Archive for March, 2009

Euro Lotto plus Something You Might Not Recognize. How it Operates, Who it Applies to plus How You Can You Encounter that Whopping European Lottery

Tuesday, March 31st, 2009

The European lotto was in the first place founded by the national lotteries of France, Spain and the United Kingdom and was unveiled in February 2004. The starting lotto draw was on February 13th 2004 in Paris. The Spain, France and the UK were the only nations partaking in the beginning but lotteries from Luxembourg, Portugal, Switzerland, Austria, Belgium and the Republic of Ireland also became active in October 2004.

The Euromillions lottery or the Euro Lottery, as it’s commonly acknowledged, gathers the ticket revenues of the nine partaking European countries showing a huge Euro Lotto “jackpot”. With the quantity of nations joining the Euro on the increase, that will without a doubt lead to even more states participating in the Euro lotto. A growth in the amount of individuals partaking in the Euro Lottery will lead to a continuing increase of the already enormous Euro Lottery jackpots.

Q. How To Play The Euro millions Lotto?

Each player has to pick out 5 main numbers from one to fifty plus 2 Lucky-star numbers from 1 to 9. During the lotto draw, five main plus 2 lucky-star numbers are then selected at random from 2 lotto draw machines containing numbered lottery balls.

Euro Millions Prizes

The chances of scooping the Euro Millions “jackpot” is a distant one : 76 million but the probability of acquiring a cash prize is a fairly decent 1 in 24. If the jack-pot is not won in a given lotto draw, it is brought forward to the next lottery draw that will result in an ever increasing jack-pot value. New rules added on the 09/02/2007 limit the amount of consecutive roll-overs to 11, with the jackpot rolling down to smaller prize levels succeeding the 11th draw when the prize is not collected.

The new regulations also initiated Euro Lotto Super Draw which come about twice annually and offer jackpots in the region of £100 million. The difference with Super Draws is that the jackpot has to be collected during the week of the lotto draw; as a result, if there is no lotto ticket corresponding, all the drawn numbers then the top prize will be distributed to the lottery ticket holder(s) on the succeeding winning prize tier.

Voice Power-The Care and Feeding of the Professional Voice

Monday, March 30th, 2009

Whether it’s the rich, resonant tones of Richard Burton, the breathiness of Marilyn Monroe or the nasality of Fran Drescher, the sound of the voice conjures up an imagean impressionand can influence perception.

“You should think

of the sound of your

voice as inhaling the

words and letting them

reflect in the space

behind you. Vowels

shape the voice.

You inhale the

sounds rather than

projecting them.”

Len Cariou

Speakers know how to use the voice for effect but don’t always use the voice effectively. This can cause a variety of illnesses which can prevent speakers from doing what they do bestspeak.

One of the bigger problems for professional speakers is laryngopharyngeal reflux, an inflammation near the back part of the larynx due to acid rising to that point. Thirty-five million people in the United States have acid reflux.

“This inflammatory condition causes the vocal folds to function less efficiently leading to vocal fatigue and poor projection,” states Dr. Thomas Murry, clinical director, professor of speech pathology in otolaryngology at the Voice and Swallowing Center of Columbia Presbyterian Medical Center, Columbia University. Reflux is most common among speakers because so many speakers are on the go, stressed and may have poor diets. Being aware of the symptoms of reflux can help speakers take preventative steps to take care of the problem.

The big five symptoms are:

Vocal fatigue,

Lack of projection,

Hoarseness as the day wears on,

Throat clearing,

Increased phlegm in the throat

Noticing that you have some of the above symptoms is one step you can take to begin to alleviate the problem.

Preserving the Voice

To preserve the voice, don’t talk over noise or constantly clear your throat. Instead, Murry recommends the silent cough technique.

The silent cough technique is a way to clear the throat without violently banging the vocal folds together. The silent cough is done by breathing in air and blowing the air out fast through your throat and mouth without making a sound. Immediately after the silent cough, you should tuck your chin down toward your chest and make a strong swallow. The silent cough often clears mucous that clings to the vocal folds or near them. The silent cough is an important element of vocal hygiene and helps to prevent unnecessary trauma to the vocal folds. It is especially important to use the silent cough after surgery to the vocal folds.

If the symptoms of reflux continue, go to the doctor before the problem becomes severe.

Another common physical voice problem is vocal paresis, a weakness in one or both vocal muscles manifesting in breathiness or fatigue. Both folds must come together symmetrically to produce a clear, resonant voice. Vocal paresis can be caused by a flu or viral infection. When the nerve is inflamed, the condition can last for six months to a year, causing the speaker to change habits to adjust to the inflammation. A monotone may be an indicator of a minor defect or partial paralysis. Also, speakers who have difficulty projecting could have some vocal fold asymmetry. Tape yourself and listen to how you sound. Also, be aware if you find people asking you to talk louder. This may be an indication that you are suffering from vocal paresis.

Breathiness and Hoarseness

If you are part of a speakers circle, have one meeting dedicated to voice quality. Often what you think is normal may actually be an indication that something needs to be checked out. If you have women in the group, note if they speak in a breathy manner.

Women are more inclined to get polyps or nodules, which are growths that prevent complete closure of the vocal folds and create breathiness. “In females, the back part of the vocal folds never completely closes due to the way they are formed. So the female voice is always going to be a little bit more breathy than the male’s because of anatomy,” states Murry.

If you are suffering from breathiness, take action and get checked out. It is always better to be safe than sorry. The definition of the term “frustrated and feeling sorry for yourself is to wake up to find that you’re hoarse when you have a big speaking engagement.

When hoarseness is the problem, first determine that there is no hemorrhage. Then start a process of hydration and steam. Speakers should travel with a facial steamer. When staying in a dry hotel room, opera singers use them every hour for five minutes. Alternatively, you can make boiling water in your coffee pot, pour it into the ice bucket, and throw a towel over your head to reap the benefits of steam.

To avoid becoming hoarse, avoid alcohol, chocolate and caffeine before a speech. They will dehydrate the mucous membranes, causing hoarseness. Finally, after an all-day motivational program, get plenty of rest and drink lots of water. Before you climb into bed, toss out those mint chocolates on your pillow; they are a double whammy because the mint relaxes the lower esophagus and allows acid to come up.

Keeping the Voice Healthy

To keep the voice healthy, Renee Grant Williams, author of Voice Power (AMA-COM), recommends drinking eight glasses of water a day, avoiding dairy products and eating a balance of protein and carbohydrates. She also recommends practicing “safe speaking” by using disposable hand sanitizers to clean off telephone mouthpieces.

Your voice is a precision instrument that needs to be assessed regularly. If there is a change in your voice for two consecutive weeks or you experience excessive coughing, see an otolaryn-gologist who specializes in throats. When surgery won’t solve the problem and you have a weakness in the cords, or there is a pathology, you need a speech pathologist.

“Nobody should see a speech pathologist unless they’ve had a good strobo-scopic examination,” warns Murry. A video chip flexible stroboscope is a new technology used to examine the vocal folds. It takes pictures and slows down the motion of the vocal folds for better viewing and diagnosis. If the anatomy is healthy and you need to learn how to use your voice properly, see a voice coach.

To prepare for your presentation, you use your intellectual muscles. To maintain your physical health, you exercise your body’s muscles. To prepare to speak, you need to prepare your voice. “The most important thing to know,” cites Murry, “is that just like the legs and arms of a football player, the vocal folds are muscles that can get weak, injured and tired.”

Jeanette Lovetri, one of the world’s top specialists in training professional singers and founder of the Voice Workshop and Somatic Voicework, believes, “The more vocal fitness, the more the voice stands up to stress.”

The goal of working with a voice trainer is to get the instrument to have more efficient responses. Just as runners have physical trainers, speakers need voice coaches.

Murry recommends practicing the three Ps: Posture, Placement and Pitch.

Posture: Hips over the legs, shoulders down, jaw relaxed, tongue forward.

Placement: Your voice is coming out of the bell of your head and not from a little tube in the throat. Imagine the sound coming out of the end of a French horn and not out of the tubes of the horn.

Pitch: Experiment with different pitches to see which one brings out the best “ring” or resonance once you have the proper posture and placement.

Once you know where your speaking voice is, you can calibrate your voice with these five-minute warm-up exercises:

Breathing down low in the chest
Humming to match to the best quality possible
Lip trills
Tongue trills
Syllable drills (puh tuh kuh/ buh duhguh) to warm up tongue/jaw motion

For training the speaking voice, Lovetri recommends singing. “Professional singing is two to five times more demanding than professional speaking. It’s a very effective tool to shorten the amount of time it takes to develop the voice. Be sure that the instructor is working from a “physiologic place and not just from a musical place,” she cautions.

Lovetri shares, “The key to vocal fitness is good breathing and relaxed but dynamic use of body parts. Most people don’t breathe adequately. To project your voice, torque up your breath.”

Twila Thompson, director of The Actors Institute in New York, concurs. “The voice is created in the breathing, not in your throat.” She suggests that speakers, “Practice breathing into the belly, pushing it out like a balloon, holding it for five to 10 seconds, then letting air go out with a sound for five to 10 seconds.”

Another method she recommends for maximizing the voice on stage is “connecting with the audience and having an intention to reach them with every word you say.” Thompson advises, “What is your intention in giving the talk? Should they think differently, challenge something? Having that intention is more than 50 percent of the issue.”

Len Cariou, actor, singer and Broadway star of Sweeny Todd, shares how he maximizes his voice by exercising the lower extremities. He says, “By contracting the legs and buttocks, it focuses the tension in the lower body and frees the speaker to sustain the voice and speak freely.” Cariou says preparing the voice is also about articulation. “You should think of the sound of your voice as inhaling the words and letting them reflect in the space behind you. Vowels shape the voice. You inhale the sounds rather than projecting them. Good diction allows one to speak at any level of volume and be understood.”

RESOURCES:

www.voiceandswallowing.com

www.thevoiceworkshop.com

www.vasta.org

www.greatvoice.com

www.voicebank.net

www.tairesources.com

You don’t have to sound like James Earl Jones to have vocal impact. What is important, according to Susan Berkley, the famous voice of “Thank you for using AT&T” and author of Speak to Influence, is vocal transparency. “The voiceover artists who make millions of dollars pitching products on television and radio do not necessarily do so because of the quality of their voice, but because they know how to take the voice they have to enhance the message of the copy writer. I call this quality ‘vocal transparency.’” She explains, “To have vocal transparency, you must first have the best possible instrument you can, so there are no ’sticking points’ when people listen. Then, take the focus off yourself and place it squarely on the most important part of all: your message and your affectionate contact with the audience.”

Making a difference in the lives of your audience is done with your instrumentyour voice. With proper breathing, voice training and vocal hygiene, your voice will be strong, healthy and you’ll master true vocal power.

Diane DiResta is a New York State licensed and certified speech pathologist, speaker, coach and author of Knockout Presentations. Her company, DiResta Communications, Inc., works with organizations that want to communicate with greater impact in the marketplace and with individuals who want to communicate more clearly. Contact: http://www.diresta.com

Short Format Promotional Videos Can Be Beneficial when Marketing Your Organisation’s Products & Services

Sunday, March 29th, 2009

At present, as lots of firms & entrepreneurs are looking at internet video sites as a marvellous place to publish content to grab the attention of their potential customers, it is fundamental to understand the main values of using online video promotion channels.

Here are a couple necessary bits & pieces you should understand prior to you beginning to upload promotional videos on internet video websites.

All the time make every effort to use videos that offer meaningful material to your potential clients – Countless business people wrongly think you can basically put any kind of advertisement on a video channel, but nothing could be any closer from the truth. All videos should deliver some valuable material to the desired market, if not then at least topic of conversation.

Carry out some sort of market research on the video websites before adding your first video – it is a tremendous idea to spend some considerable time typing your market’s important keywords into the search engine on the site, in an attempt to realise what competitor promotional videos are currently around. Next jot down the profile names of the most prominent companies in your sector. Perhaps somewhere down the line you can become involved in a joint venture or have some sort of relationship with these people.

Bear in mind that each video channel has a community built into it – You must respect the other members & it is recommended that you post positive remarks about your competitors’ videos. Essentially you need to be a member of the community, supplying comment, ideas etc. And only then should you regard yourself as being a marketer & begin to broadcast your very own 1 & goods. If you are looking to make the most of online video as component of your marketing mix, then Vidify has the video productions services your will need.

Commit yourself to making several corporate videos – You should have an obvious strategy for developing and circulating quite a few videos. If not, your profile page on the video sites will give the idea of being blank if it only has one solitary video on view. Thus, make extra time organising the making of a sequence of short corporate videos, rather than only one considerably long video.

Internet video marketing is one of the most efficient & quickest methods of marketing just now.

Hero’s Journey – Woman as Temptress

Saturday, March 28th, 2009

Beyond three and four act story structure, lies the Hero’s Journey.

The Hero’s Journey is the most usable story structure consisting of at least 106 stages and the template for successful contemporary stories, from Star Wars to Al Pacino Scarface to The Incredibles to War of the Worlds to The Dirty Dozen to Midnight Cowboy.
The Hero’s Journey is a valuable template because:

a) It attempts to tap into unconscious expectations the audience has regarding what a story is and how it should be told.

b) It gives the writer more structural elements than simply three or four acts, plot points, mid point and so on.

c) Interpreted metaphorically and symbolically, it allows an infinite number of varied stories to be created.

One (usually critical) stage of the journey is the Woman as Temptress.

There are two simultaneous manifestations – the physical and the spiritual. Using the word “spiritual” can be dangerous as it is interpreted in many ways, but it must be remembered that the Hero’s Journey is primarily about the Hero’s path to another (not necessarily higher) level of consciousness.

Further, though the Goddess is usually manifested as a physical female, this is not necessarily so. The Goddess and the physical female form is symbolic in many ways: of the entity that is the opposite of the Hero; the entity that completes the Hero; the Yan to the Hero’s Yin; the entity or higher cause that causes the Hero to think outside himself; the entity that causes the Hero to not think of himself; the entity for which the Hero is prepared to sacrifice himself; the entity that triggers the Hero’s change of attitude; the reward at the end of the journey; the recognition of sexuality in the equation; the entity the Hero is most afraid of; the entity the Hero is most in awe of; the state that the Hero could never have hoped to attain and so on.

The physical manifestation of the Goddess leads the Hero astray. This is often represented buy the Hero following the Goddess down a path he is unsure of. The path leads downward and into the dark and results in the Hero losing his way, battling a Serpent, undergoing a near death experience and being reborn through some form of baptism.

The spiritual manifestation is this: as this is close to the end of the journey, there is a moment when Hero is suddenly unsure whether he wishes to complete the transition. Thus he is easily led astray and to danger.

One reason for this reluctance is that this is again a Threshold from which there is no going back. Up to now there has been minor change and many a trial but no transition. Beyond this point there is atonement with the father and apotheosis. Beyond this point the Hero becomes another person – the father – he is leaving his childhood behind and a previous state of being. There is loss in that.

Another reason for reluctance is temptation to explore the “dark side,” in all its forms. It is not unusual for the antagonist to tempt the Hero to his side and the Hero to think about it or, at least temporarily, be led astray.

Spiritually, having been led astray, the Hero realises, through trials, that it is the wrong road – that he must revert to his True Calling. Just as in an earlier stage there was punishment for the Refusal, here there is punishment for “not fulfilling his destiny.”

There is much more…

The 106 stage Hero’s Journey and other story structure templates can be found at http://www.managing-creativity.com/CreativeWriting.html

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Kal Bishop is a management consultant based in London, UK. He has consulted in the visual media and software industries and for clients such as Toshiba and Transport for London. He has led Improv, creativity and innovation workshops, exhibited artwork in San Francisco, Los Angeles and London and written a number of screenplays. He is a passionate traveller. He can be reached on http://www.managing-creativity.com/

Ten Top Tips For Las Vegas Marriage Requirements

Saturday, March 28th, 2009

So you’ve decided to get married in Las Vegas. Great! But what do you actually have to do in order to get a Las Vegas marriage license? Here are ten top tips explaining Las Vegas marriage requirements.

1. Las Vegas Marriage requirements are the same for U.S. and non U.S. citizens.

2. Non U.S. citizens should check with the officials in their own country for any specific documents they may need so their marriage is acknowledged in their country.

3. The happy couple must be a male and female.

4. Marriage license applicants should be at least 18 years of age. Minor applicants aged 16 or 17 must have the consent of a parent or legal guardian. Minors must have an original or certified copy of the birth certificate that lists the name of the parent. Legal guardians must present proof of guardianship. A parent or guardian must have proof of identity.

5. Licenses cost $55. Once a license is issued, there are no blood tests and no waiting time. You can get married straight away.

6. Applicants must have proof of identity such as a driver’s license, original or certified copy of a birth certificate or passport when applying for a license as your age may be checked.

7. You will need your social security number in order to apply for a license if you’re a U.S. citizen.

8. Divorced applicants must know the month, day, year, city and state of their divorce. The divorce must be finalised. The divorce must be filed with the courts in the state or country granted. You don’t have to bring the divorce decree though.

9. In order to be legally wed, the ceremony must be performed in the state of Nevada within one year from the date the license was issued. The person performing the ceremony must be authorised or licensed to perform wedding ceremonies in Nevada.

10. For more detailed information on applying for a Las Vegas marriage license, visit www.co.clark.nv.us/clerk/marriage_information.htm

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Union Lake Bass Fishing

Monday, March 23rd, 2009

Union Lake is southern New Jersey’s largest freshwater body of water. It is considered the premier lake in this area for angling. It has had a history of providing good fishing for a variety of species. The lake was constructed in the 1790s, and later in 1868, it was sold to the Millville Manufacturing Company, and a new dam was built downstream of the original, and it significantly increased the size of the lake. Union Lake is located in Millville, New Jersey, right off Route 49, about 45 minutes from the Delaware Memorial Bridge. It is part of the Union Lake Wild life Management area, and is located on the Maurice River Drainage.

The lake and it’s surrounding properties were purchased by the New Jersey Fish Game and Wildlife in 1982, and the Division reconstructed the dam in 1989, and built a fish ladder in 1990. This enabled anadromous fish to spawn above Union Lake.

Union Lake is 898 acres, with an average depth of 9 feet, with a maximum depth of 27 feet. The water in Union is highly productive due to the high fertility of the soil around the lake. It has a brown humic color, and is subject to algal blooms in the summer. The lake develops a thermocline in the summer at about 10 feet, and there is a lack of dissolved oxygen at about 15 feet. There is a variety of vegetation, both emergent and submerged, with some laydowns, and islands with lily pads throughout the lake.

There have been man made structures added also, such as Christmas tree reefs and tire reefs at various locations throughout the lake. There are two boat launches at Union that are available to the public.

The ramp located on the Southeast end of the lake is owned by the city of Millville. The other ramp located on the West shore of the lake, has parking available for 50 car and trailer rigs, and is owned by the Division of Fish Game and Wildlife. The parking lot and ramp are fantastic, and it is lighted for night time fishing also. There is a 10 hp maximum on the lake. There are also shoreline angling areas around the lake. Make sure to take pictures of any fish you catch fishing the lake.

Are You a Southpaw? You Can Find Assistance with Your College Education

Sunday, March 22nd, 2009

Searching for alternative avenues like college bursaries to fund a university education is challenging and intimidating. These scholarships are different from a student loan in that the funds are a grant, and so, don’t need to be paid back. While searching ways of funding a degree, keep in mind that funds are available in really unlikely spots, for example financing specially for left handed scholars. Funding for Southpaws

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A lefty grant may look a little bit strange, however do consider these facts: Julius Caesar was left-handed, so is the president of the US, Barack Obama. Raphael, Da Vinci, Jimi Hendrix also Charlie Chaplin were also left-handed. Figures propose up to eleven percent of individuals are left-handed. Frequently considered much more talented in the arts and to be smarter, left-handers have often experienced discrimination in the past. Today, lefties are no longer stigmatized or thought of as odd, and may even have many qualities in common with the famous people identified above. There are various grants accessible for lefty scholars when you look around. The Beckley Scholarship for up to $1000$1k is currently available at Juniata College in Huntington, PA. Presented to students of Juniata College and instituted in the late seventies, this school fund assists many scholars in their quest for higher education.

Many scholarships may have requirements and restrictions. These may be minimum grades and financial needs, but not in every case. Multiple applications will step-up your probabilities of financing your university education with as small a school debt upon graduation as is feasible. Societies, hobby related groups and local organizations can be a source of grants. Bursaries for left handed students are just one case; money is available in many different instances such as to the children of veterans or if you are disabled in any way.

Most individuals have to spend quite a bit of time looking for college scholarships, all the same the reward will always be worth it. Any debt generated by a university degree may be decreased through such grants employed alongside normal lending. Be sure to explore every last opportunity. Remember there are alternative choices besides lefty grants – list all the options you can conceive of and remember to utilize every available resource. If you even think you may meet the criteria, then apply, keeping any debt to a an absolute minimum, also you will likely look forward to a better financial future when you eventually graduate.

What’s Your Poker Weaknesses

Thursday, March 19th, 2009

A poker hand that comes to a showdown means the best hand wins. If you are losing more than half the showdowns you bet into, then something is wrong with your poker game. You must win significantly more than half to make a real profit at the casino.

Losing too many showdowns means you are making multiple mistakes. You need to examine your own play and eliminate common errors.

Are you playing with marginal cards or speculative hands too often? Become more selective about your starting hands, and practice discipline about sticking to this resolution. Create a specific range of poker hands for early, middle and late positions, and then adhere to that rule.

Don’t go to the river every time you think you have a winner that ultimately turns out to be second-best. Learn to fold small pairs when they are beat; and recognize when a drawing hand has long odds to complete. Observe your opponent before proceeding to the river to identify the range of cards you might be up against before you call or raise.

Another common mistake is to slow play a good hand and allow another player to draw out on you at the river. If you have made big hand, like trips or two pairs, make it expensive for an opponent to draw to a flush or straight. Don’t be passive with your good hands.

If your high pocket pair, like Queens, gets beat on the river, then your are not playing aggressively enough. Bet out a big raise before the flop to eliminate players and narrow your field of opponents. Don’t let someone with small suited pockets go to the river and then put a bad beat on you.

Your Intra National Real Estate Market: Fostered by Property Index Online

Tuesday, March 17th, 2009

Despite the fact that the Property Index is still a fairly young syndicate, (they were set up only in March 2007), they have very quickly attained to expert status. On closer scrutiny, they are a rather easy going syndicate concentrated on helping any individual contemplating to rent, buy, sell or let property across the globe. Their affirmation is to lend you a hand to locate just what you are looking for quick plus, obviously, without hassle.

Land can be located in the most popular regions of the world these days, undoubtedly the swankiest area being realty on the market in America. It’s easy as falling off a log to chart the splendid real estate you can purchase in America, the argument for picking properties here is the houses and apartments available and the fantastic possibility to live with this bouncy and optimistic people. This is one of the truly popular property markets these days, and in view of the lovely landscape and the sunshine that surrounds you all year, who could go wrong. Land in America is rich in history, this part of the world has been and still is home to a fair number of sophisticated civilizations.

Property Index can help with overseas property investment, view the properties available for investment.

Only 25-30 years back there’d be merely a dribble of Britons who are looking for real estate in America. Just ask anyone who has chosen to remove to America and they will be certain to confirm this. There are those who would call it a vogue and others call it a as something approaching a fetish. Patrons intent on transferring over here extend from yuppie couples who are looking for a new challenge to pensioners who are looking to enjoy themselves and relax. Note, however, that you might encounter some drawbacks when trying to buy real estate abroad — expectably there will be dozens of procedures to consider when organising, inspecting or actually purchasing. Even if just a single minor procedure is missed this will definitely create large drawbacks and, more importantly, financial damage.

Obviously, as is to be presumed with this well-liked region, real estate can be rather expensive in this location and this, of course, is basically a result of the high buyer demand. Regardless of this the buyer is a bit spoilt for choice in such a location so great in terms of warm geography and setting. It can offer the whole thing a client could ever want, and lots more.

The Exodus

Monday, March 16th, 2009

And the matter of who is doing the abusing is the most important thing we as a world full of equal people must ascertain. Who are the Benjaminites who were thrown out of Israel and later returned under Judas Maccabee? Who are these mercenaries who protected Egypt from the Elephantine stronghold?

To be sure there are many perspectives on the history of Israel and the Jews. The next excerpt is from a group that I am not enamoured with to any great extent. I recommend a thorough analysis of their agenda despite the factual history they provide in this little snipette of their approach.

“The division of Israel took place under the rule of Rehoboam over Judah, Jeroboam over Israel, in 975 B.C. The House of Israel sinned through idolatry and were cast out of the land in 721 B.C. and did not return. The House of Judah also sinned and were punished and banished to Babylon for seventy years, and a remnant of them under Ezra and Nehemiah returned as “the Jews” in 536 B.C. The term “Jews” is never in the Bible applied to the Twelve Tribes or to the Ten-tribed House of Israel. These were to be divorced from the Mosaic law and lost to human history and knowledge, but known to God, re-covenanted in Christ, and to enjoy the Hebrew birthright in the isles of the seas, to be His national evangelists to the world, and the inheritors of the Kingdom of God taken away from the Jews and given to a Nation. It will be shown that the British enjoy all the unconditional promises given to the seed of Abraham in the Christian era and that therefore no other Nation can now replace them as Israel.

It was in 741 B.C. that Isaiah prophesied that ‘within three score and five years shall Ephraim be broken in pieces, that it be not a people.’ The final siege of Samaria and the deportation of Israel took place in 721 B.C. Subsequently in 676 B.C. Esar-Haddon completed the work begun and from this date the history of the house of Israel ceases in the Scriptures, and the tale is taken up by Prophecy.

Judah was carried captive to Babylon by Nebuchadnezzar in 603 B.C. and the Temple finally destroyed in 586 B.C. The word “Jew” is found for the first time in the Bible in II Kings 41:6, but the Second Book of Kings was not written till the return of Judah and Benjamin after the end of the Babylonian captivity.” (9)

The House of Judah or David includes Solomon and the person who I was named after. Yes, Robert the Bruce and the Bruttii of Pythagoras’ Bruttium (Croton in Italy) and many other Keltic nobles have run things in most of the world for a long time.

Elephantine Mercenary Jews or Hyksos Overlords of Egypt?

I have written one whole book on the matter of Who is a Jew and I did not include this specific quote in it. There are so many things I could include at this juncture. This quote is from a top academic and Egyptologist from Oxford.

“Less fortunate than the Greeks, who could worship their gods unhampered and build sanctuaries to them in the Greek settlements in the Delta, {Such as Naucratis which is a Bilderberg or Physiocratic type of venture we have dealt with many times before.} were the Jews. Since the time of the XXVIth Dynasty they had formed a considerable part of the garrison at Elephantine as mercenaries in the fortress defending Egypt from attack in the south. There they were allowed to build a temple to Yahve and his two female companions, Ashima and Anar, whose worship was not forbidden among Jews before the introduction of the unified religious law on the occasion of the rebuilding of Yahve’s temple at Jerusalem in 515 B.C. The Jews of Elephantine also continued to enjoy the privilege of possessing a sanctuary of their own during the Persian rule throughout the fifth century; but clashes now and then took place between them and the native Egyptian population, probably as a result of the increases of Egyptian nationalism under foreign domination.

In 410 B.C. the priests of Khuum, having secured the consent of the Persian commander, raised soldiers of Egyptian descent who penetrated into Yahve’s temple, pillaged its precious sacred vessels {Could some of these things held sacred have once been the art or manufacture of those who Egypt venerated or considered their own? Could that include the Ark and other scientific instrumentation?} and demolished and burnt the temple. When the Jews complained to the Persian satrap at Memphis, the commander who agreed to this misdeed was punished by death, but it was only in 407 B.C., after continuous requests and bribery, that the Jews secured from the Persian authorities permission to rebuild the temple…” (10)

He goes on to document how Egypt overthrew the Persians and then Alexander took over Egypt. I do ask the reader to think long and hard about the Persian relationship with these mercenary Jews and ask if the Basilidae of Greece and Persia are their kin. I know this means the Bible Narrative about the hard done by slaves who left with Moses and other trite fictions is pure hogwash and one can thus see an elite and well-armed force of specially equipped fighters is what the poor Jews have been. But that does not mean the average Jew gets treated much better by their elite.

Alexander put the alchemical family of Ptolemy in charge of Egypt. Ptolemy had Manetho do a history of King’s List that connected him to Hercules and the De Danaan that are the elite Jews I have traced throughout 35,000 years since the first white man walked to face of this trembling and fearful planet. No longer was it easy for mankind and much has gotten worse in matters of the soul and brotherhood. I apologize as a member of this elite group that was split into factions and still fights for power. I have less and less regard for my forbears and their history as I continue my research.

Author and activist for ecumenicism