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Extrasensory ResolutionsPremiered December 1, 2003 Perceptions -- Act II, Inter Scene 5-6 The lights come up on the pay telephone booth, as the lights go down on main stage. Suddenly, GERALDINE, SHELA, ESTHER, RICHARD and ANN all converge on the telephone booth at once, in typical herd fashion, making a great deal of noise and jostling sounds. All try to get into the telephone booth first, but because they are all pushing to get in at once, no one manages to make it. With all five jammed up against the door of the telephone booth, FRED saunters in from stage left (crossing main stage) and over to the telephone booth area, and into the light. FRED's manner is totally casual, in contrast to the others' frantic activities. FRED Excuse me. Everyone responds by first recognizing FRED and then realizing that FRED is one of the ESP subjects. With a fair amount of jostling, they respond to FRED's request and provide a narrow path for FRED to the telephone. FRED manages to squeeze his way through the other five bodies and enter the booth. Once in, FRED smiles. FRED Thanks. As FRED dials, the other listen intently, thinking to hear something worthwhile. After a brief pause, while the others jockey for position and FRED gives them a simple smile, FRED is answered. FRED Hello? Mom? It's Fred! The others groan, and then realize that have to get to another telephone. GERALDINE I've got to get to another telephone! ANN I know where one is! Everyone looks at ANN, who immediately regrets her statement. Abruptly she rushes off stage, followed by the others, en masse. As the others leave, FRED continues. FRED Fred Preston. (ad) Your son. (ad, and in a matter of fact voice) Brown hair. About five foot eight inches tall... [OR the appropriate self- description of the actor playing the part of FRED.] BLACKOUT—END OF INTERSCENE 5/6 Perceptions -- Act II, Scene 3 Lights come up on main stage to give SCOTT's office the appearance of night, but with just enough light so that movements on stage are easily visible. Outside the window, it is clearly dark. The office door opens quietly and slowly, and DICK sticks his head into the room. He look around carefully, sees that the coast is clear, and being very secretive, slips into the room. With the door shut behind him, he plasters himself against the door and again looks around. Then he goes to the locked file, and with occasional furtive glances, opens the file drawer. Carefully, he pulls out the five files on the subjects and spreads them out on the table. DICK then takes out a small pen light and begins to inspect the outside of the files. DICK (quietly, as if to himself, in effect addressing the files) Shari, Shari, Shari... where are you, Shari? SHARI quickly opens the office door and sticks her head in. She asks in charming innocence: SHARI Someone call my name? DICK Arggggg! SHARI Did I scare you? DICK Of course not. I have a history of cardiac arrest. SHARI Sorry. Then holding onto his arm and laying her head on his shoulder, she asks innocently: SHARI What are you doing? DICK Switching the files. DICK looks at SHARI's innocent, beaming face. DICK But you already knew that, didn't you? SHARI Yes. And I love you for what you're doing. DICK smiles and reaches for the file with SHARI's name. DICK Ah, here's your file. He takes the name tag off the file. DICK We'll just remove your name and switch it with... SHARI How about Richard? He seems like he needs the attention. DICK Good idea. Quickly, he switches the names. DICK Richard is now at the top of the list. DICK puts RICHARD's file on top, and places all five files back into the file drawer. DICK We'll just put these back into the safe. For safekeeping. Both laugh, as she shuts and locks the file drawer. Suddenly a sound of a key at the office door alerts them. They respond by running into the storeroom. The office door opens and SHELA enters, as secretively as DICK had done. Quickly SHELA moves to the file cabinet, unlocks it, and removes the five files. Whipping out a small light (but nevertheless, slightly brighter light than DICK's), she immediately starts scanning the top file—which is, of course, RICHARD's. SHELA quickly scans the information in RICHARD's file. SHELA This must be the one. Yes, yes, I'm sure of it. Richard, huh? Interesting! The sound of the office door lock being picked startles SHELA. Quickly, she starts for the closet door, remembers the files, rushes back, grabs the files and puts them back into the file drawer. Then she runs for the closet and steps in. The barking sound of a ferocious dog is heard, just as she enters the closet and closes the door. Immediately, the office door opens and ESTHER enters, replacing a hair pin in her hair (which she had used to unlock the door). She slips into the room in the by-now standard, secret fashion, and heads for the files. She pulls the files out and starts though them. She also carries a small flashlight (one which is slightly larger and brighter than SHELA's). ESTHER Ah ha! Richard is our secret talent! Well, that's easily fixed. We'll just switch name tags. (Which she does.) Never let it be said that I don't know how to make myself look good. At least long enough to get myself a nice, fat, juicy contract. ESTHER smiles to herself and returns the files to the drawer. Then she steps back through the door and exits. SHELA abruptly steps back into the room from the closet. While the closet door is open, there is the barking sound of a ferocious dog. SHELA's attitude is that of someone who has just barely escaped with her life. She carries an extremely tattered umbrella -- one apparently chewed by a dog. For a moment, she breathes heavily, her back leaning against the closet door, as if to ensure it being closed. Then she swallows hard and rushes back to the file cabinet. After placing the files back on the table, she starts through them again. She glances at the first file. SHELA Richard. Ah well, we already know about him. She sets RICHARD's file aside, without looking at it. She looks at the next two files and after looking at them, dismisses each one as irrelevant. Then she glances at the fourth file.) SHELA Ann? She discards the file without looking at it, laughing to herself. Then the picks up the fifth file and realizes that there is a "second talent". Looking up, SHELA muses aloud. SHELA Esther? Never figured her. But this means there's two of them! SHELA gathers the files together and smiles, knowing she has found two talents. As SHELA puts the files back, a sound at the window distracts her. SHELA quickly closes the file and exits through the office door. The window opens and RICHARD slips into the room. RICHARD is trying to be equally secret, but manages to catch a finger on the window as he closes it. RICHARD Argggg! He quickly nurses his finger and bangs on the window with his other hand. RICHARD This damn thing's dangerous! Then with his slightly larger flashlight, he turns it on the window. RICHARD Who made this menace!? Ha! Just as I suspected: no name. The rip-off artists never leave their calling cards. His rage against the window abating, RICHARD closes the window, and goes to the file drawer. Soon RICHARD also knows who is who. RICHARD Just as I suspected. Esther didn't fool me for a moment. RICHARD starts to return the files to the drawer, but then a thought occurs to him, and with a big smile, he switches ESTHER's and FRED's name tags. RICHARD Can't have everyone privy to national secrets. Besides, old Fred will love the attention when they think it's him. Laughing to himself, he replaces the files, closes the file drawer, and heads for the window. He tries to open the window, fails, and again loses his cool. RICHARD Arrgggg! Damn window! A sound from the office door is heard and RICHARD runs for the closet. He enters the closet -- without any sound, barking or otherwise -- just as the office door opens. Immediately GERALDINE slips into the room through the office door. She quickly goes through the same routine, with a large flashlight. Then she looks up in surprise, as she reads one of the files. GERALDINE Amazing! Underneath all Fred's weirdness is a major talent. And I'm the only one who knows! Quickly she switches name tags. GERALDINE Meanwhile, we'll just let the rest of them think it's that little hussy, Ann. Laughing, she replaces the files, closes the drawer, and exits by the office door. Immediately, SPY opens the window and enters. Unlike everyone else, SPY is noisy and clumsy. He moves quickly to the file drawer, opens it, removes all five files, and takes them to the table. He then whips out his light, a large spot light hanging from his belt (complete with a long, bulky and obvious cord coming in from the window). As he turns on the light, the room is flooded with reflected light from the files. SPY quickly puts on sun glasses and goes through the files. Then he turns the light off and smiles to himself. He then returns four files to the drawer, leaves the file drawer open, and keeps the fifth file. Going toward the window, he begins ripping out pages from the file and stuffing the pages into his mouth, thus "eating the notes". SPY also takes a swig of wine from a small wine pouch slung around his shoulders (SPY is in no hurry). He then exits through the window, continuing to eat the notes, and departs. Lights slowly come up to normal with the lights on the outside of the window also brightening, in order to indicate morning. SCOTT and KELLY enter through the office door. They immediately notice the file drawers open. KELLY Scott!! The files! SCOTT pulls out the four files, counting them. SCOTT Four. One's missing. KELLY Which one? SCOTT I don't know. I'll have to look. SCOTT lays the files on the table and begins to go through them. KELLY looks around the room, her suspicions aroused. KELLY I'll check the storeroom. While SCOTT looks through the files, KELLY goes to the storeroom and opens the door. She is immediately shocked and steps back. Addressing the residents of the storeroom, she asks: KELLY What are you doing!!? Then, because it is incredibly obvious, she puts her hand to her head and looks away. KELLY Never mind. Don't answer that. Quietly, she closes the door. SCOTT Who's in there? KELLY Dick and Shari. SCOTT What are they doing in there? KELLY: I'd rather not say. SCOTT I think I can guess. KELLY Which one is missing? SCOTT tosses the fourth file on his discard pile. SCOTT The only one that counts. KELLY (gesturing to the storeroom) You think they have it? SCOTT It's a possibility. DICK and SHARI enter from the storeroom, still arranging their clothes. DICK (to SHARI) Why is it you didn't see her coming? You're usually very good at that. SHARI I was distracted. Okay? SCOTT Where is it, Dick? DICK Where's what? SCOTT The file. DICK Which file? SCOTT The one that counts. DICK (gesturing to the four files) It's right there. Isn't it? KELLY There's only four files here. One is missing. The one with the strong indications of ESP, is gone. DICK I didn't take it! SHARI He didn't! I was with him all the time. SCOTT Then where is it? And what are you doing here? DICK I didn't take the file!! I came to switch the names on the files so that they'd think it was someone other than Shari. KELLY Are you serious!? SCOTT Maybe he is. SCOTT picks up one file. SCOTT The file with Shari's name is still here. Only it's not Shari's. KELLY But if it wasn't you, who was it? Suddenly, the closet door opens and RICHARD -- scurrying for his life -- enters to the barking sound of the ferocious dog. RICHARD slams the door behind him, to keep the dog inside. Then as the others start at him in amazement, RICHARD gestures to the closet. RICHARD That damn dog of yours is a public menace!! Somebody's got to do something about him before he kills someone! SCOTT Dog? KELLY What would you suggest? SCOTT What dog? DICK I know who has his bone. RICHARD (to SCOTT) Just what are you going to do about this!? SCOTT What am I going to do? RICHARD Yes! SCOTT looks around the room, an idea forming in his mind. Then he smiles, as if ready to take a new tack, and announces, very dramatically: SCOTT I'm going to get to the bottom of this. DICK joins SCOTT with equally dramatic overkill: DICK Tell me Professor... What do you intend to do? Lights begin to fade. SCOTT First of all, Dr. Watson, I shall call in all the suspects... DICK And then?? SCOTT And then.... I will announce my findings. BLACKOUT—END OF ACT II, SCENE 3 (Scene 6) Perceptions -- Act II, Inter Scene 6-7 Lights go up on the telephone booth, as they go down on main stage. For a moment, nothing happens. Then an arm sticks out with a pistol in it. The arm shoots the telephone booth. The telephone rings, the booth shudders by rocking back toward stage left. Then the booth tilts back toward stage right, freezes for a moment, rings one last time, and then falls flat on its face, dead (toward stage right). OFF STAGE VOICE (in an obnoxiously cheerful manner) Customer Service. May I help you? (ad) Hello? As the lights fade on the telephone booth, the voice remains disgustingly cheerful. OFF STAGE VOICE Hello?? Is anyone there? BLACKOUT—END OF INTERSCENE 6-7 Perceptions -- Act II, Scene 4 As the lights go up, EVERYONE is on stage with the exception of SPY. SCOTT is center stage and the center of attention. KELLY, DICK and SHARI are behind SCOTT, essentially supporting him. The others are grouped around, all highly suspicious of the circumstances and obviously a bit ill at ease. SCOTT is at his dramatic best. SCOTT All of you are probably wondering why I've asked you here, this morning. EVERYONE, except FRED, answers quickly, overlapping one another's lines. GERALDINE Isn't it obvious? SHELA No, not really. ESTHER I know why we're here! ANN I can't say I'm surprised. DICK Get serious! KELLY You're kidding. RICHARD It had better be a damn good reason. SHARI Somehow, I have always suspected that someday, you'd call a meeting like this. FRED Professor, why did you call this meeting? SCOTT (to FRED) One of the files is missing! As the others go though varied responses of shock -- real or otherwise -- FRED is surprised and amazed. FRED No!! SCOTT The missing file provides considerable evidence that one of the test subjects possesses significant extrasensory talents. The others fake stunned expressions -- except for FRED, who always has a stunned expression. SCOTT The importance of the missing file cannot be over-emphasized! FRED Who could have done such a thing!? SCOTT Someone in this room! ALL, in approximate unison: SHELA You're kidding! GERALDINE One of us!!? ESTHER This is outrageous! ANN Well, don't look at me! RICHARD It wasn't me! When the initial bedlam has died down, RICHARD adds to his denial. RICHARD I tell you, it wasn't me! (ala Richard Nixon) I am not a crook!! DICK (aside, to SHARI) Shari, who did it? SHARI (to DICK, with surprise in her voice) I don't know! DICK You don't know!!? FRED Well frankly, I'm shocked! To think that one of my fellow colleagues could stoop so low... KELLY The people in this room are the only ones who even knew of the existence of the missing file. It must be obvious, therefore, that someone in this room, took the file! SCOTT And without the file, there is virtually no way in which we can properly identify the person who is able to demonstrate ESP! SHELA What!!? GERALDINE You mean the results are lost!!? RICHARD How could they have allowed this to happen!!? SHELA (to GERALDINE) I'm sure they're not irretrievably lost! GERALDINE (to SHELA) This is preposterous!! A project's entire results lost!!?? ESTHER I'll bet Richard took it! RICHARD WHAT!?? ESTHER Yes! It was Richard! I'm sure of it. RICHARD Slander!! GERALDINE I'm sorry, but I have no alternative! This project is canceled! SHELA (SHELA, stunned, turns to ANN.) But... ! ANN (to SHELA) I didn't take it!! I sometimes misplace files, but... GERALDINE It's canceled! That's final! SHELA Oh, my God! FRED (to SHELA) Yes, my daughter? DICK (to SHARI) Do you know who it is yet? SHARI I don't think I believe what's going to happen next! RICHARD HOLD IT!! EVERYONE turns to RICHARD's new commanding presence. RICHARD I think I've heard quite enough! This project has become a serious danger to national security! (with the others still hanging on his every word) Consequently, I am canceling the project, as of now!! GERALDINE You can't cancel the project! I already have! SHELA Oh, let's not cancel it. RICHARD whips out his identification and addresses GERALDINE directly. RICHARD On the contrary, the CIA can do anything! Everyone but SHARI is stunned. RICHARD takes advantage of the temporary inability of anyone to respond. RICHARD Fortunately, as a CIA trained operative, I have not been derelict in my duties. Unlike the rest of you, I have conducted a successful investigation. I know who the ESP talent is! FRED Who? RICHARD Ms. Esther Banks. Everyone is stunned, as RICHARD takes ESTHER's arm. ESTHER Richard! This is so sudden! FRED Well congratulations, Esther. It couldn't happen to a nicer person. ESTHER (shying away from FRED) Oh, please! GERALDINE HOLD IT!! As everyone else looks amazed at GERALDINE suddenly commanding voice, she turns to RICHARD. GERALDINE The CIA is out of its jurisdiction here! But! The Defense Intelligence Agency is not! With that, she whips out her DIA identification. GERALDINE Nor is the DIA stupid! Esther Banks is not the one! ESTHER What!? GERALDINE As a Defense Intelligence Agent, I happen to know that the true talent is Fred Preston! The others show bewilderment. GERALDINE And I'm taking him with me! GERALDINE puts her arm around FRED, protectively. ESTHER (starting to move toward FRED) Fred is the one!? GERALDINE Don't even think about trying to stop me! RICHARD (grabbing at ESTHER) Who would want to stop you? FRED Who's thinking? GERALDINE Just don't try anything, unless.. (to the others, as if Clint Eastwood) Someone wants to make my day!! SCOTT Who would want to do that? SHELA HOLD IT!! Enough of this! This is not an intelligence matter! KELLY I'll buy that. SHELA This is a job for the FBI! DICK (to SHARI) She's kidding! SHARI (despondently) No, she's not. SHELA whips out her FBI identification. SHELA The talents are Esther Banks and Richard Surety. And I'm taking them both in. (to GERALDINE) Along with you and Mr. Preston. GERALDINE Why are you taking us? What's the charge? SHELA Conspiracy! RICHARD Just what makes you think you can arrest the CIA? GERALDINE Or the DIA? SHELA Because, in accordance with standard FBI procedures, I have coordinated this investigation with local law enforcement agencies. SHELA pulls out and blows a whistle -- a prearranged signal. SPY enters through the office door, in a policeman's uniform -- in response to the prearranged signal. SPY has a large (357 Magnum?) gun drawn and leveled. SHELA Thank you, officer. Now for the rest of you... Any questions? GERALDINE, RICHARD and ESTHER all look at one another, and then at the gun in SPY's hand. All three appear very matter of fact and casual, as if: "No, now that you mention it, I don't have a question." Everyone but FRED, who raises a finger. FRED I have a question: Where are we going? SHELA (drawing her own pistol) With me! Officer! Do your duty!. SPY Yes sir!! Okay people: Let's move it! Nothing to see here. Move along. SHELA, along with SPY begin ushering GERALDINE and FRED, RICHARD and ESTHER, out the office door. GERALDINE and RICHARD are outraged and protest, while FRED and ESTHER seem pleased in their own particular ways. SPY responds to SHELA's order and motions to the others, as they all quickly leave the room. As all six people leave and SPY closes the office door behind them, DICK looks at SHARI, with amazement on his face. DICK That was incredible! SHARI (totally dismayed) It's not over yet. Suddenly, SPY ducks back into the room, locking the door behind him. SHARI knowingly gestures to SPY. SHARI See what I mean? SPY (brandishing the gun and looking directly at ANN) Okay! You're coming with me! ANN I am? SCOTT May I ask why? As SPY swings his gun around toward SCOTT, ANN suddenly realizes that she wants to go, and moves quickly to join SPY. To SCOTT, she says: ANN Don't ask. SPY Don't ask. ANN is at SPY's side and looking up, lovingly, into his eyes. ANN But you don't need the gun. I'll come willingly. SPY You will? ANN Why wouldn't I? SPY I thought you'd resist! ANN Me? DICK, KELLY and SCOTT Ann? Resist? SPY Aren't you the one with the talent? ANN I can't be. SPY Why can't you? ANN Because I'm an agent for the... (dramatic pause as ANN looks first at the audience, and then at SPY) IRS. SPY So? ANN No one in the IRS has talent. ANN pulls out her IRS identification -- probably from the front of her blouse. She shows the ID to SPY. ANN See? SPY takes one look at the ID, then whips out a small packet of photos—of ANN in compromising situations. SPY But what about these photos? No one in the IRS does this sort of thing. Do they? ANN looks at the photos and becomes progressively more embarrassed and coy. ANN Photos? Of me? (looking at the first one) Oh my! (looks at another) Ohhhh! I'm so embarrassed! (looks at a third) That's really not my best side. SPY Sorry about the print quality. The lighting was always too dark. ANN I'm sure we can get much better results if you just let me pose for you. Sweetly, ANN takes SPY's arm and they begin to walk toward the closet door -- blissfully unaware of the others in the room. SPY That would make it easier. SCOTT Excuse me. But just out of curiosity, who do you work for? SPY No one. I'm an independent. Quickly, SPY steps back and hands SCOTT a business card. With an advertising flair. SPY You get better service with an independent agent! ANN I certainly hope so. SPY I also occasionally moonlight as a double agent known as the dreaded "Wandering Star". Love that name! But my last gig didn't pay, so I quit. Too bad. And after eating all those notes. He sticks his tongue out. DICK Excuse me, but did you, in your various guises, happen to run across a package of research results? SPY Yup! Trashed them in an acid bath. No pay, no results! SHARI (to DICK) And you were worried! DICK grins sheepishly. ANN So, "Wandering Star", what do you say we... wander!!? SPY Fine with me. He gestures toward the closet door. SPY Want to take the scenic route? ANN Absolutely! Together, ANN and SPY exit, arm in arm, closing the closet door behind them. KELLY Careful of the dog! SCOTT What dog!!? KELLY merely shrugs her shoulders. DICK (to SHARI) You saw all that coming!? SHARI Yes. DICK That must have been hell! SHARI shrugs her shoulders. Then turns to KELLY. SHARI What now? KELLY I guess the project's over. DICK It is? KELLY Yes. It's been a complete failure. Then she gives DICK a knowing wink. KELLY But through no fault of yours. I'm sure your father will understand. DICK Maybe. SHARI (taking DICK's arm) On the other hand, Dick is not going to need any more excuses. DICK I'm not? SHARI No. DICK You mean... (swallowing hard) ...graduate!? As SHARI smiles and shakes her head yes, DICK swallows again. Then chagrined, he looks at KELLY and SCOTT. Profoundly, he notes: DICK Knowing one's future is not always good news! SHARI (giving DICK a hug) Don't worry. I'll be there. Together SHARI and DICK exit through the office door, their arms about each other. SCOTT and KELLY look at each other, not quite sure of what to do next. SCOTT What will you do now... with the project over? KELLY Start a new one, I guess. Then she looks at SCOTT with more confidence. KELLY I've always been interested in doing a comparative analysis of male-female physical relationships on the planets Earth and Mars. SCOTT What a coincidence!! I've always wanted to go to Mars. KELLY So have I. SCOTT Why don't we do a joint project? KELLY We could start by writing a proposal together. SCOTT Of course, we'd want to do some preliminary studies first. KELLY Absolutely! SCOTT and KELLY kiss, gently at first, and then more passionately. The lights begin to go down, except for a spot light on the windmill. As SCOTT and KELLY kiss with increasing passion, the windmill begins rotating at every increasing speeds. All lights go down, with the momentary exception of the spot on the windmill, still rotating rapidly. BLACKOUT—END OF ACT II, SCENE 4 (Scene 7) END OF PLAY Act II, Scene 2 -- Misdirections Or forward to: What Now? Short Cut to Fictional Works |
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I apologize for the day delay. Ran into a small issue with one of my Gradle plugins after upgrading Gradle for the Hibernate build. Now that that is all sorted...
We are pleased to announce the release of Hibernate Core 4.0.0.Alpha3. Consult the change list for all the gory change details. This is scheduled to be the last Alpha release for Hibernate 4, Beta1 being slated for release on June 1st.
4.0.0.Alpha3 was really about continuing to work on the new metamodel code and fleshing out the new API for SessionFactory creation which leverages that metamodel code as well as the ServiceRegistty code introduced in the first Alpha (and cleaned up since). These things will continue to be the focus for Beta1 too as there is still lots of work to be done on the metamodel code and the SessionFactory building is inherently linked with that work. However, I think the API for SessionFactory building is pretty completely at this point. So I wanted to take the opportunity to introduce that API, even though it is not wired up
at this time.
Currently you start off with a ServiceRegistry:
org.hibernate.service.BasicServiceRegistry serviceRegistry = new org.hibernate.service.ServiceRegistryBuilder() ... // configure the services buildServiceRegistry();
Configuration here means either providing services (or service initiators) directly or providing settings that the services will pick up.
Next, we collect up the metadata sources
which are the various sources you want Hibernate to look for metadata describing your domain model and its mapping to the relational database. These sources might be hbm.xml files, annotated classes, etc:
org.hibernate.metamodel.MetadataSources metadataSources = new org.hibernate.metamodel.MetadataSources( serviceRegistry ) .addResource( "some.hbm.xml" ) .addAnnotatedClass( SomeEntity.class ) ...;
An interesting thing to note here is that we now have a natural lifecycle to the information that used to just get dumped into org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration. This previous step only collects the metadata sources, we still need Hibernate to process them:
org.hibernate.metamodel.Metadata metadata = metadataSources.buildMetadata();
And then finally we build the SessionFactory:
SessionFactory sessionFactory = metadata.buildSessionFactory();
You can even chain many of these steps:
BasicServiceRegistry serviceRegistry = new ServiceRegistryBuilder() ... // configure the services buildServiceRegistry(); SessionFactory sessionFactory = new MetadataSources( serviceRegistry ) .addResource( "some.hbm.xml" ) .addAnnotatedClass( SomeEntity.class ) .buildMetadata() .buildSessionFactory();
org.hibernate.cfg.Configuration has been deprecated in this release and org.hibernate.cfg.AnnotationConfiguration has been deprecated for some time now. Both will get removed before 4.0.0 goes Final. We are still planning exactly what the replacement for org.hibernate.ejb.Ejb3Configuration will look like, but it too has been deprecated in the meantime (the recommended way to build an EntityManagerFactory has always been via javax.persistence.Persistence anyway).
We got a lot more aggressive with the package reorganization in this release as well. For those unfamiliar, the general idea is that this is a sort of pre-osgi-ification step, so more will be coming on that front later. The basic gist is that we are splitting packages up based on usages. Stuff deemed part of the API will remain in their same packages, stuff making up the various SPIs will be moved to a 'spi' package, and finally internal (non-public) stuff is moved to an 'internal' package. This work is not yet done, but is moving along.
As always, if you have any comments, the best place is either the hibernate-dev mailing list or the #hibernate-dev IRC channel on freenode. Now is especially the time if you had ideas about any of the planned changes as we move towards 4.0.0.Final or wanted to help in the effort. We have development meetings weekly on the #hibernate-dev IRC channel Mondays at 10am Central time. We also send out minutes
to the dev mailing list afterwards.
As always, the release is available from both SourceForge in bundle form as well as the JBoss Nexus repository under the org.hibernate groupId.
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Hi, I dint find the buildSessionFactory method in MetaData interface. Can you please advice?? |
"Both will get removed before 4.0.0 goes Final" - this doesn't seem to be the case, meaning Hibernate 4 was released, but these deprecated classes are still part of the package. Any idea why that is?
Regards. Eugen. |
Finishing the new metamodel code (upon which removal of both Configuration objects depends) was rescheduled for 5.0. |
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Sol if you're trying to impress, you have done it. I believe you can smoke a guitar but your teaching ability's need to be honed. Stick to the lesson, slow down and sow the fingering. An advanced player probably already knows it or picks it up quickly. Us old or young learners need more time and patients. Keep up the good work though.
Based only on this clip (as you may have covered this in prior videos) I have this thought. Instead of relating these shapes to open position chords, why not also demonstrate them as triadic arpeggios and/or part of the major triad inversions series? At 3 inversions per set of 3 strings, one need only learn 12 shapes that can be played up and down the neck as well as connected and played accross the neck either as single note arpeggios, full triads, or chord fragments (or all combinations at once). This approach opens up the neck visually and improves chord knowledge over and above learning "licks".
Stop it sol its driving me nuts your going to fast Im still the first lesson ! You bring it over very chidlike feeding us all, milk .. This teaching covers all grades…The Teacher learning by simply , Teaching.. justdavid.. Ps, Where can we get your dvd when it comes out and the price .. best regards sol..
dig it.i love this style of playing and you have explained it very well. one thing that would make these examples even better than they already are is if you could have tab to accompany the examples as well? i know it most likely comes with the full course but it would be great just for these clips as well. anyway just a suggestion.thanks for keeping me in the loop i always love and look forward to these great emails – keep up the great work!!


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WASHINGTON (AP) – The Bush administration is trying to build consensus among its negotiating partners before removing North Korea from a terrorism blacklist in hopes of salvaging nuclear disarmament talks, U.S. officials said Friday.The administration is close to taking the step but is still consulting with China, South Korea, Russia and particularly Japan on the move, which is meant to revive the process, the officials said. A decision had been expected as early as Friday, but the officials said it was unlikely to come before the weekend."We're continuing to work with our six-party partners, but I don't expect anything else on that today," White House press secretary Dana Perino said.Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice discussed the matter with the foreign ministers of China, South Korea and Japan on Friday and will raise it with her Russian counterpart in the coming days, the State Department said. Those four countries, along with the United States and North Korea, make up the group working on getting Pyongyang to give up nuclear weapons."The point where we're at now is making sure everybody agrees," spokesman Sean McCormack told reporters.At issue is whether tentative arrangements worked out last week between the North Koreans and chief U.S. negotiator Christopher Hill are acceptable to the other nations. Under those terms, the U.S. would provisionally remove North Korea from its "state sponsors of terrorism" list once the North agrees to a plan to allow outside verification of its nuclear program.South Korean Foreign Minister Yu Myung-hwan said Friday he expected Washington to "make a decision in the near future."McCormack dismissed suggestions that the U.S. was trying to force an agreement on its partners and declined to say which, if any, countries were preventing a consensus.However, Japan has balked at removing North Korea from the terror list until it resolves the issue of Japanese citizens abducted by Pyongyang in the 1970s and '80s.
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When we set off again it was actually quite chilly in the back of the truck because of a cool breeze and the higher altitude. We soon had jumpers and fleeces on. I was listening to the Prodigy tape which I like a lot. It's high in the turkish pop charts, but the Spice Girls are number one unfortunately.
There was a lot of winnowing going on in the fields we passed and many people were making tea - real tea in teapots, not teabags in mugs. It was very pretty as there were carpets of small pink flowers and thistles. When we stopped at a petrol station to fill up with diesel and water they made everyone a cup of tea which was very welcome and warmed us up.
As we continued we hit countryside which was a bit wilder and less cultivated. Once we hit pine forests it became warmer too, although it was still windy.
Arrived in Fethiye late morning for the cook group to shop. I had been here on two previous trips. Had lunch in one of the harbourside cafes. Brits everywhere. Apparently there's a large ex-pat population here. After lunch Teresa and I remained in Fethiye while the truck took the others on to Oludeniz, our base for the next few days. Had a quick look around, but it was too hot to do much. Found somewhere to get some photos processed, bought some fruit in the market and then caught a dolmus to Oludeniz. Noticed a lot more tourist-based development between the two places than when I was last here. Oludeniz itself has extended back into the valley and the front has been pedestrianised. It's more commercialised, but tastefully done.
Once again I find myself staying at the accommodation behind the Buzz Bar. The last time I'd stayed there we'd camped and I remember that the ground was so hard it was difficult to get the tent pegs in, so Teresa and I decided to fork out for one of the cabins I'd stayed in the first time I was here. The others hadn't done much when we arrived, but we soon all headed down to the beach for a swim. Unfortunately the current was too strong for it to be enjoyable and I was knocked down by the undertow when I tried to return to the beach. Miles had to help me out. It was refreshing anyway.
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The PEW might statisticly demonstrating to you Germany is inferior tolerant compared to the USA. But you are using every single number you can find in world statistics against Germany. You should realize it, you are a german hater. Nothing more nothing less.
Well, I don't know about the rest of your anti-German whine, but if you "don't wait for the green light," then, clearly, you are about to cause an accident, possibly injure or kill someone.
A small matter like that, and some people actually shout at you for it? Quick, report them to emma* for being intolerant.
esp. the latter with the "chopsticks", rotfl
meet some Germans in Spain, they think they own the country, and would shout at you if you don't walk in the right pedestrian lanes, if you don't wait for the green light, if you have dogs...
I have never seen a Russian, as you are with your 5 years Redarmee experience and vodka enjoyment, who can controll the russian RRR...... . So you can,t speak better German as germanborn :-), may be your kits, but not you. So you are lying!!! In your comments you act as a German, e.g. when you make islamophobic comments. That's not fair, because people think you are a German and Germans are like you. So you are lying again, you,re not German. You are acting as German. That is something different.
No I never will forget my Russian roots and just 2 weeks ago I have been back to Kaliningrad:)
And my wonderful 5 years of service in the Red army I never will forget.:)
It was a real adventure.
And my branding is my German language which I speak better as many Germans who are born ion Germany:)
Im sorry but I have to laugh out and loud about your point of view. It sounds a litle bit with that litle black duck allways saying :" It's an injustice. It is !" This article was a surprise to me. why should german people not to be proud of their flag?? Lets be optimistic !! one day All european will be glad to belong to a great European Union. I bet this will be true in 2 or 3 generations...Despite I dont like some economic views of Mrs Merkel, I prefer her position rather than the ones stated by Mr Cameron-European-Troy-Horse !!
Being in a certain sense a foreigner as well when I came to Germany, I never have been treated badly or arrogant.
People were reliable and helpful (but I spoke fluent German only with a slight Russian accent)
So, your answer came to me quite unexpected.
But wait until Mr. MilovanDjilas and Emmafinney alias Sherryblack will tell you about this topic:)
And never to forget MarieClaude.
They all have a very different pov as you have.
And as far as I can see nobody in German his arrogant to anybody and I never met a German who ever felt superior to other people.
I would say that Germans feel basically inferior to all others because they are told by the rest of Europe that they are inferior bastards and stupid Nazi-drunkards.
So there is nothing Germans ever would be proud of.
Neither in football, nor in sports nor in economy.
So it is a real waste that German is participating at the Olympic games especially as they are this time in London.
And if you look around Germans are used to be extremely humble if they come to a foreign country.
All of them made their very bad experiences in foreign countries.
From us they have nothing to fear and their skills in dealing with aggressive Muslims can only be of help.
Lets just hope they do not leave somewhere else like the Jews of Malmö are doing, they are leaving there because the Swedish government cannot protect them form Muslim aggression there.
I wonder how our Muslim friendly government will react when we get problems like in Sweden.
They are welcome in Germany:)
Because they are decent and very well educated people.
Never heard anything that they had problems in our country.
You are right, Israelis are rediscovering their German roots and learn German, especially since they can apply for a German passport, which is almost guaranteed if one can prove German ancestry.
In this uncertain times, with the possibility of war in the Middle East, I would do the same.
And hardly a weekend goes by where violence erupts from all those immigrant teams whom beat up referees and German fans if the lose.
The real racists are the immigrants themselves.
The think they are better than Germans and hence refuse to assimilate
You are right.
The ethnic composition can be put down to a Migrant quota requirement.
After all the government needs to show their people how well the Multicultural experiment is progressing, never mind that they refuse to sing the national Anthem.
The current German flag was never hijacked by fascists.
They had their own.
These are just numbers.
No one in his right mind would publiclly say anything that is not pc.
And why should Germans not be intolerant to people who only come to milk us dry, keep on making demands on end expect us to adapt to their way of life instead of them adapting to ours.
This government ordered multicultural experience is bound to fail and it is bound to explode into our faces..
That does not surprise me
Muslims in the USA have to work to make a living
Not so in Germany!
They know how to milk the social system to perfection.
Even the law in Germany is in favour of Muslims. They can have lots of wife's have 10-15 kids and expect the Germans to pay for it and thank us by calling us Nazis in our own country.
In day to day experiences we ordinary Germans have with Muslims makes me wonder that the percentage is so low.
Now to Jews
We Germans have no problems with Jews, the poor perception is due to the policies of the Israeli government and of course due to one sided media coverage.
In the German media it is always the Israelis who bomb Gaza, even if the Israelis are just retaliating.
I hope this shed some light to the numbers.
As you can see there are often other reasons than just plain racism.
But hating Germans is a national duty in many Western nations and in most Western nations people are educated and trained hating the Germans as it has been a very long tradition in the USA and first of all in Britain.
Every school-system in Western countries is demonizing the Germans like a brainwash.
Just have a look at the school-books in Britain, France, Italy or the USA and then have look at Polish or Russian school-books and you will find out the difference.
You make a good point.
We have quite a lot of Portugese immigrants in Toronto and they are one of the most tolerant and least racist of all the European immigrants in Canada.
"Europe locks up illegal immigrants in detention centers and deports most of them back home."
True. Same goes for USA
Sorry but the 11 million ILLEGAL immigrants currently residing n the USA are not locked up in detention centers but living openly and also marching by the millions demanding the same rights as citizens such as the right to vote and welfare benefits.
Very different from the EU.
"And what is the position of Eurpoean liberal parties on ILLEGAL immigrants? Are not even socialists in Europe against ILLEGAL immigrants?"
Usually they say, that it should be made legal.
"No the USA has like other nations of immigrants (Australia, Canada, New Zeland) has had for centuries immigration PROGRAMS which allow immigrants from all over the world to LEGALLY immigrate into the USA. The USA accepts 1 million LEGAL immigrants every year."
Germany took over these immigration programs after WW II and has even laxer rules than Canada. Germany accepts ~ 0,6 million immigrants per year.
"Europe locks up illegal immigrants in detention centers and deports most of them back home."
True. Same goes for USA https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Illegal_immigration_to_the_United_States#D...
"Reagan when he was governor of California gave amnesty to millions of ILLEGAL immigrants in California and gave the children of illegal immigrants the right to attend public schools in California. Reagan as you know was a republican."
The reasons behind Reagan´s decision are a little bit complicated. However I appreciate his choice. But isn´t the amnesty used against the Reps at moment? "Reagan did this, too." "Even Reagan wouldn´t be elected by the Republicians at the moment" etc.
"Rick Perry the current republican governor of Texas gave the children of illegal immigrants the right to the state funded Texas university education paid by the taxpayer.
And tell me how many European political parties are in favor of giving free state funded university education for IllEGAL immigrants?"
I don´t know, but there are politicians of the three left parties in Germany. However I am not sure, whether they are serious or not. Wasn´t Rick Perry hit hard by criticism?
"In Europe people who lock up ILLEGAL immigrants in detention centers are considered "liberal". In Europe people who send EU border guards to Greece to keep out ILLEGALS from entering EU are considered "liberal" In Europe, giving the police the right to check ID papers for legal status is considered "liberal"."
No, it isn´t considered as liberal.
"At some point, Europeans have to take a good look at their double standards when it comes to ILLEGAL immigrants. Pointing th finger at republicans as fascist while eurpeans have much harsher and more cruel policy towards ILLEGAL immigrants is the height of hypocrisy."
No, many Europeans think the same about illegal immigrants. Nobody said that Reps are facists. Maybe you should stop to involve non-existing accusations.
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In case you havent noticed, golf clubs are getting lighter. Over the past 20 years there has been an all-out effort by the equipment manufacturers to lighten the golfers load through the reduction of weight in the shaft. This total club weight loss has been engineered for many reasons. First, a lighter golf club can be swung with less effort and more efficiently. Also, a players swing speed can be increased by a lighter shaft, resulting in greater distance. Finally, less player fatigue is a very beneficial byproduct of lighter-weight shafts.
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Golfsmith R&D has had great success with our counterbalance testing. Three years ago we built a set of 7-iron heads with identical 75-gram shafts installed. Each club has a different amount of added butt weight; one of them has none. We use these clubs for testing in virtually every Clubmaking School we conduct, and they have been hit by hundreds of golfers. A few weeks ago, we were looking at them and noticed something about their faces. The 7-iron with 60 grams in the butt end (the most weight we installed in this set) has the tightest wear pattern on the face. The one with no counterbalance weight has the worst wear pattern.
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Further testing led us to start counterbalancing putters. In fact, for the average golfer the putter may be the place where counterbalance causes the greatest improvements.
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Title: | Low temperature synthesis of spherical lanthanum aluminate nanoparticles |
Authors: | Behera, S K Sahu, P K Pratihar, S K Bhattacharyya, S |
Keywords: | Lanthanum aluminate Gel-precipitation Ultrasonication Nanoparticles |
Issue Date: | Nov-2004 |
Publisher: | Elsevier |
Citation: | Materials Letters, Vol 58, Iss 29, P 3710-3715 |
Abstract: | Lanthanum aluminate powders could be prepared by a novel ultrasonic assisted combined gel synthesis from metal chloride solutions with ammonia destabilization. The decomposition and crystallization behavior of the gel was studied by DTA/TGA. The washed and powdered gel was calcined at different temperatures and the phase evolution was studies by X-ray diffractometry. Phase pure lanthanum aluminate was obtained for powders calcined at a temperature as low as 600 °C for 4 h. NMR studies confirmed that the Al in the powders were octahedrally coordinated. SEM study revealed that the powders were uniformly distributed with occasional primary agglomerates. TEM micrographs show that the powders were spherical nanoparticles with sizes in the range of 25–40 nm. |
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Dispose(Boolean) | Releases the unmanaged resources used by the StringReader and optionally releases the managed resources. (Overrides TextReader.Dispose(Boolean).) | |
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Aiden O'Brien claimed a double as the Republic of Ireland Under-21s staged an early blitz to see off the Faroe Islands 5-2 in their UEFA Under 21 Qualifying match.
The 20-year-old Millwall frontman struck after 20 minutes and then again three minutes before the break in a remarkable first half at the Showgrounds in Sligo.
Samir Carruthers had given Ireland a 17th-minute lead before O'Brien opened his account, and a third from Jack Grealish had the game all but won with just 25 minutes played.
But Gunnar Zachariasen pulled one back for the visitors within seconds, and the Faroes' hopes of mounting a fightback improved significantly when defender Ragnar Nattestad was fouled by Ireland skipper Shane Duff inside the box and referee Alexandr Aliyev pointed to the spot.
Zachariasen duly obliged from 12 yards to make it 3-2 with eight minutes of the opening 45 still to play.
However, Noel King's men regained a measure of control within two minutes when Anthony Forde's first goal for the Under-21s gave them breathing space once again, and O'Brien's second sent them in at the break with their three-goal advantage re-established.
The second half proved to be something of an anti-climax by comparison as both sides had chances, but respective keepers Sean McDermott and Teitur Gestson escaped without further mishap.
Victory completed a double for the Irish over the Faroes and took their Group 6 points tally to seven from five games on a day when runaway leaders Germany needed a late equaliser in Montenegro to snatch a 1-1 draw as they surrendered their 100% record.
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assess too highly, overestimate, overvalue, rate/prize too highly, think too much of, exaggerate the worth of, attach too much importance to;
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Charlotte Looking Into ID Cards For Undocumented ImmigrantsCHARLOTTE, NC - Should the City of Charlotte issue identification cards to people who are in the Queen City illegally? Supporters say the cards would help thousands of people gain access to city services, while opponents say city-issued ID cards violate federal law. In June, the Mayor of Charlotte instructed the city's Immigration Integration Task Force to research municipal ID cards. A half-dozen other cities around the country, including Oakland and San Francisco, already issue similar IDs. Most of the cards include a name, picture, date of birth and address.
To get a city-issued ID in Washington D.C., people have to prove their identity with documents like a birth certificate or passport. They also have to prove they have a social security number and prove they live in the city through utility bills or pay stubs.
"There's undocumented people living and working, just like you and I, in Charlotte and the surrounding areas. They have been for years and they will continue to do so," said Armando Bellmas with the Latin American Coalition.
It's a reality Bellmas says has to be addressed. The Latin American Coalition is an immigration rights group that supports a municipal identification card in the city of Charlotte. Right now, immigrants in Charlotte are being arrested for not having identification and they can't volunteer in their kids' schools.
"By the city of Charlotte issuing a municipal ID, it does not change someone's immigration status, it does not make them a citizen of the United States," said Benjamin Snyder, a Charlotte immigration attorney.
Snyder is with the Charlotte Immigration Law Firm. He says city-issued IDs would help Charlotte Mecklenburg Police keep communities safe.
"You have immigrant residents of the city who fear contacting police because they're afraid they might end up in deportation proceedings," said Snyder.
"Because they're afraid of the ramifications involved with that, a police officer asking for ID, a hospital asking for ID," said Bellmas.
Opponents like Ron Woodard with NC Listen say the cards would aid and abet undocumented immigrants.
"I wish the mayor were more concerned about unemployed citizens, especially given the African American unemployment rate in Charlotte. I wish he was more concerned about them than helping illegal immigrants stay in the city and keep their jobs," said Woodard.
The ID could also help undocumented immigrants get into their child's school.
A Charlotte Mecklenburg Schools spokesperson says the district is not working with the city on the municipal ID research, but it is considering its own initiative.
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They say of the United States of America, land of the free.
Nay I say! There is no nation granting man a life of liberty,
for the food and sustenance man need in order to live
labor is the price for the buying power monies give.
In this supposed land of the free fences divide the land
restricting the path of animals and off limits to man,
roads are carved in the land which walkers can't use
and to rule one's own life in not what one can choose.
Man have no legal rights, courts use precedents rather than laws,
you may show them their errors but it's you who's filled with flaws.
As said, food is bought but raw cost almost twice that of processed
and don't try eating it from the fields, all lands are possessed.
Man are to be clothed in public, is there any freedom there?
Man can't sleep where and when they're in need, is that fair?
To have a disorder doctors can't help I can't try something new.
Fruit and vegetables perishing in the fields. Free to get? Not by you.
My body pains to eliminate waste but to a special place I'm to go.
I've a disorder that's sure death, live by machinery, to die, not so.
In my death my body is not allowed to be food for another,
to be rid of it is paid by family, friend, or some other.
Free enterprise isn't free, there's things man can't sell or buy
even to work has a price to be paid, taxes reveal the lie.
So what liberty is there in this land of the free?
Is it my liberty having another to rule over me?
Isn't that a land of confusion as the book say,
a land prophecy named MYSTERY BABYLON for this last day?
Babylon! Ooooh Babylon, why do you not hear?
You people within her why do you sleep?
She has seduced the world, her end is near,
you people must leave her and can not creep.
She has caused much shame and heartache,
don't you people feel the pain?
She has lured you in and closed the gate,
and you, man, have you no shame?
Her bars are not so strong they can not be broken,
all you must do is press against her gate.
She has no strength, you are just a prize token,
use your mind and get free before it's too late.
What lies in store for Babylon that in one hour can destroy her?
Isn't her defenses so grand
they are matchless by man?
Then saw the seer what that so swift a destruction will occur?
Doesn't her riches buy her friends
where her enemy once had been?
Is there one so powerful that her grandeur shall fall to fire?
Look at her vast territory,
her buildings of multistory,
Can desolation take her land and in ruin her buildings lie?
Surely technology within her boundary
will not let fate delivery such a destiny.
Isn't she the only maker of the bomb to brings so sudden an end?
Then how can another with technology slow
escape her defenses to deliver the blow?
Is it possible it will not come from without but from within?
Let's look and see,
maybe that could be!
What she builds is for the price and not so it will last,
so something could go wrong
within her defenses strong,
and as the seer saw, she is destroyed by a nuclear blast!
An abomination to make desolate1 begins the
Can anyone tell us the what, where and when?
Live by the sword,2
die the same, so a weapon of man,
like the one the United States once used on Japan
which, for the sixty years since it has been
there are still places plants haven't grown since then,
makes nuclear the what and the United States the where.
Are you afraid of the when or will you take the dare?
A rock3 is to fall
on some end time land
of iron and clay, representing the seed of man
who fails to unite but yet it is strong4,
he destroys the image till none of it is known.
On many waters sits Babylon, the great whore5,
her waters meaning multiple ethnics once more6,
who has made rich a many different nations7
yet fire and feared smoke8
ends her wealthful creations.
They are both prophecy proclaiming the seed of man
that I wager to say, are both the same land.
There's a prophecy of a Babylon9, which is ages gone,
which some fulfillment no history has shown,
and if it were, history is quite often repeated,
like the area that prophecy proclaimed America defeated.10
Seventy years from that victory Babylon is said to fall11
with two years of grace to make seventy two in all?12
Since 1939 world affairs are controlled by America
but the United Nations is who the pretenders are.
In those years Israel became a nation13, a battle won14
beginning the years after which sins are none15.
So believe it if you will or reject it though you might,
but the abomination, nuclear destruction, is in our sight!
1. Matthew 24.14
2. Revelation 13.10
3. Daniel 2.45
4. Daniel 2.41-42
5. Revelation 17:1
6. Revelation 17:15
7. Revelation 18:15 Ezekiel 16:32-34
8. Revelation 18:9
9. Jeremiah 25:8-14
11. Jeremiah 25:11
12. Jeremiah 28:10 & 11
13. Isaiah 11:11 & Daniel 9:24
15. Dan 9:24; Matt 24:32-24,
Psa 90:10
(Daniel 4)
A king dreamt of an image, its head was him in gold,
representing different governments to which man are sold.
The head announced first made his kingdom began the birth
of the governmental systems to span the whole earth.
This image had a brightness, we'll call a glow, and,
like brightness to a child, it's what attracts man.
The form was terrible, means what it caused man to do
to partake of its glory, forsake the free life they knew.
Its metals were diverse becoming increasingly hard
until iron and clay feet, ethnics of man not in accord,
was bruised by the serpent, in the dream was a stone,
destroying the image until no memory of it was known.
That dream is the prophecy of the world's final days
ending with a nation of ethnics living separate ways.
The mountain is religion and a teacher is the stone
to make clear the interpretation the sages have shown.
The being cut out of the mountain though not by hand,
his revelation isn't in the common teachings of man.
Look at the ruling nation in the world today,
(UNITED STATES OF AMERICA is it, by the way)
CHRISTIANITY is the mountain, supreme in her land,
the rock cut out of it is one of the country's own man
who turned from Christianity, with much to be desired,
to find the truth alone as he had been inspired.
His teachings revealed will cause the fall of that land
like the serpent bruising the heel of the seed of woman,
but the government he is to shoulder for a gentle fall.
He will become the angel with the final call
follow me and live or ignore me and die,
but you'll see for yourself the serpent didn't lie!
by: Elijah Alfred "NatureBoy" Alexander, Jr.
Because the United States of America is made up of man from most nations of the earth as is MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER HARLOT AND ABOMINATION OF THE WORLD, it stands to reason that most prophecies of most nations in the Bible are prophecies of the United States of America. Here I am listing some of the nations prophesied to be the United States of America and how they are types of her.
There was never a place called Nazareth in the nation called Israel during the time of Yeshua ha'meshiach's sojourn there, the city was not founded until after the first century AD. Nazareth, as applied to Yeshua, pertains to the definition of the word, "Set Apart From" rather than a place he came from. A Nazarite is one who has taken a vow to not live by the standards of the common people so as to be in complete submission to their god. That is also true of me, however, there is a place in the United States of America that could qualify to be called Nazareth. Louisiana re-entered the "Union", now the United Sstates of America, after the Civil War by being given permission to continue to use the French laws. Because Louisiana is permitted to operate outside of the Constitution I have given the name Nazareth to this topic. The following is a filing I filed to the District Court of Lincoln Parish, Louisiana in order to obtain justice for the invasion of my Constitutional rights by that court and other courts of that State. It also include the Federal Courts in that state since all of the judges in the Federal Courts in Louisiana are ex-state judges and decide all Federal claims against Louisiana according to the right granted the state upon re-joining the Union in the 1860's. You will also find the results of the 1996 arrest in West Monroe, Louisiana, the one where the arresting police officer broke the staff as seen above.
NOTE: The Louisiana law concerning state college and university trespassing, Intitutional Trespassing, requires the person to interrupt the normal activities of the institution. Elijah's using computers does not interrupt the institution's activities. The law requires some disruptive activities by the person before the authorities can asked the person not to use the facilities.
Since filing the following petition I have found that there is no record on the nation's computer of any charges ever being filed against me in the state of Louisiana. I now wonder if the result of my appeal for the Second Offence Obscenity has been removed from the early 1990's LOUISIANA DIGEST, I read while incarcerated.
The following is a copy of the my West Monroe, Louisiana legal proceedings. You will find the cost paid for his find with with $60 for "Time Served" credit [though the whole $398 was paid for my release], the first two Items. You will find his motion for an appeal which I was denied the opportunity to enter the Fourth Judicial District Court of Monroe, Louisiana to have the appeal heard, the third item. And you will find the Charges brought by the city of West Monroe. If I had the records from the Third Judicial District Court of Lincoln Parish you would even more absurd charges. This happens to be the only records I was able to have sent to Washington, DC on short notice.
$60.00 T.S. Credit
November 4, 1996
Clerk of Court
West Monroe City Court
West Monroe, LA 71279Clerk of Court,
Please forward me the docket numbers of the Indecent Exposure and Resisting Arrest of Elijah A. Alexander, Jr., tried on October 23,1996 so he can properly identify the case up for appeal.Sincerely,
/S/Elijah A. Alexander, Jr.
Elijah A. Alexander, Jr.
P.O. Box 23
Grambling, LA 71245CASHER CLERK
Appeal to
Fourth Judicial District Court
West Monroe City Court
City vs Elijah Alexander
Indecent Exposure--Docket No. 86494
Resisting Arrest--Docket No. 86495
Trial--October 23, 1998
Pro Se Elijah A. Alexander, Jr.
P.O. Box 23
Grambling, LA 71245
(318) 247-6407 (messages)
May it please the court,
Pro se defendant, Elijah A. Alexander, Jr., wish to appeal the decision of the city court for the following reasons.
1 As the officer testafied, he approached the defendant questioning him about leaving town and not about any breech of the law by the defendant, therefore, he had no probable cause (PC) for telling the defendant he was under arrest. His statement to the defendant was "if you are not [leaving town] you are going to jail" and because the defendant's reply was he had a change of heart about leaving town he was ordered to submit to arrest. The defendant, knowing there was no PC continued on his way.
2 No time during the encounter did the officer ever mention indecent exposure nor any other statement of the defendant's dress.
3 At no time did the officer attempt to determine the purpose behind his dress and, therefore, did not realize he was denying the defendant the liberty in this state which had been granted in some 34 other states (see attachment A for June 23, 1996 and September 6, 1996 newspaper clippings.) Therefore the officer violated Article 4, section 2 of the United States Constitution.
4 The Louisiana Revised Statues has no such law as indecent exposure, therefore, the officer legislated a law to charge the defendant with.
5 The judge violated his oath to uphold the U.S. Constitution, Article 6, when he denied the defendant evidence by demonstration which would have taken away an doubt of the defendant's guilt. By denying the defendant that right it shows he was not unbias but had prejudged the defendant.
6 With the denied evidence by the judge the officer had no corroborating evidence and, thereby, presented nothing to sustain the verdict of guilty.
Therefore the Pro Se defendant pray this honorable court will overturn the guilty verdict imposed by the lower court and order the return of the monies paid for his release.
Respectfully submitted by
/s/ Elijah A. Alexander, Jr.
Elijah A. Alexander, Jr.
Post Office Box 23
Grambling, LA 71245
This November 11, 1996.
DOCKET 86494 The affidavit and complaint of LORRIE FINCHER of the City of West Monroe, parish aforesaid, taken under oath before me, Judge of the CITY COURT OF WEST MONROE, PARISH OF OURCHITA, STATE OF LOUISIANA, who, after being duly sworn, deposeth and says that upon information given, ALEXANDER, ELIJAH A. JR. ( 2/ 3/45 B/M) in the City of West Monroe, parish aforesaid, on or about 13TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1996 did unlawfully
Count 1: COMMIT THE CRIME OF INDECENT EXPOSURE BY EXPOSURE OF THE GENITALS, PUBIC HAIR, ANUS, VULVA OR FEMALE BREAST NIPPLES IN ANY LOCATION OR PLACE OPEN TO THE VIEW OF THE PUBLIC OR THE PEOPLE AT LARGE, CONTRARY TO CODE OF ORDINANCES, SECTION 11-5022,
contrary to the ordinances of the City of West Monroe, Louisiana, in such cases made and provided, against the peace and dignity of the same.
/s/ Lorrie Fincher___
ComplainantSworn to and subscribed to before me, this 16th day of October ,A. D. 1996
City Judge
------- NOTES ------- Total Bond Amount:500.00 Arraigned : 10-16-96 Posted By :INCARCERATED Plea : not guilty Date Bond Posted : / / Tried : 10-23-96 Fine Receipt No. : o Verdict : Found guilty Arraignment Date :10/16/96 Arraignmen Cont: Trial Date :10/23/96 Trial Cont : Atty. for Def : Sentence : 200/c/40Minute References:
10-16-96 Def. Presnt @ arg. (B 696 @ 2174) Moved for a speedy trail -10-23-96 Def. Presnt @ trail-Testimony allowed.
Found guilty by the court (B 70 @ 472) Def. Seeks appeal --Return date 11-22-96
11-8-96 mailed copy of affidavit to Def.A TRUE COPY
Clerk of City Court of
West Monroe
STATE OF LOlJISIANA
DOCKET 86495 The affidavit and complaint of LORRIE FINCHER of the City of West Monroe, parish aforesaid, taken under oath before me, Judge of the CITY COURT OF WEST MONROE, PARISH OF OURCHITR, STATE OF LOUISIANA, who, after being duly sworn, deposeth and says that upon information given, ALEXANDER, ELIJAH A. JR. (2/ 3/45 B/M) in the City of West Monroe, parish aforesaid, on or about 13TH DAY OF OCTOBER, 1996 did unlawfully
Count 1: AND INTENTIONALLY COMMIT THE OFFENSE OF RESISTING OFFICER(S)
STEVE THEODOS, OF THE WEST MONROE POLICE DEPARTMENT BY OPPOSITION, RESISTANCE, AND/OR OBSTRUCTION OF SAID OFFICER(S) ACTING IN OFFICIAL CAPACITY (TIES) BY VIOLENCE AND/OR RESISTANCE AND/OR OPPOSITION TO ARRESTING OFFICER(S) AFTER BEING PLACED UNDER ARREST AND BEFORE BEING INCARCERATED IN JAIL, CONTRARY TO CODE OF ORDINANCES, SECTION 11-4015,contrary to the ordinances of the City of West Monroe, Louisiana, in such cases made and provided, against the peace a and dignity of the same.
/s/ Lorrie Fincher
ComplainantSworn to and subscribed to before me, this 16th day of October, A. D. 1996.
/s/ ____________
City Judge
------- NOTES ------- Total Bond Amount:500.00 Arraigned : 10-16-96 Posted By :INCARCERATED Plea : not guilty Date Bond Posted : / / Tried : 10-23-96 Fine Receipt No. : o Verdict : Found guilty Arraignment Date :10/16/96 Arraignmen Cont: Trial Date :10/23/96 Trial Cont : Atty. for Def : Sentence : 100/c/20Minute References:
10-16-96 Def present @ Arg. & moved for a speedy trail (B 696 @ 2274)10-23-96 Def pres. @ trail- Testimony allowed and found guilty by court. ( B 700 @ 427).
Def seeks appeal. Return Date 11-22-96A TRUE COPY
By. Cierk of City Court of
West Monroe
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