the ninth circle ( croatian : deveti krug / девети круг ) is a 1960 yugoslavian film directed by france štiglic .

the story revolves around the croatian ustasha concentration camp named the ninth circle , based on the infamous jasenovac concentration camp .

it was nominated for the academy award for best foreign language film .

it was also entered into the 1960 cannes film festival .

the ninth circle

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the ninth circle was nominated for the golden palm in cannes and for an oscar for best foreign language film .
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the title of this episode refers to the ninth circle of hell in dante alighieri ' s inferno , the first part of his 14th century three - part poem divine comedy . in the poem , hell consists of nine concentric circles of suffering within the earth , each circle representing a gradual increase in wickedness . sinners end up in a circle that befits their sin . the ultimate sin , treachery , leads a soul to the ninth circle .
the ninth circle is a private membership club for those persons interested in expressing social nudism , including the expression of the leather and fetish arts . the ninth circle is an association of persons for social , recreational and educational purpose which exists primarily to foster friendship and a common unity among its members and within the leather lifestyle .
the ninth circle is a mystery written in the form of diary entries by the protagonist , gabriel antaeus , after he wakes up one morning in budapest , hungary , with amnesia .
the iclcj court has been overwhelmed with newly discovered evidence and a number of new witnesses coming forward to testify about ninth circle satanic child sacrifice cult activities . they have uncovered ninth circle satanic cult member possible involvement in international child sacrifice , kidnapping , exploitation and drug rings . the five international judges and 27 jury members were expected to remain in session for at least a year due to the complexity of the cases .
the croatian film association ' s database describes the ninth circle as
the most beautiful and the most moving war melodrama of croatian cinema
. in 1999 , a poll of croatian film critics found it to be one of the best croatian films ever made .
the beloved hbo comedy series curb your enthusiasm will return for a ninth season , it was announced on tuesday .
reading the ninth circle was a weird experience and that ' s not just because the subject matter dipped into the supernatural very quickly . the ninth circle is partly a mystery and partly fantasy . when gabriel wakes up on his own floor he has no idea who he is , where he is , or where the money came from . he does have some memories of how to function , how to feed himself , how to go out and slowly discover the more intimate details of his life - it ' s like his own personal past has been knocked out , ye
ninth circle child sacrifice network – it’s a royal satanic ritual abuse shame urltoken eyewitnesses testify : pope francis raped and killed children ; sealed vatican documents expose their satanic rituals – urltoken welcome to itccs . org and the international tribunal into crimes of church and state urltoken decapitated , dismembered children in catholic mass grave site were ritually murdered ? urltoken urltoken prosecutor’s office of the international common law court of justice – brussels – bulletin no . 4 : wednesday , may 14th , 2014 urltoken popes , vatican satanic cult ninth circle exposed , going to court urltoken
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prosecution this is one in a series of articles taken from eyewitness testimony before the international common law court of justice in brussels . five international judges are examining evidence of child rape , torture , murder and kidnapping allegedly done by global elite members of the ninth circle satanic child sacrifice cult network . regular ninth circle child sacrifices were said to take place in the catacombs of catholic cathedrals , the vatican , on private estates and groves and government military bases in belgium , holland , spain , australia , ireland , france , england and the us . at least 34 child mass grave sites were identified in ireland , spain and canada – and refused excavation by the respective governments , crown of england and catholic church . named as present in ninth circle activities were pope francis , former pope ratzinger ; anglican , united church of canada and catholic church officials including cardinals ; members of european royalty including queen elizabeth and prince phillip ; officials of the canadian , australian , uk and us military and governments including the usa’s cia , plus prominent government ministers , judges , politicians and businessmen from the us , belgium , holland , canada , australia , france , ireland and the uk .
the ninth circle is a mystery written in the form of diary entries by the protagonist , gabriel antaeus , after he wakes up one morning in budapest , hungary , with amnesia . as the story unfolds antaeus uncovers clues as to his former life and meets people who knew him from before . gradually he puts together the pieces , and the picture that emerges becomes increasingly disturbing . this is the debut novel by british author alex bell , completed whilst she was still at university . for a debut novel , thi
the ninth circle is an international criminal organisation and bank . the board of directors are corrupt executives from varying , multinational corporations , who wear masks to conceal their identity . the lower members are forced to join : they ' re either kidnapped by the organisation itself , or they enlist the underground men . the captives are then given a
rebirth
in lava , burning their skin and somehow brainwashing them into mindless servants . to symbolise their membership , coins of nine circles are inserted in their eyes .
teens were drugged , stripped naked , raped , hunted down in the woods and killed by european royals according to this week’s latest eyewitness to testify before the international common law court of justice in brussels . the woman was the fourth eyewitness to give accounts about these human hunting parties of the global elite ninth circle satanic child sacrifice cult network . a former member of the netherlands criminal drug syndicate known as octopus testified that victims were obtained for these human hunting parties from juvenile detention centers in belgium and holland .
invariably , their fury is not expelled on the role of the union delegate in wage negotiations or health and safety concerns . often the crux of the conflict will be why the coffee was delivered late to the meeting , the poor range of biscuits available or the state of the carpets in the chancellery .
teens were drugged , stripped naked , raped , hunted down in the woods and killed by european royals according to this week’s latest eyewitness to testify before the international common law court of justice in brussels . the woman was the fourth eyewitness to give accounts about these human hunting parties of the global elite ninth circle satanic child sacrifice cult network . a former member of the netherlands criminal drug syndicate known as octopus testified that victims were obtained for these human hunting parties from juvenile detention centers in belgium and holland .
interesting enough story - i enjoyed the mystery surrounding the major character , with the hints of the bourne conspiracy behind it .
this is a class we suggest all new or prospective members take at least once . it is a relaxed and highly informative presentation . we cover terminology , possibilities and probabilities of the leather lifestyle . we do some demos and give you a hands on look at our staff and their personal toy bags and skill sets . it is also one of the only times you will get a full tour of the ninth circle dungeon without full membership .
in ireland , spain and canada 34 child mass grave sites were discovered and appeared linked to ninth circle activities . the largest was the mohawk indian residential school in brantford ontario where child remains were identified in 2008 before the catholic church , canadian government and english crown shut down the dig by professional archeologists . the 2013 iclcj court had found queen elizabeth and prince phillip guilty for the oct . 10 1964 disappearance of ten native children from the catholic residential school in kamloops british columbia . in the first two weeks of the 2014 court witnesses identified dutch and belgian royal participants in the rape and killing of mohawk children and newborns . named were bernhard and king hendrick , consort to queen wilhelmina of holland .
it’s no conspiracy ! it’s truth . this belief is identical to standard witchcraft . the only significant difference is that the witch has to very carefully bring the demon into this dimension , because the demon is going to materialize cursing , spitting , and fighting , whereas jesus is pictured as coming into our realm in a loving manner . in fact , the witch has to carefully prepare a 9 - foot circle on the ground or the floor , and the witch must be very careful not to step outside the circle , nor allow any of the members of the coven to do so . if anyone steps outside the circle , they step outside their protection and will suffer instant death at the hands of the demon . the only reason the catholic priest does not have to stay inside a circle , and does not have to have members of the congregation inside the same circle is that the catholic practice of witchcraft is symbolic whereas the witch’s practice is very real . the host — the round wafer supposedly turns into the actual body of jesus christ , according to the catholic doctrine of transubstantiation . of course , we know this cannot ever really happen , because the bible expressly forbids the eating of human flesh ! however , this mystical catholic doctrine was declared by pope honorius in 1220 a . d . this round circle of bread bears the three letters i . h . s . contrary to what catholics say this means , i . h . s . stands for the satanic trinity , isis , horus , and semiramis . [ marquis , page 219 ] . an occult book has this brief statement to be made in support of marquis’ statement . “in fact , for all that these three letters are in wide use within churches , the device really belongs to the magical tradition …” [ “magic symbols” , by frederick goodman , brian todd publishing house , ltd . , page 33 ] . for that matter , the very round shape of the host dates back to antiquity , to the egyptian satanists ! they devised the round shape to honor their sun god , whose name was “ra” . god cursed sun god ra in his judgment of egypt in exodus 10 : 21 - 23 . therefore , this cursed doctrine of transubstantiation even uses a cursed pagan round wafer !
‘what rubbish ! ’ i protested . ‘good and evil are opposites . ’ ‘no , not really , ’ stephomi said mildly . ‘hot and cold are opposites , but haven’t you ever touched something so scalding that for a moment you think it’s freezing ? when you get to extremes , the brain confuses the two , can’t process them properly , mixes them up . or perhaps it’s just that they’re really not all that different to begin with . ’ p 122 alex bell’s the ninth circle has the reader treading the thin line between sanity and insanity
last week an irish police investigator reported to the iclcj court that the close to 800 babies buried in a catholic nun’s septic tank were dismembered , decapitated and in bits and pieces – signs that they could have been murdered in satanic child sacrifice rites . in the last two months the iclcj court has heard these heart - wrenching testimonies about the rape , torture and murder of children as recently as 2010 by catholic leaders , european royal family members and other global elites . murder sites of the ninth circle satanic child sacrifice cult were said to be in the catacombs of catholic cathedrals including the vatican and on private estates , military establishments and groves in belgium , holland , spain , australia , france , england and the us .
wild - eyed , long - haired brits leap atop the romans ' shields as the soldiers blindly hack away , the bodies so close that you can barely tell the victor from the vanquished . the battles in the fog and rain have a hallucinatory power .
in the city of budapest a man wakes up in a kitchen , his face stuck to the floor with dried blood . he has no idea of who he is , only that he apparently fell and hit his head while putting up shelves and that on a nearby table there is a box filled with a large amount of cash . according to papers he finds in the apartment his name is gabriel antaeus but other than that he knows nothing about himself or how he came to be there . the ninth circle begins with a setup that would do justice to any tradi
“the monogram became more popular after the twelfth century when st . bernard insisted much on devotion to the holy name of jesus , and the fourteenth , when the founder of the jesuati , blessed john colombini ( d . 1367 ) , usually wore it on his breast . towards the close of the middle ages ihs became a symbol , quite like the chi - rho in the constantinian period . ”
i initially found the main character hard to relate to and the pace a little slow but after the 1st 50 or so pages the story really picks up , the characters become much more . . .
if someone robs a casino , if someone hacks into a bank and empties its accounts , where do you think they stash their money ? under the mattress ? if a criminal organization wants to build an arsenal . . . experiment with bio - warfare . . . take control of a city . . . where do you think they seek out loans ? evil is expensive . let me put this as crassly as possible . the bad guys make trouble , but the really bad guys make trouble possible . probably this comes as no surprise to hear . . . the really bad guys ? they ' re bankers . the ninth circle is a bank .
the creative mind of don mccauley moves raw material into genus , and transfers the audience to realms that only alice has seen on the other side of the looking glass .
as
the most beautiful and the most moving war melodrama of croatian cinema
.
this book is like a man , in by such it gets you really excited , anxious , and teases you and finally . . . . drops the ball ! flat and disappointed about the finale . such a dud . is there going to be a follow - up for this book ? i mean the yes , the character finally had some development after rambling about damn fish food for like 5 flippin ' chapters . kudos for him . however . . . was there any development to the storyline ? i was left feeling more robbed than paying $ 12 for a movie ticket . 9th circle indeed , it came full circle because nothing was fully answered . thanks for nothing
in january 2014 the brother of the king of holland prince johan friso passed away in a coma after these three dutch - language websites shown here reached the internet . the websites revealed that friso was at the human hunting and killing parties . ”the story came on the internet after years of trying to move the policy and justice department in the netherlands to act against the criminals , ” an eyewitness said . “nobody did anything to stop these criminals , probably because queen beatrix and king albert likely interfered with the investigations . ”
while the first manifestation of meeting hell is almost always male , the second category is the female counterpart of the chairing elvis . there is a certain subcategory of sisters who are doomed to be excluded from the gated community of masculine management .
since wrapping up the eighth season of the show in 2011 , larry has co - written and starred in the 2013 hbo movie clear history .
inferior to the similar , based - n - the - same - history
centurion .
i will never agree with the witchcraft ceremonies of the rcc . never . they twist the pagan rituals in with biblical ceremonies . this makes them evil . the occult cults all follow these same rules . this is how satan confuses the world , don’t you see that ? there’s no argument over the sacrificial lamb ! the argument here is their mixing of witchcraft with biblical ceremonies to confuse the masses .
we see the light at the end of the agenda , and then an unexpected spark ignites the bone - dry intellect of the room . a supposedly “quick chat” that started at 1pm sees us on the 7pm train wondering what happened . like a hurricane warning , there are a few key triggers that help us to evade the threat , avoid a disaster or know when to leave the room screaming .
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alleged to be present during the human hunting parties were the late prince johan friso and his wife mabel wisse smit , former ministers , the top man of the dutch army , the under secretary of the raad van state in the netherlands , the vice - roy next to queen beatrix and other global business and political leaders including some from the us . “surely the present king willem alexander and king filip and their wives know about this abuse and murder of children” said one eyewitness . ”they do nothing about it and likely are the ones to stop investigations and prosecutions . ”
needless to say , they enjoy the title and the pervasive power , but never seem to find the right moment to speak , interrupt or intervene in the agenda . so they sit like yoko – wanting to scream , wanting to get into a bag , wanting to scream in a bag – in the knowledge that their abilities are recognised by the institution because they are the acting assistant to the acting deputy chair .
despite its bleak atmosphere and sparse storyline , period drama the eagle is a pleasant surprise . it entertains with some great sword play , and the themes of honor and bravery overcome the simplicity of the story .
i found the plot and direction of the story telegraphed from the outset . the twist provided by gabriel’s amnesia was only mildly surprising . i found the writing to be adequate in most places , somewhat less than acceptable in a few others and a few startling gems scattered in there for good measure . the story is easy to read although if you’re not after an alternative theology lesson or a brush up on bible class , then i’d give this tale a wide berth . i agree with chuck on the setting , and was disappointed when i read the author had actually gone to budapest for research . the story is littered with descriptions of the place like someone quoting from a tourist brochure . there seemed very little emotional content attached to the descriptions however . the format of writing in a diary was also disappointing . when i read a book , i want to be able to dispel belief , be swept along with the tale . that’s very hard to do when you know that the writer is going to survive because he managed a diary entry . the emotions of the main character seemed extremely extreme , black and white , and only entertain greyness toward the end . i’ve heard tales before where archangel gabriel is supposed to be this kind of person , and therefore jumped to the only wrong conclusion i made in the entire book . mind you , i had already decided most of what was going to occur by page 40 . i found the main character simply not believable in many of the reactions and decisions he made . the argument between good and evil is almost inverted in this tale with expected images and the occasional line thrown in to ensure the reader remembers which side is supposed to be which . nothing seems to be very well blended in the presentation of this tale . the comparison to james bond or jason bourne is a big stretch of the advertising blurb . these characters have built a following over the years because they are fully rounded characters pitted against fully rounded villains . they do sensational stuff in exotic locations . the ninth circle is a retelling of an old apocalyptic tale , in an exotic location , with the barest minimum of characterisation and even less emotion . even the book cover and the art itself are less than inspiring . i found the book to be quite disappointing . its only saving grace was the increase in pace toward the end . things began to blend together and and the main character and the main
villain
became much more identifiable . it was a long way to go to get there unfortunately .
i found this book intoxicating . a story that intrigued me with the concept and then compelled me with every new turn of the page . i loved that this book was drenched in a layer of bizarre strangeness , and an air of darkness that surrounds gabriel ' s story from the very beginning . so many times i found myself wondering if what was happening to him was a dream , a nightmare , or some sort of delusional episode brought on by the confusion he faces every single day . as hard as i tried to solve the mystery of who gabriel really was , i never came close to the truth . the reality of who he really is and how he got to be in budapest blew me away . it was sheer , unexpected genius . the final confrontation scene will have you guessing and second guessing yourself over and over . i swayed from one side to the other continually , but was more than satisfied with the path gabriel took . it ' s always amazing when you have to ask yourself who the good guy really is - - is it the one that ' s on the supposed good side , or the supposed bad guy willing to help and answer your questions ? the ninth circle is a fantastical , unique , odd , dark ride through the pages of a journal kept by a man who doesn ' t remember who he is but slowly begins to unravel the puzzle of his life as he learns to become himself from scratch . i enjoyed every moment of it , even the melancholy end that kept me wanting more . . .
the iclcj court received a collection of jesuit archival records about a child sacrificial cult known as the knights of darkness . in 1933 the knights were established by the catholic jesuits and nazi waffen s . s . division . the records showed ratzinger was identified as a member of the knights while working as an s . s . chaplain’s assistant at the ravensbruck concentration camp in germany . the records also stated that ratzinger participated in child sacrificial rites using kidnapped children from the camps or political prisoners .
what can i say more . . that similar rituals has been going on long time ago in the ancient traditions of the nations . . resurrection ancient pagan , new spiritual awakening , . . along with the knowledge what scientific prove the universe have conciousness unfortunately , not matched by the resurrection of the christians spirituality . . we know the early days of christian developing when they really live in the spirit , but where can i see now ?
in the city of budapest a man wakes up in a kitchen , his face stuck to the floor with dried blood . he has no idea of who he is , only that he apparently fell and hit his head while putting up shelves and that on a nearby table there is a box filled with a large amount of cash . according to papers he finds in the apartment his name is gabriel antaeus but other than that he knows nothing about himself or how he came to be there . the ninth circle begins with a setup that would do justice to any traditional suspense thriller but very quickly becomes something else . using a journal to orient himself , gabriel begins to document his days and the search for his identity and as he does so he describes a man capable of seemingly contradictory extremes : at once feeling sickened by the death of an insect and having to restrain himself from joyously killing other people . as time goes on and he struggles to re - create his life from small clues he finds it becomes apparent that there is something else going on - something larger than one man with amnesia - and as the pieces of information slowly come together the suspense builds slowly but surely . like gabriel , the reader is sure that something is wrong - very wrong - and , like gabriel , may come to some wrong conclusions about what it might be . it ' s difficult to discuss this novel without giving away plot points , however small , that readers may prefer to find out for themselves . it ' s also a novel that starts out as one thing and ends as something else entirely , morphing so slowly along the way that the moment of transformation is impossible to pinpoint . if you enjoy suspense thrillers as well as fantasy novels , i recommend giving the ninth circle a try . i will certainly be keeping my eyes open for other books by this author .
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b : to facilitate an active and open dialog among members concerning the growth of the leather community for all persons .
after nearly five years off the air , a resurrection of the show was hardly expected . but never say never .
we the people : bill and hillary clinton fly commercial twice in one weekend and the former president is . . .
the latest sandals - and - swords outing ,
the eagle
has landed . . . with a thud .
this book is like a man , in by such it gets you really excited , anxious , and teases you and finally . . . . drops the ball ! flat and disappointed about the finale . such a dud . is there going to be a follow - up for this book ? i mean the yes , the character finally had some development after rambling about damn fish food for like 5 flippin ' chapters . kudos for him . however . . . was there any development to the storyline ? i was left feeling more robbed than paying $ 12 for a movie ticket . 9th circle indeed , i
it must have been my son who recommended this book to me as it is totally his type of story . the style of writing , with the extremely
present
voice of the narrator - and by that i mean that , though he is telling what has happened in the form of a diary , he writes not what happened in the past but how he is recalling in the present what happened - makes it very punchy . we also have the battle between good and evil , and the massive blurring there is in the mythologies of god , the devil , angels & a ;
. the catholic church —practically alone on the world stage ! — - has opposed the new world orders entire program which began with henry viii and the masonic french revolution . is it any wonder she is constantly persecuted by people like this .
the episode is called “ the ninth circle , ” and guest stars include marin hinkle ( isabelle ) , patrick breen ( andrew munsey ) , keith carradine ( president conrad dalton ) , martin bashir ( himself ) , usman ally ( zahed javani ) , ruffin prentiss ( barry ) , alexander salamat ( andy ) , elia monte - brown ( phoebe roberts ) , emily hsu ( tina ) , kelly aucoin ( greg taylor ) , elizabeth ward land ( policy expert ) , debra monk ( mary lou boris ) , jorge cordova ( miguel ) , gil daniels ( preston walsh ) , richard sturtevant ( teacher ) , erick avari ( turkish foreign minister ozan canoglu ) , kathleen chalfant ( dean ward ) , jerrell jones ( kid ) , and mamoudou athie ( staffer ) .
justin bieber is the perfect gentleman as he handles the bags . . . while crop top - clad hailey baldwin struts alongside
here come the godparents ! kate and william are joined by childhood friends - including guy pelly - and the . . .
fit for a prince ! louis becomes the eighth royal baby to wear the historic honiton lace christening robe on . . .
it should be put forth that there is another possibility of where ihs came from . perhaps it was not originally a christian symbol at all . it has been suggested that ihs actually stood for the three “persons” of the pagan trinity , namely isis ( the mother ) , horus ( the child ) , and seb ( the father ) . some argue that during the infant stage of the church , it was adopted into the faith as a way of getting along with the surrounding pagans . this was not an uncommon practice , as the persecution of christians in those days was quite severe . we think that this is every bit as logical as the way one must shift the letters around in jesus’ name to make ihs mean what they want it to mean .
in savouring the crumbs from the table , they are appointed assistant dean , assistant to the dean , deputy assistant dean , acting deputy assistant dean , deputy chair , assistant deputy chair , acting assistant deputy chair or acting assistant to the acting deputy chair .
ksitetv editor - in - chief craig byrne has been writing about tv on the internet since 1995 . he is also the author of several published books , including smallville : the visual guide and the show ' s official companions for seasons 4 - 7 .
for those of us more permanently placed in the institution , it was not the show’s depiction of open - plan office life or the bash - a - head - against - a - closed - door boredom of reception that resonated . it was the mock meetings that left most of us writhing on the floor in recognition .
this book started off so promising , aside from the sort of whole amnesia cliche . but with the way it ' s written - in journal format - the beginning of the book reads like watching a slow descent into madness , and it was really cool .
e : to establish a network within our community that will keep track of the growth of our leather community , as well as the potential growth of the leather community here in orlando and central florida .
the ever - shifting balance of power between master and slave is smartly acted by the two leads and the story itself , simple as it is , exerts a power as old as cowboys and indians .
the analogy with literature is apparent . one would not hazard a reception history of the meaning and significance of a writer ' s work without connecting historical reactions and interpretations to aspects and details of the literary texts . the attention to past contexts of interpretation in . . .
and to your other comments about the persecution of the holy see and his beloved peoples… please enlighten me ! ! first of all , i fail to understand how the wealthiest corporation , city , sovereignty and church in the world is possibly suffering in even the tiniest of ways ! ! ? ? the wealth held under lock and key within the walls of st peter’s alone could most likely feed the entire world til the end of time ! ! seriously ! ! furthermore , i do not see the holy church standing up to fight against any evils – not the new world order , unified religion , the corruption and debasement of our children , the destruction of families , morals and unity or calling out the demonic and ungodly attacks and widespread satanic influence over society that is taking place ! ! ! instead pope francis comes out in support of everyone… . . homosexuality , hate mongers ( like radical islam ) , hiding and condoning pedophiles and criminals… calling all religions basically the same and blaspheming the word of god by calling into question it’s validity and saying the story of adam and eve is only just a fairy tale , not to mention ushering in this acceptance that aliens are to be welcomed as enlightened beings… ! ! ! yep , one world religion , one world government and the complete removal of the god of abraham from the world is happening now , and your faithful and honest holy father is shaking hands with the demons that have taken over !
the story sags in the middle , as our wanderers traipse through the highlands - not a happy environment for tatum , who , before his journey even begins , looks all at sea in this distant age .
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it must have been my son who recommended this book to me as it is totally his type of story . the style of writing , with the extremely
present
voice of the narrator - and by that i mean that , though he is telling what has happened in the form of a diary , he writes not what happened in the past but how he is recalling in the present what happened - makes it very punchy . we also have the battle between good and evil , and the massive blurring there is in the mythologies of god , the devil , angels & demons . it ' s quite delightful seeing the narrator struggle with realising that things are not black and white , either / or . i like the setting as well . the descriptions of some of the architecture in budapest create very clear thought - pictures , and make me want to view some photographs . i ' d never particularly thought about budapest before . i ' ve now added another european city to the places that i ' ll prabably never afford to visit .
another court document called the magisterial privilege indicated child sacrifice was a regular occurrence at the vatican . at the tender age of 12 “svali” of san diego county california claimed she was brought to catacombs beneath the vatican to witness the sacrifice of a three year - old drugged boy . in this video her interviewer said that 24 years prior a “maria” told him she witnessed another satanic child sacrifice rite in the same vatican catacombs .
“the difference between fantasy and reality is a fine line in the dark . ” - me the wizarding world of witchcraft we have no time to waste . i’m not going to spare any punches . the time is here . we are in the last days and many , many people are beginning to realize it . evil is primed and [ … ]
the red - alert moment of meetings – the point where we wonder if we will ever see our husbands and wives again – is when elvis ( obviously supported by yoko ) plays around with a large document like a crocodile with a dead chicken . he tells a few old oxford stories . he never went there , but he used to go to the pub . he returns to the document and mucks around with the contents page . he talks about credit crunch opportunities in eastern europe . he asks about the font choice on the cover of the report . he talks about a profound research breakthrough he ( well , his research assistant ) made in 1973 around the time of the eurovision song contest .
‘what rubbish ! ’ i protested . ‘good and evil are opposites . ’ ‘no , not really , ’ stephomi said mildly . ‘hot and cold are opposites , but haven’t you ever touched something so scalding that for a moment you think it’s freezing ? when you get to extremes , the brain confuses the two , can’t process them properly , mixes them up . or perhaps it’s just that they’re really not all that different to begin with . ’ p 122 alex bell’s the ninth circle has the reader treading the thin line between sanity and insanity with a paranoid amnesiac named gabriel antaeus ( at least that’s the name on his tenancy agreement ) and brings up deep questions in unexpected and potent ways against the back drop of budapest . gabriel is a frequently alarming man , at times even abhorrent , but also starkly human . the book is his journal and it draws the reader swiftly into his mind , and as uncomfortable a place as that is , something compels you to read on . this book has many themes that are drawn tightly together , and though they are not ones i usually seek out they created in me a subtle fascination . dante , the proximity of angels to demons , faith in god and faith in a friend , heroes and their nature or lack there of , good and evil , the nature of god - all of it colored with gabriel’s suspicion so i no longer knew which definition i could trust . skillfully written , subtly twisted and darkly wonderful . an unforgettable read , i highly recommend . “an apology for the devil ; it must be remembered that we have heard only one side of the case ; god has written all the books . ” p 119 ‘what rubbish ! ’ i protested . ‘good and evil are opposites . ’ ‘no , not really , ’ stephomi said mildly . ‘hot and cold are opposites , but haven’t you ever touched something so scalding that for a moment you think it’s freezing ? when you get to extremes , the brain confuses the two , can’t process them properly , mixes them up . or perhaps it’s just that they’re really not all that different to begin with . ’ p 122 ‘well . . . sometimes it’s possible to catch glimpses of angles and demons in places of the in between . graveyards –because they are places that belong to both the living and the dead . churches –places of the both the mortal and the divine . the moments before sunrise and sunset where the earth belongs to both night and day . mirrors that reflect reality the wrong way round and dreams that allow both the possible and impossible all at once . . . p 123
the film was also released in more than 30 countries , including the u . s . , the soviet union , france , italy , great britain , germany , israel , argentina , australia , and japan .
the ninth circle begins with a man waking up in a room he’s never seen before , a large amount of money on a table and his head stuck to the floor by a copious amount of dried blood . he has no idea of who he is , barely able to remember his name , until it comes to him , he is gabriel . “gabriel antaeus , ” he mutters , the name strange and unfamiliar in his mouth . clueless about what he is doing there , all he knows is that he is in budapest , which he recognises as a place he knows . he hides out in the room for several days , trying to figure out what has happened to him . then ventures out one night and sees a woman he seems to recognise , she is terrified at the sight of him , but he follows her , chasing through the dark streets , convinced he knows her somehow . she is set upon by thieves and he wades in , astonished to find he has superhuman strength , but when he has vanquished the thieves she has disappeared in the melee . the novel then takes the form of his journal by which he tries to puzzle through the mystery of his existence . he writes down what happens to him from this somewhat puzzling beginning . angels , devils , and an ambiguous assistant , stephomi , appear before him as he roams budapest and for a while he seems on the cusp of reality and illusion . but his neighbour , casey , is real , and gradually he is drawn to her and her dilemma . she is pregnant and dismisses his suggestion that she try to find the father of the child . he doesn’t exist . yes , it is to be a virgin birth . from here on , is where i got lost somewhat . there are a variety of strange experiences , culminating in the death of casey as she gives birth to twins , two girls , one of which is the antichrist . and if you like the ideas , if the thought of a battle in the sky involving angels and demons , devils and homonuclii move you , all i can say is good luck , and good night .
a man comes round on the floor of a shabby flat in the middle of budapest . his head is glued to the floorboards with his own blood . there ' s a fortune in cash on the kitchen table . and he has no idea where , or who , he is .
at its start this book is captivating ; the writing is quick yet descriptively beautiful , and though it seems to drag on a little towards the middle , the question of this man ' s identity always remains in the reader ' s mind . however , towards the end , the book takes a downwards turn and becomes a little too cliché for my tastes : i continued with this on the hope and premise that it didn ' t seem very generically angel - fic when it turned out to be that . the man ' s identity was something that didn ' t impr
most recently , he has been parodying the democratic presidential candidate bernie sanders on saturday night live as well as hosting the late - night program .
“stories about child sex and pornography first became public knowledge in 1989 , following the collapse of the franklin credit union . that is not when the allegations started , however . indeed , given the political flavor of the subsequent investigations , it would be easy to dismiss claims that george bush had been involved . he was by then a very public figure… . ” urltoken
from the beginning , however , in christian inscriptions the nomina sacra , or names of jesus christ , were shortened by contraction , thus ic and xc or ihs and xps for iesous christos . these greek monograms continued to be used in latin during the middle ages . eventually the right meaning was lost , and erroneous interpretation of ihs led to the faulty orthography “jhesus” .
intriguing idea , a good plot , i even like the idea of the ending . it ' s a pity that it is actually poorly written , i only read to the end because i thought it may get better .
parking also seems a worry , and they are fixated on recycling . but when the pit bulls find their hub of conflict , 30 minutes can be lost as they negotiate questions of alienation , labour surplus and the wage slavery that continues to undercut the culinary rights of academics in the contemporary university .
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i found the plot and direction of the story telegraphed from the outset . the twist provided by gabriel’s amnesia was only mildly surprising . i found the writing to be adequate in most places , somewhat less than acceptable in a few others and a few startling gems scattered in there for good measure . the story is easy to read although if you’re not after an alternative theology lesson or a brush up on bible class , then i’d give this tale a wide berth . i agree with chuck on the setting , and was disap
this was interesting and…easy , taking me only a handful of hours to read . the blurb on the front cover says
haunting , engrossing
. the blurb is wrong . this is not haunting . . . the best word i can use is ' cute ' . and whilst i read it fairly quickly it was too clichéd and predictable to be engrossing . by far the best section of the book is the beginning . gabriel wakes up with no memories and we follow him for a third of the book as he tries to figure out who he was before . this is done well and it wa
something dark and violent in gabriel ' s past is trying to resurface . and as he pieces the clues together , everything points towards an astounding war between angels and demons . . . and a battle not just for the future of the world , but for the minds and souls of everyone in it .
the comedy series has been nominated for 38 primetime emmy awards and in 2002 it won the golden globe award for best television series – musical or comedy .
i started off being very intrigued by gabriel and his identity and the fish but eventually my wonder tapered off . mephistopheles was one of the better reveals , where gabriel ' s own past fell flat . likewise , the ending didn ' t recapture me , though it did tie the knots and present a conclusion .
alex bell was born in 1986 . she always wanted to be a writer but had several different back - up plans to ensure she didn’t end up in the poor house first . for some years these ranged from dolphin trainer to animal shelter vet but then , at fifteen , she had an epiphany involving john and robert kennedy and decided to become a lawyer instead . to that end she eagerly started a law degree only to find it so boring that she was at a very real risk of going completely insane . to mitigate this she started writing again . the second book got her an agent with carolyn whitaker of london independent books but , unfortunately , not a publisher . the third book , written during her first summer holidays off from university , found a home with gollancz . the ninth circle came out in april 2008 with possibly the most beautiful cover ever created ( matched only by her second book , jasmyn ) . not one to learn from past experience , alex started the legal practice course in london . there she met some great people and had a lot of fun messing about during lessons that were clearly meant to be extremely solemn affairs . thankfully , she dropped out just before the point where all students must submit to the personality - removing process that is a compulsory part of being an esteemed member of the legal profession . now she happily dwells in an entirely make - believe world of blood , death , madness , murder and mayhem . the doctors have advised that it is best not to disturb her , for she appears to be happy there . the only other thing to add is that alex bell is an immensely – immensely – talented young writer , blah , blah , blah . the books are great , blah , blah . everyone should totally go out and buy them and stuff .


just yell fire is a freely distributed 2006 film aimed at teaching young girls to defend themselves against attackers .

started as a school project by dallas jessup and catherine wehage , then freshman at st. mary 's academy in portland , oregon , the project grew to include the celebrity endorsement of josh holloway and evangeline lilly of the television show lost .

the video teaches viewers weak points on an attacker 's body and how to effectively cause enough pain to those points to escape .

it also tells viewers how to avoid becoming a target for rape and kidnapping to begin with .

the film 's title references a point made in the video : that yelling " help " or " rape " may frighten potential witnesses or rescuers away , while yelling " fire " tends to draw a crowd .

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teens , parents , teachers , law enforcement , shelter leaders , elected officials , and women’s organizations across america and around the world have lauded the just yell fire films and programs . dallas jessup has traveled more than 200 , 000 miles speaking at schools , colleges , law enforcement events ( including the fbi national academy ) , and testified to the u . s . congress to get the just yell fire information into the hands of girls everywhere .
urltoken empower teen girls and save one , ten , or ten thousand from rape or abduction . in what some describe as the coolest high school project ever , two of portland ' s st . mary ' s academy high school girls expect to put predators and date rapists out of business nationwide when their new film just yell fire . just yell fire is free to any teen girl either as a dvd or download from the website : urltoken .
just yell fire offers four inspiring , life - saving , and entertaining programs that empower girls and young women to know their rights , to stand up for themselves , to be aware of dangers they face ( and how to avoid them ) , and to escape violence when trouble finds them . the just yell fire million girl revolution is based on the premise that young women have the right to live the life they want - on their own terms .
“i just couldn’t let her down , ” he would tell the police in his confession . “i mean , her son had just torn her to pieces . . . . she don’t hit her kids , she don’t yell at them . ”
watson , peter . 2005 . ideas : a history from fire to freud .
her self - defense program is making a difference . in her free downloadable videos , she gives 10 defensive steps that a person can use to stop an attacker just long enough to gain time to escape . she named her program just yell fire because , she says , yelling
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doesn ' t draw as much attention .
the next 911 call came just eight minutes later : a brush fire had been set near a ditch bank and burned a 10th of an acre of woods .
expanding our train the trainer project to teach just yell fire violence prevention and safety techniques to girls 11 to 19 to teach more teachers and coaches so they can teach their kids . expanding partnerships with law enforcement including what we ' re doing now with two state attorneys general .
“it isn’t just flint . ” how the next water crisis could happen anywhere .
schirato , tony & susan yell . 1996 . communication and cultural literacy : an introduction . sydney . allen & unwin .
a man from seattle whose daughter escaped from an abductor because of what she learned from just yell fire also e - mailed jessup to say thank you .
it ' s notes like that that keep me going ,
she says . and feed her commitment to keep even more young women safe .
“i just couldn’t let her down , ” he would tell the police in his confession . “i mean , her son had just torn her to pieces . . . . she don’t hit her kids , she don’t yell at them . ” she didn’t do drugs . she didn’t have any outlets .
later i learn that the stairwells also qualify as fire stairs ; normally these require heavy doors that reduce the spread of fire . but jobs , inspired by the way fire stairs work on yachts , had suggested that , in cases of flagration , glass encasing the stairwells should be drenched by high - pressure sprinkler heads producing a dense mist , a proposal that apparently satisfied the santa clara county fire department .
( then 14 ) , that began in 2006 . the just yell fire message is that a girl who knows her rights and how to stand up for herself is the front line defense against sexual assault , dating violence , hate crimes , human trafficking , date rape drugs and other dangers facing girls in high school and college .
it was a little more than 24 hours after the first fire had been set . now there were six .
after graduating from vanderbilt university in nashville , tenn . , in may with a degree in communications , jessup plans to continue directing her nonprofit organization , called just yell fire .
i love what i do ,
she says .
i love doing presentations . working one - on - one with the girls is one of the most rewarding things i do .
among the million girls who have seen and studied the just yell fire film we get from 5 to hundreds of emails each day from girls , parents , teachers , shelters , and law enforcement letting us know we ' re successfully turning the tables on predators with girls fighting back because neither police nor parents can be everywhere . we hope to affect 5 million more by 2010 .
just yell fire™ is taking on a crisis social problem : violence and abuse against young women and girls . the numbers are horrific : 1 in 4 becomes a sexual assault victim , 1 in 3 face dating abuse , and too many encounter random violence , date rape drugs , hate crimes , or traffickers . we believe every girl has the right to live a life free of fear , abuse , or violence and we ' re fighting back .
we ' re doing three things : a ) continuing to promote the website using social media , traditional media , and by creating buzz to get this information out ; b ) setting training sessions around the country ( our train the trainer program see urltoken ) for teachers and coaches - that ' s how we ' ll get to millions more girls ; and c ) working with federal and local law enforcement to get just yell fire programs into the schools .
love is a weird act : a temporary insanity , an optimistic delusion . fire is a passionate element , and it captivates even as it destroys .
“you could say anything to him and he would laugh , ” tonya says . “his smile would just light up his face . ”
finally , the fire took and the figure ran back toward the road . johnson and burke chased after , but just as they were clearing the forest , the minivan reappeared . the figure , wearing dark , baggy clothes , jumped in through the passenger’s side and the van drove off .
since 2006 just yell fire has grown into a 1 . 5 million girl revolution across 64 countries as we empower girls to know their rights , to stand up for themselves , to be aware of dangers they face , and to escape violence when trouble finds them . ladies , watch our free films , learn to be safe and be part of our revolution ; then tell your friends and your school to join us too . you have the right to live the life you want on your own terms . stay safe .
“they’re not insured , they’re vacant — they’re just old shacks that have been there for a hundred years , ” she told the operator who answered . she hadn’t heard anything . she hadn’t seen anything . “oh my god , ” she said as the fire presumably grew bigger . “ there she goes . ”
“well , ” the supervisor qualifies . “just everybody else is usually really sad or mad by the time they’ve been working here this long . ”
a few weeks later , just down the street , someone burned out an old pickup truck , and residents watched firefighters put out the flames .
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“i think so , ” charlie said . they never stayed to watch any of them burn , he said . they just lit them and ran .
accomack is a small county that looked half - gutted even before the fires started , where love and fire could combine to transform two ordinary people’s lives into an epic romance .
it was the 44th fire of the series , and it took place at the residence of j . d . shreaves , a single father who works for a tree - pruning company .
we ourselves feel that what we are doing is just a drop in the ocean . but the ocean would be less because of that missing drop . - mother teresa
in the coming weeks , she would get used to the sirens . everybody would . they would sound just after bedtime or just before , twice a night or once a week , from parksley , tasley , melfa , bloxom . the county vibrated with fire engines groaning over gravel driveways . the county vibrated with suspicion . the county went about its business . the county burned down . people assumed that the culprit must be someone who lived among them , and people would be right . it would be a love story .
this scenario lasts for 12 years ( good thing he took your clothes off during the day ) ! by this point , the enemy has decided to leave and forget about the man . so he gets up and goes back to the city . my my my , look what he ' s missed . in fact , he can ' t handle all of the changes and he starts to yell at the people that they are bad and haven ' t learned anything from the 12 years he ' s been living in the cave . never mind that the people have been living in fear under the enemy rule . nope . just yell at everyone and make them feel bad .
practice is always informed by a sense of agency ( the ability to understand and control our own actions ) , but that the possibilities of agency must be understood in terms of cultural trajectories , literacies and dispositions ( schirato & yell 1996 : 148 ) .
for example , he suggests that in a comparable manner to the action of creativity a fire needs three factors to be in place in order for it to occur ; in this case tinder , oxygen and a spark . without any one of these necessary components being operative fire will simply not occur . but people tend to look at the spark alone to isolate the cause of fire . similarly when investigating creativity both researchers and lay - people will most often attempt to account for creativity by concentrating on individuals alone . however this disregards the necessary social and cultural factors at play . csikszentmilahyi suggests that :
the accomack county sheriff’s office doesn’t have its own fire investigators , so the virginia state police sent special agents to examine the properties . the agents determined that all of the fires had been intentionally set .
now what ? well , he assumes he ' ll have to be hiding for years and years . so , he ' ll need to save the clothing he has . yep , during the day he just takes off all of his clothes and buries himself in the ground with just his head exposed . at night , he can go out and forage .
“well , what if i do start crying ? ” i ask the woman who warns me to keep it together no matter how awfully i’m treated . “are they really going to fire me for that ? ”
she ran next door to warn her neighbor , who , like clark , lives in a low - slung ranch house off of a silent road . at 10 : 41 p . m . on nov . 12 , 2012 , she called the eastern shore 911 center , flustered and out of breath . “i’m just calling — somebody done set the house on fire on dennis drive . ”
“deciding which employees are going to sit in the main building” and which would have to work in the outer buildings . “and he just got a big laugh out of it . ”
it was the first time , she said , that she realized charlie had anything to do with the arsons . at her trial , she insisted what she has always insisted , in testimony , police questioning and in her jailhouse interview : she thought they were just getting out of the house for a while . she thought they were just going for a ride .
indeed , it was irresponsible to green light such a direct insult to another country and not expect there to be repercussions . in this analogy , it was sony studios that was going to yell “fire ! ” in a crowded political theater and many people ( economically and reputation - wise ) were and are being injured . thinking of the film as a comedy sony , rogen , franco and company thought they could get away with yelling “fire” , but having actually used the real name of the target of their ridicule any kind of artistic license is revoked and the subsequent material can easily be interpreted as u . s . government sanctioned propaganda against north korea barely disguised as an action / comedy .
“hey , buddy , ” miles thornton , who made the 11 : 43 call , said to the operator . “there’s a structure fire over on savannah road . ” thornton had stepped outside for a cigarette when he heard a crackling sound , which was coming from an empty house seven miles north of the original fire in parksley . “i looked over , ” thornton explained , “and all i saw was orange in the sky . ”
lois gomez’s christmas lights were half up on dec . 15 , 2012 . she hadn’t decided whether to bother with the rest of the decorations , which were meanwhile stored in the family’s detached garage . in the middle of that night , she got up for a drink of water and heard a passerby banging on her door , yelling that the garage was on fire — approximately the 30th fire since the arsons had begun a month before . the family kept chickens in a pen attached to the garage , and as gomez watched her property burn , she realized that whoever set the fire had taken the time to let out all the birds , which were now running around the lawn at 4 a . m .
his daughters sobbed as he called the police . “girls , calm down , ” he told them . “your daddy’s here with you . ” he was no expert , but the lit rag — it was obvious the fire was set intentionally .
tonya bundick was initially charged with one count of conspiracy and one count of arson — the final fire on airport road where police had stopped the gold minivan . she was originally placed in accomack county jail , where charlie was also being held .
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a long - vacant house on dennis drive in parksley , va . , was the first to be set on fire , on nov . 12 , 2012 . nothing about the arsons pointed to insurance fraud , as many of the properties weren’t insured .
in the course of rolling out my project i ' ve met 100 other kids who are chaning the world in huge ways ! my book young revolutionaries who rock , saving the world one revolution at a time , comes out at the beginning of 2009 . i use these kids and their phenomenal projects to inspire teens around the world to start their own projects . i hear regularly by email and at events where i ' m speaking that kids and even adults are inspired to take on seemingly impossible social problems after looking at the just yell fire project . as a martial artist ( black belt tae kwon do and a second degree instructor of filipino street fighting ) i also connect with martial artists around the country to help empower youth to not only protect themselves but to change the world themselves .
charlie looked up at the sheriff , whom he’d known for 20 years the way people in this county just know one another . “todd , ” he said , “i’m sorry , but i didn’t light them all . ”
there are things charlie and tonya agree on , about what led them to the house on airport road . there are aspects to the story charlie and tonya don’t agree on at all , having to do with how a love story became a fire story .
now , what if he is a leader of the people ? how can he still inspire them ? again , not such a hard problem . he just gets word to his followers that he is hiding in the woods . tells the children to go outside with bows and arrows and other toys so that the enemy thinks they are just going to play in the forest . when the children get to the cave , he shares words of inspiration .
just after one in the morning on nov . 13 — three hours later and 13 miles away from where clark called 911 — helen hasty went to let her dog out and saw flames surrounding some outbuildings on the farm she owned .
williams is an arson profiler , the founder of the center for arson research . she has interviewed more than 1 , 000 arsonists , by her estimate , and she divides them into categories : revenge arsonists , thrill - seekers , disordered - coping fire starters . most of them are white . most of them are men . some of them , such as john orr , a famous thrill - seeking arsonist who lit an estimated 2 , 000 fires in southern california while maintaining his day job as a fire investigator , revel in the havoc they secretly create .
really , i had no idea all this would happen ,
ms . jessup says from her home in vancouver , wash .
it ' s been amazing . i just thought that maybe i could help my friends at school .
“he wasn’t a mean - spirited person at all , ” wessels says . people wouldn’t have used his business if he were . he was always friendly around the shop ; he just seemed like a doofus whose addiction kept causing him to screw up .
raised $ 600 , 000 in cash but mostly in services for a professional crew of 30 and 100 volunteer extras to do a multiple day shoot to create just yell fire , the first film ever to teach girls 11 to 19 how to get away from attackers every time , a dating bill of rights , and some prevention tips from police . raised another $ 50 , 000 or more to fund dvds to be made and mailed free to any girl anywhere who asks . 130 volunteers made the film , about 6 or 7 of my friends help me package and mail dvds , and we have 4 corporate partners and the recent commitment of jygy social network to help financially as well as the band enation that will assist to create revenues ( one of their guys won 3 emmys , two are on people magazine ' s world ' s sexiest men list . . . plus their music is clean and great ) .
so he admitted that he’d lied ; the house was still standing . and then they drove back to the house together , in the dark , empty county where both of them had grown up and both of them struggled . this time , charlie would later say , tonya lit the fire .
the entire collection of noble rock stars just froze . the silence was palpable…it was uncanny how the whole room was there to pay deference to this man , just as the awaiting media were . the musicians in the room , big stars , genuinely famous across the planet and rightly full of their own achievement , seemed to unite in recognising that here was the head boy , the role model that defined pop star , that personified creativity , songwriting and fame ( barrow & bextor 2004 : 15 - 16 ) .
“charlie ‘wasn’t a mean - spirited person at all , ’ wessels says . people wouldn’t have used his business if he were . he was always friendly around the shop , he just seemed like a doofus whose addiction kept causing him to screw up . ”
she lit the next dozen , too , he says , and it wasn’t until the 15th fire , on nov . 21 , that this changed : tonya was nearly spotted by police posted near the site . unable to bear the thought of her being caught , charlie announced that he would take over .
so we can see why it is so important for actor george clooney , president obama , sony ceo michael lynton , sony executive amy pascal , seth rogen and other parties involved to see the interview as alternately just an action / comedy or just a satire . because this film so resolutely reflects the ideological conflicting positions between the u . s . and north korea , the only country where the film might appear as bellicose propaganda is the very target of attack within the film itself : north korea and its leader kim - jong - un .
by that fall whisenhunt had heard that a former hp campus in cupertino might be available . the 100 - acre plot was just north of apple’s planned site . what’s more , it had deep meaning for jobs . as a young teen he had talked his way into a summer job at hp , just at the time when its founders—jobs’ heroes—were walking that site and envisioning an office park cluster for their computer systems division . now hp was contracting and no longer needed the space . whisenhunt worked a deal , and apple’s project suddenly grew to 175 acres .
charlie insisted that he just wanted to do what was right , and that he hadn’t been told of any special deal he would get for testifying against tonya . “i’d do whatever i could to make her happy , ” he said . “i didn’t want to lose her . ”
rape defense courses offer complicated moves and are designed for adult women . martial arts can be expensive and take years to become proficient . until the just yell fire program there was nothing out there for teenage girls and young women that they could learn in an hour to get away from bad situations - every time . we teach simple street fighting skills that become an instinctive response to an attack and give the information for free as a film . we ' ve affected 1 million girls using internet distribution in 41 countries . it ' s amazing how quickly a 250 pound attacker will let go of a 100 pound girl after an eye gouge , an ear tear and a bite - all unexpected and therefore effective . it ' s free at our site urltoken . we even pursuaded celebrities josh holloway and evangeline lilly ( from tv ' s lost ) to do cameos in the film to assure maximum interest in this important initiative . it was a 2008 american library association most notable video 2008 and teen choice award nominee .
a friend had come over to her house in parksley , va . , once the kids from clark’s living - room day care went home . he left about 10 : 30 that monday evening , but a few minutes later knocked on her door again . “hey , ” he told her . “that house across the field is on fire . ”
if that were true , though , it meant an aberration from the pattern . shreaves’s house wasn’t abandoned ; it was occupied by a family . and then there was the sequencing — the fact that the fire was set in the 25 minutes he was gone . it meant someone had timed it perfectly . it meant someone had been watching him .
to withstand earthquakes , the ring is mounted on huge steel base isolators that ensure the building can move up to 4 . 5 feet in any direction without losing its vital services . “i love that the ambition was about more than just surviving , ” ive says . “the building could still function . ”
it ' s been an unlikely journey for jessup . her 45 - minute video , made in 2006 when she was just 14 , has been downloaded 1 . 8 million times from her web page , www . justyellfire . com . a year ago , she finished her second video , targeting college - aged girls .
we will be fired if we say we just can’t or won’t get better , the workamper tells me . but so long as i resign myself to hearing how inadequate i am on a regular basis , i can keep this job . “do you think this job has to be this terrible ? ” i ask the workamper .
charlie says he figured it was a joke , but tonya kept talking about it . finally , he realized she was serious . she dropped him off near the abandoned house . he went inside . he sat for 10 minutes . he didn’t light anything . he then went back out to the car and lied to her . he told her he’d set the fire , and they drove away .
i hated it at the time but later when i started to write and produce , i realized that having to learn and play all those hits had instilled in me an instinct for what works and what doesn’t . i didn’t have to think about how to construct a hit . i just knew ( quoted in mcintyre 2008 : 3 ) .
or that when she was a 14 - year - old , ponytailed freshman at a private all - girls high school in portland , ore . , she ' d fly to new york to be a guest on the
good morning america
tv show – just a few months after her self - defense video was first posted online by her mother .
if they are aware how inhumane the reality is . but awareness has a long way to go , and logistics doesn’t just mean online retail ; food packagers and processors , medical suppliers , and factories use mega - 3pls as well . and a whole lot of other industries— hotels , call centers—take advantage of the price controls and plausible deniability that temporary staffing offers .
she knew which one he was talking about . it had been a nice house once : two stories , white paint . but now it was empty and it had a peeled , beaten look to it . it had been a long time since anyone lived there , so she couldn’t think of how it could have caught fire — except that it was so dry that maybe the weather had something to do with it .
months passed and fires accumulated . houses , shacks , cabins . billboards , piles of tires . nothing that pointed to insurance fraud ; many of these places weren’t insured . this was a county that didn’t have much , and what it didn’t have was burning down . a storage building burned down , and an airplane hangar burned down , and a methodist church almost burned down but didn’t . a commercial garage caught fire , and so did the propane tank inside it , and that fire was on christmas eve and the flames lit the horizon . for weeks , people had been wondering whether whispering pines — a ramshackle , shuttered motel that used to have a aaa - rated restaurant — would burn down , and it would , eventually , but the next day there would be another building , and another , and there was always something else burning .
charlie smith and his fiancée , tonya bundick , who lived next door to the gomezes , were in the crowd . after the fire was extinguished , according to an investigation document , tonya asked fellow onlooker joanna thornes who she thought was responsible . she told thornes that the arsonist was too smart to be caught . the police had canvassed the area and had visited charlie and tonya’s house twice , tonya remembers , to ask if they’d seen anything .
a new girl , whose family had just moved to the us from pakistan , came in wearing clothes not culturally in style in the us .
the other girls were making fun of this girl ,
he recalls .
dallas went to the little girl and made her feel comfortable . then dallas went to the father and talked to him about the clothes his daughter was wearing .
as advocates for israel , we may sometimes may seem like extremist or fanatics , but our goal is to instill a love of the jewish homeland . we sacrifice and give of ourselves to reach this goal . we meet those living in the diaspora , but we also bring them “to the woods” of eretz yisrael to inspire jews everywhere . by using the content available from organizations like israel forever we can light the fire of the jewish spirit and open the doors of israel engagement for jews everywhere .
there are other disadvantages to working in books . in the summer , it’s the heat . lots of the volumes are stored on the second and third floors of this immense cement box ; the job descriptions we had to sign off on acknowledged that temperatures can be as low as 60 and higher than 95 degrees , and higher floors tend to be hotter . “they had to get fans because in the summer people were dying in here , ” one of the supervisors tells us . the fans still blow now even though i’m wearing five shirts . “if you think it’s cold in here , ” one of my coworkers told me when she saw me rubbing my arms for warmth one morning , “just hope we don’t have a fire drill . ” they evacuated everyone for one recently , and lots of the fast - moving employees had stripped down to t - shirts . they stood outside , masses of them , shivering for an hour as snow fell on their bare arms .
but on the night of that first date with charlie , a set - up by mutual friends , they both opened up , talking for hours in the parking lot . he told her about his troubled past . she told him about her kids . she loved how easygoing he seemed , and the way he laughed . “you could say anything to him and he would laugh , ” tonya says . “his smile would just light up his face . ”
later that month , charlie told wayne wessels that he wished he knew who was responsible for the arsons . he said that he had half a mind to find a passed - out junkie , drive him to an abandoned building and plant a lighter on him , just to collect the $ 25 , 000 in reward money . wessels thought the joke was out of character and in poor taste but chalked it up to the stress the whole county was feeling .
she smiles . “oh , yeah . ” this town somewhere west of the mississippi is not big ; everyone knows someone or is someone who’s worked for amalgamated . “but look at it from their perspective . they need you to work as fast as possible to push out as much as they can as fast as they can . so they’re gonna give you goals , and then you know what ? if you make those goals , they’re gonna increase the goals . but they’ll be yelling at you all the time . it’s like the military . they have to break you down so they can turn you into what they want you to be . so they’re going to tell you , ‘you’re not good enough , you’re not good enough , you’re not good enough , ’ to make you work harder . don’t say , ‘this is the best i can do . ’ say , ‘i’ll try , ’ even if you know you can’t do it . because if you say , ‘this is the best i can do , ’ they’ll let you go . they hire and fire constantly , every day . you’ll see people dropping all around you . but don’t take it personally and break down or start crying when they yell at you . ”
we might try to describe the conclusion that the cancelling of the release of the interview is not the censorship of freedom of speech by analogy . for example , if you scream , ” fire ! ” ( and there really isn’t one ) in a crowded movie theater and people are trampled to death and / or severely injured in the chaos to exit the theater - you’re freedom of speech rights are not going to protect you from criminal and civil punishments for screaming “fire ! ” and there wasn’t one . freedom of speech extends only so far as one does not harm or impinge upon the rights of others in the exercising of it . well , the same can be said about the interview as a propaganda film whose plot explicitly involves the murder of a living national leader ( regardless of whether or not the u . s . is friendly or unfriendly with that national leader ) and that country ( or its allies ) threaten to attack moviegoers because of this film’s blatant underlying message of “death to its national leader” . the movie studio has a moral and civil responsibility not to release the film to protect moviegoers that trumps freedom of speech .
charlie and tonya were arrested , driven to separate police stations and taken into interrogation rooms . state police officer scott wade , who had been home enjoying a night off , was called in to question tonya . she told him that she and charlie had been driving around that night when he asked her to stop and let him out of the car . she did , she told wade , and then a few minutes later she swung back to pick him up . she didn’t know he’d gone to light the fire , she said . she didn’t know anything about the arsons .
she and charlie had driven 20 miles to the wal - mart in pocomoke on the night of the last fire , she said . her boys had birthdays coming up and they wanted smartphones . they were home alone that night . she thought they could be on their own for a few hours — the older one was 13 . yes , her older son had a behavioral disorder . yes , he’d been put out of school several times . yes , she and charlie would drive to mcdonald’s some nights for coffee , because it was the only chance she had to get out of the house .
“i think we do have a shot , ” he told the council , “of building the best office building in the world . ” what he didn’t tell them—during what none of them could have known would be his last public appearance—is that he was not just planning a new campus for the company he cofounded , built , left , returned to , and ultimately saved from extinction . through this new headquarters , steve jobs was planning the future of apple itself—a future beyond him and , ultimately , beyond any of us .
back in books , i take a sharp shock to my right hand when i grab the book the scanner cramping my left hand demands me to and make some self - righteous promises to myself about continuing to buy food at my more - expensive grocery store , because i can . because i’m not actually a person who makes $ 7 . 25 an hour , not anymore , not one of the 1 in 3 americans who is now poor or “near poor . ” for the moment , i’m just playing one .
“this really doesn’t have to be this awful , ” i shake my head over skype . but it is . and this job is just about the only game in town , like it is in lots of towns , and eventually will be in more towns , with us internet retail sales projected to grow 10 percent every year to $ 279 billion in 2015 and with amazon , the largest of the online retailers , seeing revenues rise 30 to 40 percent year after year and already having 69 giant warehouses , 17 of which came online in 2011 alone . so butch up , sally .
most of the time , the fires were random , spur of the moment . only a few of them were personal . like the fire at j . d . shreaves’s house . shreaves was tonya’s ex - boyfriend . they dated for six months and had broken up a couple of years earlier . shreaves had seen tonya and charlie out and about since then and thought their conversations were cordial . but on valentine’s day night , when shreaves was taking his daughters to their grandmother’s , charlie was peering in his windows to make sure nobody was home , pulling back the siding of the single - story house , stuffing an old shirt underneath , and using a cigarette lighter to ignite the blaze .
from the temp agency , amalgamated has ordered the exact number of humans it should take to fill this week’s orders if we work at top capacity . lots of retailers use temporary help in peak season , and online ones are no exception . but lots of warehousing and distribution centers like this also use temps year - round . the bureau of labor statistics found that more than 15 percent of pickers , packers , movers , and unloaders are temps . they make $ 3 less an hour on average than permanent workers . and they can be “temporary” for years . there are so many temps in this warehouse that the staffing agency has its own office here . industry consultants describe the temp - staffing business as “very , very busy . ” “on fire . ” maximizing profits means making sure no employee has a slow day , means having only as many employees as are necessary to get the job done , the number of which can be determined and ordered from a huge pool of on - demand labor literally by the day . often , temp workers have to call in before shifts to see if they’ll get work . sometimes , they’re paid piece rate , according to the number of units they fill or unload or move . always , they can be let go in an instant , and replaced just as quickly .
the board approved foster + partners’ design in 2012 . just as apple’s consumer products are obsessively prototyped , its new headquarters would be no different . there would be working models of various sections of the ring scattered around the area : a mocked - up stretch of a tunnel in one of the hp buildings before it was demolished ; an actual working café near infinite loop that served as a scaled - down replica of the apple park version . “we viewed the construction process as a manufacturing project and wanted to do as much outside of here as possible . then you begin to put together legos , ” says cook , who built his reputation as a master of supply chain efficiency .
the meetings often lasted for five or six hours , consuming a significant amount of time in the last two years of jobs’ life . he could be scary when he swooped down on a detail he demanded . at one point , behling recalls , jobs discussed the walls he had in mind for the offices : “he knew exactly what timber he wanted , but not just ‘i like oak’ or ‘i like maple . ’ he knew it had to be quarter - cut . it had to be cut in the winter , ideally in january , to have the least amount of sap and sugar content . we were all sitting there , architects with gray hair , going , ‘holy shit ! ’”
there are people who make the goals . one of the trainers does . she works here all year , not just during christmas . “i hated picking for the first month , ” she told me sympathetically the other day . “then you just get used to it . ” she’s one of many hardcore workers here , a labor pool studded with dedicated and solid employees . one of the permanent employees has tried to encourage me by explaining that he always makes his goals , and sometimes makes 120 percent of them . when i ask him if that isn’t totally exhausting , he says , “oh yeah . you’re gonna be crying for your mommy when today’s over . ” when i ask him if there’s any sort of incentive for his overperformance , if he’s rewarded in any way , he says occasionally amalgamated enters him in drawings for company gift cards . for $ 15 or $ 20 . he shrugs when he admits the size of the bonus . “these days you need it . ” anyway , he says , he thinks it’s important to have a good attitude and try to do a good job . even some of the employees who are total failures are still trying really hard . “i heard you’re doing good , ” one of the ladies in my training group says to me . her eyebrows are heavy with stress . i am still hitting less than 60 percent of my target . still , that’s better than she’s doing . “congratulations , ” she says , and smiles sadly .
at wal - mart , she said , charlie wanted to buy a package of steak - umms . she told him no . they were trying to stay on a budget . he acted petulant . they left , and in the car , he asked if she wanted to stop at another wal - mart down in onley . she said fine , thinking maybe he’d decided on something else to buy her sons . in the second wal - mart , she went to the underwear section . he followed her there , just like he used to follow her into her clothing shop , or from room to room after they first started dating . now , it bothered her . she asked him , “do you have to be up in my ass while i’m looking at underwear ? ”
during my tour , when we pass through an aboveground parking garage , ive quivers with enthusiasm as he describes what we’re seeing . he points out how smooth the edges are on the concrete beams and how carefully molded the curves are at the rectangular building’s corners , like perfectly formed round - rects on a dialog box . furthermore , infrastructure like water pipes and electrical conduits is hidden in the beams , so the whole thing doesn’t look like a basement . “it’s not that we’re using expensive concrete , ” ive says , defining what he calls the transformative nature of this parking garage . “it’s the care and development of a design idea and then being resolute—no , we’re not going to just do the easy , least - path - of - resistance sort of standardized form work . ”
“just look around in here if you wanna see how bad it is out there , ” one of the associates at the temp office said to me , unprompted , when i got hired . it’s the first time anyone has ever tried to comfort me because i got a job , because he knew , and everyone in this industry that’s growing wildfire fast knows , and accepts , that its model by design is mean . he offered me the same kind of solidarity the workers inside the warehouse try to provide each other at every break : why are you here ? what happened that you have to let people treat you like this ? “we’re all in the same boat , ” he said , after shaking my hand to welcome me aboard . “it’s a really big boat . ”
soon , we move on to practical training . like all workplaces with automated and heavy machinery , this one contains plenty of ways to get hurt , and they are enumerated . there are transition points in the warehouse floor where the footing is uneven , and people trip and sprain ankles . give forklifts that are raised up several stories to access products a wide berth : “if a pallet falls on you , you won’t be working with us anymore . ” watch your fingers around the conveyor belts that run waist - high throughout the entire facility . people lose fingers . or parts of fingers . and about once a year , they tell us , someone in an amalgamated warehouse gets caught by the hair , and when a conveyor belt catches you by the hair , it doesn’t just take your hair with it . it rips out a piece of scalp as well .
apple will ultimately plant almost 9 , 000 trees . muffly was told that the landscape should be futureproof and that he should choose drought - tolerant varieties so his mini forest and meadows could survive a climate crisis . ( as part of its ecological efforts to prevent such a crisis , apple claims , its buildings will run solely on sustainable energy , most of it from solar arrays on the roofs . ) jobs’ aims were not just aesthetic . he did his best thinking during walks and was especially inspired by ambling in nature , so he envisioned how apple workers would do that too . “can you imagine doing your work in a national park ? ” says tim cook , who succeeded jobs as ceo in 2011 . “when i really need to think about something i’m struggling with , i get out in nature . we can do that now ! it won’t feel like silicon valley at all . ”
jobs hated air - conditioning and especially loathed fans . ( he vigilantly tried to keep them out of his computers . ) but he also didn’t want people opening windows , so he insisted on natural ventilation , a building that breathes just like the people who work inside it . “the flaps and the opening mechanism , ” behling explains , “all have to relate to sensors that measure where the wind is coming from and how the air goes through it . ” unlike sealed buildings in which the temperature is rigidly controlled , the ring circulates outside air . the concrete in the floor and ceiling is embedded with tubes of water and is supposed to lock in a temperature between 68 and 77 degrees , so that the heating or cooling system will kick in only on very hot or cold days . ( in theory some workers can use thermostats to adjust the temperature in a given pod , but only by a couple of degrees . )
the computers screening us for suitability to pack boxes or paste labels belong to a temporary - staffing agency . the stuff we order from big online retailers lives in large warehouses , owned and operated either by the retailers themselves or by third - party logistics contractors , a . k . a . 3pls . these companies often fulfill orders for more than one retailer out of a single warehouse . america’s largest 3pl , exel , has 86 million square feet of warehouse in north america ; it’s a subsidiary of deutsche post dhl , which is cute because deutsche post is the german post office , which was privatized in the 1990s and bought dhl in 2002 , becoming one of the world’s biggest corporate employers . the $ 31 billion “value - added warehousing and distribution” sector of 3pls is just a fraction of what large 3pls’ parent companies pull in . ups’s logistics division , for example , pulls in more than a half a billion , but it feeds billions of dollars of business to ups inc .