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Hanukkah and Christmas
POSTED BY: holzapfel
Guest blog by Jeffrey R. Chadwick, Jerusalem Center Professor of Archaeology and Near Eastern Studies.
Hanukkah, the Jewish Feast of Dedication, begins this Friday night at sundown. The Hebrew word Hanukkah actually means "dedication." The eight-day festival in 2009 runs from Saturday, December 12, to Saturday, December 19. It is a holiday period of considerable significance, both religiously and historically, to Jews the world over. But it should also be of some importance to Christians, including Latter-day Saints, for without the events celebrated in Hanukkah there would have been no Christmas.
Here's the story: The ancient Jewish people in the land of Israel faced a grave threat when the Greco-Syrian despot Antiochus IV became king of the Seleucid empire in 175 BC. Syria controlled Judea at the time, but the Jews had been treated with tolerance by previous Syrian rulers. Antiochus IV, however, saw himself as a Greek deity in human form (he even adopted the name Epiphanes), and he set a goal to convert all the peoples of his realm to the worship of the Greek pantheon.
Seeking this goal with the Jews, Antiochus had his troops occupy Jerusalem and its Jewish temple, replacing the ceremonies that honored the God of Israel with pagan rites, and converting the edifice into a shrine for Zeus. The temple was defiled. Pigs were slaughtered on its altar by false priests in acts of disdain for the law of Moses and Jewish values.
Jewish religion in general was outlawed. The scriptures (books of what we call the Old Testament) were confiscated and burned. Jewish ordinances and practices, such as circumcision and prayer to the Lord, became capital crimes. The historical book of 1 Maccabees reports that "the women who had circumcised their children they (the Syrians) put to death under the decree, hanging the babies around their necks, and destroying their families and the men who had circumcised them" (1 Maccabees 1:60). Had not something happened to change the course of Antiochus' program of cultural genocide against the Jews, their religion and identity would have been obliterated within a few generations.
But something did happen. In 167 BC, inspired by an Aaronic priestly family known as the Hasmoneans, the people of Judea revolted against the Syrian occupiers. Their war of independence was led by a Hasmonean priest known as Judah Maccabee. Often called the Hasomonean Revolt, or alternatively the Maccabean Revolt, the insurrection gained strength and was ultimately successful in repulsing the Syrian forces. By the winter month of Kislev (around our December) in 164 BC, the Jewish freedom fighters had recaptured Jerusalem's temple mount, and liberated the temple from the pagan Syrians. As the war continued, the Maccabean forces eventually drove the Syrians out of the land of Israel.
Having freed Jerusalem, the Jews undertook to cleanse and rededicate their holy temple. According to rabbinic tradition recorded in the Talmud (TB Shabbat 21:b), when the Hasmonean priests entered the temple they found only one jar of consecrated olive oil to light the great seven-branched lamp (menorah) in the temple holy place for a single day. But anxious to rededicate the edifice, the high priest poured the oil into the seven cups on the menorah branches, and lit the lamp. The oil that was only enough for one day burned for eight whole days, enough time for new oil to be pressed and consecrated. This was seen as a miracle and a sign that God had been with the Jews in establishing their freedom and saving their religion and identity. The eight-day dedication period was celebrated by the Jews in Israel, and eventually throughout the world, each winter from that very year until the present, beginning on the 25th day of Kislev, and has always been known as festival of Hanukkah, the "feast of dedication."
Modern Jews do a number of things in their Hanukkah celebrations. The first, and most important, is the lighting of Hanukkah lights. A nine-branched Hanukkah menorah (known in Hebrew as a Hanukiah) is the main instrument of the lighting. Small candles or vials of olive oil are placed in the arms of the menorah, one of which is elevated above the other eight. On the first night of Hanukkah, the elevated candle (known as the Shamash) is lit, followed by one other candle which represents the first day of Hanukkah. On the second night of Hanukkah, the Shamash and two candles are lit, on the third night three, and so forth until the eighth night of Hanukkah, when the Shamash and all eight candles are lit. The lit Hanukiah is placed in a windowsill each night so that all in the community can see that the Jewish family is celebrating the festival.
Other Hanukkah activities include the preparation and eating of foods fried in oil, such as potato latkes (spicey, fried potato pancakes) and donuts known as sufganiot. The frying in oil is a reminder of the miracle of the oil. The old practice of giving children coins to spend at Hanukkah has evolved into a gift-giving tradition for the holiday season. And children often play a game with a small, four-sided top called a dreidel. Sometimes Hanukkah is called a minor festival, but this is only because it is not mandated in the Torah (the scriptural law of Moses). In practice it is a major Jewish holiday period, widely celebrated and loved.
Those who celebrate Christmas each December may find it of interest to know that Jesus, who was genuinely Jewish, traveled to Jerusalem to celebrate Hanukkah. The Gospel of John reports, "It was . . . the feast of the dedication, and it was winter. And Jesus walked in the temple in Solomon's porch" (John 10:22–23). Jesus honored the Hanukkah festival the same way he honored the Passover and other feasts: he taught the people of his own divine identity and mission.
Christians also ought to consider this: If there had been no Hasmonean revolt, and if Jerusalem and the temple had not been liberated and rededicated—if Antiochus and the Syrians had succeeded in obliterating Jewish religion and identity—then there would not have been a Jewish village called Nazareth, nor would there have been a Davidic Jewish village called Bethlehem. There would have been no Jewish nation awaiting the coming of that Redeemer. The entire setting for the birth and life of Jesus of Nazareth would not have existed!
But, thanks be to heaven, there was a revolt, and the Jewish nation not only survived but thrived. And because of these events, the way was prepared for the first Christmas. It seems entirely appropriate at this season that we join in wishing each other "Happy Holidays." Happy Hanukkah and Merry Christmas to all!
Finding Herod's Tomb
POSTED BY: holzapfel
The Smithsonian magazine featured an interesting article by Barbara Kreiger on King Herod this past month (see "Finding Herod's Tomb," [August 2009]: 36–43). Last year, Ehud Netzer, a famous Israeli archeologist, announced that he had found Herod's tomb (see RSC blog posting for December 12, 2008)—a startling news report that caught the attention of scholars and the popular media.
Archeologists have been looking for this tomb for a very long time. In this latest update of its discovery, Kreiger provides a wonderful word-picture of the Herodium (the fortress-palace of Herod in the Judean wilderness some seven miles south of Jerusalem) and some stunning photographs, including one of the reconstructed royal sarcophagus Netzer found (see p. 39)
In addition to telling an engaging story, the article provides a view of the original mausoleum reconstructed by Netzer himself (pp. 41–42). He estimates that it was a seven-story building located about halfway up the artificial mountain Herod built for his largest palace-fortress. So dominant was the site in antiquity, that the inhabitants of Jerusalem could see it. This is simply amazing!
When I lived in Jerusalem (1997–98) some 250,000 people visited the Herodium each year. We took our BYU students there each semester. I felt like I was walking up the hill myself as I read this article. Kreiger not only captures the lay of the land in her well-written essay, but also captures the tension that permeates the air today: "I see Arab villages and Israeli settlements in three directions" (p. 39). The conflict between Arab villagers and Israeli settlers has virtually stopped all tourism to the site today. "But to the east," she continues, "cultivation abruptly stops as the desert exerts its authority, plummeting out of sight to the Dead Sea, then rising again as the mountains of Jordan" (p. 39). The conflict between wilderness and civilization is as real as the conflict between to people who claim ownership of the land. Standing at the Herodium and viewing the scene only heightens one's awe at what Herod did here when he built his fortress-palace and then built his mausoleum.
In the end, no matter what one thinks of Herod, one must surely admit that Herod was one of the greatest builders in antiquity. His tomb and his fortress-place in the Judean desert demonstrate that fact. The work of Ehud Netzer provides us another window into the world of the first century—a world dominated by kingdoms and rulers who had a different vision than that of Jesus of Nazareth.
Christians in the Holy Land
POSTED BY: holzapfel
During the month of Ramadan, Muslims fast from dawn to dusk every day and then celebrate with family each evening at dinner. Several years ago during this special season, I was leading a group of BYU Jerusalem students on a field trip into the West Bank (known today as the Palestinian Territories or simply as Palestine). Nablus, ancient Shechem, was just heating up as one of the flash points in the Israeli-Palestinian conflict, so a BYU Palestinian security guard (all of whom were loved by the students) accompanied us as additional safety precaution for our trip into this Palestinian area. As we made our way back to Jerusalem, the students were surprised when he pulled out his lunch and began to eat it. As he looked around with a sandwich in one hand, he said to the shocked students, "Hey, I'm Christian!" It had not dawned on them that any of the security guards could have been Christians; they were simply assumed to be Muslims.
My experience as tour director to the Holy Land is that most North American tourists assume that all Palestinians or Arab-Israelis are Muslims. Truly the Arab Christians are "the forgotten faithful" (see "The Forgotten Faithful: Arab Christians," National Geographic, June 2009, 78–97). Surprisingly, in 1914 more than 26 percent of the population living in what is known today as Israel, Jordan, Lebanon, Palestinian territories, and Syria were Christian (87). Not too long ago, Palestinian Christians constituted the majority in Bethlehem, representing about 80 percent of the population. Today they make up about 10 percent of what is now decidedly a Muslim city. The decline in Bethlehem, as well as Nazareth, parallels what has happened in the entire region, where Christians now constitute less than 9 percent of the total population. Ironically, today, much of the West views these Christians suspiciously, and at the same time they are increasingly marginalized and even forced to convert or flee by their Muslims neighbors. They are between the proverbial rock and a hard place.
It may be interesting to note that there have been many well-known Christians from the Middle East or Middle Eastern descent. For example, Abdalá Jaime Bucaram Ortiz, Lebanese Catholic president of Ecuador (1996–97); John Sununu, Palestinian-Lebanese Greek Orthodox Christian U.S. political leader; Carlos Ghosn, Lebanese Maronite Christian CEO of Nissan and Renault; Hanan Ashrawi, Anglican Palestinian activist and spokesperson for the Palestinian Authority; Paul Anka, Syrian Christian U.S. pop singer; Salma Hayek, Lebanese-Mexican Roman Catholic actress; Azmi Bishara, Arab-Israeli Greek Orthodox member of the Israeli Knesset; and Tony Shalhoub, Lebanese Maronite Christian and Emmy Award-winning TV star of Monk.
A few more experiences in the Middle East reveal the unique situation that Middle Eastern Christians find themselves in today.
In a private conversation with a Palestinian Christian friend several years ago, he told me he did not like living under Israeli occupation but he feared that if the Palestinian established their own nation, it would become an Islamic religious state. In what I can only describe as complete but composed despair, he added, "There may be no future for me and my family in this land," a land where Christianity was born and a land where his family had lived for more than five hundred years as Christians.
During a tour of the Holy Land five or six years ago, several participants talked to a Palestinian during one of our rest stops. Apparently, the brief discussion had begun with a few harmless questions about his opinion on the Israeli-Palestinian conflict. However, as they talked with him, it became clear that they supported the current policies of the political state of Israel, including the expansion of the Jewish settlements into Palestinian lands of the West Bank. As I drew nearer, they asked him, "Why don't the Palestinians just move to Jordan and allow Israelis to have their own country?" They apparently assumed that Palestinians did not have the same kind of historical connection or claims to the land that Jews did—that the Palestinians, as Muslims, were aliens and foreigners in the Holy Land.
These tourists were surprised when he responded, "Why don't you Americans think or care about us, your Christian brothers and sisters? Aren't we followers of Jesus like yourselves? Aren't Bethlehem, Nazareth, Capernaum, and Jerusalem sacred to us too?" Then he revealed himself as a Palestinian Christian—not a Palestinian Muslim. They simply assumed, like my BYU students, that all Arabs or Palestinians were Muslims. They discovered in their conversation that his family had lived in the land for centuries and had been Christians far longer than their own families, who were most likely pagan peasants living in the backwaters of Europe when his progenitors accepted Christianity in the Holy Land nearly two thousand years ago. Somehow, it now seemed wrong to them that believing Christians who had lived in the land for so long were persecuted, driven, and marginalized by competing political, economic, and religious ideologies of the region.
This month's National Geographic article on Middle Eastern Christians is a great introduction to their story, highlighting an important insight to the conflict that may not be as familiar to us as it should be. In the end, it is all a lot more complex than we generally assume.
A Major Shift in 2009
POSTED BY: holzapfel
This year will bring a major demographic shift on planet earth. By the end of the year, for the first time in human history, more people will live in urban settings than rural. By the end of 2009, more than three billion people will live in cities, a third of them in slums (see Jonas Bendiksen's haunting photograph of Caracas, Venezuela; used by permission, Magnum Photos). According to the Population Division of the Department of Economic and Social Affairs of the United Nations Secretariat, the percentage of the world's population living in urban areas in 2005 was 48.6 percent. By 2010 the urban population percentage will rise to 50.6 percent. Truly, "to every thing there is a season, and a time to every purpose under the heaven" (Ecclesiastes 3:1). As human history unfolds, this transition signals a new period, providing new challenges along with new opportunities.
In ancient times, many biblical events occurred in rural areas. For example, Abraham, Isaac, and Jacob were primarily rural people living on the outskirts of towns and cities. Though Abraham planted a grove in Beer-sheba, he did not live in the city of Beer-sheba. Similar to modern Bedouins who live in the deserts and wilderness of modern Middle Eastern states, Abraham lived on the fringes of Near Eastern urban society.
Likewise, Jesus was raised in Nazareth, a rural village of two to five hundred people. For most of his ministry, he avoided the large cities of the Holy Land, visiting Jerusalem at the time of the pilgrimage feast because it was the site of the temple. The second largest city in the region, Zippori (Sepphoris), is not even mentioned in the four Gospels. In Galilee, Jesus avoided the large cities of Tiberius and Caesarea Philippi, although he visited the coast [region] of Caesarea Philippi (see Matthew 16:13).
At the beginning of the Restoration, the Lord began to move his work forward in the rural areas of America. During the founding events of the Restoration, the Smith family lived in the township of Manchester, not even in the village. The Church was organized on a farm in Fayette Township.
Only after his prophetic call did the Prophet become an urbanite. As Richard L. Bushman and Dean C. Jessee write, "Less than six months after the church's organization, he sent out missionaries to locate a site for a city that the revelations called the 'City of Zion' or 'New Jerusalem'" (Joseph Smith Papers, Volume 1 [Salt Lake City: Church Historian's Press, 2008], xxiii). The Prophet "gave himself entirely to cities and temples. This vision drove him until the end of his life; and after his death the same vision inspired Mormon settlement in the Great Basin" (xxiii). They conclude, "Building cities was a strange mission for a person reared in the rural villages of New England and New York" (xxiv).
Why the move to cities? These gathering places provided central locations to organize the Church and erect temples so that the "fulness of the priesthood" could be restored (see Doctrine and Covenants 124:28). Again, Bushman and Jessee note that the Prophet was involved in numerous activities, but "city building, priesthood, and temples" were the heart of those labors (xxv).
Today the modern Church generally establishes mission headquarters in the major cities of the nations. Soon temples are erected in areas that allow access to the greatest number of people possible. As world demographics shift to an urban world, we will continue to preach to these urban centers and erect temples so that many more of God's children can receive the blessings of the gospel of Jesus Christ.


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The smoke billows from the slender chimney stacks of the power plant on North Jakarta's shore, reaching ever higher before dissipating in the atmosphere. Untold amounts of pollutants flood the air, and the biggest culprit for global warming — carbon dioxide — is released.
The facility, fueled by coal, generates power for factories and thousands of homes across Indonesia's capital. But the scene could have played out in any city in the world, be it an emerging nation or a developed one such as the United States.
As the world observes Earth Day today, with the theme on climate change, leaders from many countries are making a determined effort to prevent global temperatures from rising even further and to respond to drastic changes in the weather worldwide. And trying to balance economic growth with lower emissions is the biggest challenge facing both emerging economies as well as developed countries.
The Danish minister for foreign affairs, Villy Søvndal, met with his Indonesian counterpart, Marty Natalegawa, last week to strengthen bilateral ties between the two nations, particularly in dealing with climate change. Issues included seeking renewable energy sources.
Marty emphasized Indonesia's willingness to develop a green economy and green infrastructure with Denmark, which has earned a reputation for being at the forefront of environmental protection.
Denmark spends the equivalent of 1 percent of its economy in controlling its pollution — an amount similar to other Scandinavian countries — and spends more to help other countries, according to the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development.
According to the 2013 Climate Change Performance Index, which tracks carbon dioxide emissions controls in 58 countries, Denmark was at the top based on criteria such as emissions and climate policy. Indonesia ranked 36th, while the worst offender, in last place, was Saudi Arabia.
Across Asia, India was in 24th place, followed by Thailand and Indonesia, but those three nations were far ahead of China and Japan — which is focusing on coal and gas to fuel its power plants as it reduces its reliance on nuclear energy. Elsewhere in the region, Malaysia had the lowest rank, at 55.
Climate change is important because it affects the way people live, from the costs of fruits and vegetables at a supermarket to rising water levels from rivers and streams that could quickly inundate a town or city.
Warmer-than-usual weather in the spring of 2012 in the United States led to a drought that pushed up prices globally of some commodities such as corn, soybean and wheat. In Indonesia, tempeh producers protested against the rising price of their raw ingredient, tofu, which is made from soybeans.
Flooding in the central part of Thailand, particularly around Bangkok, in the second half of 2011 dragged that nation's economy down as manufacturers such as automakers and disk-drive makers shuttered operations. It has only started to recover in the past year. A massive hurricane in the eastern part of the United States in late October flooded communities and knocked out power to parts of New York City.
Climate Action Tracker, an independent science-based assessment that tracks the emission commitments and actions of countries, conducts its own survey and categorizes countries on a scale from "role model" to "inadequate", based on each country's pledge to reduce greenhouse gas emissions.
The only country in the "role model" category is a developing country, the Maldives, which has pledged to become carbon-neutral by 2020. Costa Rica's pledge to become carbon-neutral by 2021 with international support places it in the category of "sufficient", along with developed countries such as Norway and Japan.
Indonesia's ambitious pledge in September 2009 to cut emissions by 26 percent by 2020 places it in the "medium" category. It mainly plans to do so through reduction in deforestation. Other nations in this category include India, Switzerland, Mexico and Singapore. Among the countries in the "inadequate" end of the scale are Australia, New Zealand, China, Russia and the United States.
China and the United States — the world's two largest energy consumers, greenhouse gas emitters and non-ratifiers of the Kyoto Protocol on climate change — are indicating greater cooperation toward action on climate change. In US Secretary of State John Kerry's trip to Beijing on April 13-14, both sides reached an agreement to add climate change to their Strategic Economic Dialogue.
The "overwhelming scientific consensus regarding climate change constitutes a compelling call to action" and the United States and China would engage in "large-scale cooperative action" in an effort to set a "powerful example that can inspire the world," according to a joint statement by the two countries.
Deforestation is just one factor contributing to climate change, some environmentalists say, and there should be solutions, namely conservation and protection as well as educating the public. Fewer trees means larger amounts of carbon dioxide that cannot be processed as oxygen back into the atmosphere.
In Indonesia alone, a nation of more than 240 million people that makes it the world's fourth most populous, deforestation affects as much as 1.7 million hectares of land per year, according to 2009 data from the Forestry Ministry. That's roughly 40 percent the size of Denmark.
"Climate change has affected Indonesians in various ways," says Nyoman Iswarayoga, climate change and energy director at WWF-Indonesia in Jakarta.
"For people in more rural societies who farm for a living, climate change has changed the way crops grow and thus changed the way they farm. Many of them face crop failure and declining yields. Meanwhile, fishermen also face changes in wind directions, which change the way they fish, which is their livelihood.
"Keeping the environment safe is not simply about replanting the forest," Iswarayoga adds.
"There are a couple things that need to be part of the government's agenda when it comes to this. First, conserve the quality of the environment. Second, protect the environment from destruction. Third, rehabilitate the destroyed environment."
World Bank data on carbon dioxide emissions show that Indonesia's emissions rose to 1.9 metric tons per capita in 2009 from 1.2 tons in 2000. Still, that amount is small compared to other countries in the region where emissions have increased.
Australia's emissions climbed to 18.4 tons from 17.2 in the same period, and China's rose to 5.8 tons from 2.7 tons. Rates in New Zealand, where the economy is largely agricultural, dropped to 7.4 tons from 8.5 tons. In the United States, the rate dropped to 17.3 tons from 20.2 tons.
Trade officials from the 21-member Asia Pacific Economic Cooperation that met in Surabaya this past weekend discussed the possibility of promoting environmentally friendly goods through incentives in trade. That might include eco-friendly goods, whether it be agricultural goods or manufactured goods, and possible reductions in tariffs on such goods to 5 percent or less.
The Earth's temperature has been increasing since the Industrial Revolution but has picked up significantly in the past 15 years, as demand for goods drive up power generation and human-made greenhouse gases build up.
The US National Aeronautics and Space Administration said in a January report that 2012 was the ninth warmest year going back to 1880, but 10 of the warmest years have happened since 1998.
The World Bank said in November that the global mean temperature had continued to increase and was now about 0.8 degree Celsius above pre-industrial levels, and could rise by 4 degrees Celsius by 2100 if the global community fails to act on climate change. The bank said it was helping 130 countries take action on climate change, and in 2011 it doubled its financial lending that contributes to adaptation.
Global warming by 4 degrees Celsius might lead to extreme heat waves and rising sea levels as high as a meter by 2100, leaving coastal cities in nations such as Indonesia vulnerable, it said.
In 2009 the World Bank said that research and development costs at around $100 billion to $700 billion annually were needed, which would be up from the less than $100 billion already spent.
"Corporations, private industries as well as individuals need to play their role in this,'' WWF's Nyoman said.
"We, as individuals, need to realize that we play a big part in making a difference on a global level. We should see this Earth Day as a moment to look around and see what we have around us. It is time to change our behaviors and paradigms. Remember, we only have one Earth to live on."


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Every day dozens and dozens of new and updated apps and games hit the iOS and Mac App Stores. It's impossible to keep up with them all, but it's not impossible to pick out the very best. Here they are! We've got a new version of a popular music discovery app, new features in a great planner app, Mac games and more!
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Fermi Liquid Behavior in the 2D Hubbard Model at Low Temperatures
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We prove that the weak coupling 2D Hubbard model away from half filling is a Landau Fermi liquid up to exponentially small temperatures. In particular we show that the wave function renormalization is an order 1 constant and essentially temperature independent in the considered range of temperatures and that the interacting Fermi surface is a regular convex curve. This result is obtained by deriving a convergent expansion (which is not a power series) for the two point Schwinger function by Renormalization Group methods and proving at each order suitable power counting improvements due to the convexity of the interacting Fermi surface. Convergence follows from determinant bounds for the fermionic expectations.
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A complaint filed with the state by the former wife of Marlon Brown claims the Volusia County Medical Examiner's Office misrepresented facts about Brown's death under the wheels of a DeLand Police Department cruiser.
In her Sept. 27 letter to the Florida Department of Law Enforcement's Medical Examiner Commission, Krystal Brown said the doctor who autopsied Brown told her he concluded Brown had died in a "traumatic homicide," but that his boss told him not to put that conclusion in the official report.
That doctor, Shiping Bao, was fired five days before his boss, Medical Examiner Dr. Marie Hermann, finalized the Brown report.
In that report, Herrmann listed the cause of death as an accident, concluding that Marlon Brown had suffocated after he "slipped and fell and then the police car came to a stop on top of him."
The crash that killed Brown happened in Spring Hill in DeLand at the end of a brief pursuit by two officers from the DeLand Police Department.
Brown jumped out of his car and was run over by one of the police vehicles as he ran through a grassy lot at the end of a dead-end street in Spring Hill. Brown did not have a driver's license and was on probation. He panicked at the thought of going back to jail, passengers in his vehicle told investigators.
On Sept. 12, the State Attorney's Office announced that a grand jury had determined the officer driving the car that ran over Brown should not be criminally charged. The officer was fired May 31 by the DeLand Police Department.
Since the State Attorney's announcement, Brown's family has challenged the investigation of his death and is calling for a new, independent examination.
Krystal Brown's latest letter follows a Sept. 24 press conference at which the DeLand funeral director who prepared Marlon Brown's body for burial also questioned some of the medical examiner's conclusions.
Mortician James Cusack said, for example, that Brown's body did have broken bones, while the ME's report said there were none.
The family also questions what evidence the grand jury considered. By law, the grand jury's proceedings are secret. It's unknown, for example, whether jurors watched the video recording from the DeLand police cruiser's dashboard camera.
Krystal Brown's letter to the Medical Examiner Commission says Dr. Herrmann's conclusions about Marlon Brown's death "defy common sense, and seemingly scientific principles." She noted the conclusions are directly contradicted by the dash-cam video that "clearly depicts the vehicle striking and running over Mr. Brown."
Krystal Brown told The Beacon Sept. 27 that she was able to speak with Dr. Shiping Bao a couple of weeks ago. He talked to her as a courtesy to the family, she said.
The Beacon has not been able to talk to Bao. His attorney, Willie Gary, has not returned calls.
Krystal Brown is calling for the Medical Examiner's Commission to remove or suspend Herrmann, alleging that the medical examiner's report constitutes a "… material misrepresentation of data upon which an opinion or conclusion as a medical examiner is based," and negligence.
Volusia County's letter of termination to Bao was dated Aug. 23. Herrmann signed the Brown autopsy report Aug. 28.
Krystal Brown and the family's attorney Benjamin Crump delivered the letter of complaint to the Medical Examiner's Commission in Tallahassee Sept. 27, Crump spokesman Ryan Julison said.
Florida Department of Law Enforcement spokeswoman Samantha Andrews confirmed the commission received the letter.
"Our staff is reviewing the complaint," she said, and will make a preliminary inquiry to see if the complaint is legally sufficient to convene a probable cause panel at the Medical Examiner's Commission.
The FDLE provides support to the commission, Andrews explained.
If the complaint is sufficient, the panel will review all materials and evidence in the case, to determine if there have been any violations of Florida Statute 406, which governs the conduct of medical examiners.
If a violation were to be found, Andrews said, the decision about what to do would be up to Volusia County, because of the county's home-rule charter.
In many counties, the commission would discipline an ME found in violation. However, unlike many other counties whose MEs are appointed by the governor, Herrmann is an employee of the County of Volusia.
County Manager Jim Dinneen was not in his office Sept. 27, and was unavailable for comment. The Medical Examiner's Office has declined to comment on any of the Brown family's allegations.
County spokesman Dave Byron had no comment other than, "The autopsy speaks for itself," his office assistant said.
Why is Krystal Brown pursuing this?
"If it was your loved one, you'd want the same thing," she said.
Krystal Brown said she is looking for justice and truth.
The Brown family, including Krystal and Marlon's three children, settled with the City of DeLand's insurance company in August, and is now prohibited from pursuing any wrongful-death actions against the city or its employees.
Marlon Brown was a well-known and popular barber in the Spring Hill community, who in recent years had had some run-ins with the law. His family and friends celebrated his 39th birthday Sept. 22 with a picnic in the park and release of balloons.
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Do you want to have a better understanding of the tornado risk you and your community face? Below is a map of the United States and the frequency of tornadoes rated F3/EF3 or higher in your county since 1996.
Map Information:The map is titled, "Tornado Activity by County: 1996-2013." It depicts a map of the continental United States, Puerto Rico, Alaska, and Hawaii including state boundaries. It includes data from the NCDC Storm Events Database. All tornadoes classified as F0-F5 or EF0-EF5 are included. F-scale and EF-scale tornadoes are grouped as equivalent for consideration of frequency categories.
Map description: The frequency of tornadoes from 1996 to 2013 is represented by four categories.
The first category includes counties that have recorded the highest frequency of F3 or EF3 or stronger tornadoes or from four to seven (4-7) tornadoes at the F3 or EF3 or greater level. The areas of the United Stated in this category include from one to several counties in Nebraska, Kansas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Tennessee, Mississippi, and Alabama.
The second category includes counties that have recorded the second highest frequency of F3/EF3 or stronger tornadoes or from one to three (1-3) tornadoes at the F3 or EF3 or greater level. The areas of the United States in this category include one or more counties in Arizona, Montana, North Dakota, South Dakota, Nebraska, Colorado, Kansas, Oklahoma, Texas, Louisiana, Arkansas, Missouri, Iowa, Minnesota, Wisconsin, Illinois, Kentucky, Tennessee, Mississippi, Alabama, Indiana, Michigan, Ohio, New York, Pennsylvania, Maryland, Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. The area with coverage by this category goes from north to south from North Dakota and Minnesota on the north to Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, and Alabama on the south including the states in between. There is a second area of this category that goes from west to east from Kansas and Oklahoma on the west side, through Arkansas, Tennessee and Mississippi to Alabama and Georgia on the east.
The third category includes counties where the largest recorded tornado has been at the F2 level or below (levels EF2, EF 1 or EF0). The states with counties in this category include most or all of every state not previously listed in the states with higher level tornadoes and Puerto Rico.
The fourth and last category includes counties with no recorded tornadoes. States with counties in this category include most of Alaska, West Virginia, and Puerto Rico, areas of several counties in Washington state, Oregon, California, Idaho, Utah, Nevada, Arizona, Montana, Wyoming, Colorado, New Mexico, Nebraska, Texas, and Vermont, and small areas of South Dakota, Nebraska, Minnesota, Missouri, Wisconsin, Michigan, Indiana, Ohio, Kentucky, Tennessee, Louisiana, Maine, Massachusetts, New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Virginia, North Carolina, Georgia, and Florida. Overall, most of the US is included in one of the first three categories that have had some level of recorded tornado.
Federal Emergency Management Agency
ORR Mapping and Analysis Center, Washington, D.C., March 13, 2014. Sources: ESRI, USGS.
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Probate of Naukana (#463)
"God hath made of one blood, all nations of men
to dwell on earth in unity and blessedness."
Kauikeauoli, Kamehameha III from the Declaration of Rights 1839
The Ohana of Haa, direct descendants of Kauikeauoli, Kamehameha III, as represented by chief spokesman Albert Haa Jr. are grateful for the opportunity to share with Hawaii and the World, information regarding Hawaiian Crown Lands and the historic Probate of Naukana*(1) discovery.
(Probate #463)
Soon after Western contact, the Kanaka Maoli (Native Hawaiian People) realized that they were facing a perilous life or death, survival situation. The ancient, sustainable and earth centered way of life was soon to be changed forever. Before Captain Cook's arrival in 1778, the Native Hawaiians, were thriving in natural abundance, and numbered about one million people.
Tragically, by 1848 (Year of the Mahele) only 70 years after European contact, the Kanaka population had been decimated by foreign diseases and genocide to 88,000 people. By 1900 (Just after the unlawful annexation), Hawaii's precious wild sandalwood forests were gone, and 90% of Hawaii's land was controlled by white foreigners.
The Kanaka Maoli had dwindled to only 30,000 people; a near extinction level decrease of 97% in less than 125 years!
Few people today really understand the profound impact and level of foreign domination, cultural influence and corruption Westerners held over the native Hawaiian people.
The ramp up to full blown colonization happened quickly. High chiefs, their immediate families, and spiritual leaders were especially targeted during and after the wars of "unification" by Kamehameha the Great.*(2)
The "sacred vine" families had to flee from persecution and go underground. Records show that hundreds escaped via the Hudson Bay Company to relocate in British Columbia and the Pacific Northwest territories as early as 1820. We have re-established contact with many of the "lost" alii families throughout Canada and have direct relationships with these royal descendants today.
Mainstream historical records would have the world believe that Kamehameha III had no heirs. To the contrary, the heirs of the last sacred vine King are alive and well. We have powerful evidence that Kauikeauoli did not die in 1854. In order to save his own life and the "sacred vine" lineage, Kauikeauoli was forced to fake his death and "disappear". Then, after twenty-one years, he would return in 1875 as William Naukana*(3) and move to Salt Spring Island, British Columbia.
After seven generations of misinformation, mistreatment, and misrepresentation,
the bloodline heirs of Kamehameha III now come forward and proclaim the truth about their lawful title and stewardship rights to the 1.8 million acres of Hawaiian Crown Lands.
(so called "ceded lands")
The Probate of Naukana (Probate #463) is a sacred kauna (secret message),
written by Kauikeauoli himself, and is the "hidden in plain view" will and testament of the last of the sacred vine kings.
This historic discovery resolves the issue of lawful title to the Hawaiian Crown Lands.
In the King's speech at the opening of the legislature, 1848, Kauikeauoli said,
"I have set apart a certain number of lands to be the property of my chiefs and
people, subject to such rules as you may adopt for their disposal.
I have also reserved to myself a portion of lands (the Crown Lands)
which are to be retained as my private property,
and to descend to my heirs forever."
We fully understand the profound social/economic and political implications of the Probate of Naukana, and have spent 13 years researching the historical/legal and cultural evidence to back it up. We invite the People of Hawaii and the World to exercise due diligence and investigate this amazing discovery with us in complete transparency and good faith.
For more information or to contact the Ohana of Haa:
Email us: firstname.lastname@example.com or call 808-345-1411
1* Naukana means "belonging to Kanaloa", the god of the sea, where all life began.
2* This is not to say that prior to prolonged Western contact in 1778, that Hawaii was a totally peaceful and utopian paradise. It is well known that the kapu system and forcibly imposed religious practices, were initiated through Tahitian colonization, by high priest Pa'ao, who established a social caste system that was often cruelly oppressive and violent.
3* The real life William Naukana was the son of Kamanawa, who is one of the two guardian twins
depicted on the Hawaiian Kingdom royal crest.
Link to a photo of Naukana (Kauikeauoli): http://saltspringarchives.com/roland/pages/2004004001.htm


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The White House
Article from African American newspaper reporting on Booker T. Washington's dinner with President Theodore Roosevelt.
Article Credit: Newspaper and Current Periodical Reading Room, Library of Congress
Article in the Washington Bee, October 19, 1901:
The Lie Nailed that he is Opposed to the Negro. The First President to Entertain A Negro. Booker T. Washington Dined.
The many false reports that have been circulated that President Roosevelt was opposed to the negro has been eliminated by the many kind acts that he has done prior to his election, and while he was Vice President and since he has been President. While governor of New York a distinguished colored singer was denied in Albany, New York in one of the hotels. The circumstance having reached Mr. Roosevelt he went in person and invited the citizen to his residence where he gave him lodging. When he assumed the office of vice President his first act was to appoint a colored man an executive messenger against the protest of certain officials. Since he assumed the office of President he entertained Prof. Booker T. Washington in the Executive Mansion on last Wednesday evening.
The first President of the United States to entertain a colored man. These many acts of recognition of the negros how [sic] that President Roosevelt is a man.
[inset: a sketch of Booker T. Washington with the caption, "Prof. Booker T. Washington; Dined by President Roosevelt – No color line in the White House – An Object Lesson for the South."]
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22nd – 29th March 2015, £499 per person including catered chalet accommodation & transfers
Our Girls Snowboard week this year we will we be running a girls snowboarding week in Chalet Eterle. This is a girls snowboarding holiday with a difference, come and experience the alps with like-minded girls in our luxury catered chalet whether it's your first time or you're a seasoned rider this is a great week for all. Plus the week will be sponsored by Nikita and everyone will receive a bag of goodies.
This week will be all about the riding and having fun, you will arrive to a champagne reception, we will arrange aprés activities each night including one night sledging down the Pleney which is brilliant fun.
Girls Snowboard Week will include
- Catered Chalet accommodation.
- Free return transfers from Geneva.
- Learn how to set up your board and how to service it.
- Demo the latest Nikita kit.
- Organised days on the mountain with Nikita sponsored riders. (Both in the park and back country)
- Night sledging and aprés ski.
There will be coaching sessions available this will be at a small extra cost, once we know what ability everyone is we will organise groups for sessions back country and in the park. More details of this to be confirmed.
Chalet Eterle
- Sleeps 12
- Bedrooms 5
- Bathrooms 4
- Hot Tub
- Boot Warmers
- Freesat TV, Media Centre
- Wii games console
- Shuttles to lifts
- WiFi & Laptop
- Bathrobes
- Panoramic Views
- Honesty Bar
- Salomon & Nikita test centre
- Free Transfers
Chalet Eterle is a luxury catered chalet which is perfect for this girls snowboarding week. This catered chalet is in central Morzine and sleeps up to 12 people in 5 bedrooms with a fabulous outdoor hot tub, a lovely sociable living dining area. Secure equipment store with boot warmers. You will enjoy cooked breakfasts, afternoon teas and a three course evening meal with complimentary wine across the week. We also offer our guests return transfers from Geneva airport free of charge.
All of this for just £499 per person Contact Us to book now!
Chalet Location
Chalet Etere is in an ideal central location being situated 5 – 10 minutes walk from the centre of Morzine. For your convenience we also offer a shuttle mini bus service to and from the lifts in the mornings and afternoons plus the ski bus stops just 200m from the chalet taking you to and from each of Morzine's lifts.
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Chalet Eterle is run on a catered basis, this includes a continental breakfast with a hot option, homemade afternoon tea and a four course dinner with plenty of good quality wine. The chalet staff have one day off per week breakfast is still provided on their day off and on the evening you will have the chance to sample one of Morzine's fabulous restaurants.


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Yes, this morning the Nobel Committee in Oslo, Norway, announced the selection of Obama "for his extraordinary efforts to strengthen international diplomacy and cooperation between peoples."
The honor is only the third time a sitting U.S. president has won the award (Theodore Roosevelt in 1906 for drafting a peace treaty between Japan and Russia and Woodrow Wilson in 1919 for helping to create the League of Nations).
In what can only be seen as a bitch-slap to the legacy of George W. Bush, the Nobel Committee cited Obama's efforts to deplete nuclear weapon stockpiles, espouse diplomacy over war and tackle climate change.
Noted the committee:
"Thanks to Obama's initiative, the United States is now playing a more constructive role in meeting the great climatic challenges the world is confronting. Democracy and human rights are to be strengthened."The news came as a shock to most every follower of the Nobel committee, especially since Obama has been in office for just nine months with many of his efforts yet to bear fruit -- thanks in part to factions in the United States (and the mountains of Afghanistan/Pakistan) who see Obama as the Great Satan.
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With no entertainment news to report, Derrick, Pat, and special guest human-blooper Perry Caravello dedicate this episode to fun -- except things get tense, and Anastasia makes Perry cry in front of a real doctor.
Derrick is joined by health expert Gregg Valentino to discuss his steroid-dealing arrest, questionable tributes are paid to an ailing comedian. Jennifer Day performs and NOTJackie Stallone sets the record straight.
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Oil Boom Shifts The Landscape Of Rural North Dakota
A gas flare is seen in an aerial view in the early morning hours of... News PhotoAerial View,Business,Close To,Finance,Fuel and Power Generation,Horizontal,Morning,Natural Gas,North Dakota,Time,USA,Watford CityPhotographer Andrew BurtonCollection: Getty Images News 2013 Getty ImagesWATFORD CITY, ND - JULY 30: A gas flare is seen in an aerial view in the early morning hours of July 30, 2013 near Watford City, North Dakota. Gas flares are caused when pressure release valves release excess natural gas from an oil pumpjack; the gas is then ignited to burn off the fumes. North Dakota has seen a boom in oil production thanks to new drilling techniques including horizontal drilling and hydraulic fracturing. (Photo by Andrew Burton/Getty Images)


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Unringing The Bell
KSAL Staff - September 24, 2013 10:24 am
Federal education officials have granted a request from Kansas to not release assessment test results that experts say are invalid because of technical problems and cyber attacks.
The Hutchinson News:
Steve Roberts is likely not a racist. But we have to question the Kansas State Board of Education member's judgment in the aftermath of the inappropriate comments he made last spring during a discussion on African-American history.
The Overland Park Republican wanted to correct his faux pas this week by reciting Dr. Martin Luther King's "I Have a Dream" speech at a public discussion on free speech and the "N-word," the Topeka Capital-Journal reported.
A sincere apology would have been a better option.
Four months later, Roberts should just move on – while pinning his hopes on the population's willingness to forgive and its short collective memory.
Roberts can't wash away his remarks – his usage of the "N-word" at a state board meeting in May – by reciting from memory one of the keynote messages from the Civil Rights Movement. It's a feeble attempt to "unring" the bell. The words, given his recent history, would ring hollow.
Roberts used the "N-word" during a public discussion on race relations, citing that King had used it in his letter from a Birmingham, Ala., jail 50 years ago. That, he said, gave him the leeway to use it, adding that it was important to push the boundaries of political correctness.
Times have changed. What was acceptable in 1963 – be it the laws in place, the way people of color were treated or the words used to describe them – is not tolerated today.
When it comes to the "N-word," pushing the boundaries of political correctness isn't an option. There is no circumstance in today's world where that word is acceptable. It is an ugly reference, filled with hatred, contempt and – to too many – painful memories. Roberts' attempts to revisit history were ignorant and an embarrassment to the board he represents.
We should expect more from our elected officials.
So let me get this right… it is OKAY for a KU professor (presumably dumocrat) to curse the innocent children of Freedom-loving NRA members but it is NOT okay for a Republican to mistakenly mis-quote a 1960's era speech using the N-word.
Naw, liberals aint mean, they're jist intolerant.


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A few days ago we reported about some of the recent screenshots of the pre beta build of Windows 8 and along with that the Windows 8 beta build is nearing its completion by the end of the month of December.
Now as reported by Win7Vista via WZor the Windows 8 Beta build has been signed off and the final windows 8 beta build will be 6.2.8175.winmain.111217 -1215.The build is already doing the rounds on the devices of small close circle of testers from Microsoft.So there's a chance that we might get a glimpse of it at the CES 2012 event if Microsoft decides to showcase the beta build to the attendees.
In a recent event when Microsoft revealed the Windows 8 store also revealed the tentative Windows 8 beta release slated for February 2012 along with the Windows 8 Store release,but now with this news of Winodws 8 beta already being prepared we might very well see the leaks floating around the web sooner rather than later.
Source: Windows8Italia