Coffeee ... drink as much as you want....it is good for you.

"What I tell patients is, if you like coffee, go ahead and drink as much as you want and can," says Dr. Peter Martin, director of the Institute for Coffee Studies at Vanderbilt University. He's even developed a metric for monitoring your dosage: If you are having trouble sleeping, cut back on your last cup of the day. From there, he says, "If you drink that much, it's not going to do you any harm, and it might actually help you. A lot."

Officially, the American Medical Association recommends conservatively that "moderate tea or coffee drinking likely has no negative effect on health, as long as you live an otherwise healthy lifestyle." That is a lackluster endorsement in light of so much recent glowing research. Not only have most of coffee's purported ill effects been disproven -- the most recent review fails to link it the development of hypertension -- but we have so, so much information about its benefits. We believe they extend from preventing Alzheimer's disease to protecting the liver. What we know goes beyond small-scale studies or limited observations. The past couple of years have seen findings, that, taken together, suggest that we should embrace coffee for reasons beyond the benefits of caffeine, and that we might go so far as to consider it a nutrient.

The most recent findings that support coffee as a panacea will make their premiere this December in the American Journal of Clinical Nutrition. Coffee, researchers found, appears to reduce the risk of type 2 diabetes.

"There have been many metabolic studies that have shown that caffeine, in the short term, increases your blood glucose levels and increases insulin resistance," Shilpa Bhupathiraju, a research fellow at the Harvard School of Public Health's Department of Nutrition and the study's lead author, told me. But "those findings really didn't translate into an increased risk for diabetes long-term." During the over 20 years of follow-up, and controlling for all major lifestyle and dietary risk factors, coffee consumption, regardless of caffeine content, was associated with an 8 percent decrease in the risk of type 2 diabetes in women. In men, the reduction was 4 percent for regular coffee and 7 percent for decaf.
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The findings were arrived at rigorously, relying on data from the Nurses' Health Study and the Health Professionals Follow-Up Study, two prospective studies that followed almost 80,000 women and over 40,000 men from the 1980s through 2008. Although self-reported, the data is believed to be extremely reliable because it comes from individuals who know more about health and disease than the average American (the downside, of course, is that results won't always apply to the general population -- but in this case, Bhupathuraju explained that there's no reason to believe that the biological effects seen in health professionals wouldn't be seen in everyone else).

That there were no major differences in risk reduction between regular and decaf coffee suggests there's something in it, aside from its caffeine content, that could be contributing to these observed benefits. It also demonstrates that caffeine was in no way mitigating coffee's therapeutic effects. Of course, what we choose to add to coffee can just as easily negate the benefits -- various sugar-sweetened beverages were all significantly associated with an increased risk of diabetes. A learned taste for cream and sugar (made all the more enticing when they're designed to smell like seasonal celebrations) is likely one of the reasons why we associate coffee more with decadence than prudence.

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"Coffee and caffeine have been inexorably intertwined in our thinking, but truth is coffee contains a whole lot of other stuff with biological benefits," said Martin. And most concerns about caffeine's negative effects on the heart have been dispelled. In June, a meta-analysis of ten years of research went so far as to find an inverse association between habitual, moderate consumption and risk of heart failure. The association peaked at four cups per day, and coffee didn't stop being beneficial until subjects had increased their daily consumption to beyond ten cups.

Caffeine might also function as a pain reliever. A study from September suggested as much when its authors stumbled across caffeinated coffee as a possible confounding variable in its study of the back, neck, and shoulder pains plaguing office drones: Those who reported drinking coffee before the experiment experienced less intense pain.

The data is even more intriguing -- and more convincing -- for caffeine's effects as a salve against more existential pains. While a small study this month found that concentrated amounts of caffeine can increase positivity in the moment, last September the nurses' cohort demonstrated a neat reduction in depression rates among women that became stronger with increased consumption of caffeinated coffee.

But that caffeine is only mechanism behind coffee's health effects is supported by a smallstudy of 554 Japanese adults from October that looked at coffee and green tea drinking habits in relation to the bundle of risk factors for coronary artery disease, stroke, and type 2 diabetes known together as metabolic syndrome. Only coffee -- not tea -- was associated with reduced risk, mostly because of dramatic reductions observed in serum triglyceride levels.

So aside from caffeine, just what are you getting in a cup, or two, or six? Thousands of mostly understudied chemicals that contribute to flavor and aroma, including plant phenols, chlorogenic acids, and quinides, all of which function as antioxidants. Diterpenoids in unfiltered coffee may raise good cholesterol and lower bad cholesterol. And, okay, there's also ash which, to be fair, is no more healthful than you would think -- though it certainly isn't bad for you.

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Some of the chemicals in coffee are known carcinogens, though as far as we know that's only been seen in rodents, not in the small levels we encounter in everyday consumption. Findings, on the other hand, have been supporting that coffee can protect against some cancers. When the Harvard School of Public Health visited the Health Professionals Follow-Up cohort in May 2011, it found that coffee's protective effects extend only to some types of prostate cancer (the most aggressive types, actually). In a separate study of the same population from this past July, they also found a reduced risk of basal cell carcinoma with increased caffeine intake.

The association was strongest for those who drank six or more cups per day.

That same high dosage is also effective in fighting against colorectal cancer, according to a prospective study from June of almost 500,000 adults conducted by the American Society for Nutrition. While the association was greatest for caffeinated varieties, decaf made a small but significant showing. A meta-analysis of 16 independent studies this past January added endometrial cancer to the group of cancers whose relative risk decreases with increased "dosage" of coffee. And in 2011, a large population of post-menopausal women in Swedensaw a "modest" reduction in breast cancer risk with immoderate consumption of 5 or more daily cups.
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Taking the benefits of coffee any further requires being patient-specific, but findings apply to a broad range of populations and conditions:

If you have fatty liver disease, a studyfrom last December found that unspecified amounts can reduce your risk of fibrosis.



If you're on a road trip, you may respond like the 24 volunteers for an experiment from February who were subjected to two hours of simulated "monotonous highway driving," given a short break, then sent back out for two more hours. Those given a cup of coffee during the break weaved less, and showed reductions in driving speed, mental effort, and subjective sleepiness. If you're on a weight-training regimen, it can provide a mild (and legal) doping effect.

If you're trying to enhance your workout, the results of one experiment from October found that drinks containing caffeine enhances performance. And then another one from Dr. Martin in 2008: He coauthored a study of people enrolled in Alcoholics Anonymous in which there appeared to be an association between upping coffee intake and staying sober.

Nothing can be all good, and there is still information working against coffee -- in October, The Atlantic reported on a study from the health professionals cohort that suggested a link between excessive coffee consumption and glaucoma. "The current recommendation is that if somebody's not drinking coffee, you don't tell them to start," said Bhupathiraju.

But she agrees that drinking coffee, and more of it, does appear to be beneficial. The evidence remains overwhelmingly in coffee's favor. Yes, it was observational, but the study published in May in the New England Journal of Medicine looked at hundreds of thousands of men and women and found this bottom line result: people who drank coffee lived longer than those who didn't.

And the more they drank, the longer they lived. If you're into that sort of thing.

Christmas Day: How December 25 Became Christmas

A blanket of snow covers the little town of Bethlehem, in Pieter Bruegel’s oil painting from 1566. Although Jesus’ birth is celebrated every year on December 25, Luke and the other gospel writers offer no hint about the specific time of year he was born.

On December 25, Christians around the world will gather to celebrate Jesus’ birth. Joyful carols, special liturgies, brightly wrapped gifts, festive foods—these all characterize the feast today, at least in the northern hemisphere. But just how did the Christmas festival originate? How did December 25 come to be associated with Jesus’ birthday?

The Bible offers few clues: Celebrations of Jesus’ Nativity are not mentioned in the Gospels or Acts; the date is not given, not even the time of year. The biblical reference to shepherds tending their flocks at night when they hear the news of Jesus’ birth (Luke 2:8) might suggest the spring lambing season; in the cold month of December, on the other hand, sheep might well have been corralled. Yet most scholars would urge caution about extracting such a precise but incidental detail from a narrative whose focus is theological rather than calendrical.

The extrabiblical evidence from the first and second century is equally spare: There is no mention of birth celebrations in the writings of early Christian writers such as Irenaeus (c. 130–200) or Tertullian (c. 160–225). Origen of Alexandria (c. 165–264) goes so far as to mock Roman celebrations of birth anniversaries, dismissing them as “pagan” practices—a strong indication that Jesus’ birth was not marked with similar festivities at that place and time.1 As far as we can tell, Christmas was not celebrated at all at this point.

This stands in sharp contrast to the very early traditions surrounding Jesus’ last days. Each of the Four Gospels provides detailed information about the time of Jesus’ death. According to John, Jesus is crucified just as the Passover lambs are being sacrificed. This would have occurred on the 14th of the Hebrew month of Nisan, just before the Jewish holiday began at sundown (considered the beginning of the 15th day because in the Hebrew calendar, days begin at sundown). In Matthew, Mark and Luke, however, the Last Supper is held after sundown, on the beginning of the 15th. Jesus is crucified the next morning—

Easter, a much earlier development than Christmas, was simply the gradual Christian reinterpretation of Passover in terms of Jesus’ Passion. Its observance could even be implied in the New Testament (1 Corinthians 5:7–8: “Our paschal lamb, Christ, has been sacrificed. Therefore let us celebrate the festival…”); it was certainly a distinctively Christian feast by the mid-second century C.E., when the apocryphal text known as the Epistle to the Apostles has Jesus instruct his disciples to “make commemoration of [his] death, that is, the Passover.”

Jesus’ ministry, miracles, Passion and Resurrection were often of most interest to first- and early-second-century C.E. Christian writers. But over time, Jesus’ origins would become of increasing concern. We can begin to see this shift already in the New Testament. The earliest writings—Paul and Mark—make no mention of Jesus’ birth. The Gospels of Matthew and Luke provide well-known but quite different accounts of the event—although neither specifies a date. In the second century C.E., further details of Jesus’ birth and childhood are related in apocryphal writings such as the Infancy Gospel of Thomas and the Proto-Gospel of James.b These texts provide everything from the names of Jesus’ grandparents to the details of his education—but not the date of his birth.

Finally, in about 200 C.E., a Christian teacher in Egypt makes reference to the date Jesus was born. According to Clement of Alexandria, several different days had been proposed by various Christian groups. Surprising as it may seem, Clement doesn’t mention December 25 at all. Clement writes: “There are those who have determined not only the year of our Lord’s birth, but also the day; and they say that it took place in the 28th year of Augustus, and in the 25th day of [the Egyptian month] Pachon [May 20 in our calendar] … And treating of His Passion, with very great accuracy, some say that it took place in the 16th year of Tiberius, on the 25th of Phamenoth [March 21]; and others on the 25th of Pharmuthi [April 21] and others say that on the 19th of Pharmuthi [April 15] the Savior suffered. Further, others say that He was born on the 24th or 25th of Pharmuthi [April 20 or 21].”2

Clearly there was great uncertainty, but also a considerable amount of interest, in dating Jesus’ birth in the late second century. By the fourth century, however, we find references to two dates that were widely recognized—and now also celebrated—as Jesus’ birthday: December 25 in the western Roman Empire and January 6 in the East (especially in Egypt and Asia Minor). The modern Armenian church continues to celebrate Christmas on January 6; for most Christians, however, December 25 would prevail, while January 6 eventually came to be known as the Feast of the Epiphany, commemorating the arrival of the magi in Bethlehem. The period between became the holiday season later known as the 12 days of Christmas.

The earliest mention of December 25 as Jesus’ birthday comes from a mid-fourth-century Roman almanac that lists the death dates of various Christian bishops and martyrs. The first date listed, December 25, is marked: natus Christus in Betleem Judeae: “Christ was born in Bethlehem of Judea.”3 In about 400 C.E., Augustine of Hippo mentions a local dissident Christian group, the Donatists, who apparently kept Christmas festivals on December 25, but refused to celebrate the Epiphany on January 6, regarding it as an innovation. Since the Donatist group only emerged during the persecution under Diocletian in 312 C.E. and then remained stubbornly attached to the practices of that moment in time, they seem to represent an older North African Christian tradition.

In the East, January 6 was at first not associated with the magi alone, but with the Christmas story as a whole.

So, almost 300 years after Jesus was born, we finally find people observing his birth in mid-winter. But how had they settled on the dates December 25 and January 6?

There are two theories today: one extremely popular, the other less often heard outside scholarly circles (though far more ancient).4

The most loudly touted theory about the origins of the Christmas date(s) is that it was borrowed from pagan celebrations. The Romans had their mid-winter Saturnalia festival in late December; barbarian peoples of northern and western Europe kept holidays at similar times. To top it off, in 274 C.E., the Roman emperor Aurelian established a feast of the birth of Sol Invictus (the Unconquered Sun), on December 25. Christmas, the argument goes, is really a spin-off from these pagan solar festivals. According to this theory, early Christians deliberately chose these dates to encourage the spread of Christmas and Christianity throughout the Roman world: If Christmas looked like a pagan holiday, more pagans would be open to both the holiday and the God whose birth it celebrated.

In the five-part documentary An Archaeological Search for Jesus, Hershel Shanks travels from Galilee to Jerusalem in search of the first century world in which Jesus lived. Visit Nazareth, Sepphoris, Capernaum, Bethsaida, Qumran and other landmarks as Shanks interviews eminent archaeologists and New Testament scholars about the sites associated with Jesus and other gospel figures.

Despite its popularity today, this theory of Christmas’s origins has its problems. It is not found in any ancient Christian writings, for one thing. Christian authors of the time do note a connection between the solstice and Jesus’ birth: The church father Ambrose (c. 339–397), for example, described Christ as the true sun, who outshone the fallen gods of the old order. But early Christian writers never hint at any recent calendrical engineering; they clearly don’t think the date was chosen by the church. Rather they see the coincidence as a providential sign, as natural proof that God had selected Jesus over the false pagan gods.

It’s not until the 12th century that we find the first suggestion that Jesus’ birth celebration was deliberately set at the time of pagan feasts. A marginal note on a manuscript of the writings of the Syriac biblical commentator Dionysius bar-Salibi states that in ancient times the Christmas holiday was actually shifted from January 6 to December 25 so that it fell on the same date as the pagan Sol Invictus holiday.5 In the 18th and 19th centuries, Bible scholars spurred on by the new study of comparative religions latched on to this idea.6 They claimed that because the early Christians didn’t know when Jesus was born, they simply assimilated the pagan solstice festival for their own purposes, claiming it as the time of the Messiah’s birth and celebrating it accordingly.

More recent studies have shown that many of the holiday’s modern trappings do reflect pagan customs borrowed much later, as Christianity expanded into northern and western Europe. The Christmas tree, for example, has been linked with late medieval druidic practices. This has only encouraged modern audiences to assume that the date, too, must be pagan.

There are problems with this popular theory, however, as many scholars recognize. Most significantly, the first mention of a date for Christmas (c. 200) and the earliest celebrations that we know about (c. 250–300) come in a period when Christians were not borrowing heavily from pagan traditions of such an obvious character.

Granted, Christian belief and practice were not formed in isolation. Many early elements of Christian worship—including eucharistic meals, meals honoring martyrs and much early Christian funerary art—would have been quite comprehensible to pagan observers. Yet, in the first few centuries C.E., the persecuted Christian minority was greatly concerned with distancing itself from the larger, public pagan religious observances, such as sacrifices, games and holidays. This was still true as late as the violent persecutions of the Christians conducted by the Roman emperor Diocletian between 303 and 312 C.E.

This would change only after Constantine converted to Christianity. From the mid-fourth century on, we do find Christians deliberately adapting and Christianizing pagan festivals. A famous proponent of this practice was Pope Gregory the Great, who, in a letter written in 601 C.E. to a Christian missionary in Britain, recommended that local pagan temples not be destroyed but be converted into churches, and that pagan festivals be celebrated as feasts of Christian martyrs. At this late point, Christmas may well have acquired some pagan trappings. But we don’t have evidence of Christians adopting pagan festivals in the third century, at which point dates for Christmas were established. Thus, it seems unlikely that the date was simply selected to correspond with pagan solar festivals.

The December 25 feast seems to have existed before 312—before Constantine and his conversion, at least. As we have seen, the Donatist Christians in North Africa seem to have known it from before that time. Furthermore, in the mid- to late fourth century, church leaders in the eastern Empire concerned themselves not with introducing a celebration of Jesus’ birthday, but with the addition of the December date to their traditional celebration on January 6.7


Read Andrew McGowan’s article “The Hungry Jesus,” in which he challenges the tradition that Jesus was a welcoming host at meals, in Bible History Daily.


There is another way to account for the origins of Christmas on December 25: Strange as it may seem, the key to dating Jesus’ birth may lie in the dating of Jesus’ death at Passover. This view was first suggested to the modern world by French scholar Louis Duchesne in the early 20th century and fully developed by American Thomas Talley in more recent years.8 But they were certainly not the first to note a connection between the traditional date of Jesus’ death and his birth.

The baby Jesus flies down from heaven on the back of a cross, in this detail from Master Bertram’s 14th-century Annunciation scene. Jesus’ conception carried with it the promise of salvation through his death. It may be no coincidence, then, that the early church celebrated Jesus’ conception and death on the same calendar day: March 25, exactly nine months before December 25.

Around 200 C.E. Tertullian of Carthage reported the calculation that the 14th of Nisan (the day of the crucifixion according to the Gospel of John) in the year Jesus diedc was equivalent to March 25 in the Roman (solar) calendar.9 March 25 is, of course, nine months before December 25; it was later recognized as the Feast of the Annunciation—the commemoration of Jesus’ conception.10 Thus, Jesus was believed to have been conceived and crucified on the same day of the year. Exactly nine months later, Jesus was born, on December 25.

This idea appears in an anonymous Christian treatise titled On Solstices and Equinoxes, which appears to come from fourth-century North Africa. The treatise states: “Therefore our Lord was conceived on the eighth of the kalends of April in the month of March [March 25], which is the day of the passion of the Lord and of his conception. For on that day he was conceived on the same he suffered.”11 Based on this, the treatise dates Jesus’ birth to the winter solstice.

Augustine, too, was familiar with this association. In On the Trinity (c. 399–419) he writes: “For he [Jesus] is believed to have been conceived on the 25th of March, upon which day also he suffered; so the womb of the Virgin, in which he was conceived, where no one of mortals was begotten, corresponds to the new grave in which he was buried, wherein was never man laid, neither before him nor since. But he was born, according to tradition, upon December the 25th.”12


Learn about the magi in art and literature in “Witnessing the Divine” by Robin M. Jensen, originally published in Bible Review and now available for free in Bible History Daily.


In the East, too, the dates of Jesus’ conception and death were linked. But instead of working from the 14th of Nisan in the Hebrew calendar, the easterners used the 14th of the first spring month (Artemisios) in their local Greek calendar—April 6 to us. April 6 is, of course, exactly nine months before January 6—the eastern date for Christmas. In the East, too, we have evidence that April was associated with Jesus’ conception and crucifixion. Bishop Epiphanius of Salamis writes that on April 6, “The lamb was shut up in the spotless womb of the holy virgin, he who took away and takes away in perpetual sacrifice the sins of the world.”13 Even today, the Armenian Church celebrates the Annunciation in early April (on the 7th, not the 6th) and Christmas on January 6.e
Thus, we have Christians in two parts of the world calculating Jesus’ birth on the basis that his death and conception took place on the same day (March 25 or April 6) and coming up with two close but different results (December 25 and January 6).

Connecting Jesus’ conception and death in this way will certainly seem odd to modern readers, but it reflects ancient and medieval understandings of the whole of salvation being bound up together. One of the most poignant expressions of this belief is found in Christian art. In numerous paintings of the angel’s Annunciation to Mary—the moment of Jesus’ conception—the baby Jesus is shown gliding down from heaven on or with a small cross (see photo above of detail from Master Bertram’s Annunciation scene); a visual reminder that the conception brings the promise of salvation through Jesus’ death.

The notion that creation and redemption should occur at the same time of year is also reflected in ancient Jewish tradition, recorded in the Talmud. The Babylonian Talmud preserves a dispute between two early-second-century C.E. rabbis who share this view, but disagree on the date: Rabbi Eliezer states: “In Nisan the world was created; in Nisan the Patriarchs were born; on Passover Isaac was born … and in Nisan they [our ancestors] will be redeemed in time to come.” (The other rabbi, Joshua, dates these same events to the following month, Tishri.)14 Thus, the dates of Christmas and Epiphany may well have resulted from Christian theological reflection on such chronologies: Jesus would have been conceived on the same date he died, and born nine months later.15

In the end we are left with a question: How did December 25 become Christmas? We cannot be entirely sure. Elements of the festival that developed from the fourth century until modern times may well derive from pagan traditions. Yet the actual date might really derive more from Judaism—from Jesus’ death at Passover, and from the rabbinic notion that great things might be expected, again and again, at the same time of the year—than from paganism. Then again, in this notion of cycles and the return of God’s redemption, we may perhaps also be touching upon something that the pagan Romans who celebrated Sol Invictus, and many other peoples since, would have understood and claimed for their own, too.16

Notes

a. See Jonathan Klawans, “Was Jesus’ Last Supper a Seder?” Bible Review, October 2001.

b. See the following Bible Review articles: David R. Cartlidge, “The Christian Apocrypha: Preserved in Art,” Bible Review, June 1997; Ronald F. Hock, “The Favored One,” Bible Review, June 2001; and Charles W. Hedrick, “The 34 Gospels,” Bible Review, June 2002.

c. For more on dating the year of Jesus’ birth, see Leonara Neville, “Fixing the Millennium,” Archaeology Odyssey, January/February 2002.

d. The ancients were familiar with the 9-month gestation period based on the observance of women’s menstrual cycles, pregnancies and miscarriages.

e. In the West (and eventually everywhere), the Easter celebration was later shifted from the actual day to the following Sunday. The insistence of the eastern Christians in keeping Easter on the actual 14th day caused a major debate within the church, with the easterners sometimes referred to as the Quartodecimans, or “Fourteenthers.”

1. Origen, Homily on Leviticus 8.

2. Clement, Stromateis 1.21.145. In addition, Christians in Clement’s native Egypt seem to have known a commemoration of Jesus’ baptism—sometimes understood as the moment of his divine choice, and hence as an alternate “incarnation” story—on the same date (Stromateis 1.21.146). See further on this point Thomas J. Talley, Origins of the Liturgical Year, 2nd ed. (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 1991), pp. 118–120, drawing on Roland H. Bainton, “Basilidian Chronology and New Testament Interpretation,” Journal of Biblical Literature 42 (1923), pp. 81–134; and now especially Gabriele Winkler, “The Appearance of the Light at the Baptism of Jesus and the Origins of the Feast of the Epiphany,” in Maxwell Johnson, ed., Between Memory and Hope: Readings on the Liturgical Year (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2000), pp. 291–347.

3. The Philocalian Calendar.

4. Scholars of liturgical history in the English-speaking world are particularly skeptical of the “solstice” connection; see Susan K. Roll, “The Origins of Christmas: The State of the Question,” in Between Memory and Hope: Readings on the Liturgical Year (Collegeville, MN: Liturgical Press, 2000), pp. 273–290, especially pp. 289–290.

5. A gloss on a manuscript of Dionysius Bar Salibi, d. 1171; see Talley, Origins, pp. 101–102.

6. Prominent among these was Paul Ernst Jablonski; on the history of scholarship, see especially Roll, “The Origins of Christmas,” pp. 277–283.

7. For example, Gregory of Nazianzen, Oratio 38; John Chrysostom, In Diem Natalem.

8. Louis Duchesne, Origines du culte Chrétien, 5th ed. (Paris: Thorin et Fontemoing, 1925), pp. 275–279; and Talley, Origins.

9. Tertullian, Adversus Iudaeos 8.

10. There are other relevant texts for this element of argument, including Hippolytus and the (pseudo-Cyprianic) De pascha computus; see Talley, Origins, pp. 86, 90–91.

11. De solstitia et aequinoctia conceptionis et nativitatis domini nostri iesu christi et iohannis baptistae.

12. Augustine, Sermon 202.

13. Epiphanius is quoted in Talley, Origins, p. 98.

14. b. Rosh Hashanah 10b–11a.

15. Talley, Origins, pp. 81–82.

16. On the two theories as false alternatives, see Roll, “Origins of Christmas.”

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Start Up Nation Critical Canvas in the White Silicon City ( TVL) and Silicon Wadi

May 2012 – Present (2 years 2 months)Israel

Startup Nation Critiical Canvas (A Lobby Group) in the White Silicon City ( Trade Marked by me that can be used by all) of Tel Aviv and Silicon Wadi.. Wwith most degrees per capita and within 2 graduations will lead the world.. Israeli Academia ( University Degrees , College Accredited Degrees ( I coined the the term (in 1992/3) ), and from some private academic institutions that meet the Education Ministries requirements, and Certification) are is not coming close to keeping up to the demand for skilled hitech personnel of that the Innovative and Entrepreneurial Start Up Nation needs them.Israel has so many MBA ( most in the Wold per capita) that they are a dime a dozen but few could set up a database in a Cloud.. Perhaps Peter Thiel ( Paypal, Facebook etc ) is right to suggest that Academc Degrees date within 18 months and they are not worth the investment t of time and money and nothing beats entrepreneurship with innovation and risk..The Start Up Nation Critical Canvas is trying to get the Israeli Government and all the related Ministries to allow non- Jewish highly skilled techies to come and work in Zion. These non Jewish high techies with pay taxes and other deductions like everyone else in The Start Up Nation, and enjoy all the benefits ( health in particular). The impediment to working in the Start Up Nation is the Israel ID ( Teudat Zehut ) number you are born and die with it and everything you pay for and get in return is linked to it. The Start Up Nation Critical Canvas dos not advocate citizenship for non Jewish Employers . We have no illusions we are up against the " $120 Billion Club" lead by Mark Zuckerberg and he is also pitching " citizenship ". Still Palo Alto is a far , far second to the White Silicon City with its zillion attractions.(Walking , Cycling, Beaches and Nightlife).Nothing beats been single in Tel Aviv. Join us an ping & pong,canvas & meet Government decision makers.The situation is critical , we must adapt or die (trying)

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  Burt Kempner

  Senior Writer/Producer

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The IDF History Museum

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Stephen Darori - Stephen Darori's Photos | Facebook

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3XC Global Partners

January 2006 – Present (8 years 6 months)Europe particularly Berlin. Geneva, Paris, Barcelona, and Holland ,and Israel

3XC Global Partners (29 Partners) has different Global Partnerships that provide Micro and Macro Management, Finance, Marketing, Branding, Restructuring and Strategy advice ( hands in always)

Areas have I been involved in:-
As a Mentor and Lead Partner to Early Stage and Seed Start Ups , we set up Start ups according to Eric Weis's Lean Start Up Philosophy and Stephen Darori's Threshold Technology Curve Model for Start Ups and Investors ( with 12 Patents) which includes expert knowledge of Digital Marketing,Affiliate Marketing, Inbound Marketing ,Advertising ( Bid Optimization, Portfolio and Manual Management), Digital Branding, Product Development , Business Development , Financial Management and Control. 3XC Lead Partner in preparation of Marketing Plans, Competitive Analysis, R &D Project Plan, Next Stage Finance Strategy, Exit Strategy, Marking, Branding, Restructuring and Strategy Business Plan, Executive Summaries, Elevator Pitches. Documents are always prepared from the point of view of Investors, .

Position: Founder, Mentor and Lead Partner of different 3XC Global Partnerships. I am in the process of stepping down as the Managing Partner since the Group was founded. I have for the last year taken a far more central role in our Investment syndicates and especially Lecturing at Tech Colleges around the world . We have agreements with over 140 colleges world wide to provide . Lecture Series in exchange for permanent advertising on their campuses offering our services and finance .This is a wonderful arrangement and beats anything a website could do hands down.

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Proud Supporter with a Touch of Charismatic Humour

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MIU Movement for Israeli Urbanism and other ideas ( sorry I am a reality check)

February 2005 – Present (9 years 5 months)Israel

✔ The Draft or equal time National Service at 18 ( after exiting school) for everyone living in Greater Israel , Jew, Christrian, Druze, Bahai, Samarian , Buddist , Bedouim. ABSOLUTELY EVERYONE , no matter your religion ( and who cares about your length of your beard) and political beliefs
✔A Constitution for Zion
✔1st Amendment I believe that any level of privacy on the Internet in 2013 is a complete Fallacy. If you are there, you are tagged to Timbaktu and back . Get over it and enjoy Social Media technology.
✔Startup Nation Critical Canvas in the White City in Zion. Nothing could be more important than this - Economic Development & will only happen at the same pace if the high tech industry can start legally employing non-Jewish techies without one of the boutique solutions in play. If they pay Income Tax & Bituah Leimi , give them all the rights but not citizenship
✔ Environmental Sustainability : Jewish Villages , Towns and Cities with plenty of land allocation , should be developed in the Shomron and Judea at an accelerated pace and more direct access roads and railways should connect the 340,000 Zionists in the area West of the Jordan River .
✔ Social Justice and Equality in the Israeli Society as long as Israeli security is not pressurized.
✔Rapid Transitioning of Israel Peripheral Poverty into the the Silicon Periphery even if we have to bulldoze Gaza into the Sea .. you simple can't Zip Rockets at Zion .
✔Two States Solution ... Israel and Palestinian State in Jordan which already has a 83% majority of Palestinian. ( most still unfranchised after 92 years in the Jordanian artificial Monarchy ) .I have never denied I am a Right Wing Rip Roaring Zionist. school in Betar and Zeev Jabotinsky 's Revisionist Zionism.

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Corporate Image Luxembourg

January 1998 – Present (16 years 6 months)Tel Aviv

Company now provides sophisticated Public relations and Crisis Management using Social Media largely and physical gimmicks imported from South East Asia . This separate division is the largest importer of made to order such gimmicks. Corporate Image Luxembourg evolved out of a once 50% holding with the late Kerry Capstick- Dale in what is now Corporate Image ( Pty) Ltd lead by Kerry's widow Tamra Vervey.. Interest in Corporate Image (Pty) Ltd was sold in stages inthe mid and late 80's to Kerry Capstickdale . Kerry dies in 2008 after a long illness. The company he founded with me has been lead ever since successfully by Tamra.

Corporate Image Luxembourg strives to be leading communications and public affairs consultancy.. Formed in 1987 and operating independently, it has been extensively involved over the years with the corporate FMCG, financial and industrial sectors in Europe and to a lesser extent in Israel.

In an Ipsos Markinor independent research survey into PR agencies , conducted amongst editors, deputy editors and consumer journalists in 2010, Corporate Image was rated in the top 5 PR companies in all categories, including overall professionalism, integrity, standard of press releases, understanding of clients and sectors, being proactive and providing service to clients.

The company has particular expertise in reputation research and management and corporate brand strategy, with a focus on corporate communications, media liaison, research, positioning strategies, crisis communications and issues management.

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Stephen Darori Investments ( Paper emphenera, Postal History, Maps, Prints) ,

November 1997 – Present (16 years 8 months)Luxembourg, movedfrom Tel aviv for Tax Reasons.

I have been both a Buyer ( especially) and seller on eBay since early Noveber 1997 , shortly after eBay changed its name from AuctionWeb. In early 2000 I purchased two large colleections of autographed material including 8000 items related to Judaism and Zionism and have been leading the disposal with all proceeds going to Aguda Lemaan Hachayal - the Association for the Wellbeing of Israel's Soldiers. ( LIBI Fund) The Darori foundation sponsors all the cost of postage of sales.

I currently employ a retired stamp and paper ephemera dealer who was based in Ahad Haam Street ( Pinat Allenby) to lead this charitable enterprise.All proceeds are donated to the Aguda Lemaan Hachayal are earmarked for physical items . The Darori Foundation and Darori Family Trusts never throw money in or at the bureaucracies of organisations. ( they are inherently inefficient and wasteful )

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3XC Capital and Darori Capital Luxembourg

January 1990 – Present (24 years 6 months)Luxembourg

3XC Capital and Darori Capital Luxembourg invests in 3XC Global Partners 's Clients both at Start Ups and Revenue Growth stages. Darori Capital leads and participates in Closed Investment Syndicates.

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The Warehouse Group - - Lets Go International

January 1990 – Present (24 years 6 months)Israel Greece, Cyprus ,Macedonia,Albania

✔The Warehouse Group Clothing Imports and Distribution Unit
✔The Warehouse Group Printed T-Shirt and Caps Imports and Distribution Unit
✔The Warehouse Group Publishing Unit
✔The Warehouse Gourmet and Kitchen Gadgets and Appliances Imports and Distribution Unit
✔The Warehouse Group Electronic Gadgets Imports and Distribution Unit
✔The Warehouse Group Publicity Gimmicks Imports and Distribution Unit
✔ The Warehouse Group Accessories Imports and Distribution Unit Unit
✔The Warehouse Group Indigenous Spices and Teas Importers and Distribution Unit
✔The Warehouse Group Jewelry Importers and Distribution Unit.

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Darori Foundation

January 1988 – Present (26 years 6 months)Off Shore

Until May 2013 , the Darori Foundation supported Libraries and Special Collections in Israel only. In June 2013 it started an initiative to give ever child in Israel an Internet Device and a Free Internet Access Service. (100 mega down, ) . The Darori Foundation has in the past sponsored research into Digital Libraries and the translation of Wikipedia Articles ( and similar articles that do not claim a copy right) into Hebrew before Google Translate and Bing made that product redundant..The translation project was led by the ministry of education in Israel . The Darori Foundation financed dozens of translators..

3XC Capital holds the 12 patents , trademarks and copyrights related to the Threshold Technology Curve Model. Since 2010 the 12 patents have been making a PCT circuit and have increased exponentially by a double digit number. 3XC Capital also holds the trade mark "Darori","Stéphén Dǻrori" and "Thé Thréshǿld Téchnǿlǿgy Curvé Mǿdél "

The Darori Foundation is financed by a series of 2nd, 3rd and 4th Generation Trust Funds and the living Trust of the current Chairman. .

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  David Maeir-Epstein

  David Maeir-Epstein Israelgrants.com - Resource Development Consultants for Nonprofits in Israel

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Peres Center for Peace

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שיר בית"ר (זאב ז'בוטינסקי)

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Zionist Archives - הארכיון הציוני

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Children who regularly text message have BETTER English than those who don't (even if thy use txt spk)

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Israel Book Review ( South African Book Review)

January 1980 – Present (34 years 6 months)Tel aviv

The South African Book Review was founded by Stephen Drus ( now Darori) , the late Kerry Capstick-dale, Lizzy Bramford, the late Sarah Cullinan and Paul Groves in 1980. Edited from Capetown , it was published and distributed from London to avoid a banning order. In 1986 Paul Groves moved to London and the editorial office moved to London. In the same year the israel Book Review was started with funding from Sir Harry Oppenheimer and Gordon Wadell . ( Sir Harry's ex son in law).

The Israel Book Review which has always been only a hard copy publication with no advertising with the philosophy of getting University Students and High School English students to detach themselves for 30 to 40 minutes from the Internet and the numerous tabloid format blogs ( many with spelling and grammar worse than mine) and read English Book Reviews Articles that avoid tabloid-ism. The IBR includes reviews of Philatelic, Scripolily, and other Paper Emphemera catalogs in every edition (1page).

Detach and give them something substantial to read." has been the one line philosophy of the Book Review and previously the South African Book Review.for over 30 years. All book reviews carry links to the Amazon and the Publisher of the Books..

The Israel Book Review is published monthly in English. Once a quarter a double issue with a specific theme is published. The demand for such a hard copy publication has increased annually.Distribution is free on University Campus and some High Schools in Israel.

The Israel Book Review is sponsored by the Darori Foundation.

Journalist and Wikipedia Senior Editor ( like others on a honorary basis and it really is an Honor)

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Wikipedia and Part Time Journalist

May 1972 – Present (42 years 2 months)Israel

""Wikipedia (Listeni/ˌwɪkɨˈpiːdiə/ or Listeni/ˌwɪkiˈpiːdiə/ wik-i-pee-dee-ə) is a collaboratively edited, multilingual, free-access, free content Internet encyclopedia that is supported and hosted by the non-profit Wikimedia Foundation. Volunteers worldwide collaboratively write Wikipedia's 30 million articles in 287 languages, including over 4.5 million in the English Wikipedia. "" I am the senior editor of 28 articles on Social Media, 12 on Zionism and Israel and 6 on Food and Cooking and 34 on diverse other subjects.

If you ask me whether I will assist you with the development of a Wikipedia Article. My answer is "Chas Vechalila " ... heaven forbid.!! I have always done so free.

I have been a part time journalist representing and filing for Time Magazine (1990')s, Newsweek ( 1970's to its demise) ,The Washington Post, Boston Globe, NY Times, WSJ, Handelsblatt, (Germany), The Economic Times (India),Financial TimesT ( UK) , Financial Mail( South Africa) , Cape Times and Argus,( both Cape Town) Until 1990 all remuneration from these activities were ceded to the International Defense and aid fund of Southern Africa and from 1990 to LIBI, the IDf Soldiers' Welfare fund.

My South African Press Credential is 7864. I have had the number since 1972. From 1986 to 1989 it was suspended after I was detained repeatedly without trial in 1985/6. The Credential was returned to me officially when I met Nelson Mandela in Israel in October 1999.

My IAPP ( Swiss) Credential number is 8452 . I GPO Number is 98262( Israel)

IGT Cloud Summit DLD 2013 - Once a Year the Best Cloud Event in Town - כנס בתחום טכנולוגיה - אירועים - StartIsrael - פורטל היזמות הישראלי | TheMarker

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Go4Europe Business Conference organized by Cukierman & Co. and Catalyst Fund - Home

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THE PITCH

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SMS language - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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Howard Kerzner Internet Gaming and High Street Sport Betting Outlets Monaco .

October 1998 – June 2007 (8 years 9 months)Monaco

Company held On Line Gaming and Traditional High Street Outlets for Sport Betting in Europe especially in the UK. Howard " Butch" Kerzner and his father holding company , "Sol Kerner Monaco Holdings" each held 38% and other Kerner's siblings a token shareholding totalling 10% the balance held by me.

This was initially a joint venture between Playsis , and Butch Kerzner..in 2003 I swapped my interest in Playsis for the holding in Butch Kerzner's company.

Corporate Controller & Treasurer, Operating Manager of Multiple Divisions

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European Investments

June 2003 – December 2006 (3 years 7 months)Europe

Commercial and Industrial Real Estate, Investments and Venture Capital
The now multi billion company was founded by Glasnost Billionaires who prefer that the company keep a low profile . The Company remains today largely a real estate company with almost no debt and a high cash flow from leasing commercial property .I filled multiple positions of increasing responsibility including Managing Director of its large High Tech Incubator ( based on principles different from those in Israel) and a High Tech Investment Manager and an Alternative Investment Manager. Some Positions were held simultaneously.

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Oligarchs And Oligopolies: New Formations Of Global Power (Critical Interventions: A Forum for Social Analysis): Bruce Kapferer: 9781845451745: Amazon.com: Books

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Algatechnologies

January 2002 – May 2003 (1 year 5 months)Kibbutz Ketura

P&L Management, Budget and Control, Business Operations, Contracts and Legal Administration, Strategic Planning, Capital Fundraising, Site Management and Human Resources. Took this 4 year old start up that was hopelessly in a insolvent position to a very healthy balance sheep one year latter by reporting all the multiple CSO gransts it had received and optioned 2 additional ones and also reporting the $3.5 million Approved Enterprise it had also received, In I n January 2013 it was valued at over $80 when part of the controlling shareholding was sold.It is today the largest biocompany producing Astaxathin from the algae strain Haematoccoccus

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Queenco Leisure International Ltd.

October 1999 – April 2002 (2 years 7 months)Israel

I was the CFO of the Rescido Group then part of Queenco listed on TASE . The Group consisted of Real Estate Redeveloper, Investments in late stage start ups and an in house gaming start up Playsis.com with both Angels and VC Partners.(STI - Benny Steinmetz) The Real Estate Redevelopment Company was purchased by interests of Milamor (delisted from TASE) which have continued renovating buildings in the CBD of Tel Aviv to this day. Playsis received a substantial exit by selling its large and high quality email membership lists to interest belonging to Teddy Sagi. The investments in late stage High Tech company were taken over by Queenco interests.

Recido Real Estate Renovations and Building Company Ltd

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3Com

May 1996 – November 1999 (3 years 7 months)

Cost and Management Accounting, with emphasis on Standard Cost Accounting, Outsourced Subcontracting, Obsolescence & Reserve Accounting. Two of my models were later incorporated into other Manufacturing Divisions of 3 Com. 3 Com is now part of HP.

I joined 3Com Israel , very much downsizing my resume & making it fit with the position of Division Cost and Management Accountant. I jointed 3Com went the Finance Department was in its infancy and a shambles after 3Com placed an incompetent member of their Corporate Audit Team in the position of CFO . Nachman Shelef one of 3 Founders &d General Manager, appointed Daniel Slutzky ( an excellent choice) & after an expected bump ( first audit) , 3Com Israel achieved full marks in both Finance, Management, Product Marketing & initially R & D . 3Com Israel hit an annual sales rate of $250 million quickly after acquisition

3Com was the very first US Corporation to buy an Israeli Technology Company.It bought NCD ( Nice Computer Division ) from Nice Com when the unit had just Beta Switches and Routers for Large Area Networking Solutions ( also Metro and Wide). The cost was $59 million.

What Bruce Chefet did when he replaced Eric Benahou when he retired is still taught as a business case in Ivy League Schools as an example of Corporate Mismanagement- "downsize people not entire divisions". The entire Israeli Division was closed as one of the very first things Chefets did when he assumed office in January 2000.It was disturbing that when I met Chefets & Benahou by chance in transit at Heathrow before he assumed office, he was already speaking openly about his plans to downsize divisions that weren't completely profitable. In hindsight he was the very worse choice to replace Eric Benahou who had led 3Coms expansion for a decade chasing Cisco all the time and nipped at the heels by late comers to this sector like Germany's Siemens.The purchase of US Robotics for $6 billion started the disaster ( Benahou didn't get kudos) .

Division Finance and Costing Manager

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Vishay Intertechnology, Inc.

January 1995 – June 1996 (1 year 6 months)Holon (Head Office) with factories in Dimona , Beer Sheva and Migdal Haemeck

Vishay had two distinct divisions, one manufacturing core subsidiary product lines ( Dale, Daloric, Roderstein) & the other basically every thing else.Vishay has aggressively pursued expansion by purchasing companies with product lines in play. They spun off the evolving threshold technology division, the R & D they were doing themselves .I was transitioning into the core subsidiary division.It is actually quite sad. The person I was supposed to replace knew he was terminally ill but told no one (& when you are with the company from the very first day, you can can push the transition period envelop out).My patience ran out after 18 months & he sadly died suddenly less than 2 months later .Had I known,I may have had endless patience. Nobody including myself made the observation he was ill & some worked with him from day 1.Other than obvious weight loss.

Vishay Israel is one of the most profitable companies in Israel .It was established by the late Dr Felix Landsman ( in France) a Holocaust survivor as a child ( in the partisan) a Great Zionist, Businessman.& very generous Yad Vashem supporter. It received grants to build its factories in Dimona, Migdal Haemek & Beer Sheva in a smaller magnitude as Intel. x employees should be employed by the factories & well busing 5000 employees to Dimona was logistically possible if people didn't mind been picked up at 6am to start work at 6.45am , Didn't happen so amicable trade off .Was not privy to all the details negotiated by the Treasurer & CFO but "very fair play in play" Dimona is a award winning massive glass structure designed for 5000 workers who also receive a substantial sit down lunch.

Vishay is one of the best managed Manufacturing.Companies,in Israel and on top of the logistic nightmare.All production is shipped to a distribution center overseas.

Vishay is a Fortune 500 Company. Vishay Israel produces over 120 million passive electronic components daily & employs over 8500 people on Israel.

Deputy Head Accountant for Revenue & Special Assistant to the late Director General of Ort Israel

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ORT Colleges

January 1990 – December 1994 (5 years)Holon Head Office

Ort Israel Head Offices ( Schools and Colleges) Originally employed as Deputy Finance and Accounting in Charge of all income sources of ORT Israel, the largest independent school network in Israel and assistant to the Director General ,the late Israel Goralnick once deputy to Yigal Allon in the Palmach ( he lost n arm in the War of Independence) liaising and regularly reporting with a major Donors who in the course of my time at Ort built and furnished Ort College Henry Braude , Karmiel ( the first accredited college in Israel to award degrees) paid for entirely by Baron Sir Gerald Ronso and with a little arm twisting and a lot of public relations he went on to build and furnish completely 6 additional Ort Schools in Ashkelon , Ashdod , Osafeia a/ Dalet Al Hakarmel and elsewhere and set up a maintenance fund for each at my suggestion.( Out of the Box thinking) I was project manage for two very expensive IT projects and computerized other aspects of my function using advanced business models . MY final task was to start raising fund for the conversion of Ort Vocational School to High Tech Schools. A task completed by 2000. Monthly T/O of Ort Israel exceeded 2.5 billion shekels during the period I worked for there. I was also the Ort Israel Liaison with the World Ort Union in London.

IDF - Shalev Bet and then Mil'uim

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IDF

December 1986 – February 1987 (3 months)Israel

Voluntary shortened Israel military service .In 1986 anyone who was older than 26 when they immigrated was exempted from IDF service.

First Lieutenant=> Captain=> Major=> Commandant until 1994 (Lieutenant-Colonel)

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SADF=> Recce Commando, the Elite Commando of 11 Commando, 3rd Infantry Battalion

January 1975 – December 1976 (2 years)Diskopolos, Kimberly , South Africa

Angola : My "4 Citations , 3 medals ( 2 Campaign + Another), 2 Battlefield Promotions" Period . South Africa ( Defence Force) enters Angola on the side of UNITA against the MPLA , SWAPO and 25,000 subprime Casto Cubans. This was not a helicopter gunship war . In a bombastic "Apocalypse Now" ( the movie came later) helicopter gunship formation , South Africa launched a massive attack on the MPLA . In the open 5-10 minutes 7 SADF gunships were destroyed by 9K32 “Strela-2” shoulder fired Russian Missiles. Not another SADF helicopter again entered Angola . The 75 person Recce Commando ( the elite of the elite unit ) was paradropped 8 kms north of Luanda & told to proceed eastwards pulling the substand Cuban Battalions & some MPLA away from the coast & the protection of SAM 6 missiles around Luanda. I ran (circling back at night) across Angola & exited through Zambia .Entered as 1 of 3, 2nd Lieutenants, exited as a Major with 12 including 4 walking wounded.During this endless & now embedded nightmare kept saying that if I survive my first daughter would be called after the home base of the Recce Commandos . 20 years to the date I was discharged, my daughter Kim(berly) was born. Kimberly ( Big Hole of .fame) was the home base of 11 Commando.Honest to god truth, joined the Recce Commandos, & really expected to sit on my backside , suntanning, drinking beer & reading all the English Classics.This was a character building lesson in survival. The Recce Commando like 11 Commando originated during the Anglo Boer War.The Recce Commando first saw action at Spion Kop (Anglo Boer War)on 24th January 1900. 11 Commando was created by the British to counter the very mobile (mounted) Boer Recce Commandos & went toe to toe with the later during the Guerrilla War phase of the Anglo Boer War, November 1900 to May 1902 until the Transvaal Republic surrendered at Vereeniging on 31st May 1902. The agreement was signed ,by the Generals De Wet & Kitchener.

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December 1978

Don't quite get this section. Share Peter Thiel philosophy "Two years after billionaire tech investor Peter Thiel announced an experiment to pay bright high schoolers to drop out of college for $100,000, the Thiel Fellowship program hasn’t won over education leaders."

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chartered_Institute_of_Management_Accountants, License 466453

June 1988 – Present

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Institute of Commercial & Financial Accountants, License 56522

June 1985 – Present

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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chartered_Institute_of_Management_Accountants, License 66523

September 1985 – Present

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American Institute of Certified Public Accountants, License 899876

March 1992 – Present

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Threshold Technology Curve Model(Link)Edit

US Patent Office, US Trade Mark Office , Copyright

August 8, 2010

Stephen has a wide and rich experience in turning new technologies into viable start ups . He provide leadership and value for preseed and seed stage start up by leveraging his analytical, management, and organizational skills and and strategic planning but most of all his Threshold Curve Model which addresses directly what VC's want to see in Business and Marketing plans and especially R & D...more

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Beit Trust

January 1983

The Trust was initially set up in 1906 by the Will of Mr Alfred Beit, a brilliant financier and a director of the British South Africa Company with many interests including the development of Rhodesia’s railway system. In 1903 he suffered a stroke near Salisbury, Rhodesia, and died on 16 July 1906 in England at the age of 53, leaving much of his fortune bequeathed to a wide range of charitable causes. As a result of his close association with...more

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University of Cape Town

Student Blues Awards are awarded to outstanding students in various disciplines including sport ( largely) and student leadership. I was very active in Student Councils, a student led Rag fund ( that is a small industry) that supports an entire free medical aid for Blacks ( and Coloured) A massive student charity and student politics ) + held youth leadership positions in the official White opposition party with a prominent presence on multiple...more

Region Chairman Western Cape Progressive Party Youth Committee=> Progressive Reform Party->Progressive Federal Party=> now Democratic AllianceEditRe-order

Democratic Alliance

January 1978

The Progressive Party transitioned to the Progressive Reform Party which became the Progressive Federal Party who are the Democratic Alliance to day. The Democratic Alliance (DA) is a political party in South Africa, which is the official opposition to the ruling African National Congress (ANC) at federal level, and the governing party in the Western Cape province. The DA is broadly centrist, though it has been attributed both centre-left and...more

National Chairman Progressive Federal Party Youth Committee => now Democratic AllianceEditRe-order

June 1981

The Progressive Party transitioned to the Progressive Reform Party which became the Progressive Federal Party who are the Democratic Alliance to day. The Democratic Alliance (DA) is a political party in South Africa, which is the official opposition to the ruling African National Congress (ANC) at federal level, and the governing party in the Western Cape province. The DA is broadly centrist, though it has been attributed both centre-left and...more

Founding Member and Treasurer Mass Democratic Movement (MDM) and United Democratic front ( UDF)EditRe-order

Nelson Mandela and Democratic Black Rule in South Africa

THE MDM was the first Massive Umbrella movement fof 400+ Free Mandela organisations. The mistake it made was electing a leadership , thereby giving it existence as an organisation that could be banned by the South African Government and that happen quickly. Immediately thereafter the UDF was "formed" with 500+ organisations on board . This time without an official leadership. "The United Democratic Front (UDF) was one of the most important anti-...more

First National Youth Action Chairman (and joint founder with Helen Suzman, Colin Elgin,Harry Oppenheimer and Dr Nthato MotlanaEditRe-order

National Youth Action

1974

National Youth Action was the first attempt at an integrated Youth Action Program for kids aged 15 to 18 in South Africa. The idea was to form racial integrated groups who would do volunteer communal work in communities that need such help. The first two groups became active in the Western Cape ( Gugeluto) and Pretoria ( Alexandra) . The South African Government did not like mixed integrated groups of kids , " Cleaning up Slums" and eventually...more

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Municipality of Tel Aviv and Bat Yam, and local newspapers

Local Newspapers love my Civil Action " Clean Up Project" and interviewing me is fun and full of humour and catchy soundbites. The following have givimg me awards for volenteering
✔HaMekimon Tel Aviv ( 3)
✔Yediot Tel Aviv
✔Yediot Bat Yam
✔Gal Gefen ( Bat Yam) (3)
✔Jaffa Christian Association Publication
✔Hashikma ( Bat Yam) (2)
✔Mabat ( Russian).
✔iMar ( Arabic-Christian (4)
✔ kul-alarab ( Arabic - Muslim Religious Council)
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Threshold Curve Model ( twelve separate aspects) in e Court Decision in terms of Bilski Versus Kappos, A Supreme Court Decision whereby it became possible to patent "Business Methods" ..http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Bilski_v._KapposEditRe-order section

United States I will have to look for a hard copy of the patent numbers

Issued April 30, 2011

It took a decade for the Supreme Court to actually permit the patenting of Business Models and Methodology and was in good company with eBay....who tried and failed using different avenues to register the "on-line auction methodology" and were first in the que after this decision. TheThreshold Curve Model for start ups and early investors ,in start ups calls among many other things for the early...more

Trade Marks : Dǻrori ; Stéphén Dǻrori and Thréshold Téchnology Curvé ModelEditRe-order section

United States 735698545 through 67

Issued 2003

Dǻrori ; Stéphén Dǻrori and Thréshold Téchnology Curvé Modél are all registered Trade Marks and Patents in terms of bilski versus Kappos for multiple aspects of the Threshold Technology Curve Model. The trade mark s have a second trade mark series of numbers.

ProjectsAddRe-order section

...Industrial and Commercial Centers at the outer periphery of up market residential areas with a metropolitan line entering below ground and doing a metro circle... we built many such centers and moved workers in the opposite directionEditRe-order section

January 1990 – Present

...revolutionary ... concept .. we moved many of the frustrated Central Busines District inhabitants in the opposite direction where they had no transport problems or parking issues ... every building we built had excessive underground parking... the centers used rezoned country side and were green tech before the clique was coined.. They were planned to make the worker from factory to C level...more

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The Peres Peace House Library(Link)EditRe-order section

October 2013

The Darori Foundation has committed itself to filling the (Shimon) Peres Peace House with 1000 academic books in the next few years on subjects relative to the Centre . The Darori Foundation has never allowed politics to interfere with its "direct" donation policy. It never donates to the bureacracy of any organisation

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  Orly Nabel

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Beit Ariela(Link)EditRe-order section

May 2010

Beit Ariela Public Library and Cultural Center

Since 1922, Shaar Zion has been Tel Aviv's main public library. The central branch is
now located in Beit Ariela, and holds a wide selection of books in a variety of languages
(Hebrew, English, French, German and more). In addition to the main reading hall, there
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  Moshe Patz

Bezalel School of Arts and Crafts(Link)EditRe-order section

April 2008

stablished in 1906 by artist Boris Schatz as the “Bezalel School of Arts and Crafts”, Bezalel has evolved into one of the world's most prestigious art schools.

The name Bezalel is synonymous with more than 100 years of Israeli art, innovation
and academic excellence. Bezalel’s unique strength stems from the numerous
breakthroughs it has been responsible for and its ability to respond and...more

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Peres Archives at The Peres Peace House(Link)EditRe-order section

September 2013

The Archive is continually growing as President Peres continues his career serving the State of Israel as President. On a daily basis the archive staff collect, categorise, register and preserve the many materials that are currently being produced surrounding the life and work of the President, from news articles about him or which he is quoted in, televised interviews, books and articles he...more

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Civil Action " Clean Up Jaffa in the Neve Golan ( Jaffa Gimmel) and Neve Tamar ( Jaffa Dalet)" and the Amidar Bat Yam NeighbourhoodsEditRe-order section

March 2013

So there I was again on my daily 8 to 12 km walk/run when like Chicken Licken something fell on my head. No it wasn't an acorn, it wasn't the sky .. it was a bag of pach ( rubbish) . Some customs take a generation to die before it is expelled from immigrant embedded acceptable practice. and some still throw their pach from their windows into the road.

"What the hell",I said to myself &...more

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  In House Model at Michele Gamele Fashions

"Tarshis" Jaffa Arabic Municipal Library(Link)EditRe-order section

May 2014

Housed in a dilapidated building in Mendes France Street, it was a wonderful surprise to find a spacious library actually been used . The Darori Foundation has committed itself to filling the English Children s section.

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  Lisa Gamele

  In House Model at Michele Gamele Fashions

The Libi Fund - קרן לב"י(Link)EditRe-order section

1982

Journalist
All fees and other remuneration from activities as a journalist have been ceded to the Libi Fund since 1981.

eBay Platform
The sale of Autographs and signed documents and photographs ( liquidation stock Herzog Hollander Phillips & Co) has been ceded to the Libi Fund since the late 1990. The darori Foundation sponsors postage and packing to eBay buyers.

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  Dan Halutz

CoursesEditRe-order section

Independent Coursework

• Maximize entrepeneural potential, develop their skills, improve their performance and become the person they want to be
• Impart management tools according to values of the manager (Among Others)
• • Improve ability to lead and manage workforce. (Among Others)
• Leverage managers to strategic thinking, vision, values and objectives (Among Others)
• Derive from long-term objectives and work plans the annual budget. (Among Others)
• Diagnose management and administrative capabilities. (Among Others)
• Improve the ability to choose and hire the best talents (Among Other)
• Determining how to write a Busibness Plan and other documents from what a potential investor wants to see (Threshold Curve Model)

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Head of the Ofarim Local Committee & then a member of Beit Aryeh Ofarim MunincipalityEdit

Beit Aryeh - Ofarim Municipalty

December 1999Economic Empowerment

-Head of the Ofarim Local Committee that ran the 250 family units in this settlement
-After the amalgamation of Beit Areh with Ofarim served on various committees including Chair of Finance Committee ( first task was to deal with a 17 million shekel accumulated deficit of Beit Aryeh that was not disclosed before the referendum. I did ask the question and the Internal Auditor had zippo idea of the...more

Opportunities you are looking for:Edit

How would you like to donate your time and talent?

• Joining a nonprofit board
• Skills-based volunteering (pro bono consulting)

Causes you care about:Edit

Topics and causes that matter to you.

• Arts and Culture
• Civil Rights and Social Action
• Economic Empowerment
• Education
• Environment
• Human Rights
• Politics
• Poverty Alleviation
• Science and Technology
• Social Services

Organizations you support:Edit

What are your favorite organizations?

• High Tech Green Movement In Israel
• MIU Movement for Israeli Urbanism
• Mensa ( have been a member of since the early 1980's)
• Open Israel High Tech Job Market to non- Jewish skilled high techies ( give them legal status )
• The Libi Fund
• You Are Not Alone Israel Fund
• . Friends of the Israel Defense Forces (FIDF)
• Haaretz Museum
• Yad Vashem
• Israeli Terror Victims' Association

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Darori FoundationEdit

Trustee

January 1982 – Present

The Darori Foundation supports Libraries and Special Collections in Israel and South Africa. The Darori Foundation has sponsored research into Digital Libraries and the translation of Wikipedia Articles ( and similar articles that do not claim a copy right) into Hebrew before Google Translate and Bing Translate nailed the Technology of Translating. .

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• 87Leadership
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• 62Management Consulting
• 58Investments
• 58Due Diligence
• 56Marketing
• 53Outsourcing
• 52Financial Analysis
• 50Negotiation
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California Institute of Technology Industrial Relations Center

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The Caltech 10-Day Certificate Program at Pasadena, California, Project Management, 98

2005 – 2005

Master the critical skills of project management.

The skills develop during the program apply to large & small projects, product design and development, construction projects, IT projects, software development, and projects with critical performance, time, and budget targets.

Activities and Societies: California Dreaming Society:Sun, Beer and lovely Undergraduates..

Stephen Darori Caltex Executive Education Program- Prorect Management

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Stanford Center for Professional Development

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Project Manager Stanford Certified at Stanford near Palo Alto, Project Manager, 96

2004 – 2004

Stanford Advanced Project Management courses and certificate blend academic theory with the real-life processes, tools, management skills, and methodologies of IPS Learning (IPS) to empower individuals to become more effective leaders and team members and to strategically execute projects, programs, and portfolios.

Activities and Societies: Took a 10 day time out for a refresher academic course . Loved to walk and run round this Ivy League Campus ( and the undergraduates were very cute ) .

Sanford and California Institute of Technology Marching Bands

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Northwestern University - Kellogg School of Management

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Operations Management Week at Evanston, Cook County, Illinois, The Science of Lean Six Sigma Operations combines with Supply Chain Management Program

2003 – 2003

The Science of Lean Six Sigma Operations
Combines the business-flow framework with the science of lean and six sigma, enabling participants to make major improvements in their operations and service processes.

Supply Chain Management
Focuses on effective logistics strategies for companies that operate globally, and, in particular, on integrating supply chain components into a coordinated system that reduces system-wide cost and increases service levels.

Activities and Societies: Bird Watching: The Undergraduates were really Cute.

Northwestern University School of Management

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מרכז לימודים והכשרה Mercaz Limudim Vehaksara

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Certificate in Sustainable Ecology and the Environment, Ecology, Environment, and Creative Recycling, 100

2003 – 2003

The compelling reasons why Ecology and Environment are important subjects at degree level. First, the world is faced with profound environmental and ecological challenges.
Ecology is at the heart of this programme, with core concepts ranging from ecosystem structure and function to population dynamics. These fundamentals are complemented by applied topics including urban ecology, marine ecology, biodiversity and conservation biology, and new computer technologies such as Geographical Information Systems.

Activities and Societies: Visits and hikes all over Zion

Georgia Institute of Technology

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MSc Computer Science, Computer Science ( database management and languages seldom used anymore), Cum Laude ( they were been generous)

1992 – 1993

This was the first "accredited on line degree" to be recognized by the Education Ministry in Israel. It was an experiment I undertook for the Pedagogical Department of Ort Israel. Assignments were submitted with a scaled down version of Wordperfect and an early Zip ( compression program) . The Internet quite frankly did not have enough broadband . Only half the assignments were submitted over the Internet , the rest bounced and were submitted by Courier Service. The Courses revolved round Database Management and Internet Technology which of course have come a long way since then. Among the languages also studied in this degree were Pascal, an early version of C , COBOL, RPG ( for the IBM AS 400) and Fortran and an early version of Basic .That constituted a high % of the then languages. Today there are 1000's and many have been ported to Windows.net and Linux. Part of the degree revolved round identifying viruses and there was even an exercise to actually write one =:)

Activities and Societies: None

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University of Cape Town

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MBA,MA, BCOM in Accounting and Economics, Accounting and Finance, With Distinction

1978 – 1985

Started studing at the University of Cape Town and continued elsewhere.BCompt Hons ( UNISA), MBA ( Heriot Watts) ..... Quite frankly over the years have become a Peter Thiel supporter. Peter was a founder of among other companies, Paypal and an early 2% investor in Facebook. Peter like Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg , Steve Jobs,Larry Ollison and others , l has no academic degrees. Peter is sponsoring 100 young entrepreneurs with $100K a year not to go to college but jump straight into a a high tech startup.... 93% of his 100 have raised follow in finance including matching finance from Peter Thiel ... clearly he has a point.According to a survey by the University of haifa , "A MBA is a waste of time and hampers success " Lior Zetel,The Marker , Business Publication, Wednesday 5th February 2014. The survey received considerable attention at the Davos Economic Summit.

Activities and Societies: Quite frankly over the years have become a Peter Thiel supporter. Peter was a founder of among other companies, Paypal and an early 2% investor in Facebook. Peter like Bill Gates,Mark Zuckerberg, Steve Jobs, Larry Ollison and others, Peter Thiel has no academic degrees. Peter is sponsoring 100 young entrepreneurs with $100K a year not to go to college but jump straight into starting a high tech company . ( 88 have already raised follow on finance... Thiel is onto something)

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Herzlia High School, Cape Town

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First Class University Entrance Sort of like A Levels, Maths, Science, Accountancy, English,Hebrew Afrikaans

Jewish education in a private school environment from the age of 3 to 18.

Activities and Societies: Regional Committee Progressive Party Youth Progressive Party Youth Support Speaker First Team Cricket, Hockey, Chess National Youth Action- founding member and first Chairman

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United Herzlia Schools

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2013 Matric Results of Herzlia ( United Hebrew day schools ,Cape Town ) by stephen Darori a 1980′s Alumni

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1. InterestsEdit

   • Also interested in viable Alternative Investments include Africana and Judaica, 
   • Maps and Prints and investment quality Philatelic Postal History. Individual items rather than collection. Cooking: Try Family Recipes Passed down from Poland, 
   • Lithuania and Latvia ;Editing them and Blogging Them. Try them - they are all great and easy Recipes to make.

2. Personal DetailsEdit

   Birthday	January 16, 1967
   Marital Status	Single

3. Advice for Contacting StéphénEdit

   Tel 0527234313. If not in Israel, by phoning these number, you will be transitioned seamlessly to an international SIM and will be stacked with other calls on hold. I immediately disconnect any cold calls . First engage me and the 3XC Global Partners' Analysts with whatever you like by emailing me at my general email address stephendarori@gmail.com or stephendarori@hotmail.com. Hotmail is preferable. Txt message is preferable to voice mail..
   Postal Address: P.O.Box 41026, Tel Aviv ,6141001, Israel
   
   A Cute and a Silly Tongue in Cheek Postscript : In 1962 , Professor Ethel Drus ( my aunt, my father's sister and three times winner of the Alexander Prize for History, the equivalent of the Mitchell prize for Mathematics) spent 3 months researching disintegrating Proclamations ( Letters Patent ) that had been traditionally handed down in the Drues/Drus family. I am the hereditary Baron of Kraków , ( hmmm , can't help smiling) that was created in 1732 in an exchange for a very significant contribution by Drues of Mejzugola to the Polish–Lithuanian Commonwealth 's Monarch Budget . This custom was started by King Henry VIII of England Rich land owners were rewarded with Aristocracy Titles for significant contributions to the King's Budget. I am also the hereditary Count Dziedreuszycka , the Ordynat of Poturzyca, Zarzecze, Kramarzowka, Markpol, Gluszyn, Wiry and Szczytnik estates. The Count was the eldest son of Drues of Mejzugola and was excommunicated from the family when he married a shiksa , the youngest daughter of the then Monarch . Like in France, German, Austria and elsewhere , aristocracy titles came to an end when the 2nd Polish Republic was created by the Treaty of Versailles. The first Count had no issues and the property was returned to the Monarch. The title passed down ?? At least theoretically. Now I am giggling. Both titles have nice Coat of Arms .The Count's has a Star of David instead of a cross, a pointer to his heritage. Have a check at it.