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Dennis at the exhibiton opening of his students work. Beneath his unassuming exterior, Dennis is a very knowledgable and funny man, and hard but fair taskmaster as art teacher, allowing hundreds of students over the years to realise artistic talent they might have never known they had.
Stallion, The Backyard Bunkhouse BBQ Brawl and Rock 'n Wrestling Rager, Sister and Brothers Bar, Seattle, WA. 7/1517. Shot for Popthomology.
Stallion, The Backyard Bunkhouse BBQ Brawl and Rock 'n Wrestling Rager, Sister and Brothers Bar, Seattle, WA. 7/1517. Shot for Popthomology.
Stallion, The Backyard Bunkhouse BBQ Brawl and Rock 'n Wrestling Rager, Sister and Brothers Bar, Seattle, WA. 7/1517. Shot for Popthomology.
(L-R):Taskmaster and Black Widow/Natasha Romanoff (Scarlett Johansson) in Marvel Studios' BLACK WIDOW, in theaters and on Disney+ with Premier Access. Photo courtesy of Marvel Studios. ©Marvel Studios 2021. All Rights Reserved.
"Practice Session: A relentless taskmaster, Staff Sergeant David L. Modlin (San Diego, California), Drum Master of the III MAF Drum and Bugle Corps, leads the Marine musicians through endless hours of rehearsal…whenever and wherever they can find a place to practice (official USMC photo by Master Gunnery Sergeant C. F. X. Houts)."
From the Jonathan F. Abel Collection (COLL/3611) at the Archives Branch, Marine Corps History Division
OFFICIAL USMC PHOTOGRAPH
Crap-ton of cosplayers here. We got two Spider-Men, two Deadpools, two Captains America, Taskmaster (guy with skull), Moon Knight (white-clad, crescent moon belt), Pixie (wings), Bucky (domino mask, gun), Daredevil (far left) and Jubilee (googles, spiky hair)
Stallion, The Backyard Bunkhouse BBQ Brawl and Rock 'n Wrestling Rager, Sister and Brothers Bar, Seattle, WA. 7/1517. Shot for Popthomology.
Stallion, The Backyard Bunkhouse BBQ Brawl and Rock 'n Wrestling Rager, Sister and Brothers Bar, Seattle, WA. 7/1517. Shot for Popthomology.
dden Hand of the Men of Jahbuhlun
Because the higher trinity of man's being must be present before soul-union can take place...the Omnific Royal Arch Word can only be given in groups of three... Their right hands are then raised above their heads or they give at low breath the word: Jah-buh-lun, Je-ho-vah, G-O-D.
—C.C. Zain
Ancient Masonry
The greatest, but the most terrible moment in the life of a Mason...The three supreme officials of the Lodge, with three separate keys, unlock the wooden box with the "Secret of Secrets" and give him to read a slip of paper, upon which is written the name of the "God" whose follower he was...JAH-BUL-ON.
-D.C. Yermak
The Axis of Death
Over my many years of exposing the lies and evils of Freemasonry, the Ordo Templi Orientis, the Rosicrucians, and other treacherous cultic secret societies, I have been challenged by many Masons.
Their typical complaint is,
"How dare you say such things about Masonry! Why, I'll have you know I am a Christian, and there is nothing in the Lodge or its rituals that would not be acceptable to my Christian faith."
Of course, it is super-easy, almost like taking candy from a baby, to disabuse the Masonic whiner and complainer hollering that you or I have slandered the Masons by denying their order's "Christian attributes." After all, there are scores of points to make that blow apart the silly notion that the Masonic Lodge or similar groups are even vaguely "Christian" in nature. But the easiest way to handle such a complaint is to ask the Mason if he has reached the Royal Arch Mason ritual level or equivalent (13th degree in the Scottish Rite). If he answers "yes," then, uh oh, he is in big, big trouble.
What About Jahbuhlun?
I then ask him about the name of his sacred God revealed in the Royal Arch degree ritual; that is, I ask him about Jahbuhlun. And usually, I can hear either a long uninterrupted stutter, or else simply a great gasping sound. Generally, that ends the discussion right there. A Mason definitely does not want to publicly discuss that name, Jahbuhlun. Anything but that. Bamm! He's gone. And I can understand why.
Ed Decker, a friend of mine, who is an ex-Mason and ex-Mormon, now heads up a Christian ministry aimed at helping men get out of these cults. In a book that Ed edited, entitled, The Dark Side of Freemasonry, that the Mason is at first denied knowledge of the sacred name of their God and then belatedly finds out that the name of the Mason deity is definitely not Jesus, the name above every other name (Philippians 2:9-11).
The Lost Name of God
The Blue Lodge Masons, encompassing the first three degrees of Masonry, are instructed that they are seeking the Lost Word or the Lost Name of God... It isn't until they reach the level of Royal Arch Masonry (seventh degree, York Rite) that they discover that the Lost Name of God wasn't lost after all. It's at this level that they learn the sacred name of Masonry's God.
They find that the sacred name of (the Masonic) God is composed of three names representing the three identities of God. It is so sacred it takes three Royal Arch Masons to be able to speak it.. Jahbuhlun. The three Masons grip hands high and low and chant, "Jah-buh-lun, Jah-buh-lun, Jah-buh-lun, Je-hov-ah."
The name Jahbuhlun has three syllables representing a composite God made up of three subordinate deities. The Masonic material identifies the three as Yah (or Yahweh), Baal, and Osiris. Logically, the name should be spelled Yah-Baal-On, but Duncan's Masonic Ritual and Monitor admits that over the years the spelling has been "corrupted" by Freemasonry until it reached its current form.1
Decker correctly asserts that,
"What these men are doing is worshipping a demon God so far removed from the real God that this worship must surely defile the holiness of God and guarantee those who pronounce that name in such a ceremony a swift ride to Hell..."2
C.C Zain, a Freemason who is part of a group called "The Brotherhood of Light," is developer and author of an entire course on Ancient Masonry having to do with "The Spiritual Significance of Masonic Rituals, Degrees, and Symbols." Zain points out that the name Jahbuhlun is Masonry's Grand Omnific Word, the name of their omnipotent deity. He further shows the significance of the fact that the name Jahbuhlun has nine letters and is made up of three syllables, Jah, buh, lun. In the ritual for the Royal Arch Degree, since there are three Royal Arch Masons pronouncing the name three times each, altogether, says Zain, twenty-seven syllables are pronounced. This, he explains, represents "the twenty-seven days it takes the moon to pass through the circle of zodiacal signs."3
Interestingly, in the ritual drama, the three Masons doing the pronouncing of Jahbuhlun are said to have come from Babylon! So, we have a ritual —the 13th degree in the Scottish Rite and 7th in the York Rite—in which three "Masters" come from Babylon to instruct the candidate on how to build the Royal Arch (symbolically, how to rebuild the Jewish Temple in Jerusalem and thus establish the kingdom of the elite and their devil God on earth).
The Lost Word Found
Moreover, the three messengers from Babylon inform the candidate that the true name of God, the name that had been lost for so long, is not Jesus, but is Jahbuhlun. They conveniently omit mention of the fact that this is, in fact, the name of a monstrous DEVIL God, that the name is an unholy and blasphemous composite of Jahweh, Baal, and Osiris, or On.
(On is a city in Egypt where the worship of the sun God, Osiris, is alleged to have begun. Somehow, many in Masonry today honor and revere Osiris under the name of On, the name of his city, curiously spelled Un in the name: Jahbuhlun.)
No wonder Masonic authority W.L. Wilmshurst, in his highly thought of (by Masons) The Meaning of Masonry, proclaims this degree so vital to the transformation of the candidate's life. He even suggests that in attaining this Degree, one "exhibits the attainment of a new order of life."4
The Royal Arch Degree, Wilmshurst emphasizes, provides "a supremely high level of thought and instruction" for the Mason attaining it.5
Born Again or Demon-Possessed?
What does Wimshurst mean when he says the adept has attained a "new order of life?" I believe the candidate receives a counterfeit born again experience, receiving the very spirit of Lucifer into his bosom as a result of conforming to the requirements of this degree.
In accepting the devil God Jahbuhlun as the sacred name of God the man rising to this level in Masonry or a similar sect becomes demon possessed, full of the devil, headed for hell, prepared to do the most wicked and foul deeds possible for his hidden deity, Baphomet, aka Lucifer, aka Satan, aka Jahbuhlun.
Now, the fatal (ending in spiritual death) sign that is taught for this degree is the one you will find men giving in the photographs in this chapter. Notably, only higher-level initiates and adepts will typically be seen giving this evil sign stamping them as demon-possessed disciples of Satan. I call this sign the Hidden Hand of the Men of Jahbuhlun.
From Washington to Rothschild
Regrettably, America's first President, George Washington, exhibited this sign, if the painter of one of his most famous portraits is to be believed. Subsequent Presidents, men like Franklin Pierce and Rutherford Hayes, were disciples of Jahbuhlun, as was President Teddy Roosevelt.
We also have communists Karl Marx, Vladimir Lenin, and Joseph Stalin giving the sign, plus Napoleon, Salomon Rothschild, and many others whose images and pictures you will find in the ensuing pages, as they perform this devilish sign.
Wine From A Human Skull
Many other facets and activities pertaining to this degree's ritual stamp it as pure Luciferian and its holder as a Lucifer worshipper. During the initiation into the seventh degree Royal Arch Mason (York Rite) or 13th degree (Scottish Rite), the candidate drinks wine from a human skull.
By this monstrous act, he reinforces the fact that he has taken an oath swearing to "have his skull struck off and his brains exposed to the scorching rays of a median sun" should he ever divulge Masonic secrets. He goes on to demand that if he does divulge secrets, may all the sins of the dead person whose skull he is drinking from be heaped upon his, the candidate's, head.6
So we see that the Mason's newfound "God," Jahbuhlun (Jah-Baal-On), is a rigid taskmaster who does not look kindly on traitors and blabbers. It was the Canaanite God Baal, of course, to whom the backslidden Jews and pagans sacrificed their children in the fire. You'll recall that the prophet Elijah brought the message of God's judgment against those who worshipped bloodthirsty Baal, who, in reality, is merely an idolatrous representation of Satan. Yes, Baal is the devil.
To attempt in vain to combine the name of the true God with that of false Gods like Baal and On is particularly evil and grievous to the true God in heaven. Yet, the Mason does exactly this with Jahbuhlun and then compounds his grave error by adopting as one of his chief logos the sign of the double-headed eagle (symbolizing one body of God, two heads!)
The Triple Tau
Yet another proof of the deviltry of the Jahbuhlun hoax is the symbol of the Triple Tau, which is the most important symbol of the Royal Arch Degree. Made up of three interlinking tau symbols (T), these three are said to represent a triad of sacred, Jewish powers of king, priest, and prophet. In other words, the Mason assumes a trinity of Jewish spiritual powers.7 Actually, this trinity of the Jews is in competition with the true Godhead of the Bible: Father, Son, and Holy Spirit.
Stallion, The Backyard Bunkhouse BBQ Brawl and Rock 'n Wrestling Rager, Sister and Brothers Bar, Seattle, WA. 7/1517. Shot for Popthomology.
Stallion, The Backyard Bunkhouse BBQ Brawl and Rock 'n Wrestling Rager, Sister and Brothers Bar, Seattle, WA. 7/1517. Shot for Popthomology.
Ex criminal Clint Barton, joined SHIELD to take down a small evil organisation for the protection of his area of New York. Known as the Archer he takes down the organisation. Once defeating the Taskmaster single-handedly, Barton is offered to join the Avengers under the alias of Hawkeye and becomes a hero.
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Aldo Starker Leopold, Zoology; Forestry and Conservation: Berkeley
1913-1983
Professor of Zoology and Forestry, Emeritus
Conservationist Emeritus, Museum of Vertebrate Zoology
Aldo Starker Leopold, outstanding naturalist, superb teacher, gifted author, and beloved companion to those who shared his campfires, died at his home in Berkeley on August 23, 1983.
Leopold was born in Burlington, Iowa, the eldest son of Aldo and Estella Bergere Leopold. Boyhood exposure to his father's attainments led Starker, first to follow the elder Aldo's footsteps, and then to blaze his own trails to become one of the world's most influential and honored authorities on wildlife ecology and management.
He was educated at the University of Wisconsin, the Yale Forestry School, and the Department of Zoology at Berkeley, where he received the Ph.D. degree in 1944. After working in Mexico for the Conservation Section of the Pan-American Union, Leopold returned to Berkeley in 1946 as Assistant Professor of Zoology and Conservation in the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology. He became professor in 1957. In 1967, he became Professor of Zoology and Forestry and moved his headquarters to the latter Department where he remained until he retired in 1978.
Starker Leopold's gifts as a teacher are widely acknowledged. Students responded to his infectious enthusiasm for his field and knew him as an exacting taskmaster who expected their best. He had an unusual capacity to simplify the complex. For those aspects of wildlife ecology that might seem overwhelmingly difficult to young students, he provided easily understood models. He had a rare ability to combine scientific theory and facts with keen personal observations throughout the world's most important wildlife habitats. His courses attracted many non-major students, many of whom described them (and the professor) as “among the best in the University.”
He displayed deep personal interest in his students' welfare. Whatever activity he might be engaged in when a student came to see him, he put it aside to give his visitor individual attention. For many of them, initial contacts at Berkeley became lifelong professional and personal friendships.
Many in the wildlife field relied on Leopold for help with their more difficult problems. As a result, he was heavily involved in public policy matters at the highest level. In 1968, the Special Advisory Board on Wildlife Management of the Department of Interior, which he chaired, produced reports which led directly to significant new policies for the National Parks and National Wildlife Refuges. Similarly, in 1972, through membership on a subsequent Advisory Committee on Predator Control, his views were remarkably effective in changing federal policy toward predatory animals. Earlier he did highly influential consulting on aspects of wildlife conservation policy with the National Parks in Tanzania, with the Missouri Conservation Department, and the Mexican Game Department. His effectiveness in the public policy arena was a demonstration of his ability to teach at all levels, from undergraduate students to those with the largest governmental and business responsibilities. His influence on this broader scene is reflected in his service as a Trustee and for two terms as President of the California Academy of Sciences, and as a Director and Vice President of the Sierra Club. He was vigorously engaged in such public service activities almost to the day of his death.
As an author, Leopold's publications will have enduring value. His books, Wildlife in Alaska (with F. F. Darling) (1953), Wildlife of Mexico: The Game Birds and Mammals (1959), The Desert (1961), and The California Quail (1977), brought together the results of his years of research on these topics. North American Game Birds and Mammals (1982) (with R. Guttierez and M. Bronson) will, no doubt, become a standard reference and textbook for wildlife management. More than a hundred periodical articles and technical reports display his versatility in writing, with rigor and clarity, on the many scientific topics on which he reported, and with insight and humanity in occasional but thought-provoking philosophical pieces. Even his technical books catch your attention with the first paragraph and carry you along with their clear and captivating style.
Leopold's outstanding scientific stature was confirmed with his election to the National Academy of Sciences in 1970. Other recognitions were a Department of Interior Conservation Award, the Aldo Leopold Medal of the Wildlife Society, the Audubon Society Medal, the Browning Medal of the Smithsonian Institution, and the Fellows Medal of the California Academy of Sciences.
Starker's contributions to the University included service as Associate Director of the Museum of Vertebrate Zoology (1958-65), Assistant to the Berkeley Chancellor (1960-63), and director of the Sagehen Creek Field Station (1965-78). His influence on academic affairs was often both subtle and potent. With colleagues from other departments, he developed an interdepartmental Ph.D. program in natural resource conservation long before the field became a highly popular one. Following transfer to the Department of Forestry and Conservation in 1967, he worked for the further development of professional education in wildlife biology and management and for closer integration of wildlife, range management, and forestry at Berkeley. He had strong influence in the 1970s on changes in forestry curricula to serve better concerns for the conservation of natural environments, and on recruiting faculty with the breadth to deal with the entire spectrum of forest resources. His voice was always firmly in support of a liberal concept of professional education.
He had a capacity for bridging gaps between preservationists and managers, liberals and conservatives, hunters and anti-hunters--a talent which served the academic community well in resolving basic issues of educational policy. He kept his eyes on his main goal, a world suited to wildlife and therefore fit for people. The quality of his service to the University was recognized when he was awarded the Berkeley Citation on his retirement.
Despite the eminence of his academic and scientific achievements, Starker will no doubt be remembered longest by students, colleagues, and friends, for his personal qualities. Love of the outdoors, great personal warmth, sensitivity to others, profound appreciation and respect for the intricate beauty of nature: these were characteristics which knit his life to those of his legions of friends and intimately personal ways. A superb raconteur, he always had a positive outlook and an inexhaustible zest for life, which he lived completely. Anyone who camped with him appreciated his skills in making camp life comfortable. His artistry with a dutch oven, his insistence on maintaining such amenities as the bath and the sundowner in the face of obstacles, and his complete awareness and understanding of the natural world around him, gave new meaning and enjoyment to outdoor life for all who shared it with him.
Professor Leopold is survived by his wife, Elizabeth, a son, Frederick, a daughter, Sarah Kock, two sisters, two brothers, and three grandsons.
On fall outings, the nightly appearance of the Pleiades was Starker's signal it was time for sleep. Last August 23rd, the Pleiades rose for him for the last time. Requiescat in pace.
H. J. Vaux
R. F. Dasmann
D. R. McCullough
W. W. Middlekauff
W. C. Russell
D. E. Teeguarden
Stallion, The Backyard Bunkhouse BBQ Brawl and Rock 'n Wrestling Rager, Sister and Brothers Bar, Seattle, WA. 7/1517. Shot for Popthomology.
Wrestling Matches, The backyard Bunkhouse BBQ Brawl and Rock n' Wrestling Rager, Sisters and Brothers Bar, Seattle, WA. 7/15/17. Shot for Popthomology.
Stallion, The Backyard Bunkhouse BBQ Brawl and Rock 'n Wrestling Rager, Sister and Brothers Bar, Seattle, WA. 7/1517. Shot for Popthomology.
Busy day of work (but very productive again - enjoying it at the moment). I got out for a quick walk before dinner - of course I had to go back and see the moorhen babies (chicks? is that the right word) again. They stay quite well hidden a lot of the time, but I hung around patiently, and was rewarded with a family of ducklings speeding over towards me (so speedy I didn't get one sharp shot), and then, as I was thinking I ought to head home, the moorhens appeared. They're kind of ugly to be honest, but also super cute in their tiny black fluffiness.
Hurried back home for dinner, and then settled down to watch a live stream of Jon McGregor (author and also a friend from my teenage years) in conversation with Jarvis Cocker about his new book. Really enjoyed that - and had a quick catch-up with him on Twitter later too. Then watched Taskmaster, and then to bed.
So, after spending about 2 hours searching for Taskmaster, I then just admitted to myself that he had fled, damnit. I was hungry, and tired, and cranky, so I thought I'd head for the mansion. Thor was supposed to have came from Asgard to the mansion at the start of the war, but I haven't heard from him since. Once I entered the mansion, Jarvis reported a quinjet missing, at first I thought that Stan just went for a joyride, but he was curled up in a ball in a library, screaming "Th...Th...TTHHHOOOORRRRRR!!!", guess he really did come through the mansion, I wonder where he is.....
I went down to the quinjets, and lo and behold, there was only one on the platform in the distance, Jarvis said that no alarm was triggered, and that all security footage shows no-one entering or exiting the mansion, only a quinjet taking off, dafuq?
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Iron Man moves from #31 Empire State University to attack #26 Avenger's mansion, Thor's secured area.
Comiccon Brussels 2024 - Fall - Q & A Olga Kurylenko
Olga Kurylenko
aka Camille Montez, Taskmaster/Antonia Dreykov, Julia, Ellen Kirova, Nika, ...
Quantum of Solace, Black Widow/Thunderbolts, Oblivion, Vampire Academy, Hitman, ...
We?re thrilled to unveil an absolute phenomenon as our next main guest! For the first time ever at a Comic Con, please welcome the sensational Olga Kurylenko to Comic Con Brussels!
From the fashion runways to the silver screen, Olga has done it all! Starting her career as an international model, she graced the covers of Vogue, Elle, Madame Figaro, and Marie Claire and modeled for major brands like Roberto Cavalli and Victoria?s Secret.
But it was acting that took her career to new heights!
She made waves as Nika Boronina in Hitman alongside Timothy Olyphant and brought depth to Natasha in Max Payne.
As a Bond Girl, she captured our hearts playing Camille in Quantum of Solace, starring alongside Daniel Craig.
She dazzled with Tom Cruise in the sci-fi blockbuster Oblivion, taking on the role of Julia.
Vampire Academy fans know her as the formidable Headmistress Kirova.
And in the Marvel Universe, she became Taskmaster/Antonia Dreykov, a fierce adversary to Scarlett Johansson in Black Widow. She?ll be back reprising this role in the upcoming blockbuster The Thunderbolts next year!
With 11 more projects in production and over 50 films under her belt, Olga Kurylenko is a force to be reckoned with! Get ready to meet the ravishing, ass-kicking, and ever-sympathetic Olga Kurylenko?an exclusive guest for Comic Con Brussels Fall!
Don?t miss out on the chance to meet this action star in person?join us at Comic Con Brussels!
( COMIC CON BRUSSELS IS YOUR CELEBRATION OF GEEK CULTURE IN THE HEART OF EUROPE!
You will find us at the beautiful Tour & Taxis site near the Brussels North train station. At Comic Con Brussels you will find Dealers, Artists, Actors, ... It?s a Con that brings together all the things you love:
COMICS, COSPLAY, GAMING, FILMS, MANGA, COLLECTIBLES, ANIME, TV SERIES, CLOTHING, TOYS, GADGETS AND LOTS MORE!!! )