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The changeful Way of Estonian-Finnish Literature Relationships
Endel Mallene
"We are two different nations separated by the sea, divided by history and circumstances. Our languages are hardly understandable to each other and everyday problems of our lives are often quite different," wrote a well-known Estonian author and promoter of Estonian-Finnish literature relationships Friedebert Tuglas in his congratulatory letter Greetings from behind the Gulf on the occasion of centenary of the Finnish Literature Association in 1931. But he continued, "And still, in the tensest situations of our national life we have felt ourselves to be closer to each other than to anybody else."
Therefore it is obvious that also our contacts in literature have relatively long and remarkable history. We know, though, that not always were these contacts exactly as we would have desired. In some periods they almost vanished. This, however, happened for reasons beyond our reach.
The first Estonian book translated into Finnish is considered to be Eesti muinasjutte ("Estonian Fairy Tales") translated by Pietari Hannikainen. It was published in 1847 in Mikkeli and contained three myths by Friedrich Robert Faehlmann and four Estonian fairy tales. The list of Finnish books translated into Estonian was opened by Novellad ehk uudisjutud ("Novellas or Short Stories") by Kaarlo Suomalainen, published in 1881 in translation by Paul Undritz.
Whereas one hundred and fifty years is not a long period, it should be noted that our national literatures are not much older.
It is significant that already in the last century the first translation of Kalevala was available in Estonian, as well as the creation of Aleksis Kivi – both translated by Matthias Johann Eisen. Indeed, A. Kivi was initially represented only by his Öö ja päev ("The Night and Day"), staged the same year of 1884 at the Tartu theatre "Vanemuine". Also the first prose anthology of a special kind Soome uudisjutud ("Finnish Novellas") in three fascicles (1882 to 1885) was published. Altogether about three hundred and fifty pieces of Finnish literature, including those printed in periodicals, were published in the Estonian language in the last century.
The most remarkable translations from Estonian into Finnish in the same period were Lydia Koidula's story Ojamölder ja temma minnia ("The Brookmiller and His Daughter-in-law"), Eduard Bornhöhe's Tasuja ("The Avenger"), Lilli Suburg's Liina ("Liina") and Eesti Muinasjutud ja muistendid ("Estonian Fairy Tales and Myths") complied by Kaarle Krohn. Even the first review of Estonian literature was published, written by August Ahlqvist and enclosed with a brief anthology of translation examples.
At the beginning of this century Juhani Aho and our "common author" Aino Kallas became the most translated Finnish authors in Estonia. Aino Kallas has remained the most translated Finnish author up until now. While Juhani Aho was published mostly until 1930s – by then 15 of his books were published and later just 6 books have been added – Aino Kallas' works have been published until very recent times.
Translations of Minna Canth, Johannes Linnakoski and Eino Leino were also popular at the beginning of the century.
The beginning of this century marked the spread of Estonian literature of more virtu in the Finnish language. At first it was represented mostly by Eduard Vilde whose novels Koidu ajal ("At Dawn"), Mäeküla piimamees ("The Milkman of Mäeküla") and Pisuhänd ("The Spark-Tail") became popular in Finland, and Friedebert Tuglas with two collections of short stories: Vilkuv tuli ("The Winking Light") and Saatus ("The Fate"). Among more remarkable publications of that period one must mention an anthology of short stories Inimese vari ("The Human Shadow") compiled by Elsa Enäjärvi-Haavio and Aino Kallas' collected essays Noor-Eesti ("The Young Estonia").
Much more and quite advisedly Finnish literature was started to be published during Estonian independence in the 1920s and 1930s. During these two decades, about one hundred books of Finnish authors were published in Estonia. Mutual exchanges of official delegations of authors started to take place in these years. In 1930, seven members of the Estonian Writers' Union visited their colleagues on invitation by the Finnish Writers' Union. In return, an eight-member delegation of Finnish authors arrived the next spring, invited by Estonian Writers' Union. Thus, the more or less occasional visits of writers of kindred nations were replaced with more organised contacts. Hitherto, the most impressive private visit to Estonia was undoubtedly Eino Leino's visit to Tallinn and Tartu in spring 1921.
During the years of Estonian Republic, works of Juhani Aho and Aino Kalda, as well as Johannes Linnakoski, Minna Canth and Eino Leino, continued to be translated. This list was supplemented by Arvi Järnefelt, Johannes Lehtonen, Frans Eemil Sillanpää, Ilmari Kianto, Santeri Ivalo, Pentti Haanpää, Mika Waltari, Hilja Valtonen and, from earlier literature, by Aleksis Kivi's Seitse venda ("The Seven Brothers") and Nõmmekingsepad ("The Heath Shoemakers") in the translation by Fridebert Tuglas. Besides, Seitse venda was first published in Estonian as a separate edition in 1924 when the novel had been published only in Swedish and German. It must be mentioned that this carefully made translation ran through about ten editions in different times and different years. Regrettably, some "tenth-rate works" were published among others, as it was pointed out in a critique of translation by August Annist, an outstanding developer of Estonian-Finnish relationships in literature and the author of the new masterly translation of Kalevala (1939).
During the same years, about ten Estonian belletristic works were translated into Finnish. It was the period when mutual translation of fiction was most evidently out of balance.
The most significant works of Estonian authors published at this time were probably A. H. Tammsaare's Kõrboja peremees ("The Master of Kõrboja") translated by Ida Grünthal, and Part I and V of Tõde ja õigus ("The Truth and Justice") translated by Erkki Reijonen. Unfortunately, other volumes of the A. H. Tammsaare's epopee have remained untranslated and thus only depiction of country-life, presented in this grand novel, reached the Finnish reader. Only a brief overview of the remaining volumes was presented in the foreword to the last volume.
Other noteworthy translations were a novel Ümera jõel ("In River Ümera") by Mait Metsanurk, Karge meri ("The Hard Sea") by August Gailit and Metsmees ("The Woodsman") by Richard Janno. Still, the most remarkable edition of these years was the anthology Eesti runotar ("Estonian Poetry") compiled by Elsa Enäjärvi-Haavio and provided with a thorough foreword (1940). Up until now, there is no equally comprehensive anthology of Finnish poetry in Estonian.
In 1940 Estonia was occupied and the literature contacts between Estonia and Finland practically ceased. Of Finnish literature, during the German occupation only a sequent reprint of Seitse venda was published. Some translations, though, were published in periodicals. For example, a short novel by Mika Waltari Antero ei tule enam tagasi ("Antero will not Return") was published as a ruled-off by the daily Postimees. Under the Soviet occupation, publication of translations from Finnish literature was resumed only in 1955.
On the other hand, publication of translations from Estonian literature in Finland never stopped at the years of war. At that period, the list of Estonian books translated into Finnish increased with four Estonian novels: two by August Mälk, a novel by Albert Kivikas about the Independence War Nimed marmortahvlil ("Names on the Marble Slab") and Toomas Nipernaadi ("Toomas Nipernaadi") by August Gailit.
After the restoration of Soviet occupation, all these three authors became Estonian writers in exile. For nearly two decades, indeed, Finnish publishers brought out almost without exceptions works of Estonian authors in exile. In addition to those already mentioned, several novels and collected short stories were published from Karl Ristikivi, Ilmar Talve, Gert Helbemäe, but the most numerously from Valev Uibopuu – five books. Among the publications there was one collection of poems, namely Bernhard Kangro's Leegitsev jälg ("The Flaming Track"). In the post-war years a brilliant translation by Helmer Winter of Friedrich Reinhold Kreutzwald's Kalevipoeg, although in shortened version, reached the Finnish reader.
Estonian publishing houses in exile started bringing out Estonian translations of Finnish literature ten years earlier than those in Estonia. Especially praiseworthy was the activity of the publishing house "Orto" that first worked in Sweden and thereafter in Canada. Understandably, "Orto" started with publication of our common author Aino Kallas. Her works were soon followed by translations from Frans Emil Sillanpää, Juhani Aho, Jorma Korpela, Eva Kilpi, Pentti Holappa and Olavi Siippainen, Mauri Sariola and Hilja Valtonen. It was this publishing house that brought out the Estonian translation of Väinö Linna's Tundmatu Sõdur ("The Unknown Soldier") shortly after it was published in Finland. and just from Mika Waltari 18 books were published there. From Mika Waltari alone, "Orto" has published 18 books.
In fact, the beginning of post-war period in publishing translations of Finnish literature in Estonia can be fixed quite precisely. This new chapter began in 1957. The fourth print of The Seven Brothers two years earlier remained just a solitary "first swallow". It was in 1957 that several new prints of previous translations were published, as well as a remarkable number of new translations including comprehensive prose selections from Maiju Lassila and Pentti Haanpää. With these two books, Harald Lepik made his debut as a translator from Finnish. Later, he became the most remarkable – and still remains the most productive – translator from the Finnish language into Estonian. Notwithstanding the fact that he never visited Finland. Those were the times.
Among the 26 books translated into Estonian by Harald Lepik, old as well as contemporary prose from quite different Finnish authors can be found. However, one can easily notice that, in one way or another, Lepik preferred depiction of life of ordinary people as well as books where humour – particularly the popular Finnish humour – played a significant role. Since he was initially the only translator from Finnish, such kind of books shaped the general picture of Estonian translations from Finnish during the first ten or fifteen years. After mid-sixties, however, when the Estonian literature had gone through several changes and transformations, selection of authors and works for translation by Harald Lepik grew wider. Thus, beside the prose works by Veikko Huovinen, Aapeli and Sakari Pälsi, Väinö Linna, Toivo Pekkanen and Sylvi Kekkonen, Olli and Martti Larni, translations appeared by Lepik from Veijo Meri, Antti Hyry, Paavo Haavikko and Volter Kilpi. By then, others started translating from Finnish, too, making their contribution to extending the range of the translated Finnish literature. First, they mediated Marja-Liisa Vartio, Anu Kaipainen, Pentti Holappa, Juha Mannerkorpi, Eva Tikka, Kerttu-Kaarina Suosalmi and, later on, many other Finnish authors.
After the Finnish President's visit to Estonia in 1964, translating and publishing in Finland of exile Estonian authors stopped and even later the exile part of Estonian literature among Finnish translations remained negligible. In the 1960s and 1970s, only classics of Estonian literature like Friedebert Tuglas, A. H. Tammsaare and O. Luts were published, as well as works from recognised authors of Soviet Estonia of that period.
According to Kai Laitinen, a prominent scholar in literature and a researcher in Estonian-Finnish literature relationships, the decisive change in bringing out Estonian literature in Finland was marked by two anthologies. The first one, Soome lahe tagant ("From Behind the Gulf of Finland", 1968), compiled by Eva Hyvärinen (Lille) and Endel Mallene, introduced three new authors who represented the new Estonian prose unknown to the Finnish public. These authors were Mati Unt, Arvo Valton and Enn Vetemaa. The other anthology was 20 nüüdiseesti luuletajat ("20 Poets of Contemporary Estonia", 1969), edited by Arvo Turtiainen and Raili Kilpi, which continued the presentation of Estonian poetry from the point where Elsa Enäjärvi-Haavio's Eesti runotar had stopped – that is, from Betti Alver and her generation – up to Paul-Eerik Rummo and Jaan Kaplinski. The latter edition is remarkable also in the respect that Estonian poets in exile and in the homeland were represented together.
Characteristically to the post-war period, mutual translation of poetry started to gain more attention. Before the war, just a handful of books of Finnish poetry was published in Estonia. After the war, a good number of them were brought out, thanks to Debora Vaarandi who is the most consistent translator of Finnish poetry into Estonian. Separate collections of poems were published from Aleksis Kivi, Aino Kalda and Eino Leino, Katri Vala, Edith Södergran, Arvo Turtiainen and Elvi Sinervo, Tuomas Anhava, Paavo Haavikko, Pentti Saarikoski and Hannu Mäkelä. A collection of poems by four authors – Paavo Haavikko, Väinö Kirstinä, Eeva-Liisa Manner and Pentti Saarikoski – was brought out in 1967 in translation by Paul-Eerik Rummo and Ly Seppel. However, the biggest and the most embracing of published anthologies is Kümme nüüdissoome luuletajat ("Ten Poets of Contemporary Finland") compiled by Joel Sang and brought out in 1991.
Whereas, in terms of prose, Estonians have translated Finnish authors continually and in a much greater number than Estonian authors were translated in Finland, in terms of poetry there are still no such comprehensive anthologies of Finnish poetry in Estonia as there are several of Estonian poetry in Finland. In addition to Eesti runotar and 20 nüüdiseesti luuletajat, a new comprehensive collection of Estonian poetry Uute sulgede kasvamine ("Growing of New Feathers"), compiled by Pirkko Huurto and Paul-Eerik Rummo, was published in 1984. Selections of poetry from Marie Under, Debora Vaarandi, Ellen Niit, Jaan Kaplinski, Hando Runnel and Juhan Viiding were published in separate issues.
During the last thirty years, at least four to five – and sometimes even more – works of Finnish authors have been published in Estonia annually, and there is a dozen of people who are more or less continuously engaged in translating Finnish literature. In the most recent times Eeva Joenpelto, Paavo Rintala, Helvi Hämäläinen, Antti Tuuri, Hannu Salama, Eino Säisä, Erno and Arto Paasilinna, Olli Jalonen, Danil Katz, Leena Krohn, Annika Idström, Juhani Salokannel, Matti Yrjänä Joensuu and others have been introduced to the Estonian readers. These authors belong to quite different trends and generations of Finnish literature.
Particularly since 1980s and after the official visit to Estonia in 1988 by a ten-member delegation of the Union of Swedish Writers in Finland, our publishers and translators have become more and more attracted by Swedish literature in Finland. Next to Edith Södergran, the Estonian reader has now a collection of poems and aphorisms by Elmar Diktonius, as well as Lars Huldén's selected poems and prose work by Hagar Olsson, Ralf Nordgren, Christer Kihlman, Bo Carpelan, Märta Tikkanen and Johan Bargum.
The 1980s have become the most remarkable years in publishing Estonian literature in Finland. Hitherto, Finnish literature was translated into Estonian usually in much greater volume than Estonian literature into Finnish. Mutual translation has now become balanced; there were even years when Finns translated more Estonian literature than vice versa. The favourite Estonian prose author to Finnish readers is indisputably Jaan Kross, most of whose work has been translated into Finnish. He is followed by Viivi Luik, Lennart Meri, Mati Unt and Jaan Kaplinski, as well as Mats Traat, Raimond Kaugver, Juhan Peegel, Arvo Valton, Enn Vetemaa, Ülo Tuulik, Emil Tode and others. It is natural as well that particularly during the last ten or fifteen years the circle of translators from Estonian into Finnish has visibly grown.
Today, we look forward with excitement, eager to see what will be the future shape of our mutual literary relations – under the once again changed conditions.


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I thought it would be kind of cool if everyone who comments on this blog said what they're favourite restaurant is right now (and maybe a reason as to why), so that others reading this blog who live nearby these places can possibly expand their horizons and try something new.
I'll go first- my favourite restaurant right now (with a wee bit of masterchef bias) is Andre's Cucina and Polenta Bar in Adelaide CBD. Andre has opened an Italian restaurant like I have never experienced; there's no pizza or pasta to be seen anywhere on the menu. What it does have though, is a perfect menu for sharing with friends. Food arrives at the table on little wooden boards, perfect for a less than formal meal, and there is a seperate polenta menu, my favourite so far is the truffle and mushroom polenta.
It is possible to follow a more traditional restaurant meal and have a main course, such as the sous-vide rib eye finished on the grill and served with salsa verde, which has seen many the customer question how it is so tender. The desserts are creative, the cookies and cream regular on the menu is a pannacotta in a jar, served with an array of biscotti. I have eaten there three times now, and I'm still excited by the concept. Bring good company, enjoy some good wine and the fun, slightly adventurous atmosphere and I think you'll see why I'm raving on about this place to anyone who will listen.
If you are interested you can get some more information at andrescucina.com.au

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Smart Contact Lens: I'm all about the tech, however, I put the brakes on when we get to Wetware. Too much reading of Bruce Sterling and William Gibson I think. Well for glaucoma patients this contact lens may just be the thing to catch those pesky eye pressure spikes.
Before LPs There Were 78s: We have reached an age where if you discuss Vinyl with younger people they think you are talking about clothes instead of the long playing record variety that so many of us grew up with prior to the MP3 generation. This article talks about one man's crusade to digitize as many 78s as possible.
And if that doesn't take you back you can read this about albums being reissued on Reel to Reel.
Snowl: I've been hearing about this Firefox extension that lets you read your messages within the browser. I don't have the time to play with this now but I think I might come back to it later. Here is a Windows Super Site blog entry on Snowl.
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
Random Goodness: Smart Contacts, 78s and Snowl
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May 1, 2009
Al Qaeda's No. 2 thug has "emerged" as its operational leader after seven years on the run with the same $25 million bounty on his head as Osama Bin Laden.
Despite years of Bush administration claims that Ayman al-Zawahiri - an Egyptian doctor turned Bin Laden deputy - was on the lam with his boss and unable to exert control, the opposite is now true, a State Department report said Thursday.
"Al Qaeda has reconstituted some of its pre-9/11 operational capabilities" in Pakistan's tribal safe haven on the Afghan border, replaced lost lieutenants and achieved "the restoration of some central control by its top leadership, in particular Ayman al-Zawahiri," the annual Country Reports on Terrorism said.
"Although Bin Laden remains the group's ideological figurehead, Zawahiri has emerged as Al Qaeda's strategic and operational planner," the report added.
The new assessment wasn't a surprise to terror experts, since Zawahiri put out 12 audio and video messages last year and four this year - including one last week.
"As important as it is to neutralize Al Qaeda's top leaders, you also have to maintain an unblinking focus on disrupting its operations," said Kenneth Wainstein, a top George W. Bush homeland security adviser now with the O'Melveny and Myers law firm.
The U.S. has staged more than 40 missile attacks in the tribal areas of Pakistan - principally in North and South Waziristan - since June. At least eight mid-level Al Qaeda leaders have been killed in the attacks by unmanned U.S. drones, which have sparked relatively little backlash by the government of President Asif Ali Zardari.
U.S. intelligence officials have said Bin Laden is too concerned with his own personal security to oversee Al Qaeda plots, while Zawahiri has increasingly appeared to benefit from protection of current or former Pakistani army or intelligence operatives.
Earlier this year, Team Bush's top intelligence expert said the more Zawahiri exposed himself in Al Qaeda's propaganda recordings, the greater his personal risk that couriers might be traced back to him or that something caught on the audio or in the image would offer the CIA a fatal clue to his whereabouts.
"If (Zawahiri) stays real active, guess what fate he will suffer?" ex-Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell told reporters in January.
Still, McConnell added, "We've got them so isolated they've become ineffective."
The State Department also reported that Al Qaeda has built "stronger operational ties" to terror groups in the Middle East, North Africa and Europe, and its size is now "difficult to determine."
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My name is Pepakura
Workshop at UCH-CEU University in Valencia. Exploring the potential of PepaKura, a software that generates unfolded patterns from 3D data.
Carmen for FontanaArte at Salone del Mobile
A family of lights inspired by old armours launch at Euroluce. 12-17_04_11 Fiera Milano Rho, Hall 11 - Stand A19-B18. The collection will also be on show at FontanaArte showroom, Via Santa Margherita, 4, Milano.
Woods for Arturo Alvarez at Salone del Mobile
Inspired by the magical image of a forest where the light escapes through its trees. Woods will be launched at Euroluce 12_04_11. Press presentation 13_04_11 at 14:30, Fiera Milano Rho. Hall 11 - Stand C37, Milano.
New products for Gan at Salone del Mobile
A new rug and poufs for Gan. The new products will be on show at Fiera Milano Rho and Gandia Blasco Showroom, Via Tortona 31, Milano.
Zaragoza talk and workshop
Héctor will give a talk and workshop at ESDA on 30th of March.
Natura for La Mediterranea at Maison&Objet
A new collection of lights and vases for La Mediterranea, launch in Masion&Objet. Hall 3 Stand F31. 21-25 January. The collection will also be on show in Intergift, Hall 8 Stand 8B155, 3-7 February, Madrid.
Tenerife Design Festival
We are invited to Tenerife Design Festival. We will be doing a workshop exploring ways to enjoy the traditional dish Papa and Mojo.
Jumpthegap at Roca Barcelona Gallery
The installation We designed for Jumpthegap: International Design Contest by Roca, is now on display in Roca Barcelona Gallery. Building by architecture studio OAB, by Carlos Ferrater.


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Last fall, UC Irvine held its annual Anteater Involvement Fair, when campus groups put up a booth in the quad to recruit new members.
The most popular booth? Not the Greeks or the football boosters or the chess team.
It was the League of Legends club.
The fantasy-driven battle game is now the largest, most played online game in the world. Its reach is simply massive.
"It all happened so fast," said club organizer Diana Chang. "We were not even done setting up our base when people started coming in and asking about membership."


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Training Tuesday Tip: Using Excel's Transpose Feature
Have you ever had an Excel worksheet where you would like to flip the data from columns to rows? In today's Tuesday Tip you will learn how this can be done with the Excel "Transpose" feature.
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Torture. Rape. Crucifixion. Beheading. These are topics that make headlines in the United States if they're perpetrated by anyone other than the Islamic State and anywhere other than the Middle East. Americans and other nations have grown so accustomed to the extreme levels of persecution against Christians by ISIS that it doesn't even warrant a mention in major publications.
The story of 12 Christians brutally, publicly tortured and martyred is all too common. It's also extremely disgusting to imagine, so most choose to ignore the situation despite the fact that it represents genocide of Biblical proportions, literally. In the lands where much of Christianity built its roots, Syria, we are ignoring the most heinous persecutions we've seen in modern times. It's so outrageous, so infuriating, that American media, politicians, and the general population have chosen to pretend like it doesn't exist.
After all, it doesn't concern us, right? It's regional. It's isolated. It's not Americans getting killed. It's not a beloved lion getting hunted. It's not a Kardashian acting stupid. It's not a football player getting arrested. It's not the Pope talking about immigration. It's not a Presidential candidate being funny or singing songs on late night talk shows.
It's simply not the type of news that American media deems worthy of a headline.
That's just not acceptable. Read the whole story. Let it sink in. Share it with anyone you can. Send it to your elected officials. Send it to your favorite candidate. These crimes are so heinous that you don't want to think about it, let alone share it. I don't care. Share it anyway. This needs to be known.
Here's the story:
12 Christians Brutally Executed by ISIS Refused to Renounce Name of Christ, Died Praying, Reciting Lord's Prayer
Twelve Christians have been brutally executed by the Islamic State, including the 12-year-old son of a Syrian ministry team leader who had planted nine churches, because they refused to renounce the name of Jesus Christ and embrace Islam. The martyrs were faithful to the very end; right before one woman was beheaded by the terror group, she appeared to be smiling slightly as she said, "Jesus!"
According to Christian Aid Mission, a humanitarian group which assists indigenous Christian workers in their native countries, the horrific murders took place on August 28 in an unnamed village outside Aleppo, Syria.
"In front of the team leader and relatives in the crowd, the Islamic extremists cut off the fingertips of the boy and severely beat him, telling his father they would stop the torture only if he, the father, returned to Islam," Christian Aid revealed, according to a report from Morning Star News. "When the team leader refused, relatives said, the ISIS militants also tortured and beat him and the two other ministry workers. The three men and the boy then met their deaths in crucifixion."
They were killed for refusing to return to Islam after embracing Christianity, as were the other eight aid workers, including two women, according to Christian Aid. The eight were taken to a separate site in the village and asked if they would return to Islam. However, after they refused to renounce Christ, the women, ages 29 and 33, were raped before the crowd summoned to watch, and then all eight were beheaded.
They prayed as they knelt before the Islamic State militants, according to the ministry leader Christian Aid assists, who spoke with relatives and villagers while visiting the site.
"Villagers said some were praying in the name of Jesus, others said some were praying the Lord's Prayer, and others said some of them lifted their heads to commend their spirits to Jesus," the ministry director told Christian Aid. "One of the women looked up and seemed to be almost smiling as she said, 'Jesus!'"
In a manner reflective of Christ's crucifixion, the bodies of those killed were then hung on crosses for display.
The twelve martyrs are among thousands of Christians who have been ransomed, tortured, beheaded and killed over the past year by the Islamic State, a hardline Muslim group determined to wipe Christianity off the Middle Eastern map.
The jihadist group has also destroyed countless time-honored Christian monasteries, manuscripts, and holy sites in an attempt to eradicate the faith.
In Syria alone, the Christian population has plunged by nearly two-thirds since the country's civil war started in 2011. In Iraq, the Christian population is teetering on extinction, dwindling from around 1.5 million in 2003 to well below 200,000 now.
"It is like going back 1,000 years seeing the barbarity that Christians are having to live under. I think we are dealing with a group which makes Nazism pale in comparison and I think they have lost all respect for human life," Patrick Sookhdeo, founder of Barnabas Fund, a charity which seeks to help Syrian Christians, told the Daily Express.
"Crucifying these people is sending a message and they are using forms of killing which they believe have been sanctioned by Sharia law," he added. "For them what they are doing is perfectly normal and they don't see a problem with it. It is that religious justification which is so appalling."
In Defense of Christians, a persecution watchdog group, earlier this month lobbied on Capitol Hill for lawmakers to pass a resolution characterizing ISIS's targeting of the Christian minority as "genocide."


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I can't believe it is over! It just flew by!
And me without a photo of what I have been up to. hmmpf.
Well, I made 4 ATC's this month and traded them. Not so prolific on the ATCs.
I did finish the Raven.
I do have that reflected autumn scene in the works.
And I have another tree going as well. This one is 19" x 14 " Maybe. I could be wrong.
I purchased a photo from another blogger. You can view it here. I love the unusual-ness of this holiday image. http://suespaintsandpics.blogspot.com/2008/11/well-heres-is-that-cedar-rail-fence-in.html
My eldest has his own end of class photography exhibition tonight.
My youngest was in a play: Junglebook Jr.
All in all, I've had a darn good, creative, rewarding (artistically and otherwise) month!


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Security researcher Sebastián Guerrero recently uncovered a flaw in Instagram, affecting both the Android and iPhone apps, that enables anyone to add themselves as a "friend" to any user's Instagram account and view that user's private photos and profile information.
"In his personal security blog (written in Spanish), Guerrero pointed out that the flaw is due to a 'lack of control on the logic applied to [the] authorization feature,'" writes GFI Labs' Jovi Umawing. "In normal-speak, this means that a programming mistake led to the mishandling of authorizing friend requests. Because of this, attackers can brute force their way into a target's Instagram account without their permission. Guerrero aptly named the flaw as 'Friendship Vulnerability.'"
"The security researcher illustrated the vulnerability by adding himself to the select group of people followed by Facebook head honcho Mark Zuckerberg," writes The Register's John Leyden. "Guerrero then sent the social networking mogul a message congratulating him on buying Instagram and asking for some sort of reward under Facebook's bug bounty program."
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During this time, some 260 Woodside-hosted apprentices and trainees, employed by EAG during their training, have accepted permanent positions with Woodside.
In 2017 alone, 28 apprentices and trainees commenced their training at Woodside facilities in the following areas:
All new apprentices and trainees in 2017 are residential, living and training in Karratha.
Woodside's Asset Manager at the Karratha Gas Plant, Andrew Lobb, said 'growing our own' was a key focus for Woodside.
"We are creating a pipeline of skilled personnel to operate our facilities into the future," Andrew said.
"Wherever possible, we take on residential trainees and apprentices to give locals the opportunity to complete training and gain full-time employment here in Karratha".
Last month, Woodside and EAG held their annual awards night, celebrating the achievements of Woodside-hosted apprentices and trainees in Karratha.
The 2017 High Achiever award for graduating apprentices and trainees was shared between electrical instrumentation apprentice Braden Levis and mechanical apprentice Mikayla Smith.
Mikayla, who accepted a full-time position with Woodside in February 2017, said she felt nervous starting her apprenticeship four years ago.
"I was really nervous being on such a big site and knowing very little about the LNG process and the job," Mikayla said.
"But everyone was really welcoming and there were five first-year mechanical apprentices in my group so we helped each other a lot."
Mikayla said she found out about the apprenticeship at school where she completed a pre-apprenticeship, learning basic skills that she said were very helpful when starting her apprenticeship with Woodside.
"I was doing the pre-apprenticeship program so I already had an idea that it was what I wanted to do but Woodside people came and talked to us about the opportunities and I applied," she said.
"I really owe it to the people in the Production Academy on site at Karratha Gas Plant and the tradespeople who helped me along the way.
"They really set us up for success by teaching us our trade and all of the other things we needed to know about permits, working safely and other areas".
Mikayla said she felt privileged to win the award alongside Braden and thanked the EAG and Woodside teams who organised the event.
Mikayla is currently working in the Domestic Gas area of the Karratha Gas Plant.
Woodside employee, Luke Caldwell, who graduated from an electrical instrumentation apprenticeship in 2010, also attended the awards night but in a different capacity.
Luke has worked both offshore and onshore as a maintenance technician and six months ago, moved into a training role at the Production Academy.
Luke said it had felt somewhat surreal interviewing potential new apprentices and trainees last year.
"It wasn't that long ago that I was on the other side of the table myself, being interviewed," Luke said.
"As a tradesperson, I was always very happy to get involved in teaching and sharing my knowledge so this has been a natural transition for me."
Luke said his role was to bring electrical instrumentation apprentices, who spent the majority of their time either at TAFE or in the field, back to the Production Academy to provide specific industry or site-specific training.
"I also spend a lot of time going to pre-starts and job sites to speak to the apprentices and supervisors and see how people are travelling," he said.
"You have 50-odd young people learning their trade at any one time and rotating into a new area of the plant every three or four months, so it is important that we are there to provide support.
"A few years ago, we started assigning a tradesperson as a mentor to each apprentice and this has been a great initiative.
"They now have a focal point to ask any questions about their trade or anything else they may be struggling with."
Luke said he felt proud watching all of the apprentices and trainees receive their awards at the recent awards night.
The next round of apprenticeship and traineeship opportunities for 2018, will be advertised mid-year (2017).
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Why is everyone so nice to me? I mean... one crews up and finds all people being so into helping him and.. you know... it kinda moves me, to be honest.
So, well, I'd love to thank everyone who is so great holding people in their worse times and not only enjoying them when they are going through the better ones. Not like me, I am an arsehole who would never help anyone until he feels like having some profit from it. I suck and I suck AND I suck.
By the way, ultimately dumped. Welcome to Dumpsville, population: ME. I am actually kinda advanced in getting over these things, although this case was really bad. I won't lie, I lived with faith for our future, and, what the hell, what I felt for him was in certain moments more than I felt towards anyone else. Well, the fact that he's a hypocritical idiot who dates anyone just to get laid is making him a bit less respectable in my eyes though. Just to secure my own selfrespect I am afraid I'll have to make the villain of this story out of HIM, after all he is - more then me, unlike most of my past affairs. Which takes me to thoughts about how must have e.g. Al felt, and I can see why he doesn't talk to me anymore, I just wish Adam would be as sorry for this as I am .D nope.. I am not planning to stop contact with him. If he doesn't care, I would love to. Although the things I missed are probably essential for a friendship as well as for a serious partnership. We'll see.
Thursday, April 26, 2007
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Last week, police searched her home for a firearm registered in her name, after she threatened them that she "would shoot them if they ever came to her house again," according to the Ventura County Sheriff's Department.