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2012 Toyota Prius
The 2012 Toyota Prius Liftback comes in hybrid and plug-in hybrid versions. A traditional hybrid-powered car such as the Prius is propelled by the combination of an electric motor (or motors) and a gasoline engine; it cannot be plugged in; the motor's batteries are recharged by the gasoline engine.
However, the 2012 Prius Plug-in Hybrid can also be recharged to extend the range of its electric power by plugging it into your house current.
While the Prius uses nickel metal hydride (NiMH) batteries, the Prius Plug-in Hybrid employs newly developed lithium ion (Li-ion) batteries. Both versions use Toyota's Hybrid Synergy Drive powertrain. The Prius Plug-in Hybrid will allow true electric-vehicle, or EV, operation for up to 15 miles at speeds up to 62 mph, according to Toyota, along with quick home charging using a standard AC outlet and 15-amp dedicated circuit. The Plug-in Hybrid comes with an easy-to-use external charging cable, but you'll want an electrician to set up a dedicated charging circuit for your garage or driveway. Operating in EV mode, the Prius Plug-in Hybrid provides the quick, smooth, quiet driving of a pure electric vehicle. the Prius Plug-in Hybrid offers the same five-passenger seating and luggage space as the standard Prius Liftback. The lithium ion batteries mean the Plug-in Hybrid weighs about 100 poinds more than the standard Prius. The two versions are otherwise nearly identical.
The Prius gets an EPA-rated 51/48 mpg City/Highway, for a Combined rating of 50 mpg. It runs on Regular gasoline.
The Prius Plug-in Hybrid is rated 51/49 mpg City/Highway, or 50 mpg Combined, though the federal Environmental Protection Agency also gives it a rating of 95 miles per gallon equivalent, or MPGe, for an Electricity plus Gasoline Combined rating. The EPA estimates owners will spend $1,000 a year on gasoline for the Prius Plug-In Hybrid versus $1,150 for a garden variety Prius.
Due to its sales and promotional success, the Prius model name has evolved to become a brand name extended to the larger Prius v wagon and the smaller Prius c compact. It's all very confusing, with three different body styles and a choice of drivetrains all going under the Prius name. Fortunately, we sort it out for you with reviews of the Prius v and Prius c separate from the Prius Liftback models covered here. When it's just called the Prius, it's the original Liftback that can't be plugged in.
The Prius Liftback is capable of seating five, four comfortably. Though classified as a midsize car by the U.S. government, the Prius Liftback looks and feels more like a large compact car to us. When we think of midsize Toyota models, we think of the Toyota Camry. The Toyota Corolla is nearly four inches longer in overall length than the Prius and it's wider; the Camry is 13 inches longer than the Prius and three inches wider, a huge difference. Add to that the hatchback design of the Prius, which makes it look like a compact car. Underway, its ride quality, handling, levels of noise, vibration and harshness, and overall demeanor make the Prius feel like a compact car.
The current Prius is a third-generation car. More than 1 million examples have been sold in the United States since the introduction of the first-generation model was introduced here in 2000 as a 2001 model. (It was first launched in Japan in 1997.) The Toyota Prius was redesigned for 2010, sleeker and more powerful than the second-generation version (2004-2009 models). Prius was unchanged for 2011.
For 2012, Prius gets updated styling and an expansion of Toyota Entune connectivity features. Updated headlights and tail lights plus a new front fascia and bumper distinguish the 2012 Prius from the 2010-11 models.
The Prius models use a 1.8-liter gasoline engine along with the Permanent Magnet Synchronous Motor. Acceleration performance from the Prius is lethargic: 0 to 60 mph in 9.8 seconds. The CVT, or continuously variable transmission, is smooth.
There are three driving modes: EV, ECO and Power. EV is all electric, for very short distances at speeds under 25 mph; ECO provides the best fuel mileage, without noticeably compromising performance; and Power, the default mode, is needed for brisk acceleration.
Driving a Prius is easy. Handling is easy if not nimble at slow speeds, and the brakes are sensitive while being stacked with electronic capabilities for safety. The ride feels stiff over jagged slow bumps but smooth in most situation. Interior noise is surprisingly high despite increased sound insulation. Many owners might not notice, but others will.
In the back seats, there's 36 inches of legroom, not great for a midsize car, though we view the Prius as a compact car, and the 60/40 split rear seats have a folding center armrest with two cupholders, for when there's not a third passenger back there.
Cargo space is generous with nearly 40 cubic feet of capacity when the back seats are dropped flat, and the big liftgate makes loading easy.
Prius comes loaded with technology. The Touch Tracer Display projects information before your eyes, so you can keep them on the road. Input comes from the pilot at the controls on the steering wheel, including not just audio and cruise control, but also climate control and trip computer, with telephone and other controls available. A solar-powered ventilation system is available, with remote pre-cooling to cool the car down to ambient temperature before you climb in on a hot day. There's a warning beep when you're unsteady in your lane; radar cruise control; Intelligent Parking Assist that will parallel park the Prius with no steering or throttle input from the driver; and pre-collision emergency braking to slightly reduce the impact when you don't see an accident coming but the car's radar does.
The Chevrolet Volt feels more like a midsize car and it feels more sophisticated and more upscale than the Prius does. The Prius feels lighter and more refined than the all-electric Nissan Leaf does.
Model Lineup
The 2012 Toyota Prius ($24,000) and Prius Plug-in Hybrid ($32,000) come in a range of trim levels. (All prices are Manufacturer's Suggested Retail Prices, which do not include destination charge and may change at any time without notice.)
Prius Two ($24,000) comes standard with automatic climate control with air filter, dust and pollen filtration mode (and electric compressor, humidity sensor and push-button contols), fabric-trimmed front seats with seatback pockets, six-way driver's seat, four-way front-passenger seat, 60/40-split fold-down rear seats with adjustable headrests, cruise control, tilt/telescoping steering wheel with controls for audio, climate and phone, multi-information displaywith trip computer and Hybrid System Indicator, plus the Touch Tracer display, remote keyless system plus Smart Key System on driver's door with push-button start and remote illuminated entry, Display Audio, six-speaker AM/FM/CD with MP3/WMA, USB port with iPod connectivity, and Bluetooth wireless technology, dual sun visors, two 12-volt power outlets, cargo tonneau cover, power windows with auto up/down and jam protection in all positions, retained-power features, Hill Start Assistance Control.
Prius Three ($25,565) upgrades with Navigation and Entune, a 6.1-inch touchscreen with integrated rearview camera, enhanced Smart Key for three doors, voice-command controls on steering wheel. The optional Solar Roof Package features a solar powered ventilation system.
Prius Four ($28,235) upgrades further with SofTex-trimmed seats and steering wheel, eight-way power-adjustable driver's seat with power lumbar support, JBL GreenEdge speakers with amplifier, HomeLink, auto-dimming rearview mirror, projector beam headlights with auto on/off feature. Options include Deluxe Solar Roof Package with HDD Premium Navigation with Entune and Head Up Display.
Prius Five ($28,320) upgrades to 17-inch alloy wheels with P214/45R17 tires, LED headlights with headlight cleaners, and integrated fog lights. An Advanced Technology Package includes HDD Premium Navigation with Entune and Head Up Display.
Prius Plug-in Hybrid ($32,000) is equipped like Prius Two with its fabric-trimmed front seats, but comes standard with Navigation and Entune. Prius Plug-in Hybrid uses 15-inch tires and alloy wheels.
Prius Plug-in Hybrid Advanced ($39,525) upgrades with the SofTex upholstery, Premium HDD Navigation, HomeLink, Head Up Display, Dynamic Radar Cruise Control, LED headlights, integrated fog lights.
Safety equipment standard on all models includes dual-stage front airbags, side airbags in front, airbag curtains for front and rear seats, and driver's knee airbag; active headrests; LATCH anchors for child-safety seats, child-protector rear door locks, front seatbelts with pretensioners and force limiters (the most important piece of equipment so be sure to wear them), ALR/ELR; federally mandated tire pressure monitor with warning light; anti-lock brakes with Brake Assist and Electronic Brake-force Distribution; Enhanced Vehicle Stability Control, traction control, Smart Stop Technology. Optional safety equipment includes Pre-Collision System that uses the same radar antenna as the radar cruise control. It applies the brakes harder than the driver does if a collision is imminent and applies them even if the driver doesn't, to reduce collision impact. Optional Safety Connect inclues Automatic Collision Notification (calls the medics if you crash), Emergency Assistance, Stolen Vehicle Locator, Roadside Assistance. Lane Keep Assist is available for Prius Five.
Updated headlights and tail lights plus a new front fascia and bumper distinguish the 2012 Prius from the 2010-11 models.
The blue-tinted headlights are elegant wraparound trapezoids, with optional LED lenses consuming 17-percent less battery power. There's a styling tweak, like a wave or a lip or, with a stretch of the imagination, a lightning bolt at the top, and it works, to deliver distinction. The taillights are standard LED, reducing power draw by 88 percent.
The rear wiper is huge, and effective in keeping rain off all that glass back there. The matt black trim around the windows on the Prius Two and Three trim levels doesn't do much to complement the car; the satin black finish on the Prius Four and Five is nicer.
Interior Features
The Prius interior is satisfying. There's a nice cozy cockpit feeling in the driver's seat, nestled by a stylish center console that runs from dashboard to between the seats at a gentle slope. The CVT shift lever is located there, just ahead of the world's easiest-to-reach cubby. Inconveniently, the seat-heater button is located on the floor under the console.
The front seats are comfortable with good bolstering and adjustability. The trim looks nice, ecologically friendly plastic made of plant-derived resin with excellent recycling characteristics. The upper and lower gloveboxes hold a magnificent 12 liters.
There's 36 inches of rear legroom, not bad at all, and the 60/40 split rear seats have a folding center armrest with two cupholders, for when there's not a third passenger back there.
When the seats are dropped flat, there's nearly 39.6 cubic feet of cargo volume, easily accessible through the big liftgate. We hauled seven 16-inch wheels shod with Dunlop racing tires in the back. The eighth had to ride in the front seat, but we were impressed with the cargo capacity.
And there's another 2 cubic feet in the tray for tools and laptops, hiding under the floor of the cargo area. The compact spare tire is another level down. A tonneau cover for the cargo area is standard.
There's good forward visibility even over the long dashboard, stretched by the steeply sloped windshield, although, as with other aero cars (the Honda Fit comes to mind), you can't see the front corners. And visibility out the rear glass is compromised by the aerodynamically sloped roofline and the bar that separates the two pieces of glass.
The four-spoke steering wheel with many controls is interesting and not ugly. It's fun to watch the multi-function display of the instrument panel, although the novelty might wear off. On a 5-inch screen, there are graphs and images, including an Energy Monitor, displaying the battery charge in real time; a Hybrid System Indicator that reveals the efficiency of your driving technique; fuel mileage in 1- or 5-mile increments; past fuel mileage; and a Touch Tracer Display that projects steering-wheel-control information upward so you can keep your eyes on the road.
Driving Impressions
The 1.8-liter four-cylinder engine used in the Prius generates 98 horsepower. Combined with the electric motors, there's a total of 134 hp.
The Hybrid Synergy Drive system, with two compact motor generators within the transaxle, delivers operating voltage of 650 volts. It uses gear drive, allowing the motor to turn 13,500 rpm. The Power Control Unit (inverter) is compact. The Nickel-Metal Hydride battery pack is compact and powerful. The Lithium Ion setup in the Plug-in Hybrid weighs a little more. The air conditioning compressor and water pump are driven electrically, which means the air conditioner works, though not full blast, even with the engine turned off.
There are three driving modes: EV, or all-electric, with a very limited distance at 25 mph or less (if there's enough juice in the battery), most useful for underground parking garages.
That's the advantage of the Prius Plug-in Hybrid. It can run at speeds of up to 62 mph in EV mode for up to 15 miles, great for stop-and-go commuting.
ECO mode minimizes fuel consumption by reducing the throttle opening and restricting the air conditioning. The Power mode is for maximum acceleration performance. The difference between Power and ECO is 4.1 seconds from 50 to 70 mph, versus 5.8 seconds. If you're in ECO and floor it, it will kick itself into Power, which is also the default mode when you start it up. So you have to set ECO mode at every stop, to get the best mileage. But we wonder why anyone would drive around town in Power mode, because ECO feels no slower. The Prius accelerates from 0 to 60 mph in 9.8 seconds, usually fast enough though slow by modern standards.
When you accelerate hard and it kicks into Power mode, it can be abrupt, like a transmission kick-down. But like all hybrids it uses a CVT, continuously variable transmission, which is technically not an automatic because it doesn't have gears. Most of the time you're not aware the Prius CVT is there, which is how they're supposed to work.
The Prius is EPA-rated at 51 city and 48 highway, for a combined 50 miles per gallon. We got 54 mpg driving gently but still sometimes using Power mode, over 23 miles of city-highway driving; and later 70.5 mpg over a 34-mile street course in a competition with other automotive journalists. We averaged 28 mph, about average for the group.
The winner, a specialist hypermiler, got 94.6 mpg driving by all the tricks. He averaged 19 mph, moving at about 30 mph in the far right emergency lane of the 50-mph highway, showing that it takes travel in an unreal world to achieve those big numbers. An opposite leadfoot extremist managed to get 26.8 mpg. The other 26 of 28 drivers got between 63.3 and 75.3 mpg.
In an early prototype of the Plug-in Hybrid, we got 41.8 mpg for about 180 miles, 26 of them on full electric, and most of the rest at 65-70 mpg in Power mode.
One flaw in the Prius is its bumpy ride: pretty rough over patchy stuff, we noted during our test drive. The suspension was given a slightly wider track and increased roll rigidity for 2010. The pre-2010 Prius didn't feel as harsh. The 15-inch wheels are fitted with low-rolling-resistance tires (195/65R15), and maybe that explains it.
We also drove a Prius with the optional 17-inch wheels and 215/45R17 tires, which felt slightly smoother although theoretically they should be firmer; we got better mileage with them, 57.4 mpg, although the Prius chief engineer said the 17s deliver about 5-percent less mileage.
A test drive in the 2012 Prius Plug-in Hybrid felt very smooth. Perhaps the slightly higher weight of the Lithium Ion batteries smoothed the ride.
We thought road noise was high in the Prius.
The four-wheel disc brakes are sensitive, and we could hear rubbing at low speeds with ours, partly because there was no engine noise when backing off, and possibly because of the regenerative braking component: the more you use the brakes, the more battery juice you build up, enabling you to use EV mode more. On our 70.5-mpg run, we gently used the brakes a lot in city traffic, so we would get as many blocks as possible out of EV mode.
The handling is light enough around town, but out on the road, if you try to drive it aggressively in corners, it turns heavy and slow. The slower you drive it, the better it is. That said, cornering is much improved over pre-2010 models with the redesigned chassis and suspension.
We tested the optional Intelligent Parking Assist, part of the Advanced Technology Package available for Prius V, which parallel parks the car for you, if the space is big enough. It needs a margin of 7 feet 9 inches, more than half the length of the car; most drivers can handle a space that big with no worries, so it's fair to ask what's the point, unless you're not at all competent at parallel parking (and we know skilled race drivers who fit that description). Like many high-tech innovations, it does it because it can. You can set the distance you desire to the curb. Pull up, line up, press the button, it tells you when to go; then release the brake pedal and take your hands off the steering wheel and let it do its thing.
The Toyota Prius achieves an EPA-estimated 51/48 mpg. It's practical, with plenty of cargo space. The interior design is futuristic without being out there, and the front seats are comfortable. The available leather and upgraded materials are classy. The suspension is sharp over patchy pavement, and road noise is surprisingly high. The Plug-in Hybrid version adds a little more versatility with its ability to run longer and faster in full-electric mode.
Sam Moses filed this report to NewCarTestDrive.com after his test drive of the Prius in California's Napa Valley and of a Prius PHV prototype near Portland, Oregon; with Mitch McCullough reporting on the Prius Plug-in Hybrid from New Jersey.
|Model Line Overview
|Model lineup:
|Toyota Prius Two ($24,000); Prius Three ($25,565); Prius Four ($28,235); Prius Five ($28,320); Prius Plug-in Hybrid ($32,000), Plug-in Hybrid Advanced ($39,525)
|1.8-liter Atkinson Cycle four-cylinder
|electronically controlled continuously variable transmission (CVT)
|Safety equipment (standard):
|dual-stage frontal airbags, side-impact airbags in front, airbag curtains, driver's knee airbag, tire pressure monitor; ABS with EBD, VSC electronic stability control, traction control; Smart Stop Technology; active headrests, LATCH
|Safety equipment (optional):
|Pre-Collision System, Lane Keep Assist, radar cruise control; Safety Connect
|Basic warranty:
|3 years/36,000 miles
|Assembled in:
|Specifications As Tested
|Model tested (MSPR):
|Toyota Prius Three ($25,565)
|Standard equipment:
|automatic air conditioning (with electric air compressor); fabric upholstery; AM/FM/MP3 CD player with six speakers and satellite radio capability; driver door Smart Key system with Push Button Start and remote illuminated entry; Multi-Informational Display with an energy monitor and fuel consumption history; six-way adjustable driver seat; power door locks; auto up/down on all windows with window jam protection; cruise control; tilt/telescopic adjustable steering wheel with audio and HVAC controls; color-keyed foldable power heated side mirrors; dual sun visors with vanity mirrors; and tonneau cover; hands-free phone capability via Bluetooth wireless technology
|Options as tested (MSPR):
|Destination charge:
|Gas guzzler tax:
|Price as tested (MSPR):
|front-wheel drive
|1.8-liter 16-valve Atkinson Cycle plus 650V electric generator motor assist
|Horsepower (lb.-ft @ rpm):
|Torque (lb.-ft @ rpm):
|EPA fuel economy, city/hwy:
|51/48 mpg
|106.3 in.
|175.6/68.7/58.7 in.
|Track, f/r:
|60.0/59.8 in.
|Turning circle:
|34.2 ft.
|Seating Capacity:
|Head/hip/leg room, f:
|38.7/52.7/42.5 in.
|Head/hip/leg room, m:
|Head/hip/leg room, r:
|37.6/51.2/36.0 in.
|Cargo volume:
|21.6 cu. ft.
|Towing capacity:
|Suspension, f:
|independent, MacPherson strut
|Suspension, r:
|torsion beam
|Ground clearance:
|5.5 in.
|Curb weigth:
|3042 lbs.
|Brakes, f/r:
|disc/disc with ABS, EBD
|Fuel capacity:
|11.9 gal.
|Unless otherwise indicated, specifications refer to test vehicle. All prices are manufacturer's suggested retail prices (MSPR) effective as of September 4, 2012.Prices do not include manufacturer's destination and delivery charges. N/A: Information not available or not applicable. Manufacturer Info Sources: 800-468-6968 - www.toyota.com
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Where's Tina?A high school friend surprised me - picked me up in his car and drove me up to Providence, not revealing anything until we walked right into the soundcheck. Bono let me try on that leather vest he used to wear back then - and his hat. he had remembered dancing with me on St. Patrick's Day, in New York, and said he'd be looking for me again. he not only pulled me up during "Eleven O'Clock Tick Tock" (the pull-the-girl-up song back then) but when I did not want to square-dance with him and expressed my desire to "twist" instead, he announced "she wants to Twist!" and launched into "Lets Twist Again" a song that got worked into the live act for a spell. He even introduced me to the audience. I left the stage, but by the time I had returned to my friend, Bono was asking "Where's Tina?" Everyone around me helped get me back up to the front, and onto the small stage, where Bono and I sang "Give Peace a Chance" together. I was carried into Brown University frat parties on strangers' shoulders that night. I have never found any bootlegs of this gig - I might die of embarrassment, but I'd still love to find it.

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Yes, all the best small-screen action these days is on cable. And yes, the broadcast networks are full of dull, derivative dreck. But there must be some must-see shows for guys premiering this fall, right? Our man watches the fall pilots to find out


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Aus 298 Designs von 47 Designern wurde eine Gewinner gewählt.
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As a real estate investor in Fl and La I bought, rehabbed, sold, and rented over 250 homes. My company was the leader in rebuilding New Orleans after Hurricane Katrina. Along with my partners I bought and rehabbed over 130 homes damaged by the storm, and the market crashed sending all the homes including my personal home into foreclosure. I became an expert in defending foreclosures and finding winning solutions for homeowners in distress, making the best of bad situations, helping distressed homeowners move forward with life. I have negotiated over 30 million dollars in distressed homes; helping hundreds save or make over 3 million dollars with their troubled homes. I founded OneCaboodle. Distressed homeowners join and become members of OneCaboodle where they have access to top foreclosure defense attorneys, bankruptcy, tax and loan modification attorneys, as well as expert credit repair and debt resolution services, and expert short sale realtors, mortgage lenders, and title professionals. OneCaboodle members receive substantial discounts on their fees from our preferred providers. OneCaboodle members receive a forensic audit of their mortgage.(like C.S.I. for their mortgage) The audit reveals which of the over 330 federal and state laws have been broken, making the loan fraudulent by their lender. In addition OneCaboodle offers it's members budgeting software and tools.
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(CNN) - The U.S. House on Thursday passed a bill that would require most independent groups that pay for campaign ads to disclose their donors.
The measure passed on a 219-206 vote, with most Democrats in support and Republicans opposing. The Senate is considering taking up its own version of the bill.
Referred to as the "disclose act," the bill was pushed by House Democrats to respond to a Supreme Court ruling in January that struck down key provisions of campaign finance laws that restricted spending by corporations, unions and independent groups.
If it's such a great plan, why do the dems carve out the majority of their donors from the legislation?
Gee can you imagin that? The repos where against this bill. Hun wonder why. Maybe because They would have to be transparent. and we might just see Bp or exon or some other big company.
They clear things that affect them, but not the things that affect us. shame shame shame.
Vote out the party of NO.
These republicans are amazing, they all should be voted out of office come November.
It's a new America we live in today people. Gone are the days of "government of the people, by the people and for the people".
While middle class and working class Americans have been siding with the rethuglicants for the last three plus decades for so-called "family values" and voting against their pocketbooks, America has morphed into a nation that is "Governance OF the people, BY the corporations FOR the corporations".
You asked for it now you got it...
PS: No more swimming in the Gulf either – It's been polluted beyond recognition by the corporations that we signed the future of the US of A over to along time ago...
have you noticed that not many repos responding to this story. Gee we might see how big business backs these all for the rich guys.
Of course the Rethugs don't want transparency. It would allow everyone to see all the creepy crawly things under their corrupt rock.
Gee, when the Supreme Court ruled that large corporations could run unlimited ads for political candidates, most Republicans claim they were against it. But when it comes to laws to either limt ads, or disclosing who paid for the ads, the Republicans are totally against this. That's because they want to let large corporations to be able to buy their election. Republicans claim they want transarency, but actually want to be able to be totally corrupt. It figures. Go to mediamatters.org, and fact check the conservative media, mostly Cluster Fox, and see how they LIE & DISTORT the TRUTH.
The GOP opposed it, huh? Then it MUST be a good bill. I swear, the GOP opposes everything. They would oppose sunshine and flowers if they thought people wouldn't think they were crazy. To the Supreme – Checkmate! Stop being another arm of the Rethuglican party and just follow the law.
Unconstitutional under the First Amendment and Equal Protection. Why bother passing such tripe? Because they can't pass what's really needed for an over-the-hill country going to economic and social Hell.
Were the Repubs just feigning outrage over the Supremes politically-motivated decision back in January? They seemed pretty outraged back then.


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|Foreign Ministry Spokesperson Hua Chunying's Regular Press Conference on November 3, 2017
A: On November 2, the meetings of the Committee of Disarmament and International Security of the 72nd Session of UN General Assembly (the First Committee) concluded at the UN headquarters, which has written the Chinese-proposed concept of building a community of shared future for mankind into the resolutions of "Further practical measures for the prevention of an arms race in outer space" and "No first placement of weapons in outer space".
The concept of building a community of shared future for mankind was incorporated into the UN First Committee's resolutions for the first time shortly after the successful conclusion of the 19th CPC National Congress. This has filled in a blank in the field of international security at the UN, which shows that the concept of a community of shared future for mankind reflects the shared aspiration of most countries and serves the common interests of the international community. It also demonstrates that China's idea has gained growing support globally and been increasingly echoed in the UN agenda. I believe this also showcases China's responsibility as a major country.
We have noted that many members of the international community have appraised the incorporation of the concept of a community of shared future for mankind into the First Committee's resolutions. UN Under Secretary-General and High Representative for Disarmament Affairs Izumi Nakamistu said that the concept of "building a community of shared future for mankind" is highly consistent with the principle of the UN Charter as well as the UN concept of common security and peace, which offers a Chinese proposal for a world full of uncertainties and serves the common interests of the international community.
President of the UN First Committee and Permanent Representative of Iraq to the UN Mohammed Hussein Moh'd Ali Bahr AlUloom said that, China's forward-looking concept of "building a community of shared future for mankind" is an effective way to address the global security governance predicament and should be promoted in the multilateral field. China has been contributing wisdom and strength to the security and future of mankind while pursuing its own development.
The acting head of the Russian delegation to the First Committee Vladimir Yermakov said the Committee is an important platform to set international security agenda. It is of important significance that the concept of a community of shared future for mankind was incorporated into the resolutions of the First Committee.
Pakistan's Ambassador to the United Nations Maleeha Lodhi said that the concept of building a community of shared future for mankind showcases China's vision to vigorously promote international cooperation in an interdependent world, and it is the most important and ambitious concept for promoting international peace and sustainable development in the 21st century. It offers an innovative thinking for the international community, that is, to establish a more equitable and reasonable international system through stronger integration of interests and deeper across-the-board cooperation.
We will faithfully follow through on the spirit of the 19th CPC National Congress, continuously take Xi Jinping Thought on Socialism with Chinese Characteristics for a New Era as a guide, work with the international community to build a a new type of international relations and a community of shared future for mankind and make greater contributions to upholding world peace, security and development.
Q: The US Air Force said that Two US B-1B Lancer bombers conducted a military exercise with Japanese and ROK warplanes in regions near the ROK. The DPRK said this these were simulating attacks on important targets inside the country. Is China worried about an escalation of tension on the Korean Peninsula again? Has China communicated with the US on this?
A: Over some time, we have seen some deescalating remarks as well as words and deeds that may aggravate the contradiction and tension from the relevant parties of the Korean Peninsula issue. On China's part, we hope that given the current highly complicated, delicate and fragile situation, various parties will speak and act in a cautious manner and do more things that will encourage mutual trust and ease the tension. We hoe that parties can make joint effort to focus on bringing the Korean Peninsula nuclear issue back to the track of settlement through dialogue and negotiation.
Q: Journalists with Agence France-Presse (AFP) have been looking into the Belt and Road projects in Indonesia, Kazakhstan, Uzbekistan, Pakistan, Thailand, the Laos and Singapore and found that lot of them are making very little progress. What is China going to do to deal with these issues? What is the overall objective of the Belt and Road Initiative?
A: I don't know how did they come to such conclusion? What is it based upon?
The main objective of China's Belt and Road Initiative is to synergize the development strategies of various countries through stronger international cooperation so as to give full play to each other's competitive strengths for win-win development. Over the past four years and so, the building of the Belt and Road has progressed smoothly with fruitful outcomes and won extensive agreement and support from the international community. A growing number of countries have engaged in the cooperation and many projects have begun generating tangible benefits to the people of the relevant countries. On November 2, the Spokesperson of the Commerce Ministry gave a briefing on the latest development of the economic and trade cooperation of the Belt and Road Initiative. He said that the economic and trade cooperation along the Belt and Road has gained prominent achievements with smooth progress and a number of major cooperation projects are speeding up in their implementation, among which are the China-Laos railway project you just mentioned, the highways in Pakistan and the China-Russia, China-Kazakhstan and China-Myanmar oil and gas pipelines projects.
The Belt and Road Initiative is an open and inclusive cooperation initiative that gives a primary role to enterprises and follows market operation under the guidance of government. It is a long-term undertaking that calls for the joint effort of various parties, but not a uniform campaign like group callisthenics, and the progress of specific projects depend on the will for cooperation of the participants and accords with the objective laws of economic cooperation. The report of the 19th CPC National Congress made important plans for promoting the international cooperation of the Belt and Road Initiative and the building of the Belt and Road has been written into the CPC constitution, which fully demonstrates China's determination of and confidence in firmly promoting the international cooperation of the Belt and Road Initiative. China will continue to deepen the mutually beneficial cooperation with relevant parties with the principle of wide consultation, joint contribution and shared benefits and in the silkroad spirit of peace and cooperation, openness and inclusiveness, mutual learning and mutual benefit. This will never waver or change.
Q: Recent Wall Street Journal reports said three US aircraft carriers may conduct maneuvers near the Korean Peninsula. What is your comment?
A: I've just taken a similar question. Considering that the present situation on the Korean Peninsula is highly complicated, delicate and fragile, all parties shall exercise restraint and do more for the alleviation, rather than aggravation, of tensions. Since relevant parties to the Korean Peninsula issue all have agreed that to peacefully resolve the Peninsula nuclear issue best serves the common interests of all sides, then let us focus on and proceed from endeavoring to bring all sides back to the track of dialogue and negotiation as soon as possible, enhance mutual understanding and mutual trust through dialogue, and seek a balanced solution to address the legitimate security concerns of each other so that the Peninsula nuclear issue will be peacefully resolved at an early date.
Q: First, do you have any comment on the US government's announcement to formally order US financial institutions not to have any more dealings with the Bank of Dandong because of alleged business ties with the DPRK? Second, with regard to the Venezuelan President's announcement overnight that he wants to renegotiate the government's debts, does the Chinese government support that decision? Is the Chinese government worried about its own lending to Venezuela through Chinese financial institutions?
A: On your first question, as a permanent member of the Security Council, China has been comprehensively, accurately, faithfully and strictly implementing DPRK-related resolutions of the Security Council and fulfilling its international obligations. Meanwhile, we firmly oppose the imposition of the so-called "long-arm jurisdiction" by other countries in accordance with their domestic laws.
On your second question, we have noted relevant reports as well as the positive pledges made by the Venezuelan government on honoring its debt obligations. China believes that the Venezuelan government and people are capable of properly handling the debt problem and ensuring its national stability and greater economic and social development.
The China-Venezuela financing cooperation is a commercial one between Chinese and Venezuelan financial institutions and enterprises in the principle of equality, mutual benefit and common development. The relevant cooperation is progressing smoothly at present. China will continue its practical cooperation with Venezuela in various areas to promote our common development.


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Good relatively short overview article exposing Saul/Paul:
Paul: The False Apostle
Thus far, I have shown that Paul's concept of God's foreknowledge, and his doctrine of predestination not only do not exist in Yahshua's words or the Hebrew Scriptures, but there is much evidence to the contrary to be found in them. We might call this the DNA evidence against him (Doctrine Not Accurate). It is an important part of the case against him. But it is by no means all the evidence there is against his supposed authority. There is more than enough evidence to suggest that he was not even a true apostle of Yahshua... let alone the greatest apostle who ever lived as he is so often eulogized.
There are a number of historical facts, including things that both Yahshua and Paul said as recorded in the Bible, that leave us with some very compelling evidence against his apostleship being recognized in heaven.
There are several interesting facts surrounding this case that should be noted and kept in mind.
His apostleship was unrecognized by others.
Of the 22 times in the Bible where Paul is referred to as an "apostle", only twice is he referred to as an apostle by someone other than himself! These two instances came from the same person. Not from Yahshua, or any of the original apostles, but from Paul's close traveling companion and personal press secretary Luke. Both accounts are found in Luke's record of the Acts of the Apostles, (chapter 14:4,14). Here Paul is referred to as an apostle along with Barnabas. By this time in the story, Luke would have been very accustomed to Paul calling himself an apostle, and he would no doubt have been in agreement with Paul's assessment of himself. By these statistics alone, it is evident that Paul is by far his own biggest fan... and his side kick Luke was his number two fan. This leaves no one else anywhere in the Bible going on record recognizing his apostleship!
"I wanna talk about me!"
No other epistle author in the Bible wrote like Paul. This would be true on a number of levels, but one aspect is of particular interest when we are considering how Paul views himself. He had a way of drawing attention to himself with his usage of personal pronouns. When it comes to how often he uses words like, "I", "me", "my", or "mine", the overall rate in his epistles is almost three times that of his next closest rival. There are a number of reasons why many scholars today believe Paul was not the author of the book of Hebrews. One obvious reason is, in the other epistles credited to him, Paul doesn't hesitate to identify himself along with his supposed credentials. The author of Hebrews is strangely silent on these matters. Many scholars believe Barnabas was the author of Hebrews, but I think Apollos is a far better candidate... but that's a different subject. The point is, no one knows for sure. But Paul certainly couldn't be in the running as the author of Hebrews when one also considers the statistical rate of the personal pronoun usage. The author of Hebrews refers to himself only 9 times, which is approximately 1.3 personal pronouns per thousand words. To help put this in perspective, let's compare the book of Hebrews to the book of Romans. They are both relatively large books of similar length, divided into 13 and 16 chapters respectively. Yet in only the first half of the first chapter of Romans, which is 16 verses worth, Paul uses twice as many personal pronouns as the author of Hebrews uses in his entire book! In the book of Romans, Paul refers to himself 103 times, which is rate of about 18.2 per thousand! That is 13x greater than Hebrews. In 1 Corinthians, Paul refers to himself 175 times, in 2Corinthians 103 times again, and in the relatively short book of Galatians, he refers to himself 69 times which is a rate of 25 personal pronouns per 1000 words!
It should be evident that Paul is at least as concerned with making a statement about himself as he is in communicating what he believes to be the truth about God.
His claim of apostleship stands alone.
Other than the twelve apostles who spent three and a half years with Yahshua, no one other than Paul can be identified as having claimed for themselves the title of "apostle". Barnabas was referred to as an apostle along with Paul by Luke in Acts 14:14, but there is no record of Barnabas claiming the title for himself.
Our view of early church is polarized.
When we take a survey of the New Testament, we notice that Paul is the single greatest contributor to it. When we read the book of Acts, we can't help but get the impression that the great bulk of what God was doing in the early church was happening through Paul. But it is misleading, because the book of Acts was written from only one man's perspective... Luke's. Luke traveled with Paul on his missionary journeys and the bulk of the book of Acts is the account of those travels. What we have in Acts is only one man's point of view, and from Luke's perspective, Paul's story would no doubt have appeared to be front and center stage. There is a likely reason why Luke chose to follow Paul and record his story in the first place. Paul branded himself the apostle to the Gentiles, and Luke, being a Gentile, would have seen Paul as where things were happening for him. When we consider Paul taught that there is no difference in God's eyes between Jew and Gentile, but all believers in Yahshua now constitute "the true Israel of God", what Gentile who desired to get close to the God of Israel wouldn't be absolutely thrilled with Paul? But even though the view from the book of Acts is polarized and biased, it is still very important in helping us understand what was happening at that time. Without it we wouldn't have much of an idea at all. What was done and said as recorded by Luke is priceless, and we have no good reason to question what he saw and heard. Luke's own personal thoughts that he interjected occasionally may be questioned, but they are few and far between. I see no good reason to accuse Luke of malicious intent. The important thing to remember is that the book of Acts was written from a very singular point of view.
No doubt, God was doing other things at that same time. We don't have a detailed record of it, but we do have some clues. God was certainly working through the original apostles, and some of those things are recorded in the beginning of Acts. The apostle John was hard at work for his Lord, but we hear very little from him until we get to his epistles and the book of the Revelation at the end of the New Testament.
Paul's claims of apostleship
Paul was not at all shy about calling himself an apostle. In fact, in nine out of thirteen of his books, he introduces himself as an apostle of Yahshua, and in each case states in some way that his apostleship is by heavenly decree.
Here is the question. Should we automatically believe the testimony of a person who makes grandiose claims about themselves when all we have for confirmation of their claim is little more than their word and maybe a statement or two from their best friend? If so, then we should likewise confirm those like Jim Jones and David Koresh. Unless there is obvious corroborative evidence to support such claims, all of them should be taken with a very large grain of salt. Unlike Paul, a true prophet or apostle does not have to go to such extraordinary lengths to convince the world they are who they say they are. Even Yahshua said that if he alone bore witness of himself, his witness was invalid. John 5:31 And of all the people who shouldn't need to have others testify on their behalf, Yahshua was that person. Yet he had Moses, the prophets, the Psalms, John the Baptist, the Fathers voice from heaven saying, "You are My beloved Son..." and hundreds of those who witnessed his resurrection. Paul had none of these. Though in his conceit, he considered himself to be God's special gift to the Gentiles, and claimed for himself a prophecy that was given exclusively to Isaiah in Isaiah 49:6.
"For so the Lord has commanded us: 'I have set you to be a light to the Gentiles that you should be for salvation to the ends of the earth." Acts 13:47
Paul, the greatest apostle!
Paul's view of himself as an apostle didn't stop at only claiming to be an apostle. He also did what he could to communicate to his followers that he topped them all. He even had the nerve to belittle the very apostles that Yahshua had called and trained for three and a half years to be his witnesses! Among this braggadocio's self-flattering quotes are the following.
"For I consider that I am not at all inferior to the most eminent apostles". ...."As the truth of Christ is in me, no one shall stop me from this boasting in the regions of Achaia." 2 Corinthians 11:5,10
Sometimes, as though he knew he should be ashamed of challenging the stature of Yahshua's 12, he would preface his boast with a statement of unworthiness. No doubt he hoped people would embrace him as the greatest of apostles because he was so humble.
"For I am the least of the apostles, who am not worthy to be called an apostle, because I persecuted the church of God. But by the grace of God I am what I am, and His grace toward me was not in vain; but I labored more abundantly than they all...". 1Corinthians 15:9,10
Aside from the fact that it was a lie to suggest the ministry had been split up between Jews and Gentiles ...as though he had exclusive rights to the Gentiles and the 12 were to stay with the Jews..., Paul even had the gall to condescend specifically on Peter, James, and John when he belittled them to the Galatians.
"But from those who seemed to be something - whatever they were, it makes no difference to me; God shows personal favoritism to no man- for those who seemed to be something added nothing to me. But on the contrary, when they saw that the gospel for the uncircumcised had been committed to me, as the gospel for the circumcised was to Peter (for He who worked effectively in Peter for the apostleship to the circumcised also worked effectively in me toward the Gentiles), and when James, Cephas (Peter), and John, who seemed to be pillars, perceived the grace that had been given to me, they gave me and Barnabas the right hand of fellowship, that we should go to the Gentiles and they to the circumcised." Galatians 2:6,7,9
This is nothing but an arrogant lie. A couple verses later, Paul takes another cheap-shot at Peter. With Peter nowhere around to defend himself, Paul brags to the Galatians how he had determined Peter was a hypocrite, and how he had put him down before the entire church of Antioch.
"But when Peter had come to Antioch, I withstood him to his face, because he was to be blamed; for before certain men came from James, he would eat with the Gentiles; but when they came, he withdrew and separated himself, fearing those who were of the circumcision. And the rest of the Jews played the hypocrite with him so that even Barnabas was carried away with their hypocrisy. But when I saw that they were not straight forward about the truth of the gospel, I said to Peter before them all, "if you being a Jew, live in the manner of Gentiles and not as the Jews, why do you compel Gentiles to live as Jews?" Galatians 2:11-14
Earlier, in Galatians 1:8,9, Paul commanded his followers to consider "accursed" anyone who preaches a different gospel than his. There is little doubt that Paul wanted the Galatians to think this way toward Peter, if not James, and John as well. It is obvious to anyone reading the book of Galatians that Paul was demanding the Galatian church follow no one but him, not even the original apostles back in Jerusalem.
Aside from Paul's incredible arrogance, I also need to point out that Paul himself was the ultimate hypocrite for condemning Peter for accommodating Gentiles when he was around Gentiles and acting like a Jew around Jews. Here is what he claimed to do, and commanded the Corinthians to do as well.
"For though I am free from all men, I have made myself a servant to all, that I might win the more; and to the Jews I became as a Jew, that I might win Jews; to those who are under the law, as under the law, that I might win those who are under the law; to those who are without the law as without law... that I might win those who are without law; to the weak I became weak, that I might win the weak. I have become all things to all men, that I might by all means save some." 1Corinthians 9:19-22
"Therefore, whether you eat or drink, or whatever you do, do all to the glory of God. Give no offense, either to the Jews or to the Greeks or to the church of God, just as I also please all men in all things, not seeking my own profit, but the profit of many, that they may be saved. Imitate me, just as I also imitate Christ." 1Corinthians 10:31-33
When Paul says, "Imitate me, just as I also imitate Christ" we should do as he says... because in no way did he imitate Yahshua! Can anyone imagine Yahshua playing chameleon and saying anything like "I have become all things to all men" or "I please all men in all things"?
So here we have Paul, claiming to be greater than any other apostle, belittling Peter, James, and John by saying they only "seemed" to be pillars of the church, and that they "added nothing" to him. Then he brags about how he told off Peter... calling him a hypocrite, and he subtly curses the apostles by telling the Galatians to consider accursed anyone who differs with him. All this, while in fact, he was being the greatest hypocrite of all! The superstitious belief that Paul's words are infallible is so thick that people can't see the forest for all the trees that are in the way! If anyone else had even begun to do and say the things that Paul did, we would have recognized their incredible conceit and rejected them a long time ago. Here is something relevant that Solomon said.
"Let another man praise you, and not your own mouth; A stranger, and not your own lips." Proverbs 27:2
The book of Revelation
Back when I still believed Paul was a legitimate apostle, I was puzzled by one thing. If he was the greatest apostle who ever lived, as Christianity made him out to be, why didn't God give him the greatest prophecy since Yahshua... the book of Revelation? There are some interesting facts surrounding the book of Revelation, and things Yahshua said recorded in it that answer the question why Paul was not given the "Revelation". In other words, there is good reason why Yahshua did not give such an obviously high endorsement of Paul to the world. John was not given the Revelation because Paul was just a lesser apostle compared to him. The implications are far worse for Paul. Paul wasn't given the Revelation because part of the message of Revelation was given for the very purpose of exposing him as a false apostle! There is good reason why Yahshua used John the beloved apostle. He was one of the 12 Yahshua had been with for three and a half years training to be his witness, and he said that John's testimony would remain till he returned. (More on this in the chapter 10, Yahshua's prophecy concerning Peter)
When was it written?
The first thing we notice about the book of the Revelation is that it has been given to the beloved apostle John. The second thing we need to understand is that the Revelation was most likely given to John during the Neronian persecution around 65 A.D. This was about the same time we hear the last from Paul who was in prison in Rome when he wrote his second epistle to Timothy. We'll come back to 2 Timothy in a moment.
Many Scholars (but by no means all of them) believe that Revelation was written later during the Domitian persecution of A.D.81-96. This theory has its origin in the testimony of the historian Irenaeus who wrote around the year 180 A.D. some 100 years or more later. Irenaeus held Paul in the highest esteem and lived to emulate him. He was also instrumental in pulling together the many splintering factions of Christianity at that time. There is no other reason to assume a later date than A.D. 65 for the writing of Revelation than his say so. But there is significant evidence to contradict him. It is my belief that he saw the devastating impact on Paul's credibility that an earlier date for Revelation would bring. Fighting division, and wanting union (especially in favor of Paul), he settled on the later date in an attempt to give Paul a little breathing room. This only helps Paul a little. Even in the unlikely case that the Revelation was written later, it continues to reflect badly on Paul as you will see. The other early historians who also render the later date, Victorinus (c. 270), Eusebius (c.328), and Jerome (c. 370) were simply following Irenaeus' lead.
There is evidence that can be deduced from the book of Revelation itself that calls for an earlier date for it's writing. In chapter 11, John is told to measure the temple. That temple was destroyed in 70 A.D. It is nonsensical to imagine that John was told to measure the temple after it was gone. Also, when one adds up the numerical value of the consonantal letters in the name "N'ron Kahsar" (which is the way all Greek speaking people pronounced the name "Caesar Nero"), the sum totals 666. (See Caesar Nero = 666 in the appendix.) The churches of Asia would have believed Nero was the beast of which Revelation prophesied... even though he was only a type, a sort of preview of things to come in the distant future, much the way Solomon, David's son, was a preview of Yahshua's coming kingdom.
There is also the consideration of the age of John. Being a contemporary of Yahshua, it is safe to assume that he would have been close to the same age as Yahshua. If John had been as much as 10 years younger than Yahshua, he would have been only 20 when Yahshua called him to follow him. It would seem doubtful that Yahshua would have called someone so young, but for the sake of a conservative estimate, if John was only 20 when he was called by Yahshua, he would have been in his late fifties at the youngest in the year 65. If he had been the same age as Yahshua, he would have been in his late sixties. By first century standards, a person in age from late 50s to late 60s was considered a significantly old person. If the book of Revelation was written in the year 95 as some suggest, at the youngest, John would have been in his late 80s. This was virtually unheard of in the first century. If he had been the same age as Yahshua or older, (not at all out of the question), he would have been in his late 90s to over 100 years old. This is highly improbable. As long as one isn't trying to salvage Paul's reputation, the earlier date of 65 A.D. for the writing of Revelation, during the Neronian persecution, fits the data best.
To whom was it written?
One haunting fact from Revelation Christianity has to deal with, is that in spite of Paul's supposed notoriety, Yahshua didn't call him by name, nor did he give any recognition of his work among the Gentiles. Of the seven churches in Asia to whom the book is originally addressed, one of them we definitely know had significant dealings with Paul. It is Ephesus, the first on the list of the seven. Also, keep in the back of your mind that these seven churches are located in what is called "Asia". We will be coming back to this as well. Here is John's record of Yahshua's command.
"I was in the Spirit on the Lord's Day, and I heard behind me a loud voice, as of a trumpet, saying, "I am the Alpha and the Omega, the First and the Last," and, "What you see, write in a book and send it to the seven churches which are in Asia: to Ephesus, to Smyrna, to Pergamos, to Thyatira, to Sardis, to Philadelphia, and to Laodicea." Revelation 1:10,11
Yahshua goes on to tell John what to say to each church. The general flow of what he said to each church went like this. First, he would tell them what they were doing right and commend them for it. Next he would point out to them where they going wrong and reprimand them for it. Then he would exhort them to repent and change what they were doing wrong, or they would suffer the consequences. Then he would give them a promise of reward if they did repent and overcome their problems. Then, and this is important, at the end of each and every message to a church, he would speak to the whole world and say that what was true and good for this and all seven churches was good for anybody who cared to listen.
"He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches". Revelation 2:7,11,17,29 and 3:6,13,22
Paul and the Ephesians
Now, look at what was said to the church that we know Paul had been involved in... Ephesus. Among the things that Yahshua commended the Ephesian church for doing right, is this quote:
"I know your works, your labor, and your patience, and that you cannot bear those who are evil. And you have tested those who say they are apostles and are not, and have found them liars." Rev. 2:2
Yes. I have no doubts Yahshua was referring to Paul and his companions, and that his claim of apostleship, as well as his doctrine, were false! Hang in there and consider all the facts with me for a minute. Here are four of them... with the silver bullet coming shortly after.
1. Paul's doctrine on the foreknowledge of God is not only groundless (because he had to abuse Scripture to support it), it is blasphemous,
because it outright accuses God of unrighteousness. (See previous chapters)
2. We have record of Paul claiming to be an apostle to the Ephesians.
"Paul, an apostle of Yahshua by the will of God, To the saints who are in Ephesus," Ephesians 1:1
3. We have no record of anyone else claiming to be an apostle to anyone anywhere, not even to the Ephesians.
4. Paul and his doctrine had troubles being accepted in Ephesus.
"And he went into the synagogue and spoke boldly for three months, reasoning and persuading concerning the things of the kingdom of God. But when some were hardened and did not believe, but spoke evil of the way before the multitude..." Acts 19:8,9
Remember, this is recorded from Luke's point of view and he believed Paul's doctrine was "the Way". Notice that those who rejected Paul are men of the synagogue and not atheists or pagans. If these men had stood up in front of the synagogue and said, "Paul's doctrine is flawed. He is a false apostle, and a liar", Luke would no doubt have seen this as "speaking evil of the Way".
If these four reasons are not enough to seriously call into question Paul's status as an apostle there is one more. It is a most interesting quote from Paul's own pen that finally seals the fate of his supposed apostleship. It comes from his second letter to Timothy, written during the same Neronian persecution in which John was given the Revelation. This letter is believed by many scholars to contain the last recorded words of Paul. Here he makes a short statement of lament that seems to have gone unnoticed... the implications of which are devastating to Paul if one is able to hear everything that is being said. Paul makes this statement to Timothy.
"This you know, that all those in Asia have turned away from me." 2Timothy 1:15
Asia! All of them! Rejecting Paul! And when he says, "This you know", it sounds like this must have been relatively common knowledge at that time. Asia! The very place that Yahshua told John to write, where his seven churches were! And they were alive, and obviously had been established for some time. Paul did not say that Asia had rejected Yahshua. Obviously they hadn't rejected Yahshua if there were thriving churches there that Yahshua wanted to address through John. Instead Paul said that all Asia had rejected him personally! This is also corroborated in the book of Acts where men from Asia accuse Paul of teaching against the Law, and bringing an Ephesian friend into the temple.
And when the seven days were almost ended, the Jews from Asia, seeing him in the temple, stirred up the whole crowd and laid hands on him. crying out, "Men of Israel, help! This is the man who teaches all men everywhere against the people, the Law, and this place: and furthermore he also brought Greeks into the temple and has defiled this holy place." (For they had previously seen Trophimus the Ephesian with him in the city, whom they supposed that Paul had brought into the temple.) Acts 21:27-29
Try to grasp the profound significance of all this. Here we have in the book of Revelation the words of Yahshua commending the Ephesian church for rejecting someone who claimed to be his apostle, while Paul is the only person other than the twelve original apostles to have claimed to be an apostle... and we know he has made this very claim to this same Ephesian church. At the same time, Paul laments himself of the fact that he has been rejected by them! How could it NOT be Paul and his associates that Yahshua had commended the Ephesian church for rejecting? Could it be much more obvious? Here are the facts, paraphrased, one more time.
Paul to the Ephesians: "I am an apostle of Yahshua"
The Ephesians to Paul: "No you're not."
Yahshua to the Ephesians: "Well done!"
This should at the very least raise serious question about Paul. When we add to this the remaining evidence against his doctrine, as well as the documented fact that he outright lied a number of times (as I will show in the next chapter), we have more than enough reason to do as the Ephesian church and convict Paul of the crime of false impersonation of an apostle!
Yahshua's description of Paul in Revelation was that he was a false apostle, and a liar. Consider his following words.
"He who has an ear, let him hear what the Spirit says to the churches."


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CHICO — Two men were arrested and a third is being sought by Chico police in connection to a home-invasion robbery where a man was held at gunpoint.
Vincent Adonis Allen Jr, 19, of Chico, and Justin O"Neal Randall, 18, of Oroville, were arrested March 20 in Chico after an investigation by detectives.
A Chico police SWAT team served a search warrant at about 7 a.m. at 1133 W. Sacramento Ave. and located Allen, according to police. At about 1 p.m., detectives and police officers contacted Randall at 623 W. Sixth Ave.
Both were arrested on suspicion of first-degree robbery and booked into Butte County Jail in Oroville. Bail is set at $65,000 for Allen and $1.1 million for Randall.
Chico police have issued an arrest warrant for a third suspect, 19-year-old Kendall Jordan Thomas, according to Chico police. He reportedly has an address in Oroville, but his whereabouts are unknown.
A firearm police think was used in the home-invasion robbery was recovered by the Butte County Sheriff"s Office during a separate investigation, according to police. However, police say Thomas should still be considered armed and dangerous.
On March 5 at about 4:30 p.m., police received a report of a home-invasion robbery on the 100 block of Covell Park Avenue. A man was alone in his home in a back bedroom when three men reportedly broke into his home. Allegedly, at least one suspect had a handgun.
The man was held at gunpoint while Allen, Randall and Thomas allegedly ransacked his home, according to police.
The men allegedly removed electronics from the home and left the house with an undisclosed amount of property.
Investigator Omar Pena conducted a crime scene investigation and forwarded the case to the Chico Police Detective Bureau. According to detectives, evidence gathered by Pena reportedly helped identify the men.
Allen and Randall are set to be arraigned at 8:35 a.m. Thursday.
Anyone with information regarding Thomas is asked to call Chico police at 897-4900.


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Time Out says
In a roomier space than José Piizarro's original restaurant up the street, mostly traditional Spanish dishes prepared with immense care and skill.
José Pizarro's restaurant continues in the style set in his tapas bar, José, up the street, but in a much more roomy and therefore less hectic space, though it also fills up on weekend evenings. Menus are more extensive than at the tapas-only José, though you won't find the sort of intricate cooking that has made some Spanish chefs world-famous, but rather a selection of mostly traditional dishes prepared with immense care and skill, and the finest ingredients available; in this way, Pizarro is a master in bringing the familiar alive. A flawless gazpacho from a good-value lunch menu, for example, was delectably smooth and without a hint of excess acidity. Catalan-style cannelloni with spinach and pine nuts was ideal Mediterranean comfort food; it's hard to rave about spinach, but this was an exceptional dish, with darts of sweetness from supreme-quality raisins. An expertly slow-braised beef stew was an exemplar of multi-layered flavour. New for 2013 is the Sunday breakfast menu, served until early afternoon. The space artfully combines old-Spanish touches – tiles, warm wood, exposed brick – with a stripped-down New Bermondsey look, with snug booths for relaxed eating and bar-style seating facing the street. Abundant friendly staff work hard to keep the buzzy atmosphere going. Wines are as well-chosen as the produce, and very decently priced.
Pizarro Bermondsey is José Pizarro's second London restaurant. Found one block away from José's original tapas bar on Bermondsey Street; close to London Bridge station.
The restaurant serves a menu of small tapas style and more substantial dishes that can be served as starters and mains or as tapas for sharing. The Food is influenced by José's passion for the best quality seasonal Spanish produce cooked in an open kitchen. Get lost in our huge Spanish wine list and sherries and cocktails
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Pizarro's restaurant is a very friend that serves excellent Spanish food. The Spanish sweet dried cured ham was absolutely delicious. Good food and drink. I love the Spanish omelette and the fish. The restaurant is quite spacious and the service is friendly.
Quite simply the best! Bermondsey St for me is foodie heaven, with Pizarro is the restaurant that I measure all others, relaxed & friendly service with no West End attitude, dishes that are just so wow, great wine, I dine here a minium of once a month, for lunch, evening, with friends, or as a group booking out the back area or room
Had table booked on 2/11 @ 14.30 for my partner's birthday ... amazing meal, fantastic wine & sherry ... excellent service. Can you send me a photo of the Fernando de Castilla sherry bottle that we had @ £6.50 a glass ... it was fantastic!!! :)
Jose for lunch by twelve... Good tapas and not too packed.... Pizarro for dinner. Try the bar for the tapas. Pricey... Though ... Excelent wines and not too expensive.
We loved everything about Pizarro...and we didn't think Jose (the sister tapas bar just up the road) could be bettered. Despite just having opened we didn't note any teething problems - the staff were charming, the welcome warm, the service spot on and - most importantly - the food was perfect. Despite being full we could have eaten the whole meal again, particularly the amazing blue cheese croquetas which were wonderfully oozy and yet in the finest crispy shell you could imagine. And be sure to ask for recommendations of sherry to accompany your meal, they know what they're talking about...
Not a lot of veggie options here but the chef is here quite a lot so the standard is very good. Super quiet on Mondays if u wanna get the best table without the noise!
Absolutely amazing place, never had food here that didn't blow my mind.
Quite simply not only the best Spanish restaurant in London, but my favourite restaurant in London
It's delicious!
AllyD, That Jamon Iberico fo £20 it is very cheap!! I think you have to go to Spain more often to learn..... I'm local and it was sad to see Bermondsey Kitchen gone, But compare with Pizarro.... Yes you have to learn about food!
I've eaten here several times already and everything has been spot-on. Just a perfect restaurant!
toast and fantasitc ice-cream...and chairs to sit down on. Fab!
Possibly the best pork I've ever had (there's no way of writing that without sounding rude!) - the menu is refreshingly brief too, if that means every dish is done as carefully and beautifully as mine then that's a clear benefit. Re portion size, I only had a main and I was stuffed - plenty of food! Also, the waiters recommended some incredible red wine and exactly the kind of sherry I was after (their list is extensive).
I've eaten here several times already and everything has been spot-on. Everything is prepared with great care. The staff are knowledgeable and welcoming, and the cava, sherries and wines are delicious. There is every type of seating you could want, including bar seats overlooking the kitchen. It's perfect.
Just a perfect restaurant!
I've eaten at Jose several times and thought this would be more or less the same thing with more tables and chairs. Not quite. We went there today in the mood for tapas, and I was disappointed to discover that the menu was quite narrow - about 8 tapas or starter size plates, around £6-8 and about 6 main dishes around the £15 mark. What I did try I really enjoyed, however it wasn't necessarily what I would have gone for had I a wider menu to choose from. As with Jose, there is plenty of free sparkling water and the wine and beer by the glass are very reasonably priced. Compared with all the other restaurants on Bermondsey St - Zucca, Delfina, Village East - Pizarro was a little quiet and lacking in atmosphere, however I guess it will take time to build up trade. Watch this space.
This restaurant seemed quite nice to start with. However, we ordered a special from the list of items on the board, all of which were £5-15 per dish. On receiving the bill we discovered that the gambas were £45 for five of them baked in salt. They were tasteless and the flesh was mushy. Why was this plain dish so expensive? A reply was not forthcoming. A very disappointing experience.
Just average... Spanish food at its best can often be simple, elegant and uncomplicated, our meal was quite lacking in flavor we had to return the sea bass which was too dry and over cooked, and frankly tasted old, although the manager did come and apologise - he was a little patronising claiming they were so busy they picked up fresh fish everyday... I should think so too! So was not really impressed with his explanation. On the plus side they were very keen to replace the main dish with an alternative and the rose was very good. Lovely atmosphere and on the whole very helpful and polite staff, just a shame the food does not quite match the decor!
FInally managed to get a table at Pizarro now that it is less popular and they have started to take reservations. This may be related to a wider discovery that the emperor has no clothes. Good for drinks and snacks but not a great venue for full meal. The tapas are very good but quite expensive for small portions, the menu is vey limited and there is really no excuse for running out of croquetas by 9pm (from previous reviews it seems this happens regularly). Been there done that, probably won't go again.
Went there and it was a horrible experience! First we needed to beg for drinks and they came after food. We asked for some bread (the only good thing in the restaurant) and they never gave (apparently there is one slice of bread per person ONLY). My fish was inedible (literally). My friend had a raw tiny pigeon for £13 and horrible wine (we couldn't finish our meal). If you are a masochist then go there, otherwise avoid it!


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It's definitely not a bird. Nor is it a plane. The garish orange piece of plastic, small enough to hold in the palm of a hand, could pass for a missing limb of a toy tyrannosaurus. It may not look all that impressive, but it's notable for two reasons. One is that the monster arm has emerged from a 3D printer. The other is that it is, in fact, the first ever object made from thought.
This milestone was reached with little fanfare last month at the Santiago MakerSpace, a technology and design studio in the Chilean capital. The toy limb's shape was determined according to the wishes of its designer, as gleaned from a headset picking up his brainwaves. The man in question was George Laskowsky, Chief Technical Officer of Thinker Thing, the Chilean start-up developing the mind-controlled 3D printing system.
Engineers and designers have been using 3D printers for more than two decades. More recently, prices have tumbled and desk-top devices are increasingly being pitched at consumers. The touted possibilities appear to be endless – from bones to buildings to burritos – making some observers predict revolutionary consequences like the eventual demise of the factory. Because 3D printers build objects layer by layer from materials such as plastic or metal dust, a key advantage is the comparative freedom they give designers. Yet the design software is not easy to master, especially if you are four-years-old and haven't yet learnt to hold a pencil properly.
"What is the point of these printers if my son cannot design his own toy?" says Bryan Salt, CEO of Thinker Thing. "I realised that while there were a lot of people talking about the hardware of the printer no-one really seemed to be talking about how to actually use it." In theory 3D printers could help unleash our inner creativity, freeing us from the constraints of traditional production methods. However, in practice those unwilling or unable to plough through the software instruction manual could be left downloading ready- made models designed by others.
That's where Emotional Evolutionary Design (EED), the software that allows Thinker Thing to interpret its users' thoughts, comes in. Its current role is to power the Monster Dreamer Project, which will allow users to design their own fantastical creatures using the power of thought. Chilean children will get the first opportunity to try it out during tour of schools in the country at the end of this month.
When those children sit in front of a computer running Monster Dreamer, they will be presented with a series of different body shapes in bubbles. These will mutate randomly, with built-in rules preventing them becoming too abstract. The children's reactions to the changes will be picked up by an Emotiv EPOC headset, a $300 electroencephalography (EEG) device designed to pick up the electrical signals from brain cell interactions using fourteen sensors on the scalp. As different brain states such as excitement or boredom generate specific patterns of brain activity, the computer can identify the shapes associated with positive emotional responses. The favoured shapes will grow bigger on the screen, while the others shrink. The biggest shapes are combined to generate a body part, and the process is repeated for different body parts until the monster is complete. The final result should be a unique 3D model that is ready for printing as a solid object.
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Design steered by emotional responses is based on the notion that most people are better at critiquing a design than they are at thinking of new ideas from scratch, especially if they have no training. "One of the biggest bottlenecks right now with 3D printing is content," says Professor Hod Lipson, director of the Creative Machines Lab at Cornell University, in Ithaca, New York State. "We have iPods with no music. We have machines that can make almost anything but we do not have a lot of things to make with them."
Lipson's lab is also working on evolving 3D models with the mind. EndlessForms, created by two of Lipson's students, is a website that mimics nature's way of creating new designs in small steps. At the start of the process users are presented with 15 three-dimensional shapes. Clicking on any two will combine them and produce fifteen new shapes based on those choices. If you wanted to make a cat, you might click on one shape with the semblance of a muzzle and another with two pointed, ear-like triangles on top. The computer would then offer up a series of new shapes that more closely resemble the cat you have in mind, and so on until the model reaches the desired shape.
To reduce the time spent clicking, the researchers came to the same conclusion as the Thinker Thing team – feeding users' thoughts back into the computer directly could make the process quicker. So, last year, the team used Emotiv EPOC headsets to read users' brain signals and therefore determine their reactions. But then they ran into a problem. "At some point we were thinking it was only measuring the level of sweat because we were actually trying so hard to feel happy or sad about something," says Lipson. No matter how many times they tried, the scientists could not find a reliable signal to use from the headset.
The problem with cheap consumer headsets is that the signals they pick up are already weak. The skull dampens the small electrical impulses from the brain's neurons and electrical signals from nearby facial muscles can overpower them. Some sceptics argue that consumer EEG devices are not really measuring thoughts at all.
Others argue that for applications that only require basic feedback such as yes or no, the readings they generate can be accurate enough. "If they are simple positive or negative emotions, it can be 100%," says Dr Olga Sourina, head of the Cognitive Human Computer Interaction Lab at the Nanyang Technological University, Singapore. "When you need to differ between more emotions like anger or fear, they can be less accurate." Sourina has spent nine years working on improving the ability of computers to recognise emotions from EEG.
With some of the limitations of consumer EEG technology in mind, Lipson and colleagues decided to monitor thoughts via the eyeballs. Eye tracking can identify the shapes that get the most attention, and this could be used to shape design processes. The snag is that without an EEG headset it is not possible to tell whether someone is looking at a shape because they find it strange or beautiful. Even so, the team's research so far suggests that at the end of the process participants still feel they have managed to reach the desired design. There's some way to go, but in the future a combination of brain scanning and eye tracking may be preferred to the trusty old mouse when it comes to 3D object design.
Dream maker
If and when that day comes, it still won't be a case of closing your eyes, imagining a unicorn and hearing the printer take off. But recent work by two teams of neuroscientists suggests the idea of translating whole images from the mind to the design screen may not be as improbable as it sounds. "In principle, it is not farfetched at all," says Professor Jack Gallant, from the University of California, Berkeley. "We have already published many papers where we reconstruct photographs or movies from what people have seen."
In 2011, Gallant's team used a magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) scanner to show how computers can be trained to read the minds of those watching moving images. They built up a database of the activity in a key visual centre of the brain as three fellow researchers watched a compilation of Hollywood film trailer clips. Next the subjects watched a new set of clips. Based on the brain activity this generated, and the database created from the first phase of the experiment, the computer was asked to select segments of 5,000 hours of randomly selected YouTube clips that best matched the second sequence of clips. The results, although blurry, were recognisable as copies of the originals, and demonstrated for the first time the ability to decode moving images from the brain.
A related advance came in April this year when Japanese scientists led by Yukiyasu Kamitani, of the ATR Computational Neuroscience Laboratories in Kyoto, revealed they had made significant steps towards automated dream decoding. Three people had their brains scanned in a MRI machine while they slept. They were awoken when EEG signals indicated they had reached an early phase of sleep associated with dreaming. The researchers then asked them to describe their dreams, with the process being repeated until more than 200 reports had been collected for each person.
Kamitani's group then chose 20 categories of objects and scenes based on the words that occurred most frequently in the descriptions. They selected photos representing each category, and scanned their volunteers' brains while they looked at them. Comparing the scans taken while participants were awake with those while they were dreaming allowed the accurate prediction of dream content 60-70% of the time, depending on the individuals, the brain areas involved and different objects and scenes involved. It may not yet be a fully formed "dream decoder", but it does show that direct decoding mental images is a possibility.
MRI scanners may be better at reading the brain than cheap EEG headsets, but that does not make them a practical or affordable solution for 3D printing. "As a giant three million dollar magnet, it is not something you would just wear around," says Gallant.
Even if these issues can be overcome, there are other obstacles. Seeing an object and imagining one may not produce the same brain signals. On top of this individuals vary widely in their abilities to dream up designs from scratch, and in the level of detail they can imagine. "I have been doing 3D modelling since it began back in the 80s," said Salt. "And the process is that you build something and then you move it about. You do not sit down and think, I have something absolutely finite in my head and that is what I am going to build."
These challenges suggest the idea of 3D printing guided by fully formed mental images of users is, if not entirely farfetched, a long way from becoming reality. Combining sensors that can pick up human emotions with design software that can interpret and respond to them looks like the nearest we're going to get to creating 3D objects from thought in the near future.
So Thinker Thing's twig-like orange monster arm, as unsophisticated as it may appear at first glance, may one day be celebrated as marking the start of a new and exciting way of moulding the things around us. "It is really something magical to be there, sat without moving a limb, and watching the designs evolve into something that you were thinking about," says Laskowsky.
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Thinker Thing, a start-up based in Santiago, Chile, says it has developed a way of printing 3D objects from people's thoughts. (Copyright: Nisha Ligon)
Thinker Thing, a start-up based in Santiago, Chile, says it has developed a way of printing 3D objects from people's thoughts. (Copyright: Nisha Ligon)
This toy arm is the first object from thought successfully created by the start-up. (Copyright: Thinker Thing)
(Copyright: Thinker Thing)
The shape and form of the toy limb was determined from a headset picking up a person's brainwaves. (Copyright: Nisha Ligon)
The shape and form of the toy limb was determined from a headset picking up a person's brainwaves. (Copyright: Nisha Ligon)
The idea is that even a young person would be able to create 3D objects from their imagination (Copyright: Thinker Thing)
The idea is that even a young person would be able to create 3D objects from their imagination (Copyright: Thinker Thing)
An early version of the so-called Emotional Evolutionary Design system that will allow people to evolve a design with their mind. (Copyright: Thinker Thing)
An early version of the so-called Emotional Evolutionary Design system that will allow people to evolve a design with their mind. (Copyright: Thinker Thing)
Chilean children will get the first opportunity to try it out later this month when they will turn their thoughts to changing monster designs. (Copyright: Nisha Ligon)
Chilean children will get the first opportunity to try it out later this month when they will turn their thoughts to changing monster designs. (Copyright: Nisha Ligon)
The final result should be a unique 3D model that is ready for printing as a solid object. (Copyright: Nisha Ligon)
The final result should be a unique 3D model that is ready for printing as a solid object. (Copyright: Nisha Ligon)