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February 2005 – MULTICULTURAL MADNESS: How Western Civilization has been turned upside down in one generation
Multiculturalism – the reigning philosophy of American culture, where Satanists and witches are equal to Christians and Jews, where a rat is equal to a boy, where ruthless, repressive, backward cultures are equal to Western Civilization – is explored as never before in this groundbreaking edition of Whistleblower.
"We've been planning this for a long time, and it's a real treat," said WND editor and founder Joseph Farah. "In this wonderful issue, multiculturalism is sliced, diced and roasted up as shish kabob and served up to our readers as a delicious journalistic feast. It's not only a stunning expose of multiculturalism and political correctness, but also a memorable celebration and affirmation of all that is truly American."
"MULTICULTURAL MADNESS" documents how multiculturalism, which started on college campuses during the "cultural revolution" of the '60s, has succeeded in making America so confused, "politically correct" and "minority-sensitive" that it has all but forgotten its original, core, Judeo-Christian values. Because of rampant multiculturalism:
This worldview whereby we declare all human cultures and moral codes, from the fairest to the foulest, to be equal in value is made possible only by the total abandonment of any objective standard of right and wrong.
And this confusion is now even compromising America's ability to fight and win the "terror war," hindering the government from clearly identifying who the enemy actually is:
From the Beltway snipers (who had praised 9-11 and threatened jihadi violence) to the Muslim pilot of Egypt Air Flight 990 (who intentionally crashed his plane into the Atlantic killing all aboard while praising Allah), to the killers who executed all four members of a New Jersey Christian family in the ritualistic Islamist way (multiple knife attacks and near-beheading) – the official response is always the same: reluctance, in the face of overwhelming evidence, to conclude that "Islamic jihad" was the crime's motive.
Likewise, the press – the filter through which Americans receive their information – is also paralyzed by political correctness. Stephen Jukes, Reuters' global head of news, decreed that the giant wire service's 2,500 journalists should not use the word "terrorist" to describe terrorist acts.
"We all know that one man's terrorist is another man's freedom fighter and that Reuters upholds the principle that we do not use the word terrorist," he wrote in an internal memo. "We're trying to treat everyone on a level playing field … To be frank, it adds little to call the attack on the World Trade Center a terrorist attack."
9-11 was not "a terrorist attack"?!
At least one media organization is not in the grip of political correctness, says WND/Whistleblower managing editor David Kupelian.
"Unlike our colleagues at Reuters and CNN and the rest of the so-called 'mainstream' press – which isn't very mainstream – we at WND aren't confused about our loyalties or about what's right and wrong, or about what made America great," said Kupelian. "And this issue proves it. It delivers a sparklingly clear, in-depth expose of what multiculturalism is really all about – namely, hatred of everything Western, white, male and Judeo-Christian."
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"This issue of Whistleblower is really special," said Kupelian. "Yes, it shows with amazing clarity how and why the nation has gone nuts because of multiculturalism. But in the process, it also poignantly takes readers on a journey to the heart of the real America, to the national 'melting pot,' to the message of the Statue of Liberty, and to the real possibility that we could get the authentic America back again one day."
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(Dec 22, 2008) On December 15, 2008, the U.S. Supreme Court held that federal law does not preempt a state court lawsuit claiming that cigarette manufacturers violated state unfair trade practices law by fraudulently conveying the message in their advertisements that "light" cigarettes are less harmful than regular cigarettes.
The Federal Cigarette Labeling and Advertising Act preempts state "requirement[s] or prohibition[s] based on smoking and health . . . with respect to the advertising or promotion" of cigarettes that comply with federal labeling regulations. The plaintiffs, smokers of Marlboro Lights and Cambridge Lights cigarettes, filed a lawsuit in federal court in Maine alleging that these brands' manufacturers violated the Maine Unfair Trade Practices Act (MUTPA) by marketing "light" cigarettes in a manner that conveyed the message that they actually delivered lower tar and nicotine, despite the manufacturers' knowledge that this was false. The manufacturers moved for summary judgment on the grounds that the federal statute preempts the MUTPA claim, and the district court granted this motion. The U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit reversed, ruling that the MUTPA claim is in the nature of a fraud claim not preempted by the federal law.
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The Court also rejected the manufacturers' argument that the MUTPA claim is impliedly preempted because it would be contrary to a Federal Trade Commission (FTC) policy permitting manufacturers to test for tar and nicotine and use the results in their advertising. The Court said that while the FTC permitted factual assertions of tar and nicotine yields, it did not authorize collateral representations concerning the reduction or elimination of health hazards or the use of "light" or "low tar" descriptors. Because the MUTPA claim would not be inconsistent with FTC policy, it is not impliedly preempted, the Court ruled. (Altria Group, Inc. v. Good, No. 07-562 (Dec. 15, 2008), available at http://www.supremecourtus.gov/opinions/08pdf/07-562.pdf).
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Lexa Doig (Wife o' Micheal Shanks) did a fantastic job in her guest spot. Despite watching Andromeda on and off, it took me a few minutes to place her. The scene where she and Allison go after Carter and start fighting over him was hilarious (especially with Stark's commentary).
I had the feeling that Callie might give up on Jack. It takes a unique person to deal with the situations that only Eureka could create. They might have a chance if everything stops exploding around them. Still, it might have been fun to see what happened if she got too close.
Considering Taggart's experiment, turning him into an experiment behind a giant glass window was delicious irony. His feeble G'Days absolutely made the scene. Making him take off all his clothes was a little bit over the top.
It was a bit odd that they just now shut Henry out of the lab. It's apparent that Allison is trying to protect Kevin, but it's a bit of a risk - Henry is a very intelligent and driven individual. He made it clear that he's not stopping just because they decided to keep him out of the lab.
I'm also surprised that Allison is so passive with Stark. She didn't have a problem shutting the door on Henry, but she sounded like she was pleading with Stark to let her bring Jack in on the situation with Kevin. Knowing Henry, he's certain to have copied the data he needed to sift through. I doubt he would have assumed that he'd keep access to the lab indefinitely.
This was one of the best episodes of Eureka lately. It really tied things together, and the characters all made some interesting developments. Jack and Jo both on the personal front; Allison and Stark on the secret agenda front and Henry definitely seems to be heading in a disturbing direction. I'm hoping that he'll turn to Jack, but considering that Stark seems to have betrayed his trust, I don't know if he'll really trust anyone else.
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The study investigated whether bright artificial light may influence menstrual cycle and ovulation conclusively, and what underlying hormonal changes for this effect are.
Procedure: Light therapy
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Several studies have shown a shortening of the menstrual cycle following light therapy in women with abnormally long menstrual cycles or with winter depression, which suggests that bright light may influence sex hormones and ovulation. The study was designed to investigate this possibility. Twenty-two women with slightly lengthened menstrual cycles and without clinically evident endocrine abnormalities completed a study lasting for two menstrual cycles separated by an off-protocol episode of at least 1 menstrual cycle. Bright light therapy was administered for a week at home during one experimental cycle, and dim light during another cycle (placebo-controlled, crossover, counter-balanced order). Daytime blood sampling and ultrasound scan were performed before and after a week of light therapy, on the ~7th and 14th days after menstruation onset. Ultrasound examination was repeated further to document ovulation. Serum was assayed for thyroid-stimulating hormone, prolactin, luteinizing hormone, follicle-stimulating hormone, and estradiol. The preliminary results were reported at the SLTBR meeting in June, 2005.
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Muslims rape non-Muslim women
Someone asked me for sources on this - cna't really put up websites on answerology, but do a search under Theo van Gogh who was killed by Muslim fanatics in Holland, do a search under Samira Belil who talks about her experience being gang raped by Muslims in France and a search under Frontpage dot com to read article below. My question - why do Muslims think it's ok to rape non-Muslim women? I'm French (my parents are from France) and we tell our women not to date these guys because they treat women so badly.
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I don't doubt that this stuff happened. However, it isn't a really good representation of the MILLIONS of Muslims in the world.
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You last 3 words sum it up 'Its culture' and its not all muslims culture but the subjugation of women is a part of many muslims, as it is of many eastern cultures. Actually the equality of women is a relatively new idea even for western cultures. Even in the 50s women who were raped in the US were blamed. Saying they must have dressed a certain way or asked for it somehow. As for assimilation into our culture by muslims. The moderates will assimilate the fundimentalists like fundimentalist christians won't. The bottom line is that if western civilization is going to survive we do need to address the situation with the different religions/cultures and realize that many cultures are not as tolerant as we are and want to change our way of life. It is a war and it has been raging since the birth of the religions.
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The sources are out there, you only need to google for them. And don't worry if some people call your post "hate speech". Muslim actions grow more hate than any post.
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Couldn't agree with you more, it's time to open our eyes...
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This sent a chill down my spine. *shakes her head, unsure what to think*
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If this is true, it's not hate speech.
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Some of you may remember a post I made ages back about an old guy who walked up and hit Bandit in the face for no reason....
Anyway, he's still tipping about, sometimes drunk, sometimes not. I've gotten to the stage that I give him a wave and just get on with what I need to do. He sometimes comes up rambling about how he hates this, that and the other. Somedays he'll come up telling me that I'm taking up a good stall that could be used for a better horse than mine.. but like I said, in one ear and out the other.
Anyway, for the first time in a VERY long time, I got out to the yard without either child.. during the day with the sun shining. I got out for a lovely ride and then off down the road for a hack. It was refreshing and something I have missed so so much.
On my arrival back, I proceeded to give Bandit a bath (we only have so many +20 days a year!) and the yard owner arrived back from a P2P with a horse shouting that 2 of the horses had broken out and were on their way down to the main road.
Once everybody calmed down and disaster was averted the old guy came up and told me it was my fault as I had taken my horse out of the paddock! I just looked at him and told him that I had every right to take my horse from the paddock as many times as I wanted to at any stage of the day. It wasn't like I had left the gate open or anything!
Sorry all.. just needed to vent.. my husband looks at me like I've got 10 heads when I babble about the horses and yard. This old guy is really starting to grate on me.. I enjoy the rest of the people there but I don't need to hear about how much he hates life every time I go out there.


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The Three Finalist Are?!?!
Well after reading all of the stories time after time we all were wishing we could pick 10-15 instead of three. But after voting and narrowing it down here are our choices:
You guys have been chosen to compete for the final prizes which are:
Winner- The winner of this contest will receive a total solution WITHOUT ARP Head Studs.
2nd Place- 2nd place will be rewarded with an EGR delete kit with up-pipe and an intake gasket set.
3rd Place- 3rd place will be rewarded with a BASIC EGR delete kit.
Below are the stories, here is how I want the voting to work. You should post the username of the stroker you feel should win. Help the guy whose story you like the best win! Here we go:
Story IRNFST:
My story
I have a 2007 F250 CCSB 4x4. This was my first diesel truck. Even though she was not new when bought, I feel she is the perfect truck for me.
I had always dreamed of owning a diesel since my uncle gave me a ride in his old Chevy smoker. Unfortunately, it was never in the cards for me. After high-school I got my first job, I joined the Army, and was promptly sent to Germany. This complicated things a bit, as it was difficult to save money for a diesel truck as a Private in the Army, not to mention, the wonderful nectar of the gods, beer. Still I hoped. While in Germany I found the love of my life and got married. Best mod ever.
After a couple of deployments to play Soldier I finally returned to the States in 2005. Upon arriving the first thing my wife and I did was go look at trucks, even before we found a house to rent. WOW, at the prices of brand new diesels. I couldnt believe they were so darn expensive. Well, with that out of the question we went the gasser route. This served us for what we needed at the time, though it was not the most desirable. We made a couple of bad decisions, Dodge and Chevy, on choices of vehicles with one good one, a 2007 F150, mixed in between. Factor in a couple more sight-seeing trips, one to the sand box and one to the mountains, and getting a diesel seemed to keep getting farther and farther away.
Then came the move to Hell. The Army in all its great wisdom decided that Ft Polk, LA was the most wonderful place in the world and moved me there. Just in time for round 5 of the fight, YAH! Well, being that my wife had firmly entrenched herself in her job and the fact that we had bought a house at Ft Hood it was decided that we would get a RV for me to live in at Ft Polk. One month later and as I am struggling to drag a travel trailer through the heart of Texas into Louisiana I am simultaneously praying that I have a gas station coming up soon. It sure was difficult, emotionally wise, to calculate the gallons per mile that I got out of my X-Cab Silverado on that trip.
About halfway through the latest all expenses paid vacation I came home for R&R where it was decided that after my trip was over my wife would quit her job and move to Louisiana with me. Boy is she a glutton for punishment. We also talked about the possibility of completing a preggos mod. This really made a diesel seem like it would never happen. Somewhere in the last few months my wife decided to get a little sneaky, and smart at the same time, and got rid of the Silverado for wait for it a diesel!
She found an awesome F250 that was in great shape mechanically and cosmetically, with a little help from a member here on the forum. So she promptly dumped the Silverado and enthusiastically drove home in our first diesel. Yep, she went out on her own and bought me my dream truck. What a great woman!
Now, what to do the truck. First she needed a name, christen her Dizzie Da Dizzle. Why you ask? Because triple Ds are WAAAAAYYYY better than double Ds. So far not much has been done to modify her. We are trying to start small and focus on things that will increase her life span or are functional. We have gotten the necessary fuel upgrades and an Edge Insight to keep track of everything. There are huge plans to bullet-proof her and make her the best darn diesel we can. These include EGR delete, exhaust, tuner, leveling kit, studs, coolers, turbo, injectors, Line-X and all the cool little gadgets that go with the Edge Insight.
As a huge thank you to my wife, who is a HUGE wine person, we have planned an early summer trip across the country to California, to visit the wineries out there. As long as we make the requisite stop at the Grand Canyon, so I can ride around on a donkey. Towing our travel trailer through the desert is not exactly going to be easy on Dizzie but, I know she will be up to the task. This is a big reason, in my mind, to make sure she is bullet-proof, so that I can give this trip to my wife as a way to say thank you for always being there and supporting me through all the bullsh*t of military life.
These are all necessary, to me at least, because I plan to drive her till she falls apart. Hopefully with all the upgrades, accessories and bullet-proofing that will be a long way away. My hope is, when we do have kids, to get them hooked on trucks and diesels by working on her with me. Then, once they are old enough to hand over the keys and let it be their first vehicle.
So, thats my story and Im sticking to it!
Story LKendall:
heres my story.. my first truck was a f150 that i had done all the mods to.. It was a great truck. However one of my good friends dads had a 04' Harley Davidson f250 with a four inch lift and 35's with tint, it was the envy of our town. About a year ago him and his wife got a divorce, and she took him for everything and the truck was next.. So you guessed it, I got the hookup on the truck( which made me broke) I had someone offer me 180 for the grill so I sold it and bought a replacement for 60$ just to make 120$ haha.. I had to sell my truck to get it but it was my dream truck. A year later here I am, detailing it every chance I can and being as gentle as I can while driving it while still having fun due to all of these horror stories. And being a full time College student starting a company im doing my best to invest my money where I can get the best returns.. And my parents don't think its into my truck. My company is a landscape and construction company. Im having a 18ft enclosed trailer built for me to match the orange and black colors of my truck, my logo resembles that of the harley davidson symbol.. So its a matching black and orange mobile billboard! While hopefully looking very professional ill be gaining business by using this setup.. And I could really use this opportunity to bulletproof my truck so that i'm able to pull my trailer for many years to come without problems..Allowing me to invest my money more wisely.. I feel that if one of these items were to break now, it would be the end to my business before it really has a chance to get off the ground..Thanks for reading guys!!
Story Scubadiver:
Well figure I will throw my story into this.
Dec 2010 I was driving home from work at 9am on a major hwy in Dallas. A drunk driver who was in the far left lane missed his exit and attempted to make it. I was in the far right lane. He t-boned my old suv. The result ended me rolling 3 times on the hwy and another few times down the steep ditch. Car was totaled I was sent to the hospital for a few days. Luckily I was wearing my seat belt as I always tell people to and in the end im sure it saved my life. As luck would have it the other driver was drunk, here in the country illegally, no dl, and no insurance.
My insurance paid off my old vehicle. I decided that I really wanted a diesel this go around and because of the roll over I was not about to get another suv. So I started looking. But, I only had 15K to spend which really limits getting a nice truck. Hospital bills are insanely expensive. I looked at several older dodges and fords but, they all seemed beat to hell. Then one day I drove by the ford dealer, they had this nice looking 04 PS sitting there. I figured it was way out of my price range but figured what the heck ill take a look.
When I looked at it, I could not believe the condition. It looked brand new inside and out, no trailer hitches' bed didn't have a single scratch in it. It really was a new used vehicle. As expected the sales man comes out and starts his lines. Tells me the truck has 70k on it and they have it marked down to 22k. I drove it around for a few min and fell in love with it. It really seemed like the truck an 70 year old man had to just drive on the hwy. Well start talking to the salesman and tell him I really only can spend 15 on the truck. Course he says no way and starts trying to get me to finance more. I stick to my ground. Well the topic comes up of what I do for a living. I tell him I am a police officer. Well turns out the head manager of the ford dealership is a retired police officer. So he runs and gets him. I talk to the manager for a while and explain my finance situation. He leaves the office to get the paper work on the truck. Well they paid 16k on trade in on the truck. He comes up to me and says "I always said I would help a old brother in blue and im not going to stop today. Ill do 15K out the door for you and just make the money up else were today." After taxes and other stuff the price of the truck was less than 14k. I sat in shock and signed a check for 15K and walked out the happy owner of my own PS diesel.
My truck right now is mainly used for taking my dirt bike out to tracks to play and for hunting. Also for my 10 mile drive to work. I am hoping in the next few years to save some money up to buy a 5th wheel camper which is the main reason I really wanted this diesel. But, with budget cuts its gonna be at least 3 years before I do this. I just want to make my truck last long enough to have something for it to pull and be reliable. I have recently been having some problems with my truck not running correctly so I am at this time piecing together the parts to ensure it last.
Good luck, it's your job to recruit and get the votes! Tell your powerstroke.org friends they have to come to our section of the forum and vote for you to win!!!!!
We will cut the contest off October 28th! Let the voting begin!
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bummer I didn't make the final three.... Good luck to you three.
You were so close. Aren't you going to vote for one of the three finalist?
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Even though I didn't get picked, I feel like my vote should go to IRNFST. Guy fought for our freedom. He deserves to be rewarded, IMO.
Subscribed. I will have to think about who I am voting for.
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Was hoping to make it, but these guys probably deserve it more than I do anyway.
I'm jumping on the IRNFST bandwagon.
Thank you for your service!
Matt, thanks for running a fun contest.
Here is the truck that im trying to bullet proof for my business.. Just got the trailer and hoping to get the graphics done in the same orange color...
Just wanted to say thank you so much to Performance Machine & MFG. I have been having issues with my truck had ordered an EGR kit but returned it do to not being what I wanted. So this is awesome. I have my truck already apart right now, just installed a new oil cooler, so it will stay apart to see what else I shall change out.
And lkendall that is a good looking setup.
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COLUMBUS - Ohio State University fired marching band director Jonathan Waters on Thursday after a two-month investigation revealed a culture of sexual harassment and hazing within "The Best Damn Band in the Land."
The 92-page investigation concluded that Waters, who was a sousaphone player in the band in the late 1990s, was aware or should have known about this culture but failed to eliminate or address it, the university said. The investigation was triggered by a complaint from a band member's mother.
OSU paid Waters $188,504 last year.
OSU President Michael Drake said in a statement posted online: "Nothing is more important than the safety of our students. We expect every member of our community to live up to a common standard of decency and mutual respect and to adhere to university policies."
Drake, who started as university president three weeks ago, announced that former Ohio Attorney General Betty Montgomery will lead an independent task force to review the matter. An interim band director has yet to be named. Ohio State's home opener is Sept. 6 against Virginia Tech. The band's 255 members practice 30 hours a week to learn music and formations during football season.
The 92-page investigative report issued by the Office of University Compliance found:
- Band members swore oaths not to disclose secret traditions;
- The "Midnight Ramp" tradition called for members to march into the football stadium wearing only their underwear;
- Rookies were assigned nicknames by upperclassmen, including sexually explicit monikers such as Captain Dildo, Testicles and Boob Job;
- Students performed "tricks" on demand or of their own volition at parties or on trips. A woman whose nickname was Squirt would sit on laps, including her younger brother's, and pretend to orgasm.
Witnesses describe the marching band as a family and a guy's club where intimidation and alcohol abuse are part of the culture. Investigators concluded that band staff witnessed and permitted the student misconduct. Pamela Bork, a physical therapist who volunteered with the band for 18 years, resigned after an away game road trip to California in September 2013. Bork told investigators that Waters refused to address the alcohol abuse on the trip. Other witnesses said Waters wanted to be "the cool guy" in the band and friends with the students.
Long bus trips seemed to be where much of the harassment took place. Investigators said rookies, or new band members, were introduced using sex props or dirty jokes and were groped and given "midterm exams" that involved sexually explicit behavior on the bus. A "Trip Tic," an anonymous newsletter circulated on the bus, disparaged members. A songbook with alternate misogynistic and sexual lyrics to Ohio State and other college fight songs was circulated. And members performed "flying 69" where two students would hang upside down from the bus luggage rack or allow others to hold them up in the air.
The report also noted that Waters nearly botched the handling of a sexual harassment complaint in March 2013 by insisting that both the victim and harasser be forced to skip a game. That could have been seen as retaliation against the woman who filed the complaint. And investigators noted one band member was expelled after he sexually assaulted a female band mate in the fall of 2013.
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Zedekiah Cave or the Quarries of King Solomon in Jerusalem: A Subsurface Stone Quarry for Building the Second Temple by King Herod
By Zeev Lewy
Geological Survey of Israel
Jerusalem, Israel
March 2011
The Zedekiah Cave opens at the foot of the northern wall of the old city of Jerusalem close to the Damascus gate (Fig. 1& Fig. 2). The iron door closes over a rather small ancient entrance which leads southwards below the area built into a 230 m deep and 80-100 m wide cave divided into halls connected by tunnels. Thick quadrangular pillars offer support in the 4-15 m high ceiling attesting to a Roman quarrying style. The white limestone walls bear quarrying and carving marks left when the underground activity ended no later than the Roman or early Byzantine period. Large blocks may have been quarried during the Hasmonean time (142 B.C.E.-63 A.D.) and up to Byzantine period (638 A.D.; Safrai and Sasson, 2001) though there is no archaeological proof. A carving on one of the walls of a winged four-legged animal with a human face resembles an Assyrian sphinx. Detailed investigation discovered the use of a dentate saw-like instrument to smoothen the rock before carving, a technique known from the Second Temple period (Barkay, 1986). In the absence of additional age-indicative archaeological findings, the cave was suggested to fulfill various functions from biblical times onward. It was named Royal Cavern, King Solomon's Quarries or the Kings' Quarries, as well as Zedekiah Cave as if King Zedekiah, the last king of Judea, fled through it from Jerusalem to Jericho where he was captured in the summer of 587 B.C.E. by Nebuchadnezzar's Babylonian soldiers (II Kings, 25: 5). The Zedekiah Cave was thought to be an old natural cave formed through limestone dissolution by slightly acidic rain water (karst) that was later extended into an underground quarry already during the First Temple. At that time subsurface tombs where dug in the region for wealthy and distinguished personalities (Barkay, 1997). The cave lacks any karstic chimney to the surface and has no other opening apart of the present day one. This entrance is located on a quarried wall that was part of the northern moat around the city some 16 m above the ditch floor (Barkay, 1986). Its present day position at the level of the road (Fig. 3) confused researchers as if the cave were accessible from the ground since ancient times.
Old Jerusalem was built on limestone (and dolostone) rocks which supplied its building stones. Relics of numerous biblical and younger quarries are exposed in the region questioning the need for subsurface quarrying under dangerous and hard working conditions. The single small entrance limited natural illumination and aeration farther from the entrance. The weak and unstable torch light blurred the vision of the quarrymen and hindered them from being aware of rocks detaching from the ceiling or other hazards. The fire of the many torches consumed oxygen from the damp atmosphere in the cave and added smoke. Quarrying building stones under these hard and dangerous conditions must have required significant reasons regarding the numerous quarries which operated nearby on the surface.
The quarried rock
The present day old city of Jerusalem, which comprises much of the city during the Second Temple, is built on hard limestone forming millimeter thin layers up to a few meter thick layers deposited from the ancient sea from which the Judean Mountains originated. The limestone beds are made of calcareous fragments of marine organisms such as mollusks, echinoderms, algae, and calcareous unicells which lived in the water and on or in the bottom sediment. These were cemented into hard limestone by lime dissolved in the water. Changes in the components and periodical supply of clay minerals resulted in the separation into layers which facilitated the ability to cut them into blocks in the thickness of the layer. The quarrying activity in the Zedekiah Cave followed the inclination of the layers along a certain type of limestone which forms a 3-4 m thick layer. Surprisingly, this layer consists of a rather soft and wet rock easily crushed into powder-like chalk, appearing completely useless for building stone. This, therefore, raises the question: why was this type of rock the target of underground quarrying as if it were a precious ore?
This type of limestone consists of tiny fragments of a kind of clam belonging to the group of rudists which does not live today. Most of them grew attached to the shallow sea bottom in a conical shape enlarging upward. The round opening was covered by a flattened valve which could rise to enable water and food to reach the mollusk inside. The rudists developed a vesicular conch which was thick and strong but could have been rapidly precipitated to withstand wave impact and damage by marine boring organisms. They lived during the Cretaceous period along the southern margins of the tropical and subtropical Tethys Sea and were common in the present region of Israel. Their ability to close the conch when covered by sediment or during low tide gave them an advantage over corals in the same environment. Therefore, thick rudist reef-like structures developed along the ecologically suitable shelves. The mineralogical composition of this calcareous skeleton was mainly calcite in contrast to aragonite in most other mollusks. When exposed to slightly acidic ground- or sea-water calcite, it is little affected whereas aragonite dissolves. Thereby the sea-water in between the calcareous particles became supersaturated with respect to aragonite, resulting in the precipitation of the excess lime nearby, cementing the friable sediment into hard limestone.
The rudist reef-like structures contributed their fragments to the surrounding filling the spaces in between the conches while the tiny fragments were transported beyond the "reef core" into the lagoon or the open sea. The deposition of this rudist detritus for a long period accumulated into thick complex of a rather homogenous composition lacking internal separation into individual layers. These calcitic fragments remained as loose particles and did not fuse together into a hard rock. With time, little of the calcite and associated aragonite dissolved from the slightly acidic ground water in between the tiny calcite fragments. The exposure of this wet rock to the sun evaporated the water and concentrated the dissolved lime content beyond saturation causing the precipitation of the lime in between the rudist fragments whereby they cemented to each other into a hard rock. The homogenous nature of the thick layer enabled workers to cut large blocks in different directions and shapes for which this rock-type was named by quarrymen "freestone." These properties were known to the quarrymen of the First Temple period who dug into this soft homogenous rock-type the subsurface tombs and easily shaped their interior (e.g., Barkay, 1997). However, in quarries on the ground, only successions of hard limestone beds were quarried for building stones.
Why did the useless rock become valuable?
King Herod planned to renovate the Second Temple into an impressive construction situated on top of a high and large platform (Fig. 4) looking over the city (Ritmeyer and Ritmeyer, 1989). In order to receive the approval of the religious establishment, King Herod insisted on keeping the religious law forbidding the presence of metal tools on the Temple Mount as applied during the construction of the First Temple by King Solomon. "In the building of the house, only blocks of undressed stone direct from the quarry were used; no hammer or axe or any iron tool whatever was heard in the house while it was built" (I Kings, 6: 7). These restrictions were in the spirit of the Lord's commandment (Exodus [Jethro] 20, 25) that a stone altar should not be built from stones that were treated by metal tools (relating metal tools to the sword as a weapon). The forbidden use of metal tools on the Temple Mount would have slowed the building process because each block would have had to be exactly shaped outside the site to fit into the construction.
The Roman advisors to King Herod were familiar with a kind of limestone in southern England (Britain) near the city of Seaton in Devon (Beer quarries) which is wet and friable in subsurface but hardens when exposed and dried. There the friable nature is due to the calcite composition of the echinoderm fragments which are the dominant constituent (Jarvis and Tocher, 1987). They probably asked the local Jewish quarrymen about a similar type of limestone that could be shaped by non-metallic tools a few days after being quarried so that building stones could be fitted one onto another on the Temple Mount under the religious restrictions. Then the building stones of the sanctuary (Holy of Holies) could be cut out by non-metallic tools in the quarry. The local quarrymen probably showed the Roman engineers the useless kind of limestone in between the hard layers in the quarries close to the city. Finding it suitable for their needs, the Romans looked for thick layers of this rock-type near the city. Based on the nature of bedding planes, they traced the suitable layer into the subsurface from where large quantities should be quarried. They detected the suitable layer some 16 m above the base of the moat along the wall of the northern wall defending the city. They piled a ramp toward the location of the layer on the wall where they opened a small entrance and thereafter started quarrying along the inclination of the 3-4 m thick layer. The layer extends along the wall for several meters which could provide more entrances to transport material and stones in and out. However, the single small entrance attests to the intelligence of the Roman advisors. They preferred a single small entrance on its operational inconvenience in order to minimize the escape of the moisture from the cave and hence prevented the rock from drying out and hardening. These special requirements complicated and endangered the quarrymen's work but provided enormous quantities of building stones that were finally shaped on the Temple Mount when the construction began in 20 B.C.E. Part of these rocks could be shaped into decorative blocks for other constructions as well.
Subsurface quarrying of building stones in biblical times which formed the Zedekiah Cave in Jerusalem while numerous quarries operated nearby on the ground is explained by geological criteria and religious aspects which also date the opening of the cave as a quarry. The peculiar qualities of this rock type in subsurface facilitated its rapid quarrying in blocks of different sizes and shapes for the grandiose construction of the Second Temple by King Herod. These could be fitted to each other on the Temple Mount without using metal tools according to the religious restrictions. The combined experience of Jewish quarrymen and Roman engineers enabled them to keep the religious spirit in this holy mission and complete the monumental construction of the Second Temple in a short time (Lewy, 2005).
Barkay, G., 1986. "The Zedekiah Cave – The archaeological aspect." Ariel, v. 43, 102-107
(in Hebrew).
Barkay, G., 1997. "The First-Temple period burial caves north of Damascus Gate and the date
of Jerusalem's northern moat." Cathedra, v. 83, 7-26 (in Hebrew).
Jarvis, I., and Tocher, B.A., 1987. Field meeting: The Cretaceous of SE Devon. Proceedings of
the Geological Association of London, v. 98, 51-66.
Lewy, Z. 2005. Short contribution: "Geological and religious factors for subsurface quarrying
that formed the Zedekiah Cave in Jerusalem, Israel." Geoarchaeology, v. 21, 187-196.
Ritmeyer, K., and Ritmeyer, L., 1989. "Reconstructing Herod's Temple Mount in Jerusalem."
Biblical Archaeology Review, v. 15, 23-42.
Safrai, Z. and Sasson, A., 2001. "Quarrying and quarries in the land of Israel." Ariel in Hebrew; English abstract), 114 pp.
Figure captions:
Fig. 2: The location of the Zedekiah Cave at the northern wall of the city of Jerusalem.
Fig.3: Panorama of the limestone layers and the city wall in front of the Zedekiah Cave entrance at the right lower corner.
Fig.4: Reconstruction of the Temple Mount and the Second Temple in the city of Jerusalem of King Herod (by the courtesy of D. Kroyanker, Jerusalem).
Comments (3)
Okay, so what kind of "non-metallic" tools did they use to quarry and trim these stones?
#1 - Carl - 03/04/2011 - 17:07
Do we have evidence that the Romans were familiar with British geology when Herod's plans were being made? The conquest of Britain was still more than half a century in the future.
#2 - Martin - 03/07/2011 - 14:47
The Romans first invaded Britain in 55 B.C. under war leader Julius Ceasar who returned one year later without occupying the territory, but reported his impressions. The islan was invaded by the Romans in the year 43 A.D. and a base wase established. Nevertheless, the first expedition probably surveyed the southern part of the island and met the people in East Devon where this technique of shaping building stones out of the subsurface soft rock were carried out. The Israeli quarrymen did not use this kind of rock for building although they new that the rock hardens when exposed, but they had enough hard rock layers for such stones and they used the subsurface soft layer for digging tombs. King Herod was advised by Roman experts in many issues, especially in constructions so that the use of the "useless" rock needed some experience which I dare to relate to the Roman engineers.
Dear Carl
The freshly quarried blocks could be shaped by wood, ceramic, bone and any other hard object, as well as by rubbing blocks against each other to fit them into the construction. (When I was in the Zedekiah Cave I was astonished to be able to scratch the rock with my finger nail and then I realized why this soft rock was quarried in subsurface like a precious ore).
#3 - Zeev Lewy - 03/10/2011 - 05:50
Dear Carl
The freshly quarried blocks could be shaped by wood, ceramic, bone and any other hard object, as well as by rubbing blocks against each other to fit them into the construction. (When I was in the Zedekiah Cave I was astonished to be able to scratch the rock with my finger nail and then I realized why this soft rock was quarried in subsurface like a precious ore).


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Until I get better evidence, I'm gonna go with Sam Webb's sources (who say this has nothing to do with McCray) over your "pretty clear" speculation.
Can we please not start a bunch of "OMG, McCray is leaving" stuff until we get at least a little evidence that McCray might leave? The kid himself has been really adamant that he isn't going anywhere.


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NEW YORK (AP) — A teenager from Chicago who sang an aching Jason Robert Brown song and another from Georgia who chose to sing "Raise the Roof" – and almost did so – have won top honors at the National High School Musical Theater Awards.
Atlanta resident Jai'Len Josey was named best actress and Chicago resident Jonah Rawitz got the best-actor crown Monday night at the sixth annual "Glee"-like competition, nicknamed the Jimmy Awards after theater owner James Nederlander.
Each will receive a $10,000 scholarship award, capping a months-long winnowing process that began with 60,000 students from 1,500 schools and ended at the Minskoff Theatre, the long-term home of "The Lion King," which doesn't perform on Mondays.


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Wreck closes eastbound I-10 south of Phoenix
SACATON, Ariz. — A rollover accident involving a van carrying Arizona
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The freeway was reopened within a half-hour.
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China controls 'hundreds of hackers'
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- February 20, 2013
CHINA'S army controls hundreds if not thousands of cutting-edge hackers, according to a report by a US Internet security firm.
Virginia-based Mandiant Corp said its hundreds of investigations showed that groups hacking into US newspapers, government agencies, and companies "are based primarily in China and that the Chinese government is aware of them".
The 74-page report focused on one group, which it called "APT1" from the initials "Advanced Persistent Threat". The New York Times, citing experts, said the group was targeting crucial infrastructure such as the US energy grid.
"We believe that APT1 is able to wage such a long-running and extensive cyber espionage campaign in large part because it receives direct government support," Mandiant said.
The group, it said, was believed to be a branch of the People's Liberation Army called Unit 61398, and digital signatures from its cyberattacks were traced back to the direct vicinity of a nondescript, 12-story building on the outskirts of Shanghai.
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Jon0 of QLD Posted at 8:15 AM February 20, 2013
Americans are happy to have a whinge, yet they would have the same if not more hackers doing the exact same thing to the rest of the world.
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celt of Adelaide, SA Posted at 9:19 AM February 20, 2013
China need a good kick! How dare they exploit their power!!!! Take it away from them! They r not suitable leaders for the world!
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Scotty P of Brisbane Posted at 10:41 AM February 20, 2013
For decades the USA has bolsteted its political power overseas with it's military and it ignores any international laws that hinder it's progress without a second thought. I find it laughable that when other countries try to use the same process the USA did in the past that they suddenly care about international law and make out like they are the good guys.
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NEW YORK — Thomas Sohmers, 17, of Hudson, Mass., has been working at a research lab at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology since he was 13, developing projects ranging from augmented reality eyewear to laser communications systems. This spring, his mom, Penny Mills, let him drop out of 11th grade. She says she "could see how much of the work he was doing at school wasn't relevant to what he wanted to learn."
Last week, Thomas and his mom learned that he is in esteemed company as a high-school dropout with a knack for computers: David Karp, 26, sold Tumblr, the online blogging forum he created, to Yahoo for $1.1 billion.
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Karp was a student at the Bronx High School of Science, an elite New York City public school that only admits students who score well on a difficult entrance exam, when his mother gave him the option of home schooling. He took Japanese classes and had a math tutor while continuing with an internship at an animation production company, but by age 16,
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Always talented at math and science as a child, Dr. John Hosey could have easily had a career in chemistry or engineering, but decided to pursue medicine instead. "I really wanted to help take care of people, and working in medicine seemed the best way to accomplish that. I thought it was a great way to combine my interest in science with my desire to help others," he explains.
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Congress is beginning to schedule congressional hearings for a short, election-year session this November, where the seats for all 435 representatives and 36 senators will be determined. The American Legion has contacted committees and subcommittees in both chambers, requesting an opportunity to testify on issues important to servicemembers, veterans and their families. Normally, only a third of the Senate seats expire in an election year. However, two "special election" seats are included in this election cycle, Delaware and New York, which were formerly held by Vice President Joe Biden and Secretary of State Hillary Clinton, respectively.Since the start of the new session, The American Legion has participated in two roundtable meetings with the House Veterans' Affairs Committee to discuss top legislative priorities among veterans and military service organizations, as well as rural health care for America's veterans. In the first roundtable meeting, The American Legion focused on:• The Department of Veterans Affairs (VA) claims and adjudication backlog. • Women veterans health care. • Timely access to rural veterans health care. • Homelessness among veterans and their families.• Post-9/11 GI Bill education enhancements, especially with vocational training.• Veterans employment and training services.• VA's third-party collection fund, especially with Medicare reimbursement for treatment of nonservice-connected medical conditions for eligible patients.• VA's long-term health care and its capacity to meet the demands of patients.In the second roundtable meeting, several members of Congress and representatives from concerned groups were invited to address challenges in delivering quality VA health care to rural areas. The American Legion addressed many concerns voiced by others, such as the difficulty of traveling long distances and enduring inclement weather in order to receive earned VA healthcare benefits. This encouraged the House committee to examine the following three key areas:• Timely access to quality local health care through other federal providers on a fee-for-services basis, such as federally accredited primary-care clinics, military treatment facilities or public health service facilities, including those for Indian Health Services.• Emphasis on recruitment, retention and continuing education of quality health-care providers on a fee-for-services basis.• Outreach to veterans in rural areas on available health-care options, which include telemedicine or telehealth.Other hearings planned by the Committees on Veterans' Affairs include:• Feb. 3: House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health. "Review of the U. S. Department of Veterans Affairs Contract Health Care: Project HERO."• Feb. 3: House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Disability Assistance and Memorial Affairs. "Implementation and Status Update on the Veterans' Benefits Improvement Act, Public Law 110-389."• Feb. 4: House Veterans' Affairs Committee. "Department of Veterans Affairs Budget Request for Fiscal Year (FY) 2011 and FY 2012."• Feb. 10: Senate Veterans' Affairs Committee. "VA's FY 2011 Budget."• February 10: House Veterans' Affairs Subcommittee on Health. "The Veterans Health Administrations FY 2011 Budget."• Feb. 11: Subcommittee on Oversight and Investigations Hearing. "Technology Budget Requests for FY 2011."• Feb. 24: House Veterans' Affairs Committee. "Exploring the Relationship between Medication and Veteran Suicide."• March 10: House Veterans' Affairs Committee. "Structuring the U.S. Department of Veterans Affairs of the 21st Century."• March 18: House Veterans' Affairs Committee. "Claims Summit 2010."Many of these hearings will be webcast via the Committee's respective Web sites: http://veterans.house.gov/ [2] and http://veterans.senate.gov/ [3]. And oftentimes, copies of the congressional testimony are available on the respective Web site.The American Legion Washington Conference is scheduled for March 1-3, 2010, featuring the Commander's Call scheduled on March 2.
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Thunder veteran center Kendrick Perkins has now played 107 NBA playoff games in his career and speaks about the opening-round series against the Houston Rockets:
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A couple of updates from The Hobbit camp. No, Ian McKellan isn't official yet but you know who is? All ethnicities!! A casting director was dismissed from the production after placing a newspaper ad only requesting light-skinned people audition to play Hobbit extras. In actuality, Peter Jackson and company never specified any particular race be featured in the film. This decision was solely made by the casting director. Then again, it's New Zealand. Where are you going to find non-whites? I hope that newspaper didn't charge by the letter.
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Yeah but Hobbit's are white. Since when did society become so prudish, I bet you anything if they had been looking for blacks that it would have been accepted if a white man had been turned down because you know what? who gives a damn; he is white! Middle-Earth is a European based setting and putting a description on what type of people you are looking for should not be a crime.
There are no black hobbits.
It's not racist just because thats not the type of people they are casting for! So if they had to be fat would we make a big deal if a skinny person got turned down? What if they had to be female? These roles shouldn't be open to everyone just for the hell of it. It most definately was not meant to be "racist". Over sensative fools these gripers.
yeah but they used an indian as one of the four hobbits doubles in the lord of the rings. they just had to put make-up and latex over them. It shouldn't be a problem.
They used an indian double in lord of the rings as one of the hobbits height double but just used latex and make up for him to look like the actor. It shouldn't be a problem.


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After Las Vegas and Shanghai, Bradley Cooper wants to visit the Time Tombs. This trip would be sans Wolf Pack.
In a recent interview with Charlie Rose, actor Bradley Cooper revealed that he teamed up with a friend to write a spec adaptation of author Dan Simmons' Hyperion, part of a series of futuristic sci-fi novels. They already sent their version to GK Films, with the hope of landing the actual writing gig. That takes some real nerd balls, right there.armageddon looming. Can they make it to Hyperion and save humanity? Can they? We'll have to see the movie to find out, though the project's been in development for years. Or, y'know, read the book, but it's +450 pages and I'm lazy. (/Film)
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Read it a while ago when I think there was talk of a movie. Would definitely be hard to film. I remember thinking that some of the stuff was so abstract that it was even hard to put into words. I didn't think it was that great, to be honest.
Stephen Donaldson's Gap series is what should be adapted.
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WASHINGTON (WUSA) -- President Obama will ask Congress for a short-term budget plan to head off a series of automatic budget cuts scheduled to hit next month.
Facing a March deadline, President Obama will call for a small package of spending cuts and tax revenue increases in remarks at the White House early Tuesday afternoon, officials said.
The president is scheduled to speak at 1:15 p.m. ET. Two aides confirmed his plans on the condition they not be named because they did not want to pre-empt his remarks.
In his remarks, President Obama will warn the automatic cuts -- known as the sequester -- will damage defense and domestic programs, and create uncertainty that will stunt economic growth, aides said.
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