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Media awareness has been spreading for the controversial new documentary Bloodline, which claims to present new evidence that Jesus and Mary Magdalene were married, had children and moved to Southern France, where they died and were buried. Its context is the mystery surrounding the small village of Rennes-le-Chateau and its abbe during the late 19th Century, Berenger Sauniere and what he may have discovered in the surrounding region. As the former mayor of RLC put it, the mystery is that when Sauniere arrived at RLC he was dirt poor, when he died he was just as poor, but during that period he spent enormous amounts of money on the lavish, idiosyncratic redecoration of the town parish, building a tower called 'Tour Magdala' and the extravagant entertainment of guests (this is important, because spending lots of money is different than actually having lots of money; Sauniere was a big spender but he didn't necessarily become very rich). The source of Sauniere's money is what fuels the imagination of conspiracy theorists, treasure hunters and esotericists: had he discovered some great treasure in the region which allowed him to sustain such an extravagant lifestyle? Or had he uncovered a secret so powerful that the Vatican paid him off handsomely to keep it under wraps? This last theory is the one which Bloodline advances based on some interesting new evidence (for a full catalogue of the theories which have been put forward about Sauniere's findings, see here).
What are we to make of this documentary? First of all the critical evaluation of the documentary's claims is made extremely difficult due to the sheer number of claims, suggestions and arguments put forward. It is hard to keep all the different strands of the story separate: contact with alleged members of the Priory of Sion, Sauniere's strange behavior, new looks at locations like the Rosslyn Chapel familiar from the Da Vinci Code, the discoveries of a team of treasure hunters led by Ben Hammott, questions about the historical Jesus and his relationship to Mary Magdalene, etc. To my mind the most interesting and substantial claims of the documentary have to do with the discovery of a tomb near RLC and the unearthing of bottles containing notes allegedly left by Sauniere as his 'confession' of a great secret, so I will focus on these in this post.
It is important to note from the start that anyone who tries to get the facts straight about Sauniere, the activities of the alleged secret society of the Priory of Sion, the suspicious activities of the Knights Templar or whether Jesus and Mary Magdalene fostered a bloodline will very quickly become trapped in a maze of assertions, speculation, ad hominems, articles based on very dubious sources and accusations thrown back and forth by the advocates of the various opposing theories about the origin of Sauniere's wealth, which however are all equally dubious. Even the circumstances surrounding Ben Hammott's discoveries are hotly debated, despite the fact that he has operated a website advertising his discoveries for some time now, and the media attention the documentary has been getting.
So what are the facts of the case? Ben Hammott (aka Bill Wilkinson), a treasure hunter, claims that by following certain clues left in the artwork decorating Sauniere's rebuilt chapel at RLC, he found his way to an underground tomb containing a shrouded body, chests of what appear to be gold chalices and a cloth bearing the Star of David (his version of these discoveries is given here). By following yet other clues he was able to unearth bottles containing papers signed by the priest himself, revealing information about the location of yet more bottles and finally, at the end of the trail, a wooden chest allegedly containing the cup used by Jesus and Mary Magdalene at their wedding as well as her alabastar anointing jar. Hammott believes that the tomb he discovered contains the remains of Mary Magdalene, and that the red cross on the burial shroud indicates the activity of the Knights Templar. If the information on the papers is accurate, the priest found the tomb and the chest, and these discoveries caused him to renounce his faith. Why? One of the papers containing the purported confession of Sauniere's loss of faith, which was shown on ABC's Good Morning America has the following written on it:
"The resurrection of Jesus was a trick, it was Mary Magdalene that took his body from the tomb, the disciples were fooled. Later...the body of Jesus was discovered by the Templars and then hidden three times...Rome knows all about this, but they can not afford to let the secret be known...they threatened to kill...if the location of the tomb was revealed..."
It is this claim, of course, more than any other associated with the Bloodline documentary, which is most relevant to Christian faith. The discovery that Jesus was married, or that Mary Magdalene traveled to Southern France and was buried there, is interesting historically but hardly of earth-shattering significance. If we had reliable sources to indicate that the resurrection was a hoax, however, orthodox Christian faith would be in ruins. Worse than that, however, it would show that there was actual malice and intentional deception perpetrated by the person whom people remember as the first witness to Jesus's resurrection.
So the question is, what reasons do we have to believe that Sauniere found good information to this effect? As it turns out, very few. Almost every step involved in these 'discoveries' has been ruthlessly questioned, and the answers from those involved have been far from convincing (see the vigorous back-and-forth that takes place on this forum; be warned, though, the exchanges are often very unpleasant and it is easy to get lost in the myriad speculations). We'll leave aside procedural questions about whether Ben Hammott had the right to remove artifacts from French soil, etc., as the main issue is the authenticity and significance of the finds themselves.
The analysis done by the Bloodline team (which includes director Bruce Burgess, Ben Hammott, Sandy Hamblett and Bill Kersey) to establish the authenticity of these artifacts was very superficial. They hired a professional archeologist, Gabriel Barkay, to confirm that the relics found in the wooden chest date from the 1st Century CE, and also found in the chest was a collection of coins dating from the 2nd Century BCE to the 12th Century. The problem is that such artifacts are relatively easy to purchase from a variety of sources, so we have no way of knowing where these items ultimately come from. We have no information about who brought them to Southern France and why. If we rule out the possibility that they were deliberately planted there recently as part of a hoax, all we can say is that it may be the stash of some crusader returned to France from the Middle East. But we have no evidence one way or another. Another piece of 'evidence' which the Bloodline team present is that families connected to the Priory of Sion and the bloodline of Jesus have 'confirmed' that these are the relics of Jesus and Mary's marriage (Bloodline website, News, February 6 2007). But this is really no evidence at all as the Priory of Sion at least in its modern form as popularized by Dan Brown was actually a modern hoax (see also here) and without independent evidence for a genuine bloodline (something which the team does NOT provide) we cannot simply take their word for it. The Bloodline team have received hundreds of emails from individuals claiming to be the descendants of Jesus and Mary, complete with psychic powers, celestial secrets, etc.
There are problems associated with the tomb itself. So far nobody knows exactly where it is. All the public has been presented with is some video footage (here and here) taken by Ben Hammott on several different occasions. There are some discrepancies in the footage, including an object which seems to have moved farther away from another one in between takes (compare still shots here). Ben Hammott moved the burial shroud enough to extract a hair from the corpse, which was sent to the Paleo-DNA lab in Canada (the same institution contacted to do patina analysis for the Jesus Family Tomb documentary) and they confirmed a maternal Middle Eastern descent of the corpse. This has been blown way out of proportion by the Bloodline team. The find only means that this individual, who has not been dated or had its sex confirmed, inherited DNA from a Middle Eastern haplotype group somewhere in its ancestry. It does not (necessarily) mean that this person was actually Middle Eastern, i.e. had Middle Eastern parents.
Another problem is that the Bloodline website published a quote from Jean-Pierre Giraud from the DRAC (the archeological body in France responsible for finds in the region), alleging that the French authorities have been made aware of this find and that plans are underway for a full investigation of the tomb. The problem is that others who contacted DRAC found out that the officials had only seen the same footage shown in the documentary and were asked for a quote. There are no official plans for investigation whatsoever, and Giraud no longer works for DRAC. This is a serious credibility problem which has not been adequately addressed by the Bloodline team. So the fact remains that we have no idea where the tomb is or who might be inside it. In any case, the Sauniere papers do not mention anything about the tomb of Mary Magdalene and they did not contain information leading to the discovery of the tomb (at least as far as we know-the full content of the papers is being very unprofessionally held back until Hammott's book is published).
What of the papers themselves? The sober truth of the matter is that these are in all likelihood modern forgeries. The difficulties which many different observers have noticed with the papers are many and serious. They are written in a garish red ink which resembles the trace of a felt-tip pen. The writing style is a childish print which looks nothing like Sauniere's elegant cursive writing, and the strokes more resemble contemporary Anglophone handwriting than 19th Century French (see the comments by archeologist Keith Matthews here and here). The papers are riddled with strange mistakes in the French grammar and syntax which are very unlikely to have been made by a native speaker. The priest's signature on one of the papers has several mistakes which would probably not have been made by the person whose signature it was. A professor of French linguistics who was contacted to analyze some of the documents concluded that:
-the documents might not all be from the same hand
-there are probably bogus attempts in the documents to create medieval-sounding words
-the style of French and the various linguistic oddities are "consonant with somebody who was not particularly educated and who is trying to write in a deliberately rather strange style," or even "compatible with something having been dictated, or written by somebody who, whilst a native speaker, and thus fluent in the spoken language, may not have had much familiarity with the rules of writing."
These observations make it highly unlikely that these papers were written down by a well-educated French priest who left behind many elegantly written letters in a flowing cursive style. But comments the linguistics professor made on another of the papers are far more damning:
"Regarding the third document in particular, my suspicion is that what you have here is a deliberately constructed representation of what the writer perceives this sort of document to be like, and designed to convince the unsuspecting that it is somehow authentic because it is obscure, badly written, and at times almost gibberish; or written by somebody who, with the best will in the world, was simply not capable of doing any better...I think that the entire document has been deliberately concocted, not so much to fool people, necessarily, as to create a spurious pseudo-archaizing and pseudo-mystical framework. I think it is unlikely, although possible, but in the case of the third document it has been put together by a non-native speaker who was so incompetent in French that they made a complete mess of the syntax." (my emphasis)
Shorn from its academic politeness and diplomacy, what this tells us is that at least one of the papers is a badly concocted forgery produced by someone who was a little too taken with the pseudo-mystery of RLC. This is all the more significant coming from someone who had never seen these papers before and did not know where they were supposed to be from. These observations, combined with the fact that the information the papers give completely contradicts everything else we know about Sauniere (there is no other evidence that he renounced his faith; on the contrary, to the day of his death he was a devout Catholic who struggled to be reinstated as a priest and was given the Last Rites) or early Christianity, for that matter (we have no primary sources for the claim that Mary Magdalene stole the body of Jesus, which seems unlikely at best given the heavy stone in front of the tomb, or that the Templars found the body of Jesus), make it unlikely in the extreme that in these papers we have reliable historical evidence that Christianity was founded upon a lie.
It is worth stressing that even if it turned out that these papers were authentic, we would still have to ask what reliable information Sauniere himself had found for these claims. Maybe esoteric speculation about Jesus was just as widespread in the late 19th Century as it has been in the 20th.
There is a lot more which could be said about the dubious claims of this new documentary (see here for a good review which draws upon biblical studies and archeology). Suffice it to say that unless the current finds are somehow miraculously authenticated and convincing explanations given for all the discrepancies, it is highly unlikely that we are facing the fall of orthodox Christianity. It is in fact eerie how similar this case is to that of the much-hyped Jesus family tomb: again we have amateur archeology, wild speculation, isolated out-of-context quotes from real experts, some magic-sounding computer analysis and a presentation of these finds to the media before being scrutinized by the appropriate experts. The majority of reviews of the documentary have been resoundingly negative (the Bloodline team are not above falsely attached a positive quote to an otherwise negative review; see here, the blurb for the Wittenberg Door review and here, the actual review): it doesn't take an expert to see that the documentary's claims rest on very shaky ground. In short: there is no evidence for a Jesus bloodline, no evidence that the resurrection was a trick, but plenty of evidence of charlatanry and deception. We'll have to wait and see what the truth behind this whole matter is, where the papers and tomb really come from, but I'm not holding my breath for any faith-shattering finds.
P.S. The story of the RLC affair is actually a fascinating one from a historical point of view. For those who want to learn more about Berenger Sauniere, the Priory of Sion, etc. the most balanced book in English (though not without its minor errors) is The Treasure of Rennes-le-Chateau: A Mystery Solved by Bill Putnam and John Wood.
P.P.S. The majority of Internet sources on this subject are full of distortions and unfounded speculation. Even the ones I have linked to may not be entirely accurate. If you try to find out more about this subject, proceed with great caution, critical sense fully attuned.
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Media awareness has been spreading for the controversial new documentary Bloodline, which claims to present new evidence that Jesus and Mary Magdalene were married, had children and moved to Southern France, where they died and were buried. Its context is the mystery surrounding the small village of Rennes-le-Chateau and its abbe during the late 19th Century, Berenger Sauniere and what he may have discovered in the surrounding region. As the former mayor of RLC put it, the mystery is that when Sauniere arrived at RLC he was dirt poor, when he died he was just as poor, but during that period he spent enormous amounts of money on the lavish, idiosyncratic redecoration of the town parish, building a tower called 'Tour Magdala' and the extravagant entertainment of guests (this is important, because spending lots of money is different than actually having lots of money; Sauniere was a big spender but he didn't necessarily become very rich). The source of Sauniere's money is what fuels the imagination of conspiracy theorists, treasure hunters and esotericists: had he discovered some great treasure in the region which allowed him to sustain such an extravagant lifestyle? Or had he uncovered a secret so powerful that the Vatican paid him off handsomely to keep it under wraps? This last theory is the one which Bloodline advances based on some interesting new evidence (for a full catalogue of the theories which have been put forward about Sauniere's findings, see here).
27 comments:
- Jason Pratt said...
Great report, JD. Thanks for taking the time to do the research.
- Anonymous said...
Sure, those responsible for managing the "Rennes-le-Chateau research website" believe in their own myths - like in the existence of the "tombs of Jesus Christ and Joseph of Arimathea" - that's why they are criticising Ben Hammott's claims. They have their own agendas to fulfill.
- JD Walters said...
That is certainly true, but that doesn't necessarily mean their criticisms are unfounded. In this case I have looked into the RLC Research criticisms and have verified them for myself. Having an agenda can sometimes make a person even more keen to look into rival claims as thoroughly as possible, applying a level of skepticism which may be lost upon enthusiastic supporters. But keep in mind my disclaimers throughout the post about Internet sources as well.
- Anonymous said...
Important to put things into proper context.
- G.M. Grena said...
Here's a link to another critical review by Gordon Franz of the Associates for Biblical Research.
- Jason Pratt said...
So, aside from suspicion of motive, was there a portion of the analysis reported by JD that actually doesn't come up to par? (Suspicion of motive isn't unimportant, as JD himself noted, but suspicion by itself only goes so far.)
- TCP said...
Quote from Jason Rhodes' review of Bloodline on Mania.com shedding some light on the DNA findings. No surprise, the DNA shows European ancestry specific to SW France, not Middle Eastern. Note the last comment - "why split hairs?" - indeed!
"Hairs extracted from the head of the corpse (the extraction was not shown on camera) were sent to the Paleo-DNA Laboratory at Lakehead University (Canada) for analysis. According to Barnett and Burgess, the result of Mitochondrial DNA testing revealed a Middle Eastern origin for the deceased (ergo, this could conceivably be Mary Magdalene, although they seemed to have arrived at that conclusion well in advance).
"Well - yes and no. The report from Lakehead was shown on camera and identifies the mtDNA sample as belonging to Haplogroup I, which migrated out of the Near East and into Europe between 30,000 and 40,000 years ago prior to the last Ice Age. It is virtually unknown outside of Europe, but is no stranger to the French Pyrénnées. One major subculture belonging to this haplogroup settled in southern France and Northern Spain 10,000 to 20,000 years ago during the period archaeologists refer to as the "âge du Renne", or Age of the Reindeer.
"And, perhaps tellingly, this group is called the "Magdalenian Culture" - the name being derived not from Mary Magdalene, but from an excavation site called La Madeleine in the Dordogne region of southern France where its relics were discovered in the 19th century.
"But forget all those bothersome dates and inconvenient details that tend to unnerve alternative historians and spoil a good story - "Renne", "Magdalenian" - close enough, right? Why split hairs?"
- Raven said...
Hi JD, thank you for a good piece of work. Being the owner of RLC Research, I hope you'll allow me to react here to your first comment poster.
"Sure, those responsible for managing the "Rennes-le-Chateau research website" believe in their own myths - like in the existence of the "tombs of Jesus Christ and Joseph of Arimathea" - that's why they are criticising Ben Hammott's claims. They have their own agendas to fulfill."
There's no they or those. Disappointingly it's just me. I don't know where this bravely anonymous gentleman gets his information, but he appears to know more about me than I do. Perhaps this anonymous man can tell me where I left my carkeys last Saturday ;)
www.rlcresearch.com is my hobby. I have no hiddden agendas other than an interest in the mystery of Rennes-le-Chateau. I do not believe in a Tomb of Christ or Arimathea in the area. Never have, never will. I wouldn't disqualify anyone who does by the way. If such tombs exist in Israel or anywhere else it's very unlikely they will ever be recovered. Feel free to call all this 'my agenda', but don't hold your breath until I release a movie, book or whatever to cash in on this great debunking of mine.
So what's the motive then: I have posted the Bloodline article because I am of the opinion it's no problem to fantasize about these things, but you shouldn't tell untruths in front of millions. It doesn't do justice to the beautiful but fragile local historical mystery that Rennes-le-Chateau is.
In my personal opinion, Bloodline is a suspenseful and well-made movie, just don't take it for fact.
Take care and thank you for your interest,
- Anonymous said...
Okay, let's put it this way: Raven associates himself with individuals who are strongly connected with Andre Douzet, who believes that he has found the "tombs of Jesus Christ and Joseph of Arimathea". Raven mentions these tombs on his website, but not in the same critical way as the "tombs" of "Ben Hammott". I do not think that he can quibble with this.
- JD Walters said...
Raven and anon,
Thank you both for your input and responses. I really don't want to take sides here. I've already made clear that what I'm interested in are the actual critiques and arguments, not whatever else a person believes. So please don't let this turn into an endless back and forth of ad hominems. I want to keep the comments section for specific responses to what I wrote.
But I will say, however, that Raven's site is one of the most informative and balanced I have come across on RLC and I am indebted to him for many of the details in this post. So kudos for the great work he has put in over the years.
- Anonymous said...
Try these links:
Saunière's model and the Secret of Rennes-le-Château:
"Save Your Money,
Reviewer: A reader
I found the purpose of this book difficult to comprehend - I still
have no idea just what it is that Douzet expects readers to come
away with. Douzet goes to great lengths to persuade readers that a
topographical model, one of a set of two models showing excavations
of the site of the Church of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem, is
actually a model of the area near the ruined village of Perillos in
France. The trouble is, it bears no physical resemblance whatsoever
to the topography around Perillos when compared to IGN maps. Also,
the mate to the model, long held in the possession of the late
Biblical archaeologist Monsignor Enrico Galbiati, is known to
archaeologists, and is unquestionably that of the excavations of the Holy Sepulchre in Jerusalem. Douzet fails to explain adequately why a matched set of models - before and after views of a well-known excavation site - are in fact two separate places on different continents. In addition, Douzet's account of the history of the Perillos family is sorely lacking in authenticity. A descendant of the family, known to Douzet's publisher, tried working with Douzet to make some sense out of the theories, but gave up in frustration, citing Douzet's inability to comprehend simple historical points and unwilling to part with hypotheses that were at odds with historical records. Douzet is similarly unclear about what "secrets" Perillos holds. He has, at various times, claimed the ghost town as the secret burial place of both Jesus Christ and Joseph of Arimathea, and most recently of the Order of Malta Grand Master Ramon Perellos Roccafull - whose marble sarcophagus, a well-known masterpiece of Baroque sculpture, lies in the Cathedral of the Order in Valetta, Malta. I found this book poorly researched, poorly footnoted, and really difficult to read. I still don't understand the point of it."
What tests has Douzet had done on his coffee aged 'Sauniere' document? None
Has Douzet reported his 'Tombs' to the DRAC? No
And yet Raven does not attack him like he has Hammott, why?
And Raven says he has no agenda, think again as you only have to read his posts and comments on the film on his web site and some forums to realize that he has, whatever he says to the contrary.
I wonder how different the critique of the film on this page would have been if the film's message was agreeing with the stories in the bible?
The vatican has already attacked the film so what else can Christians do but try to discredit it also.
Just because Raven and others post comments attacking the film dosen't mean it is true and yet JD includes links to these dubious reports as if it was fact. No agenda, I think there is :-)
- JD Walters said...
Anon (although I'm guessing you're Paul Smith, runner of priory-of-sion.com),
Like I've said before, I have no interest in promoting any particular RLC theory, whether of Raven, Douzet, Coppens, Gough, etc. All I'm interested in is critically examining the claims of the Bloodline documentary. To do that I researched a number of resources, including RLC Research, priory-of-sion.com, the forums, Wikipedia, etc. I do not cite any dubious source as 'fact'. Let me remind you of the disclaimer at the end of my post:
"The majority of Internet sources on this subject are full of distortions and unfounded speculation. Even the ones I have linked to may not be entirely accurate."
However, like I've said before, the criticisms I make of the documentary are ones which I have verified for myself, or have been pointed out by others unaffiliated with Douzet or anyone else. For example, I can read French and saw for myself that there are in fact serious mistakes on the clue papers. I've seen that the signature on one of the papers doesn't match the authentic one. Keith Matthews runs www.badarchaeology.net and he is a professionally trained archeologist so I trust his opinion about the writing style.
So again I ask you: where specifically do I make mistakes or distortions in my post? Where have I taken something as fact which is not true? Where have I not qualified my statements?
"I wonder how different the critique of the film on this page would have been if the film's message was agreeing with the stories in the bible?"
If it contained errors, exaggerations, distortions or hoaxes I would be just as critical of it as I am of this documentary. The same goes for all the other contributors to this blog. We are all critically thinking Christians interested in reason and evidence. We do not gullibly accept anything even if it supports our faith.
Again I will repeat my statement: Point out SPECIFIC places in my post where I state as fact something that's not true, or exaggerate or distort someone else's statement, etc. or stay off this blog. I have absolutely no desire for a pointless back-and-forth of name calling. And please don't link to anything which is not directly on the topic of the Bloodline documentary.
- Anonymous said...
JD, I will say just this one last thing. The RLC site run by Raven is pure romance. It is nothing more than the promotion of old-hack uncorroborated fantasies. It does not take the informed researcher too long to work that one out. If you wish to choose to believe that what Raven writes about Berenger Sauniere and Rennes-le-Chateau on his website to be "balanced and reasoned" then most reasoned researchers will disagree with you.
- Big White Chief 007 said...
Why are people out there so gullible? Hammott's mummy could have been obtained recently from an auction.
- Jason Pratt said...
JD: {{Again I will repeat my statement: Point out SPECIFIC places in my post where I state as fact something that's not true, or exaggerate or distort someone else's statement, etc. or stay off this blog. I have absolutely no desire for a pointless back-and-forth of name calling.}}
Anon: {{JD, I will say just this one last thing. The RLC site run by Raven is pure romance.}}
Well, that says pretty much all that Anon can say, I guess.
- Jason Pratt said...
Oh, and thanks for posting the article excerpt for perusal, TCP.
- TCP said...
Most welcome. Here's a link to the full review:
- Goliath said...
I don't care if this documentary is factual or not: I loathe jesus, I hate the xian god, and nothing that any of you people can say or do will ever change that.
- Anonymous said...
JD, I will also add this. The whole Rennes-le-Chateau "mystery" is a fabrication built on a mixture of lies and fantasy trivia, Sauniere's wealth has been explained by researchers such as Putnam and Wood. Raven belongs to the fantasy category of the subject matter believing in the popular romances that have been dismissed by serious researchers.
- General Napoleon said...
Oh Andre Douzet, the French guy who claims to have "found" a maquette that was "ordered by Berenger Sauniere" but refuses to show the original documents, only photocopies of them. I know about him. He's regarded as a crank in France. Nobody in France takes any notice of him.
- Gerry said...
There's a lot of hypocrisy from Raven in his criticisms of the movie, "Bloodline". Raven has a lot of respect for Henry Lincoln and this shows on his internet website - the same Henry Lincoln who co-wrote "The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail" surmising that Jesus Christ married Mary Magdalene and started a dynasty that exists to this very day. There is a lot of respect shown to "The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail" in the documentary, "Bloodline". Where, I wonder, would that documentary be without inspiration from "The Holy Blood and the Holy Grail"?
Thanks, Gerry.
- Paul Smith said...
I wish to leave a comment.
The trio of Gough, Raven and Coppens have been debunking the documentary "Bloodline" as part of their Andre Douzet promotion agenda, that is a certain fact. Who takes any notice of them? What type of "researcher" takes these people seriously? Only the type of "researcher" who wants to uncritically believe in the Rennes-le-Chateau myths and legends. And it does not matter in how many varied and contradictory forms these multitudinous accounts appear, it all adds to their fun. Gough, Raven and Coppens take in all the throw outs that have been rejected by serious researchers. That's why nobody takes any notice of them. Gough, Raven and Coppens have just been responding to attacks made upon them on this Blog by spreading libellous and inaccurate hearsay rumours about me that have existed on the undercurrent of the 'net associated with the various factions that want to believe in the myths and legends. That one of their trio has a documented criminal record is something that they naturally want to remain silent about. The last poster put it eloquesntly, where they can criticise and attack Bloodline they are unable to do so in the case of Henry Lincoln, a former faith-healer who was told in advance of the publication of The Holy Blood And The Holy Grail that everything to do with Pierre Plantard and the Priory of Sion was a hoax and a fraud, and was in a position to see the corroborating evidence at the time, but refused to do so because he had committed himself to believing in the myths and legends. Gough, Raven and Coppens cannot adore Henry Lincoln with enough respect: to them, Lincoln is a Legend.
- Anonymous said...
Interestingly, Paul, Henry still has some of your hilariously fawning correspondence (on "Priory" letterhead, no less!). I guess there's no fury like a groupie scorned, eh?
But besides that, Paul, your own website is so replete with errors and self-contradictions that one fears the author might some day do himself harm in one of his drunken stupors.
Alright, enough is enough. Anyone who posts a comment continuing this ad hominem back-and-forth will have their comments deleted. I've given fair warning of this. This comments list is for discussing the post itself, NOT rivalries among the various RLC researchers.
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Given the importance of the distinctions between the different Greek words for love, it would be helpful if someone could add to the article just which kind of "love" is meant in the description of the philosopher. I assume "philia", because that's the one actually used in the etymology of "philosopher", but I'm not sure. --Saforrest (talk) 13:47, 14 September 2013 (UTC)


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Chapter OneThe hot July sun was setting low in the west and gave the waters of Chesapeake Bay a warm red glow. The water was murky, and as my body broke the surface in a dive, its cold cleanness doused my skin.
In a jumble of actions and feelings, many things happened simultaneously. I felt my head strike something hard and unyielding. At the same time, clumsily and crazily, my body sprawled out of control. I heard or felt a loud electric buzzing, an unexplainable inner sensation. It was something like an electrical shock, combined with a vibration-like a heavy metal spring being suddenly and sharply uncoiled, its "sprong" perhaps muffled by the water. Yet it wasn't really a sound or even a feeling-just a sensation. I felt no pain.
I heard the underwater sound of crunching, grinding sand. I was lying face down on the bottom. Where? How did I get here? Why are my arms tied to my chest? My thoughts screamed. Hey! I'm caught!
I felt a small tidal undercurrent lift me slightly and let me settle once more on the bottom. Out of the corner of my eye, I saw light above me. Some of the confusion left. I remembered diving into the bay. Then what? Am I caught in a fishnet or something? I need to get out! I tried to kick. My feet must be tied or caught too!
Panic seized me. With all my willpower and strength, I tried to break free. Nothing happened. Another tidal swell lifted and rolled.
What's wrong? I hit my head. Am I unconscious? Trying to move is like trying to move in a dream. Impossible. But I'll drown! Will I wake up in time? Will someone see me? I can't be unconscious, or I wouldn't be aware of what's happening. No, I'm alive.
I felt the pressure of holding my breath begin to build. I'd have to breathe soon.
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"Joni!" A somber voice echoed down some eerie corridor, almost as a summons. God? Death?
I'm going to die! I don't want to die! Help me, please.
Doesn't anyone care that I'm here? I've got to breathe!
"Joni!" That voice! Muffled through the waters, it sounded far off. Now it was closer. "Joni, are you all right?"
Kathy! My sister sees me. Help me, Kathy! I'm stuck!
The next tidal swell was a little stronger than the rest and lifted me a bit higher. I fell back on the bottom, with broken shells, stones, and sand grating into my shoulders and face.
"Joni, are you looking for shells?"
No! I'm caught down here-grab me! I can't hold my breath any longer.
"Did you dive in here? It's so shallow," I heard Kathy clearly now.
Her shadow indicated she was now above me. I struggled inwardly against panic, but I knew I had no more air. Everything was going dark.
I felt Kathy's arms around my shoulders, lifting.
Oh, please, dear God. Don't let me die!
Kathy struggled, stumbled, then lifted again. Oh, God, how much longer? Everything was black, and I felt I was falling while being lifted. Just before fainting, my head broke the water's surface. Air! Beautiful, life-giving, salt-tinged air. I choked in oxygen so quickly, I almost gagged. Gasping, I gulped in mouthfuls.
"Oh, thank You, God-thank You!" I managed.
"Hey, are you okay?" Kathy asked. I blinked to clear my mind and dissolve the confusion. It didn't seem to work because I saw my arm slung lifelessly over Kathy's shoulder, yet I felt it was still tied to my chest.
I looked down at my chest. My arms were not tied. I realized with a growing horror that my limbs were dangling motionlessly. I couldn't move them!
In the confusion, Kathy took charge. She called to a nearby swimmer on an inflated raft. Together they wrestled me onto it and pushed it toward shore. I heard the raft beneath me slide against the sandy beach.
I tried to get up but felt pinned against the raft. People began to hurry over to see what had happened. Soon there was a crowd hovering above me, faces looking down in curiosity. Their stares and whispers made me feel embarrassed, uncomfortable, and even more confused.
"Kathy, please make them leave."
"Yes, everyone stand back! Someone call an ambulance. Move away, please. She needs air," Kathy instructed.
Kathy's boyfriend, Butch, knelt beside me. His lean frame shielded me from the crowd, now moving back. "You okay, kid?" he asked. His large dark eyes, usually smiling and full of good-natured fun, were clouded with concern.
"Kathy-I can't move!" I was frightened. I could see they were too.
Kathy nodded.
"Hold me!"
"I am, Joni." She lifted my hands to show that she was grasping them firmly.
"But I can't feel it. Squeeze me."
Kathy bent over and held me close. I couldn't feel her hug.
"Can you feel this?" She touched my leg.
"No," I said.
"This?" She squeezed my forearm.
"No!" I cried. "I can't feel it!"
"How about this?" Her hand slid from my arm to rest on my shoulder.
"Yes! Yes, I can feel that!"
Relief and joy suddenly came over us. At last, somewhere on my body, I could feel something. As I lay there on the sand, I began to piece things together. I had hit my head diving; I must have injured something to cause this numbness. I wondered how long it would last.
"Don't worry," I reassured Butch and Kathy-and myself. "The Lord won't let anything happen to me. I'll be all right."
I heard the wail of a siren. Soon the ambulance pulled up and doors opened. In less than a minute, attendants efficiently lifted me onto a stretcher. Somehow their starched white uniforms were comforting as they carefully placed me in the back of the ambulance. The crowd of curious onlookers followed.
Kathy started to climb up into the ambulance.
Butch took her hand and said softly, "I'll follow in the car." Then he nodded sternly to the driver. "Be careful with her," he instructed.
The siren began to wail, and we headed away from the beach.
I looked up at the attendant riding beside me and said, "I hate to put you to all this trouble. I think once I catch my breath I'll be okay. I'm sure the numbness will wear off shortly."
He didn't say anything but reached over and brushed sand off my face, smiled, and looked away. I wish he'd say something to let me know I'll be all right-that I'll be going home as soon as the doctors at the hospital check me over, I thought.
But no comforting words were offered. I was left to my own thoughts and prayers as the siren wailed. I looked through the window at the city speeding by outside.
The Lord is my shepherd ...
People on curbs stared curiously.
I shall not want ...
Cars pulled over to let us pass.
He maketh me to lie down in green pastures ...
The ambulance slowed and turned down a busy boulevard.
He restoreth my soul ...
I could not collect my thoughts enough to pray. I clung to memorized promises from the Bible.
Yea, though I walk through the valley of the shadow of death, I will fear no evil: for thou art with me....
Suddenly the ambulance siren growled into silence. The driver backed up to the doors of the hospital, and the attendants quickly began to ease my stretcher out. As they swung me smoothly through the doors, I saw the sign:
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By now the city sky was dark; the sun had set. I was cold and longed to be home.
Inside, the emergency area was alive with activity. I was taken into a room and placed on a hospital table with wheels. The light hurt my eyes. As I turned my face to avoid its glare, I could see all the equipment and supplies arranged in ready rows. Bottles, gauze, bandages, trays, scissors, scalpels, jars, packets with long, medical-sounding names, and unfamiliar shapes were all about. The antiseptic smells and pungent odors made me slightly queasy.
A nurse strapped me to the table and wheeled me into one of the many small cubicles. She pulled privacy curtains around me. Again I struggled desperately to move my arms and legs. They were still numb and motionless. I feel so helpless. I'm getting sick. I'm scared. Tears welled up in my eyes.
"Can't you tell me what's happened to me?" I begged.
The nurse merely shrugged and began to take off my rings. "The doctor will be here soon. Now, I'm going to put your jewelry in this envelope. Regulations."
"How long do I have to stay here? Can I go home tonight?"
"I'm sorry. You'll have to ask the doctor. Regulations." Her answer was emotionless and reminded me of a telephone recording.
Another nurse came into the cubicle with forms to fill out.
"Name, please."
"Joni Eareckson."
"Johnny? J-o-h-n-n-y?"
"No. It's pronounced Johnny-after my father-but it's spelled J-o-n-i. Last name is E-a-r-e-c-k-s-o-n." Then I gave her my address, my folks' name and number, and asked her to call them.
"Do you have Blue Cross?"
"I don't know. Ask my folks-or my sister. She's probably outside. She was with me at the beach. Her name is Kathy. Ask her."
The nurse with the clipboard left. The other put the envelope with my belongings in it on a nearby table. Then she opened a drawer and pulled out a big pair of shears.
"W-what are you going to do?" I stammered.
"I've got to remove your swimming suit."
"But don't cut it! It's brand-new. I just got it-and it's my fav-"
"Sorry. Regulations," She repeated. The heavy ch-cluk, ch-cluk, ch-cluk of the shears echoed off the plaster walls. She pulled the ruined scraps of material off and dropped them in a waste can. She didn't even care. The suit didn't mean a thing to her. I wanted to cry.
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Chennai, June 15 : Yamaha launched its state-of-the-art 'YZF-R15' motorcycle model at Irungattukottai race track in Chennai on Saturday.
Ten Japanese motorbike experts performed various dare and devil stunts on this new bike.
The glamour quotient of the launch was kept high when Bollywood actor Madhavan walked in to make some presentations.
The new Yamaha 'YZF-R15' comes loaded with a liquid cooled, four-valve fuel injected engine and six speed gear transmission.
All this gives excellent controllability and manoeuvrability to maximize riding, cornering and braking performance.
According to the automakers the aim of introducing this bike in India is to enrich Indian biker's riding experience, however it's not meant for only the riding enthusiasts as was explained by Tsutomu Mabuchi, Managing Director, Yamaha India.
"This particular bike looks very racy but actually a very mediocre person can also drive this bike as you have probably seen today," said Tsutomu Mabuchi.
Yamaha 'YZF-R15' comes in two colours, racing blue and black.
The bike is priced at Rs. 97,425 ex-showroom, across India.


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fortis healthcare
Battling doctor shortage, hospitals offer remote management of ICUs across India
Data from the Indian Medical Association shows the country needs more than 50,000 critical care specialists, but has just 8,350.February 8, 2016, 8:50 am explore: India
Billionaire healthcare honcho quits, to move to spirituality
According to the company's statement, Singh, who is the co-founder of the healthcare chain will become the Non-Executive Vice-Chairman with effect from 1 January, 2016.September 25, 2015, 1:37 pm explore: India
Delhi: Hospital chain offers free treatment to Sarabjit
Pakistan on Monday said the 'best possible care' was being given to Sarabjit, who was hospitalised after a brutal assault.April 29, 2013, 8:28 pm explore: India
Will the Singh billionaire brothers make it?
Billionaires Malvinder and Shivinder are relentless in their efforts to make Fortis Healthcare a global player. Will they succeed?Prince Mathews Thomas, March 26, 2012, 11:01 am explore: India
B-Town Doctors: Big Hospitals In Small Towns
Hospitals are creating segments in tier II cities for patients and profits.Nilofer D'Souza, February 25, 2011, 11:28 am explore: India
Want industry status to health sector: Fortis chairman
Malvinder Mohan Singh says extend tax incentives from 5 years to 10 years.test sharma, February 19, 2010, 1:29 pm explore: India
I built Escorts from scratch: Trehan
Dr Trehan is all set to join Apollo Hospital just days after Fortis reinstated him as the Executive Director of Escorts.test sharma, May 31, 2007, 2:48 am explore: India
Trehan reinstated as Escorts' ED
Fortis had alleged that Dr Trehan was running a parallel hospital project, leading to a conflict of interest.test sharma, May 26, 2007, 10:07 am explore: India
Fortis wants to settle with Trehan
An Escorts Hospital spokesperson said that their managing group, Fortis, is open to an out-of-court settlement.test sharma, May 24, 2007, 4:09 pm explore: India
Doc friends rush to Trehan's aid
The fight between renowned cardiologist Naresh Trehan and Fortis Healthcare on Wednesday.test sharma, May 23, 2007, 3:14 pm explore: India
Police registers case against Trehan
The Escorts hospital management Tuesday registered a formal police case against top cardiologist Naresh Trehan for vandalism.test sharma, May 23, 2007, 2:13 am explore: India
India 360: Trehan not treated badly
CNN-IBN debates if healthcare is becoming a victim of corporatisation and patient is the ultimate casualty.test sharma, May 22, 2007, 12:37 am explore: India
Fortis reshuffles ranks, Trehan out
Fortis management reshuffled key posts, including the one held by Dr Trehan at Escorts hospital before being sacked.test sharma, May 21, 2007, 11:28 pm explore: India
It's Escorts vs Trehan's Medicity
Spiteful management of Escorts removed Dr Trehan's name from the roster. Do they see competition from Trehan's Medicity project?May 21, 2007, 9:23 pm explore: India
Naresh Trehan denies Fortis axed him
Renowned cardiologist Naresh Trehan, who holds a 10 per cent stake in Fortis, has denied any such move.test sharma, May 18, 2007, 9:05 pm explore: Business
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Tyga Launches New Clothing Line [Video]
"Rack City" rapper, Tyga, sits down with VIBE Magazine to talk about his latest venture, Last Kings. Last King's is a streetwear clothing line Tyga has been working on for a few years now. The line which consists of t-shirts, caps, and hoodies was recently launched at Project MVMNT. Check out his video with VIBE for an inside look at his new collection.


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At NAB 2016, G-Technology debuted its first NAS storage solution, the G-RACK 12. [Read more…]
At NAB 2016, G-Technology debuted its first NAS storage solution, the G-RACK 12. [Read more…]
The G-Speed Studio XL arrays have made a lot of noise as a dedicate pro storage solution. They offer up to 8 bays for 3.5″ hard drives, along with G-Drive ev Bay adapters and a RED Mini-Mag Reader. [Read more…]
G-Technology has announced a new G-RAID drive with Thunderbolt 2 and USB 3.0, as well as a unit with just USB 3.0. [Read more…]
Earlier this month, G-Technology released its new rugged bumper and all-terrain case. Essentially, these are the G-Drive ev portable hard drives we've previously seen, which can be used independently or with the G-Dock ev. [Read more…]
G-Technology recently announced a new 8-bay G-Speed Studio XL drive with Thunderbolt 2 connectivity. Previously, G-Tech had released a 2-bay and 4-bay version of the G-Speed Studio. [Read more…]
The G-Tech G-Drive ev 220 external hard drive, which is capable of being used in conjunction with the G-Dock ev is now available. The G-Drive ev 220 is a 2TB drive that offers transfer rates up to 220MB/s. It can also be used as a standalone USB 3.0 drive when not connected via the G-Dock ev. [Read more…]
At NAB 2014, G-Technology announced a new pro line of Thunderbolt 2 storage solutions – The G-RAID Studio and the G-SPEED Studio. [Read more…]
G-Technology has released updated versions of its G-Drive Slim and G-Drive Mobile drives. The drives now offers USB 3.0 connectivity and faster drives. Both have been upgraded to 7200RPM hard drives to take advantage of the additional data transfer rate that USB 3.0 offers. [Read more…]
The G-Technology G-Dock ev is a new hard drive dock that is something we could really only dream about (if that) before the arrival of Thunderbolt. The G-Dock features two drive bays that accepts G-Technology G-Drive ev and G-Drive ev PLUS that, once inserted, mount on your system over the G-Dock's Thunderbolt connection.
The novel feature of the G-Dock is that the G-Drives can be ejected and taken with you for use on the go via a USB 3.0 connection on the "portable" G-Drive ev units. However, the G-Drives connect into the dock via a SATA connection instead of the USB 3.0 used for when the drive is portable. A very slick set-up indeed. [Read more…]
G-Tech showed the G-Dock ev and G-Drive ev hard drives (shown above) at NAB 2013. I stopped by their booth to take a closer look at them.
The G-Dock ev is a Thunderbolt dock, which ships with two of the G-Drive ev drives. [Read more…]


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PHILADELPHIA -- New York Giants running back Brandon Jacobs, who did not practice all week and was listed as doubtful on the team's most recent injury report, is officially inactive for the second game in a row due to his hamstring injury. Peyton Hillis and Michael Cox will share running back duties for the Giants on Sunday against the Philadelphia Eagles as they did in Monday night's victory over the Vikings.
Also inactive for the Giants are running back David Wilson, cornerback Jayron Hosley, defensive tackle Shaun Rogers, tight end Adrien Robinson, center Dallas Reynolds and third quarterback Ryan Nassib. None of those is a surprise, as the first three already had been ruled out due to injury, Robinson hasn't played all year due to a foot problem, Reynolds is new and Nassib is more or less redshirting.
Rogers being inactive means that rookie Johnathan Hankins will be involved in the defensive tackle rotation, as he was in Weeks 5 and 6 against the Eagles and the Bears. Hankins was inactive Monday against the Vikings with all of the veteran defensive tackles healthy.
Michael Vick will start at quarterback for the Eagles, as Nick Foles is inactive due to a concussion. Vick has not played since injuring his hamstring in the second quarter of the Eagles' Week 5 victory over the Giants at MetLife Stadium.
In other Giants news, Adam Schefter reported on ESPN on Sunday morning that the team is "resisting all overtures" for wide receiver Hakeem Nicks in advance of Tuesday's trade deadline. That's not to say there's no chance Nicks gets dealt, but as we have discussed here, his value isn't very high right now and the Giants haven't yet given up on their season or the idea of keeping Nicks beyond this season. Perhaps that changes if they lose Sunday, but either way, it's obviously unlikely they trade Nicks by Tuesday.


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Current affiliation: Universidad de la Rioja
Subject: Language & Linguistics
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Exploring the lexical profile of young CLIL learners: Towards an improvement in lexical use
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Does L1 make a difference? Evidence from the receptive vocabulary size of Spanish and German EFL primary school learners
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Lexical gap-filling mechanisms in foreign language writing
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Lexical errors as writing quality predictors
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Vocabulary growth in young CLIL and traditional EFL learners: evidence from research and implications for education
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Vocabulary growth in young CLIL and traditional EFL learners
An Overview of Variables Affecting Lexical Transfer in Writing: A Review Study
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Can lexical errors inform about word class acquisition in FL?: evidence from greek learners of Spanish as a foreign language
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Early Foreign Language Learning: the Case of Mother Tongue Influence in Vocabulary Use in German and Spanish Primary-School EFL Learners
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The Effect of Age on EFL Learners' Lexical Availability: Word Responses to the Cue Words 'Town' and 'Countryside'
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Sil Unch was a male Neimoidian comm officer in the Trade Defense Force, accompanying Tey How aboard the Vuutun Palaa. Sil Unch despised his superior, Daultay Dofine. He specialized in droid computer programming. During this time, Unch sat at the leftmost console of the bridge.
He perished when Anakin Skywalker destroyed the Vuutun Palaa in the Battle of Naboo.
Behind the scenesEdit
Sil Unch was voiced by Marc Silk.[source?]
Sil Unch's character was erroneously depicted in the Decipher CCG cards as being Tey How. This was one of the reasons why the notes for the creation and naming of the Rogues Gallery article "The Devious Neimoidians Revealed" from Star Wars Insider 147 specified Sil Unch and his location onboard the Saa'kak's bridge, with Leland Chee being the one who gave them the locations.
- Star Wars: Episode I The Phantom Menace (First appearance)
- Star Wars Customizable Card Game – Theed Palace Limited (Card: Sil Unch) (First identified as Sil Unch)
- Young Jedi Collectible Card Game – Boonta Eve Podrace (Card: Sil Unch)
- "The Devious Neimoidians Revealed"—Star Wars Insider 147
- Creating & Naming 'The Devious Neimoidians'. Star Wars Sourcebooks (January 19, 2014, 11:40 pm).


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New Braunfels Herald Zeitung (Newspaper) - January 18, 2001, New Braunfels, Texas KST AVAILABLE copyNew Braunfels THURSDAY January 18, 2001 14 pages in 2 sections ^ pages in c seemHerald-Z eitung L .. ~~........ Vol. 150, No. 58Serving New Braunfels and Comal County since 1852 50 cents River activities panel considers public exit fee By Jennifer Rodriguez Staff Writer With the clock ticking on a proposal for solving and funding river-related issues, the river activities committee on Wednesday narrowed its funding options to a river exit fee and increased shuttle permit fees. The group debated for more than four-and-a-half hours Wednesday night, stumbling over issues such as what amount to charge for the exit fee, whom to charge and how to spread responsibility for collecting a fee to all the businesses who benefit from river tourist traffic. The committee devised a patchwork scenario late Wednesday that included a $1.25 exit fee that could be collected at commercial tube rental locations, convenience and grocery stores. The committee also considered but made no final decision on a separate $25 fee for residents for a season of river use. Committee members suggested the fee could make monitoring the wristband system easier. The resident fee also would show residents were willing to help take care of the rivers in their community, committee member Rodney Fischer said. "The folks on the river should show they are willing to cooperate...," he said. "(It would) ease the perceived pain of the outfitters, and it just promotes a fairness issue." The group is trying to find enough money to support a more than $230,00 comprehensive river management plan that includes increased law enforcement and other solutions. The committee revised an earlier plan in which only river outfitters would have charged the exit fee to include other types of businesses. Fischer said he could see convenience and grocery stores offering the wristbands as sale incentives. The committee called an emergency meeting for 6 p.m. today at city hall. 4B board to hear funding requests By Jennifer Rodriguez Staff Writer Members of the infrastructure and improvement corp., or 4B board, will hear what residents think about spending proposals for 4B sales tax money tonight. The board meets at 7 p.m. in conference room A of the New Braunfels Municipal Building, 424 S. Castell Ave. The board will conduct public hearings today on requests for funding various projects, including: street and drainage improvements total-ing $558,580; capitol improvement and equipment costs for city vehicles, the police and fire communication system and a new fire engine; and data terminals for police vehicles. Money collected under the 4B tax — which voters combined with the formerly separate 4A economic development tax in the November election — can be spent on economic development, streets and drainage, affordable housing, job training facilities, transportation improvement and other projects. Three-eighths of one percent of New Braunfels' sales tax money goes toward supporting 4B projects and is overseen by the city's infrastructure and improvement corp, board of directors. City staff, who are requesting the funds based on a five-year plan, opted not to ask for all the 4B money to be used. The projected 4B funds for 2001 total about $2.5 million.GBRA By Ron Maloney Staff Writer SEGUIN — The Guadalupe-Bianco River Authority agreed in principle Wednesday to a contract that could decrease San Antonio's dependence on the Edwards Aquifer by a third. The GBRA board of directors authorized General Manager Bill West to enter into a historic agree ment that for the first time provides San Antonio with a source of water outside the Edwards Aquifer. The water, totaling up to 70,000-acre feet or 22.8 billion gallons annually, will come from the Guadalupe River below its confluence with the San Antonio River right inside the saltwater barriers. A proposed 132-mile pipeline will carry the water to Bexar County, where it will replace water now being pumped from the Edwards Aquifer and provide the San Antonio area another supply of water for the first time. The pipeline is planned for completion by 2010. Last year, the San Antonio Water System pumped 58.8 billion gallons of water from the Edwards Aquifer. Had the pipeline been available, it would have reduced that figure by 35 percent, officials said. The water the Guadalupe-Blanco River Authority will lease to San Antonio will cost $60 per acre-foot at the diversion source, which will be right inside the saltwater barrier at San Antonio Bay. A clause in the contract allows SAWS to intermittently draw more water for $35 per acre-foot, if more water is available. The water to be leased to San Antonio will come from existing rights now owned but not used by the GBRA, said GBRA Deputy General Manager Fred Blumberg. "The water that is the basis of this contract is water under existing permits that is currently not needed in the Guadalupe River Basin," Blumberg said. "Under the agree-See GBRA/3A NBISD hears abatement request By Jennifer Rodriguez Staff Writer A Houston-based company trying to build a four-star hotel inside the shell of the old LCRA power plant is asking New Braunfels Independent School Board for a tax abatement. On Tuesday, Morgan Hill of Morgan Hill Interests showed the board slides of preliminary plans to redevelop the abandoned Lower Colorado River Authority building. The proposed hotel would keep the 1920s industrial-fa^ade, but the three buildings that made the old power plant work — the turbine, boiler and pulverizer houses — would be converted into two restaurants, guest rooms, conference rooms and a ballroom. "That's an icon of the community," Hill said. "A lot of the community's history is locked into this area...How many other communities can say they have a seven-story power plant with a hotel in it?" 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Imagine being a couple of average kids in an average town somewhere in America who send letters and exchange Christmas cards with a very busy celebrity. Imagine them becoming sort of pen pals with a guy one would think would be too busy to write back, much less remember who they are. They exchange photos. The photos from the kids, Crissy, 12, and Robert Hensley Jr., 15, of Startzville, offer their pen pal warm holiday regards. Their mother, Diana Hensley, sends the man a holiday prayer. George W. Bush sends back thanks for the prayer, letters and a photo autographed with his best wishes to Crissy and Robert. And then, Tuesday, the Hensley family got the shock of their lives: invitations to the inauguration for the next president of the United States. Imagine having tickets for the inauguration on Saturday but no way to get there. The Hensleys are holders of the hottest tickets in the country this week but can't afford to go. While Diana Hensley said she was disappointed they could not attend, she still was very excited to have been invited. i rn/ ti ffi*ttf ir* f* s'J- Att "(Tuesday), I was so excited I even called the school. I thought this was pretty neat. It made us feel so special," she said. The relationship between the Hensleys and the president-elect began with an inquiry Diana Hensley sent to the then-governor and presidential hopeful in October. "Then Robert Jr. wrote the governor, telling him he had a picture of his father," Diana said. Robert Jr. had a picture of the first Bush to be president, George Herbert Walker Bush, the president-elect's father. He asked if he could have one of George W. Bush to go with it. Bush sent one, autographing it to Robert and Crissy. In December, the Hensleys were surprised with a signed Christmas card that included a photo of the Bush family. Crissy sent the president-elect a Christmas card. Diana Hensley said, "My son wrote him and said he'd love to see him — that was his wish for Christmas." Robert Jr. said he was very surprised to get the invitation. "The invitation was unexpected,' Robert Jr. said. "I wanted to go." Sometimes wishes come true, but sometimes they can't. "When they got the invitation, they went wild," Diana said. 'They were, 'Mum, how are we going to go?' I said, 'Well, we aren't going.' They were kind of hurt. My son wanted to wear his ROTC uniform. I told my son, we would have if we could have gotten the money." Robert Sr. works as a clerk at the Everyday convenience store in Startzville. "We just don't have the money," Diana Hensley said. Not every Cinderella story can have a happy ending. But the Hensleys don't care. "I felt honored to get an invitation," Diana said. 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In support of the Democracy for All Amendment petition by People for the American Way:
The time has come for us to kick big money out of politics and take our democracy back. To that end, a coalition of over 28 nonprofits, labor unions, communities of faith and other progressive organizations are working towards gathering 5 million signatures on a petition calling for a constitutional amendment to overturn the disastrous Citizens United v. FEC before its 5th anniversary. Since the Citizens United decision, over 550 towns, 16 states, and 200 members of Congress are officially in favor of amending the Constitution. In September 2014, the US Senate debated a proposed amendment for a week with 55 senators going on the record in favor of overturning Citizens United.
YDS supports this effort to rid our political system of big money. When money from wealthy donors is able to sway elections and create politicians beholden to their capitalist masters, democracy is corrupted. As socialists, it is our job to ensure that democratic principles are upheld. One person, one vote. When the wealthy run the system, an oligarchy is what you have. As socialists, we want democracy and to that end we support this petition.
Sign the petition for the Democracy for All Amendment (SJ Res 19) and tell Congress that we want big money out of politics. We want our democracy back!
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Rolling Stones insider pins Altamont fracas on cops
By Dean Goodman
LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - December 6 is a day that will live in infamy in the annals of rock 'n' roll.
On that day in 1969, the Rolling Stones gave a free concert at the Altamont Speedway, east of San Francisco, and watched helplessly as their gesture of goodwill spurred random beatings and the fatal stabbing of a fan by a Hells Angels member.
The events are captured in the Maysles brothers' 1970 documentary "Gimme Shelter," the world's first rock 'n' roll snuff film. And "Altamont" has become a byword for chaos, the gold standard for how not to organize a concert.
Many commentators have dissected Altamont, generally blaming either the Stones, because they should have handled things better; or the Angels, because clubbing fans with pool cues is never a good idea.
The Stones themselves have generally shied away from the issue. But a new memoir by their former tour manager, Sam Cutler, is the closest thing to an insider's view.
Cutler appears in "Gimme Shelter" as the mustachioed roadie who coolly pleads with fans to climb off the scaffolding or get off the absurdly tiny stage. His bold forecast to the 300,000-strong crowd that "this could be the greatest party of 1969" turns out to be a little off the mark.
In "You Can't Always Get What You Want" (Random House Australia), Cutler blames the disaster on "criminal cowardice" by the authorities. Law enforcement departments wanted the event to be a disaster to create a backlash against politically radical elements in the rock 'n' roll world, the British native said in a recent interview from his new home in Australia.
"The feds were there, there was all kind of people, all kinds of heavy law enforcement people and they chose absolutely not to do anything during the event," Cutler said. Continued...


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By birth I have less vision in my left eye. My left eye no- was - 18 when I was 7 urs I did Lasik surgery as per doctor advise. Them my number became 0. Then l had no problems until I turned 15 year old Then my both eyes especially left eye start paining. Then I went to doctor, he told me to do test like Oct, Topography of left eye Then doctor diagnosed that I have PATHOLOGICAL MYOPIA WITH ASTIGMATISM WITH ABLYOPIA And both dry eye problems Then the doctor prescribed me medicines But still I have pain in both eyes what can I do
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These are asthenopic symptoms due to high anisometropia which was treated by LASIK..I would recommend artificial tears for long term use and avoid much stress giving activities like long hrs on computer or continuous reading for long time, if that's unavoidable, you may take break in between.. Show to nearer ophthalmologist to have best corrected and best comforted glasses..this much can be done..
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Chocolate Almond Crust
Strictly Sweet Low Carbohydrate Recipes
>A delicious Chocolate Almond Crust with a ground almonds mix with sugar substitute, melted butter and unsweetened cocoa powder to make a delicious crust for any pie, tart, etc.
2-1/2 cups ground almonds
2 tablespoons sugar substitute
4 tablespoons melted butter
2 tablespoons unsweetened baking cocoa
Recipe Directions
Place nuts in bowl of a food processor; pulse until ground into a meal.
Add sugar substitute (such as Stevia), butter and pulse to combine.
Transfer to a 9-inch springform pan. With your fingers, gently press nut mixture to form a crust on bottom of pan.
Bake Chocolate Almond Crust at 350 degrees for 10 minutes; remove from oven and cool.


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