth where people would band together in a republic which would seek to exclude the foreign elite from ruling over the 'lower classes' as their absolute overlords. Sadly however, these tyrants have targeted and infiltrated America for the specific purpose of destroying her Constitution, the Bill of Rights, the Declaration of Independence and all of the founding principles upon which they were based. In our references to Germany, Austria and Italy as major threats to America throughout these files, we do not use these terms in reference to the German, Austrian or Italian races or cultures in themselves. Instead, we refer to the ages-old secret organizations and societies which compose the remnants and descendants of the inner elite of the old Roman [and the so-called 'holy' Roman] Empires which have continued to flourish in direct succession from the ancient pagan cults which controlled the inner core of that ancient empire. That ancient empire never really died, but still spreads its deadly tentacles throughout the world in search of that which it can devour, control and conquer. And it is still determined to bring the entire planet under its absolute control, as has been its ageless goal...
Another organization that should be looked into is the German-spawned O.T.O. or ORDO TEMPLI ORIENTUS, Aieister Crowley's cult which had deep fascist political connections. Also, the German born SKULL & BONES SOCIETY of which both George Bush and his father Prescott were members. Bush Sr. assisted in the financing of the Third Reich in collaboration with the Rockefellers, and George Bush himself had stated at one point "Isn't it about time we forgive the Nazi War Criminals?". Bush's constant reference to a "New World Order" and his former position as CIA and later MJ-12 director (although the latter position was not a 'public' office) is suggestive.
John Hinkley Jr., the one who tried to assassinate President Reagan when Bush was vice president, had strong ties with American Nazis as well as to the Bush family. Well, George [Herbert] Bush couldn't have wanted to take control the presidency by default now could he? It is interesting to note that Sirhan Sirhan, the man who killed Robert Kennedy, was involved with a circle of 'spy'chiatrists who had deep fascist "Intelligence" agency connections. Sirhan was also a very susceptible hypnotic subject, which is why many have alleged that he was used as a programmed "Manchurian Candidate" type sleeper- assassin by a fascist element within the CIA. The CIA itself is an extremely compartmentalized and fractioned organization, and the NSA and NSC which ultimately supervise the CIA may have wanted it that way, so that it could be more easily regimented.
Another recent "connection" involved a former employee of the CIA's Wackenhut Security Organization, which has a strong presence within the Nevada Test Site, one of the most sensitive military research centres on the planet. This employee, Michael Riconosciuto, implied that fascist infiltrators have taken control of certain parts of the Test Site, especially the underground facilities where mind control, biogenetic and advanced aerospace research is being carried out. There are unconfirmed "rumours" that people have been abducted and taken to these facilities for research purposes. Riconosciuto actually made an attempt to get a helicopter filled with documents and evidence of illegal and unconstitutional activities, out of the Test Site. The aircraft according to Riconosciuto was shot down and all five personnel on board were killed. Michael Riconosciuto's father, the late Marshall Riconosciuto, was a blatant supporter of Adolf Hitler, and was a close associate of Fred L. Crisman -- the man who Louisiana Attorney and JFK assassination investigator James Garrison tied to Clay Shaw.
Garrison had identified Shaw as the CIA - Mafia go-between in the JFK assassination. In fact, when Shaw heard that he had been ordered to appear at a court hearing supervised by Garrison to examine his potential ties to the assassination, one of the first persons he called was Fred Crismam. Apparently Clay Shaw was terrified at the prospect of being convicted. Crisman had connections with the Military-Industrial Complex, the CIA, Organized Crime, and the Operation Paperclip crowd according to Garrison. If there was anyone who had an overview of the fascist conspiracy in America, it had to have been Crisman. Clay Shaw may have been convicted if not for the fact that Garrison's star witness David Ferry had died mysteriously just a few days before the hearing was to begin (see the movie "J.F.K.")... But let's return to the beginnings of the Nazi fifth-column infiltration of the United States intelligence, government and corporate structures.
After the initial 3000 Nazis were brought into America, means were implemented to bring in even more of their numbers. Do you think the Nazi Movement just gave up and died when the Allies liberated Europe? Don't kid yourself. They merely went UNDERGROUND. The secret Nazi underground empire is now even more determined to destroy America than it ever was, because it was America with it's "all men are created equal" philosophy which ensured the destruction of the Nazi military forces in Europe under the American General George Patton.
Under Nazi General Reinhard Gehlen and his 300 Nazi S.S. agents, in association with Otto Skorzeny and former C.F.R. president Allen Dulles -- who was Nelson Rockefellers cousin, the CIA and the NSA were formed to replace the Naval Intelligence agencies of World War II. This was implemented with the help of the Rockefellers and Nazi sympathizers within U.S. Intelligence who were mostly initiates of Bavarian Masonry. Of course the most powerful positions in the CIA and NSA were given to the Nazi agents themselves. It was quite a feat to create a Nazi Intelligence "fifth column" in America without us being aware of it. It was even more of a feat to carry out a partial fascist coup d'etat of the American government in 1963 when the Nazi "germanated" CIA killed president John F. Kennedy -- along with over 200 material witnesses throughout the ensuing years -- in true Nazi fashion.
Earlier that year, Kennedy had threatened MJ-12 member Gordon Gray that he was going to "dismember" the CIA unless they got out of the international drug trafficking business. Kennedy had fired Allen Dulles as CIA director because of his deceitful dealings with other government agencies, since Dulles had worked to make the CIA not just an intelligence-gathering service but the absolute controlling-force over all other government Intelligence agencies and a "secret government" in and of itself. Dulles apparently had a personal vendetta against the President.
As for General Reinhard (Richard) Gehlen, this war criminal was formerly the head of Nazi military intelligence on the Eastern Front, where a lot of the worst atrocities were committed. Gehlen was 'appointed' head of the counter-espionage service of the new West German state UNDER C.I.A. SUPERVISION.
In 1951, as the democratically-elected president of Guatemala Juan Jose Arevalo left office, he commented sadly, "Roosevelt lost the war, the real winner was Hitler." Arevalo was essentially pressured out of office by Col. Jacobo Arbenz, who immediately imposed a National Socialist dictatorship on Guatemala which included the illegal confiscation of lands and corporations. During his reign of terror tens of thousands of Guatemalans turned up missing, never to be seen again. Their fate has been a matter of debate, however there are those who claim that Arbenz was a member of a secretive 'underground' occult order. After his atrocities became too widespread for comfort, the CIA supposedly backed the overthrow of the Arbenz regime, however they left the country in no better condition when they allowed it to revert back to a military police state where democracy was just as dead as it had been under Arbenz.
Now ask yourself, just WHY has the CIA been so interested in over-throwing third-world countries and installing their own puppet dictators? Could it be that they are involved in a long-term program to implement a global fascist dictatorship?
One of Gen. Gehlen's covert operations included the financing of and diversion of attention to the "Red Menace" while the Nazis continued to consolidate their control [like termites] into the "woodwork" of the American establishment. The Nazi cancer can also be likened to a "tapeworm" that has eaten through the "body" of our Constitutional government, devouring billions of dollars through illegal taxation to support their continued war crimes. Where has all this money gone? Mostly toward the building of multi-billion-dollar underground New World Order / Nazi-CIA operational "Black Budget" bases or bunkers from where they intend to implement their planned take-over of North America. Some of these secret facilities are reportedly located in, near or directly 'below' the following areas:
*Dougway, Utah [works "in conjunction with" the Groom Lake, NV base] *Dulce, New Mexico [Archuleta Mesa, Mt. Archuleta NE of town] *Los Alamos, New Mexico [underground research base; works icw Dulce] *Mercury, Nevada [multi-leveled underground facilities; works icw Groom Lake] *Madigan Military Hospital [50 mi S. of Seattle, WA], via sub-basements *Deep Springs / Bishop, California [exact location uncertain...] *Montauk Point, Long Island [8-level underground facility below 'closed' AF base] *Lancaster, California [Military-Industrial Facilities surrounding the city] *Langley, Virginia [CIA headquarters -- at least 7 levels deep] *Page, Arizona [via hydroelectric dam? Works icw Dulce & Groom Lake] *Reno, Nevada [exact location of underground facility uncertain...] *Granite Mt. [E. of S.L.C., UT; underground "Storage Vault" serves as a "cover"] *Ute Mountains, Utah-Colorado [Sleeping Ute Mt., etc. Works icw Dulce base] *Mt. Lassen, California [exact location of underground facility uncertain...] *Mt. Weather, near Blumont, Virginia [Underground FEMA headquarters] *I.T.T. Corporate headquarters, New Jersey [underground base access terminal]
There are reportedly over 120 of these full-fledged "ground-scrapers" that have been built with funds gathered from the Nazi corporate empire, international CIA drug activities [with the assistance of the Bush family's ZAPATA offshore oil platforms through which drugs were funnelled into the U.S., by-passing customs agents], and illegal taxation of Americans. Top positions of the IRS are reportedly occupied by Nazi agents, and it is said that approximately 5% of the tax income is skimmed off the top and channelled to various Nazi projects. These N.W.O. ground-scrapers or bases are connected via subways using nuclear excavation technologies developed by their contacts within Rand and Los Alamos Labs. At this time, these nuclear-tipped drills are capable of excavating a tunnel at a rate of 5 miles per hour with absolutely no waste material. This is accomplished by the nuclear drill which melts and cracks the surrounding rock into a state of incandescence, and the molten rock is then pressed into the peripheral cracks as the machine passes through, where it cools into an extremely tough, glazed casing or lining.
So then, exactly where are the Krauts hiding? Can we name some of the institutions which are actually covers for the Nazi corporate conspiracy?
I will divide the following groups into three different 'agendas', you might say, in which the Nazis are involved. First we have those organizations which are involved in world Corporate-Political control. In other words, those corporations that are using their financial and political muscle to work toward the establishment of an agenda which Adolf Hitler himself referred to in the title of his second book, which was called the 'New World Order'. The International corporate terror and extortion rackets run by Otto Skorzeny and the German 'Krupp' family would fall into this category (The Krupps built munitions plants for the Nazis during World War II; financed the secret microwave-mind-control projects of the Brookhaven National Laboratories that were carried out within a secret underground facility below Montauk Point, Long Island; and also control a major portion of the I.T.T. Corp.). Absolute global economic control is intended to be a major factor in the establishment of the 'Fourth Reich', and these Nazi's reportedly CALL themselves 'THE ORDER' [OF THE FOURTH REICH]. This absolute global economic control can be seen by the fact that the incorporation's for all of the inter- national economic 'bar codes' must all be registered through a central processing center in -- you guessed it -- Germany. Here are some of the alleged Corporate Nazi institutions or organizations, to name a few:
-- BROWN BROTHER'S HARRIMAN
-- SCHROEDER / MENDELSOHN BANKING NETWORKS
-- I. G. FARBEN CHEMICAL CORP.
-- GENERAL ELECTRIC
-- GENERAL MOTORS (J. P. MORGAN CO.)
-- I. T. T. INTERNATIONAL
-- STANDARD (EXXON) OIL
-- BANK OF INTERNATIONAL SETTLEMENTS
-- ALYESKA [OIL] PIPELINE SERVICE COMPANY
-- DU PONT CHEMICAL CORP.
Next we have those that are involved in the Global Aryan Master Plan, Racial Genocide, and even Ritual Abuse, Mind Control, and Human Sacrifice rings. OK, before you say this is going too far, go and dig up some history on the satanic or occult links of the Bavarian Illuminati, Bavarian Nazi Party, the Bavarian Thule Society, the Rosicrucian Order of Bavaria, the Bavarian Vril Society, the Bavarian Skull & Bones Society, and all of the lesser-known but numerous interlinking societies that are tied-in with the above. Why Bavaria? Simply because during the Roman Occupation of Egypt in ancient times, Bavaria served as the military centre of the Roman (and later the so-called 'Holy Roman') Empire, and the deeply occultic Bavarians -- the fierce HUN tribes who had so much pull in the Roman government that they could more-or-less install whoever they wanted into the Roman Empirium -- had 'adopted' the Gnostic Satanism practiced by the early Egyptian sorcerers, and brought it to Germany and Rome. This included the practice of ritual abuse and sacrifice. The "Holy Roman Empire" [HO.R.E.], which we can thank for dragging all of Europe down into the Dark Ages, has traditionally encompassed Germany, Austria and Italy -- the "Triple Alliance" which had initiated the first AND second World Wars. Here then are some of the modern-day covers for this activity (by the way, have you ever wondered what happens to a large majority of America's missing children, the so-called 'Milk Carton Kids'? Also, the reference to the 'American Psychiatric Association' is based on the fact that the APA may have had some connection with the CIA 'spy'chiatrists and hypnotherapist who had known ties to Sirhan Sirhan before his assassination of Robert Kennedy; the fact that the original APA membership for some strange reason included over 2,000 German nationals who 'immigrated' to the U.S. following WWII; and the fact that the APA is an organizational member of the NATIONAL COALITION TO BAN HAND- GUNS -- which is now known today as the C.S.G.V.):
-- ATLANTIC RICHFIELD
-- BROOKHAVEN NATIONAL LABORATORIES
-- PLANNED PARENTHOOD CORP.
-- AMERICAN PSYCHIATRIC ASSOCIATION
-- WORLD HEALTH ORGANIZATION
-- THE CLUB OF ROME (BILDERBERGS, CFR, TLC, ETC.)
[Former Navy Intelligence officer William Cooper made reference to the racial genocide programs of the Club of Rome / Global 2000 project in the following words: "...As a delaying action...BIRTH CONTROL, STERILIZATION, AND THE INTRODUCTION OF DEADLY MICROBES TO CONTROL OR SLOW THE GROWTH OF EARTH'S POPULATION {were to be used}. AIDS is only ONE result of these plans. Drs. Alan Cantwell, Jr., William Campbell Douglass and Robert Strecker all claim to have traced the AIDS virus back to a secret 'Club of Rome' / World Health Organization / United Nations project at the biogenetic research labs at Ft. Detrick, Maryland -- and particularly to one building where there are more Chinese and Russian Communist nationals working in 'cultural exchange' capacity then there are Americans. They claim that the AIDS-creating virus was developed by splicing Bovine Leukemia and Sheep Visna viruses in human [cancer] cultures to produce the FIRST human retro-virus. Dr. Campbell Doug- lass believes that AIDS is a Socialist virulogical warfare attack on the West, designed to weaken us for a possible future military strike or invasion. It was decided BY THE ELITE that since the population must be reduced and controlled, it would be in the best interest of the 'human race' to rid ourselves of undesirable elements of our society. Specific targeted populations included BLACKS, HISPANICS, and HOMOSEXUALS."
Pro-abortion activist-leader and 'Planned Parenthood' founder Margaret Sanger betrays her own devotion to the Globalist genocidal policies and insensitivity to women's rights, especially NON-ARYAN women's rights -- not to mention the constitutional rights to 'life, liberty and the pursuit of happiness' on the part of untold millions of children -- in the following words from her first book 'PIVOT OF CIVILIZATION'. In reference to free MATERNITY care for the poor she states: "Instead of DECREASING and aiming to ELIMINATE THE STOCKS that are most detrimental to the future of the race and the world it tends to render them to a menacing degree dominant." And in reference to her 'Negro Project' of the late 1930's, which aimed at recruiting black ministers, physicians and political leaders for the purpose of encouraging birth control and sterilization in the black community, Sanger wrote: "...We do not want word to go out that WE WANT TO EXTERMINATE THE NEGRO POPULATION, and the minister is the man who can straighten out that idea if it ever occurs to any of their more rebellious members."]
The third organizational category is probably one of the most controversial. It is a fact that the United States had to 'borrow' from German technology to get our space program off the ground. What is not known is that the Allies had discovered underground factories in Germany wherein remarkable aerospace research had been conducted. One Bulgarian physicist by the name of Vladimir Terziski states that the Nazi's had actually landed on the moon prior to the American Apollo missions, using advanced electromagnetogravitic drives which were able to 'tap' the electromagnetic dynamo currents that are produced by the earth's rotation, or the EM energy streams that flow between celestial bodies. Other scientists have stumbled across these 'free' energy principles, yet most if not all of these have had a bad habit of either disappearing or turning up dead after trying to make their discoveries public. Do the Nazis have an operational moon base as we speak? Why has NASA, in spite of the incredible technological progress over the past quarter of a century, failed to [officially] return to the moon when it is well within their power to do so? Does this have anything to do with the fact that former NASA (National Aeronautics & Space Administration) and MSFC (Marshall Space Flight Center) directors Wernher von Braun and Kurt Davis were Nazi S.S. agents brought into America through Operation PAPERCLIP? Here are some of the organizations that might know the answer:
-- WACKENHUT SECURITY AGENCY
-- BECHTEL CORP.
-- LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORIES
-- JET PROPULSION LABORATORIES (J. P. L.)
-- RAND CORP.
-- MARSHALL SPACE FLIGHT CENTER
-- DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY (D.O.E.)
-- AEROJET CORP.
-- DEFENSE ADVANCED RESEARCH PROJECTS AGENCY (D.A.R.P.A.)
-- MADIGAN ARMY MEDICAL CENTER (WASHINGTON STATE)
According to former British Intelligence agent Dr. John Coleman, the three world power groups: the Wicca-Masons, the Maltese-Jesuits and the Black-Nobility ('Black' in this context refers to their character, not their skin colour) all work for and under the central Bavarian Command, or the Bavarian Illuminati which binds them all together. The Bavarians created the Bilderberg society for this purpose, the core of which contains a council of 13 members from each of the three 'groups' or 39 in all. The old-line ruling families who believe that they have the right to rule the world because they are descended from the emperors of the ancient Roman and so-called 'holy' Roman Empires consist of some 13- 15 'blue blood' families. Some of these families include: Rothschilds; Kuhn; Loeb; Lehman; Rockefellers; Sachs; Warburg; Lazard; Seaf; Goldman; Schiff; Morgan; Schroeder; Bush; Harriman... there are others that have not been mentioned and some that are mentioned are more 'powerful' then others. But these are some good names to start with in order to track down the present-day inner core of the conspiracy. The history of the Bilderberg group itself (which is a cover for the Bavarian Illuminati), and its NAZI connections, would probably be the best place to start however.
The Nazi agenda calls for the establishment of a National Socialist World Government. The 'hidden' roots of the World Socialist movement in all its forms can also be traced back to Bavaria, Germany and the secret societies there to which Mazzini, Marx and Lenin had close ties. The "target date" for a full Nazi takeover is the year 2000, with an "incubation period" for their New World Order being 1995-2000. Rumours abound that tens of thousands of Nazi S.S. and subordinates escaped during the War or AS Germany was falling, and took refuge in a huge underground base under the South Polar ice pack.
There have been reports of secret Nazi expeditions to the Queen Maud region of Antarctica beginning in 1938. A steady stream of expeditions were reportedly sent out from (at the time) white supremist South Africa. Over 230,000 square miles of the frozen continent were mapped from the air, and the Germans discovered vast regions that were surprisingly free of ice, as well as warm water lakes and cave inlets. One vast ice cave within the glacier was found to extend 30 miles to a large hot-water geo- thermal lake deep below. Various scientific teams were moved in to the area, including hunters, trappers, collectors and zoologists, botanists, agriculturists, plant specialists, micologists, parasitologists, marine biologists, ornithologists, and many others. Numerous divisions of the German government were involved in the top secret project.
After all the data was gathered, the deep underground construction teams came pouring into the renamed "Neu-Schwabenland". They came on cargo ships, military transport ships, and submarines. The cargo ships coming from South Africa were protected by a host of killer- submarines and military ships. This might explain the intense Nazi war efforts in South Africa. Any ship that even came close to the ship- ping routes from South Africa to Antarctica were destroyed by German U-boats. After all the goods were brought, the VIPs and scientists started to show up with a compliment of ULTRA, a highly specialized Nazi SS team like our MJ-12. ULTRA has always been in control of Antarctica. It is interesting that ULTRA is also the name of the top secret CIA base under the Archuleta plateau and peak northeast of Dulce, New Mexico. Also, much effort was put into developing secret weapons projects to defend their new underground Empire, which no doubt was constructed with the 'help' of a large number of expendable slave labourers transported from the concentration camps of Europe.
The major base-city of Antarctica became known as the NEW BERLIN, and today genetic, antigravity, and mind control research -- according to Bulgarian physicist Vladimir Terziski -- is being carried out there to a ten times greater degree than it was carried out in the Nazi concentration camps and the underground research centres and laboratories of Germany. The New Berlin was reportedly manned initially with nearly a million inhabitants, including a large number of German or Austrian Nazis and European worker-slaves, and over 2,000 elite Nazi S.S. scientists, all at the core of Adolf Hitler's "super-race" project. All of these had conveniently "disappeared" from Europe during the course of the Second World War. Today this underground Nazi Empire reportedly numbers approximately 2 million personnel, IF Terziski's sources are accurate. Another researcher, Jim Bennett, in a letter to Jacques Vallee dated Jan. 15, 1992 stated the following:
...1947 brought the passage of the National Security Act, the start of the NAZI germanated CIA and NSA. The influx of 'at least' a hundred Nazi scientists, engineers, etc., into the United States and Canada. A Nazi aeronautical engineer, a certain Herr Miethe -- who had designed four different types of saucer shaped craft by 1943 using either rocket power or DONUT CONFIGURATION jet turbine engines (rather than cylindrical), with the cabin stabilized by gyro, the compressors rotating in one direction and the expansion chambers and vectored exhausts rotating in the opposite direction -- was traced to Canada in 1947 and began work for the A. V. Roe company (Avroe disk). The phony AVRO 'aircar' was definitely to disinform the press as to the real projects underway underground in Canada. "The eight mile long train that went out of Austria in 1945 (672 train cars!), to the coast of Brittany, the contents loaded on board SHIPS, eventually end[ed] up underground in South-western Canada. At the same time over 100 prefab factory buildings were shipped from England to British Columbia. "...the Nazis had everything before any other country, they had radar in 1933, they had infra-red sensors, heavy water, etc., etc. We have been told lie after lie in terms of who invented these things... Their [the Nazis'] metallurgy and casting were flawed or they would have conquered the world. As you probably know, many expatriate Nazis were given carte blanche, new I.D.'s., and were included in (the) start-up of more than several departments of the CIA in 1947. Departments including 'genetics and cloning' (with some of the same 'doctors' who had given death camp residents gangrene, etc.), 'designer drugs and mind control' using the same scientists who had designed Methadone and Methedrine for Hitler's maniac efforts. In 1952, a public stir caused the CIA to shuffle these fab fellows out of town. My guess is to various underground centres that were being built.
The first German disks were rotary-lift devices, followed by the jet-turbine drives developed by Miethe, Schauberger and others. The ram-jet lift drives were later replaced by the far more advanced Kohler Tachyon magneto-gravitic drives which could 'tap' the electromagnetic dynamo currents of the earth and of deep space itself. Vladimir Terziski states that the Germans made it to the moon before America, and that a secret group of Vatican scientists using top-secret technology developed by Marconi also preceeded America to the moon.
Considering the Illuminati's strong connections to Rome and Bavaria, its connections to the early 'alchemical' scientific societies, and the fact that the Illuminati is believed to be a secret or closed scientific fraternity of initiates which has for centuries worked to guard their monopoly on occult technology from the rest of the world, then it would not be too incredible to suggest that 'they' were the first to experiment with aerospace flight -- as the Illuminati's [Nazi] military machine has done.
Terziski states that the reason America did not 'return' to the Moon in over a quarter century, in spite of massive technological gains, is because 'we' never left. A secret CIA space agency using suppressed technology reportedly continued where Apollo left off. This project, in secret collaboration with the Russians, established an operational joint basing facility on the Moon and was involved in potential Mars projects as well. The secret operation was known as 'Alternative 003'. An 'altercation' within this joint Lunar facility between the Americans and Russians reportedly set back the projects considerably, and in fact precipitated a secret 'space war' between American and Russian scientists involving Russian Space Platforms, Space Shuttles, Spy Satellites and S.D.I. technology.
This is the kind of 'war' you don't hear about in the news because neither side desires to expose their covert military operations in outer space. This covert space program in America is largely under the direction of the Bavarian Illuminati, into which most if not all of the astronauts or cosmonauts were tied via [Scottish Rite] Masonic memberships. One hint can be found in the fact that Apollo astronaut Neil Armstrong was a 33rd degree Mason. Unlike the more Christianized York Rite, the Scottish Rite was intentionally established by the Bavarians and Jesuits for the purpose of infiltrating the global network of Masonic fraternities and creating within them a framework through which the Bavarian Illumnati could operate.
One source who presents a great deal of information on the Nazi activities in Antarctica, stated that with the elections of Gorbachev and Yeltzin, the 'Bolshevik' influence in Russia was toppled and purged. The Bolsheviks escaped to America where, with the help of the Rockefellers who financed the Bolshevik Revolution in the first place, they were able to obtain positions within the U.S. government, intelligence and corporate structures and in the CIA itself. How could 'Nazi' agents and 'KGB' agents work side-by-side in the CIA? The answer is that Communism is NOT a Russian phenomena, it began in Bavaria when the German government smuggled their agent LENIN into Russia via train to stir up Revolution. The Communists had later broken away from the Bavarian and Roman secret societies which had backed their revolution, under pressure from the anti-Catholic Greek Orthodox Church. This is why the 'holy Roman Empire' also known as the 'Axis' Powers decided to invade Russia.
The Nazi S.S. was literally teeming with Jesuits according to researcher Edmond Paris. The German -Roman connection still existed as it did in ancient Roman Empirical times. The Nazis and Communists later worked together in the UNITED NATIONS in a common effort to attack America via virulogical warfare by collaborating in the AIDS conspiracy. The only difference between the National Socialists [Nazis] and Global Socialists [Communists] is not in the style of totalitarian government, but on just WHO would control the New World Order in the end. With the creation of the Bilderberger Organization, it seems as if the Bavarians have taken the upper hand.
Another connection is the Rockefellers, who helped to finance both the Communist AND Nazi movements according to Economics analyst Antony Sutton. However, the Rockefellers were/are members of Masonic secret societies which have their ultimate centre of power in Germany. So either way you look at it, it all traces back to Bavaria. As for the present Russian government, they are of the old Nationalist-Tzarist Russian classes who fought the Bolsheviks in the Revolution. One of the reasons for their war against the 'American' [or rather CIA/NSA] covert military space operations, according to the source in question, is because the PENTAGON - BAVARIAN NAZI - BOLSHEVIK KGB alliance WITHIN THE CIA wants to initiate a nuclear holocaust which they believe they will be able to ride-out in their underground bases, sacrificing both America AND Russia in the process. The Bavarian "New World Order" Empire of Europe -- now known as the EUROPEAN COMMUNITY or E.C. -- will be far enough away from the infernos that they expect to ride out the storm and emerge with total control or America, Russia AND THE WORLD in the end.
Just before the end of the WWII, two German provision U-boats, U-530 and U-977, were launched from a port on the Baltic Sea. Reportedly they took with them members of the antigravity-disk research and development teams (ULTRA), and the last of the most vital disc components (much of this technology and hardware had been transported to the base during the course of the war). This included the notes and drawings for the latest saucer or aerial disk designs, and designs for the gigantic underground complexes and living accommodations based on the remarkable underground factories of Nordhausen in the Harz Mountains. The two U-boats duly reached the new land of Neu-Schwabenland where they unloaded everything.
When the two ships entered an Argentine port months after the end of the war American Intelligence officials were alerted. They apprehended the crewmen and -- based on "rumours" that Martin Borman, Eva Braun and ven Adolf Hitler himself managed to escape to a top secret base in Antarctica -- they interrogated the Nazi personnel from both U-boats. In recent years it has been discovered that the dental records of the "suicide" found in the ashes of Berlin -- which were supposed to be the remains of Adolf Hitler -- did not match other dental records of the Nazi leader that have surfaced since the end of World War II. Apparently these interrogations by military Intelligence agents led to a dramatic American Naval Military response against the "Last Battalion" of the Third Reich.
There have been persistent 'rumours' that Navy Admiral Richard E. Byrd engaged Nazi forces in battle at the South Pole, a mission that was covered-up by a government that may have been embarrassed to admit that they had failed to entirely destroy the Nazi war machine. Reports stated that four of Byrd's planes were lost with all hands in the battle, and ground crews could not advance because of the 'sonic cannon' that Nazi scientists had developed which produced severe psychological effects. The battle was said to have ended in a stalemate and ceased three weeks after it began. It has also been claimed that when an en raged Admiral Byrd returned to the United States, he 'suggested' to the President and the Joint Chiefs of staff in an almost demanding tone that Antarctica be turned into a thermonuclear test range. Some have suggested that this did not come to pass, either through the interference of fascist infiltrators within the CIA or as a result of the intimidation that may have been felt in Washington D.C. after [what may have been Nazi] discs buzzed the White House in perfect military formation, a few years after the war in Antarctica.
All of these events of course were classified ABOVE TOP SECRET [higher than the H-bomb]. Now, of course the allegations that Byrd's 'Operation Highjump' was actually a cover for a military operation might be stretching the limit of credibility. However one would have to explain why this 'scientific expedition' involved THIRTEEN SHIPS, TWO SEAPLANE TENDERS, AN AIRCRAFT CARRIER, SIX TWO-ENGINE R4D TRANSPORTS, SIX MARTIN PBM FLYING BOATS, SIX HELICOPTERS AND A STAGGERING TOTAL OF 4,000 ELITE NAVY COMBAT TROOPS? If anything, it was certainly an ALL- OUT 'scientific' expedition...
If the Antarctican "New Berlin" base is still active at this time, it may be the actual headquarters of the Nazi conspiracy as it stands today.
What courses of action might be taken in regards to all of the above? I would personally suggest the initiation of a major Congressional Investigation of the Corporations and agencies mentioned above, with the specific purpose of confirming any links with the global Nazi conspiracy. Once the traitors are discovered, perhaps we can use the concentration camps that they have prepared for "US" to confine THEM, and then commence to try and re-build what's left of this country and restore the American dream as it was envisioned by our founding fathers.
It is believed by some that the Nazis, as a last resort, may use neutron bombs that have been placed in strategic positions in major cities as a means of "nuclear blackmail" if their "Global 2000" coup d'etat does not come off as planned. They may have the potential to do so. An I.T.N. World News Broadcast out of London made a brief mention in early 1995 of a plane that had been intercepted en-route from Moscow to Frankfurt, Germany. The plane carried a shipment of weapons-grade plutonium, and the rumours were that the Bavarian Secret Service had created a nuclear black market in the former Soviet States and were bringing a steady stream of plutonium into Germany for some undisclosed purpose. This report appeared once, yet strangely there were few if any follow-up reports in later broadcasts, and certainly nothing of significance was reported in the American media.
The Bavarian Empire pulled this number on us during the First and Second World Wars, into which America was drawn and in which many Americans died. Now they have declared war on the Free World for the third time. Well... as President Clinton would say when referring to "repeat offenders"...
"THREE STRIKES AND YOUR OUT!"
In light of the above, we might consider the battle-cry which the Jews have adopted after losing over 6,000,000 of their men, woman and children to Nazi genocide during World War II...
"NEVER AGAIN!!!"
Copyright 1994. Anonymous. Redistribution rights granted for non-commercial purposes only.


Last Tuesday, after giving my maiden speech at my new place of employment, UNAM, and proving they have not hired a dud, at least for now, I dropped James at the airport. Happily, we found a last-minute puerile double entendre on a sign for him to photograph, only slightly contrived in nature. I enjoy this ritual immensely. Then I worked for the rest of the week. This does not make good print, so we move right along.
One may recall that one of the unexpected delights of northern Italy was the museum of Puccini in Lucca, which, looking back, I wrote pitifully little about. On Saturday I had the opportunity to see his last opera, Turandot, as performed live by the New York Metropolitan Opera. How? The magic of sending HD on them satellites to Mexico. The lesson of the day is that neglect has caused my Italian to atrophy, but my Spanish is good enough to follow the plot from subtitles.
Tomorrow I get a day off, due to industrial action. Some weeks ago, the federal government dissolved the state run power company, stating gross inefficiencies. They probably intend to privatise it, and while normally such actions send me into a red flag waving diatribe, the experience here is the opposite of at home. Here, it seems that when public utilities are privatised, costs actually go down and services actually go up (even within the banking sector!). This is because here, often workers aren't the proletariat, but the lumpenproletariat in disguise. In order to be a worker, one has to, you know, work. But, to come to the point, as a show of solidarity with the electrical syndicate (yes, this is the apt synonym for union here), the education syndicate is blockading the campus tomorrow, and this isn't like a NTEU picket line where they ask you not to cross, you inform them you have an exam in three weeks, and they shrug, look sad and let you through, this is proper closure.
So, now that I've come to a realistic withdrawal from my political philosophy for certain sociological situations, will a certain Italian crystallographer do likewise? Probably not, though the rumoured revision of stance on bike helmets is satisfying enough.


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Sketchbook: Composition Studies for Film
Author: Hans P. Bacher
Publisher: Laurence King Publishing
Featuring hundreds of carefully hand-crafted illustrations by the internationally renowned production designer Hans Bacher, Sketchbook - Composition Studies for Film is a unique journey through the mind and creative process of one of the artistic legends in animation film design. Having shaped such films as The Lion King, Mulan and Beauty and the Beast to name a few, Hans's work is a part of the very cultural fabric of our age. Here the artist puts on display the rarely discussed first part of image making for film, the conceptual thumbnail. Exquisitely beautiful in themselves, these small illustrations represent the birth of what eventually becomes the iconic images we experience on the silver screen.
Essential to anyone interested in understanding the skeletal structure that exists underneath stunning imagery in all forms of media, this book is especially relevant today with the dramatic increase of interest in film and game design. Although students today have ready access to and an understanding of technical aspects of the craft using associated software, the area most lacking in accessible information is this quintessential first part of thumb-nailing an image. This unique book will provide the student and professional with the fundamentals of conceptualizing images, and how these can be used in composition in the related fields of illustration, graphic novels, 2D animation, 3D animation, photography and cinematography.
Production designer Hans Bacher is acknowledged as one of the legends in animation film design. His work with Walt Disney Feature Animation, Richard Williams, and Steven Spielberg's Amblimation saw him creating the production design for such historic films as Who Framed Roger Rabbit, Beauty and the Beast, Aladdin, The Lion King, Balto, Hercules, Fantasia 2000, Little Match Girl, Brother Bear, Lilo and Stitch and Mulan amongst others. He is a member of the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences and has been honored with the Golden Camera Award and an Annie for outstanding individual achievement in Production Design. He now lives in Singapore where he teaches at Nanyang Technological University.
Dream Worlds: Production Design for Animation
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Ann Sothern was an American film and television actress with a career spanning six decades.
Sothern was born Harriette Arlene Lake in Valley City, North Dakota, but was raised in Minneapolis, Minnesota, where she graduated from Minneapolis Central High School in 1926. Sothern left home and began her film career as an extra in the 1927 film Broadway Nights at the age of 18. During 1929 and 1930, she appeared as a chorus girl in such films as The Show of Shows and Whoopee!. She appeared on Broadway and had a trained voice, occasionally singing in films.
On Broadway in 1931, she had leading roles in America's Sweetheart and in Everybody's Welcome. In 1934, Sothern signed a contract with Columbia Pictures, but after two years the studio released her. In 1936, she was signed by RKO Radio Pictures and after a string of films that failed to attract an audience, Sothern left RKO and was signed to Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer, making her first film for them in 1939.


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Paul Nerau Calls For New Priorities
All 15 state-owned enterprises in the country will be aligned to work effectively and produce results strictly set by the IPBC board.
Newly sworn in board chairman, Paul Nerau, bluntly told the SOEs and the private sector to improve their services and focus on growing the country's economy.
Mr. Nerau said customer service will be made a priority as long as he is in office.
Mr. Nerau was nominated by the National Executive Council for the top post in IPBC.
He brings with him a wealth of experience in the private sector for 36 years.
He founded the Bougainville Development Corporation in 1979, and to date; the business has grown to a value of 37 million kina.
In his inaugural speech, Mr. Nerau told heads of the 15 SOEs and the private sector to improve their services, make it affordable and beneficial for small people in particular.
Mr. Nerau said the country's economy is growing, and so are the investors.
He said that so many people from other countries continue to flock into the country to tap into the potential commercial activities in the country.
Despite this fact, lives have not been improved to the level the economy has grown to date.
Mr. Nerau urged all SOEs and also the private sector to cooperate with his board, and deliver the best for the citizens.
He said during his term in office, customer service will be made a priority, and essential services such as electricity, water and communication will be improved for the better.
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X-mas WOD /paleo potluck Sunday, Dec. 16th at 4:00pm.
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Join us for our official 1 year anniversary at the SW 16th nd Jefferson location and our x-mas WOD Sunday, Dec. 16th at 4:00pm. No 2pm or 3pm open gym. But bring the family and get ready for an outstanding night, come together as a community to celebrate and have some fun. Paleo potluck will follow workout! Bring your favorite paleo dish.
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What is the partial free will?
We can divide the acts of human beings into two parts.
Some of them are the acts occurring completely out of human free will. The beating of a heart, the circulation of blood, breathing in and out opening and closing our eyelids are examples to such acts. These types of acts are named as "involuntary acts" Human free will cannot interfere with these types of acts; therefore, there is no responsibility or award for these acts.
The other acts are related to human free will. The acts such as eating, drinking, looking, talking, walking are included in this part. In this part, we have a choice We can look at permissible images but we can also look at sinful images. We can eat permissible foods or we can eat forbidden foods. We can talk about good things but we can also lie and gossip. These types of acts are named as "voluntary acts".
Partial free will is our ability to choose regarding those acts. In terms of creation, both involuntary and voluntary acts are created by God. However, our demand is in question regarding voluntary acts. This demand is called partial free will.
In other words, in voluntary acts, man is the one that demands and God is the one that creates the acts. Because of this demand, man becomes obedient or rebellious. That is to say, human free will relates to the attribute of the act and the power of God relates to the essence of the act.
Suppose that we are in the guesthouse of a king. On each floor of the guesthouse, different benefactions and gifts are exhibited and as we come up, we see that these benefactions and gifts increase. Suppose that, on the bottom floor of the guest house, there is punishment instead of benefactions and pains instead of gifts. There is only one way to go up and down: to enter the elevator and push the button of the floor that we want to reach.
Now we are in the elevator and we push a button that hoists us up and the elevator hoisted us up. Or we pushed a button to go down and the elevator took us down. Moreover, we should not forget that a person can push the button to go up but then can change the decision and can push the button that will take him or her down and he or she starts to go down. Or a person can push the button to go down but if he or she wants to go up and if his elevator journey has not finished yet, the person can push the button that hoists him or her up and he or she can reach the upper floor.
Now let us analyze our situation: We did not make the elevator and we cannot carry it by our force. However, the elevator does not act on its own. We push a button by using our free will and the elevator takes us to that floor.
Therefore, we cannot say,: "I move the elevator and it works by my force" Similarly, we cannot say, "This elevator acts on its own; if it wants, it carries me up" "or carries me down; I can do nothing about it; I have no free will." We cannot claim, "I move the elevator by my force" because we do not have even a little bit of force to move the elevator and to invent it. Let alone claiming to move the elevator by our own force, we probably do not even get in the elevator by our own force. The merciful king of this guest house makes us get into the elevator without our force and intervention So, we cannot say that we carry the elevator on our own Likewise, We cannot claim, "we have no intervention in the movement of the elevator; it carries us base on its desire and free will"; because the elevator carries us to the floor that we want to go by pushing the button. It does not carry us to the floor that we do not want to go.
Then, the best statement is this: "We do not carry the elevator and the elevator does not work with our force. However, we determine the floor that the elevator goes up or down because of our free will by pushing buttons." Therefore, we determine the floor that we will go to. The elevator acts based on our determination and demand.
Now, we will explain the facts in the example: In this example, the guesthouse is this world and this beautiful realm.
The owner of the guesthouse is God, the sultan of pre-eternity and post-eternity.
The top floors of the guesthouse are the deeds that help us to reach Heaven; the bottom floors of the guesthouse are the sins that cause us to go to Hell.
The elevator is God's will and power. Pushing the button of the elevator is our demand from God to create that deed. This is partial free will.
When we decide to read the Holy Quran with our free will and when we demand to read the Holy Quran, God creates with His power the deed of "reading the Holy Quran". Namely, when we are in this situation, we push the upper button of the elevator and the elevator carries us to that floor. Everything, from our mouth's movement to the Holy Quran that we read, belongs to God. Everything happens with His creation. We only prefer and demand this condition to be created by God. This preference and demand is named as partial free will.
Instead of reading the Quran, if we want to read a book that includes sins, then it means, with our free will, we push a button that takes us downstairs. Namely, we demand this deed to be created by God and God creates this deed because this life is a test.
God's creation is dependent on our desire, namely, our free will; so we become responsible for our deeds. However, God does not create that sin due to His mercy in many cases and God prevents us from sinning.
Suppose that on a dock the sultan's ships are arranged in an order and in front of the dock, there are two islands. The sultan commands the captains to go to the island on the right side and bans them from going to the island on the left side. The sultan tests the captains about their obedience to him and the sultan does not interfere in the captains who go to the island on the left side due to the test.
Suppose that the ships are equipped with the same devices and the routes to both islands are kept open. On the other hand, all needs and fuels of the ships are provided by the sultan. Here, the captain only turns the rudder and chooses the island that he decides to go. The ship and the movement of the ship belong to the sultan.
If this shipmaster goes to the island on the right side by obeying the command of the sultan, he will meet various benefactions. If he goes to the island on the left side, he will be a target for the attacks of wild animals and he will be punished by the sultan's officers in various ways. Each captain can give direction to the ship and go to the island that he decides to go as a cox of the sultan. When a captain decides to go to an island, the ship will follow the route that the captain will give and the sea will carry the ship until it reaches this island.
We also must add that the captain has a right, at every moment of the travel, to change the route. For example, when he is travelling towards the island on the left, he can turn the direction towards the right side or when he is travelling towards the island on the right, he can turn the direction towards the left side.
Now let us analyze it: The captain does not cause the ship to float on the water with his own power because he does not have the necessary power for it. Likewise, he cannot fulfill the needs of the ship on his own. Neither did he make this ship, nor is he the owner of the sea and other devices in the ship; all of them belong to the sultan.
The dock in example is this world.
The sultan is God, who is owner of the universe.
Each ship is a man. The devices in the ship are the senses and the organs which are given to man by God.
As for those two islands, the island on the right side is Heaven and the deeds that cause man to go to Heaven; the island on the left is Hell and the deeds that cause man to go Hell.
The captain's deciding the route of the ship and turning the rudder is partial free will. Every organ and cell in the human body, each system in the universe and sphere serve and move thanks to the will and the power of God. However, in voluntary deeds, man is not plunged into the sea of events like a captain whose hand and arms are tied. Man prefers and determines his ship's (body) island (movement) thanks to his partial free will. So he decides the destination which he will go on his own. The ability of this decision-making is named as partial free will.
Suppose that a child is sitting on the back of a wrestler. There are two mountains in front of them. On the mountain in the right, delicious foods and many benefactions are available. On the mountain in the left, only thorny food and wild animals are available.
The child will climb up one of these mountains but his own force is not enough to climb the mountains; so, a wrestler takes him or her on his back and he will carry the child by obeying the child's desire and decision. Suppose that this child wants to climb the mountain on the left instead of the mountain on the right, which includes many beautiful benefactions and the child wants the wrestler to climb the mountain on the left. The wrestler carries him to that mountain. As a result of his desire, after climbing that mountain, he encounters hundreds of pains and fears.
Now, let us analyze the situation: The child did not climb that mountain with his own force. Besides, his force is not enough to climb that mountain on his own. However, the wrestler did not carry him to the mountain on the left by force. If the child had wanted to climb the mountain on the right, the wrestler would have carried him to the mountain on the right. As a matter of fact, he carried many people to the mountain on the right. Then, the child cannot claim that he climbed the mountain with his own force. He cannot claim that the wrestler carried him to the mountain on the left by force, either.
The mountain on the right in the example is Heaven and the deeds that cause us to go to Heaven.
The mountain on the right is Hell and the bad deeds that cause us to go to Hell.
That child is us, that is, human beings.
The wrestler is the power of God.
Yes, we act thanks to the power of God. In the example, the child sits on the back of the wrestler. Likewise, we act with the power of God. We want God to carry us to the mountain that we want to climb and to create the act that we want to make. Our demand is the partial free will. God creates our demands even if He does not approve them because life is a test. Here; we want the act to be created by God. God is creator of the act. We become responsible for this demand because our demand and desire caused the creation of the act.
Then, our task is using our partial free will for the demand of good deeds and asking God to create the deeds that cause us to go to Heaven. When this desire combines with a good intention, it will make us deserve Heaven.
Happy is the man who uses the partial free will that was given to him in the creation of good deeds and who does the deeds that cause him to go to Heaven. Shame on the man who uses his partial free will, which was given to him to demand good acts, in the way of sins and misappropriation.
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Laura Nashman is a Canadian, award-winning flutist and music producer. For over 30 years, she has been playing flute, recording and producing music and helping animals. Her gold CD, Lullababy, with pianist John Alonso has put over a quarter of a million babies to sleep over the years. She created a concert series called "An Elegant Affair" with John at the Heliconian Hall in Toronto for over 5 years. She has travelled and toured with her music internationally.
She has also visited the Elephant Nature Park in Chiang Mai, Thailand and played flute for rescued Asian elephants. She learned that high notes were to be avoided if stampeding elephants were to also be avoided. With various Canadian musician friends, Laura produced Elephant Fundraisers at unique locations in Toronto upon her return from Thailand. Her music training included: Bachelor of Music in Flute Performance from the University of Toronto, Faculty of Music, many masterclasses with British flutists William Bennett and Geoffrey Gilbert.
She also paints abstract art entitled "Spa-on-the-Canvas" ~ a style she creates in an improved fashion that evokes blissful emotions and serenity. Her music label, Spa-la-la, offers instrumental music with collaborative Canadian musicians, such as guitarist Bill Bridges, pianist John Alonso, multi-instrumentalist and sound healer Michael Moon and others. As an animal lover, Laura took her Pomeranian therapy dog, Ito, to the Toronto Grace Hospital for 5 years for pet therapy services.
As a retired therapy dog, Ito has starred in the one minute short, Ito's Toronto, which was a prize winner at the TUFF, (Toronto Urban Film Festival 2010) and was awarded, Most Ambitious Film by a Female Director, chosen by acclaimed filmmaker Deepah Mehta.
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WCU Confers Honorary Degree on Gary Smith, Awards President's Medallions to The Merions
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Published: 5:24 am EST December 23, 2022 Published: December 23, 2022 Updated: 9:38 am EST December 22, 2022
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President Chris Fiorentino and Gary Smith, right.
On Saturday, Dec. 17, West Chester University recognized three individuals who have made a significant impact on the university and its students.
At the 9 AM commencement ceremony for students in all Colleges within the Graduate School, the university awarded an honorary Doctor of Public Service degree to Gary Smith, president and CEO of the Chester County Economic Development Council (CCEDC).
"Gary is a dedicated leader who is committed to nurturing the economic viability of Chester County," said WCU President Chris Fiorentino. "As an alumnus and an advocate for smart economic growth, he makes West Chester University and all those living in our region extremely proud. His work is impactful as he encourages individuals to come together, act, and respond in ways that will benefit our entire community. His honorary Doctor of Public Service is truly well-deserved and we could not be more grateful for his continued service as a passionate citizen."
At the 3 PM commencement ceremony for students in the College of Education and Social Work, the College of Arts and Humanities, and the Wells School of Music, Fiorentino presented individual President's Medallions to Richard and Jeanette Merion.
"The President's Medallion for Service is one of the highest honors awarded at West Chester University, and Richard and Jeanette Merion are most deserving," said Fiorentino. "Awarded for outstanding leadership and exceptional service to the University, the Merions' commitment to this institution and all of our students runs deep. Thanks to their generosity, the Merion Science Center bears their name, and they recently named 'The Bridge' in the new Sciences and Engineering Center and The Commons. As they fuel this University's spirit, it is an honor to award the President's Medallion for Service to both of them."
Short biographies for these exceptional honorees follow:
Gary Smith, president and CEO of the Chester County Economic Development Council (CCEDC), is a nationally respected leader and pioneer in the world of economic development. In his 46 years serving both the county and the Commonwealth, Smith has made immeasurable contributions, structuring more than $13 billion in project financing while nurturing thousands of businesses through their growth cycles and shaping countless communities through his passion and advocacy for smart economic growth. He earned both his bachelor of arts and master of science in urban and regional planning from West Chester University.
Instrumental in Chester County's evolution as an economic powerhouse — while preserving its rich agricultural heritage — Smith pioneered award-winning programs of below market-rate financing, agricultural economic development, brownfields redevelopment, conduit funding for commercial construction, industry partnerships, urban revitalization, and multi-agency collaboration. During his tenure, the Council has created 165,000 new jobs, engaged more than 100,000 individuals in workforce development programs, and helped thousands of businesses establish roots and grow in Chester County. Today, the Council employs 35 economic development professionals.
In addition to his work with the CCEDC, Smith was executive director of the Business and Industry Chamber for Chester County and established the first county-wide Chamber of Commerce for Business and Industry. He also founded and directed the Southeastern Economic Development Company of Pennsylvania, the state's largest U.S. Small Business AdministrationCertified Development Company. He has served on numerous local, regional, and national boards, including the Council of Development Financing Agencies, the Pennsylvania Economic Development Association, and the National Council of State Agricultural Finance Programs.
The Gary W. Smith Entrepreneurial Leadership Endowment has been established to support the operation, mission, and efforts of the Cottrell Entrepreneurship Center in honor of Smith and his past and continued enduring efforts to foster an entrepreneurial spirit in his role as President and CEO of the Chester County Economic Development Council. In addition to operational support, funds are also to be used to award at least one minimum $1,000 scholarship annually to a promising student who exemplifies Smith's entrepreneurial spirit.
Richard and Jeanette Merion have deep, abiding connections to West Chester University, and their numerous contributions are indelibly woven into WCU's foundation. The Merions' generous support is visible throughout campus, chiefly in the Merion Science Center, which bears their name. The Merions also named "The Bridge," a collaborative space in the new Sciences and Engineering Center and The Commons. Now named "The Leadership Bridge," it is named in honor of future leaders in the sciences and engineering and is one of the architectural highlights of the SECC.
Richard and Jeanette Merion with President Chris Fiorentino.
The Merions created the Richard and Jeanette Merion Endowed Scholarship, which benefits students majoring in physics, chemistry, biology, and nursing, with preference to those enrolled in WCU's ROTC program. The scholarship is one of many ways the Merions have generously supported military students at WCU. Richard retired from the U.S. Army as a Brigadier General following 32 years in the active military and reserves. Jeanette is a former U.S. Army Staff Sergeant veteran and is actively engaged with the American Legion. She also volunteers with the West Chester Senior Center and the Chester County Pops Orchestra. Together, they actively engage with the Marine Corps league, local VFWs, American Legions, and community businesses and garner support for our WCU ROTC cadets and student veterans, as well as the USO.
Jeanette and Richard are members of the WCU Carillon Diamond Society, recognizing their more than 25 consecutive years giving, and the WCU Heritage 1871 Society, recognizing their lifetime giving. Jeanette is a former member of the advisory board of WCU's Visiting Artist Series and, along with Richard, they were WCU Presidents Circle Dinner Award Honorees in 2001. They are also former Presidential Gala committee members.
Richard, who earned his bachelor's degree in science education from West Chester in 1959, is president emeritus of the WCU Alumni Association (WCUAA) and was recognized with the Distinguished Alumni Award (1995) and the WCUAA Service Award (2015). While in the service, he earned a master's degree in public health from the University of Michigan and returned to West Chester to complete a master's degree in biology in 1969. In 2009, West Chester University awarded an honorary Doctor of Public Service to Richard and the status of Honorary Alumna to Jeanette.
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There's something very profound happening beneath the surface this entire film. It's hard to put your finger on, but you can feel it in your bones. It's not just a another well crafted James Franco/Seth Rogen comedy — which I'm not knocking, I've loved them all — but, it feels like there is raw, unfiltered passion infused into every frame of this one. It's like a good meal made by your grandma that nobody else can replicate, even with the recipe. There's a very real degree of love and attention that goes into every step that you can't explain, but you can sure as hell taste it.
Franco as Wiseau is so goddamn fun to watch. He's funny and tragic and heroic and mysterious. His brother, Dave who actually plays the lead in this movie also does a great job — especially considering that he had to act along side his naked older brother for an entire scene. The incredible ensemble cast is made up of so many of today's funniest and most talented actors that to see them all on the same screen is worth the price of admission alone.
It's also an interesting look behind the scenes of filmmaking. Specifically, it examines the experience of struggling actors and the rejection-riddled, awkward, sometimes soul crushing situations they must deal with as they follow their passion. Why do they do it? Is it only for fame or is it deeper than that?
I can't recommend this movie highly enough. It was easy for me to give it the full 5 out of 5. Anyone can enjoy it. It's universally appealing while at the same time unique and artistic. Like a Ferris Bueller or Knocked Up I think it will become one of those special comedies with enough depth & charm to be watched and re-watched countless times without ever getting old.
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The Auld House was the 1880s family homestead of the Alexander Kennedy Auld Family. The piñon pine log cabin was built by this Texas pioneer family along "The Divide," the highest point of the Edwards Plateau. Located near Leakey in Real County, the 14' x 47' structure is thought to be the largest piñon pine cabin in Texas. It was constructed of large-trunked logs from an archaic stand of piñon trees (dating from the ice Age) on a ridge on the Auld Ranch. In 1977, son Dan Auld, who bequeathed the cabin to the Botanical Garden, recalled the process of building the home: "My father and a group of young Scotchmen cut these piñon logs for this home up on top of one of the hills on the ranch, carried them to the valley, put them on ox carts and carried them to the present location." This Auld forebear was killed when he fell from his horse and was dragged to death. His widow, Susanna Lowrance Gibbens Auld, stayed on the remote ranch and raised seven children by herself.
The house itself was ideally sited, located on the protected base of a 300-foot cliff where a natural spring and fern bank had formed. Mrs. Auld kept milk, butter, and eggs in a cool niche above the spring. Comanche Indians, who had long used the cliff site as a campground, would still come to camp there. On horseback, they would peer down at the Auld Homestead but never bother the widow or her children.
In 1996, the daughter of Dan Auld, Joan Auld Powell Hallmark, acted on her late father's bequest of the homestead to the Botanical Garden. Botanical Society Board Member Cecil Jackson, whose avocation was log cabin restoration, proudly guided the reconstruction of the cabin at the Garden. It was just the type of early Texas architecture that founders of the Garden had in mind when they planned to have structures representing Texas' geographic diversity in the 11-acre Texas Native Trail.


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Slurping soup for politeness, reading a book right to left, the side of the road you drive on, and the emergency telephone number in Japan (119) are not the only things "backwards"-seeming to Americans, but Japanese grammar is about as backwards as you can get from English grammar. This is one of many reasons why Japanese has been deemed one of the most difficult languages in the world for English speakers to acquire (not to mention the varying politeness levels), alongside Arabic, Chinese, and Korean. An interesting side note to learn about Korean is, in addition to having an abundant amount of words that are both similar in pronunciation and meaning as Japanese (and many Chinese loanwords as well), Korean grammar is also remarkably similar to Japanese grammar, making it an easier choice to learn for someone proficient in Japanese than one who is not.
With the Japanese blog posts starting here on Skritter, I thought it might be a good idea to touch a bit on grammar, and the big difference between Japanese and English. First, a quick and easy explanation about SOV and SVO, meaning (Subject-Object-Verb) and (Subject-Verb-Object). This is the main difference between Japanese (and Korean) grammar, versus English (and Chinese) grammar, where both Korean and Japanese use "SOV", and Chinese and English both use "SVO".
Let's take the following sentence as an example:
(Subject: I), (Verb: read), (Object: a blog): SVO
"I'm reading a blog".
(Topic: 私 – "I"), (Object: ブログ – "a blog"), (Verb: 読む – "reading"): SOV
私はブログを読んでいます。(わたしはブログをよんでいます。)
Notice how in English, the verb ("reading") is used before the object, ("a blog"), following the rules of SVO. The similarity between English and Japanese is the word order of the subject, in this case the word "I", which starts at the beginning of the sentence in both languages. (On a sentence like this however, the topic would most likely be omitted in Japanese, leaving only the object and the verb remaining. As a note, the shortest possible Japanese sentence is nothing but a verb, with both the subject and object/topic omitted, to be inferred by the listener).
Using the same sentence above as an example, and if using English words but spoken in a Japanese word order, it would read: "I a blog am reading". To be even more accurate, because no singular or plural is used, and the equivalent tense of am/is/are/to be (です), would be used at the very end in Japanese, a more accurate English depiction would read: "I blog reading am". This is of course just to give a gist of the difference, and shouldn't be taken as a direct equivalent.
Here are a couple more simple sentences to help illustrate the difference between SOV and SVO. Each sentence uses the same subject of "I", or "私"(わたし), as marked with the topic marker "は".
"I own a pet dog."
「(私は)犬を飼っています。」
English rendition: "I / dog / own".
Dog (object): 犬(いぬ)
Raise a pet (verb): 飼う(かう), present progressive polite tense: 飼って + います
"I like sports."
「〔私は)スポーツが好きです。」
English rendition: "I / sports / like".
Sports (object): スポーツ
Like (adjective used with polite copula verb "desu"): 好き(すき)+ です
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My choir leaders held a birthday lunchon for me at a very nice restaurant in Osaka. I'm very grateful that so many people loves me and take care of me. I praise God for keeping me today. Thank you everybody!


Belgium had the honour of being the 2018 host to the North Atlantic Coast Guard Forum (NACGF). That meant organizing two conferences in one year. In spring for the expert meetings and in autumn for the summit meeting for a total of 160 participants from Belgium and abroad.
Curious about how we organized all that? Take a peek behind the scenes at the NACGF 2018.
The Flanders Marine Institute (VLIZ) launches the third edition of their Compendium for Coast and Sea on Friday 7 December 2018. The Compendium includes scientifically based and up-to-date information on the Belgian part of the North Sea and the Flemish coastal areas. The launch event takes places in De Grote Post in Ostend from 9:30 am to 12:30 pm and is open to marine scientists, policy makers, industry and other interested users or stakeholders of the sea and coast.
The brochure 'Marinas along the Flemish Coast', a realisation by our coast guard partner Coastal Division, got an update. It offers a comprehensive overview of the works that were executes in Ostend, Blankenberge, Zeebrugge and Nieuwpoort and the plans for the future. At Nieuwpoort an extra 500 berth will be created along the right bank, together with space designated for living, for shops and for restaurants and bars. A new bridge for pedestrians and cyclists will connect this new part of town with Nieuwpoort-centre. To prevent the further silting of the harbour channel in Blankenberge, a new and higher dam would offer a solution. The execution thereof is planned for the second half of 2019. Curious to read more? Brochure Marinas along the Flemish Coast.
Feeling nostalgic? Take a stroll through the rich past of the Belgianc coast on www.beeldbankkusterfgoed.be.
You will find a precious collection of olf pictures, postcards, drawings and posters from Middelkerke, Oostende, De Haan and Blankenberge. Currently, the database contains about 73.000 images. The intention is to expand the database even more and your help is appreciated. You can do so by uploading interesting images, but also by helping out as a volunteer with tracking down, digitalising and describing the images.
Planning a trip to the seaside in the coming days? Before you leave, do not forget to check the coastal weather forecast. That why you know immediately what to bring, your sunscreen or your umbrella. Our coast guard partner Coastal Division makes a special forecast for the coast and the sea. It is updated four times a day and split between the westcoast (De Panne to Oostende) and the eastcoast (Oostende to Knokke-Heist). You can also see webcam images of several coastal municipalities.


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Jeff Morris creates musical experiences that engage audiences' minds with their surroundings. His performances, installations, lectures, and writings appear in international venues known for cutting-edge arts and asking deep questions in the arts. He has won awards for making art emerge from unusual situations: music tailored to architecture and cityscapes, performance art for the radio, and serious concert music for toy piano, robot, Sudoku puzzles, and paranormal electronic voice phenomena.
He has presented work in the Onassis Cultural Center (Athens), Triennale Museum (Milan), D-22 (Beijing's avant-garde music scene), the International Symposium on Electronic Art (Vancouver, Canada), the Lyndon B. Johnson Presidential Library and Museum (Austin), the Chicago Architecture Foundation's "Open House Chicago," and the Boston Microtonal Society. His work has won awards in the Concours de Bourges (France), Viseu Rural (Portugal), "Music in Architecture" International Competition (Austin), the Un"Cage"d Toy Piano Competition (NYC), and the "Radio Killed the Video Star" Competition (NYC).
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Jeff Morris presents his fourth Ravello Records release, this one focusing on woodwinds and employing his characteristic live sampling and electronics. CLOSE REEDING is the latest since HEARING VOICES, an album which set its sights on the most fundamentally-human musical instrument: the human voice. Now, Morris turns his attention to woodwind instruments, which he terms the "next most human" family of instruments. By way of digital manipulation and live improvisation, Morris gives this thesis a convincing exposition.
In HEARING VOICES, his third album of electronic music with Ravello Records, Jeff Morris captivates the psyche with music that is equal parts space age and primeval. With Morris's characteristic sensitivity, the collection harnesses the expressive power of digital glitches, sonic manipulation, and underneath it all, the human voice.
Jeff Morris's second album, WITH STRINGS, explores the possibilities of 21st-century counterpoint. He builds up rich musical textures by sampling violin and cello live and folding them back into the mix, influencing the performers in turn.
INTERFACES explores the different ways a computer can fit in a modern jazz ensemble and still be true to itself. Technology performer Jeff Morris is joined by free jazz icon Karl Berger on vibes and piano as well as innovative New York percussionist Joe Hertenstein. Morris takes sounds from his partners live in the moment and transforms them into his own musical voice with the DNA of acoustic sounds and the fingerprints of digital processing. This live sampling improvisation results in expressively shifting quasi-loops and glitchy melodic gestures, drawn from music that just happened and influencing what the performers will do next.