the long and the short and the tall ( released as jungle fighters in the usa and canada ) is a 1961 british war film directed by leslie norman , which stars richard todd , richard harris , laurence harvey , david mccallum and ronald fraser .

the film , which is based on a 1959 play with the same name , by willis hall , takes place in a burmese jungle in 1942 during the malayan campaign .

the title comes from the second line of the first world war song " bless 'em all " , which became very popular during the second world war .

the long and the short and the tall ( film )

2012 the long and the short and the tall ‘the long and the short and the tall’ by willis hall was presented at bovey . . .
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‘the long and the short and the tall’ by willis hall was presented at bovey tracey town hall from the 24th to the 27th october 2012 . the play was directed by david wilson .
he death of willis hall a year ago this month has prompted something of a reappraisal . liverpool playhouse delivered an enjoyable revival of billy liar , which hall wrote in tandem with his long - standing collaborator , keith waterhouse . the long and the short and the tall is one he wrote on his own , before he later turned to writing scripts for the television series worzel gummidge .
the title is derived from the lyrics of a popular wartime ballad bless ' em all . this is , indeed , a war picture , set in malaya . the british troops encamped therein believe they ' ve gotten a break when they capture a japanese scout ( kenji takaki ) - - but it ' s all part of an enemy trap . the rest of the film concentrates on a battle of wills rather than bullets , though a few spurts of action keep the war - film aficionados happy . played against the larger tapestry of the world conflict are the fluctuating tensions among the british soldiers themselves . adapted from a play by willis hall , the long and the short and the tall was released as both the long the short and the tall ( big whoop ) and jungle fighters in the united states . ~ hal erickson , rovi
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to my knowledge , the long and the short and the tall has only been released on dvd in the uk so far . that disc presents the film full frame , which is clearly not how a movie coming out in 1961 would have been shot . imdb suggest 1 . 85 : 1 as the correct ratio and that sounds correct to me . aside from that , the film looks pretty good with nice contrast and little or no distracting damage visible . sadly , there are no extra features whatsoever offered . i suppose some might complain about the studio - bound setting but i can’t say i found it problematic , the story is of the intimate , powder - keg variety so it works well enough . personally , i find war films a fine vehicle for raising ethical conundrums and a means of focusing attention on our view of fellow men . in terms of setting and moral complexity the long and the short and the tall shares some features with hammer’s yesterday’s enemy , and both movies would make for an interesting double feature .
meanwhile , south african actors are good enough for the other roles . we see this happen over and over . tomorrow there will be a film about walter sisulu , and then what ? no one is short enough ?
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drawing upon his wartime experiences in malaya , hall ' s play brings together an englishman , an irishman , a welshman and a scotsman . it sounds like the ingredients for a terrible joke , and there is a fair sprinkling of unreconstructed racial attitudes throughout the play . the particularly prejudicial tone taken towards the japanese enemy makes it doubtful whether the long the short and the tall stands up to modern scrutiny , yet josie rourke ' s production has an unflinching honesty which gives the play a disturbingly familiar gloss .
the film of long walk to freedom has been in the pipeline for years and elba ' s casting is yet to be confirmed by its producers . lee said almost all the other roles , including mandela aged seven and 16 , would be played by south african actors .
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mandela , a towering figure in every sense , is 6ft 4ins ( 1 . 93 metres ) tall : actors in south africa just don ' t measure up , says moonyeenn lee , who picked british - born elba – star of the wire and luther – for a planned film adaptation of mandela ' s autobiography , long walk to freedom .
. as any film noir buff will tell you , poor set design can often be concealed by imaginative lighting and camerawork , but alas these are also lacking from this film , so that visually it resembles a mediocre tv drama from the 1950s . it is hard to suspend your disbelief when so little effort has apparently been made to disguise the fact that the film was recorded in a studio . not surprisingly , the film ' s most intense and credible scenes are those that take place within the cramped bamboo hut , the one and only realistic set offered by the film .
was originally performed at the edinburgh festival fringe in 1955 , where film producer michael balcon saw it and resolved to acquire the film rights . it was only after the play had triumphed on the london stage that hall agreed to a film adaptation . wolf mankowitz was hired to redraft hall ' s play and the task of directing it was given to leslie norman ( father of the well - known uk film critic barry norman ) , who later directed some of the most popular tv series of the ' 60s and ' 70s -
the play tells the story of a small british patrol in the malayan jungle in the second world war just before the japanese invaded the peninsula and eventually singapore . on a routine patrol they take refuge for a short break in an abandoned miners hut .
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sello maake ka - ncube , a south african actor who won a regional theatre award for his portrayal of mandela in the drama rivonia trial – and is 1 . 8m tall – said :
beauty is in the eye of the beholder . i don ' t think we are too short for anything . but i respect the director ' s vision .
but the short , stocky actor will be best remembered for his portrayal of wing commander guy gibson in the acclaimed war film , the dam busters . todd was himself a war hero , one of the first british officers to parachute into normandy during the d - day landings in 1944 , and he re - lived some of that experience when he played major john howard in the film the longest day ( 1962 ) . his private life was marked by the tragic suicides of two of his sons .
todd enjoyed his role in never let go ( 1960 ) starring peter sellers (
i loved doing it because it was a character part for me , playing a scruffy little salesman whose car has been stolen
) , but he
loathed
making the screen version of the play the long , the short and the tall ( 1961 ) .
i didn ' t enjoy working with laurence harvey . . . i took it for granted that they would cast peter o ' toole , who was marvellous on stage , but they said they wanted a ' name ' .
this film , made in the traditional british style for the period displays a rare realism of a conflict where the main characters are
other ranks
. many british war films of this type invariably starred well known actors playing the stiff upper lip officer with character actors playing
other rank
in subordinate roles . the latter being patronised as salt of the earth types . the film being reviewed seems to me to be a forerunner of the more realistic school of film - making in later decades .
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for political and budgetary reasons , filming on location in the jungles of asia was infeasible and so the entire film had to be shot in a studio mock - up . whilst it can be argued that this is what gives the film its stifling aura of oppression , the fact that the studio sets are more redolent of kew gardens than the burmese jungle does diminish its realism somewhat . likewise , the impact of the sequences in the partially flooded mine is greatly undermined by the fact that the cast appear to have taken a wrong turning and wandered onto the set of
a separate film project , winnie , provoked controversy by casting hollywood stars terrence howard and jennifer hudson as nelson and winnie mandela . the casting of morgan freeman in invictus was also criticised .
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this is already a sore point for local performers , and now salt has been rubbed in the wound . why do they never get the chance to play their national hero ? because they are too short , according to the country ' s top casting agent .
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the play transferred to london ' s west end , where it became a huge success . the then little - known peter o ' toole played bamforth . balcon recounts in his autobiography how he eventually secured the film rights , in conjunction with abpc . experienced screenwriter wolf mankowitz adapted the play , retaining some of hall ' s own draft screenplay , and the film was directed by leslie norman .
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thanks for getting back after viewing the movie , jeff . harvey often came across as cold , and it works well in certain films , but there’s none of that on show here . i found his work in the early part of the film very broad and affected , and harris was straying close to that too . the second half picks up a lot though and the performances settle and improve as the drama intensifies .
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the religion of high - school football commingles with plain old - fashioned religion in “when the game stands tall , ” an inspirational sports drama ( from sony’s inhouse , faith - based label affirm films ) that goes long on rectitudinous sermonizing but comes up short on gridiron thrills or genuine love for the game . save for a couple of fine performances relegated to the sidelines , no one really brings their “a” game to this lazily executed late - summer programmer — a “friday night lights” for the sunday - school crowd graced by little of the storytelling craft and skillful emotional manipulation that have distinguished the recent wave of superior disney sports pics . after an opening weekend that may see a bump from church - group sales , expect “game” to do most of its rushing and passing on home screens .
a simple but effective set showed the action well and the different personalities of the different members of the patrol were well portrayed by the cast with some very realistic accents . black humour made the audience laugh at times and the drama of the situation kept them involved throughout the performance . a good addition to the canon of the players work .
i was free to cast a south african , and i auditioned some extraordinary local actors ,
lee told the sunday newspaper city press .
but the main problem is the height . mandela is a particularly tall man . on average , south african actors are not 1 . 9 metres .
willis hall was a comparatively unknown playwright when his play was produced at the edinburgh festival fringe in 1955 , where it was seen by michael balcon . balcon , now working at the elstree studios of the associated british picture corporation , following the sale of ealing studios , made hall an offer for the film rights . theatre producer oscar lewenstein , however , offered hall a london production provided that the film rights were unsold .
colin one of the best jungle warfare films i’ve seen in the last while is the 2006 australian production , kokoda . it is about the brutal fight for the kokoda trail in new guinea in 1942 . this is one mean and nasty war film , and well worth a look in my opinion . review up of course . gordon
a good old fashioned british made war film . . . ideal for a lads night in . . . well made and a good story line . . good value
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one of the better transfers of a stage play to film in my humble opinion . nice write up . watched this for about the 5th time just a few months ago . what a great cast and fine work by them as well as the crew .
yeah , plays don’t always work as pieces of cinema and the stage origins can be quite distracting at times . this film , however , skips round that particular artistic pitfall early on and then settles down to providing good , absorbing drama .
the british army in the far east was a popular film subject , especially in the 1950s , and was also treated memorably in peter nichols ' privates on parade ( d . michael blakemore , 1982 ) . class tensions and personality clashes among servicemen were also the subject of john mcgrath ' s the bofors gun ( d . jack gold , 1968 ) .
the country also lacked experienced actors , as a consequence of apartheid , lee added .
the younger actors have had a chance to go and study and learn and work with internationals . the older actors , growing up during apartheid , had to deal with the cultural boycott , [ with ] very few roles on television and almost none in film . there simply aren ' t enough actors to choose from .
nice review , colin , of a film i too have never seen . not sure why . i always liked richard todd but not so keen on richard harris ( in his younger days ) or laurence harvey – maybe that has something to do with it . that said , i really enjoyed harvey in the 1954 film “the good die young” which also starred stanley baker , john ireland and a great cast .
a film based on the successful play by willis hall about a british patrol in burma who are determined to kill an innocent japanese prisoner in a mad revenge for atrocities against british prisoners .
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the theme song of the film , from which the title was taken , is a british army song from 1916 , known as
bless ' em all
. this title however , is from the sanitized commercial version first recorded in 1940 by george formby . the lyrics were originally
fuck ' em all
, the version still sung in the british army to this day .
worst of all was the casting of bamforth , the central role . balcon had wanted either o ' toole , or another up - and - coming young actor called albert finney . this was unacceptable to the americans , who had put up some of the money and wanted a ' name ' that would play in the american market . laurence harvey was cast - a most unlikely cockney . he gives a ' star ' performance , all
professional mimicry and forceful personality selling
, as the monthly film bulletin review put it . only kenji takaki , playing the japanese scout tojo , survived from the london stage production . alongside experienced british film actor richard todd , however , the cast boasted some names that would soon become household - richard harris and david mccallum .
in 1953 he told the bbc of his ambition to play heathcliff in wuthering heights , and a television version was quickly arranged , with nigel kneale given one week to write the script . todd returned to hollywood to star as the reverend peter marshall , the scotsman who became chaplain for the us senate , in the screen biography , a man called peter ( 1955 ) . todd was superb as the charismatic preacher , delivering his sermons with flair and fervour , dealing with tuberculosis and maintaining a warmly loving relationship with his wife ( jean peters ) . the film was a big hit in the us , and todd then co - starred with bette davis in the virgin queen ( 1955 ) , as sir walter raleigh , with joan collins as raleigh ' s sweetheart . the film was initially titled sir walter raleigh , and planned as a starring vehicle for todd and collins , but when davis was cast the emphasis shifted to her character and the title changed ( though her role took only 12 days to shoot ) .
another aussie ww2 film worth a look is the last bullet from 1995 . it is about a small unit action in the last days of the war . it is set in borneo during the mopping up operations in 1945 . again , write - up at the usual place . i love war films set in unfamiliar places .
i bought this film to see one of my mother ' s favorite actors , laurence harvey . the talent was certainly there , so i will try to find other films for which he is better known . i also learned the words to the song , from which the title was derived !
the play illustrates the dilemmas faced by the soldiers and their ncos and the tensions that arise between a mixed bag of reluctant heroes who don’t really want to be there . the situation becomes more complicated when they capture a lone japanese soldier , and the decision has to be made as to what to do with him .
even balcon had to admit that the result was disappointing . the political situation at that time precluded filming the exteriors on real south - east asian locations , and the studio jungle looks unconvincing . by alternating interior shots with exterior ' action ' , the claustrophobia and much of the suspense of the play is lost .
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political and personal intrigues surround a group of characters in malaya , after the close of the second world war .
her explanations have gone down badly with the body representing actors , the creative workers union of south africa . its president , mabutho
kid
sithole , told the city press :
we are not impressed . so , no one is tall enough : there ' s always some reason to avoid using south african actors , and having other people tell our stories . they use these stars for commercial reasons and the problem is , south african business is not funding our own films .
now the positions are reversed ; the japanese soldiers find tojo ' s water bottle on whitaker , and the cycle of suspicion starts all over again .
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offers both a probing examination of the morality of war and a compelling study of the psychology of warfare . the film shows how a poorly led group of british soldiers loses its cohesion and sense of purpose as a result of the moral conflict that arises when a japanese man is taken prisoner . whereas some members of the group see a dangerous enemy ( because he is wearing a different uniform ) , others see only another human being , reminding us that the objectives of war and the interests of humanity are mutually incompatible . the anti - war message may be far from subtle but it is remarkably effective and prompts the audience to reflect on whether there can ever be a moral basis to any war . as they ruminate on the fate of their prisoner , the british soliders ' moral undulations resemble a pendulum swinging between civilised behaviour and barbarity , and the outcome is all too predictable .
the tragic story of seven british soldiers who , trapped behind japanese lines , are so concerned with arguing out their own destinies that the enemy has to take second place . when they capture a lone japanese scout and argue over his fate as well , the film shows with a terrible truth that in war there can be no second chances .
i remember reading the play in second year of secondary school . i was impressed by the portrayal of soldiers as human beings not as heroes , as was common in war films of the time . a difficult subject dealt with brilliantly by great actors . a film which is a powerful antidote to the hollywood - style of jingoistic bombast .
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i have lots of respect for those who research the aspect ratios and fight to have the right choices presented . as a viewer though , my head starts to spin with the onslaught of technical minutiae that often accompanies such discussions , and i fear there’s always the danger of missing the wood for looking at the trees .
( 1967 ) . the other players - david mccallum , ronald fraser , john meillon , john rees and kenji takaki - are no less deserving of praise and give the film much of its humanity and psychological realism . the end result may be more theatrical than cinematic , but it is nonetheless a powerful anti - war piece , one that compels its spectator to confront some problematic moral issues , to which of course there are no easy solutions .
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a shot at redemption hovers in the form of a ballyhooed game against a long beach team with a 330 - pound offensive tackle . but as this sluggish film winds its way toward that inevitable showdown , it generates little in the way of rooting interest . in adapting neil hayes’ nonfiction book , screenwriter scott marshall smith ( “men of honor” ) and david zelon ( who receives a story credit with smith ) have painted nearly every character into a blandly stereotypical corner , whether it’s the golden - boy running back ( alexander ludwig ) with a hard - driving booster dad ( a snarling , mustache - twirling clancy brown ) ; ladouceur’s own wide - receiver son ( matthew daddario ) , on hand mainly to grouse things like , “when i needed a dad , i got a coach , and now when i need a coach , you want to be a dad” ; and ladouceur himself , the kind of secular saint who tosses lucrative college coaching offers into the trash bin as if they were yesterday’s fish wrap . ( doing by far the best work in the film , michael chiklis and laura dern manage to suggest glimmers of inner lives as , respectively , ladouceur’s longtime assistant coach and acquiescent wife . )
like most entries in this particular genre , “when the game stands tall” traffics in the usual tropes of scrappy heroes and come - from - behind victories — except that , in this case , the underdogs are more like alpha dogs , and they don’t go from last to first so much as from first to second and back again . but then , there’s more to life than just winning — a mantra the movie announces with such frequency and fervor that if you don’t leave the theater with it ringing in your head , you should head straight for the nearest ear doctor . when our story begins in the fall of 2003 , the de la salle high school spartans of tree - lined concord , calif . , are coming to the end of yet another undefeated season that has left them with the longest unbroken winning streak — 151 games — in american sports history . but dark clouds loom on the horizon : a large chunk of the team’s starting lineup is due to graduate in the spring , and the underclassmen waiting to take their places seem to lack a certain team spirit .
5 . some of the cast knew early on that the mom would die .
on the last day of shooting at elstree studios , todd was spotted by director vincent sherman , who was preparing a film version of john patrick ' s play the hasty heart and felt that todd would be ideal casting as the dour , truculent soldier lachlan mclachlan , who initially rejects the attempts at friendship made by fellow patients in a military hospital in burma ( the scottish actor gordon jackson had already been tested for the part . ) though his co - stars , ronald reagan and patricia neal , gave fine performances , todd was outstanding as the dying scot , later commenting ,
i had seen boys in the war in much the same state and i knew what he was feeling ,
and he won an academy award nomination as best actor ( losing to broderick crawford in all the king ' s men ) .
the noise immediately gives away their position . cornered , the patrol fights bravely but hopelessly . when the smoke clears , only johnstone and whitaker are left alive . they surrender .
this was a strong performance well up to the players usual standard , and the director had assembled a very capable cast who illustrated clearly the mundane side of soldiering as well as the very real horrors of jungle warfare .
a group of british servicemen , fighting the japanese in the jungles of south - east asia during world war ii , confront the enemy within when class tensions and personal rivalries erupt .
in 1942 , a group of british soldiers is sent on a mission in the malaysian jungle and gets lost into the japanese controlled zone .
pan and scan really is an abomination and i sometimes wonder how i managed to watch movies which were often butchered on tv broadcasts in the past .
carter , a proficient journeyman director who did a modestly more energetic job with 2005’s high - school basketball drama “coach carter , ” never seems to get inside the world of the movie . his football scenes lack any visceral , bone - crunching impact , and when he ventures off the field , the movie fails to foster the sense of family and community that drive the best sports dramas . carter’s leafy nocal suburbs and their adjacent war - torn ghettos have all the neighborhood feel of the warner bros . backlot .
five stents later , ladouceur is good as new , but somehow the spartans’ mojo isn’t quite working . some of the cocky new players don’t seem to understand that there’s no “i” in “team , ” and everyone is shattered when beloved linebacker terrance t . k . kelly ( stephan james ) is killed in a random act of urban violence ( foreshadowed by risibly cliche images of malt - liquor - swilling revelers bumping and grinding to montell jordan ) . still , “when the game stands tall” has already been on the screen for nearly an hour by the time the spartans finally lose , during an away game against a national - championship seattle team — the proverbial inciting incident that most screenplay manuals tell you to include no later than page 15 .
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this plays quite regularly on tv here in the u . k . but i’ve always avoided it for the very silly reason that we had to study the play when i was in school . i have a built - in aversion to spending leisiure time with things i was compelled to write essays about when i was 15 ! it’s time to put this foolishness to one side and to watch it . i’m sure that my school essays about it were incredibly insightful and intellectually rigorous ( ! ! ? ) 🙂 but the plain fact is that i’ve long forgotten the details . i will pick up the dvd asap . regardless of everything else , i always enjoy richard todd’s performances . i’m convinced that he had the straightest back in british cinema . i challenge anyone to find a todd role where there’s even the slightest indication of a slouch in his posture ! thanks for the review colin .
macleish and smith are sent out to reconnoiter , and discover a japanese scouting party nearby , in search of their missing comrade . macleish and smith manage to kill one of them , and escape . back at the hut , bamforth is set to guard the prisoner , who he nicknames tojo . despite the language barrier , bamforth discovers that tojo has a wife and family , and sees his photographs of them . johnstone breaks up their ' conversation ' , still thirsting for the prisoner ' s blood . there is another radio message from the enemy , this time in english , letting the patrol know that they are coming ! mitchem decides it is useless to keep the prisoner alive , and resolves that he must be killed .
bamforth delights in taunting the other men , drawing out their weaknesses and making them doubt the fidelity of their womenfolk back home . he hates the army and is always putting on funny voices , singing songs and generally ' performing ' to his captive audience . even the composition of the patrol is like a music hall joke - there is an englishman , an irishman , a welshman , a scotsman . . .
i’ve been meaning to catch up with this one for ages . really enjoyed the review ( and thanks , as ever , for the general avoidance of spoilers ) and am now ordering this one as i speak …
during the japanese invasion of 1942 , a seven - strong british patrol beds down in a dilapidated store - hut in the burmese jungle . hindered by a malfunctioning radio , the men do not know whether or not to move on and the situation takes a turn for the worse when a lone japanese scout stumbles across the hut - leaving the soldiers with a moral dilemma . second world war drama , starring laurence harvey , richard todd , richard harris and david mccallum .
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todd then returned to the uk to star in his most famous role , that of guy gibson in the dam busters ( 1955 ) , which he considered
the best military war picture ever made
. gibson trained the crews of the aeroplanes with the responsibility of precisely releasing the
bouncing baby bombs
that would destroy the hitherto unassailable ruhr dams that supplied the power needed to run the large german factories . though todd never met gibson , he spent time with the inventor barnes wallis .
they got the technical details about the bomb itself from him , although some of that had to be cheated a bit because it was still secret .
one of my favorite films . not so much anti - war but anti the cheapening and dehumanizing of
enemies
, very stagey and little action . the characters are clearly delineated and well acted , particularly laurence harvey as both the pro and antagonist . the dialogue and ensemble work is excellent . unfortunately the print is fullscreen , not it ' s original 1 : 66 - 1 aspect ratio . this omission doesn ' t make a huge difference . print quality is slightly above average . recommended if you like films that propose questions with no easy answers and deal with issues that i ' m sure to this day every soldier on the front lines has to deal with .
even a better director , though , might have been at a loss to solve a problem like caviezel . when the real ladouceur appears in documentary footage under the movie’s end credits , he seems a stern but folksy , avuncular figure , a bit like a more athletic garrison keillor . but caviezel turns him into a dour ascetic who scarcely cracks a smile and suffers profoundly for each of his players who fails to grasp the true meaning of “those who exalt themselves will be humbled , and those who humble themselves will be exalted . ” it’s a comically self - serious turn , but at least it’s interesting in a way that little else in “when the game stands tall” manages to be . it is sometimes said that a great actor can take dross and make it sound like shakespeare . here , caviezel takes “hoosiers” and plays it as though he were still nailed to the cross .
this movie is an incredibly hilarious movie , no matter how many times you watch it . it ' s true that it ' s profane , violent , and stupid , but in this film , that ' s what makes it so funny ! the timing is just perfect . it ' s a great movie to watch with friends for the first time , especially for the fact that you will be quoting lines with them randomly for quite a while . i have seen it over 30 times , and i still laugh . this is adam sandler at his very best . great random characters , such as the
jackass
man , the homeless guy , and very best , bob barker ! to tell you the truth ,
it ' ll make you laugh until you hyperventilate
. there ' s not only great vocal humor , but the visuals and especially the body language coming from the actors is classic . to me , there is not a better comedy .
bamforth is now the only member of the group who opposes tojo ' s death . the prisoner has inadvertently revealed an unexpected streak of compassion in him . but while bamforth is striving desperately to avoid a cold - blooded killing , the enemy patrol is getting closer . at a crucial moment , the radio crackles into life with enemy voices . the prisoner , springing to his feet , begins to gesticulate and speak rapidly in japanese , and whitaker , in a panic , grabs a gun and shoots him .
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i like the foundation of the story , that these men come to the gradual realization that they are in a lot of trouble , and i thought the battle sequences were good , despite being shot in studio . overall , an ok watch , but not a great movie .
sent to destroy a nazi petrol dump in the north african desert , a british commando team unexpectedly discovers a large nazi tank unit and must inform the hq in time .
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in alfred hitchcock ' s stage fright ( 1950 ) todd played a villain on screen for the first time , as the former boy - friend of an acting student ( jane wyman ) who comes to her for help , describing in a vivid flashback his involvement with a musical star ( marlene dietrich ) who has killed her husband . hitchcock ' s use of a flashback that turns out to be a lie was heavily criticised , and despite a strong cast the film is not among the director ' s best , with todd a dour killer .
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todd was also a not very sympathetic character in his first hollywood - made film , king vidor ' s mystery drama lightning strikes twice ( 1951 ) , as a man wrongly suspected of killing his wife , but he regained his popularity with three period romps for walt disney , the story of robin hood and his merrie men ( 1951 ) ; the sword and the rose ( 1953 ) , a fanciful account of the love of a commoner ( todd ) for mary tudor ( glynis johns ) , sister of henry viii ; and rob roy – the highland rogue ( 1953 ) , for which todd once more assumed a scottish brogue .
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a major star of the british cinema in the 1950s , richard todd won an oscar nomination for his portrayal of a taciturn dying scot in the hasty heart ( 1949 ) , played robin hood and sir walter raleigh on screen , and was ian fleming ' s first choice to play his creation , james bond .
i was initially intrigued by seeing laurence harvey’s name on it . although i generally consider him a fairly limited actor , he is front and center of two films that are on my indispensable list – manchurian candidate , and room at the top . i generally like his movies . this one was a real departure for him , as his usual coldness wasn’t evident , but i found him distracting early on . you hit the nail on the head exactly – it’s a “stagey” , over the top performance . likewise with harris – i felt that the tension between johnstone and bamforth was a construct . they hate each other because the plot dictates it , and for a great deal of the 1st half of the movie , neither seems like a real person .
i fully sympathize with the desire to see things as near to correct as possible but i can’t personally summon up the enthusiasm to argue over those small differences either . zoomed open matte does bug me , and panned and scanned scope is just a total disaster .
a troop of british soldiers are out in the jungle to record jungle noises and troop noises in the jungle so that the recordings can be played back by other troops to divert the enemy to their whereabouts . as they progress to what they think is closer to the base camp they find themselves farther and farther from radio range until the only channel they can get clearly is that of a japanese broadcast . they now realize they are probably only 10 to 15 miles from a japanese camp ! the tension is added to by rowdy and openly admitted
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private bamforth who has nothing good to say about anyone and especially corporal johnstone ( who holds an equal dislike for bamforth ) . when a japanese soldier is taken as their prisoner , the true colors of each man comes to the surface . . .
a troop of british soldiers are out in the jungle to record jungle noises and troop noises in the jungle so that the recordings can be played back by other troops to divert the enemy to their whereabouts . as they progress to what they think is closer to the base camp they find themselves farther and farther from radio range until the only channel they can get clearly is that of a japanese broadcast . they now realize they are probably only 10 to 15 miles from a japanese camp ! the tension is added to by rowdy and openly admitted
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private bamforth who has nothing good to say about anyone and especially corporal johnstone ( who holds an equal dislike for bamforth ) . when a japanese soldier is taken as their prisoner , the true colors of each man comes to the surface . . .
in an asian jungle during world war ii , a seven - man british patrol led by sergeant mitchem captures tojo , a japanese scout . mitchem wants to take tojo to headquarters for questioning , but his men ( including corporal johnstone , second in command ) want to kill him . none of the men , however , is able to commit the deed . private bamforth , one of the instigators , is ordered to guard the prisoner , and soon tojo and he become friends . a rockslide blocks the patrol ' s only means of escape from japanese - held territory ; desperate , and enraged by evidence of tojo ' s looting , the men renew their determination to kill him , and private whitaker finally does . the gunfire brings nearby japanese troops upon them , and after a brief battle only johnstone and whitaker are left alive to be taken as prisoners . the japanese , finding tojo ' s water bottle on whitaker , begin to threaten him , and another situation of misunderstanding develops .
yes , the alamo was the other one i was going to add . he was also a terrific columbo villain as an overly - competitive chess champion . on the other hand , watching dandy is aspic was a wretched experience , just so dour and depressing
the drama centres on a british patrol , stranded behind enemy lines , who take a japanese soldier prisoner . the mute , frightened captive becomes variously a threat , a source of fascination , and the subject of bored amusement . when one of the company jocularly remarks
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one is reminded instantly of the humiliation of iraqi captives in abu ghraib .
on demobilisation , he returned to dundee rep before signing a seven - year contract with associated british films . he made his screen debut in cavalcanti ' s for them that trespass ( 1949 ) , giving a strong performance as an ex - convict wrongly imprisoned for murder .
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the jungles of asia during wwii . sergeant mitchem is in charge of a seven - man patrol engaged on sonic warfare exercises to mislead the japanese . he is fighting to regain his self - respect , following the loss of a stripe for losing a former patrol , while trying to ward off the naked disrespect of his second in command corporal johnstone . he is also plagued by the dour monotonous war - by - the - rules preaching of lance corporal macleish , and above all , losing patience with the relentless tilting against authority of private bamforth , the ' barrackroom lawyer ' of the patrol . the other three men , privates whitaker , smith and evans , have no particular axe to grind ; they just want to return in one piece to their old lives back in civvy - street .


patterns of evidence : exodus is a 2014 documentary film directed by tim mahoney .

the film presents the theory that the biblical story of the exodus of the hebrew slaves from egypt really happened during the middle kingdom of egypt .

it was released in theaters by thinking man film on january 19 , 2015 .

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on monday evening i went to see the much anticipated documentary film , patterns of evidence : exodus by filmmaker tim mahoney and thinking man films .
but perhaps that was mahoney’s point . we do have evidence for the historical exodus , but there is not a consensus among conservative scholars on the exact nature of that evidence and which evidence is most reliable for defending a historical exodus . christians should consider the evidence for themselves and decide .
there was some great archeological evidence that was presented . much of it was amazing !
filmmaker tim mahoney calls into question hundreds of years of archeological discoveries that suggest there is no evidence of the biblical exodus . the film , patterns of evidence : exodus , was screened in select theaters across the u . s . via fathom events followed by a q & a with an all - star panel .
near the end of the film , mahoney made a statement along the lines of “scholars disagree about the dating and the evidence for the biblical exodus , but we do have evidence for it . ”
there is much evidence that the egypt time lines needs correction . if such corrections are made according to the evidence from new discoveries in archaeological digs in egypt . . .
patterns of evidence : exodus is a movie starring charles aling , manfred bietak , and john bimson . what is the validity of history found in the bible ? is it fact or fiction ? what does the hard evidence really have to say about the foundational story of the old testament : the exodus out . . . see full summary »
last night i viewed patterns of evidence : exodus . it’s a well done film that goes carefully through the biblical account and shows the archaeological evidence for the exodus . interviews show archaeological and biblical experts on all sides of the issue concerning this critical historical and spiritual event , as told in the book of exodus . i think the evidence presented by filmmaker tim mahoney is fair and leaves you the viewer to decide what you believe .
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excellent book . who says there is no evidence for the exodus . really enlightening and interesting .
filmmaker timothy mahoney faces a crisis of faith , “is this foundational event of the bible really just a myth ? ” he embarks on a 12 - year journey around the world to search for answers . patterns of evidence : the exodus unlocks the mystery of this ancient saga , combining a scientific investigation with a retelling of the exodus story to reveal an amazing pattern of evidence matching the biblical account that may challenge our understanding of history .
the apparent strong archaeological evidence which appeared as a solid dam of doubt for the exodus now has substantial holes in it . thanks to mr . mahoney’s work the truth is coming to light . mr . mahoney is only showing us scientific archaeological evidence . as more evidence is discovered i predict the dam of doubt will fall .
excellent scholarly expose of the evidence supporting the exodus . does a good job exposing the weaknesses of modern biased views and clarifies the interpretation of the data .
mahoney doesn’t call for a leap of faith , but proposes that the evidence warrants and honest re - evaluaton of the “scientific consensus . ”
overall , great film . tim stated at end of film that there was no evidence of exodus . ron wyatt saw evidence in red sea , chariot wheels , etc . there are markers at each side of sea showing the crossing site . on east side ( arabia ) there is physical evidence of israel camps , etc . tim needs to check history at the sea area .
after twelve years of work , filmmaker tim mahoney is finally releasing , for one night only ( tonight ) his documentary , “patterns of evidence , ” about the archaeological and historical evidence for the biblical exodus . i had the opportunity to view a pre - released version of the film back in november and can attest to the production value that twelve years of work creates . the film has already won awards for its craftsmanship .
archeological evidence can support historical events but can’t deny them . in other words , if there is archeological evidence that matches an historical event , it can prove its occurrence , but lacking it can’t prove that it didn’t happen . the written material is the evidence that should lead our ability to decide which events are considered as historical .
i was shocked that at the end of the documentary where he stated there was “no evidence” for the red sea crossing ? ? i just recently did an extensive research study on ron wyatt’s findings as well as others who have indeed found numerous evidence as you stated above , so i’m honestly clueless as to how he says there’s no evidence . either he didn’t do enough research , or didn’t want to open that can of worms , but i believe the evidence would make for a great part 2 .
yesterday i posted an article titled navigating “patterns of evidence for the biblical exodus which essentially outlined where the film would focus most of its attention . that focus was on the dating of the exodus or the chronology ( or when it happened ) , and that was correct . more on this in a moment , but first some positive observations of the film .
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a film cannot function like a term paper and can only serve to be an introduction to these important issues . more depth will be found in the upcoming book . patterns of evidence : the exodus presents one intriguing explanation for the pattern of evidence that exists earlier than expected . in my opinion this is an underreported proposal that deserves much stronger attention and research , especially by supporters of the bible . hopefully , many will be as open to considering these ideas as the reviewer in this article .
patterns begins with a straightforward enough concept : the bible describes an exodus event for which , according to many scholars , there is little to no extra - biblical corroborating archaeological or historical evidence . taking seriously the record of the biblical text , mahoney , a self - described “reluctant participant , ” engages in what he calls a “scientific method” of identifying the exodus in the historical record . this method attempts to match the chronological “pattern” of the exodus described in the biblical text to evidence of that same chronological pattern in the archaeological and historical record .
but if the arrival of the hebrews was 1500 it would mean that the moses hebrews pre - dated the philistines by couple of hundred year . however , i don’t think the evidence supports this .
don’t expect mahoney or patterns to get accolades from scientists or fellow documentarians as the film turns the “accepted facts” on their head and challenge conventional dates and theories surrounding the biblical event .
this illustration used in patterns of evidence : the exodus ( also in the book , see below ) shows the upper wall of time as the traditional view of egyptian chronology and the “late exodus” view , which places the exodus at about 1250 bc , during the reign of ramses the great . the colored blocks indicate events analyzed in the film as archaeological evidence for these events has “not found , ” but if the timeframe is shifted backward ( white arrow ) about two centuries toward egypt’s middle kingdom , and the exodus is placed around 1450 bc , archaeology tells another story – the biblical story .
ultimately , “patterns of evidence” will leave viewers with the erroneous impression that the bible can be proven true by archaeology , but the historicity of the biblical text is not dependent upon the vicissitudes of historical preservation . archaeology will not prove the veracity of the bible . archaeology informs our understanding of the biblical text and the biblical text informs our understanding of the archaeological record . while we cannot fully understand one without the other , neither “proves” nor negates the other . and really , we shouldn’t ask them to .
i found it fascinating that the interviews of most of the detracting expert archeologist showed their incredible arrogant nonbelief of the biblical exodus . as more evidence comes to light i think many of these doubters will look back with embarrassment at the strong stand they took against the truth .
the patterns film crew is in israel now ! they are filming numerous biblical sites and also conducting various interviews and re - creations . the most recent visit was with scott stripling at shiloh .
please do research and put out a documentary regarding all this evidence that supports the bible as not only god’s word and absolute truth – but a historical document .
) . here , using recent advances in time - series methods applied to a desert stream , we identified the spatial scales of drivers underlying observed patterns of solute concentrations , partitioned the relative influences of physical drivers and biological processes , quantified internal spatial feedbacks , and compared inferences over short - term succession and a long - term ecosystem regime shift . the observation that internal spatial feedbacks contribute to regulating biogeochemical patterns in rivers and streams is novel and could influence how stream ecosystems respond to environmental perturbations (
i like that mr . mahoney did not say we have proof that the biblical exodus occurred , but just presented a bunch of the evidence , and let the viewing audience draw their own conclusion .
rivers and streams are open , heterogeneous ecosystems . stream water chemistry is influenced by organisms and the physical environment , resulting in longitudinal ( upstream - downstream ) heterogeneity that can be analyzed with time - series methods . applying statistical techniques to longitudinal nutrient concentration data in a desert stream , we found evidence of substantial internal regulation of surface - water nutrient patterns , realized via spatial feedbacks . the strength of these feedbacks increased over succession . although inputs from subsurface zones ( a feature associated with the physical template ) remained a major factor in explaining nutrient patterns , by late succession , the effect size of internal feedbacks was equal to the effect size of major upwelling zones . our study demonstrates that multiple processes interact in a dynamic way to create ecosystem spatial heterogeneity .
thank you for your thoughtful review of the patterns of evidence : the exodus . i wanted to respond to a couple of the points you brought up . first , i believe the film firmly landed on an exodus date around 1450 bc as opposed to an approximately 1250 bc ramesses exodus date . this was the first of the two big wall shifts featured , when mahoney decided to leave the ramesses exodus theory behind and search earlier . after seeing more evidence against ramesses and the reviewing 1 kings 6 : 1 , the biblical date shifted back to 1450 bc and never moved again . many people who argue against david rohl’s ideas do not realize that he uses a rather orthodox exodus date .
mahoney wrote , directed and produced “patterns of evidence : the exodus” , his first feature length documentary film , an investigation that lasted twelve years . he has also authored the new book by the same title . after 25 years of experience in media production , mahoney created thinking man films , a production / distribution company that explores the world we live in and encourages people to question what they have been told about culture , science , history and religion .
drylands are important ecosystems with limited water resources , often subject to desertification . their ecological activities depend on spatial patterns formed by local vegetation , but the relation with vegetation growth remains unclear . using satellite images of a typical semiarid shrubland in southern spain , we gather vegetation data and argue that vegetation cover can be interpreted by means of a percolation process . we use a static analysis that compares patch statistics in different spatial scales to study the various patch patterns that occurs in drylands . our results indicate three distinct phases in the overall vegetation cover range . the spatial patterns of vegetation are separated by a first - and a second - order phase transition , in three different spatial scales . we measure the corresponding critical exponents and determine novel relations between scaling exponents . the results reconcile conflicting views about vegetation patterns in drylands and demonstrate that different phase transitions coexist in the phase diagram of dry shrublands in southern spain . in addition , our preliminary test with a distinct dryland supports the hypothesis of universality classes to sort different drylands .
the bible record is true . there is ample evidence to support its claims . it takes a fair and open minded approach to study and prove it to be the inspired word of god . it also takes some courage when you are confronted with the evidence , then make a decision to either accept its claim on our life , or to close the book and walk away unchanged .
) . one of the fundamental questions underlying the study of pattern–process relationships is to what extent patterns are determined by local environmental conditions ( e . g . , soil and climate in terrestrial ecosystems , salinity and currents in oceans ) and to what extent they are self - organized (
i spent 12 years asking the question , “is the bible true ? ” if it wasn’t then what should i put my faith in ? what i found was an amazing pattern of evidence that matched many of the events recorded in the bible . there was a real history that could be seen . for me that changed everything . i encourage you to join me in the ongoing investigation and see the bible affirming evidence for yourself . –timothy
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) . here , we used patterns of nutrient concentration in a desert stream as a model system to disentangle the relative influence of physical template and biological processes , evaluate the role of internal spatial feedbacks emerging from physical and / or biological processes , identify the spatial scales of underlying processes , and compare inferences over short - term succession and long - term ecosystem regime shifts .
two important findings emerge from our results . first , the physical template ( here , groundwater upwelling ) was a dominant factor influencing nutrient spatial patterns , about one order of magnitude higher than biological effects . the most visually obvious ( biological ) change in the system over the nearly two decades encompassed by the study , establishment of riverine wetlands , did not have a direct effect on nutrient spatial patterns . second , internal spatial feedbacks , feedbacks that indicate self - organization but have not been considered in stream biogeochemical research , became stronger over succession as a resource becoming increasingly limiting , and were as important as the physical template by late succession . we conclude that research on stream nutrient spatial patterns requires an explicit consideration of the interplay between the physical template and the system’s internal self - organization , as well as how this interplay may change over successional or greater time scales .
a debate rages over the credibility of the bible . most archaeologists today have concluded that there ' s no evidence that the exodus of israelite slaves from egypt ever happened . filmmaker timothy mahoney faces a crisis of faith , “is this foundational event of the bible really just a myth ? ” he embarks on a 12 - year journey around the world to search for answers .
the problem is that the evidence that was presented as supporting the exodus was conflicting . my concern is that christians may walk away from the film being even more agnostic about the exodus than certain that it happened .
what is the validity of history found in the bible ? is it fact or fiction ? what does the hard evidence really have to say about the foundational story of the old testament : the exodus out of egypt ? an in - depth investigation by documentary filmmaker tim mahoney searches for answers to these questions amid startling new finds that may change traditional views of history and the bible .
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the physical template can be defined as the relatively stable physical environment in which a pattern of interest develops ( 3 ) , and is considered an overriding organizer of ecological patterns . at large spatial scales , spatial zonation of vegetation pattern is a classic example of the environmental template determining plant pattern formation in action ( 6 ) . at smaller scales , microtopography significantly influences plant distribution ( 7 ) . in streams , the physical template influences stream surface - water nutrient patterns ( 8 ) . longitudinally , tributary junctions bring water with distinct biogeochemical signatures into a stream . laterally , streams are hydrologically connected to the riparian zone , the floodplain , and the upland portions of catchments ( 8 ) , with riparian zones acting as “nutrient filters” that remove various chemical constituents as water moves from uplands to the stream ( 9 ) . vertically , subsurface water from the hyporheic zone can also alter the biogeochemical signature of surface water ( 10 ) . at broader spatial scales , geomorphic features , such as slope breaks and canyons , determine the locations of upwelling and down - welling zones ( 11 ) . collectively , such connections among subsystems in the riverine landscape form the physical template that influences patterns of nutrient concentration in stream surface water .
i am not sure why this review did not address mahoney’s “pattern of evidence” motif because that was integral to his approach and it dominated the narrative . to me , it was a very powerful image – and , as the panel host said , kept you on the edge of your seat as you waited for evidence of each of the 6 phases in the pattern . mahoney also explained at the beginning of the film why he did not address the route of the exodus ( he ran into the fact that scholars doubted that israelites were ever in egypt in the first place , and so it was necessary to do that first ) . to be fair ( to this reviewer ) , i was a little surprised that there wasn’t definitive evidence to lock down the pattern into a specific time – but , after seeing the film , i appreciate the scope of the task . on balance , i would say there is great merit in taking rohl ‘s and mahoney’s hypotheses seriously . at least seriously enough to ask new questions .
wetlands are considered biogeochemical hotspots ( 40 ) , in the sense that riverine macrophyte patches exhibit significant nutrient retention ( 41 ) . however , studies quantifying biogeochemical influences of wetlands typically integrate large downstream distances ( or areas ) to calculate total nutrient uptake ; hence , the particular contribution of macrophytes to nutrient spatial patterns remains unresolved . in our study , although wetland plants covered ∼40 % of the stream in 2013 , we found no evidence of wetland patches affecting spatial patterns of no 3 − or srp concentrations directly . in contrast , algae had a significant negative effect on no 3 − ( but not on srp ; fig . 4 ) , even though the amount of n stored in algae is only about a third of the amount of n stored in vascular plants ( si appendix , si materials and methods ) . concentration of srp is additionally affected by physical adsorption / desorption and solubility processes , which may explain why srp concentration is not negatively associated with algae in this system . vascular macrophytes do assimilate these nutrients and , in fact , represent a much greater nutrient storage pool than algae . we suggest that local effects of wetlands on surface water nutrients are undetectable compared with local effects of algae because macrophytes obtain their nutrients via root uptake ( 42 ) , which is not reflected in surface - water concentration .
essentially three main dating options were presented in the film . the reasoning and the evidence for each dating option , however , was not clearly explained . in my view , that was really the crux of the matter . that is what people came to see and wanted to know .
the film focuses on the historical evidence of abraham’s great - grandson joseph’s descent into egypt as a slave , his rise to power as the pharaoh’s key advisor , the shift of wealth that occurred in egypt under joseph’s administration , avoiding the devastating famine , the emigration and establishment of joseph’s extended family in egypt , the enslavement of the hebrew people , the ten plagues and red sea miracle which destroyed egypt’s economy and army making the nation vulnerable to invasion by the hyksos , as well as the subsequent conquest of canaan by the nation of israel under the direction of joshua .
mahoney comes to a crisis when , as noted above , he finds there is little evidence of that “pattern” in the time periods normally associated with the exodus event . stymied by professional archaeologists , even those who are otherwise sympathetic to traditional interpretations of the biblical text , mahoney turns to the theories of david rohl and john bimson who , instead of accepting the normal dates associated with the reigns of egyptian kings , have argued for revising the traditional chronology of egyptian kings by pushing forward and expanding the king list by nearly 200 years .
hoffmeier is professor of old testament and near eastern archaeology at trinity evangelical divinity school ( deerfield , il ) . since 1994 he has been director of the north sinai archaeological project . hoffmeier has appeared in many tv programs and authored two books on evidence related to the exodus : israel in egypt ( 1999 ) and ancient israel in sinai ( 2011 ) .
q - what if there is an existence in the universe other than ours that we are unaware of ? a - we have no scientific evidence of any other universe . you can postulate anything thing you like but that is totally blind faith . what we cannot know does not help us deal with what we do know . we do know that the god of the bible created the universe we are in .
wavelet analysis revealed a strong influence of upwelling zones on no 3 − patterns ( fig . 2 ) . the global wavelet spectrum ( gws ) is the space - integrated version ( i . e . , across the entire stream length ) of the wavelet power spectrum , and it identifies the dominant scales of spatial variation ( by peaks in gws ) . the gws of no 3 − signals showed two distinct spectrum peaks at spatial scales of ∼1 km and 3 km , except during early succession , when the 1 - km peak was absent ( fig . 3 and si appendix , table s1 ) . for srp and conductivity , only one peak , between 1 . 5 and 1 . 8 km , was observed in the gws over successional time ( fig . 3 and si appendix , table s1 ) . wavelet analysis of wetland abundance distribution and its gws showed that the spectrum powers peaked at spatial scales of ∼700 m and ∼2 , 500 m at downstream distances of 5–7 km and 7–10 km , respectively ( figs . 2 and 3 ) . wavelet analysis for nutrient spatial heterogeneity and wetland distribution showed different patterns ( figs . 2 and 3 and si appendix , fig . s2 ) , suggesting different underlying contributing processes . by comparing the mean dissimilarities in the space - spatial scale plane ( i . e . , spatial locations on the x axis , spatial scale on the y axis ) for different solutes , we found that srp patterns varied most with successional stage , followed by no 3 − and then conductivity ( si appendix , fig . s3 a ) . differences in spatial patterns among solutes increased with successional stage ( si appendix , fig . s3 b ) .
spatial patterns of nutrient concentration in sycamore creek over 10 km across four stages of postflood succession and two ecosystem states ( early succession in march 1997 , midsuccession in may 1995 , late succession in december 1995 , and mid - to late succession with wetlands present in may 2013 ) . in 2013 , we measured cl − concentration instead of conductivity . small and large red dots denote minor and major upwelling locations , respectively . data from dent et al . ( 10 ) .
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bimson’s special interests include the historical and archaeological background of the old testament and he has taken part in excavations in israel . he did doctoral research on the historicity and setting of the exodus and conquest . his book , redating the exodus ( 1978 ) , proposed that the end of the middle bronze age provides the best matching evidence for the biblical conquest and that the dates assigned to this period should be substantially revised .
another area that needs to be addressed is the biblical chronology itself . the work of edwin thiele , which is the accepted chronology of the kings of judah and israel , is 45 years shorter than the biblical chronology . also , most commentators assume that the 479 years between the israelites leaving the land of egypt and the laying of the foundation of solomon’s temple , as mentioned in 1 kings 6 : 1 , is marking the span from the exodus . my research shows that this marks the span from the end of the 40 years wandering and not the beginning . all of the evidence points to a date for the exodus of 1532 bc ( not the 1446 bc suggested in the film ) . the work of gerard gertoux , a scientific approach to biblical chronology , is a must read .
we observed no direct effect of wetlands on surface - water spatial patterns of nutrients , but wetlands indirectly affected nutrient spatial patterns through their influence on surface–subsurface hydrological exchange . after wetland establishment , the effect size of upwelling on no 3 − in 2013 was significantly lower than predicted by the amount of surface water ( fig . 6 ) and its effect on srp was no longer significant ( fig . 7 ) . this shift in the importance of upwelling is likely a result of biogeomorphic changes that occurred during wetland development . upwelling zones feature a high abundance of vascular plants ( 33 ) , which trap and accumulate fine sediments , leading to a reduced vertical hydrological gradient , and thus to a lower hydrological exchange than would otherwise occur ( 18 ) . in addition , wetlands may create a hypoxic hyporheic environment , which favors denitrification in hyporheic sediments , leading to low no 3 − ( 18 ) . reduced exchange and enhanced denitrification are consistent with the observed reduced effect of upwelling zones on no 3 − . as a consequence of reduced upwelling , nutrient dynamics associated with the plant rooting zone would be reflected in surface water concentrations even less , if at all .
the influence of upwelling ( physical template ) on no 3 − concentration was approximately one order of magnitude greater than the influence of upwelling of biological processes [ i . e . , the value of the coefficient for upwelling was at 10° ( fig . 5 ) , and it was at 10 −1 for biological processes ( fig . 4 ) ] . the upwelling effect on no 3 − and srp was significantly positive in three successional stages before wetland establishment , and its effect size increased from early to late succession ( fig . 5 ) . for no 3 − , before wetland establishment , the upwelling effect was negatively correlated with the amount of surface water in the stream ( fig . 6 ) . however , following wetland establishment , this effect size decreased , showing significantly lower values than predicted by the amount of surface water at the time the survey was conducted ( fig . 6 b ) . similarly , for srp patterns , after wetland establishment , the effect of upwelling zones became nonsignificant ( fig . 5 ) . other physical drivers , including water permanence and reach type , influenced nutrient spatial patterns in some surveys , but none of these physical drivers had an explanatory power as strong as the explanatory power of upwelling ( si appendix , tables s2 and s3 ) .
up - to - date evidence is needed about the range and relative importance of different information sources for young people , how well these sources meet their information needs , as well as their preferred sources and knowledge deficits , to ensure that young people are equipped with the knowledge they need to experience a happy and healthy sex life . this paper seeks to address this evidence gap using data reported by young people ( 16–24 years ) , in the third british national survey of sexual attitudes and lifestyles ( natsal - 3 ) , a probability sample survey conducted in 2010–2012 , as well as data from the previous two decennial natsal surveys to examine how learning about sex has changed over the past 20 years .
main outcome measures reported source of information about sexual matters , unmet information needs and preferred source of additional information .
i’m a scientist by training , although my field is biology , not archaeology . my take - aways were : the accepted chronology of egypt has a flimsy basis and there are scholars with a vested interest in this not being challenged ; furthermore , like the theory of evolution and the earlier epicycle theory of planetary motion , it requires a lot of propping up and exceptions to sustain it . by contrast , if you start with the bible and the pattern of events recorded there , it is possible to fit the evidence together in a way that coheres better than the existing schema .
probably my all - time favorite book . as a christian , this book blew me away . despite the claims of contemporary archeology , there is overwhelming evidence for the existence of a semitic people in egypt , living in slavery , then suddenly leaving - as well as compelling evidence for things like 1 . the conquest of jericho , 2 . biblical - type plagues on egypt , 3 . joseph ( i won ' t list anymore - i don ' t want to give away the whole book ! ) . the author , tim mahoney , spent over a decade researching , and he interviewed the experts . the amount of research and time devoted to this book ( and movie ) is exceptional . i don ' t think anything compares . my faith was increased ten - fold and plan to read this book again and again .
as i’ve admitted in my previous article , i believe that the evidence and arguments put forth for the early date ( 1446 b . c . ) , as articulated by dr . bryant wood make the most sense and solve the most problems for reconciling the biblical exodus and the archaeological and historical record .
it was very good to see such conservative christian scholars , such as james k . hoffmeier , charles ailing , bryant wood & john bimson given some air time to make the case for a historical exodus . rarely does the general public hear a conservative give a scholarly response on a historical documentary , and some of the evidence they presented was formidable and compelling .
jewish leaders such as rabbi david wolpe ( a jewish week columnist ) question the historical veracity of the passover story . are a growing number of jews skeptical of the story ?
franklin is a professor at the university of haifa , zinman institute of archaeology and co - director of the jezreel expedition at tel jezreel . franklin was formerly at tel aviv university , where she was the coordinator of the megiddo expedition .
to quantify the relationships between the putative drivers and nutrient heterogeneity , we used marss models . we fitted marss models using the “marss” r - package ( 62 ) , which provides support for fitting marss models to multivariate data via maximum likelihood , using an expectation - maximization algorithm . we constructed two different marss model structures : model i quantified the relative influences of biological processes and the physical template on nutrient spatial patterns , and model ii was used to quantify effects of the relative contribution by physical template and by internal spatial feedbacks .
correct . on the issue of the philistines of david’s time as an earlier migration and also the reference in genesis see the work of john j . bimson in “files” link at urltoken chronology
a study of cognitive ability in norwegian males born from 1962 to 1991 suggests that environmental factors rather than changing genetic composition of families likely account for most of the change in norwegian population iq .
this film comes as a refreshing antidote to the distorted story told by ridley scott in his recently released movie , exodus : gods and kings . mahoney doesn’t just refute that movie , but also shows the historical problems in cecil b . demille’s retelling of the exodus in the film classic the ten commandments . the evidence told in this new documentary will cause everyone familiar with the biblical account to reassess their understanding .
the life and toils of jesus christ , depicted as written in the gospel of john . narrated in english , following the new international version of the scripture , while the actors speak in aramaic .
it’s no surprise that the film is billed as “provocative” and “game - changing , ”mahoney opts to change everything we think we know about egyptian history in order to get it to match more closely with the biblical chronology . but , contrary to what the filmmakers would have you believe , there is nothing new here , just a dejected theory . indeed , most of the scholars interviewed in the film , even those who believe in a traditional biblical dating of the exodus , reject this revised chronology and opt for less - sensational , less provocative , less game changing , more accurate and more nuanced descriptions of the archaeological evidence of the exodus .
a larger proportion of young people in our study reported school as their primary information source than reported school as one of their three main sources in an internet - based survey of young people in the uk .
this is the problem with the documentary format . it is not the best format to put forth and test supposed “new” ideas and solutions no matter how much they are qualified by “perhaps’s” and “could’s . ” time constraints mean that creditable opposition is never addressed . in “patterns , ” all scholarship becomes flattened in a “them” vs . the revised chronology paradigm . the film lumps together traditional biblical maximilists and secular minimalists in a gang of “archaeological giants” that the revised chronology will take down with nothing but a sling and a prayer .
source for only a small proportion of young men and a very small proportion of women , and , despite the availability of the internet , young people still most frequently report more traditional sources of information about sex ( school , friends and parents ) . the increase in reporting of school as the principal source of information about sex is encouraging as school - based sex education has the potential to reduce inequalities in the provision of information . respondents reporting school as their main source were less likely to report wanting further information . in other analysis we found that reporting school as a main source of information about sex was associated with lower reporting of a broad range of sexual health outcomes , particularly among women .
recommending that teaching should also include the impact of pornography , safe use of technology , sexual consent , exploitation and abuse and violence in relationships .
the intensification of the internal spatial feedbacks means that the system became more responsive to changes in no 3 − concentration in late succession ( i . e . , a small fluctuation in concentration invoked a quick return to an equilibrium concentration ) . this responsiveness likely results from intensified n limitation in late succession in sycamore creek , as observed in previous empirical research on the system ( 15 ) . resource limitation increasing the strength of internal feedbacks has been described in arid terrestrial ecosystems , where water constitutes the constraining resource and gives rise to self - organized vegetation patterns ( e . g . , refs . 20 , 22 ) . sheffer et al . ( 49 ) showed that a semiarid shrub - grassland landscape exhibited self - organized vegetation patchiness only when water was limiting ; in contrast , the physical template determined vegetation patchiness under sufficiently high precipitation . although these regular patterns are formed via scale - dependent feedbacks , a mechanism different from the feedbacks we describe here , both studies demonstrate the role of broadly defined spatial self - organization ( 4 ) in forming spatial heterogeneity and show that the strength of self - organization intensifies with increasing resource limitation . concentration - dependent effects were also observed for srp , which suggests the existence of regulation mechanisms . however , no successional trend was observed for srp , likely because srp is subject to an additional control pathway ( 50 ) of sediment adsorption and desorption ( 51 ) that masks biological uptake .
billington is a professor of history at the university of northwestern , st . paul , minnesota . he is the past editor of artifax magazine and has over 30 published articles , book reviews , and scholarly presentations . his areas of specialty include ancient history , medieval history , church history and biblical archaeology .
in 2013 , the office for standards in education , children ' s services and skills ( ofsted ) were of the view that sre required improvement in over a third of english schools and in almost half of english secondary schools .
simply put , mahoney doesn’t consider a large enough data set . when trying to link the biblical chronology to the archaeological record we can’t just account for the pattern of the exodus : the arrival of the hebrews in egypt , their multiplication and enslavement , the eventual judgment of egypt and subsequent exodus and conquest of canaan . we also have to account for every period thereafter : the arrival of the philistines , and period of the judges , the united monarchy , civil war and shishak’s attack , and the divided kingdoms of israel and judah .
it would be great to see the experts get together and work at setting a new date , that works with this pattern of evidence . i always knew that exodus was a factual account , because i prayed when i read the bible , and interestingly due to god’s answers , i knew that rameses was a common point of recognition for people of the time when i read the bible , and i was excited to see tim mahoney point this out in the film although no historian , it is exciting to see this information , as some people need to have a little proof to bolster their faith . such as thomas , jesus’s disciple .
this film is not likely to change the mind of a skeptic . with the exception of possible changes in chronological dating of the exodus event it will only affirm the traditional judeo - christian account of the israelite sojourn in egypt . i expect most who are interested in this stuff will remain in their positions .
weeks is one of america’s top egyptologists who devised and launched the theban mapping project , which seeks to document every tomb and temple in the theban necropolis ( luxor area ) . in 1995 , weeks discovered the expansive kv5 , the tomb of the sons of ramesses ii in the valley of the kings . since 1988 he has been a professor of egyptology at the american university in cairo .
the nutrient data used in this study were from two sources : existing data ( 51 ) and new data collected on may 31 , 2013 , all from the same section of sycamore creek . we replicated field techniques of dent and grimm ( 54 ) , collecting duplicate samples of surface water in 60 - ml tubes from the stream’s thalweg . samples were taken at points 25 m apart , and were collected as simultaneously as possible by 14 people arrayed along the 10 - km stream segment . each person walked upstream as he or she collected samples over ∼700 m . all samples were filtered in the field within 2 h , between 0800 hours and 1000 hours . locations at each 700 - m overlap point were sampled at both the beginning and the end of the collection period to check for diel variation in nutrient concentrations . the magnitude of diel change was < 10 % of the range of concentrations observed and 2 . 5 - fold the average variation between replicates , so we are confident that the spatial patterns we report were not confounded by temporal variation .
upstream wetland abundance was not a significant factor in explaining the srp , no 3 − , or conductivity [ in 2013 , we measured chloride ( cl − ) , also a nonreactive metric ] spatial patterns . we explored wetland abundance across a variety of upstream distances ( scales : 25 m , 50 m , 75 m , 100 m , 125 m , and 150 m ) , but at none of these scales was a wetland effect statistically significant ( only results at 100 - m scales are shown in fig . 4 ) . algal communities showed a significant negative effect on no 3 − in 2013 ( fig . 4 ) . in late succession , the effect of cyanobacteria on no 3 − was positive and significant ( fig . 4 ) .
at the seder , i always take the role of an ancient egyptian who is invited to a seder and explain to the host his side of the story .
given the rapid evolution of technology , one limitation is that some of the natsal - 3 participants included in this analysis would have been learning about sex around the beginning of the 21st century and their experience will be different from those learning about sex today with respect to internet access , particularly through smart phones . another limitation is that we used a predefined list of topics to determine further information needs , which may not have reflected adequately the range of topics of interest to young people today . we also do not know about the quality of the information that young people received .
in chapter six of the book titled “towards a new chronology” rohl gives his main argument , which stems from a genealogy of egypt’s royal architects discovered in wadi hammamat .
our study demonstrates that over the past 20 years there have been substantial increases in the proportion of young people citing school as their primary source of information about sex .
describes how the concentration of a chemical species upstream influences the rate of concentration change of the same chemical species immediately downstream . this phenomenon is a “concentration - dependent effect” in space , analogous to the long known density - dependent effects over time . whereas
boraik , educated at zagazig university , is the second highest - ranking egyptologist in egypt . he oversees the area of luxor , considered to be the world’s greatest open - air museum . this location was home to the ancient egyptian capital of thebes and is filled with some of egypt’s most important archaeological sites such as the temple complexes of karnak , luxor , and the ramesseum , as well as the valley of the kings .
finkelstein is co - director of excavations at megiddo and professor of archaeology in the department of archaeology and ancient near eastern civilizations at tel aviv university . along with neil asher silberman , he authored the influential book , the bible unearthed ( 2001 ) , which argued that the early history of israel did not occur as described in the bible .
i encourage you to check it out . it is worth the price of admission .
we compare men who reported pornography as one of their sources of information about sex with those who did not , both in terms of their other and main sources , and their unmet information needs using univariate logistic regression . the number of women reporting pornography as an information source ( n = 53 ) is too small to permit detailed exploration .
and that large proportions of gay / lesbian , bisexual young people report inadequate sre .
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q - why does existence have to have a creator ? a – the scientific evidence shows the universe had a beginning , the “big bang” shows we had a starting place . the universe is also winding down , so it could not have existed forever , otherwise it would have already expanded to nothing . the second law of thermodynamics ( which implies that the universe has been “wound up” and will eventually die a heat death ) — demonstrates that the cosmos has not always been here . it could not have self - created without a cause , because we know that in our universe whatever begins to exist has a cause . a powerful first cause like the god of theism plausibly answers the question of the universe’s origin .
since 1990–1991 , there has been a large increase in the proportion of men and women citing school as their main source of information about sex ( figure 2 a ) , from around 30 % in 1990–1991 to around 40 % in 2010–2012 . there has been a corresponding decrease in the proportion of young men reporting friends and in the proportion of young women reporting their first sexual partner as their main source of information . while there has been no change in the proportion of men reporting a parent , there has been a decrease in the proportion of women reporting their mother ( but not their father ) since 2000 .
haven’t any of you guys read “following moses” by frank de ruyter . gets way on top of this topic , and more or less substantiates what this documentary also stumbles on .
we performed a wavelet analysis to decompose spatial scales of longitudinal variation in nutrient concentration , the results of which were used to infer putative environmental drivers . wavelet analysis does not require the data series to be stationary , and is therefore particularly attractive , given the nonstationary nature of most ecological data ( 57 ) . a full description of the wavelet technique can be found in an article by torrence and compo ( 58 ) . wavelet analyses were applied to all 12 nutrient series ( i . e . , three nutrient types × four surveys ) . a global assessment of the scale - specific properties of the decomposed signal was achieved by summing the mean of the squared wavelet coefficients across all locations to produce a scalogram or gws . after obtaining the corresponding wavelet spectra generated from wavelet analysis , we compared them using a multivariate method that defines an orthonormal basis maximizing the mutual covariance for each pair of wavelet spectra ( 59 ) . comparing the decomposition of the wavelet spectra onto this orthonormal basis enabled us to quantify the dissimilarity of space - and spatial - scale patterns ( i . e . , both the spatial scales and the spatial positions ) among different nutrient species and among successional stages . we then used the constructed 12 × 12 dissimilarity matrix to calculate the mean dissimilarity exhibited by the main factors [ i . e . , nutrient species ( no 3 − , srp , and cl − ) , successional stages ] , which allowed us to evaluate the relative importance of the main factors [ similar to the method of rouyer ( 59 ) ] . wavelet analyses were carried out using the “biwavelet” package ( 60 ) in r ( 61 ) .