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Alzheimer's disease
Alzheimer's disease causes gradual damage to brain cells, leading to their death. Symptoms include a loss of memory, increasing difficulty with everyday tasks, and changes in personality.
• Up to 5.1 million Americans may have Alzheimer's.
• That number may rise to 13.8 million by 2050.
• There is no treatment to reverse or slow the disease.
• Some drugs can temporarily relieve symptoms.
Sources: National Institute on Aging, Neurology
A previously unknown cause of the brain damage from Alzheimer's disease has been discovered by scientists at The Scripps Research Institute, according to a study published last week.
Researchers not involved in the study say it may help guide development of drugs against the neurodegenerative disease — an effort scarred by expensive failures. The study was performed in a mouse model of the disease.
The research clarifies the role of a protein called amyloid beta, long suspected in Alzheimer's disease. It demonstrated that other factors besides the protein trigger the disease's characteristic neural damage.
The study, published April 10 in the journal Neuron, was led by Scripps professor Franck Polleux. The first author was Georges Mairet-Coello, a researcher in the Polleux lab.
The study described a relationship among three distinctive changes found in Alzheimer's:
• Amyloid beta causes overactivity of an enzyme called AMPK.
• The overactivation causes neurons to accumulate a modified version of the protein tau, also long implicated in Alzheimer's.
• Early in the disease, amyloid beta leads to loss of synapses, the small gaps over which signals travel between neurons.
The enzyme's role in synapse loss was previously unknown, Polleux said.
Most important, when researchers blocked the enzyme's overactivity in the Alzheimer's mouse model, the synapse loss was prevented. This demonstrated that the enzyme played a causal role in the disease changes, Polleux said.
For decades, Alzheimer's drugs have been developed to remove amyloid beta plaques from neurons. Although they have succeeded in that goal, none have blocked or even significantly slowed the disease's progress. These failures have led scientists to question whether the "amyloid" hypothesis of Alzheimer's is wrong.
The Scripps study indicates that the hypothesis is correct, but incomplete. The study demonstrated that other substances besides amyloid beta can cause the enzyme overactivation.
These include metformin, a commonly used drug for Type 2 diabetes. The disease is a known risk factor for Alzheimer's. The study suggested more research to judge the safety of long-term use of metformin.
The study was partly funded by the National Institutes of Health and by the Swiss drug company Novartis.
Bob Zeller, a researcher at San Diego State University who has studied amyloid plaques, said the study "gives a molecular explanation" about what amyloid beta does. This explains both the association with the disease and why targeting the protein alone isn't effective.
Greg M. Cole, associate director for the UCLA Alzheimer's Center, said the study indicates that Alzheimer's may best be treated with drugs that target multiple mechanisms that lead to the disease. However, such drugs aren't favored by U.S. regulators, who prefer simple explanations.
"They've been telling people, show us the mechanism," Cole said. "More mechanisms make it more complicated. Their argument for safety has been to go for the highest-affinity drug, that hits only one pathway, the idea being that hitting that pathway will make it safe."
That approach doesn't necessarily work in a disease such as Alzheimer's, in which several processes go wrong, Cole said.
Cole cautioned that because the study was performed in mice, its applicability to humans isn't confirmed.


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Hierarchy in Meritocracy : Community Building and Code Production in The Apache Software Foundation
This research is about code production in top-level open source communities of The Apache Software Foundation (ASF). We extensively analyzed Subversion repository logs from 70 top-level Apache open source projects in the ASF from 2004 to 2009. Based on interactions in code production during one-year periods we constructed networks of file co-authorship that gave us access to the organization of Apache open source communities. This allowed us to measure graph level properties, like hier- archy and clustering, and their influence on the outputs of code production.

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About a thousand tornadoes will touch down in the U.S. this year. It can happen almost anywhere in the country. In today's Safe Family report, Nicole Holt shows us how to prepare your family if a tornado blows through.
Over the past few weeks severe weather has torn through our country, leaving behind devastating evidence.
Take the tornado of May 1999, when a twister blew through Moore, Oklahoma, leaving a mile wide path of destruction.
But there are ways to protect your family.
KXII meteorologist Tom Miller says if you hear about a tornado watch, you should stay close to your television or radio. A local station will warn you if there's an actual tornado.
If this happens, take cover immediately. A storm shelter or a basement is your best bet.
If neither one of those is available, try to get to the smallest room on the lowest floor of the building. A mattress or seat cushions or even a trash can will help over your body and keep something from hitting you.
This could be the difference between life and death. Have a tornado drill in your home.
We here at KXII will give you warnings as soon as they're issued.
But what about when you're asleep?
A NOAA weather radio with an alert tone will set off a siren when a warning is issued in your area.
FEMA has great tips on staying safe in a tornado.
Check their website by clicking here.
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New research finds you can be fit and fat, and if you're in shape, you're heart might not be.
Researchers at Albert Einstein College of Medicine studied the body weight, blood sugar, blood pressure and cholesterol readings of over 5,000 adults.
They found over 50 percent of overweight adults, and 30 percent of obese adults had healthy heart profiles.
On the other hand, over a quarter of normal-weight adults had two or more unhealthy readings.
Researchers say where fat is located on the body may be a greater indication of heart disease than overall weight, adding fat on the liver may be the most dangerous.
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From Answer to Catholics: All too often we accept traditions merely because they are so old, or because they have "Christian" names placed upon them. Even if we know of their Pagan origin in fact. Christmas is proof of this fact. We all know Christ was not born in winter, we all know that Christmas trees have absolutely nothing to do with Christmas. We also know that telling our children about Santa is a bold faced lie. Yet, we do it for the sake of tradition. We openly allow the mixture of truth with lies and then call it acceptable Christian tradition. Yet, it is written, "…How long halt ye between two opinions? if the LORD be God, follow him: but if Baal, then follow him…" -1 Kings 18:21
Easter is no different than Christmas. In fact it's worse in many ways. It actually affords us the opportunity to expose it with childlike ease. Yet, still, many call it a holy day and clamor to the churches to celebrate that which was solely invented by Satan to pay homage to him and him alone.
I ask the Christian that sees no wrong in celebrating this Pagan Roman Catholic festival of re-birth, how can you see no wrong in mixing Satanism with Christianity? How can you do this and still call it a day of worship for the Creator God when He clearly states to have no union with things of the world? How can you tell your children about an Easter bunny that symbolizes sexual prowess to the Pagan Sun worshipper? How can you claim the egg that this bunny supposedly lays represents Christ, or some aspect of His resurrection, when it is well known to first have been used to represent fertility to the Pagan. Mr and Mrs Christian, how can you allow your children to take part in the sexual games played by the Pagan's of old, and now re-named "Spring break" by the many young people during the Pagan festival of "Easter Week?" The children flock to the warmer climates this time of year from all over the world just for this purpose. Are you aware of what they do there? If not, ask anyone that has watched MTV during this time of year. This sinful broadcast revels in making all aware of the sexual decadence that is encouraged, and then embraced by our young people. They make it look acceptable, fun, and exciting. And for those that choose not to "go that far," they ridicule and use the old favorite methods of peer pressure to get them to join in. The amazing thing is, they video tape all and most partns still embrace it.
The history of the Temple of Ishtar
Excerpt chapter from Sacred Sexuality by occultists AT Mann and Jane Lyle
In Her Temples in many lands from Egypt to Assyria to Babylon to Crete to India, in Rome and Greece and many Celtic lands, Her Temples had Sacred Priestesses who were also called Temple Prostitutes by Christians. Her worship was in the arms of the
Priestess who embodied and represented The Goddess(s). These worshipers are sometimes known as pagans.
A fundamental difference in the concept of worship is important to note: In the Temples of the old ways people would go to the temple TO BE WORSHIPPED not to worship. Women would go to the temple to serve the Goddess to embody Her, to represent Her, to be worshipped as Her. Women would spend a day, or a week, or a year serving at the Temple as a priestess, as a sacred Prostitute, as a whore in service to the Goddess. There they would be worshipped as the incarnation of the Goddess, as The Goddess Herself. Men would come to Her Temple TO BE WORSHIPPED. Men would be welcomed and served by the Priestesses and men would represent the divine male principal, the Horned One, the Sacred Bull, The God. Men would come to the temple to give their love and passion to The Goddess, and would receive the passion, love, and affection of The Goddess.
But some three millennia ago there came monotheists who refused Her Worship preferring instead to be diminished in body and spirit. They called Her, "The Whore of Babylon, who leads men into fornication." They called our sacred sexuality "sin," and cast shame on Her sacred Priestesses. They held up a "virgin" as the ideal that women should imitate instead of the sacred Goddess that they had always held as the most sacred image of Woman. This is essentially the state of things in the modern world.
The two principal deities of ancient Babylon were Baal and Ishtar. Baal was the god of war and the elements and Ishtar the goddess of fertility – both human and agricultural. These two deities have roots going back before Babylon to Nimrod at Babel and to Assyria. Through the ages they were imported into other nations and under different names but always retaining the same basic characteristics. Baal was also called Bel, Baalat, Molech, Merodach, Mars and Jupiter, and was frequently represented as a bull. Ishtar was also called Aphrodite, Astarte, Ashtoreth, Cybele or Sybil, HectaDiana, Europa, Isis, Semiramis and Venus (Currently she is also known as the Roman Catholic "Virgin Mary" goddess ) . The two main elements in the worship of Baal were fire and human sacrifice, usually children.
Ishtar was worshipped via offerings of produce and money as well as though fornication with temple prostitutes. It is this last characteristic that helps make the tie between religious Babylon and kings and merchants. In his book The Secret of Crete, H.G. Wunderlich reports that before marriage, every woman in Babylon was required to go to the temple of Ishtar and lie with a stranger. We have a similar report from Gerhard Herm in his book, The Phoenicians (1) , where women in the Canaanite cities of Tyre, Sidon and Byblos were required to become prostitutes for a day and give themselves to foreign guests during the spring festival. This festival survives today in the name of "Easter", which is derived from the word "Ishtar". Now OSTARA is one of the Lesser Wiccan Sabbats, and is usually celebrated on the Vernal or Spring Equinox right
around March 21. Easter is determined as the first Sunday after the first Full Moon after the Vernal Equinox.
Vernal equinox
Vernal" means, appearing or occurring in the Spring. "Equinox" points to the time when the sun crosses the planet's equator. When this occurs, night and day are of equal length in all parts of the earth for that day. The Vernal Equinox occurs on or about March 21st. This day was significant for Pagan sun worshippers because it marked the point where they believed the sun had been fully "resurrected" from it's death during the Winter Solstice. This of course is one of the other Pagan festivals (Christmas)
―What means the term Easter itself? It is not a Christian name. It bears the Chaldean origin on its very forehead. Easter is nothing else than Astarte, one of the titles of Beltis, the queen of heaven (Virgin Mary apparitions and Jer 7:18 ―The children gather wood, and the fathers kindle the fire, and the women knead their dough, to make cakes to the queen of heaven, and to pour out drink offerings unto other gods, that they may provoke me to anger".), whose name, as pronounced by the people of Ninevah, was evidently identical with that now in common use in this country. That name, as found by Layard on the Assyrian monuments is Ishtar. -The Two Babylons, by the Rev. Alexander Hislop, published 1943 and 1959 in the U.S. by Loizeaux Brothers, Neptune, New Jersey, page 103.
Hot cross burns
The history of the hot cross bun goes back to the Babylonian queen of heaven (Ishtar), and a reference to it is made in Jeremiah 7:18, which talks about making "cakes to the queen of heaven." The Hebrew word for "cakes" is "kavvan" and is also translated as "buns." At Athens, about 1500 years before Christ, these buns or sacred bread, were used in the worship of the goddess. They were called "boun." Egyptians made buns inscribed with two horns in honor of the moon goddess, and the Greeks changed it to a cross, so it could be easily separated. The Angle-Saxons made buns with a cross on them in honor of their goddess of light. -Controlled by the
Calendar p 49
The 11th edition of Encyclopedia Britannica's "Easter" article states, "There is no indication of the observance of the Easter festival in the New Testament, or in the writings of the apostolic church Fathers." The ecclesiastical historian, Socrates is quoted in the same article as he points out that neither the Lord or His apostles enjoined the keeping of this day. He says, "The apostles had no thought of appointing festival days, but of promoting a life of blamelessness and piety". He attributes the observance of Easter by the church to the perpetuation of an old usage, "just as many other customs have been established." Early Church reformers such as Calvin and Knox protested strongly against Easter because of its pagan origins. Observance of the holiday was not widely celebrated in America until well after the Civil War. ( Easter: Its Story and Meaning by Alan Watts; Babylon, Mystery Religion, Ralph Woodrow; Calvin Tracts; Knox's History)
Easter has long been known to be a Roman Catholic pagan festival! America's founders knew this! A children's book about the holiday, Easter Parade: Welcome Sweet Spring Time!, by Steve Englehart, p. 4, states, ―When the Puritans came to North America, they regarded the celebration of Easter—and the celebration of Christmas—with suspicion. They knew that pagans had celebrated the return of spring long before Christians celebrated Easter…for the first two hundred years of European life in North America, only a few states, mostly in the South, paid much attention to Easter.‖ Not until after the Civil War did Americans begin celebrating this holiday: ―Easter first became an American tradition in the 1870s‖ (p. 5). Remarkable! The original 13 colonies of America began as a ―Christian‖ nation, with the cry of ―No king but King Jesus!‖ The nation did not observe Easter within an entire century of its founding.
Notice this conclusive quote from Microsoft Encarta Multimedia Encyclopedia: ―Ishtar was the Great Mother, the goddess of fertility and the queen of heaven.‖ So, in actuality, Ashtaroth (Ishtar) was Nimrod's harlotrous, mother/wife widow, Semiramis, as many other ancient historians attest! Easter is now established as none other than the Ashtaroth of the Bible! We can now examine the scriptures that show how God views the worship of this pagan goddess—by any name!
God calls easter evil!
―And the children of Israel did evil in the sight of the Lord…And they forsook the Lord, and served Baal and Ashtaroth [Easter]‖ (Judges 2:11, 13)
―…put away the strange gods and Ashtaroth from among you, and prepare your hearts unto the Lord, and serve him only…Then the children of Israel did put away Baalim and Ashtaroth, and served the Lord only‖ -1Samuel. 7:3-4
From:http://www.answeringcatholicism.com/catholicismexposed/paganisminthechurch/easterfestival/easterfestival.html‖If this evil celebration had anything to do with the resurrection of Christ, it would be on an affixed date each year. Yet, every single year the date of Easter changes! How I ask can that represent the Lord's resurrection? It's no different than saying I was born on January 1, but every year I will celebrate my birthday in accordance with how the moon orbits the planet. Therefore, my birthday would never be the same date from year to year. Sounds ludicrous right? Yet, people still think Easter commemorates the DAY Jesus rose from the dead? The true gift of Babylon is confusion. And sadly, Christians the world over are very happy to embrace this confusion of Roman Catholicism as if it is some time honored acceptable practice the Creator Himself approves of. Why do people grasp at the gray areas instead of looking upon the simple truth. It's so black and white for those that simply open their eyes to see."
Easter Sunday was formally recognized by the Council of Nicea in 325 AD. The First Council of Nicaea, held in Nicea in Bithynia (in present-day Turkey), convoked by the Roman Emperor Constantine I in 325, was the first ecumenical[1] conference of bishops of the Catholic Church, and most significantly resulted in the first uniform Catholic doctrine, called the Nicene Creed
Ash wednesday
The first day of Lent. As an act of penitence, palms saved from the previous year's "Palm Sunday" are burned to ashes and placed in the shape of a cross on individuals' foreheads on this day. (Webster's Dictionary, Carnival)
A forty-day period of penitence and prayer instituted by the Roman
Catholic Church which begins on Ash Wednesday and prepares for the celebration of Easter. Though previously lasting less than a week, during the seventh century it came to represent the forty days, one day for every year of Tammuz's life.
The word "lent" comes from the old English "lencten," which means "Spring." Created by the Catholic Church around 525, under the guidance of Abbot Dionysus the Little,. The observance is not found in the Bible, so it was not recognized by Jesus, the apostles, or the early Christian Church.
This period of abstinence actually originated in Babylon, as a preliminary to the annual day that honored the death and resurrection of Tammuz; and later was observed in Egypt to honor Osiris, the son of Isis, who was the counterpart of Tammuz. When Nimrod died, and was made the sun god, Semiramis then had an illegitimate son called Tammuz, who she claimed to be the son of Nimrod. She said that he was the "promised seed of the woman," (Genesis 3:15) and demanded that both her and Tammuz be worshipped. He became symbolized by the golden calf. She became known as the "queen of heaven," and was the prototype from which all other pagan goddesses came. Her representation can be seen in the Roman Catholic Church's worship of Mary, who is called the "Mother of the Church," the "Queen of Heaven and Earth," and the "Queen of the Universe." These titles can not refer to Mary, the mother of Jesus, because nowhere in the Bible does it talk about Mary's role in such a way. 1Ti 2:5 For there is one God, and one mediator between God and men, the man Christ Jesus; According to Babylonian tradition, when Tammuz was killed, his mother cried so much, that he came back to life. The manifestation of this was the rebirth and blooming of all vegetation in the Spring, which came to symbolize his resurrection, and why Tammuz is honored in the Spring. Very similar, is the story in the ancient writings of the Sumerians, in Mesopotamia, which said that Tammuz was married to the goddess Inanna (Ishtar), the "mother goddess." Ezekiel 8:12-13 talks about the women weeping for Tammuz and this actually refers to what became the 40-day Lenten period. –Controlled by the Calendar p 46, 47
Ezekiel 8:13-14: He said also unto me, Turn thee yet again, and thou shalt see greater abominations that they do. Then he brought me to the door of the gate of the LORD'S house which [was] toward the north; and,
behold, there sat women weeping for Tammuz.
Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen [this], O son of man? turn thee yet again, [and] thou shalt see greater abominations than these. And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD'S house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the LORD, between the porch and the altar, [were] about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.
According to Johannes Cassianus, who wrote in the fifth century, ―Howbeit you should know, that as long as the primitive church retained its perfection unbroken, this observance of Lent did not exist‖ (First Conference Abbot Theonas, chapter 30). A forty-day abstinence period was anciently observed in honor of the pagan gods Osiris, Adonis and Tammuz (John Landseer, Sabaean Researches, pp. 111, 112). ―The forty days abstinence of Lent was directly borrowed from the worshippers of the Babylonian goddess. Such a Lent of forty days, in the spring of the year, is still observed by the Yezidis or Pagan Devil-worshippers of Koordistan, who have inherited it from their early masters, the Babylonians. Such a Lent of forty days was held in spring by the Pagan Mexicans…Such a Lent of forty days was observed in Egypt…‖ -Alexander Hislops, The Two Babylons, p. 104-105
Sunrise service
This too, was an aspect of old pagan customs associated with sun worship. Though the custom no longer celebrates the rising of the sun among Christians, God does condemn the type of service from which it was derived (Ezek. 8:16). Many years after Christ's death, the Catholic church began to associate the tradition with Christ's supposed early morning resurrection in an apparent effort to compromise with their new converts' previously held religious traditions. Yet, when the ladies came to Christ's tomb early Sunday morning, He (the Son) wasn't there! The Jews during the time of Jeremiah and Ezekiel had blended sun worship with the worship of God, as we can see in the Scriptural references in regard to the "queen of heaven." Ezekiel 8:15-16 talks about men standing with their backs to the Temple of God, facing the east and worshipping the sun. Ezekiel 8:15-16 ―Then said he unto me, Hast thou seen [this], O son of man? turn thee yet again, [and] thou shalt see greater abominations than these. And he brought me into the inner court of the LORD'S house, and, behold, at the door of the temple of the
LORD, between the porch and the altar, [were] about five and twenty men, with their backs toward the temple of the LORD, and their faces toward the east; and they worshipped the sun toward the east.
Albert Pike wrote that all pagan religions worshipped the sun. Whether they knew it, or not, they were actually worshiping Satan, because, as an angel, he was known as Lucifer, or the "bearer of light." Isa 14:12 How art thou fallen from heaven, O Lucifer, son of the morning! [how] art thou cut down to the ground, which didst weaken the nations! The Jewish Temple faced the east, so that when they worshipped God, they would be turned away from the rising sun in the east. The sunrise service actually stems from the pagan rite of Spring that was held during the vernal equinox to welcome the coming sun. According to pagan tradition, when the sun would rise on Easter morning, it would dance in the heavens, so, those who would congregate, would dance in honor of the sun. – Controlled by the Calendar p 47 The verse that is found in Mark 16:2 is often given to justify the promotion of Easter sunrise services: "And very early in the morning the first day of the week, they came unto the sepulcher at the rising sun."
Carnival and mardi grass
"In the traditional Christian calendar, it is a period of feasting and merrymaking immediately preceding Lent." Within Europe, traditions and customs are "especially strong in rural areas where magical rites carried over from pre-Christian times mingle comfortably with Christian ritual and precept." (Encyclopedia Americana, Vol. 5). "The most important day of Carnival is Shrove Tuesday, the day immediately preceding the first day of Lent.." (A World of Holidays: Carnival, by Catherine Chambers, 1998, p. 6) Shrove Tuesday is well known as Mardi Gras in the United States. The French word "Mardi Gras" actually means "Fat Tuesday." This was the day that everyone gorged themselves on all their rich foods. They did this before the ―Lenten fasting‖
In rural Europe several of the main features that have endured in the Carnival celebrations are: 1) dramatizations symbolizing the death of winter and the resurrection of life in the spring; 2) customs and rites to ensure fertility and abundance in man and nature; 3) rich food, drink and merrymaking, (Encyclopedia Americana).
Cardinal Newman admits in his book that; the "The use of temples, and these dedicated to particular saints, and ornamented on occasions with branches of trees;
incense, lamps, and candles; votive offerings on recovery from illness; holy water; holydays and seasons, use of calendars, processions, blessings on the fields; sacerdotal vestments, the ring in marriage, turning to the East, are all of pagan origin, and sanctified by their adoption into the Church. {374}" -An Essay on the The Development of the Christian Doctrine John Henry "Cardinal Newman" p.359 The penetration of the religion of Babylon became so general and well known that Rome was called the "New Babylon." -Faith of our fathers 1917 ed. Cardinal Gibbons, p. 106 "In order to attach to Christianity great attraction in the eyes of the nobility, the priests adopted the outer garments and adornments which were used in pagan cults." -Life of Constantine, Eusabius, cited in Altai-Nimalaya, p. 94 "The Church did everything it could to stamp out such 'pagan' rites, but had to capitulate and allow the rites to continue with only the name of the local diety changed to some Christian saint's name." -Religious Tradition and Myth. Dr. Edwin Goodenough, Professor of Religion, Harvard University. p. 56, 57 In Stanley's History, page 40: "The popes filled the place of the vacant emperors at Rome, inheriting their power, their prestige, and their titles from PAGANISM." Revelation 17:5, "And upon her forehead was a name written, MYSTERY, BABYLON THE GREAT, THE MOTHER OF HARLOTS AND ABOMINATIONS OF THE EARTH."
Easter History: Christian and Pagan Traditions Interwoven (From A Pagan Website)
II Corinthians 6: 14-17: "Be ye not unequally yoked together with unbelievers: for what fellowship hath righteousness with unrighteousness? and what communion hath light with darkness? And what concord hath Christ with Belial? or what part hath he that believeth with an infidel? And what agreement hath the temple of God with idols? for ye are the temple of the living God; as God hath said, I will dwell in them, and walk in them; and I will be their God, and they shall be my people. Wherefore come out from among them, and be ye separate, saith the Lord, and touch not the unclean [thing]; and I will receive you, And will be a Father unto you, and ye shall be my sons and daughters, saith the Lord Almighty."
The history of Easter reveals rich associations between the Christian faith and the seemingly unrelated practices of the early pagan religions. Easter history and traditions that we practice today evolved from pagan symbols, from the ancient goddess Ishtar to Easter eggs and the Easter bunny.
Easter, perhaps the most important of the Christian holidays, celebrates the Christ's resurrection from the dead following his death on Good Friday. . . a rebirth that is commemorated around the vernal equinox, historically a time of pagan celebration that coincides with the arrival of spring and symbolizes the arrival of light and the awakening of life around us.
Ostara, Goddess of Spring and the Dawn (Oestre / Eastre)
Easter is named for a Saxon goddess who was known by the names of Oestre or Eastre, and in Germany by the name of Ostara. She is a goddess of the dawn and the spring, and her name derives from words for dawn, the shining light arising from the east. Our words for the "female hormone" estrogen derives from her name.
Ostara was, of course, a fertility goddess. Bringing in the end of winter, with the days brighter and growing longer after the vernal equinox, Ostara had a passion for new life. Her presence was felt in the flowering of plants and the birth of babies, both animal and human. The rabbit (well known for its propensity for rapid reproduction) was her sacred animal.
Easter eggs and the Easter Bunny both featured in the spring festivals of Ostara, which were initially held during the feasts of the goddess Ishtar | Inanna. Eggs are an obvious symbol of fertility, and the newborn chicks an adorable representation of new growth. Brightly colored eggs, chicks, and bunnies were all used at festival time to express appreciation for Ostara's gift of abundance.
History of Easter Eggs and Easter Candy
During the rule of Caesar Augustus, Hyginus, an Egyptian who was the librarian at the Palatine library in Rome, wrote: "An egg of a wondrous site is said to have fallen from heaven into the river Euphrates. The fishes rolled it to the bank, where the doves having settled upon it, and hatched it, out came Venus, who afterwards was called the Syrian goddess (Astarte)." Part of their worship to this goddess was the ritual involving the "golden egg of Astarte." This was where we got the tradition of the Easter egg.
The egg was a mystical symbol to the pagan religions of Egypt, Japan, Greece, Persia, Phoenicia, India, and Babylon. On page 496, he wrote: "The serpent entwined round the egg, was a symbol common to the Indians, the Egyptians, and the Druids. It referred to the creation of the universe. A serpent with an egg in his mouth was a symbol of the universe containing within itself the germ of all
things that the sun develops. The property possessed by the serpent, of casting its skin, and apparently renewing its youth, made it an emblem of eternity and immortality." Thus, we see an indication that the egg initially represented serpent worship, and, by extension, Satan worship. – Albert Pike, an Illuminati member, in his Masonic treatise "Morals and Dogma,"
Because the use of eggs was forbidden during Lent, they were brought to the table on Easter Day, coloured red to symbolize the Easter joy. This custom is found not only in the Latin but also in the Oriental Churches. The custom may have its origin in paganism, for a great many pagan customs, celebrating the return of spring, gravitated to Easter. –Catholic Encyclopedia
―The history of Easter Eggs as a symbol of new life should come as no surprise. The notion that the Earth itself was hatched from an egg was once widespread and appears in creation stories ranging from Asian to Ireland.
Eggs, in ancient times in Northern Europe, were a potent symbol of fertility and often used in rituals to guarantee a woman's ability to bear children. To this day rural "grannywomen" (lay midwives/healers in the Appalachian mountains) still use eggs to predict, with uncanny accuracy, the sex of an unborn child by watching the rotation of an egg as it is suspended by a string over the abdomen of a pregnant woman.
Dyed eggs are given as gifts in many cultures. Decorated eggs bring with them a wish for the prosperity of the abundance during the coming year.‖
Easter ham
Ham at Easter is also popular among Americans and Europeans because the pig was considered a symbol of luck in pre-Christian European culture" (The Encyclopedia of Religion, 1987, p. 558, "Easter".) The pig was sacred to the Greek goddess Demeter, the corn goddess, who represented fertility and abundance, and is another counterpart of Astarte. In various depictions of her, she is either shown carrying, or being accompanied by a pig. So, pigs were regularly sacrificed to her, and it was believed, that by eating what they felt, represented and embodied their goddess, they were in fact, eating of her body. The prophet Isaiah warned of this in Isaiah 65:3-5. Another source says that the pig represents the wild boar that killed Tammuz, and eating ham was done in remembrance of him.
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UnprofitableServant Says:
May 2nd, 2011 at 11:55 pm
Hi Mom,
Been reading my email rants from time to time?
BTW, R&R was asking me a while back if I heard from you. I told him I hadn't.
Anyway, I usually call egg day Ishtar.
These "holi"days bring only frustration and anger to me since I've taken a stand against them…
At least it wasn't a big drama like saturnalia was over a DC….
Nary a word said by anyone I know. It passed without hearing "Happy Bla Bla" even once.
Well Memorial Day will be upon us next….
Then we can celebrate how effectively Babylon has hammered the whole earth as prophesied by Jeremiah.
To parody Johnny Cash's Folsom Prison Blues…..
I hear ten horns a comin
They're rolling cross the earth.
They're gonna burn up Mystery
And take away her mirth.
I'm stuck here in her prison
A cage of foul birds.
But ten horns they are a comin
On down to Babylon.
Frank Says:
May 4th, 2011 at 3:43 am
I like that version of Folsom Prison Blues, US !
Angi Swan Says:
May 18th, 2011 at 9:00 am
Greetings, hope this finds you well!
I also posted an article about "ISHTAR" on my son's BLOG, http://nottoomanydays.blogspot.com/.
Send me an e-mail and let me know how you are….
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May 19th, 2011 at 1:26 pm
Based upon the information below, I am making the following informed guess. I do not claim to be a prophet, a seer, or any such thing but have to come this POSSIBLE conclusion based on reasoning with the brain that God gave me.
First, the background:
FACT: FEMA is/was looking to purchase 140 MILLION meals for a breakdown of 2 meals per day for 7 MILLION survivors during a 10 day period. This is posted on the Mountain House website, a freeze dried food company and regardless of "conspiracy theories" being spread around YouTube and the internet in general, why would they do this is they didn't expect something to happen in the near future?
"The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) procures and stores pre-packaged commercial meals to support readiness capability for immediate distribution to disaster survivors routinely. The purpose of this Request for Information is to identify sources of supply for meals in support of disaster relief efforts based on a catastrophic disaster event within the New Madrid Fault System for a survivor population of 7M to be utilized for the sustainment of life during a 10-day period of operations."
The FEMA RFI on a .gov website:
RFI for Pre-Packaged Commercial Meals
Fema buying emergency meals for possible New Madrid Earthquake
FEMA Expecting Catastrophic Disaster For New Madrid Fault System?
FACT: The Deepwater Horizon disaster was caused by greedy men who drilled into a very unstable area of the earths crust at a juncture of plates that is directly connected to the New Madrid Fault… which BTW was advised against by scientists before they even started drilling there.. Word has it they are still spraying Corexit at night to "hide" the oil that rises to the surface from an oil volcano that is still spewing at an uncontrolled rate with such force that it is unable to be stopped by any technology known to man.
FACT: A national level exercise is underway in preparation for a catastrophic earthquake along the New Madrid Fault.
*ALERT* FEMA NLE 2011 The Destruction of America Explained
FACT: HAARP is real and has been revealed by insiders to be able to cause earthquakes, weather modification, etc.
FACT: A Russian politician was recently on TV there ranting and raving that they have similar weapons/research tools like HAARP… and can do extremely catastrophic damage with it/them.
FACT: Edgar Cayce, a false prophet, predicted that the New Madrid Fault would be split from the Gulf of Mexico to the Great Lakes and would create a channel of water approximately 200 to 300 miles wide up the center of the continental US.
See map:
FEMA Prepares for HAARP Earthquake on New Madrid Fault Line BP Hosea 4:1-3 Prophecy
Surviving Things To Come – Part 1
FACT: Harold Camping, another false prophet, predicts that May 21st will be "Judgment Day" for America and has, along with his foolish followers, spent many millions of dollars + advertising this.
Harold Camping and his 'doomsday' prediction
One man is rumored to have spent his life savings of $140,000 to advertise this on NYC subway cars and busses.
FACT: The Georgia Guidestones call for humanity to be kept at or below 200,000,000 WORLDWIDE. That means 6 Billion + will be going bye bye at some point if they get their way.
Reference: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Georgia_Guidestones
FACT: There is no financial "recovery" and most likely there will not be one EVER. At least until the mark of the beast…
FACT: Nikola Tesla was an extremely smart inventor whose inventions I believe were beyond the scope of the knowledge of mere men. He was a known spiritist whom I believe got much of his information from fallen angels as described in the book of Enoch when speaking of the pre-flood earth. Genesis 6 also speaks of this briefly but not nearly in as great a detail. His "research" concerning what he called a "death ray" is what eventually became HAARP.
We have FEMA putting out R.F.I's for 140 MILLION servings of food, an ongoing Deepwater Horizon cover up and resulting damage to the New Madrid Fault system, A FEMA NLE preparing for a New Madrid Fault earthquake of unimaginable magnitude, HAARP, Russian counterparts of HAARP, false prophets making catastrophic predictions AND, last but not least, a greedy world financial system that I believe would have no qualms about ridding the world of a host of hungry mouths for good. TPTB had no qualms about 3000 people 10 years ago that happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time.
What better way to get rid of several hundred million "chirping birds" than to "make" a few false prophets predictions "come true" with their bag of technological tricks?
If nothing happens… great. I guess we can chalk it up to an effort by alot of people to scare us with another huge mindscrew and be aware of such efforts in the future so we don't get taken in by them.
The God mockers are having a field day with this already….
'Rapture Parties' Planned to Celebrate Doomsday Saturday May 21
BTW, most of you already know this but there is no Pre-Tribulation Rapture… It is prophesied to occur immediately after the tribulation at Christ's return.
Anyway… in the event something does happen and I don't pass this informed guess along, I would have blood on MY hands by keeping quiet.
Lastly, if something does happen, this will likely be the last few days any communications will be functioning in at least the continental US. Use it wisely to tell and show your family and friends that you love them. We should be doing this every day anyway, regardless of potential disasters. Major earthquakes, man made or natural, are merely one sign of the beginning of sorrows. The end is still a ways off.
And regardless if anything happens, I wish you all well and hope you are ready to meet The Lord God Almighty on terms of peace through His Son Jesus Christ's blood that was shed on the cross for all of us.
gullah Says:
November 2nd, 2011 at 2:44 am
yup, i was guided to learn the truth about easter. thanks
gullah Says:
November 2nd, 2011 at 2:45 am
tell me now why arent we spose to eat birds. and why are they mentioned so much in Gen.


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Carolina Hills Garden club celebrated the World War II Army career of J. Gordon Farmer, honoring him with a tree planting at Wade Hampton Memorial Veterans Park. The Rev. Jim Dennis from Grace United Methodist Church was present and gave a dedication prayer.
Farmer graduated from Georgia Tech in February 1943, earning a bachelor's degree in mechanical engineering just before heading off to serve in Europe as the lead navigator in a B-17, making bombing runs over Holland, France, Germany and "all the way to Czechoslovakia," as he recalled.
From 1944-45, he flew 17 bombing missions over Europe as the lead navigator for the Mighty 8th Air Force, 490th Bomber Group. Returning from World War II with a $5,000 savings, he founded Augusta Concrete Block Company in 1946."
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"For 37 years Gordon Farmer and I have forged a close friendship - first, working together in the church and then spending time together, relishing in his seemingly endless acquisitions, enjoying many things we have in common and solving the world's problems.
"People are like trees. There are some we like to associate with because we feel better having been in their company. Gordon is such a person. He enjoys life, he loves his family, his church, his God, antique cars and, yes, concrete block. He has made significant contributions to make North Augusta a better place to live.
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Orlando, FL advice?
posted at 2/8/2011 2:46 PM ESTWe're in the process of booking a week vacation in FL for March! Yay!! We need this so badly. We're combining the trip with a visit with family, so we have about 3 days to ourselves and then 4 days visiting my fam. Any recommendations for how to make the best of our 3 days? We definitely want to spend 1 day at Universal. The other 2 are up for grabs.
So any suggestions as to where to go or where to stay (preferably somewhat cheap)? We're renting a car and debating driving to the beach or Kennedy Space Center. It is worth spending a day in downtown Orlando?
I appreciate any advice from anyone who has been recently! Especially about how to save some money, this is a really spur of the moment trip!
Re: Orlando, FL advice?
posted at 2/8/2011 4:46 PM EST
Downtown Disney (Marketplace) is fun and free to walk around. They have some good places to eat, Wolfgang Puck Express and sit down place are great. They have some bars as well so you can grab a drink.
I personally love Animal Kingdom but not sure you want to pay for admission to the park if you are looking for something inexpensive.
Re: Orlando, FL advice?
posted at 2/8/2011 5:03 PM ESTI go to Orlando for 2 weeks every year (disney timeshare lol) and we've gotten completely tired of the parks so we always try to find fun new things to do. I'd say you can skip downtown, but that's just me. It's just another city. It's ok for nightclubs but during the day it's eh. Not vacation-y. If you want to go to Universal there's plenty of good hotels just off their property, but have you checked the rates in their on property hotels? I stayed in the Royal Pacific a few years back and it was great and not crazy expensive.There's also a few Hampton Inns not too far just off of International Drive that are pretty standard and reliable for what you get. I can't remember if they have pools though. If you had the time I'd say try to see if you can get a room at one of the timeshare places, because they usually have such nice grounds and so many activities you never need to leave the property but you'd probably have to sit through one of their presentations and it might not be worth your time!
Also, closer to Disney property but a short drive to Universal, any of the hotels on Hotel Plaza Boulevard are reasonable and nice. They're within walking distance to Downtown Disney for night-time activities and offer free shuttles to all the Disney Parks and some of the other hotels. And of course, there's always Disney but it's absurdly expensive now and you may not want to spend 3 days in the Parks.
The Drive to Kennedy Space Center is easy and it is very interesting,worth a day. Daytona is about 40 minutes away as well, the beach is great and you can drive right onto it but the area is showing it's age from all it's hard partying years. lol. Unless you really want to get to the beach you may want to consider one of the lakes a little closer in Orlando or Kissimmee which offer beach-like days (sand along the lakeshore). Also for something closer the FI and I always enjoy just going onto Disney property and hanging out at the Boardwalk of the Boardwalk Hotel, or going to the different dinner shows at the hotels. You don't have to be staying on property to do any of that. You can rent pontoon boats, jet skis, etc. at most of the lakes (Disney and non-Disney alike). Also SeaWorld is a fantastic way to spend a day! They've done a great job with it.
Also right near Universal is a major Convention Center. Maybe check out what's happening there on the days you'll be in town? Last time we were there there was a comic-con that we went to just for fun and it was a much better time than either of us expected and way cheaper than park tickets!
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posted at 2/8/2011 5:11 PM ESTThere's a ton of hotels in Orlando so maybe look on tripadvisor too and see what's ranked well and cheap. There's just soooo many hotels. lol.
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posted at 2/8/2011 5:18 PM ESTThanks guys!
ARM: Yeah, Animal Kingdom sounds great but it is $93 per person! Ouch! We might do it since we love animals, but not sure since that seems crazy. Are all the Disney parks that nuts?
VFK: Wow, thanks for all the advice! We'll have to check out the lakes, that sounds fun. Yeah, I figured we could skip downtown, so thanks for confirming that. We gotta think about what we want to do, everything seems very pricey! Even Kennedy Space Center is $43 per person. Have you ever been to the City Walk or Celebration? I've heard of them but don't really know what they are. Any suggestions for good restaurants?
ETA: yeah there are a LOT of hotels. We might just do priceline and see what we get. They say you can get $55 a night! Probably an older hotel, but maybe we'll put the money towards theme parks rather than a resort hotel. Can't decide, gotta talk to DH. He does tend to prefer the timeshare resort type things, but I don't want to waste too long on a tour.
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posted at 2/8/2011 5:58 PM ESTCity Walk is actually kind of part of Universal but you don't need tickets to get into it, at least you didn't last time we went to Universal (maybe 4-5 years now). That may have changed. It's neat, has some shops and restaurants. I don't know if you could kill a whole day there. Again, it's good for nightlife stuff.
Celebration is actually a town. It's like something out of the movie the Stepford Wives but at the same time I kind of want to live there. lol. The little square area in Celebration is fun to check out just for it's sheer Americana vibe and realizing that people actually live there. lol. I don't know that it's a vacation thing to do though. We've been there because I like I said, we're bored with everything else.
I personally like Bongo's at Downtown Disney. They just redid that whole area and there's a bunch of new restaurants over there. There's a Tony Roma's not too far from Universal and I like their ribs too. There a lot of chain restaurants outside of the park properties so you pretty much know what you'll get and there's a bunch of crazy dinner shows in the area which are fun, but you have to realize you're getting overcharged for blah food/small portions and be ok with that. You're there for the show! lol. We pretty much always stick to the places at the hotels though. There's a huge variety of restaurants if you hotel lobby hop and if you're wise about what you order you don't have to spend a fortune. (of course we also have a kitchen when we're there and usually only eat out for dinner).
I liked the restaurant in the Royal Pacific when we were there last and I know the Portofino Bay had a decent place.
Also for entertainment I think you can get airboat rides to go look at alligators and stuff around the area. We've never done it but I think there's a few companies that do it. There's also Gatorland and i know there's a company that does Segway Tours of Orlando. lol. Also, if you're catholic or religious in general the Mary Queen of the Universe Shrine is beautiful. It's a catholic church but it's huge and grounds are very nice. Southern churches are a whole different animal. It's worth checking out if you're into that kind of thing. There's premium outlets in Orlando too (same company as Wrentham I think!) There's also just all kinds of crazy little touristy things to do, attractions like Ripley's Believe or Not, Old Town, geez, just a whole bunch of stuff. We just drive around and walk into random places if the admission isn't too high. lol.
Again, the 40 minute drive to Daytona gives you the beach and you can take a tour of Daytona International Speedway for about $25 or $30. They ride you out on the track in a tram thing and have a little movie and some museum exhibits and stuff. Nothing crazy but OK. You can drive on Daytona Beach and you can rent golf karts to tool around the beach in. It's fun. And one town over in Port Orange has a really nice shopping plaza.
The problem is that it's a tourist area so you're going to pay tourist prices. If you go downtown for meals, etc. the prices are more normal, but they're still city prices. The good news is you're not there on school vacation week (I hope) so you'll at least save a little just by that fact and be able to breath! lol.
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posted at 2/8/2011 6:05 PM ESThttp://travel.nationalgeographic.com/city-guides/free-orlando-traveler/
That has some fun stuff to do!
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posted at 2/8/2011 6:11 PM ESTI haven't been to Universal in almost ten years, but it was a blast. The one thing I will say is that some of the really fancy rides (spiderman, etc.) were shut down for an hour or two each day because they were having problems. Not sure if you can call ahead and ask about it, but if there's certain ride that you really want to go on, I'd at least try to find out if it's on the fritz before you go.
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posted at 2/9/2011 9:58 AM ESTI lived in Orlando about, gosh, almost 25 years ago so take this with a grain of salt...or a handful. I agree with ven a lot. Daytona is a very nice beach, not nutty like you see on TV during Spring Break - it's only like that at that particular time. I second the suggestion to go to Kennedy Space Center if space/science stuff interests you. And, yeah, Orlando proper is just another big city. I've not taken an airboat, but I have done the river tour thing - it's pretty neat, but I have a fear of poisonous snakes, and I had nightmares about it raining poisonous snakes from the trees for weeks afterward! Not that everyone would have that problem, maybe it was just me.
Epcot was fairly new when we left (I remember when the opening made front page news!) so I can't comment on all the new fangled parks and probably shouldn't comment at all about anything. But, fwiw, there it is.
Have a great, warm time!!!
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posted at 2/11/2011 12:17 PM ESTTrex,
If you are an AAA member, they offer great discounts on the entrance fees to the parks. They can also give you a lot of specifics on where to stay and what to do while there. Even if you are not a member, a trip to an AAA office, maybe worth it. They have a lot of brochures and guides, you can pick up for free. - Pingo


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For Immediate Release
Wednesday 26 May, 2010
Toronto, Canada: On Friday, May 28, 2010, His Highness the Aga Khan will participate in the Foundation Ceremony to mark the beginning of the development of the Ismaili Centre, the first-ever Aga Khan Museum for Islamic Art and Culture, and the park where they will be situated in Toronto's Don Mills area.
The development of these projects, an initiative of His Highness the Aga Khan, the 49th hereditary Imam of the Ismaili Muslims and Founder and Chairman of the Aga Khan Development Network, seeks to foster knowledge and understanding both within Muslim societies and between these societies and other cultures. The Aga Khan Museum and its collection reflect the plurality of the Muslim world, while the adjacent Ismaili Centre will create spaces for interaction and dialogue. Together, they will offer platforms for the search for mutual understanding among all communities and cultures.
Situated on a 6.8 hectare site along a major artery of Toronto, the Don Valley Parkway, the buildings and park represent the Aga Khan's commitment to Canada and appreciation for the country's adherence to pluralism and cultural diversity.
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Designed by renowned architect Charles Correa, the Ismaili Centre, Toronto will be the newest addition to a network of Ismaili Centres worldwide, and will be the second in Canada after the Ismaili Centre, Burnaby which opened in 1985. The Centres are representational buildings for the Ismaili Muslim community, and will include a place of prayer, library and spaces for cultural activities. The Centre will host an active series of programming to engage a variety of stakeholders in dialogue, learning, and bridge-building. This is Correa's first commission in Canada.
The Aga Khan Museum, devoted to Islamic art, is an educational institution showcasing the intellectual, cultural, artistic and religious heritage of Muslim civilizations with their historic, cultural and geographic diversity. The Aga Khan Museum has been designed by the award-winning Japanese architect, Fumihiko Maki, who also designed the Delegation of the Ismaili Imamat in Ottawa.
The two projects will be united by a new landscaped park, designed by Lebanese landscape architect, Vladimir Djurovic. The park will incorporate the Islamic "chaar bhag" or formal garden, and will include reflecting pools, walkways, and four-season components suited to the climate of Toronto. The Park will be open to the public and is intended to be a place of tranquility and contemplation.
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Fallon, Nevada (Jan. 21) -- The U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service is investigating the deaths of four golden eagles found in the Lahontan Valley. The dead eagles were found in an area between Fallon and Lahontan Reservoir. A preliminary investigation indicated the eagles had been shot.
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DETROIT — Authorities in Michigan and Massachusetts say they will coordinate their investigations of a company that sold steroid injection materials linked to a fungal meningitis outbreak that sickened hundreds of people in 20 states.
Michigan Attorney General Bill Schuette and Boston U.S. Attorney Carmen Ortiz announced they would coordinate their state and federal probes at a news conference Monday in Detroit.
A federal grand jury in Boston has been investigating the New England Compounding Center for more than a year. A Michigan court also approved a request for a grand jury. Schuette says the coordination will "maximize the resources dedicated to this investigation."
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