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![]() Bitcoin crashes over 5. Mike Adams of Natural News. Natural. News) In what has to be the most accurate currency crash prediction ever made, bitcoin crashed today from $2. I openly and publicly predicted all this would occur yesterday, in both a Natural News article as well as national radio via the Alex Jones Show broadcast aired on over 1. But the real story here isn't that I accurately made this dire prediction less than 2. That's all explained below. Nobody else has realized this yet..)Alternative media nails it. The alternative media has already begun to pick up on the story of the crash and the prediction I made just hours before it took place. Mac Slavo of SHTFplan. Earlier this morning, Mike Adams of Natural News penned a warning to investors and those seeking privacy and wealth protection by utilizing the digitally encrypted Bit. Coin currency unit.. A few hours after Adams' dire warning was posted, the crash he warned about has become a reality. This morning, without warning, and moments after Bitcoin achieved its all time highs, the currency collapsed over 5. This is what panic selling looks like - - in real time: Anthony Gucciardi of Story. Leak. com writes: Bitcoins have been surging beyond $2. Mike Adams of Natural. News.. as predicted by Mike Adams just several hours beforehand in his article . I bet my reputation on that, Alex. I am 1. 00% sure we are going to see a massive bitcoin crash at some point with an ultra- accelerated velocity. It will be the fastest crash of any currency in the history of human civilization. It will be a high- velocity crash. People are buying bitcoins who don't know what bitcoins are and who have no use for them. These are speculators. News blog Business Insider calculated a Reddit user under the name . But I have news for everyone. Having now made, on the record, the single most accurate crash prediction ever publicly announced on bitcoin, I think I've earned the credibility to tell you more: Bitcoinbillionaire is almost certainly not a friend of bitcoin. He is likely working for the central banks. How do I know that? By injecting a predetermined amount of supply into the market and watching the price reaction, it can easily be calculated how many bitcoins will be required to crash the entire market down to a desired price level, causing a runaway panic. This engineered crash was, in effect, a currency war probe attack designed specifically to calculate what is needed for a much larger attack planned for the future - - an attack that will decimate bitcoin and cause long- lasting distrust in non- centralized currencies. Again, I predicted this would happen almost word for word in yesterday's article, in which I outlined a 6- step . Roll them out on CNN and MSNBC where they cry on camera and talk about how they were ripped off by bitcoin and now they only trust the government from now on. Step 5) Demonize bitcoin by characterizing it as a . Shut down all online bitcoin wallets and exchanges, calling them . Step 3 is next, but the central banks may wait weeks, months or even years before pulling the trigger in step 3. Because it means merchants won't want to accept payments in bitcoins because they could lose half their pay values in mere hours. This damage is already done. In the minds of merchants who were considering accepting bitcoin, bitcoin's reputation has been destroyed as of today. So this crash event is terrible news for bitcoin's wider acceptance as an everyday currency. I'm even thinking of pulling it from the Natural News Store, since we can't rely on bitcoin payments to have any real value by the time we get paid. On the speculation side, bitcoin volatility is also a red flag warning sign: Volatility equals RISK, and risk is something that a lot of people don't have an appetite for. Once people full realize that bitcoin won't keep going up . After all, most of the buyers had no idea what bitcoins were in the first place, so there's really nothing stopping them from ending their little investment experiment. I did not crash bitcoin; I only predicted the crash. Finally, I want to dispel any rumors that I personally caused the bitcoin crash. People claiming this are using the same lame excuse the central banks use when they want to blame patriots for bank runs. Anyone blaming me for crashing bitcoin is just flat- out stupid and delusional, and they're probably angry at me because they lost money in the bitcoin crash (which I warned them would take place). I love how insane our world has become where a guy who can do math (me) is considered an . The mere act of saying 2 + 2 = 4 makes you a conspiracy theorist these days, it seems. And don't even get me started on the U. S. Only a fool could have failed to see the signs. But the world is full of fools, I've learned. And when they are blinded by greed, no amount of good sense can penetrate their skulls. So I'm just the guy blowing the whistle and warning people about mathematical reality. I have no horse in this race when it comes to bitcoin, unlike other large- scale bitcoin holders who stand to lose millions of dollars if valuations tumble. If I were an evil sonofabitch who only cared about money, I could have long since fleeced millions of dollars from gullible bitcoin buyers through the use of some relatively simple automated algorithms that I already described on the Alex Jones Show. But that's not what I'm into. I don't feel like I'm . That's not what I'm about. So instead of bilking the bitcoin market, I'm warning people about it instead. If I'm going to take money from someone, I want it to be a voluntary transaction where they gain something of value in return (such as buying superfoods from the Natural News Store). I have no interest whatsoever in zero- sum- game transactions where my . I don't hate bitcoin, for the record, but I do know when something looks like a bubble and people need to be warned. My hope is that the hype mania of bitcoin can burn out and we can get back to the old bitcoin that was less volatile and far more affordable. I would like bitcoin to succeed, but now it is obvious that its reputation can be decimated at the merest flinching of the central banks. To think: this crash was caused by nothing more than $1. How's that for outrageous volatility? Sources for this article include: http: //www. About the author: Mike Adams (aka the . He serves as the founding editor of Natural. News. com and the lab science director of an internationally accredited (ISO 1. CWC Labs. There, he was awarded a Certificate of Excellence for achieving extremely high accuracy in the analysis of toxic elements in unknown water samples using ICP- MS instrumentation. Adams is also highly proficient in running liquid chromatography, ion chromatography and mass spectrometry time- of- flight analytical instrumentation. He's also of Native American heritage, which he credits as inspiring his . The book is entitled Food Forensics and is published by Ben. Bella Books. Adams was the first food science researcher to document high levels of tungsten in superfoods. He also discovered over 1. Through the non- profit CWC, Adams also launched Nutrition Rescue, a program that donates essential vitamins to people in need. Click here to see some of the CWC success stories. Using his technical experience combined with his love for natural health, Adams developed and deployed the content management system currently driving Natural. News. com. He also engineered the high- level statistical algorithms that power SCIENCE. Adams is widely recognized to have made a remarkable global impact on issues like GMOs, vaccines, nutrition therapies, human consciousness.
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Iran — Global Issues Iran has had a turbulent history in just its recent past. From a democracy in the 1. Iran seems to have moved backwards, from an authoritarian regime (backed by Britain and the US) that overthrew the democratic one, to a religious fundamentalist regime toppling the authoritarian one and taking an anti- US stance. The US ended its support for Iran and instead supported Iraq in a brutal war through the 1. Terror 500 Bass HeadIran where over 1 million people died. More recently, Iran was described as being part of an “axis of evil” by US President George Bush, as part of his “war on terror.”The US has also accused Iran of pursuing the development of nuclear weapons, while Iran says it is only pursuing peaceful development. Internally, movements towards moderate policies and democratic values are gaining traction, but not with hardliners in power trying to hold on. This section looks into these and related issues. Brief Post World War II Overview. US and Britain Overthrow Democratically Elected Leader in 1. Install the Shah. Iran was unique in the region for having successfully resisted colonialism, mainly by the British Empire and Imperial Russia. In the 1. 92. 0s, Reza Shah Pahlavi staged a coup against the ruling dynasty and embarked on a modernization drive, building industry, railroads, national education, etc. His autocratic rule however, was disliked. During World War II, in order to prevent a potential pro- Nazi coup orchestrated by the Axis powers, the Soviet Union and Britain invaded Iran securing the petroleum infrastructure. Seeing the Shah’s son as being more supportive, the Allies forced the Shah to step aside. Iran became a major route of arms from Allies in the west, to the Soviets during the war. In 1. 95. 1, a pro- democracy nationalist, Dr. Mohammed Mossadegh rose to prominence in Iran and was democratically elected as Iran’s first Prime Minister. In 1. 95. 3, the Mossadegh government chose to nationalize the Anglo- Iranian Oil Company (later renamed to the British Petroleum Company, now known as BP), which controlled of the nation’s oil reserves, feeling that proceeds from oil should be used to invest in the development of Iran, rather than siphoned off as profits. This was a risky move by Iran, for they would risked the wrath of the British who stood to lose a lot of power, wealth and influence gained via control of such a major energy source. ![]() Foreign Terrorist Organizations (FTOs) are foreign organizations that are designated by the Secretary of State in accordance with section 219 of the Immigration and. China and the Chinese lived in 'Red Terror' since Peng Pai and Mao Tse-tung launched the rascal-proletariat peasant movements in 1927. Peng Pai had at one time.
However, this move to nationalize such an industry has to be taken in context: This was at a time amid global feelings of nationalism, with both burgeoning and fledgling movements to oust former colonial rulers who had weakened themselves during the Second World War as they fought each other. The “third world” had seen its chance to break free, and so feelings of nationalism and revolution were ripe around the world. Iran was one of the few early successful democratic regimes, though development would be a challenge. Nationalizing the oil company was therefore part of this drive for non- alignment away from the superpowers’ influence. For Britain, this was another “nail in the coffin” of their once great empire that stretched across the globe. Having “lost” their prime jewel, India, a few years earlier, their world status was unofficially reduced and no longer were they the great empire. Losing other places around the world must have been quite shocking and disappointing to those who still held colonial attitudes. However, they had partnered with a new power that had risen during the Second World War: the US. ![]() As explained in the Control of Resources section in more depth, the US now took on a role to help transform the global system into one that it could dominate but also help rebuild Europe to stave off a rising “Communist threat.”Furthermore, as J. W. Smith puts it (see previous link), the “populations on the periphery of empire who provided their cheap resources . Like so many other countries throughout the world in the 1. Communist.”Sometimes this fear would be used as an excuse to get involved in those countries for other reasons (usually economic and geopolitical ones, to continue the traditions of imperial adventures and colonial aspirations of control and dominance). Hence, the US and Europe supported and tolerated so many dictatorships, for puppet regimes were easier to control and manipulate, and they could put their own populations in order, rather than US and Europe resorting to (too many) expensive wars. Of course, where it was deemed necessary, as always happens throughout history, military might would be employed (Vietnam being one vivid example). After Mossadegh’s announcement of the nationalization of the oil industry, Britain responded with an embargo. The embargo had serious effects on the economy, thus allowing criticism against Mossadegh to fester. Convincing the US of a communist link, Britain managed to get the US to agree to deal with Iran. Operation Ajax, a CIA- backed plot, allowed the Shah’s son, Mohammed Reza Pahlevi, to overthrow Mossadegh. This operation involved a lot of illegal propaganda in a foreign country (unfortunately not uncommon), which Dan De Luce, of the British newspaper, the Guardian summarized: The CIA—with British assistance—undermined Mossadegh’s government by bribing influential figures, planting false reports in newspapers and provoking street violence. Led by an agent named Kermit Roosevelt, the grandson of President Theodore Roosevelt, the CIA leaned on a young, insecure Shah to issue a decree dismissing Mossadegh as prime minister. By the end of Operation Ajax, some 3. Tehran. The crushing of Iran’s first democratic government ushered in more than two decades of dictatorship under the Shah, who relied heavily on US aid and arms. ![]() The anti- American backlash that toppled the Shah in 1. Islamic militancy, with Iran’s new hardline theocracy declaring undying hostility to the US. Dan De Luce, The Specter of Operation Ajax, The Guardian, August 2. For roughly a quarter- century, Iran suffered repressive and autocratic rule by the Shah, Mohammed Reza Pahlevi. He was seen by the West favorably for he had a Western education and liked many aspects of “modernism” (though not democracy, it would appear). Shah’s authoritarianism leads to Islamic Fundamentalists Overthrowing Shah. The Shah’s rule seemed paradoxical for some. While he supported women’s rights, extending suffrage to them, he also supported royalists in Yemen’s civil war. He maintained close diplomatic relations with both Saudi Arabia and Israel. He also instituted land reform which wrestled away land from some elites, with the idea of redistributing it to small farmers. However, corruption and lack of sufficient land caused resentment among many farmers. The Islamic clergy also saw various sources of their power diminishing, as clergy were also required to pass examinations, and as family and educational systems underwent changes. However, rather than democratizing, the Shah instituted one- party rule, stating concerns and fears of a communist party taking power. His authoritarian rule caused much controversy. The religious clergy were therefore able to gather a lot of support. The excesses of the Shah’s authoritarian rule fueled what eventually became the Iranian Revolution of February 1. However, one autocratic regime was replaced by another. This revolution, led by Ayatollah Khomeini, ushered in rule by a conservative religious clergy, the mullahs, and saw Iran become the Islamic Republic of Iran. A documentary on PBS in 2. I do not recall the name) revealed that many people had supported the revolution and overthrow of the Shah, including many women, indicating how bad life was under the Shah. They were however eventually disillusioned by the religious clergy they had supported for not fulfilling many promises they thought they would. Many women interviewed regretted how their lives had become more oppressed, for example. Iranian students held US embassy personnel hostage for over a year, accusing them of trying to overthrow the revolutionary government and reinstall the shah. Khomeini encouraged the hostage crisis, rather than stop it, and this episode marked the beginning of thorny relations with the US, who feared Iran not so much militarily, but from its potential ability to export Islamic revolutions all over the Middle East, threatening the “stability” that the US had created for itself. Neighboring Iraq also saw an opportunity to gain more power, as Khomeini had disbanded the once mighty military. Just as Christianity has many branches, such as Catholicism and Protestantism, so too does Islam, with Shia and Sunni Muslims. Furthermore, culturally, Iranians are not Arabs like Iraqis are, and historically, Iraq (as Mesopotamia) and Iran (as Persia) had often been involved in conflicts, wars, and territorial disputes. The 1. 98. 0s looked set to continue that pattern, as many of these these cultural and religious differences contributed to their terribly costly and destructive war of the 8. Persian Gulf War. Iran and Iraq War Leaves Both Countries Shattered. Iran and Iraq have had border disputes for centuries. These ultimately spilled into a terrible war from 1. This war cost 1 million casualties in Iran alone, and over $1 trillion between the two countries. The US and the Reagan regime supported Iraq and then ruler, Saddam Hussein, because Iran’s Islamic Revolution had seen their favored “puppet regime” in Iran overthrown. Providing military, economic, and political assistance to Iraq, Saddam Hussein’s army waged a long war. 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Unfortunately, the bad rap it is getting is for the wrong reasons. Confronted with our shortcomings, we are quick to defend ourselves with words like, ! I don't go around sinning! I've never murdered anyone or anything like that! We think it only applies to some despicable act that repulses . But sin simply means to miss the mark; to fall short of the goal. The fact is, we are all sinners, for there is no one, save Christ alone, who has lived a life that did not in some way fall short of the perfection God requires. We all deserve to pay the penalty for that sin, which is to spend eternity in hell. The law was given by God to show us what it means to live a life deserving of God's love. It was also given to show us that none of us can live that kind of life. God knew that in advance, and that is why He sent His Son Jesus to be that perfect life for us. 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If you truly believe and trust this in your heart, receiving Jesus alone as your Savior, declaring. Sinner's Prayer. Sinner's Prayer? That's Not For Me - I'm Not a Sinner! Unfortunately, the bad rap it is getting is for the wrong reasons. Confronted with our shortcomings, we are quick to defend ourselves with words like, ! I don't go around sinning! I've never murdered anyone or anything like that! We think it only applies to some despicable act that repulses . But sin simply means to miss the mark; to fall short of the goal. The fact is, we are all sinners, for there is no one, save Christ alone, who has lived a life that did not in some way fall short of the perfection God requires. We all deserve to pay the penalty for that sin, which is to spend eternity in hell. The law was given by God to show us what it means to live a life deserving of God's love. It was also given to show us that none of us can live that kind of life. God knew that in advance, and that is why He sent His Son Jesus to be that perfect life for us. Jesus, God in human flesh, voluntarily laid aside His God- hood to connect with us, to show us He understands us and to give us a way to be reconciled to the Father, since none of us can keep the law to its letter. We elevate ourselves, and certainly we live in a time when that thinking is being promoted. Sin may be something we can't be free of, but the good news is we can be free of its penalty. As long as we are content to live in sin, the Bible says we are separated from God. That condition may seem fine for a while, but it ultimately leads to misery and then to eternal separation from God. Are you content to live for yourself, get the most toys, and die anyway? Or do you want a life of purpose and hope? God, the One who created you, has a purpose for your life and wants to give you a new beginning. If you are ready to admit your need for a clean slate in life, the God of second chances is waiting to give it to you. All you have to do is start with the Sinner's Prayer. It goes something like this. Father, I know that I have broken your laws and my sins have separated me from you. I am truly sorry, and now I want to turn away from my past sinful life toward you. Please forgive me, and help me avoid sinning again. I believe that your son, Jesus Christ died for my sins, was resurrected from the dead, is alive, and hears my prayer. I invite Jesus to become the Lord of my life, to rule and reign in my heart from this day forward. Please send your Holy Spirit to help me obey You, and to do Your will for the rest of my life. In Jesus' name I pray, Amen.”. If you decided to repent of your sins and receive Christ today, welcome to God's family. Jack Straw: Threat of war with Spain over Gibraltar is 'absurd and reeks of 1. 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For example, Dalton's weapon is a mag shield that can absorb bullets, and its secondary fire can push the bullets back to the enemies, killing them. The first official released screenshots revealed that Fuse is a third- person action game with cover shooting mechanics. Characters also have a skill tree, which can be upgrade as a player increases his or her level. Spring 2017 Final Exam Schedule Spring 2017 Information Spring 2017 Semester Start, End & Enrollment Dates Summer & Fall 2017 Information Booklet. Fuse definition, a tube, cord, or the like, filled or saturated with combustible matter, for igniting an explosive. Hobby Master 1/48 Air Power Series HA8509 P-51B Mustang 43-12434 "Short-Fuse Sallee", 356th FS, 354th FG, 9th AF, 1944. The game also includes a horde mode, titled Echelon, similar to that in Gears of War. The game is set in the near future and follows a team of four misfit agents collectively known as Overstrike 9, whose mission is to stop the evil Raven Corporation from gaining an alien substance called Fuse. Using Fuse powered weapons and tech gadgets and lethal teamwork to gain the energy. The members of Overstrike 9 are Dalton Brooks (voiced by Brian Bloom), a reformed and sarcastic mercenary, equipped with a Mag Shield, which is an energy shield, Naya Deveraux (voiced by Jennifer Hale), worked for Raven with her dad, she is equipped with a cloak device and has a gun that creates tiny black holes called the Warp Rifle, Isabelle . Their government handler is Lyndon Burgess, codenamed Oculus (voiced by David Kaye). The antagonists include Dalton's ex- lover and boss, Meilin Mao (voiced by Gwendoline Yeo), Naya's estranged father working for Raven, Luther Deveraux (voiced by JB Blanc), Ivan Sovlenko (voiced by Steve Blum), who purposely injects himself with Fuse to grant himself superhuman abilities and Senator William Fable (voiced by David B. Mitchell), who plans to use Fuse to make his weaponry more powerful. Kohlhepp had traveled to Superbike Motorsports in. Percebendo a necessidade de se criar peças personalizadas para um público adepto da moda alternativa que apresentam características e interesses em. Website about ways of search of the Ford fuse box diagram. The information on both free and non-free sources of the Ford fuse box diagram in the Internet. When a fuse blows or a circuit breaker trips, was it a short circuit or a ground fault that caused it? Find out what the differences in this article. A top secret government weapons lab, called Hyperion Base, had mysteriously went quiet some time after Senator William Fable arrived. In response to this, Lyndon Burgess sends in his black ops team, Overstrike 9, to investigate. Once inside, they learn of Fuse, an alien substance that radically bonds with anything it comes into contact with, used in development of advanced weapons. At the same time, Raven, a paramilitary corporation, breaks in. Overstrike 9 manages to reach the main Fuse lab. Though Dalton orders it destroyed, Izzy . Dalton's former lover and boss, Meilin Mao, appears, holding Fable hostage. Dalton threatened to kill Fable, suspecting that he allowed Raven into the base but his team reminds him that they are outnumbered, so they surrender. Overstrike 9 is brought to Raven's underwater Triton Base, where it is revealed that Dalton's suspicions were correct, as Fable was in league with Raven. At the same time, Naya is reunited with her estranged father, Luther, who seeks aids their escape. Overstrike 9 then goes to the base's Fuse core and prepare to detonate it but first had to deal with Ivan Sovlenko, who purposely injects himself with Fuse to create illusions but they defeat him. Overstrike 9 then escapes the destruction of the base. The team is later sent to Sheng Island, where Meilin was planning to launch a corrupted Fuse rocket at a populated area as a demonstration for interested buyers. They were able to lock the missile in place and Dalton kills Meilin, narrowly escaping as the corrupted Fuse ignites, destroying all life on the island. Overstrike 9 is next sent to Karakoram in search of Luther and Fable. ![]() But at the same time, Fable betrays Raven, revealing to be in league with a mysterious organization only known as . He coerced half of Raven to defect and steal the corrupted Fuse. Overstrike 9 is unable to attempt pursuit. For their failure, the client that hired the team rescinded their contract. However, Naya convinces the team that her father might be able to help them locate the Fuse and reveals that she had located his safe house in Jodhpur. With Burgess' aid, Overstrike 9 storms Luther's compound at the same time Fable's loyalists assault it. Fighting their way through both way through both Raven factions, Overstrike 9 manages to locate Luther and enlist his aid against Fable. Overstrike 9 goes into space, where Fable was deploying satellites to fire Fuse- powered missiles to create an extinction event and force the world into ending conflict, framing Raven as a scapegoat. As a demonstration, Fable wipes out Munich. Overstrike 9 manages to prevent Fable from firing anymore by launched AI- controlled shuttles into destroying the satellites. They then arrive at the last vault of corrupted Fuse. They managed to destroy it at the same time Fable engages them in a powered exoskeleton. After a vigorous battle, Overstrike 9 is able to vaporize Fable before narrowly escaping the space station's destruction. Then suddenly, their shuttle collides with debris. Burgess and his client presume Overstrike 9 dead and agree to cover up the destruction of Munich to have been perpetrated by Raven fanatics. Burgess also learns from the client that Fable's faction was known as the Order of Grigori, who may be searching for other stockpiles of Fuse. Up in space, it is revealed that Overstrike 9 had survived and are merely unconscious. Dalton then opens his eyes, revealing that they are glowing, hinting that he, and presumably the rest of his team, have bonded with the Fuse. Development. On June 6, 2. Electronic Arts' press conference at E3 2. Overstrike with a trailer and a short appearance and synopsis from Price. On August 3. 1, 2. Fuse. This marks the first time the developer was to own its own IP, as well as the first time they released a game with a publisher other than Sony Computer Entertainment since Universal Interactive Studios. Release. Aggregating review websites Game. Rankings and Metacritic gave the Play. Station 3 version 6. Its change in art style and tone from Overstrike was criticized by some which called its new look generic and uninspired. Archived from the original on 2. Retrieved May 3. 0, 2. Retrieved May 3. 0, 2. Retrieved May 3. 0, 2. Retrieved May 3. 0, 2. Retrieved October 8, 2. Retrieved October 8, 2. Retrieved October 8, 2. Retrieved October 8, 2. Retrieved October 8, 2. Retrieved October 8, 2. Retrieved October 8, 2. Retrieved May 2. 8, 2. Retrieved October 8, 2. Retrieved October 8, 2. The Sydney Morning Herald. Retrieved November 9, 2. Todd Kohlhepp: The short fuse of a suspected serial killer.
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Emerald - Wikipedia. Emerald is a gemstone and a variety of the mineralberyl (Be. Al. 2(Si. O3)6) colored green by trace amounts of chromium and sometimes vanadium. Emerald is a cyclosilicate. Etymology. The word . Before the 2. 0th century, jewelers used the term water, as in . Normally, in the grading of colored gemstones, color is by far the most important criterion. However, in the grading of emeralds, clarity is considered a close second. A fine emerald must possess not only a pure verdant green hue as described below, but also a high degree of transparency to be considered a top gem. Located in Hastings Minnesota in Dakota County, Emerald Greens GC is the Newest Premier 36 Hole Golf Course just minutes south of the Twin Cities. Introducing Pantone Color of the Year 2013: Emerald green. Find out more about this intriguing color and its many applications in fashion, beauty, decor and design. Emerald, the green variety of Beryl, is the most famous and valuable green gemstone. Its beautiful green color, combined with durability and rarity, make it one of. Emerald Publishing; Emerald Group; 50th Anniversary; Emerald Management First; Emerald Bookstore; Emerald Careers; The Emerald Foundation. ![]() As a result, vanadium emeralds purchased as emeralds in the United States are not recognized as such in the UK and Europe. In America, the distinction between traditional emeralds and the new vanadium kind is often reflected in the use of terms such as . Thank you for taking the time to view our website and familiarizing yourself with Emerald Green, Inc. We believe you will agree that. Emerald is the green variety of the mineral beryl. It has been the world's most popular green gemstone for over 5000 years. Brief description of Emerald green: It's a poisonous copper-acetoarsenite developed in an attempt to improve Scheele's green in 1808 and commercially availble from 1814. Emeralds occur in hues ranging from yellow- green to blue- green, with the primary hue necessarily being green. Yellow and blue are the normal secondary hues found in emeralds. Only gems that are medium to dark in tone are considered emerald; light- toned gems are known instead by the species name green beryl. The finest emerald are approximately 7. In addition, a fine emerald should be well saturated and have a hue that is bright (vivid). Gray is the normal saturation modifier or mask found in emerald; a grayish- green hue is a dull- green hue. Unlike diamond, where the loupe standard, i. Thus, if an emerald has no visible inclusions to the eye (assuming normal visual acuity) it is considered flawless. Stones that lack surface breaking fissures are extremely rare and therefore almost all emeralds are treated (. The inclusions and fissures within an emerald are sometime described as . Eye- clean stones of a vivid primary green hue (as described above), with no more than 1. Faceted emeralds are most commonly given an oval cut, or the signature emerald cut, a rectangular cut with facets around the top edge. Treatments. Most emeralds are oiled as part of the post- lapidary process, in order to fill in surface- reaching cracks so that clarity and stability are improved. Cedar oil, having a similar refractive index, is often used in this widely adopted practice. Other liquids, including synthetic oils and polymers with refractive indexes close to that of emerald, such as Opticon, are also used. These treatments are typically applied in a vacuum chamber under mild heat, to open the pores of the stone and allow the fracture- filling agent to be absorbed more effectively. Federal Trade Commission requires the disclosure of this treatment when an oil treated emerald is sold. Other treatments, for example the use of green- tinted oil, are not acceptable in the trade. These categories reflect levels of enhancement, not clarity. A gem graded none on the enhancement scale may still exhibit visible inclusions. Laboratories apply these criteria differently. Some gemologists consider the mere presence of oil or polymers to constitute enhancement. Others may ignore traces of oil if the presence of the material does not improve the look of the gemstone. Traditional research used qualitative guidelines such as an emerald’s color, style and quality of cutting, type of fracture filling, and/or the anthropological origins of the artifacts bearing the mineral to determine the emerald's mine location. More recent studies using energy dispersive X- ray spectroscopy methods have uncovered trace chemical element differences between emeralds; even emeralds mined within close proximity to one another. American gemologist David Cronin and his colleagues have extensively examined the chemical signatures of emeralds resulting from fluid dynamics and subtle precipitation mechanisms, and their research demonstrated the chemical homogeneity of emeralds from the same mining location and the statistical differences that exist between emeralds from different mining locations, including those between the three locations: Muzo, Coscuez, and Chivor, in Colombia, South America. The first commercially successful emerald synthesis process was that of Carroll Chatham, likely involving a lithium vanadate flux process, as Chatham's emeralds do not have any water and contain traces of vanadate, molybdenum and vanadium. Gilson's emeralds are usually grown on natural colorless beryl seeds, which are coated on both sides. Growth occurs at the rate of 1 mm per month, a typical seven- month growth run producing emerald crystals of 7 mm of thickness. These stones were initially sold under the names . Later, from 1. 96. Linde Division of Union Carbide produced completely synthetic emeralds by hydrothermal synthesis. According to their patents (attributable to E. M. Also, it is important that the silicon- containing nutrient be kept away from the other ingredients to prevent nucleation and confine growth to the seed crystals. Growth occurs by a diffusion- reaction process, assisted by convection. The largest producer of hydrothermal emeralds today is Tairus in Russia, which has succeeded in synthesizing emeralds with chemical composition similar to emeralds in alkaline deposits in Colombia, and whose products are thus known as “Colombian Created Emeralds” or “Tairus Created Emeralds”. Many synthetics are also UV inert. Federal Trade Commission (FTC) has very strict regulations as to what can and what cannot be called . On one of Cortez's most notable emeralds he had the text engraved, Inter Natos Mulierum non sur- rexit mayor (. National Museum of Natural History. Emerald crystal (about 1 cm) in calcite matrix, Muzo, Colombia. A 5- carat emerald from Muzo with hexagonal cross- section. See also. References^ abc. ISBN 0- 4. 71- 5. Gemological Institute of America. Retrieved 1 November 2. Online Etymology Dictionary. William Crooke; Vol. Brunswick House Press, p. ISBN 0- 9. 72. 82. Read, Peter (2. 00. Gemmology, 3rd rev. ISBN 0. 71. 98. 03. Grading Fancy- Color Diamonds. Gemological Institute of America^Bonewitz, R. ISBN 0. 75. 66. 33. Emerald Quality Factors. Gemological Institute of America.^Liccini, Mark. Understanding Emerald Enhancements and Treatments. International Gem Society^ ab. Federal Trade Commission. Retrieved 3. 0 March 2. Jewelry & Gems, the Buying Guide: How to Buy Diamonds, Pearls, Colored Gemstones, Gold & Jewelry with Confidence and Knowledge. Retrieved 3. 0 March 2. Bibcode: 2. 00. 0Sci.. G. Retrieved 1. 4 June 2. Two tectonic settings for one mineralization. Bibcode: 1. 99. 9Geo.. B. Informe de contrato 1. INGEOMINAS^Wacaster, Susan (March 2. United States Geological Survey. Retrieved 7 August 2. UOL (2. 01. 2- 0. Emeralds in the Yukon Territory. Yukon Geological Survey.^Cronin, David; Rendle, Andy (2. Archived from the original on November 1. Dordrecht: Springer Netherlands. Patent 3,5. 67,6. Issue date: March 2, 1. Schmetzer, Karl; Schwartz, Dietmar; Bernhardt, Heinz- Jurgen; Tobias Hager (2. Journal of Gemmology of Gemmological Association of Great Britain. Archived from the original(PDF) on July 1. ISBN 0- 4. 71- 5. Morgan, Diane (2. From Satan's crown to the holy grail : emeralds in myth, magic, and history. Retrieved 3. 0 March 2. Magic of Jewels and Charms. Philadelphia: Lippincott Company. The Daily Telegraph, UK. Retrieved December 3. Cable News Network (Turner Broadcasting System, Inc.). The News & Observer. The News & Observer Publishing Co. Archived from the original on 2. CRPG: Le Centre de Recherches P. Retrieved 8 February 2. National Museum of Natural History. Smithsonian Institution. Retrieved February 8, 2. Further reading. Ali, Saleem H. The Emerald City: Emerald mining in Brazil (+Gemstone mining in other countries) http: //www. Cooper, J. Brewer's Myth and Legend. New York: Cassell Publishers Ltd. ISBN 0- 3. 04- 3. Hurlbut, Cornelius S.; Klein, Cornelis (1. Manual of Mineralogy (2. New York: John Wiley and Sons. ISBN 0- 4. 71- 8. Sinkankas, John (1. Emerald & Other Beryls. Prescott, Ariz.: Geoscience Press. ISBN 0- 8. 01. 9- 7. Tavernier, Jean- Baptiste (1. Travels in India (second edition), Volume II. Edited by William Crooke and translated by V. London: Oxford University Press. Weinstein, Michael (1. The World of Jewel Stones. New York: Sheriden House. OCLC 5. 19. 75. 8. Wise, Richard W. Secrets of the Gem Trade: The Connoisseur's Guide to Precious Gemstones. Lenox, Mass.: Brunswick House Press. Online Emerald chapters. External links. Gemstones. Gemmological Classifiactions by E. Kievlenko, 1. 98. Jewelry stones. 1st order. Jewelry- Industrialstones. Industrial stones. Iran hostage crisis - Wikipedia. The Iran hostage crisis was a diplomatic standoff between Iran and the United States. Fifty- two American diplomats and citizens were held hostage for 4. November 4, 1. 97. January 2. 0, 1. 98. Iranian students belonging to the Muslim Student Followers of the Imam's Line, who supported the Iranian Revolution, took over the U. S. Iran demanded that he be returned to stand trial for crimes he was accused of committing during his reign. Specifically, Pahlavi was accused of committing crimes against Iranian citizens with the help of his secret police, the SAVAK. Iranians saw the decision to grant him asylum as American complicity in those atrocities. These walls could tell of laughter and tears. Saul Alinsky, this report explains, aside from being Hillary Clinton’s idol and mentor, is best known for his rule-book manifesto for the communist takeover of. The Americans saw the hostage- taking as an egregious violation of the principles of international law, which granted diplomats immunity from arrest and made diplomatic compounds inviolable. United States President Jimmy Carter ordered the United States military to attempt a rescue operation using warships—including the USS Nimitz and USS Coral Sea—that were patrolling the waters near Iran. On April 2. 4, 1. Operation Eagle Claw, failed, resulting in the accidental deaths of eight American servicemen and one Iranian civilian, as well as the destruction of two helicopters. Six American diplomats who had evaded capture were eventually rescued by a Canadian effort on January 2. Shah Pahlavi left the United States in December 1. Egypt, where he died from complications of cancer on July 2. In September 1. 98. Iraqi military invaded Iran, beginning the Iran–Iraq War. These events led the Iranian government to enter negotiations with the U. S., with Algeria acting as a mediator. The hostages were formally released into United States custody the day after the signing of the Algiers Accords, just minutes after the new American president, Ronald Reagan, was sworn into office. The crisis is considered a pivotal episode in the history of Iran–United States relations. For several decades before that, the United States had allied with and supported the Shah. During World War II, Allied powers Britain and the Soviet Union occupied Iran to force the abdication of first Pahlavi monarch Reza Shah Pahlavi, in favor of his eldest son, Crown Prince Mohammad. Because of its importance in the Allied victory, Iran was subsequently called . Mosaddegh led a general strike on behalf of impoverished Iranians, demanding a share of the nation’s petroleum revenue from Britain’s Anglo- Iranian Oil Company. However, he overstepped in trying to get $5. British. The Shah appointed himself an absolute monarch rather than a constitutional monarch, his position before the 1. In the subsequent decades of the Cold War, various economic, cultural, and political issues united opposition against the Shah and led to his overthrow. After the revolution culminated in February 1. Check out Rolling Stone's latest political news and features covering today's hottest political topics and Matt Taibbi's take.Ayatollah Ruhollah Khomeini from France, the American Embassy was occupied and its staff held hostage briefly. Rocks and bullets had broken so many of the embassy’s front- facing windows that they had been replaced with bulletproof glass. The embassy’s staff was reduced to just over sixty from a high of nearly one thousand earlier in the decade. You are about to read a list of 45 goals that found their way down the halls of our great Capitol back in 1963. As you read this, 39 years later, you should be. Following his unexpected defeat of Hillary Clinton in the presidential election, Donald Trump and his team are ramping up preparations for his transition. However, on October 2. United States permitted the Shah, who had lymphoma, to enter New York Hospital- Cornell Medical Center for medical treatment. Its work, the study said, was “routine, prudent espionage conducted at diplomatic missions everywhere.”. Embassy in Tehran and took a Marine named Kenneth Kraus hostage. Ambassador William Sullivan surrendered the embassy to save lives, and with the assistance of Iranian Foreign Minister Ebrahim Yazdi, returned the embassy to U. S. He was to be executed, but President Carter and Sullivan secured his release within six days. The furnace malfunctioned and the staff was forced to use cheap paper shredders. He consulted with the heads of the Islamic associations of Tehran’s main universities, including the University of Tehran, Sharif University of Technology, Amirkabir University of Technology (Polytechnic of Tehran), and Iran University of Science and Technology. They named their group Muslim Student Followers of the Imam's Line. ![]() Asgharzadeh later said there were five students at the first meeting, two of whom wanted to target the Soviet Embassy because the USSR was “a Marxist and anti- God regime”. Two others, Mohsen Mirdamadi and Habibolah Bitaraf, supported Asgharzadeh’s chosen target: the United States. They also drew on their experiences from the recent revolution, during which the U. S. Embassy grounds were briefly occupied. They enlisted the support of police officers in charge of guarding the embassy and of the Islamic Revolutionary Guards. Khoeiniha feared that the government would use the police to expel the students as they had the occupiers in February. The provisional government had been appointed by Khomeini, and so Khomeini was likely to go along with the government’s request to restore order.
![]() On the other hand, Khoeiniha knew that if Khomeini first saw that the occupiers were faithful supporters of him (unlike the leftists in the first occupation) and that large numbers of pious Muslims had gathered outside the embassy to show their support for the takeover, it would be “very hard, perhaps even impossible”, for him to oppose the takeover, and this would paralyze the Bazargan administration, which Khoeiniha and the students wanted to eliminate. They claimed that in 1. American Embassy had acted as a “den of spies” from which the coup was organized. Documents were later found in the embassy suggesting that some staff members had been working with American intelligence agencies. After the Shah entered the United States, Ayatollah Khomeini called for street demonstrations. Takeover. Embassy. On November 4, 1. Iranian student unions loyal to Khomeini erupted into an all- out conflict right outside the walled compound housing the U. S. Embassy. Around 6: 3. A female student was given a pair of metal cutters to break the chains locking the embassy’s gates and hid them beneath her chador. This was reflected in placards saying: “Don’t be afraid. We just want to sit in.” When the embassy guards brandished firearms, the protesters retreated, with one telling the Americans, “We don’t mean any harm.”. According to Foreign Minister Yazdi, when he went to Qom to tell Khomeini about it, Khomeini told him to “go and kick them out.” But later that evening, back in Tehran, Yazdi heard on the radio that Khomeini had issued a statement supporting the seizure, calling it “the second revolution” and the embassy an “American spy den in Tehran”. In the first couple of days, many of the embassy workers who had sneaked out of the compound or had not been there at the time of the takeover were rounded up by Islamists and returned as hostages. Others went to the Swedish Embassy in Tehran for three months. In a joint covert operation known as the Canadian caper, the Canadian government and the CIA managed to smuggle them out of Iran on January 2. Canadian passports and a cover story that identified them as a film crew. PERSONNEL BEING HELD IN THE EMBASSY COMPOUND”. The group’s other demands included that the U. S. The man on the right holding the briefcase is alleged by some former hostages to be future President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, although he, Iran’s government, and the CIA deny this. The initial plan was to hold the embassy for only a short time, but this changed after it became apparent how popular the takeover was and that Khomeini had given it his full support. As Ayatollah Khomeini told Iran’s president: This has united our people. Our opponents do not dare act against us. We can put the constitution to the people’s vote without difficulty, and carry out presidential and parliamentary elections. According to scholar Daniel Pipes, writing in 1. Marxist- leaning leftists and the Islamists shared a common antipathy toward market- based reforms under the late Shah, and both subsumed individualism, including the unique identity of women, under conservative, though contrasting, visions of collectivism. Accordingly, both groups favored the Soviet Union over the United States in the early months of the Iranian Revolution. The PLO under Yasser Arafat provided personnel, intelligence liaisons, funding, and training for Khomeini’s forces before and after the Revolution, and was suspected of playing a role in the embassy crisis. Both expressed disdain for modern capitalism and a preference for authoritarian collectivism. The documents – including telegrams, correspondence, and reports from the U. S. State Department and CIA – were published in a series of books called Documents from the U. S. Espionage Den (Persian: . According to a 1. Federation of American Scientists bulletin, by 1. Documents from the U. S. Espionage Den had been published. In particular, carefully selected diplomatic dispatches and reports discovered at the embassy and released by the hostage- takers led to the disempowerment and resignation of moderate figures. The failed rescue attempt and the political danger of any move seen as accommodating America delayed a negotiated release of the hostages. After the crisis ended, leftists and theocrats turned on each other, with the stronger theocratic group annihilating the left. The front of the sign reads “Deport all Iranians” and “Get the hell out of my country”, and the back reads “Release all Americans now”. The 4. 44- day crisis. The remaining 5. 2 hostages were held until January 1. The hostages were initially held at the embassy, but after the failed rescue mission, they were scattered around Iran to make a single rescue impossible. Three high- level officials – Bruce Laingen, Victor Tomseth, and Mike Howland – were at the Foreign Ministry at the time of the takeover. They stayed there for some months, sleeping in the ministry’s formal dining room and washing their socks and underwear in the bathroom. |