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#SherylCrow joined #MichaelJFox at his foundation’s event in Nashville. ♥️
by Gunnar Larson 17 Apr '25

17 Apr '25

#SherylCrow joined #MichaelJFox at his foundation’s event in Nashville. ♥️ https://www.facebook.com/reel/583439114056661/?sfnsn=mo&mibextid=6aamW6

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WATCH LIVE: RFK Jr addresses autism rise and causes in latest CDC report
by Gunnar Larson 17 Apr '25

17 Apr '25

WATCH LIVE: RFK Jr addresses autism rise and causes in latest CDC report https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1AqvwrAJgP/

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Timing For Newsmax, Dominion Defamation Trial Still Unclear
by Gunnar Larson 17 Apr '25

17 Apr '25

Timing For Newsmax, Dominion Defamation Trial Still Unclear <https://www.law360.com/delaware/articles/2325495?nl_pk=9f0ef0c6-df48-47ce-8…> By Jeff Montgomery The timing for a potential billion-dollar defamation battle in Delaware between Newsmax Media Inc. and Dominion Voting Systems that had been scheduled to begin April 28 was left in the air late Tuesday after a daylong hearing on final pretrial issues and Newsmax's calls for a delay. Read full article » <https://www.law360.com/delaware/articles/2325495?nl_pk=9f0ef0c6-df48-47ce-8…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.com/delaware/articles/2325495?nl_pk=9f0ef0c6-df48-47ce-8…>

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Austrian Exec Can't Take Extradition Fight To UK Top Court
by Gunnar Larson 17 Apr '25

17 Apr '25

Austrian Exec Can't Take Extradition Fight To UK Top Court <https://www.law360.co.uk/financial-services-uk/articles/2325489?nl_pk=9aaa8…> By Christopher Crosby An Austrian banker wanted in the U.S. over a major Brazilian corruption scandal has yet to learn whether he will be extradited after a London judge blocked his path to appeal to the U.K.'s highest court, prosecutors said Wednesday. Read full article » <https://www.law360.co.uk/financial-services-uk/articles/2325489?nl_pk=9aaa8…> | Save to favorites » <https://www.law360.co.uk/financial-services-uk/articles/2325489?nl_pk=9aaa8…>

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242 highlights to the Holy-Quran-English.pdf
by Gunnar Larson 17 Apr '25

17 Apr '25

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1v7oavIHreCzhF2W02G6roo5rsstGbfmW/view?usp=… Evidently this explanation creates only more problems than it solves. Moreover, the entire tale is absolutely without foundation. No scriptural evidence or evidence based on the traditions of the Holy Prophet (may peace and blessings of Allah be on him) is ever presented to support this bizarre claim which simply adds more conjectural confusion. Tt is as if this explanation of the verse dawned only upon the medieval scholars while the Messenger of God, peace be upon him, remained himself completely unaware of it. As to the second question the weakness of the claim is apparent from the wording of the Holy Qur'iin. The word rafa 'a (;J;) means elevated. Whenever Allah elevates a person the elevation always refers to the status of the person, never to his body. In fact it is impossible to translate this verse in any way other than the said meaning i.e., the elevation of spiritual station. The verse declares that Allah elevated Jesus to Himself. Evidently no point in space of Heaven is mentioned lo which Allah raised him. He raised him lo Himself while He was present there where Jesus was. No place in Heaven or earth is empty of Allah's presence. So when someone is said lo be raised lo Him, a bodily movement is impossible and inconceivable. According to Ahmadiyya understanding of this verse, the connotation of 'on the contrary' refers to the Jewish claim of the accursed death of Jesus. Obviously the opposite of curse is nearness to God. ,:, 160. Note: This verse has been the subject of controversy regarding its real import. Some scholars believe that it refers to a remote future in relation to the time of crucifixion indicating that all Jews without exception will one day have faith in Jesus Christ and accept him as a true Prophet of God. They claim that it is also mentioned in this verse that this miracle would take place in the lifetime of Jesus Christ. This they infer from the words qahla mautihi (H~ µ) which means before his death. As the Jews have not yet accepted him, therefore, according to such scholars Jesus must be still alive. Another commonly held view is that the expression 'before his death' refers to every member of the Jewish faith of the time of Jesus Christ. In this case this would mean that every Jew would believe in Jesus Christ before his death-a claim which can only be verified by God. Unfortunately many problems and difficulties stand in the way of accepting these propositions in toto. We propose a completely different and new solution to the problem. The verse under study is translated as 'There is no one among the people of the Book but will certainly believe in him before his death." The word in italics i.e., 'one' is not literally mentioned in the verse but is only implied. If it were mentioned the verse would mean as follows: wain afiadimmin ahlilkitiibi -,4]1 -J-k' 0 ~I""'

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498 Higjlights to A-Course-in-Miracles.pdf
by Gunnar Larson 17 Apr '25

17 Apr '25

https://drive.google.com/file/d/1v9ATR9oaOWVly5CzRO6r0FRVG8NJ8-J1/view?usp=… The ancient new ideas they bring will be the happy consequences of a Cause so ancient that It far exceeds the span of memory which your perception sees.

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Watch "NOT ON OUR WATCH! | Marianne Williamson" on YouTube
by Gunnar Larson 16 Apr '25

16 Apr '25

https://youtu.be/avBb5MsyNsk?si=EUzcb13lWG8VVMbm Every day something more outrageous happens, and none of it should be normalized. When a U.S. President transgresses the laws and principles of the Constitution, it's not a derangement syndrome to object to that. It's a derangement syndrome not to. This is going to be a long haul, and obviously we have to manage our nervous systems so we don't fall apart. But we can't afford to take our eye off the ball, either. As a friend said to me the other day, "It appears that the most cynical analysis is the one most likely to be true." And I agree with him. We have everything we need to stand up to this insanity, to meet the moment, to save our democracy. We don't have to have every detail worked out yet of how we're going to do it; right now we just need to cultivate the conviction that we will. Every day, do something. A post you post. An article or book that helps you understand. An attendance at a Town Hall, a call to your legislators, whatever it is. Just do it. No matter what, don't give up. Hold the line. Keep going. Be strong. Be loud. Be brave. #leadership #democracy #acourseinmiracles #politics

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Dante Poetae Sepulcrum
by Gunnar Larson 16 Apr '25

16 Apr '25

Dante Poetae Sepulcrum https://www.facebook.com/share/16xegN6qfR/ The *Tomb of Dante* (Italian <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Italian_language>: *Sepolcro di Dante*) is an Italian neoclassical <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Neoclassical_architecture> national monument built over the tomb of the poet Dante Alighieri <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Dante_Alighieri> (1265-1321) in 1781.[1] <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomb_of_Dante#cite_note-:0-1> It is sited next to the Basilica of San Francesco <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilica_of_San_Francesco,_Ravenna> in central Ravenna <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ravenna>.[2] <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomb_of_Dante#cite_note-2> <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Dante%27s_tomb_%28Ravenna%29_-_Facade.…>Exterior of the 18th-century monument. The monument is surrounded by a "zona dantesca", in which visitors have to remain silent and respectful. The small garden to the monument's right originated as the monastic cloister but now only has a colonnade on one side. The garden is traditionally named after the *Quadrarco di Braccioforte*, where two people invoked the "strong arm" of Christ to guarantee their contract and therefore had the image of that arm painted on the arch.[3] <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomb_of_Dante#cite_note-3>[4] <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomb_of_Dante#cite_note-4> Historyedit <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tomb_of_Dante&action=edit&sect…> Burialedit <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tomb_of_Dante&action=edit&sect…> Dante spent his final years in exile in Ravenna and died there in 1321. The day after his death his funeral was held in the cloister of the basilica, then a Franciscan <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Franciscans> monastery, the Church of San Pier Maggiore, later called Basilica di San Francesco <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Basilica_of_San_Francesco,_Ravenna>. He was then buried outside the cloister by the roadside in an ancient Roman sarcophagus <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sarcophagus>, in which he still rests. Bernardo Canaccio <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernardo_Canaccio> wrote a poetic Latin epitaph in 1366, which was inscribed on its lid: "Iura monarchiae superos Phlegetonta lacusque lustrando cecini volverunt fata quousque sed quia pars cessit melioribus hospita castris actoremque suum petiit felicior astris hic claudor Dantes patriis extorris ab oris quem genuit parvi Florentia mater amoris"[5] <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomb_of_Dante#cite_note-5> The sarcophagus was moved to the west side of the cloister by Bernardo Bembo <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bernardo_Bembo>, Venetian podestà <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Podest%C3%A0> of Ravenna, at the end of the 15th century. A few years later Dante's hometown of Florence <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Florence> began making requests to have his remains returned. This had the support of two Medici <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Medici> popes, Pope Leo X <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Leo_X> and Pope Clement VII <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pope_Clement_VII>. The first request was supported by Michelangelo <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Michelangelo> and in 1519 Leo granted Florence permission to move the sarcophagus there, but the Franciscans had enough time to make a hole in the wall and secretly move Dante's bones there. A Tuscan <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tuscany> delegation duly arrived but found the sarcophagus empty. It was moved into the cloister and kept under guard. 17th to 19th centuriesedit <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tomb_of_Dante&action=edit&sect…> Meanwhile the bones <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bone> were put in a new box in 1677 by Antonio Sarti, prior of the monastery. The sarcophagus was restored under armed guard in 1692. The bones were put back in their original sarcophagus in 1781,[1] <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomb_of_Dante#cite_note-:0-1> the same year as the monument was completed, having been commissioned from the local architect Camillo Morigia <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Camillo_Morigia> by Luigi Valenti Gonzaga <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luigi_Valenti_Gonzaga>, the cardinal legate in Romagna <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Romagna>. Square in plan and with a small cupola and dome, it covers the sarcophagus. Its interior is covered in marble and stucco <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Stucco>. Morigia planned to have images of Virgil <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virgil>, Brunetto Latini <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brunetto_Latini>, Cangrande della Scala <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cangrande_I_della_Scala> and Guido Novello da Polenta <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guido_Novello_da_Polenta> in the pendentives <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pendentive> of the dome's interior vault, but this plan was abandoned. Behind the sarcophagus is a 1483 bas-relief <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bas-relief> by Pietro Lombardo <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pietro_Lombardo>, which also stood in this position for most of the 15th century, showing Dante reading at a lectern. From the ceiling hangs an 18th century votive lamp, continually kept burning with olive oil from the Tuscan hills donated by Florence every 14 September, the anniversary of Dante's death. The monument's facade to the street is very simple, with a gate surmounted by Cardinal Gonzaga's archiepiscopal coat of arms and the simple inscription "DANTIS POETAE SEPULCRUM" ("tomb of Dante the poet"). The friars hid the bones in the 1677 box again in 1810 during the French occupation to prevent them being confiscated. They hid the box under an old doorway between the Basilica of San Francesco and the Braccioforte Chapel before leaving the city.[6] <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomb_of_Dante#cite_note-6> Florence had not given up hope of having the remains removed from Ravenna, however, and in 1829 the city erected a cenotaph <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cenotaph> in Santa Croce Basilica <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Croce,_Florence>, showing the poet seated in thought and a personification of Poetry weeping over the sarcophagus. <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Former_tumulus_of_Dante_-_Garden_of_Sa…>The mound which held the bones from 1944 to 1945. The box's location was forgotten until 27 May 1865, when it was found by a worker carrying out restoration work for the 600th anniversary of Dante's birth. A young student and later a respected notary, Matteucci Anastasio, noticed the words "OSSA DANTIS" (Dante's bones) on the box and saved it from being thrown into a common grave. (The full inscription stated: "Dantis ossa a me Frate Antonio Santi hic posita 1677, die 18 Octobris", written by Friar Santi.)[7] <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomb_of_Dante#cite_note-7> The almost complete skeleton of bones were rearticulated and put on display to the public in a crystal coffin for a few months before being reburied under the monument in a walnut chest protected by a lead cover. It remains in place and has never been returned to Florence.[8] <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomb_of_Dante#cite_note-8>[9] <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomb_of_Dante#cite_note-9> 1900–presentedit <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Tomb_of_Dante&action=edit&sect…> In 1921 a bronze garland was added to the foot of the sarcophagus in memory of the dead of World War I <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_I>, as well as a marble plaque to its right describing the various restorations of the tomb and an iron gate to the neighbouring garden, designed by the Venetian artist Umberto Bellotto.[10] <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomb_of_Dante#cite_note-10> The bones were hidden yet again during World War II <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/World_War_II> to prevent them being destroyed by bombing. They were buried in the garden from March 1944 to 19 December 1945 until they were returned to the monument, now marked with a plaque.[11] <https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tomb_of_Dante#cite_note-11> The monument was restored in 2006–2007, including a complete repainting of its facades.

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Watch "Big Bear Bald Eagle Live Nest - Cam 1" on YouTube; Eagle_Eye_Cherry.jpg; Watch "BREAKING NEWS: President Trump And Cabinet Take Multiple Questions About Tariffs, China At Meeting" on YouTube
by Gunnar Larson 16 Apr '25

16 Apr '25

*Watch "Big Bear Bald Eagle Live Nest - Cam 1" on YouTube:* https://www.youtube.com/live/B4-L2nfGcuE?si=S4L8-QXZGWlt6gUl *Eagle_Eye_Cherry.jpg:* https://drive.google.com/file/d/1IODnPT53-MmcUuJLFNZ1thmWQ5LAC4EW/view?usp=… *Watch "BREAKING NEWS: President Trump And Cabinet Take Multiple Questions About Tariffs, China At Meeting" on YouTube:* https://youtu.be/JYAAH3BlQQM?si=BpXAJS_WSRhKFsb_

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Microsoft, Okta Say Their Password Products Don't Infringe IP
by Gunnar Larson 16 Apr '25

16 Apr '25

Microsoft, Okta Say Their Password Products Don't Infringe IP <https://www.law360.com/technology/articles/2325770?nl_pk=b6acf8b6-b37c-4b07…> By Lauren Berg Microsoft Corp. and information technology service management company Okta Inc. asked a California federal judge Monday for declarations that their password-generating products don't infringe a San Francisco company's patent covering a method for issuing time-based, one-time passwords. 2 documents attached |

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