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Friday, November 7, 2008
The First Black President
Many Have Attempted To Dispute & Refute This, However Facts Are Facts!
And Will Remain So........Regardless Of Their Futile Attacks Against Facts!
John Hanson Was the *First President* of the Continental Congress Of The United States! 1781-1782 A.D.
George Washington was really the 8th President of the United States!
George Washington was *NOT* the first President of the United States. In fact, the first President of the United States was one John Hanson. Don't go checking the encyclopedia for this guy's name - he is one of those great men that are lost to history. If you're extremely lucky, you may actually find a brief mention of his name. The new country was actually formed on March 1, 1781 with the adoption of The Articles of Confederation.
This document was actually proposed on June 11, 1776, but not agreed upon by Congress until November 15, 1777. Maryland refused to sign this document until Virginia and New York ceded their western lands (Maryland was afraid that these states would gain too much power in the new government from such large amounts of land). Once the signing took place in 1781, a President was needed to run the country. John Hanson was chosen unanimously by Congress (which included George Washington). In fact, all the other potential candidates refused to run against him, as he was a major player in the revolution and an extremely influential member of Congress.
As the first President, Hanson had quite the shoes to fill. No one had ever been President and the role was poorly defined. His actions in office would set precedent for all future Presidents. He took office just as the Revolutionary War ended. Almost immediately, the troops demanded to be paid. As would be expected after any long war, there were no funds to meet the salaries. As a result, the soldiers threatened to overthrow the new government and put Washington on the throne as a monarch.
All the members of Congress ran for their lives, leaving Hanson as the only guy left running the government. He somehow managed to calm the troops down and hold the country together. If he had failed, the government would have fallen almost immediately and everyone would have been bowing to King Washington. In fact, Hanson sent 800 pounds of sterling siliver by his brother Samuel Hanson to George Washington to provide the troops with shoes. Hanson, as President, ordered all foreign troops off American soil, as well as the removal of all foreign flags. This was quite the feat, considering the fact that so many European countries had a stake in the United States since the days following Columbus.
Hanson established the Great Seal of the United States,
which all Presidents have since been required to use on all official documents.
President Hanson also established the first Treasury Department, the first Secretary of War, and the first Foreign Affairs Department. Lastly, he declared that the fourth Thursday of every November was to be Thanksgiving Day, which is still true today.
The Articles of Confederation only allowed a President to serve a one year term during any three year period, so Hanson actually accomplished quite a bit in such little time.
******Six other presidents were elected after him - Elias Boudinot (1783), Thomas Mifflin (1784), Richard Henry Lee (1785), Nathan Gorman (1786), Arthur St. Clair (1787), and Cyrus Griffin (1788) - all prior to Washington taking office.
Q. So what happened?
Why don't we ever hear about the first seven Presidents of the United States?
It's quite simple - The Articles of Confederation didn't work well. The individual states had too much power and nothing could be agreed upon. A new doctrine needed to be written - something we know as the Constitution. And that leads us to the end of our story.
George Washington was definitely not the first President of the United States. He was the first President of the United States under the Constitution we follow today. And the first seven Presidents are forgotten in history.
FOR DETAILED RESEARCH GENEALOGY CHECK THIS LINK FOR ACTUAL FACTS http://www.presidentjohnhanson.com/
Monday, July 28, 2008
Some history on banking Families
Monday, June 30, 2008
powerful atom-smasher
This collider, called the largest scientific experiment in history, is expected to begin test runs in August. Some fear debut of powerful atom-smasher.
Story Highlights
The machine has been called the largest scientific experiment in history It straddles the French and Swiss border and is buried 330 feet underground. Scientists will hunt for signs of invisible "dark matter" and "dark energy" The safety of the powerful collider has been debated for years
MEYRIN, Switzerland (AP) -- The most powerful atom-smasher ever built could make some bizarre discoveries, such as invisible matter or extra dimensions in space, after it is switched on in August. This collider, called the largest scientific experiment in history, is expected to begin test runs in August. But some critics fear the Large Hadron Collider could exceed physicists' wildest conjectures: Will it spawn a black hole that could swallow Earth? Or spit out particles that could turn the planet into a hot dead clump? Ridiculous, say scientists at the European Organization for Nuclear Research, known by its French initials CERN -- some of whom have been working for a generation on the $5.8 billion collider, or LHC. "Obviously, the world will not end when the LHC switches on," said project leader Lyn Evans. David Francis, a physicist on the collider's huge ATLAS particle detector, smiled when asked whether he worried about black holes and hypothetical killer particles known as strangelets. "If I thought that this was going to happen, I would be well away from here," he said.
The collider basically consists of a ring of supercooled magnets 17 miles in circumference attached to huge barrel-shaped detectors. The ring, which straddles the French and Swiss border, is buried 330 feet underground.
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The machine, which has been called the largest scientific experiment in history, isn't expected to begin test runs until August, and ramping up to full power could take months. But once it is working, it is expected to produce some startling findings.
Scientists plan to hunt for signs of the invisible "dark matter" and "dark energy" that make up more than 96 percent of the universe, and hope to glimpse the elusive Higgs boson, a so-far undiscovered particle thought to give matter its mass. The collider could find evidence of extra dimensions, a boon for superstring theory, which holds that quarks, the particles that make up atoms, are infinitesimal vibrating strings. The theory could resolve many of physics' unanswered questions, but requires about 10 dimensions -- far more than the three spatial dimensions our senses experience. The safety of the collider, which will generate energies seven times higher than its most powerful rival, at Fermilab near Chicago, has been debated for years. The physicist Martin Rees has estimated the chance of an accelerator producing a global catastrophe at one in 50 million -- long odds, to be sure, but about the same as winning some lotteries. By contrast, a CERN team this month issued a report concluding that there is "no conceivable danger" of a cataclysmic event. The report essentially confirmed the findings of a 2003 CERN safety report, and a panel of five prominent scientists not affiliated with CERN, including one Nobel laureate, endorsed its conclusions. Critics of the LHC filed a lawsuit in a Hawaiian court in March seeking to block its startup, alleging that there was "a significant risk that ... operation of the Collider may have unintended consequences which could ultimately result in the destruction of our planet. One of the plaintiffs, Walter L. Wagner, a physicist and lawyer, said Wednesday CERN's safety report, released June 20, "has several major flaws," and his views on the risks of using the particle accelerator had not changed. On Tuesday, U.S. Justice Department lawyers representing the Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation filed a motion to dismiss the case. The two agencies have contributed $531 million to building the collider, and the NSF has agreed to pay $87 million of its annual operating costs. Hundreds of American scientists will participate in the research. The lawyers called the plaintiffs' allegations "extraordinarily speculative," and said "there is no basis for any conceivable threat" from black holes or other objects the LHC might produce. A hearing on the motion is expected in late July or August. In rebutting doomsday scenarios, CERN scientists point out that cosmic rays have been bombarding the earth, and triggering collisions similar to those planned for the collider, since the solar system formed 4.5 billion years ago. And so far, Earth has survived. "The LHC is only going to reproduce what nature does every second, what it has been doing for billions of years," said John Ellis, a British theoretical physicist at CERN. Critics like Wagner have said the collisions caused by accelerators could be more hazardous than those of cosmic rays. Both may produce micro black holes, subatomic versions of cosmic black holes -- collapsed stars whose gravity fields are so powerful that they can suck in planets and other stars. But micro black holes produced by cosmic ray collisions would likely be traveling so fast they would pass harmlessly through the earth. Micro black holes produced by a collider, the skeptics theorize, would move more slowly and might be trapped inside the earth's gravitational field -- and eventually threaten the planet. Ellis said doomsayers assume that the collider will create micro black holes in the first place, which he called unlikely. And even if they appeared, he said, they would instantly evaporate, as predicted by the British physicist Stephen Hawking. As for strangelets, CERN scientists point out that they have never been proven to exist. They said that even if these particles formed inside the Collider they would quickly break down. When the LHC is finally at full power, two beams of protons will race around the huge ring 11,000 times a second in opposite directions. They will travel in two tubes about the width of fire hoses, speeding through a vacuum that is colder and emptier than outer space. Their trajectory will be curved by supercooled magnets -- to guide the beams around the rings and prevent the packets of protons from cutting through the surrounding magnets like a blowtorch. The paths of these beams will cross, and a few of the protons in them will collide, at a series of cylindrical detectors along the ring. The two largest detectors are essentially huge digital cameras, each weighing thousands of tons, capable of taking millions of snapshots a second. Each year the detectors will generate 15 petabytes of data, the equivalent of a stack of CDs 12 miles tall. The data will require a high speed global network of computers for analysis. Wagner and others filed a lawsuit to halt operation of the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider, or RHIC, at the Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York state in 1999. The courts dismissed the suit. The leafy campus of CERN, a short drive from the shores of Lake Geneva, hardly seems like ground zero for doomsday. And locals don't seem overly concerned. Thousands attended an open house here this spring. "There is a huge army of scientists who know what they are talking about and are sleeping quite soundly as far as concerns the LHC," said project leader Evans.
Copyright 2008 The Associated Press.
CNN website:http://www. cnn. com/2008/TECH/06/30/doomsdaycollider. ap/index. html
Story Highlights
The machine has been called the largest scientific experiment in history It straddles the French and Swiss border and is buried 330 feet underground. Scientists will hunt for signs of invisible "dark matter" and "dark energy" The safety of the powerful collider has been debated for years
MEYRIN, Switzerland (AP) -- The most powerful atom-smasher ever built could make some bizarre discoveries, such as invisible matter or extra dimensions in space, after it is switched on in August. This collider, called the largest scientific experiment in history, is expected to begin test runs in August. But some critics fear the Large Hadron Collider could exceed physicists' wildest conjectures: Will it spawn a black hole that could swallow Earth? Or spit out particles that could turn the planet into a hot dead clump? Ridiculous, say scientists at the European Organization for Nuclear Research, known by its French initials CERN -- some of whom have been working for a generation on the $5.8 billion collider, or LHC. "Obviously, the world will not end when the LHC switches on," said project leader Lyn Evans. David Francis, a physicist on the collider's huge ATLAS particle detector, smiled when asked whether he worried about black holes and hypothetical killer particles known as strangelets. "If I thought that this was going to happen, I would be well away from here," he said.
The collider basically consists of a ring of supercooled magnets 17 miles in circumference attached to huge barrel-shaped detectors. The ring, which straddles the French and Swiss border, is buried 330 feet underground.
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The machine, which has been called the largest scientific experiment in history, isn't expected to begin test runs until August, and ramping up to full power could take months. But once it is working, it is expected to produce some startling findings.
Scientists plan to hunt for signs of the invisible "dark matter" and "dark energy" that make up more than 96 percent of the universe, and hope to glimpse the elusive Higgs boson, a so-far undiscovered particle thought to give matter its mass. The collider could find evidence of extra dimensions, a boon for superstring theory, which holds that quarks, the particles that make up atoms, are infinitesimal vibrating strings. The theory could resolve many of physics' unanswered questions, but requires about 10 dimensions -- far more than the three spatial dimensions our senses experience. The safety of the collider, which will generate energies seven times higher than its most powerful rival, at Fermilab near Chicago, has been debated for years. The physicist Martin Rees has estimated the chance of an accelerator producing a global catastrophe at one in 50 million -- long odds, to be sure, but about the same as winning some lotteries. By contrast, a CERN team this month issued a report concluding that there is "no conceivable danger" of a cataclysmic event. The report essentially confirmed the findings of a 2003 CERN safety report, and a panel of five prominent scientists not affiliated with CERN, including one Nobel laureate, endorsed its conclusions. Critics of the LHC filed a lawsuit in a Hawaiian court in March seeking to block its startup, alleging that there was "a significant risk that ... operation of the Collider may have unintended consequences which could ultimately result in the destruction of our planet. One of the plaintiffs, Walter L. Wagner, a physicist and lawyer, said Wednesday CERN's safety report, released June 20, "has several major flaws," and his views on the risks of using the particle accelerator had not changed. On Tuesday, U.S. Justice Department lawyers representing the Department of Energy and the National Science Foundation filed a motion to dismiss the case. The two agencies have contributed $531 million to building the collider, and the NSF has agreed to pay $87 million of its annual operating costs. Hundreds of American scientists will participate in the research. The lawyers called the plaintiffs' allegations "extraordinarily speculative," and said "there is no basis for any conceivable threat" from black holes or other objects the LHC might produce. A hearing on the motion is expected in late July or August. In rebutting doomsday scenarios, CERN scientists point out that cosmic rays have been bombarding the earth, and triggering collisions similar to those planned for the collider, since the solar system formed 4.5 billion years ago. And so far, Earth has survived. "The LHC is only going to reproduce what nature does every second, what it has been doing for billions of years," said John Ellis, a British theoretical physicist at CERN. Critics like Wagner have said the collisions caused by accelerators could be more hazardous than those of cosmic rays. Both may produce micro black holes, subatomic versions of cosmic black holes -- collapsed stars whose gravity fields are so powerful that they can suck in planets and other stars. But micro black holes produced by cosmic ray collisions would likely be traveling so fast they would pass harmlessly through the earth. Micro black holes produced by a collider, the skeptics theorize, would move more slowly and might be trapped inside the earth's gravitational field -- and eventually threaten the planet. Ellis said doomsayers assume that the collider will create micro black holes in the first place, which he called unlikely. And even if they appeared, he said, they would instantly evaporate, as predicted by the British physicist Stephen Hawking. As for strangelets, CERN scientists point out that they have never been proven to exist. They said that even if these particles formed inside the Collider they would quickly break down. When the LHC is finally at full power, two beams of protons will race around the huge ring 11,000 times a second in opposite directions. They will travel in two tubes about the width of fire hoses, speeding through a vacuum that is colder and emptier than outer space. Their trajectory will be curved by supercooled magnets -- to guide the beams around the rings and prevent the packets of protons from cutting through the surrounding magnets like a blowtorch. The paths of these beams will cross, and a few of the protons in them will collide, at a series of cylindrical detectors along the ring. The two largest detectors are essentially huge digital cameras, each weighing thousands of tons, capable of taking millions of snapshots a second. Each year the detectors will generate 15 petabytes of data, the equivalent of a stack of CDs 12 miles tall. The data will require a high speed global network of computers for analysis. Wagner and others filed a lawsuit to halt operation of the Relativistic Heavy Ion Collider, or RHIC, at the Brookhaven National Laboratory in New York state in 1999. The courts dismissed the suit. The leafy campus of CERN, a short drive from the shores of Lake Geneva, hardly seems like ground zero for doomsday. And locals don't seem overly concerned. Thousands attended an open house here this spring. "There is a huge army of scientists who know what they are talking about and are sleeping quite soundly as far as concerns the LHC," said project leader Evans.
Copyright 2008 The Associated Press.
CNN website:http://www. cnn. com/2008/TECH/06/30/doomsdaycollider. ap/index. html
Sunday, June 15, 2008
WOW This is devilishment @ it's finest The War Against Nature
The prospect of all-female conception
Friday, 13 April 2007
Women might soon be able to produce sperm in a development that could allow lesbian couples to have their own biological daughters, according to a pioneering study published today.
Scientists are seeking ethical permission to produce synthetic sperm cells from a woman's bone marrow tissue after showing that it possible to produce rudimentary sperm cells from male bone-marrow tissue.
The researchers said they had already produced early sperm cells from bone-marrow tissue taken from men. They believe the findings show that it may be possible to restore fertility to men who cannot naturally produce their own sperm.
But the results also raise the prospect of being able to take bone-marrow tissue from women and coaxing the stem cells within the female tissue to develop into sperm cells, said Professor Karim Nayernia of the University of Newcastle upon Tyne.
Creating sperm from women would mean they would only be able to produce daughters because the Y chromosome of male sperm would still be needed to produce sons. The latest research brings the prospect of female-only conception a step closer.
"Theoretically is it possible," Professor Nayernia said. "The problem is whether the sperm cells are functional or not. I don't think there is an ethical barrier, so long as it's safe. We are in the process of applying for ethical approval. We are preparing now to apply to use the existing bone marrow stem cell bank here in Newcastle. We need permission from the patient who supplied the bone marrow, the ethics committee and the hospital itself."
If sperm cells can be developed from female bone-marrow tissue they will be matured in the laboratory and tested for their ability to penetrate the outer "shell" of a hamster's egg - a standard fertility test for sperm.
"We want to test the functionality of any male and female sperm that is made by this way," Professor Nayernia said. But he said there was no intention at this stage to produce female sperm that would be used to fertilise a human egg, a move that would require the approval of the Human Fertilisation and Embryology Authority.
The immediate aim is to see if female bone marrow can be lured into developing into the stem cells that can make sperm cells. The ultimate aim is to discover if these secondary stem cells can then be made into other useful tissues of the body, he said.
The latest findings, published in the journal Reproduction: Gamete Biology, show that male bone marrow can be used to make the early "spermatagonial" stem cells that normally mature into fully developed sperm cells.
"Our next goal is to see if we can get the spermatagonial stem cells to progress to mature sperm in the laboratory and this should take around three to five years of experiments," Professor Nayernia said.
Last year, Professor Nayernia led scientists at the University of Gottingen in Germany who became the first to produce viable artificial sperm from mouse embryonic stem cells, which were used to produce seven live offspring.
His latest work on stem cells derived from human bone marrow suggests that it could be possible to develop the techniques to help men who cannot produce their own sperm naturally.
"We're very excited about this discovery, particularly as our earlier work in mice suggests that we could develop this work even further," Professor Nayernia said.
Whether the scientists will ever be able to develop the techniques to help real patients - male or female - will depend on future legislation that the Government is preparing as a replacement to the existing Human Fertilisation and Embryology Act.
A White Paper on genetics suggested that artificial gametes produced from the ordinary "somatic" tissue of the body may be banned from being used to fertilise human eggs by in vitro fertilisation.
Making babies without men - a literary view
LYSISTRATA
Aristophanes (c. 411BC)
After 21 years of war, the women of Athens, led by Lysistrata, take matters into their own hands. Lysistrata suggests every wife and mistress should refuse all sexual favours until peacetime. Before long it proves effective, peace is concluded and the play ends with festivities.
HERLAND
Charlotte Perkins Gilman (1914)
On the eve of the First World War, an isolated society entirely comprising Aryan women is discovered by three male explorers. The women reproduce asexually and live in an ideal society without war and domination. This feminist utopia is a 20th-century vehicle for Gilman's then-unconventional views of male and female behaviour, motherhood, individuality, and sexuality. It is said to be based on Gilman's version of utopia through Aryan separatism.
DISAPPEARANCE
Philip Wylie (1978)
At four minutes and 52 seconds past four one afternoon, the world shatters into two parallel universes as men vanish from women and women from men. With families and loved ones separated from one another, life continues very differently as an explosion of violence sweeps one world while stability and peace break down in the other.
THE CLEFT
Doris Lessing (2007)
In her novel, which has made this year's International Man Booker shortlist, Lessing portrays a group of near-amphibious women who have no need of men, known as Squirts, as they are impregnated by the wind, wave or moon. But this is no feminist utopia: the women behave brutally, mutilating male babies before placing them on a rock for eagles to devour. The eagles turn out to be the men's allies, transporting the babies to the forest where they are suckled by does. Lessing reveals she was inspired by a scientific claim that "the primal human stock was probably female, and that males came along later, as a kind of cosmic afterthought".
Friday, May 23, 2008
A.I.D.S repressed
Bone marrow transplant suppresses AIDS in patient
Wed Nov 12, 8:07 pm ET
BERLIN (Reuters) – A bone marrow transplant using stem cells from a donor with natural genetic resistance to the AIDS virus has left an HIV patient free of infection for nearly two years, German researchers.
The patient, an American living in Berlin, was infected with the human immunodeficiency virus that causes AIDS and also had leukemia. The best treatment for the leukemia was a bone marrow transplant, which takes the stem cells from a healthy donor's immune system to replace the patient's cancer-ridden cells.
Dr. Gero Hutter and Thomas Schneider of the Clinic for Gastroenterology, Infections and Rheumatology of the Berlin Charite hospital said on Wednesday the team sought a bone marrow donor who had a genetic mutation known to help the body resist AIDS infection.
The mutation affects a receptor, a cellular doorway, called CCR5 that the AIDS virus uses to get into the cells it infects.
When they found a donor with the mutation, they used that bone marrow to treat the patient. Not only did the leukemia disappear, but so did the HIV.
"As of today, more than 20 months after the successful transplant, no HIV can be detected in the patient," the clinic said in a statement.
"We performed all tests, not only with blood but also with other reservoirs," Schneider told a news conference.
"But we cannot exclude the possibility that it's still there."
The researchers stressed that this would never become a standard treatment for HIV. Bone marrow stem cell transplants are rigorous and dangerous and require the patient to first have his or her own bone marrow completely destroyed.
Patients risk death from even the most minor infections because they have no immune system until the stem cells can grow and replace their own.
HIV has no cure and is always fatal. Cocktails of drugs can keep the virus suppressed, sometimes to undetectable levels. But research shows the virus never disappears -- it lurks in so-called reservoirs throughout the body.
Hutter's team said they have been unable to find any trace of the virus in their 42-year-old patient, who remains unnamed, but that does not mean it is not there.
"The virus is tricky. It can always return," Hutter said.
The CCR5 mutation is found in about 3 percent of Europeans, the researchers said. They said the study suggests that gene therapy, a highly experimental technology, might someday be used to help treat patients with HIV.
(Reporting by Oliver Denzer; Writing by Maggie Fox in Washington; Editing by Vicki Allen)
Wed Nov 12, 8:07 pm ET
BERLIN (Reuters) – A bone marrow transplant using stem cells from a donor with natural genetic resistance to the AIDS virus has left an HIV patient free of infection for nearly two years, German researchers.
The patient, an American living in Berlin, was infected with the human immunodeficiency virus that causes AIDS and also had leukemia. The best treatment for the leukemia was a bone marrow transplant, which takes the stem cells from a healthy donor's immune system to replace the patient's cancer-ridden cells.
Dr. Gero Hutter and Thomas Schneider of the Clinic for Gastroenterology, Infections and Rheumatology of the Berlin Charite hospital said on Wednesday the team sought a bone marrow donor who had a genetic mutation known to help the body resist AIDS infection.
The mutation affects a receptor, a cellular doorway, called CCR5 that the AIDS virus uses to get into the cells it infects.
When they found a donor with the mutation, they used that bone marrow to treat the patient. Not only did the leukemia disappear, but so did the HIV.
"As of today, more than 20 months after the successful transplant, no HIV can be detected in the patient," the clinic said in a statement.
"We performed all tests, not only with blood but also with other reservoirs," Schneider told a news conference.
"But we cannot exclude the possibility that it's still there."
The researchers stressed that this would never become a standard treatment for HIV. Bone marrow stem cell transplants are rigorous and dangerous and require the patient to first have his or her own bone marrow completely destroyed.
Patients risk death from even the most minor infections because they have no immune system until the stem cells can grow and replace their own.
HIV has no cure and is always fatal. Cocktails of drugs can keep the virus suppressed, sometimes to undetectable levels. But research shows the virus never disappears -- it lurks in so-called reservoirs throughout the body.
Hutter's team said they have been unable to find any trace of the virus in their 42-year-old patient, who remains unnamed, but that does not mean it is not there.
"The virus is tricky. It can always return," Hutter said.
The CCR5 mutation is found in about 3 percent of Europeans, the researchers said. They said the study suggests that gene therapy, a highly experimental technology, might someday be used to help treat patients with HIV.
(Reporting by Oliver Denzer; Writing by Maggie Fox in Washington; Editing by Vicki Allen)
Sunday, May 18, 2008
Thursday, April 3, 2008
War on Drugs Looks like people to me
The so-called "war on drugs" has created a national disaster: 1 in 9 young Black men in America are now behind bars.1 It's not because they commit more crime but largely because of unfair sentencing rules that treat 5 grams of crack cocaine, the kind found in poor Black communities, the same as 500 grams of powder cocaine2, the kind found in White and wealthier communities.
These sentencing laws are destroying communities across the country and have done almost nothing to reduce the level of drug use and crime. Senator Joe Biden is one of the original creators of these laws and is now trying to fix the problem.3 But some of his colleagues on the Senate Judiciary Committee are standing in the way. Join us in telling them to stand with Joe Biden and undo this disaster once and for all:
http://colorofchange. org/crackpowder/?id=2338-189889
At every step in the criminal justice system, Black people are at a disadvantage -- we are more likely to be arrested, charged, and convicted, but less likely to have access to good legal representation, and get out of prison on parole.4 While there's no denying that the presence of crack has a hugely negative impact in Black communities across the country, it's clear that the overly harsh crack sentencing laws have done more to feed the broken system than improve our communities. You have to be convicted of moving roughly $500,000 worth of cocaine to trigger a 5-year sentence.5 For crack? About $500 worth.6 These laws punish the lowest-level dealers, while providing a loophole that helps those running the trade escape harsh sentences. Recently, attention has turned to these ill-conceived policies as prisons burst at the seams with non-violent drug offenders. The U.S. Sentencing Commission, which provides sentencing guidelines for judges, has petitioned Congress numerous times to change the sentencing laws.7 Senator Biden was actually one of the original architects of the disparity, but now he's working to undo the damage with a new bill in Congress (Senate bill 1711). The new law will completely eliminate the sentencing disparity and end the mandatory minimum for crack possession, while increasing funding for drug treatment programs and providing additional resources for investigating and prosecuting major cocaine kingpins. But of course, there are foes of this plan. Others want to see the disparity reduced to 20-to-1 or 10-to-1, but not eliminated. As Bill Piper of the Drug Policy Alliance recently said, that "would be like amending the Constitution's three-fifths clause to make African-Americans fourth-fifths citizens or desegregating 60 percent of public establishments instead of all of them."9 Senators on the Judiciary Committee need to hear that there is strong support for a full elimination of the disparity. We can take this opportunity to join the Sentencing Commission and countless other advocates in calling on Congress to change this unjust law.
Please join us:
http://colorofchange. org/crackpowder/?id=2338-189889
Thank You and Peace,
-- James, Van, Gabriel, Clarissa, Mervyn, Andre, and the rest of the ColorOfChange. org team
March 26th, 2008
References:
1. "1 in 100 U.S.
Adults Behind Bars, New Study Says," New York Times, 02-28-08
http://www. nytimes. com/2008/02/28/us/28cnd-prison. html
2.
"Crack/Cocaine Sentencing Disparity," Drug Policy Alliance
http://www. drugpolicy. org/drugwar/mandatorymin/crackpowder. cfm
3.
"Legislative Proposals for Reform of the Crack/Cocaine Disparity," Drug Policy Alliance, 09-07-07
http://www. drugpolicy. org/library/factsheets/raceandthedr/crack_cocaine. cfm
4.
"Annotated Bibliography: Racial Disparities in the Criminal Justice System," Sentencing Project
http://...com/297waj
5.
"Cocaine Price/Purity Analysis of STRIDE Data," Drug Enforcement Agency
http://www. dea. gov/concern/cocaine_prices_purity. html
6.
"Cocaine Addiction," Dual Diagnosis Treatment Center
http://www. dual-diagnosis-treatment-center. com/cocaine-addiction. html
7.
"BIDEN Calls for an End to Crack/Powder Cocaine Sentencing Disparity," Biden for Senate, 02-13-08
http://...com/2bb959
8. See reference 3.
9."Congress to Hold Historic Hearing Tuesday on Draconian 100-to-1 Crack/Powder Sentencing Disparity," Drug Policy Alliance, 02-25-08
http://www. drugpolicy. org/news/pressroom/pr022508. cfm
Additional resources:
"Race and the Drug War," Drug Policy Alliance
http://www. drugpolicy. org/communities/race/
"Federal Crack Cocaine Sentencing," The Sentencing Project
http://www. sentencingproject. org/PublicationDetails. aspx?PublicationID=573
These sentencing laws are destroying communities across the country and have done almost nothing to reduce the level of drug use and crime. Senator Joe Biden is one of the original creators of these laws and is now trying to fix the problem.3 But some of his colleagues on the Senate Judiciary Committee are standing in the way. Join us in telling them to stand with Joe Biden and undo this disaster once and for all:
http://colorofchange. org/crackpowder/?id=2338-189889
At every step in the criminal justice system, Black people are at a disadvantage -- we are more likely to be arrested, charged, and convicted, but less likely to have access to good legal representation, and get out of prison on parole.4 While there's no denying that the presence of crack has a hugely negative impact in Black communities across the country, it's clear that the overly harsh crack sentencing laws have done more to feed the broken system than improve our communities. You have to be convicted of moving roughly $500,000 worth of cocaine to trigger a 5-year sentence.5 For crack? About $500 worth.6 These laws punish the lowest-level dealers, while providing a loophole that helps those running the trade escape harsh sentences. Recently, attention has turned to these ill-conceived policies as prisons burst at the seams with non-violent drug offenders. The U.S. Sentencing Commission, which provides sentencing guidelines for judges, has petitioned Congress numerous times to change the sentencing laws.7 Senator Biden was actually one of the original architects of the disparity, but now he's working to undo the damage with a new bill in Congress (Senate bill 1711). The new law will completely eliminate the sentencing disparity and end the mandatory minimum for crack possession, while increasing funding for drug treatment programs and providing additional resources for investigating and prosecuting major cocaine kingpins. But of course, there are foes of this plan. Others want to see the disparity reduced to 20-to-1 or 10-to-1, but not eliminated. As Bill Piper of the Drug Policy Alliance recently said, that "would be like amending the Constitution's three-fifths clause to make African-Americans fourth-fifths citizens or desegregating 60 percent of public establishments instead of all of them."9 Senators on the Judiciary Committee need to hear that there is strong support for a full elimination of the disparity. We can take this opportunity to join the Sentencing Commission and countless other advocates in calling on Congress to change this unjust law.
Please join us:
http://colorofchange. org/crackpowder/?id=2338-189889
Thank You and Peace,
-- James, Van, Gabriel, Clarissa, Mervyn, Andre, and the rest of the ColorOfChange. org team
March 26th, 2008
References:
1. "1 in 100 U.S.
Adults Behind Bars, New Study Says," New York Times, 02-28-08
http://www. nytimes. com/2008/02/28/us/28cnd-prison. html
2.
"Crack/Cocaine Sentencing Disparity," Drug Policy Alliance
http://www. drugpolicy. org/drugwar/mandatorymin/crackpowder. cfm
3.
"Legislative Proposals for Reform of the Crack/Cocaine Disparity," Drug Policy Alliance, 09-07-07
http://www. drugpolicy. org/library/factsheets/raceandthedr/crack_cocaine. cfm
4.
"Annotated Bibliography: Racial Disparities in the Criminal Justice System," Sentencing Project
http://...com/297waj
5.
"Cocaine Price/Purity Analysis of STRIDE Data," Drug Enforcement Agency
http://www. dea. gov/concern/cocaine_prices_purity. html
6.
"Cocaine Addiction," Dual Diagnosis Treatment Center
http://www. dual-diagnosis-treatment-center. com/cocaine-addiction. html
7.
"BIDEN Calls for an End to Crack/Powder Cocaine Sentencing Disparity," Biden for Senate, 02-13-08
http://...com/2bb959
8. See reference 3.
9."Congress to Hold Historic Hearing Tuesday on Draconian 100-to-1 Crack/Powder Sentencing Disparity," Drug Policy Alliance, 02-25-08
http://www. drugpolicy. org/news/pressroom/pr022508. cfm
Additional resources:
"Race and the Drug War," Drug Policy Alliance
http://www. drugpolicy. org/communities/race/
"Federal Crack Cocaine Sentencing," The Sentencing Project
http://www. sentencingproject. org/PublicationDetails. aspx?PublicationID=573
Monday, March 24, 2008
Face Book Now Myspace recording all we do
BBC NEWS
What Myspace means to Murdoch
* Analysis *
By Jeremy Scott-Joynt
BBC News business reporter
* Just three months ago, news magnate Rupert Murdoch made an unusual
admission.
*He had realised, he told a high-powered audience at the American Society
of Newspaper Editors in Washington DC, that he had got something rather
important rather wrong. News Corporation, the global media group he controls, had failed
properly to engage with the online world - and risked losing its
hard-won position in news as a result. As a "digital immigrant" - as he described himself - he acknowledged he found it difficult to visualize how News Corp should change its ways. But he had no doubt that radical change was coming, and that it was inevitable. Commentators took the unusual "mea culpa" as a sign that News Corp was gearing up for a wholesale revamp of its approach to the internet. On 19 July, what appears to be the first really substantive part of the
new strategy swung into action: the purchase, for $580m, of the firm behind the wildly popular Myspace. com online community.
* Deja vu? *
Cynics may charge that Mr Murdoch has been here before. In 1999, another keynote speech laid out lofty ambitions for News Corp online - only for several well-financed operations to close down within months of their launch.
* Young people don't want to rely on a God-like figure from above to
tell them what's important *
Rupert Murdoch
Before that came failed initiatives such as Delphi Internet in the
mid-1990s, an online service which mingled News Corp's UK content with
US material and failed to capture anyone's imagination, and an abortive
internet service provider experiment called LineOne.
* Everyone's an editor *
Even so, buying Intermix - and thus Myspace - seems to match the
requirements Mr Murdoch laid down in his 13 April speech. The central message was that the days of newspapers editing content into a one-size-fits-all package to be consumed without question by the reader were numbered. Young people "don't want to rely on a God-like figure from above to tell them what's important," Mr Murdoch said. "And to carry the religion analogy a bit further, they certainly don't want news presented as gospel. "Instead, they want their news on demand, when it works for them. They want control over their media, instead of being controlled by it. They want to question, to probe, to offer a different angle."
Myspace fits neatly into that definition.
It is a network of pages - most set up by individuals, some by musicians and other creative types - each mixing self-generated text and pictures, links to other content elsewhere, and streamed music and video to create networks of friends and contacts. The result is a densely interwoven community, which its adherents - 14 million a month, by some measures - say is highly addictive. Not that different, in fact, from Mr Murdoch's description of a world
where users act as their own editors, choosing their own news and
content from the huge range of possibilities available online. Of course, every page of Myspace content contains adverts - and Mr Murdoch left his listeners in no doubt that their books would bleed red ink unless they found ways of exploiting the boom in online advertising.
* Backing brands *
What remains unclear is where the other part of Mr Murdoch's vision fits
in. Later in his speech, he talked of the importance of brands - the heart,
after all, of the News Corp empire. Despite the doomsaying, newspaper journalists and editors were perfectly positioned to keep supplying the core content on which the
communications communities would be built, he said. "We have the experience, the brands, the resources, and the know-how to get it done. We have unique content to differentiate ourselves in a world where news is becoming increasingly commoditized."That may prove challenging - after all, suspicion of existing media outlets is rife in weblogs and other chatty outposts of the web. Then again, earlier in July News Corp announced the launch of Fox Interactive Media, a hub for Fox news, sport and entertainment in the US. Myspace, News Corp says, could drive traffic to Fox Interactive Media. And most importantly, Myspace has detailed logs of its users'
preferences, online behaviour and personal information. That could help the company tailor what it does to the ever-more-discerning market which Mr Murdoch believes he has identified.
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news. bbc. co. uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/business/4697671. stm
Published: 2005/07/19 16:23:53 GMT
© BBC MMVIII
What Myspace means to Murdoch
* Analysis *
By Jeremy Scott-Joynt
BBC News business reporter
* Just three months ago, news magnate Rupert Murdoch made an unusual
admission.
*He had realised, he told a high-powered audience at the American Society
of Newspaper Editors in Washington DC, that he had got something rather
important rather wrong. News Corporation, the global media group he controls, had failed
properly to engage with the online world - and risked losing its
hard-won position in news as a result. As a "digital immigrant" - as he described himself - he acknowledged he found it difficult to visualize how News Corp should change its ways. But he had no doubt that radical change was coming, and that it was inevitable. Commentators took the unusual "mea culpa" as a sign that News Corp was gearing up for a wholesale revamp of its approach to the internet. On 19 July, what appears to be the first really substantive part of the
new strategy swung into action: the purchase, for $580m, of the firm behind the wildly popular Myspace. com online community.
* Deja vu? *
Cynics may charge that Mr Murdoch has been here before. In 1999, another keynote speech laid out lofty ambitions for News Corp online - only for several well-financed operations to close down within months of their launch.
* Young people don't want to rely on a God-like figure from above to
tell them what's important *
Rupert Murdoch
Before that came failed initiatives such as Delphi Internet in the
mid-1990s, an online service which mingled News Corp's UK content with
US material and failed to capture anyone's imagination, and an abortive
internet service provider experiment called LineOne.
* Everyone's an editor *
Even so, buying Intermix - and thus Myspace - seems to match the
requirements Mr Murdoch laid down in his 13 April speech. The central message was that the days of newspapers editing content into a one-size-fits-all package to be consumed without question by the reader were numbered. Young people "don't want to rely on a God-like figure from above to tell them what's important," Mr Murdoch said. "And to carry the religion analogy a bit further, they certainly don't want news presented as gospel. "Instead, they want their news on demand, when it works for them. They want control over their media, instead of being controlled by it. They want to question, to probe, to offer a different angle."
Myspace fits neatly into that definition.
It is a network of pages - most set up by individuals, some by musicians and other creative types - each mixing self-generated text and pictures, links to other content elsewhere, and streamed music and video to create networks of friends and contacts. The result is a densely interwoven community, which its adherents - 14 million a month, by some measures - say is highly addictive. Not that different, in fact, from Mr Murdoch's description of a world
where users act as their own editors, choosing their own news and
content from the huge range of possibilities available online. Of course, every page of Myspace content contains adverts - and Mr Murdoch left his listeners in no doubt that their books would bleed red ink unless they found ways of exploiting the boom in online advertising.
* Backing brands *
What remains unclear is where the other part of Mr Murdoch's vision fits
in. Later in his speech, he talked of the importance of brands - the heart,
after all, of the News Corp empire. Despite the doomsaying, newspaper journalists and editors were perfectly positioned to keep supplying the core content on which the
communications communities would be built, he said. "We have the experience, the brands, the resources, and the know-how to get it done. We have unique content to differentiate ourselves in a world where news is becoming increasingly commoditized."That may prove challenging - after all, suspicion of existing media outlets is rife in weblogs and other chatty outposts of the web. Then again, earlier in July News Corp announced the launch of Fox Interactive Media, a hub for Fox news, sport and entertainment in the US. Myspace, News Corp says, could drive traffic to Fox Interactive Media. And most importantly, Myspace has detailed logs of its users'
preferences, online behaviour and personal information. That could help the company tailor what it does to the ever-more-discerning market which Mr Murdoch believes he has identified.
Story from BBC NEWS:
http://news. bbc. co. uk/go/pr/fr/-/1/hi/business/4697671. stm
Published: 2005/07/19 16:23:53 GMT
© BBC MMVIII
The Artist friendly Contract
The Artist-Friendly Contract
by Keith Holzman,
Keith Holzman Solutions Unlimited.
All rights reserved.
It’s been a number of years since I’ve written about artist contracts, but it’s a subject much on my mind lately because I’ve been seeing agreements that would curl your hair. I’m not an attorney so I advise all my clients to retain an experienced entertainment lawyer to draft their own standard artist agreement, but I’m making the suggestions below based on my many years’ involvement with them.
I’ve always stressed to my clients that their contacts be artist-friendly, and I mean this from two standpoints. First, they should be fair and even-handed in the terms and provisions. Second, they should be written so that the average person can readily understand what they mean.
These are some of the things record labels should consider when writing artist agreements.
Term. Be sure the "term" -- the period of time the agreement is in effect -- is clearly stated. Some are so complicated that it takes an Aztec calendar and an abacus to calculate how long they run, and then lawyers are frequently in disagreement when they try to interpret them. The same should also apply to the definition and length of option periods.
Royalty Base. The royalty base should be 100 percent of either
suggested retail list price (SRLP,) or the label’s price to its distributor, or the distributor’s average price to its dealers (PPD.) Whichever of these is used, it should be clearly stated as such, and the calculated royalty should be proportionate. In other words, the artist’s royalty should be more or less the same no matter which of the above is the basis. For example, a 10 percent royalty based on an SRLP of $14.98 would be about $1.50, but if based on the label’s price to its distributor (about $7.50 -- roughly 50 percent of retail) then you’d need to double the artist’s royalty to about 20 percent to come up with the same $1.50.
Deductions. Forget about packaging deductions which has been common but unnecessary since CDs have been typically issued in jewel cases. This provision is a throwback to the 60’s when such a deduction might have been necessary when artists commonly requested expensive packaging including gatefold jackets and booklets with lyrics and lots of photos. I can see some rationale for a deduction for expensive Digipaks¨. But that’s about it.
There’s also no need for deductions for such standard configurations as CDs, cassettes, etc. The CD deduction dates back to the early 80’s when it was a new and unproved configuration and the actual cost of manufacture was about three times higher than the then-prevailing LP. That’s when the "new technology" clause started creeping into contracts.
And of course there should certainly be no deductions for downloaded sales. I’ve seen contracts where there’s a packaging deduction taken even for these sales that have no package at all!
Territory. Clearly state the territories that are covered. If it’s the World then say so. But "parallel universes" -- as in some contracts? Get real!
Ownership of masters is frequently another sore point. It’s my opinion that masters should always revert to the artist in the case where a label closes shop and hasn’t sold its assets. Some agreements stipulate that, should the label go under or be in default for not paying royalties, ownership of the masters will revert to the artist.
If the recording is a "work for hire" then that should be stated as such, with a clear explanation what the term means.
Royalty percentages should be clearly stated for each configuration and price category, particularly for digital sales.
Free Goods. I’m not a great believer in using free goods to promote the sale of CDs because this practice has been severely abused by many labels and accounts. If you must utilize free goods, I recommend you limit their use contractually to a defined amount, but in any event no more than 10 percent, which I believe is itself too high.
Controlled Compositions are those that are written by the artist or producer, and for which most labels prefer to pay less -- typically 75 percent of the statutory amount. This can be very unfair to an artist and his publisher, but it’s one way for a label to control its costs.
Co-publishing. Many labels try to obtain a portion of a writing artist’s publishing. This is typically 50 percent of the publisher’s portion, allowing the artist to retain the other 50 percent of the publisher’s portion as well as 100 percent of the writer’s portion. Therefore the writing artist would own three quarters of all the publishing with the label retaining the other quarter. I believe this is a fair provision, provided that the label’s publishing division actively works to promote the copyrights involved.
Cross Collateralization between publishing and record royalties is attempted in some contracts, but this is a no-no and is extremely unfair to an artist who writes his own material. More common is crossing multiple releases so that positive royalties from higher selling albums are crossed with losses from poorer selling ones. This is not unreasonable in cases where a label has actively been developing an artist’s career and is thus an opportunity for a label to try to recoup some of its losses.
Tour Support. Most independent labels can’t afford to spend much in the way of assisting an artist’s touring, other than through use of the label’s publicity department to support the artist’s efforts. However, if a label helps support the artist while on tour, then it’s reasonable that it be a recoupable cost.
Independent Publicity, Promotion, and Marketing. Many small labels don’t have fully staffed departments to handle these functions so in the event they hire outside specialists, it’s not unreasonable that a portion -- no more than 50 percent -- be recoupable from the artist’s royalties.
Merchandising. It’s becoming quite common for labels to negotiate for a percentage of an artist’s merchandising income. I don’t think this is unreasonable for those labels who actively work to develop their artists’ careers, but I think it very unreasonable otherwise.
Artist Approvals should be requested whenever feasible, but these should not be contractually offered. I’ve seen too many occasions where artist’s unreasonably withheld approvals and impaired a project
and its release.
I don’t recommend that a label contracts with an artist who is underage. This can create untold problems, even when parents sign an agreement. I suggest waiting until the artist has reached majority.
Profit Sharing. There are many occasions when an artist or group will record an entire album paying for all the costs as they proceed, without requesting funds from the label. This is particularly common when an artist is not yet signed and records an album on his own. In this event a label and the artist may enter into a simple profit-sharing plan, where all recording, manufacturing and marketing costs from both sides are pooled. Then net income after accounting for expenses is split, usually on a 50/50 basis.
You might include in your contract a comment recommending that the artist seek the advice of a competent attorney thoroughly familiar with record industry practice.
In order to keep an agreement reasonably simple, some attorneys put all of the definitions, and certain other boilerplate, in a discrete part of the contract. These are items that will usually remain standard for all of a label’s agreements and simplifies the negotiating person’s work and reduces the amount of typing by an assistant or paralegal. The definitions will include all of the standard words that require strict explanation so that there will be no confusion over terminology.
In sum, I believe that a label should be as fair as possible in signing an artist. After all, this should be like a partnership where both artist and label share any bounty. Contracts should be just that -- an agreement between both parties that is fair and equitable, creating a win-win situation for all. In short, don’t be greedy.
Until next month,
Keith Holzman -- Solutions Unlimited
Keith Holzman is the principal of Solutions Unlimited, a management consultant specializing in the recording industry. A trusted advisor and troubleshooter, he is a seasoned music business senior executive with extensive experience in all aspects of running a label. He was President of ROM Records, Managing Director of Discovery Records, Senior Vice President of Elektra, and Director of Nonesuch Records. He publishes "Manage for Success," a free monthly email newsletter devoted to solving problems of the record industry. You can subscribe at his website .
"IT’S NO LONGER SMART TO BE DUMB!"
by Keith Holzman,
Keith Holzman Solutions Unlimited.
All rights reserved.
It’s been a number of years since I’ve written about artist contracts, but it’s a subject much on my mind lately because I’ve been seeing agreements that would curl your hair. I’m not an attorney so I advise all my clients to retain an experienced entertainment lawyer to draft their own standard artist agreement, but I’m making the suggestions below based on my many years’ involvement with them.
I’ve always stressed to my clients that their contacts be artist-friendly, and I mean this from two standpoints. First, they should be fair and even-handed in the terms and provisions. Second, they should be written so that the average person can readily understand what they mean.
These are some of the things record labels should consider when writing artist agreements.
Term. Be sure the "term" -- the period of time the agreement is in effect -- is clearly stated. Some are so complicated that it takes an Aztec calendar and an abacus to calculate how long they run, and then lawyers are frequently in disagreement when they try to interpret them. The same should also apply to the definition and length of option periods.
Royalty Base. The royalty base should be 100 percent of either
suggested retail list price (SRLP,) or the label’s price to its distributor, or the distributor’s average price to its dealers (PPD.) Whichever of these is used, it should be clearly stated as such, and the calculated royalty should be proportionate. In other words, the artist’s royalty should be more or less the same no matter which of the above is the basis. For example, a 10 percent royalty based on an SRLP of $14.98 would be about $1.50, but if based on the label’s price to its distributor (about $7.50 -- roughly 50 percent of retail) then you’d need to double the artist’s royalty to about 20 percent to come up with the same $1.50.
Deductions. Forget about packaging deductions which has been common but unnecessary since CDs have been typically issued in jewel cases. This provision is a throwback to the 60’s when such a deduction might have been necessary when artists commonly requested expensive packaging including gatefold jackets and booklets with lyrics and lots of photos. I can see some rationale for a deduction for expensive Digipaks¨. But that’s about it.
There’s also no need for deductions for such standard configurations as CDs, cassettes, etc. The CD deduction dates back to the early 80’s when it was a new and unproved configuration and the actual cost of manufacture was about three times higher than the then-prevailing LP. That’s when the "new technology" clause started creeping into contracts.
And of course there should certainly be no deductions for downloaded sales. I’ve seen contracts where there’s a packaging deduction taken even for these sales that have no package at all!
Territory. Clearly state the territories that are covered. If it’s the World then say so. But "parallel universes" -- as in some contracts? Get real!
Ownership of masters is frequently another sore point. It’s my opinion that masters should always revert to the artist in the case where a label closes shop and hasn’t sold its assets. Some agreements stipulate that, should the label go under or be in default for not paying royalties, ownership of the masters will revert to the artist.
If the recording is a "work for hire" then that should be stated as such, with a clear explanation what the term means.
Royalty percentages should be clearly stated for each configuration and price category, particularly for digital sales.
Free Goods. I’m not a great believer in using free goods to promote the sale of CDs because this practice has been severely abused by many labels and accounts. If you must utilize free goods, I recommend you limit their use contractually to a defined amount, but in any event no more than 10 percent, which I believe is itself too high.
Controlled Compositions are those that are written by the artist or producer, and for which most labels prefer to pay less -- typically 75 percent of the statutory amount. This can be very unfair to an artist and his publisher, but it’s one way for a label to control its costs.
Co-publishing. Many labels try to obtain a portion of a writing artist’s publishing. This is typically 50 percent of the publisher’s portion, allowing the artist to retain the other 50 percent of the publisher’s portion as well as 100 percent of the writer’s portion. Therefore the writing artist would own three quarters of all the publishing with the label retaining the other quarter. I believe this is a fair provision, provided that the label’s publishing division actively works to promote the copyrights involved.
Cross Collateralization between publishing and record royalties is attempted in some contracts, but this is a no-no and is extremely unfair to an artist who writes his own material. More common is crossing multiple releases so that positive royalties from higher selling albums are crossed with losses from poorer selling ones. This is not unreasonable in cases where a label has actively been developing an artist’s career and is thus an opportunity for a label to try to recoup some of its losses.
Tour Support. Most independent labels can’t afford to spend much in the way of assisting an artist’s touring, other than through use of the label’s publicity department to support the artist’s efforts. However, if a label helps support the artist while on tour, then it’s reasonable that it be a recoupable cost.
Independent Publicity, Promotion, and Marketing. Many small labels don’t have fully staffed departments to handle these functions so in the event they hire outside specialists, it’s not unreasonable that a portion -- no more than 50 percent -- be recoupable from the artist’s royalties.
Merchandising. It’s becoming quite common for labels to negotiate for a percentage of an artist’s merchandising income. I don’t think this is unreasonable for those labels who actively work to develop their artists’ careers, but I think it very unreasonable otherwise.
Artist Approvals should be requested whenever feasible, but these should not be contractually offered. I’ve seen too many occasions where artist’s unreasonably withheld approvals and impaired a project
and its release.
I don’t recommend that a label contracts with an artist who is underage. This can create untold problems, even when parents sign an agreement. I suggest waiting until the artist has reached majority.
Profit Sharing. There are many occasions when an artist or group will record an entire album paying for all the costs as they proceed, without requesting funds from the label. This is particularly common when an artist is not yet signed and records an album on his own. In this event a label and the artist may enter into a simple profit-sharing plan, where all recording, manufacturing and marketing costs from both sides are pooled. Then net income after accounting for expenses is split, usually on a 50/50 basis.
You might include in your contract a comment recommending that the artist seek the advice of a competent attorney thoroughly familiar with record industry practice.
In order to keep an agreement reasonably simple, some attorneys put all of the definitions, and certain other boilerplate, in a discrete part of the contract. These are items that will usually remain standard for all of a label’s agreements and simplifies the negotiating person’s work and reduces the amount of typing by an assistant or paralegal. The definitions will include all of the standard words that require strict explanation so that there will be no confusion over terminology.
In sum, I believe that a label should be as fair as possible in signing an artist. After all, this should be like a partnership where both artist and label share any bounty. Contracts should be just that -- an agreement between both parties that is fair and equitable, creating a win-win situation for all. In short, don’t be greedy.
Until next month,
Keith Holzman -- Solutions Unlimited
Keith Holzman is the principal of Solutions Unlimited, a management consultant specializing in the recording industry. A trusted advisor and troubleshooter, he is a seasoned music business senior executive with extensive experience in all aspects of running a label. He was President of ROM Records, Managing Director of Discovery Records, Senior Vice President of Elektra, and Director of Nonesuch Records. He publishes "Manage for Success," a free monthly email newsletter devoted to solving problems of the record industry. You can subscribe at his website .
"IT’S NO LONGER SMART TO BE DUMB!"
FREEDOM, REDEMPTION, INTERNATIONAL REPATRIATION!
To the Archbishop of Canterbury
Blessed Love My Lord,
Give thanks and praise for Life and for the Allmighty, Omnipotent and Blessed Life Giver, the Black Christ in Flesh and Blood, Holy Emmanuel I , Selassie I, JAH RASTAFARI.
I an I, the Ethiopia Africa Black International Congress, True Divine Church of Salvation, Sons and Daughters of the God of Ethiopia, the Black God of Zion greet you and your whole congregation with a Heart of Love.
Give thanks to the God of Truth and Rights for the acknowledgement that your church’s participation in and profiting from, the brutal, shameful, evil and wicked slave trade and the slavery system, is wrong.
In the early 80s, the Pope of Rome, went into Africa, kissed the earth and asked for forgiveness, then later the Bitish Government acknowledged their wrong in participating in slavery and the slave trade, and asked for pardon, and, up to now, nothing has been done to return us to Our Homeland, Ethiopia the land where all Gods and Goddesses love to be. Away with empty apologies and crocodile tears! It is time for ACTION now to RECTIFY the wrong done to our Forefathers and Foremothers and to bring forth the full EMANCIPATION of all slave children internationally and universally in Righteousness of Salvation.
From, as early as, the 1st of March 1958, King Emmanuel Charles Edwards, the BLACK GOD in Flesh and Blood, formed and established this Black International Congress to Agitate and make Representation for Freedom, Redemption and International Repatriation. I, King Emmanuel had sent and come to deliver My People out of bondage. It was on the 1st of August 1834, that the shackles came off our feet. August coming up is 173 years now, and I an I are still waiting to be returned to Ethiopia! Can there be repentance without JUSTICE? No!
We have All Authority to Demand Our Rights from both, the spiritual head, of the Church of England, the Archbishop of Canterbury, and the temporal head, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Is it JUSTICE to forcibly remove People from their Homeland, carry them thousands of miles away, brutalize and ill treat them in the name of white civilization, break down their family values and traditions and then leave them to continue working for you in another man’s land even though their cry their heartfelt desire is to be REPATRIATED? No!
In 1966, her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, the Queen of England, declared at King’s House, Jamaica, that there is an Individual Man in this country who No One must molest for, in time to come, which is this time, He shall be Lord over her Lords. She said this after she received a Red, White and Blue Pouch from I containing the Black World Flags of the RED, GOLD AND GREEN and the RED, BLACK AND GREEN with BLACK five-point Star, Lion Crowned Head and R symbols respectively, along with the BLACK flag. She bowed her head to these flags and spoke such words.
JUSTICE DEMANDS that the church of England use some of the huge profits that it gained from such wickedness as slavery and the slave trade to provide Transportation and all other requirements for the speedy Repatriation of all of God’s Children, the black House of Israelites who want to go home to Ethiopia, to fulfil History and Prophecy (Micah 4, Joel 3, Isaiah 43] Holy Emmanuel I, Selassie I, Jah RastafarI.
The world must return to Righteousness as how Christ created it. The Black Christ come to Rule. His commandment is LOVE! On Love hang all laws and prophet’s commandments. Everything must come to a final Reckoning for the Freedom , Redemption and International Repatriation of all Black People out of oppression in Egypt/Jamaica and Universally. It is time for every Man, Woman and Child of Right to Defend the JUSRICE and Peacefulness of righteousness. Righteousness exalts a nation but sin bringeth any people to a reproach.
Calling for 7, 9, or 13 miles of Black Starliner Highwater Ships to take us home. As the Most Rt. Hon. Marcus Mosiah Garvey say, Africa for the Africans those at home and us abroad, China for the Chinese, India for the Indians, Europe for the Europeans and the western hemisphere, the inheritance of the Arawak Indians.
Awake to the REALITY of God in Flesh and Blood. Man of Right is God in Flesh. Woman of Right is Goddess in Flesh. Men of wrong is satan in flesh. Women of wrong is sataness in flesh. Away with white men dead philosophy and teaching of a spirit god without flesh, anti-Christ doctrine, which cannot save anyone. Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God because many false prophets are gone out into the world. Hereby know ye the Spirit of God. Every spirit that confesseth that Jes-us Christ is come in the flesh is of God. (1st John 4.1,2}.
Five bleeding wounds the black Christ in flesh and blood bear to take away the sins of the world and for the Redemption of the Black House of Israelites, Internationally and Universally. We demand Freedom out of migration law because we did not come here under any migration law therefore we call for Freedom, Redemption and International Repatriation with full Compensation through the International Court of Justice, the United Nations, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and her privy council and the prime minister of Jamaica. We call upon all Heads of Government who have profited from the evils of slavery and the slave trade such as Britain, France, Spain, the United States of America, Portugal, Belgium and Holland to contribute to this International works of Righteous Redemption. For there cannot be a World Peace until every man,woman and child be returned to his or her own vine and fig tree.
Only ONE SALVATION stand, Jes-us Emmanuel, the Black Christ Salvation. All Black Ethiopian Sons and Daughters at Home and Abroad are one People ,one Nation, one Father and Mother children. The Black Kingdom is the First Kingdom on earth. Out of Black man and woman come all other nations. Only the black World have a Kingdom, for we are the first Nation., (1st Timothy 6. 14, 15, 16).
An Ethiopian cannot change his skin nor a leopard his spots(Jeremiah 13 v 23}.Holy Emmanuel I Selassie I, JAH RASTAFARI. Remember the sabbath day to keep it holy(Exodus 20 & 3). The Sabbath Day begins 6 o’clock Friday evening (sunset) to 6 o’clock Saturday evening (sunset). This is a commandment from Creation Birth.
We want to know what you can do to further Freedom, Redemption and International Repatriation? We are looking for an early reply. May God bless you to build up Peace and Love so that there can be Harmony on Earth in Righteousness of Salvation. Holy Emmanuel I,Selassie I, JAH RASTAFARI.
Crown Him with many crowns, The Lamb upon His throne, Hark how the Heavenly Anthem drowns, All music but its own. Holy Emmanuel I, Selassie I, Jah RastafarI.
Closing with seven (7) words of LOVE, God is Love, let us All Love.
I am,
Most Rt. Hon. King Emmanuel Charles Edwards,
Brother Moses, The Lord’s Servant,
Black Christ in Flesh
Black Secretary General of the United Nations,
Crowned Champion of Human Rights/Human Justice
President of the Ethiopia/Africa Black International Congress,
True Divine Church of Salvation,
I Negus Rule Israelite
I.N.R.I..
Blessed Love My Lord,
Give thanks and praise for Life and for the Allmighty, Omnipotent and Blessed Life Giver, the Black Christ in Flesh and Blood, Holy Emmanuel I , Selassie I, JAH RASTAFARI.
I an I, the Ethiopia Africa Black International Congress, True Divine Church of Salvation, Sons and Daughters of the God of Ethiopia, the Black God of Zion greet you and your whole congregation with a Heart of Love.
Give thanks to the God of Truth and Rights for the acknowledgement that your church’s participation in and profiting from, the brutal, shameful, evil and wicked slave trade and the slavery system, is wrong.
In the early 80s, the Pope of Rome, went into Africa, kissed the earth and asked for forgiveness, then later the Bitish Government acknowledged their wrong in participating in slavery and the slave trade, and asked for pardon, and, up to now, nothing has been done to return us to Our Homeland, Ethiopia the land where all Gods and Goddesses love to be. Away with empty apologies and crocodile tears! It is time for ACTION now to RECTIFY the wrong done to our Forefathers and Foremothers and to bring forth the full EMANCIPATION of all slave children internationally and universally in Righteousness of Salvation.
From, as early as, the 1st of March 1958, King Emmanuel Charles Edwards, the BLACK GOD in Flesh and Blood, formed and established this Black International Congress to Agitate and make Representation for Freedom, Redemption and International Repatriation. I, King Emmanuel had sent and come to deliver My People out of bondage. It was on the 1st of August 1834, that the shackles came off our feet. August coming up is 173 years now, and I an I are still waiting to be returned to Ethiopia! Can there be repentance without JUSTICE? No!
We have All Authority to Demand Our Rights from both, the spiritual head, of the Church of England, the Archbishop of Canterbury, and the temporal head, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II. Is it JUSTICE to forcibly remove People from their Homeland, carry them thousands of miles away, brutalize and ill treat them in the name of white civilization, break down their family values and traditions and then leave them to continue working for you in another man’s land even though their cry their heartfelt desire is to be REPATRIATED? No!
In 1966, her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, the Queen of England, declared at King’s House, Jamaica, that there is an Individual Man in this country who No One must molest for, in time to come, which is this time, He shall be Lord over her Lords. She said this after she received a Red, White and Blue Pouch from I containing the Black World Flags of the RED, GOLD AND GREEN and the RED, BLACK AND GREEN with BLACK five-point Star, Lion Crowned Head and R symbols respectively, along with the BLACK flag. She bowed her head to these flags and spoke such words.
JUSTICE DEMANDS that the church of England use some of the huge profits that it gained from such wickedness as slavery and the slave trade to provide Transportation and all other requirements for the speedy Repatriation of all of God’s Children, the black House of Israelites who want to go home to Ethiopia, to fulfil History and Prophecy (Micah 4, Joel 3, Isaiah 43] Holy Emmanuel I, Selassie I, Jah RastafarI.
The world must return to Righteousness as how Christ created it. The Black Christ come to Rule. His commandment is LOVE! On Love hang all laws and prophet’s commandments. Everything must come to a final Reckoning for the Freedom , Redemption and International Repatriation of all Black People out of oppression in Egypt/Jamaica and Universally. It is time for every Man, Woman and Child of Right to Defend the JUSRICE and Peacefulness of righteousness. Righteousness exalts a nation but sin bringeth any people to a reproach.
Calling for 7, 9, or 13 miles of Black Starliner Highwater Ships to take us home. As the Most Rt. Hon. Marcus Mosiah Garvey say, Africa for the Africans those at home and us abroad, China for the Chinese, India for the Indians, Europe for the Europeans and the western hemisphere, the inheritance of the Arawak Indians.
Awake to the REALITY of God in Flesh and Blood. Man of Right is God in Flesh. Woman of Right is Goddess in Flesh. Men of wrong is satan in flesh. Women of wrong is sataness in flesh. Away with white men dead philosophy and teaching of a spirit god without flesh, anti-Christ doctrine, which cannot save anyone. Beloved, believe not every spirit, but try the spirits whether they are of God because many false prophets are gone out into the world. Hereby know ye the Spirit of God. Every spirit that confesseth that Jes-us Christ is come in the flesh is of God. (1st John 4.1,2}.
Five bleeding wounds the black Christ in flesh and blood bear to take away the sins of the world and for the Redemption of the Black House of Israelites, Internationally and Universally. We demand Freedom out of migration law because we did not come here under any migration law therefore we call for Freedom, Redemption and International Repatriation with full Compensation through the International Court of Justice, the United Nations, Her Majesty Queen Elizabeth II and her privy council and the prime minister of Jamaica. We call upon all Heads of Government who have profited from the evils of slavery and the slave trade such as Britain, France, Spain, the United States of America, Portugal, Belgium and Holland to contribute to this International works of Righteous Redemption. For there cannot be a World Peace until every man,woman and child be returned to his or her own vine and fig tree.
Only ONE SALVATION stand, Jes-us Emmanuel, the Black Christ Salvation. All Black Ethiopian Sons and Daughters at Home and Abroad are one People ,one Nation, one Father and Mother children. The Black Kingdom is the First Kingdom on earth. Out of Black man and woman come all other nations. Only the black World have a Kingdom, for we are the first Nation., (1st Timothy 6. 14, 15, 16).
An Ethiopian cannot change his skin nor a leopard his spots(Jeremiah 13 v 23}.Holy Emmanuel I Selassie I, JAH RASTAFARI. Remember the sabbath day to keep it holy(Exodus 20 & 3). The Sabbath Day begins 6 o’clock Friday evening (sunset) to 6 o’clock Saturday evening (sunset). This is a commandment from Creation Birth.
We want to know what you can do to further Freedom, Redemption and International Repatriation? We are looking for an early reply. May God bless you to build up Peace and Love so that there can be Harmony on Earth in Righteousness of Salvation. Holy Emmanuel I,Selassie I, JAH RASTAFARI.
Crown Him with many crowns, The Lamb upon His throne, Hark how the Heavenly Anthem drowns, All music but its own. Holy Emmanuel I, Selassie I, Jah RastafarI.
Closing with seven (7) words of LOVE, God is Love, let us All Love.
I am,
Most Rt. Hon. King Emmanuel Charles Edwards,
Brother Moses, The Lord’s Servant,
Black Christ in Flesh
Black Secretary General of the United Nations,
Crowned Champion of Human Rights/Human Justice
President of the Ethiopia/Africa Black International Congress,
True Divine Church of Salvation,
I Negus Rule Israelite
I.N.R.I..
Cure
Iran Cures AIDS
Health Minister Kamran Baqeri Lankarani announces after 5 years of research, Iran now has an herbal cure for AIDS. The herb can ONLY be found in Iran.
The herbal drug called IMOD, is the result of five years of research and has been tested on 200 patients. It boosts the human body’s immunity system in a 90-day treatment course and a 2-year follow up.
"Deficiency of the body’s immune system reflects a decrease in CD4 cells that lead to appearance of AIDS symptoms," he said, adding that the new drug controls the multiplication of HIV virus and thus helps increasing the CD4 cells.
The herbs used in production of IMOD are completely Iranian native plants, he noted.
Iran is the only country in the region that provides free HIV drugs to the patients, Baqeri Lankarani said. [snip]
"I believe that the drug should be used for HIV patients whose CD4 is below 350, to prevent them from entering the severe level of AIDS," she stated. (source)
The drug has only been tested on 200 patients, but will be tested on 5,000 over the next calendar year. Iran claims to have only 14,000 cases if AIDS presently, but expects ’the number of those infected will reach 100 000 by the end of the next Iranian year (March 2008)’.
Iran is believed to have at least two million regular drug users - and possibly as many as 3.5 million ... Intravenous drug use is believed to be the main cause of HIV/Aids infection at 62.3%, followed by "unknown causes" at 27.9% and sexual contact at 7.4%. (source)
This sounds ... strange, too good to be true, like bragging before the research trials have actually be conducted
Health Minister Kamran Baqeri Lankarani announces after 5 years of research, Iran now has an herbal cure for AIDS. The herb can ONLY be found in Iran.
The herbal drug called IMOD, is the result of five years of research and has been tested on 200 patients. It boosts the human body’s immunity system in a 90-day treatment course and a 2-year follow up.
"Deficiency of the body’s immune system reflects a decrease in CD4 cells that lead to appearance of AIDS symptoms," he said, adding that the new drug controls the multiplication of HIV virus and thus helps increasing the CD4 cells.
The herbs used in production of IMOD are completely Iranian native plants, he noted.
Iran is the only country in the region that provides free HIV drugs to the patients, Baqeri Lankarani said. [snip]
"I believe that the drug should be used for HIV patients whose CD4 is below 350, to prevent them from entering the severe level of AIDS," she stated. (source)
The drug has only been tested on 200 patients, but will be tested on 5,000 over the next calendar year. Iran claims to have only 14,000 cases if AIDS presently, but expects ’the number of those infected will reach 100 000 by the end of the next Iranian year (March 2008)’.
Iran is believed to have at least two million regular drug users - and possibly as many as 3.5 million ... Intravenous drug use is believed to be the main cause of HIV/Aids infection at 62.3%, followed by "unknown causes" at 27.9% and sexual contact at 7.4%. (source)
This sounds ... strange, too good to be true, like bragging before the research trials have actually be conducted
The Truth about A.I.D.S.
Is this 1970 DoD appropriations bill the start of the funding for the U.S. military to engineer AIDS?
(Document transcription courtesy of Panindigan.)
DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS FOR 1970
HEARINGS BEFORE A SUBCOMMITTEE OF THE COMMITTEE ON APPROPRIATIONS HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
NINETY-FIRST CONGRESS
FIRST SESSION
SUBCOMMITTEE ON DEPARTMENT OF DEFENSE APPROPRIATIONS
H.B. 15090
PART 5
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT, TEST, AND EVALUATION
Department of the Army
Statement of Director, Advanced Research Project Agency
Statement of Director, Defense Research and Engineering
Printed for the use of the Committee on Appropriations
U.S. GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE
WASHINGTON : 1969
UNITED STATES SENATE LIBRARY
[pg.] 129 TUESDAY, JULY 1, 1969
SYNTHETIC BIOLOGICAL AGENTS
There are two things about the biological agent field I would like to mention. One is the possibility of technological surprise. Molecular biology is a field that is advancing very rapidly and eminent biologists believe that within a period of 5 to 10 years it would be possible to produce a synthetic biological agent, an agent that does not naturally exist and for which no natural immunity could have been acquired.
MR. SIKES. Are we doing any work in that field?
DR. MACARTHUR. We are not.
MR. SIKES. Why not? Lack of money or lack of interest?
DR. MACARTHUR. Certainly not lack of interest.
MR. SIKES. Would you provide for our records information on what would be required, what the advantages of such a program would be, the time and the cost involved?
DR. MACARTHUR. We will be very happy to.
(The information follows:)
The dramatic progress being made in the field of molecular biology led us to investigate the relevance of this field of science to biological warfare. A small group of experts considered this matter and provided the following observations:
1. All biological agents up the the present time are representatives of naturally occurring disease, and are thus known by scientists throughout the world. They are easily available to qualified scientists for research, either for offensive or defensive purposes.
2. Within the next 5 to 10 years, it would probably be possible to make a new infective microorganism which could differ in certain important aspects from any known disease-causing organisms. Most important of these is that it might be refractory to the immunological and therapeutic processes upon which we depend to maintain our relative freedom from infectious disease.
3. A research program to explore the feasibility of this could be completed in approximately 5 years at a total cost of $10 million.
4. It would be very difficult to establish such a program. Molecular biology is a relatively new science. There are not many highly competent scientists in the field. Almost all are in university laboratories, and they are generally adequately supported from sources other than DOD. However, it was considered possible to initiate an adequate program through the National Academy of Sciences - National Research Council (NAS-NRC).
The matter was discussed with the NAS-NRC, and tentative plans were plans were made to initiate the program. However decreasing funds in CB, growing criticism of the CB program, and our reluctance to involve the NAS-NRC in such a controversial endeavor have led us to postpone it for the past 2 years.
It is a highly controversial issue and there are many who believe such research should not be undertaken lest it lead to yet another method of massive killing of large populations. On the other hand, without the sure scientific knowledge that such a weapon is possible, and an understanding of the ways it could be done, there is little that can be done to devise defensive measures. Should an enemy develop it, there is little doubt that this is an important area of potential military technological inferiority in which there is no adequate research program.
From Jimmy Carter's Global 2000 Report & A.I.D.S. Population Control. How and why A.I.D.S. spread. Media disinformation.
For a more complete understanding of this issue please watch the documentary called: "Deconstructing the Myths of A.I.D.S."
The Power of a word and Half truths
People who want to abolish the N-word make me laugh for a couple of reasons.
The first being that it seems less about getting rid of a word that does us any actual damage, and more of a fear of having to deal with REALITY.
It just seems that there are more Black folks that want to abolish the word because they fear how they will look in front of White folks.
That's dangerous. It means that there are still a large number of Black folks in the world that base their "normalcy" on the standards of White folks.
The second thing being that it never really was an issue until a people who have never been responsible for their own actions, failed to be responsible yet again with the N-word.
Instead of develop a usage protocol (which almost every lasting civilization does to resolve conflict... create a moderation plan for issues), Black folks seem to be comfortable with being socially lazy regarding the word.
We aren't thinking for ourselves. We are waiting for White folks to offer a solution to a problem they don't have the ability to solve.
And instead of realize that it is US with the power over what to say and how to say it regarding the N-word, we lay our power down like gentle beasts, in an effort to be metaphysical "patted on the head" like so many nigger canines.
The N-word is a TEST. You see... only a FEW Black people will pass the test of resistance.
Will you be Black even when it's not cool to be Black?
And if you are willing to conform the Black image or change any of our protocols before handling real issues, then you are a compromised Negro.
If you have thought critically about the situation, and have come to the conclusion that you CANNOT ride the "Abolish the N-Word" bandwagon because our most immediate needs aren't being addressed with the abolishment, as well as precious media and political resources being wasted on such a distant second or third issue in our community...
then you have passed the test and are officially a RETAINER of your Blackness....
As New Edition once said...
"sunny days... everybody loves them... but tell me baby, can... you... stand... the rain...."
How you like THEM apples:
THE METAPHYSICAL MEANING OF THE 'N' WORD
THE METAPHYSICAL MEANING OF THE 'N' WORD
Peace To The Gods & Goddess, ISLAM to the Moors (Mu'urs), As Salaamu Alaykum to the Muslims, Shalom Laikum to the Heb-rew Israelites and UHURU to the Revolutionists!!!
The question is can we handle the TRUTH (MA'AT)?
I wrote an article for "FRONTLINE" magazine three years ago called "FROM MERE MEN TO SUPER NIGGAS." In the article, I broke down the actual origin of the word "NIGGER" and "NIGGA" and both of them are derived from the word "NAGA." Check! We have two countries in Af-Ra-Ka (Africa) named "NIGER" and "NIGER-IA" but I don't see one damn (so-called) Black person telling the "NIGER-IAN" or the "NIGERIAN" please change your name because it is offensive to us. You may be wondering but NIG(G)ER and NIG(G)ERIA is missing the letter "G." It really doesn't matter. But if you are looking for the (so-call missing letter) "G" you can find it in the center of the compass and square of the Free & Accepted Masonic symbol. Any Mason will tell you (well, maybe they will and maybe they won't) but anyway I will. I never took an oath. So f-ck 'em. The letter "G" means or stands for "GOD" "GEOMETRY" or "GOVERNMENT." If you turn the letter "G" sideways, you will get a shape similar to an "EYE." Now go to Matthew 6:22 and it states,...when thine 'EYE' be single (meaning one EYE like the Greek myth of Cyclops, who had One/single "EYE" in the middle/center of his Forehead), thine whole body will be full of LIGHT." These three component, GOD, GEOMETRY and GOVERNEMENT were taken from us (Af-Ra-Kans/Africans) and perverted to enslave us. For example, the Moors (Muurs) or Olmec-Malian (Shi people or XI) descendants were the once owners of the these Americas. We were the original inhabitants. Allegedly, when the Europeans invaded Af-Ra-Ka (Africa) they found some of our descendants on the banks of the NIGER River. These were the Dogon-Malian-Mandingo-Mandes, the doctors, lawyers, politicians, masons, painters, musicians etc...were the ones that the Europeans brought over here. They didn't bring "shifting and jiving" Negroes over here. But even before, the 400 year old slave trade, our ancestors were here over 25,000 years ago. This has been documented on numerous occassions. But the words "NIGER" means in Ibo "King (Emperor)" and "NIGER-IA" means "Queen (Empress)." In fact, in Anthony T. Browers' book "NILE VALLEY CONTRIBUTIONS TO CIVILIZATION" he states, NGU is the original name the ancient Kama'atian/Egyptian "Kings" (NGA is the original name for the Queen...hence, the name origin of the two Af-Ra-Kan [African] countries NGU for NIGER and NGA for NIGER-IA...simply take the vow-ELs out). He goes on and state, the name/title "Pharoah," which menas "House of Fire" originated with the invasion of the Hyksos in the 15th Dynasty. Thus, the Nigers (Kings) & Nigerians (Queens), which originally dwelt in Kama'at/Egypt were the royal bloodline and they moved further west and form the countries NIGER & NIGER-IA. The word NGU is also spelled "NTU" or "NTR" as in NeTerU, the ancient Kama'atian (Egyptian) word for "God" or "Gods." So, I AM A NGU/NTU/NTR/NGA/NIGGA/NIGGER FOR LIFE & BEYOND!Also, throughout the world in every culture we find the word "NAGA" meaning in all of them "Serpent King/Queen" symbolizing "One who had mastered the Kundalini-Shakti/Shiva Power/Force or Energy." Oh, you all forgot about the Serpent that comes out of the forehead area from the Kama'atian (Egyptian) tiara or crown? It comes out at the crown because it represents the raising of the life-force within Man (Mind) & Womb-Man (Universe) to the intuitive/universal-magnetic/infinite conscious level. Here is more proof...if you got a problem with the facts that I present...its' simple prove me wrong...
'Nkosi,' means 'King,' in many AF-RA-KAM dialects. In 'Niger,' AF-RA-KA, the word for 'Serpent' is 'Nyoka' from the Kanyika, Kabenda, Mimboma, Musentandu, Kasands, Nyombe, Basunde, N'gola, Zubalo, Songa, Kisarn, and Nyarnban or 'Nyoke ' from Swahili. In Basuto, AF-RA-KA, the word for 'Serpent' is 'Noga.' The 'Nk' or 'Ng' is the original AF-RA-KAM sound. According to the "METU NETER" by Ra Un Nefer Amen on pg. 63 states " "Ng(k)," Nada, undifferentiated energy/matter to give rise to the ninth manifestationThe ninth manifestation is known as the "Mother of all living things." Gerald MASsey maintained that the 'Y' in the names is NOT a primary sound, but rather one that evolved from 'G.' Naya or Nayya in many North A-MERi-ka Native tribal dialects means 'Serpent.' The Dogon God-Serpent and the KaMA'atu (Egyptian) Serpent are identical. The God-Serpent is called "The One who Dances in the Shadows." In the Dogon's pantheon, the seventh ancestor transformed into a Serpent (Note: It is also within the Dogon's system of life that it takes three male spirits [3] plus three female spirits [3] to bring forth the Seventh [7th] generation [Hu{e}man Beings, made of Spirit flowing through a Body]; Showing everyone that every thought becomes physical or is made to matter in the seventh generation of thought) From this sepulcher the ancestor Serpent rises up to dance underground in the darkness and to move toward the tomb of the oldest man (The Soul embedded in the Pineal Gland, which oversees the Third Ventricle). According to "AFRICAN ORIGIN OF BIOLOGICAL PSYCHIATRY" by Dr. Richard King, states, "the name for serpent exists in hieroglyphics where 'Nkakais' synonymously interchanged with 'Nakaad' in the Egyptian hymn to Amen-RA, the Sun God is said to send his arrows against the ev-il serpent 'Naka.' The Chaldeans taught that in most ancient times a race of Extra-terra- astrals (Extraterrestrials), the Serpent Men, Nakash-Na, warred with Sut-Typhon[s](Titans). China pyramids were built by the Moi of Vietnam and the Nakhis of Southern China, remnant of the ancient Mu (Mu'urish) civilizations.
The AF-RA-KAM word 'N-Gu-ru,' derived the Vedic Sanskrit word 'Gu-ru,' meaning 'Wise' or 'Teacher'. There is also a chakRA called the Guru ChakRA, which is part of the Crown ChakRA. This is the most top center chakRA. It is two inches over the top of the head. The First [Third] Eye or Brow ChakRA (Ajna-ChakRA) is also called the Guru ChakRA
'Ngu-ni' an AmaZulu word that means "Ancient Ones." Ngu-ni is the group name for the Zulu, Xhosa, Swazi, Ndebele, Shangaan and Ngoni peoples.
'Ngo-nyama' means 'Lion.' It also is another "Praise Name" for an AmaZulu King.
'Negro' is a Spanish word meaning 'Black.' Negro is closely connected to the word 'Necro,' a Greek word, which means 'Dead.' The connection with "Black" and "dead" is not necessarily a Nega-tive (is derived Naga from "Black Serpent," "MAgnetic Current" or Ida in the Yoga traditions) one. The Shaman ruler depended upon journeys into other RE-ALms above and below to contact ancestors and forces and to achieve power. In the esoteric sense, when the Kundalini has been properly unleashed, it produces a multi-interdimensional process. Psychic abilities develops, such as clairvoyance, clairaudience, psychometry, telepathy, telekinesis, levitation, healing powers, prophesy, past-life memories, out-of body experiences (Astral travel, by activation of the Solar ChakRA and Soul travel, by the activation of the Crown ChakRA or Third Eye [First Eye]), direct awareness of auRAs and chakRAs, lucid dreams and vivid Life-like visions and contact with the (so-called 'Dead,') ancestors- spirit guides through inner voices. Thus, AF-RA-KAM (Black) people learnt how to communicate with the ancestors through the Mind via DNA memory.
'Negger,' means "Golden One," in KaMA'at (Egypt) Medu Neter. It is another form of Geb. It is also a termed for the "King-Initiate." It is the same word as Neb Heru (Kama'at) or Nibiru (Sumerian), the Golden Light (Auric Halo).
'Nigger' A word that denotes "Know-Ledge," or "WisDome" and NOT the WEBSTER'S DICTIONARY's former definition "One who is ignorance."
'Niger' A masculine derivative of the ancient KaMA'atu (Egyptian) word 'Ngu,' which means "Serpent King." It is a title that is bestowed upon the KaMA'atu (Egyptian) King (PhaRAoh) Priest, who has mastered the Healing science of the URAeus.
'Niger-ia' A feminine derivative of the ancient KaMA'atu (Egyptian) word 'Nga,' which means "Serpent Queen." It is a title that is bestowed upon the KaMA'atu (Egyptian) Queen, who has mastered the HeALing science of the URAeus.
'Nig-gina' is the Mesopotamian word for 'Justice.' In the Canaanite tradition, it is 'Sedek' as in MEL-CHI-SEDEK or the Biblical Archang-EL Micha-EL, the "Ang-EL of Justice."
'Nig-sisa' is the Mesopotamian word for 'Righteousness' In the Canaanite tradition, it is Misor. Therefore, together MISOR SEDEK becomes the Biblical, King of Righteousness (Peace) MELCHI-SEDEK.
'Niagra (River Fall)' means 'Black' A city in upstate New York boarding Canada.
"Nega Negast" An Ethiopian word which, means "(Serpent) King of Kings."
"Nag Hammadi" An ancient Aramaic and Hebrew scripture which means "The Serpent Black Guide."
'Naga-saki'- A Japanese city destroyed by an atomic bomb in 1945, by the U.S. and it means "Serpent Spirit" or "Serpent Life-Force.
'Naacal'[Nagal] (Mayax) The first Universal language; the language of Mu (EL Mu'uria) meaning "Serpent God." The EL Mu'urians (Lemurians) were great mariners, who founded settlements all over the Earth; often called the Moors (Mu'urs), the great Navigators. The first records of RE-li-gion are more than 70,000 years old. They tell us that a body of trained masters from Mu, called Naacals (Serpent Kings), were carrying to her various colonies and colonial empires, copies of the Motherland's Sacred Inspired RE-li-gion (Spirituality). These Naacals formed in each country uni-versities for the teaching of the priestcraft RE-li-gion, and the sciences. The priesthoods that were formed in these uni-versities, in turn taught the people. The Naacal writings are also called Neferit, or Medu Neter ("THE SACRED SYMBOLS OF MU" by James Churchward).
'Netjer' is the medu origin of the word Nigger, which means "God; God of Wis(z)-Dom(e) or Force of Nature". "Neteru-Ankh" KaMA'atu (Egyptian) Serpent God through whose body the Boat of Afu RA is pulled by twelve Amikhiu Neter (Gods), entering the tail and exiting the mouth, which results in Afu RA being transformed into KhepeRA, now towed into the sky by twelve goddesses.
'Nergal' is "the HeALer" in the Sumeria lore. In ancient Sumeria, the Anu-Naki ('Heavenly Serpent" "Sun Serpent" or "Serpent and the Rainbow") were Serpents, and Naki (E-NKI or s-NAKE) name for the Initiates of Chaldea, corresponding to the Nagas or "Snake-Kings" of the Buddhist legends, who preserves and guards the ancient truths. From these bloodlines has come the origin of the "Divine Right of Kings." There is a direct link between the D-RAcontia, the Lemurian, Atlantean architects and builders who were originally, the Brotherhood of the Snake/D-RAgON, initiated by the Sumerian god E. A. or En.ki, the Serpent (Kundalini and DNA) in the Garden of Eden (Universe and Body) who is credited with building temples and teaching the people. The Medu Neteru (Hieroglyphs), cosmological monuments and institutions of the peoples of Central and South America prove indisputably the existence of communication between AMER-ica, AF-RA-KA and India. Shub-Niggar-uth is an ancient Sumerian name for God, called later in Latin called Pan (which means ALL in ALL). It is a reference to the constellation Sirius.
Naki-EL- Another name of the Arch-AngEL UriEL. Naki-EL in Hebrew means "Serpent of God," or "Knowledge of God."
Dr. Joseph Rock, a representative of the US Department of Agriculture, discovered the Nakis, a colony of Mu'urs (so-called Blacks), in 1923 in Southern China (*previously mention). The wife of Anu-bis (An-pu, An [On] or Anu) was Anu-kis or A-Nuki-s (Anu-Naki, Oannes, Nommo). She sails the Celestial Boat of RA, with Sothis (Soquet, Sirius) and Satis.
Abe-Naki means "Father Serpent", a name of an Indigenous Mu'urish nation in Ameri-ka (so-called Native Ameri-kans).
'Naga,' means 'Serpent' in the Vedic Sanskrit. The Hindu Naga Serpent Gods of India are mention in the "UPANISHAD TEXTS". Naga (Nagini - fem) - Indian Serpent Ruler, son of Kadru (Kedar in Hebrew means 'Black'), daughter of Daksha, was a title of Spiritual Power among HU(e)Mans. It is first important to note that the Snake (Serpent Spirit) has been a symbol of wisdom, eternity healing, mystery, MAgical power, and holiness throughout most of the ancient non-western world. It's symbol is used today in medicine, and other healing professions (Caduceus; U-RAeus), - and its live descendants are hailed as sacred and used in everything from cancer drugs to sex potions. Naga represents the energy of Life and Death. The Naga spirits bring rain and rule the Underworld (the Belly or Navel ChakRA), the Nagas are manifestations of 'Agni' (fire), the Spirit Guardians; divided into four classes: 1. Heavenly 2. Divine 3. Earthly or 4. Hidden. The connections between the Blacks in AF-RA-KA and of India are strikingly similar, that even the names given to the various 'Naga' peoples of India and those of AF-RA-KA are the same in spelling and sound. For example, certain groups in Sudan are called 'Nagas,' whereas in India, Brahaman Vedic groups with racial features similar to the people of Sudan are also called 'Nagas.' "W. Robertson, "AN HISTORICAL DISQUISTION OF INDIA," Pub. 1794, Page 274. "The Brahmins, it is well known, borrowed religion, as well as, all other sciences of civilization, from the highly civilized Nagas, whom afterwards, they relentlessly persecuted." The languages spoken by the 'Naga's and other Dravidians such as Telegu, Malayalam, Kanada and others are related to the Kushite languages of East AF-RA-KA, such as Gala and those spoken by the Nilotic peoples. Moreover, these languages spread to West AF-RA-KA and far beyond India into Cambodia and South China. The ancient Indians belonged to the Kushite-Nubian AF-RA-KAM race. Of this group of ancient Af-RA-Kamau, the Naga People were and still are the largest subgroup of the Kushitic speaking branch of India. In fact, the 'Nagas' retain the title 'Naga' in various forms throughout AF-RA-KA and South Asia even today. There are many examples of the term 'Naga' still being used to describe various groups in AF-RA-KA and Asia. For example, two AF-RA-KAM tribes of West AF-RA-KA are called "Nuga-rmar-ta" and "Nago-mina" who were establishers of great civilizations in Ghana and Mali that existed in the region before 1000 B.C.E. In the Mossi tribe King is currently called 'Naga', which is 'Naba,' which later developed into 'Nuba' or 'Nubia.' The word 'Nahas' (Nahsi) is another word for 'Nubian.' Names of tribes and nationalities such as 'Nuer,' 'Nuba,' 'Nubian', and the North Ameri-kan/Delaware Nanticoke nation, the 'Le-Nape'or "EL Nabe" are all related to the Naga tribes of India and South Asia." In "THE MAGIC AND FOLK BELIEFS OF THE SOUTHERN NEGRO" by Newbile Niles Puckett, he states, "Thousands of Negroes from these serpent worshipping tribes were at this time sold into slaveryThey bore with them their cult of the snake. At the same period these Ewe speaking slaves [sic] were taken to Louisiana (mixed in with the IX-Olmec descendants, the Washitaw." Long before the Caucasian barbarians infiltrated India, the AF-RA-KAM Nagas, ruled India as well as a substantial portion of Asia from Arabia to China and the South Pacific, as well as the Indian Ocean region. In India, Af-RA-Kamau built the magnificent cities of Harrappa and Mohenjo-daro. It is one of the world's most glorious civilizations, 6000 years before the making of the plagiarized conceptualized JeSus (Ju-Zeus). In addition, the Babylonian word 'Nabu' or the Biblical (Heb-rew) word 'Nebo' is related to the word 'Nuba.' 'Nabu' or the Hebrew-Assyrian word 'Nebo' means 'Prophet or 'Eye ' as in the "ALL-Seeing Eye." 'Nabu' (Tehuti, Imhotep) was the son of Marduk (Asaru) was the scribe and herald of the gods. Moreover, 'Nabi' is the Arabic equivalent, which means "Master of Knowledge" and is derived from the ancient Kama'atu (Egyptian) word 'Neb.' meaning 'Gold.' 'Neb' (Serpent) spelt backwards is 'Ben,' (Phoenix-Bird or "Serpent in the Sky") short for "Ben Ben," meaning 'Source' or 'Spring.'
"Naga-RAj," means "King of Serpents" or "Serpent King."
"Naga-bhushan," means "One who wears Snakes as ornaments of Shiva."
"Nag-endRA, means "King of Snakes."
"Nag-esh," means, "Snake in Man."
"Naga Kanya," means "Snake of the RAinbow." The Naga Kanya a Seven-headed Naga, a counterpart of the God Vishnu. Naga-rjuna of India, for example, is shown with an aura, or halo, of Seven Serpents that is an indication of a very high degree of Initiation. The symbolisms of the Seven Serpents, usually cobras, are the (7) Seven ChakRAs, also on MAsonic aprons of certain systems in the Buddhistic ruins of Cambodia (Angk-or = "Ankh Ur" means "Living Light") and Ceylon. To this very day, the Hindus are taught that the end of every Universal Manifestation (Kalpa) ALL things are re-absorbed into Deity and the the interval between "creations." He reposes upon the Serpant Sesha (Duration) who is called Ananta, or, Endlessness.
"Naga Lakshmi," means "Queen of Snakes."
"Naga-mani," means the "Mind (Gem) of Serpents."
'NagAL' means "Serpent-God" and is the title of the medicine men, magicians and initiates in ancient Mexico, Central and South American Indigenous civilizations. NagAL is another name of Quetzalcoatl; the Mexican "Winged -Plumed Serpent God (Kundalini Shakti energy). "According to traditions, Quetzalcoatl is the instructor, builders, healers, astronomers, etc. He built roads, civilized the people and departed across the sea on MAgic "raft of Serpents." Quetzalcoatl was "recognized as the MESsiah by seers and astrologers; his head was RAyed like the Sun; his complexion was Black; his hair was woolly." In Uruguay, the word NagAL means 'Chief', a 'Teacher' or a "Serpent-God". 'The NagALs were known to the ancient Pre-Dravidian and the Sanskrit word for the South American NagALs is 'U-RAgas'. They are the present inhabitants of Naga-land, one of India's northeastern states. The Nagas were recognized as superior to humans. Those who later became the Nagas (Serpents in Sanskrit) in India, the Lung Dragons of China, and the Amarus in Peru, were elected to take the ancient wisdom to their respective countries. Later, a similar convocation would occur on Atlan-tis with certain Serpent MASters of that land chosen to take the Atlan-tean records and teachings to the Pan-Atlantic territories. These missionary Serpents became known in Mexico as the Quetzalcoatls, Kukulcans, Gucumatz and Viracochas; the Djedi/Jedi ("Stable Serpents") of Egypt, the Adder Moorish Druids of Britain (St. Patrick ran the Snakes out of Ireland), and the Dactyloi Serpents of Greece. (It is interesting to note that wherever the Lemurian or Atlan-tean Serpents established schools of wisdom, they built temples aligned with the Planet Venus, the stars of Sirius, the Orion constellation and the former pole star Thuban in Draco, which became associated with Saviors and Immortals).
In Buddhism, Wisdom has always been ties, symbolically, to the figure of the Serpent. The Buddha resting on the coils of the Naga Serpent Mucalinda sheltered the Buddha from a weeklong rainstorm by enfolding him in his coils; this tale is from Angkor Wat. The great temple-builders of the famous Ankgor Wat were considered the semi-divine 'Khmers' (Note: Khmers means "Creators" is derived from the AF-RA-KAM words 'Khnum [Kh-NUM],' the ancient KaMA'atu [Egyptian] name for "The Creator" and 'Nommo[s],' the KaMA'atu [Egyptian] derivative name of "The Creator" of the Dogon of Mali formerly of KaMA'at [Egypt]). The avenue leading to the Temple is lined with the Seven-headed Naga (the Kundalini's Seven energy centers chakRAs) and is in the exact configuration of the Constellation Draco of 12,500 years ago.
'Aguna' is the Solomon Islands Serpent Mother Goddess.
'Naggai' is Hebrew and it means "giving light: shining: brilliant: illuminating: enlightening: luminous intelligence." 'Nachash,' is HebREw and means 'Serpent.' In Arabic, it is 'Naya' (Nayya) or 'Nachaas'; in fact, the Arabic word for "Serpent People" is 'Naas,'(gNos-is) and this is the RE-ALm of the People or those made from mud "Black mud (MEL-anin)." 'Naasuwt' and even in English, it is s-Nake. Neke and Nakahi-Maori are also names for 'Serpents.' According to the "METU NETER" by Ra Un Nefer Amen pg 98, states"the hieroglyphic symbol for this part of the spirit is a serpent (Apep, Nak, from whence Nachash, - the "serpent" that spoke to the woman in the Garden of Eden). This part of the spirit is composed of subtle electro-magnetic energies that have the function of animating Man's life, especially the physical body. Hence, the name "animal spirit," or "anima and animus," as it was called in the Latin spiritual tradition. Our modern use of the term "animal" to denote the creatures that are thus identified is an example of muddling thinking. All things in this world are infused with this animating spirit."
'Nazarene' (Nasarene, Naaserene or Naas) is a Heb-rew (Het Heru) word which means "Aider, Helper or Friend;" according to "WEBSTER'S DICTIONARY" means "a native or resident of Nazareth 2a: Christian" From the Heb-rew (Het Heru) word 'Nazar-ene,' 'Nasir' or 'Nasar'/ 'Anasar' or 'Naas;' the Greek word 'Gnosis' or 'gNosis,' which means 'knowledge,' 'recognition' or 'intuitive' and the word Greek word 'Essene,' which is derives the word Essence, meaning "the individual," 'real,' or ultimate Nature (Neter) of a thing 2: something that exists: ENTITY. The 'Essene' "a member of a monastic brotherhood of (real) Jews (Heb-rews/Het Heru) in Palestine from the 2nd century B.C. to the 2nd century A.D." Both words are derived from the Heb-rew word Nazi-r.
'Nazareth' a town in Palestine, which did NOT exist until after the so-called death of Jesus Christ.
'Nazirite' or 'Nazarite' according to "WEBSTER'S DICTIONARY' means "a (real) Jew (Heb-rew or Het Heru, the "House of [Heru]-Light) of biblical times consecrated to God by a vow esp. to avoid drinking wine, cutting the hair, and being defiled by a corpse." The German word 'Nazi,' the German fascist party controlled under Hitler in 1933 to 1945, is also derived from the Heb-rew word 'Nazi-r' or 'Nazi-rite.' In addition, the "HOLY BIBLE" speaks of Mount 'Nisir.' The "HOLY BIBLE" states that Jesus was a 'Nazarene,' from Nazareth (Eventhough, Nazareth was NOT a town until years later after the so-called crucifixtion (crucifiction). Hence, the origin of the "HOLY BIBLE NEW TESTAMENT" Matthew 10:16 verse "Be ye therefore wise as Serpents, yet gentle as doves."
In China, the Naga is given the form of the DRAgON, also called the "DRAgON Spirit" and has a direct association with the Emperor-King and is known as the "Son of Heaven." In Tibet, they are still known in a symbolic sense and are called "Lu (D-RAg-On)!" In the Sumerian lore man was named LuLu (SupREme D-RAgON of D-RAg-ONs). The Chinese are even said to have originated with the Serpent demi-gods and even to speak their language, Naga-Krita (it has been scientifically, proving that the Chinese are from the Ngu-AF-RA-KAM descent). For a place that has no Serpents, Tibet, they are still known in a symbolic sense and are called "Lu!" (Naga). Nagarjuna called in Tibetan, Lu-trub. It has a equivalency to the Burmese 'Nats', or "God-Serpents". Discoveries dating back 6,000 years before Christ show AF-RA-KAMau (Black) settlers called Natufians in Palestine. Gerald Massey, a French anthropologist, claims, "The sole race that can be traced among the aborigines all over the Earth, or below it, is the dark race of negrito type."
'Nahua' is a Mexican word which, means 'Serpent'
Naga is found even in the so-called Western traditions. One simple example is the Ancient Greek Goddess, Athena. She is known as a warrior Goddess as well as the Goddess of Wisdom; her symbol being the Serpent as displayed on her personal shield.
Philo (Arrius Piso) stated that it was in Kashmir that A-POL-lonius of Tyana, a Pythagorean philosopher (a pseudonym for Arrius. A fictional character of Saul (Sol, Roman Sun-God and changed name to Paul from A-POL-lo, another Roman Sun-God) became instructed by the 'Nagas' and completed his initiation into the mysteries.
Naga: The Serpent
by Soror Ourania
Reprinted from Thelemix and Therion Rising
The word Naga is rooted in Sanskrit and means "Serpent". In the East Indian pantheon it is connected with the Serpent Spirit and the Dragon Spirit. It has a equivalency to the Burmese Nats, or god-serpents. In the Esoteric Tradition it is synonymous for Adepts, or Initiates. In India and Egypt, and even in Central and South America, the Naga stands for one who is wise.
Nagarjuna of India, for example, is shown with an aura, or halo, of seven serpents, which is an indication of a very high degree of Initiation. The symbolisms of the seven serpents, usually cobras, are also on Masonic aprons of certain systems in the Buddhistic ruins of Cambodia (Angkor = Ankh Ur or "Living Light") and Ceylon. The great temple-builders of the famous Angkor Wat were considered to be the semi-divine Khmers. The avenue leading to the Temple is lined with the seven-headed Naga. And even in Mexico, we find the 'Naga' which becomes 'Nagal.' In China, the Naga is given the form of the Dragon and has a direct association with the Emperor and is known as the "Son of Heaven"...while in Egypt the same association is termed "King-Initiate." The Chinese are even said to have originated with the Serpent demi-gods and even to speak their language, Naga-Krita. For a place that has no serpents, Tibet, they are still known in a symbolic sense and are called 'Lu!' (Naga). Nagarjuna called in Tibetan, Lu-trub.
In the Western traditions we find the same ubiquity for the Naga, or SerpentOf course, in Genesis the Serpent is a Naga who instructs the new infant (humanity) in what is called the Knowledge of Good and Evil. The Christian church has, unfortunately transformed the Initiate-Teacher into a tempting and negative demon-characterNaga is one of a handful of rare words surviving the loss of the first universal language (Naacal). In Buddhism, Wisdom has always been ties, symbolically, to the figure of the Serpent. In the Western Tradition it can be found that Christ in the "HOLY BIBLE NEW TESTAMENT Matthew 10:16," stated, "Be ye therefore wise as serpents, and harmless as doves." In all mythological language, the snake is also an emblem of immortality. Its endless representation with its tail in its mouth (Ouroboros), and the constant renewal of its skin and vigor, enliven the symbols of continued youth and eternity. The Serpent's reputation for positive medicinal and/or life-preserving qualities has also contributed to the honors of the Serpent as still seen by the employment of the Caduceus. To this very day, the Hindus are taught that the end of every Universal Manifestation (Kalpa) all things are re-absorbed into Deity and the interval between 'creations.' He reposes upon the Serpant Sesha (Duration) who is called Ananta, or, Endlessness. (See OPHIOLATREIA by Hargrave Jennings). -G-R, NETYR, NIGER, NEGRO, "NIGGER," NIGGA, THE ORIGIN OF A SACRED WORD
"Thou shall not take the name of the Lord, thy God in vain," is one of the ten commandments, yet, the racist term "Nigger" a derivative of the original name for God, "N-G-R"(pronounced "Net-ger") is continually used and taken to insult. The term "Nigger" has its origins in the sacred and divine title for "God," and came from the Egyptian WORD FOR GOD. That word is "Net-yer" or "Net-ger" from which the English terms "nature" and "nurture" came from. The idea of God being nature and nature being God, comes from the African and Egyptian idea of what God is which shows down to the similarities in the terms used to describe aspects of the Godhead.
THE SACRED "N" IN THE AFRICAN AND AFRO-ASIATIC LANGUAGES
The letter "N" is one of the most important prefixes in the African, Afro-Asiatic, Indo-Negroid, Negro-Australoid, Melanesian, Australian Aborigine, Austric, Kong-San (Bushmanoid), Sudroid languages. In fact, the sacred "N" as in "Ni-han" (Rising Sun) OR "NG" as in "ChaNG," (ChaNGo in Manding-Congo), "Ndong" in Vietnamese (Ndongo (Angolan Kingdom) in African Manding-Congo languages) is also found in both Chinese and Japanese. In fact ancient Chinese, Vietnamese, South Indian, SriLankan, Melanesian, Australian Aboriginal and modern Japanese show strong similarities to Bantu (proto-historic Sahara, Niger-Congo), languages (see "African Presence Early Asia," by Ivan Van Sertima and Runoko Rashidi) See also the works of Clyde A. Winters also go to http://community.webtv.net/nubianem (HISTORY TIMELINE) and http://www.cwo.com/~lucumi/runoko.html
The letter "N" is also the word that denotes any title pertaining to human beings. In fact in Bantu or Niger-Congo and Cushic languages, the letter "N" is found as the first letter in many names. For example the name "Ndaba," = "counsil" while the name "Ndabaningi" is the first name of Africans in region thereof.
HOW THE WORD FOR GOD, "N-G-R" (Net-ger) became Niger, Negro and "Nigger"
The ancient Egyptians called their Pharaohs "N-G-R" (Net-ger) because the Egyptian Pharaoh was seen as a representation of the sun and the Sun God. The original Pharaohs who were pure Black Africans SAW BLACK SKIN AS SACRED AND A DIRECT BLESSING FROM THE SUN GOD, ATEN. In fact Blackness and black skin became associated with God and the sun. BLACK PEOPLE WERE POWERFUL, CULTURALLY ADVANCED, MILITARILY SUPERIOR, BLACK/DARKBROWN IN COMPLEXION, STRONG STATURE, TALL AND DESCRIBED AS A "HANDSOME" RACE , (SEE HERODOTUS, "THE HISTORIES, DESCRIPTIONS OF "ETHIOPIANS" OF AFRICA AND SOUTH INDIA).
The recognition of the Pharaoh as a living God and the black skin as a blessing spread worldwide to other cultures. In fact the term "Net-ger" became the Ethiopian "Negus" or "Negashi."
In the Sudroid (Indo-Negroids of India) languages of India, which are part of the Cushite branch of the African languages, the term "Naga" denotes original or first.
In fact, in ancient India, the people with the blackest skins were respected and held to igh esteem, unlike today where the racist, colonialist and alien concept of "varna" or castecolor racism places Sudroids, Indo-Negroids, Black Tribals, Dalits, Negro-Australoids and other BLACKS AT THE VERY BOTTOM OF iNDIAN SOCIETY.
See www.dalitstan.org/books/sudroid
The term "Ngola" (Angola) means "King" in the Angolan languages. This term was mistaken by the Portugese to mean the DESCRIBE "Ndongo," the kingdom.
The first people to corrupt the term "N-G-R" were the Roman invaders of Egypt who may have heard the term used to describe the
leader of Egypt or Nubia. The term "Niger" was later used to mean any Black/Negroid person that the Romans saw in Africa or anywhere else.
The Romans tried to invade Nubia during the early years of the Christian Era. Then, Nubia-Kush was ruled by a line of Queens called "Ka'andak'es (Candace). One such queen and her son defeated the Roman army at Aswan, (see http://community.webtv.net/paulnubiaempire ) Egypt and burned the Roman Fort.
AND CARRIED THE BRONZE HEAD OF ROMAN EMPEROR AGUSTUS TO THE CUSHITE (NUBIAN) CITY OF NAPATA.
The Romans colonized and spread the Latin language to Europe. Due to this linguistic influence, the Latin term "Niger" became "Negre" in French and "Negro" in Spanish.
The English colonialists and slave entity borrowed the term "Negro" from the Spanish. The term for Black people in England before Shakespeare was "Moor" or "Black-a-Moor." The English slave owners degraded and defiled the entire name by turning the Negro into a slave and turning the original term "Ned-ger" or "God" into the racist term "Nigger." One can say that they have insulted the sacred name for "God" and have oppressed the original people created by God. This phenomena is due to their own sense of inferiority.
LIST OF NAMES FROM THE ORIGINAL TERM FOR "GOD" AND "NEGRO/BLACK"
N-G-R (net-ger) Ancient Egyptian for God
Net-tyr (Net-ger) Khemitic/ancient Egyptian = God, Sacred, Nature
Net-tyr (Net-ger)
Negus (Nee-goos) Ethiopian term for "Emperor."
Negashi (Nee-gah-shee) Ethiopian term for "Emperor or King."
Niger: Roman/Latin term for Black or Negro
Negre: French for Negro or Black
Negro: Spanish for Black
"Nigger" racist, corrupted term used to insult, degrade, enfuriate.
Nigga: (pronounced "nig-gah), used as a term of endearment by some youth; rejected by others as sounding too close to the racist term "Nigger."
Netzer (as in Nazerine) Hebrew for "root, original)
Naga (South Indian and African term) (Black Negro tribes of India and Africa - Sudan to Nigeria) = original
Nagaloka - The Black Negro, Negro-Australoid, Indo-Negroid/Sudroid
lands and people in Asia (India to Indonesia)
(see more from the book, "Nagaloka,' by M. Gopinath (Dalit Sahitya Akademy, Bangalore, India) also see "A History of Racism and Terrorism, and Overcoming," at www.xlibris.com
Ndaba (Manding-Congo/South Africa) = A counsil of wise people, kings, chiefs, ect.
Ngola (Manding-C.. "King/Lord"
Nkosi = God (Zulu, South Africa)
Ngosi = blessing (Ibo, Nigeria)
Nyamekye = God's Gift (Akan, Ghana)
Nile (Egypt, Sacred River)
Niger (West Africa; Sacred River)
Niger (country in West Africa)
Nigeria (country in West Africa)
Nugarmatta: Term used by Africans of Ghana Empire to call themselves (see writings of Ibn Buttata -- National Geographic Magazine
So this is the true story and origins of the "N" word.
NEVER FORGET THAT THE WORD "NIGGER" CAME FROM THE KHEMITE/EGYPTIAN TERM FOR "GOD" AND AND THAT WORD IS "N-G-R" OR "NET-GER."
iN CONCLUSION, IT IS TIME THAT NEGROES, PAN-NEGROES (PAN-AFRICANS, MELANESIAN NEGROIDS, INDO-NEGROIDS, NEGRO-AUSTRALOIDS) AND BLACKS WORLDWIDE START BELIEVING THAT THE NEGRO IS OF THE GODHEAD AND SHOULD START BELIEVING IT, HAVING SELF-CONFIDENCE, BELIEF IN SELF AND IN ABILITY.
IT IS TIME TO REVIVE AND RETURN TO BLACK/NEGRO RELIGIONS THAT HELP DEVELOP THE MIND, BODY, SOUL, SPIRIT AND THE BELIEF IN SELF, RATHER THAN IN ANOTHER PEOPLE'S SHRINES, HOLY BOOKS, HOLY LANDS AND GODS OR IN RELIGIONS THAT PREACH OF BLACKS BEING "CURSED" OR PREACH "BROTHERHOOD" ON ONE SIDE OF THEIR FACES WHILE COMMITTING ETHNIC CLEANSING, SANCTIFIED RACISM AND GENOCIDE ON BLACKS.
IT IS TIME TO WORK ON THE PAN-AFRICAN BLACK WORLD RENAISSANCE.
And now our eyes are open just a little wider.. maybe we can appreciate the brilliance of Paul Mooney just a little more...
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*ANOTHER DISCUSSION BUT IT SEEMS HE ONLY WENT AS FAR BACK AS THE LATIN MEANING
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