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Baby, if you thought I was trouble Then you're gonna hate what's coming next Kinda like your worst nightmare but double Is that an angel? No, it's your ex

-Blonde, Maisie Peters

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Film Review - Oppenheimer

Now we come to what I feel has been the cinematic centrepiece of 2023 films, and after so long on science-fiction franchises, it’s a real breath of fresh air in the realm of war-era biographical drama from what I’ve recently been looking through.  Yes, folks, this is my review of Christopher Nolan’s Oppenheimer…

Plot (as adapted from Wikipedia):

In 1926, the 22-year-old doctoral student J. Robert Oppenheimer grapples with anxiety and homesickness while studying experimental quantum physics under Patrick Blackett at the University of Cambridge. Oppenheimer clashes with Blackett and leaves him a poisoned apple but later retrieves it. Visiting scientist Niels Bohr advises Oppenheimer to study theoretical physics at the University of Göttingen.

Oppenheimer completes his PhD and meets scientist Isidor Isaac Rabi. They later meet theoretical physicist Werner Heisenberg in Switzerland. Wanting to expand quantum physics research in the US, Oppenheimer teaches at the University of California, Berkeley and the California Institute of Technology. He marries Katherine "Kitty" Puening, a biologist and ex-communist, and has an intermittent affair with Jean Tatlock, a troubled communist psychiatrist who later dies by suicide.

When nuclear fission is discovered in 1938 after the Germans succeed in splitting the atom, Oppenheimer realizes it could be weaponized. In 1942, during World War II, US Army Colonel Leslie Groves, the director of the Manhattan Project, recruits Oppenheimer as the director of the Los Alamos Laboratory to develop an atomic bomb. Oppenheimer fears the German nuclear research program, led by Heisenberg, might yield a fission bomb for the Nazis.

Oppenheimer assembles a team consisting of Rabi, Hans Bethe, and Edward Teller, and collaborates with the scientists Enrico Fermi, Leo Szilard, and David L. Hill at the University of Chicago. Teller's calculations reveal an atomic detonation could destroy the world. After consulting with Albert Einstein, Oppenheimer concludes the chances are acceptably low. Teller attempts to leave the project after his proposal to construct a hydrogen bomb is rejected, but Oppenheimer convinces him to stay.

After Germany's surrender in 1945, some scientists question the bomb's relevance. Oppenheimer believes it would end the ongoing Pacific War and save Allied lives. The Trinity test is successful, and President Harry S. Truman orders the atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki, resulting in Japan's surrender. Though publicly praised, Oppenheimer is guilt-ridden and haunted by the destruction and mass fatalities. After Oppenheimer expresses his guilt to Truman, the president berates him and dismisses his plea to cease further atomic development.

As an advisor to the United States Atomic Energy Commission (AEC), Oppenheimer's stance generates controversy, while Teller's hydrogen bomb receives renewed interest amidst the burgeoning Cold War. AEC Chairman Lewis Strauss resents Oppenheimer for publicly dismissing Strauss's concerns about exporting radioisotopes and for recommending negotiations with the Soviet Union after the Soviets successfully detonated their own bomb. Strauss also believes that Oppenheimer denigrated him during a conversation Oppenheimer had with Einstein in 1947.

In 1954, wanting to eliminate Oppenheimer's political influence, Strauss secretly orchestrates a private security hearing before a Personnel Security Board concerning Oppenheimer's Q clearance during which his loyalty to the United States is questioned. However, the hearing is a trial in all but name. Oppenheimer's past communist ties are exploited and his associates' testimony is twisted against him, with Teller's being the most damaging. After Kitty delivers impassioned testimony in defence of herself and her husband, the board no longer suspects Oppenheimer of disloyalty but revokes his clearance, thereby damaging his public image and limiting his influence on American nuclear policy.

In 1959, during Strauss's Senate confirmation hearing for Secretary of Commerce, Hill testifies about Strauss's personal motives for engineering Oppenheimer's downfall. Strauss's nomination is voted down. In 1963, President Lyndon B. Johnson presents Oppenheimer with the Enrico Fermi Award as a gesture of political rehabilitation.

A flashback reveals that Oppenheimer and Einstein's 1947 conversation never mentioned Strauss. Instead, the two discussed Oppenheimer’s legacy, and Oppenheimer expressed his fear that they had indeed started a chain reaction that will destroy the world.

Review:

What began for me as just something I was just kind of curious to see at the cinema has, in hindsight, probably turned out to be my top film of 2023.  While efforts in the MCU, DC live-action and animation and the Transformers have wowed audiences with some element of spectacle or other, Oppenheimer wows us with acting ability and an all-star cast delivers on a great story.  Of course, when a film is handling the kind of subject matter that Oppenheimer does, a great story narrative is crucial, and thankfully the film delivers.  Now it isn’t a completely accurate story, but it is apparently very accurate, and where the inaccuracies occur, I would argue that these do not detract from the film we are presented with.  Why?  Well, let’s consider where the inaccuracies lie and we shall see.

Firstly, like any film, Oppenheimer is not a factual documentary, but a feature-length dramatic narrative, and moreover, it is based on a specific biography about Oppenheimer written by people other than Oppenheimer or any close family, friends or contemporaries.  As such, the medium of this story and its source material will bring inaccuracy to the table even before any effort is made to actually write a story.  Second, while some wider events are omitted, that is because they didn’t happen to Oppenheimer, so looking at the impact of nuclear weapons on Japan, other sites involved in the Manhattan project and the aftermath among Native Americans in the Los Alamos area isn’t relevant to this particular re-telling of this history.  The film is about the title character, so its focus isn’t going to be on wider events.

As such, if people want to see wider events in film in the wake of Oppenheimer, if Nolan’s work is to spark a cinematic chain reaction as much as the real Oppenheimer’s work set off a chain reaction of nuclear proliferation, then I would say write those films and get them made.  Don’t just criticise this film for not covering a wider perspective of things; if people really care about seeing more of World War 2 than just your bog-standard Pacific naval battle or soldiers and tanks rolling over Europe, then they need to put pen to paper, or fingers to keyboard.  This is what I do to try and create fiction with autistic main characters like myself, and if I knew more about World War 2, I’d probably dive into that myself.  We should see the other aspects of nuclear weapons being developed back in the 1940’s, as well as American internment camps for Japanese-Americans, a more nuanced and less America-centric look at the events preceding Pearl Harbour, and so on.  However, it is not the place of this specific film to tell those stories, as Oppenheimer is as much a biographical film as it is a war film, so let’s let it be what it is and make other war films to tell the wider stories.

The only other inaccuracy, or supposed inaccuracy, relates to the poison apple scene from early in the film.  This is apparently something Oppenheimer himself recounted, but it’s not anything that can apparently be substantiated.  However, given that some later film scenes take us into the imaginings of certain characters, particularly Kitty Oppenheimer, and given that the supposed poisoning occurs when Oppenheimer was homesick and sleep-deprived, it could well be that what Oppenheimer believed to happen was simply his sleep-deprived mind confusing imagination with reality, and his recounting of the event later could simply indicate he never untangled the two.  Regardless of whether this event is true or simply an error in the biography that the film replicates, it’s one of many examples that shows Oppenheimer to be a fundamentally complex, contradictory and fascinating human being.

The film handles its presentation of Oppenheimer’s life and work very well, in large part due to Cillian Murphy’s performance in the lead role, backed up by one of the most amazing all-star ensemble casts I’ve ever seen.  Many of the cast are people I recognise from at least one past film or another that I’ve seen, and not one of them ever seems to put a foot wrong here.  If I have any critique of the film, it’s only that some of the more badgering moments in Oppenheimer’s security clearance appeal hearings were not my personal cup of tea, which doesn’t detract in any way from the overall quality of the film, nor from its end score.  10 out of 10, hands down, and I would say that a lot of film makers need to watch this film before making anything more either in wholly original films or franchise instalments, because Oppenheimer really helps to showcase what other films are currently lacking.

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In 1926, 22-year-old doctoral student J. Robert Oppenheimer studies under experimental physicist Patrick Blackett at the Cavendish Laboratory in Cambridge. Oppenheimer suffers from homesickness and anxiety and struggles doing the required lab work. Oppenheimer, upset with the demanding Blackett, leaves him a poison-laced apple but retrieves it. Visiting scientist Niels Bohr is impressed enough by Oppenheimer's intellect to recommend that he should instead study theoretical physics in Germany, where Oppenheimer completes his PhD. He later meets theoretical physicist Werner Heisenberg at a conference in Switzerland.

Oppenheimer returns to the United States, wanting to expand quantum physics research there. He begins teaching at the University of California, Berkeley and the California Institute of Technology, starting with one student. He meets his future wife, Katherine "Kitty" Puening, a biologist and ex-communist, and also has an intermittent affair with Jean Tatlock, a member of the Communist Party USA, until her suicide a few years later. In 1938, Nazi Germany's progress in nuclear fission research spurs Oppenheimer and his colleagues to replicate their results. Leo Szilard and Albert Einstein then warn President Franklin D. Roosevelt of atomic weaponry's catastrophic potential.

In 1942, amid World War II, U.S. Army General Leslie Groves recruits Oppenheimer to lead the Manhattan Project to develop an atomic bomb after Oppenheimer's assurances he has no communist sympathies. Oppenheimer, who is Jewish, is particularly driven by the Nazis' potentially completing their nuclear weapons program, headed by Heisenberg. Oppenheimer assembles a scientific team including Edward Teller and Isidor Isaac Rabi in Los Alamos, New Mexico and also collaborates with scientists Enrico Fermi and David L. Hill; he and Einstein discuss how an atomic bomb potentially risks triggering an unstoppable chain reaction that could ignite the atmosphere and destroy the world.

After Germany surrenders, some project scientists question the bomb's relevance, while Oppenheimer believes using it will quickly end the ongoing war in the Pacific, saving Allied lives. The Trinity test is successful and President Harry S. Truman orders Hiroshima and Nagasaki to be bombed, forcing Japan's surrender. Oppenheimer is thrust into the public eye as the "father of the atomic bomb", but the immense destruction and mass fatalities haunt him. He urges Truman to restrict further nuclear weapon development. Truman rejects Oppenheimer's advice, considering him weak.

As an advisor to the U.S. Atomic Energy Commission, Oppenheimer advocates against further nuclear research, especially the hydrogen bomb proposed by Edward Teller. Oppenheimer's stance becomes a point of contention amid the tense Cold War with the Soviet Union. AEC Chairman Lewis Strauss deeply resents Oppenheimer after he publicly humiliated him by dismissing his concerns about exporting radioisotopes and also for Oppenheimer recommending arms talks with the Soviet Union.

At a hearing intended to eliminate his political influence, Oppenheimer is betrayed by Teller and other associates. Strauss exploits Oppenheimer's past associations with Communist party members. Despite allies testifying in his defense, Oppenheimer's security clearance is revoked, damaging his public image and neutralizing his policy influence. At Strauss's later Senate confirmation hearing for Secretary of Commerce, Hill testifies about Strauss's personal motives in engineering Oppenheimer's downfall. The U.S. Senate votes against Strauss's nomination. It is revealed that an earlier conversation between Einstein and Oppenheimer, in which Strauss believed Oppenheimer denigrated him, instead concerned nuclear weapons' possible cataclysmic consequences, with Oppenheimer believing they started a chain reaction that may destroy the world.

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Us, May 3

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Cover: Pregnant Meghan Markle: My Baby, My Way

Page 2: Red Carpet -- rufflemania -- Hollywood style stars are tier-ing it up in this flattering design with feminine flair -- Tracee Ellis Ross, Kaitlyn Dever, Margot Robbie, Logan Browning, Nicola Coughlan

Page 3: Lizzo, Maude Apatow, Lucy Boynton, Jessica Alba, Lily Collins

Page 4: Who Wore It Best? Anya Taylor-Joy vs. Isla Fisher vs. Regina King in Stuart Weitzman Nudist sandal

Page 6: Loose Talk -- Shonda Rhimes on the intense backlash she received over Rege-Jean Page's exit from Bridgerton, Kelly Ripa on her most embarrassing interview, Luke Bryan on his mother LeClaire's Instagram fame, Blake Shelton on The Voice's new coach Ariana Grande, Reese Witherspoon joking about wearing bottoms that aren't sweatpants

Page 8: Contents

Page 10: A Final Farewell to Prince Philip, his four children Prince Charles and Princess Anne and Prince Andrew and Prince Edward were among the loved ones who participated in the emotional ceremony, feuding brothers Prince Harry and Prince William (and his wife Duchess Kate) put their differences aside after the intimate service, due to Covid-19 protocols the grieving Queen Elizabeth stayed socially distant from the other 29 people who attended the funeral for her husband of 73 years

Page 11: ACM Awards 2021 -- Maren Morris teamed up with her husband Ryan Hurd and won Female Artist of the Year, Thomas Rhett won Male Artist of the Year, Carrie Underwood took the stage

Page 12: Hot Pics -- Rosie Huntington-Whiteley wore an orange coat during a visit to NYC, John Stamos plays a coach on the TV show Big Shot, Zach Braff goofed around on the set of Cheaper by the Dozen in L.A.

Page 13: Eva Longoria on her trampoline while aboard a yacht in Miami, Howie Mandel arrived to the set of America's Got Talent dressed as a bug in Pasadena

Page 14: Jon Hamm and his rescue dog Splash strolled around the neighborhood in L.A., Heidi Klum in all white in Pasadena, Sara Gilbert and Linda Perry take a stroll in L.A.

Page 15: Eddie Cibrian and LeAnn Rimes held hands after dinner at Il Segreto in L.A., Patrick Dempsey shot a scene for his show Devils in Rome

Page 16: Rachel Brosnahan in a blue dress and carrying a clear umbrella on the set of The Marvelous Mrs. Maisel in NYC, Lin-Manuel Miranda at the opening of a vaccination center for Broadway workers in Times Square, Trisha Yearwood feeds one of her rescue pups

Page 18: Gen Z Has Spoken -- these celebs are making the young kids proud -- Baggy Jeans -- Hailey Bieber, Tracee Ellis Ross, Bella Hadid

Page 19: Middle Parts -- Busy Philipps, Lizzo, Jennifer Lopez, Kourtney Kardashian, baguette bags -- Dua Lipa, Elsa Hosk, Irina Shayk, Kendall Jenner

Page 20: Seeing Double -- stars bear a striking resemblance to their famous counterparts -- Elizabeth Banks and Chelsea Handler, Emmanuelle Chriqui and Nina Dobrev, Betty Gilpin and Jodie Comer

Page 21: Rob Lowe and Ian Somerhalder, Jaime Pressly and Margot Robbie, Isla Fisher and Amy Adams, Rupert Grint and Ed Sheeran, Kyle Richards and Kacey Musgraves

Page 22: Clueless Crew -- stars are totally buggin' over Cher Horowitz's style in yellow plaid -- Robin Roberts on Good Morning America, Katie Holmes was rollin' with her homie beau Emilio Vitolo Jr. in NYC, Vanessa Hudgens, Dianna Agron

Page 23: Gabrielle Union

Page 24: Stars They're Not Like Us -- Jay Leno took one of his vintage automobiles out for a spin in L.A., Chrissy Teigen and John Legend took a selfie with a fan while grocery shopping in Beverly Hills, Kylie Jenner has custom vending machines

Page 25: Carrie Underwood in her massive walk-in closet, Denzel Washington signs autographs for fans in NYC, Megan Thee Stallion on a private plane, Drake and his bodyguard in Beverly Hills

Page 26: Stars They're Just Like Us -- Sarah Jessica Parker catches a yellow cab after working at her shoe store in NYC, Brad Paisley picked up five pizzas to go in Montecito

Page 27: Kelly Osbourne handed out goods at a drive-thru food distribution event at the Islamic Center of Southern California, HGTV's Egypt Sherrod transformed her closet into a meditation space in Atlanta, in between filming Law & Order: SVU's Mariska Hargitay and Ice-T take a selfie

Page 28: Hollywood Dads -- Scott Porter on parenting his two kids McCoy and Clover

Page 29: Jonathan Tucker on life with twins Hayes and India, parenthood is a lot tougher than Jovi Dufren imagined, Maksim Chmerkovskiy can't wait to show son Shai his work

Page 30: Love Lives -- Rihanna and A$AP Rocky are showing no signs of slowing down -- the pair enjoyed a night out in L.A. hotspot Delilah where they were holding hands and laughing and they're not hiding the fact that they're dating but they just don't want people in their business -- they're a good match and are each other's best friend

Page 31: Justin Bieber and Hailey Bieber may look like the picture-perfect couple, but Justin admits that their first year of marriage wasn't what he expected, saying it was really tough and there was just a lack of trust and he blamed the strain on his own personal struggles and said before he didn't have someone to love or someone to pour into but now, more than two years after exchanging vows with Hailey, he has that

* Kacey Musgraves' romance with Dr. Gerald Onuoha is giving her butterflies -- the pair are so happy they found each other and while Kacey, who split from her husband Ruston Kelly last summer, is trying not to get too ahead of herself, her connection to the Nashville-based doc is off the charts and it's got the potential to go a very long way

* Today's Savannah Guthrie is thankful to have husband Michael Feldman in her life, especially given the demands of her early morning work schedule

Page 32: Kourtney Kardashian and Travis Barker are getting serious -- all the details on their whirlwind romance

Page 33: Adapting to parenthood has been a breeze for Emma Stone and she's soaking in all the precious moments of being a mom for the first time -- she and husband Dave McCary welcomed their baby daughter in March and Emma is super protective and a very hands-on mom and Dave is also hands-on and helps with their daughter -- thanks to the little one, Emma's marriage with the comedian has also gotten stronger and having a baby has brought them closer in a way they never expected -- Emma is looking forward to getting back to work; she's taken this time off to embrace motherhood and her number one priority is to raise a healthy baby so that's what she's focused on right now

* Britney Spears is setting the record straight -- despite her ongoing conservatorship battle with her dad, Jamie Spears, she is doing totally fine, assuring fans that she's extremely happy and she has a beautiful home, beautiful children and she's taking a break right now because she's enjoying herself -- although the legal drama with her father is heating up, Britney is staying strong and she has this wonderful ability to see the positive even when the odds are against her

* Keeping Up With Us -- production for the Downton Abbey sequel is underway, Mossimo Giannulli is a free man, Chrissy Teigen returned to Twitter 23 days after announcing that she was leaving the platform, Vanessa Bryant remembered her late husband Kobe Bryant on what would have been their 20th wedding anniversary, Helen McCrory lost her battle with cancer at age 52 according to her husband Damian Lewis

Page 34: A Day in My Life -- Whitney Port

Page 35: Colton Underwood is ready to live his truth -- during an interview on Good Morning America, the former Bachelor came out as gay, saying he's run from himself for a long time and he came to terms with his sexuality earlier this year and he's the happiest and healthiest he's ever been -- now that he feels like he can finally breathe, Colton is excited for his next chapter, which fans will get to see on an upcoming reality show with Olympian Gus Kenworthy -- a huge weight has been lifted off of Colton's shoulders and he is looking forward to being his authentic self

Page 36: Moms Tell All -- Happy Mother's Day! From milestones and manners to rules and nanny-bans, celebs and insiders talk about raising kids in Hollywood

Page 37: Bindi Irwin says life at home with her daughter Grace Warrior has been positively blissful and her family with dad Chandler Powell is so full of love, adding that the newborn has already met some of the wildlife at the Australia Zoo where Bindi and Chandler live and work and of course she's seen some crocs and really lit up when she saw them -- while the Aussie conservationist is sad Grace won't get to meet her late dad Steve Irwin, Bindi's brother Robert Irwin and mom Terri Irwin have been by her side constantly and Robert is obsessed with Grace and has been helping out so much and her mom has been the biggest guiding light and she's already taught Bindi so much about being a mother, both in how she raised her and by showing her things day by day and Terri is quite the baby whisperer and she's so great a calming Grace down when she's crying -- first-time father Chandler is also a natural with Grace and he's been the most supportive and involved dad and together, he and Bindi make such a great team -- for now, Bindi, who stars with Chandler in Crikey! It's a Baby!, is hoping Grace will follow in her animal-activist footsteps, saying having three generations of strong women working as conservationists is a dream come true

* Jennifer Garner said teaching your kids is a lifelong job, and certainly values are something you have to show them -- Jennifer, who shares kids Violet, Seraphina and Samuel with ex Ben Affleck, is staying true to her word and has led by example when it comes to things like kindness and patience and she won't let anyone in the house to judge or speak ill of people, and she enforces the same wholesome, traditional values that she was raised with and the kids have been taught to be loving, hardworking and fair -- Jennifer has always taken a kids-come-first approach to parenting, and it shows as they bake together, enjoy movie nights, read books and have very active lives and it's a very healthy, happy household filled with laughter and love

Page 38: Gwen Stefani has her hands full with her sons Kingston, Zuma and Apollo with ex-husband Gavin Rossdale, but she wouldn't want it any other way -- Gwen's a tomboy, so having three boys wasn't daunting for her at all, plus she has fiance Blake Shelton by her side to pitch in with parenting duties and Gwen and the boys have a blast at Blake's ranch in Oklahoma where they enjoy riding their ATVs, and they play baseball and football -- it's not all fun and games, though because Gwen is big on boundaries and manners and she doesn't want to raise Hollywood brats and it's important to her that her sons be gentlemen

* Meghan Markle's pregnancy with Archie was no walk in the park, as she revealed during her bombshell TV interview with husband Prince Harry, the couple had concerns over whether or not the royal family would provide security for their son and claimed there were conversations about his skin color -- but this time around, as Meghan and Harry gear up for baby No. 2 at home in L.A., she's doing everything her way, without the royals and Meghan and Harry feel blessed that they're able to raise their daughter in the U.S. and can live by their own rules and make the decisions they feel are best for their children; having independence is the most important thing for Meghan and she's got free rein to be exactly the kind of mom she wants to be -- her parenting style is really like most mothers out there, and she's been craving pasta and doing yoga two times a day as her due date nears and she keeps a lot of art supplies out to foster creativity and healthy snacks around and she's a devoted mom and wants the best for her kids

Page 39: Kate Hudson has a lot on her plate, so the mom of three, who shares son Ryder with former husband Chris Robinson and son Bingham with ex Matt Bellamy and daughter Rani with boyfriend Danny Fujikawa, knows when to put her foot down as things can get a little overwhelming at times for Kate, but when she says no, it absolutely means no, and the kids respect her very much because of that

* Gigi Hadid, who shares daughter Khai with boyfriend Zayn Malik, wants to spend every waking moment with her precious little girl -- Gigi could easily afford to employ a team of nannies but chooses not to and she prefers to do everything herself and besides, she can't bear to be away from Khai for more than a few hours

* Candace Cameron Bure's three grown kids are flying the coop, but she's still super involved in their lives, despite slowly becoming an empty nester -- the mom of Natasha, Lev, and Maksim with former hockey player Valeri Bure says it's been a very transitional time and she's been trying to help them make decisions they feel good about and it's challenging, but they're figuring it out

Page 40: Oh, Baby! Meghan Markle's due date is just around the corner, and here are all the details

* Bump Brigade -- Halsey, Gal Gadot, Shawn Johnson East

Page 42: 10 Years of the Cambridges -- a look back at Prince William and Duchess Kate Middleton's solid marriage for their anniversary

Page 44: Jennifer Lopez and Alex Rodriguez: What Really Happened -- cheating and lies? The truth behind J.Lo's split from fiance A-Rod

Page 45: Friendliest Exes -- these former couples managed to stay close after going their separate ways -- Gwyneth Paltrow and Chris Martin, Jennifer Aniston and Justin Theroux, Orlando Bloom and Miranda Kerr, Demi Moore and Bruce Willis, Lisa Bonet and Lenny Kravitz

Page 48: Gifts for Mother's Day

Page 54: Entertainment -- Ben Barnes on Shadow and Bone

Page 58: Fashion Police -- the most daring Oscars looks -- Bjork, Whoopi Goldberg, Charlize Theron

Page 59: Rachel Weisz, Gwyneth Paltrow, Lady Gaga

Page 60: 25 Things You Don't Know About Me -- Julia Michaels

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I was asked to search for a missing Norwegian girl caught up in the Moonies – Petra

▲ Me as an au pair in 1989.

In the mid 1980’s at the age of 21, I was an au pair in California, United States. I lived in Mill Valley, a fancy neighborhood north of the Golden Gate bridge.

In my free time I used to go to the Swedish Church, located on Hyde Street between Lombard Street and Fisherman’s Wharf, in downtown San Francisco. The church was a safe haven for au pairs and other folks from Europe who had gone out to explore the big world.

One day I stumbled into two Norwegian siblings who had come to the States to look for their younger sister. Some years before she had been caught up in a Korean cult called the Unification Church and they were very concerned about her well-being since they’d lost all contact with her.

▲ Mr. and Mrs. Moon greet the Russian president Mikhail Gorbachev and his wife Raisa. A handshake that according to the movement legitimized Sun Myung Moon as being the Messiah.

Sun Myung Moon founded the Unification Church. He passed away in 2012; he was a self-proclaimed Messiah who said he had met the biblical Jesus and now had his mandate to establish God’s Kingdom on earth. [ LINK to Moon and Jesus ]

As a Moonie you serve Mr. Moon, also referred to as ‘True Father’. You do this by recruiting new members, raising money to the movement and eventually you marry a partner chosen by Mr. Moon.

A true win win-situation for the cult.
 If you are truly blessed you can give away your children through adoption. This is a true win-win situation, because by doing so a childless couple somewhere out there finally becomes a real family and you can once again give ‘True Father’ your full attention without the distraction of a child. This is the ultimate proof of love and devotion.

The cult had a recruiting base downtown and a training camp in the mountains a few hours’ drive north of San Francisco. Since the siblings would not be welcome into the cult’s surroundings, they asked me if I wanted to make my way into the organization by allowing myself ‘to be recruited’ by the cult. Hopefully, on the inside, I would be able to locate their sister, so that they could take action and arrange for her to be kidnapped and deprogrammed by a special team that was standing by. And oh, could I barely wait!

The Preparation I prepared myself by watching interviews with ex-members on videotape so that I knew what special treatment I could expect.

I learned about how love-bombing – overwhelming and unmotivated love and attention – in combination with little sleep and a tight schedule would serve their purpose to indoctrinate me and make me one of them.

I also met with psychologists and deprogrammers who showed me things I should be aware of, and take precautions against.

The plan was simple.

We would arrange for me to be picked up by a Moonie in Union Square in downtown San Francisco – a place where they recruit many new members. I would then agree to come along to their student camp in the mountains.

▲ Union Square in San Francisco

Once in the camp I would take a lot of pictures, without attracting unnecessary attention. Lots of parents around the world had children hidden in the cult, and if I could return with picture proof that their sons and daughters were in the camp, captors stood ready to steal back the young people to their families.

Most important of all was that I went home when the weekend camp was over. I was under no circumstances allowed to stay after the four day long camp ended. Though, I was told that both the car and the phone were always ‘broken’ on the last evening of the camp – to prevent people from leaving. The reason was simply that they occasionally needed more time to break some of the visitor’s mental defenses.

The Recruitment


One Saturday we got to work. I dressed myself typically Swedish (neon-colored shorts), took a visible stand at the square, unfolded a big tourist map and waited. All supervised by the kidnappers who stood at a safe distance.

After approximately 15-20 minutes I hear a voice behind me; ”Hello?”
I turned around and meet Ted for the first time, my ticket into the Unification Church.
By coincidence the next camp started next Thursday

Did I need help, I seemed lost? Was I only passing through? Ah, I came from Sweden, that’s sounds nice. Ted told me that he belonged to an international Student organization.
And by the way, would I be interested in sharing a cup of coffee at their office nearby?


A few hours later I had finished my coffee, seen the picture of the Organization’s founder on the wall and met countless of smiling students who all spoke inspiringly of a camp in the mountains.

By coincidence the next camp started next Thursday. Ted asked me if I wanted to come along. Of course I wanted.

After a few hours’ drive in an old minivan filled with young people, we reached our destination – Maacama Hill.

▲ The girls’ building at Camp K, Maacama Hills

▲ The kitchen at Camp K

The pace was rapid right from the start with early mornings, late nights, and intense activities all day long. I was not left alone for one second.

New boys were constantly shown attention by the sweetest Moonie girls — and new girls shown the same by the most charming Moonie boys.

▲ Camp K leaders, Susan on the left.

As time went by, the small talk more and more turned towards existential questions. Had I ever thought about the meaning of life? Was I satisfied with my life?

Then we were introduced to the first lecture in the class room. Participation was voluntary, of course, but not going to the lectures was simply not an option.

Soon we spent more time in the classroom than we did on the volleyball court. The purpose of the teaching was to prove that Sun Myung Moon was the new Messiah.

Now it was getting really hard to do this spy thing. It was emotionally hard. I felt as if I was betraying the new young people in the camp since I saw them becoming prey for the cult without being able to warn them. But how could I?

I had been sent into the camp with a mission and I simply could not reveal my true identity without endangering my assignment.

And besides, what would the leaders do if they found out I was a spy? My quest was to take as many pictures as possible, lay low and get a ride home on Sunday night. Period.

▲ Lecture on the Divine Principle: “Jesus failed, since he died on the cross, right? So a new Messiah would have to complete the Mission, right?” (Picture: HERE)

Everything became more intense as we got closer to Sunday. The generally held “Good to see you” songs at breakfast were replaced by religious songs with lyrics about the ‘True Father’. A short prayer was held before every meal and the discussions became more personal and intrusive, the breaks got shorter and the lessons longer.

On the Saturday evening we had a barbecue on the river bed. When all the sausage and marshmallows were eaten, there was a revival meeting.

▲ I am wedged between two Moonie friends. (Picture: HERE)

Two dark-haired sisters sang religious songs with empathy, and with tears running down their cheeks, they explained how they had found the true meaning of life in the Unification Church.

▲ Happy sisters. (Picture: HERE)

Then one of the leaders gave a short sermon with such passion that the fire next to him faded in comparison.

▲ Camp K mini-store

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How did Petra get out?

Full story and more photos:

https://petrahellsing.wordpress.com/2015/06/24/search-for-a-moonie/

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Camp K, aka Maacama Hill, Unification Church recruitment camp

Moonwebs by Josh Freed (the book was made into a movie)

Crazy for God: The nightmare of cult life by Christopher Edwards

Ford Greene – the former Moonie became an attorney

My Time with the Oakland Family Moonies – by Peter from New Zealand

Testimony of Ingo Michehl – assault by Japanese leader caused lung collapse

The Moonie recruitment camps in Northern California

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Black Women in Visual Media

Like the previous blog, this blog will highlight multiple Black Women in Visual Media. Not to be considered just painters or collage makers or sculptors, these women are held highly as innovators and visionaries in the art community. In no particular order, this blog will bring a quick glimpse into just a few of these Black Women creators in modern world visual media.

Delita Martin, born in 1972 in Conroe, Texas, received her BFA in drawing at Texas Southern University in Huston, Texas in 2002. In 2009, she then later earned her MFA in printmaking at Purdue University. Knowing that she wanted to pursue art since the age of five, she became a multidisciplinary artist and has worked across various mediums such as printmaking, painting, and stitching, the latter incorporating indigenous and modern art-making. Martin actively uses storytelling to provide a platform for marginalized Black women and frequently uses various forms of symbolism to represent women in her artwork. Much of her work contains West African masks, similar to Loïs Mailou Jones from a previous blog, which highlight the connection between the mortal and spiritual world. Martin's influences include Elizabeth Catlett after she was exposed to her work as an undergraduate student.

In 2008, Martin founded her own studio called Black Box Press while also working as a lecturer at the University of Arkansas at Little Rock from 2008 to 2012. She is also a founding member of Black Women of Print, founded in 2018 which acts as a printmaking collective for Black Women, as well as a ROUX artist collective member.

Her work has appeared in the Havana Biennial and in Art Basel Miami and she has permanent collections held by many museums including the following; National Museum of Women in the Arts, Salamander Resort, Minneapolis Institute of Art, Bradbury Art Museum, C.N. Gorman Museum, Crystal Bridges Museum of American Art, David C. Driskill Center, Petrucci Family Foundation Collection of African American-Art, Studio Museum in Harlem, Thrivent Financial, William J. Clinton Presidential Library and Museum, the US Embassy (Mauritania) and more.

Ruby Onyinyechi Amanze, born in 1982 in Nigeria, is a Nigerian-British Brooklyn based artist. Having been raised in the United Kingdom until the age of 13, she moved to America in 2004. She received a B.F.A. summa cum laude from the Tyler School of Art at Philadelphia's Temple University and received her M.F.A from Cranbrook Academy of Art, in Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, majoring in photography and textiles even though her favorite and most used medium is drawing. She currently resides in Brooklyn, New York where she continues to work with graphite, ink, and pigment drawings, often combining them with photo transfers, with many of her mixed-media drawings centering on the concept of cultural hybridity and displacement. She draws much of her inspiration from Nigerian artists and the Nigerian history of drawing.

Amanze was an Artist-in-Residence at the Cooper Union School of Art in New York, NY in 2011, in 2012 she earned a Fulbright Fellowship, and later received the Fulbright Scholars Award for Teaching/Research at the University of Nigeria, Nsukka the following year. She then became an Artist-in-Residence at the Lower Manhattan Cultural Council in 2014 and at the Fountainhead Residency in Miami, Florida in 2015. Amanze also participated in Opens Sessions at the Drawing Center, New York from 2015 to 2016 and was an Artist-in-Residence yet again at the Queens Museum in Queens, New York, from 2016 to 2017.

April Bey grew up in New Providence, The Bahamas, and earned her BFA from Ball State University in 2009 and her MFA in painting at California State University in 2014. Bey’s work has been exhibited at Band of Vices Gallery, Coagula Curatorial, Liquid Courage Gallery, and Barnsdall Art Park’s Municipal Art Gallery and she currently teaches in the department of Studio Arts at Glendale Community College.

Bey is best known for her mixed media work which mostly includes collage work that intertwines various materials such as caulking, resin, wood, and fabric. She uses her work to create commentary on contemporary Black Female rhetoric and attempts to capture strength, power, passion, and sensuality. Her work also explores the resilience of women as well as the hypocrisy of societal expectations towards women. Bey commonly uses photographs of Black Female figures such as Chimamanda Ngozi Adichie, Solange, Issa Rae, and Michaela Coel and adds text which speaks of the narratives Black Women are creating regarding their identity in modern times.

Dana King was born on March 7th, 1960, in Cleveland, Ohio, and served as a news anchor for San Francisco CBS Affiliate KPIX and a co-anchor on ABC's Good Morning America Sunday in the early ’90s before moving to CBS's CBS Morning News during the mid-’90s as well as other CBS News programs. King was well recognized for her career in journalism, even receiving a local Emmy for her reporting in Honduras in 1998 and 2000 and an RTNDA Edward R. Murrow Award in March 2005. Eventually, King ended up leaving her anchoring job in 2012 to pursue an art career and follow her passion for sculpting.

King's mediums include charcoal drawing and oil painting but she is best known for her sculptures as well as many community projects that revolve around portraying political messages, stemming from her career as a journalist. One of her best-known sculptures is an outdoor sculpture dedicated to the memory of the women who led and sustained the Montgomery bus boycott which is currently on display at the National Memorial for Peace and Justice in Montgomery, Alabama, as of 2018. Not just an artist and ex-news anchor, King is also an entrepreneur, owning a thriving artists’ enclave located in Oakland, California. She also donated space from the building she owns at East 12th Street and 13th Avenue in Oakland, California to the Oakland community to paint a mural with the theme of “Oakland for all of us.” King donated the wall in hopes of bringing the community together and bringing awareness to political change.

There are so many other artists and influential Black Female visual creators out there making a mark on the world through innovative means and consisting of important messages. It’s a common theme among these artists that portraying the beauty of Black Women and women, in general, can be done elegantly and gracefully. There are powerful messages held in all of their work and their craft acts as an inspiration to women across the globe.

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THE CANTICLE OF CANTICLES - SOLOMON'S CANTICLE OF CANTICLES - From The Douay-Rheims Bible - Latin Vulgate

Chapter 4

INTRODUCTION.

This book is called the Canticle of Canticles, that is to say, the most excellent of all canticles: because it is full of high mysteries, relating to the happy union of Christ and his spouse; which is here begun by love; and is to be eternal in heaven. The spouse of Christ is the Church: more especially as to the happiest part of it, viz. perfect souls, every one of which is his beloved; but above all others, the immaculate and ever blessed Virgin mother. Ch. --- The bridegroom is Christ, as God and man. His praises and those of his spouse are recorded by various speakers. Solomon has given us three works; for beginners, the more advanced, and the perfect; as the philosophers teach ethics, physics, and metaphysics. All the holy Scriptures contain spiritual food, but they are not all fit for every person. Heb. v. 13. With what humility ought we not, therefore, to read this most perfect and mystical canticle, as the sentiments of spiritual love are expressed in the same words as that of worldlings, and we are more inclined to follow our own judgment and carnal notions! W. --- None, therefore, should dare to peruse this work, who has not mastered his passions, having his conversation in heaven. H. --- The Jews would not allow any ot read it before the age of thirty. Orig. and S. Jer. --- Some of the fathers and commentators have even asserted that the mystical sense is the only one which pertains to this book, (Theod. Durham. T.) and it is certainly the true and principal one, though allusion may be made to the marriage of Solomon with Pharao's daughter, (C. Bossuet. D.) or with a Tyrian princess, (c. iv. 8. and 3 K. xiii. 5.) or with Abisag. Rabbins. --- Grotius shews the corruption of his own heart in his impure comments, as Theodorus, of Mopsuestra, is blamed by the second Council of Const. iv. a. 68. The name of God never, indeed, occurs; as he is represented under the idea of the bridegroom, &c. and the piece is allegorical. It might be divided into seven scenes, or nights, as the marriage feast lasted so long. Gen. xxix. 22. During this time the bridegroom saw his spouse seldom, and with great reserve, (C.) as was the custom with the Lacedemonians. Plut. in Lyc. --- We might also refer all to six nights, or to the six ages of the Church, conformably to the system of De la Chetardie and Bishop Walmesley on the Apocalypse. --- I. Age. C. i. 2. marks the ascension of Christ, and the propagation of Christianity; v. 4. 5. persecutions; v. 6. 7. vocation of the Gentiles; v. 12. protection granted by Christ. II. C. ii. 3. peace under Constantine; v. 11. 17. troubles excited by Arius. III. C. iii. 1. irruption of barbarians; v. 4. does not overturn the Church; v. 6. they are converted; v. 11. and Christ is more glorified, as Apoc. xix. IV. C. iv. 5. the Latin and Greek Churches; v. 8. the Chaldees, lions, and Greeks, leopards, (Dan.) are converted; the Turks obtain dominion; v. 12. the Greek schismatics cut off: v. 16. the Church is persecuted, but protected. V. C. v. 2. Dew marks the cooling of charity, (S. Aug.) when Luther appeared; c. vi. 3. yet the Church triumphs, particularly after the Council of Trent. VI. C. vi. 9. after the sounding of the sixth trumpet, the Jews are converted, and adorn the Church, in spite of antichrist's power; v. 11. she addresses the synagogue, v. 12. C. viii. 2. obtains leave to go into the house of her mother, as the apostles were of Jewish extraction; v. 7. the constancy of the martyrs appears; (see Rondet.) v. 8-14. the Church pants for her speedy union with her beloved. We may justly admire her authority, in preserving this and the former work of the canon, notwithstanding the internal and external evidence, and the ill use made of them by infidels, which seemed to militate against them. The Prot. Chateillon styles this "a wicked book." Several passages may, no doubt, be abused by a corrupt heart: but what is there so holy, which may not be perverted? When we meditate on this canticle, we ought to remember the admonition given by the Church in the Mass: "Let hearts be on high;" and Oh! that all might answer with truth: "We have them to the Lord!"

The additional Notes in this Edition of the New Testament will be marked with the letter A. Such as are taken from various Interpreters and Commentators, will be marked as in the Old Testament. B. Bristow, C. Calmet, Ch. Challoner, D. Du Hamel, E. Estius, J. Jansenius, M. Menochius, Po. Polus, P. Pastorini, T. Tirinus, V. Bible de Vence, W. Worthington, Wi. Witham. — The names of other authors, who may be occasionally consulted, will be given at full length.

Verses are in English and Latin. HAYDOCK CATHOLIC BIBLE COMMENTARY

This Catholic commentary on the Old Testament, following the Douay-Rheims Bible text, was originally compiled by Catholic priest and biblical scholar Rev. George Leo Haydock (1774-1849). This transcription is based on Haydock's notes as they appear in the 1859 edition of Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary printed by Edward Dunigan and Brother, New York, New York.

TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES

Changes made to the original text for this transcription include the following:

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Footnotes. The original text indicates footnotes with special characters, including the astrisk (*) and printers' marks, such as the dagger mark, the double dagger mark, the section mark, the parallels mark, and the paragraph mark. In this transcription all these special characters have been replaced by numbers in square brackets, such as [1], [2], [3], etc.

Accent marks. The original text contains some English letters represented with accent marks. In this transcription, those letters have been rendered in this transcription without their accent marks.

Other special characters.

Solid horizontal lines of various lengths that appear in the original text have been represented as a series of consecutive hyphens of approximately the same length, such as ---.

Ligatures, single characters containing two letters united, in the original text in some Latin expressions have been represented in this transcription as separate letters. The ligature formed by uniting A and E is represented as Ae, that of a and e as ae, that of O and E as Oe, and that of o and e as oe.

Monetary sums in the original text represented with a preceding British pound sterling symbol (a stylized L, transected by a short horizontal line) are represented in this transcription with a following pound symbol, l.

The half symbol (1/2) and three-quarters symbol (3/4) in the original text have been represented in this transcription with their decimal equivalent, (.5) and (.75) respectively.

Unreadable text. Places where the transcriber's copy of the original text is unreadable have been indicated in this transcription by an empty set of square brackets, [].

Chapter 4

Christ sets forth the graces of his spouse: and declares his love for her.

[1] How beautiful art thou, my love, how beautiful art thou! thy eyes are doves' eyes, besides what is hid within. Thy hair is as flocks of goats, which Come up from mount Galaad.

SPONSUS. Quam pulchra es, amica mea! quam pulchra es! Oculi tui columbarum, absque eo quod intrinsecus latet. Capilli tui sicut greges caprarum quae ascenderunt de monte Galaad.

[2] Thy teeth as flocks of sheep, that are shorn which come up from the washing, all with twins, and there is none barren among them.

Dentes tui sicut greges tonsarum quae ascenderunt de lavacro; omnes gemellis foetibus, et sterilis non est inter eas.

[3] Thy lips are as a scarlet lace: and thy speech sweet. Thy cheeks are as a piece of a pomegranate, besides that which lieth hid within.

Sicut vitta coccinea labia tua, et eloquium tuum dulce. Sicut fragmen mali punici, ita genae tuae, absque eo quod intrinsecus latet.

[4] Thy neck, is as the tower of David, which is built with bulwarks: a thousand bucklers hang upon it, all the armour of valiant men.

Sicut turris David collum tuum, quae aedificata est cum propugnaculis; mille clypei pendant ex ea, omnis armatura fortium.

[5] Thy two breasts like two young roes that are twins, which feed among the lilies.

Duo ubera tua sicut duo hinnuli, capreae gemelli, qui pascuntur in liliis.

[6] Till the day break, and the shadows retire, I will go to the mountain of myrrh, and to the hill of frankincense.

Donec aspiret dies, et inclinentur umbrae, vadam ad montem myrrhae, et ad collem thuris.

[7] Thou art all fair, O my love, and there is not a spot in thee.

Tota pulchra es, amica mea, et macula non est in te.

[8] Come from Libanus, my spouse, come from Libanus, come: thou shalt be crowned from the top of Amana, from the top of Sanir and Hermon, from the dens of the lions, from the mountains of the leopards.

Veni de Libano, sponsa mea : veni de Libano, veni, coronaberis : de capite Amana, de vertice Sanir et Hermon, de cubilibus leonum, de montibus pardorum.

[9] Thou hast wounded my heart, my sister, my spouse, thou hast wounded my heart with one of thy eyes, and with one hair of thy neck.

Vulnerasti cor meum, soror mea, sponsa; vulnerasti cor meum in uno oculorum tuorum, et in uno crine colli tui.

[10] How beautiful are thy breasts, my sister, my spouse! thy breasts are more beautiful than wine, and the sweet smell of thy ointments above all aromatical spices.

Quam pulchrae sunt mammae tuae, soror mea sponsa! pulchriora sunt ubera tua vino, et odor unguentorum tuorum super omnia aromata.

[11] Thy lips, my spouse, are as a dropping honeycomb, honey and milk are under thy tongue; and the smell of thy garments, as the smell of frankincense.

Favus distillans labia tua, sponsa; mel et lac sub lingua tua : et odor vestimentorum tuorum sicut odor thuris.

[12] My sister, my spouse, is a garden enclosed, a garden enclosed, a fountain sealed up.

Hortus conclusus soror mea, sponsa, hortus conclusus, fons signatus.

[13] Thy plants are a paradise of pomegranates with the fruits of the orchard. Cypress with spikenard.

Emissiones tuae paradisus malorum punicorum, cum pomorum fructibus, cypri cum nardo.

[14] Spikenard and saffron, sweet cane and cinnamon, with all the trees of Libanus, myrrh and aloes with all the chief perfumes.

Nardus et crocus, fistula et cinnamomum, cum universis lignis Libani; myrrha et aloe, cum omnibus primis unguentis.

[15] The fountain of gardens: the well of living waters, which run with a strong stream from Libanus.

Fons hortorum, puteus aquarum viventium, quae fluunt impetu de Libano.

[16] Arise, O north wind, and come, O south wind, blow through my garden, and let the aromatical spices thereof flow.

SPONSA. Surge, aquilo, et veni, auster : perfla hortum meum, et fluant aromata illius.

Commentary:

Ver. 1. How. Christ again praises the beauty of his Church. W. --- The dialogue takes place in the country. H. --- From corporal beauty, which is often dangerous, and the portion of the most dissolute, we must raise our minds to spiritual advantages, which the Holy Ghost has here in view. --- Within. S. Amb. "besides thy taciturnity." Sept. "silence." Rabbins, &c. "hair." Prot. "within thy locks." But what renders this version of tsammathec (H.) suspicious is, that none of the ancients knew of it, and the hair is afterwards specified. C. vi. 4. Moreover, Isaias, (xlvii. 2.) uses it for (C.) "turpitude," (S. Jer.) or the parts which are usually "covered." Sept. H. --- Si qua latent, meliora putat. Met. 1500. --- All the glory of the king's daughter is within. Ps. xliv. 14. Modesty and silence are the best encomium. C. --- The Lord praises the intention, occupations and doctrine of the Church, the twins of faith and good works; the preaching of Christ's passion without shame, (v. 3.) and the administration of the sacraments, which, like the neck, unite the members to their head; so that they become invincible, (v. 4.) whether they be of Jewish or Gentile extraction, v. 5. W. --- Up. Heb. and Sept. "appear." Jerusalem was the highest part of the country; (H.) and coming up and down often means no more than coming or going. Jug. xi. 3. and xv. 11. C. --- The hair of goats in Lycia was beautifully curled. Ælian xvi. 30. --- Women used such false hair. Mart. xii. 45. --- Though the hair be only an ornament, it is not to be neglected; so the pious Christian will always treat with respect the ceremonies established chiefly for the instruction of the ignorant. C. --- Those simple and fervent souls, by their numbers, adorn the Church, as hair does the body. S. Greg. --- The external and internal perfections of the spouse deserve commendation. M.

Ver. 2. Them. Those who lay aside the old man, and receive baptism, are filled with grace, to bring forth the fruits of virtue. S. Aug. Doct. ii. 6. --- Pastors in particular, must lay aside worldly cares, and attend to their flocks. M.

Ver. 3. Scarlet. Preachers of the gospel (S. Greg.) must speak with elegance, and have their lips dyed with the blood of Christ, and purified with coals from the altar. C. --- So, if we may use the words of a living critic, who is sometimes accurate, "a commentator ought to study at the foot of his crucifix, and write with ink drawn from the heart of Jesus." H. --- Pomegranate. Plump and ruddy, representing the purity of the Church, and of virgins, who are its "flower," (S. Cyp.) and bring forth fruits of good works. S. Aug. de Virg.

Ver. 4. Bulwarks. Heb. Thalpiyoth, "at the height of the defiles," probably in Libanus, when David conquered Syria. Thalassar, Thelmela, &c. were such "heights." Bucklers, to be used in case of need, or for ornament. Thus the neck of the spouse was adorned with chains and pearls. The Church is this tower, the pillar of truth, 1 Tim. iii. Matt. xvi. 18. Apostles and prelates are her bucklers.

Ver. 5. Roes. This comparison does not seem happy: but exactitude is not required. C. --- Indeed if we were to take all in the literal sense, a very grotesque figure would arise, with a head like Carmel, a nose like a tower, &c. which shews that the tropological or allegorical sense must be adopted. D. --- The two Testaments given for our instruction, (c. i. 2.) or the charity towards God and our neighbour, may be meant. Theod.

Ver. 6. Retire. In the morning, (Sanct.) or rather the bridegroom takes his leave early, promising to return in the evening. C. ii. 17. C. --- Myrrh. To Calvary, where the fervent will pour forth their prayers, and learn mortification. C. --- Christ dwells in mortified and devout minds.

Ver. 7. Thee. All must be pure before they enter heaven, as the blessed Virgin was on earth, (W.) and the Church is still. Eph. v. 27. C. --- Before his departure, Christ heaps praises on her.

Ver. 8. Thou. Heb. "look from." --- Libanus. So Jerusalem is called, Zac. xi. 3. Ribera. M. --- Amana. Sept. "faith." By it and charity, we must do good. S. Aug. Ps. lxvii. Amanus separates Cilicia from Syria. --- Sanir is the name given by the Phenicians to Hermon, (Eusebius) beyond the Jordan. 1 Par. v. 23. --- Leopards. It is not fit for women to hunt such beasts. Ovid (Met. x. 10.) thus speaks of Venus: Nuda genu, vestemque ritu succincta Dianæ, &c. The Church leaves Jerusalem to preach the gospel without fear. M.

Ver. 9. Wounded. Symmachus, "given." Sept. Prot. "ravished." Mystic writers suppose, that the spouse had been guilty of some negligence; or, on the contrary, that her deportment was most enchanting, bent on God, and on good works. C. --- Sister. So Assuerus styles himself brother of Esther. xv. 12. Christ died for the unity of his Church. M.

Ver. 10. Spices. He returns her compliment. C. i. 2.

Ver. 11. Lips. Teachers who accommodate their instructions to the capacity of their audience, (C.) giving milk to children. Heb. v. 13. H. 1 Cor. iii. 2. --- In allusion, perhaps, to this passage, (C.) it was customary to give milk and honey to the new baptized. Tert. coron. --- Garments. Which were perfumed, (Gen. xxvii. 17. Ps. xliv. 9.) and imply good works, (2 Cor. v. 3. Rom. xiii. 14. C.) and the external service and prayers of the Church, which ascend like incense. Ps. cxl. 2. M.

Ver. 12. Up. She is perfectly chaste. Prov. v. 14. The Church excludes from her society all unbelievers and schismatics. The wicked serve to exercise the virtuous. Her pastors explain the Scriptures, the fountains of saving knowledge. C. --- Christ is also a fountain. Zac. xiii. 1. and Jo. vii. 37. M.

Ver. 13. Plants. The various orders of clergy and laity. --- Cyprus, (c. i. 13. C.) whence a healing oil is extracted. Theod. --- Prot. "camphire." H. --- Spikenard is twice mentioned, as it may be well mixed with cyprus and saffron. M.

Ver. 14. Cinnamon. Very rare. Ex. xxx. 23. --- Libanus, or "incense." Heb.

Ver. 15. Libanus. The law of the gospel was proclaimed by the apostles, who were Jews. They explained the pure doctrine of the Scriptures, and converted many.

Ver. 16. Wind. At different times. Let all nations be convinced of thy beauty. C. --- The holy Spirit enabled the apostles to convert the world. Nys. Rupert. - All temptations, whether proceeding from cruelty or deceit, "make constant souls more grateful to God." W.

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reading 1 - ch 13 of america’s women: 400 years of dolls, drudges, helpmates, and heroines by gail collins

turn of the century: the arrival of the new woman “to demonstrate publicly that women do have legs”

1895 frances willard - head of women’s christian temperance union wrote how i learned to ride the bicycle - she learned at age 53

bicycles were becoming very popular in America, especially with American women who were thrilled by them

women who bicycled were called “new women” - advertisers tried to sell Rubifoam tooth powder or Sweeperette carpet sweeper

1895 life published a tale about the man of the future, who sits darning socks while “two noisy, sturdy girls, as aggressive as became their sex, romped merrily about the sewing room.”

very few women had the right to vote - women founded settlement houses to help the urban poor, organized unions, demonstrated for the right to vote, and investigated everything from unsanitary dairies to oil trusts

grace harlow, outdoor girls - heroines in books

new women was young and old - lillian russell, elizabeth cady stanton, susan b. anthony were more popular than when they were younger. 

rose pastor, a jewish cigar factory worker who married a j.g phelps stokes and converted him to socialism

alva belmont, a socialite, she divorced her husband william vanderbilt - and married oliver belmont - divorce was in the highest in the united states - the trend was strong in the rest

“less about soul and more about pimples”

physical ideal of the turn of the century American woman was the gibson girl

like the gilded age beauties the gibson girl had a full bust and hips but her body was thinner, firmer, elongated - tall and sporty - “wholesome athletic air that does not smack too much of athletics” - lillie langtry

“whenever she was disturbed or depressed she would move the furniture”

jane addams - the pioner of the settlement house movement, reformer, writer, and peace activist 

they achieved domesticity in the hull house not with a husband and children, but with other women - her and ellen starr raised funds to find a place for a settlement

they established the first playground in chicago, a nursery school, women’s clubs, lecture series, art exhibits

had more than fifty rooms, endless classes that occupied every corner of the house for twelve hours a day it was open

they organized demonstrations against bad health conditions

1907 hull house was 13 buildings

“i fought the rats, inside and out”

labor union leaders were indifferent or hostile to women workers - regarded them as people who should be home with children - or as surplus labor who took away men’s money

mother jones - marry harris in cork, ireland - she trained to be a dressmaker and teacher - married an ironworker named george jones. yellow fever struck the city of memphis in 1867 - killed her husband and four children. 

she moved to chicago - she survived the great chicago fire but all of her stuff was destroyed

she joined the labor movement - she traveled all the time. she was an equal opportunity organized and welcomed black workers, women and children, and wives of miners. 

“I am now surrounded by all my dreams come true”

women didn’t have opportunities to mkae a lot of money

ida tarbell had a useful and lucrative job - she was a descendant of one of the first victims of the salem witch trials (rebecca nurse). she was an investigative reporter. she would go anywhere to follow a lead.

her most famous work “the history of the standard oil company” was an expose on corporate greed 

florence nightingale graham - became elizabeth arden 

harriet hubbard ayer - divorced mother - ex husband and daughter had her committed to an asylum

sarah breedlove / madam c.j walker - daughter of sharecroppers, first child to be born free. she started off doing laundry - which meant bearing clothes and standing for hours with hands in hot water and lye 

“tell me, pretty maiden are there more at home like you?”

middle class girls -- dreamed of journalists, helping the poor

working class- imagined being on stage, a chorus girl was a New Woman too. the dream was to be assertive and independent, and have fancy dinners, expensive gifts - most of them lived unglamorous lives 

floradora girls - all six of the originals married millionaires 

classic “training camp” for the New Woman was a college campus - first generation of college students who were female was 1870

dr. edward clarke from harvard medical school wrote about women endangering their “female apparatus” by going to college  - a decade later 40k women were in college. 

women students were serious - florence kelly said her freshman year at cornless ‘one of continual joy’ 

when the university of chicago discovered that the proportion of women had risen from 25-50 percent - they developed a curriculum aimed at attracting more men. 

at cornell women could not join student organizations - large state school restricted women to home economics and teaching courses

“smashed”

most women who attended college went to coed, but the all female private colleges had more graduates who went into politics, social work and academia 

spring proms at all girls schools ‘freshman frolic’ - sophomore is assigned a freshman to be a ‘cavalier’ too. colleges banned pictures.

hero worship - young women felt for teachers ‘took on sexual overtones’ - apparently jane addams sexuality will ‘never be known’ - but she never had a relationship with a man... um, ok

“race suicide”

jane addams was asked why most women in her circle had never married, she said that men ‘didn’t want to marry the new type of women’ - because they wanted housekeeping. women did not feel they could be both housekeepers and careers (mhm)

educated women opted for jobs over husbands, nearly half of all female college graduates in the late 19th century remained unmarried

“golden age of the American single woman” - one woman says - ‘I never married because I never met a man whose love covered the faults in his character which I was sure would make me unhappy.”  - they had a new opportunity to work

white middle class worried about ‘race suicide’ - not giving birth to more white babies (yikes)

g. stanley hall - if women do not improve, men have to look for immigrant wives or perhaps undertake a ‘new rape of the Sabines’

“life is too short to spend it digesting pork”

ellen swallow richards, founder of science of home economics

graduated from vassar and wanted to go to get an advanced chemistry degree at mit - they eventually allowed her to enroll. she mended her professors shirts and swept the laboratory floors 

they never gave her any degree higher than another b.s - but she married one of her professors - robert hallowell richards, a specialist in metallurgy- he opposed coeducation at mit - which he said introcued “feelings, interests foreign to the lecture room”

she taught people and analyzed the ingredients in women’s work - the boston cooking school offered bacteriology and the chemistry of soap - and home economics became an academic discipline.

became a way for women who didn’t want to be at home - by 1914 - more than 250 colleges offered home econ - and women were able to take chemistry, biology, geology (because it would make them better homemakers)

by the 1890s anything scientific was regarded as a good thing

food was supposed to have a lot of colors - and hand carved veggies floating in liquids were favorable (ew)

john watson wanted to protect children from ‘smothering mother love’ - regarded children as a little machine that should be oiled and greased but otherwise let alone (this is stupid)

women and economics - popular book

“has such a thing ever happened... before?”

ww1 in 1914 - american women were crossing the ocean and volunteering to serve as nurses, canteen hostesses, ambulance drivers, switchboard operates- 25k women made the trip

200k black servicemen overseas - ignored by white female volunteers - black women offered to help, but were rebuffed by white officials

2k black nurses volunteered but American officials did not want to find accomodations. 

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The Ikelers: A Family Chronicle, 1753-2018 (Part VI)

Then, in the summer of 1919, some months after he had failed in a run for U.S. Congress, it was Fred’s turn.  At eight o’clock on the evening of July 31st, while he and Laura were preparing for an evening out, Fred suffered a massive stroke.  He died six hours later in the upstairs front room of their Market Street home with his wife and two sons, age 18 and 11, at his bedside.  Fred was still weeks shy of his 49th birthday. 

A courthouse document tells us Frank helped his sister-in-law sell her home a few months later, and the June, 1920 census lists Laura and her two sons as boarders in a doctor’s home on the other side of Market Street.  Why the precipitate sale and the radically reduced circumstances?   Was there a body of outstanding debts that had to be settled?  Or was Laura still in shock and simply temporizing until she could come up with a long-range plan for herself and her children?

Worse still, the string of calamitous events was not at an end.  The very next year, aged only 52, Frank himself died.  According to a contemporary news account, he had been suffering for some time from Bright’s Disease, a chronic kidney condition, and succumbed after a week of hospitalization.  His death left little Freddie, age 11, an orphan, and necessitated the sale of the Fifth Street house.  Thus, by the end of 1921, both of Judge Ikeler’s sons were gone, their possessions scattered or sold, and their children’s futures thrown into limbo.

That brings us to a closer look at that imperiled younger generation of Ikelers—my father, Stuart; his brother, Frank; and their first cousin, Fred.  For knowledge of the latter two, I’ve relied primarily on information from Frank’s only son, Thomas Ikeler, now deceased; and from Mary Jo Scott, nee Ikeler, Fred’s only living child.  

Her orphaned father, she tells me, was passed back and forth through the whole of his adolescence from one collateral relation to another, eventually graduating from college and taking a law degree from Harvard.  He married Katherine Kyle in the 1930s (she, like him, born in 1910), and settled down to a successful law practice in western Pennsylvania.  He and his wife adopted two children—Fred Taylor, Jr in 1941, and Mary Jo in 1943—and lived out most of the rest of their lives in an upscale suburb of Pittsburgh.   Fred Taylor, Sr died at 62 in 1972; his wife at 81 in 1991.  I’ll have more to say about them later, in relation to me and my generation, since they lived not far from my own family in the 1940s and 50s.  

About Frank, my father’s elder brother, I have little personal knowledge.  He seems to have moved more or less exclusively between upstate New York and the Bloomsburg area throughout his adult life.  He visited us in Pittsburgh only once, in the late 1940s.  According to his son, he married his first wife, Harriet, a Bloomsburg native, in 1925, three years after graduating from Trinity College in Hartford, CT.  He and she had one child, Thomas, in 1926, before she filed for divorce and took her son to southern California, where he, Thomas, spent his childhood while his mother worked in the film industry.  Frank married four times altogether and had one other child, Roberta (1936-1986), from the second of his four wives.  

According to his son, Frank seems to have made his living as an intermittently employed salesman and a husband financially dependent on his latest spouse.  Thomas also confirmed what my parents had told me--Frank was a lifelong, unrecovered alcoholic.  He arrived intoxicated, for example, to his son’s graduation from Annapolis in 1950, though it was the first time father and son had seen each other in decades.  It was also the last time Thomas saw him alive.  Frank died in Bloomsburg in 1956, aged 55.  His son, Thomas, had only one child, Mark, who didn’t live beyond his adolescence.  Frank’s other child, Roberta, died without issue, of cancer, in her fifties.  Thus there are no Ikelers, male or female, left in that line.  Thomas, a retired naval officer and himself a recovered alcoholic, lived out his last years near Sarasota, Florida.  It was from there, by telephone, that he passed on to me what information he had about our grandmother and my Uncle Frank.  Thomas died at 85 in 2011.

Though it would appear that Fred survived the trauma of his Bloomsburg childhood in much better shape than his cousin Frank, his daughter Mary Jo assures me he (and his wife Katherine) were also heavy drinkers, if not outright alcoholics.  Among Fred’s legal colleagues and Katherine’s country club set, it was apparently a more excusable weakness.

Which brings me, at last, to my own father, Stuart Redmond Ikeler.  From the 1915 revised history of Columbia County, I learned he was a common sight as a small boy, waiting each weekday afternoon on the Courthouse steps for his father to finish work and walk him home from school.  From his own mouth, I learned how much he admired and loved—to the point of hero-worship—that same paternal presence.  And from my mother, I learned how deeply he resented his own mother repeatedly undermining his father’s efforts to resist his weakness for drink.  He held Laura, so my mother said, responsible for his father’s early death.

When his father did indeed die in August, 1919, Stuart was not yet 12.  The shock of the loss drove Stuart to desperate measures: when the Bloomsburg Fair came through town the following month, he ran away with the circus and refused for months to return to his mother’s care.  Only when his Uncle Frank interceded with the promise that he would help him into a boarding school the following fall, was he persuaded to come home.  

Stuart then spent the next four years at Gettysburg Academy and the four years after that at the same college where his older brother had gone—Trinity, in Connecticut—graduating in 1928. The 1930 census shows him living and teaching at The Hunn School, a secondary academy in northern New Jersey.  It was during his time on the faculty there that he met my mother, his future wife, Rachel Abbott.    

She came, on her father’s side, from a second-generation English family that had settled in Nova Scotia and intermarried with descendants of ex-patriate loyalists whose ancestors had come to Boston in 1630.  She was a direct descendant of Richard Mather, John Cotton, and Cotton Mather’s sister.  Ironically, just as Stuart’s ancestor had been driven out of New Jersey for opposing the revolutionary cause, Rachel’s ancestors in Boston had been ordered to take ship with the retreating British to Nova Scotia after the Battle of Bunker Hill in December, 1775.  

On her mother’s side, Rachel was descended from Cornish great-grandparents, who claimed a Cornish pirate, killed in the Caribbean, among their forebears. The couple immigrated to Canada in 1837, and boasted two sons who were knighted by Edward VII—William Osler, for his contributions to medicine and medical education, and Britain Osler, instrumental in the success of the Canadian Pacific Railroad. Their sister, Charlotte Osler (Rachel’s grandmother), married Charles Gwyn, a Toronto lawyer, recently landed from Wales.  My own grandmother, the eldest daughter of that union, Rachel Caroline Gwyn, had begun a career as a concert singer at the time she met her husband.   

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Fact check: Democratic Party did not found the KKK, did not start the Civil War

The claim: The Democratic Party started the Civil War to preserve slavery and later the KKK

As America marks a month of protests against systemic racism and many people draw comparisons between current events and the civil rights movement, an oversimplified trope about the Democratic Party’s racist past has been resurrected online.

“Friendly reminder that if you support the Democrat Party, you support the party that founded the KKK and start a civil war to keep their slaves," claims an image of a tweet Instagram user @snowflake.tears shared on June on 19.

Many Instagram users read between the lines for the tweet’s implication about the modern Democratic and Republican parties. Some argued this past action discredited current liberal policies while others said it did not matter.

“Everyone knows that Abraham Lincoln fought to free the slaves, but he also created the Republican Party, and was the leader of it to help fight to free the slaves, yet it’s said that most black people still vote for Democrats who fought to keep the slaves,” user @shrukenshmuck commented.

“I’m a conservative but I find this argument pretty stupid because clearly that’s not what they support anymore, values change overtime,” user @james.dubee wrote.

Historians agree that although factions of the Democratic Party did majorly contribute to the Civil War's start and KKK's founding, it is inaccurate to say the party is responsible for either.

Instagram user @snowflake.tears has not yet returned USA TODAY’s request for comment.

This is not a new argument Princeton University Edwards Professor of American History Tera Hunter told USA TODAY this trope is a fallback argument used to discredit current Democratic Party policies.

“At the core of the effort to discredit the current Democratic Party is the refusal to accept the realignment of the party structure in the mid-20th century,” Hunt said.

In September 2019, NPR host Shereen Marisol Maraji called the claim, “one of the most well-worn clapbacks in modern American politics.”

Comedian Trevor Noah tackled the misleading trope on an episode of "The Daily Show" in March 2016, after two CNN contributors debated the topic.

“Every time I go onto Facebook I see these things: ‘Did you know the Democrats are the real racist party and did you know the Republicans freed the slaves?’” Noah joked. “A lot of people like to skip over the fact that when it comes to race relations, historically, Republicans and Democrats switched positions.”

A similar meme attributing the claim to U.S. Secretary of Housing and Urban Development Ben Carson has been circulating social media since November 2016.

“Who started the KKK? That was Democrats. Who was the party of slavery? Who was the part of Jim Crow and segregation? Who opposed the Civil Rights Movement? Who opposed voting rights? It was all the Democrats,” the meme reads.

Other posts making more specific claims about the Democratic Party starting the Civil War or founding the KKK continue to circulate.

This trope was rated false by PolitiFact and the Associated Press in October 2018.

A faction of the Democratic Party started the Civil War Abolitionists founded the Republican Party and elected President Abraham Lincoln in response to escalating tensions around slavery after the Kansas-Nebraska Bill of 1854 threatened the balance of slave states to free states.

Southern states, primarily lead by Democrats, initiated secession proceedings and launched the Civil War. However, historians say the party is not to blame.

“The short answer is that the Democratic Party did not start the Civil War,” Hunter said. “The war was initiated by Southern slaveholding states seceding from the United States.”

Fact check: Congress did not designate Confederate veterans as U.S. veterans

Smithsonian’s National Museum of American History Curator of Political and Military History, Jon Grinspan agreed with Hunter.

“A splinter of a splinter of a Democratic Party really contributed to the secession and the coming of the war,” he told USA TODAY. “It would be wrong to say the Democratic Party started the Civil War. It would be right to say some Democrats really contributed to the start of the Civil War.”

Grinspan pointed to the many Democrats, nicknamed Copperheads, that fought for the Union as evidence that the Civil War was not Democrats versus Republicans.

Fact check: Joe Biden's great-grandfather didn't own slaves, fight for Confederacy

KKK was founded by Democrats, but not the party The Ku Klux Klan was founded in 1866 by ex-Confederate soldiers Frank McCord, Richard Reed, John Lester, John Kennedy, J. Calvin Jones and James Crowe in Pulaski, Tennessee. The group was originally a “social club” but quickly became a violent white supremacist group.

Its first grand wizard was Nathan Bedford Forrest, an ex-Confederate general and prominent slave trader.

Fact check:Photo shows Biden with Byrd, who once had ties to KKK, but wasn't a grand wizard

Experts agree the KKK attracted many ex-Confederate soldiers and Southerners who opposed Reconstruction, most of whom were Democrats. Forrest even spoke at the 1868 Democratic National Convention.

“The KKK is almost a paramilitary organization that’s trying to benefit one party. It syncs up with the Democratic Party, which really was a racist party openly at the time,” Grinspan said. “But the KKK isn’t the Democratic Party, and the Democratic Party isn’t the KKK.”

Although the KKK did serve the Democratic Party’s interests, Grinspan stressed that not all Democrats supported the KKK.

Anti-Defamation League’s Center on Extremism Senior Fellow Mark Pitcavage told the Associated Press that many KKK members were Democrats because the Whig Party had died off and Southerners disliked Republicans after the Civil War. Despite KKK members' primary political affiliation, Pitcavage said it is wrong to say the Democratic Party started the KKK.

Fact check: Yes, historians do teach that first Black members of Congress were Republicans

A reconstituted, early 20th century KKK attracts members from both sides After Reconstruction and as the Jim Crow period set in during the 1870s, the Klan became obsolete. Through violence, intimidation and systematic oppression, the KKK had served its purpose to help whites retake Southern governments.

In 1915, Cornell William J. Simmons restarted the KKK. This second KKK was made up of Republicans and Democrats, although Democrats were more widely involved.

“The idea that these things overlap in a Venn diagram, the way they did with the first Klan, just isn’t as tight with the second Klan,” Grinspan said.

Political parties switch stance on racial progress According to Grinspan, the Republican Party was much more concerned with protecting African Americans and their voting rights from its founding through the early 20th century. In the mid-20th century, both parties' stances on racial equity began to switch.

“It starts with FDR and the New Deal, but the actions with Lyndon B. Johnson in the 1960s with the Voting Rights Act and civil rights legislation really kind of seals the deal,” Grinspan said.

Fact check: Southern Dems held up 1964 Civil Rights Act, set filibuster record at 60 days

As the Democrats introduced policies to support voting rights, it became the favored party for most Black voters and has remained so since. With that realignment, many racist voters who opposed the Civil Rights Act of 1964 left the Democratic Party to become Republicans.

“That was 150 years ago and the parties are totally different today,” Grinspan said. “It’s like a dinosaur to a modern-day bird. So much evolution has happened. These really aren’t the same groups anymore.”

Noah has mocked the political trope of highlighting the Democratic Party’s racist past to question its current progressive policies.

“That was true in like 1910, but then after World War II Democratic presidents like Truman and Johnson started supporting civil rights laws and that led to a mass exodus of racists from the Democratic Party,” Noah mocked the claim in 2016. “Just because something used to be something doesn’t mean it still is. What matters more is what it is now.”

Fact check: Yes, Kente cloths were historically worn by empire involved in West African slave trade

Our rating: False We rate the claim that the Democratic Party started the Civil War to preserve slavery and founded the KKK as FALSE because it is not supported by our research. Experts agree that although factions of the Democratic Party were responsible for the South's secession and the rise of the KKK it is inaccurate to claim the party is responsible for either. The Democratic Party was undoubtedly the party of racism and white supremacy during and after the Civil War. However, it evolved throughout the late 20th century, and garnered the support of most Black voters.

Our fact check sources: USA TODAY, "'You have to keep at it': What Black Lives Matter demonstrators can learn from civil rights protests of the past" Princeton University Edwards Professor of American History Tera Hunter NPR, "The Original Blexit" YouTube, "The Daily Show with Trevor Noah" PolitiFact, "No, the Democratic Party didn’t create the Ku Klux Klan" Associated Press, "Ku Klux Klan not founded by the Democratic Party" History.com, "Republican Party Founded" Smithsonian National Museum of American History Curator Jon Grinspan Encyclopedia Britannica, "Copperhead" Khan Academy, "The First KKK" Encyclopedia Britannica, "Ku Klux Klan" Thank you for supporting our journalism. You can subscribe to our print edition, ad-free app or electronic newspaper replica here.

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This article originally appeared on USA TODAY: Fact check: Democratic Party did not found the KKK, did not start the Civil War

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Come Follow Me Hebrews 7:3 - New Testament Lesson 43 In this episode we talk about Priesthood and why it's important. We really just focus on Hebrews 7:3. Yes, there is a lot of great information in the entire lesson; however, I just didn't have time to cover more. I hope you find this video helpful. Thank you for watching. XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX I want to give special thanks to Yale Divinity School for releasing Letter to the Hebrews: 7: A Priest "in the order of Melchizedek". Here are some of my other favorite youtubers and their videos! The Priesthood Of Melchizedek - Zac Poonen 58 Hebrews 7-8 - Pastor Chuck Smith - C2000 Series Getting Excited About Melchizedek (TGC 2011) by D.A. Carson Rabbi Friedman - The Soul and the Afterlife: Where Do We Go From Here? Holy Bible Audio: Romans - Chapters 1 to 16 (Contemporary English) Hebrews 7 "A Change in the Law Heresy or Fact? | Teaching by Michael Rood Who Was Melchisadek & Why is He Important to Us? The unheard story of David and Goliath | Malcolm Gladwell Why Study Melchizedek? - Hebrews 7 Hebrews 7:1-10, The True King of Righteousness Maturing Spiritually (Pastor Charles Lawson) 201 3b 1 Canaanite Jerusalem Melchizedek and Jesus: How to find Jesus in the Old Testament pt 6 Book of Enoch, Read-Along Version - ENTIRE BOOK (R.H. Charles; Alternative Version) The Mystery of the Melchizedek - Intro God’s name is not Yahweh – Proof from Jewish Rabbis (Episode 4 of 5) Walking in the Holy Spirit – Dr. Charles Stanley The Order of Melchizedek (part 1) - Nader Mansour Letter to the Hebrews: 1-2 Jesus, The Exalted and Incarnate Son The Terrors of the Great Tribulation, Part 1 (Luke 21:20-24) CFC India Ken Zenk SermonIndex.net Sinai Indaba Em Espírito e em Verdade A Rood Awakening! DTBM OnlineVideoTraining TED Union Church of La Harpe, IL Calvary South Denver zion4131 William Hamblin Mike Winger Apocryphile1970 Torah to the Tribes A Rood Awakening! In Touch Ministries Revelation1412org Yale Divinity School Grace to You Take a look at Yale Divinity School stats and you'll understand why I am a fan. Video Url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uykAjrCgI3A Video Title: Letter to the Hebrews: 7: A Priest "in the order of Melchizedek" Username: Yale Divinity School Subscribers: 5.5K Views: 7,350 views ------------------------- Related Video Titles Come Follow Me: Matthew 2, Luke 2 THIS MAN DIED DURING SURGERY, MET GOD & ASKED HIM, "WHAT'S THE MEANING OF LIFE?" I held my wife's hand and told her I want a Divorce Manifesting Your Soul's Purpose with Dr. Wayne Dyer Ex Mormon Gives Most Incredible Testimony EVER! Will Give You Chills! The Ending Of Bird Box Explained A LADY I BABYSAT FOR SCAMMED ME: STORYTIME Abraham Hicks - A Morning Prayer to Set Your Day For Magic WHERE IT ALL STARTED 5 REASONS HE STILL HAS NOT MARRIED YOU! 5 Lessons To Live By - Dr. Wayne Dyer (Truly Inspiring) Why are people so Healthy in Japan? You will cry after watching this video ! Can 2 Strangers Fall in Love with 36 Questions? Dani + Andrew EMILY BELLE FREEMAN: He Met Me Where I Was, As I Was How I Manifested My Husband | LAW OF ATTRACTION SUCCESS STORY Come Follow Me: John 1 Abraham Hicks ~ You Can Start Over Anytime 👯(2019) | No Ads in Video Wayne Dyer - Ways to Awaken Your Hidden Power In Order to Change Your Life, YOU NEED TO LEARN THIS FIRST! (Eye Opening Speech) Related Users Don't Miss This Living For Christ Lessons Taught By Life Hay House Kassie West Bryce Edward Brown Alyssa Coleman Abraham Hicks Unlimited You Claire and the Crosbys Derrick Jaxn Fearless Soul What I've Learned Better World Jubilee TOFW TimeOutforWomen LaTisha Styles Don't Miss This Hands In The Clay Abraham Hicks Habits of the Wealthy Be Inspired The Interpreter Foundation, Fair Mormon, Jim Bracelin, This Week in Mormons, Living Scriptures, MonsonSchoolhouse, Midtovne FAM, LDSTeach, LDS 365, The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Bryce + Hailey, Saints Unscripted, Studio C, HOW TO, GiveBackFilms, I Am Second, foxfamilyvideo, devinsupertramp, Church of Jesus Christ Youth, Church Newsroom, The Bucket List Family, Garydee Films, Don't Miss This, LDSLiving, Al Fox Carraway, Ellie and Jared, The Crosbys, Brooklyn and Bailey, UniLand Kids, Squared, Cute Girls Hairstyles, Kamri Noel, Millennial Moms, KIDS TRY, Ann Le, Chelsea Crockett, The Rybka Twins, Caleon Twins, Kassie West, InfiniteIntelligence, MedCircle, Behold Israel, TopTenz, TODAY, Jason A, Satvic Movement, BRIGHT SIDE, BeatTheBush, Surviving Narcissism, Gardening at 58 North, CHRISTIANS OF THE WORLD, 444age, psychic debbie griggs, More at https://youtu.be/Z_3zduHKjLw from https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC3fvc-Ak3I0DDFudELbkO1g

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Professional14: Previewing an enormous season forward for the 4 Welsh areas

Professional14: Previewing an enormous season forward for the 4 Welsh areas

Professional14: Previewing an enormous season forward for the 4 Welsh areas

Sam Parry (Ospreys), Cory Hill (Dragons), Hadleigh Parkes (Scarlets), Ellis Jenkins (Cardiff Blues)

A brand new Professional14 season beckons and there was a variety of change among the many 4 Welsh areas through the summer season.

The format stays the identical with two conferences and no groups added to the match for the 2018-19 marketing campaign.

Nevertheless, there have been high-profile departures and arrivals within the enjoying and training ranks of the areas.

Scarlets, Cardiff Blues, Ospreys and Dragons are all aiming to topple champions Leinster, who accomplished the European and Professional14 double final season.

Wales-bound Pivac ‘centered on Scarlets’

Wayne Pivac is a former Fiji coach

The headline information surrounding the Scarlets’ summer season was the announcement Wayne Pivac will change Warren Gatland as the brand new Wales head coach after the 2019 World Cup in Japan.

This will likely be Pivac’s fifth and last season in cost at Parc y Scarlets however the New Zealander says his focus stays with the area.

“It’s work as regular and nothing has modified from the opposite 4,” he mentioned.

“That is my job till the tip of the season and I’ll work arduous.

“I’ve not modified as an individual and the teaching group will not change and our model will stay the identical.

“There may be a bit extra strain from exterior however it’s enterprise as ordinary. There’s lead in time to the opposite job so I haven’t got to be worrying about that now.”

Pivac’s goal will likely be to attempt to overhaul Irish powers Leinster, who defeated the Scarlets within the Champions Cup semi-final and Professional14 last within the house of six weeks on the finish of final season.

Professional14 participant of the 12 months Tadgh Beirne has moved to Munster, whereas Scotland captain John Barclay has left for Edinburgh.

Wales duo Scott Williams and Aled Davies have made the brief transfer to the Ospreys with Kieron Fonotia making the alternative journey.

The Scarlets have signed South African duo Uzair Cassiem and Clayton Blommetjies, whereas Scotland certified New Zealand-born ahead Blade Thomson and Edinburgh scrum-half Sam Hidalgo-Clyne have each are available in.

Overhauling Leinster and replicating the Professional12 success of Might 2017 is Pivac’s goal for his swansong.

“We’d like to carry a trophy. We had that Professional12 success a few seasons in the past and people altering room reminiscences in gamers’ careers are the highlights.

“Hopefully we are able to have our greatest season but. We’ve had a superb look within the off season at what Leinster do properly and what now we have to do to shut that hole.

“They’re the benchmark; hopefully we are able to compete with them on the larger stage.”

All change within the capital

John Mulvihill has changed Danny Wilson as Blues head coach

Whereas the Scarlets are solely getting ready for change, it’s all new at Cardiff Blues who have been the one Welsh area to have a good time silverware within the 2017-18 season, profitable the European Problem Cup.

The ultimate victory over Gloucester in Bilbao proved the final in cost for Danny Wilson, who has left the Blues and joined the Scottish set-up.

Backs coach Matt Sherratt has joined the Ospreys, leaving the Blues with a new-look set-up spearheaded by John Mulvihill.

The Australian has by no means been a recognised head coach however hopes he can construct on final 12 months’s success.

“What we constructed from final 12 months was some good momentum,” mentioned Mulvihill.

“We need to get again into ending how we did final season with a variety of wins in the direction of the tip.

“What let the Blues down final season was the beginning so that could be a huge focus for is that we get away with some wins early.”

There isn’t any ex-Wales captain Sam Warburton following his summer season retirement with flanker Ellis Jenkins taking up the captaincy from namesake Gethin.

Dmitri Arhip and Rory Thornton have arrived from the Ospreys whereas United States back-rower Samu Manoa is the massive signing.

Lions losses for Ospreys

Justin Tipuric (left) has captained the Ospreys 27 instances earlier than taking up teh everlasting function from Alun Wyn Jones (proper)

The Blues additionally certified for this season’s Champions Cup, whereas the Ospreys must make do with the Problem Cup.

There’s a main change on the Liberty Stadium with Justin Tipuric taking up the captaincy from Wales skipper Alun Wyn Jones, who had led the area for eight seasons.

“It’s huge to attempt to fill the boots of somebody who is among the greatest captains on the earth,” mentioned Tipuric.

“To take over from him will not be going to be simple job.”

Wales and Lions half-backs Dan Biggar and Rhys Webb have moved onto Northampton and Toulon respectively however Scott Williams and George North have arrived to offer some firepower.

The half-back void will likely be crammed by new scrum-half Aled Davies and the hope of a revived Sam Davies.

New everlasting head coach Allen Clarke will likely be assisted by Sherratt whereas Wales defence coach Shaun Edwards has signed up as a marketing consultant.

“It’s a contemporary alternative for everyone,” mentioned Clarke.

“We’ve new gamers coming in, a brand new skipper and adjustments in our administration group and freshness of method to our rugby.

“We’re optimistic however real looking in regards to the challenges forward.”

Second season success for Jackman?

Bernard Jackman is a former Eire hooker

No person has a more difficult season than Dragons head coach Bernard Jackman in his second marketing campaign in cost at Rodney Parade.

The Irishman presided over a disastrous 2017-18 season with two victories, two attracts and 17 defeats.

“Final season was extremely troublesome but it surely needed to worsen earlier than it obtained higher,” Jackman mentioned.

“If we have been going to be ruthless in attempting to vary the Dragons from the worst to the perfect area we would have liked to make arduous selections and never be utterly centered on the short-term.

“Despite the fact that final 12 months we knew we have been constructing to one thing larger it’s horrible to be shedding each week and it impacts us all.”

Jackman has overhauled the squad and introduced in worldwide forwards like Richard Hibbard, Ryan Bevington and Aaron Jarvis, with Wales back-rower Ross Moriarty the star signing.

The coach hopes the skilled inflow will gel with younger Welsh worldwide gamers like captain Cory Hill, Hallam Amos, Tyler Morgan, Elliott Dee, Leon Brown and Aaron Wainwright, whereas 36-year-old Gavin Henson stays at Rodney Parade.

“It feels extra like my venture and group this season,” mentioned Jackman.

“We’ve made huge adjustments within the backroom employees and added a variety of sources we have been lacking to offer the gamers the very best setting.

“We’ve a superb inflow of expertise and expertise to complement the squad and assist the Dragons change their place within the pecking order.”

Professional14 Convention A

Glasgow Warriors, Munster, Toyota Cheetahs, Cardiff Blues, Ospreys, Connacht, Zebre.

Professional14 Convention B

Leinster, Scarlets, Edinburgh, Ulster, Benetton Rugby, Dragons, Southern Kings.

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Pennsylvania coal miners are so convinced Trump will bring coal back they're refusing free training in other industries

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Coal miners in Pennsylvania are holding out hope for President Trump to revive the coal industry. Many are reluctant to take up training in other industries. 

In two counties dominated by coal, only 120 people have signed up for jobs retraining, far short of the target of 700. 

WAYNESBURG, Pa. (Reuters) - When Mike Sylvester entered a career training center earlier this year in southwestern Pennsylvania, he found more than one hundred federally funded courses covering everything from computer programming to nursing.

He settled instead on something familiar: a coal mining course.

"I think there is a coal comeback,” said the 33-year-old son of a miner.

Despite broad consensus about coal's bleak future, a years-long effort to diversify the economy of this hard-hit region away from mining is stumbling, with Obama-era jobs retraining classes undersubscribed and future programs at risk under President Donald Trump’s proposed 2018 budget.

Trump has promised to revive coal by rolling back environmental regulations and moved to repeal Obama-era curbs on carbon emissions from power plants.

"I have a lot of faith in President Trump," Sylvester said.

But hundreds of coal-fired plants have closed in recent years, and cheap natural gas continues to erode domestic demand. The Appalachian region has lost about 33,500 mining jobs since 2011, according to the Appalachian Regional Commission.

Although there have been small gains in coal output and hiring this year, driven by foreign demand, production levels remain near lows hit in 1978.

A White House official did not respond to requests for comment on coal policy and retraining for coal workers.

What many experts call false hopes for a coal resurgence have mired economic development efforts here in a catch-22: Coal miners are resisting retraining without ready jobs from new industries, but new companies are unlikely to move here without a trained workforce. The stalled diversification push leaves some of the nation's poorest areas with no clear path to prosperity.

Federal retraining programs have fared better, with some approaching full participation, in the parts of Appalachia where mining has been crushed in a way that leaves little hope for a comeback, according to county officials and recruiters. They include West Virginia and Kentucky, where coal resources have been depleted.

But in southern Pennsylvania, where the industry still has ample reserves and is showing flickers of life, federal jobs retraining programs see sign-up rates below 20 percent, the officials and recruiters said. In southern Virginia's coal country, participation rates run about 50 percent, they said.

"Part of our problem is we still have coal," said Robbie Matesic, executive director of Greene County’s economic development department.

Out-of-work miners cite many reasons beyond faith in Trump policy for their reluctance to train for new industries, according to Reuters interviews with more than a dozen former and prospective coal workers, career counselors and local economic development officials. They say mining pays well; other industries are unfamiliar; and there’s no income during training and no guarantee of a job afterward.

In Pennsylvania, Corsa Coal opened a mine in Somerset in June which will create about 70 jobs – one of the first mines to open here in years. And Consol Energy recently expanded its Bailey mine complex in Greene County.

But Consol also announced in January that it plans to sell its coal holdings to focus on natural gas. And it has commissioned a recruitment agency, GMS Mines and Repair, to find contract laborers for its coal expansion who will be paid about $13 an hour - half the hourly wage of a starting unionized coal worker. The program Sylvester signed up for was set up by GMS.

The new hiring in Pennsylvania is related mainly to an uptick in foreign demand for metallurgical coal, used in producing steel, rather than domestic demand for thermal coal from power plants, the industry's main business. Some market analysts describe the foreign demand as a temporary blip driven by production problems in the coal hub of Australia.

Officials for U.S. coal companies operating in the region, including Consol and Corsa, declined requests for comment.

“The coal industry has stabilized, but it’s not going to come back,” said Blair Zimmerman, a 40-year veteran of the mines who is now the commissioner for Greene County, one of Pennsylvania’s oldest coal regions. “We need to look at the future.”

Empty seats

The Pennsylvania Department of Labor has received about $2 million since 2015 from the federal POWER program, an initiative of former President Barack Obama to help retrain workers in coal-dependent areas. But the state is having trouble putting even that modest amount of money to good use.

In Greene and Washington counties, 120 people have signed up for jobs retraining outside the mines, far short of the target of 700, said Ami Gatts, director of the Washington-Greene County Job Training Agency. In Westmoreland and Fayette counties, participation in federal job retraining programs has been about 15 percent of capacity, officials said.

"I can't even get them to show up for free food I set up in the office," said Dave Serock, an ex-miner who recruits in Fayette County for Southwest Training Services.

Programs administered by the Appalachian Regional Commission, a federal and state partnership to strengthen the region’s economy, have had similar struggles. One $1.4 million ARC project to teach laid-off miners in Greene County and in West Virginia computer coding has signed up only 20 people for 95 slots. Not a single worker has enrolled in another program launched this summer to prepare ex-miners to work in the natural gas sector, officials said.

Greene County Commissioner Zimmerman said he’d like to see a big company like Amazon or Toyota come to southwestern Pennsylvania to build a distribution or manufacturing plant that could employ thousands.

But he knows first the region needs a ready workforce.

Amazon spokeswoman Ashley Robinson said the company the company typically works with local organizations to evaluate whether locations have an appropriate workforce and has no current plans for distribution operations in Western Pennsylvania. Toyota spokesman Edward Lewis said the company considers local workforce training an "important consideration" when deciding where to locate facilities.

Signs of life

For Sean Moodie and his brother Steve spent the last two years working in the natural gas industry, but see coal as a good bet in the current political climate.

“I am optimistic that you can make a good career out of coal for the next 50 years,” said Sean Moodie.

Coal jobs are preferable to those in natural gas, they said, because the mines are close to home, while pipeline work requires travel. Like Sylvester, the Moodie brothers are taking mining courses offered by Consol’s recruiter, GMS.

Bob Levo, who runs a GMS training program, offered a measure of realism: The point of the training is to provide low-cost and potentially short-term labor to a struggling industry, he said.

"That’s a major part of the reason that coal mines have been able to survive," he said. "They rely on us to provide labor at lower cost."

Clemmy Allen, 63, a veteran miner and head of the United Mineworkers of America's Career Centers, said miners are taking a big risk in holding out for a coal recovery.

He’s placing his hopes for the region's future on retraining. UMWA’s 64-acre campus in Prosperity, Pennsylvania - which once trained coal miners - will use nearly $3 million in federal and state grants to retrofit classrooms to teach cybersecurity, truck driving and mechanical engineering.

"Unlike when I worked in the mines," he said, "if you get laid off now, you are pretty much laid off."

(Editing by Richard Valdmanis and Brian Thevenot)

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THE CANTICLE OF CANTICLES - SOLOMON'S CANTICLE OF CANTICLES - From The Douay-Rheims Bible - Latin Vulgate

Chapter 3

INTRODUCTION.

This book is called the Canticle of Canticles, that is to say, the most excellent of all canticles: because it is full of high mysteries, relating to the happy union of Christ and his spouse; which is here begun by love; and is to be eternal in heaven. The spouse of Christ is the Church: more especially as to the happiest part of it, viz. perfect souls, every one of which is his beloved; but above all others, the immaculate and ever blessed Virgin mother. Ch. --- The bridegroom is Christ, as God and man. His praises and those of his spouse are recorded by various speakers. Solomon has given us three works; for beginners, the more advanced, and the perfect; as the philosophers teach ethics, physics, and metaphysics. All the holy Scriptures contain spiritual food, but they are not all fit for every person. Heb. v. 13. With what humility ought we not, therefore, to read this most perfect and mystical canticle, as the sentiments of spiritual love are expressed in the same words as that of worldlings, and we are more inclined to follow our own judgment and carnal notions! W. --- None, therefore, should dare to peruse this work, who has not mastered his passions, having his conversation in heaven. H. --- The Jews would not allow any ot read it before the age of thirty. Orig. and S. Jer. --- Some of the fathers and commentators have even asserted that the mystical sense is the only one which pertains to this book, (Theod. Durham. T.) and it is certainly the true and principal one, though allusion may be made to the marriage of Solomon with Pharao's daughter, (C. Bossuet. D.) or with a Tyrian princess, (c. iv. 8. and 3 K. xiii. 5.) or with Abisag. Rabbins. --- Grotius shews the corruption of his own heart in his impure comments, as Theodorus, of Mopsuestra, is blamed by the second Council of Const. iv. a. 68. The name of God never, indeed, occurs; as he is represented under the idea of the bridegroom, &c. and the piece is allegorical. It might be divided into seven scenes, or nights, as the marriage feast lasted so long. Gen. xxix. 22. During this time the bridegroom saw his spouse seldom, and with great reserve, (C.) as was the custom with the Lacedemonians. Plut. in Lyc. --- We might also refer all to six nights, or to the six ages of the Church, conformably to the system of De la Chetardie and Bishop Walmesley on the Apocalypse. --- I. Age. C. i. 2. marks the ascension of Christ, and the propagation of Christianity; v. 4. 5. persecutions; v. 6. 7. vocation of the Gentiles; v. 12. protection granted by Christ. II. C. ii. 3. peace under Constantine; v. 11. 17. troubles excited by Arius. III. C. iii. 1. irruption of barbarians; v. 4. does not overturn the Church; v. 6. they are converted; v. 11. and Christ is more glorified, as Apoc. xix. IV. C. iv. 5. the Latin and Greek Churches; v. 8. the Chaldees, lions, and Greeks, leopards, (Dan.) are converted; the Turks obtain dominion; v. 12. the Greek schismatics cut off: v. 16. the Church is persecuted, but protected. V. C. v. 2. Dew marks the cooling of charity, (S. Aug.) when Luther appeared; c. vi. 3. yet the Church triumphs, particularly after the Council of Trent. VI. C. vi. 9. after the sounding of the sixth trumpet, the Jews are converted, and adorn the Church, in spite of antichrist's power; v. 11. she addresses the synagogue, v. 12. C. viii. 2. obtains leave to go into the house of her mother, as the apostles were of Jewish extraction; v. 7. the constancy of the martyrs appears; (see Rondet.) v. 8-14. the Church pants for her speedy union with her beloved. We may justly admire her authority, in preserving this and the former work of the canon, notwithstanding the internal and external evidence, and the ill use made of them by infidels, which seemed to militate against them. The Prot. Chateillon styles this "a wicked book." Several passages may, no doubt, be abused by a corrupt heart: but what is there so holy, which may not be perverted? When we meditate on this canticle, we ought to remember the admonition given by the Church in the Mass: "Let hearts be on high;" and Oh! that all might answer with truth: "We have them to the Lord!"

The additional Notes in this Edition of the New Testament will be marked with the letter A. Such as are taken from various Interpreters and Commentators, will be marked as in the Old Testament. B. Bristow, C. Calmet, Ch. Challoner, D. Du Hamel, E. Estius, J. Jansenius, M. Menochius, Po. Polus, P. Pastorini, T. Tirinus, V. Bible de Vence, W. Worthington, Wi. Witham. — The names of other authors, who may be occasionally consulted, will be given at full length.

Verses are in English and Latin. HAYDOCK CATHOLIC BIBLE COMMENTARY

This Catholic commentary on the Old Testament, following the Douay-Rheims Bible text, was originally compiled by Catholic priest and biblical scholar Rev. George Leo Haydock (1774-1849). This transcription is based on Haydock's notes as they appear in the 1859 edition of Haydock's Catholic Family Bible and Commentary printed by Edward Dunigan and Brother, New York, New York.

TRANSCRIBER'S NOTES

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Unreadable text. Places where the transcriber's copy of the original text is unreadable have been indicated in this transcription by an empty set of square brackets, [].

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The spouse seeks Christ. The glory of his humanity.

[1] In my bed by night I sought him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, and found him not.

In lectulo meo, per noctes, quaesivi quem diligit anima mea : quaesivi illum, et non inveni.

[2] I will rise, and will go about the city: in the streets and the broad ways I will seek him whom my soul loveth: I sought him, and I found him not.

Surgam, et circuibo civitatem : per vicos et plateas quaeram quem diligit anima mea : quaesivi illum, et non inveni.

[3] The watchmen who keep the city, found me: Have you seen him, whom my soul loveth?

Invenerunt me vigiles qui custodiunt civitatem : Num quem diligit anima mea vidistis?

[4] When I had a little passed by them, I found him whom my soul loveth: I held him: and I will not let him go, till I bring him into my mother's house, and into the chamber of her that bore me.

Paululum cum pertransissem eos, inveni quem diligit anima mea : tenui eum, nec dimittam, donec introducam illum in domum matris meae, et in cubiculum genetricis meae.

[5] I adjure you, O daughters of Jerusalem, by the roes and the harts of the fields, that you stir not up, nor awake my beloved, till she please.

SPONSUS. Adjuro vos, filiae Jerusalem, per capreas cervosque camporum, ne suscitetis, neque evigilare faciatis dilectam, donec ipsa velit.

[6] Who is she that goeth up by the desert, as a pillar of smoke of aromatical spices, of myrrh, and frankincense, and of all the powders of the perfumer?

CHORUS. Quae est ista quae ascendit per desertum sicut virgula fumi ex aromatibus myrrhae, et thuris, et universi pulveris pigmentarii?

[7] Behold threescore valiant ones of the most valiant of Israel, surrounded the bed of Solomon?

En lectulum Salomonis sexaginta fortes ambiunt ex fortissimis Israel,

[8] All holding swords, and most expert in war: every man's sword upon his thigh, because of fears in the night.

omnes tenentes gladios, et ad bella doctissimi : uniuscujusque ensis super femur suum propter timores nocturnos.

[9] King Solomon hath made him a litter of the wood of Libanus:

Ferculum fecit sibi rex Salomon de lignis Libani;

[10] The pillars thereof he made of silver, the seat of gold, the going up of purple: the midst he covered with charity for the daughters of Jerusalem.

columnas ejus fecit argenteas, reclinatorium aureum, ascensum purpureum; media caritate constravit, propter filias Jerusalem.

[11] Go forth, ye daughters of Sion, and see king Solomon in the diadem, wherewith his mother crowned him in the day of his espousals, and in the day of the joy of his heart.

Egredimini et videte, filiae Sion, regem Salomonem in diademate quo coronavit illum mater sua in die desponsationis illius, et in die laetitiae cordis ejus.

Commentary:

Ver. 1. Bed. The Church, finding Christ by his own revelation, and not by philosophy, holds him fast. W. --- He had delayed coming at the usual hour, to give us to understand, that he is not found amid delights, nor in a crowd, but that we must seek him diligently, like Magdalene. Jo. xx. S. Amb. de Isaac. --- The apostles endeavoured to convert the synagogue, but their offers were rejected, and the guards, or princes, persecuted them. M. C. v. 7. H.

Ver. 3. City. To prevent fires, &c. God will require the souls of the flock at the hands of his pastors.

Ver. 4. Me. She was perhaps dead. Women had separate apartments, to which none but the husband could have access. Gen. xxiv. 28. At the end of the marriage-feast, the bride was conducted to her husband's house. Matt. xxv. 1. C. --- The Jews shall in the end acknowledge Christ, (W.) as the Church desires. M.

Ver. 5. I. The bridegroom (C.) speaks as c. ii. 7. (W.) and c. viii. 4. He retires early.

Ver. 6. Who. The female companions of the spouse, (C.) or the bridegroom's friends, (M.) admire her at a distance. C. vi. 9. and viii. 5. C. --- The converted Gentiles change the desert of the world into a paradise, by their good works, which ascend like a perfume. S. Greg. They admire their own conversion, and proclaim that we must fight for heaven, (W.) and adore Christ, the God-man; imitating all his virtues, (H.) and preaching his gospel. M.

Ver. 7. Bed. Being stationed at the door to prevent any alarm, v. 8. C. --- In the Church Christ finds his repose, and daily produces the only heirs of heaven. Ven. Bede. --- The angels, saints and pastors watch to defend it against the spirits of darkness. M.

Ver. 9. Litter. Sept. to conduct his spouse with solemnity; or a throne; though it most probably denotes the bridal bed. C. --- Heb. apiron. Greek, foreion.

Ver. 10. Going. Prot. "covering of it of purple." H. --- Death must be endured, if necessary, for the sake of the faith, as this is the highest degree of charity. W. --- He, &c. Heb. "is prepared for the beloved above the," &c. See Od. v. 660. C. --- Prot. and Pagn. "the midst thereof being paved (Mont. set on fire) with love for (Mont. by) the daughters." H. --- The most desirable things adorn the litter, or the Church, that all may come to her, who has God to guide her decisions. M.

Ver. 11. Go. All are invited to come to Christ, who, in his sacred humanity, which he took of his mother, was crowned in heaven, after his passion. W. S. Greg. Alcuin. --- The synagogue crowned him with thorns, and gave him the hard bed of the cross. S. Bern. S. Anselm, &c. - Bethsabee might live to see the marriage of her son, who owed the crown to her. 3 K. i. 18. Prov. iv. 3. Both the parties were crowned, (Is. lxi. 10.) and no doubt Solomon would display his usual magnificence. The diadem was a bandage, adorned with embroidery, and precious stones. C.

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Professional14: Previewing an enormous season forward for the 4 Welsh areas

Professional14: Previewing an enormous season forward for the 4 Welsh areas

Professional14: Previewing an enormous season forward for the 4 Welsh areas

Sam Parry (Ospreys), Cory Hill (Dragons), Hadleigh Parkes (Scarlets), Ellis Jenkins (Cardiff Blues)

A brand new Professional14 season beckons and there was a variety of change among the many 4 Welsh areas through the summer season.

The format stays the identical with two conferences and no groups added to the match for the 2018-19 marketing campaign.

Nevertheless, there have been high-profile departures and arrivals within the enjoying and training ranks of the areas.

Scarlets, Cardiff Blues, Ospreys and Dragons are all aiming to topple champions Leinster, who accomplished the European and Professional14 double final season.

Wales-bound Pivac ‘centered on Scarlets’

Wayne Pivac is a former Fiji coach

The headline information surrounding the Scarlets’ summer season was the announcement Wayne Pivac will change Warren Gatland as the brand new Wales head coach after the 2019 World Cup in Japan.

This will likely be Pivac’s fifth and last season in cost at Parc y Scarlets however the New Zealander says his focus stays with the area.

“It’s work as regular and nothing has modified from the opposite 4,” he mentioned.

“That is my job till the tip of the season and I’ll work arduous.

“I’ve not modified as an individual and the teaching group will not change and our model will stay the identical.

“There may be a bit extra strain from exterior however it’s enterprise as ordinary. There’s lead in time to the opposite job so I haven’t got to be worrying about that now.”

Pivac’s goal will likely be to attempt to overhaul Irish powers Leinster, who defeated the Scarlets within the Champions Cup semi-final and Professional14 last within the house of six weeks on the finish of final season.

Professional14 participant of the 12 months Tadgh Beirne has moved to Munster, whereas Scotland captain John Barclay has left for Edinburgh.

Wales duo Scott Williams and Aled Davies have made the brief transfer to the Ospreys with Kieron Fonotia making the alternative journey.

The Scarlets have signed South African duo Uzair Cassiem and Clayton Blommetjies, whereas Scotland certified New Zealand-born ahead Blade Thomson and Edinburgh scrum-half Sam Hidalgo-Clyne have each are available in.

Overhauling Leinster and replicating the Professional12 success of Might 2017 is Pivac’s goal for his swansong.

“We’d like to carry a trophy. We had that Professional12 success a few seasons in the past and people altering room reminiscences in gamers’ careers are the highlights.

“Hopefully we are able to have our greatest season but. We’ve had a superb look within the off season at what Leinster do properly and what now we have to do to shut that hole.

“They’re the benchmark; hopefully we are able to compete with them on the larger stage.”

All change within the capital

John Mulvihill has changed Danny Wilson as Blues head coach

Whereas the Scarlets are solely getting ready for change, it’s all new at Cardiff Blues who have been the one Welsh area to have a good time silverware within the 2017-18 season, profitable the European Problem Cup.

The ultimate victory over Gloucester in Bilbao proved the final in cost for Danny Wilson, who has left the Blues and joined the Scottish set-up.

Backs coach Matt Sherratt has joined the Ospreys, leaving the Blues with a new-look set-up spearheaded by John Mulvihill.

The Australian has by no means been a recognised head coach however hopes he can construct on final 12 months’s success.

“What we constructed from final 12 months was some good momentum,” mentioned Mulvihill.

“We need to get again into ending how we did final season with a variety of wins in the direction of the tip.

“What let the Blues down final season was the beginning so that could be a huge focus for is that we get away with some wins early.”

There isn’t any ex-Wales captain Sam Warburton following his summer season retirement with flanker Ellis Jenkins taking up the captaincy from namesake Gethin.

Dmitri Arhip and Rory Thornton have arrived from the Ospreys whereas United States back-rower Samu Manoa is the massive signing.

Lions losses for Ospreys

Justin Tipuric (left) has captained the Ospreys 27 instances earlier than taking up teh everlasting function from Alun Wyn Jones (proper)

The Blues additionally certified for this season’s Champions Cup, whereas the Ospreys must make do with the Problem Cup.

There’s a main change on the Liberty Stadium with Justin Tipuric taking up the captaincy from Wales skipper Alun Wyn Jones, who had led the area for eight seasons.

“It’s huge to attempt to fill the boots of somebody who is among the greatest captains on the earth,” mentioned Tipuric.

“To take over from him will not be going to be simple job.”

Wales and Lions half-backs Dan Biggar and Rhys Webb have moved onto Northampton and Toulon respectively however Scott Williams and George North have arrived to offer some firepower.

The half-back void will likely be crammed by new scrum-half Aled Davies and the hope of a revived Sam Davies.

New everlasting head coach Allen Clarke will likely be assisted by Sherratt whereas Wales defence coach Shaun Edwards has signed up as a marketing consultant.

“It’s a contemporary alternative for everyone,” mentioned Clarke.

“We’ve new gamers coming in, a brand new skipper and adjustments in our administration group and freshness of method to our rugby.

“We’re optimistic however real looking in regards to the challenges forward.”

Second season success for Jackman?

Bernard Jackman is a former Eire hooker

No person has a more difficult season than Dragons head coach Bernard Jackman in his second marketing campaign in cost at Rodney Parade.

The Irishman presided over a disastrous 2017-18 season with two victories, two attracts and 17 defeats.

“Final season was extremely troublesome but it surely needed to worsen earlier than it obtained higher,” Jackman mentioned.

“If we have been going to be ruthless in attempting to vary the Dragons from the worst to the perfect area we would have liked to make arduous selections and never be utterly centered on the short-term.

“Despite the fact that final 12 months we knew we have been constructing to one thing larger it’s horrible to be shedding each week and it impacts us all.”

Jackman has overhauled the squad and introduced in worldwide forwards like Richard Hibbard, Ryan Bevington and Aaron Jarvis, with Wales back-rower Ross Moriarty the star signing.

The coach hopes the skilled inflow will gel with younger Welsh worldwide gamers like captain Cory Hill, Hallam Amos, Tyler Morgan, Elliott Dee, Leon Brown and Aaron Wainwright, whereas 36-year-old Gavin Henson stays at Rodney Parade.

“It feels extra like my venture and group this season,” mentioned Jackman.

“We’ve made huge adjustments within the backroom employees and added a variety of sources we have been lacking to offer the gamers the very best setting.

“We’ve a superb inflow of expertise and expertise to complement the squad and assist the Dragons change their place within the pecking order.”

Professional14 Convention A

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Professional14 Convention B

Leinster, Scarlets, Edinburgh, Ulster, Benetton Rugby, Dragons, Southern Kings.

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