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Sunday, January 6, 2019

Assign

Suzuki Airi and Yajima Maimi

Assign
Honor
分配荣誉
Fēnpèi róngyù
名誉を授ける
Meiyo o sazukeru
ps 29

Philosophy is the study of truth for wisdom with knowledge.
Knowledge is acquired for judgment in choice for the social college.

Those without wisdom regard the familiar as accountable to experience.
Skepticism for them is for those who are too skeptical or serious.

Rationalism has been viewed as too Aristotelian.
Organization was seen as too thought based to allow for feeling.

Science with induction by the Baconian method
had engendered competition for direction to where empire was headed.

Aristotle had argued that slavery was a condition for the weak.
The bold had to be strong enough to defend the claim to the freedom humans seek.

Slavery was presented as a temporary form for contractual relations
but the temporary was extended into indefinite social stations.

The indefinite was an extension of the indeterminate into the infinite.
The legislative authority became the determinate for the discriminant.

The immaterial was presented to oppose excess in mechanical determinism.
It was not intended to indefinitely pretend to the legislative prism for their decisions.

The superior principle for reason was that to which we were directed to agree.
Agreement with reason allowed for individual participation in the land for the free.

There is a place for the case of the indeterminate in the determinable.
This is the space in mind where choice is discernible.

How much force is right for success in the world?
Too much results in liability for abuse by the brutish earl.
Too little produces no benefit whether the result is a determinate or indeterminate swirl.

Goodness resides in the range of what works without damage.
Self-determination sets a course that one's self can manage.

How is freedom regulated at the individual level?
Perception looks for profit with perspective to bevel. 

Assign honor to function.
Practical worth is the social unction
with a personal conjunction.

Assign economy to authority.
Respect the public as the whole majority.

Ascribe the properties of energy to power
and the creation of power as the cause for the tower.

Energy is the ability for a system to work.
Flip a switch and the power runs through a circuit kirk.

The machine can operate in accord with design.
When the power runs the machine works fine.

A storm system crackles with stacks that the energy packs.
Lightning flashes. The flash cracks.

Energy is transferred from the cloud to the ground
with a boom that shakes all that is around.

Energy can be transferred, converted and measured.
Whether it is transferred or converted, it conserves the same treasure.

The constraints for property develop the forms for design.
Design allows for variation in expansion, form and function in time.

Growth in populations can be exponential to preserve existence.
Exponents provide proportions for this growth to preserve subsistence.

Exponents express proportion in size.
These powers also describe variance in curves as lines.

Beauty and courage create the gently curving line as twilight fades.
Time in this light plays a magical serenade.

Faith shines high and bright in the night sky.
The dog releases his breath with a mighty sigh.

The sides of the triangle are equal in length.
The hunter pursues the prey with the dog as his strength.

Being is the beginning of soul's self control.
Soul is the mirror for life that extols.

Living is the first right for all in the law.
Let wisdom reign to correct human flaw.

A person transcends personal life as an emergent thing.
Uniqueness in being makes identification ring.

Spirit is the realm for human or divine energy.
Matter is held together as a bond for material memory.

The chief rule for stately verity in variety
is a kindly profit for self and society.

The forest emerges as a sprite takes flight from the trees.
The flash of light shows the pillars for these.

The voice of the sky is gruff upon the waters
when the thunder rumbles after the lightning honors
the concert of scholars.

The sound resounds through the air.
The waves roll and echo as though they had no care.

The sound has power
that often precedes a shower.

The flash of lightning shows
wonder in darkness before thunder rolls.

Light sees instant weightless motion
as spirit with speed, the notation of notion.

Spirit sings sound
as the crack pounds the ground
to break the back of the somber stillness
behind the roaring rain for the thrill of this.

The voice of thunder rumbles
across the sky as the wind tumbles
under the clouds dark jumble.

Hills are moved by walls of water.
Shelter protects your sons and daughters.

The mountain is consumed by the creation of clouds.
That which had been seen is no longer allowed.

The voice of power is strong.
She sings loud and long
for the splendor of lightning to right her wrongs.

Her song breaks the heart
of the redwood, the end of the start
that could not be broken apart.

All are crying “Have mercy”
on this temple of soul made from trees.

The power of creation
permeates life in time until cessation.

Fresh water is supplied for storage.
Grains are grown for our porridge.

The air has been cleansed for breath in life.
The cleansing reduces the incidence of strife.

Plants grow strong for consumption.
Consumption assures us of gumption.

Love is as pleasing as warmth from the sun.
Cooking and singing are actions that are important and fun.

Life lives with gratitude for providence.
Providence preserves essence with confidence.

Courage passes confidence in the power of the storm.
Power ravished beauty as a functional norm.

Faith did not stop beauty from her own ravishment.
The ravishment did not result in her banishment.

Arigato, Momma Cat.
This was just the result of that.



29 Afferte Domino

1 Ascribe to the Lord, you gods, *
ascribe to the Lord glory and strength.
2 Ascribe to the Lord the glory due his Name; *
worship the Lord in the beauty of holiness.
3 The voice of the Lord is upon the waters;
the God of glory thunders; *
the Lord is upon the mighty waters.
4 The voice of the Lord is a powerful voice; *
the voice of the Lord is a voice of splendor.
5 The voice of the Lord breaks the cedar trees; *
the Lord breaks the cedars of Lebanon;
6 He makes Lebanon skip like a calf, *
and Mount Hermon like a young wild ox.
7 The voice of the Lord splits the flames of fire;
the voice of the Lord shakes the wilderness; *
the Lord shakes the wilderness of Kadesh.
8 The voice of the Lord makes the oak trees writhe *
and strips the forests bare.
9 And in the temple of the Lord *
all are crying, "Glory!"
10 The Lord sits enthroned above the flood; *
the Lord sits enthroned as King for evermore.
11 The Lord shall give strength to his people; *
the Lord shall give his people the blessing of peace.


1.13.19

Isa. 43:2
I will be with you when you pass through the waters.
The rivers will not overwhelm you.
You will not be burned when you walk through fire.
The flame will not consume you.

Acts 8:15-17
The Spirit had not come on any of those who had been baptized in Samaria. They had only been baptized in the name of the Lord Jesus. Peter and John went down and prayed for them that they might receive it. The two laid their hands on them and they received the Holy Spirit.

Luke 3:21-22
When all the people were baptized, Jesus had also been baptized and was praying. Heaven opened and the Holy Spirit descended in bodily form like a dove. A voice came from heaven, 'You are my Son, the Beloved. I am well pleased with you.'

Tar Water


Immaterialism was used as a counter to the materialist aspect of empiricism. It wasn't intended as a rejection, so much as a refutation of error in the theory.

When theory is accepted based on the personal or social authority of the person who proposed the theory, it hasn't got the value of critical evaluation.

Berkeley made sure that he challenged the key ideas for the philosophy in order to bring the evaluation of the system down to the perspective of individual perception.

Berkeley was categorized as an empiricist because he used disagreement as a means to analyze the understanding of the principles of human knowledge.

His argument was an exercise in sophistry insofar as his rhetoric disagreed with the most plausible parts of the theory in order to leave the direct perception that is closest to the conceptual analysis  as the derived value.

His work on Siris was an exercise in the critical evaluation of what Pliny had to say about tar water. It stands as an application of philosophy to a marketable product. He wrote another work called Further

Thoughts on Tar-water.

Tar water is not a popular medicinal product. It is used by veternarians as an anticeptic for open sores and to reduce inflammation in joint pain in the animals that are treated. The British colonies had many pine trees. Pine tar probably reduces inflammation in humans also, but it has a bad taste.

Native Americans used pine resin to treat rheumatism. It has anti-inflammatory properties. The resin acts to remove the joint inflammation caused by rheumatism. The reduction of inflammation helps to restore movement and to alleviate pain.

Pine Resin
"Physicians in colonial America also recommended tar water, or ground pine resin mixed with water, as a remedy for ulcers, smallpox, and syphilis. These are traditional holistic medicinal uses for pine resin that have not, as of yet, been confirmed by modern science as effective, but that does not mean there is no basis for some of the claims made about resin's anti-inflammatory properties."

 Pine resin has other uses. It is used as a sealant, glue and varnish. It is distilled into rosin. Rosin is used to promote a better grip between objects. It is also distilled into oil of turpentine. This is used as a solvent and as a paint thinner.

Pine tar as a history as a wood preservative. It is a wood sealant in maritime use. It is used in roof construction and maintenance, in soaps, in the treatment of carbuncles and skin diseases such as psoriasis, eczema and rosacea. Major League Baseball allows pine tar to enhance the grip of a hitter's bat.

This story describes the use of the substance as an infraction by pitchers in MLB.

Pitchers for Pine Tar
"Once again, many people don't care that Pineda was using pine tar and there is a growing movement to make the substance legal for pitchers."

Pine tar is an effective antiseptic and disinfectant when applied to cuts on the skin.  Berkeley argued for the use of pine tar medicinally. His 1744 work on tar-water sold more copies than any of the other books that he wrote in his lifetime.

George Berkeley
born 3.12.1685, Thomastown, Ireland
died 1.14.1753

Thomastown

Thomastown is located in southern Ireland. It is about 117 km (72 miles) southwest of Dublin. Thomastown is inland, but near the east coast on which Dublin is a port.

The town is situated at a bridging point on the River Nore. The river is 140 km (87 miles) long. It is  17 kilometres (11 mi) from the city of Kilkenny. It flows southeast, then south before it empties into the Celtic Sea at Waterford Harbour on the south coast of Ireland.

Thomastown has a population of 2,273 (2011 Census). This size makes the town the biggest in the county outside of Kilkenny.

The town was founded in the 13th century on an important crossing point by an Anglo-Norman mercenary from Wales. Thomas FitzAnthony was granted a large area of land in the region by
William Earl Marshall in 1215 for John, King of England and Lord of Ireland.

FitzAnthony built the Thomastown Church and dedicated it to St. Mary. The land had been an Augustinian Priory that was established in 1210.

Grennan Castle


FitzAnthony built fortifications at the location. The ruins of Grennan Castle stand as a remnant of the fortifications.

Jerpoint Abbey


The castle is located near the ruins of a 12th century Cistercian Abbey which had been built by King of Osraige and dedicated to the Blessed Virgin.

Map of S.Ireland


There were 12 water powered mills for grain and cloth at one stage of development of the Milling Industry in the area. It was the principal industry for the town until the early 1960's. There was also a boat trade that carried produce to and from the port of New Ross. This went into decline in the 18th century.

Dysart Castle

George Berkeley was born at his family home in Dysart Castle near Thomastown on March 12, 1685. The castle and church property are situated low along the sharp curve of the River Nore. The structure was small and considered 'rudely built.'

He was the eldest son of William, a younger son in the noble family of Berkeley.

He was educated at Kilkenny College. He attended Trinity College in Dublin. He was elected a scholar in 1702, earned a Bachelor's degree in 1704 and a Master's degree in 1707. He stayed at the college as a tutor and Greek lecturer.

His first publication was on mathematics. An Essay Towards a New Theory of Vision was published in 1709.

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Optics

He wrote, "It is, I think, agreed by all that DISTANCE, of itself and immediately, cannot be seen. For DISTANCE being a Line directed end-wise to the eye, it projects only one point in the fund of the eye, which point remains invariably the same, whether the distance be longer or shorter."

He examined distance, magnitude, position and problems of sight and touch in the essay. The worked raised controversy at the time, but the conclusions are now accepted as an established part of the theory of optics.

The Treatise Concerning the Principles of Human Knowledge was published in 1710. It had great success and gave him a lasting reputation even though few accepted the proposal that nothing exists outside the mind. His Three Dialogues Between Hylas and Philonous propounded the leading principle that the world represented by the senses depends upon being perceived for its existence.

One of the main objectives in proposing the dependency of existence on perception was to combat the prevalence of the materialism that had seen success with Locke and Newton. There was an emphasis on the use of force to obtain results that lent itself to abuse in the building of empire.

He visited England between 1714 and 1720. He was received into the circle of Addison, Pope and Steele. His academic efforts wee interspersed with periods of travel in Europe.

He returned to Ireland and took Holy Orders in the Church of Ireland in 1721. He earned his doctorate in divinity. He chose to remain at Trinity College Dublin once again. He lectured in Divinity and Hebrew. He was made Dean of Dromore in 1721 and Dean of Derry in 1724.

He was granted a small inheritance from Esther Vanhomrigh as a default from her quarrel with Jonathan Swift. He began the project of found a college in Bermuda for training ministers and missionaries for the colony. He gave up his 1100 pound a year salary for the deanery to pursue the project.

The proposal for the project posited an unusual application for 'slavery.' The trainees for the college were to be natives 10 years or younger. They were to work on a plantation while they learned to work as missionaries for the Church. It wasn't so much enslavement as it was work study that paid for the education while it was being received.

The King of Spain and John Locke had argued against slavery on paper, but the practice was tolerated. Locke had the practice instituted in two southern British colonies on that part of North America that was to become the USA.

Half of the colonies in the southern half of the new nation would entertain slavery as legal until the amendments that declared it illegal after the US Civil War ended in 1865.

He was married to Anne Forster in 1728.

He traveled to America on the salary of 100 pounds per annum. He landed near Newport, Rhode Island where be bought a plantation at Middletown. The plantation was called "Whitehall."  He brought John Smibert to New England from Italy. Smibert is regarded as the founding father of American portrait painting.

Berkeley drew up plans for the ideal city that he planned to build in Bermuda. He lived at the plantation while he waited for the funds for his college. The funds were never to arrive.

He left America and returned to London in 1732. He had four children with Anne who survived infancy. The children were named Henry, George, William and Julia. Two others died in infancy. William's death in 1751 was a cause of grief.

Berkeley was listed one of the original governors for the Foundling Hospital that was founded by Royal Charter in 1739. He had taken part in the efforts to create the home for the city's abandoned children while he was living in London's Saville Street.

He was appointed the Bishop of Cloyne in Ireland in 1734. He held the position until his death.

His last two publications were about Tar-water. Siris was a critical analysis of what Pliny had to say about the matter. It was published in 1744. Further Thoughts on Tar-Water was published in 1752. His 1744 work sold more copies than any of his other books.

He remained in Cloyne until 1752. He retired and went with his wife Anne and daughter Julia to live with his son George to supervise his education.

He died on January 14, 1753 in Oxford.  He was buried in Christ Church Cathedral, Oxford.

George Berkeley
S. 乔治伯克利
T. 喬治伯克利

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治  zhi       rule                  治  ji           reign              ji       じ     ジ             ji        지    G                   
伯  Bo       uncle                伯  haku    chief              Ba     ば-    バ-            Beo    버     bur 
克  ke        gram                克  koku    kindly            ku     く        ク           keul    클     big       
利  li          profit               利   ri          profit            re      れ-    レ-            li         리    lee   

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The chief rule for stately verity in variety
is a kindly profit for self and society.

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 Separation of State and Science




Paul Feyerabend

'Do No Harm' is a goal for public policy as well as social and personal relations.

Freedom finds meaning in opposition to determinism. It is the case for the indeterminate. The range for the indeterminate finds limitation in the maxim to maintain the goal to help others at least to the extent where no harm is done.

Science became a replacement for religion in communism. It was a denial of the freedom to assemble for religion.

 The socialist state in Germany became an exercise wherein religion was only a tool for political organization. Providing income was restricted largely to members of the Nazi party.

Science by the Nazis was characterized as lacking morality. There were no limits to what could be tested in Nazi experimentation according to British, French and American views of their science.
Nazi translates as German.

The Nazis sought to condition Germans to believe that a citizen had to be a Nazi to be a German. If there was a party called American, it would be the equivalent of saying you have to be an 'American' to be an American.

The efforts to build a wall and to require immigrants to register with name, residence and intended time of duration is not the equivalent of saying that you have to be a party member to be an American.

Immigrants have to enter by legal ports of entry with registration in order to qualify as legal. Laws have to be observed in order to retain legal status.

There is a political part of having faith, but 'living a good life' is the immaterial objective with the material implications.

Goodness is a transcendent function and an underlying cause.

The separation of state and science is against making atheism a condition of belief required by law. The separation of church and state doesn't require Christian theism to be a citizen.

Participation in a religion that promotes moral theism with respect for scientific investigation is regarded as beneficial to social and political relations. Religion cannot promote insurrection, subversion, terrorism or criminal behavior and maintain moral standing with respect for its role in political relations.




Aika Mitsui, 1.12.93, Hyogo, Japan
光井 愛佳
白卡米诉
Morning Musume Graduate
 MM: Renai Hunter

白  Bai      white           光  Mit    ray                 Ai    あい   アイ                   A     아    ah       
卡   ka      card              井  sui     well                ka    か       カ                       i      이     this           
米   Mi      meter          愛  Ai       love               Mi    み       ミ                       ka   카    card           
诉   su       inform         佳  ka      pleasing        tsui  つい  ツイ                      Mi  미   beauty             
                                                                                                                          sseu 쓰  writing
                                                                                                                          i       이   this 
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Love is as pleasing as warmth from the sun.
Cooking and singing are actions that are important and fun.

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Hyogo is a prefecture located in the Kansai region on Honshu island in Japan. The capital is Kobe.
The prefecture has coastlines on two seas. The Sea of Japan is to the north. The Seto Inland Sea is to the south. The coastline for Awaji Island borders the Pacific Ocean. The island separates the Inland Sea and Osaka Bay. It is situated between Honshu and Shikoku.

Hyogo is not densely populated. Most of the population lives on the southern coast as part of the Osaka-Kobe-Kyoto metropolitan area.

The weather is hot and humid in the summer. The northern part of the prefecture receives abundant snow. The south only gets an occasional flurry. 

Himeji Castle is located in the city of Himeji.

Shiga Prefecture is north east of Hyogo but it is still in the Kansai region.

Mitsui Aika was born on January 12, 1993 in Hyogo. She was raised in Shiga Prefecture. Her father, Mitsui Yasuo, is a Buddhist monk.

She was chosen as the only 8th generation member of Morning Musume on December 10, 2006. She was one of five finalists. Her first appearance was in the Hello! Project Winter tour from January 27-28 at Yokohama Arena.

She was prevented from performing during the summer of 2011 due to an ankle fracture. The pain from the fracture caused her difficulty with the vigorous dance movements in 2012.

Aika graduated from Morning Musume with Niigaki Risa in May. She did not graduate from Hello! Project. She continued to perform in the unit GREEN FIELDS with Shimizu Saki and Miyazaki Yuka. GREEN FIELDS was part of the new Satoyama movement in 2012.

Mittsii announced in 2014 that she would suspend her performance activity to study English in New Zealand. She started to write English language news and event reports for UP-FRONT LINK, an international company news service. She also added English lyrics to music videos.

She traveled to Houston with Morning Musume '16 in February. She returned to New Zealand to study English in July. She enrolled in vocational school. She studied there for two years before she announced her graduation from Hello! Project. She had plans to graduate from vocational school in late November 2018. She has been working in a kitchen as cook. It is her new passion.

Sunday, July 15, 2018

Thirst



Thirst for
Rightness
正義のための渇き
Seigi no tame no kawaki
ps42

My heart longs for the sensation of serenity
as a deer thirsts for flowing streams with plenty
of cool, clean water for the modus vivendi.

My soul is cast down.
I remember the celebration of the crown.
The majesty of mountain looked around
at the vibrant green lushness of trees and ground.

The raging peace of river 
was fed by the clear streams from the source as giver.

The water flowed down from beneath the peak 
that held up the soles of my dirty sneakered feet.

The water ran ajar with the contour of the land
as far as the eye could see. It was grand.

God was praised 
by the sun's rays.  

Divinity was seen
as serene
within me as the means
to see from sea to shining sea.

Worship was found outside the temple.
The reward was so ample it produced a gentle tremble.

The finite called to the finite 
in the climate of the light
of the infinite type
until the clouds rolled into sight.
Darkness increased quickly towards that of night.

My heart started at the rumble 
of the thunder drum bum bum tumble
as the waves of wind and spirit started the splattering patter
that cleanses the soul in relation to organic and inorganic matter
when rain roars to the ground with the madness of the hatter.

The lightning flash 
of love commanded respect with a dash 
from the crash.

The sign on the knoll was briefly illuminated
in a field outside of town. The welcome was stated.
I was too wet to be elated.


There was no gate 
inviting you to peacefully investigate.

A squad of five deer stood near
a pond in the forest looking queer.

A school of fish were edified by the nearness of the deer
to their sphere in their wet and clear frontier.

The builder of charm
felt alarm at the knight of swords card.
A hero on a horse rode forward ready to charge.

The empty mind in time 
presents perception as the means to align
perspective with design for the moral climb.

The darkness of knowledge 
is illumined with a question for college
revealed through prayer from the astonished.

"Will you help me?" 
I say to divinity.

"You are my rock,
the strength in whom I take stock.
You are the Giver of life
in whom I take refuge from strife.
You are the Savior in whom I trust. 
Why have you left me to rust? 
Why must I settle for less than enough
while my work is for boon, not bust?"

It's as if my adversary was from the tomb
pouring salt on my wound 
to increase the pain
in each refrain.

I am taunted. I feel tainted
by the question that was feinted,
"Where is your deliverance?
Why are you so ignorant?"

Why are you cast down, dear soul? 
Why have you become so unsettled within your role?

Put your trust in the experience of deliverance. 
Divine being will be praised without ambivalence
within the sanctuary of your temple with reverence.

Creative leadership will shine fully in time.
Love will be crowned with the chime
of live in prime time.




42 Quemadmodum

1 As the deer longs for the water-brooks, *
so longs my soul for you, O God.
2 My soul is athirst for God, athirst for the living God; *
when shall I come to appear before the presence of God?
3 My tears have been my food day and night, *
while all day long they say to me,
"Where now is your God?"
4 I pour out my soul when I think on these things; *
how I went with the multitude and led them into the
house of God,
5 With the voice of praise and thanksgiving, *
among those who keep holy-day.
6 Why are you so full of heaviness, O my soul? *
and why are you so disquieted within me?
7 Put your trust in God; *
for I will yet give thanks to him,
who is the help of my countenance, and my God.
8 My soul is heavy within me; *
therefore I will remember you from the land of Jordan,
and from the peak of Mizar among the heights of Hermon.
9 One deep calls to another in the noise of your cataracts; *
all your rapids and floods have gone over me.
10 The Lord grants his loving-kindness in the daytime; *
in the night season his song is with me,
a prayer to the God of my life.
11 I will say to the God of my strength,
"Why have you forgotten me? *
and why do I go so heavily while the enemy
oppresses me?"
12 While my bones are being broken, *
my enemies mock me to my face;
13 All day long they mock me *
and say to me, "Where now is your God?"
14 Why are you so full of heaviness, O my soul? *
and why are you so disquieted within me?
15 Put your trust in God; *
for I will yet give thanks to him,
who is the help of my countenance, and my God.

The Book of Judith is deuterocanonical. It is included in the Septuagint. This gives it a place in  the Catholic and Eastern Orthodox scripture. It is excluded from Jewish texts and assigned by Protestants to the Apocrypha.

The book contains historical anachronisms.  There are scholars that assert that it is non-historical. It has been considered a parable. It could be the first historical novel. The oldest existing version is in the Septuagint. It might be a translation from Hebrew or it could have been composed in Greek.

The story revolves around Judith. She is a daring and beautiful widow who is upset with her countrymen for not trusting God to deliver them from their foreign conquerors. She goes with her loyal maid to the camp of the enemy general, Holofernes. She slowly ingratiates herself with him by promising information on the Israelites.

Holofernes was an invading general of Nebuchadnezzar. He had been dispatched to take vengeance on the nations of the West. They withheld their assistance to his reign.

Who was Nabu?
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Nabu
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nabu

Nabu was known as Nisaba in the Sumerian pantheon. He was worshiped by the Assyrians as well. He gained prominence among the Babylonians in the 1st millennium BCE when he was identified as the son of the god Marduk.

This made him a Mesopotamian deity. He was the god of literacy. Egyptian culture is older than the Mesopotamian. He was probably derived from Thoth, he who is like the ibis. The Greeks would call him Hermes.

Nebuchadrezzar II (c. 605 BC – c. 562 BCE)
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nebuchadnezzar_II
Nebuchadrezzar II was not a part of the same dynastic succession as Nebuchadrezzar I  (r. c. 1125–1104 BCE).

He had the same name. It means "O god Nabu, preserve my firstborn son." He was the king of Babylon. He had the longest and most powerful reign of any monarch in the Neo-Babylonian empire.
Nebuchadnezzar was the eldest son and successor of Nabopolassar, an Assyrian official who rebelled and established himself as king of Babylon in 620 BC. The dynasty he established ruled until 539 BCE when the Neo-Babylonian Empire was conquered by Cyrus the Great.

Nebuchadnezzar is first mentioned in 607 BCE. The event where he was mentioned was during the destruction of Babylon's arch-enemy Assyria.  He was already crown prince by this time.
He led a force with his ally Cyaxares. Cyaxares was the ruler of the Medes and Persians. The combined force went against the Assyrians and Egyptians in 605. The Assyrians were in control of Syria.

Holofernes occupied the kingdoms along the sea coast. He destroyed the temples for the gods, so all nations would worship the god of Nebuchadnezzar alone. Holofernes was warned by Achior, the leader of the children of Ammon, against attacking the Jewish people. Holofernes and his followers were angered by Achior. They rebuked him insisting that there was no god other than Nebu.

The general laid siege to Bethulia, commonly believed to be Meselieh. The city almost surrendered. Holofernes's advance stopped the water supply to Bethulia. The people lost heart and encouraged Ozias and their rulers to give way. The leaders vowed to surrender if no help arrived within five days.

Bethulia was saved by a woman. Judith was the beautiful Hebrew widow who entered Holofernes's camp and seduced him. She was allowed access to his tent one night as he had fallen to the ground in a drunken stupor. She decapitated him, then took his head back to her fearful countrymen. The Assyrians had lost their leader, so they were dispersed. Israel was saved. Judith remained unmarried for the rest of her life though she was courted by many.

Judith 9:11
Judith prayed, 'Your strength does not depend on numbers, nor your might on the powerful. You are the God of the lowly, helper of the oppressed, upholder of the weak, protector of the forsaken, saviour of those without hope."

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One of the inconsistancies of the story about Judith was that the kingdom of Israel was attacked by Assyria, not Babylon. Nebuchadrezzar was the ruler of Babylon, not Assyria.

Another was that Israel was saved. The kingdom was conquered. The people were either killed, sold into slavery or dispersed in some other way. The territory for the kingdom of Israel was called Samaria. Samaria was taken during the rule of Sargon II. The siege had been started by Shalmaneser in 722 BCE. This was after the reign of Nebuchadrezzar I and before that of Nebuchadrezzar II.


2 Corinth. 5:15
Christ died for all, so that those who live might live no longer for themselves, but for him who died and was raised for them.

John 20:11-12
Mary stood weeping outside the tomb. She bent over to look into the tomb as she wept. She saw two angels in white sitting where the body of Jesus had been laid. One was at the head and the other at the feet.

Mary Magdalene
http://satucket.com/lectionary/Mary_Magdalene.htm

Mary Magdalene is mentioned in the Gospels as being among the women of Galilee who followed Jesus and His disciples. She was present at His Crucifixion and Burial. She went to the tomb on Easter Sunday to annoint His body. She was the first to see the Risen Lord. She announced His Resurrection to the apostles. She is referred to in early Christian writings as "the apostle to the apostles."

The name Magdalene is an association with Magdala. Magdala held the Migdal tower. This tower was used to dry fish.

The Mariamne tower had an association with the Hasmonean dynasty. It was named for Mariamne, the wife of Herod. Mariamne is a Hebrew form for the name Mary. The Hasmoneans were replaced by the Herodians in the Judean monarchy by the Romans.

Rome had helped the Hasmoneans to ascend to power, but they were interested in changing the kingdom into a republic.

Mariamne Tower
aka Mariamne Magdala
Mary Magdalene
Herod's Citadel
http://www.bible-history.com/jerusalem/mariamme_tower.jpg

The Towers

King Herod built the three towers for the citadel upon a location that was already fortified. It had been a stronghold since the days of Solomon. The citadel was the highest point of the city. It was about 2500 feet above sea level. Herod added to the citadel and  built the towers to protect his palace and the western side of the city. These were fantastic towers. The largest was the Phasael Tower but the most beautiful was dedicated to his wife Mariamne.

The tower was named after the beloved Hasmonean wife whom he had murdered. Josephus said "the king considering it appropriate that the tower named after a woman should surpass in decoration those called after men." It stood 74 feet high.

Titus spared Herod's fortress when he destroyed most of Jerusalem in 70 CE. Nothing remains of Herod's three towers. A Citadel named "David's Tower" stands on the spot where Phasael’s Tower had been.

Herod's Murders
Antiquities 15.7.4 222-231
http://josephus.org/Mariamme.htm#lastPlot

 The king lay down to rest about noon one day. He called for Mariamme out of the great desire he always had for her. She came in, but would not lie down with him. She expressed her contempt for him when he urged her. She bitterly reproached him for having had her grandfather and her brother killed.

He took the statement as impudence. He was on the verge of doing something rash to her. The king's sister Salome observed how greatly disturbed he was. She sent in his principal servant who had been prepared long beforehand for just such an opportunity.

Salome had instructed him to tell the king that Mariamme had tried to persuade him to assist in preparing a love potion for the king. If the king appeared to be greatly concerned and asked further about the supposed love potion, the servant was to say that Mariamme prepared the potion. He was only asked to give it to him. If the king did not appear to be much concerned he was to let the matter drop so no harm should come to the servant in either case.

Salome took this opportunity to send him in to make his speech. So he went in with assurance and urgency and said that Mariamme had given him presents to persuade him to give the king a love potion. The king felt that he had been bewitched. He put his wife on trial. Herod gathered together those most faithful to him. He brought the accusation against Mariamme concerning the love potions and drugs she had been alleged to have prepared.

He lost his temper while speaking and was in too great a passion to judge. The jury perceived  this. They condemned her to death.

It occurred to him and some of those in the court that she should not be so hastily put to death after the sentence had been passed. She should be imprisoned in one of the fortresses of the kingdom instead. Salome and her party labored hard to have the woman put to death immediately. They persuaded the king by advising him of the danger of demonstrations by the populace were she allowed to live. Mariamne was led out to her execution. She was killed about 29 BCE.

Herod's palace was constructed between 37 and 4 BCE. Jesus of Nazareth was most probably tried by Pontius Pilate in the courtyard for the palace.

The Hasmoneans were the family dynasty referred to in the books of the Maccabees. Herod professed love for her, but he was Idumaean. He wasn't Judean. He was appointed king by the Romans. He married Mariamne to appease the Judeans and the Romans. He was motivated by jealousy of their popularity among the people. He had a tower built in her name, but it was only a claim to his testimony of love. This "love" was an outward sign of a condition lacking grace.

The Magdalene Mariamne was known to the writers of the gospel.

Gospel Writers
http://www.smithsonianmag.com/…/who-was-mary-magdalene-11…/…

The gospels are not eyewitness accounts. They were written 35 to 65 years after Jesus’ death. It is believed that there was a common source for the sayings of Jesus. The differences in the accounts was due to the jelling of separate oral traditions that had taken form in different Christian communities. Jesus was crucified in about the year 30 CE. The gospels of Mark, Matthew and Luke date to about 65 to 85. The common material lends credibility to the existence of a common source.

The Gospel of John was composed around 90 to 95. It is distinct. It was written last. When we read about Mary Magdalene in each of the gospels we are not getting history in a strict factual sense. Each account is the documentation of a communal memory. The memory was shaped by time, shades of emphasis and the effort to make a distinct theological point.

The synoptic texts are Mark, Matthew and Luke. They share enough common material to warrant the assumption of the same source of sayings. The dating of the written record is associated with the destruction of Jerusalem. The destruction and the affiliated persecution gave the writers a motivation to document that which they believed to be true in the context of theological history.

Mary Magdalene was the first witness to the empty tomb in which Jesus had been placed. The crucifixion of Jesus corresponds with the destruction of Jerusalem in this context. His resurrection is a testimony to the faith that a better state of affairs would be constructed.

This was taken by the popes who called for the crusades as a claim to the city of Jerusalem. It is better to understand the resurrection of Jesus as Christ as a call to redeem the law from the doctrine of destruction that was grafted into the text of the bible during the codification of the canon by the Roman occupation.

The Magdala Stone
https://upload.wikimedia.org/…/800px-Magdala_Stone_%284%29.…

Altar ?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magdala_stone

The Magdala stone is a carved stone block unearthed by archaeologists in a Galilean synagogue in Israel. It is dated to the time before the destruction of the Second Temple in Jerusalem in the year 70.
It is noted for detailed carving. The carving was made while that Temple still stood. It is assumed to have been made by an artist who had seen the scene before it was destroyed by the Roman military.

Some archaeologists describe the carving as something that enables a new, scholarly understanding of the synagogue. The place for worship was conceptualized as sacred during the period while the Temple was still standing. This overturns the long-held scholarly consensus that the synagogue was merely an assembly or study hall prior to the destruction of Jerusalem. The Torah and other sacred books were read aloud and studied in each synagogue building, but it was not a sacred space for worship with prayer.

The Magdala altar stone stood in the center of the Migdal Synagogue. It is tall enough to have been used as a reading desk or podium by someone in a seated position. A similar size stone was found in an ancient synagogue dating from the Byzantine period in a dig at nearby Horvat Kur.  It is also carved with images of the Temple.

Rina Talgam is a professor who specializes in the art of the ancient Near East at the Hebrew University of Jerusalem. She is a leading scholar on the meaning of this stone. She understands the Magdala Stone as a depiction of the Temple and the implements used in worship. The carving includes the depiction of the Holy of Holies by an artist who had actually seen the Temple and was familiar with the most sacred of spaces.

The image on the Magdala stone was intended to lend a sacred aura to this synagogue. The image made it “like a lesser Temple” for use in Galilee. The territory was a long journey from Jerusalem under the conditions of that pedestrian era. Most people traveled by foot.

Migdal, Israel
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Migdal,_Israel

The town is named after the old city of Migdala Nunia (Aramaic: "fish tower"). It was the home town of Mary of Magdala (Luke 8:2). It is situated just west of the Kinneret on Tiberias-Rosh Pina road.

A salvage dig was conducted by the Israel Antiquities Authority in September 2009. It was prior to the construction of a hotel. The dig revealed an ancient synagogue believed to date back some 2000 years. It was dated from 50 BCE to 100 CE.

Archaeologists discovered an unusual stone carved with a seven-branched menorah in the middle of a 120 sq.m. main hall. It is the first of its kind to be discovered from the early Roman period. The walls are decorated with brightly colored frescoes in addition to the engraved stone.

Mary Magdalene
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Magdala

All four gospels refer to a follower of Jesus called Mary Magdalene. It is usually assumed that this means "Mary from Magdala". There is no biblical information to indicate whether this was her home or her birthplace. Most Christian scholars assume that she was from the place the Talmud calls Magdala Nunayya. This is also where Jesus landed on the occasion recorded by Matthew.

Josephus refers to a wealthy Galilean town destroyed by the Romans in the Jewish War from 66-73 CE. The town had the Greek name "Tarichææ" from its prosperous fisheries. Josephus did not give its Hebrew name.

There are authors who identify this place with Magdala Nunaiya. The "fish tower" was used to dry fish. It was also known in biblical times for flax weaving and dyeing. It was a major campaign camp for Josephus during the Jewish Wars.

Its reference in Matthew 15: 39 is given as "Magadan" in some editions.  It is called "Dalmanutha" in Mark 8: 10. The site is known now as "el-Medjel."

The name, Mary Magdalene, represents a conjunction between the Mariamne and Magdala towers.
The resultant 'watchtower' was a testimony to the history for the time. The destruction of the city of Jerusalem was a marker that indicated that the Romans had assisted the Hasmoneans to obtain liberation from the Seleucids in order to establish a republic in place of the kingdom.

Judean law would still act as a witness to the history of law itself with respect for the development in the Middle East and Mediterranean areas. Allusions to the contributions of Egyptian, Assyrian, Babylonian, Seleucid and Roman empires were encoded with respect for the ancient law against murder recorded in the script for the code of Ur-Nammu, an ancient Sumerian expression.

Sumerian was the first language of cuneiform letters. It was a step beyond the hieroglyphs of Egypt. The factual expression of history was something that was being derived from the progression from the symbolic fiction associated with polytheism to the realistic frame for the historical perspective as presented by the prevailing moral concern of monotheism.

7.23.18

PM Jupiter, Moon, Saturn, Mars, Neptune AM Uranus, Mercury, Venus
F7.20 Waxing Gibbous near Jupiter
T7.24 Full Moon meets Saturn

Karl Menninger, 7.23.1893, Topeka, KS
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Topeka passed through a boom period that ended in disaster during the late 1880's. There was vast speculation on town lots. The 1889 bubble burst and many investors were ruined. Topeka, however, doubled in population during the period and was able to weather the depressions of the 1890's.

Another kind of boom happened in the early in the 20th Century. This time the automobile industry took off. Numerous pioneering companies appeared and disappeared. Topeka was not left out.

Karl Augustus Menninger was an American psychiatrist and a member of the family of psychiatrists who founded the Menninger Foundation and the Menninger Clinic in Topeka, Kansas. He was long considered the elder statesman and dean of American psychiatry.

He was a crusader for many causes, including neglected and abused children, prisoners, American Indians and wildlife.



Donald Trump 6.14.46, New York, NY
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The difficult years of the Great Depression saw the election of reformer Fiorello La Guardia as mayor and the fall of Tammany Hall after eighty years of political dominance.

Returning World War II veterans created a post-war economic boom. Large housing tracts in eastern Queens and Nassau County were developed as well as similar suburban areas in New Jersey. New York emerged from the war as the leading city of the world. Wall Street assumed America's place as the world's dominant economic power.

Donald Trump is the 45th and current President of the United States. He was a businessman and television personality before entering politics.



Woody Harrelson, 7.23.61, Midland, TX
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Midland was established in June 1881 as Midway Station on the Texas and Pacific Railway. It earned its name because of its central location between Fort Worth and El Paso. It had become one of the most important cattle shipping centers in the state by 1890.

It was changed significantly by the discovery of oil in the Permian Basin in 1923. The Santa Rita No. 1 well began producing in Reagan County. This was followed shortly by the Yates Oil Field in Iraan. It was transformed into the administrative center of the West Texas oil fields.

Midland was the largest bombardier training base in the country during the Second World War. A second boom period began after the war with the discovery and development of the Spraberry Trend. It was still ranked as the third-largest oil field in the United States by total reserves.

Woody Harrelson is an American actor, comedian, activist, and playwright. He is an enthusiast and supporter for the legalization of marijuana and hemp. He is also an environmental activist. He has spoken publicly against the 2003 invasion of Iraq.



Charisma Carpenter, 7.23.70, Las Vegas, NV
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The Moulin Rouge opened in the 1950's. It became the first racially integrated casino-hotel in Las Vegas.

Nuclear weapons testing began at the Nevada Test Site in 1951. The tests were conducted 65 miles (105 km) northwest of the city. Residents and visitors were able to witness the mushroom clouds until 1963. They were exposed to the fallout. The limited Test Ban Treaty required that nuclear tests be moved underground.

The iconic "Welcome to Las Vegas" sign was created in 1959 by Betty Willis. It was never located within municipal limits.

Corporations and business powerhouses such as Howard Hughes were building and buying hotel-casino properties during the 1960's. Gambling was referred to as "gaming" which transitioned into legitimate business.

Charisma Carpenter is an American actress. She is best known for her role as Cordelia Chase in the popular TV series Buffy the Vampire Slayer (1997–1999) and its spin-off series Angel (1999–2004).

She was born in Las Vegas, Nevada in 1970. She is the daughter of Christine, a bird sanctuary worker, and Don Carpenter, a salesman. She has two older brothers, Ken and Troy, and two nieces, Chrissy and Mackenzie. She is of Spanish (from her maternal grandfather), French and German descent.



Daniel Radcliffe, 7.23.89, London, England
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The Greater London Council was abolished in 1986. This left London without a central administration until 2000. City government was restored, with the creation of the Greater London Authority. The Millennium Dome, London Eye and Millennium Bridge were constructed to celebrate the start of the 21st century.

Daniel Radcliffe is an English actor and producer best known for his role as Harry Potter in the film series of the same name. He was born in Queen Charlotte's and Chelsea Hospital, Hammersmith, London, England in 1989.

He is the only child of Marcia Jeannine Gresham (née Jacobson) and Alan George Radcliffe. His mother is Jewish and was born in South Africa and raised in Westcliff-on-Sea, Essex. His father was raised in Banbridge, County Down, Northern Ireland, in a "very working-class" Protestant family. Radcliffe's maternal ancestors were Jewish immigrants from Poland and Russia.



Marina Okada, 7.24.93, Tokyo, Japan
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The Soviet Union declared war on Japan a week before Tokyo’s Aug. 15 surrender in 1945. The declaration scrapped the neutrality pact. The soviet republic seized the southern Kuril islands.

The two countries signed the Japan-Soviet Joint Declaration in 1956. This ended the state of war and restored diplomatic ties. The Soviet Union agreed to return two of the four islands after a peace treaty was signed.

The 1993 Tokyo Declaration was signed by then Japanese Prime Minister Morihiro Hosokawa and Russian President Boris Yeltsin. The statement was central to the development of Japanese and Russian relations. The two nations agreed to settle the territorial dispute regarding the islands of Etorofu, Kunashiri and Shikotan in the declaration. The Habomai group of islets were added in order to conclude a peace treaty early and to normalize their relations.

When Putin was elected president in 2001 Japan and Russia agreed to recognize the 1956 joint declaration as the starting point for negotiations to resolve the island issue. President Putin met with Prime Minister Abe in 2016 for talks on the territorial issue.

Okada Marina is a Japanese singer. She is one of the vocalists in the pop-rock band LoVendoЯ and the unit Love Bitter EX. She was born in Tokyo in 1993.

Saturday, April 29, 2017

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Amanda Righetti:
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Life
リヴィア生活
Rivu~ia seikatsu
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Revere life.
It will end your strife.
I found help when I needed it.
I had to intercede for it.

The cords of death had entangled me. 
The grip of the grave grabbed at what I could see.
Sorrow drove sadness to the threshold of pain.
Pain prompted panic. Thought seemed like it was vain.

Then I cried for help, “What do I have to do to find safety?”
Safety gained value as something precious to me.
I felt desperate need. My mind cried for direction.
My senses sharpened. Sight, sound and touch were used for detection.

I found what I needed before the moment of crisis.
Need helped me find how to be decisive.

I did what needed to be done.
It wasn't pretty, but it saved life for fun.
The success of salvation is gracious.
It reveals health and safety as values for stasis.

Nothing else is quite so profound.
It is an experience that forms common ground.
Defense is granted to the watchful.
Testing conception provides the best consul.

I fell very low, but I was helped.
The answer was shown with stealth 
for my health.

It is time to rest.
Stress from the test 
has taken its toll.
It has worn out my torn soul.

I was rescued from death.
I appreciate life for what's best.
My eyes shed no tears.
I overcame all my fears.

My feet did not stumble,
but I have been left feeling humble.
I will walk in the presence 
of the divine essence
in the land of the living.
Design that I find is worth what is found in the giving.
I had faith even when I had been brought low.
I had no where to turn; no where to go

Even when I said, “No one can be trusted”
I found that ground that could not be busted.
It was like a precious metal that has never rusted.
How will I repay my debt?
I will not wallow in regret.
I will not fuss and fret. 

The good things that have been done for me
were given with grace, but they were not entirely free.
I will lift up the cup of salvation and hold it high.
I will sing with my voice; let it soar to the sky.
I will live with reverence for life as the rule of law.
It is respect for human rights that hammers the saw.

Precious in the sight of the divine Light
is the death of those who defend rights.
They live good lives
for resurrected life.

I am a defender of rights. 
I have been resurrected as a good life
by the experience that brought me near death. 
Death became a giver of appreciation for what is best.

I tasted a glimpse of the infinite abyss.
I saw that I could not taste what I could not kiss.
It was black and gray with white lights.
The highest of heights showed no measurable sight.

I have been freed from the world of discrimination.
The lack of equity has implicated the nation
among nations.

I will offer thanksgiving as my sacrifice.
I will give thanks to the Giver of life.
I will give reasons for reason
with respect for due season
to benefit people in the presence 
of the divine essence.

I will be a subject
in the assembly in public
in the city of peace 
that works for its ease
in the laughter of the daughter
by the water. 

Yea Yah!

116 Dilexi, quoniam

1 I love the Lord, because he has heard the voice of
my supplication, *
because he has inclined his ear to me whenever
I called upon him.

2 The cords of death entangled me;
the grip of the grave took hold of me; *
I came to grief and sorrow.

3 Then I called upon the Name of the Lord: *
"O Lord, I pray you, save my life."

4 Gracious is the Lord and righteous; *
our God is full of compassion.

5 The Lord watches over the innocent; *
I was brought very low, and he helped me.

6 Turn again to your rest, O my soul. *
for the Lord has treated you well.

7 For you have rescued my life from death, *
my eyes from tears, and my feet from stumbling.

8 I will walk in the presence of the Lord *
in the land of the living.

9 I believed, even when I said,
"I have been brought very low." *
In my distress I said, "No one can be trusted."

10 How shall I repay the Lord *
for all the good things he has done for me?

11 I will lift up the cup of salvation *
and call upon the Name of the Lord.

12 I will fulfill my vows to the Lord *
in the presence of all his people.

13 Precious in the sight of the Lord *
is the death of his servants.

14 O Lord, I am your servant; *
I am your servant and the child of your handmaid;
you have freed me from my bonds.

15 I will offer you the sacrifice of thanksgiving *
and call upon the Name of the Lord.

16 I will fulfill my vows to the Lord *
in the presence of all his people,

17 In the courts of the Lord's house, *
in the midst of you, O Jerusalem.

Hallelujah!