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Former Louisville police officer Brett Hankison, one of three cops involved in a deadly March drug operation that left Breonna Taylor dead, was indicted on three counts of first-degree wanton endangerment.
Taylor was a 26-year-old Black woman who worked in emergency medical services.
The charge is a Class D felony under a Kentucky law that took effect in 1975, with each count carrying a possible sentence of 1 to 5 years in prison and fines as high as $10,000.
Hankison was fired June 23 for his role in the operation – accused of recklessly firing multiple bullets into a neighbor’s apartment. Hankison was not charged in Taylor's death, but rather for endangering her neighbors' lives.
“A person is guilty of wanton endangerment in the first degree when, under circumstances manifesting extreme indifference to the value of human life, he wantonly engages in conduct which creates a substantial danger of death or serious physical injury to another person,” the statute reads.
The other two officers involved in the operation, Sgt. Jonathan Mattingly, who was shot in the leg, and Detective Myles Cosgrove, were not indicted, according to Kentucky Attorney General Daniel Cameron.
He said Mattingly and Cosgrove were justified under Kentucky law in their use of force after being fired upon by Taylor's boyfriend, and his office will not pursue criminal charges against them.
But Hankison is accused of "blindly" firing his gun through a sliding door and windows, without a threat within line of sight, according to a pretermination letter the police department sent to him in June. Some of the bullets allegedly tore into a neighboring family's apartment, where a pregnant woman, a man and a child were asleep.
Cameron said he did not expect additional charges in connection with their entry into Taylor’s apartment on March 13.
Carl Takei, a senior attorney with the American Civil Liberties Union, blasted the charges Wednesday afternoon, saying they showed “modern policing and our criminal legal system are rotten to the core.”
“The charges brought against Officer Hankison state that Hankison violated standard operating procedures when his ‘actions displayed an extreme indifference to the value of human life.’” Takei said in a statement. “The choice to bring these charges alone and so late highlights the indifference to human life shown by everyone involved in Breonna Taylor’s murder.”
Takei called for “sweeping changes” that include “divestment from these broken institutions and reinvesting in non-police alternatives.”
During a news conference after the grand jury’s decision to indict Hankison, Cameron said his office had explained all of Kentucky’s homicide offenses while presenting the case to the jurors.
“The grand jury was ultimately the one that made the decision about indicting detective Hankison for wanton endangerment,” he said, arguing that the criminal justice system is not always equipped to address tragedies.
“I don’t think we want a justice system that is in the business of fashioning facts or laws to a particular narrative,” Cameron said. “We have to be in the business of presenting the information to the grand jury and ultimately allowing them a decision about what to do subsequently.”
The attorney general also announced a new task force to examine how Kentucky handles and serves criminal warrants.
Officers at the time of Taylor’s death were serving a drug warrant connected to a suspect who did not live there and who was already in police custody. They found no drugs in her apartment.
The officers entered the apartment and were allegedly met with gunfire from Kenneth Walker, Taylor’s boyfriend. His defense attorney said in court filings that Walker fired in self-defense because he thought the men were trying to break in.
Stray bullets struck Taylor six times Walker was not injured in the shootout
Louisville’s Metro Council has since banned the use of no-knock warrants.
Cameron, during a news conference following the indictment, said the officers had knocked and identified themselves at Taylor’s doorstep. That account was corroborated by a single civilian witness, leading to questions about whether the officers took sufficient measures to identify themselves.
When asked if a single witness was “sufficient” to support that version of events, Cameron said the decision ultimately came from the members of the grand jury, who were presented with “all the evidence” investigators gathered.
“[The grand jury] got to hear and listened to all the testimony and made the determination that Detective Hankison was the one that needed to be indicted,” he said.
Walker was charged with attempted murder of a police officer, but the count was later dropped.
Fox News’ Danielle Wallace and Barnini Chakraborty contributed to this report.


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A MAN and a teenager were sent to crown court after being charged with the robbery of a Liverpool bookies.
Ian Harris, 21, of Charlestown, Dingle, and a 17-year-old male from Garston appeared at Liverpool magistrates court yesterday morning charged with the robbery at Ladbrokes, in Allerton Road, Mossley Hill, on Friday.
Both will appear at Liverpool Crown Court next month.
Harris was remanded in custody while the 17-year-old was given conditional bail.
Police were called just 9am on Friday after reports three men threatened staff at the bookies and demanded cash.
Three men were later arrested in Calderstones Park after a BMW, believed to be the getaway car, crashed into a van near the park entrance.
A 19-year-old man is on bail pending further inquiries.

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Pursuant to the Trustee Act 1925 Re: Valerie Julia SchofieldNotice ID: BOU1998697
Pursuant to the Trustee Act 1925
Re: Valerie Julia Schofield
NOTICE IS HEREBY GIVEN that any persons having a claim against or an interest in the Estate of Valerie Julia Schofield late of Debourne Close Cowes Isle of Wight PO31 7NW who died on the 30 January 2020 is hereby required to send particulars in writing of his claim or interest to the undersigned, the Solicitors for the said Valerie Julia Schofield deceased on or before 3 August 2021 after which date the executors will proceed to distribute the assets of the said Deceased amongst the persons entitled thereto having regard only to the claims and interests of which he shall then have had notice.
Dated this third day of February 2021.
Solicitors for the said Executors
Roach Pittis Solicitors
62-64 Lugley Street Newport Isle of Wight PO30 5EU

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Название: Lecture notes on geometrical aspects of partial differential equations
Автор: Zharinov V.V.
This book focuses on properties of nonlinear systems of PDE with geometrical origin and the natural description in the language of the infinite-dimensional differential geometry. The treatment is very informal and the theory is illustrated by various examples from mathematical physics. All necessary information about the infinite-dimensional geometry is given in the text.

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Prambanan A cultural highlight
Prambanan, once a destination for hindus seeking a closer relationship with their Gods it is now one of Indonesia’s most visited sights and one of the most well known temples in the world.
Located about 17 kilometers from central Yogyakarta makes it is easy to get there. Either book a tour with one of the many ticket agencies in the town or go there on your own.
Taking the local bus on your own can be tricky since you have to change bus and routes a few times, depending on where in the town you are staying. But the locals and staff are very friendly and tells you where to get on and off.
It can be an adventure on its own taking a local bus to Prambanan. The buses are small minivans and the bus stops are placed on high pillars or platforms about a metre or two from the ground.
When approaching the station the staff member in charge of the doors will shout out the name of the station and the stops ahead and the stops interchanging the station. While he does that he opens the sliding door to the van as the van is still going fast and people get on and off before you’ve even noticed the cue from the outside. When he calls out you can distinguish the word “Prambanan” and then you know it is either time to get off and change bus or you have arrived. Since you are a tourist most locals assume that you are going to Prambanan and will gesture something if you are mistaken at the busstop.
Same thing if you are in transit at one of the bus stops.
Once you have reached the final bus stop it is a ten minute walk to the ticket office and entrance.
The entrance fee for Prambanan is 250.000 Rp for adults. Students and children get discount.
A sarong is included in the price which has to be worn during the whole stay out of respect for the temple and the Hindu religion. You return the sarong when you exit the sight.
Prambanan was hit by the big earthquake in 2006 and parts of the temple was destroyed. Construction sights are placed out to restore it.
The sight is now built up so that you have a big park to walk around in. Prambanan temple as the biggest attraction and then smaller temples surrounding it. There is also a small childrens Zoo with some domestic animals and green areas to sit in to have some food.
As you exit the park there will be a inferno of shops and kiosk with sellers trying to get your attention to buy water, snacks or souvenirs. And there are a lot of it. So if you’re looking for something to bring back home from Prambanan you will not go home empty handed.

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Raise your hand if you still haven’t forgiven The Bold Type for the demise of Sutton (Meghann Fahy) and Richard (Sam Page).
As scandalous as the beginning of their relationship was, they were a delightful pair, all the way up until their blissful marriage was torn apart by a disagreement over having kids. Now, they’re back to sleeping together a few final times as they say their goodbyes…if it’s really goodbye.
E! News has an exclusive sneak peek at this week’s series finale, in which Sutton and Richard go out to a bar in the midst of their little game of pretend, and they begin to talk about what they’re even doing right now. It’s enough to make us wonder if there’s a chance for this couple to work out in the end.
“I kinda feel like we’re living in a dream,” she tells him. “Walking around pretending like nothing is different. But it is. I literally have our divorce papers in my bag right now, and you’re gonna adopt a baby! What are we doing?”
All Richard says is “I don’t know,” and asks if they can keep living in this dream.


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Burnsville Little Theatre Presents "The Prince of Dark Corners"
The Burnsville Little Theatre will present "The Prince of Dark Corners", a Gary Carden play, at Harris Middle School Saturday September 7th at 7:30pm with all receipts going to the David Hall Fund. David is a friend of the Burnsville Little Theatre and was recently severely injured in a logging accident that resulted in his having a leg amputated. Bob Wilson, President of the BLT said he hopes the good people of Mitchell County will show their support by helping David through these dark days. The play focuses on the life of Major Lewis Redmon, a 19th century outlaw who was sometimes referred to as "The Jesse James of the Mountains", and was considered a hero by the inhabitants of the mountains of North and South Carolina. Milton Higgins portrays Mr. Redmond in this BLT production and was featured in a film version of the play which was recently aired on PBS TV. Tickets are $10 for adults and $5 for students and will be on sale at the door the night of the performance. Harris Middle School is located at 121 Harris Street in Spruce Pine. If you are unable to attend but would like to help David, mail your donations to: The Burnsville Little Theatre, 250 Longview Drive, Burnsville, NC 28714. For more information call 682-2609.

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New Delhi, Feb 25 (PTI) Describing Rail Budget 2011-12as "environment and passenger-friendly", Railway MinisterMamata Banerjee today said it has addressed all issues.
"Whether passenger related issues or environment relatedor for that matter any thing...every isssue is dealt with. Thebudget is passenger-friendly, environment-friendly," she toldPTI.
Describing the year 2011-12 as the "Year of GreenEnergy" in her budget, Mamata has proposed to upgrade 442stations as Adarsh stations (model junctions), setting upbudget hotels at 45 locations and launching a new portal fore-ticketing among others.
Asked about the logic behind not raising passengerfares, she said there are issues like cleanliness, quality offood being served in trains and other issues concerning railpasengers. "We should increase the fares only after improvingthese services," she said.
Railways have not increased the passenger fares for theeighth year in a row though diesel prices have gone up from Rs18 to Rs 36 in these years.
However, Mamata said railways have business plans forfuture growth. "There is a demand for more coaches, wagons andlocomotives," she said.
On the PPP projects, she said it will take some time asthis is a challenging area.
Railway Board Chairman Vivek Sahai said,"We are movingvery cautiously on the PPP model Keeping in mind everyone''sinterest."
He said that the committee set up to examine the PPPmodel would not in any way delay project executions.
"We are just checking up and we are ensuring nothing isjust compromised," Sahai said.
Railway Financial Commissioner Samar Jha said that theywere able to improve the financial position due to austeritydrives and improved earnings towards the end of the financialyear.
He said railways would also raise Rs 10,000 crorethrough tax free bonds which would be utilised in bankableprojects with good returns.
Sahai on the other hand said 16,000 ex-servicemen whoare to be inducted into railways by March would be absorbedinto different departments.
Observing that railway finances had suffer due toagitations and obstruction of train movement, he said theorganisation would have achieved Rs 5,000 crore more asearnings.

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The main body of this review was written by John Puccio in regards to Criterion’s 2000 SD release of “Lord of the Flies,” one of the earlier films in the Criterion Collection (Spine # 43). The other sections are written by Christopher Long and address the 2013 Blu-ray upgrade by Criterion.
The Film According to John:
William Golding’s symbolic novel, “Lord of the Flies”, written in 1954 has twice been made into films, in 1963 and again in 1991. The less said about the newer version, the better, but director Peter Brook’s earlier screen adaptation succeeds fairly well in conveying the book’s points.
The story deals allegorically with the conflict between Man’s deep-rooted savagery and his humanizing ability to reason. As Golding sees things, we cannot avoid moral disintegration without sensible laws and ethical behavior.
The framework for the story concerns a group of young British school children, aged six to twelve, who in the course of being evacuated from a private boarding school during a mythical war are shot down in their plane and crash-land on a deserted tropical island. The adults on the aircraft are killed, leaving the children to fend for themselves. In showing how the kids try unsuccessfully to duplicate the adult world of rules and regulations, Golding is able to build a picture in microcosm of the problems of civilization. As the author once stated in a publicity questionnaire, “The theme is an attempt to trace the defects of society back to the defects of human nature. The moral is that the shape of a society must depend on the ethical nature of the individual and not on any political system, however apparently logical or respectable.”
Golding goes on to say, “The whole book is symbolic in nature…,” which is true, but a good fable needs grounding in a good story, and the author provides a rousing adventure, too. As time goes on, the children become more barbarous and more willing to follow any leader who will provide them comfort, food, and fun, regardless of cost. In addition to its being a treatise on the decay of humanity, the narrative offers a fundamental profile of human psychology, with each of the children representing a different aspect of the individual psyche. Part of the fun of the book is observing the behavior of the children and trying to determine which part they play in one’s own makeup. The idea is only slightly lost in the movie translation.
Sir Peter Brook, long associated with stage productions, shot his film as inexpensively as possible. He was able to use an island off the coast of Puerto Rico for free, courtesy of Woolworth’s in exchange for a screen credit. His camera and sound crew were minimal, and they took no editing equipment with them. They shot over sixty hours of film and then condensed it to a mere ninety minutes during the next year.
The young actors were mostly amateurs, auditioned from among thousands who applied for the roles. Brook wanted children who not only looked right but would behave as naturally as possible, and he certainly achieved his goal. Unfortunately, the kids often act awkwardly in the film, too, and nothing can be done with the long, clumsy silences that frequently plague the characters’ exchanges of dialogue. The boy who plays Piggy, though, Hugh Edwards, is a perfect delight. He had sent the director a letter saying, “I am fat and wear spectacles,” along with a crumpled photograph of himself and immediately got the job. The most charming scene in the film has Piggy explaining to a group of “littluns” how his hometown got its name changed. It’s a sweet, quiet moment amidst the enveloping turmoil. James Aubrey plays Ralph, the charismatic leader of the group, and Tom Chapin plays Jack, Ralph’s sinister rival.
After the movie, most of the cast went back to everyday lives, but Aubrey surfaced again in the 1983 British film “Forever Young.” Conductor Raymond Leppard provided the sparse but evocative musical score that dramatically punctuates the action.
The film is presented in its original 1.37:1 aspect ratio. I do not own the 2000 SD release as a comparison point, but all sources indicate it was a 1.33:1 ratio.
From the Criterion booklet: “Supervised by cameraman and editor Gerald Feil, this new digital transfer was created in 4K resolution on an ARRISCAN film scanner from a 35 mm composite fine grain and a 35 mm duplicate negative; the restoration was then performed in 2K resolution.”
The high-def transfer presents a washed-out look to the black-and-white photography which, at least for older viewers, connotes a naturalistic, semi-documentary feel. Detail level is no doubt much clearer than on the old SD release, but still not razor sharp and some of the nighttime scenes look a bit muddy. But that’s all consistent with the low-fi look of the movie.
The linear PCM Mono track is crisp and often rather hollow with some of the actors’ dialogue sounding like it was recorded in a studio rather than in the wild. Which is what happened. I don’t care for Raymond Leppard’s heavy-handed militaristic score with booming musical cues for dramatic reveals, but the lossless audio treats it well. Optional English subtitles support the English dialogue.
Criterion has imported the extras from the 2000 SD release and added several new ones.
Criterion has kept the audio commentary, originally recorded in 1993, with director Peter Brook, producer Lewis Allen, cinematographer Tom Hollyman, and cameraman/editor Gerald Feil.
As with most commentary tracks, this can be selected with the Audio button on most remotes, but Criterion has also included a third audio option from the 2000 SD: reading by novelist William Golding of the text. The readings are matched up to the relevant sequences in the film. It’s nice to be able to toggle back and forth between the filmmakers’ comments (now 20 years old) and Golding’s readings which were recorded for Random House in 1977.
There are a few more carry-overs from the 2000 SD. A Deleted Scene (2 min.) comes w/ optional commentary by the filmmakers and optional reading by Golding. “The Empty Space” is an excerpt (16 min.) from Gerald Feil’s 1975 documentary about Peter Brook’s work as theater director. A collection of Behind-the-Scenes footage (15 min. total) includes Home Movies, Outtakes, Screen Tests, and a Production Scrapbook, with optional commentary by the filmmakers.
New for this 2013 Blu-ray is an excerpt (25 min.) from the Nov 16, 1980 BBC show “The South Bank: William Golding” in which the author discusses his childhood, World War 2, and the filming of his signature work.
Brook gave an 8 mm camera to his young actors and let them record their experiences during the production. “Living ‘Lord of the Flies’” provides 6 minutes of this footage accompanied by a reading by actor Tom Gaman from his 1998 essay about his work on the film. Gaman played the unfortunate Simon.
The final new extra is a 2008 interview with Peter Brook (32 min.) in which he talks about making the move from theater to film, and the movie’s unorthodox and grueling production history.
The new insert booklet includes an essay by critic Geoffrey Macnab and a three page excerpt from Peter Brook’s 1987 autobiography.
William Golding’s book isn’t exactly subtle, and neither is Brook’s film. But the adaptation breathes fresh life into some aspects of the novel. One of the strengths is the performance by Hugh Edwards; Piggy is the bullied victim in both the book and film but Edwards’ prissy lecturing and painfully awkward manner helps you understand exactly why other kids would take an instant dislike to him. It’s not his fault, poor kid, but he consistently pushes the wrong button at the worst time. Brooks is a lot less successful at composing crowd shots and action,and the film feels scattered and flat in its climactic shots.
Criterion’s Blu-ray upgrade offers a strong 1080p transfer and a handful of new extras in addition to the old ones.

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Peterborough man accused of carrying out distraction thefts nationwide
- Credit: Dave Thompson/PA
A 39-year-old man from Peterborough's Justice Way has been charged with carrying out distraction thefts.
Lawrence Rooney was arrested in Wales on Tuesday, July 19 in connection with three distraction burglaries in the Cambridgeshire, Cheshire and North Wales police areas.
On June 24, 2022, Rooney allegedly carried out a distraction burglary at a 98-year-old woman's home in Warwick Road, Werrington, Peterborough.
He is also charged with carrying out two similar alleged offences on July 16 - first at the home of an 86-year-old woman in Stanney Lane, Ellesmere Port, Cheshire and again at the home of a 76-year-old woman in Heron Close, Broughton, Flintshire.
A Cambridgeshire Constabulary statement reads: "A man from Peterborough has been charged with burgling elderly people across the country.
"Following joint work between all three forces, Lawrence Rooney has been charged with three counts of distraction burglary.
"Rooney, of Justice Way, Hampton Vale, Peterborough, has been remanded in prison to appear at Mold Crown Court on August 19."


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Robyn Cadwallader’s debut novel The Anchoress has been met with widespread acclaim, with critics comparing it to Hannah Kent’s 2013 debut Burial Rites. She chats to Booktopia’s Editorial Director Caroline Baum.
(Review by Caroline Baum)
Like Hannah Kent’s award-winning international bestseller Burial Rites, this is one of those out of the box debuts that always sends the publishing world into a frenzy: a startlingly original piece of storytelling from a unknown who demonstrates an ability to create a total, immersive, believable world that is rewarding as much for what it allows the reader to learn as for sheer escapist enjoyment.
Like Hannah Kent, Cadwallader has chosen to write about a singular isolated figure in an unfamiliar past. Unlike Kent, her outsider is not accused of any crime.
I’m going to stick my neck out and predict this book will be one of the year’s highlights and success stories. It has bold reach and ambition, tangling with questions of morality and scripture, but despite its rarefied theme, this is an essentially human story, rich in period detail and atmospherics.
Sarah is a religious recluse – a young woman in 13th century Britain who chooses the life of an anchoress – which means being literally walled up in a cell, with limited contact to the outside world through her maid and her confessor. Following the death of her sister, Sarah forsakes the world to retreat. It soon becomes apparent that she is also, perhaps seeking sanctuary from danger: the threat posed by the sexually predatory local lord, who has made unwelcome advances. All too soon it becomes obvious that Sarah is battling inner demons – she is aware of the response of the flesh, and seeks to mortify herself to subdue her own desires.
While she faces the unexpected challenges of her cell, and of her limited interaction with the outside world, her vivid imagination tangles with her faith and conjures up the spirit of the previous anchoress- Isabella- a mysterious ghostly presence. As Sarah discovers more about Isabella she learns to face up to her own weakness, pride and examine her capacity for compassion.
Meanwhile Ranaulf, her confessor, is finding his responsibilities more demanding than he could ever have anticipated. He is not used to women who counter his interpretations of the gospels.
The scene is set for conflict as Lord Thomas imposes his will and attempts to intrude on the sanctity of Sarah’s enclosure. The plot is interwoven like a fine tapestry with references to the oppression of the peasantry by their feudal masters and the complex inter relationship between the Church and the landed gentry. Class, illiteracy, superstition, shame, all make pertinent appearances as Sarah is faced with dilemmas that test her faith to the limits of her conviction. An erotic undercurrent gives Sarah’s worship of Christ a powerfully passionate charge while every teaching of the church reinforces the notion of woman as the vessel of sin. Is Sarah safe from temptation? Is she pure in thought and deed? Would she be able to endure the suffering of Saint Margaret, the martyr whose life she studies, who died a graphically horrible death for her beliefs?
A film adaptation can surely not be far behind. Benedict Cumberbatch as Father Ranaulf perhaps? Upcoming Australian star Sarah Snook (to be seen this year alongside Kate Winslet in the eagerly awaited adaption of one of my most favourite Australian novels, The Dressmaker in October) would do the role of Sarah justice. If period fiction with big themes is your thing, this novel could be the answer to your prayers.
About the Contributor
Andrew Cattanach is a regular contributor to The Booktopia Blog. He has been shortlisted for The Age Short Story Prize and was named a finalist for the 2015 Young Bookseller of the Year Award. He enjoys reading, writing and sleeping, though finds it difficult to do them all at once.
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The shale boom has boosted the energy industry's jobs and wage growth, but it's also making it difficult to find qualified workers.
That's the takeaway from a new study by Manpower Group Inc., which on Monday released a new study called "Strategies to Fuel the Energy Workforce."
Manpower's forecasts say there will be a doubling of energy-related jobs nationwide to 3 million by the end of the decade, but it's getting harder than ever to find workers. Nearly one in two energy employers are having trouble finding qualified employees in both entry-level and senior-level career ladders.
The highest-demand job categories are in field workers like lineman and technicians, skilled trades like iron workers and welders, and professionals with specific training in transmission/distribution design and field testing.
There are several local programs mentioned in the Manpower report, including training program ShaleNET, the Pennsylvania Independent Oil and Gas Association and the Allegheny Conference on Community Development.
"We need to invest in, promote and properly value career and technical education … and allow it to become a pathway that people generally acknowledge as one with many educational outcomes, including two and four year degrees," said Laura Fisher, senior vice president at the Allegheny Conference on Community Development, who is quoted in the Manpower report.


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There's No Magic Pill
Mental health is a big scary word, because just like physical health, it isn’t linear, it isn’t a one size fit all. It isn’t a catch phrase, a one-time solution or a quick fix. It isn’t taboo, it isn’t a weakness, it isn’t for attention, it isn’t shameful. But here’s what it actually is : it is emotions, it is resilience, it is a mix of luck and biology, it is trauma and self-esteem, it is unique, it is inconsistent but always there, it is psychological and physical symptoms. It is more than stress, it can be an illness, it is struggles, it is hope. It can be abuse or invalidation, it is self-care and radical acceptance. It is dreams and insecurities. Everyone has a mental health...Let me repeat that again. Everyone has a mental health but not everyone has a mental illness.
Someone can get sick without getting ill right? It’s the same damn thing for you mental health. Sometimes you can heal that illness, other times you can’t.
The brain is an organ too, and any organs can have malfunctions or injuries. It isn’t all a question of perspectives, of efforts or faith. You can believe all you want, sometimes it’s just not enough. You need professional help and it’s difficult to manage it. That is okay.
Being sad doesn’t mean you are depressed, just like being depressed doesn’t mean you are sad. Being impulsive and having mood swings doesn’t mean you have a personality disorder, not liking being in crowds doesn’t mean you have social anxiety, being on a diet doesn’t mean you will have an eating disorder, obsessing over numbers or cleanness doesn’t mean you have OCD. A mental illness is about intensity, duration (3-6 weeks consecutives depending on the illness) and the impact it has on your life, on your daily life. Some people have mental illnesses and are functional, while others aren’t. Some people are physically ill and are functional, while others aren’t. Does it make one illness more valid than the other?
We all have difficult times, rough patches. Want to know a secret? The best way to get through it is with coping skills and a good support system. There’s no magic pill (but it can really help a great deal for some). Recovery is not easy, not everyone will understands that sadly. What’s important is that you do your best with what you have. Some days taking a shower is an accomplishment while other times it’s going to work for a full week, giving back a school project in time or going out with friends, and yes even doing self-care such as going to your psy appointment or painting. Whatever that is, be proud of it. You put effort, you tried. You gave it your best shot with the energy that you had. That my darling, is remarkable.
Just like your physical illness affects your mood and psychological state, your mental illness can influence your physical body. I’m tired isn’t always about needing sleep, I’m ‘hungry’ isn’t always about needing food, I’m anxious isn’t always about being scared or nervous.
You can have a mental illness and be in chronic pain, having difficulty doing simple tasks, where everything feels out of control. Just like you can have a mental illness and have a good month, thriving in every aspects of your life. That’s the thing, a mental illness can be manageable...I see it as being just a little bit more vulnerable. It’s easier to lose that balance. Little things set you off emotionally/psychologically more easily.
Some people can run a marathon in 5 hours while others can only do it in a couple of days because they can’t stand on their feet for too long without being in excruciating pain. Same thing for a mental illness, sometimes we just need more breaks than others. Sometimes we just need more support than others. It doesn’t mean we can’t do it. It doesn’t make us different or inadequate.
And if you have a mental illness and you’re doing great, having a ‘normal’ life, I am proud of you. Just remember do not forget to take care of yourself, that’s when it’s easy to fall back into old pattern. Be grateful for what you have and be proud of how far you’ve come. Life is like a roller coaster sometimes. There’s ups and downs. Don’t give up, get back up.
And if you are struggling with a mental illness and just living is difficult, I am proud of you. It’s exhausting fighting your own brain. Just remember do not forget to take care of yourself, that’s what keeps you above the water. You survived everything so far, you can do it again. You deserve the best, even if you don’t believe it. Trust me.
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Are your children financially literate? Contributed by Nimi Akinkugbe, Money Matters with Nimi
Our current educational system focuses almost totally on academic subjects and very rarely is any aspect of money management taught in the school curriculum. This is set to change in due course.
At an event to mark Global Money Week held at Abuja in March 2014, the Central Bank of Nigeria (CBN) announced that the curriculum that would be used in Nigerian schools to teach the concept of financial literacy would be released next year. Global Money Week is a global money awareness celebration that takes place in March each year to engage children globally regarding the basic concepts of savings and investing.
The CBN in collaboration with the Federal Ministry of Education, the National Education Research Council, as well a financial literacy steering committee including stakeholders in the capital markets, banking, insurance, and pensions industries seeks to ensure that financial literacy is integrated into the Nigerian school curriculum by 2015 to better equip students to manage their finances in adulthood.
Nigeria is not alone in this drive for financial literacy among its youth population. Children will be taught how to manage their money in schools for the first time in England, after financial education was included in the national curriculum towards the end of 2013.
The details published by the UK Department for Education includes “financial mathematics.” According to the published curriculum, pupils will learn to manage their money and plan for future financial decisions in citizenship classes, which will also include instruction in financial products and how public money is raised through income tax. The curriculum will be rolled out in the United Kingdom from September 2014.
Parents have a role to play in encouraging financial literacy among their children as the most practical and profound lessons are at home. They often ask about the age when they should start teaching children about money, or whether or not they should give their children an allowance or pocket money.
To raise money-savvy children, parents should start to teach from the time a child can count and regularly reinforce money lessons as children grow up. An allowance puts money in your children’s hands and presents and opportunity to introduce budgeting and prioritizing. Opinions vary as to whether or not they should be given an allowance. Some argue state that it gives them unrealistic expectations and develops in them a sense of entitlement to be given money for doing “nothing”.
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Some parents go as far as to introduce commission based work for chores. Certain tasks at home are thus assigned naira amounts and if the job is done very well, they are paid. If they don’t do the job well or display a bad attitude are unhelpful then any payment is withheld. One wonders if the payment for chores won’t make children tie monetary compensation to everything that they do.
When your children earn or are given an allowance, help them to divide it into three tiers: saving, spending, and giving. By guiding them through these concepts of saving, spending and giving you’re laying a foundation for their future financial security.
Children can start to learn the virtues of work from a young age. One must make sure that the jobs that they do are age appropriate. Even the youngest children can do minor tasks that keep them engaged and provide useful learning opportunities.
As children get older, they are introduced to debit and credit cards. Indeed, as soon as they arrive at some university campuses, they become the target of financial institutions some of whom are keen to introduce debt very early in their banking relationships. They must be taught the pros and cons of both. If your children become prone to debt from an early age you can be certain that you will be spending much of your retirement years bailing them out of financial difficulties.
Are your children at home on holiday now? This might be one of the best opportunities to put some financial principles their way. Our children tend to imitate our money habits. They see you working hard so why not put them to work for at least part of the long holiday. This provides a valuable lesson that work is how money is earned.
When it comes to earning, saving, spending and giving, try to involve your children as you plan your basic household budget. Take young children to the supermarket with you. Let them watch the process of selecting various items and how much they cost. Let them make some choices to learn what is expensive as compared to what is more affordable.
Discuss with them where money is going and what your priorities are. They should also make their budget and prioritize between their wants, and needs. Sometimes it is difficult to explain things but practical exposure to paying utility and other bills can become powerful learning events. These will be long lasting lessons in how they manage their own money.
We all know how much better off we might have been if we had learned the basics of personal finance when we were much younger. Good money habits, learned early in life can help to insulate children from making mistakes later in life. Why not give your children a head start by introducing some of the principles to them now. They will be so much better for it.
Nimi Akinkugbe, Money Matters with Nimi , is a Money Management and Financial Specialist. Website: www.moneymatterswithnimi.com | Email: [email protected] |Twitter: @MMWITHNIMI | Instagram: MMWITHNIMI | Facebook: MoneyMatterswithNimi


Dark Sky Films has acquired the distribution rights for North America Lolathe sci-fi drama from writer/director Andrew Legge and starring Stefanie Martini (Prime suspect 73, The Last Kingdom) and Emma Appleton (The Witcher, gun). The film will be released in early August.
Giles Edwards, Head of Development & Acquisitions at Dark Sky Films, is currently in Cannes negotiating the distribution deal with Yana Georgieva, Head of Sales at Bankside Films.
Lola is set in 1940 England, where enterprising sisters Thomasina “Thom” Hanbury (Appleton) and Martha “Mars” Hanbury (Martine) built a machine Lola, which can intercept radio and TV broadcasts from the future. The device gives them an exciting preview of the world to come, including music from the likes of David Bowie and the Kinks. But as World War II escalates, the sisters decide to use the machine as a secret service weapon – with world-changing consequences.
Debuting game director Legge, who co-wrote the screenplay with Angeli Macfarlane, tells his story using a documentary approach centered on footage discovered in old film roll cans in an abandoned house – footage that purportedly reveals the work of the eccentric sisters. A lot of Lola was shot on vintage cameras and then processed at home in a vintage 16mm developing tank to give the film an authentic aged feel. The actresses were even trained on how to use the camera for certain crucial scenes.
Lola includes original songs and score by Neil Hannon (forthcoming). wonka) of the Divine Comedy. The film is being produced by Alan Maher and John Wallace of Cowtown Pictures (Rialto) and co-produced by Alice Lusher and Catryn Ramasut of ie ie Productions (Queerama), with support from Screen Ireland, Head Gear Films, Ffilm Cymru Wales and Roads Entertainment. Executive Producers are Phil Hunt, Compton Ross, Stephen Kelliher, Sophie Green, Dearbhla Regan, Bizzy Day, Andrew Legge and Danielle Ryan.
“Lola is an amazing achievement, a film that transcends science fiction and the found footage genre and tells a powerful and compelling story,” said Edwards of Dark Sky. “We’re excited to bring Andrew Legge’s great debut to a wide audience.”
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After initially saying the Monday shootings that left six dead in Jersey City, N.J., were a random act, officials now disclose that one of the two attackers had published anti-Semitic posts online and had, in fact, targeted the site, the New York Times reports.
President Trump announced tariffs, effective immediately, on all steel and aluminum shipped into the United States from Brazil and Argentina.
“Brazil and Argentina have been presiding over a massive devaluation of their currencies. which is not good for our farmers,” Trump said in Monday morning tweet. He then directed his attention to the Federal Reserve, saying the central bank should “act so that countries, of which there are many, no longer take advantage of our strong dollar by further devaluing their currencies. This makes it very hard for our [manufacturers] & farmers to fairly export their goods. Lower Rates & Loosen — Fed!”
The surprise announcement came after it appeared as though the White House was preparing to dial back its adversarial trade approach in the lead up to next year’s election. The administration appeared close to a deal with House Democrats to revamp the North American Free Trade Agreement, and tensions with China had eased in recent weeks. Read more…
Donald Trump’s Republican congressional allies are throwing up different defenses against impeachment and hoping that something may sell. They say that he didn’t seek a corrupt political bargain with Ukraine, but that if he did, he failed, and the mere attempt is not impeachable. Or that it is not clear that he did it, because the evidence against him is unreliable “hearsay.”
It’s all been very confusing. But the larger story — the crucial constitutional story — is not the incoherence of the president’s defense. It is more that he and his party are exposing limits of impeachment as a response to the presidency of a demagogue.
The founders feared the demagogue, who figures prominently in the Federalist Papers as the politician who, possessing “perverted ambition,” pursues relentless self-aggrandizement “by the confusions of their country.” The last of the papers, Federalist No. 85, linked demagogy to its threat to the constitutional order — to the “despotism” that may be expected from the “victorious demagogue.” This “despotism” is achieved through systematic lying to the public, vilification of the opposition and, as James Fenimore Cooper wrote in an essay on demagogues, a claimed right to disregard “the Constitution and the laws” in pursuing what the demagogue judges to be the “interests of the people.”
Should the demagogue succeed in winning the presidency, impeachment in theory provides the fail-safe protection. And yet the demagogue’s political tool kit, it turns out, may be his most effective defense. It is a constitutional paradox: The very behaviors that necessitate impeachment supply the means for the demagogue to escape it. Read more…
The U.S. Commission on Civil Rights, of which I’m a member, released a report yesterday entitled “In the Name of Hate: Examining the Federal Government’s Role in Response to Hate Crimes.” The report appears to lend credence to the Left’s narrative that the U.S. is enduring a wave of white supremacist hate crimes spurred by the election of Donald Trump. The practical effect of the report is to malign supporters of the president as violent extremists and portray the nation as a whole as intrinsically racist. The proposed solution, unsurprisingly, is greater federal involvement in local law enforcement, increased classification of crimes as “hate crimes” subject to federal prosecution, and curtailment of First Amendment freedoms.
The report is grievously flawed.
As I noted earlier this year when Jussie Smollett captivated the nation with his valiant tale of fighting two Nigerian white supremacists without losing hold of his Subway sandwich, the actual statistics about hate crimes in this country confound the Left’s narrative. Last year we were told that an increase of 1,000 reported hate crimes in 2017 versus 2016 was evidence of a “wave of hate” sweeping the country. But as journalist Robby Soave pointed out at the Commission’s hearing, the increase is likely due to the fact that 1,000 more law enforcement agencies began reporting hate crimes to the FBI in 2017. If each new agency reported just one hate crime, that alone would account for the increase. Read more…
What makes an assault, act of vandalism or even a bombing a hate crime? In Minnesota, it depends on who you ask.
When a 54-year-old Shorewood man allegedly punched and elbowed Door Dash driver Haarun Galbayte repeatedly one morning last month, he is said to have punctuated his blows with racial slurs and calls for Galbayte to return to his home country of Somalia.
Yet despite the victim’s account of being the recipient of one of the oldest racist tropes in the book, police in the southwest metro suburb say they are not investigating the attack as a hate crime. That is to the dismay of groups like the Minnesota chapter of the Council on American-Islamic Relations, which last week brought attention to the case and demanded that it be counted as an example of a “bias-motivated” crime. Read more…
(JTA) — California Governor Gavin Newsom signed a bill into law that provides grant funding to nonprofit organizations at risk from hate-inspired violence.
AB-1548, partially catalyzed by the deadly shooting at a synagogue in Poway, California, in April, establishes the California State Nonprofit Security Grant Program, which provides grants up to $200,000 for security guards, reinforced doors, alarm systems and other measures to protect “high risk” nonprofits.
The bill was introduced by Assemblymember Jesse Gabriel, the vice chair of the California Legislative Jewish Caucus. In a statement Friday, Gabriel welcomed the signing of the law, saying it “sends a powerful message that California stands firmly with those targeted by hate.” The Jewish Public Affairs Committee of California also welcomed the law.
“As a sponsor of AB 1584, the Jewish Public Affairs Committee of California is grateful to Governor Newsom for his leadership on the California Nonprofit Security Grant Program and his commitment to funding the program in his 2019 budget,” said Julie Zeisler, JPAC’s executive director. Read more…
Last month, 12-year-old Amari Allen appeared on television to share how she had been brutalized by racist white boys at Immanuel Christian School in Springfield, Virginia. The sixth-grader, who is black, wept as she recalled how she was pinned down during recess, had her arms pulled behind her back and had a hand placed over her mouth so she couldn’t scream.
She said the boys cut off her dreadlocks, calling it “nappy.” By Monday, it was revealed that, following an investigation by Fairfax County Police, the girl admitted she had made it all up.
When the story first broke, left-wing politicians and activists raged. Rep. Rashida Tlaib published a personalized message on Twitter to the girl: “You see, Amari, you may not feel it now but you have a power that threatens their core. I can’t wait to watch you use it and thrive.” On Twitter, some even found a way to blame the Trump administration, noting ominously that Vice President Mike Pence’s wife, Karen, teaches art part-time at the school. Read more…
President Trump arrived in California on Tuesday night and declared that Los Angeles and San Francisco will “destroy themselves” if they don’t clear out homeless encampments that threaten to ruin the “prestige” of our “best highways, our best streets, our best entrances to buildings.” Trump has directed aides to launch a major crackdown on homelessness in California, which could involve removing people residing on California’s streets. It all seems to echo Trump’s attempted crackdowns on undocumented immigrants in liberal “sanctuary cities,” this time applied to another marginalized group in Democratic strongholds. The president often blames Democrats for sustained poverty and crime in major cities, and he’s used typically stigmatizing language to describe homelessness: “You take a look at what’s going on with San Francisco, it’s terrible,” he told Fox News recently. “. . . We may intercede. We may do something to get that whole thing cleaned up. It’s inappropriate. Now, we have to take the people and do something.”
But the residents and leaders of these liberal cities are also intolerant of the unhoused. On the West Coast, criminalizing homelessness is already policy orthodoxy — even among those who are part of the vanguard of the anti-Trump resistance.
Democratic Gov. Gavin Newsom’s spokesman called on Trump to put “serious solutions, with real investment, on the table,” rather than just divisive rhetoric. But as mayor of San Francisco, Newsom pushed a successful ballot initiative to make it illegal to sit or lie on city sidewalks. State Sen. Scott Wiener (D-San Francisco), who said this month that Trump should “back off,” co-sponsored a successful ballot initiative that bars camping in public spaces in his hometown. San Francisco Mayor London Breed said that “simply cracking down on homelessness without providing the housing people need is not a real solution.” Meanwhile, during her term, the city’s police department has increased the number of officers assigned to addressing homeless complaints from 24 to 58, while also raising the number of sanitation workers dedicated to sweeping encampments. Voters in these liberal cities not only continually pass these laws, they call on the police to enforce them. In 2017, San Francisco police were dispatched nearly 100,000 times for caller complaints of homeless concern. Read more…
Black-Owned Mississippi Restaurant Vandalized With Racist Graffiti
Black-Owned Mississippi Restaurant Vandalized With Racist Graffiti
The owner of a popular restaurant in Hattiesburg, Mississippi, returned to her establishment earlier this week to a shock after discovering that the establishment had been trashed and vandalized.
According to the Clarion Ledger, Vikki Layne Terrell, owner of Vikki Layne’s Bar and Grill, found tables overturned in the dining room and kitchen, damaged equipment and wrote the n-word on a mirror and spray-painted “Get out” and “You not welcome” on the walls.
“I don’t know why anyone would do this,” Terrell told the news site. “I should not walk into the women’s room and see racial slurs on the walls.”


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DigiTimes: Sources Deny Rumors Of A Delayed 13″ Retina MacBook Pro
DigiTimes is reporting that any rumors about Apple planning to release a 13-inch MacBook Pro with Retina display have been denied by sources inside the upstream supply chain. Previously, there have been reports that Apple has deliberately postponed mass shipments of the device due to shortages of 13″ Retina display. However, today’s report refutes all such rumors. Meanwhile, the report also suggests that Hewlett-Packard (HP), Acer, Lenovo and Dell have all reduced their shipment forecasts for 2012.
Apple also did not reduce its shipment forecast for 2012 and is still expecting its notebook shipments to grow 30% on year, the sources pointed out. In 2011, Apple’s portable PC shipments were 12.79 million units, according to IDC. With a forecast of 30% growth, Apple’s MacBook series shipments are expected to reach 16.24 million units in 2012
The sources pointed out that Apple has demanded its upstream partners start supplying components for the 13-inch model in the third quarter and they have not yet heard anything about changing of schedule.
As for when the product will launch, the report claims that a 13″ MacBook Pro with Retina display might launch before October to catch up with the back-to-school season.


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Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center Working with DispatchHealth, an in-home medical care provider, to offer home care to Columbus-area patients.
According to a news release, starting July 1, Ohio State Wexner patients and providers will be able to request same-day home care for viral infections, exacerbations of COPD, heart failure and other injuries and illnesses. Those home services will be coordinated with a patient care team. Some high-risk patients will also be able to request DispatchHealth’s Bridge Care, which provides at-home care 24-72 hours after acute care in the hospital.
“Home health remains a critical component to the overall continuum of our care. This partnership will provide our patients with high-intensity care from the comfort of their own homes, while connecting patients with a primary care physician or specialist to prevent preventable diseases. Hal Paz, executive vice president and chancellor of health affairs at Ohio State University and CEO of Ohio State Wexner Medical Center, said in a statement. “We look forward to serving our community in new and important ways while reducing care costs and improving health outcomes, exceeding the expectations of today’s consumer and care teams.”
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“The past year has shown that the care needs of patients are rapidly evolving. DispatchHealth’s proven value-based care approach empowers health systems to go beyond traditional care settings and meet patients,” said Dr. Mark Prather, CEO and co-founder of DispatchHealth, said in a statement. “We are pleased to partner with Ohio State Wexner Medical Center to focus on effective, convenient and affordable care outside of the typical clinic and hospital setting. We look forward to expanding our service to Central Ohio through this pioneering partnership. Looking forward.”
Partnership with DispatchHealth announced after May 24 unveiling A home health joint venture between The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center and the Alternative Solutions Health Network Expected to start by August. While the DispatchHealth partnership will provide in-home high acuity care for urgent care needs, the ASHN venture will provide low acuity care for post-acute patients who require long-term care, such as elderly patients who are discharged from the hospital. and they require medical attention. services for a few weeks, an Ohio State spokesperson said.
“The difference between the two partnerships is the level of acumen,” the spokesperson said. “The two complement each other and are important services to make up our home care continuum.”
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The rise of Protestantism and the period of the Enlightenment in the West gave rise to doubts about this tale, as John Donne noted in one of his poems in the 16th century. Caesar Baronius (1538-1607), not only a Renaissance scholar but a cardinal in the Latin Church, was the first to treat the story as “apocryphal”. It was never taken seriously in the West again. The Latin Church still refers to the tradition as a “purely imaginative romance”. The tale became very popular in the literature of the Romantics in a twisted form, inspiring a poem by Goethe, a cautionary tale by the Grimm brothers, and even the Washington Irving tale of Rip van Winkleas well as H.G. Wells’s The Sleeper Awakes and Mark Twain’s Innocence Abroad, among others.
In 2001 I had the opportunity to visit Ephesus, and along with the famous Church of Saint John the Theologian as well as the church in which the Third Ecumenical Synod took place in ancient Ephesus, one of my primary destinations was to visit the cave of the Seven Sleepers. Though a bit off the beaten track and fenced off, a hole in the fence provided me full access to the cave over which a church was built and now run down. Fully visible was the resting place of the Seven Sleepers, in which the Russian pilgrim Daniel reported in the twelfth century that he saw the actual relics of the holy youths. This pilgrimage, though short spent, made me consider more and more the veracity of this tale.
In written form, the earliest purported source which survives today is by a Syrian bishop named Jacob of Sarugh (452-521). He had begun composing poetic homilies around 474, and one of them was specifically on the subject of the Sleepers. When exactly this specific homily was composed however is hard to determine. This being the case, it is difficult to determine if he indeed is our earliest source.
Bishop Zachariah of Mitylene was a Monophysite who some time between 491 and 518 wrote his Ecclesiastical History in Syriac while residing in Constantinople and mentions the Seven Sleepers. In Book 2, chapter 1 he states: “I was able to discover from records and Acts or from letters, — truth that was carefully examined, — I shall set down here the truth of the resurrection, which took place in the days of Theodosius the king, of the bodies of the seven youths who were in a cave in the district of Ephesus, and the Syriac records; both to keep them in the memory of the saints and for the glory of God, Who is able to do all things.” What these references he refers to are is not exactly known, but his intention to carefully examine the truth should be noted. It seems that there were many written records of the Seven Sleepers before him that no longer exist. However it could be that Jacob of Serugh first heard of the Seven Sleepers through Zachariah.
Theodosius the Pilgrim, in his De situ terrae sanctae, records sometime between 518 and 538 of visiting the tomb of the Seven Sleepers. He refers to it as the “Shrine of the Seven Sleepers”.
Bishop John of Ephesus (c. 507 – c. 586) recorded the tale of the Seven Sleepers in his Ecclesiastical History as a historical fact that happened in his own city a century earlier. He wrote his history in Syriac, having been born in Amid north of Mesopotamia, and is considered to be very accurate in his historical approach as well as attention to details.
The earliest extant version in the Latin West dates from about 525 by a deacon named Theodosius. St. Gregory of Tours gave a complete Latin account in his Gloria Martyrum a few years later. Gregory is said to have received this tale from a Syrian, though his Latin account seems to be of Greek origin.
Interestingly the Koran, written in the early seventh century, includes the story of the Seven Sleepers in a chapter titled “The Cave” (al-Kahf). It adds important details that they were accompanied by a dog and they were asleep for 309 years. However the Muslims did not acknowledge Ephesus to be the site of the cave of the Seven Sleepers, which they called Afsis in Arabic, but the similar sounding Afsus near Elbistan in southeastern Asia Minor. They obviously chose Afsus because it was well within reach of Arab territory, whereas Ephesus was under their enemy the Romans.
A brick church was built above the seven original tombs, with mosaic floors and marble revetments by Emperor Theodosius. A large, domed mausoleum was added to the cave in the 6th century. Frescoes on the walls and vaults are mainly vegetal decorations.
As we might expect, pilgrimages to the site of the cave were extremely popular through the end of the fifteenth century, as is evidenced from the graffiti on the walls in both Latin and Greek. It also became a favored spot of burial in Late Antiquity. Theodosius on his pilgrimage in the sixth century saw the tombs of the Seven Sleepers, and according to a ninth century writer, visitors to the cave were shown seven incorrupt bodies. The 12th century Russian pilgrim Daniel saw the same. Daniel also says that many were buried there.
Although pilgrimages can be shown throughout the medieval centuries, the most famous was probably one sponsored by the last Anglo-Saxon king of England, Edward the Confessor, in response to a vision. The story of this particular pilgrimage to Ephesus was to be forever immortalized in a stone frieze in the chapel dedicated to Edward the Confessor at Westminster Abbey.
At the archaeological site of Ephesus, a well-paved road heading east of the Vedius Gymnasium leads to the Cave of the Seven Sleepers, about .8km (1/2 mile) away. The grotto associated with the Seven Sleepers, is located on the eastern slope of Panayirdag hill.
In 1926, research by the Austrian Archaeological Institute uncovered the ruins of the Basilica of the Seven Sleepers (built above the cave) which permitted them to specify the date. It dates back to the middle of the fifth century. Archeology was able to confirm implicitly the literary date for this tale.
Excavations were carried out in the Cave of the Seven Sleepers between 1927 and 1930. One of the most interesting features of the archaeological site is the treasure trove of over 2000 terracotta lamps that was discovered inside which were offerings to the church. They date primarily to the fourth and fifth centuries. Most of the lamps are decorated with a cross; others bear scenes from the Old Testament popular with Christians, such as Adam and Eve, Abraham and Isaac, and Daniel in the lions’ den. There are also a wide variety of secular scenes, such as fishermen and theatre performances. But alongside these are pagan religious scenes such as Hercules and the lion, Zeus and Aphrodite, pictures of temple facades, and the head of the god Attis. Were these lamps made and used by Ephesians who considered themselves Christians but retained pagan traditions, or did pagans join Christians in devotions at the Cave of the Seven Sleepers? The answer is not clear. Though we do know that Emperor Justinian did send Bishop John of Ephesus to remote areas of Asia Minor to stamp out paganism, during which he is said to have converted thousands.
The main part of the complex is the cave church in which the Seven Sleepers slept and were buried. The large cave, with a ceiling as high as many regular churches, has been lined with brick masonry to form a church. There are arch niches on the sides and a rounded apse in the back. The burial places of the sleepers in the floor are now open, empty holes.
For modern scholars, one of the most important debates deals with the origins of this tale, whether it is Greek or Syriac. According to A. Allgeier, I. Guidi, B. Heller, Th. Nöldeke, V. Ryssel, A. Krymski, etc. the hagiographical work was first written in Syriac, while M. Huber, P. Peeters and E. Honigmann insisted on the priority of certain Greek texts. What seems evident at this point and time is that the origin of this tale on the literary level is indeed Greek, as all the early authors (except Jacob of Serugh) gathered their information for this tale while living in or near the vicinity of Ephesus. Bishop Stephen of Ephesus almost certainly wrote the first history in Greek. However, some of these authors did write in Syriac, therefore, their histories, though of Greek origin, ventured east where they quickly became popular having been written in their own language. Though originally considered an Orthodox miracle, it was quickly acquired by the Syriac Monophysites.
In 1953 Ernest Honigmann defended the possible historicity of the account of the Seven Sleepers with considerable ingenuity following the archaeological and literary evidence. Honigmann established that this tradition was common to Melkite, Monophysite, Nestorian, and Jacobite Christians, and therefore precedes their division (5th and 6th centuries). Having examined all the historical records available as well as the archaeological evidence, Honigmann was able to form the final conclusion:
“From the time of Cardinal Baronius to this day no creedance has been given to this strange story; some critics spoke of ‘deception and forgery’. Nevertheless there can be no doubt that, as we stated above, the report on the awakening of the seven youths must be based upon some historical fact. In the light of the archaeological evidence it now seems incontestable that about the middle of the fifth century seven young Ephesians really believed or tried to make others believe that they had been persecuted at the time of Decius, and that a high ecclesiastical dignitary, in a kind of enthusiastic self-deception, took their strange affirmation for granted, all the more providing him with the weapons which he needed for refuting certain heretics and making orthodoxy triumph.”
Nowadays it is proved, as Honigmann stated, that the basis for the story is a well attested historical fact. Indeed, F. Miltner, who was in charge of excavations undertaken at Ephesus in 1926 by the Austrian Archaeological Institute found reason to believe that the church he uncovered was built at about the middle of the fifth century. This church was found at the traditional site ascribed to it in ancient Ephesus. Textual criticism also led scholars to certain conclusions which seem to confirm the results attained by the archaeological discoveries. Though archaeology and textual criticism cannot verify the miracle behind the tale, they do verify that the tale does describe an actual historical event of seven young men appearing in the midst of the Ephesians and believed to be the source of a great miracle which confirmed for all the resurrection of the dead.
1. Clive Foss, Ephesus after Antiquity: A Late Antique, Byzantine and Turkish City(Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1979) p. 43.
2. Peter L’Huillier, The Church of the Ancient Councils (Crestwood, New York: St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 1996) pp. 199-201. Richard Price and Michael Gaddis, The Acts of the Council of Chalcedon vol. 3 (Liverpool University Press, 2007) pp. 1-3.
3. Clive Foss, Ephesus after Antiquity: A Late Antique, Byzantine and Turkish City(Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 1979) p. 43.
4. Full catalogue: FiE IV/2, 96-200. Jewish lamps: p. 45, n.48; pagan tombstones: p. 211.
5. Ernest Honigmann, “Stephen of Ephesus (April 15, 448 – October 29, 451) and the Legend of the Seven Sleepers” Patristic Studies. Studi e testi, 173 (1953) pp. 125-168.

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